Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera

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ākaṅkhati [ā + kakh + ṃ-a] wishes for; desires.

ākaṅkhana [nt.] longing; wish; desire.

ākaṅkhā [f.] longing; wish; desire.

ākaṅkhi [aor. of ākaṅkhati] wished for; desired.

ākaḍḍhana [nt.] pulling out; dragging.

ākaḍḍhita [pp. of akaḍḍhati] pulled; dragged.

ākappa [m.] deportment.

ākappasampanna [adj.] of good conduct.

ākampita [pp. of ākampeti] shaken; trembling.

ākara [m.] a mine; place of production. || ākāra (m.), manner; condition; state; appearance.

ākassati [ā + kass + a] drags; pulls.

ākassi [aor. of ākassati] dragged; pulled.

ākāsa [m.] the sky; space.

ākāsagaṅgā [f.] the celestial river.

ākāsagata [adj.] gone to the space.

ākāsacārī [adj.] going through the air.

ākāsaṭṭha [adj.] situated or living in the sky.

ākāsatala [nt.] flat roof of a building.

ākāsadhātu [f.] the element of space, i.e. ether.

ākiñcañña [nt.] nothingness; absence of any possession.

ākiṇṇa [pp. of ākirati] strewn over; scattered.

ākirati [a + kir + a] strews over; scatters.

ākiri [aor. of ākirati] strewed over; scattered.

ākula [adj.] entangled; confused.

ākulībhūta [adj.] entangled; confused.

ākoṭana [nt.] knocking; urging.

ākoṭita [pp. of ākoṭeti] compressed; screened.

ākoṭeti [ā + kuṭ + e] knocks; beats down; compresses.

ākoṭesi [aor. of ākoṭeti] knocked; beat down; compressed.

ākhu [m.] a rat; mouse.

ākhyā [f.] name.

ākhyāta [nt.] predicate; a verb.

ākhyāyikā [f.] a story.

āga [m.] mountain; tree.

āgacchati [ā + gam + a] comes to; approaches.

āgacchanta [pr.p. of āgacchati] coming; approaching.

āgacchi [aor. of āgacchati] came to; approached.

āgata [(pp. of āgacchati), nt.] coming.

āgatāgama [adj.] one who has learnt the 4 collections of the Suttapiṭaka.

āgantu [m.] one who is coming.

āgantuka [3] guest; new-comer; stranger.

āgantukāma [adj.] willing to come.

āgama [m.] 1. coming; approach; 2. religion; scripture; 3. an inserted consonant.

āgamana [nt.] oncoming; arrival.

āgamayamāna [adj.] waiting for; expecting.

āgamaviruddha [adj.] contradictory to religion.

āgami [aor. of āgacchati] came to; approached. || āgāmī (adj.), coming; one who comes.

āgameti [ā + gam + e] waits for; expects.

āgamesi [aor. of āgameti] waited for; expected.

āgamma [abs. of āgacchati] having come; owing to.

āgāmīkāla [m.] the future.

āgāḷha [adj.] strong; rough.

āgilāyati [ā + gilā + ya] is wearied; aches

āgilāyi [aor. of āgilāyati] was wearied; ached

āgu [nt.] guilt; offence.

āgucārī [m.] a criminal; a villain.

āghāta [m.] 1. anger; hatred; 2. collision.

āghātana [nt.] slaughter house; place of execution.

ācamana [nt.] rinsing.

ācamanakumbhī [f.] water-pitcher used for rinsing.

ācameti [ā + cam + e] rinses; washes.

ācamesi [aor. of ācameti] rinsed; washed.

ācaya [m.] accumulation.

ācarati [ā + cam + e] acts; practises or perform.

ācariya [m.] teacher.

ācariyaka [adj.] coming from the teacher.

ācariyakula [nt.] the family or the abode of a teacher.

ācariyadhana [nt.] teacher’s fee.

ācariyamaha [m.] the line or the ancestor of the teachers.

ācariyamuṭṭhi [f.] special knowledge of a teacher.

ācariyavāda [m.] traditional teaching.

ācariyānī [f.] a woman teacher; wife of a teacher.

ācāma [m.] the scum of boiling rice.

ācāra [m.] conduct; behaviour; practice.

ācārakusala [adj.] versed in good manners.

ācikkhaka [m.] one who tells or informs.

