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Abhilapya, Abhilāpya: 7 definitions

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Abhilapya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhilapya in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Abhilāpya (अभिलाप्य) refers to �(that which is) expressible� (as opposed to Anabhilāpya—‘inexpressible�), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The Non-existence of Time According to the Mahāyāna].—[...] [Question].—But absence of nature (ṣaṇa) is has limits (antavat)! [Answer].—No. Absence of nature is limitless (ananta), inexpressible (Բ󾱱ⲹ) and unquestionable. Why do you say it is limited? If one grasps characteristics in the absence of characteristics, this would no longer be an absence of characteristics. By absence of nature we mean the ungraspable emptiness (Գܱ貹-śūԲⲹ). Here, absence of nature is ungraspable and emptiness itself is ungraspable. This is why absence of characteristics is called ungraspable emptiness. [...]�.

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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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Abhilāpya (अभिलाप्य) refers to “expressible� (as opposed to Anabhilāpya—‘inexpressible�) [i.e., agrāhyānabhilāpyāś ca], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (ṇḍԲ) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary ū and 󲹲 practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Conditions are like reflections, transparent, pure, indeed clear, Inconceivable and inexpressible (Բ󾱱ⲹ), arising from causes and effects�.

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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 (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abhilapya in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhilāpya (अभिलाप्य).�(rare except in neg. anabhi°, nirabhi°, qq.v.), expressible, that can be put in words: ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 265.16 °pya-vastu; 20 °pyā� svabhāvā dharmāṇām. In the prose Introduction to 󲹻ī, line 2, Watanabe reads para�- parābhilāpyānabhilāpya-buddhakṣetra-, but the true read- ing is paraṃparānabhilāpyānabhi° with v.l. and Ҳṇḍū 543.6; see anabhilāpyānabhilāpya.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhilapya (अभिलप्�):—[=abhi-lapya] [from abhi-lap] mfn. See nir-abhilapya.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Abhilāpya (अभिलाप्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abhilappa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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