pariRAyaka · pariṇāyaka 1 · pariṇāyaka 2
pariṇāyaka , m. (very rare in Skt. , BR , only in mg. 1; commoner in Pali , in both mgs. ), ( 1 ) leader : °ka-saṃpannā Mv ii.255.17 , said of a herd of deer, perfect in their leader (who was Surūpa, a former birth of the Bodhisattva); as ep. of a Buddha, °kaḥ Mvy 21 ; mārga-°kaḥ 439 ; andhe loke anāyake apariṇāyake Buddho … tārayitā etc. , in a cliché, Av i.4.2 ; 10.2 ; 210.13 , etc. ; ep. of Bodhisattvas, (loka-)°kānāṃ Mv ii.297.17 ; (sattvānāṃ …) pariṇāyakabhūtaḥ Gv 219.7 ; ( 2 ) specifically, the 7th of the 7 ratna ( q.v. 3) of a cakravartin: Mvy 3628 = Tib. blon po , officer, minister of state , app. with both civil and military functions of the highest rank under the king, so also Chin. , while Jap. seems to make him more specifically military; same Tib. regularly elsewhere, e.g. on LV 14.5 ; for his functions, see LV 18.3 , paṇḍito vyakto medhāvī rājñaś … cintitamātreṇa udyojayitavyaṃ (read surely °vyāṃ, as Tib. appears to take it, bsko bar bya baḥi dpuṅ rnams ) senām udyojayati sma, he activates as quick as thought an [Page324-a] army that is to be activated for the king (here only military functions); Divy 217.20—21 suggests military functions; but contrariwise Mv i.109.14—15 mārgagato praṇaṣṭānāṃ hatahatanayanānāṃ (read °nāna, m.c. ) deśayati (so mss. ) mārgaṃ, tena pariṇāyakavaraṃ labhati ratanaṃ (read °nam, m.c. ; one ms. ratnam) uttamanāyakaṃ; for Pali cf. DN comm. i.250.12 pariṇāyakaratanena vijitaṃ anurakkhati; DN ii.177.5 paṭibalo rājānaṃ … upayāpetabbaṃ upayāpetuṃ apayāpetabbaṃ apayāpetuṃ ṭhapetabbaṃ ṭhapetuṃ, he is competent to bring to the king what needs to be brought, to remove what needs to be removed, to hold (make stay) what should be kept ; comm. ii.628.3 , on this passage, says that he is the eldest son of the king, rañño jeṭṭhaputto va; a sort of viceroy or chief assistant to the king seems to be meant; very often in lists of the 7 ratna, without specific statement of his functions, e.g. LV 14.5 ; 101.16 ; 136.18 ; Mv i.49.4 ; 193.17 ; ii.323.5 ; iii.377.21 ; Divy 60.18 ; 140.25 ; 211.18 ; 548.27 ; Kv 17.20 ; 49.4 ; Gv 418.12 .
Pariṇāyaka [from pari + ni, cf. pariṇeti] a leader, guide, adviser; one of the 7 treasures (ratanāni) of a great king or Cakkavattin (according to Sv I 250 on D II 177; the eldest son; in the Lal a general cf. Divy 211, 217; Senart, Lég. de Buddha page 42), i.e. a wonderful Adviser D I 89; II 17, 177; M I 220; II 175; A III 151; Snp page 106 (cf. Pj II 450 = Sv I 250); Ja I 155; IV 93; Miln 38, 314. — feminine pariṇāyikā. Epithet of wisdom, synonymous with paññā, i.e. insight, cleverness Dhs 1057; Pp 25; Vism 3; As 148.
(masc, masc, agent, from pariṇeti) counsellor; adviser; strategist [lit.] who leads around Construction: pari + √nī > ṇāy + *aka
(masc, masc, agent, from pariṇeti) leader; who shows the way [lit.] who leads around Construction: pari + √nī > ṇāy + *aka