abhaya

abhaya n. (-yaṃ)

1 Absence or removal of fear.

2 The root of a fragrant grass, (Andropogon muricatum.) f. (-yā) Yellow myrobalan, (Terminalia citrina.) mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Fearless, undaunted.

E. a neg. and bhaya fear; the plant removing the dread of disease.

a-bhaya (yaṃ) 1. n. Absence of fear;
a root of a fragrant grass.

abhaya I. Tatpur. n. (-yam) ¹ Absence of fear; (with a noun

in the abl.); e. g. Ṛgv. or Sāmav.: yata indra bhayāmahe tato

no abhayaṃ kṛdhi; or Vājas.: yato yataḥ samīhase tato no

abhayaṃ kuru; or Bhaṭṭik.: sarvataścābhayaṃ prāpnonnaichannṛbhyastu rāvaṇaḥ

(Jayam.: sarvato devādibhyaḥ . abhayaṃ rāvaṇaḥ prāpnot…

nṛbhyastu sakāśādabhayaṃ naicchanneṣṭavān . ke mama mānuṣā iti…).

Comp. also II. 4. 1. ² Absence of danger; e. g. Ṛgv. or

Vājas.: indraḥ…bādhatāṃ dveṣo abhayaṃ kṛṇotu suvīryasya patayaḥ

syāma. Comp. also II. 4. 2. ³ Bewilderment, negligence

[? = pramāda; this suspicious meaning is given by the Śabda-

ratnāvali with the qualification of its occurring ‘somewhere’:

‘pramāde'pi ca kutracit’, where the conjecture ‘prasāde’

which might suggest itself from the meaning ‘security or

protection’--comp. e. g. also Mahīdh. on the quoted pas-

sage of the Vājas. 20. 51.--seems precluded in some mea-

sure by the concordance of both E. I. H. Mss. of this Kosha,

the one in Devanāg., the other in Beṅgāli characters]. E.

a neg. and bhaya.

II. Bahuvr. 1. m. f. n. (-yaḥ-yā-yam) ¹ Free from fear, fearless;

e. g. Bhaṭṭik.: niragamadabhayaḥ puruṣaripupurāt (scil. vibhīṣaṇaḥ);

in the Upanishads and in philosophical passages of other

works based on the doctrine of the latter, the word is ap-

plied to that condition of the mind which results from a

proper knowledge of the nature of Soul, more esp. from

a knowledge of the Soul or of creation not being other

than (the neuter) Brahman, hence also it is used as an epi-

thet of (the neuter) Brahman, and of ‘knowledge’ itself: for

the mental condition of fear, arising from birth, change,

passion &c., is the result of ignorance; e. g. in the Taitti-

riya-Up.: yadā hyevaiṣa etasminnadṛśye'nātmye'nirukte'nila-

yane'bhayaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ vindate . atha so'bhayaṃ gato bhavati (where

the first abhayam is to be taken as adv. and the second as

the noun, see II. 4. 1.); or in the Bṛhadār. Up.: sa vā eṣa

mahānaja ātmājaro'maro'mṛto'brahmābhayaṃ vai brahmābhayaṃ hi vai

brahma bhavati ya evaṃ veda (Śaṅkara: yasmājjaniprabhṛtibhistri-

bhistribhirbhāvavikārairvarjitastasmāditarairapi bhāvavikāraistribhi-

statkṛtaiśca kāmakarmamohādibhirmṛtyurūpairvarjita ityetadabhayo'ta

eva . yasmāccaivaṃ pūrvoktaviśeṣaṇastasmādbhayavarjitaḥ . bhayaṃ hi nā-

māvidyākāryam &c.); or Śaṅkara in the introd. to the Tala-

vakāra-Up.: na cāsmākaṃ lokatrayamanityaṃ sādhanasādhyamiṣṭaṃ

yeṣāmasmākaṃ svābhāviko'jo'jaro'mṛto'bhayo na vardhate

karmaṇo no kanīyānnityaśca loka iṣṭaḥ; comp. also Wilson's

Viṣṇup. p. 156, n. 6, where ‘fearless’ as an epithet of wis-

dom (jñāna) is explained by the comm. as ‘not dreading

agitation or perplexity by ideas of duality: dvaitasphūrterabhayam’.

