Vol. 16 · pages 171–175

147PALI : ENGLISH DICTIONARY tkfrlqeuk % The great flowered jasmine (tkfr $ lq $ eul~) tkfr;ks % See tkfrdks tkrks % Born: produced: caused: arisen, sprung-up, grown: become, being: taken place, happened (tkr ¾ tu~) tUrq % The collar-bone (t=kq) trq % Lac (trq) tkrq % Surely, certainly (tkrq) trqdk % A bat (trqdk) trqe;ks % Made of lac, lacquered (trq $ e;) tokf/dks % A fleet-horse, a racer (to $ vf/d) tofudk % A curtain (tofud) touks % Quick, fleet (tou) tofr % To hasten, to hurry, to run (tw) toks % Spead (to) tk;k % A wife (tk;k) t;Xxgks % Victorious (t; $ xzg) t;ifr % Husband and wife t;ua % Victory (t;u) t;ikua % Drink of a victorious worrior (t; $ iku) tk;kirh % Husband and wife (tk;k $ ifr) t;lqeua % The plant Pentapetesh Phoenica (t; $ lq $ eul~) t;fr] tsfr] % To conquer, to defeat, to win, to surpass, to exceed (ft) ftukfr tk;fr % To be born, to be produced, to grow, to spring up, to arise (tu~) t;h % Victorious (tf;u~) tkf;dk % Wife (tk;k $ bdk) t;ks % Victory, conquest (t;) ts % Oh! tsxqPNks % Contemptible, loathsome tsuknfÙk % Son of Jinadatta (ftu $ nÙk $ b) tsrk % A conqueror (tsr‘) tsrCcks % To be conquered (tsrO; $ fu) tsroua % Name of a famous monastery in Savatthi; Name of a monastery in Ceylon

148 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES tsfr] tsRok % See t;fr tsŒòk % Name of one of the lunar mausions (T;s"Bk) tsŒòdks % Eldest: first: chief (ts"B $ d) tsŒòewyks % Month of Jyaishtha (T;s"Bk $ ewy) tsŒòks % Chief, first, best: eldest (T;s"B) tsŒòks % Name of a month (T;S"B) tsrqÙkja % Name of a town tsÕ;ks % Better, elder (T;k;al~) tsÕ;ks % To be conquered (ts; ¾ ft) >k % Name of a plant >kfŠdk % A cricket (f>fŠdk) >keks % Consumed, burnt ({kke ¾ {kS) >kua % Meditation, contemplation, religious meditation: mystic meditation or ecstasy or trance (Ł;ku) >kiua % Conflagration or consumption >kisfr % To cause to be burnt, to burn, to consume >lk % Shrub Urari, a Laqpodiades (>"kk) >lfr % To hurt (>"k~) >lks % A fish (>"k) >kVyks % The tree Bignonia Sanveolens (>kVy) >koqdks % The tree tamarix Indica (>kuqd) >k;fr % To burn, to consume, to waste away ({kS) >k;fr % To meditate, to contemplate, to practice mystic meditation (Ł;k) >k;h % Thoughtful, meditating, practicing jhana (Ł;k $ bu~) th] fn] ftrks % Victorious (ftr~) ft?kPNk % Hunger (ft?kRlk) ft?kPNfr % To wish to eat, to be hungry (ft?kRlfr ¾ ?kl~) ft?k××kks % Last: lowest: inferior: vile (t?k.;) ftflxlfr % To wish to take ftxqPNk % Disgust, dislike, loathing, contempt (tqxqIlk) ftxqPNua % Dislike, contempt (tqxqIlu) ftxqPNfr % To dislike, to loathe, to despise (tqxqIlfr ¾ xqi~) ftEgks % Crooked, oblique (ftEg) thewrks % A cloud (thewr)

