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विछन्दयति (vichandayati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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vi(c)chandayati, for which forms of vi-chind- occur [Page484-b] in mss., cf. also vicchindika and prec.
see Wogihara, Lex. (mss. vary in Bbh between a and i)
in Pali (kāya-)vicchinda occurs as title of Jāt. 〔293〕, surely meaning aversion from the body, not cutting off of …
in Pv. comm. 〔129.26〕 atidānato vicchinditukāmo clearly means wanting to dissuade from over-generosity, = BHS vi-chand-
Pali (kāya-)vicchandaniya(-kathā) and (kāya-)vicchandanika- (-sutta) cannot be separated from (kāya-)vicchinda, above
in Divy 〔590.24〕 even the v.l. vicchedayām āsuḥ occurs for vicchandayām āsuḥ. It is clear that Pali and BHS both show what must, therefore, be a very old confusion between chand- and -chi(n)d- here. As Kern (cited PTSD s.v. vicchinda), Wogihara, and some others have seen, the orig. form was surely vicchandayati
the forms with chi(n)d- are due to popular etym. (in some occurrences the word means something close to cuts off). The fundamental mg. is makes undesirous (denom., vi plus chanda)
so Tib. mos pa zlog pa on Mvy, ḥdun pa zlog on KP, both mg. desire-deterring, desire-dissuading, but on LV simply zlog par byed pa, dissuasion-(deterring-)making: °dayati Mvy 〔6527〕, foll. by vicakṣuḥ-karaṇāya
bhūyobhūyaḥ sa māṃ °dayati, bhadramukhāniṣṭo 'sya karmaṇo phalavipākaḥ Divy 〔10.6〕, similarly 〔11.24〕, dissuades
°dayām āsuḥ (v.l. see above) 〔590.24〕
(Māraḥ …) bodhisattvaṃ … evaṃ °dayiṣyati AsP 〔331.16〕, will (try to) dissuade
(iha … bodhisattvasya … pāpamitraṃ, yaḥ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ) carantaṃ virecayati (q.v.) vichandayati ŚsP 〔1185.19〕, modulated in the sequel (the means of dissuasion are given 〔1186.1 ff.〕
they consist of attacks on the dogmatic interpretation of Buddhism accepted in this school)
(devaputrāḥ … Māraṃ …) vicchandayanti LV 〔333.20〕 and 〔335.10〕 (prose), dissuade, discourage Māra (by predicting his defeat)
°dayati vikṣipati KP 〔1.6〕
when the thing dissuaded from is expressed it is regularly abl., dānād vicchandayan Jm 〔24.7〕
(saṃgrahavastubhyo) vicchandya Śikṣ 〔50.12〕
adattādānād °dayati Gv 〔155.15〕
vichandya (v.l. vichindya) with ablatives Bbh 〔16.2 ff.〕, so also °dayet 〔27.12〕
°dayati (v.l. °chind°) 〔262.13〕
but once apparently acc., (yasmāt tvaṃ bhikṣucaraṇapranāmaṃ) māṃ °dayitum icchasi Divy 〔383.6〕, since you wish to dissuade me (against, from) bowing at the feet of monks (or is this acc. a Bhvr. adj., me characterized by bowing etc.?).