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two. inal composition & derivation, in:
A. Meanings — I. Two as unit: 1. with objective foun- 1. numeral dve (& duve) two: nom. acc. dve (Sn p. 107;
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dation: (a) denoting a comb (pair, couple) or a repetition It 98; J i.150; iv.137 etc.) & (in verse) duve (Sn 896, 1001);
(twice). In this conn. frequent both objective & impersonal gen. dat. dvinnaṁ (It 39, 40, 98; J ii.154); instr. dvīhi (J i.87:
in mentioning natural pairs as well as psychologically con- v. l. dīhi; 151; ii.153); loc. dvīsu (J i.203; PvA 47) & duvesu
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trasted notions. E. g. dvipad (biped), nāgassa dve dantā (ele- (Vv 41 ).
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phants' tusks), cakkhūni (eyes); dvija (bird), duvija (tooth), di- 2. as numeral base: -sahassa 2000 (see A I. 2 ) J i.57;
jivha (snake). See also dutiya & dvaya. — dve: kāmā, khiḍḍā, VvA 261; PvA 74; also in dvittā and adv. dvikkhattuṁ twice
gatiyo (Sn 1001), dānāni (It 98), piyā, phalāni (Sn 896; It 39), & dvidhā in two parts. — (b) as nominal base: — (r)āvaṭṭa
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mittā, sinehā etc. See Nd under dve, cp. A i.47— 100; D [Sk. dviḥ cp. Lat. bis] turning twice S i.32; -ja "twice born,"
iii.212 — 214. — (b) denoting a separation (in two, twofold i. e. a bird J i.152 (gaṇā); -jātin one who is born twice, i. e. a
etc.): see dvidhā & cpds. — 2. with symbolic, sentimental brāhmaṇa Th, 2, 430 (ThA 269=brahmajātin); -tālamatta of
meaning: (a) only two (i. e. next to one or "next to noth- the size of 2 palms DhA ii.62; -pad [Sk. dvipad, Lat. bipes,
ing"), cp. the two mites of the widow (Mark xii. 42), two Gr. δίπους etc.] a biped, man S i.6; -pala twofold Vism 339;
sons of Rachel (Gen. 30): dumāsika not more than 2 months -pādaka=dvipad Vin ii.110; -bandhu having two friends J
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(Vin ii.107); dvemāsiko gabbho (Pv i.6 ); dvevācika; duvan- vi.281; -rattatiratta two or three nights Vin iv.16; also in
gula (see below). — (b) a few — more than one, some, a cou- dvīha two days (q. v.).
ple (often intermediate between 1 & 3, denoting more than 3. as diaeretic form duvi°: -ja (cp. dija) "growing again"
once, or a comparatively long, rather long, but not like 3 a i. e. a tooth J v.156.
very long time): māsadvayaṁ a couple of months; dvisahassa 4. as contracted form di°: -(y)aḍḍha one and a half (lit.
dīpā 2000 islands (=a large number); diyaḍḍhasata 150=very the second half, cp. Ger. anderthalb) Dh 235; J i.72 (diyaḍḍha
long etc.; dvīhatīha (2 or 3= a couple of days) q. v.; dvirattati- — yojana — satika 150 y. long or high etc.), 202; iv.293
ratta (id. of nights); dvīsu tīsu manussesu to some people (PvA (°yāma); DhA i.395; DA i.17; Miln 243, 272; DhsA 12; -guṇa
47); dvatikkhattuṁ soveral times; cp. dvikkhattuṁ (more than twofold, double Vin i.289; Sn 714; J v.309; Miln 84; DhA ii.6;
once), dutiyaṁ (for the 2nd time). VvA 63, 120; -ja (cp. dvija, duvija) (a) "twice — born," a bird
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II. Two as unit in connection with its own & other decimals S i.224; Sn 1134 (d. vuccati pakkhī Nd 296); J i.152, 203;
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means a complex plus a pair, which amounts to the same as a ii.205; iv.347; v.157; Pv ii.12 ; Vv 35 (cp. VvA 178); Miln
large & a small unit, or so to speak "a year & a day." E. g. 12 295. — (b) a brahmin ThA, 70, 73; -jivha "twotongued," i.
