nīvaraṇa (8644)

nīvaraṇa
Entry 8644, Page 311, Col. 1

(nIvaraRa, nIvaraRa)
nīvaraṇa¦, nt. (also written nīvā° in text with one ms. Mv ii.143.16, but v.l. nīva°, metr. indifferent; niva° SP 75.2, but Kashgar rec. nīva°; niva° v.l. for nivā° Mvy 6511; niva° also Divy 567.19; Śikṣ 280.13; Bbh 9.1; 218.19, 20; Gv 491.22; Laṅk 49.7; nivā° Mvy 6511, with v.l. niva°, also acc. to Mironov nivā° for nīva° Mvy 2146), (1) (= Pali nīvaraṇa), disturbance, trouble, interference: in ordinary worldly sense, prītiprāmodyajāto nirupādāno vigata-nivaraṇo 'bhayaprāpto SP 75.2; in beginning a story (vs), nīvaraṇāni vijahitva ekāgreṇa manasā mama śṛṇotha Mv ii.33.7, getting rid of hindrances (to attention) listen to me with intent minds, and similarly nīvaraṇaṃ vijahitvā…iii.133.6 (vs); usually, as in Pali, hindrance or obstruction to a religious life, ‘besetting sin’ (Childers); Tib. regularly sgrib pa = darkness, also sin; there are five such, listed AbhidhK. LaV-P. v.98 (in accord with Pali, see Childers, PTSD) as kāmacchanda, vyāpāda, styāna- middha, auddhatya-kaukṛtya, and vicikitsā: Mvy 651; 2146; 6511 (here, for nivāraṇa, Tib. chod pa, covering over, is alternative to the usual sgrib pa); nīvaraṇa-kaṭhina- granthi (read °thī, metr. required) LV 371.18 (vs), having the hindrances as its hard bulb (of avidyā, compared to a plant); °ṇa-vanānī (so with v.l. for °rī) dagdhā me kuśala- mūlatejena LV 372.1; °ṇa-kapāṭāni ca pañca mayeha pradāritā sarvaṃ (text °va; or °ve, v.l.) LV 376.13; nivaraṇa-kavāṭa-nirbhedana-tāyai Gv 491.22; vigata-nīva- raṇa (adj. Bhvr.) SP 123.11; apagata-nī° Dbh 56.26; manda- ni° Bbh 9.1; pañca nīvaraṇāni Mv i.147.15; °ṇā pañca ceta- sāvaraṇā (mss. °ṇāṃ; = cetas', for cetasaḥ, āv°) i.248.1; °raṇāpagataṃ cittaṃ ii.143.16; nāsti °ṇāni ca iii.401.12, said of Buddha; (Sukhāvatyāṃ…) sarvaśo °ṇa-śabdo nāsti Sukh 40.8; °ṇānāṃ viṣkambhanatā Śikṣ 191.7; mukto…śalyair nivaraṇais tathā Divy 567.19; -middha- nivaraṇa-vigatena Laṅk 49.7; avidyā-nivaraṇāvṛtāḥ Śikṣ 280.12--13; °ṇa-prahāṇāya Bbh 218.19; also 20; see also vi-nīvaraṇa; (2) a high number: Mvy 7971 = Tib. sgrib pa, as for mg. 1; in LV corruptly niravadya, q.v.

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