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ūna, 915 találat.
ūna →
ncped
wanting, deficient; lacking (something), incomplete, not full; fewer, less (by, instr.); less (than, abl. or iic); what is deficient; something lacking; a lack.
ūna →
pts
…depletion, deficiency Snp-a.463 (variant reading hānabhāva).
Vedic ūna; cp. Av. ūna, Gr. ε ̓ϋνις, Lat. vāpus, Goth. wans,…
abhibhū →
dppn
Abhibhū1
Chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.9 In the Aruṇavatī Sutta it is said that he went with Sikhī to a Brahma-world and, at the Buddha’s request, preached a sermon to the accompa …
ajjuna →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse describes understanding the Dhamma as like drawing oneself from water to dry land. Thag.88
assaji →
dppn
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 …
assajipunabbasukā →
dppn
The followers of Assaji and Punabbasu. They lived in Kīṭāgiri, between Sāvatthī and Ālavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send the …
aññātakoṇḍañña →
dppn
…of long-standing (rattaññūnam). AN.i.23
Several verses attributed to Koṇḍañña are given in the Theragāthā, admonishing fellow…
bhaggavagotta →
dppn
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.
bilaṅgika →
dppn
BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja
One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and, unable to speak for rage, sat on one side, sulking. The B …
bāhuna →
dppn
A monk who is said to have asked the Buddha, while on the banks of the Gaggarā Lake in Campā, about the conditions from which the Tathāgata is released and emancipated. The Buddha enumerated ten such. …
bāhuraggi →
dppn
BāhuraggiBahunandi
One of seven beings born in the Avihā world, there to pass away entirely. SN.i.35 SN.i.60
cetiya →
dppn
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 …
chabbaggiyā →
dppn
A group of six monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of various Vinaya offences. Vin.i.84f. Vin.i.104 Vin.i.106 Vin.i.111 Vin.i.113 Vin.i.114 Vin.i.138 Vin.i.160 …
cātummahārājikā →
dppn
The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …
cūḷapanthaka →
dppn
An eminent arahant, declared chief among monks skilled in creating forms by mind-power and in mental “evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa). AN.i.23
His Theragathā verses speak of how slow his progress was in …
devadatta →
dppn
A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …
himavā →
dppn
HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya
The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotattā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Rathakāra, Chaddantā, Kuṇālā, Mandākinī …
inda →
dppn
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. …
isidatta →
dppn
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 …
jayasena →
dppn
A prince who once visited the novice Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena declared that he wa …
jāliya →
dppn
A wanderer who, with his friend Mandissa, visited the Buddha at the Ghositārāma. DN.i.159 The Buddha preached to them the Jāliya Sutta. According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika cou …
jīvaka →
dppn
JīvakaJīvakakomārabhacca
A celebrated physician, and the Buddha’s doctor. The Vinaya contains many stories of his skill in healing. Vin.i.268–281 Once when the Buddha was ill, Jīvaka found it necessa …
kakusandha →
dppn
A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …
kappa →
dppn
Kappa1
One of Bāvarī’s disciples. The questions he asked of the Buddha are recorded in the Kappamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1007 Snp.1092–1095
Kappa2
A monk whose Theragāthā verses spea …
korakkhatta →
dppn
KorakkhattaKorakkhattiya
A naked ascetic in Uttarakā. He bellowed like a dog, walked on all fours, and licked up food with his mouth only. Sunakkhatta saw him and greatly admired him, but the Buddha …
kosambī →
dppn
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 …
kuṇālā →
dppn
The name of a river which flows out of the Kuṇāladaha. It dries up when, at the end of the aeon, the fourth sun rises.AN.iv.101
4river
kālakañjakā →
dppn
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 …
kīṭāgiri →
dppn
A village of the Kāsis, on the road from Kāsi to Sāvatthī. It was the headquarters of the followers of Assaji and Punabbasu, who lived there, behaving in a shameless and wicked manner. A certain monk, …
kūṭāgārasālā →
dppn
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 …
madhurā →
dppn
MadhurāMathurā
The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …
mahāsarā →
dppn
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 …
mallikā →
dppn
Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala.
Mallika’s knowledge of the Dhamma made her wiser than Pasenadi would have desired, and he once, in a moment of great affection, asked if anyone were dearer to …
moḷiya →
dppn
MoḷiyaPhagguna
He was always friendly with the nuns and stood up for them in discussions with the monks. This was reported to the Buddha, who sent for him and preached the Kakacūpama Sutta. MN.i.122* …
paccantajanapadā →
dppn
The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given, and the Paccantajanapadā lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the sout …
pajāpati →
dppn
One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274
He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329
In …
payāga →
dppn
PayāgaPayāgatiṭṭhaPayāgapatiṭṭhāna
A ford on the Ganges, on the direct route from Verañja to Benares, the road passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakujja, and crossing the Ganges at Payāga. Vin …
pañcanadī →
dppn
PañcanadīPañcamahānadī
In several places in the texts five rivers are mentioned as the five great rivers of India, and they are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, …
phagguna →
dppn
A monk. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.52 he is represented as asking the Buddha if it were possible, by means of any of the senses, to recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas. The Buddha replies in the …
punabbasu →
dppn
Punabbasu1
A young Yakkha. SN.i.210
Punabbasu2
One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Panabbasukā, and, together with the followers of Assaji, they were called Assa …
punabbasumātā →
dppn
A Yakkhinī, mother of Punabbasu. One evening towards sunset, when the Buddha was at Jetavana, she, with her daughter Uttarā on her hip and the boy’s hand in hers, came to the grove in search of food. …
puṇṇa →
dppn
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 …
pālileyya →
dppn
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 …
pātikaputta →
dppn
A naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …
rakkhita →
dppn
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 …
rāhula →
dppn
RāhulaRāhulabhadda
Only son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted Suddhodana’s invitation, Rāhula’s mother sent the boy to the …
sappadāsa →
dppn
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 …
saṅgārava →
dppn
A very learned brahmin of Candalakappa. One day he saw Dhānañjānī trip up, and heard her exclaim three times, “Glory to the Buddha, the arahant, the all enlightened.” He blamed her for thus extolling …
sikhī →
dppn
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 …
soma →
dppn
A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259
In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.
soṇa →
dppn
Soṇa1
A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …
sunakkhatta →
dppn
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 …
sunāga →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who understands the mind, practicing jhāna happily. Thag.85
sunāparanta →
dppn
A country in which was the port of Suppāraka, birthplace of Puṇṇa Thera. With the Buddha’s permission, he returned to Sunāparanta. The people of Sunāparanta were reported as being fierce and violent. …
suppiya →
dppn
Suppiya1
A Paribbājaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, …
thullanandā →
dppn
A nun, one of four sisters who all joined the Order, the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.
Thulla-Nandā appears to have had charge of a large company of nuns, all of whom followed her …
thūlū →
dppn
ThūlūBumūBūmūThulūKhulūKhūlūKhuhū
The name of a gotta. The village of Uttarakā belonged to them, and when the Buddha was staying there with Sunakkhatta, the latter was greatly taken up with the pra …
thūṇa →
dppn
A brahmin village on the western boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197 It was in the Kosala country and belonged to the Mallas, and was once visited by the Buddha. Ud.vii.9
on the western boundary of M …
thūṇeyyakā →
dppn
The people of Thūṇa.
upananda →
dppn
Upananda1
A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …
uttarakā →
dppn
Uttarakā2
A village of the Thūlūs. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was also staying there. DN.iii.6
4town
uttaramātā →
dppn
A Yakkhinī, mother of Punabbasu and Uttarā. Once as she passed Jetavana at sunset looking for food, with her daughter on her hip and holding her son by his finger, she saw the assembly, intently liste …
uttarā →
dppn
Uttarā1
A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15
Uttarā2
The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of …
varuṇa →
dppn
A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …
varuṇā →
dppn
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.
vaṃsa →
dppn
The Vaṃsas and their country. It lay to the south of Kosala, and its capital was Kosambī on the Yamunā. Udena, son of Parantapa, was its king in the time of the Buddha.
Avanti lay to the south of th …
vesāli →
dppn
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 …
vipassī →
dppn
A Buddha of the past, whose story is told in the Mahāpadāna Sutta. He was born in the Khema park in Bandhumatī, his father being Bandhumā and his mother Bandhumatī. He belonged to the Koṇḍañña gotta. …
vāruṇā →
dppn
A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
yakkha →
dppn
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 …
yamunā →
dppn
The second of the five great rivers of Jambudīpa, which are often used in similes. Vin.ii.237 AN.iv.101 AN.iv.198 AN.iv.202 AN.v.22 Vin.ii.2371 Vin.ii.2373 The river was evidently the special resort o …
īsāna →
dppn
One of the chief devas.
In the Tevijja Sutta DN.i.244 he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.
He was in the battle of the devas against the A …
karuṇā →
farkas
együttérzés, részvét, részvétel
punabbhava →
farkas
újralétesülés, újraszületés
abhinipuṇa →
ncped
very clever, very acute.
adhunā →
ncped
just now, lately, quite recently.
adhunāgata →
ncped
newly arrived (at); being a newcomer (to)
alaṃsājīva →
ncped
fit for the communal life
anabhisambhuṇāti →
ncped
not mastering; not enduring.
anassāsaka →
ncped
not getting one’s breath; unable to breathe.
anto-aruna →
ncped
anto-aruna
neuter the time before sunrise
anunadītīre →
ncped
along the bank of the river.
anunaya →
ncped
affection, inclination towards; winning over, conciliation.
anunayamāna →
ncped
leading; conciliating; supplicating, persuading.
anupāpuṇāti →
ncped
reaches, attains; falls to one’s lot.
anutrāsa →
ncped
free from fear; unafraid
anutthuna →
ncped
anutthunanta →
ncped
anutthunanta1
part. pr. mfn.
anutthunat →
ncped
anutthunāti →
ncped
anutthunāti1
pr. 3 sg. wails; deplores; laments (for)
anutthunāti2
pr. 3 sg. praises; speaks of repeatedly
anutthuṇāti →
ncped
anutthuṇāti1
pr. 3 sg. wails; deplores; laments (for)
anutthuṇāti2
pr. 3 sg. praises; speaks of repeatedly
anāvaṭṭi →
ncped
not turning to; not seduced, unaffected.
anāvaṭṭin →
ncped
not turning to; not seduced, unaffected.
anūna →
ncped
not less; not deficient; complete; full
anūnaka →
ncped
not deficient, complete; having no lack (of, instr.)
apakiritūna →
ncped
throwing away; rejecting.
api nūna →
ncped
interrogative particle
aruṇa →
ncped
the dawn; first light.
aruṇagga →
ncped
the first break of day; dawn;
aruṇaṃ uṭṭhāpeti →
ncped
lets the dawn arise, appear (while doing something); (carries on doing something) until dawn
asisūnā →
ncped
butcher’s knife and chopping block
atthāraka →
ncped
(one) who covers (the kaṭhina); who supervises the communal robe-making and ritual.
aṭṭhaguṇaṃ →
ncped
eight times; eight times as much
aṭṭhama →
ncped
(~ā & ~ī) n. & ~ī feminine
- (mfn.) the eighth.
- (f., scil. ratti) the eighth day or night; esp. the eight day or night of the lunar half-month.
catugguṇa →
ncped
fourfold; four times; folded four times; of four thicknesses.
catuguṇa →
ncped
fourfold; four times; folded four times; of four thicknesses.
catunavuti →
ncped
num. ninety four.
chaḍḍūna →
ncped
of chaḍḍeti
chinniriyāpatha →
ncped
whose movement is destroyed, who is unable to move; a cripple.
chuddhūna →
ncped
indeclinable having thrown away, rejected, abandoned.
chuḍḍūna →
ncped
chārattūna →
ncped
less six nights.
cuṇṇa →
ncped
powder; chunam; powder used, mixed with water for washing/bathing.
cāpalasuṇa →
ncped
kind of (garlic or) onion; (a spring onion; ?)
cātuddasa →
ncped
, mfn. & masculine
- (n.) the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight)
- (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)
cātuddasika →
ncped
(from cātuddasī) on the 14th day of a lunar fortnight.
dhuna →
ncped
of the cutting instrument (?); part of the nose (?)
dhunamāna →
ncped
of dhunāti
dhunāti →
ncped
shakes, tosses; shakes off removes, liberates oneself from; destroys.
dhuta →
ncped
of dhunāti
-
(mfn.)
- who has shaken off or abandoned (defilements); pure, purified.
- which shakes off or removes (defilements); which purifies.
-
(n.) shaking off defilements; an ascetic practice
dhutaṅgaguṇa →
ncped
an ascetic practice.
diguṇa →
ncped
duggata →
ncped
having a wretched (re) -birth; poor, unfortunate, ill-fated.
dugguṇa →
ncped
duguṇa →
ncped
duppadhaṃsiya →
ncped
hard to attack, unassailable.
dviguṇa →
ncped
double, doubled; of double thickness; twice as much as, twice as many as; ~a, ~ena, adv., twice; twice as much.
dāruṇa →
ncped
(~ā ~ī)n. hard, severe; cruel, pitiless; dreadful, frightful, terrible.
ekaguṇaṃ →
ncped
once
ekūnapaññāsa →
ncped
num. 49
ekūnapaññāsaṃ →
ncped
num. 49
ekūnapaṇṇāsa →
ncped
num. 49
ekūnatiṃsa →
ncped
ekūnatiṃsa1
num. 29
ekūnatiṃsa2
mfn. 29th; 29 (yrs. old).
ekūnatiṃsaṃ →
ncped
num. 29
ekūnatiṃsaṃkkhattuṃ →
ncped
29 times.
ekūnavīsa →
ncped
num. 19
ekūnavīsati →
ncped
num. 19
ekūnavīsatima →
ncped
19th.
ekūnavīsaṃ →
ncped
num. 19
guṇa →
ncped
- a secondary element; a quality, an attribute; esp. a good quality.
- a strand, a subdivision; a tie; a string; bow string; the string of a musical instrument.
guṇaka →
ncped
(or m.) stitching to strengthen the edge of a belt.
guṇava →
ncped
possessed of good qualities or virtues; excellent, estimable.
guṇavat →
ncped
possessed of good qualities or virtues; excellent, estimable.
jambūnada →
ncped
kakudha →
ncped
the tree Terminalia arjuna.
kalyāṇasaṅghatika →
ncped
having good fortune; fortunate in fate
karuṇa →
ncped
- compassionate; full of wise empathy.
- stillness, meditation on compassion.
karuṇā →
ncped
compassion; wise empathy, sympathy (for another being’s sorrows; one of the brahmavihāras)
karuṇāsahagata →
ncped
associated with compassion; accompanied by compassion
karuṇāyamāna →
ncped
feeling compassion.
kattikanakkhatta →
ncped
the constellation or lunar mansion of the Pleiades.
kaṭhina →
ncped
kaṭhina
neuter a framework (covered with a mat) to which the cloth for making robes was attached while being sewn; esp. kaṭhinaṃ attharati
- spreads or covers the kaṭhina, i.e. makes a robe u …
kaṭhinattharaṇa →
ncped
the covering of the kaṭhina ; the communal robe making and its ritual
kaṭhinatthāra →
ncped
the covering of the kaṭhina ; the communal robe making and its ritual
kumbhathūna →
ncped
a kind of drum
kumbhathūnika →
ncped
the player of the kumbhathūṇa drum, a musician; a drummer
kumbhathūṇa →
ncped
a kind of drum
kumbhathūṇika →
ncped
the player of the kumbhathūṇa drum, a musician; a drummer
kuṇapa →
ncped
corpse, a dead body; a dead thing; (mfn.) putrid, smelling like a carcass.
kuṇāla →
ncped
the name of one of the seven great lakes.
kāmaguṇa →
ncped
- desire, passion.
- (usually kāmagunā, m.pl (and ~āni, n.pl)), the strand(s) of (what furnishes) sensual pleasure, the subdivisions or classes of the objects of pleasure
kātūna →
ncped
having done or made.
nakkhatta →
ncped
star; a heavenly body; a pattern or a group of stars or constellation through which the moon passes, one of 27 (or 28) lunar mansions; a disposition of the stars or constellations; a favorable disposi …
nakkhattapada →
ncped
constellation; a lunar mansion.
niddhuniṃsu →
ncped
of niddhunāti
niddhunāti →
ncped
shakes, shakes to and fro; shakes off.
niddhūnāti →
ncped
nidhunāti →
ncped
nikkaruṇā →
ncped
without compassion
nikkhamitūna →
ncped
of nikkhamati
nipuṇa →
ncped
- clever; skillful; subtle; acute.
- (what is) subtle, abstruse.
nitthuna →
ncped
groaning
nitthunanta →
ncped
moaning; groaning.
nūna →
ncped
…in all probability; it must be that … 3. is it that?; esp. yam + nūna + opt.: what if …? suppose …? why don’t …?
odhunāti →
ncped
shakes, shakes out or down; shakes off; discards, cancels.
ophunāti →
ncped
exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear
opunāpetabba →
ncped
opunāpeti →
ncped
opunāpetvā →
ncped
opunāti →
ncped
exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear
opuṇāti →
ncped
exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear
taddiguṇa →
ncped
twice that, double that
taruṇa →
ncped
, m., feminine (mfn.) young; tender; new; fresh; (m.) a young boy or man; (f.) a young girl or woman.
taruṇaka →
ncped
(-ikā)n. young; tender.
taruṇavuta →
ncped
surrounded by young men.
thuna →
ncped
moans; groans.
thunat →
ncped
moans; groans.
thunati →
ncped
thūṇa →
ncped
post, a stake, a pillar; the trunk of a tree.
tiguṇa →
ncped
threefold; three times; of three thicknesses.
tādi →
ncped
- such a person, a person like that (referring to someone previously described)
- (one) who is like that, just so; the same; (one) who is unaffected, immoveable (so usually commentaries); (possibly) …
tādin →
ncped
- such a person, a person like that (referring to someone previously described)
- (one) who is like that, just so; the same; (one) who is unaffected, immoveable (so usually commentaries); (possibly) …
tālataruna →
ncped
of tāla a young shoot of the palm
upekkha →
ncped
disinterested, unaffected.
upekkhaka →
ncped
disinterested, unaffected, uninvolved.
upekkhati →
ncped
looks on (without involvement or reaction or action); is disinterested, unaffected.
upekkhā →
ncped
disinterestedness, unaffectedness (one of the brahmavihāras q.v.); lack of involvement or reaction.
uposatha →
ncped
- (for non-buddhists) a fastday, a day of purification; (for Buddhists) a day on which lay-followers undertake to observe eight abstinence and on which they listen to teaching on the dhamma (usuall …
āhuna →
ncped
offering; honoring.
āpucchitūna →
ncped
āvunati →
ncped
strings; threads; inserts; impales
āvuṇati →
ncped
strings; threads; inserts; impales
āvuṇāti →
ncped
covers; shuts; obstructs
ūnadasavassa →
ncped
(one) less than ten years’ standing
ūnaka →
ncped
not full; smaller, less (than, abl. or iic.); less (by, instr.).
ūnakadvatikkhatuṃ →
ncped
less than two or three times
ūnakadvitikkhatuṃ →
ncped
less than two or three times
ūnakatikkhatuṃ →
ncped
less than three times
abhabbāgamana →
nyana
Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …
abhinibbatti →
nyana
Abhinibbatti: a Sutta term for rebirth; see: punabbhava
bhikkhu →
nyana
Bhikkhu: A fully ordained disciple of the Buddha is called a Bhikkhu. Mendicant Bhikkhu may be suggested as the closest equivalent for Bhikkhu, literally it means he who begs but Bhikkhus do not b …
bhāvanā →
nyana
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 …
brahma-vihāra →
nyana
Brahma-vihāra: the 4 ‘sublime’ or ‘divine abodes’, also called the 4 Infinite states appamaññā are: loving-kindness mettā Pity karunā, altruistic or sympathetic joy muditā equanimity *up …
cakka →
nyana
Cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and symbolizes conquering progress and expanding s …
compassion →
nyana
Pity: karunā see: brahma-vihāra.
patisambhidā →
nyana
Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …
patisandhi →
nyana
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 …
punabbhava →
nyana
Punabbhava: lit.: re-becoming; ‘renewed existence’, is a sutta term for ‘rebirth’, which, in later literature mostly is called patisandhi The attainment of Sainthood arahatta implying the end …
abbhuddhunāti →
pts
to shake very much Vv.64#9 (= adhikaṃ uddhunāti Vv-a.278).
abhi + ud + dhunāti
abbhāhata →
pts
struck, attacked, afflicted SN.i.40 (maccunā); Thag.448; Snp.581; Ja.vi.26 Ja.vi.440; Vism.31, Vism.232; DN-a.i.140, DN-a.i.147; Dhp-a.iv.25.
abhi + ā + hata, pp. of han
abhabba →
pts
adjective impossible, not likely, unable DN.iii.13 sq., DN.iii.19 DN.iii.26 sq., DN.iii.133; Iti.106, Iti.117; Snp.231 (see Kp-a.189); Dhp.32; Ja.i.116; Pp.13.
