āra (2875)

āra
Entry 2875, Page 102, Col. 2

(Ara, Ara)
āra¦, nt., the hither or nearer side or part, in contrast to pāra: Mvy 2662 = Tib. tshu rol, this side (2663 pāraṃ); ŚsP 1360.9 (kasyacid dharmasyotpādaṃ vā nirodhaṃ vā…) āraṃ vā pāraṃ vopalabhate. (Cf. AMg. āra, nt., this world, this life, this existence. Doubtless the stem from which is derived the Skt. adverb ārāt near, see Edgerton, Mīmāṃsā Nyāya Prakāśa, Gloss. Ind. s.v. ārād-upakāraka.)