niHsaraRa
niḥsaraṇa ( cf. also a-niḥ°, niḥsṛti ; often written niḥśar°; = Pali nissaraṇa), nt. (in Mvy 1201 m. in Kyoto ed. , but nt. in Mironov ), escape (from the world), salvation ; in this sense only lex. in Skt. , where the word is however standardly used as (means of) riddance (from anything). It has this mg. also in BHS ; esp. getting rid of evil or misfortune, as Bhīk 28b.5 , MSV iii.7.15 escape from religious punishment; or riddance from sins, Mvy 1597 ff. ; Śikṣ 64.14 ; 191.7 āpattiṣu niḥśaraṇajñānam (Translation wrong); jara-niḥs° from old age LV 174.18 ; more generally loka-niḥs° from the world Gv 191.25 ; bhavaniḥsaraṇe (so read with v.l. and citation Śikṣ 203.16 [ś for s] for Lefm. bhavani saraṇe, unmetr. ) LV 173.12 , from existence . The last two mean virtually salvation , mokṣa, and show how hard it is to draw a clear line between the standard Skt. and the specialized Pali - BHS mg. Substantially salvation is the mg. in LV 346.2 asya … duḥkhaskandhasya niḥśaraṇam, salvation from this (world which is a) … mass of misery ; Mv i.73.6 so hi niḥsaraṇam (all mss. s, Senart ś) uttamaṃ prabhuḥ, he, the Lord, is the supreme salvation ; i.180.5 niḥśaraṇajñaś ca (here all mss. ś, Senart em. sl; he also em. wrongly °jñasya); ii.418.8 ; Mvy 853 anantakalpakoṭī-niḥsaraṇa-kuśalaḥ, skilled in (attaining) salvation after endless crores of kalpas (said of a Bodhisattva); Divy 616.23 ; Śikṣ 236.7 ; KP 64.8 ; sa-niḥsaraṇam Bbh 219.4, 8 , of dharma, containing (bringing) salvation ; niḥsaraṇaprajña (= Pali nissaraṇa-pañña; -prajña can be defended as Bhvr. , having knowledge of salvation , but may also be a MIndicism, cf. -prājña below) knowing salvation Mvy 1105 (of śrāvakas); Mv iii.201.6 ; niḥśaraṇa-prājña (so with 1 ms. ; Tatpuruṣa), id. , Mv iii.52.5 ; others, see a-niḥsaraṇa .