indeclinable the letter or sound (syllable) bh; figuring in Bdhgh’s exegesis of the N. Bhagavā as representing bhava, whereas ga stands for gamana, va for vanta Kp-a.109
■ …

…from “varatu bhavaṃ yam icchasi.”

cp. Vedic bhā & bhāḥ nt.

One of the Cloud-group of devas. They are embodied in the thunder clouds (cumulus clouds), and when they wish to revel and delight themselves, thunder clouds make their appearance in the sky. SN.iii.256

Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

A Therī. Two verses attributed to her are found in the Therigatha. Thig.33–34

A Therī. Two verses are attributed to her in the Therīgāthā. Thig.35 Thig.46

AbhiñjikaAbhijikaĀbhiñjika

A student of Anuruddha. On one occasion when the Buddha asks Mahā Kassapa to preach to the monks, the latter reports that it is impossible to talk to them because monks lik …

…faith. Snp.21–25

Aggikabhāradvāja²AggikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin of Rājagaha, a fire-tender. He prepares a meal for sacrifice,…

…of improvisation (paṭibhāna). SN.i.187 Here, again, the Buddha utters the praises of Hatthaka Āḷavaka, who visits him with a large…

…of the Bhāradvāja brothers. He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the…

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

One of the villages near Vesāli visited by the Buddha on his last tour D.ii.123. It was between Bhandagāma and Bhoganagara, on the road from Vesāli to Kusināra. This was evidently the road which led f …

AmbatitthaAmbatitthāAmbatiṭṭha

A village in the Cetiya country near Bhaddavatikā. When the Buddha was on tour near there he was repeatedly warned by the cowherds not to go to Ambatiṭṭha as in the Jaṭ …

AmbāṭakavanaAmbālavana

A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati. It became the residence of large numbers of monks, and discussions often took place there between Cittagahapati and the re …

A grove to the south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns wh …

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

A township in the Malla country to the east of Kapilavatthu. Large numbers of Sākiyan princes joined the Order there, including Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, …

First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …

A class of devas of the Rupaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna.

Beings are born there who are possessed of faith, virtue, learning, munificence and wisdom. MN.iii.102

A class of devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna.

Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless brilliancy, MN.iii.147 or who are possessed of faith, virtue, …

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

Assaji¹

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …

AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja

A brahmin, one of three brothers who had conversations with the Buddha and were converted. SN.i.163f.

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced…

AṅgulimālaAhiṃsakaGaggaMantāniputta

A robber and murderer who was converted by the Buddha in the twentieth year of his ministry, and who later became an arahant. MN86

As a result of his deeds whole …

A country north of the river Mahī, evidently a part of Aṅga on the other side of that river .

It was here, in the village Āpaṇa, that the Buddha was staying when the Jaṭila Keṇiya came to see him; he …

…Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa and Bhagu. The list occurs in several places. Vin.i.245 AN.iii.224 MN.ii.169…

…Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 as the ancient sages of the brahmins. They abstained from…

A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta who had seven widowed daughters and was much in debt. One day he lost fourteen oxen, and, after searching for them…

A Brahmā. When the Buddha was once staying at Ukkaṭṭha in the Subhagavana, he read the thoughts of Baka, who had conceived the idea that this world was permanent and free from decay and death; and the …

Bhadda¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who, the Buddha declared, had destroyed the five lower fetters and had been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda …

A market town near Kosambī. The Buddha went there and was warned by cowherds and others not to approach Ambatiṭṭha as a fierce Nāga dwelt there. Sāgata Thera, hearing this, went to Ambatiṭṭha and subd …

A group of thirty young men, converted by the Buddha.

They had gone picnicking with their wives in a forest glade between Bārāṇasi and Uruvelā. One of them had no wife, and for him they found a court …

Bhaddiya¹

An anāgāmī, one of seven persons who became arahants as soon as they were born in Avihā. SN.i.35 SN.i.60

Bhaddiya²Kāligodhāputta

Chief among monks of aristocratic …

Bhaddā¹

Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …

When the Buddha, at Jetavana, laid down the rule that monks should eat one meal a day and that in the morning, Bhaddāli protested and refused to keep this rule because he said that, in so eating, he w …

A headman of Uruvelakappa and father of Ciravāsi. SN.iv.327

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of going forth out of faith and attaining the Dhamma. Thig.9

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who, at his request, visited the Buddha. Snp.1008

He questioned the Buddha as to how a man could get over attachment and cross the flood. By grasping after not …

A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237

Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towar …

A clothed Wanderer who lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.

He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

The name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Suṃsumāragiri. The Bhagga country lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.

The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings AN.i …

Bhagu¹

A famous sage of old. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 DN.i.238 DN.i.243 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 AN.iv.61

Bhagu²

He was born in a Sākiyan family, and having left the world wit …

BhallikaBhalliyaBhalluka

Together with Tapussa they were the first lay disciples of the Buddha. They offered a meal shortly after the Buddha was Awakened, while still near Uruvelā. Vin.i.3f. AN.i.2 …

Bharata¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses call on Nandaka and himself to declare their spiritual prowess to the Buddha. Thag.175–176

Bharata²

King of the Sovīras in the time of …

A recluse, once a co-disciple of the Buddha in the holy life. Once, when the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu and wanted lodging for the night, Mahānāma suggested that he should go to the hermitage of Bha …

A seaport in the country of Bharu. It is identical with Barygaza of Ptolemy and the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea. Bharukaccha is the modern Broach in Kathiawar. The people of Bharukaccha are called B …

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.69

The word occurs in the compound Ukkalā-Vassa-Bhaññā, SN.iii.73 MN.iii.78 AN.ii.31 a group described as ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavāda, but who, nevertheless, agreed that the khandhas m …

A Vajjian village between Vesāli and Hatthigāma and near the former.

The Buddha visited it during his last tour, and while there he talked to the monks on four conditions, which lead to Nibbāna. DN.i …

BhaṇḍuBhaṇḍa

A colleague of Ānanda whom Kassapa reported to the Buddha at Veḷuvana for disputing with Abhiñjaka, colleague of Anuruddha. The Buddha sent for the disputants and rebuked them for their …

A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1 SN.iv.11 …

Evidently the name for a resident of the Bhoja country, modern Vidarbha.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.6f. the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.

…Bhāradvāja and Suddhika Bhāradvāja; Aggika Bhāradvāja joined the Order at Veḷuvana, Sundarika Bhāradvāja on the banks of the…

The name of two Pacceka Buddhas. MN.iii.69

BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and,…

…his conversion of the Tebhātika Jaṭilā. He stayed at the Supatiṭṭha cetiya in Latthivanuyyāna, whither Bimbisāra, accompanied by…

He lived at Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga country and built a palace called Kokanada. When the palace was completed, the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by Sañjikāp …

BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā

The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha Gotama, and he was a Khattiya of the Sakiyan clan. …

Bālakaloṇakāra BākalonakārāgamaBālakalonakārāma

A locality near Kosambī.

When the monks of Kosambī started quarrelling, the Buddha left them and went to Bālakalonakārāma, where he visited Bhagu and …

BārānasīBenares

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

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

Candana¹

A deva, vassal of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in case of need. DN.iii.204 He once visited …

King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.

Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …

The son of Bhadragaka. Bhadragaka visited the Buddha and told him that he was always anxiously waiting for news of Ciravāsī, who was away at school. SN.iv.329

A tree in the Asurabhavana SN.v.238 which lives for a whole aeon.

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

…that he converted Kasī-Bhāradvāja and Dhammasava and his father. On another of these occasions the Buddha saw the Magadhakhetta, which gave…

King of Kumbhavatī in Kaliṅga. MN.i.378

A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …

A pool near Kosambī. Close by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him. MN.i.513

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A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100

…and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his name and which converted him to the faith. Snp.p.12ff. SN.i.172ff.

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…disciple of Pārāsariya. Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

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A class of semi-divine beings who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 …

…after converting the Tebhātika-Jaṭilā (the three Kassapa ascetics), and here he lived with one thousand monks. On this occasion of his…

In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was a potter of Vehaliṅga, looking after his blind parents. He was a very pious and devoted follower of the Buddha, ministering to him better than anyone else, and the …

…for example, are: the Paṭibhānakūṭa, SN.v.448 the Sītavana, where the Buddha went to visit Soṇa, AN.iii.374 the river Sappinī, on the…

A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …

Gosiṅgasālavanadāya¹

A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …

…youths, Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja at Icchānaṅkala, who, finding it impossible to bring their discussion to a conclusion, sought the…

Inda¹

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

A town in the Kuru country. In the Kurudhamma Jataka J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; J.iv.361; J.v.457; J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanava …

A thera. He had a brother, also a monk, named Isibhatta. Having spent the rainy season in Sāvatthī, they went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people there gave them food and robes, bu …

…round Rājagaha—Vebhāra, Paṇḍava, Vepulla and Gijjhakūṭa—had changed their old names, Isigili retained its former name and…

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta. He goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer….

A grove near Bhaddiya. The Buddha, when once staying there, laid down a rule about the use of slippers by monks. Vin.i.189f. There the banker Meṇḍaka visited him and provided meals for him and the m …

A great brahmin, ranking with eminent brahmins such as Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkharasāti and Todeyya. Snp.p.115 He is mentioned as staying in Icchānaṅgala, MN.ii.196 where he evidently took part in the pe …

JīvakaJīvakakomārabhacca

A celebrated physician, and the Buddha’s doctor. The Vinaya contains many stories of his skill in healing. Vin.i.268–281 Once when the Buddha was ill, Jīvaka found it necessa …

…disciple of Pārāsariya. Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

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Kakkaṭa²

An eminent monk mentioned, with Cāla, Upacāla, Kaḷimbha, Nikata and Kaṭissaha, as staying with the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis started coming there to …

…of a brahmin of the Bhāradvāja-gotta, where a grass mat was spread for him by the brahmin. It was on this occasion, according to the…

A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …

Kassapagotta¹

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

A brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan, living at Ekanālā, in Dakkhiṇāgiri, and so called on account of his profession of agriculture. On the day of…

…were declared by the Buddha, in answer to a question by Ānanda, to have destroyed the five orambhāgiya fetters and to have become inheritors…

KaḷimbhaKalimma

One of the monks who lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī. Finding that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other mo …

KimbilaKimilaKimmila

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. He was converted with Bhaddiya and four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship wit …

Kosala¹

A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …

…Ānanda and Piṇḍola-Bhāradvāja preached to the women of Udena’s palace on two different occasions. Vin.ii.290f. The Buddha is…

One of the republican clans in the time of the Buddha. The Koḷiyā owned two chief settlements—one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a sp …

KoṇāgamanaKonāgamanaKanakamuniKanakāgamanaKaṇakāgamana

The second Buddha to be born in the Bhaddakappa. He was a brahman of the Kassapa clan who lived for 30,000 years. His enlightenment tree was an …

A village in the vicinity of Bhaddiyanagara. During his last tour the Buddha crossed the river at Pāṭaligāma, went on to Koṭigāma, and remained in that village preaching to the monks. Hearing that the …

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who l …

A class of spirits mentioned with Yakkhas, Asuras and Nāgas. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king. DN.ii.257 DN.iii.198

Slave of King Caṇḍapajjota. His father was non-human, and he himself could travel sixty leagues a day. When Pajjota discovered that Jīvaka had fled, after administering to him some medicine containin …

Kālāma¹

The name of a family. Mention is made of a town belonging to them in Kosala, which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famou …

…Buddha. MN.ii.168ff. In the Sutta the Buddha addresses Kāpathika as Bhāradvāja, perhaps because he belonged to that gotta.

…Kāsi was once ruled by the Bhāratas, one of whom, Dhataraṭṭha, was its king in the time of Reṇu. DN.ii.235f. There seem to have been…

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

LakuṇṭakaBhaddiya

He was given the title of Lakuntaka (Dwarf) owing to his very small stature.

The Udāna Ud.vii.1 Ud.vii.2 makes reference to the admonitions of Sāriputta and to the Buddha’s joy whe …

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that, thrusting aside grasses with his chest, he will seek seclusion. Thag.27

According to the Lomasakaṅgiya Bhaddekaratta Sutta, MN.iii.199f. Candana visited Lom …

MahākassapaKassapaPippali

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

Mahānāma¹

A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …

Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī

An eminent bhikkhunī and the step-mother of the Buddha. She raised the Buddha as her own child after the death of his mother.

She is chiefly remembered as the first bhik …

Chief queen of Mahāsudassana. DN.ii.169ff. Aii.189 SN.iii.145

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one should only stay in a dwelling that is conducive to the goal. Thag.105

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

MaṇimālikaMaṇimālaka

A shrine where the Buddha stayed and where he was visited by the Yakkha Maṇibhadda. SN.i.208

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The pupil of a “bamboo acrobat” of long ago. His master called to him one day and asked him to climb the bamboo and to stand on his shoulder. Then the master suggested that they should watch and look …

A very rich householder of Bhaddiyanagara in Aṅga. It is said Vin.i.240f. that when he went to his granaries after his ceremonial bath, as he stood at the door, showers of grain would fall from heav …

…AN.i.35 Their language is called Milakkhabhāsā.

The capital of the Videha country. The city was very ancient, and, according to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 was founded by Mahāgovinda, steward of King Reṇu.

It was also the capital of Makhādeva …

A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298

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A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …

…the fire hut of the brahmin Bhāradvājaggotta at Kammāsadamma and Māgaṇḍiya came to the hut. Seeing the grass mat on which the Buddha slept…

The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …

Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …

Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …

Navakammika Bhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when the Buddha was staying in a forest in Kosala, Navakammika, who was there seeing about…

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

Nigrodhārāma¹

A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of giving up desire and patiently awaiting one’s time. Thag.195–196

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nāḷandā, Pāṭaligāma, Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bha …

A monk, mentioned once as staying at the Ghositārāma in Kosambī, with Musila, Savittha, and Ānanda. In the course of discussion he declares that, though aware of the nature of nibbana, he is not an ar …

…given in the texts e.g., Annabhāra, Varadhara, etc., AN.ii.175 also Sāmaṇḍaka, SN.iv.26 and the Paribbājikā Sucimukhī. SN.iii.238f. In…

…devas included among the Ābhā gods. Beings are born among them as a result of absorbing the idea of untarnished brilliancy.MN.iii.102 MN.iii.147…

A class of devas belonging to the Subha Devas. MN.iii.102 Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhāna.

…devas included among the Ābhā gods. MN.iii.102

They belong to the plane of the second jhāna. Beings are born there by virtue of absorbing…

…Dīgha Nikāya DN.iii.201 speaks of it as a hall (sabhā).

5building

The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …

A cave near Kosambī. The wanderer Sandaka is said to have stayed there. Nearby was the Devakatasobbha. MN.i.513

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…arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubting monks,…

PokkharasātiPokkharasādi

A brahmin of great wealth and learning who lived in Ukkaṭṭha, on a royal demesne given by Pasenadi. Ambaṭṭha was the pupil of Pokkharasāti, who sent him to the Buddha at Icch …

A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of i …

A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …

PālileyyaPārileyyaPārileyyaka

A town near Kosambī. When the Buddha found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing th …

…mentioned in the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. He is said, by his pupil Uttara, to have taught that those who have developed their indriyas could…

…hundred thousand for his sabhā or Council Sp.i.52.

The city was known to the Greeks as Pālibothra, and Megasthenes, who spent some time there,…

The name given to a set of rules to be observed by members of the Buddhist Order. The rules regulate the behaviour of the members of the Order towards one another in respect of clothes, dwellings, fur …

A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited during his last journey, going there from Bhogagāma and stopping at Cunda’s mango grove.

Cunda lived in Pāvā and invited the Buddha to a meal, which prov …

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

Else …

Rakkhita ¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of having uprooted all defilements and become cool. Thag.79

Rakkhita²Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa

A forest tract near the village of Pāril …

Son and successor of King Disampati. On the death of his father Reṇu, with the advice and co operation of his chief steward Jotipāla, who was also his great friend, divided his kingdom into seven part …

RāhuRāhubhadda

An Asura chieftain. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.49f. says that on one occasion when he seized the Moon god, and on another the Sun god, both these invoked the aid of the Buddha. The Bud …

RāhulaRāhulabhadda

Only son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted Suddhodana’s invitation, Rāhula’s mother sent the boy to the …

RāhulamātāBimbāBhaddakaccāYasodharāBhaddakaccānāBimbāsundarīBimbādevīSubhaddakā

The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.

