a-vyābadhya (2304)

a-vyābadhya
Entry 2304, Page 79, Col. 2

(avyAbaDya, a-vyAbaDya)
a-vyābadhya¦ or °vadhya, adj. and nt. subst. (see next, and cf. Pali avyāpajjha, as mentioned there), (1) adj., that cannot be injured or disturbed, inviolable: Mv ii.259.15 °dhyaṃ (ms.)…dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati; 279.9 °dhyaṃ arthaṃ prārthayamāno; in both of these spelled avyāvadhyaṃ, and associated with asādhāraṇaṃ; (2) ap- parently subst., not doing harm (so Tib., gnod pa mi byed): LV 380.17 avyābadhyaṃ (Foucaux la mansuétude) sukhaṃ loke. There is a v.l., in mss. usually regarded as the best, adhyāvadhya; one might conjecture a-vyā- vadhya, or °bādhya, ger., not committing injury. But the context suggests that a nom. sg. noun is intended, sukhaṃ being apparently predicate (Foucaux douce): so Tib. takes it. In all of these forms the root vadh may have been felt to be concerned; or the short a of the root may be semi-MIndic (based on forms of bādh which are cer- tainly commoner).

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