The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

4r!
4r!1 (f.) [Sk. !râ; */l "pointed", as in Ohg. !la = Ger. ahle, Ags. !/l = E awl; Oicel. alr] an awl; see cp.
!ragga. Perhaps a der. of !r! is !)ak! (q. v.).
4r!
4r!2 (indecl.) [Vedic !r!d, abl. as adv.; orig. a root der. fr. *ara remoteness, as in Sk. ara*a foreign &
ara*ya solitude q. v. under ara*a1 and arañña] far from, remote (from) (adv. as well as prep. with abl.) Sn
156 (pam!damh!), 736; Dh 253 (!savakkhay!; DhA iii.377 expls. by d(ragata); J ii.449 (jh!nabh(miy!; =
d(re &hita C.); v.78 (sa'yame; = d(rato C.). See also !rak!. -- c!ra [in this combn. by Kern, Toev. s. v.
unecessarily expld. as !r! = !rya; cp. similar phrases under !rak!] a life remote (from evil) A iv.389. --
c!rin living far from evil leading a virtuous life D i.4; M i.179; iii.33; A iii. 216, 348; iv.249; v.138, 205;
DA i.72 (= abrahmacariyato d(ra -- c!rin).
4r!dhaka
4r!dhaka (adj. -- n.) [fr. ! + r!dh] 1. [perhaps for *!raddhaka because of analogy to !raddha of ! + rabh]
successful, accomplishing or accomplished, undertaking, eager Vin i.70 (an˚ one who fails); M i.491; ii.197
= A i.69 = Miln 243; S v.19; A v.329 (in correlation with !raddhaviriya). -- 2. pleasing, propitiating Miln
227; VvA 220 (˚ik! f.).
4r!dhana
4r!dhana (nt.) & ˚! (f.) (either fr. ! + r!dh or ! + rabh, cp. !r!dhaka] satisfying, accomplishing;
satisfaction, accomplishment D ii.287 (opp. vir!dhan! failure); M i.479; ii.199; A v.211 sq.; J iv.427.
4r!dhan"ya
4r!dhan"ya (adj.) [grd. fr. !r!dheti] to be attained, to be won; successful Vin i.70 (an˚); J ii.233 (dur˚).
4r!dhita
4r!dhita [pp. of !r!dheti; Sk. !r!dhita, but BSk. !r!gita, e. g. Divy 131, 233] pleased Sdhp 510.
4r!dheti
4r!dheti [Caus. of ! + r!dh, in meaning 2 confused with !rabhati. In BSk. strangely distorted to !r!gayati;
freq. in Divy as well as Av. -] -- 1. to please, win favour, propitiate, convince J i.337 (d!rake), 421, 452;
ii.72 (manusse); iv.274 (for !bhir!dheti T.); Vism 73 (!r!dhayanto N!thassa vana -- v!sena m!nasa'); DhA
ii.71; D!vs iii.93 (!r!dhayi sabbajana'); Miln 352. In older literature only in phrase citta' !r!dheti to please
one's heart, to gladden, win over, propitiate D i.118 sq., 175 (but cp. !raddha -- citta to !rabhati); M i85,
341; S ii.107; v.109; J ii.372; Miln 25. -- 2. to attain, accomplish, fulfill, succeed S v.23 (magga'), 82, 180,
294; It iii. (v. l. !r!m˚); Sn 488 = 509. Cp. !r!dhaka 1. -- pp. !r!dhita (q. v.). -- See also par!bhetv!.
4r!ma
4r!ma [Sk. !r!ma, ! + ram] -- 1. pleasure, fondness of ( -- ˚), delight, always as adj. ( -- ˚) delighting in,
enjoying, finding pleasure in (usually combd. with rata, e. g. dhamm!r!ma dhammarata finding delight in
the Dh.) S i.235; iv.389 sq. (bhav˚, up!d!n˚); A i.35, 37, 130; ii.28 (bh!van˚); It 82 (dhamm˚); Sn 327 (id.;
expld. by SnA 333 as rati and "dhamme !r!mo ass! ti"); Pug 53 (samagg˚); Vbh 351. -- 2. a pleasure --
ground, park, garden (lit. sport, sporting); classified at Vin iii.49 as pupph˚ and phal˚ a park with flowers or