Abhinirminati, Abhinirmiṇati: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abhinirmiṇati (अभिनिर्मिणति) or Abhinirmiṇoti.—(also with dental n), and °mimīte, °mimāti (= Pali abhinimmināti, °nati; Sanskrit abhi-nir-mita, ppp., and abhi-nir-māya, ger., in meaning create, fashion, without implication of magic; compare nirminoti etc.), creates by magic: (A) forms implying presents in nirmin(ṇ)-: °ṇoti Divyāvadāna 251.19; °ṇvanti Lalitavistara 350.19; opt. °ṇeyam Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 196.7, 9; aor. °ṇe Mahāvastu i.183.10; 266.5; °ṇi 185.4; ger. °miṇitvā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 63.6 (°nitvā); Mahāvastu ii.49.11; 164.1; 256.2; 275.1; 301.17; iii.116.1; 282.10; 410.11; °miṇīya (§ 35.15) Mahāvastu ii.411.10; (B) forms of pres. abhinirmimīte, °māti, and others from Sanskrit root mā: °mīte Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 189.3; Lalitavistara 70.20; 293.2; Divyāvadāna 166.6; opt. °mīyāt Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 188.1; perf. °nirmame Jm 19.22; ger. °nirmāya Lalitavistara 77.20; 386.13; Divyāvadāna 83.22; 361.16; 473.4; Avadāna-śataka i.85.3; 298.12; Jm 8.13; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 50.5; °nirmimīya (§ 35.14) Bodhisattvabhūmi 152.2; pres. pass. pple. with active ending, abhinirmimīyantaṃ being magically created, Gaṇḍavyūha 444.15 (§ 37.15); (C) ppp. °nirmita Lalitavistara 191.14; 273.18; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 8.9; Mahāvastu ii.150.18.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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