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प्रविचारण (pravicAraNa)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
pravicāraṇa, nt., or °ṇā, f.,
(1) = prec. (from next plus suffix -ana
cf. paricāraṇa, °ṇā, used in exactly the same phrase
JM. paviyāraṇā, sexual intercourse), amusement (not necessarily sexual): only in °cāraṇārthaṃ, in the same formula in which pravicāra and paricāraṇa (°ṇā) occur: Mv 〔ii.117.4, 6, 8, 11, 14〕
(2) (from Skt. pravicārayati
Skt. °cāraṇā defined BR 〔7.1776〕 ‘Unterscheidung, so v.a. Art’), investigation, thorough consideration: (sarva)dharmapravicāraṇābhinirhāra- Gv 〔364.26〕.