ĀṇiĀṇakaĀṇṇaka

A mutiṅga (kettle-drum) belonging to the Dasārahas. As it grew old and began to split, they fixed in another peg, and this process was continued, until, at last, the original drumhe …

the pin of a wheel-axle; a linchpin; a peg; a bolt

the pin of a wheel-axle; a linchpin; a peg; a bolt

…(fastening, enclosure) āṇi-gaṇṭhik’āhato ayopatto at Vism.108; DN-a.i.199 is apparently a sort of brush made of four or five small…

Abhibhū¹

Chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.9 In the Aruṇavatī Sutta it is said that he went with Sikhī to a Brahma-world and, at the Buddha’s request, preached a sermon to the accompa …

A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot seas …

The river on whose banks was the Lonagiri (or Lena°) vihāra where lived the Thera Sabbaka (Sappaka). Thag.307–310

Here also, in a cave, dwelt the Thera Bhūta. Thag.518f.

This river was probably …

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

Ajita¹

A monk. He devoted his time to explaining the Pātimokkha rules to the monks. At the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats …

A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …

Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

A royal park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay in the course of their journ …

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

A grove to the south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns wh …

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

An eminent wandering ascetic. He is mentioned as living in the Paribbājakārāma in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha c …

A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …

A Pacceka Buddha; occurs in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. MN.iii.70

Ariṭṭha¹

A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumb …

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

A headman (gāmani). He came to the Buddha in the Pārileyyaka Mango Grove in Nāḷandā and asked him various questions, recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.312ff. One of these related to the custo …

The followers of Assaji and Punabbasu. They lived in Kīṭāgiri, between Sāvatthī and Ālavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send the …

Probably a nickname for the horse-trainer whose visit to the Buddha is recorded in the Assa Sutta. He is described as a gāmani (head man of a village). SN.iv.310

In Pali Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four …

He dwelt in the Añjanavana in a small hut, and there he became Awakened. Thag.55

AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced Buddhism and in due course acquired the three knowledges. Thag.219–221

AṅgulimālaAhiṃsakaGaggaMantāniputta

A robber and murderer who was converted by the Buddha in the twentieth year of his ministry, and who later became an arahant. MN86

As a result of his deeds whole …

Mahā Kassapa says that while yet a “learner” he paid homage to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and, pr …

BelaṭṭhānikaBelaṭṭhakāni

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how the spiritual life is wasted in gluttony. Thag.101

Bhaddā¹

Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …

A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1 SN.iv.11 …

Bhāradvāja¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178

Bhāradvāja²

He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …

Uncle of Prince Jayasena. He was a friend of Sambhūta, and, when the latter left the household, he was accompanied by his friends Bhūmija, Jeyyasena and Abhirādhana, all of whom joined the Order. MN.i …

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that though he is walking blind on a wilderness road he will not go on with an evil companion. Thag.95

A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī. On its banks was a grove of campaka-trees, well known for …

A lay-disciple of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the highest sensual pleasure. When the Buddha had answered the …

CañcalikappaCaṇḍalakappa

A locality in Kosala; it was the residence of Dhānañjāni and of Saṅgārava. The Buddha once paid a visit there and stayed in the Todeyya-ambavana. Saṅgārava went to see him, …

King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.

Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …

Channa¹

A Wanderer, classed among those who wore clothes. He is only mentioned once, in the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.iii.215 where we are told that he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him …

Citta¹

A householder of Macchikāsaṇḍa, where he was Treasurer. He was later declared by the Buddha to be pre-eminent among laymen who preached the Doctrine. AN.i.26

When Mahānāma visited …

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 …

He was ordained by Khadiravaniya. Thag.42

He is mentioned as living at the Kūṭāgārasālā, which place he left when the Licchavis caused disturbance by their visits to the Buddha. AN.v.133 In this cont …

An eminent arahant, declared chief among monks skilled in creating forms by mind-power and in mental “evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa). AN.i.23

His Theragathā verses speak of how slow his progress was in …

A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …

…MN.i.108 that Daṇḍapāṇi once met the Buddha in Kapilavatthu and questioned him on his teachings. The Buddha explained them to him, but…

A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …

An example of a low family name. Vin.iv.6 Vin.iv.13

Dhaniya¹Dhanika

A herdsman living on the bank of the river Mahī. One day, while he was in this house, having finished his preparations for the approach of the rains, he sat meditating on h …

A lake in Kuvera’s city. DN.iii.201

5lake

Nephew of Bandhula, commander-in-chief of Pasenadi. After Bandhula’s death, Dīgha was appointed in his place and accompanied the king. Once, during their travels, they came to Nangaraka and, hearing …

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana and spoke a verse. SN.i.52

Name of Māra in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He was, in that birth, son of Kāḷī, sister of Moggallāna. He first incited the brahmin householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidh …

EkadhammasavanīyaEkadhammasavaniyaEkadhammika

A monk whose verse is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.67

EkuddāniyaEkuddāna

A monk whose verse in the Theragāthā says that one of higher mind will not sorrow. Thag.68

The verse attributed above to Ekuddāniya, occurs in the Vinaya Vin.iv.54 as having been …

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 …

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 …

A monk living in the wilds, who once came on some business to see the monks at the Kalandakanivāpa. It was on his account that the Gulissāni Sutta was preached. MN.i.469

One of the nine portions (aṅga) into which the Buddhist scriptures were organized before the Tipiṭaka. It includes the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā, and other verses. Vin.iii.8

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the impermanence of life, and the bitter fruit of evil deeds. Thag.145–146

The descriptive name of a brahmin who visited the Buddha at the Ajapālanigrodha seven days after his Enlightenment and asked him questions regarding the true brahmin. The Buddha explained the matter, …

HāliddakāniHāliddakāni

An eminent lay disciple of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and consulted him at length on the subjects treated in M …

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. …

An epithet meaning the most beautiful woman in the land. It was used for the former wife of Nanda, the memory of whose beauty tormented him while he was a monk. Ud.iii.2

A class of brahmanical ascetics, so called on account of their matted hair.

Jotipāla¹

The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited Jotipāla to accompany him to the Buddha, but Jotipāla refused to …

A great brahmin, ranking with eminent brahmins such as Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkharasāti and Todeyya. Snp.p.115 He is mentioned as staying in Icchānaṅgala, MN.ii.196 where he evidently took part in the pe …

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …

A wandering ascetic who visited the Buddha at Campā, on the banks of Lake Gaggarā together with Pessa the elephant trainer’s son. Pessa saluted the Buddha and sat down, while Kandaraka, after his salu …

…for instance, Daṇḍapāṇi meeting the Buddha in the Mahāvana and, leaning on his staff, questioning him as to his tenets and his gospel….

A brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan, living at Ekanālā, in Dakkhiṇāgiri, and so called on account of his profession of agriculture. On the day of his festive sowing, the Buddha visited him alone, and sto …

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 …

KhattiyānīVelāmikā

Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

KokālikaKokāliya

A monk, one of the chief partisans of Devadatta. Knowing the Buddha’s might, he was, at first, reluctant to join in Devadatta’s plot against him, but later allowed himself to be pers …

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 …

KuveraKubera

King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lot …

A name given to Dharaṇī. DN.iii.202

KāmaṇḍāKāmandā

A village in which was the mango grove of Todeyya. Udāyī once stayed there and was visited by a resident pupil of the brahmin lady of the Verahaccāni clan. SN.iv.121f.

Kosala3town

Kātiyānī

A lay devotee, declared by the Buddha to be most eminent among women for unwavering loyalty. AN.i.26

A village of the Kāsis, on the road from Kāsi to Sāvatthī. It was the headquarters of the followers of Assaji and Punabbasu, who lived there, behaving in a shameless and wicked manner. A certain monk, …

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

LakuṇṭakaBhaddiya

He was given the title of Lakuntaka (Dwarf) owing to his very small stature.

The Udāna Ud.vii.1 Ud.vii.2 makes reference to the admonitions of Sāriputta and to the Buddha’s joy whe …

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281

It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.

S …

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 …

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered foremost among those who taught the monks. AN.i.25 The Vinaya Vin.i.105 records that when Kappina was in the Deer Park at Maddakucchi he won …

MahākassapaKassapaPippali

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …

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 …

The name given to a Great Being, destined to become either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha. He carries on his person the following thirty two marks. DN.ii.17f. DN.iii.142ff. MN.ii.136f. .

1. he has fe …

A brahminee, mother of Aṅgulimāla; her husband was Gagga. MN.ii.102

A yakkha chief, to be invoked by Buddhists in time of need. DN.iii.205

MaṇimālikaMaṇimālaka

A shrine where the Buddha stayed and where he was visited by the Yakkha Maṇibhadda. SN.i.208

4shrine

An arahant, friend of Tissa of the Tissa Metteyya Sutta. His personal name, too, was Tissa, but he was better known by his clan name of Metteyya. In a verse in the Suttanipāta Snp.814 he is referred t …

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 …

Mucalinda¹

A tree near the Ajapālanigrodha in Uruvelā. The Buddha spent there the third week after the Enlightenment. There was a great shower of rain, and the Nāga king, Mucalinda, of the …

A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

Mānatthaddha¹

A brahmin of Sāvatthī who, because of his great pride respected no one. One day he came upon the Buddha preaching to a large crowd of people and stood near, on one side. The …

A Yakkha chief to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. Aiii.205

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …

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 …

Nagaraka Naṅgaraka

A Sākyan township near Medatalumpa. From there Pasenadi, accompanied by Dīgha-Kārāyana, paid his last visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.118

The Bu …

Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …

Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …

Nandiya¹

He belonged to a Sākiyan family of Kapilavatthu, and was called Nandiya because his birth brought bliss. He left the world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, a …

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 …

Nigrodhārāma¹

A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …

NiṅkaNika

A deva who visits the Buddha in the company of several other devas and utters a verse in praise of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. SN.i.65f.

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 …

He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …

NālāgiriNāḷāgiri

An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the B …

A king, ancestor of the Sākyas and the Kolians.

In the Ambaṭṭha Sutta DN.i.92 it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her son, banished from the kingd …

PajjanikaSajjanela

A Koliyan village, the residence of Suppavāsā Koḷiyādhītā, mother of Sīvali. The Buddha is said to have stayed there. AN.ii.62

Koliya3town

A class of devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe.

They are described AN.i.210 SN.v.410 SN.v.423 DN.ii.91 DN.iii.218 as “beings who desire the creation of others, in order t …

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.

The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …

An elephant trainer of Campā. He visited the Buddha at Gaggarāpokkharanī where Kandaraka was also present, and his conversation on that occasion is recorded in the Kandaraka Sutta. When Pessa had left …

A brahmin of Vesāli. The Aṅguttara Nikāya records a conversation between him and Kāraṇapālī. The latter meets Piṅgiyānī and, on learning that he was returning from a visit to the Buddha, asks him abou …

A monastery in Sāmagāma where the Buddha is said once to have stayed. AN.iii.309

Sāmagāma3monastery

A wanderer. A discussion between him and the Buddha on samādhi and on the soul, which took place in Mallikārāma in Sāvatthī, is reported in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta. Poṭṭhapāda, accepting the Buddha’s v …

A bathing place in Sāvatthī, near the Migāramātupāsāda, and therefore to the east of the city. Mention is made AN.iii.345 of the Buddha having bathed there. It was evidently extensive, for Pasenadi’s …

Puṇṇa¹

He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country. One day he asked the Buddha for a short lesson so that, having learnt it, he might go back to dwe …

Pāvārikambavana¹

The mango grove of Pāvārika of Kosambī.

Kosambī3parkPāvārikambavana²

A mango grove at Nāḷandā where the Buddha stayed when on a visit there. DN.ii.81 It was t …

The name of a dyer; perhaps a class name. MN.i.385

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. …

Revata¹Khadiravaniya

An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers. AN.i.24

His Theragāthā verses appear under two names. As Khadiravaniya he admonishe …

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 …

SabbakaSappaka

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his joy in living on the banks of the Ajakaraṇī, practising meditation. Thag.307–310.

SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika

A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …

A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged of him to open to the world the doors of …

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is also said to hav …

Sambhūta¹Sītavaniya

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a bhikkhu in the Sītavana (Cool Grove) is victorious. Thag.6

Sambhūta²Sānavāsī

When the Vajjiputtaka heresy aro …

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

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.

SarakāniSaraṇāni

A Sākyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a sotāpanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sākyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the train …

A very learned brahmin of Candalakappa. One day he saw Dhānañjānī trip up, and heard her exclaim three times, “Glory to the Buddha, the arahant, the all enlightened.” He blamed her for thus extolling …

A naked ascetic who practised the “Canine vow,” behaving like a dog. After his visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Kukkuravatika Sutta, he joined the Order and, in due course, became an arahant. M …

SenānigamaSenānīnigama

The village in which Senānī lived. It was near Uruvelā and on the banks of the Nerañjara. SN.i.106 Vin.i.21 MN.i.166 MN.i.240

near Uruvelā1town

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 …

A wood in Ukkaṭṭha. Once, when the Buddha was there, he visited the Avihā gods DN.ii.50 and, again, from there he visited Baka Brahmā, to whom he preached the Brahmanimantanika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 …

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

Subāhu¹

He was the son of a seṭṭhi family of Benares, and was the friend of Yasa. When Yasa and his companions joined the Order Subāhu followed his example, and they all became arahants. V …

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 …

A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā. The inhabitants of this world are friendly with those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237 MN.iii.103

The “Pure Abodes”; a name given to a group of Brahma-worlds—the five highest Rūpa worlds—consisting of Avihā, Atappā, Sudassā, Sudassī and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there th …

Sudhamma¹

He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambātakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his house for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several em …

She was the daughter of King Koñca of Mantāvatī. Her Therīgāthā verses, of which she has the greatest number of any of the nuns, speak of the emptiness of the home life and the advantages of going for …

SumāgadhāSumāgavā

A lotus pond near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the thought, “I will speculate about the world.” He saw …

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the happiness of one who practices the right way. Thag.35

SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni

A Paribbājaka, mentioned SN.iv.261f. as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he que …

Sīha¹

A Licchavi general of Vesāli. He was a follower of the Nigaṇṭhas. When the Buddha visited Vesāli, Sīha, having heard reports of his greatness, wished to see him, but Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaput …

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155*f …

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

One of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni. MN.ii.185

Rājagaha3building

TekicchakārīTekicchakāni

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, by recollecting the triple Gem and the four immeasurables, he overcomes lack of food and comfort. Thag.381–386

The Pāḷi equivalent of the Sanskrit Taittirīyā. It refers to students of a branch of brahmanical lore. DN.i.237

One of the most eminent great brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha.

