from afar; at a distance.

…Snp.511; Dhp.219; Ja.v.78 (dūra-dūrato); Mil.23; Pv-a.107. dūrato karoti to keep aloof from Pv-a.17
■ loc. dūre at a distance also as…

One of the purgatories mentioned in the Sutta-Nipāta list. Snp.p.126 It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to twenty Ababā. SN.i.152

5hell

Uttiya¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse tells of how when ill, he aroused mindfulness. Thag.30

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.22 the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the char …

duration of life

1. endurance; forbearance.
2. assent; acceptance (esp. of an invitation).

not unwelcome; welcome

not stiffened, not obdurate against:

not stiffened, not obdurate against:

, abstr. long duration.

difficulty of delight in.

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

difficult to overcome; hard to get beyond or crossover

hard to attain.

hard to live in.

badly preached.

1. hard to accomplish; difficult to find out, to fathom; hard to follow.
2. intractable (?)

hard to understand.

hard to protect or guard.

hard to pass, to go beyond; hard to escape from

hard to get beyond.

badly or wrongly spoken.

not welcome; unwanted; ill-come; an ill coming

difficult to know or understand.

hard or dangerous to approach; difficult to attack; difficult to be met with, unparalleled.

hard to live in

cutting far off; banishment (?)

or neuter difficulty of enjoyment in; it is difficult to enjoy.

, compar. further away; more distant.

from afar; at a distance.

adverb a long way; far.

going a long way; far reaching.

bearable; endurable; it is bearable

1. patience; forbearance; endurance.
2. receptivity; predilection; preference; preferred view;

1. patience; forbearance; endurance.
2. receptivity; predilection; preference; preferred view

how far? how far away?

how far? from what distance?

exertion; endurance.

firm, hard; strong; fixed; durable, lasting.

endurance, forgiveness, forbearance.

rat or mouse

gnawed by mice or rats

gnawed by mice or rats

rat or mouse

life; vital power; duration of life, life-time; long life.

Akuppa-dhamma: The unshakeable state; is that of one who has attained full mastery over the absorptions jhāna. In Pug. 4 it is said: What person is unshakable? If a person gains the meditative …

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 …

Cetokhila: ‘mental obduracies’, are 5 things which stiffen and hinder the mind from making right exertion, namely: doubt about the Master, about the Doctrine, about the Noble Brotherhood, about th …

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 …

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

Parihāna-dhamma: ‘liable to decline’.;Now, someone reaches the attainments absorptions: jhāna of the fine-material or immaterial sphere see: avacara But he does not reach them according to h …

Accharā¹

feminine the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips:

1. (lit.) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja.ii.447; Ja.iii.191; Ja.iv.124, Ja.iv.126 Ja. …

adjective very near, too near Pv-a.42 (na a. n’âtidūra neither too near nor too far, at an easy distance).

ati + asanna

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

endurance, forbearance, holding out; only as adj. in dur˚; difficult to hold out Thag.111.

fr. adhi + vas

1. assent AN.iii.31; Dhp-a.i.33.
2. forbearance, endurance MN.i.10; Ja.ii.237 Ja.iii.263; Ja.iv.307; Ja.v.174.

fr. adhi + vas

patience, endurance, Dhs.1342; Vb.360 (an˚).

abstr. fr. adhivāsana

adjective constant, durable, lasting DN.iii.86. As tt. for one of 4 branches of Vedic learning (DN.i.88) it is Phonetics which probably included Grammar, and is explained by sikkhā …

Amata¹

neuter

1. The drink of the gods, ambrosia, water of immortality, (cp BSk. amṛta-varṣa “rain of Ambrosia” Jtm.221).
2. A general conception of a state of durability & non-change a …

awakening; perception, recognition, understanding SN.i.126 (?) = AN.v.46 (anubodhiṃ as aor. of anubodhati?); Pp.21; Mil.233. Freq. in comp^n. ananubodha (adj.) not understanding, not knowi …

noun adjective

1. (n.) conformity, accordance DN.ii.83 = DN.iii.100; MN.i.69 (dhamm˚ logical conclusion of) SN.ii.58; DN.iii.226 (anvaye ñāṇaṃ); Pv.ii.11#3 (tassa kammassa anvāya, variant reading BB …

adjective not enduring, non-endurance, inability Ja.iii.20; Pv-a.17.

