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Amasaya 105 Ayatana
Amasaya [Sma^ 4- asaya, cp. Sk. amasaya & amasraya]
receptacle of undigested food, i.e. llie stomach Visin 260;
Kh.\ 59. Opp. pakkasaya.
Atnilaka (nt. ?) [etym. ?] a woollen cover into which a floral
pattern is woven DA 1. 87.
Amisa (nt.) [der. fr. ania raw, q. v. for etym. — Vedic amis
(m.); later Sk. Smisa (nt.), both in lit. & fig. meaning] —
1. originally raw meat; hence prevailing notion of "raw,
unprepared, uncultivated" ; thus "khara raw lye Vin i.
206. — 2. "fleshy, of the flesh" (as opposed to mind or
spirit), hence material, physical; generally in opposition
to dhamma (see dhamma 15 i. a. and also next no.),
thus at M 1. 12 ("dayada); It loi (id.); A 1.91 = It 98
("dana material gifis opp. to spiiitual ones); Dhs 1 344
('patisanthara hospitality towards bodily needs, cp. Dhs
Irs/. 350). — 3. food, esp. palatable food (cp. E. sweetmeat);
food for enjoyment, dainties Vin 11.269 sq.; J II. 6;
Miln 413 (lok°); D.-V 1.83 (°sannidhi), — 4. bait S I.67;
IV. 158; J IV.57, 219; VI. 416; DA 1.270. — 5. gain,
reward, money, douceur, gratuity, "tip" Pv.\ 36, 46; esp.
in phrase "kincikkha-hetu for ihe sake of some (little)
gain S 11.234; A 1.128; v.265, 2S3 sq., 293 sq.; Pug
29; Pv II. 8^ (= kinci amisatj palthento PvA 107); Miln
53; V'vA 241 (== bhogahetu). — 6. enjoyment Pv 11.82
(= kamamise-laggacitto PvA 107). — 7. greed, desire,
lust Vin 1.303 ('antara out of greed, selfish, opp. mettacilto);
A 111.144 (id.), 184 (id.); 1.73 (°garu parisa); J v. 91
(°cakkhu); Ps 11.238 (mar°). See also cpds. with nir° and sa°.
AmuncatI [a + muc] to put on, take up; to be attached
to, cling to DhsA 305. — pp. amutta (q. v.).
Amutla [Sk. amukta, pp. of a + mUC, cp. also BSk. Smukta
jewel Divy 2, 3 ^'c-i a meaning which might also be seen
in the later Pali passages, e.g. at PvA 134. Semantically
cp. abharana] having put on, clothed in, dressed with,
adorned with (always °— ) D 1.104 ("malabharana); Vin
11.156 = Vv 208 (°mani-kundala); S 1. 211; J iv.460; v.
155; VI.492; Vv 72I (= patimukka); 80^ ("hatlhabharana);
Pv ll.g'" ("manikundala) J iv.183; VvA 182.
Ame^ijita (or Ametjtta) [Sk. amredita fiam a -f mrec),
dialectical] — i. (nt.) sympathy in °r) karoti to show
sympathy (? so Morris JP T S. 1887, 106) DA 1.228 =
SuA 155 (v. 1. at DA amedita).
AraO = ama D 1.192, 3.
Amoda [Sk. amoda, fr. a + mud] that which pleases;
fragrance, perfume Davs v. 51.
Atnodana (f) [fr. a -\- mud] rejoicing Dhs 86, 285.
Amodatnana (adj.) [ppr. med. of amodeti] rejoicing, glad
S 1. 100 (v. 1. anu°) =r It 66; Vv 648 (=: pamodamana
VvA 278); J V.45.
Amodita [pp. fr- amodeti] pleased, satisfied, glad J 1. 1
(v. 80); v.45 (°pamodita highly pleased); Miln 346.
Amodeti [Sk. amodayati, Caus. of a -j* mud] to please,
gladden, satisfy Th I, 649 (cittai)); J v. 34. — pp. amo-
dita (q. v.).
Aya [Sk. aya; a -j- |] i. coming in, entrance M ill 93. —
2. tax J V.I 13. — 3. income, earning, profit, gain (opp.
vaya loss) A iv.282 ^ 323 ; Sn 978; J
1.228; KhA 38
(in expl"- of kaya), 82 (in etym. of ayatana); PvA 130. —
4. (aya f. ) a lucky dice ("the incomer") J VI.2S1.
-kammika a treasurer DhA 1.184. -kusala clever in
earnings Nett 20. -kosalla proficiency in money making
D 111.220 (one of the three kosallas); Vbh 325. -pariccaga
expediture of one's income PvA 8. -mukha (lit.)
entrance, inflow, going in D 1. 74 (:= agamana-magga DA
1.78); M 11.15; A 11.166; (fig.) revenue income, money
Sn.\ 173.
