see dhamma.

…between dhamma and adhamma. AN.v.229ff.

Ajita³

General of the Licchavis and follower of the Buddha. Immediately after his…

…gotta living at Kammāssadhamma. The Buddha once stayed there and slept on a mat in his fire hut, and there he met the wanderer Māgaṇḍiya….

EkadhammasavanīyaEkadhammasavaniyaEkadhammika

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

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

…township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the…

…were preached at Kammāssadhamma, which is described as a nigama of the Kurūs, where the Buddha resided from time to time. Another town of the…

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

…warned him to keep the Rukkhadhamma, which was that various people take and make use of various parts of a tree; it is not for the deva of the…

…of character, etc. e.g., Adhamma, Katattha, Dhamma, Puṇṇaka, Māra, Sakaṭa; (d) embodiments of former persons e.g., Janavasabha (lord of…

the name of one of the nine categories (aṅgas) of the scriptures

the best doctrine; the best state or condition

not not vulnerable to disturbance; whose essential nature is stability or unchangability

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

liable to fall from one existence to another; liable or about to die.

to be thrown away.

to be thrown away.

fee; a gift; something (suitable) to give.

who has seen the dhamma.

nibbāna in this life.

happiness in this life.

calmed in this life (or: who has seen the dhamma and is calmed?)

sexual intercourse.

subject to growing old or decaying.

the practice of complaining publicly, the action of public criticism, denunciation

he practice of complaining publicly, the action of public criticism, denunciation.

liable to perish, to disappear.

liable to cessation; inevitably ceasing.

(& mfn.?) an extraordinary or superhuman quality or attainment; (beyond the human norm; extraordinary)

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 …

…SN.v.392; Snp.534 (sabbadhammaṃ), Snp.743 (jātikkhayaṃ), Snp.1115, Snp.1148; Iti.91 (dhammaṃ) Dhp.166 (atta-d-atthaṃ); freq. in…

to explain Mil.227 (dhammâdhammaṃ).

anu + dīpeti

…Ja.ii.281 (= dussīla pāpadhamma C.), Ja.v.48 (˚rūpa shameless), Ja.ii.87; Dhp-a.iv.3
■ See also ñāṇa magga, sacca, sāvaka.

*…

…Pv-a.16, Pv-a.19 (hitatthadhammatā “fitness of the best sense”, i.e. practical application), Pv-a.71. Very frequent in Commentary style at…

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 …

Bodha¹

form is sambodha = bodhi, viz. knowledge, wisdom, enlightenment, Buddhaship DN.iii.54 (variant reading sam˚); Dhs-a.217; in phrase bodhāya maggo Ja.i.67; Mil.244, Mil.289; and in …

state of (perfect) enlightenment, (attainment of) Buddhahood Ja.iii.363 (sabbadhammānaṃ b.); Vism.209 (buddhattā Buddho) Mhbv.12. Cp. buddhatā and abhisambuddhatta.

abstr. fr. buddha

…AN.i.229; AN.iv.15; kusaladhamma˚ AN.iii.441. Often combined with other good qualities, e.g. ch. vāyāma ussāha ussoḷhi AN.iv.320 ch….

…at Thag-a.281 by cittadhammakatha -kamma decoration, ornamentation, painting Ja.iv.408 Ja.vi.333; Mil.278; Vism.306;…

…to the bhikkhu (see deyyadhamma) Cnd.523; Pv-a.7; Pv-a.10 rules for the king Pv-a.161
■ dividing the Empire into 10 parts:…

…cp. Avs.i.308. The deyyadhamma (set of gifts, that which it is or should be a rule to give) to mendicants, consists of 14 items, which are (as…

…sad˚ faith (q.v.) -opp. adhamma unrighteousness, sin AN.ii.19; AN.v.73 sq.; DN.iii.70 (˚rāga visama-lobha &…

…maraṇa˚ (= maraṇadhamma) AN.i.147; pāpa Pv.i.11#7 of evil nature.

Sk. dharmin

Dhammin²

(-˚) only in daḷha-dh˚;…

…we are told of a dhutadhamma, meaning a scrupulous way of life, first for a bhikkhu, then for a layman. This poem omits all higher doctrine…

…this world
■ diṭṭhadhamma Vin.ii.188; DN.iii.222 sq.; AN.i.249; AN.ii.61; Cnd.297 (= ñātadhamma); DN-a.i.278; Sdhp.470
■…

…characterizing “diṭṭhadhamma” at Cnd.299 & passim. Diṭṭhiyā sutiyā ñāṇena in def. of a theory of cognition at Cnd.300 as…

…(saccaṃ musā ti dvayadhammaṃ); Dhp.384; Pv.iv.1#29 (dvayaṃ vipākaṃ = duvidhaṃ Pv-a.228)- advaya single AN.v.46 2. false,…

…& deyyadhamma. Eight ways of giving alms at DN.iii.258 AN.iv.236. Five ways, called sappurisa-dāna (& asapp˚) at…

…the second part of the deyyadhamma (the list of meritorious gifts to the Sangha), under Nos. 5–14…

…AN.i.211; Ja.ii.180 (= vasaladhamma); Vv-a.11; DN-a.i.72 (= gāma-vāsīnaṃ dhamma?); -poddava (variant reading…

…(cp. rūpa˚) Vism.364 (dasadhamma˚), Vism.626 (phassa-pañcamakā dhammā); Bdhd 77 (rūpa˚), Bdhd 78, Bdhd 120.

