adjective not bewildered, not confused SN.v.66. Cp. avisaggatā.

a + vyagga, Sc. vyagra

adj. n.

1. piercing, pricking, hitting AN.ii.114 sq. (where it is said of a horse receiving pricks on var. parts, viz. on its hair: loma˚; its flesh: maṃsa˚; its bone: aṭṭhi˚)
   ■ avedha ( …

Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

fear, fright, dread AN.ii.15 (jāti-maraṇa˚); DN.iii.148, DN.iii.182; Dhp.39, Dhp.123, Dhp.212 sq., Dhp.283; Mnd.371, Mnd.409; Pp.56; Vism.512; Kp-a.108; Snp-a.155; Dhp-a.iii.23. There are some len …

…leather Vin.i.192 (sīha˚ vyaggha˚ dīpi˚), Vin.i.196 (elaka˚ aja˚ miga˚) AN.iv.393 (sīha˚ dīpi˚); Pv-a.157 (kadalimiga˚ as rug)…

to pierce through Vism.304.

ava + vyadh

…tiger Dhp.295 (here simply = vyaggha. i.e. with a tiger as fifth veyya˚ = vya˚ metri causâ; Bdhgh’s explⁿ at Dhp-a.iii.455 is…

adj. f. scil. pannā piercing, penetrating; or ravelling, turning rolling up or round (cp. āvijjhati which is derived from ā + vyadh, but takes its meaning from āveṭheti), discrimination thinking ov …

circumference Ja.i.212.

fr. vi + vyadh after analogy of ubbedha; not vi + bheda

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

shelter, protection refuge, esp. as tt. of shelter & peace offered by the Dhamma. Mostly in combⁿ with leṇa & saraṇa; (see [dīpa & abhaya;](/define/dīpa & abhaya;)), in var. contexts, esp …

…Dh. (by heart); see above C4. combined w. Vinayadhara Vin.i.127, Vin.i.337; Vin.ii.8; AN.i.117, & bahussuta (ibid) Snp.58 (cp. Snp-a.110)
…

adjective not to be hurt or disturbed, inviolable unshakable, imperturbable Snp.322 (˚dhamma = akampanasabhāva Snp-a.331).

a + vedha, grd. of vidh (vyadh) to pierce, Sk. avedhya

to tremble, quiver, quake, shake SN.v.402; Thag.651; Thag.2, Thag.237 (˚amāna); Snp.899, Snp.902 (Pot. vedheyya); Mnd.312, Mnd.467; Ja.ii.191 (kampati +); Mil.254 (+ calati); Vv-a.76 (vedhamānena s …

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i. …

penetration, insight; adj.: penetrating, piercing, scrutinising, sharp. Freq. in phrase nibbedha-bhāgiya (sharing the quality of penetration), with ref. to samādhi, saññā etc. [cp. BSk nirvedha˚ Di …

to be afflicted, to be frightened, to be agitated, quiver, tremble, fear Snp.928 (= tasati etc. Mnd.384); Vism.180 (reads pavedheti) Thag-a.203 (allavatthaṃ allakesaṃ pavedhanto misreading for pavese …

afflicted, frightened, afraid Ja.vi.61 Ja.vi.166.

pp. of pa + vyath; the dh through analogy with pavedhita

to cause to tremble, to shake Ja.v.409. Cp. pavedhati
pp pavyadhita (q.v.).

Caus. of pa + vyath

shaking, wavering Dhtp.465 (as defⁿ of tud).

fr. vyath

to tremble, shake, waver; to be frightened Vin.ii.202 (so for vyādhati); Ja.iii.398 (vyadhase; C vyadhasi = kampasi)
caus vyadheti (& vyādheti); to frighten, confuse Ja.iv.16 …

abhinibbidā*, therefore spelling also abhinibbidhā (Vin.iii.4, C. on Ne.98) To abhinibbijjhati, cp. B.Sk. abhinirbheda Mvu.i.272 which is wrongly referred to bhid instead of …

state of being undisturbed harmony, balance Ja.vi.224 (C. avisaggata). Cp. avyagga.

a + visaggatā, variant reading viy˚, thus as a + viyagga, Sk. vyagra = ākula

Vagga¹

1. a company, section group, party Vin.i.58 (du˚, ti˚), Vin.i.195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus).
2. a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga- …

adjective distracted, confused, bewildered; neg. a˚; SN.i.96 (˚mānasa); SN.v.66, SN.v.107.

