The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

of Bdhgh. offer any clue (= a + gha from ghan that which does not strike or agha&&aniya is not strikeable
DhsA 326, cp. Dhs. trsl. 194 & J iv.154 aghe &hit! = appa&ighe !k!se &hit! the air which does not offer any
resistance). On the other hand the primary meaning is darkness, as seen from the phrase lokantarik! agh!
asa'vut! andhak!r! D ii.12; S v.454, and BSk. aghasa'v%ta M Vastu i.240, adj. dark M Vastu i.41; ii.162;
Lal Vist 552] the sky, orig. the dark sky, dark space, the abyss of space D ii.12; S v.45; Vv 161 (aghasi
gama, loc. = veh!sa' gama VvA 78); J iv.154; Dhs 638 (+ aghagata); Vbh 84 (id.). -- gata going through or
being in the sky or atmosphere Dhs 638, 722; Vbh 84. -- g!min moving through the atmosphere or space i.
e. a planet S i.67 = Miln 242 (!dicco se&&ho aghag!mina').
Aghata
Aghata at Th 1, 321 may be read as agha -- gata or (prefer- ably) with v. l. as aggha -- gata', or (with
Neumann) as aggha' agghat!na'. See also Mrs. Rh. D, Psalms of the Brethren, p. 191.
Aghammiga
Aghammiga [to agha1?] a sort of wild animal J vi.247 (= agh!vaha miga) 507 (= aghakara). Cp. BSk.
agharika Divy 475.
Aghavin
Aghavin (adj.) [to agha1] suffering pain, being in misery Sn 694 (= dukkhita SnA 489).
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Anka
Anka1 = anga, sign, mark, brand Miln 79; ˚karana branding J iv.366, 375. See also anketi.
Anka
Anka2 [Vedic anka hook, bent etc., anc, cp. ankura & ankusa. Gr. a)gkw/n elbow, a)/gkura = anchor; Lat.
uncus nail; Ohg. angul = E. angle] (a.) a hook J v.322 = vi.218 (v. l. BB anga). -- (b.) the lap (i. e. the bent
position) or the hollow above the hips where infants are carried by Hindoo mothers or nurses ( ankena
vahati) Vin ii.114; D ii.19 (anke pariharati to hold on one's lap or carry on one's hips), 20 (nis"d!peti seat on
one's lap); M ii.97 (ankena vahitv!); Th 1, 299; J i.262 (anke nisinna); ii.127, 236; vi.513; DhA i.170 (
ankena vahitv!) PvA 17 (nis"d!peti).
Ankita
Ankita [pp. of anketi] marked, branded J i.231 (cakkan- kit! Satthu pad!); ii.185 (˚ka**aka with perforated
ears).
Ankura
Ankura [cp. Sk. ankura, to anka a bend = a tendril etc.] a shoot, a sprout (lit. or fig.) J ii.105; vi.331 (Buddh
˚a nascent Buddha), 486; Dhs 617 (˚va**a); Miln 50, 251 269; Sdhp 273; Mhvs 15, 43.
Ankusa
Ankusa [Vedic anku$a; to anc, see anka2] a hook, a pole with a hook, used (1) for plucking fruit off trees, a
crook J i.9 (˚pacchi hook & basket); v.89 = vi.520 (pacchikhanitti˚), 529 (= phal!na' ga*hanattha'