1. a place, an area; a region, a district.
2. a point, a matter; a part.

…Kp-a.132, Kp-a.227
■ desaṃ karoti to go abroad Ja.v.340 (p. 342 has disaṃ)
■ kañcid-eva desaṃ pucchati to ask a little point…

…belonged, not to the Majjhimadesa but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

In the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149 it…

…is recorded in the Padesa Sutta. SN.v.174f. A discussion which took place there on another occasion between these two and Anuruddha, is…

…are included in the Majjhimadesa, the two last being in Uttarāpatha.

Twelve countries are mentioned in the Dīgha Nikāya, DN.ii.200 in which the…

…Buddha related this story at Desakā, in the Sumbha country, to the monks, and said that, in the same way, each monk should look after himself.; by…

The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given, and the Paccantajanapadā lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and…

…DN.iii.210 Cunda Samaṇuddesa was spending his rainy season at Pāvā, and he reported to the Buddha, who was at Sāmagāma, news of the…

SetakaṇṇikaSetakannika

A village forming the southern boundary of the Middle Country. Vin.i.197

the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa3town

Sumbha¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Sumbha²

A country in which was Desaka, where Udāyi visited the Buddha during a stay, and had a conversation with him. SN.v.89 SN.v.168

…western boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197 It was in the Kosala country and belonged to the Mallas, and was once visited by the Buddha….

…factors, and once, at Desaka in the Sumbha country, he tells the Buddha how he cultivated the awakening factors and thereby attained to final…

A mountain range forming the northern boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197

???3hill

deadly crime (one of the six great crimes: mātughāta, pitughāta, arahantaghāta, lohituppāda, saṅghabheda, aññasatthāruddesa)

without valid grounds, without authority.

intended for oneself

point, a matter.

1. instruction; exposition; discourse.
2. assigning.

requiring, expiated by, confession or acknowledgment.

requiring, expiated by, confession or acknowledgment.

of deseti

(~ayantī)n. of deseti

of deseti

of deseti

of deseti

makes teach or expound; makes assign; makes tell or confess.

of desāpeti

, ~a, neuter teaching, exposition of, dhamma.

(& n.?) & mfn.

1. (m.) one place; one part.
2. (mfn.) one part of, some of; in part

1. (m.) a single or the same instruction; a single or the same recitation, a shared recitation (of the pātimokkha).
2. (mfn.) having a single recitation, coming together in one recitation (of the pātimokkha)

(specific) mention or reading.

sa-uddesa

mfn. with a specification; with a brief description

with valid grounds; with authority:

1. recitation, instruction; indication; brief indication, brief statement; summary exposition.
2. instructing, specifying; inviting; food for a specific person.

food specially prepared for a specific number of persons

(from uddisati) one who recites.

form or variety of indicating; (another’s thoughts or state of mind)

the miracle or marvelous power of indicating (another’s thoughts or state of mind).

…expression vohāradesanā, and not a designation for anything really existing; see: *paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta,…

…commentaries quote Cula-Nidesa where bodhi is defined as the knowledge relating to the 4 paths of Stream-entry, etc.; catūsu,…

Conventional: expression or truth: see: desanā

…sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the…

…8 expounding the Doctrine desanā 9 listening to the Doctrine savana 10 straightening one’s right views rectification of views;…

…marvel of mind-reading ādesanā - p and the marvel of instruction anusāsanī - p In D. 11, the Buddha says that he sees danger in the…

…vv.ll. abhidosa & abhidesa Neumann; trsl. “unbeschränkt”. The context seems to require a meaning like “full, powerful” or unbroken…

…Ja.v.380 accayena desanaṃ paṭigaṇhāti Ja.i.379; accayaṃ khamati to forgive Mil.420.

from acceti, ati + i,…

…pretext Ja.iii.60; Ja.iv.13; Pv-a.154. Thus also apadesaka Ja.vi.179.

cp. Sk. apadeśa

…(+ att-avaññā).

• -uddesa relation to oneself Vin.iii.149 (= attano atthāya), also ˚ika ibid. Vin.iii.144. *…

…(= bhāsitatthañ c’ eva desanādhammañ ca); Ja.ii.353; Ja.vi.368; Cnd.386 (meaning & proper nature); Pv.iii.9#6 (but expl^d. by…

…evaṃ sallakkhetvā tāya desanāya atthikā hutvā C.); Sdhp.220 (˚katvāna).

