bending; inclination; bent.

kinsman; a relation; a relative.

bending, bent, inclination SN.ii.67; SN.iv.59; MN.i.115. Kalya-rupa

Sk. nati of nam

…the kinsmen Pv-a.27.

see janati; cp. Sk. jñāti, Gr. γνωτός, Lat. cognatus, Goth. knops

Acelakassapa¹AcelaKassapa

A naked ascetic. He visited the Buddha at Ujuññā in the Kaṇṇa-katthala deer-park and asked him if it were true that he disparaged all penance and reviled asceti …

A prostitute in Rājagaha who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and stopped by libertines. So she s …

A monk of Ñātikā. Once when the Buddha was staying at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, Ānanda mentions to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka …

A nun of Ñātikā. When Ānanda announces her death to the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, and inquires where she had been born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Sudd …

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

AyujjhāAyojjhā

Two visits of the Buddha to this city are recorded in the Canon; on one occasion he preached the Phena Sutta SN.iii.140ff. and on the other the Dārukkhandha Sutta, although the latte …

AññātakoṇḍaññaKoṇḍañña

One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …

Bhadda¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who, the Buddha declared, had destroyed the five lower fetters and had been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda …

Bhaddiya¹

An anāgāmī, one of seven persons who became arahants as soon as they were born in Avihā. SN.i.35 SN.i.60

Bhaddiya²Kāligodhāputta

Chief among monks of aristocratic …

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …

Cunda¹

A worker in metals living in Pāvā. When the Buddha reached Pāvā on his way to Kusinārā, he stayed in Cunda’s Mango grove. There Cunda visited him and invited him and the monks to a …

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

Dhataraṭṭha¹

One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …

Gagga¹

A monk. He became insane, and in this condition did many things unworthy of a monk. When his colleagues blamed him, the Buddha interceded on his behalf and suggested that he be give …

A class of semi-divine beings who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 …

Gandhāra¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Gandhāra²

One of the sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 One of the teeth of the Buddha was deposited in …

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

Inda¹

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

IsigiliIsigilapassa

One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite …

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

KallavāḷaputtaKallavālaKanavālamutta

A village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh day, while meditating there, he became an arahant, being a …

KambojaKambojjaKambujaKambujjaKambojaka

One of the sixteen Great Nations which, with Gandhāra, belonged, not to the Majjhimadesa but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv …

A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …

A Yakkha, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as being one of the chief Yakkhas who should be invoked by followers of the Buddha when they need protection. DN.iii.204

Kassapagotta¹

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

KaṇḍakīvanaKantakīvanaTikantakī

A grove near Sāketa. The conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Moggallāna is recorded in the Padesa Sutta. SN.v.174f. A discussion which took pla …

Keṇiya

A brahmanical matted hair ascetic. He lived in Āpaṇa, and when the Buddha once stayed there with one thousand three hundred and fifty monks, Keṇiya visited the Buddha, bringing various kinds o …

One of the great Yakkhas, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258

Kosala¹

A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …

A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …

Kāliṅga¹

An inhabitant of Ñātika. While staying in Ñātika, at the Giñjakāvasatha, the Buddha tells Ānanda that Kālinga was reborn after death in the Suddhavāsā, and that there he would att …

KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.

At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …

Kāḷī¹Kururagharikā

Described among laywomen as the best of those who believe even from hearsay. AN.i.26 A conversation between her and Mahā Kaccāna is related, where she asks him for a det …

A country, with its people, included in the traditional list of the sixteen Great Nations AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

The Macchā country lay to the south or south west of Indraprastha and …

Mention is made in the books of the Māgadhakhetta, probably an extensive rice field which at once caught the eye on account of its terraces. The contour of the field struck the Buddha’s imagination an …

The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī

An eminent bhikkhunī and the step-mother of the Buddha. She raised the Buddha as her own child after the death of his mother.

She is chiefly remembered as the first bhik …

A king who lived in the beginning of this present age. He was called Mahāsammata, because, on the arising of wickedness in the world, he was chosen by the people DN.iii.92f. to show indignation agai …

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were prea …

A Paribbājaka. He once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and questioned him regarding predestination. The Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humou …

The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …

Nandā¹

A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandavatī and Sundarinandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

Nandā²

Declared by the Buddha AN.i.25 to be foremost among nu …

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

Nikata¹

An upāsaka of Ñātikā. After death he was born in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away. SN.v.358f. DN.ii.91f.

Nikata²

One of several eminent theras mentioned as stayi …

A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …

Opamañña¹

One of the names of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.200

Opamañña²

A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is me …

Mention is made in one or two places in the books of Brahmas who are described as Paccekabrahmā—e.g., Subrahmā, Suddhāvāsa and Tudu. I have not come across any explanation of this term. It may designa …

One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274

He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329

In …

Papāte PabbatePapātapabbata

A mountain in Avantī, near Kuraraghara. It was a favourite spot of Mahā Kaccāna, and we are told of several discussions having taken place there.SN.iii.9ff. SN.iv.115*f. …

PañcālaPañcālajanapadaPañcālaraṭṭhaPañcālā

One of the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252

Pañcāla was to the east of the Kuru country, the country to the north and west of Delhi, from the foot …

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles. The Buddha corrects him, saying that t …

PaṇḍaraPaṇdarasaPaṇḍarasagotta

The name of a clan. An ascetic of this clan, hearing Phussa Thera preach, asked him a question which led to a long explanation by Phussa. Thag.949

One of the four friends of Yasa who, on hearing of his ordination by the Buddha, visited him and were taken to the Buddha. The Buddha talked to them and they became arahants. They were among the first …

Puṇṇaka¹

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who visited the Buddha. Snp.1006 His conversation with the Buddha is given in the Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1043–1048

Puṇṇaka²

…

The name given to a set of rules to be observed by members of the Buddhist Order. The rules regulate the behaviour of the members of the Order towards one another in respect of clothes, dwellings, fur …

Chief of those who had left the world through faith. AN.i.24 He was born at Thullakoṭṭhita in the Kuru country as the son of a very wealthy councillor and was called by his family name of Raṭṭhapāla. …

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

Sakulā¹

The foremost among nuns in the divine eye. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses say that while still living in the household, she heard the Dhamma taught by a monk, and then saw the Dhamm …

SandhaSaddha

A monk who visited the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, when the Buddha preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.

It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Ka …

A disciple of the Buddha at Ñātikā. He was born after death in Akanitthābhavana, there to pass entirely away. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

Sopāka¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says one should love all beings, like a woman loves her only child. Thag.33

Sopāka²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that he walked wit …

Soṇa¹

A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …

Subhadda¹

When the Buddha died and the monks stood weeping, Subhadda asked them to rejoice instead, saying— “We are well rid of the Great Monk; we shall now do just as we like.” Mahā Kassa …

A wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sāriputt …

Sujātā¹

The foremost laywoman in being first to go for refuge. DN.ii.135 AN.i.26

Sujātā²

A lay woman of Ñātikā. The Buddha said that she had become a sotāpanna and had thus as …

His mother took him to the monks for ordination, thinking thus to ensure for him supreme happiness. Sānu lost his intellectual discernment and grew distraught and longed to go roaming. His former Yakk …

A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions. Snp.176–205

Sātāgira is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN. …

Sāḷha¹Migāranattā

He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniya’s grandson, Rohana. AN.i.193f. He built a vihāra for the nuns and Sundarīndā was appointed to supervise the work. As a r …

One of the sixteen Great Nations. It is mentioned with Maccha, and was located in the south of the Kuru country. Its capital was Mathurā. It is famous in the Epics and the Purānas because of its conne …

A lay disciple of Ñātika who died and was reborn in the Suddhāvāsa, there to attain Nibbāna. SN.v.358 DN.ii.92

Udaya¹

A brahmin of Sāvatthī. One day the Buddha came to his house and he filled the Buddha’s bowl with the food prepared for his own use. Three days in succession the Buddha came, and Uda …

Udāyī¹LāludāyīPaṇḍita Udāyī

There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one is meant. When the Buddha preached the Nāgopama Sutta, AN.iii.344 …

UpasenaVaṅgantaputta

When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him to wait upon the Buddha. The Buddha roundly rebuked …

Upāli ¹

One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …

UruvelākassapaKassapa

One of three brothers, the Tebhātika-Jatilas, living at Uruvelā. After initial resistance, all became the Buddha’s followers. He lived on the banks of the Nerañjara with five h …

A mythical region. A detailed description of it is given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.199ff. The men who live there own no property nor have they wives of their own; they do not have to work for t …

Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of …

A wanderer who later became an arahant Thera. Several conversations he had with the Buddha are mentioned in the books. For details see the Tevijja Vacchagotta-, Aggi Vacchagotta-, Mahā Vacchagotta- …

The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …

A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …

Vaḍḍha¹

A Licchavi. He was a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, …

The Vaṃsas and their country. It lay to the south of Kosala, and its capital was Kosambī on the Yamunā. Udena, son of Parantapa, was its king in the time of the Buddha.

Avanti lay to the south of th …

A town in which the Buddha once spent the rainy season at the invitation of the brahmin Verañja. Verañja visits the Buddha at the foot of the Naḷerupucimanda, where he is staying, and asks him a serie …

One of the nine aṅgas, into which the Dhamma was organized by way of literary style. It means “Answer” or “Explanation” and refers to discourses elaborated by way of question and answer.

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

The yakkha of Āḷavī. The Buddha once stayed at his dweling, at which the yakkha became angry and threatened the Buddha. He was tamed by the Buddha and asked a series of questions Snp.p.31–33 SN.i. …

ölés, élőlények elpuszítása

3. sg. concedes; agrees with (gen.) about (acc).

1. recognizes, knows; understands.
2. is aware of; acknowledges; remembers;
   1. + acc, esp. ace. of pp:
   2. + absol.;
   3. + nom. of agent noun.

digs up.

speaking; word, expression; name, designation.

strikes, hits.

creates (by magic or supernatural power); produces, forms, shapes.

1. devotion, adherence to, intentness on (loc); inclination (esp. to something bad); insistence, conviction (esp. of what is not true).
2. extension (in length or width).

knocks out.

overpowers; wins; is victorious.

arisen fortuitously, without cause or reason; connected with fortuitous or causeless origination

one who believes in fortuitous or causeless origination

name, designation; metaphorical expression; near-synonym.

support, basis; standpoint; abode; determination, resolution; fixing the mind on; determining, controlling, producing (by supernatural power); taking (formal) possession of, designating.

designation as best (of its class)

overgrowing, dominating, parasitical.

not mastering; not enduring.

not dominating

without discrimination; without discernment

non-transgression; faithfulness.

faithful

faithful

not passing; not going beyond; not transgressing.

not to be passed; not to be transgressed (against)

freedom from conceit

not conceited; free from pride)

not conceited; free from pride)

none left over; none remaining

1. (mfn.) not transgressing.
2. (m.) non-deviation

not having past or overcome; subject to

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …

not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction

not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction

“making an end”, a designation of the god of death, identified with Mārā.

gives permission; grants, allows; grants leave; excuses; advises; prescribes.

assents to; approves; gives leave.

affection, inclination towards; winning over, conciliation.

reaches, attains; falls to one’s lot.

want of exertion or determination

anutthunāti¹

pr. 3 sg. wails; deplores; laments (for)

anutthunāti²

pr. 3 sg. praises; speaks of repeatedly

anutthuṇāti¹

pr. 3 sg. wails; deplores; laments (for)

anutthuṇāti²

pr. 3 sg. praises; speaks of repeatedly

investigates; examines.

1. repetition, further explanation; approval, support; faction-forming.
2. criticism; blame; sensure.

procedure in examination

answers the question (satisfactorily), passes an examination

apacinati¹

pr. 3 sg. diminishes, makes less; dismantles, does away with

apacināti²

pr. 3 sg. pays attention to; respects

apacināti¹

pr. 3 sg. diminishes, makes less; dismantles, does away with

apacināti²

pr. 3 sg. pays attention to; respects

observes attentively; watches; watches over.

thinks little of; underrates, despises.

eats; enjoys

or; or rather, or perhaps (in commentaries, introducing an alternative (preferred?) explanation)

despises, slights, neglects.

overpowers, overwhelms.

the becoming reborn as an individual; reincarnation; type of body or existence

1. despises; underrates.
2. denies, repudiates.

belonging to another sec; a non-Buddhist

indeclinable then at that moment; in that case; yet; (as emphatic particle) then; commonly used as emphatic particle (preceded by atha) in interrogative clauses, often expressing exasperation or indig …

dung.

1. leaving, abandoning; getting rid of.
2. giving up; gift; donation; generosity; liberality.

gift, a donation; a fee; the benefit or merit of a gift.

1. 1. how the world of experience works, the processes by which it works and is explained (especially as formulated in cattāri ariyasaccānī and paṭiccasamuppāda), and the possibility and way of transc …

reflection on, examination of, dhamma.

discrimination of dhammas; discernment of dhamma (one of the seven bojjhaṅgas)

of dhunāti

shakes, tosses; shakes off removes, liberates oneself from; destroys.

of dhunāti

1. (mfn.)

   1. who has shaken off or abandoned (defilements); pure, purified.
   2. which shakes off or removes (defilements); which purifies.

2. (n.) shaking off defilements; an ascetic practice

having two fold origin; originating from two.

ordination by means of a messenger or proxy.

with utter devotion or certainty; taking one side; following one alternative

ekūnatiṃsa¹

num. 29

ekūnatiṃsa²

mfn. 29th; 29 (yrs. old).

num. 29

29 times.

eva¹

ind.

1. that very…, the same …; exactly that…; just ….
2. only, merely, just.
3. indeed, really; certainly; absolutely; even, still.
4. eva is especially common in combination with o …

the impetus or determination to go; preparations for going.

1. going; moving; gait; progress, movement; progress in knowledge/understanding.
2. where one goes or has gone; path; way, course; method.
3. where one goes/moves; one’s sphere.
4. where one goes to; …

(what is) is leftover from a sick person’s meal.

originating from this

jaññā¹

opt. 3 sg. of jānāti

jaññā²

3 pl. of jānāti

jaññā³

absol. of jānāti

of jināti

of jināti

3. sg. of jināti should be conquered

jina¹

masculine for Buddhists a designation usually only of a buddha; rarely of a paccekabuddha.

jina²

mfn. beaten, conquered; or deprived (of property)

jinati¹

pr. 3. sg wins, is victorious; conquers, defeats; wins.

jinati²

pr. 3 sg. oppresses; deprives someone of property, confiscates someone’s property; fines.

3. sg. of jināti

3. sg. of jināti

of jināti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

adverb of also jānāti knowingly; with knowledge

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

knows, knows about (someone or something); is aware (of), experiences; gets to know, finds out; knows how (to, inf.); has knowledge or understanding.

confusion of classes or rank; a contamination of class.

of jānāti

who? what? which …? (frequently followed by particles, esp. by nu, nu kho, (s)su, ssa); who are you who…?; sometimes expressing indignation: who does he think he is to …? who are you to…?; *ka …

whose inclinations are good; intent on good

1. (m. n.)

   1. an aeon, a cycle of the world’s evolution and dissolution; one stage of a cycle; a very long period of time.
   2. a (limited) length of time

2. (m.n.) an allowable practice; an allo …

khanati¹

pr. 3 sg. hurts, injures; impairs

khanati²

pr. 3 sg. digs; digs up; excavates

designation as khandhas

(from khaṇati) an instrument for digging; a spade; a trowel

khaṇati¹

pr. 3 sg. hurts, injures; impairs

khaṇati²

pr. 3 sg. digs; digs up; excavates

(from khaṇati) an instrument for digging; a spade; a trowel

having missed the opportunity; who has let the right moment pass

troubles, afflicts, molests; spoils

buys; purchases

buys; purchases

the curved end (of a bow); the end or top of anything; the edge or point; the highest point; a point or side in an argument, an alternative.

buys; purchases

nibbatti¹

caus. pr. 3 sg. of nibbattati

nibbatti²

aor. 3 sg. coming into being; origination; appearance.

of niddhunāti

shakes, shakes to and fro; shakes off.

strikes; hits, touches; throws (in); drops, lowers; knocks out, removes; destroys.

of nihanati

of nihanati

of nihanati struck, hit; struck down; destroyed, ended; put down, thrown in

nikhaṇati¹

pr. 3 sg. closes (the eye); winks.

nikhaṇati²

pr. 3 sg. digs (something) into (the ground), buries; implants, erects.

of nikhaṇati

of nikhaṇati

of nikhaṇati dug in; buried; fixed in the ground

projection; end, culmination.

of nimmināti

produces, forms, creates (by magic or supernatural power)

of nimmināti formed, produced, created; (a form) created (by magic or supernatural power); a magical creation

of nimmināti created

an expression; a form of words; a way of speaking; an alternative terminology, a gloss.

niṭṭhā¹

feminine

1. completion; culminating point; end, object, aim.
2. death.

niṭṭhā²

certain knowledge, decision, conclusion.

is decided, is certain; knows; concludes, is convinced; ( ~aṃ gata is often written niṭṭhaṅgata, or occasionally there is niṭṭhāgata) reaches completion; achieves its aim or culminating point.

(from niṭṭhāti) completion, culmination; being finished.

, abstr. the state of having various inclinations or intents.

of jānāti is known; is known as

illumination, brightness

gathers, picks; collects; accumulates; increases, strengthens

gathers, picks; collects; accumulates; increases, strengthens

shakes, shakes out or down; shakes off; discards, cancels.

exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear

exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear

exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear

1. one who has gone so; the awakened one; used
   1. by Gotama (a) of Buddhas generally, including himself; (b) specifically of himself.
   2. by others (a) of Buddhas generally, including Gotama; (b) …

roars, thunders.

of thanati

of thanati

of thanati

of thanati

1. such a person, a person like that (referring to someone previously described)
2. (one) who is like that, just so; the same; (one) who is unaffected, immoveable (so usually commentaries); (possibly) …

1. such a person, a person like that (referring to someone previously described)
2. (one) who is like that, just so; the same; (one) who is unaffected, immoveable (so usually commentaries); (possibly) …

gathers, collects; picks out, selects; sorts out, sets in order

gathers, collects; picks out, selects; sorts out, sets in order

declaring, reciting; designating; having expounded (briefly); with reference to

indicating, signifying (silently); looking to (as a teacher); designating; with reference to, for the sake of, in the name of; in the direction of

complaining; indignation.

whose strength is his indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

complaining; making indignant or contemptuous; causing indignation or ill-will.

complaining; causing indignation or ill-will.

elation; raising oneself; pride

heaps up, collects, accumulates; increases, strengthens.

hits, comes into contact with, reaches; hurts, damages, impairs

is harmed, is damaged; suffers

finds out (for oneself), ascertains; invents; knows by personal experience (+ acc. or gen.); (first) teaches.

1. attainment.
2. full ordination, admission into the saṅgha.

