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Gahapatika 78 Gama
-'aggi the sacred &re to be maintained by a householder,
interpreted by the Buddha as the care to be
bestowed on one's children & servants A rv.45 ; see
enum. under aggi at A iv.41 ; D
111.217; -civara the
I
robe of a householder (i. e. a layman's robu) Vin 1.280
sq. ; °dhara wearing the householder's (private man's)
robe (of a bhikkhu) M 1.31 ; A 111.391 sq. ; -necayika
(always with brahma^a-mahasala) a business man of
substance D 1.136 ; 111.16 sq. ; -pandita a learned householder.
Cp. above i (b), together w. khattiya", etc.
M 1.
1 76, 396; w. samaija-brahraaija" Mihi 5; -parisa a
company of gahapatis ^together w. khattiya", etc., see
above) \'in 1.227 ; M 1.72 ; D 111.260 ; -putta a member
of ag. clan D 1.62, 211 ; M 1.344; S 111.48, 112 ; PvA 22 ;
-mahasala a householder of private means (cp. above
I a) usually in comb" with khattiya",
A
etc. D 111.258
S 1.71 ; IV. 292 ;
11.86; iv.239; -ratana the "householder-gem
" one of the seven fairy jewels of the
mythical overlord. He is a wizard treasure-finder (see
ratana) D 11.16, i76;Snp. 106. Cp. Rh.D. Dialogues
etc. 11.206.
Oahapatika (adj.-n.) belonging to the rank or grade of a
householder, a member of the gentry, a man of private
means (see gzihapati) D 1.61 (expl. as gehassa pati ekageha-matte
jefthaka DA 1. 171); Nd'' 342; PvA 39.
Often In comb" w. khattiya & brahma^a : A 1.66
D III. 44, 46, 61 ; cS often in contrast to brahmaija only
brSiimapa-gahapatika Brahmins & Privates (priests &
laymen, Rh.D. Buddh. S. p. 258) M 1.400 ; A i.iio;
It III. ; J 1.83, 152, 267; PvA 22. — paiwikag° " owner
of a house of leaves " as nickname of a fruiterer J
111.21 ;
of an ascetic J iv.446.
Oahits (and gahita Dh 311) (adj.) [pp. of gavhati] seized
taken, grasped D 1.16; DA 1.107 (=&dinna, pavattita)
J 1.61 ; IV.2 ; PvA 43 (v. 1. for text gaijhita). — nt.
a grasp, grip DhA iu.175; ^ gahitakag karoti to
accept VvA 260. -duggahita (always "gahita) hard to
grasp M 1. 132 sq. ; A 11.147, 168; 111.178; Dh 311;
J VI. 307 sq. ; sugahita (sic) easy to get J 1.222.
-bhava fcittassa) the state of being held (back),
holding back, preventing to act (generously) DhsA 370
(in expl" of aggahitattai) cittassa Dhs 1122 see undei
a").
O&thaka [demin. of gatha] = gatha, in ekar) me gahi
gathakag " sing to me only one little verse " J 111.507.
Q&tha (f.) [Vedic gatba, on der" see gayatej a verse,
stanza, line of poetry, usually referring to an Anutthubbag
or a Tutthubbai), & called a catuppada gatha, a
stanza (§loka) of four half-Unes A 11.178; J iv.395.
Def. as akkhara-padaniya-mita-gauthita-vacanar) at
KhA 117. For a riddle on the word see S 1.38. As a
style of composition it is one of the nine .\ngas or divisions
of the Canon (see navanga Satthu sasana). PI.
gatha Sn 429; J 11.160 ; gathayo Vin 1.5, 349; D 11.157.
gathaya ajjhabhasati to address with a verse Vin 1.36,
38 ; Kh V. intr. — gathahi anumodati to thank with
(these) lines Vin 1.222. 230, 246. 294, etc. — gathayo
giyamana uttering the Unes Vin 1.38. — anantaragatha
the foU. stanza J iv.142; Sn 251 ; J 1.280; Dh
102 ("satag).
-abhigita gained by verses S i.i67 = Sn 81, 480
(gathayo bhasitva laddhag Cora. cp. Ger. "ersungen").
-&vasane after the stanza has been ended DhA 111.171 ;
-jananaka one who knows verses Anvs. p. ; 35 -dvaya
(nt.) a pair of stanzas J 111.395 sq. ; Pv.\ 29, 40 ; -pada
a half line of a gatha Dh 10 1 ; KhA 123 ; -sukhattaij in
order to have a well-sounding line, metri causa, PvA a.
Qadha' [Sk. gajha pp. of gah, see gahati] depth ; a hole,
a dugout A ii.i07=Pug 43 (cp. PugA 225); Sdhp 394
("g khaijati). Cp. galha^.
Qadha^ [Sk. gaJha firm Dhtp 167 "patitlhayag " cp. also
Sk. gadha. fordable & see gaJha'] adj. passable, fordable,
in a° unfathomable, deep PvA 77 ( = gambhira). nt. a
lord, a firm stand, firm ground, a safe place : gambhire
"g vindati A v. 202. °g esati to seek the terra firma
S 1.127; similarly: °g labhati to gain firm footing
5 1.47 ; °g ajjhaga S iv.206 ; "g labhate J vi.440 ( = patit-
tha). Cp. o", pafi".
