ti : [adj.] three. (Declined in the plural of all genders).
Ti˚ [Vedic tris, Av. priś, Gr. tri/s, Lat. ter (fr. ters>*tris, cp. testis>*tristo, trecenti>*tricenti), Icl. prisvar, Ohg. driror] base of numeral three in compn; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical cpds. also= three (3 times).
-- kaṭuka threefold spices (kaṭuka -- bhaṇḍa) VvA 186; -- gāvuta a distance of 3/4 of a league (i. e. about 2 miles), DhA i.108 (less than yojana, more than usabha), 131, 396; ii.43, 61, 64, 69; iii.202, 269; VvA 227; B. on S i.52 (sarīra); -- catu three or four DhA i.173; -- cīvara (nt.) the 3 robes of a bhikkhu, consisting of: diguṇā sanghāṭi, ekacciya uttarāsanga, ekacciya antaravāsaka Vin i.289, 296; ii.302. ticīvarena avippavāsa Vin i.109 sq. -- Vism 60, 66; DhA iv.23. -- tālamattaŋ 3 palm -- trees high DhA ii.62. -- daṇḍa 1. a tripod as one of the requisites of a hermit to place the water -- pot on (kuṇḍikā) J i.8 (tidaṇḍakuṇḍikādike tāpasa -- parikkhārā), 9 (hanging from the kāja); ii.317 (see tedaṇḍika). -- 2. part of a chariot A iv.191 (v. l. daṇḍa only). -- diva the 3 heavens (that is the Tāvatiŋsa heaven) D ii.167, 272 (tidivûpapanna); S i.96 (˚ŋ ṭhānaŋ upeti), 181 (ākankha -- māno ˚ŋ anuttaraŋ). -- pada [cp. Vedic tripad or tripād, Gr. tri/pous, Lat. tripes: tripod] consisting of 3 feet or (in prosody) of 3 padas Sn 457 (w. ref. to metre Sāvittī); -- (p)pala threefold Vism 339; -- pallattha "turning in 3 ways," i. e. skilled in all occupations (Kern, Toev.: zeer listig) J i.163 (of miga; Com. expl. as lying on 3 sides of its lair); -- piṭaka the 3 Piṭakas Vism 62, 241; DhA i.382; -- peṭaka=tepiṭaka Miln 90; tipeṭakin at Vin v.3; -- maṇḍala (nt.) the 3 circles (viz. the navel & the 2 knees) Vin ii.213 (˚ŋ paṭicchādento parimaṇḍalaŋ nivāsento); cp. Vin. Texts i.155; -- yojana a distance of 3 leagues, i. e. 20 miles, or fig. a long dist.; Vism 392 (tiyojanika setacchatta); DhA ii.41 (˚magga); VvA 75 (˚mattake vihāraŋ agamāsi); PvA 216 (sā ca pokkharaṇī Vesaliyā ˚mattake hoti); ˚satika 300 cubits long J ii.3; -- loka the 3 worlds (i. e. kāma, rūpa, arūpa -- loka) Sdhp 29, 276, 491 (cp. tebhūmaka); -- vagga consisting of 3 divisions or books DA i.2 (Dīghāgamo vaggato t. hoti); -- (v)angika having 3 angas (of jhāna) Dhs 161; -- vassika for the 3 seasons ( -- gandha -- sālibhattaŋ bhuñjantā) DhA ii.9; J i.66 (id.); -- vidha 3 fold, of sacrifice (yañña) D i.128, 134, 143; of aggi (fire) J i.4 & Miln 97; Vism 147 (˚kalyāṇatā). -- visākha a three -- forked frown on the forehead S i.118; M i.109; -- sandhi consisting of 3 spaces J vi.397 (tāya senāya Mithilā t. -- parivāritā), expld as an army made up of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry, with a space between each two.