…(Kern), Arum Campanulatum (Hardy) Ja.iv.371 = Ja.vi.578; Ja.iv.373.

Sk. ālu & ˚ka; cognate with Lat. ālum & alium, see Walde Lat. Wtb….

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 …

The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Order. It was in Vesāli and was given to the Buddha during his last tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited …

Asita¹KaṇhāsiriKāladevala

An ascetic who possessed various psychic powers. Once, while in Tāvatiṃsā heaven, he saw the whole city decked with splendour and the gods engaged in great rejoic …

Wife of Vessavaṇa and a devout follower of the Buddha. Once, when Sakka went to see the Buddha at the Salaḷāgāra, he found the Buddha engaged in meditation, Bhuñjatī waiting on him and worshipping him …

DalhikaDaḷhika

A monk of Sāgala. A pupil of his once stole a turban from a shopkeeper and confessed his fault to Dalhika, thinking that he would, on that account, become a pārājika. But the value o …

Nephew of Bandhula, commander-in-chief of Pasenadi. After Bandhula’s death, Dīgha was appointed in his place and accompanied the king. Once, during their travels, they came to Nangaraka and, hearing …

A wandering ascetic who visited the Buddha at Campā, on the banks of Lake Gaggarā together with Pessa the elephant trainer’s son. Pessa saluted the Buddha and sat down, while Kandaraka, after his salu …

A monk whose verses in the Theragāthā tell depict him encouraging the Buddha to return to his kinsmen. When the rains fell, covering the earth with the glory of leaves and flowers, Kāḷudāyī felt that …

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 …

LumbineyyaLumbinī

A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha. It was there that the Buddha was born. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.683 it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sākya …

MahākassapaKassapaPippali

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …

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 …

MedāḷupaMedatalumpa

A Sākyan village three leagues from Nagaraka. MN.ii.119 Pasenadi when staying there with Dīgha Kārāyana, heard that the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was prea …

The name given to the monastery erected by Visākhā Migāramātā in the Pubbārāma, to the east of Sāvatthī. It is said that, one day, when Visākhā had gone to the monastery to hear the Dhamma and afterwa …

MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta

The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of…

Nagaraka Naṅgaraka

A Sākyan township near Medatalumpa. From there Pasenadi, accompanied by Dīgha-Kārāyana, paid his last visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.118

The Bu …

Puṇṇa¹

He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country. One day he asked the Buddha for a short lesson so that, having learnt it, he might go back to dwe …

…offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend and his evil genius. Vin.iii.110f.

A rich brahmin of Campā, very learned in the Vedas; he lived in a royal domain, given to him as royal fief by King Bimbisāra. When the Buddha was in Campā, on the banks of the Gaggarā-lake, Soṇadaṇḍa …

Sudatta¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who had become a sakadāgāmin. DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.

Sudatta²

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the va …

A Deva. Once, when the Asuras marched against the Devas, Sakka sent for Suvīra and asked him to fight the Asuras. Suvīra agreed to do this, but was very lazy about it. This happened three times. Sakka …

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

Udāyī¹LāludāyīPaṇḍita Udāyī

There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one…

…between Sāriputta and Lāludāyī and no one was found to support Sāriputta, the matter is reported to the Buddha, who declares that Ānanda…

covetous.

1. addresses (respectfully), salutes; welcomes; approves of.
2. declares, asserts; speaks, names.

saluted

salutes respectfully.

saluted; greeted with honor

respectful greeting; salutation.

addresses reverently; greets; salutes respectfully

addresses reverently; greets; salutes respectfully

saluted

causes to salute; asks for greeting or good wishes

causes to salute; asks for greeting or good wishes

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

is worth, has the value of; deserves; frequently in phrase kalaṃ na agghati (soḷasiṃ), is not worth a (sixteenth) part (of).

valuing; putting a price on

valued; put a price on

not greedy or covetous

without desire; not envious.

of little value or price

an unmanageable, inferior horse; a young untrained horse

respectful salutation with cupped hands

worthy of respectful salutations

respect; consideration; values.

thought highly of; respected, honored; valued.

maving shown respect; thought highly of; valued.

adorned with flags.

1. (mfn.) heavy; weighty; burdensome; difficult; hard.
2. (mfn.) weighty, grave, severe; important, serious.
3. (mfn.) (to be) prized, esteemed, venerated; of great account; valuable; held in common ( …

, neuter a water-vessel, water-jar (used by ascetics and brahmans).

