Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

gone back from (-˚), returned (opp. abhi˚) DN.i.70 (abhikkanta +); AN.ii.104 AN.ii.106 sq., AN.ii.210; Pv.iv.1#43 (cp. Pv-a.240); DN-a.i.183 (= nivattana); Vv-a.6 (opp. abhi˚) Pv-a.11 (piṇḍapāta …

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

Phonetically the difference between ava & o is this, that; ava is the older form, whereas o represents a later development. Histor …

fear, fright, dread AN.ii.15 (jāti-maraṇa˚); DN.iii.148, DN.iii.182; Dhp.39, Dhp.123, Dhp.212 sq., Dhp.283; Mnd.371, Mnd.409; Pp.56; Vism.512; Kp-a.108; Snp-a.155; Dhp-a.iii.23. There are some len …

blow on or at AN.i.257.

abhi + dhamati, cp. Sk. abhi˚ & api-dhamati

adjective = antara, i.e. internal, inner, being within or between; nt. -ṃ the inner part, interior, interval (see [as ˚-](/define/as ˚-)) Vin.i.111 (satt˚ with interval of seven); AN.iv.16 (opp. …

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

dramatic representation Vv-a.209 (sākhā˚).

abhi + naya

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

see abhi˚.

pp. of lakkheti

Lāpa¹

talk: see compounds abhi˚, pa˚, sal˚.

fr. lap

Lāpa²

a sort of quail, Perdix chinensis SN.v.146 = Ja.ii.59. As lāpaka-sakuṇa also at Ja.ii.59-Another name for quai …

sporting, dancing: see abhi˚, vi˚.

of las

Ni˚

Nearly all (ultimately prob. all) words under this heading are compounds with the pref. ni.

A. Forms

1. Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …

reproduced, reborn AN.iv.40, AN.iv.401; Cnd.256 (nibbatta abhi pātubhūta); Dhs.1035, Dhs.1036 (so read for˚ nippatta) Vv-a.9 (puññ’ânubhāva˚ by the power of merit).

abhi + nibbatta, pp. of abhinibbattati

to dig up MN.i.142.

abhi + khaṇati

to bend
pp abhinata (q.v.).

abhi + namati

desire, wish, longing Pv-a.154.

Sk. abhilāṣa, abhi + laṣ

to play (a game), to sport Mil.359 (kīḷaṃ).

abhi + kìḷati

wishing, longing, desire DN-a.i.242.

abhi + kankhana + tā

recognition Dhs-a.110.

paṭi + abhi + ñāṇa

see abhi˚.

to make clear, explain, illuminate Ja.v.339.

abhi + joteti

to be very hungry Pv-a.271.

abhi + jighacchati

to be eager, active Snp.668.

abhi + javati

(pavaṭṭha) see abhi˚.

pp. of pavassati

to step backwards, to return (opp. abhi˚) Vin.ii.110, Vin.ii.208; MN.i.78; SN.i.200, SN.i.226 SN.ii.282; Snp.388 (ger. ˚kkamma = nivattitvā Snp-a.374) Snp-a.53
caus paṭikkamāpeti to cause to ret …

to rush on (to) Ja.ii.8.

abhi + nipatati

shelter, protection refuge, esp. as tt. of shelter & peace offered by the Dhamma. Mostly in combⁿ with leṇa & saraṇa; (see [dīpa & abhaya;](/define/dīpa & abhaya;)), in var. contexts, esp …

at Thig.447 T (reading of C. is abhi˚) is explained Thag-a.271 to mean apakiritvā chaḍḍetvā throwing away, slighting, offending. The correct etym = Sk. avakirati (ava + kṛ² to strew, ca …

adjective dressed Mil.222.

abhi + pāruta, pp. of abhipārupati

retinue Ja.v.373.

fr. abhi + sarati, of sṛ; to go

…make ready Thag.151; ger. abhisandhāya in sense of a prep. = on account of, because of Ja.ii.386 (= paṭicca C.).

abhi + sandahati of saṃ…

to approach, to persecute Ja.vi.377.

abhi + sāreti, Caus. of abhisarati

to search for Dāvs v.4.

abhi + takketi

indeclinable adv. case fr. prep. abhi etym.

1. round about, on both sides Ja.vi.535 (= ubhayapassesu C.) Ja.vi.539
2. near, in the presence of Vv.64#1 (= samīpe Vv-a.275).

