1. womb of humans and animals.
2. the fetus.
3. an inner room or an apartment; (in a vihara) a separate room or cell.

…as: na punar eti (or upeti) gabbhaseyyaṃ “he does not go into another womb,” of an Arahant Snp.29, Snp.152 Snp.535; Vv.53#24; and…

interpreted by the Buddha as apa + gabbha, describing one who has destroyed the possibility of rebirth) timid, lacking boldness; ? of low birth?.

without a fetus, having miscarried

(the art of) causing or aiding conception.

causing a miscarriage; a means of causing a miscarriage, esp. a concoction.

the womb.

coming into being of the fetus in the womb; conception.

conceives, becomes pregnant.

mountain cleft or cave.

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

kind of (oblong) inner room.

…Ja.i.148 (gabbhaparipākaṃ). Often in phrase vuddhiṃ anvāya growing up, e.g. Ja.i.278; Ja.iii.126; Dhp-a.ii.87.

ger. of…

adjective not entering another womb, i.e. not destined to another rebirth Vin.iii.3.

a + pa + gabbha

1. gone, gone away from (c. abl.), removed; deceased, departed Iti.112; Pv-a.39 Pv-a.63 (= peta), Pv-a.64 (= gata).
2. (˚-) freq. as prefix meaning without, lit. having lost, removed from; free fr …

adjective unobtrusive, free from boldness, modest SN.ii.198 = Mil.389, Snp.144, Snp.852 (cp Mnd.228 & Kp-a.232); Dhp.245.

a + pagabbha

adjective unconscious DN.i.54 (˚gabbhā, cp. DN-a.i.163); iii.111, iii.140, iii.263; Iti.87; Snp.874.

a + saññin

entering, appearance Ja.v.330 (gabbhassa).

fr. avakkamati

…pātubhāvo Pp-a 184); Kv.142 (nāmarūpassa); Mil.123 (gabbhassa).

fr. avakkamati

crane Thag.307; Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.226; Mil.128 (˚ānaṃ megha-saddena gabbhâvakkanti hoti); Vism.126 (in simile, megha-mukhe b. viya); DN-a.i.91 (variant reading baka).

cp. Vedic balākā, perhaps to …

…(suvaṇṇa-rajata˚ gabbha); Ja.iv.489 (udaka˚); Ja.v.275 (kimi˚); Snp-a.494 (vāta˚); Thag-a.283 (kuṇapa˚).

lit. made to bear,…

…Dhp-a.ii.135 (˚sirī)-˚gabbha Vism.126: -˚rajjaṃ kāresi Ja.ii.311; -viddha (nt.) a particular form of shooting…

…Vv-a.68.

• -gabbha the interior of the C. sphere Ja.iv.119; DN-a.i.284;
• -pabbata (nt.)…

…place Ja.vi.432;

• -gabbhaka same Ja.vi.459, Ja.vi.460.

Ved. dvīpa = dvi + ap (*sp.) of āpa water, lit. “double-watered,”…

cavern Snp.416 (giri˚); Vv.63#5 (giri˚).

Derivation uncertain. Cp. Sk. gahvara

…cp. Sk. ˚karnī;)

• -gabbhara = ˚guhā Snp.416;
• -guhā a mountain cleft, a rift, a gorge; always…

…Mnd.226 = Vism.25. --gabbha a chamber on the upper storey Vin.ii.152.

cp. Vedic harmya house & BSk. harmikā “summer-house” (?)…

…Gr. γ ̈ηρας slough. As to meanings cp. gabbha

the belly Mil.175. Jannu(ka)

Vedic jaṭhara, to *gelt = *gelbh (see gabbha), cp. Goth. kilpei uterus, Ags. cild = E. child

…Mil trsl. i.239.

• -gabbha a closet for storing money, a safe Dhp-a.iv.104
• -vassa a shower of…

…food = bali kamma) Pv-a.81; gabbha˚ Snp.927; pānujja Snp.256. 3. (abs.)

1. the doing up, preparing Ja.v.400 Ja.vi.270 (of a building: the…

…hollow and closed in (Cp. gabbha for both meanings) as

1. the stomach or abdomen Mil.265, Vism.357; Sdhp.257.
2. a closet, a monk’s cell, a…

…as pregnant womb containing gabbha Ja.i.50; Ja.ii.2; Ja.vi.482; Dhp-a.ii.261.

