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Pajjalati lo Panca
Pajjalati [pa+ jalati of jval] to burn (forth), blaze up, fO
into flame Vin 1.180 ; Sn 687 (sikhi pajjalanto) ; J 1.215 ;
ThA 62 ; PvA 38. — pp. pajjalita (q. v.).
Pajjalita [pp. of pajjalati] in flames, burning, blazing
S 1. 133 ; Sn p. 21 (aggi) ; Dh 43 (sataka).
146 ; PvA
Pajjanna [Ved. parjanya, for etym. see Walde, Lai. Wtb.
under quercus & spargo] rain-cloud J 1.332 (p. vuccati
megho) ; iv.253. Otherwise only as Np. of the Rain
God D 11.260 ; S 1.29 ; J 1.33 1.
Pajjota [cp. Ved. pradyota, pra + dyut] light, lustre,
splendour, a lamp S 1.15, 47 ; A 11.140 ; Sn 349 ; Pug 25 ;
Sdhp 590. — telapajjota an oil lamp Vin i.i6 = D 1.85 =
Sn p. 15. — dhammapaj jota the lamp of the
A 1.56 ay ;
Dhamma Miln 2 1 . panna-paj jota the torch of knowledge
Dhs 16, 20, 292, 555; VbhA 115. pajjotassa nibbanar)
the extinguishing of the lamp D 11. 157 ; S 1.159 ; A IV.3.
Pajjhayati [pa-l- jhayati*] to be in flames, to waste, decay,
dry up ;
disappointment or remorse Vin 111.19; IV.5 ; A
fig. to be consumed or overcome with grief,
11.214,
216; III. 57; J HI. 534 (pajjhati metri causa; C=anusocati)=
Miln 5. — ppr- pajjhayanto downcast, in formula
tunhibhiito mankubhuto pattakkhandho
p. M 1. 132, 258 and passim.
adhomiikho
Panca (adj. -num.) [Ved. panca, Idg. *penque ; cp. Gr.
TrivTt, Lat. quinque, Goth, fimf, Lith. penki, Oir. coic]
number 5. — Cases: gen. dat. panpannag, instr. abl.
paficahi, loc. pancasu ; often used in compositional form
paiica" (cp. Ved. pancara with 5 spokes 1.164''; Gr.
fff/imi/joXof, Lat. quinqu-ennis etc.). — i. Characteris-
tics of No. 5 in its use, with ref , to lit. & fig. application.
" Five " is the number of " comprehensive and yet
simple" unity or a set; it is applied in all cases of a
natural and handy comprehension of several items into
a group, after the 5 fingers of the hand, which latter lies
at the bottom of all primitive expressions of No. 5 (see
also below pane' angulika. The word for 5 itself in its
original form is identical with the word for hand 'praq,
cp. Lat. com", decem, centum etc.) —
A. Nj. 5, appl'' (a) with ref. to time: catupaiicahar)
4 or 5 days J 11. 114 (cp. quinque diebus Horace Sat
1.3'*) ; maranar) tuyhai) orar) masehi paiicahi after 5
months Vv 63^", p. mase vasitva DA 1.319 (cp. qu.
"yojana-
menses Hor. Sat. u.t,^^'). — (b) of space :
tfhana J ill. 504 ; °yojan-ubbedho gajavaro VvA 33:
"bhumako pasado J 1.58 (cp. the house of Death as 5
stories high in Grimm, Marchen No. 42 ed. Reclam).
— (c) of a group, set, company, etc. (cp. 5 peoples RV
ni.37»; vi.ii