Mithyadrishti, 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱, Mithya-drishti: 15 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 can be transliterated into English as Mithyadrsti or Mithyadrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra1) 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た) refers to the 鈥渨rong view which consists of denying that which really does exist鈥� and represents a type of 诲峁涐梗峁璱 (wrong view) according to Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra chapter 13. It is part of a classification of five types of 诲峁涐梗峁璱.
2) 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (the abstinence thereof) represents one of the three paths classified as manaskarma-patha (paths of mental action) according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter XIV).鈥擳he paths of mental action (manaskarma-patha) are three in number: abstaining from envy (补产丑颈诲丑测腻), spitefulness (惫测腻辫腻诲补) and wrong views (尘颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱).
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た) refers to 鈥渨rong views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, as the Lord said: 鈥淥 friends, vices are neither established in place nor direction, and they are neither a collection nor accumulated things. Since the superficial arises, the vices arise, and since the fundamental arises, the purity arises. Thus when impurity arises and it is investigated fundamentally, the purity will arise. It is therefore, with this in mind, said that, when one knows wrong views (尘颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱) as wrong views, namely as they really are, he will have right views. Wrong views would never be right views, would never not be right views, would never be separated from right views. However, if one, after having known and seen wrong views as wrong views, is not established in them without any action or effort, then he will enter into the way of right views, thus this is called the right view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.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Sydney eScholarship Repository: A Study of the Karma Chapter of the 础产丑颈诲丑补谤尘补办辞艣补 CommentariesMithya诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶う啷冟し啷嵿啶�) (Tibetan: log lta) refers to 鈥渨rong views鈥�.鈥擳he need for the motivation to precede wrong view is not mentioned explicitly in the 础产丑颈诲丑补谤尘补办辞艣补 commentaries including the Grub bde'i dpyid 'jo, the 础产丑颈诲丑补谤尘补办辞艣补bh膩峁a and the mChims mdzod.
Nevertheless, the Eighth Karmapa explains wrong view (mithya诲峁涐梗峁璱) in these words:
鈥淎 nihilistic view towards wholesome and unwholesome action is a wrong view that denies cause. It is [mentioned] in the sutra, 鈥楪enerosity, sacrifice, fire-offering rites, good actions, bad actions do not exist. Actions of bad and good do not have fruition of the result. The present life, afterlife, mother, father, spontaneous birth [do not exist]. An Arhat does not exist in the world鈥�. Therefore, three denials of causal action, result and Arhat are taught. With respect to that, denial of generosity up to denial of bad action and denial of the existence of father and mother are denial of cause. Denial of the existence of the result of good actions up to denial of the existence of spontaneous birth of sentient beings is the denial of result. Denial of the existence of an Arhat in the world is the denial of the existence of exalted beings. Although all the three are wrong views, only the first one is shown to represent [all three]鈥�.
Wrong views (mithya诲峁涐梗峁璱) are taught to be of three kinds with regard to:
- cause (rgyu),
- result ('bras bu) and
- exalted being ('phags pa).
Wrong view of cause, for instance, is to profess the denial of the existence of wrong deeds (nyes par spyad pa) which function as a cause for suffering. Rejecting the existence of father and the mother appears to mean the denial of their cause and kindness in giving human bodies to offspring. Disbelief in the result of the wrong deeds and spontaneous birth (brdzus skyes) constitute the wrong view with regard to the result. This wrong view is likely to deny the generation of a result of wrong deeds.
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鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha1) 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た, 鈥渨rong view鈥�) refers to one of the 鈥渢en unwholesome things鈥� (办耻艣补濒补) as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 56). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 尘颈迟丑测腻-诲峁涐梗峁璱). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
2) 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 also refers to one of the 鈥渇ive views鈥� (诲峁涐梗峁璱) as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 68).
3) 惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 also refers to 鈥渞ebirth with wrong view鈥� and represents one of the 鈥渆ight inopportune births鈥� (补办峁峁嘺) as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 134).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraVicikits膩 (啶掂た啶氞た啶曕た啶む啶膏ぞ) refers to 鈥渇alse doctrine鈥�, according to chapter 1.1 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Vajran膩bha acquired strong Tirthak峁泃-body-making and family-karma by the twenty 蝉迟丑腻苍补办补蝉 as follows:鈥擺...] The ninth [蝉迟丑腻苍补办补] is right-belief, free from the faults of doubt, etc. [viz., 尘颈迟丑测补诲峁涐梗迟颈-辫谤补艣补峁僺补苍补], adorned with the qualities of firmness, etc., characterized by tranquillity, etc. [...]鈥�.
