having limbs or parts; having a body; who has limbs.

…see *catur*˚ & pacc˚ (under anga-paccangin)
■ f.; aṅginī having sprouts or shoots (of a tree) Thig.297 (=…

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

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 …

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 …

UpasenaVaṅgantaputta

When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him to wait upon the Buddha. The Buddha roundly rebuked …

VepacittiSambara

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

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

1. sticking to, attached to.
2. taking offense, being hostile.

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

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

asking for something else; exchanging for something else (?)

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

having four parts; consisting of four parts.

(& ~a, f.?) (from cetāpeti) exchanging; basis for exchange or purchase; asking for,

rope for hanging the robes.

bamboo rod for hanging up robes.

theft by exchanging kusa markers

ranging from its home (in)

with bark hanging down.

seeming to have its bark hanging down

hanging down; what hangs down; something carried hanging from the arm or hand.

or neuter something hanging down to be clung to.

hanging or dripping down and round about

the habit of sluggishness; hanging back

with the head hanging down; upside down.

up and down; in various ways; in a changing manner

ranging over (mentally); preoccupation.

producing, bringing about; arranging attendance; having (someone) served or cared for

producing, bringing about; arranging attendance; having (someone) served or cared for

an upper loop or fastening (for hanging a door)

fastening, hanging (on, loc.)

fastening, hanging (on, loc.)

arranging again and again; pulling this way and that.

arranging a marriage.

Akusala-vitakka: Disadvantageous thoughts as defined under akusala In M. 20, five methods of overcoming them are given: by changing the object, thinking of the evil results, paying no attention …

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

Citta-kkhana: ‘consciousness-moment’, is the time occupied by one single stage in the perceptual process or cognitive series cittavīthi see: viññāna-kicca This moment again is subdivided in …

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

Puggala: ‘individual’, ‘person’, as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being satta self attā etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you, he, man, …

Tathāgata: the ‘Perfect One’, lit. the one who has ‘thus gone’, or ‘thus come’, is an epithet of the Buddha used by him when speaking of himself.

To the often asked questions, whether the Tathāga …

adjective hanging down Ja.v.407 (nīladuma˚).

pp. of abhilambati

adjective cleaving to (-˚) Sdhp.566.

fr. abhisanga

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

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

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

ger. o …

intention, desire, wish, disposition, bent DN.ii.224 (adj.: intent on, practising); Ja.i.88, Ja.i.90; Ja.ii.352; Ja.v.382; Dhs-a.314, Dhs-a.334; Pv-a.88, Pv-a.116, Pv-a.133 (adj. dān˚ intent on o …

not hanging on anything, not being suspended DN-a.i.180.

a + laggana

adjective not hanging down, not drooping, short Ja.v.302; Ja.vi.3 (˚tthaniyo not flabby: of a woman’s breasts cp. alamb’ ordhva-stanī Suśruta i.371).

a + lamba

the state of not being erect, i.e. hanging down Ja.v.156.

an + abbhuṇṇata + tā

adjective blameless, faultless Ja.iv.106 (-aṅgin of blameless body or limbs).

a + nindita

see anujjangin.

…bent, in compounds -aṅgin (anujjangin) with (evenly) bent limbs, i.e. with perfect limbs, graceful f. -ī. Epithet of a beautiful…

(apānga) the outer corner of the eye Ja.iii.419 (asitâpangin black-eyed); Ja.iv.219 (bahi˚). Spelt avaṅga at Vin.ii.267, where the phrase avangaṃ karoti i.e. expl^d. by …

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 …

(-˚) to understand AN.iv.96 = Iti.83 (n’avabujjhati); AN.iv.98 (id.) Ja.i.378 Ja.iii.387 (interchanging with anubujjhati at the latter pass.).

Cp. BSk. avabudhyate

…(suvisuddh˚). -paccaṅgin having all limbs (perfect) DN.i.34 (sabbanga-peccangī); Pv-a.189.

