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adhitiṣṭhati , also adhiṣṭhahati, °ṣṭhihati (and noun adhiṣṭhāna , q.v. ; Pali adhitiṭṭhati, adhiṭṭhāna, in general in same meanings; previous translations of BHS vary widely and are hardly worth systematic quotation; very common is bless , which I think should be deleted, see below): ( 1 ) masters, controls , in normal Skt. ( BR sthā with adhi 3, 4) and also BHS ( exx. LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK. vii.119 note 2, b ); in BHS particularly takes possession or control of , MSV i.248.20 (sāptāhikaṃ), and ff. ; Bhīk 15a.1 (the newly initiated nun says to her instructress) samanvāhara upādhyāyike, aham … idaṃ cīvaraṃ saṃghāṭīm adhitiṣṭhāmi, I take (formal) possession of my nunʼs garments (similarly with other implements, below: Ridding p. 124 calls this rite benediction of the garments, etc. ; but the nun is the only speaker; she would not ‘bless’ her own belongings!); in BHS ( 2 ) the power or control is usually supernatural or magical : adhitiṣṭhantu buddhā bhagavanto idaṃ paṭasūtram Mmk 56.12 , let the Lord Buddhas exercize their supernatural power over (assume control of) this thread ( Lalou, Iconographie p. 20 , occupent ); in the sequel, favorable sounds show the performer that, adhiṣṭhitaṃ me buddhair … tat paṭasūtraṃ (17); he reflects, buddhānāṃ … adhiṣṭhānam etat (24), this is the controlling power of the B. ; Laṅk 100.6 ff. [Page013-a], Bodhisattvas may be adhiṣṭhānadvayādhiṣṭhitāḥ, controlled by two supernatural powers (of Buddhas, cf. 11 buddhādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitāḥ); these are (9) samādhisamāpattyadhiṣṭhāna; the control that gives attainment of samādhis ( cf. 12 samādhiṃ samāpadyante; to this verb samāpatti , q.v. , is merely a noun of action; wrongly Suzuki ), and sarvakāyamukhapāṇyabhiṣekādhiṣṭhāna, the control that comes from sprinkling by (the Buddhaʼs) hands of the whole body and face ( cf. 101.10—11 ); persons are said to be adhiṣṭhita, supernaturally controlled by Buddhas (may often be rendered inspired ) SP 231.1 ; 238.2 ; 420.4 ; LV 275.2 ; Laṅk 4.13 ; cf. adhiṣṭhāna ; this control often involves ( 3 ) magic transformation , and even the creation of magic appearances ; not easily separated from the preceding; transitional is sarvabuddhādhiṣṭhito 'yaṃ … dharmaparyāyaḥ SP 288.13 , it is under the supernatural control of all the Buddhas (hence marvelous effects for one who preaches it, as related above), with this cf. tasmāt tarhi … adhitiṣṭhāmīmaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ asmiñ jambudvīpe SP 421.2 , therefore I ( lit. exercize supernatural power over this Dh. , which however here seems to mean) make this Dh. appear in this J. (with magical effects, some mentioned above, some in the next sentence); from such passages as this and SP 384.3 , below, LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK. , Index , and esp. vii.119, note 2 , derives the supposed meaning faire durer , but in iii.31 , note 2, quoting the vyākhyā, he translates adhitiṣṭhati bénit , whereas it means takes under control, assumes control of ; the meaning bless , assumed by Burnouf and many others, rests on Tib. byin kyi rlabs , which to be sure often means bless , but acc. to Jäschke also create, change into ; this kind of change by magical mastery or control need not be a blessing , cf. (tā jarājarjarā) adhyatiṣṭhat LV 378.17 , he changed them (the daughters of Māra, by magic control) so as to be decrepit with age , and later, buddhasya yo hy adhiṣṭhānaṃ śaknuyāt kartum anyathā 379.3 , (I see no one) who could alter a magic transformation of the Buddha ; mahābrahmā imaṃ … lokadhātuṃ tat kṣaṇaṃ samam adhyatiṣṭhat, pāṇitalajātam … tṛṇair imaṃ … lokadhātuṃ saṃchāditam adhyatiṣṭhat LV 276.19 ff. , the Great Brahmā magically mastered (and thereby changed) this entire world (so as to be) even , etc. , … covered with grass ; in SP 384.3 (as he was about to die, Sadāparibhūta heard this sūtra; then, not dying after all,) adhiṣṭhihitvā ca sudīrgham āyuḥ, and having mastered, acquired, assumed by magic, very long life (he proceeded to proclaim this sūtra; similar passages are taken by LaVallée Poussin l. c. to mean faire durer ); (Bhagavān …) jīvitasaṃskārān adhiṣṭhāya āyuḥsaṃskārān utsraṣṭum ārabdhaḥ. samanantarādhiṣṭhiteṣu jīvitasaṃskāreṣu (omens occurred) Divy 203.7—8 (in this phrase LaV-P, AbhidhK. ii.122 . renders stabilisé ; note the term vaśitva in the comm. , l. c. 124 line 1 ; render controlling ), see saṃskāra 2; buddhā bhagavantaḥ taṃ pṛthivīpradeśaṃ vajramayam adhitiṣṭhanti sma LV 86.16—17 , … magically made this spot of ground (where the young Bodhisattva took seven steps) hard as a diamond , so that it did not sink under his feet ( N.B. they did not literally stand upon it; they were located sthitāḥ line 16, in the ten quarters); tatrāpi cātmānam adhiṣṭhahāmi, sarvāṃś ca sattvān ah[am] adhiṣṭhihāmi (so read, § 8.99 ) SP 323.13 , there (having made it appear that I entered nirvāṇa, tho I did not) I make myself appear (create myself magically, cf. 316.1 , s.v. adhiṣṭhāna 3), and I control all creatures (in next line, men of perverted minds were deluded and did not see me, tho I was standing right there ); with SP 384.3 cf. Dbh 91.28 sarvasattvāṃś ca ākāṅkṣan yathābhiprāyaṃ rūpāśrayālaṃkṛtān adhitiṣṭhati; in this section adhitiṣṭhati occurs many times, beginning with 90.21—22 saṃkṣiptāyā lokadhātor vistīrṇatām adhitiṣṭhati, and means always (a Bodhisattva in the tenth stage) makes appear magically , either by transformation or creation; cf. in Pali Therag. 1131 [Page013-b] satthā ca me lokam imaṃ adhiṭṭhahi ( aor. ) aniccato … the Teacher made this world appear to me as impermanent (by his supernatural power, but this time without the usual connotation of magic or illusion); catvāri pātrāṇi pratigṛhyaikaṃ pātram adhitiṣṭheyam LV 384.4—5 , accepting the four bowls I will change them magically into a single bowl , which he does; pratigṛhya caikaṃ pātram adhitiṣṭhati sma, adhimuktibalena 385.4 (see adhimukti 2 which in such passages = adhiṣṭhāna).