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Ghana 87 Ghasa
Ghana^ [Vedic ghana, cp. Gr. ev9rivrit ?] (a) (adj.) solid,
compact, massive ; dense, thick ; in eka° of one solid
mass (of sela. rock) Vin M85=Dh 8i = Th i, 643 =
Miln 386; A in. 378, cp. ghanasela-pabbata DhA 1.74.
— gh. pagsu J 1.264 pathavi (solid ground) , J 1.74 ;
PvA 75; palasa (foliage) PvA 113; buddharasmiyo
J
1.12; "magsa solid, pure flesh DhA 1.80; "safaka
(thick cloth) J 1.292 ; °saftcbanna (thickly covered)
PvA 258; "suvannakoWima DhA iv.i35; abbha" a
thick cloud Sn 348 (cp. SnA 348). — (b) (m.)
the foetus at a certain stage (the last before birth &
the 4"^ in the enum. of the foil, stages: kalala, abb'jda,
pesi, gh.) S 1.206 ; J rv.496 ; Miln 40 ; Vism 236. The
latter meaning is semantically to be explained as
" swelling " & to be compared with Gr. fipiui to swell
and f/i^pwoi' = embryo (the gravid uterus).
Ghana' [Vedic ghana to hanti (ghanti. cp. ghatayati),
*g^e3 "strike," cp. Gr. Odviu, ip6vo(, Lat. of-fendo,
Ags. gud", Ohg. gundea] a club, a stick, a hammer ; in
ayo° an iron club VvA 20. Also coll. term for a musical
instrument played by striking, as cymbal, tambourine,
etc. VvA 37.
Gbanika [to ghana* in meaning of " cloud " (Sk.)] a class
of devas (cloud-gods ?) Miln 191.
Ohamma [Vedic gharma=Gr. ftf^i/juc. Lat. formus, Ohg.
etc. warm; to *gnher " warm," cp. Sk. ghrpoti, hara
Gr. 9ipoc, etc.] heat ; hot season, summer. Either in
loc. ghamme J iv.172 (=gimha-kale) ; Pv IV.5' &
ghammani (" in summer " or " by the heat ") S 1.143 =
J
III. 360 (sampareta overcome by heat) ; Sn 353
J IV. 239 ;
V. 3.— Or. in cpd. with °abhitatta (ghamm.lbhi-
tatta, overpowered by heat) M 1.74; D n.266; A in. 187
sq. ; Sn 1014 (cp. 353 ghammatatta) ; Miln 318; VvA
40 ; PvA 1 14.
Ohara* (nt. pi. °a Dh ; 241, 302) [cp. gaha & geha] a house
A 11.68: Sn 43 (gahattba gharar) avasanta), 337 (abl.
ghara), 889 (id. gharamha) ; J 1.290 (id. gharato)
iv.2, 364, 492 (ayo") ; Pug 57 ; Miln 47. Comb'' with
vatthu PvA 3, 17. — sucighara a needle-case VVA251.
-Sjira house-yard Vism 144 (where Dhs A 116 in
id. passage reads gharadvara). -avasa the household
life (as contrasted with the life of a mendicant) Vin
it.180 (gharavasatthai)) ; A 11.208; M 1.179, 240, 267,
344; Sn 406 (cp. S v.350) 1. ; J 61 ; FVA 61 ; -kapo^a
[Sk. gfhakapota] the house-pigeon Miln 364, 403 ;
•golika house or domestic lizard J 11.147. -dasi a female
house-slave Pv 11.3^'; -dvara a house-door J iv.142;
Dhs A 1 16 ; PvA 93 ; -bandhana
the bonds of the house,
i. e. the establishing of marriage DhA 1.4 ; -mukha
an opening in the house, the front of the house Nd'
1 77 ; -mesin one who looks after the house, a pater
familias. householder Sn i88; It 112 (gahattha+);
J VI. 575 ; -sandhi a cleft or crevice in the house PvA 24 ;
-sukara a tame, domestic pig DhA iv.16.
Qhara^ [a drink (cp. gala) & garala poison] ("-) ; in -°dinnakabadha
sickness in consequence of a poisonous drink
(expl. as sufiering fr. the results of sorcery) Vin 1.206
(cp. Vin. Texts 11. Co) ; -visa poison Pug 48 , DhA 11.38 ;
-sappa a poisonous snake DhA 11.256.
Oharapl (f.) [fr. ghara' 1 a house-wife Vin 1.2 71 ; S 1.20 1 ;
Pv iil.i* ( = ghara-sannini PvA 174); DhA in. 209.
Ohasa (adj.-n.) eating, an eater; in mahaggbasa a big
eater A v. 149 (of the crow); Dh 325; Miln 288.
Ghasati [Vedic grasati & 'ghasti. pp. grasta, cp. Gr.
ypau to gnaw, ypiiffrii; fodder, Lat. gramen grass] to eat
J in. 2111 ; ppi. ghasamana Vin 11.201 ; Th i, 749. — Cp.
ghasa, ghasta c1- ghasa. See also jaddhu. Desid.
jighacchati.
