Codanata, ǻ岹Բ: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chodanata.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchāǻ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; [...]�.

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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Full-text: Acodanata, Codanavatthu.
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