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यावन्तर (yAvantara)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
yāvantara, instr. adv. °reṇa (yāva = yāvat plus antara, MIndic cpd.), (as long as) until
correl. tāvantaraṃ: yāvantareṇa paramārthavidū (°dur) bhaveyaṃ, tāvantaraṃ yadi avīcigato bhaveyaṃ Mv 〔iii.252.6—7〕 (vs), until I become a knower of the highest goal, if for so long I should dwell in Avīci
similarly, written with tt for nt (as if compv. with intensive force, but prob. error for nt), yāvattareṇa pavararṣiṇa jñānalābhas, tāvattaraṃ dukham avīcikam utsahāmi Dbh.g. 〔12(348).17—18〕.