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anha, 523 találat.

anha →

pts

see pubbanha, majjhanha, sāyanha. Cp. aha.

Vedic ahan

aṇha →

pts

day, only as-˚ in apar˚, pubb˚, majjh˚, sāy˚, q.v.

Sk. ahna, day, see ahan

akaniṭṭhā →

dppn

A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …

ambasaṇḍā →

dppn

A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of …

ambaṭṭha →

dppn

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

arati →

dppn

One of the three daughters of Māra, the others being Taṇhā and Ragā. Seeing their father disconsolate after his repeated attempts to foil Gotama’s quest for Enlightenment, they offered to tempt the Bu …

asita →

dppn

Asita1KaṇhāsiriKāladevala

An ascetic who possessed various psychic powers. Once, while in Tāvatiṃsā heaven, he saw the whole city decked with splendour and the gods engaged in great rejoic …

disā →

dppn

A slave-woman of Okkāka. She was the mother of Kaṇha, ancestor of the Kaṇhāyanā-gotta. DN.i.93

erāpatha →

dppn

A royal family of Nāgas, mentioned together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and Kaṇhāgotamakas. For their own protection, monks are advised to fill their hearts with amity for these four classes of N …

gopaka →

dppn

Gopaka2

A monk. He once stayed at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300

Gopaka3

A deva. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka are give …

hāliddakāni →

dppn

HāliddakāniHāliddakāni

An eminent lay disciple of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and consulted him at length on the subjects treated in M …

indasālaguhā →

dppn

A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

isipatana →

dppn

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

kaṇha →

dppn

Kaṇha1

Son of Disā, a slave girl of Okkāka. He was called Kaṇha because he was black and, like a devil, spoke as soon as he was born. He was the ancestor of the Kaṇhāyanagotta. DN.i.93 Lat …

kaṇhadinna →

dppn

A monk whose Theragāthā verses describe how he heard the Dhamma, practiced, and overcame all defileents. Thag.179–180

kaṇhāgotamikā →

dppn

KaṇhāgotamikāKaṇhāgotamaka

A royal family of Nāgas. AN.ii.72

kaṇhāyanā →

dppn

The name of the family to which belonged Ambaṭṭha. DN.i.93 The family was descended from a sage named Kaṇha.

kāḷī →

dppn

Kāḷī1Kururagharikā

Described among laywomen as the best of those who believe even from hearsay. AN.i.26 A conversation between her and Mahā Kaccāna is related, where she asks him for a det …

maddarūpi →

dppn

MaddarūpiKhuddarūpi

Daughter of Okkāka and wife of Kaṇha, ancestor of Ambaṭṭha. DN.i.96f.

mahāli →

dppn

A Licchavi chief, mentioned as having visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā to ask if he had seen Sakka SN.i.230 and also to beg information as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This conv …

māra →

dppn

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …

nāga →

dppn

A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …

okkāka →

dppn

A king, ancestor of the Sākyas and the Kolians.

In the Ambaṭṭha Sutta DN.i.92 it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her son, banished from the kingd …

rājagaha →

dppn

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

sakka →

dppn

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

  • Maghavā, be …

sāti →

dppn

He was a fisherman’s son and held the false view that, according to the Buddha’s teaching, a man’s consciousness runs on and continues without break of identity. Sāti’s colleagues did their best to ch …

taṇhā →

dppn

One of the three daughters of Māra, who tried to tempt the Buddha under the Ajapāla-nigrodha, soon after the Enlightenment. Snp.p.163 SN.i.124f.

uruvelā →

dppn

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

vediyaka →

dppn

VediyakaVediya

A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Buddha stayed. The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the occasion of the p …

vejayanta →

dppn

Vejayanta1

A palace belonging to Sakka. When Moggallāna visited Sakka to discover if he had fully understood the Buddha’s teaching in the Cūlatanhā saṅkhaya Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his …

taṇhā →

farkas

szomj, sóvár vágy

abhiniggaṇha →

ncped

abhiniggaṇhanā →

ncped

taking a hold of.

abhiniggaṇhat →

ncped

abhiniggaṇhāti →

ncped

takes hold of; holds fast, restraints.

accayato paṭigaṇhāti →

ncped

accepts (the confession of) the fault, pardons the offense

accayaṃ paṭigaṇhāti →

ncped

accepts (the confession of) the fault, pardons the offense

adhiggaṇhāti →

ncped

  1. surpasses; excels; masters.
  2. receives.

agaṇhanta →

ncped

, pg 14 Ga-Na.

ajjhiṭṭhapañha →

ncped

the question asked; the chosen question

akaṇha →

ncped

not dark, light; not evil

anugaṇhāti →

ncped

favors, treats with kindness; protects, helps; acknowledges, admits

anuggaṇhanta →

ncped

anuggaṇhanta1

part. pr. mf(~antī)n.

anuggaṇhanta2

neg. mfn.

anuggaṇhāpeti →

ncped

causes (someone) to help, to favor

anuggaṇhāti →

ncped

favors, treats with kindness; protects, helps; acknowledges, admits.

atikaṇha →

ncped

too dark

añhamāna →

ncped

gabbhaṃ gaṇhāti →

ncped

conceives, becomes pregnant.

gahessanti →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gahessati →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gahessaṃ →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gahetuṃ →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gahetvā →

ncped

of gaṇhāti taking; holding; seizing; with; mentioning, referring to

gahetvāna →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gahita →

ncped

  1. (from gaṇhāti)
  2. (mfn.) taken, seized, grasped in the mind, apprehended, learnt; mentioned, referred to, meant.
  3. (n.) grasping, holding.

gahāya →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gayhamāna →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gayhati →

ncped

of gaṇhāti is held, is taken; is understood; is mentioned, is meant

gaṇha →

ncped

gaṇhanta →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gaṇhati →

ncped

gaṇhiya →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gaṇhiṃ →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gaṇhiṃsu →

ncped

of gaṇhāti

gaṇhāpayati →

ncped

gaṇhāpeti →

ncped

of gaṇhāti causes to take ( or lay hold of); causes to be taken or seized; hands over, distributes, allots (to, dat./gen.); causes to learn, teaches

gaṇhāti →

ncped

  1. sg

  2. takes, takes hold of, grasps; gets, obtains; receives, accepts.

  3. catches, seizes, overpowers.

  4. holds; contains.

  5. takes, chooses; takes on, approves; holds an opinion or belief; holds t …

jāli →

ncped

  1. (mfn.)

    1. having a net, ensnaring (esp. an epithet of taṇhā)
    2. marked with a network of lines?
  2. (taṇhā) the ensnarer, desire.

jāli(n)2

masculine & neuter possessing flames.

jālin →

ncped

  1. (mfn.)

    1. having a net, ensnaring (esp. an epithet of taṇhā)
    2. marked with a network of lines?
  2. (taṇhā) the ensnarer, desire.

jāli(n)2

mfn. possessing flames.

kaṇha →

ncped

  1. (mfn.) black, dark; evil, wicked.
  2. (m.) Māra.

kaṇhakhandhaka →

ncped

having a mass of black (hair)

kaṇhapakkha →

ncped

the negative side; the statement of the undesirable case or position

kaṇhasappa →

ncped

the black venomous snake Coluber nāga

kaṇhavattanī →

ncped

whose path is black (of fire)

kaṇhābhijāti →

ncped

the dark class of beings

kaṇhābhijātika →

ncped

of low birth, basely born

kaṇhābhijātiya →

ncped

of low birth, basely born

kumārīpañha →

ncped

  1. questioning a girl (possessed by a deity).
  2. a question by a daughter (of Mara, see SI 124)

niggahessati →

ncped

of niggaṇhāti

niggahetvā →

ncped

of niggaṇhāti

niggahita →

ncped

of niggaṇhāti held down; restrained; reproved; refuted

niggayha →

ncped

of niggaṇhaṇa

niggaṇhati →

ncped

niggaṇhaṇa →

ncped

seizing, seizure; (suppression, punishment; ?)

niggaṇhissati →

ncped

of niggaṇhāti

niggaṇhāti →

ncped

  1. holds down, holds fast; holds back, restrains; humiliates.
  2. refutes; reproves, reprimands.

nimittaṃ gaṇhāti →

ncped

marks, apprehends the characteristic features; apprehends an object or appearance (as distinguished in various ways); distinguishes, identifies an object or appearance.

nittaṇha →

ncped

free from craving.

nāmato gaṇhāti →

ncped

nāmaṃ gaṇhāti →

ncped

of nama names, mentions or addresses by name

taṇhacchida →

ncped

who cuts off craving.

taṇhadhipanna →

ncped

in the power of, assailed by, craving.

taṇhagata →

ncped

taṇhakkhaya →

ncped

the destruction of craving.

taṇhā →

ncped

  1. thirst, craving (for food or drink)
  2. (a general) craving; strong desire.

taṇhādutiya →

ncped

having craving as one’s companion.

taṇhāgata →

ncped

  1. under the influence of craving.
  2. a sort of craving.

taṇhājatika →

ncped

born from craving.

taṇhājāla →

ncped

the net of craving.

taṇhākāya →

ncped

group of cravings.

taṇhāmūlaka →

ncped

having craving as its root.

taṇhānigghātana →

ncped

the destroying of craving.

taṇhāsammudita →

ncped

finding joy in craving.

taṇhāvicarita →

ncped

an exploration, speculation, influenced by craving; an activity of craving.

taṇhāyati →

ncped

(denom. from taṇhā) thirsts, has a craving.

uggaheta →

ncped

(from uggaṇhāti) one who grasps, comprehends; (fr.

uggahetar →

ncped

(from uggaṇhāti) one who grasps, comprehends; (fr.

uggaṇhanta →

ncped

uggaṇhāpeti →

ncped

causes to pick up; makes take or accept; makes learn, teaches

uggaṇhāpetvā →

ncped

uggaṇhāti →

ncped

picks up, takes; picks up (improperly), takes (what has not been formally offered, cf. patiggaṇhāti); takes up, accepts; grasps; takes hold of mentally, grasps, comprehends; learns.

abhijjhā →

nyana

Abhijjhā: ‘covetousness=greediness=acquisitiveness=jealousy & envy’ is a synonym of lobha and tanhā see: mūla and is the 8th link of the disadvantageous courses of action see: kamma-patha I.

answering questions →

nyana

[[answering questions]]Answering questions: 4 ways of: see: pañhā-byākarana

avijjā →

nyana

Avijjā: I gnorance, nescience, the blindness of not knowing, is synonymous with confusion moha (see mūla ), is the primary & deepest root of all evil and suffering in the world, veiling man’s …

bhava-tanhā →

nyana

Bhava-tanhā: ‘craving for eternal existence’; see: tanhā

ceasing →

nyana

Ceasing: see: nirodha; of craving: tanhakkhaya.

craving →

nyana

Craving: Tanhā, rāga, further see: mūla

existence →

nyana

Existence: bhava - The 5 groups of e.: khandha - The 4 substrata of e.: upadhi - Courses of e.: gati - Wheel of e.: samsāra. - Craving for e.: bhava-tanhā see …

papañca →

nyana

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 …

paticcasamuppāda →

nyana

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

pañhā-byākarana →

nyana

Pañhā-byākarana: ‘answering questions’.;There are, o Bhikkhus, 4 ways of answering questions: there are questions requiring a direct answer; questions requiring an explanation; questions to be an …

tanhā-kkhaya →

nyana

Tanhā-kkhaya: ‘ceasing of craving’, is identical with ‘ceasing of fermentations’ āsavakkhaya and the attainment of perfect Nobility or Arahatship. Cf. ariya-puggala.

tanhā-nissita-sīla →

nyana

Tanhā-nissita-sīla: ‘morality based on craving’ see: nissaya.

