Anupalambha: 7 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAnupalambha (अनुपलम्भ) or Anupalambhaśūnyatā refers to the “emptiness of non-perception”, representing one of the sixteen or eighteen emptinesses (śūnyatā), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLVIII. Accordingly, “what is the emptiness of non-perception (anupalambhaśūnyatā)? It is that where neither the past nor the future nor the duration of the present are perceived. Non-perception is empty of non-perception because it is neither eternal nor transitory. Why? Because such is its essence. That is called: emptiness of non-perception (anupalambha-śūnyatā)”.
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAnupalambha (अनुपलम्भ) refers to “absence of concepts” (of appearances), according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Further, the so-called ‘insight (prajñā)’ is a word for calm because it is free from the flame of false discrimination; [...] a word for the sky because it is perfectly pure; a word for the expanse of the sky because it is free from obstructions; a word for making things clear in every direction because it abides in abiding; a word for no concepts (anupalambha-pada) because it is without a proper nature; [...]”.
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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnupalambha (अनुपलम्भ).—Want of apprehension; non-perception.
Derivable forms: anupalambhaḥ (अनुपलम्भः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAnupalambha (अनुपलम्भ).—m.c. also anopa°, m., or adj. ([bahuvrīhi]), inconceivability; inconceivable (see s.v. upalambha); often substantially non-reality or without reality: °bha-dharma- kṣānti Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 12.2; opposed to the heresy (dṛṣṭi) of upa- lambha; anopalambha dharma śrutva kāṅkṣa nāsya vidyate, niḥsattva eti sattvadharma nātra ātma vidyate Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 12.10; °bha-śūnyatā Mahāvyutpatti 948, emptiness that consists in inconceivability (unreality, of everything); śūnyatānu- palambheṣu dharmeṣu Kāśyapa Parivarta 97.3, in regard to states of being which because of voidness (so Tibetan, stoṅ pa ñid kyis) are inconceivable (unreal); śūnyatānupalambhā(ṃ)ś (here noun, Tatpur.) ca dharmeṣu śrutvā Kāśyapa Parivarta 123.6; of dharma as the ‘law’ preached by the Buddha, śūnyatānupalambhas, in- conceivable because of voidness Lalitavistara 395.22 and (Lefm.) 392.16 (here most mss. °tānupacchedaḥ, also interpretable); anupalambha-vihāra-vihāriṇāṃ Gaṇḍavyūha 471.8 (parallel: niḥpra- pañca-vih°); anupalambha-yogena bhāvayati Mahāvyutpatti 971 (opp. of upalambha-yogena, s.v. upalambha); anopalam- bhaṃ āryāṇa gotraṃ Kāśyapa Parivarta 137.11 (verse).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupalambha (अनुपलम्भ):—[=an-upalambha] [from an-upalabdha] m. non-perception.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnupalambha (अनुपलम्भ):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-mbhaḥ) The not being perceived, ascer-tained, or the not being perceptible, ascertainable; e. g. tadanupalabdheranupalambhādāvaraṇopalabdhiḥ ‘the perception of a covering is from the non-perception there of not being perceptible’. See anupalabdhi and anupalabdhisama. E. a neg. and upalambha.
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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.
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Partial matches: Upalambha, An.
Starts with: Anupalambhana, Anupalambhashunyata.
Full-text: Upalambha, Anupalabdhi, Anupalabdhatva, Nasa, Paripacana, Anupalambhashunyata, Shunyata, Abhilapya, Anabhilapya, Upayakaushalya, Upayakaushala.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 9 - Fulfilling the perfections skillfully < [Chapter XLIX - The Four Conditions]
I. The emptiness of nonexistence (anupalambha-śūnyatā) < [Part 2 - The ten powers and the four fearlessnesses according to the Mahāyāna]
IV. The auxiliairies in the mahāyāna < [Note on the Thirty-seven Auxiliaries to Enlightenment]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 19 - Negation in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika < [Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
Part 11 - Mahāyānism < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter II.c - Classification of Pramāṇa < [Chapter II - Jaina theory of Knowledge]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)