Anapana, Āṇāpana, Āṇāpāṇa, Ānāpāna, Anapāna: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAnāpāna (अनापान):—(3. a + āpāna) m. Nomen proprium ein Sohn Aṅga’s [Vāyupurāṇa im Viṣṇupurāṇa 445, Nalopākhyāna 13.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 719, Nalopākhyāna 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAnāpāna (अनापान):—m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten.
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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Starts with: Anapana Katha, Anapana Samyutta, Anapana Sati, Anapana Sutta, Anapana Vagga, Anapanasati, Anapanasati Day, Anapanasati Sutta, Anapanasmriti, Anapanassati Kammatthana, Anapanaya, Anapanayitavya.
Ends with: Anajanapana, Asadharanapana, Cikanapana, Janapana, Khanapana, Kudemshahanapana, Lahanapana, Lavanapana, Manapana, Panapana, Pranapana, Sayanapana, Shahanapana, Snanapana, Stanapana, Tanapana, Udanapana, Ulateshahanapana, Upharatem Shahanapana, Vidhvastavipanapana.
Full-text (+2): Anaprana, Anapana Sati, Patinissagganupassana, Khanapana, Anussati, Dadhivahana, Ekadhamma Vagga, Diviratha, Upakkilesa, Anusmriti, Shankhacarya, Ayukta, Duhkhasukha, Sambharamarga, Apana, Ashvasaprashvasa, Anapanasati, Ana, Prayogamarga, Kammatthana.
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Anapana Sati (by Ven. Mahathera Nauyane Ariyadhamma)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Lists of recollections (anusmṛti or anussati) < [Preliminary note on the Eight Recollections]
Story of the kindness of Śaṅkhācārya towards animals < [Part 5 - The virtue of meditation]
III. The concept of non-self (anātman-saṃjñā) < [Chapter XXXVII - The Ten Concepts]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 1 - Changing the Mode of Practice < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]
Part 2 - The Prince’s attainment of the First Ānāpāna Jhāna < [Chapter 2 - The Performance of the Ploughing Ceremony]
Part 10 - Mahāvajira Insight Knowledge (Vipassanā-ñāṇa) < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Suitability of Subjects for Different Temperaments < [Chapter IX - Mental Culture]
Buddha Desana (by Sayadaw U Pannadipa)
Chapter 16 - The Noble Advice Of The Buddha < [Part III - The Doctrine Of Anatta]
Buddhism in a Nutshell (by Narada Mahathera)
Concentration On Respiration < [Appendix]