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परिमाणवत् (parimANavat)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
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परि-माण—वत्
mfn.
(L.
°त्-त्व
n.
)
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
parimāṇa-vant, adj. (corresp. to Pali parimāṇa, as adj., Vin. 〔ii.62.7〕 etc.), f. °vatī (āpatti), (sin) of (definite) extent (?): MSV 〔iii.69.8, 12〕, etc.
opp. a-parimāṇavatī 〔70.11〕
〔72.7 ff.〕 (= Pali aparimāṇa). The real mg. is not clear, nor is it clear which category is more serious. Pali is equally uncertain, see SBE 〔17.421, n. 1〕. It does not mean ‘if the period is known’ (N. Dutt, Introd. 〔xiv〕), for the period (rātriparyanta) may be known or unknown in the case of an aparimāṇavatī, 〔72.7 ff.〕