SItIBAva
śītībhāva , also śīti° , m. (= Pali sīti°; see under prec. ), the becoming ‘cool’ in a religious sense, i.e. calm, extinguished, emancipated : ajarāmaraśītībhāva (all mss. °tī°) ity ucyate (Buddha) LV 425.13 (prose); but antaparama-śītibhāvopanayanatayā tīrthabhūtā bhavanti Gv 388.1 (prose), they become like means of salvation because they lead to final supreme ‘coolness’ (extinction, nirvāṇa); in LV 392.12 (prose) śītībhāvo is Lefm. ʼs em. , mss. either śītibhāvo or śīto ( om. bhāvo; the word is an ep. of dharma); in verses of LV , where meter determines the quantity, nirvāṇamārgam upayāsyati śītibhāvāṃ (! Calc. °vaṃ; v.l. in Lefm. only °vī) 48.15 ; yada lapsyate hy amṛtu (read with best mss. °ta-)sparśana śītibhāvaṃ 303.10 ; saṃsthitu sītibhāvaḥ ( v.l. śī°) 125.3 .