saṃtāna (15720)

saṃtāna
Entry 15720, Page 555, Col. 2

(saMtAna, saMtAna)
saṃtāna¦, m. or nt., (1) = saṃtati 1, q.v.; figures underlying this in Laṅk 18.2, 3, continuity of fire with difference of individual flames, of vegetable growths unified by origin from one seed, agnijvālāyā eka-saṃtāna- patitāyā dṛṣṭo 'rciṣaś ca prativibhāgaḥ, ekabījaprasūtā- nāṃ yat-saṃtānānām api…; saṃvidyante bhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ saṃtāne kuśalamūlāni yāni mayā pūrvaṃ paripācitāni SP 211.12, there are found in your personal- continuity-series roots of merit which were previously (in former existences) ripened by me (or merely mentality, as in the following ?); (2) = saṃtati (2), and cf. sāṃtānika, with or (usually) without citta-, mental disposition, men- tality (Pali citta-saṃ°, seemingly not in this sense): sāsya bhajahe citta-°naṃ Mv iii.355.14 (vs), see § 31.20; same without citta, of which it is used as a virtual synonym, note esp. kṣubhita-cittair luḍita-saṃtānais Gv 338.3--4; also, (tathāgatajñānaṃ…) parasattva-°neṣu vā pra- tiṣṭhāpayitum Gv 5.12; harṣa-utpadyana-saṃtānāni (so, cpd.) 48.5, their mental conditions productive of joy; mahā- karuṇā-snehābhiṣyandita-°no (Bhvr.) 189.9, cf. mahāka- ruṇā-parisphuṭena °nena Śikṣ 28.7; dharmābhiṣyandita- prasanna-°nā (Bhvr.) Gv 333.3; similarly 469.21; svaśarī- rānadhyavasita-°naḥ Śikṣ 23.12 (Bhvr.; chain of thought, Bendall and Rouse for saṃtāna); sarvajña-saṃtāna- nivāsinī (mentality) hi kāruṇyadhenur Divy 125.6; aneka- sattva-saṃtāna-kuśalamūlasamāropikāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ 130.14; mamāpi saṃtāne ye dharmāḥ praviśeyuḥ (what- ever religious principles may enter into my mentality, too) te niṣkampaṃ tiṣṭhantu Divy 540.30; tasyāpi °ne 'ku- śalamūlāni pratisaṃhṛtāni Av ii.87.10; kaṭhina-°nāś ca bhavanti Mv i.90.4--5, and they become of harsh mental dispositions; (3) nt., = Skt. saṃtānikā, scum, top part of milk or ghee: kṣīra-°naṃ vā sarpi-°naṃ vā Mv i.339.9; (4) m., n. of a ‘medicinal tree’: °no nāma mahābhaiṣajya- vṛkṣas Gv 497.12; perh. to be identified with Skt. id. as name of a heavenly tree, BR s.v. 10.

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