Therī & Therikā

feminine

1. an old woman (cp. sthavirikā Mvu.iii.283) Pv.ii.11#6 (= thāvarijiṇṇā Pv-a.149).
2. a female thera (see…

falling off, diminution (opp. ācaya gathering, heaping up), unmaking, esp. loss (of wordliness) decrease (of possibility of rebirth Vin.ii.2 = Vin.iii.21 = Vin.iv.213 cp. Ja.iii.342 …

adjective unconcerned, living at ease, careless, “not bothering”, keeping still, inactive Vin.ii.188; MN.iii.175, MN.iii.176; SN.i.202 (in stock phrase appossukka tuṇhībhūta saṅkasāya “living at eas …

jar Dhp-a.i.426. In compounds also ghaṭi˚.

• -odana rice boiled in a jar Dhp-a.i.426;
• -kaṭāha a water pot, or rather a bowl for gathering alms (cp. ghaṭik …

collection of people (“mankind”), congregation, gathering; people, folk DN.i.151 (= DN-a.i.310, correct jananā), DN.i.206; Vin.ii.128 = MN.ii.93 (pacchimā); AN.i.61 (id.); AN.iii.251 (id.); Iti.33; J …

Kaṭṭha¹

ploughed, tilled Snp.80; Mil.255; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.62. a˚ untilled, unprepared Anvs.27. su˚ well-ploughed AN.i.229; Mil.255.

Sk. kṛṣṭa, pp. of kasati, cp. kiṭṭha

Kaṭṭha^{2</su …}

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

…Dhp-a.iii.147 (m. v. therī nāsitā). Often in phrase man amhi (with pp.). “I nearly was so & so,” e.g. Vin.i.109 (vuḷho); Ja.i.405…

the top part, best part of milk or butter, etc. i.e. cream scum; fig. essence of, the pick of, finest part of anything parisā˚; the cream of a gathering, the pick of the congregation, excellent cong …

becoming dried up, dryness, withering away SN.i.91.

fr. pari + śuṣ

drying up completely, withering Ja.v.97.

fr. pari + śuṣ

1. the bile, gall; the bile also as seat of the bilious temperament, excitement or anger. Two kinds are distinguished at Kp-a.60 Vism.260, viz. baddha˚ & abaddha˚;, bile as organ bile as fluid. See …

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty AN.iii.300 (˚ṃ kāreti); Snp.114, Snp.553 (˚ṃ kāreti to reign); Ja.i.57; Ja.i.64 (ekarattena tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms), J …

…& it is better to read; therī which is according to the context. We find the same meaning of therī (“old woman”) at…

ropanā (f.)

1. planting Pv-a.151 (ārāma˚); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.41.
2. healing SN.iv.177 (vaṇa˚)
3. furthering, making grow Pts.ii.115 (buddhi˚).
4. (f.) accusation Vin.iv.36.

fr. ropeti¹

at MN.i.480 is doubtful in spelling. The meaning is clearly “furthering growth, making or being prosperous, bringing luck” (combined with ojavant), as also indicated by variant re …

festive gathering, fair a show, theatrical display. Originally a mountain cult as it was esp. held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; D …

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

collecting, gathering Dāvs v.33. Cp. upa˚; & sangharaṇa.

fr. saṃharati

Saṅgaha¹

1. collecting, gathering, accumulation Vin.i.253; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.28.
2. comprising collection, inclusion, classification Kv.335 sq. (˚kathā) cp. Kvu. translation 388 sq.; Vism.191 …

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

adjective strong (?), of clothes: therakāni vatthāni DN.ii.354 (vv.ll. thevakāni, dhorakāni, corakāni). Theri & Therika

Therī & Therikā

feminine

1. an old woman (cp. sthavirikā Mvu.iii.283) Pv.ii.11#6 (= thāvarijiṇṇā Pv-a.149).
2. a female thera (see…

…to judge

Thāvara²

neuter old age Pv-a.149 (thāvari-jiṇṇa in expl. of therī, otherwise jarā-jiṇṇa Should we read…

1. taking up, lifting, raising Mil.307 (sass˚-samaya the time of gathering the corn; to uddharati 1 but cp. in same meaning uddhaṭa from uddharati 2). DN-a.i.192.
2. pulling or drawing out (cp. uddh …

heaping up, gathering, accumulation, heap. As t.t. with ref. to kamma “conservation”, with ref. to body & form “integration” (See discussion & defin. at; Cpd. 253; Dhs trsl. 195). DN.i.76 (= odana …

increase, furthering Ja.iii.422 (kula˚); Sdhp.247 (pīti˚), Sdhp.307 (id.).

fr. vṛdh; see the usual vaḍḍhana

adjective doing service, active, busy; eager, keen intent on (loc.), busy with AN.iv.195 (mayi = worrying about me); Ja.iii.315 (su˚); Ja.iv.371 (kiccâkiccesu v. uyyatta C.); Ja.v.395 (= ussukka); Ja. …

1. (adj.) carrying, pulling, drawing Vin.ii.122 (udaka˚-rajju); Ja.i.136 (kaṭṭha˚ gathering fire-wood); Pv-a.127 (ratha-yuga˚).
2. (nt.) conveyance, beast of burden, monture Vin.i.277 (˚āgāra stab …

1. pleasure, fondness of (-˚), delight, always as adj. (-˚) delighting in, enjoying finding pleasure in (usually comb^d. with rata, e.g. dhammārāma dhammarata finding delight in the Dh.) S …