sīmābandha (16856)

sīmābandha
Entry 16856, Page 596, Col. 2

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sīmābandha¦, m., (1) drawing a strict line of (moral) demarcation (between good and evil): °dhaḥ Mvy 6825; so Jap.; Tib. mtshams bcad pa; °dhaḥ kṛto bhavati (by Buddha, before he will enter nirvāṇa) Divy 150.21; (2) drawing a (magic) boundary (‘magic circle’, Bendall and Rouse, Śikṣ p. 136) as protection against evil: dṛṣṭyā manasā vā °dhaṃ karoti Śikṣ 139.10; °dhaṃ tataḥ kuryāt Suv 106.6, °dhaṃ samārabhet 7 (vss); similarly Māy 261.4; MSV i.286.17.

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