ब्रह्मविहार (brahmavihAra)

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English

 ब्रह्म—विहार m.
  pious conduct,  perfect state (4 with Buddhists),  Lalit.
  
 Divyāv.
 
 Dharmas.
  16.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 brahma-vihāra,  m. (= Pali id.
 cf. vihāra),  brahmic (supreme,  highest religious) state
 four such: Dharmas 〔16〕 maitrī,  karuṇā,  muditā,  upekṣā (as in Pali)
 °rāś catvāraḥ SP 〔142.11〕
 catvāri °rān bhāvayitvā Divy 〔224.28〕 (prose)
 °ram (sg.) ācare Mv 〔iii.105.17〕
 same expressed by brāhmo (adj.) vihāraḥ Bbh 〔90.13〕 = catvāry apramāṇāni,  see apramāṇa (in Pali also called appamaññā,  fem.,  see CPD)
 brāhmya (as separate adj.) vihāra Sūtrāl. 〔vii.3〕
 〔xvii.17〕 comm. See AbhidhK. LaV-P. 〔viii.196〕.

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