num. ten.

the loose end of a cloth; an edge or border.

slave.

…das’ ev’ imā vassa-dasā Ja.iv.396 (enumerated under vassa); dasa-rāja-dhammā Ja.ii.367; das’ akkosa-vatthūni Dhp-a.i.212
…

…Dhp-a.i.180 Dhp-a.iv.106 (dasāni)
■ sadasa (nt.) a kind of seat, a rug (lit. with a fringe) Vin.iv.171 (= nisīdana);…

slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …

…mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of the preaching, as Sakka with his retinue…

A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

4town

BeluvaBeluvagāmaVeluvaVeluvagāma

A village near Vesāli, where the Buddha spent his last vassa.

It was at this time that the Buddha, in answer to a question by Ānanda, said that he had kept nothing b …

A householder of Aṭṭhakanāgara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pāṭaliputta, he visited the Kukkuṭārāma to call upon Ānanda. Learning that Ānanda was at Beluvagāma near Vesāli …

A group of Khattiyas, owners of the Ānaka-drum. SN.ii.266f.

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one who eats much and is lazy will keep being reborn. Thag.17

Perhaps it is this same Dāsaka who is mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.127ff. as having …

A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

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 …

She was the daughter of a good and wealthy merchant of Ujjenī. Having come of age, she was given in marriage to the son of a merchant in Sāketa.

For one month she lived with him as a devoted wife; th …

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of kamma. Thag.143–144

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 …

An arahant. Once, when he lay very ill at the Badarikārāmā, near Kosambī, some monks, staying at the Ghositārāma, sent one of their number, Dāsaka, with a message to Khemaka, inquiring whether he mana …

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 …

…he stayed at the foot of Bhaddasāla in the Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa. There a certain elephant who, finding communal life distasteful, had left his…

…lived at the foot of the Bhaddasāla, when unable to settle the dispute among the Kosambī monks. The elephant Pārileyya lived there and waited…

…Tapodārāma, Indasālaguhā in Vediyagiri, Sattapaṇṇiguhā, Latthivana, Maddakucchi, Supatiṭṭhacetiya, Pāsānakacetiya,…

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

Overmastered by corrupt habits of mind and character, for twenty five years he was unable to develop concentration. This so distressed him that he was about to commit suicide, when, inward vision sudd …

TāvatiṃsāTidasāTidiva

The second of the six deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of…

…in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Buddha stayed. The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the…

…belonging to the Dasārahas. As it grew old and began to split, they fixed in another peg, and this process was continued, until, at…

a valóságnak megfelelő tudás; annak tudása és látása, ami van

without a fringe.

more competent to see what is beneficial; wiser

seeing what belongs to the noble ones, what is noble

seeing absolutelyl the only seer ( of Brahmā or Tathāgata)

produced from an egg; a bird

num. eighteen

num. fourteen.

intr. of chandena

num. & mfn.

1. (num.) 14
2. (mfn.) containing (poems) of 14 verses.

set of 14; containing (poems) of 14 verses.

(~a, ī)n the 14th.

, mfn. & masculine

1. (n.) the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight)
2. (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)

dasabala¹

mfn. & masculine possessing ten powers; the one who possesses ten powers, a buddha.

dasabala²

neuter pl. ten powers.

five.

indeclinable in ten parts, in ten groups, into ten pieces; tenfold.

adverb towards the ten directions; in every direction, all around.

period of ten days.

adverb within ten days.

concealed for ten days.

set of ten; a collection of ten, a decad; a section consisting of sets of ten.

section consisting of sets of ten.

indeclinable a set of ten; a collection of ten, a decad; a section consisting of sets of ten.

the tenth.

(what is) based on ten items; (a statement or exposition) concerned with ten items.

checkered board (for gambling or playing a game)

consisting of 10, 000 (cakkavāḷas)

num. & mfn. (numbering) one thousand.

thousand times.

(one) who follows, observes, the ten sikkhāpadas.

group of ten; consisting of a group of ten.

forming a group of ten.

of ten years’ standing; one who has been ordained for ten years.

about ten years old.

having a life span of ten years.

following the ten ways of living.

knife with a handle.

seeing, understanding, dhamma.

seeing, understanding, dhamma.

the mirror of the dhamma.

difficult to see; hard to understand.

num. & mfn.

1. (num.) twelve.
2. (mfn.) in the twelfth.

dvādasaka¹

neuter a set of twelve.

dvādasaka²

mf(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

(~ī)n. the twelfth.

consisting of twelve months.

