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Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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gā-ha

gāha

{gaha.} 

UMK-USL p36
n. wrong concept. A Myanmar saying:

"Book-learning without brains results in being bitten by wrong concepts".

PTS p247
1. [see under gaṇhāti ] a house, usually in cpds.
   gāha-kāraka -- a house builder, metaph. of taṇha
2. [Sk. graha, gaṇhāti ] "seizer", seizing, grasping, a demon, any being or object having a hold upon a man.

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