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ऐषिका (aiSikA)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
aiṣikā (= Pali esikā
proverbially ‘stable, firm’, see refs. in PTSD), pillar (as that which makes firm, steadfast): Śikṣ 〔3.7〕 (vs) niśraya (separate!) kleśa-adharṣikatāyai aiṣika (m.c. for °kā
possibly read eṣika?) śraddha svayaṃbhuguṇānām, faith is a support, so as not to be subject to attack by the depravities, a pillar for the excellent qualities of the Self-existent. (Bendall and Rouse wrongly derive from eṣaka, to eṣati.)