ācikkhati [ā + cikkh + a] tells; relates; informs.

ācikkhi [aor. of ācikkhati] told; related; informed.

ācikkhita [pp. of ācikkhati] told; related; informed.

ācikkhitu [m.] one who tells or informs.

āciṇṇa [pp. of ācināti] practised.

āciṇṇakappa [m.] customary practice.

ācita [pp. of ācināti] accumulated.

ācinanta [pr.p. pf ācināti] accumulating.

ācināti [ā + ci + nā] accumulates.

ācini [aor. of ācināti] accumulated.

āciyi [aor. of ācīyati] was heaped up or accumulated.

ācīyati [pass. of ācināti] is heaped up or accumulated.

ācera [m.] teacher

ājānāti [ā + ñā + nā] knows; understands.

ājāni [aor. of ājānāti] knew; understood.

ājīva [m.] livelihood; living; subsistence.

ājīvaka [m.] a kind of non-Buddhist ascetics.

ājīvika [m.] a kind of non-Buddhist ascetics.

āṇa [nt.] breathing; inhalation. || āṇā (f.), command.

āṇaka [m.] a kettledrum.

āṇatta [pp. of āṇāpeti] commanded; being ordered. (abs. of ānāpiya).

āṇatti [f.] command; order.

āṇattika [adj.] connected with a command.

āṇāpana [nt.] the act of commanding.

āṇāpāṇa [nt.] inhaled and exhaled breath.

āṇāpeti [ā + ñā + āpe] commands.

āṇāpesi [aor. of āṇāpeti] commanded.

āṇāsampanna [adj.] authoritative; influential.

āṇi [f.] a nail; linch-pin.

ātaṅka [m.] illness; disease.

ātatavitata [nt.] a drum covered with leather on all sides.

ātatta [pp. of ātapati] heated; scorched.

ātapa [m.] sunshine; heat of the sun. || ātāpa (m.), glow; heat; ardour.

ātapati [ā + tap + a] shines.

ātapatta [nt.] sunshade; umbrella.

ātapi [aor. of ātapati] shone. || ātāpī (adj.), ardent; strenuous.

ātappa [m.] ardour; exertion.

ātāpana [nt.] mortification; torture.

ātāpeti [ā + tap + e] scorches; torments.

ātāpesi [aor. of ātāpeti] scorched; tormented.

ātuma [m.] see atta.

ātura [adj.] affected with; sick; deceased.

āturanna [nt.] food for the sick.

ādadāti [ā + dā + a] takes.

ādara [m.] esteem; regard; affection.

ādātabba [pt.p. of ādāti] fit ot be taken.

ādāya [abs. of ādāti] having taken.

ādāyī [m.] one who takes.

ādāsa [m.] mirror.

ādāsatala [nt.] surface of a mirror.

ādika [adj.] and so on.

ādikammika [m.] beginner.

ādikalyāṇa [adj.] beautiful in the beginning.

ādicca [m.] the sun.

ādiccapatha [m.] the sky.

ādiccabandhu [m.] kinsman of the sun; of the Solar race.

ādito [adv.] at first; from the beginning.

āditta [pp. of ādippati] blazing; burning.

ādima [adj.] first; original; foremost.

ādiya [abs. of ādiyati] having taken.

ādiyati [a + dā + i + ya] takes up; grasps. (This is a passive base, but has active meaning).

ādiyi [aor. of ādiyati] took up; grasped. (aor. of ādāti), took; grasped.

ādiyitvā [abs. of ādiyati] having taken.

ādisati [ā + dis + a] points out; tells; announces.

ādisanā [f.] prophesy; guessing; pointing out.

ādisi [aor. of ādisati] pointed out; told; announced.

ādissa [adj.] blameable; fit to be pointed out. (abs. of ādisati) having pointed out.

ādīnava [m.] disadvantage.

ādīpita [pp. of ādīpeti] in flames; ablaze.

ādeyya [adj.] to be taken up; acceptable.

ādeva [m.] lamenting; crying; deploring.

ādevanā [f.] lamenting; crying; deploring.

ādesa [m.] 1. pointing out; 2. substitution in grammar.

ādesanā [f.] prophesy; guessing; pointing out.

ādhānagāhī [m.] obstinate person.

ādhāraka [nt.] a stool; a stand.

