jappa¹

neuter whispering; a muttered prayer or spell; a recitation of the Vedas.

jappa²

masculine

1. talk, speech.
2. idle talk, chatter.

jappa³

feminine longing; desire.

desire, lust, greed, attachment, hunger (cp. Nd ii.on taṇhā) SN.i.123 (bhava-lobha˚) Snp.1033; Cnd.250; Ne.12; Dhs.279, Dhs.1059.

to jappati

muttering (of a prayer or spell).

muttering spells over; bewitching.

the arrow of desire

mutters prayers to, supplicates; prays for, longs for, covets

mutters prayers to, supplicates; prays for, longs for, covets

praying for; desire; longing.

(from jappati) muttering (prayers or spells)

of jappati

jappa(t)²

part. pr. mfn. of jappati

jappati¹

pr. 3 sg.

1. speaks; converses with; prattles; mutters.
2. mutters or recites the Vedas.

jappati²

pr. 3. sg prays for; desires; longs for.

of jappati

(from jappati) longing; desire.

(according to commentaries) muttering a spell on the ears (of an opponent); muttering a prayer in the ear of a deity

who or which has reached immovability or imperturbability

who or which has reached immovability or imperturbability

in hattha˚; casting a spell to make the victim throw up or wring his hands DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.

doubtful whether to jappati or to japati to mumble, to which belongs jappana in kaṇṃa˚ DN-a.i.97

to wish for, strive after, pray for SN.i.143 (read asmâbhijappanti & cp.; Kindred Sayings p. 180) = Ja.iii.359 (= namati pattheti piheti C.); Snp.923, Snp.1046 (+ āsiṃsati thometi; Cnd.79 = jappati …

adjective praying for, desiring AN III.353 (kāma-lābha˚).

fr. abhijappati

praying for, wishing, desire, longing Dhs.1059 = Nd ii.taṇhā ii. Dhs.1136.

abstr. fr. abhijappati, cp. jappā

to chew Bdhgh on Vin.ii.115. Cp. jappati.

Sk. carvayati Dhtp.295 gives root cabb in meaning “adana”

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

…fig, in taṇhā-gaddūla “the leash of thirst,” Nd ii.on jappā (taṇhā) = Dhs.1059 = Vb.361, cp. Dhs-a.367.

…Dhs.1059 = Nd ii.on jappā; -tela scented oil (for a lamp) Ja.i.61; Ja.ii.104; Dhp-a.i.205 -tthena a perfume-thief…

…Snp.857, Snp.912; Nd ii.on jappā (taṇhā); Dhp.211; Pts.i.129; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1472 Vb.18, Vb.24, Vb.55, Vb.65, Vb.77, Vb.117, Vb.120; Ne.31,…

1. hand DN.i.124; AN.i.47; Snp.610; Ja.vi.40
   ■ forearm Vin.iv.221; of animals SN.v.148; Ja.i.149; -pāda hand and foot MN.i.523; AN.i.47; Ja.ii.117; Pv-a.241; Dhp-a.iv.7. sahassa˚; thousand …

(& jappa vv.ll.)

1. muttering, mumbling.; recitation AN.iii.56 = Ja.iii.205 (+ manta); Snp.328 (jappa (= niratthaka-kathā Snp-a.334).
2. studying Ja.iii.114 (= ajjhena).

fr. japati

(sic. DN-a.i.97, otherwise jappana) whispering, mumbling (see japati), in kaṇṇa˚. See also pari˚.

(& jappati Dhtp.189, also ja pp.190 = vacane; sound-root jap) to mumble, whisper, utter, recite Ja.iv.204; Pv.ii.6#1 (= vippalapati Pv-a.94); Pv-a.97 ppr. jappaṃ SN.i.166 (palāpaṃ); Ja.iv.75. See …

adjective whispering, see kaṇṇa.˚

Err:501

…jappita Snp.902. See also jappā, jappanā, etc., also abhijjappati & pa˚.

not, as customary, to jalp, Sk. jalpati (= japati), but in the…

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

…Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā: puñcikatā sādhu˚; Vb.351 Vb.361 = Dhs.1059; Cnd. s.v. taṇhāⁱⁱ (: has the better reading…

…Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā: puñcikatā sādhu˚; Vb.351 Vb.361 = Dhs.1059; Cnd. s.v. taṇhāⁱⁱ (: has the better reading…

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

…Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā: puñcikatā sādhu˚; Vb.351 Vb.361 = Dhs.1059; Cnd. s.v. taṇhāⁱⁱ (: has the better reading…

…Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā: puñcikatā sādhu˚; Vb.351 Vb.361 = Dhs.1059; Cnd. s.v. taṇhāⁱⁱ (: has the better reading…

adverb dubit. interr. part.

1. how; with ind. pres. Pv-a.6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with fut. & cond. Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); Ja.vi.500; Pv-a.54 (na dassāmi)
2. why, for what …

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm DN.i.73 (of a country) SN.i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i.e. Nibbāna), SN.i.189 = Snp.454 (of vācā nibbānapattiyā); MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amata …

…Dhs.1136 (cp. taṇhā: jappāpassage); as the three taṇhā, viz. ponobbhavikā, nandirāga-sahagatā, tatratatr’ âbhinandinī at…

…Abhidhamma often syn. with jappā or taṇhā. At Dhs-a.365 loluppa is treated as an adj. &…

to yearn for, crave, to be greedy after SN.i.5 = Ja.vi.25 (anāgataṃ = pattheti C.).

pa + jappeti

desire, greed for, longing Ja.vi.25 (anāgata˚); Snp.592; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136.

pa + jappā

to wish for, desire, pray for, request, long for SN.iv.125; SN.v.145; Snp.114 Snp.899; Thig.341; Mnd.312, Mnd.316; Pp-a 208 (āsaṃsati +) Pv-a.148; Sdhp.66, Sdhp.319; ppr. patthento Pv-a.107 *pat …

whispering in the ear, a method of (secretly) taking votes Vin.ii.98 sq (salāka-gāha).

sa + kaṇṇa + jappa + ka

…connected with MN.i.95; -jappā (or -jappana) roundabout talk Vb.353; Vism.28; Mnd.226 Vb-a.484. abl. sāmantā in the neighbourhood of…

…Cnd.271ⁱⁱ (under Jappā) = Dhs.1059 = Vb.361
■ Taṇhā as “kusalā pi akusalā pi” (good & bad) occurs at Ne.87 cp….

adjective by the ear, being at or on the ear of somebody, only in loc. as adv. upakaṇṇake secretly Vin.i.237; Vin.ii.99; Vin.iv.20, Vin.iv.271; SN.i.86; AN.iii.57; Snp-a.186; …

standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. …