Nairmanika, Nairmāṇika: 3 definitions

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

Nairmāṇika (नैर्माणिक) or Nirmāṇika.—magically created; with buddha, = nirmāṇa-b°: kena nirmāṇikā buddhāḥ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 28.5 (compare 34.2, nairm° buddh°).

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Nairmāṇika (नैर्माणिक).—f. °kā or °kī, adj. (= nirm°; from nirmāṇa plus -ika), related to magic creation; usually, created by magic: °kenāgninā Divyāvadāna 186.26; °kaṃ kāyaṃ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 73.9 (see nirmāṇa-kāya; but in same verse 276.10 nairvāṇikaṃ, q.v.); of a class of Buddhas, contrasted with vipāka-stha, Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 34.2 or vaipākika 283.4, 11, magically created as against naturally developed; as epithet of ṛddhi, f. °kā Bodhisattvabhūmi 55.21, or °kī 58.20; 63.23 ff., that kind of magic (ṛddhi) which creates something out of nothing (nirvastukam 63.23), as opposed to pāriṇāmika, °kī, that which is based on or involves alteration, transformation of things which have a ‘real’, natural existence. See next.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nairmāṇika (नैर्माणिक):—[=nair-māṇika] [from nair > naiḥ] mfn. miraculous, [Divyāvadāna]

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