piercing or getting pierced DN-a.i.75; DN-a.ii.87 (kaṇṇa˚-mangala, ear-piercing ceremony) Pv-a.107.

fr. vijjhati

…and Hatthigāma. Pubbavijjhana, the birthplace of Channa, is also mentioned as a village of the Vajjians. SN.iv.59 The Vaggumudā river…

…vijju-ālokena vijjhana-samattha* p. 497). In other combination at Ja.i.58 (akkhaṇavedhin + vālavedhin); Ja.v.129 (the 4 kinds…

…ear Mhvs.25, Mhvs.94.

• -vijjhana perforating the ear, ˚mangala the ceremony of ear-piercing Dhp-a.ii.87; cp. mangala *…

…solid food; kaṇṇa-vijjhana˚ of piercing the ears dussa-gahaṇa˚ of taking up the robe: cūḷā-karaṇa˚ of making the top-knot. …

hurling, throwing Ja.v.67 (Devadattassa silā˚, cp. Vin.ii.193); Ja.i.173; Ja.v.333.

fr. pavijjhati

…˚channa (“be-deckt”) ˚vijjhana

2. in return, in exchange (in revenge) ˚akkosati, ˚āneti, ˚katheti, ˚karoti, ˚kūṭa¹…

adjective only in neg. ap˚; impenetrable Dhp-a.iv.194.

paṭi + vijjhana + ka,of vyadh

splitting Ja.i.432 (dāru˚); Vism.500 (vijjhana˚).

fr. phāleti

…ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthena sūcikā ti laddhanāmāya khuppipāsāya ajjhāpīḷitā. Sūcikaṇṭhā ti keci paṭhanti….

piercing, perforating, penetrating Dhs-a.253; Thag-a.197 (in explⁿ of bahuvidha).

fr. vinivijjhati

…loose, spinning in; āvijjhana-rajju a loose, rope, esp. in mythology the swinging or whirling rope by which Sakka holds the world’s…

whirling round, that which spins round, the whirling-round wheel (or pole) of the world (cp. the potter’s wheel), the worldaxis Dhp-a.ii.146 (T. āviñch˚).

fr. āvijjhati in meaning 2