ādhāvati [ā + dhāv + a] runs towards.

ādhāvana [nt.] onrush.

ādhipacca [nt.] lordship; domination; power.

ādhipateyya [nt.] lordship; domination; power.

ādhunāti [ā + dhu + a] shakes off; removes.

ādhuni [aor. of ādhunāti] shook off; removed.

ādhūta [pp. of ādhunāti] shaken off; removed.

ādheyya [adj.] belonging to; fit to be borne.

āna [nt.] breathing; inhalation.

ānaṇya [nt.] freedom from debt.

ānana [nt.] face; mouth.

ānantarika [adj.] immediately following.

ānanda [m.] joy; pleasure.

ānandī [adj.] joyful.

ānayati : see āneti

ānayāpetvā [nt.] having caused to bring.

ānāpāna [nt.] inhaled and exhaled breath.

ānāpiya [abs.] having commanded.

ānisaṃsa [m.] profit; merit; good result.

ānisada [nt.] the buttocks.

ānīta [pp. of āneti] brought.

ānīya [nt.] having caused to bring.

ānīyamāna [pr. pass. p.] being fetched or brought.

ānugghāṭesi [aor. of anugghāṭeti] opened; unfastened.

ānupubbikathā [f.] graduated sermon.

ānupubbī [f.] order; succession.

ānubhāva [m.] power; splendour; majestic.

āneñja [adj.] static; imperturbable.

ānetabba [pt.p. of āneti] should be brought; should be fetched.

āneti [ā + ni + a] brings; fetches.

āpa [m.; nt.] water; liquid. (In some spds. it becomes āpo).

āpagā [f.] river.

āpajjati [ā + pad + ya] gets into; undergoes; meets with.

āpaṇika [m.] tradesman; shopkeeper.

āpatati [ā + pat + a] falls or rushes on to.

āpatana [nt.] falling down.

āpati [aor. of āpatati] fell or rushed on to.

āpatita [pp. of āpatati] fallen or rushed on to.

āpatti [f.] getting into; an ecclesiastical offence.

āpanna [pp. of āpajjati] entered upon; fallen into.

āpannasattā [f.] a pregnant woman.

āpayamāna [pr.p. of tāpeti] scorching; tormenting; heating.

āpāṇakoṭika [adj.] limited with the end of life.

āpāthagata [adj.] come into the sphere.

āpādi [aor. of āpajjati] got into; underwent; met with.

āpādikā [f.] a nurse; a foster-mother.

āpādeti [ā + pad + e] nurses; produces.

āpādetu [m.] one who brings up (a child).

āpādesi [aor. of āpādeti] nursed; produced.

āpāna [nt.] drinking hall.

āpānabhūmi [f.] banqueting hall.

āpānamaṇḍala [nt.] banqueting hall.

āpānīyakaṃsa [m.] goblet; drinking bowl.

āpāyika [adj.] born in or belonging to a state of misery.

āpucchā [abs. of āpucchati] having asked permission or leave.

āpucchi [aor. of apucchati] enquired after; asked permission.

āpucchitabba [pt.p. of āpucchati] should be asked or enquired after.

āpucchiya [abs. of āpucchati] having asked permission or leave.

āpūraṇa [nt.] filling; to become full.

āpūrati [ā + pūr + a] becomes full; increases.

āpūri [aor. of āpūrati] became full; increased.

āpodhātu [f.] the element of cohesion.

āphusati [ā + phus + a] feels; attains to.

ābandhaka [adj.] tying; connecting; fixing.

ābandhati [ā + bandh + a] binds to; fastens on to.

ābandhi [aor. of ābandhati] bound to; fastened on to.

ābādhika [adj.] sick; affected with illness.

ābādhita [pp. of ābādheti] afflicted; oppressed.

ābādheti [ā + badh + e] oppresses; harasses.

ābhata [pp.] brought; conveyed.

ābharaṇa [nt.] ornament; decoration.

ābhassara [adj.] radiant.

ābhā [f.] light; lustre; radiance. || aṇha (m.), day; only in cpds. such as pubbaṇha.

ābhāti [ā + bhā + a] shines; radiates.

ābhāsa [m.] light; lustre; radiance.

ābhāsi [aor. of ābhāti] shone; radiated.

ābhisekika [adj.] belonging to the consecration.

