ārambaṇa (2887)

ārambaṇa
Entry 2887, Page 103, Col. 1

(ArambaRa, ArambaRa)
ārambaṇa¦, nt. (= Pali ārammaṇa; in mg. 1 = Skt. ālambana; in BHS this, q.v., is also used in mg. 3), (1) basis, support, point d' appui; basis, reason, (logical) ground; in Bhvr. cpds., having…as basis, based on…: SP 6.13 (see s.v. āśravaṇa); 71.7 -vividha-hetu-kāraṇa-nidarśanā- rambaṇa-niruktyupāyakauśalyair; 318.6--7 yāṃ ca… tathāgataḥ…vācaṃ bhāṣata ātmopadarśanena (add with WT vā paropadarśanena) vātmārambaṇena vā parā- rambaṇena vā…, either on his own authority (Kern) or that of others, or on the basis of (presentation of) himself (in visible form) or of others (so essentially Burnouf; per- haps more exactly, on the basis of giving an account, a description, sc. of himself, by himself or by others); 318.14 vividhair ārambaṇair, with various bases or authorities; 319.12 tad ārambaṇaṃ kṛtvā, probably making that my reason or basis; 320.3 tathāgatārambaṇa-manaskāra- kuśalamūlāni, roots of merit (due to) attentiveness based upon the T.; LV 244.5 (dhyānagocarāṇāṃ) ca samāpatty- ārambaṇānāṃ laukikasamādhīnām; Mv ii.260.15 mahan- tānāṃ varṇānām ārambaṇam…(16) bhūtānāṃ ca varṇānām ārambaṇam anuprāpnuvanti (Bodhisattvas), apparently basis of great castes…and of bygone castes* (so Senart, but he disclaims understanding what is meant); Gv 18.21 -bodhy-ārambaṇa- (1st ed. misprinted; corr. 2d ed.) -kuśalamūla-; 64.8 and 116.5 ārambaṇīkṛtya, making a basis, object of attention (with acc.); in Śikṣ 253.3 ārambaṇena = ālambanapratyayena (cf. Mvy 2269; Pali ārammaṇapaccaya), the third of the four pratyaya, q.v.; (2) physical basis, location (= Skt. viṣaya): Gv 82.14 yasmin yasminn adhvani (time, i.e. present, past, or future) yasmin yasminn ārambaṇe (cosmic location, of a Tathā- gata)…tathāgataṃ draṣṭum ākāṅkṣāmi; Gv 512.4--5 ābhāsam agamann ekasminn ārambaṇe yathā caikasminn ārambaṇe tathāśeṣasarvārambaṇeṣu, location(s), of the palatial structures presided over by Maitreya; (3) like Pali ārammaṇa, also = Skt. viṣaya in sense of sense- object, of which in Pali there are six (the 6th being dhamma, object of manas); Śikṣ 250.5 cakṣurindriyādhipateyā rūpārambaṇa-prativijñaptiḥ, recognition of the sense-object form, dependent on the sense-organ eye (sight); Mv i.120.11, read with mss. ārambaṇārambhaṇacittaṃ hetuno parikar- menti,…the thought as it grasps the sense-objects (here perhaps more particularly the objects of the manas, ideas, to which Pali ārammaṇa is sometimes restrictedly applied). -*(Mv ii.260.15--16) Better, basis of great and true renown, or qualities, or (physical) appearance? (Addition in proof.)