අ නිල, n. air, වාතය, wind, හුළඟ; the fifteenth lunar mansion.

අනු මතය, අනු මතිය, n. consent, concurrence, එකමුතුකම; suggestion, proposal, යෝජනාව; order, command, අණ; fifteenth day of the moon's age, පහළොස්වක.

අව පසළොස් වක, n. fifteenth day of the moon's wane, day of the new moon, අමාවක.

ඉ, n. The fifth vowel of the alphabet; the third in Sanskrit, which has not the two preceding. Its sound is the fine sharp sound of i in pin; its non-initial form is (ි), called ඉස්පිල්ල head or top piece, placed above the consonant it vocalizes: as කි,මි පින්, ki, mi, pin.

ඕ, n. The fifteenth letter of the alphabet. It is a long o which retains its initial sound to the end, and does not, like the English long o, terminate in oo: consequently it is a broad and, to English ears, a bightly vulgar sound.

කුදු ගොත් සඟිය, n. last of the five divisions of the Sutra Pitaka, containing fifteen books.

තිර්‍ථය, n. a lunar day; fifteen.

තෙපනස්වෙනි, a. fifty-third, පනස්තුන්වෙනි.

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.

න, n. The fifth letter of the dentals, corresponding to the letter N.

නන්‍දනය, n. joy, happiness, ප්‍රීතීය, සැපත; Indra's elysium; twenty-fifth year of the Indian cycle of sixty.

නිකිණි·මස, නිකිණිය, n. fifth month of the Sinhalese year (July-Aug.).

නින්නහුතය, n. a number, the fifth power of a කෝටියක්, 1 followed by 35 ciphers.

නිර්‍මාණ·රතිය, n. lit. created pleasure: name of the fifth divine world, so called because the inhabitants create new enjoyments for themselves.

නේමින්‍ධරය, n. name of the fifth circle of rocks around මේරුපවතය: see සප්තකූටපර්‍වත.