exertion; energy.

…height), as n. (esp. in abl. āyāmato instr. āyāmena in length) or as adj. (-˚): Ja.i.7, Ja.i.49 (˚ato tīṇi yojanasatāni, vitthārato…

A Therī. Two verses attributed to her are found in the Therigatha. Thig.33–34

MāyāMahāmāyā

The mother of the Buddha, and wife of Suddhodana of the Sakyan clan. DN.ii.52 Thag.534 Thig.162 She died seven days after giving…

An eminent laywoman, disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.348

igyekezet, törekvés

leading; conciliating; supplicating, persuading.

not envious, not discontent

not envious, not discontent

of ceteti

of cinteti

of codeti

of cāveti

of jāyati

(~ā & ~ī)n. the size of a chickpea.

feeling compassion.

connected with the body and mind

of nahāyati

of nayati

(~antī)n. of nahāyati

of nibbāyati

of nikāmeti

(one) having the status of preceptor; like a preceptor

of ṇāyati

stretches, stretches out (trans. and intrans.); expands.

in length.

…path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overcome pahāna - padhāna 3 to develop…

to wish for, covet (c. acc.). Snp.301 (aor abhijjhāyiṃsu = abhipatthayamāna jhāyiṃsu Snp-a.320).

Sk. abhidhyāyati, abhi + jhāyati¹; see also abhijjhāti

to disappear Snp.449 (˚dhāyatha 3^rd sg. med.); Vv.81#28 (id.); Ja.i.119 = Dhp-a.i.248; Dhp-a.iv.191 (ppr. ˚dhāyamāna & aor. dhāyi) Pv-a.152, Pv-a.217, (˚dhāyi), Pv-a.245; Vv-a.48
pp …

to wake up, to realise, perceive, understand; aor. anubodhiṃ AN.v.46 (?) = SN.i.126 (anubodhaṃ)
caus -bodheti to awaken, fig. to make see to instruct Ja.vi.139 (˚ayamāna)
pp *[anubuddha](/defin …

to conciliate, appease, win over, flatter SN.i.232 (ppr. anunayamāna); pp. anunīta (q.v.).

anu + neti

to go to, to visit, inspect, control
ppr med -saññāyamāna Vin.iii.43 (kammante);
inf -saññātuṃ AN.i.68. (janapade).

either anu + saṃ + jñā (jānāti) or (preferably) = anusaṃyāti as short …

…not rouse himself, not getting up, inactive Dhp.280 (anuṭṭhahanto avāyāmanto Dhp-a.iii.409).

ppr. of an + uṭṭhahati

1. [in meaning of Sk. apacīyate cp. P. upaciyyati Pass. of upacināti] to get rid of, do away with, (cp. apacaya), diminish, make less SN.iii.89 (opp. ācināti); Thag.807; Ja.iv.172 (apacineth’ eva kāmā …

Avhayati & Avheti

1. to call upon, invoke, appeal to DN.i.244 (avhayāma imper.) Pv-a.164.
2. to call, call up, summon MN.i.17; Ja.ii.10 Ja.ii.252 (= pakkosati); Ja.v.220 (avhayesi); Ja.vi.18, Ja.vi.1 …

Avhayati & Avheti

1. to call upon, invoke, appeal to DN.i.244 (avhayāma imper.) Pv-a.164.
2. to call, call up, summon MN.i.17; Ja.ii.10 Ja.ii.252 (= pakkosati); Ja.v.220 (avhayesi); Ja.vi.18, Ja.vi.1 …

eating, taking food; enjoying: only SS at Snp.240; all MSS at Snp.239 have asamāna. Snp-a.284 explains by āhārayamāna.

