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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 2, col. 1.
    a-kisara-lābhin , adj., and °bhi-tā, abstr.; also in

    Skt. form as a-kṛcchra°, (state of) obtaining without

    difficulty: akṛcchra-lābhī (n. sg.) Mvy 2432 = dkaḥ pa

    med par thob pa, and akisara-l° 2433 = tshegs med par°,

    or, ṅan ṅon ma yin par°; akṛcchrākisaralābhi-tā Bbh

    388.13 = (acc. to note) Tib. ṅan ṅon ma yin par thob pa

    daṅ tshegs med par thob pa. The three Tib. translations

    are synonymous; it is striking that both the MIndic and

    the Sktized forms are recorded together in both Mvy and

    Bbh. Pali has both akasiralābhi(n) and akiccha°; other-

    wise the cpd. is not recorded. Even akṛcchra is not recorded

    in Skt. except for akṛcchra-laṅghya in pw 5.240 (from

    Rājat.; perhaps due to Buddhist influence?). See kisara;

    it appears that in Pali, too, kasira and kiccha, both histori-

    cally from kṛcchra, came to be understood as different

    words. This suggests that BHS a-kṛcchra-lābhin may be a

    Sktization of an older MIndic a-kiccha° (= Pali and Pkt.

    id.), specifically, and not of BHS kisara, which maintained

    an independent existence for a time, tho ultimately it was

    crowded out by the Sktized kṛcchra.