1. reaching, attaining; having entered upon.
2. being ordained; after ordination

obtains; is ordained, is received into the saṅgha; obtains the upasampadā ordination.

ordains, receives into the saṅgha (with the upasampadā ordination)

ordains, receives into the saṅgha (with the upasampadā ordination)

1. (mfn.) given ordination, ordained (with the upasampadā ordination).
2. (n.) ordaining

making clear; explanations

making clear; explanations

elation; raising oneself; pride

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti to be known, to be understood

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti to be known; knowable; being an object of knowledge

of jānāti

female relative.

the circle of relations.

of jānāti is known; is known as

accumulates; collects for oneself; heaps up.

understands; perceives

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …

strings; threads; inserts; impales

strings; threads; inserts; impales

covers; shuts; obstructs

understands; perceives

ūhanati¹

pr. 3 sg. pushes upwards or out; throws up, throws away; removes; raises.

ūhanati²

pr. 3 sg. hits at, strikes; hurts, damages, afflicts, spoils.

Abhiññā: The 6 ‘higher powers’, or supernormal knowledge’s, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in mental concentration samādhi and one supra-mundane * …

Adhimokkha: ‘determination’, decision, resolve: is one of the mental properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - khandha. In M. 111, it is mentioned toge …

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

Akusala-sādhārana-cetasika: Universal, general or primary disadvantageous mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: L …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Anusaya: The 7 ‘latent tendencies’, hidden inclinations, or latent liabilities are:

1: The latent tendency to sense-greed kāma-rāga samyojana,
2: The latent tendency to aversion *patigh …

Aparihāniya-dhamma: ‘conditions of welfare’ lit. of non-decline, for a nation. Seven such conditions are mentioned in the Mahā-Parinibbāna Sutta D. 16. They are followed by five sets of 7, and …

Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths magga …

Attā: Self, ego, personality, soul, is in Buddhism a mere conventional expression vohāradesanā, and not a designation for anything really existing; see: paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta, jīva.

Avijjā: I gnorance, nescience, the blindness of not knowing, is synonymous with confusion moha (see mūla ), is the primary & deepest root of all evil and suffering in the world, veiling man’s …

Bhavanga-sota: and Bhavanga-citta: The first term may tentatively be rendered as the ‘undercurrent forming the condition of being, or existence’, and the second as ‘subconsciousness’, though …

Bodhi: from verbal root budhi to awaken, to understand: awakening, enlightenment, supreme knowledge. Through Bodhi one awakens from the slumber or stupor inflicted upon the mind by the defilemen …

Bodhipakkhiya-dhammā: The 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’, or ‘requisites of enlightenment’ comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

Bodhisatta: ‘Enlightenment Being’, is a being destined to Buddhahood, a future Buddha. According to the traditional belief a Bodhisatta, before reaching his last birth as a Buddha on this earth, i …

Brahma-vihāra: the 4 ‘sublime’ or ‘divine abodes’, also called the 4 Infinite states appamaññā are: loving-kindness mettā Pity karunā, altruistic or sympathetic joy muditā equanimity *up …

Cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and symbolizes conquering progress and expanding s …

Carita: ‘nature, character’. In Vis.M III there are explained six types of men: the greedy-natured rāga-carita the hate-natured dosa-carita the stupid or dull-natured moha-carita the f …

Comprehension: clear c.: see: sampajañña c. in insight, see: sammasana As an alternative tr. for full understanding, see: pariññā

Eka-bījī: ‘germinating only once more’, is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: see: sotāpanna.

Gantha: ‘ties’.;There are 4 ties: the bodily tie kāyagantha of covetousness abhijjhā of ill-will vyāpāda, of clinging to rule and ritual sīlabbata-parāmāsa of dogmatical fanaticism *idam …

Gati: lit. ‘going’: ‘course of existence’, destiny, destination.;There are 5 courses of existence: hell, animal kingdom, ghost realm, human world, divine world; D. 33; A. XI, 68. Of these, the fir …

[[germinating once more]]Germinating once more: eka - bījī is the name of one of the 3 kinds of sotāpanna

Gotrabhū: lit. ‘who has entered the lineage of the Noble Ones’, i.e. the Matured One.

I. ‘change-of-lineage-Moment’ gotrabhū - citta is the last of the 4 impulse moments javana cf. *viñ …

Iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination * …

Iddhi-pāda: ‘roads to power’ or success are the 4 following qualities,,for as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because they form, by way of preparation, the roads …

Immediacy: an alternative rendering for contiguity-condition, samanatara - paccaya which is one of the 24 conditions paccaya

Inclinations: see: anusaya

Inducement: an alternative rendering for decisive-support condition, upanissaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

Pabbajjā: lit. ‘the going forth’, or more fully stated, ‘the going forth from home to the homeless life’ of a Bhikkhu agārasmā, anagāriyam consists in severing all family and social ties to li …

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Paramattha: sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the ‘conventional truth’ vohāra - sacca which is also …

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Patigha: - 1. In an ethical sense, it means: ‘repugnance’, grudge, resentment, anger, and is a synonym of vyāpāda, ill-will’ see: nīvarana and dosa ‘hate’ see: mūla It is one of the late …

Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …

Patisandhi: lit. ‘reunion, relinking’, i.e. rebirth, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. It is a kamma-resultant type of consciousness and arises at the moment of concep …

Pañhā-byākarana: ‘answering questions’.;There are, o Bhikkhus, 4 ways of answering questions: there are questions requiring a direct answer; questions requiring an explanation; questions to be an …

Phassa: fr. phusati to touch: ‘sense-contact’, contact. The term samphassa is used in compounds, e.g. in the following: ‘;T’here are 6 classes of sense-contact: visual contact cakkhu - *s …

[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …

Puggala: ‘individual’, ‘person’, as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being satta self attā etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you, he, man, …

[[pānātipātā veramanī]]Pānātipātā veramanī: ‘abstaining from the killing of living beings’, is the first of the 5 moral rules binding upon all Buddhists; see: sikkhāpada

Tanhā: lit. ‘thirst’: ‘craving’, is the chief root of suffering, and of the ever-continuing cycle of rebirths.;What, o Bhikkhus, is the origin of suffering? It is that craving which gives rise to …

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

*Āyatana:
* 1: Spheres, is a name for the four formless absorptions; see: jhāna 5-8.
2: The 12 sources or bases on which depend the mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs an …

to shake very much Vv.64#9 (= adhikaṃ uddhunāti Vv-a.278).

abhi + ud + dhunāti

Abbhuta¹

adj. nt. terrifying, astonishing; strange, exceptional puzzling, extraordinary, marvellous, supernormal Described as a term of surprise & consternation (vimhay;’ āvahass’ adhivaca …

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 …

(& ˚hanti)

1. to strike, hit Pv-a.258.
2. to overpower, kill, destroy Ja.v.174 (inf. ˚hantu for T. hantuṃ)

pp abhihata (q.v.).

abhi + ; han

hit, struck Pv-a.55.

pp. of abhihanati

to know by experience, to know fully or thoroughly, to recognise know of (c. acc.), to be conscious or aware of DN.i.143; SN.ii.58, SN.ii.105, SN.ii.219, SN.ii.278; SN.iii.59, SN.iii.91; SN.iv.50, SN. …

Abhikkhaṇa¹

neuter digging up of the ground MN.i.143.

fr. abhikkhanati

Abhikkhaṇa²

neuter abhiṇha* only as acc. adv. ˚ṃ constantly, repeated, often Vv.24#1 …

to dig up MN.i.142.

abhi + khaṇati

to crush SN.i.102; AN.i.198; Sdhp.288.

Sk. abhimardati & ˚mṛdnāti; abhi + mṛd

to create (by magic), produce, shape, make SN.iii.152 (rūpaṃ); AN.i.279 (oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ); Nd ii.under pucchā⁶ (rūpaṃ manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp *[abhinim …

created (by magic) Vv.16#1 (pañca rathā satā; cp. Vv-a.79).

abhi + nimmita, pp. of abhinimmināti

“settling in”, i.e. wishing for, tendency towards (-˚) inclination, adherence; as adj. liking, loving, being given or inclined to DN.iii.230; MN.i.136, MN.i.251; SN.ii.17; SN.iii.10 SN.iii.13, SN.iii …

to drive away, put away, destroy, remove, avoid MN.i.119 (in phrase āṇiṃ a. abhinīharati abhinivajjeti).

abhi + nis + han, cp. Sk. nirhanti

1. to take out, throw out MN.i.119 (see abhinīhanati).
2. to direct to, to apply to (orig. to isolate? Is reading correct?) in phrase *ñāṇadassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhin …

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)

“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …

Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)

“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …

to be able (to get or reach); only in neg ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.

considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, bu …

Abhisañcināti & ˚cayati

to accumulate, collect (merit) Vv.47#6 (Pot. ˚sañceyyaṃ = ˚sañcineyyaṃ Vv-a.202).

abhi + sañcināti

Abhisañcināti & ˚cayati

to accumulate, collect (merit) Vv.47#6 (Pot. ˚sañceyyaṃ = ˚sañcineyyaṃ Vv-a.202).

abhi + sañcināti

to praise Ja.i.89; Ja.iii.531; Dāvs iii.23; Dhp-a.i.77; Pv-a.22; cp. abhitthunati.

abhi + thavati

to praise Ja.i.17 (aor abhitthuniṃsu); cp. thunati 2
pp -tthuta Dhp-a.i.88.

abhi + thunati; cp. abhitthavati

1. to make known, to communicate Dāvs v.2, Dāvs v.11.
2. to know Ja.vi.175 (jānāti C.).

abhi + Caus. of vid

having destroyed, removed or expelled; only in one simile of the sun driving darkness away at MN.i.317 = SN.iii.156; SN.v.44 = Iti.20.

ger. of abhi + vihanati

(& vijināti) to overpower, to conquer. Of -jayati the ger. -jiya at DN.i.89, DN.i.134 DN.ii.16. Of -jināti the pres. 3^rd pl. -jinanti at Mil.39 the ger. *\ …

to salute, greet, welcome, honour Vin.ii.208 sq.; DN.i.61; AN.iii.223; AN.iv.173; Vv.1#5 (abhivādayiṃ aor. = abhivādanaṃ kāresiṃ vandiṃ Vv-a.24) Mil.162. Often in combination with *padakkhiṇaṃ karoti …

grd. of abhijānāti.

Abhiññā¹

feminine Rare in the older texts. It appears in two contexts. Firstly, certain conditions are said to conduce (inter alia) to serenity, to special knowledge (abhiññā), to specia …

1. known, recognised Snp.588 (abhiññeyyaṃ ˚ṃ).
2. (well)-known, distinguished DN.i.89 (˚kolañña = pākaṭa-kulaja DN-a.i.252), DN.i.235; Snp.p.115.

pp. of abhijānāti

adjective = accasara 1., aspiring too high Snp.8 sq. (yo nâccasārī, opp. to na paccasārī; expl^d. at Snp-a.21 by yo nâtidhāvi, opp. na ohiyyi).

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

adjective exceeding, extraordinary, superior, Pp.35; Vv-a.80 (= anadhivara, visiṭṭha); DN-a.i.141, DN-a.i.222; Dpvs.v.32 (an˚); Dhp-a.iii.238 Kp-a.193 (= anuttara); Sdhp.337, Sdhp.447
■ compar …

firm resolve, determination, decision MN.iii.25 sq.; Vb.165 sq., Vb.425; Dhs-a.145, Dhs-a.264 See Dhs. trsl. 5; Cpd. 17, 40, 95.

fr. adhi + muc

adjective inclined to, attached to, bent on SN.ii.154, SN.ii.158; Iti.70; Vb.339 sq. + tā (f. inclination DN.i.2.

= adhimutta

designation, term, attrîbute, metaphor, metaphorical expression DN.ii.62; MN.i.113 MN.i.144, MN.i.460; AN.ii.70, AN.ii.124; AN.iii.310; AN.iv.89, AN.iv.285, AN.iv.340; Iti.15 Iti.114; Snp.p.218; Ja.i. …

1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

Agga¹

adjective noun

1. (adj.)
   1. of time: the first, foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds
   2. of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā)
   3. of qual …

Aha¹

indeclinable exclamation of surprise, consternation, pain etc “ch! alas! woe!”. Perhaps to be seen in cpd. -kāmā miserable pleasures lit. “woe to these pleasures!”) gloss at Thag- …

indeclinable exclamation of surprise, astonishment or consternation: yea, indeed well; I say! for sure! Vv-a.103 (aho ti acchariy’ atthena nipāto); Ja.i.88 (aho acchariyaṃ aho abbhutaṃ), Ja.i.140. Us …

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

wrong time, bad luck, misadventure, misfortune. There are 9 enumerated at DN.iii.263; the usual set consists of 8; thus DN.iii.287; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.4 sq. See also *khaṇa-[vedhin](/de …

the eye MN.i.383 (ubbhatehi akkhīhi); Snp.197, Snp.608; Ja.i.223, Ja.i.279; Ja.v.77; Ja.vi.336; Pv.ii.9#26 (akkhīni paggharanti: shed tears, cp. Pv-a.123); Vv-a.65 (-īni bhamanti, my eyes swi …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) being reviled, scolded, railed at Snp.366 (= dasahi akkosavatthūhi abhisatto Snp-a.364); Ja.vi.187.
2. (nt.) reviling, scolding, swearing at; in combination *akkuṭṭha-vandi …

to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet

1. lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
2. f …

…mittâmaccā ñātisālohitā Vin.ii.126; Snp.p.104 (= mittā ca kammakarā ca Snp-a.447); mittā vā amaccā vā ñātī vā…

adjective not obtaining, unable to get or keep up DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268).

ppr. med. of an + abhisambhuṇāti

adjective being in consternation or distress, crying Ja.iii.223 (˚kāle = ārodana-kāle C.).

according to Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 70 = ana-mha “unlaughing” with ana = an (cp. anabhāva anamatagga) and m …

to breathe Kp-a.i.124 (in def. of bāla); DN-a.i.244 (read ananti for aṇanti). Cp. pāṇa.

An, Vedic aniti & anati

adjective not dug into, not dug down, not deep Ja.vi.109 (˚kūla; C. agambhīrā).

a + nikhāta, pp. of nikhanati

“eating”, food, esp. boiled rice, but includes all that is eaten as food, viz. odana, kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa (rice gruel, flour, fish, meat) Mnd.372 = Mnd.495. Anna is spelt *[aṇṇa](/define/aṇṇ …

adjective last, final (used almost exclusively with ref. to the last & final reincarnation thus in comb^n. with deha & sarīra;, the last body) DN.ii.15; Dhp.351; Iti.50 (antimaṃ dehaṃ dhār …

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

1. to give permission, grant, allow Vin.iv.225; AN.ii.197; Pv.iv.1#67; Pv-a.55, Pv-a.79 Pv-a.142.
2. to advise, prescribe Vin.i.83; Vin.ii.301: Snp.982. grd. anuññeyya that which is allowed AN.ii …

to dig after or further Ja.v.233.

anu + khaṇati

approved of, given consent to, finding approval, given leave DN.i.99 (= anuññāta DN-a.i.267); Ja.v.399 (= muta); Mil.185, Mil.212, Mil.231, Mil.275; Pv-a.64 (= annuññāta).

pp. of anumaññati

consent, permission, agreement, assent, approval Vin.ii.294, Vin.ii.301, Vin.ii.306; DN.i.137 DN.i.143; Dpvs.iv.47, Cf. Dpvs.v.18; DN-a.i.297; Vv-a.17, Pv-a.114.

from anumaññati

to assent, approve, give leave Thag.72
pp anumata (q.v.).

anu + maññati

to observe, draw an inference MN.i.97; Pv-a.227 (˚anto + nayaṃ nento). See also anumīyati.

cf. Sk. anumāti, anu + mināti from mi, Sk. minoti, with confusion of roots mā & mi;

to observe, conclude or infer from SN.iii.36 Cp. anumināti.

Sk. anumīyate, Pass. of anu + mā, measure, in sense of Med.

not to observe or notice Ja.v.339 (= anoloketi C.; variant reading anapaviṇāti).

an + upacināti

adjective heaped up, accumulated Thag-a.56.

anu + pa + cita, pp. of anupacināti

1. the “afterfoot”, i.e. second foot of a verse, also a mode of reciting where the second foot is recited without the first one Vin.iv.15 (cp. 355); Mil.340 (anupadena anupadaṃ katheti).
2. (adj.) (fo …

(anuppatta) (having) attained, received, got to (c. acc), reached DN.i.87–DN.i.111; DN.ii.2; Iti.38; Snp.027, Snp.635; Dhp.386, Dhp.403; Pv.iv.1#66; Pv-a.59 (dukkhaṃ), Pv-a.242. In phrase *addhagata …

to make reach or attain, to lead to, to give or make find Ja.vi.88; Cp. xi. 4 (aor anupāpayi); Mil.276
pp anupāpita (q.v.).

Caus. of anupāpuṇāti

(anuppā˚) to reach, attain, get to, find SN.i.105; ger. anuppatvāna Pv.ii.9#24 (˚pāpuṇitvā Pv-a.123)
pp anupatta (q.v.)
caus anupāpeti (q.v.).

anu …

to go to, to visit, inspect, control
ppr med -saññāyamāna Vin.iii.43 (kammante);
inf -saññātuṃ AN.i.68. (janapade).

either anu + saṃ + jñā (jānāti) or (preferably) = anusaṃyāti as short …

…anuyāyitvā). See also anuyāti and anusaññāti.

anu + saṃ + yāyati

Anusota˚

in anusotaṃ (adv.) along the stream or current down-stream AN.ii.12; Ja.i.70 (opp. paṭisotaṃ against the stream); Pv-a.169 (Gangāya a. āgacchan …

to hear; pret. anassuṃ [Sk. anvaśruvaṃ] I heard MN.i.333.

anu + śru

wailing, crying, lamenting Mnd.167 (= vācāpalāpa vippalāpa etc.).

fr. anutthunāti

to wail, moan, deplore, lament, bewail DN.iii.86; Snp.827 (cp. Mnd.167); Dhp.156; Ja.iii.115; Ja.v.346, Ja.v.479; Dhp-a.iii.133; Pv-a.60 (wrongly applied for ghāyati, of the fire of conscience).

an …

having known or found out, knowing well or thoroughly, testing, finding out MN.i.301, MN.i.361 (variant reading -vijja); AN.ii.3, AN.ii.84; AN.v.88; Dhp.229 (= jānitvā Dhp-a.iii.329); Snp.530 (= a …

one who examines, an examiner Mil.365.

fr. anu + vicināti

at AN.v.22 is doubtful reading (variant reading anuyutta). The meaning is either “inferior to, dependent on, a subject of, a vassal” or “attending on”. The explanation may compar …

adjective permitted, allowed; sanctioned, given leave, ordained DN.i.88; Ja.i.92; Ja.ii.353 Ja.ii.416; Pv.i.12#3 (na a. = ananuññāta at id. p. Thig.129 expl^d. at Pv-a.64 by ananumata); Pp. …

adjective noun one who does not return, a Never-Returner, as tt. designating one who has attained the 3^rd stage out of four in the breaking of the bonds (Saṃyojanas) which keep a man back …

adjective not rooted out, not removed or destroyed Thag.223 = Cnd.97#4; Dhp.338 (= asamucchinna Dhp-a.iv.48).

pp. of an + ūhaññati, ud + han

1. [in meaning of Sk. apacīyate cp. P. upaciyyati Pass. of upacināti] to get rid of, do away with, (cp. apacaya), diminish, make less SN.iii.89 (opp. ācināti); Thag.807; Ja.iv.172 (apacineth’ eva kāmā …

honoured, worshipped, esteemed Thag.186; Ja.ii.169; Ja.iv.75; Vv.5#10 (= pūjita Vv-a.39); Vv.35#11 (cp. Vv-a.164); Mil.21.

pp. of apacayati or apacināti

honouring, honour, worship, reverence Ja.i.220; Ja.v.326; DN-a.i.256 (˚kamma); Vv-a.24 (˚ṃ karoti = añjalikaṃ karoti); Pv-a.104 (˚kara, adj.), Pv-a.128 (+ paricariya).

abstr. fr. apa + cāy, w …

to honour respect, pay reverence DN.i.91 (pūjeti +); Ja.iii.82. Pot. apace (for apaceyya, may be taken to apacināti 2; AN.iv.245; Thag-a.72 (here to apacināti 1)
pp apacita …

1. reason, cause, argument MN.i.287 (an˚).
2. statement, designation Pv-a.8.
3. pretext Ja.iii.60; Ja.iv.13; Pv-a.154. Thus also apadesaka Ja.vi.179.

cp. Sk. apadeśa

1. to look ahead, to look before, to be cautious, to look after MN.i.557 (variant reading for apaciṇāti, where Ja.v.339 C. has avaloketi); Mil.398.
2. to look up to, to obtain permission from (acc.), …

Apattha¹

adjective thrown away Dhp.149 (= chaḍḍita Dhp-a.iii.112).

