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Vishkambhana, վṣkṇa: 3 definitions

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Vishkambhana 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.

The Sanskrit term վṣkṇa can be transliterated into English as Viskambhana or Vishkambhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

վṣkṇa (विष्कम्भ�) refers to “blocking (obstructions)�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Thus he becomes one who subjugates the works of Māra (). What then is the subjugation of the works of Māra? That by means of which none of Māra can find a weak point in the Bodhisattva. [...] (27) having a lazy mind thinking that whatever is done by living beings is sufficient is the work of Māra; (28) living in pride with no respect, slanderous speech, having falsehood and fraud, taking pleasure in fabrications, dishonesty, harsh and unpleasant [speech], not criticizing sins, pulling out the root of dharmas, being satisfied with little learning-dharma, seeking for the non-dharma, desire for the non-dharma, not blocking (ṣkṇa) obstructions (屹ṇa), interruptions (ṇa), the uprising (貹ܳٳٳԲ) [of depravities] are the works of Māra; [...]�.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

վṣkṇa (विष्कम्भ�).—also written °na, and °na-tā, nt. (to next; = Pali vikkhambhana, of the nīvaraṇa), (1) something that holds fast, immobilizes, especially a gag or prop holding the mouth open and immovable: Ѳ屹ٳ i.8.2; پ屹Բ 375.10 (see viṣkambhate 1); (vadana-) viṣkambhaṇa- kāṣṭham ٲ첹 237.2, the stick of wood which held (open) the (lion's) mouth; (2) blocking, suppression, of nīvaraṇa and other evils: °nam Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2551 = Tibetan rnam par (= vi) gnon pa (suppression) or sel ba (removal, blotting out); nīvaraṇ�- nā� viṣkambhana-tā Śṣāsܳⲹ 191.7; 貹ܳٳٳԲ-vi° Śṣāsܳⲹ 50.8; 󾱰Ჹūٰ p. 5 line 1 (see 貹ܳٳٳԲ).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) վṣkṇa (विष्कम्भ�):—[=-ṣkṇa] [from vi-ṣkambha > vi-ṣkambh] n. the act of obstructing or impeding etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a means of tearing open, [پ屹Բ]

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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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