Avyayama, Avyāyāma: 6 definitions
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAvyāyāma (अव्यायाम) refers to “effortless”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] That on which there is dependence, that is nothing in particular; [...] in the dependent origination, there is no self, being, life-principle, life-sustaining principle, spirit, personality, human being, or man; in the dependent origination there is no attainment; in the dependent origination there is nothing, and it is effortless (avyāyāma), empty, no distinguishing mark, transcendent, no activity, no discursive thinking, and beyond discursive thinking. Thus origination is just the arising of the dharma, and cessation is also the ceasing of the dharma. [...]”.
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 dictionaryAvyāyāma (अव्यायाम).—a. Having no exercise.
-maḥ Non-exertion, absence of fatigue from exertion.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvyāyāma (अव्यायाम).—m.
(-maḥ) Absence of lassitude or fatigue. E. a neg. vyāyāma exertion.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvyāyāma (अव्यायाम):—[=a-vyāyāma] m. non-exertion, want of bodily exercise, [Suśruta; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvyāyāma (अव्यायाम):—[a-vyāyāma] (maḥ) 1. m. Untiredness.
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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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