dhaura (7969)

dhaura
Entry 7969, Page 287, Col. 1

(DOra, DOra)
? dhaura¦ = (or error for?) Skt. dhaureya, in (puruṣa- siṃhena puruṣarṣabheṇa) puruṣa-dhaureṇa (puruṣajāne- yena, see -jāneya) Mv ii.133.8 (prose); in essentially the same passage in which other texts read puruṣa-dhaureyeṇa, but in Mv with v.l. °dhaureṇa, LV 350.12; Mv i.229.8; ii.284.18. The word dhaureya, = Pali dhoreyya and (purisa-)dhorayha, occurs occasionally in Skt., and seems to mean primarily stout animal, capable of bearing burdens, but then secondarily best of his kind (= mukhya, Schmidt, Nachträge). In the cliché passage just mentioned, it refers to superior men, esp. Buddhas (used in reference to Śākya- muni at the moment of enlightenment). In…dhīrā dhau- reyā dhṛtimanto…, in the midst of a long description of the inhabitants of Sukhāvatī, Sukh 61.6 (prose); in Mv ii.364.16 (vs), of a man who worships at stūpas, dṛḍhavīryo dṛḍhasthāmo dhaureyo (replaced by vīraś ca in citation Śikṣ 299.3) dṛḍhavikramo. In all these it is not entirely clear how definite the lit. mg., stout animal, remained. In any case (puruṣa-)dhaureya seems pretty well established as standard Skt.; and I suspect that dhaura is a mere error.