ālambana (2961)

ālambana
Entry 2961, Page 105, Col. 2

(Alambana, Alambana)
ālambana¦, nt. (in mg. 1, essentially = Skt. id.; in mg. 2 = ārambaṇa, q.v.), (1) basis, ground, reason (= Skt. id.); ālambana-pratyaya, third of four pratyaya, q.v., cf. ārambaṇa, 1, end: Mvy 2269; (2) object of sense (= ārambaṇa, 3): LV 392.15 sarvālambana-samati- krāntaḥ (dharmaḥ); Bbh 384.8 (see s.v. saṃprakhyāna); Sūtrāl. iv.1 (see Lévi's note in Transl.; seems restricted to correspondence with citta = manas (?), at least acc. to Tib.); (3) architectural term, part of a railing or balus- trade; bar, crossbar (functioning as support), esp. of a vedikā (-jāla), q.v., one of the cross-pieces of a balustrade or railing; = ārambaṇaka, q.v.; associated with adhiṣṭhāna (q.v., 4) or °naka (q.v.); repeatedly a sūcī (sūcikā) is stated to function as ālambana to the upright [Page106-a+ 71] pillars (pādaka) of a vedikā-jāla (Mv), or simply to a vedikā (Divy): Mv i.195.1 sūcikā ālambanam adhiṣṭhāna- kaṃ ca abhūṣi; iii.227.7 ff. sūcikā ālambanaṃ adhiṣṭhā- nakaṃ ca (in some repetitions below, abhūṣi is added); Divy 221.9 sūcī ālambanam adhiṣṭhānam (sc. āsīt); see next.