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निर्धान्त (nirdhAnta)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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nirdhānta, adj., ppp. (cf. next
non-Skt. ppp. to nir-dham-, 〔§ 34.11〕, = Pali and AMg. niddhanta, which is used in Pali of gold, jātarupa, and in comp. with mala, both as in BHS), purged, purified by fire
of metals: dvi-(read dvir-?)-nirdhāntaṃ suvarṇaṃ (so read for °ṇa-)kuśalena karmakāreṇa supariniṣṭhitam LV 〔63.12〕 (prose)
in comp. with -mala, with impurities purged (as if by fire), nirdhāntamalā Ud 〔xvi.3〕 (= Pali Dhp. 〔238〕 niddhanta°)
recorded nirdhā[nta]malo as ‘Skt.’ gloss for Toch. lyalyītku, Sieg and Siegling, Toch. Sprachreste 〔359.9〕 (Toch. Gram. 〔466.2〕)
in Mv 〔ii.470.13〕 read su-nirdhānta-mala-kaṣāyāṇi for °nirvānta° (mss. add -vanta!), said of gold ornaments made by a skillful goldsmith.
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