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चरिताविन् (caritAvin)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
caritāvin, adj. and quasi-pple. (〔§ 22.51〕
cf. caritavant), having followed the (true religious) course (sc., normally, of Bodhisattvas
see s.v. cari): bodhisattvacaryā-caritāvinaḥ (n. pl.) Laṅk 〔120.16〕
dārako 'smin dharmaparyāye caritāvī (only two mss.
most mss. caritavān) SP 〔464.1〕 (prose), pursued the religious course in (studying) this dh°
bahubuddhaśatasahasra-caritāvino (n. pl.) SP 〔180.9〕 having pursued the course of (under ?) many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas
text not certain in Mv 〔ii.218.14〕, Senart, vayaṃ pi ugratapacīrṇa-(v.l. °tīrṇaṃ) -caritāvino (mss. °tāvīna), we have followed the right religious course in that we have pursued (? cīrṇa) severe austerities (a forest ascetic speaks)
in absolute use, without dependent noun, caritāvino hi te bhikṣavaḥ LV 〔404.19〕, for these monks have pursued the (true religious) course.