Sk. aśnāna, ppr. med. of aśnāti, aś to eat

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

Aṭṭiyati & Aṭṭiyati

to be in trouble or anxiety, to be worried, to be incommodated, usually comb^d. with harāyati, e.g. DN.i.213 (+ jigucchati); SN.i.131; MN.i.423; P …

Aṭṭiyati & Aṭṭiyati

to be in trouble or anxiety, to be worried, to be incommodated, usually comb^d. with harāyati, e.g. DN.i.213 (+ jigucchati); SN.i.131; MN.i.423; P …

…1^st pl. bhāyāma Ja.ii.21; 3^rd pl. bhāyanto Dhp.129;
imper 2^nd pl bhāyatha Ud.51; Ja.iii.4;
pot…

to press, weigh on; oppress, hinder afflict, harm DN.ii.19; Ja.i.211; Ja.iv.124; Vism.400; Dhp-a.i.24. grd. bādhitabba Thag-a.65; Pass. bādhiyati to be afflicted, to become sore, to suffer Snp- …

…good qualities, e.g. ch. vāyāma ussāha ussoḷhi AN.iv.320 ch. viriya citta vīmaṃsā in set of samādhis (cp. iddhipāda) DN.iii.77 (see…

Chādeti¹

1. to cover, to conceal Vin.ii.211 (Pass. chādīyati); Snp.1022 (mukhaṃ jivhāya ch.); Dhp.252; Pv.iii.4#3
2. (of sound) to penetrate, to fill Ja.ii.253; Ja.vi.195

pp *channa^{1< …}

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

…dh.˚ṃ ca vinayañ ca sangāyāma Vin.ii.285), resting on the deeper meaning of dhamma as explained under B 1 a, & being in short the…

Dhūpāyati & Dhūpayati

to fumigate, make fragrant, perfume Vin.i.180; SN.i.40 (dhūpāyita) = Thag.448; AN.ii.214 sq.; Ja.i.73; Mil.333 (sīlagandhena lokaṃ dh.); Dhp-a.i.370 (aor. dhūpāyi) Dhp-a.iii.3 …

Dhūpāyati & Dhūpayati

to fumigate, make fragrant, perfume Vin.i.180; SN.i.40 (dhūpāyita) = Thag.448; AN.ii.214 sq.; Ja.i.73; Mil.333 (sīlagandhena lokaṃ dh.); Dhp-a.i.370 (aor. dhūpāyi) Dhp-a.iii.3 …

adjective feminine pregnant, enceinte Vin.ii.268; SN.iii.202; Ja.i.151, Ja.i.290; Ja.iv.37; Pv.i.6#6; Pv-a.31, Pv-a.82: Vv-a.110 (-bhāva); in combination g˚ pāyamānā purisantaragatā (pregnant, lac …

to apply oneself to, to exert oneself to strive; usually in formula uṭṭhahati gh˚ vāyamati MN.i.86; SN.i.267 (yamati for vāy˚); Pp.51; or yuñjati gh˚ vāy˚ Ja.iv.131
■ Sdhp.426, Sdhp.450.

Sk. ghaṭat …

to sing, to recite, often comb w. naccati to dance; ppr. gāyanto, gāyamāna & gīyamāna (Vin.i.38); imper. gāhi (Ja.iii.507); fut. gāyissati grd. gāyitabba. Vin.ii.108 (dhammaṃ), Vin.i …

1. to be ashamed Vin.i.88; Vin.ii.292; DN.i.213; MN.i.120; SN.iv.62; Iti.43; Pv.i.10#2 ppr. harāyanto Mnd.466, & harāyamāna Ja.iv.171; Cnd.566. Often combined with aṭṭiyati (q.v.). See also *hir …

Hasati & Hassati

1. to laugh, to be merry; pres hasati Bv.i.28; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.59; hassati Snp.328, Snp.829;
   ppr hasamāna is preferable variant reading …

Hasati & Hassati

1. to laugh, to be merry; pres hasati Bv.i.28; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.59; hassati Snp.328, Snp.829;
   ppr hasamāna is preferable variant reading …

is Pass. of jahati, in sense of “to be left behind,” as well as “to diminish, dwindle or waste away, disappear,” e.g. Mnd.147 (+ pari˚, antaradhāyati); Mil.297 (+ khīyati); ppr. …

…Sometimes spelt jiyy˚: jiyyati Ja.vi.150; jiyyāma Ja.ii.75 (we lose parihāyāma). Pp. jīna, q.v.

