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Prajnavimukta, ʰñ屹ܰٲ, Prajna-vimukta: 2 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

ʰñ屹ܰٲ (प्रज्ञाविमुक्त) refers to one of the nine śṣa types of the twenty-seven total classes of individuals (pudgala), as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36. In contrast to the Pṛthagjana ‘the worldly�, the Āryas who have entered onto the Path () and who make up the holy Community (ṃg), are arranged into various groups. ʰñ屹ܰٲ is one that is an “Arhat delivered by wisdom�.

The list of the twenty-seven individuals [viz., ʰñ屹ܰٲ] is one of the masterpieces of the Sarvāstivādin-Vaibhaṣika Abhidharma which, with the help of the canonical sources, has located them precisely along the Path to Nirvāṇa. (cf. Vibhāṣ�, Saṃyuktābhidharmasāra and Abhidharmāmṛta). The Prajñāpāramitās have used the preceding sources broadly to establish their twenty categories of saints, but the end-point of the career is no longer the entry into Nirvāṇa but the arrival at the state of Buddha by the conquest of Anuttarasaṃyaksaṃbodhi.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Prajnavimukta in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ʰñ屹ܰٲ (प्रज्ञाविमुक्त).�adj. (= Pali paññāvimutta), eman- cipated as to intelligence (according to Pali Pugg. i.31, p. 14, thru destruction of the āsava = āśrava): Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1027. Cf. next.

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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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