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tibbaṁ

Tibba

adjective sharp, keen, eager: tibbagārava very devout AN.ii.21 ; Ne.112 (cp tīvraprasāda Avs.i.130 ); t- cchanda DN.iii.252 , DN.iii.283 . dense, thick; confused, dark, dim: t- rāga Dhp.349 (= bahalarāga Dhp-a.iv.68 ); AN.ii.149 ; tibbo vanasaṇḍo avijjāya adhivacanaṃ SN.iii.109 ; tibbasārāga (kāmesu

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adjective

  1. sharp, keen, eager: tibbagārava very devout AN.ii.21; Ne.112 (cp tīvraprasāda Avs.i.130); t- cchanda DN.iii.252, DN.iii.283.
  2. dense, thick; confused, dark, dim: t- rāga Dhp.349 (= bahalarāga Dhp-a.iv.68); AN.ii.149; tibbo vanasaṇḍo avijjāya adhivacanaṃ SN.iii.109; tibbasārāga (kāmesu SN.iii.93 = Iti.90; AN.ii.30; tibbo manussaloko (dark dense) Mil.7; ˚andhakāra dense darkness Vism.500 sq. ˚kilesu deep blemish (of character) Vism.87.

Probably a contamination of two roots of different meaning; viz. tij & tim; (of tamas) or = stim to be motionless, cp. styā under thīna.

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