…s. (q.v.) e.g. at AN.iv.151; Snp.303
■ Cp. mejjha.

Vedic medha, in aśva, go˚, puruṣa˚ etc.

…adj. sumedha wise clever, intelligent Snp.177; opp. dum˚; stupid Pv.i.8#2- khīṇa-medha one whose intelligence has…

The capital city where King Koñca lived, whose daughter was Sumedhā Therī. Thig.450

4town

She was the daughter of King Koñca of Mantāvatī. Her Therīgāthā verses, of which she has the greatest number of any of the nuns, speak of the emptiness of the home life and the advantages of going for …

the horse-sacrifice

…in the Story of Sumedha and the Cariyapitaka. A long and methodical exposition of the pāramī is given in the concluding Miscellaneous…

…-medha Name of a sacrifice: the horse-sacrifice [Vedic aśvamedha as Np.] SN.i.76 (variant reading sassa˚); Iti.21…

…≈ (cp. Cnd.480). -medhasa (adj.) very intelligent SN.i.42, SN.i.174; SN.iii.143; AN.iv.449; Snp.1131, Snp.1136 Thag.1266;…

…Narada, Padumuttara, Sumedha, Sujāta, Piyadassī Atthadassī, Dhammadassī, Siddhattha, Tissa, Phussa. The typical career of a Buddha is…

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 …

…mana, manku mukha, mejjha, medha; (y)yiṭṭha, yuja, yutta (du + r) = du-ratta, ropaya (dū + r): dū-rakkha; (l)labha; (s)saddhapaya,…

1. adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
   1. lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
   2. fig of knowledge …

…= gomuttaka Vv-a.111.; -medha a cow sacrifice, in ˚yañña Snp-a.323 -yūtha a herd of cows Snp-a.322;…

adjective one who is in the possession of right wisdom, with ref. either to dhamma, magga, or ariyasaccāni, closely related to medhāvin and paṇḍita SN.i.146, …

Medhaga & ˚ka

quarrel, strife Vin.ii.88 (˚ka) Thig.344; Snp.893, Snp.894 (= kalaha, bhaṇḍana, viggaha vivāda Mnd.302, Mnd.303), Snp.935 (T….

Medhaga & ˚ka

quarrel, strife Vin.ii.88 (˚ka) Thig.344; Snp.893, Snp.894 (= kalaha, bhaṇḍana, viggaha vivāda Mnd.302, Mnd.303), Snp.935 (T….

…as bhūri-su-medhasa, hardly correct; variant reading M bhūrimedhasa Pv-a.205).

= Vedic medhas, as a- base

…noun = medha in adj. use; only in cpd. dummedhin (= dum-medha) foolish, ignorant Dhp.26 (bālā dummedhino janā; =…

…= *medhāyin → medhāvin; already Vedic, cp. medhasa

cleverness, intelligence Vv-a.229.

abstr. fr. medhāvin

…impure Sdhp.363 2. (nt.) [to medha² & medhāvin] in; dum˚; foolishness Pp.21 = Dhs.390 (explained at Dhs-a.254 by “yaṃ……

…as Dhs-a.378 gives “medhatī ti middhaṃ
■ More likely however connected with Sk. methi (pillar = Lat. meta), cp. Prk. medhi. The…

adjective wise, clever, skilled, circumspect, intelligent Vin.ii.190 (+ buddhimanto) DN.i.12 (˚vedaniya comprehensible only by the wise), DN.i.120 (opp. duppañña); DN.iii.192; MN.i.342; MN.iii.61, MN …

…DN-a.i.163.

• -medha man-sacrifice human sacrifice SN.i.76; AN.ii.42; AN.iv.151; Iti.21; Snp.303
• -yugāni (pl.)…

…Expos. ii.485); Pv-a.40 (medha˚ paññā), Pv-a.56 (hattha˚ pāṇi), Pv-a.131 (pariccāga˚ atidāna), Pv-a.163 (caraṇa˚ guṇa).

*…

…etc.; Iti.33; Mnd.453. -medhasa wise DN.ii.267; AN.ii.70; Dhp.29. -yiṭṭha well sacrificed…

adjective intelligent, wise Snp.317; Ja.vi.304; Cnd.259 (= medhāvin); Mil.21, Mil.276, Mil.346 Sdhp.382.

fr. vibhāveti

the Vedic differentiations vetti “to know” and vindati “to find” are both in Pāli, but only in sporadic forms, some of which are archaic and therefore only found in poetry. Of * …

…and consisting of the 4: assamedha, purisamedha sammāpāsa, vāja-peyya. Thus mentioned at SN.i.76 & Snp.303. 2. In Buddhistic sense: gift…