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नैर्माणिक (nairmANika)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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नैर्—माणिक
mfn.
miraculous,
Divyāv.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
nairmāṇika, f. °kā or °kī, adj. (= nirm°
from nirmāṇa plus -ika), related to magic creation
usually, created by magic: °kenāgninā Divy 〔186.26〕
°kaṃ kāyaṃ Laṅk 〔73.9〕 (see nirmāṇa-kāya
but in same vs 〔276.10〕 nairvāṇikaṃ, q.v.)
of a class of Buddhas, contrasted with vipāka-stha, Laṅk 〔34.2〕 or vaipākika 〔283.4, 11〕, magically created as against naturally developed
as ep. of ṛddhi, f. °kā Bbh 〔55.21〕, or °kī 〔58.20〕
〔63.23 ff.〕, that kind of magic (ṛddhi) which creates something out of nothing (nirvastukam 〔63.23〕), as opposed to pāriṇāmika, °kī, that which is based on or involves alteration, transformation of things which have a ‘real’, natural existence. See next.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
नैर्माणिक Adj. durch Zaubermacht hervorgebracht, Divyāvad. 186, 26.