paggāha

Paggaha & Paggāha

  1. exertion, energy.

    1. paggaha: DN.iii.213 (variant reading paggāha, also ˚nimitta) Pts.ii.8 (˚cariyā), Pts.ii.20 (˚ṭṭha); DN-a.i.63 (viriy-indriyassa ˚lakkhaṇa).
    2. paggāha: AN.i.83, AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); Dhs.277 (trsl. “grasp”), Dhs.336, Dhs.1359 (˚nimitta); Dhs-a.406.
  2. (paggaha) favour, kindness, patronage [same meaning in Epic Sk.] Vin.iii.145 = AN.iii.66; Ja.v.116 (opp. niggaha); Ja.vi.371 (id.).

fr. paggaṇhāti