Vol. 16 · pages 206–210

182 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES dq×tjks % An elephant (dq×tj) dq×tks $ dq×ta % A place overgrown with creeping plants (dq×t) dq˜~dqea % Saffron, Crocus salivus (dq˜~dqe) dq˜~dqeks % Dyed with saffron (dq˜ï˜e) dqUunh % A very small river (dq $ unh) dqUryks % Hair (dqUry) dqUruh % A curlew dq.Fkks (adj) % Slow, lazy (Øq.B) dqUrks % A lance or spear (dqUr) dwidks % The mast of a ship (dwid) dqfirks % Angry, enraged excited (dqfir ¾ dqi~) dwiks % A pit; a well: the mast of a ship (dwi) dqIia % Any metal except gold or silver, as copper, zinc etc. (dq";) dqIiua % Being angry dqIifr % To be angry, to be disturbed, shaken, agitated, thrown into confusion (dqi~) dqiqfjlks % A bad-man (dq $ iq#"k) dqiqÙkks % A bad-son (dq $ iq=k) dqja % Boiled rice (dwj) dqj.Mdks % A sort of’ Amaranth (dqj.Md) dqj˜ı % An antelope (dqj˜ı) dqjjks % Sea-eye or Osprey (dqjj) dqjohdks % A fine-voiced bird dq# % From Karoti dq: % Name of a people (dq:) dq#ekuks % From ‘Karoti’ formed upon ‘Kurute’ dq#fUn % Name of one of the three great collection of Atthakatha dq#˜ıks % A sort of deer dq:jks (adj) % Cruel; hard: severe: formidable (Øwj) dq:rs % See djksfr dq#foUnks % A ruby (dq#foUn) dqlk % A rein, bridle (dq’kk) dqlXxa % The lip of a blade of kusa grass (dq’k $ vxz) dqlydEeiFkks % Way of virtuous action or merit (dq’ky $ deZu $ iFk)

183PALI : ENGLISH DICTIONARY dqlykdqlya % Good and bad (dq’ky $ vdq’ky) dqlyrk % Skill, knowledge (dq’kyrk) dqlyÙka % Skillfulness (dq’ky $ Ro) dqlyh (adj) % Prosperous, meritorious (dq’kfyu~) dqlyks (adj) % Skilful, expert, clever, lucky, happy, prosperous good, right, virtuous, meritorious (dq’ky) dqlsl;a % Water-lily or lotus (dq’ks’k;) dqfl % One of the four cross-seams of the robe of a Buddhist-monk dqflukjk % The capital of the Mallas, in India (dqf’kuxjh) dqlhrks (adj) % Slothful, inert, indolent (dqlhn) dqlks % A blade of grass: the sacrificial grass (dq’k~) dqlqCHk % A small pond, a puddle (dqToHkz) dqlwyks % Granary (dq’kwy) dqlqea % The flower: the menses (dqlqe) dqlqEHka % Safflower, carthamus timetorius (dqlqEHk) dqV/kfjdk % A maid-servant (dqV $ /kfjdk) dwVkxkja % A pagoda or a building with a peaked roof or pinnacles: a room at the top of a palace: a Belvedere, attic: a funeral hearse, a catafalque (dwV $ vkxkj) dqVtks % The plant Wrighlia antidysentica (dwVt) dwVda % A heap, a mound: a peak (dwV $ d) dqVUuVa % The plant, cyperus Rotindus (dqVUuV) dwVflEcyh % A variety of the silk-cotton-tree (dwV $ ’kYeyh) dwVLlks % A vicious horse (dwV $ v Üo) dwVVòks (adj) % Continuing unattested, inchargeable, permanent (dwVLFk) dwVVðks % A false suit or action at law, one supported by fake or frivolous evidence (dwV $ vFkZ) dqVsRFk % dwVks ,RFk dqBkjh % An axe (dqBkjh) dqFkks $ dqFka % A woollen blanket (dqFk) dqVh % A hut, a cabin, a house, a tent, shed (dqVh) dqfVdk % A hut or tent (dqfVdk) dqfVyks (adj) % Crooked, shifty, deceitful (dqfVy) dqfVEca % See Kutumba dqVhja % A box, a kennel (dqVhj)

