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Gaṇaka Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

— pāṭhaka); also with muddika and sankhāyika S iv.376; as sugar cane: see ucchu.
an office at the king's court (together with amaccā as gaṇaka -kāsāva a yellow robe which was to be tied (or which had
— mahāmatta=a ministerial treasurer) D iii.64, and in same a block?) J iv.446.
context D iii.148, 153, 169, 171, 177; as overseer Vin iii.43;
Gaṇḍa [a variation of gaṇṭha ( — i), in both meanings of (1)
as accountant Miln 79, 293; VvA 66.
swelling, knot, protuberance, and (2) the interstice between
Gaṇakī (f.)=gaṇikā Vin iii.135 — 136, in purāṇa° a woman who two knots or the whole of the knotty object, i. e. stem, stalk]
was formerly a courtesan, & as adj. gaṇakī — dhītā the daugh- — 1. a swelling, esp. as a disease, an abscess, a boil. Freq.
ter of a courtesan. in similes with ref. to kāma and kāya. Mentioned with sim-
ilar cutaneous diseases under kilāsa (q. v. for loci). As Ep.
Gaṇanā (f.) counting, i. e. 1. counting up, arithmetic, number J 2
of kāya S iv.83=A iv.386, of kāmā A iii.310, iv.289; Nd on
i.29; Vism 278 sq.; Miln 79; VvA 194. — 2. counting, cen-
Sn 51; also Th 2, 491 (=dukkhatā sūlaya ThA 288); S iv.64
sus, statistics; Tikap. 94; J i.35; Miln 4 (senā °ṁ kāretvā);
(=ejā); Sn 51, 61 (v. l. for gaḷa); J i.293; Vism 360 (°pilakā);
DhA i.11, 34. — 3. the art of counting, arithmetics as a study
DhA iii.297 (gaṇḍ — ā — gaṇḍajāta, covered with all kinds
& a profession, forbidden to the bhikkhus Vin i.77=iv.129 (°ṁ 1
of boils); iv.175; PvA 55. Cp. Av. S ii.168 . — 2. a stalk, a
sikkhati to study ar.); D i.11 (expl. DA i.95 by acchiddaka
shaft, in N. of a plant — °tindu — rukkha J v.99, and in der.
— gaṇanā); M i.85; iii.1 (°ājīva); DA i.157. -gaṇana-patha 12
(time — ) reckoning, period of time Miln 20, 116. gaṇḍikā & gaṇḍī, cp. also Av. S ii.133 . — 3.=gaṇḍuppāda
in cpd. gaṇḍamattikā clay mixed with earth — worms Vin
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Gaṇikā (f.) "one who belongs to the crowd," a harlot, a cour-
ii.151 (cp. Bdhgh. gaṇḍuppādagūtha — mattikā clay mixed
tesan (cp. gaṇakī) Vin i.231 (Ambapālī) 268, (do.); ii.277
with excrement of earthworms Vin. Texts iii.172).
(Aḍḍhakāsī); Ud 71; Miln 122; DhA iii.104; VvA 75 (Sir-
-uppāda (lit. producing upheavals, cp. a mole) an earth
imā); PvA 195, 199. — Customs of a gaṇikā J iv.249; v.134.
— worm, classed as a very low creature with kīṭā & puḷavā at
— Cp. saṁ°.
M iii.168; J v.210 (°pāṇa); DhA iii.361 (°yoni); SnA 317.
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Gaṇikā (f.)=gaṇanā, arithmetic Miln 3.
Gaṇḍaka (adj.) having boils Sdhp 103.
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Gaṇin (adj.) one who has a host of followers, Ep. of a teacher
Gaṇḍamba N. of the tree, under which Gotama Buddha per-
who has a large attendance of disciples; usually in standing formed the double miracle; with ref. to this freq. in phrase
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comb sanghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo (see above). Also in foll.: Sn
gaṇḍamba-rukkha-mūle yamakapāṭihāriyaṁ katvā J i.77;
955, 957; Dpvs iv.8 (mahāgaṇī), 14 (therā gaṇī); gaṇī — bhūtā iv.263 sq.; DA i.57; PvA 137; Miln 349; Dāvs v.54. Also
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(pl.) in crowds, comb with sanghā sanghī D i.112, expl at
at DhA iii.207 in play of words with amba — rukkha.
DA i.280: pubbe nagarassa anto agaṇā bahi nikkhamitvā gaṇa
Gaṇḍikā (f.) [a — n. formation from gaṇḍa or gaṇṭha, see also
— sainpannā ti. See also paccekagaṇin.
gaṇṭhikā] — 1. a stalk, a shaft (cp. gaṇḍī) J i.474; DhsA 319
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Gaṇin a large species of deer J v.406 (=gokaṇṇa).
