Daurmanasyendriya, Daurmanasya-indriya: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDaurmanasyendriya (दौर्मनस्येन्द्रिय) refers to the “faculty of dissatisfaction”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 3.—Accordingly, “The four immeasurable feelings (apramāṇa-citta) are loving-kindness (maitrī), compassion (karuṇā), joy (muditā) and equanimity (upekṣā). [...] This maitrī occurs in the form realm; it is impure or pure, to be destroyed or not to be destroyed. It also occurs in the [four] root trances and again in the dhyānāntara [variation of the first dhyāna]. Associated with the three sovereign organs (indriya), it excludes the faculty of unpleasantness and the faculty of dissatisfaction (daurmanasyendriya). This is all explained in detail in the Abhidharma. [...]”.
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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Partial matches: Indriya, Daurmanasya.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Definition of the immeasurables (apramāṇa) < [Class 3: The four immeasurables]
II. The Ten Knowledges (daśa-jñāna) according to the Abhidharma < [Part 1 - The eleven knowledges (jñāna, ñāṇa)]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)