2. m. (-yaḥ) ¹ A proper name of, ^a. A son of Dharma

(righteousness) by Dayā (tenderness, a daughter of Daksha);

according to the Bhāgavata-Pur. ^b. A king of Laṅkā; acc.

to the Mahāvanśa; (and the epithet of Duṣṭagāmani and

Vartagāmani); comp. Lassen's Ind. A. vol. II. pp. 92 ff. 105 ff.

and 415. 419 ff. 434. ^c. A king of Uraśā, the father of

Vibhavamatī who was the wife of Bhoja (see Rājatar. VII.

587., VIII. 16. and Troyer's transl.). ³ A name of Śiva.

3. f. (-yā) The name of several plants: ^a. Yellow or

chebulic myrobolan (Terminalia chebula Retz.); Suśruta

mentions it as an ingredient of medicines given against

urinary diseases, leprosy, nervous diseases, also of a de-

coction used as an antidote for certain poisons; it is given

also against a disease of the eye; comp. harītakī; ^b. The

white nirguṇḍī (śvetanirguṇḍī); ^c. Bengal madder (Rubia

mangith Roxb.); comp. mañjiṣṭhā; ^d. Orris root (Iris pseuda-

corus); called in Mahr. vekhaṃḍa; ^e. Andropogon muricatum;

comp. mṛṇāla and abhaya II. 4. 4. (neuter); ^f. = jayā; ^g. = ja-

yantī; ^h. = kāñjikā. [The first of these meanings occurs

in several Koshas; the others, b.-h., are taken from the Ni-

ghanṭa-Prak. which quotes for its authority Narahari's

Chūḍāmaṇij.]

4. n. (-yam) ¹ Freedom from fear, fearlessness; comp.

I. 1. ² A state of things where there is no danger, public

peace, safety, security; e. g. Yājnav.: nātaḥ parataro dharmo

nṛpāṇāṃ yadraṇārjitam . viprebhyo dīyate dravyaṃ prajābhyaścābhayaṃ

sadā; or Manu: jitvā saṃpūjayeddevānbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva dhārmikān .

pradadyātparihārāṃśca khyāpayedabhayāni ca (after a victory the

king should make a proclamation of peace); sometimes

used in the sense of a place of security (comp. abhayasani)

or an assurance of safety or immunity (comp. abhayadakṣiṇā);

e. g. Bhaṭṭik.: kecitsaṃcukuṭurbhītā lejire'nye parājitāḥ .

saṃgrāmādbabhraśuḥ kecidyayācuścāpare'bhayam. Compare I. 2.

(N. B. Although there is a logical difference between the

Tatpur. and Bahuvr., abhaya n., it will be difficult some-

times to decide whether the author has used the word under

the former or the latter category, more esp. in the second

meaning ‘security’, since also the accent would not assist

in solving the doubt, as the Bahuvr. adj., for instance,

occurs in the Vedas not merely with the udātta on the

last and penultimate, but also on the first syllable, i. e. ac-

centuated like the Tatpur. n.) ³ The name of the seventh

division of the Plaksha Dvīpa; according to the Bhāgavata-

Purāṇa; (for the others see śiva, yavayasa, subhadra, śānta,

kṣema and amṛta). ⁴ The root of a fragrant gras (Andro-

pogon muricatum). E. a priv. and bhaya.

abhaya a-bhaya, as, ā, am, unfearful, not

dangerous, secure; fearless, undaunted; (as), m., N.

of Śiva; a son of Dharma; (ā), f. a plant, Termi-

nalia Citrina; (am), n, absence or removal of fear,

peace, safety, security; N. of a sacrificial hymn; the

root of a fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatum.

—Abhaya-giri-vāsin, ī, m. dwelling on the moun-

tain of safety; N. of a division of Kātyāyana's pupils.

—Abhaya-giri-vihāra, as, m. Buddhist monastery

on the Abhayagiri. —Abhayaṅ-kara, as, ā, am,

or abhayaṅ-kṛt, t, t, t, causing peace of safety.

—Abhaya-jāta, as, m., N. of a man. —Abhaya-

ḍiṇḍima, as, m. a war-drum. —A-bhaya-da or

abhayan-dada or abhayam-prada, as, ā, am,

giving fearlessness or safety; (as), m. an Arhat of

the Jainas; N. of a king, the son of Manusyu and

father of Su-dhanvan. —Abhaya-dakṣiṇā, f. promise

or present of protection from danger; a gift to a

Brāhman, which he may receive even from a Śūdra.