, neuter carrying a water jar; furnished with a water jar

who has done acts of cruelty

(a particle of emphasis, stressing the preceding word; signifying a report, something heard; sometimes merely expletive; occasionally expressing prohibition:) indeed, truly; so they say, as I have heard.

one who prefers further food

one who refuses further food

one who prefers further food

kind of inferior horse (not a thoroughbred); a colt; an unruly, unmanageable horse or person

the thoughts, preoccupations of a second-rate horse

kind of inferior horse (not a thoroughbred); a colt; an unruly, unmanageable horse or person

(according to commentary) coming from what is good, resulting from what is good; or perhaps: producing good in the future

, neuter carrying a water jar; furnished with a water jar

the broken-up (clay) of the riverbank

departure from worldly life; the renunciation of worldly things and values; whatever is the opposite of or rejection of all worldly, sensual experience and desires.

(-ikā)n. lesser; insignificant; of small value or importance

thambha¹

masculine

thambha²

masculine

1. a pillar, a post; a column; a baluster.
2. hardness, rigidity; arrogance.

the palate.

or n. (?) a contrivance to prevent a pot of dye from boiling over

or n. (?) a contrivance to prevent a pot of dye from boiling over

or n. (?) a contrivance to prevent a pot of dye from boiling over

1. a turban, esp. the turban of a king or prince, one of the five kakudhas.
2. the coping of a railing; a handrail (of a balustrade).

rough and fierce; very fierce

tears out; pulls out.

making it into lumps; tearing of bits.

Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

Puñña: merit, meritorious, is a popular term for kammically advantageous kusala action. Opposite terms: apuñña = demerit. pāpa = ‘bad’, ‘evil’. The value of meritorious action is often stres …

accusation, slander, calumny DN.iii.248, DN.iii.250; MN.i.130; MN.iii.207; AN.iii.290 sq. Dhp.139 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.70).

fr. abbhakkhāti

to accuse, slander, calumniate DN.i.161; DN.iii.248, DN.iii.250; MN.i.130, MN.i.368, MN.i.482 MN.iii.207; AN.i.161.

Intens. of abbhākkhāti

…AN.v.286 sq. Iti.90, Iti.91; Pp.39, Pp.40.

cp. jhāyin from jhāyati¹; abhijjhālu with ˚ālu for ˚āgu which in its turn is for…

…AN.v.286 sq. Iti.90, Iti.91; Pp.39, Pp.40.

cp. jhāyin from jhāyati¹; abhijjhālu with ˚ālu for ˚āgu which in its turn is for…

1. to speak out, declare, promise Ja.i.83 = Vin.i.36; Ja.vi.220.
2. to speak (kindly to, to welcome, salute, greet. In this sense always comb^d. with abhinandati, e. …

to salute respectfully, to honour, greet; grd. -vandanīya Mil.227.

abhi + vandati

respectful greeting, salutation, giving welcome, showing respect or devotion. AN.ii.180 AN.iv.130 AN.iv.276 Ja.i.81 Ja.i.82 Ja.i.218 Dhp.109 (˚sīlin of devout character, cp. Dhp-a.ii.239) Vv-a.24 Sd …

to salute, greet, welcome, honour Vin.ii.208 sq.; DN.i.61; AN.iii.223; AN.iv.173; Vv.1#5 (abhivādayiṃ aor. = abhivādanaṃ kāresiṃ vandiṃ Vv-a.24) Mil.162. Often in combination with *padakkhiṇaṃ karoti …

fragrant aloe wood, Agallochum Vv.53#7 (aggalu = Vv-a.237 agalugandha); Vv-a.158 (+ candana). Cp. also Avs.i.24 and akalu.

cp. Sk. agu …

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 …

see agalu. Aggala & Aggala

pre-eminence, prominence, superiority Kv.556 (˚ṃ gata); Dpvs.iv.1 (guṇaggataṃ gatā)
■ (adj.) mahaggata of great value or superiority DN.i.80; DN.iii.224.

abstr. of agga

1. price, value, worth, Mil.244; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.76; Vv-a.77
   ■ mahaggha (adj.) of great value Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.414; Ja.vi.209; Pv.ii.1#18. See also mahāraha. …

adjective = aggha; worth, having the value of (-˚) Mhvs.30, Mhvs.77. an˚; priceless Mhvs.30, Mhvs.72.

adjective (-˚) having the value of, equal to, worth Vin.iv.226; Ja.i.61 (satasahass˚), Ja.i.112; DN-a.i.80 (kahāpaṇ˚); Dhp-a.iii.120 (cuddasakoṭi˚); Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.34, Mhvs.87
■ f. *-ikā …

adjective priceless, invaluable, beyond the reach of money Mil.192.

in function & form grd. of agghati

intr. to be worth, to have the value of (acc.), to deserve Ja.i.112 (satasahassaṃ; aḍḍhamāsakaṃ); Ja.vi.174, Ja.vi.367 (padarajaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.35 (maṇin nâgghāma); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.28. Freq. in stock phr …

(-˚) an oblation, decoration or salutation in the form of garlands, flowers etc., therefore meaning “string, garland” (cp. Sinhalese ägä “festoon work”) Mhvs.19, Mhvs.38 (pupph˚;), Mhvs.34, Mhvs.73 …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) valuable, precious, worth Ja.vi.265 (maṇi); Dhp-a.ii.41 (ratan of jewel’s worth); Mhvs.30, Mhvs.92.
2. (nt.) a respectful oblation Ja.v.324 = Ja.vi.516; Dpvs.vi.65; vii.4.

