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अध्यालम्बति (adhyAlambati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
2 adhyālambati, °te (not in Pali or Pkt.
Skt. ālambati, °te), grasps, takes hold of,
(1) literally and physically: taṃ daridrapuruṣam adhyālambeyuḥ SP 〔104.3〕
sumeruṃ yaś ca hastena adhyālambitva SP 〔253.5〕 (vs)
(pāṇinā dakṣiṇahasteṣv, em.) adhyālambya SP 〔484.4〕, and similarly 8
adhyālambamānāḥ (sc. utensils for worship) LV 〔77.2〕
(phalakam …) adhyālambante AsP 〔286.11〕
(tam pārśvābhyāṃ) svadhyālambitam (so with v.l. for text svā°) adhyālambya suparigṛhītaṃ parigṛhya 〔291.6〕
(2) metaphorically, grasps = reaches, attains: -jñānabhūmir adhyālambitā (so read, text °batā) Gv 〔18.18〕
(bodhisattvacaryā …) katham adhyālambitavyā Gv 〔59.19〕.