āvarjana (2996)

āvarjana
Entry 2996, Page 107, Col. 1

(Avarjana, Avarjana)
āvarjana¦, nt. (to āvarjayati, q.v.; see also āvar- janā; substantially as in Skt., once, das Sich-geneigt- Machen, Gewinnen, BR 5.1123), wrongly defined for LV and Divy in pw; attraction, winning to oneself: LV 250.(7--)8 (dhyānagocarāṇāṃ ca rūpāvacarāṇāṃ) ca devānām dhyā- naviśeṣopadarśanād āvarjanaṃ kuryām (by performing severe austerities; said by the Bodhisattva); 250.22 devānāṃ cāvarjanārtham; Mv ii.423.18 āvarjana-saṃ- panno (Senart doué de bonne grâce, d' affabilité; i.e. gifted with winning ways; followed by mārdavasaṃpanno apa- ruṣo); especially (cf. āvarjayati) conversion: Bbh 180.5--6 āvarjanārhāṇāṃ sattvānām āvarjanāya (contrasts with preceding uttrāsanārhāṇāṃ sattvānām uttrāsanāya); often this is accomplished by miracles, because, as Divy 133.9 says, āśu pṛthagjanāvarjanakarī ṛddhiḥ, magic converts the vulgar quickly; virtually the same words 192.8; 313.15; 539.5; Bbh 80.6 and 82.5 ṛddhy-āvarjanatā, process of conversion by (exhibitions of) magic; Av i.9.12 tad atyad- bhutaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā; the same ii.4.4--5 etc.