āvedha, (1) (3029)

āvedha, (1)
Entry 3029, Page 109, Col. 1

(AveDa, AveDa)
āvedha, (1)¦ (m.?; not in this sense Skt. or Pali; not in Pkt.), depth (of a sea or river; lit. penetration? cf. udvedha): Sukh 31.10 mahāsamudrāc caturāśītiyojana- sahasrāṇy āvedhena tiryag-aprameyāt, from the great ocean, 84,000 yojanas in depth and immeasurable across; 37.18 (santi yāvad…) -pañcāśadyojanavistārā (sc. mahānadyo) yāvad dvādaśayojanāvedhāḥ, (there are great rivers, up to) 50 yojanas in width, up to 12 yojanas in depth; (2) m., continuing force, as of an arrow that has been shot, or as of the shoot of a plant growing forth, and fig. of the continuative force of life which manifests itself in the skandha, see AbhidhK. LaV-P. ii.217; pūrvāvedhāt = pūrvābhyāsāt iii.118, from the continuing force of past activity: nikāya-sabhāgasyāvedhaḥ Mvy 7004, the continuative force of the common element in the class (of living beings, sattva; see sabhāga 2), which causes rebirth; Tib. ḥphen pa, something like projection. So also āvedhaḥ Mvy 7535 = Tib. ḥphen pa, or śugs, inherent power, energy (Jä.). In Mvy 6857 āvedhaḥ (between ākṣepaḥ and prasabham), physical projection, penetration (cf. Pali id.); Tib. also ḥphen pa.