an elevated trunk, a trunk raised high (fig.)

the smell of raw flesh, carrion; stench, foulness; (fig.) moral foulness, corruption

…pulled (of a sting or dart), fig. removed destroyed. Most freq. in comb^n. -salla with the sting removed, having the sting (of craving…

…Out of this is developed the fig. meaning of increasing, i.e., an intensifying of the action implied in the verb (see III. 1) Next to saṃ-it is…

bent, (strained, fig. bent on pleasure MN.i.386 (+ apanata); SN.i.28 (id.; Mrs. Rh. D “strained forth”, cp. Kindred S i.39). See also…

…out, issue Dhs-a.91; esp. fig. to leave the household life, to retire from the world Snp.64 (= gehā abhinikkhamitvā kāsāya-vattho hutvā…

lit. to pour out in abundance, fig. to produce in plenty. Cp.i.10#3 (kalyāṇe good deeds).

abhi + ni + vassati fr. vṛṣ

adjective very red Ja.v.156; fig. very much excited or affected with (-˚) Snp.891 (sandiṭṭhirāgena a.).

abhi + ratta

to sprinkle over, fig. to anoint (King), to consecrate AN.i.107 (Khattiy’ âbhisekena Ja.i.399 (fig. ˚itvā ger. Ja.ii.409 (id.); Ja.vi.161 (id.);…

adjective raining, fig. shedding, pouring ont, yielding Vv-a.38 (puppha˚).

fr. abhivassati

to rain, shed rain, pour; fig. rain down, pour out, shed DN.iii.160 (ābhivassaṃ metri causa); AN.iii.34; Thag.985; Ja.i.18 (Ja.v.100 pupphā a….

…Dhp.336; sota Iti.95 3. (fig.) going beyond (the norm) transgression, offence Vin.i.133 (thull˚ a grave offence), Vin.i.167 (id.); Vin.ii.110,…

…covered with, clothed in, fig. steeped in (c. loe.) Ja jii.323 (lohite a. = nimugga C.) At DN.i.91 nacchanna is for na channa (see…

…Dhp-a.ii.274. 2. (fig.) a finger’s snap, i.e. a short moment in ek˚acchara-kkhaṇe in one moment Mil.102, and in def. of acchariya…

covering, clothing Thag.698; Mil.279
■ fig. protection, sheltering Ja.i.307.

fr. acchādeti

…too high, i.e. too shrill or loud Ja.vi.133 (sadda), Ja.vi.516 (fig. = atikuddha very angry C.).

ati + uggata

…soiled, wet; fig. attached to, intoxicated with (cp. sineha) MN.ii.223 (na anaddhabhūtaṃ attānaṃ dukkhena addhabhāveti he…

to be or get wet, fig. to be attached to Ja.iv.351. See also allīyati.

v. denom. fr. adda

adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394…

…to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ);…

attainment, acquisition; also fig. knowledge, information, study (the latter mainly in Miln) DN.iii.255; SN.ii.139; AN.ii.148; AN.iv.22, AN.iv.332;…

…(ger ˚hitvā); fig. to insist on Thag.1131 (aor. ˚āhi). 2. to concentrate or fix one’s attention on (c. acc.), to direct one’s…

…branch Pv-a.157; etc 2. fig. the best part, the ideal, excellence, prominence, first place often to be trsl. as adj. the highest, best of all…

inhabited, occupied (of a house) Vin.ii.210; Ja.i.145; Ja.ii.333; Pv-a.24 (˚ghara); fig. (not) occupied by Snp-a.566 (= anosita).

cp. Sk. adhyuṣita; pp. of ajjhāvasati

…in the hair Ja.i.273 2. fig. to covet, desire etc.: in idiomatic phrase allīyati (SN.iii.190 variant reading; T….

…blind, causing bewilderment (fig.), confusing Iti.82 (+ acakkhukaraṇa) Mil.113 (pañha, + gambhīra).

• -kāra blindness…

…throat“ i.e. not dumb, fig. clever, skilled DN.iii.265; Snp.70 (alālāmukha Snp-a.124), cp. Cnd.259.

an + eḷa = ena, see…

…a houseless state, fig freedom from worldliness or attachment to life, singleness SN.v.24 = AN.v.232 = Dhp.87 (okā anokaṃ āgamma)….

…com-mand etc

3. 1. (fig.) following after second to, secondary, supplementary, inferior, minor, after smaller; e.g. ˚dhamma lesser…

…understand; aor. anubodhiṃ AN.v.46 (?) = SN.i.126 (anubodhaṃ)
caus -bodheti to awaken, fig. to make see to instruct Ja.vi.139…

…by, come to; following; fig. fallen or gone into, affected with (-˚), being a victim of, suffering MN.i.16; DN.iii.85 DN.iii.173 (parisā);…

…going crooked i.e. snake Ja.iv.330; -bhūta not upright (fig. of citta Ja.v.293.

an + ujju

…resembling his father, a worthy son Iti.64 (atijāta + opp. avajāta); Thag.827 (fig. following the example of) 1279; Ja.vi.380;…

1. to strike along, to stroke, to touch DN-a.i.276 (= anumasati).
2. to beat, thresh fig. to thresh ont Ja.vi.548; Mil.90

pass anumajjīyati Mil.275 (cp. p. 428).

anu + majjati

adjective not (lying) open, not exposed; fig. unexplained, unclear Ja.vi.247.

an + uttāna

…over again, burn thoroughly, fig. to destroy, consume Ja.ii.330; Ja.vi.423. Pass -ḍayhati Ja.v.426
■ Also spelt -dahati, e.g. at…

…used as a head-rest). 2. (fig.) mostly in ger. apassāya dependent upon, depending on, trusting in (loc. or acc or-˚) Vin.iii.38; Ja.i.214;…

not to disturb, shake or break (fig.) Ja.v.173 (uposathaṃ).

a + paṭikopeti

…insert, put on to (lit. & fig.) Vin.ii.136 Vin.ii.137; Ja.iii.34 (nimba-sūlasmiṃ to impale, C. āvuṇāti), Ja.vi.17 (T. sūlasmiṃ acceti,…

…atiṇṇaṃ). 2. (fig.) not the further shore (of life), the world here, i.e. (opp. pāraṃ Nibbāna) Snp.1129, Snp.1130; Cnd.62;…

…sq., Pts.i.182 sq. 2. (fig.) breathing easily, freely or quietly, relief, comfort, consolation, confidence MN.i.64; SN.ii.50 (dhamma-vinaye);…

…passing beyond, traversing; fig. overcoming of, overstepping, failing against, transgression Dhp.191; Dhs.299; Pv-a.154 (katipayayojan˚),…

to pierce, to enter into (fig.), to see through, only in phrase paññāya ativijjha (ger.) passati to recognise in all…

…s. before sunset) fig. Snp.472 (atthagata). Snp.475 (id.), Snp.1075 (= niruddha ucchinṇa vinaṭṭha anupādi-sesāya…

…˚sīdati sink down 2. fig. down in connection with verbs of emotion (cp. Lat. de-in despico to despise, lit. look down on), see…

…stays near, a companion); fig. dealing or familiar with, at home in AN.ii.189 (atakka˚); AN.iv.314 (parisā˚); Ja.i.60 (tāḷa˚ one…

…Dhp.319; Dhs.1160. More fig. in neg. form anavajja blameless, faultless DN.i.70 (= anindita DN-a.i.183); AN.ii.26 = Iti.102; Snp.47…

…leaking Ja.iv.20. 2. (fig.) (cp. anvāssava & āsava) filled with desire lustful (opp.; anavassuta, q.v.) Vin.ii.236; SN.iv.70, SN.iv.184…

…(sunakho te khādati) 2. (fig.) a constituent part of a whole or system or collection, e.g. uposath˚; the vows of the fast Ja.i.50;…

shoot, a sprout (lit. or fig.) Ja.ii.105; Ja.vi.331 (Buddh ˚a nascent Buddha), Ja.vi.486; Dhs.617 (˚vaṇṇa); Mil.50, Mil.251 Mil.269; Sdhp.273;…

…(ovādaṃ ankusaṃ katvā, fig. guide); Sdhp.147 (daṇḍ˚) 3. Name of a certain method of inference in Logic (naya), consisting in inferring…

