sharp, cutting; pungent, acid; quick.

adjective pointed, sharp pungent, acrid; fig. “sharp,” clever, cunning, acute (in this meaning only in contr. form tikkha) Ja.v.264; Dhp-a.ii.9; Dhp-a.iv.13; Pv-a.152, Pv-a.221 (= tippa). (ati-ti …

scattered.

adjective in cāpâtikhīṇa broken bow (?) Dhp.156 (expl^d. at Dhp-a.iii.132 as cāpāto atikhīṇā cāpā vinimmuttā).

ati + khīṇa

bow MN.i.429 (opposed to kodaṇḍa); Dhp.156 (˚âtikhīṇa shot from the bow, cp Dhp-a.iii.132), Dhp.320 (abl. cāpāto metri causa); Ja.iv.272 Ja.v.400; Mil.105 (daḷha˚), Mil.352.

• *-[koṭi](/define/koṭi …

adjective always referring to teeth: with long, protruding teeth, of Petas (cp. attr. of the dog of the “Underworld” Pv-a.152: tikhiṇâyatakaṭhina-dāṭho and the figure of the witch in fairy-tales) J …

…elephant in rut Dhp.324 (= tikhiṇamada Dhp-a.iv.13). -pphala a kind of perfume made of the berry of an aromatic plant Ja.ii.416 =…

…Dhp-a.iii.484: tikhiṇadhāraṃ tiṇaṃ antamaso tālapaṇṇam pi; Dhp.311; Ja.i.190 (= tiṇa); Ja.iv.140. 2. a blade of grass…

…Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.ii.134 (tikhiṇa˚ a sharp knife). mukha˚; piercing words Ja.i.341. 2. a spear, javelin SN.i.13; AN.ii.117; Ja.i.150.

*…

…Iti.63; Ja.i.199, Ja.i.252 (tikhiṇaṃ suraṃ yojetvā mixing a sharp drink); Dhp-a.ii.9; Dhp.247; as nt. at Ja.vi.23 (variant reading surā…

…etc
■ See tikkha, tikhiṇa, tiṇha, titikkhati tittaka, teja, etc.

Vedic tejate from tij (*stij) = Lat. in-stīgo (to spur), Gr….

…= Pts.ii.195; & tikkha-paññatā AN.i.45.

= tikhiṇa

…Niraya Pv.iv.1#9 (= tikhiṇadukkha˚ Pv-a.221); nerayikā sattā dukkhā t. kaṭukā ved˚ vediyamānā Mil.148.

a variant of tibba =…

…titikṣate, Desid. of tij, cp. tijo & tikhiṇa.

…Snp.673 (asipattavana); Ja.i.253; Sdhp.381.

see tikhiṇa

1. a sharp knife, axe, hatchet, adze (often combined with pharasu) Ja.i.32, Ja.i.199; Ja.ii.274; Ja.iii.281 Ja.iv.344; Mil.383; Mil.413; Dhp-a.i.178 (tikhiṇā vāsiyā khaṇḍâkhaṇḍik …