Mraksha, ²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a: 12 definitions
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit term ²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a can be transliterated into English as Mraksa or Mraksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·, “hypocrisyâ€�) refers to one of ten types of manifestly active defilements (±è²¹°ù²â²¹±¹²¹²õ³Ù³óÄå²Ô²¹) according to MahÄprajñÄpÄramitÄÅ›Ästra chapter 13.—The Bodhisattvas (accompanying the Buddha at ¸éÄåÂá²¹²µá¹›h²¹ on the ³Òá¹›d³ó°ù²¹°ìÅ«á¹a±è²¹°ù±¹²¹³Ù²¹) excelled in destroying various these ten manifestly active defilements (e.g., ²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a).
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipá¹›cchIJѰù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·) refers to “concealing (one’s own mistakes)â€�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipá¹›cchÄ: the eighth chapter of the MahÄsaṃnipÄta (a collection of MahÄyÄna Buddhist SÅ«tras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to RatnapÄṇi: “Son of good family, those sixty-four dharmas are included in one hundred twenty-eight dharmas. What are those one hundred twenty-four? [...] (25) love is included in faultlessness and not concealing one’s own mistakes (³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£aâ€�Äpattya³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£a); (26) having faith in the maturation of action is included in being careful in this life and seeing imperfections as a danger for the next world; (27) little desire is included in properly grasping and not being satisfied with insight; (28) knowing satisfaction is included in being easily satisfied with food; [...]’â€�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahÄyÄna) 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 ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ of which some of the earliest are the various PrajñÄpÄramitÄ ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·, “ill-willâ€�) refers to one of the fourty “conditionsâ€� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìÄå°ù²¹) that are “associated with mindâ€� (citta-samprayukta) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 30). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£a). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a also refers to one of the “twenty-four minor defilementsâ€� (³Ü±è²¹°ì±ô±ðÅ›²¹) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 69).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·).—Hypocricy, dissimulation.
Derivable forms: ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£aá¸� (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·à¤�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·).â€�m. (= Pali makkha, which never means hypocrisy, as usually rendered; Critical Pali Dictionary under (a-)makkha more correctly disparaging, sc. good qualities of others; = paraguṇa-makkhana-lakkhaṇo, tesaá¹� vinÄsana-raso, tadavacchÄdanapaccupaá¹á¹hÄno (see pratyupasthÄna) MajjhimanikÄya (Pali) commentary i.106.26 f., on MajjhimanikÄya (Pali) i.15.35; similarly tho less fully commentary on Dhammapada (Pali) 150 and 407; Aá¹…guttaranikÄya (Pali) commentary ii.162.28, on Aá¹…guttaranikÄya (Pali) i.95.15; in Pugg. 18.25, 22.29 f. read niá¹á¹huriya for niddhunÄ«ya; Aá¹…guttaranikÄya (Pali) and MajjhimanikÄya (Pali) comms. l.c. define the associated paḷÄsa, our pradÄsa, q.v., by yugaggÄha, grasping after preëminence for oneself over others), despite usual rendering hypocrisy or the like, never has that meaning; primarily, concealment of the good qualities of others, jealous disparagement, nasty disposition, ill-will, finally (like ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£ya, q.v.) virtually = krodha, anger: this last development seems clearly complete in Karmavibhaá¹…ga (and Karmavibhaá¹…gopadeÅ›a) 37.19 text krodhaá¸�, upanÄhaá¸�, ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£aá¸�, pradÄÅ›aá¸�, but for the last read with ms. paridÄghaá¸�, compare Åš¾±°ìá¹£Äs²¹³¾³Ü³¦³¦²¹²â²¹ 198.8 below; yet ²Ñ²¹³óÄå±¹²â³Ü³Ù±è²¹³Ù³Ù¾± 1963 and ¶Ù³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹²õ²¹á¹ƒg°ù²¹³ó²¹ 69 ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£aá¸� after krodha, upanÄha, and before pradÄsa (°śa); probably same meaning in Lalitavistara 262.17 (verse) krodha-³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£au; usually in rather misc. lists of vices; between mÄna and mada (after which comes krodha) Lalitavistara 52.13; 411.16; after mÄna and mada ²Ñ²¹³óÄå±¹²¹²õ³Ù³Ü ii.229.20; between mÄtsarya and mÄna ³§²¹»å»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹±è³ÜṇḲ¹°ùÄ«°ì²¹ 481.4; after mÄna and mada, (before paridÄha) Åš¾±°ìá¹£Äs²¹³¾³Ü³¦³¦²¹²â²¹ 198.8, (before krodha) KÄÅ›yapa Parivarta 7.3; after mÄna ²Ñ²¹³óÄå±¹²¹²õ³Ù³Ü i.166.20; ±«»åÄå²Ô²¹±¹²¹°ù²µ²¹ xvi.23 (= Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 150 mÄno makkho); after Å›Äá¹hya, vakratÄ, kauá¹ilya, mÄna ³§²¹»å»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹±è³ÜṇḲ¹°ùÄ«°ì²¹ 107.1; krodherá¹£yÄ-Å›Äá¹hya-³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£ÄdayaÅ› µþ´Ç»å³ó¾±²õ²¹³Ù³Ù±¹²¹²ú³óÅ«³¾¾± 20.15; krodha upanÄhaá¸� Å›Äá¹hyam Ä«rá¹£yÄ pradÄso (ed. °dÄno) ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹£o mÄtsaryaṃâ€�¶Ù³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹²õ²¹á¹ƒg°ù²¹³ó²¹ 30. Tibetan, in all passages known to me (²Ñ²¹³óÄå±¹²â³Ü³Ù±è²¹³Ù³Ù¾±, Lalitavistara, KÄÅ›yapa Parivarta), renders ḥchab pa, conceal- ment, which is somewhat etymological (³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹�, smear, anoint), but not erroneous, only incomplete; it means primarily concealment of the good qualities of others, not (as nearly all have assumed) of one's own faults.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·).—m.
(-°ìá¹£aá¸�) Slyness, hypocrisy, concealment of one’s vice or defects. E. ³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹� to anoint, aff. ac .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·).—[³¾°ù²¹°ìá¹� + a], m. Concealment of one’s vices.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·).—[adjective] rubbing, destroying.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·):—[from ³¾á¹›ká¹�] mfn. rubbing, grinding down, destroying (cf. tuvi-mr)
2) [v.s. ...] m. concealment of one’s vices, hypocrisy (with Buddhists, one of the 24 minor evil qualities), [¶Ù³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹²õ²¹á¹ƒg°ù²¹³ó²¹ 69.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary²Ñ°ù²¹°ìá¹£a (मà¥à¤°à¤•à¥à¤·):â€�(°ìá¹£aá¸�) 1. m. Slyness, hypocrisy.
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Starts with: Mrakshakritvan, Mrakshana, Mrakshanama, Mrakshashanda.
Full-text: Tuvimraksha, Mrakshakritvan, Maksha, Pradasha, Mrakshin, Upanaha, Mrakshya, Paryavasthana, Gambhira, Upakkilesa, Marasena, Samskara, Khila.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The PadhÄna-sutta < [Chapter XXV - Patience Toward the Dharma]
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of MÄra < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]
Bodhisattva quality 28: excelled in destroying various wrong views < [Chapter XIII - The Buddha-fields]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XX - ÅšyÄmaka JÄtaka < [Volume II]