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उपवितर्क (upavitarka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? upavitarka (m.?), in Mv 〔ii.74.3〕 °keṣu vā, at the end of a list of arts and exercises (in Mv almost wholly martial
LV 〔p. 156〕 in corresponding passage includes many non-martial) in which the Bodhisattva challenges the other Śākya youths
preceded by rathasmiṃ dhanusmiṃ tharusmiṃ vā, which does not fit well with any intellectual exercise (reasoning or the like) such as the apparent etymology suggests.