He was present at the assemblies of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.

He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of …

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 …

A great brahmin. Having made preparations for a great sacrifice, in which numerous animals were to be slaughtered, he visited the Buddha at Jetavana to consult him as to the efficacy of the sacrifice. …

Ujjaya¹

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the list in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

Ujjaya²

A monk whose verse is in the Theragāthā. Thag.67

Ujjaya³

A brahmin. He onc …

A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in recognition of the former’s skill. It was thickly populated an …

Son of Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata. Thag.43 He is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.133 in a list of very eminent disciples, together with …

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

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 …

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

VaggumudāVattumudā

A river in the Vajji country. On its banks lived Yasoja and his five hundred companions. Ud.iii.3

Vajjī3river

…on the spot. It was Vajirapāṇi’s duty to frighten such people by appearing before them in the sky, armed with a thunderbolt, which he was…

Vappa ¹

One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …

A noted wanderer in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rāja …

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 …

A brahmin, chief minister of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.72ff.

At Ajātasattu’s suggestion, Vass …

Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen is called Subhaddā.

A brahmin clan. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions a lady of the gotta living in Kāmandā, who was evidently a teacher. A pupil of hers, having visited Udāyi, then staying in the Todeyya mango grove, told he …

An Asura chieftain. All the hundred sons of Bali were named after him. DN.ii.259

He is probably identical with Verocana, lord of the Asuras’ who, according to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.i.225f. went w …

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

A river in the Great Hell. SN.i.21 Snp.674 It may be the same as the great “Caustic River” referred to in the Devadatta Sutta. MN.iii.185 Its waters are sharp and bitter, Snp.674 and the river flows b …

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.

Veḷuvana¹Veṇuvana

A park near Rājagaha, the pleasure garden of Bimbisāra. When the Buddha first visited Rājagaha, after his Enlightenment, he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The da …

Vimala¹

One of the four friends of Yasa who, following the latter’s example, joined the Order and attained arahantship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse spea …

…case of the Yakkha Vajirapāṇi is of special interest. D.i.95 He is represented as a kind of mentor, hovering in the air, threatening to kill…

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 …

YasojaYasojoti

The Udāna mentions Ud.iii.3 how Yasoja and five hundred of his companions went to see the Buddha at Jetavana. There they stood talking to the monks who lived there and made a great upr …

A headman who visited the Buddha and asked if it was true that men who fall fighting in battle are reborn among the Sārañjita devas. At first the Buddha refused to answer the question, but finding tha …

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-K …

One of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with ot …

állandótlan, állandótlanság

tanítványhoz méltó viselkedés, szent élet

négy nemes igazság

situated near a place of execution.

providing a livelihood.

cessation of perception, of awareness.

of absolute, constant perfection or firmness

1. fit for traveling.
2. lasting a long period; enduring.

disputatious.

having undue confidence in oneself an undue estimate of oneself; conceited.

1. meaning, intention; wish, desire.
2. particular meaning, distinction, difference.

tending to go downwards (to lower existences)

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

1. fire; flames; conflagration.
2. cremation fire; a pyre (as or deal or suicide).
3. the ritual fire, the sacrificial fire; (one of) the three fires of brahmanical ritual; the god Aggi Bhagavā.
4. (m …

the hairy skin of an animal; esp. the skin of the black antelope (worn as a garment and used as a covering by ascetics).

not ready or fit for any act or use

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

going to the akaniṭṭha world.

going to the akaniṭṭha world.

1. not to be done or made; not to be dealt with; what is not to be done.
2. (mfn.) with nothing to do

free from blemish

producing ill fame

(formally) repudiated; separated, estranged

suitable, adequate for the action

one who belongs to the same household; a companion, esp. a companion of a king, a chief minister,

without a companion; without a helper.

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

not conceited; free from pride)

not conceited; free from pride)

of no meaning or use; hurtful.

anatthasaṃhita¹

neg. mfn. not connected with the goal; not useful, not profitable; not having meaning

anatthasaṃhita²

neg. mfn. connected with harm, harmful

multiplied; manifold

in many ways; in a manifold way; with several parallel expressions

1. (mfn.) various, of various kinds, of many forms.
2. (n.) manifold form; various ways

in existence for many years

of several kinds; manifold; various

not settling, not resting; or not paying; without expiation.

not settling, not resting; or not paying; without expiation.

not settling, not resting; or not paying; without expiation.

having no wish, without desire

(~antī)n. unwilling

freedom from desire

not free from defect or impurity; impure

not having finished playing; taking enjoyment.

not having finished playing; taking enjoyment.

air; wind.

not free from corruption, tainted

1. not being an owner or master; not empowered, powerless.
2. without an owner or ruler; without a creator

not jealous, not envious.

not jealous; free from envy

not jealous; free from envy

lack of envy, freedom from jealousy

(-ikā)n.

not a woman

not turning back; not to be turned back.

not turning back; not to be turned back.

1. (mfn.) not purturbed.
2. (n.) lack of disturbance, quite

(of honey) pure

not wished for; unpleasant; undesirable

of superior or excellent energy and exertion

1. (mfn.) interior; inner, inward.
2. (n.)
   1. interior part, inside; heart, mind; place between; interval (of time or space); moment between (two events); distance; difference, disagreement.
   2. …

disappearance, vanishing, passing away.

disappears; vanishes.

disappeared, vanished; covered; invisible

messenger sent with another; a companion.

following; accompanied by; fallen or gone into; affected by; relating to

worthy of approval; allowable

thanks; expression of appreciation

thanks; expression of appreciation

level; even

1. lacking attention, inattentive.
2. without a cause, without prerequisite

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

successive cessation.

not evolved or derived, primary; not evolved by the influence of kamma; inanimate

not evolved or derived, primary; not evolved by the influence of kamma; inanimate

advice; instruction; admonition.

the miracle of teaching (one of the three marvels of the Buddha).

will not come.

of inferior birth; ignoble

failure, lack of approval

free from affliction, from misery; free from trouble.

an army; troops.

troop inspection, a review of soldiers

the front, van of an army

soldier, esp. a royal guard or bodyguard

freedom from calamity; health, safety

not received through tradition; not based on hearsay.

free from calamity or distress.

(of honey) pure

(~ī)n. made clear or manifest in actions or by its results

concealing.

3. sg.

3. sg places aside; hides, conceals.

removed hidden concealed

taken away, removed; dispelled

the state of not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness

not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness

not to be given up; not causing weariness or satiety.

not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness

leading to perdition, to an unhappy state; liable to perdition

or neuter one of the tools for kindling fire.

the fire implements, the kindling stick.

ring of lightning or thunderbolts

thunderbolt; a lightning flash.

without lodgings

horse for sale

a thoroughbred horse

comforting; encouraging.

proud; conceited.

proud; conceited.

hospitality

with oneself as the second; with a companion

causing death to oneself

belonging to one ‘s self one’s own; belonging to an (enduring) self or soul; what belongs to one’s self; what belongs to an (enduring) self or soul.

attha¹

m rarely neuter

1. aim, purpose, goal; advantage, profit, benefit.
2. use, need, want (+ instr.).
3. 1. affair, concern, business; problem; thing, matter; (with verbs of saying, a …

bound to (one) for the meaning

taking the goal or meaning to heart; intent on the goal or meaning

analysis of the meaning

aiming at the meaning, or at the benefit

connected with the goal; useful, profitable; having meaning

ū knowing the means; knowing the goal; knowing the meaning

investigating the meaning; inquiring into the significance

investigating the meaning; inquiring into the significance

1. expert in the meaning.
2. meaningful connected with the goal or the meaning

illiberal, niggardly.

worthy of respectful salutations

stick for applying ointment

bag for the collyrium pot

box for ointments, a collyrium pot.

aṅga-m-aṅgāni

neuter plural limb by limb; all the limbs

an army; troops.

of a bed or chair (probably the rails forming the frame).

belonging to the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta; (Snp 766–975).

fan or fly-whisk made from a yak’s tail, a chowry.

1. skin (human or animal; either skin generally, or, in contradiction to chavi, the inner layer of skin, the hypoderma.
2. the flayed skin of an animal, leather.
3. the parchment sounding board of the …

pool.

, ~a, neuter a stagnant pool; a cesspit; a sewer.

, ~a, neuter a stagnant pool; a cesspit; a sewer.

section consisting of four.

the four truths, the four facts.

four yojanas in extent.

nom, ~ā, anī) a set of six; a section of sets of six.

section consisting of sets of six.

, ~ā, m.pl, ~anī, n. pl a period of six months; six months.

thrown down on the ground.

strewn on the ground.

, ~ā, m.pl, ~anī, n. pl a period of six months; six months.

chanda¹

masculine & neuter (m.)

1. in a bad sense: desire, appetite (for, loc.); affection; partiality.
2. in a good sense or neutral sense: will; intention; appetite for; eagerness.
3. c …

having it’s origin in appetite.

connected with the six spheres of perception.

with a parasol in one’s hand.

six yojanas in extent.

to be thrown away.

1. (mfn.) having a hole or holes; split; having gaps; defective.
2. (n., pl. acc. ~ani, ~e) a hole; a split; an opening; a weak point.

chijjati¹

pr. 3 sg. of chindati; (quasi 4th class, in form identical with pass.; the meanings overlap), (intrans.) breaks, breaks off; dries up, comes to an end.

chijjati²

pas …

the young of an animal; a chick.

the young of an animal; a chick.

having sat for a long time.

staying for a long time.

staying for a long time.

citta¹

neuter

1. mind; thought.
2. a single thought; a thought moment; a moment of consciousness.

citta²

mfn. & neuter bright, bright colored; decorated; may colored; extraor …

leader of thieves; a leader of bandits.

strainer.

painted cloth (carried round by wandering actors); a play performed by wandering actors; ?

(one) who keeps or stores the material for robes.

robe which has to be handed back; a borrowed robe.

small; lesser.

danta¹

masculine

1. tooth (of humans and animals) esp. elephant tusks; ivory.
2. elephant’s tusks; ivory.
3. the tooth of a comb (?)

danta²

mfn. tamed, subdued; controlled; restrained.

section consisting of sets of ten.

to be seen; worth seeing; beautiful.

, compar. more beautiful.

with a staff in one’s hand.

leading to the world of the devas.

group or assemblage of devas.

leading to the devas.

bodily vessel; a vein; a nerve.

covered, spread with veins; with prominent veins, i.e. emaciated.

with limbs covered with prominent veins.

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 …

readiness to accept teachings after reflection; teachings preferred after reflection.

attending carefully to dhamma.

1. a portion of dhamma; an element of practice; a portion of the teaching.
2. one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya of the Pāḷi canon.

money and grain.

loss of wealth; a fine.

creditor.

the earth; soil; ground.

milch cow; a cow; a female animal in general.

(one) who is fit to be harnessed to the pole; who is fit to bear a burden; a draft animal.

(one) who is to be harnessed to the wagon-pole or yoke; a draft animal; or (according to commentaries) the two pairs of draft animals.

belonging to a fixed place.

grain; corn.

dippati¹

pr. 3 sg. shines, blazes; is manifest; appears clearly.

dippati²

pass pr. 3 sg. of dīpeti

nibbāna in this life.

entailing feelings of dejection.

being a cause of dejection.

producing ill-will or hostility; causing anger.

gatekeeper; a janitor, a doorkeeper.

section consisting of sets of two.

the stopping, ceasing, ending, of dukkha.

leading to the ending of dukkha.

leading to the ending of dukkha.

entailing painful or unpleasant feelings or experiences.

cloth sieve.

, m.f. (mfn.)

1. the second; a second; the next; a second kind of.
2. the other, another; a further.
3. (m.f.) a companion; a fellow.

(-ikā)n. & m.f.

1. (mfn.) a second; a further.
2. (m.f.) (being) a companion.

duṭṭha¹

pp mfn corrupt; spoilt; sullied.

duṭṭha²

pp. mfn. & masculine bearing ill-will; inimical; angered; malignant; (of animals) enraged; vicious; a rogue, a villain.

whose digestion is upset

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

1. (mfn.) twofold, double, of two kinds.
2. (n.)
   1. a pair, two things.
   2. double meaning, falsehood, duplicity.

involving a double meaning or falsehood.

involving a double meaning or falsehood.

having two fold origin; originating from two.

indeclinable now, at this moment; just now.

child; a boy, a son; a young animal.

fang; the canine tooth.

the group of long discourses (one of the divisions of the Suttapiṭaka of the Pāḷi canon)

reveals, makes manifest; declares, proclaims; explains, makes clear; illustrates.

cutting far off; banishment (?)

(or n.) devoted to (or devotion to) solitariness or unity

ekattha¹

ind. in one place; in one and the same place; in only one place.

ekattha²

mfn. having one meaning; having the same sense

answerable; to be answered with certainty, or with an absolute affirmation

having one meaning; having the same sense

eating only at one sitting each day; (or possibly: sitting alone)

one who eats each day only once, only at one sitting

eating only at one sitting each day; (or possibly: sitting alone)

whose speech is accompanied by the dripping of saliva.

probe.

1. womb of humans and animals.
2. the fetus.
3. an inner room or an apartment; (in a vihara) a separate room or cell.

1. 1. (of people, animals, rivers, roads etc) goes; moves, walks; goes away, leaves; goes to (+ acc. or santike/santikaṃ etc); often with absol., e.g. ādāya ~ati, gahetvā ~ati, goes with, takes; pa …

relying on or taking refuge in a hiding place.

mistress of the house; wife of a gahapati.

of the body where heat assists digestion; its digestive heat.

drops; drips; oozes (with liquid or source as subject); falls down (to) or off; vanishes.

to be gone to; to be reached; attainable.

1. (pl. acc. ganthe, ganthāni),
2. tying, binding; a tie.
3. a composition of treatise.

(one) taking the place of; having the status of, a venerated or esteemed person.

gathered in groups; large companies.

courtesan, a prostitute.

counted; numbered; reckoned; taken into account.

one who has a company of followers or pupils; a teacher; a leader.

one who has a company of followers or pupils; a teacher; a leader.

connected with, attached to, rooted in, the household (sensual) life.

housewife; mistress of a house.

the sense faculty that is the nose.

