permanent; eternal

wish, hope, expectation.

adjective bad Ja.iv.435 = Ja.vi.235 (sataṃ vā asaṃ acc. sg. with variant reading santaṃ…, expl^d- by sappurisaṃ vā asappurisaṃ vā C.); Ja.v.448 (n. pl. f. asā expl^d. by asatiyo lā …

see āsa.

…wish, hope. See under āsā.

Āsa⁴

archaic 3^rd sg. perf. of atthi to be, only in cpd….

…karoti); AN.i.86 (dve āsā), AN.i.107 (vigat-āso one whose longings have gone); Snp.474 Snp.634, Snp.794, Snp.864; Ja.i.267, Ja.i.285;…

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 …

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot seas …

Aggikabhāradvāja¹AggikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin of Sāvatthī, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in …

A mountain in North India, on the Upper Ganges. There, for some time, lived the Thera Sambhūta Sānavāsi, and it was there that Yasa Kākandakaputta saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what meas …

AjitakesakambalaKesakambalaAjita

Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Pitakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is described as a Titthaka (non-Buddhist teacher), leade …

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …

A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of …

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

AmbāṭakavanaAmbālavana

A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati. It became the residence of large numbers of monks, and discussions often took place there between Cittagahapati and the re …

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …

Ariṭṭha¹

A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumb …

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

They were disciples of different teachers and, standing before the Buddh …

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

…abodes of beings (sattāvāsā). These beings are unconscious and experience nothing. AN.iv.401 As soon as an idea occurs to them they fall…

A monk of Ñātikā. Once when the Buddha was staying at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, Ānanda mentions to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka …

…the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away, destined never to return. SN.v.358

Assaji¹

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …

A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

In Pali Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four …

A class of devas whose company mortals long for.MN.i.289 MN.iii.103 They belong to the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

…rupa-worlds, the Suddhāvāsā.DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha once…

Aṅgīrasi¹

A term of affection (Radiant One) used by Pañcasikha in addressing Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.265

Aṅgīrasa²

One of the ten ancient seers who conducted great sacrifices and …

Aṭṭhaka¹

A celebrated sage, composer and reciter of sacred runes, mentioned together with nine others (Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), V …

A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

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BeluvaBeluvagāmaVeluvaVeluvagāma

A village near Vesāli, where the Buddha spent his last vassa.

It was at this time that the Buddha, in answer to a question by Ānanda, said that he had kept nothing b …

Bhaddiya¹

An anāgāmī, one of seven persons who became arahants as soon as they were born in Avihā. SN.i.35 SN.i.60

Bhaddiya²Kāligodhāputta

Chief among monks of aristocratic …

Bhaddā¹

Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …

A clothed Wanderer who lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.

He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

BhiyyasaBhīya

One of the two chief disciples of Koṇāgamana Buddha. DN.ii.5

BhusāgāraBhusāgra

The threshing floor in Atumā where the Buddha stayed on his visit there. Vin.i.249

Once while he was meditating there, a thunderstorm broke out and two peasants and four oxen were …

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā

The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha Gotama, and he was a Khattiya of the Sakiyan clan. …

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

…followed him there to the Pāsāṇaka cetiya, passing through Setavyā, Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, Bhoganagara and Vesāli. When they…

Candana¹

A deva, vassal of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in case of need. DN.iii.204 He once visited …

The name of the devaputta whose abode is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called Candimā. There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the moon.

It is said that once, when Candimā was seized …

A great brahmin, contemporary of the Buddha, reputed for his great learning and highly esteemed in brahmin gatherings—e.g., at Icchānaṅgala Snp.p.115 and at Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235

He is mentioned toget …

King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.

Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …

Citta¹

A householder of Macchikāsaṇḍa, where he was Treasurer. He was later declared by the Buddha to be pre-eminent among laymen who preached the Doctrine. AN.i.26

When Mahānāma visited …

A Gandhabba present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s followers when troubled by evil spirits.

CullakokanadāCūḷakokanadāCūlakokanadā

The younger of the two daughters of Pajunna, both of whom were called Kokanadā. She visited the Buddha at the Kutāgārasālā in Vesāli and questioned him. SN.i.30

He was ordained by Khadiravaniya. Thag.42

He is mentioned as living at the Kūṭāgārasālā, which place he left when the Licchavis caused disturbance by their visits to the Buddha. AN.v.133 In this cont …

A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …

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 …

A householder of Aṭṭhakanāgara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pāṭaliputta, he visited the Kukkuṭārāma to call upon Ānanda. Learning that Ānanda was at Beluvagāma near Vesāli …

A group of Khattiyas, owners of the Ānaka-drum. SN.ii.266f.

…two Devadatta, and the Mahāsāropama, were preached after this event.

The Buddha sent Sāriputta and Moggallāna to Gayāsīsa to bring back…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth and attaining the three knowledges. Thag.107

Dhammasava-pitā

Father of Dhammasava. He was one hundred and twenty years old when he went forth. Thag.108

Dhataraṭṭha¹

One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one who eats much and is lazy will keep being reborn. Thag.17

Perhaps it is this same Dāsaka who is mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.127ff. as having …

EkadhammasavanīyaEkadhammasavaniyaEkadhammika

A monk whose verse is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.67

Ekapuṇḍarīka¹

A monastery of the wanderers, the residence of Vacchagotta. MN.i.481f. It was near the Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana of Vesāli. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and …

A Brahmin village in the Kosala kingdom. The Buddha once stayed there, and when a large congregation of the laity were listening to him, Māra, thinking to darken their intelligence, suggested to him t …

In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a…

A class of semi-divine beings who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 …

…There was room on the rock for one thousand monks.

The hill stands about one mile to the south-west of…

…AN.iv.21f. the Mahāsāropama and Āṭānāṭiya Suttas. SN.ii.155 SN.ii.185 SN.ii.190 SN.ii.241 SN.iii.121 AN.ii.73 AN.iii.21…

A festival held from time to time in Rājagaha. According to the Vinaya accounts Vin.ii.107f. Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing and music.

A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …

Gosiṅgasālavanadāya¹

A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …

Gotama¹BuddhaSiddhatthaSakyamunīTathāgataAṅgīrasa

He was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he depar …

A township of the Koliyans. The Buddha, when staying there, preached the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preache …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256

He was the friend of Sātāgira.

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Hārita¹

A Mahā Brahmā who was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, at the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās. DN.ii.261

Hārita²

A monk whose Theragāthā ve …

An upāsaka of Icchānaṅgala. Once he visited the Buddha at Jetavana after a long interval, and on being asked why he had been absent so long, he replied that he had been kept busy by various duties. …

…was the residence of “Mahāsāla” brahmins. The Sutta Nipāta Snp.p.115 mentions several eminent brahmins who lived there, among them…

Inda¹

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

A town in the Kuru country. In the Kurudhamma Jataka J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; J.iv.361; J.v.457; J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanava …

A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

Isidatta¹

A verse uttered by Isidatta, in response to the Buddha’s enquiry regarding his welfare, is recorded in the Therāgāthā. Thag.120

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 I …

A thera. He had a brother, also a monk, named Isibhatta. Having spent the rainy season in Sāvatthī, they went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people there gave them food and robes, bu …

She was the daughter of a good and wealthy merchant of Ujjenī. Having come of age, she was given in marriage to the son of a merchant in Sāketa.

For one month she lived with him as a devoted wife; th …

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

A wanderer. The Saṃyutta Nikāya records visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas, sakkāya, ignorance, th …

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

A class of gods, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of kamma. Thag.143–144

A great brahmin, ranking with eminent brahmins such as Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkharasāti and Todeyya. Snp.p.115 He is mentioned as staying in Icchānaṅgala, MN.ii.196 where he evidently took part in the pe …

A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajāt …

…Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a…

Kakkaṭa²

An eminent monk mentioned, with Cāla, Upacāla, Kaḷimbha, Nikata and Kaṭissaha, as staying with the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis started coming there to …

A tribe of Nāgas. They were present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …

A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …

Kappāsika VanasaṇḍaKappāsiya Vanasaṇḍa

A grove near Uruvelā. There the a group of men came across the Buddha while seeking for a woman who had run away with certain of their belongings. The Buddha pr …

A class of spirits, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

Kassapa¹

One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7

Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …

Kassapagotta¹

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

KatamorakatissaKatamorakatissaka

One of the monks whom Devadatta incited to join him in stirring up discord among the Saṅgha, the others being Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vi …

KaḷimbhaKalimma

One of the monks who lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī. Finding that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other mo …

He was one of those who were staying with the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis began to visit the Buddha in large numbers, they left the monastery and retired to places of soli …

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

An arahant. Once, when he lay very ill at the Badarikārāmā, near Kosambī, some monks, staying at the Ghositārāma, sent one of their number, Dāsaka, with a message to Khemaka, inquiring whether he mana …

A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

KhiḍḍāpadosikāKhiḍḍāpadūsikā

A class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their self-possession is …

A brahmin village of Māgadha, presented to Kūṭadanta by Bimbisāra. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalaṭṭhikā pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

Māgadha3town

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 …

KisasaṅkiccaKisaSaṅkicca

A naked ascetic, contemporary with the Buddha and evidently a well-known head of a school; mentioned in company with Nanda Vaccha and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.238

Kisasankicca …

Two daughters of Pajjunna, both called Kokanadā, though the younger was sometimes called Cūḷa-Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, the Dhamm …

Kosala¹

A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …

The capital of the Vatsas or Vaṃsas. In the time of the Buddha its king was Parantapa, and after him reigned his son Udena. Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha f …

…residence of Suppavāsā;. AN.ii.62 Sāpūga, where Ānanda once stayed;. AN.ii.194 Kakkarapatta, where lived Dīghajāṇu; AN.iv.281 and…

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who l …

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

Kumārakassapa

He was foremost among those who had the gift of varied and versatile discourse. AN.i.24 Once when Kumāra Kassapa was meditating in Andhavana a deva appeared before him, and asked him fi …

A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …

…in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she received the Buddha’s…

A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A class of Asuras. They were present at the Mahāsamaya, and are spoken of as being of a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Ko …

…after death in the Suddhavāsā, and that there he would attain to nibbāna. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

Kāliṅga²

A country. It is one…

A monk, evidently held in high esteem by his colleagues. He is mentioned as staying in Kosambī, in Ghosita Park, and as asking Ānanda certain questions, recorded in the Kāmabhū Sutta. SN.iv.165 Two ot …

One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the F …

KāpathikaKāpaṭika

A young brahmin, sixteen years old, well versed in the Vedas, and with his head shaven. He was “of good stock, well informed, a good speaker and a scholar of ability.” He visited th …

KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.

