Friday, January 17, 2014

Dhamma Terms (19)


ၿငိမ္း /njein:/ v
1 (of fire) die out, be extinguished (as in မီး ~ သြား --). 2 (of troubles, worries, disturbances, etc) come to an end (as in ရန္ ~ --). 3 (of charges, expenses, etc) be free (as in စရိတ္္ ~ --).
ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္း /njein: gjan:/ adj peaceful; calm; untroubled.
ၿငိမ္းေအး /njein: ei:/ adj peaceful; tranquil.
ငွက္ျမတ္နား /hnge' mana/ n pennant-shaped vane at the top of a pagoda or shrine.
ငွက္ေပ်ာဖူး /ngapjo: bu:/ n …

2 tapering, spire-like part of a pagoda immediately below the finial, when its shape resembles a plantain bud. cf ခရားသီး၊ ဆပ္သြားဖူး.
စၾကဝေတးမင္း /se' kjawadei: min:/ n
[Buddhist Scripture] sovereign of the four islands of the universe and possessor of a miraculous chariot and wondrous weapons. [Sans စၾကဝတိ္န္ + Myan မင္း]
စၾကဝဠာ /se' kja wala/ n
[Myan cosmol] 1 great circular barrier or sphere surrounding the world, at the centre of which is a great mountain, Mount Meru encircled by four oceans each having a great island or continent, and having a sun and a moon. 2 the extent of a such system. 3 such cosmological systems existing in infinite numbers in the universe. [Sans စၾကဝါလ] 
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