Pass. of ji,…

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

1. I …

to feel pity for, to have compassion on Snp.1065 (˚āyamāna; expl. by Nd ii.as anuddayamāno anurakkh anuggaṇh˚ anukamp˚); Vb.273; Vism.314. Der. -āyanā compassionateness Vb.87 = Vb.273 (and *-āyi …

to seem to be, to appear like (viya) Ja.i.279; aor. khāyiṃsu Ja.i.61; ppr med. khāyamāna Ja.iv.140; Pv-a.251. Cp. pakkhāyati.

pass. = Sk. khyāyate, khyā

to desire, to crave

1. to crave for any object of pleasure: Thag.93; Ja.iii.154; Ja.iv.167 Ja.v.480.
2. to desire a woman, to be in love with DN.i.241; MN.ii.40; Ja.ii.226; Ja.v.425; Ja.vi.307, Ja.vi …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

…˚kammanta, ˚ājīva, ˚vāyāma, ˚sati, ˚samādhi, or right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct right livelihood, right…

(spurious); mageti to track, hunt for, trace out follow, seek MN.i.334 (ppr. magayamana); SN.ii.270 (pp maggayamāna); Thig.384 (cp. Thag-a.255 = pattheti) Ja.v.102 (where T. reads maggheyya, whic …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

…AN.ii.270, AN.iv.82); -vāyāma effort (DN.iii.254, DN.iii.287, DN.iii.290 sq.); -sati mindfulness (ibid.) -samādhi concentration…

to rejoice, to enjoy oneself, to be happy AN.iii.40; Snp.561; Pv.i.5#4; Pv.ii.1#21
pp mudita (q.v.). For mohayamāna at Dhp-a.i.275 the better reading is modayamāna rejoicing …

to deceive, to befool, to take in, surprise, delude, aor 2^nd sg. amohayi Snp.352; 3^rd sg. amohayi SN.iv.158; Iti.58 (maccu-rājan; vv.ll. asamohayi & asamohari) reading somew …

adjective lit. “mine,” one who shows affection (not only for himself), making one’s own, i.e devoted to, loving Snp.806 (= Buddha˚, Dhamma˚ Sangha˚ Mnd.125; = mamāyamāna Snp-a.534), Snp.927 (same exp …

(rarely nhāyati) to bathe (trs. & intr.), to wash, to perform an ablution (esp. at the end of religious studentship or after the lapse of a lustrative period) Vin.ii.280; Ja.i.265; Ja.vi.336; Pv-a. …

means of extinguishing, extinction, quenching SN.i.188 (cittaṃ pariḍayhati: nibbāpanaṃ brūhi = allayment of the glow); AN.iv.320 (celassa n˚āya chandaṃ karoti: try to put out the burning cloth); Mil.3 …

to crave, desire, strive after, ppr nikāmayaṃ SN.i.122, & nikāmayamāna Vin.ii.108. Cp. nikanta & nikanti.

Sk. ni-kāmayati, ni + kāmeti

carelessness, negligence, indolence, remissness DN.i.6 (jūta˚, see DN-a.i.85), DN.iii.42 sq., DN.iii.236; MN.i.151; SN.i.18, SN.i.20, SN.i.25, SN.i.146, SN.i.216; SN.ii.43 SN.ii.193; SN.iv.78, SN.iv. …

to wail, lament DN.ii.158 (mā socittha mā paridevittha); Snp.582, Snp.774 = Mnd.38 (as ˚devayati), Mnd.166; Ja.vi.188, Ja.vi.498; Pv-a.18 (socati +); ger ˚devamāna SN.i.199, SN.i.208; Ja.v.106; Pv- …

to bend to, to change into, to turn to use for somebody, to procure for, obtain appropriate DN.i.92; Vin.iii.259 (puttassa rajjaṃ p. for his son); Vin.iv.156; Pv-a.281
ppr -ṇāmayamāna Ja.v.424. …