a + sahana

…˚dīgha extremely long; ˚dūra too near deva a super-god ˚pago too early; ˚bālha too much; ˚bhāra a too heavy load; ˚manāpa very lovely;…

…accāsanna).

ati + dūra

Ativattar¹

one who insults or offends Ja.v.266 (isīnaṃ ativattāro dharusavācāhi atikkamitvā vattāro C.).

Sk. *ativaktṛ, n. ag. to ati-vacati; cp. ativākya

Ativattar²

one wh …

adjective not far, near; usually in loc. ˚e as adv. near Snp.147.

a + vidūra

absence of change, steadfastness, endurance DN.i.18; DN.iii.31, DN.iii.33 (˚dhamma); DN-a.i.113 (= jarā-vasena vipariṇāmassa abhāvato).

a + viparināma

adjective fragile, perishable, transitory Thig.35 (= bhijjana-sabhāva Thag-a.43).

fr. bhid

breaking up, splitting, perishing; destruction Ja.i.392; Ja.v.284; Ja.vi.11; Dhp-a.i.257 (kaṇṇā bhijjan’ ākāra-pattā); Thag-a.43 (bhijjana-sabhāva of perishable nature; explⁿ of bhidura …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

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

= caturāsīti

Daddula¹

a cert. kind of rice DN.i.166; MN.i.78, MN.i.343; AN.i.241, AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; Pp.55.

Daddula²

neuter in nahāru˚ (variant reading dala & dadalla) both at MN.i.188 ( …

in cpd. anikkhitta-dh. “a state of unflinching endurance” Cnd.394, Cnd.405 = Dhs.13 etc. = Vb.350, Vb.370 (+ dhura-sampaggāha); opp nikkhitta-dh. weakness of character, lack of endurance (= pamā …

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 …

see rakkha & cp. du¹.

du¹ + rakkha

adjective reddish MN.i.36 (˚vaṇṇa).

du¹ + ratta

…dūta, prob. to dūra (q.v.) as “one who is sent (far) away,” also perhaps Gr. δουλος slave. See Walde Lat. Wtb. under…

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

…leading to N. SN.v.11; dūraṃ˚ going far, hadayaṃ˚ going to one’s heart, q.v. 2. m. course, going to; in atthaṃ going home, going to…

…(ussava); Pv.ii.8#2 (dūra˚ of wide renown, world-famed of Bārāṇasī); Dhp-a.iii.100 (chaṇe ghuṭṭhe when the fair was…

adjective

1. (cp. kappa ii.1^a) getting, procuring, acquiring (pañña˚) Snp.1090.
2. (cp kappa ii.1^b) having a kappa (as duration), lasting a Cycle Pp.13; in Mahā˚ enduring a Mahā …

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

…i.e. to adorn, embellish; dūrato k˚ to keep at a distance, i.e. keep free from Pv-a.17 Sdhp.287; purak k˚ (purakkharoti) to place before,…

…of Buddha Bdhd 1 karuṇaṃ dūrato katvā, without mercy, of the Yamadūtā messengers of Death Sdhp.287; mahā˚; great compassion Pts.i.126,…

…(su˚, du˚; cp. dūrato puro, atta, sayaṃ, & ii.2 c): sukata well laid out, of a road Ja.vi.293, well built, of a…

1. patience, endurance.
2. the earth (cp. chamā & see khamati) Ja.iv.8 (variant reading B. chamāya).

fr. ksam

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

In modara at Ja.v.54 (of elephant’s teeth) Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. sees a miswriting for medura (full of, beset with), which however does not occur in Pali. The C explⁿ is “samantato …

moment, a very short period of time, an inkling, as we should say “a second.”-Its duration may be seen from descending series of time-connotations at Pv-a.198 (under jātakamma, prophesy by astrolog …

Māsa¹

a month, as the 12^th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, S …

Mūsika & mūsikā

masculine & feminine a mouse DN.ii.107 = Pp.43 (f.); Vism.109 (m.), Vism.252 Kp-a.46 (m.); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.30 (m.); Vb-a.235.

