vimokza
vimokṣa , m. ( Skt. id. , Pali vimokkha), release, salvation . As in Pali , there are three, or eight, vi°; the three are in Pali suññato, animitto, appaṇihito vi°, explained Vism. 658 , and in Dharmas 73 śūnyato 'nimitto 'praṇihitaś ca; in Mvy 1541—4 , three vi°-mukhāni, approaches, entrances to … , listed as śūnyatā-, animittaṃ ( sc. °mukham), apraṇihitaṃ; references to the three (or threefold) vi° (often foll. by -mukha, or corruptly -sukha), LV 9.6 ; 181.20 ; 205.3 ; 359.22 ; 374.10 ; Gv 472.9 ; in Laṅk 163.4 vimokṣa-traya seems, however, to mean the opposite of the three saṃgati ( q.v. 2), which seems to mean the three saṃdhi ( q.v. 6); the eight vi° explained at length Mvy 1510—1518 ( corresp. to Pali vimokkha); more briefly, and with accidental omission of the third, Dharmas 59 ; references to 8 vi°, SP 150.2 ; 180.1 (prose, read aṣṭavimokṣā(ḥ) with mss. , Bhvr. , possessing the 8 vimokṣa , exactly like ṣaḍabhijñā(ḥ) just before; note in ed. and em. wrong); 202.11 ; Av ii.69.2 ; Bodhisattva-vimokṣa means a Mahāyāna method of salvation; various fanciful names are given to such mystical (and not specifically described) methods; e.g. in Gv 261.4 a ‘night-goddess’ claims to have learned the Bodhisattva-vi° called samantabhadraprītivipulavimalavegadhvaja. See also vimukti .