…

valuator, appraiser Ja.i.124, Ja.i.125; Ja.v.276 (˚ika).

fr. agghāpana to agghāpeti, Caus. of agghati

adjective that which is to be valued, in -kamma the business of a valuator Ja.iv.137.

grd. of agghāpeti, see agghati

(cp. agalu) an ointment Ja.iv.440 (akaluñ candanañ ca, variant reading BB aggaluṃ; C. explains as kālākaluñ ca rattacandanañ ca, thus implying a blacking or dark ointment); Ja …

adjective umoved, undisturbed Mil.383.

a + luḷita, pp. of lul

adjective not greedy or covetous DN.iii.82; Pp.40.

an + abhijjhālū

Anupubbi-kathā

feminine a gradual instruction, graduated sermon regulated exposition of the ever higher values of four subjects (dāna-kathā, sīla˚, sagga˚, magga˚) i.e. charity righteousness, the h …

to treat with fragrant oil, i.e. to make an injection or give an enema of salubrious oil Mil.169; grd. -vāsanīya ibid.; pp. -vāsita Mil.214.

anu + vāseti, Caus. of vāsa³ odour, perfume

1. to take away, remove MN.i.96 = AN.i.198 (kathaṃ bahiddhā a. carry outside) Kp.viii.4 (= aññaṃ ṭhānaṃ gameti Kp-a.220).
2. [= Sk. ava-namati] to bend down, lower, put down Vin.ii.208 (chattaṃ); SN …

…“unhankering (Mrs Rh. D.) SN.i.181 (+ akankha; variant reading BB asita).

apihālu? a + piha, uncertain origin, see next. Morris…

…it as a + pi (= api) + hana (fr. dhā, cp. pidahati & pihita) cp. also Cnd.227).

a + pihālu, analysed by Fausböll Sn. Gloss. p. 229 as…

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 matchless, incomparable, invaluable Thag.614; Mil.239.

a + paṭima fr. prep. paṭi but cp. Vedic apratimāna fr. prati + mā

adjective (-˚)

1. worthy of, deserving, entitled to, worth Dhp.195 (pūjā˚); Pv.ii.8#6 (dakkhiṇā˚); Vv-a.23 (daṇḍa˚ deserving punishment) Freq. in cpd. mahāraha [Sk. mahārgha] …

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, …

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

extending, stretching forth, gesture of lifting up the hands as a token of reverence (cp. E. to “tender” one’s respect), putting the ten fingers together and raising them to the head (Vv-a.7: dasanak …

the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).

= añjali

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 …

species of tree Alaṅgium Hexapetalum Ja.vi.535. Cp. next.

dial. for ankura

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 …

Bhaddaka^a & Bhadraka^b

1. good, of good quality (opp. pāpaka) AN.iv.169^a.
2. honoured of high repute Ja.iii.269^a (= sambhāvita C.).
3. (m nt.) a good thing, …

1. the arm AN.ii.67 = AN.iii.45 (˚bala); Vin.ii.105; Ja.iii.62; Ja.v.215 (˚mudu). pacchā-bāhaṃ arm(s) behind (his back) DN.i.245 (gāḷhabandhanaṃ baddha). bāhaṃ pasāreti to stretch out the arm DN. …

1. seed, germ, semen, spawn. Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116
   ■ DN.i.135 (˚bhatta seed-corn food); DN.iii.44 (the five kinds: see below under ˚gāma) …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

sandal (tree wood or unguent, also perfume) Vin.i.203; AN.i.9, AN.i.145 AN.i.226; AN.iii.237; Dhp.54; Ja.v.420 (tree, m.); Mil.382; Dhp-a.i.422; Dhp-a.iv.189 (˚pūjā); Vv-a.158 (agalu˚ with aloe & s …

…Vism.414 (˚paritta).

• -ālu adorned with flags Thag.164 = Ja.ii.334 (: dhajasampanna Com.);
• -āhaṭa…

…dhamme dumapattaṃ va māluto Thag.2; Ja.i.11 (verse 48); Ja.iii.44 (hatthe dhuniṃsu, wrung their hands); Vv.64#9 (= Vv-a.278 misprint…

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 …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

Name of a creeping vine Ja.vi.536. Elaluka (Elaluka)

?

Elāluka (Eḷāluka)

neuter a kind of cucumber(?) Vv.33#29; Ja.i.205; Ja.v.37; Dhp-a.i.278.

etym.?

Elāluka (Eḷāluka)

neuter a kind of cucumber(?) Vv.33#29; Ja.i.205; Ja.v.37; Dhp-a.i.278.

etym.?