(sometimes, but rarely= 10+2, see sep.); — 32: rests usually e. a snake (cp. du°) J iii.347; -pad ( — pada or — pa) a biped
on 4 X 8, but as No. of the Mahāpurisa — lakkhaṇāni it de- (cp. dvi°) A i.22; v.21; Sn 83 (dipa — duttama), 995 (id.) 998;
notes 30+2= the great circle plus the decisive (invisible) pair; Dh 273; -pādaka=°pad Th 1, 453=Sn 205.
— 62: views of heresy: see diṭṭhi; also as a year of eternity= 5. as sec. cpd. form (with guṇa) dve° (and de°): -
60 kappas+2; — 92: as measure of eternity=90+2 kappas=a caturanga twice fourfold — eightfold Th 1, 520 (°gāmin);
year & a day. -patha a "double" path, a border path, the boundary between
III. Number twelve. 1. Based on natural phenomena it de- two villages Vv 53 17 ( — sīmantika — patha VvA 241);
notes the solar year (dvādasamāsako saṁvaccharo VvA 247). -piccha having two tail — feathers J v.341 (cp. de°); -pitika
— 2. Connected with the solar cult it is used with human ar- having two feathers J v.424; -bhāva doubling kacc. 21;
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rangements to raise them to the level of heavenly ones and to -māsika two months old Pv i.6 ; -vācika pronouncing (only)
impart to them a superior significance. Thus: (a) as denoting two words, viz. Buddha & Dhamma (cp. tevācika, saying the
a set (cp. 12 months = companions of the Sun) it is the No. whole saraṇa — formula), Vin i.4; J i.81; -sattaratta twice
of a respectful, holy, venerable group (cp. 12 sons of Jacob seven nights, a fortnight [cp. Sk. dvisapta] J vi.230. — See
Gen. 35, 22; cakes as shewbread Lev. 25, 5; stones erected also der. fr. numer. adv. dvidhā, viz. dvejjha (& dejjha),
Josh. 4, 8; apostles Math. 10, 2; patriarchs Acts 7, 8; compan- dvedhā°, dveḷhaka.
ions of Odysseus Hom. Od. 9, 195; Knights of Arthur etc.): 6. as noun — derivation dvaya a dyad (q. v.).
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of theras, accomp by 12 bhikkhus PvA 67, 141. 179 etc.; II. du; reduced base in numeral and nominal comp & der :
dvādasa koṭisatāni Sn 677; five groups of 12 musicians VvA -(v)addhato from both sides (a distorted form of dubhato
96 (cp. 5 X 12 cromlechs in the outer circle of Stonehenge). q. v.) Vv 64 19 (=dubhato VvA 281); -(v)angika consist-
— (b) as measure of distance in space & time it implies vast ing of two parts Dhs 163; -(v)angula & dvangula two fin-
extent, great importance, a climax, divine symmetry etc. 12 ger — breadths or depths, two inches long, implying a min-
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yojanas wide extends the radiance VvA 16; 12 y. as respect- imum measure (see above A I.2 ) Vin ii.107; iv.262; usually
ful distance PvA 137 (cp. 2000 cubits in same sense at Josh. 3, in cpds. — kappa the 2 inch rule, i. e. a rule extending the
4); 12 y. in extent (height, breadth & length) are the heavenly allotted time for the morning meal to 2 inches of shadow af-
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palaces of the Vimāna — petas or Yakkhas Vv 55 ; J vi.116; ter mid day Vin ii.294 306; — pannā wisdom of 2 finger —
VvA 6, 217, 244, 291, 298 etc. In the same connection we breadths, i. e. that of a woman S i.129=Th 2, 60 (dvanguli°,
freq. find the No. 16: solasa — yojanikaṁ kanaka — vimā- at ThA 66 as °saññā); — buddhika=°paññā VvA 96; -jivha
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naṁ Vv 67 ; VvA 188, 289 etc. — Of years: J iii.80; VvA twotongued (cp. di°); a snake J iv.330; v.82, 425; -paṭṭa
157 (dvādasa — vassikā; in this sense also 16 instead of 12: "double cloth" (Hind. dupaṭṭā; Kanarese dupaṭa, duppaṭa;
soḷasa — vassuddesika VvA 259 etc. See soḷasa). Tamil tuppaṭṭā a cloak consisting of two cloths joined together,
B. Bases & Forms — I. dvi; main base for numeral & nom- see Kern, Toev. i.179); J i.119; iv.114, 379 (ratta°); DhA i.249

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