• -ḍāha enteric fever Dhp-a.i.182; *…

…salla, sanga, panka, gabbha AN.iv.289; Cnd.p.62 on Snp.51; same, except salla gabbha: AN.iii.310. The misery of such pleasures is painted in…

…ca nāma megha-saddena gabbhaṃ gaṇhantī ti* “the cranes conceive by the sound of the cloud,” *meghasaddo balākānaṃ pitā megho…

…ca nāma megha-saddena gabbhaṃ gaṇhantī ti* “the cranes conceive by the sound of the cloud,” *meghasaddo balākānaṃ pitā megho…

…-sāli red rice Mil.252. 2. bloody Pv.i.7#8 (pūti˚ gabbha) Vism.179, Vism.194.

fr. lohita

1. gone astray, erring, having lost one’s way (magga˚) DN.i.85 ≈ (˚ssa maggaṃ ācikkhati); Pv.iv.1#48 (id. with pāvadati); Pv-a.112 (magga˚).
2. confused infatuated, blinded, erring, foolish DN.i.59; …

…gabbhaseyyā (rebirth) na te punam upenti gabbhaseyyaṃ, parinibbānagatā hi sītibhūtā Vv.53#24-…

…DN.i.54 (nigaṇṭhi-gabbha).

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

…-odana a nāḷi measure of boiled rice SN.i.82; Dhp-a.iv.17;

• -gabbha an (inner) room of tubular…

…Vism.431; Vv-a.304 (= gabbha).

Deriv. uncertain. The Sk. apavaraka is some centuries later. The Sk. apavaraka forbidden or secret room,…

…of lotuses Vv-a.191.

• -gabbha the calyx of a l. Thag-a.68 (˚vaṇṇa).
• -patta a l. leaf Mnd.135 (=…

…Dāvs iii.26
■ apagabbha at Vin.iii.3 is used in quite a diff. sense, viz. “one who has no more connection with a…

resoluteness, boldness, decision Ja.vi.273. See also pāgabbhiya.

abstr. fr. pagabbha, cp. Sk. pragalbhatā

adjective bold Ja.vi.238.

= pagabbha

…(sanghaṃ); DN.ii.14 (gabbhaṃ kucchinā) MN.i.124, MN.i.459; SN.iii.1; AN.iii.123; Ja.i.52 (kucchiyā), Ja.i.143 Ja.i.170; Mil.392, Mil.410…

1. protection, care Vism.500 (gabbha˚); Kp-a.235; DN-a.i.207 (kāya˚); Dhp-a.ii.179 (kāyassa).
2. keeping up, preservation, keeping in…

…(esp -), in compounds like gabbha˚; care of the foetus Dhp-a.i.4; dāraka˚; care of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the…

…for ordination), Pv-a.68 (˚gabbha ready to be delivered), Pv-a.77 (vārinā). 2. complete, i.e. not defective, perfect, sound, healthy Snp.548…

adjective having the house all round, entirely surrounded by the house Vin.iii.119 (of gabbha).

pari + āgāra

…Ja.iii.286, Ja.iii.431, Vv-a.288; Dhp-a.i.47 (gabbha).

pp. of pariṇamati

established in (loc.), settled, fixed, arrayed, stayed, standing, supported, founded in DN.iii.101 (supatiṭṭhita-citta); MN.i.478; SN.i.40 SN.i.45, SN.i.185 (dhammesu); Iti.77; Snp.409, Snp.453; Ja.i …

…(akkhīni); Vism.63 (gabbha-malaṃ), Vism.415 = Kp-a.120; Ja.i.47 (assūni hatthehi p.); Kp-a.136 (paṃsukaṃ). The reading…

…Dhp-a.iii.354 (pa˚) Vv-a.121.

fr. pagabbha

bringing to fall, destroying, killing, only in gabbha˚; destroying the foetus, abortion (q.v. Dhp-a.i.47 and passim.

