The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dh!t"
Dh!t" (f.) [Sk. dh!tr"=Gr. tiqh/nh wet nurse, to dhayati suck, suckle; Idg. *dh/i as in Gr. qh_sqai to milk,
qh_lus feeding, qhlh/ female breast; cp. Lat. felare, femina ("giving suck"), filius ("suckling"); Oir. d"nu
lamb; Goth. daddjan; Ohg. tila breast. See also dadhi, dh"t!, dhenu] wet nurse, fostermother D ii.19; M
i.395; ii.97; J i.57; iii.391; PvA 16, 176. In cpds. dh!ti˚, viz. -- cela swaddling cloth, baby's napkin S i.205=
J iii.309.
Dh!tu
Dh!tu (f.) [Sk. dh!tu to dadh!ti, Idg. *dh/, cp. Gr. ti/qhmi, a)na/ -- qhma, Sk. dh!man, dh!&r (=Lat.
conditor); Goth. gad/ds; Ohg. t!t, tuom (in meaning -- ˚=dh!tu, cp. E. serf -- dom "condition of . . .")
tuon=E. to do; & with k -- suffix Lat. facio, Gr. (e)/)qhk(a), Sk. dh!ka; see also dhamma] element. Closely
related to dhamma in meaning B 1b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen.
connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198. -- 1. a primary element, of which the usual set comprises the four pa&hav",
!po, tejo, v!yo (earth, water, fire, wind), otherwise termed catt!ro mah!bh(t!(ni): D i.215; ii.294; iii.228; S
i.15; ii.169 sq., 224; iv.175, 195; A ii.165; iii.243; Vbh 14, 72; Nett 73. See discussed at Cpd. 254 sq. -- A
defn of dh!tu is to be found at Vism 485. -- Singly or in other combns pa&hav"˚ S ii.174; tejo˚ S i.144; D
iii.227; the four plus !k!sa S iii.227, plus viññ!na S ii.248; iii.231; see below 2 b. -- 2. (a) natural condition,
property, disposition; factor, item, principle, form. In this meaning in var. combns & applications, esp.
closely related to khandha. Thus mentioned with khandha & !yatana (sensory element & element of sense -
- perception) as bodily or physical element, factor (see khandha B 1 d & cp. Nd2 under dh!tu) Th 2, 472.
As such (physical substratum) it constitutes one of the lok! or forms of being (khandha˚ dh!tu˚ !yatana˚
Nd2 550). Freq. also in combn k!ma -- dh!tu, r(pa˚ ar(pa˚ "the elements or properties of k. etc." as
preceding & conditioning bhava in the respective category (Nd2 s. v.). See under d. -- As "set of conditions
or state of being ( -- ˚)" in the foll.: loka˚ a world, of which 10 are usually mentioned (equalling 10,000:
PvA 138) S i.26; v.424; Pv ii.961; Vbh 336; PvA 138; KS ii.101, n. 1; -- nibb!na˚ the state of N. S v.8; A
ii.120; iv.202; J i.55; It 38 (dve: see under Nibb!na); Miln 312. Also in the foll. connections: amata˚ It 62;
bh(˚ the verbal root bh( DA i.229; &hapit!ya dh!tuy! "while the bodily element, i. e. vitality lasts" Miln
125; va**a˚ form, beauty S i.131; Pv i.31. In these cases it is so far weakened in meaning, that it simply
corresponds to E. abstr. suffix -- hood or -- ity (cp. ˚hood=origin. "form": see ketu), so perhaps in
Nibb!na˚=Nibb!na -- dom. Cp. dh!tuka. -- (b) elements in sense -- consciousness: referring to the 6
ajjhattik!ni & 6 b!hir!ni !yatan!ni S ii.140 sq. Of these sep. sota˚ D i.79; iii.38; Vbh 334; dibbasota˚ S
ii.121, 212; v.265, 304; A i.255; iii.17, 280; v.199; cakkhu˚ Vbh 71 sq.; mano˚ Vbh 175, 182, 301; mano --
viññ!*a˚ Vbh 87, 89, 175, 182 sq. (c) various: aneka˚ A i.22; iii.325; v.33; akusala˚ Vbh 363; avijj!˚ S
ii.132; !bh!˚ S ii.150; !rambha˚ S v.66, 104 sq.; A i.4; ii.338; &hiti˚ S ii.175; iii.231; A iii.338; dhamma˚ S
ii.56; nekkhamma˚ S ii.151; A iii.447; niss!ra*iy! dh!tuyo (5) D iii.239; A iii.245, 290. See further S i.134,
196; ii.153, 248 (anicc!); iii.231 (nirodha); iv.67; A i.176; ii.164; iv.385; Dhs 58, 67, 121; Nett 57, 64 sq.;
ThA 20, 49, 285, -- (d) Different sets and enumerations: as 3 under k!ma˚, r(pa˚, ar(pa A i.223; iii.447; Ps
i.137; Vbh 86, 363, 404 sq.; under r(pa˚, ar(pa˚, nirodha˚ It 45. -- as 6 (pathav" etc.+!k!sa˚ & viññ!*a˚): D
iii.247; A i.175 sq.; M iii.31, 62, 240; Ps i.136; Vbh 82 sq. -- as 7 (!bh! subha etc.): S ii.150. -- 18: Ps
i.101, 137; ii.230, Dhs 1333; Vbh 87 sq., 401 sq.; Vism 484 sq. -- 3. a humour or affection of the body DA
i.253 (dh!tusamat!). -- 4. the remains of the body after cremation PvA 76; a relic VvA 165 (sar"ra˚, bodily
relic); D!vs v.3 (dasana˚ the toothrelic). -- abl. dh!tuso according to one's nature S ii.154 sq. (satt! sattehi
saddhi' sa'sandanti etc.); It 70 (id.); S iii.65. -- kath! N. of 3rd book of the Abhidhamma Vism 96. --
kucchi womb Miln 176; -- kusala skilled in the elements M iii.62; ˚kusalat! proficiency in the (18)
elements D iii.212; Dhs 1333; -- ghara "house for a relic," a dagoba SnA 194. -- cetiya a shrine over a relic
DhA iii.29; -- n!natta diversity of specific experience D iii.289; S ii.143; iv.113 sq., 284; -- vibh!ga
distribution of relics VvA 297; PvA 212.
Dh!tuka
Dh!tuka (adj.) (only -- ˚) having the nature, by nature, affected with, -- like (cp. ˚dhamma B 2a); often
simply= first part of cpd. (cp. E. friend -- like= friendly=friend) J i.438 (kili&&ha˚ miserable), ii.31 (sama˚),