, mfn. & masculine

1. (m.)

   1. self control, self restraint; subduing; forbearance.
   2. (according to commentaries) understanding, wisdom.

2. (mfn.) that is self-restraint.

string, a rope; a garland.

adjective noun (& of a nt.; damo the instr. damasā) taming, subduing; self-control, self-command moderation DN.i.53 (dānena damena saṃyamena = Iti.15 expl. at DN-a.i.160 as indriya-damena uposat …

…sumana˚ Ja.iv.455.

Sk. dāman to dyati to bind (Gr. δίδημι), *dé, as in Gr. δέσμα (rope), διάδημα (diadem),…

Channa¹

A Wanderer, classed among those who wore clothes. He is only mentioned once, in the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.iii.215 where we are told that he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him …

A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …

A devaputta who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there is nothing left for an arahant to do. SN.i.47

A river where Mahākaccāyana sometimes stayed.

Avanti3river

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …

Nanda¹Vaccha

Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

SikhīArindama

A Buddha of a past age.DN.ii.7 DN.iii.195f. SN.ii.9

• He was born in the Nisabha pleasance in Aruṇavatī.
• His father was the khattiya Aruṇa and his mother Pabhāvatī.
• His wife wa …

Upananda¹

A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …

Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of …

VaraṇāVāraṇā

A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Ārāmadaṇḍa visited Mahākaccāna. AN.i.65

Avanti3town

VeḷukaṇḍaVeḷukaṇṭa

A city in Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā. AN.iv.62f.

22.85379, 82.155763town

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 …

A brahmin. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying at Vāraṇā on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, Ārāmadaṇḍa came to see him and asked him why nobles quarrelled with nobles, brahmins with brahmins, and househo …

damaged by fire

free from mud; pure

.

free from misfortune or accident; safe; undamaged

horse-breaker, a horse-tamer

the disc of the moon.

of dadāti

of ḍeti

of dadāti

one who subsists on leavings in return for service or as an ascetic practice.

imperat. 2 sg. of dameti

taming; subduing; restraint; mastery.

of dameti

imperat. 2 sg. of dameti

of dameti

of dameti

kind of bird (?)

defilement of, damage to, dhamma.

difficult to manage or tame

dussati¹

pr. 3 sg.

1. be comes dirtied or spoilt or damaged.
2. commits a fault, does wrong.

dussati²

pr. 3 sg. is unfriendly or hostile towards.

dirties, defiles; violates; spoils, damages.

worm casts?

cattle-trainer; a cattle-driver.

mud; dirt.

muddy or dirty water; watery mud

honey; (honey from khuddā bees?)

of nandati

of nibbindati

muddy; covered in mud

hurt; injury; damage.

hurting; damage.

hurting, injury; damage.

hits, comes into contact with, reaches; hurts, damages, impairs

hits, comes into contact with, reaches; hurts, damages, impairs

is harmed, is damaged; suffers

glad; joyful; rejoicing.

ūhanati¹

pr. 3 sg. pushes upwards or out; throws up, throws away; removes; raises.

ūhanati²

pr. 3 sg. hits at, strikes; hurts, damages, afflicts, spoils.

…+); usually in cpd. anojapuppha the a. flower, used for wreaths etc. Ja.i.9 (˚dāma a garland of a flowers); Ja.vi.227 (id.);…

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 (*\ …

adjective undisturbed, unstained, clean, pure DN.i.84 (= nikkaddama DN-a.i.226); DN-a.iii.269, 270; Snp.637 (= nikkilesa Snp-a.469 = Dhp-a.iv.192); Thig.369 (āvilacitta +); Dhp.82, Dhp.413; Thag\ …

to carry or drive away; Caus. apavāheti to remove, give up Mil.324 (kaddamaṃ).

apa + vahati

adjective gone away; (med.) freed of, rid of, deprived of (instr., abl. or ˚-) Dhp.9 (damasaccena); Pv-a.35 (dukkhato); usually ˚-in sense of “without, -less”, e.g. apeta-kaddama free from mud st …

an enemy
■ The word is used in exegesis & word explⁿ, thus in etym. of arahant (see ref. under arahant v.); of bhūri Pts.ii.197
■ Otherwise in late language only, e.g. Sdhp.493 (˚bhūta) …

tamer of enemies, victor, conqueror Pv.iv.3#15 (= arīnaṃ damanasīla Pv-a.251); Sdhp.276.

