Culla & cūḷa

adjective small, minor (opp mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr….

Err:501

Acelakassapa¹AcelaKassapa

A naked ascetic. He visited the Buddha at Ujuññā in the Kaṇṇa-katthala deer-park and asked him if it were true that he disparaged all penance and reviled asceti …

…to Rāhula the discourse (Cūḷa-Rāhulovāda) which made him an arahant. SN.iv.105–107

Among others who lived here from time to time are…

…of them all. See also the Cūḷa—and the Mahā-Gosiṅga Suttas.

Anuruddha was present when the Buddha died at Kusinārā, and knew the…

…for the preaching of the Cūḷa-Saccaka Sutta. MN.i.227ff.

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.124ff. records a visit paid by the Buddha to…

A city in the kingdom of Aṅga. It was here that the Mahā Assapura and Cūḷa Assapura Suttas were preached by the Buddha. MN.i.271ff. MN.i.281ff.

Aṅga3town

A World ruler. The world itself means “Turner of the Wheel,” the Wheel (Cakka) being the well known Indian symbol of empire. More than one thousand sons are his; his dominions extend throughout the …

CullakokanadāCūḷakokanadāCūlakokanadā

The younger of the two daughters of Pajunna, both of whom were called Kokanadā. She visited the Buddha…

…Mahā-Cunda and the other Cūḷa-Cunda. But the legends connected with them are so confused that it is not possible to differentiate clearly…

CūladevaCūḷadeva

A Thera, an eminent teacher of the Vinaya. Vin.v.3

CūḷagavacchaCūlagavaccha

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a joyful monk would realize the state of peace. Thag.11

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of these. MN.iii.70

CūḷakaCūlaka

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his delight in the beautiful peacocks and good earth, and how happily he meditates….

…heard of this and warned Cūḷapanthaka not to keep the nuns so late.

The Udāna Ud.v.10 contains a verse sung by the Buddha in praise of…

…and answers are given in the Cūḷavedalla Sutta. MN.i.299ff. Visākha reported this interview to the Buddha, who praised her great wisdom and…

…Vinaya Vin.iv.54 as having been constantly used by Cūḷapanthaka.

…the Buddha preached the Cūḷagosiṅga Sutta, MN.i.205 the Janavasabha Sutta, DN.ii.200 and several discourses on awareness of mortality….

…was the preaching of the Cūḷagosiṅga Sutta. MN.i.205f. On another occasion, when the Buddha was staying there with many eminent monks,…

…SN.iii.121f.

In the Cūḷa DukkhakKhaṇḍa Sutta it is said that a large number of Nigaṇṭhas lived at Kāḷasilā, never sitting…

…who expanded it to form the Cūḷahatthipadopama Sutta. The Buddha also preached to Jāṇussoṇi the Bhayabherava Sutta. MN.i.16ff.…

…to him was preached the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta. MN.i.91f.

The Dakkhiṇā-vibhaṅga Sutta was preached as the result of a visit to…

Kassapa¹

One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7

Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …

…Buddha preached to them the Cūḷa-Gosiṅga Sutta, at the conclusion of which, Dīgha Parajana Yakkha sang the praises of all three….

…younger was sometimes called Cūḷa-Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, the…

…with a drooping crest (lambacūḷakābhaṭā) They bore a bad reputation for extortion and violence. SN.iv.341

Besides the places already…

…to do so. DN.ii.116

In the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, MN.i.92 it is said that Kāḷasilā was also the residence of some…

…as described in the Cūḷa- and the Mahā-Saccaka Suttas; MN.i.227ff. MN.i.237ff. the householder Ugga of Vesāli, acclaimed by the…

…SN.i.219f.

See also the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta and Sekha Sutta, both preached to Mahānāma.

Mahānāma is included in a list of…

The elder brother of Cūḷapanthaka. He was declared pre eminent among those skilled in the evolution of consciousness. (saññāvivatta)….

