…(short) as dīghāyuka AN.iv.240; Pv-a.27; appāyuka AN.iv.247; Pv-a.103 both at Vism.422. In phrase vīsati-vassasahass’āyukesu…

(~ī or ~ā)n. short lived

cattārivassa-sahassāyuka

mfn. having a lifespan of 4, 000 years.

having a lifespan of 640 years.

having a lifespan of 40, 000 years.

having a lifespan of 40 years.

having a life span of ten years.

having a lifespan of 2000 years.

having a lifespan of 200 years.

( ~ī)n. long lived.

whose lifetime is fixed.

…-ābādhatā id. āyuka* short lived DN.i.18; Pv-a.103, Also as -āyukin Vv.41#6.

• -āhāra…

…addhuva asassata (= appāyuka) vipariṇāma-dhamma thus inviting the conjecture that Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit āśvāsika is somehow…

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

…DN.i.19 (anicca a. appāyuka); MN.i.326; SN.iv.302; Ja.i.393; Ja.iii.19 (addhuva-sīla); Vv-a.77.

• -gāmin leading to permanence, i.e….

…= Ud.62; Mil.140: -āyuka (one) whose life extends over a kappa Mhvs.v.87; -uṭṭhāna…

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

…sq. Thus anicca addhuva appāyuka cavanadhamma DN.i.21. anicca + dukkha SN.ii.53 (yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ); SN.iv.28, SN.iv.31, SN.v.345;…

1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …

…(āsavā); Snp.175, Snp.639, Snp.640; Dhp.93 Pp.11, Pp.14; Mil.23 (˚āyuka); Pv-a.112 (˚tiṇodak’ āhāra).

pp. of parikkhīyati

…by, cp. ṭhiti); yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā (outliving their lives) Pv-a.66; karuṇa-ṭhānīya (= *kāruṇayitabba) deserving pity…

adjective beautiful AN.iv.240 (cātummahārājikā devā dīgh’āyukā vaṇṇavanto; variant reading ˚vantā) Pp.34; Pv.iii.2#12 (= rūpasampanna Pv-a.184); Dhp-a.i.383.

fr. vaṇṇa

Vimāna¹

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the def^ns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

…in foll. compounds: -āyukaṃ (better as yāvat˚ than yāvatā˚) as long as life lasts, for a lifetime Mhvs.3, Mhvs.41; Vv-a.196 (as…

adjective = āyuka; in appāyukin short lived Vv.41#6.

fr. āyu