ātyayika (2666)

ātyayika
Entry 2666, Page 93, Col. 1

(Atyayika, Atyayika)
ātyayika¦, adj. (from atyaya; in Divy quantity of initial -a-ambiguous in saṃdhi, taken as aty° by Burnouf and Divy Index; on mg. see Burnouf, Introduction 628), transcending, exceptional, irregular, overstepping normal procedure: -piṇḍapāta, Divy 50.25, 26 tathāgatasyātyayika- piṇḍapātam…pañca me Maudgalyāyanātyayikapiṇḍa- pātāḥ…āgantukasya, gamikasya, glānasya, glānopas- thāyakasyo, 'padhivārikasya ca; Śikṣ 17.19 sarvasattvānām ātyayikaṃ parigṛhyaitad api me varjayan niṣīdāmi (so a Bodhisattva should ponder); perh. transcendent, very im- portant (matter); cf. Aśoka, Rock Ed. 6, line 7 (Girnar); Kauṭ. Arth. Sham.^1 29.12. Bendall and Rouse troubles.