• -agga…

…loka˚, saṃyojana sabbadhamma˚, samudda˚.

• -ātīta gone beyond, recovered from the waning period (of chanda, the moon = the new moon)…

…greed for anything 4. gāmadhamma: sexual lust 5. hitacchanda: effort to do good 6. serībhāva : self-determination.

In all enumerations…

…porāṇa-mante nāsetvā adhamma-yutte kūṭa-mante ganthetvā“ Snp-a.320), Snp.1000 (with ref. to the 32 signs of a Mahāpurisa),…

…deyyadhamma & yañña); Pv-a.4 = Ja.iii.59 (ratta- kaṇavera˚ a wreath of red K. flowers on his head: apparel of a…

…jātakaṃ abbhutadhammaṃ vedallaṃ MN.i.133; AN.ii.103, AN.ii.178; AN.iii.86 sq., AN.iii.177 sq.; Pp.43; Mil.344; Dpvs.iv.15;…

…paṭipadā) amosadhammaṃ Snp.758; khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ SN.iv.175; SN.i.189 = Snp.454; Thig.350 (˚ṭṭhāne vimuttā te…

…addhuva appāyuka cavanadhamma DN.i.21. anicca + dukkha SN.ii.53 (yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ); SN.iv.28, SN.iv.31, SN.v.345; AN.iv.52…

…Iti.77; Ja.i.89 Ja.i.259 (adhammasmiṃ); Mil.361; Vv-a.97 (˚gāma, built situated); DN-a.i.90 (su˚ & dun˚ of a street = well & badly built…

…explained as nibbānadhamma Snp-a.164; dhammapada = Dhamma), ibid (anavajja-padāni sevamāna = principles), Snp.700 (moneyyaṃ…

…(see Cnd.523 yañña as deyyadhamma). The form in -eyya is the older and more usual one, thus at AN.ii.85, AN.ii.203; AN.iv.239; Iti.65; Pp.51;…

…(see Cnd.523 yañña as deyyadhamma). The form in -eyya is the older and more usual one, thus at AN.ii.85, AN.ii.203; AN.iv.239; Iti.65; Pp.51;…

…Pv-a.9 (˚vasena dānadhamma-pariccāgo), Pv-a.49 (= dakkhiṇā) Pv-a.88 (identical); Sdhp.229

• -dhamma the practice of transferred…

adjective noun

1. 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
2. as nt. the other side, the opposi …

…up musāvāda, kodha & adhamma-hāsa)

• -dhānī a royal city (usually combined with gāma & nigama AN.i.159 AN.ii.33 AN.iii.108…

…up musāvāda, kodha & adhamma-hāsa)

• -dhānī a royal city (usually combined with gāma & nigama AN.i.159 AN.ii.33 AN.iii.108…

one’s own religion or faith MN.i.523; Snp.1020; Bv.ii.6 = Ja.i.3.

sa⁴ + dhamma

…Snp.189; Vin.ii.295 samaṇadhammaṃ the duties of a samaṇa AN.iii.371; Ja.i.106, Ja.i.107, Ja.i.138; pure-samaṇa a junior who walks before…

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 …

…tapasaṁkhāta puññadhamma, bojjhangabhāvanā and sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggasankhāta nibbāna)

• -bhūmi a soil of ease, source of…

…Ja.i.129; Mil.200; sukkadhamma Ja.i.129; kaṇhāsukkaṃ evil and good Snp.526; Sukkā a class of gods DN.ii.260.

*…

adjective having a beak; n. a pecker, fig. a tax-collector Ja.v.102 (= adhamma-bali-sādhaka Ja.v.103).

from tuṇḍi

…MN.i.286; Iti.11 (+ adhamma-ṭṭha; translation Seidenstücker not quite to the point: rejoicing in parties, i.e. vagga¹ =…

…AN.i.249 (diṭṭhadhamma˚); AN.iv.382; Pv.ii.11#7 (sukha˚-kamma sukha-vipāka Pv-a.150); Pv.iii.3#7 (kamma); Pv.iv.1#29 (of…

to scold (intensely), to abuse Vin.ii.161 (dhammiṃ kathaṃ); Vin.iii.46; SN.i.30 (ariyadhammaṃ); Mil.227.

vi + garahati

…i.e. “of the nature of total destruction. Cp. BSk. formula śatana-patana-vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsana…

…It corresponds to virāgadhamma of the prose part (virāgudh˚ vv.ll.) The variant reading is pabhaṅguṇa (which might be preferable…

…of character, e.g. Adhamma “Unrighteous” Mil.202 (formerly Devadatta). Katattha “Well-wisher” Dhp-a.iv.209 Dhamma…

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 …

…occur under dāna & deyyadhamma as the gift, the giver and the recipient of the gift (i.e. the Sangha: cp. opening stanza Pv; i¹ are…

…of a sacrifice or gift (deyyadhamma) Snp.486 (= deyyadhammānaṃ adhiṭṭhāna-bhūta Snp-a.412); Thag.566; Ja.vi.205 (˚vatthu worthy objact…

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …