aḍḍha
Aḍḍha1
(& addha) one half, half; usually in compn. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is never used by itself, for “half in absolute position upaḍḍha (q.v.) is always used.
- -akkhika with furtive glance (“half an eye”) Dhp-a.iv.98
- -aṭṭha half of eight, i.e. four (cp. aṭṭhaḍḍha) SN.ii.222 (˚ratana); Ja.vi.354 (˚pāda quadruped; variant reading for aṭṭhaḍḍha)
- -aḷhaka 1/2 an aḷhaka (measure) Dhp-a.iii.367.
- -uḍḍha [cp Mahārāṣṭrī form cauṭṭha = Sk. caturtha] three and a half Ja.i.82; Ja.iv.180; Ja.v.417, Ja.v.420; Dhp-a.i.87; Mhvs.12, Mhvs.53
- -ocitaka half plucked off Ja.i.120.
- -karīsa (-matta) half a k. in extent Vv-a.64 (cp. aṭṭha-karīsa).
- -kahāpaṇa 1/2 kahāpaṇa AN.v.83.
- -kāsika (or ˚ya) worth half a thousand kāsiyas (i.e. of Benares monetary standard) Vin.i.281 (kambala, a woollen garment of that value; cp. Vin Texts ii.195); Vin.ii.150 (bimbohanāni, pillows; so read for aḍḍhakāyikāni in T.); Ja.v.447 (a˚- kāsigaṇikā for a-˚kāsiya˚ a courtezan who charges that price, in phrase a˚-k˚-gaṇikā viya na bahunnaṃ piyā manāpā).
- -kumbha a half (-filled pitcher Snp.721.
- -kusi (tt. of tailoring) a short intermediate cross-seam Vin.i.287.
- -kosa half a room, a small room Ja.vi.81 (= a˚ kosantara C.).
- -gāvuta half a league Ja.vi.55
- -cūḷa (˚vāhā vīhi) 1/2 a measure (of rice) Mil.102, perhaps misread for aḍḍhāḷha (āḷha = āḷhaka, cp. AN.iii.52) a half āḷha of rice.
- -tiya the third (unit) less half, i.e. two and a half Vv-a.66 (māsā); Ja.i.49, Ja.i.206, Ja.i.255 (˚sata 250). Cp. next.
- -teyya = ˚tiya 2 1/2; Vin.iv.117; Ja.ii.129 (˚sata); DN-a.i.173 (variant reading BB for ˚tiya); Dhp-a.i.95 (˚sata) Dhp-a.i.279; Pv-a.20 (˚sahassa).
- -telasa daṇḍaka* a short stick MN.i.87 = AN.i.47; AN.ii.122 = Cnd.604 = Mil.197
- -duka see ˚*ruka*.
- -nāḷika (-matta) half a nāḷi-measure full Ja.vi.366.
- -pallaṅka half a divan Vin.ii.280.
- -bhāga half a share, one half Vv.13#6 (= upaḍḍhabhāga Vv-a.61) Pv.i.11#5.
- -maṇḍala semi-circle, semi circular sewing Vin.i.287.
- -māna half a māna measure Ja.i.468 (m. = aṭṭhannaṃ nāḷinaṃ nāmaṃ C.).
- -māsa half a month, a half month a fortnight Vin.iii.254 (ūnak˚); AN.v.85; Ja.iii.218; Vv-a.66. Freq. in acc. as adv. for a fortnight, e.g. Vin.iv.117; Vv-a.67; Pv-a.55.
- -māsaka half a bean (as weight or measure of value, see māsaka) Ja.i.111.
- -māsika half-monthly Pp.55.
- -muṇḍaka shaven over half the head (sign of loss of freedom) Mhvs.6, Mhvs.42.
- -yoga a certain kind of house (usually with pāsāda) Vin.i.58 = Vin.i.96, Vin.i.107 Vin.i.139, Vin.i.239, Vin.i.284; Vin.ii.146. Acc. to Vin T. i.174 “a gold coloured Bengal house” (Bdhgh), an interpretation which is not correct: we have to read supaṇṇa vankageha “like a Garuḷa bird’s crooked wing”, i.e. where the roof is bent on one side.
- -yojana half a yojana (in distance) Ja.v.410; DN-a.i.35 (in expln. of addhāna-magga); Dhp-a.i.147 Dhp-a.ii.74.
- -rattā midnight AN.iii.407 (˚aṃ adv. at m.); Vv.81#16 (˚rattāyaṃ adv. = aḍḍharattiyaṃ Vv-a.315); Ja.i.264 (samaye); Ja.iv.159 (id.).
- -ratti = ˚rattā Vv-a.255, Vv-a.315 (majjhimayāma-samaya); Pv-a.155.
- -ruka (variant reading ˚duka) a certain fashion of wearing the hair Vin.ii.134; Bdhgh expln. on p. 319: aḍhadukan ti udare lomarāji-ṭhapanaṃ “leaving a stripe of hair on the stomach”.
- -vivata (dvāra half open Ja.v.293.
etym. uncertain, Sk. ardha
Aḍḍha2
adjective rich, opulent, wealthy, well-to-do usually in combn. with mahaddhana & mahābhoga; of great wealth & resources (foll. by pahūta-jātarūparajata pahūta vittūpakaraṇa etc.). Thus at DN.i.115, DN.i.134, DN.i.137; DN.iii.163 Pp.52; Dhp-a.i.3; Vv-a.322; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.78 etc. In other combn. Vv.31#4 (˚kula); Cnd.615 (Sakka = aḍḍho mahaddhano dhanavā); DN-a.i.281 (= issara); Dhp-a.ii.37 (˚kula) Sdhp.270 (satasākh˚), Sdhp.312 (guṇ˚), Sdhp.540 sq. (id.), Sdhp.561.
Sk. āḍhya fr. ṛddha pp. of ṛdh, ṛdhnote & ṛdhyate (see ijjhati) to thrive cp. Gr.; α ̓́λχομαι thrive, Lat alo to nourish. Cp. also Vedic iḍā refreshment & P. iddhi power. See also āḷhiya