At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

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 …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that, thrusting aside grasses with his chest, he will seek seclusion. Thag.27

According to the Lomasakaṅgiya Bhaddekaratta Sutta, MN.iii.199f. Candana visited Lom …

The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions an interview between an Elder of this name and the Sākyan Mahānāma. Mahānāma asks the Elder if the learner’s way of life is identical with that of the Tathāgata. Vaṅgīsa a …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281

It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.

S …

An epithet of Cittagahapati, because he lived in Macchikāslānda. AN.i.26

A Licchavi chief, mentioned as having visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā to ask if he had seen Sakka SN.i.230 and also to beg information as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This conv …

…he shook the Migāramātupāsāda, and made it rattle in order to terrify some monks who sat in the ground floor of the building, talking loosely…

Mahānāma¹

A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

A king who lived in the beginning of this present age. He was called Mahāsammata, because, on the arising of wickedness in the world, he was chosen by the people DN.iii.92f. to show indignation agai …

The books contain a list of seven great lakes, situated in the Himālaya. They form the sources of the five great rivers and dry up only when four suns appear in the world. These seven lakes are Anotat …

Mahāvana¹

A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana²

A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madh …

A brahmin village in Kosala on the banks of the Aciravatī. The Buddha stayed in the mango grove to the north of the village, and, during one such stay, preached the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.235

in Kosala …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A woman follower of the Buddha. She was the daughter of Pūraṇa, chamberlain of Pasenadi, and niece of Isidatta. AN.iii.347 AN.v.137

…she built the Migāramātupāsāda at the Buddha’s suggestion. Vin.iv.161f. Moggallāna was left to supervise the work with five hundred other…

…AN.i.35 Their language is called Milakkhabhāsā.

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Musila

A monk. A conversation is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.115f. between him and Savittha, which is said to have taken place in Ghositārāma in Kosambī, regarding the paṭiccasamuppāda.

A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

Māgaṇḍiya¹

The Sutta Nipāta contains a dialogue between Māgaṇḍiya and the Buddha. Snp.1011–1023 The Buddha starts with an emphatic rejection of an offer of a sexual nature, which sparks a …

MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta

The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of craving and encourages effort. Thag.399–404 The second set speaks …

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 …

The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …

MāṇavagāmiyaMāṇavagāmika

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Māṇavagāmiya sa …

…preached at the Migāramātupāsāda and takes the form of a discussion with Sāḷha, Migāra’s grandson, and Rohana, Pekkhuniya’s grandson on…

Nandiya¹

He belonged to a Sākiyan family of Kapilavatthu, and was called Nandiya because his birth brought bliss. He left the world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, a …

…having died at Nātika and having been reborn spontaneously in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away, never to return. DN.ii.91 SN.v.356f.

A village in Kosala, where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 There were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preach …

A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

Nigrodhārāma¹

A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …

…he was born in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away. SN.v.358f. DN.ii.91f.

Nikata²

One of several eminent theras mentioned as…

He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …

NālāgiriNāḷāgiri

An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the B …

A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Opamañña¹

One of the names of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.200

Opamañña²

A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is me …

One of the Licchavis. He went to visit the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesalī, at a time when the Buddha had given orders that no one should be allowed to see him; but through the intervention of th …

…the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the south, Setakaṇṇikā; in the west, Thūṇa; and in the…

Mention is made in one or two places in the books of Brahmas who are described as Paccekabrahmā—e.g., Subrahmā, Suddhāvāsa and Tudu. I have not come across any explanation of this term. It may designa …

A hell in which stage players are born after death. Tālapuṭa maintained that after death they were born among the Pahāsadevi. The Buddha contradicts this and says that their rebirth is in a Niraya and …

…there….

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …

PakudhaPakudaKakudhaKakudaPakudha KaccāyanaPakudha KātiyānaKakudha KaccāyanaKakudha Kātiyāna

Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time. In the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.56 Ajātasattu …

A wood near Naḷakapāna in Kosala. The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462

near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park

one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A Brahmā who was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

A class of devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe.

They are described AN.i.210 SN.v.410 SN.v.423 DN.ii.91 DN.iii.218 as “beings who desire the creation of others, in order t …

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 brahmin village of Māgadha. For an episode connected with it see Piṇḍa Sutta. SN.i.113

Māgadha3town

PaṇḍaraPaṇdarasaPaṇḍarasagotta

The name of a clan. An ascetic of this clan, hearing Phussa Thera preach, asked him a question which led to a long explanation by Phussa. Thag.949

One of the Theras dwelling in the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta in the time of the Buddha. Vin.i.300

PilindavacchaPilindivacchaPilindiyavacchaPilindaPilindiPilindiya

A monk whose enigmatic Theragāthā verse speaks of what has come and not departed. Thag.9 Certain devas who had been born in the deva w …

A brahmin of Sāvatthī. He visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha preached to him the Cūḷasāropama Sutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s follower. MN.i.198ff.

A brahmin of Vesāli. The Aṅguttara Nikāya records a conversation between him and Kāraṇapālī. The latter meets Piṅgiyānī and, on learning that he was returning from a visit to the Buddha, asks him abou …

PokkharasātiPokkharasādi

A brahmin of great wealth and learning who lived in Ukkaṭṭha, on a royal demesne given by Pasenadi. Ambaṭṭha was the pupil of Pokkharasāti, who sent him to the Buddha at Icch …

…near the Migāramātupāsāda, and therefore to the east of the city. Mention is made AN.iii.345 of the Buddha having bathed there. It was…

Pukkusa¹

A prince of the Mallas. He was a disciple of Āḷāra Kālama, and one day, while on his way from Kusinārā to Pāvā, he saw the Buddha seated under a tree by the roadside and stayed to …

A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …

One of the four friends of Yasa who, on hearing of his ordination by the Buddha, visited him and were taken to the Buddha. The Buddha talked to them and they became arahants. They were among the first …

Purāṇa¹

A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …

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 …

Puṇṇamāsa¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that a restrained and wise one knows the rise and passing away of the world. Thag.10

Puṇṇamāsa²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses sp …

Puṇṇikā²

A slave girl of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.201

PālileyyaPārileyyaPārileyyaka

A town near Kosambī. When the Buddha found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing th …

Pārāsariya¹Pārāpariya

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how being restrained he has overcome defilements. Thag.116

Pārāsariya²

A brahmin teacher mentioned in the Indriya …

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

25.04641, 85.411143shrine

The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …

PāveyyakāPātheyyakā

The name given to the inhabitants of Pāvā—e.g., Pāveyyakā Mallā. DN.ii.165

Pāvā was evidently a centre of Buddhist activity even during the lifetime of the Buddha, and mention is …

Pāvārikambavana¹

The mango grove of Pāvārika of Kosambī.

Kosambī3parkPāvārikambavana²

A mango grove at Nāḷandā where the Buddha stayed when on a visit there. DN.ii.81 It was t …

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

Else …

A class of demons, chiefly nocturnal and harmful. They usually have their haunt in the water and devour men when bathing there. Some of them live in the sea. Thag.931 Snp.10

Rakkhita ¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of having uprooted all defilements and become cool. Thag.79

Rakkhita²Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa

A forest tract near the village of Pāril …

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 …

Rojā¹

A Malla, inhabitant of Kusinārā. When the Buddha and Ānanda visited Kusinārā, the Malla chieftains decreed that whoever failed to pay homage to the Buddha would be fined five hundred …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Supatiṭṭhacetiya, Pāsānakacetiya, Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra and the pond Sumāgadhā.

The city gates were closed every evening, and…

SabbakaSappaka

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

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of getting rid of desire for this impure body. Thag.453–458

Sabbakāma lived on to one hundred and twenty years of age, and was consulted by Yasa, Soreyya Revata, …

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika

A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …

Sahali¹

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali²

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in …

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

SakkharaSakkāra

A township of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya.

Sākya, not far from Rājagaha3town

SalaḷāgāraSalalaghara

A building in Jetavana. Once when Sakka went to visit the Buddha he found him in the Salaḷāgāra, wrapt in samādhi, with Bhuñjatī waiting on him. Sakka therefore left a message w …

Sambhūta¹Sītavaniya

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a bhikkhu in the Sītavana (Cool Grove) is victorious. Thag.6

Sambhūta²Sānavāsī

When the Vajjiputtaka heresy aro …

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

SandhaSaddha

A monk who visited the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, when the Buddha preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.

It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Ka …

Overmastered by corrupt habits of mind and character, for twenty five years he was unable to develop concentration. This so distressed him that he was about to commit suicide, when, inward vision sudd …

SappasoṇḍikapabbhāraSappasoṇḍika

A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is reco …

SattambaSattambaka

A shrine near Vesāli. DN.ii.102 Ud.vi.1 SN.v.259 AN.iv.309 It was to the west of Vesāli. DN.iii.9

25.99693, 85.135113shrine

A group of monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the Chabbaggīyas. The latter turned them out of a vihāra as soon as they had prepared it, and were violent towards them …

In the Aṅguttara AN.i.118f. he is represented as saying, in the course of a conversation between him, Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita, that he preferred the person who obtains relief by faith, to one who tes …

A monk of Sāvatthī who was found guilty of various Vinaya offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend and his evil genius. Vin.iii.110f.

SikhaḍḍīSikhaṇḍī

A Gandhabba, son of Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā was at first in love with him, but she was won later by Pañcasikha. DN.ii.268

SikhīArindama

A Buddha of a past age.DN.ii.7 DN.iii.195f. SN.ii.9

• He was born in the Nisabha pleasance in Aruṇavatī.
• His father was the khattiya Aruṇa and his mother Pabhāvatī.
• His wife wa …

SippinikātīraSappinīSappinīkā

A river that flowed through Rājagaha. On its bank was a Paribbājakārāma where famous Paribbājakas lived in the Buddha’s time. AN.i.185 AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 SN.i.153

Rājagaha3river

…of Nātikā. He was an anāgāmī and was born in the Suddhavāsā, never to be reborn. DN.ii.92 SN.v.348f.

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the only path out of sorrow is by way of wisdom, renunciat …

Subāhu¹

He was the son of a seṭṭhi family of Benares, and was the friend of Yasa. When Yasa and his companions joined the Order Subāhu followed his example, and they all became arahants. V …

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A Brahma world; one of the Suddhāvāsā. Five kinds of Anāgāmīs are born there. MN.i.289 DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

…those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237…

A Pacceka Brahmā who, with Subrahmā, went to visit the Buddha, but, finding him in meditation during the noonday heat, went to see a certain Brahmā who was infatuated with his own importance.

They to …

SuddhāvāsakāyikādevāSuddhāvāsakāyikā

A group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three verses in praise of the Saṅgha. SN.i.26 DN.ii.253f.

