Alternative spellings of this word include Parimochana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Parimocana (परिमोचन).—nt. (to next; cited by Childers without reference; AMg. °moyaṇa according to [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]), saving, salvation, freeing, either from the saṃsāra etc. (religiously), or in ordinary worldly application: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 77.11; Lalitavistara 210.21; Kāraṇḍavvūha 11.17; Daśabhūmikasūtra 44.15; Śikṣāsamuccaya 280.16; 281.2, 8; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 33.19; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 160.9; kleśavyādhi-°na-tayā Gaṇḍavyūha 463.16, because he saves from…

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Parimocana (परिमोचन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Parimoyaṇa.

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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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Ends with: Dveshaparimocana, Indriyaparimocana.

Full-text: Dveshaparimocana, Parimoyana, Indriyaparimocana, Asamdhi, Samdhi.

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Nitiprakasika (Critical Analysis) (by S. Anusha)

Mayūkhi (Pole) < [Chapter 3]

Sarga V: Amuktāyudha-nirūpaṇa (51 Verses) < [Chapter 2]

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XXX - The rolling of the wheel < [Volume III]

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