The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Abhikirati -- 1. [Sk. abhikirati] to sprinkle or cover over: see abhiki**a 1. -- 2. [Sk. avakirati, cp.
apakirit(na] to overwhelm, destroy, put out, throw away, crush S i.54; Th 1, 598; 2, 447 (ger. ˚kirit(na,
reading of C. for T. apa˚, expld. by cha..etv!); Dh 25 (˚k"rati metri causa; d"pa' abhik"rati = viddha'seti
vikirati DhA i.255; v. l. atikirati); J iv.121 (˚k"rati; d"pa' = viddha'seti C.); vi.541 (nandiyo m˚ abhik"rare =
abhikiranti abhikkamanti C.); DhA i.255 (inf. ˚kiritu'). -- pp. abhiki**a see abhiki**a 2.
Abhik")ati
Abhik")ati [abhi + kì)ati] to play (a game), to sport Miln 359 (k")a').
Abhik(jita
Abhik(jita [abhi + k(jita, pp. of k(j] resounding (with the song of birds) Pv ii.123 (cakkav!ka˚; so read for
kujita). Cp. abhinik(jita.
Abhikkanta
Abhikkanta (adj. -- n.) [pp. of abhikkamati, in sense of Sk. and also P. atikkanta] (a) (adj.) lit. gone
forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expln. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e. g.
DA i.227 = KhA 114 = VvA 52) it is used in 4 applications: abhikkantasaddo khaya (+ pabbaniya KhA)
sundar! -- âbhir(pa -- abbhanumodanesu dissati. These are: 1. (lit.) gone away, passed, gone out, departed
(+ nikkhanta, meaning khaya "wane"), in phrase abhikkant!ya rattiy! at the waning of the night Vin i.26; D
ii.220; M i.142. 2. excellent, supreme (= sundara) Sn 1118 (˚dass!vin having the most exellent knowledge
= aggadass!vin etc. Nd2 76); usually in compar ˚tara (+ pa*"tatara) D i.62, 74, 216; A ii.101; iii.350 sq.;
v.140, 207 sq.; DA i.171 (= atiman!patara). 3. pleasing, superb, extremely wonderful, as exclamation ˚'
repeated with bho (bhante), showing appreciation (= abbhânumodana) D i.85, 110, 234; Sn p. 15, 24, etc.
freq. 4. surpassing, beautiful (always with ˚va**a = abhir(pa) Vin i.26; D ii.220; M i.142; Pv ii.110 = Vv
91 (= atiman!pa abhir(pa PvA 71); KhA 115 (= abhir(pachavin). -- (b) (nt.) abhikkanta' (combd. with and
opp. to pa&ikkanta') going forward (and backward), approach (and receding) D i.70 (= gama*a + nivattana
DA i.183); Vin iii.181; A ii.104, 106 sq.; VvA 6.
Abhikkama
Abhikkama going forward, approach, going out Pv iv.12 (opp. pa&ikkama going back); DhA iii.124
(˚pa&ikkama).
Abhikkamati
Abhikkamati [Vedic abhikramati, abhi + kamati] to go forward, to proceed, approach D i.50 (=abhimukho
kamati, gacchati, pavisati DA i.151); ii.147, 256 (abhikk! mu' aor.); DhA iii.124 (eva' ˚itabba' eva'
pa&ikkamitabba' thus to approach & thus to withdraw). -- pp. abhikkanta (q. v.).
Abhikkha*a
Abhikkha*a1 (nt.) [fr. abhikkhanati] digging up of the ground M i.143.
Abhikkha*a
Abhikkha*a2 (nt.) [abhi + *ikkha*a from "k+, cp. Sk. abh"k+*a of which the eontracted form is P. abhi*ha]
only as acc. adv. ˚' constantly, repeated, often Vv 2412 (= abhi*ha' VvA 116); Pv ii.84 (= abhi*ha'
bahuso PvA 107); Pug 31; DhA ii.91.