free of debt; independent.

the mouth; adj. (-˚) having a mouth Sdhp.103; Pgdp.63 (vikaṭ˚).

Vedic āna, later Sk. ānana from an to breathe

abhiññā¹

absol.

abhiññā²

feminine (& ~a m.?)

1. higher or special knowledge; true understanding.
2. a special or supernatural power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, …

(-ī)n. producing ill fame

producing harm

absence of contempt; respect.

assenting, approval, supporting.

knowledge encompassing, comprehending, the thoughts (of others)

the knowledge (that is) encompassing, comprehending, the thoughts (of others)

reckoning; counting; calculation; computation; numbering.

the banana or plantation plant.

wood, a forest; a large wood.

(~ī)n. producing joy

Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …

Truths: the 4 Noble: sacca - 2-fold knowledge of the t.; saccañāna.

1. the foetus in the 1^st & 2^nd months after conception the 2^nd of the five prenatal stages of development, viz kalala, abbuda, pesi, ghana, pasākha Mnd.120; Mil.40 V …

attacking, fighting, as adj. f. -aṇī fighting, epithet of Mārassa senā, the army of M. Snp.439 (kaṇhassa˚ the fighting army of k. = samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ nippothanī antarāyakārī Snp-a.390).

abhi + paharaṇa

˚- neuter not knowing, ignorance (of) Ja.v.199 (˚bhāva); Ja.vi.177 (˚kāla).

a + jānana

talking to, admonition, scolding Vin.ii.88 (anuvadanā +).

anu + bhaṇana

scolding, blame, accusation Vin.ii.88 (spelt anullapanā; comb^d. with anuvadana & anubhaṇanā).

anu + lapanā, lap

not hurting Dhp.185 (anūpa˚; metri causa; expl^d. by anupahananañ c’eva anupaghātanañ ca Dhp-a.iii.238).

an + upaghāta

Anupubbi-kathā

feminine a gradual instruction, graduated sermon regulated exposition of the ever higher values of four subjects (dāna-kathā, sīla˚, sagga˚, magga˚) i.e. charity righteousness, the h …

not killing, not murdering. Dhp.185 (= anupahananañ c’eva anupaghātanañ ca Dhp-a.iii.238).

metrically for anupa˚

taste, sweetness, enjoyment, satisfaction DN.i.22 (vedanānaṃ samudaya atthangama assāda etc.); MN.i.85; SN.ii.84 sq. (˚ânupassin), SN.ii.170 sq.; SN.iii.27 sq (ko rūpassa assādo), SN.iii.62, SN.iii.10 …

Err:509

Aṅgaṇa¹

neuter an open space, a clearing, Vin.ii.218; Ja.i.109 (= manussānan sañcaraṇa-ṭṭhāne anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
■ cetiy˚; an open space …

debt, only in neg. anaṇa (adj.) free from debt Vin.i.6 = SN.i.137, SN.i.234 = DN.ii.39; Thig.364 (i.e. without a new birth);…

telling, speaking Dhp-a.iv.93 (˚sīla, adj. wont to speak); Dhtp.111.

fr. bhaṇati

to speak, tell, proclaim (the nearest synonym is katheti: see Cnd. s.v. katheti Dhp.264; Pp.33, Pp.56; Dhp-a.ii.95
ppr bhaṇanto Snp.397. Pot. bhaṇe Snp.113 …

adjective (-˚) speaking, reciting Snp.850 (manta˚; a reciter of the Mantras, one who knows the M. and speaks accordingly, i.e. speaking wisely, explained by Snp-a.549 as “mantāya pariggahetvā vāca …

adjective = bhiṃsana (q.v.) Pv.iv.3#5 (variant reading in Pv-a.251), explained by bhayajanana Pv-a.251, where C. reading also bhīsana.

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

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 …

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 …

SA on SN.iii.151 sq. (bhūmicittatāya dvāracittatāya ārammaṇacittatāya kammanānatta).

f. abstr. to citta¹

Cittatā

“being of such a heart or mind,” state of mind, character SN.iii.152; SN. …

the cocoa-nut or banana, or cinnamon Ja.v.420 (˚vana); -pāna a sweet drink of banana or cocoa-nut milk Vin.i.246.

Both derivation & meaning uncertain. The word is certainly not Aryan. See the no …

Dasa¹

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

1. adj.
   1. lit. heavy, opp. lahu light, applied to bhāra, a load SN.iii.26; Ja.i.196 (= bhārika); Ja.vi.420; Dhp-a.i.48; Sdhp.494 (rūpagarubhāra the heavy load of “form”). Compa …

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 …

counting, i.e.

