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caryā ( Skt. ) = cari , q.v. , used like that form (regularly in prose, but also in verses) esp. of the course of conduct of Bodhisattvas, which has four aspects or stages: catvārīmāni bodhisattvānāṃ bodhisattvacaryāṇi Mv i.1.2 , listed in 3 as prakṛti-caryā, praṇidhāna-c°, anuloma-c° , anivartana-c° ( cf. Senart i p. xxi ); same list, called catasraḥ … bodhisattvacaryāḥ i.46.6 ; they are discussed in the following 46.8 ff. (prakṛti-c° 46.8—47.11 ; praṇidhi-c° 47.12—63.10 ; anuloma- and avivarta-c°, very briefly, 63.11—14 ); they seem to be aspects, or possibly successive stages, of the Bodhisattvaʼs long course of development; prakṛti- refers to his original, basic endowment; praṇidhāna- (°dhi-) to his vows to attain enlightenment; anuloma- (also ānulomikī, see s.v. ānulomika) alludes to his progressive approach to the goal, and anivartana- (avivarta-) refers to the point at which it becomes impossible for him to backslide. We also find bodhicaryā(ṇi, with nt. ending, as above) Mv i.252.4 , °ryāṃ ii.341.1 (both of these vss ), and duṣkara-caryāṃ ii.241.4 (prose), parallel to bodhi-cari and duṣkara-cari. See further arthacaryā, dharma-caryā .