sparSavihAratA
sparśa-vihāra-tā (once by error °vihāri-tā; etym. , see below), state of comfort, agreeable condition : SP 248.6 ; Bhīk 26a.3 ; in comp. with preceding sukha-, Kv 18.8 (here text erroneously °vihāri-tā); 89.13 ; oftener with sukhaṃ as separate and parallel near-synonym, Mv i.256.10 ; 323.20 (here sukha-tā); 324.5 ; Divy 156.14 ; Av i.326.1 ; ii.93.16 . See asparśavihāra ; and phāsu, phāsa, (a)phāṣa(ka) . The Pali equivalent is (a)phāsu(ka), often with vihāra; and AMg. has phāsuya (-vihāra). Pischel 208 derives from *sparśuka; Skt. sparśavant, BHS sparśanavant , pleasant to touch , suggest how the development of mg. might conceivably have taken place, but Pischel ʼs form is unrecorded. In BHS sparśa- is the regular form in this cpd. , but others occur, see above. It may be only a hyper- Sktism . The -u of the stem seems to be universally found in Pali and Pkt. , and occurs in BHS , but never followed by -ka, a fact which is not helpful to Pischel ʼs etymology. The Jain Skt. form is prāsuka, interpreted as free from living creatures (pra-asu; of a dwelling, vihāra, suitable for Jain monks); this looks like a fanciful hyper- Sktism . Various other etymologies have been suggested, see the Pali Dictt. ; none are convincing. Note the use of phāsuṃ, phāṣaṃ as adverbs with viharati. The forms phāsa, phāṣa are recorded only in BHS .