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Sāra, A-sāra, Sam-sāra
Though not directly construed with each other, the following passages are worthy of attention:
aho aniccyȧ samsärassa, asärayā sarīrassa (Jacobi p. 27, lines 21)
jao asärä pariņāma-dāruṇa saṁsära-paribbhamaṇa-heū kāmabhogā (Jacobi p. 3, line 38-p. 4, line 1)
For kama as asära, Cf. also Saundaränanda 15. 11 (asärän...kämän)
2. Cf. IS. 245 (yat sära-bhütam tad upāsaniyam)
3. For kadali-sära, Cf. also Mahommagga-jätaka (546) 91 (yatha kadalino säram anvesam). Cf. also (546) 92 (simbalino săram) and note 8 below.
4. In the following passage, samsara is replaced by manusya (human world) and asāra by niḥsära:
mănuşye kadali-stambha-niḥsäre sara-marganam | yaḥ karoti sa sammudho jala-budbuda-samhnibhe || (IS. 4823)
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5. Cf. samsäre 'sminn asåre kunṛpati-bhavana-dvära-sevä-kalankavyasangadhvastadhairyarh katham amaladhiyo manasaṁ samvidadhyuh |
(IS. 664lab)
6. Cf. IS. 4823 quoted above in note 4.
7. Cf. MBh. 12. 177. 45 (asaram iva mānuşyam...)
8. Cf. also
Asara-samsara-vivartaneṣu må yäta tosam präsabham bravimi | sarvatra daityās samatām upeta samatvam ārādhanam acyutasya || (Visnu Purana 1. 17.90)
buddhvä niḥsäratām samhsärasya (Kadambari p.315, line 9) Ity evam smaratas tasya babhūva niyatātmanaḥ | kadali-garbha-niḥsäraḥ samsära iti niscayah || (Buddhacarita 14. 6)
For the expression kadali-garbha-niḥsära (essenceless as the pith of a plantain tree), Cf. MBh. 12. 287. 16c (martya-loke) and kadali-stambha-niḥsära, Cf. IS. 4832. Cf. also note 2 above.
For the expression samsāre 'sāra-sägare, Cf.
