…cp. Halāyudha 2, 84 = pakṣa). Cp piñcha & piñja.

cp. Epic Sk. piccha & puccha tail, to Lat. pinna, E. fin. Ger. finne

having few wishes; desiring little; content

Appicchatā: Having only few wishes, contentedness, is one of the indispensable virtues of the monk; cf. A. X. 181-190, and ariya-vamsa

Contentment: appicchatā is one of the ascetic virtues. Cf. A. X, 181-90.

[[few wishes]]Few wishes: see: appicchatā.

adjective desiring little or nothing, easily satisfied, unassuming, contented unpretentious SN.i.63, SN.i.65; AN.iii.432; AN.iv.2, AN.iv.218 sq., AN.iv.229, AN.v.124 sq., AN.v.130, AN.v.154, AN.v.167; …

contentment, being satisfied with little, unostentatiousness Vin.iii.21; DN.iii.115; MN.i.13; SN.ii.202, SN.ii.208 sq.; AN.i.12, AN.i.16 sq.; AN.iii.219 sq., AN.iii.448, AN.iv.218, AN.iv.280 (opp. mah …

adjective having two tail-feathers Ja.v.339.

= dvepiccha, see dvi B I. 5

…Vv-a.241); -piccha having two tail-feathers Ja.v.341 (cp. de˚); -pitika having two…

…and worldly life Snp.280 (pāpiccha); Iti.117 (vitakka); cp ˚sita;

• -patana the falling of the house Ja.iii.118. *…

…Dhp-a.i.387; -piccha Vin.i.186 -piñcha Vin.ii.130; -pīñja Pv-a.142, Pv-a.176;…

…(+ sātheyya, māna, pāpicchatā etc.), Vism.479 (māyā viya viññāṇaṃ); Vb-a.34 (in detail), Vb-a.85, Vb-a.493 (def.). Is not used…

…Vin.i.104; Vin.ii.258 (appicchatā santuṭṭhi + ; cp. pavivitta); DN.i.60; MN.i.14 sq.; SN.ii.202; SN.v.398; AN.i.240; Snp.257; Dhp.205…

…Often in phrase appiccha santuṭṭha pavivitta referring to an ascetic enjoying the satisfaction of seclusion Cnd.225 = Mnd.342#1b =…

…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…

tail Dhs-a.365 (dog’s tail) See puñcikata.

cp. Vedic puccha (belonging with punar to Lat. puppis) & P. piccha

…slippery Ja.v.197 (cp. Sk. picchala?). Dutoit “fest gepresst (pīḷ?), so also Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.85. C. explains as…

…issā, sāṭheyya, pāpicchatā, sandiṭṭhi-parāmāsa or anger, selfishness, envy fraudulence, evil intention, worldliness: DN.iii.246;…