On the seventh day of the Buddh …

…the conversion of the Tebhātika Jatilas. Bimbisāra and his subjects gave the Buddha a great welcome, and the king entertained him and a large…

The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

…deliberate in the Sudhamma sabhā and Sakka consults with them rather than issues them commands. On such occasions, the Four Regent Devas are…

…there.AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 In these contexts he is said to have been in the company of Annabhāra and Varadhara, evidently themselves eminent…

One of the two chief disciples of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.i.155

Samiddhi

Once, while he was at Silāvati musing on his good fortune as a monk, Māra tried to terrify him. Samiddhi told the Buddha of this, but the Buddha asked him to stay on where he was. He obeyed, …

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

A disciple of the Buddha at Ñātikā. He was born after death in Akanitthābhavana, there to pass entirely away. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

SappasoṇḍikapabbhāraSappasoṇḍika

A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between…

A Paribbājaka who joined the Order and soon after left it. He then went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Ord …

Sarabhaṅga¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Sarabhaṅga²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of living in a hut of reeds he built himself. By practicing the straight road of the s …

…on the slope of Mount Vebhāra. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he gave to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to live for an eon,…

A class of Devas, among whom virtuous men, such as those that maintain their parents and engage in harmless trades, are born. Snp.404

Sañjaya¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that since going forth he has not had any hate. Thag.48

Sañjaya²

In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was …

A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147

SikhaḍḍīSikhaṇḍī

A Gandhabba, son of Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā was at first in love with him, but she was won later by Pañcasikha. DN.ii.268

…Aruṇa and his mother Pabhāvatī.

• His wife was Sabbakāmā and his son Atula.
• His Bodhi was a puṇḍarīka.
• The Bodhisatta was…

…in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasenadi, who…

A country mentioned in the Mahāgovinda Sutta. DN.ii.235

In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.

Eder, Gujarat?3region

…young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The…

Subhadda¹

When the Buddha died and the monks stood weeping, Subhadda asked them to rejoice instead, saying— “We are well rid of the Great Monk; we shall now do just as we like.” Mahā Kassa …

A wood in Ukkaṭṭha. Once, when the Buddha was there, he visited the Avihā gods DN.ii.50 and, again, from there he visited Baka Brahmā, to whom he preached the Brahmanimantanika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 …

SubhakinnāSubhakiṇṇāSubhakiṇhā

A class of Brahmas who occupy the ninth Rūpa-world; a division of the Subha devā.MN.iii.102 DN.ii.69 MN.i.2 Beings are born in that world as a result of developing the …

…group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a…

SuddhikabhāradvājaSuddhikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the…

Sumana¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of having accomplished all that he was aksed to do. Thag.330–334

Sumana²Cūḷasumana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of ordaini …

Sumbha¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Sumbha²

A country in which was Desaka, where Udāyi visited the Buddha during a stay, and had a conversation with him. SN.v.89 SN.v.168

…brahmin, one of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when he was performing Fire-rites on the banks of the Sundarikā, he looked round to see if there…

A river in Kosala, reputed to be efficacious in washing away sins. MN.i.39 There Sundarika Bhāradvāja held sacrifices in honour of Agni and met the Buddha during such a sacrifice. SN.i.167 Snp.p.79

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her, but she favoured Mātali’s son Sikhaṇḍī.

Later she hea …

SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri

A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.

During his visits there he preached the Anu …

Sāgata

He was the personal attendant of the Buddha at he time when Soṇa Kolvisa visited Bimbisāra, with overseers of the eighty thousand townships of Bimbisāra’s kingdom. Sāgata was endowed with supe …

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

…was the Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra, SN.i.210f. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iv.159 where Upasena was killed by a snake bite SN.iv.40 and Soṇa Koḷivisa…

A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha. The lake was cool, but the stream flowing from it, also called Tapodā, Vin.iii.108…

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They o …

A nun, one of four sisters who all joined the Order, the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.

Thulla-Nandā appears to have had charge of a large company of nuns, all of whom followed her …

…of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.

He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of Vāseṭṭha. Snp.p.115f. DN.i.235…

A mote-hall built by the Mallas of Pāvā. When it was finished they invited the Buddha to be its first occupant. The Buddha went with the monks and spent the night in the hall. It was on this occasion …

Ubhato-vibhaṅga

A collective term, comprehending the Bhikkhu-vibhaṅga and the Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga of the Vinaya Pītaka. Sometimes the word seems to be used as varia lectio for Ubhato-Vinaya. Vin.ii.287

…visited Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja to learn how young monastics curbed their passions, at which meeting Udena declared himself a follower of…

UdāyibhaddaUdāyibhaddaka

Son of Ajātasattu. When Ajātasattu, after the death of his father, paid his first visit to the Buddha and saw the Buddha seated amidst the monks in a scene of perfect calm an …

Udāyī¹LāludāyīPaṇḍita Udāyī

There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one is meant. When the Buddha preached the Nāgopama Sutta, AN.iii.344 …

UggahaMeṇḍakanattā

The grandson of the banker Meṇḍaka; he lived in Bhaddiya. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Jātiyāvana at Bhaddiya, Uggaha invited him and three monks to a meal at his house. …

A district identified with modern Orissa. The merchants Tapussa and Bhalluka were on the way from Ukkalā, when they visited the Buddha shortly after his Awakening, near Uruvelā, and offered food to hi …

A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in recognition of the former’s skill. It was thickly populated an …

Son of Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata. Thag.43 He is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.133 in a list of very eminent disciples, together with …

…of the Sappasondika-pabbhāra, fanned by the gentle breeze, mending his outer robe, two young snakes were sporting in the tendrils overhanging…

UpavattaUpavattana

The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …

Name of a Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.69

A township of the Mallas in the Malla country. Once when the Buddha was staying there, Bhadragaka, the headman of the town, visited him, and the Buddha preached to him a sermon on the arising and the …

…At Uruvelā dwelt also the Tebhātika-Jatilas: Uruvelā-Kassapa, Nadī-Kassapa and Gayā-Kassapa, who all became followers of the Buddha….

…of three brothers, the Tebhātika-Jatilas, living at Uruvelā. After initial resistance, all became the Buddha’s followers. He lived on the…

Usabha ¹

Going out one day from his cave after the rains, he saw the loveliness of the woods and mountains and reflected, “These trees and creepers, though unconscious, yet by the season’s …

…preached to him the Indriya-bhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

Perhaps it is this same student that is mentioned in the Pāyāsi Sutta. When…

A brahmin. He once visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him whether the five sense-faculties, which were of different scope and range, had any common ground of resort. The Buddha replies that the …

The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …

…Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of one who kills himself and others, and then address a certain Sujampati, saying that a brahmin has color on the inside. Thag.139–140

Mentioned with Bhañña in the compound Vassabhaññā, as dwellers of Ukkalā and as “denying cause, consequence and reality.” There were certain aspects of the Buddha’s teaching which even they would acce …

The Vaṃsas and their country. It lay to the south of Kosala, and its capital was Kosambī on the Yamunā. Udena, son of Parantapa, was its king in the time of the Buddha.

Avanti lay to the south of th …

…by the Buddha—e.g., the Subhāsita Sutta, Thag.1227–1230 a sutta on Nibbāna, Thag.1238–1245 and a sutta preached at the Pavāraṇā…

…Vin.ii.76 The river Tapodā rose in a lake at the foot of Vebhāra.

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VedisaVedisagiri

A city, the home of Devī, mother of Mahinda. He and Sanghamittā were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went there to visit his mother and stayed for one month in th …

VekaliṅgaVebhaliṅgaVehaliṅga

A township where lived Ghaṭīkāra, friend of Jotipāla. SN.i.34 SN.i.60

The township was in Kosala, and once, during his long stay in Kosala, the Buddha visited the ārāma …

Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen is called Subhaddā.

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

VirūḷhaVirūḷhaka

One of the Four Great Kings. He is the king of the south, and, in the assembly of the devas, sits facing north.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221 He is lord of the Kumbhaṇḍas. DN.iii.198

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha is spoken of as general.

VāsabhagāmakaVāsabhagāma

A village in Kāsī. It was once the residence of Kassapa Thera. Vin.i.312f.

Kāsī3town

VāsabhagāmīVāsabhagāmika

One of the four Western monks appointed to the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

The second queen of King Pasenadi. MN.ii.110

…brahmin who, with his friend Bhāradvāja, visited the Buddha and held discussions with him. These discussions are recorded in the Tevijja Sutta,…

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittābhā and the Appamāṇābhā. MN.iii.102

…lists of devas MN.i.289 they are given below the Appamāṇābhā and above the Subhā.

5heaven

One of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with ot …

tisztátalan, csúnya

lét, létesülés

gyakorlás, kiteljesítés, fejlesztés, kibontakoztatás

sóvárgás, mohóság

hasonmás-jel, kiegészítő jel

újralétesülés, újraszületés

létre-nem-jövés

cloud; a thundercloud.

mass of clouds; a thick cloud

false accusation; slander.

(or mfn.) (of) the size of a cloud

(or mfn.) (of) the size of a cloud

1. (mfn.) interior, internal; being within, included in, among; belonging to one ’s house, personal, intimate.
2. (n.)
   1. intermediate space, interval; the inside, interior.
   2. a measure of leng …

resting inside, in the heart

intimate; trusted.

being far within; inner, innermost; very intimate.

3. sg. concedes; agrees with (gen.) about (acc).

accepts with thanks; approves, praises; assents to.

(from abbhanumodati) one who approves; one who prasies.

(from abbhanumodati) one who approves; one who prasies.

like a cloud; high as the sky

massing together of clouds

excessive; very great.

disappears, comes to an end

towards home, towards setting.

disappears, comes to an end

1. (pass.) overstepped, transgressed; neglected; passed (by).
2. (act.)
   1. having elapsed; passed away.
   2. past; dead.

rubbing with oil, smearing, oiling, lubricating; unguent, oil.

anoints; smears; lubricates.

accuses (falsely); slanders; misrepresents.

2. sg.

coming, arrival; approach.

come; arrived (as a guest); an (uninvited) guest.

situated near a place of execution.

struck; afflicted (with); impeded.

the act of rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has been temporarily expelled; re-admittance.

eating; having eaten.

overcame (?).

sphere of mastering; area of control (one of six or eight stages in overcoming reactions to objects of the senses)

(from abhisambhavati) mastering.

reaches, attains; is able, capable (of); is adequate; masters; endures, bears.

(from abhisambhavati) mastering.

uttering; having spoken.

makes govern, lets control.

governed; controlled.

master of; governing; controlling.

the lower part; the lower part of the body, the anus

tending to go downwards (to lower existences)

1. fire; flames; conflagration.
2. cremation fire; a pyre (as or deal or suicide).
3. the ritual fire, the sacrificial fire; (one of) the three fires of brahmanical ritual; the god Aggi Bhagavā.
4. (m …

addressed.

(one) who abuses and insults.

associated to what is wrong, with evil or harm

having nothing to fear from anywhere, from any quarter. secure; where there is nothing to fear from any quarter.

(or n.) the not getting (something); the not receiving anything.

not wishing to slander.

nonexistence, annihilation.

eradicated; annihilated

eradicated; annihilated

eradicated; annihilated

(one) who does not abuse or insult

not subject to change

not subject to change

confining with an andu, shackling

multiplied; manifold

food carrier; a grass-seller(?)

grass sellers and fowlers

not open to criticism, not censurable

the removal (of the kaṭhina), ending (of the kaṭhina period and its special allowances) before the usual time

experiences, enjoys, suffers; partakes of, has a share in; attains, is equal to; is able; suffices

assenting, approval, supporting.

an additional share.

speaks after, repeats; continually speaks.

non-existent; is not perceived; is not ascertained.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

fear of interrogation

anārambha¹

masculine absence of undertaking; non-exertion

anārambha²

mfn. not involving killing or destruction.

(~ī)n. made clear or manifest in actions or by its results

interpreted by the Buddha as apa + gabbha, describing one who has destroyed the possibility of rebirth) timid, lacking boldness; ? of low birth?.

without a fetus, having miscarried

talking little

receiving little gain or profit

unscrupulous; dishonest; uncivilized

unscrupulous; dishonest; uncivilized

unbecoming, vulgar, low; uncivil; indecent, improper.

sickle and carrying pole or flail

supporting only oneself

bodily form, body; existence as an individual; living being

the becoming reborn as an individual; reincarnation; type of body or existence

having a body

having a body

fear of self-reproach

acquisition of a self; type of personal existence

supported by one’s own earnings

serves the interest, the purpose (of, gen.); benefits

becoming different; change, alteration

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

carrying his testicles

carrying his testicles

produced from an egg; a bird

radiance of the moon; moonshine.

the fourth part; a quarter.

the fourth part; a quarter.

meal of four food; a meal for four mendicants.

becomes stiff or rigid; is paralyzed (with fear); (but apparently understood also as shakes)

not making the sound bharabhara?

mental development or accomplishments.

mind that is an injurer; a treacherous mind?

(one) who distributes material for robes.

the distribution of material for robes.

kusa grass.

eating sediment or scrapings (from leather working)

water snake; a kind of lizard.

1. a water snake; a kind of lizard.
2. a kind of girdle or belt.

regular food; a guaranteed meal (for a particular person (?)

having a regular supply of meals.

injuring, hurting, deceiving.

injures; hurts (+acc., gen., or loc.); deceives betrays.

indeclinable with an opening on both sides.

of both kinds.

as well (?)

rare; difficult to obtain or find; scarce.

, compar. more difficult to obtain; very rare.

difficult to do, hard to attain; difficult to endure.

badly or wrongly spoken.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

food placed before the door.

supporting a wife.

(one) who accepts an invitation (to take alms).

eating only one meal a day; eating only before noon

developed in one part; practiced for one aspect

integration, unification; apartness, withdrawal.

made unified; brought to integration

becoming one; uniting, union; oneness.

certain to become like this

certain to become like this

1. womb of humans and animals.
2. the fetus.
3. an inner room or an apartment; (in a vihara) a separate room or cell.

(the art of) causing or aiding conception.

causing a miscarriage; a means of causing a miscarriage, esp. a concoction.

the womb.

coming into being of the fetus in the womb; conception.

conceives, becomes pregnant.

tied with a leash, on a leash.

an ass, a donkey.

domestic property or wealth.

appearing deep.

(connected with) joining together a group; acquiring a following.

property or goods held in common by the saṅgha.

pregnant.

greed and covetousness; greedy desire.

mountain cleft or cave.

eating cow dung.

one who feeds on excrement.

bag of dung.

member of the kings entourage; a vassal; dependent; wealthy.

this sort of existence; existence in this form; existence here.

this and another sort of existence; existence in this form or in that

the state of being a woman; femininity; birth, existence, as a woman

the division or classification of species or kinds.

fraction of a part, a very small part

providing excellent food

bag of chickpeas (?).

shaven-headed metalworker

appearing to have golden body; with a body like gold.

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

something manufactured (e.g. cloth or worked metal); something not in its natural state

story to tell; a story worth telling

with the skin like gold, golden skinned (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).

measure or measuring mark.

or neuter a measure or measuring mark.

having bran as one’s food, eating only bran

kaṭhina

neuter a framework (covered with a mat) to which the cloth for making robes was attached while being sewn; esp. kaṭhinaṃ attharati

1. spreads or covers the kaṭhina, i.e. makes a robe u …

removal of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina period (and of its special allowances)

one who distributes hard food or cakes

one who distributes hard food, cakes etc.

one who prefers further food

one who refuses further food

one who prefers further food

1. a prop, a support.
2. stiffness; paralysis.

who has made a support (of his arm); with arm(s) akimbo

propping; making stiff; paralyzing; (or obstructing, hindering (?))

props, supports; paralyzes, makes stiff (with fear); obstructs, hinders

shakes; agitates, disturbs

barber’s instruments

the burden of the khāri container, the khāri load.

the producing of some material gain (?)

female kumbhaṇḍa demon.

1. a jar, pitcher; a water pot.
2. an urn (for the bones of the dead).

giving a pitcher full of milk

the slave girl who fetches water, a scullery-maid; a prostitute

the slave girl who fetches water, a scullery-maid; a prostitute

giving a pitcher full of milk

potter

potter

potter’s pot

potter’s hearth or kiln

the pot-work, the potter’s work; (Dhaniya’s clay hot, see Vin iii 41)

or masculine stealing with (a light in) a pot; a kind of thief

a kind of drum

the player of the kumbhathūṇa drum, a musician; a drummer

a kind of drum

the player of the kumbhathūṇa drum, a musician; a drummer

or masculine stealing with (a light in) a pot; a kind of thief

who has testicles like or the size of a water-jar; the name of a kind of demon.

talk at the well or ford, gossip; scullery-maids’ or prostitutes’ gossip

the fear or danger of crocodiles.

associated with the good

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

produced by passing of time

1. existence in a kāmaloka; existence subject to sensual experience and desire.
2. (according to commentaries) sensual desire and existence

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

physical development or training

(nom. ~aṃ, ~o ; acc. ~aṃ ; instr. ~asā ; gen. ~assa ; abl. ~ā, ~asā, ~aso ; loc. ~asi, ~asmiṃ, ~amhi, ~e), the sky, the atmosphere.

