exceeding, surpassing; superior, predominant; more; too much, in excess.

…with numerals adhika has the meaning of “in addition, with an additional, plus” (cp. ādi + ādika, with which it is evidently…

A ford, evidently a well-known bathing-ghat, where pilgrims used to bathe in order to obtain purification from their sins. It is mentioned in a list of rivers and ghats. MN.i.39

4ford

1. subject of discussion or attention; case, legal question; dispute (in the saṅgha, to be formally dealt with).
2. cause.

one who causes disputes or lawsuits

(a method) of settling a case or dispute

disputatious.

more than 100, 000

service, help; act of merit.

not exceeding; not more; not in excess

free from attachment; free from acquisitions (which lead to rebirth)

legal question or case concerning support, or concerning a faction, or a legal question or case arising from censure or criticism

extra; an extra supply.

free from attachment; free from acquisitions (which lead to rebirth)

,

1. (mfn. and n.) (what is) to be done or made; business, affair; duty, service; purpose, need; something to be done, that must be done; job, task.
2. (n.) see kiccādhikaraṇa

legal case or matter to be dealt with involving or connected with a formal act (of the saṅgha)

on account of desire, in consequence of desire

legal question or case which has been settled.

free from attachments; free from belongings.

with dark-blue straps.

connected with material acquisitions and attachment; (according to commentaries) forming a basis for rebirth.

having something beyond or in addition; and more; exceeding

more, deeper, than a man’s height

with an elder in charge.

“a covering of grass”, one of the seven adhikaraṇasamatha (method of setting a case or dispute)

sick, ill; in distress.

(from ābādhika) sick, ill; in distress.

legal case or dispute concerning an offense

as a consequence of guarding or holding fast

to shake very much Vv.64#9 (= adhikaṃ uddhunāti Vv-a.278).

abhi + ud + dhunāti

…˚rūpa very handsome (= adhika-rūpa C.), ˚sambuddha wide and fully-awake, cp. abbhuddhunāti to shake greatly (adhikaṃuddh˚ C.)
■ As…

…(aññehi manussehi adhikarūpa); Vv-a.53; Pv-a.61 (abhikkanta). Occurs in the idiomatic phrase denoting the characteristics of true…

…= Cnd.689 (˚sikkhā); Dhp.185 (= aṭṭha-samāpattisankhāta adhika-citta Dhp-a.iii.238).

adhi + citta

…(˚ssa uppamassa vūpasama), adhikaraṇaṃ karoti to raise a dispute MN.i.122 ˚ṃ vūpasameti to settle a question or difficulty Vin.ii.261.

*…

one who has to do with the settling of disputes or questions, a judge AN.v.164, AN.v.167.

fr. adhikaraṇa

smith’s anvil Ja.iii.285; Dāvs iii.16 sq.; Dhs-a.263.

to adhikaraṇa 1, orig. meaning “serving, that which serves, i.e. instrument”

…overseer, Pv.ii.9#27 (dāne adhikata ṭhapita Pv-a.124). 2. caused by Mil.67 (kamma˚). 3. affected by something, i.e. confused, puzzled, in…

attendance, service, administration, supervision, management, help Vin.i.55; Ja.i.56 Ja.vi.251; Mil.60, Mil.115, Mil.165; Pv-a.124 (dāna˚; cp. Pv.ii.9#27); Dhp-a.ii.41.

cp. Sk. adhikāra

adjective (-˚) serving as, referring to Vin.iii.274 (Bdhgh).

to adhikāra

…AN.ii.150; AN.iv.241; Ja.i.92; Pp.15; Mil.146, Mil.189 Mil.274, Mil.290; Pv.ii.3#6 (= adhikataraṃ Pv-a.86); Dhp-a.ii.85 cp. Pv-a.281.

adhi…

adjective superb, excellent, surpassing Vv.16#3 (an˚; unsurpassed, unrivalled; Vv-a.80 = adhika visiṭṭha).

adhi + vara

…(see upadhi) Vin.i.36 (anupadhīka); DN.iii.112 (anupadhika opp. to sa-upadhika); Snp.1057 (anūpadhīka T. but Nd…

disputing, quarrelling(?) Vin.ii.88 (under anuvādâdhikaraṇa).

anu + saṃ + pavankatā; is reading correct?

…preeminent Snp.234 (= adhikassa kassaci abhāvato Kp-a.193), 1003; Dhp.23, Dhp.55 (= asadisa appaṭibhāga Dhp-a.i.423); Pv.iv.3^5…

…-adhikaraṇa a question or case of censure Vin.ii.88 sq.; Vin.iii.164 (one of the 4 adhikaraṇāni, q.v.).

fr….

adjective a tailoring term. Only at Vin.i.297. Rendered (Vinaya Texts ii.232) by ʻhalf and half’; that is a patchwork, half of new material half of old. Bdhgh’s note (see the text, p. 392) adds that …

for anu˚ in metre Snp.1057, see upadhi.

adjective guilty, offending, criminal Ja.ii.117 (vāja˚); Mil.149 (issara˚), Mil.189 (aparādhikatā).

fr. aparādha, cp. Sk. aparādhin

…manasā-k.), also upadhikaroti and others. This comb^n. is restricted to the pp and der. (˚kata & ˚katvā). Other explains by…

Vyābādha & byābādha

oppression, injury, harm, hurting; usually in phrase atta˚ & para˚; (disturbing the peace of others of oneself) MN.i.89; SN.iv.339; AN.i.114, AN.i.157, AN.i.216; AN.ii.179-Also …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

beard, whiskers Vin.ii.134 (na d. ṭhapetabbā, of the bhikkhus) Ja.i.305; Ja.v.42 (tamba˚), Ja.v.217 (mahā˚ having great whiskers); DN-a.i.263 (parūḷha-massu˚ with beard whiskers grown long).

