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Codanata, ǻ岹Բ: 1 definition

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Codanata means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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 Chodanata.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Codanata in Mahayana glossary
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

ǻ岹Բ (चोदनता) [=Codana?] refers to “investigating (the faults of others)� [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, they [the twenty-four types of پԲ—‘eloquence’] are accomplished by means of the following twenty-four preparations (parikarma). What are the twenty-four? [...] (20) he becomes one who has eloquence on all the mundane and transcendental dharmas by understanding all treatises, by not doing violence to others, by attending to the sick, and by giving a medicine; (21) he becomes one who has faultless eloquence by not investigating the faults of others, by not blaming the faults of others (貹貹ٳپ-ǻ岹Բ), and by not examining faults; [...]�.

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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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