caritāvin (6145)

caritāvin
Entry 6145, Page 226, Col. 1

(caritAvin, caritAvin)
caritāvin¦, adj. and quasi-pple. (§ 22.51; cf. carita- vant), having followed the (true religious) course (sc., normally, of Bodhisattvas; see s.v. cari): bodhisattvacar- yā-caritāvinaḥ (n. pl.) Laṅk 120.16; dārako 'smin dharma- paryāye caritāvī (only two mss.; most mss. caritavān) SP 464.1 (prose), pursued the religious course in (studying) this dh°; bahubuddhaśatasahasra-caritāvino (n. pl.) SP 180.9 having pursued the course of (under ?) many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas; text not certain in Mv ii.218.14, Senart, vayaṃ pi ugratapacīrṇa-(v.l. °tīrṇaṃ) -caritāvino (mss. °tāvīna), we have followed the right religious course in that we have pursued (? cīrṇa) severe austerities (a forest ascetic speaks); in absolute use, without dependent noun, caritāvino hi te bhikṣavaḥ LV 404.19, for these monks have pursued the (true religious) course.