(nom. ~aṃ, ~o ; acc. ~aṃ ; instr. ~asā ; gen. ~assa ; abl. ~ā, ~asā, ~aso ; loc. ~asi, ~asmiṃ, ~amhi, ~e), the sky, the atmosphere.

going in the sky.

restraint in a town; restriction in a town.

leader of men.

belonging to, conducing to, penetration.

whose service to the king had been recompensed or paid off; ?

bending, heading towards nibbāna.

constant food, food given always.

taking food (there) always.

(according to commentaries) offspring from a knot or joint.

nindāvyārosa-upārambhabhaya

mfn. fear of fault-finding, insult and criticism.

nindāvyārosana-upārambhabhaya

neuter

splendid when accomplished.

without killing; free from slaughter.

bull; a leader; the best or most excellent (of a group)

the being (like) a bull?

knocks down; treads down.

spits; spits out.

of niṭṭhubhati

of niṭṭhubhati

of niṭṭhubhati

celestial, being in the sky.

being apart; separation; difference, diversity.

kind of (oblong) inner room.

for whom food has been brought.

of dark-blue appearance or luster.

eating wild rice.

broken off.

broken (or bent) and crushed

variously broken of; (or variously bent down

tying on, fixing on.

(a wife) married when the cumbaṭa coiled pad has been taken off.

obhāsa¹

masculine light, luster, radiance; appearance, manifestation.

obhāsa²

masculine intimation.

suggestive or lewd speech.

speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

obhāsati¹

pr. 3 sg. speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

obhāsati²

pr. 3 sg. shines forth, is bright;…

making bright, illumining

making bright, illumining

speaks to suggestively or lewdly or offensively; insults

having made radiant; having illumined

illumination, brightness

appearing white; having a white appearance

whose burden has been put down or removed.

leaned on to; held on to.

open to criticism, censurable.

connected with this side of existence, with the lower spheres of existence.

connected with this side of existence, with the lower spheres of existence; binding to lower states

spits (on).

the pair, both of them.

tools etc. for weaving.

thambha¹

masculine

thambha²

masculine

1. a pillar, a post; a column; a baluster.
2. hardness, rigidity; arrogance.

, ~ā, masculine plural the three spheres or existence.

third part.

concealment; disappearance.

(one) who eats grass.

one who stops and waits (for a donor when begging)

a_ is silent.

indeclinable silently; (without verb) (there is) silence; esp. tuṇhī bhavati, is silent.

silence; not speaking.

the lord of the stars; the moon.

cotton-like.

ubbega-uttāsabhayāpanūdana

mfn. driving away alarm and fear

above the kneecap; what is above the kneecap

above the kneecap

allowing contact above the kneecap

what is above the collarbone

facing upwards; turned upwards, upstream

lifted up; taken out; removed.

upwards; in height; above.

loaded, burdened.

standing upright

removal, taking away (of the kaṭhina); ending (of the kaṭhina period and its special allowances).

both ends, both extremes

in both ways, in both respects; on both sides (of, acc.)

smooth on both sides

on both sides, in both respects

with a handle at both ends

double edged, two edged

double edged, two pronged

carrying pole with a load at each end

having a red cushion at each end

with an opening or spout on both sides; with a mouth or face on both sides; facing two ways

in both ways, in two ways

both sides

both saṅghas

garland with a stalk on both sides

having the sexual characteristics of both sexes; hermaphrodite

having the sexual characteristics of both sexes; hermaphrodite

ubhaya-m-antare

ind. between the two; within the two

ubhaya-m-antarena

ind. between the two; within the two

1. (mfn.) pl.: both; sg.: of both kinds; two fold.
2. (n.) both (things); the pair; two things.

blind in both eyes

between the two

as to both; on both sides

in both places; in both respects.

also, as well (usually following ca)

both parts, both sides

developed in both parts; practiced for both aspects or objects; (ubhayaṃsa)

on both sides; in both ways

water jar.

water jar.

food specially prepared for a specific number of persons

connected with the upper world; upper

inflated; swollen, bloated; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

swollen; bloated, esp. of a corpse; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

eats

throws (something, acc.) to (acc.)

throws (something, acc.) to (acc.)

is found, exists; is perceived; is ascertained

is found, exists; is perceived; is ascertained; (upalabbhati)

is found, exists; is perceived; is ascertained; (upalabbhati)

tending to go up, leading towards

looks beautiful or splendid; shines, is brilliant.

making beautiful, adorning.

throws to.

reproof, criticism, faultfinding; argumentative challenge.

critical, finding fault, captious

criticizes, finds fault; challenges, confutes.

useful for argumentative challenge, thinking it useful for argumentative challenge

ram.

bull; a leader, the best or most excellent (of a group).

whose meal is late in the day

additional food; accompaniment to a meal, condiment

appearing shallow; appearing plain

associated, connected with, knowledge.

ornament; decoration.

shining, radiant; (m.pl.) (the name of a class of gods inhabiting one of the rūpabrahmalokas.

brought, carried; handed down, transmitted

brought, carried; handed down, transmitted

ābhā¹

feminine splendor, radiance, light; resemblance, appearance.

ābhā²

masculine f. plural radiant, (the name of) a…

shines; irradiates, illumines

teacher’s wife; a female teacher

drinking the water in which rice has been boiled; whose food is rice-gruel.

danger to one’s livelihood; fear concerning livelihood

danger to one’s livelihood; fear concerning livelihood

the origin of the state of nothingness.

wearing garlands and ornaments.

majesty, splendor; authority; power, efficacy; magic or supernatural power; instr. ~ena often expresses: by means of, owing to.

undertaking; making a starting point of; taking as subject-matter; with reference to; concerning (+ ace. or gen.)

takes hold of; begins, undertakes, embarks upon; starts, initiates

ārabhati¹

pr. 3 sg. takes hold of; begins, undertakes, embarks upon; starts, initiates

ārabhati²

pr. 3 sg. kills, slaughters; sacrifices.

wrongly directed exertion or action.

takes hold of; begins, undertakes, embarks upon; starts, initiates

(~ī)n. coming from or produced from a bull; bull-like; belonging to a leader; lordly.

1. ‘inflowing’, influence (the concerns, attitudes, predispositions, listed as kāma, bhava, avijjā, and sometimes, ditthi, which form an obstacle to the realization of the truth.
2. affliction, pain ( …

lets fall, drops; throws down

separateness, distinction; schism

the becoming visible; being made clear, evident; manifestation

paralysis of the thighs (through fear)

paralysis of the thighs (through fear)

conducive to, connected with, continuance.

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

Abhibhāyatana: the 8 ‘stages of mastery’, are powers to be obtained by means of the kasina-exercises see: kasina. In the Com. to M. 77, where…

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.

Abhinibbatti: a Sutta term for rebirth; see: punabbhava

Agati: the 4 ’wrong Paths ’ are: the path of desire chanda, the path of hate, the path of confusion, the path of fear bhaya. One who is freed from these evil impulses is no longer liable to ta …

Akusala: Disadvantageous, are all those kammic intentions kamma - cetanā see: cetanā and all consciousness and mental properties associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed …

Akusala-sādhārana-cetasika: Universal, general or primary disadvantageous mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: L …

Alobha: G reedlessness is one of the 3 kammically advantageous roots mūla.

[[analytical doctrine]]Analytical doctrine: vibhajja-vāda

Anusaya: The 7 ‘latent tendencies’, hidden inclinations, or latent liabilities are:

1: The latent tendency to sense-greed kāma-rāga samyojana,
2: The latent tendency to aversion *patigh …

Appamāna-ceto-vimutti: Infinite mental release see: ceto-vimutti

Appamāna-subha: a kind of divine being: see: deva II.

Appamānābha: a kind of divine being; see: deva II.

…one ubhato-bhāga-vimutta.

5: He who is filled with understanding and, in considering the constructions as…

Arūpa-bhava: Formless becoming see: Becoming bhava, and worlds loka.

…- kammatthāna; see. bhāvanā. In the Girimananda Sutta A. X., 50, however, the perception of impurity asubha - saññā refers to…

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 …

Aññā: ‘highest knowledge’, gnosis, refers to the perfect knowledge of the Arahat Saint; see: ariya-puggala. The following passage occurs frequently in the Suttas, when a Bhikkhu indicates his a …

Beautiful: sobhana.

Beauty: deliverance through the perception of: cf. vimokkha II. 3 To hold for beautiful or pure subha what is impure asubha, is one of the 4 perversions see: vipallāsa.

Being: living: satta, further see: puggala. - Belief in eternal personality: bhava-ditthi see: ditthi, sassata-ditthi.

Bhangānupassanā-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in contemplation of dissolution’ of all forms of existence, is one kind of insight: see: visuddhi VI, 2.

Bhava-ditthi: ‘belief in being’ eternal personality; see: sassataditthi, ditthi

Bhava: ‘becoming’, ‘process of existence’, consists of 3 planes: sense-existence kāma-bhava, fine-material existence rūpa-bhava, immaterial existence arūpa-bhava. Cf. loka.

The whole …

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

Bhavanga-santāna: ‘continuity of subconsciousness’; see: santāna

Bhavanga-sota: and Bhavanga-citta: The first term may tentatively be rendered as the ‘undercurrent forming the condition of being, or existence’, and the second as ‘subconsciousness’, though …

Bhavāsava: ‘fermentation of existence’; see: āsava

Bhayatupatthāna-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in the awareness of terror’, is one of those kinds of insight-knowledge that form the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ se …

Bhāva: feminine and masculine ‘nature’, refers to the sexual characteristics of the body, and belongs to the group of materiality see:…

Bhāvanā-bala: see: patisankhāna-bala

Bhāvanā-maya-paññā: understanding based on mental development’; see: paññā

…of tranquillity samatha-bhāvanā, i.e. concentration samādhi, and development of insight vipassanā - bhāvanā, i.e. understanding…

[[birth process]]Birth process: upapatti-bhava: see: bhava. Further see: patisandhi, jāti

Bodhipakkhiya-dhammā: The 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’, or ‘requisites of enlightenment’ comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

[[both-ways liberated]]Both-ways liberated: see: ubhato-bhāga-vimutta ariyapuggala B. 4.

…brahma - vihāra - bhāvanā bhāvanā often met with in the Suttas,- is as follows: ’There, o Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu with a mind full…

…inclinations A. IV, 31.

bhāva - cakka ‘wheel of existence’, or of life, is a name for ‘dependent origination’ see:…

Catu-vokāra-bhava: ‘four-group existence’, is the existence in the immaterial world arūpa - loka see: loka since only the four mental groups feeling, perception, mental constructions, co …

Citta-kkhana: ‘consciousness-moment’, is the time occupied by one single stage in the perceptual process or cognitive series cittavīthi see: viññāna-kicca This moment again is subdivided in …

Eka-vokāra-bhava: one-group existence, is the existence of the unconscious beings asañña-satta as they possess only the materiality-group. Cf. catu-vokāra-bhava pañca-vokāra-bhava.

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 …

Femininity: s bhāva indriya

fetters = Mental chains: The 10 f. binding to existence; see: samyojana

[[five-group existence]]Five-group existence: pañca-vokāra-bhava

[[four-group existence]]Four-group existence: catu-vokāra-bhava

Greed: lobha

…three stages are: thiti-bhāgiya-sīla etc. morality, etc. connected with a standstill; visesa - bhāgiya sīla etc.: morality, etc….

[[impurity of the body]]Impurity of the body: contemplation of the: see: asubha, sīvathikā.

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

Itthindriya: ‘femininity’; see: bhāva

Javana: fr. javati to impel: ‘impulsion’, is the phase of full cognition in the cognitive series, or perceptual process citta-vīthi see. viññāna-kicca occurring at its climax, if the respe …

…- kammatthāna see. bhāvanā Often also the 4 immaterial spheres arūpāyatana are called absorptions of the immaterial sphere…

Jāti: ‘birth’, comprises the entire embryonic process beginning with conception and ending with parturition.

The birth of beings belonging to this or that order of beings, their being born, their …

Paccavekkhana-ñāna: ‘retrospective knowledge’, refers to the recollected mental image obtained in concentration, or to any inner experience just passed, as for instance, any absorption jhāna, o …

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

…- padhāna 3 to develop bhāvanā - padhāna 4 to maintain anurakkhana - padhāna i.e. 1 the effort to avoid disadvantageous akusala…

Pahāna: ‘overcoming’, abandoning. There are 5 kinds of overcoming: 1 overcoming by repression vikkhambhana-pahāna i.e. the temporary suspension of the 5 hindrances nīvarana during the absorpt …

Parittābha: and paritta-subha: are 2 classes of divine beings of the fine-material sphere; see: deva II.

Patibhāga-nimitta: s. nimitta, kasina, samādhi.

Patibhāna-patisambhidā: the ‘analytical knowledge of ready wit’: see: patisambhidā

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 …

…of the fourth term patibhāna Bhikkhu ñānamoli proposes: perspicuity in expression and knowledge.

1. The analytical knowledge of…

Patisandhi: lit. ‘reunion, relinking’, i.e. rebirth, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. It is a kamma-resultant type of consciousness and arises at the moment of concep …

…and Bhāvanā-bala: ‘power of reflection’, and ‘power of mental development’. About these 2 powers it is said in A. II,…

…Cf eka-vokāra-bhava and catu - pañca - vokāra - bhāva further see: avacara - App.: vokāra.

…based on mental development bhāvanā - mayā - paññā D. 33.

‘Based on thinking’ is that knowledge which one has accquired through…

…see: iddhi - For morality combined with penetration nibbedha see: hāna-bhāgiya-sīla etc. - For penetration pariya of the…

Pleasantness: idea of: see: vipallāsa, subhanimitta.

…morality, etc., see: hānabhāgiya etc. - Purification by knowledge and vision of path -progress, see: visuddhi VI. - p.: of the…

Punabbhava: lit.: re-becoming; ‘renewed existence’, is a sutta term for ‘rebirth’, which, in later literature mostly is called patisandhi The attainment of Sainthood arahatta implying the end …

Purisindriya: ‘Virility’; see: bhāva khandha

…development meditation; bhāvanā - maya - p. See D. 33; It. 60; expl. in A. VIII, 36.

Commentaries have a list of ten dasa p which…

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 …

…the firmly fixed nature bhāva of all things whatever. The only passage in the Canon where the word occurs in this sense, is found in Kath….

…Thiti-bhāgiya-samādhi, Thiti-bhāgiya-paññā:** ‘static morality, static concentration, static understanding’; see:…

Tranquillity: of mind: see: samatha, samatha - vipassanā, bhāvanā, bojjhanga - ‘One who has taken t. as his vehicle’: samathayānika

Ābhassara: The ‘Radiant Ones’, are a class of divine beings of the fine-material world rūpa-loka, cf. deva

Āsava: lit: fermentations, taints, corruptions, intoxicant biases. There is a list of four as in D. 16, Pts.M., Vibh.:
1: The mental fermentation of sense-desire kāmāsava, Ex: ’All is pleasan …

Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions sankhāra (see: *paticc …

A-¹

the prep. ā shortened before double cons., as akkosati (ā + kruś), akkhāti (ā + khyā), abbahati (ā + bṛh)

Best to be classed here is the a- we call expletive. …

…variant reading abbhā˚); Dhp-a.ii.249 (asiṃ).
ger abbāhitvā (= ˚hetvā) Vin.ii.201 (bhisa-muḷālaṃ) with variant reading…

noun adjective

1. (nt.) that which is not “vata” i.e. moral obligation, breaking of the moral obligation Snp.839 (asīlata +); Mnd.188 (variant reading SS abhabbata; expl^d. again as a-vat …

…perhaps also in abbhāmatta.

• -kūṭa the point or summit of a storm-cloud Thag.1064;…

covered (with) Thag.1068.

pp. of abhi + ā + chādeti

accusation, slander, calumny DN.iii.248, DN.iii.250; MN.i.130; MN.iii.207; AN.iii.290 sq. Dhp.139 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.70).

fr. abbhakkhāti

…= AN.i.161 (an-abbhakkhātu-kāma); AN.iv.182 (id.); Ja.iv.377. Cp. Intens. abbhācikkhati.

abhi + ā + khyā,…

adjective = antara, i.e. internal, inner, being within or between; nt. -ṃ the inner part, interior, interval (see [as ˚-](/define/as ˚-)) Vin.i.111 (satt˚ with interval of seven); AN.iv.16 (opp. …

adjective noun intimate friend, confidant, “chum” Ja.i.86 (+ ativissāsika), Ja.i.337 (“insider”, opp. bāhiraka).

fr. abbhantara, cp. Sk. abhyantara in same meaning

adjective internal, inner (opp. bāhirima) Vin.iii.149; Ja.v.38.

superl. formation fr. abbhantara in contrasting function

(& ˚ā f.) being pleased, satisfaction, thanksgiving DN-a.i.227 Vv-a.52 (˚ānu˚); Sdhp.218

fr. abbhanumodati

to be much pleased at to show great appreciation of Vin.i.196; DN.i.143, DN.i.190; SN.iv.224; Mil.29, Mil.210; Dhp-a.iv.102 (variant reading ˚ānu˚).

abhi + anu + modati

adjective brought (to), procured, got, Ja.vi.291.

