A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittābhā and the Appamāṇābhā. MN.iii.102

ābhā¹

feminine splendor, radiance, light; resemblance, appearance.

ābhā²

masculine f. plural radiant, (the name of) a…

…ābhā, fr. ā + bhā, see ābhāti

Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

A Therī. Two verses attributed to her are found in the Therigatha. Thig.33–34

A Therī. Two verses are attributed to her in the Therīgāthā. Thig.35 Thig.46

Aggikabhāradvāja¹AggikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin of Sāvatthī, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in …

AhiṃsakabhāradvājaAhiṃsakaBhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the desirability of living up to his name by practising ahiṃsā. …

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

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. …

A class of devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna.

Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless brilliancy, MN.iii.147 or who are possessed of faith, virtue, …

Assaji¹

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …

AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja

A brahmin, one of three brothers who had conversations with the Buddha and were converted. SN.i.163f.

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

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

BhallikaBhalliyaBhalluka

Together with Tapussa they were the first lay disciples of the Buddha. They offered a meal shortly after the Buddha was Awakened, while still near Uruvelā. Vin.i.3f. AN.i.2 …

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 …

BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and, unable to speak for rage, sat on one side, sulking. The B …

BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā

The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha Gotama, and he was a Khattiya of the Sakiyan clan. …

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

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

A tree in the Asurabhavana SN.v.238 which lives for a whole aeon.

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100

GajaṅgalaKajaṅgalaKajaṅgalā

A township which formed the eastern boundary of the Middle Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the la …

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

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 brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …

A town in the Kuru country. In the Kurudhamma Jataka J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; J.iv.361; J.v.457; J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanava …

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

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

A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta. He goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer. SN.i.165

JīvakaJīvakakomārabhacca

A celebrated physician, and the Buddha’s doctor. The Vinaya contains many stories of his skill in healing. Vin.i.268–281 Once when the Buddha was ill, Jīvaka found it necessa …

KajangalaKajangalā

A township which formed the eastern boundary of the Middle Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followe …

Kassapagotta¹

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

KatissabhaKaṭissaha

A lay disciple of the Buddha at Nādikā, one of those, who, after their death, were declared by the Buddha, in answer to a question by Ānanda, to have destroyed the five orambhāgiy …

Kosala¹

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

One of the republican clans in the time of the Buddha. The Koḷiyā owned two chief settlements—one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a sp …

KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama

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

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

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 …

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 …

MilakkhāMilakkhukā

The name given to the people of non-Ariyan origin, the Mlecchas. DN.iii.264 AN.i.35 Their language is called Milakkhabhāsā.

A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298

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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 …

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of giving up desire and patiently awaiting one’s time. Thag.195–196

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 …

A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. Beings are born among them as a result of absorbing the idea of untarnished brilliancy.MN.iii.102 MN.iii.147 They belong to the plane of the third jhāna.

A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. MN.iii.102

They belong to the plane of the second jhāna. Beings are born there by virtue of absorbing the idea of lesser brilliancy. MN.iii.147

PatāyantiPatāyantīBhagalavatī

A place in Uttarakuru where the Yakkhas assemble. The Dīgha Nikāya DN.iii.201 speaks of it as a hall (sabhā).

5building

Pārāsariya¹Pārāpariya

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how being restrained he has overcome defilements. Thag.116

Pārāsariya²

A brahmin teacher mentioned in the Indriya …

The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

Else …

RāhulaRāhulabhadda

Only son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted Suddhodana’s invitation, Rāhula’s mother sent the boy to the …

RāhulamātāBimbāBhaddakaccāYasodharāBhaddakaccānāBimbāsundarīBimbādevīSubhaddakā

The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.

On the seventh day of the Buddh …

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 …

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.

A Paribbājaka who joined the Order and soon after left it. He then went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Ord …

Sarabhaṅga¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Sarabhaṅga²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of living in a hut of reeds he built himself. By practicing the straight road of the s …

A class of Devas, among whom virtuous men, such as those that maintain their parents and engage in harmless trades, are born. Snp.404

Sañjaya¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that since going forth he has not had any hate. Thag.48

Sañjaya²

In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was …

A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147

SikhīArindama

A Buddha of a past age.DN.ii.7 DN.iii.195f. SN.ii.9

• He was born in the Nisabha pleasance in Aruṇavatī.
• His father was the khattiya Aruṇa and his mother Pabhāvatī.
• His wife wa …

Subha¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Subha²TodeyyaputtaBhāradvāja

A young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The interview is …

SubhakinnāSubhakiṇṇāSubhakiṇhā

A class of Brahmas who occupy the ninth Rūpa-world; a division of the Subha devā.MN.iii.102 DN.ii.69 MN.i.2 Beings are born in that world as a result of developing the …

SuddhikabhāradvājaSuddhikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the Vedas. The Buddha answered that it is not knowledge of …

Sumana¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of having accomplished all that he was aksed to do. Thag.330–334

Sumana²Cūḷasumana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of ordaini …

SundarikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin, one of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when he was performing Fire-rites on the banks of the Sundarikā, he looked round to see if there were anyone, to whom he could give what …

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her, but she favoured Mātali’s son Sikhaṇḍī.

Later she hea …

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

Name of a Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.69

Usabha ¹

Going out one day from his cave after the rains, he saw the loveliness of the woods and mountains and reflected, “These trees and creepers, though unconscious, yet by the season’s …

A brahmin. He once visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him whether the five sense-faculties, which were of different scope and range, had any common ground of resort. The Buddha replies that the …

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 monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of one who kills himself and others, and then address a certain Sujampati, saying that a brahmin has color on the inside. Thag.139–140

Mentioned with Bhañña in the compound Vassabhaññā, as dwellers of Ukkalā and as “denying cause, consequence and reality.” There were certain aspects of the Buddha’s teaching which even they would acce …

VedisaVedisagiri

A city, the home of Devī, mother of Mahinda. He and Sanghamittā were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went there to visit his mother and stayed for one month in th …

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha is spoken of as general.

VāsabhagāmakaVāsabhagāma

A village in Kāsī. It was once the residence of Kassapa Thera. Vin.i.312f.

Kāsī3town

VāsabhagāmīVāsabhagāmika

One of the four Western monks appointed to the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

The second queen of King Pasenadi. MN.ii.110

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

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

Yasa ¹

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

…In lists of devas MN.i.289 they are given below the Appamāṇābhā and above the Subhā.

5heaven

uttering; having spoken.

makes govern, lets control.

governed; controlled.

master of; governing; controlling.

addressed.

associated to what is wrong, with evil or harm

(or n.) the not getting (something); the not receiving anything.

nonexistence, annihilation.

eradicated; annihilated

eradicated; annihilated

eradicated; annihilated

not subject to change

not subject to change

multiplied; manifold

food carrier; a grass-seller(?)

grass sellers and fowlers

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

fear of interrogation

talking little

receiving little gain or profit

sickle and carrying pole or flail

supporting only oneself

bodily form, body; existence as an individual; living being

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

having a body

having a body

fear of self-reproach

acquisition of a self; type of personal existence

supported by one’s own earnings

becoming different; change, alteration

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

carrying his testicles

carrying his testicles

radiance of the moon; moonshine.

meal of four food; a meal for four mendicants.

not making the sound bharabhara?

mental development or accomplishments.

(one) who distributes material for robes.

eating sediment or scrapings (from leather working)

regular food; a guaranteed meal (for a particular person (?)

having a regular supply of meals.

rare; difficult to obtain or find; scarce.

, compar. more difficult to obtain; very rare.

badly or wrongly spoken.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

food placed before the door.

supporting a wife.

eating only one meal a day; eating only before noon

developed in one part; practiced for one aspect

tied with a leash, on a leash.

an ass, a donkey.

appearing deep.

(connected with) joining together a group; acquiring a following.

eating cow dung.

one who feeds on excrement.

bag of dung.

this sort of existence; existence in this form; existence here.

this and another sort of existence; existence in this form or in that

fraction of a part, a very small part

providing excellent food

shaven-headed metalworker

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

something manufactured (e.g. cloth or worked metal); something not in its natural state

story to tell; a story worth telling

having bran as one’s food, eating only bran

one who distributes hard food or cakes

one who distributes hard food, cakes etc.

one who prefers further food

one who refuses further food

one who prefers further food

barber’s instruments

the producing of some material gain (?)

potter’s pot

the fear or danger of crocodiles.

associated with the good

produced by passing of time

1. existence in a kāmaloka; existence subject to sensual experience and desire.
2. (according to commentaries) sensual desire and existence

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

physical development or training

(nom. ~aṃ, ~o ; acc. ~aṃ ; instr. ~asā ; gen. ~assa ; abl. ~ā, ~asā, ~aso ; loc. ~asi, ~asmiṃ, ~amhi, ~e), the sky, the atmosphere.

(nom. ~aṃ, ~o ; acc. ~aṃ ; instr. ~asā ; gen. ~assa ; abl. ~ā, ~asā, ~aso ; loc. ~asi, ~asmiṃ, ~amhi, ~e), the sky, the atmosphere.

going in the sky.

restraint in a town; restriction in a town.

leader of men.

belonging to, conducing to, penetration.

whose service to the king had been recompensed or paid off; ?

constant food, food given always.

taking food (there) always.

nindāvyārosa-upārambhabhaya

mfn. fear of fault-finding, insult and criticism.

nindāvyārosana-upārambhabhaya

neuter

bull; a leader; the best or most excellent (of a group)

the being (like) a bull?

celestial, being in the sky.

being apart; separation; difference, diversity.

for whom food has been brought.

eating wild rice.

whose burden has been put down or removed.

tools etc. for weaving.

(one) who eats grass.

one who stops and waits (for a donor when begging)

the lord of the stars; the moon.

ubbega-uttāsabhayāpanūdana

mfn. driving away alarm and fear

developed in both parts; practiced for both aspects or objects; (ubhayaṃsa)

food specially prepared for a specific number of persons

eats

bull; a leader, the best or most excellent (of a group).

whose meal is late in the day

associated, connected with, knowledge.

ornament; decoration.

shining, radiant; (m.pl.) (the name of a class of gods inhabiting one of the rūpabrahmalokas.

brought, carried; handed down, transmitted

brought, carried; handed down, transmitted

shines; irradiates, illumines

teacher’s wife; a female teacher

drinking the water in which rice has been boiled; whose food is rice-gruel.

danger to one’s livelihood; fear concerning livelihood

danger to one’s livelihood; fear concerning livelihood

wearing garlands and ornaments.

ārabhati¹

pr. 3 sg. takes hold of; begins, undertakes, embarks upon; starts, initiates

ārabhati²

pr. 3 sg. kills, slaughters; sacrifices.

(~ī)n. coming from or produced from a bull; bull-like; belonging to a leader; lordly.

Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …

Appamānābha: a kind of divine being; see: deva II.

Parittābha: and paritta-subha: are 2 classes of divine beings of the fine-material sphere; see: deva II.

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 …

Progress: s. patipadā, abhabbagamana - p. in morality, etc., see: hānabhāgiya etc. - Purification by knowledge and vision of path -progress, see: visuddhi VI. - p.: of the disciple …

Ābhassara: The ‘Radiant Ones’, are a class of divine beings of the fine-material world rūpa-loka, cf. deva

noun adjective

1. (nt.) that which is not “vata” i.e. moral obligation, breaking of the moral obligation Snp.839 (asīlata +); Mnd.188 (variant reading SS abhabbata; expl^d. again as a-vat …

(nt
■ adj.) going out over, rising over (c. acc.) Pv-a.65 (candaṃ nabhaṃ abbhuggamanaṃ; so read for T. abbhuggamānaṃ).

fr. abbhuggacchati

Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati

to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 = Iti.20
■ See also SN.i.65; SN.v.44; AN.i.242 (same simile) …

Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati

to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 = Iti.20
■ See also SN.i.65; SN.v.44; AN.i.242 (same simile) …

adjective not frowning, genial Vin.iii.181 (but here spelt bhākuṭikabhākuṭika); DN.i.116, cp. DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.iv.8 (as variant reading T. has abbhokuṭika).

a + bhākuṭi + ka; Sk. bhrakuṭi frown

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 …

an impossibility, unlikelihood Snp.232, cp. Kp-a.191.

abstr. fr. abhabba

adjective free from fear or danger, fearless, safe Dhp.258
■ nt. abhayaṃ confidence, safety Dhp.317 cp. Dhp-a.iii.491. For further ref^s. see bhaya.

a + bhaya

overpowered, overwhelmed, vanquished DN.i.121; SN.i.137 (jāti-jarā˚); SN.ii.228 (lābhasakkāra-silokena); AN.i.202 (pāpakehi dhammehi); Ja.i.189; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.41 (= pareta), Pv-a.60 (= upagata), …

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 …

adjective praying for, desiring AN III.353 (kāma-lābha˚).

fr. abhijappati

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 ones birth or race, born of, being by birth; only in cpd. kaṇhâbhijātika of dark birth, that is, low in the social scale DN.iii.251; AN.iii.348; Snp.563 = Thag.833; cp. Ja P T S …

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

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 …

to find, get, obtain Snp.460 (= labhati adhigacchati Snp-a.405).

abhi + vindati

adjective not real, false, not true, usually as nt. ˚ṃ falsehood, lie, deceit Snp.387; Iti.37; instr abhūtena falsely DN.i.161.