…Buddha is mentioned as having visited the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.50

5heaven

Sudhamma¹

He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambātakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his house for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several em …

Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Sumana¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of having accomplished all that he was aksed to do. Thag.330–334

Sumana²Cūḷasumana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of ordaini …

A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha, but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Budd …

A monk whose Theragāthā verses tell of how he was tempted by a courtesan. She showed herself to him, decked and adorned and wearing golden slippers, and invited him in with seductive manner. But seein …

SuppavāsāKoliyadhītā

A lay woman who lived in the Koliyan village of Sajjanela, where the Buddha visited her and preached to her on the efficacy…

Suppiyā¹

The name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192

Suppiyā²

An upāsaka of Benares. Her husban …

A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Rāhu to let him go. This Rāhu did, an …

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her, but she favoured Mātali’s son Sikhaṇḍī.

Later she hea …

SāgalaSāgalā

A city in India, mentioned in the Vinaya Vin.iii.67 as the residence of Daḷhika.

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 …

SālavatikāSālavatī

A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached. DN.i.224

Kosala3town

…because, according to the Pāsādika Sutta, DN.iii.117 the Buddha was in the mango grove of the Vedhaññā Sākiyans when the news, as given in…

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 …

SāmugaSāpūga

A village of the Koliyans, where Ānanda once stayed, and where he preached to the inhabitants. They were called Sāpūgiyā. AN.ii.194

Koliya3town

Sāmā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how she could not find peace after going to the monastery five times, then later attained the end of suffering. Thig.37–38

Sāmā^{2</s …}

A mountain in the Middle country, the abode of Sātāgira. Many other Yakkas also lived there, three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

4hill

He was a fisherman’s son and held the false view that, according to the Buddha’s teaching, a man’s consciousness runs on and continues without break of identity. Sāti’s colleagues did their best to ch …

…the Buddha in Sāvatthī were Anāthapiṇḍika, Visākhā, Suppavāsā and Pasenadi.

27.517073, 82.0506191town

…an inhabitant of the Suddhāvāsā informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācinakas…

SāṭimattiyaSātimattiya

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of one who formerly had faith but now has no more, and of wandering for alms, a little here and there. Thag.246–248

A class of Nāgas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They o …

A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268

He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

Tissa¹

One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa²

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …

Todeyya¹

A Mahāsāla brahmin, mentioned in a list of eminent brahmins gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235…

The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210

Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusit …

A lay disciple of Ñātika who died and was reborn in the Suddhāvāsa, there to attain Nibbāna. SN.v.358 DN.ii.92

One of the most eminent great brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha.

He was present at the assemblies of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.

He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of …

TāvatiṃsāTidasāTidiva

The second of the six deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of Mount Sineru. Sakka is king of Tāvatiṃsā.

Tāvatiṃsā was also known …

…a claim.

Again, in the Pāsādika Sutta DN.iii.126–127 the Buddha tells Cunda that when Uddaka said “seeing, he sees not,” he had in mind…

Udena¹Utena

King of Kosambī. He was the son of Parantapa. Once when be discovered that the women of the court had given five hundred costly robes to Ānanda, he was annoyed, but when in ans …

UdāyibhaddaUdāyibhaddaka

Son of Ajātasattu. When Ajātasattu, after the death of his father, paid his first visit to the Buddha and saw the Buddha seated amidst the monks in a scene of perfect calm an …

He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivalled in power and wealth the seṭṭhi Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha …

A great brahmin. Having made preparations for a great sacrifice, in which numerous animals were to be slaughtered, he visited the Buddha at Jetavana to consult him as to the efficacy of the sacrifice. …

UggāhamānaSamaṇamaṇḍikāputtaSamaṇamuṇḍikāputta

A Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see t …

The capital of Avanti. In the Buddha’s time, Caṇḍapajjota Vin.i.276 was king of Ujjenī and there was friendly intercourse between that city and Māgadha, whose king was Seniya Bimbisāra. After Bimbisār …

The name given to a group of devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night. They charged the Buddha with inconsistency, but later, begging his forgiveness, they were pardoned by him. SN.i.23–25

A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in recognition of the former’s skill. It was thickly populated an …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Son of Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata. Thag.43 He is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.133 in a list of very eminent disciples, together with …

Upaka¹

An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …

The family to which Pokkharasāti belonged. He was, therefore, called Opamañña. MN.ii.200

Upasamā>

A bhikkhunī whose verse is found in the Therīgāthā. Thig.10

…charming (samantapāsādikānaṃ). AN.i.24 He visited the Buddha when the Buddha had enjoined on himself a period of solitude for a…

A monk who was occasionally the attendant of the Buddha, and who features in a number of discourses. Once when the Buddha was attacked by cramp, Upavāna, with the help of his lay-friend Devahita, obt …

Upāli ¹

One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …

Name of a Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.69

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

Uttara¹

A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.121–122

Uttara²

A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162

Uttara³

A *devapu …

The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …

VanasavhayaVanasaVanasāvhayaTumbavanagaraPavanaVanasāvatthī

A city lying between Vedisa and Kosambī, on the road taken by Bāvarī’s disciples. Snp.1011

24.69943,80.1727292town

Vappa ¹

One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of one who kills himself and others, and then address a certain Sujampati, saying that a brahmin has color on the inside. Thag.139–140

A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmita-vassavatti world. DN.i.219 Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he surpasses the devas of his world in ten things: divine …

A brahmin, chief minister of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.72ff.

At Ajātasattu’s suggestion, Vass …

An epithet of Ajātasattu. It means either “son of the lady from Videha” or “son of the wise woman”.

…It was to them that the Pāsādika Sutta was preached. DN.iii.17 From the Sāmagāma Sutta MN.ii.244 it would appear that these Sākiyans lived…

VediyakaVediya

A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Buddha stayed. The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the occasion of the p …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

VepacittiSambara

An Asura chieftain, who was present with Namuci (Māra) at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya …

Vessāmitta¹

A celebrated sage of old. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 Vin.i.2451

Vessāmitta²

A Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, w …

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

Veḷuvana¹Veṇuvana

A park near Rājagaha, the pleasure garden of Bimbisāra. When the Buddha first visited Rājagaha, after his Enlightenment, he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The da …

A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

Vimala¹

One of the four friends of Yasa who, following the latter’s example, joined the Order and attained arahantship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse spea …

…offered the Migāramātupāsāda in the Pubbārāma to the Saṅgha.

The Buddha accepted a face towel as a special gift from Visākhā but…

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha is spoken of as general.

One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

VāsabhagāmakaVāsabhagāma

A village in Kāsī. It was once the residence of Kassapa Thera. Vin.i.312f.

Kāsī3town

VāsabhagāmīVāsabhagāmika

One of the four Western monks appointed to the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

The second queen of King Pasenadi. MN.ii.110

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Vāseṭṭha¹

An old sage held in high esteem for his knowledge. He was one of the originators of the Vedic mantras. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.164 MN.ii.200

Vāseṭṭha²

A clan, proba …

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

The god of death. When beings die they are led before him to be judged according to their deeds. Birth, old age, illness, punishment for crime and death, are regarded as his messengers, sent among men …

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

While journeying in the company of Sabhiya, he came to Sāvatthī, where he was present at the discussion between Sabhiya and the Buddha. It was his purpose to try and discover flaws in the Buddha’s arg …

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-K …

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

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A town that lay between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī. Once the Buddha, with a large company of bhikkhus, visited the town. At that time there dwelt in it a monk who had been ordained late in life and had for …

ĀṇiĀṇakaĀṇṇaka

A mutiṅga (kettle-drum) belonging to the Dasārahas. As it grew old and began to split, they fixed in another peg, and this process was continued, until, at last, the original drumhe …

tér, űr

éber jelenlét a légzésben

befolyás, túlcsordulás

a Tan tanulmányozása, kutatása

paráznaság

ölés, élőlények elpuszítása

az éberség megalapozása

előírásoktól és szertartásoktól függés

tompaság és tunyaság

befogadás, felvétel, magasabb beavatás

a valóságnak megfelelő tudás; annak tudása és látása, ami van

like a cloud; high as the sky

massing together of clouds

an open space, the open; (a place in) the open air:

with the dart or barb removed

drawn out; pulled out; removed

is excited; rejoices in the prospect of

gladdening, delighting.

considered auspicious.

well disposed (towards); having faith or confidence (in, loc, sometimes gen.)

makes well-disposed (towards); makes have confidence (in)

stretches out towards.

clothing, clothes.

the very best of clothing, choice clothes

…power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, dibbasota, paracittavijānana, pubbenivāsānussati, dibbacakkhu, + āsavānam khaye…

holding frequent assemblies

deadly crime (one of the six great crimes: mātughāta, pitughāta, arahantaghāta, lohituppāda, saṅghabheda, aññasatthāruddesa)

give offense.

gave offense.

finger-snap; a moment.

very near; too near; very close.

very near; too close

without a fringe.

the settling of a case or dispute

arisen fortuitously, without cause or reason; connected with fortuitous or causeless origination

one who believes in fortuitous or causeless origination

(a method) of settling a case or dispute

more than 100, 000

particular effort.

enduring or patient by nature.

1. endurance; forbearance.
2. assent; acceptance (esp. of an invitation).

is patient, waits; bears patiently, endures; assents, gives in to; accepts (an invitation).

the best trust; trust in the best.

the best trust; trust in the best.

completely satisfied with the best flavored foods

chief disciple

the first or chief seat

household life

garment made of skins

since six days ago, for six days

(from ajjhokāse) the open air.

being in the open air

as to the intention, state of mind.

(~antī)n.

the inside or environs of a house or dwelling.

within a house or dwelling.

inhabits; dwells in, lives on (as ruler or owner); esp. agāram ~ati, lives the settled life of a householder.

not harsh; not rough; smooth

spotless; without blemish

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

unpleasantly; in an undesired way

unpleasantly; in an undesired way

unpleasant

unpleasant

without defect

in whom the āsavas have not perished, who is not an arhat

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

in whom the āsavas have not perished, who is not an arhat

unprovoked and calm, mild and un-angered

being reviled; or calm when reviled.

more competent to see what is beneficial; wiser

lazy, inactive; indolent, idle.

lazy by nature; disposed to laziness

flatulence.

hairy like a gourd

diligent; active, energetic.

not eating, fasting; hunger

not getting one’s breath; unable to breathe.

anatthasaṃhita¹

neg. mfn. not connected with the goal; not useful, not profitable; not having meaning

anatthasaṃhita²

neg. mfn. connected with harm, harmful

what is out of the question; an impossibility.

consisting of many thousands

consisting of many hundreds

relating to more than one body, connected with many bodies

not free from defect or impurity; impure

not wished for; unpleasant; undesirable

ho has not given the opportunity; who has not consented or given permission

without having consent

an inner garment, esp. the innermost of the three robes of a bhikkhu

an offence committed in the meantime (i.e. before the expiration of a parivāsa or mānatta period)

having his last body

anto-āvasatha

masculine the inner part of a dwelling

rotten inside

speaks after, repeats; continually speaks.

touches; takes hold of (to examine); considers, examines.

not causing trouble or misfortune

free from trouble; free from affliction

or ~aṃ ind. (what is) pleasant, flattering; or pleasantly, flatteringly.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

1. trouble-free; not bringing annoyance.
2. not irritated, at peace; free from trouble or annoyance

who believes from hearsay or report

depending on tradition for one’s truths; accepting tradition as true

one who proclaims (the kammavācā); one who presents for upasampadā.