1. counting up, arithmetic, number Ja.i.29; Vism.278 sq.; Mil.79; Vv-a.194.
2. counting, census, statistics; Tikap. 94; Ja.i.35; Mil.4 (senā ˚ṃ kāretvā); Dhp-a.i.11, Dhp-a.i.34.
3. …

Gaṇikā¹

feminine “one who belongs to the crowd,” a harlot, a courtesan (cp. gaṇakī) Vin.i.231 (Ambapālī), Vin.i.268, (do.), Vin.ii.277 (Aḍḍhakāsī); Ud.71; Mil.122; Dhp-a.iii.104; Vv-a.75 …

verse, stanza, line of poetry, usually referring to an Anuṭṭhubbaṃ or a Tuṭṭhubbaṃ, & called a catuppādā gāthā, a stanza (śloka) of four half-lines AN.ii.178; Ja.iv.395 Def. as akkhara-padaniya-mit …

killing, striking, injuring Mhvs.3, Mhvs.42.

fr. hanati

the jaw DN.i.11; Ja.i.28 (mahā˚), Ja.i.498; Snp-a.30 (˚sañcalana) Vb-a.145 (˚sañcopana). --saṃhanana jaw-binding, incantations to bring on dumbness DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.

Vedic hanu; cp. Lat. ge …

1. hand DN.i.124; AN.i.47; Snp.610; Ja.vi.40
   ■ forearm Vin.iv.221; of animals SN.v.148; Ja.i.149; -pāda hand and foot MN.i.523; AN.i.47; Ja.ii.117; Pv-a.241; Dhp-a.iv.7. sahassa˚; thousand …

1. 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 …

adjective producing, causing (-˚) Iti.84 (anattha˚ dosa); Ja.iv.141; Dpvs.i.2; Dhs-a.258 Dhtp.428
■ f. jananī Pv-a.1 (saṃvega˚ dẹsanā); mother (cp. janettī) Ja.iv.175; Pv-a.7 …

collection of people (“mankind”), congregation, gathering; people, folk DN.i.151 (= DN-a.i.310, correct jananā), DN.i.206; Vin.ii.128 = MN.ii.93 (pacchimā); AN.i.61 (id.); AN.iii.251 (id.); Iti.33; J …

knowledge, cognizance, recognition; intelligence, learning, skill Ja.i.145 (attānaṃ-˚kālato paṭṭhāya from the time of self-recognition), Ja.i.200 (-˚manta knowledge of a spell, a spell known by tum …

adjective knowing Dhs-a.394.

Sk. *jñānaka, cp. jānana & Sk. jānaka (c. gen.) expert Avs.ii.119, 120, as n. ib. i.216

the fact of knowing, knowledge Kp-a.144.

abstr. fr. jānana

■ 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).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

Kadalī¹

feminine

1. the plantain, Musa sapientium. Owing to the softness and unsubstantiality of its trunk it is used as a frequent symbol of unsubstantiality transitoriness and worthless …

gratefulness (defined at Kp-a.144 as katassa jānanatā) Snp.265; Ja.i.122 (T. ˚nā variant reading ˚tā); Ja.iii.25; Pv.ii.9#7; Vv-a.63; Sdhp.497, Sdhp.540. In combination with *[kataveditā](/define/ka …

gold AN.iii.346 Thag.691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig.266 (k˚ ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a.4, Vv-a.9 (= jātarūpa). Esp. freq. in compounds = of or like gold.

• -agghika a golden garlan …

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

digging Mil.351 (pokkharaṇi˚).

fr. khaṇ

glade in the forest, a grove, wood Snp.1134 (= Cnd. s.v. vanasaṇḍa); Thig.254 (= Thag-a.210 upavana); Ja.vi.557; Sdhp.574.

cp. Sk. kānana

1. streak, line Vv-a.277 (= rāji); canda˚; crescent moon [cp. Epic candralekhā Mbh 3, 1831] Vism.168; Dhs-a.151.
2. a scratch, line AN.i.283; Pp.32; Ja.vi.56 (lekhaṃ kaḍḍhati).
3. writing, inscrip …

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. …

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 …

“mind-searching,” i.e. guessing the thoughts of others, mind-reading; a practice forbidden to bhikkhus DN.i.7 (= m. nāma manasā cintita-jānana-kīḷā DN-a.i.86); Vin.ii.10.

mano + esikā²

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 …

orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …

1. boundary limit, shore, embankment Vin.iii.50; AN.iii.227 (brāhmaṇānaṃ); DN.iii.92 = Vism.419; Ja.v.325; Ja.vi.536 (tīra˚) Mhvs.34, Mhvs.70; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.59 (vāpi˚); Mil.416.
2. strictly defined re …

Moca¹

the plantain or banana tree’ Musa, sapientum Vin.i.246 (˚pāna drink made fr. M. s. one of the 8 permitted drinks); Ja.iv.181; Ja.v.405, Ja.v.465.