• -vādin one who speaks falsely or tells lies Snp …

adjective = acchariya wonderful, marvellous SN.i.181; Vv.84#13 (comp. accheratara); Pv.iii.5#1 (˚rūpa = acchariyasabhāva Pv-a.197); Sdhp.244, Sdhp.398.

Addha¹

(num.) one half, half (˚-) DN.i.166 (˚māsika); AN.ii.160 (-māsa); Ja.i.59 (-yojana); iii. 189 (˚māsa).

= aḍḍha, q.v.

Addha²

adjective soiled, wet; fig. attached …

to overcome, overpower, surpass SN.iv.185 sq. (cp. adhibhū) AN.v.248, AN.v.282 (˚bhoti); Ja.ii.336; Ja.V.30
aor adhibhavi Ja.ii.80. 3 pl. adhibhaṃsu SN.iv.185. See also ajjh …

to address, to speak to; aor. ajjhabhāsi Vin.ii.195; SN.i.103; SN.iv.117; Snp.p.87; Pv-a.56, Pv-a.90.

adhi + bhāsati

Adhicca¹

learning, studying, learning by heart Ja.iii.218, Ja.iii.327 = Ja.iv.301; Ja.iv.184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), Ja.iv.477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); Ja.vi.213; Mil.164.

ger. of adhi + eti, se …

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 …

Adhipāta¹

splitting, breaking, only in phrase muddhā˚; head-splitting Snp.988 sq., Snp.1004, Snp.1025 (variant reading Nd ii.˚vipāta).

adhipāteti

Adhipāta²

a moth Snp.964. …

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 …

3^rd sg. aor. of adhibhavati to conquer, overpower, overcome SN.i.240 (prohib. mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi); Ja.ii.336. Cp. ajjhabhu & ajjhobhavati.

to overcome, conquer Iti.76 (dujjayaṃ a. he conquered him who is hard to conquer; variant reading ajjhabhi for ajjhabhavi). Cp. ajjhabhavi.

3^rd sg. aor. of *[adhibhavati](/define/adhibhava …

to address SN.iv.117 (gāthāhi); Kp v. = Snp.p.46 (gāthāya); Pv-a.56, Pv-a.90.

3^rd sg. aor. of adhibhāseti

to be bound to, to be attached, bent on; to desire, cleave to, indulge in. Fut. ajjhosissati (does it belong here?) MN.i.328 (c. acc. paṭhaviṃ, better as ajjhesati). grd. ajjhositabha MN.i.109 (+ …

cleaving to (earthly joys), attachment, DN.ii.58 sq.; DN.iii.289; MN.i.498 (+ abhinandana); SN.iii.187; AN.i.66; AN.ii.11 (diṭṭhi˚, kāma˚ + taṇhā). In comb^n. with (icchā) and mucchā at Nd …

excessive power, predominance Ja.ii.357.

cp. Sk. adhyābhava

to predominate Ja.ii.357.

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

1. minor conduct (conduct of a bhikkhu as to those minor rules not included in the Pārājikas or Saṃghādisesas) Vin.i.63 (see note in Vin. Texts, i.184.
2. flirtation Vin.iii.128 (in the Old Cy as ex …

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 …

not getting, loss, detriment Vin.iii.77.

a + labhaka

adjective not mortal, not subject to death Thag.276; Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.

a + mara from mṛ.

adjective of boundless or immeasurable splendour Sdhp.255.

a + mita (pp. of mā) + ā + bhā

Ana-

negative prefix, contained in anappameyya, (Thag.1089), anamatagga & anabhava. See Vinaya Texts ii.113.

the utter cessation of becoming. In the oldest Pali only in adj. form anabhāvaṃ kata or gata. This again found only in a string of four adjectives together expressing the most utter destruction. They …

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

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

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 free from desires or lust DN.ii.157; Snp.920, Snp.1043, Snp.1101, Snp.1112; Iti.91 (opp. ejânuga Mnd.353 = Cnd.55; Dhp.414 (= taṇhāya abhāvena Dhp-a.iv.194), Dhp.422; Pv.iv.1#35 (nittaṇha P …

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

“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 …

adjective unsmeared, unstained, free from taint MN.i.319, MN.i.386 (in verse); as -ūpalitta in verse of Sn & Dh: Snp.211 (= lepānaṃ abhāvā Snp-a.261), 392 468, 790, 845; Dhp.353.

an + upalitta

illumined, brighterted, beautified Bv.i.45 (byāmapabhā˚ by the shine of the halo); Vv-a.4 (sañjhātapa˚ for sañjhāpabhā˚).

pp. of anu + rañjeti, Caus. of rañj

adjective anussuta*; v.l K.B. anussada; Dhp-a.iv.165 explains with taṇhā-ussāvâbhāva vv.ll. ˚ussada˚); Iti.97 (vv.ll. anussata & anussara).

adjective “nothing higher”, without a superior, incomparable, second to none, unsurpassed, excellent, preeminent Snp.234 (= adhikassa kassaci abhāvato Kp-a.193), 1003; Dhp.23, Dhp.55 (= asadisa appaṭ …

preeminence, superiority, excellency; highest ideal, greatest good. They are mentioned as sets of 3 (viz. dassana˚, paṭipadā˚, vimutti˚;) at DN.iii.219, or of 6 (viz. *dassana˚, savana˚ lābha˚, sikk …

adjective following, acting according to or in conformity with (-˚), obedient Ja.ii.348 (f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.i …

one without energy or zeal Snp.96 (niddāsīlin sabhāsīlin +) Snp-a.169 (viriya-tejavirahita).

n. ag. to an + uṭṭhahati

adjective according to the sense, answering to the matter, having scnse Thag-a.6 (˚saññābhāva).

anu + attha

adjective without support (from above), unsuspended, not held Snp.173 (+ appatiṭṭha expl^d. at Snp-a.214 by heṭṭhā patiṭṭhâbhāvena upari ālambhāvena ca gambhīra).

an + ālamba

adjective another, i.e. additional, following next, second (with pron. inflexion, i.e. nom. pl apare) DN.iii.190 (˚pajā another, i.e. future generation) Snp.791, Snp.1089 (n’); Ja.i.59 (aparaṃ divasaṃ …

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 …

…pilandhanaṃ = ābhāraṇaṃ); Ja.vi.472 (c. pilandhituṃ pi ayuttaṃ?). Apilahati & Apilandhati;

fr. apiḷandhati, also in…

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 not corrupt, faultless, of good behaviour Snp.662 (= padosâbhāvena a. Snp-a.478) Dhp.137 (= niraparādha Dhp-a.iii.70).

a + paduṭṭha

taken away, stolen Ja.iii.54.

pp. of apa + ā + bhṛ; cp. Vedic apa-bharati, but Lat. aufero to ava˚

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 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 …

*Asabha

see usabha.

Sk. ṛṣabha

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 not mixed or mixing, not associating, not given to society MN.i.ai4; SN.i.63; Snp.628 = Dhp.404 (= dassana-savana-samullāpa paribhogakāya-saṃsaggānaṃ abhāvena Snp-a.468 = Dhp-a.iv.173). …

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 …

not practising, abstinence from Snp.259 (= abhajanā apayirupāsanā Kp-a.124).

a + sevanā

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 …

Assa¹

shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …

to taste SN.ii.227 (lābha-sakkārasilokaṃ); Vism.73 (paviveka-sukha-rasaṃ); Dhp-a.i.318.

Denom. fr. assāda

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 …

Ati-ussura

adjective only in loc. -e (adv.) too soon after sunrise, too early Vv-a.65 (laddhabhattatā eating too early).

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 …

adverb late in the night, at midnight Ja.i.436 (opp. atipabhāte).

ati + ratti; cp. atidivā

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 noun

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

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

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

Only in cpd. gambhīrāvabhāso DN.ii.55, looking deep. Same cpd. at AN.ii.105 Pp.46 has obhāsa.

later form of obhāsa

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

fr. avabhāsa

(-˚) shining with, resplendent Sdhp.590.

late form of obhāsita

adjective

1. (lit.) flowing out or down, oozing, leaking Ja.iv.20.
2. (fig.) (cp. anvāssava & āsava) filled with desire lustful (opp.; anavassuta, q.v.) Vin.ii.236; SN.iv.70, SN.iv.184 (an˚); AN. …

adjective not to be hurt or disturbed, inviolable unshakable, imperturbable Snp.322 (˚dhamma = akampanasabhāva Snp-a.331).

a + vedha, grd. of vidh (vyadh) to pierce, Sk. avedhya

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

absence of change, steadfastness, endurance DN.i.18; DN.iii.31, DN.iii.33 (˚dhamma); DN-a.i.113 (= jarā-vasena vipariṇāmassa abhāvato).

a + viparināma

…atthi pasaṃsa-lābhā, expl^d. Snp-a.541 as na hi ettha pasaṃsa-lābhato añño attho atthi, cp. also Mnd.168); Mil.133;…

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 …

Aṅgaṇa¹

neuter an open space, a clearing, Vin.ii.218; Ja.i.109 (= manussānan sañcaraṇa-ṭṭhāne anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
■ cetiy˚; an open space …

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 …

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 …

…MN.iii.215 (kammaṃ bhabbaābhāsa apparently possible)
■ See also abhabba.

grd of bhū, Sk. bhavya

adjective noun

1. (adj.) shining, resplendent Ja.v.169 (C. pabhassara).
2. Name of a bird Ja.vi.538 (= sata-haṃsa C.)
   ■ Cp. ā˚, pa˚.

fr. bhās

to fall down, drop, to droop (Dhtp.455 & Dhtm.695: adho-patane & adhopāte) Ja.iv.223; Ja.vi.530. ppr. bhassamāna Mil.82 pret. 3^rd sg. bhassittha Ja.ii.274 (cp. pa …

bhasta (nt.)

1. a bellows Thag.1134; Ja.vi.12 (vāta-puṇṇa-bhasta-camma, skin of bellows full of wind); Snp-a.171 (vāta-pūrita-bhastrā viya), Snp-a.494 (vātabharita˚); Dhp- …

feeding, food, nourishment, meal Dhp.185; Pp.28, Pp.55; Ja.ii.15; Ja.v.170 (bhatta-manuñña-rūpaṃ for bhattaṃ-); Vism.66 (where 14 kinds enumerated, i.e. sangha˚ uddesa˚ etc.); Sdhp.118
■ ucchiṭṭh …

…d., the sankiliṭṭh’-ābhā d., the parisuddh’-ābhā d MN.iii.147. -esanā longing for rebirth DN.iii.216,…

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

I. Forms

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

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

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 …

to hire; originally the same as bhṛtya fr. bhṛta & bhṛti of; bhṛ Dhtp.94, Dhtm.114
■ bhaṭa = bhatyaṃ i.e. bhṛtyaṃ servant, hireling, soldier Mil.240; Vv-a.305 (bhattavetana˚). As to suggestion of …

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 …

adjective fragile, perishable, transitory Thig.35 (= bhijjana-sabhāva Thag-a.43).

fr. bhid

breaking up, splitting, perishing; destruction Ja.i.392; Ja.v.284; Ja.vi.11; Dhp-a.i.257 (kaṇṇā bhijjan’ ākāra-pattā); Thag-a.43 (bhijjana-sabhāva of perishable nature; explⁿ of bhidura …

Bhiṃsana & ˚ka

adjective horrible, dreadful, awe-inspiring, causing fear.