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

(someone) for upasampadä; speaks repeatedly (in).

order to win support).

advice; instruction.

advice; instruction; admonition.

the miracle of teaching (one of the three marvels of the Buddha).

teaches, instructs; advises, exhorts; guides, leads (a group); governs, administers.

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

free from fear; unafraid

inhabits; dwells; stays.

every fortnight

every fortnight

ensnared, entwined (by).

flows after, flows upon, flows continually over

pregnant; a pregnant woman.

lack of expectation; lack of desire

not eating; fasting.

fasting (as an ascetic practice)

an unsuitable seat, an unsuitable place for sitting

not having approached; not near

best when not near

free from the āsavas

1. not a residence, an uninhabited place; a place not fit for staying in.
2. not staying, not residing

free from trouble; without distress

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

to the left, placed on the left

goes away or aside.

sweeps away; winnows.

to the left, placed on the left

goes round (something or someone) keeping one’s left side towards it or them (a mark of disrespect)

goes round (something or someone) keeping one’s left side towards it or them (a mark of disrespect)

reproach; disparagement.

dismisses; rebukes, reproaches; disparages

(from apasādeti) one who rebukes; one who disparages.

(from apasādeti) one who rebukes; one who disparages.

dismisses; rebukes, reproaches; disparages

dismissed; rebuked; disparaged

removing; taking (a ship) out from land (?):

going off one’s correct course.

little learning

appasadda¹

mfn.

1. free from noise quiet.
2. making little or no noise quiet.

appasadda²

neuter quiet

with a small caravan

(& f.?) ‘a worthy one’, an arahat; (in Buddhism) one who has realized nibbāna; one in whom the āsavas are destroyed and who is no longer liable to rebirth.

araha(t)²

part. pr. mfn.

seeing what belongs to the noble ones, what is noble

truth of the noble ones; a sublime truth

way of living of the noble ones; a sublime state

unbecoming, vulgar, low; uncivil; indecent, improper.

disbelief; lack of faith

the not being liable to fail or be wanting; the having qualities which are not liable to fail (?):

unwilling, not consenting; discontented; unsatisfied.

not shaking, not trembling; unshakeable.

not shaking, not trembling; unshakeable.

(~ī)n. not trembling; unshakeable.

(~ī)n. not trembling; unshakeable.

asana¹

neuter eating; food.

asana²

neuter a shot; a missile, an arrow.

ring of lightning or thunderbolts

thunderbolt; a lightning flash.

eats; enjoys

not traveling with a company or caravans.

permanent; eternal

lacking kind treatment; not helpful, unsympathetic.

without lodgings

without lodgings

good noble horse

thronged with horses

(~antī)n.

1. breathes, breathes in; breathes on; breathes heavily.
2. recovers one ’s breath, revives; takes courage; is comforted:

1. breathing; breath.
2. breathing freely; ease, relief; comfort, encouragement; self-confidence.

wish; aspiration.

comforting; encouraging.

breathing in and out; breathing, breath; labored breathing

full of confidence; encouraged

full of confidence; encouraged

1. breathes, breathes in; breathes on; breathes heavily.
2. recovers one ’s breath, revives; takes courage; is comforted:

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the second class of suddhāvāsa devas.

connected with the goal; useful, profitable; having meaning

reason; motive

connected with the goal, or with what is beneficial

no longer having a master or teacher

draws back, secedes; alienates oneself

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

goes down (to); moves away (to).

gone away; withdrawn

makes sink down; disheartens, discourages

makes sink down; disheartens, discourages

determined; reaching the end.

determined; reaching the end.

having a trust founded in knowledge

trust founded in knowledge, intelligent faith.

having a trust founded in knowledge

trust founded in knowledge, intelligent faith.

(or m.) and ~ā m.pl.

1. (m.pl.) the name of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas.
2. (n.) the world of the Aviha devas.

with non-distracted mind; with mind focused

with non-distracted mind; with mind focused

(nom. ayo; acc. ayo, ayaṃ; instr. ayasā, ayena; abl. ayasā, ayato) iron; metal.

(nom. ayo; acc. ayo, ayaṃ; instr. ayasā, ayena; abl. ayasā, ayato) iron; metal.

made of iron

1. (mfn.) straight; direct (of a road); upright (in morals).
2. (n. (& m.?)) the direct road or way.

the straight course

seeing absolutelyl the only seer ( of Brahmā or Tathāgata)

fortnight; half a month

aḍḍhateḷasaaḍḍhaterasa

mfn. twelve and a half

produced from an egg; a bird

num. & mfn. 18

num. one hundred eight

num. sixty eight

num. (same as aṭṭhasaṭṭhi)

1. characterised by eight parts (i.e. by observance of the first eight precepts); having eight constituent parts.
2. possessed of eight good qualities or of eight faults

the idea of bones, contemplation of the skeleton (as a meditation exercise).

chain of bones; a skeleton

num. eighteen

group of eighteen.

eighteenth

having mounted their vehicles (in an emergency)

excellent scent because of sandalwood decoration.

the essence of sandalwood; the best sandalwood; the pith of sandalwood.

perfect in good conduct.

having a lifespan of 640 years.

having a lifespan of 40, 000 years.

num. fourteen.

period of four months; four months.

consisting of four parts or aspects; with four factors or aspects.

hall or enclosure for walking about in.

grasping, comprehending the thoughts (of others) with one’s own thoughts.

(from ceta(s)) with the ability of thought; thinking, intelligent.

beneficial for clearing the thoughts of obstructions.

, ~ā, m.pl, ~anī, n. pl a period of six months; six months.

, ~ā, m.pl, ~anī, n. pl a period of six months; six months.

intr. of chandena

fifty six.

fifty six.

numbering six thousand.

with six parts or six characteristics.

num. seventy six.

measuring 600 yojanas.

not making the sound saṃsara?

1. shade; shadow.
2. the shadow (e.g. of a measuring-stick) measuring the time; the length of shadow (at the time of a bhikkhu’s upasampadā)

having its origin in thoughts or consciousness; arising from the mind or consciousness.

fixing; stilling of thoughts; profound meditation.

mental motive force; mental activity.

afflicted with delusion of thought.

vulnerable to thieves.

num. & mfn.

1. (num.) 14
2. (mfn.) containing (poems) of 14 verses.

set of 14; containing (poems) of 14 verses.

(~a, ī)n the 14th.

, mfn. & masculine

1. (n.) the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight)
2. (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)

period of four months.

(from catumasa) (the day of the full moon) which ends a four-month period (of rains residence)

control in regards to the four restraints.

the sound of the cricket.

the sound of the cricket.

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 …

, id. proper time when robe material is given.

time for making or working on robes.

the expectation of receiving a robe or material for a robe.

robe which has to be handed back; a borrowed robe.

(a creature) living in water.

an ivory colored robe.

num. ten.

dasabala¹

mfn. & masculine possessing ten powers; the one who possesses ten powers, a buddha.

dasabala²

neuter pl. ten powers.

five.

indeclinable in ten parts, in ten groups, into ten pieces; tenfold.

adverb towards the ten directions; in every direction, all around.

period of ten days.

adverb within ten days.

concealed for ten days.

set of ten; a collection of ten, a decad; a section consisting of sets of ten.

section consisting of sets of ten.

indeclinable a set of ten; a collection of ten, a decad; a section consisting of sets of ten.

the tenth.

(what is) based on ten items; (a statement or exposition) concerned with ten items.

checkered board (for gambling or playing a game)

consisting of 10, 000 (cakkavāḷas)

num. & mfn. (numbering) one thousand.

thousand times.

(one) who follows, observes, the ten sikkhāpadas.

group of ten; consisting of a group of ten.

forming a group of ten.

of ten years’ standing; one who has been ordained for ten years.

about ten years old.

having a life span of ten years.

following the ten ways of living.

the loose end of a cloth; an edge or border.

knife with a handle.

shout of the devas; sound of the devas; thunder.

1. 1. how the world of experience works, the processes by which it works and is explained (especially as formulated in cattāri ariyasaccānī and paṭiccasamuppāda), and the possibility and way of transc …

seeing, understanding, dhamma.

seeing, understanding, dhamma.

an arising of dhammas; an event, a matter.

defilement of, damage to, dhamma.

favoring, kind treatment, with dhamma.

following dhamma (?); impelling dhamma (?)

following dhamma (?); impelling dhamma (?)

the mirror of the dhamma.

1. connected with the dhamma.
2. connected with mental constructs.

grain and seeds.

proper alignment, evenness of the yoke.

day; day.

during the day.

num. twelve.

set of twelve.

difficult to see; hard to understand.

1. (mfn.)
   1. painful; unpleasant; bringing pain or distress; uneasy, uncomfortable; not what one wants; wrong.
   2. (used to characterize all experience) unsatisfactory; bringing distress or troub …

the cause, origin, of dukkha.

entailing painful or unpleasant feelings or experiences.

having painful or unpleasant consequences.

extinguishing dukkha.

with halters of dukūla cloth (?); with coverings of dukūla cloth (?)

hard to draw out or extract.

hard to overcome; irresistible.

hard to live in.

hard to approach.

hard or dangerous to approach; difficult to attack; difficult to be met with, unparalleled.

hard to live in

hard to calm; hard to settle.

sexual intercourse.

period of two months.

num. fifty two.

num.

measuring 200 yojanas.

num. & mfn.

1. (num.) twelve.
2. (mfn.) in the twelfth.

dvādasaka¹

neuter a set of twelve.

dvādasaka²

mf(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

(~ī)n. the twelfth.

consisting of twelve months.

(numbering) 120, 000

measuring the height of twelve men.

involving twelve men.

twelve years old.

extending twelve yojanas.

gatehouse; a room over the gate.

num. seventy two.

num. sixty two.

wooden coin.

slave.

slaves and servants.

retainer, a vassal.

slaves and serving-men.

slavery; servitude; the condition of being a slave.

male and female slaves.

ordination by means of a messenger or proxy.

ekacca-asassatika

mfn. believing in the non-eternality of some things

101 or 100

71

num. 61

containing one hall

relating to one body; connected with one body

ekato-upasampanna

mfn. ordained in (only) one saṅgha)

having a notion of unity or identity; (ekattasaññi(n))

ekattasaññi(n)²

mfn. having perceptions or notions of the same nature; (ekattasaññi(n))

having a notion of unity or identity; (ekattasaññi(n))

ekattasaññi(n)²

mfn. having perceptions or notions of the same nature; (ekattasaññi(n))

living together

num. n., & mf(~ā & ~ī)n.