tanhā →

nyana

Tanhā: lit. ‘thirst’: ‘craving’, is the chief root of suffering, and of the ever-continuing cycle of rebirths.;What, o Bhikkhus, is the origin of suffering? It is that craving which gives rise to …

abbahati →

pts

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

abbuhati →

pts

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

abbuḷhana →

pts

the pulling out (of a sting), in phrase taṇhā-sallassa abbuḷhanaṃ as one of the 12 achievements of a Mahesi Mnd.343 = Cnd.503 (eds. of Nd i.have abbūhana, variant reading SS abbussāna; e …

abbūḷha →

pts

adjective drawn out, pulled (of a sting or dart), fig. removed destroyed. Most freq. in combn. -salla with the sting removed, having the sting (of craving thirst, taṇhā) pulled out DN.ii …

abhijappā →

pts

praying for, wishing, desire, longing Dhs.1059 = Nd ii.taṇhā ii. Dhs.1136.

abstr. fr. abhijappati, cp. jappā

abhijjhā →

pts

, covetousness, in meaning almost identical with lobha (cp. Dhs. trsl. 22) DN.i.70, DN.i.71 (˚āya cittaṃ parisodheti he cleanses his heart from coveting; abhijjhāya = abl.; cp DN\ …

abhijātika →

pts

adjective belonging to ones birth or race, born of, being by birth; only in cpd. kaṇhâbhijātika of dark birth, that is, low in the social scale DN.iii.251; AN.iii.348; Snp.563 = Thag.833; cp. Ja P T S …

abhijāyati →

pts

to beget, produce, effect, attain, in phrase akaṇhaṃ asukkaṃ Nibbānaṃ a. DN.iii.251; AN.iii.384 sq At Snp.214 abhijāyati means “to behave, to be”, cp Snp-a.265 (abhijāyati = bhavati).

abhi + jāyati …

abhinandin →

pts

adjective rejoicing at, finding pleasure in (loc. or-˚), enjoying AN.ii.54 (piyarūpa); esp. freq. in phrase (taṇhā) tatratatr’âbhinandinī finding its pleasure in this or that [cp. B.Sk. tṛṣṇā tatra- …

abhiniggaṇhanā →

pts

holding back Vin.iii.121 (+ abhinippīḷanā).

abstr. fr. abhiniggaṇhāti

abhiniggaṇhāti →

pts

to hold back, restrain, prevent, prohibit; always in combn. with abhinippīḷeti MN.i.120; AN.v.230
■ Cp. abhiniggaṇhanā.

abhi + niggaṇhāti

abhinippīḷanā →

pts

pressing, squeezing, taking hold of Vin.iii.121 (+ abhiniggaṇhanā).

abstr. to abhinippīḷeti, cp. nippīḷana

abhinippīḷeti →

pts

to squeeze, crush, subdue Vism.399; often in combn. with abhiniggaṇhāti MN.i.120; AN.v.230.

abhi + nippīḷeti

abhinivesa →

pts

“settling in”, i.e. wishing for, tendency towards (-˚) inclination, adherence; as adj. liking, loving, being given or inclined to DN.iii.230; MN.i.136, MN.i.251; SN.ii.17; SN.iii.10 SN.iii.13, SN.iii …

abhippaharaṇa →

pts

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

abhisajjanā →

pts

at Snp.49 evidently means “scolding, cursing, being in bad temper” (cp. abhisajjati), as its combn. with vāc’ âbhilāpa indicates, but is expld. both by Nd ii.& Bdhgh. as “stickin …

abhisamaya →

pts

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

accasara →

pts

adjective

  1. going beyond the limits (of proper behaviour), too self-sure, overbearing, arrogant, proud SN.i.239 (variant reading accayasara caused by prolepsis of foll. accaya); Ja.iv.6 (atisara); …

accaya →

pts

  1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

acchecchi →

pts

3rd sg. aor. of chindati “he has cut out or broken, has destroyed” (see also chindati 3) in combn. with taṇhaṃ MN.i.122; SN.i.12, SN.i.23, SN.i.127 (so re …

adhi →

pts

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.) = …

adhigaṇhāti →

pts

to surpass, excel SN.i.87 = DN-a.i.32; DN.iii.146; SN.iv.275; AN.iii.33; Iti.19. Ger adhigayha Pv.ii.9#62 = Dhp-a.iii.219 (variant reading BB at both pass. atikkamma); & adhiggahetvā Iti.20
pp …

adhiggahīta →

pts

excelled, surpassed; overpowered, taken by (instr.), possessed Ja.iii.427 (= anuggahīta C.); Ja v.102; vi.525 = 574; Iti.103; Mil.188 Mil.189; Sdhp.98.

pp. of adhigaṇhāti

adhipanna →

pts

gone into, affected with, seized by (-˚), a victim of (c. loc.) SN.i.72 Thig.345 (kāmesu); Snp.1123 (taṇhā˚ = taṇhânugata Cnd.32); Dhp.288; Ja.iii.38, Ja.iii.369; Ja.iv.396; Ja.v.91, Ja.v.379 (= dose …

agga →

pts

Agga1

adjective noun

  1. (adj.)
    1. of time: the first, foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds
    2. of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā)
    3. of qual …

aggi →

pts

fire.

  1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

aha →

pts

…of aha is anha (through metathesis from ahan), which only occurs in phrases pubbanho & sāyanha; (q.v.); an adj. der. fr. aha…

ajjhagā →

pts

he came to, got to, found, obtained, experienced SN.i.12 (vimānaṃ); Snp.225 (expld. at Kp-a.180 by vindi paṭilabhi), Snp.956 (ratiṃ; expld. at Mnd.457 by adhigacchi); Iti.69 (jā …

ajjhattika →

pts

adjective personal, inward (cp. Dhs trsl. 207 & Mnd.346: ajjhattikaṃ vuccati cittaṃ) opp. bāhira outward (q.v.). See also āyatana
■ MN.i.62 SN.i.73 (˚ā rakkhā na bāhirā); SN.iv …

ajjhosita →

pts

hanging on, cleaving to, being bent on, (c. loc.) SN.ii.94 (+ mamāyita); AN.ii.25 (diṭṭha suta muta +); Mnd.75 Mnd.106, Mnd.163 = Nd ii under nissita; Thig.470 (asāre = taṇhāvasena abhiniviṭṭha Thag …

ajjhosāna →

pts

cleaving to (earthly joys), attachment, DN.ii.58 sq.; DN.iii.289; MN.i.498 (+ abhinandana); SN.iii.187; AN.i.66; AN.ii.11 (diṭṭhi˚, kāma˚ + taṇhā). In combn. with (icchā) and mucchā at Nd …

amama →

pts

adjective not egotistical, unselfish Snp.220 (+ subbata), Snp.777; Ja.iv.372 (+ nirāsaya); Ja.vi.259 (= mamāyana-taṇhā-rahita C.); Pv.iv.1#34 (= mamaṃkāravirahita Pv-a.230); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.66, comb …

anassāvin →

pts

adjective not intoxicated, not enjoying or finding pleasure in Snp.853 (sātiyesu a. = sātavatthusa kāmaguṇesu taṇhasanthavavirahita Snp-a.549).

an + assāvin; cp. assāva + āsava

andha →

pts

adjective

  1. (lit.) blind, blinded, blindfolded Ja.i.216 (dhūm˚); Pv.iv.1#48; Pv-a.3
    ■ dark, dull, blinding MN.iii.151 (˚andhaṃ adv. dulled); Snp.669 (Ep. of timisa, like Vedic andhaṃ tamaḥ); D …

aneja →

pts

adjective free from desires or lust DN.ii.157; Snp.920, Snp.1043, Snp.1101, Snp.1112; Iti.91 (opp. ejânuga Mnd.353 = Cnd.55; Dhp.414 (= taṇhāya abhāvena Dhp-a.iv.194), Dhp.422; Pv.iv.1#35 (nittaṇha P …

anta →

pts

Anta1

  1. end, finish, goal SN.iv.368 (of Nibbāna); Snp.467; Ja.ii.159. antaṃ karoti to make an end (of) Snp.283, Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
    ■ loc. ante at the end of, …

anu →

pts

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 …

anugata →

pts

adjective gone after, accompanied by, come to; following; fig. fallen or gone into, affected with (-˚), being a victim of, suffering MN.i.16; DN.iii.85 DN.iii.173 (parisā); AN.ii.185 (sota˚, variant …

anugaṇhāti →

pts

to have pity on, to feel sorry for, to help, give protection DN.i.53 (vācaṃ; cp. DN-a.i.160: sārato agaṇhaṇto); Ja.ii.74; Cnd.50 (ppr. med -gayhamāna = anukampamāna); Pp.36; Pv-a.181 (imper. *[an …

anuggaha →

pts

Anuggaha1

“taking up”, compassion, love for, kindness, assistance, help, favour, benefit SN.ii.11 SN.iii.109; SN.iv.104; SN.v.162; AN.i.92, AN.i.114; AN.ii.145; AN.iv.167; AN.v.70; Iti.12, …

anuggahīta →

pts

(& ˚ita) commiserated, made happy, satisfied MN.i.457; SN.ii.274; SN.iii.91; SN.iv.263; AN.iii.172; Ja.iii.428.

pp. of anuggaṇhāti

anuggaṇha →

pts

adjective compassionate, ready to help Pv-a.42 ˚sīla.

cp. anuggaha

anuggaṇhana →

pts

anuggaha1 Dhs-a.403. Anu(g)ganhati

anuggaṇhataka →

pts

adjective compassionate, commiserating, helping Pv-a.69 (= anukampaka).

= anugganha

anuggaṇhāti →

pts

to have pity on, to feel sorry for, to help, give protection DN.i.53 (vācaṃ; cp. DN-a.i.160: sārato agaṇhaṇto); Ja.ii.74; Cnd.50 (ppr. med -gayhamāna = anukampamāna); Pp.36; Pv-a.181 (imper. *[an …

anukampaka →

pts

˚ika (adj.) kind of heart, merciful, compassionate, full of pity (-˚ or c. loc.) DN.iii.187; SN.i.105 (loka˚), SN.i.197; SN.v.157; AN.iv.265 sq.; Iti.66 (sabba-bhūta˚); Pv.i.3#3 (= kārunika Pv-a.16 …

anukampati →

pts

to have pity on, to commiserate, to pity, to sympathise with (c. acc.) SN.i.82, SN.i.206 SN.v.189. Imper. anukampa Pv.ii.1#6 (= anuddayaṃ karohi Pv-a.70) & anukampassu Pv.iii.2#8 (= anuggaṇha Pv\ …

anussada →

pts

adjective anussuta*; v.l K.B. anussada; Dhp-a.iv.165 explains with taṇhā-ussāvâbhāva vv.ll. ˚ussada˚); Iti.97 (vv.ll. anussata & anussara).

anādāna →

pts

adjective free from attachment (opp. sādāna) AN.ii.10 = Iti.9 = Iti.109 = Cnd.172#a; Snp.620, Snp.741 Snp.1094; Cnd.41 (where as nt. = taṇha); Dhp.352 (= khandhādisu niggahaṇa Dhp-a.iv.70), 396, 406, …

anālaya →

pts

aversion, doing away with Vin.i.10 (taṇhāya). Analhiya & Analhika;

an + ālaya

apekhā →

pts

Apekkhā & Apekhā

feminine attention, regard, affection for (loc.); desire longing for (c. loc.) SN.i.77; SN.iii.132; SN.v.409 (mātā-pitusu) Vin.iv.214; Snp.38 (= vuccati taṇhā etc. Cnd.65; = taṇhā s …

apekkhavant →

pts

adjective full of longing or desire, longing, craving Vin.iv.214; SN.iii.16; Thag.558; Ja.v.453 (= sataṇha); Snp-a.76. Apekkha & Apekha

fr. apekkhā

apekkhā →

pts

Apekkhā & Apekhā

feminine attention, regard, affection for (loc.); desire longing for (c. loc.) SN.i.77; SN.iii.132; SN.v.409 (mātā-pitusu) Vin.iv.214; Snp.38 (= vuccati taṇhā etc. Cnd.65; = taṇhā s …

api →

pts

indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.

