liated; e. g. Mahābh. Vanap.: yadi na syurmānuṣeṣu kṣamiṇaḥ pṛthi-
vīsamāḥ . na syātsaṃdhirmanuṣyāṇāṃ krodhamūlo hi vigrahaḥ . abhi-
ṣakto (Chaturbhuj.: = paribhūto) hyabhiṣajedāhanyādguruṇā hataḥ .
evaṃ vināśo bhūtānāmadharmaḥ prathito bhavet. 2 Possessed by
evil spirits; e. g. Suśruta: tadvaccikitsettvarayābhiṣaktamavedanaṃ
mṛtyuvaśaprayātam. Compare also the meanings of abhiṣaṅga.
E. sañj with abhi, kṛt aff. kta.
jati, both offend, give offense to; afflict; cf. abhiṣajyate;
wrongly defined in BR s.v. sañj with abhi; Mbh. Crit. ed.
3.30.26 [Nīl. tāpito, tāpayet for abhiṣakto, abhiṣajet] and
4.4.9 [Rāmakṛṣṇa paraphrases using abhiṣaṅga, glossed
parābhava], which are the only two passages cited in BR;
pw adds one other from Caraka, abhiṣakta, defined cor-
rectly heimgesucht), (1) lit. offended, hence angered, wrath-
ful (so the cognate Pali abhisaṅgin is used; Pali abhisatta,
in most occurrences, = Skt. abhiśapta cursed, but see
below), always followed by synonyms kupita, caṇḍībhūta
(or in Prāt caṇḍīkṛta): Divy 622.11; Karmav 26.5 (here
krodhābhiṣakta); 27.13; Prāt 500.8; 512.9 et alibi; (2) in
Mvy 2965 abhiṣaktaḥ defined by Tib. (ṅan ba) and Chin.
as simply bad, wicked; the Jap. has three alternative
renderings, all obviously based on etymological guesswork;
one means vituperated. Occurs in a section entitled krodha-
kārāḥ, and containing mostly words for anger, angry etc.,
and perhaps to be interpreted precisely in this sense; in
that case belonging with (1). However, Pali abhisatta-
rūpa occurs once (Vv.chap. 84 vs. 5; p. 78 line 8) as ep.
of bhūmippadesa, a region, described as desolate, barren
wilderness; the comm. and modern interpreters take it
as meaning accursed, identifying it with the usual Pali
abhisatta (= °śapta, above); but the Vv.context contains
no evidence for this; possibly it = Skt. abhiṣakta, orig.
heimgesucht (as in Caraka, above), afflicted, evil. In that
case abhiṣakta of Mvy might mean what Tib. and Chin.
say, simply wicked, which would be not a difficult develop-
ment from afflicted.