á-bhaya, a. dangerless; as n. safety; feeling of safety; superl. greatest safety. [bhayá: acct, 1304a².]

abhaya a. [na. ba.] Free from fear or danger, secure, safe; vairāgyamevābhayam Bh. 3. 35.

— yaḥ [na bhayaṃ yasmāt]

1 An epithet of the Supreme Being, or knowledge concerning that being.

2 N. of Śiva.

3 One devoid of all worldly possessions.

4 One who fearlessly executes scriptural commandments.

5 N. of a Yoga (conjuncture or time) favourable to a march or expedition.

— yā

1 N. of a plant (harītakī Mar. hiraḍā).

2 A form of the goddess Durgā.

— yaṃ

1 Absence or removal of fear.

2 Security, safety, protection from fear or danger; mayā tasyābhayaṃ dattaṃ Pt. 1; abhayasya hi yo dātā Ms. 8. 303; Ś. 2. 16.

3 N. of a sacrificial hymn.

4 The root of a fragrant grass (vīraṇamūlaṃ, uśīraṃ).

Comp.

— kṛt a.

1 not terrific, mild.

2 giving safety.

— girivāsin m. one dwelling on the mountain of safety, N. of a class of Kātyāyana's pupils.

— ḍiṃḍimaḥ

1 proclamation of assurance or safety.

2 a military or war-drum.

— da, dāyin, prada a. giving a guarantee or promise of safety; bhayeṣvabhayadaḥ Rām.; °pradaḥ Ms. 4. 232. (

— daḥ) an Arhat of the Jainas; N. of Viṣṇu.

— dakṣiṇā, dānaṃ, pradānaṃ giving a promise, assurance, or guarantee of safety or protection (from danger); sarvapradāneṣvabhayapradānaṃ (pradhānaṃ) Pt. 1. 290; Ms. 4. 247.

— patraṃ a written document or paper granting assurance of safety; cf. the modern ‘safe-conduct’.

— mudrā a variety of mudrā in Tantra literature.

— yācanā asking for protection; °aṃjaliḥ R. 11. 78.

— vacanaṃ, vāc f. an assurance or promise of safety.

— sani a. Ved. giving safety.

ábhaya a. free from fear or danger, safe; n. safety, superl. greatest s.

abhaya a-bhaya, a. fearless; safe, secure; n.
security.

á-bhaya mf(ā)n. unfearful, not dangerous, secure

a-bháya mfn. fearless, undaunted, ŚBr. xiv

á-bhaya (as), m. N. of Śiva

of a natural son of Bimbisāra

of a son of Idhmajihva, BhP.

of a river in Krauñcadvīpa, BhP.

á-bhaya (á-bhayam), n. (ifc. f(ā). ) absence or removal of fear, peace, safety, security, RV. &c. (cf. ábhaya-tama below)

‘safety’, (applied as proper name to) a child of Dharma and his reign in Plakṣadvīpa, BhP.

a kind of symbol procuring security, Hcat.

a sacrificial hymn recited to obtain personal security, Kauś.

the root of a fragrant grass, Andropogon Muricatum.

abhaya

n. (-yaṃ)

1. Absence or removal of fear.

2. The root of a fragrant
grass, (Andropogon muricatum.)

f. (-yā) Yellow myrobalan,
(Terminalia citrina.)

mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Fearless, undaunted.

