hatthin

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hatthī); size of an elephant Mil.312; one of the seven treasures DN.i.89; DN.ii.174; often mentioned together with horses (˚ass’ādayo), e.g. AN.iv.107; MN.iii.104; Vism.269; Dhp-a.i.392. ekacārika-h., an elephant who wanders alone, a royal elephant Ja.iii.175; caṇḍa h. rogue elephant MN.i.519; DN-a.i.37- hatthinī (f.) a she-elephant Dhp.105. hatthinikā (f. the same Vin.i.277; DN.i.49; DN-a.i.147.

  • -atthara elephant rug Vin.i.192; DN.i.7; AN.i.181
  • -ācariya elephant trainer Vin.i.345; Ja.ii.94, Ja.ii.221, Ja.ii.411 Ja.iv.91; Mil.201.
  • -āroha mounted on an elephant, an elephant-driver DN.i.51; SN.iv.310.
  • -ālaṅkāra elephant’s trappings Ja.ii.46.
  • -kanta = manta el. charm Dhp-a.i.163
  • -kantavīṇā lute enticing an elephant Dhp-a.i.163.
  • -kalabha the young of an elephant AN.iv.435.
  • -kumbha the frontal globe of an elephant Ja.ii.245.
  • -kula elephant species, ten enumerated at Vb-a.397.
  • -kkhandha the shoulder or back of an elephant Ja.i.313; Mhvs.vi.24; Pv-a.75. 178.
  • -gopaka an elephant’s groom or keeper Ja.i.187.
  • -damaka elephant tamer MN.iii.132, MN.iii.136; Snp-a.161.
  • -damma an elephant in training MN.iii.222
  • -nakha a sort of turrent projecting over the approach to a gate; ˚ka provided with such turrets, or supported on pillars with capitals of elephant heads Vin.ii.169
  • -pada an elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.v.43; Ja.i.94
  • -pākāra “elephant-wall,” wall of the upper storey with figures of elephants in relief Mhvs.33, Mhvs.5. See Geiger Mvu translation 228, n.2
  • -ppabhinna a furious elephant Dhp.326; MN.i.236.
  • -bandha Ja.i.135 = hatthibhaṇḍa
  • -bhaṇḍa an elephant-keeper Vin.i.85; Vin.ii.194.
  • -magga elephant track Ja.ii.102.
  • -maṅgala an elephant festival Ja.ii.46.
  • -matta only as big as an elephant Ja.i.303
  • -māraka elephant hunter Dhp-a.i.80.
  • -meṇḍa an elephant’s groom Ja.iii.431; Ja.v.287; Ja.vi.498.
  • -yāna an elephant carriage, a riding elephant DN.i.49; DN-a.i.147; Pv-a.55.
  • -yuddha combat of elephants (as a theatrical show) DN.i.6.
  • -rūpaka elephant image or picture, toy elephant (+ assa˚) Dhp-a.ii.69.
  • -laṇḍa elephant dung Dhp-a.iv.156.
  • -liṅgasakuṇa a vulture with a bill like an elephant’s trunk Dhp-a.i.164.
  • -vatta elephant habit Mnd.92.
  • -sālā elephant stable Vin.i.277; Vin.ii.194; Dhp-a.i.393.
  • -sippa the elephant lore, the professional knowledge of elephant-training Ja.ii.221 sq.
  • -sutta an elephant-trainer’s manual Ja.ii.46 (cp. Mallinātha on Raghuv. vi.27).
  • -soṇḍaka “elephant trunk,” an under-garment arranged with appendages like elephant trunks Vin.ii.137.

Vedic hastin, lit. endowed with a hand, i.e. having a trunk