middha (12077)

middha
Entry 12077, Page 432, Col. 2

(midDa, midDa)
middha¦, nt. (= Pali id.; orig. unhistorically abstracted from styāna-middha, q.v.), drowsiness, sleepiness; some- times simply sleep, with neutral or at least unobjectionable connotation, as in middham avakrāntaḥ, went to sleep, MSV i.281.1; Divy 102.5, 21; 579.20; ma (= mā, m.c.) ca bhavatha middhavihatāḥ pataṃga iva rakṣathā netraiḥ LV 202.2 (vs), and don't be overcome with drowsiness…; Mvy 1982 middham = Tib. gñid, sleep (follows styānam 1981); middhāvastha-locanāparisphuṭo Divy 555.22; per- haps in this sense LV 179.6; but also as something definitely reprehensible, Dharmas 69 (in list of upakleśa; styāna occurs earlier, but separately, in same list); saṃgaṇikā- saṃsarga-middha-nivaraṇa- Laṅk 49.7; middha-guruka (see this) AsP 245.9, 13; middha-sadābhibhūta RP 28.4 (vs); others, Śikṣ 128.1; 197.6; Bbh 223.13; SP 13.1.

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