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Amayavin 74 Aya
Amayavin (adj.) [a + mayavin, cp. amaya] without guile,
not deceiving, honest D III. 47 (asatha -j-), 55 (id.), 237;
DhA 1.69 (asathena a.).
Amitabha (adj.) [a + mita (pp. of ma) + a + bha] of
boundless or ininieasuiable splendour Sdhp 255.
Amitta [Vedic amltra; a + mitta] one who is not friend,
an enemy D 111.185; It 83; Sn 561 (= paccatthika SnA
455); Dh66, 207; J VI. 274 Ctapana harassing the enemies).
Amllatata (f.) [a + milata + ta] the condition of not being
withered J V.156.
Amu° base of demonstr. pron. "that", see asu.
AmuCChita (adj.) [a + mucchita] not infatuated (lit. not
stupified or bewildered), not greedy ; only in phrase agathita
amucchita anajjhapanna (or anajjhopanna) D IU465
M 1.369; S II. 194. See ajjhopanna.
Amutta (adj.) [a -}- mutta] not released, not free from (c.
abl.) It 93 (marabandhana).
Amtltra (adv.) [pron. base amu + tra] in that place, there;
in another state of existence D 1.4, 14, 184; It 99.
Amujha-vinaya "acquittal on the ground of restored sanity"
(Cliilderi;) Vin 1.325 (ix.6, 2); 11.81 (1V.5), 99 (iv.14, 27);
IV.207, 351
; M 11.248.
Amoha (adj.) [a 4- moha, cp. Sk. amogha] not dull. As n.
ab.sence of stupidity or delusion D m.214; Pug 25. —
The form amogha occurs at J vi.26 in the meaning of
"efficacious, auspicious" (said of ratya nights).
Amba [Derivation unknown. Not found in pre-Buddhist
literature. The Sk. is amra. Probably non-Aryan], the
Mango tree, Mangifera Indica D 1.46, 53, 235; J 11. 105,
160; Vv 79IO; Pug 45; Miln 46; PvA 153, 187.
-atthi the kernel or stone of the m. fruit DhA III. 207,
208. -arama a garden of mangoes, mango grove Vv 79^;
VvA 305. -kaiijika mango gruel Vv 33" (= ambilakanjika
VvA 147). -pakka a (ripe) mango fruit J 11.104,
394; DhA 111.207. -panta a border of mango trees VvA
198. -panaka a drink made from mangoes DhA III. 207.
-pindi a bunch of mangoes J 111.53; DhA 111.207. -pesika
the peel, rind, of the m. fruit Vin 11. 109. -potaka a
mango sprout DhA HI. 206 sq. -pbala a m. fruit PvA
273, 274. -rukkha a m. tree Dh.A in. 207; VvA 198.
-vana a m. grove or wood D 11.126; J 1. 139; VvA 305.
-sincaka one who waters the mangoes, a tender or keeper
of mangoes Vv 79'.
Ambaka' (adj.) [=ambaka?] "womanish" (?), inferior, silly,
stupid, of narrow intellect. Occurs only with reference to
a woman, in comb"- with bala A HI. 349 (v. 1. amrna") =
V.139 (where spelt ambhaka with v. I. appaka° and gloss
andhaka); v. 150 (spelt ambhaka perhaps in diff. meaning).
-maddarl see next.
Ambaka- [demin. of amba] a little mango, only in "maddarl
a kind of bird [etym. uncertain] A 1.188.
Ambaka (f ) [Sk. ambiks demin. of ambi mother, wife, see
P. amma & cp. also Sk. ambalika f.] mother, good wife,
used as a general endearing term for a woman Vin 1.232 =
D 11.97 (here in play of words with Ambapali expl^ by
Bdhgh at Vin 1.385 as ambaka ti itthiyika).
Ambara' (nt.) [Vedic ambara circumference, horizon] the
sky, Davs 1.38; IV. 51; V.32. — A'ote. At J v.390 we
have to read muraja-alambara, and not mura-jala-arabara.
