Vijjamaya, Vijjāmaya, Vijjāmayā, Vijja-maya: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Vijjamaya means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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)
Vijjāmayā or Vijjāmayā-iddhi refers to “magic of the scientific order, resulting from progress in the sciences.” and represents a type of Iddhi (magical process) which is related to the Sanskrit Ṛddyabhijñā: one of the six “superknowledges” (abhijñā), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLIII.
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
Vijjāmayā refers to: (iddhi) (potency) accomplished by art or knowledge (Expos. I. 122) Vism. 383; see iddhi.
Note: vijjāmayā is a Pali compound consisting of the words vijjā and mayā.
vijjāmaya (ဝိဇ္ဇာမယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vijjā+maya．ka．372．rū．385．nīti,sutta．798．]
[ဝိဇ္ဇာ+မယ။ ကစ္စည်း။ ၃၇၂။ ရူ။ ၃၈၅။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။ ၇၉၈။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vijjāmaya—
(Burmese text): ဝိဇ္ဇာ-မန္တန်-အာထဗ္ဗနအတတ်-ဖြင့်-ပြီး-ပြုအပ်-သော၊ ဝိဇ္ဇာ-မန္တန်-အာထဗ္ဗနအတတ်-ကြောင့်ဖြစ်သော (အာထဗ္ဗနကျမ်းလာ ဝိဇ္ဇာကြောင့် ဖြစ်သော။ ဝိသုဒ္ဓိ၊ သျ)။
(Auto-Translation): Through the power of the knowledge (wisdom), the skill of the discipline (art), that is accomplished by wisdom, due to the art of wisdom (as a result of the wisdom found in the scriptures).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ma-ya, Vijja, Maya.
Starts with: Vijjamaya iddhi, Vijjamayapayoga, Vijjamayiddhi.
Full-text: Vijjamayapayoga, Vijjamayiddhi, Iddhi.
Relevant text
Search found 3 books and stories containing Vijjamaya, Vijjāmaya, Vijjāmayā, Vijja-maya, Vijjā-mayā, Vijjā-maya; (plurals include: Vijjamayas, Vijjāmayas, Vijjāmayās, mayas, mayās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Ten kinds of iddhi (supernormal power) < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
3.1. The Meaning of Iddhipāda (psychic power) < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Preliminary note (2): The abhijñās in the Abhidharma < [Part 1 - Becoming established in the six superknowledges]