Dvīhitika (adjective) [du-īhitika, of du 1 + īhati] to be gained or procured with difficulty (i.e. a livelihood which is hardly procurable), only in phrase "dubbhikkhā d. setaṭṭhikā salākavuttā," of a famine Vin III 6, 15, 87; IV 23; S IV 323. On the term and its explanation by Buddhaghosa (at Vin III 268: dujjīvikā īhī tī ... dukkhena īhitaṃ ettha pavattatī ti) see Kern, Toev. I 122. — Note: Buddhaghosa's explanation is highly speculative, and leaves the problem still unsolved. The case of du 1 appearing as du- (and not as dur-) before a vowel is most peculiar; there may be a connection with druh (see duhana), which is even suggested by vv.ll. at S IV 223 as dūhitika = duhitika (q.v.).
(adj, adj, from īhita) hard to keep going in; hard to survive in; difficult to live in [lit.] bad striving Construction: dur + √īh + ita + ika dvīhita + ika