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kalahā

Kalaha

quarrel, dispute, fight AN.i.170 ; AN.iv.196 , AN.iv.401 ; Snp.862 , Snp.863 (+ vivāda); Ja.i.483 Cnd.427 ; Dhp-a.iii.256 (udaka˚ about the water), Dhp-a.iv.219 ; Sdhp.135 . ˚ṃ udīreti to quarrel Ja.v.395 karoti id. Ja.i.191 , Ja.i.404 ; Pv-a.13 ; vaḍḍheti to increase the tumult, noise Ja.v.412 ; Dh

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  • Sutta Nipata 4 · 1.98/10k
  • Digha Nikaya 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

quarrel, dispute, fight AN.i.170; AN.iv.196, AN.iv.401; Snp.862, Snp.863 (+ vivāda); Ja.i.483 Cnd.427; Dhp-a.iii.256 (udaka˚ about the water), Dhp-a.iv.219; Sdhp.135. ˚ṃ udīreti to quarrel Ja.v.395 karoti id. Ja.i.191, Ja.i.404; Pv-a.13; vaḍḍheti to increase the tumult, noise Ja.v.412; Dhp-a.iii.255
; harmony accord, agreement SN.i.224; mahā˚ a serious quarrel, a row Ja.iv.88.

-ābhirata delighting in quarrels, quarrelsome Snp.276 Thag.958. -ṅkara picking up a quarrel Ja.vi.45 -karaṇa quarrelling, fighting Ja.v.413; -kāraka (f
ī quarrelsome, pugnacious AN.iv.196; Vin.i.328; Vin.ii.1 -kāraṇa the cause or reason of a dispute Ja.iii.151 Ja.vi.336; -jāta “to whom a quarrel has arisen,” quarrelling disputing AN.i.70; Vin.i.341; Vin.ii.86, Vin.ii.261; Ud.67; Ja.iii.149; -pavaḍḍhanī growth or increase of quarrels prolongation of strife (under 6 evils arising from intemperance) DN.iii.182 = Dhs-a.380; -vaḍḍhana (nt. inciting & incitement to quarrel Ja.v.393, Ja.v.394; -sadda brawl, dispute Ja.vi.336.

cp. Sk. kalaha, fr. kal

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