adj. nt.

1. carrying Vv-a.316; Dhp-a.iii.472 (dhura˚).
2. a current Ja.iv.260.

fr. vah

1. (adj.) carrying, pulling, drawing Vin.ii.122 (udaka˚-rajju); Ja.i.136 (kaṭṭha˚ gathering fire-wood); Pv-a.127 (ratha-yuga˚).
2. (nt.) conveyance, beast of burden, monture Vin.i.277 (˚āgāra stab …

vehicle drawn by boys

vehicle drawn by girls; a mount that is a girl

rope used when drawing water

bringing, bringing near; causing.

arranging a marriage.

…Vin.ii.318 (Bdhgh on Cullavagga v.16, 2, corresponding to udaka-vāhana on p. 122).

either = abbāhana or āvāhana

adjective carrying, bringing, bearing Snp.79; f. -ī Thag.519.

fr. adhi + vah

…(variant reading phala˚) -vāhana troops, an army Ja.ii.319 Ja.iv.170 Ja.iv.433 Ja.vi.391, Ja.vi.458

• -vīra a hero in strength…

…(Kolita Upatissa);

• -vāhana the auspicious (royal) vehicle (or carriage) Mil.4.

cp. Vedic bhadra, on diff. forms see…

…[second part either *ūhana vāhana “carrying,” or contracted form of odahana fr. ava + dhā, i.e. *odhana *ohana “putting down,” or…

“Carrying a yoke” a beast of burden SN.i.28; DN.iii.113 (purisa˚); AN.i.162.

• -vata (nt.) the practice of carrying a burden, the state of a beast of burden, drudgery SN.i.28;
• *\ …

1. a yoke, a pole, the shaft of a carriage Ja.i.192 (purima-sakaṭa˚) Ja.i.196; Cp.ii.8, Cp.ii.4.
2. (fig.) a burden, load, charge, office, responsibility Snp.256 (vahanto porisaṃ dh ˚ṃ “carrying a hu …

…fire-wood SN.ii.84.

• -vāhana riding on a faggot Ja.i.136.
• -vipalāvita drifting wood…

adjective bald, shaven; a shaven, (bald-headed) ascetic, either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (f.) bhikkhunī SN.i.175 (m. sanghāṭi-pāruta); Vin.iv.265 (f.); Snp.p.80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa Snp-a.402)
■ *ka …

…gajuttama opavayha = rāja-vāhana C.); DN-a.i.147 (ārohanayogga opavuyha, variant reading ˚guyha); Vv-a.316 (T. opaguyha to be corrected to…

praise, applause DN.iii.260; SN.i.202; Thag.609; Snp.213, Snp.826 Snp.895; Mil.377; Snp-a.155. In composition the form is pasaṃsa˚; e.g. -āvahana bringing applause Snp.256 -kāma desirous of p …

adjective & neuter

1. carrying off, putting away, Thag.751.
2. wiping off Ja.iii.290.

fr. pa + ; vah

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

… s. v.). -upavāhana taking away the dust (or dirt) Snp.391, Snp.392.

raj, see rajati & rañjati. Vedic…

adjective belonging to the kingdom, royal, sovereign Ja.iv.91 (senāvāhana)
■ Cp. raṭṭhika.

Sk. rāṣṭraka

Err:509

…AN.ii.199; Snp.319; --vāhana swift (as horses) Ja.vi.22; cp. adv sīghataraṃ Mil.82;…

…flood AN.i.178.

• -vāhana pulling up water Vin.ii.122 (˚rajju).
• -sadda sound of water Dhs.621 *…

carrying away, washing away Snp.391 (sanghāṭi-raj-ûpa˚ = paṃsu-malādino sanghāṭirajassa dhovanaṃ Snp-a.375).

upa + vāhana

adjective (-˚) carrying, bearing Ja.ii.97 (dhura˚).

vahana + ka

giving in marriage or getting a husband for a girl (cp. āvāhana). DN.i.11 DN-a.i.96 cp. Vin.iii.135

fr. vi + vah

Err:509

…to (acc.) Ja.vi.458 (sasenāvāhanaṃ yāpesi); Snp-a.184 (devalokaṃ yāpetuṃ samattha fit to bring one to the d-world) 3. to get on,…

…(anuttara); SN.i.173 (˚adhivāhana); SN.ii.195 (anuttara) SN.ii.226; SN.iii.112 (˚kāma, neg.); SN.iv.125; SN.v.130 sq.; AN.i.50 (anuttara);…

…Pv.ii.9#36 (= ratha-yuga-vāhana Pv-a.127); Ja.vi.221. yoggāni muñcati to unharness the oxen Pv-a.43, Pv-a.100.

Vedic yogya; a grd….

…tie, bind Pv.ii.9#36 (vāhana, the draught-bullock); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.40 (yojayi aor.; variant reading for yojāpayi); Pv-a.74 (sindhave). 2….

…to (acc.) Ja.vi.458 (sasenāvāhanaṃ yāpesi); Snp-a.184 (devalokaṃ yāpetuṃ samattha fit to bring one to the d-world) 3. to get on,…

adjective (-˚) bringing, causing Thag.519; Snp.256.

= āvaha

adjective noun one who brings Vv-a.114 (sukhassa).

= āvahana

1. = āvāha, i.e. marriage, taking a wife DN.i.11 (= āvāha-karaṇa DN-a.i.96).
2. “getting up, bringing together”, i.e. a mass, a group or formation, in senā˚ a contingent of an army Ja.iv.91.

ā + v …