(numbering) 120, 000

measuring the height of twelve men.

involving twelve men.

twelve years old.

extending twelve yojanas.

slaves and servants.

retainer, a vassal.

slaves and serving-men.

slavery; servitude; the condition of being a slave.

male and female slaves.

num. n., & mf(~ā & ~ī)n.

1. (num.) eleven.
2. (n.) an eleven; a group of eleven.
3. (mfn.) eleventh.

section dealing with a group or groups of eleven.

(~ā & ~ī)n. the eleventh.

who has the same gotra as Inda

exhilarated with the intoxication of anger

blowing pipe and tongs.

with that one as the tenth, consisting of that one and nine others

num., mfn.

and m.pl.) numbering thirty(-three), (one of) the thirty(-three) gods.

looking-glass; a mirror.

mirror.

(one) less than ten years’ standing

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 …

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 …

Powers: the 5 spiritual: see: bala - For the 6 higher p., see: abhiññna For the 10 p. of a Buddha, see: dasabala - For the 4 roads to p., see: iddhipāda. For magical p., …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

Tathāgata-bala: the ‘ten powers of the Perfect One’; see: dasa - bala.

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 …

adjective -˚ resounding with (the cries of animals, esp. the song of birds), full of the sound of (birds) Thag.1062 (kuñjara˚), Thag.1113 (mayūra-koñca˚) Ja.iv.466 (adāsakunta˚); Ja.v.304 (mayūra-k …

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 ( …

adjective see dasā.

3^rd sg. aor. of *dassati; see *dassati 2 a. Adda & Addayana

past participle that which is not given, freq. in phrase adinn’ ādāna (BSk. adattādāna Divy.302 seizing or grasping that which is not given to one i.e. stealing, is the 2^nd of the ten qua …

kind of bird Ja.iv.466.

prob. = adaṃsa, from ḍasati to bite, cp. dāṭhā tooth; lit meaning “toothless” or “not biting”

adjective (-˚) having the value of, equal to, worth Vin.iv.226; Ja.i.61 (satasahass˚), Ja.i.112; DN-a.i.80 (kahāpaṇ˚); Dhp-a.iii.120 (cuddasakoṭi˚); Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.34, Mhvs.87
■ f. *-ikā …

shouting at, abuse, insult, reproach, reviling Snp.623; Mil.8 (+ paribhāsa); Snp-a.492 Thag-a.256; Pv-a.243; Dhp-a.ii.61.

• -vatthu always as dasa a˚\ …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) being reviled, scolded, railed at Snp.366 (= dasahi akkosavatthūhi abhisatto Snp-a.364); Ja.vi.187.
2. (nt.) reviling, scolding, swearing at; in combination *akkuṭṭha-vandi …

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 …

adjective born in the house, of a slave Ja.i.226 (dāsa, so read for āmajāta, an old mistake, expl^d. by C. forcibly as “āma ahaṃ vo dāsī ti”!). See also āmāya.

amā + jāta; amā adv. “at hom …

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 …

adverb every five days Pv-a.139 (+ anudasāhaṃ).

anu + pañcā + ahaṃ

to bite Ja.vi.192.

anu + ḍasati

…api samaṇa balivadde addasā have you not then seen… SN.i.115; api kiñci labhāmase shall we then not get anything? Ja.iii.26; api me…

adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–⁠6). Adopted by the Bu …

adjective noun

1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

attack, only in phrase pāṇātipāta destruction of life, slaying, killing, murder DN.i.4 (pāṇātipātā veramaṇī, refraining from killing, the first of the dasasīla or decalogue); DN-a.i.69 (= pāṇavadha …

adjective surplus, too much; exceeding, excessive, in a high degree extra Vin.i.255; Ja.i.72 (˚padasata), Ja.i.109; Ja.i.441 (in higher positions); Mil.216; Dhs-a.2; Dhp-a.ii.98.

• *-[cīvara](/def …

extending, stretching forth, gesture of lifting up the hands as a token of reverence (cp. E. to “tender” one’s respect), putting the ten fingers together and raising them to the head (Vv-a.7: dasanak …

the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).

= añjali

adverb part. of affirmation = surely, all-round absolutely (ekaṃsa-vacane nipāto DN-a.i.111) only, at any rate DN.i.91; DN.ii.284; Snp.828 (na h’ aññadatth’ atthi pasaṃsa-lābhā, expl^d. …

1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

to bind etc.

