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जिह्मीकरण (jihmIkaraNa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जिह्मी—करण
mfn.
‘obscuring’, see चन्द्र-सूर्य-जिह्मीकरणप्रभ.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
jihmīkaraṇa, adj. (from next, with -ana),
(1) obscuring, making (what is normally bright seem) dark or dull: candrasūryajihmīkaraṇayā prabhayā LV 〔41.5〕
indusūrya-jihmīkaraṇa-prabho Sukh 〔29.16〕
see also prec.
-tā, (jāmbūnada-suvarṇālaṃkāra-bhūtaṃ) saṃskṛtāvacara-kuśalamūlopacaya-jihmīkaraṇa-tayā Gv 〔496.6〕, (it is like an ornament of finest gold) because it obscures (over-shadows, makes seem dull) things in the realm (see avacara) of the conditioned thru the acquisition of roots of merit
(2) disappointing (lit. darkening, so making despondent or the like), in a-ji°, not disappointing (beggars): (upasaṃkrāntānāṃ, sc. yācanakānāṃ, cāvi) mānanājihmīkaraṇāvikṣepaṃ (adv.) LV 〔431.10〕, while not showing disrespect to (beggars) who come to him, not disappointing them, and not turning them away
yācanaka-maitrīkāruṇyapūrvaṃgamasaṃprekṣaṇājihmīkaraṇa- LV 〔432.5〕, looking upon beggars with love and compassion and not disappointing them.