to go forth from (abl.), go out, issue Dhs-a.91; esp. fig. to leave the household life, to retire from the world Snp.64 (= gehā abhinikkhamitvā kāsāya-vattho hutvā Snp-a.117).

abhi + nikkhamati

, covetousness, in meaning almost identical with lobha (cp. Dhs. trsl. 22) DN.i.70, DN.i.71 (˚āya cittaṃ parisodheti he cleanses his heart from coveting; abhijjhāya = abl.; cp DN\ …

Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

adjective able to strike, able to pierce (of a needle), in ghana˚ going through hard material easily Ja.iii.282.

atta (the latter is the form used in comp^n.)

I. Inflection

1. of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
   ■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

indeclinable possible (lit. one might be able to); in the older language still used as a Pot., but later reduced to an adv. with infin. E.g. sakkā sāmaaññphalaṃpaññāpetuṃ would one be able to point …

1. (mfn.) not able to be disturbed; stable; immovable; not open to challenge or valid objection.
2. (n.) what is not able to be disturbed; (a state of) stability.
3. lack of agitation; (the state of) …

to fall from, to be deprived of (c. abl.) to be gone DN.iii.184 (with abl. asmā lokā dh.) AN.ii.67 AN.v.76, AN.v.77; Iti.11; Thag.225, Thag.610; Ja.iii.260, Ja.iii.318, Ja.iii.441, Ja.iii.457 Ja.iv.61 …

adjective = antara, i.e. internal, inner, being within or between; nt. -ṃ the inner part, interior, interval (see [as ˚-](/define/as ˚-)) Vin.i.111 (satt˚ with interval of seven); AN.iv.16 (opp. …

Dakkha¹

adjective dexterous skilled, handy, able, clever DN.i.45, DN.i.74, DN.i.78; DN.iii.190 (+ analasa) MN.i.119; MN.iii.2; SN.i.65; Cnd.141 (+ analasa & sampajāna); Ja.iii.247; DN-a …

Dabba¹

adjective noun

1. fit for, able, worthy, good, SN.i.187 = Thag.1218, cp. Pss of the Brethren, 399, n. 4 (= Sk. bhavya, cp. Pāṇini v.3, 104 dravyaṃ ca bhavyaḥ)
2. material, subs …

diminished, wasted, deprived of (with acc. or abl.) having lost; with acc.: Ja.iii.153, Ja.iii.223, Ja.iii.335 Ja.v.99 (atthaṃ: robbed of their possessions; Com parihīna vinaṭṭha)
■ with abl.: Ja.v. …

adjective below, inferior, posterior. Usually as nt. oraṃ the below, the near side, this world Snp.15; Vv-a.42 (orato abl. from this side)
■ Cases adverbially: acc. *[oraṃ](/defin …

adjective able, possible Snp.143. sasakkaṃ (= sa³ + s.) as much as possible, as much as one is able to MN.i.415, MN.i.514. Sakkacca(m)

fr. śak, cp. Sk. śakya

blow on or at AN.i.257.

abhi + dhamati, cp. Sk. abhi˚ & api-dhamati

(-˚) in abl. function (of kamyā f. for kamyāya or kamya adj.?) in the desire for: SN.i.143 = Ja.iii.361 (explained by kāmatāya); Snp.854, Snp.929. Kamyata (-) & kammata

1. the state of being sound, able, pliant Ja.ii.12.
2. pleasantness, agreeableness, readiness, in a˚; opp. (applied to citta) Dhs.1156; Dhs-a.377 (= gilānabhāva).

to go out over, to rise AN.ii.50, AN.ii.51 (opp. atthaṃ eti, of the sun)
ppr abbhuddayaṃ Vv.64#17 (= abhi-uggacchanto Vv-a.280; abbhusayaṃ ti pi pāṭho).

abhi + ud + eti

to go forth from, to come out of (c. abl.), to get out, issue forth depart, fig. to leave the household life behind (agārā n.), to retire from the world (cp. abhinikkhamati etc.) or to give up evil …

adjective

1. going out, proceeding from (abl.): dahato niggatā nadī (a river issuing from a lake) Pv-a.152.
2. (= nigata? or = nis + gata “of ill fate”) destined, fateful; miserable unfortunate Pv\ …

adverb far off, far from, away from, also used as prep. c abl. and as adj. pl. keeping away from, removed, far Vin.ii.239 = AN.iv.202 (sanghamhā); DN.i.99, DN.i.102 (adj.) DN.i.167; MN.i.280 (adj.) SN …

bent on, disposed to (-˚), able or capable of Ja.iii.392 (pabbajjāya-namita-citta); Mil.308 (phalabhāra˚).

