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Asabbha S8 Asita
impolite, vile, low, of base character J m.527 (matugama);
Dh 77= J 111.367= Th I, 994; Miln 221; UhA
1.256; ThA 246 (akkhi). Cp. next. — Note. Both sabbha
and sabbhin occur only in the negative form.
Asabbhin = asabbha J 1.494, more freq. in cpds. as
asabbhi°, e. g.
-karana a low or sinful act Miln 280. -rupa low,
common J VI. 386 (= asadhu-jatika, lamaka), 387 (= asab-
bhijatika), 414 (== apandita-jatika). Cp. prec.
'Asabha [Sk. rsabha] see usabha.
Asama' (adj.) [a -|- sama] unequal, incomparable J 1.40 (+
appatipuggala); Sdhp 578 (+ atula). Esp. freq. in cpd.
°dhura lit. carrying more than an equal burden, of in-
comparable strength, very steadfast or resolute Sn 694
(= asama-viriya SnA 489); J I.193; vi.259, 330.
Asama'^ (nt.) [the diaeretic form of Sk. asman hurling stone,
of which the contracted form is amha (q. v.); connected
with Lat. ocris "mons confragosus" ; Gr. ax/iuv anvil;
Lith. akmu stone, see also asana' (Sk. asan stone for
throwing) and asani] stone, rock DA 1.270, 271 (°mutt-
hika having a hammer of stone; v. 1. BB. ayamutthika);
SnA 392 (instr. asmana).
Asamaggiya (nt.) [abstr. fr. a -f- samagga] lack of concord,
disharmony J vr.516 (so read for asamaggiya).
Asamana at Pug 27 is to be read assamana (q.v.).
Asamapekkhana (nt.) & °a (f.) [fr. a + sam + apekkhati]
lack of consideration S HI.261 ; Dhs 390, 1061, 1162. '
Asamahita (adj.) [a -f- samahila] not composed, uncontrolled,
not 6rm It 113 (opp. susamahita); Dh no, in; Pug 35.
Asatnijjhanaka (adj.) [a + samijjhana + ka] unsuccessful,
without result, fruitless; f. °ika J 111.252.
Asamlddhi (f.) [a + samiddhi] misfortune, lack of success
J
VI. 5 84.
AsaniOSarai]ia (nt.) [a -I- samosarana] not coming together,
not meeting, separation J v. 233.
Asampakampiya (adj.) [grd. of a 4- sampakampeti] not to
be shaken, not to be moved Sn 229 (= kampetuq va
caletur) va asakkuneyyo KhA 185).
Asampajanna (nt.) [a 4- sampajaiiiSa] lack of intelligence
D III. 213; Dhs 390, 1061, 1162, 1351.
AsampayantO [ppr. of a -|- sampSyati] unable to solve or
explain Sn p. 92.
Asatnbadha (adj.) [a -|- sambSdhaj unobstructed Sn 150
(= sambadha-virahita KhA 248); J 1.80; ThA 293.
Asammodlya (nt.) [a -f- sammodiya] disagreement, dissension
J
V1.517 (= asamaggiya C).
Asammosa [a -|~ sammosa cp. B.Sk. asammosadharman Ep.
of the Buddha; Divy 49 etc] absence of confusion D in. 221
= Dhs 1366.
Asayagvasin (adj.) [a -|- sayaq -|- vasiq] not under one's
own control, i. e. dependent D 11.262 ; J 1.337.
Asayha (adj.) [a + sayha, grd. of sah = Sk. asahya] impossible,
insuperable J vi.337. Usually in cpd. °sahin
conquering the unconquerable, doing the impossible, acchieving
what has not been achieved before Th i, 536,
Pv 11.9" (Angirasa): It 32.
Asahana (nt.-adj.) [a -|- sahana] not enduring, non-endurance,
inability J 111.20; PvA 17.
Asahaya (adj.) [a -f- sahaya] one who is without friends;
who is dependent on himself Miln 225.
Asa see asa.
Asata (adj.) [a -|- sata, Sk. asata, Kern's interpretation &
etymology of asata at Toev. s.v. p. 90 is improbable]
disagreeable Vin 1.78 (asata vedana, cp. asata vedana
M Vastu I 5); Sn 867; J 1.288, 410; II. 105; Dhs 152, 1343.
