The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

character of, measuring or measured by, taking the standard of, only in cpd. r(pa˚ measuring by
(appearance or) form, or held in the sphere of form (defined or Pug A 229 as "r(pa -- ppam!*' !disu
sampattiyutta' r(pa' pam!*a' karot" ti") A ii.71=Pug 53; Nd2 406. -- appam!*a without a measure,
unlimited, immeasurable, incomparable D i.31; ii.12 (+u)!ra); M iii.145 (ceto -- vimutti); A i.183, 192;
ii.73; iii.52; v.299 sq., 344 sq.; Sn 507; PvA 110 (=atula). See also appam!*a. -- kata taken as standard, set
as example, being the measure, in phrase p. -- kata' kamma' D i.251; S iv.322.
Pam!*avant
Pam!*avant (adj. n.) [fr. pam!*a] having a measure, finite; or: to be described, able to be defined Vin
ii.110; A ii.73.
Pam!*ika
Pam!*ika (adj. n.) [fr. pam!*a] 1. forming or taking a measure or standard, measuring by ( -- ˚) DhA iii.113
(r(pa˚ etc., see A ii.71); (n.) one who measures, a critic, judge A iii.349 sq.; v.140; Sdhp 441 (as
pam!*aka). -- 2. according to measure, by measure Vin iii.149; iv.279.
Pam!da
Pam!da [cp. Vedic pram!da, pa+mad] carelessness, negli- gence, indolence, remissness D i.6 (j(ta˚, see
DA i.85); iii.42 sq., 236; M i.151; S i.18, 20, 25, 146, 216; ii.43, 193; iv.78, 263; v.170, 397; A i.212
(sur!merayamajja˚)=S ii.69; A i.16 sq.; ii.40; iii.6, 421, 449; iv.195, 294, 350; v.310, 361; Sn 156, 157
(gloss pamad!, cp. SnA 203), 334, 942, 1033; Dh 21, 30 sq., 167 (= satiossagga -- lakkha*a p. DhA
iii.163), 241, 371; Th 1, 1245=S i.193; It 86; Nd1 423=Nd2 405; Ps ii.8 sq., 169 sq., 197; Pug 11, 12; Nett
13, 41; Miln 289 (m!na atim!na mada+); SnA 339 (=sati -- vippav!sa); DhA i.228; PvA 16 (pam!dena out
of carelessness); Sdhp 600. -- appam!da earnestness, vigilance, zeal D iii.236; S i.158; ii.29; Dh 21. --
p!&ha careless reading (in the text) Nett 5. (see introd. xi. n. 1); KhA 207; PvA 25.
Pam!davat!
Pam!davat! (f.) [abstr. fr. pam!da+vant, adj.] remissness A i.139.
Pam!din
Pam!din (adj.) [fr. pam!da] infatuating, exciting, in phrase citta˚ Th 2, 357 (trsln "leading to ferment of the
mind"; vv. ll. ˚pamaddin & ˚pam!thin, thus "crushing the heart," cp. ThA 243).
Pam!ya
Pam!ya1 [ger. of pamin!ti i. e. pa+m!] having measured, measuring Sn 894 (saya' p.=paminitv! Nd1 303);
J iii.114.
Pam!ya
Pam!ya2 [ger. of pamin!ti i. e. pa+m%, Sk. pram!rya of pram%*!ti] crushing, destroying Sn 209
(b"ja';=hi'sitva vadhitv! SnA 257). See on this passage Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 45.
Pam!yin
Pam!yin (adj.) [fr. pa+m!] measuring, estimating, defining S i.148 (appameyya' p. "who to th' illimitable
limit lays" trsl.; corresponds with paminanto).