E. a neg.
and bhaya fear; the plant removing the dread of disease.

abhaya a. [na. ba.] Free from fear or danger, secure, safe; vairāgyamevābhayam Bh.3.35. -yaḥ [na bhayaṃ yasmāt] 1 An epithet of the Supreme Being, or knowledge concerning that being. -2 N. of Śiva. -3 One devoid of all worldly possessions. -4 One who fearlessly executes scriptural commandments. -5 N. of a Yoga (conjunture or time) favourable to a march or expedition. -6 A refuge-offering pose of the hand of an image; Māna.12.120-21. See abhayamudrā. -yā 1 N. of a plant (harītakī), Mar. hiraḍā). -2 A form of the goddess Durgā. -yam 1 Absence or removal of fear. -2 Security, safety, protection from fear or danger. mayā tasyābhayaṃ dattam Pt.1; abhayasya hi yo dātā Ms.8.303; Ś.2.17. -2 N. of a sacrificial hymn. -3 The root of a fragrant grass (vīraṇamūlam, uśīram). -Comp. -kṛt a. 1. not terrific, mild. -2. giving safety. -girivāsin m. one dwelling on the mountain of safety, N. of a class of Kātyāyana's pupils. -girivihāraḥ Buddhist monastery on the Abhayagiri. -ḍiṇḍimaḥ 1 proclamation of assurance of safety. -2 a military or war-drum. -da, -dāyin, -prada a. giving a guarantee or promise of safety; bhayeṣvabhayadaḥ Rām.; ˚prada; aiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ Ms.4.232. (-daḥ) an Arhat of the Jainas; N. of Viṣṇu. -dakṣiṇā, -dānam, -pradānam giving a promise, assurance, or guarantee of safety or protection (from danger); sarvapradāneṣvabhayapradānam (pradhānam) Pt.1.290; sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyānmadhvathābhayadakṣiṇām Ms.4.247. -patram a written document or paper granting assurance of safety; cf. the modern 'safe-conduct'. -mudrā a variety of mudrā in Tantra literature. -yācanā asking for protection; ˚añjaliḥ; badhyatāmabhayayācanāñjaliḥ R.11.78. -vacanam, -vāc f. an assurance or promise of safety. -sani a. Ved. giving safety.

abhaya abhaya a. (bhī) sans peur, intrépide;

en sécurité.

— S. n. sécurité; intrépidité.

Racine d'andropogon muricatum.

— S. f. terminalia citrina, bot.

abhayaḍiṇḍima m. tambour de guerre.

abhayaṃdada m. np. du saint Avalokiteśvara, Bd.

a-bhaya- a. sans danger, sûr; qui n'a pas peur; nt. sûreté, paix; m. fils de Dhṛtarāṣṭra ; -ā- f. Terminalia Chebula.

°da- a. qui confère la sauvegarde; °prada- id.

°dakṣiṇa- a. (ifc.) qui a pour récompense la sécurité.

°diṇḍima- m. (proclamation au) tambour assurant la vie sauve.

abhayaṃ-kara- a. qui procure la sécurité.

1. ábhaya (3. a + bhaya)

1) adj. f. ā wo keine Furcht (Gefahr) ist, sicher: vìśāmā̀sāmabhâyānāmadhìkṣitâm ṚV. 10, 92, 14. sarvā̀ diśò abhâyāste bhavantu AV. 19, 45, 4. ŚAT. BR. 1, 1, 1, 17. 9, 1, 6. 2, 4. 4, 1, 1, 20. 14, 7, 1, 22 (hier abhayá). = BṚH. AR. UP. 4, 3, 21. TAITT. BR. 3, 1, 2, 14. in Z. f. d. K. d. M. 7, 274. BHARTṚ. 3, 32. °yam adv. R. 2, 46, 29.

— 2) m.

a) ein Bein. Śiva's ŚIV.

— b) N. pr. ein Sohn Dharma's VP. 55, N. 13. LIA. I, Anh. XX, N. 7.

— 3) f. °yā N. einer Pflanze, Terminalia citrina, AK. 2, 4, 2, 39. TRIK. 3, 3, 315. H. 1146. an. 3, 477. MED. y. 70. SUŚR. 1, 139, 14. 214, 21.

— 4) n.