ā + bhata + ika, bhṛ.

one who has thoroughly, left behind Ja.v.376.

pp. of abhi + ati + kram, cp. atikkanta

Err:501

“going towards setting”, disappearance, death Ja.v.469.

abstr. fr. abbhatta

emphatic of atīta in all meanings, viz.

1. passed, gone by SN.ii.183 (+ atikkanta); nt. -ṃ what is gone or over the past Ja.iii.169.
2. passed away, dead MN.i.465; SN.iv.398; Thag.242, Thag.1035. …

anointing, lubricating, oiling; unction, unguent Vin.i.205; Vin.iii.79; Mil.367 (akkhassa a.); Vism.264; Vv-a.295.

fr. abbhañjati

to anoint; to oil, to lubricate MN.i.343 (sappi-telena); SN.iv.177; Pp.56; Dhp-a.iii.311; Vv-a.68 (sata-pāka-telena). Caus. abbhañjeti same Ja.i.438 (telena ˚etvā); Ja.v.376 (sata-pāka-telena …

… pp abbhita (q.v.). See also abbhāna.

abhi + ā + i

in naṭānaṃ a. “turnings of dancers” DN-a.i.84 in explⁿ of sobha-nagarakaṃ of DN.i.6.

fr. abbhokirati

spelling at Dhp-a.iv.8 for abbhākuṭika.

…most likely = Vedic abhva and P. abbhuṃ, see also abbhāmatta

(nt
■ adj.) going out over, rising over (c. acc.) Pv-a.65 (candaṃ nabhaṃ abbhuggamanaṃ; so read for T. abbhuggamānaṃ).

fr. abbhuggacchati

Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati

to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 = Iti.20
■ See also SN.i.65; SN.v.44; AN.i.242 (same simile) …

Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati

to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 = Iti.20
■ See also SN.i.65; SN.v.44; AN.i.242 (same simile) …

…(abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi = acchariyaṃ Thag-a.233); Vv.44#9 (˚dassaneyya); Sdhp.345, Sdhp.496. 2. (nt.) the wonderful, a wonder,…

(interj.) alas, terrible, dreadful, awful (excl. of fright & shock) Vin.ii.115 (Bdhgh. explains as “utrāsa-vacanam-etaṃ”); MN.i.448. See also abbhu & abbhuta.

Vedic abhvaṃ, nt. of abhva, see expl …

standing up, held up, erect Ja.v.156 (in abbhuṇṇatatā state of being erect. stiffness), Ja.v.197 (˚unnata; variant reading abbhantara, is reading correct?).

pp. of abbhunnamati

to accuse, slander, calumniate DN.i.161; DN.iii.248, DN.iii.250; MN.i.130, MN.i.368, MN.i.482 MN.iii.207; AN.i.161.

Intens. of abbhākkhāti

coming arrival, approach Vin.iv.221.

abhi + ā + gamana; cp. Sk. abhyāgama

having arrived or come; (m.) a guest, stranger Vv.1#5 (= abhi-āgata, āgantuka Vv-a.24).

abhi + ā + gata

slaughtering-place Vin.iii.151 (+ āghāta).

abhi + āghāta

in udaka˚; the pulling up or drawing up of water Vin.ii.318 (Bdhgh on Cullavagga v.16, 2, corresponding to udaka-vāhana on p. 122).

either = abbāhana or āvāhana

struck, attacked, afflicted SN.i.40 (maccunā); Thag.448; Snp.581; Ja.vi.26 Ja.vi.440; Vism.31, Vism.232; DN-a.i.140, DN-a.i.147; Dhp-a.iv.25.

abhi + ā + hata, pp. of han

…(but here spelt bhākuṭikabhākuṭika); DN.i.116, cp. DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.iv.8 (as variant reading T. has abbhokuṭika).

a + bhākuṭi +…

…(variant reading abbha˚ & abbhāmutta) = Ja.iii.309 (variant reading ˚mutta).

abbhā + matta (?) according to the Pāli Com.; but more likely =…

coming back, rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has undergone a penance for an expiable offence Vin.i.49 (˚âraha), Vin.i.53 (id.), Vin.i.143 Vin.i.327; Vin.ii.33, Vin.ii.40, Vin.ii.162; AN.i.99
■ Cp. * …

…variant reading abbhā˚); Dhp-a.ii.249 (asiṃ).
ger abbāhitvā (= ˚hetvā) Vin.ii.201 (bhisa-muḷālaṃ) with variant reading…

…nibbāpana). See also; abbuḷhana and abbhāhana.

abstr. fr. abbahati

adjective impossible, not likely, unable DN.iii.13 sq., DN.iii.19 DN.iii.26 sq., DN.iii.133; Iti.106, Iti.117; Snp.231 (see Kp-a.189); Dhp.32; Ja.i.116; Pp.13.

• -ṭṭhāna a (moral) impossibility o …

an impossibility, unlikelihood Snp.232, cp. Kp-a.191.

abstr. fr. abhabba

adjective free from fear or danger, fearless, safe Dhp.258
■ nt. abhayaṃ confidence, safety Dhp.317 cp. Dhp-a.iii.491. For further ref^s. see bhaya.

a + bhaya

Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

to eat (of animals) Vin.ii.201 (bhinko pankaṃ a.).

abhi + bhakkhayati

defeat, humiliation Snp-a.436.

fr. abhibhavati

overcoming, vanquishing, mastering SN.ii.210 (variant reading BB abhipatthana).

fr. abhibhavati

as an˚; invincibility Pv-a.117.

abstr. fr. abhibhavanīya, grd. of abhibhavati

to overcome, master, be lord over, vanquish, conquer SN.i.18, SN.i.32, SN.i.121 (maraṇaṃ); SN.iv.71 (rāgadose), SN.i.117 (kodhaṃ), SN.i.246, SN.i.249 (sāmikaṃ); Ja.i.56 Ja.i.280; Pv-a.94 (= balīyati, …

enlightenment or delight (“light & delight” trsl.) Thag.613 (= tosana C.).

abhi + bhāsana fr. bhās

position of a master or lord, station of mastery. The traditional account of these gives 8 stations or stages of mastery over the senses (see Dial. ii.118; Exp. i.252), detailed identically at all …

noun adjective overcoming, conquering, vanquishing, having power over, a Lord or Master of (-˚) DN.iii.29; SN.ii.284; Snp.211 (sabba˚), Snp.545 (Māra˚, cp. Mārasena-pamaddana Snp.561), Snp.642
■ O …

overpowered, overwhelmed, vanquished DN.i.121; SN.i.137 (jāti-jarā˚); SN.ii.228 (lābhasakkāra-silokena); AN.i.202 (pāpakehi dhammehi); Ja.i.189; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.41 (= pareta), Pv-a.60 (= upagata), …

…with gloss abhibhārayiṃ). 2 to betake oneself to, to visit, take to, go to Snp.414 (Paṇḍavaṃ ˚hāresi = āruhi Snp-a.383),…

adjective praying for, desiring AN III.353 (kāma-lābha˚).

fr. abhijappati

, 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\ …

to know by experience, to know fully or thoroughly, to recognise know of (c. acc.), to be conscious or aware of DN.i.143; SN.ii.58, SN.ii.105, SN.ii.219, SN.ii.278; SN.iii.59, SN.iii.91; SN.iv.50, SN. …

…or of bad character“ at Ja.v.87 (= kāḷaka-sabhāva C.).

fr. abhijāti

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 …

adjective cp. wishing for, desirous (of-˚) Thig.360 (sītibhāva˚).

adjective noun

1. (adj.) lit. gone forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expl^n. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e.g. DN-a.i.227 = Kp-a.114 = Vv-a.52) it is used in …

…with (acc. DN.i.46 (bhāsitaṃ), DN.i.55 (id.), DN.i.158, DN.i.223; MN.i.109, MN.i.458; SN.i.32 (annaṃ), SN.i.57, SN.i.14, (cakkhuṃ,…

…pātubhūta); Dhs.1035, Dhs.1036 (so read for˚ nippatta) Vv-a.9 (puññ’ânubhāva˚ by the power of merit).

abhi + nibbatta, pp. of…

becoming, birth, rebirth, DN.i.229; DN.ii.283 (variant reading for abhinipphatti) SN.ii.65 (punabbhava˚), SN.ii.101 (id.); SN.iv.14, SN.iv.215; AN.v.121; Pv-a.35.

abhi + nibbatti

to be disgusted with, to avoid, shun, turn away from Snp.281 (T. abhinibbijjayātha, variant reading BB˚ nibbijjiyātha & ˚nibbajjiyātha, Snp-a explains by vivajjeyyātha mā bhajeyyātha; variant reading …

…AN.i.279 (oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ); Nd ii.under pucchā⁶ (rūpaṃ manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ) …

…+…

…(˚kusala) Ja.i.14 (Buddhabhāvāya a. resolve to become a Buddha), Ja.i.15 (Buddhattāya); Pts.i.61 sq.; Pts.ii.121; Ne.26; Mil.216;…

adjective finding one’s peace in (c. loc.), trusting in having faith in, believing in, devoted to (loc.) Vin.iii.43; DN.i.211 (Bhagavati) SN.i.134; SN.iv.319; SN.v.225, SN.v.378; AN.iii.237, AN.iii.27 …

adjective (-˚) found of, indulging in, finding delight in AN.iv.224 (nekkhamma˚); AN.v.175 (id.) Snp.86 (nibbāna˚), Snp.275 (vihesa˚), Snp.276 (kalaha˚); Ja.v.382 (dāna˚); Pv-a.54 (puññakamma˚), Pv\ …

1. to like, to find delight in (acc.), to desire, long for Ja.iii.192; Ja.v.222 (roceti); Vv.64#23 (vataṃ abhirocayi = abhirocesi ruccitvā pūresi ti attho; abhirādhayi ti pi pāṭho; sādhesi nipphādesī …

…Dhp-a.i.109; Vv-a.73 (bhāvana˚), Vv-a.84 (sacchikiriya˚); Dpvs.i.31. -anabhisamaya not grasping correctly, insufficient understanding,…

only in dur˚; hard to overcome or get over, hard to obtain or reach, troublesome SN.v.454; AN.v.202; Snp.429, Snp.701; Ja.v.269, Ja.vi.139, Ja.vi.439. Abhisambhavati (bhoti)

fr. abhisambhavati

Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)

“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …

Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)

“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …

to be able (to get or reach); only in neg ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.

considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, bu …

attained, got Sdhp.556.

pp. of abhisambhavati

adjective awakened to the highest wisdom Pv-a.137 (Bhagavā).

pp. of abhisambodheti, Caus. of abhi + sambujjhati

future lot, fate, state after death, future condition of rebirth; usually in foll phrases: kā gati ko abhisamparāyo (as hendiadys) ʻwhat fate in the world-to-come’, DN.ii.91; Vin.i.293; SN.iv.59 S …

…sg. pret med. = paribhāsi C.)
aor abhisasi Ja.vi.187, Ja.vi.505, Ja.vi.522 (= akkosi C.), Ja.vi.563 (id.)
pp…

Only in abhisaṃvisseyyagattaṃ (or -bhastaṃ or -santuṃ) Thig.466 a compound of doubtful derivation and meaning. Mrs. Rh. D., following Dhammapāla (p. 283) ʻa bag of skin with carrion filled’.

abhi …

to sprinkle over, fig. to anoint (King), to consecrate AN.i.107 (Khattiy’ âbhisekena Ja.i.399 (fig. ˚itvā ger. Ja.ii.409 (id.); Ja.vi.161 (id.); Mnd.298; Mil.336 (amatena lokaṃ abhisiñci Bhagavā); Pv\ …

to stand out supreme, to excel, surpass DN.ii.261; Ja.vi.474 (abhiṭṭhāya = abhibhavitvā C.).

abhi + tiṭṭhati

indeclinable adv. case fr. prep. abhi etym.

1. round about, on both sides Ja.vi.535 (= ubhayapassesu C.) Ja.vi.539
2. near, in the presence of Vv.64#1 (= samīpe Vv-a.275).

to find, get, obtain Snp.460 (= labhati adhigacchati Snp-a.405).

abhi + vindati

…alika-vādin“ Snp-a.478; as “tucchena paraṃ abhācikkhanto Dhp-a.iii.477.

a + bhūta

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 ( …

…Vv.84#13 (comp. accheratara); Pv.iii.5#1 (˚rūpa = acchariyasabhāva Pv-a.197); Sdhp.244, Sdhp.398.

to cover, to clothe, to put on DN.i.63 = Iti.75; Ja.i.254; Ja.iii.189; Ja.iv.318; Pp.57; Pv.i.10#5 (ger. acchādayitvāna); DN-a.i.181 (= paridahitvā); Pv-a.49, Pv-a.50
■ fig to envelop, to fill Ja …

…attānaṃ dukkhena addhabhāveti he dirties the impure self with ill); SN.iii.1 (addhabhūto kāyo impure body) Ja.vi.548 (˚nakha with dirty…

adverb part. of affirmation and emphasis: certainly, for sure, really truly DN.i.143; Ja.i.19 (a. ahaṃ Buddho bhavissāmi) Ja.i.66 (a. tvaṃ Buddho bhavissasi), Ja.i.203, Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.340; Ja.v.307, …

…sense meaning, intention ˚bhāsati to speak to = address; ˚mutta intent upon ˚vacana “saying in addition” = attribute, metaphor, cp Fr….

to overcome, overpower, surpass SN.iv.185 sq. (cp. adhibhū) AN.v.248, AN.v.282 (˚bhoti); Ja.ii.336; Ja.V.30
aor adhibhavi Ja.ii.80. 3 pl. adhibhaṃsu SN.iv.185. See also ajjh …

to address, to speak to; aor. ajjhabhāsi Vin.ii.195; SN.i.103; SN.iv.117; Snp.p.87; Pv-a.56, Pv-a.90.

adhi + bhāsati

adjective (-˚) overpowering, having power over; master conqueror, lord SN.iv.186 (anadhibhū not mastering. For adhibhūta the variant reading abhi˚ is to be preferred as more us …

Adhicca¹

learning, studying, learning by heart Ja.iii.218, Ja.iii.327 = Ja.iv.301; Ja.iv.184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), Ja.iv.477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); Ja.vi.213; Mil.164.

ger. of adhi + eti, se …

to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …

-adj. n. attention, direction of mind, concentration Snp.692 (adhimanasā bhavātha). (adj.) directing one’s mind upon, intent (on) Ja.iv.433 (= pasannacitta); Ja.v.29 (an˚; variant reading ˚māna).

adhi + mano

…taṃkāraṇā a. vuccanti“; Ud.72 (expl^d. by C. as salabhā).

from adhipatati = Sk. atipatati, to fly past, flit

adjective
standing on (c. loc.), esp. with the idea of standing above, towering over Vv.63#30 (hemarathe a. = sakalaṃ ṭhānaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhita Vv-a.269)

1. looked after, managed, undertaken gover …

(adhiṭṭhahati)

1. to stand on Ja.iii.278 (ger. ˚āya); Dhp-a.iv.183 (ger ˚hitvā); fig. to insist on Thag.1131 (aor. ˚āhi).
2. to concentrate or fix one’s attention on (c. acc.), to direct one’s tho …

…mukha Vv-a.78).

• -bhāga the lower part (of the body) MN.i.473; Dhp-a.i.148.
• -virecana action…

see dubbha.

see gati
■ ˚gamana practising a wrong course of life, evil practice, wrong doing DN.iii.228 (4: chanda˚ dosa˚ moha˚ bhaya˚); AN.ii.18 sq., Ja.iv.402; Ja.v.98, Ja.v.510; Pv-a.161.

…character Ja.v.351 (= aggasabhāva).