Sk. arindama, ariṃ + dama of dam

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

to injure, destroy, kill; only in the stock phrase pāṇaṃ atimāpeti (with variant reading atipāteti) to destroy life, to kill DN.i.52 (variant reading ˚pāteti) = DN-a.i.159 (: pāṇaṃ hanati pi parehi …

state of being, existence, being, reality MN.i.486; SN.ii.17 (˚añ c˚ eva natthitañ ca to be and not to be); SN.iii.135; Ja.v.110 (kassaci atthitaṃ vā natthitaṃ vā jānāhi see if there is anybody or not …

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

Chādeti¹

1. to cover, to conceal Vin.ii.211 (Pass. chādīyati); Snp.1022 (mukhaṃ jivhāya ch.); Dhp.252; Pv.iii.4#3
2. (of sound) to penetrate, to fill Ja.ii.253; Ja.vi.195

pp *channa^{1< …}

Citta¹ & Citra

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

1. abandoning, giving up, renunciation. Vin.i.10 SN.iii.13 SN.iii.26 SN.iii.158 MN.i.486 AN.i.299 More frequently as
2. liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous munificent (adj.): sīlasampann …

to give, etc.

I. Forms

The foll. bases form the Pāli verb-system: dā, dāy, dadā & di.

1. Bases dā & (reduced); da
   1. dā˚: fut. dassati Ja.i.113, Ja.i.279 Ja.i …

adjective noun

1. subduing, taming; converting; one who practises self-control MN.i.446 (assa˚); MN.iii.2 (id.) Ja.i.349 (kula˚ bhikkhu), one who teaches a clan self-mastery Ja.i.505 (go˚, assa˚, h …

adjective noun taming, subduing, mastery Pv-a.251 (arīnaṃ d˚-sīla = arindama).

taming, subduing, mastery, restraint, control MN.i.235; DN.iii.54 (+ samatha); Dhp.35 (cittassa d.); Pv-a.265; Dpvs.vi.36.

Sk. damatha

adjective to be tamed: duddamaya difficult to tame Thag.5 (better to be read damiya).

Sk. damya, see damma

one who tames or subdues, a trainer, in phrase adantānaṃ dametā “the tamer of the untamed” (of a Buddha) MN.ii.102; Thig.135.

n
■ ag. to dameti = Sk. damayitṛ, cp. Sk. damitṛ = Gr. (παν)δαμάτωρ δμη …

to make tame, chastise, punish master, conquer, convert Vin.ii.196 (daṇḍena); MN.ii.102; Dhp.80, Dhp.305 (attānaṃ); Iti.123 (ppr. [danto] damayataṃ seṭṭho [santo] samayataṃ isi); Mil.14, Mil.386; Pv- …

subdued, tamed Ja.v.36; Pv-a.265.

Sk. damāyita = danta³; cp. Gr. α δάματος; Lat. domitus

adjective to be tamed or restrained; esp with ref. to a young bullock MN.i.225 (balagāvā dammagāvā the bulls & the young steers); Iti.80; also of other animals: assadamma-sārathi a horse-trainer AN. …

master of the house, householder, see tudampati & cp. gahapati.

