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Passages where vijjā-vimutti occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

• Tipiṭaka · Majjhima Nikāya 29 Primary passage

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  So tena ñāṇadassanena na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti. So tena ñāṇadassanena na majjati nappamajjati na pamādaṁ āpajjati, appamatto samāno asamayavimokkhaṁ ārādheti. Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ so bhikkhu tāya asamayavimuttiyā parihāyetha. Iti kho, bhikkhave, nayidaṁ brahmacariyaṁ lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsaṁ, na sīlasampadānisaṁsaṁ, na samādhisampadānisaṁsaṁ, na ñāṇadassanānisaṁsaṁ. Yā ca kho ayaṁ, bhikkhave, akuppā cetovimutti— etadatthamidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ, etaṁ sāraṁ etaṁ pariyosānan”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti. Mahāsāropamasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ navamaṁ.

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• Pāli commentaries · pāthikavaggaṭṭhakathā · Pāli

  vijjā ti tisso vijjā| vimuttī ti dve vimuttiyo, cittassa ca adhimutti, nibbānañca| ettha ca aṭṭha samāpattiyo nīvaraṇādīhi suṭṭhu muttattā adhimutti nāma| nibbānaṃ sabbasaṅkhatato muttattā vimuttīti veditabbaṃ| khaye ñāṇa nti kilesakkhayakare ariyamagge ñāṇaṃ| anuppāde ñāṇa nti paṭisandhivasena anuppādabhūte taṃtaṃmaggavajjhakilesānaṃ vā anuppādapariyosāne uppanne ariyaphale ñāṇaṃ| tenevāha ‘‘khaye ñāṇanti maggasamaṅgissa ñāṇaṃ| anuppāde ñāṇanti phalasamaṅgissa ñāṇa’’nti| ime kho, āvuso tiādi ekake vuttanayeneva yojetabbaṃ| iti pañcatiṃsāya dukānaṃ vasena thero sāmaggirasaṃ dassesīti|

• Tipiṭaka · psm · Pāli

  Vijjāvimuttī ti nekkhammaṃ vijjatīti vijjā, kāmacchandato muccatīti vimutti. Vijjanto muccati, muccanto vijjatīti – vijjāvimutti. Abyāpādo abyāpādaṃ (syā.) vijjatīti vijjā, byāpādato vimuccatīti vimutti. Vijjanto muccati, muccanto vijjatīti – vijjāvimutti…pe… arahattamaggo vijjatīti vijjā, sabbakilesehi muccatīti vimutti. Vijjanto muccati, muccanto vijjatīti – vijjāvimutti.

• Śaivism · yogacintāmaṇi · Sanskrit

  hāreṇa tasyāmavasthāyāmīdṛśyeva prajñājāyate | eṣādhīḥ kārya viṣayanirmala jñānarūpatvāt kāryavimuktirityucyate | citta vimukti stridhā | caritārthā me buddhiḥ | guṇāḥ kṛtādhikārā giriśikhara patitā ivagrāvāṇo na punaḥ sthitiṃ yāsyanti | svakāraṇe pralayābhimukhānāmeṣāṃ mohākhya mūlakāraṇābhāvānniḥprayojanavattvācca kutaḥ pravāhaḥ | svātmībhūtaśca me samādhistasmin sati svarūpe pratiṣṭhoha mityetādṛśī trividhā cittavimuktiriti | tadasyāḥ samasta prajñāyāḥ p.

• Logic & epistemology · Sphuṭārthā abhidharmakośavyākhyā · Sanskrit

  prakarṣita ity arthaḥ. tasyaivāśaikṣasya tadvacanaṃ vimuktivacanaṃ vimuktijñānavacanaṃ ca. nyāyyaṃ na śaikṣasyeti. adhimokṣaḥ saṃskṛtā vimuktir [Tib. 273a] iti. dhātvarthaikatvāt aṃgānāṃ saṃskṛtatvād iti. yathā samyagdṛṣṭyādīni saṃskṛtāni. tathā vimuktir api saṃskṛtaiva gṛhyate nāsaṃskṛtā. visabhāgatvād visadṛśatvāt. dve vimuktī sūtra ukte iti. rāgavirāgāc cetovimuktiḥ. avidyāvirāgāt prajñāvimuktir iti. cetovimuktiḥ prajñāvimuktiś cety arthaḥ. vimuktiskaṃdho 'pi sa eveti. śīlaskandhaḥ. samādhiskandhaḥ prajñāskandhaḥ. vimuktiskandhaḥ. vimuktijñānadarśanaś cety atra draṣṭavyaḥ.

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