Pariṇāmanā
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Pariṇāmanā is a Sanskrit term which may be rendered in English as "merit transference" though in common parlance it is rendered as "dedication".[1] The Pariṇāmanā or 'dedication' is a standard part of Buddhist spiritual discipline or practice where the practitioner's accumulation of merit (Sanskrit puṇya) is transferred to all sentient beings.
Nomenclature and etymology
Pariṇāmanā (Devanāgarī: परिणामना "transformation; bringing to full development". Tibetan: bsngo ba, "dedication". Chinese: 迴向; pinyin: huí xiàng. Japanese: 回向 / 廻向 Ekō).
In the word of Sanskrit, differences occur for spelling and the meaning according to context.
- PariNAmana (Pariṇāmana परिणामन) consists of two meanings. One is "bringing to full development" and the other is "turning of things destined for the community".[2]
- PariNamanA (Pariṇamanā परिणमना) is a kind of worship (to Amitābha's merit). [3]
- PariNamana (Pariṇamana परिणमन) meeans "changing into", "transformation" or "concluding". [4]
Sevenfold Highest Practice
In Buddhism, Pariṇāmanā is "...one aspect of the Sevenfold Highest Practice". The Sevenfold Highest Practice is an English rendering of Saptavidhā Anuttarapūjā (Devanāgarī: सप्तविधा अनुत्तरपूजा; Tibetan: bla na med pa'i mchod pa rnam pa bdun).
Notes
- ↑ Gäng, Peter and Wetzel, Sylvia (editors)(2004). Buddhist Terms Multilingual Version. Buddhist Academy Berlin Brandenburg. Source: (accessed: December 19, 2007)
- ↑ PariNAmana, परिणामन. Spoken Sanskrit Dictionary. (accessed: January 18, 2016)
- ↑ PariNamanA, परिणमना. Spoken Sanskrit Dictionary. (accessed: January 18, 2016)
- ↑ PariNamana, परिणमन. Spoken Sanskrit Dictionary. (accessed: January 18, 2016)