Sk. dampati master of the house; dual: husband & wife; cp. also patir dan, *dam, as in Gr. δ ̈ω, δ ̈ωμα & δες-in δεσπότης = dampati …

Danta¹

a tooth, a tusk, fang, esp. an elephant’s tusk; ivory Vin.ii.117 (nāga-d. a pin of ivory); Kp ii. (as one of the taca-pañcaka, or 5 dermatic constituents of the body, viz. kesā, l …

Du˚¹

(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable

1. syllable of exclamation (= duḥ “bad, woe” (beginning the word du (j)-jīvitaṃ) Dhp-a.ii.6, Dhp-a.ii.10 = Pv-a.280, cp. Ja.iii.47; Bdhgh’s …

to be or become bad or cor rupted, to get damaged; to offend against, to do wrong Vin.ii.113; SN.i.13 = SN.i.164; Dhp.125 = Pv-a.116; Dhp.137; Iti.84 (dosancyye na d.) cp. AN.iii.110 (dussanīye d.) J …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

to spoil, ruin; to injure, hurt; to defile, pollute, defame Vin.i.79, Vin.i.85, Vin.i.86; Vin.iv.212 (maṃ so dūsetukāmo, said by a bhikkhunī), Vin.iv.316 (dūsetuṃ) AN.iv.169 sq.; Ja.i.454; Ja.ii.270; …

1. a swelling, esp. as a disease, an abscess, a boil. Freq. in similes with ref. to kāma and kāya. Mentioned with similar cutaneous diseases under kilāsa (q.v. for loci). As epithet of kāya SN.iv.83 = …

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …

1. decayed, broken up, frail, decrepit, old: vuḍḍha mahallaka andhagata vayo-anupatta Cnd.261; jarājiṇṇatāya jiṇṇa DN-a.i.283
   ■ Vin.ii.189; DN.i.114; MN.ii.48 sq., MN.ii.66; AN.ii.249; AN.iv.17 …

mud, mire, filth Cnd.374 (= panka); Ja.i.100; Ja.iii.220 (written kadamo in verse and kaddemo in gloss); Ja.vi.240, Ja.vi.390; Pv-a.189 (= panka), Pv-a.215; compared with moral impurities Ja.iii.290 …

1. mud Ja.i.12, Ja.i.73; Mil.125, Mil.324, Mil.346; Mhbv.150; Pv-a.215 (= kaddama); Dhp-a.iii.61; Dhp-a.iv.25- su˚; “well-muddied” i.e. having soft soil (of a field Mil.255.
2. the residue of s …

damage, injury Vv-a.206, khatakaṃ dāsiyā deti “she did harm to the servant, she struck the s.” Or is it khalikaṃ? (cp. khaleti); the passage is corrupt.

fr. khata²

shrub and its flower Ja.v.473 (˚dāma, so read for karaṇḍaka), Ja.vi.536; as Npl. in Koraṇḍaka-vihāra Vism.91.

= kuraṇḍaka

Koṇḍa-

damaka (?) Ja.iv.389; also as variant reading B at Ja.ii.209.

cp. kuṇḍa

any flower Ja.iii.394 (˚dāma); Ja.v.37; Pv-a.157 (= puppha); Vv-a.42; Dpvs.i.4; Sdhp.246, Sdhp.595 Dāvs v.51 (˚agghika), fig. vimutti˚ the…

1. to tread on, trample on (acc.), crush Ja.iii.245 Ja.iii.372 (ppr. maddamāna); Dhp-a.ii.66.
2. to defeat destroy Snp.770 (= abhibhavati Mnd.12); Cnd.85 (madditvā = abhibhuyya); Snp-a.450; Mhvs.1, …

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. …

…Mhvs.31; Vv-a.198.

• -dāma garland or wreath of p. Mhvs.30, Mhvs.67 (so T. for variant reading ˚maya). *…

…of flowers Dhp-a.i.72. -dāma a wreath of flowers Ja.ii.104. -dhara wearing a wreath Ja.iii.179 (ratta˚,…

…bind, cp. Gr. δέσμα, δ ̈ημα (fetter) & see dāma

adjective unstained, not dirty, free from impunity DN-a.i.226.

nis + kaddama

…upasaggā (upasajja?) dāmase (dā) ti attho; endorsed by Müller, P.G. p. 97 & Kern,

Toevoegselen

p.175. It cannot be ni + pa…

…nipatāmase (pres. subj.) “shall we convene” Ja.iv.361. See also nipadāmase
■ Cp. abhi˚ san˚.