Sk. * …

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 …

(& kallāṇa)

1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

an enclitic particle of affirmation & emphasis indeed, really, surely; in narration: then, now (cp kira); in question: then, perhaps, really. Def. as adhikār’ antara-nidassan’ atthe nipāto Kp-a.113 …

1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

1. a seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma (amacca) & mudda-paṭilābha.
2. the art of calculation …

adjective (in verse always nirūpadhi) free from passions or attachment, desireless controlled Vin.ii.156; SN.i.194 (vippamutta +), SN.iv.158; AN.i.80, AN.i.138 (sītibhūta +); Dhp.418 (id.); Thag.1 …

Niyutta(ka)

adjective tied to, appointed to (with loc.), commissioned, ordered Dhs-a.47; Pv-a.20 (janapade), Pv-a.124 (dānâdhikāre), Pv-a.127 (dāne).

pp. of niyuñjati

Niyutta(ka)

adjective tied to, appointed to (with loc.), commissioned, ordered Dhs-a.47; Pv-a.20 (janapade), Pv-a.124 (dānâdhikāre), Pv-a.127 (dāne).

pp. of niyuñjati

… ■ SN.i.233 = AN.iv.292; Vv.34#21; Iti.20 (variant reading osadhika), Iti.78.

fr. upadhi. BSk. after the P., aupadhika Divy.542

variant reading Iti.20 for opadhika.

remedy, esp. poultice, fomentation Ja.iv.361.

fr. osadha

…SN.iii.209 SN.iv.349 opadhikaṃ SN.i.233; Iti.78; purāṇaṃ & navaṃ SN.i.92 sayaṃ katāni puññāni SN.i.37; puññassa dhārā…

…of legal questions (adhikaraṇa) Vin.ii.93 Vin.iv.207; cp. Dhs-a.144; s. paṭivijjhati Pts.i.180.

• -yānika who makes quietude his…

adjective excessive, abundant DN.ii.151; Ja.ii.383; Ja.iv.31.

sama + adhika

Err:509

…a man’s height MN.i.74, MN.i.365; AN.iii.403.

sa + adhika; cp. BSk. sādhika Divy.44

adjective consisting in concentration SN.i.120.

fr. samādhi

…kiriyā) Name of one of the adhikaraṇa-samathā: guilt (legal wrong) of such & such a character Vin.i.325; in detail expl. MN.ii.249; +…

…one of the seven Adhikaraṇasamathas (ways in which litigation may be settled). In case mutual complaints of breach of the rules have…

…u., cha viññāṇa-kāyā u. Another modified classification see at Brethren p.398 Upadhika (Upadhika).

fr. upa + dhā, cp. upadahati &…

Upadhika (Upadhīka)

adjective (-˚) having a substratum, showing attachment to rebirth, only in compounds an˚ free from clinging Vin.i.36;…

Upadhika (Upadhīka)

adjective (-˚) having a substratum, showing attachment to rebirth, only in compounds an˚ free from clinging Vin.i.36;…

…on every U., i.e. every fortnight Vin.iv.315. 2. observing the Sabbath fasting (cp. BSk. uposadhika Mvu.ii.9); Vin.i.58; Vin.iv.75, Vin.iv.78;…

slaying, killing; murderous; a murderer SN.iii.112 (in simile); SN.iv.173 (id.); AN.iv.92 (id.); Thig.347; DN.iii.72 (˚citta); Kp-a.27; Vv-a.72 (˚cetanā murderous intention); Vism.230, Vism.231 (in …

…[in fig. sense!], āyatana & adhikaraṇa); AN.iv.334; DN.i.13 sq. (aṭṭhādasahi vatthūhi etc.) Ja.ii.5 (avatthumhi chandaṃ mâkari do not…

adjective causing injury or oppression, oppressive, annoying (of pains) MN.i.10; AN.iii.388; Vism.35 (explained diff. by Bdhgh as “vyābādhato uppannattā veyyābādhikā”).

= vyābādhika

Vyābādha & byābādha

oppression, injury, harm, hurting; usually in phrase atta˚ & para˚; (disturbing the peace of others of oneself) MN.i.89; SN.iv.339; AN.i.114, AN.i.157, AN.i.216; AN.ii.179-Also …

…difficult Vin.ii.299 (adhikaraṇa).

cp. Sk. vyāla

Vāla³

neuter water; only in cpd. -ja a fish (cp. vārija).

= vāri,…

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

…(yato + adhikaraṇaṃ) because (lit. by reason of which; cp. kim-ādhikaraṇaṃ, see adhik.) DN.i.70; DN.i.113; MN.i.269;…

…Chapter; name of one of the adhikaraṇa-samathas, or means of settling a dispute
■ Vin.ii.84 (anujānāmi bh. adhikaraṇaṃ…

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

adjective noun affected with illness, a sick person AN.iii.189, AN.iii.238; Mnd.160; Mil.302; DN-a.212; Dhp-a.i.31; Pv-a.271
■ f. ābādhikinī a sick woman AN.ii.144.

fr. ābādha

…and so on, so forth (cp. adhika); e.g. rukkha-gumb-ādayo (acc. pl. trees, jungle etc. Ja.i.150; amba-panas’ ādīhi rukkehi sampanno (and…

…beginning, initial (see adhika); instr. ādikena in the beginning, at once, at the same time MN.i.395, MN.i.479; MN.ii.213;…

…(˚pariyanta), Vin.ii.88 (˚adhikaraṇa), Vin.ii.259 (˚ṃ paṭikaroti); Vin.iv.344; DN.iii.212 (˚kusalatā); AN.i.84 (id.), AN.i.87; AN.ii.240…