Paha
Paha,1 (nt.) [?] flight of steps from which to step down into the water,a ghat (=tittha Bdhgh) D.I,223.The meaning is uncertain,it is trsld as “accessible” at Dial.I.283 (q.v.for further detail).Neumann (Majjhima trsln I.513) trsls “ganz und gar erloschen” (pabhā?).It is not at all improbable to take pahaṁ as ppr.of pajahati (as contracted fr.pajahaṁ like pahatvāna for pajahitvāna at Sn.639),thus meaning “giving up entirely.” The same form in the latter meaning occurs at ThA.69 (Ap.v.3).(Page 448)