āprāṇya (2783)

āprāṇya
Entry 2783, Page 98, Col. 1

(AprARya, AprARya)
āprāṇya¦, adj. (possibly read apr°? corresp. to Pali apaṇṇa-ka, q.v. in CPD; cf. apaṇṇakaṅga, CPD unique or universal factor; etymology unknown), perfect, in āprāṇyāṅga, of perfect qualities: Mmk 57.(15--)16 (see Lalou, Iconographie, p.22) (nihitaṃ tu tato kṛtvā dhūpayet karpūradhūpanaiḥ; read with Lalou) āprāṇyāṅga-samut- thaṃ vā (Lalou, ou avec un produit sans parcelles vivantes, etymologizing as from a-prāṇa) kuṅkumacandanādibhiḥ. The evident correspondence between our word and Pali apaṇṇa(ka) makes Lalou's interpretation hardly possible. Our word is a secondary hyper-Sktism, but the history of it remains quite unknown.