The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

v. l. !rambha; C. upp!detv!); Pv i.41 (pubbe pete !.); DhA i.3; ii.37; PvA 3 (se&&hiputta -- peta' !.), 16, and
passim.
4rabhati
4rabhati1 [not with Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 202 fr. rabh and identical with !rabhati2, but with Kern, Toev. s.
v. identical with Sk. !labhate, ! + labh meaning to seize the sacrificial animal in order to kill it; cp.
nir!rambha] to kill, destroy M i.371 (p!*a').
4rabhati & 4rabbhati
4rabhati2 & 4rabbhati [! + rabhati, Sk. !rabhati & !rambhati, ! + rabh] to begin, start, undertake, attempt
S i.156 (!rabbhatha "bestir yourselves") = Miln 245 = Th 1, 256 (bh.); Pug 64 (bh.); viriya' !rabhati to
make an effort, to exert oneself (cp. !rambha) A iv.334. aor. !rabhi DhA ii.38 & !rabbhi PvA 35. --
ger. !rabbha, see sep. -- pp. !raddha (q. v.).
4rambha
4rambha [Sk. !rambha in meaning "beginning", fr ! + rabh (rambh) cp. !rabhati] -- 1. attempt, effort,
inception of energy (cp. Dhs trsl. 15 & K. S. p. 318 giving C. def. as kicca, kara*"ya, attha, i. e. 1.
undertaking & duty, 2. object) S i.76 (mah˚); v.66, 104 sq. (˚dh!tu); iii.338 (id.), 166 (˚ja; T. arabbhaja, v. l.
!rambhaja to be preferred) = Pug 64; Miln 244; Net 41; DhsA 145. -- viriy!rambha (cp. !raddha -- viriya)
zeal, resolution, energy Vin ii.197; S iv.175; A i.12, 16. -- 2. support, ground, object, thing Nett 70 sq., 107;
an˚ unsupported, independent Sn 743 (= nibb!na SnA 507). Cp. also nirambha, up!rambha, s!rambha.
4ramma*a
4ramma*a (nt.) [cp. Sk. !lambana, lamb, but in meaning confounded with rambh (see rabhati)] primary
meaning "foundation", from this applied in the foll. senses: (1) support, help, footing, expedient, anything
to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i. e. basis of operation, chance Sn 1069 (=
!lambana, nissaya, upanissaya Nd2 132); Pv i.41 (ya' kiñc! !ramma*a' katv!); !ramma*a' labhati (+
ot!ra' labhati) to get the chance S ii.268; iv.185. -- (2) condition, ground, cause, means, esp. a cause of
desire or clinging to life, pl. ˚! causes of rebirth (interpreted by ta*h! at Nd1 429), lust Sn 474 (= paccay!
SnA 410), 945 (= Nd1 429); KhA 23; DhA i.288 (sapp!y˚); PvA 279. -- (3) a basis for the working of the
mind & intellect; i. e. sense -- object, object of thought or consciousness, the outward constituent in the
relation of subject & object, object in general. In this meaning of "relation" it is closely connected with
!yatana (see !yatana3), so that it sometimes takes its place, it is also similar to visaya. Cpd. 3 distinguishes
a 5 fold object, viz. citta, cetasika, pas!da -- & sukhuma -- r(pa, paññatti, nibb!na. See on term especially
Cpd. 3, 14; Dhs trsl. xli. & 209. -- A 1. sq.; iv.385; Sn 506; Ps i.57 sq., 84 (four !.); ii.97, 118, 143; Dhs 1
(dhamm˚ object of ideation), 180, 584, 1186 et passim; Vbh 12, 79, 92, 319, 332 (four); Nett 191 (six);
Vism 87 sq., 375 (˚sankantika), 430 sq. (in var. sets with ref. to var. objects), 533; DhsA 48, 127; VvA 11,
38. -- r(p!ramma*a lit. dependence on form, i. e. object of sight, visible form, especially striking
appearance, visibility, sight D iii.228; S iii.53; A i.82; J i.304; ii.439, 442; PvA 265. !ramma*a' karoti
to make it an object (of intellection or intention), to make it one's concern (cp. Pv i.41, above 1). --
!ramma*a -- kusala clever in the objects (of meditation) S iii.266; !˚ -- paccayat! relation of presentation (i.
e. of subj. & obj.) Nett 80. -- (4) ( -- ˚) (adj.) being supported by, depending on, centred in, concentrated
upon PvA 8 (nissay˚), 98 (ek˚); VvA 119 (buddh˚ p"ti rapture centred in the Buddha).
4raha
4raha (adj.) metri causa for araha deserving J vi.164.
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