samudācāra (16113)

samudācāra
Entry 16113, Page 572, Col. 2

(samudAcAra, samudAcAra)
samudācāra¦, m. (mgs. 1 and 2 as in Skt., mg. 3 Skt. Lex.), (1) behavior, manner of conduct (= Skt.); in Mv i.78.15 ff. list of 8 samudācāra of a Bodhisattva in the 1st bhūmi (tyāga, etc.); they resemble roughly the 10 bhūmipariśodhakā dharmāḥ of a Bodhisattva in the 1st bhūmi, Dbh 19.20 ff.; (2) address (= Skt.; see s.v. samu- dācarati for Divy 526.7); in Divy 485.6 possibly (modes of) address, part of the education of a brahman, see s.v. autkara; (3) intention, purpose: AsP 72.19, 22 (yadā) hi…asurāṇām evaṃrūpāḥ samudācārā utpatsyante, devāṃs…yodhayiṣyāma iti, etc.; (22) te samudācārāḥ punar evāntardhāsyanti.