= attha (aṭṭha) in comp^n. with kar & bhū, as…

…of food SN.i.82.

• -uddesaka (thera) (an elder) who supervises the distribution of food, a superintendent of meals…

…Dhp-a.iii.171 (sātthikā desanā bh.); Mil.40 (mātā ti pi na bh.). 3. Imper. hotu as adv. “very well” Mil.18 (hotu bhante very well,…

…Pv-a.186.

• -padesa place or region upon the earth Ja.vi.95.
• -pappaṭaka outgrowths in…

…Dhs.262 Vism.295 sq. (˚niddesa), 319. -veṭhana the head-dress of a brahmin Snp-a.138 (one of the rare passages where…

…Dhs.262 Vism.295 sq. (˚niddesa), 319. -veṭhana the head-dress of a brahmin Snp-a.138 (one of the rare passages where…

…& good Ja.v.112 (patirāpadesavāsādino kusala-cakkassa bhañjanī C.); -bheda breaking peace or concord, sowing discord…

…on 125.

  ■ Under ādesanā\-pāṭihāriya (thought reading): evam pi te mano ittham pi te mano iti pi te cittaṃ (thus is your thought &...

…(Vin i.) Culla-niddesa the minor exposition (following upon Mahā-niddesa); culla-sīla the siṃple precepts of ethics (opp. mahā˚…

…(Vin i.) Culla-niddesa the minor exposition (following upon Mahā-niddesa); culla-sīla the siṃple precepts of ethics (opp. mahā˚…

adjective pointing out, teaching, advising Sdhp.217, Sdhp.519-(nt.) advice, instruction, lesson MN.i.438.

Sk. deśaka

1. discourse, instruction, lesson SN.v.83, SN.v.108; Ja.iii.84; Pp.28; Ne.38; Vism.523 sq (regarding Paṭiccasamuppāda); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.2, Pv-a.9, Pv-a.11; Sdhp.213.
2. Freq. in dhamma˚; moral inst …

to point out, indicate, show; set forth, preach, teach; confess. Very freq. in phrase dhammaṃ d. to deliver a moral discourse to preach the Dhamma Vin.i.15; Vin.ii.87, Vin.ii.188; Vin.v.125, Vin.v.1 …

adjective = desaka, su˚; one who points out well, a good teacher Mil.195.

Sk. deśika

…DN.iii.77; SN.v.154;

• -desanā moral instruction, exposition of the Dh. Vin.i.16; DN.i.110 etc. (see…

…of Dukkha.* The Niddesa gives a characteristic description of all that comes under the term dukkha. It employs one stereotyped explanation…

…solitary AN.iii.67 (ek-uddesa) Ja.i.59 (ekadivasena on the one day only, i.e. on the same day); Dhp.395; Snp.35, Snp.1136 (see Cnd.172#a),…

…a teacher’s fee); Pv-a.3 (˚janā venerable persons) Sdhp.227 (˚ûpadesa), Sdhp.417.

a younger form of garu (q.v.); Sk. guru

…samudaya frequent in the Niddesa (see Cnd.p.231, s. v. mūla). In the Abhidhamma we find hetu as “moral condition referring to the 6 mūlas…

man, only found in the Niddesa in stock defⁿ of jantu or nara; both spellings (with & without h)…

…as jagati˚:

• -ppadesa a spot in the world Dhp.127 = Pv-a.104
• -ruha earth grown, i.e. a tree Ja.i.216.

see…

adjective producing, causing (-˚) Iti.84 (anattha˚ dosa); Ja.iv.141; Dpvs.i.2; Dhs-a.258 Dhtp.428
■ f. jananī Pv-a.1 (saṃvega˚ dẹsanā); mother (cp. janettī) Ja.iv.175; Pv-a.7 …

…DN.ii.16; Snp.p.106;

• -padesa a rural district AN.iv.366; AN.v.101.

jana + pada, the latter in function of collective…

…patipattik˚, bhūmik˚, desanāk˚ where they are illustrated by examples. Threefold applied to upādāna at Vism.570 (viz. uppattik˚…

…Vv.47#9 (= Vv-a.202); desanā… k-phalaṃ paccakkhakāriṇī “an instruction demonstrating the fruit of action” Pv-a.1; similarly…

…the back Ja.vi.509.