…Nikāya are two suttas—the Cūḷamālunkyā MN.i.426ff. and the Mahāmālunkyā MN.i.432ff. —both evidently preached before…

…in Nagaraka, for in the Cūḷa-Suññatā Sutta, Ānanda is reported as reminding the Buddha that once, while staying at Nagaraka, the Buddha…

…with Mahānāma that the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta was preached. During one of the Buddha’s residences in Nigrodhārāma, the Sākyans…

A brahmin of Sāvatthī. He visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha preached to him the Cūḷasāropama Sutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s follower. MN.i.198ff.

…and preached to him the Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta. At the end of the discourse, Rāhula became an arahant, together with one hundred thousand…

…the Buddha is given in the Cūḷataṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta. There the question arises regarding the extirpation of cravings. Sakka accepts the…

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

…monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of ordaining at age seven, overcoming a dragon, and bringing…

SumāgadhāSumāgavā

A lotus pond near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the thought, “I will speculate about the world.” He saw …

…and spoke of the loss the Order had sustained by their death. SN.v.163f.

The Cūḷagopālaka Sutta was also preached at Ukkacela….

Upāli ¹

One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …

Vejayanta¹

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

…Mahāli, Mahāsīhanāda, Cūḷa Saccaka, Mahā Saccaka, Tevijja, Vacchagotta, Sunakkhatta and Ratana.

One hundred years after the Buddha’s…

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 …

particular effort.

1. meaning, intention; wish, desire.
2. particular meaning, distinction, difference.

not dependent on time; not limited to a particular time; immediate, immediately effective

anacchariya¹

mfn. & neuter not marvelous, not surprising; natural; not unusual, unexceptional; a natural thing or occurrence

anacchariya²

mfn. spontaneous, original; not artic …

(& m. pl.?) a particular disease, hemorrhoids, piles.

1. a wheel of a cart or carriage; the pattern of a wheel on the soles of the feet (one of the marks of a mahāpurisa)
2. a circular missile, a discus; the “wheel” of sovereignty, of authority; sway.
3. …

(a circular) pad?

(circular) pad (?)

culla¹cūlacūḷa

mfn. small, minor, lesser.

culla²

masculine a fireplace; a hearth.

coil, a ring; a circular roll of cloth (used as a stand for a vessel, esp. when carried on the head)

small; lesser.

num. of cullāsīti

member of a particular sect (of ascetics?)

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

1. (mfn. and n.) wrongly or wickedly done; badly made; badly arranged; what is wrongly done; an evil or wrong action.
2. (n.) a particular classification of (vinaya) offense.

one who counts; recons; calculates; an accountant; a treasurer.

reckoning; counting; calculation; computation; numbering.

counts numbers; adds up; reckons; calculates.

counts numbers; adds up; reckons; calculates.

counted numbers; added up; reckoned; calculated.

counts numbers; adds up; reckons; calculates.

counts numbers; adds up; reckons; calculates.

having counted numbers; added up; reckoned; calculated.

1. a grazing; search for food; where and on what animals feed; the particular feeding ground, the particular food of an animal.
2. a mendicant’s begging-round; where mendicants (properly) beg for foo …

local terminology; an ordinary way of speaking (in a particular community?)

kāla¹

masculine time;

1. 1. a fixed point of time; a period of time; time of day; time of year; time (as past, present or future); grammatical time, the time of the action of a verb; tens …

suitably for the time or occasion; when it is fitting for a particular time

dependent on time; relating to or limited to a particular time (now or in the future, i.e. temporary or delayed); what is dependent on time; what belongs to the future.

causes to do or make, causes to perform or carry out or suffer; has (something) done or made; deals with (with an act of the saṅgha); administers, supervises (the working of); occupies a position (o …

causes to do or make, causes to perform or carry out or suffer; has (something) done or made; deals with (with an act of the saṅgha); administers, supervises (the working of); occupies a position (o …

1. the body, the physical body; sometimes the material form (of a particular existence) as opposed to the mental faculties, sometimes the assemblage of all five khandhas; the body is
   1. the experie …

man of a particular low caste (of hunters); a fowler, a hunter.

woman of a particular low caste (of hunters); a fowler, a huntress.

circular as a banyan (one whose body and outstretched arms make a circle like a banyan); perfectly proportioned.

makes an inarticulate noise; calls; sings.

fixed rule; a particular or specified way or manner; an invariable practice or experience; a determined or inevitable outcome, certainty; an assured state; what leads to an inevitable outcome, the way …

takka¹

neuter buttermilk mixed with water.

takka²

masculine conjecture; speculation, reasoning; thought, reflection; estimating.

