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निश्रय (nizraya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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नि-श्रय a
&c.
 See नि-श्रि.
नि-°श्रय b
m.
 refuge, resource (= आश्रय),
L.
 (the 4 resources of a Buddhist See
MWB.
 80).
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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niśraya, m. (= Pali nissaya, not completely or perfectly described in the Dictt.), fundamentally, support, basis (Tib. gnas, place, abode, place of settlement
or rten, support): niśraya-bhūtaṃ sarvabodhisattvacaraṇa-tayā Gv 〔494.10〕, it (bodhicitta) acts as a support, because it constitutes [Page307-a] legs for all Bodhisattvas
niśraya … śraddha Śikṣ 〔3.7〕 (vs), faith is a support (see s.v. aiṣikā)
niśrayasaṃpanna Mv 〔ii.259.14〕
〔280.1〕 (here text wrongly niḥśraya°), perfect in the (five) supports or aids, for getting rid of evil and cultivating good
so in Pali nissayasaṃpanna AN 〔iv.353.18〕
they are there listed in 〔21 ff.〕 as saddhā, hiri, ottappa, viriya, paññā
by relying on (nissāya) them one akusalaṃ pajahati kusalaṃ bhāveti
in Mvy 〔820〕 Bodhisattvas are described as sarvapraṇidhāna-niśraya-vigata, for whom all basis for (further) praṇidhānas is removed (because they are already perfect in praṇidhānas, as stated in Mv 〔ii.280.1〕 and substantially in 〔259.14〕, along with niśrayasaṃpanna)
app. support (of life
Tib. rten) Mvy 〔1849〕
in Mvy 〔8669〕 °yaḥ (Tib. gnas), of the four technical ‘requisites’ or supports, supplies, which a Buddhist monk needs and is allowed, listed 〔8670—3〕 as vṛkṣamūlam (for sleeping), piṇḍapātaḥ (for food), pāṃsukūlaṃ (for garments), pūtimukta- (q.v.) -bhaiṣajyam (for medicine)
the same four in Pali (nissaya)
in this sense niśrayadāyaka, m., a giver of …, Mvy 〔8731〕
in Bbh 〔193.2〕 also four, the list in 3—5 is (1) cīvara-, (2) piṇḍapāta-, (3) śayanāsanaṃ, and (4) glānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāś ca
for nuns there are only three of these niśraya, since living in the woods, ‘at the foot of a tree’, is forbidden to them (Vin. 〔ii.278.14〕)
hence trayo niśrayā(ḥ) Bhīk 〔22a.5—22b.1〕
na ca skandha-āyatana-dhātau (one cpd. word) niśrayu tubhya vidyati kadācit Gv 〔253.10〕 (vs), reliance (dependence) on (the external world), the being based on (it)
in Mvy 〔5623〕 (Tib. gnas or rten) the context suggests residence, fixed abode (between āspadam and niketaḥ)
in KP 〔103.1〕 tatra na śikṣā na niśrayo nāniśrayaḥ, the exact mg. is not too clear, and Tib. as printed in ed. omits this phrase
perhaps as in niśraya-saṃpanna, above, there is no instruction, no support and no non-support (for moral development) (?)
Chin. no keeping nor not keeping of the moral code
niśrayāhṛta (lābha), received thru support, MSV 〔ii.109.8〕, explained 〔112.15 ff.〕
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*निश्रय m. = आश्रय, Zuflucht, Requisit usw., Mahāvy. 30, 15
101, 13. Aufenthaltsort 226, 131
die vier niśrayāḥ eines buddh. Mönches 266, 11 ff. °दायक 270, 18.