pp. nameti

to sprinkle over, to cover, bedeck Vv.5#9 (= abhi-okirati abhippakirati), Vv.35#11 (variant reading abbhuk˚). Cp. abbhukkirati & abbhokkiraṇa; pp. abbhokiṇṇa see under *[abb …

1. conversing, talking Ja.i.299; Ja.iii.459; Ja.vi.340.
2. telling i.e. answering solving (a question) Ja.v.66 (pañha˚).
3. preaching Dhp-a.i.7.
4. reciting, narrating Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- *akatha …

the doing of, performance of, only in abl. katattā DN.ii.213; AN.i.56; Ja.iii.128; Dhs.431, Dhs.654; Snp-a.356; Dhp-a.iii.154 Dhp-a.iv.142. Used adverbially in meaning of “owing to, on account of …

covered (with) Thag.1068.

pp. of abhi + ā + chādeti

1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

Ārā¹

feminine an awl; see cp āragga. Perhaps a der. of ārā is āḷakā (q.v.).

Sk. ārâ; *ēl “pointed”, as in Ohg. āla = Ger. ahle, Ags. āēl = E awl; Oicel. alr

Ārā<su …

to shut out from (abl.), hold back from, refuse, withhold, obstruct MN.i.380 (dvāraṃ) Snp.922 (pot. ˚aye, cp. Mnd.368); DN-a.i.235 (dvāraṃ) Dpvs.i.38
pp āvaṭa and *āvuta^{2</s …}

adjective to be freed, able to escape, in dum˚; difficult to obtain freedom Ja.vi.234.

quâsi grd. formation fr. moceti

resounding, resonant Thag.1065).

pp. of abhi + ud + nadati

adjective hanging down, able to hang or bend down (with ref. to the membrum virile) Vin.iii.35 (“tassa bhikkhussa angajātaṃ dīghaṃ hoti lambati tasmā lambī ti vutto” Sam. Pās. i.278).

fr. lamb

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

˚Gama

1. adj. going, able to go; going to, leading to; in vihangama going in the air Snp.221, Snp.606; Thag.1108; Ja.i.216 (cp. gamana); aghasi˚ id. Vv.16#1 (= vehāsaṃ Vv-a.78); nabhasi˚ going on clo …

instigation, incitement Vin.ii.88.

abstr. fr. abhi + *utsahana, cp. ussāha

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Araṇa¹

adjective noun (adj.) living in solitude, far from the madding crowd MN.iii.237 (˚vibhanga-sutta); SN.i.44, SN.i.45; Ja.i.340 (tittha˚?).

Vedic araṇa fr. *ara √ ṛ; which as abl …

to hold aloft Ja.i.34 = Bv.iv.1.

abhi + dhāreti

adjective only in neg. an˚; not able to afford comfort, giving no comfort or security. MN.i.514 MN.iii.30 Ja.ii.298 (= aññaṁ assāsetuṁ asamatthaṭāya na assāsika). cp. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit anāśvā …

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

reason, cause; only in abl. atthattā according to the sense, by reason of, on account of Pv-a.189 (-˚).

abstr. fr. attha¹

sight, appearance, show Ja.vi.193.

abhi + dassana

adjective

1. able, capable, fit for (-˚ or with dat. or inf.); abhabba unfit, incapable Vin.i.17; SN.iii.27 (dukkha-kkhayāya); SN.iv.89 (id.) Pp.12, Pp.13; Vism.116 (bhikkhu), neg. Iti.106 (antakir …

to pervade Mil.251.

abhi + vyāpeti, cp. Sk. vyāpnoti, vi + āp

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

slaughtering-place Vin.iii.151 (+ āghāta).

abhi + āghāta

indeclinable down, below, underneath Vin.i.15; DN.i.198; Iti.114; Ja.i.71; Vv-a.78; Pv-a.113. As prep. with gen (abl.) or cpd. “under” Ja.i.176; Ja.ii.103; lower in the manuscript, i.e. before, abov …

having arrived or come; (m.) a guest, stranger Vv.1#5 (= abhi-āgata, āgantuka Vv-a.24).

abhi + ā + gata

adjective able Ja.ii.29.

= samattha

numerical adjective both; only in abl. dubhato from both sides Thag.1134; Pts.i.69; Pts.ii.35, Pts.ii.181; Vv.46#21; Vv-a.281 (for Vv.64#19 duvaddhato).

See dubhaya & cp. dvi B II.

adjective able to give offence, hateful, evil (always combined with rajanīya, cp. rāga dosa moha AN.iii.110 (dusanīye dussati, where Iti.84 has dosaneyye) Ja.vi.9; Mil.386.

cp. Sk. dveṣanīya, because …

adjective far distant, remote, opp. āsanna (Ja.ii.154) or santika (Dhs.677; Vism.402)
■ Pv-a.117. Often in compounds (see below), also as dūri˚; e.g. dū …

adverb orig. abl. of etad; from this, from it, thence, hence, out of here Snp.448, Snp.875; Ja.i.223 (opp. ito), Ja.v.498; Pv.i.1#1 Pv.ii.10#4; Dhp-a.ii.80 (ito vā etto vā here & there); Pv-a.103.

