Acodana: 3 definitions
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Acodana 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Achodana.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩Acodana (啶呧啷嬥う啶�) [=Acodanat膩?] refers to 鈥渘ot investigating (the faults of others)鈥� [?], according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩: the eighth chapter of the Mah膩sa峁僴ip膩ta (a collection of Mah膩y膩na Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭hen, they [the twenty-four types of 辫谤补迟颈产丑腻苍补鈥斺�榚loquence鈥橾 are accomplished by means of the following twenty-four preparations (parikarma). What are the twenty-four? [...] (20) he becomes one who has eloquence on all the mundane and transcendental dharmas by understanding all treatises, by not doing violence to others, by attending to the sick, and by giving a medicine; (21) he becomes one who has faultless eloquence by not investigating the faults of others, by not blaming the faults of others (辫补谤腻辫补迟迟颈-补肠辞诲补苍补迟腻), and by not examining faults; [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAcodana (啶呧啷嬥う啶�).鈥擭on-injunction, a more statement (of something already known); 啶︵啶多啶距げ啶距え啶距ぎ啶氞啶︵え啶� 啶啶班く啷嬥啷� 啶ㄠた啶む啶�- 啶膏ぎ啶掂ぞ啶ぞ啶む (de艣ak膩l膩n膩macodana峁� prayoge nitya- samav膩y膩t) MS.4.2.23.
Derivable forms: acodanam (啶呧啷嬥う啶ㄠぎ啷�).
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Codanavatthu, A.
Starts with: Acodanata.
Full-text: Codanavatthu, Acodanata.
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Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
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