brahma-vihāra (11077)
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Entry 11077, Page 404, Col. 1 -
(brahmavihAra, brahma-vihAra)
brahma-vihāra¦, m. (= Pali id.; cf. vihāra), brahmic (supreme, highest religious) state; four such: Dharmas 16 maitrī, karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā (as in Pali); °rāś catvāraḥ SP 142.11; catvāri °rān bhāvayitvā Divy 224.28 (prose); °ram (sg.) ācare Mv iii.105.17; same expressed by brāhmo (adj.) vihāraḥ Bbh 90.13 = catvāry apramāṇāni, see apramāṇa (in Pali also called appamaññā, fem., see CPD); brāhmya (as separate adj.) vihāra Sūtrāl. vii.3; xvii.17 comm. See AbhidhK. LaV--P. viii.196.