1. clearness, brightness, purity; referring to the colours (“visibility”) of the eye Ja.i.319 (akkhīni maṇiguḷa-sadisāni paññāyamāna pañca-ppasādāni ahesuṃ); Snp-a.453 (pasanna-netto i.e. pañca-v …

to wish for, desire, pray for, request, long for SN.iv.125; SN.v.145; Snp.114 Snp.899; Thig.341; Mnd.312, Mnd.316; Pp-a 208 (āsaṃsati +) Pv-a.148; Sdhp.66, Sdhp.319; ppr. patthento Pv-a.107 *pat …

to make go forth, to bring over or through MN.i.225; AN.iii.432 (variant reading M. pakaroti)-aor. patārayi in meaning “strive” at Ja.iii.210 (= patarati vāyamati C. but Rhys Davids. “to get away f …

to be (well) known, to be clear or evident, to be perceived, seen or taken for, to appear Iti.89; Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.95 (fut. paññāyissatha you will be well known); Dhp-a.ii.75; Pv-a.83 (pālito e …

to throw out again DN-a.i.39.

Cp. J.P.T.S. 1886, p. 160, suggesting paṭivādh˚, or paṭibādhayamāno and referring to Thag.744.

paṭi + Caus. vam

to put down, set down, provide; ppr. paṭṭhayamāna Pv-a.128 (varamāna + ; variant reading paṭṭhap˚); aor. paṭṭhayi Pv.ii.9#34 (dānaṃ; variant reading paṭṭhapayi, explained by paṭṭhapesi Pv-a.126 …

occurs only in one phrase (gattāni pubbāpayamāno) at MN.i.161 & AN.iii.345 ≈ AN.iii.402 in meaning “drying again”; at both A pass. the vv. ll (glosses) are “sukkhāpayamāno” and “pubba-sadisāni kuru …

1. to give to drink, to make drink DN.ii.19; Snp.398 (Pot. pāyaye); Mil.43 Mil.229; Dhp-a.i.87 (amataṃ); Vv-a.75 (yāguṃ); Pv-a.63 aor. apāyesi SN.i.143; ger. pāyetvā Ja.i.202 …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) filling Snp.312 (? better read purāṇa with Snp-a.324); Pv-a.70 (eka-thālaka˚), Pv-a.77 (id.). As Np. in Pūraṇa Kassapa, which however seems to be distorted from Purāṇa K. …

to enjoy oneself, to delight in; to sport, find amusement in
■ (loc.) SN.i.179; Vin.197 (ariyo na r. pāpe) Snp.985 (jhāne); Dhp.79 (ariya-ppavedite dhamme sadā r. paṇḍito);
■ subj. 1^st …

…ubbedho nava-ratan āyāma-pariṇāho pāsādiko dassanīyo Uposatho nāgarājā: alluding to ratana¹ 2!).

most likely = Sk….

1. to please, i.e. it pleases (with dat. of person) Thig.415 (rocate); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.9 (nivāso rocatu). Cp. BSk. rocyate Avs.ii.158.
2. to find pleasure in (loc.) Mil.338 (bhave)

caus *[roceti](/defi …

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

cp. Epic Sk. śabdayati & śabdāyati]

1. to make a sound Mil.258; Pv.iv.8#1 (saddāyase read for saddahase); Pv.iv.16#1 (id.) Ud.61 (˚āyamāna noisy).
2. to call, summon (with acc.) Ja.iii.288.

Denom. f …

to lead, conduct properly, control, pres. sam-anv-āneti MN.iii.188; ppr. -annānayamāna MN.i.477.

samanvā + nī

…MN.i.42; AN.ii.89. -vāyāma right effort Vin.i.10; Dhs.13, Dhs.22, Dhs.302; definition DN.ii.312; adj. MN.i.42;…

to receive with joy, to treat kindly, address with love Ja.iii.482; ppr. sampiyāyanto Ja.i.135; sampiyāyamāna (do.) fondling, being fond of DN.ii.223; Ja.i.191, Ja.i.297, Ja.i.361; Ja.ii.85; Dhp-a.ii …

Sarati¹

to go, flow, run, move along Ja.iii.95 (= parihāyati nassati C.);

pot sare Ja.iv.284
aor asarā Ja.vi.199
pp sarita¹
caus sāreti

1. to m …

Seti & sayati

to lie down, to sleep; (applied) to be in a condition, to dwell, behave etc
pres seti SN.i.41, SN.i.47, SN.i.198 (kiṃ sesi why do you lie asleep? Cp. Pv.ii.6#1); Ja. …

to be born or produced DN.i.220; Ja.ii.97; aor. sañjāyi DN.ii.209; Vin.i.32 ppr. -jāyamāna Ja.v.384.