…(mahā udak˚); Snp.173 (fig. for saṃsāra see Snp-a.214), Snp.183, Snp.184; Ja.i.119 (˚kucchi), Ja.i.227 (id.); Ja.v.159 (mah˚) Mhvs.5,…

…(˚-); full of, rich in, fig. given to, intent on, devoted to DN.ii.73; SN.i.199, SN.i.202; AN.iii.86 (pariyatti˚), AN.iii.432 (āloka˚);…

…tie (see fig.) Vin.i.204 (˚suttaka thread for tying), Vin.ii.135 (kāya˚ waistband); Vin.ii.117 (˚rajju for robes);…

…Dhp-a.i.182 (dasante). fig. to apply to, put to, settle on Dhp-a.ii.12 (mānasaṃ paradāre) 3. to fix, prepare, get up, put together…

…The Dhtp & Dhtm mark the fig. meaning (bhaj²) by sevāyaṃ (Dhtp.61), sevāputhakkare (Dhtm.523) & saṃsevane (ib. 76), whilst the…

adjective breaking, destroying, in cakka˚; breaking the wheel, fig. breaking the state of harmony Ja.v.112.

fr. bhañj

…bh. Ja.ii.264. 3. (fig.) to break up, spoil destroy, in atthaṃ bh. to destroy the good SN.iv.347 (cp bhañjanaka)

pp…

…branches Ja.iii.407. 2. (fig.) breaking up, dissolution, disruption (see on form Cpd. 25, 66; Pts.i.57 sq. (˚ânupassanā insight into…

…(fig.) breach, division, destruction AN.iv.247; Dhp.138; Bv.ii.7; Ja.i.467 (mittabhāva˚).

*…

…drum-sound, fig. for a loud voice Pv-a.89 (bherivādena akkosati rails like drum).

• -vādaka a drummer…

1. broken, broken up (lit. & fig.) Snp.770 (nāvā); Ja.i.98 (abhinna magga an unbroken path); Ja.iii.167 (uda-kumbha); Pv-a.72…

…back part, behind Pv-a.114 (fig.) way, respect, in ubhato-bhāga -vimutta “free in both ways” DN.ii.71; MN.i.477 (see Dial ii.70; i.e….

…(aneka˚parimāṇa). 3. (fig.) a difficult thing, a burden or duty i.e. a charge, business, office, task, affair Vism.375; Ja.i.292; Ja.ii.399;…

…grave serious; always fig. with ref. to a serious offence, either as bhāriyaṃ pāpaṃ a terrible sin Pv-a.195, or bh kammaṃ a…

…the western district). 2. (fig. ground, reason for, occasion; stage, step Snp.896 (avivāda˚ ground of harmony; according to Snp-a.557 epithet…

…Pv.ii.12#9 Ja.i.58. 3. (fig.) ground, plane, stage, level; state of consciousness, Vin. i.17; Vb.322 sq.; Vism.126, Vism.442 (with ref. to the…

…DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out of office, out of favour, of ministers);…

…Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116
■ DN.i.135 (˚bhatta seed-corn food); DN.iii.44 (the five…

…Ja.ii.342 (mutta karīsaṃ) fig. to utter (a speech) Ja.v.362. 2. to abandon to give up, sacrifice (with loc. of person to whom Asuresu pāṇaṃ…

to be firm or rigid, fig. to be stiff with fear, paralysed: see chambhin & chambhitatta, Cp. ūrukhambha (under…

…SN.iv.316; Ja.i.419; (fig.) faulty, defective, Vin.i.290. 2. (nt.) a cutting, slit, hole aperture, SN.i.43; Ja.i.170 (eka˚), Ja.i.172,…

…hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in similes: see J.P.T.S.…

…pariyanta˚ Snp.904. 2. fig. anudhamma˚ Snp.69; āgu˚ AN.ii.240; AN.iii.163 dhamma˚ Mil.19; brahma˚ Snp.695; manāpa˚ Vv.31#4 yata˚…

…Pv-a.27, etc
■ (fig. okāsaṃ to give opportunity, allow Ja.i.265; ovādaṃ to give advice Pv-a.11; jīvitaṃ to spare one’s life…

…a horse-trainer AN.ii.112 & fig. of unconverted men likened to refractory bullocks in phrase purisa-damma-sārathi (Ep. of the Buddha “the…

…Pv-a.43, Pv-a.82 2. (fig.)

1. a set:
   1. personal (cp. 10 people would have saved Sodom: Gen. 18, 32; the 10 virgins (2 × 5)…

…retribution Dhp.133. 5. (fig.) a means of frightening, frightfulness, violence teasing. In this meaning used as nt. as MN.i.372; tīṇi…

…(sugar-) mill of the Dh. (fig.) Mil.166.

• -yāna the vehicle of the Law (the eightfold Noble Path) SN.v.5 *…

…also below ˚dhañña). 2. fig. Used in the expression sattavidha-ariya-dhana “the 7 fold noble treasure” of the good qualities or…

…(hattha˚); Mil.11 Vism.343; Pv-a.241 (hattha-pāda˚); Dhp-a.ii.19 (pāda˚) fig. (ariyaṃ) AN.v.216.

Sk. dhāvana; see also…

…Cp.ii.8, Cp.ii.4. 2. (fig.) a burden, load, charge, office, responsibility Snp.256 (vahanto porisaṃ dh ˚ṃ “carrying a human yoke” =…

…vedanāhi dukkhāhi). Fig. (fraught with pain, entailing sorrow or trouble) of kāmā DN.i.36 (= paṭipīḷan-aṭṭhena DN-a.i.121);…

…twofold way a crossing; only fig. doubt SN.iii.108; MN.i.142, MN.i.144; Ud.90. See also dvedhāpatha.

Sk. dvidhā, see…

…SN.i.137; AN.v.346. 2. (fig.) the doors = in- & outlets of the mind, viz. the sense organs; in phrase indriyesu gutta-dvāra (adj. guarding…

…bhikkhu); DN.i.72; MN.ii.68 (fig. taṇhā˚); Ja.i.200, Ja.i.223; Ja.iii.343 (bought for 700 kahāpaṇas), Ja.iii.347; Pp.56; Pv-a.112.

*…

…Ja.vi.151; Kp.viii.5. Often fig. with kamma˚; one who inherits his own deeds (see kamma 3 A b & compounds): MN.i.390 sq.;…

…smaller islands Kp-a.133 2. fig. shelter, salvation etc. (see also tāṇa): SN.iii.42 (atta˚ + attasaraṇa etc., not with…

…Vin.ii.169; AN.i.181. 2. (fig.) extremely very much, in freq. combinations; e.g. ˚kāḷaka AN.iii.406; AN.iv.11; ˚gata SN.v.225; AN.iii.326;…

…of the intention); hence fig to come to know, to experience, to realize

1. with acc. of direction: Rājagahaṃ gami he went to R…

…Vv-a.230 (vana˚) 2. fig. imperviousness, entanglement, obstruction appl. to diṭṭhi, the jungle of wrong views or heresy (usually…

…fetter, trammel; always fig. and usually referring to and enumerated as the four bodily ties, or knots (kāya˚, see under…

…garīyaṃ Pv-a.191 2. fig. important, to be esteemed, valued or valuable AN.iii.110 sq. (piya manāpa g. bhavanīya) c. gen. or-˚ bent on…

…of dasavidha vyañjana). 2. fig.

1. heavy, grave, serious esp. applied to
   ■ āpatti, breach of regulations,…

…Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = Dhp.154
■ applied to a cowshed at Mil.396.

• -aṅgana the open space in front…

…Pv-a.312, etc. 2. striking, fig. insulting (ghaṭṭana = āsajjana) Vv-a.55. To meaning “strike” cp. saṃghaṭṭana.

Sk. ghaṭana, to…

…beat, knock against, touch; fig. to offend, mock, object to.

