vyavacāra (14653)

vyavacāra
Entry 14653, Page 515, Col. 1

(vyavacAra, vyavacAra)
vyavacāra¦, m. (to vyavacārayati), (1) wandering or searching through (localities): (Sudarśanaṃ bhikṣuṃ mārga- yamāṇo) janapada-°reṣu nagara-°reṣu, etc. (long series of locs. like these) Gv 127.16 ff.; sarvasattvabhājana-(text °nā-)-loka-°reṣu (see s.v. bhājana) sarvasattvagati-°reṣu Gv 180.8; kiṃvyavacārā (asi) Gv 287.9, what have been your wanderings, searchings (or, considerations)?; (2) prob. (cf. [Page515-b+ 71] the usual mg. of vyavacārayati) consideration, pondering, intellectual mastery: samādhi-samudraṃ ca samādhi- vyutthānaṃ ca samādhi-°raṃ ca…adrākṣīt Gv 148.23. See also a-vyavacāra; if my assumption of the neg. in that word is right, it would mean lit. non-consideration; otherwise, if we must assume vyavacāra, not a-vy°, it is hard to see how the mg. contempt (which seems inevitable) could be explained.

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