play, sport; joking.

…Mil.189; Vism.36.

Sk. dava, to dunoti (q.v.); cp. Gr. δαις fire-brand

Dava²

running, course, flight quickness, sporting,…

in -aggi a jungle-fire Ja.i.213; Ja.iii.140; Vism.470; Dhp-a.i.281.

Sk. dāva, see dava¹ & daya¹

…the Buddha was yet in Bhaddavatikā the Elder Sāgata went to the Jaṭila’s hermitage and took up his abode near the fireplace. The Nāga…

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

…rejoining the Buddha at Bhaddavatikā. Vin.iv.108f.

The town is probably identical with Bhaddavatī, and was in the Cetiya Country….

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

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

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī. On its banks was a grove of campaka-trees, well known for …

…medicine and escaped on Bhaddavatikā, the king’s she-elephant, before the truth was discovered. The king sent Kāka in pursuit, but Jīvaka…

…Ceti country, went to Bhaddavatikā, where, at the Ambatiṭṭha, Sāgata tamed a Nāga, and from there he went to Kosambī.

The Aṅguttara…

…rice and cakes and sūkaramaddava. At the meal the Buddha ordered that he alone should be served with sūkaramaddava, and that what was left over…

…road, on the banks of the Godavari being also called by the same name - and that later the road lent its name to the whole region through which it…

GundāvanaKundāvanaGuṇḍāvanaKuṇḍāvana

A forest in Madhurā. Mahā Kaccāna stayed there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the bra …

A township of the Koliyans. The Buddha, when staying there, preached the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preache …

IsigiliIsigilapassa

One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite …

…Mahā Kaccāna at the Gundavana near Madhurā and accused him of not paying due respect to elderly brahmins, but when Mahā Kaccāna preached to…

…AN.iv.281 and Haliddavasana, residence of the ascetics Puṇṇa Koliyaputta and Seniya. MN.i.387 SN.v.115

After the Buddha’s death the…

…delayed and left him, after having handed over to him the elephant Bhaddavatikā, which he had used in his flight. Vin.i.277f.

MadhurāMathurā

The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …

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 …

…his last meal, of Sūkaramaddava, at the house of Cunda. DN.ii.126f. From there he went to Kusinārā, and there, as he lay dying, he sent…

A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandā and Sundarīnandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

…other two sisters were Nandavatī and Sundarinandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

Nandā²

Declared by the Buddha AN.i.25 to be foremost…

A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68

near Rājagaha3hill

PilindavacchaPilindivacchaPilindiyavacchaPilindaPilindiPilindiya

A monk whose enigmatic Theragāthā verse speaks of what has come and not departed….

…visited the Buddha at Haliddavasana, together with Seniya Kukkuravatika. Puṇṇa questioned the Buddha regarding the practices of Seniya, while…

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

Sirivaḍḍha¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of meditating in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasena …

…other sisters, Nandā and Nandavatī. Sāḷha Migāranattā seduced her, and she was proclaimed guilty of a Pārājika offence. Vin.iv.211f.…

…Buddha went to stay in Bhaddavatikā, having heard men warn the Buddha of the proximity of a Nāga of great power in the Jaṭila hermitage at…

…because of its connection with Kṛṣṇa, and the Yādavas.

27.55211, 77.316281janapada

…the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.

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

…and converted the Bhaddavaggiyā. Vin.i.23f. At Uruvelā dwelt also the Tebhātika-Jatilas: Uruvelā-Kassapa, Nadī-Kassapa and…

VaggumudāVattumudā

A river in the Vajji country. On its banks lived Yasoja and his five hundred companions. Ud.iii.3

Vajjī3river

…Bimbisāra to the Elder Pilindavaccha. It was near Rājagaha and was also called Pilindagāma. Pilindavaccha depended for his alms on the residents…

newly plastered.

being a considerable occasion (for …) (?)); of no mean appearance (?)

free from misfortune or accident; safe; undamaged

wife obtained with her free will.

name of a class of brahmans.

having a hole; defective.

having a hole; defective.

full of holes; full of large or small holes.

forest fire; wood on fire.

one who burns wood.

net on a stick; a kind of snare.

or mfn. one given to bodily embellishments.

chaff; sweepings.

sa-upaddava

mfn. subject to calamity; unsafe; dangerous

professing the doctrine of annihilation.

sudden or grievous accident, calamity, misfortune; violence, oppression.

to rush on, to assail Mhvs.6, Mhvs.5; Dāvs iii.47.

