Danta
Danta,1 [Sk.danta fr.Acc.dantaṁ of dan,Gen.datah= Lat.dentis.Cp.Av.dantan,Gr.o]dόnta,Lat.dentem,Oir.dēt; Goth.tunpus,Ohg.zand,Ags.tōot (=tooth) & tusc (=tusk); orig.ppr.to *ed in atti to eat=“the biter.” Cp.dāṭhā],a tooth,a tusk,fang,esp.an elephant’s tusk; ivory Vin.II,117 (nāga-d.a pin of ivory); Kh II.(as one of the taca-pañcaka,or 5 dermatic constituents of the body,viz.kesā,lomā nakhā d.taco,see detailed description at KhA 43 sq.); paṅkadanta rajassira “with sand between his teeth & dust on his head” (of a wayfarer) Sn.980; J.IV,362,371; M.I,242; J.I,61; II,153; Vism.251; VvA.104 (īsā° long tusks); PvA.90,152 (fang); Sdhp.360.
--ajina ivory M.II,71 (gloss:dhanadhaññaṁ); --aṭṭhika “teeth-bone,” ivory of teeth i.e.the tooth as such Vism.21.--āvaraṇa the lip (lit.protector of teeth) J.IV,188; VI,590; DhA.I,387.--ullahakaṁ (M.III,167) see ullahaka; --kaṭṭha a tooth-pick Vin.I,46=II.223; I,51,61; II,138; A.III,250; J.I,232; II,25; VI,75; Miln.15; DhA.II,184; VvA.63; --kāra an artisan in ivory ivory-worker D.I,78; J.I,320; Miln.331; Vism.336; --kūta tooth of a maimed bullock (?) (thus taking kūṭa as kūṭa4,and equivalent to kūṭadanta),in phrase asanivicakkaṁ danta-kūṭaṁ D.III,44=47,which has also puzzled the translators (cp.Dial.III,40:“munching them all up together with that wheel-less thunderbolt of a jawbone,” with note:“the sentence is not clear”).--pāḷi row of teeth Vism.251; --poṇa tooth-cleaner,always combd with mukh’odaka water for rinsing the teeth Vin.III,51; IV,90,233; J.IV,69; Miln.15; SnA 272.The C.on Pārāj.II.4,17,(Vin.III,51) gives 2 kinds of dantapoṇa,viz.chinna & acchinna.--mūla the root of a tooth; the gums J.V,172; --vakkalika a kind of ascetics (peeling the bark of trees with their teeth?) DA.I,271; --vaṇṇa ivory-coloured,ivory-white Vv 4510; --valaya an iv.bangle DhA.I,226; --vikati a vessel of iv.D.I,78; M.II,18; J.I,320; Vism.336.--vikhādana biting with teeth,i.e.chewing Dhs.646,740,875; --vidaṁsaka (either=vidassaka or to be read °ghaṁsaka) showing one’s teeth (or chattering?) A.I,261 (of hasita,laughter); --sampatti splendour of teeth DhA.I,390.(Page 313)