Vyadhmataka, Vyādhmātaka: 4 definitions

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Vyadhmataka in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Vyādhmātaka (व्याध्मातक) or Vyādhmātakasaṃjñā refers to a “bloated corpse” and represents the first of the “nine horrible notions” (aśubhasaṃjñā), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 35. These nine notions of the horrible eliminate the seven types of lust (saptavidha-rāga) in people. By means of the meditation on the nine notions [viz., Vyādhmātaka], the minds of lust (rāga) are eliminated, but hatred (dveṣa) and delusion (moha) are also decreased. These nine notions eventually lead to the enjoyment of the eternal bliss of Nirvāṇa.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vyadhmataka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vyādhmātaka (व्याध्मातक).—A swollen corpse.

Derivable forms: vyādhmātakam (व्याध्मातकम्).

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

Vyādhmātaka (व्याध्मातक).—nt. (also dhmātaka, q.v.; corresponds to Pali uddhumātaka), a corpse swollen (by putrefaction; compare ādhmāyati Bṛh.Ar.U.Mādhy. 3.2.12); -saṃjñā, con- templation of the notion of such a corpse, one of the aśubha- bhāvanā, q.v., or saṃjñā: Mahāvyutpatti 1159; Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 27a.2; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 1258.6 (text corruptly vyāghatika-); 1431.19; Gaṇḍavyūha 157.15.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vyādhmātaka (व्याध्मातक):—[=vy-ā-dhmātaka] n. (√dhmā) a swollen corpse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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