avabhāsa (2112)

avabhāsa
Entry 2112, Page 73, Col. 1

(avaBAsa, avaBAsa)
avabhāsa¦, m. (in Skt. sheen; appearance; manifesta- tion, and so also in BHS; in mg. 1 = Pali obhāsa), (1) hint given in words by a monk as to something he desires (a sinful act); cf. Childers 298; Vism. i.23.17 and 41.1 ff., where it as well as nimitta, 3, suggestion, and parikathā, qq.v., are briefly explained: Śikṣ 131.3 nāvabhāsa-kareṇa bhavitavyam, one should not be a maker of hints; 4 katamo 'vabhāsaḥ (in the following example a monk says things designed to get tasty food from donors); 6 avabhāsa- nimittaṃ; see avabhāsa-tā; (2) range, = ābhāsa, q.v., used in similar cpds.: (aham…) bālānāṃ śravaṇāvabhā- sam āgacchāmi Laṅk 192.10; bodhisattvasya…dharma- śabdā (text °dhā) śrotrāvabhāsam āgacchanti, Bhadrapāda Sūtra, Thomas ap. Hoernle MR 89.13; rūpaśabdagandhara- sasparśāvabhāsam āgacchanti KP 105.8 (prose).

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