viveka (14204)

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viveka
Entry 14204, Page 500, Col. 1
(viveka, viveka)
viveka¦, m., (1) (= Pali id., e.g. Vism. 140.17 ff.) separation, aloofness (from sin): rāgadveṣamoha-viveka- kuśalamūlāś ca bhavanti Mv i.134.3 (prose); (2) (= Pali id.) solitude, seclusion (of life): ete…vivekārāmā vive- kābhiratāḥ; naite kulaputrā devamanuṣyān upaniśrāya viharanty asaṃsargacaryābhiratāḥ SP 309.10--11 (rightly Kern, wrongly Burnouf); sukho vivekas tuṣṭasya LV 380.16 (vs), Tib. dben pa; atyabhīkṣṇaṃ vivekaṃ sevanti Mv i.96.6, of backsliding Bodhisattvas, they devote them- selves too earnestly to solitude (which violates the Bodhi- sattva ideal); vivekādayaḥ Mvy 2987 = Tib. dben paḥi rnam paḥi miṅ la, names for varieties of solitude (list includes prānta, araṇya, etc.); °kam anubṛṃhayet Ud xiii.6 = Pali Dhp. 75 °kam anubrūhaye; saṃgaṇikayāpi vivekagocaraḥ Śikṣ 202.20, even with a crowd, he ranges in solitude.