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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

gathita : (pp. of gantheti) bound; fettered; greedy for.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Gathita, (adj.) (pp. of ganthati to tie, cp. gantha, knot. Sk. grathita) tied, bound, fettered; enslaved, bound to, greedy for, intoxicated with (c. Loc.). When abs. always in combination w. paribhuñjati and w. ref. to some object of desire (bhoga, lābha, kāmaguṇe). Usually in standing phrase gathita mucchita ajjhāpanna (ajjhopanna) “full of greed & blind desire.” In this connection it is frequently (by B MSS.) spelt gadhita and the editors of S, A, & Miln.have put that in the text throughout. With mucchita & ajjhāpanna: D.I, 245; III, 43; M.I, 162, 173; S.II, 270; IV, 332; A.V, 178, 181 Nd² on nissita C.—c. Loc.: J.IV, 371 (gharesu); DA.I, 59 (kāmaguṇesu). In other connections: ādānaganthaṃ gathitaṃ visajja Sn.794 (cp. Nd¹ 98); yāni loke gathitāni na tesu pasuto siyā Sn.940.—J.IV, 5 (=giddha); V, 274 (gedhita for pagiddha); PvA.262 (gadhita as explanation of giddha)—agathita (agadhita) not fettered (by desire) without desire, free from the ties of craving (+m°, a°) S.II, 194, 269; A.V, 181; Miln.401 (trsl. Rh.D. II.339: “without craving, without faintness, without sinking”). (Page 243)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Ends with: Asamgathita, Punargathita, Samgathita, Sangathita, Sugathita, Susangathita.

Full-text: Gadhita, Giddha, Grathita, Ganthati, Ajjhopanna, Kamaguna.

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