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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
- surpasses; excels; masters.
- 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
- (from gaṇhāti)
- (mfn.) taken, seized, grasped in the mind, apprehended, learnt; mentioned, referred to, meant.
- (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
-
sg
-
takes, takes hold of, grasps; gets, obtains; receives, accepts.
-
catches, seizes, overpowers.
-
holds; contains.
-
takes, chooses; takes on, approves; holds an opinion or belief; holds t …
jāli →
ncped
-
(mfn.)
- having a net, ensnaring (esp. an epithet of taṇhā)
- marked with a network of lines?
-
(taṇhā) the ensnarer, desire.
jāli(n)2
masculine & neuter possessing flames.
jālin →
ncped
-
(mfn.)
- having a net, ensnaring (esp. an epithet of taṇhā)
- marked with a network of lines?
-
(taṇhā) the ensnarer, desire.
jāli(n)2
mfn. possessing flames.
kaṇha →
ncped
- (mfn.) black, dark; evil, wicked.
- (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
- questioning a girl (possessed by a deity).
- 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
- holds down, holds fast; holds back, restrains; humiliates.
- 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
- thirst, craving (for food or drink)
- (a general) craving; strong desire.
taṇhādutiya →
ncped
having craving as one’s companion.
taṇhāgata →
ncped
- under the influence of craving.
- 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
- 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
- (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:
- as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
- 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
- (adj.)
- of time: the first, foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds
- of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā)
- of qual …
aggi →
pts
fire.
- 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
- (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
- 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”.
- (prep. pref.)
- 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 aś 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
- 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, aś 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).
- Vin.i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapal …
aṅkusa →
pts
hook, a pole with a hook, used
- 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)
- to drive …
bala →
pts
Bala1
neuter
- 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
- bond, fetter Iti.56 (abandho Mārassa, not a victim of M.) Mnd.328 (taṇhā˚, diṭṭhi˚); Thag-a.241.
- one who binds or ties together, in assa˚; horsekeeper, groom Ja.ii.98; Ja.v.441, Ja …
bhamara →
pts
- 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)
- (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).
- (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
- understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
- having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …
bāhira →
pts
adjective
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- (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
- (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
- (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.
- 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)
- 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
- adj.
- 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.
- 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.
-
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.
-
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
- (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. -ī 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:
- lit. a fisherman Ja.ii.178
- 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
- As adj. n.un
- 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
- 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
- well, healthy, sound Vin.i.291.
- clever, able, dexterous Mil.48 Mil.87.
- ready, prepared Ja.ii.12, cp
■ citta. - fit proper, right SN.ii.13 (pañha)
…
kambu →
pts
- a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva… sobhate su gīvā Thig.262 (for kampurī’va); s compounds
- 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
- (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
- I …
kathana →
pts
- conversing, talking Ja.i.299; Ja.iii.459; Ja.vi.340.
- telling i.e. answering solving (a question) Ja.v.66 (pañha˚).
- preaching Dhp-a.i.7.
- reciting, narrating Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- *akatha …
kathā →
pts
- 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
- 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.
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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
- Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
- Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.
Buddhist commentators exp …
kāmin →
pts
adjective
- 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
- 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
- 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
- a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
- 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
- a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
- 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
- smearing, plastering, coating over Vin.iv.303 (bāhira˚); Ja.ii.25 (mattikā˚).
- (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 (-˚)
- 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).
- superst …
meṇḍaka →
pts
adjective
- made of ram(s) horn, said of a (very strong) bow Ja.ii.88 (˚dhanu); Ja.v.128 (˚singadhanu).
- 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.
- (adj.)
- (-˚) 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
- 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
- Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …
nibbana →
pts
adjective
- without forest, woodless Ja.ii.358.
- 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 + vā “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
- 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
- to hold back, restrain Dhp.326; Ja.iv.97; Mil.184; Vism.133
■ Opp paggaṇhāti. - 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
- 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
- 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.
- (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.
-
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
- (-˚) by name SN.ii.282 (Thera˚); Pv-a.67, Pv-a.96 (kaṇha˚).
- 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
- (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.
- (always in sg.) th …
okāsa FIXME double →
pts
Okāsa
- 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.
- (lit.) support, req …
padahati →
pts
- to strive, exert DN.iii.221 (cittaṃ paggaṇhāti p.); Pv-a.31 (yoniso p.).
- to confront take up, fight against, stand Ja.vi.508 (usīraṃ muñjapubbajaṃ urasā padahessāmi “I shall stand against the g …
paggaha →
pts
Paggaha & Paggāha
- exertion, energy.
- 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
- 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
- exertion, energy.
- 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
- 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
- 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.)
- to embrace, seize, take possession of, hold, take up MN.i.80 MN.i.137; Ja.iii.189; DN-a.i.45.
- to catch, grasp Dhp-a.i.68.
