The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

4d!y"n (adj. -- n.) [fr. ! + dad!ti base 2, cp. !d!ya] taking up, grasping, receiving; one who takes, se"zes or
appropriates D i.4 (dinn˚); A iii.80; v.137 (s!r˚); DA i.72.
4d!sa
4d!sa [Sk. !dar$a, ! + d%$, P. dass, of dassati1 2] a mir- ror Vin ii.107; D i.7, 11 (˚pañha mirror --
questioning, cp. DA i.97: "!d!se devata' otaretv! pañha -- pucchana'"), 80; ii.93 (dhamna! -- !d!sa' n!ma
dhamma -- pariy!ya' desess!mi); S v.357 (id.); A v.92, 97 sq., 103; J i.504; Dhs 617 (˚ma*.ala); Vism 591
(in simile); KhA 50 (˚da*.a) 237; DhA i.226. -- tala the surface of the mirror, in similes at Vism 450, 456,
489.
4d!saka
4d!saka = !d!sa Th 2, 411.
4di
4di [Sk. !di, etym. uncertain] -- 1. (m.) starting -- point, be- ginning Sn 358 (acc. !di' = k!ra*a' SnA 351);
Dh 375 (nom. !di); Miln 10 (!dimhi); J vi.567 (abl. !dito from the beginning). For use as nt. see below 2 b.
-- 2. (adj. & adv.) (a) (˚ -- ) beginning, initially, first, principal, chief: see cpds. -- (b) (˚ -- ) beginning with,
being the first (of a series which either is supposed to be familiar in its constituents to the reader or hearer
or is immediately intelligible from the context), i. e. and so on, so forth (cp. adhika); e. g. rukkha -- gumb --
!dayo (acc. pl.) trees, jungle etc. J i.150; amba -- panas! !d"hi rukkehi sampanno (and similar kinds of
fruit) J i.278; amba -- labuj!!d"na' phal!na' anto J ii.159; asi -- satti -- dhami -- !d"ni !vudh!ni (weapous,
such as sword, knife, bow & the like) J i.150; kasi -- gorakkh! !d"ni karonte manusse J ii.128; . . . ti !din!
nayena in this and similar ways J i.81; PvA 30. Absolute as nt. pl. !din" with ti (eva') (!d"ni), closing a
quotation, meaning "this and such like", e. g. at J ii.128,
-- 99 --
416 (ti !d"ni viravitv!). -- In phrase !di' katv! meaning "putting (him, her, it) first", i. e. heginning with,
from . . . on, from . . . down (c. acc.) e. g. DhA i.393 (r!j!na' !di' K. from the king down); PvA 20
(vih!ra' !dikatv!), 21 (pañcavaggiye !di' K.). -- kammika [cp. BSk. !dikarmaka Divy 544] a beginner Vin
iii.146; iv.100; Miln 59; Vism 241; DhsA 187. -- kaly!*a in phrase !dikaly!*a majjhe -- kaly!*a
pariyos!na -- kaly!*a of the Dhamma, "beautiful in the beginning, the middle & the end" see references
under dhamma C. 3 and cp. DA i.175 (= !dimhi kaly!*a etc.); SnA 444; abstr. ˚kaly!*at! Vism 4. --
pubbangama original Dpvs iv.26. -- brahmacariyaka belonging to the principles or fundaments of moral life
D i.189; iii.284; M i.431; ii.125, 211; iii. 192; S ii.75, 223; iv.91; v.417, 438; f. ˚ik! Vin i.64, 68; A i.231
sq. -- majjhapariyos!na beginning, middle & end Miln 10; cp. above !dikaly!*a.
4dika
4dika (adj.) [!di + ka] from the beginning, initial (see adhika); instr. !dikena in the beginning, at once, at
the same time M i.395, 479; ii.213; S ii.224; J vi.567. Cp. !diya3.
4dicca
4dicca [Vedic !ditya] the sun S i.15, 47; ii.284; iii.156; v.44, 101; A i.242; v.22, 263, 266 sq.; It 85; Sn
550, 569, 1097 ("!dicco vuccati suriyo" Nd2 125); DhA iv. 143; Sdhp 14, 17, 40. -- upa&&h!n! sun --
worship D i.11 (= j"vikatth!ya !diccaparicariy! DA i.97); J ii.72 (˚j!taka; !dicca' upati&&hati p. 73 = suriya'
namassam!no ti&&hati C.). -- patha the path of the sun, i. e. the sky, the heavens Dh 175 (= !k!sa DhA