flag, banner; mark, emblem, sign, symbol Vin.i.306 (titthiya˚: outward signs of); Vin.ii.22 (gihi˚); SN.i.42 SN.ii.280; AN.ii.51; AN.iii.84 sq. (panna˚); MN.i.139 (id.) AN.iii.149 (dhamma); Ja.i.52 (+ patākā); Vv-a.173 (id.) Ja.i.65 (arahad ˚;)Thag.961; Ja.v.49 = Mil.221; Ja.v.509 Ja.vi.499; Mnd.170; Vv.36#1, Vv.64#28 (subhāsita˚ = dhamma Vv-a.284); Dhs.1116, Dhs.1233; Vism.469 (+ paṭaka, in comparison); Pv-a.282; Vv-a.31, Vv-a.73; Mil.21; Sdhp.428, Sdhp.594. Cp. also panna.

• -agga the top of a standard SN.i.219; AN.iii.89 sq.; Pp.67, Pp.68; Vism.414 (˚paritta).
• -ālu adorned with flags Thag.164 = Ja.ii.334 (: dhajasampanna Com.);
• -āhaṭa won under or by the colours, taken as booty, captured Vin.iii.139, Vin.iii.140; Vism.63.
• -baddha captured (= ˚āhaṭa Vin.i.74 (cora).

Sk. dhvaja, cp. Ohg. tuoh “cloth” (fr. *dwōko)