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Aparusha, ´¡±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a, A-parusha: 4 definitions

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Aparusha 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.

The Sanskrit term ´¡±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a can be transliterated into English as Aparusa or Aparusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipá¹›cchÄå

Aparuá¹£Ä� (अपरà¥à¤·à¤¾) refers to “absence of harshnessâ€�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipá¹›cchÄå: the eighth chapter of the MahÄåsaṃnipÄåta (a collection of MahÄåyÄåna Buddhist SÅ«tras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to RatnapÄåṇi: “Son of good family, the thirty-two dharmas are included in sixty-four dharmas. What are those sixty-four? [...] (5) the absence of contemptuousness is included in non-haughtiness and actions with reference to the dharma; (6) humility is included in the body without crookedness and thought without crookedness; (7) the undefiled is included in getting rid of the three defilements and cultivating the three gates of freedom; (8) no roughness is included in no harshness (²¹±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£Ä�) and no slander; [...]’â€�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahÄåyÄåna) 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 ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ of which some of the earliest are the various PrajñÄåpÄåramitÄå ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) ´¡±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a (अपरà¥à¤�):—[=²¹-±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a] mf(Äå)n. not harsh.

2) Ä€±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a (आपरà¥à¤�):—[=Äå-±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a] mfn. a little rough, [JÄåtakamÄålÄå]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

´¡±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a (अपरà¥à¤�):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-á¹£aá¸�-á¹£Ä�-á¹£am) Not harsh (physically and morally), not in the habit of censuring, mild; e. g. a king should be: adÄ«rghasÅ«traá¸� smá¹›timÄånaká¹£udro±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£astathÄå (comm. a±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£aá¸� paradoá¹£ÄåkÄ«rtanaá¸�). E. a neg. and ±è²¹°ù³Üá¹£a.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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