The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

-- D!yin (adj.) [Sk. d!yin, of dad!ti] giving, granting, bestowing PvA 121 (icchit' icchita˚), 157 (=[k!ma]
dada); Sdhp 214 (d!nagga˚).
D!ra & D!r!
D!ra & D!r! (f.) [Sk. d!ra (m.) & d!r! (f.), more freq. d!r! (m.pl.); instr. sg. d!rena J iv.7; Pv iv.177, etc.;
instr, pl. d!rehi Sn 108 (sehi d. asantu&&ho not satisfied with his own wife), loc. pl. d!resu Sn 38 (puttesu
d!resu apekkh!), orig. "wives, womenfolk," female members of the household=Gr. dou_los (slave;
Hesychius: dou=los=h( oi)ki/a; cp. also origin of Germ. frauenzimmer & E. womanhood). Remnants of pl.
use are seen in above passage. fr. Sn.] a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As d!r! f. at Nd2 295 (d.
vuccati bhariy!) & It 36; f. also d!r" maiden, young girl Pv i.115. Otherwise as d!ra (coll -- masc.): Dh 345;
J i.120; ii.248; iv.7; v.104, 288; VvA 299 (˚pa&iggaha). -- putta -- d!r! (pl.) wife & children Sn 108, 262; J
i.262; cp. saputtad!ra with w. & ch. Pv iv.347; putta ca d!r! ca Sn 38, 123. Freq. in definition of s"la No. 3
(k!mesu micch!c!rin or abrahmacariy!, adultery) as sakena d!rena santu&&ha A iii.348; v.138; Sn 108 (a˚);
Pv 177, etc. -- parad!ra the wife of another M i.404 sq.; Dh 246, 309; Sn 396 (parassa d.) PvA 261.
D!raka
D!raka [Sk. d!raka, cp. d!ra & Gr. dou=los (slave)] a (young) boy, child, youngster; a young man. f. d!rik!
girl (see next) Vin i.83; J i.88 (d!rake ca d!rik!yo boys & girls); ii.127; vi.336; Pv i.127 (=b!la˚ PvA 65);
DhA i.99 (yasa˚=yasa -- kulaputta); Miln 8, 9; PvA 176. -- Freq. as g!mad!rak! (pl.) the village -- boys,
streeturchins J ii.78, 176; iii.275. -- tikicch! the art of infant -- healing D i.12 (=kom!rabhacca --
vejjakamma DA i.98).
D!rik!
D!rik! (f.) [Sk. d!rik!, see d!raka] a young girl, daughter J iii.172; vi.364; Miln 48, 151; PvA 16
(daughter), 55, 67, 68.
D!ru
D!ru (nt.) [Sk. d!ru, *dere9o (oak) tree; cp. Av. d!uru (wood) Gr. do/ru (spear), drus (oak); Lat. larix (fr.
*d!rix)=larch; Oir. daur (oak); Goth. triu, Ags. treo= tree. Also Sk. d!ru*a, Lat. d(rus (hard) etc., Oir. dru
strong. See also dabba2, dabb" & duma] wood, piece of wood; pl. woodwork, sticks A i.112; It 71; Dh 80; J
ii.102; iii.54; vi.366; DhA i.393; PvA 76 (candana˚), 141. -- ku&ik! a hut, log -- house Vin iii.43; --
kkhandha pile of wood PvA 62; -- gaha a wood yard Vin iii.42 sq.; -- gha&ika wooden pitcher ThA 286. --
c"riya "woodbarked" Np, DhA ii.35. -- ja made of wood S i.77; Dh 345; -- d!ha the burning of wood S
i.169; -- dh"talik! a wooden doll Vin iii.36, 126; -- patta a wooden bowl Vin ii.112, 143; pattika one who
uses a wooden bowl for collecting alms D i.157; iii.22; DA i.319; p!duk! a wooden shoe, a clog Vin ii.143;
-- bha*.a wooden articles Vin ii.143 (specified), 170, 211; -- ma*.alika a wooden disk DhA iii.180; --
maya wooden VvA 8, DhA i.192; -- yanta a wooden machine Vism 595; -- sangh!ta ( -- y!na) "a vehicle
constructed of wood," i. e. a boat J v.194; -- sam!dah!na putting pieces of wood together S i.169.
D!ruka
D!ruka (cp. d!ru] a log S i.202=Th 1, 62=DhA iii.460; adj. made of wood Th 2. 390 (˚cillaka, a wooden
post, see ThA 257).
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D!ru*a