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andha : [adj.] 1. blind; 2. foolish.
Andha (adj.) [[[Wikipedia:Vedic|Vedic]] andha, Lat. andabata (see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v.), other etym. doubtful] 1. (lit.) blind, blinded, blindfolded J i.216 (dhūm˚); Pv iv.148; PvA 3. -- dark, dull, blinding M iii.151 (˚andhaŋ adv. dulled); Sn 669 (Ep. of timisa, like Vedic andhaŋ tamaḥ); DhA ii.49 (˚vana dark forest). -- 2. (fig.) mentally blinded, dull of mind, foolish, not seeing D i.191 (+ acakkhuka), 239 (˚veṇi, reading & meaning uncertain); A i.128; Th 2, 394 (= bāla ThA 258). See cpds. ˚karaṇa, ˚kāra, ˚bāla, ˚bhūta.
-- ākula blinded, foolish Vv 849 (= paññācakkhuno abhāvena VvA 337). -- karaṇa blinding, making blind, causing bewilderment (fig.), confusing It 82 (+ acakkhukaraṇa); Miln 113 (pañha, + gambhīra). -- kāra blindness (lit. & fig), darkness, dullness, bewilderment Vin i.16; D ii.12; A i.56; ii.54; iii.233; J iii.188; Th 1, 1034; Dh 146; Sn 763; Vv 214 (= avijj˚ VvA 106); Pug 30; Dhs 617; DA i.228; VvA 51, 53, 116, 161; PvA 6; Sdhp 14, 280. -- tamo deep darkness (lit. & fig.) S v.443; It 84 (v. l.; T. andhaŋ tamaŋ); J vi.247. -- bāla blinded by folly, foolish, dull of mind, silly J i.246, 262; vi.337; DhA ii.43, 89; iii.179; VvA 67; PvA 4, 264. -- bhūta blinded (fig.), mentally blind, not knowing, ignorant S iv.21; A ii.72; J vi.139 (spelled ˚būta); Dh 59, 174 (= paññā -- cakkhuno abhāvena DhA iii.175). -- vesa "blind form", disguise J iii.418.
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