avaSirati
avaśirati, ośirati, °reti (also spelled with ṣ, s for ś, and mss. sometimes show a for i after the sibilant, oṣarati , (2) osarati ; see avasarati ; cf. Pkt. Lex. osiraṇa = vyutsarjana, parityāga, Sheth ; etym. obscure, cf. Senart Mv i note 380 , noting semantic correspondence with Skt. ava-sṛj): ( 1 ) clears away : LV 240.15 ( vs ) vīthi racita ratnavastra-dhāryai(r) ( Foucaux °dhānyair, grain , with Tib. ḥbrus ) avaśiriyā ( ger. ), having cleared the streets which were adorned etc. (before the Bodhisattva); ( 2 ) sends off, throws (into prison): osiranti Mv i.24.1 (see Senartʼs note , 389 ); ( 3 ) sends forth, emits (light, sound, breath): Mv ii.315.6 mukhavātam (so with v.l. for Senart °vāṭam) osireyā, (if the Bodhisattva) should send forth the breath of his mouth ; Mv ii.344.15 , read prob. avaśiri sent forth (a ray of light; mss. avaśiti, avati; Senart em. avasṛjati); LV 357.3 (should be read) °sahasrāṃś c'ośarī(r) ātmabhāvā. probably (Buddha) sent forth from his body (hundreds of) thousands (of rays), see § 8.85 ; Gv 255.14 ( vs ) raśmisamudra ośiratu ( n. sg. m. pres. pple. ); in Gv 254.26 ( vs ) 1st ed. eṣiriṣū jinaḥ, read osiri pūjitaḥ (see 2d ed. ); Mv ii.383.7 osire ( v.l. ośire) would send forth (svaraṃ, a sound ); ( 4 ) throws down (fragrant powder, flowers; said of gods, upon the Bodhisattva or Buddha; = avakirati, which Senart reads by em. in Mv ii.343.19 and 349.16 ): Mv ii.343.19 avaśire (or °sire, mss. ) cūrṇadhārāṃ … varacandanasya; iii.273.16 ratanacūrṇaṃ antarīkṣāto osire ( v.l. ośire; here kept by Senart ); ii.349.16 puṣpavarṣāṇi antarīkṣeṇa ośiri ( mss. ); also of throwing down missiles, SP 449.3 ( vs ) vajrāmayaparvatā-śanī ( i.e. aśanī; v.l. yadi, so WT , emending to °parvato; acc. ) ghatanārthāya ca ( WT hi) mūrdhi (better with v.l. °dha, loc. ; WT °dhni) oṣaret, if one should hurl down on his head to kill him … (for WT ʼs interpretation see avasarati 1); ( 5 ) lets loose, releases : Mv ii.452.16 (devīm) ośiritvā (after violently seizing her); ii.459.15 yadi me na osariṣyasi (so mss. , Senart em. osir°) … ātmānaṃ mārayiṣyaṃ; lets go (women from a harem), gives license to : ośiritavyā ( Senart em. °yaṃ) Mv ii.424.20 ; (note ośiṣṭā, v.l. ośiriṣṭā, 425.3 , not osṛṣṭa as quoted from this place by Senart i note 380 ; text seems to intend pple. of ava-śiṣ, left alone , and so abandoned ;) the subject is strīkāgāraṃ ( v.l. strīyāg°), the women of the harem must be turned loose (to carry on affairs with other men); so 425.16 (istriyāgāraṃ, v.l. stryā°) ośiritavyā ( Senart em. °yaṃ); 426.7 striyāgāraṃ ( mss. ) ośirati ( mss. °riti); in another version of the same story, iii.1.4 , mss. osare(yaṃ) ( Senart em. osir°), but 1.6 and 2.11 ośirati (stryāgāram); but on the borderline between this and the next, or belonging perhaps to the next, are (in the same story) Mv ii.426.17—18 mā hevaṃ māṃ imasya brāhmaṇasya upasthānaparicaryāye osiriṣyati ( Senart ; mss. ośiri°, osari°), Iʼm afraid he will hand me over to serve and wait on this brahman (spoken by the chief queen); 427.10 na me … eṣo brāhmaṇo ośiriṣyati, … will not give me up ; ( 6 ) abandons, throws out or away, renounces ( cf. the last two citations): Mv iii.165.12 padumāvatīṃ vadhyām avasirasi, you abandon P. to be killed ; ośiritvā kāmaratiṃ, abandoning the pleasure of desire Mv i.143.13 , repeated i.200.9 where mss. osaritvă ( Senart ośir°) and ii.4.6 where mss. okiritvā ( Senart ośir°); Mv ii.272.13 osirāhi ( v.l. ośirehi) bhagavato traimāsaṃ bhaktam, give up (renounce, resign the right to) ; ii.298.6 ( vs ) divya ośiritvā (so 1 ms. , v.l. okiritvā, Senart wrongly em. otaritvā) giving up heavenly things ; Mv ii.367.19 vasudhāṃ sarvāṃ osiritvā (so 1 ms. , v.l. osar°), abandoning the whole earth ; 367.22 ośiritvāna (oneʼs family, to lead a religious life); ii.334.22 suvarṇaniṣkāṃ … ośiritvā, throwing away gold coins ; ii.335.4 , mss. manuṣya-pātraṃ [Page076-a] (read madhusya p°? Senart amṛtasya p°, bad metrically and otherwise) … ośiritvā viṣasya pātraṃ pibed bālabuddhiḥ.