diminution, decrease; loss, decay; esp. diminution of kamma, decrease of the possibility of rebirth.

falling off, diminution (opp. ācaya gathering, heaping up), unmaking, esp. loss (of wordliness) decrease (of possibility of rebirth Vin.ii.2 = Vin.iii.21 = Vin.iv.213 cp. Ja.iii.342 …

leading to diminution

finding delight in diminution

honors; respects.

…rid of, do away with, (cp. apacaya), diminish, make less SN.iii.89 (opp. ācināti); Thag.807; Ja.iv.172 (apacineth’ eva kāmāni =…

…Vv-a.39); Vv.35#11 (cp. Vv-a.164); Mil.21.

pp. of apacayati or apacināti

honour, respect, esteem, reverence Thag.589; Ja.i.220 Ja.ii.435; Ja.iii.82; Ja.iv.308; Ja.vi.88; Mil.180, Mil.234 (˚ṃ karoti), Mil.377 (pūjana +); Snp-a.332 (˚karaṇa). Cp. apacāyana.

Vedic apaciti …

honouring, honour, worship, reverence Ja.i.220; Ja.v.326; DN-a.i.256 (˚kamma); Vv-a.24 (˚ṃ karoti = añjalikaṃ karoti); Pv-a.104 (˚kara, adj.), Pv-a.128 (+ paricariya).

abstr. fr. apa + cāy, w …

to honour respect, pay reverence DN.i.91 (pūjeti +); Ja.iii.82. Pot. apace (for apaceyya, may be taken to apacināti 2; AN.iv.245; Thag-a.72 (here to apacināti 1)
pp apacita …

adjective honouring, respecting Ja.iv.94 (vaddha˚ cp. vaddhâpacāyin); Pv.ii.7 ⁸ (jeṭṭha˚); Pv.iv.3#24 (id.). In B.Sk. the corresp. phrase is jyeṣṭhâpacayaka.

fr. *apacāya, cp. B.Sk. apacā …

adjective honouring, paying homage, revering Snp.325 (vaddha˚ = vaddhānaṃ apaciti karaṇena Snp-a.332) = Dhp.109; Ja.i.47, Ja.i.132, Ja.i.201 Ja.ii.299; Ja.v.325; Mil.206; Sdhp.549.

fr. *apacāya; cp …

the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).

= añjali

to honour, only in cpd. -apacāyati (q.v.). The Dhtp (237) defines the root cāy by pūjā.

fr. ci

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

…lost power, went bad; cp. apacaya falling off, diminution If not this reading we should suggest upacchijjiṃsu from upacchindati “were…

Vaddha¹

adjective noun

1. grown, old; an Elder; venerable, respectable; one who has authority At Ja.i.219 three kinds of vaddha are distinguished: one by nature (jāt …

…(opp. apacaya). See on term Dhs trsl. 195 & Cpd. 251, 252
■ SN.ii.94 (kāyassa ācayo pi apacayo pi); AN.iv.280 =…