The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ags. cild, Ger. kind, E. child. Meaning: a cavity, a hollow, or, seen from its outside, a swelling] 1. interior,
cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: ang!ra˚ J iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a
Vih!ra: Vin ii.303; iii.119; iv.45; VvA 188; 220; -- J i.90
-- 245 --
(siri˚ royal chamber); iii.276; Vv 785 (=ovaraka VvA 304); DhA i.397; Miln 10, 295. See also anto˚. 2.
the swelling of the (pregnant) womb, the womb (cp. kucchi). ˚' upeti to be born Dh 325=Th 1, 17= Nett 34,
129; ˚' upapajjati to be born again Dh 126; gabbh! gabbha' . . . dukka' nigacchanti from womb to womb
(i. e. from birth to birth) Sn 278; gabbhato pa&&h!ya from the time of birth J i.290, 293. As a symbol of
defilement g. is an ep. of k!ma A iv.289, etc. -- 3. the contents of the womb, i. e. the embryo, foetus: dasa
m!se ˚' kucchin! pariharitv! having nourished the foetus in the womb for 10 months D ii 14; dibb! gabbh!
D i.229; on g. as contained in kucchi, foetus in utero, see J i.50 (kucchimhi pati&&hito) 134; ii.2; iv.482; M
i.265; Miln 123 (gabbhassa avakkanti); DhA i.3, 47; ii.261. -- Pv i.67; PvA 31; gabbho vu&&h!si the child
was delivered Vin ii.278; itthi -- gabbho & purisa˚ female & male child J i.51; gabbha' p!teti to destroy the
foetus Vin ii.268; apagatagabbh! (adj.) having had a miscarriage Vin ii.129; m()ha -- gabbh! id. M ii.102
(+visat!˚); paripu**a -- gabbh! ready to be delivered J i.52; PvA 86; saññi˚ a conscious foetus D i.54=M
i.518=S iii.212; sannisinna -- gabbh! having conceived Vin ii.278. -- avakkanti (gabbhe okkanti Nd2 3041)
conception D iii.103, 231; Vism 499, 500 (˚okkanti); this is followed by gabbhe &hiti & gabbhe vu&&h!na,
see Nd2; -- !saya the impurities of childbirth Pv iii.53 (=˚mala); -- kara*a effecting a conception Sn 927; --
gata leaving the womb, in putte gabbhagate when the child was born PvA 112; -- dv!ra the door of the bed
-- chamber J i.62; -- parihara*a =next Vism 500; -- parih!ra "the protection of the embryo," a ceremony
performed when a woman became pregnant J ii.2; DhA i.4; -- p!tana the destruction of the embryo,
abortion, an abortive preparation Vin iii.83 sq.; Pv i.66 (akari'); PvA 31 (d!pesi); DhA i.47 (˚bhesajja); --
mala the uncleanness of delivery, i. e. all accompanying dirty matter PvA 80, 173 (as food for Petas), 198;
DhA iv.215; -- v"sa in ahañc' amhi gabbhav"so "I am 20 years, counting from my conception" Vin i.93; --
vu&&h!na (nt.) childbirth, delivery J i.52; DhA i.399; ii.261; -- seyy! (f.) the womb; only in expressions
relating to reincarnation, as: na punar eti (or upeti) gabbhaseyya' "he does not go into another womb," of
an Arahant Sn 29, 152, 535; Vv 5324; and gabbhaseyyaka (adj.) one who enters another womb Vbh 413
sq.; Vism 272, 559, 560; Bdhd 77, 78.
Gabbhara
Gabbhara (nt.) [Derivation uncertain. Cp. Sk. gahvara] a cavern Sn 416 (giri˚); Vv 635 (giri˚).
Gabbhin"
Gabbhin" (adj. f.) pregnant, enceinte Vin ii.268; S iii.202; J i.151, 290; iv.37; Pv i.66; PvA 31, 82: VvA 110
( -- bh!va); in combn g˚ p!yam!n! purisantaragat! (pregnant, lactating & having had sex. intercourse) A
i.295= ii.206=M i.77, 238, 307, 342=Pug 55; with utun" anutun" (menstruating & having ceased to
menstruate) A iii.226 sq.
˚Gama
˚Gama 1. adj. going, able to go; going to, leading to; in vihangama going in the air Sn 221, 606; Th i.1108:
J i.216 (cp. gamana); aghasi˚ id. Vv 161 (= veh!sa'˚ VvA 78); nabhasi˚ going on clouds Sn 687; nibb!na˚
leading to N. S v.11; d(ra'˚ going far, hadaya'˚ going to one's heart, q. v. -- 2. m. course, going to; in
attha'˚ going home, going to rest, etc., q. v.
Gamana
Gamana 1. (nt.) the fact or the state of going, movement, journey, walk; ( -- ˚) striving for, the leading of,
pursuit A ii.48 sq. (gamanena na pattabbo lokass' anto=one cannot walk to the end of the world); Dh 178