1. lit. MN.ii.4 (jannukena; text reads ghatteti, variant reading ghaṭeti); Snp.48…

…pulling down of a bridge (fig.) Vin.i.59, etc. (see setu); pantha highway robbery, brigandage, “waylaying” Ja.i.253….

adjective protected, guarded, watched (lit. & fig.) Ja.vi.367; Mil.345; Snp-a.116 (˚indriya guttindriya); Sdhp.398.

pp. of gopeti

…of a roof, shaped Λ; fig. of old people, bent by age (see ˚vanka) Vin.iii.65, Vin.iii.81; SN.ii.263; SN.iii.156; SN.v.43, SN.v.228;…

…kandara & see giriguhā); fig. the heart (in ˚āsaya) According to Bdhgh. (on Vin.i.58, see Vin. Texts i.174 “a hut of bricks, or in a rock,…

…Lord of gods Vv.30#8- 2. fig. (med.) guarded, watchful, constrained guarded in, watchful as regards… (with loc. SN.iv.70 (agutta & sugutta,…

…of a city AN.iv.106 sq 2. fig. of the senses in indriyānaṃ gutti Dhp.375; Pp.24 (+ gopanā) Dhs.1348; Sdhp.341 (agutti); Vin.iv.305; AN.ii.72…

…by the dress, i.e. the pudendum DN.i.106; Snp.1022, etc. (see vattha), fig. a secret Mil.92 guyhaṃ pariguyhati to keep a…

…the road to P. Mil.17; or fig. of ways means connected w. one of the “gatis.” as apāya Dhp-a.iii.175, udaya˚ paṭipadā SN.v.361;…

…the carriage (fig.) of psychic faculties Mil.276.

• -vikubbanā the practice of psychic powers Vism.373 sq. *…

…poor Ja.vi.361. 2. (fig.) possessing psychic powers Vin.iii.67; Vin.iv.108; AN.i.23, AN.i.25; AN.ii.185; AN.iii.340; AN.iv.312; Snp.179;…

…move, to wander about stir; fig. to move, behave, show a certain way of deportment MN.i.74, MN.i.75; SN.i.53 (dukkhaṃ aticca iriyati); SN.iv.71;…

…gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. to kāma, dosa & other evil qualities
pres jahāti Snp.1, Snp.506 (dosaṃ),…

…gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. to kāma, dosa & other evil qualities
pres jahāti Snp.1, Snp.506 (dosaṃ),…

…of trees Ja.i.64 3. (fig.) the tangle of desire, lust SN.i.13 = SN.i.165.

• -aṇḍuva (= ˚andu?) a chain of braided hair, a matted…

…burn, to be on fire: fig. to be consumed, to waste away, to dry up DN.i.50 (= jāleti DN-a.i.151), DN-a.iii.94 (to make a fire); Ja.i.61,…

…crooked, oblique, slant, fig. dishonest, false (cp. vanka, opp. uju | MN.i.31 (+ vanka) AN.v.289, AN.v.290; Ja.i.290 (spelled jima); Ja.iii.111…

…brilliant, bright; usually fig. as prominent in wisdom: “bright.” distinguished, a great light (in this sense often as variant reading to…

…entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)

A. Lit

Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115…

…a fisherman Ja.ii.178 2. fig. usually in f -inī of tanhā (ensnarer, witch) SN.i.107 = Dhp.180; AN.ii.211 Thag.162, Thag.908; Dhs.1059;…

…of a lake Ja.iii.289; fig. pure of character Ja.iii.290. kaddamīkata made muddy or dirty, defiled Ja.vi.59 (kilesehi).

*…

…India*, pp. 100–⁠102, fig. 24; Mil trsl. i.239.

• -gabbha a closet for storing money, a safe Dhp-a.iv.104 *…

1. rough, hard, harsh (lit. & fig.) Dhs.648 (opp.; muduka Dhs.962 (rūpaṃ paṭhavīdhātu: kakkhalaṃ kharagataṃ…

…Pv.i.1#2 (saggaṃ)

II. fig.

1. to succeed, have effect, to affect MN.i.186; Ja.v.198; Mil.198.
2. to plunge into, to enter into…

…shell, viz. the spiral part, fig. the lines of the neck Ja.v.155 (˚ābhāsā gīvā explained on p. 156 as suvaṇṇālingatala-sannibhā); also…

…of leprosy
■ fig. inconsistent, varying AN.ii.187. 2. (nt. inconsistency, blemish, blot AN.iv.55; Vism.51
■ a˚ not…

…to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to be found in nearly all cases (except 1.). The contrast with…

…daughter Dhp-a.i.396-fig. later, lesser, inferior, in -phala the lesser fruit (of sanctification) Pv.iv.1#88
■ akaniṭṭha “not…

…The term is used both lit. & fig (of the wilds of ignorance, false doctrine, or of difficulties hardship). As the seat of demons (Petas and Yakkhas…

…Vin.iv.227, Vin.iv.286: also fig. a making-up (of a trick) lesa˚ DN-a.i.103; Vv-a.348

II. Applied Meaning

1. (qualitative)…

…of build, construct, and fig. perform, exercise, rule wield (rajjaṃ): kārehi Pv-a.81 (of huts), kārayissāmi Pv.ii.6#4 (of doll);…

…rubbish, filth, impurity; fig. low passions SN.i.166; Snp.281 = Mil.414 = AN.iv.172; Vism.258 (maṃsa˚), Vism.259 (parama˚).

*…

…fig. in what condition or state? DN.ii.241 (corresp. with ettha); Ja.iv.110.

• -vāsa in what…

…to scratch Ja.v.199
■ (fig.) worldly attachment irritation caused by the lusts, in “kaṇḍuṃ saṃhanti (as result of jhāna)…

…bound into a sheaf; fig. of objects of thoughts Dhp-a.i.304.

• -maṇḍala part of the roof of a house…

…Ja.ii.118; Ja.v.260. 2 (fig. free from thieves, quiet, peaceful DN.i.135; also not difficult, easy, happy, bringing blessings (of the right…

…(˚dāṭha)
■ (fig. hard, harsh, cruel Ja.i.295 = Ja.v.448 (= thaddha-hadaya) adv. -ṃ fiercely, violently Mil.273, Mil.274. 2….

…severe

1. severe, sharp (fig.), of dukkha, vedanā, kāmā, etc MN.i.10 = AN.ii.143; Ja.vi.115; Thig.451 (= Thag-a.281) SN-a.56
   ■…

…kh˚) 3. to be devoured (fig.), to be consumed to be a victim of: kāmataṇhāhi MN.i.504; rūpena SN.iii.87, SN.iii.88…

…(esp. as java AN.i.287), fig. of purisa at Anguttara passages. Described as bold and hard to manage AN.iv.190 sq.; as a horse which cannot be…

…a hermitage Ja.v.35
■ fig. in sīla-khandhāvāraṃ bandhitvā “to settle in the camp of good conduct” DN-a.i.244

• -ja (adj. n.)…

…up, uprooted, fig. one whose foundation (of salvation) has been cut off; in combination with upahata DN.i.86 (= DN-a.i.237);…

…unbroken and unimpaired fig. of sīla, the rule of conduct in its entirety, with nothing detracted Vv.83#16 = Pv.iv.1#76 (cp. akhaṇḍasīla)…

…āṇā˚, visaya˚. 2. fig. (of kamma) the soil of merit, the deposit of good deeds, which, like a fertile field, bears fruit to the advantage…

…or fallow land AN.iii.248; fig. barrenness of mind, mental obstruction. There are five ceto-khilā enumerated in detail at MN.i.101 =…

…lit. Ja.ii.104 Ja.ii.106; fig. in simile khīrodakībhūtā for a samaggā parisā “a congregation at harmony as milk and water blend AN.i.70;…

…soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very…

to become soiled or stained (fig.): indriyāni kilesenti Sdhp.364.

v. den. fr. kilesa

…soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very…

…fig.) Mil.390 (+ kupatha); fig. (= micchāpatha) Dhs.381, Dhs.1003; Pp.22. Kummaggaṃ paṭipajjati to lose one’s way, to go astray. lit….

…as regards the Path (lit. & fig.) SN.iii.108; samāpatti˚, etc. AN.v.156 sq. sālittaka-payoge k˚ skilled in the art of throwing potsherds…

…puppha); Vv-a.42; Dpvs.i.4; Sdhp.246, Sdhp.595 Dāvs v.51 (˚agghika), fig. vimutti˚ the flower of emancipation Thag.100; Mil.399.

