bile, gall Abhp.281.

*Sk. māyu

…discourse. Brahmāyu invited the Buddha and his monks to his house, where he entertained them for a week. His death occurred not long…

…Sutta MN.ii.74 and the Brahmāyu Sutta. MN.ii.133

It was also in Mithilā that the Therī Vāsetthī Thig.135 first met the Buddha and entered…

…pupil of Brahmāyu. He was sent by his teacher from Mithilā to Videha, to find out if the Buddha bore the marks of the Super man….

adjective -˚ resounding with (the cries of animals, esp. the song of birds), full of the sound of (birds) Thag.1062 (kuñjara˚), Thag.1113 (mayūra-koñca˚) Ja.iv.466 (adāsakunta˚); Ja.v.304 (mayūra-k …

…Snp.814 (methunaṃ = samāyutta Snp-a.536), 972 (jhān˚); Pp.55; Pv-a.163 (jāgariya˚) 206. 2. following, attending on; an attendant,…

…cowdung DN.i.166≈; -māyu a jackal Pgdp.49; -mutta (and ˚ka) a precious stone of light red colour…

the neck Snp.609; Ja.i.74 (˚ṃ pasāreti to stretch forth), Ja.i.167 (pasārita˚), Ja.i.207, Ja.i.222, Ja.i.265; Ja.iii.52; Vv-a.27 (mayūra˚), Vv-a.157; DN-a.i.296 (˚āya kuṇḍa-daṇḍaka-bandhana, as e …

adjective snowy Ja.v.63 (= himayutta C.). (m.) Himavā the Himālaya: see Dict. of Names.

hima + vant

Koñca¹

the heron, often in combⁿ with mayūra (peacock): Thag.1113; Vv.11#1, Vv.35#8 Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.272; or with haṃsa Pv.ii.12#3
■ Explained as sārasa Vv- …

orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …

ray of light Abhp.64; Dhp-a.426 (old citation unverified).

Vedic mayūkha in diff. meaning, viz. a peg for fastening a weft etc., Zimmer Altind. Leben 254

peacock DN.iii.201; SN.ii.279; Thag.1113; Ja.ii.144, Ja.ii.150 (˚gīva) = Dhp-a.i.144; Ja.iv.211 (˚nacca); Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.172, Ja.vi.272, Ja.vi.483; Vv.11#1, Vv.35#8 (= sikhaṇḍin Vv-a.163); Vv-a.27 …

pea-hen a peacock Ja.ii.275 (˚upasevin, see C. on this passage), Ja.vi.218, Ja.vi.497; Pv-a.142; Dhp-a.i.394. A peacock’s tail (sometimes used as a fan) is denoted in var. terms in compounds, as *m …

tender grass (Achyranthes aspera) Vin.i.196.

cp. (scientific) Sk. mayūraka

(peacock’s) tail-feather Ja.i.38 (mora˚ kalāpa), Ja.i.207 (= pekkhuṇa); Ja.iii.226 (BB piccha & miccha); DN-a.i.41 (mora˚); Dhp-a.i.394 (id.); Vv-a.147 (mayūra˚; BB piñcha, SS pakkha); Pv-a.142 ( …

combined, united Mil.274.

saṃ + āyuta

adjective noun

1. tufted, crested (as birds); Ja.v.406; Ja.vi.539; Thag.1103 (mayūra); with tonsured hair (as ascetics) Ja.iii.311.
2. a peacock Ja.v.406; Vv-a.163.

Sk. śikhaṇḍin

…connected with, full of Pv.i.10#14 (tejas’āyuta T., but Pv-a.52 reads ˚āyutta and explains as samāyutta); Pv-a.157 (ākiṇṇa of…