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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAvarabhāgīya (अवरभागीय).—adj. (Pali oraṃbhāgiya), (binding) to lower states (viz. to the kāmadhātu), only said of the first five saṃyojana (q.v.): Mahāvyutpatti 2156 (without mention of saṃyojana); Divyāvadāna 533.24; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.87.7. They cause rebirth in a state of desire (kāmabhave) also in Pali, Majjhimanikāya (Pali) commentary iii.143.21; in Pugg. 22.11—12 called personal, internal (ajjhatta). See ūrdhvabhāgīya.
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