dīpa

Dīpa1

a lamp Ja.ii.104 (˚ṃ jāleti to light a l.); Dhp-a.ii.49 (id.), Dhp-a.ii.94 (id.)

  • -acci the flame of a lamp Thag-a.154;
  • -āloka light of a l. Ja.i.266; Ja.vi.391; Dhp-a.i.359; Vv-a.51;
  • (-ṃ)kara making light, shining, illuminating Cnd.399 (= pabhaṃ kara Snp.1136; but cp. Dhp.236 under dīpa2); Vism.203
  • -tittira a decoy partridge (cp. dīpaka˚) Ja.iii.64;
  • -rukkha lit. lamp-tree, the stand of a lamp, candlestick Dhp-a.iv.120;
  • -sikhā the flame (lit. crest) of a l. Vism.171; Dhp-a.ii.49.

Ved. dīpa to Ved. , dīpyate; Idg. *dei̯ā to shine (see dibba, deva); cp. Gr. δίαλος, δ ̈ηλος; see also jotati

Dīpa2

masculine & neuter an island continent (mahā˚, always as 4); terra firma, solid foundation, resting-place, shelter, refuge (in this sense freq. combined w. tāṇa lena & saraṇa & expl. in Com by patiṭṭhā)-

  1. lit. island: SN.v.219; Ja.iii.187; Vv-a.19; Mhvs.vii.7, Mhvs.vii.41
    ■ continent: cattāro mahādīpā SN.v.343; Vv.20#10 (= Vv-a.104); Vv-a.19; Pv-a.74 etc. Opp. the 2000 paritta-dīpā the smaller islands Kp-a.133
  2. fig. shelter, salvation etc. (see also tāṇa): SN.iii.42 (atta˚ + attasaraṇa etc., not with S Index to dīpa1); SN.v.154, SN.v.162 (id.), SN.iv.315 (maṃ˚, not to dīpa1), SN.v.372; AN.i.55 sq. (+ tāṇa etc.); Snp.501 (atta˚ selfreliant self-supported, not with Fausböll to dīpa1), Snp.1092, Snp.1094, Snp.1145 (= Satthā); Cnd.303; Dhp.236 (˚ṃ karohi = patiṭṭhā Pv-a.87); Pv.iii.1#9 (id. Pv-a.174) Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca parāyaṇaṃ); Mil.84, Mil.257 (dhamma-dīpa, Arahantship).
  • -ālaya resting place Ja.vi.432;
  • -gabbhaka same Ja.vi.459, Ja.vi.460.

Ved. dvīpa = dvi + ap (*sp.) of āpa water, lit. “double-watered,” between (two) waters

Dīpa3

a car covered with a panther’s skin Ja.i.259; Ja.v.259 = Ja.vi.48.

cp. Sk. dvīpa tiger’s skin