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Thala 143 Thina
Thala' (nt.) [Vedic sthala, to stha, orig. standing place
cp. Gr. ariWui, ffroXoc ; Ags. steall (place) ; also P.
than^ila] dry ground, viz. high, raised (opp. low) or
solid, firm (opp. water) S iv.iyg. As plateau opp. to
ninna (low lying place) at Sn 30 (SnA 42=ukkula):
Dh 98 ; It 66 =S i.ioo (megho thalai) ninnafi ca pureti)
PvA 29 (=unnatapadesa). As dry land, terra firma
opp. to jaia at Dh 34 ; J 1.107, 222 ; Pv iv.i^' PvA 260.
;
Sn 946. —
As firm, even ground or safe place at D 1.234 ;
Cp. J 111.53 ; IV. 142 ; Vism 185.
-gocara living on land J n.159 ;
-ja sprung from land
(opp. varija Dh 34 or udakaruha Vv 35' =water-plant)
referring to plants A 1.35 ; J 1.5 1 ; Vv 35° ( = yodhikadika
VvA 162) ; Miln 281 ; -{tha standing on firm ground
A II. 241 ; -patha a road by land (opp. jala° by water)
J 1.I2I ; III. 188.
Thala' (nt.) [prob. dialect, variant of tharu] the haft of
a sword, the scabbard J 111.221 (reading uncertain).
Thava [see thavati] praise, praising, eulogy Nett 161, 188,
192.
Thavati [Sk. stauti, Av. staviti, cp. Gr. crevrat] to praise,
extol; inf. thutur) Sn 217 (=thometui) SnA 272).—
Caus. thaveti [Sk. stavayati] pp. thavita Miln 361.
See thuta, thuti, thoma, thometi.
Thavika (f.) [derivation uncertain] a knapsack, bag,
purse ; esp. used for the carrying of the bhikkhu's
strainer Vin 1.209 (parissavanani pi thavikayo pi
puretvS). 224 (patteH- pariss°+ th.) ; J 1.55 (pattag
thavikaya pakkhipitva) ; vi.67 (pattai) thavikaya
osarctva) ; VvA 40 (patta-thavikato parissavanag
niharitva). Also for carrying money : sahassathavika
a purse of 1,000 pieces J 1.34, 195, 506 ; VvA 33 ; Anvs
35. See also Vin 11. 152, 217 ; Vism. 91.
Thama (& thamo nt. in instr. thamasa M 1.498 ;
Th I, 1 165; HI. 1 10, see below) [Vedic sthaman &
sthamas nt., stha cp. Gr. (rnj/jwv, Lat. stamen (standing
structure) ; Goth, stoma foundation] " standing power,"
power of resistance, steadfastness, strength, firmness,
vigour, instr. thamena (Miln 4 ; PvA i93) ; thamasa (see
S 11.278 =
above); thamuna (J vi.22). Often comb'' with bala
bala+
J 1.63 ; Sn 68 ; with bala+ Java PvA 4 ; with
viriya Nd' 289, 651 ; with Java J 1.62 ; VvA 104 ; with
iriya J 1.67. — D iii.i 13 ; S 1.78 ; 11.28 ; v. 227 ; A 1.50 ;
11.187 sq. ; IV. 192. J 1.8, 265 (°sampanna) ; 11. 158
(id.); Dhs 13, 22; Vism 233 (°mahatta) ; DhA iv.18;
PvA 259. — Instr. used as adv. : thamena hard, very
; thamasa obstinately, perseveringly
much PvA 193
M 1.257.
-gatadit^ika (adj.) one in whom heresy has become
strong J 1.83= VI. 220.
Th&maka (adj.) having strength Sn 1144 (dubbala° with
failing strength); Nd' 12 (appa°+ dubbala).
Thamavant (adj.) [thama+ vant] strong, steadfast, power-
ful, persevering S v. 197, 225 ; A 11.250 ; iv.i 10, 234, 291 ;
v. 24; Nd' 131 ; Vv 5' ( = thira balava VvA 35).
Th&ra see vi°, san°.
Thala (nt.) [from thala orig. a flat dish] a plate, dish,
vessel D 1.74 ; J 1.69 ; Miln 282. Kagsa° a gong Miln 62 ;
Vism 283 (in simile). See also thali.
Th&laka (nt.) [thala+ka] a smaU bowl, beaker Pv 11. i'
(thalakassa paniyai)), i" (id.); Nett 79 (for holding
oil : dipakapallika Com.).
Th&Iika (f.) =thalakaVin 1.203, 240. See alhaka".
ThaU (f.) (thali° in cpds.) [Sk. sthali, cp. thala] an earthen
pot, kettle, large dish ; in -dhoyana washing of the dish
A 1. 161 (+ sarava-dhovana) ; -paka an offering of barley
or rice cooked in milk Vin in. 15: D 1.97 ( = DA 1.267);
5 11.242 ; V.384 ; A 1. 166 ; J 1.186 Miln ; 249.
Thavara* (adj.) [Vedic sthavara, from stha, cp. sthavira,
Gr. ffTawpiif post, Lat. re-stauro. Goth, stana judgment
6 stojan to judge] " standing still," immovable (opp.
245)
to tasa) firm, strong (Ep. of an Arahant KhA :
DhA IV. 1 76. Always in connection with tasa, contrasting
or comprising the movable creation (animal
world) & the immovable (vegetable world), e. g. Sn 394
(" sabbesu bhutesu nidhaya dan