Paramita, Pāramitā, Pāramita: 21 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Permit.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPāramitā (पारमिता):—f. das Gelangen zum jenseitigen Ufer, die vollkommene Erreichung einer Tugend, Vollkommenheit in Etwas; deren werden bei den Buddhisten sechs (dāna, śīla, kṣānti, vīrya, dhyāna und prajñā) oder zehn (ausser den 6 eben genannten noch upāya, praṇidhāna, bala und jñāna, oder auch dāna, śīla, niṣkrama, prajñā, vīrya, kṣānti, satya, adhiṣṭhāna, maitrī und upekṣā) angenommen, als den Bodhisattva zukommend. [BURNOUF] in [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 544. fgg.] [WASSILJEW 123. fg.] [KÖPPEN I, 313 u.s.w.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 233, Scholiast] hṛdaya das Herz die Quintessenz einer Pār. [WASSILJEW 145.] Wir halten das Wort für eine Verkürzung von pāramitatā nom. abstr. von pāramita (pāram, acc. von pāra, + ita) der zum jenseitigen Ufer gekommen ist. [BURNOUF] [?(Intr. 463)] fasst pāramitā als adj., zu dem ein subst. f. zu ergänzen wäre; mit der Zeit konnte, nach seiner Meinung, das adj., weil es in der Form mit einem nom. abstr. auf tā zusammenfiel, geradezu für dieses angesehen werden. — Nach [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 106] ist pāramita m. (wenn die Lesart richtig sein sollte) = kūkuda .
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Pāramitā (पारमिता):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 218.] buddhoktadānādiṣaṭka [362.] dāna [236.] kṣamā [259. 277.] śīla [259.] dhairya [277. 283.] dhyāna [283.] prajñā [318. 361.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPāramitā (पारमिता):—f. das Gelangen zum jenseitigen Ufer , die vollkommene Erreichung einer Tugend , Vollkommenheit in (im Comp. vorangehend). ṣaṭpāramitārnideśana [Kāraṇḍavyūha 11,9.35,7.50,16.]
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: Paramitam, Paramitanaya.
Ends with (+11): Ashtasahasrikaprajnaparamita, Balaparamita, Danaparamita, Dashaparamita, Davaparamita, Dhairyaparamita, Dhyanaparamita, Foremost Paramita, Jnanaparamita, Kanakaprajnaparamita, Kshantiparamita, Pitaprajnaparamita, Prajnaparamita, Pranidhanaparamita, Pranidhiparamita, Ratnaparamita, Saptashatikaprajnaparamita, Sarvakushalamulaparamita, Sarvaparamita, Satyaparamita.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 1 - Definition of mahā in mahāprajñāpāramitā < [Chapter XXX - The Characteristics of Prajñā]
Part 1 - What is the virtue of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) < [Chapter XXIX - The Virtue of Wisdom]
3. Prajñā of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas < [Part 2 - Prajñā and the prajñās]
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Figure 219 - Twelve Pāramitās: Dhyānapāramitā
Figure 220 - Twelve Pāramitās: Praṇidhānapāramitā
Figure 180-183 - Emanations of Ratnasambhava: Vajratārā and Puṣpatārā
Prajnaparamita in Buddhist < [November-December 1931]
Tomorrow, My Birthday < [April 1957]
Tomorrow, My Birthday < [April 1957]
Mahayana Buddhism and Early Advaita Vedanta (Study) (by Asokan N.)
Chapter 2.13 - The Mahayana Madhyamika system
Chapter 4.3 - Reality in Madhyamika (c): The Paramita Discipline
Lankavatara Sutra (by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
Socially Engaged Buddhism (with reference to Australian society) (by Phuong Thi Thu Ngo)
Reciting the Buddha’s name (Pure Land) < [Chapter 2]
Fund Raising For the Poor and Needy < [Chapter 2]
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