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Ava° Avakujja

avakkhitta thrown down: okkhitta subdued; iv.103 (nirayaṁ vajanti yathā adhammo patito avaṁsiro); Nd 1
avacara sphere of motion: ocaraka spy; 404 (uddhaṁpāda +); DhA iv.153 (gloss adhosira). — On
avatiṇṇa descended: otiṇṇa affected with love; avaṁ° cp. further avakkāra, avākaroti, avekkhipati.
avaharati to move down, put off: oharati to steal.
Avakaṁsa [fr. ava — karṣati; on ṁs: *rṣ cp. haṁsati: harṣati]
(2) In certain secondary verb — formations, arisen on Pāli
dragging down, detraction, abasement, in cpd. ukkaṁsâvak°
grounds, the form o° is used almost exclusively pointing thus
lifting up & pulling down, raising and lowering, rise & fall D
to a clearly marked dialectical development of Pali. Among
i.54.
these formations are Deminutives in °ka usually; the Gerund
Avakankhati (—°) [ava + kankhati; cp. Sk. anu — kānkṣati] to
& the Infinitive usually; the Causatives throughout.
wish for, strive after S iv.57 (n'); J iv.371 (n'); V 340 (n'), 348
II. Ava as prefix. [P. ava = Vedic ava & occasionally o; Av.
(n' = na pattheti C).
ava; Lat. au — (aufero = avabharati, aufugio etc.); Obg. u —;
Oir. ō, ua. See further relations in Walde, Lat. Wtb. under au]. Avakaḍḍhati [ava + kaḍḍhati, cp. avakassati & apakassati] Nett 4
— Meaning. (Rest:) lower, low (opp. ut°, see e. g. uccâvaca (avakaḍḍhayitvā). Pass. avakaḍḍhati J iv.415 (hadayaṁ me
d.
high & low, and below iii. c), expl as heṭṭhā (DhA iv.54 un- a. my hcart is weighed down = sokena avakaḍḍhīyati C; v.l.
der avaṁ) or adho (ibid. 153; SnA 290). — (Motion:) down, avakassati). — pp. avakaḍḍhita.
downward, away (down), off; e. g. avasūra sun — down; adv.
Avakaḍḍhita [pp. of avakaḍḍhati] pulled down, dragged away
avaṁ (q. v., opp. uddhaṁ). — (a) lit. away from, off: ava —
DhA iii.195.
kantati to cut off; °gaṇa away from the crowd; °chindati cut
Avakata = apakata, v.l. at It 89.
off; °yīyati fall off; °bhāsati shine out, effulge; °muñcati take
off; °siṭṭha left over. — down, out, over: °kirati pour down Avakanta [for *avakatta, Sk. avakṛtta; pp. of avakantati, see
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or out over; °khitta thrown down; °gacchati go down; °gāheti kanta ] cut, cut open, cut off J iv.251 (galak âvakantaṁ).
dip down; °tarati descend; °patita fallen down; °sajjati emit;
Avakantati & okantati (okk°) [cp. Sk. avakṛntati, ava + kan-
°siñcati pour out over; °sīdati sink down. — (b) fig. down in
tati, cp. also apakantati] to cut off, cut out, cut away, carve —
connection with verbs of emotion (cp. Lat. de — in despico to
(ava:) J iv.155. — pp. avakanta & avakantita.
despise, lit. look down on), see ava — jānāti, °bhūta, °mānita,
Avakantita [pp. of avakantati] cut out PvA 213.
°vajja, °hasati. away from, i. e. the opposite of, as equiva-
lent to a negation and often taking the place of the neg. prefix Avakappanā & okappanā (f.) [ava + kappanā] preparation, fix-
a° (an°), e. g. in avajaya (= ajaya), °jāta, °mangala (= a°), ing up, esp. harnessing J vi.408.
