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Sprashtavya, ṣṭⲹ: 6 definitions

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Sprashtavya 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.

The Sanskrit term ṣṭⲹ can be transliterated into English as Sprastavya or Sprashtavya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: Wisdom Experience: The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism

ṣṭⲹ (स्प्रष्टव्�) (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: reg-bya) refers to the “the activity field of touch� [=ṣṭⲹٲԲ] and represents one of the “twelve activity fields� (in Sanskrit: 屹岹śⲹٲԲ; Tibetan: skye-mched bcu-gnyis).—[Cf. Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2027-39. 13, 55-6»

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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’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Sprashtavya in Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

ṣṭⲹ (स्प्रष्टव्�) refers to the “eleven tangibles� as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 38):

  1. ṛtī (solid),
  2. (fluid),
  3. tejas (fiery),
  4. (windy),
  5. śṣṇٱ (smooth),
  6. 첹첹śٱ (rough),
  7. laghutva (light),
  8. gurutva (heavy),
  9. śīٲ (cool),
  10. ᾱ󲹳ٲ (hunger),
  11. (thirst).

The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ṣṭⲹ). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

ṣṭⲹ (स्प्रष्टव्�).—Touch, feeling.

Derivable forms: ṣṭⲹm (स्प्रष्टव्यम�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ṣṭⲹ (स्प्रष्टव्�) or Praṣṭavya.—q.v. (compare pṛśati), object of touch; parallel with rūpa and the other objects of sense: Ѳ屹ٳ i.31.2; 337.17; ii.341.18 (v.l. sparśa); iii.52.11 °vyā�, acc. pl. (on gender see spraṣ�); Śṣāsܳⲹ 64.5.

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ṣṭⲹ (स्प्रष्टव्�).�nt. (in Ѳ屹ٳ sometimes has m. endings; also praṣṭavya, sparṣṭavya, qq.v.; = Pali phoṭṭhabba), orig. gdve. of Sanskrit ṛśati, used in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] (and Pali) for Sanskrit sparśa, contact, as object of the sense of touch (the organ is regularly kāya, rather than tvac); regularly associated with the other sense objects, rūpa, śabda, gandha, rasa (all Sanskrit), sometimes also 2 dharma (q.v., 2) as object of manas: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1863 (°vyam, n. sg.); 2037 (°vyāyatanam); 2054 (°vya-dhātu�); Ѳ屹ٳ ii.391.16 (Senart em. ṛṣṭa�, acc. pl., read sparṣ� or spraṣ�, closer to mss.); iii.290.2 (°vyā, n. pl.); Բ-śٲ첹 i.207.6 (°vyāni); 󾱰Ჹūٰ 8.3; Śṣāsܳⲹ 128.5; 202.13 (kāyena °vyāni spṛṣṭvā); Ҳṇḍū 182.19; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 37.12; 39.9 (°vyam, n. sg.); ṅk屹-ūٰ 226.2; ܰ屹īū 26.8 et alibi; in ٳ󲹰ṃg 38 list of eleven spraṣṭavyāni, viz. pṛthvy 貹 tejo � śṣṇٱ� 첹첹śٱ� laghu- tva� gurutva� śīٲ� ᾱ󲹳ٲ 辱. (A curious hodge- podge!)

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

1) ṣṭⲹ (स्प्रष्टव्�):—[from ṛ�] a mfn. to be touched or handled, [Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa; Hitopadeśa]

2) [v.s. ...] tangible, palpable, sensible, [Vajracchedikā]

3) [v.s. ...] n. touch, feeling, [Mahā-vyutpatti]

4) b ṣṭ� See [column]2.

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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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