avatāra (2070)

avatāra
Entry 2070, Page 71, Col. 1

(avatAra, avatAra)
avatāra¦, m. (= Pali otāra, esp. in mg. 4) [(1) as in Skt., descent, appearance (on earth), e.g. Mv ii.263.6 °raṃ gacchati, appears, is born;] (2) entrance into, attainment of (a moral state), LV 182.10 -mahākaruṇāvatāra-tāṃ, state of attainment of great compassion; so, perhaps (or to 3), pratisaṃvid-avatāro and pratiśaraṇāvatāro, LV 35.16 and 17; Samādh 19.6 mahākaruṇāvatārābhimukhāni cittāni, thoughts tending to attainment of great compassion; (3) intellectual penetration, comprehension (cf. avatarati): LV 423.2 and 11 and Gv 469.9 pratītyāvatāra-, penetration, comprehension of (origination by) dependence, see pratītya; LV 423.5 ekaviṣaya-sarvadharma-samatāvatāra-cakraṃ wheel of the comprehension of the equality of all substantial states as belonging to one sphere; followed in cpd. by (-jñāna)- kuśala or -kauśalya, clever(-ness) in (the knowledge of) the penetration of… (Tib. ḥjug pa, entrance), -avatāra- kuśala Mvy 856, 858; -kauśalya RP 8.10; -avatāra- jñāna-kuśala LV 8.13; Mvy 835; -svabhāvāvatāra(-tā) RP 4.13, 15; in Mv i.47.6 = 81.15 meter (supported by some [Page071-b+ 71] readings of mss.) indicates reading jñānasāgar'avatāra nāyakā(ḥ), the cpd. agreeing with preceding mānasaṃ, (a mind) that penetrates into the ocean of knowledge; avatā- reṇa, by penetration, Gv 40.2; yathāsvam avatāraiḥ (so read) Gv 253.19; avatārataḥ Bbh 80.4; avatāraḥ Bbh 80.22; 81.6; -sukhopāyāvatāra-dharmadeśanatā Bbh 82.18, preaching doctrines that are capable of comprehension by easy means; mahāyāna-samudayāvatāra-nirdeśanām ava- tarati Dbh 56.14--15; (4) (way of) entrance, ingress in the sense of opportunity for hostile approach; weak spot, often as object of a form of labh or adhi-gam, find, obtain, the subject often being Māra the Evil One, so SP 145.3 (na ca tatra māraḥ pāpīyān) avatāraṃ lapsyate (om. WT with v.l.); esp. often in cpds. avatāra-prekṣin (cf. Pali otārāpekkha), avatāra- (or raṃ) -gaveṣin, looking for, seeking a point of attack, these two often together and esp. with Māra as subject; SP 474.6 and 7 na…avatāraprekṣy avatāragaveṣy avatāraṃ lapsyate; SP 398.1 na… °raprekṣy…avatāraṃ lapsyate; LV 47.10 (vs) yasyāva- tāra (acc. sg.; so divide) labhate na manaḥ praduṣṭam; LV 260.18 avatāraprekṣī avatāragaveṣī (māraḥ, bodhi- sattvasya)…(19) na…avatāram adhyagacchat; Mv iii.298.16 °ram adhigantum; avatārārthī (= °ra-prekṣī) avatāraṃgaveṣī, of Māra, with reference to the Bodhisattva, Mv ii.241.5; of the daughters of Māra Mv iii.286.10; 299.4; avatāraprekṣī skhalitāṃ gaveṣī RP 18.10; avatāra- prekṣin also Mvy 5357; Divy 322.7; Śikṣ 152.9; śatruvad avatāraprekṣī 230.14; avatāragaveṣin Divy 322.7; (Māraḥ …) avatāraṃ labhiṣyati Samādh 22.35.

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