(one) who speculates, conjectures, reasons.

(one) who speculates; who conjectures.

(one) who speculates, conjectures, reasons.

disposition to speculation; the store of harmful thoughts.

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

particular classification of (Vinaya) offense.

1. a garment made of bark (from a particular tree)
2. a kind of headdress or diadem.

1. a garment made of bark (from a particular tree)
2. a kind of tree?

made for a particular person; specially prepared

earns (for); sorrows over; frets; loses heart; is discontented (with, instr. or loc), is unhappy (esp. of a bhikkhu, longing to return to a secular life).

who is the first to perform a particular action

who is the first to perform a particular action

not united, not mingled together (as is a plait of hair or the confluence of rivers); separate; specific, particular

not united, not mingled together (as is a plait of hair or the confluence of rivers); separate; specific, particular

not united, not mingled together (as is a plait of hair or the confluence of rivers); separate; specific, particular

not united, not mingled together (as is a plait of hair or the confluence of rivers); separate; specific, particular

Acinteyya: lit. ‘That which cannot not be thought of’, the unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, that which transcends the limits of thinking and over which the …

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 …

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

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 …

Bodhi: from verbal root budhi to awaken, to understand: awakening, enlightenment, supreme knowledge. Through Bodhi one awakens from the slumber or stupor inflicted upon the mind by the defilemen …

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …

Ānupubbī-kathā: ‘gradual instruction’, progressive teaching; given by the Buddha when it was necessary to first prepare the listener’s mind before speaking to him on the advanced teaching of the …

Abhiññā¹

feminine Rare in the older texts. It appears in two contexts. Firstly, certain conditions are said to conduce (inter alia) to serenity, to special knowledge (abhiññā), to specia …

adverb below, usually comb^d. or contrasted with uddhaṃ “above” and tiriyaṃ “across”, describing the 3 dimensions
■ uddhaṃ and …

adverb prep. (c. gen. acc. or loc.), pref. (˚-) and adv. “in between” (of space & time), midway, inside; during meanwhile, between. On interpretation of term see DN-a.i.34 sq

1. (prep.) c. ac …

an “after-view”, sceptical view, speculation, heresy DN.i.12; MN.ii.228; SN.iii.45 sq. Thag.754; Mil.325; DN-a.i.103. attānudiṭṭhi (q.v.) a soul-speculation.

anu + diṭṭhi

(-˚) following, being in the train of, falling under, adherence to, dependence on SN.i.104 (vas˚ being in the power). Usually in cpd. diṭṭhānugati a sign (lit. belonging to) …

adjective incalculable, innumerable, nt. an immense period AN.ii.142; Mil.232 (cattāri a.), Mil.289; Dhp-a.i.5, Dhp-a.i.83, Dhp-a.i.104.

a + sankheyya, grd. of saṃ- khyā

sword, a large knife DN.i.77 (= DN-a.i.222); MN.ii.99; AN.i.48 = (asinā sīsaṃ chindante); AN.iv.97 (asinā hanti attānaṃ); Ja.iv.118 (asi sunisito), Ja.iv.184; Ja.v.45 (here meaning “sickle”), Ja.v.47 …

Atta¹

that which has been taken up, assumed. atta-daṇḍa, he who has taken a stick in hand, a violent person, SN.i.236; SN.iv.117; Snp.630, Snp.935; Dhp.406. Attañjaha, rejecting what …

atta (the latter is the form used in comp^n.)

