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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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4cela in kañcan!cela -- bh(sita "adorned with golden clothes" Pv ii.127 stands for cela˚.<br />

4jañña<br />

4jañña is the contracted form of !j!niya.<br />

4java<br />

4java see !cam!.<br />

4j!na<br />

4j!na (adj.) [! + j!na from jñ!] understandable, only in cpd. dur!j!na hard to understand S iv.127; Sn 762;<br />

J i.295, 300.<br />

4j!nana<br />

4j!nana (nt.) [! + j!nana, cp. Sk. ajñ!na] learning, knowing, understanding; knowledge J i.181 (˚sabh!va of<br />

the character of knowing, fit to learn); PvA 225.<br />

4j!n!ti<br />

4j!n!ti [! + j!n!ti] to understand, to know, to learn D i.189; Sn 1064 (˚am!na = vij!nam!na Nd2 120). As<br />

aññ!ti at Vism 200. -- pp. aññ!ta. Cp. also !*!peti.<br />

4j!niya (!j!n"ya)<br />

4j!niya (!j!n"ya) (adj. n.) [cp. BSk. !j!neya & Sk. !j!ti birth, good birth. Instead of its correct derivation<br />

from ! + jan (to be born, i. e. well -- born) it is by Bdhgh. connected with ! + jñ! (to learn, i. e. to be<br />

trained). See for these popular etym. e. g. J i.181: s!rathissa cittarucita' k!ra*a' !j!nana -- sabh!vo !jañño,<br />

and DhA iv.4: ya' assadamma -- s!rathi k!ra*a' k!reti tassa khippa' j!nana<br />

-- 97 --<br />

samatth! !j!niy!. -- <strong>The</strong> contracted form of the word is !jañña] of good race or breed; almost exclusively<br />

used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. ass!j!niya under assa3). (a) !j!niya (the more common & younger<br />

P!li form): Sn 462, 528, 532; J i.178, 194; Dpvs iv.26; DhA i.402; iii.49; iv.4; VvA 78; PvA 216. -- (b)<br />

!j!n"ya: M i.445; A v.323; Dh 322 = Nd2 475. -- (c) Ajañña = (mostly in poetry): Sn 300 = 304; J i.181; Pv<br />

iv.154; puris!jañña "a steed of man", i. e. a man of noble race) S iii.91 = Th 1, 1084 = Sn 544 = VvA 9; A<br />

v.325. -- an!j!niya of inferior birth M i.367. -- susu the young of a noble horse, a noble foal M i. 445<br />

(˚ûpamo dhamma -- pariy!yo).<br />

4j!n"yat!<br />

4j!n"yat! (f.) [abstr. fr. !j!niya] good breed PvA 214.<br />

4jira<br />

4jira [= ajira with lengthened initial a] a courtyard Mhvs 35, 3.<br />

4j"va

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