(tuṇṇa). Overwhelmed, overcome overpowered SN.ii.20; Pts.i.129 (dukkha˚), Pts.i.164; Ja.i.407 Ja.i.509 (˚tuṇṇa); Ja.ii.399, Ja.ii.401; Ja.iii.23 (soka˚); Ja.iv.330; Ja.v.268, Sdhp.281.

not as Morris, …

deceit, fraud Dāvs iii.64.

abhi + vañc

to praise Sdhp.588 (˚ayi). - pp. abhivaṇṇita.

abhi + vanneti

to shout ont Bv.ii.90 = Ja.i.18 (verse 99)

abhi + ravati

to fill (up) Mil.238; Dāvs iii.60 (paṃsūhi).

abhi + pūreti

to protect Vv.84#21, cp. Vv-a.341.

abhi + pāleti

etc. see abhi˚ etc.

Sk. abhipṛcchati] to ask Ja.iv.18.

abhi + pucchati

to stretch out Vin.i.179 (pāde).

abhi + pasāreti, cp. BSk. abhiprasārayati Divy.389

to remove, to put away Bv.x.5.

abhi + vāheti, Caus. of vah

to blow through, to pervade Mil.385.

abhi + vāyati; cp. Sk. abhivāti

to contend, quarrel with Ja.i.342.

abhi + yujjhati from yudh

to ask, beg, entreat Snp.1101, cp. Cnd.86.

abhi + yācati

adjective (-˚) overpowering, having power over; master conqueror, lord SN.iv.186 (anadhibhū not mastering. For adhibhūta the variant reading abhi˚ is to be preferred as more us …

adjective “settled in”, attached to, clinging on Cnd.152 (gahita parāmaṭṭha a.); Pv-a.267 (= ajjhāsita Pv.iv.8#4).

abhi + niviṭṭha, pp. of abhi-nivisati

past participle escaped Thag.1089.

abhi + nissaṭa

1. (trs.) to gladden, please, satisfy SN.iv.190 (abhihaṭṭhuṃ); AN.v.350 (id.).
2. (intr.) to find delight in (c. acc.), to enjoy SN.v.74 (rūpaṃ manāpaṃ); AN.iv.419 sq. (T. reads ˚hiṃsamāna jhānaṃ vari …

adjective falling on io (-˚) Ja.ii.7.

abhi + nipātin

Only in the compound abhi-saññā-nirodha DN.i.179, DN.i.184. The prefix abhi qualifies, not saññā, but the whole compound, which means ʻtrance’. It is an expression used, not by Buddhists, but by c …

…which often combined as abhisaṃ˚
■ Bdhgh & Dhpāla explain; saṃ˚; by sammā (Snp-a.151;…

to pervade Mil.251.

abhi + vyāpeti, cp. Sk. vyāpnoti, vi + āp

slaughtering-place Vin.iii.151 (+ āghāta).

abhi + āghāta

to sprinkle over, to cover, bedeck Vv.5#9 (= abhi-okirati abhippakirati), Vv.35#11 (variant reading abbhuk˚). Cp. abbhukkirati & abbhokkiraṇa; pp. abbhokiṇṇa see under *[abb …

to go out over, to rise AN.ii.50, AN.ii.51 (opp. atthaṃ eti, of the sun)
ppr abbhuddayaṃ Vv.64#17 (= abhi-uggacchanto Vv-a.280; abbhusayaṃ ti pi pāṭho).

abhi + ud + eti

covered (with) Thag.1068.

pp. of abhi + ā + chādeti

having arrived or come; (m.) a guest, stranger Vv.1#5 (= abhi-āgata, āgantuka Vv-a.24).

abhi + ā + gata

sight, appearance, show Ja.vi.193.

abhi + dassana

coming arrival, approach Vin.iv.221.

abhi + ā + gamana; cp. Sk. abhyāgama

resounding, resonant Thag.1065).

pp. of abhi + ud + nadati

instigation, incitement Vin.ii.88.

abstr. fr. abhi + *utsahana, cp. ussāha

Rādheti¹

to please: see compounds abhi˚ apa˚, ā˚ vi˚.

Caus. of rādh to succeed, rādhyate. The root is given at Dhtp.420 & Dhtm.656 in meaning “saṃsiddhiyaṃ,” i.e. of success. See etym. …

Ud-

prefix in verbal & nominal comb^n. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are comb^ns. with ud˚, which in comp^n. appears modified according to the rules of as …

to hold aloft Ja.i.34 = Bv.iv.1.

abhi + dhāreti

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

having destroyed, removed or expelled; only in one simile of the sun driving darkness away at MN.i.317 = SN.iii.156; SN.v.44 = Iti.20.

ger. of abhi + vihanati

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

(& vijināti) to overpower, to conquer. Of -jayati the ger. -jiya at DN.i.89, DN.i.134 DN.ii.16. Of -jināti the pres. 3^rd pl. -jinanti at Mil.39 the ger. *\ …

adjective belonging to the specialised Dhamma, versed in or studying the Abhidhamma Mil.17, Mil.341; Vism.93. As abhi˚ at Kp-a.151; Ja.iv.219.