1. bhiṃsanaka (usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.2 …

Bhiṃsana & ˚ka

adjective horrible, dreadful, awe-inspiring, causing fear.

1. bhiṃsanaka (usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.2 …

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 …

…= tiro-kuḍḍā); pacchābhāgaṃ (acc. adv.) at the back part, behind Pv-a.114 (fig.) way, respect, in ubhato-bhāga -vimutta “free…

adjective sharing in, partaking of (with gen.), endowed with; getting, receiving AN.ii.80; AN.iii.42 (āyussa vaṇṇassa etc.); Ja.i.87 (rasānaṃ) Mil.18 (sāmaññassa); Vism.150 (lābhassa); Dhp-a.ii.90 Vb …

divided, distributed; nt. that which has been dealt out or allotted, in cpd. bhājit-ābhājita AN.iii.275.

pp. of bhājeti

adjective knitting the eyebrows, frowning, only in redupl. cpd. bhākuṭika- bhākuṭiko frowning continually, supercilious Vin.ii.11 = Vin.iii.181 (manda-mando +); Cnd.342 (korajika-korajiko +) Vi …

(-˚) a load, only in cpd. gadrabha˚; a donkey-load (of goods) Ja.ii.109; Dhp-a.i.123.

fr. bhāra

Bhāsati¹

to speak, to say, to speak to, to call MN.i.227, Snp.158 Snp.562, Snp.722; Dhp.1, Dhp.246, Dhp.258; also bhāsate Snp.452
pot bhāseyya Vin.ii.189; Snp.451, Snp.930; Snp-a.46 …

speech, language, esp. vernacular, dialect Ja.iv.279 (manussa˚ human speech), Ja.iv.392 (caṇḍāla˚); Kp-a.101 (saka-saka˚-anurūpa); Snp-a.397 (Milakkha˚); DN-a.i.176 (Kirātā-Yavanâdi-Millakkhāna …

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

developed, made to become by means of thought, cultured, well-balanced AN.v.299 (cittaṃ parittaṃ abhāvitaṃ; opp. cittaṃ appamāṇaṃ subhāvitaṃ); Snp.516, Snp.558.

pp. of bhāveti

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

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

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

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

state of a Brahma god, existence in the Br. world Vb.337; Vism.301 Vb-a.437; Dhp-a.i.110. brahmattabhāva is to be read as brahm’ attabhāva (see under brahma).

abstr. fr. brahma

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

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

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

…(vaḍḍheti + , for ābhāveti)
■ Cp anu˚, pari˚.

cp. Sk. bṛṃhayati; fr. brh² to increase; Dhtp.346 & Dhtm.505:…

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

1. a pole for carrying burdens Thag.623.
2. a flail SN.iv.201.

vy + ā + bhañj

fathom, measured by both hands being extended to their full length, only in phrase -ppabhā a halo extending for a fathom around the Buddha Ja.i.12, Ja.i.90; Bv.i.45; Mil.75; Vv-a.213.

cp. Vedic & …

(indef. enclitic particle)

1. Indefinite (after demonstr. pron. in the sense of kiṃ = what about? or how is it? cp. kiṃ) = ever, whoever what-ever, etc. [Sk. kaśca, Gr. ὁς τε, Lat: quisque Goth. h …

1. the Yak ox (Bos grunniens) Ja.i.149; Ja.iii.18 Ja.iii.375; Ja.v.416; Mil.365
   ■ f. -ī Ja.i.20; Sdhp.621
   ■ In compounds camari˚ Ja.iv.256.
2. a kind of antelope (-ī Ja.vi.537.

• *-[vī …

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

adjective subsequent, last (opp. pubba) Thag.202; Iti.18; Ja.v.120
■ acarima not later (apubba ac˚ simultaneously) DN.i.185; MN.iii.65; Pp.13.

• -bhava the last rebirth (in Sa …

adjective belonging to ceto, mental (opp. kāyika physical). Kāyikaṃ sukhaṃ → cetasikaṃ s. AN.i.81; SN.v.209; kāyikā darathā → c. d. MN.iii.287, MN.iii.288; c. duk khaṃ DN.ii.306; A …

Cha & Chaḷ

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

…

1. impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Explained at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ …

Chatta¹

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

Cha & Chaḷ

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

…

Citta¹ & Citra

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

? indeclinable = daddabhaṃ; a certain noise (of a falling fruit) Ja.iii.77 (variant reading duddabha = daddabha).

heavy, indistinct noise, a thud Ja.iii.76 (of the falling of a large fruit), variant reading duddabhayasadda to be regarded as a Sk. gloss = dundubhyaśabda. See also dabhakka.

onomatop.

to make a heavy noise, to thud Ja.iii.77.

Denom. fr. prec.

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

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

…are e.g. appamāṇ’-ābhā (opp. paritt ābhā) MN.iii.147; ābhassarā DN.i.17; Dhp.200; khiḍḍāpadosikā DN.i.19; gandhabba-kāyikā…

“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

adjective in accordance with the Dhamma Pv-a.242 (also a˚); Vism.306 (˚lābha).

Sk. dharmya; cp. dhammika

Dhava¹

the shrub Grislea Tomentosa AN.i.202, AN.i.204; Ja.iv.209; Ja.vi.528.

Sk. dhava = madhuratvaca, Halāyudha

Dhava²

a husband Thag-a.121 (dh. vuccati sāmiko tad abhāvā v …

adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā …

…Vb.363; avijjā˚ SN.ii.132; ābhā˚ SN.ii.150; ārambha˚ SN.v.66 SN.v.104 sq.; AN.i.4; AN.ii.338; ṭhiti˚ SN.ii.175; SN.iii.231; AN.iii.338…

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

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

Divi˚

an abstraction fr. divya constructed for etym. explⁿ of dibba as divi-bhava (˚bhāva) of divine existence or character, a divine being, in “divi-bhavāni divyāni …

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

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

Du˚¹

(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable

1. syllable of exclamation (= duḥ “bad, woe” (beginning the word du (j)-jīvitaṃ) Dhp-a.ii.6, Dhp-a.ii.10 = Pv-a.280, cp. Ja.iii.47; Bdhgh’s …

Dubbha & Dūbha

adjective deceiving, hurting, trying to injure Vin.ii.203 (= Iti.86 where dubbhe); Pv.ii.9#3 (mitta˚). adubbha one who does not do harm, harmless Pv.ii.9#8 (˚pāṇin = ahiṃsakahattha). …

see daddabha.

kettle-drum, in; Amata˚; the drum of Nibbāna Vin.i.8 = MN.i.171 (dundubhi at the latter passage); Pv-a.189 (variant reading for dundubhi).

another form of dundubhi, cp. duddabha & dundubhya

adjective noun

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

kettle-drum, the noise of a drum, a heavy thud, thunder (usually as deva in the latter meaning) Pv.iii.3#4; Ja.vi.465; Pv-a.40, Pv-a.189 (variant reading dudrabhi)
■ Amata˚ the drum of Nibbāna MN …

1. lit. an outer door, a gate, entrance Vin.i.15; SN.i.58 SN.i.138, SN.i.211; Ja.i.346; Ja.ii.63; Ja.vi.330; Vb.71 sq.; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.67 (village gate), Pv-a.79; Sdhp.54, Sdhp.356
   ■ That d. can …

(young) boy, child, youngster; a young man. f. dārikā girl (see next) Vin.i.83; Ja.i.88 (dārake ca dārikāyo boys & girls); Ja.ii.127; Ja.vi.336; Pv.i.12#7 (= bāla˚ Pv-a.65) Dhp-a …

Dīpa¹

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

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

Dubbha & Dūbha

adjective deceiving, hurting, trying to injure Vin.ii.203 (= Iti.86 where dubbhe); Pv.ii.9#3 (mitta˚). adubbha one who does not do harm, harmless Pv.ii.9#8 (˚pāṇin = ahiṃsakahattha). …

(-˚) a by-form of usabha (q.v.), in cpd. rathesabha.

adjective proud, arrogant Ja.ii.340 (˚bhāva = issariya); Ja.iii.264 (˚sabhāva = dittasabhāva); Sum. V. on DN.iii.153 (= avamata).

an ass, donkey Vin.v.129; MN.i.334; AN.i.229; Ja.ii.109, Ja.ii.110; Ja.v.453; DN-a.i.163
■ f. gadrabhī Ja.ii.340.

-bhāraka a donkey load Ja.ii.109; Dhp-a.i.123 *-[bhāva]( …

˚Gama

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

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

to make go, to send, to set into motion, to cause to go Iti.115 (anabhāvaṃ to destroy) see under gacchati.

caus. of gacchati

blame, reproach DN.i.135 “stating an example,” see DN-a.i.296; DN.iii.92, DN.iii.93; Snp.141; Ja.i.10 (garahapaṭicchādanabhāva preventing all occasion for finding fault); Ja.i.132 (garaha-bhaya-bhī …

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

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

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

Gava˚

base of the N. go, a bull, cow, used in compounds See gāv˚, go.

-akkha a kind of window Mhvs.9. Mhvs.15, Mhvs.17; -āghātana slaughtering of cows Vin. …

Gādha¹

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

Sk. gāḷha pp. of gāh, see gāhati

Gādha²

…

…DN.ii.157 gāthāya ajjhābhāsati to address with a verse Vin.i.36 Vin.i.38; Kp v. intr
■ gāthāhi anumodati to thank with (these) lines…

linear measure, a quarter of a yojana = 80 usabhas, a little less than two miles, a league Ja.i.57, Ja.i.59; Ja.ii.209 Vism.118; Dhp-a.i.396.

cp. Vedic gavyūti pasture land, district

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

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …

1. cause, reason, condition SN.i.134; AN.iii.440 sq.; Dhs.595, Dhs.1053; Vism.450 Tikp.11, Kp.233, Kp.239. In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical …

A. On term

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

1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …

Iti (ti)

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

indeclinable adv. of succession or motion in space & time “from here”. “from now”.

1. with ref. to space:
   1. from here, from this, often implying the present existence (in opp. to the “other” worl …

Itthatta¹

neuter being here (in this world), in the present state of becoming, this (earthly) state (not “thusness” or “life as we conceive it”, as Mrs. Rh. D. in K. S. i.177; although a …

debt DN.i.71, DN.i.73; AN.iii.352; AN.v.324 (enumerated with baddha, jāni & kali); Snp.120; Ja.i.307; Ja.ii.388, Ja.ii.423; Ja.iii.66; Ja.iv.184 (iṇagga for nagga?) Ja.v.256; Ja.v.253 (where enumerate …

Jahati & jahāti

to leave, abandon, lose; give up, renounce forsake. Ster. explⁿ at Cnd.255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. …

Jahati & jahāti

to leave, abandon, lose; give up, renounce forsake. Ster. explⁿ at Cnd.255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. …

creature, living being:

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

knowledge, cognizance, recognition; intelligence, learning, skill Ja.i.145 (attānaṃ-˚kālato paṭṭhāya from the time of self-recognition), Ja.i.200 (-˚manta knowledge of a spell, a spell known by tum …

to know.

I. Forms

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

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

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

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

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), ve …

1. rough, hard, harsh (lit. & fig.) Dhs.648 (opp.; muduka Dhs.962 (rūpaṃ paṭhavīdhātu: kakkhalaṃ kharagataṃ kakkhaḷattaṃ kakkhaḷabhāvo); Vism.349 (= thaddha), Vism.591, Vism.592 (˚ …

the young of an elephant: see hatthi˚; and cp. kalāra.

cp. Sk. kalabha

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

in hatthi˚ at Ud.41, explained in C by potaka, but cp. the same passage at Dhp-a.i.58 which reads kalabha undoubtedly better. Cp. kaḷārikā.

…of the neck Ja.v.155 (˚ābhāsā gīvā explained on p. 156 as suvaṇṇālingatala-sannibhā); also the (polished) surface of a shell, used…

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

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

gold, usually as uttatta˚; molten gold; said of the colour of the skin Bv.i.59; Pv.iii.3#2; Ja.v.416; Pv-a.10 suvaṇṇa).

