…(mfn.) heavenly, divine; belonging to the devas.

…sa-mārakā (see deva-manussaloka), sa-brahmakā (SN.iii.90). See below 1 b. Lists of popular gods are to be found,…

One of the Cloud-group of devas. They are embodied in the thunder clouds (cumulus clouds), and when they wish to revel and delight themselves,…

…class of devas belonging to the formless plane. MN.i.1 They live in the same plane as the Vehapphalā. In the Brahmanimantanika…

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…abdicated in his favour. But Devadatta was not satisfied till Bimbisāra, who was one of the Buddha’s foremost supporters, was…

A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha…

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

…Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, Upāli. Vin.ii.180f.

From Anupiya the Buddha went to Kosambi. Vin.ii.184 Near Anupiya…

…Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber Upāli, to the Blessed One at the Anupiya Mango Grove and were ordained. Before the rainy…

A class of devas of the Rupaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna.

Beings are born there who are possessed of faith, virtue, learning,…

A class of devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna.

Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless…

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

They were…

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

…sage (isi). His story is given in the Assalāyana Sutta. MN.ii.154ff. Once there were seven brahmin sages…

…of the past where Asita Devala had defeated brahmins who held these same views, Assalāyana feels relieved and expresses his admiration of the…

…It.93

The fight between the Devas and the Asuras is mentioned even in the oldest books of the Tipitaka and is described in identical words in…

A class of devas whose company mortals long for.MN.i.289 MN.iii.103 They belong to the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

A class of devas. Their world ranks among the five foremost of the rupa-worlds, the Suddhāvāsā.DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are…

…Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa and Bhagu. The list occurs in several places….

…nine others (Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 as the ancient…

…had been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses tell how his…

…the Bhoja country, modern Vidarbha.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.6f. the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous…

A class of devas, earth bound deities. They belong to the lowest category of devas. AN.iv.119

The son of a brahmin woman. Having joined the Order, he dwelt in solitude and became an arahant. One day he went to Sāvatthī for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother’s house. She was in the …

…his residence in the Makhādeva mango grove. Brahmāyu, having sent a messenger to announce his arrival, visited the Buddha.

He satisfied any…

…attained arahantship, but a devatā, reading his thoughts and wishing him well, pointed out to him his error and advised him to seek the Buddha at…

…greatly distressed, but a devatā, seeing his trouble, reassured him by saying that the brahmin knew neither the meaning of “head” nor of…

Candana¹

A deva, vassal of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the…

A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikāputta to the monks, is recorded in the Silāyūpa Sutta. AN.iv.402f.

…Candimā. There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the moon.

It is said that once, when Candimā was seized by Rāhu Asurinda, he…

…ill just before his death, devas visited him and advised him to wish for kingship among them, but he refused to aspire to anything so impermanent,…

…in the assemblies of the devas. DN.ii.225 On the eighth day of the lunar half-month, they send their councillors out into the world to discover…

CūladevaCūḷadeva

A Thera, an eminent teacher of the Vinaya. Vin.v.3

…as to how the Buddha knew of the unregenerate wickedness of Devadatta. AN.iii.402

near the Aciravatī3town

A township (nigama) of the Sākiyans. The Buddha stayed there during his tours and preached to the monks on various topics S.iii.5f; S.iv.124f; M.ii.214.

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…gone about Rājagaha singing Devadatta’s praises. Vin.ii.189 Devadatta was later suspected of evil wishes. SN.ii.156 About eight years before the…

A class of ascetics mentioned in a nominal list. They are doomed to purgatory. AN.iii.277

…water Upavāna obtained from Devahita hot water and molasses, which he sent on a pingo by a serving man. Hot fomentations and the administering of…

A pool near Kosambī. Close by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him. MN.i.513

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A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

A devaputta who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there…

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana and spoke a verse. SN.i.52

…is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the…

…and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 AN.iv.207…

…PvA.21 Ud.i.9 DhA.i.72

When Devadatta managed to win over five hundred of the monks to his side, it was to Gayāsīsa that he retired with them,…

…Bhaddiya, Khaṇḍadeva, Bāhuraggi and Piṅgiya. They had listened to the Buddha’s teaching and, after death, were born in the…

…was wandering about, that Devadatta hurled at him a mighty stone to kill him, but only a splinter injured his foot. Vin.ii.193

Among those who…

Probably the mother of Devadatta, who is sometimes called Godhiputta. Vin.ii.189

…in Pāṭaliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300

Gopaka³

A deva. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka are given…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…was constantly surrounded by devas wishing to learn the Dhamma from him, and confessed that he had died regretting three things: of not having seen…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Inda and his other companion devas. In the same context, Vāsava, ruler of the gods, identified with Sakka, is addressed by Gopaka as “Indra.”….

