vihāra (14339)

vihāra
Entry 14339, Page 505, Col. 1

(vihAra, vihAra)
vihāra¦, m. (Pali id.), in BHS chiefly in two mgs., both seemingly based on the meaning dwelling (to viharati, q.v.), (1) dwelling place of monks, esp. of a monkish community, monastery; so used also in Skt.: in this sense = Tib. gtsug lag khaṅ, house of sciences, because schools were associated with monasteries, Mvy 9096; 9152; (2) = Tib. gnas (pa), as for viharati, state of being, stage or condition of existence; sukhasparśa-vihāra-tā Mvy 6288; brahma-vi°, q.v.; see s.v. viharati for examples; others praviṣṭamānasya śubhair vihārair LV 7.2 (vs), prob. being entered into (instr. = loc.) fair states; mayā pramatta- vihārāye na samanvāhṛtaṃ (so read with mss.) Mv iii.355.1, by me (a devatā), in a negligent state, it was not considered that…, proved by vs version of same incident, mamedaṃ na viditaṃ pramattāye 356.5; ayaṃ (sc. Maitreya's dwelling, Vairocanavyūhālaṃkāragarbha) śūnyatānimit- tāpraṇihita-vihāra-vihāriṇām āvāsaḥ Gv 469.25, and long list of similar formulae, all with cpds. ending -vihāra- vihāriṇāṃ, the abode of those who dwell in the state of…; yat Tathāgataḥ tribhir…apratisamair vihāraiḥ tadba- hula-vihārī, āryeṇa vihāreṇa, divyena, brāhmeṇa; iyam asya vihāraparamatety ucyate. tatra śūnyatānimittā- praṇihita-vihārā (cf. Gv 469.25 above) nirodhasamāpatti- vihārāś cāryavihāra ity ucyate; catvāri dhyānāny ārupya- samāpattayaś ca divyo vihāra ity uc°; catvāry apramāṇāni (= brahmavihāra) brāhmo vi°…Bbh 90.7--13; twelve bodhisattva-vihāra, listed and explained at length in the ‘vihāra-chapter (paṭala)’ of Bbh, 317.5, 10 ff. (there is a 13th, the tāthāgato vi°, niruttaro vi°, 12--14), listed 15 ff., gotra-vi°, adhimukticaryā-vi°, pramudita-vi°, adhiśīla-vi°, etc. (the long chapter must be read to understand the terms which by themselves sound obscure); ten jñānapāramitā- vihāra, Gv 537.11 ff. (listed); in Bbh 332.20 ff. the standard 10 bodhisattva-bhūmi (q.v.) are called b°-vihārāḥ (line 23); cf. Sūtrāl. xx-xxi. 14 comm., ekādaśa vihārā ekādaśa bhūmayaḥ (the 11th is the buddha-bhūmi); (3) prob. walking (as in Skt.), in two almost identical passages in Divy: padā vihāra 78.6 ff. and 467.2 ff., also in MSV i.75.21 ff. (printed as cpd.), and iii.140.9, 19, walking, marching on foot (refers to passing around a holy place to the right, Divy 78.5, 467.1); below, mālāvihāraḥ kṛtaḥ Divy 78.25 and 467.26, and ff., and MSV i.76.18 ff., a garland-perambulation (?), precise mg. not clear to me; it is obviously some form of homage to the holy spot, more elaborate than the depositing of loose flowers (mukta- puṣpāṇi Divy 78.18; 467.18).

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