small ball or thickening, bulb, tuber; in muḷāla˚; the (edible) tuber of the lotus Ja.vi.563 (C. kaṇḍaka).

cp. *Sk. vaṭaka, fr. vaṭa rope

…winds (of the body) in ahi-vātaka-roga a cert (intestinal) disease (lit. “snake-pain”), pestilence plague; dysentery (caused by a famine…

(-˚) enclosure, circle, ring; in gala˚; the throat circle, i.e. the bottom of the throat Vism.258; Dhs-a.316; Dhp-a.i.394; caṇḍāla˚; circle of Caṇḍālas Ja.vi.156; brāhmaṇa˚; of Brahmins Dhp- …

certain dangerous contagious disease

without a door.

(from kīva(t)) how far? how great an extent?.

(-ikā)n. just so much; just so long.

(-ikā)n. however many (with yāvataka—yāvataka va tāvataka vā)

…a snake Dhp-a.i.139.

• -vātaka (-roga) Name of a certain disease (“snakewind-sickness”) Vin.i.78; Ja.ii.79;…

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

• -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
• -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

adjective belonging to, living in the Himālaya Ja.i.506; Ja.iv.374, Ja.iv.437; -vatika id. Dpvs.v.54. Herannika (& aka);

fr. himavant

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

1. the panels of the door, the door proper, not the aperture Vin.ii.114, Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.207, Vin.ii.208 (see Vin.ii.148 for the description of a door), Vin.iv.269, Vin.iv.304 (˚baddha = āvasatha); …

Err:501

…Ja.i.289 = Ja.v.435; cp. Mil.205 (where reading is nimantaka, with variant reading nivātaka, see note on p. 426). See Com. on this stanza at…

…(stomach-ache) Ja.i.243 ahivātaka˚ Vin.i.78; Ja.ii.79; Ja.iv.200; Dhp-a.i.231 paṇḍu˚ jaundice Vin.i.206; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.25;…

Tattaka¹

pleasing, agreeable, pleasant Mil.238 (bhojana).

tatta pp. of tappati² + ka

Tattaka²

adjective (= tāvataka) of such size, so large Vism.184 (correspondin …

adjective just so much or just so long (viz. as the situation requires), with (or ellipt. without a corresp. yāvataka Vin.i.83 (yāvatake-t. as many as) DN.ii.18 (yāvatakv’ assa kāyo tāvatakv’ assa vy …

rope, cable Ja.iii.478 (nāvā sa-vaṭākarā).

probably distorted by metathesis from Sk. vaṭārakā. Fr. vaṭa rope. On etym. of the latter see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. volvo

1. change, alteration, in mahā˚; great change Vism.366, Vism.367 (of two kinds: anupādiṇṇa upādiṇṇa, or primary & secondary, i.e. the first caused by kappa-vuṭṭhāna, the second by dhātu-kkhobha) K …

adjective open (i.e. not secret) Vin.ii.99.

vivaṭa + ka

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

pronoun, relative

1. yāvant as adj.: as many (as) Dhp.337 (hāvant’ ettha samāgatā as many as are assembled here); Ja.v.72 (yāvanto uda-bindūni… tāvanto gaṇḍū jāyetha; C. on p. …

adjective as much as, as many as, as far as, whatever; usually in correl with tāvataka e.g. Vin.i.83 (yāvataka… t.); DN.ii.18 (y. kāyo t. vyāmo); Cnd.235#3 (y ˚ṃ ñeyyaṃ t ˚ṃ ñāṇa …

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …