उपायकौशल्य (upAyakauzalya)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

उपायकौशल्य 	-	 upAyakauzalya 	-	 n.
  	-	  skill in the choice of means

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 उपाय-कौशल्य n.
  skill in the choice of means,  SaddhP.
  

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 upāya-kauśalya,  nt. (= Pali °kosalla), 
(1) skill in expedients,  ‘able management,  diplomacy’ (Kern,  SBE 〔21.30 note 1〕)
 cf. prec.,  which however is very rare,  whereas this is extremely common everywhere,  esp. of the Buddhaʼs skill in devising means to impress and convert people: SP 〔33.8〕 (also n. of SP Chap. 2) etc.
 Gv 〔248.11〕 (mahop°),  et passim. In Bbh 〔261.6〕 text prints °kauśalam,  but v.l. °lyam should doubtless be adopted. Mvy 〔795〕
 and as
(2) n. of a Buddhist work 〔1345〕
 in the latter sense °lya-sūtra Śikṣ 〔66.9〕
 〔165.5〕
 〔167.3〕
 〔168.4,  12〕.

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Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 उपायकौशल्य n. 1. Geschicklichkeit in der Wahl der Mittel,  Saddh. P. — 2. *Titel eines Werkes,  Mahāvy. 65,  20.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

thabs mkhas
उपायकौशल्य

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