Cha & Chaḷ (cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e. g. chabbīsati=cha+vīsati, chabbaṇṇa= cha+vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compn: chaḷanga, chaḷ -- abhiññā) [Vedic ṣaṣ & ṣaṭ (ṣaḍ=chaḷ), Gr. e(/c, Lat. sex, Goth, saihs] the number six.
  Cases: nom. cha, gen. channaŋ, instr. chahi (& chambhī (?) J iv.310, which should be chambhi & prob. chabbhi=ṣaḍbhiḥ; see also chambhī), loc. chasu (& chassu), num. ord. chaṭṭha the sixth. Cp. also saṭṭhi (60) soḷasa (16). Six is applied whenever a "major set" is concerned (see 2), as in the foll.: 6 munis are distinguished at Nd2 514 (in pairs of 3: see muni); 6 bhikkhus as a "clique" (see chabaggiya, cp. the Vestal virgins in Rome, 6 in number); 6 are the sciences of the Veda (see chaḷanga); there are 6 buddha -- dhammā (Nd2 466); 6 viññāṇakāyā (see upadhi); 6 senses & sense -- organs (see āyatana) -- cha dānasālā J i.282; oraŋ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i. e. not just yet, but very soon, after the "next" moon) Pv iv.335. Six bodily faults J i.394 (viz. too long, too short, too thin, too fat, too black, too white). Six thousand Gandhabbas J ii.334.
   -- aŋsa six -- cornered Dhs 617. -- anga the set of six Vedāngas, disciplines of Vedic science, viz. 1. kappa, 2. vyākaraṇā, 3. nirutti, 4. sikkhā, 5. chando (viciti), 6. jotisattha (thus enumd at VvA 265; at PvA 97 in sequence 4, 1, 3, 2, 6, 5): D iii.269; Vv 6316; Pv ii.613; Miln 178, 236. With ref. to the upekkhās, one is called the "one of six parts" (chaḷ -- ang' upekkhā) Vism 160. -- abhiññā the 6 branches of higher knowledge Vin ii.161; Pug 14. See abhiññā. -- âsīti eighty -- six [i. e. twice that many in all directions: psychologically 6 X 80= 6 X (4 X 2)10], of people: an immense number, millions Pv ii.137: of Petas PvA 212; of sufferings in Niraya Pv iii.106. -- âhaŋ for six days J iii.471. -- kaṇṇa heard by six ears, i. e. public (opp. catukaṇṇa) J vi.392. -- tiŋsa(ti) thirty -- six A ii.3; It 15; Dh 339; DhA iii.211, 224 (˚yojana -- parimaṇḍala); iv.48. -- danta having six 
tusks, in ˚daha N. of one of the Great Lakesof the Himavant (satta -- mahā -- sarā), lit. lake of the elephant with 6 tusks. cp. cha -- visāṇa Vism 416. -- dvārikaentering through six doors (i. e. the senses) DhA iv.221 (taṇhā). -- dhātura (=dhātuya) consisting of six elements M iii.239. -- pañca (chappañca) six or five Miln 292. -- phass' āyatana having six seats of contact (i. e. the outer senses) M iii.239; Th 1, 755; PvA 52; cp. Sn 169. -- baṇṇa (=vaṇṇa) consisting of six colours (of raŋsi, rays) J v.40; DhA i.249; ii.41; iv.99. -- baggiya (=vaggiya) forming a group of six, a set of (sinful) Bhikkhus taken as exemplification of trespassing the rules of the Vinaya (cp. Oldenberg, Buddha 7384). Their names are Assaji, Punabhasu, Paṇḍuka, Lohitaka, Mettiya, Bhummajaka Vin ii.1, 77, and passim; Jii.387; DhA iii.330. -- bassāni (=vassāni) six years J i.85; DhA iii.195. -- bidha (=vidha) sixfold Vism 184. -- bisāṇa (=visāṇa) having six (i. e. a "major set") of tusks (of pre -- eminent elephants) J v.42 (Nāgarājā), 48 (kuñjara), cp. chaddanta. -- bīsati (=vīsati) twenty-six DhA iv.233 (devalokā).

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