Asadharai[ia (adj.) [a -]- sadharana cp. asadharana Divy 561]
not general, not shared, uncommon, unique Vin in. 35
Kh VIII. 9; J 1.58, 78; Miln 285; DA 1.7 1 ; Sdhp 589, 592.
Asamapaka (adj.) [a -)- sama +
paka] one who does not
cook (a meal) for himself (a practice of ascetics) DA 1.270.
Asara (n. adj.) [a-f-sira] that which is not substance,
worthlessness ; adj. worthless, vain, idle Sn 937 (= asara
nissara sarapagata Nd' 409); Dh n, I2 (cp. DhA 1. 114
for interpretation).
Asaraka (adj.) [a -j- saraka] unessential, worthless, sapless,
rotten Th I, 260; J 11.163 = DhA '•'44.
Asaraddha (adj.) [a -j- saraddha] not excited, cool A 1.148 =
It 119 (passaddho kayo a.; v. 1. assaraddha).
Asahasa (nt.) [a -|- sahasa] absence of violence, meekness,
peaceableness D ill. 147 (asahase rata fond of peace) ; ace.
as adv. asahasaij without violence, not arbitrarily J III. 319;
instr. asahasena id. J vi.280; Dh 257 (:= amusavadena
DhA 111.382).
As! [Vedic asi, Av. aqhu Lat. ensis] a sword, a large knife
D 1.77 (=DA 1.222); M 11.99; ^ l.48 = (asina sisaq
chindante); IV. 97 (asina hanti attanag); J IV. 118 (asi
sunisito), 184; v.45 (here meaning "sickle"), 475 (asiii
ca me maiinasi, probably faulty for either "asiii ca me"
or "asificam me"); Vism 201 (iianasi the sword of know-
ledge); PvA 253
(asina pahata).
-camma sword & shield Vin 11. 192; A 111.93 ; J vi.449.
-tharu the hilt of a sword DhA iv.66. -nakha having
nails like swords Pgdp 29. -patta having sword-like leaves,
wiih swords (knives) for leaves (of the sword-leaf-wood in
Niraya, a late feature in the descriptions of Purgatory
in Indian speculative Theology, see e. g. Mark-andeyapurana
XII. 24 sq. ; Mhbhatata XII.321 ; Manu iv.90; XII.
75; Scherman, Vistonslileraiur pp. 23 sq.) J VI. 250
(°niraya); PvA 221 (°vana); Sdhp 194. -pasa having
swords for snares (a class of deities) Miln 191. -mala
"sword-dirt", i.e. rust on a sword, a rusty sword or kuife,
in °i) karoti or kareti "to do the rusty sword trick", a
kind of torture J III. 178 (+ slsaq chindapeti); Davs 111.35.
-lakkhana "sword-sign", i. e. (fortune-telling from) marks
on a sword D 1.9 ; J 1455. -loma having swords for hair
S 11.257, cp. Vin III. 106. -suna slaughter-house (so also
B.Sk. asisQna Divy lo, 15; see further detail under
"kama"similes) Vin 11.26; M 1.130, 143; A 11197. -sul'a
a sword-blade Th 2, 488 (expld. at ThA 287 by adhikuttanatlhena,
i. e. with reference to the executioner's block,
cp. also sattisula).
Asika (adj.) ( — °)
[asi + ka] having a sword, with a sword
in phrase ukkhitt'asika with drawn sword, M 1.377; J 1.393.
Asita' [Sk. asita, pp. of *asati, Sk. asnati] having eaten,
eating; (nt.) that which is eaten or enjoyed, food M 1.57;
A 111.30, 32 ("pita-khayita etc.); PvA 25 (id.); J vi.555
°(asana having enjoyed one's food, satisfied). Cp. asita'.
Asita'^ (*dj.) [a -\- sita pp. of *5rl, Sk. asrita] not clinging
to, unattached, independent, free (from wrong desires)
D 11.261 (°atiga); M 1.386; Th I, 38, 1242 (see Mrs
Rh. D. in Brethren 404 note 2); J 11.247; It 97; Sn
251, 519, 593, 686 (Asilavhaya, called the Asita i.e. the
Unattached; cp. SnA 487), 698 (id.), 717, 957, 1065
(cp. Nd2 III & nissaya).