cp. *Sk. moca & mocā

Moca^{2</ …}

1. a seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma (amacca) & mudda-paṭilābha.
2. the art of calculation …

Mānanā (f.) paying honour or respect; reverence, respect SN.i.66; Ja.ii.138; Pp.19, Pp.22; Mil.377 (with sakkāra, vandana, pūjana & apaciti) Dhs.1121; Dhs-a.373
■ Cp. vi˚, sam˚.

fr. māna¹

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 …

adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy

1. (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …

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 …

having no hunger, being without cravings, stilled, satisfied. Epithet of an Arahant always in combination with nibbuta or parinibbuta: SN.iii.26 (tanhaṃ a …

groaning, moaning DN-a.i.291 (variant reading BB. ˚ṭhuna). As nitthunana Vism.504.

nis + thanana, abstr. to thaneti

1. (of thunati¹) moan, groan DN-a.i.291 (as variant reading BB for nitthanana)-
2. (of thunati²) blame, censure, curse Pv-a.76 (˚ṃ karoti to revile or curse).

Sk. *nis-stan …

adjective belonging to or connected with exertion, worthy of being pursued in cpd. -aṅga (nt.) a quality to be striven after, of which there are 5 expressed in the attributes of one who attains the …

knowledge, understanding, discernment; used in exegetical literature as syn. of paññā Cnd.380 = Dhs.16, Dhs.20, Dhs.555; Pp.25; Ne.28 Ne.54. As nt. ˚a at Vism.436.

fr. pajānāti

1. exact determination, circumscription range, definition, connotation, measure Ja.iii.371; Vism.184 (as one of the nimittas of the body), Vism.236 (referring to the 5 nimittas of the life-principle) …

cognition, recognition, knowledge Ne.20 (as paraphrase of pariññā).

pari + jānanā = jānana

adjective completely calmed, at peace, at rest (as to the distinction of the twofold application see parinibbāna and cp., Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhism p. 191; Cpd. p. 168), viz.

1 …

striking, beating Vism.142 (āhanana˚; in exposition of vitakka) = Dhs-a.114 (“circumimpinging” Expos. 151).

fr. pari + ā + han

Pariññā¹

feminine accurate or exact knowledge, comprehension full understanding MN.i.66, MN.i.84; SN.iii.26 (yo rāgakkhayo dosā˚ moha˚ ayaṃ vuccati p.), SN.iii.159 sq., SN.iii.191; SN.iv.1 …

1. path, road, way DN.i.63; Snp.176 (loc. pathe), Snp.385, Snp.540, Snp.868; Cnd.485 B (+ pantha, in explⁿ of magga); Ja.i.308 (loc. pathe); Ja.ii.39; Ja.vi.525 (abl. pathā); Thag.64; Pp.2 …

Pavana¹

neuter winnowing of grain Mil.201 (read pavanena ṭṭhāyiko who earned his living by winnowing gṛain).

cp. Sk. pavana & pāvana, of; pū

Pavana²

neuter side of a mounta …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

1. (lit.) warding off, staying, repulsion, beating off DN.iii.130; MN.i.10; AN.i.98; AN.iv.106 sq.; Ja.i.344; Vism.31 (= paṭihanana); Mil.121; Dhp-a.ii.8; Pv-a.33.
2. (psych.) resentment Dhs.1060, c …

repulsion, warding off Vism.31.

fr. paṭi + han

adjective one who offers resistance Dhp-a.i.217.

fr. paṭi + han

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

completeness, perfection, highest state Snp.1018, Snp.1020; Pp.70; Dhp-a.i.5; Vv-a.2 (sāvakañāṇa˚); Pv-a.139; Sdhp.328. In later literature there is mentioned a group of 10 perfections (*dasa pāram …

living being, life, creature DN.iii.48, DN.iii.63, DN.iii.133; SN.i.209, SN.i.224; SN.v.43, SN.v.227, SN.v.441 (mahā-samudde); AN.i.161 AN.ii.73, AN.ii.176, AN.ii.192; Snp.117, Snp.247, Snp.394, Snp. …

breathing Vism.310 (see pāṇa); Dhātupāṭha 273 (“baḷa” pāṇane).

fr. pāṇa

plantain or banana tree Abhp.589.

Sk. rambhā

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

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 …

Rūhati¹

1. to grow, spread Iti.67; Ja.iv.408 (akkhīni rūhiṃsu; also ppr. med. ruyhamāna), Ja.v.368; Ja.vi.360.
2. to heal (of a wound), close up Vin.i.206 (vaṇo na rūhati).
3. to have e …

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 …

1. sound, noise DN.i.79, DN.i.152; DN.iii.102 sq., DN.iii.146, DN.iii.234 DN.iii.244 sq., DN.iii.269, DN.iii.281; MN.iii.56, MN.iii.267; AN.iii.30 sq.; AN.iv.91, AN.iv.248; Ja.i.3 (ten sounds); Snp. …

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

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

saṃ + mānanā

Sasati¹

to slay, slaughter; sassamāna ppr. pass. Ja.v.24 (C. = hiṃsamāna)
inf sasituṃ Ja.vi.291 (read sāsituṃ from sāsati?).
pp sattha.

