neuter · jāla 1.1 · jāla 1.2
net
Jāla 1 (neuter) [Vedic jāla, probably from jaṭ to plait, make a tangle cf. jaṭita and jaṭā; on l:ṭ cf. phulla: sphuṭa; cāru: cāṭu; cela: ceṭa] a net; netting, entanglement (literal or figurative): snare, deceptīon (= māyā). A. Literal. Nidd II §260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Pj II 115, 263 (= suttamaya) D I 45 (anto-jālikata caught in a net); Snp 62, 71, 213, 669; Ja I 52; VI 139. — kiṅkiṇika° a row of bells D II 183; muttā° a net of pearls Ja I 9; Vv-a 40; loha° Pv-a 153; hema° Vv 36 7 ; a fowler's net Dhp 174; a spider's web Dhp 347; nets for hair Ja VI 188; pabbata° a chain of mountains Ja II 399; sirā° network of veins Ja V 69; Pv-a 68. — Frequently in similes: see JPTS 1907, 90. B. Figurative. Very often applied to the snares of Māra: S I 48 (maccuno); Snp 357 (the same); Dhp-a III 175 (Māra°); Snp 527 (deception); taṇhā° the snare of worldly thirst (cf. °tanhā) M I 271; Thag 306; Pj II 351; kāma° Thag 355; moha° S III 83; mohasama Dhp 251; diṭṭhi° the fallacies of heresy D I 46; Ja VI 220; ñāṇa° the net of knowledge Vv-a 63; Dhp-a III 171. bhumma° (vijjā) "earthly net," i.e. gift of clear sight extending over the earth Pj II 353. -akkhi a mesh of a net Ja I 208: -taṇhā the net of thirst Dhs 1059, 1136; As 367; -pūpa a "netcake"? Dhp-a I 319; -hatthapāda (adjective) having net-like hands and feet (one of the 32 marks of a Mahāpurisa) probably with reference to long nails D II 17 (see D.B. II 14, note 3), cf. jālitambanakhehi Vv 81 16 (explained at Vv-a 315: jālavantehi abhilohita-nakkehi. Tena jāli (v.l. jāla-) hatthataṃ Mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṃ tambanakhataṃ anuvyañ anañ ca dasseti). Jāla 2 [Sanskrit jvāla, from jalati] glow, blaze Ja V 326; Pv-a 52 (= tejas), 154 (raṃsi°); Miln 357; Vism 419 (kappavināsaka°). -roruva name of one of the two Roruva hells ("blazes") Ja V 271; -sikhā a glowing crest i.e. a flame Nidd II §11 (= accī).
a net; a network; a web
【中】 網，糾纏。~pūva,【陽】 薄烤餅。
(nt, nt) net; snare; entanglement net, entanglement Construction: √jal > jāl + *a
(nt, nt) web; cobweb; spiderweb Construction: √jal > jāl + *a
(masc, masc, from jalati) blaze; burn; glow Construction: √jal > jāl + *a