The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Gadd(hana
Gadd(hana (nt.) [Derivation unknown; Sk. dadr(ghna] a small measure of space & time M iii.127; S ii.264
(˚mattam pi, SA "pulling just once the cow's teat"); A iv.395; Miln 110. See Trenckner P.M. 59, 60; Rh. D.
J.R.A.S. 1903, 375.
Gaddha
Gaddha [Vedic g%dha; see gijjha] a vulture; in gaddha- b!dhipubbo, of the bhikkhu Ari&&ha, who had been a
vulture trainer in a former life Vin ii.25= iv.218= M i.130; see also Vin. Texts ii.377.
Gadrabha
Gadrabha [Vedic gardabha., Lat. burdo, a mule; see Walde Lat. Wtb., s. v.] an ass, donkey Vin v.129; M
i.334; A i.229; J ii.109, 110; v.453; DA i.163. -- f. gadrabh" J ii.340. -- bh!raka a donkey load J ii.109; DhA
i.123; -- bh!va the fact of being an ass J ii.110; -- rava (& -- r!va) the braying of an ass ibid. & Vism 415.
Gadhita
Gadhita see gathita.
Gantar
Gantar [n. agent of gacchati in the sense of a periphrastic future] "goer" in gant! hoti he will go, he is in the
habit of going, combd w. sot! hant! khant!, of the king's elephant A ii.116=iii.161; v. l. for gat! at M
ii.155.
Gantha
Gantha (in BB often misspelt gandha) [fr. ganthati] -- 1. a bond, fetter, trammel; always fig. and usually
referring to and enumd as the four bodily ties, or knots (k!ya˚, see under k!ya): S v.59=Dhs 1135; D
iii.230; Nd1 98; DhA iii.276; 4 k!yaganth!, viz., abhijjh!, by!p!da, s"labbatapar!masa, ida'saccâbhinivesa;
thus Nd1 98; Vism 683. In other conn. Sn 347, 798, 847, 857, 912; Nd2 on japp! (ta*h!); Dh 211; Ps i.129;
Dhs 1059, 1472; Vbh 18, 24, 55, 65, 77, 117, 120; Nett 31, 54, 114, 124 (gandha); Sdhp 616. -- chinna˚
(adj.) one who has cut the ties (of bad desires, binding him to the body). Combn w. anigha nir!sa S i.12
(˚gandha), 23; w. asita an!sava Sn 219. Cp. pah"nam!nassa na santi ganth! S i.14. See also !d!na˚; cp.
ganthaniya. -- 2. [only in late Pali, and in Sk.] composition, text, book (not with ref. to books as tied
together, but to books as composed, put together. See gantheti 2). -- dhura the burden of the books, i. e. of
studying the Scriptures, expld as one who knows by heart one, two, or all Nik!yas. Always combd w.
vipassan!dhura', the burden of contemplation DhA i.8; iv.37; -- pamocana the state of being released from,
freed from the fetters of the "body" always w. ref.to Nibb!na S i.210; A ii.24; It 104, cp. 122; -- pah"na
(adj.) connected with or referring to the ganthas Dhs 1480; opp. vi˚ Dhs 1482.
Ganthati & Gantheti
Ganthati & Gantheti [Vedic grath, granth, grathn!ti, to *grem, cp. Lat. gremium; see also ga*&hi gathita,
gantha] 1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: katha'
-- 244 --
mitt!ni ganthati "how does he bind friends" S i.214= Sn 185; m!la' gantham!na tying a garland Vv 381
(ganthento VvA 173). Of medicines: to mix, to prepare J iv.361. -- pp. ganthita tied, bound, fettered: cat(hi