…

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

, adj.) being able to be paired (of a young cow), or being with calf (?) Snp.26.

reason, consequence; abl. in consequence of (-˚) Vism.424 (diṭṭhivisuddhi˚).

abstr. formation fr. hetu

adjective gone out, departed from (c. abl.), gone away; also med going out, giving up, figuratively leaving behind, resigning renouncing (fusing in meaning with kanta¹ of kāmyati = desirele …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

adjective liable to destruction, able to be destroyed, in dun˚; hard to destroy Ja.iv.449 (= dun-nikkaḍḍhiya Com.); also to be read (variant reading) at Thag.72 for dunnikkhama. Cp. nikhīṇa.

Sk. \ …

to be able, to be fit for, to dare, venture Vin.i.47, Vin.i.83; Vin.ii.208; Vin.iii.17; DN.i.135; SN.iv.308, SN.iv.310; Mil.242; Vv-a.100
caus ussāheti (see pp. *[ussāhita](/d …

to be able, to dare, to venture Snp.1069 (= ussahati sakkoti Cnd.600); Ja.i.152
ppr neg. avisahanto unable Vv-a.69, Vv-a.112; and avisahamāna Ja.i.91
ger visayha (q.v.). …

abstaining from (abl.) Snp.59, Snp.531, Snp.704, Snp.900, Snp.1070; Mnd.314; Cnd.591; Vv-a.72; Sdhp.338.

pp. of viramati

to stop, cease; to desist (abl.), abstain, refrain Snp.400 (Pot. ˚meyya), Snp.828 (Pot. ˚me) Snp.925; Mnd.168, Mnd.376; Thig.397 (aor. viramāsi, cp. Geiger

Pali Grammar

§ 165#1); Pv.iv.3#55 (pāpad …

to go from home, to be away from (abl.), to be absent Snp.1138 (= apeti apagacchati vinā hoti Cnd.582); Ja.iv.51, Ja.iv.439
pp vippavuttha.

vi + pavasati

father
■ Cases: sg. nom. pitā SN.i.182; Dhp.43; Ja.v.379; Snp-a.423; acc. pitaraṃ Dhp.294; pituṃ Cp.ii.9#3; instr. pitarā Ja.iii.37, pitunā, petyā Ja.v.214; dat. gen. pitu MN.iii.176; …

adjective noun in f. -inī able to bear a child, fertile Ja.iv.77 (opp. vañjhā); Dhp-a.i.46 (id.).

fr. vijāyati

Pubba¹

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

*Pura

base of adv. & prep. denoting “before”; abl. purato (adv. & prep. in front of (with gen.), before (only local) Vin.i.179 Vin.ii.32; DN.ii.14 (mātu); SN.i.137; Pv.i.11#1, Pv …

indeclinable prep. c. abl. “before” (only temporal) Vin.iv.17 (purāruṇā = purā aruṇā before dawn); Snp.849 (purā bhedā before dissolution (of the body), after which the Suttanta is named Purābhedasutt …

adjective noun

1. as adv. (˚-) beyond, over, across, used as prep. with abl., e.g. pāra-Gangāya beyond the G. SN.i.207, SN.i.214; Snp-a.228. See under cpds
2. as nt. the other side, the opposi …

(or okk˚; which is variant reading at all passages quoted) to step aside, step out from (w. abl.), depart from AN.iii.301 (maggā); Ja.iii.531; Ja.iv.101 (maggā); Ud.13 (id.); DN-a.i.185 (id.). Caus …

adjective able, adequate, competent Vin.i.56, Vin.i.342; Vin.ii.103, Vin.ii.300; Vin.iii.158; AN.v.71; Mil.6.

paṭi + bala

adjective (able) to be realized SN.iii.223 sq.; DN.iii.230 = AN.ii.182 (in four ways by kāya, sati, cakkhu, paññā).

grd: of sacchikaroti

1. to conquer, defeat, overcome MN.i.33; SN.iv.157; Snp.942; Dhp.335; Iti.84; Ja.i.74; Ja.ii.386 (avamānaṃ); Ja.iii.423 (id.).
2. to bear, endure Snp.20 Pp.68.
3. to be able DN.ii.342 (sayhāmi); Pot. …

one’s own hand Ja.i.68; usually sahatthā (abl.) with one’s own hand Vin.i.18; AN.i.274; DN.i.109; Snp.p.107; Ja.i.286; Pv.ii.9#8; Pv.ii.9#54; Mil.15 instr. sahatthena id. Pv-a.110, Pv-a.124, Pv\ …

to be able. Pres. sakkoti DN.i.246; Vin.i.31; Mil.4; Dhp-a.i.200; sakkati [= Class. Sk. śakyate] Ne.23 Pot. sakkuṇeyya Ja.i.361; Pv-a.106; archaic 1^{s …}

adjective immediate; usually in abl. (as adv.); samanantarā immediately, after, just after DN.ii.156; Vin.i.56; rattibhāga-samanantare at midnight Ja.i.101.

