teacher; an instructor (of religious texts); a teacher or a master; in some skill; an authority.

…SN.i.177; AN.v.347.

• -pācariya teacher upon teacher, lit. “teacher & teacher’s teacher” (see…

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 …

tanítványhoz méltó viselkedés, szent élet

1. not having a teacher; not dependent on an instructor.
2. free from bad influences.

conduct bringing benefit, helpful conduct; esp. benevolent behavior, helpful advice

following a different teaching

following a different teaching

following a different teaching

right action, virtuous behavior.

going about or living alone, solitariness; a solitary life

complete chastity; the preserving of virginity

complete chastity; the preserving of virginity

going about naked, the practice of nakedness.

…guidance and supervision (under an upajjhāya or ācariya)

teacher’s wife; a female teacher

teacher’s fee

subject of learning, doctrine; craft, profession; teaching.

teacher’s house or family; a “school”

generation of teachers

(one) having the status of a teacher; like a teacher

teacher’s closed fist, the keeping something back from pupils

the succession of teachers

teacher upon teacher; teacher and a teacher of teachers

primary or fundamental morality; the higher holy life

concerning (the fundamentals of) the pure and holy life; belonging to primary or fundamental morality; forming a cause or beginning of the holy life

as regards a pure and holy life

Abhisamācārika-sīla: ’ morality consisting in good behaviour’, relates to the external duties of a Bhikkhu such as towards his senior, etc. abhisamācārika-sīla is a name for those moral rule …

Acinteyya: lit. ‘That which cannot not be thought of’, the unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, that which transcends the limits of thinking and over which the …

Ādibrahmacariyaka-sīla: ‘morality of genuine pure conduct’, consists in right speech, right bodily action and right livelihood, forming the 3rd, 4th and 5th links of the 8-fold path see: sacca …

adjective
standing on (c. loc.), esp. with the idea of standing above, towering over Vv.63#30 (hemarathe a. = sakalaṃ ṭhānaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhita Vv-a.269)

1. looked after, managed, undertaken gover …

…(= upajjhayassa vā ā ācariyassa vā te guṇā assū ti Mnd.350).

• -ārammaṇa a subjective object of thought…

Antarāya¹

obstacle, hindrance, impediment to (-˚); prevention, bar danger, accident to (-). There are 10 dangers (to or from) enumerated at Vin.i.112, Vin.i.169 etc., viz. *rāja˚, cora˚ …

instructor, adviser Ja.iv.178 (ācariya +). Cp anusāsaka.

n. ag. to anu + sās, cf. Sk. anuśāsitṛ & P. satthar

…DN-a.i.104. 2. invitation, appeal, question (cp. anuyuñjati 2) Mil.10 (ācariyassa ˚ṃ datvā).

Sk. anuyoga, fr. anu + yuj

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 …

…DN-a.i.156 by sabbe pi assācariyaassavejja-assabhaṇḍādayo). -kaṇṇa Name of a tree, Vatica Robusta, lit….

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

…bh., bhikkhako ti bh., bhikkhācariyaṃ ajjhupagato ti bh., bhinna-paṭa-dharo ti bh., bhindati pāpake dhamme ti bh., bhinnattā pāpakānaṃ…

…always in term ācariya˚; (ācariyassa) the teacher’s fee (usually consisting in 1,000 kahāpaṇas Ja.i.273; Ja.v.457; Ja.vi.178;…

term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …

adjective only in phrase ādi˚ leading to the highest purity of life DN.i.189, DN.i.191 DN.iii.284; AN.iv.166.

fr. brahmacariya

adjective leading the religious life, pure, chaste SN.i.182; Dhp.267.

fr. brahmacariya

to move about, to “live and move,” to behave, to be
imper act. cara (Ja.i.152), carā (metri causa, Ja.iii.393); imper. med. carassu (Snp.696), pl. carāmase (= exhortative, Snp.32); -ppr. caranto …

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 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 …

Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dh …

Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dh …

Gaha¹

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

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

…of batches Vin.i.117

• -ācariya “a teacher of a crowd,” i.e. a t. who has (many) followers. Always in phrase sanghī…

˚Gāmin

adjective f. ˚iṇī, in composition ˚gāmi˚

1. going, walking, lit.: sīgha˚ walking quickly Snp.381
2. leading to, making for, usually with magga or paṭipadā (gāminī), either lit. Pāṭaliputtagām …

…DN.i.7; AN.i.181

• -ācariya elephant trainer Vin.i.345; Ja.ii.94, Ja.ii.221, Ja.ii.411 Ja.iv.91; Mil.201. *…

