අනන්‍ය, a. (අන් අන්‍ය no other), unexampled, unmatched, unique, only, sole, අවීතිය, එකමවූ.

ද්වීතීය·ශබ්ද·භාර·පදය, n. iambic foot.

ද්වීතීය·ශබ්දභාර, a. iambic.

ධ්‍යානය, n. B., meditation, profound contemplation, concentration of the thought and purpose in order to obtain Nirvāna, such an intentness of mind that it is supposed to exclude objects of sense so that they are unperceived or make no impression. It is divided into five stages: the first, ප්‍රථම ධ්‍යා නය, is one of need, doubt or investigation (විතර්‍කය); the second, වීතීය ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the first, is one of seeking (විචාරය); the third, තෘතීය ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the Previous page Next page Back to the Search Page   |   Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page -- 312 -- second, is one of finding or joy (ප්‍රීතිය); the fourth, චතුථි ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the third, is one of sound condition or satisfaction (සුඛය); the fifth, පංචම ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the fourth, is one of perfect mental quietude and repose (ඒකාග්‍රතාව). The following may illustrate the different stages. The first may be compared to thirst; the second, to the seeking of water; the third, to the joy of finding it; the fourth, to the benefit and satisfection derived from drinking it; the fifth, to the quiet repose and rest in the shade after the want has been satisfied.

නිර්‍ඵාපිත, a. extinguished &c., නිවීතිබෙන.

පද·වීතිහාරය, n. benefit of a pilgrimage.

පදාන්තරය, n. See පදවීතිහාරය.

වීතංශය, n. cage or net for birds or beasts, කූඩුව, දැල, enclosure, කොටුව, menagerie, සතුන් ඉන්නා කොටුව.

වීති, a. (වී to go), gone, departed, පහවූ, දුරුවූ; tranquil, නිශ්චල.

වීති·හෝත්‍රය, n. fire, ගින්න; sun, ඉර.

වීතිය, n. going, moving, යාම, චාරය.

වීතියා, n. goer, viz. horse, අශ්වයා.

සමාවෘත, a. (සං ආ:), encircled, surrounded, enclosed, වටවීතිබෙන.