• -rāga painting or…

…Kp-a.85; Sdhp.58; -(r)aṅgin (adj.) comprising four parts f. ˚inī, of an army consisting of elephants, chariots cavalry & infantry…

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 …

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

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 ( …

adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā …

point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …

Haliddā & Haliddī

feminine turmeric.

1. haliddā: Vin.i.201; Ja.v.89.
2. haliddī (haliddi˚ MN.i.127; AN.iii.230, AN.iii.233; SN.ii.101; Kp-a.64; -rāga li …

Haliddā & Haliddī

feminine turmeric.

1. haliddā: Vin.i.201; Ja.v.89.
2. haliddī (haliddi˚ MN.i.127; AN.iii.230, AN.iii.233; SN.ii.101; Kp-a.64; -rāga li …

adjective dyed with turmeric; a˚; undyed, i.e. not changing colour Ja.iii.88; cp. Ja.iii.148.

fr. haliddā

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

…of the removal of all doubt DN.iii.288; MN.i.147; Ud.60; Vism.523; Bdhd 116 sq.

• -samaṅgin affected with doubts,…

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

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; …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

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 …

adjective light, quick AN.i.10, AN.i.45
■ lahuṃ karoti to make light, to be frivolous Ja.ii.451
■ nt. lahuṃ (adv.) quickly Pv.iv.1#60; Dpvs.i.53; Mhvs.4, Mhvs.17
■ Usually a …

(adj.) (-˚) hanging down, drooping, pendulous SN.iv.341, SN.iv.342 (˚cūḷakā bhaṭa hirelings with large or drooping top-knots); Ja.ii.185 (˚tthana with hanging breasts); Ja.iii.265 (˚cūla-vihangam …

to hang down, to droop, fall Mhvs.32, Mhvs.70 (laggāni lambiṃsu), Mhvs.71 (ākāse lambamānāni). Fut. lambahīti (poet.) Ja.v.302 (= lambissati)
caus lambeti to cause to hang up …

adjective hanging down, able to hang or bend down (with ref. to the membrum virile) Vin.iii.35 (“tassa bhikkhussa angajātaṃ dīghaṃ hoti lambati tasmā lambī ti vutto” Sam. Pās. i.278).

fr. lamb

hanging down, suspended Mhvs.27, Mhvs.38; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.67.

pp. of lambeti

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

1. a monkey Ja.i.385; Ja.ii.267; Dhp-a.ii.22; Vb-a.408 (˚niddā, a m.’s sleep, said to be quickly changing); Kp-a.73 (in simile); Snp-a.522 (cp. Snp.791). Names of monkeys famous in Jātaka tales: S …

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

soft-heartedness, kindliness sympathy. Often in triad mettā (“active love” Snp-a.128), karuṇā (“preventive love,” ibid.), muditā (“disinter …

adjective blamed, reproved, reviled; faulty, blameworthy Dhp.228; Pv.ii.3#34 (a˚ blameless agarahita pasaṃsa Pv-a.89); Sdhp.254, Sdhp.361
■ anindita Ja.iv.106 (˚angin).

pp. of nindati

adjective not hanging on to, not clinging or attached to (c. loc.) Snp.851 (= nittaṇha Snp-a.549); Mnd.221.

adj. to pp. āsatta¹ with nis

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 …

adjective hanging down Vin.iii.49; Ja.iv.380 (˚vilamba).

fr. ava + lamb

adjective noun

1. (adj.) hanging down Vv-a.32 (˚dāma).
2. (n.)
   1. support, walking stick Ja.iv.40 (hatth˚)
   2. plumb-line Ja.vi.392.

see olambati

adjective of the nature of a resort, fit for resorting to, over-hanging eaves, affording shelter Vin.ii.153. See also osāraka.

fr. osarati, osarana & osaṭa

Pahita¹

resolute, intent, energetic; only in cpd. pahitatta of resolute will (cp. BSk. prahitātman Divy.37) MN.i.114; SN.i.53 (explained by bdhgh with wrong derivation fr. peseti as “pesit …

hanging down Thig.256, Thig.259; Thag-a.211.

