vyUha · masculine
array
vyūha , also spelled viyūha chiefly in vss , and cf. vyūhā ; m. , ( 1 ) (as in Skt. and Pali , mass, heap ) mass, large amount : yā kāci rati-viyūhā divyā LV 36.16 ( vs ) = Tib. lha yi dgaḥ ba rnam maṅ ji sñed pa , what large quantities of divine pleasures ; ( 2 ) in Mahāyāna works (not in Pali ), arrangement , but with regular overtones of marvelous, supernatural, magical arrangement , esp. of Buddhafields; Tib. bkod pa ; Jä. orderly arrangement , but it is more than that; the related ḥgod pa is also rendered decorate, adorn , and vyūha implies magnificence, splendor , as well as supernatural qualities; it seems very close to Skt. vibhūti as used e.g. in Bh.G. ch. 10 (see note 3 on vs 7 of my transl. ), and supernal manifestation , which I chose for vibhūti, would do for BHS vyūha; note LV 317.19 (prose) tāṃś ca vyūhān vibhūtiṃ dṛṣṭvā bodhisattvasya, Māraḥ …, seeing the B. ʼs supernal manifestations and marvelous power (splendor), Māra … The word is used in such titles as Sukhāvatī-vyūha, Gaṇḍa-vyūha, with this mg. , and is a special favorite in SP and LV ; the translations of Burnouf , Kern , and Foucaux fumble it for the most part; hence the above attempt to make it clear; it seems to me essentially simple, tho no one English word is appropriate: (nāsmābhir eṣu … buddha-)kṣetravyūheṣu vā bodhisattvavikrīḍiteṣu vā … spṛhotpāditā SP 101.2 , we conceived no desire for … these supernal manifestations (or arrangements ) of the Buddha-fields … ; kṣetreṣu buddhāna śruṇitva vyūhān 117.2 ( vs ); Raśmiprabhāsasya viyūha bheṣyati 146.12 ( vs ), the supernal manifestation of (the future Buddha) R. shall exist (in his Buddha-field, just described; viyūha n. sg. , not loc. with Burnouf and Kern ); sarveṣa etādṛśakāś ca vyūhā … tatha buddhakṣetraṃ 209.1 ( vs ), all (the Buddhas just mentioned) shall have just such supernal manifestations, and also (a) Buddha-field(s) ; (Ānanda, for whom Buddhahood has just been predicted) ātmanaś ca buddhakṣetraguṇa-vyūhāñ śrutvā 219.4 , hearing the supernal manifestations of excellent qualities in his own (future) Buddha-field ; sarvākāraguṇopetā ( v.l. °to) buddhakṣetraguṇa-vyūhā ( v.l. °ho) bhaviṣyanti (no v.l. recorded) 220.5 ; samāś caiṣāṃ buddhakṣetraguṇavyūhā bhaviṣyanti 221.10 ; (tathāgatādhiṣṭhānena tathāgata-)balādhānena tathāgatavikrīḍitena tathāgatavyūhena ( by the T. ʼs supernal manifestation ) tathāgatābhyudgatajñānena 426.7 (all the parallel words mean substantially by the T. ʼs supernatural power ); bodhimaṇḍaparipālakair devaputrais tādṛśā vyūhā bodhimaṇḍa abhinirmitā ( q.v. ) abhūvan LV 278.5 ; tāṃś ca vyūhān dṛṣṭvā 7; ye ca kecin mahāvyūhāḥ ( sc. buddha-)kṣetrakoṭīṣv anantakāḥ 280.17 ( vs ); Chap. 20 of LV is entitled Bodhimaṇḍa-vyūha-parivartaḥ; in it the word is frequent, e.g. ratnachattra-vyūhaḥ 291.11 , manifestation of a jewelled umbrella ; prabhā-v° 292.1 , referring to the ekaratnajāla of 291.22 , which prob. means single-jewel-magic , a magical manifestation of a brilliant jewel (or jewels); buddhakṣetraguṇa-vyūhās (as above) 292.12 , displayed at the bodhimaṇḍa; tebhyaḥ sarva-vyūhebhya iyaṃ gāthā niścarati sma 292.14 ; sarvaguṇa-vyūhaṃ kūṭāgāraṃ 293.1 ; kasyāyam evaṃrūpaḥ kūṭāgāra-vyūhaḥ 293.3 ; etc. ; at beginning of next chapter, referring back to chapter 20, ima evaṃrūpā vyūhā … bodhimaṇḍe 'bhisaṃskṛtā abhūvan 299.15 ; dṛṣṭā sa viyūha śobhanā ( ed. so°) bodhimaṇḍasmi marūbhi (so m.c. for text maru°) yā kṛtā 364.20 ( vs ); (tataś ca) prabhāvyūhād imā gāthā niścaranti sma 411.19 , and from this manifestation of splendor (of the Buddha) …; yā bodhimaṇḍi prakṛtā ca surair viyūhā, yā vā viyūha kṛta sarva(-?)jinātmajebhiḥ, sā sarva saṃsthita viyūha ti dharmacakre 416.5—7 (at the dharmacakra-pravartana; [Page520-b] sā suggests that viyūha may be f. , see vyūhā ); buddhakṣetra-vyūha- Mvy 859 ; ahaṃ ( sc. buddha-)kṣetravyūhān niṣpādayiṣyāmi Vaj 38.6, and ff. ; many others could be added; other cases of viyūha, § 3.104 .
an array; grouping of troops
Vyūha [from vi + vah; see byūha] 1. heap, mass; massing or array, grouping of troops S V 369 (sambādha° a dense crowd, or massed with troops (?); in phrase iddha phīta etc., as given under bāhujañña); Ja II 406 (battle array: paduma°, cakka°, sakaṭa°). 2. a side street (?), in sandhibbūha Ja VI 276. See also byūha.
【陽】 排列，軍隊的配列。
(masc, masc, from viyūhati) squadron; troop formation array, grouping of troops [lit.] carried apart Construction: vi > vy + √yūh + a