pariṇāmana (9009)

pariṇāmana
Entry 9009, Page 323, Col. 1

(pariRAmana, pariRAmana)
pariṇāmana¦, nt., or °nā, f. (cf. pariṇamana, °nā; Skt. pariṇamati, changes, intrans.; also ripens; Pali °na, only noted in mg. 4; AMg. °maṇā, °maṇayā for °manatā, transformation, change of form), (1) change, alteration: [Page323-b+ 71] priyavastu-pariṇāmana-tayā (because of the fact that there are alterations of the desired object) śokabhājano lābhasat- kāraḥ Śikṣ 105.13; change of one physical element into another, mahābhūteṣv anyonya-pariṇāmanānyathābhāva- kriyā Bbh 60.13; (2) ripening, lit., of a seed; (ṛtur api) bījasya pariṇāmanā-kṛtyaṃ karoti Śāl 74.17 (Tib. bsgyur baḥi bya, see below), the act of causing the seed to ripen (or grow); (3) fig. development, causing to grow, ripening, maturation, usually of religiously desirable conditions; Tib. somewhat confused, sometimes yoṅs su (b)sṅo ba (so on Mvy 794 and Suv 44.5), said to mean regularly bless (certainly not the mg. of pariṇāmana); other mgs. cited are devote, design, intend; elsewhere (e.g. Mvy 1675; Śāl 74.17) Tib. bsgyur ba, change, transform, but app. also multiply, increase, make grow; Chin. on Mvy turn, change (in direction): sarvā bodhisattvacaryāpagata-kleśakalmāṣā bodhipariṇāmanādhipatyena pratyetavyā(ḥ) Dbh 58.18--19, all depravities and impurities foreign to the Bodhisattva- course are to be recognized, thru mastering the development (ripening) of enlightenment; bodhi-pariṇāmanā Śikṣ 33.14; 158.6; (prob. understand bodhi- also in) pariṇāmana- kuśalena Śikṣ 282.2; prathamāyām eva pariṇāmanāyām Śikṣ 29.10, sc. of kuśalamūlāni; cf. 29.13--14, 21; also pariṇāmanā 31.2; bodhisattva-°nā- 31.18--19; imāya pariṇāmana-varṇitāya Suv 44.5 (vs), with this (sc. deśanā) which is praised as a cause of ripening; imaṃ °ṇa-rājaṃ Bhad 48, this King of Ripeners (the Bhad itself); yā pariṇāmana varṇita agrā Bhad 56; parahita-pariṇāmanāt Jm 41.11--12, thru developing (increasing, furthering) the welfare of others; pariṇāmanaṃ Bbh 307.2, uncertain reading, replaced by pariṇamanā in line 8; iṣṭārthe pariṇāmanām Sādh 34.15; said of the development of an evil trait, (read) evam apsa- rasaḥ prārthanayābrahmacaryapariṇāmanān mahāpadumo nāma naraka uktaḥ Śikṣ 75.10, thus, as a result of the development (stimulation, ripening) of unchastity thru de- siring an apsaras (wrongly Bendall and Rouse); (4) (= Pali °naṃ, Vin. iv.157.12) diversion (of something to the use of someone for whom it was not intended): °nam Mvy 8415.