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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

laṅghi : (aor. of laṅghati) jumped over; hopped. || laṅghī (m.) a jumper; a threshold.

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

Laṅghi, (Laṅghī) (f.) (fr. laṅgh) 1. a kind of deer (?) J. VI, 537.—2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase laṅghī-pitāmahā at J. II, 363=III, 226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); used in disparagingly addressing a crane. The C. to J. II, 363 explains rather strangely as follows: laṅghī vuccati ākāse laṅghanato megho “(a) jumping deer is called the cloud because of its jumping in the air, ” balākā ca nāma megha-saddena gabbhaṃ gaṇhantī ti “the cranes conceive by the sound of the cloud, ” meghasaddo balākānaṃ pitā megho pitāmaho ti “the sound of the cloud is the father of the cranes & the cloud the grandfather. “ (Page 579)

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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.

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Starts with: Lamghia, Lamghisu, Langhiman, Langhita, Langhitum, Langhitva.

Ends with: Nilanghi, Parilamghi.

Full-text: Alanghitatman.

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