I. Forms

imper bandha DN.ii.350; pl. bandhantu Ja.i.153.
pot bandheyya SN.iv.198; Vin.iii.45
fut bandhayissati Mhvs.24.6;
aor abandhi Ja.iii. …

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 …

1. anything to carry, a load Vin.iii.278 (Bdhgh; dāru˚ a load of wood) bhāraṃ vahati to carry a load AN.i.84; Vv-a.23
   ■ garu˚ a heavy load, as “adj.” “carrying a heavy load” Ja.v.439 (of a w …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

base of numeral four

1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

…vā); AN.iii.50 (chandasā instr.); Snp.1026 (+ viriya); Vv.24#12 (= kusala˚ Vv-a.116); Ja.vi.72; Dhp-a.i.14 2. As vice: 3….

metrics, prosody Mil.3.

see chando

fourteen Ja.i.71; Ja.vi.8; Mil.12; Dhp-a.iii.120, Dhp-a.iii.186.

contracted fr. catuddasa, Sk. caturdaśa, cp. catur

Cātur˚

(and cātu˚) consisting of four. Only in compounds viz.

• -(r)anta (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep of the earth: Ja.ii. …

Dakkha¹

adjective dexterous skilled, handy, able, clever DN.i.45, DN.i.74, DN.i.78; DN.iii.190 (+ analasa) MN.i.119; MN.iii.2; SN.i.65; Cnd.141 (+ analasa & sampajāna); Ja.iii.247; DN-a …

consecrated, dedicated Ja.v.138. Cp dikkhita.

Vedic dīkṣita pp. of dīkṣ, Intens to daśayati: see dakkha¹

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 …

decad, decade, a decennial Ja.iv.397; Dhs-a.316. khiḍḍā˚; the decad of play Vism.619; cakkhu etc. sense-decads Vism.553; Comp. 164, 250; kāya˚ Vism.588.

tooth Dāvs v.3 (d.dhātu, the tooth relic of the Buddha).

Sk. daśana to ḍasati

…not a thread = nothing) See also dasaka under dasā.

fr. dasā

(-˚) to see or to be seen, perceiving, perceived Snp.1134 (appa˚ of small sight, not seeing far, knowing little = paritta-dassa thoka-dassa Cnd.69). Cp. akkha˚ a judge Mil.114. -su˚; easily perc …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

…Pv-a.102). 2. addasāsi, 1st sg. addasāsiṃ Snp.937, Snp.1145; Vv.35#52 (variant reading addasāmi), 3rd pl. addasāsuṃ…

enemy, foe; robber, in dassukhīla robber-plague DN.i.135, DN.i.136 (= corakhīla DN-a.i.296).

Sk. dasyu, cp. dāsa

bitten Ja.i.7; Mil.302; Pv-a.144.

pp. of daśati, see ḍasati

…Pv-a.272; naradevā tidasā SN.i.5; bhummā Pv-a.5 manāpa-kāyikā AN.iv.265 sq.; mano-padosikā DN.i.20 valāhaka-kāyikā SN.iii.254 …

…(cc) various: gambhīrā duddasā etc. Vin.i.4; DN.i.12; SN.i.136. Cp. SN.ii.15, SN.ii.26; Cnd.320; Iti.22, Iti.24; Pts.i.5, Pts.i.22, Pts.i.28;…

adjective bearing, holding, comprising Vv-a.104 (suvaṇṇassa pañcadasa˚ nikkha holding, i.e. worth or equal to 15 parts of gold)
■ f. -ī bearing, i.e. pregnant with Snp.26 (of cows: *godharaṇiyo …

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1^b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

1. a primary element, of whic …

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …

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 …

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

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 …

Dāsavya & Dāsabya

neuter the condition of a slave, slavery, serfdom DN.i.73; MN.i.275 (b) Ja.i.226; DN-a.i.168 (b), DN-a.i.213; Dhp-a.iii.35; Pv-a.112, Pv-a.152.

cp. Sk. dāsya

Err:509

Err:501

Dāsavya & Dāsabya

neuter the condition of a slave, slavery, serfdom DN.i.73; MN.i.275 (b) Ja.i.226; DN-a.i.168 (b), DN-a.i.213; Dhp-a.iii.35; Pv-a.112, Pv-a.152.

cp. Sk. dāsya

female servant, a handmaiden a slave-girl Vin.i.217, Vin.i.269, Vin.i.291; Vin.ii.10 (kula˚), Vin.ii.78, Vin.iii.161; MN.i.125; MN.ii.62 (ñāti˚); Pv.ii.3#21 (ghara˚); Pv-a.46, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.65
■ …

large tooth, fang, tusk; as adj. (-˚) having tusks or fangs DN.ii.18 (susukkha˚); Ja.i.505 (uddhaṭa-dāṭho viya sappo); Ja.iv.245 (nikkhanta˚); Dhp-a.i.215; Pv-a.152 (kaṭhina˚); Sdhp.286.

