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Avacarana 82 Avadiyati
Avacarana (nt.) [fr. avacaiati l] being familiar with, dealing
with, occupation J n.95.
Avacuttha 2nd pret. of vac, in prohib form niS evaij avacuttha
do not speak thus J vi.72; DhA IV.228.
Avacchidda ( — ") (adj.) [ava -)- chidda] perforated, only
in redupl. (intensive) cpd. chiddavacchidda perforated
all over, nothing but holes J 111.491 ; DhA 1.122. 284,
319. Cp. chidda-vicchidda.
Avacchedaka ( — ") (adj ) [ava + cheda 4- I'a] cutting off,
as nt. 'q adv. in phrase kabaldvacchedakat) after the
manner of cutting off mouthfuls (of food) Vin 11. 214;
IV. 196; cp. asSvacchedika whose hope or longing has
been cut off or destroyed Vin i. 259.
Avajaya [ava -f- jaya, cp. apajita] defeat DhA 11.228 (v.l.
for r. ajaya).
Avajata (adj.) [ava-f-jata; cp. B.Sk. avajata in meaning
misljorn, miscarriage] low-born, of low or base birth, fig.
of low character (opp. abhijata) Sn 664 (=: buddhassa
avajataputta SnA 479); It 63; Miln 359.
Avajanati [ava-f jfig] l. to deny Vin 11.85; A in. 164 —
Pug 65. — 2. (later) to despise DhA :'.l6; PvA 175 (grd.
"janitabba) — Of short stem-form na are found the foil
grd. avanfieyya I'vA 175, and with 0°; grd. onatabba
PvA 195; pp. avanata, besides avannata.
AvajiyatI [ava -f- jiyati ; Sk. avajiryate] to be diminished,
to be lost, be undone J 1.313 (jilai) a; v.l. avaj;jy°); Dh
179 (jitaij a = dujjitar) hoti DhA 111.197).
Avajja (adj.) [Sk. avadya, seemigly a -4- vadya, but in realiiy
a der. fr. ava. According to Childers = Sk. avarjya from
vraj, thus meaning "not to be shunned, not forbidden".
This interpret" is justified by context of Dh 318, 319.
The P. commentator refers it to ava + vad (for *ava-vadya)
in sense of to blame, cp. apavadati] low, inferior, biamable,
bad, deprecable Dh 318, 319; Dhs 1160. More fig. in
neg. form anavajja blameless, faultless D i.7o(= anindita
DA 1.1S3); A l!.26 = It I02; Sn 47 (°bhojin carrying
on a blameless mode of livelihood, see Nd- 39), 263
(= anindita agarahita KhA I40): Ps II. 116, 170; Pug
30, 41, 58; Sdhp 436. Opp. savajja.
Avajjata (f.) [abstr. to prec), only neg. an° blamelessnses,
fauUle.:sness Pug 25, 41 ; Dhs 1349.
Avajjha (adj.) [grd of a -f vadhati, Sk. vadhya, vadh] not
to be killed or destroyed, inviolable Sn 288; J v.49; vi. 132.
Avancana (adj.) [a -|- vancana from Vafic] not (even) tottering,
i.e. unfit for any motion (esp. walking), said of
crippled feet J 1.214 = Cp m-g'".
Avaiina (adj.) [to avaiina] despised, despicable Pv ni.l''
(= avaufieyya avajanitabba PvA 175).
Avafiflatti (f.) [ava -f- iiatti = Sk. %vajiiapti, fr. ava +
jna] only as neg. an" the fact of not being despised,
inferior or surpassed, egotism, pride, arrogance It 72;
Vbh 350, 356; °kama (adj.) wishing not to be surpassed,
uuvilling to be second, wanting to be praised A 11.240;
IV. I sq.
Avanna (f.) [Sk. avajB.!, fr. ava -{- jna] contempt, disregard,
disrespect J 1.257 (°ya).
Avaiinata (adj.) [pp. of avajSnati] despised, treated with
contempt PvA 135 (an°); Sdhp 88, go.
Avatagsaka (= vat") see Vin Tixts 11.347.
Avatthana (nt.) [Sk. avasthana] position, standing place
J
1.50S; PvA 286.
Avatthlta (ad.) [Sk. avasthita, ava -j- thita] "standing down"
= standing up, firm, fixed, settled, lasting Th i, 1140.
Usually ueg. an° unsettled, unsteady ; not lasting, changeable
Dh 38 (-citta; cp. DhA 1.308 cittaij ihavaraij
natthi); PvA 87 (= na sassata not lasting for ever).
Avatthitata (f.) [abstr. fr. prec] steadiness, only as neg.
an" unsteadiness, fickleness ThA 259.
Avatthlti (f.) [Sk. avasthiti] (firm) position, posture, steadfastness
S V.22S ; Dhs II, 570.
Ava(j()hi (f.) [a + vaddhi] "non-growth", decay Dh.\ HI.33S ;
C on A III. 76 (cp. apajaha).
Ava^t^ (adj.) [a -|- vaiita] without a stalk J V.155.
AvaOO^ [a +
ninda DA 1.37); It 67; Pug 48, 59.
vaniia] blame, reproach, fault D 1. 1 (= dosa
Avannaniya (adj.) [grd. of a -f vanneli] indescribable J V.282.
Avatagsa see vatar