aspiration, request, prayer, resolve DN.iii.29 DN.iii.276; SN.ii.99, SN.ii.154; SN.iii.256 (ceto˚); SN.iv.303; AN.ii.32 AN.iv.239 sq. (ceto˚); AN.v.212 sq.; Snp.801; Vv.47#12; Mnd.109; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1126; Snp-a.132 (= paṇidhāna); Dhp-a.ii.172; Dhs-a.222 (rāga-dosa-moha˚).

• -kamma (in deva cult) payment of a vow DN.i.12 cp. DN-a.i.97 (which Kern, however,

  Toevoegselen

  s. v., interprets as “application of an enema,” comparing Sk pranidheya to be injected as a clyster).

fr. paṇidahati; cp. BSk. praṇidhi Divy.102, Divy.134, in same meaning. The usual Sk. meaning is “spy”