- -ṭṭhāna a (moral) impossibility o …
abhi →
pts
Abhi-
I. Meaning
- 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 …
abhikirati →
pts
…[Sk. avakirati, cp. apakiritūna] to overwhelm, destroy, put out, throw away, crush SN.i.54; Thag.598; Thag.2, Thag.447 (ger. ˚kiritūna, reading…
abhimaṅgala →
pts
adjective (very) fortunate, lucky, anspicious, in ˚sammatā (of Visākhā) “benedicted” blessed Vin.iii.187 = Dhp-a.i.409. Opp. avamangala.
abhi + mangala
abhinibbatti →
pts
becoming, birth, rebirth, DN.i.229; DN.ii.283 (variant reading for abhinipphatti) SN.ii.65 (punabbhava˚), SN.ii.101 (id.); SN.iv.14, SN.iv.215; AN.v.121; Pv-a.35.
abhi + nibbatti
abhinipuṇa →
pts
adjective very thorough, very clever DN.iii.167.
abhi + nipuṇa
abhisambhavati →
pts
Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)
“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …
abhisambhoti →
pts
Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)
“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …
abhisambhuṇāti →
pts
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 …
abhisamparāya →
pts
future lot, fate, state after death, future condition of rebirth; usually in foll phrases: kā gati ko abhisamparāyo (as hendiadys) ʻwhat fate in the world-to-come’, DN.ii.91; Vin.i.293; SN.iv.59 S …
abhitthavati →
pts
to praise Ja.i.89; Ja.iii.531; Dāvs iii.23; Dhp-a.i.77; Pv-a.22; cp. abhitthunati.
abhi + thavati
abhitthunati →
pts
to praise Ja.i.17 (aor abhitthuniṃsu); cp. thunati 2
pp -tthuta Dhp-a.i.88.
abhi + thunati; cp. abhitthavati
abhiviññāpeti →
pts
to turn somebody’s mind on (c. acc.), to induce somebody (dat.) to (acc.) Vin.iii.18 (purāṇadutiyikāya methunaṃ dhammaṃ abhiviññāpesi).
abhi + viññāpeti
addhan →
pts
(in compounds addha˚;)
- (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 …
adhicca →
pts
Adhicca1
learning, studying, learning by heart Ja.iii.218, Ja.iii.327 = Ja.iv.301; Ja.iv.184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), Ja.iv.477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); Ja.vi.213; Mil.164.
ger. of adhi + eti, se …
adhika →
pts
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 …
adhunā →
pts
adverb just now, quite recently DN.ii.208; Vin.ii.185 (kālakata); Mil.155; Dāvs ii.94.
- -āgata a new comer MN.i.457; Ja.ii.105.
- -ābhisitta newly or just anointed DN.ii.227. …
aggatā →
pts
pre-eminence, prominence, superiority Kv.556 (˚ṃ gata); Dpvs.iv.1 (guṇaggataṃ gatā)
■ (adj.) mahaggata of great value or superiority DN.i.80; DN.iii.224.
abstr. of agga
ahi →
pts
snake Vin.ii.109; DN.i.77; SN.iv.198; AN.iii.306 sq.; AN.iv.320; AN.v.289; Mnd.484; Vism.345 (+ kukkura etc.); Vv-a.100; Pv-a.144.
- -kuṇapa the carcase of a snake Vin.iii.68 …
ajjhatta →
pts
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 …
ajjuna →
pts
the tree Pentaptera Arjuna Ja.vi.535; Dhp-a.i.105 (˚rukkha).
Vedic arjuna, to raj; cp. Gr. ἀργός white, α ̓́ργυρος silver, Lat. argentum
akkhaṇa →
pts
wrong time, bad luck, misadventure, misfortune. There are 9 enumerated at DN.iii.263; the usual set consists of 8; thus DN.iii.287; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.4 sq. See also *khaṇa-[vedhin](/de …
alakkhika →
pts
(& īka) adjective unfortunate unhappy, of bad luck Vin.iii.23; Ja.iii.259.
a + lakkhika
anabhisambhuṇamāna →
pts
adjective not obtaining, unable to get or keep up DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268).
ppr. med. of an + abhisambhuṇāti
anajjhiṭṭha →
pts
adjective uncalled, unbidden, unasked Vin.i.113; Pv.i.12#3 (T. anabbhita, variant reading anijjhiṭṭha Ja.iii.165 has anavhāta; Thig.129 ayācita; Pv-a.64 explains by anavhāta).
an + ajjhiṭṭha
anala →
pts
adjective
- not sufficient, not enough; unable, impossible, unmanageable MN.i.455; Ja.ii.326 = Ja.iv.471.
- dissatisfied, insatiate Ja.v.63 (= atitta C.).
- -ṃ kata dissatisfied, satiated, SN.i …
anavaya →
pts
…fulfilling DN.i.88 (= anūna paripūra-kārin DN-a.i.248); AN.iii.152 (= samatta paripuṇṇa AA quoted by Tr. on Mil.10).
derivation…
anoma →
pts
adjective (only ˚-) not inferior, superior, perfect, supreme, in foll. compounds
anta →
pts
Anta1
- end, finish, goal SN.iv.368 (of Nibbāna); Snp.467; Ja.ii.159. antaṃ karoti to make an end (of) Snp.283, Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
■ loc. ante at the end of, …
anunadī →
pts
(-tire) along the bank of the river SN.iv.177 should be read anu nadītīre (= anu prep. c. loc.; see under anu A).
anunamati →
pts
to incline, bend (intrs.), give way Mil.372 (of a bow).
anu + namati
anunaya →
pts
“leading along”, friendliness, courtesy, falling in with, fawning DN.iii.254 (˚saṃyojana); AN.iv.7 sq (id.) MN.i.191; Dhs.1059; Vb.145; Ne.79; combd. w opp. paṭigha (re …
anunayana →
pts
fawning Dhs-a.362.
fr. anuneti
anuneti →
pts
to conciliate, appease, win over, flatter SN.i.232 (ppr. anunayamāna); pp. anunīta (q.v.).
anu + neti
anunāsika →
pts
adjective nasal; as tt. g. the sound ṃ; in -lopa apocope of the nasal ṃ Vv-a.114 Vv-a.253, Vv-a.275, Vv-a.333.
anu + nāsā + ika
anupatta →
pts
(anuppatta) (having) attained, received, got to (c. acc), reached DN.i.87–DN.i.111; DN.ii.2; Iti.38; Snp.027, Snp.635; Dhp.386, Dhp.403; Pv.iv.1#66; Pv-a.59 (dukkhaṃ), Pv-a.242. In phrase *addhagata …
anupaya →
pts
adjective unattached, “aloof” SN.i.181 (akankha apiha +).
an + upaya
anupāpeti →
pts
to make reach or attain, to lead to, to give or make find Ja.vi.88; Cp. xi. 4 (aor anupāpayi); Mil.276
pp anupāpita (q.v.).
Caus. of anupāpuṇāti
anupāpuṇāti →
pts
(anuppā˚) to reach, attain, get to, find SN.i.105; ger. anuppatvāna Pv.ii.9#24 (˚pāpuṇitvā Pv-a.123)
pp anupatta (q.v.)
caus anupāpeti (q.v.).
anu …
anusuṇāti →
pts
to hear; pret. anassuṃ [Sk. anvaśruvaṃ] I heard MN.i.333.
anu + śru
anutthunā →
pts
wailing, crying, lamenting Mnd.167 (= vācāpalāpa vippalāpa etc.).
fr. anutthunāti
anutthunāti →
pts
to wail, moan, deplore, lament, bewail DN.iii.86; Snp.827 (cp. Mnd.167); Dhp.156; Ja.iii.115; Ja.v.346, Ja.v.479; Dhp-a.iii.133; Pv-a.60 (wrongly applied for ghāyati, of the fire of conscience).
an …
anuyutta →
pts
- applying oneself to, dealing with, practising, given to, intent upon DN.i.166, DN.i.167; DN.iii.232 = AN.ii.205 (attaparitāpan’ ânuyogaṃ a.); SN.iii.153 SN.iv.104; Snp.663 (lobhaguṇe), Snp.814 (met …
anāmanta →
pts
˚- without asking or being asked; in -kata unasked, unpermitted, uninvited Ja.vi.226 -cāra living uninvited Vin.v.132; AN.iii.259.
an + āmanta
anāyasa →
pts
adjective void of means, unlucky, unfortunate Vv.84#5 (= natthi ettha āyo sukhan ti anāyasaṃ Vv-a.335).
an + āya + sa, or should we read anāyāsa?
anūna FIXME double →
pts
Anūnaka = anūna
Dpvs.iv.34.
anūna →
pts
…explained by anavaya). Anunaka = anuna
Vedic anūna, an + ūna
anūnaka →
pts
Anūnaka = anūna
Dpvs.iv.34.
anūnatā →
pts
completeness Cp.iii.6#11.
abstr. fr. anūna
apakaroti →
pts
…in reading T. apakiritūna at Thig.447 (q.v.)
pp apakata (q.v.). Cp. apakāra.
apa + karoti,…
apakiritūna →
pts
at Thig.447 T (reading of C. is abhi˚) is explained Thag-a.271 to mean apakiritvā chaḍḍetvā throwing away, slighting, offending. The correct etym = Sk. avakirati (ava + kṛ2 to strew, ca …
apara →
pts
adjective another, i.e. additional, following next, second (with pron. inflexion, i.e. nom. pl apare) DN.iii.190 (˚pajā another, i.e. future generation) Snp.791, Snp.1089 (n’); Ja.i.59 (aparaṃ divasaṃ …
apattha →
pts
Apattha1
adjective thrown away Dhp.149 (= chaḍḍita Dhp-a.iii.112).
Sk. apāsta, pp. of apa + as2
Apattha2
2nd pl. pret. of pāpunāti (q.v.).
api →
pts
indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.
- (prep. pref.)
- prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …
apilāpanatā →
pts
in the pass. at Dhs.14 = Cnd.628 is evidently meant to be taken as a + pilāpana + tā (fr pilavati, plu), but whether the der. & interpret. of Dhs A is correct, we are unable to say. On general pri …
apiḷahati →
pts
Apiḷahati & Apiḷandhati
to tie on, fasten, bind together; to adorn oneself with (acc.) Ja.v.400 (ger. apiḷayha = piḷandhitvā C.)-Cp. apiḷandhana & pp apiladdha.
Sk. apinahyati, on n: ḷ see note on …
apiḷandhati →
pts
Apiḷahati & Apiḷandhati
to tie on, fasten, bind together; to adorn oneself with (acc.) Ja.v.400 (ger. apiḷayha = piḷandhitvā C.)-Cp. apiḷandhana & pp apiladdha.
Sk. apinahyati, on n: ḷ see note on …
appaṭisandhika →
pts
(and -iya) adjective
- what cannot be put together again, unmendable irreparable (˚iya) Pv.i.12#9 (= puna pākatiko na hoti Pv-a.66) = Ja.iii.167 (= paṭipākatiko kātuṃ na sakkā C.).
- incapable …
appaṭivāṇa →
pts
non-obstruction, not hindering not opposing or contradicting AN.i.50; AN.iii.41; AN.v.93 sq. adj. Ja.i.326.
a + paṭivāṇa, for ˚vrāṇa, the guṇa-form of vṛ; cp. Sk. prativāraṇa
appeti →
pts
- (*er) to move forward, rush on run into (of river) Vin.ii.238; Mil.70.
- (*ar) to fit in, fix, apply, insert, put on to (lit. & fig.) Vin.ii.136 Vin.ii.137; Ja.iii.34 (nimba-sūlasmiṃ to imp …
appiccha →
pts
adjective desiring little or nothing, easily satisfied, unassuming, contented unpretentious SN.i.63, SN.i.65; AN.iii.432; AN.iv.2, AN.iv.218 sq., AN.iv.229, AN.v.124 sq., AN.v.130, AN.v.154, AN.v.167; …
appoti →
pts
to attain, reach, get Vism.350 (in etym. of āpo).
the contracted form of āpnoti, usually pāpuṇāti, fr. āp
apāpurana →
pts
key (to a door) Vin.i.80; Vin.iii.119; MN.iii.127. See also avāpuraṇa. Apapurati & Apapunati;
fr. apāpurati
apāpurati →
pts
Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati
to open (a door) Vin.i.5 (apāpur’ etaṃ Amatassa dvāraṃ: imper. where id. p. SN.i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but variant reading apāpur˚) Vv.64#27 (apāpuranto Amatassa dvāraṃ, expl …
apāpuṇati →
pts
Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati
to open (a door) Vin.i.5 (apāpur’ etaṃ Amatassa dvāraṃ: imper. where id. p. SN.i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but variant reading apāpur˚) Vv.64#27 (apāpuranto Amatassa dvāraṃ, expl …
apāraṇeyya →
pts
adjective that which cannot be achieved, unattainable Ja.vi.36 (= apāpetabba).
grd. of paraneti + a˚
arahant →
pts
adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–6). Adopted by the Bu …
arahatta →
pts
Arahatta1
neuter the state or condition of an Arahant, i.e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (SN.iv.151) final & absolute emancipation Arahantship, the attainment of the last & h …
aruṇa →
pts
the sun Vin.ii.68 Vin.iv.245; Ja.ii.154; Ja.v.403; Ja.vi.330; Dpvs.i.56; DN-a.i.30. a. uggacchati the sun rises Ja.i.108; Vv-a.75, & see compounds.
- -ugga sunrise Vin.iv.272; SN …
asagguṇa →
pts
bad quality, vice Sdhp.382 (˚bhāvin, the a˚ belongs to the whole cpd.). Asankita & iya;
a + sagguṇa
asajjamāna →
pts
adjective not clinging, not stuck, unattached Snp.38, Snp.71 (cp. Cnd.107) Dhp.221 (nāmarūpasmiṃ a. = alaggamana Dhp-a.iii.298).
ppr. med. of a + sajjati, sañj
asakkuṇeyya →
pts
adjective impossible, unable to Ja.i.55; Kp-a.185 and passim.
grd. of a + sakkoti
asampāyanto →
pts
unable to solve or explain Snp.p.92.
ppr. of a + sampāyati
asaṃvata →
pts
adjective unrestricted, open Ja.vi.306.
pp. of + saṃvuṇati, cp. saṃvuta
asaṃvuta →
pts
adjective not restrained Dhs.1345, Dhs.1347.
pp. of a + saṃvuṇāti, cp. saṃvata
asaṅga →
pts
adjective not sticking to anything, free from attachment, unattached Thig.396 (˚mānasa, = anāsattacitta Thag-a.259); Mil.343. Cp. next.
a + sanga
asecanaka →
pts
adjective unmixed, unadulterated, i.e. with full and unimpaired properties, delicious, sublime, lovely MN.i.114; SN.i.213 (a. ojava “that elixir that no infusion needs Mrs Rh. D.) = Thig.55 (expl<su …
asi →
pts
…cp. Vin.iii.106.
- -sūna slaughter-house (so also B.Sk asisūnā Divy.10, Divy.15; see further detail under “kāma…
asita →
pts
Asita1
having eaten, eating; (nt.) that which is eaten or enjoyed, food MN.i.57; AN.iii.30, AN.iii.32 (˚pīta-khāyita etc.); Pv-a.25 (id.); Ja.vi.555 ˚(āsana having enjoyed one’s food, sa …
assava →
pts
adjective loyal DN.i.137; Snp.22, Snp.23, Snp.32; Ja.iv.98; Ja.vi.49; Mil.254; an˚; inattentive, not docile Dhp-a.i.7.
ā + sunāti, śru
asu →
pts
pronoun pron. dẹmonstr “that”, that one, usually combd. with yo (yaṃ), e.g. asu yo so puriso MN.i.366; yaṃ aduṃ khettaṃ SN.iv.315. nom. sg. m. asu SN.iv.195; Mil.242; f. *[ …
ati →
pts
indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.
I. in abstr position
adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …
atibrahmā →
pts
greater Brahma, a super-god Mil.277; Dhp-a.ii.60 (Brahmuṇā a. greater than B.).
ati + brahmā
atidāruṇa →
pts
adjective very cruel, extremely fierce Pv.iii.7#3.
Sk. atidāruṇa, ati + dāruṇa
atikaruṇa →
pts
adjective very pitiful, extremely miserable Ja.i.202; Ja.iv.142; Ja.vi.53.
ati + karuṇa
atithi →
pts
guest, stranger, newcomer DN.i.117 (= āgantuka-navaka pāhuṇaka DN-a.i.288); AN.ii.68; AN.iii.45, AN.iii.260; Ja.iv.31, Ja.iv.274; Ja.v.388; Kp.viii.7 (n’ atthi assa ṭhiti yamhi vā tamhi vā divase āg …
atīta →
pts
…(khaya˚, of the moon = ūnabhāvaṃ atīta Snp-a.463); Thag.413 (c. abl.) 3. (id.) overstepping having transgressed or neglected (cp. accaya…
avakirati →
pts
…(= chaḍḍīyati Pv-a.174); grd. ˚kiriya (see sep.). See also apakiritūna. pp okiṇṇa.
ava + kirati
avihesa →
pts
Avihiṃsa (Avihesa)
feminine absence of cruelty, mercy, humanity, friendliness, love DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).
a + vihiṃsā
avihiṃsa →
pts
Avihiṃsa (Avihesa)
feminine absence of cruelty, mercy, humanity, friendliness, love DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).
a + vihiṃsā
avijjā →
pts
ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cp. SN.ii.6, SN.ii.9, SN.ii.12; Snp.p.141 & many other passages) See on term; Cpd. 83 n. 3, 18 …
avinibbhujaṃ →
pts
adjective unable to distinguish or to know Ja.v.121 (= atīrento C.).
ppr. of a + vinibbhujati
avyatha →
pts
adjective not miserable, fortunate Ja.iii.466 (= akilamāna C.).
a + vyatha, cp. Sk. vyathā misfortune
ayaṃ →
pts
pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).
I. Form …
añjalikā →
pts
the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).
= añjali
aḍḍha →
pts
…a fortnight Vin.iii.254 (ūnak˚); AN.v.85; Ja.iii.218; Vv-a.66. Freq. in acc. as adv. for a fortnight, e.g. Vin.iv.117; Vv-a.67; Pv-a.55. *…
aṅga →
pts
- (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …
aṭṭha →
pts
Aṭṭha1
num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …
aṭṭhaka →
pts
adjective
- eightfold Vin.i.196 = Ud.59 (˚vaggikāni); Vv-a.75 = Dhp-a.iii.104 (˚bhatta).
- ˚ā (f.) the eight day of the lunar month (cp. aṭṭhamī), in phrase rattīsu antar’aṭṭhakāsu in the night …
aṭṭhama →
pts
ordinal number the eighth Snp.107, Snp.230 (cp. Kp-a.187), Snp.437
■ f. ˚ī the eighth day of the lunar half month (cp. aṭṭhakā) AN.i.144; Snp.402; Vv.16#6 (in all three pass. as pakkhassa cātuddasī …
bahu →
pts
…Snp.503, Snp.957, & bahūnaṃ Ja.v.446; Kv.528 (where id. p. MN.i.447 reads bahunnaṃ); instr. bahūhi Pv-a.241; loc. bahūsu Pv-a.58…
bahulī →
pts
Bahulī˚
in compound with kar = bahula (adj.) + kar, lit. “to make much of,” i.e. to practise, in foll. words: -kata (pp. practised (frequently), usually combined with bhāvita SN.ii.264; SN.iv …
bandhana →
pts
- binding, bond, fetter Vin.i.21; DN.i.226, DN.i.245 (pañca kāmaguṇā); DN.iii.176; MN.ii.44; SN.i.8, SN.i.24 (Māra˚), SN.i.35, SN.i.40, SN.iv.201 sq. (5 fold) to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, …
beluva →
pts
Beluva & Beḷuva
- the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
- wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.