1. (num.) eleven.
2. (n.) an eleven; a group of eleven.
3. (mfn.) eleventh.

section dealing with a group or groups of eleven.

(~ā & ~ī)n. the eleventh.

1. sitting alone; being alone, being separate.
2. one seat, a single seat; the same seat

eating only a single meal (a day); food at only a single meal.

eating only at one sitting each day; (or possibly: sitting alone)

one who eats each day only once, only at one sitting

eating only at one sitting each day; (or possibly: sitting alone)

num. 49

num. 49

num. 49

like sheep or goats

living like a sheep; a sheep’s life

very wealthy householder.

appearing deep.

living in a household; household; family life.

of ghasati

of ghasati

eats; devours; destroys.

of ghasati

(& n). pasturing; fodder; food; eating.

food and clothing.

having or wanting nothing more than (mere) food and clothing.

(one) who fetches or carries fodder.

sick room; an infirmary.

festival held at rājagaha.

the brick hall.

dairy product, milk, and its derivatives.

being in the body.

spirit distilled from sugar or molasses.

or neuter a sticky substance used to bind pigment.

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

who has the same gotra as Inda

an archer, a bowman.

tradition, traditional accounts; history

(the vedas) with itihāsa as the fifth

an old cart.

old hall or shed.

meeting, a joining, of or with old age and death.

coin made of or marked with lac.

(that) which is called a net.

natural pond or lake.

the name of a bird, a sort of a pheasant (or partridge)

wish for life.

hard; harsh; rough; scabrous.

pot; a water pot.

an instruction, statement influence by anger (?)

having the companionship of a good man or good men; associating with people of fine qualities

influenced by a good man or good men; inclining towards, associating with, people of fine qualities

having good fortune; fortunate in fate

1. (mfn.) spotted; blemished.
2. (n.) a spot; a stain, a blemish.

making a blemish (on); making blemished

making a blemish (on); making blemished

desirable; pleasant

desirable; pleasant

raw cotton, cotton wool; cotton thread; cotton cloth, calico.

cotton; cotton wool.

associated with compassion; accompanied by compassion

plowman.

decomposed or rotten matter; refuse.

decomposed; rotten

or mfn. rotten matter; (or rotten).

decomposed; rotten.

hurts, injures.

whip.

intent on the whip, aware of the whip (?); entered (the influence of) the whip, under the whip (?).

making plow.

an astringent substance; an astringent decoction (from plants); an exudation or gum

an astringent substance; an astringent decoction (from plants); an exudation or gum

who has performed the duties of a sāmana

conversation; dialogue

having been given the opportunity; having been given permission; having found an opportunity or scope; where space or scope has been made

practiced, skilled (esp. in archery)

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

with the skin like gold, golden skinned (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).

the black venomous snake Coluber nāga

kaṭhina

neuter a framework (covered with a mat) to which the cloth for making robes was attached while being sewn; esp. kaṭhinaṃ attharati

1. spreads or covers the kaṭhina, i.e. makes a robe u …

the section listing the kaṭhina sikkhāpadas and those sikkhāpadas having a similar origin

rich khattiya

making a clacking or clattering noise; (n.) a clacking or clattering noise.

one who eats spittle; one who eats or uses what ought to be rejected

the sound of sneezing

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

(one) in whom the āsavas have perished; free from the āsavas, i.e. an arahant

kind of leprosy.

(or mfn.) an abundance of grain; (or with an abundance of corn; crammed with corn).

exhilarated with the intoxication of anger

close to anger, associated with anger

wolf’s leavings, the remnants of a wolfs meal.

(with opened flowers) like the red lotus.

no further (from another village) than a cock can walk

no more than a cock’s flight (from another village)

no more than a cock’s flight apart

adding to a family’s faith

kind of grain (probably a type of barley or wheat); a porridge or dumpling made from this; a broth or gruel.

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

an astringent decoction from the kuṭaja tree.

of an axe (the ring (?) the blade)

the sound of cawing crows

connected with desire or with sensual pleasure

the saṅgha which performs a formal act; the enacting saṅgha

kāsa¹

masculine a species of grass.

kāsa²

masculine a cough.

yellowish-red cloth or robe (the dress of those outside society, esp. ascetics, bhikkhus, bhikkhīs).

having a yellowish-red throat, i.e. wearing a yellowish-red robe or cloth

wearing a yellowish-red robe

bath attendant; a barber.

of a yellowish-red color; dyed a reddish color.

wearing a yellowish-red robe

wearing a yellowish-red robe; wearing yellowish red clothes

wearing a yellowish-red robe

wearing a yellowish-red robe

wearing a yellowish-red robe

mindfulness centered on the body; (se kāya)

one who has (physically) experienced (all) the stages of the jhānas

one who has (physically) experienced (all) the stages of the jhānas

bodily motive force; physical motion

black and/or dark brown

black and/or dark brown

false witness

(nom. ~aṃ, ~o ; acc. ~aṃ ; instr. ~asā ; gen. ~assa ; abl. ~ā, ~asā, ~aso ; loc. ~asi, ~asmiṃ, ~amhi, ~e), the sky, the atmosphere.

(nom. ~aṃ, ~o ; acc. ~aṃ ; instr. ~asā ; gen. ~assa ; abl. ~ā, ~asā, ~aso ; loc. ~asi, ~asmiṃ, ~amhi, ~e), the sky, the atmosphere.

kind of (skin) disease (?)

leader of men.

nasal-dropper.

the first-fruits of the harvest

1. the sphere or stage of neither apperception nor non-apperception, i.e.
2. the fourth of the arūpa states of existence; and.
3. the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.

(cpd from n’eva saññi nasaññi), possessing neither apperception nor nonapperception.

(cpd from n’eva saññi nasaññi), possessing neither apperception nor nonapperception.

worn out, cast off (of clothes)

with impurity and delusion got rid of.

keeping to a home; clinging; attached.

keeping to a home; clinging; attached.

free from defect or impurity

with impurities cleaned off.

the place where (someone) lies or is lying down.

not bringing enjoyment; without relish; listless.

without desire; without hope or expectation

without desire; without expectation.

free from attachment

without a resting place or resort; without desires; without (wrong) intentions or dispositions

without desire; without expecatation.

, ~ā, feminine having a support; having supporters or mentors.

of nisinna the place where (someone) sits or is sitting or has sat

nivasati¹

pr. 3 sg. clothes; dresses oneself.

nivasati²

pr. 3 sg. passes or spends time; dwells, lives (in), inhabits.

1. living, dwelling; stay, residence; where one lives, a dwelling-place, a home.
2. where one is, a state of existence.

dress, clothing; an undergarment; wearing (an (under) garment)

of nivāsati puts on (a garment), wears; dresses, clothes oneself (in an (under) garment); makes put on, clothes

celestial, being in the sky.

blowing pipe and tongs.

1. name and form;
   1. individual person or identity; interpreted as the mental and physical aspects of an individual.
   2. esp. in the paṭiccasamuppāda series: with viññāṇa furnishing (the poss …

having different perceptions or notions.

having different perceptions or notions.

who belongs to a different community (for carrying out official acts of the saṅgha); who is separated from the saṅgha community.

called by a feminine name.

nostril.

(one) whose nose has been cut or cut off.

defined by loss or destruction.

of nāseti

of nāseti

the nose (of a human or animal); the trunk of an elephant.

of nāseti

kind of (prepared) vegetable.

of dark-blue appearance or luster.

obhāsa¹

masculine light, luster, radiance; appearance, manifestation.

obhāsa²

masculine intimation.

suggestive or lewd speech.

speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

obhāsati¹

pr. 3 sg. speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

obhāsati²

pr. 3 sg. shines forth, is bright; becomes manifest, appears; (perhaps also: shines thro …

making bright, illumining

making bright, illumining

appearing white; having a white appearance

wearing white clothes (the mark of a householder)

rapid flow of water, a torrent; the torrent or flood of phenomenal life, of saṃsāra; a torrent or flood of evil or passion etc. (often identified with the āsavas).

frequenting a house; keeping to a refuge

frequenting a house; keeping to a refuge

hundred cooking pots

space, room; place, area; occasion, opportunity; possibility, chance.

makes a space; gives way; gives the opportunity (esp. for speech); allows, permits; consents

causes to give an opportunity; obtains consent; gains permission (esp. to speak)

causes to give an opportunity; obtains consent; gains permission (esp. to speak)

for less than four months

piercing, striking, attacking (verbally).

stroking in a downwards direction; lowering.

omasati¹

pr. 3 sg. hurts; pierces; strikes; strikes in a downward direction; attacks verbally.

omasati²

pr. 3 sg. touches, strokes (in a downward direction).

aggressive speech; hurtful speech

bringing clam, leading to tranquility.

(one) who lies by the side of, who keeps near to.

belonging to one’s breast; one’s own; one’s own son, a true or legitimate son.

sa-upasagga

mfn. causing trouble or misfortune

sa-upāyāsa

mfn.

1. bringing trouble, involving annoyance or irritation.
2. suffering trouble or irritation

sa-upāyāsaṃ

acc. adv.

defective, imperfect; impure

lives with; esp. lives as a man and wife, cohabits (with saddhiṃ + instr.)

polished skilfully, polished by a very skilful worker

connected with the āsavas ; not free from the āsavas

provoking fear or apprehension, dangerous.

of which the essential or strong part is the skin or bark.

disposition to speculation; the store of harmful thoughts.

the palm of the hand as a weapon.

trembling, frightened; moving; living.

shuttle.

( ~a, ~ani, m.n.pl.), moving and unmoving beings; trembling and still beings.

tasati¹

pr. 3 sg. is thirsty; craves for.

tasati²

pr. 3 sg. trembles, shakes; is afraid.

proceeding of censure (against a bhikkhu accused of a serious offense who prevaricates or denies the offense; one of the methods of settling a case or dispute)

formal act of the saṅgha authorizing censure.

dealt with a tassapāpiyasakā formal act of the saṅgha.

with that one as the tenth, consisting of that one and nine others

finding joy in craving.

num., mfn.

1. (sg. nom. tejo; acc. tejo, tejaṃ; instr. tejasā, tejena; gen. tejaso, tejassa; loc. tejasmiṃ; pl. nom. tejā; iic tejo-, teja-)
2. fire, flame, heat.
3. fiery energy; fiercen …

1. (sg. nom. tejo; acc. tejo, tejaṃ; instr. tejasā, tejena; gen. tejaso, tejassa; loc. tejasmiṃ; pl. nom. tejā; iic tejo-, teja-)
2. fire, flame, heat.
3. fiery energy; fiercen …

period of three months; three months.

num.

num. fifty three.

num., mfn.

