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लेन (lena)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
lena, leṇa, nt., also m. (= Pali lena, leṇa, often with tāṇa, saraṇa
Skt. layana), refuge, esp. with synonyms such as trāṇa, śaraṇa
may be m., as epithet of a Buddha: alene lenasaṃjñino Mv 〔i.7.7〕 (prose), thinking a refuge that which is not
lenaś ca Mv 〔i.186.8〕
lenaṃ (n. sg.) ca 〔i.242.1〕
mss. leṇo (v.l. layaṇo) 〔i.257.4〕 (prose), with trāṇo śaraṇo (Buddha)
lenaṃ (n. sg.) 〔ii.328.11〕 (vs, of Buddha)
alena, no refuge, Mv 〔i.7.7〕 (above)
Bhvr., refugeless, alenā atrāṇā aśaraṇā Mv 〔iii.353.18〕 (prose)
sattva alena atrāṇyāḥ (v.l. °ṇāḥ), śaraṇavihīnā Suv 〔53.1〕 (vs).