pp. of palambati

danger, obstacle (or is it “mud, mire” = palipa?) AN.iv.290; Snp.34 = Snp.638 (rāga˚ Snp-a.469) = Dhp.414 (= rāga˚ Dhp-a.iv.194).

for paripatha = ˚pantha (q.v.), the bases path˚ & panth˚ frequently …

adjective changing round, twisting, turning; f. pl. -āyo Ja.v.431.

fr. pari + vṛt

touching contact, being attached to, hanging on, being under the influence of, contagion (Dhs. trsl. 316). In Asl.49, Bdhgh analyses as parato āmasantīti parāmāsā: p. means “they handle dhamma’s *as …

1. hanging on, inclination, attachment to Kp-a.18; Pv-a.130.
2. occasion, event; loc. pasaṅge at the occasion of (-˚), instead of Kp-a.213 (karaṇavacana˚, where Pv-a.30 in id. p. reads karaṇ’ a …

…loc. adv. at SN.i.22.

• -aṅgin in f. ˚angī (cāru˚) at Ja.v.4 & Ja.vi.481 read sabbangin. *…

adjective = pari˚; changing, turning round (of cīvara) Vin.iv.59, Vin.iv.60. Parivasika = pari

“sedan chair” (?) in phrase sivikaṃ pāṭaṅkiṃ at Vin.i.192 (MV Vin.v.10, 3) is not clear. The vv. ll (p. 380) are pāṭangin, pāṭangan pāṭakan. Perhaps pallankaṃ?

at Thig.265 is doubtful. The T. reading is “te rindī va lambante ’nodaka,” said of breasts hanging down in old age. The C. compares them with leather water bottles without water (udaka-bhastā viya) …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

adjective endowed with, possessing Pp.13, Pp.14; Ja.i.303; Mil.342; Vb-a.438
■ samaṅgibhūta possessed of, provided with DN.i.36; AN.ii.125; Snp.321; Vin.i.15; DN-a.i.121; samaṅgi-karoti to pr …

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

1. (m.) a li …

arranging, providing, arrangement DN.i.135; Ja.i.140 (rakkhā˚).

fr. saṃvidahati

adjective loose, lax, bending, yielding SN.i.49, SN.i.77 = Dhp.346 = Ja.ii.140; Ja.i.179; Ja.ii.249; Mil.144; Dhp-a.iv.52, Dhp-a.iv.56; Pv-a.13. In compound with bhū as sithilī˚; …

thread, a string, a loom Ja.i.356 (˚vitata-ṭṭhāna the place of weaving); Dhp-a.i.424. At Ja.iv.484 tanta is to be corrected to tata (stretched out).

• -ākula tangled string, a t …

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 …

to hang up, strangle Vin.iii.73 (rajjuyā); Ja.i.504 (id.); Ja.iii.345; Thig.80; Vism.501; Vv-a.139, Vv-a.207 (ubbandhitu-kāmā in the intention of hanging herself).

ud + bandhati

neckband to hold a basket hanging down Ja.vi.562 (uggīvañ c’âpi aṃsato = aṃsakūṭe pacchi-lagganakaṃ C.).

ud + gīva

…Pv-a.51).

• -aṅgin (ujjangin) having straight limbs, neg. an˚ not having straight limbs, i.e. pliable,…

…Pv-a.51).

• -aṅgin (ujjangin) having straight limbs, neg. an˚ not having straight limbs, i.e. pliable,…

adverb

1. (as prep. with acc.) lit. “taking it up” (as such & such), i.e.
   1. out of, as, for; in phrase anukampaṃ upādāya out of pity or mercy DN.i.204; Pv-a.61, Pv-a.141, Pv-a.164
   2. compar …

Vattha¹

neuter

1. cloth; clothing, garment raiment; also collectively: clothes; MN.i.36 sq. AN.i.132, AN.i.209, AN.i.286; AN.ii.85, AN.ii.241; AN.iii.27 (odātaṃ), AN.iii.50 (kāsikaṃ), AN. …

a˚; (nt.)

