neuter · vaḍḍhana 1 · vaḍḍhana 2
growth
growth; increase; enlargement
Vaḍḍhana (neuter and adjective) [from vaḍḍheti; see also vaddhana] 1. increasing augmenting, fostering; increase, enlargement, prolongation M I 518 (hāyana° decrease and increase); Ja III 422 (kula°, spelling -ddh-); Mhv 35, 73 (āyussa); As 406; Pv-a 31; Miln 320 (bala° strength increasing); Dhātup 109; Saddh 361. 2. indulgence in, attachment; serving, practising Sn 1084 (takka°); Ja I 146 (kaṭasi°, q.v. and cf. vaḍḍheti 6); Vism 111 (°āvaḍḍhana), 152, 320. Here belong the phrases raja° and loka°. 3. arrangement Ja VI 11 (paṭhavi-vaḍḍhanaka-kamma the act of attending to, i.e. smoothing the ground). 4. serving for, enhancing, favouring Pv III 3 6 (rati-nandi°). 5. potsherd [connected with vardh? See vaddheti] Ja III 226 (commentary kaṭhalika; uncertain). 6. a kind of garment, as puṇṇa° (full of costliness? but perhaps not connected with vaḍḍh° at all) Mhv 23, 33 and 37 (where commentary explains: anagghāni evaṃnāmikāni vattha-yugāni). Cf. vaḍḍhamāna.
(nt, nt, act, from vaḍḍheti) increasing; growing; proliferating growth, increase, enlargement Construction: √vaḍḍh + ana
(nt, nt, from vaḍḍheti) interest (in); attachment (to); indulgence (in) [lit.] increasing Construction: √vaḍḍh + ana
(adj, adj, in comps, from vaḍḍheti) increasing; growing; proliferating Construction: √vaḍḍh + ana
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