  1. (prep. pref.)
    1. prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …

apihālu →

pts

adjective not hankering, free from craving, not greedy SN.i.187 = Thag.1218 (akuhako nipako apihālu); Snp.852 (+ amaccharin, expld. at Snp-a.549 as apihana-sīlo, patthanātanhāya rahito t …

arūpa →

pts

adjective without form or body, incorporeal, DN.i.195 sq.; DN.iii.240; Snp.755; Iti.62; Sdhp.228, Sdhp.463 Sdhp.480. See details under rūpa.

  • -āvacara the realm or world of Formlessness, Dhs.1281 …

asati →

pts

*Asati

(& Asanāti q.v.) to eat; imper. asnātu Ja.v.376; fut. asissāmi Thag.223; Snp.970
ppr med asamāna Ja.v.59; Snp.239. ger. asitvā Mil.167; & *a …

asmiye →

pts

pres. med. of to eat, in sense of a fut. “I shall eat” Ja.v.397, Ja.v.405 (C. bhuñjissāmi). The form is to be expld. as denom. formn. fr
■ āśa food, = aṃsiyati and with me …

assāvin →

pts

adjective only in an˚; not enjoying or finding pleasure, not intoxicated Snp.853 (sātiyesu a. sāta-vatthusa kāmaguṇesu taṇhā-santhava-virahita Snp-a.549) See also āsava.

ā + sru

atikaṇha →

pts

adjective too black Vin.iv.7.

ati + kaṇha

atiniggaṇhāti →

pts

to rebuke too much Ja.vi.417.

ati + niggaṇhāti

atisaṇha →

pts

adjective too subtle Dhp-a.iii.326.

ati + saṇha

attha →

pts

Attha1

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

  1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

avasesa →

pts

Avasesa1

remainder, remaining part; only in compounds an˚; (adj.) without any remainder i.e. fully, completely MN.i.220 = AN.v.347 (˚dohin); AN.i.20 sq., AN.i.88; Snp.146; Pp.17; Dhs.363 …

avhaya →

pts

…adj. (-˚) called, having the name of Snp.684 (isi˚), Snp.686 (Asit˚), Snp.689 (kanhasiri˚), Snp.1133 (Sace˚, cp. Cnd.624).

fr. avhayati;…

ayaṃ →

pts

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

añhamāna →

pts

eating, taking food; enjoying: only SS at Snp.240; all MSS at Snp.239 have asamāna. Snp-a.284 explains by āhārayamāna.

Sk. aśnāna, ppr. med. of aśnāti, to eat

añjali →

pts

extending, stretching forth, gesture of lifting up the hands as a token of reverence (cp. E. to “tender” one’s respect), putting the ten fingers together and raising them to the head (Vv-a.7: dasanak …

añjalikā →

pts

the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).

= añjali

añjana →

pts

ointment, esp. a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adj. anointed, smeary glossy, black (cp. kaṇha ii. and kāla1 note).

  1. Vin.i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapal …

aṅkusa →

pts

hook, a pole with a hook, used

  1. for plucking fruit off trees, a crook Ja.i.9 (˚pacchi hook & basket); Ja.v.89 = Ja.vi.520 (pacchikhanitti˚), Ja.vi.529 (= phalānaṃ gaṇhanatthaṃ ankusaṃ)
  2. to drive …

bala →

pts

Bala1

neuter

  1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

bandha →

pts

adjective

  1. bond, fetter Iti.56 (abandho Mārassa, not a victim of M.) Mnd.328 (taṇhā˚, diṭṭhi˚); Thag-a.241.
  2. one who binds or ties together, in assa˚; horsekeeper, groom Ja.ii.98; Ja.v.441, Ja …

bhamara →

pts

  1. a bee Ja.v.205 (˚vaṇṇa bee-coloured, i.e. of black colour, in expln of kaṇha); Thig.252. Usually in similes, e.g. at Dhp.49 (cp. Dhp-a.i.374 sq.); Vism.142, Vism.152; Snp-a.139.

bhava →

pts

“becoming”, (form of) rebirth, (state of) existence, a “life.” There are 3 states of existence conventionally enumerated as kāma˚ rūpa˚, arūpa˚; or sensual existence, deva-corporeal, formless exist …

bhiyyo →

pts

(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo)

  1. (adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati).
  2. (adv.) in a higher degree …

bhusa →

pts

Bhusa1

chaff, husks AN.i.241 (-āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78; Pv.iii.4#1; Pv.iii.10#7; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter).

cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)

Bh …

buddha →

pts

Buddha1

adjective

  1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
  2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

bāhira →

pts

adjective

  1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside) outer, foreign DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out o …

carati →

pts

to move about, to “live and move,” to behave, to be
imper act. cara (Ja.i.152), carā (metri causa, Ja.iii.393); imper. med. carassu (Snp.696), pl. carāmase (= exhortative, Snp.32); -ppr. caranto …

ce →

pts

conditional particle “if,” constructed either with Indicative (ito ce pi yojanasate viharati even if he lived 100 y. from here DN.i.117) or Conditional (tatra ce tumhe assatha kupitā DN.i.3), or Poten …

cetanā →

pts

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 …

cha →

pts

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

chaḷ →

pts

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

chida →

pts

(always-˚) adjective breaking, cutting, destroying MN.i.386; SN.i.191 = Thag.1234; Thag.521; Thag.1143; Snp.87 (kankha˚), Snp.491, Snp.1021, Snp.1101 (taṇha˚); Vv-a.82 (id.).

chindati →

pts

to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in …

citta →

pts

Citta1 & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

cālanī →

pts

pestle, a mortar Vin.i.202 (in cuṇṇa˚ & dussa˚, cp. saṇha).

to cālana of calaka2

desa →

pts

point, part, place, region, spot, country, Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.211; MN.i.437; Ja.i.308; Dhs-a.307 (˚bhūta); Pv-a.78 (˚antara prob. to be read dos˚), Pv-a.153 Kp-a.132, Kp-a.227
desaṃ karoti to …

deva →

pts

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1a) …

dhamma →

pts

Dhamma1

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

dhammika →

pts

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

dhāreti →

pts

to hold, viz.

  1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

diṭṭha →

pts

Diṭṭha1

  1. seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …

diṭṭhi →

pts

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

  1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

dukkha →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

dutiya →

pts

ordinal number

  1. (num.) the second, the following Ja.ii.102, Ja.ii.110 dutiyaṃ for the second time (cp. tatiyaṃ in series 1, 2 3) Vin.ii.188; DN.ii.155
  2. (adj. n.) one who follows or is associated …

dvārika →

pts

(-˚) adjective referring or belonging to the door of-; in cha ˚ā taṇhā, craving or fever, arising through the 6 doors (of the senses) Dhp-a.iv.221, & kāya˚
■ saṃvara control over the “bodily” d …

dāsa →

pts

slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …

gaddula →

pts

(and gaddūla) a leather strap SN.iii.150; Ja.ii.246; Ja.iii.204; fig, in taṇhā-gaddūla “the leash of thirst,” Nd ii.on jappā (taṇhā) = Dhs.1059 = Vb.361, cp. Dhs-a.367.

gaha →

pts

Gaha1

a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).

  • -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …

gahaṇa →

pts

adjective seizing, taking; acquiring; (n.) seizure, grasp, hold, acquisition Vism.114 (in detail) usually -˚: nāma˚-divase on the day on which a child gets its name (lit. acquiring a name) Ja.i.199, …

gahita →

pts

(and gahīta Dhp.311) adjective seized. taken, grasped DN.i.16; DN-a.i.107 (= ādinna, pavattita) Ja.i.61; Ja.iv.2; Pv-a.43 (variant reading for text gaṇhita)
■ nt a grasp, grip Dhp-a.iii.175
■ g …

gandha →

pts

smell, viz.

  1. odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …

gantha →

pts

(in BB often misspelt gandha)

  1. a bond, fetter, trammel; always fig. and usually referring to and enumerated as the four bodily ties, or knots (kāya˚, see under kāya): SN.v.59 = Dh …

garu →

pts

  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 …

gata →

pts

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

  1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

gayhati →

pts

to get seized, to be taken (see gaṇhāti); p.pres. gayhamāna being caught Dhp-a.iii.175 (˚ka)
grd gayha.

Pass. to gaṇhāti

gaṇhati →

pts

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

  1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
    Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
    pot gaṇheyya,
    imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

gaṇhāti →

pts

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

  1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
    Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
    pot gaṇheyya,
    imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

gaṇḍusa →

pts

mouthful Ja.i.249 (khīra˚). Ganhati & Ganhati;

cp. Sk. gaṇḍūṣa

gedha →

pts

Gedha1

greed. Its connection with craving and worldly attachment is often referred to. Kāmesu g˚ SN.i.73; Snp.152; AN.iii.312 sq. (gedho pañcann’ etaṃ kāmaguṇānaṃ adhivacanaṃ). gedhataṇhā …

geha →

pts

dwelling, hut, house the household Ja.i.145, Ja.i.266, Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.18, Ja.ii.103, Ja.ii.110, Ja.ii.155 Ja.vi.367; Vism.593; Pv-a.22, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = D …

gotta →

pts

ancestry, lineage. There is no word in English for gotta. It includes all those descended, or supposed to be descended, from a common ancestor. A gotta name is al …

gāha →

pts

  1. (n.) seizing, seizure, grip (cp. gaha): canda˚ suriya˚ an eclipse (lit. the moon, etc., being seized by a demon) DN.i.10 (= DN-a.i.95: Rāhu candaṃ gaṇhāti). Esp. applied to the sphere of the mind …

gāhāpeti →

pts

to cause to take; to cause to be seized or fetched; to remove. Aor, gāhāpesi Ja.i.53; Ja.ii.37; gāhāpayi Pv.iv.1#42
ger gāhāpetvā Ja.i.166; Ja.ii.127; Ja.iii.281; Dhp-a.i.62 (patta-cīvaraṃ) With d …

handa →

pts

indeclinable an exhortative-emphatic particle used like Gr. α ̓́γε δή or French allons, voilà: well then, now, come along, alas! It is constructed with 1st pres. & fut., or imper, 2nd …

ibbha →

pts

adjective menial; a retainer, in the phrase muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā kaṇhā (kiṇhā) bandhupādāpaccā DN.i.90 (variant reading SS imbha T. kiṇhā, variant reading kaṇhā), DN.i.91, DN.i.103; MN.i.334 (ki …

iṇa →

pts

debt DN.i.71, DN.i.73; AN.iii.352; AN.v.324 (enumerated with baddha, jāni & kali); Snp.120; Ja.i.307; Ja.ii.388, Ja.ii.423; Ja.iii.66; Ja.iv.184 (iṇagga for nagga?) Ja.v.256; Ja.v.253 (where enumerate …

jamma →

pts

adjective miserable, wretched, contemptible Ja.ii.110; Ja.iii.99 (= lāmaka) f. SN.v.217; Dhp.335, Dhp.336 (of taṇhā); Ja.ii.428; Ja.v.421; Dhp-a.iv.44 (= lāmakā).