1. (num.) thirteen.
2. (mfn.) containing (a poem of) 13 verses (Theragāthā)

group of 13

(~ā ~ī)n. the 13th.

num., mfn. of terasa

the act of sleeping on the bare ground.

dishonest caravan.

one who lives dishonestly in the saṅgha (claiming status to which he has no right)

adverb with dishonest intent, with intent to steal.

and m.pl.) numbering thirty(-three), (one of) the thirty(-three) gods.

sesame cake.

garment made of three parts.

armed with the shield of forbearance.

measuring 300 yojanas.

rubbish of (dead) grass, twigs, and leaves.

layer of grass as a bed or mat.

layer of grass as a bed or mat.

“a covering of grass”, one of the seven adhikaraṇasamatha (method of setting a case or dispute)

the lord of the stars; the moon.

fear, anxiety, alarm.

of tasati makes tremble; frightens, scares

cotton-like.

ubbega-uttāsabhayāpanūdana

mfn. driving away alarm and fear

making a loud noise, noisy

1. (mfn.) making a loud noise, noisy.
2. (m.) a loud noise

bathing cloth

let go, handed over (in marriage) with (the pouring of) water

attachment to, devotion to moving on (?)

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

hundred cooking pots

coughs; clears one’s throat.

the sound of coughing.

stroking upwards; lifting.

touches; strokes in an upward direction; lifts.

who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas

who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas

1. a companion, adviser; teacher.
2. the preceptor (of a bhikkhu); an instructor; the sponsor for a bhikkhu’s upasampadā.

the upper terrace, the flat roof of a mansion

hut with its top story open to the air (?)

misfortune; trouble.

becoming quite, alleviation, stopping; calmness, peace, tranquility.

1. (n.) fixing the mind on tranquillity; resolution for calmness.
2. (mfn.)fixing the mind on tranquility; resolving for calmness

becomes calm or quite; ceases; is allayed, is extinguished

becomes calm or quite; ceases; is allayed, is extinguished

1. attainment.
2. full ordination, admission into the saṅgha.

1. reaching, attaining; having entered upon.
2. being ordained; after ordination

obtains; is ordained, is received into the saṅgha; obtains the upasampadā ordination.

possessed of; ordained; who is a member of the saṅgha.

ordains, receives into the saṅgha (with the upasampadā ordination)

(~entī)n.

(from upasampādeti) one who ordains.

(from upasampādeti) one who ordains.

ordains, receives into the saṅgha (with the upasampadā ordination)

1. (mfn.) given ordination, ordained (with the upasampadā ordination).
2. (n.) ordaining

calmed, pacified, at peace; calm, tranquil; ceased, extinguished

of calm appearance, looking at peace

(~antī)n.

draws together, collects; puts together with, puts in; brings, brings near to, provides; brings about; brings into contact with; brings to bear on, focuses on; brings together (for comparison), sees as similar.

comes in a body towards.

taking hold of, clasping.

going to see, visiting; approaching.

(~antī)n.

approaches; goes to, goes to see, visits.

(from upasaṅkamati) one who approaches, goes to; one who goes to see; visits.

(from upasaṅkamati) one who approaches, goes to; one who goes to see; visits.

who has approached, gone to, visited; having approached, gone to

to be reckoned (as).

troubled, afflicted, visited by troubles; trouble, affliction

calms, makes settle.

lives in a state of abstinence, observes (a fast or (the duties of) an uposatha day).

tenant; dependant.

audience hall, assembly hall

associated with disinterestedness, accompanied by disinterestedness

observance of the duties of the uposatha day

the sound of the knocking of sandals

lay-follower, a lay-disciple (of the Buddha)

shooting (arrows); practice (of archery); practicing (a skill).

sits near, stays near; waits upon, serves, is devoted to; approaches; approaches respectfully.

(from upāsati) one who serves, who honors.

trouble, unrest; annoyance, irritation.

irritable, easily annoyed

trembling; fear; dread

(from uttāsa) fearful, very afraid.

(from uttāsa) fearful, very afraid.

an upper loop or fastening (for hanging a door)

an upper or outer garment

trembles; is fearful (of, acc. and (in commentaries ) abl.)

appearing shallow; appearing plain

trembling; fear; dread

fearful, afraid

fearful, afraid

impales (on a stake)

(from uttāsa) fearful, very afraid.

(from uttāsa) fearful, very afraid.

involving eating by means of gleaning or begging

abounding in energy; zealous

makes one’s dwelling; lives

dish for holding water (for sipping or washing)

or masculine attached to grasping; or creature of attachment

looking-glass; a mirror.

mirror.

of good deportment or appearance; decorous

the origin of the state of nothingness.

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

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

window; an opening to let the light in; shutters

fellow religious student belonging to the same house or community.

fellow religious student belonging to the same house or community.

touching; touch; considering.

touches, lays hold on; touches on, refers to; considers.

the laying out, distribution, of material goods

intentness of mind on one’s breathing in and out

guarding charioteer

(~ī)n. coming from or produced from a bull; bull-like; belonging to a leader; lordly.

approach; attack, attacking.

sitting; a place for sitting.

an interval or seat

the last seat

large or long chair (generally made of basket-work)

bench; a chair.

with a chair as the fifth’, four carrying a chair (as a bier)

1. (mfn.) near, near at hand; close together; ~aṃ, adv., near.
2. (n.)
   1. nearness, vicinity; loc. ~e, adv., near, nearby; in the vicinity (of)

or aor.

fixed or fastened to; attached to; intent on (+ loc).

attachment; clinging to.

1. ‘inflowing’, influence (the concerns, attitudes, predispositions, listed as kāma, bhava, avijjā, and sometimes, ditthi, which form an obstacle to the realization of the truth.
2. affliction, pain ( …

with āsavas destroyed; free from the āsavas

ending, destruction of the āsavas, arahatship

being a basis or cause of afflictions; being a basis or cause of the āsavas

resting-place; home, lair, nest; receptacle; the stomach.

full of expectation; hoping.

suspects; distrusts; fears.

insult, offensiveness.

looking to insult, aiming to be offensive

meets, encounters, reaches; approaches with (physical or verbal) violence; strikes against, hits; offends, insults

meets, encounters, reaches; approaches with (physical or verbal) violence; strikes against, hits; offends, insults

(or of caus.)

depending on the disappointment of expectation

the full-moon day in the month āsāḷha; (iic) the month āsāḷha.

the egg of a fly or other insect; a nit; vermin.

(~antī)n.

hose, dwelling; lodging; a public rest-house; hostel.

household robe (allowed to menstruating bhikkhunīs)

dwelling; rest-house

meal at a public rest-house

lives in, lives on; inhabits; dwells.

(from āvasati) living in or on.

living, sojourn; dwelling place, inhabited place; residence, esp. a residence or dwelling for bhikkhus.

residence practice (the practice of several residences holding separate uposathas within the same boundary)

selfish about dwellings

selfish about dwellings

selfish, meanness about dwellings

greedy, selfish about dwellings

greedy, selfish about dwellings

succession of residences or dwellings

to all the dwellings in succession

made of iron

disgrace, ill-repute, dishonor

disgrace, ill-repute, dishonor

provided with an inlet

exertion; trouble; weariness, distress.

laughs; smiles at (flirtatiously)

(one) less than ten years’ standing

the place where (someone) stands or is standing or has stood or been placed.

Abandonment: contemplation of: patinissaggānupassanā is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight; see: vipassanā further ānāpānasati 16.

…existences pubbe - nivāsānussati, 5: divine eye dibba-cakkhu, 6: ceasing of all fermentation āsavakkhaya. The stereotype text met…

Abodes: vihāra The 4 Divine abodes: brahma-vihāra The 9 abodes of beings: sattāvāsa

Adherence: parāmāsa clinging or attachment.

Adherent: upāsaka disciple.

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

[[adukkha-m-asukhā vedanā]]Adukkha-m-asukhā vedanā: ‘feeling which is neither painful nor pleasant’, i.e. neutral or indifferent feeling; see: vedanā - khandha

Akanittha: the ‘Great or Non-junior Ones’, i.e. ‘Highest Gods’, are the inhabitants of the 5th and highest heaven of the Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, cf. avacara deva II Anāgāmī

Anattā: No-self, egolessness, soullessness, impersonality, absence of identity, is the last of the 3 universal characteristics of existence ti-lakkhana. This anattā doctrine, which only is t …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

…sphere of Infinite space ākāsānañcāyatana, the perception of forms rūpa - saññā are extinguished. Having entered the sphere of…

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 …

Anāgāmī: T he Non-Returner is a Noble Disciple Ariya-puggala on the 3rd stage of Nobility. There are 5 classes of Non-Returners, as it is said e.g. Pug. 42-46:

A being, through the disappea …

Appamāda: Alertness, attentiveness, carefulness, non-laxity, earnestness, diligence, vigilance, is considered as the foundation of all advantageous progress.

Just as all the footprints of living …

Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths magga …

Asankhata: The Unformed, Unoriginated, Unconditioned, Uncreated & Unconstructed is a name for Nibbāna, the beyond of all becoming and conditionality.

Asankhāra-parinibbāyī: The one reaching Nibbāna without effort, is one of the five classes of Non-Returners anāgāmī

Asankhārika-citta: An Abhidhamma term signifying a ’state of consciousness arisen spontaneously, i. e. without previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence: ’unprepared, unpr …

Asañña-satta: The unconscious beings, are a class of divine beings in the fine-material world; see: deva II. There are, Bhikkhus, divine beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, …

Association: sampayutta-paccaya is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya. *

Asubha:* Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations * …

Assāsa-passāsa: In-and-out-breathing, are bodily constructions kāya - sankhāra, while directed thought and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra are called verbal constructions *vacī\ …

Atappa: T he unworried, is the name of a class of deities see: deva inhabiting the first of the five Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, in which the Anāgāmī has his last rebirth.

Atta-saññā: Atta- citta & atta- ditthi: perception, thought, & view of an ego, self or soul is one of the 4 perversions vipallāsa.

Attachments: see: parāmāsa

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

Aviha: Non-falling, immovable yet derivation is uncertain; Sanskrit avrha is one of the five Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa in the fine-material level. For details, see: under Anāgāmī

Avijjā: I gnorance, nescience, the blindness of not knowing, is synonymous with confusion moha (see mūla ), is the primary & deepest root of all evil and suffering in the world, veiling man’s …

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 …

Beauty: deliverance through the perception of: cf. vimokkha II. 3 To hold for beautiful or pure subha what is impure asubha, is one of the 4 perversions see: vipallāsa.

Beings: The 9 worlds of: sattāvāsa.

Bhavāsava: ‘fermentation of existence’; see: āsava

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Biases: see: Āsava

Breathing: awareness or mindfulness of in-and-out-breathing ānāpānasati.