- -pakka ripe …
beḷuva →
pts
Beluva & Beḷuva
- the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
- wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.
- -pakka ripe …
bhadda →
pts
Bhaddaa & Bhadrab
adjective
- auspicious lucky, high, lofty, august, of good omen reverend (in address to people of esteem), good, happy fortunate DN.ii.95a; SN.i.1 …
bhagavant →
pts
adjective noun fortunate, illustrious, sublime, as epithet and title “Lord.” Thus applied to the Buddha (amhākaṃ Bh. and his predecessors. Occurs with extreme frequency of fanciful exegetic explains o …
bhaggavant →
pts
adjective noun having good luck or auspices, fortunate; in def of “Bhagavā” at Vism.210 = DN-a.i.34 (“bhāgyavā bhaggavā yutto”); with ref. to the 4 qualities implied in the word “bhagavā,” which pass …
bhajati →
pts
to associate with (acc.), keep companionship with, follow, resort to; to be attached to (acc.), to love. Freq. syn. of sevati. The Dhtp & Dhtm mark the fig. meaning (bhaj2</su …
bhante →
pts
voc. of polite address: Sir, venerable Sir, used like bhadante. Either abs. as voc.: Vin.i.76; DN.ii.154, DN.ii.283; Ja.ii.111; Ja.iii.46; Mil.19; or with another voc.: Mil.25; or with other oblique c …
bharita →
pts
adjective filled with (-˚) Ja.i.2 (suvaṇṇa-rajata˚ gabbha); Ja.iv.489 (udaka˚); Ja.v.275 (kimi˚); Snp-a.494 (vāta˚); Thag-a.283 (kuṇapa˚).
lit. made to bear, i.e. heavy with etc. Cp. formations b …
bhava →
pts
“becoming”, (form of) rebirth, (state of) existence, a “life.” There are 3 states of existence conventionally enumerated as kāma˚ rūpa˚, arūpa˚; or sensual existence, deva-corporeal, formless exist …
bhikkhu →
pts
…
■ gen. dat. bhikkhūnaṃ Vin.iii.285; DN.iii.264; Snp.1015; Pv.ii.1#7; & bhikkhunaṃ SN.i.190; Thag.1231
■ instr. bhikkhūhi…
bhiṅka →
pts
the young of an animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being dirty (cp. pigs) Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269 (bhinka-cchāpa) Ja.v.418 (with ref. to young cats: “mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati tar …
bhusa →
pts
Bhusa1
chaff, husks AN.i.241 (-āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78; Pv.iii.4#1; Pv.iii.10#7; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter).
cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)
Bh …
bhuṅkaraṇa →
pts
adjective noun making “bhu,” i.e. bow-wow, barking Ja.vi.355 (˚sunakha) variant reading bhu-bhukka-sadda-karaṇa.
bhu + kṛ; see bhukka
bhāgyavant →
pts
adjective having good luck, auspicious fortunate, in def. of term “Bhagavā” at DN-a.i.34 = Vism.210; also at Vv-a.231, where the abstr. bhāgyavantatā is formed as expln of the term *bhā …
bhāsa →
pts
- -sakuṇa a bird of prey, a vulture [Abhp. 645, 1049]; as one of the lucky omens enumerated (under the so-called mangala-kathā) at Kp-a.118 (with variant reading SS. cāta˚ & vā …
bhāva →
pts
…state of need Pv-a.120; ūna˚; depletion Snp-a.463; ekī˚; loneliness Vism.34; sithill˚; (for sithila˚ in conn. with kṛ bhū)…
bhāvanā →
pts
producing, dwelling on something, putting one’s thoughts to, application, developing by means of thought or meditation, cultivation by mind, culture
■ See on term Dhs translation 261 (= 2 …
bhāveti →
pts
to beget, produce, increase, cultivate, develop (by means of thought meditation), The Buddhist equivalent for mind-work as creative in idea, MN.i.293; cp. B.Psy p. 132
■ DN.ii.79; MN.ii.11 (cattā …
bhāyati →
pts
to be afraid.
pres ind 1st sg. bhāyāmi Thag.21; Snp.p.48; 2nd sg. bhāyasi Thig.248; 1st pl. bhāyāma Ja.ii.21; 3rd pl. bhāyanto Dhp.129;
imper 2< …
bhūnaha →
pts
…vuddhi-nāsaka“; vv.ll. bhūnahaṭa bhūnahoṭa, bhūhata, all showing the difficulty of the archaic word); Ja.v.266 (pl. bhūnahuno, explained…
bhūta →
pts
grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …
bindu →
pts
- a drop, usually a drop of water Snp.392, Snp.812 (uda˚); Ja.i.100; Vism.531 (madhu˚) Thag-a.281; Pv-a.98 (udaka˚).
- a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism.222 (˚vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).
- (as adj. …
brahma →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brahmā →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
buddha →
pts
Buddha1
adjective
- understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
- having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …
bāla →
pts
Bāla1
adjective
- ignorant (often with ref. to ignorance in a moral sense, of the common people, the puthujjana) foolish (as contrasted with paṇḍita cp. the Bālapaṇḍita-sutta MN.iii.163 …
bāḷha →
pts
adjective strong; only as adv. -ṃ and ˚-, viz.
- bāḷhaṃ strongly, very much, excessively, too much, to satiety Ja.ii.293 Ja.vi.291 (i.e. too often, C. punappunaṃ); Mil.407; Pv-a.274. Comparativ …
cakkhu →
pts
…Ja.iv.378, Ja.iv.403 (= cakkhūnaṃ etaṃ nāmaṃ C.) Vv-a.119;
- -bhāta (+ ñāṇa˚) (adj.) one who has become the possessor of right…
catur →
pts
base of numeral four
- As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …
cetanā →
pts
state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …
ceteti →
pts
Cinteti & ceteti
Forms
-
cint:
pres cinteti
pot cinteyya;
ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
ger ci …
cha →
pts
Cha & Chaḷ
(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.
…
chanda →
pts
- impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Explained at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ …
chavi →
pts
the (outer thin) skin, tegument SN.ii.256; AN.iv.129; Snp.194; Ja.ii.92 Distinguished from camma, the hide (under-skin corium) SN.ii.238 (see camma); also in combination ch-cammam …
chaḍḍeti →
pts
…Mil.15
ger chaḍḍūna Thig.469 (= chaḍḍetvā Thag-a.284); grd. chaḍḍetabba Vin.i.48; Ja.ii.2…
chaḷ →
pts
Cha & Chaḷ
(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.
…
chindati →
pts
to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in …
chinna →
pts
cut off, destroyed Vin.i.71 (acchinna-kesa with unshaven hair); MN.i.430; DN.ii.8 (˚papañca); Ja.i.255; Ja.ii.155; Ja.iv.138; Dhp.338; Pv.i.11#2 (variant reading for bhinna), Pv.i.11#6; Dhp-a.iv.48. …
chāka →
pts
Chāpa & ˚ka
the young of an animal MN.i.384 (˚ka); SN.ii.269 (bhinka˚); Ja.i.460; Ja.ii.439 (sakuṇa˚) Mil.402
■ f. chāpī Ja.vi.192 (maṇḍūka˚).
Sk. śāva
chāpa →
pts
Chāpa & ˚ka
the young of an animal MN.i.384 (˚ka); SN.ii.269 (bhinka˚); Ja.i.460; Ja.ii.439 (sakuṇa˚) Mil.402
■ f. chāpī Ja.vi.192 (maṇḍūka˚).
Sk. śāva
cinteti →
pts
Cinteti & ceteti
Forms
-
cint:
pres cinteti
pot cinteyya;
ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
ger ci …
citta →
pts
Citta1 & Citra
adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …
cuṇṇa →
pts
- pp. broken up powdered; only in cpd. -vicuṇṇa crushed to bits smashed up, piecemeal Ja.i.73; Ja.ii.120, Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.216; Ja.iii.74
- (nt.)
- any hard substance ground into a powder dus …
cuṇṇaka →
pts
adjective
- a preparation of chunam, paint (for the face, mukha˚) DN.i.7; MN.ii.64 = Thag.771; Ja.v.302
- powder; cuṇṇakajātāni reduced to powder MN.iii.92 (aṭṭhikāni)
■ f. -ikā in cuṇṇikam …
cuṇṇeti →
pts
to grind to powder, to crush; to powder or paint w. chunam Vin.ii.107 (mukhaṃ) Ja.iv.457
ppr pass cuṇṇiyamāna being ground Ja.vi.185.
Denom. of cuṇṇa
cāpa →
pts
bow MN.i.429 (opposed to kodaṇḍa); Dhp.156 (˚âtikhīṇa shot from the bow, cp Dhp-a.iii.132), Dhp.320 (abl. cāpāto metri causa); Ja.iv.272 Ja.v.400; Mil.105 (daḷha˚), Mil.352.
- *-[koṭi](/define/koṭi …
cātur →
pts
Cātur˚
(and cātu˚) consisting of four. Only in compounds viz.
- -(r)anta (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep of the earth: Ja.ii. …
d →
pts
-D-
euphonic consonant inserted to avoid hiatus:
- orig. only sandhi-cons. in forms ending in t & d (like tāvat kocid, etc.) & thus restored in compounds where the simplex has lost it:
dvip …
daddu →
pts
kind of cutaneous eruption Mil.298; Vism.345.
-bandhana in d
■ bandhanādi-bandhana at Thag-a.241 should be read daṇḍa˚.
Sk. dadru f. & dardru a kind of leprosy, dadruna le …
dahara →
pts
adjective small, little delicate, young; a young boy, youth, lad DN.i.80, DN.i.115; SN.i.131; SN.ii.279 (daharo ce pi paññavā); MN.i.82; MN.ii.19 MN.ii.66; AN.v.300; Snp.216, Snp.420 (yuvā +), Snp.57 …
dakkhiṇa →
pts
adjective
- right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …
dassati →
pts
*Dassati1
to see, to perceive.
- (pres.) base dakkh [Sk. drakṣ]: pres.
- dakkhati Cnd.428 (= passati), 1st dakkhāmi ibid. (= passāmi) second dakkhasi SN.i.11 …
dassāvitā →
pts
seeing, sight (-˚) Mil.140 (guṇavisesa˚).
abstr. to dassāvin
daḍḍhi →
pts
Daḍḍhi˚
making firm, strengthening, in; kayādaḍḍhi-bahula strengthened by gymnastics, an athlete Ja.iii.310 (variant reading daḷhi˚), Ja.iv.219 (variant reading distorted kādaḷiphahuna).
not with …
daṇḍa →
pts
ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …
dhamma →
pts
Dhamma1
masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.
A. Definitions by Commentators
Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …
dhana →
pts
…likely in orig. meaning “grain, posses sion of corn, crops etc.,” cp. Lith. dūna bread, Sk dhānā pl. grains & dhañña = dhana-like, i.e….
dhañña →
pts
Dhañña1
neuter grain, corn. The usual enumn comprises 7 sorts of grain, which is however not strictly confined to grain-fruit proper (“corn”) but includes, like other enum …
dhaṃsin →
pts
adjective noun obtrusive, bold, offensive MN.i.236; AN.ii.182; Dhp.244 (= Dhp-a.iii.353 paresaṃ guṇaṃ dhaṃsanatāya dh.).
Sk. dharṣin to dhṛṣṇoti, see dhaṃseti
dhona →
pts
adjective noun
- purified MN.i.386; Snp.351, Snp.786, Snp.813, Snp.834 (= dhutakilesa Snp-a.542); Ja.iii.160 (˚sākha = patthaṭasākha Com.; variant reading BB vena˚); Mnd.77 = Mnd.176 (: dhonā vucca …
dhunana →
pts
shaking, in -ka (adj.) consisting in shaking off, doing away with, giving up (kilesa˚) Snp-a.373
Sk. dhūnana
dhunāti →
pts
…dhunāti & dhuvati, Caus. dhūnayati. Idg.; *dhū to be in turbulent motion cp. Gr. χύω, χύνω (to be impetuous), χύελλα (storm)…
dhuta →
pts
(& Dhūta)
- shaken, moved Dāvs v.49 (vāta˚).
- lit. “shaken off,” but always explained in the commentaries as “one who shakes off” either cvil dispositions (kilese), or obstacles to spiritual pro …
dhāreti →
pts
to hold, viz.
- to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …
dhāvati →
pts
- to run run away, run quickly Snp.939 (cp. Mnd.419); Dhp.344; Ja.i.308; Ja.vi.332; Mnd.405 = Cnd.304#iii.; Pv.iv.16#1 = palāyati Pv-a.284#2; Dhp-a.i.389 (opp. gacchati); Pv-a.4; Sdhp.378.
- to c …
dhūma →
pts
smoke, fumes Vin.i.204 (aroma of drugs) MN.i.220 (dh ˚ṃ kattā); AN.v.352 (id.); AN.ii.53; AN.iv.72 sq. AN.v.347 sq.; Ja.iii.401, Ja.iii.422 (tumhākaṃ dh-kāle at the time when you will end in smoke, i …
dhūpa →
pts
incense Ja.i.51, Ja.i.64, Ja.i.290 (gandha˚, dvandva cpd.); Ja.iii.144; Ja.vi.42; Pv-a.141 (gandhap̄uppha˚) dh˚ṃ dadāti to incense (a room) Ja.i.399. Sometimes misspelt dhūma, e.g. …
dibba →
pts
adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …
divasa →
pts
nt. only in expression satta divasāni 7 days or a week Ja.iv.139; Mil.15) a day AN.i.206 (˚ṃ atināmeti); Ja.iii.52 (uposatha˚); Pv-a.31 (yāva sattadivasā a week long), Pv-a.74 (sattamo divaso) Usu …
dukkha →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …
dutiya →
pts
ordinal number
- (num.) the second, the following Ja.ii.102, Ja.ii.110 dutiyaṃ for the second time (cp. tatiyaṃ in series 1, 2 3) Vin.ii.188; DN.ii.155
- (adj. n.) one who follows or is associated …
dvi →
pts
number two.
A. Meanings
I. Two as unit
- with objective foundation:
- denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …
dvāra →
pts
- lit. an outer door, a gate, entrance Vin.i.15; SN.i.58 SN.i.138, SN.i.211; Ja.i.346; Ja.ii.63; Ja.vi.330; Vb.71 sq.; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.67 (village gate), Pv-a.79; Sdhp.54, Sdhp.356
■ That d. can …
dāru →
pts
wood, piece of wood; pl. woodwork, sticks AN.i.112; Iti.71; Dhp.80; Ja.ii.102; Ja.iii.54; Ja.vi.366; Dhp-a.i.393; Pv-a.76 (candana˚) Pv-a.141.
- -kuṭikā a hut, log-house Vin. …
dāruṇa →
pts
adjective strong, firm, severe harsh, cruel, pitiless SN.i.101; SN.ii.226; Snp.244; Dhp.139; Ja.iii.34; Pv.iv.3#6 (= ghora Pv-a.251); Mil.117 (vāta) Pv-a.24, Pv-a.52 (= ghora), Pv-a.159 (sapatha a …
eka →
pts
…Mil.392.
- -ūna one less, minus one usually as 1st part of a numeral cpd., like ˚vīsati (21 − 1 =…
ekaccika →
pts
adjective single, not doubled (of cloth, opp. to diguṇa) Ja.v.216 (˚vasana = eka-paṭṭa-nivattha).
fr. ekacca
ekaṃsa →
pts
…nipāto for “nūna”); Snp-a.414 (˚vacana for “taggha”)
■ Opp. an˚; Mil.225
■ instr….
gabbha →
pts
- interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
■ Ja.i.90 …
gambhīra →
pts
- adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
- lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
- fig of knowledge …
gandha →
pts
smell, viz.
- odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …
garu →
pts
…Snp.326 (variant reading garūnaṃ to be preferred, so also Snp-a.332, Snp-a.333); garūnaṃ dārā Iti.36-garukaroti (for garuṃ k˚) to…
gata →
pts
gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.
- literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …
gati →
pts
- going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …
gavesaka →
pts
˚Gavesaka
adjective from next looking for, seeking Ja.i.176 (kāraṇa˚); Ja.ii.3 (aguṇa˚).
gaṇa →
pts
-
- in special sense: a meeting or a chapter of (two or three bhikkhus, a company (opposed both to sangha, the order & puggala, the individual) Vin.i.58, Vin.i.74, Vin.i.195, Vin.i.197 Vin.ii.170, V …
gedha →
pts
Gedha1
greed. Its connection with craving and worldly attachment is often referred to. Kāmesu g˚ SN.i.73; Snp.152; AN.iii.312 sq. (gedho pañcann’ etaṃ kāmaguṇānaṃ adhivacanaṃ). gedhataṇhā …
ghaccā →
pts
destruction (usually -˚) DN.iii.67 (mūla˚); Ja.i.176 (sakuṇa˚).
fr. hanati, han and ghan
ghaṭa →
pts
…a drum Ja.vi.277 (= kumbhathūna); as bhadda Sdhp.319, Sdhp.329.
- -pamāṇa (adj.) of the size of a large pot Ja.ii.104;…
ghora →
pts
adjective terrible, frightful, awful Vin.ii.147. Freq. as attr. of niraya (syn. with dāruṇa Pv-a.87, Pv-a.159, Pv-a.206) Pv.i.10#12; Pv.iv.1#8. Of an oath (sapatha Pv.i.6#8; Pv.ii.12#16
■ ghorass …
ghosaka →
pts
adjective sounding, proclaiming, shouting out (-˚), in dhamma˚ praising the Law Ja.ii.286; Satthu guṇa sounding the praise of the Master Dhp-a.iii.114. As n Name of a deva (Gh. devaputta) Dhp-a.i.173.
go →
pts
, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …
guḷa →
pts
Guḷa1
to make into a ball, to conglomerate. Cp Sk. glauḥ ball; Gr. γλουτός; Ohg. chliuwa; Ger. kugel kloss; E. clot, cleat; also *gel with same meaning Sk. gulma tumour, gilāyu glandula …
guḷika →
pts
adjective like a chain, or having a chain, (nt. & f.) a cluster, a chain in maṇi a string of jewels, a pearl necklace Ja.iii.184 (variant reading BB for ˚guḷa); Ja.iv.256; Vism.285 (+ muttā-guḷikā). …
guḷā →
pts
swelling, pimple, pustule, blight, in cpd. guḷā-guṇṭhika-jāta DN.ii.55, which is also to be read at AN.ii.211 (in spite of Morris, prelim. remarks to AN.ii.4 whose trsln. is otherwise correct) = g …
guṇa →
pts
Guṇa1
- a string, a cord-
- of a robe, etc., in (kāya-bandhanaṃ) saguṇaṃ katvā to make tight by tying with a knot Vin.i.46 (Vin. Texts: “laying the garments on top of each other,” …
guṇaka →
pts
adjective having a knot at the end, thickened at the top (with ref. to kāyabandha, see guṇa 1a) Vin.ii.136, cp. Vin. Texts ii.143.
to guḷa1, cp. guḷika?
guṇavant →
pts
adjective possessed of good qualities, virtuous Pv.ii.9#71 (= jhān’ ādiguṇa-yutta); Pv-a.62 (mahā˚).
to guṇa1
guṇi →
pts
kind of armour Ja.vi.449 (g. vuccate kavacaṃ C.); see Kern,
Toevoegselen
p. 132.
of adj. guṇin, having guṇas or guḷas, i.e. strings or knots
gāma →
pts
collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …
hacca →
pts
adjective killing, in bhūnahacca killing an embryo AN.iv.98; Ja.vi.579 = Ja.vi.587; Mil.314 (text bhūta-)
fr. han
harati →
pts
hatthin →
pts
an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …
hātūna →
pts
see harati.
iddhimant →
pts
adjective
- (lit.) successful, proficient, only in neg. an˚; unfortunate, miserable, poor Ja.vi.361.