• -agga gold-crested Ja.v.156;
• -chavin of golden co …

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

1. a tortoiseor turtle-shell SN.i.7 = Mil.371; SN.iv.179; as ornament at DN-a.i.89.
2. the skull, cp. kaṭāha in sīsakaṭāha.
3. a frying pan (usually as ayo˚, of iron, e.g. AN.iv.70 Cnd.304#iii; Vv- …

1. (adj.) (-˚) producing, causing, forming, making, doing, e.g. anta˚ putting an end to; pabhaṃ causing splendour; pāpa˚ doing evil; divā˚ & divasa the day-maker, i.e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva˚ causing a …

the trunk of an elephant; in karabhoru (k˚ + ūru) (a woman) with beautiful thighs Mhbv.29.

adjective miserable, painful, troubled wretched AN.iv.283; Snp.574; Ja.ii.136; Ja.iv.113 = Ja.vi.17; Pv.iv.1#21 (= Pv-a.229 dukkha)
■ adv. kasirā (abl.) with difficulty Ja.v.435; *-[kasirena](/d …

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

adverb dubit. interr. part.

1. how; with ind. pres. Pv-a.6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with fut. & cond. Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); Ja.vi.500; Pv-a.54 (na dassāmi)
2. why, for what …

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

1. throat AN.iv.131; Ja.v.448; Mil.152 (kaṇṭho ākurati, is hoarse); Pv-a.280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: Pv-a.99 (k-oṭṭha-tālūnaṃ …

either positive: indeed, surely, truly DN.i.87; Snp.p.103; Ja.iv.391 (as khaḷu); Mhvs.vii.17; or negative: indeed not Vism.60 (= paṭisedhan’ atthe nipāto). -pacchābhattika (adj.) = na p˚: a per …

1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm DN.i.73 (of a country) SN.i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i.e. Nibbāna), SN.i.189 = Snp.454 (of vācā nibbānapattiyā); MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amata …

adjective one who enjoys security or peace SN.iii.13; Snp.145 (= abhaya Kp-a.244); Dhp.258.

an enclitic particle of affirmation & emphasis indeed, really, surely; in narration: then, now (cp kira); in question: then, perhaps, really. Def. as adhikār’ antara-nidassan’ atthe nipāto Kp-a.113 …

1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

to be troubled, to be wearied, to suffer Thag.962 (w. acc. of obj.); usually with kilamati: k˚ kāyo kilamati Thag.1073. Used in a play of words with vicikicchati by Bdhgh at Dhs-a.354 as “ārammaṇaṃ n …

fatigue Ja.v.397 (= kilantabhāva).

spelt klama, fr. klam

to get wet, soiled or stained, to dirty oneself, be impure Iti.76 (of clothes, in the passing away of a deva) Thag.954 (kilisissanti, for kilissanti); Pts.i.130. Kilisseyya Dhp.158 (explained as ninda …

Kitava & kitavā

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

Kitava & kitavā

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

adjective noun only in neg. sentences: something, anything From the freq. context in the older texts it has assumed the moral implication of something that sticks or adheres to the character of a man, …

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

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

adjective of good breed, noble, applied to dogs Ja.i.175; Ja.iv.437. Cp. kolīniyā, and Divy.165: kolikagadrabha a donkey of good breed.

adjective juvenile, belonging to a youth or maiden: f. komārī a virgin AN.iv.210.

• -pati husband of a girl-wife Ja.ii.120.
• -brahmacariyā (˚ṃ carati …

brushwood or a small, and therefore unproductive, wood Snp.1134 (expl. Nd ii.by rittavanaka appabhakkha appodaka).

fr. kuṃ-vana

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

adjective

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

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

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

to desire.

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

Buddhist commentators exp …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

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

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

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

the fact of being taken Pv-a.56.

abstr. fr. ppr. med. of labhati

(-˚) adjective receiving, to be received, to get; only in dul˚; hard to get Snp.75; SN.i.101; Ja.i.307; Pp.26; Mil.16; Sdhp.17, Sdhp.27; and su˚ easy to obtain Pv.ii.3#19.

a base-formation fr. labh

taking, receiving, gift, acquisition Dhp-a.iii.271 (˚bhāva); Pv-a.73 (˚ṭṭhāna), Pv-a.121 (id.).

fr. labh

1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.
2. (fig.) to obtain permission to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the …

of labhati (q.v.).

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

is ger. and 3^rd sg. aor.; laddhāna ger. of labhati (q.v.).

adjective easily offended, touchy DN.i.90; explained by DN-a.i.256 as follows: “lahusā ti lahukā appaken’ eva tussanti vā russanti vā udaka-piṭṭhe lābukaṭāhaṃ viya appakena pi uppilavanti.” Cp *[rab …

see palambheti (to deceive, dupe) It may be possibie that reading lampetvā at AN.ii.77 (variant reading lambitvā) is to be corrected to lambhetvā (combined with *hāpetvā) …

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

…dat. sg. lābhā (for lābhāya) is used adverbially with foll. genitive in meaning of “for my (our) gain,” “it is…

adj. nt. one who receives; reception; a˚; not getting, non-receiving Vin.iii.77.

fr. lābha

adj.

1. (-˚) receiving, getting, having, possessed of MN.iii.39 (as n. “a receiver, recipient”) AN.i.24; AN.ii.85; AN.iv.400; Pp.51; Vb.332 (nikāma˚) Ja.i.140.
2. one who has intuition either in rea …

see under lābha.

Macchariya & Macchera

neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka

1. macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …

Macchariya & Macchera

neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka

1. macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

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

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

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

human being, man. The popular etym. connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e.g. Kp-a.123: “Manuno apaccā ti manussā, porāṇā pana bhaṇanti ʻmana-ussannatāya manussa’; te Jambudīpakā, Aparagoy …

adjective auspicious prosperous, lucky, festive Mnd.87, Mnd.88; Kp-a.118 sq. Snp-a.273, Snp-a.595; Sdhp.551
■ nt. maṅgalaṃ good omen auspices, festivity Snp.258; Vin.ii.129; Pv-a.17. A curious …

1. a wild animal, an animal in its natural state (see compounds).
2. a deer, antelope, gazelle Various kinds are mentioned at Ja.v.416; two are given at Cnd.509, viz. eṇi (antelope) & …

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

friend. Usually m., although nt. occurs in meaning “friend,” in sg. (Ne.164) & pl. (Snp.185 Snp.187); in meaning “friendship” at Ja.vi.375 (= mittabhāva C.). The half-scientific, half-popular etym …

(˚añji˚) is probably the correct reading for puñcikatā
■ We find puñcikatā at Dhs.1136, Dhs.1230 Vb.351, Vb.361 (variant reading pucchañji˚); Dhs-a.365 …

1. a seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma (amacca) & mudda-paṭilābha.
2. the art of calculation …

adjective sending out or forth, emitting Vv-a.303 (pabhā˚).

fr. muñcana

I. Forms

The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚; are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚; is the active base, and mucc˚; the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñ …

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

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

…(etc.) Pv.iii.9#1 (= mālābhārin Pv-a.211); f mālinī Vv.36#2 (nānā-ratana˚); Mhvs.18, Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚…

Nabhas (in oblique cases) mist, vapour, clouds, sky AN.i.242; AN.ii.50 (nabhā), AN.iii.240, Snp.687 (nabhasi-gama, of the moon); Vv.32#3, Vv.35#2 (= ākāsa Vv-a.161), Vv.53#4 (id. Vv.53#236), Vv.63 …

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

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

pp. nameti

man (in poetry esp. a brave, strong heroic man), pl. either “men” or “people” (the latter e.g. at Snp.776, Snp.1082; Pv.i.11#12)
■ AN.i.130 AN.ii.5; AN.iii.53; Snp.39, Snp.96, Snp.116, Snp.329, Snp. …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

guide, conductor; support (= nettika²) Iti.37 (āhāra˚-pabhava), Iti.38 (bhava˚), Iti.94 (netticchinna bhikkhu = Arahant). Cp. nettika² dhamma˚, bhava˚.

Vedic netrī, f. to netṛ

Ni˚

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

A. Forms

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

adjective

1. without forest, woodless Ja.ii.358.
2. an abstr. fr. nibbāna, see nibbāna I. cp. vana². Freq. nibbāna as variant reading instead of nibbana without cravin …

adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy

1. (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …

…ārogya-paramā lābhā nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ, aṭṭhangiko ca maggānaṃ khemaṃ amata-gāminaṃ “N. is a higher…

means of extinguishing, extinction, quenching SN.i.188 (cittaṃ pariḍayhati: nibbāpanaṃ brūhi = allayment of the glow); AN.iv.320 (celassa n˚āya chandaṃ karoti: try to put out the burning cloth); Mil.3 …

adjective free from fear, pain or anguish Dhp.205 = Snp.257 (explained at Dhp-a.iii.269 by rāgadarathānaṃ abhāvena n.; at Snp-a.299 by kilesapariḷāhâbhāvena n.).

nis + dara

to go down to, to “undergo,” incur, enter, come to; to suffer esp. with dukkhaṃ & similar expressions of affliction or punishment SN.iv.70 (dukkhaṃ); MN.i.337 sq. (id.); AN.i.251 …

noun adjective one who desires ardently, covetous, rapacious DN.i.8 (lābhaṃ) AN.iii.111 (id.).

n. ag. fr. prec.

to go out, to go forth; in fig meaning: to leave behind lust, evil & the world, to get rid of “kāma” (craving), to show right exertion, strength Mil.245 (+ arabhati) + SN.i.156 (kkh).

Sk. niṣkramat …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, …

adjective without splendour Ja.ii.415; Mil.102.

nis + prabhā

to bring forth, produce; accomplish, perform Ja.i.185 (lābhasakkāraṃ); Ja.v.81; Mil.299; Vv-a.32, Vv-a.72 (grd. nipphādetabba, Name of ablative case); Sdhp.319, Sdhp.426
pp *[nipphādita](/define/n …

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

“bull among men,” i.e. prince, leader; “princeps,” best of men epithet of the Buddha SN.i.28, SN.i.48, SN.i.91; MN.i.386; Ja.v.70 Ja.vi.526; Vv.16#7 (isi˚), cp. Vv-a.83 for explⁿ; Vv.63#7 …

adjective having lost his (or its) splendour or prosperity Ja.vi.225 (ājīvika), Ja.vi.456 (rājabhavana).

nis + sirī

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumⁿ of diversity as nānat …

broken down, broken up, broken SN.v.96 (˚vibhagga); AN.iv.435 (obhagg’obhagga); Dhp-a.i.58 (id.); Ja.i.55 (˚sarīra).

o + bhagga, pp. of bhañj, Sk. avabhagna

to carry away or off, to take off
pp obhata.

ava + bharati, cp. Sk. avabharati = Lat. aufero

shine, splendour, light, lustre, effulgence; appearance. In clairvoyant language also “aura (see Cpd. 214¹ with C. expl^n. “rays emitted from the body on account of insight”)-D …

(nt
■ adj.) shining Vv-a.276 (Hardy: “speaking to someone”).

fr. obhāsa, cp. Sk. avabhāsana

…Kp v. = Snp.p.46; Kp-a.116 (ābhāya pharitvā ekobhāsaṃ karitvā)
pp avabhāsita.

o + bhāsati from bhās, cp….

exultation, elation Mnd.3 = Cnd.446 = Dhs.9, Dhs.86, Dhs.285, Dhs.373; Dhs-a.143 (= udaggasabhāva a “topmost” condition).

der. fr. udagga

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

…as form of salute); Ja.ii.326 Ja.vi.73 (sāṭakaṃ); Vism.338; Pv-a.63 (tacaṃ); Vv-a.75 (ābhāraṇāni)
caus omuñcāpeti to cause…

adjective being a share of the lower, i e this world, belonging to the kāma world, epithet of the 5 saṃyojanāni (see also saṃyojana) DN.i.156; DN.iii.107, DN.iii.108 DN.iii.132; …

to take down, bring down, deprive of, lay aside, take away, cut off (hair) Vv-a.64 (bhattabhājanaṃ oropeti)-ger. oropayitvā Snp.44 (= nikkhipitvā paṭippassambhayitvā Cnd.181 apanetvā Snp-a.91); J …

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

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

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

is adj. form (-˚) of pabhā (q.v.).

broken up, destroyed, defeated Vin.iii.108.

pp. of pabhañjati, cp. Sk prabhagna

adjective shining, very bright, resplendent SN.i.145; SN.v.92, SN.v.283; AN.i.10, AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq., AN.iii.16; Snp.48 (= parisuddha pariyodāta Cnd.402); Ja.v.202 Ja.v.170; Vv.17#1 (rucira +); P …

to fall down or off, drop, disappear Vin.ii.135 (pret. pabhassittha); Vin.iv.159 (id.)
■ Cp. pabhaṃsana.

pa + bhraṃś; cp. Sk. prabhraśyate

production, origin, source, cause MN.i.67; SN.i.181; SN.ii.12; Iti.37 (āhāra-netti˚); Snp.728, Snp.1050; Nd ii.under mūla (with syn. of sambhava & samuṭṭhāna etc.); Ja.iii.402 Ja.vi.518.

fr. pa + ; …

see pahoti.

to break up, destroy Ja.iv.494. - pp. pabhagga (q.v.).

pa + bhañj

adjective noun causing to fall or disappear depriving, taking away, theft, in maṇi˚ jewel-theft Ja.vi.383. (Rh. D. “polishing”?) Kern in

Toevoegselen

s. v takes pabhaṃsana as a der. fr. pa + *bh …

destruction, breaking up, brittleness Pts.ii.238 (calato pabhangato addhuvato) but id. p. at Cnd.214#ii and Mil.418 read “calato pabhanguto addhuvato.” Pabhangu, Pabhanguna & gura;

fr. pa + bhañj

Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa & ˚gura

adjective brittle, easily destroyed, perishable frail.

