Alternative spellings of this word include Vachanapatha.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Vacanapatha (वचनपथ) refers to the “path of voice”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (27) knowledge of entering the six perfections; (28) knowledge of the four means of attraction, appropriately to each; (29) knowledge of entering the path of sound and voice (vacanapatha); (30) knowledge of teaching the dharmas as conventional expressions; (31) non-discriminating knowledge of the meaning; (32) imperishable knowledge of the letter; [...]”.

context information

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vacanapatha : (m.) the way of saying.

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

Vacanapatha refers to: way of saying, speech M. I, 126 (five ways, by which a person is judged: kālena vā akālena vā, bhūtena & a°, saṇhena & pharusena, attha-saṃhitena & an°, mettacittā & dosantarā); A. II, 117, 153; III, 163; IV, 277, cp. D. III, 236; Vv 63¹⁷ (=vacana VvA. 262); SnA 159, 375.

Note: vacanapatha is a Pali compound consisting of the words vacana and patha.

context information

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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vacanapatha (वचनपथ).—m. (= Pali id.), way of speaking, virtually = vacana, speech, utterance, words: Lalitavistara 181.11; Śikṣāsamuccaya 185.2; 188.9; Bodhisattvabhūmi 238.9 (for citations see s.v. durā- gata).

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Patha, Vacana, Pata, Patta.

Ends with: Adhivacanapatha, Shabdavacanapatha.

Full-text: Duragata, Anuvartaka, Byappatha, Upanita.

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Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

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