149PALI : ENGLISH DICTIONARY ftuky; % A Buddhist temple (ftu $ vky;) ftukfr % See t;fr ftusfjrks % Uttered by Buddha (ftu $ bZfjr) ftfurCcks % To be conquered flt×tdks % Ganja plant ft..kdks % Old, aged: worn out: dilapidated (th.kZ $ d) ft..kks % Old aged; worn out: decayed (th.kZ $ t‘) ftuks % Victorious (ftu) thj.ka % Growing old; decay thjfr] ftÕ;fr % To grow old: to decay: to wear out: to be digested (t‘) th;fr ftfr % Victory (ftfr) ftfrUnz;ks % One whose senses are subdued; a Rishi or arahata (ftr $ bfUnz;) ftrks % Conquered, defeated (ftr $ ft) thoxkga % Taken alive (thoxzkge~) thodks % Name of a certain medicinal plant (thod) thoa % See thoks $ thofr thoua % Subsistance or livelihood, living (thou) tho×thoks % A kind of pheasant (thoathi) thofUr] thofr % Medicinal plant (thofUr) tholqeua % The china-rose (tho $ lq $ eul~) thofr % To live; to maintain oneself: to get one’s living (tho~) ftOgk % The tongue (ftOgk) thoh % Living (thfou~) thfodk % Life, livelihood, means of subsistence (thfodk) thforD[;ks % End of life or death (thfor $ {k;~) thfora % Life (thfor) thfofrfUnz;a % Principle of life; life: vitality (ftfor $ bfUnz;) thoks % Living (tho) ft;k] T;k % Bow-string (T;k) th;fr] ftÕ;fr % See ftjfr tks % Born; produced: proceeding from: caused (t) tksrdks % Illuminating, illustrating (|ksrd)

150 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES tksr;fr % To illuminate (|ksr;fr ¾ |qr~) tksrua % Illumination (?kksru) tksrfr % To shine (?kqr] T;qr~) tksr;fr] tksrsfr % To cause to shine: to illumine: to glorify: to exalt (|ksr;fr] T;ksr;fr] ?kqr] T;qr~) tksfr % Light, fire (T;ksfrl~] |ksfrl~) tksfrdk % See tksrdks tksfriFkks % The sky (T;ksfrl~ $ iFk) tksfrjlks % A certain jewel having the power of conferring every wish (T;ksrhjl) tksfrlRFka % Astronomy (T;ksfrl~ $ ’kkL=k) tqgua % Sacrifice: offering tqgksfr % To sacrifice (gq) tq.gk % Moonlight (tksRLuk) twra] twrks % Gambling: dicing (|wr ¾ fno~) tqfr % Splendour, ray (|qfr) tqfrdkjks % Brilliant (|qfr $ dj) tqfrek % Brilliant (|qfreUr~) tqfrU/jks % Light giver (|qfr $ /j) T;k % See ft;k

151PALI : ENGLISH DICTIONARY K dk % See dks dcfy˜ïkjks % Made into balls or mouthfuls (doy $ dkj) doyks] doya % A mouthful, a morsel (doy) dojks % Mixed, confused, variegated (doj) dCcdj.ka % Making poems or ballads (dkO; $ dj.k) dCcdkjks % A poet (dkO; $ dkj) dpojks % Sweepings, dust, rubbish dPpfr % To shine (dp~) dPpk;uks] % Name of a famous grammarian-name of the Pali grammarian dPpkuks (dkR;k;u $ v) dPpk;uks % Belonging to kaccayana (dkR;k;u $ v) dPNk % A girdle: a girth: the end of the loin-cloth tucked into the waistband: an enclosure: a room (d{kk] d{;k) dPNdks % The tree Cedrela Toona (dPN~ $ d) dPNUrja % A king’s private room or cabinet (d{kk $ vUrj) dPNiks % A tortoise (dPNi~) dPN % The arm-pit; the end of a loin-cloth; a spreading creeper; grassweeds (d{k) dPNks] dPNa % Marshy land (dPN~) dPNq % The scab (dPNq) dfPp % Perhaps, surely (dfPpn~) dkpks % A siliceons earth or clay used in making glass: glass:ophthalmia (dkp) dkpks] dktks % The string of a balance or of a carrying pole (dkp] dkt) dnk % When? at what time? (dnk) dnkfp % At sometimes: sometimes: perhaps (dnk $ fpn~) dnfy % The plantain or banana tree (dnyh) dnfydk % The plantain or banana tree (dnfydk) dnEcda % Abundance, plenty (dnEcd) dnEcdks % The tree Nauclea, Cadamba dknEcks % A kind of goose dnUua % Bad food (dnUu) dnfj;ks % Avaricious, slingy, miserly (dn;Z)