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

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 …

requiring, expiated by, confession or acknowledgment.

requiring, expiated by, confession or acknowledgment.

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

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,…

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…

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 ( …

…(= 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…

…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,…

…on 125.

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

…DN.iii.77; SN.v.154;

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

…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 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)…

…= 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 (=…

…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),…

1. to lay down (carefully), to put down, to lay (an egg) Vin.ii.114; Iti.13, Iti.14 (Pot. nikkhipeyya); Pp.34; Ja.i.49 (aṇḍakaṃ)
2. to lay aside, to put away Vin.i.46 (patta-cīvaraṃ) AN.i.206 (daṇḍaṃ …

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

…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;…

…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…

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

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

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

saṃ + āpeti

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

…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;…

…Vism.37 (ati-ukkaṭṭha-desanā); also in phrase ˚vasena in detail Snp-a.181. 4. arrogant, insolent Ja.v.16. 5. used as nom at Ja.i.387 in…

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

enmity Thig.446; Ja.iii.353.

abstr. formation fr. viddesa, cp. disatā²

1. mode, manner, sort, kind; proportion, form, variety DN.iii.103 (ādesana˚); Thig.395 (cakkhu˚ “shape of an eye” translation); Vb-a.496 (in explⁿ of kathaṃ-vidha: “ākāra-saṇṭhānaṃ vidhā …

…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…

…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…

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

v(i) + osāpeti

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

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

ā + desanā

1. to take, take up, take hold of, take out, take away MN.i.429 (sallaṃ); SN.i.121; SN.iii.123; Ja.i.40 (ger. āharitvā “with”), Ja.i.293 (te hattaṃ); Cnd.540#c (puttamaṃsaṃ, read āhāreyya?); Pv.ii.3#1 …