1. a trough Ja.v.297; Ja.vi.381 (bhatt˚).
2. a certain measure of capacity Ja.i.62; Ja.ii.436 (taṇḍul˚). As -ka at Ja.ii.117 (variant reading ampaṇaka); DN-a.i.84.

of uncertain etym.; Sk. armaṇa …

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

without a basis; without an object

birth.

the object of that/them.

basis, starting point (for producing or initiating activity), footing; basis of meditation; object, object of consideration, sense-object.

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 …

Tadārammana-citta: ‘registering consciousness’ see: Tab. I, 40-49, 56, is the last stage in the complete process of cognition citta-vīthi immediately before sinking into the subconscious. It do …

Ārammana: Object. There are six: visible object, sound, odour, taste, body-contact, mental-object. The mental-object dhammārammana may be physical or mental, past, present or future, real or …

Ārammanādhipati, Predominance Conditional Relation. see: paccaya

*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 …

…assū ti Mnd.350).

• -ārammaṇa a subjective object of thought Dhs.1047
• -cintin thought occupied…

…Thig.314.

• -ārammaṇa state of mind arising out of the past Dhs.1041.

Sk. atīta, ati + ita, pp. of…

imitation of a confused rumbling noise MN.i.128
■ Cp. also P. mammana and sarasara.

onomat., cp. Sk. balbalā-karoti to stammer or stutter, barbara = Gr. βάρβαρος stuttering, …

adverb outside

1. (adv.) Ja.i.361 (˚dvāre-gāma a village outside the city gates); Pv.i.10#2; Dhp-a.iii.118; Pv-a.24, Pv-a.61.
2. (prep.) with acc. (direction to) Ja.i.298 (˚gāmaṃ) with loc. ( …

…3 and ārammaṇa 3). They are discussed at Vism.430 sq.; cp. Dhs.1049-The phrase “ito bahiddhā” refers to those outside…

…MN.i.28; Ja.v.334.

• -ammaṇa food trough Ja.vi.381.
• -ābhihāra gift of food SN.i.82. *…

…ca bhayānak’ ārammaṇassa adhivacanaṃ MN-a.113), Name of Suttanta No. 4 in Majjhima (pp. 16 sq.), quoted at Vism.202;…

an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. …

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

…Pv-a.47, Pv-a.191. -ārammaṇa having its foundation or cause in the B., in ˚pīti joy, caused by contemplation of…

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

1. skin, hide, leather Vin.i.192 (sīha˚ vyaggha˚ dīpi˚), Vin.i.196 (elaka˚ aja˚ miga˚) AN.iv.393 (sīha˚ dīpi˚); Pv-a.157 (kadalimiga˚ as rug) Ja.ii.110 (sīha˚); Ja.iii.82, Ja.iii.184; Mil.53; Sdhp.14 …

1. 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 …

…bhūmikavatthu-ārammaṇa-kiriyādi-cittatāya pan’ etaṃ cittan ti vuttaṃ Dhp-a.i.228; cittan ti mano mānasaṃ Kp-a.153;…

…dvāracittatāya ārammaṇacittatāya kammanānatta).

f. abstr. to citta¹

Cittatā

“being of such a heart or mind,”…

…Vb.70, Vb.72 sq.;

• -ārammaṇa: dh. as an object of ideation Dhs.146, Dhs.157, Dhs.365; cp. Dhs. trsl. 2; *…

…Dhs.625, Dhs.655; -ārammaṇa bearing on smell, having smell as its object Dhs.147, Dhs.157, Dhs.365 Dhs.410,…

…(of “body”); expl. as ārammaṇa-karaṇa-vasena ganthehi ganthitabba Dhs-a.69; dhammā g˚ ā (“states that tend to be are liable to be…

…(of “body”); expl. as ārammaṇa-karaṇa-vasena ganthehi ganthitabba Dhs-a.69; dhammā g˚ ā (“states that tend to be are liable to be…

1. 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 …

…sense-object (= ārammaṇaṃ) Pts.i.180; Pts.ii.97 Pts.ii.150 sq.; Dhs-a.314, Dhs-a.315 (sampatta˚ physical contact with an object,…

…samuṭṭhāna āhāra ārammaṇa paccaya samudaya frequent in the Niddesa (see Cnd.p.231, s. v. mūla). In the Abhidhamma we find hetu as…

birth, descent, rank Snp.1018.

to janati

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

…Pts.i.28 etc.; -ārammaṇa = ˚āyatana Vism.427 (three, viz. tejo˚ odāta˚, āloka˚)….