ābhujati [ā + bhuj + a] bends; coils; contracts.

ābhujana [nt.] crouching; bending; soiling.

ābhuji [aor. of ābhujati] bent; coiled; contracted.

ābhoga [m.] ideation; thought.

āma [adj.] raw; fresh; uncooked; not ripe. (ind.), yes. || āmā (f.),a slave woman.

āmaka [adj.] raw; fresh; uncooked; not ripe.

āmakasusāna [nt.] charnel grove, where corpses are thrown to be eaten by wild animals.

āmagandha [m.] verminous odour; flesh.

āmajāta [adj.] born slave.

āmaṭṭha [pp. of āmasati] touched; pated; rubbed.

āmaddana [nt.] crushing.

āmantana [nt.] calling; invitation; addressing.

āmantita [pp. of āmanteti] called; addressed; invited.

āmanteti [ā + mant + e] calls; addresses; invites.

āmantesi [aor. of āmanteti] called; addressed; invited.

āmaya [nt.] illness.

āmalaka [nt.] emblic myrobalan, Phyllanthus Emblica.

āmalakī [f.] emblic myrobalan, Phyllanthus Emblica.

āmasati [ā + mas + a] touches; pats; rubs.

āmasana [nt.] touching; rubbing.

āmasi [aor. of āmasati] touched; pated; rubbed.

āmasita [pp. of āmasati] touched; pated; rubbed.

āmāsaya [m.] stomach.

āmisa [nt.] food; flesh; bait; gain. (adj.) material.

āmisagaru [adj.] interested in worldly gain.

āmisadāna [nt.] donation of requisites (i.e. food, lodging, etc).

āmuñcati [ā + muc + ṃ-a] puts on (some attire); wears.

āmuñci [aor. of āmuñcati] put on (some attire); wore.

āmutta [pp. of āmuñcati] dressed or adorned with.

āmeṇḍita [nt.] exclamation.

āmo [ind.] yes.

āmoda [m.] 1. pleasure; 2. strong fragrance.

āmodati [ā + mud + a] rejoices.

āmodanā [f.] rejoicing.

āmodamāna [adj.] glad; joyful; rejoicing.

āmodi [aor. of āmodati] rejoiced.

āmodita [pp. of āmodati] rejoiced.

āmodeti [ā + mud + e] gladdens.

āmodesi [aor. of āmodeti] gladdened.

āyakammika [m.] collector of income.

āyakosalla [nt.] cleverness to increase one’s income.

āyacikā [f.] a woman who requests.

āyata [adj.] long; extended; broad. || āyāta (pp. of āyāti), come; approached.

āyatana [nt.] sphere; region; sense-organ; position.

āyatanika [adj.] belonging to a region.

āyati [f.] the future. || āyāti (ā + yā + a), comes; approaches.

āyatiṃ [adv.] in the future.

āyatika [adj.] belonging to the future. || āyatikā (f.), a tube; water-pipe.

āyatta [adj.] possessed; dependent on. (nt.), possession.

āyamukha [nt.] inflow; that which brings income.

āyasmantu [adj.] venerable. (lit. having a long life).

āyāga [m.] a long hall.

āyācaka [adj.] petitioner; applicant.

āyācati [ā + yāc + a] requests; implores.

āyācana [nt.] request; application. || āyācanā (f.), request; application.

āyācamāna [adj.] imploring.

āyāci [aor. of āyācati] requested; implored.

āyācita [pp. of āyācati] requested; implored.

āyāma [m.] length. (adj.) (in cpds.) having the length of.

āyu [nt.] age.

āyuka [adj.] having the age of.

āyukappa [m.] duration of life.

āyukkhaya [m.] consummation of life.

āyuttaka [m.] an agent; trustee.

āyudha [nt.] weapon.

āyusaṅkhaya [m.] exhaustion of life.

āyusaṅkhāra [m.] vital principle; length of life.

āyūhaka [adj.] active; one who strives or collects.

āyūhati [ā + yūh + a] 1. strives; 2. accumulates; 3. swims.

āyūhana [nt.] 1. striving; 2. accumulation.

āyūhi [aor. of āyūhati] 1. strived; 2. accumulated; 3. swam.

āyūhita [pp. of āyūhati] 1. strived; 2. accumulated; 3. swum.

