kuhana , nt. , or °nā ( Skt. both Lex. ; Pali °nā, in same technical sense as BHS ), lit. trickery ; as one of the 5 mithyājīva , q.v. , for a monk, see Wogihara, Lex. 21 ff. , hypocrisy , specifically display of behavior designed to stimulate laymen to give gifts : Mvy 2493 °nā; na lapanā na kuhanā kartavyā Śikṣ 131.3 ; citta-kuhanā, 131.6 ; 268.3 ; kāya-, vāk-kuhanā 268.1 ; °nāṃ lapanāṃ naimittikatāṃ naiṣpeṣikatāṃ lābhena lābhaṃ (read lābha-)niścikīrṣutāṃ (the 5 mithyājīva) Bbh 168.21—22 ; a-kuhanatā a-naiṣpeṣikatā (so read), in a list of virtues, Śikṣ 183.15 ; na ca pareṣāṃ kuhanārthaṃ dānaṃ dadāti Bbh 122.1 (of a Bodhisattva); kuhanārthaṃ, also Bbh 234.20 ; kuhana-lapana-, in lists of vices, Jm 110.20 ; LV 372.17 ; Śikṣ 268.6 ; kuhana-lapana-tayā KP 123.4 ; RP 17.5 (so read for text °lepana°; prose); kuhana-lapana- (text °lepana)-niṣpeṣaṇaparivarjitasya RP 15.10 . Cf. further LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK. iv.165, n. 4 ; and Pali and Chin. parallels, with general discussion, Wogihara l. c.
kuhana &c. See √ kuh .
kuhana a. 1 Envious. 2 Hypocritical. — naH 1 A mouse. 2 A snake. — nA 1 Hypocrisy. 2 Assumed and false sanctity. 3 The interested performance of religious austerities, hypocrisy. — naM 1 A small earthen vessel. 2 A glass vessel.
(nt, nt, act, from kuheti) cheating; deceiving; misleading; creating a false impression Construction: √kuh + ana