Ghasta [pp. of ghasati = Sk. grasta] only invanka" having
eaten or swallowed the hook (cp. grasta-vanka) D 11.266
(v-g° va ambujo) ; J vi.113.
OhSta see sai)° ;
ghitana see ghatati
Ghata (usuaJly -°) [Sk. ghata & ghatana ; to han (ghan),
strike, kill ; see etym. under ghana' Sc hanti] killing,
murdering; slaughter, destruction, robbery D 1.135
(g5ma°, etc. viUage robbery) ; setu° the pulling down
of a bridge (fig.) Vin 1.59, etc. (see setu) pantha"
;
highway robbery, brigandage, " waylaying "
J 1.253. —
Th 2, 474, 493 ( = samugghata Com.); Sn 246 (ina°)
VvA 72 (papa'-t-pSpa-vadha * °atip4ta). Cp. next &
vi° ; sai)°.
Ghataka (adj.-°) murdering, destrojring, slaughtering
Vin 1.89 (arahanta"). 136 (id.). 168 (id.); 11. 194 (manussa°)
; iv.260 (tala°) J iv.366 (g5ma° cora robbers
infesting the village); v. 397 (thi° = itthi'') ; Pug 56
(maccha°). — As noun: (m.) one who slays, an executioner:
go° a bull-slaughterer M 1.244, etc. (see go);
cora" an executioner or hangman J 111.41; Pug 56;
PvA 5. — (nt.) brigandage, robbery, slaughtering:
gamaghatakai) karoti J 1.200.
Ghatiki (f. abstr. to ghataka) murder J 1.176 sq.
Oh&tita (adj.) [pp. of ghateti] killed, destroyed ThA 289 ;
also in Der. ghatitatta (nt.) the fact of having killed
J
1. 167. Cp. ugghatita.
Ghatin (adj.-n.) killing; a murderer J 1.168 (papa");
VI. 67 (ghatimhi=gha.take).
Ghatimant (adj.) able to strike, able to pierce (of a needle),
in ghana" going through hard material easily J in. 282.
Ghateti [Denom. fr. ghata, cp. Sk. ghatayati to han] to
kill, slay, slaughter It 22 (yo na hanti na ghateti)
Dh 129, 405; J 1.255; Mhvs vn.35, 36. — aor. aghitayi
J 1.254 ; S^^- gbatetva J 1.166. — Caus. ghatapeti to
have somebody killed J iv.t24. — Cp. ghacca, ghStita,
aghateti.
Ghana (nt.) [Sk. ghraoa to ghia, see ghSyati. On n for
n cp. Trenckner, Notes, p. 81] the nose; usually in its
function as organ of smell = sense of smell (either in
phrase ghanena gandhai) ghayati : to smell an odour by
means of the nose ; or in ghana-viflfleyya gandha
odours which are sensed by the nose). In the
euum. of the senses gh. is always mentioned in the
3rd place (after cakkhu & sota, eye & ear) ; see under
riipa. In this connection: Vin 1.34; D 1.21, 245;
111.102, 244 sq. ; S 1.115 ; M 1.112, 191 ; 11.42 ; Dh 36c ;
Pug 20; Miln 270; Vism 444 sq. (with def). — In
other connections : Pv ii.2< (ghana- chinna, one whose
nose is cut off).
585,
-ayatana the organ of smell D 111.243, 280 ; Dhs
605, 608 ; -indriya the sense of smell D 111.239 ; Dhs 585
etc. (as above) ; -dhatu the element of smell Dhs,
as above ; -viii&ana perception of smell Dhs 443, 608.
628 ; -samphassa contact with the sense of smell S i.i 15 ;
D III. & Dhs as above.
Ghayati* [Sk. ghrati & jighrati, to ghrS, cp. gandha] to
smell, always with gandhag ; ger. ghatva S iv.71, 74
or ghayitva J 1.210 (jalagandhan) ; in. 52 (macchagandhai))
; Miln 347. Cp. sayati * upagghayati.
Ghayati' [a variant of jhayati] to be consumed, to be tormented
by thirst Pv 1.1 1*" (ghayire= ghayanti PvA 60 ;
v. 1. BB jhayire & jhaynati) Miln 397.
Ghisa [Vedic ghasa, fr. ghasati, q. v. cp. Lat. gramen =
grass] grass lor fodder, pasturing: food j 1.511 (°r|
kurute) ; PvA 173 ("atthaya gacchati "go feeding").
Mostly in: -esana search for food ( — gocara) S 1.141;
Sn 711. — Cp. vi°.
-chada (chada & chadana) food & ciothing, i. e.
tending, fostering, good care (=posana) (act.) or being
well looked after, well provided (pass.) ; chada : Pug 51 ;
chada: J 1.94; A 1.107; n.85 ; 111.385; chadana:
D 1. 60 ; M 1.360 ; VvA 23, 137 ; -haraka one who fetches
the fodder (food) Th i, 910.