- to go all round Dhp-a.i.91 (sakala-jambu …
pariggaha →
pts
- wrapping round, enclosing Thag.419 (? cp. Brethren 217 n. 6).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- receiving, acceptance; one who receives, recipient Ja.i.146; Ja.ii.9; Ja.vi.474; Pv.iii.1#11
- friendly reception Ja.vi.526.
- receptacle (for water etc.) Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.213 (udaka˚).
- 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
- consideration, view Vb.325, Vb.328.
- desire Ja.v.403 (p. vuccati taṇhā).
- (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
- consideration, view Vb.325, Vb.328.
- desire Ja.v.403 (p. vuccati taṇhā).
- (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
- (adj.) throbbing, trembling, wavering Dhp.33 (phandanaṃ capalaṃ); Ja.vi.528 (˚māluvā trembling creeper) Dhp-a.i.50 (issa˚ throbbing with envy).
- (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
- 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
- (adj.) pure, bright, clear, shining Ja.v.419.
- (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
- 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
- colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
- (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …
rūpa →
pts
form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.
- 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
- an arrow, a dart AN.iv.107 (T. has it as nt.).
- a small stick, peg, thin bar SN.iv.168; Dāvs iv.51.
- blade of a grass MN.i.79; Ja.i.439.
- ribs of a parasol Vin.iv.338; Snp-a.487; Mil.226.
- …
samadhigaṇhāti →
pts
- to reach, to get, obtain; ger. samadhiggayha MN.i.506; MN.ii.25; SN.i.86; Iti.16.
- 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
- to exert, strain Dhs-a.372.
- 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
- resembling, like DN.ii.215; Ja.i.303; Pp.30 sq.; Mil.37.
- having as (equal) counterparts, evenly mixed with MN.i.320 (kaṇhasukka˚); Mil.379 (id.).
sa3 + paṭibhāga
sañjanana →
pts
producing; f. -ī progenetrix (identical with taṇhā) Dhs.1059; Dhs-a.363.
saṃsīdati →
pts
- to sink down, to lose heart DN.i.248; AN.iii.89 = Pp.65; Thag.681; Ja.ii.330.
- 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
- comprised, included Mil.40 (eka˚); Pv-a.80.
- collected Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
- grouped Kv.335 sq.
- restrained Snp.388 (˚attabhāva); Snp-a.291 (˚atta).
- kindly disposed Vv.1 …
saṅgahīta →
pts
Saṅgahita & ˚gahīta
- comprised, included Mil.40 (eka˚); Pv-a.80.
- collected Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
- grouped Kv.335 sq.
- restrained Snp.388 (˚attabhāva); Snp-a.291 (˚atta).
- kindly disposed Vv.1 …
saṅgaṇha →
pts
adjective showing kindness, helping Vv-a.59 (˚sīla).
fr. saṃ + grah
saṅgaṇhāti →
pts
- to comprise Pv-a.80, Pv-a.117; Snp-a.200 (ger. ˚gahetvā), Snp-a.347 (˚gaṇhitvā).
- to collect Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
- to contain, include Mil.40.
- to compile, abridge Mhvs.37, Mhvs.244.
- to t …
saṅghāṭa →
pts
- 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.
- junction, union Vv-a.233.
- 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
- smooth, soft Vin.i.202; Vin.ii.151; Vv.50#18 (= mudu Vv-a.213); Vism.260 = Kp-a.59 saṇhena softly Thag.460.
- 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. o˚; 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
- (lit.) stuck in or to: hadaya˚ salla Snp.938; Mnd.412.
- (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. a˚; 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
- trembling, frightened Ja.i.336 = Ja.i.344 (vakā, expl. at Ja.i.342 by tasita); perhaps the derived meaning of:
- 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
- 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.
- appointed, dedicated …
uggaha →
pts
adjective (-˚)
- taking up, acquiring, learning Vism.96 (ācariy˚), Vism.99 (˚paripucchā), Vism.277 (kananaṭṭhānassa).
- 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
see uggaṇhāti.
ukkaṭṭha →
pts
adjective
- 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
- 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.
- (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
- (lit.)
- (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
- (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
(& -ī) 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
- (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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (-˚)
- giving out, bestowing Pv-a.121
- 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
- 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.
- grammar (as one of the 6 angas) Snp-a.447; Pv-a.97.
- 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. vā2: 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
- 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
- yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
- conn …
yuga →
pts
- 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
- (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).
- (lit.) taking (food), pasturing MN.iii.133; Ja.v.371 (& ˚esana)
- 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.
- kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …
ālaya →
pts
- 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).
- “hanging on”, attachment, desire, clinging, lust SN.i.13 …
āpanna →
pts
- entered upon, fallen into, possessed of, having done Vin.i.164 (āpattiṃ ā.); Vin.iii.90; DN.i.4 (dayāpanna merciful); Cnd.32 (taṇhāya).
- unfortunate miserable Ja.i.19 (verse 124). Cp. pari˚. *Ap …
ārammaṇa →
pts
primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:
- 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
- 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
- (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 …