…Dh. (by heart); see above C4. combined w. Vinayadhara Vin.i.127, Vin.i.337; Vin.ii.8; AN.i.117, & bahussuta (ibid) Snp.58 (cp. Snp-a.110)
…

MahākassapaKassapaPippali

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

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

…here“), abbhudāharati, abhipūreti (“fill up”) etc. (see also II. 1.c).

II. Lit. Meaning

1. As single pref.:
   1. against to,…

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

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

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

Indriya-samatta: ‘equilibrium, balance, or harmony of abilities’, relates to the 5 spiritual abilities: faith, energy, awareness or mindfulness, concentration and understanding see: indriya 15\ …

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

[[ability to acquire insight]]Ability to acquire insight: cf. ugghatitaññū, vipacitaññū

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.) = …

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

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

blow on or at AN.i.257.

abhi + dhamati, cp. Sk. abhi˚ & api-dhamati

gone back from (-˚), returned (opp. abhi˚) DN.i.70 (abhikkanta +); AN.ii.104 AN.ii.106 sq., AN.ii.210; Pv.iv.1#43 (cp. Pv-a.240); DN-a.i.183 (= nivattana); Vv-a.6 (opp. abhi˚) Pv-a.11 (piṇḍapāta …

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

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

cp. Sk. mukula

Satti¹

feminine ability, power Dhtp.508 Usually in phrase yathā satti as much as one can do according to one’s ability Cp.i.10#6; Dhp-a.i.399; or yathā sattiṃ DN.i.102, or *y. sattiyā …

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

1. (one) who abides by what is right or is the rule; just; rightly based; firm in dhamma.
2. (one) who abides in justice; a judge; an adjudicator.

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

Phonetically the difference between ava & o is this, that; ava is the older form, whereas o represents a later development. Histor …

adjective = antara, i.e. internal, inner, being within or between; nt. -ṃ the inner part, interior, interval (see [as ˚-](/define/as ˚-)) Vin.i.111 (satt˚ with interval of seven); AN.iv.16 (opp. …

Ni˚

Nearly all (ultimately prob. all) words under this heading are compounds with the pref. ni.

A. Forms

1. Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …

loris (Abhp. 618) i.e. an ape; but probably meant for a kind of bird (cp. Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v.) Ja.vi.538 (C. reads pampuka & explains by pampaṭaka).

etym? Cp. Sk. pampā Name of a river (or l …

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 …

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 …

bile, gall Abhp.281.

*Sk. māyu

the tree Aegle marmelos Abhp.556.

late Sk.

adjective (-˚) overpowering, having power over; master conqueror, lord SN.iv.186 (anadhibhū not mastering. For adhibhūta the variant reading abhi˚ is to be preferred as more us …

the great-flowered jasmine Abhp.576. Cp. mālikā.

fr. mālā

lute of seven strings Abhp. 138
■ See parivadentikā.

fr. pari + vad, late Sk. the same

adjective falling on io (-˚) Ja.ii.7.

abhi + nipātin

past participle escaped Thag.1089.

abhi + nissaṭa

ray of light Abhp.64; Dhp-a.426 (old citation unverified).

Vedic mayūkha in diff. meaning, viz. a peg for fastening a weft etc., Zimmer Altind. Leben 254

crest Abhp.283 (kirīṭa + , i.e. adornment).

cp. BSk. makuṭa Divy.411

adjective “settled in”, attached to, clinging on Cnd.152 (gahita parāmaṭṭha a.); Pv-a.267 (= ajjhāsita Pv.iv.8#4).

abhi + niviṭṭha, pp. of abhi-nivisati

to rush on (to) Ja.ii.8.

abhi + nipatati

etc. see abhi˚ etc.

the hair of the body (whereas kesa is the hair of the head only) DN.ii.18 (ekeka˚, uddhagga˚, in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); SN.ii.257 (asi˚, usu˚, satti˚ etc.) AN.ii.114; Vin.iii.106 (usu˚ etc. …

1. being Ja.iii.251.
2. a good or chaste woman Abhp.237; asatī an unchaste woman Mil.122 = Ja.iii.350; Ja.v.418; Ja.vi.310.

fr. sant, ppr. of as

the plant kumbhaṇḍa i.e. a kind of gourd Abhp.597 (no other ref.?).

cp. late Sk. valibha wrinkled

branching footstalk, a compound pedicle Abhp.550. The word is found in BSk. in meaning of “musical instrument” at Divy.315 and passim.

cp. Class. Sk. vallarī, Halāyudha ii.30

to bend
pp abhinata (q.v.).

abhi + namati

dramatic representation Vv-a.209 (sākhā˚).

abhi + naya

reproduced, reborn AN.iv.40, AN.iv.401; Cnd.256 (nibbatta abhi pātubhūta); Dhs.1035, Dhs.1036 (so read for˚ nippatta) Vv-a.9 (puññ’ânubhāva˚ by the power of merit).

abhi + nibbatta, pp. of abhinibbattati

sea salt Vin.i.202; Abhp.461.

fr. samudda

Sata¹

(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN. …

to scratch Dhtp.159 cp. rada & radana; tooth Abhp.261.

rad: see etym. at Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. rado (“rase”). Given in meaning “vilekhana” at Dhtp.159 & Dhtm.220. Besides this it is given at D …

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 …

certain reptile Abhp.651.

cp. Sk. rājila

line, streak Abhp.539. See lekhā.

fr. rikh, for which the Pāli form is likh, cp. Sk. rekhā, Lat. rīma, Ohg. rīga row

speed, lit. current Abhp.40. See rava¹.

fr. ri, riṇāti to let loose or flow, which is taken as ray at Dhtp.234, defined as “gamana,” and at Dhtm.336 as “gati.” The root ri itself i …

Ratana¹

neuter

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

plantain or banana tree Abhp.589.

