vimātra-tā (14093)

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vimātra-tā
Entry 14093, Page 496, Col. 2
(vimAtratA, vimAtra-tA)
vimātra-tā¦ (implies an adj. *vi-mātra, diverse, which has not been noted; see next, also vaimātra, °tra-tā, °trya; all these seem to be used only as nouns, except one case of vaimātra as adj., Mv iii.320.16, acc. to mss.; Pali also has no adj.), diversity, variety, hetero- geneity: sarvasattvendriyavīrya-°tā-jñāna- LV 433.8; nai- kabuddhasthānapraṇidhāna-°tāvaraṇāya (see āvaraṇa) Gv 107.22; (-praṇidhāna-)-vimātratāvaraṇāya (so read for °vimātrāvara°) 24, and so read -praṇidhāna-vimātra- tānugamāya (for °vimātrānu°) 109.5; anantabodhisattvā- dhimukti- (2d ed. anantasattvādhimukti-) °tāṃ saṃpa- śyan, anantasattvavibhakti-°tāṃ saṃpaśyan 115.26 f.; kvacid bodhicitta-°tāṃ (etc., a long series of cpds. ending vimātratāṃ)…aśrauṣīt 516.13 ff.; others Dbh 15.15; 75.4; at end of cpd. used like Skt. viśeṣa (see Sukh 66.12 s.v. vaimātrya) at end of cpds. = various…: nānā- sattvakula-°tābhyo Gv 145.15, from various varieties of families of creatures.

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