apramāṇa (1419)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
- apramāṇa
Entry 1419, Page 49, Col. 1 -
(apramARa, apramARa)
apramāṇa¦, nt. (in mg. 1 = Pali appamaññā, f.; see CPD s.v.), (1) infinitude, as n. for brahmavihāra (q.v.), of which there are four, maitrī (maitrā), karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā: listed as apramāṇāni Sūtrāl. xvii.17., cf. xx--xxi.43; AbhidhK. LaV-P. viii.196; Mvy 1503--7; Bbh 241.15--16; LV 297.12 (vs) maitrī-upekṣa-karuṇā-muditā- pramāṇāḥ (read °ṇā? hardly Bhvr.); mentioned without list, Gv 471.18 catur-apramāṇa-vihāra-; Śikṣ 105.16; LV 45.16 catur-apramāṇa-prabha-teja-dharaḥ; 341.1 catur- apramāṇa (wrongly printed catura pramāṇa); (2) a high number: Mvy 7934 (cited from Gv); 8041; Gv 134.7.
{{#arraymap:
|; |@@@ | | }}