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

• -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
• -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

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 …

kind of palm, Phoenix paludosa Vin.i.190; Dhp-a.iii.451.

hiṃ + tāla

gold Vin.i.245, Vin.i.276; Vin.ii.159; AN.iv.393; Snp.285, Snp.307, Snp.769; Cnd.11; gold-piece SN.i.89; Ja.i.92. Often together with suvaṇṇa Vin.i.150; DN.ii.179; h˚-suvaṇṇaṃ …

leech DN-a.i.117.

leech Mil.407 (variant reading jalopikā).

Sk. *jalūkikā = jalūkā & (pop. etym.) jalankā (sprung fr. water), borrowed fr. Npers. ƶalū (?Uhlenbeck); cp. Gr. βδέλλα leech, Celt. gel; perhaps to gal i …

(older); jaras (nt.) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin.i.10, Vin.i.34; AN.i.51, AN.i.138 (as death’s messenger); AN.v.144 sq. (bhabbo jaraṃ pahātuṃ); Snp.311 (cp. DN.iii.75); Ja.i.59; Thig.252 sq.; Vi …

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 …

to live be alive, live by, subsist on (c. instr. or nissāya). Imper pres. jīva Snp.427, very freq. with ciraṃ live long… as a salutation & thanksgiving. ciraṁ jīva Ja.vi.337 c. jīvāhi Snp.1029 Pv.ii.3 …

Kakka¹

a sediment deposited by oily substances, when ground; a paste Vin.i.205 (tila˚), Vin.i.255. Three kinds enumerated at Ja.vi.232: sāsapa˚ (mustard-paste), mattika˚ (fragrant earth- …

(and -uka) a kind of cucumber Vv.33#28 = eḷāluka Vv-a.147.

fr. karkaru

Name of a certain herb or plant (Convolv. repens?); may be a bulb or radish Ja.iv.46 (= tālakanda), cp. p. Ja.iv.371, Ja.iv.373 (where C explains by tāla-kanda; gloss BB however gives latā-tanta); J …

muddy, dirty, impure; in -bhāva the state of being turbid, impure, obscured (of the mind) DN-a.i.275.

cp. Sk. kaluṣa

, neuter the waterpot with long spout used by non-Buddhist ascetics SN.i.167; Ja.ii.73 (= kuṇḍikā); Ja.iv.362, Ja.iv.370; Ja.vi.86, Ja.vi.525, Ja.vi.570 Snp.p.80; Dhp-a.iii.448-adj. kamaṇḍaluka [ …

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. variegated, spotted, blemished Ja.v.69 (˚vaṇṇa), said of the spotted appearance of leprosy
   ■ fig. inconsistent, varying AN.ii.187.
2. (nt. inconsistency, blemish, blot AN.iv.55; Vism.51
   ■ …

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 …

Kaṭṭha¹

ploughed, tilled Snp.80; Mil.255; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.62. a˚ untilled, unprepared Anvs.27. su˚ well-ploughed AN.i.229; Mil.255.

Sk. kṛṣṭa, pp. of kasati, cp. kiṭṭha

Kaṭṭha^{2</su …}

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 …

only applied to a horse shaking, a shaker, racer (esp. as java AN.i.287), fig. of purisa at Anguttara passages. Described as bold and hard to manage AN.iv.190 sq.; as a horse which cannot be trusted a …

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 …

…into fragments AN.i.204 (of māluvālatā); AN.ii.199 (of thūṇā); SN.ii.88 (of rukkha); cp. Vin.iii.43 (dārūni ˚ṃ chedāpetvā); Ja.v.231…

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 …

certain measure of capacity (esp. of grain, see below khārika). It is used of the eight requisites of an ascetic, and often in conn. with his yoke (kāja): “a khārī-load.”

• -kāja …

kuhali flowers Attanugaluvaṃsa 216.

1. m. a class of fairies or genii grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas and Asuras SN.ii.258 (k˚ puriso vehāsaṃ gacchanto); Ja.i.204; Ja.iii.147 (with def.); Mil.267; Dhp-a.i.280; Pgdp.60.
2. nt. a kind of …

water-pot Ja.i.8, Ja.i.9, Ja.ii.73 (= kamaṇḍalu), Ja.ii.317; Ja.v.390; Dhp-a.i.92 (cp. kuṭa).

coin of very small value Sdhp.514.

kā (for kad˚) + kaṇa = less than a particle

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 …

(and Kālussiya) neuter darkness, obscurity DN-a.i.95; Pv-a.124 (cakkhu˚); fig. (dosa˚ Vv-a.30.

der. fr. kalusa, stained, dirty see cognates…

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 …

adjective having a kamaṇḍalu (q.v.) SN.iv.312 cp. AN.v.263.