• -patta having attained perfection DN.iii.48 sq.
• -pasāda the…

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 …

1. house or hut, usually implying the comforts of living at home as opp. to anagāra homelessness or the state of a homeless wanderer (mendicant). See anagāriyā
   ■ Thus freq. in two phrases con …

…(+ maddava), Snp.292 (id.); Ja.iii.274; Dhs.1339; Vb.359 (an˚); Snp-a.292 (= ujubhāva), Snp-a.317 (id.).

cp. Sk. ārjava, to ṛju, see…

3^rd sg. aor. of adhibhavati to conquer, overpower, overcome SN.i.240 (prohib. mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi); Ja.ii.336. Cp. ajjhabhu & ajjhobhavati.

to overcome, conquer Iti.76 (dujjayaṃ a. he conquered him who is hard to conquer; variant reading ajjhabhi for ajjhabhavi). Cp. ajjhabhavi.

3^rd sg. aor. of *[adhibhavati](/define/adhibhava …

to address SN.iv.117 (gāthāhi); Kp v. = Snp.p.46 (gāthāya); Pv-a.56, Pv-a.90.

3^rd sg. aor. of adhibhāseti

…kammaṭṭhāna-bhāvanāya rata).

• -rūpa one’s own or inner form Vin.iii.113 (opp. bahiddhā-rūpa &…

to overcome, overpower, destroy Ja.ii.80 (aor. ajjhobhavi = adhibhavi C.).

adhi + ava + bhu, Sk. abhi˚

to be bound to, to be attached, bent on; to desire, cleave to, indulge in. Fut. ajjhosissati (does it belong here?) MN.i.328 (c. acc. paṭhaviṃ, better as ajjhesati). grd. ajjhositabha MN.i.109 (+ …

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 comb^n. with (icchā) and mucchā at Nd …

excessive power, predominance Ja.ii.357.

cp. Sk. adhyābhava

to predominate Ja.ii.357.

adhi + ā + bhū, in meaning of abhi + bhu

…Cy as explⁿ of avabhāsati). 3. sexual intercourse Ja.i.396; Ja.v.327 (˚cara variant reading for ajjhāvara); Mil.127 (an˚).

to adhi…

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

a + jānana

…+ cakka)*, Mil.277 (atibhārena sakaṭassa akkho bhijjati: the axle of the cart breaks when the load is too heavy); Pv-a.277 *-akkhaṃ…

adjective not decaying, in akkhayapaṭibhāna, of unfailing skill in exposition Mil.3, Mil.21.

a + khaya, kṣi

the eye MN.i.383 (ubbhatehi akkhīhi); Snp.197, Snp.608; Ja.i.223, Ja.i.279; Ja.v.77; Ja.vi.336; Pv.ii.9#26 (akkhīni paggharanti: shed tears, cp. Pv-a.123); Vv-a.65 (-īni bhamanti, my eyes swi …

adjective not to be shaken, imperturbable Mil.21.

a + kṣubh, see khobha

adjective = akkhobbha Ja.v.322 (= khobhetun na sakkhā C.).

…DN.i.6 (= DN-a.i.84: Bhārata-Rāmāyanādi); DN.iii.183; MN.i.503; MN.iii.167; Sdhp.237
■ preaching, teaching Mnd.91 (dhamm˚;)….

…Snp.623; Mil.8 (+ paribhāsa); Snp-a.492 Thag-a.256; Pv-a.243; Dhp-a.ii.61.

• -vatthu always…

…AN.v.317; Pv-a.251.

from…

…Often combined with paribhāsati, e.g. Vin.ii.296; Dhp-a.iv.2; Pv-a.10
aor akkocchi Dhp.3;…

adjective see *ku*˚.

indeclinable emphatic particle

1. in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …

1. “made too much”, made much of, done up, adorned, fitted out Dhp.142 (= vatthâbharaṇa-paṭimaṇḍita Dhp-a.iii.83); Pv.ii.3#6; Vv.1#1; Ja.iii.392; Ja.iv.60.
2. “done enough” (see *[alaṃ](/define/alaṃ …

to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet

1. lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
2. f …

not getting, loss, detriment Vin.iii.77.

a + labhaka

…Thag.276; Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.

a +…

…vācā = amata-sadisā sādubhāvena Snp-a.399: “ambrosial”), Snp.960 (gacchato amataṃ disaṃ nibbānaṃ, taṃ hi amatan ti tathā…

Ambaka¹

adjective “womanish” (?), inferior, silly, stupid, of narrow intellect. Occurs only with reference to a woman, in comb^n. with bālā AN.iii.349 (variant reading amma˚), AN …

Ambha & Ambho

neuter water, sea Dāvs iv.54.

see ambu

see ambaka.

Ambha & Ambho

neuter water, sea Dāvs iv.54.

see ambu

water Ja.v.6; Mnd.202 (a. vuccati udakaṃ); Dāvs ii.16
■ Cp. ambha.

• -cārin “living in the water”, a fish Snp.62 (= maccha Cnd.91).
• -sevāla a water-pla …

adjective of boundless or immeasurable splendour Sdhp.255.

a + mita (pp. of mā) + ā + bhā

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

of uncertain etym.; Sk. armaṇa …

Ana-

negative prefix, contained in anappameyya, (Thag.1089), anamatagga & anabhava. See Vinaya Texts ii.113.

…evil thoughts. Bdhgh (quoted Vin.iii.267) reports as variant reading anubhāva. Cp. Mnd.90; and Nd ii.under pahīna.

ana + bhāva

…to Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 70 = ana-mha “unlaughing” with ana = an (cp. anabhāva anamatagga) and mha from; smi, cp. vimhayati = Sk vismayati

…Vv.84#9 (= paññācakkhuno abhāvena Vv-a.337).

• -karaṇa blinding, making blind, causing bewilderment (fig.), confusing…

…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…

“eating”, food, esp. boiled rice, but includes all that is eaten as food, viz. odana, kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa (rice gruel, flour, fish, meat) Mnd.372 = Mnd.495. Anna is spelt *[aṇṇa](/define/aṇṇ …

adjective Primary meanings are “inside” and “in between” as adj. “inner”; in prep. use & in compounds “inside, in between”. Further development of meaning is with a view of contrasting the (two) sides …

…the inside of Vin.iv.272 (bhājan˚). 2. the neighbourhood, region of (-˚), sphere, compass Vin.iii.39 (ur˚, angul˚); Ja.i.265 (yakkhassa…

…Dhp.352, Dhp.400; Dhp-a.iv.166 (= koṭiyaṃ ṭhito attabhāvo).

Cp. superl. of anta

indeclinable prep. inside, either c. acc. denoting direction = into, or c. loc. denoting place where = in. As prefix (˚-) in, within, inside, inner (see compounds)

1. prep c. acc. anto nivesanaṃ g …

…sort of epds. (like mahānubhāva), like ānupubbikathā (fr. *pubbānupubba˚), ānubhāva etc. We find ānu also in comb^n. with…

rear-guard, retinue, suite, in -ṃ bhavati to accompany or follow somebody Mil.125.

anu + bala

experiencing, suffering; sensation or physical sensibility (cf. Cpd. 229, 232¹) Ne.28 (iṭṭhâniṭṭh-ânubhavana-lakkhanā vedanā “feeling is characterised by the experiencing of what is ple …

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

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

anu + bhaṇana

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

secondary or inferior part, (after-)share, what is left over Vin.ii.167.

anu + bhāga

to speak after, to repeat DN.i.104; Mil.345; DN-a.i.273.

anu + bhāsati

…in later language

1. anubhāva (-˚): mahānubhāva (of) great majesty, eminence power SN.i.146 sq.; SN.ii.274;…

majesty, power SN.i.156 (mahā˚).

= anubhāva + tā

to be afraid of Ja.vi.302 (kissa nv’ ânubhāyissaṃ, so read for kissânu˚).

anu + bhāyati

(having or being) experienced, suffered, enjoyed Pv-a.ii.12#2. nt. suffering, experience Ja.i.254; Mil.78, Mil.80.

pp. of anubhavati

the fact of having to undergo, experiencing Pv-a.103.

abstr. fr. ppr. Pass. of anubhavati

adjective not straight, crooked, bent, in compounds -aṅgin (anujjangin) with (evenly) bent limbs, i.e. with perfect limbs, graceful f. -ī. Epithet of a beautiful woman Ja.v.40 (= kañcana-sannib …

…i.e. like (acc.), to live for or on, subsist by Ja.iv.271 (= upajīvati, tassânubhāvena jīvitaṃ laddhaṃ (Comm.)
pp anujīvata…

strewn with, beset with, dotted all over Pv.iv.12#1 (bhamara-gaṇa˚).

pp. of anu + kirati

adjective favourable, agreeable, suitable, pleasant Vv-a.280; spelt anukula at Sdhp.297, Sdhp.312.

• -bhava complaisance, willingness Vva.71.
• -yañña a propi …

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

anu + lapanā, lap

“according to taste”, i.e. satisfaction, thanks, esp. after a meal or after receiving gifts = to say grace or benediction, blessing, thanksgiving. In latter sense with dadāti (give thanks for = loca …

to find satisfaction in (acc.), to rejoice in, be thankful for (c. acc.), appreciate, benefit from, to be pleased, to enjoy Vin.ii.212 (bhattagge a. to say grace after a meal); SN.ii.54; AN.iii.50 (*\ …

…(in verse); as -ūpalitta in verse of Sn & Dh: Snp.211 (= lepānaṃ abhāvā Snp-a.261), 392 468, 790, 845; Dhp.353.

an + upalitta

…+…

adjective pp. of anu + rañj ] attached or devoted to, fond of, faithful Thig.446 (bhattāraṃ); Ja.i.297; Mil.146.

…beautified Bv.i.45 (byāmapabhā˚ by the shine of the halo); Vv-a.4 (sañjhātapa˚ for sañjhāpabhā˚).

pp. of anu + rañjeti, Caus. of…

to traverse; to go up to, surround, visit (acc.) MN.i.209 (Bhagavantaṃ ˚itvā) Ja.iv.214 (variant reading anuyāyitvā). See also anuyāti and anusaññāti.

anu …

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

to adorn, embellish, prepare Ja.vi.76.

anu + sumbhati (sobhati); śubh or (Vedic) śumbh

(-˚) adjective following, striving after, acting in accordance with, living up to or after Freq. in formula dhammānusārin saddhānusārin living in conformity with the Norm & the Faith DN.iii.254; MN …

…(= adhikassa kassaci abhāvato Kp-a.193), 1003; Dhp.23, Dhp.55 (= asadisa appaṭibhāga Dhp-a.i.423); Pv.iv.3^{5 2} (dhamma);…

preeminence, superiority, excellency; highest ideal, greatest good. They are mentioned as sets of 3 (viz. dassana˚, paṭipadā˚, vimutti˚;) at DN.iii.219, or of 6 (viz. *dassana˚, savana˚ lābha˚, sikk …

…(f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.ii.161.

fr. anuvattati

…vācitaṃ anuvācenti DN-a.i.273); Mil.345 Cp. anubhāseti.

anu + Caus. of vac

1. applying oneself to, dealing with, practising, given to, intent upon DN.i.166, DN.i.167; DN.iii.232 = AN.ii.205 (attaparitāpan’ ânuyogaṃ a.); SN.iii.153 SN.iv.104; Snp.663 (lobhaguṇe), Snp.814 (met …

to lick up with one’s saliva DN-a.i.138.

formally Sk. anuṣṭobhati, but in meaning = *anuṣṭīvati; anu + ṭṭhubhati, the etym. of which see under niṭṭhubhati

one without energy or zeal Snp.96 (niddāsīlin sabhāsīlin +) Snp-a.169 (viriya-tejavirahita).

n. ag. to an + uṭṭhahati

adjective according to the sense, answering to the matter, having scnse Thag-a.6 (˚saññābhāva).

anu + attha

undergoing, experiencing, attaining; as prep. (c. acc.) in consequence of, through after DN.i.13 (ātappaṃ by means of self-sacrifice), DN.i.97 (saṃvāsaṃ as a result of their cohabitation); Ja.i.56 (b …

…expl^d. at Snp-a.214 by heṭṭhā patiṭṭhâbhāvena upari ālambhāvena ca gambhīra).

an + ālamba

that which is without moil and toil Snp.745 (= nibbāna Snp-a.507).

an + ārambha

adjective fasting, not taking food SN.iv.118. f. -ā [cp. Sk. anāśaka nt.] fasting, abstaining from food Dhp.141 (= bhatta-paṭikkhepa Dhp-a.iii.77).

an + āsaka

adjective not entering another womb, i.e. not destined to another rebirth Vin.iii.3.

a + pa + gabbha

…free from Vin.ii.129 (˚gabbhā having lost her foetus, having a miscarriage); Ja.i.61 (˚vattha without clothes); Pv-a.38 (˚soka free from…

…-bhāga the future lit. a later part of time, only in loc. aparabhāge at a future date, later on Ja.i.34, Ja.i.262;…

disrespect, neglect, in phrase apayvāmato (apaby˚) karoti to treat disrespectfully, to insult, defile SN.i.226 (variant reading abyāmato; C. explains apabyāmato karitvā abyāmato …

…SN.i.115; api kiñci labhāmase shall we then not get anything? Ja.iii.26; api me pitaraṃ passatha do you then not see my father? Pv-a.38 …

…pilandhanaṃ = ābhāraṇaṃ); Ja.vi.472 (c. pilandhituṃ pi ayuttaṃ?). Apilahati & Apilandhati;

fr. apiḷandhati, also in…

…“appa-saddo h’ ettha abhāvattho appiccho appanigghoso ti ādisu viya”); Ja.i.70; Dhp-a.iv.12

• -kasira in instr….

…+…

adjective unobtrusive, free from boldness, modest SN.ii.198 = Mil.389, Snp.144, Snp.852 (cp Mnd.228 & Kp-a.232); Dhp.245.

a + pagabbha

…Snp.507 (mettaṃ cittaṃ bhāvayaṃ appāmāṇaṃ = anavasesa-pharaṇena Snp-a.417; cp. appamaññā) Iti.21 (mettā), Iti.78; Ja.ii.61;…

adjective not having a counterpart, unequalled, incomparable Dhp-a.i.423 (= anuttara).

a + paṭibhāga

…bewilder Ja.v.238, Ja.v.369.

a + paṭibhāṇa

adjective

1. not forming an obstacle, not injuring, unobstructive Snp.42 (see expl^d. at Cnd.239; Snp-a.88 explains “katthaci satte vā sankhāre vā bhayena na paṭihaññatī ti a.”)
2. psychol …

…reunion, not subject to reunion, i.e. to rebirth Ja.v.100 (˚bhāva).

a + paṭisandhi + ka (ya)

(˚bhogin) adjective (not eating) without sharing with others (with omission of another negative: see Trenckner, Mil p.429, where also Bdhgh’s expl^n.) AN.iii.289; Mil.373; cp. Mil trsl. ii.2 …

taken away, stolen Ja.iii.54.

pp. of apa + ā + bhṛ; cp. Vedic apa-bharati, but Lat. aufero to ava˚

…C. explains apāṭubhāva dhanuppāda-virahita, in which latter virahita does not fit in; the pass. seems corrupt).

a + pātu + bha…

…katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anupatta-sadattho parikkhīṇa-bhava-saññojano sammad-aññā vimutto: DN.iii.83, DN.iii.97; MN.i.4…

to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit (= Lat. debeo) Snp.431, Snp.552 (rājā arahasi bhavituṃ); Ja.i.262; Dhp.9, Dhp.10, Dhp.230; Pv.iii.6#6
ppr arahant (q.v.). Cp. also adj. araha …

Araṇa¹

adjective noun (adj.) living in solitude, far from the madding crowd MN.iii.237 (˚vibhanga-sutta); SN.i.44, SN.i.45; Ja.i.340 (tittha˚?).

Vedic araṇa fr. *ara √ ṛ; which as abl …

…only, e.g. Sdhp.493 (˚bhūta). See also arindama & aribhāseti.

Ved. ari; fr. ṛ.

to denounce, lit. to call an enemy Ja.iv.285. Correct to Pari˚ according to Fausböll (J v. corr.)

= ariṃ bhāseti

…lineage) SN.ii.273 (tuṇhībhāva); SN.iv.250 (vaddhi), SN.iv.287 (dhamma), SN.v.82 (bojjhangā), SN.iv.166 (satipaṭṭhānā), SN.iv.222…

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 …

Asabbhin = asabbha

Ja.i.494, more freq. in compounds as asabbhi˚; e.g.

• -kāraṇa a low or sinful act Mil.280.
• -rūpa low, common Ja.vi.386 (= asādhu-jātik …

…occur only in the negative form.

a + sabbha, i.e. *sabhya cp. sabhā & in meaning court: courteous, hof: hoflich etc.

Asabbhin = asabbha

Ja.i.494, more freq. in compounds as asabbhi˚; e.g.

• -kāraṇa a low or sinful act Mil.280.
• -rūpa low, common Ja.vi.386 (= asādhu-jātik …

*Asabha

see usabha.

