anuvartanā (1009)

anuvartanā
Entry 1009, Page 33, Col. 2

(anuvartanA, anuvartanA)
anuvartanā¦ (Skt. °na, nt., Pali °vattana, nt.; see also °vartanatā), conformity to, imitation of, with gen. or in comp.: (dharmāṇām) Bbh 107.24; 108.2; lokānu°, said of the Buddha, LV 238.3 °nām upādāya; 392.8 °nāṃ (so with best mss., edd. °tināṃ) praty; 119.7 °na (m.c. for °nāṃ) pratī (m.c. for prati); acc. to the Lokottaravādin school, this conformity to worldly life on the part of the Buddha is a mere ‘imitation’ or ‘reflection’, as in a mirror, bimbe kanakabimbābhe eṣā °tanā Mv i.168.15; this passage is a locus classicus for this doctrine; in 168.8--9 lokānuvar- tanāṃ buddhā anuvartanti laukikīṃ, prajñaptim anu- vartanti yathā lokottarām api; in what follows, Buddhas are said to imitate worldly actions (the care of the body, etc.), tho they have no need to, since everything about them is lokottara, transcending the world.

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