A devaputta. He saw a number of monks in a forest-lodge on the slopes of the Himālaya, muddled in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared…

…reborn among the mind-born devas with a body so large that it was as extensive as “two of three common rice-fields in a Māgadha village, and…

…devaputta. He visited the Buddha late one night at Jetavana and uttered several stanzas, admonishing monks to train…

…to what was said. A deva of the forest drew near the monk and instructed him not to waste his time in preaching to a man who heard but did…

…most eminent disciples as Devadatta, Katamorakatissa, etc., were available. Vin.iv.66

On another occasion, wishing to ordain a nun who was going…

…and belonged to the Makhādeva dynasty. Whereas other kings of his race left the household at the approach of old age, he broke the tradition by…

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

A monk. He had been a disciple of the Buddha and was born in the Aviha Brahma-world, where he attained to arahantship at the moment of his birth. He is mentioned with six others, all in like circumst …

…Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍadeviyāputta defended…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke several verses on the desirability of leading the good life….

…class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual…

…first, reluctant to join in Devadatta’s plot against him, but later allowed himself to be persuaded on hearing the scheme explained.Vin.ii.196…

…Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a special body of officials, presumably police,…

…meditating in Andhavana a deva appeared before him, and asked him fifteen questions which only the Buddha could answer. This led to the preaching…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha and told him that the path of the Ariyan disciples was hard to follow and their goal hard to win. The Buddha…

…been asked of the Buddha by Pañcālacaṇḍa-devaputta.

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha. It was there that the Buddha was born. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.683 it is stated that the Buddha was born in…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped midway by another rock, but a…

MaghadevaambavanaMakhādevaambavana

A mango grove in Mithilā where Makhādeva lived in meditation after retiring from household life.

This grove…

…was mutual, for when Kassapa saw the great honour paid to Sāriputta by the devas he rejoiced greatly and broke forth into song. Thag.1082–1085

…Snp.p.231ff. When Devadatta created a schism among the monks and took five hundred of them to Gayāsīsa, the Buddha sent Sāriputta and…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

MakhādevaMaghadeva

King of Mithilā. His legend is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha,…

…discomfort, such sorrow to devas and men, as Makkhali, the infatuate. AN.i.33 The Buddha also considered his view the meanest—just as the hair…

…class of devas. They burn continually with envy one against another and their hearts become ill disposed and debauched. Their…

A class of devas. Beings who die devoted to some idea are born in their world—e.g., a Nigaṇṭha who will take only warm water and would rather…

A class of devas possessing lovely forms. Once a large number of them visited Anuruddha at the Ghositirāma and announced to him that in a trice they…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…remorse. A Mārakāyika devatā, however, appeared before him in the river and assured him he was doing a service to the monks by helping them…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…also the capital of Makhādeva MN.ii.72f. and eighty four thousand of his descendants.

The Buddha is mentioned as having stayed in Mithilā…

…mixed legends of an actual devaputta, named Māra, also called Vasavatti, because he was an inhabitant of the Paranimmitā Vasavatti deva world….

…devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while these…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha and had a conversation with him. S.i.62.

Nanda⁶Kumāputta

A monk whose…

Nandana¹

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc. The Buddha answered…

A deva who visits the Buddha and converses with him on the nature of the body and its riddance. SN.i.63 SN.i.15

…no answer, leaves him.

The Devadaha Sutta MN.ii.214 MN.i.91ff. AN.v.150 DN.iii.119 contains a detailed analysis and attributed to the Buddha, of…

…MN.iii.200 A deva called Candana there taught him the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Is this Lomasakaṅgiya the same as Lomavaṅgīsa, who…

A class of devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six deva-worlds. DN.i.218 MN.i.289 SN.i.133 AN.i.210

…AN.v.173 Snp.p.126

The Devadūta Sutta MN.iii.185 of the Majjhima Nikāya contains another list: Gūtha, Kukkuḷa, Simbalivana, Asipattavana…

NiṅkaNika

A deva who visits the Buddha in the company of several other devas and utters a verse in praise of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. SN.i.65f.

