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निष्ठापद (niSThApada)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
niṣṭhā-pada, Laṅk 〔123.7〕, and (doubtless by error written) niṣṭhāpāda 〔160.16〕, or niṣṭhapada 〔214.3〕, fundamental term (Suzuki inexhaustible vow), cf. aniṣṭhāpada, which seems used as a synonym. They are ten, and furnish the basis for the ten mahāpraṇidhānas: see Dbh 〔17.1 ff.〕 where they are listed
cf. Suzuki, Studies, 〔231 note 1 and Glossary〕, which gives the list s.v. daśa-ni°. Dbh 〔17.1〕 tāni ca mahāpraṇidhānāni daśabhir niṣṭhāpadair abhinirharati, he effects the 10 vows by ten fundamental terms
the list here is sattva-(dhātu-niṣṭhā), loka-, ākāśa-, dharma-, nirvāṇa-, buddhotpāda-, tathāgatajñāna-, cittālambana-, buddhaviṣayajñānapraveśa-, and lokavartanīdharmavartanījñānavartanī-(dhātuniṣṭhā). Suzukiʼs list is identical except for omission of praveśa in 9.