saṅghāṭa
- a raft Ja.ii.20, Ja.ii.332 (nāvā˚), Ja.iii.362 (id.), Ja.ii.371. Mil.376. dāru˚; (= nāvā˚) Ja.v.194 Ja.v.195.
- junction, union Vv-a.233.
- collection, aggregate Ja.iv.15 (upāhana˚); Thag.519 (papañca˚) Freq. as aṭṭhi˚ (cp. sankhalā etc.) a string of bones, i.e. a skeleton Thag.570; Dhp-a.iii.112; Ja.v.256.
- a weft, tangle, mass (almost = “robe,” i.e. sanghāṭī), in taṇhā˚-paṭimukka MN.i.271; vāda˚-paṭimukka MN.i.383 (Neumann “defeat”); diṭṭhi˚-paṭimukka Mil.390.
- a post, in piṭṭha˚ door-post, lintel Vin.ii.120.
fr. saṃ + ghaṭeti, lit. “binding together”; on etym. see Kern,
Toevoegselen
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