Vedic *jālma (?), dialectical?

jappā →

pts

desire, lust, greed, attachment, hunger (cp. Nd ii.on taṇhā) SN.i.123 (bhava-lobha˚) Snp.1033; Cnd.250; Ne.12; Dhs.279, Dhs.1059.

to jappati

jāla →

pts

Jāla1

neuter a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)

A. Lit

Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN. …

jālin →

pts

adjective noun “having a net,” ensnaring, deceptive:

  1. lit. a fisherman Ja.ii.178
  2. fig. usually in f -inī of tanhā (ensnarer, witch) SN.i.107 = Dhp.180; AN.ii.211 Thag.162, Thag.908; Dhs.1059; …

jāta →

pts

  1. As adj. n.un
    1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

jīva →

pts

Jīva1

adjective noun

  1. the soul. Sabbe jīvā all the souls, enumerated with sattā pāṇā bhūta in the dialect used by the followers of Gosāla DN.i.53 (= DN-a.i.161 jīvasaññī). “taṃ jīvaṃ t …

kakkhaḷatā →

pts

hardness, rigidity, Dhs.859; Vb.82; Ja.v.167; Dhs-a.166
akakkhaḷatā absence of roughness, pleasantness Dhs.44, Dhs.45, Dhs.324 Dhs.640, Dhs.728, Dhs.859; Dhs-a.151; Vv-a.214 (= saṇha).

abstr …

kalla →

pts

Kalla1 & Kalya

adjective

  1. well, healthy, sound Vin.i.291.
  2. clever, able, dexterous Mil.48 Mil.87.
  3. ready, prepared Ja.ii.12, cp
    ■ citta.
  4. fit proper, right SN.ii.13 (pañha)

kambu →

pts

  1. a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva… sobhate su gīvā Thig.262 (for kampurī’va); s compounds
  2. a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. s. v.) Ja.iv.18, Ja.iv.466 (\ …

kamma →

pts

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 …

kammatā FIXME double →

pts

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

kammatā →

pts

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

kamyatā FIXME double →

pts

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

kamyatā →

pts

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

kanha →

pts

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

kappa →

pts

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

kara →

pts

  1. (adj.) (-˚) producing, causing, forming, making, doing, e.g. anta˚ putting an end to; pabhaṃ causing splendour; pāpa˚ doing evil; divā˚ & divasa the day-maker, i.e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva˚ causing a …

karoti →

pts

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

  1. I …

kathana →

pts

  1. conversing, talking Ja.i.299; Ja.iii.459; Ja.vi.340.
  2. telling i.e. answering solving (a question) Ja.v.66 (pañha˚).
  3. preaching Dhp-a.i.7.
  4. reciting, narrating Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- *akatha …

kathā →

pts

  1. talk talking, conversation AN.i.130; Pv-a.39. So in antarā˚ DN.i.179; Snp.p.107, Snp.p.115; cp. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna˚; low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a b …

kattar →

pts

one who makes or creates, a maker, doer; in foll. construction.

I. Dependent

Either in verb-function with acc., as n. agent to all phrases with karoti e.g. pañhaṃ karo …

kaṇṇa →

pts

  1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

kaṭa →

pts

Kaṭa1

a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.

  • -sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine Dhs-a.78.
  • -sāra (Dhp-a.i.268) & *[sāraka](/define/sāraka …

kesa →

pts

the hair of the head SN.i.115 (haṭa-haṭa-k˚, with dishevelled hair) AN.i.138 (palita-kesa with grey hair; also at Ja.i.59) Snp.456 (nivutta˚), Snp.608; Thag.169; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.138; Ja.iii.393; Mil. …

kesava →

pts

of rich hair, of beautiful hair. Epithet of King Vāsudeva (cp. kaṇha) Pv.ii.6#2.

fr. last

khajjati →

pts

(= khādiyati, Pass. of khādati; Dhtm.93 bhakkhaṇa)

  1. to be eaten, chewed, eaten up, as by animals upacikāhi Vin.ii.113; suṇakhehi Pv.iii.7#8; puḷavehi Ja.iii.177; cp. Pv.iv.5#2 (cut in two)
  2. to be …

khattar →

pts

attendant, companion, charioteer, the king’s minister and adviser (Lat. satelles “satellite” has been compared for etym.) DN.i.112 (= DN-a.i.280, kh˚ vuccati pucchita-pucchita-pañhaṃ vyākaraṇa-sam …

khaya →

pts

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

khudā →

pts

hunger Snp.52 (+ pipāsā Cnd s. v. kh˚ vuccati chātako), Snp.966; Pv.i.6#4 (= jighacchā), Pv.ii.1#5 (+ taṇhā), Pv.ii.2#4; Pv-a.72. See khuppipāsā.

Sk. kṣudh & kṣudhā, also BSk. kṣud in kṣuttarṣa hu …

khādati →

pts

to chew, bite, eat devour (= Ger. fressen); to destroy
pres Dhp.240; Ja.i.152 (sassāni); Ja.iii.26; Pv.i.6#3 (puttāni, of a Petī), Pv.i.9#4
■ kaṭṭhaṃ kh˚ to use a toothpick Ja.i.80, Ja.i.282, dant …

kilesa →

pts

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

kimi →

pts

worm, vermin: setā kimī kaṇhasīsā AN.iii.241; Mil.272; DN-a.i.199
■ As animal of death and putrefaction MN.i.507; Ja.i.146; Snp.201; esp with ref. to the punishment of Petas: Pv.i.3#1; Thig.439; Pv …

kitava →

pts

Kitava & kitavā

one who plays false; a cheat; adj. deceitful SN.i.24; Ja.v.116; Ja.v.117 (a˚)
■ kitavā at Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii.375) in combination with saṭha also at Ja.vi.228, …

kitavā →

pts

Kitava & kitavā

one who plays false; a cheat; adj. deceitful SN.i.24; Ja.v.116; Ja.v.117 (a˚)
■ kitavā at Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii.375) in combination with saṭha also at Ja.vi.228, …

kiṇha →

pts

adjective black; in the stock phrase muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā k˚ bandhupādâpaccā DN.i.90 = DN.i.116; SN.iv.117; MN.i.334; MN.ii.177; in a moral sense = bad, wicked, with nâlam-ariyā dhammā DN.i.163.

s …

klesa →

pts

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

koṭika →

pts

adjective

  1. having a point or a top, with ref. to the human teeth as eka˚, dvi˚; ti˚, catu˚, or teeth with one, two, etc., points Vism.251.
  2. having an end or climax SA on pariyanta (see KS. p. …

ku →

pts

(kud-and kum-) 3rd stem of interrog. pron. ka (on form and meaning cp. kad; = Lat.* qṷu in (qṷ)ubi, like katara

  1. Kuto where from? whence? Dhp.62; k˚bhayaṃ whence i.e. why fear? Dhp.212 sq.; Sn …

kula →

pts

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

  1. clan a high social grade, “good family,” cp. Gr. (doric) φυά, Goth. kuni. A collection of cognates and agnates, in sense of Ohg. sippa, clan; “house” in sense …

kumāra →

pts

young boy, son Snp.685 sq. (kuhiṃ kumāro aham api daṭthukāmo: w. ref. to the child Gotama); Pv.iii.5#2; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.41 (= māṇava) daharo kumāro MN.ii.24, MN.ii.44
■ a son of (-˚) rāja˚ Pv-a.16 …

kumārī →

pts

young girl Vin.ii.10; Vin.v.129 (thulla˚); AN.iii.76; Ja.iii.395 (daharī k˚); Pp.66 (itthī vā k˚ vā).

  • -pañha obtaining oracular answers from a girl supposed to be possessed by a …

kāla →

pts

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

  1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

kāma →

pts

to desire.

  1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
  2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

kāmin →

pts

adjective

  1. having kāma, i.e. enjoying pleasure, gratifying one’s own desires in kāma-kāmin realizing all wishes; attr. of beings in one of the Sugatis the blissful states, of Yakkhas, Devas or D …

kāya →

pts

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

kāḷa →

pts

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

  1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

kāḷaka →

pts

adjective black, stained; in enumeration of colours at Dhs.617 (of rūpa) with nīla, pītaka, lohitaka odāta, k˚, mañjeṭṭha; of a robe AN.ii.241; f. kāḷikā Vv-a.103
■ (nt.) a black spot, a stain, als …

kūṭa →

pts

Kūṭa1

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (expln paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

latā →

pts

  1. a slender tree, a creeping plant, creeper AN.i.202 (māluvā˚); Vv.35#5 (= vallī Vv-a.162) Vv.47#4 (kosātakī l.); Ja.i.464 (rukkha˚, here perhaps better “branch”); Dhp-a.i.392 (˚pasādhana: see unde …

laṅghi →

pts

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

  1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
  2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

laṅghī →

pts

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

  1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
  2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

lepa →

pts

  1. smearing, plastering, coating over Vin.iv.303 (bāhira˚); Ja.ii.25 (mattikā˚).
  2. (fig.) plaster, i.e. that which sticks, affection, attachment, etc., in taṇhā˚ the stain of craving, & diṭṭhi˚; …

loluppa →

pts

greediness, covetousness, self-indulgence, desire; in the language of the Abhidhamma often syn. with jappā or taṇhā. At Dhs-a.365 loluppa is treated as an adj. …

lābha →

pts

receiving, getting, acquisition, gain, possession; pl. possessions DN.i.8; DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61; MN.i.508 (ārogya-paramā lābhā); MN.iii.39; AN.i.74; AN.iv.157 sq., AN.iv.160 (lābhena abhibhūto pariyādi …

mahant →

pts

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

mamatta →

pts

selfishness, self-love, egoism; conceit, pride in (-˚), attachment to (-˚). Snp.806, Snp.871 Snp.951; Thag.717; Mnd.49 (two: taṇhā & diṭṭhi˚); Cnd.499 (id. but as masc.); Snp-a.276; Dhs-a.199; Pv …

maññanā →

pts

conceit Mnd.124 (taṇhā˚, diṭṭhi˚, māna˚, kilesa˚ etc.); Dhs.1116 Dhs.1233; Ne.24; Vism.265 (for mañcanā?).

fr. man

maṅgala →

pts

adjective auspicious prosperous, lucky, festive Mnd.87, Mnd.88; Kp-a.118 sq. Snp-a.273, Snp-a.595; Sdhp.551
■ nt. maṅgalaṃ good omen auspices, festivity Snp.258; Vin.ii.129; Pv-a.17. A curious …

maṅgalika →

pts

adjective (-˚)

  1. one who is feasting in, one whose auspices are such & such; fond of; only in kotūhala˚; fond of excitement Ja.i.372; Mil.94 (apagata˚, without passion for excitement).
  2. superst …

meṇḍaka →

pts

adjective

  1. made of ram(s) horn, said of a (very strong) bow Ja.ii.88 (˚dhanu); Ja.v.128 (˚singadhanu).
  2. belonging to a ram, in meṇḍaka-pañha “question about the ram” Mil.90 alluding to the sto …

micchā →

pts

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

milāyati →

pts

to relax, languish, fade wither SN.i.126; Iti.76; Ja.i.329; Ja.v.90
caus milāpeti [Sk. mlāpayati] to make dry, to cause to wither Ja.i.340 (sassaṃ); fig. to assuage, suppress, stifle Ja.iii.414 (t …

muñcati →

pts

I. Forms

The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚; are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚; is the active base, and mucc˚; the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñ …

muṭṭhi →

pts

the fist Vv-a.206 muṭṭhī katvā gaṇhāti to take by making a fist, i.e. clutch tightly, clenching one’s fist Ja.vi.331
muṭṭhiṃ akāsi he made a fist (as sign) Ja.vi.364. As-˚ often meaning “han …

māra →

pts

death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …

mūlaka →

pts

adj. nt.

