The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Gha'sati
Gha'sati2 [=ha'sati for Sk. ha%sati, see ha'sati] to be pleased, to rejoice J iv.56 (v. l. ghasati). Cp.
paha'sati2.
Gha'sana
Gha'sana rubbing, in p!da -- gh ˚" a towel for rubbing the feet Vin ii.130.
Gha'sik!
Gha'sik! in go˚, cow -- hide (?) see go.
Ghacc!
Ghacc! (f.) [fr. hanati, han and ghan] destruction (usually -- ˚) D iii.67 (m(la˚); J i.176 (saku*a˚).
Ghañña
Ghañña (adj. -- n.) [fr. Sk. ghana to han, cp. gh!nya & hatya] killing, destroying ( -- ˚) see atta˚.
Gha&a
Gha&a1 [Non -- Aryan?] a hollow vessel, a bowl, vase, pitcher. Used for holding water, as well as for other
purposes, which are given under p!n"ya˚ paribhojana˚ vacca˚ at Vin i.157=352=M i.207. In the Vinaya
freq. combd with kolamba, also a deep vessel: i.209, 213, 225, 286. -- As water -- pitcher: J i.52, 93
(pu**a˚), 166; VvA 118, 207, 244 (˚satena nh!to viya); PvA 66 (udaka˚), 179 (p!n"ya˚), 282. -- In general:
S iv.196. For holding a light (in formula antogha&e pad"po viya upanissayo pajjalati) J i.235 (cp. ku&a), PvA
38. Used as a drum J vi.277 (=kumbhath(na); as bhadda˚ Sdhp 319, 329. -- pam!*a (adj.) of the size of a
large pot J ii.104; PvA 55.
Gha&a
Gha&a2 (m. & f.) [Sk. gha&!; conn. with ganthati to bind together] multitude, heap, crowd, dense mass, i. e.
thicket, cluster. itthi˚ a crowd of women J iv.316; maccha˚ a swarm of fish J ii.227; vana˚ dense forest J
ii.385; iv.56; v.502; vi.11, 519, 564; brahma˚ company of brahmins J vi.99.
Gha&aka
Gha&aka [Dem. of prec.] 1. a small jar (?) Vin ii.129, 130 (combd w. kataka & sammajjan"); cp. Vin. Texts
iii.130. -- 2. the capital of a pillar J i.32 (cp. kumbha).
Gha&ati
Gha&ati [Sk. gha&ate, to granth, cp. ganthati. The Dhtp gives two roots gha&, of which one is expld by
"gh!&ane" (No. 554), the other by ""h!ya'," i. e. from exertion (No. 98)] to apply oneself to, to exert
oneself, to strive; usually in formula u&&hahati gh˚ v!yamati M i.86; S i.267 (yamati for v!y˚); Pug 51; or
yuñjati gh˚ v!y˚ J iv.131. -- Sdhp 426, 450.
Gha&ana
Gha&ana see [Gha&&ana] .