abhidhamma + ika

higher discipline, the refinements of discipline or Vinaya; comb^d. with abhidhamma, e.g. DN.iii.267; MN.i.472; also with vinaya Vin.v.1 sg.

abhi + vinaya

to send out, send forth, deal out, give DN.iii.160.

abhi + vissajjati

adjective most excellent, very distinguished DN-a.i.99, DN-a.i.313.

abhi + visiṭṭha

to find, get, obtain Snp.460 (= labhati adhigacchati Snp-a.405).

abhi + vindati

confided in, taken into confidence MN.ii.52 (variant reading ˚visaṭṭha).

abhi + vissattha, pp. of abhivissasati, Sk. abhiviśvasta

to shout cry, make a (loud) noise Mil.254
aor ravi Ja.i.162 (baddha-rāvaṃ ravi); Ja.ii.110; Ja.iii.102; Pv-a.100; arāvi Mhvs.10, Mhvs.69 (mahā-rāvaṃ); and aravi Mhvs.32, Mhv …

“to go down to”, i.e. give in, to pay heed, observe Vin.i.134 and in ster. expl^n. of sañcicca at Vin.ii.91; Vin.iii.73, Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv.290.

abhi + vitarati

to turn somebody’s mind on (c. acc.), to induce somebody (dat.) to (acc.) Vin.iii.18 (purāṇadutiyikāya methunaṃ dhammaṃ abhiviññāpesi).

abhi + viññāpeti

Vāyati¹

to weave, only in pp. vāyita
pass viyyati Vin.iii.259. pp. also vīta
caus 2 vāyāpeti to cause to be woven Vin.iii.2 …

to hold back, refuse, deny Ja.v.325 (= nivāreti C.).

abhi + vāreti, Caus. of vṛ.

much youthfulness, early or tender youth Thig.258 (= abhinavayobbanakāla Thag-a.211).

abhi + yobbana

trusting or trusted; confident; being confided in or demanding confidence, intimate, friendly AN.iii.114; Vin.i.87 (so read for ṭṭh); Vin.iv.21; Ja.ii.305; Ja.iii.343; Mil.109 (bahu˚ enjoying great co …

to accuse, charge; intrs. fall to one’s share Vin.iii.50; Vin.iv.304.

abhi + yuj

adjective distinguished, prominent, superior, eminent DN.iii.159; Vv.32#4; Ja.i.441; Mil.203 Mil.239; Dhp-a.ii.15; Vv-a.1 (˚māna = vimāna), Vv-a.85, Vv-a.261 Sdhp.260, Sdhp.269, Sdhp.332, Sdhp.489 …

to go against (in a hostile manner, to attack (c. acc.) SN.i.216 (aor. abhiyaṃsu, variant reading SS abhijiyiṃsu); Dhp-a.iii.310 (aor. abhiyāsi as variant reading for T. reading pāyāsi; the id. p Vv\ …

Abhiññā¹

feminine Rare in the older texts. It appears in two contexts. Firstly, certain conditions are said to conduce (inter alia) to serenity, to special knowledge (abhiññā), to specia …

great or deadly crime Only at Snp.231 = Kp.vi.10 (quoted Kv.109). Six are there mentioned, & are explained (Kp-a.189) as “matricide parricide, killing an Arahant, causing schisms, wounding a Buddha, …

(& vijinati) to conquer, master, triumph over DN-a.i.250 (vijeti); fut. vijessati Ja.iv.102. ger. vijeyya Snp.524, Snp.1002; and vijetvā Ja.iii.523
pp vijita. Cp. abhi˚. …

desired, wished, begged for DN.i.120.

pp. adhi + pattheti, cp. Sk. abhi + arthayati

to overcome, overpower, destroy Ja.ii.80 (aor. ajjhobhavi = adhibhavi C.).

adhi + ava + bhu, Sk. abhi˚

…heading at Cnd.569#b we find abhisankhāra v with ref. to the sotāpatti-stage, i.e. the beginning of salvation, where it is said that by the…

1. to increase (intrs.) DN.i.113, DN.i.195 (opp. hāyati); MN.ii.225; AN.iii.46 (bhogā a.); Dhp.24; Mil.374; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.133; Sdhp.288, Sdhp.523.
2. to grow over or beyond, to outgrow Ja.iii.399 (va …

1. to make known, to communicate Dāvs v.2, Dāvs v.11.
2. to know Ja.vi.175 (jānāti C.).

abhi + Caus. of vid