  1. (adj.)
    1. (-˚) being caused by, having its reason through or from, conditioned by originating in Vb.390 (taṇhā˚ dhammā); Tikp.233 sq. Tikp.252 sq., Tikp.288 sq. & passim; Vb-a.200 sq …

nakkhatta →

pts

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

nandi →

pts

Nandi1 & Nandī

masculine & feminine

  1. joy, enjoyment, pleasure, delight in (c loc.) SN.i.16, SN.i.39, SN.i.54; SN.ii.101 sq. (āhāre); SN.iii.14 (= upādāna), SN.iv.36 sq.; AN.ii.10 (kāma˚ …

nekkhamma →

pts

giving up the world leading a holy life, renunciation of, or emancipation from worldliness, freedom from lust, craving & desires, dispassionateness self-abnegation, Nibbāna. Vin.i.18 (˚e ānisaṁsa) DN …

ni →

pts

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 …

nibbana →

pts

adjective

  1. without forest, woodless Ja.ii.358.
  2. an abstr. fr. nibbāna, see nibbāna I. cp. vana2. Freq. nibbāna as variant reading instead of nibbana without cravin …

nibbedha →

pts

penetration, insight; adj.: penetrating, piercing, scrutinising, sharp. Freq. in phrase nibbedha-bhāgiya (sharing the quality of penetration), with ref. to samādhi, saññā etc. [cp. BSk nirvedha˚ Di …

nibbāna →

pts

I. Etymology

Although nir + “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

nibodhati →

pts

to attend to, to look out for, to take Ja.iii.151 (= gaṇhati)
caus nibodheti to waken, at Thag.22 is probably to be read as vibodheti.

ni + bodhati

nicchāta →

pts

…SN.iii.26 (tanhaṃ abbuyha); SN.iv.204 (vedanānaṃ khayā); MN.i.341; MN.i.412, AN.iv.410; AN.v.65 (sītibhūta); Snp.707…

niggaha →

pts

  1. restraint, control, rebuke, censure, blame Vin.ii.196; AN.i.98, AN.i.174; AN.v.70; Ja.v.116 (opp. paggaha); Ja.vi.371 (id.) Mil.28, Mil.45, Mil.224
    dun˚; hard to control (citta) Dhp.35 (cp …

niggayha-vādin →

pts

Niggayha-vādin

adjective one who speaks rebukingly, censuring, reproving, resenting Dhp.76 (see expln in detail at Dhp-a.ii.107 & cp. MN.iii.118).

see niggaṇhāti

niggayhati →

pts

to be seized by (?), to be blamed for Dhp-a.i.295 (cittaṃ dukkhena n., in expln of dunniggaha).

Sk. nigṛhyate, ni + gayhati, Pass. of niggaṇhāti

niggaṇhāti →

pts

  1. to hold back, restrain Dhp.326; Ja.iv.97; Mil.184; Vism.133
    ■ Opp paggaṇhāti.
  2. to rebuke, censure (c. instr.) AN.iii.187; Ja.iii.222; Mil.9 (musāvādena); Dhp-a.i.29. …

nigghātana →

pts

destruction, killing, rooting out Snp.1085 (taṇhā˚; Snp-a.576 = vināsana); Cnd.343 (variant reading nighātana).

Sk. nirghātana, nis + ghātana, but cp. nighāta

niggāhaka →

pts

adjective noun one who rebukes, oppresses, oppressor Snp.118 (= bādhaka Snp-a.178, with variant reading ghātaka); Ja.iv.362 (= balisādhaka Com.).

ni + gāhaka, see niggaṇhāti

nijjhāma →

pts

adjective noun burning away, wasting away, consuming or consumed AN.i.295; Ne.77, Ne.95 paṭipadā.

  • -taṇha (adj.) of consuming thirst, very thirsty Ja.i.44
  • -taṇhika = ˚taṇha denoting a class …

nijjhāpaya →

pts

adjective to be discriminated or understood, in dun˚; hard to… Mil.141 (pañha).

Sk. *ni-dhyāpya, to nijjhāpeti

nillolupa →

pts

adjective free from greed or desires Snp.56 (= Cnd.362 nittaṇha); Ja.v.358.

nis + loluppā

nilloluppa →

pts

adjective free from greed or desires Snp.56 (= Cnd.362 nittaṇha); Ja.v.358.

nis + loluppā

nimitta →

pts

  1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed expln); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …

nirodha →

pts

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s expln of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

nirāsa →

pts

adjective not hungry, not longing for anything, desireless SN.i.12, SN.i.23, SN.i.141; AN.i.107 sq.; Snp.1048 (anigha +), Snp.1078 (id.); Cnd.360; Pp.27; Pv.iv.1#33 (= nittaṇha Pv-a.230). See also a …

nirāsattin →

pts

adjective not hanging on to, not clinging or attached to (c. loc.) Snp.851 (= nittaṇha Snp-a.549); Mnd.221.

adj. to pp. āsatta1 with nis

nirāsaya →

pts

adjective without (outward) support, not relying on (outward) things, without (sinful) inclinations Snp.56 (Cnd.360 b reads nirāsasa), Snp.369, Snp.634, Snp.1090 (Cnd.361 reads nirāsaṃsa); Dhp.410; Dh …

nissaya →

pts

that on which anything depends, support help, protection; endowment, resource, requisite, supply foundation, reliance on (acc. or-˚) Vin.i.58 (the four resources of bhikkhu, viz. piṇḍiyālopa-bhojana …

nisīdana →

pts

sitting down, occasion or opportunity to sit, a mat to sit on Vin.i.295 Vin.ii.123 (˚ena vippavasati); SN.v.259 (˚ṃ gaṇhāti). -paccattharaṇa a mat for sitting on Vin.i.47, Vin.i.295; Vin.ii.209 Vin …

nittaṇha →

pts

adjective free from thirst or desire, desireless Pv-a.230 (= nirāsa) f. abstr. nitthaṇhatā Ne.38.

BSk. niṣṭṛṣṇa (Divy.210 etc.), nis + taṇhā

nivesana →

pts

  1. entering, entrance, settling; settlement, abode, house home DN.i.205, DN.i.226; DN.ii.127; Ja.i.294; Ja.ii.160 (˚ṭṭhāna) Pv-a.22, Pv-a.81, Pv-a.112.
  2. (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Cnd.366 settli …

nivāseti →

pts

to dress oneself, to put on (the undergarment), to get clothed or dressed. Freq in ster. phrase “pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā patta- cīvaram ādāya…,” describing the setting out on his round of the bhi …

nāma →

pts

name.

  1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
    ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

nāmaka →

pts

adjective

  1. (-˚) by name SN.ii.282 (Thera˚); Pv-a.67, Pv-a.96 (kaṇha˚).
  2. consisting of a mere name i.e. mere talk, nonsense, ridiculous DN.i.240.

fr. nāma

nīla →

pts

adjective dark-blue, blue-black blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the “coloured-black,” as opposed to the “colouredwhite” (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set …

ogha →

pts

  1. (rare in the old texts) a flood of water Vv-a.48 (udak’ ogha); usually as mahogha a great flood Dhp.47; Vism.512; Vv-a.110; Dhp-a.ii.274 = Thag-a.175.
  2. (always in sg.) th …

okāsa FIXME double →

pts

Okāsa

  1. lit. “visibility”, (visible) space as geometrical term, open space, atmosphere, air as space DN.i.34 (ananto okāso); Vism.184 (with disā pariccheda), Vism.243 (id.); Pv-a.14 (okāsaṃ pharitvā …

osaṇheti →

pts

to make smooth, to smooth out, comb or brush down (hair) Vin.ii.107 (kese); Ja.iv.219 (id.).

o + saṇheti, denom. fr. saṇha

pa →

pts

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

paccaya →

pts

lit. resting on, falling back on, foundation cause, motive etc. See on term as t.t. of philosophy Tikapaṭṭhāna I, foreword; J.P.T.S. 1916, 21 f.; Cpd. 42 sq. & esp. 259 sq.

  1. (lit.) support, req …

padahati →

pts

  1. to strive, exert DN.iii.221 (cittaṃ paggaṇhāti p.); Pv-a.31 (yoniso p.).
  2. to confront take up, fight against, stand Ja.vi.508 (usīraṃ muñjapubbajaṃ urasā padahessāmi “I shall stand against the g …

paggaha →

pts

Paggaha & Paggāha

  1. exertion, energy.
    1. paggaha: DN.iii.213 (variant reading paggāha, also ˚nimitta) Pts.ii.8 (˚cariyā), Pts.ii.20 (˚ṭṭha); DN-a.i.63 (viriy-indriyassa ˚lak …

paggahaṇa →

pts

stretching forth, lifting, holding out; of the hands as sign of respectful salutation (cp. añjaliṃ paggaṇhāti) Ja.iii.82-Abstr. -tā = paggaha 1. Vism.134.

fr. pa + gṛh, cp. paggaṇhāti

paggahita →

pts

holding up, or (being) held up Vin.ii.131 (chatta˚ holding up a parasol,) Vin.ii.207 (id.); Ja.vi.235; Snp-a.175 (= Snp.p.21).

pp. of paggaṇhāti, cp. BSk. pragṛhīta lofty Divy.7, Divy.102

paggaṇhāti →

pts

  1. to stretch forth, hold out or up, take up DN.i.123 (sujaṃ the sacrificial ladle), DN.i.125 (añjaliṃ stretch out the hollow hands as a token of respectful greeting); SN.i.141; SN.ii.280; Ja.i.89 (pa …

paggāha →

pts

Paggaha & Paggāha

  1. exertion, energy.
    1. paggaha: DN.iii.213 (variant reading paggāha, also ˚nimitta) Pts.ii.8 (˚cariyā), Pts.ii.20 (˚ṭṭha); DN-a.i.63 (viriy-indriyassa ˚lak …

pahāna →

pts

giving up, leaving, abandoning, rejection. MN.i.60 MN.iii.4, MN.iii.72 SN.i.13 SN.i.132 (dukkha˚); SN.ii.170; SN.iii.53; SN.iv.7 sq. DN.iii.225 DN.iii.246 AN.i.82 AN.i.134 AN.ii.26 AN.ii.232 (kaṇhassa …

pakappanā →

pts

fixing one’s attention on, planning, designing, scheme, arrangement Snp.945 (cp Mnd.72 Mnd.186, where two pakappanā’s, viz. taṇhā˚ diṭṭhi˚; at Mnd.429 it is synonymous with taṇhā Bdhgh has reading pak …

pakhuma →

pts

an eyelash unsally as adj.: having eyelashes (-˚) DN.ii.18 (go˚) SN.i.132 (˚antarikāyaṃ between the lashes); Ja.v.216 (visāla˚ for alārapamha T.); Thag-a.255 (dīgha˚ for āyatapamha Thig.383); Vv-a. …

pakkha →

pts

Pakkha1

  1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …

paligedha →

pts

greed, conceit, selfishness AN.i.66; Nd ii.taṇhā ii.(gedha +); Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136.

pali + gedha but acc. to Geiger, P.Gr. § 10 = parigṛddha

papañca →

pts

  1. obstacle, impediment, a burden which causes delay hindrance, delay Dhp-a.i.18; Dhp-a.ii.91 (kathā˚). ˚ṃ karoti to delay, to tarry Ja.iv.145; ˚ṃ akatvā without delay Ja.i.260; Ja.vi.392
    ■ ati …

parigaṇhana →

pts

comprehension Ja.ii.7 (˚paññā comprehensive wisdom).

fr. parigaṇhāti

parigaṇhāti →

pts

(& Pariggaheti Caus.)

