avaBAsa · avabhāsa 1 · avabhāsa 2
Avabhāsa [later form of obhāsa] Only in compound gambhīrāvabhāso D II 55, looking deep. Same compound at A II 105 = Pp 46 has obhāsa.
avabhāsa , m. (in Skt. sheen; appearance; manifestation , and so also in BHS ; in mg. 1 = Pali obhāsa), ( 1 ) hint given in words by a monk as to something he desires (a sinful act); cf. Childers 298 ; Vism. i.23.17 and 41.1 ff. , where it as well as nimitta , 3, suggestion , and parikathā , qq.v. , are briefly explained: Śikṣ 131.3 nāvabhāsa-kareṇa bhavitavyam, one should not be a maker of hints ; 4 katamo 'vabhāsaḥ (in the following example a monk says things designed to get tasty food from donors); 6 avabhāsa-nimittaṃ; see avabhāsa-tā ; ( 2 ) range , = ābhāsa , q.v. , used in similar cpds. : (aham …) bālānāṃ śravaṇāvabhāsam āgacchāmi Laṅk 192.10 ; bodhisattvasya … dharmaśabdā (text °dhā) śrotrāvabhāsam āgacchanti, Bhadrapāda Sūtra, Thomas ap. Hoernle MR 89.13 ; rūpaśabdagandharasasparśāvabhāsam āgacchanti KP 105.8 (prose).
【陽】 光，出現。
(masc, masc, from avabhāsati) light, appearance Construction: ava + √bhās + a
(adj, adj, in comps, from avabhāsati) appearing; looking; seeming like light, appearance Construction: ava + √bhās + a