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Asravakshayajnana, ĀṣaⲹñԲ, Asravakshaya-jnana: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term ĀṣaⲹñԲ can be transliterated into English as Asravaksayajnana or Asravakshayajnana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

1) ĀṣaⲹñԲ (आस्रवक्षयज्ञान) or KṣayañԲ refers to the “knowledge of the path of cessation� and represents one of the eleven “eleven knowledges� (ñԲ), according to the 2nd century Mahāñpāramitāśāstra chapter 38. Accordingly, “the knowledge of the cessation of the impurities (kṣayañԲ = āsravakṣayañԲ) is the pure knowledge produced by thinking: ‘suffering is completely known by me; the origin has been abandoned by me; cessation has been realized by me; the path has been practiced by me�; it is a wisdom (ñ), a seeing (岹śԲ), a knowing (), an understanding (buddhi)�.

2) ĀṣaⲹñԲ (आस्रवक्षयज्ञान) or simply Āsravakṣaya refers to the “knowledge of the destruction of the impurities� and represents one of the six “superknowledges� (ñ), according to chapter XLIII.—Accordingly, “the Bodhisattva-Mahāsattva who wishes to become established in the six superknowledges [viz., ĀṣaⲹñԲ] should practice the perfection of wisdom (ñpāramitā)�.

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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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