nir-āmagandha (8326)
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Entry 8326, Page 299, Col. 1 -
(nirAmaganDa, nir-AmaganDa)
nir-āmagandha¦, adj. (neg. Bhvr. from āmagandha, q.v.; = Pali id., wrongly analyzed and defined in PTSD s.v. nirāma, a ‘word’ which does not exist), lit. free from foul odors; so defined in Tib. on Mvy 6784; otherwise recorded only in fig. sense of (free from vice, hence) saintly, virtuous, applied to holy men: Mv iii.212.17 (= Pali DN ii.241.14) °gandho; 214.1; 388.16 (= Pali Sn 717), in a description of the typical bhikṣu; Divy 578.22 Mahākātyā- yanasya nirāmagandhasya; Sukh 61.4; Samādh p. 5° line 4 (text nināma°); applied to actions, Gv 65.10 °dha- karma-.
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