khaḍga-viṣāṇa (5437)

khaḍga-viṣāṇa
Entry 5437, Page 202, Col. 2

(KaqgavizARa, Kaqga-vizARa)
khaḍga-viṣāṇa¦, rhinoceros; -kalpa, adj. (= Pali khagga-visāṇa-kappa), like a rhinoceros, i.e. living a lonely life; esp. (as in Pali) ep. of a Pratyekabuddha: Mvy 1006; Divy 582.8; ekacarā °kalpā Mv i.301.4, and in a vs 357.15, otherwise eko care °kalpo 21 ff., or ekaś caret °kalpaḥ Divy 294.15, refrain of the stanzas of Pali Sn i.3 (vss 35--75: eko care khagga-visāṇakappo), a number of which are reproduced in Mv i.357.12--359.15, and one in Divy l.c.; they are designated khaḍgaviṣāṇa-gāthāḥ Mv i.359.16. Since Skt. khaḍga and Pali khagga mean rhinoceros, the Pali comm. on Sn paraphrases kh°-visāṇa by rhinoceros-horn. But actually the cpd. means rhino- ceros, = Skt. khaḍgin, originally having a sword (-like) horn. The comparison is to the animal, not to its horn. Cf. Samādh 19.29 khaḍga-samā; RP 13.7 khaḍga-vimalāḥ [Page203-a+ 71] (cited Śikṣ 196.4 as khaḍga-sadṛśāḥ); RP 16.7 (vs) eka viharati yathaiva khaḍgo. In all these khaḍga is the pre- cise equivalent of khaḍgaviṣāṇa (and khaḍgin), rhinoceros.