The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Agga
Agga2 (nt.) (only -- ˚) [a contracted form of ag!ra] a (small) house, housing, accomodation; shelter, hut;
hall. d!n˚ a house of donation, i. e. a public or private house where alms are given J iii.470; iv.379, 403;
vi.487; PvA 121; Miln 2. sal!k˚ a hut where food is distributed to the bhikkhus by tickets, a food office J
i.123, VvA 75.
Aggat!
Aggat! (f.) [abstr. of agga] pre -- eminence, prominence, superiority Kvu 556 (˚' gata); Dpvs iv.1
(gu*aggata' gat!). -- (adj.) mahaggata of great value or superiority D i.80; iii.224.
Aggatta
Aggatta (nt.) [abstr. of agga = Sk. agratvan] the state or condition of being the first, pre -- eminence PvA 9,
89.
Aggavant
Aggavant (adj.) occupying the first place, of great eminence A i.70, 243.
Aggalu
Aggalu see agalu.
Agga)a & Agga)!
Agga)a & Agga)! (f.) (also occasionally with l.) [cp. Sk. argala & argal! to *areg to protect, ward off,
secure etc., as in Ags. reced house; *aleg in Sk. rak+ati to protect, Gr. a)le/cw id., Ags. ealh temple. Cp.
also *areq in Gr. a) rke/w = Lat. arceo, Orcus, Ohg rigil bolt.] a contrivance to fasten anything for security
or obstruction: 1. a bolt or cross -- bar Vin i.290; D i.89 (˚' !kote&i to knock upon the cross -- bar; a. =
kav!&a DA i.252); A iv.359 (id.); S. iv.290; A i.101 = 137 = iv.231. (phusit˚ with fastened bolts, securely
shut Th 1,385 (id.); Vin iv.47; J. v.293 (˚' upp")eti to lift up the cross -- bar. -- 2. a strip of cloth for
strengthening a dress etc., a gusset Vin i.290 (+ tunna), 392 (Bdhgh on MV viii.21, 1); J i.8 (+ tunna) vi.71
(˚' datv!); Vin iv.121. -- d!na putting in a gusset J i.8. -- phalaka the post or board, in which the cross --
bar is fixed (cp. ˚va&&i) M iii.95. -- va&&i = ˚phalaka Vin ii.120, 148. -- s(ci bolting pin M i.126.
Aggi
Aggi [Vedic agni = Lat. ignis. Besides the contracted form aggi we find the diaeretic forms gini (q. v.) and
aggini (see below)] fire. -- 1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration, Vin ii.120 (fire in bathroom); M i.487
(an!h!ro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); S iv.185, 399 (sa -- up!d!no jalati provided with fuel blazes);
Sn 62; Dh 70 (= asaniaggi DhA iii.71); J i.216 (sparks), 294 (pyre); ii.102; iii.55; iv.139; VvA 20 (aggimhi
t!pana' + udake temana'). -- The var. phases of lighting and extinguishing the fire are given at A iv.45:
aggi' ujj!leti (kindle, make burn), ajjhupekkhati (look after, keep up), nibb!peti (extinguish, put out),
nikkhipati (put down, lay). Other phrases are e. g. aggi' j!leti (kindle) J ii.44; ga*h!ti (make or take) J i.494
(cp. below b); deti (set light to) J i.294; nibb!peti (put out) It 93; Sdhp 552. aggi nibb!yati the f. goes out S
ii.85; M i.487; J i.212 (udake through water); Miln 304. aggi nibbuto the f. is extinguished (cp. ˚nibb!na) J
i.61; Miln 304. aggin! dahati to burn by means of fire, to set fire to A i.136, 199; PvA 20. udar˚ the fire
supposed to regulate digestion PvA 33; cp. Dial. ii.208, note 2; kapp˚u&&h!n˚ the universal conflagration J
iii.185; d!v˚ a wood or jungle fire J i.212; na)˚ the burning of a reed J vi.100; pad"p˚ fire of a lamp Miln 47.
2. the sacrificial fire: In one or two of the passages in the older texts this use of Aggi is ambiguous. It may
possibly be intended to denote the personal Agni, the fire -- god. But the commentators do not think so, and