gaha¹

masculine & neuter

1. a house, a home, a store house.
2. a seizer, one who seizes; seizing, laying hold of; one who…

…yakkha˚ of a demon). sagaha having crocodiles, full of e. (of the ocean) (+ sarakkhasa) Iti.57. Cp. gahaṇa &…

…of ys. Ja.vi.287. -gaha = following Dhp-a.iii.362. -gāha “yakkha-grip,” being seized by a y….

…(the art) how to grasp and handle an eleph. driver’s hook MN.ii.94 (sippa).

• -gaha an elephant-driver Dhp.326.

Vedic…

…Dhp-a.iii.441;

• -gaha a temple chapel Vin.iii.43;
• -cārikā a visit to the gods, journeying in…

…pile of wood Pv-a.62;

• -gaha a wood yard Vin.iii.42 sq.
• -ghaṭika wooden pitcher Thag-a.286. *…

…gahīta.
■ Cp. gaha, gahaṇa, gāha.

Meanings

to take, take up; take hold of; grasp seize; assume.

e.g. ovādaṃ g. to take…

…gahīta.
■ Cp. gaha, gahaṇa, gāha.

Meanings

to take, take up; take hold of; grasp seize; assume.

e.g. ovādaṃ g. to take…

…-sukha the welfare of a g. AN.i.80.

fr. gaha, cp. gaha & geha; Sk. gṛhin

…seizing, seizure, grip (cp. gaha): canda˚ suriya˚ an eclipse (lit. the moon, etc., being seized by a demon) DN.i.10 (= DN-a.i.95: Rāhu candaṃ…

…Thig.501; Ja.v.134.

• -(g)gaha the unlucky throw at dice, the losing throw symbolically bad luck, evil consequence in worldly moral sense…

adjective full of crocodiles Iti.57, Iti.114. As sagāha at SN.iv.157.

sa³ + gaha²

…see under gavam˚, gaha˚, dāna˚, yūtha˚, senā˚. 2. husband SN.i.210; Snp.314; Ja.iii.138; Pv-a.161. See also sapatika (with her…

…AN.v.70; Ja.v.116 (opp. paggaha); Ja.vi.371 (id.) Mil.28, Mil.45, Mil.224
■ dun˚; hard to control (citta) Dhp.35 (cp. expl. at…

…(= kaṇṇikā Vv-a.304) gaha˚ Dhp.154; Pv-a.55. Cp. also kūṭāgāra 3. a heap, an accumulation, in sankāra˚ dust-heap MN.ii.7;…

…Snp.188; Iti.112 (gahaṭṭha +) Ja.vi.575;

• -ājira house-yard Vism.144 (where Dhs-a.116 in id. passage reads gharadvāra). *…

…& see details under gaha¹

Kacchā²

feminine & kaccha (m. nt.); the armpit Vin.i.15 (addasa……

only in agiha (adj.) houseless, homeless (= pabbajita, a Wanderer); poet. for anagāra Snp.456 Snp.464, Snp.487, Snp.497.

= gaha

…SN.iv.71; Vb.380; Ne.53.

Sk. geha = gṛha, to gṛh, gaṇhāti; cp. gaha, gihin, ghara; see also gedha²

…DN.i.62; MN.i.344. gahapatī ca gahapatāniyo householders and their wives AN.ii.57. In sg the voc. gahapati may be rendered by “Sir”…

…gahaṭṭha Snp.628 = Dhp.404; Snp.639, Snp.640 (+ paribbaje); Pv.ii.2#5 (= anāvāsa…

…a k.), kūṭa˚ (immovable) gaha˚ (founding a house, householder), dhamma˚, nava˚ vehāsa˚ (= vihan-ga)
■ (n.) a stand i.e. a place for…