…warning….

Nephew of Asita Kāladevala. When Asita realized that he would not live to see the Buddha, he sought out Nālaka and asked him to leave the world at…

…royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means…

A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…hunger and old age; but from this time onwards the enraged devas afflicted humans with various kinds of suffering.

…and says that their rebirth is in a Niraya and not in any deva world. SN.iv.305f.

5hell

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be…

One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274

He is sometimes mentioned with…

A class of devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe.

They are described AN.i.210 SN.v.410 SN.v.423 DN.ii.91 DN.iii.218 as…

A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. Beings are born among them as a result of absorbing the idea of untarnished brilliancy.MN.iii.102…

A class of devas belonging to the Subha Devas. MN.iii.102 Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhāna.

A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. MN.iii.102

They belong to the plane of the second jhāna. Beings are born there by virtue of…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among…

A cave near Kosambī. The wanderer Sandaka is said to have stayed there. Nearby was the Devakatasobbha. MN.i.513

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…who had been born in the deva world as a result of Pilinda’s guidance in a former birth, out of gratitude, waited on him morning and evening….

…; they were rebuked by Asita Devala for their pretensions regarding the superiority of brahmins.

Puṇṇa²Koliyaputta

A naked ascetic…

A class of devas. DN.ii.260

…grew in the Nandanavana. The devas eagerly watch each stage of development of leaf and flower, and each stage is marked by great rejoicings….

…met Pāyāsi in the deva world, and Pāyāsi instructed him to teach men to give their gifts with thoroughness and with their own hands….

…hundred, among whom was the devaputta Asama. SN.i.65 He was consulted by the Licchavis Abhaya SN.v.126 and Mahāli SN.iii.68 and by the wanderer…

A devaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Jetavana and asked if one could, by travelling, reach the end of the world where there would be no…

…it with the Buddha’s permission. Vin.i.296

Rojā²

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…thousand crores of listening devas.

The Buddha declared Rāhula foremost among those of his disciples who were anxious for training. AN.i.24 The…

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of several other Devas,…

…brahminee, mother of Brahmadeva Thera, habitually made offerings to Brahmā. Out of compassion for her, Sahampati appeared before her and exhorted…

…king of the Tāvatiṃsā devas, he is no absolute monarch. He is imagined rather in the likeness of a chieftain of a Kosala clan. The devas meet…

…bathing in the Tapodā, a Deva approached and questioned him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Samiddhi confessed ignorance, and the Deva asked him to…

A monk whom Devadatta persuaded to join him in trying to bring about schism in the Order.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 He was a favourite of Thullanandā….

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…the divan of a Tāvatiṃsā Deva, and addresses the Devas, speaking of the advantages of taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha….

Chief of the devas of the Tusita world. DN.i.218 AN.iv.243 SN.iv.280

A class of Devas, the gods of “Passionate Delight”. According to the belief of some, a man who dies fighting is born among them. SN.iv.308

A class of Devas. The Saṃyutta contains SN.i.16–22 a whole group of suttas in which these devas are stated to have visited the Buddha, asking him…

A class of Devas, among whom virtuous men, such as those that maintain their parents and engage in harmless trades, are born. Snp.404

A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147

…met him and had a conversation with him, which he reported to the Buddha. DN.ii.356f. The deva of the vimāna was also called Serīsaka,…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and held a conversation with him regarding the giving of food. He tells the Buddha that he was…

The name of a god. A devaputta, named Siva, is mentioned in the Saṃyutta SN.i.56 as visiting the Buddha and speaking several verses on the…

A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta…

SubhakinnāSubhakiṇṇāSubhakiṇhā

A class of Brahmas who occupy the ninth Rūpa-world; a division of the Subha devā.MN.iii.102 DN.ii.69 MN.i.2 Beings are born in that world as a result of developing the …

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the value of earnestness….

…group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three verses in praise of the…

…others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN.i.213

Sukkā²

A class of Devas who were present, in the company of the…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Asura army, fleeing from the devas in panic, through a lotus stalk. SN.v.447f.

