mada-nirmadana (11496)
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- mada-nirmadana
Entry 11496, Page 417, Col. 1 -
(madanirmadana, mada-nirmadana)
mada-nirmadana¦, adj. (or subst. nt. ? = Pali mada- nimmadana), getting rid of pride or intoxication; ep. of virāga in Pali, AN ii.34.24; expl. Vism. 293.21 as de- intoxication of intoxication; PTSD takes nimmadana s.v. from Skt. root mṛd, crushing; possibly, in BHS at least, it may mean washing away, see nirmādayati (but in Pali nimmādeti, sometimes written nimmadeti, means insults): Mv iii.200.11 yam idaṃ °danaṃ pipāsā-prativinayo ālaya- samudghāto…virāgo…(close parallel to Pali, above).
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