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जिह्मीकरोति (jihmIkaroti)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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jihmīkaroti (to jihma, q.v., in both its BHS senses),
(1) obscures, makes (esp. something normally bright to appear) dark or dull: bhagavantaṃ sūryasahasrātirekayā prabhayā sarvaparṣanmaṇḍalaṃ °kurvantam dṛṣṭvā RP 〔2.16〕
(sarvamāramaṇḍalāni) °kurvamāṇān (to pres. kurvate) Gv 〔87.5〕
sarvamārabhavanāni jihmīkṛtya (text jihvī°) Mmk 〔7.20〕, and (°bhavanaṃ) 〔78.16〕
ppp. °kṛta (various forms), with mārabhavanāni LV 〔300.9〕 (cf. 〔296.16〕, s.v. jihma)
of Māraʼs host, 〔316.10〕
ābharaṇāni 〔122.3〕
jihmīkṛta (so mss., Lefm. em. jihmi°) candrasūryā 〔354.18〕 (vs)
(candrasūryau …) tayā prabhayā te 'pi jihmīkṛtau nāvabhāsyante niṣprabhāṇi ca bhavanti Mmk 〔78.17〕
fig. eclipsed, overshadowed, jihmīkṛta (so mss., Lefm. em. jihmi°) śakrabrahmā (by the Bodhisattva) LV 〔354.2〕 (vs)
(2) disappoints (lit. darkens, makes dull
cf. jihmīkaraṇa, 2)
ppp. °kṛta, disappointed, despondent, overcome: °kṛtaḥ Mvy 〔5200〕 = Tib. (among various renderings) spa skoṅs pa, despondent, or zil gyis non pa, overcome. Cf. prec. and next.