1. a grazing; search for food; where and on what animals feed; the particular feeding ground, the particular food of an animal.
2. a mendicant’s begging-round; where mendicants (properly) beg for foo …

cow in calf.

not settled in an organized way, settled with dwellings in small groups.

cattle and other domestic animals.

village chief, headman; a leader, chief.

village chief, headman; a leader, chief.

the neck (of humans and animals); the neck of a jar.

the excrement hell.

now, at his moment; just now.

fortuneteller.

creation by a god

the name of one of the nine categories (angās) of the scriptures; one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya of the Pāḷi Canon

1. (m.) the benefit of combating criticism.
2. (mfn.) possessing or seeking the benefit of combating criticism

1. (m.) the benefit of combating criticism.
2. (mfn.) possessing or seeking the benefit of combating criticism

womanizer

yoked with a female animal (?)

nom. ~ā, ~āni ; acc. ~e, ~āni), a country; a district; the country, a country district (as opposed to a town); the people of a district, a community.

the most beautiful girl in a country.

local terminology; an ordinary way of speaking (in a particular community?)

lord of men; a king; a god.

brought into being, produced.

woman, a wife.

one’s birth mother.

one’s birth mother.

one’s biological father.

one’s biological father.

executing orders on foot; undertaking commissions on foot.

kind of (edged) weapon.

indeclinable sticking out the tongue.

paralyzing the tongue by means of a spell.

illuminate, makes bright; elucidates; makes appear, makes manifest; expresses.

jāni¹

feminine a wife.

jāni²

feminine loss, deprivation; fine, confiscation.

of jānāti

the wife and husband.

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

of jānāti

jātaka¹

neuter a birth; a story describing a previous life of the Buddha (when he was a bodhisatta); the name of one of the nine categories (aṅgas) of the scriptures; one of the collec …

producing (further) birth, old age and death.

fondness, desire, for life, attachment to life.

kaccha¹

masculine neuter a forest, esp. a dry wood; deadwood; under wood.

kaccha²

m.(& n. (?) pl. acc. ~āni) the armpit.

kaccha³

masculine a girdle, belt, esp. t …

form of torture (cutting from the body pieces of flesh the size of kahāpaṇas)

increasing contention, fomenting strife

having the companionship of a good man or good men; associating with people of fine qualities

desirable; lovely; beautiful; desirable thing.

ready or fit for any act, ready or fit for use

ready or fit for any act, ready or fit for use

(~ā & ~ī)n. m., & kaniṭṭhā, feminine (mfn.) younger, youngest; esp. (m.) younger or youngest brother; (f.) younger or youngest sister.

(~ā & kaniṭṭhikā)n. & m. f. younger, youngest; esp. (m.) a younger brother; (f.) a younger sister.

pitiful, wretched.

(a servant or slave) brought home as a captive (in war).

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

to be done or made; to be dealt with; what is to be done, what should be done; business, affair; duty; need

associated with compassion; accompanied by compassion

intent on the whip, aware of the whip (?); entered (the influence of) the whip, under the whip (?).

dark substance or dye, probably copper sulphate, blue vitriol

kind of grain, panic seed.

uncertain, causing doubt

being a source of doubts, causing uncertainty

being a source of doubts, causing uncertainty

whose path is black (of fire)

small pot; a facial blemish.

kaṇikara flower.

~anī & ~e) the auditory passage of the ear; the ear

bearable; endurable; it is bearable

1. the shoulder, the upper part of the back (in men and animals).
2. the stem or trunk of a tree.
3. 1. the agglomeration or groups of good practices or virtues
   2. the five collections or groups wh …

dug; excavated

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

rough animal skin

woman of the warrior or ruling class; a princess.

(of the moon) gone beyond waning, new

dug; excavated

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

incompletely defined

(also khippanisanti(n)) of quick observation; of swift comprehension

of quick observation; of swift comprehension

(~ā & -ikā)n. & neuter

1. (mfn.) small; minor; insignificant; inferior; short.
2. (nom. pl. ~ā and ~āni), a minor rule or offense (i.e. a pācittiya rule).

(something) to be eaten; solid food

(from khīra) one who milks.

duty to be performed, business to be done; various duties or affairs

various duties or affairs

mythical being, prob, an animal but with some human features or characteristics (they live in the mountains; are timid, but sing and dance superbly; and have remarkably beautiful eyes.

mythical being, prob, an animal but with some human features or characteristics (they live in the mountains; are timid, but sing and dance superbly; and have remarkably beautiful eyes.

interrog.

1. (emphasising interrog. meaning) why indeed? how precisely? exactly what? have you indeed …
2. (introducing a clause of purpose (with opt. )): why? so that …; in order that …

duty, any duty at all

small belt

small bell

tending to make angry; (that) which disturbs

(~ī)n & /or ~ī feminine revealing the pudenda; exposure of the private parts

the kukkuḷa hell

the pot-work, the potter’s work; (Dhaniya’s clay hot, see Vin iii 41)

tending to make angry; (that) which disturbs.

1. a kind of grass (with long pointed stalks, used at brahmanical religious ceremonies).
2. a piece of wood (or grass!) used as an identifying mark.

somewhere; anywhere; in or regard to anything

1. desire, passion.
2. (usually kāmagunā, m.pl (and ~āni, n.pl)), the strand(s) of (what furnishes) sensual pleasure, the subdivisions or classes of the objects of pleasure

(from kāranā2) a torturer; an executioner.

someone or something to be used to give amusement; a plaything; a playmate

anything useful for a bath.

bathing powder.

nasal-dropper.

section consisting of sets of nine

new residence

fresh butter.

connected with nine occasions or matters

turning the plow

naṅgalāvattani(n)²

mfn. swishing its tail

turning the plow

naṅgalāvattani(n)²

mfn. swishing its tail

adverb of neka in existence for many years; produced over many years

(from nimantana) (one) who accepts invitations (to meals)

whose meaning is not evident or straightforward, but requires interpretation or bringing out.

connected with recoiling; connected with despondency; giving up.

tending towards nibbāna.

occasionally ~ani), a small town, a market town; the people of a town.

of nihanati

of nikhaṇati

of nikhaṇati

not involving or accompanied by joy.

1. (mfn.) unbarred, unimpeded; free.
2. (mfn. & n.) unlimited (of a gift or sacrifice); the name of a brahmanical sacrifice.

unprofitable; useless; meaningless.

leading to hell.

1. ceasing, cessation; the being no more; stopping, shutting off.
2. (for saññāvedayitanirodha) the cessation of conception and feeling.

connected with, conducive to, separation, getting rid of, escape.

requiring (formally acquired) supervision, requiring a mentor.

of nissayati resorting to, inhabiting; dependent (on); leaning on; attached to, supported by; close to, connected to; resorted to

flowed out or away, vanished.

, ~a, neuter

1. (from nissāraṇa)
2. involving suspension; (the formal act) connected with suspension.
3. to be got rid of?

1. 1. depending on, relying on; using as one’s support.
   2. because of; for the sake of.

2. in (formal) dependence, with support; having as mentor (+ gen. or acc.)

3. leaning against; beside; near.

groaning

moaning; groaning.

going out, setting forth; being a good way, leading to good; conducive to leaving (saṃsāra)

forester; an elephant tracker.

the nose (of a human or animal); the trunk of an elephant.

adverb intent upon lowly things; humble.

of dark-blue appearance or luster.

whose meaning is brought out, determined, evident, explicit.

obhāsa¹

masculine light, luster, radiance; appearance, manifestation.

obhāsa²

masculine intimation.

obhāsati¹

pr. 3 sg. speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

obhāsati²

pr. 3 sg. shines forth, is bright; becomes manifest, appears; (perhaps also: shines thro …

rice seller’s house; a cooked rice shop.

appearing white; having a white appearance

consisting of a small company; accompanied by a small (or no) company.

the going downstream.

decoy deer; a tame animal

tame animal; a tamed and trained female deer

to believe; to trust.

connected with going astray (or going down); or to be abandoned.

degradation, demeaning.

with hands and bowl rinsed

serving for riding; an animal for riding; a king’s elephant

serving for riding; an animal for riding; a king’s elephant

connected with this side of existence, with the lower spheres of existence.

connected with coming to this world, with returning to the lower spheres of existence

(the formal act) connected with re-admittance.

with licking the lips

sa-upanisa

mfn.

1. inattentive.
2. having a cause, with a prerequisite

sa-upādisesa

mfn.

1. of nibbāna, during life) accompanied by a residue of material support.
2. with a residue of material support, with some holding on to.
3. with a trace or infection remaining, l …

blemished, marked with spots or freckles

with a female companion.

having something (still) to do

having a purpose; useful; having a meaning; significant; with it; s meaning or purpose

1. skin (human or animal)
2. bark; rind; peel.

1. skin (human or animal)
2. bark; rind; peel.

belonging to tagara and sandalwood powder.

belonging to tagara and sandalwood powder.

dealt with by a formal act of the saṅgha expressing a rebuke.

concerning a rebuke; (a formal act of the saṅgha) expressing a rebuke.

formal act of the saṅgha expressing rebuke.

dealt with by a formal act of the saṅgha expressing a rebuke; under censure.

tree; pea tree, sesbania sesban.

tapanīya¹

mfn. connected with, causing, pain or distress.

tapanīya²

neuter gold purified by fire.

of turita (something) requiring haste; (where) there should be haste

( ~a, ~ani, m.n.pl.), moving and unmoving beings; trembling and still beings.

(a place rubbed by) the frequenting of the tathāgata, a trace of the tathāgata.

of ta(d) just for that time, for a short time; temporary; (f) a temporary sexual partner

having craving as one’s companion.

the destroying of craving.

theragāthā¹

feminine a verse of an elder; a verse from the Theragāthā.

theragāthā²

feminine pl. the verses of the elders; one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya o …

the verses of the female elders; one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya of the Pāḷi Canon.

(~ī)n. standing still, still, unmoving; inanimate; stable, firm, long-lasting; permanent, invariable.

section consisting of sets of three.

with breasts like the timbaru fruit.

going horizontally; an animal.

birth or existence as an animal; the animal class.

going crosswise or obliquely or horizontally; (m.f) an animal; a (non-human)

(being) an animal, a (non-human) creature.

birth or existence as an animal; the animal class.

leading to an animal birth.

going to an animal birth.

going to an animal birth.

(one) belonging to the animal class.

curtain; a screen.

1. stands, is standing; stands still; stops; stays, waits.
2. is engaged or intent upon, perseveres in.
3. exists; continues to exist; remains.
4. often as auxillary with part. or absol., with meaning …

(one) of high rank

(one) of high rank

cleaning or rubbing (the body with oil or perfumes); rubbing away.

drain, conduit; outlet

sprinkling of water

(small) pot or bucket for drawing water; a ladle.

small pot or ladle for drawing water.

uddhaṃ-āghātanika

mfn. with a belief in existence after death

whose stream flows upwards (to the Akaniṭṭha heaven)

1. (m. n.) a joyful or inspired utterance (often in verse).
2. (n.) the name of one of the nine categories (aṅgas) of the scriptures; one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya of the Pāḷi Canon.

1. (mfn.) going upstream.
2. (f.) the going upstream.

peaking in direct opposition; professing directly opposed views

disease (of animals)

disease (of animals)

disease (of animals)

dishcloth, a cleaning rag.

concerning suspension; (a formal act of the saṅgha) leading to suspension.

(formal) act of suspension

dealt by a (formal) act of suspension; suspended

the crooked practice of corruption, deception and fraud

immersing oneself and emerging; diving in and emerging.

distraction of mind, madness, insanity.

rising and sinking; uneven

rising and sinking; uneven

1. a companion, adviser; teacher.
2. the preceptor (of a bhikkhu); an instructor; the sponsor for a bhikkhu’s upasampadā.

fastened, tied to; connected to

tying, fastening; what ties or connects.

ties, fastens, attaches; connects (+loc. or instr.).

come into being, originated.

1. deposit; property deposited.
2. setting beside; comparison, similarity.

setting beside; comparison; similarity.

placing near to, setting beside (for comparison); in comparison with (acc. or dat./gen.); in reference to.

(~antī)n. rubbing against, pressing up near to.

observes closely; looks at or thinks of lustfully; thinks of, reflects on.

observed, thought of

observed, thought of

goes out; comes out.

putting down (near); placing beside (for comparison).

placing near.

places, puts down (near, gen.); places beside (for comparison); adds to; deposits.

positioned, placed; deposited

lies down beside or near (+acc.).

lying down or near

based on, living near.

frequents; keeps close to, clings to.

seated near, seated beside

clinging to, dependent (upon).

going near to; depending on; near (+acc. or gen.).

1. sitting near (a teacher) to listen, attention; secret knowledge.
2. cause, basis; condition, prerequisite.

sits close to, sits beside (+acc.).

comes back, returns (to).

to take out, to produce.

led, drawn towards; brought to, offered; used; used up; initiated; alluded to, cited

with one; s youth gone, advanced in age

tending to go up, leading towards

associated with disinterestedness, accompanied by disinterestedness

1. .(act.) who has approached, reached; having accepted.
2. (pass.)
   1. reached, accepted.
   2. accompanied by, furnished with, possessed of

1. taken hold of, taken for one’s own; grasped; used.
2. evolved, derived, esp. evolved by the influence of previous kamma (usually explained by commentaries as meaning (1) animate.
3. not holding ont …

1. taken hold of, taken for one’s own; grasped; used.
2. evolved, derived, esp. evolved by the influence of previous kamma (usually explained by commentaries as meaning 1.); animate.
3. not holding on …

1. taking as one’s own, laying hold of, grasping.
2. material support or cause, fuel; (it is often difficult to determine which meaning is intended; both reinforce each other: previous grasping produc …

(from upādāna) likely to be taken as one’s own, tending to produce grasping; serving as a support or fuel.

useful for argumentative challenge, thinking it useful for argumentative challenge

1. obtruding, raising oneself.
2. mound (of flesh), thickness.
3. swelling.
4. abundance, prevalence, preponderance.
5. over-abundance, excess.
6. a supplementary niraya (of which there are either 16 …

the upper of the two pieces of wood used for kindling fire

uttari-karaṇīya

neuter something further to be done; a further task

additional food; accompaniment to a meal, condiment

making clear; explanations

makes clear; explains

made clear

making clear; explanations

makes clear; explains

made clear

the end of the menstruation period

connected with rousing action; coupled with a dismissal.

gleaning; gathering food from the wild; gathering food by begging;

involving eating by means of gleaning or begging

knowing; having intelligence; (one) who is possessed of (right) knowledge.

knowing; having intelligence; (one) who is possessed of (right) knowledge.

nom. ~ani, ~a, acc. ~ani, ~e ?), knowledge, understanding.

