Vaipakika, Vaipākika: 1 definition

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

Vaipākika (वैपाकिक).—adj., subst. (Sanskrit vipāka plus -ika), produced by maturation (of actions): in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 283.4, 11 said of a class of Buddhas, contrasted with nairmāṇika, q.v.; in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 34.2 vipāka-stha is used as equivalent; in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 292.13 °kikād, from (as a result of) maturation (of actions), seemingly subst., one of four sources of abhijñā.

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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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