Vipakana, Vipākana: 1 definition

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Vipakana means something in 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.

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

Vipākana (विपाकन) or Vipācana.—adj., f. °nī, digesting: in phrase, samāye (ii.424.3 adds samyag-) vipācanīye (i.211.6 vipāka°) grahaṇīye samanvāgatā (or °to) Mahāvastu i.211.6 = ii.15.6 = 424.3 (prose), provided with an even (steady), well-digesting grahaṇī; the corresp. Pali is sama-vepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato Dīghanikāya (Pali) ii.177.27 et al. Senart keeps mss. reading in ii.424.3; in the others he em. wrongly.

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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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