Sk. ṛṣabha

bad quality, vice Sdhp.382 (˚bhāvin, the a˚ belongs to the whole cpd.). Asankita & iya;

a + sagguṇa

orig. a sharp stone as hurling-weapon thence in mythol. Indra’s thunderbolt thunder-clap, lightning Ja.i.71, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.323; Mil.277; Vv-a.83.

• -aggi the fire …

adjective unconscious DN.i.54 (˚gabbhā, cp. DN-a.i.163); iii.111, iii.140, iii.263; Iti.87; Snp.874.

a + saññin

…Dhp.404 (= dassana-savana-samullāpa paribhogakāya-saṃsaggānaṃ abhāvena Snp-a.468 = Dhp-a.iv.173).

a + saṃsaṭṭha

…anāsittakaṃ ojavantaṃ sabhāva-madhuraṃ Thag-a.168); SN.v.321; AN.iii.237 sq. Mil.405.

a + secana + ka, fr. sic to sprinkle, cp. B.Sk….

not practising, abstinence from Snp.259 (= abhajanā apayirupāsanā Kp-a.124).

a + sevanā

…xii.24 sq.; Mhbhārata xii.321; Manu iv.90; xii. 75; Scherman, Visionsliteratur pp. 23 sq.) Ja.vi.250 (˚niraya); Pv-a.221…

Asita¹

having eaten, eating; (nt.) that which is eaten or enjoyed, food MN.i.57; AN.iii.30, AN.iii.32 (˚pīta-khāyita etc.); Pv-a.25 (id.); Ja.vi.555 ˚(āsana having enjoyed one’s food, sa …

Assa¹

shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …

sweetness, taste, enjoyment SN.i.124; Snp.447 (= sādubhāva Snp-a.393).

cp. assāda

to taste SN.ii.227 (lābha-sakkārasilokaṃ); Vism.73 (paviveka-sukha-rasaṃ); Dhp-a.i.318.

Denom. fr. assāda

…of impurity Vism.77.

• -bhāvanā contemplation of the impurity (of the body) Vin.iii.68. *…

impurity, unclean living, defilement Snp.243 (˚missita = asucibhāva-missita Snp-a.286.

abstr. fr. asuci

fallen angel, a Titan pl. asurā the Titans, a class of mythological beings. Dhpāla at Pv-a.272 & the C. on Ja.v.186 define them as kāḷakañjaka-bhedā asurā. The are classed with other similar infer …

number 80 (on symbolical meaning & freq. application see; aṭṭha¹ B 1 c, where also most of the ref’s In addition we mention the foll.:) Ja.i.233 (˚hattha 80 hands, i.e. 80 cubits deep); J …

…early; ˚bālha too much; ˚bhāra a too heavy load; ˚manāpa very lovely; ˚manohara very charming; ˚mahant too great; ˚vikāla very…

Ati-ussura

adjective only in loc. -e (adv.) too soon after sunrise, too early Vv-a.65 (laddhabhattatā eating too early).

Atibhagini-putta

a very dear nephew Ja.i.223.

ati + bh p.

to excel, overcome, to get the better of, to deceive Ja.i.163 (= ajjhottharati vañceti C.).

ati + bhavati, cp. Sk. atibhavati & abhibhavati

too heavy a load Mil.277 (˚ena sakaṭassa akkho bhijjati).

ati + bhāra

adjective too heavily weighed, overloaded Vin.iv.47.

ati + bhārita

adjective too serious Dhp-a.i.70.

to go on, only occurring in imper. aticchatha (bhante) “please go on, Sir”, asking a bhikkhu to seek alms elsewhere, thus refusing a gift in a civil way. [The interpretation given by Trenckner, as quo …

to go over, i.e. to overcome, surmount, conquer, get the better of, only in pret. (aor. 3^rd sg. accagā (q.v. and see gacchati 3) Snp.1040; Dhp.414 and accagamā (see *[ …

1. to go beyond, to pass over, to cross, to pass by.
2. to overcome, to conquer, to surpass, to be superior to

■ Ja.iv.141; Dhp.221 (Pot. ˚eyya overcome);
■ Pv-a.67 (maggena: passes by).
grd *at …

adverb late in the night, at midnight Ja.i.436 (opp. atipabhāte).

ati + ratti; cp. atidivā

passed beyond, surpassed, overcome (act. & pass.), conquered Snp.1133 (bhava˚); Cnd.21 (= atikkanta, vītivatta); Ja.v.84 (bhaya˚) Mil.146, Mil.154.

pp. of ativattati: Sk. ativṛtta

…-bhāva one’s own nature 1 person, personality individuality, living creature; form, appearance [cp. Dhs trsl.…

…the importance); Dhp.363 (= bhāsitatthañ c’ eva desanādhammañ ca); Ja.ii.353; Ja.vi.368; Cnd.386 (meaning & proper nature); Pv.iii.9#6 (but…

…Dhp-a.iv.217 (atthibhāva vā natthibhāva vā whether there is or not).

Sk. asti, 1^st sg. asmi; Gr. εἰμί ἐστί; Lat….

…zeal“ Mrs. Rh. D.).

• -bhāva

1. usefulness, profitableness Pp AN.v.4.
2. state of need, distress Pv-a.120.

cp. Sk….

…Pv-a.143.

f. abstr. fr. atthi cp. atthibhāva

…(atītānaṃ, scil. attabhāvāuaṃ pariyanto na dissati); khaṇâtīta with the right moment past Dhp.315 = Snp.333; atītayobbana he who is…

…avatata; avadāta; avabhāsa; avasāna 2. The proportion in the words before us (early and later is that o alone is found in…

Only in cpd. gambhīrāvabhāso DN.ii.55, looking deep. Same cpd. at AN.ii.105 Pp.46 has obhāsa.

later form of obhāsa

(-˚) adjective shining, shedding light on, illuminating Sdhp.14.

fr. avabhāsa

(-˚) shining with, resplendent Sdhp.590.

late form of obhāsita

entering, appearance Ja.v.330 (gabbhassa).

fr. avakkamati

…SN.iii.46 (pañcannaṃ indriyānaṃ); Pp.13 (= okkanti nibbatti pātubhāvo Pp-a 184); Kv.142 (nāmarūpassa); Mil.123…

Olambati & avalambati

to hang down, hang on, to be supported by, rest on. The form in o is the older. Pres. avalambare Pv.ii.1#18 (= olambamānā tiṭṭhanti Pv-a.77); Pv.ii.10#2 (= olambanti Pv-a.142) …

Only in late verse. To hang down. Pv.ii.1#18; Pv.ii.10#2. Ger. avalamba (for ˚bya) Pv.iii.3#5 cp. olubbha.

= olambati

…will, inevitable Ja.i.19 (˚bhāvin); Ja.v.319 (˚gāmitā). Usually as nt. -ṃ adv inevitably (cp. BSk. avaśyaṃ Divy.347; Avs.i.209 etc….

…= udaka-pavesan’ âbhāvena a. C.). 2 free from leakage, i.e. from lust or moral intoxication Dhp.39 (˚citta) Snp.63 (see…

(-˚) neuter stopping ceasing; end, finish, conclusion Ja.i.87 (bhattakicc-âvasāne at the end of the meal); Pv-a.76 (id.).

for osāna

adjective not to be divided or distributed Vin.i.305. Cp. next.

fr. a + vi + bhanga

that which is not to be divided, an inalienable possession; 5 such objects enumerated at Vin.ii.171, which are the same as under avissajjiya (q.v.); Vin.v.129.

= avebhangika

…by Dhp. as apara-paccaya-bhāvena (on Pv.iv.1#25)
■ Usually in phrase Buddhe Dhamme Saṅghe avecca-pasādo perfect faith in the B., the…

…or disturbed, inviolable unshakable, imperturbable Snp.322 (˚dhamma = akampanasabhāva Snp-a.331).

a + vedha, grd. of vidh (vyadh) to…

…DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

…DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cp. SN.ii.6, SN.ii.9, SN.ii.12; Snp.p.141 & many other passages) See on term; Cpd. 83 n. 3, 18 …

…DN-a.i.113 (= jarā-vasena vipariṇāmassa abhāvato).

a + viparināma

…(cp. Cnd.101: anussatiyā bhāvento); DN-a.i.104 (appamādo vuccati satiyā avippavāso) Dhp-a.iv.26 (appamāda = satiyā avippavāsa).

a +…

adjective not to be given away, inalienable (cp. avebhangiya) Vin.i.305 (˚ika for ˚iya); Vin.ii.170 (five such objects in detail); Vin.v.216 (+ avebh˚) Ja.vi.568.

grd. of a + vissajjati

adjective unobstructed, unhindered, free. Of a woman, not married Ja.v.213 (= apetâvaraṇā, which read for ˚bharaṇā, apariggahitā C.).

a + vāvaṭa

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 …

to pull, drag, pull along to turn on a lathe DN.ii.291 (bhamakāro dīghaṃ a., where K has note: añjanto ti pi acchanto ti pi pātho) = MN.i.56 (vv.ll. MN.i.532 acch˚ & añj˚); Thag.750 (añcāmi T., v.l añ …

pronoun another etc

A. By itself

1. other not the same, different, another, somebody else (opp oneself) Vin.iii.144 (aññena, scil. maggena, gacchati to take a different route); Snp.459, Sn …

…atthi pasaṃsa-lābhā, expl^d. Snp-a.541 as na hi ettha pasaṃsa-lābhato añño attho atthi, cp. also Mnd.168); Mil.133;…

…SN.iii.42 Vb.379.

• -bhāvin based on difference SN.iii.225 sq. SN.iv.23 sq., SN.iv.66 sq.; an˚ free from difference…

…-bhāga half a share, one half Vv.13#6 (= upaḍḍhabhāga Vv-a.61) Pv.i.11#5. *…

adjective wealthy, rich, influential Ja.iv.495; Pv.ii.8#2 (= mahāvibhava Pv-a.107).

adjective only used with ref. to the eyelashes, & usually expl^d. by visāla, i.e. extended wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning etym. is as yet uncertain. Ke …

Aṃsa¹

1. the shoulder AN.v.110; Snp.609. aṃse karoti to put on the shoulder, to shoulder Ja.i.9.
2. a part (lit. side) (cp. ˚āsa in koṭṭhāsa and explⁿ of …

…Vv.78#2 (= aṃsa-bhāga Vv-a.303).

cp. Vedic aśri, aśra, aśani; Gr. α ̓́κρος pointed, α ̓́κρις, also ὀςύς…

…marks DN-a.i.92.

• -sambhāra the combination of parts Mil.28 = SN.i.135; Mil.41
• -hetuka a species…

…anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
■ cetiy˚; an open space before a Chaitya Mil.366,…

…2 a bird Ja.v.189.

• -bhārin bearing his testicles SN.ii.258 = Vin.iii.100.
• -sambhava the…

…vajjitaṃ manussabhāvaṃ: the 8 unlucky signs). In progression: Ja.iv.3 (aṭṭha petiyo, following after 4, then foll. by 8, 16,…

adjective

1. eightfold Vin.i.196 = Ud.59 (˚vaggikāni); Vv-a.75 = Dhp-a.iii.104 (˚bhatta).
2. ˚ā (f.) the eight day of the lunar month (cp. aṭṭhamī), in phrase rattīsu antar’aṭṭhakāsu in the night …

…Ja.v.151 (: attano atthikabhāvaṃ katvā atthiko hutvā sakkaccaṃ suṇeyya C.); Ud.80 (: adhikicca ayaṃ no attho adhigantabbo evaṃ…

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

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

the fruit of the jujube tree (Zizyphus jujuba), not unlike a crabapple in appearance & taste, very astringent, used for medicine AN.i.130 = Pp.32; AN.iii.76; Vin.iv.76; Ja.iii.21; Dhs-a.320 (cited am …

Baddha¹

1. bound, in bondage MN.i.275; SN.i.133; SN.iv.91; Snp.957 (interpreted as “baddhacara by Mnd.464); Dhp.324.
2. snared, trapped Ja.ii.153 Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.251, Ja.iv.414.
3. made f …

…AN.iii.257; Dhp.227. -bhāva largeness, richness, abundance Dhp-a.ii.175. -bherava very terrible…

…usually combined with bhāvita SN.ii.264; SN.iv.200, SN.iv.322; SN.v.259; AN.i.6; Vism.267 (= punappunaṃ kata); -katatta (nt.) practice…

adjective abundant, much Thig.406 (˚ratana, so read for bahuta˚), Thig.435 (for bahutadhana); Ja.iii.425 (bahūtam ajjaṃ “plenty of food”; ajja = sk. ādya, with kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. bahūta for …

…(paṭisankhānabalaṃ and bhāvanā˚), also DN.iii.213, followed here by the other “pair” satibalaṃ and samādhi˚.
■ There are…

crane Thag.307; Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.226; Mil.128 (˚ānaṃ megha-saddena gabbhâvakkanti hoti); Vism.126 (in simile, megha-mukhe b. viya); DN-a.i.91 (variant reading baka).

cp. Vedic balākā, perhaps to …

to have strength, to grow strong, to gain power, to overpower Snp.770 (= sahati parisahati abhibhavati Mnd.12, cp. Mnd.361); Ja.iv.84 (vv.ll. khalī˚ & paliyy˚; C explains by avattharati) = Pv.ii.6#1 ( …

…kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṃ.“ 2. possible (abhabba impossible) MN.iii.215 (kammaṃ bhabbaābhāsa apparently possible)
■ See also…

possibility; neg. a˚; impossibility Snp.232; Kp-a.191; Vv-a.208.

abstr. fr. bhabba

adjective to be carried, kept or sustained AN.iii.46 (= a dependant) Ja.iv.301 (C. bharitabba). As Kern.

Toevoegselen

s. v. bhacca points out this gāthā “bhaccā mātā pitā bandhū, yena jāto sa ye …

Bhadanta & Bhaddanta

venerable, reverend mostly in voc. as address “Sir, holy father” etc., to men of the Order. voc. sg. bhadante SN.i.216 (variant reading bhaddante); voc. pl. bhadantā Dhp-a …

adjective (-˚) only in cpd. ehi˚; lit. “one belonging to the (greeting) ʻcome hail to thee,’ i.e. one who accepts an invitation DN.iii.40, MN.ii.161; AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; Pp.55. See also under *[eh …

in -paṇḍu at AN.i.181 is to be read as badara˚.

Bhadda^a & Bhadra^b

adjective

1. auspicious lucky, high, lofty, august, of good omen reverend (in address to people of esteem), good, happy fortunate DN.ii.95^a; SN.i.1 …

…Ja.iii.269^a (= sambhāvita C.). 3. (m nt.) a good thing, lucky or auspicious possession, a valuable. applied to the 8 requisites…

Bhadanta & Bhaddanta

venerable, reverend mostly in voc. as address “Sir, holy father” etc., to men of the Order. voc. sg. bhadante SN.i.216 (variant reading bhaddante); voc. pl. bhadantā Dhp-a …

luck, lot, fortune, only in cpd. dub˚; (adj.) unhappy, unpleasant uncomfortable Iti.90; DN-a.i.96 (˚karaṇa)
■ bhaga (in verse “bhagehi ca vibhattavā” in exegesis of word “Bhaga …

Name of a mountain Snp-a.197 (loc. Bhagalavati pabbate). Occurs also as an assembly-hall under the Name of Bhagalavatī at DN.iii.201 Cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie 196.

of uncertain origin

(& ā) an ulcer, fistula Vin.i.216, Vin.i.272; Mnd.370. Has explⁿ at Dhtm.204 “bhaganda secane hoti” (“comes from sprinkling” anything to do with our word?

cp. late Sk. bhagandara

adjective noun fortunate, illustrious, sublime, as epithet and title “Lord.” Thus applied to the Buddha (amhākaṃ Bh. and his predecessors. Occurs with extreme frequency of fanciful exegetic explains o …

…good luck, welfare, happiness Vism.210 (akāsi ˚ṃ ti garū ti Bhāgyavā etc.).

fr. bhaga; cp. Sk. & P. bhāgya

…sq. Mvu.iii.347.

cp. Sk. *bhārgava, a der. fr. bhṛgu, & bhargaḥ, of same root as Lat. fulgur lightning; Gr. φλός light Ger. blitzen,…

…implied in the word “bhagavā,” which passage is alluded to at Vv-a.231 by remark “bhāgyavantat’ ādīhi catūhi kāraṇehi…

…is the same as that for bhātar, viz. “bhagatī ti bh.”-Cpd bhagini-māla a “sister garland” (?) Name of a tree Ja.vi.270 (=…

resorting to, familiarity with Pp.20 = Dhs.1326, cp. sam˚ & Dhs trsl. 345.

fer. bhaj

…bh., bhāvetabba).

bhaj to divide, partake etc.: see Caus. bhājeti & cp. vi˚

adjective loving, attached to, worshipping Mnd.142 (in explⁿ of “Bhagavā”).

fr. bhajati

to roast, toast Vin.iv.264; Dhtp.79 & Dhtm.94, expl^d by “pāke.” Caus. bhajjāpeti to have, or get roasted Vin.iv.264; Dhp-a.i.224 (variant reading K. paccāpeti).

