tuṇhī : [in.] silent; silen

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Tuṇhī (indecl.) [Sk. tūṣṇīŋ acc. sg. of fem. abstr. tūṣṇī, used adverbially, from tussati] silently, esp. in phrase tuṇhī ahosi he remained silent, as a sign of consent or affirmative answer (i. e. he had nothing to say against it) D ii.155; A v.194; Dh 227; Sn 720 (tuṇhī yāti mahodadhi); PvA 117.

   -- bhāva silence, attitude of consent, usually in form. adhivāsesi tuṇhī -- bhāvena he agreed Vin i.17; Sn p. 104, etc. -- S ii.236, 273 (ariyo t. -- bhāvo); M i.161 (id.); A iv.153 (id.). -- Miln 15; PvA 17, 20, etc.; -- bhūta silent Sn p. 140; Vv 20; DhA 172, etc.

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