हंसलक्षण (haMsalakSaNa)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishhaṃsalakṣaṇa, m. or nt. (= AMg. haṃsalakkhaṇa, acc. to Sheth white or pure, acc. to Ratnach. marked with the image of a haṃsa
Ratnach. cites cpd. °khaṇa-paḍasāḍaga, which proves that it means a kind of cloth), a kind of fine cloth, prob. haṃsa-like in one of the senses indicated by Sheth above: SP 〔89.6〕 koṭambaka-haṃsalakṣaṇaiḥ, see s.v. koṭambaka
Chin. seems to render this word bright, white, and clean (three words), agreeing with Sheth
Gv 〔495.4〕 haṃsalakṣaṇa-vastra-bhūtaṃ sarvasaṃsāradoṣa-saṃsṛṣṭatayā (read with 2d ed. °doṣāsaṃ°), it is like a pure white garment (? a haṃsalakṣaṇa garment) because it is not contaminated with all the bad qualities of the saṃsāra.
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