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					Pāṇa,[fr.pa+an,cp.Vedic prāṇa breath of life; P.apāna,etc.] living being,life,creature D.III,48,63,133; S.I,209,224; V,43,227,441 (mahā-samudde); A.I,161; II,73,176,192; Sn.117,247,394,704; Dh.246; DA.I,69,161; KhA 26; ThA.253; PvA.9,28,35; VvA.72; DhA.II,19.-- pl.also pāṇāni,e.g.Sn.117; Dh.270.‹-› Bdhgh’s defn of pāṇa is “pāṇanatāya pāṇā; assāsapassās’āyatta-vuttitāyā ti attho” Vism.310.
  --âtipāta destruction of life,murder Vin.I,83 (in “dasa sikkhāpadāni,” see also sīla),85,193; D.III,68,70,149,182,235; M.I,361; III,23; Sn.242; It.63; J.III,181; Pug.39 sq.; Nett 27; VbhA.383 (var.degrees of murder); DhA.II,19; III,355; DA.I,69; PvA.27.--âtipātin one who takes the life of a living being,destroying life D.III,82; M.III,22; S.II,167; It.92; DhA.II,19.--upeta possessed or endowed with life,alive [cp.BSk.prāṇopeta Divy 72,462 etc.] S.I,173; Sn.157; DA.I,236.--ghāta slaying life,killing,murder DA.I,69; --ghātin= âtipātin DhA.II,19.--bhu a living being J.IV,494.--bhūta=°bhu M.III,5; A.II,210; III,92; IV,249 sq.; J.IV,498.--vadha=âtipāta DA.I,69.--sama equal to or as dear as life J.II,343; Dpvs XI.26; DhA.I,5.--hara taking away life,destructive M.I,10=III,97; S.IV,206; A.II,116,143,153; III,163.(Page 451)