- (fig.) possessing psychic powers Vin.iii.67; Vin.iv.108; AN.i.23, AN.i.25; AN.ii.185; AN.iii …
indavāruṇī →
pts
the Coloquintida plant Ja.iv.8 (˚ka-rukkha).
inda + vāruṇa
isi →
pts
- a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …
jambonada →
pts
…AN.i.181; AN.ii.8, AN.ii.29; Vv.84#17. Cp. jātarūpa.
Sk. jāmbūnada; belonging to or coming from the Jambu river (?)
javati →
pts
Vedic ju javate intr. to hurry, junāti trs. to incite, urge: to run, hurry, hasten SN.i.33; Ja.iv.213; Dāvs v.24; Dhs-a.265, pp. jūta.
jānāti →
pts
to know.
I. Forms
The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)
-
jān:
pres jānāti
pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …
jāta →
pts
- As adj. n.un
- born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …
jāti →
pts
■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).
- birth, rebirth, possibility of …
jīvati →
pts
to live be alive, live by, subsist on (c. instr. or nissāya). Imper pres. jīva Snp.427, very freq. with ciraṃ live long… as a salutation & thanksgiving. ciraṁ jīva Ja.vi.337 c. jīvāhi Snp.1029 Pv.ii.3 …
kakudha →
pts
- the hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull Ja.ii.225; Ja.vi.340.
- a cock’s comb: see sīsa kakudha.
- a king’s symbol or emblem (nt.) Ja.v.264. There are 5 such insignia regis, …
kamma →
pts
…Pv.ii.1#3 and freq.; ekūna-tiṃsa kāyakammāni Bdhd 49. 4. Deeds characterized as evil (pāpa-kammāni, pāpāni k˚, pāpakāni…
kandati →
pts
to cry, wail, weep, lament, bewail Dhp.371; Vv.83#12 Ja.vi.166; Mil.11, Mil.148; freq. of Petas: Pv-a.43, Pv-a.160 Pv-a.262 (cp. rodati)
■ In kāmaguṇā pass. urattāḷiṃ k MN.i.86 = Cnd. s.v.; AN.ii …
kanha →
pts
adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …
kanta →
pts
Kanta1
- (adj.) in special sense an attribute of worldly pleasure (cp. kāma kāmaguṇā): pleasant, lovely, enjoyable; freq. in form iṭṭhā kantā manāpā, referring to the pleasures of the sens …
kapi →
pts
monkey (freq. in similes) Snp.791; Thag.1080; Ja.i.170; Ja.iii.148, cp. kavi.
- -kacchu the plant Mucuna pruritus Pv.ii.3#10; ˚phala its fruit Pv-a.86;
- *-[citta](/define/ci …
kappiya →
pts
adjective
- (cp. kappa ii.1a) according to rule, right, suitable, fitting, proper, appropriate (Pv-a.26 = anucchavika paṭirūpa) Ja.i.392; DN-a.i.9; Pv-a.25 Pv-a.141
■ a˚; not r …
karuṇā →
pts
…are “paradukkhe sati sādhūnaṃ hadayakampanaṃ karotī ti” Bdhd 21; “sattesu k˚ karuṇāyanā karuṇāyitattaṃ karuṇā…
karuṇāyati →
pts
to feel pity for, to have compassion on Snp.1065 (˚āyamāna; expl. by Nd ii.as anuddayamāno anurakkh anuggaṇh˚ anukamp˚); Vb.273; Vism.314. Der. -āyanā compassionateness Vb.87 = Vb.273 (and *-āyi …
kataññu →
pts
adjective lit. knowing, i.e. acknowledging what has been done (to one), i.e. grateful often in combination with katavedin grateful and mindful of benefits SN.ii.272; AN.i.87 = P …
kaḷebara →
pts
(kale˚ and kalevara) masculine & neuter
- the body SN.i.62 = AN.ii.48 = AN.iv.429 = MN.i.82; Ja.ii.437, Ja.iii.96, Ja.iii.244; Vism.49, Vism.230.
- a dead body, corpse, carcass; often in descriptio …
kaṇṭha →
pts
…Pv-a.99 (k-oṭṭha-tālūnaṃ tassita), Pv-a.180 (sūci˚ like a needle’s eye, cp. sūcicchidda variant reading sūcikaṭṭha “whose…
kaṭa →
pts
Kaṭa1
a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.
kaṭasī →
pts
cemetery; only in phrase kaṭasiṃ vaḍḍheti “to increase the cemetery” referring to dying and being buried repeatedly in the course of numerous rebirths, explained by susāna & āḷāhana Thag-a.291-vaḍ …
kaṭuka →
pts
adjective sharp, bitter, acid, severe
- severe, sharp (fig.), of dukkha, vedanā, kāmā, etc MN.i.10 = AN.ii.143; Ja.vi.115; Thig.451 (= Thag-a.281) SN-a.56
■ painful, terrible, frightful (-ap …
kaṭukañcukatā →
pts
closeness, tightness close-fistedness, niggardliness. Explained as “the shrinking up of the heart,” which prevents the flow or manifestation of generosity. It occurs only in the stock phrase “vevicch …
kevalin →
pts
adjective one who is fully accomplished, an Arahant; often with mahesi and uttamapurisa Defn sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā t …
khajjati →
pts
(= khādiyati, Pass. of khādati; Dhtm.93 bhakkhaṇa)
- to be eaten, chewed, eaten up, as by animals upacikāhi Vin.ii.113; suṇakhehi Pv.iii.7#8; puḷavehi Ja.iii.177; cp. Pv.iv.5#2 (cut in two)
- to be …
khalita →
pts
…AN.i.138 (+ vilūna); Thig.255 (= vilūnakesa Thag-a.210).
Sk. khalati = Lat. calvus, bald; cp….
khandha →
pts
…abhiññeyyo dhātūnaṃ dhātuṭṭho, etc. Pts.i.17; cp. Pts.i.132; Pts.ii.121, Pts.ii.157 In def. of kāmâvacarā bhūmi Pts.i.83….
khaṇḍa →
pts
- (adj.) broken, usually of teeth; Thig.260 (= Thag-a.211); Mil.342; Vism.51.
- (m. nt.) a broken piece, a bit, camma˚ a strip of hide Vin.ii.122; coḷa˚ a bit of cloth Pv-a.70; pilotika˚ bits of r …
khādāpana →
pts
causing to be eaten (kind of punishment) Mil.197 (sunakhehi).
fr. khādāpeti
khīṇa →
pts
destroyed, exhausted, removed, wasted, gone; in compounds ˚-often to be translated “without.” It is mostly applied to the destruction of the passions (āsavā) & demerit (kamma). Khīṇā jāti “destroyed …
kirāta →
pts
…p.34. Cp. also apakiritūna & okirati2, okiraṇa
■ A secondary meaning of kirāṭa is that of a fraudulent merchant, a cheat…
kirāṭa →
pts
…p.34. Cp. also apakiritūna & okirati2, okiraṇa
■ A secondary meaning of kirāṭa is that of a fraudulent merchant, a cheat…
kotthu →
pts
jackal DN.iii.25, DN.iii.26; MN.i.334; Mnd.149 (spelt koṭṭhu); Ja.vi.537 (˚sunā: explained by sigāla-sunakhā, katthu-soṇā ti pi pāṭho). kotthuka (and koṭṭhuka) = prec. SN.i.66 …
koṭṭeti →
pts
- to beat, smash, crush, pound Ja.i.478 Ja.vi.366 (spelt ṭṭh); Dhp-a.i.25 (suvaṇṇaṃ) 165.
- to make even (the ground or floor) Vin.ii.291 (in making floors); Ja.vi.332.
- to cut, kill Snp-a.178 ( …
koṭṭha →
pts
Koṭṭha1
masculine neuter anything hollow and closed in (Cp. gabbha for both meanings) as
- the stomach or abdomen Mil.265, Vism.357; Sdhp.257.
- a closet, a monk’s cell, a storeroom MN. …
kumbha →
pts
- a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …
kurūra →
pts
adjective bloody raw, cruel, in -kammanta following a cruel (bloody occupation (as hunting, fishing, bird killing, etc. AN.iii.383 = Pp.56 (expld. Pp-a.233 by dāruṇa˚, also at Pv-a.181).
Sk. krū …
kusala →
pts
adjective
- (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …
kuṇa →
pts
adjective distorted bent, crooked, lame Pv.ii.9#26 (variant reading kuṇḍa; cp Pv-a.123. kuṇita paṭikuṇita an-ujubhūta); Dhp-a.iii.71 (kāṇa˚ blind and lame).
cp. kuṇi lame from *qer, to bend = G …
kuṇalin →
pts
in kuṇalīkata and kuṇalīmukha contracted, contorted Pv.ii.9 26.28. (Hardy, but Minayeff and Hardy’s S.S. Kuṇḍalī˚), explained Pv-a.123 by mukhavikārena vikuṇitaṃ (or vikucitaṃ SS.) sakuṇit …
kuṇapa →
pts
corpse, carcase, Vin.iii.68 = MN.i.73 = AN.iv.377 (ahi˚, kukkura˚, manussa pūti˚); AN.iv.198 sq.; Snp.205; Ja.i.61, Ja.i.146; Pv-a.15 Kaṇṭhe āsatto kuṇapo a corpse hanging round one’s neck MN.i.120; …
kuṇi →
pts
adjective deformed, paralysed (orig. bent, crooked, cp. kuṇa) only of the arm, acc. to Pp AN.iv.19 either of one or both arms (hands) Ja.i.353 (expl. kuṇṭhahattha) Dhp-a.i.376; Pp.51 (kāṇa, kuṇi, kha …
kuṇita →
pts
(or kuṇika) = kuṇa Pv-a.123, Pv-a.125 (or should it be kucita?). Cp. paṭi˚.
kuṇāla →
pts
Name of a bird (the Indian cuckoo) Ja.v.214 sq. (kuṇāla-jātaka). Kuṇāla-daha “cuckoo-lake,” Name of one of the seven great lakes in the Himavant Vism.416.
kuṇālaka →
pts
the cuckoo Ja.v.406 (= kokila).
fr. kuṇāla
kuṇḍalin →
pts
Kuṇḍalin1
adjective wearing earrings SN.iv.343; Ja.v.136; Ja.vi.478. su˚; Vv.73#1. Cp. Maṭṭha˚ Np Dhp-a.i.25; Pv.ii.5.
fr. kuṇḍala
Kuṇḍalin2
in kuṇḍalī-kata contorted Pv. …
kuṇṭha →
pts
- bent, lame; blunt (of a sword) Dhp-a.i.311 (˚kuddāla); Pp AN.i.34 (of asi, opp tikkhina); ˚tiṇa a kind of grass Vism.353.
- a cripple Ja.ii.117.
cp. kuṇa and kuṇḍa
kāla →
pts
Kāla & Kāḷa
Preliminary
- dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …
kāma →
pts
…the fruit of a tree 8. asisūna, a slaughter-house 9. satti-sūla, a sharp stake 10. sappa-sira, a snake’s head, i.e. the bite of a…
kāraṇa →
pts
,
-
- a deed, action, performance, esp. an act imposed or inflicted upon somebody by a higher authority (by the king as representative of justice or by kamma MN.iii.181; see *kamma …
kāruñña →
pts
compassion (usually with anudayā and anukampā) SN.ii.199; AN.iii.189; Vism.300; Pv-a.75; Sdhp.509.
fr. karuṇa
kāruṇika →
pts
adjective compassionate, merciful Pv.ii.1#13; Pv-a.16; Bdhd 49; often with mahā˚: of great mercy Sdhp.330, Sdhp.557; so of the Buddha: mahākāruṇika nātha “the Saviour of great mercy” in introductor …
kāya →
pts
group, heap, collection, aggregate, body
Definitions and synonyms
Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …
kāḷa →
pts
Kāla & Kāḷa
Preliminary
- dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …
lakkhaṇa →
pts
- sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …
lakkhika →
pts
Lakkhika & ˚ya
adjective belonging to auspices, favoured by good luck Sdhp.105 (˚ya); usually neg alakkhika unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated; either with appa-puñña of no me …
lakkhiya →
pts
Lakkhika & ˚ya
adjective belonging to auspices, favoured by good luck Sdhp.105 (˚ya); usually neg alakkhika unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated; either with appa-puñña of no me …
lasuna →
pts
Lasuṇa & Lasuna
neuter garlic Vin.ii.140; Vin.iv.258; Ja.i.474; Vv.43#6; Vv-a.186.
cp. Sk. laśuna
lasuṇa →
pts
Lasuṇa & Lasuna
neuter garlic Vin.ii.140; Vin.iv.258; Ja.i.474; Vv.43#6; Vv-a.186.
cp. Sk. laśuna
lasī →
pts
brains Ja.i.493 (= matthalunga C.) = Dhp-a.i.145. Lasuna & Lasuna;
etym.?
lavana →
pts
cutting, reaping Mil.360.
fr. lunāti
lavāpeti →
pts
Caus. of lunāti (q.v.).
lohita →
pts
…bhikkhūnaṃ uṇhaṃ l. mukhato uggañchi; cp. the similar passage at Mil.165); Snp.433; Pv.i.6#7; Pv.i.9#1 (explained as…
loka →
pts
world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …
loluppa →
pts
greediness, covetousness, self-indulgence, desire; in the language of the Abhidhamma often syn. with jappā or taṇhā. At Dhs-a.365 loluppa is treated as an adj. …
lopa →
pts
taking away, cutting off; as tt. g. apocope, elision (of the final letter) Vb-a.164 (sabba-loka-vohāra˚); Snp-a.12, Snp-a.303, Snp-a.508; Vv-a.79 often in anunāsika˚; dropping of (final) ṃ …
ludda →
pts
adjective
- fierce, terrible; cruel, gruesome SN.i.143; AN.ii.174 (pāpa, l., kibbisa); AN.v.149; Pp.56; Vv.84#5 (= dāruṇā pisāc’-ādino Vv-a.335); Ja.v.243 (ṭhānaṃ niraya); Sdhp.286. The spelling * …
lunana →
pts
cutting, severing Snp-a.148 (niddānan ti chedanaṃ lunanaṃ uppāṭanaṃ).
for lūna(na), cp. lavana
lunāti →
pts
…lunanti); Dhs-a.39
pp lūna (& luta); -Caus I. lāvayati Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30; Caus. ii. lavāpeti to cause to mow…
luta →
pts
…or lūna, in meaning “cut, cut off”. Thus at SN.i.5 (nalo va harito luto), SN.i.126 = Ja.vi.25; and at…
luñcita →
pts
…“pressed”; Nyānatiloka “cut”); Pv-a.47 (vilūna-kesa +).
pp. of luñcati
lālappa →
pts
talking much, excited or empty talk, wailing Vb.100, Vb.138; Pts.i.38; Ne.29; Vb-a.104 (= punappunaṃ lapanaṃ). Lala(p)pana
fr. lālappati
lāpa →
pts
Lāpa1
talk: see compounds abhi˚, pa˚, sal˚.
fr. lap
Lāpa2
a sort of quail, Perdix chinensis SN.v.146 = Ja.ii.59. As lāpaka-sakuṇa also at Ja.ii.59-Another name for quai …
lāvati →
pts
Lāvati & Lāveti
to cut, to mow Pv-a.40 (lāvitvā), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30 (lāvayati).
the latter the usual form, as Caus. of lunāti. lāvati is the simple Pāli formation fr. lū Another Caus. ii. is *lavā …
lāveti →
pts
Lāvati & Lāveti
to cut, to mow Pv-a.40 (lāvitvā), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30 (lāvayati).
the latter the usual form, as Caus. of lunāti. lāvati is the simple Pāli formation fr. lū Another Caus. ii. is *lavā …
lāyati →
pts
to cut (off), mow, reap; ger. lāyitvā AN.iii.365; Ja.i.215; Ja.iii.226; Vin.iii.64; Pv.i.8#1 (= lāvitvā Pv-a.40)
pp lāyita.
for. *lāvati, lū, for which …
lūna →
pts
cut, mowed, reaped Thig.107 (˚kesī); Ja.ii.365; Dāvs i.32. Cp. vi˚.
pp. of lunāti
lūyati →
pts
Pass. of lunāti (q.v.).
maccu →
pts
the God of Death, the Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama SN.i.156; Snp.357 (gen. maccuno), Snp.581 (instr maccunā), Snp.587; Thag.411; Dhp.21, Dhp.47, Dhp.128, Dhp.135, Dhp.150 Dhp.287; Vb …
mahallaka →
pts
adjective noun old, venerable, of great age an old man DN.i.90 (opp. taruṇa), DN.i.94, DN.i.114, DN.i.247; Snp.313, Snp.603; Cnd.261 (vuḍḍha m. andhagata etc. Ja.iv.482 (opp. dahara young); Vv.46#1 (= …
mahant →
pts
adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …
majjha →
pts
adjective middle, viz
- of space: of moderate height DN.i.243 (contrasted with ucca & nīca).
- of; time: of middle age Snp.216 (contrasted with dahara young & thera old).
- often used adv. in …
mana(s) →
pts
Mano & Mana(s)
neuter
I. Declension
Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …
mano →
pts
Mano & Mana(s)
neuter
I. Declension
Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …
mattikā →
pts
- clay Ja.vi.372; Mhvs.29, Mhvs.5 sq
■ tamba˚; red clay Dhp-a.iv.106; Pv-a.191. mattikā pl. kinds of clay (used in cosmetics, like Fuller’s earth) Ja.v.89 (nānā-cunṇāni …
maññati →
pts
- to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …
maṅkuna →
pts
(& -ṇa) an insect, bug or flea Ja.i.10; Ja.iii.423; Vism.109 (where kīla-mankula ought to be read as kīṭamankuna); Dhp-a.ii.12.
cp. late Sk. matkuṇa, see Geiger,
Pali Grammar
§ 6#3
maṇi →
pts
- a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …
methuna →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase ˚ṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevati to cohabit Vin.i.96; DN.ii.133; Snp.291, Sn …
methunaka →
pts
- one concerned with (illicit) sexual intercourse, a fornicator Mnd.139 (in a wider sense).
- an associate Vin.iii.66.
- (nt.) coitus Ja.ii.360 (= methuna-dhamma C.).
fr. methuna
mettā →
pts
to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. defns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “*metti mettā …
mithu →
pts
adverb opposite reciprocally, contrary Snp.825, Snp.882 (taken by Mnd.163 Mnd.290, on both passages identically, as n. pl. of adj. instead of adv., & expld by “dve janā dve kalaha-kāraka” …
moha →
pts
stupidity, dullness of mind & soul, delusion bewilderment, infatuation DN.iii.146, DN.iii.175, DN.iii.182, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.270; Vin.iv.144, Vin.iv.145; Snp.56, Snp.74, Snp.160, Snp.638, Snp.847; Vb …
mohana →
pts
making dull or stupid, infatuation, enticement, allurement Snp.399, Snp.772 (= mohanā vuccanti pañca kāmaguṇā Mnd.26). The Sk. meaning is also “sexual intercourse” (cp. Halāyudha p. 315), which may ap …
mosa →
pts
(˚-) adjective noun belonging to or untruth, false-; only in compounds -dhamma of a deceitful nature, false, AN.v.84 (kāma); Snp.739, Snp.757 & -vajja [fr. m …
motar →
pts
one who feels (or senses) that which can be felt (or sensed), in phrase “mutaṃ na maññati motabbaṃ (so read) na maññati motāraṃ” he does not identify what is sensed with that which is not sensed nor …
muditā →
pts
soft-heartedness, kindliness sympathy. Often in triad mettā (“active love” Snp-a.128), karuṇā (“preventive love,” ibid.), muditā (“disinter …
mudu →
pts
adjective soft, mild, weak, tender DN.ii.17 = DN.iii.143 (+ taluṇa); AN.ii.151 (pañcindriyāni mudūni, soft, blunt weak: opp. tikkha); SN.ii.268 (˚taluṇa-hatthapādā) Snp.447 (= muduka Snp-a.393); Th …
mukha →
pts
- the mouth Snp.608, Snp.1022 (with ref. to the long tongue, pahūta-jivha, of the Buddha or Mahāpurisa) Ja.ii.7; DN-a.i.287 (uttāna˚ clear mouthed, i.e. easy to understand, cp. DN.i.116); Pv-a.11, …
munana →
pts
fathoming, recognising, knowing; a C. word to explain “muni,” used by Dhpāla at Vv-a.114 (mahā-isibhūtaṃ… mahanten’ eva ñāṇena munanato paricchindanato mahā muniṃ), & Vv-a.231 (anavasesassa ñeyyass …
muni →
pts
holy man, a sage, wise man.
