vanaTa · masculine · vanatha 1.1
vanatha (= Pali id. , m. ; § 22.44 ; replaced once by vanatā , q.v. ), desire , in prahīna-vanatho, having got rid of desire : Mv i.204.3 (here by Senart ʼs em. ) = ii.7.18 .
craving; desire
Vanatha [vana + tha; same in BHS e.g. Mvu I 204] underwood, brushwood, thicket. Does not occur in literally meaning, except in exegesis of Dhp 283 at Dhp-a III 424; q.v. under vana 1 . Another definition is given at Pj II 24: "taṇhā pariyuṭṭhāna-vasena vanaṃ tanotī ti vanatho, taṇhānusayass'etaṃ adhivacanaṃ." — The figurative meaning is "lust, desire," see e.g. S I 186; Thag 338; Dhp 344; Snp 16 (°ja); Dhs 1059 (as epithet of taṇhā); Ja II 205 (vanathaṃ na kayirā); Nett 81, 82. — nibbanatha free from desire S I 180; As 364.
【陽】 渴望，欲望。
(masc, masc, from vana) underbrush; undergrowth Construction: vana + tha
(masc, masc, abstr, from vana) desire; craving craving, desire Construction: √van + a + tha vana + tha