…Texts* ii.23 n.) 3. f. kamalā a graceful woman Ja.v.160.

-komalakarā (f.) (of a woman) having lotus-like (soft hands…

garland of the atimuttaka shrub’s flower (perhaps Ougeinia oojeinensis).

garland with stalk(s) on one side

slipper made of kamala grass; (or of lotus leaf (?).

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

saying whatever one wants; chattering however one wishes

saying whatever one wants; chattering however one wishes

obtaining to one’s wish, at will.

obtaining to one’s wish, at will.

garland with a stalk on both sides

blade, leaf, petal (usually -˚); akkhi-d eyelid Thag-a.259; DN-a.i.194; Dhs-a.378; uppala˚ Dhs-a.311; kamala˚ (lotus-petal) Vv-a.35, Vv-a.38; muttā˚ (? DN-a.i.252; ratta-pavāḷa˚ Ja.i.75.

S …

Jhāna¹

neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …

adjective rich in lotus, covered with lotuses (of a pond) in kamalinī-kāmuka “the lover of lotuses,” epithet of the Sun Mhbv. 3 (variant reading ˚sāmika perhaps to be preferred).

fr. kamala

see kamala; Mhbv.29.

the (blue) water-lily, lotus, usually combined with kamala, q.v. Vv.35#4; DN-a.i.50; Vv-a.161, Vv-a.181; Pv-a.23, Pv-a.77.

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

the lotus Nelumbium speciosum. It is usually mentioned in two varieties, viz. ratta˚; and seta˚; i.e. red and white lotus so at Ja.v.37; Snp-a.125; as ratta˚ at Vv-a.191; Pv-a.157. The latter s …

the white lotus DN.i.75 = AN.iii.26 (in sequence uppala padụma, p.); DN.ii.4 (Sikhī puṇḍarīkassa mūle abhisambuddho); MN.iii.93; SN.i.138, SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.309; AN.i.145 (uppala paduma p.); AN.ii.86 …