āyoga [m.] 1. devotion to; 2. exertion; 3. bandage.

ārakatta [nt.] the state of being far from.

ārakā [ind.] away from; far off.

ārakūṭa [m.] brass.

ārakkhaka [m.] a guard; protector; watchman.

ārakkhā [f.] 1. protection; 2. care; watch.

ārakkhādhikaraṇaṃ [adv.] on account of protecting.

ārañjita [pp. of rañjayati] furrowed; slashed; scratched. (nt.) a scar.

āraññakaṅga [nt.] vow of a forest dweller.

āraññakatta [nt.] state of living in a forest.

āraññika [adj.] belonging to or living in a forest.

ārata [pp. of āramati] keeping away from; abstaining.

āraddha [pp. of ārabhati] begun; started; firm. || āraddhā (abs. of ārabhati), having begun or started.

āraddhacitta [adj.] having won the favour.

āraddhaviriya [adj.] strenuous.

ārapatha [m.] path of a needle.

ārabbha [ind.] beginning with; referring to; about.

ārabhati [ā + rabh + a] 1. begins; starts; 2. kills; tortures.

ārabhana [nt.] starting of; beginning.

ārabhi [aor. of ārabhati] 1. began; started; 2. killed; tortured.

ārambha [m.] 1. the beginning; 2. attempt.

ārammaṇa [nt.] a sense-object.

ārācārī [3] living far from.

ārādhaka [m.] one who invites or propitiates.

ārādhanā [f.] invitation; accomplishment; winning of favour.

ārādhita [pp. of ārādheti] invited; pleased; won favour; obtained.

ārādheti [ā + rādh + e] invites; pleases; wins favour; obtains.

ārādhetvā [abs. of ārādheti] having invited; pleased; won favour; obtained.

ārādhesi [aor. of ārādheti] invited; pleased; won favour; obtained.

ārāma [m.] 1. pleasure; delight; 2. a park; 3. a monastery.

ārāmakoṭṭhaka [m.] gate-tower of a monastery.

ārāmacetiya [nt.] a sacred garden.

ārāmatā [f.] attachment.

ārāmapāla [m.] keeper of a park.

ārāmarāmaṇeyyaka [nt.] a pleasant grove.

ārāmaropa [m.] a planter.

ārāmavatthu [nt.] site for a garden.

ārāmika [m.] an attendant in a monastery. (adj.) belonging to a monastery.

ārāva [m.] cry; noise.

āruppa [nt.; m.] an incorporeal being; formless state.

āruyha [abs. of āruhati] having ascended; having mounted; having climbed.

āruhati [ārohati ā + ruh + a] ascends; mounts; climbs.

āruhana [nt.] ascending or climbing up.

āruhanta [pr.p. of āruhati] ascending; climbing.

āruhi [aor. of āruhati] ascended; mounted; climbed.

āruhya [abs.] having ascended; mounted; climbed.

ārūḷha [pp. of āruhati] ascended; mounted; climbed; embarked.

ārogya [nt.] health.

ārogyamada [m.] pride of health.

ārogyasālā [f.] hospital; sanatorium.

ārocanā [f.] announcement.

ārocāpana [nt.] announcement or information through an agent.

ārocāpeti [caus. of āroceti] causes to tell; causes to inform; causes to announce.

ārocita [pp. of āroceti] told; informed; announced.

ārocetabba [pt.p. of āroceti] should be informed.

āroceti [ā + ruc + e] tells; informs; announces.

ārocesi [aor. of āroceti] told; informed; announced.

ārodanā [f.] cry; lamentation.

āropana [nt.] putting on; raising up to; committing.

āropita [pp. of āropeti] put on; impeached; got ready.

āropitaniyāmena [adv.] according to the prescribed order.

āropetabba [pt.p. of āropeti] should be put on; should be impeached.

āropeti [ā + rup + e] puts on; impeaches; gets ready.

āropesi [aor. of āropeti] put on; impeached; got ready.

āroha [m.] climbing up; growth; height; a rider.

ārohaka [m.] a rider.

ārohati : see āruhati.

ārohana [nt.] climbing; ascending.

ārohanīya [adj.] suitable for riding.

ālaggita [pp. of ālaggeti] hung on; fastened to.

ālaggeti [ā + lag + e] hangs on; fastens to.

ālaggesi [aor. of ālaggeti] hung on; fastered to.