(from ādāya gacchati, ’he goes with, he takes ’), to be gone with; to be taken; going with.

(from āgamana) connected with coming to; with returning.

thoroughbred (esp. of horses, but also of other animals and of men).

well-bred; thoroughbred, noble (of animals, esp. horses; also of people); a thoroughbred.

the thoughts, preoccupations of a thoroughbred horse; ‘thoroughbred’ meditation

rail, a banister

with jeweled earrings put on, wearing jeweled earrings.

leads towards or near; brings, fetches; brings home, brings home (as a wife); brings back; supplies, understands (a meaning or word)

leads towards or near; brings, fetches; brings home, brings home (as a wife); brings back; supplies, understands (a meaning or word)

the buttocks, the bottom.

profit, advantage; benefit, blessing (in, loc.)

led near; brought; fetched, brought home

merchant, a shopkeeper.

metal drinking bowl or cup full of drink.

sitting within the view (of men), in public.

sitting within the view (of men), in public.

fit to be mounted

fit to be mounted

1. (mfn.) to be fulfilled, to be achieved.
2. (n.) what is to be accomplished; success, approval

living near a park

living near a park

being a basis or cause of afflictions; being a basis or cause of the āsavas

(from āvaraṇa) belonging to or causing obstruction; obstructive.

turning, seducing; a seductress; a seductive sorcery.

before the eyes; openly, manifestly; in public

the becoming visible; being made clear, evident; manifestation

makes manifest; reveals, discloses; displays.

revealed, disclosed; made manifest

one who makes manifest, who reveals, discloses

one who makes manifest, who reveals, discloses

before the eyes; openly, manifestly; in public

before the eyes; openly, manifestly; in public

leading to birth, old age and death in the future

plug of cloth; a menstruation cloth

small gate or a bolted gate

framework of pegs

to be set aside.

Abhibhāyatana: the 8 ‘stages of mastery’, are powers to be obtained by means of the kasina-exercises see: kasina. In the Com. to M. 77, where āyatana is explained by ‘means’ kārana it is sa …

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 * …

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 …

Akanittha: the ‘Great or Non-junior Ones’, i.e. ‘Highest Gods’, are the inhabitants of the 5th and highest heaven of the Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, cf. avacara deva II Anāgāmī

Akusala: Disadvantageous, are all those kammic intentions kamma - cetanā see: cetanā and all consciousness and mental properties associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed …

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 …

Anicca-saññā: Perception of impermanence, is defined in the Girimananda Sutta A. X. 60 as meditation on the impermanence of the five clusters of clinging:

Though, with a faithful heart, one take …

Aniccānupassanā: C ontemplation of impermanence, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight development see: vipassanā.

Animitta-ceto-vimutti: see: ceto-vimutti

Animitta-vimokkha: see: vimokkha

Animittānupassanā: see: vipassanā

Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

Anāgāmī: T he Non-Returner is a Noble Disciple Ariya-puggala on the 3rd stage of Nobility. There are 5 classes of Non-Returners, as it is said e.g. Pug. 42-46:

A being, through the disappea …

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 …

Aparāpariya-vedanīya-kamma: ‘kamma bearing fruits in later births’; see: kamma.

Appanihita-vimokkha: D esireless mental release see: *vimokkha

_ Appanihitānupassanā: Contemplation of desirelessness see: _vipassanā*

Apāya: The 4 ‘lower worlds’. are: the animal world, ghost world, demon-world, hell. See Vis.M XIII, 92f.

[[arising and vanishing]]Arising and vanishing: of things. The knowledge consisting in the contemplation of; see: visuddhi VI.1.

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 …

Asañña-satta: The unconscious beings, are a class of divine beings in the fine-material world; see: deva II. There are, Bhikkhus, divine beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, …

Asmi-māna: lit.: ‘I am’-conceit, ‘ego-conceit’, may range from the coarsest pride and self-assertion to a subtle feeling of one’s distinctiveness or superiority that persists, as the 8th fette …

Attha-patisambhidā: The ‘analytical knowledge of meaning’, is one of the 4 kinds of analytical knowledge patisambhidā.

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

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 …

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Bojjhanga: ‘the 7 factors of enlightenment’, are: awareness or mindfulness sati-sambojjhanga, sati, investigation of the law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, *vir …

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 …

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

Chanda: intention, desire, will.

1. As an ethically neutral psychological term, in the sense of ‘intention’, it is one of those general mental properties cetasika Tab. II taught in th …

Companionship: Influence of good and bad° = samseva.

Cutūpapāta-ñāna: the ‘knowledge of the vanishing and reappearing’ of beings is identical with the divine eye; see: abhiññā.

Effort: the 4 right e.: samma - ppadhāna see: padhāna Right e. see: sacca IV 6, magga 6. - 5 elements of e.: padhāniyanga

[[ekāsanik’anga]]Ekāsanik’anga: the exercise of eating at one sitting, is one of the ascetic practices; see: dhutānga

Emotion: 8 sources of e.: samvega-vatthu. The 4 places rousing emotion; samvejanīya-tthāna

Equanimity: upekkhā = tatra - majjhattatā. - Knowledge consisting in e. with regard to all constructions, see: visuddhi VI, 8. - Indulging in e., see: manopavicāra

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 …

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 …

Impermanence: anicca - Contemplation of i., cf. vipassanā 1.

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

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

[[inference of meaning]]Inference of meaning: an ‘expression the meaning of which is to be inferred’: neyyattha-dhamma - Antonym: ‘expression with an established meaning’: nītattha-dhamma s …

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

Jāti: ‘birth’, comprises the entire embryonic process beginning with conception and ending with parturition.

The birth of beings belonging to this or that order of beings, their being born, their …

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 …

Padhāna: ‘effort.’ The 4 right efforts samma - padhāna forming the 6th stage of the 8-fold path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overc …

Padhāniyanga: ‘elements of effort’, are the following 5 qualities: faith, health, sincerity, energy, and understanding M. 85, 90; A. V. 53. See pārisuddhi-padhāniyanga.

Pakati-upanissaya: ‘direct inducement’; see: paccaya

Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …

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 …

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere kāma-loka. Māra is said to be their ruler. Cf. …

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 …

Patipadā: 1. ‘Road’, ’ Path ’; for instance in dukkhanirodha - gāminī - patipadā ‘the road leading to the ceasing of suffering’ = 4th Noble Truth; majjhima - patipadā ‘the Middle Way’ …

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 …

Patisankhāna-bala: and Bhāvanā-bala: ‘power of reflection’, and ‘power of mental development’. About these 2 powers it is said in A. II, 10:

What, o Bhikkhus, is the power of reflection? If …

Paññā: ‘understanding, knowledge, understanding, insight’, comprises a very wide field. The specific Buddhist knowledge or understanding, however, as part of the Noble 8-fold path magga to deli …

Pleasantness: idea of: see: vipallāsa, subhanimitta.

[[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 …

Punabbhava: lit.: re-becoming; ‘renewed existence’, is a sutta term for ‘rebirth’, which, in later literature mostly is called patisandhi The attainment of Sainthood arahatta implying the end …

Purity: the elements of the effort for: pārisuddhipadhāniyanga

Puthujjana: lit.: ‘one of the many folk’, ‘worldling’, ordinary man, is any layman or Bhikkhu who is still possessed of all the 10 mental chains samyojana binding to the round of rebirths, and t …

[[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

Pārisuddhi-padhāniyanga: the 4 ‘elements of the effort for purity’, are: effort for purity of morality sīla - parisuddhi - padhāniyanga for purity of mind citta of view ditthi of deli …

Pātihāriya: ‘miracle’, marvel. Three marvels are ascribed to the Buddha: the marvel of magic iddhi - p the marvel of mind-reading ādesanā - p and the marvel of instruction anusāsanī \ …

Pātimokkha: ‘Disciplinary Code’, is the name of the code of monk’s rules, which on all full-moon and new moon days is recited before the assembled community of fully ordained Bhikkhus Bhikkhu. …

Pūjā: 1 honour, respect, homage, 2 worship, devotional observances, devotional offerings; also offerings to Bhikkhus.

1: The Mahā-mangala Sutta Sn. 259 says that;Honour and respect towards those …

Tathāgata: the ‘Perfect One’, lit. the one who has ‘thus gone’, or ‘thus come’, is an epithet of the Buddha used by him when speaking of himself.

To the often asked questions, whether the Tathāga …

Tatra-majjhattatā: ‘equanimity, equipoise, mental balance’ lit., ‘remaining here and there in the middle’, is the name for a high ethical quality belonging to the sankhāra - khandha see: *kh …

Te-vijja: ‘one endowed with the threefold higher knowledge’. In Brahmanism means ‘knower of the 3 Vedas’ tri - vidyā in Buddhism means one who has realised 3 kinds of knowledge, to wit: reme …

Theravāda: ‘Doctrine of the Elders’, is a name of the oldest form of the Buddha’s teachings, handed down to us in the Pāli language. According to tradition, its name is derived from the fact of ha …

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā no-self anattā.

Whether Perfect Ones appear in th …

Tiracchāna-yoni: ‘animal womb’; birth as animal. The animal kingdom belongs to the sense-world see: loka is one of the 4 lower worlds see: apāya and one of the 3 woeful courses of existence …

Tranquillity: of mind: see: samatha, samatha - vipassanā, bhāvanā, bojjhanga - ‘One who has taken t. as his vehicle’: samathayānika

Transitoriness: anicca

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under th …

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 …

Ārammanupanissaya: Decisive Support Conditional Relation. see: paccaya

Āsava: lit: fermentations, taints, corruptions, intoxicant biases. There is a list of four as in D. 16, Pts.M., Vibh.:
1: The mental fermentation of sense-desire kāmāsava, Ex: ’All is pleasan …

A-¹

the prep. ā shortened before double cons., as akkosati (ā + kruś), akkhāti (ā + khyā), abbahati (ā + bṛh)

Best to be classed here is the a- we call expletive. …

adjective noun intimate friend, confidant, “chum” Ja.i.86 (+ ativissāsika), Ja.i.337 (“insider”, opp. bāhiraka).

fr. abbhantara, cp. Sk. abhyantara in same meaning

emphatic of atīta in all meanings, viz.

1. passed, gone by SN.ii.183 (+ atikkanta); nt. -ṃ what is gone or over the past Ja.iii.169.
2. passed away, dead MN.i.465; SN.iv.398; Thag.242, Thag.1035. …

Abbhuta¹

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

1. filled MN.i.387 (paripuṇṇa +); Dhp-a.iv.182 (pañca jātisatāni a.).
2. abbocchinna*, a + vi + ava + chinna] uninterrupted, constant, as -ṃ adv. in comb^n. wi …

1. the foetus in the 1^st & 2^nd months after conception the 2^nd of the five prenatal stages of development, viz kalala, abbuda, pesi, ghana, pasākha Mnd.120; Mil.40 V …

adjective impossible, not likely, unable DN.iii.13 sq., DN.iii.19 DN.iii.26 sq., DN.iii.133; Iti.106, Iti.117; Snp.231 (see Kp-a.189); Dhp.32; Ja.i.116; Pp.13.

• -ṭṭhāna a (moral) impossibility o …

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 …

to eat (of animals) Vin.ii.201 (bhinko pankaṃ a.).

abhi + bhakkhayati

as an˚; invincibility Pv-a.117.

abstr. fr. abhibhavanīya, grd. of abhibhavati

to overcome, master, be lord over, vanquish, conquer SN.i.18, SN.i.32, SN.i.121 (maraṇaṃ); SN.iv.71 (rāgadose), SN.i.117 (kodhaṃ), SN.i.246, SN.i.249 (sāmikaṃ); Ja.i.56 Ja.i.280; Pv-a.94 (= balīyati, …

Abhida¹

adjective as attr. of sun & moon at MN.ii.34, MN.ii.35 is doubtful in reading & meaning; vv.ll. abhidosa & abhidesa Neumann; trsl. “unbeschränkt”. The context seems to require a …

adjective “putting on”, designing, calling, meaning Pgdp.98.

abhi + dhāyin fr. dhā

adjective to be approached, accessible Pv-a.9.

grd. of abhigacchati

1. to bring (to), to offer, fetch DN.iii.170; Ja.i.54, Ja.i.157; Ja.iii.537; Ja.iv.421; DN-a.i.272.
2. to curse, revile, abuse [cp. Sk. anuvyāharati & abhivyā˚] AN.i.198

pass abhihariyati Vv-a.17 …

to wish for, strive after, pray for SN.i.143 (read asmâbhijappanti & cp.; Kindred Sayings p. 180) = Ja.iii.359 (= namati pattheti piheti C.); Snp.923, Snp.1046 (+ āsiṃsati thometi; Cnd.79 = jappati …

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

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. …

adjective belonging to one’s livehood, forming one’s living Vin.i.187 (sippa).

abhi + jīvana + ika

adjective noun

1. (adj.) lit. gone forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expl^n. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e.g. DN-a.i.227 = Kp-a.114 = Vv-a.52) it is used in …

adjective fixed, designed, inaugurated, marked by auspices Ja.iv.1; DN-a.i.18.

