andha
Andha,(adj.) [Vedic andha,Lat. andabata (see Walde,Lat. Wtb. s. v.),other etym. doubtful] 1. (lit.) blind,blinded,blindfolded J.I,216 (dhūm°); Pv IV.148; PvA.3. -- dark,dull,blinding M.III,151 (°andhaṁ adv. dulled); Sn.669 (Ep. of timisa,like Vedic andhaṁ tamaḥ); DhA.II,49 (°vana dark forest). -- 2. (fig.) mentally blinded,dull of mind,foolish,not seeing D.I,191 (+ acakkhuka),239 (°veṇi,reading & meaning uncertain); A.I,128; Th.2,394 (= bāla ThA.258). See cpds. °karaṇa,°kāra,°bāla,°bhūta.
--ākula blinded,foolish Vv 849 (= paññācakkhuno abhāvena VvA.337). --karaṇa blinding,making blind,causing bewilderment (fig.),confusing It.82 (+ acakkhukaraṇa); Miln.113 (pañha,+ gambhīra). --kāra blindness (lit. & fig),darkness,dullness,bewilderment Vin.I,16; D.II,12; A.I,56; II,54; III,233; J.III,188; Th.1,1034; Dh.146; Sn.763; Vv 214 (= avijj° VvA.106); Pug.30; Dhs.617; DA.I,228; VvA.51,53,116,161; PvA.6; Sdhp.14,280. --tamo deep darkness (lit. & fig.) S.V,443; It.84 (v. l.; T. andhaṁ tamaṁ); J.VI,247. --bāla blinded by folly,foolish,dull of mind,silly J.I,246,262; VI,337; DhA.II,43,89; III,179; VvA.67; PvA.4,264. --bhūta blinded (fig.),mentally blind,not knowing,ignorant S.IV,21; A.II,72; J.VI,139 (spelled °būta); Dh.59,174 (= paññā-cakkhuno abhāvena DhA.III,175). --vesa “blind form”,disguise J.III,418. (Page 49)