°pakkhin, °patta. Avakaroti [Sk. apakaroti, cp. P. apa°] "to put down", to despise,
Affinities of ava. — (a) apa. There exists an exceedingly throw away; only in der, avakāra & avakārin. — pp. avakata
frequent interchange of forms with apa° and ava°, the histori- (q. v.). — See also avākaroti & cp. avakirati 2.
cal relation of which has not yet been thoroughly investigated.
Avakassati & okassati [cp. Sk. avakarṣati, ava + kṛṣ; see also
For a comparison of the two the BSk. forms are indispensable,
apakassati & avakaḍḍhati] to drag down, to draw or pull away,
and often afford a clue as to the nature of the word in question.
distract, remove. — A v.74 = Vin ii.204 (+ vavakassati).
See on this apa 2 and cp. the foll. words under ava: avakata,
°karoti, °khalita, °anga, ottappa, avattha, °nīta, °dāna, °pivati, Avakārakaṁ (adv.) [fr. avakāra] throwing away, scattering
°rundhati, °lekhati, °vadati, °varaka, °sakkati, avassaya, avas- about Vin ii.214.
seti, °hita, avāpurīyati, avekkhati. — (b) abhi. The similar-
Avakārin (adj.) (—°) [fr. avakāra] despising, degrading, neglect-
ity between abhi & ava is seen from a comparison of mean-
ing Vbh 393 sq. (an°).
ing abhi ii. b and ava ii. a. The two prefixes are practically
Avakāsa & okāsa [ava + kāś to shine, cp. Sk. avakāśa] 1. "ap-
synonymous in the foll. words: °kankhati, °kamati, °kiṇṇa,
pearance": akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior)
°khipati, °maddati, °rata, °lambati, °lekheti, °lepana, °siñcati.
to behold (of appearance) D i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing no-
— (c) The contrary of ava is ut (cp. above ii.2). Among the
ble or having the app. of an Aryan J v.87; katâvakāsa put into
freq. contrast — pairs showing the two, like E. up & down, are 9
appearance Vv 22 . — 2. "opportunity": kata° given leave D
the foll. ukkaṁsâvakaṁsa, uggaman — oggamana, uccâvaca,
i.276 Sn 1030; anavakāsakārin not giving occasion Miln 383.
ullangheti — olangheti, ullittâvalitta; ogilituṁuggilituṁ, ona-
man — unnamana. Two other comb ns. founded on the same — anavakāsa not having a chance or opportunity (to happen),
impossible; always in ster. phrase aṭṭhānaṁ etaṁ anavakāso
principle (of intensifying contrast) are chiddâvacchidda and
Vin ii.199; A i.26; v.169; Pug 11, 12; PvA 28.
ava° in contrast with vi° in olambavilamba, olugga — vilugga.
Avakirati & okirati [ava + kirati] 1. to pour down on, to pour out
Avaṁ (adv.) [Vedic avāk & avāṁ] the prep. ava in adv. use,
d.
down, downward; in C. often expl by adho. Rarely abso- over; aor. avakiri PvA 86; ger. °kiritvā J v.144. — 2. to cast
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out, reject, throw out; aor. avākiri Vv 30 = 48 (v.l. °kari;
lute, the only passage found so far being Sn 685 (avaṁ sari s
d.
he went down, v. l. avasari, expl by otari SnA 486). Opp. VvA 126 expl by chaḍḍesi vināsesi). — Pass. avakirīyati
Pv iii.1 10 (= chaḍḍīyati PvA 174); grd. °kiriya (see sep.). See
uddhaṁ (above, up high). Freq. in cpd. avaṁsira (adj.) head
also apakiritūna. pp. okiṇṇa.
downward (+ uddhaṁpāda feet up), a position characteristic
of beings in Niraya (Purgatory), e. g. S i.48; Sn 248 (patanti Avakiriya [grd of avakirati] to be cast out or thrown away; re-
sattā nirayaṁ avaṁsirā = adhogata — sīsā SnA 290); Vv 52 25 jectable, low, contemptible J v.143 (taken by C. as ger. =
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(of Revatī, + uddhaṁpāda); Pv iv.1 ; J i.233 (+ uddhapāda); avakiritvā).
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