Sk. abhilakṣita in diff. meaning; pp. of abhi + lakṣ

to hang down over (c. acc.) MN.iii.164 = Ne.179 (+ ajjholambati); Ja.v.70 (papātaṃ), Ja.v.269 (Vetaraṇiṃ)
pp abhilambita (q.v.).

abhi + lambati

doubtful meaning. The other is explained by Bdhgh at DN-a.i.120 as paripuṇṇ˚; and at DN-a.i.222 as avikal-indriya not defective, perfect sense-organ. He must have read ahīn˚ Abhi-n-indriya could …

…cp. Sk….

being bent on (“downward force” Dhs trsl. 242), i.e. taking oneself out to, way of acting, (proper) behaviour, endeavour, resolve, aspiration SN.iii.267 sq. (˚kusala); AN.ii.189; AN.iii.311; AN.iv.3 …

attacking, fighting, as adj. f. -aṇī fighting, epithet of Mārassa senā, the army of M. Snp.439 (kaṇhassa˚ the fighting army of k. = samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ nippothanī antarāyakārī Snp-a.390).

abhi + paharaṇa

to strew over, to cover (completely) DN.ii.137 (pupphāni Tathāgatassa sarīraṃ okiranti ajjhokiranti a.); Vv-a.38 (for abbhokirati Vv.5#9). pp. abhippakiṇṇa (q.v.).

abhi + pakirati

adjective finding one’s peace in (c. loc.), trusting in having faith in, believing in, devoted to (loc.) Vin.iii.43; DN.i.211 (Bhagavati) SN.i.134; SN.iv.319; SN.v.225, SN.v.378; AN.iii.237, AN.iii.27 …

to shed rain upon, to pour down; intrs. to rain, to pour, fall. Usually in phrase mahāmegho abhippavassati a great cloud bursts Mil.8 Mil.13, Mil.36, Mil.304; Pv-a.132 (variant reading ati˚); intrs. …

past participle having rained, poured, fallen; trs. SN.v.51 (bandhanāni meghena ˚āni) AN.v.127; intrs. MN.ii.117 (mahāmegho ˚o there has been a cloudburst).

fr. abhippavassati

adjective -˚ resounding with (the cries of animals, esp. the song of birds), full of the sound of (birds) Thag.1062 (kuñjara˚), Thag.1113 (mayūra-koñca˚) Ja.iv.466 (adāsakunta˚); Ja.v.304 (mayūra-k …

adjective of perfect form, (very), handsome, beautiful, lovely Snp.410 (= dassaniya’ angapaccanga Snp-a.383); Ja.i.207; Pp.52; DN-a.i.281 (aññehi manussehi adhikarūpa); Vv-a.53; Pv-a.61 (abhikkant …

adjective only as adv. f. ˚nī. Epithet of vācā scolding abusing, cursing AN.v.265 (para˚). Cp. next.

abstr. fr. abhisajjati in meaning of abhisanga 2

at Snp.49 evidently means “scolding, cursing, being in bad temper” (cp. abhisajjati), as its comb^n. with vāc’ âbhilāpa indicates, but is expl^d. both by Nd ii.& Bdhgh. as “stickin …

to be in ill temper, to be angry, to curse, imprecate (in meaning of abhisanga 2) DN.i.91 (= kodha-vasena laggati DN-a.i.257), DN.iii.159; Ja.iii.120 (+ kuppati); Ja.iv.22 (abhisajji kuppi vyāpajji …

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 …

completely grasped or realised, understood mastered SN.v.128 (dhamma a.), SN.v.440 (anabhisametāni cattāri ariyasaccāni, cp. Divy.654 anabhisamitāni c.a.) AN.iv.384 (appattaṃ asacchikataṃ +).

pp. of …

to come by, to attain, to realise grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in comb^n. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti; abhisambujjhitvā abhisamet …

to come to (understand) completely, to grasp fully, to master Kp-a.236 (for abhisamecca Snp.143).

abhi + sam + āgacchati, cp. in meaning adhigacchati

is doubtful reading at Vv.64#10; meaning “neighing” (of horses) Vv-a.272, Vv-a.279.

? abhisaṃsati

Only in abhisaṃvisseyyagattaṃ (or -bhastaṃ or -santuṃ) Thig.466 a compound of doubtful derivation and meaning. Mrs. Rh. D., following Dhammapāla (p. 283) ʻa bag of skin with carrion filled’.

abhi …

to utter a solemn wish, Vv.81#18 (aor. ˚sīsi. variant reading ˚sisi. Vv-a.316 explains by icchi sampaṭicchi).

= abhisaṃsati, abhi + śaṃs. As to Sk. śaṃs → P. siṃs cp. āsiṃsati, as to meaning …

to salute respectfully, to honour, greet; grd. -vandanīya Mil.227.

abhi + vandati

to go against (in a hostile manner, to attack (c. acc.) SN.i.216 (aor. abhiyaṃsu, variant reading SS abhijiyiṃsu); Dhp-a.iii.310 (aor. abhiyāsi as variant reading for T. reading pāyāsi; the id. p Vv\ …

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 …

adjective

1. going beyond the limits (of proper behaviour), too self-sure, overbearing, arrogant, proud SN.i.239 (variant reading accayasara caused by prolepsis of foll. accaya); Ja.iv.6 (atisara); …

to praise, honour, celebrate Dāvs v.66 (accayittha, pret.)-pp accita, q.v.

Vedic arcati, ṛc, orig. meaning to be clear & to sing i.e. to sound clear, cp. arci

1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

Accha¹

adjective clear, transparent Vin.i.206 (˚kañjika); DN.i.76 (maṇi = tanucchavi DN-a.i.221), DN.i.80 (udakapatta), DN.i.84 (udaka-rahada); MN.i.100; SN.ii.281 (˚patta); SN.iii.105 ( …

adjective noun wonderful, surprising strange, marvellous DN.ii.155; MN.i.79; MN.iii.118, MN.iii.125, MN.iii.144 (an˚); SN.iv.371; AN.i.181; Mil.28, Mil.253; Dhp-a.iii.171; Pv-a.121; Vv-a.71 (an˚). …

Accharā¹

feminine the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips:

1. (lit.) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja.ii.447; Ja.iii.191; Ja.iv.124, Ja.iv.126 Ja. …

adjective out of time, viz.

1. irregular, extraordinary Ja.vi.549, Ja.vi.553.
2. urgent, pressing MN.i.149 (karaṇiyan business), MN.ii.112; Ja.i.338; Ja.v.17 ˚ṃ (nt.) hurry Dhp-a.i.18. See also acce …

Adda¹

ginger Ja.i.244 (˚singivera).

cp. Sk. ārdraka

Adda³

adjective wet, moist slippery Ja.iv.353; Ja.vi.309; Mil.346.

• -āvalepana “smeared with moisture”, i.e. shiny, g …

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

adjective = adhaniya 2, lasting Ja.v.507 (an˚).

adjective

1. belonging to the road, fit for travelling (of the travelling season) Thag.529.
2. belonging to a (long) time, lasting a long period lasting, enduring DN.iii.211; Ja.i.393 (an˚) Ja.vi.71. …

same meaning as addhan but as simplex only used with reference to time (i.e. a long time, cp. Vv-a.117 addhānaṃ = ciraṃ). Usually in phrase atītaṃ (anāgataṃ etc.) addhānaṃ in …

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.) = …

to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …

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 …

one who has to do with the settling of disputes or questions, a judge AN.v.164, AN.v.167.

fr. adhikaraṇa

smith’s anvil Ja.iii.285; Dāvs iii.16 sq.; Dhs-a.263.

to adhikaraṇa 1, orig. meaning “serving, that which serves, i.e. instrument”

adjective having undue confidence in oneself, conceited AN.v.162, AN.v.169, AN.v.317; Dhp-a.iii.111.

fr. adhimāna

to fly past, vanish Ja.iv.111 (= ativiya patati sīghaṃ atikkamati C.)
caus adhipāteti (q.v.) in diff. meaning. Cp. also adhipāta.

adhi + patati

1. intention, wish desire SN.i.124; SN.v.108; AN.ii.81; AN.iii.363 (bhoga˚), AN.v.65; Ja.i.79, Ja.i.83; Sdhp.62. As adj. (-˚) desiring Pv-a.226 (hass˚ in play = khiḍḍatthika).
2. sense, meaning conc …

distinction, difference, peculiarity, special meaning MN.i.46; SN.iii.66; SN.iv.208; AN.i.267; AN.iv.158; AN.v.48 sq.

adhi + pāyosa

1. to wait for (c. acc.) Ja.i.254; Ja.ii.352 Ja.iii.277.
2. to have patience, bear, endure (c. acc.) DN.ii.128, DN.ii.157; Ja.i.46; Ja.iii.281 (pahāre); Ja.iv.279, Ja.iv.407; Ja.v.51 Ja.v.200; Vv-a.3 …

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., …

adhiyati to study, lit. to approach (cp adhigacchati); to learn by heart (the Vedas & other Sacred Books) Vin.i.270; SN.i.202 (dhammapadāni); Ja.iv.184 (adhīyitvā), Ja.iv.496 (adhīyamāna); Ja.vi.458; …

past participle that which is not given, freq. in phrase adinn’ ādāna (BSk. adattādāna Divy.302 seizing or grasping that which is not given to one i.e. stealing, is the 2^nd of the ten qua …

kind of bird Ja.iv.466.

prob. = adaṃsa, from ḍasati to bite, cp. dāṭhā tooth; lit meaning “toothless” or “not biting”

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 …

1. price, value, worth, Mil.244; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.76; Vv-a.77
   ■ mahaggha (adj.) of great value Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.414; Ja.vi.209; Pv.ii.1#18. See also mahāraha. …

adjective priceless, invaluable, beyond the reach of money Mil.192.

in function & form grd. of agghati

intr. to be worth, to have the value of (acc.), to deserve Ja.i.112 (satasahassaṃ; aḍḍhamāsakaṃ); Ja.vi.174, Ja.vi.367 (padarajaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.35 (maṇin nâgghāma); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.28. Freq. in stock phr …

(-˚) an oblation, decoration or salutation in the form of garlands, flowers etc., therefore meaning “string, garland” (cp. Sinhalese ägä “festoon work”) Mhvs.19, Mhvs.38 (pupph˚;), Mhvs.34, Mhvs.73 …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) valuable, precious, worth Ja.vi.265 (maṇi); Dhp-a.ii.41 (ratan of jewel’s worth); Mhvs.30, Mhvs.92.
2. (nt.) a respectful oblation Ja.v.324 = Ja.vi.516; Dpvs.vi.65; vii.4.

…

adjective that which is to be valued, in -kamma the business of a valuator Ja.iv.137.

grd. of agghāpeti, see agghati

fire.

1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

Agha¹

neuter evil, grief, pain, suffering, misfortune SN.i.22; MN.i.500 (roga gaṇḍa salla agha); AN.ii.128 (id.); Ja.v.100; Thig.491; Sdhp.51
■ adj. painful, bringing pain Ja.vi.507 (a …

sort of wild animal Ja.vi.247 (= aghāvaha miga), Ja.vi.507 (= aghakara). Cp. BSk. agharika Divy.475.

to agha¹?

1. house or hut, usually implying the comforts of living at home as opp. to anagāra homelessness or the state of a homeless wanderer (mendicant). See anagāriyā
   ■ Thus freq. in two phrases con …

not hurting, humanity, kindness DN.iii.147; AN.i.151; Dhp.261, Dhp.270; Ja.iv.71; Mil.402.

a + hiṃsā

the hide of the black antelope, worn as a garment by ascetics DN.i.167; Snp.1027; Ja.i.12, Ja.i.53; Ja.iv.387; Ja.v.407. kharājina a rough skin (as garment) MN.i.343; SN.iv.118; AN.ii.207; Snp.249 (= …

Ajja & Ajjā

adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …

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 …

adjective personal, inward (cp. Dhs trsl. 207 & Mnd.346: ajjhattikaṃ vuccati cittaṃ) opp. bāhira outward (q.v.). See also āyatana
■ MN.i.62 SN.i.73 (˚ā rakkhā na bāhirā); SN.iv …

adjective something fit to eat, eatable, for eating Ja.vi.258; Dhp-a.i.284.

grd. of ajjhoharati

hanging on, cleaving to, being bent on, (c. loc.) SN.ii.94 (+ mamāyita); AN.ii.25 (diṭṭha suta muta +); Mnd.75 Mnd.106, Mnd.163 = Nd ii under nissita; Thig.470 (asāre = taṇhāvasena abhiniviṭṭha Thag …

to predominate Ja.ii.357.

adhi + ā + bhū, in meaning of abhi + bhu

intention, desire, wish, disposition, bent DN.ii.224 (adj.: intent on, practising); Ja.i.88, Ja.i.90; Ja.ii.352; Ja.v.382; Dhs-a.314, Dhs-a.334; Pv-a.88, Pv-a.116, Pv-a.133 (adj. dān˚ intent on o …

(a brahmin) engaged in learning the Veda (mantajjhāyaka Ja.vi.209; Snp-a.192), a scholar of the brahmanic texts, a studious learned person DN.i.88, DN.i.120; DN.iii.94; AN. …

Ajja & Ajjā

adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …

adjective constant, durable, lasting DN.iii.86. As tt. for one of 4 branches of Vedic learning (DN.i.88) it is Phonetics which probably included Grammar, and is explained by sikkhā …

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 not hanging down, not drooping, short Ja.v.302; Ja.vi.3 (˚tthaniyo not flabby: of a woman’s breasts cp. alamb’ ordhva-stanī Suśruta i.371).

a + lamba

lac, a red animal dye Ja.iv.114 (˚pāṭala); Dhp-a.ii.174; Dhp-a.iv.197.

Sk. alaktaka

indeclinable emphatic particle

1. in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …

1. “made too much”, made much of, done up, adorned, fitted out Dhp.142 (= vatthâbharaṇa-paṭimaṇḍita Dhp-a.iii.83); Pv.ii.3#6; Vv.1#1; Ja.iii.392; Ja.iv.60.
2. “done enough” (see *[alaṃ](/define/alaṃ …

…(id.) Ja.iii.425.