Sk. apāsta, pp. of apa + as²

Apattha²

2^nd pl. pret. of pāpunāti (q.v.).

is probably misreading for apaciṇāti (see apac˚ 2). As variant reading at Ja.v.339 (anapavinanto) for T. anupacinanto (expl^d. by avaloketi C.). Other vv.ll. are anuvi˚ & apavī˚ meaning “n …

see apaviṇāti (= apaciṇāti).

indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.

1. (prep. pref.)
   1. prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …

adjective small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most compounds); thus expl^d. at Vv-a.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see *[a …

to think little of, to underrate, despise Dhp.121 (= avajānāti Dhp-a.iii.16; variant reading avapamaññati).

appa + maññati

adjective

1. not forming an obstacle, not injuring, unobstructive Snp.42 (see expl^d. at Cnd.239; Snp-a.88 explains “katthaci satte vā sankhāre vā bhayena na paṭihaññatī ti a.”)
2. psychol …

1. (*er) to move forward, rush on run into (of river) Vin.ii.238; Mil.70.
2. (*ar) to fit in, fix, apply, insert, put on to (lit. & fig.) Vin.ii.136 Vin.ii.137; Ja.iii.34 (nimba-sūlasmiṃ to imp …

to attain, reach, get Vism.350 (in etym. of āpo).

the contracted form of āpnoti, usually pāpuṇāti, fr. āp

? giving away in marriage Ja.iv.179 (in explanation of anāpāda unmarried; reading should prob be āpāda = pariggaha)

apa + ā + dā

key (to a door) Vin.i.80; Vin.iii.119; MN.iii.127. See also avāpuraṇa. Apapurati & Apapunati;

fr. apāpurati

Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati

to open (a door) Vin.i.5 (apāpur’ etaṃ Amatassa dvāraṃ: imper. where id. p. SN.i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but variant reading apāpur˚) Vv.64#27 (apāpuranto Amatassa dvāraṃ, expl …

Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati

to open (a door) Vin.i.5 (apāpur’ etaṃ Amatassa dvāraṃ: imper. where id. p. SN.i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but variant reading apāpur˚) Vv.64#27 (apāpuranto Amatassa dvāraṃ, expl …

Arahatta¹

neuter the state or condition of an Arahant, i.e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (SN.iv.151) final & absolute emancipation Arahantship, the attainment of the last & h …

adjective noun

1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

to eat, to consume (food) Ja.i.472; Ja.v.64; Ja.vi.14 (Esb. note: read asnāti; C. paribhuñjati).

see asati

*Asati

(& Asanāti q.v.) to eat; imper. asnātu Ja.v.376; fut. asissāmi Thag.223; Snp.970
ppr med asamāna Ja.v.59; Snp.239. ger. asitvā Mil.167; & *a …

adjective unrestricted, open Ja.vi.306.

pp. of + saṃvuṇati, cp. saṃvuta

adjective not restrained Dhs.1345, Dhs.1347.

pp. of a + saṃvuṇāti, cp. saṃvata

Asita¹

having eaten, eating; (nt.) that which is eaten or enjoyed, food MN.i.57; AN.iii.30, AN.iii.32 (˚pīta-khāyita etc.); Pv-a.25 (id.); Ja.vi.555 ˚(āsana having enjoyed one’s food, sa …

pres. med. of aś to eat, in sense of a fut. “I shall eat” Ja.v.397, Ja.v.405 (C. bhuñjissāmi). The form is to be expl^d. as denom. form^n. fr
■ āśa food, = aṃsiyati and with me …

to eat; imper asnātu Ja.v.376.

Sk. aśnāti to eat, to take food; the regular Pāli forms are asati (as base) and asanāti

1. to breathe, to breathe out, to exhale Ja.i.163; Ja.vi.305 (gloss assāsento passāsento susu ti saddaṃ karonto); Vism.272. Usually in comb^n. with passasati to inhale …

adjective loyal DN.i.137; Snp.22, Snp.23, Snp.32; Ja.iv.98; Ja.vi.49; Mil.254; an˚; inattentive, not docile Dhp-a.i.7.

ā + sunāti, śru

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

to give further explanation, to explain in detail Mil.304.

ati + disati

to despise Ja.iv.331 (= atimaññati C.).

ati + hīḍ

to despise, slighten, neglect Snp.148 (= Kp-a.247 atikkamitvā maññati); Dhp.365, Dhp.366; Ja.ii.347; Pv.i.7#6 (˚issaṃ, variant reading ˚asiṃ = atikkamitvā avamaññiṃ Pv-a.37); Pv-a.36; Sdhp.609.

Sk …

to injure, destroy, kill; only in the stock phrase pāṇaṃ atimāpeti (with variant reading atipāteti) to destroy life, to kill DN.i.52 (variant reading ˚pāteti) = DN-a.i.159 (: pāṇaṃ hanati pi parehi …

attack, only in phrase pāṇātipāta destruction of life, slaying, killing, murder DN.i.4 (pāṇātipātā veramaṇī, refraining from killing, the first of the dasasīla or decalogue); DN-a.i.69 (= pāṇavadha …

to surpass, excel DN.ii.267.

ati + vaṇṇati

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 …

Attha¹

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

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

adjective noun

1. (temporal) past, gone by (cp. accaya 1)
   1. adj.; atītaṃ addhānaṃ in the time which is past SN.iii.86; AN.iv.219; AN.v.32
      ■ Pv.ii.12#12 (atītānaṃ, scil. attabhāvāuaṃ par …

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

Phonetically the difference between ava & o is this, that; ava is the older form, whereas o represents a later development. Histor …

(-˚) adjective shining, shedding light on, illuminating Sdhp.14.

fr. avabhāsa

calling attention to, affirmation, emphasis; as t.t. used by C’s in explanation of evaṃ at DN-a.i.27; and of kho at Pv-a.11, Pv-a.18.

Cp. Sk. avadhāraṇa, fr. ava + dhṛ.

to burst, split open Ja.vi.183 (= bhijjati C. see also uddīyati,

Sk. avadīryati, ava + ḍr¹, ḍrṇāti, see etym. under darī

1. to deny Vin.ii.85; AN.iii.164 = Pp.65.
2. (later) to despise Dhp-a.iii.16; Pv-a.175 (grd ˚jānitabba)-Of short stem-form ñā are found the foll grd. avaññeyya Pv-a.175, and with o˚: grd. oñāta …

to slight, to disregard, despise Dhp-a.i.170; Pv-a.37, Pv-a.175; Sdhp.271
pp Caus avamānita.

Sk. avamanyate

to despise Ja.v.246. - pp. avamānita Pv-a.36.

Caus. of avamaññati

(-˚) feminine stooping, bending, bowing down, humiliation Mil.387 (unnat’âvanati).

fr. avanamati

adjective despised, treated with contempt Pv-a.135 (an˚); Sdhp.88, Sdhp.90.

pp. of avajānāti

adjective at random, without discrimination, careless Ja.i.496 (= avyatta C.).

a + vyāyata of yam

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

eating, taking food; enjoying: only SS at Snp.240; all MSS at Snp.239 have asamāna. Snp-a.284 explains by āhārayamāna.

Sk. aśnāna, ppr. med. of aśnāti, aś to eat

knowledge, recognition, perfect knowledge, philosophic insight, knowledge par excellence, viz. Arahantship, saving knowledge gnosis (cp. on term Compend. 176 n. 3 and Psalms of Brethren introd. xx …

Aññāta¹

known, recognised Snp.699. an˚; what is not known, in phrase anaññāta-ññassāmī’ t’ indriya the faculty of him (who believes): “I shall know what is not known (yet)” DN.iii.219; …

…+ ñātaka, cp. Sk. ajñāti

Aññātaka²

adjective unknown, unrecognisable, only in phrase -vesena in unknown form, in…

one who knows, a knower of DN.ii.286; MN.i.169; SN.i.106 (dhammassa); Kv.561.

n. ag. to ājānāti

adjective desirous of gaining right knowledge AN.iii.192. See ājānāti.

ā + jñātuṃ + kāma

adjective noun one who has complete insight Dhs-a.291.

• -indriya (˚tāv’ indr.) the faculty of one whose knowledge is made perfect Dhs.555 (cp. Dhs trsl. 150) and same loci a …

recognising, knowing, in the conviction of SN.i.24; AN.iii.41; Dhp.275, Dhp.411.

ger. of ājānāti, q.v. for detail

Aṃsa¹

1. the shoulder AN.v.110; Snp.609. aṃse karoti to put on the shoulder, to shoulder Ja.i.9.
2. a part (lit. side) (cp. ˚āsa in koṭṭhāsa and explⁿ of …

1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

Aṭṭa¹

a platform to be used as a watchtower Vin.i.140; DN-a.i.209.

cp. see aṭṭaka

Aṭṭa²

lawsuit, case, cause Vin.iv.224; Ja.ii.2, Ja.ii.75; Ja.iv.129 (˚ṃ …

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

…are: rūpabalaṃ, bhoga˚, ñāti˚, putta˚, sīla˚ SN.iv.246–SN.iv.248.
■ The five-fold force (balaṃ pañca-vidhaṃ of a king…

…the fivefold offering i.e. ñāti˚, atithi˚, pubbapeta˚, rāja˚, devatā˚, offering to kinsfolk, guests, the departed, the king, the gods…

Balī˚

= bala˚ in combination with bhū & kṛ;, see bala.

to bind etc.

I. Forms

imper bandha DN.ii.350; pl. bandhantu Ja.i.153.
pot bandheyya SN.iv.198; Vin.iii.45
fut bandhayissati Mhvs.24.6;
aor abandhi Ja.iii. …

…enumerated at Mnd.11. viz. ñāti˚ gotta˚, manta˚ (where Cnd.455 reads mitta˚), sippa˚ 2. Ep. of Brahmā, as ancestor of the brahmins…

to become, to be, exist, behave etc. (cp. Cnd.474 sambhavati jāyati nibbattati pātu-bhavati)

I. Forms

There are two bases used side by side, viz bhav˚; and (contracted) ho˚; the latte …

fear, fright, dread AN.ii.15 (jāti-maraṇa˚); DN.iii.148, DN.iii.182; Dhp.39, Dhp.123, Dhp.212 sq., Dhp.283; Mnd.371, Mnd.409; Pp.56; Vism.512; Kp-a.108; Snp-a.155; Dhp-a.iii.23. There are some len …

telling, speaking Dhp-a.iv.93 (˚sīla, adj. wont to speak); Dhtp.111.

fr. bhaṇati

to speak, tell, proclaim (the nearest synonym is katheti: see Cnd. s.v. katheti Dhp.264; Pp.33, Pp.56; Dhp-a.ii.95
ppr bhaṇanto Snp.397. Pot. bhaṇe Snp.113 …

indeclinable “I say,” used as an interjection of emphasis, like “to be sure,” “look here.” It is a familiar term of address often used by a king to his subjects Vin.i.240 (amhākaṃ kira bhaṇe vijite Bh …

1. stock in trade; collectively goods, wares, property, possessions, also “object” SN.i.43 (itthi bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ woman is the highest property), Cnd.38; Ja.iii.353 (yācita˚ object asked = yāca); Th …

Bhaṭṭha¹

dropped, fallen down Ja.i.482; Ja.iv.222, Ja.iv.382; Ja.v.444. Cp. pari˚.

pp. of bhraṃś, see bhassati

Bhaṭṭha²

spoken, said Vv.63#19 (su˚ = s …

an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. …

Bhiṅkāra¹

(& ˚gāra) a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin.i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); DN.ii.172; AN.iv.210 = AN.iv.214 (T. ˚gāra, variant reading ˚kāra …

Bhogga¹

adjective bent, crooked MN.i.88; DN.ii.22; AN.i.138; Ja.iii.395.

fr. bhuj to bend, pp. corresp. to Sk. bhugna

Bhogga²

adjective

1. to be enjoyed or possessed, n. p …

one who is getting trained, dependent, a freed slave, villager subject. Only in compounds like bhojisiyaṃ [bhoja + isi ya = issariya] mastery over dependence, i.e. independence SN.i.44, SN.i.45; *b …

food, meal, nourishment in general Ja.ii.218; Ja.iv.103, Ja.iv.173; Ja.i.178; Ja.iv.223; Snp.102 Snp.128, Snp.242, Snp.366, Snp.667; Dhp.7, Dhp.70; Pp.21, Pp.55; Mil.370 Vism.69, Vism.106; Sdhp.52, Sd …

Bhusa¹

chaff, husks AN.i.241 (-āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78; Pv.iii.4#1; Pv.iii.10#7; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter).

cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)

Bh …

1. being, becoming, condition, nature; very rarely by itself (only in later & C. literature, as e.g. Ja.i.295 thīnaṃ bhāvo, perhaps best to be translated as “women’s character,” taking bhāva = attabhā …

adjective “being as ought to be, to be cultivated, to be respected, in a self-composed state (cp. bhāvitatta) MN.i.33 (garu + ; explained by Bdhgh as “addhā ’yam āyasmā jānaṃ jānāti passaṃ passatī t …

reciting or preaching, in pada˚; reciting the verses of the Scriptures Dhp-a.ii.95 (variant reading paṭibhāna), Dhp-a.iii.345; Dhp-a.iv.18.

• -vāra a section of the Scriptures …

Bhāṇaka¹

adjective noun speaking; (n.) a reciter, repeater, preacher (of sections of the Scriptures), like Aṅguttara˚; Vism.74 sq.; Dīgha˚; DN-a.i.15, DN-a.i.131; Ja.i.59 Vism.36, Vi …

Caus. of bhaṇati (q.v.) with 3^rd praet. bhāṇi & pot.; bhāṇaye.

adjective (-˚) speaking, reciting Snp.850 (manta˚; a reciter of the Mantras, one who knows the M. and speaks accordingly, i.e. speaking wisely, explained by Snp-a.549 as “mantāya pariggahetvā vāca …

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

1. shape, image (= paṭimā Vv-a.168) SN.i.134 (trsl. “puppet”); SN.v.217 (vimba) Ja.v.452. In phrase cittakataṃ bimbaṃ it refers to the human body (“the tricked-out puppet-shape” Brethren 303): …

adjective capable of being enlightened, to be taught the truth Bv.2, Bv.195 (jana); Mil.169 (yena yogena bodhaneyyā sattā bujjhanti tena y. bodheti); otherwise in combination bodhaneyya-bandhavo th …

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 …

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 …

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

or feminine? the moon. By itself only in similes at Dhp.208 Dhp.387 (at end of pada) & in “abbhā mutto va candimā MN.ii.104 = Dhp.172 = Thag.871; Dhp.382 = Thag.873; Pts.i.175
■ Otherwise only in co …

adverb then, therefore now, esp. after interr. pron.: ko carahi jānāti who then knows? Snp.990; kathañ carahi jānemu how then shall we know? Snp.999; kiñ c. AN.v.194
■ Vin.i.36; Vin.ii.292; Snp.988; …

1. walking about grazing, feeding Vv-a.308 (˚ṭṭhāna).
2. the foot Vin.iv.212; Ja.v.431.
3. acting, behaviour, good conduct, freq. in combination with vijjā, e.g. AN.ii.163 AN.v.327; Dhp.144; Vism.202 …

the fact of giving up, abandonment, resignation. Vb.254f. Dhs-a.381

fr. catta

piling, heaping; collection, mass Vin.ii.117; Dhs-a.44; in building: a layer Vin.ii.122, Vin.ii.152 As-˚ one who heaps up, a collector, hoarder MN.i.452 (nikkha˚, khetta˚, etc.). See also ā˚, apa˚, …

conditional particle “if,” constructed either with Indicative (ito ce pi yojanasate viharati even if he lived 100 y. from here DN.i.117) or Conditional (tatra ce tumhe assatha kupitā DN.i.3), or Poten …

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

Cetasa¹

Name of a tree, perhaps the yellow Myrobalan Ja.v.420.

Cetasa²

adjective only in-˚: sucetasa of a good mind, good-hearted SN.i.4 = SN.i.29, SN.i.46 = SN.i.52; paraph …

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

tumulus, sepulchral monument, cairn, MN.i.20; Dhp.188; Ja.i.237; Ja.vi.173; Snp-a.194 (dhātu-gharaṃ katvā cetiyaṃ patiṭṭhāpesuṃ); Kp-a.221; Dhp-a.iii.29 (dhātu˚) Dhp-a.iv.64); Vv-a.142; Sdhp.428 …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

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to be firm or rigid, fig. to be stiff with fear, paralysed: see chambhin & chambhitatta, Cp. ūrukhambha (under khambha²).

cp. Sk. skabhnāti & stabhnāti; skambh, and …

Only in der. chambhitatta (nt.) the state of being stiff, paralysis, stupefaction consternation, always combined with other expressions of fear, viz. uttāsa SN.v.386; bhaya Ja.i.345 (where spelled cha …

voluntary collection (of alms for the Sangha), usually as -ṃ saṃharati to make a vol. coll. Vin.iv.250; Ja.i.422; Ja.ii.45, Ja.ii.85 (saṃharitvā variant reading BB; text sankaḍḍhitvā), Ja.ii.196, J …

Chatta¹

neuter a sunshade (“parasol” would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin …

the (outer thin) skin, tegument SN.ii.256; AN.iv.129; Snp.194; Ja.ii.92 Distinguished from camma, the hide (under-skin corium) SN.ii.238 (see camma); also in combination ch-cammam …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

1. (adj.) one who tears or cuts off Pv-a.7.
2. (nt.) the process of getting cut (a cert. penance for offences: in combination with āpattiyo & pācittiyaṃ) Vin.ii.307; Vin.iv.168, Vin.iv.170, Vin.iv.17 …

deceitful, fraudulent, sly, only in combination w. dhuttā (dhuttikā) & only applied to women Vin.iii.128 Vin.iv.61; Ja.ii.114; Mil.122.

