pariṇāyaka (9011)

pariṇāyaka
Entry 9011, Page 323, Col. 2

(pariRAyaka, pariRAyaka)
pariṇāyaka¦, m. (very rare in Skt., BR, only in mg. 1; commoner in Pali, in both mgs.), (1) leader: °ka-saṃpannā Mv ii.255.17, said of a herd of deer, perfect in their leader (who was Surūpa, a former birth of the Bodhisattva); as ep. of a Buddha, °kaḥ Mvy 21; mārga-°kaḥ 439; andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake Buddho…tārayitā etc., in a cliché, Av i.4.2; 10.2; 210.13, etc.; ep. of Bodhisattvas, (loka-) °kānāṃ Mv ii.297.17; (sattvānāṃ…) pariṇāyaka- bhūtaḥ Gv 219.7; (2) specifically, the 7th of the 7 ratna (q.v. 3) of a cakravartin: Mvy 3628 = Tib. blon po, officer, minister of state, app. with both civil and military functions of the highest rank under the king, so also Chin., while Jap. seems to make him more specifically military; same Tib. regularly elsewhere, e.g. on LV 14.5; for his functions, see LV 18.3, paṇḍito vyakto medhāvī rājñaś… cintitamātreṇa udyojayitavyaṃ (read surely °vyāṃ, as Tib. appears to take it, bsko bar bya baḥi dpuṅ rnams) senām udyojayati sma, he activates as quick as thought an [Page324-a+ 71] army that is to be activated for the king (here only military functions); Divy 217.20--21 suggests military functions; but contrariwise Mv i.109.14--15 mārgagato praṇaṣṭānāṃ hatahatanayanānāṃ (read °nāna, m.c.) deśayati (so mss.) mārgaṃ, tena pariṇāyakavaraṃ labhati ratanaṃ (read °nam, m.c.; one ms. ratnam) uttamanāyakaṃ; for Pali cf. DN comm. i.250.12 pariṇāyakaratanena vijitaṃ anurak- khati; DN ii.177.5 paṭibalo rājānaṃ…upayāpetabbaṃ upayāpetuṃ apayāpetabbaṃ apayāpetuṃ ṭhapetabbaṃ ṭhapetuṃ, he is competent to bring to the king what needs to be brought, to remove what needs to be removed, to hold (make stay) what should be kept; comm. ii.628.3, on this passage, says that he is the eldest son of the king, rañño jeṭṭhaputto va; a sort of viceroy or chief assistant to the king seems to be meant; very often in lists of the 7 ratna, without specific statement of his functions, e.g. LV 14.5; 101.16; 136.18; Mv i.49.4; 193.17; ii.323.5; iii.377.21; Divy 60.18; 140.25; 211.18; 548.27; Kv 17.20; 49.4; Gv 418.12.