Sk. nipatati, ni + patati

to cut off, sever Ja.ii.388 (maggaṃ occhindati & occhindamāna to bar the way; variant reading BB ochijjati), Ja.ii.404.

o + chindati

…hanging down Vv-a.32 (˚dāma). 2. (n.)

1. support, walking stick Ja.iv.40 (hatth˚)
2. plumb-line Ja.vi.392.

see…

adjective abusing, damaging, spoiling, injuring SN.i.13 (appaduttha˚); Pv.iv.7#10.

fr. padosa¹

…Ja.vi.491 (1. pl. panudāmase)
ger panuditvā Snp-a.591, & panujja Snp.359, Snp.535, Snp.1055 (explained at…

controlling, taming Vism.375.

pari + damana

overpowered, injured, damaged Vin.ii.109 (so read for paricita).

pp. of pari + ji, jayati; Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. proposes reading parijīta, Sk. form of P. parijīna, pp. of pari jīyati, but …

refreshing, cooling, quenching; controlling, subduing, training Pts.i.174 (atta-damatha, atta-samatha, atta-p.).

pari + nibbāpana

to bring to complete coolness, or training (see next), emancipation or cessation of the life-impulse, to make calm, lead to Nibbāna to exercise self-control, to extinguish fever of craving or fire o …

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

to hold dear, to like, to be fond of (acc.), to be devoted to SN.i.210; Ja.i.156; Ja.ii.246 Ja.vi.5; Vb-a.108 (in etym. of pitā, q.v.); Dhp-a.iv.125; Snp-a.78; Vv-a.349; Pv-a.71
pp *[piyāyita]( …

…of flowers Vb-a.336.

• -dāma a wreath or garland of fls. Ja.i.397; Vv-a.198.
• -dhara bearing flowers…

1. pain, suffering Ja.i.421; Mil.278; Vism.42.
2. oppression, damage injury Snp-a.353; DN-a.i.259.

cp. Class. Sk. pīḍā fr. pīḍ

(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. to protect, shelter, save, preserve Snp.220; Ja.iv.255 (maṃ rakkheyyātha); Ja.vi.589 (= pāleti); Pv.ii.9#43 (dhanaṃ); Mil.166 (rukkhaṃ), Mil.280 (attānaṃ rakkheyya save himself); Pv-a.7
   grd * …

…Ja.iii.30 (˚puppha-dāma), Ja.v.37 (˚sālivana), Ja.iii.216 (˚paduma); Ja.iii.372 (˚suvaṇṇa) Dhp-a.i.393 (id.), Dhp-a.i.248…

Rudati & Rodati

to cry, lament weep, wail

Forms

1. rud˚; (the older form):
   pres rudati (not yet found);
   ppr rudanto DN.i.115; Snp.675 Snp.691; *[rudamāna …

Rudati & Rodati

to cry, lament weep, wail

Forms

1. rud˚; (the older form):
   pres rudati (not yet found);
   ppr rudanto DN.i.115; Snp.675 Snp.691; *[rudamāna …

1. to rejoice, delight; pp. sammudita (q.v.).
2. to agree with, to exchange friendly greeting with; aor. sammodi Vin.i.2; DN.i.52; Snp.419; Ja.vi.224; ppr. sammodamāna in agreem …

chariot Vin.iii.49; Vin.iv.339; DN-a.i.82; Kp-a.50; Vism.255.

fr. syand

…+ dāna, fr. dā to bind: see dāma

Saṃyama & saññama

1. restraint, self-control, abstinence SN.i.21, SN.i.169; DN.i.53; Vin.i.3; AN.i.155 sq. (kāyena, vācāya, manasā); DN.iii.147; Iti.15 (ññ); Snp.264, Snp.655; MN.ii.101 (sīla˚); Dhp. …

