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Avabodhana: 10 definitions

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Avabodhana 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»] � Avabodhana in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Avabodhana (अवबोधन) refers to “arousal�, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 15).—Accordingly, “[...] [Question].—The Buddha is like Mount Sumeru which cannot be moved by the waves (ٲṅg) of the great sea; why does he reply here to Samantaraśmi? That is a mark of agitation, for when the mind is concentrated, one does not talk; a certain agitation of the mind is necessary to talk. Preaching the Dharma comes from an arousal (avabodhana) which in itself is a coarse thing (ٳūⲹ). But the Buddha cannot have anything coarse. [...]�.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabodhana in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avabodhana (अवबोधन).—Knowledge, perception.

Derivable forms: avabodhanam (अवबोधनम्).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avabodhana (अवबोधन).—i. e. ava -budh, [Causal.] + ana, n. Instruction, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 5, 13.

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

Avabodhana (अवबोधन):—[=ava-bodhana] [from ava-budh] n. informing, teaching, instruction, [Daśakumāra-carita; ʲñٲԳٰ]

[Sanskrit to German]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabodhana in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avabōdhana (ಅವಬೋಧನ):�

1) [noun] the act, method or process of waking up.

2) [noun] an enlightening chiefly by making one become rational and humanitarian rather than going by dogma and tradition.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabodhana in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Avabodhana (अवबोधन):—n. knowledge; perception;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Avabodhana in Pali glossary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

avabodhana (အဝဗောဓ�) [(na) (�)]�
ڲ+ܻ+ṇe+ܱ
အ�+ဗį�+ဏ�+ယį]

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

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(Burmese text): သိစေခြင်း။

(Auto-Translation): To inform.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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