neuter · visa 1 · visa 2
poison
poison; venom
Visa (neuter) [cf. Vedic viṣa; Avesta viš poison, Greek ἰός, Latin vīrus, Old-Irish fī: all meaning "poison"] poison, virus, venom M I 316 = S II 110; Thag 418; 768; Snp 1 (sappa° snake venom); A II 110; Ja I 271 (halāhala° deadly p.); III 201; IV 222; Pp 48; Miln 302; Pv-a 62, 256; Thig-a 489. — On visa in similes see JPTS 1907, 137. Cf. āsī°. -uggāra vomiting of poison Pj II 176; -kaṇṭaka a poisoned thorn or arrow, also name of a sort of sugar As 203; -kumbha a vessel filled with p. It 86; -pānaka a drink of p. Dhp-a II 15; -pīta (an arrow) dipped into poison (literal which has drunk poison). At another place (see pīta 1 ) we have suggested reading visappita (visa + appita), i.e. "poison-applied," which was based on reading at Vism 303. See e.g. Ja V 36; Miln 198; Vism 303, 381; Dhp-a I 216; -rukkha "poison tree," a certain tree Vism 512; Vibh-a 89; Sv I 39; -vaṇijjā trading with poison A III 208; -vijjā science of poison Sv I 93; -vejja a physician who cures poison(ous snake-bites) Ja I 310; -salla a poisoned arrow Vism 503.
【中】 毒藥,毒液。~kaṇṭaka,【中】 1. 毒刺。2. 一種糖的名。~pīta,【形】 浸毒藥的(即:毒箭)。~rukkha,【陽】 有毒的樹。~vejja,【陽】 治療毒藥的醫師。~salla,【中】 毒鑣。
visa See bisa .
(nt, nt) poison; toxin; venom poison, venom
(adj, adj, in comps) with poison; having toxin