Itthi & Itthī

feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …

Itthi & Itthī

feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …

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 …

1. (adj.)
   1. that ought to be, must or should be done, to be done, to be made (= kātabbaṃ karaṇârahaṃ Kp-a.236) Vin.i.58; DN.i.3, cp. Mil.183; AN.v.210; DN-a.i.7. Often-˚ in the sense of “doing …

adjective one who is fully accomplished, an Arahant; often with mahesi and uttamapurisa Defⁿ sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā t …

…so also Ja.v.240

• -vijjācariya one who practises kh-˚vijjā ibid.;
• -vida (so read for ˚vidha) = ˚vijja (adj.) a tricky person, ibid…

destroyed, exhausted, removed, wasted, gone; in compounds ˚-often to be translated “without.” It is mostly applied to the destruction of the passions (āsavā) & demerit (kamma). Khīṇā jāti “destroyed …

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 …

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 …

…(on a phalaka); Mil.349 (˚ācariya teacher of writing); Pv-a.20 (˚paṇṇa, letter so read for likhā˚). 4. the art of writing or drawing [=…

…cīvara˚, upajjhāya˚ ācariya˚, senāsana˚); Ja.ii.11; Ja.vi.402
■ lesa-kappa pretext Vin.ii.166; Vv.84#43 (= kappiya-lesa…

1. carved, cut, worked (in ivory etc.), in cpd. saṅkha˚ brahmacariya the moral life, like a polished shell DN.i.63; SN.ii.219, explained at DN-a.i.181 as “likhita-sankha-sadisa dhota-sankha-sap …

…(as colour of blood).

• -ācariya expert in lac-dyeing Snp-a.577.
• -guḷaka a ball of lac Snp-a.80. *…

anything impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In the Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122
■ SN.i.38 (itthi malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); AN.i.105 (issā˚ …

the top part, best part of milk or butter, etc. i.e. cream scum; fig. essence of, the pick of, finest part of anything parisā˚; the cream of a gathering, the pick of the congregation, excellent cong …

…phalatu s.), Dhp-a.i.42 (ācariyassa m s. phalissati); Dhp-a.iv.125 (no… phāleyya); Vv-a.68 (me s. phal˚)
■ In compound muddha˚.

*…

…meaning “handful.”- ācariya- muṭṭhi close-fistedness in teaching, keeping things back from the pupil DN.ii.100; SN.v.153;…

1. (lit.) root AN.ii.200; MN.i.233; Dhp-a.i.270; Dhp-a.iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism.270 (rukkha˚; = rukkha-samīpaṃ); Pv.ii.9#6 (sa˚ with the root); Pv-a.43 (rukkhassa mūle at the foot of).
2. foot …

I. Etymology

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

…in foll. conn^s ācariyaṃ Ja.iv.200; sikkhaṃ Vin.iii.23, Vin.iii.34 (a˚); SN.ii.231; SN.iv.190; Pp.66, Pp.67; sabbaṃ…

to shine forth, to be visible, to become known Snp.445, Snp.1032 (= bhāsati tapati virocati Cnd.373)
caus pakāseti to show up, illustrate, explain make known, give information …

1. end, finish, conclusion Ja.i.106 (sacca˚ = desanā˚); Pv-a.9 (desanā and passim), Pv-a.136 (āyūha˚), Pv-a.162 (id.), Pv-a.281 (= anta) Often contracted with ādi beginning & majj …

Parāyana & Parāyaṇa

neuter

1. (n.) final end, i.e. support, rest, relief SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.).
2. (adj. ˚)
   1. going through to, en …

Parāyana & Parāyaṇa

neuter

1. (n.) final end, i.e. support, rest, relief SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.).
2. (adj. ˚)
   1. going through to, en …

opulent, prosperous, rich; in the older texts only in stock phrase iddha ph. bahujana (rich & prosperous & well-populated) DN.i.211 (of the town Nālandā); DN.ii.146 (of Kusāvatī); MN.i.377; (of Nāl …

…faulty reading.

• -ācariya teacher’s understudy, pupil-teacher, tutor Ja.ii.100; Ja.v.458, Ja.v.473, Ja.v.501. *…

…faulty reading.

