E. a neg. secava satisfaction.
mfn. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Charming, lovely.
E. a neg. secana satisfaction.
asecana, and āsec°, qq.v.; etym. uncertain, cf. Tib.
below), charming, pleasing, almost always, as in Pali, of
sights (particularly of the appearance of persons, notably
a Buddha) or sounds: Mvy 392 asecanako rūpeṇa (of
Tathāgatas) = Tib. sku byad blta bas chog mi śes pa
(chog śes pa = content), having beauty of form which one
cannot be satiated with looking at, perhaps analyzing a-
plus a form of secayati cause to drip, saturate, and so
satiate; but I find no such meaning recorded for secayati
or any relative. See CPD on Pali exegesis. Often associated
with apratikūla, not repulsive, of both sights and sounds:
asecanaka-darśana, of lovely aspect, of Buddhas LV 427.20;
Mv iii.259.17; Divy 226.27; 251.21; 547.12; of a stūpa
Divy 23.13; of the ocean, as compared to a park Gv
194.21 (mahodyānam…mahāsāgaram iva…) asecanaka-
darśanam (1st ed. asevanaka°); foll. by apratikūla, dar-
śanāye (or °ya), fair and lovely to see, of Buddhas Mv
iii.64.10; 379.9; 407.8; 425.8; °nako (both edd. °kā-)
rūpeṇa, of an emperor Gv 333.19; pañcā 'secanakā dar-
śanena, hastī nāgaś ca rājā ca sāgaraś ca śiloccayo 'secanakā
darśanena, Buddhaś ca bhagavatāṃ vara iti Divy 334.15--
16; of sounds, (ghoṣo…) manojñaḥ asecanakaḥ aprati-
kūlaḥ śravaṇāya Mv iii.226.17; 229.3; almost the same
Sukh 36.1; 38.6; asecanakaś ca…apratikūlaś ca, of
Buddha's voice Mv iii.343.1; (mahāpṛthivī…kampe, or
kampayati…) ullokanīyaṃ ca asecanakaṃ (so, or ase-
canīyaṃ, q.v., mss.; Senart sometimes em. āsec°) ca
apratikūlaṃ ca (adverbs: in an admirable, charming,
unrepellent way) Mv i.207.1 = ii.10.11; iii.341.8 (of the
quaking of the earth).