(of the branches of trees: g° — ākoṭana — sadda). — 2. a
Gaṇeti [denom. to gaṇa Dhtp 574: sankhyāne] 1. to count, to lump, a block of wood (more freq. spelling gaṇṭhikā, q. v.).
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reckon, to do sums Dh 19; J vi.334; Miln 79, 293; pp. gaṇita — 3. N. of a plant Vv 35 (=bandhujīvaka VvA 161).
Sn 677; pass. gaṇīyati Sdhp 434; inf. (vedic) gaṇetuye Bw. -âdhāna the putting on of a shaft or stem, as a bolt or bar
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iv.28; caus. gaṇāpeti M iii.1. — 2. to regard, to take notice Vin ii.172; cp. Vin. Texts iii.213 and gaṇḍī; also ghaṭikā .
of, to consider, to care for J i.300; iv.267.
Gaṇḍin [adj. fr. gaṇḍa] — 1. having swellings, in ure gaṇḍī (f.)
Gaṇṭhi (m.) [Vedic granthi, to grem to comprise, hold together, with swellings on the chest, i. e. breasts J v.159, 202 (thane
cp. Lat. gremium, Sk. gaṇa & grāma, see also gantha] 1. a sandhāyâha 205). — 2. having boils, being afflicted with a
knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) J i.172; DA glandular disease (with kuṭṭhin & kilāsin) Kvu 31.
i.163; DhA i.321 (°jātaṁ what has be come knotty or hard);
Gaṇḍī (f.) [=gaṇḍikā in meaning 1; prob.=Sk. ghaṇṭā in meaning
— diṭṭhi — gaṇṭhi the tangle of false doctrine VvA 297; anta
2] — 1. a shaft or stalk, used as a bar J i.237. — 2. a gong
— gaṇṭh — ābādha entanglement of intestines Vin i.275. —
DhA i.291 (gaṇḍiṁ paharati to beat the g.); ii.54, 244; gaṇḍiṁ
2. a (wooden) block Vin ii.110 (of sandal wood).
ākoṭetvā KhA 251. Cp. AvS i.258, 264, 272; ii.87, 95 & Divy
-ṭṭhāna (for gaṇṭhikaṭṭhāna?) the place of the block (i. e.
335, 336. Also in gaṇḍisaññā "sign with the gong" J iv.306.
of execution) J iii.538; (reads gaṇṭhi — gaṇṭi — ṭṭhāna); Vism
— 3. the executioner's block (=gaṇḍikā or gaṇṭhikā) J iii.41.
248. — bhedaka, in °cora "the thief who breaks the block"
Gaṇḍusa [cp. Sk. gaṇḍūṣa] a mouthful J i.249 (khīra°).
(or rope, knot?) DhA ii.30.
Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti [Vedic grah (grabh), gṛhṇāti pp. gṛhīta to
Gaṇṭhikā (f.) (freq. spelled gaṇḍikā, q. v.)=gaṇṭhi, viz. 1. a knot,
grasp. *gher to hold, hold in, contain; cp. Gr. ξόρτος en-
a tie DA i.199 (catu — pañca — gaṇṭhik'āhata patta a bowl
closure, Lat. hortus, co — hors (homestead); Goth. gards
with 4 or 5 knots, similarly āṇi — gaṇṭhik'— āhata ayopatta
(house); Ohg. gart; E. yard & garden. To this belong Vedic
Vism 108; but see āṇi); DhA i.335 (°jāta=gaṇṭhijāta knotty
gṛha (house) in P. gaha°, gihin, geha, ghara, & also Vedic
part), 394. — 2. a block (or is it knot?) Vin ii.136 (?+pāsaka;
cp. Vin. Texts iii.144); v.140. Esp. in phrase gaṇṭhikaṁ harati to seize, hasta hand]. The forms of the verb are from
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paṭimuñcitvā Vin i.46= ii.213, 215, trsl at Vin. Texts iii.286 three bases, viz. (1) gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā — ); Pres.: ind.
gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi PvA 87), pot. gaṇheyya, imper. gaṇha (J
"fasten the block on (to the robe)" but at i.155 "tie the knots."
i.159; PvA 49=handa) & gaṇhāhi (J i.279). Fut. gaṇhissati;
Also in dhamma — gaṇṭhikā a block for execution J i.150 (v.
Aor. gaṇhi. Inf. gaṇhituṁ (J iii.281). Ger. gaṇhitvā. Caus.
l. gaṇḍikā). — 3. N. of a plant PvA 127. — ucchugaṇṭhikā
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