…Snp.22, Snp.759; Dhp.339 (˚ssavana); Vv-a.71; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.9. Often in combination piya manāpa, e.g. DN.ii.19 DN.iii.167; Ja.ii.155;…

…to him the eight qualities, the possession of which enabled women to be born among the Manāpakāyikā. AN.iv.265ff. Elsewhere AN.iv.268 the…

…and eight qualities which win for a woman birth among the Manāpakāyikā devas. AN.iv.267

fixed shoes for the feet when washing

…˚nīla of a deep black, ˚manāpa very pleasant ˚mangaly very lucky, ˚yobbana full youth, ˚rati great liking, ˚ratta deep red, ˚ruci intense…

…to enjoy SN.v.74 (rūpaṃ manāpaṃ); AN.iv.419 sq. (T. reads ˚hiṃsamāna jhānaṃ variant reading ˚hisamāna).

abhi + haṃsati fr….

…sq.; DN-a.i.171 (= atimanāpatara) 3. pleasing, superb, extremely wonderful, as exclamation ˚ṃ repeated with bho (bhante), showing…

adjective very pleasing Vv-a.53 (where id. p. at Pv-a.71 has atimanāpa).

abhi + manāpa

…˚bhāra a too heavy load; ˚manāpa very lovely; ˚manohara very charming; ˚mahant too great; ˚vikāla very inconvenient ˚vela a very long time;…

adjective very lovely Pv-a.77 (+ abhirūpa).

ati + manāpa

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

…Snp.69; āgu˚ AN.ii.240; AN.iii.163 dhamma˚ Mil.19; brahma˚ Snp.695; manāpa˚ Vv.31#4 yata˚ Snp.971; sama˚ Mil.19. See all s. v. &…

…SN.i.5; bhummā Pv-a.5 manāpa-kāyikā AN.iv.265 sq.; mano-padosikā DN.i.20 valāhaka-kāyikā SN.iii.254
■ Var. attributes of…

…Dhp-a.iii.153; ˚nibbida AN.iii.83; AN.iv.143; ˚paripuṇṇa SN.ii.219; SN.v.204; ˚manāpa SN.iv.238; ˚sukha AN.ii.231; AN.iii.409; ˚sukhin…

…AN.iii.110 sq. (piya manāpa g. bhavanīya) c. gen. or-˚ bent on (often in sequence ˚garu, ˚ninna ˚poṇa, etc., e.g. Vism.135);…

…group iṭṭha kanta manāpa (of objects pleasing to the senses) DN.i.245; DN.ii.192; MN.i.85; SN.iv.60, SN.iv.158, SN.iv.235 sq.; SN.v.22,…

…excellent, noble, charming, beautiful MN.i.30 (jaññajañña, cp. MN.i.528); Ja.ii.417 (= manāpa sādhu). a˚; Ja.ii.436.

= janya, cp. jātya;…

Kanta¹

1. (adj.) in special sense an attribute of worldly pleasure (cp. kāma kāmaguṇā): pleasant, lovely, enjoyable; freq. in form iṭṭhā kantā manāpā, referring to the pleasures of the sens …

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 …

…Vin.ii.228; Ja.i.182 (manāpa˚), Ja.i.421; Ja.iii.82; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.74, Pv-a.76 Pv-a.173 (pilotikakkhaṇḍa˚ dressed in rags).

fr….

…Ja.v.421 (in meaning “speaking”) where it should be read manāpa-bhāṇin, and not manā-p˚.

…end, climax, border SN.i.80 (manāpa˚ “limit-point in enjoyment”; cp. C. nipphattikaṃ koṭikaṃ K.S. 320) Ja.i.149 (hattha-pāda˚…

…flattering Ja.v.348.

• -manāpatā belovedness MN.i.66.
• -rūpa pleasant form, an enticing object of sight DN.i.152 (cp….

adjective of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing lustful.

1. As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) SN.iii.79; also at DN.i.152 sq. (dibbāni …