abhijjhā
Abhijjhā,(f.) [fr. abhi + dhyā (jhāyati1),cp. Sk. abhidhyāna],covetousness,in meaning almost identical with lobha (cp. Dhs. trsl. 22) D.I,70,71 (°āya cittaṁ parisodheti he cleanses his heart from coveting; abhijjhāya = Abl.; cp. DA.I,211 = abhijjhāto); M.I,347 (id.); D.III,49,71 sq.,172,230,269; S.IV,73,104,188,322 (adj. vigat’âbhijjha),343 (°āyavipāka); A.I,280; III,92; V,251 sq.; It.118; Nd1 98 (as one of the 4 kāya-ganthā,q. v.); Nd2 taṇhā II.1; Pug.20,59; Dhs.1136 (°kāyagantha); Vbh.195,244 (vigat’âbhijjha),362,364,391; Nett 13; DhA.I,23; PvA.103,282; Sdhp.56,69. -- Often combd with °domanassa covetousness & discontent,e. g. at D.III,58,77,141,221,276; M.I,340; III,2; A.I,39,296; II,16,152; IV,300 sq.,457 sq.; V,348,351; Vbh.105,193 sq. --anabhijjhā absence of covetousness Dhs.35,62. -- See also anupassin,gantha,domanassa,sīla. (Page 63)