Pāli Dictionary

dija

dvirootjasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

aṇḍaja, pakkhī, sakuṇa, vihaṅgama, lapanaja, vihaga

general

  • ब्राह्मण; ‘द्विज’ (जन्म से और उपनयन संस्कार से)

  • a brahmin, the ‘twice-born’ (once by birth, once by sacred initiation)

  • पक्षी (भी ‘द्विज’: अंडे से फिर सेने से)

  • a bird (likewise ‘twice-born’: once as an egg, once when hatched)

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā mayūrassa sikhaṇḍino vane, dijassa sutvā girigabbhare rutaṃ, paccuṭṭhahitvā amatassa pattiyā, saṃcintaye taṃ nu kadā bhavissati.

  • DN 20

    ye nāgarāje sahasā haranti, dibbā dijā pakkhi visuddhacakkhū, vehāsayā te vanam'ajjhapattā, citrā supaṇṇā iti tesa nāmaṃ.

  • दाँत (काव्यात्मक अर्थ, यह भी ‘द्विज’: दूध का दाँत फिर स्थायी दाँत)

  • a tooth (poetic sense, likewise ‘twice-born’: the milk tooth then the adult tooth)

  • DN 30

    taṃ veyyañjanikā samāgatā bahavo, byākaṃsu nipuṇasammatā manujā, sucijanaparivāragaṇo bhavati, dijasamasukkasucisobhanadanto.

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