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(vaSIBUta, vaSIBUta)
vaśībhūta, (1)¦ adj., also vaśi° (= Pali vasī°, defined PTSD mastering; in Skt. has opposite mg., subjected, subdued), become possessed of control, in BHS regularly, perh. always, a synonym of arhant (doubtless orig. as controlling himself, or controlling his destiny): Mvy 1077 = Tib. dbaṅ du gyur pa, attained to power, in a list of śrā- vaka-guṇāḥ; as ep. of monks who are also called arhant, SP 1.6; yāni…°ta-śatāni bhagavatā pūrvaṃ śaikṣa- bhūmau sthāpitāny evam avavaditāny…abhūvan SP 70.13,…arhants who, when formerly located in the śaikṣa (q.v.) stage, were thus instructed (what follows is Hīnayāna doctrine, appropriate to śrāvakas!), misunderstood by Burnouf and Kern; pañca tāni vaśibhūtaśatāni Mv i.69.2 (vs), Senart p. xxvi cinq cents arhats, correctly; the same, vaśibhūtā(ṃ) 69.14; 70.8 (vss); vaśibhūtā 74.21 (prose!), Senart arhats, which is proved by 75.7, 11, 15 etc. where individuals are named, in the acc. case, Pralambabāhuṃ vaśibhūtaṃ, Vicitracūtaṃ (? Senart with mss. Vicinta°) vaśi°, Haryakṣaṃ nāma vaśi°, etc., the arhant…; (Bodhi- sattvāḥ)…asādhāraṇā pratyekabuddhādibhiḥ vaśibhūta- gaṇādibhiś ca śaikṣa-pṛthagjanādibhiś ceti Mv i.142.5 (prose), who are unlike Pratyekabuddhas, companies of arhants, śaikṣas and common people, and their like; śāstā vaśībhūtapuraskṛtaḥ i.187.15 (vs), the Teacher attended by arhants; pañcānāṃ vaśībhūtaśatānāṃ (v.l. vaśi°) samavāye i.193.8 (prose), in a company of 500 arhants (on Mt. Gṛdhra- kūṭa); also (like arhant, Mvy 4 and often) a Buddha: vaśībhūta ity ucyate LV 425.18; pūjayanti (sc. Bodhi- sattvāḥ) vaśibhūta-koṭiyo (acc. pl.) Mv i.47.3 (vs); vaśī- bhūtasya (so mss., Senart em. °tāna) yā ceṣṭā, bodhi- sattvāna tādṛśī Mv i.107.6 (vs), as the behavior of a Buddha, such is that of Bodhisattvas (in the eighth bhūmi; cf. 105.13 aṣṭamāṃ bhūmiṃ prabhṛti…bodhisattvāḥ samyaksaṃ- buddhapūjayā pūjayitavyā iti); (2) n. of a Bodhisattva: Vaśī° Gv 442.12.