styāna-middha (17388)

styāna-middha
Entry 17388, Page 609, Col. 1

(styAnamidDa, styAna-midDa)
styāna-middha¦, nt. (= Pali thīna-m°; in Pali and BHS analyzed as styāna plus middha, dvandva, qq.v.; AMg. thīṇaddhi, thīṇagiddhi, Jain Skt. styānarddhi, styānagṛddhi; as suggested by me in NIA.2.607--610, all these forms go back to a cpd. *thīna-(m-)iddha or -iddhi, Skt. *styāna-ṛddhi, the m being orig. ‘hiatus-bridging’, increase of languor), torpor and drowsiness, esp. as one of the five nīvaraṇa, q.v., hindrances (to religious life); often in lists of (some or all) the nīvaraṇa, and almost always with definite implication that it is reprehensible; a rare exception is Gv 20.10 (tad yathāpi nāma puruṣo …mahato janakāyasya) madhye styānamiddham ava- krāmet (would get sleepy), sa suptaḥ svapnāntaragatas… (note that middha, q.v., is sometimes used in this in- nocent sense); with nīvaraṇa or other evil qualities, Bbh 145.10; 173.1; 243.21; in Śikṣ 111.9 (vs; repeated several times below) read yaḥ styāna-middhe (for text yasmāna mi°) 'bhiratiṃ prayāti (these vss introduced in 111.5 by nidrārāmam adhikṛtyāha); in Śikṣ 129.12 read styāna- middha for text mlāna°; also in Gv 447.17 (text °viddha); Sādh 365.12 (text °siddha); Mmk 23.27; SP 335.6 (vs; Kashgar rec. stīna-mi°); LV 139.9; 262.16 = Mv ii.240.5; RP 39.8; 45.19; 56.17; 57.1; styānamiddhe (so read with mss.) bahulāś ca bhavanti Mv i.79.16.