• -padesa the buttocks Ja.iii.37.
• -pamāṇa (adj. as far as the waist…

…adhivacanaṃ

• -niddesa disquisition about the khandhas Vism (ch. xiv esp.), Vism.482, Vism.485, Vism.492, Vism.509,…

…of a well-bred brahmin (with brahmavaṇṇī) DN.i.114, DN.i.120, etc.

• -desa, in ˚issara ruler of a small district…

…the topmost point, in phrase desanāya kūṭaṃ gahetvā or desanā kūtaṃ gaṇhanto “leading up to the climax of the instruction”…

…thus at Ja.i.48 (dhamma-desanā ti-l-˚muttā) Ja.i.275; Ja.iii.377 (through contemplating them arises vipassanā & pacceka-bodhi-ñāṇa)…

…in Text lippati, but Niddesa reading limpati (Mnd.55); Snp.811 lipp˚, Mnd.133 limp˚; Snp.1040, Snp.1042 lipp˚, Cnd.549 limp˚
pass…

…= oṇata); Kp-a.150 (˚desanā, cp. ukkaṭṭha); Dhp-a.ii.77; Dhp-a.iv.44 (˚bhāva) Vv-a.116; Pv-a.15 (for pāpa); Pv-a.103 (=…

…highway robber Snp.84.

• -desaka one who points out the way, a guide Snp.84; Ja.iv.257; As -desika at Dhp-a.ii.246. *…

…of mahā in the Niddesa is “agga, seṭṭha, visiṭṭha, pāmokkha, uttama pavara,” see Cnd.502.

Note on…

…in the formula of the ādesanā-pāṭihāriyaṃ (wonder of manifestation, i.e. the discovery of other peoples’ thoughts & intentions),…

…in the formula of the ādesanā-pāṭihāriyaṃ (wonder of manifestation, i.e. the discovery of other peoples’ thoughts & intentions),…

…as early as the Niddesa; through the Abhp (153 979) it has come down at mantā “wisdom” to Childers Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v….

…Pp.37 (= pamānena padesa-mattam eva karontī ti)
■ In cpds shortened to matta˚.

• -aṭṭhiya (mattaṭṭhiya = ˚atthika)…

…Pv-a.154 (˚padesa). Usually in devasikaṃ migavaṃ gacchati to go out for a day’s hunting Ja.iv.267; or as pp. *ekadivasaṃ…

…be pointed out that the Niddesa speaks of 28 N. instead of 27 (Mnd.382: aṭṭhavīsati nakkhattāni), a discrepancy which may be accounted by…

…way to N. “dhammavaraṃ adesayi n- gāmiṃ paramaṃ hitāya Snp.233; ahaṃ sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ desemi sattānaṃ visuddhiyā… n˚assa…

see niddesa.

…Vism.208 sq. etc.

Sk. nirdeśa, fr. niddisati, cp. desa, desaka etc.

…body) Dhs-a.344 (vitthāra-desanaṃ). 4. to give in charge to deposit, entrust, save Pp.26; Vv-a.33 (sahassathavikaṃ)
aor…

…lying & elevated Mil.349 (desabhāga).

Vedic nimna, der. fr. ni down, prob. combined with -na of nam to bend, thus meaning “bent down,”…

only in instr. & abl. = separately Dhs-a.2, Dhs-a.30, Dhs-a.37, Dhs-a.297.

Sk. *niṣpradesa, nis + padesa

…absence of explanation or demonstration Dhs-a.317 (˚ena not figuratively), Dhs-a.403 (˚desanā); Vv-a.320. 2. unchangeable, not to be turned…

…Dhp.315; Ja.i.11 (v.47, ˚desa), Ja.i.377 (˚vāsika); Pv-a.201 (˚nagara); Dhp-a.iii.488 (id.); Sdhp.11 (˚visaya). (m.) the border,…

…AN.ii.182 (+ vyañjana desanā); AN.ii.189 (attha˚ text, motto); AN.iii.356 (id.); Snp.252 (= dhamma-desanā Snp-a.293), Snp.374; Dhp.273;…

indication, location, range, district; region, spot, place SN.ii.227, SN.ii.254 SN.v.201; AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.ii …

…See also uddesika in same application.

fr. padesa

…ca pādehi hananti. tassa vihāra-dvāre ubhato kuṭṭaṃ niharitvā katapadesass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ“ Bdhgh, quoted *Vin….

