Upacchedana: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Upacchedana 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 Upachchhedana.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāUpacchedana (उपच्छेदन) refers to “broken” (as opposed to Anupacchedana—‘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”.
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 DictionaryUpacchedana (उपच्छेदन).—(nt.), cutting off: vaṭṭopacchedana- Lalitavistara 127.17, see vaṭṭa. See also upacchinatti, and an-upacche- dana(-tā).
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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Ends with: Anupacchedana, Yupacchedana.
Full-text: Anupacchedana, Upaccheda.
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