1. pabhaṅgu: SN.iii.32; SN.v.92; AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq. AN.iii.16; Dhs-a.380; Sdhp.51, Sdhp …

Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa & ˚gura

adjective brittle, easily destroyed, perishable frail.

1. pabhaṅgu: SN.iii.32; SN.v.92; AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq. AN.iii.16; Dhs-a.380; Sdhp.51, Sdhp …

Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa & ˚gura

adjective brittle, easily destroyed, perishable frail.

1. pabhaṅgu: SN.iii.32; SN.v.92; AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq. AN.iii.16; Dhs-a.380; Sdhp.51, Sdhp …

one who makes light, one who lights up, light-bringer (often as epithet of the Buddha) SN.i.51 (quoted at Vv-a.116), SN.i.210; AN.ii.51 sq.; Iti.80; Ja.iii.128; Snp.991, Snp.1136 (= ālokakara obhāsa …

light, radiance, shine AN.ii.139; AN.v.22; Iti.19, Iti.20; Pv-a.56 (sarīra˚), Pv-a.137 (id.), Pv-a.71, Pv-a.176; Sdhp.250
■ canda-ppabhā moonshine Iti.20; Dhs-a.14
■ adj. pabha (-˚), radiat …

shining, splendour, beauty SN.i.67; sap˚ with beauty SN.v.263; Mil.223; ap˚ without beauty Mil.299.

fr. pa + bhās

to tell, declare, talk Thag.582.

pa + bhaṣ

to illumine, pervade with light, enlighten Dhp.172 (= obhāseti Dhp-a.iii.169), Dhp.382 (= obhāseti ekālokaṃ karoti Dhp-a.iv.137); Ja.i.87; Pv.i.10#9 (so read for ca bh˚); Pv.ii.1#12; Pts.i.174; Mil. …

become clear or light, shining, dawning Snp.178 (sup˚); esp. in phrase pabhātāya rattiyā when night had become light, i.e. given way to dawn, at daybreak Ja.i.81, Ja.i.500
■ (nt.) daybreak morning S …

to shine forth, to become light, gleam, glitter Ja.v.199 (said of a river; = pavattati C.)
pp pabhāta.

pa + bhā

might, power, strength, majesty, dignity Ja.v.36; Ja.vi.449.

fr. pa + bhū

to increase, augment, foster Pv.ii.9#64 = Dhp-a.iii.220 (dakkhiṇeyyaṃ)
pp pabhāvita.

Caus. of pabhavati

increased, furthered, promoted Thag.767 (bhava-netti˚); explained by samuṭṭhita C.

pp. of pabhāveti

at Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. is wrongly given with quot. Ja.v.421 (in meaning “speaking”) where it should be read manāpa-bhāṇin, and not manā-p˚.

nodding, wavering (of the eyelids), blinking, being sleepy Dhs.1157 (= akkhidalādīnaṃ pacalabhāvaṃ karoti Dhs-a.378).

abstr. fr. pacalāyati

see paṭilabhati. Paccavidhum & Paccavyadhim

to speak out or mention correspondingly, to enumerate Kp-a.78, Kp-a.79 sq.

paṭi + anubhāsati, cp. BSk. pratyavabhāṣate to call to Divy.9

-nā (f.) looking at, consideration regard, attention, reflection, contemplation, reviewing (cp.; Cpd. 58) MN.i.415; DN.iii.278; AN.iii.27; Pp.21 (a˚) Dhs.390 (a˚ = dhammānaṃ sabhāvaṃ pati na apek …

adverb behind, aft, after, afterwards, back; westward DN.i.205; Snp.645 Snp.773, Snp.949; Mnd.33 (= pacchā vuccati anāgataṃ, pure vuccati atītaṃ); Cnd.395; Dhp.172, Dhp.314, Dhp.421; Pv.i.11#1 Pv.i.11 …

recited, explained Ja.ii.48.

pp. of paccābhāsati

to retort, recite, explain, relate Pv-a.57 (sic lege for pacchā˚)
pp paccābhaṭṭha.

paṭi + ābhāsati

to show in return, retort, explain MN.i.96; AN.iv.193. Cp. paccabhāsati.

paṭi + āropeti

adjective general, various, any; abundant, many Ja.v.40 (= bahu salabha C.); Mil.408 (˚jana) Dāvs iv.11, Dāvs iv.50; Vv-a.213 (˚jano for yādisakīdiso Vv.50#11). See also pasura.

cp. late Sk. pracura

in cpd. padulla-gāhin is perhaps misreading; trsl. “clutching at blown straws (of vain opinion), explained by C. as duṭṭhullagāhin; at id. p. SN.i.187 we find duṭṭhullabhāṇin “whose speech is never l …

Paha¹

neuter flight of steps from which to step down into the water, a ghat (= tittha Bdhgh) DN.i.223. The meaning is uncertain, it is trsl^d as “accessible” at Dial. i.283 (q. …

(in verse) pabhavati

1. to proceed from (with gen.), rise, originate DN.ii.217; MN.iii.76; SN.ii.184; as pabhavati at Snp.728 = Snp.1050 (cp. Cnd.401) (perf. med.) pahottha i …

1. original or natural form, natural state or condition (lit. make-up); as ˚- = primary original, real Vin.i.189; Vin.ii.113; Ja.i.146 (˚vesena in her usual dress); Kp-a.173 (˚kammakara, ˚jeṭṭhaput …

adjective

1. ripe (opp. āma raw, as Vedic; and apakka) and also “cooked, boiled, baked” SN.i.97 (opp. āmaka); SN.iv.324 (˚bhikkhā); Snp.576; Ja.v.286
   ■ nt. pakkaṃ that which is ripe, i.e. a fr …

Pakkhika

adjective

1. belonging or referring to the (2) lunar fortnights fortnightly, for a fortnight or in the (specified) fortnight of the month (cp. Vin. Texts iii.220). As one special provisio …

Pamukha¹

adjective lit. “in front of the face,” fore-part, first, foremost, chief, prominent SN.i.234, SN.i.235; Snp.791 (variant reading BB and Mnd.92 for pamuñca); Ja.v.5, Ja.v.169. loc …

(papatā) feminine a broken-off piece, splinter, fragment; also proclivity precipice, pit (?) SN.ii.227 (papatā ti kho lābha-sakkāra-silokass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. SN.iii.109: sobbho papāto kodh’ û …

1. material for enjoyment, food, feeding Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.432; Mil.156, Mil.403; Dhp-a.ii.66; Snp-a.342.
2. enjoyment, use Vin.iv.267; SN.i.90 Mnd.262; Vism.33 (with pariyesana & paṭiggahana) Dhp-a. …

1. to enjoy, to use, to enjoy the use of Vin.ii.109; MN.i.153 (nivāpaṃ p.), MN.i.207, SN.ii.29; Snp.240, Snp.241, Snp.423; Pv.i.1#2; Pv.i.9#4; Pv.iv.5#2 (= khādituṃ Pv-a.259); Cnd.427 (pariyesati paṭ …

diminution, decrease, wasting away, decay SN.ii.206 sq.; AN.ii.40 (abhabbo parihānāya), AN.iii.173, AN.iii.309, AN.iii.329 sq., AN.iii.404 sq. (˚dhamma); AN.v.103 (id.), AN.v.156 sq.; Iti.71 (˚āya saṃ …

measure, extent, limit, as adj. (-˚) measuring, extending over, comprising Ja.i.45; Snp-a.1 (pariyatti˚); Pv-a.113 (yojana˚), Pv-a.102 (anekabhāra˚)
■ neg. aparimāṇa witho …

to go about to (with inf. or dat.), to endeavour, undertake try Vin.ii.18 = AN.iv.345 (alābhāya); Ja.i.173 (vadhāya); Ja.ii.394; Pv.iv.5#2 (= payogaṃ karoti Pv-a.259).

pari + sakkati

danger, risk, trouble MN.i.10 (utu˚); AN.iii.388 (id.); Snp.42, Snp.45, Snp.770, Snp.921, Snp.960 sq.; Dhp.328 (˚ayāni sīha-vyaggh’-ādayo pākaṭa-parissaye, rāga-bhaya-dosabhay’ ādayo paṭicchanna\ …

adjective clean, clear, pure, perfect Vin.ii.237; MN.i.26; MN.iii.11; SN.ii.199 (˚dhammadesanā); SN.iii.235; SN.v.301, SN.v.354; AN.iii.125 (˚ñāṇa-dassana), AN.iv.120 sq.; Ja.i.265; Vism.2 (accanta˚) …

Paritta¹

adjective small, little, inferior, insignificant limited, of no account, trifling Vin.i.270; DN.i.45; MN.iii.148 (˚ābha of limited splendour, opp. appamāṇ’ ābha); SN.ii.98; SN.iv. …

-na (nt.) search, quest, inquiry

1. (-nā) DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61, DN.ii.280 (twofold, viz. sevitabbā and asevitabbā); DN.iii.289; MN.i.161 (twofold, viz ariyā & anariyā); AN.ii.247 (id.); SN.i.143; …

to seek for, look, search, desire DN.i.223 (˚esamāna ppr.); Snp.482 (id.); SN.i.177, SN.i.181 SN.iv.62; AN.ii.23, AN.ii.25, AN.ii.247; Mnd.262; Cnd.427 (+ paṭilabhati and paribhuñjati); Ja.i.3, Ja.i. …

1. “gone completely into,” included in, belonging to, got into Vin.i.46 (patta˚ that which has been put into the bowl); DN.i.45 (= ābaddha DN-a.i.127); Snp-a.397 (milakkhabhāsa˚ etc.); Kp-a.136 (vi …

adjective noun high & low, far & near; pl. in sense of “all kinds” (cp. uccâvaca). The word is found only in the Sutta Nipāta, viz. Snp.353 (variant reading BB varāvaraṃ, varovaraṃ; explained as “loku …

defeat, destruction, ruin, disgrace SN.ii.241; AN.ii.73; AN.iv.26; Snp.91–Snp.115; Ja.iii.331; Snp-a.167.

fr. parā + bhu Vedic parābhava

1. to go to ruin Snp.91 (= parihāyati vinassati).
2. to win through, to surpass Thag.1144 (cp. trsl. 381⁴)

pp parābhūta (q.v.) See also *[parābhetvā](/define/parābhe …

ruined, fallen into disgrace MN.ii.210 (avabhūta +)
■ Note. parābhūta at Ja.v.416 is to be read parabhuta (q.v.).

pp. of parābhavati

praise, applause DN.iii.260; SN.i.202; Thag.609; Snp.213, Snp.826 Snp.895; Mil.377; Snp-a.155. In composition the form is pasaṃsa˚; e.g. -āvahana bringing applause Snp.256 -kāma desirous of p …