Saṃyama & saññama

1. restraint, self-control, abstinence SN.i.21, SN.i.169; DN.i.53; Vin.i.3; AN.i.155 sq. (kāyena, vācāya, manasā); DN.iii.147; Iti.15 (ññ); Snp.264, Snp.655; MN.ii.101 (sīla˚); Dhp. …

adjective dry, dried up DN.ii.347; Ja.i.228, Ja.i.326; Ja.iii.435; Ja.v.106; Mil.261, Mil.407. Cp pari˚, vi˚.

• -kaddama dried mud Mhvs.17, Mhvs.35.
• *-[kantāra](/define/kantā …

…sumana˚.

• -dāma a wreath of jasmine Ja.iv.455.
• -paṭṭa cloth with jasmine pattern…

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch hay, litter SN.iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā uṇhaṃ vā rajo …

(dual) husband & wife. See under dampati.

tu˚ = dial. for du˚, Sk. dve; dampati from dama = domus, Sk. daṃpati = Gr. δεσπότης; cp. also Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.93, who compares tuvantuva for duvanduva

to strike a blow, flog, beat, esp. freq. in phrase kasāhi tāḷeti to flog with whips, etc. (in list of punishments, see kasā) MN.i.87; AN.ii.122; Cnd.604; Pv-a.4, etc
ppr pass. * …

…Dhp-a.iii.488.

fr. ud + dā as in uddāna, see dāma

…case.

fr. ud + dā, dayati to bind: see under dāma

…fr. “digging”, cp. E. dike → Ger. Teich. See also uddāma 2.

*udvāpa

to speak, say, tell AN.iv.79; Snp.1037, Snp.1077 sq.; Pp.42; Pv-a.13, Pv-a.16, Pv-a.39;
pot 1^st sg. vade (so read for vado? MN.i.258; 3^rd sg. vadeyya Pv.i.3#3;
aor 3<s …

to greet respectfully, salute, to pay homage, to honour, respect to revere, venerate, adore Snp.366, Snp.547, Snp.573, Snp.1028; Pv.ii.1#6; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.14 (+ pūjeti); Mil.14; Snp-a.191; Pv-a.53 ( …

Vayha & Vayhā

neuter & feminine a vehicle, portable bed, litter Vin.iv.339 (enumerated under yāna together with ratha sakaṭa sandamānikā sivikā & pāṭankī); Ja.vi.500 (f.), with sivikā ratha.

grd. fo …

Vayha & Vayhā

neuter & feminine a vehicle, portable bed, litter Vin.iv.339 (enumerated under yāna together with ratha sakaṭa sandamānikā sivikā & pāṭankī); Ja.vi.500 (f.), with sivikā ratha.

grd. fo …

colouring; having or giving colour, complexion. MN.i.446 (in phrase assaṁ assa-damako vaṇṇiyañ ca valiyañ ca anuppavecchati, translated by Neumann as “lässt der Rossebändiger noch die letzte Strählun …

Vimāna¹

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the def^ns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

to take away, carry off, remove Vin.iii.48 (paṃsuṃ vyūhati) Ja.i.177, Ja.i.199 (paṃsuṃ), Ja.i.238, Ja.i.331 (kaddamaṃ dvidhā viyūhitvā); Ja.iii.52 (vālikaṃ); Ja.iv.265 (paṃsuṃ); Ja.vi.448 (vālukaṃ); D …

anything asked for, donation, alms, begging Ja.iii.353; Ja.v.233, Ja.v.234.

-yoga (y. + *yogga; perhaps yāja˚ the original. The variant yājayoga is old & well established: cp. Vi …

1. going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
2. means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …

adjective rejoicing, glad SN.i.100 (variant reading anu˚) = Iti.66; Vv.64#8 (= pamodamāna Vv-a.278); Ja.v.45.

ppr. med. of āmodeti