vi + agga, of which the contracted form is vagga²

Vy˚

is the semi-vowel (i.e. half-consonantic) form of vi˚; before following a & ā (vya˚, vyā), very rarely ū & o; The prefix vi˚ is very unstable, and a variety of forms are also attached to …

tiger DN.iii.25; AN.iii.101; Snp.416 (˚usabha); Tha-ap.68 (˚rājā); Ja.i.357; Ja.iii.192 (subāhu); Ja.v.14 (giri-sānuja)
■ f. viyagghinī (biy˚ Mil.67. See also byaggha.

cp. …

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i. …

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i. …

piercing, hole, wound Ja.ii.276 (variant reading aveddha; C. = viddha-ṭṭhāne vaṇa).

cp. Sk. āviddha, ā + pp. of vyadh

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

paṭi + vijjhana + ka,of vyadh

adjective piercing, sharp, penetrating, discriminating; only in f. nibbedhikā (cp. āvedhikā), applied to paññā (wisdom) DN.iii.237, DN.iii.268; SN.v.197, SN.v.199; MN.i.356; AN.i. …

to pierce, transfix, wound SN.v.88 (+ padāleti); Sdhp.153 (patodehi). ger nibbijjha Snp.940 (= paṭivijjhitvā Mnd.420)
pp nibbiddha. Cp. abhi˚.

nis + vijjhati, vyadh

to pierce, to enter into (fig.), to see through, only in phrase paññāya ativijjha (ger.) passati to recognise in all details MN.i.480; SN.v.226; AN.ii.178.

Sk. atividhyati, ati …

huntsman, deer-hunter Mhvs.10, Mhvs.89 (read either; vyādha-deva god of the h.; or vyādhi˚; demon of maladies); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.95.

fr. vyadh: see vedha & vijjhati

to throw forth or down Vin.ii.193 (silaṃ cp. Ja.i.173 & Ja.v.333); Ja.iii.82, Ja.iii.178, Ja.iii.415; DN-a.i.138 DN-a.i.154
pp paviddha (q.v.).

pa + vyadh

…Snp.p.13. Cp SN.i.148 (vyagghī-nisā); Vin.ii.285 (ūna-pañcasatāni) Ja.ii.93 (accharā); Ja.v.75 (vāṇijā); Dhp-a.i.89…

piercing through (measuring) an arrow shot Thag.164-Ja.ii.334 (soḷasa˚ = soḷasa-kaṇḍa-pāta-vitthāro C.)
■ Note. pabbedha owes its bb to analogy with ubbedha. It also corresponds to the latter …

to pierce through, penetrate (lit. & fig.), intuit, to acquire, master, comprehend Vin.i.183; SN.ii.56; SN.v.119, SN.v.278, SN.v.387, SN.v.454; AN.iv.228, AN.iv.469; Cnd.378; Ja.i.67, Ja.i.75; Pts.i.1 …

height, only as measure, contrasted with āyāma length, & vitthāra width Ja.i.29 (Ja.v.219; asīti-hatth˚), Ja.i.203 (yojana-sahass˚); Vv-a.33 (yojana˚), Vv- …

thrown away, rejected, discarded, removed SN.i.202; SN.iii.143; Snp.200 (susānasmiṃ = chaḍḍita Snp-a.250); Thag.635; Dhp.292 (= chaḍḍita Dhp-a.iii.452); P …

adjective piercing, shooting, hitting: see *akkhaṇa*˚.

fr. vidh = vyadh

1. to pierce or be pierced, to be struck or hurt with (instr.) Ja.vi.439
2. to be affected with, to fall into, to incur Dhp-a.iii.380 (aparādhaṃ)

pp anuviddha (q.v.).

anu + vyadh

to pierce, perforate; to shoot with an arrow; to strike, hit, split; fut. -issati Ja.iv.272; inf -ituṃ ibid.; ger. -itvā Vin.ii.150; Ja.i.201 (boring through timber); Snp-a.505 (kilese); Pv\ …

adjective free from tigers Ja.ii.358 (variant reading nibbyaggha).

nis + vyaggha

pierced through and through Ja.i.61.

pp. of vippavijjhati, vi + pa + vyadh

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

Else …

adjective free from fear or danger, fearless, safe Dhp.258
■ nt. abhayaṃ confidence, safety Dhp.317 cp. Dhp-a.iii.491. For further ref^s. see bhaya.

a + bhaya

1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm DN.i.73 (of a country) SN.i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i.e. Nibbāna), SN.i.189 = Snp.454 (of vācā nibbānapattiyā); MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amata …

adjective one who enjoys security or peace SN.iii.13; Snp.145 (= abhaya Kp-a.244); Dhp.258.