abhi + dru, cp. dava²

1. to bring (to), to offer, fetch DN.iii.170; Ja.i.54, Ja.i.157; Ja.iii.537; Ja.iv.421; DN-a.i.272.
2. to curse, revile, abuse [cp. Sk. anuvyāharati & abhivyā˚] AN.i.198

pass abhihariyati Vv-a.17 …

…with maddava gentle, soft) DN.iii.213; AN.i.94; AN.ii.113; AN.iii.248; Snp.250 (+ maddava), Snp.292 (id.); Ja.iii.274;…

…(expl^n. for siva).

an + upaddava

adjective free from injury or harm, healthy, secure Vin.ii.79 = Vin.ii.124 (+ anupaddava); Vin.iii.162; SN.iv.371; Snp.1137 (ītī vuccanti kilesā etc. Cnd.48); Mil.304.

fr. anīti

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 …

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

Phonetically the difference between ava & o is this, that; ava is the older form, whereas o represents a later development. Histor …

(-˚) adjective perforated, only in redupl. (intensive) cpd. chiddāvacchidda perforated all over, nothing but holes Ja.iii.491; Dhp-a.i.122. Dhp-a.284 Dhp-a.319. Cp. chidda-vicchidda.

ava + chidda

Avakāsa & okāsa

1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

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 …

mare, only in cpd. -mukha the mare’s mouth, i.e. an entrance to Niraya (cp. Vedic vaḍavâgni & vaḍavāmukha) Thag.1104 (trsl. “abyss-discharged mouth,” cp. Brethren, p. 418).

cp. Vedic vaḍavā

…Dhs.1348.

• -ūpaddava a disaster to religious life, succumbing to worldly desires MN.iii.116.
• -vāsa state of…

Err:509

adjective having faults, full of defects MN.i.272.

…robbers Vism.190;

• -upaddava an attack from robbers Ja.i.267;
• -kathā talk about thieves (one of the…

…Sdhp.528.

Sk. daridra, to daridrāti, Intens. to drāti run (see dava), in meaning cp. addhika wayfarer = poor

…Sdhp.528.

Sk. daridra, to daridrāti, Intens. to drāti run (see dava), in meaning cp. addhika wayfarer = poor

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 …

*Dunoti

to burn, see der, dava, dāva & dāya.

…drāvayati & drapayati, Caus. to; dru, see davati

…with popular expl. of the terms piṇḍa & davayati).

…Gr. δαίω (to burn) & P. dava¹

Dāya²

a gift, donation; share, fee DN.i.87≈(in phrase rājadāya brahmadeyya, a…

…-poddava (variant reading kāmapudava) a shampooer (? Vin. Texts iii.66; Bdhgh explains: kāmapudavā ti…

the Coloquintida plant Ja.iv.8 (˚ka-rukkha).

inda + vāruṇa

…e.g. Ja.i.298 (kataraṃ upaddavaṃ na kareyya), and used uninflected in compounds as katara-geha Ja.iii.9; ˚gandhaṃ Ja.vi.336; ˚divasaṃ…

…AN.i.94; also with maddava (gentleness) and s. as quality of a well-bred horse AN.iii.248, cp. AN.ii.113 and khantā -sovaccassatā (kind…

…AN.i.94; also with maddava (gentleness) and s. as quality of a well-bred horse AN.iii.248, cp. AN.ii.113 and khantā -sovaccassatā (kind…

…Snp.268 (= abhaya, nirupaddava Kp-a.153); Dhp.189 sq. Pv.iv.3#3 (of a road = nibbhaya Pv-a.250); Vv-a.85. 2. (nt.) shelter, place of security,…

adjective small, inferior, low; trifling, insignificant; na khuddaṃ samācare kiñci “he shall not pursue anything trifling” Snp.145 (= lāmakaṃ Kp-a.243) kh˚ ca bālaṃ Snp.318. Opp. to strong Vv.32#10 ( …

Kāraṇḍava¹

chaff, offal, sweepings, fig. dirt, impurity: yava˚ AN.iv.169 (chaff) samaṇa˚ ibid
■ In passage kāraṇḍavaṃ niddhamatha kasambuṃ apakassatha AN.iv.172 = Snp.281 = Mil.414 trsl< …

shamefacedness DN.iii.213 (where Dhs.1340 has maddava); cp. AN.i.94.

fr. lajj

1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc. MN.i.355 = AN.ii.40 = Mnd.496 = Cnd.540 = Pp.21 = Dhs.1346, Dhs.1348. The comm …

lit. making drunk, intoxication Cnd.540 C. (in formula davāya madāya madanāya instead of maṇḍanāya: see under mada 1); in cpd -yuta intoxicated, a name for the Yakkhas Ja.i.204. C …

…Dhp-a.iv.112)

■ nt. maddavaṃ mildness softness, gentleness Snp.250 (ajjava +), Snp.292 (id.); Ja.iii.274 (as one of the 10…

gentleness, softness, suavity Dhs.44, Dhs.1340; Dhs-a.151.

abstr. fr. maddava

…kammaniya); Pp.68.

