endless; infinite; boundless

…When Upaka, the ājīvika, saw the Buddha, and heard of his attainments, Anantajina was one of the names he used in uttering the Buddha’s…

…the Buddha if he were “Anantajina.” When the Buddha acknowledged it, Upaka shook his bead saying, “It may be so, friend,” and went along…

(~antī)n.

of unlimited sight, seeing everything

of unlimited sight, seeing everything

endless.

of infinite understanding, of endless wisdom

esoteric, not kept to oneself; not restricted

non-disappearance; non-decline

uncovered, bare; not having disappeared

immediately after

with no space intervening; immediately preceding or following

immediately after; next, then; next to (gen. or abl.)

not subject to hindrance or danger; not forming an impediment

not hindered; not prevented.

not bowing; not stooping; not sinking.

finiteness or limitless

of jānāti

ending in causing intoxication, with intoxication as its end

ānantarika¹

mfn. & neuter

1. (mfn.) immediately preceding or following, next; nearest.
2. (mfn.) immediate; bringing immediate results; (of an action) producing consequences in the immedi …

an action bringing retribution in the immediately following existence

ānantariya¹

mfn. & neuter

1. (mfn.) immediately preceding or following, next; nearest.
2. (mfn.) immediate; bringing immediate results; (of an action) producing consequences in the immedi …

an interval or seat

Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …

Anantara-paccaya: P roximity, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

Contiguity: samanantara-paccaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

Immediate: the: ānantariya

…or immediacy-condition anantara and samanantara-paccaya - both being identical - refer to any state of consciousness and mental…

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’ …

Proximity: anantara is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under th …

Ānantarika-kamma: the 5 heinous ‘actions with immediate destiny’ are: Killing father, killing mother, killing an Arahat, wounding a Buddha so he bleeds, creating schism in the Bhikkhu-Sangha. In …

Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …

…instead of double). Thus anantaka (for ā-nantaka = nantaka) Vv.80#7; amajjapa (for ā-majjapa = majjapa)…

…Snp-a.383), Snp.708 (vanantaṃ abhihāraye vanaṃ gaccheyya Snp-a.495); Thig.146 (aor. ˚hārayiṃ uyyānaṃ = upanesi Thag-a.138). 3…

great or deadly crime Only at Snp.231 = Kp.vi.10 (quoted Kv.109). Six are there mentioned, & are explained (Kp-a.189) as “matricide parricide, killing an Arahant, causing schisms, wounding a Buddha, …

…use of patha.; -ananta (n.) no end, infinitude; (adj.) endless, corresponds either to Sk anta or antya, see…

…Pv-a.272.

IV

anantara (adj.) having or leaving nothing in between i.e. immediately following, incessant, next,…

…Pv-a.245. 2. in phrase anantarahitāya bhūmiyā (loc) on the bare soil (lit. on the ground with nothing put in between it & the person lying…

…-anantarika with no interval, succeeding, immediately following, next Vin.ii.165, Vin.ii.212 (ān˚); Vin.iv.234.

fr….

…DN.i.31, DN.i.187; Pts.i.151 sq.; Pts.i.157; Dhs.1099, Dhs.1117, Dhs.1175; Mil.145. -anantavant endless, infinite AN.v.193 (loka) See also…

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 …

…function as in compounds vananta (see anta¹ 5): a further away, westward Ja.v.471; Mil.292 (janapada). b future…

…Dhs-a.196 (˚gocara, cp. anantagocara). See also on term Dhs trsl. 60. 2. “without difference”, irrelevant, in general (in commentary…

…like attha˚ Snp.385; ananta SN.i.143; ādīnava˚ Sdhp.409; ekanga˚ Ud.69; jātikkhaya˚ Snp.209; Iti.40; ñāṇa˚ Snp.478 (=…

1. lit. an outer door, a gate, entrance Vin.i.15; SN.i.58 SN.i.138, SN.i.211; Ja.i.346; Ja.ii.63; Ja.vi.330; Vb.71 sq.; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.67 (village gate), Pv-a.79; Sdhp.54, Sdhp.356
   ■ That d. can …

…the lines Vin.i.38
■ anantaragāthā the foll. stanza Ja.iv.142; Snp.251; Ja.i.280; Dhp.102 (˚sataṃ).

*…

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

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 …

…16 sq., Bdhd 26 sq. Bdhd 29; ananta k˚ pañña as epithet of Buddha Bdhd 1 karuṇaṃ dūrato katvā, without mercy, of the Yamadūtā messengers…

…a Tathāgata, one of the anantariya-kammas Vb-a.427; cp. Tathāgatassa lohitaṃ uppādeti Mil.214.

• -uppādaka one…

…has nantikavāsin); Vv.80#7 (anantaka) Pv.iii.2#14; Ja.iii.22 (˚vāsin clad in rags).

a contamination of namataka (Kern,

Toevoegselen

p. 169),…

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

…samanantarā immediately, after, just after DN.ii.156; Vin.i.56; rattibhāga-samanantare at midnight Ja.i.101.

*…

1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

adjective primeval, of old; for ever, eternal DN.ii.240, DN.ii.244; SN.i.189 (cp. K.S. i.321: porāṇaka santānaṃ vā paṇḍitānaṃ dhamma); Dhp-a.i.51.

for sanātana (cp. purātana); Idg. *seno = Gr. ε …

to take up, acquire, learn [cp. BSk. udgṛhṇāti in same sense, e.g. Divy.18 Divy.77 etc.] Snp.912 (uggahaṇanta = uggahaṇanti = uggaṇhanti Snp-a.561); imper. uggaṇha Ja.ii.30 (sippaṃ); uggaṇhāhi Mi …

Ānantarika & ˚ya

without an interval, immediately following, successive Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.212; Pp.13; Dhs.1291.

• -kamma “conduct that finds retribution without delay (*Kvu trsl. …

Ānantarika & ˚ya

without an interval, immediately following, successive Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.212; Pp.13; Dhs.1291.

• -kamma “conduct that finds retribution without delay (*Kvu trsl. …

…(always with asammosa & anantaradhāna), cp. MN.ii.26 sq.
■ dhammaṭṭhitiñāṇa (state or condition of) SN.ii.124; Pts.i.50 sq
■ n…