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मदनिर्मदन (madanirmadana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
mada-nirmadana, adj. (or subst. nt.? = Pali madanimmadana), getting rid of pride or intoxication
ep. of virāga in Pali, AN 〔ii.34.24〕
expl. Vism. 〔293.21〕 as de-intoxication of intoxication
PTSD takes nimmadana s.v. from Skt. root mṛd, crushing
possibly, in BHS at least, it may mean washing away, see nirmādayati (but in Pali nimmādeti, sometimes written nimmadeti, means insults): Mv 〔iii.200.11〕 yam idaṃ °danaṃ pipāsā-prativinayo ālayasamudghāto virāgo (close parallel to Pali, above).