Yogacara, Yoga-acara, Yoga-cara, ۴Dz峦: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Yogacara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 Yogachara.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�) refers to “practicing the practices� and represents one of the ten Bodhisattva ⲹٳԲ, according to the Avataṃsaka in the chapter on the ǻٳٱ-岹śⲹٳԲ, as mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 52. ۴Dz峦-vyavasthāna is also known as sieou hing. The Sanskrit names of these ten abodes are given by the Gaṇḍhavyūha.

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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography (b)۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�) refers to one of the schools of philosophy in Buddhism.—[...] Thus there were three Yānas in Buddhism about 300 A.D. which may approximately be taken as the time of Asaṅga. But against these three Yānas there were four schools of philosophy in Buddhism, namely, the Sarvāstivāda (Sautrāntika), the Vāhyārthabhaṅga (Vaibhāṣika), the Vijñānavāda (۴Dz峦), and the Śūnyavāda (Madhyamaka). How these four systems of philosophy were distributed amongst the three Yānas is one of the vital questions of Buddhism.
According to the Tattvaratnāvalī of Advayavajra (12th century A. D.):—“three are the Yānas, Śrāvakayāna, Pratyekayāna and Mahāyāna. There are four theories; Vaibhāṣika, Sautrāntika, ۴Dz峦 and Madhyamaka. Śrāvakayāna and Pratyekayāna are explained by the theories of the Vaibhāṣikas. Mahāyāna is of two kinds: Pāramitānaya and Mantranaya. Pāramitānaya is explained by the theories either of Sautrāntika, ۴Dz峦 or Madhyamaka. Mantranaya is explained by the theories of ۴Dz峦 and Madhyamaka only�.
: Buddhist Door: GlossarySee Dharmalaksana School.In Jainism
Jain philosophy
: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�) refers to one of the four schools of Buddhism, as occurring in the ԱԳٲᲹⲹ貹-첹ṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 80, l 10]—۴Dz峦� (or Vijñānavāda) is the name of one of the four schools of Buddhism, the other three being (i) Sautrāntika, (ii) Vaibhāṣika (or Āryasamitīya or Sarvāstivāda) and (iii) Śūnyavāda or Mādhyamikavāda or Nairātmyavāda. ۴Dz峦 is so named as its leaders practised yoga, for, according to this school, only those who by practising yoga attain the ten ū of Boddhisattva, acquire bodhi. The other view is that the Brāhmaṇas gave this designatian to this school on coming across Asaṅga’s ۴Dz峦bhūmiśāstra. ۴Dz峦 asserts that there is no external reality either directly perceived or mediately inferred. This sort of idealism is a natural outcome of the practice of yoga which is mainly concerned with the mental life. Asaṅga alias Āryasaṅga (480 AD), Vasubandhu, Nanda, Diṅnāga, Dharmapāla and Sīlabhadra are the principal Ācāryas of the ۴Dz峦 school
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�).�
1) the practice or observance of Yoga.
2) a follower of that Buddhist school which maintains the eternal existence of intelligence or विज्ञा� (ñԲ) alone.
3) An act of fraud or magic; ततोऽने� योगाचारन्यायेन दूरमाकृष्य (tato'nena yog峦nyāyena dūramākṛṣya) Mv.4.
Derivable forms: Dz峦� (योगाचारः).
۴Dz峦 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yoga and 峦 (आचार).
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Yogacara (योगच�).—Name of Hanumat.
Derivable forms: Dz� (योगचरः).
Yogacara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yoga and cara (चर).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�).�m., (1) (AMg. jogāyāra; rare in Sanskrit, not in Pali, where yogāvacara seems to correspond), practice of spiritual discipline: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1638; Śṣāsܳⲹ 55.17 (°cāra-bhūmy- anukūlāni khādanīya-bhojanīyāni); (2) as [ܱī], = °cārin, one who is characterized by yog峦 (1): °cāro (or read °cārī?) bhikṣur Kāśyapa Parivarta 108.4; (3) name of a samādhi: ṇḍū 83.10; (4) pl., adherents of the Buddhist school of this name; social relations with them cause or constitute backsliding for Bodhisattvas: Ѳ屹ٳ i.120.9. Cf. foll. items.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogacara (योगच�).—m.
(-�) A name of Hanumana. E. yoga possession of superhuman powers, cara going, possessing.
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۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�).—m.
(-�) 1. The observance of Yoga. 2. A follower of that Buddhist sect which maintains the external existence of intelligence alone.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Mallinātha on Kumārasambhava 3, 45.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Yogacara (योगच�):—[=yoga-cara] [from yoga] m. Name of Hanumat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) ۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�):—[from yoga] m. the observance of the Y°, [Catalogue(s)]
3) [v.s. ...] a [particular] Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]
5) [v.s. ...] = yogin q.v., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a follower of a [particular] Buddhist sect or school
7) [v.s. ...] [plural] the disciples of that school, [Buddhist literature etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYogacara (योगच�):—[yoga-cara] (�) 1. m. Hanumān.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary۴Dz峦 (योगाचा�):�(nm) yoga practices.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusYōg峦 (ಯೋಗಾಚಾ�):�
1) [noun] a following of the eight means or constituent parts (ಯಮ, ನಿಯಮ, ಆಸ�, ಪ್ರಾಣಾಯಾ�, ಧಾರಣ, ಧ್ಯಾ� [yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, dharana, dhyana] & ಸಮಾಧ� [samadhi]) of yoga for attaining accomplishment in yoga.
2) [noun] a particular sect of Buddhism.
3) [noun] a follower of this sect.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Yoga, Asara, Cara.
Starts with: Yogacarabhumi, Yogacarabhumishastra.
Full-text (+69): Vijnanavada, Yogacarya, Sautrantika-Yogacara, Sautrantika, Arya Samgha, Vijnanavadin, Shunyavada, Madhyamaka, Yokacaran, Yogabhyasa, Vijnanadvaita, Yogacarabhumishastra, Vijnapti, Parikalpa, Yogacarin, Sarvastivada, Tathadassita, Vasubandhu, Yogacarabhumi, Sakarajnanavada.
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