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आदीप्तशिरश्चैलोपम (AdIptazirazcailopama)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
ādīptaśiraścailopama (in Mvy °celop°), adj., and °ma-tā, subst., (state of being) like one whose head or clothes are on fire (i.e. who is in extreme danger and needs nirvāpaṇa, the putting out of the flames
applied to one leading a worldly life
in Pali ādittasīsa and ādittacela occur as separate cpds., AN 〔iv.320.26〕, cf. also SN 〔v.440.7〕): °maḥ Mvy 〔1802〕
Śikṣ 〔54.3—4〕 kusīdo 'haṃ bodhiś cādīptaśiraścailopamena bahūn kalpān samudānetavyā
〔191.8—9〕 parākramasaṃpannatā ādīptaśiraścailopamatā jñānaparyeṣṭyā (here state of realizing, being aware, that oneʼs head and clothes are on fire, and so in next)
Gv 〔493.2〕 īdṛśyādīpta° °pamatayā (text separates īdṛśyā dīpta°) kalyāṇamitrājñānaṃ na vilomayanti. Bendall and Rouse in Śikṣ Transl. misunderstand the word.