Arthapratisamvid, Arthapratisamvit, Arthapratisaṃvid, Artha-pratisamvid, Artha-pratisamvit, Arthapratisaṃvit: 3 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraArthapratisaṃvid (अर्थप्रतिसंविद्) refers to the “knowledge of the thing designated” and represents one of the four “unhindered knowledges” (pratisaṃvid), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XL. Accordingly, artha-pratisaṃvid refers to “knowledge of the thing designated (bhāṣitārtha) or more precisely, knowledge of its self-nature (svalakṣaṇa): for example, knowing the thing designated by the word ‘earth’ the intrinsic nature of which is solidity”.
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.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyArthapratisaṃvit (अर्थप्रतिसंवित्) or simply Artha refers to one of four Pratisaṃvit Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is green; her Symbol is the noose; she has two arms.
Arthapratisaṃvit is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—
“In the South, there is Arthapratisaṃvit of the colour of an emerald and holding in her two hands the jewel and the noose”.
[A statuette of this obscure deity is found in the Chinese collection.]
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaArthapratisaṃvid (अर्थप्रतिसंविद्) or simply Artha refers to the “analytical knowledge of meaning” and represents one of the “four analytical knowledges” (pratisaṃvid) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 51). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., artha-pratisaṃvid). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
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Partial matches: Pratisamvit, Artha, Pratisamvid.
Full-text: Artha, Pratisamvid.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. The pratisaṃvids according to the Abhidharma < [Part 3 - The four unhindered knowledges]
II. The pratisaṃvids according to the Mahāyāna < [Part 3 - The four unhindered knowledges]
Preliminary note on the four unhindered knowledges (pratisaṃvid) < [Part 3 - The four unhindered knowledges]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 250 / Stanza 16 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XXII - On Pure Actions (b) < [Section Four]