• -cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed b …

Mūsika & mūsikā

masculine & feminine a mouse DN.ii.107 = Pp.43 (f.); Vism.109 (m.), Vism.252 Kp-a.46 (m.); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.30 (m.); Vb-a.235.

• -cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed b …

adjective not of long duration, short Snp.694; gen nacirass’ eva after a short time shortly Snp.p.16; Ja.iv.2, Ja.iv.392; Mil.250.

Sk. nacira = na + cira

…for nirroga, cp. duratta → dūrakkha; niveṭheti = nibbeṭheti, nivāreti = *nivvāreti = nīvāreti). Before a vowel the sandhi-cons. r is…

noun adjective exertion, strength, endurance. The orig. meaning of “going forth” is quite obliterated by the fig. meaning (cp nikkhamati & nekkhamma) AN.i.4; AN.iii.214; Vv.18#7 (= viriya Vv-a.96); D …

adjective in dun˚; hard to check or keep back Mil.21 (+ durāvaraṇa).

grd. of nivāreti

1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …

1. measure, size, amount SN.ii.235; AN.i.88; AN.iii.52, AN.iii.356 sq.; AN.v.140 sq. Mil.285 (cp. trsl. ii.133, n. 2); Snp-a.137; Vv-a.16; Pv-a.55 (ghaṭa˚), Pv-a.70 (ekahattha˚), Pv-a.99 (*tāla …

1. sojourn; stay, in phrase vipassanā˚; Dhp-a.iii.118; Dhs-a.215.
2. period under probation, (living under) probation Vin.iii.186 (˚ṃ vasati, cp. parivuttha), Vin.iv.30; SN.ii.21 (˚ṃ vasati). *-ṃ …

to be obdurate, to offer resistance AN.i.124; AN.ii.203; AN.iii.181 sq. Ja.iv.22 (aor. ˚ṭṭhīya); Pp.36; Kp-a.226.

only apparently (Pass.) to patiṭṭhahati, of sthā, but in reality = Sk. prati-sthy …

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 …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

(-˚) (˚pātu) indeclinable visible open, manifest; only in compound with kṛ; and bhū, and with the rule that pātu˚ appears before cons., whereas pātur˚ stands before vowels.

1. w …

…dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp….

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 …

1. continuity, duration, subsistence Dhs.643; Ne.79; Mil.72, Mil.185 Vb-a.8, Vb-a.170, Vb-a.173; Vv-a.25; Vism.431, Vism.449. citta˚ continuity of consciousness Kv.458; cp. Cpd. 6, 153^{1</ …}

…to instruct Vin.i.6. -vidūravidūra very far off AN.ii.50 -vibhatta well divided and arranged Snp.305….

well preached Vin.i.12, Vin.i.187 Vin.ii.199; MN.i.67; AN.i.34; AN.ii.56; Snp.567. Opp. durakkhāta Vism.213 (in detail).

su + akkhāta; on the long ā cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 7; …

1. essential, most excellent, strong AN.ii.110; Vin.iv.214; Ja.iii.368; Pp.53.
2. (m.) the innermost, hardest part of anything, the heart or pith of a tree (see also pheggu) MN.i.1 …

1. lit. hard, rigid firm Ja.i.293 (opp. muduka); Vism.351 (˚lakkhaṇa) Pv-a.139 (= ujjhangala).
2. fig.
   1. hardened, obdurate callous, selfish DN.i.118 (māna˚); DN.iii.45 (+ atimānin); AN.ii.26 = …

