1. (mfn.) deep; dense, thick; a dense of growth; entangled, overgrown, impenetrable.
2. (n.) a place hard to pass through; a hiding place.

seizing, taking hold of; grasping; grasp: acquiring.

1. adj. deep, thick, impervious, only in a˚ clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv.18#7 (akanataka +); Mil.160 (gahanaṃ a kataṃ the thicket is cleared).
2. nt. an impenetrable place, a thicket j …

…byanjana˚-lakkhaṇa Ne.27 gahaṇatthāya in order to get… Ja.i.279; Ja.ii.352. amhākaṃ g˚ sugahaṇaṃ we have a tight grip Ja.i.222,…

submersion, see avagahana, avagāhati & avagāhana.

fr. last

relying on or taking refuge in a hiding place.

bathing place; a ford.

1. (n.) a place overgrown with grass.
2. (mfn.) a place dense with grass; a clump of grass or hay.

…same sense accaya-paṭiggahaṇa pardon, absolution Ja.v.380 accayena desanaṃ paṭigaṇhāti Ja.i.379; accayaṃ khamati to forgive…

…Ja.v.385; Dhp-a.ii.273 (˚gahaṇamattaṃ); cp. ekacchara-matta Dhp-a.ii.274. 2. (fig.) a finger’s snap, i.e. a short moment in…

…Snp.1094; Cnd.41 (where as nt. = taṇha); Dhp.352 (= khandhādisu niggahaṇa Dhp-a.iv.70), 396, 406, 421.

an + ādāna

…sq., AN.iv.372 sq.

• -gahaṇa attainment of Arahantship Dhp-a.i.8.
• -patta (& patti); one who has attained Ar….

Dabba¹

adjective noun

1. fit for, able, worthy, good, SN.i.187 = Thag.1218, cp. Pss of the Brethren, 399, n. 4 (= Sk. bhavya, cp. Pāṇini v.3, 104 dravyaṃ ca bhavyaḥ)
2. material, subs …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

…Dhp-a.i.393;

• -gahaṇa (-mangala) (the ceremony of) putting on a garment Dhp-a.ii.87; *…

…freq. to cpd. d-d-paṭiggahaṇa slave-trading DN.i.5≈(cp. DN-a.i.78);

• -putta the son of a slave, an abusive term…

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

Sk. graha, gaṇhāti, q.v. for etym.

…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…

…satipaṭṭhānā); -˚gahaṇa the taking of food, feeding Ja.i.242 -˚gāma a village for the supply of food (for the bhikkhus)…

…possession Ja.vi.392. -gahaṇa seizing by the hand Vin.iv.220. -cchinna whose hand is cut off MN.i.523; Mil.5….

…into the mud Mil.325;

• -gahaṇa “mud thicket,” dense mud at the bottom of rivers or lakes Ja.i.329; *…

1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

…of piercing the ears dussa-gahaṇa˚ of taking up the robe: cūḷā-karaṇa˚ of making the top-knot.
■ Cp. abhi˚.

*…

…and cp the following:

• -gahaṇa wrong conception, mistake Ja.iii.304.
• -cāra wrong behaviour Pp.39…

…poor Ja.ii.367 (variant reading BB. as gloss nirāhāra).

Sk. *nirgahaṇa, cp. nirgṛha homeless; nis + gahaṇa

restraint Vism.134 (cittassa). Opp. pagg˚.

abstr. fr. ni + gṛh, cp. next

touching, crushing Mil.270 (na vāto hattha-gahaṇaṃ vā nimmaddanaṃ vā upeti the wind cannot be grasped).

nis + mṛd

…Dhp-a.ii.87

• -gahaṇa receiving a name, “being christened” Ja.i.262 (˚divasa)
• -gotta ancestry, lineage SN.i.43 (˚ṁ na…

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

o + gahana fr. gāhati; Sk. avagāhana; concerning sho …

plunging into (-˚) Pv-a.158.

fr. ogāhati

1. return to, going into (acc.) visiting Ja.i.154 (gāmantaṃ ˚kāle).
2. withdrawal, distraction, drawing or moving away, heresy Snp.538 (ogahanāni titthāni, diṭṭhiyo ti attho Snp-a.434).

fr. avasarati

…Vin.ii.193; Ja.i.73. -gahaṇa m. thicket or jungle Pv-a.5. -ṭṭha standing on a m. Dhp.28….

stretching forth, lifting, holding out; of the hands as sign of respectful salutation (cp. añjaliṃ paggaṇhāti) Ja.iii.82-Abstr. -tā = paggaha 1. Vism.134.

fr. pa + gṛh, cp. paggaṇhāti

jumped on, fallen on to or into, chanced upon, acquired MN.i.39; Thag.342 (diṭṭhigahanā˚) Ja.v.471; Mil.144 (saṃsaya˚), Mil.156, Mil.390 (kupatha˚).

