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Dhīra Dhura

Dhīra (adj.) [combining in meaning 1. Sk. dhīra "firm" fr. iii.287; iv.223, 494 (surā°); ThA 250 (itthi°), 260 (°purisa),
dhārayati (see dharati & dhiti); 2. Vedic. dhīra "wise" fr. dīd- 266 (°kilesa); PvA 3, 5 (itthi°, surā°), 151. — f. dhutti (dhuttī)
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heti (see dhi ). The fluctuation of connotation is also scen J ii.114 (°brāhmaṇī).
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in the expl of Com which always give the foll. three con-
Dhuttaka=dhutta S i.131; Th 2, 366 (=itthi — dhutta ThA 250);
ventional etymologies, viz. dhikkitapāpa, dhiti — sampanna, DhA iii.207; Dpvs ix.19. — f. dhuttikā always in comb w.
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dhiyā (=paññāya) samannāgata Nd 44≈(see dhi )] constant,
chinnikā (meretrix, q. v.) Vin iii.128; J ii.114; Miln 122.
firm, self — relying, of character; wise, possessing the knowl-
Dhunana (nt.) [Sk. dhūnana] shaking, in °ka (adj.) consisting in
edge of the Dhamma, often=paṇḍita & Ep. of an Arahant
shaking off, doing away with, giving up (kilesa°) SnA 373.
D ii.128; S i.24 (lokapariyāyaṁ aññāya nibbutā dh.), 122,
221; Sn 45, 235 (nibbanti dhīrā), 913 (vippamutto diṭṭhigatehi Dhunāti [Sk. dhunoti (dhūnoti), dhunāti & dhuvati, Caus. dhū-
dh.), 1052; It 68 (°upasevanā, opp. bāla), 122 (dh. sab- nayati. Idg. *dhū to be in turbulent motion; cp. Gr. χύω,
baganthapamocano); Dh 23, 28, 177 (opp. bāla); Th 1, 4; χύνω (to be impetuous), χύελλα (storm), χύμος "thyme"; Lat.
2, 7 (dhammā=tejussadehi ariyamaggadhammehi ThA 13); J fūmus (smoke=fume), suffio; Lith. duja (dust); Goth. dauns
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iii.396; v.116; Pv ii.1 ; ii.9 ; Nd 44, 55, 482; Nd 324 (=juti- (smoke & smell); Ohg. toum. Connected also w. dhāvate; see
mant); Miln 342; KhA 194, 224, 230; DhA iii.189 (=paṇḍita). further dhūpa, dhūma, dhūsara, dhona & a secondary root Idg.
*dheṷes in dhaṁsati] to shake, toss; to shake off, remove, de-
Dhuta (& Dhūta) [cp. Sk. dhuta & dhūta, pp. of dhunāti] 1.
stroy S i.156 (maccuno senaṁ); Th 1, 256=Miln 245; dhunāti
shaken, moved Dāvs v.49 (vāta°). — 2. lit. "shaken off," but
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always expl in the commentaries as "one who shakes off" ei- pāpake dhamme dumapattaṁ va māluto Th i.2; J i.11 (v. 48);
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iii.44 (hatthe dhuniṁsu, wrung their hands); Vv 64 (=VvA
ther cvil dispositions (kilese), or obstacles to spiritual progress
278 misprint dhumanti); aor. adhosi [=Sk. adhauṣīt] Sn 787
(vāra, nīvaraṇa). The word is rare. In one constantly repeated
(micchādiṭṭhiṁ= pajahi SnA 523). pp. dhuta & dhūta (q. v.).
passage (Vin i.45=305=ii.2=iii.21=iv.213) it is an adj. op-
Cp. nis°, o°.
posed to kosajja lazy, remiss; and means either scrupulous
or punctilious. At D i.5 it is used of a pain. At Sn 385 we Dhuma in °kaṭacchuka=druma° having a wooden spoon (see
are told of a dhutadhamma, meaning a scrupulous way of duma), cp. Mar. dhumārā? (Ed. in note) DhA ii.59. [Doubtful
life, first for a bhikkhu, then for a layman. This poem omits reading.]
all higher doctrine and confines itself to scrupulousness as re- Dhura (m. & nt.) [Sk. dhur f. & dhura m.] 1. a yoke, a
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gards minor, elementary matters. Cp. Vism 61 for a def of
pole, the shaft of a carriage J i.192 (purima — sakaṭa°), 196;
dhuta.
