vistara, (1) (14316)

vistara, (1)
Entry 14316, Page 504, Col. 1

(vistara, vistara)
vistara, (1)¦ nt. = Skt. m., (great) extent: mohapaṭala- °raṃ bhinnaṃ (n. sg.) LV 373.12 (vs); (2) m. (special application of Skt.; Pali vitthāra similarly used), the full text (of a cliché, or well-known passage) is to be supplied, an indication of abbreviation: vistaraḥ Divy 428.11 (the full text meant is found in 132.20 ff.); usually instr. adv. vistareṇa, (supply) in full, Mv i. 47.16; °ṇa kāryam Divy 377.1, the text is to be done (i.e. recited) in full; the text may be specifically named, °reṇa rākṣasīsūtraṃ (Divy chap. 8) sarvaṃ vādyam Divy 524.19--20; vistareṇa yāvat, (read) in full (the part here omitted) as far as… (the foll. words resume the text at a later point) Mv i.1.10; Divy 381.10; 394.5; 406.19; Bbh 230.1; cf. peyāla, similarly used, and vistīrṇa; (3) (= Skt. Lex. id.; Skt. viṣṭara, M. viṭṭhara), seat: netrāṇi cābharaṇa-vāhana-vistarāṃś ca dattvā…Mv i.83.16 (vs), (Buddhas) having given away their eyes, and ornaments, vehicles, and seats; (4) in Divy 84.4 (vs) gṛha-vistaraḥ should mean (or represent a word that means) a poor, mean house (see description 83.20 ff.): divyaṃ cāsya sudhābhaktam ayaṃ ca gṛha-vi°, suvi- ruddham iti kṛtvā jāto me hṛdi saṃśayaḥ (mss. °yam), heavenly is his nectar-food, and (yet) this is a miserable house… I suspect a corruption. But MSV i.83.3 agrees. Perhaps, after all, and (merely) this is the size of the house (?).

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