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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 86, col. 1.
    ākarṣaṇā, °ṇa-tā , and °ṇī (cf. Skt. ākarṣaṇa, nt.,

    attraction), (a Buddha's) power of attraction (of men, to

    himself and his doctrine): Mv i.314.2--3 (prose) ākarṣaṇā

    eṣā buddhānāṃ; bhagavatā vaineyasattvānāṃ ākarṣaṇa-

    tāyai (instr.! for °ye; here perhaps rather by the exercize

    of that power)…; Mvy 4315 sarvatathāgatākarṣaṇī.