tér, űr

1. the ether; air, sky; space; open space.
2. a game, playing in the air.

…or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under the name of ākāsa…

…226. On a fanciful etym. of ākāsa (fr. ā + kassati of kṛṣ) at Dhs-a.325 see Dhs trsl. 178. DN.i.55 (˚ṃ indriyāni sankamanti the…

SabbakaSappaka

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

SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni

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

A physician of Rājagaha who lanced the fistula of a monk. Meeting the Buddha, he told him of the lancing, trying to make fun of it. The Buddha, having made inquiries, declared the performance of such …

A class of devas born in the Realm of Infinite Space. MN.iii.103 They belong to the Formless world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

without defect

being a considerable occasion (for …) (?)); of no mean appearance (?)

what is out of the question; an impossibility.

1. draws away; removes; draws back.
2. draws back, secedes; alienates oneself

draws back, secedes; alienates oneself

one of the three robes of a bhikkhu (antaravāsaka, uttarāsaṅga and saṅghāti), or one of the five robes of a bhikkhuni (those three plus saṅkacchika and udakasāṭika), especially the *uttara …

(a creature) living in water.

an ivory colored robe.

like sheep or goats

living like a sheep; a sheep’s life

covered with indagopaka; (according to commentaries) covered with red grass

having been given the opportunity; having been given consent; having obtained a chance or scope

dragging the hoof, furrowing with the hoof (a trick of horses).

an astringent decoction from the kuṭaja tree.

the saṅgha which performs a formal act; the enacting saṅgha

with impurity and delusion got rid of.

with impurities cleaned off.

defective, imperfect; impure

bathing cloth

in the air; belonging to the sky or space

concentration on space, meditation based on space; the meditation object space

in the air; belonging to the sky or space

living in the sky; being in the sky; being in the air

the sphere or stage of the infinity of space, i.e.

1. the first of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of the consciousness of the infinity of space, the first arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …

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

Paricchinnākāsa-kasina: ‘limited-space kasina’ = space kasina; see: kasina App..

[[ākāsa dhātu]]Ākāsa dhātu: ‘space element’; see above and dhātu

Ākāsa-kasina: ‘space-kasina exercise’; see: kasina

Ākāsānañcāyatana: ‘Sphere of Infinite space’, is identical with the 1st formless absorption; see: jhāna 5.

the open air, an open & unsheltered space DN.i.63 (= alagganatthena a. viya DN-a.i.180), DN.i.71 (= acchanna DN-a.i.210), DN.i.89; MN.iii.132; AN.ii.210; AN.iii.92; AN.iv.437, AN.v.65; Snp.p.139 (˚e …

…ger. -gantvā Ja.i.88 (ākāsaṃ), Ja.i.202; Dhp-a.iv.198 aor. -gañchi MN.i.126 (kittisaddo); Ja.i.93
pp…

…at iv.384 by ākāsa-patha-sankhātassa addhuno majjhe ṭhito and at v.137 by pathaddhagato addha-pathe gaganamajjhe ṭhito);…

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

a + nikkasāva, cp. nikasāva

…(q.v.), etc. Cp. ākāsanta Ja.vi.89 & the pleonastic use of patha.; -ananta (n.) no end, infinitude; (adj.)…

to throw away, remove Snp.281 (variant reading BB & Snp-a ava˚; expl^d. by niddhamati & nikkaḍḍhati Snp-a.311)
ger apakassa Sn.ii.198 = Mil.389. See also *[apakāsat …

at Vin.ii.204 is to be read as apakassati and interpreted as “draw away, distract, bring about a split or dissension (of the Sangha)”. The variant reading on p. Vin.ii.325 just …

adjective noun

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

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

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

adjective (-˚) despising, degrading, neglecting Vb.393 sq. (an˚). Avakasa & okasa;

fr. avakāra

Avakāsa & okāsa

1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

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

Bodhi¹

feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …

…behaving, always-˚, like ākāsa˚, niketa˚, pure˚ (see pubbangama), vana˚, -f. cārikā journey, wandering esp. as cārikaṃ carati to…

…DN.iii.227; the four plus ākāsa SN.iii.227, plus viññāna SN.ii.248; SN.iii.231; see below 2 b. 2. 1. natural condition, property,…

…dukkha as du + kha, where du = du¹ and kha = ākāsa. See also def. at Vism.461.

