Table des matières

majjha

majjha

adjectif : au milieu, au centre, médian, moyen ; de ce temps (entre passé et avenir)

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

majjha (adj.) [Vedic madhya,cp.Lat.medius,Gr.mέssos,Goth.midjis=Ohg.mitti,E.middle] middle,viz.1.of space:of moderate height D.I,243 (contrasted with ucca & nīca).– 2.of time:of middle age Sn.216 (contrasted with dahara young & thera old).– 3.often used adv.in Loc.majjhe in the middle; i.e.(a) as prep.in between,among (-° or with Gen.) Pv.I,111,114; J.I,207 (sakuṇānaṃ); DhA.I,182 (vasana-gāmassa); PvA.11 (parisā°).majjhe chetvā cutting in half J.V,387.– (b) in special dogmatic sense “in the present state of existence,” contrasted with past & future existences (the latter combd as “ubho antā” at Sn.1040).The expln of majjhe in this sense is at Nd1 434:“majjhaṃ vuccati paccuppannā rūpā” etc.(similarly at Nd2 490).– Sn.949 (in sequence pubbe majjhe pacchā),1099 (id.); Dh.348 (pure majjhe pacchato; i.e.paccuppannesu khandhesu DhA.IV,63).– 4.(nt.) majjhaṃ the middle DhA.I,184 (tassa uramajjhaṃ ghaṃsentī).

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

madhya a. m. n. f. madhyā au centre, au milieu; moyen; ordinaire — m. n. le milieu, le centre — n. math. mille billions (un million de milliards) — f. madhyā le majeur — ind. au milieu; parmi, entre <g.> || lat. medius; ang. middle; all. Mitte; fr. médian, milieu.