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निर्वेधन (nirvedhana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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nirvedhana (nt.?
cf. nirvedha, and Skt. nir-vyadh-), (physical) piercing: bāṇabhūtaṃ duḥkhalakṣa-nirvedhanatayā Gv 〔495.6〕, like an arrow, because it pierces the target of misery
perhaps by double entente both this and intellectual penetration (like nirvedha), vajrabhūtaṃ sarvadharma-nirvedhana-tayā Gv 〔494.19—20〕, like a vajra because it penetrates (physically, and intellectually ?) all dharmas (states of existence, and religious doctrines ?).