The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Cavati [Vedic cyavate from cyu=Gr. seu/w; cp. Lat. cieo, cio, sollicitus, Gr. ki/w, kine/w, Goth.
haitan=Ohg, heizan] to move, get into motion, shift, to fall away, decease, esp. to pass from one state of
existence into another D i.14 (sañsaranti c˚ upapajjanti, cp. DA i.105); Kh viii.4 (=KhA 220: apeti
vigacchati acetano pi sam!no puññakkhaya -- vasena añña' th!na' gacchati); It 99= Nd2 2352 (satte
cavam!ne upapajjam!ne); It 77 (devo deva -- k!y! c. "the god falls from the assembly of gods"), Sn 1073
for bhavetha (=Nd2 238;) PvA 10. Caus. c!veti: inf. c!vetu' S i.128 sq., 134 (˚k!ma.) -- pp. cuta (q. v.), see
also cuti.
Cavana
Cavana (nt.) [from cavati] shifting, moving, passing away, only in ˚dhamma doomed to fall, destined to
decease D i.18, 19; iii.31, 33; M i.326; It 76; J iv.484; vi.482 (˚dhammat!).
Cavanat!
Cavanat! (f) state of shifting, removal S ii.3#(cuti+); M i.49 (id.).
C!ga
C!ga [from cajati, to give up, Vedic tyaj. Cp. Sk. ty!ga] (a) abandoning, giving up, renunciation Vin i.10; S
iii.13, 26, 158; M i.486; A i.299. More freq. as: (b) liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous,
munificent (adj.): s"lasampanno saddho purisapuggalo sabbe maccharino loke c!gena atirocati "he who is
virtuous & religious excels all stingy people in generosity" A iii.34. In freq. combns e. g. sacca dama dhiti
c. Sn 188=S i.215; sacca dama c. khanti Sn 189= S i.215; mutta˚ (adj.) liberal, munificent, S v.351=392.
˚paribh!vita citta "a heart bent on giving" S v.309. In this sense c!ga forms one of the (3, 4, 5 or 7) noble
treasures of a man (cp. the Catholic treasure of grace & see ˚dhana below), viz. (as 5) saddh!, s"la, suta,
c!ga, paññ! (faith, virtue, right knowledge, liberality, wisdom) S i.232; A i.210; iii.80=S iv.250; M iii.99;
D iii.164, 165; cp. A i.152=iii.44; (as 4: the last minus suta) S v.395; A ii.62 (sama˚); (as 3) saddh!, s"la,
c!ga J ii.112; (as 7) ajjhesan!, tapo, s"la, sacca, c!ga, sati, mati J ii.327; cp. $"la -- $ruta -- ty!ga Itm 311. --
PvA 30, 120; Sdhp 214, 323. See also anussati & anussarati. -- âdhi&&h!na the resolution of generosity, as
one of the 4: paññ!˚, sacca˚, c˚., upasama˚ D iii.229; -- ânussati generosity A i.30; v.331; D iii.250, 280;
Vism 197; -- kath! talk about munificence A iii.181; -- dhana the treasure of the good gift, as one of the 7
riches or blessings, the ariyadhan!ni, viz. saddh!, s"la, hiri, ottappa, suta, c., paññ! D iii.163, 251,; A iv.5;
VvA 113; as one of 5 (see above) A iii.53; -- sampad! (& sampanna) the blessing of (or blessed with) the
virtue of munificence A i.62; ii.66; iii.53; iv.221, etc.
C!gavant
C!gavant (adj.) generous A iii.183; iv.217, 220; Pug 24.
C!gin
C!gin (adj.) giving up, sacrificing, resigning Sn 719 (k!ma˚).
C!&i
C!&i (f.) [cp. Hind" c!&!] 1. a jar, vessel, pot J i.199; 302 (p!n"ya˚); iii.277 (madhu˚ honey jar); DhA i.394
(tela˚ oil tank); VvA 76 (s!libhatta˚ holding a meal of rice). 2. a measure of capacity J ii.404; iv.343. --
3. a large vessel of the tank type used for living in Vin i.153. -- pañjara a cage made of, or of the form of a
large earthen jar, wherein a man could lie in ambush J v.372, 385; -- p!la (nt.) an earthenware shield (?) J
v.373 (=k"&a).
C!&u