• *-[āv …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) long DN.i.17; MN.i.429; SN.i.104 (˚ṃ addhānaṃ); Snp.146, Snp.633 (opp. rassa); Dhp.60 Dhp.409; Pv.i.10#11 (˚ṃ antaraṃ all the time); Pv.ii.9#55 (id.) Thag.646 (˚m-antare); D …

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 …

adjective one-sided, on one end, with one top, topmost (˚-) usually in function of an adv. as ˚-meaning “absolutely, extremely, extraordinary, quite” etc.

1. (lit.) at one end, only in ˚lomin a wo …

number eleven Vin.i.19
■ num. ord. ekādasama the eleventh Snp.111, Snp.113.

Sk. ekādaśa

1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
   ■ Ja.i.90 …

…of rūpa-kkhandha Vb.65, of dasāyatanā ib. 77, dasindriyā ib. i.29, saccā g˚ and ag (= gantha-sampayutta & vippayuttā) ib. 117. 2. to put…

…of rūpa-kkhandha Vb.65, of dasāyatanā ib. 77, dasindriyā ib. i.29, saccā g˚ and ag (= gantha-sampayutta & vippayuttā) ib. 117. 2. to put…

to reproach, to blame, scold, censure, find fault with: agarahiyam mā garahittha “do not blame the blameless” SN.i.240; DN.i.161 (tapaṃ to reject, disapprove of); DN.iii.92, DN.iii.93 (aor. garahi, gr …

somewhat heavy.

1. lit. Ja.i.134 (of the womb in pregnancy); Dhp.310; Mil.102. Usually coupled & contrasted with; lahuka, light: in def. of sense of touch Dhs.648; similarly w. si …

1. 1. in special sense: a meeting or a chapter of (two or three bhikkhus, a company (opposed both to sangha, the order & puggala, the individual) Vin.i.58, Vin.i.74, Vin.i.195, Vin.i.197 Vin.ii.170, V …

adjective noun a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opp. pabbajita & paribbājaka). Geu. sg. gihissa (DN.iii.147, DN.iii.167) & gihino (DN.iii.174); n. pl. gihī; in compounds *gihī …

indeclinable an exhortative-emphatic particle used like Gr. α ̓́γε δή or French allons, voilà: well then, now, come along, alas! It is constructed with 1^st pres. & fut., or imper, 2^{nd …}

1. cause, reason, condition SN.i.134; AN.iii.440 sq.; Dhs.595, Dhs.1053; Vism.450 Tikp.11, Kp.233, Kp.239. In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

adjective pleasing, welcome, agreeable, pleasant, often in the idiomatic group iṭṭha kanta manāpa (of objects pleasing to the senses) DN.i.245; DN.ii.192; MN.i.85; SN.iv.60, SN.iv.158, SN.iv.235 sq. …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), ve …

(& kallāṇa)

1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

1. anything that comprises a number of things of the same kind; a bundle, bunch sheaf; a row, multitude; usually of grass, bamboo-or sugar-canes, sometimes of hair and feathers SN.iv.290 (tiṇa˚); Ja …

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 …

1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation profession. paṭicchanna˚ of secret acting Snp.127 Vb.357; as being punished in Niraya AN.i.60; SN.iv.180 as occupation esp. in pl. kammantā: SN.v. …

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 …

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 …

…Ja.i.194; Dhp-a.i.390 (dasā˚). Freq. in phrase kaṇṇaṃ chindati (to cut off the ear) as punishment e.g. AN.i.47
■ loc….

1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

play, amusement, pleasure usually combined with rati, enjoyment. Var. degrees of pleasures (bāla˚, etc.) mentioned at AN.v.203; var kinds of amusement enumerated at Cnd.219; as expounded at DN.i.6 und …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

kind of bird, otherwise called adāsa Ja.iv.466.

cp. Sk. kunta lance?

