Sarvadharmashunyata, 厂补谤惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣奴苍测补迟腻, Sarvadharma-shunyata: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂补谤惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣奴苍测补迟腻 can be transliterated into English as Sarvadharmasunyata or Sarvadharmashunyata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra厂补谤惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣奴苍测补迟腻 (啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多啶ㄠ啶い啶�) or simply Sarvadharma refers to the 鈥渆mptiness of all dharmas鈥�, representing one of the sixteen or eighteen emptinesses (艣奴苍测补迟腻), according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra chapter XLVIII. Accordingly, 鈥渨hat is the emptiness of all dharmas (sarvadharma艣奴苍测补迟腻)? All dharmas is form, sensation, concept, formations and consciousness; eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and mind; color, sound, smell, taste, contact and dharmas; eye consciousness, ear consciousness, nose consciousness, tongue consciousness, body consciousness and mental consciousness; eye contact, ear contact, nose contact, tongue contact, body contact and mind contact; sensation due to eye contact, sensation due to ear contact, sensation due to nose contact, sensation due to tongue contact, sensation due to body contact, sensation due to mind contact; form dharmas and formless dharmas; conditioned dharmas and unconditioned dharmas: those are called 鈥榓ll dharmas鈥�. Now all dharmas are empty of all dharmas because they are neither eternal nor transitory. Why? Because such is their essence. That is called: emptiness of all dharmas (sarvadharma-艣奴苍测补迟腻)鈥�.
Emptiness of all dharmas (sarvadharma艣奴苍测补迟腻).鈥擝y 鈥榓ll dharmas鈥� we mean the five aggregates (skandha), the twelve bases of consciousness (膩yatana) and the eighteen elements (诲丑腻迟耻).
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) 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)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha厂补谤惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣奴苍测补迟腻 (啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多啶ㄠ啶い啶�) or simply sarvadharma refers to 鈥渆mptiness of all things鈥� one of the 鈥渢wenty emptinesses鈥� (艣奴苍测补迟腻) as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 41). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., sarvadharma-艣奴苍测补迟腻). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sarvadharma, Shunyata.
Full-text: Shunyata, Sarvadharma, Shodashashunyata.
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