Vishatraya, Viṣatraya, Visha-traya: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Viṣatraya can be transliterated into English as Visatraya or Vishatraya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraViṣatraya (विषत्रय) refers to the “threefold poison”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 43.—Accordingly, “[...] Though the Arhats and Pratyekabuddhas have spiritual faculties, the powers, the factors of enlightenment, the members of the Path, the six super-knowledges, the power of the trances and wisdom, even though they realize the highest point of the truth and are a field of merit for beings, they are not honored by the Buddhas of the ten directions. On the other hand, in the womb of the fetters, the passions, the bonds of desire and the threefold poison (viṣatraya), the Bodhisattva who has just produced the mind of peerless bodhi is honored by the Buddhas before having done what had to be done. [...]’”.
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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