AvaraRa · neuter (& masculine) · āvaraṇa 1
Āvaraṇa (adjective/noun) [from ā + vr̥, cf. āvarati; BHS āvaraṇa in pañcāvaraṇāni Divy 378] — shutting off, barring out, withstanding; neuter hindrance, obstruction, bar Vin I 84 (°ṃ karoti to prohibit, hinder); II 262 (the same); D I 246 (synonym of pañca nīvaraṇāni); S V 93 f.; A III 63; Ja I 78 (an°); V 412 (nadiṃ °ena bandhāpeti to obstruct or dam off the river); Snp 66 (pahāya pañcāvaraṇāni cetaso, cf. Nidd II §379), 1005 (an°-dassāviṇ); Paṭis I 131 f.; II 158 (an°); Pp 13; Dhs 1059, 1136; Vibh 341, 342; Miln 21 (dur° hard to withstand or oppose). — dant° "screen of the teeth", lip Ja IV 188; VI 590.
āvaraṇa , nt. (= Pali id. ; see also an-āv° and āvṛti ), hindrance, obstruction (= pratighātaḥ Bbh 38.19 ; in Tib. standardly rendered sgrib pa , darkness, obscuration , hence sin ); Lévi, Sūtrāl. i.6 , note. Two kinds, kleśāv° (moral faults) and jñeyāv° (intellectual faults); gotra of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas free from the former, that of bodhisattvas, only, free also from the latter, Bbh 3.13 ff. ; the two kinds mentioned also Bbh 37.6 f. ; 88.3 ; Dharmas 115 ; āvaraṇa-dvayam Laṅk 140.16 ; karmāv°, obstruction due to past actions , Mvy 845 ; 1383 ; Av ii.155.9 ; Śikṣ 68.14 ; six obstacles to samādhi, samādhy-āv° Dharmas 118 (kausīdyaṃ mānaṃ śāṭhyam auddhatyam anābhogaḥ satyābhogaś ceti); general, Mvy 814 ; 6512 ; Bhad 57 āvaraṇāṃ ( acc. pl. ) vinivartiya sarvāṃ; Mvy 814 sarvāvaraṇa-vivaraṇa-; Gv 107.22, 24 -āvaraṇāya (see s.v. vimātratā ), etc. , common.
covering, enclosing; shutting off; an obstruction, hindrance, prohibition; barricade, wall, dam
【中】 關閉，障礙，棒（用作柵欄），屏（掩蔽物）。
(adj, adj, in comps, from āvareti) obstructing; blocking; impeding Construction: ā + √var + aṇa
(nt, nt, from āvareti) obstruction; obstacle; blockage; impediment shutting off, hindrance, bar, screen [lit.] obstructing Construction: ā + √var + aṇa