Vedic bhṛjjati, cp. Gr. …

(-˚) adjective

1. eating, feeding on DN.iii.41 (sāka˚ etc.); SN.i.69 (pahūta˚ voracious, of fire), SN.i.238 (kodha˚); Pv.i.9#1 (lohita-pubba˚); Pp.55 (tiṇa˚) Sdhp.388 (tiṇa˚).
2. eatable, to be eat …

to eat, to feed upon Pv.ii.2#5 (pubba-lohitaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.57 (vātaṃ).
inf bhakkhituṃ Ja.ii.14
caus bhakkheti in same meaning Ja.iv.349 (aor. bhakkhesuṃ); cp. BSk. bhakṣay …

…Snp-a.412. Der. bhākuṭika (q.v.). See also bhūkuṭi.

cp. Epic Sk. bhrakuṭi from…

kind of copper, enumerated under the eight pisāca-lohāni, or copper coming from the Piśāca country Vb-a.63 (is reading correct?) It is doubtful whether we should not read mallaka, cp malla.

lit. fr …

the marking nut plant Semicarpus anacardium Ja.vi.578.

cp. Epic Sk. bhallātaka

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.
2. …

humming top Ja.v.478.

fr. bhamara

to spin (of a wheel), to whirl about, to roam Dhp.371 (mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṃ); Ja.i.414; Ja.iii.206 Ja.iv.4 (cakkaṃ matthake); Ja.iv.6 (kumbha-kāra-cakkaṃ iva bh.); Ja.v.478
pp *[bhanta]( …

eyebrow Ja.vi.476 (ṭhita˚), Ja.vi.482 (nīla˚).

secondary formation after bhamuka

Bhamuka & Bhamukha

(f.) eyebrow Thig.232 = SN.i.132 pamukh- Ja.iv.18 (in explⁿ of su-bbhū = su-bhamukhā in C. Fausböll puts “bhamuka”? Kern on this passage quotes BSk. bhrūmukha, see

…

Bhamuka & Bhamukha

(f.) eyebrow Thig.232 = SN.i.132 pamukh- Ja.iv.18 (in explⁿ of su-bbhū = su-bhamukhā in C. Fausböll puts “bhamuka”? Kern on this passage quotes BSk. bhrūmukha, see

…

swerving, swaying, staggering, deviating; always used of an uncontrolled car (ratha or yāna) Dhp.222 (ratha = ativegena dhāvanta Dhp-a.iii.301); (yāna = adanta akārita aviṇīta Mnd.145) Dhs-a.260 (˚y …

turmoil, confusion Dhs.429 (= vibhanti-bhāva Dhs-a.260, so read for vibhatti˚) cp. Dhs trsl. 120.

fr. bhanta

voc. of polite address: Sir, venerable Sir, used like bhadante. Either abs. as voc.: Vin.i.76; DN.ii.154, DN.ii.283; Ja.ii.111; Ja.iii.46; Mil.19; or with another voc.: Mil.25; or with other oblique c …

Bhara-bhara

a word imitating a confused sound MN.i.128; otherwise contracted to babbhara (q.v.).

adjective (-˚) “bearing” in act. & pass. meaning, i.e. supporting or being supported; only in cpd. dubbhara hard to support AN.v.159, AN.v.161 (variant reading dubhara), and *[s …

…bhara, bharita, and Der. fr. bhār˚. A curious Passive form is anu-bhīramāna (ppr.) MN.iii.123 (chatta: a parasol being spread out), on which…

only in cpd. dub˚; difficulty to support, state of being hard to maintain, synonymous with kosajja at AN.iv.280, and kuhanā at AN.v.159, AN.v.161-opp. *subh …

bearing, supporting, maintenance Dhtm.346 (in explⁿ of bhṛ;) Abhp.1053.

fr. bhṛ; Epic Sk. bharaṇa

…made to bear, i.e. heavy with etc. Cp. formations bhār˚, fr. bharati

wife (lit. one who is supported) DN.iii.190; Iti.36; Ja.iii.511; Dhp-a.i.329.

fr. bhṛ; Vedic bhāryā

…reading Kuru˚)
■ Der Bhārukacchaka an inhabitant of Bharukaccha Dhs-a.305 (so read at Expos. ii.401).

a dial. (inscription) word, cp….

to bark (of dogs) Ja.iv.182 (aor. bhasi; so read for T. bhusi)
pp bhasitaṃ (as n.) bark ibid. (mahā-bhasitaṃ bhasi, read for bhusita) See also bhusati.

cp. Epic Sk. bhaṣate

1. see bhasati.
2. pp. of bhas “crumbled to ashes” see bhasma.

…-bhāva “ashy” state state of being crumbled to dust Vv-a.348.

cp. Vedic bhasman (adj.); Sk….

…-bhāva “ashy” state state of being crumbled to dust Vv-a.348.

cp. Vedic bhasman (adj.); Sk….

…att’ukkaṃsanatā ti vuttaṃ hoti).

cp. Class. Sk. bhāṣya, of bhāṣ

…C.)
■ Cp. ā˚, pa˚.

fr. bhās

to fall down, drop, to droop (Dhtp.455 & Dhtm.695: adho-patane & adhopāte) Ja.iv.223; Ja.vi.530. ppr. bhassamāna Mil.82 pret. 3^rd sg. bhassittha Ja.ii.274 (cp. pa …

he-goat Ja.iii.278.

cp. Vedic basta

bhasta (nt.)

1. a bellows Thag.1134; Ja.vi.12 (vāta-puṇṇa-bhasta-camma, skin of bellows full of wind); Snp-a.171 (vāta-pūrita-bhastrā viya), Snp-a.494 (vātabharita˚); Dhp- …

adjective supported, fed, reared, maintained AN.iii.46 (bhatā bhaccā “maintained are my dependents”); Ja.v.330 (kicchā bh.), given by Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. in meaning “full” with wrong ref Ja.v …

hired servant, hireling, servant Thag.606, Thag.685, Thag.1003; Ja.iii.446; Mil.379; Dhp-a.i.119, Dhp-a.i.233 (˚vīthi servant street). See also Fick Sociale Gliederung 158, 195, 196.

cp. Epic Sk. bhṛtaka

wages, fee, pay Ja.i.475; Ja.iii.325, Ja.iii.446; Dhp-a.i.21, Dhp-a.i.70; Dhtp.94 (in explⁿ of root bhaṭ; see bhaṭa).

cp. Vedic bhṛti, fr. bhṛ.

fee Ja.iv.184.

fr. bhati

feeding, food, nourishment, meal Dhp.185; Pp.28, Pp.55; Ja.ii.15; Ja.v.170 (bhatta-manuñña-rūpaṃ for bhattaṃ-); Vism.66 (where 14 kinds enumerated, i.e. sangha˚ uddesa˚ etc.); Sdhp.118
■ ucchiṭṭh …

husband; nom. sg. bhattā Thig.413; Ja.v.104, Ja.v.260 (here in meaning “supporter”); Ja.vi.492; gen. bhattu Ja.v.169, Ja.v.170; acc bhattāraṃ Thig.412.

Vedic bhartṛ to bhṛ.

adjective possessing reverence or worship(pers), worshipful, adored; in a (late) verse analysing fancifully the word “Bhagavant, at DN-a.i.34 = Vism.210 sq. Explained at Vism.212 by “bhaji-sevi-bah …

1. devotion, attachment, fondness Pp.20; Dhs.1326 (cp. Dhs trsl. 345); Pp.65; Ja.v.340 (= sineha C.); Ja.vi.349; Vv-a.353, Vv-a.354.
2. in bhatti-kata Thig.413 it means “service,” thus “doing s …

adjective (-˚) in dhuva˚; being in constant supply of food, being a regular attendant (servant) or adviser Vin.ii.15. Also at Thag-a.267 in meaning “being a servant, working for food” in expl ^…

adjective

1. devoted?
2. discerning, analytical, perspicacious? Thag.370; Com. has: yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipattiyā tattha bhattimā nāma.

from bhatti

…d., the sankiliṭṭh’-ābhā d., the parisuddh’-ābhā d MN.iii.147. -esanā longing for rebirth DN.iii.216, DN.iii.270…

dwelling, sphere, world, realm SN.i.206, Snp.810 (see explⁿ Mnd.132: nerayikānaṃ nirayo bh. etc. & Snp-a.534: niray’ ādi-bhede bhavane); Mnd.448 (Inda˚ the realm of Indra); Ja.iii.275 (nā …

pronoun of polite address “Sir, Lord, or “venerable, honourable,” or simply “you.” Cases as follows (after Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 98#3): sg. nom. bhavaṃ Snp.486; DN.i.249; MN.i.484. nt. bhavaṃ …

…cpd. abhibhuyya
caus bhāveti see sep
pp bhūta.

Note. In compound with nouns or adjectives the…

the fact of being, state, condition Kp-a.227.

abstr. fr. bhū

sort of tree, perhaps Averrhoa carambola Ja.vi.529.

cp. Class. Sk. bhavya

…Snp-a.206.

fr. bhī, cp. Vedic bhaya, P. bhāyati

adjective frightful, horrible Ja.iii.428; MN-a.113; Pv-a.24 (as ˚ika); Sdhp.7, Sdhp.208
■ nt. ˚ṃ something awful Cnd.470 (in def. of bhaya).

fr. bhaya, cp. Epic Sk. bhayānaka

adjective breaking, spoiling, destroying (attha˚
■ visaṃvāda; cp. bhañjanaka) Ja.iii.499.

fr. bhañjati

Bhañjana¹

neuter breakage, breaking down, break, only in cpd. akkha˚; break of the axle Vism.32 Vism.45; Dhp-a.i.375; Pv-a.277.

fr. bhañjati

Bhañjana²

neuter anointing, s …

destroying, hurting, spoiling, in phrase attha˚; destroying the welfare (with ref. to the telling of lies) Dhp-a.iii.356; Vv-a.72; cp bhañjaka.

fr. bhañjana¹

adjective breaking, destroying, in cakka˚; breaking the wheel, fig. breaking the state of harmony Ja.v.112.

fr. bhañj

1. (trs. & intrs.) to break Vin.i.74 (phāsukā bhañjitabbā ribs to be broken); Dhp.337 (mā bhañji = mā bhañjatu C.). Pv.ii.9#3 (sākhaṃ bhañjeyya = chindeyya Pv-a.114); Pv-a.277 (akkho bhañji the axle …

(verse 317) see bhā.

Bhaṅga¹

neuter hemp coarse hempen cloth Vin.i.58 (where combined with sāṇa).

cp. Sk. bhanga, which occurs already Atharva-veda xi.6.15 (see Zimmer. Altind. Leben 68) also Av. baṃha, Po …

Bhaṅgana & Bhaṅgaloka

are vv.ll. of Npl. at Mnd.155 for Gaṅgaṇa & Aṅgaṇeka; respectively With misspelling bh → g, cp. bheṇḍaka → geṇḍaka.

to bhanga¹?

Bhaṅgana & Bhaṅgaloka

are vv.ll. of Npl. at Mnd.155 for Gaṅgaṇa & Aṅgaṇeka; respectively With misspelling bh → g, cp. bheṇḍaka → geṇḍaka.

to bhanga¹?

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

fr. bhaṇati

…bhāṇi*. A Caus. form is bhāṇaye (Pot.) Snp.397.

bhaṇ; cp. Sk. bhaṇati; Ohg. ban = E. ban etc. “proclamation.” See connections in…

indeclinable “I say,” used as an interjection of emphasis, like “to be sure,” “look here.” It is a familiar term of address often used by a king to his subjects Vin.i.240 (amhākaṃ kira bhaṇe vijite Bh …

…taking up goods Dhp-a.iv.60.

cp. Epic Sk. bhāṇḍa

adj. in sense of collect. neuter

1. article, implement; kīḷā˚; toys Ja.vi.6.
2. belongings property Vin.iv.225.
3. trappings, in assa˚; horsetrappings Ja.ii.113.

fr. bhaṇḍa

quarrel, quarrelling, strife Iti.11; Ja.iii.149; Mnd.196; Dhp-a.i.55, Dhp-a.i.64.

fr. bhaṇḍ, cp. BSk. bhāṇḍana Divy.164

…cp. “paṇḍa bhaṇḍa paribhāse” Dhtp.568; Dhtm.798

certain plant or flower Ja.v.420. Reading uncertain.

?

collection of goods, heap, bundle; bhaṇḍikaṃ karoti to make into a heap Ja.iii.221, Ja.iii.437; or bhaṇḍikaṃ bandhati to tie into a bundle Dhp-a.ii.254; Vv-a.187. sahassa˚; a heap of 1,000 kah …

adjective bald-headed, close shaven Vin.i.71 (˚kamma shaving), Vin.i.76 (kammāra˚); Ja.iii.22; Ja.vi.538 (+ tittira); Mil.11, Mil.128.

etym. uncertain, dialectical or = paṇḍu?

to hire; originally the same as bhṛtya fr. bhṛta & bhṛti of; bhṛ Dhtp.94, Dhtm.114
■ bhaṭa = bhatyaṃ i.e. bhṛtyaṃ servant, hireling, soldier Mil.240; Vv-a.305 (bhattavetana˚). As to suggestion of …

…thus same as bhattha²) variant reading bhatta. Cp. Sk. bhāṭa & BSk. bhāṭaka Mvu.iii.37.

perhaps for bhatta?

1. breaking, rending, breach, disunion, dissension Vism.64 sq. (contrasted with ānisaṃsa), Vism.572 sq (with ref. to upādāna & bhava); Vb-a.185 (id.); Sdhp.66, Sdhp.457, Sdhp.463
   ■ mithu˚; bre …

…Bv.ii.7; Ja.i.467 (mittabhāva˚).

• -dhamma subject to destruction, fragile, perishable AN.iv.386; Ja.i.146, Ja.i.392;…

adjective fearful, terrible, frightful Thag.189; Snp.959, Snp.965, Snp.984; Mnd.370 Mnd.467; Ja.vi.520; Dpvs.17, Dpvs.100; Pgdp.26, Pgdp.31
■ bahu˚ very terrible AN.iii.52; stricken with terror Ja …

remedy, medicament, medicine Vin.i.278; DN.ii.266; MN.i.30; Snp-a.154, Snp-a.446; Sdhp.393-bhesajjaṃ karoti to treat with a medicine Dhp-a.i.25 mūla-bhesajjāni the principal medicines Mil.43; pañ …

adjective terrible, awful Vin.ii.203 = Iti.86 (“bhesmā hi udadhī mahā,” so read for Vin. bhasmā with variant reading bhesmā, and for It tasmā, with variant reading BB bhesmā, misunderstood by ed …

adjective fragile, perishable, transitory Thig.35 (= bhijjana-sabhāva Thag-a.43).

fr. bhid

…Thag-a.43 (bhijjana-sabhāva of perishable nature; explⁿ of bhidura Thig.35); Pv-a.41 (˚dhammā destructible, of sankhārā) …

to beg alms, to beg, to ask for SN.i.176, SN.i.182 (so read for T. bhikkhavo); Dhp.266 Vb-a.327
ppr med. bhikkhamāna Thig.123.

cp. Vedic bhikṣate, old desid. to bhaj; de …

…Vihāra) Vin.i.148.

• -bhāva state of being a monk, monkhood, bhikkhuship DN.i.176; Snp.p.102 *…

begged food, alms, alms-begging; food Vin.iv.94; Cp.i.1#4; Vv.70#4 (ekāhā bh. food for one day) Mil.16; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.75, Pv-a.131 (kaṭacchu˚); bhikkhāya carati to go out begging food [cp. Sk. bh …

…Ja.i.467 (mitta-bhāvaṃ); abhindi AN.iv.312 (atta-sambhavaṃ)
ger bhinditvā Ja.i.425, Ja.i.490;…

1. broken, broken up (lit. & fig.) Snp.770 (nāvā); Ja.i.98 (abhinna magga an unbroken path); Ja.iii.167 (uda-kumbha); Pv-a.72 (˚sarīra-cchavi)
2. (fig.) split, fallen into dissension, not agreeing …

…greed Vin.ii.214.

• -bhāva getting more, increase, multiplication DN.iii.221; Vin.iii.45; SN.v.9, SN.v.198, SN.v.244;…

…AN.i.124 = Pp.30 (explained at Pp-a 212 by “bhiyyoso-mattāya uddhumāyana-bhāvo daṭṭhabbo”); Ja.i.61; Pv-a.50.

abl. formation fr….