…& late works. In the Niddesa the nearest synonym is; lag, as seen from the freq. combination palibuddha + lagga, palibodha + laggana: see…

question, interrogation Vin.i.190 (uddesa +); Vin.ii.219 (id.); AN.i.285; Mnd.234 = Cnd.386 (cp. Snp-a iii). See also uddesa.

pari + pucchā

…SN.ii.199 (˚dhammadesanā); SN.iii.235; SN.v.301, SN.v.354; AN.iii.125 (˚ñāṇa-dassana), AN.iv.120 sq.; Ja.i.265; Vism.2…

…Ja.i.106 (sacca˚ = desanā˚); Pv-a.9 (desanā and passim), Pv-a.136 (āyūha˚), Pv-a.162 (id.), Pv-a.281 (= anta) Often contracted…

…MN.i.83 (dhammadesanā ādiṇṇā); SN.ii.178 sq. 2. (Med.) having exhausted, lost control over, being overcome (usually ˚citta…

…course) desanā (instruction, presentation), and kāraṇa (cause reason, also case, matter), see…

…Vism xvii, pp. 517 sq. (˚niddesa)

• -ratana the gem of reason or knowledge Dhs.16 Dhs.20 etc
• -vimutta freed by reason DN.ii.70 DN.iii.105…

…of Paññā-bhūmi-niddesa), and at Vb-a.130–Vb-a.213 under the title of Paccayākāra-vibhanga. Some passages selected for ref.:…

to confess Vin.ii.102. See also pāṭidesaniya.

paṭi + deseti

coming back upon a subject Ne.5.

paṭi + niddesa

…Esp frequent in the Niddesas in stock phrase expressing the complete calm attained to in emancipation, viz. vūpasama paṭinissagga p. amata…

…(= yutta), Pv-a.124. -desavāsa living in a suitable region DN.iii.276 = AN.ii.32; Ne.29, Ne.50
■ Spelt pati˚; at Dhp.158; Snp.89,…

…for the usual Peṭak’ opadesa “instruction in the Piṭaka.” dating from the beginning of our era (cp. Geiger, P.Gr. p. 18), mentioned at…

…is given in the Niddesa (and Commentaries), consisting of 12 groups of three questions each. In full at Mnd.339, Mnd.340 = Nd ii.under…

…sq.; avuṭṭhika-sama padesa-vassin, sabbatth’ âbhivassin Iti.64 sq.; satthar sāvaka, sekha Iti.78; sekha asekha n’ eva-sekha-nāsekha…

…abbhanumodanā, desanā savana, diṭṭh’ ujjuka-kamma. The opp. of puñña is either apuñña (DN.iii.119; SN.i.114; SN.ii.82;…

…interpretation of sense Vb.291; Vism.240 (contrasted to bhāvanāniddesa).

cp. Sk. pālī a causeway, bridge Halāyudha iii.54

…of a as frequently in similar form^s like pāṭidesanīya pāṭimokkha, pāmojja

…MN.ii.8; Snp-a.199 -uddesaka one who recites the P. Vin.i.115, cp. Vin Texts i.242. -ṭhapana…

…interpretation of sense Vb.291; Vism.240 (contrasted to bhāvanāniddesa).

cp. Sk. pālī a causeway, bridge Halāyudha iii.54

…(a sin) which ought to be confessed Vin.i.172; Vin.ii.242; AN.ii.243 (as ˚desanīyaka).

grd. of paṭideseti with pāṭi for pāṭi in der.

…in stock phrase iddhi˚, ādesanā˚, anusāsanī˚ as the 3 marvels which characterise a Buddha with regard to his teaching (i.e. superhuman…

…which is however unjustified as the original reading is well-attested and explained in the Niddesa as such. The term as proposed would not…

…amongst gods Kp-a.227; padesa˚ local sovereignty Iti.15; Kp.viii.12 (cp. Kp-a.227).

• -siri-dāyikā (devatā) (goddess) giving success…

… ■ Cp. ati˚.

• -ādesa reduction of the determination (here of vowel in ending) Ja.iii.489. *…

…Vin.iii.47, viz. rājā, padesa-rājā, maṇḍalikā, antarabhogikā akkhadassā, mahāmattā, ye vā pana chejjabhejjaṃ anusāsanti (i.e….

…Vin.iii.47, viz. rājā, padesa-rājā, maṇḍalikā, antarabhogikā akkhadassā, mahāmattā, ye vā pana chejjabhejjaṃ anusāsanti (i.e….

