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Danta 149 Dameti
ivory-worker D 1.78; J 1.3^0; Miln 331; Vism 336;
-kuta tooth of a maimed bullock (?) (thus taking kuta
as kuta', and equivalent to kSfadanta), in phrase asanivicakkai)
danta-kutai) D 111.44 — 47, which has also
puzzled the translators (cp. Dial. 111.40 : " munching
them all up together with that wheel-less thunderbolt of
a jawbone," with note :
" the sentence is not clear ").
-p4}i row of teeth Vism 251; -pons tooth-cleaner, always
comb"' with mukh' odaka water for rinsing the teeth
Vin III. 51 ; IV. 90, 233; J iv.69 ; Miln 15; SnA 272.
The C. on PirSj. 11. 4, 17, (Vin in. 51) gives 2 kinds
of dantapoQa, viz. chinna & acchinna. -ratUa the root
of a tooth; the gums J v.172 ; -vakkalika a kind of
ascetics (peeling the bark of trees with their teeth ?)
DA 1.271 ; -vanna ivory-coloured, ivory-white Vv 45'°;
-ralaya an iv. bangle DhA 1.226 ; -vikati a vessel of iv.
D 1.78 ; M II. i8 ; J 1.320 ; Vism 336. -vikhadana biting
with teeth, i. e. chewing Dhs 646, 740, 875 ; -vidai)saka
(either = vidassaka or to be read °ghai)saka) showing
one's teeth (or chattering ?) A 1. 261 (of hasita, laughter)
-sampatti splendour of teeth DhA 1.390.
Dsnta' (adj.) [Sk. danta] made of ivory, or iv.-coloured
J
VI. 223 (y&na = dantamaya).
-kasava ivory-white & yellow Vin 1.287; -valaya see
danta'.
Dtate' [Sk. danta, pp. d&myati to make, or to be tame,
cp. Gr. ififiTOi-, Lat. domitus. See dameti] tamed, controlled,
restrained Vin 11. 196; S 1.28, 65, 141 (nago va
danto carati anejo) ; A 1.6 (cittag dantaij) ; It 123 (danto
damayatai) se(tho) ; Sn 370, 463, 513, 624 ; Dh 35, 142
(— catumagga-niyamena d. DhA in. 83), 321 sq. =Nd^
475. — sudanta well-tamed, restrained Sn 23 ; Dh 159,
323.
-bhiinii a safe place (=Nibbana), or the condition of
one who is tamed S 111.84 • ^