niḥsaraṇa (8611)

niḥsaraṇa
Entry 8611, Page 310, Col. 1

(niHsaraRa, niHsaraRa)
niḥsaraṇa¦ (cf. also a-niḥ°, niḥsṛti; often written niḥśar°; = Pali nissaraṇa), nt. (in Mvy 1201 m. in Kyoto ed., but nt. in Mironov), escape (from the world), salvation; in this sense only lex. in Skt., where the word is however standardly used as (means of) riddance (from anything). It has this mg. also in BHS; esp. getting rid of evil or misfortune, as Bhīk 28b.5, MSV iii.7.15 escape from religious punishment; or riddance from sins, Mvy 1597 ff.; Śikṣ 64.14; 191.7 āpattiṣu niḥśaraṇajñānam (Translation wrong); jara-niḥs° from old age LV 174.18; more generally loka-niḥs° from the world Gv 191.25; bhavaniḥsaraṇe (so read with v.l. and citation Śikṣ 203.16 [ś for s] for Lefm. bhavani saraṇe, unmetr.) LV 173.12, from existence. The last two mean virtually salvation, mokṣa, and show how hard it is to draw a clear line between the standard Skt. and the specialized Pali-BHS mg. Substantially salvation is the mg. in LV 346.2 asya…duḥkhaskandhasya niḥśara- ṇam, salvation from this (world which is a)…mass of misery; Mv i.73.6 so hi niḥsaraṇam (all mss. s, Senart ś) uttamaṃ prabhuḥ, he, the Lord, is the supreme salvation; i.180.5 niḥśaraṇajñaś ca (here all mss. ś, Senart em. sl; he also em. wrongly °jñasya); ii.418.8; Mvy 853 anantakal- pakoṭī-niḥsaraṇa-kuśalaḥ, skilled in (attaining) salvation after endless crores of kalpas (said of a Bodhisattva); Divy 616.23; Śikṣ 236.7; KP 64.8; sa-niḥsaraṇam Bbh 219.4, 8, of dharma, containing (bringing) salvation; niḥsaraṇa- prajña (= Pali nissaraṇa-pañña; -prajña can be defended as Bhvr., having knowledge of salvation, but may also be a MIndicism, cf. -prājña below) knowing salvation Mvy 1105 (of śrāvakas); Mv iii.201.6; niḥśaraṇa-prājña (so with 1 ms.; Tatpuruṣa), id., Mv iii.52.5; others, see a-niḥsaraṇa.

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