1. to see-Pres. passati Vin.i.322; SN.i.69 SN.i.132, SN.i.198; SN.ii.29; Snp.313, Snp.647, Snp.953, Snp.1063, Snp.1142 (cp. Cnd.428); Pv.i.2#3; Mil.218; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.102; 1<su …

to establish, set up, fix, put into, instal DN.i.206; SN.i.90; Ja.i.152; Ja.i.168, Ja.i.349 (sotāpatti-phale) Pv-a.22 (id.), Pv-a.38 (id.), Pv-a.50 (saraṇesu ca sīlesu ca), Pv-a.223 (id.), Pv-a. …

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

…(yogakkhemassa); Cnd.390 (= lābhā paṭilābhā adhigamo phusanaṃ sacchikiriyā); esp. in phrase apattassa patti “att^t of the…

transitive

1. to send forth, set going Vin.i.87 (assūni); SN.ii.282 (id.) Ja.i.147 (selagulaṃ pavaṭṭ˚); esp. in phrase dhammacakkaṃ p. to inaugurate the reign of righteousness Vin.i.8, Vin.i.11; MN …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

Paññatta¹

pointed out, made known, ordered, designed, appointed ordained SN.ii.218; AN.i.98, AN.i.151; AN.iv.16, AN.iv.19; AN.v.74 sq.; Pv.iv.1#35; Dhp-a.i.274; Vv-a.9 (su˚ mañca-pītha) …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

Paṭimutta & ˚ka

(adj.) in sup˚ well purified, cleansed, pure Ja.iv.18 (˚kambu = paṭimutta-suvaṇṇ’ ālankāra C.); Ja.v.400; Pv.iv.1#33 (˚ka-suṭṭhu paṭimuttabhāṇin Pv-a.230).

pp. of paṭimuñcati, cp. paṭimukka

to obtain, receive, get Iti.77; Ja.i.91; Cnd.427 (pariyesati p. paribhuñjati); Pp.57; Vv-a.115; Pv-a.6, Pv-a.7, Pv-a.16, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.60, Pv-a.67 etc
■ pret. 3^rd pl *[paccaladdhaṃ …

received, got, obtained Pv-a.15 (= laddha), Pv-a.88.

pp. of paṭilabhati

obtaining, receiving, taking up, acquisition, assumption, attainment DN.i.195; MN.i.50; AN.ii.93, AN.ii.143; Pts.ii.182, Pts.ii.189; Mnd.262; Dhp.333; Pp.57; Vv-a.113; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.74
…

having withdrawn, keeping away SN.i.48 (˚nisabha “expert to eliminate”; reading pati˚); with reading pati also; AN.ii.41; AN.iv.449; Snp.810 Snp.852; Mnd.130, Mnd.224 (rāgassa etc. pahīnattā patilīno) …

Paṭimutta & ˚ka

(adj.) in sup˚ well purified, cleansed, pure Ja.iv.18 (˚kambu = paṭimutta-suvaṇṇ’ ālankāra C.); Ja.v.400; Pv.iv.1#33 (˚ka-suṭṭhu paṭimuttabhāṇin Pv-a.230).

pp. of paṭimuñcati, cp. paṭimukka

to feel, experience, undergo, perceive DN.i.43, DN.i.45; AN.i.157 (domanassaṃ); AN.iv.406 (id.); Pp.59; Pv-a.192 (mahādukkhaṃ). There is also a by-form, viz. paṭisaṃvediyati SN.ii.18, SN.ii.75, SN …

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

Pihayati & Piheti

1. to desire, long for (with acc.) Vin.ii.187; SN.ii.242 (pihāyittha 2^nd pl. aor.); Ja.i.401; Ja.iv.198 (pattheti +); Thig.454; Vv.84#45 (= piyāyati Vv-a.349).
2. to env …

Pihayati & Piheti

1. to desire, long for (with acc.) Vin.ii.187; SN.ii.242 (pihāyittha 2^nd pl. aor.); Ja.i.401; Ja.iv.198 (pattheti +); Thig.454; Vv.84#45 (= piyāyati Vv-a.349).
2. to env …

occurs only in one phrase (gattāni pubbāpayamāno) at MN.i.161 & AN.iii.345 ≈ AN.iii.402 in meaning “drying again”; at both A pass. the vv. ll (glosses) are “sukkhāpayamāno” and “pubba-sadisāni kuru …

1. an individual, as opposed to a group (sangha or parisā), person, man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature = character, soul (= attan). DN.i.176; MN.iii.58; SN.i.93 sq.; SN.iii.25; AN.i.8 …

indeclinable before (both local & temporal), thus either “before, in front” or “before, formerly, earlier.” In both meanings the opp. is pacchā -

1. local SN.i.176 (pure hoti t …

adjective preceding, former, earlier, before (opp pacchima) DN.i.179; Snp.773, Snp.791, Snp.1011; Mnd.91; Ja.i.110; Snp-a.149 (˚dhura); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.26. In sequence p. majjhima pacchima; past, pres …

man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …

is wrong reading at Dhs.1059 in taṇhā paraphrase (pattern 1 Nd ii.taṇhā) for mucchañcikatā. The readings of id. p. are puñcikatā Dh …

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

brought, conveyed DN-a.i.262; Snp-a.356 (kathā˚).

pa + ābhata

“that which has been brought here,” viz.

1. a present, bribe DN-a.i.262.
2. money, price Ja.i.122; Ja.v.401, Ja.v.452
   ■ kathā˚; “a tale brought,” occasion for something to tell, news, story J …

adjective

1. common, vulgar, uncontrolled in phrase pākat-indriya of uncontrolled mind SN.i.61 (= saṃvarâbhāvena gihikāle viya vivaṭa-indriya K.S. 320), SN.i.204; SN.iii.93; SN.v.269; AN.i.70, …

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

wild, terrible, violent DN.i.91 explained by “bahu-bhāṇin” at DN-a.i.256. There are several vv.ll. at this passage.

rabh = labh, which see for etym. Cp. also Lat rabies
■ Dhtp.205 explains *rab …

…DN-a.i.146 = Vism.201 (rahābhāvena ten’ esa arahan ti). See also der. rāha-seyyaka. Note. Hardy’s reading yathā rahaṃ at…

…DN-a.i.146 = Vism.201 (rahābhāvena ten’ esa arahan ti). See also der. rāha-seyyaka. Note. Hardy’s reading yathā rahaṃ at…

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

Ratha¹

a two-wheeled carriage, chariot (for riding driving or fighting SN.i.33 (ethically); AN.iv.191 (horse cart; diff. parts of a ratha); MN.i.396; Snp.300, Snp.654 Vism.593 (in its com …

night DN.i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag.517; Snp.710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Snp-a.496); Ja.vi.491. abl. sg. rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D …

illness, disease
■ The defⁿ of roga at Ja.ii.437 is “roga rujana-sabhāvattaṃ.” There are many diff enumerations of rogas and sets of standard combinations, of which the foll. may be ment …

adjective red Ja.v.259 (rohaññā pungav’ūsabhā; C. explains by ratta-vaṇṇā). Kern

Toevoegselen

s. v. proposes rohiñño = *rohiṇyah, (cp. pokkharaṇī for ˚iṇī) red cows.

fr. roha = rohita

kind of deer Ja.vi.537 (˚sarabhā migā).

fr. rohita, perhaps directly fr. Vedic rohita ewe, lit. the red one

1. splendour, light, brightness Snp.548 (su˚ very splendid; Snp-a.453 = sundara-sarīrappabha).
2. inclination, liking, pleasure Pv-a.59 (˚ṃ uppādeti to find pleasure, to be satisfied)
   ■ *aruci …

hurting, feeling pain Ja.ii.437 (roga = rujana-sabhāvattaṃ); Ja.iv.147 (yāva piṭṭhiyā rujana-ppamāṇaṃ until his back ached).

fr. ruj, cp. rujā

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

1. heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

adjective gone to the hall of assembly AN.i.128; Snp.397; Pp.29.

sabhā + gata

1. a hall, assembly-room DN.ii.274; AN.i.143; SN.i.176; Ja.i.119; Ja.i.157, Ja.i.204.
2. a public rest-house, hostelry Ja.i.302. dhamma˚ chapel Ja.vi.333.

• -gata = sabhaggata …

adjective common, being of the same division Vin.ii.75; like, equal, similar Mil.79; s. āpatti a common offence, shared by all Vin.i.126 sq.; vīthisabhāgena in street company, the whole street in comm …

honouring, salutation Mil.2.

Dhtp.553: pīti-dassanesu

1. state (of mind), nature, condition Mil.90, Mil.212, Mil.360; Pv-a.39 (ummattaka˚), Pv-a.98 (santa˚), Pv-a.219.
2. character, disposition, behaviour Pv-a.13, Pv-a.35 (ullumpana˚), Pv-a.220 (lo …

Err:508

companionship Vv.47#7 (= sahabhāva Vv-a.202). -ūpaga coming into union with DN.i.245.

fr. sahāya, cp. Sk. sāhāyya

to send out, prepare, give, equip; to fit up, decorate: dānaṃ to give a donation Dhp-a.ii.88; pātheyyaṃ to prepare provisions Ja.iii.343; gehe to construct houses Ja.i.18; nāṭakāni to arrange …

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

hospitality, honour, worship Vin.i.27, Vin.i.183; AN.ii.203; Ja.i.63; Ja.ii.9, Ja.ii.104; Dhp.75; Mil.386; Dhs.1121; Vism.270; Snp-a.284; Vb-a.466. -ṃ karoti to pay reverence, to say goodbye Dhp\ …

moth Ja.v.401; Ud.72(a); Vb-a.146.

cp. Sk. śalabha

one’s own advantage Dhp.365.

sa⁴ + lābha

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

to split, break Ja.v.32; Caus. sambhañjeti to break MN.i.237; SN.i.123; pass. aor. samabhajjisaṃ Ja.v.70
pp sambhagga
■ Cp. sampali˚.

saṃ + bhañjati

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

arisen from, produced Snp.272 (atta˚ self-; cp. Snp-a.304; attabhāva-pariyāye attani s.); SN.i.134.

pp. of sambhavati

enlightenment, highest wisdom, awakening; the insight belonging to the three higher stages of the Path, Vin.i.10; DN.iii.130 sq., DN.iii.136 sq. SN.ii.223; SN.v.214; MN.i.16, MN.i.241; AN.i.258; AN.ii …

to succeed, prosper, take effect DN.i.71; Snp.766 (cp. Mnd.2 = labhati etc.); Bv.ii.59; Ja.i.14, Ja.i.267; Pot. samijjheyyuṃ DN.i.71; aor. samijjhi Ja.i.68; Fut. samijjhissati …

speaking with smiles Ja.iv.24; name of a girl in Benares Ja.iii.93 sq.

saṃ + milla = mihita, + bhāsin

frivolous talk SN.v.355.

saṃ + pa + bhāṣ

to shine Mil.338.

saṃ + pa + bhās

1. rise, origin DN.i.17; DN.ii.33, DN.ii.308; DN.iii.227; AN.i.263 (kamma˚); Vin.i.10; Snp.p.135; Iti.16 (samuddaya metri causa) etc. dukkha˚; the origin of ill, the second ariya-sacca, e.g. DN.iii …

box, basket Ja.i.265, Ja.i.372, Ja.i.383; Mil.153, Mil.247; Sdhp.360 (read samuggābhaṃ) Samugga-jātaka the 436th Jātaka Ja.iii.527 sq. (called Karaṇḍaka-Jātaka ibid.; v.455).

Class. Sk. samudga

to begin, undertake MN.i.227; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.79
pp samāraddha.

saṃ + ārabhati²

undertaken SN.iv.197; Dhp.293; Ja.ii.61.

pp. of samārabhati

1. undertaking, effort, endeavour, activity AN.ii.197 sq. (kāya˚, vacī˚, mano˚) Vin.iv.67.
2. injuring, killing, slaughter Snp.311; DN.i.5; DN-a.i.77; AN.ii.197; SN.v.470; Pp.58; Dhs-a.146- *[appas …

with the weight of the wings, carrying one’s wings with oneself DN.i.71; MN.i.180 MN.i.268; AN.ii.210; Pp.58.

sa³ + patta¹ + bhāra

Sara¹

1. the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
2. an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).

• -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow …

(rohiccasarabhā migā = rohitā sarabhamigā, C. ibid. 538) Sarabhamigajātaka the 483rd Jātaka Ja.i.193, Ja.i.406 (text sarabhanga); Ja.iv.263 sq.

