Gutta
Gutta,[Sk.gupta,pp.of gup in med.-pass.sense,cp.gopeti).- I.as pp.guarded,protected.-- (a) lit.nagaraṁ guttaṁ a well-guarded city Dh.315=Th.1,653,1005; Devinda° protected by the Lord of gods Vv 308.-- (b) fig.(med.) guarded,watchful,constrained; guarded in,watchful as regards ...(with Loc.) S.IV,70 (agutta & sugutta,with danta,rakkhita); A.III,6 (atta° self-controlled); Sn.250 (sotesu gutto+ vijitindriyo),971 (id.+yatacārin); Dh.36 (cittaṁ).‹-› II.as n.agent (=Sk.goptṛ,cp.kata in kāla-kata= kāḷaṁ kartṛ) one who guards or observes,a guardian,in Dhammassa gutta Dh.257,observer of the Norm (expl.DhA.III,282:dhammojapaññāya samannāgata),cp.dhammagutta S.I,222.
--indriya one whose senses are guarded; with wellguarded senses Sn.63 (+rakkhita-mānasāno; expl.SnA:chassu indriyesu gopitindriyo); Nd2 230; Vv 5015; Pv IV.132; --dvāra “with guarded doors” always in combn with indriyesu g-d.having the doors of the senses guarded,practising.self-control D.I,63≈(expld DA.I,182 by pihita-dvāro),70; S.II,218; IV,103,112,119 sq.,175; Sn.413 (+susaṁvuta); Pug.24.Cp.foll.; --dvāratā (f.abstr.to prec.) in indriyesu g° self constraint,control over (the doors of) one’s senses,always combd with bhojane mattaññutā (moderation in taking food) D.III,213; It.24; Pug.20,24; Dhs.1347; PvA.163.Opp.a° lack of sense-control D.III,213; It.23; Dhs.1345.(Page 252)