adhimukti

prehension, intelligence, natural disposition (of the soul). E.

muc with adhi, kṛt aff. ktin.

adhimuktika a. Bd. bienveillant, bien disposé.

(1) strong inclination, attachment; earnest, zealous applica-

tion; Tib. mos pa (Jäschke, to be pleased, la with; to wish,

to have a mind; to take pleasure in, to rejoice at; as substan-

tive pleasure, satisfaction, esteem; also to respect, to esteem,

to respect with devotion, to revere, to adore); La V-P. AbhidhK.

Index = ruci; cf. Bbh 95.12--13 kathaṃ ca bodhisattvo

'dhimuktibahulo bhavati? iha bodhisattvo 'ṣṭavidhe

'dhimuktyadhiṣṭhāne śraddhāprasādapūrvakeṇa niścayena

rucyā samanvāgato bhavati.(Other alleged meanings, as

croyance Lévi Sūtrāl. i.13 note 1; confiance, Burnouf;

good will, Kern, in translation of SP; etc., are not supported

by BHS usage, except as under 2, below.) It may be (but

rarely is) applied to (a) non-religious objects: sa ca puruṣas

(the father) teṣāṃ kumārakāṇām (his ignorant sons)

āśayajño bhaved, adhimuktiṃ ca vijānīyāt, SP 73.14--15,

…and he understands their inclinations, what they are

interested in. But usually the object is related to (b) a

religious aim. It may be specified, syntactically (in the

loc.), as in yaṃ…sugataḥ prabhāṣate, adhimuktisaṃ-

panna bhavāhi tatra SP 32.15, what the Buddha says,

be perfect in zealous application to that. Usually it is not so

specifically stated, tho the context is apt to suggest that

it is zealous cultivation (study or propagation) of sacred

texts or religious instruction that is meant (note-that

the object of the verb adhimucyate is commonly some-

thing of this sort); cf. e.g. -lokaṃ yathādhimuktyā

(according to their [varying types or degrees of] zeal or

application) subhāṣitena saṃtoṣayantam LV 160.17;

adhimuktisāro yo syād…saḥ, puṇyaṃ labheta yo etaṃ

(most mss.) sūtraṃ vācel likheta vā SP 342.3--4. And this

is probably meant as a rule when the context gives no

special clue, as in many of the following: SP 6.13; 31.6;

93.9; 125.8; 235.10; 274.10; LV 10.11; 182.20; 432.8;

Mvy 856; Samādh 22.43; RP 20.5; Bhad 7, 48; Bbh 195.12;

anadhimukti, lack of (religious) zeal RP 19.18; 35.4;

various gods in Mv ii.309.14 ff. see the bodhi-tree svakāye

adhmuktīye, according to their tastes, inclinations, interests

(Senart suivant l'inclination de chacun) as made of various

precious materials; one of the ten bala of a tathāgata is

nānādhimuktijñānabala Mvy 122 (and cf. Mv i.159.15

adhimuktinānātvaṃ vetti, as one of the ten bala); adhi-

muktivaśitā Mvy 776, one of the 10 vaśitā of a Bodhisattva;

yathādhimuktyā, adv., LV 160.17 (above) and 179.17;

hīnādhimukti, attachment to low ends, SP 115.12 (cf.

hīnādhimukta, °tika, s.vv. adhimukta, °tika); (in LV

294.4 for vidyādhimuktiprabhaḥ read probably vidyāvi-

mukti°, having the splendor of (true) knowledge and emancipa-

tion, so Tib., rnam par grol ba = vimukti); (2) magic

transformation, in adhimukti-balena LV 385.5, see s.v.

adhimucyate (2), and adhitiṣṭhati, end.