depositing, placing; a container, a receptacle; establishing, kindling (afire).

…laying AN.iv.41 (aggissa ādhānaṃ, variant reading of 6 MSS ādānaṃ). 2. receptacle MN.i.414 (udak˚), cp. ādheyya. 3. enclosure, hedge…

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

KimbilaKimilaKimmila

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. He was converted with Bhaddiya and four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship wit …

KuṇḍadhānaKoṇḍadhānaKoṇṭhadhānaKuḍḍadhāna

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of cutting off or developing five things. Thag.15 He was proclaimed the first among those who received food tickets. AN. …

KuṇḍadhānavanaKuṇḍiṭṭhānaKuṇḍikāKuṇḍiyāKuṇhāna

It was while the Buddha was dwelling in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she re …

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

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

Revata¹Khadiravaniya

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

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

buzgalom, törekvés

satisfaction.

non-disappearance; non-decline

disappearance, vanishing, passing away.

fixing; stilling of thoughts; profound meditation.

the placing of a cornice (?)

clump of thorns; a thorny place

oppression, harassment; paining.

having a red cushion at each end

container for water

the squatting exercise; exertion in (the ascetic practice of) squatting

teacher’s fee

grasping, sticking to what has been laid down; ? obstinate.

conciliating, winning over; accomplishment; success.

basin or saucer filled (with hot liquid)

Anurakkhana-padhāna: the ‘effort to maintain’ advantageous states; see: padhāna

Avoidance: see: Cāritta-sīla - The effort to avoid all evil states, see: padhāna 1.

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

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

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

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

Chanda: intention, desire, will.

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

Control: effort of: see: padhāna

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

Exertion: see padhāna viriya magga 6. - Reaching Nibbāna with or without e.; see: anāgāmi

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

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

…˚paricārika); aggissa ādhānaṃ AN.iv.41. 3. (ethical, always-˚) the fire of burning, consuming, feverish sensations. Freq. in standard…

disappearance AN.i.58 (saddhammassa); AN.ii.147; AN.iii.176 sq.; Mil.133; Dhs.645 Dhs.738, Dhs.871. Cp. ˚dhāyana.

fr. antaradhāyati

disappearance Dhp-a.iv.191. (variant reading ˚adhāna).

fr. antaradhāyati

not being hindered, non-obstruction, free effort; only in phrase “asantuṭṭhitā ca kusalesu dhammesu appaṭivāṇitā ca padhānasmiṃ” (discontent with good states and the not shrinking back in the strug …

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

adjective abundant, much Thig.406 (˚ratana, so read for bahuta˚), Thig.435 (for bahutadhana); Ja.iii.425 (bahūtam ajjaṃ “plenty of food”; ajja = sk. ādya, with kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. bahūta for …

Bala¹

neuter

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

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 …

factor or constituent of knowledge or wisdom. There are 7 bojjhangas usually referred to or understood from the context. There are enumerated at several places, e.g. at DN.iii.106, where they are ment …

1. snaring, catching (of animals etc.) SN.v.148; Ja.i.211.
2. hindrance DN-a.i.132.
3. affliction, injury, hurting Vism.495; Pv-a.116.

fr. bādh

adjective living in abundance, swaggering, luxurious, spendthrift Vin.i.9 (+ padhāna-vibbhanto, as also Ja.i.68, with which Kern,

Toevoegselen

s.v. compares Mvu.ii.241 & Mvu.iii.329); Vin.ii.197 …

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

wealth, usually wealth of money, riches, treasures

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

…(ahi kaṇṭaka˚; cp ādhāna & kaṇṭaka)
■ (n.) nt. a receptacle Dhp.58 (sankāra˚ dust-heap = ṭhāna Dhp-a.i.445). f….

adjective wealthy, rich, abundant in (-˚) Ja.iii.367 (pahūtadhana˚; variant reading BB ˚dhāritaṃ); (nt.) riches, wealth Ja.v.99, Ja.v.100.

Sk. dhānya, cp. dhañña²

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 …

slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …

…Vv-a.161).