…Pv-a.22 Thag-a.242 (˚sabhāva = bhīmarūpa); Ja.v.43 2. bhiṃsana Pv.iv.3#5 (+ lomahaṃsa).

the form with -ka…

…Pv-a.22 Thag-a.242 (˚sabhāva = bhīmarūpa); Ja.v.43 2. bhiṃsana Pv.iv.3#5 (+ lomahaṃsa).

the form with -ka…

indeclinable a familiar term of address (in speaking to equals or inferiors): sir friend, you, my dear; pl. sirs DN.i.88, DN.i.90, DN.i.93, DN.i.111; MN.i.484; Snp.427, Snp.457, Snp.487; with voc. of …

one who is getting trained, dependent, a freed slave, villager subject. Only in compounds like bhojisiyaṃ [bhoja + isi ya = issariya] mastery over dependence, i.e. independence SN.i.44, SN.i.45; *b …

…-vikati at Ja.v.292 is to be read as bhājana˚; (q.v.).

fr. bhuñjati

of bhavant (q.v.) Dhp-a.iii.194. Bhottabba & Bhottum

…Cp. bhoja & bhojaka.

• -bhāva state of being freed fr. slavery, freedom Thag-a.200.

cp. BSk. bhujiṣya Divy.302,…

adjective noun

1. belonging to the earth, earthly, terrestrial; nt. soil, ground, floor Snp.222 (bhūtāni bhummāni earthly creatures contrasted with creatures in the air, antalikkhe), Snp.236 (id.); S …

Bhusati, Bhussati

to bark DN-a.i.317 (bhusati vv.ll. bhussati & bhūsati); Dhp-a.i.171, Dhp-a.i.172
■ See also bhasati & bhukka;
pp bhusita.

perhaps a legitimate form fo …

barking Ja.iv.182 (˚sadda, barking, noise). See also bhasita.

pp. of bhusati

Bhusati, Bhussati

to bark DN-a.i.317 (bhusati vv.ll. bhussati & bhūsati); Dhp-a.i.171, Dhp-a.i.172
■ See also bhasati & bhukka;
pp bhusita.

perhaps a legitimate form fo …

1. (Pass.) eaten, being eaten Snp.p.15; Dhp.308; impers. eating Vin.iv.82 (bhuttaṃ hoti). Also -geha eating house Ja.v.290, and in phrase yathā-bhuttaṃ bhuñjatha “eat according to eating,” i.e. …

one who eats or has eaten, or enjoys (cp. bhutta 2) Ja.v.465 (ahaṃ bhuttā bhakkhaṃ ras’ uttamaṃ).

n. ag. fr. bhuj, cp. Sk. bhoktṛ already Vedic & Epic

adjective having eaten, one who has eaten Ja.v.170 (= kata-bhatta-kicca); Vv-a.244.

bhutta + vant

…adverbially: tena divasa-bhāgena (+ ratti bhāgena) at that day (& that very night) Mil.18; apara-bhāge (loc.) in future Ja.i.34;…

adjective sharing in, partaking of (gen.) Dhp.19, Dhp.20 (sāmaññassa).

fr. bhāga, equal to bhāgin

adjective partaking in, sharing, possessing (with gen. Thig.204 (dukkhassa); Thag-a.171 (= bhāgin).

a double adj. formation bhāgin + mant

…Pv.iii.1#12 (dukkhassa); Pv-a.18 (dānaphalassa), Pv-a.175
■ Cp bhāgavant, bhāgimant, bhāgiya.

fr. bhāga. Cp. Vedic bhāgin

sister’s son, nephew Snp.695; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.237; Dhp-a.i.14; Pv-a.215.

fr. bhaginī, Cp. Epic Sk. bhāgineya

…nirvedha˚ Divy.50; mokṣa ibid. Divy.363.

fr. bhāga, cp. bhāgin

good luck, fortune Ja.v.484.

cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhāgya; fr. bhaga, see also contracted form bhagga²

…Vv-a.231, where the abstr. bhāgyavantatā is formed as explⁿ of the term bhāgyavatā (f.) at Vism.211.

same as bhaggavant, only…

adjective (-˚) distributing, one who distributes or one charged with the office of distributing clothes, food etc. among the Bhikkhus Vin.i.285 (cīvara˚); AN.iii.275 (cīvara˚, phala˚, khajjaka˚).

fr. bhajeti

…Epic Sk. bhājana, fr. bhāj

Bhājana²

neuter division, dividing up, in pada˚; dividing of words, treating of words…

…Ja.i.265; Dhs-a.4 (fut. bhājessati) grd. bhājetabba Vin.i.285
pp bhājita.

Caus. of…

divided, distributed; nt. that which has been dealt out or allotted, in cpd. bhājit-ābhājita AN.iii.275.

pp. of bhājeti

…is “bhākuṭikassa bhāvo bhākuṭiyaṃ.” The variant reading ibid. is bhākuṭitā
■ bhākuṭikaṃ karoti to make a frowning…

…(of the kaṇavera flower); Vv-a.175 (˚raṃsi).

cp. Vedic bhānu (m.) shine, light, ray; Epic Sk. also “sun”

…ādicca Vv-a.304); Ja.i.183 acc. bhānumaṃ Snp.1016
■ The spelling is sometimes bhāṇumā.

fr. bhānu, ray of light Vedic…

…to the ariya-saccāni, viz. bhāro dukkha-saccaṃ, bhār’ ādānaṃ = samuda-saccaṃ, bhāranikkhepanaṃ = nirodha-s.,…

(-˚) a load, only in cpd. gadrabha˚; a donkey-load (of goods) Ja.ii.109; Dhp-a.i.123.

fr. bhāra

“the petty descendants of Bhārata” or: load-carrier, porter (?) SN.iv.117 (indignantly applied to apprentices and other low class young men who…

…Mil.240, Mil.311
■ See bhāriya.

fr. bhāra

…Ja.iii.530; Vv-a.12; and -bhārī Thag.459 (as variant reading; T. ˚dhārī). See also under mālā.

fr. bhṛ; cp….

…id. Dhp-a.i.186. 2. bhāriyā (= bhārikā, f. of bhāraka) carrying, fetching, bringing Ja.vi.563 (phala˚).

fr. bhāra Vedic bhārya…

see *bharu*˚.

…reading SS vāpa˚, BB chapa˚).

cp. Epic Sk. bhāsa

adjective (-˚) speaking DN-a.i.52 (avaṇṇa˚; uttering words of blame).

fr. bhāṣ

speaking, speech Dhtm.162; Sdhp.68.

fr. bhāṣ

…(2^nd sg. fut. bhāsihi = bhāsissasi pakāsessasi Snp-a.499). Usually with prep prefix pa˚; (so read at Pv.i.10#9…

adjective (-˚) speaking AN.i.102 (dubbhāsita-bhāsin).

cp. Epic Sk. bhāṣin

…AN.ii.51 (su˚; read bhāsita for bāsita), AN.vi.226; Snp.252, Snp.451, Snp.657; Ja.iv.247, Ja.iv.281 (su˚, well spoken or good words);…

one who speaks, utters; a speaker SN.i.156; Pp.56; Snp-a.549.

n. ag. fr. bhāṣ

adjective bright, shining, resplendent Thag-a.139, Thag-a.212; Vv-a.12.

cp. Epic Sk. bhāsura fr. bhas

…(18 dialects of which 5 are mentioned; besides the Māgadhabhāsā).

cp. Epic Sk. bhāṣā

…Ja.v.288; Vism.95). Cp. bhātika & bhātuka; On pop. etym. see bhaginī.

cp. Vedic bhrātar = Av. bratar, Gr….

…see *vi*˚.

bhā Dhtp.367, Dhtm.594: dittiyaṃ; Idg. *bhé, cp. Sk. bhāḥ nt. splendour, radiance, bhāsati…

…Vism.292 (dve ˚therā two Th. brothers) Cp. bhātuka.

fr. bhātar, cp. Class. Sk. bhrātṛka

…Vism.292 (dve ˚therā two Th. brothers) Cp. bhātuka.

fr. bhātar, cp. Class. Sk. bhrātṛka

…sa˚; with the brother Thag-a.71 (Tha-ap.36).

= bhātika, fr. Sk. bhrātṛka

…character,“ taking bhāva = attabhāva); usually -˚, denoting state or condition of, and representing an abstr. der. from the first part…

…arrangement of process of culture Dhs-a.168 = Vism.122.

fr. bhāveti, or fr. bhāva in meaning of bhāva 2, cp. Class. Sk….

…MN-a.156); SN.v.164; AN.iii.110; Mil.373; Pv-a.9. See also under manobhāvanīya.

grd. fr. bhāveti, but taken by Bdhgh as grd….

…Sdhp.48, Sdhp.495
pass ppr. bhāviyamāna AN.ii.140; Kp-a.148
pp bhāvita.

Caus. of bhū,…

…(or is it bhāvanīya? cp. variant reading S bhāvaniyā).

fr. bhāva, Epic Sk. bhāvin “imminent”

…(cittaṃ parittaṃ abhāvitaṃ; opp. cittaṃ appamāṇaṃ subhāvitaṃ); Snp.516, Snp.558.

pp. of bhāveti

…SN.iii.153 SN.iii.475; Pv.ii.9#66.

abstr. fr. bhāvita = *bhāvitattvaṃ

…2^nd sg. bhāyi Thag.764; Dhp-a.iii.187; & usually in Prohib.; mā bhāyi do not be afraid SN.v.369;…

adjective to be feared, dreadful, fearful, Sdhp.95.

grd. of bhāyati + ka

…(variant reading paṭibhāna), Dhp-a.iii.345; Dhp-a.iv.18.

• -vāra a section of the Scriptures, divided into such for…

…(Thullanandā bahussutā bhāṇikā); also in cpd. mañju-bhāṇikā sweet-voiced uttering sweet words Ja.vi.422.

fr….

Caus. of bhaṇati (q.v.) with 3^rd praet. bhāṇi & pot.; bhāṇaye.

…pariggahetvā vācaṃ bhāsitā“); Dhp.363 (id.; explained as “mantā vuccati paññā tāya pana bhaṇana-sīlo” Dhp-a.iv.93)
■…

see bībhaccha.

Pass. to bharati, only in cpd. ppr. anubhīramāna MN.iii.123 (chatta: being brought up,or carried behind) Neumann, M. trsl.²iii.248 translates “über ihm schwebt,” & proposes reading (on p. …

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

…Pv-a.280 (+ tasita). Cp. sam˚.

pp. of bhāyati

…bhṛkuti &…

…ground Dhp-a.i.171.

• -bhāga division of the earth, district Ja.i.109; Ja.v.200; Vv-a.125; Pv-a.29, Pv-a.154 *…

…past and future DN.i.18. -bhāva truthful character, neg. a˚ Pv-a.14. -vacana statement of reality or of…

…cp Dhp-a.iii.109 (= attabhāva). 2. the red fruit of Momordica monadelpha, a species of Amaranth [cp. Sk bimba & bimbī, a kind of gourd]…

cat DN.ii.83; MN.i.128, MN.i.334; SN.ii.270; AN.iii.122 (viḷāra); AN.v.202, AN.v.289; Thag.1138; Ja.i.461 (as representing deceit), Ja.i.480; Ja.v.406, Ja.v.416, Ja.v.418; Mil.118; Dhp-a.ii.152; Pp- …

…Vol.* i.290. -sambhāra (pl.) conditions (lit. materials) necessary for the attainment of bodhi Ja.i.1; Ja.vi.595;…

factor or constituent of knowledge or wisdom. There are 7 bojjhangas usually referred to or understood from the context. There are enumerated at several places, e.g. at DN.iii.106, where they are ment …

…question belongs.

-attabhāva existence as a brahma god Dhp-a.iii.210 -ujjugatta having the most divinely straight…

…of a Brahma god, existence in the Br. world Vb.337; Vism.301 Vb-a.437; Dhp-a.i.110. brahmattabhāva is to be read as brahm’ attabhāva (see…

…question belongs.

-attabhāva existence as a brahma god Dhp-a.iii.210 -ujjugatta having the most divinely straight…

…Yamataggi, Angirasa Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin.i.245; DN.i.104; AN.iii.224; AN.iv.61; cp. Vv-a.265
■ f….

…(vaḍḍheti + , for ābhāveti)
■ Cp anu˚, pari˚.

cp. Sk. bṛṃhayati; fr. brh² to increase; Dhtp.346 & Dhtm.505:…

…a future B. Bv.ii.71. -bhāva condition of a B. enlightenment Ja.i.14, Ja.i.147 (abuddhabhāva un-buddhahood, of…

Byanti˚

in -bhavati, bhāva etc. see vyanti˚.

1. a pole for carrying burdens Thag.623.
2. a flail SN.iv.201.

vy + ā + bhañj

evil, wrong, hurt; usually referred to as 3 fold: atta˚, para˚, ubhaya˚, or against oneself against others, & both-MN.i.416; SN.iv.159 (vyā˚), SN.iv.339.

vy + ā + bādh

…length, only in phrase -ppabhā a halo extending for a fathom around the Buddha Ja.i.12, Ja.i.90; Bv.i.45; Mil.75; Vv-a.213.

cp. Vedic & P….

…dhana); Vv-a.68 (˚kittibhāva fact of becoming known outside)
■ santara˚ (adj.) [= sa-antara] including the inward & outward parts…

adjective outer, external, outside Vin.iii.149 (b. māna external measure; opp. abbhantarima); Ja.v.38 (opp. abbhantarima).

fr. bāhira, compar
■ adversative formation

adjective living in abundance, swaggering, luxurious, spendthrift Vin.i.9 (+ padhāna-vibbhanto, as also Ja.i.68, with which Kern,

Toevoegselen

s.v. compares Mvu.ii.241 & Mvu.iii.329); Vin.ii.197 …

…Dhp.63; Ja.ii.220 (= bāla-bhāva); Ja.iii.278 (balya); Pv-a.40. Also used as adj. in compar. bālyatara more foolish, extremely foolish…

adjective disgusting, awful, horrible, dreadful Ja.ii.276; Ja.iv.71 (˚vaṇṇa), Sdhp.603. -dassana a disgusting sight, horrible to behold Ja.i.171; Pv-a.32, Pv-a.56 Pv-a.68, Pv-a.99 (: all with r …

1. seed, germ, semen, spawn. Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116
   ■ DN.i.135 (˚bhatta seed-corn food); DN.iii.44 (the five kinds: see below under ˚gāma) …

(indef. enclitic particle)

1. Indefinite (after demonstr. pron. in the sense of kiṃ = what about? or how is it? cp. kiṃ) = ever, whoever what-ever, etc. [Sk. kaśca, Gr. ὁς τε, Lat: quisque Goth. h …

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

circle, a sphere, esp. a mythical range of mountains supposed to encircle the world; pl worlds or spheres Ja.i.53, Ja.i.203; Ja.vi.330; Vism.205 (its extent), Vism.207, Vism.367, Vism.421; Dhs-a.297; …

…nāmaṃ C.) Vv-a.119;

• -bhāta (+ ñāṇa˚) (adj.) one who has become the possessor of right understanding SN.ii.255; SN.iv.94; AN.v.226…

adjective having eyes, being gifted with sight; of clear sight, intuition or wisdom possessing knowledge (cp. samantacakkhu) DN.i.76 (one who knows, i.e. a connoisseur); cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhinti “ …

1. the Yak ox (Bos grunniens) Ja.i.149; Ja.iii.18 Ja.iii.375; Ja.v.416; Mil.365
   ■ f. -ī Ja.i.20; Sdhp.621
   ■ In compounds camari˚ Ja.iv.256.
2. a kind of antelope (-ī Ja.vi.537.

• *-[vī …

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

Name of a town (Bhagulpore) & a river DN.i.111; DN-a.i.279; Ja.iv.454.

…Also in cpd. candimāpabhā the light of the moon (thus BB, whereas SS read at all passages candiyā˚ or candiya-pabhā) SN.iii.156 =…

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 …

adjective subsequent, last (opp. pubba) Thag.202; Iti.18; Ja.v.120
■ acarima not later (apubba ac˚ simultaneously) DN.i.185; MN.iii.65; Pp.13.

• -bhava the last rebirth (in Sa …

Catukka¹

neuter

1. a tetrad, a set of four, consisting of four parts: ˚pañcakajjhānā (pl.) the fourfold & the fivefold system of meditation Dhs-a.168; see compounds
2. a place where four …

…(of hāra) Ne.3, Ne.105; -bhāga the 4th part, a quarter Dhp.108; -bhūmika having 4 stories or stages (of citta or dhamma)…