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Tairyagyonika, Tairyanc-yonika: 2 definitions

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Tairyagyonika 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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Tairyagyonika (तैर्यग्योनिक) [=Tairyagyoni?] refers to “animals�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva Apāyajaha addressed himself to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pacify three evil existences�. Immediately after that, a bright light shone from the open space, and the inhabitants of hell, animals (tairyagyonika), and the inhabitants of Yāma’s world, all those who were touched by the light were filled with happiness, and so all beings in the three evil existences were pacified. [...]�.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tairyagyonika in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tairyagyonika (तैर्यग्योनिक).�adj. (Sanskrit °yona) = tiryag°, q.v.: °ka-yāmalaukikād duḥkhaskandhād Śṣāsܳⲹ 29.12; °ka� pretalaukika� ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 245.2; °ka� yāmalaukika� 295.23; °kāni duḥkhāni Ҳṇḍū 376.4.

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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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