I
The term which was specialised in Brahmanism has acquired a general meaning in Buddhism & is applied by the Buddha to any man attaining perfection in self-rest …
munāti →
pts
to be a wise man or muni, to think, ponder, to know Dhp.269 (yo munāti ubho loke munī tena pavuccati), which is expld at Dhp-a.iii.396 as follows: “yo puggalo… tulaṃ āropetvā minanto viya …
muta →
pts
thought, supposed, imagined (i.e. received by other vaguer sense impressions than by sight & hearing) MN.i.3; Snp.714 (= phusan’ arahaṃ Snp-a.498), Snp.812; Ja.v.398 (= anumata C.) Vb.14, Vb.429 sq …
māgadhaka →
pts
garlic Vin.iv.259 (lasuṇaṃ nāma māgadhakaṃ vuccati).
māgadha + ka, lit. “from Magadha”
māgavika →
pts
deerstalker, huntsman AN.ii.207; Pp.56; Mil.364, Mil.412; Pv-a.207.
guṇa-form to *mṛga = P. miga; Sk. mārgavika
mālā →
pts
garland, wreath, chaplet; collectively = flowers; fig. row, line Snp.401; Pp.56 Vism.265 (in simile); Pv.ii.3#16 (gandha, m., vilepana as a “lady’s” toilet outfit); Pv.ii.4#9 (as one of the 8 or 10 st …
māsa →
pts
Māsa1
a month, as the 12th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, S …
māsalu →
pts
only instr. māsalunā Mil.292, Trenckner says (note p. 428): “m. is otherwise unknown it must mean a period shorter than 5 months. Cp. Sk. māsala.” Rh. D. (trsl. ii.148) translates “got in a month,” …
mātikā →
pts
- a water course Vism.554 (˚âtikkamaka); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.96; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.50; Snp-a.500 (= sobbha); Dhp-a.ii.141 (its purpose: “ito c’ ito ca udakaṃ haritvā attano sassa-kammaṃ sampādenti”); Vv-a. …
māṅgalya →
pts
adjective auspicious, fortunate, bringing about fulfilment of wishes Ja.vi.179.
fr. mangala
nahāpita →
pts
barber, who has also the business of preparing & giving baths (cp. absolutive “bader”) a bath-attendant ‣See kappaka. Barbers ranked as a low class socially, and rebirth in a barbe …
nakkhatta →
pts
the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …
nala →
pts
Nala & Naḷa
a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷ …
nanda →
pts
at Pv.ii.6#7 used either as interj. (= nanu, q.v.) or as voc. in the sense of “dear”; the first expln to be preferred & n. probably to be read as nanu (variant reading nuna or; *[handa](/de …
nanu →
pts
indeclinable
- part. of affirmation (cp. na1): surely, certainly Pv.ii.6#7 (so to be read for nanda? variant reading BB nuna); Manor. Pūr. on AN.v.194 (Andersen P. R. 91)
- part. of inte …
nava →
pts
Nava1
(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.
Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …
naya →
pts
adjective noun “leading”; usually m: way (fig.), method, plan, manner; inference; sense, meaning (in grammar); behaviour, conduct AN.ii.193 = Cnd.151 (˚hetu through inference); Ne.2 (method), Ne.4 (id …
naḷa →
pts
Nala & Naḷa
a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷ …
nela →
pts
Neḷa & Nela
(adj.)
- without fault or sin blameless, faultless; not hurting, humane, gentle merciful, innocuous DN.i.4 (Bdhgh explains: elaṃ vuccati doso; n’ assā (i.e. vācāya) elan ti nelā; niddos …
nepuñña →
pts
experience, skill, cleverness Pp.25, Pp.35; Dhs.16, Dhs.292; Dhs-a.147.
fr. nipuṇa
nettiṃsa →
pts
sword Ja.ii.77 (˚vara-dhārin; C. nettiṃsā vuccanti khaggā); Ja.iv.118 (C. gives it as adj. = nikkaruṇa merciless; & says “khaggassa nāmaṃ”); Ja.vi.188 (˚varadhārin).
cp. Sk. nistriṃśa, Halāyudha 2, …
neḷa →
pts
Neḷa & Nela
(adj.)
- without fault or sin blameless, faultless; not hurting, humane, gentle merciful, innocuous DN.i.4 (Bdhgh explains: elaṃ vuccati doso; n’ assā (i.e. vācāya) elan ti nelā; niddos …
ni →
pts
Ni˚
Nearly all (ultimately prob. all) words under this heading are compounds with the pref. ni.
A. Forms
- Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …
nibandhati →
pts
- to bind Mil.79.
- to mix, apply, prepare Vin.ii.151 (anibandhanīya unable to be applied, not binding); Ja.i.201 (yāgubhattaṃ).
- to press, urge, importune Ja.iii.277.
ni + bandhati
nibbematika →
pts
adjective not disagreeing, of one accord, unanimous Vin.ii.65; Dhp-a.i.34.
nis + vimati + ka
nibbhaya →
pts
adjective free from fear or danger, fearless, unafraid Ja.i.274; Ja.iii.80; Ja.v.287; Vism.512.
nis + bhaya
nibbuta →
pts
adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy
- (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …
nibbāna →
pts
I. Etymology
Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …
nicchodeti →
pts
(& variant reading; nicchādeti) to shake or throw about, only in phrase odhunāti nidhunāti nicchodeti at SN.iii.155 = MN.i.229 MN.i.374 = AN.iii.365, where S has correct read …
niddhunāti →
pts
to shake off SN.iii.155; AN.iii.365 (odhunāti + ; spelt nidhunāti) MN.i.229; Thag.416; Pv-a.256 (= odhunāti).
Sk. nirdhunoti, nis + dhunāti
niddāna →
pts
cutting off, mowing, destroying Snp.78 (= chedana lunana uppāṭana Snp-a.148) = SN.i.172; K.S. i.319, cp. niḍḍāyati.
Sk. *nirdāna, nis + dāna of dayati2, Sk. dāti, cp. dātta
niggata →
pts
adjective
- going out, proceeding from (abl.): dahato niggatā nadī (a river issuing from a lake) Pv-a.152.
- (= nigata? or = nis + gata “of ill fate”) destined, fateful; miserable unfortunate Pv\ …
niggatika →
pts
having a bad “gati” or fate, ill-fated, bad, unfortunate, miserable Ja.iii.538 (variant reading BB as gloss, nikkāruṇika); Ja.iv.48 (variant reading BB nikatika).
Sk. *nirgatika, nis + gati-ka
nigguṇa →
pts
adjective devoid of good qualities, bad Mil.180.
Sk. nirguṇa, nis + guṇa
nihīyati →
pts
to be left, to come to ruin, to be destroyed AN.i.126 = Ja.iii.324 (= vināsaṃ pāpuṇāti). pp. nihīna (q.v.).
ni + hīyati, Pass. of hā, see jahāti
nikkarunatā →
pts
Err:509
nikkaruṇa →
pts
adjective without compassion, heartless Snp.244 (= sattānaṃ anatthakāma); Sdhp.508.
nis + karuṇa, adj. of karuṇā
nikkaruṇā →
pts
heartlessness Pv-a.55.
Sk. niṣkaruṇatā; nis + karuṇā
nikāya →
pts
collection (“body”) assemblage, class, group.
- generally (always-˚): eka˚; one class of beings Dhs-a.66; tiracchāna˚; the animal kingdom SN.iii.152; deva˚; the assembly of the gods, the g …
nimitta →
pts
- sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed expln); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …
nimmakkha →
pts
adjective without egotism, not false, not slandering Snp.56 (cp Cnd.356 makkha = niṭṭhuriya; see also Snp-a.108; paraguṇa-vināsana-lakkhaṇo makkho).
nis + makkha, cp. Sk. nirmatsara
nipuṇa →
pts
adjective clever, skilful, accomplished; fine, subtle, abstruse DN.i.26≈(n. gambhīra dhamma), DN.i.162 (paṇḍita +); MN.i.487 (dhamma); SN.i.33; SN.iv.369; AN.iii.78; Snp.1126 (= gambhīra duddasa etc. …
niraya →
pts
purgatory, hell, a place of punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i.e. kamma ripens = paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible ordeals (kāraṇāni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hade …
nissaraṇa →
pts
…SN.iii.170 (catunnaṁ dhātūnaṁ); SN.iv.7 sq. (identical); SN.v.121 sq. AN.i.258 AN.i.260 AN.ii.10 (kāmānaṁ etc.); AN.iii.245 sq.; AN.iv.76…
nissaṅga →
pts
adjective unattached, unobstructed, disinterested, unselfish Sdhp.371, Sdhp.398, Sdhp.411 etc.; Tikp.10 f. abstr. -tā disinterestedness Ja.i.46.
nis + sanga
nissita →
pts
adjective hanging on, dependent on, inhabiting; attached to, supported by, living by means of, relying on, being founded or rooted in, bent on As-˚ often in sense of a prep. = by means of, on account …
nitthanana →
pts
groaning, moaning DN-a.i.291 (variant reading BB. ˚ṭhuna). As nitthunana Vism.504.
nis + thanana, abstr. to thaneti
nitthanati →
pts
Nitthanati & Nitthunati
to moan, groan:
- -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
- -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295, Ja.v.389; Vism.311; Vv-a.224. Cp nitthuna.
Sk. nis …
nitthuna →
pts
- (of thunati1) moan, groan DN-a.i.291 (as variant reading BB for nitthanana)-
- (of thunati2) blame, censure, curse Pv-a.76 (˚ṃ karoti to revile or curse).
Sk. *nis-stan …
nitthunati FIXME double →
pts
Nitthunati
etc., see nitthanati etc.
nitthunati →
pts
Nitthanati & Nitthunati
to moan, groan:
- -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
- -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295, Ja.v.389; Vism.311; Vv-a.224. Cp nitthuna.
Sk. nis …
nivāpa →
pts
food thrown (for feeding), fodder, bait; gift, portion, ration MN.i.151 sq. (Nivāpa-sutta); Ja.i.150; Ja.iii.271; Dhp-a.i.233 (share); Dhp-a.iii.303; Vv-a.63 (diguṇaṃ ˚ṃ pacitvā cooking a double p …
niṭṭhubhana →
pts
…out, spittle Ja.i.47; Pv-a.80 (= kheḷa, variant reading SS niṭṭhuvana, BB niṭhūna).
Sk. niṣṭhīvana, see…
nu →
pts
…of time = now; cp. Lat. num (to nunc, now), see nūna
nānā →
pts
adverb variously differently.
- (abs.) AN.i.138 (on different sides, viz right ↔ left). Snp.878 (= na ekaṁ Snp-a.554 = vividhaṁ aññoññaṁ puthu na ekaṁ Mnd.285), Snp.884 sq.
- more frequently in co …
nīla →
pts
adjective dark-blue, blue-black blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the “coloured-black,” as opposed to the “colouredwhite” (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set …
nūna →
pts
…indeed Snp.1058 (api nūna pajaheyyuṃ); AN.v.194; Ja.i.60; Ja.v.90; Pv.ii.9#24 (nuna) Mil.20; Dhs-a.164; Pv-a.95 (nuna as variant…
nūtana →
pts
…fresh, new Dāvs iv.47.
Vedic nūtana, adj
■ formation fr. adv. nū, cp. nūna. In formation cp. Sk. śvastana (of to-morrow) Lat. crastinus…
o →
pts
Initial o in Pali may represent a Vedic o or a Vedic au (see ojas, ogha, etc.). Or it may be guṇa of u (see oḷārika opakammika, etc.). But it is usually a prefix representing Vedi …
odhunāti →
pts
to shake off MN.i.229; SN.iii.155; AN.iii.365 (+ niddhunāti); Pv.iv.3#54 (variant reading BB ophun˚, SS otu˚) = Pv-a.256; Vin.ii.317 (Bdhgh. in expln. of ogumphetvā of CV. v.11, 6; p. 117 …
ohita →
pts
- put down into, deposited Dhp.150.
- put down, laid down, taken off, relieved of, in phrase ohitabhāro (arahaṃ) (a Saint) who has laid down the burden: see arahatta iii. C.; …
okirati →
pts
…(= chaḍḍīyati Pv-a.174); grd. ˚kiriya (see sep.). See also apakiritūna. pp okiṇṇa.
ava + kirati
omāna FIXME double →
pts
Omāna1
disregard, disrespect, contempt Dhp-a.ii.52 (+ atimāna) Cp. foll. & see also; avamāna.
fr. o + man, think. The Sk. avamāna is later
Omāna2
at …
opunāti →
pts
also as opuṇāti (Dh) to winnow, sift; fig. lay bare, expose Dhp.252 (= bhusaṃ opuṇanto viya Dhp-a.iii.375); Snp-a.312
caus opunāpeti [cp. BSk. opunāpeti Mvu.iii.178] to caus …
pabbata →
pts
- a mountain (-range), hill, rock SN.i.101 SN.i.102, SN.i.127, SN.i.137; SN.ii.32, SN.ii.185, SN.ii.190; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iv.102 (dhūpāyati); Snp.413, Snp.417, Snp.543, Snp.958, Snp.1014; Mnd …
pabhaṅga →
pts
destruction, breaking up, brittleness Pts.ii.238 (calato pabhangato addhuvato) but id. p. at Cnd.214#ii and Mil.418 read “calato pabhanguto addhuvato.” Pabhangu, Pabhanguna & gura;
fr. pa + bhañj
pabhaṅgu →
pts
Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa & ˚gura
adjective brittle, easily destroyed, perishable frail.
- pabhaṅgu: SN.iii.32; SN.v.92; AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq. AN.iii.16; Dhs-a.380; Sdhp.51, Sdhp …
pabhaṅgura →
pts
Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa & ˚gura
adjective brittle, easily destroyed, perishable frail.
- pabhaṅgu: SN.iii.32; SN.v.92; AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq. AN.iii.16; Dhs-a.380; Sdhp.51, Sdhp …
pabhaṅguṇa →
pts
Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa & ˚gura
adjective brittle, easily destroyed, perishable frail.
- pabhaṅgu: SN.iii.32; SN.v.92; AN.i.254, AN.i.257 sq. AN.iii.16; Dhs-a.380; Sdhp.51, Sdhp …
paccassosi →
pts
see patissuṇāṭi.
paccati →
pts
to be boiled, fig. to be formented or vexed, to suffer. Nearly always applied to the torture of boiling in Niraya, where it is meant literally
■ SN.i.92; SN.v.344 (kālena paccanti read for kāle na p …
paccāneti →
pts
to lead back to (acc.) Pv.ii.11#6 (= punar āneti C.).
paṭi + ā + neti
paguṇa →
pts
adjective learned, full of knowledge, clever, well-acquainted, familiar DN.iii.170; Vv.53#2 (= nipuṇa Vv-a.232); Ja.ii.243; Ja.iv.130; Ja.v.399; Vism.95 (Majjhimo me paguṇo: I am well versed in the …
paguṇatā →
pts
Paguṇatta (nt.) (doubtful) abstr. to paguṇa in expln of pāguññatā at Dhs.48 & Dhs.49 (trsl. fitness competence).
pakkha →
pts
Pakkha1
- side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …
pakkhika FIXME double →
pts
Pakkhika
adjective
- belonging or referring to the (2) lunar fortnights fortnightly, for a fortnight or in the (specified) fortnight of the month (cp. Vin. Texts iii.220). As one special provisio …
pakkhin →
pts
adjective noun
- winged the winged one, a bird DN.i.71 (+ sakuṇa = pakkhayutto sakuṇo DN-a.i.208) = AN.ii.209 = AN.v.206 = Pp.58; SN.ii.231; Snp.606 (= sakuṇo Snp-a.465); Pv.iii.5#3 (˚gaṇā = saku …
pakāra →
pts
- make-up, getting up, fixing, arrangement, preparation mode, way, manner Ja.ii.222; DN-a.i.132; Pv-a.26 Pv-a.109, Pv-a.123, Pv-a.135, Pv-a.178, Pv-a.199; Sdhp.94, Sdhp.466.
- ingredient fla …
pamaññā →
pts
only neg. ap˚; immeasurableness Vb.272 sq. (catasso appamaññāyo viz. mettā, karuṇā, muditā, upekhā). See appamaññā.
abstr. fr. pamāṇa, for *pamānyā, grd. form. of pa + *[mā …
pana →
pts
indeclinable adversative & interrogative particle, sometimes (originally, cp. puna “again, further”) merely connecting & continuing the story
- (adversative) but, on the contrary Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 …
pannarasa →
pts
number, adjective fifteen (and fifteenth), usually referring to the 15th day of the lunar month, i.e. the full-moon day Snp.153 (pannaraso uposatho); pannarase on the 15th day SN.i.191 = …
pannarasika →
pts
adjective belonging to the 15th day (of the lunar month) Vin.iv.315.
fr. pannarasa
pantha →
pts
to come or go (by) a road, roadway, path SN.i.18 (gen. pl. panthānaṃ kantāramagga C; “jungle road” trsl.); Snp.121 (loc panthasmiṃ); Cnd.485 B (+ patha in expln of magga) Mil.157 (see pant …
pappoti →
pts
to obtain, get, gain, receive, attain DN.iii.159, DN.iii.165; Snp.185, Snp.187, Snp.584; Dhp.27; Dhp-a.i.395
pot 1st pl pappomu Ja.v.57 (= pāpuṇeyyāma C.)
ger *[pappuyya](/define/pap …
para →
pts
adverb adjective
- (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …
paridīpita →
pts
- in flames, set ablaze Thig.200 (= punappunaṃ ādīpitatāya p. Thag-a.170),
- explained made clear, illuminated Vism.58; Kvu-a.8 Sdhp.305.
pp. of paridīpeti
paripūreti →
pts
to fulfil; to fill (up), make more full, supplement, fill out, add to DN.i.74 (parisandeti p. parippharati; DN-a.i.217 explains as “vāyunā bhastaṃ viya pūreti”); DN.ii.221; MN.iii.92; SN.i.27 (devakā …
paritta →
pts
Paritta1
adjective small, little, inferior, insignificant limited, of no account, trifling Vin.i.270; DN.i.45; MN.iii.148 (˚ābha of limited splendour, opp. appamāṇ’ ābha); SN.ii.98; SN.iv. …
parivadentikā →
pts
making resound, resounding, in cpd godhā˚; “string-resounding,” i.e. a string instrument lute Ja.vi.580 (cp. Sk *parivāda an instrument with which the lute is played)
■ Another *[parivadentikā]( …
parivitakka →
pts
…in expln of nūna). Usually in phrase cetasā ceto- parivitakka mental reflection, e.g….
parivitakkita →
pts
… ■ nt. ˚ṃ reflection, thinking over Pv-a.123 (˚e with ref. to nūna, i.e. particle of reflection).
pp. of…
pariyatta →
pts
Pariyatta1
neuter learning understanding, comprehension, only in phrase indriyaparo pariyatta (-ñāṇa) (knowledge of) what goes on in the intentions of others AN.v.34, AN.v.38; Pts.i.121 …
pariyatti →
pts
- adequacy, accomplishment, sufficiency capability, competency; indriya-paro˚; efficiency in the (knowledge of) thoughts of others SN.v.205; Ne.101 Three accomplishments are distinguished at DN-a …
pariyādāna →
pts
“taking up completely,” i.e. using up, consummation, consumption finishing, end MN.i.487 (kaṭṭha˚, opp. to upādāna) SN.i.152; SN.iii.16 sq. (cetaso p., cp. pariyādāya & ˚dinna), SN.iv.33 (sabb’ upādān …
pariyāputa →
pts
- learned by heart, known Mnd.234 = Cnd.386 (Buddhavacana).
- learned, accomplished DN-a.i.21
■ See also pariyatta2.
pp. of pariyāpuṇāti
pariyāpuṇana →
pts
mastery over, accomplishment in (gen.) Vism.442 (Buddhavacanassa).
abstr. formn fr. pariyāpuṇāti
pariyāpuṇāti →
pts
- to learn (by heart), to master, to gain mastership over, to learn thoroughly Vin.iv.305 (parittaṃ a charm) DN.i.117 (= jānāti DN-a.i.117); AN.iii.86 (dhammaṃ); fut pariyāpuṇissati Dhp-a.i.382 ( …
parāmaṭṭha →
pts
touched, grasped, usually in bad sense: succumbing to, defiled, corrupted DN.i.17 for a different, commentarial interpretation see Parāmāsa (evaṃ˚ so acquired or taken up; cp. DN-a.i.107 nirāsanka\ …
pasu →
pts
…Snp.858; gen. pl. pasūnaṃ Snp.311; Pv.ii.2#5
■ dupasu bad cattle Thag.446.
