…in cpd. pitāmaha (following a-decl.) (paternal) grandfather Pv-a.41; &…

…one who digs a pit Ja.vi.213.

• -tala the floor of a pit Vism.362.

Vedic kūpa, orig. curvature viz. (a) interior…

…Ja.i.202; Ja.vi.498. 5. -maha maternal grandfather Ja.iv.146; Dhp-a.i.346. 6. māti˚-devatā protector or guardian of…

…a festival called the elephant f. Ja.iv.95.

fr.; mah, see mahati & cp. Vedic nt. mahas

…Divy.392.

• -maha feast in honour of the Bo tree Ja.iv.229
• -mūla the root or foot of the Bo…

hole or pit, a trap.

hole dug in the ground, a pit, a well DN.i.142 (yaññ˚); Ja.i.99, Ja.i.264; Ja.ii.406; Ja.iii.286; Ja.iv.46 (caturassa); Ja.vi.10; Dhp-a.i.223;…

hole, (deep) pit DN.ii.127; MN.i.11; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iii.389 (see papāta); AN.v.114 sq. Ja.vi.166; Thag.229;…

1. a pit DN.i.234; Thag.869; Ja.iv.268 (˚āvāṭa Pv-a.225).
2. a name for Niraya, i.e. purgatory; a place of torment for the deceased (see…

…in inghāḷakhu Thig.386 a pit of glowing embers (= angāra-kāsu Thag-a.256). The whole cpd. is doubtful.

according to Morris JP. T.S. 1884,…

pit; a cleft.

hollow pit; a well.

1. the stomach; the abdomen.
2. an enclosure; a pit or room or container for storing grain; a storeroom, a granary.

pit of burning coal

charcoal pit (with burning coal)

…of, accordance with“, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatness rājâ˚ s. belonging to a king, what is in accordance with kingship, i.e. majesty….

…At Vv.34²⁶ the epithets “su-dinna, su-huta, su-yiṭṭha” are attributed to dāna.

The 3 constituents which occur under…

…foot. toes; but in diff. meaning (for papaṭā or papāta to pat) “falling down, abyss, pit” at Snp.665 (gloss for papaṭa; explained at…

…(here in meaning of a dry pit or dugout); Vv-a.160; Pv-a.23, Pv-a.77, Pv-a.152. pokkharaññā gen Pv.ii.12#9; instr. SN.i.233; loc….

…also proclivity precipice, pit (?) SN.ii.227 (papatā ti kho lābha-sakkāra-silokass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. SN.iii.109: sobbho papāto…

…a charcoal pit MN.i.74, MN.i.365; Thig.491; Ja.i.233; Snp.396; Thag-a.288; Dhp-a.i.442; Sdhp.208

• -pacchi…

…p. 30, interprets “a deep pit” see also Kp-a.217 sq.). 2. “water at the end”, i.e. final ablution (see…

…-kūpa pit of excr., cesspool Pgdp.22.

pp. of mih, Vedic mehati to excrete water, i.e. urine, only with ref. to the liquid;…

…a cinderhole, a fire-pit, usually understood as a pit of glowing cinders Ja.i.232. Mostly found in similes e.g. SN.iv.56, SN.iv.188;…

…(daḷhaṃ dalhassa: to pit force against force)
aor khipi SN.iv.2, SN.iv.3 (khuracakkaṃ); Pv-a.87 (= atthāresi)
ger khipitvā Ja.i.202…

…to equal Sk. karṣati, cp. Prk. kaḍḍhai to pull, tear, khaḍḍā pit, dug-out See also Bloomfield, J.A.O.S. xiv. 1921 p. 465.

…pañcahi k-guṇehi samappito samangibhūto paricāressāmī ti Vin.iii.72; mentioned as pleasures in Nandana SN.i.5; MN.i.505; AN.iii.40,…