pratiBAna
pratibhāna , nt. , also written °ṇa in mss. and some edd. (= Pali paṭi°; usually considered a Buddhist word, see e.g. Senart Mv i.511 , Lévi Sūtrāl. on i.12 , and PTSD s.v. , where ‘ late Skt. ’ prati° is derived from Pali ; yet Epic and Class. Skt. use at least the adj. pratibhānavant repeatedly, and see Ind. Spr. 6451 pratibhānavattvam, Geistesgegenwart ; the difference is surely not great, but perhaps association with readiness in speech is more marked in Pali and BHS ), presence of mind, self-confidence or brilliance , esp. as manifested in speech; quickwittedness, inspiration ; Tib. spobs pa , courage, confidence ; one of the four pratisaṃvid , q.v. ; equivalent to commoner Skt. pratibhā, wit, presence of mind , whence niṣpratibhāna ( Mvy , Av ) is replaced in Divy by niṣpratibha, in a cliché cited s.v. maṅku , q.v. , where the mg. seems to be without presence of mind, abashed, out of countenance : SP 393.11 ( vs ; the 3 other pratisaṃvid in 12, same vs ); sarvabodhisattvadhāraṇī-pratibhāna-pratilabdhaiḥ LV 26 ; utkṛṣṭapra° 439.10 ; jñānaparamā asaṃkliṣṭapratibhānāś ca Mv i.134.7 ; miscellaneous, Mv i.166.8 ; 282.17 (one of ten vaśitā of bodhisattvas); ii.290.18 (°na-saṃpannāḥ, of bodhisattvas); anāchedya-pra° Mvy 851 (of bodhisattvas); Suv 13.2 (tasya °nam utpannam, he became inspired to speak his thoughts ); 102.17 (spelled °ṇam, as often in mss. of Suv , here kept in ed. ); Mvy 389 (anantaḥ °nena, of Tathāgatas); Samādh 19.30 ; RP 14.15 ; Bhad 6² ; Kv 14.9 (here the quality by which Avalokiteśvara ‘matures’, paripācayati, creatures); Sukh 4.4 . See also pratibhānatā, -vant; asaṅga-prati° .