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

,

1. 1. a deed, action, performance, esp. an act imposed or inflicted upon somebody by a higher authority (by the king as representative of justice or by kamma MN.iii.181; see *kamma …

bought Ja.i.224 (˚dāsa a bought slave), Ja.ii.185.

pp. of kiṇāti

1. a brief measure of time, usually combined with other expressions denoting a short moment, esp. frequent as khaṇa laya muhutta Vin.i.12 Vin.iii.92; AN.iv.137; cp. Dpvs.i.16 (khaṇe khaṇe laye Buddh …

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

Matta¹

adjective (-˚) “by measure,” measured, as far as the measure goes, i.e

1. consisting of, measuring (with numerals or similar expressions): appamatto kali Snp.659; pañcamattā sata …

flesh, meat SN.ii.97 (putta˚); Dhp.152; Ja.iii.184; Pp.55; Vism.258 Vism.357 (in compar.); Dhp-a.i.375 (putta˚); Dhp-a.ii.51 (alla˚ living flesh); Vb-a.58, Vb-a.61 (pilotika-paliveṭhita). Describ …

1. to deliver, set free, release, cause one’s release or deliverance from (abl.). imper praes. mocehi Pv.ii.1#6 (duggatiyā); Pv-a.12; aor. mocesi Pv-a.112 (dāsavyato); ger. *[m …

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 …

adjective consisting of months DN.ii.327 (dvādasa˚ saṃvacchara the year of 12 months).

= māsika

nail of finger or toe, a claw Vin.ii.133; Snp.610 (na angulīhi nakhehi vā); Ja.v.489 (pañcanakhā sattā five-nailed or-toed beings); Kp ii. = Mil.26, cp. taca (pañcatacakaṃ); Kp-a.43; Vv-a.7 (dasa\ …

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 …

adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …

see niddesa.

1. description, attribute, distinction Pv-a.7 (ukkaṭṭha˚) -vatthu object of distinction or praise DN.iii.253; AN.iv.15 (where reading is niddasa, which also as variant reading …

member of the Jain order (see MN.i.370–MN.i.375 MN.i.380 & cp. jaṭila) Vin.i.233 (Nātaputta, the head of that Order, cp. DN.i.57; also Sīho senāpati n-sāvako); SN.i.78 SN.i.82 (˚bhikkhā); AN.i.205 sq …

adjective causing to decay, destroying, annihilating; f. ˚ā decay, destruction, death SN.iv.339; AN.i.221; AN.ii.198; AN.v.215 sq. (dasa-n-vatthūni) Pts.i.5 (id.).

Sk. nirjara in diff. meaning, P. …

1. a golden ornament for neck or breast, a ring Ja.ii.444; Ja.vi.577.
2. (already Vedic) a golden coin or a weight of gold (cp. a “pound sterling”) equal to 15 suvaṇṇas (Vv-a.104 = suvaṇṇassa pañcada …

1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed explⁿ); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …

adjective clever, skilful, accomplished; fine, subtle, abstruse DN.i.26≈(n. gambhīra dhamma), DN.i.162 (paṇḍita +); MN.i.487 (dhamma); SN.i.33; SN.iv.369; AN.iii.78; Snp.1126 (= gambhīra duddasa etc. …

purgatory, hell, a place of punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i.e. kamma ripens = paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible ordeals (kāraṇāni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hade …

Nivutta¹

(pp.) called, termed, designated Pv-a.73 (dasavassa-satāni, vassa-sahassaṃ n. hoti).

pp. of ni + vac

Nivutta²

(pp.) shorn, shaved, trimmed Snp.456 (˚kesa = apa …

Osaṭa

having withdrawn to (acc.), gone to or into, undergone, visited MN.i.176, MN.i.469 (padasamācāro sangha-majjhe o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā bahū). See also * …

advice, instruction, admonition, exhortation Vin.i.50 = Vin.ii.228; Vin.ii.255 Vin.iv.52; DN.i.137 (˚paṭikara, function of a king); Ja.iii.256 (anovādakara one who cannot be helped by advice, cp ovada …

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

piercing through (measuring) an arrow shot Thag.164-Ja.ii.334 (soḷasa˚ = soḷasa-kaṇḍa-pāta-vitthāro C.)
■ Note. pabbedha owes its bb to analogy with ubbedha. It also corresponds to the latter …

…the decade (period) of decline (in life), which in the enum of the 10 decades (vassadasā) at Ja.iv.397 is given as the seventh.

cp. BSk….

