Kalita · past participle adjective & neuter · khalita 1.1
stumble
Khalita 1 [Sanskrit khalati = Latin calvus, bald; cf. khallāṭa] bald-headed A I 138 (+ vilūna); Thig 255 (= vilūnakesa Thig-a 210). Khalita 2 [past participle medium of khalati, cf. Dhātup 611; Dhātum 406 khala = soceyye] (adjective and noun) 1. faltering, stumbling, wrong-doing, failure A I 198; Nidd I 300; Thig 261; Dhp-a III 196 (of the voice; Thig-a 211 = pakkhalita); Ja I 78; Miln 94, 408. 2. disturbed, treated badly Ja VI 375. — akhalita undisturbed Thag 512.
1 khalita , adj. (= Pali id. , Skt. khalati, but note Skt. khālitya, baldness ), bald (?): Mv ii.367.15 ( vs ) na so kubjo ca khaṃjo vā khalito vā vicakramo (so mss. , Senart em. vicaṃkramo). However, it is possible (and this would come closer to the mg. of the surrounding terms) that it belongs to Skt. skhalita (see next) and means stumbling, unsteady in gait .
2 khalita , nt. (= Pali id. ; MIndic for Skt. skhalita, cf. khalati ), error, false step : Mv i.160.14 (nāsti) khalitaṃ (one of the 18 āveṇika buddhadharma); Bhvr. cpd. akhalita (= Pali id. , free from false steps , CPD ), unwavering : RP 47.6 ( vs ) svarāṅgā akhalita-m-anavadyā sarva-arthānubodhā. See also 1 khalita , which may belong here.
(adjective) (act.) stumbling; going wrong; stammering, faltering; who has erred, gone wrong; (neuter) blunder, error; stumbling; stammering; (adjective) with thinning hair, balding
【中】 過失，絆倒。
(nt, nt, pp of khalati) error; mistake; fault; blunder fault, stumbling [lit.] stumbled Construction: √khal + ita
(pp, pp of khalati) stumbled
(adj, adj) bald