…digested Vism.345. 3. fig. tormented, distressed (perhaps: rotten, foul, cp. kilijjati = pūti hoti) Mil.250 (+ kiliṭṭha)

■ Cp. *Vin….

…SN.iii.116; SN.iv.380. Often fig. for body (see kāya). Thag.1
■ As adj. -˚, e.g. aṭṭhakuṭiko gāmo a village of 8…

balancing like carrying on a kāca, fig. deliberation, pondering Vb.352 = Vism.27.

fr. kāca²

…and…

…offal, sweepings, fig. dirt, impurity: yava˚ AN.iv.169 (chaff) samaṇa˚ ibid
■ In passage kāraṇḍavaṃ niddhamatha kasambuṃ…

… ■ A black spot (of hair) Ja.v.197 (= kaṇha-r-iva)
■ Fig. of character Dhp-a.iv.172.

fr. kāḷa

…a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit,…

…obtain, acquire. 2. (fig.) to obtain permission to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to…

…J.P.T.S. 1907, 130. 2. (fig.) an epithet of taṇhā (greed), as much as it strangles its victim Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136; Ne.24, Ne.121. 3. (fig.)…

…Ja.ii.25 (mattikā˚). 2. (fig.) plaster, i.e. that which sticks, affection, attachment, etc., in taṇhā˚ the stain of craving, &…

…refuge, shelter, (fig.) salvation (sometimes in sense of nibbāna). In this meaning often combined with *tāṇa &…

…Mhvs.1, Mhvs.41
■ fig. to crush a heresy: vādaṃ m. Mhvs.36, Mhvs.41. 3. to neglect (an advice), spurn Ja.iii.211 (ovādaṃ). 4. to…

…enlarged, extensive fig. lofty, very great MN.i.263; MN.ii.122; AN.ii.63, AN.ii.184 AN.iii.18; Vv-a.155; Ja.v.113; Dhs.1020 (translation:…

…impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In the Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122
■ SN.i.38 (itthi…

…-chedaka breaking the joints (or ribs), violent (fig. of hard speech Dhp-a.i.75; Dhs-a.100.

Vedic marman, fr….

…Texts (or charms) Thig.281; fig. a clever speaker Snp.850 (but Mnd.219 reads manta˚; see mantar) Dhp.363 (cp. Dhp-a.iv.93;…

the head, fig. top, summit Ja.iii.206 = Ja.iv.4; Ja.iv.173, Ja.iv.457; Ja.v.478; DN-a.i.226 (pabbata˚); Pv.iv.16#3; Dhp-a.i.184….

…in bed Pv.ii.2#5 (nīla˚, fig. for being buried) Dhp-a.i.183 (with variant reading maccu˚, just as likely, but see maccuparāyaṇa). *…

…crimson, bright red, fig. shining Vv.39#1 (cp. defⁿ at Vv-a.177: like the tree Vitex negundo, sindhavāra, or the colour of the…

…etc. i.e. cream scum; fig. essence of, the pick of, finest part of anything parisā˚; the cream of a gathering, the pick of the…

to be fat, to be full of fat; fig. to be in love with or attracted by, to feel affection (this meaning only as a “petitio principii” to explain…

…wrong course Vb.145 (lit. & fig.; in exegesis of diṭṭhi, cp Nd ii.taṇhā iii.; Dhs.381; Dhs-a.253).

Sk. mithyā, cp. Vedic mithaḥ…

…wither Ja.i.340 (sassaṃ); fig. to assuage, suppress, stifle Ja.iii.414 (taṇhaṃ)
pp milāta.

Vedic mlā, to become…

…m DN.i.73 = MN.i.276. 2. (fig.) release, deliverance, salvation Vb.426 (jarā-maraṇa˚ from old age & death) Dhp-a.i.4 (˚magga +…

…tone, make louder From (c) a fig. meaning is derived in the sense of to become dulled or stupid, viz. infatuated, possessed.; See also Lüders in…

…muddikā is fig. used in meaning of “authority,” command; in phrase muddikaṃ deti to give the order, to command Mil.379…

…it “bean-curry talk”; fig. denoting a faulty character, i.e. a man who behaves like bean-soup. The metaphor is not quite transparent; it is…

…collectively = flowers; fig. row, line Snp.401; Pp.56 Vism.265 (in simile); Pv.ii.3#16 (gandha, m., vilepana as a “lady’s” toilet…

…source, foundation root (fig.) Vin.i.231 = DN.ii.91 (dukkhassa); Vin.ii.304; Snp.916, Snp.968 (cp. Mnd.344, Mnd.490); Thag.1027…

…SN.i.183 SN.v.390 (fig.); Ja.i.265; Pv-a.50; Vism.27.

• -kāla bathing time Pv-a.46; *…

…usually m: way (fig.), method, plan, manner; inference; sense, meaning (in grammar); behaviour, conduct AN.ii.193 = Cnd.151 (˚hetu…

…to take, carry (away); fig. to draw a conclusion, to understand, to take as Dhp.80, Dhp.145, Dhp.240, Dhp.257; Ja.i.228 Ja.iv.241 (nayaṃ n….

…Mil.238, Mil.285; Vism.198 (fig. jarāmaraṇa˚ the rim of old age & death, which belongs to the wheel of Saṃsāra of the chariot of existence,…

…to take, carry (away); fig. to draw a conclusion, to understand, to take as Dhp.80, Dhp.145, Dhp.240, Dhp.257; Ja.i.228 Ja.iv.241 (nayaṃ n….

…that guides, a conductor, fig. the eye. SN.i.26 (sārathī nettāni gahetvā = the reins); Vin.i.204 (dhūma˚ for smoke); Ja.iv.363 (id.);…

…nenti nettikā), Dhp.145; fig. that which supplies with food or water, in bhava˚; (“the roots of existence, clinging to existence”)…

…to be led, carried etc.; fig. to be instructed; to be inferred, guessed or understood Snp.55, Snp.803, Snp.846, Snp.1113; Mnd.114, Mnd.206;…

unwinding, fig. explanation Mil.28.

Sk. nirveṣṭana, nis + veṭhana

…(of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy

1. (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487;…

…to cool off (lit. & fig.), to get cold to become passionless Snp.235 (nibbanti dhīrā yathâyaṃ padīpo = vijjhāyanti; yathâyaṃ…

…ref. to fire or heat or (fig.) burning sensations (see nibbāna II. A end): aggikkhandho purimassa ca upādānassa…

…down to; ground (lit. or fig.), foundation, occasion source, origin, cause; reason, reference, subject (“sujet”) MN.i.261; AN.i.134 sq.;…

burning away, consumption; fig. remorse, mortification in anto˚; Ja.i.168 (cp. nijjhāna²).

Sk. *niḥkṣāyana, nis + jhāyana of…

…ālaya Dhp-a.ii.170). 2. (fig.) company association. (In this sense it seems to be interpreted as belonging to ketu “sign, characteristic,…

…is quite obliterated by the fig. meaning (cp nikkhamati & nekkhamma) AN.i.4; AN.iii.214; Vv.18#7 (= viriya Vv-a.96); Dhs.13, Dhs.22, Dhs.219,…

…Ja.i.51, Ja.i.61 (fig.) & nikkhamitvā Ja.i.16, Ja.i.138 (fig.), Ja.i.265, Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.449 (n….

…bring to fall, injure; fig. cast upon, charge with DN.i.91; MN.i.453 (ayokaṭāhe); Ja.iii.359; Snp-a.272; Pv-a.152 (bhūmiyaṃ). pp….

…3

Nirabbuda²

adjective free from boils or tumours, healthy (see fig.) Vin.iii.18 (of the Sangha).

nis +…

…leaning on (in all fig. meanings) Cnd.368 (= upanissāya, ārammaṇaṃ ālambanaṃ karitvā).