• -maddava soft & tender (said of food taken by young women to preserve their good looks) Dhs-a.403; *…

…spoilt SN.ii.268 (of the Licchavi princes)

■ See also maddava, & cp. ati˚.

fr. mudu

…Dhs.44 (+ maddavatā), Dhs.1340 (id.); Vism.463 sq.; Dhs-a.151 (= mudubhāva) cp. Dhs. trsl. §1340.

cp. Sk. mṛdutā; abstr….

adjective bald, shaven; a shaven, (bald-headed) ascetic, either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (f.) bhikkhunī SN.i.175 (m. sanghāṭi-pāruta); Vin.iv.265 (f.); Snp.p.80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa Snp-a.402)
■ *ka …

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 …

to blow away, blow off; to clean, cleanse, purify; to throw out, eject, remove Snp.281 = Mil.414 (kāraṇḍavaṃ) Snp.282 (˚itvā pāpicche), Snp.962 (malaṃ = pajahati (Mnd.478); Dhp.239 (id.); Mil.43
pp …

1. “shouting out,” sound; fame, renown; speech, utterance, proclamation word of reproach, blame SN.i.190; AN.iv.88 (appa˚ noiseless lit. of little or no noise); Snp.719, Snp.818 (= nindāvacana Snp-a. …

adjective without affliction or mishap, harmless, secure, happy Ja.iv.139; Pv-a.262 (sotthi).

nis + upaddava

Avakāsa & okāsa

1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

1. a mountain (-range), hill, rock SN.i.101 SN.i.102, SN.i.127, SN.i.137; SN.ii.32, SN.ii.185, SN.ii.190; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iv.102 (dhūpāyati); Snp.413, Snp.417, Snp.543, Snp.958, Snp.1014; Mnd …

coming back, return Dhs-a.389.

fr. preceding

to return again to (acc.) SN.i.224; SN.ii.104; AN.v.337.

paṭi + ud + ā + vattati

… caus padīpeti (q.v.).

pa +…

…however reads paluddha); Ja.iii.260 (dava˚ abhibhūta C.).

pp. of pa + labh

remissness AN.i.139.

abstr. fr. pamāda + vant, adj.

…perhaps v for y, as daya → dava through influence of d in parada˚; thus = parata yutta?] “fond of being prepared,” adapted, apt, active…

Err:501

…= Cnd.416 (under pariddava) with synonyms ādeva p. ādevanā paridevanā ādevitattaṃ paridevitattaṃ; often combined with…

see *gāma*˚.

Pudava (poddava?)

see *gāma*˚; (Vin.ii.105 with Bdhgh note on p. 315).

Pudava (poddava?)

see *gāma*˚; (Vin.ii.105 with Bdhgh note on p. 315).

…in combination with dava running at Vin.ii.101; Vin.iv.4; MN.i.446 (better reading here dav’ atthe rav’ atthe for…

…pariccāga, ajjava, maddava, tapo, akkodha, avihiṃsā, khanti avirodhana,“ i.e. alms-giving, morality, liberality straightness,…

…pariccāga, ajjava, maddava, tapo, akkodha, avihiṃsā, khanti avirodhana,“ i.e. alms-giving, morality, liberality straightness,…

to run away; aor. sampaddavi Ja.vi.53
pp sampadduta.

saṃ + pa + dru

run away Ja.vi.53.

pp. of sampaddavati

restrained Dhs-a.75.

saṃ + ud + āvaṭa? Better read as saṃ + udāvatta

…vata sankhārā uppādavaya-dhammino“ (DN.ii.157; SN.i.6, SN.i.158, SN.i.200; SN.ii.193 Thag.1159; Ja.i.392, cp. Vism.527), which is…

…Mnd.128.

