Vyavadana, Vyavadāna: 7 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraVyavadāna (व्यवदान) refers to the “purification” (as opposed to Avyavadāna, ‘non-purification’), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (10) He has no loss of wisdom.—As the Buddha has obtained all these wisdoms (prajñā), he has no loss of wisdom; as his wisdom of the three times is unobstructed, he has no loss of wisdom. [...] Furthermore, his wisdom really understands the [true] nature of dharmas, non-arising, non-cessation, non-defilement, non-purification (avyavadāna), non-action, non-functioning. [...]”.
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāVyavadāna (व्यवदान) refers to “purification”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, having praised the Lord with these verses, addressed himself to the Lord: ‘[...] Since the Lord has obtained intrepidities, extinguished contamination, was perfectly awakened to sameness (samatā), is skilled in the knowledge of purification (vyavadāna) without affliction, and roars the best of lions’ roar to all of the world including the gods. Since the Lord is endowed with the eighteen special qualities of the Buddha, he has the unattached knowledge of the three times (trikāla). Since the Lord has purified his body, speech, and mind, he has neither error (skhalita) nor rough speech (ravita), and sees every concentration (samāpatti) and the knowledge of liberation. [...]’”.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVyavadāna (व्यवदान).—Purification; Buddh.
Derivable forms: vyavadānam (व्यवदानम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVyavadāna (व्यवदान).—nt. (= Pali vodāna; n. act. to next), purification, cleansing: vyavadānāvyavadānataḥ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 18.9, according to purity and impurity; °na-saṃnihita-puṇya-bala (so with mss.) Mahāvastu i.204.18 (verse), with the power of merit accumulated through purification; kleśa-(mss. kleśaṃ) °naṃ vetti Mahāvastu i.160.2 (verse), he knows how to purify the depravities, one of the 10 bala of a Tathāgata, oftener saṃkleśa- °na-, Mahāvyutpatti 126 (also in list of the 10 bala); Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.142.12; Mahāvastu iii.321.6 (°naṃ…saṃprajānanti); Divyāvadāna 616.23, in passage parallel to Mahāvastu iii.357.14 and Pali Vin. i.15.36—38, but only Divyāvadāna has saṃkleśa-°nam; Pali lacks vodāna; in Mahāvastu kāmeṣu bhayaṃ okāraṃ saṃkileśaṃ (construe with kāmeṣu, as in Pali with kāmānaṃ), naiṣkramyānuśaṃsā (probably separate!) °naṃ saṃprakāśayati, he sets forth the …impurity found in desires, the blessing (advantage) of renunciation, and purification (sc. of the saṃkileśa men- tioned just before ?); saṃkleśa-°na also Lalitavistara 433.14 f.; these two form a standardly contrasting pair, saṃkleśāya na °nāya Avadāna-śataka ii.188.9 (by em.); saṃkleśaṃ °naṃ paśyati Śikṣāsamuccaya 172.11; two extremes (anta), saṃkleśa and °na Kāśyapa Parivarta 59.(2—)3; (kathaṃ ca saṃkleśo bhavati kathaṃ) ca °naṃ Bodhisattvabhūmi 99.11; similarly 215.7; 388.8 (compare 5); asaṃbhinnajñāna- °nāya Daśabhūmikasūtra 3.14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyavadāna (व्यवदान):—[=vy-avadāna] [from vyava-dai] n. purification, [Divyāvadāna]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vyavadāna (व्यवदान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vodāṇa.
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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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Ends with: Avyavadana, Divyavadana, Samkleshavyavadana.
Full-text: Vodana, Samklesha, Samketapada, Vyavadayate, Vyavadayati, Indriya, Anushamsa.
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