Opāna (neuter) [o + pāna from pivati. Vedic avapāna. The Pāli commentators however take o as a contracted form of udaka, e.g. Buddhaghosa at Sv I 298 = udapāna]. — Only in phrase opāna-bhūta (adjective) a man who has become a well-spring as it were, for the satisfaction of all men's wants; explained as "khata-pokkharaṇī viya hutvā" Sv I 298 = Ja V 174. — Vin I 236; D I 137; M I 379; A IV 185; Vv 65 4 ; Pv IV 1 60 ; Ja III 142; IV 34; V 172; Vibh 247; Miln 411; Vism 18; Vv-a 286; Sv I 177, 298.
【中】 井，免費供應水的地方。
(nt, nt) water fountain; pool of drinking water; drinking place well, place where water is supplied free [lit.] drinking down Construction: ava + √pā + ana