vipratisArin
vipratisārin , adj. (= prec. = Pali vippaṭi°; to °sāra, and cf. a-vipratisārin ), usually regretful of something done or undone in the past by oneself, sometimes an act of generosity, in which case the regret is a sin: Karmav 66.7 , and read vipratisārī Karmav 65.4 , see s.v. pratisārin ; often an evil deed or error, or at least failure to perform a good action; then remorseful : LV 407.6 , of the boatman who regrets not having ferried the Buddha; Mv i.37.4 satpuruṣā … akuśalena karmaṇā ( mss. karmāṇāṃ) vipratisārī ( n. pl. ) bhavanti, good men … become remorseful for an evil action (or, with mss. , for the evil of their actions? Senart misunderstands); Mv iii.165.1 ; Divy 344.11 ; [Page493-a] 638.10 , read sa vipratisārī; Av i.215.3 vipratisārībhūtaḥ became regretful, remorseful ; ati-vi° Śikṣ 178.14 nātivipratisāriṇā bhavitavyaṃ; sometimes regretful, saddened by circumstances beyond oneʼs control, especially of Māra, saddened by his failure to interfere with the Bodhisattva or Buddha, LV 260.20 ; vipratisārī usually in this case preceded by duḥkhī durmanā (or °no in Mv ) LV 263.4 ; 378.2 ; Mv i.42.3 ; 230.10 ; 240.20 ; ii.163.1 ; iii.281.13 ; 416.8 ; of a devatā, saddened by a kingʼs refusal to heed her warning, duḥkhinī durmanaskā vipratisāriṇī Divy 322.13 .