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Ācita Āṇi
Ācita [pp. of ācināti] accumulated, collected, covered, furnished Vism 22 sq., 44; DhA iv.111. -vipatti failure in method
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or endowed with J vi.250 (= nicita); Vv 41 ; DhsA 310. See of gaining a living A i.270. -sampadā perfection of (right)
also āciṇa. livelihood A i.271; DA i.235.
Ācināti [ā + cināti] to heap up, accumulate S iii.89 (v. l. ācinati); Ājīvaka (& °ika) [ājīva + ka, orig. "one finding his living" (scil.
iv.73 (ppr. ācinato dukkhaṁ); DhsA 44. — pp. ācita & āciṇa in a peculiar way); cp. BSk. ājīvika Divy 393, 427] an as-
(ācina). — Pass. ācīyati (q. v.). cetic, one of the numerous sects of non — buddhist ascetics.
On their austerities, practice & way of living see esp. DhA
Ācīyati (& Āceyyati) [Pass. of ācināti, cp. cīyati] to be heaped
ii.55 sq. and on the whole question A. L. Basham, Hist. &
up, to increase, to grow; ppr. āceyyamāna J v.6 (= ācīyanto
Doctrines of the Ājīvikas, 1951. — (a) ājīvaka: Vin i.291;
vaḍḍhanto C.).
ii.284; iv.74, 91; M i.31, 483: S i.217; A iii.276, 384; J i.81,
Ācera is the contracted form of ācariya; only found in the
257, 390. — (b) ājīvika: Vin i.8; Sn 381 (v. l. BB. °aka).
Jātakas, e. g. J iv.248; vi.563.
-sāvaka a hearer or lay disciple of the ājīvaka ascetics Vin
Ācela in kañcanācela — bhūsita "adorned with golden clothes" Pv ii 130, 165; A i.217.
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ii.12 stands for cela°.
Ājīvika (nt.) (or ājīvikā f.?) [fr. ājīva] sustenance of life, liveli-
Ājañña is the contracted form of ājāniya. hood, living Vbh 379 (°bhaya) Miln 196 (id.); PvA 274, and
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in phrase ājīvik âpakata being deprived of a livelihood, with-
Ājava see ācamā.
out a living M i.463 = S iii.93 (T. reads jīvikā pakatā) = It 89
Ājāna (adj.) [ā + jāna from jñā] understandable, only in cpd.
(reads ājīvikā pakatā) = Miln 279.
durājāna hard to understand S iv.127; Sn 762; J i.295, 300.
Ājīvin (adj. — n.) [fr. ājīva] having one's livelihood, finding
Ājānana (nt.) [ā + jānana, cp. Sk. ajñāna] learning, knowing,
one's subsistence, living, leading a life of (—°) D iii.64; A
understanding; knowledge J i.181 (°sabhāva of the character
v.190 (lūkha°)
of knowing, fit to learn); PvA 225.
Āṭa [etym.? Cp. Sk. āṭi Turdus Ginginianus, see Aufrecht,
Ājānāti [ā + jānāti] to understand, to know, to learn D i.189; Sn Halāyudha p. 148] a kind of bird J vi.539 (= dabbimukha C.).
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1064 (°amāna = vijānamāna Nd 120). As aññāti at Vism 200.
Āṭaviya is to be read for aṭaviyo (q. v.) at J vi.55 [= Sk. āṭavika].
— pp. aññāta. Cp. also āṇāpeti.
Āṭhapanā (f.) at Pug 18 & v. l. at Vbh 357 is to be read aṭṭha-
Ājāniya (ājānīya) (adj. n.) [cp. BSk. ājāneya & Sk. ājāti birth,
panā (so T. at Vbh 357).
good birth. Instead of its correct derivation from ā + jan (to
be born, i. e. well — born) it is by Bdhgh. connected with Āṇañja see ānejja.
