bimbopadhāna (10958)

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bimbopadhāna
Entry 10958, Page 400, Col. 2
(bimbopaDAna, bimbopaDAna)
bimbopadhāna¦, mss. once °opahata, once °opana, nt. (related to Pali bimbohana, AMg. bibboaṇa, Ratnach., Pkt. biṃbovaṇaya, bibboa, bibboyaṇa, Sheth, all same mg.; doubtless a loan from a non-Aryan dialect, variously adapted by popular etym.), pillow, cushion: Mvy 8988 = Tib. sṅas (pillow) naṅ (tshaṅs) can (?); Chin. thick pillow; Jap. pillow; Divy 40.11 (here text vimbo°); 550.16; 553.9; sumeru parvatarājā °dhānam (v.l. bimbopanam, °mam) abhūṣi (sc. for the Bodhisattva) Mv ii.136.17 and 137.15; ubhayato-°dhāna Mv ii.115.16-17, having cushions on both sides, ep. of paryaṅka, couch, palanquin; also ep. of paryaṅkāni Mv iii.70.2, where mss. ubhayato-lohita- bimbopahatāni, Senart em. °bimbohanāni (= Pali); in MPS 7.5 °panair, prob. corruption for °padhānair (with Tib.).