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

Bhavanetrī (भवनेत्री) or Bhavanetrikā.—(= Pali bhavanetti, seems to be a virtual synonym of taṇhā; defined by Childers desire, lust), leading (that which leads) to (continued) existence; epithet of tṛṣṇā: tṛṣṇāṃ °trīṃ Mahāvastu ii.307.12; alone, but clearly implying tṛṣṇā, in Mahāvastu i.247.18 (verse) aśeṣā bhavanetrisaritā [Page407-b+ 71] ucchoṣitā, all streams of (thirst) which lead to further exi- stence are dried up; dharmā (states of being) bhavanetrikā(ḥ) Mahāvastu iii.337.13; 339.12. (In Mahāvastu ii.206.15 Senart puts this into text by em., but read with mss. purimabhava-jane- triye bhavanighātī, which is sound in meter and sense.) See netrikā, and next.

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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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Full-text: Bhavanetrika, Netrika.

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XIX - Gotama’s early wanderings < [Volume II]

Chapter XXIII - Megha and Meghadatta < [Volume I]

Chapter XXX - The rolling of the wheel < [Volume III]

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