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

to heap up, to collect, to accumulate
inf cinituṃ Vin.ii.152;
pp cita (q.v.).
pass cīyati Ja.v.7.
caus cināpeti to construct, to build Ja.vi.204; Mil.81 …

heaped; lined or faced with (cp. citaka²) pokkharaṇiyo iṭṭhakāhi citā DN.ii.178, cp. Vin.ii.123.

• -antaraṃsa “one whose shoulder-hole is heaped up, one who has th …

Citaka & Citakā

feminine

1. a heap, a pile, esp. a funeral pile; a tumulus DN.ii.163; Cp.ii.10#14. Ja.i.255; Ja.v.488; Ja.vi.559, Ja.vi.576; DN-a.i.6; Dhp-a.i.69 Dhp-a.ii.240; Vv-a.234; Pv-a.39 …

Citaka & Citakā

feminine

1. a heap, a pile, esp. a funeral pile; a tumulus DN.ii.163; Cp.ii.10#14. Ja.i.255; Ja.v.488; Ja.vi.559, Ja.vi.576; DN-a.i.6; Dhp-a.i.69 Dhp-a.ii.240; Vv-a.234; Pv-a.39 …

heap, made of bricks Ja.vi.204 (city-avayata-piṭṭhikā). See also cetiya.

From ci, cināti, to heap up

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

“giving thought or heart” only in combination with kar: cittikaroti to honour, to esteem. cittikatvā. MN.iii.24 AN.iii.172 Pv.ii.9#55 (cittiṁ k. = pūjetvā Pv-a.135); Dīpavaṁsa.i.2
■ acittikatvā …

1. pp. broken up powdered; only in cpd. -vicuṇṇa crushed to bits smashed up, piecemeal Ja.i.73; Ja.ii.120, Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.216; Ja.iii.74
2. (nt.)
   1. any hard substance ground into a powder dus …

1. abandoning, giving up, renunciation. Vin.i.10 SN.iii.13 SN.iii.26 SN.iii.158 MN.i.486 AN.i.299 More frequently as
2. liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous munificent (adj.): sīlasampann …

to be gathered, to be heaped up Snp.428 (cīyate pahūtaṃ puññaṃ). See also ā˚.

Pass. of cināti

kind of cutaneous eruption Mil.298; Vism.345.

-bandhana in d
■ bandhanādi-bandhana at Thag-a.241 should be read daṇḍa˚.

Sk. dadru f. & dardru a kind of leprosy, dadruna le …

Dahati¹

(dahate) to put, place; take for (acc or abl.), assume, claim, consider DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the …

Vin.iii.112; SN.iii.85; AN.ii.33 = Cnd.420 B³ (: the latter has udaka, but Mnd.14 daka).

• -āsaya (adj.) (beings) living in water AN.ii.33≈;
• -ja (adj …

adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

adjective noun one worthy of a dakkiṇā The term is expl. at Kp-a.183, & also (with ref to brahmanic usage) at Cnd.291
■ SN.i.142, SN.i.168, SN.i.220; MN.i.37, MN.i.236 sq.; MN.i.446; AN.i.63, AN.i. …

gift, a fee, a donation; a donation given to a “holy” person with ref. to unhappy beings in the Peta existence (“Manes”), intended to induce the alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, exp …

Dasa¹

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

adjective noun full of insight, seeing, perceiving, taking notice of. In combination with -ñū (knowing) it plays the part of an additional emphasis to the 1st term = knowing & seeing i.e. having co …

gift, donation, offering DN.i.166; MN.i.78, MN.i.342; AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; Pp.55.

from dadāti + ti

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

…ṭhita righteous Vv.16#8; ñāti˚ duty against relatives Pv-a.30; deyya˚ dāna Pv-a.9, Pv-a.70; sad˚ faith (q.v.) -opp….

wealth, usually wealth of money, riches, treasures

1. Lit. DN.i.73 (sa˚); MN.ii.180.; AN.iii.222; AN.iv.4 sq. Cnd.135 (+ yasa, issariya etc.) Thig.464 (+ issariya) Ja.i.225 (paṭhavigataṃ karoti: …

Dhañña¹

neuter grain, corn. The usual enumⁿ comprises 7 sorts of grain, which is however not strictly confined to grain-fruit proper (“corn”) but includes, like other enum ^…

to shake, toss; to shake off, remove destroy SN.i.156 (maccuno senaṃ); Thag.256 = Mil.245; dhunāti pāpake dhamme dumapattaṃ va māluto Thag.2; Ja.i.11 (verse 48); Ja.iii.44 (hatthe dhuniṃsu, wrung thei …

(& Dhūta)

1. shaken, moved Dāvs v.49 (vāta˚).
2. lit. “shaken off,” but always explained in the commentaries as “one who shakes off” either cvil dispositions (kilese), or obstacles to spiritual pro …

to hold, viz.

1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1^b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

1. a primary element, of whic …

1. to run run away, run quickly Snp.939 (cp. Mnd.419); Dhp.344; Ja.i.308; Ja.vi.332; Mnd.405 = Cnd.304#iii.; Pv.iv.16#1 = palāyati Pv-a.284#2; Dhp-a.i.389 (opp. gacchati); Pv-a.4; Sdhp.378.
2. to c …

smoke, fumes Vin.i.204 (aroma of drugs) MN.i.220 (dh ˚ṃ kattā); AN.v.352 (id.); AN.ii.53; AN.iv.72 sq. AN.v.347 sq.; Ja.iii.401, Ja.iii.422 (tumhākaṃ dh-kāle at the time when you will end in smoke, i …

incense Ja.i.51, Ja.i.64, Ja.i.290 (gandha˚, dvandva cpd.); Ja.iii.144; Ja.vi.42; Pv-a.141 (gandhap̄uppha˚) dh˚ṃ dadāti to incense (a room) Ja.i.399. Sometimes misspelt dhūma, e.g. …

to point, show; to grant, bestow etc. Usually in combination with pref. ā, or in Caus. deseti (q.v.). As simplex only at SN.i.217 (varaṃ disā to be read for disaṃ cp …

point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …

broken, split, undone, torn, as neg. adiṇṇa unbroken DN.i.115 (so read for ādina-khattiya-kula; variant reading BB. abhinna˚); SN.v.74 (so read for ādīna-mānaso, variant reading BB. adinā & SS ād …

Diṭṭha¹

1. seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

distress, dejectedness, melancholy, grief. As mental pain (cetasikaṃ asātaṃ cet. dukkhaṃ SN.v.209 = Cnd.312; cp DN.ii.306; Ne.12) opp. to dukkha physical pain: see *[dukkha](/defin …

Dosa¹

corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …

unruliness indocility, bad conduct, fractiousness SN.ii.204 sq (˚karaṇā dhammā); MN.i.95 (id. specified); AN.ii.147 AN.iii.178; Ne.40, Ne.127.

contamination of Sk. *daurvacasya evil speech & *daurv …

adjective noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

to feel pain, to be distressed Dhp-a.ii.28 (= vihaññati).

Sk. duḥkhīyati & duḥkhāyati Denom. fr. dukkha; cp. vediyati & vedayati

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

…MN.i.125; MN.ii.62 (ñāti˚); Pv.ii.3#21 (ghara˚); Pv-a.46, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.65
■ Cp. kumbha˚.

• -gaṇa a…

Dāya¹

wood jungle, forest; a grove Vin.i.10 (miga˚), Vin.i.15, Vin.i.350; Vin.ii.138; SN.ii.152 (tiṇa˚); SN.iv.189 (bahukaṇṭaka d. = jungle) AN.v.337 (tiṇa˚); Ja.iii.274; Ja.vi.278. See al …

inheritance Vin.i.82; DN.iii.189; AN.iii.43; Ja.i.91; Vism.43 sq.; dowry Ja.iii.8
■ (adj.) one who inherits Vin.iii.66 (pituno of the father).

• -upasampadā, lit. the Upasa …

Dīpa¹

a lamp Ja.ii.104 (˚ṃ jāleti to light a l.); Dhp-a.ii.49 (id.), Dhp-a.ii.94 (id.)

• -acci the flame of a lamp Thag-a.154;
• -āloka light of …

adjective illustrating, explaining; f. -ī explanation, commentary, Name of several Commentaries, e.g. the Paramattha-dīpanī of Dhammapāla on Th 2; Pv Vv
■ Cp. jotikā & uddīpanā.

adjective one-sided, on one end, with one top, topmost (˚-) usually in function of an adv. as ˚-meaning “absolutely, extremely, extraordinary, quite” etc.

1. (lit.) at one end, only in ˚lomin a wo …

adjective with one in between, alternate Ja.iv.195, -bhāvena (instr. adv.) in alternation alternately Vism.374; ekantarikāya (adv.) with intervals Vism.244.

eka + antarika

unity, combination, unification, concentration Ne.4, Ne.72 sq, Ne.107 sq.

fr. ekatta

1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
   ■ Ja.i.90 …

adjective feminine pregnant, enceinte Vin.ii.268; SN.iii.202; Ja.i.151, Ja.i.290; Ja.iv.37; Pv.i.6#6; Pv-a.31, Pv-a.82: Vv-a.110 (-bhāva); in combination g˚ pāyamānā purisantaragatā (pregnant, lac …

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

1. gacch˚, in
   pres gacchati;
   imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
   pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

Gaha¹

a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).

• -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

adjective noun belonging to the rank or grade of a householder, a member of the gentry, a man of private means (see gahapati) DN.i.61 (expl. as gehassa pati ekageha-matte jeṭṭha …

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

• -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
• -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

1. adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
   1. lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
   2. fig of knowledge …

smell, viz.

1. odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …

(in BB often misspelt gandha)

1. a bond, fetter, trammel; always fig. and usually referring to and enumerated as the four bodily ties, or knots (kāya˚, see under kāya): SN.v.59 = Dh …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

adjective tied, bound, fettered; enslaved, bound to greedy for, intoxicated with (c. loc.). When abs. always in combination w. paribhuñjati and w. ref. to some object of desire (bhoga, lābha, kāmaguṇe …

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

to seek, to search for, to wish for, strive after Dhp.146 (gavessatha), Dhp.153; Thag.183; Cnd.2, Cnd.70, Cnd.427; Ja.i.4, Ja.i.61; Mil.326; Pv-a.187, Pv-a.202 (aor. gavesi = vicini); Bdhd 53 In Nd …

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

Gaṇin¹

adjective one who has a host of followers, epithet of a teacher who has a large attendance of disciples; usually in standing combination sanghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo (see above) Also in f …

˚Gha

adjective suffix to ghan killing, destroying, see hanati
■ iṇagha at Snp.246 is variant reading SS for iṇaghāta. Cp. paṭi & see also ghana² & ghāta.

destruction (usually -˚) DN.iii.67 (mūla˚); Ja.i.176 (sakuṇa˚).

fr. hanati, han and ghan

1. to be connected or continued Dhp-a.i.46 (paveṇī na gh.), Dhp-a.i.174.
2. to be obstructed Cnd.102 (= virujjhati, paṭihaññati).

Pass. of ghaṭeti

1. combining, putting together, combination, composition Ja.i.220; Pv-a.312, etc.
2. striking, fig. insulting (ghaṭṭana = āsajjana) Vv-a.55. To meaning “strike” cp. saṃghaṭṭana.

Sk. ghaṭana, to *gr …

Ghāyati¹

to smell, always with gandhaṃ; ger. ghātvā SN.iv.71, SN.iv.74 or ghāyitvā Ja.i.210 (jālagandhaṃ); Ja.iii.52 (macchagandhaṃ); Mil.347. Cp. sāyati & upagghāyati.

Sk. ghrāti & jighr …

I.

(sg.) heat, in special application to the atmosphere: hot part (of the day or year), hot season, summer; a summer month. Always used in loc. as a designation of time.

1. of the day: Vv-a …

adjective noun of summer, summerly, the summer season AN.iv.138 (+ hemanta & vassa); Snp.233 (gimhānamāse); Vv-a.40 (variant reading). On terms for seasons in gen. cp. Mil trsl. ii.113.

orig. gen …

(poet.) fire AN.iii.347 (mahāgini); Snp.18 Snp.19 (āhito → nibbuto: made → extinguished); Ja.iv.26. Note. The occurrence of two phonetic representatives of one Vedic form (one by diaeresis & one by …

utterance (orig. song, important utterance still felt as such in older Pāli, therefore mostly poetical), speech, words DN.iii.174; Snp.350, Snp.632, Snp.690 Snp.1132; Dhp.408; Thig.316, Thig.402; Vv.5 …

…connected by family ties (ñāti˚ +) Cnd.455;

• -rakkhita protected by a (good) name Snp.315; Vv-a.72; *…

1. as pp. guarded, protected
   1. lit nagaraṃ guttaṃ a well-guarded city Dhp.315 = Thag.653 Thag.1005; Devinda˚ protected by the Lord of gods Vv.30#8-
   2. fig. (med.) guarded, watchful, constrain …

Gādha¹

depth; a hole, a dugout AN.ii.107 = Pp.43 (cp. Pp-a 225); Sdhp.394 (˚ṃ khaṇati). Cp. gāḷha².

Sk. gāḷha pp. of gāh, see gāhati

Gādha²

…

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

[cp. Sk. gaurava, fr. garu] reverence, respect, esteem; with loc. respect for reverence towards; in the set of six venerable objects Buddhe [Satthari], Dhamme, Sanghe, sikkhāya, appamāde paṭisanthāre …

excrements, faeces, dung. As food for Petas frequently mentioned in Pv; (cp. Stede, Peta Vatthu 24 sq.), as a decoction of dung also used for medicinal purposes (Vin.i.206 e.g.). Often combination w …

killing, striking, injuring Mhvs.3, Mhvs.42.

fr. hanati

Hanati¹ & hanti

1. to strike, to thresh SN.iv.201; Ja.iv.102
2. to kill DN.i.123; AN.iv.97 (asinā hanti attānaṃ); Snp.125; Dhp.405; maggaṃ˚; to slay travellers on the road Ja.i.274; Ja.ii …

easing oneself, emptying of the bowels; su˚ a good (i.e. modest) performance of bodily evacuation, i.e. modesty Ja.i.421.

pp. of hanati²

striker, one who kills DN.i.56; AN.ii.116 sq.; AN.iii.161 sq.; SN.i.85; Dhp.389.

n. ag. fr. hanati

1. hand DN.i.124; AN.i.47; Snp.610; Ja.vi.40
   ■ forearm Vin.iv.221; of animals SN.v.148; Ja.i.149; -pāda hand and foot MN.i.523; AN.i.47; Ja.ii.117; Pv-a.241; Dhp-a.iv.7. sahassa˚; thousand …

Haññati & hañchati

see hanati.

indeclinable if Kv.1. Hannati & hanchati;

haṃ + ci

Haññati & hañchati

see hanati.

indeclinable an exclamation “I say, hey, hallo, look here!” Vv.50#8 (= nipāta Vv-a.212); Ja.v.422; Vv-a.77. Sometimes as han ti, e.g. Ja.v.203; Dhp-a.iii.108. See also handa & hambho. In combin …

to send; only in cpd. pahiṇati.

hi, hinoti

Hāsu˚

of uncertain origin occurs with hāsa˚; in combination with -pañña and is customarily taken in meaning “of bright knowledge” (i.e. hāsa + paññā), wise, clever The syn. javana-pañña poin …

1. inferior, low; poor, miserable; vile, base, abject, contemptible, despicable Vin.i.10; DN.i.82 DN.i.98; SN.ii.154 (hīnaṃ dhātuṃ paṭicca uppajjati hīnā saññā); SN.iii.47; SN.iv.88, SN.iv.309 (citta …

wished, desired, longed for Ja.i.208; Dhs-a.364; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.53, Pv-a.64 (read anicchita for anijjhiṭṭha which may be a contamination of icchita & iṭṭha), Pv-a.113, Pv-a.127 (twice).

pp. of icchati

Ida & Idaṃ

indeclinable emphatic demonstr. adv. in local, temporal & modal function, as

1. in this, here: idappaccayatā having its foundation in this, i.e. causally connec …

Ida & Idaṃ

indeclinable emphatic demonstr. adv. in local, temporal & modal function, as

1. in this, here: idappaccayatā having its foundation in this, i.e. causally connec …

There is no single word in English for Iddhi, as the idea is unknown in Europe. The main sense seems to be ʻpotency’.

1. Pre-Buddhistic; the Iddhi of a layman The four Iddhis of a king are personal …

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

…bhātu˚, bhaginī˚ ñāti˚, gotta˚, dhamma˚, sarakkhā, saparidaṇḍā; see Vin.iii.139 for expl^n. SN.i.38 (malaṃ…

…bhātu˚, bhaginī˚ ñāti˚, gotta˚, dhamma˚, sarakkhā, saparidaṇḍā; see Vin.iii.139 for expl^n. SN.i.38 (malaṃ…

(-˚) born, produced, sprung or arisen from. Freq. in compounds: atta˚, ito˚, eka˚, kuto˚, khandha˚, jala˚ daratha˚, dāru˚, di˚, puthuj˚, pubba˚, yoni˚, vāri˚ saha˚, sineha˚.

adj
■ suffix from *jan …

birth, descent, rank Snp.1018.

to janati

birth, descent, rank Snp.1018.

to janati

creature, living being:

1. sg. an individual, a creature person, man Snp.121, Snp.676, Snp.807, Snp.1023 (sabba everybody) Usually collectively: people, they, one (= Fr. on), with pl. of verb Dhp.249 …

1. producing, production Vism.369; adj. (-˚) producing: pasāda˚ Mhvs.i.4 (= ˚kāraka); a species of karma Vism.601; Cpd. 144 (A.i).
2. n. f -ikā genetrix, mother Ja.i.16; Dhs.1059≈(where it repre …

adjective producing, causing (-˚) Iti.84 (anattha˚ dosa); Ja.iv.141; Dpvs.i.2; Dhs-a.258 Dhtp.428
■ f. jananī Pv-a.1 (saṃvega˚ dẹsanā); mother (cp. janettī) Ja.iv.175; Pv-a.7 …

…jantu jamma, jāta, jāti ñāti, etc.

Sk. janati (trs.) & jāyate (intrs.); *gene & *gné to (be able to) produce; Gr. γίγνομαι…

collection of people (“mankind”), congregation, gathering; people, folk DN.i.151 (= DN-a.i.310, correct jananā), DN.i.206; Vin.ii.128 = MN.ii.93 (pacchimā); AN.i.61 (id.); AN.iii.251 (id.); Iti.33; J …

Jantu¹

a creature, living being, man, person SN.i.48; AN.iv.227; Snp.586, Snp.773 sq., Snp.808 , Snp.1103; Cnd.249 (= satta, nara, puggala); Dhp.105, Dhp.176 Dhp.341, Dhp.395; Ja.i.202; Ja …

Vedic ju javate intr. to hurry, junāti trs. to incite, urge: to run, hurry, hasten SN.i.33; Ja.iv.213; Dāvs v.24; Dhs-a.265, pp. jūta.

