wonderful thing, a marvel; amazement

celestial nymph, a female divinity.

…MN.ii.64; Thig.374 (= devaccharā Thag-a.252); Ja.v.152 sq (Alambusā a.) Vv.5#5 (= devakaññā Vv-a.37);…

…counterpart of the accharā, the nymphs. Their king is Dhataraṭṭha, ruler of the eastern quarter. DN.ii.257 Other chieftains are also…

finger-snap; a moment.

yearly; every year.

(nt. or f.?) in -ṃ vādeti to make heavenly music (lit. the sounds of an accharā or heavenly nymph) AN.iv.265.

fr. accharā²

…anabhiṇha-ppavattitāya accharāpaharaṇa-yoggaṃ that which happens without a moment’s notice, at the snap of a finger; i.e. causally…

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 is superseded by the loc.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 …

adjective yearly Dhp-a.i.388 (nakkhattaṃ). Usually nt. -ṃ as adv. yearly, every year Ja.i.68; Ja.v.99. On use of anu in this comb^n. see anu A a.

anu + saṃv˚

…Ja.ii.128 (tīṇi saṃvaccharāni); Dhp-a.iii.133 (tayo vaye passed beyond the 3 ages of life); Pv-a.55 (māse ˚e after the lapse of a…

…Ja.ii.101; Vv-a.264 (saṃvaccharā years) 2. used as definite measure of quantity & distance, where it also implies the respectability of…

…Pv-a.19, Pv-a.75.

• -accharā a divine Apsarā, a heavenly joy-maiden Vism.531; Pv-a.46, Pv-a.279; *…

adjective niggardly envious, selfish Pgdp.ii.49
■ maccharaṃ (nt.) avarice envy AN.iv.285; Snp.811, Snp.862, Snp.954 (vīta-macchara, adj.).

Vedic matsara & matsarin enjoyable; later period also “ …

Maccharāyitatta (nt.) the condition of selfishness, both expressions in defⁿ of macchariya at Dhs.1122; Pp.19,…

to be selfish, greedy or envious Ja.vi.334; Dhp-a.ii.45, Dhp-a.ii.89.

Demon. fr. macchariya

adjective consisting of months DN.ii.327 (dvādasa˚ saṃvacchara the year of 12 months).

= māsika

the lotus Nelumbium speciosum. It is usually mentioned in two varieties, viz. ratta˚; and seta˚; i.e. red and white lotus so at Ja.v.37; Snp-a.125; as ratta˚ at Vv-a.191; Pv-a.157. The latter s …

…e.g. Ja.ii.447; see accharā¹.
aor pahāsi (cp. pariyudāhāsi) Vv.29#2 (= pahari…

…Pv-a.53 (accharā-sahassa˚), Pv-a.74 (dvisahassadīpa˚); sa˚; with a retinue (of…) Ja.i.49 (cattāro dīpe)…

…Ja.ii.93 (accharā); Ja.v.75 (vāṇijā); Dhp-a.i.89 (suvaṇṇasivikā), Dhp-a.i.352 (rāja-satāni); Dhp-a.iv.182…

…fingers Ja.i.394 (anguli˚, + celukkhepa); Thag-a.76 (anguli˚, for accharā-sanghāta Thig.67). Cp nippothana.

fr. poṭheti

…fingers Ja.i.394 (anguli˚, + celukkhepa); Thag-a.76 (anguli˚, for accharā-sanghāta Thig.67). Cp nippothana.

fr. poṭheti

Saha¹

indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.

• • …

…counted in the genitive, accharānaṃ sahassaṃ Mhvs.17, Mhvs.13; AN.i.227; or ˚-, as sahassa-yakkha-parivāra Snp-a.209. In combination…

…AN.iv.139, AN.iv.252 sq.; Dhp.108; Ja.ii.80 Sdhp.239; nom. pl. saṃvaccharāni Ja.ii.128.

saṃ + vacchara; cp. Vedic saṃvatsara

…DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56, etc. DN.i.1, etc.; SN.i.236; Sum…

1. striking, killing, murder Vin.i.137; DN.i.141; DN.ii.354; MN.i.78; AN.ii.42 sq.
2. knocking together (cp. sanghaṭṭeti), snapping of the fingers (acchara˚) AN.i.34, AN.i.38; Ja.vi.64.
3. accumulatio …

…The phrase utusaṃvaccharāni at Pv.ii.9#55 is by Dhammapāla taken as a bahuvrīhi cpd., viz cycles of seasons & of years, i.e….

year Sdhp.239. See the usual saṃvacchara.

cp. Class. Sk. vatsara

…having colour Thag.1190 (accharā nānattavaṇṇiyo “in divers hues”). 2. belonging to a caste, in cātu˚; (suddhi) (purity of) the…

Vīta¹

adjective deprived of, free from, (being) without. In meaning and use cp. vigata˚. Very frequent as first part of a cpd., as e.g. the foll.:

• -accika without a flame, i.e. glo …