…of cons. (s decl. instr. padasā with the foot, on foot (DN.i.107; Ja.iii.371; Dhp-a.i.391)
■ Gender is nt., but nom. pl. is frequently found…

adjective consisting of feet or parts, -fold; dvādasa˚ twelve fold Ja.i.75 (paccayākāra).

fr. pada 1; cp. padaka³

Pakkha¹

1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …

obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, drawback Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.241 (a non-obstruction), Ja.iii.381 (id.); Ne.80; also in var. phrases viz. kāma˚ Cnd.374 (+ kāmapariḷāha); kula˚ cīvara Cnd.6 …

Palāsa¹

masculine & neuter

1. the tree Butea frondosa or Judas tree Ja.iii.23 (in Palāsa Jātaka).
2. a leaf; collectively (nt.) foliage, pl. (nt.) leaves SN.ii.178; Ja.i.120 (nt.); Ja.iii …

number, adjective fifteen (and fifteenth), usually referring to the 15th day of the lunar month, i.e. the full-moon day Snp.153 (pannaraso uposatho); pannarase on the 15^th day SN.i.191 = …

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 …

1. surrounding, suite, retinue, followers, entourage, pomp Ja.i.151; Ja.iv.38; Ja.vi.75; Pv-a.21, Pv-a.30 (˚cāga-cetana, read pariccāga-cetana?); usually as adj.-˚ surrounded by, in company of …

to blow forth, to permeate (of a scent), to diffuse Ja.i.18 (dibba-gandho p.); Vism.58 (dasa disā sīla-gandho p.). Cp. pavāti.

pa + vā

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

messenger, a servant, often in combination dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā kammakarā ti vā, e.g. DN.i.141; SN.i.76, SN.i.93 (slightly diff. in verse); AN.ii.208 (spelt pesā); AN.iv.45; Dhp-a.ii.7. See also …

adjective thrilling, suffusing, pervading, filling with rapture Vv-a.16 (dvādasa yojanāni ˚pabho sarīra-vaṇṇo).

fr. pharaṇa

Porisa¹

adjective noun

1. (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
2. (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstra …

man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …

1. a son SN.i.210; Snp.35, Snp.38, Snp.60, Snp.557, Snp.858; Dhp.62, Dhp.84 Dhp.228, Dhp.345; Ja.iv.309; Vism.645 (simile of 3 sons); Pv-a.25, Pv-a.63, Pv-a.73 sq.; DN-a.i.157 (dāsaka˚). Four kind …

1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …

completeness, perfection, highest state Snp.1018, Snp.1020; Pp.70; Dhp-a.i.5; Vv-a.2 (sāvakañāṇa˚); Pv-a.139; Sdhp.328. In later literature there is mentioned a group of 10 perfections (*dasa pāram …

adjective to be praised praiseworthy MN.i.15, MN.i.404; MN.ii.227 (dasa ˚ṭṭhānāni) AN.v.129 (id.); Ja.iii.493; Pv.iv.7#13; Ne.52.

grd. fr. pasaṃsati with pā for pa as in similar formations (see *[pām …

living being, life, creature DN.iii.48, DN.iii.63, DN.iii.133; SN.i.209, SN.i.224; SN.v.43, SN.v.227, SN.v.441 (mahā-samudde); AN.i.161 AN.ii.73, AN.ii.176, AN.ii.192; Snp.117, Snp.247, Snp.394, Snp. …

sacrificial cake (brahmanic), oblation Snp.459 (= carukañ ca pūvañ ca Snp-a.405), Snp.467 Snp.479 (= havyasesa C.), 486.

cp. Vedic puroḍāśa

adjective noun

1. (adj.) filling Snp.312 (? better read purāṇa with Snp-a.324); Pv-a.70 (eka-thālaka˚), Pv-a.77 (id.). As Np. in Pūraṇa Kassapa, which however seems to be distorted from Purāṇa K. …

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

night DN.i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag.517; Snp.710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Snp-a.496); Ja.vi.491. abl. sg. rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

squatting mat with a fringe Vin.iv.171.

sa + dasā

thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …

Sahassī-lokadhātu

feminine a thousandfold world, a world system DN.i.46; AN.i.228; DN-a.i.130; dasasahassī-lokadhātu ten world systems Ja.i.51, Ja.i.63; cp. dasasahassī and lokadhātu.