  1. to embrace, seize, take possession of, hold, take up MN.i.80 MN.i.137; Ja.iii.189; DN-a.i.45.
  2. to catch, grasp Dhp-a.i.68.
  3. to go all round Dhp-a.i.91 (sakala-jambu …

pariggaha →

pts

  1. wrapping round, enclosing Thag.419 (? cp. Brethren 217 n. 6).
  2. taking up, seizing on, acquiring, acquisition, also in bad sense of “grasping” Snp.779 (= taṇhā and diṭṭhi˚ Mnd.57) Pts.i.172; Pts …

pariggahita →

pts

taken, seized, taken up, haunted, occupied Vin.iii.51 (manussānaṃ p. by men), Vin.iv.31, Vin.iv.278; Dhp-a.i.13 (amanussa˚ by ghosts); Pv-a.87 Pv-a.133; Sdhp.64
■ f. abstr, -tā being possessed …

paripañhati →

pts

to question AN.v.16.

denom. fr. pari + pañha

parisaṅgāhāpeti →

pts

to induce someone to mention or relate something Ja.vi.328.

pari + Caus. of sangaṇhāti

parisaṇha →

pts

adjective very smooth or soft Mil.198.

pari + saṇha

paritasati →

pts

Paritassati (˚tasati)

to be excited, to be tormented, to show a longing after, to be worried DN.ii.68; MN.i.36, MN.i.67, MN.i.151; SN.ii.82, SN.ii.194; SN.iii.43, SN.iii.55; SN.iv.23, SN.iv.65, SN.iv …

paritassati →

pts

Paritassati (˚tasati)

to be excited, to be tormented, to show a longing after, to be worried DN.ii.68; MN.i.36, MN.i.67, MN.i.151; SN.ii.82, SN.ii.194; SN.iii.43, SN.iii.55; SN.iv.23, SN.iv.65, SN.iv …

pariyanta →

pts

  1. limit, end, climax, border SN.i.80 (manāpa˚ “limit-point in enjoyment”; cp. C. nipphattikaṃ koṭikaṃ K.S. 320) Ja.i.149 (hattha-pāda˚ hoofs), Ja.i.221 (udaka˚), Ja.i.223 (sara˚), Ja.ii.200 (anga …

pariyatti →

pts

  1. adequacy, accomplishment, sufficiency capability, competency; indriya-paro˚; efficiency in the (knowledge of) thoughts of others SN.v.205; Ne.101 Three accomplishments are distinguished at DN-a …

pariyuṭṭhāna →

pts

state of being possessed (or hindered) by (-˚), prepossession bias, outburst MN.i.18, Kvu xiv.6 (thīnamiddha˚), MN.i.136; AN.i.66 (˚ajjhosāna); AN.v.198 (adhiṭṭhāna-˚samuṭṭhāna) Nd ii.under taṇhā<su …

pariḷāha →

pts

burning, fever; fig fever of passion, consumption, distress, pain DN.iii.238 (avigata˚), DN.iii.289 (˚nānatta); MN.i.101 (kāme); SN.ii.143 sq (˚nānatta), SN.ii.151 (kāma˚; vyāpāda˚, vihiṃsā˚); SN.iii. …

parāmasati →

pts

to touch, hold on to, deal with, take up, to be attached or fall a victim to (acc.) Vin.ii.47, Vin.ii.195, Vin.ii.209; DN.i.17; MN.i.257; SN.iii.110; Ja.iv.138; in combination with gaṇhāti & nandati ( …

parāmāsa →

pts

touching contact, being attached to, hanging on, being under the influence of, contagion (Dhs. trsl. 316). In Asl.49, Bdhgh analyses as parato āmasantīti parāmāsā: p. means “they handle dhamma’s *as …

patthanā →

pts

aiming at, wish, desire, request aspiration, prayer SN.ii.99, SN.ii.154; AN.i.224; AN.iii.47; AN.v.212 Mnd.316, Mnd.337 (p. vuccati taṇhā); Cnd.112; Ne.18, Ne.27; Dhs.1059; Mil.3; Snp-a.47, Snp-a.50 …

pañca →

pts

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 …

pañha →

pts

mode of asking, inquiry, investigation, question DN.i.11 (deva˚) MN.i.83; MN.iii.30; AN.i.103, AN.i.288; AN.iii.81, AN.iii.191 sq. AN.iii.419 sq.; AN.v.50 sq.; Snp.512, Snp.957, Snp.1005, Snp.1024, Sn …

paṭibhāga →

pts

  1. counterpart, likeness, resemblance Cnd. s.v.; Vism.125 (˚nimitta, imitative mental reflex, memory-image); Snp-a.65, Snp-a.76, Snp-a.83, Snp-a.114, Snp-a.265; Pv-a.46, Pv-a.178, Pv-a.279. 2 …

paṭibhāti →

pts

to appear, to be evident, to come into one’s mind, to occur to one, to be clear (cp. Vin Texts ii.30) SN.i.155 (˚tu taṃ dhammikathā); SN.v.153 (T reads patibbāti); Snp.450 (p. maṃ = mama bhāgo pakās …

paṭicca-samuppāda →

pts

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

paṭigaṇhāti →

pts

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti)

to receive, accept, take (up) DN.i.110 (vatthaṃ), DN.i.142; Vin.i.200 Vin.ii.109, Vin.ii.116 (a sewing-needle); SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; D …

paṭiggaha →

pts

  1. receiving, acceptance; one who receives, recipient Ja.i.146; Ja.ii.9; Ja.vi.474; Pv.iii.1#11
  2. friendly reception Ja.vi.526.
  3. receptacle (for water etc.) Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.213 (udaka˚).
  4. a th …

paṭiggahaṇa →

pts

acceptance, receiving, taking MN.iii.34; SN.v.472; Snp-a.341
■ accaya˚ acceptance of a sin, i.e. pardon, absolution Ja.v.380.

fr. paṭigganhāti

paṭiggahita →

pts

received, got, accepted, appropriated, taken Vin.i.206, Vin.i.214; Ja.vi.231
■ As appaṭiggahitaka (nt.) “that which is not received” at Vin.iv.90.

pp. of paṭigganhāti

paṭiggahītar →

pts

one who receives, recipient DN.i.89.

n. ag. of paṭiggaṇhāti

paṭiggaṇhanaka →

pts

adjective noun receiving, receiver Pv-a.175. Patigganhati (patiganhati)

paṭiggaṇhana (= paṭiggahaṇa) + ka

paṭiggaṇhāti →

pts

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti)

to receive, accept, take (up) DN.i.110 (vatthaṃ), DN.i.142; Vin.i.200 Vin.ii.109, Vin.ii.116 (a sewing-needle); SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; D …

paṭiggāhaka →

pts

adjective noun receiving, accepting; one who receives, recipient Vin.ii.213; DN.i.138; AN.i.161; AN.ii.80 sq.; AN.iii.42, AN.iii.336; Ja.i.56; Pv-a.7, Pv-a.128, Pv-a.175 (opp. dāyaka); Vv-a.195; S …

paṭiggāhaṇa →

pts

reception, taking in Ja.vi.527.

fr. paṭiggaṇhāti

paṭipucchā →

pts

question in return, inquiry; only ˚-(as abl.) by question, by inquiry, by means of question & answer in foll. compounds: ˚karaṇīya Vin.i.325 -vinīta AN.i.72; -vyākaraṇīya (pañha) DN.iii.229.

p …

pekhā →

pts

  1. consideration, view Vb.325, Vb.328.
  2. desire Ja.v.403 (p. vuccati taṇhā).
  3. (or (pekkhaṃ?) show at a fair DN.i.6 (= naṭa-samajjā DN-a.i.84); see Dial. i.7, n. 4 and cp. J.R.A.S. 1903, 186. …

pekkhā →

pts

  1. consideration, view Vb.325, Vb.328.
  2. desire Ja.v.403 (p. vuccati taṇhā).
  3. (or (pekkhaṃ?) show at a fair DN.i.6 (= naṭa-samajjā DN-a.i.84); see Dial. i.7, n. 4 and cp. J.R.A.S. 1903, 186. …

phandana →

pts

  1. (adj.) throbbing, trembling, wavering Dhp.33 (phandanaṃ capalaṃ); Ja.vi.528 (˚māluvā trembling creeper) Dhp-a.i.50 (issa˚ throbbing with envy).
  2. (m.) Name of a tree Dalbergia (aspen?) AN.i.202; …

pubba →

pts

…Pv-a.216. The spelling pubbanha MN.i.528 (cp. Trenckner, Notes 80).

  • -anta 1 the East Ja.i.98 (˚ato aparantaṃ aparantato…

pucchaka →

pts

adjective asking, questioning Dhs-a.2, Dhs-a.3 (pañha˚).

fr. pṛch

pucchati →

pts

  1. to ask, to question SN.i.207, SN.i.214; Vin.ii.207; Snp.995; Mnd.341 etc.
    pres 1st sg. pucchāmi Snp.83, Snp.241, Snp.682, Snp.1043, Snp.1049 Cnd.447: Pv.ii.1#12.
    ■ 1st</ …

pulaka →

pts

shrivelled grain Mil.232 (sukka-yava˚ of dried barley); Dhp-a.ii.154 (SS; T. reads mūlakaṃ which is explained by Bdhgh as “nitthusaṃ katvā ussedetvā gahita-yava-taṇḍula vuccanti” ibid). Here bel …

puñcikatā →

pts

is wrong reading at Dhs.1059 in taṇhā paraphrase (pattern 1 Nd ii.taṇhā) for mucchañcikatā. The readings of id. p. are puñcikatā Dh …

pāvaka →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) pure, bright, clear, shining Ja.v.419.
  2. (m.) the fire SN.i.69; AN.iv.97; Dhp.71, Dhp.140; Ja.iv.26; Ja.v.63 (= kaṇha-vattanin) Ja.vi.236 (= aggi C.); Pv.i.8#5; Vism.170 (= …

rasa →

pts

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 …

reṇu →

pts

  1. dust; pl. reṇū particles of dust
    ■ Vin.i.32 (˚hatā bhūmi); Vism.338 = Mnd.505 = Ja.i.117 (rāgo rajo na ca pana reṇu vuccati); Ja.iv.362 (okiṇṇā raja-reṇūhi; C. explains by “paṃsūhi”); Mil.274 …

rāga →

pts

  1. colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
  2. (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …

rūpa →

pts

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 …

salla →

pts

an arrow, dart MN.i.429 (˚ṃ āharati to remove the a); MN.ii.216; SN.iv.206; Ja.i.180 Ja.v.49; Snp.331, Snp.767; Mil.112; Vism.503 (visa˚ sting of poison; cp. Vb-a.104 sallaṃ viya vitujjati); often me …

salākā →

pts

  1. an arrow, a dart AN.iv.107 (T. has it as nt.).
  2. a small stick, peg, thin bar SN.iv.168; Dāvs iv.51.
  3. blade of a grass MN.i.79; Ja.i.439.
  4. ribs of a parasol Vin.iv.338; Snp-a.487; Mil.226.

samadhigaṇhāti →

pts

  1. to reach, to get, obtain; ger. samadhiggayha MN.i.506; MN.ii.25; SN.i.86; Iti.16.
  2. to exceed, surpass, to overcome, to master Ja.vi.261 (pañhaṃ samadhiggahetvā). Often confounded with *samatiga …

samatiggaṇhāti →

pts

to stretch over, rise above, to reach beyond Ja.iv.411 (ger. samatiggayha).

saṃ + ati + gṛh

sampaggaṇhāti →

pts

  1. to exert, strain Dhs-a.372.
  2. to show a liking for, to favour, befriend Ja.vi.294

pp sampaggahīta.

saṃ + pagganhāti

samuggahīta →

pts

seized, taken up Snp.352, Snp.785, Snp.801, Snp.837, Snp.907; Mnd.76, Mnd.100, Mnd.193.

pp. of samuggaṇhāti

samuggaṇhāti →

pts

to seize, grasp, embrace; ger. samuggahāya Snp.797; Mnd.105
pp samuggahīta.

saṃ + uggaṇhati

samunna →

pts

moistened, wet, immersed SN.iv.158; cp. the similar passage AN.ii.211 with ref. to taṇhā as a snare (pariyonaddha).

saṃ + unna

sanniggaṇhāti →

pts

to restrain SN.i.238.

saṃ + niggaṇhāti

sappa →

pts

snake MN.i.130; AN.iii.97, AN.iii.260 sq.; Snp.768; Ja.i.46, Ja.i.259, Ja.i.310, Ja.i.372; Ja.v.447 (kaṇha˚); Mnd.7; DN-a.i.197; Snp-a.13. Often in similes, e.g. Vism.161, Vism.587; Kp-a.144; Snp …

sappaṭibhāga →

pts

adjective

  1. resembling, like DN.ii.215; Ja.i.303; Pp.30 sq.; Mil.37.
  2. having as (equal) counterparts, evenly mixed with MN.i.320 (kaṇhasukka˚); Mil.379 (id.).