…kiccaṃ), Vism.547 (tad-ārammaṇa˚, bhavanga˚, cuti˚, etc.); kiccavasena by way of f. Abhdh
■ sangaha v.8, cp. Dhs. trsl. 132…

…Bdhgh at Dhs-a.354 as “ārammaṇaṃ nicchetuṃ asakkonto kicchati kilamati” and at Bdhd. 25 (on vicikicchā) as sabhāvaṃ vicinanto etāya…

…at DN-a.i.84 caturassara-ammaṇakatāḷaṃ kumbhasaddan ti pi eke) DN.iii.183; Ja.v.506 (pāṇissaraṃ +). -˚ika one who plays that…

adjective

1. (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 …

…(comp^d with ārammaṇa with ref. to jhāna)
■ The 3 properties (tilakkhaṇaṃ) of existing things or of the phenomenal world…

…Vism.410, Vism.430 sq. (˚ārammaṇa); Vb-a.154 (id.), Vb-a.159 (˚citta); Dhs-a.44. See on term Cpd. 4, 12, 55 101⁴; [cp. BSk….

adjective [onomat. cp. babbhara. With Sk. marmara rustling to Lat. fremo to roar = Gr. βρέμω to thud, βροντή thunder, Ger. brummen. Cp. also Sk murmura = P. mummura & muramurā, Lat. murmur stammering, …

…ti pi m Svāyaṃ: ārammaṇa-paṭipādako vīthi-paṭipādako javana-p.˚ ti ti-ppakāro.“-compounds: -kusalatā proficiency in…

…ti pi m Svāyaṃ: ārammaṇa-paṭipādako vīthi-paṭipādako javana-p.˚ ti ti-ppakāro.“-compounds: -kusalatā proficiency in…

to churn, to shake, disturb, upset. Only in Caus. matheti to agitate, crush, harass, upset (cittaṃ SN.iv.210; Snp.50 (= tāseti hāpeti Cnd.492); Pv.iv.7#1 (kammānaṃ vipāko mathaye manaṃ; C 264: abhib …

barbarian, foreigner, outcaste hillman SN.v.466; Ja.vi.207; DN-a.i.176; Snp-a.236 (˚mahātissa-thera Np.), Snp-a.397 (˚bhāsā foreign dialect) The word occurs also in form *[milakkhu](/define/milakk …

stronghold, citadel, fortress a (fortified) town, city. As seat of the government as important centre of trade contrasted with gāma nigama (village & market-place or township) Vin.iii.47 (˚bandhana), …

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 …

…Cnd.368 (= upanissāya, ārammaṇaṃ ālambanaṃ karitvā).

1. near, near by, on, at Ja.i.167 (pāsānapiṭṭhaṃ), Ja.i.221…

adjective observant, listening to, attending to, careful of AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (dhammānaṃ).

cp. Sk. niśāmana

…AN.iii.400; AN.iv.385 (˚ārammaṇa); AN.v.51, AN.v.56; Snp.355, Snp.537 Snp.756, Snp.909; Dhp.367; Iti.35; Pts.i.193; Pts.ii.72, Pts.ii.112 sq….

-nā (f.) looking at, consideration regard, attention, reflection, contemplation, reviewing (cp.; Cpd. 58) MN.i.415; DN.iii.278; AN.iii.27; Pp.21 (a˚) Dhs.390 (a˚ = dhammānaṃ sabhāvaṃ pati na apek …

…ārammaṇaṃ katvā. Cp. BSk. ekaṃ disāṃ spharitvopasampadya viharati Mvu.iii.213. Also in phrase pītiyā…

…pharitvā = phusitvā ārammaṇaṃ katvā Vism.308] to attain, to reach, only in specific sense of attaining to the highest ideal of religious…

…of, on the back of (animals) ammaṇassa p. Ja.vi.381 (cp. piṭṭhiyaṃ); tiṇa˚ Ja.iv.444 panka˚ Ja.i.223; samudda˚ Ja.i.202
■ assa˚ on…

…as adv. on top of Ja.v.297 (ammaṇa˚) piṭṭhi at Vv-a.101 is evidently faulty reading.