I. Inflection

1. of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
   ■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …

…half a league Ja.vi.55

• -cūḷa (˚vāhā vīhi) 1/2 a measure (of rice) Mil.102, perhaps misread for aḍḍhāḷha…

adjective much, abundant, nt. abundance (˚-); full of, rich in, fig. given to, intent on, devoted to DN.ii.73; SN.i.199, SN.i.202; AN.iii.86 (pariyatti˚), AN.iii.432 (āloka˚); AN.iv.35; Iti.27, Iti.3 …

1. religious offering, oblation DN.ii.74 (dhammika); AN.iv.17, AN.iv.19; Snp.223; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.88 (particularly to subordinate divinities, cp. Mvu. translation 263) Dhp-a.ii.14 (variant reading ˚k …

adjective

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

speech, language, esp. vernacular, dialect Ja.iv.279 (manussa˚ human speech), Ja.iv.392 (caṇḍāla˚); Kp-a.101 (saka-saka˚-anurūpa); Snp-a.397 (Milakkha˚); DN-a.i.176 (Kirātā-Yavanâdi-Millakkhāna …

…Saṃyutta˚; Vism.313 (Cūḷa-Sivatthera). Unspecified at Snp-a.70 (Kalyāṇavihāravāsi-bhāṇaka-dahara-bhikkhu; reading doubtful) …

sour gruel Ja.vi.365 (= kañjiya); usually in stock phrase kaṇājaka bilaṅga-dutiya (seed-cake?) accompanied by sour gruel Vin.ii.77, Vin.ii.78; SN.i.90; AN.i.145; AN.iv.392; Ja.i.228; Ja.iii.299; S …

…the sphere called sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu)
■ The brahmās like other gods are not necessarily sotāpannā or on the way to full…

term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …

…the sphere called sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu)
■ The brahmās like other gods are not necessarily sotāpannā or on the way to full…

1. the array or arrangement of troops in particular positions, order of parade or battle DN-a.i.85. Three formations of troops are mentioned at Ja.ii.404 & Ja.ii.406, viz. paduma-vyūha (lotus format …

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 …

to cause to move, to make go Ja.i.267 (bheriṃ c. to have the drum beaten); Pv-a.75 (do.); Dhp-a.i.398 (to circulate). As cārāpeti Ja.v.510 (bheriṃ).

Caus. 11. of carati

Culla & cūḷa

adjective small, minor (opp mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr….

eighty-four Ja.vi.226 (mahākappe as duration of Saṃsāra); Pv-a.254 (id.). Also as cūḷāsīti q.v.

= caturāsīti

to kiss Ja.ii.193; Ja.v.328; Ja.vi.291, Ja.vi.344; Vv-a.260. Cp. pari˚. Culla & cula;

Sk. cumbati. Dhtp.197 defines as “vadanasaṃyoge”

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

…knot, crest. As kaṇṇa-cūḷa the root of an elephant’s ear Ja.vi.488. aḍḍha-cūḷa a measure (see…

adjective having a cūḷa or top-knot; pañca˚; with five top-knots Ja.v.250 (of a boy).

fr. cūḷā

only in phrase sahassi cūḷanikā lokadhātu “the system of the 1,000 lesser worlds” (distinguished from the dvi-sahassī majjhimakā & the…

for cullāsīti at Thig.51.

gift, a fee, a donation; a donation given to a “holy” person with ref. to unhappy beings in the Peta existence (“Manes”), intended to induce the alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, exp …

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

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

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

adjective noun

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

adjective to be gained or procured with difficulty (i.e. a livelihood which is hardly procurable), only in phrase “dubbhikkhā d setaṭṭhikā salākavuttā,” of a famine Vin.iii.6, Vin.iii.15, Vin.iii.87 …

inheritance Vin.i.82; DN.iii.189; AN.iii.43; Ja.i.91; Vism.43 sq.; dowry Ja.iii.8
■ (adj.) one who inherits Vin.iii.66 (pituno of the father).

• -upasampadā, lit. the Upasa …

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

• -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
• -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

smell, viz.

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

counter, one skilled in counting familiar with arithmetic; an accountant, overseer or calculator. enumerated as an occupation together with muddika at DN.i.51 (expl DN-a.i.157 by acchidda-pāṭhaka); …

…headman Vin.ii.296 (Maṇicūḷaka). Title of the G. Saṃyutta (Book VIII. of the Saḷāyatana-Vagga) SN.iv.305 sq.; & of the Gāmaṇī…

1. inferior, low; poor, miserable; vile, base, abject, contemptible, despicable Vin.i.10; DN.i.82 DN.i.98; SN.ii.154 (hīnaṃ dhātuṃ paṭicca uppajjati hīnā saññā); SN.iii.47; SN.iv.88, SN.iv.309 (citta …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

Kasiṇa¹

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

…the ears Ja.iii.99.

