of ghasati

(& n). pasturing; fodder; food; eating.

adjective noun eating, an eater; in mahagghasa a big eater AN.v.149 (of the crow); Dhp.325; Mil.288.

…one who fetches the fodder (food) Thag.910.

Vedic ghāsa, fr. ghasati, q.v. cp. Lat. gramen = grass

In Pali Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four …

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

of ghasati

eats; devours; destroys.

of ghasati

food and clothing.

having or wanting nothing more than (mere) food and clothing.

(one) who fetches or carries fodder.

wolf’s leavings, the remnants of a wolfs meal.

Agha¹

neuter evil, grief, pain, suffering, misfortune SN.i.22; MN.i.500 (roga gaṇḍa salla agha); AN.ii.128 (id.); Ja.v.100; Thig.491; Sdhp.51
■ adj. painful, bringing pain Ja.vi.507 (a …

…Vin.ii.115 Vin.iv.266 (= vighāsa); Vv-a.222 (˚aṭṭhikāni meat-remnants & bones).

perhaps from carv to chew; but Sk. carvana, chewing,…

…ghāsacchada Pp.51 (see ghāsa & cp. chāda)
■ a hedge Ja.vi.60
■ a wing Thig.108 (citra˚).

cp. chādeti chad =…

…often combined with ghāsa˚; food & clothing (q.v.) Ja.ii.79 (vattha˚) Pv.i.10#7 (bhojana˚); Pv.ii.1#7 (vattha˚); Pv-a.50 (= vattha)…

… ■ Cp ghasa, ghasta & ghāsa. See also jaddhu. Desid jighacchati.

Vedic grasati & *ghasti, pp. grasta, cp. Gr.; γράω to gnaw,…

only in vanka˚ having eaten or swallowed the hook (cp. grasta-vanka) DN.ii.266 (v-g˚ va ambujo); Ja.vi.113.

pp. of ghasati = Sk. grasta

Ghaṃsati¹

to rub, crush, grind, SN.ii.238; Ja.i.190 (= ghasituṃ? to next?) Ja.i.216; Ja.vi.331
caus ghaṃsāpeti to rub against, to allow to be rubbed or crushed Vin.ii.266. Cp. upani˚, pa …

Err:509

only in composition as a˚; not eating, abstaining from food. -ka one who fasts MN.i.245; -māra death by starvation Ja.vi.63 (= anāsaka-maraṇa; Fsb. has note: read ajuṭṭha˚?) ˚mārika AN.iv.287 …

to have a desire to eat, to be hungry DN.ii.266; pp. jighacchita Dhp-a.ii.145.

Desid. to ghasati, eat

…Mil.267 = Ja.v.416. ˚vighāsa remainder of a wolf’s meal Vin.iii.58.

not = Sk. koka, cuckoo

Koka²

Name of a tree, Phoenix…

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

…minimum or maximum DN.i.60 (ghāsa-cchādana-paramatāya santuṭṭho contented with a minimum of food & clothing; DN-a.i.169 explains by…

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

Ruha¹

adjective (-˚) growing, a tree, in compounds: jagati˚, dharaṇi˚, mahī˚, etc.

fr. ruh: see rūhati

Ruha²

blood, in cpd. ruhaṅghasa blood-eater, …

adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. …

saññāyo and saññā-e.g. MN.i.108)

1. sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin.i.13; MN.i.300; SN.iii.3 sq.; Dhs.40 Dhs.58, Dhs.61, Dhs.113; Vb-a.42.
2. sense, perception, discer …

…DN-a.i.143
■ saṅghāsaṅghī (pl.) in crowds, with crowds (redupl. cpd.!), with gaṇi-bhūtā “crowd upon crowd at DN.i.112,…

Vighāsa & ˚ghasa

remains of food, broken meat, scraps Vin.iv.265, Vin.iv.266; Ja.ii.288; Ja.iii.113 Ja.iii.191, Ja.iii.311 (read ˚ghasa for…

Vighāsa & ˚ghasa

remains of food, broken meat, scraps Vin.iv.265, Vin.iv.266; Ja.ii.288; Ja.iii.113 Ja.iii.191, Ja.iii.311 (read ˚ghasa for…