In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Anavakāra (अनवकार) or anavakāraśūnyatā refers to “emptiness without beginning or end” one of the “twenty emptinesses” (śūnyatā) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 41). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., anavakāra). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Anavakāra (अनवकार).—adj. (= Pali id.; compare avakāra), without elimination; not partial, complete, absolute, epithet of śūnyatā, [Page021-b+ 71] absolute void; °ra-śūnyatā Mahāvyutpatti 944; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 191.21; 642.16, etc. (common in this text). Cf. ākārānavakāra.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Anavakarashunyata.

Ends with: Akaranavakara.

Full-text: Anavakarashunyata, Akaranavakara, Shunyata, Avakara.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

IV. The emptinesses (śūnyatā) in the great Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras < [Note on emptiness (śūnyatā)]

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