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Ik;ara 04 Akotana
indriyani tikkhani bhavanti); PvA 64 (yen'akarena agato
ten'akarena gato as he came so he went), 99 (id.). —
(5) reason, ground, account D 1.138, 139; Nett 4, 8 sq.,
38; DhA 1.14; KhA 100 (in expl""- of evarj). In this
meaning freq. with daSS (dasseti, dassana, nidassana etc.)
in commentary style "what is meant by", the (statement
of) reason why or of, notion, idea PvA 26 (databb°-
dassana), 27 (thoman^-dassana), 75 (karuan"!) dassesi),
121 (pucchan'^-nidassanar) what has been asked); SnA 135
C^nidassana).
-parivitakka study of conditions, careful consideration,
examination of reasons S 11.115; IV. 1 38; A n.191 :=
Nd« 151.
Akaraka (nt.) [akara -(- ka] appearance; reason, manner
(cp. akara*) J 1.269 (akarakena = karanena C).
Akaravant (adj.) [fr. akara] having a reason, reasonable,
founded M 1.401 (saddha).
Akasa' [Sk. aklsa fr. a + kas, lit. shining forth,
illuminated space] air, sky, atmosphere; space.
i. e. the
On the
concept see Cfi/. 5, 16, 226. On a fanciful etym. of akasa
(fr. a + kassati of kf^) at DhsA 325 see D/is trsl. 194. —
D 1.55 (°i) indriyani sankamanti the sense-faculties pass
into space); III. 224, 253, 262, 265; S 111.207; iv-2i8;
V.49, 264; J 1.253; '1-353; "I-52. 188; IV.154; VI.126;
Sn 944, 1065; Nd' 428; Pv ii.l'S; SnA no, 152; PvA
; 93 Sdhp 42, 464. -akasena gacchati to go through the
air PvA 75 (agacch°), 103, 105, 162; °ena carati id. J
11.103; °e gacchati id. PvA 65 (cando). — Formula
"ananto akaso" freq.; e.g. at D 1.183; A 11.184; iv.
40, 410 sq.; V.345.
-anta "the end of the sky", the sky, the air (on °anta
see anta' 4) J vi.89. -ananca (or ananca) the infinity
ef space, in cpd. ".lyatana the sphere or plane of the
infinity of space, the "space-infinity-plane", the sphere of
unbounded space. The consciousness of this sphere forms
the first one of the 4 (or 6) higher attainments or recognitions
of the mind, standing beyond the fourth jbana,
viz. (i) akas°, (2) viriiian'anaiic-ayataDa (3) akincann'',
(4) n^eva sa5nanSsaB5°, (5) nirodha, (6) phala. — D 1.34,
183; 11.70, 112, 156; 111.224, 262 sq.; M 1.40, 159; III.
27, 44; S V.1I9; Ps 1.36; Dhs 205, 501, 579, 1418;
Nett 26,39; Vism 326, 340, 453; DA 1.120 (see Nd^ under
akSsa; Dhs 265 sq.; Dhs trsl. 71). As classed with jhSna see
also Nd2 672 (sadhu-viharin). -kasina one of the kasin'aya-
tanas (see under kasina) D 111.268; A 1.4 1, -ganga N. of
the celestial river J 1.95 ; 111.344. -gamana going through
the air (as a trick of elephants) Miln 201. -carika
walking through the air J 11.103. -carin = "carika VvA 6.
-^^ha living in the sky (of devata) Bu 1.29; Miln 181,
285; KhA 120; SnA 476. -tala upper story, terrace on
the top of a palace SnA 87. -dbatu the element of space
D IU.247; M 1423; 111.31; A 1.176; m-34; Dhs 638.
Akasa^ (°'*) ^ 6*^, P'^yiig chess 'in the air' {sans voir)
Vin 11.10 = D 1.6 (= atthapada-dasapadesu viya &kase
yeva kilanai) DA 1.85).
Akasaka (adj.) [akasa -|-ka] being in or belonging to the
air or sky J VI.124.
Akasati [fr. akasa'] to shine J vi.89.
Aklncaiifla (nt.) [abstr. fr. akincana] state of having nothing,
absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as
philosophical 1. 1.; cp. below "Syatana & see Dhs trsl.
74). — Sn 976, 1070, H15 ("sambhava, cp. Nd* I16);
Th 2, 341 (= akincanabhava ThA 240; trsl. "cherish
no wordly wishes whatsoeer"); Nd* 115, see akasa;
Miln 342.
