…and who may therefore take certain premises for granted (opp alābhin a denier) DN-a.i.106, DN-a.i.120.

fr. labha

obtaining.

obtaining with ease; abundantly obtaining

obtaining easily

possessing the six special knowledges or powers.

obtaining with difficulty, only with great effort; scarcely obtaining

obtaining with great difficulty; only with great trouble

obtaining to one’s wish, at will.

adjective (usually -˚) knowing, possessed of knowledge, esp. higher or supernormal knowledge (abhiññā), intelligent; thus in chalabhiñña one who possesses the 6 abhiññās Vin.iii.88; dandh˚; of sl …

Abhiññā¹

feminine Rare in the older texts. It appears in two contexts. Firstly, certain conditions are said to conduce (inter alia) to serenity, to special knowledge (abhiññā), to specia …

…SN.ii.278 (nikāmalābhin); AN.ii.36 (id.), AN.iii.354; SN.iv.299; SN.v.307 sq.; MN.i.21, MN.i.41, MN.i.159, MN.i.203, MN.i.247 MN.i.398,…

…Ja.vi.224 (= niddukkha); -lābhin obtaining without difficulty (f˚ inī AN.iv.342) in formula akicchalābhī akasiralābhī…

…easily, in phrase akiccha-lābhin taking or sharing willingly (+ kasira-lābhin) MN.i.33, MN.i.354 = SN.ii.278 = AN.ii.23, AN.ii.36; AN.iii.31,…

…Snp-a on Snp.351);

• -lābhin gaining pleasure SN.ii.278; MN.i.354; MN.iii.110; AN.ii.23, AN.ii.36 Pp.11, Pp.12;…

thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …