The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Dhutatta
Dhutatta (nt.) [Sk. *dh(tatva'] the state of being punc- tilious Vin i.305 (of going naked).
Dhutta
Dhutta [Sk. dh(rta, from dh(rvati & dhvarati to injure, deceive, cp. Lat. fraus; Idg. *dhreu, an enlarged
form of which is *dreugh in Sk. druhyati, drugdha=Ohg. triogan, troum etc.: see duhana] of abandoned life,
wild, fast, cunning, crafty, fraudulent; wicked, bad. (m.) a rogue, cheat, evil -- minded person, scoundrel,
rascal. There are three sorts of a wild life, viz. akkha˚ in gambling, itthi˚ with women, sur!˚ in drink (Sn
106; J iv.255). -- Vin ii.277 (robber, highwayman); A iii.38 (a˚); iv.288 (itthi˚); J i.49 (sur!˚), 290, 291;
ii.416; iii.287; iv.223, 494 (sur!˚); ThA 250 (itthi˚), 260 (˚purisa), 266 (˚kilesa); PvA 3, 5 (itthi˚, sur!˚),
151. f. dhutti (dhutt") J ii.114 (˚br!hma*").
Dhuttaka
Dhuttaka=dhutta S i.131; Th 2, 366 (=itthi -- dhutta ThA 250); DhA iii.207; Dpvs ix.19. -- f. dhuttik!
always in combn w. chinnik! (meretrix, q. v.) Vin iii.128; J ii.114; Miln 122.
Dhunana
Dhunana (nt.) [Sk. dh(nana] shaking, in ˚ka (adj.) con- sisting in shaking off, doing away with, giving up
(kilesa˚) SnA 373.
Dhun!ti
Dhun!ti [Sk. dhunoti (dh(noti), dhun!ti & dhuvati, Caus. dh(nayati. Idg. *dh( to be in turbulent motion;
cp. Gr. qu/w, qu/nw (to be impetuous), qu/ella (storm), qu/mos "thyme"; Lat. f(mus (smoke=fume), suffio;
Lith. duja (dust); Goth. dauns (smoke & smell); Ohg. toum. Connected also w. dh!vate; see further dh(pa,
dh(ma, dh(sara, dhona & a secondary root Idg. *dhe9es in dha'sati] to shake, toss; to shake off, remove,
destroy S i.156 (maccuno sena'); Th 1, 256= Miln 245; dhun!ti p!pake dhamme dumapatta' va m!luto Th
i.2; J i.11 (v. 48); iii.44 (hatthe dhuni'su, wrung their hands); Vv 649 (=VvA 278 misprint dhumanti); aor.
adhosi [=Sk. adhau+"t] Sn 787 (micch!di&&hi'= pajahi SnA 523). pp. dhuta & dh(ta (q. v.). Cp. nis˚, o˚.
Dhuma
Dhuma in ˚ka&acchuka=druma˚ having a wooden spoon (see duma), cp. Mar. dhum!r!? (Ed. in note) DhA
ii.59. [Doubtful reading.]
Dhura
Dhura (m. & nt.) [Sk. dhur f. & dhura m.] 1. a yoke, a pole, the shaft of a carriage J i.192 (purima --
saka&a˚), 196; Cp. ii.8, 4. -- 2. (fig.) a burden, load, charge, office, responsibility Sn 256 (vahanto porisa'
dh ˚' "carrying a human yoke"=purisânucchavik! bh!r! SnA 299), 694 (asama˚ one who has to bear a
heavy burden=asamaviriya SnA 489); DhA ii.97 (sama˚); dve dhur!ni two burdens (viz. gantha˚ &
vipassan!, study & contemplation) DhA i.7; iv.37; asamadhura J i.193; vi.330. Three dhur! are enumd at J
iv.242 as saddh!˚, s"la˚, and paññ!˚. -- Sdhp 355 (saddh!˚), 392 (+viriya), 413 (paññ!˚) dh ˚' nikkhipati to
take off the yoke, to put down a burden, to give up a charge or renounce a responsibility (see ˚nikkhepa):
nikkhittadhura A i.71; ii.148; iii.65, 108, 179 sq.; a˚ S v.197, 225; Nd2 131; SnA 236 (=dhuravant). -- 3.
the forepart of anything, head, top, front; fig. chief, leader, leading part. n!v!ya dh. the forecastle of a ship J
iii.127=iv.142; dh -- v!ta head wind J i.100; eka' dh ˚' n"harati to set aside a foremost part DA i.135.
4. the far end, either as top or beginning J iii.216 (y!va dh -- sop!n!); iv.265 (dh -- sop!na' katv! making
the staircase end); v.458 (magga -- dhure &hatv! standing on the far end or other side of the road, i. e.