vItihAra · masculine
vītihāra , always and only in Mv (= Pali id. , cpd. with pada-) and (in other texts than Mv ) vyatihāra , m. , ( 1 ) cpd. with pada-or krama(tala)-, a setting down of the foot, footstep : pada-°reṇa ṛddhīye yena śuddhāvāsaṃ devanikāyaṃ tena prakrāmi Mv i.35.2 , with one step went by magic … ; ekakṣaṇena pada-°hāreṇa rājagṛhād vaihāyasam abhyudgamya Mv i.55.2 ; Padumāvatīye pada- °hārāṇām ubhayato padumāni … Mv iii.162.6 , lotuses (appeared) in the footprints of both the feet of P. ; hastapādaparityāgena mahāpratiṣṭhāna-kramatala-°hāreṇa Śikṣ 24.6 , (a Bodhisattva) by sacrificing his hands and feet (to suppliants, and so) with the step of the soles of his feet on a firm foundation ; yo dharmaśravaṇahetuko vā dharmadeśanāhetuko vāntaśa ekakrama-°hāro 'ntaśa eka-ucchvāsapraśvāso vā Śikṣ 42.4 , whatever (motion), be it only a single footstep or a single breath, is motivated towards hearing or preaching the Doctrine ; ekakrama-°hāraṃ vātikramya vācaṃ bhāṣate Śikṣ 173.17 , or who, stepping a single footstep ( i.e. at every step), pronounces the words (Homage to that Buddha); (ekaikena ca cittotpādena … -paramāṇurajaḥsamān) pada-°hārān ( 1st ed. corruptly °vyativyāhārān, 2d ed. °vyavahārān) kramāmi, ekaikena ca pada- °hāreṇa (text °vyavahāreṇa) … -paramāṇurajaḥsamāni buddhakṣetrāṇy atikramāmi Gv 217.13 , with each thought I step innumerable footsteps, and with each footstep I pass … ; ( 2 ) passage (of time), only in comp. with kṣaṇa (-°hāreṇa), in the passage of a single instant : bodhisattvā ekakṣaṇa-°hāreṇāprameya … buddhān paśyanti ( 21.3 satkurvanti) Sukh 20.8 ; 21.3 ; ekena ( mss. , Senart em. ettakena, but cf. Sukh ) kṣaṇa-°hāreṇa Mv i.55.14 ; to be sure ettakena is read in the mss. in the same phrase Mv i.56.9 ; iii.425.16, 22 ; 450.16 , and it can be interpreted, see ettaka .
exchange of steps; a stride; carrying in between
(masc, masc, from vītiharati) stride exchange of steps, stride, carrying in-between [lit.] exchange Construction: vi + ati + √har > hār + *a