Vedic paśu, cp. Lat. pecu & pecunia, Gr.; πέκος…
patha →
pts
…cakkhu˚ Ja.iv.403 (= cakkhūnaṃ etaṃ nāmaṃ C.); catummahā˚ AN.iii.28, AN.iii.42, AN.iii.394; dve˚ Vv.53#17; nakkhatta˚ Dhp.208;…
patissā →
pts
Paṭissā & Patissā
feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …
patta →
pts
Patta1
neuter
- the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
- a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …
pattabba →
pts
adjective to be gained or attained; nt. that which can be attained or won Snp-a.443. See also pattiya2.
grd. of pāpuṇāti
patti →
pts
Patti1
on foot, one who is on foot, a foot-soldier Vin.iv.105 (as one of the 4 constituents of a senā or army, viz. hatthī elephants, assā horses, rathā chariots, pattī …
pattiya →
pts
Pattiya1
adjective noun believing, trusting, relying Ja.v.414 (para˚) (m.) belief, trust Ja.v.231 (parapattiyena by relying on others), Ja.v.233 (id.), Ja.v.414 (id.).
for *pratyaya = pa …
patvā →
pts
see pāpuṇāti.
paveṇi →
pts
- a braid of hair, i.e. the hair twisted & unadorned AN.iii.56
- a mat, cover DN.i.7 ≈ (see *ajina*˚).
- custom, usage, wont, tradition Ja.i.89 Ja.ii.353; Ja.v.285; Ja.vi.380 (kula …
payirupāsati →
pts
- “to sit close round,” i.e. to attend on (acc.), to honour, pay homage, worship DN.i.47; DN.ii.257; MN.ii.117, SN.i.146; AN.i.124, AN.i.126, AN.i.142; AN.iv.337; Dhp.64 Dhp.65; Thag.1236; Ja.vi.222 …
pañca →
pts
…Vin.ii.285 (ūna-pañcasatāni) Ja.ii.93 (accharā); Ja.v.75 (vāṇijā); Dhp-a.i.89 (suvaṇṇasivikā), Dhp-a.i.352…
paṭi →
pts
indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …
paṭisambhidā →
pts
lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion expln of term at Kvu translation 377–382. Always referred to as “the …
paṭisevati →
pts
to follow, pursue, indulge in (acc.) practise Vin.ii.296 (methunaṃ dhammaṃ); MN.i.10; AN.ii.54 (methunaṃ); Ja.i.437; Ja.vi.73, Ja.vi.505; Dhp.67; Mnd.496 Pp.62; Mil.224; Dhp-a.ii.40; Pv-a.130; Sdhp. …
paṭissuṇāti →
pts
to assent, promise, agree aor. paccassosi Vin.i.73; DN.i.236; SN.i.147, SN.i.155; Snp.p.50, and paṭisuṇi Snp-a.314; ger. -suṇitvā freq. in formula “sādhū ti patissuṇitvā” asserting his agreement, …
paṭissā →
pts
Paṭissā & Patissā
feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …
pekhuṇa →
pts
(pekkh˚) neuter
- a wing Thag.211 (su˚ with beautiful feathers), Thag.1136; Ja.i.207
- a peacock’s tail-feathers Ja.vi.218 (= morapiñja C.), Ja.vi.497 (citrapekkhuṇaṃ moraṃ).
not with Childers fr …
pesuñña →
pts
[abstr. fr. pisuṇa, cp. Epic Sk. paiśunya. The other (diaeretic) forms are pesuṇiya & pesuṇeyya backbiting, calumny, slander MN.i.110; DN.iii.69; AN.iv.401; Vin.iv.12; Mnd.232, Mnd.260; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.15.
pesuṇa →
pts
Err:508
pesuṇika →
pts
adjective slanderous, calumnious Pv-a.12, Pv-a.13. Pesuniya & Pesuneyya;
fr. pesuṇa
phagguṇa →
pts
Phagguṇī (f.) Name of a month (Feb. 15th–March 15th), marking the beginning of Spring; always with ref. to the spring full moon, as phagguṇa-puṇṇamā at Vism.418; phagguṇi˚ J …
phalina →
pts
adjective at Ja.v.92 is of doubtful meaning. It cannot very well mean “bearing fruit”, since it is used as epithet of a bird (˚sakuṇī). The Cy expln is sakuṇa-potakānaṃ phalinattā (being a …
pharusa →
pts
adjective
- (lit.) rough Pv.ii.4#1.
- (fig.) harsh, unkind, rough (of speech) Vin.ii.290 (caṇḍa +); Pv.ii.3#4; Pv.iii.5#7 Ja.v.296; Kv.619. In combination with vācā we find both …
phunati →
pts
to shake, sprinkle, of doubtful spelling, at Ja.vi.108 (angārakāsuṃ ph.; variant reading punanti perhaps better; C. explains by vidhunati & okirati). Perhaps we should read; dhunati.
?
phussa →
pts
Phussa1
- see phussa3 2.
- Name of a month (Dec
■ Jan. Ja.i.86. Name of a lunar mansion or constellation Vv.53#4 (= phussa-tārakā Vv-a.236)
■ Fr …
picchila →
pts
adjective slippery Vism.264; Vb-a.247 (lasikā = p-kuṇapaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.4 (˚magga).
cp. Class. Sk. picchila
pidalaka →
pts
small stick skewer Vin.ii.116, cp. Bdhgh on p. 317: “daṇḍakathina-ppamāṇena kaṭasārakassa pariyante paṭisaṃharitvā duguṇa-karaṇa.” See also Vin Texts iii.94.
etym.? Kern,
Toevoegselen
s. v. s …
pisuṇa →
pts
adjective backbiting, calumnious, malicious MN.iii.33, MN.iii.49; Ja.i.297 Pp.57; Pv-a.15, Pv-a.16. Usually combined with vācā malicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and *[pisuṇāv …
pisāca →
pts
- a demon goblin, sprite DN.i.54 (T. pesācā, variant reading pisācā, explained at DN-a.i.164 as “pisācā mahanta-mahantā sattā ti vadati”), DN.i.93; SN.i.209; AN.iii.69; Ud.5; Ja.i.235; Ja.iv.495 (y …
pitar →
pts
…(id.); Pv.ii.8#4 pitūnaṃ Iti.110; loc. pitusu Thig.499; Ja.i.152 (mātā˚) and pitūsu Pv-a.3 (mātā˚). Further: abl. sg….
piñja →
pts
(peacock’s) tail-feather Ja.i.38 (mora˚ kalāpa), Ja.i.207 (= pekkhuṇa); Ja.iii.226 (BB piccha & miccha); DN-a.i.41 (mora˚); Dhp-a.i.394 (id.); Vv-a.147 (mayūra˚; BB piñcha, SS pakkha); Pv-a.142 ( …
ponobhavika →
pts
adjective leading to rebirth MN.i.48, MN.i.299, MN.i.464, MN.i.532; SN.iii.26; SN.iv.186; DN.iii.57; AN.ii.11 sq., AN.ii.172; AN.iii.84, AN.iii.86; AN.v.88; Ne.72; Vism.506 Vb-a.110.
fr. punabbhava, …
potaka →
pts
(-˚)
- the young of an animal MN.i.104 (kukkuṭa˚); Ja.i.202 (supaṇṇa˚), Ja.i.218 (hatthi˚); Ja.ii.288 (assa˚ colt); Ja.iii.174 (sakuṇa˚); Pv-a.152 (gaja˚)
■ f potikā Ja.i.207 (haṃsa˚); Ja.i …
puccha →
pts
tail Dhs-a.365 (dog’s tail) See puñcikata.
cp. Vedic puccha (belonging with punar to Lat. puppis) & P. piccha
puman →
pts
(Pumā) a male, a man, nom sg. pumo D n.273; Cp.ii.6#2; instr. pumunā Ja.vi.550. nom. pl pumā DN.iii.85 (itthi-pumā men & women; variant reading K ˚purisā); Ja.iii.459; acc. sg. pumaṃ Ja.v.154 (gata, …
puna →
pts
indeclinable again. There are several forms of this adv., but puna has to be considered as the orig. Pali form. The form puno is doubtful; if authentic, a Sanskritisation; only fou …
puneti →
pts
to experience (over & over) again: in this meaning at Iti.1 sq. & Mnd.202 Cnd.337 (kilese na p. na pacceti etc.); perhaps also at Thag.533 (sattayugaṃ), although Kern,
Toevoegselen
s. v. takes it …
punāti →
pts
- to clean, cleanse Vv-a.19 (+ visodheti, in def. of puñña).
- to sift Ja.vi.108 (angāraṃ p. = attano sīse angāre p. okirati C. so read with variant reading for phunati T.); DN-a.i.268 (bhusaṃ pu …
purā →
pts
indeclinable prep. c. abl. “before” (only temporal) Vin.iv.17 (purāruṇā = purā aruṇā before dawn); Snp.849 (purā bhedā before dissolution (of the body), after which the Suttanta is named Purābhedasutt …
puñña →
pts
merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …
puṇṇa →
pts
full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …
pāguññatā →
pts
being familiar with, experience Dhs.48, Dhs.49; Vism.463 sq. Vism.466.
abstr. of pāguñña, which is der. fr. paguna
pāhuna →
pts
- (m.) a guest AN.iii.260; Ja.vi.24, Ja.vi.516.
- (nt.) meal for a guest DN.i.97 = MN.ii.154; Vism.220; DN-a.i.267.
fr. pa + ā + hu, see also āhuna & der.
pāhunaka →
pts
- (m.) a guest Ja.i.197; Ja.iv.274; Mil.107; DN-a.i.267, DN-a.i.288; Dhp-a.ii.17.
- (nt.) meal for a guest SN.i.114.
fr. pāhuna
pāhuṇeyya →
pts
adjective worthy of hospitality, deserving to be a guest DN.iii.5; SN.i.220 SN.ii.70; AN.ii.56; AN.iii.36, AN.iii.134, AN.iii.248, AN.iii.387; AN.iv.13 sq.; AN.v.67 AN.v.198; Iti.88; Vism.220.
fr. pā …
pāpeti →
pts
Pāpeti1
to make bad, bring into disgrace Vin.iv.5
pp pāpita.
Denom. fr. pāpa
Pāpeti2
to make attain, to let go to, to cause to reach, to bring to Ja.iv. …
pāpuṇana →
pts
attainment Ja.iv.306.
fr. pāpuṇāti
pāpuṇāti →
pts
to reach, attain, arrive at, obtain, get to learn
pres pāpuṇāti Vin.ii.208; Ja.iv.285; Ja.vi.149; Pp.70; DN-a.21; Pv-a.74, Pv-a.98 Pv-a.125, Pv-a.195; and *[pappoti](/defi …
pāra →
pts
adjective noun
- as adv. (˚-) beyond, over, across, used as prep. with abl., e.g. pāra-Gangāya beyond the G. SN.i.207, SN.i.214; Snp-a.228. See under cpds
- as nt. the other side, the opposi …
pāṭipada →
pts
Pāṭipada1
adjective following the (right) Path MN.i.354 = Iti.80 (+ sekha).
the adj. form of paṭipadā
Pāṭipada2
lit, “entering, beginning”; the first day of the lunar fortni …
pāṭipadaka →
pts
adjective belonging to the 1st day of the lunar fortnight; only with ref. to bhatta (food & in combn with pakkhika & uposathika, i.e. food given on the half- …
pīta →
pts
Pīta1
- having drunk or (pred.) being drunk (as liquid) SN.i.212 (madhu˚); Ja.i.198; Pv-a.25 (with asita, khāyita & sāyita as fourfold food).
- soaked or saturated with (-˚), in *kasāya …
pūratta →
pts
getting or being full, fulness Vin.ii.239 (opp. unattaṃ).
abstr. fr. pūra
pūraṇa →
pts
…it to pūreti (“kulassa ekūnaṃ dāsa-sataṃ pūrayamāno jāto” i.e. making the hundred of servants full). 2. (nt.) an expletive particle…
pūti →
pts
adjective putrid, stinking, rotten, fetid DN.ii.353 (khaṇḍāni pūtīni); MN.i.73, MN.i.89 = MN.iii.92 (aṭṭhikāni pūtīni); Vin.iii.236 (anto˚); SN.iii.54; Pv.i.3#2; Pv.i.6#1 (= kuṇapagandha Pv-a.32); Vi …
r →
pts
-R-
the letter (or sound) r, used as euphonic consonant to avoid hiatus. The sandhi-r-originates from the final r of nouns in ˚ir & ˚ur of the Vedic period. In Pali it is felt as euphonic conso …
rajanīya →
pts
adjective of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing lustful.
- As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) SN.iii.79; also at DN.i.152 sq. (dibbāni …
rajati →
pts
usually intrs. rajjati (q.v.). As rajitabba (grd.) in meaning “to be bleached” (dhovitabba +) only in meaning “bleach” (as compared with *[dhovati](/define …
ravi →
pts
the sun Ja.ii.375 (taruṇa˚-vaṇṇaratha).
cp. Sk. ravi
ravita →
pts
shouted, cried, uttered Mil.178 (sakuṇa-ruta˚).
pp. of ravati
ritta →
pts
devoid, empty, free, rid (of) MN.i.207 (+ tuccha), MN.i.414; Vin.i.157 = Vin.ii.216; Snp.823 (emancipated: ritto muni = vivitta etc. Mnd.158), Snp.844 (opp. to aritta); Thig.265 (see rindi); Ja.i.29 …
rocati →
pts
…(cp. lūx light, lūmen, lūna etc.); Sk. rocana splendid, ruci light, roka & rukṣa light; Av. raocantshining; Gr. αμφι λύκη…
rukkha →
pts
tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …
ruta →
pts
noise, sound(ing); cry, singing Thag.1103; Ja.i.207 (T. reading ruda is explained in C. as ruta with -da for -ta: ta-kārassa dakāro kato); Ja.iii.276 (sabba-ruta-jānana-man …
rājan →
pts
…Mhvs.18, Mhvs.32; and rājūnaṃ Vin.i.228; Ud.11; Ja.ii.104; Ja.iii.487; Snp-a.484; Pv-a.101, Pv-a.133;
■ instr. raññāhi AN.i.279…
rājā →
pts
…Mhvs.18, Mhvs.32; and rājūnaṃ Vin.i.228; Ud.11; Ja.ii.104; Ja.iii.487; Snp-a.484; Pv-a.101, Pv-a.133;
■ instr. raññāhi AN.i.279…
rāsi →
pts
- heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …
rūpa →
pts
form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.
- Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …
rūḷhi →
pts
lit. ascent, growth see *vi*˚
■ fig. what has grown by custom tradition, popular meaning of a word (˚sadda). The fig. meaning is the one usually found in Pāli, esp. in Abhidhamma and …
saddala →
pts
adjective grassy Thag.211; Ja.i.87; Ja.vi.518); Mil.286; Pv.ii.12#10 (= taruṇa-tiṇa Pv-a.158).
cp. Sk. śādvala
sagguṇa →
pts
good quality, virtue Sdhp.313.
sat + guṇa
saguṇa →
pts
adjective either “with the string,” or “in one”; Vin.i.46 (saguṇaṃ karoti to put together, to fold up; C ekato katvā). This interpretation (as “put together”) is much to be preferred to the one given …
saha →
pts
Saha1
indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.
-
- …
sahassa →
pts
thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …
sakaraṇīya →
pts
adjective one who still has something to do (in order to attain perfection) DN.ii.143; Thag.1045; Mil.138. Sakaruna-bhava
sa3 + karaṇīya
sakaruṇa-bhāva →
pts
Sakaruṇa-bhāva
being full of compassion Snp-a.318.
sa3 + karuṇa + bhāva
sakuṇa FIXME double →
pts
Sakuṇaka = sakuṇa
Snp-a.27
■ f. sakuṇikā DN.i.91; Mil.202; Ja.i.171; Ja.iv.290.
sakuṇa →
pts
bird (esp. with ref. to augury) DN.i.71 (pakkhin +); Vin.iii.147; SN.i.197; AN.ii.209 AN.iii.241 sq., AN.iii.368; Ja.ii.111, Ja.ii.162 (Kandagala); Kp-a.241 pantha˚; see under *[pantha](/define/pa …
sakuṇagghi →
pts
kind of hawk (lit. “bird-killer”) SN.v.146; Ja.ii.59; Mil.365. Cp vyagghīnasa.
sakuṇa + ˚ghi, f. of ˚gha
sakuṇaka →
pts
Sakuṇaka = sakuṇa
Snp-a.27
■ f. sakuṇikā DN.i.91; Mil.202; Ja.i.171; Ja.iv.290.
sambhava →
pts
- origin, birth, production DN.ii.107; SN.iii.86; AN.ii.10, AN.ii.18; Snp.724, Snp.741 etc.; Dhp.161; Ja.i.168; mātāpettikas˚ born from father and mother DN.i.34; Dhs-a.306; natthi sambhavaṃ has not …
sambhavati →
pts
Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti
- to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
- to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …
sambhinna →
pts
- mixed, mixed up Vin.i.210; Vin.ii.67, Vin.ii.68 (cp. Vin. Texts ii.431); Ja.i.55; Snp.9 Snp.319 (˚mariyāda-bhāva confusing the dividing lines, indistinctness), Snp.325 (id.). Said of a woman (i. …
sambhoti →
pts
Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti
- to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
- to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …
sambhuṇāti FIXME double →
pts
Sambhuṇāti
see sambhavati.
sambhuṇāti →
pts
Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti
- to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
- to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …
sambhāveti →
pts
- to undertake, achieve, to be intent on (acc.) Vin.i.253; Dhs-a.163.
- to reach, catch up to (acc.) Vin.i.277 Vin.ii.300.
- to produce, effect Mil.49.
- to consider Ja.iii.220.
- to honour, est …
sammā →
pts
Sammā1
a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …
sampadā →
pts
- attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …
sampatta →
pts
reached, arrived, come to, present Ja.iv.142; Mil.9, Mil.66; Pv-a.12; Kp-a.142; Snp-a.295; Sdhp.56.
pp. of sampāpuṇāti
sampāpana →
pts
reaching, getting to Mil.355, Mil.356 (tīra˚).
fr. sampāpuṇāti
sampāpuṇāti →
pts
to reach, attain; to come to, meet with; aor. sampāpuṇi Ja.i.67; Ja.ii.20; pp. sampatta -Caus. sampāpeti to bring, to make attain Vism.303.
saṃ + pāpuṇāti
samāpatti →
pts
attainment AN.iii.5; SN.ii.150 sq.; SN.iv.293 (saññā-vedayita-nirodha˚); Dhs.30 Dhs.101; a stage of meditation AN.i.94; Dhs.1331; Ja.i.343 Ja.i.473; Pv-a.61 (mahā-karuṇā˚); Mnd.100, Mnd.106, Mnd.1 …
san →
pts
San1
a dog; nom. sg sā DN.i.166 = MN.i.77; SN.i.176; SN.iii.150; Kv.336. For other forms of the same base see suvāṇa.
cp. Vedic śvā, gen. śunaḥ; Av. sp …
sandhunāti →
pts
to shake DN.ii.336.
saṃ + dhunāti
sandissati →
pts
to be seen together with, to be engaged in, or to tally, agree with, to live conformably to (loc., e.g. dhamme) DN.i.102; DN.ii.75; SN.v.177; Snp.50; DN.ii.127; Ne.23; ppr. a-saṃdissamāna invisible D …
sappi →
pts
clarified butter, ghee DN.i.9, DN.i.141, DN.i.201; AN.i.278; AN.ii.95, AN.ii.207 (˚tela); AN.iii.219; AN.iv.103; Snp.295 (˚tela). Dhs.646; Ja.i.184; Ja.ii.43; Ja.iv.223 (˚tela) Vin.i.58, etc. *-maṇḍa …
sappāya →
pts
adjective likely, beneficial fit, suitable AN.i.120; SN.iii.268; SN.iv.23 sq., SN.iv.133 sq. (Nibbāna˚ paṭipadā); Ja.i.182, Ja.i.195; Ja.ii.436 (kiṃci sappāyaṃ something that did him good, a remedy); …
sara →
pts
Sara1
- the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
- an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).