…dāru˚, loha˚, ayo˚, vāluka˚, udaka˚, phalaka˚, or “bodies” (great masses, substances) of skin, wood copper, iron, sand, water, and…

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 …

Kūṭa¹

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

brains Ja.i.493 (= matthalunga C.) = Dhp-a.i.145. Lasuna & Lasuna;

etym.?

…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…

breaking up, crumbling away, dissolution Dhs-a.47 (in etym. of loka = lujjana-palujjan’ aṭṭhena vaṭṭaṃ), Dhs-a.308 (id.); Vism.427 (id.).

fr. lujjati; a word peculiar to Pali dogmatics

to be broken up, to break (up), to be destroyed to go asunder, to fall apart AN.i.283 = Pp.32 (here equal to “be wiped out,” but it is unnecessary to assume as Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. lujjati doe …

to pull out, pluck (a bird), tear, peel Ja.i.244, Ja.i.476; Ja.ii.97, Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.314; Ja.iv.191; Ja.v.463; Mhvs.23, Mhvs.46 (aor. aluñci); Mhvs.28, Mhvs.26 (ger. *luñcitvā …

stirred, moved, disturbed; lively; turbid (of water) SN.v.123 = AN.iii.233; (udapatta āvila l.); DN.ii.128 = Ud.83 (udakaṃ parittaṃ luḷitaṃ āvilaṃ) Ja.vi.63; Mnd.488 (āvila +); Mil.35, Mil.177, Mil.2 …

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

…hosts of gods); Mhvs.18, Mhvs.68 (˚narā gods and men)
■ Cp. māruta & māluta.

Vedic marut, always in pl. marutaḥ, the gods of the…

miñjā (f.) marrow, pith, kernel Vin.i.25 (in sequence chavi, camma, maṃsa, nahāru, aṭṭhi, miñjā); Vism.235 (id.); Kp iii. (aṭṭhi˚, f. cp. Kp-a.52, nt.); Ja.iv.402 (tāla˚ pith of th …

adjective soft, mild, weak, tender DN.ii.17 = DN.iii.143 (+ taluṇa); AN.ii.151 (pañcindriyāni mudūni, soft, blunt weak: opp. tikkha); SN.ii.268 (˚taluṇa-hatthapādā) Snp.447 (= muduka Snp-a.393); Th …

…a lotus Thag.1089.

cp. Vedic mulālin. Zimmer, Altind Leben 70 mentions Bisa, Śāluka & Mulālin as edible roots of lotus kinds…

…a lotus Thag.1089.

cp. Vedic mulālin. Zimmer, Altind Leben 70 mentions Bisa, Śāluka & Mulālin as edible roots of lotus kinds…

…leather bag (?) Ja.vi.431 (where variant reading reads camma-pasibbakāhi vālukādīhi), Ja.vi.432 (gloss c. pasibbaka).

of uncertain origin

…(contracted to māluterita) moved by the wind fanned by the breeze Thag.754; Thig.372; Vv.44#12 = Vv.81#6 Pv.ii.12#3. See similar…

…similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 123.

cp. BSk. mālu

the tree Aegle marmelos Abhp.556.

late Sk.

the wind SN.i.127; Mhbv.8.

for the usual māluta

lit. a small bean, used as a standard of weight & value; hence a small coin of very low value. Of copper, wood & lac (Dhs-a.318 cp. Kp-a.37; jatu˚, dāru˚, loha˚); the suvaṇṇa˚ (golden m.) at Ja.iv.1 …

only instr. māsalunā Mil.292, Trenckner says (note p. 428): “m. is otherwise unknown it must mean a period shorter than 5 months. Cp. Sk. māsala.” Rh. D. (trsl. ii.148) translates “got in a month,” …

plough SN.i.115; SN.iii.155; AN.iii.64; Snp.77 (yuga˚ yoke & plough); Snp.p.13; Ja.i.57; Thig.441 (= sīra Thag-a.270); Snp-a.146; Vv-a.63 Vv-a.65; Pv-a.133 (dun˚ hard to plough); Dhp-a.i.223 (ay …

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 …

adjective deceived, cheated MN.i.511 (+ vañcita paladdha); SN.iv.307 (+ vañcita paluddha).

Sk. nikṛta, ni + karoti “done down”

adjective leading out (of saṃsāra), leading to salvation, salutary, sanctifying, saving profitable DN.i.235, DN.i.237; SN.i.220; SN.v.82, SN.v.166, SN.v.255, SN.v.379 sq. Ja.i.48 (a˚), Ja.i.106; Dhs.2 …

to take off, loosen, release; unfasten, undo, doff DN.i.126 (veṭhanaṃ 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 t …

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 …

adjective

1. “to the right,” in phrase padakkhiṇaṃ karoti (with acc. of object) to hold (a person, etc.) to one’s right side, i.e. to go round so as to keep the right side turned to a person, a mod …

stretching forth, lifting, holding out; of the hands as sign of respectful salutation (cp. añjaliṃ paggaṇhāti) Ja.iii.82-Abstr. -tā = paggaha 1. Vism.134.

