Upaccheda: 4 definitions

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Upaccheda 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Upachchheda.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Upaccheda in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Upaccheda (उपच्छेद) or Upacchedana refers to “broken” (as opposed to Anupaccheda—‘unbroken’), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to Gaganagañja: “[...] Even though one makes endless offerings as numerous as mustard seeds, if anybody makes the seven steps (saptapada), taking pleasure in and enduring the dharma without any hostility towards all beings, he will generate a lot more merit. Even though one [accomplishes the works of] Indras, Brahmās, universal kings and Bodhisattvas as numerous as mustard seeds, if anybody, who knows that all conditioned things are impermanent and suffering, who understands that extinction is calm, engenders the great compassion for all beings, and produces the thought of incomparable complete awakening for the sake of keeping the succession of the three jewels unbroken, then he will generate a lot more merit”.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upaccheda in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

upaccheda : (m.) stoppage; destruction; breaking off.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Upaccheda, (fr. upa + chid) breaking or cutting off, destruction, stop page, interruption M. I, 245, 327 (pāṇ° murder); J. I, 67; Miln. 134 (paveṇ° break of tradition) PvA. 82 (kulavaṃs°); DhA. I, 152 (āhār °ṃ karoti to prevent fr. taking food); DA. I, 136, 159. (Page 140)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Upaccheda in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Upaccheda (उपच्छेद).—m. (= Pali id.; see upacchinatti, an- upaccheda, etc.), cutting off, severance, destroying: dhar- mopa° the cutting off of the states of existence, of conditioned existence, in a formulaic list, followed usually by tṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam: Mahāvastu ii.285.20; iii.200.11; 314.5; Lalitavistara 392.16 (separate from prec., for which mss. samartho); in Lalitavistara 395.22 text sarvatamopacchedaḥ, no v.l., read perhaps (sarva-?)dharmopa°; āhāropa° Mahāvastu iii.65.18; -dāri- dryopa° Śikṣāsamuccaya 190.19; yamalokopa° Śikṣāsamuccaya 215.2; vṛttyupa° Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 41.8; vaiśāradyopa° Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 41.26.

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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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