…cp. sodariya; -uddesa with explanation Iti.99 Vism.423 (nāma-gotta-vasena sa-udd.; vaṇṇ’ādi-vasena sākāra); -upanisa…

…samaṇa Vin.i.96.

• -uddesa a novice, a sāmaṇera DN.i.151; MN.iii.128; SN.v.161; Vin.iv.139; AN.ii.78; AN.iii.343. Cp….

to complete, conclude Mhvs.5, Mhvs.280; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.55; DN-a.i.307 (desanaṃ)
pp samatta².

saṃ + āpeti

news, message Mhvs.18, Mhvs.13.

Sk. sandeśa

adjective in all places, all round MN.i.153.

sa³ + padesa

…SN.iv.376 sq.; Cnd.617 (= uddesa gaṇanā paññatti); Dhs.1306; Mil.25
■ saṅkhaṃ gacchati to be styled, called or defined; to be put…

…Vism.43 (fourfold: desanā˚, saṃvara˚ pariyeṭṭhi˚, paccavekkhaṇa˚); Dhs.1005; Snp.478 suddhiṃvada stating purity, Snp.910;…

adjective with its characteristics DN.i.13; DN.iii.111; MN.i.35; Pp.60; Vism.423 (+ sa-uddesa).

sa³ + ākāra

…in phrase -ikā dhammadesanā (thus as f. of -aka !) e.g. Vin.i.16, Vin.i.18; Vin.ii.156; DN.i.110; MN.i.380; AN.iv.186; AN.v.194;…

adjective with reasons DN.i.4; AN.ii.22; MN.i.180; MN.iii.34, MN.iii.49; Pp.58; DN-a.i.76. Opp. anapadesa MN.i.287.

sa + apadesa

…with those given in the Niddesa. See on the 10 (as given under a) SN.iv.342 & Cnd s. v. sīla; on the 5 (also as under b SN.ii.68 & Cnd s. v. The…

…pūreti) Pv-a.29 (= unnatapadesa). As dry land, terra firma opp. to jala at Dhp.34; Ja.i.107, Ja.i.222; Pv.iv.1#21; Pv-a.260 As firm, even ground…

…(= kharakaṭhāna bhūmippadesa Pv-a.265).

• -sāyikā (f.) the act of lying on the bare ground (as a penance) [BSk….

…Cnd.617#1. 3. samaṇuddesa one marked as a Samaṇa, a novice (cp. sāmaṇera) DN.i.151; MN.iii.128; AN.iv.343;…

adjective assigning, defining, determining, in bhatt˚ one who sorts out the food Vv-a.92.

fr. uddesa

…memorial Ja.iv.228 (cetiya).

fr. uddesa

…(pañha); Snp.p.91 (id. = uddesa-matten’ eva vutta, na vibhangena Snp-a.422); Snp-a.372. 2. appointed, dedicated Ja.v.393 (an ˚ṃ pupphaṃ…

…(˚cīvara).

• -niddesa exhaustive exposition, special designation, term par excellence Dhs-a.70; Vv-a.231;…

…in fig….

pointing out, indication, instruction, advice Pv-a.26 (tadupadesena read for tadupād˚; Kp-a.208 differs at id. p.); Kp-a.100; Sdhp.227.

fr. upadisati

…Pāṭimokkha (pāṭimokkhuddesa), ibid. On Up. days laymen take upon themselves the Up. vows that is to say, the eight Sīlas, during the day….

…Mnd.553 (= vacana byāpatha desanā anusandhi); Pv.i.11#12. instr. vacasā Vin.ii.95 (dhammā bahussutā honti dhatā v. paricitā); Vin.iii.189;…

…etc. (the typical Niddesa explⁿ of vadati: see Cnd.555) Mnd.161. In contracted (& shortened) form Pot. 2^nd sg….

adjective noun raining; in padesa˚; shedding local showers Iti.64.

fr. vassati¹

…DN.iii.252 (seven niddesa˚), DN.iii.255 (eight kusīta˚), DN.iii.258 (eight dāna˚); SN.ii.41, SN.ii.56 sq.; Vb.71 (cakkhu˚ etc.),…

…(brāhmaṇā); AN.iii.263 (bhikkhū); Thag.1037; Vv.84#12 (= videsa-vasika Vv-a.338); Mil.359.