pp. of pakkhandati; often wrongly spelt pakkhanta

1. material for enjoyment, food, feeding Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.432; Mil.156, Mil.403; Dhp-a.ii.66; Snp-a.342.
2. enjoyment, use Vin.iv.267; SN.i.90 Mnd.262; Vism.33 (with pariyesana & paṭiggahana) Dhp-a. …

thrown round, overspread, overlaid, enclosed, fenced in, encircling, surrounded by (-˚) MN.iii.46; AN.iv.106 (su˚); SN.i.331 (read valligahana˚); Pv.iv.3#36 (variant reading for pariyanta as in Pv.i. …

…& paribhoga˚); Dhp-a.iii.256 (kāmaguṇe ˚ussukka). With paṭiggahaṇa & paribhoga at Dhp-a.i.75.

fr. pariyesati

ā (f.) plunging into, penetration Pts.i.106, Pts.i.112; Pts.ii.183; Dhs.390 (a˚), Dhs.425 (a˚); Pp.21 (a˚); Dhs-a.260.

pari + ogāhana

acceptance, receiving, taking MN.iii.34; SN.v.472; Snp-a.341
■ accaya˚ acceptance of a sin, i.e. pardon, absolution Ja.v.380.

fr. paṭigganhāti

adjective noun receiving, receiver Pv-a.175. Patigganhati (patiganhati)

paṭiggaṇhana (= paṭiggahaṇa) + ka

reception, taking in Ja.vi.527.

fr. paṭiggaṇhāti

…dassanan ti visūkadassanaṃ“ and at Dhs-a.393: “paṭāni-gahaṇaṃ gahetvā ekapaden’ eva taṃ nissaddaṃ akāsiṃ.”

…(tiṇṇaṃ Vedānaṃ uggahaṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ Piṭakānaṃ uggahaṇaṃ); Snp-a.110, Snp-a.403; Dhp-a.iii.262 Dhp-a.iv.38; cp….

seat, chair, stool, bench.

4 kinds are given at Vin.iv.40 = Vin.iv.168, viz. masāraka bundikābaddha, kuḷirapādaka, āhaccapādaka (same categories as given under mañca)
■ Vin.i.47, Vin.i.180 Vin.ii …

…AN.i.154 (so for ˚gahaṇa). -devatā a tree spirit, dryad, a yakkha inhabiting a tree (rukkhe adhivatthā d….

…Ja.i.193 But sama-dhura-ggahaṇa “complete imperiousness Vb-a.492 (see yugaggāha).

• -vāhita evenly borne along (of equanimity)…

adjective firm, well-supported Ja.v.484.

fr. sangaṇhāti

…payoga, upāya, paccaya-gahaṇa“*); composition aggregate.

1. Aggregate of the conditions or essential properties for a given process or…

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

…Vb-a.490 (pāpaka).

• -uggahaṇa taking up, i.e. learning, a craft Ja.iv.7; Pv-a.3.
• -ṭṭhāna a craft MN.i.85…

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

1. toll, tax, customs Vin.iii.52; Vin.iv.131; AN.i.54 sq.; Dhp-a.ii.2; Ja.iv.132; Ja.vi.347; Pv-a iii.
2. gain, profit Thig.25 Thag-a.32.
3. purchase-price of a wife Thig.420; Ja.vi.266; Mil.47 sq …

…room for doubt Snp.972

• -gahaṇa the thicket of doubt or sophistry Ja.i.97
• -vaḍḍhana…

grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch hay, litter SN.iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā uṇhaṃ vā rajo …

basil (common or sweet) Ja.v.46 (˚gahana a thicket of b.; variant reading tūlasi); Ja.vi.536 (tuḷasi = tuḷasigaccha).

Derivation unknown

…in the w. Ja.vi.420.

• -gahaṇasāṭaka bathing-gown Ja.v.477
• -ghaṭa a water pitcher Pv-a.66. *…

learning, taking up, studying Pv-a.3 (sipp˚). As uggaṇhana at Vism.277.

fr. uggaṇhāti

…Divy.77 etc.] Snp.912 (uggahaṇanta = uggahaṇanti = uggaṇhanti Snp-a.561); imper. uggaṇha Ja.ii.30 (sippaṃ); uggaṇhāhi Mil.10…

…SN.v.473; AN.ii.209, AN.v.206; DN-a.i.79 = Pp-a.240 (“assāmike sāmike kātuṃ lañcagahaṇaṃ”).

fr. ud + * kuṭ; to be crooked…

Vana¹

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

…(= iṇa-vaḍḍhi Thag-a.271) DN-a.i.212, DN-a.i.270; Vb-a.256 (in simile); Snp-a.179 (˚gahaṇa).

fr. vṛdh, Vedic vṛddhi…

…= kaññā-gahaṇaṃ, vivāha kaññā-dānaṃ)
■ As nt. at Vin.iii.135. Cp….

…Vv-a.8 (gahaṇa˚). 2. (adj.) fit for (= yutta), adapted to, suitable; either-˚ or with inf.: Vv-a.291; Pv-a.25 (here…

…explained by sama-dhura-ggahaṇaṃ “taking the leadership altogether” at Vb-a.492. See further Mnd.177; Vv-a.71 (yugaggāha-lakkhaṇo…