1. (mfn.)

   1. deep; unfathomable.
   2. deep in sound; deep toned.
   3. profound; hard to fathom; hard to penetrate or investigate.

2. (n) deep; a bottomless place.

…on depth (of soil), well-founded AN.iv.237.

Vedic gambhīra & gabhīra

(one) of profound wisdom; understanding abstruse matters.

yielding a deep furrow.

appearing deep.

…Mil.113 (pañha, + gambhīra).

• -kāra blindness (lit. fig), darkness, dullness, bewilderment Vin.i.16; DN.ii.12;…

adjective not dug into, not dug down, not deep Ja.vi.109 (˚kūla; C. agambhīrā).

a + nikhāta, pp. of nikhanati

…heṭṭhā patiṭṭhâbhāvena upari ālambhāvena ca gambhīra).

an + ālamba

Only in cpd. gambhīrāvabhāso DN.ii.55, looking deep. Same cpd. at AN.ii.105 Pp.46 has obhāsa.

later form of obhāsa

…the meaning of “gambhīra” & “duddasa” (saccāni) at Vb-a.141, viz. mahā-samuddaṃ manthetvā ojāya nīharaṇaṃ;…

…(dhammā gambhīrā d. see gambhīra); MN.i.167, MN.i.487; Snp.938; Dhp.252; also as sududdasa…

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

Donī¹

feminine

1. a (wooden) trough, a vat, tub SN.ii.259; AN.i.253; AN.v.323; Ja.i.450; Mil.56-tela˚ an oil vat AN.iii.58 (āyasā made of iron & used as a sarcophagus).
2. a trough-shap …

depth Dhp-a.i.92.

abstr. fr. prec.

…deep Pv-a.77 (= gambhīra). nt. a ford, a firm stand, firm ground, a safe place: gambhīre ˚ṃ vindati AN.v.202. ˚ṃ esati to seek…

edge, point; root SN.v.445; AN.iv.404; gambhīra˚; (adj.) with deeply rooted point, firmly established SN.v.444; AN.iv.106.

cp. nemi

…abstruse DN.i.26≈(n. gambhīra dhamma), DN.i.162 (paṇḍita +); MN.i.487 (dhamma); SN.i.33; SN.iv.369; AN.iii.78; Snp.1126 (= gambhīra…

…phrase, viz. udaka-tarakā gambhīragatā okkhāyikā MN.i.80, MN.i.245.

fr. ava + khāyin fr. kṣi, cp. avakkhāyati; Kern,

Toevoegselen

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…II.1#2 (spelt kkh); Mil.1 (gambhīra˚); Snp-a.519 (˚taṭa); Pv-a.201 (˚piṭṭhe), Pv-a.261 (id.), Pv-a.278 (id., variant reading…

…avakujja˚ AN.i.130; gambhīra˚ SN.i.190 javana˚ SN.i.63; Cnd.235; tikkha˚; dup˚ DN.iii.252, DN.iii.282; SN.i.78, SN.i.191; SN.ii.159…

adjective

1. (lit.) brought out or to, applied executed; used with ref. to punishment (see paṇeti daṇḍaṃ) Pv.iv.1#66 (˚daṇḍa receiving punishment ṭhapita-sarīra-daṇḍa Pv-a.242) …

…Ja.vi.171 (˚antaraṃsa flat-chested); Mil.121 (of a river); Vv-a.301 (˚gambhīra)
■ abl. puthulato (as adv.) across…

…Vin.i.240 (satta sītāyo); gambhīrasīta with deep mould (khetta) AN.iv.237, AN.iv.238 (text, ˚-sita).

• -āloḷī mud from the furrow…

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

…two otters at Ja.iii.333 are Gambhīra-cārin and Anutīra-cārin.

Vedic udra, to uda² water, lit. living in water; Cp. Gr. υ…