Dīpa.-A monk, probably of Ceylon, author of the Parivārapātha (Vin.v.226).
dīpa : [m.] 1. a lamp; 2. an island; 3. help; support.
Dīpa1 [Ved. dīpa to Ved. dī, dīpyate; Idg. *dei̯ā to shine (see dibba, deva); cp. Gr. di/alos, dh_los; see also jotati] a lamp J ii.104 (˚ŋ jāleti to light a l.); DhA ii.49 (id.), 94 (id.)
-- acci the flame of a lamp ThA 154; -- āloka light of a l. J i.266; vi.391; DhA i.359; VvA 51; -- (˚ŋ)kara making light, shining, illuminating Nd2 399 (=pabhaŋ kara Sn 1136; but cp. Dh 236 under dīpa2); Vism 203. -- tittira a decoy partridge (cp. dīpaka˚) J iii.64; -- rukkha lit. lamp -- tree, the stand of a lamp, candlestick DhA iv.120; -- sikhā the flame (lit. crest) of a l. Vism 171; DhA ii.49.
Dīpa2 (m. & nt.) [Ved. dvīpa=dvi+ap (*sp.) of āpa water, lit. "double -- watered," between (two) waters] an island, continent (mahā˚, always as 4); terra firma, solid foundation, resting -- place, shelter, refuge (in this sense freq. combd w. tāṇa lena & saraṇa & expl. in Com. by patiṭṭhā) -- (a) lit. island: S v.219; J iii.187; VvA 19; Mhvs vii.7, 41. -- continent: cattāro mahādīpā S v.343; Vv 2010 (=VvA 104); VvA 19; PvA 74etc. Opp. the 2000 paritta -- dīpā the smaller islands KhA 133. -- (b) fig. shelter, salvation etc. (see also tāṇa): S iii.42 (atta˚+attasaraṇa etc., not with S Index to dīpa1); v.154, 162 (id.) iv.315 (maŋ˚, not to dīpa1), 372; A i.55 sq. (+tāṇa etc.); Sn 501 (atta˚ selfreliant, self -- supported, not with Fausböll to dīpa1), 1092, 1094, 1145 (=Satthā); Nd2 303; Dh 236 (˚ŋ karohi=patiṭṭhā PvA 87); Pv iii.19 (id. PvA 174); J v.501=vi.375 (dīpañ ca parāyaṇaŋ); Miln 84, 257 (dhamma -- dīpa, Arahantship).
-- ālaya resting place J vi.432; -- gabbhaka same J vi.459, 460.
dīpa(Sk. dvīpa): I. m. 燈 II. m.n. 洲
dīpa m. a light, lamp, lantern ĀśvGṛ. Mn. MBh. &c
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