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ओसरण (osaraNa)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
osaraṇa, nt. (to next
= Pali id.), entrance, approach: Mv 〔ii.37.9〕 osaraṇe (mss. osakaṇe) ca bharitā addaśi pramadā, at the entrance (to the kingʼs palace) (otherwise Senart)
〔ii.108.8〕 kasya eṣa osaraṇaśabdaḥ (? mss. te saraṇa°, or te śaraśa°), whose noise of approach is this? In Mv 〔iii.401.1〕 osaraṇāni, in a line otherwise hopelessly corrupt, corresponds to the same word in the same vs of Pali Sn 〔538〕, the rest of which seems also corrupt (so ed.)
the comm. says it means heretical views (ogahanāni titthāni, diṭṭhiyo). Senartʼs em. and interpretation of the line are unconvincing
but the Pali is also dubious, and its comm. questionable. I cannot solve the problem.