ālapati [ā + lap + a] converses; addresses.

ālapana [nt.] addressing; conversation; the Vocative. || ālapanā (f.), entreaty.

ālapi [aor. of ālapati] conversed; addressed.

ālamba [m.] 1. support; 2. help; 3. anything to hang on.

ālambati [ā + lab + ṃ-a] hangs on to; takes hold of.

ālambana [nt.] 1. a sense-object; 2. hanging down from; 3. support.

ālambi [aor. of ālambati] hung on to; took hold of.

ālambita [pp. of ālambati] hung on to; taken hold of.

ālaya [m.] 1. abode; roosting place; 2. desire; attachment; 3. pretence.

ālayesinī [f.] seeking an abode.

ālasiya [nt.] sloth; laziness.

ālasya [nt.] sloth; laziness.

ālāna [nt.] stake; a post (to which an elephant is tied). || āḷāna (nt.), stake; a post (to which an elephant is tied).

ālāpa [m.] 1. talk; conversation; 2. a word.

ālikhati [ā + likh + a] delineates; draws some figure.

ālikhi [aor. of ālikhati] delineated; drew some figure.

ālikhita [pp. of ālikhati] delineated; drew some figure.

āliṅgati [ā + liṅg + a] embraces.

āliṅgana [nt.] embracing.

āliṅgi [aor. of āliṅgati] embraced.

āliṅgiya [abs. of āliṅgati] having embraced.

ālitta [pp. of ālimpati or ālimpeti] besmeared or stained with; set with fire.

ālinda [m.] a verandah before the house door; terrace.

ālimpana [nt.] 1. besmearing; 2. burning.

ālimpita [pp. of ālimpeti] 1. smeared; anointed; 2. set fire to.

ālimpeti [ā + lip + e] 1. smeasrs; anoints; 2. sets fire to.

ālu [nt.] edible root or bulb; yam.

ālumpakāraṃ [adv.] taking in lumps.

āluḷita [pp. of āluḷeti] agitated; confounded.

āluḷeti [ā + luḷ + e] agitates; confounds.

āluḷesi [aor. of āluḷeti] agitated; confounded.

ālepa [m.] ointment; plaster.

ālepana [nt.] anointing; plastering.

āloka [m.] light.

ālokana [nt.] 1. a window; 2. looking at.

ālokasandhi [m.] a window; an opening to let the light in.

ālokita [pp. of āloketi] looked at or before. (nt.) looking at or forward.

āloketi [ā + lok + e] looks at or before.

ālokesi [aor. of āloketi] looked at or before.

ālopa [m.] a morsel; a bit; lump.

ālopika [adj.] (in cpds.), consisting of morsels.

āloḷeti [ā + luḷ + e] confuses; jumbles; mixes.

āloḷesi [aor. of āloḷeti] confused; jumbled; mixed.

āḷāhana [nt.] ground for cremation.

āḷāhanakicca [nt.] cremation.

āḷāhanaṭṭhāna [nt.] the place of cremation.

āvajjati [ā + vajj + a] 1. reflects upon; 2. upsets (a vessel).

āvajji [aor. of āvajjati] 1. reflected upon; 2. upset (a vessel).

āvajjita [pp. of āvajjeti] 1. considered; 2. turned over.

āvajjeti [ā + vajj + e] 1. muses; 2. observes; 3. turns over.

āvajjesi [aor. of āvajjeti] 1. mused; 2. observed; 3. turned over.

āvaṭa [pp. of āvarati] covered; veiled; prohibited. || āvāṭa (m.), a pit.

āvaṭṭanī [adj.] enticing.

āvaṭṭeti [ā + vaṭṭ + e] 1. turns round; 2. entices; converts. || āvatteti = āvaṭṭeti

āvatta [pp. of āvattati] fallen back to. (nt.) winding; turn; bent. || āvaṭṭa (m.), 1. circumference; 2. a whirlpool; 3. twisting.

āvattaka [adj.] coming back; one who returns.

āvattati [ā + vat + a] goes back; turns round. || āvaṭṭati (ā + vaṭṭ + a), turns forward and backward; rotates.

āvattana [nt.] turning; return. || āvaṭṭana (nt.), 1. revolving; 2. temptation; 3. possession by some spirit.

