finger.

…Vin.ii.294, Vin.ii.306 (dvaṅgula 2 inches wide); Mhvs.19, Mhvs.11 (aṭṭh˚); Dhp-a.iii.127 (ek˚;).

*…

Hell. Descriptions of it are to be found in several places in the four Nikāyas MN.iii.183 AN.i.141–142 It is a quadrangular space, one hundred leagues each way, four-doored, walled all round and abov …

of eight finger-breadths; to the extent of eight finger-breadths

caturassa¹

mfn. & m (or n.)

1. (mfn.) four cornered, quadrangular; four sided; square.
2. (m. or n.) a four cornered figure, a square or rectangle (?)
3. (~assa) yoked with four horses. …

four-cornered; quadrangular.

measuring four inches; measuring four fingers breadth.

the breadth of two fingers; (mfn.) measuring two finger-breadths.

two finger-breadth practice.

with ‘two finger’ understanding (with little understanding; or whose understanding is in her two fingers)

kind of black colored monkey.

Assa¹

shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …

1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

…Dhp-a.iii.402.

• -aṅgula eight finger-breadths thick eight inches thick, i.e. very thick, of double thickness…

(-˚) adjective in cpd. dvangula-buddhikā (f.) possessing insight as much as 2 finger-breadths Vv-a.96
■ The ˚ka belongs to the whole cpd.

fr. buddha

quadrangular place, a square, courtyard; a place where four roads meet, a cross road Vin.iii.151; Vin.iv.271; Mil.1 (+ catukkasinghāṭaka), Mil.330 (do.); Ja.i.425 (˚raccha).

Sk. catvara, cp. Trenckn …

…cp. Ja.vi.275; -(r)aṅgula (adj.) measuring 4 fingers, 4 fingers broad or wide, Vin.i.46; SN.ii.178; Ja.vi.534; Thag.1137; Vism.124….

…of two parts Dhs.163; -(v)aṅgula & dvaṅgula; two finger-breadths or depths, two inches long, implying a minimum measure (see above AN…

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

Goṇaka¹

a kind of ox, a wild bull Ja.vi.538 (arañña˚).

goṇa¹

Goṇaka²

a woollen cover with long fleece (DN-a.i.86: dīghalomako mahākojavo; caturangulādhikāni kir …

see nalāṭa (cp. langula).

see nandhati & pilandhana. Concerning l → n cp.; laṅgula.

…nangulaṃ) See also naṅgula & (concerning l → n); landhati (= nandhati); nalāṭa (for…

adjective sallow; f. maṅgulī woman of sallow complexion SN.ii.260 = Vin.iii.107; Vin.iii.100.

cp. mangura

adjective golden; in cpd. -cchavi of golden colour, f cchavī DN.i.193, DN.i.242; MN.i.246, MN.i.429; MN.ii.33; Vism.184.

etym.? or = mangula? See J.R.A.S. 1903, 186 the corresponding passage t …

occurs as simplex only in Np. Mahā- mucala -mālaka Mhvs.15, Mhvs.36. It refers to the tree mucalinda, of which it may be a short form. On the other hand *m …

tail Thag.113 = Thag.601 (go˚).

Sk. lāngū̆la to langa & lagati (q.v.). cp. Gr.; λαγγάζω, Lat. langueo

plant (Barringtonia acutangula) Vv-a.134.

Sk. nicula

1. a knot (of a stalk), joint, section Vin.iv.35; MN.i.80; Ja.i.245 (veḷu˚); Vism.358 (id.; but nāḷika p. 260); Vb-a.63 (id.); Thag.243-angula˚ finger joint Vin.iv.262, MN.i.187; DN-a.i.285-pabba\ …

adjective highest, most excellent, superior, best paraphrased by agga seṭṭha visiṭṭha at Cnd.502 A Mnd.84, Mnd.102 (the latter reading viseṭṭha for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a …

…bond Ja.iv.3.

• -aṅgula = ˚angulika Ja.iv.153 (gandha˚); Snp-a.39 (usabhaṃ nahāpetvā bhojetvā ˚ṃ datvā…

adjective lame Ja.vi.12; Vism.280.

fr. pangu

Ratana¹

neuter

1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana², as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
   ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

…of long lineage Pv-a.68; dvaṅgula˚; a band 2 inches broad Dāvs v.49; roma˚; a row of hair (on the body) Ja.v.430.

cp. Sk….

cake Vin.ii.17; Dhp-a.ii.75; cp sankulikā AN.iii.78.

either = Sk. śaṣkulikā, cp, sakkhali 2, or fr. saguḷa = sanguḷa

…(see Dict. of Names).

• -aṅgula a Buddha-inch, an inch according to the standard accepted by Buddhists Vin.iv.168. *…

…hence transferred to i, as in ti-v-aṅgika threefold (Dhs.161), and ti-v-aṅgula three inches wide (Vism.152,…

…J.P.T.S. 1907, 131.

• -aṅgula a crooked finger AN.iii.6.
• -ātivaṅkin having curves upon curves (in its horns),…

span (of 12 angulas or finger-breadths) Vin.iii.149 (dīghaso dvādasa vidatthiyo sugata-vidatthiyā); Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.337; Ja.iii.318; Mil.85; Vism.65, Vism.124, Vism.171, Vism.175, Vism.408; Dhp-a. …