1. a pillar, a post Vin.i.276; DN.i.50 (majjhimaṃ ˚ṃ nissāya), DN.ii.85 (id.); Snp.214; Vv.78#2 (veḷuriya˚, of the pillars of a Vimāna); Pv.iii.3#1 (id.); Dhp-a.iv.203; Vv-a.188 (+ tulā-gopānasī); …

stiffness, obduracy, stolidity indifference (cp. thaddha & tandī, closely related in meaning). Together with; middha it is one of the 5 hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) to Arahantship (see …

endurance, forgiveness, longsuffering SN.i.7; SN.v.4; Dhp.184; Cnd.203.

see last

rat Vin.i.209; Vin.ii.148, Vin.ii.152; Vin.iii.151; Ja.i.120; Mil.23, Mil.363. Spelt undūra at Vism.62.

etym?

adjective

1. destitute, lonely; miserable, wretched Ja.v.399 (so read for vidura; according to Kern,

   Toevoegselen

   s. v., but doubtful).

2. [vi + dhura] “burdenless,” un …

adjective wise, clever Ja.v.399 (= paṇḍita C.). Cp. vidhura 2.

fr. vid, cp. Sk. vidura

adjective far, remote, distant AN.ii.50 (su˚). Mostly neg. a˚; not far, i.e. near Snp.147; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.31 Pv-a.78, Pv-a.81.

vi + dūra

…to his apartment); Snp.220 (dūra˚ a remote shelter for a bhikkhu), Snp.391; Vism.118 (different kinds; may be taken as c.)- 2. place for…

…Snp.998, Snp.1009; Pv.ii.7#4; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.19; Pv-a.107 (= dūra-ghuṭṭha).

vi + suta, of śru

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

1. restraint, only as cpd. cātu-yāma 4-fold restraint DN.i.57; DN.iii.48; SN.i.66; MN.i.377; Vism.416. Cp. Dial. i.75¹.
2. a watch of the night. There are 3 watches given as *paṭhama, …

1. come, arrived Mil.18 (˚kāraṇa the reason of his coming); Vv-a.78 (˚ṭṭhāna); Pv-a.81 (kiṃ āgat’attha why have you come here) come by, got, attained (˚-) AN.ii.110 = Pp.48 (˚visa); Mhvs.xiv.28 (˚p …

only in phrase cittaṃ a. (with loc.) to incite one’s heart to hatred against, to obdurate one’s heart. Sdhp.126 = SN.i.151 = AN.v.172.

Denom. fr. āghāta, in form = ā + ghāteti, but diff. in meaning

adjective understandable, only in cpd. durājāna hard to understand SN.iv.127; Snp.762; Ja.i.295 Ja.i.300.

ā + jāna from jñā

? a possible reading, for the dürakantana of the text at Thag.1123, for which we might read durākantana

…C.), Ja.v.78 (saṃyame; = dūrato C.). See also ārakā.

• -cāra [in this comb^n. by Kern, …

1. approach, dealing with, business with (acc.), concern, affair, means of acting or getting Vin.ii.195 = Ja.v.336 (mā kuñjara nāgam āsado); MN.i.326 (metaṃ āsado = mā etaṃ āsado do not meddle with th …

…Pv-a.243.

pp. of ā + sad, see…

life, vitality, duration of life, longevity DN.iii.68, DN.iii.69, DN.iii.73, DN.iii.77; SN.iii.143 (usmā ca); SN.iv.294; AN.i.155; AN.ii.63, AN.ii.66 (addh˚); AN.iii.47, AN.iv.76, AN.iv.139; Snp.694, …

adjective

1. connected with, endowed, furnished with Thag.753 (dve pannaras’āyuta due to twice fifteen); Snp.301 (nārī-varagaṇ˚ = ˚saṃyutta Snp-a.320); Pv.ii.12#4 (nānā-saragaṇ˚ ˚yutta Pv-a.157). …

state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …

(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 …