Avarjana
āvarjana , nt. (to āvarjayati , q.v. ; see also āvarjanā ; substantially as in Skt. , once, das Sich-geneigt-Machen, Gewinnen , BR 5.1123 ), wrongly defined for LV and Divy in pw ; attraction, winning to oneself : LV 250.(7—)8 (dhyānagocarāṇāṃ ca rūpāvacarāṇāṃ) ca devānām dhyānaviśeṣopadarśanād āvarjanaṃ kuryām (by performing severe austerities; said by the Bodhisattva); 250.22 devānāṃ cāvarjanārtham; Mv ii.423.18 āvarjana-saṃpanno ( Senart doué de bonne grâce, dʼaffabilité ; i.e. gifted with winning ways ; followed by mārdavasaṃpanno aparuṣo); especially ( cf. āvarjayati ) conversion : Bbh 180.5—6 āvarjanārhāṇāṃ sattvānām āvarjanāya (contrasts with preceding uttrāsanārhāṇāṃ sattvānām uttrāsanāya); often this is accomplished by miracles, because, as Divy 133.9 says, āśu pṛthagjanāvarjanakarī ṛddhiḥ, magic converts the vulgar quickly ; virtually the same words 192.8 ; 313.15 ; 539.5 ; Bbh 80.6 and 82.5 ṛddhy-āvarjanatā, process of conversion by (exhibitions of) magic ; Av i.9.12 tad atyadbhutaṃ devamanuṣyāvarjanakaraṃ prātihāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā; the same ii.4.4—5 etc.