fr. pa + gṛh, cp. paggaṇhāti

taken over, “had,” overcome, deceived MN.i.511 (nikata vañcita p. where variant reading and id p. SN.iv.307 however reads paluddha); Ja.iii.260 (dava˚ abhibhūta C.).

pp. of pa + labh

adjective grey, in cpd. ˚kesa with grey (i.e. white hair MN.i.88 (f. ˚kesī); AN.i.138; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.79; abs. only at Ja.vi.524. The spelling phalita also occurs (e.g. Pv-a.153) …

1. marshy ground MN.i.117; SN.iii.108 sq.
2. a small pond or lake Vin.i.230; DN.ii.89; Ja.ii.129; Ja.v.346.

cp. Class Sk. palvala = Lat. palus; Ohg. felawa = Ger. felber willow; Lith. pélkè moor; BSk …

adjective destined for decay or destruction SN.iv.205 = Snp.739 (acc. palokinaṃ = jarā-maraṇehi palujjana-dhamma Snp-a.506); Thig.101 (acc. pl palokine, see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 95#2).

fr. paloka

seduced, enticed SN.iv.307 (where id. p. MN.i.511 reads paladdha); Ja.i.158; Ja.vi.255 Ja.vi.262. See also palobheti & palobhita.

pp. of pa + lubh

broken up, crushed, crumbled Bv.ii.24; Mil.217.

pp. of palujjati, Sk. *prarugṇa

breaking up, destruction Snp-a.506.

fr. palujjati

to break (intrs.) to fall down, crumble, to be dissolved Vin.ii.284; DN.ii.181; MN.i.488; SN.ii.218; SN.iii.137; SN.iv.52 = Cnd.550 (in exegesis of “loka”); Mil.8; Vism.416
pp *[palugga](/define/pal …

to rob, plunder, deprive of AN.i.48.

pa + lup

…destroy, overcome, defeat; pp. pamaddita Ja.vi.189 (mālutena p. corresponding with vāta-pahaṭa).

pa + mṛd

1. giving up, abandonment, sacrifice, renunciation AN.i.92 (āmisa˚ & dhamma material & spiritual); Pts.ii.98 Ja.i.12 (jīvita˚) Dhp-a.iii.441 (pañca mahāpariccāgā the five great sacrifices i.e. the gi …

adjective very dear, highly valued Sdhp.571.

pari + pīta

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 …

adjective fivefold, consisting of five Ja.i.116 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Dhs. chapters 167–⁠175 (˚naya fivefold system of jhāna, cp. Dhs. translation 52); Snp-a.318 (˚nipāta of Anguttara)
■ nt. pañcakaṃ …

adjective holding up the clasped hands as token of respectful salutation SN.i.226; Snp.485, Snp.598.

fr. pañjali

mud mire; defilement, impurity SN.i.35, SN.i.60; SN.iii.118; AN.iii.311 AN.iv.289; Snp.970 (˚danta rajassira with dirt between their teeth and dust on their heads, from travelling); AN.iii.236 (id.); …

bending, salutation, obeisance (cp. paṇāmeti 1) Vv-a.321 (˚ṃ karoti = añjaliṃ karoti)
■ As paṇāmana nt. at Ja.iv.307.

fr. pa + nam, see paṇamati

Paṇāma

bowing, bow, ob …

1. to bend forth or over, stretch out, raise, in phrase añjaliṃ p. to raise the hands in respectful salutation Vin.ii.188; DN.i.118; Snp.p.79.
2. to bend to or over, to shut, in kavāṭaṃ p. to shut t …

[abstr. fr. pisuṇa, cp. Epic Sk. paiśunya. The other (diaeretic) forms are pesuṇiya & pesuṇeyya backbiting, calumny, slander MN.i.110; DN.iii.69; AN.iv.401; Vin.iv.12; Mnd.232, Mnd.260; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.15.

adjective slanderous, calumnious Pv-a.12, Pv-a.13. Pesuniya & Pesuneyya;

fr. pesuṇa

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, …

knot or joint in a reed, only in cpd. -bīja (plants) springing (or propagated) from a joint DN.i.5; Vin.iv.34, Vin.iv.35.

cp. Vedic paru

…capalaṃ); Ja.vi.528 (˚māluvā trembling creeper) Dhp-a.i.50 (issa˚ throbbing with envy). 2. (m.) Name of a tree Dalbergia (aspen?)…

adjective covetous, only neg. a˚; SN.i.187 = Thag.1218; Snp.852; Mnd.227.

cp. Sk. spṛhālu, fr. spṛh, but perhaps = Ved. piyāru malevolent. On y → h cp. P. paṭṭhayati for paṭṭhahati

adjective backbiting, calumnious, malicious MN.iii.33, MN.iii.49; Ja.i.297 Pp.57; Pv-a.15, Pv-a.16. Usually combined with vācā malicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and *[pisuṇāv …

Piṃsati¹

to adorn, form, embellish; orig. to prick, cut. Perhaps piṃsare (3. pl. med.) Ja.v.202 belongs here, in meaning “tinkle, sound” (lit. prick) explained in C. by viravati. Other d …

…gata Ja.v.154.