saṃ + jāyati, cp. sañjanati

Seti & sayati

to lie down, to sleep; (applied) to be in a condition, to dwell, behave etc
pres seti SN.i.41, SN.i.47, SN.i.198 (kiṃ sesi why do you lie asleep? Cp. Pv.ii.6#1); Ja. …

1. to learn, to train oneself (= ghaṭati vāyamati Vism.274) usually combined with the locative, thus sikkhā-padesu s. to train oneself in the Sikkhāpadas DN.i.63, DN.i.250; Vin.i.84; Iti.96, Iti.118; …

to be pleased Ja.ii.31 (asukhāyamāna being displeased with).

Denom. fr. sukha

self, of oneself Vin.i.16, Vin.i.33, Vin.i.211 (s. pāka), Vin.iv.121; DN.i.165; MN.i.383; MN.ii.211; MN.iii.253 (sāmaṃ kantaṃ sāmaṃ vāyitaṃ dussayugaṃ); SN.ii.40; SN.iv.230 sq. SN.v.390; Snp.270 (asām …

order, message, teaching Ja.i.60, Ja.i.328; Ja.ii.21; Pv.iv.3#54 (Buddhānaṃ); Kp-a.11 sq. the doctrine of the Buddha Vin.i.12; DN.i.110; DN.ii.206; AN.i.294; Dhp.381; Snp.482 etc.; Ja.i.116. *sāsanaṃ …

evening, only adverbially sāyaṃ, at night Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.83; Dhp-a.i.234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṃ) in the morning early e.g. sāya-pātaṃ DN.ii.188; Mil.419; Ja.i.432, Ja.i.460 Ja.v.4 …

…esp. in combination with vāyāma (a suitable effort as “causa movens”) AN.i.207; Mil.53. Also with reference to…

to rattle, shake, clatter; to grind or gnash one’s teeth; to fizz. Usually said of people in frenzy or fury (in ppr. ˚yanto or ˚yamāna) Ja.i.347 (rosena), Ja.i.439 (kodhena); Ja.ii.277 (of a bhikkhu k …

Tintiṇāti & Tintiṇāyati

to become sick, to swoon, to (stiffen out in a) faint Ja.i.243 (tintiṇanto corresp. with mucchita); Ja.vi.347 (tintiṇāyamāna, variant reading tiṇāy˚).

either = Sk. timirayati …

Tintiṇāti & Tintiṇāyati

to become sick, to swoon, to (stiffen out in a) faint Ja.i.243 (tintiṇanto corresp. with mucchita); Ja.vi.347 (tintiṇāyamāna, variant reading tiṇāy˚).

either = Sk. timirayati …

1. to tear out Ja.i.199; Mil.101 (sadevake loke ubbattiyante); Dhp-a.i.5 (hadayamaṃsaṃ), Dhp-a.i.75 (rukkhaṃ).
2. to cause to swell or rise Ja.iii.361 (gangāsotaṃ); Ja.iv.161 (samuddaṃ).
3. (intrs.) …

…measure, contrasted with āyāma length, & vitthāra width Ja.i.29 (Ja.v.219; asīti-hatth˚),…

to make firm, shore up, support, prop up Ja.i.127 (ppr ˚ayamāna), Ja.i.447; DN-a.i.113; Dhp-a.iii.73 (˚ayamāna ppr.). pp. upatthambhita.

upa + thambheti, Caus. of thambhati

exerting oneself, rousing oneself; an˚; sluggish, lazy Dhp.280 (= ayāyāmanto Dhp-a.iii.409); cp. anuṭṭhahaṃ SN.i.217.

ppr. of uṭṭhahati

Vaddha¹

adjective noun

1. grown, old; an Elder; venerable, respectable; one who has authority At Ja.i.219 three kinds of vaddha are distinguished: one by nature (jāt …

to loathe Snp.41 (˚amāna = aṭṭiyamāna harāyamāna Cnd.566), Snp.253, Snp.958 (˚ato = aṭṭiyato harāyato Mnd.466), Snp.963; Mnd.479.

vi + j.