Ambara^ (m.-nt.) [etym. = ambara' (?) or more likely a
distortion of kambala; for the latter speaks the comb"rattambara
= ratta-kambala. — The woid would thus be
due to an erroneous syllable division raltak-ambala (^
ambara) instead of ralta-kambala] some sort of cloth and
an (upper) garment made of it (cp. kambala) Vv 53'
(ratt° == uttariya VvA 236).
Ambala at J 11.246 ("kotthaka-asana-sala) for ambara' (?) or
for ambaka'^ (?), or should we read kambala° ?.
Ambataka the hog-plum, Spondias Mangifera (a kind of
mango) Vin 11.17 (°vana); DA 1.27 1 Crukkha).
Ambila (adj.) [Sk. ambla = Lat. amarus] sour, acid ; one
of the 6 rasas or tastes, viz. a., lavana, tittaka, katuka,
kasaya, madhura (see under rasa): thus at Miln 56. Another
enumeration at Nd^ 540 & Dhs 629. — J 1.242
("anambila), 505 (lon°); 11.394 (lon°); DA 1.270 ("yagu
sour gruel) ; DhA 11.85 (ati-ambila, with accunha & atisita).
Ambu (nt.) [Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. dfi(3po?, Lat.
imber rain ; cp. also Sk. abhra rain-cloud & Gr. a/)^;
scum : see P. abbha] water J v. 6 ; Nd' 202 (a. vuccati
udakaq); Davs 11. 16. — Cp. ambha.
-carin "living in the water", a fish Sn 62 (=: maccha
Nd'i 91). -sevala a water-plant Th I, 113.
Ambuja (m. & nt.) [ambu + ja of jan] "water-born", i.e.
1. (m.) a fish S 1.52. — 2. (nt.) a lotus Sn 845 (=:
paduma Nd' 202); Davs v.46; .Sdhp 360.
Ambuda [ambu-}- da fr. dS] "water-giver", a cloud Dav.s
v.32; Sdhp 270, 275.
Ambha & Ambho (nt.) [see ambu] water, sea D.ivs iv.54.
Ambhaka see ambaka.
Ambho (indecl.) [fr. hai) -f bho, see bho, orig. "hallo you
there'] part, of exclamation, employed: I. to draw atten-
tion = look here, hey! hallo! Vin 111.73 (= alapau'
adhivacana); J 11. 3; PvA 62. — 2. to mark reproach &
anger = you silly, you rascal D 1.194; It 114; J 1.174
(v. 1. amho), 254; Miln 48.
Amma (indecl.) [voc. of amma] endearing term, used (l) by
children in addressing their mother = mammy, mother
dear D 1.93; J 11.133; ''^'i ^8' (amma lata utthetha
daddy mammy, get up!); DhA 11.87; PvA 73, 74, —
(2) in general when addressing a woman familiarly =
good woman, my (good) lady, dear, thus to a woman J
1.292; PvA 63; Dh.\ 11.44; to a girl PvA 6; to a
daughter DhA 11.48; HI. 172. — Cp. ambaka.
Ammana (nt.) [of uncertain etym. ; Sk. armaria is Sanskritised
Pali. See on form & meaning Childers s. v. and
Kern, Toev. p. 72] I. a trough J v.297; vi.381 (bhatt°).
2. a certain measure of capacity J 1.62; 11.436 (tandul°). —
As °ka at J 11. 117 (v. 1. anipanaka); DA 1.84.
Amma (f.) [onomat. from child language; Sk. amba, cp.
Gr. aiziJ.x( mother, Oisl. amma "granny", Ohg. amma
"mammy", nurse; also Lat. amita father's sister & amare
to love] mother J HI. 392 (gen. ammaya). — Voc. amma
(see Sep.).
Amha & Amhan (nt.) [Sk. asman, see also asama'] a stone
Sn 443 (instr. amhana, but SnA 392 reads asmana ^
pasanena).
-maya made of stone, hard Dh 161 (= pas5na° DhA
HI. 151).
Amha, Amhi see atthi.
Amha (f.) [etym. uncertain; Morris J P T S. 1889, 201 too
vague] a cow (?) A 1.229. The C. says nothing.
Amhakat), Amhe see aharj.
Amho = ambho J 1.174 (v. 1.).
Aya' see ayo.