The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

J!la1 (nt.) [Vedic j!la, prob. from ja& to plait, make a tangle cp. ja&ita & ja&!; on l:& cp. phulla: sphu&a; c!ru:
c!&u; cela: ce&a] a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (=m!y!). -- A I.it. Nd2 260 (=
suttaj!la, a plaiting of threads); SnA 115, 263 (=suttamaya) D i.45 (anto -- j!likata caught in a net); Sn 62,
71, 213, 669; J i.52; vi.139. -- kinki*ika˚ a row of bells D ii.183; mutt!˚ a net of pearls J i.9; VvA 40; loha˚
PvA 153; hema˚ Vv 35; a fowler's net Dh 174; a spider's web Dh 347; nets for hair J vi.188; pabbata˚ a
chain of mountains J ii.399; sir!˚ network of veins J v.69; PvA 68. -- Freq. in similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907, 90.
-- B. Fig. Very often appld to the snares of M!ra: S i.48 (maccuno); Sn 357 (id.); DhA iii.175 (M!ra˚); Sn
527 (deception); ta*h!˚ the snare of worldly thirst (cp. ˚tanh!) M i.271; Th 1, 306; SnA 351; k!ma˚ Th 1,
355; moha˚ S iii.83; mohasama Dh 251; di&&hi˚ the fallacies of heresy D i.46; J vi.220; ñ!*a˚ the net of
knowledge VvA 63; DhA iii.171. bhumma˚ (vijj!) "earthly net," i.e. gift of clearsight extending over the
earth SnA 353. -- akkhi a mesh of a net J i.208: -- ta*h! the net of thirst Dhs 1059, 1136; DhsA 367; -- p(pa
a "netcake"? DhA i.319; -- hatthap!da (adj.) having net -- like hands & feet (one of the 32 marks of a
Mah!purisa) prob. with reference to long nails D ii.17 (see Dial. ii.14, note 3), cp. j!litambanakhehi Vv
8116 (expld at VvA 315: j!lavantehi abhilohita -- nakkehi. Tena j!li (v. l. j!la -- ) hatthata' mah!purisa --
lakkha*a' tambanakhata' anuvyañ anañ ca dasseti).
J!la
J!la2 [Sk. jv!la, from jalati] glow, blaze J v.326; PvA 52 (=tejas), 154 (ra'si˚); Miln 357; Vism 419
(kappavin!saka˚). -- roruva N. of one of the two Roruva hells ("blazes") J v.271; -- sikh! a glowing crest i.
e. a flame Nd2 11 (=acc").
J!laka
J!laka (nt.) [j!la1+ka] 1. a net J vi.536; D!vs v.51. - 2. a bud A iv.117 sq. (˚j!ta in bud). -- f. j!lik! chain
armour Miln 199.
J!l!
J!l! (f.) [see j!la2] a flame J i.216, 322; Miln 148, 357.
J!lin
J!lin (adj. -- n.) "having a net," ensnaring, deceptive: (a) lit. a fisherman J ii.178. -- (b) fig. usually in f. ˚in"
of tanh! (ensnarer, witch) S i.107=Dh 180; A ii.211; Th 1, 162, 908; Dhs 1059; Vism 1; DhsA 363; cp. M
Vastu i.166; iii.92.
J!leti
J!leti [caus. of jalati. See also jaleti] to cause to burn, to light, kindle J ii.104; iv.290; v.32.
Ji
-- Ji (adj. -- suffix) [From jayati to conquer] winning, vic- torious: sang!ma˚ victorious in fight, in
sang!maj' uttama "greatest of conquerors" Dh 103; sabba˚ S iv.83.
Jigacch!
Jigacch! (f.) see jighacch!.
Jigi'saka