The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abbh!na
Abbh!na (nt.) [abhi + !yana of ! + y! (i)] coming back, rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has undergone a
penance for an expiable offence Vin i.49 (˚âraha), 53 (id.), 143, 327; ii.33, 40, 162; A i.99. -- Cp. abbheti.
Abbh!matta
Abbh!matta (adj.) [abbh! + matta (?) according to the P!li Com.; but more likely = Vedic abhva huge,
enormous, monstrous, with ! metri causa. On abhva (a + bh( what is contradictory to anything that is) cp.
abbhuta & abbhu', and see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under dubius] monstrous, dreadful, enormous, "of the size of
a large cloud" (thus C. on S i.205 & J iii.309) S i.205 = Th 1, 652 (v. l. abbha˚ & abbh!mutta) = J iii.309 (v.
l. ˚mutta).
Abbh!hata
Abbh!hata [abhi + ! + hata, pp. of han] struck, attacked, afflicted S i.40 (maccun!); Th 1, 448; Sn 581; J
vi.26, 440; Vism 31, 232; DA i.140, 147; DhA iv.25.
Abbh!hana
Abbh!hana (nt.) [either = abb!hana or !v!hana] in udaka˚ the pulling up or drawing up of water Vin ii.318
(Bdhgh. on Cullavagga v.16, 2, corresponding to udaka -- v!hana on p. 122).
Abbhita
Abbhita [pp. of abbheti] 1. come back, rehabilitated, rein- stated Vin iii.186 = iv.242 (an˚). -- 2. uncertain
reading at Pv i.123 in sense of "called" (an˚ uncalled), where id. p. at J iii.165 reads anavh!ta & at Th 2,
129 ay!cita.
Abbhu
Abbhu [a + bh( most likely = Vedic abhva and P. abbhu', see also abbh!matta] unprofitableness, idleness,
nonsense J v.295 (= abh(ti ava..hi C.).
Abbhu'
Abbhu' (interj.) [Vedic abhva', nt. of abhva, see expld. under abbhamatta. Not quite correct Morris J P T
S. 1889, 201: abbhu' = ! + bhuk; cp also abbhuta] alas! terrible, dreadful, awful (excl. of fright & shock)
Vin ii. 115 (Bdhgh. expls. as "utr!sa -- vacanam -- eta'"); M i.448. See also abbhu & abbhuta.
Abbhukkira*a
Abbhukkira*a (nt.) [abhi + ud + k%] drawing out, pulling, in da*.a -- sattha˚ drawing a stick or sword Nd2
5764 (cp. abbhokkira*a). Or is it abbhutt"ra*a (cp. utti**a outlet).
Abbhukkirati
Abbhukkirati [abhi + ud + kirati] to sprinkle over, to rinse (with water) D ii.172 (cakkaratana'; neither with
Morris J P T S. 1886, 131 "give up", nor with trsl. of J ii.311 "roll along"); J v.390; PvA 75. Cp.
abbhokkirati.
Abbhuggacchati