(-˚) adjective blowing, n. a blower, player (on a horn: sankha˚) DN.i.251; SN.iv.322.

Sk. dhama, to dhamati

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who, at his request, visited the Buddha. Snp.1008

He questioned the Buddha as to how a man could get over attachment and cross the flood. By grasping after not …

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

Vaḍḍha¹

A Licchavi. He was a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, …

Vaḍḍhamāna

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of putting forth effort as if one’s haor was on fire. Thag.40 Elsewhere Thag.1162 this same verse is ascribed to Moggallāna as having been spoken by hi …

Vaḍḍhamātā>

An arahant, mother of Vaḍḍha. Her conversation with Vaḍḍha and his declaration to her after becoming an arahant are included in the Therīgāthā. Thig.204–212

blows at or on (metal).

lowest, worst; most vile.

every fortnight

every fortnight

small panel (of a bhikkhu’s robe)

fortnight; half a month

fortnightly

of dhamati

bodily vessel; a vein; a nerve.

covered, spread with veins; with prominent veins, i.e. emaciated.

with limbs covered with prominent veins.

melts or manufactures by blowing, smelts; blows away.

of dhamati smelted

drain; a gutter; a canal.

1. blows on; purifies (by fire)
2. (trans.) blows off, blows away; gets rid off.

of niddhamati

drain, conduit; outlet

blow on or at AN.i.257.

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

…135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic adhama…

…Goth. undar, E. under, Ind. *n̊dher-; superl. adhamaḥ Lat. infimus

intr. to be worth, to have the value of (acc.), to deserve Ja.i.112 (satasahassaṃ; aḍḍhamāsakaṃ); Ja.vi.174, Ja.vi.367 (padarajaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.35 (maṇin nâgghāma); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.28. Freq. in stock phr …

see anvaḍḍhamāsaṃ.

adverb every fortnight, twice a month MN.ii.8; Vin.iv.315 (= anuposathikaṃ) Dhp-a.i.162; Dhp-a.ii.25.

anu + aḍḍha + māsa

Anānu-

represents the metrically lengthened from of ananu(an + anu), as found e.g. in the foll. compounds: -tappaṃ (ppr.) not regretting Ja.v.492; -puṭṭha questioned Snp.782 (= apucchita Snp\ …

…expl^d. by niddhamati & nikkaḍḍhati Snp-a.311)
ger apakassa Sn.ii.198 = Mil.389. See also…

to beat a drum too hard Ja.i.283; pp. atidhanta ibid.

ati + dhamati

bhasta (nt.)

1. a bellows Thag.1134; Ja.vi.12 (vāta-puṇṇa-bhasta-camma, skin of bellows full of wind); Snp-a.171 (vāta-pūrita-bhastrā viya), Snp-a.494 (vātabharita˚); Dhp- …

fragrant tree growing (according to Dhpāla) only in the Gandhamādana grove of the Devaloka Vv.35#5; Vv-a.162.

fr. bhuj, as in bhuñjati²; or does it belong to bhuja³ and equal …

to blow frequently, strongly or incessantly Mil.117.

cp. Sk. dadhmāti, Intens. to dhamati

(-˚) adjective one who blows Mil.31; see *vaṃsa*˚, sankh˚, singa˚.

…flesh Vin.i.55 Vin.iii.146; MN.ii.121; Ja.i.346, Ja.ii.283; Thag-a.80.

Sk. dhamani, to dhamati, orig. a tube for blowing, a tubular vessel, pipe

…latter to dhvan, by which dhamati is influenced to a large extent in meaning. Cp. uddhana).

Ved. dhamati, dhmā, pp. dh amita & dhmāta, cp….

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1^b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

1. a primary element, of whic …

…usually explained by thaddhamaccharī (Pv-a.102; Dhp-a.iii.189, Dhp-a.iii.313), and mentioned with…

…of punishment pāpetvā niddhamatha = give him a thrashing & throw him out. variant reading at both passages is galayātha).

Sk. kṣālayati of…

…epithet of petas: Pv.ii.1#13; Snp.426, Snp.585; Sdhp.101; Mil.303 For phrase kisa-dhamani-santhata see the latter.

Sk. kṛśa, perhaps to Lat….

…passage kāraṇḍavaṃ niddhamatha kasambuṃ apakassatha AN.iv.172 = Snp.281 = Mil.414 trsl^d by Rh. Davids Mil trsl. ii.363 “get…

…Pv-a.116 = Dhp.125.

• -ādhama vilest of men Snp.246;
• -āsabha “man-bull”, i.e. lord of men Snp.684, Snp.996; *…

…to car to go forth), ˚ddhamati (throw out), ˚pajjati (result from), ˚bbattati (vatt spring out from), nīharati (take out), nirodhati…

…Ja.i.425; Ja.iii.415; Ja.iv.28; Ja.v.21 (udaka˚); Dhp-a.ii.37.

of niddhamati or = *nirdhāvana = ˚dhovana to dhāvati²

throwing out, ejection, expulsion Ja.v.233 (= nikkaḍḍhanā Com.).

either to niddhamati or to niddhāpeti

…= Sk. nirdhmāti, nis + dhamati, but in meaning the verb, as well as its derivations, are influenced by both meanings of niddhāvati…

…thus meant for Sk. snigdhānta).

pp. of niddhamati, nis + dhanta, q.v.

…nirdhāvati, nis + dhovati, cp. niddhamati

at Ja.iv.48 should probably be read niddhāpaye (as variant reading BB), q.v.