(jeti, jināti) to conquer, surpass; to pillage, rob, to overpower, to defeat
pres [jayati] jeti Ja.ii.3; jināti Snp.439; Dhp.354; Ja.i.289; Ja.iv.71
pot jeyya …

adjective better (than others), best first, supreme; first-born; elder brother or sister, elder eldest DN.ii.15 (aggo jeṭṭho seṭṭho = the first, foremost & best of all); AN.i.108; AN.ii.87; AN.iii.15 …

Jhāna¹

neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …

Err:501

adjective illuminating, making light; explaining Ja.ii.420; Dpvs.xiv.50; Mil.343 (= lamp-lighter)
■ f. -ikā explanation, commentary, Name of several Commentaries, e.g. the Paramatthajotikā on th …

jotanā (f.) illumination, explanation Ja.vi.542; Pts.ii.112; Vv-a.17 (˚nā).

cp. Sk. dyotana

splendour, brightness, effulgence, light Ja.ii.353; Pv-a.122, Pv-a.137, Pv-a.198. The spelling juti at MN.i.328 (in combination gati + juti) seems to be faulty for cuti (so as variant reading give …

keeping awake, watchfulness, vigilance, esp. in the sense of being cautious of the dangers that are likely to befall one who strives after perfection. Therefore freq. in combination “indriyesu guttadv …

adjective knowing or knowable, understandable Ja.iii.24 (= jānamāna). dujjāna difficult to understand DN.i.170, DN.i.187; MN.i.487; MN.ii.43. su˚ recognizable, intelligible Pv.i …

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

1. As adj. n.un
   1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

(jāyate) to be born, to be produced, to arise, to be reborn.
pres 3rd pl. jāyare Ja.iii.459; Ja.iv.53; Mil.337;
ppr jāyanto Snp.208;
aor jāyi Ja.iii.391;
inf jātum Ja.i.374
■ *[jāyati](/defi …

living, livelihood SN.iii.93; AN.v.87, AN.v.210; Ja.iv.459; Mil.122; Snp-a.466. Freq. in combination ˚ṃ kappeti to find or get one’s living: Ja.ii.209; Pv-a.40, etc.; ˚kappaka finding one’s liveliho …

adjective always in combination with āhāra, food “made into a ball,” i.e. eatable, material food, as one of the 4 kinds of food (see stock phrase k˚ āhāro oḷāriko vā sukhumo vā… at …

1. sweepings, dust, rubbish (usually in combination with chaḍḍeti and sammajjati) Ja.i.292 Ja.iii.163; Ja.iv.300; Vism.70; DN-a.i.7; Dhp-a.i.52; Snp-a. …

1. the unlucky die (see akkha); “the dice were seeds of a tree called the vibhītaka… An extra seed was called the kali” (Dial. ii.368 n. DN.ii.349; Ja.i.380; Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

Kanta¹

1. (adj.) in special sense an attribute of worldly pleasure (cp. kāma kāmaguṇā): pleasant, lovely, enjoyable; freq. in form iṭṭhā kantā manāpā, referring to the pleasures of the sens …

monkey (freq. in similes) Snp.791; Thag.1080; Ja.i.170; Ja.iii.148, cp. kavi.

• -kacchu the plant Mucuna pruritus Pv.ii.3#10; ˚phala its fruit Pv-a.86;
• *-[citta](/define/ci …

1. adj. (f. ī) (-˚) doing, making, causing, producing; as cakkhu˚ ñāṇa˚ (leading to clear knowledge) SN.iv.331; SN.v.97; Iti.83; and acakkhu etc. SN.v.97; nāthā ˚ā dhammā AN.v.23 (cp. AN.v.89) and th …

1. (f.) pity compassion. Karuṇā is one of the 4 qualities of character significant of a human being who has attained enfranchisement of heart (ceto-vimutti) in the 4 sentiments viz. mettā k.˚ upekhā …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

adjective lit. knowing, i.e. acknowledging what has been done (to one), i.e. grateful often in combination with katavedin grateful and mindful of benefits SN.ii.272; AN.i.87 = P …

gratefulness (defined at Kp-a.144 as katassa jānanatā) Snp.265; Ja.i.122 (T. ˚nā variant reading ˚tā); Ja.iii.25; Pv.ii.9#7; Vv-a.63; Sdhp.497, Sdhp.540. In combination with *[kataveditā](/define/ka …

, always in combination pād’odaka pāda-pīṭha pāda-k˚: either a cloth to wipe the feet with after washing them, or a footstool Vin.i.9, Vin.i.47 Vin.ii.22 sq., Vin.ii.210, Vin.ii.216. At Vv-a.8 …

1. talk talking, conversation AN.i.130; Pv-a.39. So in antarā˚ DN.i.179; Snp.p.107, Snp.p.115; cp. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna˚; low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a b …

(& -kattika) Name of a month (Oct
■ Nov.), during which the full moon is near the constellation of Pleiades It is the last month of the rainy season, terminating on the full moon day of Kattikā ( …

to buy; Inf. ketuṃ Ja.iii.282; cp. kiṇāti.

krī, perhaps connected with kṛ

young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl Pv.i.11#1
■ As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya-kaññā vā… pannarasa-vassuddesikā vā solasa-vassuddesikā vā… MN.i.88; in combination khattiya-kaññā, brāhm …

1. doubt, uncertainty SN.i.181; SN.iii.203 (dukkhe k. etc.; cp. Cnd.1); Snp.541, Snp.1149; ˚ṃ vinayati Snp.58, Snp.559, Snp.1025; k. pahīyati Pts.ii.62; combined with vimati: DN.i. …

porridge of broken rice, eaten together with sour gruel (bilanga-dutiya; always in this combination except at Ja.v.230) Vin.ii.77 (cp. Vin. Texts iii.9) SN.i.90, SN.i.91; AN.i.145; AN.iv.392; Ja.i. …

Kaṭa¹

a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.

• -sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine Dhs-a.78.
• -sāra (Dhp-a.i.268) & *[sāraka](/define/sāraka …

ladle, a spoon; explained by uḷunka Dhp-a.iv.75, Dhp-a.iv.123; by dabbi Pv-a.135. Used for butter Vv-a.68, otherwise for cooked food in general, esp. rice gruel
■ Vin.ii.216; Ja.i.454; Ja.iii.27 …

cemetery; only in phrase kaṭasiṃ vaḍḍheti “to increase the cemetery” referring to dying and being buried repeatedly in the course of numerous rebirths, explained by susāna & āḷāhana Thag-a.291-vaḍ …

gravel, pebble, potsherd Ja.iii.225; Ja.v.417; Vv-a.157; combined with sakkhara at DN.i.84 = AN.i.9, and in simile at AN.i.253. As f. combined with kaṭṭha at …

adjective (a) patient, forgiving. (b) enduring, bearing, hardened to (frost & heat, e.g.), fit for.

1. kh. belongs to the lovable attributes of a bhikkhu (kh. rūpānaṃ, saddānaṃ, etc.; indulgent as re …

1. to prop, to support Thig.28 (but expl. at Thag-a.35 by vi˚, obstruct)
2. to obstruct, to put out, in pp khambhita (= vi˚) Cnd.220, where it explains khitta. ger. khambhiya: see *vi*˚ …

see khaṇati.

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

Khata¹

dug up, uprooted, fig. one whose foundation (of salvation) has been cut off; in combination with upahata DN.i.86 (= DN-a.i.237); khataṃ upahataṃ attānaṃ pariharati “he keeps himsel …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

Khaṇa¹

1. (m.) a (short), moment, wink of time; in phrase khaṇen’ eva “in no time” Pv-a.38 Pv-a.117; Sdhp.584 (etc.). Sdhp.584; khaṇo ve mā upaccagā “let not the slightest time be wasted …

1. to dig (? better “destroy”; cp. Kern

   Toevoegselen

   s. v.), dig out uproot Dhp.247, Dhp.337; Snp.p.101; Ja.ii.295; Ja.iv.371, Ja.iv.373 Sdhp.394. Also khanati & cp.; *[ …

waste or fallow land AN.iii.248; fig. barrenness of mind, mental obstruction. There are five ceto-khilā enumerated in detail at MN.i.101 = AN.iv.460; DN.iii.238 (see under ceto); …

sneezing expectoration Pv.ii.2#3 (expl. Pv-a.80: mukhato nikkhantamala); Dhp-a.i.314 (˚roga + kāsa, coughing).

• -sadda the sound of expectorations DN.i.50; Dhp-a.i.250.

pp. …

adjective

1. humpbacked Ja.v.426 (+ piṭhasappī); DN-a.i.148 (in combination with vāmana kirāta); f. Dhp-a.i.194, Dhp-a.i.226.
2. small, inferior, in kh˚-rājā a smaller, subordinate king Sdhp.453 …

hard or solid food, opp. to and freq. combined with bhojaniya (q.v.). So at DN.ii.127; Ja.i.90, Ja.i.235; Ja.iii.127; Snp.p.110; Mil.9, Mil.11
■ Also in combination anna, pāna …

any alkaline substance, potash, lye. In combination with ūsa (salt earth) at SN.iii.131 (-gandha) AN.i.209
■ Used as a caustic Pv.iii.10#2; Sdhp.281. See also chārikā.

• -āpatacchika a means of …

stump (of a tree), a stake. Often used in description of uneven roads; together with kaṇṭaka thorns AN.i.35; AN.iii.389; Vism.261 (˚paharaṇ’ aggi), Vism.342 (˚magga); Snp-a.334 …

(a.) in combination with pācittiya a “falling away” offence (legal term denoting the falling away from a consent once given) (see khīya) Vin.ii.94 Vin.ii.100; …

to be exhausted, to waste away, to become dejected, to fall away from Vin.iv.152; Ja.i.290 (dhạna); Pv.ii.9#42; Pv.ii.11#2; Pts.i.94, Pts.i.96 Pts.ii.31 (āsavā); Bdhd 80
ppr khīyamāna Snp.434 Bdhd 1 …

to scorn, deride, only in combination hīḷita khīḷita garahita (pp.) Mil.229, Mil.288; cp. khīḷana.

to kīḷ or to khila?

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

Kilāsika & ˚iya

adjective afflicted with a cutaneous disease, a leper, in same combination as kilāsa, Vin.i.93 Kv.31 (˚iya).

fr. last

Kilāsika & ˚iya

adjective afflicted with a cutaneous disease, a leper, in same combination as kilāsa, Vin.i.93 Kv.31 (˚iya).

fr. last

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Kitava & kitavā

one who plays false; a cheat; adj. deceitful SN.i.24; Ja.v.116; Ja.v.117 (a˚)
■ kitavā at Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii.375) in combination with saṭha also at Ja.vi.228, …

Kitava & kitavā

one who plays false; a cheat; adj. deceitful SN.i.24; Ja.v.116; Ja.v.117 (a˚)
■ kitavā at Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii.375) in combination with saṭha also at Ja.vi.228, …

filament, esp. of the lotus SN.iii.130; Ja.i.60, Ja.i.183; Ja.v.39; Vv.22#1
■ vāri˚ Pv.ii.1#20 (= kesara Pv-a.77) in combination with kesara Vv-a.12, Vv-a.111, Vv-a.175.

cp. Sk. kiñjalka & rema …

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 …

to buy Vism.318; pot. kiṇe Ja.v.375; ger. kiṇitvā MN.i.384; Ja.i.92, Ja.i.94; inf. kiṇituṃ Ja.iii.282.

krī Vedic kriṇāti

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

anger. Nearest synonyms are āghāta (Dhs.1060 = Cnd.576 both expositions also of dosa), upanāha (always in chain rāga, dosa, moha, kodha, upanāha) and *[dhūma]( …

adjective usually in combination with upanāhin, e.g. Vin.ii.89; DN.iii.45, DN.iii.246; AN.v.156, cp. Snp.116; SN.ii.206 Pp.18
■ k˚ kodhābhibhūta AN.iv.94 sq.; k˚ kodhavinayassa na vaṇṇavādī AN.v.165 …

1. (nt.) excitement, tumult, festival, fair Dāvs ii.80 esp. in -maṅgalaṃ paccāgacchati he visits the fair or show of… MN.i.265; AN.iii.439; -maṅgalika celebrating feasts, festive AN.iii.206; Ja. …

Koñca¹

the heron, often in combⁿ with mayūra (peacock): Thag.1113; Vv.11#1, Vv.35#8 Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.272; or with haṃsa Pv.ii.12#3
■ Explained as sārasa Vv- …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

spade or a hoe (kanda-mūla-phalagahaṇ’atthaṃ DN-a.i.269) Vin.iii.144; Ja.v.45; Dhp-a.iv.218 Often in combination kuddāla-piṭaka “hoe and basket DN.i.101; SN.ii.88; SN.v.53; AN.i.204; AN.ii.199; …

1. deceit, fraud, hypocrisy, usually in combination kuhana-lapana “deceit and talking-over” = deceitful talk DN.i.8; AN.iii.430; DN-a.i.92; Mil.383; Nd ii.on avajja
   ■ MN.i.465 = Iti.28, Iti.29 …

1. bad doing, misconduct, bad character. Def. kucchitaṃ kataṃ kukataṃ tassa bhāvo kukkuccaṃ Vism.470 & Bdhd 24
   ■ Various explanations in Nd ii.on Snp.1106 = Dhs.1160, in its literal sense it is b …

…2 kinds of kulāni, viz. ñātikulaṃ & upaṭṭhāka-kulaṃ.
■ AN.ii.249 (on welfare and ill-luck of clans); Snp.144; Snp.711;…

vulture, hawk, falcon, either in combination with kāka or gijjha, or both. Kāka + k˚ Vin.iv.40; Snp.675 (= Snp-a.250); gijjha + k˚ Pv-a.198; gijjhā kākā k Vin.iii.106; kākā k˚ gi …

crate, basket work, a kind of raft, a little basket Ja.vi.64.

• -vihāra (adj.) the state of being like one who has found a raft (?) Vin.ii.304 (cp. Bdhgh uttānavihāra ibid. p. 33 …

1. a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …

junket, usually with odana, boiled rice. In formula of kāya (cātummahābhūtika etc., see kāya) DN.i.76 = MN.ii.17 and ≈; in enum. of material food (kabaḷinkārâhāra) …

young boy, son Snp.685 sq. (kuhiṃ kumāro aham api daṭthukāmo: w. ref. to the child Gotama); Pv.iii.5#2; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.41 (= māṇava) daharo kumāro MN.ii.24, MN.ii.44
■ a son of (-˚) rāja˚ Pv-a.16 …

only in combination kuntha-kipillaka (or ˚ikā) a sort of ant Ja.i.439; Ja.iv.142; Snp.602 (˚ika); Vism.408; Kp-a.189. Cp. kimi.

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

adjective

1. having kāma, i.e. enjoying pleasure, gratifying one’s own desires in kāma-kāmin realizing all wishes; attr. of beings in one of the Sugatis the blissful states, of Yakkhas, Devas or D …

and Kātu˚; (in compound with kāma) inf. of karoti.

• -kāma desirous of doing or making, etc. Mhvs.37#34 (a˚) Pv-a.115;
• -kāmatā the desire to do, etc. Ja.i …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

bought Ja.i.224 (˚dāsa a bought slave), Ja.ii.185.

pp. of kiṇāti

general term for insect Dhp-a.i.187; usually in combination with paṭanga, beetle (moth? MN.iii.168 (with puḷava); Snp.602; Ja.vi.208; Mil.272 (˚vaṇṇa); Pv-a.67; Vism.115. kīṭa at J …

Kūṭa¹

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

fraud, deceit, in combination with sāṭheyya vankeyya MN.i.340; AN.v.167.

der. fr. *kūṭya of kūṭa¹, cp. in formation sāṭheyya

(having) obtained, taken, received Snp.106, Snp.239; Ja.v.171; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.133 (kiñci laddhaṃ); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.37 (kaññā laddhā); Pv-a.5
■ laddhatvaṃ at Ja.iv.406 is to be corrected to uddhatvā …

cutting, reaping Mil.360.

fr. lunāti

Caus. of lunāti (q.v.).

to cut, cut off, mow, reap Mil.33 (yavalāvakā yavaṃ lunanti); Dhs-a.39
pp lūna (& luta); -Caus I. lāvayati Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30; Caus. ii. lavāpeti to cause to mow Vin.ii.180 …

seems to be a legitimate spelling representing either lutta or lūna, in meaning “cut, cut off”. Thus at SN.i.5 (nalo va harito luto), SN.i.126 = Ja.vi.25; and at S …

plucked, pulled Mil.240 (i.e. combed, of wool; Rh. D. trsl^s “pressed”; Nyānatiloka “cut”); Pv-a.47 (vilūna-kesa +).

pp. of luñcati

Lāja & Lājā

feminine

1. fried grain, parched corn: occurring only in combination madhu-lāja fried grain with honey, sweet corn Ja.iii.538; Ja.iv.214, Ja.iv.281.
2. the flower of Dalbergia arborea …

Lāja & Lājā

feminine

1. fried grain, parched corn: occurring only in combination madhu-lāja fried grain with honey, sweet corn Ja.iii.538; Ja.iv.214, Ja.iv.281.
2. the flower of Dalbergia arborea …

Lāvati & Lāveti

to cut, to mow Pv-a.40 (lāvitvā), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30 (lāvayati).

the latter the usual form, as Caus. of lunāti. lāvati is the simple Pāli formation fr. lū Another Caus. ii. is *lavā …

Lāvati & Lāveti

to cut, to mow Pv-a.40 (lāvitvā), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30 (lāvayati).

the latter the usual form, as Caus. of lunāti. lāvati is the simple Pāli formation fr. lū Another Caus. ii. is *lavā …

to cut (off), mow, reap; ger. lāyitvā AN.iii.365; Ja.i.215; Ja.iii.226; Vin.iii.64; Pv.i.8#1 (= lāvitvā Pv-a.40)
pp lāyita.

for. *lāvati, lū, for which …

grace, ease, charm adroitness; always used with ref. to the Buddha (Buddhalīḷhā), e.g. Ja.i.155; Dhp-a.i.33; Dhp-a.iii.79. So in phrase Buddhalīḷhāya dhammaṃ deseti “to expound the doctrine with …

cut, mowed, reaped Thig.107 (˚kesī); Ja.ii.365; Dāvs i.32. Cp. vi˚.

pp. of lunāti

Pass. of lunāti (q.v.).

1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc. MN.i.355 = AN.ii.40 = Mnd.496 = Cnd.540 = Pp.21 = Dhs.1346, Dhs.1348. The comm …

1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

adjective (-˚) lying or being in the midst of…, in pācīna-yava˚ (dakkhiṇa˚, pacchima˚ uttara˚) nigama, a market-place lying in the midst of the eastern corn-fields (the southern etc.): designation …

certain kind of plant Vin.i.196 (variant reading majjāru); doubtful whether designation (like Sk. mārjāra) of Plumbago rosea.

etym. doubtful

wrestler Vin.ii.105 (˚muṭṭhika) Ja.iv.81 (two, named Cānura and Muṭṭhika “fister”); Vism.31 (muṭṭhika + i.e. boxing & wrestling as amusements: see mada 1) Perhaps as “porter” Bdhgh …

selfish attachment, self-interest, selfishness Pv-a.230 In canonic books only in combination with ahaṅkāra mān’ ānusaya; (belief in an ego and bias of conceit) e.g. at MN.iii.18, MN.iii.32; SN.iii …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

to think, discern, understand Dhs-a.123.

