vartanā (13337)

vartanā
Entry 13337, Page 471, Col. 2

(vartanA, vartanA)
vartanā¦ (-veṇī; for Pali see below), (string of) bead(s). Note that veṇī in Pali, and at least veṇikā in Skt., are used in the fig. sense of line, string; Tib. on LV (both times) renders lan bu (or, bur) blas pa, rendered by Fou- caux le tissu d'une tresse; I cannot find blas pa in Tib. Dictt., but lan bu does indeed seem to mean braid of hair, the normal Skt. meaning of veṇī; it may be that Tib. mistranslated. Occurs twice in LV, in the same comparison: 254.13 (tad yathāpi nāma) vartanyā veṇy (read vartanā- veṇy) unnatāvanatā bhavati samaviṣamā, evaṃ me pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭako…; and 256.1 (tad yathā karkaṭakapār- śukā) vāhanaśālāyāṃ vā gopānāsī pārśve (cf. 254.9--11) dvipari-(see this!)vartanā veṇīvat (read as one cpd. word) pṛṣṭhīkaṇṭakaḥ. The Mv parallels clearly had vaṭṭanāvalī, q.v., in accord with the Pali.The Pali MN i.80.15 (cf. also 81.12; 245.30) has: (seyyathā) pi nāma vaṭṭanāvaḷī evam eva ssu me piṭṭhikaṇṭako unnatāvanato hoti; comm. ii.50.5, yathā rajjuyā āvuṇitvā katā vaṭṭanāvaḷī vaṭṭanā- naṃ antarantarā ninnā hoti, vaṭṭanaṭṭhānesu unnatā… See also vartita (°tā…veṇī).