1. near, near by, on, at Ja.i.167…

1. returning, turning, fig. turning away from, giving up, “conversion” Pv-a.120 (pāpato)
2. a bend, curve (of a river), nook Ja.i.324;…

…Pv-a.81, Pv-a.112. 2. (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Cnd.366 settling on, attachment, clinging to (in diṭṭhi˚ clinging to a view =…

…found, build, fix, settle; (fig.) to establish in, exhort to (c. loc.), plead for, entreat, admonish DN.i.206; SN.v.189; Dhp.158, Dhp.282…

…gacchati* to come to an end; fig. to reach perfection be completed in the faith MN.i.176; Ja.i.201; Mil.310; freq. in pp. niṭṭhaṃ gata…

…AN.iv.107, AN.iv.110 2. fig. hero or saint: SN.ii.277; SN.iii.83; MN.i.151, MN.i.386; Dhp.320; Snp.29, Snp.53, Snp.166, Snp.421, Snp.518. Of…

…the body with strength). 2. (fig.) to apply, in phrase sotaṃ odahati to listen DN.i.230 Dāvs v.68

pp ohita.

o + dahati,…

submersion ducking, bathing; fig. for bathing-place Snp.214 (= manussānaṃ nahāna-tittha Snp-a.265). See also…

…= (kos’ohita). 4. (fig.) put down to, applied to, in ohita-sota listening, attentive, intent upon (cp. sotaṃ odahati to listen)…

…oka partly with okāsa = fig. room (for rising), chance, occasion (thus Mnd.487 on Snp.966: see anoka; Snp-a.573 ibid.;…

…go down into, fall into. fig. to come on, to develop, to appear in (of a subjective state). It is strange that this important word has been so…

…or out, cast down, drop; fig. usually appl^d. to the eyes = cast down, hence transferred to the other senses and used in meaning…

…to touch Ja.v.446. 2. (fig.) to touch a person, to reproach, insult Vin.iv.4 sq

pp omaṭṭha.

o + mas = Sk….

…(Dh) to winnow, sift; fig. lay bare, expose Dhp.252 (= bhusaṃ opuṇanto viya Dhp-a.iii.375); Snp-a.312
caus opunāpeti [cp. BSk….

…i.e. approach to, access, fig. chance, opportunity otāraṃ labhati. Only in the Māra myth. He, the tempter, ʻgets his chance’ to tempt…

…oṇojeti, Sk….

…bending inclining, sloping; fig. tending or leading to (cp. E “bearing on”) MN.i.493 (samudda˚); SN.i.110 (id.), SN.v.38, SN.v.216, SN.v.219;…

to go after, walk in; fig. practise, perform, observe Vv.32#9 (variant reading pavarati, cp. Vv-a.136).

pa + carati

…boil, roast Vin.iv.264; fig. torment in purgatory (trs. and intrs.): Niraye pacitvā after roasting in N. SN.ii.225, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.14
ppr…

to be boiled, fig. to be formented or vexed, to suffer. Nearly always applied to the torture of boiling in Niraya, where it is meant literally
■…

to come on to, come back to, fig. fall back on, realise, find one’s hold in DN.i.186 (“take for granted,” cp. note Dial. i.252); MN.i.309…

…to waste, decay, dry up; fig. to be consumed or overcome with grief disappointment or remorse Vin.iii.19; Vin.iv.5; AN.ii.214 AN.ii.216;…

adjective scattered about; fig. miscellaneous, particular, opp. to sādhāraṇa Kp-a.74; cp. Cpd. 13, 95²; Vism.175 (˚kathā),…

…Dhp-a.i.198; usually fig. to rejoice in, find pleasure or satisfaction in (loc.), to take to, in phrases *cittaṃ pakkhandati pasīdati…

…cp. nikkhipati. 3. (fig.) to include in insert, arrange, interpolate Mil.13 (Abhidhammapiṭakaṃ kusalā dhammā, akusalā dh.,…

…a stranger enemy, demon, fig. devil (cp. Sk. itarajana) MN.i.153, MN.i.210 -tthaddha [parā + tthaddha] propped against, founded on, relying…

…˚paleti watch all round, fig. guard carefully, ˚bhamati roam about, ˚maṇḍala circular (round), ˚sā assembly (lit sitting round, of…

…the practice of a Wanderer, fig. one who leads a virtuous ascetic life Snp.537 (T. ˚vajjayitā). Perhaps we should read -bājayitvā for…

… 1 to embrace, comprehend, fig. master Vin.ii.213; Ja.ii.28; Ja.iii.332; Snp-a.549 (mantāya); Dhp-a.iii.242; Pv-a.68 (hattesu), Pv-a.93;…

…Ja.iv.461. 4. surrounding (fig.), attack; in cpd visama˚; being attacked by adversities AN.ii.87; Cnd.304#ic; Mil.112, Mil.135. 5. avoidance,…

…(q.v.).

fr. pari + kṛ; a similar formation belonging to same root, but with fig. meaning is to be found in parikkhāra, which…

to get stained or soiled; fig. get into trouble or misery (?) see parikissati
pp…

dyed, coloured; fig. marked or distinguished by (instr.) Mil.75.

pari + rañjita

surrounded, fig. honoured SN.i.166, SN.i.192 = Thag.1235; Ja.ii.48; purakkhata +); Dhp-a.iv.49 (= purakkhata Dhp.343); Dhs-a.1 (devānaṃ…

…Arahantship (see on these fig. meanings and its applⁿ to Nibbāna DN-a.i.175, DN-a.i.176) DN.i.203 (brahmacariya +), DN.ii.283 (cp….

…to, beget, produce; mostly fig. in combination with the foll. nouns kibbisaṃ to commit sin Vin.ii.204; AN.v.75; pāpaṃ id Pv.iv.1#50;…

thrown down, fig. given up, abandoned Thag.350 (˚gocara).

pp. of pavijjhati

…its use, with ref, to lit. & fig. application “Five” is the number of “comprehensive and yet simple” unity or a set; it is applied in all…

…bring out, adduce, apply, fig. decree (a fine or punishment), only used in phrase daṇḍaṃ paṇeti to give a punishment DN.ii.339 =…

to shake, disturb, break (fig.) Ja.v.173 (uposathaṃ).

paṭi + kopeti

…(a way or plan) to go by; fig. to take a line of action, to follow a method to be intent on, to regulate one’s life DN.i.70 (saṃvarāya),…

…forth, stream out, emit, fig. splurt out, bring against, object MN.i.95 sq. AN.iv.193 (codakaṃ); Ja.i.123, Ja.i.163; Mnd.196 (vādaṃ start a…

to connect with, fig. to start, begin (vādaṃ a discussion or argument) SN.i.221 (bālena paṭisaṃyuje = paṭipphareyya C.; “engage himself…

…hard to pierce or penetrate; fig. difficult to master Mil.250
■ maggaphala˚; realisation of the fruit of the Path Dhp-a.i.110.

fr. paṭi…

adjective in cpd. dup˚; hard to penetrate (lit. & fig.) SN.v.454.

grd. of paṭivijjhati

…through, penetrate (lit. & fig.), intuit, to acquire, master, comprehend Vin.i.183; SN.ii.56; SN.v.119, SN.v.278, SN.v.387, SN.v.454; AN.iv.228,…

adjective sharp, pungent; fig. keen, wise, clever, skilful Vism.337 (˚saññākicca), Vism.338. Cp paddha¹ & pāṭava.

cp. Epic. Sk….

…like above). 3. (fig.) fruit, result, consequence, fruition, blessing As t.t. with ref. to the Path and the progressive attainment…

…(lit.) rough Pv.ii.4#1. 2. (fig.) harsh, unkind, rough (of speech) Vin.ii.290 (caṇḍa +); Pv.ii.3#4; Pv.iii.5#7 Ja.v.296; Kv.619. In…

…not to be touched). 2. (fig.) pharati*, as appears e.g. from the foll. explains of Cys.: DN.i.74 parippharati = samantato…

…Ja.i.493 (lit.), which is fig. applied at Dhp.154 (explained as “sabbā avasesa-kilesa-phāsukā bhaggā” at Dhp-a.iii.128), with which…

…(of country); SN.ii.107 (fig. of brahmacariyaṃ; with bahujañña for ˚jana) AN.iii.215 (of town). By itself & in other combⁿ in…

…Ja.i.336; DN-a.i.269. 2. (fig.) t.t for the 3 main divisions of the Pāli Canon “the three baskets (basket as container of tradition Winternitz…

…cause to boil, fig. to cause to torment DN.i.52 (ppr. pācayato, gen., also pācento) Cp. vi˚.

