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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

valañjeti : (valaj + e) tracks; traces; uses; spends; resorts to.

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

Valañjeti, (customarily explained as ava+lañj (cp. Geiger P. Gr. § 66¹), the root lañj being given as a Sk. root in meaning “to fry, ” “to be strong, ” and a variety of others (see Mon. Williams s. v. lañj). But the root & its derivations are only found in lexicographical and grammatical works, therefore it is doubtful whether it is genuine. lañja is given as “pada, ” i.e. track, place, foot, and also “tail. ” We are inclined to see in lañj a by-form of lañch, which is a variant of lakṣ “to mark” etc. (cp. lañcha, lañchaka, °ana, °ita). Thus the meaning would range from originally “trace, ” mark off, enclose, to: “being enclosed, ” assigned or belonging to, i.e. moving (in), frequenting etc. as given in C. explanations. There seems to be a Singhalese word at the root of it, as it is certainly dialectical.—The Dhtm (522) laconically defines valañj as “valañjane”) 1. to trace, track, travel (a road); practise, achieve, resort to Miln. 359; VvA. 58.—2. to use, use up, spend J. I, 102; III, 342; VI, 369, 382, 521.—ppr. Pass. (a-)valañjiyamāna (not any longer) in use J. I, 111.—pp. valañjita. (Page 602)

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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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Full-text: Valanjita, Lanjeti, Valanjenta, Valanjetabba, Valanjesi, Valanjetva, Valanjana, Valanja.

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