śas cp. Dhtp.301: gati-h …

producing; f. -ī progenetrix (identical with taṇhā) Dhs.1059; Dhs-a.363.

-ā (f.) knowing, perceiving, recognition Mil.61; DN-a.i.211; characteristic, that by which one is distinguished Dhs-a.321. As f. at Dhs.4; Dhs-a.110, Dhs-a.140 (translation Expos. 185: “the a …

joining together, closing DN.i.11; Ja.vi.65.

fr. saṃhanati

Saṅkhyā (f.)

1. enumeration, calculation, estimating DN.ii.277; MN.i.109; Mil.59 Mil.2. number Dāvs i.25.
2. denomination, definition, word, name (cp. on term K.S. i.321) SN.iii.71 sq.; SN.iv.376 …

1. fame DN.ii.223, DN.ii.255; MN.i.192; SN.ii.226 (lābha-sakkāra˚); AN.ii.26 AN.ii.143; Snp.438; Vin.i.183; Ja.iv.223 (= kitti-vaṇṇa); Mil.325; Snp-a.86 (˚bhaṇana, i.e. recitation); pāpasiloka havi …

…MN.iii.127 = SN.ii.221 (= sakilesa sa-iṇa K.S. ii.203); Thag-a.8; cp. anaṇa under aṇa.

sa +…

lion DN.ii.255; SN.i.16; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.245; AN.iii.121; Snp.72; Ja.i.165; Mil.400; Cnd.679 (= migarājā) Vb-a.256, Vb-a.398 (with pop. etym. “sahanato ca hananato ca sīho ti vuccati”); Ja.v.425 (wo …

1. 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 …

(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 …

adjective (-˚)

1. taking up, acquiring, learning Vism.96 (ācariy˚), Vism.99 (˚paripucchā), Vism.277 (kananaṭṭhānassa).
2. noticing, taking notice, perception (as opp. to manasikāra) Vism.125, Vism.2 …

heaping up, gathering, accumulation, heap. As t.t. with ref. to kamma “conservation”, with ref. to body & form “integration” (See discussion & defin. at; Cpd. 253; Dhs trsl. 195). DN.i.76 (= odana …

anything that spoils or obstructs, a minor stain, impurity, defilement, depravity, Vin.ii.295 (cp. Snp-a.487 & Vv-a.134 & see abbha); MN.i.36, MN.i.91; DN.iii.42 sq., DN.iii.49 sq …

indeclinable

I.

1. 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 …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

recognition, knowing, knowledge, discrimination Vism.452; Dhs-a.141.

the diaeretic form of Sk. vijñāna: cp. jānana = ñāṇa

changed, altered, distorted; disgusting, foul, filthy Pgdp.63 (˚ānana with filthy mouth)-nt. filth, dirt; four mahā-vikaṭāni applied against snake-bite, viz., gūtha, mutta, chārikā, mattikā Vin.i.2 …

disrespect, contempt DN.iii.190 (a˚); Mil.377, Mil.386.

vi + mānana

(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 …

Vīti˚

is the contracted prepositional combination vi + ati, representing an emphatic ati, e.g. in the foll.:

• -(k)kama 1 going beyond, transgression, sin Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv. …

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 …

the intellectual faculty, intelligence Dhp.72 (= Dhp-a.ii.73: jānanasabhāva).

nomen agentis from jānāti

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

disadvantage, danger (in or through = loc.) DN.i.38 (vedanānaṃ assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca etc.), DN.i.213 (iddhi-pāṭihāriye MN.i.318; SN.i.9 (ettha bhīyo), SN.ii.170 sq. (dhātūnaṃ); SN.iii.27, SN.iii.62, …

beating, striking, coming into touch, “impinging” Vism.142 (+ pariyāhanana, in def of vitakka) = Dhs-a.114 (cp. Expos. 151); Vism.515 (id.).

fr. ā + han

learning, knowing, understanding; knowledge Ja.i.181 (˚sabhāva of the character of knowing, fit to learn); Pv-a.225.

ā + jānana, cp. Sk. ajñāna

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa³).

1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa³).

1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

…(Ep. of Nibbāna, cp. anaṇa); Mnd.160; Vism.44; DN-a.i.3.

Sk. ānṛṇya, so also BSk. e.g. Jtm.31#18; from a +…

1. stretch, extent, reach, compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh’s definition at DN-a.i.124 as “samosaraṇa”) DN.iii.241, DN.iii.279 (vimutti˚); SN.ii …