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नीवरण (nIvaraNa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
नी-वरण
n.
an obstacle (= नि-व्°,
p.
559),
Sukh.
i.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
nīvaraṇa, nt. (also written nīvā° in text with one ms. Mv 〔ii.143.16〕, but v.l. nīva°, metr. indifferent
niva° SP 〔75.2〕, but Kashgar rec. nīva°
niva° v.l. for nivā° Mvy 〔6511〕
niva° also Divy 〔567.19〕
Śikṣ 〔280.13〕
Bbh 〔9.1〕
〔218.19, 20〕
Gv 〔491.22〕
Laṅk 〔49.7〕
nivā° Mvy 〔6511〕, with v.l. niva°, also acc. to Mironov nivā° for nīva° Mvy 〔2146〕),
(1) (= Pali nīvaraṇa), disturbance, trouble, interference: in ordinary worldly sense, prītiprāmodyajāto nirupādāno vigata-nivaraṇo 'bhayaprāpto SP 〔75.2〕
in beginning a story (vs), nīvaraṇāni vijahitva ekāgreṇa manasā mama śṛṇotha Mv 〔ii.33.7〕, getting rid of hindrances (to attention) listen to me with intent minds, and similarly nīvaraṇaṃ vijahitvā 〔iii.133.6〕 (vs)
usually, as in Pali, hindrance or obstruction to a religious life, ‘besetting sin’ (Childers)
Tib. regularly sgrib pa = darkness, also sin
there are five such, listed AbhidhK. LaV-P. 〔v.98〕 (in accord with Pali, see Childers, PTSD) as kāmacchanda, vyāpāda, styānamiddha, auddhatya-kaukṛtya, and vicikitsā: Mvy 〔651〕
〔2146〕
〔6511〕 (here, for nivāraṇa, Tib. chod pa, covering over, is alternative to the usual sgrib pa)
nīvaraṇa-kaṭhinagranthi (read °thī, metr. required) LV 〔371.18〕 (vs), having the hindrances as its hard bulb (of avidyā, compared to a plant)
°ṇa-vanānī (so with v.l. for °rī) dagdhā me kuśalamūlatejena LV 〔372.1〕
°ṇa-kapāṭāni ca pañca mayeha pradāritā sarvaṃ (text °va
or °ve, v.l.) LV 〔376.13〕
nivaraṇa-kavāṭa-nirbhedana-tāyai Gv 〔491.22〕
vigata-nīvaraṇa (adj. Bhvr.) SP 〔123.11〕
apagata-nī° Dbh 〔56.26〕
mandani° Bbh 〔9.1〕
pañca nīvaraṇāni Mv 〔i.147.15〕
°ṇā pañca cetasāvaraṇā (mss. °ṇāṃ
= cetas', for cetasaḥ, āv°) 〔i.248.1〕
°raṇāpagataṃ cittaṃ 〔ii.143.16〕
nāsti °ṇāni ca 〔iii.401.12〕, said of Buddha
(Sukhāvatyāṃ …) sarvaśo °ṇa-śabdo nāsti Sukh 〔40.8〕
°ṇānāṃ viṣkambhanatā Śikṣ 〔191.7〕
mukto śalyair nivaraṇais tathā Divy 〔567.19〕
-middhanivaraṇa-vigatena Laṅk 〔49.7〕
avidyā-nivaraṇāvṛtāḥ Śikṣ 〔280.12—13〕
°ṇa-prahāṇāya Bbh 〔218.19〕
also 20
see also vi-nīvaraṇa
(2) a high number: Mvy 〔7971〕 = Tib. sgrib pa, as for mg. 1
in LV corruptly niravadya, q.v.