Vipranashata, Vipraṇāśatā, Vi-pranashata: 1 definition

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Vipranashata 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.

The Sanskrit term Vipraṇāśatā can be transliterated into English as Vipranasata or Vipranashata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Vipraṇāśatā (विप्रणाशता) [=Vipraṇāśa?] refers to the “destruction” (as opposed to Avipraṇāśa—‘absence of destruction’), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to Ratnapāṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (62) desire is included in the absence of what belongs to the ego and property; (63) cause is included in the absence of destruction (avipraṇāśatā) and never turning back from its cause; (64) condition is included in the absence of any kind of deceptiveness and the attainment of the fruit according to their faith; [...]’”.

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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.

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