• -allu (& ālu) Name of certain monstrous beings living in the wilderness Ja.v.416 (= vaḷavā-mukhayakkhinī, a y. with the…

1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …

Ratana¹

neuter

1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana², as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
   ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

Rūḷha¹

1. grown Snp.20 (˚tiṇa).
2. (see rūhati) healed up Mil.291 (˚vaṇa one whose wound has healed): cp. rūhanā.

pp. of rohati; of ruh; Sk. rūḍha …

honouring, salutation Mil.2.

Dhtp.553: pīti-dassanesu

to be seen together with, to be engaged in, or to tally, agree with, to live conformably to (loc., e.g. dhamme) DN.i.102; DN.ii.75; SN.v.177; Snp.50; DN.ii.127; Ne.23; ppr. a-saṃdissamāna invisible D …

(nt. and m.) head, nom. siraṃ Thig.255, acc. siraṃ AN.i.141; siro Snp.768; sirasaṃ Ja.v.434; instr. sirasā Vin.i.4; DN.i.126; Snp.1027; loc. sirasmiṃ MN.i.32; sire DN-a.i.97; in compounds siro-AN.i. …

adjective hailing from the Sivi country, a kind of cloth (very valuable) Vin.i.278, Vin.i.280; Ja.iv.401; DN-a.i.133. The two latter passages read sīveyyaka.

…a golden vase Sdhp.513.

• -maya golden, made of gold Ja.vi.203
• -vālukā gold dust Ja.vi.278.

the…

…Thig.338 Thag-a.239.

• -vālukā white sand Mhvs.19, Mhvs.37.
• -saṅkhārapuñja a mere heap of sankhāras…

crocodile SN.iv.198; Thig.241; Thag-a.204; Ja.ii.158 sq.; Vism.446; Snp-a.207 (˚kucchi); Dhp-a.iii.194
■ -rī (f.) a female crocodile Ja.ii.159; suṃsumārinī (f.) Mil.67; suṃsumārapatitena van …

Sāluka & ˚ūka

(nt.) the edible root of the water-lily Vin.i.246; Ja.vi.563; Vv-a.142 (˚muṭṭhi).

cp. Sk. śālūka

Sāluka & ˚ūka

(nt.) the edible root of the water-lily Vin.i.246; Ja.vi.563; Vv-a.142 (˚muṭṭhi).

cp. Sk. śālūka

dog Ja.iv.438 (˚-saṃgha = sunakhagaṇa, C.; spelling ḷ).

but cp. Sk. śālūra a frog

1. essential, most excellent, strong AN.ii.110; Vin.iv.214; Ja.iii.368; Pp.53.
2. (m.) the innermost, hardest part of anything, the heart or pith of a tree (see also pheggu) MN.i.1 …

adjective valuable, having kernel or pith (said of grain or trees) AN.iv.170 (synom. daḷha, opp palāpa); SN.v.163; MN.i.111 = MN.i.233.

fr. sāra

…-āluka susceptible of cold Vin.i.288 (synon. sītabhīruka).

• -uṇha cold and heat Ja.i.10. *…

hog, pig Vin.i.200; DN.i.5; AN.ii.42 (kukkuṭa +), AN.ii.209; Iti.36; Ja.i.197 (muṇika); Ja.ii.419 (Sālūka); Ja.iii.287 (Cullatuṇḍila Mahā-tuṇḍila); Mil.118, Mil.267; Vb-a.11 (vara-sayane sayāpita) …

…■ See also taṭa, tāla, tālu.

• -ghātaka a slap with the palm of the hand Vin.iv.260 Vin.iv.261; *…

Err:509

…t vaḍḍhati māluvā viya Dhp.334 2. taṇhā as the inciting factor of rebirth & incidental cause of saṃsāra kammaṃ…

…talāka.

*tḷ, see tala & cp. tālu, also Lat. tellus

adverb three times (cp. tayo II. C 2), esp. in phrase vanditvā t. padakkhiṇaṃ katvā “having performed the reverent parting salutation 3 times” Vv-a.173, Vv-a.219; t. sāvesi he announced it 3 times J …

the palate Snp.716; Ja.i.419; Vism.264 (˚matthaka top of p.); Pv-a.260.

Sk. tālu, see tala

…by uṇha-vālukāya ghaṭṭapāda); Ja.v.69 (= raj okiṇṇa-pāda C. not to the point).

should be pp. of ugghaṃsati = Sk….