Note: The faults of right belief in addition to doubt (艣补峁卥腻) are: acceptance of other doctrines (办腻峁卥峁Ｄ�); hate of the T墨rtha峁卥aras鈥� speech (惫颈肠颈办颈迟蝉腻); praise of false doctrine (尘颈迟丑测补诲峁涐梗迟颈-辫谤补艣补峁僺补苍补); acquaintance with false doctrine (掳蝉补峁僺迟补惫补). Yoga艣膩stra 2.17.
: OpenEdition books: 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补岣�惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た) in Sanskrit (or Micch膩di峁弓h墨 in Prakrit) refers to 鈥渉eretical belief鈥� (not Jaina), and represents a Jaina technical term mentioned in the 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补 by Jinaprabhas奴ri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (迟墨谤迟丑补蝉).
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た).鈥�f. heresy, holding heretic or atheistic doctrines.
Derivable forms: 尘颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱岣� (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た啶�).
惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘颈迟丑测腻 and 诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶︵啶粪啶熰た).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た).鈥�f. (compare prec. and next; = Pali micch膩-di峁弓hi), false view, heresy; fundamentally = 诲峁涐梗峁璱 alone: in 顿丑补谤尘补蝉补峁僩谤补丑补 68 and 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1957 more specifically, one of the five 诲峁涐梗峁璱, paraphrased 础产丑颈诲丑补谤尘补办辞艣补 LaV-P. v.15, 18 by n膩sti- or apav膩da-d掳, negation (鈥榖ecause tho all heresies are false, this is the worst of them鈥�); also one of the three a办耻艣补濒补 karmapatha (q.v.) of the mind, 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 1698; Lalitavistara 31.17; 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.99.11; 艢颈办峁Ｄ乻补尘耻肠肠补测补 75.1; 叠辞诲丑颈蝉补迟迟惫补产丑奴尘颈 224.1 (with 补产丑颈诲丑测腻 and 惫测腻辫腻诲补); other, misc. occurrences, 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 7027; Lalitavistara 22.3; 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.145.13; ii.99.5; 132.9; 283.18; 闯腻迟补办补尘腻濒腻 155.7; 192.13; (膧谤测补-)惭补帽箩耻艣谤墨尘奴濒补办补濒辫补 73.15.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た).鈥攆.
(-峁ａ弓颈岣�) Denial of future existence, atheism, heresy. E. 尘颈迟丑测腻 falsely, and 诲峁涐梗峁璱 vision, knowledge.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た):鈥擺=尘颈迟丑测腻-诲峁涐梗峁璱] [from 尘颈迟丑测腻 > mith] f. false doctrine, heresy, atheism, [Lalita-vistara] (one of the 10 sins, [顿丑补谤尘补蝉补峁僩谤补丑补 56]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ啶︵啶粪啶熰た):鈥擺尘颈迟丑测腻+诲峁涐梗峁璱] (峁ａ弓颈岣�) 2. f. Denial of future existence; atheism. a. Having a false view, deceived by one.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭颈迟丑测腻诲峁涐梗峁璱 (嗖部嗖ム硩嗖簿嗖︵硟嗖粪硩嗖熰部):鈥�
1) [noun] the view of a person who deliberately denounces established religious beliefs and philosophical truths.
2) [noun] (Buddh.) a man having misconceptions or mistaken notion about the phenominal world and the higher worlds.
3) [noun] (jain.) a man lacking faith or trust in jainism.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMithy膩-诲峁涐梗峁璱 (啶た啶ム啶ぞ-啶︵啶粪啶熰た):鈥攏. heresy; holding heretic or atheistic doctrines;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Drishti, Mithya.
Starts with: Mithyadrishtika.
Full-text (+23): Mithyaa-drushti, Miccatitti, Samyagmithyadrishti, Tirthikadharma, Vigarha, Eight Inopportune Births, Tapaniyasutta, Akshana, Ditthi, Abhidhya, Abhimana, Drishti, Samyagdrishti, Five Views, Asmimana, Kolopamasutra, Kolopama, Ten Unwholesome Things, Kola, Vyapada.
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