Pratyeka, Praty膿ka, Prati-eka: 20 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Purana
In Buddhism
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
5. Nepali
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Pratyeka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Pratyek.

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) refers to 鈥渟everally鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.4 (鈥淪earch for K膩rttikeya and his conversation with Nandin鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Nand墨艣vara said to K膩rttikeya and the K峁泃tik膩s: 鈥淸...] 艢iva asked the assembly severally (pratyeka) about you in order to get you back. They too replied in a suitable manner. They said to 艢iva that you were here in the abode of K峁泃tik膩s. Dharma and others who are the cosmic witnesses of all righteous and unrighteous activities revealed your whereabouts. [...]鈥�.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) is the name of a R膩艣i (zodiac sign) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Ma帽ju艣r墨m奴lakalpa: one of the largest Kriy膩 Tantras devoted to Ma帽ju艣r墨 (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Ma帽ju艣r墨 and were taught to and by Buddha 艢膩kyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Pratyeka).

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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.

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) refers to 鈥渋solated鈥� (e.g, Pratyekabuddha鈥斺€榯he isolated Buddhas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膩测腻苍补 Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗ow then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva know the essential character of behaviour of all living beings? There, son of good family, are eighty-four thousand kinds of behaviour of living beings, and these are the basic words of a summary. The behaviour of all living beings, which is immeasurable, unthinkable, and ineffable, is known by the knowledge of a Buddha, but not by the knowledge of the disciples, the isolated Buddhas (辫谤补迟测别办补-产耻诲诲丑补-箩帽腻苍补), or the knowledge of Bodhisattva. Thus the Bodhisattva penetrates the characteristics of behaviour of all beings through the presence of the Buddhas and his own knowledge. [...]鈥�.

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Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩测腻苍补) 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.

General definition (in Buddhism)

: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography (b)

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) or Pratyekabuddha refers to an adherent of the 笔谤补迟测别办补产耻诲诲丑补测腻苍补, one of the various Buddhist paths (测腻苍补).鈥擫ord Buddha prescribed Y膩nas in the beginning, namely, the 艢r膩vaka测腻苍补 and the 笔谤补迟测别办补产耻诲诲丑补测腻苍补. [...] The 艢r膩vakas were to hear from a Buddha but they had to wait till the advent of another Buddha for their emancipation. In the meanwhile the 艢r膩vakas could teach, but they could neither attain Nirv膩峁嘺 themselves nor help others to attain it. The Pratyekas were eminent men; they could attain Nirv膩峁嘺 by their own efforts, without the help of a Buddha but they could not impart Nirv膩峁嘺 to others.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) refers to 鈥減lants having one soul in one body鈥� and represents an attribute of certain 蝉迟丑腻惫补谤补-箩墨惫补蝉 (鈥渋mmovable living things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.

Accordingly, in the sermon of S奴ri Dharmagho峁:鈥斺€淸...] the immovable 箩墨惫补蝉 [viz., 蝉迟丑腻惫补谤补] having one sense are: earth, water, fire, air, and plants. The first four of these may be either fine (蝉奴办峁补) or gross, (产腻诲补谤补). Plants are of two kinds: those that have one soul in one body (pratyeka) and those that have many souls in one body (蝉腻诲丑腻谤补峁嘺); and those that have many souls in one body are also of two kinds, fine and gross鈥�.

: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmas

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) or Pratyeka艣ar墨ra refers to the 鈥渋ndividual body鈥� and represents one of the various kinds of 狈腻尘补, or 鈥減hysique-making (karmas)鈥�, which represents one of the eight types of Prak峁泃i-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattv膩rthas奴tra chapter 8. What is meant by individual body (pratyeka) body-making karma? The karmas rise of which causes each living being to have individual /personal body is called individual body-making karma.

The opposite-pair of the 辫谤补迟测别办补-艣补谤墨谤补 (individual body) is the 蝉腻诲丑腻谤补峁嘺-艣ar墨ra (common body).

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

praty膿ka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙).鈥攁 (S) Each or every one. 2 Used as ad Severally; one by one.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

praty膿ka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙).鈥�a Each or every one. ad Severally; one by one.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙).鈥�a. each, each one, every single one.

