Adhyalambana, Adhyālambana: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAdhyālambana (अध्यालम्बन) or Adhyālamba.—(mentally) seizing, grasping: udārabuddhadharmamativipulādhyālambena Daśabhūmikasūtra 29.18.
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Adhyālambana (अध्यालम्बन).—(n. act. to prec.), (act of) grasping, in metaphoric use, acquiring (compare prec., 2; this noun has not been recorded in the literal and physical sense, possibly by oversight): Mahāvyutpatti 6991; -kuśalamūlādhyālambana-tvād Lalitavistara 429.14—15; buddhadharmādhyālambana- Gaṇḍavyūha 72.9; tathāgatasukhādhyālambanaiḥ Gaṇḍavyūha 321.26; buddhadharmā- dhyālambanāya Daśabhūmikasūtra 3.18; -praṇidhānādhyālambanena Daśabhūmikasūtra 57.29.
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Adhyālambana (अध्यालम्बन) or Adhyālambanatā.—q.v.: buddhajñānā-dhyālambanatā Mahāvyutpatti 186; daśatathāgatabalādhyālamba- natayā Śikṣāsamuccaya 123.1; -praṇidhānādhyālambanatāyai Gaṇḍavyūha 279.21.
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