Vipashyana
Vipashyana, Vipaśyanā: 3 definitions
Introduction
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit term Vipaśyanā can be transliterated into English as Vipasyana or Vipashyana, using the IAST transliteration scheme [Javascript:void(0) (?)] .
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source : Shambala Publications: General Vipashyanā (vipaśyanā), Skt. (Pali, vipassanā); insight, clear seeing; intuitive cognition of the three marks of existence, namely, the impermanence (anitya), suffering (duhkha), and egolessness (anātman) of all physical and mental phenomena. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, vipashyanā is seen as analytical examination of the nature of things that leads to insight into the true nature of the world—emptiness (shūnyatā). Such insight prevents the arising of new passions. Vipashyanā is one of the two factors essential for the attainment of enlightenment; the other is shamatha (calming the mind).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source : Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary Vipaśyanā (विपश्यना).—(Sanskrit vi-paśyati plus -anā), correct insight : [Page491-b+ 71] with other virtues Lalitavistara 415.7 (°na, verse); °na-vāyu-samā Lalitavistara 414.11 (verse), like the wind in (penetrating) insight , so Tibetan, lhag mthoṅ rluṅ (daṅ) ḥdra; °na-vidyu-mālī Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 45.5 (verse; in all these °na m.c. ); °nāyāṃ śikṣec ca Udānavarga vi.9; śama-śīla-°nā-balair Divyāvadāna 44.24 (verse); but almost always closely associated, often [compound], with a preceding śamatha; compare Abhidharmakośa LaV-P. vi.301. n. 2, ‘la pensée parfumée par le śamatha ( calme ) peut obtenir par la vipaśyanā ( intelli- gence ; elsewhere vision, contemplation ) la vimukti’; another definition Bodhisattvabhūmi 260.11-14 tatra yā bodhisattvasyaiṣā dharmāṇām evam avikalpanā (see vikalpana), so 'sya śamatho draṣṭavyaḥ. yac ca tad yathābhūtajñānaṃ pāramārthikaṃ, yac ca tad apramāṇavyavasthānanayajñānaṃ dharmeṣu, iyam asya vipaśyanā draṣṭavyā; in Mahāvyutpatti 1678 vi° (Tibetan lhag mthoṅ) follows śamatha 1677, and forms a tetrad with it and yogaḥ, yoniśo-manasikāraḥ; śamatha-°nā- vihārin Divyāvadāna 95.13; 124.12; 264.27—28; Avadāna-śataka i.16.10; 283.2; °nā-vihāra-vihārin Gaṇḍavyūha 471.21; otherwise [compound] or associated with śamatha, Lalitavistara 128.3; 181.19; 183.7; Mahāvastu i.120.10; Avadāna-śataka ii.140.10; Śikṣāsamuccaya 260.12; 261.2; Kāśyapa Parivarta 154.5; Bodhisattvabhūmi 83.8; 109.9, etc. (Pali vipassanā; compare prec. and next.)
Source : Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary Vipaśyana (विपश्यन):—[= vi-paśyana ] [from vi-paś ] n. (or f( ā ). ) right knowledge, [Buddhist literature]
context information Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् ( saṃskṛtam ), 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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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pashyana , Vi .
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Item last updated: 10 June, 2020