Caus. of…

…rebuild Ja.i.354, also fig. to restore a dismissed officer, to reinstate Ja.v.134.

fr. pakati, cp. BSk. prākṛtaka (loka)…

…secret intercourse,“ fig. a secret adviser Ja.vi.369 (after Kern, not found!); -vāda secret talk MN.iii.230. See also anu˚. 2….

…secret intercourse,“ fig. a secret adviser Ja.vi.369 (after Kern, not found!); -vāda secret talk MN.iii.230. See also anu˚. 2….

…empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty AN.iii.300 (˚ṃ kāreti); Snp.114, Snp.553 (˚ṃ kāreti to reign); Ja.i.57; Ja.i.64 (ekarattena…

…at Dhp-a.i.375. 2. (fig.) stain, dirt, defilement, impurity. Thus taken conventionally by the P. commentators as the 3-fold blemish of…

…J.P.T.S. 1909, 127. 2. (fig.) treasure, gem of (-˚) Snp.836 (etādisaṃ r. = dibb’ itthi-ratana Snp-a.544); Mil.262 (dussa˚ a very fine…

…(Ep. of a Yakkha). 3. (fig.) excited, infatuated, impassioned SN.iv.339; Snp.795 (virāga˚); Iti.92 (maccā rattā); Mil.220. Also in…

…Snp.208 (Pot. ropayeyya) 4. (fig.) to fix, direct towards, bring up against: see ropeti² 2

pp…

…rājā & cora. A prominent figure in the affairs of State is the “robber-chief” (mahā-cora) The contrast-pair rajāno (so always pl.) &…

…rājā & cora. A prominent figure in the affairs of State is the “robber-chief” (mahā-cora) The contrast-pair rajāno (so always pl.) &…

…fish) Pv-a.198. 4. (fig.) at t. t. in logic: group, aggregate, category, congery; freq. in Abhidhamma-literature where 3…

…be broken or (fig.) to be suspended Vin.ii.55 (dhammattā rūhati the liability is cancelled)
pp rūḷha¹.

for…

…*vi*˚
■ fig. what has grown by custom tradition, popular meaning of a word (˚sadda). The fig. meaning is the one usually…

…Mil.243; cp. SN.i.78; (in fig. sense) difficulty, trouble SN.i.7, SN.i.48; Ja.iv.488; sambādhapaṭipanna of the eclipsed moon SN.i.50. As…

…(the arrow on to the bow); fig. with reference to, concerning MN.i.503; Ja.i.203, Ja.i.274; Ja.ii.177; Pv-a.87, Pv-a.89, Pv-a.110; towards…

…down, to settle Mil.35. 2. (fig.) to subside, to become quiet MN.i.121; SN.iv.196; AN.ii.157

caus sannisādeti to make quiet to calm MN.i.116;…

to be heated or chafed; fig. to grieve, sorrow MN.i.188; Ja.iii.153
pp santatta¹ Caus. -tāpeti to burn, scorch, torment MN.i.128;…

…noun burning; heat, fire; fig. torment, torture Snp.1123 (cp. Cnd.636); Ja.i.502; Mil.97, Mil.324; Vb-a.70 (various), Vb-a.245 (aggi˚,…

…drawn together; fig. restrained, self-controlled DN.ii.88; SN.i.79; Snp.88 Snp.156, Snp.716; Ja.i.188; Vv.34#11; Mil.213.

*…

…for T. saṃsandita). 2. (fig.) import application, reference, conclusion (lit. “flowing together”) Tikp.264. opamma˚; application of a…

noisy talk; fig. for thundering SN.iv.289 (abbha˚).

saṃ + vilāpa

…drawn together; fig. restrained, self-controlled DN.ii.88; SN.i.79; Snp.88 Snp.156, Snp.716; Ja.i.188; Vv.34#11; Mil.213.

*…

fight, battle DN.i.46; DN.ii.285; MN.i.86, MN.i.253; SN.i.98; SN.iv.308 sq.; AN.i.106; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.94; Vin.i.6; Iti.75; Snp.440 Cnd.199; Pp.68;…

…also Cpd. 238.

saṃ + kḷp, cp. kappeti fig. meaning

(to be moist or sticky, fig.) to feel love, to be attached Vism.317 = Dhs-a.192 (in defⁿ of mettā). Caus….

…salla Snp.938; Mnd.412. 2. (fig.) reclining, resting, depending on, attached, clinging to DN.i.45, DN.i.76; DN.ii.255; MN.i.364 cp. MN.i.100.;…

…MN.i.415; AN.iv.87 (uccā˚ fig. of a bhikkhu] Ja.i.50, Ja.i.187; Ja.iv.91; Ja.v.37; Dhp-a.i.58; Mil.368; soṇḍa (m. the…

…Pv-a.146); Ja.i.52
■ fig. for taṇhā at Dhs.1059; Dhs-a.364
■ kāḷa˚; a carpenter’s measuring line…

…old DN.ii.353; SN.v.379. Fig. sārada unripe not experienced, immature (see sārajja shyness) opp….

…a debt, indebted, fig. subjected to the kilesas, imperfect MN.iii.127 = SN.ii.221 (= sakilesa sa-iṇa K.S. ii.203); Thag-a.8; cp….

to cut open, to destroy; fig. to torment: Kern’s proposed reading (see

Toevoegselen

s. v sāveti) for sāveti at…

1. a needle; (fig.) hunger Pv.ii.8#3; Pv-a.107.
2. a small bolt to a door Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.148. sūcik’aṭṭha whose bones are like needles…

…opp. joti), lit. as well as fig. (mental darkness = ignorance or state of doubt); one of the dark states of life & rebirth; adj. living in one of…

adjective noun burning, heat; fig. torment, torture, austerity.

1. (as nt.) Pv-a.98 (kāya ˚sankhāto tapo).
2. (as f.) tapanī Ja.v.201 (in…

…fig. inducing self-torture, causing remorse, mortifying AN.i.49 = Iti.24; AN.iv.97 (com. tāpajanaka); AN.v.276;…

…an ascetic (non-Buddhist). Fig. one who exercises self-control & attains mastery over his senses Vin.i.234 = AN.iv.184 (tapassī samaṇo…

…river), pass over, traverse (fig.) to get beyond, i.e. to surmount, overcome, esp oghaṃ (the great flood of life, desire, ignorance, etc.)…

…be thirsty fig. to crave for SN.ii.13; Mil.254
pp tasita¹. Cp pari˚.

Sk. tṛṣyati = Gr. τέρσομοι to dry…

thirst; fig. craving (see taṇhā SN.v.54, SN.v.58; Cnd.479 (to be read for tasitā?); Dhp.342, Dhp.343.

Diaeretic form of…

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for…

adjective curable; fig. one who can be helped or pardoned. Only in compounds a˚; incurable unpardonable Vv-a.322 (of a sick person); Dhp-a.i.25…

…Pv-a.139 (= ujjhangala). 2. fig.

1. hardened, obdurate callous, selfish DN.i.118 (māna˚); DN.iii.45 (+ atimānin); AN.ii.26 = Iti.113 (kuha…

…Pv-a.186. 2. (fig.) in all meanings of thaddha, applied to selfishness, obduracy, hypocrisy & deceit; viz. immobility, hardness,…

…3 leagues, i.e. 20 miles, or fig. a long dist.; Vism.392 (tiyojanika setacchatta); Dhp-a.ii.41 (˚magga); Vv-a.75 (˚mattake vihāraṃ agamāsi);…

…sharp pungent, acrid; fig. “sharp,” clever, cunning, acute (in this meaning only in contr. form tikkha) Ja.v.264; Dhp-a.ii.9;…

…clever, acute, quick (only fig. of the mind), in tikkh-indriya (opp. mud-indriya Cnd.235#3p = Pts.i.121 = Pts.ii.195; & tikkha-paññatā…

…the other shore (always fig.) gone through, overcome, one who has attained Nibbāna. Ogha˚ gone through the great flood SN.i.3, SN.i.142;…

…to last, endure be at rest; fig. to remain in, abide by, acquiesce in (see ṭhāna I. 1^b). In imper. tiṭṭhatu…

…(t. nikkhepanāya). 3. fig. measure (“weighing,” cp. tulanā) standard, rate SN.ii.236 (+ pamāṇa).

