masculine
carpenter
carpenter
Vaḍḍhakī [cf. Epic and Classical Sanskrit vardhaki and vardhakin; perhaps from vardh to cut: see vaddheti] a carpenter, builder, architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Soziale Gliederung 181 f.; Mrs. Rh.D. Cambridge Hist. Ind. I 206. — The word is specially characteristic of the Jātakas and other popular (later) literature Ja I 32, 201, 247; II 170; VI 332 f., 432; Ap. 51; Dhp-a I 269; IV 207; Vism 94; Pv-a 141; Mhbv 154. — iṭṭha° a stonemason Mhv 35, 102; nagara° the city architect Miln 331, 345; brāhmaṇa° a brahmin carpenter Ja IV 207; mahā° chief carpenter, master builder Vism 463. In metaphor taṇhā the artificer lust Dhp-a III 128. -gāma a carpenter village Ja II 18, 405; IV 159.
【陽】 木匠。
(masc, masc, agent, from vaḍḍhaka) carpenter carpenter [lit.] increaser Construction: √vaḍḍh + aka + ī vaḍḍhaka + ī