…by uṇha-vālukāya ghaṭṭapāda); Ja.v.69 (= raj okiṇṇa-pāda C. not to the point).

should be pp. of ugghaṃsati = Sk….

used, frequented, known (as value) Ja.vi.180.

pp. of upacarati

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

pp. of upalabhati

…to BSk. bhīto utp˚. kṛśāluko durbalako mlānako at Divy.334 2. kiso upp˚. Ja.vi.71; Dhp-a.iv.66 3. upp˚ dhamanisanth˚ Ja.i.346; Ja.ii.92…

Vandanā (f.) salutation, respect, paying homage; veneration, adoration AN.i.294 (ā); AN.ii.203 (+ pūjā); Ja.i.88; Pp.19, Pp.24 Mhvs.15, Mhvs.18; Mil.377; Pv-a.i.53; Snp-a.492; Thag-a.256 Sdhp.22 …

to greet respectfully, salute, to pay homage, to honour, respect to revere, venerate, adore Snp.366, Snp.547, Snp.573, Snp.1028; Pv.ii.1#6; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.14 (+ pūjeti); Mil.14; Snp-a.191; Pv-a.53 ( …

saluted, revered, honoured, paid homage to; as nt. homage, respect, veneration Snp.702 (akkuṭṭha +); Thig.388 (id.); Ja.i.88.

pp. of vandati

…swamp Ja.i.109; Vv.84#3 (= vālu-kantāra Vv-a.334); Pv.iv.3#2 (= petena nimmitaṃ mudu-bhūmi-magga Pv-a.250, so read for vaṇṇapatha);…

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

to be broken up, to be destroyed Mnd.5.

vi + palujjati

…(paṃsuṃ); Ja.vi.448 (vālukaṃ); Dhs-a.315; Dhp-a.ii.38; Dhp-a.iii.207 (paṃsuṃ). pp. viyūḷha. Cp….

…Cp. vālukā.

• -puñja a heap of sand Ja.vi.560.
• -pulina sand bed or bank…

at Vv-a.332 probably for vāluka-kantāra, i.e. sandy desert. See vaṇṇu.

sand. In compound usually vāluka˚
■ SN.iv.376; Vv.39#1; Vv.44#1; Tha-ap.23 Cnd.p.72 (Gangāya v.); Ja.ii.258; Ja.iv.16; Pv.ii.12#1 Mhvs.23,…

1. strewn over, beset with, crowded, full of, dense, rich in (˚-) Vin.iii.130 (˚loma with dense hair); SN.i.204 (˚kammanta “in motley tasks engaged”), SN.iv.37 (gāmanto ā. bhikkhūhi etc.); AN.iii.104 …

adjective noun (adj.) hanging down from, hanging up Ja.iii.396; Ja.iv.457; Snp-a.214
■ (nt.) support, balustrade (or screen?) Vin.ii.117 Vin.ii.152 (˚bāha) Mil.126. Alambara & Alambara;

fr. ā + * …

…Mil.406; Vism.106; DN-a.i.80 (= vilopa-karaṇaṃ).

ā + lup, cp. ālumpati; BSk. ālopa, e.g. Avs.i.173, Avs.i.341; Divy.290, Divy.481

to break in, plunder, violate Thag.743.

ālopeti? ā + lopeti, Caus. of ālumpati

confusion, uproar, agitation Dhp-a.i.38.

fr. ā + luḷ, cp. āluḷati & āloḷeti

to confuse, mix, shake together, jumble SN.i.175; Ja.ii.272, Ja.ii.363; Ja.iv.333; Ja.vi.331 Vism.105.

Caus. of āluḷati, cp. āluḷeti

Āluka¹

= ālu Ja.iv.46 (C. for ālupa).

Āluka²

adjective susceptiblé of, longing for, affected with (-˚) Vin.i.288…

breaking off, falling off (?) or forming into bits(?) Dhp-a.ii.55 (˚gūtha).

reading not sure, to ālumpati or ālopa

to pull out, break off MN.i.324.

ā + lup or lump, cp. ālopa

Err:501

adjective being in motion, confusion or agitation, disturbed, agitated Ja.vi.431.

fr. ā + lul

…confuse Dhs-a.375 Caus. āluḷeti to set in motion, agitate, confound Ja.ii.9 Ja.ii.33
pp…

agitated, confused Ja.ii.101; Mil.397 (+ khalita).

pp. of āluḷeti

(or -ā f.)

1. a thorn, sting, dart, spike used either as arrow-straightener Mil.418; Dhp-a.i.288 or (perhaps also for piece of bone, fishbone) in making up a comb Vv-a.349 (˚sandhāpana = comb; …

1. set in motion, stirred, moved, shaken Vv.39#4 (vāt’erita moved by the wind); Ja.i.32 (id.); Vv.64#20 (haday’erita); Pv.ii.12#3 (malut’erita); Pv-a.156 (has erita for ī˚); Vv-a.177 (calita).
2. ut …