1. adj.
   1. lit. heavy, opp. lahu light, applied to bhāra, a load SN.iii.26; Ja.i.196 (= bhārika); Ja.vi.420; Dhp-a.i.48; Sdhp.494 (rūpagarubhāra the heavy load of “form”). Compa …

struck, killed DN.ii.131; destroyed, spoilt, injured Vin.i.25; Dhs.264; Ja.ii.175; reṇuhata struck with dust, covered with dust Vin.i.32; hatatta (nt.) the state of being destroyed Dhp.390; *[hatā …

…SN.i.204 (id.); SN.iii.207 (ākāsaṃ ˚āni sankamanti); SN.iv.294 (vipari-bhinnāni); AN.iii.441 (˚ānaṃ avekallatā). magic power AN.iv.264…

…space (cp. Sk. vihāya = ākāsa), ξωρίζω separate; Lat her-es; Sk. jihīte to go forth = Ohg. gēn, gān, Ags gan = go; also Sk. hāni…

…space (cp. Sk. vihāya = ākāsa), ξωρίζω separate; Lat her-es; Sk. jihīte to go forth = Ohg. gēn, gān, Ags gan = go; also Sk. hāni…

…a˚ not caused by k., of ākāsa and nibbāna Mil.268, Mil.271

• -ṭṭhāna (2)
  1. a branch of industry or occupation, profession said of…

…sq
■ For the last two (ākāsa˚ and viññāṇa˚ we find in later sources āloka˚ and (paricchinn’) ākāsa Vism.110; cp. Dhs trsl. 43…

Kasāya & Kasāva

1. a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin.ii.151.
2. an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin.i.201, Vin.i.277; Ja.v.198.
3. (of taste), astringent DhS.629; Mil.65 …

Kasāya & Kasāva

1. a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin.ii.151.
2. an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin.i.201, Vin.i.277; Ja.v.198.
3. (of taste), astringent DhS.629; Mil.65 …

gold AN.iii.346 Thag.691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig.266 (k˚ ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a.4, Vv-a.9 (= jātarūpa). Esp. freq. in compounds = of or like gold.

• -agghika a golden garlan …

…pana tucche; tucchaṃ hi ākāsaṃ khan ti vuccati“ Vism.494-In meaning “space, sky” in cpd. khaga “sky-goer (cp….

adjective small, inferior, low; trifling, insignificant; na khuddaṃ samācare kiñci “he shall not pursue anything trifling” Snp.145 (= lāmakaṃ Kp-a.243) kh˚ ca bālaṃ Snp.318. Opp. to strong Vv.32#10 ( …

only at Pv.i.9^2,4, of clothes which are changed into missā kiṭakā, which is expl. at Pv-a.44 by kiṭakasadisāni lohapaṭṭasadisāni bhavanti “they become like (hot) copper plates.”

doubtful

…(ānañja˚); Mil.201 (ākāsa-gamana˚)

2. 1. acting, action as (material) cause: k˚-bhūta being the cause of… Pv-a.15 2….

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 …

mosquito Vin.ii.119; SN.i.52 (a˚ free from m.); AN.ii.117; Snp.20; Ja.i.246; Sdhp.50. See also cpd. ḍaṃsa˚.

• -kuṭikā mosquito net or curtain Vin.ii.119, Vin.ii.130
• *-[vījanī] …

…ākāse ulloki, tato ākāsato satta-ratana-vassaṃ vassati) Others are: paṭhavī-jaya m. (by means of which one conquers the earth)…

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

…moon); Vv.32#3, Vv.35#2 (= ākāsa Vv-a.161), Vv.53#4 (id. Vv.53#236), Vv.63#27 (id. Vv.63#268); Pv-a.65; Mhvs.vii.9 (nabhasā instr.).

Sk….

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 …

noun adjective appearance; adj. of appearance, like Ja.v.87 (-˚), corresp. to ˚avakāsa.

ni + kaś

adjective unsupported Mil.295 (ākāsa).

nis + ālamba

…is more pronounced in ākāsa. 2. “visibility”, i.e. appearance, as adj looking like, appearing. This meaning closely…

Avakāsa & okāsa

1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

to tie down, to cover over, envelop, shroud Dhs-a.378 (megho ākāsaṃ o.)
pp onaddha.

ava + nayhati

…covering, shrouding DN.i.246 (spelt onaha); Mil.300; Dhs.1157 (= megho viya ākāsaṃ kāyaṃ onayhati).

fr. ava + nah, cp. onaddha &…

explaining, making known; information, evidence, explanation, publicity Pts.i.104 (dhamma˚); Mil.95; Snp-a.445; Pv-a.2, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.103 (explⁿ of āvi).

pa + kāś, cp. pakāsati

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

to appear, to be evident, to come into one’s mind, to occur to one, to be clear (cp. Vin Texts ii.30) SN.i.155 (˚tu taṃ dhammikathā); SN.v.153 (T reads patibbāti); Snp.450 (p. maṃ = mama bhāgo pakās …

adjective evident, manifest, open, clear Ja.vi.230 (opp. guyha; C. pākāsika).

fr. pa + ā + kāś, cp. pakāsati & Class. Sk. prākāśya

to be hurt, to suffer harm MN.i.85 (ḍāṃsa-makasa-vāt’ ātapa-siriṃsapa-samphassehi rissamāno; where Cnd.199 in same passage reads samphassamāna).

Vedic riṣ, riṣyati

…vacī-viññatti, ākāsa-dhātu (rūpassa) lahutā mudutā kammaññatā, upacaya santati jaratā aniccatā, kabaḷinkār’-āhāra;…

adjective faulty, wrong (lit. bitter) Mil.119 (vacana).

sa³ + k.

presence; acc. sakāsaṃ towards, to Snp.326; Ja.v.480; Pv-a.237; loc. sakāse in the presence of, before Ja.iii.24; Ja.iv.281; Ja.v.394; Ja.vi.282.

sa³ + k. = Sk. kāśa

…to (acc.), to join DN.i.55 (ākāsaṃ indriyāni s.); Vin.i.54 Vin.ii.138 (bhikkhū rukkhā rukkhaṃ s., climb fr. tree to tree); Kv.565 sq….

-ā (f.) explanation, illustration SN.v.430; Ne.5, Ne.8, Ne.38; Snp-a.445 (+ pakāsana).

fr. saṃ + kāś

at Ja.iii.394 (of hair growing white “saṇhakasadisā”) according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.69 (coarse) hempen cloth (= sāṇavāka), as indicated by variant reading sāṇalāka. Thus a der. fr. saṇa = s …

Susu¹

a boy, youngster, lad Vin.iii.147 = Ja.ii.284; Vv.64#14 (= dahara C.); Snp.420; DN.i.115; MN.i.82; AN.ii.22; Ja.ii.57; ājānīya-susūpama MN.i.445 read ājānīy-ass-ūpama (cp. Thag.72 …

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 …

…paṭhavī āpo t. vāyo ākāsa viññāṇa (cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 242) DN.iii.27 DN.iii.228, DN.iii.247; MN.i.188, MN.i.422; AN.i.176;…

…paṭhavī āpo t. vāyo ākāsa viññāṇa (cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 242) DN.iii.27 DN.iii.228, DN.iii.247; MN.i.188, MN.i.422; AN.i.176;…

…a meteor DN.i.10 (= ākāsato ukkānaṃ patanaṃ DN-a.i.95); Ja.i.374; Ja.vi.476; Mil.178

• -mukha the opening or…

…look for, await Ja.i.232 (ākāsaṃ), Ja.i.253; Ja.ii.221, Ja.ii.434; DN-a.i.153, DN-a.i.168; Vv-a.316
pp ullokita…

to be drawn away, to be distracted or alienated (from); so is to be read at all passages, where it is either combined with avakassati or stands by itself The readings are: Vin. …

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 …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

…above a palace at Vv-a.6 (ākāsa-cārin, sīgha-java). They are said to be ākāsaṭṭhānāni Ja.vi.117; Snp-a.222, Snp-a.370 (but the…

…ānañc’ āyatanas) of ākāsa-infinitude, viññāṇa-infin. ākiñ-cañña-infi.

Passages in the Canon

1. as 4: DN.ii.262…

estrangement, alienation, separation, seclusion; always as twofold: kāya˚ citta˚; (of body & of mind), e.g. DN.iii.285 (Dial. iii.260 not correctly “serenity”); SN.v.67; AN.iv.152.

formed fr. vūpakāseti

to draw away, alienate, distract, exclude Vin.iv.326; AN.v.72 sq
caus 2 vūpakāsāpeti to cause to distract or draw away Vin.i.49; Vin.iv.326
pp vūpakaṭṭha.

Caus. of vavakassati

…sky, the heavens Dhp.175 (ākāsa Dhp-a.iii.177).

• -bandhu “kinsman of the sun”, Ep of the Buddha Vin.ii.296;…

to pull along, pull to (oneself), drag or draw out, pull up Vin.ii.325 (bdhgh. for apakassati see under apakāsati); Vin.iv.219; Ja.i.172, Ja.i.192, Ja.i.417; Mil.102, Mil.135; T …

…see ākāsa Mil.342.

• -āyatana realm or sphere of nothingness (cp. ākāsa˚ DN.i.35, DN.i.184;…

adjective being in or belonging to the air or sky Ja.vi.124.

ākāsa + ka

to shine Ja.vi.89.

fr. ākāsa¹

see *ākāsa*˚; and viññāṇa˚.

adverb clear, manifest, evident; openly, before one’s eyes, in full view. Only in phrase āvi vā raho openly or secret AN.v.350, AN.v.353; Pv.ii.7#16 = Dhp-a.iv.21 (āvī variant reading), expl^{d. …}

…etc. (see under ākāsa etc. and s. v.), e.g. at DN.i.34 sq., DN.i.183; AN.iv.451 sq.; Vb.172, Vb.189, Vb.262 sq.;…

yellow fly, gadfly (orig. “the bite”) Cnd.268 (= pingala-makkhika, same at Ja.iii.263; Snp-a.101); usually in combination with other biting or stinging sensations, as ˚siriṃsapa Snp.52, & freq. in c …

…gives the root as ḍī or ḷī with def. of “ākāsa-gamana”.

…Dhtp.361 as a variant of ḍī to fly (see ḍeti), and explained as “ākāsa-gamana.” Similarly at Dhtm.586 as “vehāsa-gamana.”