• -cūḷa the root of the ear Ja.vi.488; as ˚cūlikā at Ja.ii.276; Vism.255; Dhp-a.iv.13. *…

anything circular, a ring, a wheel (thus in kara˚ Vin.ii.122); a bracelet Pv-a.134.

Kesara¹

a mane, in -sīha a maned lion Ja.ii.244; Snp-a.127.

Kesara²

filament of flowers, hairy structures of plants esp. of the lotus; usually of kiñjakkha …

1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm DN.i.73 (of a country) SN.i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i.e. Nibbāna), SN.i.189 = Snp.454 (of vācā nibbānapattiyā); MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amata …

Khura¹

the hoof of an animal Vv.64#10 (of a horse = turagānaṃ khuranipāta, the clattering of a horse’s hoof Vv-a.279), cp. Sk. kṣura, a monkey’s claw Sp. Avs.i.236.

khura-kāse MN.i.44 …

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

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

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

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

…SN.iv.341, SN.iv.342 (˚cūḷakā bhaṭa hirelings with large or drooping top-knots); Ja.ii.185 (˚tthana with hanging breasts); Ja.iii.265…

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

…upon which follow sahassī cūḷanikā l-dh.; dvisahassī majjhimikā; tisahassī; mahāsahassī); Ja.i.63, Ja.i.212; Mil.237; Vb-a.430…

fish AN.iii.301; Snp.605, Snp.777, Snp.936; Ja.i.210, Ja.i.211; Ja.v.266 (in simile); Ja.vi.113 (phandanti macchā, on dry land); Pp.55; Sdhp.610
■ maccha is given at Cnd.91 as syn. of ambucārin
■ …

honey Ja.i.157 sq.; Ja.iv.117; Dhp.69 (madhū vā read as madhuvā); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.53; Dhs-a.330; Dhp-a.ii.197 (alla fresh honey)
■ pl. madhūni Mhvs.5, Mhvs.31
■ The Abhp (533) also gives “wine fr …

1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

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

1. (churned) buttermilk Vin.ii.301 (amathita-kappa).
2. upset, mentally unbalanced state, disturbance of mind through passion conceit, etc. MN.i.486 (maññita +). Neumann trsl^s “Vermutung” …

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

1. a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …

1. circle DN.i.134 (paṭhavi˚, cp. puthavi˚ Snp.990); Vism.143 (˚ṃ karoti to draw a circle, in simile), Vism.174 (tipu˚ & rajata˚ lead- & silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a.147 (of a fan = tāla …

adjective

1. circular Thag.863 (maṇḍali-pākāra).
2. having a disk, orbed (of the sun) SN.i.51 = Vv-a.116.

fr. maṇḍala

occurs as simplex only in Np. Mahā- mucala -mālaka Mhvs.15, Mhvs.36. It refers to the tree mucalinda, of which it may be a short form. On the other hand *m …

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

Mālaka (Māḷaka)

a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …

Mālaka (Māḷaka)

a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …

man (in poetry esp. a brave, strong heroic man), pl. either “men” or “people” (the latter e.g. at Snp.776, Snp.1082; Pv.i.11#12)
■ AN.i.130 AN.ii.5; AN.iii.53; Snp.39, Snp.96, Snp.116, Snp.329, Snp. …

I. Etymology

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

plant (Barringtonia acutangula) Vv-a.134.

Sk. nicula

Nijjhāna¹

neuter understanding, insight, perception, comprehension; favour, indulgence (= nijjhāpana), pleasure, delight Ja.vi.207. Often as -ṃ khamati: to be pleased with, to find plea …

name.

