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Pranidheti, Praṇidheti: 1 definition

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[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Pranidheti in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Praṇidheti (प्रणिधेत�) or Praṇidadhāti.�(= Pali paṇidahati, paṇidheti, Childers), orig. fixes firmly the mind (cittam, manas), but often with ellipsis of such an object, used absolutely, makes an earnest wish, cherishes an ardent desire (praṇidhāna, praṇidhi, qq.v.) for something (usually dat., sometimes loc., rarely acc.), vows, assumes a vow; sometimes (like the related nouns; and compare apraṇihita) applied to worldly desires, so praṇidadhāti ٲśū첹ūٰ 24.26, used absolutely, synonym of abhidhyām utpādayati, and lobhacittam utpādayati, in the context; usually some sort of religious purpose is involved, so: praṇidhehi tuva� tatra śreṣṭhikule citta� upapattīye (probably loc., compare kule in 14 below) Ѳ屹ٳ iii.404.11, concentrate your mind on being born there in a merchant's family (with the understanding that he should become a monk), and compare śreṣṭhisya kule [Page360-a+ 71] citta� praṇihita� 14; the wish may be for the enlighten- ment (bodhi, or the like) of others: eva� ca (sc. Sujātā) praṇidadhāti sma (‘after eating my food, may the Bodhi- sattva attain enlightenment!�) Lalitavistara 265.14; bodhāya cittam atula� praṇidhāya sattvā� (gen. pl.) Lalitavistara 356.11 (verse), fixing our minds in an unequalled degree on the enlighten- ment of creatures (Bodhisattvas speaking); varāgrasattve praṇidhenti bodhaye Lalitavistara 183.12 (verse), (women) earnestly wished for enlightenment for (loc., lit. in the case of) the Supreme Being (the Bodhisattva); but commonly the object is enlightenment or Buddhahood for the maker of the vow, which is very often taken under the inspiration of an earlier Buddha: (bodhāya citta�) praṇidadhad ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 12.5, fixing the mind on enlightenment; bodhāye (or °ya) praṇidhento, pres. pple., Ѳ屹ٳ i.80.7, 9, 10, 12, 14 (mss. often praṇidhyanto); °dheti Ѳ屹ٳ i.83.8 (narasiṃhatāye, for Buddhahood); °dhesi (aor.; used absolutely) Ѳ屹ٳ i.42.6 = 53.3 = 336.19; i.49.16; purā praṇidhitvā (ger.; absolute) Ѳ屹ٳ i.96.10; °dhenti i.120.5 (bodhāye); mss. °dhenti, °dhyanti, Senart em. °dhento i.120.12 (bodhāya); °dhintāna (gen. pl. pres. pple.; Senart °dhentāna) bodhāya i.124.18 (verse); °dhenti i.127.1 (samyaksaṃbodhāye); 193.9 (buddha- tvāya); °dhento i.127.4 (bodhāya); yebhir mana� praṇi- hita� varabuddhabodhau Lalitavistara 343.10 (verse); ya� mayā bodhāya praṇihita� Ѳ屹ٳ i.46.1 that (or, since) I have made a vow for enlightenment; bodhāye praṇihita� i.47.16; with cognate noun, asaṃkhyeya-praṇihitā praṇidhi Ѳ屹ٳ iii.281. 8-9 (sc. for bodhi); with goal in acc., praṇidhisi (m.c. for °dhesi, 2 sg.) cārīkām asamām Ҳṇḍū 57.15 (verse), thou vowest the matchless course (of a Bodhisattva), and similarly praṇidhisi 57.20 (samantabhadrām…cārika, acc.).

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Praṇidheti (प्रणिधेत�).—see praṇidadhāti.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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