The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Gumba [Sk. gulma, *glem to *gel, to be thick, to con- glomerate, cp. Lat. glomus (ball), globus, etc. See
gu)a] 1. a troop, a heap, cluster, swarm. Of soldiers: Vin i.345; of fish (maccha˚) D i.84=M i.279=ii.22= A
i.9. -- 2. a thicket, a bush, jungle; the lair of an animal in a thicket (sayana˚ J iv.256) S iii.6 (e)agal!˚); J
iii.52 (niv!sa˚, vasana˚); VvA 301 (gaccha˚ underwood); J i.149, 167; ii.19; iii.55; iv.438; VvA 63, 66.
-- 253 --
Cp. pagumba=gumba, in vana˚ Sn 233 (see KhA 192). ve)u˚ Th 1,919. -- Acc. gumba' (adv.) thickly, in
masses balled together Miln 117 (of clouds). -- antara thicket VvA 233.
Gumbiya
Gumbiya (adj.) [fr. gumba] one of the troop (of soldiers) Vin i.345.
Guyha
Guyha [ger. of guh=Vedic guhya] 1. adj. to be hidden, hidden in ˚bha*.aka the hidden part (of the body)
DhA iv.197. -- 2. (nt.) that which is hidden; lit. in vattha˚ hidden by the dress, i. e. the pudendum D i.106;
Sn 1022, etc. (see vattha), fig. a secret Miln 92; guyha' pariguyhati to keep a secret A iv.31; Nd2 510.
Guru
Guru (adj. -- n.) [a younger form of garu (q. v.); Sk. guru] venerable, reverend, a teacher VvA 229, 230
(˚dakkhi*! a teacher's fee); PvA 3 (˚jan! venerable persons); Sdhp 227 (˚ûpadesa), 417.
Gu)a
Gu)a1 [Sk. gu.a and gul" ball, gu&ik! pill, gu*ik! tumour; to *gleu to make into a ball, to conglomerate. Cp.
Sk. glau1 ball; Gr. glouto/s; Ohg. chliuwa; Ger. kugel, kloss; E. clot, cleat; also *gel with same meaning:
Sk. gulma tumour, gil!yu glandular swelling; cp. Lat. glomus, globus; Ger. klamm; E. clamp, clump. A
root gu) is given by Dhtp 576,77 in meaning of "mokkha"] a ball, in cpds. sutta˚ a ball of string (=Ohg.
chliuwa) D i.54=; M iii.95; PvA 145; ayo˚ an iron globe Dh 308; DA i.84; loha˚ of copper Dh 371; sela˚ a
rockball, i. e. a heavy stone -- ball J i.147. -- k")! play at ball DhA i.178; iii.455; iv.124. -- parima*.ala the
circumference of a ball, or (adj.) round, globular, like a ball PvA 253.
Gu)a
Gu)a2 (Non -- Aryan?] sugar, molasses Vin i.210, 224 sq., 245. -- sagu)a sugared, sweet, or "with
molasses" J vi.324 (sagu)!ni, i. e. sagu)a -- p(ve pancakes). -- !sava sugar -- juice VvA 73. -- odaka s. --
water Vin i.226. -- kara*a a sugar factory ibid. 210. -- p(vaka sweet cake Mhvs 10. 3. -- ph!*ita molasses
VvA 179.
Gu)a
Gu)a3 [for gu*a2, due to distance dissimilation in ma*i- gu*a and m!l!gu*a> ma*igula and m!l!gula; cp.
similarly in meaning and form Ohg. chliuwa>Ger. knäuel] a cluster, a chain (?), in ma*i˚ a cluster of
jewels, always in simile with ref. to sparkling eyes "manigu)a -- sadis!ni akkh"ni" J i.149; iii.126, 184 (v. l.
BB ˚gu)ika); iv.256 (v. l. id.); m!l!˚ a cluster, a chain of flowers, a garland J i.73, 54; puppha˚ id. Dh. 172,
233.
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