• -ācariya teacher’s understudy, pupil-teacher, tutor Ja.ii.100; Ja.v.458, Ja.v.473, Ja.v.501. *…

…-ācariya 1 an ancient teacher, a scholar of previous times AN.i.132; AN.ii.70; Iti.110; Vism.523 =…

…(id.) SN.ii.105; SN.iv.307 (ācariya-pācariyā); Thag.947. 2. (-˚; cp. pubba² 1) having formerly been, previous Ja.i.182…

…teachers“) DN.i.90 (cp DN-a.i.254); DN-a.ii.237, etc. (see ācariya).

pa + ācariya

…MN.i.79; Vin.i.3, Vin.i.249 (ācariyaka); SN.v.261 (id.); Snp.861; Iti.76 Mnd.252; Pv.i.5#1 (ghara); Pv.ii.6#1 (bhātā)
■ Opp….

living in spiritual calm, quietism AN.i.55; SN.i.96, SN.i.101 sq.; Iti.16, Iti.52; Dhp.388; Mil.19; Ja.vi.128; Dhp-a.iv.145.

sama¹ + cariyā

Saṅgaha¹

1. collecting, gathering, accumulation Vin.i.253; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.28.
2. comprising collection, inclusion, classification Kv.335 sq. (˚kathā) cp. Kvu. translation 388 sq.; Vism.191 …

adjective together with one’s teacher DN.i.102.

sa³ + ācariya + ka

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

Tapa & Tapo

1. torment, punishment, penance, esp. religious austerity, self-chastisement ascetic practice. This was condemned by the Buddha: Gotamo sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahati tapassiṃ lūkhajīviṃ upavadati …

Tapa & Tapo

1. torment, punishment, penance, esp. religious austerity, self-chastisement ascetic practice. This was condemned by the Buddha: Gotamo sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahati tapassiṃ lūkhajīviṃ upavadati …

adjective belonging to a partridge, like a partridge Ja.i.219 (brahmacariya).

fr. tittira

…with ācariya e.g. Vin.i.119; Mnd.350; the ācariya being only the deputy or substitute of the upajjhāya. Vin.i.45,…

Vasati¹

to clothe. pp.; vuttha¹. Caus. vāseti: see ni˚ See also vāsana¹ & vāsana¹.

vas¹; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε …

Vata¹

indeclinable part of exclamation: surely, certainly, indeed, alas! Vin.iii.39 (puris’ usabho vat’ âyaṃ “for sure he is a human bull”) Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi); Snp.178, …

…etc.); Dhp-a.i.92 (ācariya˚) Vb-a.354 (gata-paccāgata˚); Vv-a.47 (gāma˚). 2. (for vata²) observance, vow, virtue…

…usage, reputation Mil.148 (ācariya˚), Mil.190 (Tathāgatānaṃ); Kp-a.12 (Buddha˚); Dpvs.18, 3 (saddhamma˚-kovidā therā)- *vaṃsaṃ…

bondage SN.ii.17; SN.iii.135, SN.iii.186; AN.i.66 (+ vinivesa); Snp.16
■ The five cetaso vinibandhā (bondages of the mind) are: kāmesu rāgo, kāye rāgo, rūpe rāgo, yāvadatthaṃ udar’ âvadehakaṃ b …

fulfilled accomplished; (or:) lived, spent (= vuttha); only in phrase vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ (translation Dial. i.93; “the higher life has been fulfilled”) DN.i.84 (cp. Dhp.i.225 vutthaṃ parivuttha …

…sq.; in compounds: ācariya˚; traditional teaching Mil.148; also “heterodoxy” Mhbv.96, cp. Dpvs.v.30 uccheda˚; annihilistic…

Vāsa¹

clothing; adj. (-˚) clothed in Ja.vi.47 (hema-kappana-vāsase).

vas to clothe, see vasati¹

Vāsa²

1. living, sojourn, life Snp.191; Mhv …

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 …

…MN.i.82; AN.ii.48.

• -ācariya a groom, trainer SN.iv.176 = MN.i.124; MN.iii.97 MN.iii.222; Thag.1140; Ja.i.505.

Vedic…

…a female teacher Vin.iv.227 (in contrast to gaṇa & in same sense as ācariya m. at Vin.iv.130), Vin.iv.317 (id.).

fr. ā + car

…MN.ii.32; SN.v.261; AN.ii.170; AN.iv.310. See also sācariyaka.

ācariya + ka, diff. from Sk. ācariyaka nt. art…

is the contracted form of ācariya; only found in the Jātakas, e.g. Ja.iv.248; Ja.vi.563.

1. (m.) starting-point, beginning Snp.358 (acc. ādiṃ = kāraṇaṃ Snp-a.351); Dhp.375 (nom. ādi); Mil.10 (ādimhi); Ja.vi.567 (abl. ādito from the beginning). For use as nt. see below 2 b.
2. (adj & adv …

Ārā¹

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

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

Ārā<su …