prahARa
prahāṇa , nt. (besides the mgs. here noted, also as in Skt. id. , getting rid of, abandonment ; only this mg. seems to be recognized by Tib. which regularly renders spoṅ ba ; mg. 1 = Pali padhāna, BHS also pradhāna , q.v. , here in Pktic form, cf. AMg. pahāṇa-vanta, Ratnach. = Hindi saṃyama samādhivālā; rendered one who concentrates on self-restraint , better … on strenuous exertion ; mg. 2 = AMg. pahāṇa, Skt. pradhāna), ( 1 ) exertion, strenuosity : four such Mvy 957—961 (as in Pali , see s.v. pradhāna for list); oftener called samyakprahāṇa (also °pradhāna; Pali sammappadhāna); Dharmas 45 (with list); Śikṣ 105.14 ; KP 95.6 ; Divy 208.8 ; in long cpds. containing lists of virtues and religious requirements, LV 8.5 ; 426.7 ; prahāṇa less technically, of zealous religious activity, in a series of vss similar, tho not quite identical, in Mv ii.238.3 ff. , LV 261.2 ff. , and Pali Sn 425 ff. : LV 4 prahāṇāyodyataṃ … dṛḍhavikramaṃ (subject), cf. Mv 4 prahāṇaṃ prahitaṃ ( q.v. ) mayā, Sn 425 maṃ padhāna pahitattaṃ; Mv 8 saṃhara mahā-prahāṇaṃ, restrain your great (ascetic) exertion! (Māra speaks), not in LV or Sn LV 13 kiṃ prahāṇe kariṣyasi, ( Sktization of) Mv 12 kiṃ prahāṇena kāhisi, Sn 428 kiṃ padhānena kāhasi; LV 14 duḥkhaṃ mārgaṃ praháṇasya, Mv 13 text dūraṃ ( mss. duraṃ, duraṃgaṃ, read perh. duḥkham?) āśā prahāṇasya, Sn 429 duggo maggo padhānāya; similarly, prahāṇāya gamiṣyāmi Mv ii.199.18 ( vs ) = Pali Sn 424 padhānāya gamissāmi; in a prose passage not found in LV or Sn , but introducing the above series of vss , Mv has (in words said by Māra to the Bodhisattva) kiṃ prahāṇena kariṣyasi ii.237.18 , prahāṇam ca duṣkaram 21; bodhisattvaḥ [Page390-a] prahāṇārthī viharati LV 246.8 , which supports reading of v.l. at Mv ii.124.1 (alaṃ punaḥ me …) kulaputrasya prahāṇārthikasya prahāṇāye, yan nūnāhaṃ ihaiva ( mss. °vaṃ) prahāṇaṃ hareyaṃ (so mss. , Senart prahar°; better would perhaps be vihareyaṃ, dwell in … , see s.v. vyapakṛṣṭa , where cliché is cited with prahitātmā and forms of viharati); the first part of this Mv passage is supported by Pali MN i.167.6—7 alaṃ vat' idaṃ kulaputtassa padhānatthikassa padhānāyā ti; prahāṇaṃ pradadhāti (so prob. read for Senart ʼs em. pratidadhāti, mss. corrupt) Mv ii.208.1 ; -prahāṇa-jñāna- LV 434.9 ; lūhaprahāṇena Mv ii.126.12 and in sequel (= rūkṣa pradhāna , see the latter); °ṇa-śālā, hall of religious exercise, concentration , in a monastery, MSV iv.74.4 ff. ; śaithiliko bāhulikaḥ prahāṇa-vibhraṣṭaḥ ( fallen away from religious exertions ) LV 407.19 ; Mv iii.329.3—4 (here text with mss. vikrānto, prob. intending vibhrānto, for vibhraṣṭaḥ, cf. Pali bāhuliko padhānavibbhanto Vin. i.9.1 and Jāt. i.68.2 , in the same incident); utkuṭuka-pra° , see utku° ; in the formula of the four ṛddhipāda , q.v. , always -samādhi-prahāṇa-saṃskāra-samanvāgata ( Pali samādhi-padhāna-saṃkhāra-samannāgata, e.g. DN ii.213.7 ); ( 2 ) twice I believe prahāṇa (= AMg. pahāṇa) = Skt. pradhāna, the chief thing , at end of Bhvr. cpds. = chiefly consisting of or characterized by : kuhana-lapanaprahāṇaṃ māyā-mātsarya-doṣa-irṣyādyaṃ, (iha te kleśāraṇyaṃ chinnaṃ …) LV 372.17 ( vs ), here you have cut down the forest of the impurities, consisting chiefly of kuhana and lapana ( qq.v. ), including deceit, malice, hatred, jealousy , etc. ; tasya tahiṃ āśramapade prativasato kṣama-dama-prahāṇasya Mv ii.221.15 ( vs ), while he was dwelling … characterized by … In both these the Skt. mg. abandonment is manifestly impossible ( tho Foucaux tries to adopt it in LV , by flagrant violation of the text), and exertion in the sense of Pali padhāna seems certainly implausible. The word is very common in AMg. in this mg. ; note that BHS has usually this AMg. -like form for Pali padhāna.