vidūṣaṇā (13800)

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vidūṣaṇā
Entry 13800, Page 487, Col. 2
(vidUzaRA, vidUzaRA)
vidūṣaṇ⦠(-samudācāra), (performance of) self-denun- ciation (of one's own past sins), one of four ways of counter- [Page488-a+ 71] acting past evil deeds, by which a Bodhisattva ‘kṛtopa- citaṃ pāpam abhibhavati’ Śikṣ 160.5; tatra °ṇā-samudā- cāro 'kuśalaṃ karmādhyācarati (so read) tatraiva ca vipratisārabahulo bhavati 6; a long description of the ways in which this is done follows, ending ukto °ṇā-samudā- cāraḥ 171.7; the Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā (Bibl. Ind.) p. 153, line 5, glosses vidūṣaṇā: akuśalaṃ karma kṛtvā vipratisārarūpātma-(misprinted)-vigarhaṇā pāpadeśanā.