…pl. ˚-iyo Ja.vi.535; bahukuṭaja-sallakika Thag.115 (= indasālarukkha [?]).

cp. Class. Sk. śallakī

Sammā¹

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

…nikkhamitvā kukkuṭo padasā va aññaṃ gāmaṃ gacchati, ayaṃ kukkuṭasampāto ti vuccati) Vin.iv.63, Vin.iv.358; kukkuṭasampātaka…

Sata¹

(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN. …

cardinal number seventeen Vin.i.77; Vin.iv.112 (˚vaggiyā bhikkhū, group of 17).

satta⁴ + rasa² = dasa

…philosophy (dhammā duddasā nipuṇā!) of the dogmatists
■ Thus saṅkhārā are in the widest sense the “world of phenomena”…

(long) pincers, tweezers AN.i.210; Ja.i.223; Ja.iii.138; used to pull out hair MN.ii.75; Vin.ii.134. Sannika (sanika)

saṃ + ḍaṃsa, fr. ḍasati

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 …

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

cardinal number sixteen DN.i.128; Snp.1006; Ja.i.78 (lekhā); Ja.ii.87; Ja.iii.342 (atappiya-vatthūni); Ja.v.175, Ja.vi.37; Mil.11 (palibodhā); Dhp-a.i.129 (˚salākā); Dhp-a.iv.208 (˚karīsa-matta). …

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

to cut open, to destroy; fig. to torment: Kern’s proposed reading (see

Toevoegselen

s. v sāveti) for sāveti at Ja.iii.198 (amba-pakkāni); Ja.iv.402 (attānaṃ sāṭetvā dāsakammaṃ …

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 …

1. a needle; (fig.) hunger Pv.ii.8#3; Pv-a.107.
2. a small bolt to a door Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.148. sūcik’aṭṭha whose bones are like needles (?) Pv.iii.2#3 Pv-a.180 (sūcigātā ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthe …

…phrase dhammā gambhīrā duddasā a˚ nipuṇā (views, etc.) deep, difficult to know, beyond logic (or sophistry: i.e. not accessible to doubt?),…

1. flat surface (w. ref. to either top or bottom: cp. Ger. boden), level, ground, base Ja.i.60 Ja.i.62 (pāsāda˚ flat roof); Ja.iii.60 (id.); paṭhavī˚ (level ground) Ja.ii.111, cp. bhūmi˚ Pv-a.176; ād …

num. card. three.

■ nom. acc. m. tayo (Snp.311), & tayas (tayas; su dhammā Snp.231, see Kp-a.188)
■ f. tisso (DN.i.143; AN.v.210; Iti.99)
■ nt. tīṇi (AN.i.1 …

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

stupa or tope, a bell-shaped pile of earth, a mound, tumulus, cairn; dome, esp. a monument erected over the ashes of an Arahant (otherwise called dhātugabbha = dāgaba), or on spots consecrated as sce …

adjective having domed roofs (“house-tops” Ja.vi.116 (of a Vimāna = dvādasayojanika maṇimayakañcanathūpika; cp. p. Ja.vi.117: pañcaṭhūpaṃ vimānaṃ explained as pañcahi kūṭāgārehi samannāgataṃ).

from …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

…Nandanaṃ rammaṃ tidasānaṃ mahāvanaṃ Pv.iii.1#19 = Vv.18#13; devā tidasā sahindakā Vv.30#1 Sdhp.420.

• -ādhipati the Lord of…

certain tree (Strychnos nux vomica or Diospyros) Ja.vi.336; -tthanī (f.) “with breasts like the t fruit” Snp.110; Ja.vi.457 (Snp-a.172: taruṇadārikā) Vv-a.137 (t
■ nādasadisa).

desire, longing, greed in tāmatamadasangha-suppahīna Thag.310, an epithet of frogs which perhaps (with Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.88) is to be read as tāma-tamata-suppahita; “horribly greedy” (Kern …

No. 33, only in compounds denoting the 33 gods, whose chief is Sakka, while the numeral 33 is always tettiṃsa. This number occurs already in the Vedas with ref. to the gods & is …

elation, elated state of mind MN.iii.159; -bhāva id. DN-a.i.122; Sdhp.167. See next.

either a secondary formation fr. ubbilāvita, or representing uppilava (uppilāva) for upplava, ud + plu as d …

Uda¹

indeclinable disjunctive part. “or” either singly, as at Snp.455, Snp.955, Snp.1090; Ja.v.478 (variant reading udāhu); Mnd.445 (expl^d. as “padasandhi” with same formula as …

2^nd sg. pot. of ud + assayati Ja.v.26 (meaning to instal, raise?), expl^d. by C. as ussayāpesi (?) Reading may be faulty for udāsase (?).

