The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

D"natta (nt.) [Sk. *d"natva'] wretchedness, miserable state Sdhp 78.
D"pa
D"pa1 [Ved. d"pa to Ved. d", d"pyate; Idg. *dei!! to shine (see dibba, deva); cp. Gr. di/alos, dh_los; see also
jotati] a lamp J ii.104 (˚' j!leti to light a l.); DhA ii.49 (id.), 94 (id.) -- acci the flame of a lamp ThA 154; --
!loka light of a l. J i.266; vi.391; DhA i.359; VvA 51; -- (˚')kara making light, shining, illuminating Nd2
399 (= pabha' kara Sn 1136; but cp. Dh 236 under d"pa2); Vism 203. -- tittira a decoy partridge (cp.
d"paka˚) J iii.64; -- rukkha lit. lamp -- tree, the stand of a lamp, candlestick DhA iv.120; -- sikh! the flame
(lit. crest) of a l. Vism 171; DhA ii.49.
D"pa
D"pa2 (m. & nt.) [Ved. dv"pa=dvi+ap (*sp.) of !pa water, lit. "double -- watered," between (two) waters] an
island, continent (mah!˚, always as 4); terra firma, solid foundation, resting -- place, shelter, refuge (in this
sense freq. combd w. t!*a lena & sara*a & expl. in Com. by pati&&h!) -- (a) lit. island: S v.219; J iii.187;
VvA 19; Mhvs vii.7, 41. -- continent: catt!ro mah!d"p! S v.343; Vv 2010 (=VvA 104); VvA 19; PvA 74
-- 324 --
etc. Opp. the 2000 paritta -- d"p! the smaller islands KhA 133. -- (b) fig. shelter, salvation etc. (see also
t!*a): S iii.42 (atta˚+attasara*a etc., not with S Index to d"pa1); v.154, 162 (id.) iv.315 (ma'˚, not to d"pa1),
372; A i.55 sq. (+t!*a etc.); Sn 501 (atta˚ selfreliant, self -- supported, not with Fausböll to d"pa1), 1092,
1094, 1145 (=Satth!); Nd2 303; Dh 236 (˚' karohi= pati&&h! PvA 87); Pv iii.19 (id. PvA 174); J
v.501=vi.375 (d"pañ ca par!ya*a'); Miln 84, 257 (dhamma -- d"pa, Arahantship). -- !laya resting place J
vi.432; -- gabbhaka same J vi.459, 460.
D"pa
D"pa3 [cp. Sk. dv"pa tiger's skin] a car covered with a panther's skin J i.259; v.259=vi.48.
D"paka
D"paka1 (=d"pa1) (a) f. d"pik! a lamp, in da*.a˚ a torch DhA i.220, 399, -- (b) (˚ -- ) an image of, having
the appearance of, sham etc.; in -- kakkara a decoy partridge J ii.161; -- tittira same J iii.358; -- pakkhin a
decoy bird J v.376; -- miga a d. antelope J v.376.
D"paka
D"paka2 (=d"pa2) a (little) island J i.278, 279; ii.160.
D"paka
D"paka3 in va*id"paka PvA 120 for vanibbaka (q. v.).
D"pana
D"pana (adj.) illustrating, explaining; f. ˚" explanation, commentary, N. of several Commentaries, e. g. the
Paramattha -- d"pan" of Dhammap!la on Th 2; Pv & Vv. -- Cp. jotik! & udd"pan!.
D"pika