ā + jñā (to learn, i. e. to be trained). See for these popular
Āṇaṇya see ānaṇya.
etym. e. g. J i.181: sārathissa cittarucitaṁ kāraṇaṁ ājānana
— sabhāvo ājañño, and DhA iv.4: yaṁ assadamma — sārathi Āṇatti (f.) [ā + ñatti (cp. āṇāpeti), Caus. of jñā] order, command,
ordinance, injunction Vin i.62; KhA 29; PvA 260; Sdhp 59,
kāraṇaṁ kāreti tassa khippaṁ jānana— samatthā ājāniyā. —
354.
The contracted form of the word is ājañña] of good race or
breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse Āṇattika (adj.) [āṇatti + ka] belonging to an ordinance or com-
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(cp. assājāniya under assa ). (a) ājāniya (the more com- mand, of the nature of an injunction KhA 29.
mon & younger Pāli form): Sn 462, 528, 532; J i.178, 194;
Āṇā (f.) [Sk. ājñā, ā + jñā] order, command, authority Miln
Dpvs iv.26; DhA i.402; iii.49; iv.4; VvA 78; PvA 216. — (b) 253; DA i.289; KhA 179, 180, 194; PvA 217; Sdhp 347, 576.
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ājānīya: M i.445; A v.323; Dh 322 = Nd 475. — (c) ǡjañña rāj āṇā the king's command or authority J i.433; iii.351; PvA
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= (mostly in poetry): Sn 300 = 304; J i.181; Pv iv.1 ; purisā-
242. āṇaṁ deti to give an order J i.398; °ṁ pavatteti to issue
jañña "a steed of man", i. e. a man of noble race) S iii.91 = Th
an order Miln 189, cp. āṇāpavatti J iii.504; iv.145.
1, 1084 = Sn 544 = VvA 9; A v.325. -anājāniya of inferior
Āṇāpaka (adj. n.) [fr. āṇāpeti] 1. (adj.) giving an order Vism
birth M i.367.
303. — 2. (n.) one who gives or calls out orders, a town —
-susu the young of a noble horse, a noble foal M i. 445
crier, an announcer of the orders (of an authority) Miln 147.
(°ûpamo dhamma — pariyāyo).
Āṇāpana (nt.) [abstr. fr. āṇāpeti] ordering or being, ordered,
Ājānīyatā (f.) [abstr. fr. ājāniya] good breed PvA 214.
command, order PvA 135.
Ājira [= ajira with lengthened initial a] a courtyard Mhvs 35, 3.
Āṇāpeti [ā + ñāpeti, Caus. of ā + jānāti fr. jñā, cp. Sk. ājñāpay-
Ājīva [ā + jīva; Sk. ājīva] livelihood, mode of living, living,
ati] to give an order, to enjoin, command (with acc. of person)
subsistence, D i.54; A iii.124 (parisuddha°); Sn 407 (°ṁ =
J iii.351; Miln 147; DhA ii.82; VvA 68 (dāsiyo), 69; PvA 4,
parisodhayi = micchājīvaṁ hitvā sammājīvaṁ eva pavattayī
39, 81.
SnA 382), 617; Pug 51; Vbh 107, 235; Miln 229 (bhinna°);
Āṇi (Vedic āṇi to aṇu fine, thin, flexible, in formation an n — en-
Vism 306 (id.); DhsA 390; Sdhp 342, 375, 392. Esp. freq. in
largement of Idg. *olenā, cp. Ohg. lun, Ger. lünse, Ags. lynes
the contrast pair sammā — ājīva & micchā-ā° right mode &
= E. linch, further related to Lat. ulna elbow, Gr. ὠλένη, Ohg.
wrong mode of gaining a living, e. g. at S ii.168 sq.; iii.239;
elina, Ags. eln = E. el — bow. See Walde, Lāt. Wtb. under
v.9; A i.271; ii 53, 240, 270; iv.82; Vbh 105, 246. See also
ulna & lacertus]. — 1. the pin of a wheel — axle, a linch —
magga (ariyaṭṭhangika).
pin M i.119; S ii.266, 267; A ii.32; Sn 654; J vi.253, 432; SnA
-pārisuddhi purity or propriety of livelihood Miln 336;
243; KhA 45, 50. — 2. a peg, pin, bolt, stop (at a door) M
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