button; a toggle.

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

fr. gantha 2

…the knots. Also in dhamma-gaṇṭhikā a block for execution Ja.i.150 (variant reading gaṇḍikā). 3. Name of a plant Pv-a.127
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backing piece (of wood?) for the toggle?

…(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; *…

…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;…

1. a knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) Ja.i.172; DN-a.i.163; Dhp-a.i.321 (˚jātaṃ what has be come knotty or hard)
   ■ diṭṭhi-gaṇṭhi the tangle of false doctrine Vv-a.297; ant …

is doubtful reading at DN-a.i.164 (with vv.ll. 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 passage is corrupt …

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

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

Toevoegselen

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

…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 …