The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anosita
Anosita (adj.) [an + ava + sita, pp. of s!] not inhabited (by), not accessible (to) Sn 937 (= anajjhosita' Nd1
441; jar!d"hi anajjh!vuttha' &h!na' SnA 566).
Anta
Anta1 [Vedic anta; Goth. andeis = Ohg. anti = E. end; cp. also Lat. antiae forehead (: E. antler), and the
prep. anti opposite, antika near = Lat. ante; Gr. a)nti/ & a)/nta opposite; Goth., Ags. and; Ger. ant -- ; orig.
the opposite (i. e. what stands against or faces the starting -- point)]. 1. end, finish, goal S iv.368 (of
Nibb!na); Sn 467; J ii.159. anta' karoti to make an end (of) Sn 283, 512; Dh 275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriy!. --
loc. ante at the end of, immediately after J i.203 (vijay˚). -- 2. limit, border, edge Vin i.47; Dh 305 (van˚); J
iii.188. -- 3. side: see ekamanta' (on one side, aside). -- 4. opposite side, opposite, counterpart; pl. parts,
contrasts, extremes; thus also used as "constituent, principle" (in tayo & catt!ro ant!; or does it belong to
anta2 2. in this meaning? Cp. ekanta' extremely, under anta2): dve ant! (two extremes) Vin i.10; S ii.17;
iii.135. ubho ant! (both sides) Vin i.10; S ii.17; J i.8; Nd1 109. eko, dutiyo anto (contrasts) Nd1 52. As tayo
ant! or principles (?), viz. sakk!ya, s. -- samudaya, s. -- nirodha D iii.216, cp. A iii. 401; as catt!ro, viz. the
3 mentioned plus s. -- nirodhag!mini -- pa&ipad! at S iii.157. Interpreted by Morris as "goal" (J P T S. 1894,
70). -- Often pleonastically, to be expld as a "pars pro toto" figure, like kammanta (q. v.) the end of the
work, i. e. the whole work (cp. E. sea -- side, country -- side ); vananta the border of the wood = the woods
Dh 305; Pv ii.310 (expld by vana PvA 86; same use in BSk., vanânta e. g. at Jtm vi.21; cp. also gr!mânta
Av. -. i.210); suttanta (q. v.), etc. Cp. !k!santa J vi.89 & the pleonastic use of patha. -- ananta (n.) no end,
infinitude; (adj.) endless, corresponds either to Sk. anta or antya, see anta2. -- ânanta end & no end, or finite
and endless, D i.22; DA i.115. -- ânantika (holding views of, or talking about) finiteness and infinitude D
i.22 (see expln. at DA i.115); S iii.214, 258 sq.; Ps i.155. -- kara putting an end to, (n.) a deliverer, saviour;
usually in phrase dukkhass!a. (of the Buddha) M i.48, 531; A ii.2; iii.400 sq.; Th 1, 195; It 18; Sn 32, 337,
539; Pug 71. In other combn. A ii.163 (vijj!y!); Sn 1148 (pañh!n!). -- -- kiriy! putting an end to, ending,
relief, extirpation; always used with ref. to dukkha S iv.93; lt 89; Sn 454, 725; DhA iv.45. -- gata = antag(
Nd2 436 (+ ko&igata). -- g!hik! (f.), viz. di&&hi, is an attribute of micch!di&&hi, i. e. heretical doctrine. The
meaning of anta in this combn. is not quite clear: either "holding (wrong) principles (goals, Morris)", viz.
the 3 as specified above 4 under tayo ant! (thus Morris J P T S. 1884, 70), or "taking extreme sides, i. e.
extremist", or "wrong, opposite (= antya, see anta2)" (thus Kern, Toev. s. v.) Vin i.172; D iii.45, 48 (an˚); S
i.154; A i.154; ii.240; iii.130; Ps i.151 sq. -- g( one
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who has gone to the end, one who has gone through or overcome (dukkha) A iv.254, 258, 262; Sn 401 (=
va&&adukkhassa antagata); 539. -- ruddhi at J vi.8 is doubtful reading (antaruci?). -- va&&i rimmed
circumference J iii.159. -- saññin being conscious of an end (of the world) D i.22, cp. DA i 115.
Anta
Anta2 (adj.) [Vedic antya] 1. having an end, belonging to the end; only in neg. ananta endless, infinite,
boundless (opp. antavant); which may be taken as equal to anta1 (corresp. with Sk. anta (adj.) or antya; also
in doublet anañca, see !k!s!ânañca and viññ!*!ânañca); D i.23, 34 = D iii.224, 262 sq.; Sn 468 (˚pañña);
Dh 179, 180 (˚gocara having an unlimited range of mental vision, cp. DhA iii.197); J i.178. -- 2. extreme,
last, worst J ii.440 (C. h"na, l!maka); see also anta1 4. -- acc. as adv. in ekanta' extremely, very much,
"utterly" Dh 228 etc. See eka.
Anta
Anta3 (nt.) [Vedic !ntra, contr. fr. antara inner = Lat. interus, Gr. e)/ntera intestines] the lower intestine,
bowels, mesentery It 89; J i.66, 260 (˚vaddhi -- ma'sa etc.); Vism 258; DhA i.80. -- ga*&hi twisting of the