fr. verajja

…˚jahati *dis-*miss, ˚desa foreign country (cp. verajjaka), ˚naṭṭha destroyed, ˚nata bending down, ˚nāsa *de-*struction, ˚nicchaya…

…(contrasted with uddesa)
■ Vibhanga is the title of the second book of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka (see Pāli Name…

enmity, hatred Ja.iii.353; Thag-a.268.

fr. vi + disa

enmity Thig.446; Ja.iii.353.

abstr. formation fr. viddesa, cp. disatā²

to hate Thig.418
grd viddesanīya to be hated, hateful Sdhp.82.

vi + dessati

foreign country Mil.326; Vv-a.338.

vi + desa; cp. disā at Vin.i.50

…form, variety DN.iii.103 (ādesana˚); Thig.395 (cakkhu˚ “shape of an eye” translation); Vb-a.496 (in explⁿ of kathaṃ-vidha:…

…Ja.i.262; Vv.81#20 (= desa Vv-a.316); Dhp-a.i.386.

• -aṅga at Pv.iii.1#17 (Pv-a.176) read vījit.˚-indriya one…

…consisting in kāla, desa, dīpa, kula, mātā (the latter as janetti-āyu i.e. mother and her time of delivery at Ja.i.48) or time (right…

…Pv-a.3
■ desanā˚; beauty of instruction DN-a.i.67; Vism.524, Vism.541; Tikp.21. 2. dalliance sporting, coquetry Ja.iii.408;…

…instruction, sankhepa-desanāya, and vipañcita-ññū to those who need a detailed one, vitthāradesanā; thus *“learning by…

…i.e. diversity, variety. So also the Niddesa.

vi + rūpa

…of the term in the Niddesas. SN.i.1, SN.i.24, SN.i.35, SN.i.107, SN.i.110; AN.ii.211; AN.iv.434; Snp.333, Snp.768 Snp.857, Snp.1053 sq.;…

…Explained in the Niddesa as “keep away as enemies, conquering” Mnd.174 = Cnd.602 (where Nd i.reads paṭisenikarā kilesā for…

…Snp-a.464; Pv-a.19; -desanā Snp-a.163 -vacana Snp-a.416. Thus in general often in instr. or abl. as adv. “in detail,” in extenso…

defined, fully understood recognized MN.i.478; AN.iv.363 (= suṭṭhu diṭṭha C.).

pp. of vi + ava + diś, cp. odissa & the BSk. vyapadeśa pretext Divy.435

…Pv-a.231 (laddha˚ padesa, with the name) Vv-a.8, Vv-a.72 (pāṇo ti vohārato satto), Vv-a.108 (loka nirūḷhāya samaññāya v.)-…

to make end, to bring to an end or a finish Snp-a.46 (desanaṃ).

v(i) + osāpeti

adjective filling or summing up, combining, completing Pv-a.71 (in explⁿ of “ye keci” anavasesa˚ niddesa).

fr. vyāpeti

…him Pv-a.113; yaṃ yaṃ padesaṃ bhajati tattha tatth’ eva assa lābhasakkāro nibbattati “whichever region he visits, there (in each) will…

…is stereotype in the Niddesa (see e.g. Cnd.55), where the 4 worldly ideals are given in sequence lābha, yaso pasaṃsā, sukha
■ With…

…is stereotype in the Niddesa (see e.g. Cnd.55), where the 4 worldly ideals are given in sequence lābha, yaso pasaṃsā, sukha
■ With…

…+ ājīva, dhammadesanā veyyākaraṇa); Vin.iii.90 sq.; Vin.v.164, Vin.v.197; DN.i.76 ≈ (following after the jhānas as the first…

information, pointing out; as tt. g. characteristic, determination, substitute, e.g. kutonidānā is at Snp-a.303 said to equal kiṃ-nidānā, the to of kuto (abl.) equalling or being substituted for the …

…act or performance etc.) at DN.iii.103.

ā + desanā

…or homily) Ja.iii.383 (desanaṃ), Ja.iii.401; Ja.v.462 (vatthuṃ āharitvā dassesi told a story for example); Snp-a.376; Pv-a.38,…

…AN.ii.78 (˚samaṇuddesa); AN.iii.109 (id.), AN.iii.275 (˚pesaka); Ja.i.38 (˚kicca Vism.74 (˚samaṇuddesa)
■ f. ārāmakiṇī…