…(variant reading likha).

fr. likh, cp. Sk. lekha & lekhā

…AN.i.283; Pp.32; Ja.vi.56 (lekhaṃ kaḍḍhati). 3. writing, inscription, letter Vin.iii.76 (˚ṃ chindati destroy the letter); Ja.i.451 (on a…

scraping off.

scraping stick.

receptacle for scrapers.

scrapes off

to cause to be inscribed Dāvs v.67 (cāritta-lekhaṃ ˚lekhayi).

Caus. of abhi + likh

adjective austere, stern, only in f. -ā (scil. kathā) AN.iii.117 sq.; AN.iv.352, AN.iv.357; AN.v.67.

abhi + sallekha + ika

…˚nata, ˚nāmeti, ˚nīta ˚lekhana, ˚loketi, ˚vadati.

Vedic apa; Idg. *apo = Gr. ἀπό, Av. apa, Lat. ab from *ap (cp. aperio); Goth. af,…

…(expl^d. at Pp-a.231 as hatthe piṇḍamhe niṭṭhite jivhāya hatthaṃ apalekhati).

apa + lekhana from likh in meaning of lih,…

to lick off Pp-a.231 (hatthaṃ).

apa + lekhati in meaning of Sk. avalihati

…“avangadese adhomukhaṃ lekhaṃ karonti”. According to Kern,

Toevoegselen

20 Bdhgh’s explⁿ is not quite correct, since…

…˚pivati, ˚rundhati, ˚lekhati ˚vadati, ˚varaka, ˚sakkati, avassaya, avasseti, ˚hita, avāpurīyati avekkhati 2. abhi. The similarity…

…scratching in writing down Ja.iv.402, (˚sattha a chisel for engraving letters).

fr. avalekhati

Avalekhana²

neuter variant reading…

to scrape off Vin.ii.221 (variant reading apa˚).

ava + lekhati, likh, Sk. avalikhati

…a cubit Vism.124. -āpalekhana licking the hands (to clean them after eating-cp. the 52^nd Sekhiya Vin.iv.198) DN.i.166 DN.iii.40;…

…Ja.i.123; Ja.vi.56 (lekhaṃ).

dialect. form supposed to equal Sk. karṣati, cp. Prk. kaḍḍhai to pull, tear, khaḍḍā pit,…

…MN.i.190. 3. a stick, in avalekhana˚; (for scraping) Vin.ii.141, Vin.ii.221 and in danta˚; a tooth-pick Vv-a.63, etc. (see…

…Pali Dhtp (486) gives as meanings “chedana & vilekhana”

one who knows the art of writing, a scribe, secretary Vin.iv.8 (as a profession); Vin.iv.10 (= muddikā & gaṇakā, pl.); Mil.42.

fr. lekha

scratching, drawing, writing Dhtp.467.

fr. likh

an instrument for scratching lines or writing, a stencil, pencil AN.ii.200; Ja.i.230.

fr. likh; cp. Epic Sk. lekhaṇī stencil Mbh 1, 78

to (make a) scratch Ja.iv.402
pp lekhita.

Caus. of likhati or Denom. of lekha

…= E. row
■ Dhtp.467 simply explains by “lekhane”

…akkharāni); Mil.42 (lekha l.). 3. made smooth, shaved Ja.vi.482 (cāpa) 4. marked, proscribed, made an outlaw Vin.i.75. Cp….

in likhā-paṇṇa at Pv-a.20 is faulty for lekhā˚; (lekha˚) letter, cp. lekha-pattra letter Mālatīm 172, 7.

…Franke, Dīgha p. 53, “Finger-rechner”?) Vin.iv.8 (m., gaṇaka, lekhaka); SN.iv.376 (gaṇaka, m., sankhāyaka).

fr. muddā

1. a seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma (amacca) & mudda-paṭilābha.
2. the art of calculation …

adjective without scratches, without edges (?) Vin.ii.123 (of jantāghara).

nis + lekha

…(kāraṇaṃ), Mil.349 (lekhaṃ to compose a letter). 3. (t.t.) to restore a bhikkhu who has undergone penance Vin.i.96, Vin.i.322, Vin.i.340;…

…Pp.31, Pp.35; Mil.349 (lekhaṃ); Pv-a.29 (sāgaraṃ), Pv-a.30 (ñātidhammo ˚pūretabbo), Pv-a.136 (vassasahassāni); Sdhp.371
ppr med…

…SN.i.134; Snp-a.5.

• -lekha writing on (or in) carth AN.i.283 Pp.32.
• -saññā earth consciousness…

stick (or rag?) for scraping (or wiping?) Vin.ii.141 (avalekhana˚), Vin.ii.221 (id.). Meaning doubtful.

fr. api + dhṛ.

…Ja.iv.70; Ja.vi.450

• -lekha writing on a stone Pp.32.
• -sakkharā a little stone, fragment of rock…

…see etym. at Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. rado (“rase”). Given in meaning “vilekhana” at Dhtp.159 & Dhtm.220. Besides this it is…

line, streak Abhp.539. See lekhā.

fr. rikh, for which the Pāli form is likh, cp. Sk. rekhā, Lat. rīma, Ohg. rīga row

Rāji¹

a streak, line, row Snp.p.107 (nīla-vana˚ = dark line of trees, explained as nīla-vana rukkha-panti Snp-a.451); Vv.64#4 (nabhyo sata-rāji-cittita “coloured with 100 streaks”; V …

austere penance, the higher life MN.i.13, MN.i.40; Vin.i.305; Pts.i.102, Pts.i.103; Pp.69 sq.; DN-a.i.82; Vism.69; Mil.360, Mil.380; adj. Vin.i.45; sallekhitācāra practising austere penance Mil.230, …

Err:510

adjective softening, oily; -āni bhesajjāni softening medicines Mil.172 (opp lekhaniyāni).

grd. formation fr. sinehana

cardinal number sixteen DN.i.128; Snp.1006; Ja.i.78 (lekhā); Ja.ii.87; Ja.iii.342 (atappiya-vatthūni); Ja.v.175, Ja.vi.37; Mil.11 (palibodhā); Dhp-a.i.129 (˚salākā); Dhp-a.iv.208 (˚karīsa-matta). …

water Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.213; DN.ii.15 (˚assa dhārā gushes or showers of w.); Dhp.80 Dhp.145; Ja.i.212; Pv.i.5#7; Pp.31, Pp.32; Mil.318; Vv-a.20 (udake temanaṃ aggimhe tāpanaṃ); Dhp-a.i.289; Dhp-a. …

vexation, annoyance, injury; worry MN.i.510; MN.ii.241 sq.; SN.i.136; SN.iii.132; SN.iv.73 SN.v.357; DN.iii.240 (a˚); Vin.iv.143 (+ vilekhā); AN.iii.245 AN.iii.291; Snp.247, Snp.275, Snp.277; Vb.369; …

…is vikkhepa.

vi + lekha

…SN.i.124 (bhūmiṃ); SN.iv.198; Dhs-a.260 (fig. manaṃ v. ; in explⁿ of vilekha). 2. to scratch open…

… ■ f. -ikā speech Sdhp.55.

fr….