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Pratyeka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and eka (啶忇).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙).鈥�(掳-), adj., chiefly as prior member of cpds. (but compare pratyek膩峁� bodhi峁� 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 294.10; 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 i.99.17; 掳k膩y膩峁� bodhau 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 70.6; 209.16; 掳k膩 bodhi岣� 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 i.136.7), primarily as in Sanskrit, for a single person, individual, personal; especially common in pratyekabuddha and other cpds. showing this meaning, see the following items; in some [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] cpds., in part with equivalents in Pali, this seems to have developed special connotations, possibly owing to the standard con- trast between a pratyekabuddha's rating (far inferior) and that of a real (samyak-sa峁�-)buddha. So pratyeka- niraya (Pali pacceka-n掳) or 掳naraka seems clearly to be a place of less severe punishment than a (mah膩-, or regular) niraya: note 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.103.(7-)9 (yadi kecit, sc. bodhisattv膩岣�, katha峁僣id鈥v墨ci峁� mah膩niraya峁� gacchanti, atha khalu) pratyekaniraya峁� gacchanti (text adds, they are never born as pretas, asuras, etc.); also 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.350.10, 12; pratyeka- naraka岣� 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 4944 = Tibetan 帽i tshe ba岣 (ephemeral; single, simple, J盲schke (Tibetan-English Dictionary); [Tibetan-English Dictionary] adds, very small, minute; animals that do not live more than a day) sems can (creatures) dmyal ba (hell), app. then a hell in which creatures live for a short time; Chin. individual hell; no Japanese rendering; iha pratyeka- narake峁Ｅ玴apann膩岣モ€sm膩bhir ita艣 cyutair narake峁Ｅ玴a- pattavya峁� bhavi峁ati (app. for further, more serious punishment) 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 335.25; bahu艣a峁卥ur n膩ma pratyekana- raka岣� 艢颈办峁Ｄ乻补尘耻肠肠补测补 57.1; 艣rama峁嘺var峁嘺pratir奴paka峁� n膩ma pra掳- naraka峁� (n. sg.!) 艢颈办峁Ｄ乻补尘耻肠肠补测补 136.10; 掳narak膩n 叠辞诲丑颈蝉补迟迟惫补产丑奴尘颈 151.16; 掳naraka岣� Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 53.13-14; (tasminn eva janmani) pratyekasvarga峁� pra掳naraka峁� (n. sg.) c膩nubh奴tam 57.2 (refers to story of which 53.13-14 is part); here private, personal heaven and hell seem to fit, since the one who experiences both seems to be a single individual (at a given time; a former inhabitant of the pra掳naraka is released as the new one arrives); pratyeka-r膩jan 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.270.10 (see s.v. p峁泃hu), contrasting with cakravartin, either minor, subordinate, or individual (belonging to a single land?); [Page379-a+ 71] pratyeka-brahman (= Pali pacceka掳, [Pali Text Society鈥檚 Pali-English Dictionary] an independent Brahma), Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 34.8, see s.v. Baka (L茅vi, devenu un des Brahmas, which can hardly suffice); in 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.103.1, most strangely, the words br膩hma峁嘺 and pratyeka-br膩掳 seem used for (the god) Brahman and pratyeka-brahman: (bodhisattv膩 avaivartikadharm膩鈥ever enter an evil existence,) atha khalu br膩hma峁嚹� bhavanti pratyekabr膩h- ma峁嚹� v膩 indr膩艣 ca upendr膩艣 ca yak峁Ｄ乨hipataya艣 ca yak峁Ｄ伵� ca鈥�(note parallelism between pratyeka-br掳, contrasting with br掳, and upendra and yak峁, contrasting with Indra and yak峁Ｄ乨hipati).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙).鈥攏. Adv.

(-办补峁�) Singly, one by one, one at a time. E. prati, and eka one.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙).鈥擺adjective] each one, each single; 掳鈥� & [neuter] = seq.

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

1) Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙):鈥擺=praty-eka] [from praty > prati] mfn. each one, e掳 single o掳, every o掳, [Jaimini [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] n. a [particular] sin, [Buddhist literature]

3) [v.s. ...] n. ([in the beginning of a compound] or am ind.) one by one, one at a time, singly, for every single one, [艢膩峁卥h膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra; Manu-sm峁泃i; K膩vya literature] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] see p. 664, [column] 2.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙):鈥�(ka峁�) adv. Singly, one by one.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paccea, 笔补岣峣办办补, Pattea, Pattega, Patteya, 笔腻岣峣别办办补, 笔腻岣峣办办补.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙) [Also spelled pratyek]:鈥�(a) each, every one, each and every one.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Praty膿ka (嗖硩嗖班菠喑嵿帛喑囙矔):鈥�

1) [adjective] not associated or connected with others; having existence as an entity; distinct; separate.

2) [adjective] excluding or tending to exclude all others; shutting out other considerations, happenings, existences, etc.; exclusive.

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Praty膿ka (嗖硩嗖班菠喑嵿帛喑囙矔):鈥�

1) [noun] the condition or quality of being separate; separateness.

2) [noun] the condition or quality of being exclusive; exclusiveness.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Pratyeka (啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙):鈥攁dj. each; every;

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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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