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अभिभायतन (abhibhAyatana)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अभिभायतन
n.
 ‘abode of superiority’,
N.
 of the eight sources of superiority with Buddhists,
L.
Goldstucker
English
अभिभायतन Tatpur. n. (-नम्) (In Buddhistic doctrine.) ‘The
basis of mastership or superiority’
अभिभायतनानि or the
(eight) bases of superiority are the (eight) mental accom-
plishments or superior powers of a man who by having
internally the idea of form, perceives externally
^1 limited or
^2 illimited forms, either with agreeable or disagreeable colours,
by having internally the idea of absence of form perceives
externally
^3 limited or
^4 illimited forms, either, too, with
agreeable or disagreeable colours, and by having internally
the idea of absence of form perceives externally
^5 dark-blue
forms with dark-blue colours, aspect or appearance,
^6 yellow
forms with yellow colours, aspect or appearance,
^7 red forms
with red colours, aspect or appearance, and
^8 white forms
with white colours, aspect or appearance. See Burnouf's Lo-
tus de la bonne loi
append. XV. E. अभिभा 2. and आयतन
(Burnouf 1. c. considers the word as a Pāli form represent-
ing the Sanskṛt अभिभ्वायतन, i. e. अभिभु or अभिभू and
आयतन, and renders it accordingly ‘the place or region
of the conqueror’
but as अभिभा = अभिभूति or अभिभव
may also have the active meaning, it seems better to adopt
the given E. and to take the word as a pure Sanskṛt
compound, meaning ‘that on which victory rests’, and
similar in formation to the Buddh. रूपायतन or आकाशा-
नन्त्यायतन).