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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Avaj!ta (adj.) [ava + j!ta; cp. B.Sk. avaj!ta in meaning misborn, miscarriage] low -- born, of low or base<br />

birth, fig. of low character (opp. abhij!ta) Sn 664 (= buddhassa avaj!taputta SnA 479); It 63; Miln 359.<br />

Avaj!n!ti<br />

Avaj!n!ti [ava + jñ!] 1. to deny Vin ii.85; A iii.164 = Pug 65. -- 2. (later) to despise DhA iii.16; PvA 175<br />

(grd. ˚j!nitabba) -- Of short stem -- form ñ! are found the foll: grd. avaññeyya PvA 175, and with o˚: grd.<br />

oñ!tabba PvA 195; pp. avañ!ta, besides avaññ!ta.<br />

Avaj"yati<br />

Avaj"yati [ava + j"yati; Sk. avajiryate] to be diminished, to be lost, be undone J i.313 (jita' a; v.l. avaj"jy˚);<br />

Dh 179 (jita' a = dujjita' hoti DhA iii.197).<br />

Avajja<br />

Avajja (adj.) [Sk. avadya, seemigly a + vadya, but in reality a der. fr. ava. According to Childers = Sk.<br />

avarjya from vraj, thus meaning "not to be shunned, not forbidden". This interpretn is justified by context<br />

of Dh 318, 319. <strong>The</strong> P. commentator refers it to ava + vad (for *ava -- vadya) in sense of to blame, cp.<br />

apavadati] low, inferior, blamable, bad, deprecable Dh 318, 319; Dhs 1160. More fig. in neg. form anavajja<br />

blameless, faultless D i.70 (= anindita DA i.183); A ii.26 = It 102; Sn 47 (˚bhojin carrying on a blameless<br />

mode of livelihood, see Nd2 39), 263 (= anindita agarahita KhA 140): Ps ii.116, 170; Pug 30, 41, 58; Sdhp<br />

436. Opp. s!vajja.<br />

Avajjat!<br />

Avajjat! (f.) [abstr. to prec.), only neg. an˚ blamelessness, faultlessness Pug 25, 41; Dhs 1349.<br />

Avajjha<br />

Avajjha (adj.) [grd of a + vadhati, Sk. vadhya, vadh] not to be killed or destroyed, inviolable Sn 288; J<br />

v.69; vi.132.<br />

Avañcana<br />

Avañcana (adj.) [a + vañcana from vañc] not (even) tot- tering, i.e. unfit for any motion (esp. walking), said<br />

of crippled feet J i.214 = Cp iii.910.<br />

Avañña<br />

Avañña (adj.) [to avaññ!] despised, despicable Pv iii.113 (= avaññeyya avaj!nitabba PvA 175).<br />

Avaññatti<br />

Avaññatti (f.) [ava + ñatti = Sk. *avajñapti, fr. ava + jñ!] only as neg. an˚ the fact of not being despised,<br />

inferior or surpassed, egotism, pride, arrogance It 72; Vbh 350, 356; ˚k!ma (adj.) wishing not to be<br />

surpassed, unvilling to be second, wanting to be praised A ii.240; iv.1 sq.<br />

Avaññ!<br />

Avaññ! (f.) [Sk. avajñ!, fr. ava + jñ!] contempt, disregard, disrespect J i.257 (˚ya).

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