Med. form of maññati

adjective pleasing, pleasant, charming Snp.22, Snp.759; Dhp.339 (˚ssavana); Vv-a.71; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.9. Often in combination piya manāpa, e.g. DN.ii.19 DN.iii.167; Ja.ii.155; Ja.iv.132
■ Opp. a˚ …

to crush, destroy; only in Commentator’s fanciful etymological analysis of veramaṇī at Dhs-a.218 (veraṃ manāti (sic.) vināsetī ti v. and Kp-a.24 (veraṃ maṇātī ti v., veraṃ paja …

to die
pres marati Mvu v. spur. after 5, 27; 36, 83;
pot mareyyaṃ Ja.vi.498; 2^nd mareyyāsi Ja.iii.276.
ppr maramāna Mhvs.36, Mhvs.76
ao …

precious stone, cat’s eye; also called kabara-maṇi (e.g. Vv-a.304). It occurs in stereotyped enumⁿ of gems at Vin.ii.238 (where it is said to be found in the Ocean) = Mil.267; and at Mi …

Mata¹

thought, understood, considered (as = -˚), only late in use Vb.2 (hīna˚ paṇīta˚, doubtful reading); Sdhp.55; Mhvs.25, Mhvs.55 (tassā matena according to her opinion); Mhvs.25, Mhvs. …

1. clay Ja.vi.372; Mhvs.29, Mhvs.5 sq
   ■ tamba˚; red clay Dhp-a.iv.106; Pv-a.191. mattikā pl. kinds of clay (used in cosmetics, like Fuller’s earth) Ja.v.89 (nānā-cunṇāni …

1. to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …

illusion, imagination MN.i.486. Nine maññitāni (the same list is applied to the phanditāni, the papañcitāni & sankhatāni) at Vb.390: asmi, ayam aham asmi, bhavissaṃ, na bhavissaṃ rūpī bhavissaṃ, arū …

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

is given as root in meaning “hiṃsana,” to hurt at Dhtm.536 (with var. v.v ll.), not sure.

does it refer to mī² as in mināti², or to middha?

Mināti¹

to measure Vb-a.108 (see etym. of mitta); Pot. mine Ja.v.468 (= mineyya C.) fut. minissati Sdhp.585. ger. minitvā Vism.72; grd minitabba Ja.v.90
pass *[mīyati](/define/m …

mixing, mixture, combination with (-˚) Tikp.291.

abstr. fr. missaka

measured, in measure DN.i.54 (doṇa˚ a doṇa measure full); Snp.300 (bhāgaso m. measured in harmonious proportions, i.e. stately); Pv.i.10#13 (id.) Ja.iii.541
■ amita unlimited, wit …

…amaccā colleagues and ñāti-sālohita˚; blood-relations, in ster phrase at Vin.ii.126; AN.i.222; Snp.p.104; Pv-a.28; cp…

Miyyati & Mīyati

to die

1. miyyati: Snp.804; Ne.23. med. 3^rd pl. miyyare Snp.575; pot. miyye Ja.vi.498; ppr. miyyamāna MN.iii.246 Vism.49; fut. miyyissati MN. …

stupidity, dullness of mind & soul, delusion bewilderment, infatuation DN.iii.146, DN.iii.175, DN.iii.182, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.270; Vin.iv.144, Vin.iv.145; Snp.56, Snp.74, Snp.160, Snp.638, Snp.847; Vb …

or ˚ā feminine tumbling, turning somersaults, an acrobatic feat; in list of forbidden amusements at DN.i.6 (cp. DN-a.i.86; samparivattaka-kīḷanaṃ, i.e. playing with something that rolls along, conti …

pea-hen a peacock Ja.ii.275 (˚upasevin, see C. on this passage), Ja.vi.218, Ja.vi.497; Pv-a.142; Dhp-a.i.394. A peacock’s tail (sometimes used as a fan) is denoted in var. terms in compounds, as *m …

one who feels (or senses) that which can be felt (or sensed), in phrase “mutaṃ na maññati motabbaṃ (so read) na maññati motāraṃ” he does not identify what is sensed with that which is not sensed nor …

kind of kidney-bean, Phaseolus mungo, freq. combined with māsa² (q.v.). On its size (larger than sāsapa smaller than kalāya) see AN.v.170 & cp. kalāya
■ DN.ii.293; MN.i.57 (+ māsa); S …

fathoming, recognising, knowing; a C. word to explain “muni,” used by Dhpāla at Vv-a.114 (mahā-isibhūtaṃ… mahanten’ eva ñāṇena munanato paricchindanato mahā muniṃ), & Vv-a.231 (anavasesassa ñeyyass …

holy man, a sage, wise man.

I

The term which was specialised in Brahmanism has acquired a general meaning in Buddhism & is applied by the Buddha to any man attaining perfection in self-rest …

to be a wise man or muni, to think, ponder, to know Dhp.269 (yo munāti ubho loke munī tena pavuccati), which is expl^d at Dhp-a.iii.396 as follows: “yo puggalo… tulaṃ āropetvā minanto viya …

adverb falsely, wrongly; uṣually with verbs vadati, bhanati bhāsati & brūti; to speak falsely, to tell a lie
■ AN.i.149 (opp. saccaṃ); Snp.122, Snp.158, Snp.397, Snp.400, Snp.757, Snp.883, Snp.967 …

having forgotten, one who forgets; only in two compounds, viz. -sacca [der. fr. foll. muṭṭha + sati + ya] forgetfulness, lit. forgotten-mindedness, usually combined with asampajañña, DN.iii.213; …

indeclinable prohibition particle: not, do not, let us hope not, I wish that… not [cp Lat. utinam & ne]. Constructed with various tenses e.g.

1. with aor. (prohibitive tense): mā evaṃ akattha do …

1. pride, conceit, arrogance (cittassa uṇṇati Mnd.80; Vb.350). Māna is one of the Saññojanas It is one of the principal obstacles to Arahantship A detailed analysis of māna in tenfold aspect is give …

1. to build, construct SN.ii.106 (nagaraṃ); Mhvs.6, Mhvs.35 (id.); Vv.84#53; Vv-a.260.
2. to create, bring about make or cause to appear by supernatural power (in folkoristic literature, cp. nimmināt …

Māsa¹

a month, as the 12^th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, S …

mother
■ Cases: nom. sg mātā Snp.296; Dhp.43; Ja.iv.463; Ja.v.83; Ja.vi.117; Cnd.504 (def. as janikā); gen. mātu Thag.473; Vin.i.17; Ja.i.52 mātuyā Ja.i.53; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.80; Pv-a.31; and * …

Miyyati & Mīyati

to die

1. miyyati: Snp.804; Ne.23. med. 3^rd pl. miyyare Snp.575; pot. miyye Ja.vi.498; ppr. miyyamāna MN.iii.246 Vism.49; fut. miyyissati MN. …

adj. nt.

1. (adj.)
   1. (-˚) being caused by, having its reason through or from, conditioned by originating in Vb.390 (taṇhā˚ dhammā); Tikp.233 sq. Tikp.252 sq., Tikp.288 sq. & passim; Vb-a.200 sq …

(rarely nhāyati) to bathe (trs. & intr.), to wash, to perform an ablution (esp. at the end of religious studentship or after the lapse of a lustrative period) Vin.ii.280; Ja.i.265; Ja.vi.336; Pv-a. …

shred rag, worn-out cloth, usually explained by jiṇṇapilotika (Ja.iii.22) or khaṇḍabhūtā pilotikā (Pv-a.185) or pilotika only (Vv-a.311)
■ SN.v.342; AN.iii.187; AN.iv.376 (˚vāsin as variant readi …

adjective noun “leading”; usually m: way (fig.), method, plan, manner; inference; sense, meaning (in grammar); behaviour, conduct AN.ii.193 = Cnd.151 (˚hetu through inference); Ne.2 (method), Ne.4 (id …

prudence, discrimination, carefulness; usually as sati˚; SN.v.197 sq.; MN.i.356; AN.iii.11 AN.iv.15; Cnd.629 B; Vb.244, Vb.249; Vism.3 (= paññā) Dhp-a.iv.29.

fr. nipaka

Ni˚

Nearly all (ultimately prob. all) words under this heading are compounds with the pref. ni.

A. Forms

1. Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …

adjective piercing, sharp, penetrating, discriminating; only in f. nibbedhikā (cp. āvedhikā), applied to paññā (wisdom) DN.iii.237, DN.iii.268; SN.v.197, SN.v.199; MN.i.356; AN.i. …

unwinding, fig. explanation Mil.28.

Sk. nirveṣṭana, nis + veṭhana

to get wearied of (c. loc.); to have enough of, be satiated, turn away from, to be disgusted with. In two roots:

1. vind: prs. nibbindati etc. usually in combination with virajjati & vimuccati; ( …

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …

emanation, sending out, expansion, efflux Vism.303.

fr. niccharati

discrimination, conviction, certainty; resolution, determination Ja.i.441 (˚mitta a firm friend); Dhs-a.133 (adhimokkha = its paccupaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.60 (daḷha˚ adj. of firm resolution). See vi˚.

Sk. …

to discriminate, consider, investigate, ascertain; pot. niccheyya Snp.785 (explained by nicchinitvā vinicchinitvā etc. Mnd.76) Dhp.256 (gloss K vinicchaye)
pp nicchita.

Sk. …

adjective determined, convinced Mhvs.7, Mhvs.19.

Sk. niścita, nis + cita, see nicchināti

(& variant reading; nicchādeti) to shake or throw about, only in phrase odhunāti nidhunāti nicchodeti at SN.iii.155 = MN.i.229 MN.i.374 = AN.iii.365, where S has correct read …

having no hunger, being without cravings, stilled, satisfied. Epithet of an Arahant always in combination with nibbuta or parinibbuta: SN.iii.26 (tanhaṃ a …

adjective heaped up, full, thick, massed, dense Thig.480 (of hair); Pv-a.221 (ussanna uparûpari nicita, of Niraya).

Sk. nicita, ni + cita, of nicināti

1. description, attribute, distinction Pv-a.7 (ukkaṭṭha˚) -vatthu object of distinction or praise DN.iii.253; AN.iv.15 (where reading is niddasa, which also as variant reading …

to shake off SN.iii.155; AN.iii.365 (odhunāti + ; spelt nidhunāti) MN.i.229; Thag.416; Pv-a.256 (= odhunāti).

Sk. nirdhunoti, nis + dhunāti

to throw out, chase away, expel Ja.iv.41 (niddhāpayiṃsu), Ja.iv.48 (? for niddhāmase). pp. niddhāpita.

Sk. nirdhāvayati, nis + dhāveti (dhāpeti), Caus. of dhāvati¹ …

1. (n.) tying down to; ground (lit. or fig.), foundation, occasion source, origin, cause; reason, reference, subject (“sujet”) MN.i.261; AN.i.134 sq.; AN.i.263 sq., AN.i.338; AN.ii.196 AN.iv.128 sq.; …

quotation, explanation, illustration Vism.427 (˚vacana quotation); Pv-a.255 (perhaps we should read niyamana); conclusion, e.g. Paṭṭh.A 366; Vb-a.523.

Sk. nigamana

1. to hold back, restrain Dhp.326; Ja.iv.97; Mil.184; Vism.133
   ■ Opp paggaṇhāti.
2. to rebuke, censure (c. instr.) AN.iii.187; Ja.iii.222; Mil.9 (musāvādena); Dhp-a.i.29. …

Nigha¹

(nīgha) adjective noun is invented by Com. & scholiasts to explain the combⁿ anigha (anīgha sporadic, e.g. SN.v.57). But this should be divided *an-ī …

an explained word or a word explⁿ, vocabulary, gloss, usually in ster. formula marking the accomplishments of a learned Brahmin “sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ… padako” (see detail under keṭubha) …

to be left, to come to ruin, to be destroyed AN.i.126 = Ja.iii.324 (= vināsaṃ pāpuṇāti). pp. nihīna (q.v.).

ni + hīyati, Pass. of hā, see jahāti

Nijjhāyati¹

to meditate, reflect, think SN.iii.140 sq. (+ passati, cp. jānāti), SN.iii.157; MN.i.334 (jhāyati n. apajjhāyati); MN.iii.14 (id.). Cp. upa˚.

Sk. nidhyāyati, ni + jhāyati<su …

1. house, abode Dhp.91 (= ālaya Dhp-a.ii.170).
2. (fig.) company association. (In this sense it seems to be interpreted as belonging to ketu “sign, characteristic, mark,” and niketa-sārin would have …

Nikhanati & Nikhaṇati

to dig into, to bury, to erect, to cover up Vin.ii.116; Vin.iii.78 (akkhiṃ = cover the eye, as a sign); Ja.v.434 = Dhp-a.iv.197 (id.); DN.ii.127 (ṇ); Ja.i.264; Snp-a.519 (ṇ, t …

Nikhanati & Nikhaṇati

to dig into, to bury, to erect, to cover up Vin.ii.116; Vin.iii.78 (akkhiṃ = cover the eye, as a sign); Ja.v.434 = Dhp-a.iv.197 (id.); DN.ii.127 (ṇ); Ja.i.264; Snp-a.519 (ṇ, t …

1. dug, dug out (of a hole), buried (of a body) Snp-a.519.
2. dug in, erected (of a post) Snp.28; Dhp-a.ii.181 (nagara-dvāre n. indakhīla) See also a˚.

pp. of nikhaṇati

“buying off,” redemption Ja.vi.577.

cp. Sk. niṣkraya, nis + kaya cp. nikkiṇāti

putting down, laying down; casting off, discarding, elimination, giving up, renunciation; abstract or summary treatment. Dhs-a.6 344 ‣See under mātikā;
■in grammar pada˚ the setti …

to buy back, to redeem Ja.vi.576, Ja.vi.585; Mil.284.

Sk. niṣkriṇāti, nis + kiṇāti

collection (“body”) assemblage, class, group.

1. generally (always-˚): eka˚; one class of beings Dhs-a.66; tiracchāna˚; the animal kingdom SN.iii.152; deva˚; the assembly of the gods, the g …

to turn round, change to barter, exchange for (c. instr.): pres. imper. niminā Ja.v.343 (= parivattehi Com.); pres. 1st pl. nimimhase Ja.ii.369, pot. nimineyya Ja.iii.63; fut. nimissati Ja.v.2 …

to measure out, fashion, build, construct form; make by miracle, create, compose produce, lay out, plan, aor. nimmini Ja.i.232; Pv-a.245; Dhp-a.iv.67; ger nimminitvā Ja.i.32; Vv-a.80, & *[nimmā …

adjective past participle

measured out, planned, laid out; created (by supernatural power iddhi); measured, stately DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (iddhiyā pi DN-a.i.167), DN.i.219 (Su˚ devaputta. Np.), ibid. (Pa …

Nimmāna¹

neuter measuring; production, creation, work; issara-n-hetu caused by God MN.ii.122; AN.i.173; Vb.367. N- ratī devā a class of devas, e.g. at DN.i.218; Iti.94; Vism.225; DN- …

maker, builder, creator DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (in formula: brahmā… kattā nimmātā…).

Sk. nirmātṛ, n. ag. of nimmināti

1. without distinction or difference, absence of explanation or demonstration Dhs-a.317 (˚ena not figuratively), Dhs-a.403 (˚desanā); Vv-a.320.
2. unchangeable, not to be turned Mil.113, Mil.123 Mi …

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s explⁿ of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

adjective without (outward) support, not relying on (outward) things, without (sinful) inclinations Snp.56 (Cnd.360 b reads nirāsasa), Snp.369, Snp.634, Snp.1090 (Cnd.361 reads nirāsaṃsa); Dhp.410; Dh …

adjective hanging on, dependent on, inhabiting; attached to, supported by, living by means of, relying on, being founded or rooted in, bent on As-˚ often in sense of a prep. = by means of, on account …

to knock down Thig.302 (= pāteti Thag-a.227).

ni + sumbh (subhnāti)

Nitthanati & Nitthunati

to moan, groan:

1. -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
2. -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295, Ja.v.389; Vism.311; Vv-a.224. Cp nitthuna.

Sk. nis …

1. (of thunati¹) moan, groan DN-a.i.291 (as variant reading BB for nitthanana)-
2. (of thunati²) blame, censure, curse Pv-a.76 (˚ṃ karoti to revile or curse).

Sk. *nis-stan …

Nitthunati

etc., see nitthanati etc.

Nitthanati & Nitthunati

to moan, groan:

1. -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
2. -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295, Ja.v.389; Vism.311; Vv-a.224. Cp nitthuna.

Sk. nis …

fixing, settling, definition, explanation in detail Mil.352 (lakkha-n aiming at the target); Vv-a.22 (visesattha˚); Vv-a.231, Pv-a.255 (so read for nigamana?).

Sk. niyamana, to niyameti

1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …

name.

1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
   ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

adjective dark-blue, blue-black blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the “coloured-black,” as opposed to the “colouredwhite” (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set …

Ocināti (ocinati)

1. = Sk. avacinoti, ava + ci¹ to gather, pluck, pick off Dhp-a.i.366; also in pp. ocita.
2. Sk. avacinoti or ˚ciketi ava + ci², cp. ap …

Ocināti (ocinati)

1. = Sk. avacinoti, ava + ci¹ to gather, pluck, pick off Dhp-a.i.366; also in pp. ocita.
2. Sk. avacinoti or ˚ciketi ava + ci², cp. ap …

gathered, picked off Ja.iii.22; Ja.iv.135, Ja.iv.156; Sdhp.387. Ocinati (ocinati)

o + cita, pp. of ocināti¹

to shake off MN.i.229; SN.iii.155; AN.iii.365 (+ niddhunāti); Pv.iv.3#54 (variant reading BB ophun˚, SS otu˚) = Pv-a.256; Vin.ii.317 (Bdhgh. in expl^n. of ogumphetvā of CV. v.11, 6; p. 117 …

to defecate, to empty the bowels Pv-a.268 (+ osajjati).

ava + han, but prob. a new formation from Pass. avahīyati of hā, taking it to han instead …

1. put down into, deposited Dhp.150.
2. put down, laid down, taken off, relieved of, in phrase ohitabhāro (arahaṃ) (a Saint) who has laid down the burden: see arahatta iii. C.; …

Ohīyati & ohiyyati

1. to be left behind, to stay behind Ja.v.340 (avahīyati ohiyyati C.).
2. to stay behind, to fall out (in order to urinate or defecate); ger. ohīyitvā Vin.iv.2 …

Ohīyati & ohiyyati

1. to be left behind, to stay behind Ja.v.340 (avahīyati ohiyyati C.).
2. to stay behind, to fall out (in order to urinate or defecate); ger. ohīyitvā Vin.iv.2 …

…ger. ohāya DN.i.115 (ñāti-sanghaṃ & hirañña-suvaṇṇaṃ) MN.ii.166 (id.); Ja.v.340 (= chaḍḍetvā C.); Pv-a.93 (maṃ). Pass….

to conquer, vanquish, subdue Ja.vi.222 (ojināmase).

