Assasika, Assāsika: 2 definitions
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Assasika means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAssāsika (अस्सासिक) refers to “trustworthy” (as opposed to Anassāsika—‘untrustworthy’), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 48).—Among the fourteen difficult questions (cf. p. 154F seq.) which he did not answer, the Buddha put the question of knowing whether the world and the self are eternal or non-eternal, and he explained his silence by the uselessness of any reply from the viewpoint of salvation. However, most people are fearful of nothingness and hope for an eternal world. In order to detach them from this world, the Buddha taught them the impermanence (anityatā) of the world (see the Aniccavagga of the Saṃyutta, III, p. 21–25) and showed them how the formations coming from causes (saṅkhāra), untrustworthy (anassāsika).—(cf. Saṃyutta, II, p. 191).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAssāsika, (adj.) (fr. assāsa in meaning of assāsa 2, cp. assāsaka 2) only in neg. an° not able to afford comfort, giving no comfort or security M. I, 514; III, 30; J. II, 298 (= aññaṃ assāsetuṃ asamatthaṭāya na assāsika). Cp. BSk. anāśvāsika in ster. phrase anitya adhruva anāśvāsika vipariṇāmadharman Divy 207; Av. Ś. 139, 144; whereas the corresp. Pāli equivalent runs anicca addhuva asassata (= appāyuka) vipariṇāma-dhamma thus inviting the conjecture that BSk. āśvāsika is somehow distorted out of P. asassata. (Page 91)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Ends with: Anassasika.
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