aBiniveSa
abhiniveśa ( m. ; to abhiniviśati , q.v. ; in Skt. strong attachment ; in Pali and BHS usually to something evil; Pali abhinivesa also false opinion, superstition , CPD ), [Page053-b] ( 1 ) as in Pali abhinivesa, sometimes false belief, insistence on an erroneous opinion , as in Śikṣ 198.21 ātmābhi° the heretical belief that there is a self ; this mg. may be found in some of the following, which however can be interpreted as evil propensity, adherence to something bad : Bbh 339.17 ; 340.21 (see iñjita ); Gv 188.23 ; Laṅk 174.12 (see āya, dṛṣta 2); Śikṣ 180.16 ; Divy 210.5 ; 314.21 ; ( 2 ) diameter , either length (horizontally) or width , contrasted with uccatva or udvedha , height : Mv i.61.2 (yojanaṃ °śena); 196.18 ; iii.229.14 ; 232.11 (catvāri yojanāni °śaṃ; acc. sg. adv. ).