• -kūṭa…

adjective having a beak; n. a pecker, fig. a tax-collector Ja.v.102 (= adhamma-bali-sādhaka Ja.v.103).

from tuṇḍi

burning, scorching, roasting; fig. tormenting, torture, self-mortification Vv-a.20 (aggimhi t. udake vā temanaṃ). Cp. ā˚; upa˚ pari˚.

from…

to burn out, scorch, torment, fig. root out, quench Snp.451 (attānaṃ); Ja.v.267 (janapadaṃ); Vv-a.114 (kilesaṃ t. in expl. of tapassin). Cp….

…Vv-a.79; Dhs.617. 2. fig. sparkling, glitter, twinkle akkhi˚ the pupil of the eye MN.i.80; udaka˚ sparkling of the water ibid.

Sk….

fertile soil, sown field; fig. woman, wife Ja.vi.473 (= orodha C.).

Sk. urvarā, Av. urvara plant

˚- adverb high (lit. & fig.), raised, in foll. compounds.

• -kaṇerukā a tall female elephant MN.i.178.
• -kāḷārikā id. MN.i.178…

…high, lofty Thag.110; fig. elated, exalted, exultant joyful, happy DN.i.110 (˚citta); Snp.689 (+ sumana), Snp.1028 (id.); Pv.iv.1#55…

…rise, get up out of (lit. & fig.) Thag.181; aruṇe uggacchante at sunrise Vv-a.75; Pv.iv.8; Vism.43, ger. uggañchitvāna Mil.376
pp…

…to burn, fig. to be consumed. According to Müller P. G pp. 12 & 42 = Sk. ava-; dhyā, but that is doubtful phonetically as…

enlightened, made bright (fig.) or cleaned, cleared up AN.i.72, AN.i.286 (˚vinīta parisā enlightened & trained).

pp. either to * kāc to shine…

…ud + nam; cp. also uṇṇama in fig. meaning

…see uṇṇamati in fig. meaning

…this form we find uṇṇata in fig. special meaning, q.v.

…upal˚ & opil˚); Ja.iv.162 (fig. put into the shade, overpower; variant reading upal˚). See also opilāpeti ubbillāvita.

Sk. avaplāvayati,…

approach; fig. way, means, expedient, stratagem SN.iii.53 sq., SN.iii.58; DN.iii.220 (˚kosalla) Snp.321 (˚ññū); Ja.i.256; Cnd.570 (for upaya);…

…something with one’s chest fig. to apply oneself to Ja.i.367, Ja.i.401, Ja.i.408; Ja.iii.139, Ja.iii.455 Ja.iv.219; Ja.v.118, Ja.v.278. 2….

…something with one’s chest fig. to apply oneself to Ja.i.367, Ja.i.401, Ja.i.408; Ja.iii.139, Ja.iii.455 Ja.iv.219; Ja.v.118, Ja.v.278. 2….

adjective raised, high, fig. haughty (opp. oṇata) AN.ii.86; Snp.702 (an˚ care uddhaccaṃ n’āpajjeyya Snp-a.492); Pp.52 (= ucca uggata…

…adhivacanaṃ.“-The fig. meaning is “lust, desire,” see e.g. SN.i.186; Thag.338; Dhp.344; Snp.16 (˚ja); Dhs.1059 (as epithet of…

…nt. vomit at Vin.i.303. 2. (fig.) given up, thrown up, left behind, renounced MN.i.37 (+ catta, mutta & pahīna). Cp. BSk. vāntī-bhāva, syn…

…AN.ii.33; Snp.622; Dhp.398 (fig. for taṇhā); Ja.ii.153; Ja.v.45. As “harness” at Ja.i.175; as straps on a ship’s mast (to hold the sails)…

…AN.ii.33; Snp.622; Dhp.398 (fig. for taṇhā); Ja.ii.153; Ja.v.45. As “harness” at Ja.i.175; as straps on a ship’s mast (to hold the sails)…

…autocrat, (all-)mighty; fig. having self-mastery, controlling one’s senses DN.i.247; DN.ii.261; AN.ii.24; Iti.122; Thig.37; Pv.ii.3#33;…

…or lives (in), a dweller; fig. one who has a (regular) habit AN.ii.107 Pp.43, cp. Pp-a 225
■ vasitā is given as…

…wind & rain)
■ fig. shower, downpour fall MN.i.130 = Vin.ii.25 (kahāpaṇa˚); Dhp-a.ii.83 (kusuma˚)
■ Esp. the rainy…

…AN.ii.158 (+ khetta [in fig. sense!], āyatana & adhikaraṇa); AN.iv.334; DN.i.13 sq. (aṭṭhādasahi vatthūhi etc.) Ja.ii.5 (avatthumhi…

…vīṇā at Vv-a.281. 2. (fig.) crooked, deceitful, dishonest Ja.iii.313 (of crows: kākānaṃ nāmaṃ C.); Ja.vi.524; Pv.iv.1#34 (a˚);…

…See cpd. -aṅguli. 2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrations, saṃsāra evolution (= involution)…

…Vv.38#4 (= kesa-veṇi C.). fig. of a “string of people DN.i.239 (andha˚). -kata plaited, having the hair plaited Ja.ii.185; Ja.v.431.

cp….

…expansion, spreading out; fig. variety or detail, to be trsl^d by expressions with over or about (cp Lat. e-), as: ˚kampati shake…

…to distribute, divide; (fig.) to distinguish, dissect, divide up, classify; to deal with something in detail, to go into details MN.iii.223;…

…planned proportioned, regular Snp.305; Pv.iii.2#21; Mil.330, Mil.345 Vism.108. 2. (fig.) detailed, explained, analysed Vism.187; Snp-a.288;…

adjective having divisions; (fig.) detailed. Neg. a˚ not giving details. Vv-a.164

fr. vibhatti

…to disentangle, to comb out; fig. to unravel, explain Vin.ii.150 (bimbohanaṃ kātuṃ tūlāni v.); Mil.3; Vism.1, Vism.2. 2. to plunder…

to shake; fig. to be unsettled, to waver, to be in doubt SN.iv.71 (cittaṃ na vikampate) Thag.1076 (vidhāsu na v.; translation Brethren p. 366:…

…SN.iv.198; Dhs-a.260 (fig. manaṃ v. ; in explⁿ of vilekha). 2. to scratch open Vin.ii.175

pp…

…jj). 3. [id.] to cleanse fig. to sift out thoroughly, to distinguish, discriminate MN.i.292; Ja.v.121 (avinibbhujaṃ, ppr.); Mil.63 (doubled)…

…unwrapping, unravelling; fig. explaining, making clear, explanation, refutation Cnd.503 (diṭṭhi-sanghātassa vinibbeṭhana; where id. p….

to become bright; fig. to be reconciled or pleased, to be satisfied or happy Dhp.82; Ja.i.51; Pv-a.122 (mukha-vaṇṇa). Caus….

to go astray; fig. to err, fail; to commit sin Vin.iii.166; SN.i.73; Ja.i.438
pp vippaṭipanna. Caus….