• *-[paccaya](/ …

adjective able, strong Ja.i.179; Ja.i.187; Snp-a.143.

cp. Sk. samartha, saṃ + artha

adjective able Sdhp.619.

fr. samattha

1. to procure, obtain Vin.i.217; Vin.ii.214; ekavacanaṃ s. to be able to utter a single word Ja.ii.164; kathaṃ s. to be able to talk Ja.ii.165 dohaḷe s. to satisfy the longing Mhvs.22, Mhvs.51.
2. to …

to be able to explain (DN-a.i.117: sampādetvā kathetuṃ sakkuṇoti), to agree, to come to terms, succeed DN.i.26; DN.ii.284; MN.i.85, MN.i.96, MN.i.472; MN.ii.157; AN.v.50; SN.iv.15 SN.iv.67; SN.v.109; …

adjective (able) to be classified Dhs-a.134. Savupadana = sa-upadana

sa³ + vibhatti + ka

adjective better, excellent; nom. masc. seyyo SN.iii.48 sq.; Snp.918; Dhp.308; Dhs.1116; Ja.i.180; nom. fem. seyyasi Ja.v.393; nom. neut. seyyo often used as a …

question in return, inquiry; only ˚-(as abl.) by question, by inquiry, by means of question & answer in foll. compounds: ˚karaṇīya Vin.i.325 -vinīta AN.i.72; -vyākaraṇīya (pañha) DN.iii.229.

p …

1. expansion, breadth; instr. vitthārena in breadth Mil.17; same abl. vitthārato Ja.i.49
2. extension, detail; often in C. style, introducing detailed explanation of the subj …

only in instr. & abl. = separately Dhs-a.2, Dhs-a.30, Dhs-a.37, Dhs-a.297.

Sk. *niṣpradesa, nis + padesa

adjective able Snp.98; Ja.v.198; Cnd.615˚.

cp. Vedic prabhū, fr. pa + bhū

Anuvyañjana & anubyañjana

(e.g. Vin.iv.15; Ja.i.12) neuter accompanying (i.e. secondary attribute, minor or inferior characteristic, supplementary or additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa …

“going out from,” ttg. a name of the ablative case Ja.v.498; Vv-a.152, Vv-a.154, Vv-a.180 Vv-a.311; Pv-a.147, Pv-a.221.

fr. nis + sakkati = sakk

to depart, escape from, be freed from (c. abl.) AN.i.260 (yasmā atthi loke nissaraṇaṃ tasmā sattā lokamhā nissaranti)
pp nissaṭa, grd nissaraṇīya (q.v.) …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

to keep back, to hold back from (c. abl.), to restrain; to refuse, obstruct, forbid warn Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.220; SN.i.7 (cittaṃ nivāreyya), SN.i.14 (yato mano nivāraye); SN.iv.195 (cittaṃ); Dhp.77, Dhp. …

“fitting,” i.e.

1. application, use Mil.3 (opamma˚).
2. fitness vāda˚, Kv-a.37; in instr. yuttiyā in accordance with Mhvs.10, Mhvs.66 (vacana˚); Sdhp.340 (sutti˚); and abl *[yuttito](/define/yutti …

command, order; necessity. abl. niyogā “strictly speaking” Dhs.1417.

ni + yoga

1. (lit.) yoked, harnessed (to loc.) Pv.i.11#4 (catubbhi yutta ratha); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.42 (goṇā rathe yattā); Dhp-a.i.24 (dhure yuttā balivaddā)
2. coupled; connected with; (applied) devoted to, applie …

adjective dating from, derived or coming from (abl.) DN.i.94 (kuto p.).

fr. pabhuti

to fall from (abl.), to be deprived of Vin.ii.205 (yogakkhemā p.; so read for paddh˚)
caus padhaṃseti to destroy, assault, violate offend Ja.iv.494. (= jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpeti); …

Ya˚

I. Forms

(See inflection also at Geiger, P.Gr. § 110.) The decl. is similar to that of ta˚ among the more rarely found forms we only mention the foll.
■ sg. nom. m. *[yo](/define/y …