• -pāṇi with clean hand Pv.ii.9#9 (= dhotapāṇi Pv-a.116). [For analla-gatta at SN.i.183 better read, with…

? only in cpd. (kāma-) sukh’ allik’ânuyoga given to the attachment to sensual joys Vin.i.10; DN.iii.113 DN.iii.130; SN.iv.330; SN.v.421; Ne.110.

either from alla = allikaṃ nt. in meaning defilemen …

1. friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …

? a kind of slippery fish, an eel (?) Only in expression amarā-vikkhepika eel-wobbler, one who practices eel-wriggling, fr. ˚vikkhepa “oscillation like the a. fish” In English idiom “a man who si …

Ambaka¹

adjective “womanish” (?), inferior, silly, stupid, of narrow intellect. Occurs only with reference to a woman, in comb^n. with bālā AN.iii.349 (variant reading amma˚), AN …

1. a trough Ja.v.297; Ja.vi.381 (bhatt˚).
2. a certain measure of capacity Ja.i.62; Ja.ii.436 (taṇḍul˚). As -ka at Ja.ii.117 (variant reading ampaṇaka); DN-a.i.84.

of uncertain etym.; Sk. armaṇa …

adjective not dull. As n. absence of stupidity or delusion DN.iii.214; Pp.25. The form amogha occurs at Ja.vi.26 in the meaning of “efficacious, auspicious” (said of ratyā nights). …

adjective not deceiving, open, honest Snp.941 (see Mnd.422: māyā vuccati vañcanikā cariyā). Cp. next.

a + māyā

Amūḷha-vinaya

“acquittal on the ground of restored sanity” (Childers) Vin.i.325 (ix.6, 2); Vin.ii.81 (iv.5), Vin.ii.99 (iv.14, 27), Vin.iv.207, Vin.iv.351; MN.ii.248.

adjective uncalled, unbidden, unasked Vin.i.113; Pv.i.12#3 (T. anabbhita, variant reading anijjhiṭṭha Ja.iii.165 has anavhāta; Thig.129 ayācita; Pv-a.64 explains by anavhāta).

an + ajjhiṭṭha

adjective epithet of Saṃsāra “whose beginning and end are alike unthinkable”, i.e., without beginning or end. Found in two passages of the Canon SN.ii.178, SN.ii.187 sq. = SN.iii.149, SN.iii.151 = SN. …

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

1. (lit.) blind, blinded, blindfolded Ja.i.216 (dhūm˚); Pv.iv.1#48; Pv-a.3
   ■ dark, dull, blinding MN.iii.151 (˚andhaṃ adv. dulled); Snp.669 (Ep. of timisa, like Vedic andhaṃ tamaḥ); D …

adjective without fuel Ja.iv.26 (= anindhana).

an + edha

adjective (usually ˚-) not one, i.e. many, various; countlcss, numberless Iti.99 (saṃvaṭṭakappā countless aeons); Snp.688 (˚sākhā); Dhp.153 (˚jātisāra); Ja.iv.2 Ja.vi.366.

• -pariyāyena (instr.) …

adjective faultless, pure; only in foll. compounds -gala free from the dripping or oozing of impurity (thus expl^d. at DN-a.i.282, viz. elagalana-virahita), but more likely in lit. mean …

not finding Thag.78 = Dhp.153 (= taṃ ñāṇaṃ avindanto Dhp-a.iii.128).

ppr. of nibbisati, q.v.

dispassion SN.v.6; adj. -a without desires, not desiring Snp.707.

an + icchā

see nigha¹ and īgha.

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

a + nikhāta, pp. of nikhanati

adjective not free from impurity, impure, stained Dhp.9 = Thag.969 = Ja.ii.198 = Ja.v.50; Dhp-a.i.82 (= rāgâdīhi kasāvehi sakasāva).

a + nikkasāva, cp. nikasāva

not throwing out or expelling Ja.iii.22.

a + nikkaḍḍhanā

wind Ja.iv.119 (˚patha air, sky); Mil.181; Vv-a.237; Sdhp.594.

from an, cp. Sk. aniti to breathe, cp. Gr. α ̓́νεμος wind; Lat. animus breath, soul, mind

adjective not winking, waking, watchful Dāvs v.26 (nayana).

Ved. animeṣa, cp. nimisati

Anindi-

in -ḷocana (with) faultless eyes Ja.vi.265.

the comp^n. form of nindā

adjective blameless, faultless Ja.iv.106 (-aṅgin of blameless body or limbs).

a + nindita

adjective see nirankaroti.

a + nirākata

adjective without a personal ereator Thag.713.

an + issara

adjective not hard, not greedy, generous DN.iii.47 (+ amaccharin; variant reading anussukin); Snp-a.569 (see under niṭṭhurin).

an + issukin, see also an-ussukin

woman lacking the characteristics of womanhood, a woman ceasing to be a woman, “nonwoman” Ja.ii.126 (comp^d with anadī a river without water interpreted by ucchiṭṭh-itthi).

an + itthi

adjective indefinite (as tt. g.) Vv-a.231.

pp. of a + niyameti

adjective not settled, uncertain, doubtful Vin.i.112; Vin.ii.287; DN.iii.217.

a + niyata

immobility, steadfastness Pts.i.15.

an + iñjana

adjective immoveable, undisturbed, unshaken Thag.386.

an + iñjita

see niṭṭhā².

see niṭṭhita.

…SN.v.216.

anu + ava + majjati,…

Anta¹

1. end, finish, goal SN.iv.368 (of Nibbāna); Snp.467; Ja.ii.159. antaṃ karoti to make an end (of) Snp.283, Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
   ■ loc. ante at the end of, …

adverb even Vin.iii.260; Vin.iv.123; DN.i.168; MN.iii.127; AN.v.195; Ja.ii.129; DN-a.i.170; Snp-a.35; Vv-a.155.

orig. abl. of antama, *Sk. antamaśah; cp. BSk. antaśah as same formation fr. anta, …

adjective Primary meanings are “inside” and “in between” as adj. “inner”; in prep. use & in compounds “inside, in between”. Further development of meaning is with a view of contrasting the (two) sides …

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 …

experiencing, suffering; sensation or physical sensibility (cf. Cpd. 229, 232¹) Ne.28 (iṭṭhâniṭṭh-ânubhavana-lakkhanā vedanā “feeling is characterised by the experiencing of what is ple …

orig. meaning “experience, concomitance” and found only in compounds as-˚, in meaning “experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with”, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatnes …

(-˚) connected with, accompanied by, pervaded with DN.i.16, DN.i.21 (vīmaṃsa˚ anuvicarita DN-a.i.106); MN.i.68 (id.); Mil.226.

pp. of anucarati

past participle

1. pursuing, following out, practising, doing; having attained or practised Vin.ii.203 = Iti.86 (pamādaṃ); Ja.i.20 (verse 126); Thag.236 Thag.2, Thag.206; Dpvs.iv.9.
2. adorned with, …

manifested Mil.119.

pp. of anudasseti

to spoil, corrupt, degrade Vin.iv.148 (expl^n. here in slightly diff. meaning = codeti vā codāpeti vā to reprove, scold, bring down); Iti.42 Usually in ster. phrase rāgo cittaṃ a. lust deg …

1. in comp^n. with dhamma as dhammānudhamma to be judged as a redupl. cpd after the manner of compounds mentioned under anu iv. meaning “the Law in all its parts, …

person sent with another, a travelling companion Vin.ii.19, Vin.ii.295; Dhp-a.ii.76, Dhp-a.ii.78.

anu + dūta

to go after, to follow, to go or fall into (w. acc.) Kp-a.223; Pv-a.141 (˚gacchanto) aor. -gamāsi Vin.i.16, & anvagā Mhvs.7, Mhvs.10; 3^rd pl *[anvagū](/define/anvag …

adjective gone after, accompanied by, come to; following; fig. fallen or gone into, affected with (-˚), being a victim of, suffering MN.i.16; DN.iii.85 DN.iii.173 (parisā); AN.ii.185 (sota˚, variant …

adjective not straight, crooked, bent, in compounds -aṅgin (anujjangin) with (evenly) bent limbs, i.e. with perfect limbs, graceful f. -ī. Epithet of a beautiful woman Ja.v.40 (= kañcana-sannib …

1. order, turn, succession, going along; only in instr. anukkamena gradually, in due course or succession Ja.i.157, Ja.i.262, Ja.i.290; Vv-a.157; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.14, Pv-a.35 e …

to anoint, besmear, Mil.394 (˚limpitabba). Caus. -limpeti in same meaning Mil.169 and -lepeti Mil.169 (grd. -lepanīya to be treated with ointment)
pp anulitta (q.v.). …

“according to taste”, i.e. satisfaction, thanks, esp. after a meal or after receiving gifts = to say grace or benediction, blessing, thanksgiving. In latter sense with dadāti (give thanks for = loca …

to find satisfaction in (acc.), to rejoice in, be thankful for (c. acc.), appreciate, benefit from, to be pleased, to enjoy Vin.ii.212 (bhattagge a. to say grace after a meal); SN.ii.54; AN.iii.50 (*\ …

adjective free from danger, uninjured, safe Vin.ii.79 = Vin.ii.124 (+ anītika); Vin.iii.162; Dhp.338; Dhp-a.iv.48; Pv-a.250 (expl^n. for siva).

an + upaddava

looking at, viewing, contemplating, consideration, realisation SN.v.178 sq., Snp.p.140; Pts.i.10, Pts.i.20, Pts.i.96; Pts.ii.37, Pts.ii.41 sq. Pts.ii.67 sq.; Vb.194. See anicca˚, anatta˚, dukkha˚.

…

…+…

adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …

anupādāniya, anupādāya, anupādiyāna, anupādiyiṭvā see upādiyati. Anupadana & Anupadi;

ger. of an + upādiyati = anupādāya

adjective suitable, adequate, seeming, fit, worthy; adapted to, corresponding, conform with (-˚ Ja.i.91; Ja.vi.366 (tad˚); Pv-a.61 (ajjhāsaya˚ according to his wish), Pv-a.128 (id.), Pv-a.78, Pv- …

adjective having a residuum, accompanied by a minimum of… SN.iii.130; Kv.81, see *aṇu*˚.

(see Kvu trsl. 234 n. 2 and Cpd. 172 n. 2). Bent, bias proclivity, the persistance of a dormant or latent disposition predisposition, tendency. Always in bad sense. In the oldest texts the word usuall …

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 …

remembrance, recollection, thinking of, mindfulness. A late list of subjects to be kept in mind comprises six anussati-ṭṭhānāni, viz. Buddha˚, Dhamma˚, Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚; i.e. prope …

adjective free from greed Dhp.199; cf. anussukin variant reading DN.iii.47, also anissukin and apalāsin.

an + ussuka

advice, instruction, admonition DN.iii.107; AN.i.292 (˚pāṭihāriya cp. anusāsanī); Mil.359.

Vedic anuśāsana, fr. anu + śās

instruction, teaching, commandment, order SN.v.108; AN.ii.147; AN.iii.87 AN.v.24 sq., AN.v.49, AN.v.338; Ja.v.113; Thig.172, Thig.180; Pv.iii.7#6 Thag-a.162; Vv-a.19, Vv-a.80, Vv-a.81.

• *-[pāṭi …

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 …

1. blaming, censure, admonition Vin.ii.5 Vin.ii.32; AN.ii.121 (atta˚, para˚); Vb.376.
2. in comb^n. vādānuvāda: talk and lesser or additional talk, i.e. “small talk” (see *[anu](/define/an …

to treat with fragrant oil, i.e. to make an injection or give an enema of salubrious oil Mil.169; grd. -vāsanīya ibid.; pp. -vāsita Mil.214.

anu + vāseti, Caus. of vāsa³ odour, perfume

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 …

to lick up with one’s saliva DN-a.i.138.

formally Sk. anuṣṭobhati, but in meaning = *anuṣṭīvati; anu + ṭṭhubhati, the etym. of which see under niṭṭhubhati

noun adjective

1. (n.) conformity, accordance DN.ii.83 = DN.iii.100; MN.i.69 (dhamm˚ logical conclusion of) SN.ii.58; DN.iii.226 (anvaye ñāṇaṃ); Pv.ii.11#3 (tassa kammassa anvāya, variant reading BB …

adjective noun following; one who follows, a companion DN.iii.169; Cnd.59; Ja.iii.348.

fr. anvāya

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 of inferior race, not of good blood MN.i.367.

an + ājāniya

see nigha¹ and cp. īgha.

army, array, troops (orig. “front”, i.e. of the battle-array) Vin.iv.107 (where expl^d. in detail); Snp.623 (bala˚ strong in arms, with strong array i.e. of khanti which precedes; cp. Snp- …

safety, soundness, sound condition, health AN.iv.238; Mil.323 (abl. ˚ito).

an + īti

adjective not such and such, not based on hearsay (itiha), not guesswork or (mere) talk AN.ii.26; Thag.331 (cp. MN.i.520); Snp.1053 (= Cnd.49, Cnd.151); Ja.i.456; Ne.166 (cp. Iti.28).

an + ītīha, th …

adjective free from injury or harm, healthy, secure Vin.ii.79 = Vin.ii.124 (+ anupaddava); Vin.iii.162; SN.iv.371; Snp.1137 (ītī vuccanti kilesā etc. Cnd.48); Mil.304.

fr. anīti

Apa˚

Well-defined directional prefix, meaning “away from, off” Usually as base-prefix (except with ā), & very seldom in comp^n. with other modifying prefixes (like sam, abhi etc.).

1. *a …

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 …

honour, respect, esteem, reverence Thag.589; Ja.i.220 Ja.ii.435; Ja.iii.82; Ja.iv.308; Ja.vi.88; Mil.180, Mil.234 (˚ṃ karoti), Mil.377 (pūjana +); Snp-a.332 (˚karaṇa). Cp. apacāyana.

Vedic apaciti …

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. gone, gone away from (c. abl.), removed; deceased, departed Iti.112; Pv-a.39 Pv-a.63 (= peta), Pv-a.64 (= gata).
2. (˚-) freq. as prefix meaning without, lit. having lost, removed from; free fr …

to throw away, put off; hurt, offend slight; possibly in reading T. apakiritūna at Thig.447 (q.v.)
pp apakata (q.v.). Cp. apakāra.

apa + karoti, cp. S …

at Thig.447 T (reading of C. is abhi˚) is explained Thag-a.271 to mean apakiritvā chaḍḍetvā throwing away, slighting, offending. The correct etym = Sk. avakirati (ava + kṛ² to strew, ca …

licking off, in cpd. hatthāpalekhana “hand-licking” (i.e. licking one’s hand after a meal, the practice of certain ascetics) MN.i.77 (with variant reading hatthâvalekhana …

to lick off Pp-a.231 (hatthaṃ).

apa + lekhati in meaning of Sk. avalihati

to lead away, take or put away, remove Ja.i.62, Ja.i.138; Ja.ii.4, Ja.ii.155 (aor. apānayi), Ja.iii.26; Mil.188, Mil.259, Mil.413; Pv-a.41, Pv-a.74, Pv-a.198 (= harati) Sdhp.63 Pass. apanīyati SN …

Apanidahati & apanidheti

to hide, conceal Vin.iv.123 (˚dheti ˚dheyya, ˚dhessati); Pv-a.215 (˚dhāya ger.)
pp apanihita
caus apanidhāpeti to induce somebody to conceal Vin …

Apanidahati & apanidheti

to hide, conceal Vin.iv.123 (˚dheti ˚dheyya, ˚dhessati); Pv-a.215 (˚dhāya ger.)
pp apanihita
caus apanidhāpeti to induce somebody to conceal Vin …

concealed, in abstr. -ttaṃ (nt.) hiding, concealing, theft Pv-a.216.

pp. of apanidahati

taken away or off; removed, dispelled Pv-a.39.