…MN.i.446; SN.ii.62
■ (fig.) in diṭṭhi˚ combined with visūkāyita) “scuffling of opinion” (Mrs Rh. D.),…

…as in BSk. virāgayati (e.g. Divy.131, Divy.133) to displease, estrange, the fig. meaning of virāgeti like BSk. ārāgeti for Pāli…

…fading in colour Ja.iii.88 (fig. saddhā avirāginī), Ja.iii.148 (rāga fading in the original dye, of citta). 2. changing reversing AN.iii.416…

…cling to, stick to, adhere (fig.) only in pp. visatta (q.v.)
■ The apparent ger. form visajja belongs to…

…place rough road; (fig.) unevenness, badness, misconduct disagreeableness AN.i.35 (pabbata˚); SN.iv.117; Vb.368 (two sets of 3 visamāni:…

hanging on (fig.), sticking or clinging to, entangled in (loc.) AN.ii.25; Snp.38, Snp.272 Cnd.597; Ja.ii.146; Ja.iii.241.

pp. of visajjati

…unyoked Thag.1021 (half-fig.). 2. detached from the world AN.i.262 = AN.iii.214; SN.ii.279 (ññ) Thag.1022; Snp.621, Snp.626, Snp.634;…

…Vv-a.157, Vv-a.284. 2. (fig.) to open, make clear, reveal SN.iv.166; SN.v.261; Kp-a.12 (+ vibhajati etc.)
pp…

…accessible, purifying (fig.), in ceto˚; AN.iii.117, AN.iii.121; AN.iv.352; AN.v.67. 3. explanation making clear (cp….

uncovered, open (lit. & fig.), laid bare, unveiled Snp.19 (lit.), Snp.374 (fig. anāvaṭa Snp-a.366), Snp.763, Snp.793 (= open-minded); Mnd.96…

…Ps; i.108 & ii.70)
■ Fig. in kamma˚; “the rolling back of k., i.e. devolution or course of kamma at SN.i.85
■ Abs &…

…AN.i.176; MN.iii.31, MN.iii.62, MN.iii.240; SN.ii.248. -vīthi the road of mind (fig.), a mediaeval t. t. for process in sense…

to split; ppr. -anto (fig.) hair-splitting DN.i.162; MN.i.176; aor. vobhindi (lit.) to break, split (one’s head, sīsaṃ) MN.i.336.

vi +…

…or cleansed AN.v.169 (fig. saddhammassa), AN.v.317 (id.; explained by C. as “vodānaṃ gacchati”); Ja.ii.418 (of a precious stone).

vi…

Vuḍḍha & vuddha

old (fig. venerable)

1. vuḍḍha Pv.ii.11#4; Mhvs.13, Mhvs.2.
2. vuddha…

Vuḍḍha & vuddha

old (fig. venerable)

1. vuḍḍha Pv.ii.11#4; Mhvs.13, Mhvs.2.
2. vuddha…

rain SN.i.172 = Snp.77 (fig. = saddhā bījaṃ tapo vuṭṭhi); AN.iii.370, AN.iii.378 (vāta˚); Iti.83; Dhp.14; Ja.vi.587 (˚dhārā) Tha-ap.38…

…a hair, at Vism.150
■ fig. an acute arguer, a hair-splitter; in standing phrase *paṇḍitā nipuṇā kata-para-ppavādā…

…vana¹ etym.), fig. desire, lust (= taṇhā craving) Dhs-a.409 Kp-a.151, Kp-a.152.

fr. vana, both in meaning 1 & 2 but lit….

…pains in the back ibid. 3. (fig.) atmosphere, condition, state or as pp. (of vāyati) scented (with), full of, pervaded (by), at Vin.i.39…

…(˚puppha wave-flower fig.); Vism.63 (samudda˚); Dāvs iv.46; Dhs-a.116 Vism.143. 2. interval, period of time (cp. “tide” time…

…machine, mechanism; fig. instrumentality (as perhaps in, kamma˚ at Th passages)
■ Referring to the machinery (outfit) of a ship (as…

…(iriyāpathena).

2. (fig.) to keep going (both trs. & intrs.;) to keep up, esp. to keep oneself going or alive, to live by (instr.) [cp….

…Dhs-a.232 (in simile). 3. (fig.) bond, tie; attachment (to the world and its lusts), or what yokes to rebirth (Cpd. 171²). There are…

(lit.) to yoke; (fig.) to join with (instr. or loc.), to engage in (loc.), to exert oneself, to endeavour. All our passages show the applied…

…(iriyāpathena).

2. (fig.) to keep going (both trs. & intrs.;) to keep up, esp. to keep oneself going or alive, to live by (instr.) [cp….

…palanquin Abhp. 373. 2. (fig.) concerning the preservation of life, vital, in -rogin one who suffers from a vital disease lit. a disease…

…bound, bound up DN-a.i.127; fig. bound to, attached to, in love with Dhp-a.i.88; Pv-a.82 (Tissāya ˚sineha); Sdhp.372 (sineh, ˚hadaya).

pp. of…

(ā + bandhati, Sk. ābadhnāti, bandh ] to bind to, tie, fasten on to, hold fast; fig. to tie to, to attach to, Ja.iv.132, Ja.iv.289; Ja.v.319, Ja.v.338, Ja.v.359
pp ābaddha.

…cp. the similar meaning of gocara “pasturing”, fig. perception etc.

…SN.v.21; Ja.v.202
■ fig. SN.v.20 (an˚ without a support cittaṃ); Vism.8, Vism.444. 3. (tt. g.) name for the loc. case (“resting on”)…

…on, grasp, appropriate, fig. take notice of, take to heart, heed
pres ādiyati AN.iii.46; Snp.119, Snp.156, Snp.633…

…getting, grasping, seizing; fig. appropriating clinging to the world, seizing on (worldly objects).

1. (lit.) taking (food), pasturing MN.iii.133;…

…on to, put into (w. loc.); fig & intrs. to hold on to, put oneself to, touch, resort to MN.i.395 (kaṭhalaṃ mukhe ā.; also inf. āhattuṃ);…

…food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enum^n. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.

1….

…(m.); later Sk. āmiṣa (nt.), both in lit. & fig. meaning

…to a bull, bull-like, fig. a man of strong & eminent qualities, a hero or great man, a leader, thus in tār˚ Snp.687; nar˚ Snp.684,…

…neck MN.i.120; Ja.i.5 2. fig. attached to, clinging to Ja.i.377 (+ satta lagga); Thag-a.259 (an˚).

pp. of ā +…

…āmāsaya, pakkāsaya. 2. (fig.) inclination, intention, will, hope; often comb^d. & compared with anusaya…

…hand on, to touch, strike; fig. to offend, assail insult MN.i.371; Ja.i.481; Ja.v.197; aor. āsādesi Thag.280 (mā ā….

…Pv.i.7#4; Sdhp.396. 3. (fig.) (cp. tapa²) ardour, zeal exertion Pv-a.98 (viriyā-tapa; perhaps better to be read ˚ātāpa q.v.)….

glow, heat; fig. ardour, keen endeavour, or perhaps better “torturing mortification” Mil.313 (cittassa ātāpo paritāpo); Pv-a.98 (viriya˚)…

to burn, scorch; fig. to torment, inflict pain, torture MN.i.341 (+ paritāpeti); SN.iv.337; Mil.314, Mil.315.

ā + tāpeti

…up, winding up or round, fig. explanation Mil.28 (+ nibbeṭhana, lit rolling up and rolling down, ravelling & unravelling), Mil.231…

…inflow, going in DN.i.74 (= āgamana-magga DN-a.i.78); MN.ii.15; AN.ii.166; (fig.) revenue income, money Snp-a.173.

Sk. āya; ā +…

…Thag.744; Dhp.i.39. 3. (fig.) (˚-) peg-like (or secured by a peg, of a door) small, little in -colaka a small (piece of) rag Vin.ii.271…

…of time: lasting, enduring fig. steadfast, firm, controlled: amissīkatam ev’ assa cittaṃ hoti, ṭhitaṃ ānejjappattaṃ AN.iii.377 =…

the banyan or Indian fig-tree, Ficus Indica, usually as cpd. -rukkha Vin.iv.35; DN.ii.4; Snp.272; Ja.iii.188 (r.) Dhp-a.ii.14 (r.) Pv-a.5 (r.),…

the glomerous fig tree, Ficus Glomerata DN.ii.4; Vin.iv.35; AN.iv.283 (˚khādika), AN.iv.283 (id.), AN.iv.324 (id.); Snp.5; Dhp-a.i.284; Snp-a.19;…

burning, fever; fig fever of passion, consumption, distress, pain DN.iii.238 (avigata˚), DN.iii.289 (˚nānatta); MN.i.101 (kāme); SN.ii.143 sq…

the wave-leaved fig tree, Ficus infectoria Vin.iv.35; DN-a.i.81. As pilakkhu [cp. Prk. pilakkhu Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 105] at SN.v.96;…

to go out, to go forth; in fig meaning: to leave behind lust, evil & the world, to get rid of “kāma” (craving), to show right exertion, strength…