Vaimatrata, Vaimātratā: 3 definitions
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Vaimatrata 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: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāVaimātratā (वैमात्रता) [=Vaimātra?] refers to “diversity (of abilities)”, 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)? [...] (16) knowledge on the miraculous plays by the bases of supernatural power; (17) knowledge of the diversity of their abilities (indriya-vaimātratā); 18) unshakable knowledge which is established in power; (19) penetrating the [seven] limbs of awakening; (20) knowledge without contradiction; (21) knowledge of the basis that is the entering into the [noble eightfold] path; [...]”.
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 DictionaryVaimātratā (वैमात्रता).—(vaimātra-tā) (compare prec.; = Pali vematta-tā) = vimātra-tā, q.v., and next: sattvānām indriyavīryaparā- para-°tāṃ jñātvā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 123.7; (āyativipāka-)-°tāṃ… prajānanti Mahāvastu iii.321.5; indriya-°tā Mahāvyutpatti 1256 (Tibetan rim pa, series, order, or rnam pa tha dad pa, difference, variety); sattvānāṃ citta-°tāṃ…prajānāti Daśabhūmikasūtra 74.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaimātratā (वैमात्रता):—[=vaimātra-tā] [from vaimātra] f.
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: Vaimatra, Ta.
Ends with: Indriyavaimatrata.
Full-text: Vaimatra.
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