The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

D. D
-- D -- euphonic consonant inserted to avoid hiatus: (a) orig. only sandhi -- cons. in forms ending in t & d
(like t!vat, kocid, etc.) & thus restored in cpds. where the simplex has lost it; (b) then also transferred to &
replacing other sandhi -- cons. (like puna -- d -- eva for punar eva). (a) dvipa -- d -- uttama Sn 995;
koci -- d -- eva PvA 153; kincid -- eva ibid. 70; t!va -- d -- eva ib. 74; y!va -- d -- attha' ib. 217; ahu -- d --
eva Miln 22 etc. -- (b) puna -- d -- eva Pv ii.113 (v. l. BB); DhA ii.76; samma -- d -- eva Sn p. 16; VvA
148; PvA 66 etc.; cp. SnA 284. bahu -- d -- eva J i.170.
Da
-- Da (adj.) [Suffix of d!, see dad!ti] giving, bestowing, presenting, only -- ˚, as anna˚, bala˚, va**a˚,
sukha˚, Sn 297; vara˚ Sn 234; k!ma˚ J vi.498; Pv ii.138; ambu˚ giving water, i. e. a cloud D!vs v.32;
amatamagga˚ Sdhp 1; u)!raphala˚ ib. 26; ma'sa˚ Pgdp 49, etc.
Da'saka
Da'saka: see vi˚.
Da'seti
Da'seti (for dasseti): see upa˚; pavi˚, vi˚.
Daka
Daka (nt.) [=udaka, aphaeretic from combns like s"to- daka which was taken for s"to+daka instead of s"t'
odaka] Vin iii.112; S iii.85; A ii.33=Nd2 420 B3 (: the latter has udaka, but Nd1 14 daka). -- !saya (adj.)
(beings) living in water A ii.33#; -- ja (adj.) sprung from water, aquatic J i.18 (thalaj! d pupph!); --
rakkhasa a water -- sprite J i.127, 170; vi.469.
Dakkha
Dakkha1 (adj.) [Vedic dak+a=Gr. a)ri -- dei/ketos & decio/s; dak+ati to be able; to please, satisfy, cp.
da$asyati to honour, Denom. fr. *dasa=Lat. decus honour, skill. All to *dek in Lat. decet to be fit, proper,
etc. On var. theories of connections of root see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under decet. It may be that *deks is an
intens. formation fr. *di$ to point (see disati), then the original meaning would be "pointing," i. e. the hand
used for pointing. For further etym. see dakkhi*a] dexterous, skilled, handy, able, clever D i.45, 74, 78;
iii.190 (+analasa) M i.119; iii.2; S i.65; Nd2 141 (+analasa & sampaj!na); J iii.247; DA i.217 (=cheka);
Miln 344 (r(padakkh! those who are of "fit" appearance).
Dakkha
Dakkha2 (nt.) [dakkha1+ya, see dakkheyya] dexterity, ability, skill J iii.466.
Dakkhati & Dakkhiti
Dakkhati & Dakkhiti see dassati.
Dakkhi*a
Dakkhi*a (adj.) [Vedic dak+i*a, Av. da,in0; adj. forma- tion fr. adv. *deksi= *deksinos, cp. pur!*a fr. pur!,
vi+u*a fr. vi+u, Lat. b"ni (=bisni) fr. bis. From same root *deks are Lat. dexter (with compar. -- antithetic