- -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow …
satta →
pts
Satta1
hanging, clinging or attached to Vin.i.185; DN.ii.246; Mnd.23, Mnd.24; Dhp.342; Ja.i.376 Cp. āsatta1 & byāsatta.
pp. of sañj: sajjati
Satta2
- (m.) a li …
satthar →
pts
teacher, master
■ nom. satthā DN.i.49; Snp.179;
■ acc. satthāraṃ DN.i.163; Snp.153, Snp.343;
■ instr. satthārā DN.i.163;
■ instr. satthunā Mhvs.32, Mhvs.19;
■ gen. satthu DN.i.110; Iti.79; V …
satthuna →
pts
friend Ja.i.365.
?
savana →
pts
Savana1
neuter
- the ear Snp.1120; Mil.258.
- hearing DN.i.153, DN.i.179; AN.i.121; SN.i.24; Vin.i.26; Snp.265, Snp.345; Dhp.182; Ja.i.160, Ja.i.250; Mil.257 Mnd.188. sussavanaṃ sāvesi …
savanīya →
pts
adjective pleasant to hear DN.ii.211; Ja.i.96 (-ṇ-); Ja.vi.120 = Ja.vi.122 (savaneyya).
grd. of suṇāti
saṃvarati →
pts
to restrain, hold; to restrain oneself Vin.ii.102 (Pot. ˚vareyyāsi); Mil.152 (pāso na saṃvarati)
pp saṃvuta.
saṃ + varati = vuṇāti 1
saṃvihita →
pts
arranged, prepared, provided Ja.i.133 (˚ārakkha i.e. protected); in cpd. su˚; well arranged or appointed, fully provided DN.ii.75; MN.ii.75; DN-a.i.147, DN-a.i.182; a˚; unappointed Vin.i.175; Vi …
saṃyojana →
pts
bond, fetter SN.iv.163 etc.; especially the fetters that bind man to the wheel of transmigration Vin.i.183; SN.i.23; SN.v.241, SN.v.251; AN.i.264 AN.iii.443; AN.iv.7 sq. (diṭṭhi˚); MN.i.483; Dhp.370; …
saṅgha →
pts
- multitude, assemblage Mil.403 (kāka˚); Ja.i.52 (sakuṇa˚); Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56 …
saṅkhāra →
pts
one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …
saṅkhāta →
pts
agreed on, reckoned; (-˚) so-called, named DN.i.163 (akusala˚ dhammā); DN.iii.65 DN.iii.133 = Vin.iii.46 (theyya˚ what is called theft); DN-a.i.313 (the sambodhi, by which is meant that of the thre …
saṭṭhi →
pts
…Snp.538; Dhp-a.iii.412 (ekūna˚). It is found mostly in the same application as cha (group-number) e.g. at Ja.i.64…
setaccha →
pts
tree Ja.vi.535; setacchakūṭa adj. Ja.vi.539 (sakuṇa).
siri →
pts
Sirī (siri)
feminine
- splendour, beauty Snp.686 (instr. siriyā); Ja.vi.318 (siriṃ dhāreti).
- luck, glory majesty, prosperity SN.i.44 (nom. siri); Ja.ii.410 (siriṃ) Ja.ii.466; DN-a.i.148; Vv-a. …
sirī →
pts
Sirī (siri)
feminine
- splendour, beauty Snp.686 (instr. siriyā); Ja.vi.318 (siriṃ dhāreti).
- luck, glory majesty, prosperity SN.i.44 (nom. siri); Ja.ii.410 (siriṃ) Ja.ii.466; DN-a.i.148; Vv-a. …
siva →
pts
adjective noun auspicious, happy, fortunate, blest SN.i.181; Ja.i.5; Ja.ii.126; Mil.248; Pv.iv.3#3; Vv.18#7
- a worshipper of the god Siva Mil.191; the same as Sivi Ja.iii.468.
- nt. happiness, bli …
sossati →
pts
is Fut. of suṇāti.
sota →
pts
Sota1
neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …
sotar →
pts
hearer DN.i.56; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.161 sq
■ sotā used as a feminine noun Thag-a.200 (Tha-ap.3).
n. ag. fr. suṇāti
sotti →
pts
shell (?) filled with chunam and lac, used for scratching the back, a back-scratcher acting as a sponge MN.ii.46; AN.i.208; see sutti e.g. Vin.ii.107.
Sk. śukti
sotukāma →
pts
wish or wishing to hear AN.i.150; AN.iv.115; Vism.444; f. abstr. -kamyatā desire to listen AN.v.145 sq., Snp-a.135.
sotuṃ (= inf. of suṇāti) + kāma
soṇa →
pts
Soṇa1
a dog Ja.i.146; Ja.vi.107 (= sunakha); Snp.675; Vism.191; Dhp-a.iii.255 (+ sigāla); soṇi (f.) a bitch Mhvs.7, Mhvs.8 = sona Iti.36.
see suvāṇa
Soṇa2</s …
sukhuma →
pts
adjective subtle, minute Vin.i.14; DN.i.182; SN.iv.202; AN.ii.171; Dhs.676; Thig.266; Dhp.125 = Snp.662; Vism.274, Vism.488 (˚rūpā). fine, exquisite DN.ii.17, DN.ii.188; Mil.313; susukhuma, very subtl …
suna →
pts
…AN.iv.275, AN.iv.470.
Sk. śūna, pp. of śū to swell
Suna2
a dog, also written suṇa Ja.vi.353, Ja.vi.357 (cp. sunakha).
Sk….
sunaggavellita →
pts
beautifully curled at the ends (of hair) Ja.vi.86.
su + agga + vellita; perhaps originally suv-agga˚
sunakha →
pts
dog AN.i.48; AN.ii.122; Thig.509; Ja.i.175, Ja.i.189; Ja.ii.128, Ja.ii.246; Pv-a.151, Pv-a.206
■ rukkha˚ some sort of animal Ja.vi.538. fem. sunakhī a bitch Ja.iv.400
■ Na …
sussūsati →
pts
to wish to hear, to listen, attend DN.i.230; AN.i.72; AN.iv.393; aor. sussūsimsu Vin.i.10; ppr. med. sussūsamāna Snp.383.
Desid. fr. suṇāti; Sk. śuśrūṣati
susu →
pts
Susu1
a boy, youngster, lad Vin.iii.147 = Ja.ii.284; Vv.64#14 (= dahara C.); Snp.420; DN.i.115; MN.i.82; AN.ii.22; Ja.ii.57; ājānīya-susūpama MN.i.445 read ājānīy-ass-ūpama (cp. Thag.72 …
suta →
pts
Suta1
- heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …
suvāna →
pts
Suvāṇa & suvāna
a dog MN.iii.91 (= supāṇa MN.i.58); Ja.vi.247 (the 2 dogs of hell: Sabala & Sāma); Vism.259 (= supāṇa Kp-a.58). As suvā˚; at Sdhp.379, Sdhp.408
■ See also the var. forms san, suṇ …
suvāṇa →
pts
Suvāṇa & suvāna
a dog MN.iii.91 (= supāṇa MN.i.58); Ja.vi.247 (the 2 dogs of hell: Sabala & Sāma); Vism.259 (= supāṇa Kp-a.58). As suvā˚; at Sdhp.379, Sdhp.408
■ See also the var. forms san, suṇ …
suyyati →
pts
is Passive of suṇāti.
suñña →
pts
…Vism.353; Vb-a.57.
cp. Sk. śūnya, fr. Vedic śūna, nt., void
suṇa →
pts
suṇoti →
pts
Suṇāti & suṇoti
to hear.
pres suṇāti DN.i.62, DN.i.152; SN.v.265; Snp.696; Iti.98; Mil.5 suṇoti Ja.iv.443;
pot suṇeyya Vin.i.7; DN.i.79; suṇe Ja.iv.240;
imper *[suṇa]( …
suṇāti →
pts
Suṇāti & suṇoti
to hear.
pres suṇāti DN.i.62, DN.i.152; SN.v.265; Snp.696; Iti.98; Mil.5 suṇoti Ja.iv.443;
pot suṇeyya Vin.i.7; DN.i.79; suṇe Ja.iv.240;
imper *[suṇa]( …
sākuṇika →
pts
fowler SN.ii.256; AN.iii.303; Pp.56; Ja.i.208. combined with miga-bandhaka & macchaghātaka at Snp-a.289; with māgavika & maccha-ghātaka at Pp.56.
fr. sakuṇa
sāliya →
pts
or sāliyā the maina bird (= sālikā) Ja.iii.203; sāliyachāpa (a young bird of that kind), and sāliyacchāpa (i.e. sāliyā which is probably the right form) Ja.iii.202. madhu-sāliyā Ja.v.8 (= suvaṇṇa- …
sālūra →
pts
dog Ja.iv.438 (˚-saṃgha = sunakhagaṇa, C.; spelling ḷ).
but cp. Sk. śālūra a frog
sāmaggī →
pts
completeness, a quorum Vin.i.105, Vin.i.106; meeting, communion Vin.i.132 sq. Vin.ii.243; unanimity, concord Vin.i.97, Vin.i.136, Vin.i.357; Vin.ii.204; DN.iii.245 sq.; AN.iii.289; Mnd.131; Ja.i.328; …
sāpateyya →
pts
property, wealth DN.i.142 DN.ii.180; DN.iii.190; Vin.i.72, Vin.i.274; Vin.iii.66; Ja.i.439, Ja.i.466 Thig.340; Thag-a.240; Ja.v.117 (sāpateya, var. read sāpatiyya); Dhp-a.i.67.
sā (= guṇa of sva) \ …
sāpānadoṇī →
pts
MN.ii.183 = MN.ii.152 (C. = sunakhānaṃ pivanadoṇi a dog’s trough).
sāratta →
pts
impassioned, enamoured, passionately devoted Vin.iii.118; MN.ii.160 MN.ii.223; SN.i.74, SN.i.77; Dhp.345; Ja.i.288; Ja.ii.140; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.34 (˚mānaso). asāratta unattached Snp.704.
= saṃratta, p …
sārāṇīya →
pts
adjective courteous polite, friendly (making happy, pleasing, gladdening?) only in combination with kathā, dhamma, or dhammakathā e.g. s. kathā polite spe …
sāveti →
pts
is Caus. of suṇāti.
sīla →
pts
- nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …
sūna →
pts
…p. 595); Dhs-a.197 (suna-bhāva).
Sk. śūna
sūnā →
pts
…Ja.vi.111; and sūṇā Ja.v.303; sūnāpaṇa Ja.vi.111; sūnaghara Vin.iii.59; sūna-nissita Vin.iii.151;…
sūyati →
pts
is passive of suṇāti.
sūṇā →
pts
slaughter-house Ja.vi.62; see sūnā.
takka →
pts
Takka1
doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …
taluṇa →
pts
Err:509
taruṇa →
pts
adjective
- tender, of tender age, young new, newly (˚-) fresh. Esp. applied to a young calf MN.i.459 (in simile); ˚vaccha, ˚vacchaka, ˚vacchī Vin.i.193; Ja.i.191; Dhp-a.ii.35; Vv-a.200
■ Vi …
taṇhā →
pts
(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …
thaddha →
pts
- lit. hard, rigid firm Ja.i.293 (opp. muduka); Vism.351 (˚lakkhaṇa) Pv-a.139 (= ujjhangala).
- fig.
- hardened, obdurate callous, selfish DN.i.118 (māna˚); DN.iii.45 (+ atimānin); AN.ii.26 = …
thaneti →
pts
to roar, to thunder DN.ii.262; SN.i.100, SN.i.154 (megho thanayaṃ), SN.i.154 (thaneti devo) Iti.66 (megho thanayitvā)
pp thanita. See also gajjati & thunati.
Vedic stanayati & stanati to thunder; c …
thulla FIXME double →
pts
Thūlaa & Thullab
(the latter usual in compounds) adjective compact, massive; coarse gross; big, strong, clumsy; common, low, unrefined rough
- DN.i.223; Snp.146 (aṇuka˚), Snp. …
thunati →
pts
- to moan, groan, roar SN.v.148 (thunaṃ ppr.; variant reading thanaṃ); Vv.52#1 (of beings in Niraya otherwise ghosenti), variant readingSS thananti (better?).
- to proclaim; shout, praise (confused …
thāma →
pts
(& thāmo nt. in instr. thāmasā MN.i.498; SN.ii.278 = Thag.1165; SN.iii.110, see below) “standing power, power of resistance, steadfastness, strength, firmness vigour, instr. thāmena (Mil.4; Pv-a.19 …
thūla →
pts
Thūlaa & Thullab
(the latter usual in compounds) adjective compact, massive; coarse gross; big, strong, clumsy; common, low, unrefined rough
- DN.i.223; Snp.146 (aṇuka˚), Snp. …
thūṇira →
pts
house-top, gable Thag.184 (= kanṇikā Com.).
der. fr. thūṇā
thūṇā →
pts
pillar, prop support AN.ii.198; Vv.54#1 (= thambha Vv-a.245); DN-a.i.124. Esp. the sacrificial post in phrase thūṇûpanīta “lead to sacrifice” (yūpa-sankhātuṃ thūṇaṃ upa DN-a.i.294): DN.i.127≈SN.i. …
ti FIXME double →
pts
Ti
adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.
cp. Sk. iti
Ti˚
base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).
*-[kaṭuka](/d …
timbaru →
pts
certain tree (Strychnos nux vomica or Diospyros) Ja.vi.336; -tthanī (f.) “with breasts like the t fruit” Snp.110; Ja.vi.457 (Snp-a.172: taruṇadārikā) Vv-a.137 (t
■ nādasadisa).
tithi →
pts
lunar day Dhp-a.i.174; Pv-a.198.
Sk. tithi
tiṭṭhati →
pts
to stand, etc.
I. Forms
pres ind. tiṭṭhati (Snp.333, Snp.434; Pv.i.5#1);
imper second tiṭṭha, 3rd tiṭṭhatu ppr. tiṭṭhaṃ, tiṭṭhanto, tiṭṭhamāna;
pot tiṭṭhe (Snp.918, Snp.968) & tiṭṭheyy …
tuliya FIXME double →
pts
Tulya & Tuliya
(also tulla Ja.iv.102) adjective to be weighed, estimated, measured; matched equal, comparable Snp.377; Ja.iii.324; Pv-a.87 (= samaka) Mostly in the negative atulya incomparable, …
tulya →
pts
Tulya & Tuliya
(also tulla Ja.iv.102) adjective to be weighed, estimated, measured; matched equal, comparable Snp.377; Ja.iii.324; Pv-a.87 (= samaka) Mostly in the negative atulya incomparable, …
tāla →
pts
- the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
- a …
tāva →
pts
adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus
I
*yāva-tāva …
tūṇī →
pts
quiver (lit. “carrier”) Ja.ii.403 (dhanuṃ tūṇiñ ca nikkhippa); Ja.v.47.
Sk. *tūṇa & tūṇī, to; *tI̊n: see under tulā; cp. Lat. tollo. On ṇ → l. cp. cikkaṇa & cikkhala, guṇa → guḷ …
ubbāḷha →
pts
oppressed, troubled, harassed, annoyed vexed Vin.i.148, Vin.i.353; Vin.ii.119; Vin.iv.308; Ja.i.300; Vism.182 (kuṇapa-gandhena); Dhp-a.i.343.
adj. pp. of ud + bāhati = vāh or more likely of ud + bādh
ucchu →
pts
…Mil.46; Dhp-a.iv.199 (˚ūnaṃ yanta sugar-cane mill), Pv-a.257, Pv-a.260; Vv-a.124.
-agga (ucch˚) top of s. c….
udaka →
pts
water Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.213; DN.ii.15 (˚assa dhārā gushes or showers of w.); Dhp.80 Dhp.145; Ja.i.212; Pv.i.5#7; Pp.31, Pp.32; Mil.318; Vv-a.20 (udake temanaṃ aggimhe tāpanaṃ); Dhp-a.i.289; Dhp-a. …
udara →
pts
…Mil.406, Mil.407 cp. ūna.
- -aggi the fire of the belly or stomach (i.e. of digestion Kp-a.59; Snp-a.462; Pv-a.33; *…
uddhunāti →
pts
to shake Vv-a.279.
ud + dhunāti
ukkāra →
pts
dung, excrement Ja.iv.485, otherwise only in cpd. ukkāra-bhūmi dung-hill Ja.i.5, Ja.i.146 (so read for ukkar˚), Ja.ii.40; Ja.iii.16, Ja.iii.75, Ja.iii.377; Ja.iv.72, Ja.iv.305, Vism.196 (˚ûpama ku …
unna →
pts
in phrase pīti-vegen;’unna “bubbling up with the excitement of joy” overflowing with joy Mhvs.19, Mhvs.29 (expld. by uggatacitta i.e. lofty, exalted C.)
■ It may however be better more i …
upanīta →
pts
- brought up to or into (mostly -˚) Thig.498; Snp.677 (niraye), Snp.774 (dukkha˚), Snp.898 (bhava˚); Ja.iii.45 (thūṇa˚); Ja.iv.271 (dukkh˚); Mnd.38; Dhp.237 (˚yaya = atikkantavayo Dhp-a.iii.337, ad …
upaya →
pts
approach, undertaking, taking up; clinging to, attachment, only as adj. (-˚) in an˚; (anûpaya metri causā) not going near, aloof, unattached SN.i.141, SN.i.181; SN.ii.284; Snp.786, Snp.787, Snp.897 …
uposatha →
pts
At the time of the rise of Buddhism the word had come to mean the day preceding four stages of the moon’s waxing and waning, viz. 1st, 8th, 15th 23d nights …
upādāna →
pts
nt.
- (lit.) that (material) substratum by means of which an active process is kept alive or going), fuel, supply, provision; adj. (-˚) supported by, drawing one’s existence from SN.i.69; SN.ii.85 …
uttama →
pts
adjective “ut-most”, highest, greatest, best Snp.1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā combd …
utu →
pts
- (lit.)
- (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …
uḷu →
pts
lunar mansion Mil.178.
Sk. uḍu, dialectical?
uṭṭhāpeti →
pts
- to make rise, only in phrase aruṇaṃ (suriyaṃ) u. to let the sun rise, i.e. wait for sunrise or to go on till sunrise Ja.i.318; Ja.vi.330 Vism.71, Vism.73 (aruṇaṃ).
- to raise Ja.v …
vacana →
pts
- speaking, utterance, word, bidding SN.ii.18 (alaṃ vacanāya one says rightly); SN.iv.195 (yathā bhūtaṃ); AN.ii.168; Snp.417, Snp.699 Snp.932, Snp.984, Snp.997; Mil.235; Pv.ii.2#7; Snp-a.343, Snp-a …
vaccha →
pts
Vaccha1
a calf Dhp.284; Ja.v.101; Vism.163 (in simile), Vism.269 (id.; kūṭa˚ a maimed calf); Dhs-a.62 (with popular etym. “vadatī ti vaccho”); Vv-a.100, Vv-a.200 (taruṇa˚). On *[vaccha] …
vacī →
pts
˚- speech, words; rare by itself (and in this case re-established from compounds and poetical, as at Snp.472 (yassa vacī kharā; explained at Snp-a.409 by “vācā”), Snp.973 (cudito vacīhi = vācāhi Sn …
vaddha →
pts
Vaddha1
adjective noun
- grown, old; an Elder; venerable, respectable; one who has authority At Ja.i.219 three kinds of vaddha are distinguished: one by nature (jāt …
vahati →
pts
- to carry, bear, transport Ja.iv.260; Pv-a.14 (= dhāreti); Mil.415 (of iron: carry weight)
imper vaha Vv.81#17;
inf vahituṃ Pv-a.122 (perhaps superfluous);
grd * …
vakkaṅga →
pts
term for bird, poetically for sakuṇa Ja.i.216 (tesaṃ ubhosu passesu pakkhā vankā jātā ti vakkangā C.).
vakkaṃ + ga
valaya →
pts
bracelet Vin.ii.106; Ja.ii.197 (dantakāre valay’-ādīni karonte disvā); Ja.iii.377; Ja.vi.64, Ja.vi.65; DN-a.i.50; Dhp-a.i.226 (danta˚ ivory bangle); Pv-a.157 (sankha˚) Mhvs.11, Mhvs.14 (˚anguli-v …
valin →
pts
…(acc. palitakesiṃ vilūnaṃ khalita-siraṃ valinaṃ) = iii.180 (palitakesaṃ vilūnaṃ khalitaṃ-siraṃ valīnaṃ etc.) See…
valita →
pts
…palita-kesaṃ vilūnaṃ khalitaṃ siro-valitaṃ tilak’āhata-gattaṃ: cp. valin with passage MN.i.88…
vana →
pts
Vana1
neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …
vara →
pts
Vara1
adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …
varati →
pts
*Varati
& der. (“to choose” as well as “to obstruct”) see vuṇāti.
vṛ
vata →
pts
Vata1
indeclinable part of exclamation: surely, certainly, indeed, alas! Vin.iii.39 (puris’ usabho vat’ âyaṃ “for sure he is a human bull”) Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi); Snp.178, …
vatthu →
pts
Vatthu1
neuter lit. “ground,” hence
- (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu2!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …
vaya →
pts
…of life); Mhvs.2, Mhvs.26 (ekūnatiṃso vayasā 29 years of age); Pv-a.5 (paṭhama-vaye when quite young), Pv-a.36 (id.; just grown up). In…
vaḍḍhi →
pts
- increase growth (cp.; Cpd. 251 sq.) SN.iv.250 (ariya˚); Ja.ii.426 (= phāti); Mil.109 (guṇa˚); Dhs-a.327; Dhp-a.iii.335 (avaḍḍhi = parihāni).
