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sīmābandha , m. , ( 1 ) drawing a strict line of (moral) demarcation (between good and evil): °dhaḥ Mvy 6825 ; so Jap. ; Tib. mtshams bcad pa ; °dhaḥ kṛto bhavati (by Buddha, before he will enter nirvāṇa) Divy 150.21 ; ( 2 ) drawing a (magic) boundary (‘magic circle’, Bendall and Rouse, Śikṣ p. 136 ) as protection against evil: dṛṣṭyā manasā vā °dhaṃ karoti Śikṣ 139.10 ; °dhaṃ tataḥ kuryāt Suv 106.6 , °dhaṃ samārabhet 7 ( vss ); similarly Māy 261.4 ; MSV i.286.17 .