knot; a tangle; a bunch; a knot tied in a garment (for keeping money)

…wood).

-ṭṭhāna (for gaṇṭhikaṭṭhāna?) the place of the block (i.e. of execution) Ja.iii.538; (reads…

twisting of the gut, a twisted gut

piece of sandalwood.

of ganthati tied; bound

bound together and not bound.

backing piece (of wood?) for the toggle?

button; a toggle.

(according to commentaries) offspring from a knot or joint.

female jain ascetic.

…Dhp-a.i.80.

• -gaṇṭhi twisting of the bowels, lit. “a knot in the intestines” Vin.i.275 (˚ābādha). *…

…Pv-a.211);

• -gaṇṭhi (or better gaṇḍi; see the latter) a block of sandal wood Vin.ii.110; *…

…(better gaṇṭhikā, q v.) a block of justice, i.e. of execution Ja.i.150, Ja.i.151; Ja.ii.124; Ja.vi.176; Ja.v.303; *…

…-gaṇṭhi the web or tangle of sophisticism Vv-a.297; cp. ˚sanghāṭa; -gata (nt.)…

bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland SN.iv.163 (read dāmena for damena), SN.iv.282, (id.); AN.iii.393 (dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjuban …

…granth, grathnāti, to *grem, cp. Lat. gremium; see also gaṇṭhi gathita gantha

…granth, grathnāti, to *grem, cp. Lat. gremium; see also gaṇṭhi gathita gantha

adjective hard-studying Dhp-a.i.156 (bhikkhu; cp. gantha-dhura).

fr. gantha 2

…formation from gaṇḍa or gaṇṭha, see also gaṇṭhikā

…“sign with the gong” Ja.iv.306. 3. the executioner’s block (= gaṇḍikā or gaṇṭhikā) Ja.iii.41.

= gaṇḍikā in meaning 1;…

…DN-a.i.199 (catu-pañca-gaṇṭhik’āhata patta a bowl with 4 or 5 knots, similarly āṇi-gaṇṭhik’ āhata ayopatta Vism.108; but see…

…ghaṭa², orig. meaning “knot,” cp. gantha & gaṇṭhi, also; gaṇḍa

verse, stanza, line of poetry, usually referring to an Anuṭṭhubbaṃ or a Tuṭṭhubbaṃ, & called a catuppādā gāthā, a stanza (śloka) of four half-lines AN.ii.178; Ja.iv.395 Def. as akkhara-padaniya-mit …

…-gaṇṭhi (as medo-gaṇṭhi, Sk influence!) an abscess of fat, fatty knot or tumour mentioned as a disease at…

…f nigaṇṭhī DN.i.54 (nigaṇṭhi-gabbha).

BSk. nirgrantha (Divy.143, Divy.262 etc.) “freed from all ties,” nis + gaṇṭhi. This is…

adjective free from knots (said of a sword) Mil.105 See also nighaṇḍu.

Sk. nirgranthi, nis + gaṇṭhi, cp. also nigaṇṭha

…(see gaṇṭhi & ghaṭṭana), orig. disentanglement unravelling, i.e. explanation; cp. niggaṇṭhi, which is a…

…Vb-a.275, Vb-a.286.

• -gaṇṭhi a knot Mil.103.
• -valli a species of Dūrvā Ja.v.69; *…

…pamuṭa, pamuca, papuṭa) for DN.i.54, T. paṭuva (vv. ll pamuṭa, samudda) and is explained by gaṇṭhika, i.e. block or knot. The whole…

…pattāni); Vism.108 (āṇigaṇṭhik’ āhato ayopatto); Dhp-a.iv.220 (˚ṃ pūreti) Pv-a.35, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.76, Pv-a.88, Pv-a.141
■…

…= gaṇṭhikā (knot or block?). The identical passage at DN.i.54 reads paṭuvā (q.v.), with vv.ll. pamuṭā,…

…Ja.v.426; pabbagaṇṭhiyo Mil.103; pucchā Dhs-a.55; mahā -pariccāgā Dhp-a.iii.441 mahā…

…Vin.ii.136 (gaṇṭhikā, block at dress). The translation “made of fruits” seems out of place (so Kern,

Toevoegselen

s….

…Ja.i.339; Vv-a.256. -gaṇṭhikā a kind of sugar-cane, Batatas Paniculata Ja.i.339; Ja.vi.114 (so read for…

…reads vinivedhana, cp, nibbedha); Mil.96; Vv-a.297 (diṭṭhi-gaṇṭhiviniveṭhana).

vi + nibbeṭhana

…Vin.i.3, Vin.i.276 (anta-gaṇṭhiṃ, the intestines); Ja.ii.283 (sarīraṃ); Ja.v.47. 2. to disentangle oneself, to free oneself (from)…

…Ja.i.25, Ja.i.339 (˚yante gaṇṭhikā), cp. ucchūnaṃ yanta Dhp-a.iv.199
■ tela-yanta (-cakka) (the wheel of) an oil mill Ja.i.25 …

…enclosure) āṇi-gaṇṭhik’āhato ayopatto at Vism.108; DN-a.i.199 is apparently a sort of brush made of four or five small pieces…