Thambha
					
					Thambha,[see etym.under thaddha; occasionally spelt thamba,viz.A.I,100; M.I,324; PvA.186,187] 1.a pillar,a post Vin.I,276; D.I,50 (majjhimaṁ °ṁ nissāya); II,85 (id.); Sn.214; Vv 782 (veḷuriya°,of the pillars of a Vimāna); Pv III,31 (id.); DhA.IV,203; VvA.188 (+tulā-gopānasī); PvA.186.-- 2.(fig.) in all meanings of thaddha,applied to selfishness,obduracy,hypocrisy & deceit; viz.immobility,hardness,stupor,obstinacy (cp.Ger.“verstockt”):thambho ti thaddha-bhāvo SnA 288,333; th.thambhanā thambhittaṁ kakkhaliyaṁ phāruliyaṁ ujucittatā (an°?) amudutā Vbh.350.-- Often combd w.māna (=arrogance),freq.in set sāṭheyyaṁ th.sārambho māno,etc.A.I,100,299=Nd2 under rāga=Miln.289; cp.M.I,15.-- A.III,430 (+māna); IV,350,465 (+sāṭheyya); Sn.245 (+mada),326,437 (as one of Māra’s combatants:makkho th.te aṭṭhamo); J.I,202.-- 3.a clump of grass M.I,324; cp.thambhaka.(Page 308)