• -ādhāna the putting on of a shaft or stem, as a bolt or bar Vin.ii.172; cp. Vin. Texts iii.213…

…Ja.i.346. Cp. gaṇḍikādhāna.

to ghaṭa², orig. meaning “knot,” cp. gantha & gaṇṭhi, also;…

adjective (-˚) grasping, taking up, striving after, ādhāna˚ DN.iii.247; udaka˚ Ja.i.5; piya˚ Dhp.209; nimitta˚ anubyañjana˚ etc.

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 …

(BB ḷ)

1. a log, a piece of wood MN.i.449, MN.i.451; SN.ii.268; Dhp-a.iii.315; often in sense of something useless, or a trifle (combined with kaṭṭha q.v.) Dhp.41; Dhp-a.i.321 (= kaṭṭhakhaṇḍa, a ch …

barber, hairdresser, also attendant to the king; his other function (of preparing baths) is expressed in the term nahāpaka (Pv.ii.9#37) or nahāpita (˚ā?) (DN-a.i.157) Vin. DN-a.i.344; DN-a.ii.182; …

…with thorns Ja.v.167.

• -ādhāna a thorny brake, a thorny hedge MN.i.10 (k-dhāna; for dhāna = ṭhāna see…

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

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

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

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

trifle, a small thing: yaṃ vā taṃ vā appamattakaṃ Snp.121; Snp.131; Pp-a 210 (iii.4). āmisa-kiñcikkha-hetu “for the sake of a little gain” AN.i.128 = Pp.29; at Pv.ii.8#3 as āmisa-kiñci-hetu (but …

1. a slender tree, a creeping plant, creeper AN.i.202 (māluvā˚); Vv.35#5 (= vallī Vv-a.162) Vv.47#4 (kosātakī l.); Ja.i.464 (rukkha˚, here perhaps better “branch”); Dhp-a.i.392 (˚pasādhana: see unde …

in “kārāpesi tilañcanaṃ” at Dpvs.20, 10 is not clear. We may have to correct reading into lañchanaṃ or lañchakaṃ. Oldenberg in his translation (p. 211) leaves the word out and remarks: “Probably …

adjective

1. red MN.ii.14; AN.iv.306, AN.iv.349; Tha-ap.1; Dhs.247, Dhs.617. -upadhāna a red pillow DN.i.7; AN.i.137; AN.iii.50; AN.iv.94, AN.iv.231, AN.iv.394; -sāli red rice Mil.252.
2. bloo …

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

death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …

…sep.

-ādhāna 1 the bit of a bridle MN.i.446; (2) setting of the mouth, i.e. mouth-enclosure, rim of the m.; in m…

noun adjective exertion, strength, endurance. The orig. meaning of “going forth” is quite obliterated by the fig. meaning (cp nikkhamati & nekkhamma) AN.i.4; AN.iii.214; Vv.18#7 (= viriya Vv-a.96); D …

place for putting something down or into a receptacle Vin.i.204 (salāk˚, vy. ll. and gloss on p. 38 as follows: sālākāṭṭhāniya A, salākātaniya C, salākadhāraya B, salāk’odhāniyan ti yattha salākaṃ oda …

see padhāna.

exertion, energetic effort, striving, concentration of mind DN.iii.30 DN.iii.77, DN.iii.104, DN.iii.108, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.238; MN.ii.174, MN.ii.218; SN.i.47; SN.ii.268 SN.iv.360; SN.v.244 sq.; AN.ii …

adjective gifted with energy, full of strength (of meditation etc.), rightly concentrated SN.i.188, SN.i.197; Snp.70 (cp. Cnd.394), Snp.531.

fr. padhāna

adjective making efforts, exerting oneself in meditation, practising “padhāna” DN-a.i.251.

fr. padhāna

adjective belonging to or connected with exertion, worthy of being pursued in cpd. -aṅga (nt.) a quality to be striven after, of which there are 5 expressed in the attributes of one who attains the …

ornament, decoration, parure Ja.ii.186 (rañño sīsa ˚kappaka king’s headdress-maker i.e. barber); Ja.iii.437; Ja.iv.3 (ura-cchada˚); Dhp-a.i.227 (˚peḷikā), Dhp-a.i.342 (˚kappaka), Dhp-a.i.393; Tha …

basket Dhp-a.i.227 (pasādhana˚, variant reading pelakā).

cp. peḷā

…Vv.64#29; Pv.ii.11#2

• -ādhāna “a ledge (on a Tope) where offerings of flowers are laid down” (Geiger, Mhvs p.355;…

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 …

to believe, to have faith DN.ii.115 DN.ii.244; SN.iii.225; Pv.ii.8#3; Ja.v.480; Dhp-a.ii.27.
ppr saddahanto DN-a.i.81; Pv-a.148 (a˚), Pv-a.151 (a˚), Pv-a.285; saddahāna SN.i.20, SN.i.214; S …

adjective wealthy, rich DN.i.73; Ja.i.334.

sa³ + dhana

concurrence, co-existence Ne.79.

Sammā¹

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

…Vism.84 (= sammā ādhānaṃ ṭhapanaṃ) in defⁿ of samādhi as “samādhān’…

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

place, house Ja.iv.405; Yama-sādanaṃ sampatto come to Yama’s abode: dead Ja.iv.405; Ja.v.267, Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.457, Ja.vi.505 (do., the MSS. always read ˚-sādhana).

cp. Vedic sādana, fr. sad

adjective noun

1. enforcing, proving Ja.i.307; DN-a.i.105.
2. settling, clearing (a debt) Ja.ii.341 (uddhāra˚). In this meaning mixed with sodheti; it is impossible to decide wh …

order, message, teaching Ja.i.60, Ja.i.328; Ja.ii.21; Pv.iv.3#54 (Buddhānaṃ); Kp-a.11 sq. the doctrine of the Buddha Vin.i.12; DN.i.110; DN.ii.206; AN.i.294; Dhp.381; Snp.482 etc.; Ja.i.116. *sāsanaṃ …

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 …

special manner of squatting. The soles of the feet are firmly on the ground, the man sinks down, the heels slightly rising as he does so, until the thighs rest on the calves, and the hams are about si …

cushion Ja.vi.490 (for upatheyya, q.v.).

cp. upadhāna

adj. nt. “putting under”, i.e.

1. a pillow, cushion DN.i.7; SN.ii.267 = Mil.366 (kaḷingar˚); SN.iii.145; AN.i.137, AN.i.181; AN.iii.50; Ja.iv.201; Ja.v.506 (tamb˚ = ratt˚ C.).
2. imposing, giving, ca …

difference, distinction, discrepancy, disproportion(ateness) MN.i.453 MN.i.494; SN.ii.21; SN.iii.101; SN.v.200; AN.iii.410 sq.; Snp.p.102 (puggala˚); Ne.4, Ne.72 sq., Ne.107 sq.; Mil.284, Mil.285. The …

roaming, straying; strayed, confused MN.i.171 (padhāna˚ giving up exertion), 247 (identical). Usually in phrase -citta with wandering (or confused) mind SN.i.61 ‣See explanation of Commentary at

…

failing, failure DN.ii.287; AN.v.211 sq.

fr. virādheti

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 …

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 …

…whirlwind Ja.i.26. -ādhāna putting the yoke on, harnessing MN.i.446. -ggāha “holding the yoke,” i.e. control,…

…of ā + dadhāti cp. ādhāna²

Ārādhana & Ārādhanā

neuter & feminine satisfying, accomplishing; satisfaction, accomplishment DN.ii.287 (opp. virādhanā failure); MN.i.479 MN.ii.199; AN.v.211 sq.; Ja.iv.427.

either fr. ā + rādh …

Ārādhana & Ārādhanā

neuter & feminine satisfying, accomplishing; satisfaction, accomplishment DN.ii.287 (opp. virādhanā failure); MN.i.479 MN.ii.199; AN.v.211 sq.; Ja.iv.427.

either fr. ā + rādh …

adjective mixed, mingled, adulterated Vin.ii.123 (˚ûpadhāna “decorated divan”?); Thag-a.61, Thag-a.168 (an˚ for asecanaka, q.v.).

āsitta + ka

state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …