bodhi-maṇḍa (11024)
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Entry 11024, Page 402, Col. 2 -
(boDimaRqa, boDi-maRqa)
bodhi-maṇḍa¦, nt. (= Pali id.), platform or terrace or seat of enlightenment, name given to the spot under the bodhi- tree on which the Buddha sat when he became enlightened; Tib. (on Mvy and elsewhere) byaṅ chub (kyi) sñiṅ po, essence (lit. heart; = maṇḍa, q.v.) of enlightenment; Chin. acc. to Burnouf, Introd. 387 n. 2, platform of the bodhi- tree; very common: Mvy 4114; SP 16.3; 54.13; 316.3; etc., see Index to KN; LV 36.2 (here BR follows Calc. in reading °maṇḍala, but Lefm. with all mss. °maṇḍa, the only true form; others, see Index to Lefm.); 273.7 ff.; Divy 392.17 etc.; Suv 89.15 etc.; Bbh 94.5; 405.11. For equivalent expressions see s.v. maṇḍa.