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vāhanaṁ

Vahana

adj. nt. carrying Vv-a.316 ; Dhp-a.iii.472 (dhura˚). a current Ja.iv.260 . fr. vah

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Where it lives

  • Digha Nikaya 8 · 0.56/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

1. Vَهَنَ

adj. nt.

  1. carrying Vv-a.316; Dhp-a.iii.472 (dhura˚).
  2. a current Ja.iv.260.

fr. vah

2. Vāhana

  1. (adj.) carrying, pulling, drawing Vin.ii.122 (udaka˚-rajju); Ja.i.136 (kaṭṭha˚ gathering fire-wood); Pv-a.127 (ratha-yuga˚).
  2. (nt.) conveyance, beast of burden, monture Vin.i.277 (˚āgāra stable garage); Snp.442 (Māra sa˚ with his elephant); Pv.ii.9#26 Dhp-a.i.192 (hatthi˚, elephant-mount; cp. p. 196 where five. vāhanāni, belonging to King Pajjota, are enumerated, viz. kaṇeru, dāsa, dve assā, hatthi)
    bala˚ army & elephants, i.e. army in general, forces Ja.i.262.

fr. vāheti

In the wild

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.