- welfare, good fortune, happiness Ja.v.101; Ja.vi. …
vaṇeti →
pts
to wish, desire, ask, beg Ja.v.27 (spelt vaṇṇeti C. explains as vāreti icchati); pres. med. 1st pl. vaṇimhase (= Sk. vṛṇīmahe) Ja.ii.137 (= icchāma C.). As vanayati …
vaṇṇa →
pts
appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.
- colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …
vaṭṭati →
pts
ve →
pts
Ve1
indeclinable part. of affirmation, emphasizing the preceding word: indeed, truly Vin.i.3 (etaṃ ve sukhaṃ); Dhp.63 (sa ve bāḷo ti vuccati), Dhp.83 (sabbattha ve), Dhp.16 …
vebhūtika →
pts
Vebhūtika & ˚ya
(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …
vebhūtiya →
pts
Vebhūtika & ˚ya
(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …
vedeti →
pts
“to sense,” usually in Denom. function (only one Caus. meaning: see aor. avedi); meaning twofold either intellectually “to know” (cp. veda), or with ref. to general feeling “to e …
vi →
pts
indeclinable
I.
- inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …
vidhunāti →
pts
- to shake SN.i.197; Mil.399; Vism.71.
- to remove, to skin (an animal) Vin.i.193.
vi + dhunāti
vikuṇita →
pts
adjective distorted, deformed Vism.346 (˚mukha); Pv-a.123 (id.). Cp. vikūṇa.
vi + kuṇita
vikūṇa →
pts
distortion, grimace (mukha˚) Snp-a.30.
cp. vikuṇita & vikāra
vilūna →
pts
adjective cut off (always with ref. to the hair) MN.iii.180 = AN.i.138; Mil.11; Pv-a.47.
vi + lūna
vippakata →
pts
- imperfectly executed, left unfinished, interrupted DN.i.2 (cp Dhp.i.49); Vin.ii.172, Vin.ii.243, Vin.ii.304; Vin.iv.279; AN.ii.196; Ja.i.120
- done wrongly Ja.v.214
■ At Vin.iv.358 (in Bdhgh’ …
vipphāra →
pts
diffusion, pervasion, (adj.) pervading, spreading out AN.i.171 (vitakka-vip phāra-sadda, cp. kvu translation 241), AN.i.206 (mahājutika mahā vipphāra); AN.iv.252; Pts.i.112 sq.; Pts.ii.174; Ja.iii …
virala →
pts
…(of hair, explained as vilūna-kesa Thag-a.210, i.e. almost bald spelling ḷ); Dhs-a.238 (ḷ); Dhp-a.i.122 (˚cchanna thinly covered);…
viratta →
pts
dispassioned, free from passion, detached, unattached to, displeased with (loc.) SN.iii.45 (rūpadhātuyā cittaṃ virattaṃ vimuttaṃ); Snp.204 (chandarāga˚), Snp.235 (˚citta āyatike bhavasmiṃ); AN.v.3 AN. …
viraḷa →
pts
…(of hair, explained as vilūna-kesa Thag-a.210, i.e. almost bald spelling ḷ); Dhs-a.238 (ḷ); Dhp-a.i.122 (˚cchanna thinly covered);…
virāguṇa →
pts
in meaning “fading away, waning” in verse at Iti.69 (of viññāṇa) is doubtful reading. It corresponds to virāgadhamma of the prose part (virāgudh˚ vv.ll.) The variant reading is pabhaṅguṇa (which mig …
visahati →
pts
to be able, to dare, to venture Snp.1069 (= ussahati sakkoti Cnd.600); Ja.i.152
ppr neg. avisahanto unable Vv-a.69, Vv-a.112; and avisahamāna Ja.i.91
ger visayha (q.v.). …
viseni →
pts
Viseni˚
“without an enemy,” in -katvā making armyless, i.e. disarming Snp.833, Snp.1078. Explained in the Niddesa as “keep away as enemies, conquering” Mnd.174 = Cnd.602 (where Nd i.reads paṭiseni …
visākhā →
pts
Name of a lunar mansion (nakkhatta) or month (see vesākha), usually as visākha˚ (-puṇṇamā), e.g. Snp-a.391; Vv-a.165.
vi + sākhā, Sk. viśākhā
vivarati →
pts
- to uncover, to open Vin.ii.219 (windows, opp. thaketi); DN.i.85 (paṭicchannaṃ v.); Ja.i.63 (dvāraṃ), Ja.i.69; Ja.iv.133 (nagaraṃ) Dhp-a.i.328 (vātapānaṃ); DN-a.i.228; Pv-a.74 (mukhaṃ) Vv-a.157, …
vivatta-cchada →
pts
Vivatta-cchada
adjective having the cover removed, with the veil lifted; one who draws away the veil (cp. vivaraṇa or reveals (the Universe etc.); or one who is freed of all (mental & spiritual) cov …
vivaṭa →
pts
uncovered, open (lit. & fig.), laid bare, unveiled Snp.19 (lit.), Snp.374 (fig. anāvaṭa Snp-a.366), Snp.763, Snp.793 (= open-minded); Mnd.96 Pp.45, Pp.46 (read vivaṭa for pi vaṭa; opp. pihita); Vism …
viññupasaṭṭha →
pts
unattacked, not deficient, unmolested, undisturbed: is Kern’s (
Toevoegselen
s. v.) proposed reading for viññū-pasattha (“extolled by the wise”) at SN.ii.70 (reads ṭṭh); SN.v.343; DN.ii.80; DN. …
viññutā →
pts
Viññutā & viññūtā
feminine discretion; in phrase viññutaṃ pāpuṇāti to reach the years of discretion or puberty Vin.i.269; Vin.ii.278; Ja.i.231; Ja.iii.437: Pv-a.3.
fr. viññu
viññāṇa →
pts
(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …
viññūtā →
pts
Viññutā & viññūtā
feminine discretion; in phrase viññutaṃ pāpuṇāti to reach the years of discretion or puberty Vin.i.269; Vin.ii.278; Ja.i.231; Ja.iii.437: Pv-a.3.
fr. viññu
vuddhi →
pts
Vuḍḍhi & vuddhi
feminine increase, growth, furtherance, prosperity.
- vuḍḍhi Pv-a.22 Often in phrase vuḍḍhi virūḷhi vepulla (all three almost tautological) Mil.51; Vism.129. …
vuvahyamāna →
pts
at AN.iv.170 read with C. at opuniyamāna “sifting” (fr. opunāti): see remark at AN.iv.476.
vuḍḍhi →
pts
Vuḍḍhi & vuddhi
feminine increase, growth, furtherance, prosperity.
- vuḍḍhi Pv-a.22 Often in phrase vuḍḍhi virūḷhi vepulla (all three almost tautological) Mil.51; Vism.129. …
vuṇāti →
pts
*Vuṇāti
The two meanings of the root vṛ; as existing in Sk. are also found in Pāli but only peculiar to the Caus. vāreti (the form aor avari as given by Childers should be re …
vyagghīnasa →
pts
hawk SN.i.148 (as ˚nisa); Ja.vi.538. Another word for “hawk” is sakuṇagghi.
?
vācā →
pts
word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-˚) vaca speaking, of such a speech (e.g. duṭṭha˚ Pv.i.3#2, so to be read for dukkha˚)
■ DN.iii.69 sq., DN.iii.96 sq., DN.iii.171 sq. SN.iv.132 …
vākya →
pts
saying, speech, sentence, usually found in poetry only, e.g. DN.ii.166 (suṇantu bhonto mama eka-vākyaṃ); AN.ii.34 (sutvā arahato vākyaṃ); AN.iii.40 (katvāna vākyaṃ Asitassa tādino); Snp.1102 (= vacan …
vāla →
pts
Vāla1
- the hair of the tail horse-hair, tail Vin.ii.195 = Ja.v.335 (pahaṭṭha-kaṇṇavāla with bristling ears & tail, of an elephant); Ja.v.274 (so read for phāla, cp. p …
vāra →
pts
- turn, occasion, time, opportunity Ja.i.58 (utu-vārena utuvārena according to the turn of the seasons), Ja.i.150, Ja.vi.294; Vism.431 (santati˚ interval); DN-a.i.36; Dhp-a.i.47 (dve vāre twice); …
vāreti →
pts
- to prevent, obstruct, hinder Pv.ii.7#7 (vārayissaṃ I had the habit of obstructing; = nivāresiṃ Pv-a.102); Vv-a.68; Sdhp.364
- to ask in marriage Thag-a.266; Pv-a.55
caus 2 vārāpeti to induc …
vāta →
pts
wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …
vīsati →
pts
…Vb-a.191 sq.; Dhp-a.i.4 (ekūna˚, 19); Dhp-a.ii.9, Dhp-a.ii.54; Dhp-a.iii.62 (˚sahassa bhikkhū, as followers); as vīsatiṃ at…
vīsaṃ →
pts
…Vb-a.191 sq.; Dhp-a.i.4 (ekūna˚, 19); Dhp-a.ii.9, Dhp-a.ii.54; Dhp-a.iii.62 (˚sahassa bhikkhū, as followers); as vīsatiṃ at…
ya →
pts
…particles as e.g. yaṃ nūna used in an exhortative sense “well, now”; or “rather, let me” or “so now,” always in phrase *yaṃ…
yagghe →
pts
…to part. yaṃ nu, yaṃ nūna & yaṃ hi. The part. is found in the language of the Nikāyas only, thus indicating part of the oldest &…
yajati →
pts
to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods accor …
yakkha →
pts
- name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …
yakkhinī →
pts
female yakkha, a vampire. Their character is usually fierce & full of spite & vengeance, addicted to man- & beast-murder (cp. yakkha 2). They are very much like Petīs in habits. With their names cp. …
yannūna →
pts
see *ya*˚; 2˚.
yanta →
pts
…gaṇṭhikā), cp. ucchūnaṃ yanta Dhp-a.iv.199
■ tela-yanta (-cakka) (the wheel of) an oil mill Ja.i.25
■ dāru-yanta a…
yathā →
pts
adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …
yebhuyya →
pts
abundant, numerous, most. Not found as adj. by itself, except in phrase yebhuyya-vasena mostly, as a rule Thag-a.51 and Pv-a.136, which is identical with the usual instr. *[yebhuyyena](/define/ye …
yoga →
pts
lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device
- yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
- conn …
yojitaka →
pts
adjective connected with, mixed; neg. a˚ not mixed (with poison), unadulterated Ja.i.269.
fr. yojita
yujjhati →
pts
to fight, make war. Rare in older literature our refs. only from the Mahāvaṃsa; e.g. 22, 82 (fut yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr. yujjhamāna); 33, 41 (aor. yuj …
yuvan →
pts
youth-nom. sg.; yuvā DN.i.80 = yobbanena samannāgata DN-a.i.223; Snp.420; Dhp.280 (= paṭhama-yobbane ṭhita Dhp-a.iii.409); Pv.iii.7#1 (= taruṇa Pv-a.205)
■ Cp yava, yuvin & yobbana.
Vedic …
yuñjati →
pts
(lit.) to yoke; (fig.) to join with (instr. or loc.), to engage in (loc.), to exert oneself, to endeavour. All our passages show the applied meaning, while the lit. meaning is only found in the Caus …
yāgu →
pts
rice-gruel, rice-milk (to drink). See Vin. Texts ii.89. Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 (sace yāgu hoti, bhājanaṃ dhovitvā yāgu upanametabbā; yāguṃ pītassa udakaṃ datvā…), 51 (id.), Vin.ii.61 (id.), Vin.ii. …
yāthāva →
pts
adjective sufficient (lit “just as much”; i.e. such as it is), sufficiently founded logical, consistent, exact, definite, true Cnd.275 (where tatha is explained by taccha, bhūta, yāthāva, aviparīta) D …
yāti →
pts
to go, go on to proceed, to go away
pres 1st yāmi Pv.ii.8#8 (= gacchāmi Pv-a.107), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.3; 2nd yāsi Ja.i.291 Mhvs.10, Mhvs.2 (kuhiṃ yāsi?); 3rd *[yāti] …
yāva →
pts
adverb
- (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …
ñatti →
pts
announcement, declaration, esp. as t. t. a motion or resolution put at a kammavācā (proceedings at a meeting of the chapter. The usual formula is “esā ñatti; suṇātu me bhante sangho”: Vin.i.340; Vin.i …
ñāṇin →
pts
adjective knowing, one who is possessed of (right) knowledge SN.ii.169; AN.ii.89 (sammā˚); AN.iv.340
■ aññāṇin not knowing, unaware Vv-a.76.
ā →
pts
Ā1
indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …
ābhicetasika →
pts
adjective See abhicetasika. This spelling, with guṇa of the first syllable, is probably more correct; but the short a is the more frequent.
ābhūñjati →
pts
to enjoy, partake of, take in, feel, experience Ja.iv.456 (bhoge; Rh. D. “hold in its hood”?); Dhs-a.333.
ā + bhuj2, Sk. bhunakti
ādīnava →
pts
…bhīyo), SN.ii.170 sq. (dhātūnaṃ); SN.iii.27, SN.iii.62, SN.iii.102 (rūpassa etc.); SN.iv.7 SN.iv.168; AN.i.57 (akaraṇīye kayiramāne),…
āgama →
pts
- coming, approach, result, DN.i.53 (āgamanaṃ pavattatī ti DN-a.i.160; cp. Sdhp.249 dukkh˚).
- that which one goes by, resource, reference source of reference, text, Scripture, Canon; thus a design …
āhuna →
pts
Err:509
āma →
pts
Āma1
indeclinable affirmative part. “yes, indeed, certainly” DN.i.192 sq. (as variant reading BB.; T. has āmo); Ja.i.115 Ja.i.226 (in C. expln. of T. amā-jāta which is to be re …
āmanta →
pts
adjective adverb asking or asked, invited; only as an˚; without being asked, unasked, uninvited Vin.i.254 (˚cāra); AN.iii.259 (id.).
either ger. of āmanteti (q.v.) or root der. fr. ā + mant, cp. āmantaṇā
ānisaṃsa →
pts
praise i.e. that which is commendable, profit, merit, advantage good result, blessing in or from (c. loc.). There are five ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīla-sampadāya or blessings which accrue to the virtuous …
āpanna →
pts
- entered upon, fallen into, possessed of, having done Vin.i.164 (āpattiṃ ā.); Vin.iii.90; DN.i.4 (dayāpanna merciful); Cnd.32 (taṇhāya).
- unfortunate miserable Ja.i.19 (verse 124). Cp. pari˚. *Ap …
āpeti →
pts
to cause to reach or obtain Ja.vi.46. Cp. vy˚.
Caus. of āp, see appoti & pāpuṇāti
āpucchati →
pts
…Mil.29; Pv-a.111; āpucchitūna (cp. Geiger § 211) Thig.426; āpuccha Thig.416 & āpucchā [= āpṛcchya, cp. Vedic…
āpātha →
pts
sphere, range, focus, field (of consciousness or perception; cp. Dhs trsl. 199), appearance AN.ii.67; Ja.i.336 Vb.321; Mil.298; Vism.21, Vism.548; DN-a.i.228; Dhs-a.308 Dhs-a.333; Vv-a.232 (˚kāl …
āracayāracayā →
pts
by means of hammering, slashing or beating (like beating a hide) Snp.673 (gloss ārajayārajayā fr. ā + *rañj or *raj)
■ Snp-a.481 explains the passage as follows: ārajayārajayā; i.e. yathā ma …
āsabha →
pts
(in compn.) a bull peculiar to a bull, bull-like, fig. a man of strong & eminent qualities, a hero or great man, a leader, thus in tār˚ Snp.687; nar˚ Snp.684, Snp.696; āsabha-camma bull’s …
āsada →
pts
- approach, dealing with, business with (acc.), concern, affair, means of acting or getting Vin.ii.195 = Ja.v.336 (mā kuñjara nāgam āsado); MN.i.326 (metaṃ āsado = mā etaṃ āsado do not meddle with th …
āsatta →
pts
Āsatta1
- lit. hanging on, in phrase kaṇṭhe āsatto kuṇapo a corpse hanging round one’s neck MN.i.120; Ja.i.5
- fig. attached to, clinging to Ja.i.377 (+ satta lagga); Thag-a.259 (an˚). …
āvarati →
pts
to shut out from (abl.), hold back from, refuse, withhold, obstruct MN.i.380 (dvāraṃ) Snp.922 (pot. ˚aye, cp. Mnd.368); DN-a.i.235 (dvāraṃ) Dpvs.i.38
pp āvaṭa and *āvuta2</s …
āvuta →
pts
- strung upon, tied on, fixed on to DN.i.76 (suttaṃ); DN.ii.13 (id.) AN.i.286 (tantāvutaṃ web); Ja.iii.52 (valliyā); Ja.vi.346 (suttakena); DN-a.i.94 (˚sutta).
- impaled, stuck on (sūle on the pale …
āvuṇāti →
pts
to weave, thus a confusion of the two roots, the latter being merged into the former to string upon, to fix on to (c. loc.), to impale Ja.i.430 Ja.iii.35; Ja.v.145; Ja.vi.105
caus 2 āvuṇāpeti Ja.i …
āyasakya →
pts
dishonour, disgrace, bad repute AN.iv.96; Ja.v.17; Vv-a.110; usually in phrase -ṃ pāpuṇāti to fall into disgrace Thag.292; Ja.ii.33 = Ja.ii.271; Ja.iii.514.
Bdhgh on AN.iv.96 explains it as ayasa …
āḷhika →
pts
Āḷhiya & āḷhika
(adj.) rich, happy, fortunate; only in neg. anāḷhiya poor, unlucky, miserable MN.i.450; MN.ii.178 (+ daḷidda) AN.iii.352 sq. (so read with variant reading BB. ˚āḷhika for T ˚āḷika; c …
āḷhiya →
pts
Āḷhiya & āḷhika
(adj.) rich, happy, fortunate; only in neg. anāḷhiya poor, unlucky, miserable MN.i.450; MN.ii.178 (+ daḷidda) AN.iii.352 sq. (so read with variant reading BB. ˚āḷhika for T ˚āḷika; c …
ūnaka →
pts
…is not yet 7 years old), Mil.414; Dhp-a.i.79.
ūna + ka
ūnatta →
pts
depletion, deficiency Vin.ii.239; Ja.v.450.
abstr. fr. ūna
ḍahati →
pts
(& dahati) to burn (trs.) consume, torment MN.i.365; MN.ii.73 AN.v.110; Ja.ii.44 (aor. 3 sg. med. adaḍḍha = Sk. adagdha) Dhp.31, Dhp.71, Dhp.140; Mil.45, Mil.112 (cauterize). Pp. *[daḍḍha](/define/daḍ …