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

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

There is no difference in meaning between osadha and osadhī; both mean equally any medicine whether of herbs or other ingredients. Cp. e.g. AN.iv.100 (bījagāma-bhūtagāmā… osadhi-tiṇavanappatayo) Pv. …

leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe ordination

1. ordination or admission into the Buddha’s Order in particular: Vin.iii.13; SN.i.16 …

adjective scattered about; fig. miscellaneous, particular, opp. to sādhāraṇa Kp-a.74; cp. Cpd. 13, 95²; Vism.175 (˚kathā), Vism.317 sq. (id.)
■ As Np. name of the xiv^th book …

Pari˚

indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …

adjective

1. round, circular Ja.i.441; Ja.ii.406 (āvāṭa); Ja.vi.42; Pv.iv.3#28 (guḷa˚); Dhs.617 (explained at Dhs-a.317 as “egg-shaped,” kukkuṭ-aṇḍasaṇṭhāna)
   ■ nt. as adv. in phrase *-ṃ nivā …

one who attains Parinibbāna. Of the 2 meanings registered under parinibbāna we find No. 1 only in a very restricted use when taken in both senses of sa-and an-upādisesa parinibbāna; e.g. at AN.ii.15 …

? adjective forming a circle, circular DN.i.22 (trsl^d “a path could be traced round it” Dial. i.36). Can it be misspelling for pariyanta? Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. equals it to Sk. p …

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

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

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

scepticism, speculation, controversy Snp.834; Mnd.176.

pa + vitakka

…Vin.iv.281; Ja.ii.114.

• -cūḷaka with 5 topknots Ja.v.250 (of a boy).
• -nakha with 5 claws, Name of…

…SS kipillaka; gloss K pitucūḷaka, BB cūḷakaniṭṭha); Sdhp.164, Sdhp.165
■ As pillika at Ja.i.487 (godha˚, variant reading BB…

…in gen.) with culla˚; (cūḷa˚), i.e. little and mahā˚; i.e. grand-father e.g. at Ja.i.115 (+ ayyaka); Pv-a.107. The collective term…

an ordinary, average person (4 classes of ordinary people are discussed at Cpd. 49, 50) a common worldling, a man of the people, an ordinary man MN.i.1, MN.i.7, MN.i.135, MN.i.239, MN.i.323; MN.iii. …

half-moon stone, the semicircular slab under the staircase Vin.i.180 (cp. Vin. Texts ii.3). As pāṭiya at Ja.vi.278 (= piṭṭhi-pāsāṇa C.).

etym. unknown; with pāṭiya cp. Sk. pāṣya?

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

1. fight, battle; only in Thig.360 (raṇaṃ karitvā kāmānaṃ): see discussed below; also late at Mhvs.35, Mhvs.69 (Subharājaṃ raṇe hantvā).
2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This meaning is the Buddhi …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

the body in being, the existing body or group (= -nikāya q.v.); as a t.t. in P. psychology almost equal to individuality; identified with the five khandhas MN.i.299; SN.iii.159; …

…Mhvs.37, Mhvs.192 i.e. Cūḷavaṃsa (ed. Geiger) p. 15.

cp. saṃ + puṭa (lexicogr. Sk. sampuṭa “round box”) & BSk. sampuṭa in…

1. to bring together Ja.i.68.
2. to bring, produce Ja.i.433.
3. to put together, cp. Ja.i.120 Ja.i.148.
4. to collect, enumerate Ja.i.429.
5. to calculate (the time) Ja.i.120, Ja.i.148; aor. *samānayi …

Sara¹

1. the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
2. an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).

• -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow …

1. moving about, running; -lohita blood in circulation (opp. sannicita˚;) Vism.261 Kp-a.62; Vb-a.245.
2. a movable curtain, a blind that can be drawn aside Vin.ii.153.

fr. saṃ + sṛ.

1. transmigration, lit. faring on DN.i.54; DN.ii.206 (here = existence); MN.i.81 (saṃsārena suddhi); SN.ii.178 sq.; AN.i.10; AN.ii.12 = AN.ii.52; Snp.517; Dhp.60; Ja.i.115; Pv.ii.13#11; Vism.544 (in d …

Saṅkheyya¹

adjective calculable; only neg. a˚; incalculable SN.v.400; AN.iii.366; Pv-a.212 -kāra acting with a set purpose Snp.351
■ As grd. of saṅkharoti: …

Saṅkhyā (f.)