1. investigation, search, attention Snp.1108, Snp.1109 (f. & nt.); Ja.iii.73 (˚paññā).
2. arranging, planning, looking after, scheme Ja.i.220; Ja.ii.404 (yuddha˚); Ja.vi.333 sq.

fr. vicāreti

adjective hanging down; only in redupl
■ iter. cpd. olamba-vilamba dropping or falling off all round Ja.iv.380.

vi + lamba

adjective hanging down, drooping MN.i.306 (f. ˚inī, of a creeper, i.e. growing tendrils all over).

vi + lambin

adjective only in f -a: slender (of waist); the explⁿ with vilagga may refer to a comparison with a creeper (cp. vilambin & Ja.v.215 as “hanging” (“climbing”) i.e. s …

changing or turning round, upset Ja.i.344 (lokassa ˚kāle).

vi + parivatta

changing, change. reverse Dhs-a.367.

fr. viparivattati

adjective

1. discoloured, fading in colour Ja.iii.88 (fig. saddhā avirāginī), Ja.iii.148 (rāga fading in the original dye, of citta).
2. changing reversing AN.iii.416 (of dukkha: dandha˚ & khippa˚ of …

hanging on (fig.), sticking or clinging to, entangled in (loc.) AN.ii.25; Snp.38, Snp.272 Cnd.597; Ja.ii.146; Ja.iii.241.

pp. of visajjati

Visaṭā & visatā

feminine “hanging on,” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Snp.715 (= taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs.1059 (translat …

Visaṭā & visatā

feminine “hanging on,” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Snp.715 (= taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs.1059 (translat …

1. a wave Ja.i.509; Mil.117 (jala˚), Mil.319 (˚puppha wave-flower fig.); Vism.63 (samudda˚); Dāvs iv.46; Dhs-a.116 Vism.143.
2. interval, period of time (cp. “tide” time interval) Ja.v.271 (˚antara, …

1. 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 …

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

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 …

1. putting up, putting down, placing, laying AN.iv.41 (aggissa ādhānaṃ, variant reading of 6 MSS ādānaṃ).
2. receptacle MN.i.414 (udak˚), cp. ādheyya.
3. enclosure, hedge Mil.220 (kaṇṭak˚ thorny brake …

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

fr. ā + * …

1. orig. roosting place, perch i.e. abode settling place, house Ja.i.10 (geh˚); Mil.213; Dhp-a.ii.162 (an˚ = anoka), Dhp-a.ii.170 (= oka).
2. “hanging on”, attachment, desire, clinging, lust SN.i.13 …

Āsatta¹

1. lit. hanging on, in phrase kaṇṭhe āsatto kuṇapo a corpse hanging round one’s neck MN.i.120; Ja.i.5
2. fig. attached to, clinging to Ja.i.377 (+ satta lagga); Thag-a.259 (an˚). …

attachment, hanging on (w. loc.), dependence, clinging Vin.ii.156 = AN.i.138; SN.i.212; Snp.777 (bhavesu); Mnd.51, Mnd.221; Ne.12, Ne.128
■ Cp nirāsattin.

ā + sañj

1. adhering, clinging to, attachment, pursuit Ja.iv.11.
2. that which hangs on (the body), clothing garment, dress; adj. dressed or clothed in (-˚); usually in cpd. *[uttarāsaṅga](/define/uttarāsaṅga …

adjective hanging on, attached to Ja.iv.11.

fr. āsanga

adjective turning (away or towards), changing, tempting, enticing MN.i.375, MN.i.381; AN.ii.190; Ja.ii.330 = Ja.iv.471; DN-a.i.250
■ Cp. etymologically the same, but semantically diff. āvattanin. …

(so for āviñchana & āviñjana) adjective noun

1. (āvijjhati 2) swinging round, hanging loose, spinning in; āvijjhana-rajju a loose, rope, esp. in mythology the swinging or whirling rope by which Sa …