Qadhati [v. der. fr. gadha^j to stand fast, to be on firm
ground, to have a firm footing : apo ca pafhavi ca tejo
vayo na gadhati " the four elements have no footing "
D 1.223=51.15; — Dhamma-Vinaye gadhati " to stand
fast in the Doctrine & Discipline " S in. 59 sq.
Oama [Vedic grama, heap, collection, parish ; *giein to
comprise ; Lat. gremium ; Ags. crammian (E. cram),
Obulg. gramada (village community) Ohg. chram ; cp.
*ger in Gr. aynpM, uynpa, Lat, grex.] a collection of
houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place
(opp. aianna: game va yadi vSraflfle Sn 119), a parish
or vUlage having boundaries Sc distinct from the surrounding
country (garao ca gamupacaro ca Vin 1.109,
no; 111.46). In size varying, but usually small &
distinguished from nigama, a market-town. It is the
smallest in the list of settlements making up a " state "
(rafthag). See definition & description at Vin in. 46,
200. It is the source of support for the bhikkhus, and
the phrase gamag pi^cjaya carati " to visit the parish
for alms " is extremely frequent. — i. a village as such :
Vin 1.46 ; Sramika", Pilinda" Vin 1.28, 29 (as Sramikagamaka
& Pilinda-gamaka at Vin III. 249) ; Sakyanag
game janapade Lumbineyye Sn 683 ; Uruvela'" Pv
n.13''; gamo natikalena pavisitabbo M 1.469; °g
ratthan ca bhufljati Sn 619, 711; game tigsa kulani
honti J 1.199; — Sn 386, 929, 978; J 11.153; vi.366;
73 (game amacca-
Dh 47, 49 ; Dhs 697 (sunno g.) ; PvA
kula) ; 67 (gamassa dvarasamipena). — gama gSmag
from hamlet to hamlet M 11.20 ; Sn i8o (with naga
nagag ; expl. SnA 216 as devagama devagamag), 192
(with pura purag) ; Pv 11.13''. In the same sense
gamena gamag Nd^ 177 (with nigamena n°, nagarena
n"., ratthena r°., janapadena j°.). — -2. grouped with
nigama, a market-town : gamanigamo sevitabbo or
asevitabbo A iv.365 sq., cp. v.ioi (w. janapadapadeso)
— Vin 111.25, '84 (°0 "^^ nigamaig va upanissaya)
IV. 93 (pi^daya pavisati) gamassa va nigamassa va
;
avidure D 1.237 ; ^ 1.488 game va nigame va Pug 66.
;
— 3. as a geographical- poUtical unit in the constitution
of a kingdom, enum** in two sets : (a)
rajadhaniyo Vin 111.89; A 111.108 ; Nd^ 271"" ; Pv ii.i3'8 ;
DhA I 90. — (b) gama-nigama-nagara-rattha-janapada
Nd^ 1 77, 304"" ("bandhana), 305 (°katha) ; with the
gama-nigama-
foil, variations: g. nigama nagara M 11.33-40; g.
nigama janapada Sn 995 ; Vism 152 ; gamani nigamani
ca Sn 118 (expl"* by SnA 178: ettha ca saddena nagarani
ti pi vattabbag). —-See also dvara" ; paccanta";
bTja° ; bhuU° ; matu°.
-anta the neighbourhood of a village, its border, the
village itself, in "mlyaka leading to the village A in. 189;
°vihci,rin (=araiifiaka) living near a v. M 1.31, 473;
A HI. 391 (w. nemantanika and gahapati-civara-dhara)
—• Sn 710 ; -antara the (interior of the) village, only in
t. t. gamantarag gacchati to go into the v. Vin 11.300,
6 in "kappa the " village-trip-licence " ( Vin. Texts
111.398) ib. 294, 300 ; cp. iv.64, 65; v. 210 ; -(ipocara the
outskirts of a v. Vin 1.109, no; defined at Vin in. 46,
200 ; -katha village-talk, gossip about v.-aSairs. In-
cluded in the list of foolish talks (-t- nigama", nagara",
janapada") D 17 (see expl" at DA 190) ; Sn 922. See
katha ; -kamma that which is to be done to, or in a
village, in °g karoti to make a place habitable J 1.199;
-ku^a "the village-fraud," a sycophant S n.258;
J IV. 1 77 (=kutavedin) ; -gona (pi.) the village cattle
J 1. 1 94; -ghata those who sack villages, a marauder,
dacoit (of cora thieves) D 1.
1 35 ; S n. 188 ; -ghataka (cora)
= "ghata S IV. 1 73 ; Miln 20 ; Vism 484 ; nt. village
plundering J 1.200. -jana the people of the v. Miln 47 ;
-tthana in puraija" a ruined village J u.102; -daraka