*Vuṇāti

The two meanings of the root vṛ; as existing in Sk. are also found in Pāli but only peculiar to the Caus. vāreti (the form aor avari as given by Childers should be re …

stretched; only neg. a˚ senseless, confused (should it be vyāyatta?) Ja.i.496 (= avyatta C.). See also viyāyata. Vyayama = vayama

vi + āyata

Vyāyāma = vāyāma

Dhs-a.146.

to struggle, strive, endeavour; to exert oneself SN.iv.308; SN.v.398; AN.iv.462 sq. (chandaṃ janeti v. viriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti); Pv.iv.5#2 Vb.208 sq.; Pp.51; Vism.2; Dhp-a.iii.336; Dhp-a. …

Vyāyāma = vāyāma

Dhs-a.146.

…Pv-a.259. On vāyāma as a constituent of the “Path” (sammā˚) see magga 2.a
■ vāyāmaṃ karoti to…

to restrain, suppress, to become tranquil; only in stanza Dhp.6 = Thag.275 = Ja.iii.488 as 1^st pl. med yamāmase in imper. sense: “pare ca na vijānanti mayaṃ ettha yamāmase,” which is expl …

(lit.) to yoke; (fig.) to join with (instr. or loc.), to engage in (loc.), to exert oneself, to endeavour. All our passages show the applied meaning, while the lit. meaning is only found in the Caus …

to take in water, to resorb, to rinse Ja.iii.297; Mil.152, Mil.262 (+ dhamati)
caus 1 ācameti a to purge, rinse one’s mouth Vin.ii.142; MN.ii.112; AN.iii.337; Pv.iv.1#53 (ācamayitvā = mukhaṃ vikk …

shaken, moved (by the wind, i.e. fanned Vv.39#4 (variant reading adhuta which is perhaps to be preferred, i.e. not shaken, cp. vātadhutaṃ Dāvs v.49; Vv-a.178 explains by saṇikaṃ vidhūpayamāna, i.e. g …

to cause somebody or something to come to one, i.e.

1. to wait, to stay Vin.ii.166, Vin.ii.182, Vin.ii.212; DN.i.112, DN.i.113; SN.iv.291; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.55.
2. to wait for, to welcome Vin.ii.128 (pp …

to be wearied, exhausted or tired, to ache, to become weak or faint Vin.ii.200; DN.iii.209; MN.i.354; SN.iv.184; Kp-a.66 (hadavaṃ ā.). Cp. āyamati.

ā + gilāyati; Sk. glāyati, cp. gilāna

adjective wishing, desiring, hoping, expecting Vv.84#6 (kiṃ ā = kiṃ paccāsiṃ santo Vv-a.336); Pv.iv.1#24 (= āsiṃsamāna patthayamana Pv-a.226).

ppr. of āsaṃsati or āsiṃsati, for the usual earlier āsasāna

…ussoḷhi thāma etc. Cnd.122); Ja.iii.447; Mnd.378; Vb.194 (= vāyāma); DN-a.i.104.

Sk. *ātāpya, fr. ātāpa

to stretch, extend, stretch out, draw out Mil.176, usually in ster. phrase piṭṭhi me āgilāyati tam ahaṃ āyamissāmi “my back feels weak, I will stretch it” Vin.ii.200; DN.iii.209; MN.i.354; SN.iv.184 …

1. (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) DN.iii.73 (ñātikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); MN.i.178 (dīghato ā˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); Ja.i.77, Ja.i.273 (tettiṃs’-angul’āyato khagg …

…Snp-a.463); Ja.iv.410; Pv.ii.12#12 (= āgacchati Pv-a.158); Dhp-a.i.93 (imper. āyāma let us go)
pp āyāta.

ā…

lit. to push on or forward aim at, go for, i.e.

1. to endeavour, strain, exert oneself SN.i.1 (ppr. anāyūhaṃ unstriving), SN.i.48; Ja.vi.35 (viriyaṃ karoti C.), Ja.vi.283 (= vāyamati C.)
2. to be kee …