prajYapti
prajñapti , f. (in Skt. recorded once, Bhāg.P. , in mg. 1, BR ; in general used much like Pali paññatti, cf. prajñapayati and relatives; see also prajñāpti ), ( 1 ) making known, declaration : agra-°tiṣu Bbh 291.12 , see prajñapayati 1; ( 2 ) śabda-pra°, manifestation in words ( cf. Pali sadda-paññatti, Compendium of Philosophy 4 ), verbal expression : Samādh 8.11 yāvatī ca tatra lokadhātau śabdaprajñaptiḥ, every … in this world (took on the same sound, when the Buddha became enlightened); ( 3 ) statement, manifesto : icchāmi ekāṃ prajñaptiṃ ( I wish , sc. to make, a statement ) brāhmaṇapariṣā yadi pramāṇaṃ ti Mv i.311.5 ; the brahmans reply, jalpa yā te vijñapti, say what your statement (? request?) is ; ( 4 ) désignation acc. to LaV-P. AbhidhK. ii.214 , where °ti-dharma is contrasted with dravya-dharma, chose en soi ; notation , Lévi on Sūtrāl. xix.43 ( Tib. brtags , signe, symbole ; Chin. kia , faux, simulé ); ‘ le mot désigne la notion comme purement verbale, comme moyen de se faire entendre ’; lokānuvartanāṃ buddhā anuvartanti laukikīṃ, prajñaptim anuvartanti yathā lokottarām api Mv i.168.8—9 ( vss ), … Buddhas imitate (or follow ) the conventions ( which pass current in the world ; i.e. they seem to carry on worldly activities) as if (all this were) super-worldly (esoterically real); bahubhir abhilāpaiḥ prajñaptaya upacārāḥ ( access ) kriyante Bbh 44.14 , and repeatedly in sequel, esp. in cpd. °ti-vāda; (rūpādisaṃjñake) vastuni yā rūpam ity evam-ādyāḥ prajñaptayaḥ tāḥ saṃvṛtaya (see saṃvṛti ) ity ucyante Bbh 49.4 ; nāma-saṃketa-°tiḥ 50.10 ; (nāmadheyamātraṃ saṃketamātraṃ saṃvṛtimātraṃ) prajñaptimātraṃ Śikṣ 257.8 (said of the 5 saṃskāra; note samvṛti again, virtually = prajñapti); wrong actions are of two sorts, some like adultery wrong by nature (prakṛti-duṣṭa-tvād), others like remaining in the householderʼs life blameworthy by convention (prajñapti-sāvadya-tvād) Śikṣ 192.13 ; Buddhas are prajñapti-samatikrāntā(ḥ) Mv i.176.18 , passed beyond convention (exoteric things) ; in Laṅk 153.10 ( vs ) an ātman exists prajñapti-satyato, by (exoteric) verbal convention , it is not dravya-sat, real in itself ( cf. AbhidhK , above), and so in line 11, skandhānāṃ skandhatā tadvat prajñaptyā na tu dravyataḥ, … by conventional designation, not in reality ; ( 5 ) arrangement, provision (of a seat; n. act. to prajñapayati 2, prajñapta 1): śatasāhasrikā āsana-prajñaptī kriyati Mv ii.273.12 , a seat-provision worth 100,000 was made , i.e. a seat worth that was provided; similarly, āsanaprajñaptī ca me na tādṛśī bhaviṣyati 274.9 .