Triskandhaka: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Triskandhaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraTriskandhaka (त्रिस्कन्धक) refers to the “three elements”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: [regarding “The noble path indicated by me can lead to exit from the world”]—Some say that this way is two things: the holy concentration and the holy wisdom and that these two things lead to nirvāṇa. Others say that it is the path with its three elements (triskandhaka-mārga): morality, concentration and pure wisdom. [...]
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTriskandhaka (त्रिस्कन्धक).—nt. (compare prec.), name of a work: °kam Mahāvyutpatti 1384; °ka-dharmaparyāya-pravartanena Śikṣāsamuccaya 171.5; °ka-pravartanam 290.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTriskandhaka (त्रिस्कन्धक):—[=tri-skandhaka] [from tri] Name of a, [Buddhist literature] Sūtra, [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
VI. Literal commentary on the Vaiśāradyasūtra < [Part 1 - The four fearlessnesses of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]