The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Jalla
Jalla2 [prob.=jhalla, see Kern, Toevoegselen s. v.] athlete, acrobat J vi.271.
Jallik!
Jallik! (f.) [demin. of jalla] a drop (of perspiration), dirt in seda˚, etc. A i.253 (k!li˚); Sn 198=J i.146;
vi.578.
Ja)a
Ja)a (adj.) [Sk. ja.a] dull, slow, stupid D iii.265 (a˚); A ii.252; Pug 13; Miln 251; DA i.290.
Java
Java [Sk. java, to javati] 1. (n.) speed S ii.266; v.227; M i.446; A ii.113; iii.248; Sn 221; J ii.290; iv.2.
Often combd with th!ma, in phrase th!majavasampanna endowed with strength & swiftness J i.62; VvA
104; PvA 4; Miln 4. -- javena (instr.) speedily J ii.377. -- 2. (adj.) swift, quick J iii.25; vi.244 (mano˚, as
quick as thought); Vv 16 (=vegavanto VvA 78); VvA 6 (s"gha˚). -- cchinna without alacrity, slow, stupid
(opp. s"ghajava) DhA i.262; -- sampanna full of swiftness, nimbleness, or alacrity A i.244 sq.; ii.250 sq.
Javati
Javati Vedic ju javate intr. to hurry, jun!ti trs. to incite, urge: to run, hurry, hasten S i.33; J iv.213; D!vs
v.24; DhsA 265, pp. j(ta.
Javana
Javana (nt.) 1. alacrity, readiness; impulse, shock Ps i.80 sq.; Vism 22; DhsA 265 (cp. Dhs trsl. pp. 132,
156); DA i.194. Usually in cpd. javana -- pañña (adj.) of alert intellection, of swift understanding, together
with h!sa -- pañña (h!su˚ at M iii.25; J iv.136) & puthu˚ tikkha˚ S v.376, 377; Nd2 235, 3a. Also in cpds.
˚paññ! Ps ii.185 sq.; ˚paññat! A i.45; ˚paññatta' S v.413. 2. The twelfth stage in the function (kicca) of
an act of perception (or v"thicitta): the stage of full perception, or apperception. Vism ch. xiv. (e. g. p. 459);
Abhdhs. pt. iii, § 6 (kicca'); Comp. pp. 29, 115, 245. In this connection javana is taken in its equally
fundamental sense of "going" (not "swiftness"), and the "going" is understood as intellectual movement.
Javanaka
Javanaka=java 2 (adj.) VvA 78.
Jaha
Jaha (adj.) ( -- ˚) [to jahati] leaving behind, giving up, see atta'˚, oka'˚, kappa'˚, ra*a'˚, sabba'˚, etc (S
i.52; It 58; Sn 790, 1101, etc.); duj˚ hard to give up Th 1, 495.
Jahati & jah!ti
Jahati & jah!ti [Vedic root h!. Cp. *gh/(i) & gh" to be devoid (of), Gr. xh_ros void of, xh_ra widow, xw/ra
open space (cp. Sk. vih!ya=!k!sa), xwri/zw separate; Lat. her -- es; Sk. jih"te to go forth=Ohg. g/n, g!n,
Ags. gan=go; also Sk. h!ni want=Goth. gaidw, cp. Gr. xati/zw] to leave, abandon, lose; give up, renounce,
forsake. Ster. expln at Nd2 255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabh!va' gameti. Lit. as well
as fig.; esp. w. ref. to k!ma, dosa & other evil qualities. -- Pres. jah!ti Sn 1, 506 (dosa'), 589; Dh 91; imper.