suvaṇṇa

of good colour, good, favoured, beautiful DN.i.82; Dhs.223; Iti.99; AN.iv.255; Pp.60; Ja.i.226; suvaṇṇa (nt.) gold SN.iv.325 sq.; Snp.48, Snp.686 Cnd.687 (= jātarūpa); Kp-a.240; Vv-a.104; often together with hirañña Vin.iii.16, Vin.iii.48; DN.ii.179; ˚-āni pl precious things Ja.i.206
■ Cp. soṇṇa.

  • -iṭṭhakā gilt tiles Dhp-a.iii.29, Dhp-a.iii.61; Vv-a.157.
  • -kāra goldsmith DN.i.78; MN.ii.18; MN.iii.243; AN.i.253 sq.; Ja.i.182 Ja.v.438 sq.; Mnd.478; Vism.376 (in sim.); Dhp-a.iii.340; Snp-a.15; Vb-a.222 (in sim.).
  • -gabbha a safe (-room) for gold Dhp-a.iv.105.
  • -guhā “golden cave,” Name of a cave Snp-a.66.
  • -toraṇa gilt spire Vb-a.112.
  • -paṭṭa a golden (writing) slab Ja.iv.7; Snp-a.228, Snp-a.578; Dhp-a.iv.89.
  • -paṇaka a golden diadem Mil.210.
  • -pabbata Name of a mountain Snp-a.358.
  • -passa id. Snp-a.66.
  • -pādukā golden slippers Vin.i.15.
  • -maya made of gold Ja.i.146
  • -mālā golden garland Dhp-a.i.388.
  • -meṇḍaka a golden ram Dhp-a.iii.364; Dhp-a.iv.217;
  • -bhiṅkāra a g. vase Mhbv.154
  • -bhūmi “gold-land,” Name of Cambodia Mnd.155.
  • -rājahaṃsa golden-coloured royal mallard Ja.i.342.
  • -vaṇṇa gold-coloured (of the body of the Tathāgata) DN.iii.143 DN.iii.159; Ja.ii.104; Ja.iv.333; Dhp-a.iii.113.
  • -vīthi golden street (in Indra’s town) Ja.v.386.
  • -sivikā a g. litter Dhp-a.iii.164
  • -haṃsa golden swan Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.353; Snp-a.277, Snp-a.349.

Sk. suvarṇa