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अव्याबध्य (avyAbadhya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
a-vyābadhya or °vadhya, adj. and nt. subst. (see next, and cf. Pali avyāpajjha, as mentioned there),
(1) adj., that cannot be injured or disturbed, inviolable: Mv 〔ii.259.15〕 °dhyaṃ (ms.) dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati
〔279.9〕 °dhyaṃ arthaṃ prārthayamāno
in both of these spelled avyāvadhyaṃ, and associated with asādhāraṇaṃ
(2) apparently subst., not doing harm (so Tib., gnod pa mi byed): LV 〔380.17〕 avyābadhyaṃ (Foucaux la mansuétude) sukhaṃ loke. There is a v.l., in mss. usually regarded as the best, adhyāvadhya
one might conjecture a-vyāvadhya, or °bādhya, ger., not committing injury. But the context suggests that a nom. sg. noun is intended, sukhaṃ being apparently predicate (Foucaux douce): so Tib. takes it. In all of these forms the root vadh may have been felt to be concerned
or the short a of the root may be semi-MIndic (based on forms of bādh which are certainly commoner).