• -ācariya teacher’s…

…as adv. on top of Ja.v.297 (ammaṇa˚) piṭṭhi at Vv-a.101 is evidently faulty reading.

• -ācariya teacher’s…

…in Dukp. & Tikp. (as ārammaṇa˚ vatthu˚), cp. Vb-a.403 (˚ārammaṇa & ˚vatthuka);

• -dvāra front door…

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 …

…Dhs. trsl. 319)

• -ārammaṇa object of taste Dhs.12, Dhs.147, Dhs.157.
• -āsā craving for…

…(uppajjanaka˚).

• -ārammaṇa a visible thing as object Dhs.146, Dhs.365; Dhs-a.310 (cp. Expos. 407). *…

[fr. saṃ + man ] honour Ja.i.182; Ja.vi.390; Sdhp.355.

honouring, veneration DN.iii.190; Mil.162, Mil.375, Mil.386.

saṃ + mānanā

…DN-a.i.93. Cp ut˚.

• -ammaṇa a measure (handful?) of rice Ja.ii.436
• -dona a rice-vat or rice-bowl…

to learn, acquire or have knowledge of (w. gen. or instr.), to know Vin.i.272 (saṃyamassa); Vin.ii.181 (gharāvās’atthena); AN.i.50 (dvinnaṃ dhammānaṃ upaññāsin)
fut upaññissati (& upaññassati; Snp …

…only in two phrases: ārammaṇa˚ & lakkhaṇa˚ with ref. to jhāna Ja.v.251; Dhp-a.i.230; Dhp-a.iii.276; Vv-a.38, Vv-a.213. Cp….

…to form“ (etc.) SN.iii.53 = Mnd.25 = Cnd.570 (+ rup’ārammaṇa).

fr. upa + i, cp. upāya

…Dhs-a.364 (taṃ taṃ ārammaṇaṃ vanati bhajati allīyatī ti vanaṃ, yācati vā ti vanaṃ [i.e. vana²]. vanatho ti…

to move, go on, proceed to happen, take place, to be; to be in existence; to fare to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes …

…v.); Vb-a.404 (+ ārammaṇa). See most of the compounds 5. subject-matter, subject, story, account Snp-a.4; Dhp-a.ii.66; Pv-a.77,…

…(micchādiṭṭhi˚, correct in Index J.P.T.S. 1908!); Vb.319 (uppanna˚; + ārammaṇa), Vb.392 (micchādiṭṭhi˚); Vb-a.403…

1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

1. absence of rāga, dispassionateness, indifference towards (abl. or loc.) disgust, absence of desire, destruction of passions; waning, fading away cleansing, purifying; emancipation, Arahantship. DN. …

…purisa-sarīraṃ visabhāgaṃ), Vism.516; Dhp-a.iv.52; Pv-a.118. -ārammaṇa pudendum muliebre Ja.ii.274 ≈ Ja.iii.498.

vi + sabhāga

…SN.ii.65 (yaṃ ceteti… ārammaṇaṃ… hoti viññāṇassa ṭhitiyā). See also Pts.i.22, Pts.i.122; Snp.1114; Ne.31, Ne.83 sq. Vism.552;…

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

…Ja.ii.442; Pv-a.265. ārammaṇaṃ karoti to make it an object (of intellection or intention), to make it one’s concern (cp. Pv.i.4#1, above…

sacrificial fee, gift; (m.) recipient of a sacrifice or gift (deyyadhamma) Snp.486 (= deyyadhammānaṃ adhiṭṭhāna-bhūta Snp-a.412); Thag.566; Ja.vi.205 (˚vatthu worthy objact of sacrificial fees).

ā …