āvatti [aor. of āvattati] went back; turned round. || āvattī (adj.), coming back; one who returns. āvaṭṭi (aor. of āvaṭṭati), turned forward and backward; rotated.

āvattita [pp. of āvattati] gone back; turned round.

āvattiya [adj.] turnable; returnable.

āvatthika [adj.] befitting; original.

āvapasika [adj.] resident.

āvaraṇa [nt.] shutting off; hindrance; a bar; a screen.

āvaraṇīya [adj.] apt to obstruct.

āvarati [ā + var + a] shuts out from; obstructs.

āvari [aor. of āvarati] shut out from; obstructed.

āvarita [pp. of āvarati] shut out from; obstructed.

āvariya [abs. of āvarati] having obstructed.

āvalī [f.] a row; a string.

āvasati [ā + vas + a] lives; resides; inhabits.

āvasatha [m.] abode; dwelling; rest-house.

āvasathāgāra [nt.] resthouse.

āvasi [aor. of āvasati] lived; resided; inhabited.

āvaha [adj.] (in cpds.), bringing; bearing; conducive. || āvāha (m.) taking in marriage; wedding.

āvahati [ā + vah + a] brings; causes; conduces.

āvahana [nt.] (in cpds.), bringing; bearing; conducive. || āvāhana (nt.) taking in marriage; wedding.

āvahanaka [adj.] (in cpds.), bringing; bearing; conducive.

āvahi [aor. of āvahati] brought; caused; conduced.

āvāpa [m.] potter’s furnace; an oven.

āvāsa [m.] home; dwelling place.

āvāsika [adj.] resident.

āvi [ind.] openly; before one’s eyes.

āvijjhati [ā + vij + ya] 1. encircles; goes round; whirls round; 2. pierces through.

āvijjhana [nt.] going to whirling round.

āvijjhi [aor. of āvijjhati] 1. encircled; went round; whirled round; 2. pierced through.

āviñjati [ā + vij + ṃ-a] 1. pulls as in milking; 2. churns; agitates.

āviñjanaka [adj.] 1. swinging round; 2. hanging loose; 3. used for pulling.

āviñjanakanaṭṭhāna [nt.] place outside the door where the rope is hanging with which the latch inside is to be raised.

āviñjanakarajju [f.] 1. the rope to raise a latch; 2. whirling rope used in churning milk.

āviñji [aor. of āviñjati] 1. pulled as in milking; 2. churned; agitated.

āviṭṭha [pp. of āvisati] entered; approached; was possessed by a spirit.

āviddha [pp. of āvijjhati] 1. encircled; went round; whirled round; 2. pierced through.

āvila [adj.] 1. stirred up; agitated; 2. dirty.

āvilatta [nt.] state of being agitated or dirty.

āvisati [ā + vis + a] 1. enters; approaches; 2. is possessed by a spirit.

āvisi [aor. of āvisati] entered; approached; 2. was possessed by a spirit.

āvuṇāti [ā + vu + nā] 1. strings upon; 2. fixes on to.

āvuṇi [aor. of āvuṇāti] 1. strung upon; 2. fixed on to.

āvuta [pp. of āvuṇāti] 1. strung upon; 2. covered; 3. hindered. (pp. of āvarati) shut out from; obstructed.

āvuttha [pp. of āvasati] inhabited.

āvudha [nt.] weapon.

āvuso [ind.] (Vocative), friend; brother. (A form of polite address among monks).

āveṭhana [nt.] winding round; ravelling.

āveṭhita [pp. of āveṭheti] twisted or wraped over.

āveṭheti [ā + veṭh + e] twists or wraps over.

āveṭhesi [aor. of āveṭheti] twisted or wraped over.

āveṇika [adj.] special; exceptional; separate.

āvellita [pp.] curved; crooked; curled.

āvesana [nt.] 1. entrance; 2. work-shop.

āsaṅkati [ā + sak + ṃ-a] suspects; distrusts.

āsaṅkā [f.] doubt; suspicion; fear.

āsaṅki [aor. of āsaṅkati] suspected; distrusted. || āsaṅkī (adj.), apprehensive; doubtful; suspicious.

āsaṅkita [pp. of āsaṅkati] suspected; distrusted. (adj.), apprehensive; doubtful; suspicious.

āsajja [abs. of āsādeti] having approached, insulted or knocked against.

āsajjati [ā + sad + ya] knocks against; becomes angry; was attached to.

āsajjana [nt.] 1. knocking against; 2. insult; 3. attachment.

āsajji [aor. of āsajjati] knocked against; became angry; was attached to.

āsanasālā [f.] a hall with sitting accommodation.

āsandi [f.] a long chair; deck-chair.

āsanna [adj.] near. (nt.), neighbourhood.

āsappati [ā + sap + a] struggles about.

āsappi [aor. of āsappati] struggled about.

āsabba [adj.] bull-like, i.e. of strong and eminent qualities.

āsabhaṭṭhāna [nt.] a distinguished position.

āsabhī [f.] (of āsabha), imposing; bold. || asabbhī (m.) the wicked; the vulgar.

āsaya [m.] 1. abode; haunt; 2. deposit; 3. inclination.

āsava [m.] 1. that which flows; 2. spirit; 3. discharge from a sore; 4. ideas which intoxicate the mind.

āsavakkhaya [m.] destruction of intoxicants of the mind.

āsavati [ā + su + a] flows.

āsavana [nt.] flowing down.

āsavi [aor. of āsavati] flowed.

āsasāna [adj.] wishing; desiring.

āsā [f.] wish; desire; hope; longing.

āsāṭikā [f.] fly’s egg.

āsādeti [ā + sad + e] offends; assails; insults.

āsādesi [aor. of āsādeti] offended; assailed; insulted.

āsābhaṅga [m.] disappointment.

āsāḷha [m.] name of a month.

āsāḷhī [adj.] connected with āsāḷha constellation.

āsāsamāna [pr.p.] lingering; remaining long.

āsiṃ [1st sing. (aor. of as)] I was.

āsiṃsaka [adj.] wishing; aspiring after; a candidate.

āsiṃsati [ā + siṃs + a] hopes for; desires.

āsiṃsanā [f.] wish; hope; desire.

āsiṃsi [aor. of āsiṃsati] hoped for; desired.

āsiñcati [ā + sic + ṃ-a] sprinkles; pours over.

āsiñcanta [pr.p. of āsiñcati] sprinking; pouring.

āsiñci [aor. of āsiñcati] sprinkled; poured over.

āsiṭṭha [pp. of āsiṃsati] 1. wished or longed for; 2. blessed.

āsitta [pp. of āsiñcati] sprinkled; poured over.

āsittaka [nt.] a condiment.

āsittakupadhāna [nt.] receptacle for condiments.

āsītika [adj.] eighty years old.

āsīna [pp. of āsati] sat; seated; sitting.

āsīvisa [m.] a snake; whose poison is in the fangs.

āsuṃ [3rd plu. (aor. of as)] they were.

āsumbhati [ā + subh + ṃ-a] throws down some liquid.

āsevati [ā + sev + a] associates; practises; frequents.

āsevi [aor. of āsevati] associated; practised; frequented.

āsevita [pp. of āsevati] associated; practised; frequented.

āhaccapādaka [adj.] with removable legs.

āhanati [ā + han + a] beats; strikes; touches.

āhanana [nt.] knocking against.

āhani [aor. of āhanati] beated; struck; touched.

āharaṇa [nt.] bringing.

āharati [ā + har + a] brings; fetches; produces.

āharamāna [pr.p. of āharati] bringing; fetching; producing.

āharāpeti [caus. of āharati] causes to bring.

āhari [aor. of āharati] brought; fetched; produced.

āharitabba [pt.p. of āharati] should be brought.

āharitvā [abs. of āharati] having brought; having fetched; having produced.

āhāra [m.] food; nutriment.

āhāraṭṭhika [adj.] subsisting on food.

āhāreti [ā + har + e] eats; takes food.

āhāresi [aor. of āhāreti] ate; took food.

āhiṇḍati [ā + hiḍ + ṃ-a] wanders about; roams.

āhiṇḍi [aor. of āhiṇḍati] wandered about; roamed.

āhiṇḍitvā [abs. of āhiṇḍati] having wandered about; having roamed.

āhu [plu. of āha.] they have said.

āhuṇa [nt.] adoration; oblation.

āhuṇeyya [adj.] worthy of adoration or offerings.

āhuti [f.] oblation; offering.

āhundarika [adj.] crowded; blocked up.

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