samavasaraṇa (16001)

samavasaraṇa
Entry 16001, Page 566, Col. 1

(samavasaraRa, samavasaraRa)
samavasaraṇa¦, nt. (to next with -ana; = Pali samosaraṇa; late Skt. once, acc. to comm. = nivāsa, Schmidt, Nachträge), also °ṇa-tā (state, condition, of…); written sometimes °śaraṇa (which has misled some inter- preters into connecting it with Skt. śaraṇa), primarily coming together, gathering, uniting, collection: so regularly Tib. yaṅ dag par ḥdu ba, Mvy 527 (sarvadharma-°ṇa- sāgara-, sea of gathering of all dh., cf. Gv 494.14 below); Mvy 617 and 618 (see araṇa); 5165 (here alternative Tib. gzhol ba, acc. to Das coming down, also absorption in, besides ḥdu ba); sahālokadhātu-°ṇāsu (Bhvr.) sarvaloka- dhātuparaṃparāsu Gv 396.2, in all the series of world- systems that are joined with the sahā world-system; (mahāsā- garabhūtaṃ, sc. bodhicittaṃ) sarvaguṇaratna-°ṇatayā 494.14, it is like the great ocean, because it is a gathering of all the jewels of virtues; sarvatraidhātukasvapna-°ṇa- jñānena 522.8, by knowledge of the collection of dreams which constitute the whole triple universe; since union with something may amount to attainment of it, attainment is often the best English rendering, esp. when a state or condition is what is united with or attained: (dharmavi- nayo…) nirvāṇa-°ṇaḥ (Bhvr.) SP 71.1, characterized by attainment of nirvāṇa; yāvad eva sattvāḥ sattvadhātau saṃgraha-°ṇaṃ gacchanti 346.10,…arrive at attainment of (or perh. at coming together in) a unity (saṃgraha); dharmadhātu-(q.v.)-°ṇa-cakraṃ LV 423.7; saptadhana- °ṇākāraṃ (sc. śrutaṃ, holy learning) Śikṣ 190.19 (written °śaraṇa, whence Transl. wrongly protecting; rather, attain- ing); (pañca-, so read)-dharmā bodhisattvasya piṭaka- °ṇatā Mmk 23.5 (°śar°), conditions for acquisition (= learn- ing) of the piṭakas; °ṇaṃ saddharmanetrārakṣaṇārthaṃ ye (sc. mantravarāḥ, line 7) sādhayiṣyanti 74.9, which will effect attainment (not sécurité, Lalou Iconographie 52; written °śar°; sc. of religious learning), the goal of which [Page566-b+ 71] is the keeping of the Eye of the Good Law; buddhakṣetra- vyūha-°ṇa- Gv 7.24; two bodhisattva-samādhi are named sarvakṣetrasamanta-°ṇādhiṣṭhāna Gv 37.12, basis of com- plete attainment of all (Buddha-) fields, and sarvajñānā- vartābhimukha-°ṇa 38.3; -praveśa-°ṇa- Dbh 15.14, attain- ment of entrance (or penetration); tathāgatānāṃ kalpa- praveśa-°ṇa-jñānāni, yad uta, (17) ekakalpāsaṃkhyeya- kalpa-°ṇa-tā Dbh 87.16--17, and others in ff.