a) Sicherheit, Frieden, Ruhe H. an. 3, 477. indrà āśā̂bhyàsparì sarvā̂bhyò abhâyaṃ karat ṚV. 2, 41, 12. 27, 11. 14. 3, 30, 5. 4, 29, 3. 6, 47, 8. 9, 78, 5. VS. 18, 6. AV. 6, 32, 3. 8, 1, 10. ŚAT. BR. 3, 9, 3, 19. 14, 6, 11, 6 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4, 2, 4). TAITT. BR. 3, 1, 1, 6. TAITT. UP. 2, 7. BHAG. 16, 1 (SCHL.: impavidus animus). YĀJÑ. 1, 211. abhayasya hi yo dātā M. 8, 303. yo dattvā sarvabhūtebhyaḥ - abhayam 6, 39. R. 5, 91, 14. KATHĀS. 3, 30. abhayaṃ dadāmi te vīra tattvamevābhidhīyatām R. 5, 63, 2. 6, 1, 27. abhayaṃ yācamānaiḥ 5, 82, 20. devebhyaścābhayam Sicherheit vor den Göttern ARJ. 9, 29. na tasmādabhayaṃ tava der kann dir keine Sicherheit gewähren R. 5, 47, 29. khyāpayedabhayāni ca M. 7, 201. abhayapradaḥ 4, 232. bhayeṣvabhayadaḥ R. 4, 21, 11. abhayapradānam PAÑCAT. 24, 21. I, 322. abhayavācaṃ me yaccha versprich mir Sicherheit HIT. 59, 2. abhayavācaṃ dattvā 70, 13. abhayavacana PAÑCAT. 26, 1. abhayadakṣiṇā Sicherheitsversprechen, das Versprechen, dass man Jmd vor jeglicher Gefahr schützen werde M. 4, 247. DAŚ. 2, 38. PAÑCAT. 25, 12. 14. abhayayācanāñjali RAGH. 11, 78. āpannābhayasatreṣu dīkṣitāḥ khalu pauravāḥ ŚĀK. 49. superl. ábhayatama ṚV. 10, 15, 7 : so àsmām̐ abhâyatamena neṣat . Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā KATHĀS. 20, 52 : yācitābhayā .

— b) (erg. sūkta) ein auf Frieden u.s.w. gerichteter Opferspruch: abhayairjuhuyāt KAUŚ. 105. 139.

— c) die Wurzel von Andropogon muricatus AK. 2, 4, 5, 30. H. an. 3. 477. MED. y. 70.

2. abháya (wie eben) adj. der keine Furcht hat MED. y. 71. brahma ŚAT. BR. 14, 6, 8, 8. ātmā 7, 2, 30. = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4, 4, 25.

abhaya

2)

b) N. pr. eines natürlichen Sohnes des Bimbisāra KANDYUR 3, 57.

— 3) lies Chebula st. citrina und füge BHĀG. P. 8, 2, 13 hinzu. — abhayā auch N. der Dākṣāyaṇī Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,18.

1. abhaya

1) superl. ṚV. 10, 17, 5.

á-bhaya, a., ohne Gefahr [bhayá], sicher; 2) n., Sicherheit; 3) sup. n., grösste Sicherheit.

-am [n.] 1) jyótis {218,11. 14}; suastí {488,8}; urugāyám {469,4}. 2) {232,12}; {281,2}; {325,3}; {488,12} {593,4}; {790,5}; {957,6}.

-e 2) {264,5}.

-āni 2) {802,4}.

-ānām 1) viśā́m {918,14}.

-atamena 3) {843,5}.

1. ábhaya

— 1) Adj. (f. ā) ohne Gefahr , sicher. vāc Sicherheit versprechend MBH. 4,67,6.

— 2) m.

— a) Bein. Śiva's.

— b) N.pr. eines Sohnes des Dharma und eines natürlichen Sohnes des Bimbisāra.

— 3) f. ā

— a) Terminalia Chebula.

— b) Bein. der Dākṣāyaṇī.

— 4) n.

— a) Sicherheit der Person (adj. Comp. f. ā) 128,25. ábhayatama n. grösste Sicherheit.

— b) ein auf die Sicherheit der Person gerichteter Opferspruch.

— c) *der Wurzel von Andropogon muricatus.

2. abháya Adj. keine Furcht kennend.

ábhaya gefahrlos, sicher; n. Sieherheit.

1. ábhaya 2. b) N. pr. eines Sohnes des Idhmajihva, Bhāg. P. 5, 20, 2. 3. Das Kind Dharma's ist eine Personifikation von 4. a), also n. Bhāg. P. 4, 1, 50.

— 3. c) N. pr. eines Flusses in Krauñcadvīpa, Bhāg. P. 5, 20, 22.

— 4. c) ein die Sicherheit der Person andeutendes oder versprechendes Symbol. Vgl. z.B. Ward, a View of the History usw. III, S. 11 "and with the fourth (hand) he (Śiva) forbids fear". Hierher vielleicht Hemādri 1, 725, 18; 727, 4; 790, 19; 2, a, 81, 14; 82, 1. 2; 84, 5; 99, 3.

