āvarhaṇa (3003)

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āvarhaṇa
Entry 3003, Page 107, Col. 2
(AvarhaRa, AvarhaRa)
āvarhaṇa¦, nt. (to next with -ana; cf. Pali abbāhana, extraction, as of thorns; but the real Pali equivalent is abbhāna), removal, freeing (of a monk from certain pe- nances): Mvy 8656 = Tib. dbyuṅ ba, removal, also freeing; MSV ii.203.16, 18 ff. (requires a quorum of twenty monks); iii.51.9; 53.4.