prahāṇa (10643)

prahāṇa
Entry 10643, Page 389, Col. 2

(prahARa, prahARa)
prahāṇa¦, nt. (besides the mgs. here noted, also as in Skt. id., getting rid of, abandonment; only this mg. seems to be recognized by Tib. which regularly renders spoṅ ba; mg. 1 = Pali padhāna, BHS also pradhāna, q.v., here in Pktic form, cf. AMg. pahāṇa-vanta, Ratnach. = Hindi saṃyama samādhivālā; rendered one who con- centrates on self-restraint, better…on strenuous exertion; mg. 2 = AMg. pahāṇa, Skt. pradhāna), (1) exertion, strenuosity: four such Mvy 957--961 (as in Pali, see s.v. pradhāna for list); oftener called samyakprahāṇa (also °pradhāna; Pali sammappadhāna); Dharmas 45 (with list); Śikṣ 105.14; KP 95.6; Divy 208.8; in long cpds. containing lists of virtues and religious requirements, LV 8.5; 426.7; prahāṇa less technically, of zealous religious activity, in a series of vss similar, tho not quite identical, in Mv ii.238.3 ff., LV 261.2 ff., and Pali Sn 425 ff.: LV 4 prahāṇāyodyataṃ…dṛḍhavikramaṃ (subject), cf. Mv 4 prahāṇaṃ prahitaṃ (q.v.) mayā, Sn 425 maṃ padhāna pahitattaṃ; Mv 8 saṃhara mahā-prahāṇaṃ, restrain your great (ascetic) exertion! (Māra speaks), not in LV or Sn LV 13 kiṃ prahāṇe kariṣyasi, (Sktization of) Mv 12 kiṃ prahāṇena kāhisi, Sn 428 kiṃ padhānena kāhasi; LV 14 duḥkhaṃ mārgaṃ praháṇasya, Mv 13 text dūraṃ (mss. duraṃ, duraṃgaṃ, read perh. duḥkham?) āśā prahāṇasya, Sn 429 duggo maggo padhānāya; similarly, prahāṇāya gamiṣyāmi Mv ii.199.18 (vs) = Pali Sn 424 padhānāya gamissāmi; in a prose passage not found in LV or Sn, but introducing the above series of vss, Mv has (in words said by Māra to the Bodhisattva) kiṃ prahāṇena kari- ṣyasi ii.237.18, prahāṇam ca duṣkaram 21; bodhisattvaḥ [Page390-a+ 71] prahāṇārthī viharati LV 246.8, which supports reading of v.l. at Mv ii.124.1 (alaṃ punaḥ me…) kulaputrasya prahāṇārthikasya prahāṇāye, yan nūnāhaṃ ihaiva (mss. °vaṃ) prahāṇaṃ hareyaṃ (so mss., Senart prahar°; better would perhaps be vihareyaṃ, dwell in…, see s.v. vyapakṛṣṭa, where cliché is cited with prahitātmā and forms of viharati); the first part of this Mv passage is supported by Pali MN i.167.6--7 alaṃ vat’ idaṃ kula- puttassa padhānatthikassa padhānāyā ti; prahāṇaṃ pradadhāti (so prob. read for Senart's em. pratidadhāti, mss. corrupt) Mv ii.208.1; -prahāṇa-jñāna- LV 434.9; lūhaprahāṇena Mv ii.126.12 and in sequel (= rūkṣa- pradhāna, see the latter); °ṇa-śālā, hall of religious exercise, concentration, in a monastery, MSV iv.74.4 ff.; śaithiliko bāhulikaḥ prahāṇa-vibhraṣṭaḥ (fallen away from religious exertions) LV 407.19; Mv iii.329.3--4 (here text with mss. vikrānto, prob. intending vibhrānto, for vi- bhraṣṭaḥ, cf. Pali bāhuliko padhānavibbhanto Vin. i.9.1 and Jāt. i.68.2, in the same incident); utkuṭuka-pra°, see utku°; in the formula of the four ṛddhipāda, q.v., always -samādhi-prahāṇa-saṃskāra-samanvāgata (Pali samādhi-padhāna-saṃkhāra-samannāgata, e.g. DN ii. 213.7); (2) twice I believe prahāṇa (= AMg. pahāṇa) = Skt. pradhāna, the chief thing, at end of Bhvr. cpds. = chiefly consisting of or characterized by: kuhana-lapana- prahāṇaṃ māyā-mātsarya-doṣa-irṣyādyaṃ, (iha te kleśā- raṇyaṃ chinnaṃ…) LV 372.17 (vs), here you have cut down the forest of the impurities, consisting chiefly of kuhana and lapana (qq.v.), including deceit, malice, hatred, jealousy, etc.; tasya tahiṃ āśramapade prativasato kṣama-dama-prahāṇasya Mv ii.221.15 (vs), while he was dwelling…characterized by… In both these the Skt. mg. abandonment is manifestly impossible (tho Foucaux tries to adopt it in LV, by flagrant violation of the text), and exertion in the sense of Pali padhāna seems certainly implausible. The word is very common in AMg. in this mg.; note that BHS has usually this AMg.-like form for Pali padhāna.

{{#arraymap:

|; |@@@ | | }}