184 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES dqrks (adv) % Whence? how? much less (dqrl~) dqVks $ dqVa % A water-pot (dqV) dqVks $ dwVa % Top, summit, peak: a leap, a mass, a multitude: a sledgehammer; a trap: deceit; deception, falsity, fraud: a part of a plough (dwV) dwVks (adj) % False, fraudulent, lying (dwV) dqVksfp (adv) % From any place (dqrl~ $ fpn~) dq=k (adv) % Where? (dq=k) dqÙkda % A woollen carpet dqRFkk (adv) % Where? (dq=k) dqRFka % Leprosy, the plant costus speciosus (dq"B) dqVòh % A laper (dqf"Bu) dqfÙkeks (adj) % Artificial (Ñr‘e) dqrwgya & dksrwgya % Eagerness, desire, passion: vehemance, voilence: excitement, tumult (dqrwgyw] dkSrwgy) dqVqEca] dqfVEca % Family: family property: family estates wealth (dqVqEc) dqVqEch % The head of a family: a landed proprietor, a man of property (dqVqfEcu~) dqVqfEcdks] dqfVfEcdks % Same as last (dqVqfEcd) dqoy;a % The water lily (dqoy;) dqoa (adv) % Where? (‡) dqos.kh % A funnel–shaped wicker-basket for catching fish dqos.kh dqcsjks % A name of Vessavana (dqcsj) ‡ (adv) % Where? Whither (‡) ‡fp (adv) % Somewhere: sometimes: in some cases: in some places (d $ fpn~) ‡RFkks % What need of ? (d% $ vFkZ)

185PALI : ENGLISH DICTIONARY L yCHkk % Allowable, possible (yH;) yCHkusÕ;ks (adj) % Obtainable yCHkfr % To be taken: to be obtained: to be received: to be permitted (yH;rs ¾ yHk~) yCHkks % Obtainable; proper, right, suitable, admissible (yH; ¾ yHk~) ykHkk % See ykHkks ykHkXxa % Highest gain (ykHk $ vxz) yHkua % Taking, receiving, acquisition (yHku) yHkfr % To obtain, to get, to acquire: to met with, to fix: to receive; to take: to obtain permission: to allow; to receive an opportunity, to get a chance: to be able (yHk~) ykfHk (adj) % Possessed of (ykfHku~) ykHkks % Gain; receipts; receiving; obtaining; acquisition (ykHk) ykcq % A pumpkin (ykcq) ycqtks % The tree artocarpus lacucha (ydqp) yPNfr % See yHkfr y¼k % Ger from Labhati (yC/k) y¼Ccks % That ought to be received or obtained (yC/O; ¾ yHk~) y¼dks (adj) % Delightful, pleasing (yC/ $ d) yf¼ % Religious belief: wrong views: heresy (yfC/) yf¼dks % Heretical, schismatic (yfC/ $ d) y¼ks % Taken, obtained, received (yC/ ¾ yHk~) y¼a % See yHkfr yXxkisfr % To cause to be hung up yXxfr] yxfr % To adhere, to stick fast, to hang from (yx~) yXxsfr] yxsfr % To fasten, to tie, to hang up (caus) yXxks % Attached, tied, adhering (yXu ¾ yx~) yfxrks % Adhering (yfxr ¾ yx~) yxqGks % A club, a mallet (yxqM) ygq (adj) % Light; quick: vain: frivolous, flighty: trifling, insignificant: beautiful delightful (y?kq) ygq] ygqa (adv) % Quickly; surely, certainly (y?kq)

186 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES ygqdks (adj) % Light, trifling (y?kq $ d) ygqrk % Lightness, buoyancy (y?kqrk) ygqVòkua % Bodily, vigour (y?kq $ mRFkku) yTtk % Shame, modesty, timidity (yTtk) yTtkua % Being ashamed (yTt $ vu) yTtfr % To be ashamed (yTt~) yTth (adj) % Feeling ashamed, modest, quiet, well-conducted (yTtk $ bu~) yfTtrks (adj) % Ashamed, shameful (yfTtr) yktks $ yktk % Fried-grain; parched corn (ykt) ydkjks % The letter L (y $ dkj) ydkjks % A part of a ship yk[kk % Lac, an animal dye (yk{kk) y[ka % A mask: a target: a lac or 100,000 (y{k) yD[k.ka % Mask, sign, symptom, characteristic: attribute, property, nature, quality: a definition: a grammatical rule: a lucky mark; a personal characteristic from which good fortune may be predicted; the art of fortune telling (y{k.k) yD[k.k××kw (adj) % Knowing signs, skilled in predicting man’s future from the marks on his future (y{k.kK) yD[k.kh;ks (adj) % Distinguished, characterised (y{k.kh;) yD[k××kks (adj) % Auspicious, beautiful (y{k.;) yD[ksfr % To mark, to characterize, to distinguish, to discuss (y{k) yD[kh % Prosperity, splendour, beauty, royal, power: Lakshmi, the Goddess of prosperity (y{eh) yfD[krks % Distinguished, marked, renowned (yf{kr) ydq.Vdks % A dwarf ykyk % Saliva (ykyk) yyuk % A woman (yyuk) ykyua % Dalliance, sport (ykyu) ykyIifr $ % To lament (ykyk;rs ¾ yi~) ykyifr ykylk % Ardent desire (ykylk) yykVa % Fore-head (yykV) yykfr % To sport, to dolly (yy~)