sa3 + paṭibhāga

sañjanana →

pts

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

saṃsīdati →

pts

  1. to sink down, to lose heart DN.i.248; AN.iii.89 = Pp.65; Thag.681; Ja.ii.330.
  2. to be at an end (said of a path, magga) Vin.iii.131; SN.i.1
    caus saṃsādeti: 1 to get tir …

saṃyojana →

pts

bond, fetter SN.iv.163 etc.; especially the fetters that bind man to the wheel of transmigration Vin.i.183; SN.i.23; SN.v.241, SN.v.251; AN.i.264 AN.iii.443; AN.iv.7 sq. (diṭṭhi˚); MN.i.483; Dhp.370; …

saṅgahaṇa →

pts

adjective firm, well-supported Ja.v.484.

fr. sangaṇhāti

saṅgahita →

pts

Saṅgahita & ˚gahīta

  1. comprised, included Mil.40 (eka˚); Pv-a.80.
  2. collected Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
  3. grouped Kv.335 sq.
  4. restrained Snp.388 (˚attabhāva); Snp-a.291 (˚atta).
  5. kindly disposed Vv.1 …

saṅgahīta →

pts

Saṅgahita & ˚gahīta

  1. comprised, included Mil.40 (eka˚); Pv-a.80.
  2. collected Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
  3. grouped Kv.335 sq.
  4. restrained Snp.388 (˚attabhāva); Snp-a.291 (˚atta).
  5. kindly disposed Vv.1 …

saṅgaṇha →

pts

adjective showing kindness, helping Vv-a.59 (˚sīla).

fr. saṃ + grah

saṅgaṇhāti →

pts

  1. to comprise Pv-a.80, Pv-a.117; Snp-a.200 (ger. ˚gahetvā), Snp-a.347 (˚gaṇhitvā).
  2. to collect Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
  3. to contain, include Mil.40.
  4. to compile, abridge Mhvs.37, Mhvs.244.
  5. to t …

saṅghāṭa →

pts

  1. a raft Ja.ii.20, Ja.ii.332 (nāvā˚), Ja.iii.362 (id.), Ja.ii.371. Mil.376. dāru˚; (= nāvā˚) Ja.v.194 Ja.v.195.
  2. junction, union Vv-a.233.
  3. collection, aggregate Ja.iv.15 (upāhana˚); Thag.519 …

saṅkitti →

pts

derivation & meaning very doubtful; Bdhgh’s expln at Pp-a 231 is not to be taken as reliable, viz. “sankittetvā katabhattesu hoti. dubbhikkha-samaye kira acela-kāsāvakā acelakānaṃ atthāy …

saṇha →

pts

adjective

  1. smooth, soft Vin.i.202; Vin.ii.151; Vv.50#18 (= mudu Vv-a.213); Vism.260 = Kp-a.59 saṇhena softly Thag.460.
  2. gentle, mild DN.ii.259; Snp.853; Ja.i.202, Ja.i.376; Mnd.234; Pv-a.56, …

saṇhaka →

pts

at Ja.iii.394 (of hair growing white “saṇhakasadisā”) according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.69 (coarse) hempen cloth (= sāṇavāka), as indicated by variant reading sāṇalāka. Thus a der. fr. saṇa = s …

saṇheti →

pts

to brush down, smooth (kese): only as cpd. ; at Vin.ii.107; Ja.iv.219.

Caus. fr. saṇha

sippa →

pts

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

sira →

pts

(nt. and m.) head, nom. siraṃ Thig.255, acc. siraṃ AN.i.141; siro Snp.768; sirasaṃ Ja.v.434; instr. sirasā Vin.i.4; DN.i.126; Snp.1027; loc. sirasmiṃ MN.i.32; sire DN-a.i.97; in compounds siro-AN.i. …

sita →

pts

Sita1

adjective sharp Dāvs i.32.

pp. of śā; Sk. śita

Sita2

  1. (lit.) stuck in or to: hadaya˚ salla Snp.938; Mnd.412.
  2. (fig.) reclining, resting, depending on, attached, cl …

su →

pts

Su1

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

sukka →

pts

Sukka1

planet, star Ud. 9 = Ne.150; (nt.) semen, sukkavisaṭṭhi emission of semen Vin.ii.38; Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv.30; Kv.163.

Vedic śukra; fr. śuc

Sukka2

adjective white, bri …

sunakha →

pts

dog AN.i.48; AN.ii.122; Thig.509; Ja.i.175, Ja.i.189; Ja.ii.128, Ja.ii.246; Pv-a.151, Pv-a.206
rukkha˚ some sort of animal Ja.vi.538. fem. sunakhī a bitch Ja.iv.400
■ Na …

sutta →

pts

Sutta1

asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring t …

sāhasa →

pts

violent, hasty Snp.329; (nt.) violence, arbitrary action, acts of violence Snp.943; Ja.vi.284; Mhvs.6, Mhvs.39; sāhasena arbitrarily AN.v.177 opp. ; ibid.; Dhp.257; Ja.vi.280. sāhasaṃ id. Ja.v …

sāyaṇha →

pts

evening DN.ii.9; Ja.i.144; -samayaṃ at evening time DN.ii.205; MN.i.147; Vin.i.21; sāyaṇhasamaye Ja.i.148, Ja.i.279; Pv-a.33, Pv-a.43 Pv-a.100; --kāle the same Ja.iv.120; sāyaṇhe (loc.) …

ta →

pts

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

tama →

pts

tamo darkness (syn. andhakāra, opp. joti), lit. as well as fig. (mental darkness = ignorance or state of doubt); one of the dark states of life & rebirth; adj. living in one of the d …

tasa →

pts

adjective

  1. trembling, frightened Ja.i.336 = Ja.i.344 (vakā, expl. at Ja.i.342 by tasita); perhaps the derived meaning of:
  2. moving, running (cp. to meaning 1 & 2 Gr.; τρέω to flee & to tremble), a …

tasati →

pts

Tasati1

to be thirsty fig. to crave for SN.ii.13; Mil.254
pp tasita1. Cp pari˚.

Sk. tṛṣyati = Gr. τέρσομοι to dry up, Lat. torreo (= E. torrid, toast), Goth. gapairsan & gapa …

tasiṇā →

pts

thirst; fig. craving (see taṇhā SN.v.54, SN.v.58; Cnd.479 (to be read for tasitā?); Dhp.342, Dhp.343.

Diaeretic form of taṇhā, cp. dosiṇā → juṇhā, kasiṇa → kṛtsṇa, etc.

taṇhā →

pts

(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 …

taṇhīyati →

pts

to have thirst for SN.ii.13 (for variant reading SS tuṇhīyati; BB. tasati); Vism.544 (+ upādiyati ghaṭ yati); cp. tasati & pp. tasita.

= taṇhāyati, denom. fr. taṇhā, cp. Sk. tṛṣyati to have thirst

tikkhattuṃ →

pts

adverb three times (cp. tayo II. C 2), esp. in phrase vanditvā t. padakkhiṇaṃ katvā “having performed the reverent parting salutation 3 times” Vv-a.173, Vv-a.219; t. sāvesi he announced it 3 times J …

tintiṇa →

pts

greed, desire; (adj.) greedy. Epithet of a pāpabhikkhu AN.v.149 (Com. tintiṇaṃ vuccati taṇhā, tāya samannāgato āsankābahulo vā); Vb.351 (tintiṇaṃ tintiṇāyanā, etc. = loluppaṃ). Tintinati & Tintinayati;

tuṅga →

pts

adjective nāsika* one with a prominent or long nose SN.ii.284 cp. saṇha-tunga-sadisī nāsikā Thig.258;

  • -vaṇṭaka having a long stalk; Name of a plant Ja.vi.537.

ucchindati →

pts

to break up, destroy, annihilate SN.v.432 (bhavataṇhaṃ), AN.iv.17 (fut. ucchecchāmi to be read with variant reading for T. ucchejjissāmi); Snp.2 (pret. udacchida), Snp.208 (ger. ucchijja); Ja.v.383; D …

ud →

pts

Ud-

prefix in verbal & nominal combn. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are combns. with ud˚, which in compn. appears modified according to the rules of as …

udaṇha →

pts

day-break, dawn, sunrise Ja.v.155.

ud + aṇha

uddiṭṭha →

pts

  1. pointed out, appointed, set out, put forth, proposed, put down, codified MN.i.480 (pañha); Snp.p.91 (id. = uddesa-matten’ eva vutta, na vibhangena Snp-a.422); Snp-a.372.
  2. appointed, dedicated …

uggaha →

pts

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 …

uggahaṇa →

pts

learning, taking up, studying Pv-a.3 (sipp˚). As uggaṇhana at Vism.277.

fr. uggaṇhāti

uggahetar →

pts

one who takes up, acquires or learns AN.iv.196.

n. ag. to ugganhāti, Caus. uggaheti

uggahita →

pts

taken up, taken, acquired Vin.i.212; Ja.iii.168 (˚sippa, adj.), Ja.iii.325; Ja.iv.220; Ja.vi.76; Vism.241. The metric form is uggahīta at Snp.795, Snp.833, Snp.1098 Mnd.175 = Cnd.152 (= gahita parām …

uggahāyati →

pts

to take hold of, to take up Snp.791 (= gaṇhāti Mnd.91)
ger uggahāya Snp.837.

poetic form of uggaheti (see uggaṇhati), but according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. representing Ved. udgṛbhāyati

uggaṇhāti →

pts

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 …

uggāhaka →

pts

adjective noun one who is eager to learn Ja.v.148 [cp. Mvu.iii.373 ogrāhaka in same context].

fr. ud + gṛh, see uggaṇhāti

uggāhamāna →

pts

ukkaṭṭha →

pts

adjective

  1. exalted, high, prominent, glorious, excellent, most freq. opp. to hīna in phrase hīna-m-ukkaṭṭha-majjhime Vin.iv.7; Ja.i.20 (verse 129), Ja.i.22 (verse 143); Ja.iii. …

ullaṅghita →

pts

being jumped on, set on C. on SN.i.40 (see K. S. i.318) (for uḍḍita = taṇhāya ullanghita).

pp. of ullangheti

upadhi →

pts

  1. putting down or under, foundation basis, ground, substratum (of rebirth) SN.i.117, SN.i.124 SN.i.134, SN.i.186; AN.ii.24 (˚sankhaya); AN.iii.382 (id.); AN.iv.150 (˚kkhaya); Iti.21, Iti.69; Snp.364, …

upadiṭṭha →

pts

pointed out, put forth, specified Mil.144 (pañha).

pp. of upadisati

upagaṇhanā →

pts

taking up, keeping up. meditating Mil.37.

abstr. of upa + gṛh

upagaṇhāti →

pts

to take up (for meditation) Mil.38.

upa + gaṇhāti

upādāna →

pts

nt.