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

Saṅkhāna¹

neuter & Saṅkhyāna (nt.) calculation, counting DN.i.11; MN.i.85; DN-a.i.95 Dhtp.613 (khy).

fr. saṃ + khyā, cp. sankhā

Saṅkhāna²

neuter a strong leash Thag-a. …

calculator SN.iv.376.

fr. saṃ + khyā

Saṅkhāti

1. to appear Ja.v.203 (˚āti).
2. to calculate Snp.p.126 (inf. ˚khātuṃ); Dhp.196. ger. saṅkhāya having considered, discriminately carefully, with open mind DN.ii.227; …

kind of hemp DN.ii.350 (variant reading); SN.i.115 (do.); cp. sāṇa¹ & sāṇī.

• -dhovika [perhaps (Kern’s suggestion) sāṇa˚ (variant reading) visāṇa˚?] name of a particular kind of gamb …

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

…of t. ˚sutta MN.i.251 (cūḷa˚), MN.i.256 (mahā˚): ˚vimutti salvation through cessation of t. MN.i.256, MN.i.270, & ˚vimutta (adj….

…cp. thūṇā To ūl: ull cp. cūḷa: culla

…cp. thūṇā To ūl: ull cp. cūḷa: culla

sugar-cane Vin.iv.35; AN.iii.76; AN.iv.279; Mil.46; Dhp-a.iv.199 (˚ūnaṃ yanta sugar-cane mill), Pv-a.257, Pv-a.260; Vv-a.124.

-agga (ucch˚) top of s. c. Vism.172. *-[khaṇḍik …

1. “breathing out”, exulting cry, i e. an utterance, mostly in metrical form, inspired by a particularly intense emotion, whether it be joyful or sorrowful (cp. K. S. p. 29 n. 2) DN.i.50 DN.i.92; SN.i …

[fr. upa + dhṛ;) “receptacle”, milk-pail DN.ii.192; AN.iv.393; Ja.vi.503. See kaṃs˚. Kern,

Toevoegselen

i. 142 proposes corruption fr. kaṃs’ûpadohana, which latter however does not occur in Pa …

nt.

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

Vaṭṭa¹

adjective noun

1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

adjective circular Abhp.707.

fr. vṛt, cp. late Sk. vartula

adjective noun going about, circulating, moving, travelling Ja.v.484 (˚bhaṇḍa travelling merchandise).

fr. vicarati

-eti (trs.) to destroy, ruin; do away with, scatter
■ (intrs.) to drop off, fall away, to be scattered, to roll or whirl about. Both vidhamati & ˚eti; are used indiscriminately although the Cau …

the plant Erycibe paniculata Vin.i.201 (variant reading viḷ˚)
■ -thālikā at Mnd.154 read as bilaṅga˚; (q.v.).

*Sk. viḍanga

only at DN.iii.43 in phrase ˚ṃ āpajjati in meaning of “making a distinction,” being particular (about food: bhojanesu), having a dainty appetite; explained by “dve bhāge karoti” Bdhgh. It seems to sta …

wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …

adjective connected with the winds (humours) of the body having bad circulation, suffering from internal trouble rheumatic (?) Mil.135, Mil.298.

fr. vāta 2, cp. *Sk. vātakin Halāyudha ii.451

corn (in general), barley (in particular) Vin.iv.264; SN.iv.220; AN.iv.169.

-karaṇa the preparation of corn AN.iv.169. -kalāpī (or ˚inī) a sheaf of barley SN …

kind of jasmine, Jasminum auriculatum Ja.vi.537; Mil.338. So is also to be read at Ja.v.420 (for yodhi) & Ja.v.422 (yodhikā yudhikā). See also; yodhikā.

cp. later Sk. yūthikā

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

Āma¹

indeclinable affirmative part. “yes, indeed, certainly” DN.i.192 sq. (as variant reading BB.; T. has āmo); Ja.i.115 Ja.i.226 (in C. expl^n. of T. amā-jāta which is to be re …

1. pleasure, fondness of (-˚), delight, always as adj. (-˚) delighting in, enjoying finding pleasure in (usually comb^d. with rata, e.g. dhammārāma dhammarata finding delight in the Dh.) S …

that which; flows (out or on to) outflow & influx.

1. spirit, the intoxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower, O. C in Vin.iv.110 (four kinds); B. on DN.iii.182 (five kinds Dhs-a.48; Kp-a …

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …