non-family, a family that is destroyed or disgraced

…Mil.117, Mil.220; Pv-a.56; ākula-pākula Ud.5 (so read for akkula-pakkula); ākula-samākula Ja.vi.270. On phrase tantākula- jātā…

BakkulaBākulaVakkula

At the age of eighty, Bakkula heard the Buddha preach and left the world. For seven days he remained unenlightened, but on the…

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

KuṇḍalaKulakuṇḍalaKuḷakuṇḍalaKulaKuḷa

The verse attributed to Kundala in the Theragāthā Thag.19 occurs twice in the Dhammapada

A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were prea …

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

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

A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …

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 city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

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 …

Sakulā¹

The foremost among nuns in the divine eye. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses say that while still living in the household, she heard the Dhamma taught by a monk, and then saw the Dhamm …

Somā¹

One day, as she was meditating at the foot of a tree in Andhavana, Māra, wishing to interrupt her privacy, approached her, invisible in the air, and teased her, remarking on the “two …

SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri

A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.

During his visits there he preached the Anu …

A Paribbājaka teacher of Sakuladāyī.

not of good family

not confused; not crowded; not agitated; calm.

mongoose.

family of low rank.

entangled like a ball of string.

family of high rank, a noble family

family which can be approached

teacher’s house or family; a “school”

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

adjective confused, perplexed, agitated, frightened Ud.5 (akkulopakkula and akkulapakkulika) See ākula.

= ākula

…concentrated Snp.65 (= nillolupa Cnd.98; = rasavisesesu anākula Snp-a.118).

a + lola

bud Ja.v.416 (= makula C.).

etym.?

…˚bāla ˚bhūta.

• -ākula blinded, foolish Vv.84#9 (= paññācakkhuno abhāvena Vv-a.337). *…

…viy˚, thus as a + viyagga, Sk. vyagra = ākula

…the Yakkha Ajakalāpaka, to terrify the Buddha Ud.5 (see also ākulī, where pākula is proposed for bakkula).

= vyākula? Morris, J.P.T.S.…

in milāta˚-puppha is variant reading Kp-a.60 (see App. p. 870 Pj.) for -ākuli˚; which latter is also read at Vism.260.

cp. Class. Sk. bakula, Name of the tree Mimusops elengi, and its (fragr …

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

…the whole phrase runs: tantākulajātā guḷāguṇṭhikajātā “entangled like a ball of string and covered with blight.”

to…

…-guṇika in phrase tantākulajāta g-g-jāta at SN.iv.158, see under…

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

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 …

…are at a standstill); anākula Snp.262 = Kp.v.5; abbhantarā k˚ uṇṇā ti vā, kappāsā ti vā as housework, falling to the share of the…

Name of a plant with white flowers Ja.iv.442
■ makuḷa knob (?) of k. plant Vism.253 (as in description of sinews).

kaṇṇikāra Ja.iv.440; Ja.v.420; the difference stated at Ja.v.422 is kaṇi˚ = mahāpupphā kaṇṇi˚ = khuddakapupphā)

1. (m.) the tree Pterospermum acerifolium Ja.i.40; Ja.v.295; Ja. …

…Vv-a.280
■ uccākula of high descent Pv.iii.1#16, opp. nīca˚ of mean birth Snp.411 (cp. ˚kulīno); viz. caṇḍālakula,…

kind of flower Ja.vi.218 (C: mantālakamakula).

?

Kubbati²

etc. see karoti ii.

1. crushing etc.; kneading, paste, in piṭṭha paste of flower Vin.ii.151; Ja.iii.226 (piṭṭhi˚).
2. [dialectical, cp. Sk. madra] Name of a country & its inhabitants, in -raṭṭha Sn …

1. a bud (Hardy in Index to Vv-a gives “Mimusops elengi” after BR) Thig.260; Vv.45#26; Ja.i.273; Ja.ii.33; Ja.iv.333; Ja.v.207 (makuḷa), Ja.v.416 Vism.230 (ḷ); Vism.256 (paduma˚); Vv-a.177 (kaṇavī …

1. a bowl, a vessel (?) used in bathing Vin.ii.106 (mallakena nahāyati; or is it a kind of scrubber? Bdhgh’s explⁿ of this passage (CV v. i.4) on p. 315 is not quite clear mallakaṃ nāma *ma …

Arabian jasmine Dhp.54 (tagara˚) Ja.i.62; Ja.iii.291; Ja.v.420; Mil.333, Mil.338; Dhs-a.14; Kp-a.44. mallika-makula opening bud of the jasmine Vism.251 = Vb-a.234 (˚saṇṭhāna, in descr, of shape …

bud; see makula (where also see mukulita)
■ Abhp.811, Abhp.1116.

cp. Sk. mukula

mungoose, Viverra Ichneumon AN.v.289 sq.; Ja.ii.53; Ja.vi.538; Mil.118, Mil.394.

Ved. nakula, cp. nakra crocodile

adjective unconfused, clear, calm, undisturbed Ja.i.17 (v. 94).

nis + ākula

indication, location, range, district; region, spot, place SN.ii.227, SN.ii.254 SN.v.201; AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.ii …

see pākula.

? an inner verandah Vin.ii.153; cp. Vin. Texts iii.175
■ Kern.

Toevoegselen

s. v. explained it as miswriting for pakuṭṭha (= Sk. prakoṣṭha an inner court in a building, Prk. paoṭṭha, cp. P. …

Name of a (Non-Aryan) tribe, hence designation of a low social class, the members of which are said (in the Jātakas) to earn their living by means of refuseclearing On the subject see Fick, *Sociale …

…akkulapakkula (= ākula-pākula) “in great confusion”; read also in gāthā 7 pākula for bakkula. Cp. Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 94 sq.

pa +…

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 …

kind of fish Ja.v.405.

cp. Epic Sk. śakula

…confused, jumbled together Ja.v.302.

saṃ + ākula

the plantain, and its flower Ja.iv.440 (= kadali- puppha C.; so read for kandala˚); and perhaps at Thig.260 for pattali (q.v.), which is explained as kadali …

the great-flowered jasmine Ja.i.62; Ja.iv.455; Dhp-a.iv.12. In composition sumana˚.

• -dāma a wreath of jasmine Ja.iv.455.
• -paṭṭa cloth with jasmine patte …

…out).

• -ākula tangled string, a tangled skein, in phrase tantākulajātā guḷāguṇṭhikajāta “entangled like a ball…

…uddhasto pariyonaddho tantākulajāto“ AN.ii.211 sq. taṇhāya jāyatī soko taṇhāya jāyatī bhayaṃ taṇhāya vippamuttassa natthi soko…

embankment, a river’s bank, riverside Ja.vi.26 (rukkh’ûpakūlaje the trees sprung up at its bank).

upa + kūla

tree (Mimusops elengi) Ja.v.420.

cp. *Sk. vakula

…valinaṃ, paraphrased by ākulaṃ. Fausböll suggests malinaṃ. Should we accept reading valinaṃ? It would then be acc. sg. of valin…

…(completely), e.g. ˚ākula quite confused, ˚katta cut up ˚kopeti shake up, ˚garahati scold intensely, ˚chindati cut off, ˚jita…

adjective perplexed Ja.i.301; Pv-a.160; Vv-a.30; Sdhp.403.

vi + ākula

adjective entangled DN.ii.55 (tant˚ for the usual tantākula, as given under guḷā).

fr. ākula

adjective in an˚; not to be confounded or upset Pv-a.118.

grd. of ā + *kulāyati, Denom. of kula

…7 bakkula, which is preferably to be read as pākula.

…(Mil p.425 as Denom. of ākula) & Morris (J.P.T.S. 1886 154 as contr. Denom. of ankura “intumescence”, thus meaning “to swell”) are…