Alambana · neuter · ālambana 1
Ālambana (adjective/noun) [from ā + lamb, cf. ālamba] (adjective) hanging down from, hanging up Ja III 396; IV 457; Pj II 214. — (neuter) support, balustrade (or screen?) Vin II 117, 152 (°bāha) Miln 126.
ālambana , nt. (in mg. 1, essentially = Skt. id. ; in mg. 2 = ārambaṇa , q.v. ), ( 1 ) basis, ground, reason (= Skt. id. ); ālambana-pratyaya, third of four pratyaya , q.v. , cf. ārambaṇa , 1, end: Mvy 2269 ; ( 2 ) object of sense (= ārambaṇa , 3): LV 392.15 sarvālambana-samatikrāntaḥ (dharmaḥ); Bbh 384.8 (see s.v. saṃprakhyāna ); Sūtrāl. iv.1 (see Léviʼs note in Transl. ; seems restricted to correspondence with citta = manas (?), at least acc. to Tib. ); ( 3 ) architectural term, part of a railing or balus-trade; bar, crossbar (functioning as support ), esp. of a vedikā (-jāla), q.v. , one of the cross-pieces of a balustrade or railing; = ārambaṇaka , q.v. ; associated with adhiṣṭhāna ( q.v. , 4) or °naka ( q.v. ); repeatedly a sūcī ( sūcikā ) is stated to function as ālambana to the upright [Page106-a] pillars ( pādaka ) of a vedikā -jāla ( Mv ), or simply to a vedikā ( Divy ): Mv i.195.1 sūcikā ālambanam adhiṣṭhānakaṃ ca abhūṣi; iii.227.7 ff. sūcikā ālambanaṃ adhiṣṭhānakaṃ ca (in some repetitions below, abhūṣi is added); Divy 221.9 sūcī ālambanam adhiṣṭhānam ( sc. āsīt); see next.
something to hold on to or lean on, support; a staff; a support on a carriage
【中】 1. 感官的物件。2. 懸挂下。3. 支援。
(nt, nt, from ālambati) support; rest; stand support [lit.] supporting Construction: ā + √lamb + ana
(nt, nt, from ālambati) hanging down from Construction: ā + √lamb +
(nt, nt, from ālambati) sense-object Construction: ā + √lamb +