fr. pāteti

…or salver); Dhp-a.iv.105 (˚gabbha silver money box or cabinet for silver, alongside of kahāpaṇa-gabbha and suvaṇṇa˚); Vb-a.64 (explained…

adjective with a foetus, pregnant Mhvs.33, Mhvs.46.

sa³ + gabbha

1. sitting down together DN.i.2; DN.ii.109; Vin.ii.296; Ja.i.120.
2. (having become settled, established Vin.ii.278 (˚gabbhā pregnant).

pp. of sannisīdati

…Iti.90; DN-a.i.119. Cp. vi˚
■ In composition saññi˚; e.g. -gabbha animate production DN.i.54; DN-a.i.163.

fr. saññā

adjective lying MN.i.433, see uttānaseyyaka and gabbhaseyyaka.

fr. seyyā

…form is siri˚.

• -gabbha bedroom Ja.i.228, Ja.i.266; Ja.iii.125; Ja.v.214.
• -corabrāhmaṇa “a brahmin who stole…

…form is siri˚.

• -gabbha bedroom Ja.i.228, Ja.i.266; Ja.iii.125; Ja.v.214.
• -corabrāhmaṇa “a brahmin who stole…

…Pv.i.11#1; Vin.i.192; --gabbha a room in shape like a palanquin, an alcove Vin.ii.152; mañca-˚ Ja.v.136, Ja.v.262 (a throne palanquin?)….

…Vb-a.222 (in sim.).

• -gabbha a safe (-room) for gold Dhp-a.iv.105.
• -guhā “golden cave,” Name…

…Dhp-a.iii.6.

• -gabbha ripening (young) rice Dhp-a.i.97.
• -bīja rice seed AN.i.32; AN.v.213. *…

…of a tree Dhs.625.

• -gabbha a treasury Ja.iii.408; Ja.v.331.
• -gavesin searching for hard wood…

…samāpanno gabbhā gabbhaṃ t. t.… dukkaṃ nigacchati), cp. Mhvs.ii.225, also tamāto tamaṃ ibid. Mhvs.i.27; Mhvs.ii.215
■…

…(otherwise called dhātugabbha = dāgaba), or on spots consecrated as scenes of his acts. In general as tomb: Vin.iv.308; Ja.iii.156…

…eva c’ assā gabbhavuṭṭhānaṃ ahosi “she was delivered standing” Ja.i.52; ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi Pv-a.68, etc.;…

…opeti, q.v.) Thag.17 (gabbhaṃ); Pv.ii.3#34 (saggaṃ upehi ṭhānaṃ); Pv.iv.3#52 (saraṇaṃ buddhaṃ dhammaṃ); Ne.66.
fut…

…after a vowel under the same conditions as vuṭṭhahati for uṭṭhahati (q.v.) gabbha-vuṭṭhānaṃ Ja.i.114. See also…

…paduma-gabbha-samānaṃ).

• -yuga a pair of garments Ja.iv.172; Dāvs i.34. *…

…Vb-a.148 = Vism.543.

• -gabbha-karaṇa (using charms for) procuring abortion DN.i.11; DN-a.i.96 (explained here as first trying to destroy…

…expression viruṭañ ca gabbhakaraṇaṃ at Snp.927 with the passage viruddha-gabbhakaraṇaṃ at DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96), which seems…

adjective crushed to pieces, destroyed MN.ii.102 (˚gabbha, with mūḷha-gabbha; variant reading vighāta).

fr. vi + śat, cp. sāṭeti

…to be produced Vin.ii.278 (gabbha). 2. to rise out of (abl.), to emerge from, to come back SN.iv.294; Vism.661 (vuṭṭhāti)

pp…

1. rise, origin Ja.i.114 (gabbha˚).
2. ordination, rehabilitation (in the Order) Vin.iv.320; Mil.344.
3. (cp. uṭṭhāna 3) rousing, rising out,…

…to be produced Vin.ii.278 (gabbha). 2. to rise out of (abl.), to emerge from, to come back SN.iv.294; Vism.661 (vuṭṭhāti)

pp…

…Pv.iii.5#3 (gabbh = gabbha-mala Pv-a.198); Vism.344.

ā + śī, cp. in similar meaning & derivation anusaya. The semantically related…