Sk. apanīta, pp. of apa + nī, see apaneti & cp. also onīta = apanīta

adjective right (i.e. not left), contrary Ud.50 (T. has niṭṭhubhitvā abyāmato karitvā; vv ll. are apabhyāmāto, abhyāmato & C. apasabyāmato) where C. explains apasabyāmato karitvā by apasabyaṃ katvā “w …

rest, support, dependence MN.iii.127 (˚ka); DN.iii.224 (cattāri apassenāni); as adj caturāpassena one who has the fourfold support viz sankhāy’ ekaṃ paṭisevati, adhivāseti, parivajjeti, vinodeti AN. …

1. leaning against Ja.ii.69 (tālamūlaṃ = nissāya ṭhita C.).
2. depending on, trusting in (c. acc. or loc.) Vv.10#1 (parâgāraṃ = nissita Vv-a.101); Ja.iv.25 (balamhi = balanissita). See also avassita. …

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 …

(apānga) the outer corner of the eye Ja.iii.419 (asitâpangin black-eyed); Ja.iv.219 (bahi˚). Spelt avaṅga at Vin.ii.267, where the phrase avangaṃ karoti i.e. expl^d. by …

adjective paṇṇaka*; Weber Ind. Str. iii.150 & Kuhn, Beitr. p. 53 take it as *a-praśna-ka certain, true, absolute MN.i.401, MN.i.411; AN.v.85, AN.v.294, AN.v.296; Ja.i.104 (where …

not to be touched Mil.157 (trsl. unchangeable by other circumstances; Tr. on p. 425 remarks “aphusāni kiriyāni seems wrong, at any rate it is unintelligible to me”).

Sk. *aspṛśya, a + grd. of phusa …

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 …

cover, lid Vin.i.203, Vin.i.204; Vin.ii.122. See apidahati.

Vedic apidhāna in same meaning

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 …

adjective aimless, not bent on anything, free from desire, usually as nt. aimlessness comb^d. w. animittaṃ Vin.iii.92, Vin.iii.93 = Vin.iv.25; Dhs.351 Dhs.508, Dhs.556. See on term Cpd. …

adjective

1. not to be rolled back Snp.554 (of dhammacakka may however be taken in meaning of b.)
2. irresistable Ja.ii.245 (sīhanada). Note. The spelling with ṭ is only found as variant reading at …

…kusalesu dhammesu appaṭivāṇitā ca padhānasmiṃ“* (discontent with good states and the not shrinking back in the struggle Dhs trsl.358)…

…C. [cp. similarly Divy.654].

almost identical w. appaṭivāṇitā, only used in diff. phrase

…Thig.55.

grd. of a + paṭi + vṛ; cp. BSk. aprativāṇiḥ Divy.655; Mvu.iii.343

adjective breathless, i.e.

1. holding one’s breath in a form of ecstatic meditation (jhāna) MN.i.243; Ja.i.67 [cp. BSk. āsphānaka Lal.314, Lal.324; Mvu.ii.124; should the Pāli form be taken as *a + …

mechanism to stop a chariot, a safe guard “to prevent warriors from falling out”. SN.i.33 (Mrs Rh. D. trsl “leaning board”); Ja.vi.252 (variant reading upā˚; Kern trsl. “remhout”, i.e. brake).

“a Ved …

1. the near bank of a river Ja.iii.230 (+ atiṇṇaṃ, C. paratīraṃ atiṇṇaṃ).
2. (fig.) not the further shore (of life), the world here, i.e. (opp. pāraṃ Nibbāna) Snp.1129, Snp.1130; Cnd.62; Dhp.385 (exp …

“going away” viz.

1. separation, loss Dhp.211 (piya˚ = viyoga Dhp-a.iii.276).
2. loss (of property) DN.iii.181, DN.iii.182; AN.ii.166; AN.iv.283; Ja.iii.387 (atth˚).
3. leakage, out flow (of water) …

adjective not open, sly, insidious Thag.940 (as variant reading for T. avāṭuka, trsl. by Mrs. Rh. D. as “unscrupulous”, by Neumann as “ohne Redlichkeit”) Context suggests a meaning similar to the prec …

adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–⁠6). Adopted by the Bu …

adjective only in nt. “that which does not need to be guarded against”, what one does not need to heed, superfluous to beware of AN.iv.82 (cattāri Tathāgatassa a˚ āni).

3 arakkheyyāni are enumerated …

forest DN.i.71; MN.i.16; MN.iii.104; SN.i.4, SN.i.7, SN.i.29, SN.i.181, SN.i.203 (mahā); AN.i.60 (˚vanapatthāni); AN.ii.252; AN.iii.135, AN.iii.138; Snp.39, Snp.53, Snp.119; Dhp.99, Dhp.329, Dhp.330; …

Araṇa¹

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

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

Araṇi & ˚ī

feminine wood for kindling fire by attrition, only in foll. compounds: -potaka small firewood, all that is needed for producing fire, chiefly drill sticks Mil.53; -sahita (nt.) same …

Araṇi & ˚ī

feminine wood for kindling fire by attrition, only in foll. compounds: -potaka small firewood, all that is needed for producing fire, chiefly drill sticks Mil.53; -sahita (nt.) same …

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 …

adjective

1. unhurt; perfect DN-a.194 (˚ṃ ñāṇaṃ)
2. [fr. ariṭṭha in meaning of “soap-berry plant”?] in phrase mahā ariṭṭhako maṇi SN.i.104 “a great mass of soap stone” (cp. Rh. D. in JR. A. S. 18 …

wound, a sore, only in compounds: -kāya a heap of sores MN.ii.64 = Dhp.147 = Thag.769 (= navannaṃ vaṇamukhānaṃ vasena arubhūta kāya Dhp-a.iii.109 = Vv-a.77); -gatta (adj.) with wounds in the b …

adjective bad Ja.iv.435 = Ja.vi.235 (sataṃ vā asaṃ acc. sg. with variant reading santaṃ…, expl^d- by sappurisaṃ vā asappurisaṃ vā C.); Ja.v.448 (n. pl. f. asā expl^d. by asatiyo lā …

adjective not belonging to the assembly-room, not consistent with good manners; impolite, vile, low, of base character Ja.iii.527 (mātugāma); Dhp.77 = Ja.iii.367 = Thag.994; Mil.221; Dhp-a.i.256; Th …

Asama¹

adjective unequal, incomparable Ja.i.40 (+ appaṭipuggala); Sdhp.578 (+ atula). Esp. freq. in cpd -dhura lit. carrying more than an equal burden, of incomparable strength, very …

Asana¹

neuter stone, rock Ja.ii.91; Ja.v.131.

Vedic aśan(m)

Asana²

neuter eating, food; adj. eating Ja.i.472 (ghatâsana epithet of the fire; Ja.v.64 (id.) Usually in neg. for …

orig. a sharp stone as hurling-weapon thence in mythol. Indra’s thunderbolt thunder-clap, lightning Ja.i.71, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.323; Mil.277; Vv-a.83.

• -aggi the fire …

adjective unmixed, unadulterated, i.e. with full and unimpaired properties, delicious, sublime, lovely MN.i.114; SN.i.213 (a. ojava “that elixir that no infusion needs Mrs Rh. D.) = Thig.55 (expl<su …

Asekha & Asekkha

adjective & noun not requiring to be trained, adept, perfect, m. one who is no longer a learner, an expert; very often meaning an Arahant (cp B.Sk. aśaikṣa occurring only in phrase ś …

Asekha & Asekkha

adjective & noun not requiring to be trained, adept, perfect, m. one who is no longer a learner, an expert; very often meaning an Arahant (cp B.Sk. aśaikṣa occurring only in phrase ś …

sword, a large knife DN.i.77 (= DN-a.i.222); MN.ii.99; AN.i.48 = (asinā sīsaṃ chindante); AN.iv.97 (asinā hanti attānaṃ); Ja.iv.118 (asi sunisito), Ja.iv.184; Ja.v.45 (here meaning “sickle”), Ja.v.47 …

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 …

…(hatthi-laṇḍa +). -vāṇija a horsedealer Vin.iii.6. -sadassa a noble steed of the horse kind…

disbelief SN.i.25; AN.iii.421 AN.v.113 sq., AN.v.146, AN.v.148 sq., AN.v.158, AN.v.161; Vb.371; DN-a.i.235 Sdhp.80.

a + saddhiya, in form, but not in meaning a grd. of saddahati, for which usually …

not a true Samaṇa Vin.i.96; Snp.282; Pp.27 (so read for asamaṇa); Pp-a.207
■ f assamaṇī Vin.iv.214.

a + samaṇa

adjective not pleasant to hear Sdhp.82.

a + savanīya

resting place, shelter, refuge, seat DN-a.i.67 (puññ˚). Cp. BSk. rājāśraya Jtm.31#56>; aśraya also in meaning “body”: see Avs.i.175 & Index; Avs.ii.223.

ā + sayati, śri

1. (lit.) breathing, esp. breathing out (so Vism.272), exhalation, opp. to passāsa inhalation, with which often comb^d. or contrasted; thus as cpd. assāsa-passāsa mea …

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

fallen angel, a Titan pl. asurā the Titans, a class of mythological beings. Dhpāla at Pv-a.272 & the C. on Ja.v.186 define them as kāḷakañjaka-bhedā asurā. The are classed with other similar infer …

anger, malice, hatred abruptness, want of forbearance Pp.18 = Vb.357; Dhs.418, Dhs.1060, Dhs.1115, Dhs.1341 (an˚); Dhs-a.396.

probably a haplological contraction of asura-ropa. On various suggestio …

number 80 (on symbolical meaning & freq. application see; aṭṭha¹ B 1 c, where also most of the ref’s In addition we mention the foll.:) Ja.i.233 (˚hattha 80 hands, i.e. 80 cubits deep); J …

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 go on, only occurring in imper. aticchatha (bhante) “please go on, Sir”, asking a bhikkhu to seek alms elsewhere, thus refusing a gift in a civil way. [The interpretation given by Trenckner, as quo …

1. to go beyond, to pass over, to cross, to pass by.
2. to overcome, to conquer, to surpass, to be superior to

■ Ja.iv.141; Dhp.221 (Pot. ˚eyya overcome);
■ Pv-a.67 (maggena: passes by).
grd *at …

passed beyond, passed by, gone by, elapsed; passed over, passing beyond, surpassing Ja.ii.128 (tīṇi saṃvaccharāni); Dhp-a.iii.133 (tayo vaye passed beyond the 3 ages of life); Pv-a.55 (māse ˚e after …

to favour too much, to spoil or fondle Ja.ii.316.

ati + mamāyati, cp. Sk. atīmamāyate in diff. meaning = envy

adjective DN.ii.45 (thaddha +); Snp.143 (an˚) Snp.244; Kp-a.236.

fr. atimāna

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 …

going too far, overstepping the limit, trespassing, false step, slip, danger Vin.i.55 (sātisāra), Vin.i.326 (id.); SN.i.74; MN.iii.237; Snp.889 (atisāraṃ diṭṭhiyo = diṭṭhigatāni Mnd.297; going beyon …

sorcerer, wizard, fortune-teller Ja.vi.502 (C.: bhūtavijjā ikkhaṇīka).

ati + yakkha

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 …

adjective belonging to the soul, having a soul, of the nature of soul, soul-like; usually nt. anything of the nature of soul MN.i.138 = Kv.67; MN.i.297 MN.ii.263; SN.iii.78 (yaṃ kho anattaniyaṃ whate …

Attha¹

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

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

adjective

1. (to attha¹) profitable, good, proper. In this meaning the MSS show a variance of spelling either atthika or aṭṭhika or *[aṭṭhita](/de …

adjective noun not seeing the shore Ja.i.46; Ja.vi.440; also as atīradassanī (f.) Ja.v.75 (nāvā). Cp. DN.i.222.

a + tīra + dassin

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 …

(-˚) neuter adjective

1. (adj.) living in or with, moving in DN.i.206 (santika˚ one who stays near, a companion); fig. dealing or familiar with, at home in AN.ii.189 (atakka˚); AN.iv.314 (parisā˚); …

adjective stingy, niggardly Snp.774 (= Mnd.36 which explains as follows: avaṃ gacchanti ti pi avadāniyā; maccharino pi vuccanti avadāniyā; buddhānaṃ vacanaṃ n’âdiyantī ti avadāniyā. Snp-a.516 condens …

to have pity on, to feel sorry for Ja.iv.178 (bhūtānaṃ nâvadāyissaṃ, gloss n’ânukampiyaṃ).

denom. fr. avadā in same meaning as anuddā, to dā¹: see dayati²

at Pv-a.222 is uncertain reading; the meaning is “known, understood” (aññāta Pv.iv.1#11); perhaps we should read āvikata or adhigata (so variant reading BB). Avagahati & ogahati;

pp. of avagacchati

(-˚) taking away, removal; theft Pv-a.47 (sāṭaka˚), Pv-a.92 (soka˚).

fr. avaharati in both meanings

adjective low, inferior, blamable bad, deprecable Dhp.318, Dhp.319; Dhs.1160. More fig. in neg. form anavajja blameless, faultless DN.i.70 (= anindita DN-a.i.183); AN.ii.26 = Iti.102; Snp.47 (˚bhoj …

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 …

adjective low-born, of low or base birth, fig of low character (opp. abhijāta) Snp.664 (= buddhassa avajātaputta Snp-a.479); Iti.63; Mil.359.

ava + jāta; cp. B.Sk. avajāta in meaning misborn, miscarriage

Avakkhipati & okkhipati

to throw down or out, cast down, drop; fig usually applied to the eyes = to cast down, hence transferred to the other senses and used in meaning of “to keep under, to restrain …

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

bed or course of a river; earth, ground Dāvs iv.5.

Vedic avani

is a doubtful comp^d. of kassati, the comb^d. ava + pa occurring only in this word. In all likelihood it is a distortion of vavakassati (vi + ava + kass …

1. Doubtful reading at Vin.iv.181, apparently meaning ʻin revolt, out of hand’ (of slaves)
2. [late form of oruddha] restrained Sdhp.592.

fr. avarundhati

subdued, expelled, banished Ja.vi.575; Dpvs.i.21 (Np).

avruddha + ka

to expel, remove, banish Ja.vi.505 (= nīharati C.), Ja.vi.515 See also avarundhati.

Sk. aparundhati; ava + ruddhati of rudh

to be left over to remain, in phrase yaṃ pamāṇa-kataṃ kammaṃ na taṃ tatrâvasissati DN.i.251; AN.v.299 = SN.iv.322; Ja.ii.61 (see expl^n. on p. 62). Also in the phrases *taco ca nahārū ca aṭ …

Avatthu (& ˚ka)

adjective groundless, unfounded (fig) Vin.ii.241; Ja.i.440 (˚kaṃ vacanaṃ). For lit meaning see vatthu.

a + vatthu

Avatthu (& ˚ka)

adjective groundless, unfounded (fig) Vin.ii.241; Ja.i.440 (˚kaṃ vacanaṃ). For lit meaning see vatthu.

a + vatthu

adjective despised, despicable Pv.iii.1#13 (= avaññeyya avajānitabba Pv-a.175).

to avaññā

adjective indescribable Ja.v.282.

grd. of a + vaṇṇeti

adverb certainly, definitely, absolutely, perfectly, expl^d. by Bdhgh. as acala (on DN.ii.217), or as paññāya ajjhogahetvā (on Snp.229); by Dhp. as apara-paccaya-bhāvena (on Pv.iv.1#25)
…

1. begging, calling, asking Snp.710; Vism.68 (˚ânabhinandanā).
2. addressing, naming Snp-a.605 (= nāma).

fr. avhayati, Sk. āhvāna in diff. meaning

Avihiṃsa (Avihesa)

feminine absence of cruelty, mercy, humanity, friendliness, love DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

Avihiṃsa (Avihesa)

feminine absence of cruelty, mercy, humanity, friendliness, love DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cp. SN.ii.6, SN.ii.9, SN.ii.12; Snp.p.141 & many other passages) See on term; Cpd. 83 n. 3, 18 …

calmness, balance, equanimity DN.iii.213; AN.i.83; Pts.i.94; Pts.ii.228; Dhs.11, Dhs.15, Dhs.570.

a + vikkhepa

adjective not to be trusted, untrustworthy Ja.iii.474.

a + visāsana + iya, ika

state or condition of not being manifest or visible, concealment, hiding Dhp-a.ii.38.

abstr. fr. avyatta

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 …

noun adjective

1. (n.) gentleman, sire, lord master Ja.iii.167 = Pv-a.65; Dhp-a.i.8 (ayyā pl. the worthy gentlemen, the worthies), Dhp-a.i.13 (amhākaṃ ayyo our worthy sir); Dhp-a.ii.95
2. (adj.) …

to pull, drag, pull along to turn on a lathe DN.ii.291 (bhamakāro dīghaṃ a., where K has note: añjanto ti pi acchanto ti pi pātho) = MN.i.56 (vv.ll. MN.i.532 acch˚ & añj˚); Thag.750 (añcāmi T., v.l añ …

extending, stretching forth, gesture of lifting up the hands as a token of reverence (cp. E. to “tender” one’s respect), putting the ten fingers together and raising them to the head (Vv-a.7: dasanak …

ointment, esp. a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adj. anointed, smeary glossy, black (cp. kaṇha ii. and kāla¹ note).

1. Vin.i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapal …

stick to put the ointment on with Vin.i.203; Vin.ii.135; Ja.iii.419.

box for ointment, a collyrium pot Vin.i.203, Vin.i.204; Vin.ii.135; Vin.iv.168; MN.ii.65 = Thag.773.

fr. añjana

smeared, anointed Ja.i.77 (su-añjitāni akkhīni); Ja.iv.421 (añjit’akkha).

Sk. ankta & añjayita, pp. of añjeti

adverb elsewhere, somewhere else Ja.v.252; Pv.iv.1#62. In comp^n. also añña˚, e.g. aññatra-yoga (adj.) following another discipline DN.i.187; MN.i.487
■ As prep. c. abl. (and instr.) but …

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; …

adjective ignorant, not knowing Dhp-a.iii.106.

a + ñāṇin

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

adjective only used with ref. to the eyelashes, & usually expl^d. by visāla, i.e. extended wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning etym. is as yet uncertain. Ke …

corner, edge (= aṃsa² Vv.78#2 (= aṃsa-bhāga Vv-a.303).

cp. Vedic aśri, aśra, aśani; Gr. α ̓́κρος pointed, α ̓́κρις, also ὀςύς sharp: Lat. ācer sharp. Further connections in Walde Lat …

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 …

bracelet Ja.v.9, Ja.v.410 (citt˚; adj. with manifold bracelets).

cp. Sk. angada; prob. anga + da that which is given to the limbs

hook, a pole with a hook, used

1. for plucking fruit off trees, a crook Ja.i.9 (˚pacchi hook & basket); Ja.v.89 = Ja.vi.520 (pacchikhanitti˚), Ja.vi.529 (= phalānaṃ gaṇhanatthaṃ ankusaṃ)
2. to drive …

…etym. see Walde Lat. Wtb. under ulna. See also āṇi

Aṇḍaka¹

neuter = aṇḍa, egg Dhp-a.i.60; Dhp-a.iii.137 (sakuṇ˚).

Aṇḍaka²

adjective only used of vācā speech: harsh, rough, insolent MN.i.286; AN.v.265, AN.v.283 AN.v.293 (glos …

support a stand inserted under the leg of a bedstead Vin.iv.168; Sām. Pās. on Pāc. 14 (quoted Min Pāt. 86 and Vin.iv.357); Dhp-a.i.234; Ja.ii.387, Ja.ii.425, Ja.ii.484 supports of a seat. Morris J. P …

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 …

adjective

1. eightfold Vin.i.196 = Ud.59 (˚vaggikāni); Vv-a.75 = Dhp-a.iii.104 (˚bhatta).
2. ˚ā (f.) the eight day of the lunar month (cp. aṭṭhamī), in phrase rattīsu antar’aṭṭhakāsu in the night …

Aṭṭhi˚¹

in comb^n. with katvā: to make something one’s attha, i.e. object, to find out the essence or profitableness or value of anything to recognise the natu …

adverb outside

1. (adv.) Ja.i.361 (˚dvāre-gāma a village outside the city gates); Pv.i.10#2; Dhp-a.iii.118; Pv-a.24, Pv-a.61.
2. (prep.) with acc. (direction to) Ja.i.298 (˚gāmaṃ) with loc. ( …

adverb outside (adv. & prep.) DN.i.16; DN.ii.110; SN.i.169; SN.iii.47, SN.iii.103 SN.iv.205; SN.v.157; Vin.iii.113 (˚rūpa opp. ajjhatta-rūpa Snp.203; Vb-a.260 (kāye); Dhp-a.i.211 (c. gen); Dhp-a.i …

…Pv-a.283. -bhāṇin garrulous AN.iii.254, AN.iii.257; Dhp.227. -bhāva largeness,…

Bahulī˚

in compound with kar = bahula (adj.) + kar, lit. “to make much of,” i.e. to practise, in foll. words: -kata (pp. practised (frequently), usually combined with bhāvita SN.ii.264; SN.iv …

multiplicity, manifoldedness Vb-a.320 (cetanā˚).

cp. Sk. bahutvaṃ

Bala¹

neuter

1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

1. binding, bond, fetter Vin.i.21; DN.i.226, DN.i.245 (pañca kāmaguṇā); DN.iii.176; MN.ii.44; SN.i.8, SN.i.24 (Māra˚), SN.i.35, SN.i.40, SN.iv.201 sq. (5 fold) to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, …

adjective

1. to be bound or fettered Mil.186.
2. apt to bind, binding, constraining DN.ii.337 (cp. Dial. ii.361); Thig.356.

grd. of bandhati

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. …

1. kinsman, member of a clan or family, relative AN.iii.44; Snp.60 (pl. bandhavāni in poetry; cp. Cnd.455); Dhp.288 (pl. bandhavā) Ja.ii.316; Ja.v.81; DN-a.i.243.
2. (-˚) one who is connected with o …

Beluva & Beḷuva

1. the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
2. wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.

• -pakka ripe …

Beluva & Beḷuva

1. the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
2. wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.

• -pakka ripe …

indeclinable the letter or sound (syllable) bh; figuring in Bdhgh’s exegesis of the N. Bhagavā as representing bhava, whereas ga stands for gamana, va for vanta Kp-a.109
■ …

Bhadda^a & Bhadra^b

adjective

1. auspicious lucky, high, lofty, august, of good omen reverend (in address to people of esteem), good, happy fortunate DN.ii.95^a; SN.i.1 …

adjective noun fortunate, illustrious, sublime, as epithet and title “Lord.” Thus applied to the Buddha (amhākaṃ Bh. and his predecessors. Occurs with extreme frequency of fanciful exegetic explains o …

potter (?) Ja.iii.381, Ja.iii.382 in voc. bhaggava (m.) & bhaggavī (f.). The terms are not explained in C., evidently because somewhat obscure. According to Kern,

Toevoegsele …

to associate with (acc.), keep companionship with, follow, resort to; to be attached to (acc.), to love. Freq. syn. of sevati. The Dhtp & Dhtm mark the fig. meaning (bhaj^{2</su …}

to eat, to feed upon Pv.ii.2#5 (pubba-lohitaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.57 (vātaṃ).
inf bhakkhituṃ Ja.ii.14
caus bhakkheti in same meaning Ja.iv.349 (aor. bhakkhesuṃ); cp. BSk. bhakṣay …

kind of copper, enumerated under the eight pisāca-lohāni, or copper coming from the Piśāca country Vb-a.63 (is reading correct?) It is doubtful whether we should not read mallaka, cp malla.

lit. fr …

adjective (-˚) “bearing” in act. & pass. meaning, i.e. supporting or being supported; only in cpd. dubbhara hard to support AN.v.159, AN.v.161 (variant reading dubhara), and *[s …

ashes SN.i.169 = Cnd.576 (loc bhasmani); Vv.84#44; Ja.iii.426; Vism.469 (in comparison).

• -antāhuti (bhasm’ ant’ āhuti) “whose sacrifice ends in ashes” DN.i.55 (so read for bhassant˚, according t …

ashes SN.i.169 = Cnd.576 (loc bhasmani); Vv.84#44; Ja.iii.426; Vism.469 (in comparison).

• -antāhuti (bhasm’ ant’ āhuti) “whose sacrifice ends in ashes” DN.i.55 (so read for bhassant˚, according t …

adjective supported, fed, reared, maintained AN.iii.46 (bhatā bhaccā “maintained are my dependents”); Ja.v.330 (kicchā bh.), given by Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. in meaning “full” with wrong ref Ja.v …

husband; nom. sg. bhattā Thig.413; Ja.v.104, Ja.v.260 (here in meaning “supporter”); Ja.vi.492; gen. bhattu Ja.v.169, Ja.v.170; acc bhattāraṃ Thig.412.

Vedic bhartṛ to bhṛ.

1. devotion, attachment, fondness Pp.20; Dhs.1326 (cp. Dhs trsl. 345); Pp.65; Ja.v.340 (= sineha C.); Ja.vi.349; Vv-a.353, Vv-a.354.
2. in bhatti-kata Thig.413 it means “service,” thus “doing s …

adjective (-˚) in dhuva˚; being in constant supply of food, being a regular attendant (servant) or adviser Vin.ii.15. Also at Thag-a.267 in meaning “being a servant, working for food” in expl ^…

…Kp-a.248, cp. Pāṇini iv.3, 53 Similarly āroga bhava health Dhp-a.i.328 for ˚bhava-Cp. anu˚, vi˚,…

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 …

adjective breaking, destroying, in cakka˚; breaking the wheel, fig. breaking the state of harmony Ja.v.112.

fr. bhañj

…§ 126). Prohib. mā bhāṇi. A Caus. form is bhāṇaye (Pot.) Snp.397.

bhaṇ; cp. Sk. bhaṇati; Ohg. ban = E. ban etc….

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 …

1. breaking, rending, breach, disunion, dissension Vism.64 sq. (contrasted with ānisaṃsa), Vism.572 sq (with ref. to upādāna & bhava); Vb-a.185 (id.); Sdhp.66, Sdhp.457, Sdhp.463
   ■ mithu˚; bre …

1. breaking (open), in puṭa˚; breaking of the seed-boxes (of the Pāṭali plant), idiomatic for “merchandise” Mil.1 See under puṭa.
2. (fig.) breach, division, destruction AN.iv.247 …

remedy, medicament, medicine Vin.i.278; DN.ii.266; MN.i.30; Snp-a.154, Snp-a.446; Sdhp.393-bhesajjaṃ karoti to treat with a medicine Dhp-a.i.25 mūla-bhesajjāni the principal medicines Mil.43; pañ …

kind of missile used as a weapon arrow Vin.iii.77 (where enumerated with asi, satti & laguḷa in explⁿ of upanikkhipana).

perhaps identical with & only wrong spelling; for bheṇḍu = kaṇḍu²

ball, bead; also a ball-shaped ornament or turret, cupola Thag.164 (see kaṇḍu²) Ja.i.386 (see [˚maya ball-shaped](/define/˚maya ball-shaped)); Ja.iii.184 (variant read …

to split, break, sever destroy, ruin. In two bases: *bhid (with der. *bhed) *bhind;

1. *bhid: aor. 3^rd sg. abhida (= Sk abhidat) DN.ii.107; Ja.iii.29 (see als …

the young of an animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being dirty (cp. pigs) Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269 (bhinka-cchāpa) Ja.v.418 (with ref. to young cats: “mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati tar …

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 …

is diaeretic form of Sk. bhogya = P. bhogga² with which identical in meaning 2, similar also to bhogika.

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 …

Bhojaniya, Bhojanīya, Bhojaneyya

what may be eaten, eatable food; fit or proper to eat
■ bhojaniya: food Vin.iv.92 (five foods: odana rice, kummāsa gruel, sattu meal flour, …

Bhojaniya, Bhojanīya, Bhojaneyya

what may be eaten, eatable food; fit or proper to eat
■ bhojaniya: food Vin.iv.92 (five foods: odana rice, kummāsa gruel, sattu meal flour, …

Bhojaniya, Bhojanīya, Bhojaneyya

what may be eaten, eatable food; fit or proper to eat
■ bhojaniya: food Vin.iv.92 (five foods: odana rice, kummāsa gruel, sattu meal flour, …