The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pama&&a
Pama&&a in cpd. luñcita -- pama&&! kapot" viya (simile for a woman who has lost all her hair) at PvA 47 is
doubtful, it should probably be read as luñcita -- pakkhik! k. viya i. e. like a pigeon whose feathers have
been pulled out (v. l. ˚patthaka).
Pamatta
Pamatta [pp. of pamajjati] slothful, indolent, indifferent, careless, negligent D iii.190; S i.61=204; A i.11,
139; iv.319; v.146; Sn 57, 70, 329 sq., 399, 1121; Dh 19, 21, 29, 292, 309 (=sati -- vossaggena
samann!gata DhA iii.482), 371; Nd2 404; PvA 276 (quot. ˚' ativattati). appamatta diligent, careful, eager,
mindful S i.4, 140, 157; A v.148; Th 1, 1245; Pv iv.138; PvA 66 (d!na' detha etc.), 219, 278. See also
appamatta2. -- c!rin acting carelessly Dh 334 (=sati -- vossagga -- lakkha*ena pam!dena p. -- c. DhA
iv.43). -- bandhu friend of the careless (Ep. of M!ra) S i.123, 128; Sn 430; Nd2 507.
Pamattaka
Pamattaka (adj.)=pamatta, only in neg. form ap˚ careful, mindful PvA 201.
Pamathita
Pamathita [pp. of pa+mathati to crush] crushed, only in cpd. sam˚ (q. v.).
Pamad!
Pamad! (f.) [Classical Sk. pramad!, fr. pra+mad, cp. pam!da] a young (wanton) woman, a woman Sn 156,
157 (gloss for pam!da cp. SnA 203); J iii.442 (marapamad!na' issaro; v. l. samudd!), 530 (v. l. pamuda,
pamoda).
Pamaddati
Pamaddati [pa+m%d] to crush down, destroy, overcome, defeat; pp. pamaddita J vi.189 (m!lutena p.
corresponding with v!ta -- paha&a).
Pamaddana
Pamaddana (adj. nt.) [fr. pamaddati] crushing, defeating, overcoming D i.89 (˚parasena˚); Sn p. 106
(id.=madditu' samattho SnA 450); Sn 561 (M!rasena˚); DA i.250.
Pamaddin
Pamaddin (adj.) [fr. pa+m%d] crushing, able to crush, powerful, mighty J iv.26 (=maddana -- samattha C.).
Pam!*a
Pam!*a (nt.) [of pa+m!, Vedic pram!*a] 1. measure, size, amount S ii.235; A i.88; iii.52, 356 sq.; v.140
sq.; Miln 285 (cp. trsl. ii.133, n. 2); SnA 137; VvA 16; PvA 55 (gha&a˚), 70 (ekahattha˚), 99
(t!lakkhandha˚), 268 (s"la˚). -- 2. measure of time, compass, length, duration PvA 136 (j"vita' paricchinna
˚'); esp. in cpd. !yu˚ age S i.151; A i.213; ii.126 sq. and passim (cp. !yu). -- 3. age (often by Com. taken as
"worldly characteristic," see below r(pa˚ and cp. Nd2 406 on Sn 1076); DhA i.38. -- 4. limit PvA 123, 130
(dhanassa). -- 5. (appld meaning) standard, definition, description, dimension S iv.158#Sn 1076 (perhaps
("age"). pam!*a' karoti set an example DhA iii.300 (ma' p. katv!). -- adj. ( -- ˚) of characteristic, of the