Sk. rambhā

the night Dāvs i.39; Abhp.69; Pv-a.205.

fr. raj, cp. rajanīya 2

spider Abhp.621.

*Sk. lūtā

crookedness Dhtm.526; Abhp.859. As koṭilya at Dhtp.472.

fr. kuṭila

parrot Abhp.640 (cp. cirīṭi).

cp. Sk. kīra

(pavaṭṭha) see abhi˚.

pp. of pavassati

Rādheti¹

to please: see compounds abhi˚ apa˚, ā˚ vi˚.

Caus. of rādh to succeed, rādhyate. The root is given at Dhtp.420 & Dhtm.656 in meaning “saṃsiddhiyaṃ,” i.e. of success. See etym. …

to put together, to make ready Thag.151; ger. abhisandhāya in sense of a prep. = on account of, because of Ja.ii.386 (= paṭicca C.).

abhi + sandahati of saṃ + dhā

retinue Ja.v.373.

fr. abhi + sarati, of sṛ; to go

sporting, dancing: see abhi˚, vi˚.

of las

to step backwards, to return (opp. abhi˚) Vin.ii.110, Vin.ii.208; MN.i.78; SN.i.200, SN.i.226 SN.ii.282; Snp.388 (ger. ˚kkamma = nivattitvā Snp-a.374) Snp-a.53
caus paṭikkamāpeti to cause to ret …

Only in the compound abhi-saññā-nirodha DN.i.179, DN.i.184. The prefix abhi qualifies, not saññā, but the whole compound, which means ʻtrance’. It is an expression used, not by Buddhists, but by c …

see abhi˚.

Ud-

prefix in verbal & nominal comb^n. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are comb^ns. with ud˚, which in comp^n. appears modified according to the rules of as …

recognition Dhs-a.110.

paṭi + abhi + ñāṇa

to approach, to persecute Ja.vi.377.

abhi + sāreti, Caus. of abhisarati

to search for Dāvs v.4.

abhi + takketi

indeclinable adv. case fr. prep. abhi etym.

1. round about, on both sides Ja.vi.535 (= ubhayapassesu C.) Ja.vi.539
2. near, in the presence of Vv.64#1 (= samīpe Vv-a.275).

(tuṇṇa). Overwhelmed, overcome overpowered SN.ii.20; Pts.i.129 (dukkha˚), Pts.i.164; Ja.i.407 Ja.i.509 (˚tuṇṇa); Ja.ii.399, Ja.ii.401; Ja.iii.23 (soka˚); Ja.iv.330; Ja.v.268, Sdhp.281.

not as Morris, …

deceit, fraud Dāvs iii.64.

abhi + vañc

Saṃ˚

indeclinable prefix, implying conjunction & completeness; saṃ˚; is after vi˚; (19’) the most frequent (16’) of all Pāli prefixes. Its primary meaning is “together” (cp. Lat. …

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 …

to praise Sdhp.588 (˚ayi). - pp. abhivaṇṇita.

abhi + vanneti

to contend, quarrel with Ja.i.342.

abhi + yujjhati from yudh

the plant Vernonia anthelminthica Abhp.586.

cp. *Sk. bākucī

the root of a tree Abhp.549.

Vedic budhna

• -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 …

sort of spear Ja.vi.105, Ja.vi.248 Abhp.394.

Non-Aryan; Epic Sk. bhindipāla spear, but cp Prk bhiṇḍi-māla & ˚vāla, Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 248 see also Geiger, P.Gr. § 38

to ask, beg, entreat Snp.1101, cp. Cnd.86.

abhi + yācati

to stretch out Vin.i.179 (pāde).

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

adjective bulky, gross Abhp.701.

cp. BSk. vaṭhara Mvu.ii.65. A root vaṭh is given at Dhtm.133 in meaning “thūlattane bhave” i.e. bulkiness

to remove, to put away Bv.x.5.

abhi + vāheti, Caus. of vah

Sk. abhipṛcchati] to ask Ja.iv.18.

abhi + pucchati

to protect Vv.84#21, cp. Vv-a.341.

abhi + pāleti

adjective dressed Mil.222.

abhi + pāruta, pp. of abhipārupati

to blow through, to pervade Mil.385.

abhi + vāyati; cp. Sk. abhivāti

to fill (up) Mil.238; Dāvs iii.60 (paṃsūhi).

abhi + pūreti

to shout ont Bv.ii.90 = Ja.i.18 (verse 99)

abhi + ravati

see abhi˚.

pp. of lakkheti

is given at Abhp.663 in meaning of “sand.” Occurs only in cpd. vaṇṇupatha a sandy place, quicksand, swamp Ja.i.109; Vv.84#3 (= vālu-kantāra Vv-a.334); Pv.iv.3#2 (= petena nim …

an anklet, foot-bangle Abhp.228.

cp. late Sk. mañjīra nt.

adjective circular Abhp.707.

fr. vṛt, cp. late Sk. vartula

Bodhipakkhiya-dhammā: The 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’, or ‘requisites of enlightenment’ comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

to make clear, explain, illuminate Ja.v.339.

abhi + joteti

strength, power; ability; firmness.

Anaññātañ-ñassāmīt-indriya: is one of the 3 supra-mundane mental abilities; see: indriya 20.

to be very hungry Pv-a.271.

abhi + jighacchati

to be eager, active Snp.668.

abhi + javati