Adhicca: 2 definitions
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryadhicca : (abs. of adhīyati) having learnt or recited.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Adhicca, 3 (adj.) (= adhicca 2 in adj. function, influenced by, homonym abhabba) without a cause (for assumption), unreasonable, unlikely S.V, 457. (Page 28)
2) Adhicca, 2 (°-) (Sk. *adhṛtya, a + *dhicca, ger. of dhṛ, cp. dhāra, dhāraṇa 3, dhāreti 4) unsupported, uncaused, fortuitous, without cause or reason; in foll. phrases: °āpattika guilty without intention M.I, 443; °uppatti spontaneous origin DhsA.238; °laddha obtained without being asked for, unexpectedly Vv 8422 = J.V, 171 = VI, 315 (expld. at J.V, 171 by ahetunā, at VI, 316 by akā‹-› raṇena) °samuppanna arisen without a cause, spontaneous, unconditioned D.I, 28 = Ud.69; D.III, 33, 138; S.II, 22—23 (sukhadukkhaṃ); A.III, 440 (id.); Ps.I, 155; DA.I, 118 (= akāraṇa°). (Page 28)
3) Adhicca, 1 (ger. of adhi + eti, see adhīyati) learning, studying, learning by heart J.III, 218, 327 = IV.301; IV, 184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), 477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); VI, 213; Miln.164. (Page 28)
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.
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