-ayatana realm or sphere of nothingness (ep. akasa")
D 1.35, 184; 11.156; m.224, 253, 262 sq.; M 1.41, 165;
11.254, 263; m.28, 44, S IV.217; A 1.268; IV.40, 401; Ps
1.36; Nett 26, 39; Vism 333. See also jhana & vimokkha.
Akipna [pp. of akirali] I. strewn over, beset with, crowded,
full of, dense, rich in (°—
) Vin 111.130 (°loma with dense
hair); S 1.204 ("kammanta "in motley tasks engaged");
IV.37 (gamanto a. bhikkhuhi etc.); A IU.104 (°viharo);
IV.4; V.I 5 (an° C. for appakinna); Sn 408 (°varalakkhana
:= vipula-varalakkh° SnA 383); Pv 11.12* (nana-dijagan°
:= ayutta PvA 157); Pug 31; PvA 32 {= parikinna);
Sdhp 595. — Freq. in idiomatic phrase describing a
flourishing city "iddha phita bahujana akinna-manussa",
e.g. D 1.211; U.147 ("yakkha for "manussa; full of yakkhas,
i.e. under their protection); A 111.215; cp. Miln 2
(°jana-manussa). —• 2. (uncertain whether to be taken as
above 1 or as equal to avakinna fr. avakirati 2) dejected,
base, vile, ruthless S 1. 205 = J m.309 = 539 = SnA 383.
At K.S. 261, Mrs. Rh. D. translates "ruthless" & quotes
C. as implying twofold exegesis of (a) impure, and (b)
hard, ruthless. It is interesting to notice that Bdhgh.
explains the same verse differently at SnA 383, viz. by
vipula", as above under Sn 408, & takes akinnaludda as
vipulaludda, i. e. beset with cruelty, very or intensely
cruel, thus referring it to akinna 1.
Akiratl [a -|- kirati] to strew over, scatter, sprinkle, disperse,
fill, heap Sn 665; Dh 313; Pv U.4» (danai) vipulaq akiri =
vippakirati PvA 92); Miln 175, 238, 323 (imper. akirahi);
Sn 383. — pp. akinna.
Aklfitatta (nt) [akirita -f- tta;
akirati Caus.] the fact or state
abstr. fr. akirita, pp. of
of being filled or heaped
with Miln 173 (sakatag dhannassa a).
Akllayati v. 1. at KhA 66 for agilSyati.
AkuCCa (or °a ?) [etym. unknown , prob. non-Aryan] an
iguana J vi.538 (C. godha; gloss amatt'akucca).
Akuratl [onomat. to sound-root *kur = *kor as in Lat.
comix, corvus etc. See gala note 2 B and cp. kukkuta
kokila, khata etc., all words expressing a rasping noise
in the throat. The attempts at etym. by Trenckner (Miln
p. 425 as Denom. of akula) & Morris {JPTS. 1886,
154 as conlr. Denom. of ankura "intumescence", thus
meaning "to swell") are hardly correct] to be hoarse Miln
152 (kaptho akurati).
Aknla (adj.) [a -f- *kal of wTiich Sk.-P. kula, to Idg
»quel to turn round, cp. also cakka & carati; lit. meaning
"revolving quickly", & so "confused"] entangled, confused,
upset, twisted, bewildered J 1. 123 (salakaggaq °g
karoti to upset or disturb); Vv 84" (andha°); PvA 287
(an° clear). Often reduplicated as akulakula thoroughly
confused Miln 117, 220; PvA 56; akula-pakula Ud 5
(so read for akkula-pakkula); akula-samakula J vi.270.
On phrase tantakula-jata gula-gunthika-jSta see gu)a.
Aktilaka (adj.) [fr. akula] entangled D 11.55 (tanf for the
usual tantakula, as given under gu|a).
Akulaniya (adj.) [grd. of a -f- •kulayali, Denom. of kula]
in aa° not to be confounded or upset PvA 118.
AknU (-puppha) at KhA 60 (milata'') read (according to
Index p. 870) as milata-bakula-puppha. Vism 260 (id. p.)
however reads akuli-puppha "tangle-flower" (r), cp. Ud 5,
gatha 7 bakkula, which is preferably to be read as pakula.
Akotana' (nt.) [fr. akoteti] beating on, knocking M 1.385;
Miln 63, 306; DhsA 144.
Akotana^ (adj.) [= SkoUna'] beating, driving, inciting,
urging J VI. 253 (f. Bko{anI of panfia, expH- by ''nivara^Ja-
patoda-lat^hi viya pauni ko{int hot!" p. 254).