deSanA
deśanā (= Pali des°; to Skt. or BHS deśayati plus anā), ( 1 ) preaching , in this sense Skt. , hardly specifically Buddh. , but see °nā-pāṭha, dharma-d° , (°nā-) matsarin ; also, deśanā dharmasya Mv i.42.10 ; 53.5 ; °nā naranāgānāṃ (= Buddhānāṃ) Mv i.168.4 ; deśanā-naya, the way of verbal instruction , in Laṅk 148.10 ff., 172.6 , distinct from and inferior to siddhānta-(pratyavasthāna-)naya, the finally approved way , which is that of immediate personal realization, see Suzuki, Studies , 409 (where other citations of this depreciative use of deśanā in Laṅk ); LaVallée Poussin, HJAS 3.137 ff. ; ( 2 ) confession (so Pali , e.g. Jāt. v.379.22 desanaṃ paṭigaṇhanto; not in PTSD , Childers ): °nā-parivarta Suv 20.1 , Confession , title of Chap. 3; °nāgāthāḥ 21.8 ; pāpa-d° Dharmas 14 ; °nādyaṃ tu pāpāder Sādh 72.13 , et alibi ; see also atyaya-d° ; ( 3 ) see s.v. gaṇḍī (-deśanā).