adjective · poṇa 1 · poṇa 2
sloping
sloping down; prone; covering or leading to
Poṇa 1 (neuter) [= poṇa 2 ?] only in compound danta° a tooth pick Vin IV 90; Ja IV 69; Miln 15; Pj II 272. As dantapoṇaka at Dāṭh I 57. — kūṭa-poṇa at Vism 268 read °goṇa. Poṇa 2 (adjective) [from pa + ava + nam, cf. ninna and Vedic pravaṇa] 1. sloping down, prone, in anupubba° gradually sloping (of the ocean) Vin II 237 = A IV 198 f. = Ud 53. 2. (—°) sloping towards, going to, converging or leading to Nibbāna; besides in various phrases, in general as tanninna tappoṇa tappabbhāra, "leading to that end." As Nibbāna° e.g. at M I 493; S V 38 f.; A III 443; cf. Vv 84 42 (nekkhamma°-nibbāna-ninna Vv-a 348); taṃ° Paṭis II 197; ṭhāne Pv-a 190; viveka° A IV 224, 233; V 175; samādhi° Miln 38; kiṃ° M I 302.
【形】 向下傾斜的，傾向于，聚合的，領導的。
(adj, adj) sloping; inclining down; leading (to) sloping down, prone, covering or leading to Construction: pa + ava + √nam + a
(nt, nt, dial) shallow bowl; dish [lit.] sloped Construction: pa + ava + √nam + a
(nt, nt, in comps) sharpened stick [lit.] sloped down Construction: pa + ava + √nam + a