Buddha-sāsana: see: sāsana

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

Citta-vipallāsa: ‘perversion of mind’; see: vipallāsa

Comprehension: clear c.: see: sampajañña c. in insight, see: sammasana As an alternative tr. for full understanding, see: pariññā

Ego-belief: see: ditthi, sakkāya-ditthi, vipallāsa.

Ego-idea or Ego-perception: see: vipallāsa

Eka-vokāra-bhava: one-group existence, is the existence of the unconscious beings asañña-satta as they possess only the materiality-group. Cf. catu-vokāra-bhava pañca-vokāra-bhava.

[[ekāsanik’anga]]Ekāsanik’anga: the exercise of eating at one sitting, is one of the ascetic practices; see: dhutānga

Fermentations: see: āsava.

Floods: the 4: ogha are identical with the 4 fermentations āsava.

[[freedom of will]]Freedom of will: problem of the: cf. paticcasamuppāda X.

Gantha: ‘ties’.;There are 4 ties: the bodily tie kāyagantha of covetousness abhijjhā of ill-will vyāpāda, of clinging to rule and ritual sīlabbata-parāmāsa of dogmatical fanaticism *idam …

Grasping: cf. parāmāsa, upādāna.

Happiness: feeling of h.: see: sukha - The idea of h. of the world, see: vipallāsa.

Hiri-ottappa: ‘moral shame and Fear of Wrongdoing’, are associated with all kammically advantageous consciousness see: Tab. II.

To be ashamed of what one ought to be ashamed of, to be ashamed of …

*Ignorance: avijjā, further see: paticcasamuppāda 1.

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

Influxes: fermentations, the 4: āsava

Intoxicants: see: āsava.

Jarā: ‘old age, decay’, is one of the 3 divine messengers see: deva-dūta. For its conditioning by birth, see: paticcasamuppāda 11.

…sphere of Infinite space ākāsānañcāyatana and abides therein.

(By ‘perceptions of matter’ rūpa - saññā are meant the…

Jāti: ‘birth’, comprises the entire embryonic process beginning with conception and ending with parturition.

The birth of beings belonging to this or that order of beings, their being born, their …

Materiality: produced through consciousness, kamma, etc.; see: samutthāna - Sensitive c.: pasāda-rūpa

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …

Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere kāma-loka. Māra is said to be their ruler. Cf. …

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

Parāmāsa: ‘adherence’, attachment, ‘misapprehension’, is according to Vis.M XXII a name for wrong views; in that sense it occurs in Dhs. 1174 ff. - See sīlabbata-parāmāsa.

Pasāda-rūpa: ‘sensitive materiality’, is a name for the 5 physical sense-organs responding to sense-stimuli. Cf. āyatana

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Patipadā: 1. ‘Road’, ’ Path ’; for instance in dukkhanirodha - gāminī - patipadā ‘the road leading to the ceasing of suffering’ = 4th Noble Truth; majjhima - patipadā ‘the Middle Way’ …

Patisandhi: lit. ‘reunion, relinking’, i.e. rebirth, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. It is a kamma-resultant type of consciousness and arises at the moment of concep …

Pañca-vokāra-bhava: ‘five-group existence’, is a name for existence in the sense-sphere kāmāvacara or in the fine-material sphere rūpāvacara avacara since all the 5 groups of existence …

Permanency: idea of: see: vipallāsa

Personality: s. sakkāya For personality-belief, see: sakkāya ditthi, ditthi, attā, satta, puggala, vipallāsa.

Perversions: the 4: vipallāsa

Phala: lit. ‘fruit’. - 1. result, effect often together with hetu cause; 2. benefit e.g. in Sāmañña-phala Sutta, ‘The Results, or Benefits, of Recluseship’; D. 2.

As ’ path -result’, or ’fru …

Pleasantness: idea of: see: vipallāsa, subhanimitta.

Powers: the 5 spiritual: see: bala - For the 6 higher p., see: abhiññna For the 10 p. of a Buddha, see: dasabala - For the 4 roads to p., see: iddhipāda. For magical p., …

Pubbenivāsānussati: ‘remembrance of former births’, is one of the higher powers abhiññā, and a factor of threefold knowledge tevijja.

[[pure abodes]]Pure abodes: suddhāvāsa

Puthujjana: lit.: ‘one of the many folk’, ‘worldling’, ordinary man, is any layman or Bhikkhu who is still possessed of all the 10 mental chains samyojana binding to the round of rebirths, and t …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

Pātihāriya: ‘miracle’, marvel. Three marvels are ascribed to the Buddha: the marvel of magic iddhi - p the marvel of mind-reading ādesanā - p and the marvel of instruction anusāsanī \ …

Taints: Āsava

Tanhā-kkhaya: ‘ceasing of craving’, is identical with ‘ceasing of fermentations’ āsavakkhaya and the attainment of perfect Nobility or Arahatship. Cf. ariya-puggala.

Tanhā: lit. ‘thirst’: ‘craving’, is the chief root of suffering, and of the ever-continuing cycle of rebirths.;What, o Bhikkhus, is the origin of suffering? It is that craving which gives rise to …

Tathāgata-bala: the ‘ten powers of the Perfect One’; see: dasa - bala.

Tatra-majjhattatā: ‘equanimity, equipoise, mental balance’ lit., ‘remaining here and there in the middle’, is the name for a high ethical quality belonging to the sankhāra - khandha see: *kh …

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā no-self anattā.

Whether Perfect Ones appear in th …

Āhāra: ‘nutriment’, ‘food’, is used in the concrete sense as material food and as such it belongs to derived materiality see: khandha Summary I. In the figurative sense, as ‘foundation’ or susta …

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

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

…sphere of Infinite space ākāsānañcāyatana. According to Abhidhamma philosophy, endless space has no objective reality being purely…

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

Ānantarika-kamma: the 5 heinous ‘actions with immediate destiny’ are: Killing father, killing mother, killing an Arahat, wounding a Buddha so he bleeds, creating schism in the Bhikkhu-Sangha. In …

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

Āsava: lit: fermentations, taints, corruptions, intoxicant biases. There is a list of four as in D. 16, Pts.M., Vibh.:
1: The mental fermentation of sense-desire kāmāsava, Ex: ’All is pleasan …

Āsavakkhaya: see above.

*Āyatana:
* 1: Spheres, is a name for the four formless absorptions; see: jhāna 5-8.
2: The 12 sources or bases on which depend the mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs an …

A-¹

the prep. ā shortened before double cons., as akkosati (ā + kruś), akkhāti (ā + khyā), abbahati (ā + bṛh)

Best to be classed here is the a- we call expletive. …

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 …

adjective belonging to the open air, one who lives in the open, the practice of certain ascetics. DN.i.167; MN.i.282; AN.iii.220; Vin.v.131, Vin.v.193; Ja.iv.8 (+ nesajjika); Pp.69; Mil.20, Mil.342. …

to go forth, go out, rise into DN.i.112, DN.i.127; AN.iii.252 (kitti-saddo a.) Pp.36. ger. -gantvā Ja.i.88 (ākāsaṃ), Ja.i.202; Dhp-a.iv.198 aor. -gañchi MN.i.126 (kittisaddo); Ja.i.93
pp *[a …

Abbhuta¹

adj. nt. terrifying, astonishing; strange, exceptional puzzling, extraordinary, marvellous, supernormal Described as a term of surprise & consternation (vimhay;’ āvahass’ adhivaca …

(interj.) alas, terrible, dreadful, awful (excl. of fright & shock) Vin.ii.115 (Bdhgh. explains as “utrāsa-vacanam-etaṃ”); MN.i.448. See also abbhu & abbhuta.

Vedic abhvaṃ, nt. of abhva, see expl …

…Vin.iii.307 (only in Samantapāsādikā; both times as sāsanassa a). 3. a very high numeral, appl^d. exclusively to the denotation of a…

adjective drawn out, pulled (of a sting or dart), fig. removed destroyed. Most freq. in comb^n. -salla with the sting removed, having the sting (of craving thirst, taṇhā) pulled out DN.ii …

Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

to overcome, master, be lord over, vanquish, conquer SN.i.18, SN.i.32, SN.i.121 (maraṇaṃ); SN.iv.71 (rāgadose), SN.i.117 (kodhaṃ), SN.i.246, SN.i.249 (sāmikaṃ); Ja.i.56 Ja.i.280; Pv-a.94 (= balīyati, …

enlightenment or delight (“light & delight” trsl.) Thag.613 (= tosana C.).

abhi + bhāsana fr. bhās

noun adjective overcoming, conquering, vanquishing, having power over, a Lord or Master of (-˚) DN.iii.29; SN.ii.284; Snp.211 (sabba˚), Snp.545 (Māra˚, cp. Mārasena-pamaddana Snp.561), Snp.642
■ O …

overpowered, overwhelmed, vanquished DN.i.121; SN.i.137 (jāti-jarā˚); SN.ii.228 (lābhasakkāra-silokena); AN.i.202 (pāpakehi dhammehi); Ja.i.189; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.41 (= pareta), Pv-a.60 (= upagata), …

to intend, devise, have in mind Ja.iv.310 (manasā pāpaṃ).

abhi + ceteti

bringing, offering, gift SN.i.82; Snp.710; Ja.i.81 (āsanâ).

fr. abhiharati

adjective noun

1. (adj.) lit. gone forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expl^n. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e.g. DN-a.i.227 = Kp-a.114 = Vv-a.52) it is used in …

desire, wish, longing Pv-a.154.

Sk. abhilāṣa, abhi + laṣ

adjective desired, wished for; agreeable, pleasant C on Thag.91.

BSk. abhimata, e.g. Jtm.211; pp. of abhimanyate

…life, to retire from the world Snp.64 (= gehā abhinikkhamitvā kāsāya-vattho hutvā Snp-a.117).

abhi + nikkhamati

to invite to (c. instr.), to offer to DN.i.61 (āsanena).

abhi + nimanteti

“settling in”, i.e. wishing for, tendency towards (-˚) inclination, adherence; as adj. liking, loving, being given or inclined to DN.iii.230; MN.i.136, MN.i.251; SN.ii.17; SN.iii.10 SN.iii.13, SN.iii …

to cling to, adhere to, be attached to Mnd.308, Mnd.309 (parāmasati +)
pp abhiniviṭṭha; cp. also abhinivesa.

abhi + nivisati

adjective finding one’s peace in (c. loc.), trusting in having faith in, believing in, devoted to (loc.) Vin.iii.43; DN.i.211 (Bhagavati) SN.i.134; SN.iv.319; SN.v.225, SN.v.378; AN.iii.237, AN.iii.27 …

faith, belief, reliance, trust Dhs.12 (“sense of assurance” trsl., + saddhā), Dhs.25, Dhs.96, Dhs.288; Pv-a.223.

abhi + pasāda, cp. BSk. abhiprasāda Avs.12 (cittasyu˚) & vippasāda

to establish one’s faith in (loc.), to be reconciled with, to propitiate Thag.1173 = Vv.21#2 (manaṃ arahantamhi = cittaṃ pasādeti Vv-a.105).

