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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 215, col. 2.
    apramodamāna Tatpur. n. (-nam) (In the Sāṅkhya philosophy.)

    The reverse of pramodamāna q. v., a technical term to denote

    the incapacity of removing the pains that are produced by

    superhuman, i. e. divine or atmospheric influences (cold,

    heat, wind, rain, lightning &c.), by not attending for this

    purpose a holy teacher (the removal of such pains being

    required for the attainment of final liberation); it is amongst

    the seventeen buddhibadha or obstructions of intellect one of

    the eight which are the converse of the siddhi or perfections.

    Comp. apramudita and apramoda. E. a neg. and apramodamāna.