Sk. avajayati, ava + ji

Okkamati

lit. to enter, go down into, fall into. fig. to come on, to develop, to appear in (of a subjective state). It is strange that this important word has been so much misunderstood, for the Engl …

also as opuṇāti (Dh) to winnow, sift; fig. lay bare, expose Dhp.252 (= bhusaṃ opuṇanto viya Dhp-a.iii.375); Snp-a.312
caus opunāpeti [cp. BSk. opunāpeti Mvu.iii.178] to caus …

one who kills sheep, a butcher (of sheep) MN.i.343, MN.i.412; SN.ii.256; AN.i.251; AN.ii.207 = Pp.56; Pp.iii.303; Thig.242 (= urabbhaghātaka Thag-a.204) Ja.v.270; Ja.vi.111 (and their punishment in N …

to emit, evacuate Pv-a.268 (vaccaṃ excrement, + ohanati)
pp osaṭṭha.

o + sṛj

1. descent to, i.e. approach to, access, fig. chance, opportunity otāraṃ labhati. Only in the Māra myth. He, the tempter, ʻgets his chance’ to tempt the Buddha or the disciples, MN.i.334; SN.i.122; …

despised Mil.191, Mil.229, Mil.288.

pp. o + jānāti, see also avañāta

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe ordination

1. ordination or admission into the Buddha’s Order in particular: Vin.iii.13; SN.i.16 …

1. (m.) a decline, incline, slope Ja.i.348; adj. (usually -˚) bending inclining, sloping; fig. tending or leading to (cp. E “bearing on”) MN.i.493 (samudda˚); SN.i.110 (id.), SN.v.38, SN.v.216, SN.v. …

1. to make go out or away, drive out, banish, exile DN.i.92 (raṭṭhasmā out of the kingdom; = nīharati DN-a.i.258); MN.ii.122; Dhp.388 (attano malaṃ pabbājayaṃ, tasmā pabbajito ti vuccati) Dhp-a.iv.1 …

see patissuṇāṭi.

imagination Mbhv.27.

cp. late Sk. pratyavekṣā

to come on to, come back to, fig. fall back on, realise, find one’s hold in DN.i.186 (“take for granted,” cp. note Dial. i.252); MN.i.309 (kaṃ hetuṃ), MN.i.445 (id.); SN.i.182 (“believe in,” C. icch …

cut off, skinned Ja.vi.249.

pa + chita, Sk. pracchita, pp. of chā, only in combination with prefixes

see pacinati.

Pacinati & Pacināti

1. to pick, pluck, gather, take up, collect, accumulate SN.iii.89 SN.iv.74 (dukkhaṃ = ācināti p. 73); Dhp.47, Dhp.48 (pupphāni ocinati Dhp-a.i.366); Ja.iii.22; fut. pacinissati Dh …

Pacinati & Pacināti

1. to pick, pluck, gather, take up, collect, accumulate SN.iii.89 SN.iv.74 (dukkhaṃ = ācināti p. 73); Dhp.47, Dhp.48 (pupphāni ocinati Dhp-a.i.366); Ja.iii.22; fut. pacinissati Dh …

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

the lotus Nelumbium speciosum. It is usually mentioned in two varieties, viz. ratta˚; and seta˚; i.e. red and white lotus so at Ja.v.37; Snp-a.125; as ratta˚ at Vv-a.191; Pv-a.157. The latter s …

1. to cleave, break, pierce, destroy, in combination -khandhaṃ padāleti to destroy the great mass of…, e.g. tamo˚ Iti.8 (padālayuṃ); Thig.28 (ger. padāliya = moha˚ padālitvā Thag-a.34); lobha SN.v …

Pahaṃsita¹

struck, beaten (of metal), refined Ja.vi.218 (ukkā-mukha˚), Ja.vi.574 (id.).

pp. of pahaṃsati

Pahaṃsita²

gladdened, delighted, happy Dhp-a.i.230 (˚mukha); Vv-a. …

Pahita¹

resolute, intent, energetic; only in cpd. pahitatta of resolute will (cp. BSk. prahitātman Divy.37) MN.i.114; SN.i.53 (explained by bdhgh with wrong derivation fr. peseti as “pesit …

sweetmeat AN.iii.76 (variant reading pahenaka). See also paheṇaka. The (late) Sk. form is prahelaka.

fr. pahiṇati?

sending, dispatch Dhp-a.ii.243.

fr. pahiṇati

to send; Pres. pahiṇati. Vin.iii.140 sq.; Vin.iv.18; Dhp-a.ii.243; aor. pahiṇi Ja.i.60 (sāsanaṃ); Ja.v.458 (paṇṇāni); Vv-a.67; Dhp-a.i.72 Dhp-a.ii.56, Dhp-a.ii.243; ger. *pahi …

knowledge, understanding, discernment; used in exegetical literature as syn. of paññā Cnd.380 = Dhs.16, Dhs.20, Dhs.555; Pp.25; Ne.28 Ne.54. As nt. ˚a at Vism.436.

fr. pajānāti

to know, find out, come to know, understand, distinguish DN.i.45 (yathābhūtaṃ really truly), DN.i.79 (ceto paricca), DN.i.162, DN.i.249; Snp.626, Snp.726 sq., Snp.987; Iti.12 (ceto paricca); Dhp.402; …

to deal in Vin.ii.267 (grd. ˚kiṇitabba).

pa + kiṇāti

boiling (-hot) mixture (of oil?) MN.i.87, explained by C. as katita-(= kaṭh˚) gomaya, boiling cow-dung, variant reading chakaṇakā see p.537. The id. p. at Cnd.199 reads chakaṇaṭī, evidently a bon …

Pakkha¹

1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …

explaining, making known; information, evidence, explanation, publicity Pts.i.104 (dhamma˚); Mil.95; Snp-a.445; Pv-a.2, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.103 (explⁿ of āvi).

pa + kāś, cp. pakāsati

to shine forth, to be visible, to become known Snp.445, Snp.1032 (= bhāsati tapati virocati Cnd.373)
caus pakāseti to show up, illustrate, explain make known, give information …

(-˚) a certain weight (or measure), spelt also phala (see phala²), only in cpd. sata˚; a hundred (carat) in weight Thag.97 (of kaṃsa); Ja.vi.510 (sa …

obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, drawback Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.241 (a non-obstruction), Ja.iii.381 (id.); Ne.80; also in var. phrases viz. kāma˚ Cnd.374 (+ kāmapariḷāha); kula˚ cīvara Cnd.6 …

1. to obstruct refuse, keep back, hinder, withhold Vin.ii.166; Vin.iv.42 Vin.iv.131; Ja.i.217 (cp. paṭibāhati ibid.); Ja.iii.138 (aor. ˚buddhi.), Ja.iv.159; Mil.263.
2. to delay Mil.404 (or should we …

dug round or out SN.iv.83 (so read with variant reading for T. palikhita).

pp. of palikhaṇati

to dig up, root out SN.i.123; SN.ii.88 (so read for paliṃ˚ & phali˚) = AN.i.204 ger. palikhañña Snp.968 (= uddharitvā Mnd.490); palikhāya SN.i.123 (cp. KS 320); & palikhaṇitvā SN.ii.88; Snp-a.5 …

(-˚) adjective to be measured, measurable, only in foll. cpd appameyya not to be measured, illimitable, unfathomable SN.i.148; SN.v.400; MN.iii.71, MN.iii.127; AN.i.266; Vv.34# …

to measure estimate, define AN.iii.349, AN.iii.351; AN.v.140, AN.v.143; Sdhp.537
ppr paminanto SN.i.148;
inf paminituṃ Vv-a.154 ger. paminitvā Mnd.303, and pamāya (q.v.);
grd paminitabba Vv-a. …

bewilderment, infatuation, fascination Snp.841 (variant reading Nd i.sammoha) Mnd.193 (+ sammoha andhakāra); Ja.vi.358; Ja.vi.358 Pp.21; Dhs.390, Dhs.1061.

pa + muh, cp. Epic Sk. pramoha

Pamāya¹

having measured, measuring Snp.894 (sayaṃ p. = paminitvā Mnd.303) Ja.iii.114.

ger. of pamināti i.e. pa + mā

Pamāya²

crushing, destroying Snp.209 (bīj …

obsessed, illusioned Snp-a.495 (a˚ gihipapañ-cena)
■ nt. obsession, vain imagination illusion SN.iv.203 ≈ Vb.390.

pp. of papañceti

to obtain, get, gain, receive, attain DN.iii.159, DN.iii.165; Snp.185, Snp.187, Snp.584; Dhp.27; Dhp-a.i.395
pot 1^st pl pappomu Ja.v.57 (= pāpuṇeyyāma C.)
ger *[pappuyya](/define/pap …

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 …

adjective highest, most excellent, superior, best paraphrased by agga seṭṭha visiṭṭha at Cnd.502 A Mnd.84, Mnd.102 (the latter reading viseṭṭha for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a …

(param˚) adverb further, away (from); as prep. (w. abl.) after, beyond; absolute only in phrase ito paraṃ from here, after this, further, e.g. Kp-a.131; Snp-a.160, Snp-a.178, Snp …

gone on to, affected with, overcome by (-˚), syn. with abhibhūta (e.g. Pv-a.41, Pv-a.80). Very frequent in combination with terms of suffering, misadventure and passion, e.g. …

Pari˚

indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …

indeclinable lit. “going round,” i.e. having encircled grasped, understood; grasping, finding out, perceiving freq. in phrase cetasā ceto paricca (pajānāti) grasping fully with one’s mind, e.g. at D …

1. giving up, rejection, leaving Iti.11 Iti.12
2. giving out, bestowing, giving a donation Pv-a.124

fr. pariccajati

1. exact determination, circumscription range, definition, connotation, measure Ja.iii.371; Vism.184 (as one of the nimittas of the body), Vism.236 (referring to the 5 nimittas of the life-principle) …

Paricita¹

gathered, accumulated, collected, increased, augmented MN.iii.97; SN.i.116; SN.ii.264; SN.iv.200; AN.ii.67 sq., AN.ii.185; AN.iii.45, AN.iii.152, AN.iv.282, AN.iv.300; AN.v.23; T …

adjective illuminating, explaining, explanatory Snp-a.40

fr. paridīpeti, cp, dīpaka¹

illuminating, elucidating, explanation Mil.318; Kp-a.111; Snp-a.394 sq.

pari + dīpana

explanation, illustration Mil.131.

fr. paridīpeti, cp. paridīpana

to mutter (spells), to practise divination Ja.iii.530; Mil.200 (vijjaṃ).

pari + japati, cp. BSk. parijapta enchanted Divy.397

to know accurately or for certain, to comprehend, to recognise, find out MN.i.293; SN.i.11, SN.i.24; SN.ii.45, SN.ii.99, SN.iii.26, SN.iii.40, SN.iii.159; SN.iv.50; SN.v.52, SN.v.422; AN.iii.400 sq.; …

examination, investigation, circumspection prudence Ja.iii.115; Ne.3, Ne.4, Ne.126 (cp. Index p. 276) Sdhp.532 (attha˚).

fr. pari + īkṣ, cp. BSk. parīksā Divy.3 & Divy.16 in vastu˚, ratna˚ etc. wi …

“all that belongs to anything,” make-up, adornment (so Cnd.585 bāhirā p. of the body)

1. requisite, accessory equipment, utensil, apparatus Vin.i.50, Vin.i.296 (˚colaka cloth required for water-str …

adjective to be measured, neg. a˚ countless, immeasurable Mil.331, Mil.388; Pv-a.212.

grd. of parimināti

to measure, mete out, estimate, limit, restrict;
inf -metuṃ Mil.192; Thag-a.26; and -minituṃ Mil.316;
grd -meyya (q.v.)
pp parimita (q.v.).

pari + mā

measured, restricted, limited, only in neg. a˚; measureless Pv.ii.8#11; Mil.287, Mil.343.

pp. of parimināti

adjective completely calmed, at peace, at rest (as to the distinction of the twofold application see parinibbāna and cp., Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhism p. 191; Cpd. p. 168), viz.

1 …

“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:

1. complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …

adjective

1. (quite) full, fulfilled, complete, finished, satisfied MN.i.200 (˚sankappa), MN.iii.276; SN.ii.283; SN.iv.104; SN.v.315; Pts.i.172 (= pariggah’ aṭṭhena parivār’ aṭṭhena, paripūr’ aṭṭhe …

…(sāgaraṃ), Pv-a.30 (ñātidhammo ˚pūretabbo), Pv-a.136 (vassasahassāni); Sdhp.371
ppr med -pūramāna DN.i.103
pp…

Paritta¹

adjective small, little, inferior, insignificant limited, of no account, trifling Vin.i.270; DN.i.45; MN.iii.148 (˚ābha of limited splendour, opp. appamāṇ’ ābha); SN.ii.98; SN.iv. …

…ābandhan’ atthena ñāti yeva ñāti-parivaṭṭo DN-a.i.181 = Pp-a 236); DN.ii.241; MN.iii.33; Pp.57; Thag-a.68; Vv-a.87
■ See…

adjective

1. “staying,” i.e. usual, accustomed, common Snp-a.35 (˚bhatta; or is it “fermented,” and thus to be taken to No. 3?) a˚ unusual, new, uncommon Ja.ii.435 (where it is combined with *[abhin …

complete inquiry, thorough search or examination MN.iii.85; SN.iii.331; SN.v.68; Snp-a.173. Parivuttha & vuttha;

pari + vīmaṃsā

adjective having a limit, having a set or well-defined purpose; f. -vatī (vācā) discriminating speech DN.i.4 = MN.iii.49 = Pp.58; explained as “paricchedaṃ dassetvā yatha ’ssa paricchedo paññāyati …

Pariyatta¹

neuter learning understanding, comprehension, only in phrase indriyaparo pariyatta (-ñāṇa) (knowledge of) what goes on in the intentions of others AN.v.34, AN.v.38; Pts.i.121 …

1. adequacy, accomplishment, sufficiency capability, competency; indriya-paro˚; efficiency in the (knowledge of) thoughts of others SN.v.205; Ne.101 Three accomplishments are distinguished at DN-a …

1. learned by heart, known Mnd.234 = Cnd.386 (Buddhavacana).
2. learned, accomplished DN-a.i.21
   ■ See also pariyatta².

pp. of pariyāpuṇāti

mastery over, accomplishment in (gen.) Vism.442 (Buddhavacanassa).

abstr. formⁿ fr. pariyāpuṇāti

1. to learn (by heart), to master, to gain mastership over, to learn thoroughly Vin.iv.305 (parittaṃ a charm) DN.i.117 (= jānāti DN-a.i.117); AN.iii.86 (dhammaṃ); fut pariyāpuṇissati Dhp-a.i.382 ( …

adjective knowable, perceivable, to be known (accurately) MN.i.4; SN.iii.26; SN.iv.29; Dhp-a.iv.233 (cp. Nd ii.under abhiññeyya).

grd. of parijānāti

Pariññā¹

feminine accurate or exact knowledge, comprehension full understanding MN.i.66, MN.i.84; SN.iii.26 (yo rāgakkhayo dosā˚ moha˚ ayaṃ vuccati p.), SN.iii.159 sq., SN.iii.191; SN.iv.1 …

well understood, thoroughly known Thig.106; MN.i.1 sq.; SN.ii.99; SN.v.182; Pv-a.1, Pv-a.287 With ref. to food (˚bhojana & ˚āhāra) it means food understood according to the three pariññās (q.v.) Dhp …

to touch, hold on to, deal with, take up, to be attached or fall a victim to (acc.) Vin.ii.47, Vin.ii.195, Vin.ii.209; DN.i.17; MN.i.257; SN.iii.110; Ja.iv.138; in combination with gaṇhāti & nandati ( …

to bring forth, give birth to, beget, produce; mostly fig. in combination with the foll. nouns kibbisaṃ to commit sin Vin.ii.204; AN.v.75; pāpaṃ id Pv.iv.1#50; puññaṃ to produce merit SN.i.182, …

1. hanging on, inclination, attachment to Kp-a.18; Pv-a.130.
2. occasion, event; loc. pasaṅge at the occasion of (-˚), instead of Kp-a.213 (karaṇavacana˚, where Pv-a.30 in id. p. reads karaṇ’ a …

1. to see-Pres. passati Vin.i.322; SN.i.69 SN.i.132, SN.i.198; SN.ii.29; Snp.313, Snp.647, Snp.953, Snp.1063, Snp.1142 (cp. Cnd.428); Pv.i.2#3; Mil.218; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.102; 1<su …

inhaled breath, inhalation SN.i.106, SN.i.159; Pts.i.95, Pts.i.164 sq., Pts.i.182 sq. Usually in combination assāsapassāsa (q.v.). At Vism.272 passāsa is expl¹ as “ingoing wind” and assās …

Paṭissā & Patissā

feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

adjective to be gained or attained; nt. that which can be attained or won Snp-a.443. See also pattiya².

grd. of pāpuṇāti

Pattiya¹

adjective noun believing, trusting, relying Ja.v.414 (para˚) (m.) belief, trust Ja.v.231 (parapattiyena by relying on others), Ja.v.233 (id.), Ja.v.414 (id.).

for *pratyaya = pa …

see pāpuṇāti.

investigation Snp.1021; Thag.593; Pp.25; Ne.3, Ne.87.

fr. pa + vicinati

to investigate, to examine MN.iii.85; SN.v.68, SN.v.262; Ne.21; Snp-a.545. grd. paviceyya Ja.iv.164, & pavicetabba Ne.21.

pa + vicinati

1. the Pavāraṇā, a ceremony at the termination of the Vassa Vin.i.155, Vin.i.160 (where 2 kinds cātuddasikā & pannarasikā); Vin.ii.32. Vin.ii.167; DN.ii.220; SN.i.190. pavāraṇaṃ ṭhapeti to fix or de …

to look up to, respect, honour Ja.iii.387 (T. reading sure, but variant reading C. pavīrati).

pa + vī to seek, Sk. veti, but with diff. formation in P. cp. Trenckner, Notes 78 (who derives it fr …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

making known, manifestation, description, designation, name, idea notion, concept. On term see Cpd. 3 sq., 198, 199 Kvu translation 1; Dhs translation 340
■ MN.iii.68; SN.iii.71; SN.iv.38 (mār …

1. to make known, declare, point out, appoint, assign, recognise, define DN.i.119 (brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ), DN.i.180, DN.i.185, DN.i.237; Iti.98 (tevijjaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ), Pp.37, Pp.38; Pv-a.61 (āsanaṃ).
2. t …

known, renowned DN-a.i.143; ap˚ unknown, defamed Vin.iv.231; SN.iv.46; AN.iii.134 (where also der. appaññātika).

pp. of pajānāti

indeclinable understanding fully, knowing well, realising, in full recognition, in thorough realisation or understanding. Used most frequently with yathābhūtaṃ (q.v. SN.i.13 (bhāveti), SN.i.44 (lokasm …

to be (well) known, to be clear or evident, to be perceived, seen or taken for, to appear Iti.89; Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.95 (fut. paññāyissatha you will be well known); Dhp-a.ii.75; Pv-a.83 (pālito e …

to sell, barter, bargain, risk, bet Ja.v.24 (= voharati attānaṃ vikkiṇati C.)
■ See also paṇitaka & paṇiya.

