Agha¹

neuter evil, grief, pain, suffering, misfortune SN.i.22; MN.i.500 (roga gaṇḍa salla agha); AN.ii.128 (id.); Ja.v.100; Thig.491; Sdhp.51
■ adj. painful, bringing pain Ja.vi.507 (a …

…andhakāra); Dhp-a.i.140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ…

…andhakāra); Dhp-a.i.140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ…

…Ja.iii.368

• -andhakāra deep darkness Vism.417.
• -assāsin fully refreshed, very…

…infatuation, fascination Snp.841 (variant reading Nd i.sammoha) Mnd.193 (+ sammoha andhakāra); Ja.vi.358; Ja.vi.358 Pp.21; Dhs.390,…

…Ja.v.267; Pv.i.9#4.

• -andhakāra the dark of night, nightly darkness Vin.iv.268 (oggate suriye); MN.i.448. *…

the dark of night Vin.iv.54; Dhp-a.ii.94; SN.iii.60.

saṃ + andhakāra

1. closed DN.i.81.
2. tied up Ja.iv.361.
3. restrained, governed, (self-)controlled guarded DN.i.250; DN.iii.48, DN.iii.97; SN.ii.231; SN.iv.351 sq.; AN.i.7 (cittaṃ); AN.ii.25; AN.iii.387; Iti.96, It …

…SN.v. 154, SN.v.163.

• -andhakāra (complete) darkness (of night) variant reading for samandha˚ at Ja.iii.60 (Kern:…

…(dark dense) Mil.7; ˚andhakāra dense darkness Vism.500 sq. ˚kilesu deep blemish (of character) Vism.87.

Probably a contamination of two…

darkness Ja.iii.433 (andhakāra-timissāya); Pp.30 (andh˚-timisāya); Mil.283

Vedic tamisrā = tamas

…(by Com. explained as “andhakāra,” darkness); Dpvs.xvii.100.

Sk. tumala; to *teu, Lat. tumeo, tumulus, tumultus, etc. E. thumb…

…Ja.ii.34; Dhs.617 (opp. andhakāra); Vv-a.51 (dīp˚). 3. (clear) sight, power of observation, intuition, in comb^n. with vijjā…