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Rohita Lakkhaṇa

Rohita, which is freq. mentioned in the "Jātaka" literature, e. g. J ii.433; iii.333; DhA ii.132 (four), 140; KhA 118.

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La syllable of abbreviation, corresponding to our "etc.": see of fortune — telling, like maṇi° from jewels, daṇḍa° from
peyyāla. sticks, asi° from marks on swords etc.); Sn 360 (pl.
lakkhanā, here as fortune — telling together with supina
Lak-aṭṭhika at VvA 222 is doubtful; aṭṭhika means "kernel," lak°
telling fr. dreams, cp. SnA 362: daṇḍa°, vattha° etc. referring
may be a misspelling for labujak° (?).
to D i.9), 927 (with Āthabbana, supina & nakkhatta, all kinds
Lakanaka (nt.?) [fr. lag, with k for g, as lakuṭa: laguḷa etc. Would d
of secret sciences; expl at SnA 564 as "maṇi — lakkhaṇâdi")
correspond to Sk. *lagnaka, cp. Trenckner. Notes 62; Geiger, 1018 (gottaṁ brūhi sa° "with its distinguishing marks"); J
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P.Gr. § 39 ] ship's anchor (nāvā°) Miln 377 (v. l. lagganaka),
vi.364 (sign of beauty); Miln 171 (yathāva° just characteriza-
378.
tion); Mhvs 35, 109 (itthi° auspicious signs in women); PvA
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Lakāra [for alankāra, lit. "fitting up," cp. Hindī & Marāthī lan- 161, 219; SnA 386. A long enum of all sorts of (perfect)
gara, Tamil ilankaran "in meaning anchor."] a sail J ii.112; marks (tatha — lakkhaṇāni) is found at DA i.62 sq. Cp. tādi-
Miln 378; Dāvs iv.42; Vism 137 (v. l. BB. lankāra). lakkhaṇa marks of such (a being), with ref. to good luck etc.
J iii.98; SnA 200; VvA 95. — 2. mark on the body, esp.
Lakuṭa [see laguḷa for etym.] a club, cudgel Miln 255 (in se-
when serving a def. purpose, e. g. as the branding (of slaves),
quence daṇḍa — leḍḍu — lakuṭa — muggara), 301, 367, 368.
or the marks of a fortunate being, pointing towards his future
See also laguḷa.
greatness: (a) brand J i.451, cp. cpd. °āhata. — (b) the (32)
Lakuṇṭaka [dialectical] a dwarf Mhvs 23, 50 (°sarīratta); VbhA
marks of a mahā — purisa or a great being, either destined to
26 (°pāda — purisa, cpd. with arūpa); PugA 227; C. on S
be a rājā cakkavatti, or a sammā — sambuddha. These are
i.237.
given at Sn 1019 (pl. lakkhanā), 1021, 1022 as only 3 (viz.
Lakuṇṭakatta (nt.) [fr. lakuṇṭaka] dwarfishness J vi.337. mukhaṁ jivhāya chādeti, uṇṇ' assa bhamuk' antare, kos' ohi-
Laketi [for laggeti, see lakanaka] to hold fast (lit. to make adhere) taṁ vattha — guyhaṁ with ref. to his tongue, the hair between
Miln 377. the eyebrows & the sexual organ); more completely as 32 at
D ii.16 sq.; iii.142 sq. (the Lakkhaṇa Suttanta); referred to
Lakkha (nt.) [fr. lakṣ (see lakkhaṇa), or (after Grassmann) lag
at D i.88, 105; J i.56; Mhvs 5, 91; cp. paripuṇṇa — kāya
"to fix," i. e. to mark. Cp. Vedic lakṣa price at gambling (Zim- n
Sn 548 (with expl lakkhaṇehi puṇṇatāya at SnA 452). — 3.
mer, Altind. Leben 287)] 1. a mark Miln 102. — 2. a target
(in spec. sense:) pudendum J v.197 (subha°, the male mem-
Miln 418; DhA i.52 (°yoggā target practice, i. e. shooting).
ber), 366. — 4. (adj.) (—°) having the marks (of), charac-
— 3. a stake at gambling J vi.271. — 4. a high numeral, a terized by, of such & such character A i.102 (kamma°; bāla°
lac or 100,000 (but cp. PvA 255, where lakkha of Pv iv.3 38 is
& paṇḍita°, together with bāla — & paṇḍitanimitta); Miln 111
taken as a "period of time," equal to 100 koṭis); Dāvs v.66.
(sata — puñña°, of the Buddha); VvA 71 (para — sampatti —
Lakkhañña (adj.) [fr. lakkhaṇa, cp. BSk. lakṣaṇya diviner usuyyā — lakkhaṇā issā); PvA 17, 120. — 5. (as t. t. in phi-
Divy 474] connected with auspices, auspicious, in phrase losophy) specific attribute, characteristic (mark). In contrast
"lakkhaññā vata bho dosinā ratti" (how grand a sign, friends, to nimitta more a substantial attribute or primary characteris-
n
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is the moonlight night! trsl ) D i.47=J i.509 (expl at DA i.141 tic (cp. VbhA 261). Compared with other terms of definition
as "divasa — mās' — ādīnaṁ lakkhaṇaṁ bhavituṁ yuttā"); J we get the foll.: rasa essential property, paccupaṭṭhāna recur-
v.370 (°sammata considered auspicious). ring phenomenon, padatṭhāna immediate occasion DhsA 63
n
d
Lakkhaṇa (nt.) [Vedic lakṣman nt. sign; adj. lakṣmaṇa; later (trsl Expos. i.84), cp. Cpd. 13 (where padaṭṭhāna is trsl as
n
Sk. lakṣmaṇa nt. In the def of grammarians syn. with anka "proximate cause"). — Ps i.54 sq. (khandhānaṁ); ii.108 (sac-
brand, e. g. Dhtp 536 "anka lakkhaṇe lakkha dassane," or cānaṁ), VbhA 85, 136 (with ref. to the Paṭiccasamuppāda,
Dhtm 748 "lakkha=dassanaanke"; cp. J i.451 lakkhaṇena an- cp. Vism 528), 261 (fourfold, of kesā etc.); Vism 278 (with
keti to brand. — The Sk. Np. Lakṣmaṇa appears also in Prk. ref. to kammaṭṭhāna) 351 (4, of the dhātus: thaddha°, āband-
as Lakkhaṇa: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 312] 1. sign, characteris- hana°, paripācana°, vitthambhana°), 363 sq. (id.), 495 (ariya
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tic, mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or — saccānaṁ); VvA 38 (comp with ārammaṇa with ref. to
pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. jhāna). — The 3 properties (tilakkhaṇaṁ) of existing things
or of the phenomenal world are anicca, dukkha, anatta, or
talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, property,
impermanence, suffering, unreality: thus at J i.48 (dhamma —
quality (as Rh. D. in Dial. i.19 somewhat lengthily, after Bd-
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hgh, trsl lakkhaṇa by "signs of good & bad qualities in the desanā ti — l — °muttā), 275; iii.377 (through contemplating
them arises vipassanā & pacceka — bodhi — ñāṇa). — abl.
foll. things and of the marks in them denoting the health or
lakkhaṇato "by or qua characteristic," "in its essential qual-
luck of their owners") D i.9 (a long list, as forbidden practice
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