…+ dhāveti (dhāpeti), Caus. of dhāvati¹; may also stand for niddhamāpeti Caus. fr. niddhamati, cp. contamination niddhāmase at…

throwing out, ejection Ja.iii.22 (a˚); Ja.v.234. (= niddhamanā).

to have need of to be in want of (c. gen.) Ja.v.90 (Com. explains by upatappati milāyati; thinking perhaps of nalo va chinno).

Sk. nādhate = nāthate (see nātha), only in nadhamān …

Pakkha¹

1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …

1. to drag about SN.i.44, cp. Dhs-a.68.
2. sweep away, carry away Dhp-a.ii.275 (mah’ ogho viya parikassamāno, variant reading ˚kaḍḍhamāno)

pass parikissati (q.v.).

pari + …

to be afflicted, to be frightened, to be agitated, quiver, tremble, fear Snp.928 (= tasati etc. Mnd.384); Vism.180 (reads pavedheti) Thag-a.203 (allavatthaṃ allakesaṃ pavedhanto misreading for pavese …

…Bdhgh explains as “p vuccati paṇṇa-nāḷikā; taṃ dhamantā kīḷanti” DN-a.i.86.

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…-anta = purisādhama Snp.664 (anta = Sk. antya; Snp-a.479 explains by antimapurisa).

• -antaragatā touched by a man (lit. gone…

1. to restrain, hinder, prevent, obstruct, keep out Cp.iii.10#7; Mil.313 (+ upa˚).
2. to conceal, hide cover up Thig.238 (ppr. rundhanto); Pv-a.88 (ppr rundhamāna).
3. in phrase nagaraṃ r. to surr …

to blow, to fan Ja.i.122. - pp. sandhanta.

saṃ + dhamati

blown, smelted (of gold) AN.i.253.

pp. of sandhamati

at Ja.i.122 is to be read saṇdhamati “to blow.”

…Ja.i.350 & passim (see dhamani). Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. considers *santata* the right spelling.

2. (nt.) a rug…

…MN.ii.207 = SN.iv.322

• -dhamaka a conch blower, trumpeter Ja.i.284; Ja.vi.7
• -nābhi a kind of shell…

…Dhp-a.i.216.

• -dhamaka blowing a horn Mil.31.

Vedic śṛnga, cp. Gr. κάρνον, κραγγών; Lat. cornu =…

…Ja.iv.351.

• -niddhamana a water spout or drain Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.123; Dhp-a.ii.37. *…

…of dhmā, for uddhamana (*uddhmāna Sk.), see dhamati

… pp uddhumāta & ˚āyita; (q.v.).

ud + dhmā, see dhamati & remarks on uddhacca

…lūkho dubbaṇṇo upp˚ dhamani-santhata-gatto Vin.i.276 Vin.iii.19, Vin.iii.110; MN.ii.121; distorted to BSk. bhīto utp˚. kṛśāluko…

…Thag-a.160.

• -adhama most contemptible Ja.v.394, Ja.v.437.
• -guṇā (pl.) loftiest virtues Ja.i.96. *…

…Vv-a.260.

• -ādhama = ˚dhamma Snp.135.
• -dhamma vile conduct Ja.ii.180.
• -vāda foul…

at Dpvs.xi.33 is probably equivalent to vaḍḍhana (6) in special sense at Mhvs.23, Mhvs.33, and designates a (pair of) special (ly costly) garment(s). One might think of meaning v …

adjective growing, increasing, getting bigger; only in phrase vaḍḍhamānaka-cchāyāya (loc.) with growing shade, as the shadows lengthened, when evening drew near Dhp-a.i.96 Dhp-a.i.416; Dhp-a.ii. …

adjective

1. increasing, augmenting, fostering; increase, enlargement prolongation MN.i.518 (hāyana˚ decrease increase); Ja.iii.422 (kula˚, spelling ddh); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.73 (āyussa); Dhs-a.406; Pv-a …

primary meaning “to increase” (trs. intrs.); hence: to keep on, to prosper, to multiply, to grow SN.i.15 (read vaḍḍh˚ for vaṭṭ˚); SN.ii.206 (vaṇṇena), SN.iv.73, SN.iv.250; AN.v.249 (paññāya); Snp.329 …

…conjecture as “vaṃsa-dhamanaṃ,” playing the bamboo pipe (cp. Mil.31: “vaṃsadhamaka”), as oldest reading is to be pointed out. On…

to tremble, quiver, quake, shake SN.v.402; Thag.651; Thag.2, Thag.237 (˚amāna); Snp.899, Snp.902 (Pot. vedheyya); Mnd.312, Mnd.467; Ja.ii.191 (kampati +); Mil.254 (+ calati); Vv-a.76 (vedhamānena s …

adjective one who throws away or does away with; destroying, clearing away Mil.344 (kilesa-mala-duggandha˚).

fr. vidhamati

destroying, scattering, dispersing Mil.244 (Maccu-sena˚).

fr. vidhamati

…of “destroy.”

1. vidhamati: SN.iii.190; Ja.i.284 (in play of words with dhamati to blow; aor. vidhami = viddhaṃsesi…

destroyed Cnd.576#a.

pp. of vidhamati

…phrase rūpaṃ vikirati vidhamati etc. where it is meant in trs sense of “destroy”; thus vi˚ in the same verb in meaning (vi˚ 1 & 2);…

to close, encircle, cover Mhvs.19, Mhvs.48; Vism.253 (ppr. vinandhamāna: so read for vinaddh˚)
pp vinaddha.

vi + nandhati

…Mil.152, Mil.262 (+ dhamati)
caus 1 ācameti a to purge, rinse one’s mouth Vin.ii.142; MN.ii.112; AN.iii.337; Pv.iv.1#53…