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Avakujja Avajja
Avakujja (adj.) [ava + kujja, cp. B.Sk. avakubja M Vastu Avanga see apanga.
i.29, avakubjaka ibid. 213; ii.412] face downward, head first,
Avaca (adj.) [der. fr. ava after the analogy of ucca > ut] low, only
prone, bent over (opp. ukkujja & uttāna) J i.13 = Bu ii.52; J in comb uccâvacā (pl.) high and low, see ucca. KvuA 38.
n.
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v.295; vi.40; Pv iv.10 ; PvA 178.
Avacana (nt.) [a + vacana] "non — word", i. e. the wrong word
-pañña (adj.) one whose reason is turned upside down
or expression J i.410.
(like an upturned pot, i.e. empty) A i.130; Pug 31 (= adho-
mukha — pañña Pug A 214). Avacara (—°) (n. — adj.) [ava + car, also BSk. avacara in
same sense, e.g. antaḥpurâvacarā the inmates of the harem
Avakkanta (—°) [pp. ofnext] entered by, beset with, over-
Jtm 210] (a) (adj.) living in or with, moving in D i.206 (san-
whelmed by (instr.) S iii.69 (dukkha°, sukha° and an°).
tika° one who stays near, a companion); fig. dealing or fa-
Avakkanti (f.) [fr. avakkamati] entry, appearance, coming down
miliar with, at home in A ii.189 (atakka°); iv.314 (parisā°); J
into, opportunity for rebirth S ii.66 (nāmarūpassa); iii.46 (pañ- 1
i.60 (tāḷa° one conversant with music, a musician, see tāḷa );
cannaṁ indriyānaṁ); Pug 13 (= okkanti nibbatti pātubhāvo
ii.95 (sangāma°); Miln 44 (id. and yoga°). — (b) (n.) sphere
PugA 184); Kvu 142 (nāmarūpassa); Miln 123 (gabbhassa). (of moving or activity), realm, plane (of temporal existence);
Avakkama [fr. avakkamati] entering, appearance J v.330 (gabb- only as t.t in kāmâvacara rupâvacara arūpâvacara or the 3
hassa). realms of sense — desires, form and non — form: kāma° D
i.34 (°deva); Dhs 431 (as adj.); rūpa° Pug 37; arūpa° Pug 38;
Avakkamati & okkamati [ava + kamati fr. kram] to approach.
Ps i.83, 84, 101; Dhs A 387; PvA 138, 163; to be omitted in
to enter, go into or near to, to fall into, appear in, only in ger.
Dhs 1268, 1278.
(poetically) avakamma J iii.480 (v.l. apa°).
Avacaraka & ocaraka (adj. — n.) [fr. avacara] 1. only in cpd.
Avakkāra [Sk. avaskara faeces, fr. avaṁ + karoti] throwing
kāmâvacarika as adj. to kāmâvacara, belonging to the sphere
away, refuse, sweepings; only in cpd. °pātī a bowl for refuse,
of sense experiences, Sdhp. 254. — 2. Late form of ocaraka,
slop basin, ash — bin Vin i.157, 352; ii.216; M i.207; DhA
spy, only in C. on Th 1, 315 ff. quoted in Brethren 189, n 3.
i.305.
Occurs in BSk (Divy 127).
Avakkhalita [pp. of avakkhaleti, Caus. of kṣal] washed off, taken
Avacaraṇa (nt.) [fr. avacarati 1] being familiar with, dealing
away from, detracted DA i.66 (v.l. apa°).
with, occupation J ii.95.
Avakkhitta & okkhitta [pp. of avakkhipati] 1. [= Sk. avakṣipta]
Avacuttha 2nd pret. of vac, in prohib form mā evaṁ avacuttha
thrown down, flung down, cast down, dropped; thrown out, re-
do not speak thus J vi.72; DhA iv.228.
jected. (ava:) M i.296 (ujjhita +); DA i.281 (an°), 289 (pinḍa);
PvA 174 (piṇḍa). 2. [= Sk. utkṣipta?] thrown off, gained, pro- Avacchidda (—°) (adj.) [ava + chidda] perforated, only in redupl.
ɔ
duced, got (cp. uppādita), in phrase sed âvakkhitta gained (intensive) cpd. chiddâvacchidda perforated all over, nothing
by sweat A ii.67; iii.45. but holes J iii.491; DhA i.122. 284, 319. Cp. chidda — vic-
Avakkhipati & okkhipati [ava + khipati; cp. Sk. ava-kṣipati] to chidda.
d
throw down or out, cast down, drop; fig. usually appl to the Avacchedaka (—°) (adj) [ava + cheda + ka] cutting off, as nt. °ṁ
eyes = to cast down, hence transferred to the other senses and adv. in phrase kabaḷâvacchedakaṁ after the manner of cutting
used in meaning of "to keep under, to restrain, to have control off mouthfuls (of food) Vin ii.214; iv.196; cp. āsāvacchedika
over" (cp. also avakkhāyati), aor. °khipi DA i.268 (bhusaṁ, whose hope or longing has been cut off or destroyed Vin i.
v. l. avakkhasi). 259.
Avakkhipana (nt.) [fr. avakkhipati] throwing down, putting Avajaya [ava + jaya, cp. apajita] defeat DhA ii.228 (v.l. for T.
down J i.163. ajaya).
Avagacchati [ava + gacchati] to come to, approach, visit (cp. Avajāta (adj.) [ava + jāta; cp. B.Sk. avajāta in meaning misborn,
Vedic avagacchati) PvA 87. miscarriage] low — born, of low or base birth, fig. of low
character (opp. abhijāta) Sn 664 (= buddhassa avajātaputta
Avagaṇḍa ( -kāraka) (adj.) [ava + gaṇḍa°] "making a swelling",
SnA 479); It 63; Miln 359.
i. e. puffing out the cheeks, stuffing the cheeks, full (when
eating); only nt. °ṁ as adv. after the manner or in the way of Avajānāti [ava + jñā] 1. to deny Vin ii.85; A iii.164 = Pug 65. —
stuffing etc. Vin ii.214; iv.196. 2. (later) to despise DhA iii.16; PvA 175 (grd. °jānitabba) —
Of short stem — form ñā are found the foll: grd. avaññeyya
Avagata [pp. of avagacchati] at PvA 222 is uncertain reading; the
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meaning is "known, understood" (aññāta Pv iv.1 ); perhaps PvA 175, and with o°: grd. oñātabba PvA 195; pp. avañāta,
besides avaññāta.
we should read āvikata or adhigata (so v.l. BB).
Avajīyati [ava + jīyati; Sk. avajiryate] to be diminished, to be
Avagāhati & ogāhati [ava + gāhati] to plunge or enter into, to be
lost, be undone J i.313 (jitaṁ a; v.l. avajījy°); Dh 179 (jitaṁ a
absorbed in (acc. & loc.) Vism 678 (vipassanāvīthiṁ); Sdhp
= dujjitaṁ hoti DhA iii.197).
370, 383.
Avajja (adj.) [Sk. avadya, seemigly a + vadya, but in reality a der.
Avaguṇṭhana (adj.) (—°) [fr. oguṇṭheti] covering Sdhp 314.
fr. ava. According to Childers = Sk. avarjya from vraj, thus
Avaggaha [Sk. avagraha] hindrance, impediment, used at DA i.95 n
meaning "not to be shunned, not forbidden". This interpret is
as syn. for drought (dubuṭṭhikā).
justified by context of Dh 318, 319. The P. commentator refers
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