  1. (lit.) that (material) substratum by means of which an active process is kept alive or going), fuel, supply, provision; adj. (-˚) supported by, drawing one’s existence from SN.i.69; SN.ii.85 …

ussada →

pts

this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …

ussāva →

pts

Ussāva1

hoarfrost, dew DN.ii.19; Ja.iv.120; Ja.v.417; -bindu a dew drop AN.iv.137; Pv.iv.1#5; Snp-a.458; in comparisons: Vism.231, Vism.633.

either = Sk. avaśyāya, or to ud + sru

utu →

pts

  1. (lit.)
    1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …

uḍḍita →

pts

ensnared (?), bound, tied up SN.i.40 (= taṇhāya ullanghita C.; translated “the world is all strung up”).

pp. of uḍḍeti2

vacī →

pts

˚- speech, words; rare by itself (and in this case re-established from compounds and poetical, as at Snp.472 (yassa vacī kharā; explained at Snp-a.409 by “vācā”), Snp.973 (cudito vacīhi = vācāhi Sn …

vana →

pts

Vana1

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

vanatha →

pts

underwood, brushwood, thicket. Does not occur in lit meaning, except in exegesis of Dhp.283 at Dhp-a.iii.424 q.v. under vana1. Another defn is given at Snp-a.24 “taṇhā pariyuṭṭ …

vara →

pts

Vara1

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

varatta →

pts

Varatta & Varattā

neuter & feminine a strap, thong, strip of leather SN.i.63; AN.ii.33; Snp.622; Dhp.398 (fig. for taṇhā); Ja.ii.153; Ja.v.45. As “harness” at Ja.i.175; as straps on a ship’s mast (to …

varattā →

pts

Varatta & Varattā

neuter & feminine a strap, thong, strip of leather SN.i.63; AN.ii.33; Snp.622; Dhp.398 (fig. for taṇhā); Ja.ii.153; Ja.v.45. As “harness” at Ja.i.175; as straps on a ship’s mast (to …

vasika →

pts

adjective (-˚) being in the power of, subject to, as in kodha˚; a victim of anger Ja.iii.135; taṇhā under the influence of craving Ja.iv.3 mātugāma˚; fond of women Ja.iii.277. …

vasu →

pts

wealth; only in compounds -deva the god of wealth, i.e. Kṛṣṇa (Kaṇha) Mil.191 (as ˚devā followers of K.); Ja.v.326 (here in T. as ādicco vāsudevo pabhankaro, explained in C. as vasudevo vasujotan …

vattani →

pts

Vattanī & ˚i

(f.) a track, a road Ja.i.196, Ja.i.395, Ja.i.429; Ja.iii.200
kaṇha˚; leaving a black trail, epithet of the fire Ja.iii.140.

cp. Sk. vartanī, fr. vṛt

vattanī →

pts

Vattanī & ˚i

(f.) a track, a road Ja.i.196, Ja.i.395, Ja.i.429; Ja.iii.200
kaṇha˚; leaving a black trail, epithet of the fire Ja.iii.140.

cp. Sk. vartanī, fr. vṛt

vatthu →

pts

Vatthu1

neuter lit. “ground,” hence

  1. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu2!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …

vaḍḍhaki →

pts

(& ) a carpenter builder, architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 181 sq.; Mrs. Rh. D Cambridge Hist. Ind. i.206
■ The word is specially characteristic of t …

vaḍḍhati →

pts

…to serve (acc.) SN.ii.109 (tanhaṃ) AN.ii.54 (kaṭasiṃ to serve the cemetery, i.e. to die again and again: see refs. under kaṭasi); Vism.111…

vedalla →

pts

Name of one of the 9 angas (see nava) or divisions of the Canon according to matter AN.ii.7, AN.ii.103, AN.ii.178; AN.iii.88, AN.iii.107, AN.iii.361 sq.; AN.iv.113; Vin.iii.8 Pp.43; …

vedanā →

pts

  1. (f.) feeling, sensation (see on term, e.g. Cpd. 14 Mrs. Rh D. B. Psy., ch. iv.) DN.i.45; DN.ii.58 (cp. Dial. ii.54), DN.ii.66, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.77, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.228, DN.iii.238 (˚upādā …

veviccha →

pts

“multifarious wants,” greediness, selfishness, avarice Snp.941 (= pañca macchariyāni Mnd.422, as at Cnd.614), Snp.1033 (where Ne.11 reads vivicchā); Pp.19, Pp.23; Dhs.1059 Dhs.1122; Cnd. s.v. taṇhā; D …

vi →

pts

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 …

vibhajja →

pts

adverb dividing, analysing, detailing; in detail (˚-) DN.iii.229 (˚vyākaraṇīya pañha “discriminating reply” translation); AN.ii.46 (˚vacana analysis)- -vāda the Vibhajja doctrine, i.e. the doctri …

vibhava →

pts

  1. power, wealth, prosperity DN-a.i.147; Ja.i.56; Ja.v.285; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.6; Dhp-a.i.6; Dhp-a.ii.9, Dhp-a.ii.84 Dhp-a.iv.7; Vv-a.5, Vv-a.302 (˚sampanna rich); Pv-a.122, Pv-a.130, Pv-a.176 Pv …

viggaha →

pts

  1. dispute, quarrel Ja.i.208 (ñātakānaṃ aññamaññaṃ viggaho); Mil.90 often combined with kalaha, e.g. Vin.ii.88; AN.iv.401 Mnd.302; Mil.383.
  2. taking up form (lit. seizing on), “in …

viggahita →

pts

taken hold of, seized; prejudiced against, seduced by (-), in phrase dhamm’ uddhacca- viggahita-mānasa AN.ii.157; Pts.ii.101. Cp BSk. vigrāhita, e.g. Avs.i.83 = Avs.i.308 (Ajātaśatru Devadatta˚ …

viggaṇhati →

pts

  1. to take hold of, to quarrel, to be in disharmony with; only in ger. viggayha disputing quarrelling, fighting Vin.ii.106 (read gg for g Bdhgh on p. 315: rubbing against each other); Ud.69; Snp.844, …

vinicchaya →

pts

  1. discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …

virodheti →

pts

to cause obstruction, to render hostile, to be in disharmony, to exasperate SN.iv.379 = AN.v.320 (which latter passage reads viggaṇhati instead); Sdhp.45, Sdhp.496
pp *[virod …

virāga →

pts

  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. …

visattikā →

pts

clinging to, adhering, attachment (to = loc.), sinful bent, lust, desire-It is almost invariably found as a syn. of taṇhā. P Commentators explain it with ref. either to *[visaṭa](/ …

visatā →

pts

Visaṭā & visatā

feminine “hanging on,” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Snp.715 (= taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs.1059 (translat …

visaṭā →

pts

Visaṭā & visatā

feminine “hanging on,” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Snp.715 (= taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs.1059 (translat …

vissajjanaka →

pts

adjective (-˚)

  1. giving out, bestowing Pv-a.121
  2. answering Ja.i.166 (pañha˚).

fr. vissajjana

vissajjetar →

pts

one who answers (a question) AN.i.103 (pañhaṃ). Cp. vissajjāpetar.

n. ag. fr. vissajjeti

vivaṭṭeti →

pts

to turn down or away (perhaps in dogmatic sense to turn away from saṃsāra), to divert destroy: only in phrase vivaṭṭayi saṃyojanaṃ (in standard setting with acchecchi taṇhaṃ), where the usual vari …

vyākaraṇa →

pts

  1. answer (pañha˚), explanation, exposition AN.i.197 AN.ii.46; AN.iii.119; Snp-a.63, Snp-a.99; Kp-a.75, Kp-a.76.
  2. grammar (as one of the 6 angas) Snp-a.447; Pv-a.97.
  3. prediction Ja.i.34, Ja. …

vācā →

pts

word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-˚) vaca speaking, of such a speech (e.g. duṭṭha˚ Pv.i.3#2, so to be read for dukkha˚)
■ DN.iii.69 sq., DN.iii.96 sq., DN.iii.171 sq. SN.iv.132 …

vāna →

pts

Vāna1

neuter sewing, stuffing (of a couch) DN-a.i.86; Dhp-a.i.234 (mañca˚).

fr. 2: see vāyati1

Vāna2

neuter lit. “jungle” (cp. …

vāyamati →

pts

to struggle, strive, endeavour; to exert oneself SN.iv.308; SN.v.398; AN.iv.462 sq. (chandaṃ janeti v. viriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti); Pv.iv.5#2 Vb.208 sq.; Pp.51; Vism.2; Dhp-a.iii.336; Dhp-a. …

vīta →

pts

Vīta1

adjective deprived of, free from, (being) without. In meaning and use cp. vigata˚. Very frequent as first part of a cpd., as e.g. the foll.:

  • -accika without a flame, i.e. glo …

yadi →

pts

indeclinable

  1. as conjunction: if; constructed either with pres. indic., as: Snp.189; “yadi bodhiṃ pattuṃ icchasi” Ja.i.24 (v. 167); “yadi dāyako dānaṃ deti… etaṃ bījaṃ hoti” Pv-a.8; or pot.; o …

yathā →

pts

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 …

yattaka →

pts

adjective however much, whatever, as many (in correlation with ta˚; or tattaka) Ja.v.74 (= yāvant); Vism.184 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti… tattakaṃ…), Vism.293 (yatta …

yoga →

pts

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

  1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
  2. conn …

yuga →

pts

  1. the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …

yāti →

pts

to go, go on to proceed, to go away
pres 1st yāmi Pv.ii.8#8 (= gacchāmi Pv-a.107), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.3; 2nd yāsi Ja.i.291 Mhvs.10, Mhvs.2 (kuhiṃ yāsi?); 3rd *[yāti] …

yāva →

pts

adverb

  1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

ācamā →

pts

absorption, resorption Mnd.429 (on Snp.945, which both in T. and in Snp-a reads ājava expld. by taṇhā in Nidd.). Note. Index to Snp-a (Pj iii.has ācāma.

fr. ā + cam

ādeti →

pts

to take, receive, get Snp.121 (= gaṇhāti Snp-a.179), Snp.954 (= upādiyati gaṇhāti Mnd.444); Cp.i.4#3; Ja.iii.103, Ja.iii.296; Ja.v.366 (= gaṇhāti C.; cp. ādiyati on Ja.v.367) Mil.336.

a + deti, bas …

ādiyati →

pts

Ādiyati1

to take up; take to oneself, seize on, grasp, appropriate, fig. take notice of, take to heart, heed
pres ādiyati AN.iii.46; Snp.119, Snp.156, Snp.633 Snp.78 …

ādāna →

pts

taking up, getting, grasping, seizing; fig. appropriating clinging to the world, seizing on (worldly objects).

  1. (lit.) taking (food), pasturing MN.iii.133; Ja.v.371 (& ˚esana)
  2. getting, acquiring …

ādāsa →

pts

mirror Vin.ii.107; DN.i.7, DN.i.11 (˚pañha mirror-questioning, cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi) SN.v.357 …

āhanati →

pts

to beat, strike, press against, touch ppr. āhananto Mil.21 (dhamma-bheriṃ); Dāvs iv.50. ger. āhacca touching MN.i.493; Ja.i.330; Ja.vi.2, Ja.vi.200; Snp.716 = uppīḷetva Snp-a.498; Vism.420
pp …

āhāra →

pts

feeding, support, food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enumn. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.

  1. kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …

ālaya →

pts

  1. orig. roosting place, perch i.e. abode settling place, house Ja.i.10 (geh˚); Mil.213; Dhp-a.ii.162 (an˚ = anoka), Dhp-a.ii.170 (= oka).
  2. “hanging on”, attachment, desire, clinging, lust SN.i.13 …

āpanna →

pts

  1. entered upon, fallen into, possessed of, having done Vin.i.164 (āpattiṃ ā.); Vin.iii.90; DN.i.4 (dayāpanna merciful); Cnd.32 (taṇhāya).
  2. unfortunate miserable Ja.i.19 (verse 124). Cp. pari˚. *Ap …

ārammaṇa →

pts

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

  1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

āyūhana →

pts

adjective noun

  1. endeavouring, striving, Pts.i.10 sq., Pts.i.32, Pts.i.52; Pts.ii.218; Vism.103, Vism.212, Vism.462, Vism.579 f. āyūhanī Dhs.1059 (“she who toils” trsl.) = Vb.361 Nd ii.taṇhā
  2. (h …

ṭhapeti →

pts

to place, set up, fix, arrange, establish; appoint to (c. loc.); to place aside, save, put by, leave out Vin.ii.32 (pavāraṇaṃ), Vin.ii.191 (ucce & nīce ṭhāne to place high or low), Vin.ii.276 (pavāraṇ …