• -pallaṅka “antelope-couch,” a …

adverb eagerly, quickly Dāvs iv.22, Dāvs iv.34 sq., 43.

sa² + rabhasaṃ

adjective with its essential properties (see rasa) Mnd.43; sarasabhāva a method of exposition Dhs-a.71.

sa³ + rasa

…of the body Dhs-a.338

• -ābhā radiation of light proceeding from the body, lustre Snp-a.16 (˚ṃ muñcati to send forth),…

adverb self, by oneself Vin.i.8; DN.i.12; DN-a.i.175; Snp.57, Snp.320, etc.; p. 57, 100, etc. Mhvs.7, Mhvs.63 (for f.). Also with ref. to several people e.g. Dhp-a.i.13.

• -kata …

lying down Ja.i.338; Ja.v.438. sukha˚; lying in a good position, sleeping well, well-embedded (of seeds) AN.iii.404 = DN.ii.354; Mil.255. sukha-sayitabhāva “having had a good sleep,” being well …

impetuosity, rage Dāvs iv.34. This is the Sanskritic form for the usual P. sārambha.

saṃ + *rambha, fr. rabh, as in rabhasa (q.v.)

Saṅgahita & ˚gahīta

1. comprised, included Mil.40 (eka˚); Pv-a.80.
2. collected Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
3. grouped Kv.335 sq.
4. restrained Snp.388 (˚attabhāva); Snp-a.291 (˚atta).
5. kindly disposed Vv.1 …

Saṅgahita & ˚gahīta

1. comprised, included Mil.40 (eka˚); Pv-a.80.
2. collected Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
3. grouped Kv.335 sq.
4. restrained Snp.388 (˚attabhāva); Snp-a.291 (˚atta).
5. kindly disposed Vv.1 …

1. multitude, assemblage Mil.403 (kāka˚); Ja.i.52 (sakuṇa˚); Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56 …

derivation & meaning very doubtful; Bdhgh’s explⁿ at Pp-a 231 is not to be taken as reliable, viz. “sankittetvā katabhattesu hoti. dubbhikkha-samaye kira acela-kāsāvakā acelakānaṃ atthāy …

1. established in (-˚), settled, composed Snp.330 (santi-soracca-samādhi˚); Sdhp.458 su˚; firmly or well established Snp.755; Mil.383; in a good position, well situated Dhs-a.65.
2. being compos …

1. configuration, position; composition, nature, shape, form Vin.ii.76; MN.i.120 (spelt ˚nth˚); AN.i.50; AN.iv.190 (C. osakkana); Mil.270 Mil.316, Mil.405; Ja.i.71, Ja.i.291, Ja.i.368; Ja.ii.108; Vism …

1. fame DN.ii.223, DN.ii.255; MN.i.192; SN.ii.226 (lābha-sakkāra˚); AN.ii.26 AN.ii.143; Snp.438; Vin.i.183; Ja.iv.223 (= kitti-vaṇṇa); Mil.325; Snp-a.86 (˚bhaṇana, i.e. recitation); pāpasiloka havi …

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …

Sutta¹

asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring t …

emptiness, “void,” unsubstantiality, phenomenality; freedom from lust, ill-will and dullness, Nibbāna MN.iii.111; Kv.232; Dhs-a.221; Ne.118 sq., Ne.123 sq., Ne.126; Mil.16; Vism.333 (n’atthi; *[suññ …

adjective pleasant, agreeable Iti.114; Ne.27. Often combined with piya, e.g. Iti.114; Vb.103; DN-a.i.311
■ Opp. kaṭuka
■ sāta (nt.) pleasure, joy MN.i.508; AN.i.81 sq.; SN.ii. …

adjective having a disposition or character; ariyasīlin having the virtue of an Ārya DN.i.115; DN-a.i.286; niddāsīlin drowsy, Snp.96; vuddhasīlin increased in virtue DN.i.114; sabhāsīlin fond of soci …

adjective in combination with tabbahula taggaruka tanninna tappoṇa tappabhāra freq. as formula, expressing: converging to this end, bent thereon, striving towards this (aim): Nd ii.under tad. The same …

threatened, frightened, scared; spurred or moved by (-˚) DN.i.141 (daṇḍa˚, bhaya˚) Dhp.188 (bhaya˚); Pp.56. Esp. in combination maraṇabhaya˚; moved by the fear of death Ja.i.150, Ja.i.223; Pv-a.21 …

adjective

1. trembling, frightened Ja.i.336 = Ja.i.344 (vakā, expl. at Ja.i.342 by tasita); perhaps the derived meaning of:
2. moving, running (cp. to meaning 1 & 2 Gr.; τρέω to flee & to tremble), a …

Num. ord. the third
■ Snp.97 (parābhavo); Snp.436 (khuppipāsā as the 3rd division in the army of Māra), Snp.1001; Ja.ii.353; Dhp.309; Pv-a.69 (tatiyāya jātiya: in her third birth). Tatiyaṃ (nt. adv …

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

theft Vin.i.96; AN.i.129; Snp.119 (theyyā adinnaṃ ādiyati); Snp.242, Snp.967 (˚ṃ na kareyya) Vv.15#8 (: theyyaṃ vuccati thenabhāvo Vv-a.72); Mil.264, Mil.265; Vism.43 (˚paribhoga); DN-a.i.71; Sdhp.5 …

immobility, firmness, security, solidity, an undisturbed state; always in janapada˚; an appeased country, as one of the blessings of the reign of a Cakkavattin. Explained at DN-a.i.250 as “janapade …

Ti

adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.

cp. Sk. iti

Ti˚

base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).

*-[kaṭuka](/d …

Iti (ti)

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

number thirty (cp. tiṃsa), esp. the thirty deities (pl.) or belonging to them (adj.). It is the round figure for 33, and is used as equivalent to tāvatiṃsa. Nandanaṃ rammaṃ tidasānaṃ mahāvanaṃ Pv.iii. …

an animal Iti.92 (tiracchānaṃ ca yoniyo for tiracchāna-yoniyo); Vb.339 (˚gāminī paṭipadā leading to rebirth among beasts); Vv-a.23 (manussatiracchāna an animal-man, wild man, “werwolf”).

• *-[kat …

satisfaction (in = loc.) Dhp.186 = Thag-a.287 (na kahāpaṇavassena t. kāmesu vijjati); n atthi t. kāmānaṃ Thig.487; Ja.v.486 (dhammesu) Vv-a.11; Pv-a.32 (˚ṃ gacchati find s.), Pv-a.55 (paṭilabhati) …

to stand, etc.

I. Forms

pres ind. tiṭṭhati (Snp.333, Snp.434; Pv.i.5#1);
imper second tiṭṭha, 3rd tiṭṭhatu ppr. tiṭṭhaṃ, tiṭṭhanto, tiṭṭhamāna;
pot tiṭṭhe (Snp.918, Snp.968) & tiṭṭheyy …

1. the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
2. a …

star, a planet Snp.687 (tārāsabha the lord, lit. “the bull” of the stars, i.e. the Moon).

-gaṇa (tāra˚) the host of stars Pv.ii.9#67 (cando va t
■ gaṇe atirocati). -maṇivitāna …

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

I

*yāva-tāva …

shelter, protection refuge, esp. as tt. of shelter & peace offered by the Dhamma. Mostly in combⁿ with leṇa & saraṇa; (see [dīpa & abhaya;](/define/dīpa & abhaya;)), in var. contexts, esp …

leavings of food MN.ii.7 (variant reading uccepaka with cc for cch as ucciṭṭha: ucchiṭṭha). The passage is to be read ucchepake va te ratā. A diff. connotation would be implied by taking ucchepaka = u …

rise, growth; increment, increase; income, revenue, interest AN.ii.199; Pts.i.34; Vv.84#7 (dhan’atthika uddayaṃ patthayāna = ānisaṃsaṃ atirekalābhaṃ Vv-a.336); Vv.84#52 ; Dhp-a.ii.270; Pv-a.146 (ul …

to eat MN.i.306 (upacikā bījaṃ na udrabheyyuṃ; vv.ll. on p. MN.i.555: udrah˚ udah˚, udāh˚, uddhah˚, uṭṭhah˚; udraheyyun ti khādeyyuṃ C. (udrabhāsane, Dhātum.))
■ Note. The Dhātupāṭha 212, and the …

1. “breathing out”, exulting cry, i e. an utterance, mostly in metrical form, inspired by a particularly intense emotion, whether it be joyful or sorrowful (cp. K. S. p. 29 n. 2) DN.i.50 DN.i.92; SN.i …

come out, risen; high, lofty, exalted Ja.iv.213 (suriya), Ja.iv.296 (˚atta), Ja.iv.490; Ja.v.244; Pv.iv.1#4 (˚atta one who has risen = uggata-sabhāva samiddha Pv-a.220); Vv-a.217 (˚mānasa); DN-a.i …

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

saving, helping; in phrase -sabhāva-saṇṭhita of a helping disposition, full of mercy DN-a.i.177; Pv-a.35. Same as ullopana (q.v.).

fr. ullumpati

to enjoy Ja.iii.495; Ja.v.350 (inf. ˚bhottuṃ)
grd upabhogga
pp upabhattu (q.v.).

upa + bhuj

to receive, get, obtain to find, make out Mil.124 (kāraṇaṃ); usually in Pass. upalabbhati to be found or got, to be known; to exist MN.i.138 (an˚); SN.i.135; SN.iv.384; Snp.85 …

acquired, got, found Ja.vi.211 (˚bāla; variant reading paluddha˚); Sdhp.4, Sdhp.386.

pp. of upalabhati

Usabha¹

a bull; often fig as symbol of manliness and strength (cp. nisabha) DN.i.6 (˚yuddha bull-fight), DN.i.9 (˚lakkhaṇa signs on a b.), DN.i.127; Vin.iii.39 (puris˚ “bull of a man”, a …

this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …

adjective

1. overflowing, heaped up, crowded; extensive, abundant, preponderant, excessive, full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= …

frightened, terrified, alarmed Vin.ii.184; SN.i.53, SN.i.54 (an˚); Snp.986; Mil.23; Dhp-a.ii.6 (˚mānasa); Pv-a.243 (˚citta), Pv-a.250 (˚sabhāva).

pp. of uttasati, also cp. uttasta

adjective “ut-most”, highest, greatest, best Snp.1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā comb^{d …}

“alms which one stands up for, or expects” left over, thrown out Vin.i.44 (˚patta); Thag.1057 (˚piṇḍa); Thag.2, Thag.349 (˚piṇḍa = vivaṭadvāre ghare ghare patiṭṭhitvā labhanaka-piṇḍa Thag-a.242); Ja …

adjective great, eminent, excellent, superb, lofty, noble, rich
■ Dhammapāla at Vv-a.10–Vv-a.11 distinguishes 3 meanings: tīhi atthehi ūḷāraṃ paṇītaṃ (excellent), seṭṭhaṃ (best), mahantaṃ (great) …

(old) age Ja.ii.137 (= vuddhabhāva, mahallakatā C.).

fr. vaddha¹ 1

favourite Ja.iv.404 Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.371; rāja˚; a king’s favourite, an overseer Ja.i.342 Mhvs.37, Mhvs.10; Vb-a.501
■ f. vallabhā a beloved (woman), a favourite Ja.iii.40; Vv-a.92, Vv-a.135, …

being a favourite Dāvs v.7.

abstr. fr. vallabha

the tree Crataeva roxburghii Ja.i.222, Ja.i.317 (-rukkha), Ja.i.319 = Dhp-a.iii.409 (˚kaṭṭhabhañja); Ja.vi.535.

cp. Sk. varaṇa rampart, causeway, wall

bull Mil.115 (rāja˚); Snp-a.40 (relation between usabha, vasabha & nisabha) Vv-a.83 (id.).

the Sanskritic-Pāli form (*vṛṣabha) of the proper Pāli usabha (q.v. for etym.). Only …

1. rain, shower Ja.iv.284; Ja.vi.486 (khaṇika sudden rain); Mil.307; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.31; Dhp-a.iii.163 (pokkhara˚ portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
   ■ fig …

Vassati¹

to rain (intrs.), fig to shower, pour(down) Vin.i.32 (mahāmegho vassi) SN.iii.141 (deve vassante); SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv\ …

wealth; only in compounds -deva the god of wealth, i.e. Kṛṣṇa (Kaṇha) Mil.191 (as ˚devā followers of K.); Ja.v.326 (here in T. as ādicco vāsudevo pabhankaro, explained in C. as vasudevo vasujotan …

…sādhu vata Pv-a.131); lābhā vata no it is surely a gain that Snp.31; Dhp-a.ii.95; vata bho…

is not clear; it occurs only in the expression (is it found in the Canon?) vaḷabhā-mukha a submarine fire or a purgatory Abhp.889. The Epic Sk. form is vaḍavā-mukha (Halāyudha i.70; iii.1).