• -pariddava id. Vv.84#30.
• -pareta overcome with grief Pv.i.8#6 *…

…Pv.iv.6#4 (= nirupaddava Pv-a.262); Snp.269; sotthinā safely prosperously DN.i.72, DN.i.96; DN.ii.346; MN.i.135; Ja.ii.87; Ja.iii.201…

certain dish, perhaps a kind of salad, given as “lambila,” i.e. bitter or astringent at Dhs-a.320 (made of badara or kapiṭṭha); cp Vin.iv.259.

cp. Sk. ṣāḍav …

…(sampanna-kolaka).

• -maddava is with Franke (Dīgha translation 222 sq.) to be interpreted as “soft (tender boar’s…

…varo); Dhp.195 (-sokapariddava); Cnd.282.

• -kathaṅkatha (adj.) having overcome doubt, free from doubt Snp.17, Snp.86, Snp.367; *…

adjective an adherent of the ucchedavāda Ja.v.241.

retired, desisting Ja.v.158 (= udāvattitva nivattitva C).

pp. of udāvattate, ud + ā vattati

…Dhp.338 (an˚); Dhp-a.i.16; Sdhp.267, Sdhp.398.

upa + dava² of dru

to annoy, trouble DN-a.i.213
pp upadduta (q.v.).

fr. upa + dru

…Upadhamsitar & Upadhamseti;

pp. of upaddavati

…etc., e.g. upari-pāsādavara -gata Pv-a.105; sindha-piṭṭhi -vara- gata Ja.i.179…

is not clear; it occurs only in the expression (is it found in the Canon?) vaḷabhā-mukha a submarine fire or a purgatory Abhp.889. The Epic Sk. form is vaḍavā-mukha (Halāyudha i.70; iii.1).

= vaḷavā?

mare, a common horse DN.i.5; Pp.58; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.54; Ja.i.180; Ja.vi.343; Dhp-a.i.399; Dhp-a.iv.4 (assatarā vaḷavāya gadrabhena jātā).

• -ratha a carriage drawn by a mare DN.i. …

widow SN.i.170; AN.iii.128; Ja.vi.33; Mil.288; Vism.17; Pv-a.65, Pv-a.161 Vb-a.339.

Vedic vidhavā widow, vidhu lonely, vidhura separaṭed, Av. vidavā = Goth. widuwō = Ohg. wituwa (Ger. Witwe = E. w …

…pīḷana ghaṭṭana upaddava Mnd.140 = Mnd.170); Thig.450 (bahu˚ full of annoyance)
■ sa˚ connected with, or bringing vexation, with…

1. turn, occasion, time, opportunity Ja.i.58 (utu-vārena utuvārena according to the turn of the seasons), Ja.i.150, Ja.vi.294; Vism.431 (santati˚ interval); DN-a.i.36; Dhp-a.i.47 (dve vāre twice); …

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 …

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 …

…Āruppesu vā nibbattanti, tadavasese sandhāya vuttaṃ“); DN.ii.139: yebhuyyena dasasu loka-dhātusu devatā sannipatitā (as a rule) Snp.p.107…

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 …

is gloss at Vv-a.216 for maddava Vv.51#23; meaning: excitement, adj. exciting. The passage in Vv-a is somewhat corrupt, & therefore unclear.

ā +…

Ādeva, Ādevanā

lamenting, deploring, crying etc. in ster. phrase (explaining parideva or pariddava) ādevo paridevo ādevanā pari˚ ādevitattaṃ pari˚ Mnd.370 = Cnd.416 = Pts.i.38.

ā + div. devati

Ādeva, Ādevanā

lamenting, deploring, crying etc. in ster. phrase (explaining parideva or pariddava) ādevo paridevo ādevanā pari˚ ādevitattaṃ pari˚ Mnd.370 = Cnd.416 = Pts.i.38.

ā + div. devati

…to become weak or faint Vin.ii.200; DN.iii.209; MN.i.354; SN.iv.184; Kp-a.66 (hadavaṃ ā.). Cp. āyamati.

ā + gilāyati; Sk. glāyati, cp….

…(verse 189); Ja.v.401 = upaddava; Mnd.381 Cnd.48, Cnd.636 (+ upaddava = santāpa); Mil.152, Mil.274 Mil.418. -anīti sound…

…(verse 189); Ja.v.401 = upaddava; Mnd.381 Cnd.48, Cnd.636 (+ upaddava = santāpa); Mil.152, Mil.274 Mil.418. -anīti sound…

…Mil.325. Sometimes spelt dāha, e.g. AN.i.178 (aggi˚) Sdhp.201 (id.); - dava˚; a jungle fire Vin.ii.138; Ja.i.461.

Sk. dāha, see…