cp. Sk. paṇati

adj. nt. staked, wagered, bet, wager, stake at play Ja.vi.192 (so read for paṇīta˚).

fr. paṇita
pp of paṇati

adjective to be sold or bought, vendible, nt. article of trade, ware AN.ii.199; Vv.84#7 (= bhaṇḍa Vv-a.337); Ja.iv.363 (= bhaṇḍa C 366).

ger. formation fr. paṇ, see paṇati & cp …

1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

1. green leaves (collectively), vegetable, greens Ja.vi.24 (kāra˚ vegetable as homage or oblation); Pv.iii.3#3 (panko paṇṇako ca, explained as “kaddamo vā udakacchikkhalo vā” Pv-a.189, but evidently …

adjective having a manifestation or name, in a˚-bhāva state without designation, state of non-manifestation, indefinite or unknown state (with ref to the passing nature of the phenomenal world) Dhp\ …

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

understanding, illumination, intelligence, readiness or confidence of speech, promptitude, wit (see on term Vin. Texts iii.13, 172; Pts. of Controversy, 378 f.) DN.i.16, DN.i.21, DN.i.23; SN.i.187 …

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

to strike against, ward off, keep away, destroy MN.i.273; Mil.367; ppr. paṭihanamāna meeting, impinging on, striking against Vism.343. ger. paṭihacca SN.v.69, SN.v.237, SN.v.285; fut. *[paṭihaṅkha …

to acknowledge, agree to, approve, promise, consent DN.i.3, DN.i.192; SN.i.68, SN.i.172; SN.ii.170; SN.iii.28 SN.v.204, SN.v.423; Snp.76, Snp.135, Snp.555, Snp.601, Snp.1148; Ja.i.169; Dhp-a.i.21; Pv …

obtaining, receiving, taking up, acquisition, assumption, attainment DN.i.195; MN.i.50; AN.ii.93, AN.ii.143; Pts.ii.182, Pts.ii.189; Mnd.262; Dhp.333; Pp.57; Vv-a.113; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.74
…

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

to send back (in return) Dhp-a.i.216.

paṭi + pahinati

lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion explⁿ of term at Kvu translation 377–⁠382. Always referred to as “the …

reunion (of vital principle with a body), reincarnation, metempsychosis Pts.i.11 sq. Pts.i.52, Pts.i.59 sq.; Pts.ii.72 sq.; Ne.79, Ne.80; Mil.140; Dhp-a.ii.85; Vv-a.53; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.79, Pv-a.136, …

reflection, judgment, consideration Vin.i.213; SN.iv.104 (˚yoniso) Pts.i.33, Pts.i.45, Pts.i.57, Pts.i.60, Pts.i.64; Pp.25, Pp.57; Dhs.1349. appaṭisaṅkhā (see also ˚sankhāti) …

to be careful, to think over, reflect, discriminate, consider; only in ger. paṭisaṅkhā (as adv.) carefully, intently, with discrimination Vin.i.213; MN.i.273; MN.iii.2; Ja.i.30 …

to assent, promise, agree aor. paccassosi Vin.i.73; DN.i.236; SN.i.147, SN.i.155; Snp.p.50, and paṭisuṇi Snp-a.314; ger. -suṇitvā freq. in formula “sādhū ti patissuṇitvā” asserting his agreement, …

Paṭissā & Patissā

feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …

adj. nt. only as t.t. in combination with kamma (official act, chapter), i.e. a formal proceeding by which a bhikkhu expiates an offence which he has committed against someone, reco …

to recognise Vin.iii.130; Cnd.378 (ājānāti vijānāti p. paṭivijjhati); Mil.299.

paṭi + vi + jānāti

to try or judge a case again, to reconsider Ja.ii.187.

paṭi + vinicchinati

sub-discrimination Ja.ii.9.

paṭi + visesa

retort, recrimination Mil.18 (vāda˚ talk and counter-talk).

paṭi + vāda

agreed, acknowledged, promised Vin.ii.83, Vin.ii.102; DN.i.88; AN.i.99; AN.iv.144; Pv-a.55.

pp. of paṭijānāti

in yāna˚ at Vism.328 is doubtful. It might be read as yāna-kaḷopi (on account of combination with kumbhimukha), or (preferably) as putoḷi (with variant reading BB), which is a regular variant for mut …

1. sent out or forth Snp.412 (rājadūta p.) Vv.21#7 (= uyyojita Vv-a.108); Dhp-a.iii.191 pesit-atta is the C. explⁿ at SN.i.53 (as given at K.S. 320) of pahit-atta (translation “ …

messenger, a servant, often in combination dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā kammakarā ti vā, e.g. DN.i.141; SN.i.76, SN.i.93 (slightly diff. in verse); AN.ii.208 (spelt pesā); AN.iv.45; Dhp-a.ii.7. See also …

…AN.i.155 sq. AN.v.132 (p. ñātisalohita); MN.i.33; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204; Snp.585 Snp.590, Snp.807 (petā-kālakatā = matā Mnd.126); Ja.v.7 (=…

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

adjective

1. (lit.) rough Pv.ii.4#1.
2. (fig.) harsh, unkind, rough (of speech) Vin.ii.290 (caṇḍa +); Pv.ii.3#4; Pv.iii.5#7 Ja.v.296; Kv.619. In combination with vācā we find both …

Phassa¹

contact, touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually phoṭṭhabbaṃ). It is the fundamental fact in a sense impression and consists of a combination of the sense, the ob …

to shake, sprinkle, of doubtful spelling, at Ja.vi.108 (angārakāsuṃ ph.; variant reading punanti perhaps better; C. explains by vidhunati & okirati). Perhaps we should read; dhunati.

?

Phussa¹

1. see phussa³ 2.
2. Name of a month (Dec
   ■ Jan. Ja.i.86. Name of a lunar mansion or constellation Vv.53#4 (= phussa-tārakā Vv-a.236)
   ■ Fr …

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; …

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

1. basket Vin.i.225 (ghaṭa p. ucchanga), Vin.i.240 (catudoṇika p.); Pv.iv.3#33; Vism.28 (piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña˚ a grain-basket Dhp-a.iii.370; vīhi˚; a ri …

1. a lotus plant, primarily the leaf of it, figuring in poetry and metaphor as not being able to be wetted by water Snp.392, Snp.812 (vuccati paduma-pattaṃ Mnd.135); Dhp.336; Iti.84.
2. the skin of a …

adjective belonging to ordinary man, common, ordinary, in 2 combinations viz.

1. phrase hīna gamma p. anariya Vin.i.10; SN.iv.330; AN.v.216
2. with ref. to iddhi Vin.ii.183; Ja.i …

…(= jeṭṭhaka)

• -ñāti former relative Pv-a.24
• -deva a former god, a god of old, pl the ancient gods (viz. the Asuras)…

1. an individual, as opposed to a group (sangha or parisā), person, man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature = character, soul (= attan). DN.i.176; MN.iii.58; SN.i.93 sq.; SN.iii.25; AN.i.8 …

Name of a (Non-Aryan) tribe, hence designation of a low social class, the members of which are said (in the Jātakas) to earn their living by means of refuseclearing On the subject see Fick, *Sociale …

to experience (over & over) again: in this meaning at Iti.1 sq. & Mnd.202 Cnd.337 (kilese na p. na pacceti etc.); perhaps also at Thag.533 (sattayugaṃ), although Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. takes it …

1. to clean, cleanse Vv-a.19 (+ visodheti, in def. of puñña).
2. to sift Ja.vi.108 (angāraṃ p. = attano sīse angāre p. okirati C. so read with variant reading for phunati T.); DN-a.i.268 (bhusaṃ pu …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

(-˚) only as 2^nd part of a (redupl.) compound ācariya-pācariya in the nature of combinations mentioned under a¹ 3 b: “teacher upon teacher (explained by C^s as “tea …

to send Ja.i.447; Mil.8; Pv-a.133.

secondary form. after aor. pāhesi fr. pahiṇati

that which is cooked, cooking, quantity cooked Ja.vi.161 (tīhi pākehi pacitvā); Vv-a.186. Esp. in foll. combination tela˚; “oil cooking,” an oil decoction Vin.ii.105; thāli˚; a th. full of cookin …

adjective read at Ud.5 in combination akkulapakkula (= ākula-pākula) “in great confusion”; read also in gāthā 7 pākula for bakkula. Cp. Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 94 sq.

pa + ākula

Pāli (Pāḷi)

feminine

1. a line, row Dāvs iii.61; Dāvs iv.3; Vism.242 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra˚), Vism.251 (danta˚); Snp-a.87.
2. a line, norm thus the canon of Buddhist writings; the text of the Pāli Canon …

Pāpeti¹

to make bad, bring into disgrace Vin.iv.5
pp pāpita.

Denom. fr. pāpa

Pāpeti²

to make attain, to let go to, to cause to reach, to bring to Ja.iv. …

attainment Ja.iv.306.

fr. pāpuṇāti

to reach, attain, arrive at, obtain, get to learn
pres pāpuṇāti Vin.ii.208; Ja.iv.285; Ja.vi.149; Pp.70; DN-a.21; Pv-a.74, Pv-a.98 Pv-a.125, Pv-a.195; and *[pappoti](/defi …

Pāli (Pāḷi)

feminine

1. a line, row Dāvs iii.61; Dāvs iv.3; Vism.242 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra˚), Vism.251 (danta˚); Snp-a.87.
2. a line, norm thus the canon of Buddhist writings; the text of the Pāli Canon …

to gladden please, satisfy, cheer; to invigorate, make strong, often in phrase (attānaṃ) sukheti pīṇeti “makes happy and pleases” DN.i.51; DN.iii.130 sq.; SN.i.90; SN.iv.331; Pv-a.283 cp. Dhs-a.40 …

1. to fill (with = gen. or instr.) SN.i.173; Snp.30, Snp.305; Ja.i.50 (pāyāsassa), Ja.i.347, Ja.ii.112 (pret. pūrayittha); Ja.iv.272 (sagga-padaṃ pūrayiṃsu filled with deva world); Dhp-a.ii.82 (saka …

(-˚) adjective only in combination with appa˚ and mahā˚; i.e. having little (or no) and much defilement (or blemish of character) MN.i.169; SN.i.137 (here further combined with ˚jātika; cp. BSk. …

adjective of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing lustful.

1. As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) SN.iii.79; also at DN.i.152 sq. (dibbāni …

usually intrs. rajjati (q.v.). As rajitabba (grd.) in meaning “to be bleached” (dhovitabba +) only in meaning “bleach” (as compared with *[dhovati](/define …

to be excited, attached to (loc.), to find pleasure in SN.iv.74 (na so rajjati rūpesu; = viratta-citta); Snp.160, Snp.813 (contrasted with virajjati); Pts.i.58, Pts.i.77 sq., Pts.i.130, Pts.i.178 Mnd …

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

shelter, protection, care AN.ii.73 (+ parittā); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.3; Ja.i.140 (bahūhi rakkhāhi rakkhiyamāna); Pv-a.198 (˚ṃ saṃvidahati) Often in combination rakkhā + āvaraṇa (+ gutti) shelter defe …

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

Raṃsi & Rasmi

a rein, a ray.

1. In meaning “rein only as rasmi, viz. at MN.i.124; Dhp.222; Ja.i.57; Ja.iv.149
2. In meaning “ray” both raṃsi and *[rasmi](/defin …

adjective short (opp dīgha) DN.i.193 (dīghā vā r. vā majjhimā ti vā), DN.i.223 (in contrast with d.); Snp.633; Dhp.409; Ja.i.356; Dhs.617 Vism.272 (def.); Dhp-a.iv.184
■ Cp. ati˚.

• *-[ādesa](/ …

Ratta¹

1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

night DN.i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag.517; Snp.710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Snp-a.496); Ja.vi.491. abl. sg. rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D …

Rava¹

speed, exceeding swiftness, galloping, in combination with dava running at Vin.ii.101; Vin.iv.4; MN.i.446 (better reading here dav’ atthe rav’ atthe for dhāve *rava …

speed, lit. current Abhp.40. See rava¹.

fr. ri, riṇāti to let loose or flow, which is taken as ray at Dhtp.234, defined as “gamana,” and at Dhtm.336 as “gati.” The root ri itself i …

Raṃsi & Rasmi

a rein, a ray.

1. In meaning “rein only as rasmi, viz. at MN.i.124; Dhp.222; Ja.i.57; Ja.iv.149
2. In meaning “ray” both raṃsi and *[rasmi](/defin …

adjective empty, void, without reality Thag.41; Thag.2, Thag.394 (= tucchaka anto-sāra-rahita Thag-a.258) Pv.iii.6#5 (of a river = tuccha Pv-a.202); Pv-a.139 (= suñña, virahita). Usually in combi …

see under raya.

…(one of the 5 vyasanāni: ñāti˚, bhoga˚, roga˚ sīla˚, diṭṭhi˚); Mil.196 (id.).

Vedic roga: ruj (see rujati),…

adjective chewing the cud, ruminating Vin.ii.132.

fr. romanthati

ruminating Vin.ii.321.

fr. romanthati

1. splendour, light, brightness Snp.548 (su˚ very splendid; Snp-a.453 = sundara-sarīrappabha).
2. inclination, liking, pleasure Pv-a.59 (˚ṃ uppādeti to find pleasure, to be satisfied)
   ■ *aruci …

(-˚) adjective belonging to the pleasure (of); only in phrase añña˚; being dependent on someone else’s will or under another’s influence, together with aññadiṭṭhika and añña-khantika character …

stands for ruta (cry) at 2 Jātaka passages, viz. Ja.i.207; Ja.vi.475 (ruda-ññu knowing the cries of all animals, explained as “ruta-jña, sabba-rāvaṃ jānāti” C.).

to break, crush; lit. to (cause) pain, to afflict, hurt (trs. & intrs. Ja.i.7 (pādā rujanti), Ja.i.396 (pādā me rujanti my feet ache), Ja.iv.208 (khandhena rujantena with hurting back); Ja.vi.3 (ūrū r …

1. colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
2. (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …

Name of an Asura: see under Proper Names
■ rāhumukha “mouth of Rāhu,” designation of a certain punishment for criminals (MN.i.87; MN.iii.164 Mnd.154 (in list of tortures) = Cn …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

1. heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

adjective

1. having material qualities, possessed of form or shape or body or matter, belonging to the realm of form. rūpī is nearly always combined contrasted with; *[arūpī](/defin …

-S-

a euphonic-s-seems to occur in combination ras-agga-saggin (see rasa²). An apparent hiatus-s in ye s-idha Snp.1083, and evaṃ s- ahaṃ Snp.1134 (variant …

Sa¹

the letter s (sa-kāra) Snp-a.23; or the syllable sa Dhp-a.ii.6; Pv-a.280.

Sa²

base of the nom. of the demonstr. pron. that, he she. The form sg. m. * …

adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …

1. sound, noise DN.i.79, DN.i.152; DN.iii.102 sq., DN.iii.146, DN.iii.234 DN.iii.244 sq., DN.iii.269, DN.iii.281; MN.iii.56, MN.iii.267; AN.iii.30 sq.; AN.iv.91, AN.iv.248; Ja.i.3 (ten sounds); Snp. …

thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …

Sajati¹

to let loose, send forth dismiss, give up Snp.386, Snp.390; Ja.i.359; Ja.v.218 (imper sajāhi); Ja.vi.185, Ja.vi.205
inf saṭṭhuṃ (q.v.); pp. *[saṭṭha](/define …

to send out, prepare, give, equip; to fit up, decorate: dānaṃ to give a donation Dhp-a.ii.88; pātheyyaṃ to prepare provisions Ja.iii.343; gehe to construct houses Ja.i.18; nāṭakāni to arrange …

Sakaṭa¹

masculine & neuter a cart, waggon; a cartload DN.ii.110; Vin.iii.114; Ja.i.191; Mil.238; Pv-a.102; Vb-a.435 (simile of two carts); Snp-a.58 (udaka-bharita˚), Snp-a.137 (bīja˚) …

the body in being, the existing body or group (= -nikāya q.v.); as a t.t. in P. psychology almost equal to individuality; identified with the five khandhas MN.i.299; SN.iii.159; …

to recollect, to know Ja.vi.126.

saṃ + abhijānati

search, examination MN.i.317.

fr. last

to approve; samanujānissanti (fut. 3 pl.) MN.i.398; SN.iv.225; pp. samanuññāta approved, allowed Mhvs.8, Mhvs.11; aor. 1 sg. samanuññāsin Ja.iv.117 (= samanuñño āsiṃ Com. ib. …

to approve; fut. 3 pl. ˚maññissanti MN.i.398; SN.iv.225; aor. 3 pl. ˚maññiṃsu Ja.iv.134.

saṃ + anumaññati

approval SN.i.1; MN.i.359.

fr. samanujānāti

annihilation, termination (?) see samaya (cpd.) & saṭha.

coming together, combination SN.iv.68; Mil.376; Dhs-a.57, Dhs-a.196; Pv-a.104; Vv-a.20, Vv-a.55. samavāyena in common Vv-a.336; khaṇa-s˚ a momentary meeting Ja.i.381.

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

designation, name DN.i.202; DN.ii.20; MN.iii.68; SN.ii.191; Snp.611, Snp.648; Ja.ii.65; Dhs § 1306; loka˚ a common appellation, a popular expression DN.i.202.

saṃ + aññā

to subside, to be calmed; only in prep combination paṭippassambhati (q.v.).

śrambh, given as sambh at Dhtp.214 in meaning “vissāsa”

1. origin, birth, production DN.ii.107; SN.iii.86; AN.ii.10, AN.ii.18; Snp.724, Snp.741 etc.; Dhp.161; Ja.i.168; mātāpettikas˚ born from father and mother DN.i.34; Dhs-a.306; natthi sambhavaṃ has not …

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

mixing up, confusion, contamination DN.iii.72; AN.i.51 = Iti.36; DN-a.i.260 (jāti˚ mixing of caste); Vism.123 (of colours).

saṃ + bheda

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

Sambhuṇāti

see sambhavati.

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

Samma¹

a term of familiar address DN.i.49, DN.i.225; DN-a.i.151; Vin.ii.161; Ja.i.59; Pv-a.204; plur. sammā Vin.ii.161.

as to etym. Andersen, P. Reader ii.263 quite plausibly connects …

1. to assent, to consent to Mhvs.3, Mhvs.10; DN-a.i.11.
2. to agree to, to authorize select Vin.iii.150, Vin.iii.158, Vin.iii.238; Vin.iv.50; Mhvs.3, Mhvs.9; sīmaṃ s to determine, to fix the boundary …

1. considered as MN.i.39; SN.ii.15; SN.iv.127; DN.iii.89 (dhamma˚); Vin.iv.161, Vin.iv.295
2. honoured, revered MN.ii.213; Ja.i.49; Ja.v.79; sādhusammata considered, revered, as good DN.i.47; SN.iv.39 …

see sammannati.

1. consent, permission Vin.iii.199.
2. choice, selection, delegation Vin.iii.159.
3. fixing, determination (of boundary) Vin.i.106.
4. common consent, general opinion, convention, that which is genera …