= vaḷavā?

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

Vaṭṭa¹

adjective noun

1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

…DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. pisuṇaṃ…

…DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. pisuṇaṃ…

1. (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …

…Sakkapañha, Sankhārābhājaniya Mahāpuṇṇama etc. Suttas, as catechetical Dhs-a.26 = DN-a.i.24
■ Note. The 2^nd part…

adj. n.

1. piercing, pricking, hitting AN.ii.114 sq. (where it is said of a horse receiving pricks on var. parts, viz. on its hair: loma˚; its flesh: maṃsa˚; its bone: aṭṭhi˚)
   ■ avedha ( …

is a word peculiar to the Jātaka. At one passage it is explained by the Commentary as “vedi” (i.e. rail, cornice), where it is applied to the slender waist of a woman (cp. vilāka & vilaggita;): Ja …

to abandon, forsake, leave; to give up, dismiss Pv.iii.6#15 (sarīraṃ); Vv-a.119; Pot. vijaheyya Pv.iv.1#10; fut. vijahissati SN.ii.220; Pv.ii.6#7 (jīvitaṃ)
ger vihāya Mhvs.1 …

“what is made of something,” make, i.e.

1. sort, kind Ja.i.59 (ābharaṇa˚ kind of ornament), Ja.i.243 (maccha-maṃsa˚); Mil.403 (bhojana˚ all kinds of material things); Vism.376 (bhājana˚ special bowl …

adjective shining forth, unfolding splendour, possessing charm or grace, charming DN-a.i.40 (vyāmapabhā parikkhepa-vilāsinī splendour shining over a radius of a vyāma).

fr. vilāsa

adjective smoothed, soft, smooth, polished Ja.v.96 (˚ābharana), (C. explains as “visāla”), Ja.v.204, Ja.v.400 (of ornaments)
■ ubhato-bhāga˚; polished or smooth on both sides MN.i.385; AN.v.61 = …

Vimāna¹

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the def^ns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

1. discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …

…separation [cp. BSk. vinābhāva Mvu.ii.141] Snp.588 Snp.805; Mnd.122; Ja.iii.95; Ja.iv.155; Ja.v.180; Ja.vi.482 (= viyoga C.).

Vedic vinā =…

in meaning “fading away, waning” in verse at Iti.69 (of viññāṇa) is doubtful reading. It corresponds to virāgadhamma of the prose part (virāgudh˚ vv.ll.) The variant reading is pabhaṅguṇa (which mig …

adjective different, unusual, extraordinary, uncommon Mil.78 sq.; DN-a.i.212; Vism.180 (purisassa itthisarīraṃ, itthiyā purisa-sarīraṃ visabhāgaṃ), Vism.516; Dhp-a.iv.52; Pv-a.118. -ārammaṇa pu …

1. the horn of an animal (as cow, ox, deer, rhinoceros) Vin.i.191; AN.ii.207; AN.iv.376; Snp.35 (khagga˚, q.v.), Snp.309; Pp.56 (miga˚); Tha-ap.50 (usabha˚); Ja.i.505; Mil.103.
2. (see [as m.](/defin …

adjective (-˚) living, behaving, acting AN.iii.383 (kaṇḍaka˚); Pv-a.120 (dukkha˚); sabhāga˚ living in mutual courtesy or properly, always combined with sappatissa, e.g. Vin.i.187; Vin.ii.162; AN …

adjective = vuttika; in sabhāga˚; Vin.i.45; Ja.i.219. Cp. vattin.

cp. Sk. vṛttin

tiger DN.iii.25; AN.iii.101; Snp.416 (˚usabha); Tha-ap.68 (˚rājā); Ja.i.357; Ja.iii.192 (subāhu); Ja.v.14 (giri-sānuja)
■ f. viyagghinī (biy˚ Mil.67. See also byaggha.

cp. …

1. a carrying pole (or flail?) Thag.623; combined with asita (see asita⁴ in corr. to pt 2) “sickle & pole” MN.ii.180; AN.iii.5.
2. a flail SN.iv.201.

…

to struggle, strive, endeavour; to exert oneself SN.iv.308; SN.v.398; AN.iv.462 sq. (chandaṃ janeti v. viriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti); Pv.iv.5#2 Vb.208 sq.; Pp.51; Vism.2; Dhp-a.iii.336; Dhp-a. …

1. street, way, road, path, track AN.v.347, AN.v.350 sq.; Vv.83#6; Ja.i.158 (garden path); Ja.v.350 (dve vīthiyo gahetvā tiṭṭhati, of a house); Ja.vi.276 (v and raccha); Dhp-a.i.14; Vv-a.31; Pv-a …

Ya˚

I. Forms

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

to cohabit, futuere, only given as root yabh with defⁿ “methune” at Dhtp.215 & Dhtm.308.

one passage in Atharva Veda; cp. Gr. οι ̓́φω “futuo,” Lat. ibex (see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v.)

1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

means for holding, contrivance, artifice, instrument machine, mechanism; fig. instrumentality (as perhaps in, kamma˚ at Th passages)
■ Referring to the machinery (outfit) of a ship (as oars, helm, …

Yāpeti & yapeti

1. (lit.)-
   1. in caus.intensive as well as intrs. sense; in the latter also with short ă; as yapeti and then combined with yāpeti, in …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

abundant, numerous, most. Not found as adj. by itself, except in phrase yebhuyya-vasena mostly, as a rule Thag-a.51 and Pv-a.136, which is identical with the usual instr. *[yebhuyyena](/define/ye …

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

1. the yoke of a carriage Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.42 (= ratha-yuga).
2. a measure of length as much as can be travelled with one yoke (of oxen) a distance of about 7 miles, which is given by Bdhgh as equal …

rice-gruel, rice-milk (to drink). See Vin. Texts ii.89. Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 (sace yāgu hoti, bhājanaṃ dhovitvā yāgu upanametabbā; yāguṃ pītassa udakaṃ datvā…), 51 (id.), Vin.ii.61 (id.), Vin.ii. …

Yāpeti & yapeti

1. (lit.)-
   1. in caus.intensive as well as intrs. sense; in the latter also with short ă; as yapeti and then combined with yāpeti, in …

adverb

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

the intellectual faculty, intelligence Dhp.72 (= Dhp-a.ii.73: jānanasabhāva).

nomen agentis from jānāti

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

Ā¹

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

to bring, to carry; ger. ābhatvā Ja.iv.351.

ā + bhṛ.

that which is taken up or put on, viz. ornament, decoration, trinkets DN.i.104; Vv.80#2; Ja.iii.11, Ja.iii.31; Dhp-a.iii.83; Vv-a.187.

Sk. ābharaṇa, ā + bhṛ.

…bodies are emitted rays like lightning, more probably a comb^n. of ābhā + svar (to shine, be bright), i.e. shining in splendour

brought (there or here), carried, conveyed, taken DN.i.142; SN.i.65; AN.ii.71 AN.ii.83; Iti.12, Iti.14 with phrase yathābhataṃ as he has been reared (cp. Ja.v.330 evaṃ kicchā bhaṭo); Pv.iii.5 (ratt˚ r …

adjective = ābhata; DN-a.i.205 (variant reading ābhata).

to shine Pv.ii.12#6 (ppr. ˚entī); Vv.8#2 (˚antī, variant reading ˚entī; = obhāsentī Vv-a.50).

*ābhayati = ābhāti, q.v.

splendour, light, appearance MN.iii.215.

Sk. ābhāsa, fr. ā + bhās

to shine, shine forth, radiate Dhp.387 (= virocati Dhp-a.iv.144); Ja.v.204. See also ābheti.

ā + bhā

to cultivate, pursue Pv.ii.13#19 (mettacittaṃ; gloss & variant reading abhāvetvā; expl^d. as vaḍḍhetvā brūhetvā Pv-a.168).

ā + bhāveti

adjective (ā + gāḷha 1; cp. Sk. samāgāḍhaṃ] strong, hard, harsh, rough (of speech), usually in instr. as adv āgāḷhena roughly, harshly aN.i.283, aN.i.295; Pp.32 (so to be read for agāḷhena, althoug …

put up, heaped; provided with fuel (of a fire), blazing Snp.18 (gini = ābhato jalito vā Snp-a.28). See sam˚.

pp. of ā + dhā

learning, knowing, understanding; knowledge Ja.i.181 (˚sabhāva of the character of knowing, fit to learn); Pv-a.225.

ā + jānana, cp. Sk. ajñāna

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa³).

1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa³).

1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚āyatana & see Dhs trsl.74)
■ Snp.976, Snp.1070, Snp.1115 (˚sambhava, cp. Cnd.116) Th …

having put on, clothed in, dressed with, adorned with (always ˚-) DN.i.104 (˚mālābharaṇa); Vin.ii.156 = Vv.20#8 (˚maṇi-kuṇḍala); SN.i.211; Ja.iv.460; Ja.v.155; Ja.vi.492; Vv.72#1 (= paṭimukka); Vv.8 …

indeclinable

1. beginning, undertaking etc., in cpd. -vatthu occasion for making an effort, concern, duty, obligation DN.iii.256 = AN.iv.334 (eight such occasions enumerated).
2. (prep. with acc.) …

Ārabhati¹

to kill, destroy MN.i.371 (pāṇaṃ).

not with Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 202 fr. rabh and identical with ārabhati², but with Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v identical with Sk. …

1. attempt, effort, inception of energy (cp. Dhs trsl. 15 & K. S. p. 318 giving Commentary defined as kicca, karaṇīya, attha, i.e. 1. undertaking duty, 2. object. SN.i.76 (mah˚); SN.v.66, SN.v.104 …

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

1. to please, win favour, propitiate, convince Ja.i.337 (dārake), Ja.i.421, Ja.i.452; Ja.ii.72 (manusse); Ja.iv.274 (for ābhirādheti T.); Vism.73 (ārādhayanto Nāthassa vana-vāsena mānasaṃ); Dhp-a.ii …

(in comp^n.) a bull peculiar to a bull, bull-like, fig. a man of strong & eminent qualities, a hero or great man, a leader, thus in tār˚ Snp.687; nar˚ Snp.684, Snp.696; āsabha-camma bull’s …

adjective bull-like, becoming to a bull, lordly, majestic, imposing, bold; only in phrase ˚ṃ vācaṃ bhāsati “speak the lordly word” DN.ii.15, DN.ii.82; MN.iii.123j Ja.i.53; DN-a.i.91; cp. Dāvs i.28 ( …

Āsāḷhā & Āsāḷhī

feminine Name of a month (JuneJuly) and of a Nakkhatta; only in comp^n. as Āsaḷha˚ Āsaḷhi˚, viz.; -nakkhatta Ja.i.50; Snp-a.208; -puṇṇamā Ja.i.63; Dhp-a.i.87; Snp-a …

Āsāḷhā & Āsāḷhī

feminine Name of a month (JuneJuly) and of a Nakkhatta; only in comp^n. as Āsaḷha˚ Āsaḷhi˚, viz.; -nakkhatta Ja.i.50; Snp-a.208; -puṇṇamā Ja.i.63; Dhp-a.i.87; Snp-a …

self. nom. sg. ātumo Pv.iv.5#2 (= sabhāvo Pv-a.259), ātumā Mnd.69 (ātumā vuccati attā), Mnd.296 (id.) & ātumāno Mnd.351; acc. ātumānaṃ Snp.782 (= attānaṃ Snp-a.521), Snp.888, Snp.918; loc. * …

adjective wanting, deficient less MN.ii.73; Ja.v.330; Dhp-a.i.77; Dhp-a.iv.210. Mostly adverbially with numerals = one less, but one, minus (one or two); usually with eka (as ekūna …

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …