adjective
- (lit.) blind, blinded, blindfolded Ja.i.216 (dhūm˚); Pv.iv.1#48; Pv-a.3
■ dark, dull, blinding MN.iii.151 (˚andhaṃ adv. dulled); Snp.669 (Ep. of timisa, like Vedic andhaṃ tamaḥ); Dhp-a.ii.49 (˚vana dark forest). - (fig.) mentally blinded, dull of mind, foolish, not seeing DN.i.191 (+ acakkhuka), DN.i.239 (˚veṇi, reading & meaning uncertain); AN.i.128; Thig.394 (= bāla Thag-a.258). See compounds ˚karaṇa, ˚kāra, ˚bāla ˚bhūta.
- -ākula blinded, foolish Vv.84#9 (= paññācakkhuno abhāvena Vv-a.337).
- -karaṇa blinding, making blind, causing bewilderment (fig.), confusing Iti.82 (+ acakkhukaraṇa) Mil.113 (pañha, + gambhīra).
- -kāra blindness (lit. fig), darkness, dullness, bewilderment Vin.i.16; DN.ii.12; AN.i.56; AN.ii.54; AN.iii.233; Ja.iii.188; Thag.1034; Dhp.146; Snp.763; Vv.21#4 (= avijj˚ Vv-a.106); Pp.30; Dhs.617; DN-a.i.228; Vv-a.51, Vv-a.53, Vv-a.116, Vv-a.161; Pv-a.6; Sdhp.14, Sdhp.280
- -tamo deep darkness (lit. & fig.) SN.v.443; Iti.84 (variant reading T. andhaṃ tamaṃ); Ja.vi.247.
- -bāla blinded by folly, foolish dull of mind, silly Ja.i.246, Ja.i.262; Ja.vi.337; Dhp-a.ii.43, Dhp-a.ii.89 Dhp-a.iii.179; Vv-a.67; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.264.
- -bhūta blinded (fig.) mentally blind, not knowing, ignorant SN.iv.21; AN.ii.72; Ja.vi.139 (spelled ˚būta); Dhp.59, Dhp.174 (= paññā-cakkhuno abhāvena Dhp-a.iii.175).
- -vesa “blind form”, disguise Ja.iii.418.
Vedic andha, Lat. andabata (see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v.), other etym. doubtful