Cp. ii.8, 4. — 2. (fig.) a burden, load, charge, office, re-
-anga a set of practices leading to the state of or appro-
sponsibility Sn 256 (vahanto porisaṁ dh °ṁ "carrying a hu-
priate to a dhuta, that is to a scrupulous person First occurs in
man yoke"=purisânucchavikā bhārā SnA 299), 694 (asama°
a title suffixed to a passage in the Parivāra deprecating such
one who has to bear a heavy burden=asamaviriya SnA 489);
practices. The passage occurs twice (Vin v.131, 193), but the
DhA ii.97 (sama°); dve dhurāni two burdens (viz. gantha° &
title, probably later than the text, is added only to the 2nd of vipassanā, study & contemplation) DhA i.7; iv.37; asamad-
the two. The passage gives a list of 13 such practices, each hura J i.193; vi.330. Three dhurā are enum at J iv.242 as sad-
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of them an ascetic practice not enjoined in the Vinaya. The 13 dhā°, sīla°, and paññā°. — Sdhp 355 (saddhā°), 392 (+viriya),
are also discussed at Vism 59 sq. The Milinda devotes a whole 413 (paññā°) dh °ṁ nikkhipati to take off the yoke, to put
book (chap. vi.) to the glorification of these 13 dhutangas, but
down a burden, to give up a charge or renounce a responsi-
there is no evidence that they were ever widely adopted. Some
bility (see °nikkhepa): nikkhittadhura A i.71; ii.148; iii.65,
are deprecated at M i.282, & examples of one or other of them 2
108, 179 sq.; a° S v.197, 225; Nd 131; SnA 236 (=dhura-
are given at Vin iii.15; Bu i.59; J iii.342; iv.8; Miln 133, 348, vant). — 3. the forepart of anything, head, top, front; fig.
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351; Vism 59 (°kathā), 65 (°cora), 72 (id.), 80 (def ); SnA chief, leader, leading part. nāvāya dh. the forecastle of a ship
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494; DhA i.68; ii.32 (dhūtanga); iv.30. Nd 188 says that 8 of
J iii.127=iv.142; dh — vāta head wind J i.100; ekaṁ dh °ṁ
them are desirable. -dhara mindful of punctiliousness Miln
nīharati to set aside a foremost part DA i.135. — 4. the far
342 (āraññaka dh. jhāyin). -vata the vow to perform the
end, either as top or beginning J iii.216 (yāva dh — sopānā);
dhutangas DhA vi.165. -vāda one who inculcates punctil-
iv.265 (dh — sopānaṁ katvā making the staircase end); v.458
iousness S ii.156; A i.23; Miln 380; Vism 80; ThA 69; DhA
(magga — dhure ṭhatvā standing on the far end or other side
ii.30. -vādin= °vāda J i.130.
of the road, i. e. opposite; gloss BB maggantare); VvA 44 (dh
Dhutatta (nt.) [Sk. *dhūtatvaṁ] the state of being punctilious — gehassa dvāre at the door of the top house of the village, i.
Vin i.305 (of going naked). e. the first or last house).
-gāma a neighbouring village (lit. the first v. that one
Dhutta [Sk. dhūrta, from dhūrvati & dhvarati to injure, deceive,
meets) J i.8, 237; iv.243; DhA iii.414; -dhorayha a yoked
cp. Lat. fraus; Idg. *dhreu, an enlarged form of which
ox S i.173=Sn 79 (viriyam me dh — dh °ṁ); SnA 150.
is *dreugh in Sk. druhyati, drugdha=Ohg. triogan, troum
-nikkhepa the putting down of the yoke, the giving up of one's
etc.: see duhana] of abandoned life, wild, fast, cunning, crafty,
office J iii.243; Vism 413. -bhatta a meal where a monk is
fraudulent; wicked, bad. (m.) a rogue, cheat, evil — minded
invited as leader of other monks who likewise take part in it J
person, scoundrel, rascal. There are three sorts of a wild life,
i.449. v. l. (for dhuva°); iii.97 (v. l. dhuva°); Vism 66. -yotta
viz. akkha° in gambling, itthi° with women, surā° in drink
yoke — tie, i. e. the tie fastening the yoke to the neck of the
(Sn 106; J iv.255). — Vin ii.277 (robber, highwayman); A
ox J i.192; vi.253; -vahana bearing a burden (cp. dhorayha)
iii.38 (a°); iv.288 (itthi°); J i.49 (surā°), 290, 291; ii.416;
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