uttrāsana (3405)

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uttrāsana
Entry 3405, Page 125, Col. 1
(uttrAsana, uttrAsana)
uttrāsana¦, n. (and adj.?) (once in Skt., Dhātup., pw 2.295, as n. act.; not in Pali; cf. AMg. uttāsaṇaa, °ṇaga, adj., terrifying), the act of frightening: Bbh 146.13 uttrāsanāvarjanena (dvandva), by frightening and pro- pitiation; 180.5 uttrāsanārhāṇāṃ sattvānām uttrāsanāya; (adj., or ifc. Bhvr.?) Divy 604.2 -paramabhīṣaṇanirnādaṃ sakalajanottrāsanam, terrifying all people. Cf. next.