අභි ධර්‍ම පිටකය, n. transcendent-doctrine repository, viz. the third Pitaka. It is divided into seven sections, viz. ධම්මසඬගණී, විභංග, ධාතුකථා, පුග්ගල පඤ්ඤත්ති, කථාවන්ථු, යමක, පට්ඨාන.

ඉදිරි පසු, a. inverted in order, preposterous.

ඉස්බුම, n. beeping, repose, සැතපුම.

ඉසුඹුම, n. rest, repose, beep, විශ්‍රාමය, සැතපීම.

ඒකාග්‍රතාව, n. close attention, intentness, undistracted mental repose, හිත යොමුකිරීම.

කන්‍දරාකරය, n. n. lit. (ආකරය), mine or repository of caves, viz mountain, කන්ද.

කමලාකරය, n. (ආකරය repository), lotus lake.

කෝෂ්ඨය, කෝෂඨාගාරය, n. granary, storehouse, store-room, repository, ගබඩාව; stomach, කෑම‍බොක්ක.

චිත්‍ත·නීරාකර්‍මක, චිත්‍තනිරාකර්‍ෂණ, a. (නිර් priv., ආකර්‍ෂක &c.), unattractive, unprepossessing, uninteresting, අමනෝහර.

ත්‍රි·පිටකය, n. the three baskets or repositories: a name of the B. Scriptures, which are divided into three parts, called, සූත්‍රපිටකය, විනය පිටකය and අභිධර්‍මපිටකය. See under each of these.

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.

ධාතු·මන්‍දිරය, n. relic repository, reliquary.

ධානියා, n. repository, receptacle, granary, ගබ ඩාව; holder; site of a house, ගෙපළ.

නා·යහන්, n. ap. of Vishnu, as reposing on the serpent ශේෂ.

නිද්‍රාව, n. beep, repose, නින්ද; both. අලසකම.