— d) N. pr. des von Abhaya beherrschten Varṣa in Plakṣadvīpa, Bhāg. P. 5, 20, 3.

abhaya (ex a priv. et bhaya timor) 1) KARM. securitas. HIT.

59. 3. 2) BAH. intrepidus.

abhaya na0 abhāve na0 ta0 . 1 bhayābhāve . “pradadyāt
parihārāṃśca khyāpayedabhayāni ca” manuḥ . “abhayaṃ vai
janakra! prāpto'sīti” śrutiḥ . “pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiñca
kāryyākāryye bhayābhaye” gītā 6 ta0 . 2 bhayaśūnye tri0 . na
bhayamasmāt 5 ba0 . 3 paramātmani, 4 tajjñāne ca . 5 hari-
takyām 6 durgāmūrttibhede ca strī 7 vīraṇamūle uśīre na0
8 sarvaparigrahaśūnye, śāstropadiṣṭerthe'sandehenānuṣṭhātari
9 ātmaniṣṭhe pu0 . “uccamūlatrikoṇeṣuvarttete gurubhārgavau .
abhayābhidhayogo'yaṃ bhayaṅkaravināśana” iti “yatraikādaśaga-
ścandrobhānurvā prathalaḥ śubhaḥ . abhayonāma yogo'yamaribhūta
vināśakṛditi” ca jyotiṣokte 10 yātrikayogabhede pu0 .
na bhayaṃ yasmāt 5 ta0 . mābhaiṣīrityuktvā 11 uttolita
dakṣiṇahastaprasārabhede “abhayaṃ varadaṃ caiva dakṣiṇe dadhatī-
kramāt” śyāmādhyānam . 12 trāṇe ca na0 .

Abhaya (one of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's 100 sons). § 130 (Aṃśāvat.),

I, 67, 2739 (the 85th); § 182 (Dhṛtarāṣṭraputranām.),

I, 117, 4551 (the 89th); § 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.), VII, 127,

5178νν (attacks Bhīmasena); 5205ξξ (is slain by Bhīmasena).

Abhaya (I) — son of Dharma and Dayā: a sage.

Bhā. IV. 1. 50; M. 198. 3.

Abhaya (II) — one of the seven continents of Plakṣa-

dvīpa. (Jambūdvīpa — Burnouf).

Bhā. V. 20. 3.

Abhaya (I) — a R. of Krauñcadvīpa.

Bhā. V. 20. 21.

Abhaya , m. (1) n. of a king of Kaliṅga, converted

by Buddha: Mv i.178.11; 180.6, 9; (2) n. of a sārthavāha:

Mv ii.2.11; (3) n. of a former Buddha: Mv iii.237.1 f.;

(4) n. of a people (? cf. Kirfel, Kosm. 76); sc. lipi, the

script used by them: Mv i.135.7, read ramaṭhābhaya- for

text ramaṭha-bhaya- (v.l. cama°); (5) n. of a son of King

Bimbisāra and Āmrapālī (not corresponding exactly to

Pali Abhaya, either 2 or 3 in DPPN, but perhaps a con-

fusion of the two): MSV ii.22.20 ff.

abhaya (EI 24), pose of hand (mudrā); see abhaya-mudrā.

(SITI), place of security to persons in distress; called

añjinānpugal-idam in Tamil. Cf. abhaya-śāsana.

ABHAYA was one of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. He was

killed by Bhīmasena. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67,

Verse 104; Droṇa Parva, Chapter 127, Verse 62).

Abhaya m. Name of a dialogue

(saṃvāda) (saṃvādam abhayaṃ nāma

nāmataḥ) that took place between a Brāh-

maṇa who was versed in jñāna and vijñāna

and his wife Brāhmaṇī.

Called itihāsam purātanam 14. 20. 1;

the dialogue started when the Brāhmaṇī

asked the Brāhmaṇa which world she would

go to (after death) having obtained him

for husband (14. 20. 4); in this dialogue the

Brāhmaṇa stands for mind (manas) and

the Brāhmaṇī for understanding (buddhi)

of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) 14. 34. 12; this

saṃvāda was narrated by Vāsudeva to Pārtha

(Arjuna); it comprises adhyāyas 14. 20-34.