gedha¹

masculine feminine greedy, hungry desire; eager longing.

gedha²

mfn. thick, dense, entangled, or a thicket.

… ■ See also gedhi & paligedha.

Vedic gṛdhyā, cp. gijjhati

Gedha²

a cave AN.i.154 = AN.iii.128 (the latter passage has rodha,…

A Yakkha, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.205

…life in a family.

geha²

m of gedha

…reading rodhigatā).

Sk. gṛdhi, cp. gedha

…to gṛh, gaṇhāti; cp. gaha, gihin, ghara; see also gedha²

… ■ agiddha without greed, desireless controlled Iti.92 (+ vītagedha); Snp.210 (do), Snp.845 Cp. pa˚.

pp. of gijjhati

…Ja.iv.220; Dhs A.371; -gedha a craving for pleasure SN.i.100 Thag-a.225; -cāgin he who has abandoned…

…tumour Vb-a.104.

• -gedha great greed Snp.819; Mnd.151.
• -cāga great liberality, adj. munificent…

…says that the flood is gedha greed and the avijjogha of Pp.21 may perhaps belong here. As means of…

greed, conceit, selfishness AN.i.66; Nd ii.taṇhā ii.(gedha +); Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136.

pali + gedha but acc. to Geiger, P.Gr. § 10 = parigṛddha

adjective conceited, greedy selfish AN.iii.265.

fr. paligedha, but Geiger, P.Gr. § 10 takes it as *parigṛddhin, cp. giddhin

…in pl.) Snp.65 (rasesu gedha, see materialistic exegesis at Cnd.540), Snp.854 (rase na anugijjhati; perhaps better rasesu, as Snp-a);…

…bank, dam AN.iii.128 (where id. p. at AN.i.154 reads gedha, cave; variant reading also gedha, cp….

…Snp.114 kāma˚ SN.i.131; gedha˚ SN.i.15; bhava˚ DN.iii.274 (+ avijjā) grouped with diṭṭhi (wrong views) Cnd.271#iii, Cnd.271#vi. T…

…from desire Ja.ii.258.

• -gedha without greed Snp.210, Snp.860, Snp.1100; Mnd.250; Cnd.606.
• -taṇha without craving…