Yathabhutajnana, Yathābhūtajñāna, Yathabhuta-jnana: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Yathābhūtajñāna (यथाभूतज्ञान) or Kṣayajñāna refers to the “knowledge conforming to reality” and represents one of the eleven “eleven knowledges” (jñāna), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 38. Accordingly, “the wisdom conforming to reality (yathābhūtajñāna) is a knowledge conforming exactly to reality and free of obstacles (apratihata) concerning the general characteristics (sāmānyalakṣaṇa) and specific characteristics (svalakṣaṇa) of all dharmas”.
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
Yathābhūtajñāna (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 如實智 [rú shí zhì]: “cognition of things as they really are”.
2) 實智 [shí zhì]: “real wisdom”.
Note: yathābhūtajñāna can be alternatively written as: yathābhūta-jñāna.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Jnana, Yathabhuta.
Starts with (+0): Yathabhutajnanadarshana.
Full-text (+0): Yathabhutajnanadarshana, Ru shi zhi jian, Jnana, Ru shi zhi, Vipashyana, Shi zhi.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Note (3): The Eleven Knowledges in the Mahāyāna < [Part 1 - The eleven knowledges (jñāna, ñāṇa)]
III. The Eleven Knowledges (ekādaśa-jñāna) according to the Mahāyāna < [Part 1 - The eleven knowledges (jñāna, ñāṇa)]
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