Caus. of abhippasīdati, cp. BSk. abhiprasādayati Divy.68, …

to have faith in DN.i.211 (fut. ˚issati)
pp abhippasanna; Caus. abhippasādeti.

abhi + pasīdati

to stretch out Vin.i.179 (pāde).

abhi + pasāreti, cp. BSk. abhiprasārayati Divy.389

delight, longing, pleasure, satisfaction Pv-a.168 (= ajjhāsaya).

Sk. abhiruci, fr. abhi + ruc

adjective -˚ resounding with (the cries of animals, esp. the song of birds), full of the sound of (birds) Thag.1062 (kuñjara˚), Thag.1113 (mayūra-koñca˚) Ja.iv.466 (adāsakunta˚); Ja.v.304 (mayūra-k …

…abhirūpa dassanīya pāsādika (+ paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya samannāgata), e.g. Vin.i.268; DN.i.47, DN.i.114, DN.i.120;…

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

to be able (to get or reach); only in neg ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.

considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, bu …

1. (pass.) realised, perfectly understood DN.iii.273; SN.iv.331; Iti.121 an˚; not understood MN.i.71, MN.i.92, MN.i.114, MN.i.163, MN.i.240
2. (med.) one who has come to the realisation of the highe …

to become wideawake, to awake to the highest knowledge, to gain the highest wisdom (sammāsambodhiṃ) DN.iii.135; Iti.121 aor. -sambujjhi SN.v.433; Pv-a.19. In comb^n. *abhisambujjhati abh …

completely grasped or realised, understood mastered SN.v.128 (dhamma a.), SN.v.440 (anabhisametāni cattāri ariyasaccāni, cp. Divy.654 anabhisamitāni c.a.) AN.iv.384 (appattaṃ asacchikataṃ +).

pp. of …

to come by, to attain, to realise grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in comb^n. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti; abhisambujjhitvā abhisamet …

I. sticking to, cleaving to, adherence to Ja.v.6; Ne.110 Ne.112; Dhs-a.129 (˚hetukaṃ dukkhaṃ), Dhs-a.249 (˚rasa).

fr. abhi + sañj, cp. abhisajjati & Sk. abhisanga

1. sprinkled over, anointed Snp.889 (manasā, cp. Mnd.298); Mil.336 (amatena loka a.).
2. consecrated (King), inaugurated (more freq. in this conn. is avasitta), Vin.iii.44; AN.i.107 (khattiyo khattiye …

confided in, taken into confidence MN.ii.52 (variant reading ˚visaṭṭha).

abhi + vissattha, pp. of abhivissasati, Sk. abhiviśvasta

adverb repeatedly, continuous, often MN.i.442 (˚āpattika a habitual offender), MN.i.446 (˚kāraṇa continuous practice); Snp.335 (˚saṃvāsa continuous living together); Ja.i.190; Pp.32; Dhp-a.ii.239; Vv …

adjective

1. going beyond the limits (of proper behaviour), too self-sure, overbearing, arrogant, proud SN.i.239 (variant reading accayasara caused by prolepsis of foll. accaya); Ja.iv.6 (atisara); …

of atisarati to go beyond the limit, to go astray Ja.v.70.

fr. ati + sṛ.

overbearing, pride, selfsurity Vb.358 (+ māyā). Note. In id. p. at Pp.23 we read acchādanā instead of accasarā.

abstr. to accasara

adjective = accasara 1., aspiring too high Snp.8 sq. (yo nâccasārī, opp. to na paccasārī; expl^d. at Snp-a.21 by yo nâtidhāvi, opp. na ohiyyi).

…Snp.102 (catunnaṃ māsānaṃ), Snp.p.110 (rattiyā); Ja.i.253 (ekāha-dvīh˚), Ja.i.291 (katipāh˚ after a few days); Pv-a.47…

Accharā¹

feminine the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips:

1. (lit.) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja.ii.447; Ja.iii.191; Ja.iv.124, Ja.iv.126 Ja. …

1. to sit, to sit still Vin.i.289; AN.ii.15; Iti.120 (in set carati tiṭṭhati a. sayati, where otherwise nisinna stands for acchati) Vv.74#1 (= nisīdati Vv-a.298); Pv-a.4.
2. to stay remain, to lea …

adjective = acchariya wonderful, marvellous SN.i.181; Vv.84#13 (comp. accheratara); Pv.iii.5#1 (˚rūpa = acchariyasabhāva Pv-a.197); Sdhp.244, Sdhp.398.

covering, hiding, concealment Pp.19, Pp.23
■ Note. In id. p. at Vb.358 we read accasarā for acchādanā. Is the latter merely a gloss?

= prec.

adjective very near, too near Pv-a.42 (na a. n’âtidūra neither too near nor too far, at an easy distance).

ati + asanna

adjective

1. without thought or intention, unconscious, unintentional Dhp-a.ii.42.
2. without heart or feeling, instr. acittakena (adv.) heartlessly Ja.iv.58 (C. for acetasā).

a + citta² + ka

adjective see dasā.

3^rd sg. aor. of *dassati; see *dassati 2 a. Adda & Addayana

Addha¹

(num.) one half, half (˚-) DN.i.166 (˚māsika); AN.ii.160 (-māsa); Ja.i.59 (-yojana); iii. 189 (˚māsa).

= aḍḍha, q.v.

Addha²

adjective soiled, wet; fig. attached …

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic …

…cp Fr. sur-nom; ˚vāsāna assent, ˚vāseti to dwell in, give in = consent 2. where: ˚tiṭṭhati (˚ṭṭhāti) to stand by =…

to address, to speak to; aor. ajjhabhāsi Vin.ii.195; SN.i.103; SN.iv.117; Snp.p.87; Pv-a.56, Pv-a.90.

adhi + bhāsati

to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …

adjective exceeding, extraordinary, superior, Pp.35; Vv-a.80 (= anadhivara, visiṭṭha); DN-a.i.141, DN-a.i.222; Dpvs.v.32 (an˚); Dhp-a.iii.238 Kp-a.193 (= anuttara); Sdhp.337, Sdhp.447
■ compar …

1. attendance, supervision, management of affairs, administration Pv-a.209.
2. relation, reference, reason, cause, consequence DN.ii.59 (-˚: in consequence of); SN.ii.41; SN.v.19. Esp. acc. -ṃ as …

-adj. n. attention, direction of mind, concentration Snp.692 (adhimanasā bhavātha). (adj.) directing one’s mind upon, intent (on) Ja.iv.433 (= pasannacitta); Ja.v.29 (an˚; variant reading ˚māna).

adhi + mano

adjective inhabiting, living in (c. loc.) Vin.i.28; SN.i.197; Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.385; Ja.iii.327; Pv-a.17. The form adhivuttha occurs at Ja.vi.370.

pp. of adhivasati

endurance, forbearance, holding out; only as adj. in dur˚; difficult to hold out Thag.111.

fr. adhi + vas

Adhivāsaka & Adhivāsika

adjective willing, agreeable, enduring, patient Vin.iv.130; MN.i.10, MN.i.526; AN.ii.118 AN.iii.163; AN.v.132; Ja.iii.369 (an˚); Ja.iv.11, Ja.iv.77.

fr. adhivāsa

1. assent AN.iii.31; Dhp-a.i.33.
2. forbearance, endurance MN.i.10; Ja.ii.237 Ja.iii.263; Ja.iv.307; Ja.v.174.

fr. adhi + vas

patience, endurance, Dhs.1342; Vb.360 (an˚).

abstr. fr. adhivāsana

…SN.iv.76; Dhp-a.i.33; Pv-a.17, Pv-a.20, Pv-a.75 and freq. passim

caus adhivāsāpeti to cause to wait Ja.i.254.

Caus. of…

Adhivāsaka & Adhivāsika

adjective willing, agreeable, enduring, patient Vin.iv.130; MN.i.10, MN.i.526; AN.ii.118 AN.iii.163; AN.v.132; Ja.iii.369 (an˚); Ja.iv.11, Ja.iv.77.

fr. adhivāsa

1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

adverb below, usually comb^d. or contrasted with uddhaṃ “above” and tiriyaṃ “across”, describing the 3 dimensions
■ uddhaṃ and …

past participle that which is not given, freq. in phrase adinn’ ādāna (BSk. adattādāna Divy.302 seizing or grasping that which is not given to one i.e. stealing, is the 2^nd of the ten qua …

kind of bird Ja.iv.466.

prob. = adaṃsa, from ḍasati to bite, cp. dāṭhā tooth; lit meaning “toothless” or “not biting”

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 …

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 …

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 …

fire.

1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

Agha¹

neuter evil, grief, pain, suffering, misfortune SN.i.22; MN.i.500 (roga gaṇḍa salla agha); AN.ii.128 (id.); Ja.v.100; Thig.491; Sdhp.51
■ adj. painful, bringing pain Ja.vi.507 (a …

…1. kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati “to shave off hair & beard, put on the yellow…

indeclinable exclamation of surprise or bewilderment: alas! woe etc., perhaps in cpd. ahevana a dense forest (lit. oh! this forest, alas! the forest (i.e. how big it is) Ja.v.63 (uttamāhevanandaho, …

absence of exultancy, modesty Ja.iii.466 (= an-ubbillāvitattaṃ C.).

a + hāsa, cp. Sk. ahāsa & aharṣa

Ajja & Ajjā

adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …

SN.v.218: substitute variant reading accasara (q.v.).

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

the open air, only in loc. ajjhokāse in the open Vin.i.15; SN.i.212; Dhp-a.iv.100.

adhi + okāsa

hanging on, cleaving to, being bent on, (c. loc.) SN.ii.94 (+ mamāyita); AN.ii.25 (diṭṭha suta muta +); Mnd.75 Mnd.106, Mnd.163 = Nd ii under nissita; Thig.470 (asāre = taṇhāvasena abhiniviṭṭha Thag …

being tied to, hanging on, attached to only in phrase a. tiṭṭhati (+ abhinandati, same in Divy MN.i.266; SN.iv.36 sq.; SN.iv.60, SN.iv.71 sq.; Mil.69. See also ajjhosa.

ger. o …

1. minor conduct (conduct of a bhikkhu as to those minor rules not included in the Pārājikas or Saṃghādisesas) Vin.i.63 (see note in Vin. Texts, i.184.
2. flirtation Vin.iii.128 (in the Old Cy as ex …

harassed, overpowered, tormented Pv-a.180 (khuppipāsāya by hunger & thirst).

adhi + ā + pīḷita