brahmavihAra
brahma-vihāra , m. (= Pali id. ; cf. vihāra ), brahmic (supreme, highest religious) state ; four such: Dharmas 16 maitrī, karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā (as in Pali ); °rāś catvāraḥ SP 142.11 ; catvāri °rān bhāvayitvā Divy 224.28 (prose); °ram ( sg. ) ācare Mv iii.105.17 ; same expressed by brāhmo ( adj. ) vihāraḥ Bbh 90.13 = catvāry apramāṇāni, see apramāṇa (in Pali also called appamaññā, fem. , see CPD ); brāhmya (as separate adj. ) vihāra Sūtrāl. vii.3 ; xvii.17 comm. See AbhidhK. LaV-P. viii.196 .