Ayata [Sk. ayata, pp. of 5 + yam, cp. ayamati] — I. (adj.)
outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) D
111.73 (iiaiikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); M 1.178 (dighato
a° ; tiriyaii ca vitthata); J 1.77, 273 (tetlir|s'-angurayato
khaggo); 111.43S; Vv 84" C^aqsa; cp. expl"- at VvA 339);
SnA 447; Dhs.\ 48; Pv.\ 152 (datha fangs; loma hair),
185 (°vatta); Sdhp 257. — 2. (n.) a bow J ill. 438.
-agga having its point (end) stretched forward, i. e. in
the future (see ayati) It 15, 52. -paijhin having long
eye-lashes (one of the signs of a Mahapurisa) D 11.17 =^
111.143. -pamha a long eye-lash Th 2, 384 (=r dighapakhuma
Th.\ 250).
Ayataka (adj.) [= ayata] — I. long, extended, prolonged,
kept up, lasting Vin 11.108 (gitassara); A 111.251 (id.);
J 1.362. — 2. sudden, abrupt, instr. °ena abruptly Vin
11.237.
Ayatana (nt.) [Sk. ayatana, not found in the Vedas; but
freq. in BSk. From a -|- yam, cp. ayata. The pi. is ayatana
at S IV. 70. — For full definition of term as seen
by the PiiU Commentators see Bdhgh's expl" at D.\ 1.
124, 125, with which cp. the popular etym. at KhA 82:
"ayassa va tananalo ayatassa va saijsaradukkhassa nayanato
ayatanSni" and at Vism 527 "aye tanoti ayatan
ca nayati ti a."] — I. stretch, extent, reach, compass,
region ; sphere, locus, place, spot ; position, occasion (cor-
responding to Bdhgh's definition at DA 1.124 ^5 "samosaraija")
D IH.241, 279 (vimutti°); S 11.41, 269; IV.217;
V.119 sq., 318 sq. ; A ill. 141 (ariya°); V.61 (abhibh°,
q. v.) Sn 406 (rajass° "haunt of passion" = ragadi-rajassa
uppatli-deso SnA 381); J
1.80 (raj°). Freq. in phrase
arann' a lonely spot, a spot in the forest j 1.173; VvA
301; PvA 42, 54. — 2. exertion, doing, working, practice,
performance (comprising Bdhgh's definition at DA 1. 124
as pannatti), usually — °, viz. kamm° Nd' 505; Vbh 324,
353; kas:n° A v.46 sq., 60; Ps 1.28; titth" A 1. 173,
175; Vbh 145, 367; sipp' (art, craft) D 1.51; Nd= 505;
Vbh 324, 353; cp. an'' non-exertion, indolence, sluggishness
J
v. 1 21. — 3. sphere of perception or sense in
general, object of thought, sense-organ & object; relation,
order. — Cpil. p. 183 says rightly: "ayatana cannot
be rendered by a single English word to cover both
sense-organs (the mind being regarded as 6>f' sense) and
sense objects". These ayatanani (relations, functions,
reciprocalitics) are thus divided into two groups, inner
(ajjhattikani) and outer (bahirani), and comprise the
foil.: (a) ajjhatt'': 1. cakkhu eye, 2. sota ear, 3. ghana
nose, 4. jivha tongue, 5. kaya body, 6. raano mind;
(b) bah": 1. rupa visible object, 2. sadda sound, 3.
gandha odour, 4. rasa taste, 5. photthabba tangible
object, 6. dhamma cognizable object. — For details as
regards
tion li
connotation & application see
sq. Cpd. 90 n. 2; 254 sq.
Dhs trsl. introduc-
— Approximately
covering this meaning (3) is Bdhgh's definition of ayatana
at DA 1.124 ''s saiijali and as karana (origin & cause,
i. e. mutually occasioning & conditioning relations or
adaptations). See also Nd* under rupa for further classi-
fications. — For the above mentioned 12 ayatanani see
the foil, passages: D 11.302 sq.; ill. 102, 243; A ill. 400;
V.52; Sn 373 (cp. SnA 366); Ps 1.7, 22, loi, 137; 11.
181, 225, 230; Dhs 1335; Vbh 401 sq. ; Nett 57, 82;
Vism 481; Th.A. 49, 285. Of these 6 are mentioned at S
1. 113, II. 3; iv.ioo, 174 .sq.; It 114; Vbh 135 sq., 294;
Nett 13, 28, 30; Vism 565 sq. Other sets of 10 at Nett
69; of ii at I) II. 1 1 2, 156; of 5 at D 11.69. — Here also
belongs akas^ anaiic^ ayatana, akincauii'' etc. (see under
akasa etc. and s. v.), e.g. at D 1.34 sq., 183; A iv.451
sq.; Vbh 172, 189, 262 sq. ; Vism 324 sq. —Unclassified
passages: M 1.61; 11.233; H'-S^, 216, 273; S 1.196; 11.6,
8, 24, 72 sq. ; 111.228; IV. 98; v.426; A 1.113, 163, 225;
111.17, 27, 82, 426; IV.146, 426; V.30, 321, 351, 359;