ā + śri, cp. assaya

woollen coverlet with a fringe at each end DN.i.7 (= ubhato dasaṃ uṇṇā-may’ attharaṇaṃ; keci ubhato uggata-pupphaṃ ti vadanti DN-a.i.87); AN.i.181. See however uddha-lomin under *[uddhaṃ](/define/ …

Vagga¹

1. a company, section group, party Vin.i.58 (du˚, ti˚), Vin.i.195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus).
2. a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga- …

1. rain, shower Ja.iv.284; Ja.vi.486 (khaṇika sudden rain); Mil.307; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.31; Dhp-a.iii.163 (pokkhara˚ portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
   ■ fig …

Vatthu¹

neuter lit. “ground,” hence

1. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu²!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …

Vaya¹ & vayo

neuter age, especially young age, prime, youth; meaning “old age” when characterized as such or contrasted to youth (the ord. term for old age being jarā). …

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

span (of 12 angulas or finger-breadths) Vin.iii.149 (dīghaso dvādasa vidatthiyo sugata-vidatthiyā); Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.337; Ja.iii.318; Mil.85; Vism.65, Vism.124, Vism.171, Vism.175, Vism.408; Dhp-a. …

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 …

1. (adj.) carrying, pulling, drawing Vin.ii.122 (udaka˚-rajju); Ja.i.136 (kaṭṭha˚ gathering fire-wood); Pv-a.127 (ratha-yuga˚).
2. (nt.) conveyance, beast of burden, monture Vin.i.277 (˚āgāra stab …

Ya-kāra

1. the letter (or sound) y: Ja.i.430 (padasandhikara); Ja.iii.433 (vyañjana-sandhi-vasena gahita).
2. the letter (or syllable) ya: Ja.v.427 (nipāta-matta). It is referred to at Vin.iv.7 …

…dead“), mostly DN.i.105 (addasā dvattiṃsa lakkhanāṇi y. ṭhapetvā dve: all except two) = DN.i.109; Vin.iii.29 sq.; Ja.i.246 (gāmako y…

adjective asked, begged, borrowed MN.i.365 (˚ṃ bhogaṃ) Ja.iv.358 = Ja.vi.127 (˚ṃ yānaṃ and ˚ṃ dhanaṃ, alluding to MN.i.365–MN.i.366), with explⁿ Ja.iv.358: “yaṃ parena dinnattā labbhati taṃ …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

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 …

mirror Vin.ii.107; DN.i.7, DN.i.11 (˚pañha mirror-questioning, cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi) SN.v.357 …

Err:509

“the (way of) making”, i.e.

1. state, condition Ja.i.237 (avasan˚ condition of inhabitability); Ja.ii.154 (patan˚ state of falling, labile equilibrium) cp. paṇṇ˚
2. property, quality, attribute DN.i. …

Ākāsa¹

air, sky, atmosphere; space. On the concept see Cpd. 5, 16, 226. On a fanciful etym. of ākāsa (fr. ā + kassati of kṛṣ) at Dhs-a.325 see Dhs trsl. 178. DN.i.55 (˚ṃ indriyāni …

adjective “born in the house” (cp semantically Gr. ἰχαγενής → indigenous), inborn, being by birth, in cpd. -dāsa (dāsī) a born slave, a slave by birth Ja.vi.117 (= gehadāsiyā kucchismiṃ jātadasī C. …

(-˚) adjective -being of life; having a life or age AN.iv.396 (niyat˚); Vv-a.196 (yāvatāyukā dibbasampatti divine bliss lasting for a lifetime). Esp. freq in comb^n. with *[dīgha](/define …

(& ḍaṃsati) to bite (esp. of flies snakes, scorpions, etc.),
pres ḍasati MN.i.519;
pot ḍaseyya MN.i.133; AN.iii.101 = AN.iv.320 (where ḍaṃs˚) ḍaṃseyya AN.iii.306;
ppr ḍasamāna Ja.i.265 (gīvāya) …

yellow fly, gadfly (orig. “the bite”) Cnd.268 (= pingala-makkhika, same at Ja.iii.263; Snp-a.101); usually in combination with other biting or stinging sensations, as ˚siriṃsapa Snp.52, & freq. in c …

bitten Pv-a.144.

pp. of daṃśati or dasati to bite

(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 …