AveDa
Āvedha [cf. Sanskrit āviddha, ā + past participle of vyadh] piercing, hole, wound Ja II 276 (v.l. aveddha; commentary = viddha-ṭṭhāne vaṇa).
āvedha , ( 1 ) ( m. ?; not in this sense Skt. or Pali ; not in Pkt. ), depth (of a sea or river; lit. penetration? cf. udvedha ): Sukh 31.10 mahāsamudrāc caturāśītiyojanasahasrāṇy āvedhena tiryag-aprameyāt, from the great ocean , 84,000 yojanas in depth and immeasurable across ; 37.18 (santi yāvad …) -pañcāśadyojanavistārā ( sc. mahānadyo) yāvad dvādaśayojanāvedhāḥ, (there are great rivers, up to) 50 yojanas in width, up to 12 yojanas in depth ; ( 2 ) m. , continuing force , as of an arrow that has been shot, or as of the shoot of a plant growing forth, and fig. of the continuative force of life which manifests itself in the skandha , see AbhidhK. LaV-P. ii.217 ; pūrvāvedhāt = pūrvābhyāsāt iii.118 , from the continuing force of past activity : nikāya-sabhāgasyāvedhaḥ Mvy 7004 , the continuative force of the common element in the class (of living beings, sattva; see sabhāga 2), which causes rebirth; Tib. ḥphen pa , something like projection . So also āvedhaḥ Mvy 7535 = Tib. ḥphen pa , or śugs , inherent power, energy ( Jä. ). In Mvy 6857 āvedhaḥ (between ākṣepaḥ and prasabham), physical projection, penetration ( cf. Pali id. ); Tib. also ḥphen pa .