itvara (3140)

itvara
Entry 3140, Page 114, Col. 1

(itvara, itvara)
itvara¦, adj. (= Pali ittara; Skt. Lex., rare and late in lit., see pw; cf. itara, which in Pali is commonly treated as the same word but seems to be unrelated in origin; possibly secondary blending has occurred between the two words), slight, small, trivial, unimportant; brief, momentary (of time): Mvy 2699 °ram (n. sg.); Mv iii.186.4 °raṃ khu ayaṃ tāpo, this (sun's) heat is a trivial thing; LV 123.4 (vs) kiṃ tasyābharaṇebhir (so, as one word) itvaraiḥ, what need has he of trivial (ordinary, worthless) ornaments?; RP 39.12 asāram itvaraṃ ca lokam (acc. sg.); Śikṣ 167.8 mahākāruṇyacittotpādenetvareṇa kāmopa- sanihitena, by an impulse of pity, tho vile (? better trivial, slight), and full of desire (Bendall-Rouse); of virtue, merit, etc., Gv 529.9 itvara-guṇa-saṃtuṣṭair, satisfied with slight virtues; LV 271.3 (vs) itvarapuṇya devamanujā; Gv 508.24 itvara-kuśalamūlānāṃ devamanuṣyāṇāṃ (of those who do not follow the Mahāyāna); Śikṣ 60.14 itvara-kuśala- mūlāḥ; of time, Bbh 87.4 itvarakālābhyāsāt (short), con- trasted with dīrghakālābhyāsāt line 3; vijñāyate netvara- darśanena Ud xxix.11 = Pali SN i.79.17 (momentary, fleeting glance); of gifts, Divy 317.8 kiṃ punar me itvareṇa dānena pradattena.

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