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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 19, col. 1.
    adhvānīya (better adhvaniya; Pali addhaniya), fit

    for a journey: some such form seems clearly intended by

    mss. at Mv iii.93.19; they read (nātyātiśītaṃ nātyātiuṣṇaṃ)

    ṛtusukhaṃ adhvānīyaṃ (v.l. adhyā°) taṃ bhagavantaṃ

    (read bhavantaṃ, or bhadanta, m.c.; object of paśyantu,

    next line, or voc.). They are clearly corrupt, but Senart's

    emendations are proved wrong by the Pali parallel Therag.

    529; divide ṛtu (ṛtuṃ? ṛtū?) sukhaṃ, the season is pleasant

    and fit for travel.