Near the pond was the Moranivāpa, and within walking distance was…

A devaputta, king of the Nimmānaratī world. SN.iv.280 AN.iv.243

…sent a squall to punish the deva and made the deva appear before him full of repentance. Then Sakka warned him to keep the Rukkhadhamma, which…

A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the…

Susīma¹

A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all…

A Deva. Once, when the Asuras marched against the Devas, Sakka sent for Suvīra and asked him to fight the Asuras. Suvīra agreed to do this, but was…

Suyāma¹

A devaputta, chief of the Yāma-devas. AN.iv.242 DN.i.217

Suyāma²Suyāmana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses…

…Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagaraka, Medatalumpa, Sakkhara and Ulumpa (q.v.). Within the Sākyan tribe there were probably…

A class of devas. When they wish to regale their bodies, the weather becomes cool. SN.iii.256

…asked him questions about devas and Brahmas who were assured of salvation.AN.iii.331 AN.iv.75ff. He was evidently the Tissa mentioned as being…

The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210

Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so…

…second of the six deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of Mount Sineru. Sakka is…

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and uttered certain verses in the hearing of the monks, telling of the necessity of following the…

…visited the Buddha from the deva-world and stated that he had achieved his goal.

He is included in a list of householders who possessed six…

The name given to a group of devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night. They charged the Buddha with inconsistency, but later,…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…the help of his lay-friend Devahita, obtained hot water and suitable medicines, with which the ailment was healed; the Buddha, thereupon,…

…devaputta who visits the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa. He utters a stanza, and the Buddha, in another stanza,…

…heard the news from the devas. MN.i.493–497

This story definitely identifies the Paribbājaka with the Thera of the same name, whose verse…

…Saṃyutta SN.i.199 the same verse is attributed to a forest deva who wished to agitate Ānanda.

…Ud.iii.3

During the Buddha’s lifetime some monks of Vajji joined Devadatta. Vin.ii.199f.

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…and was told by two devas that Vakkali was about to “obtain release.” The Buddha sent word to him— “Fear not, Vakkali, your dying…

A class of deities, spirits of the skies, divided into cloud spirits of heat, cloud spirits of cold, cloud spirits of air, cloud spirits of wind, cloud spirits of rain. The changes of weather are due …

A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked…

A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmita-vassavatti world. DN.i.219 Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he…

A class of devas of whom Sakka is the chief. DN.ii.260

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…Sakka spoke another, the Devas applauding. Several verses were spoken by each, and both Devas and Asuras decided in favour of Sakka, because…

One of a group of devas who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and spoke of their beliefs. Vetambarī spoke two verses, one condemning asceticism, and…

…the Great Hell. SN.i.21 Snp.674 It may be the same as the great “Caustic River” referred to in the Devadatta Sutta. MN.iii.185 Its waters are…

…the five hundred monks whom Devadatta had enticed away to Gayāsīsa. Vin.ii.200 It was there that the monks of the First Council met Purāṇa,…

A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha and asked him a question. SN.i.52

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…In the assembly of the devas he sits facing east. DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221

Virūpakkha²

A family of snakes or nāgas. Vin.ii.109…

…of the Four Great Kings. He is the king of the south, and, in the assembly of the devas, sits facing north.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221 He is lord of…

…win for a woman birth among the Manāpakāyikā devas. AN.iv.267

A class of devas living in the Formless Realms. Their life lasts for forty thousand great aeons. MN.iii.103

One of the great sages honoured by the brahmins as authors of hymns. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 Compare Rigveda 5.26; Rāmāyana 1.7, etc.

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…They are sometimes called devatā SN.i.205 or devaputta. Some of these, like Indakūta and Sūciloma, are capable of intelligent questioning…

…participated; this recital was called the Sattasatī. Vin.ii.294ff.

Yasa ³

A deva, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

…reborn among the Sārañjita devas. At first the Buddha refused to answer the question, but finding that Yodhājīva insisted, explained to him that…

A class of Devas, mentioned in lists of devas between those of Tāvatiṃsā and those of Tusita.Vin.i.12 AN.i.228 AN.iii.287 MN.ii.194 MN.iii.100…

A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittābhā and the Appamāṇābhā. MN.iii.102

…called the highest of the devas, yet even they change their condition. AN.v.60 In lists of devas MN.i.289 they are given below the…

A class of devas born in the Ākiñcāyatana, the third Arūpa world. MN.iii.103 Their life term is sixty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha…

A class of devas born in the Realm of Infinite Space. MN.iii.103 They belong to the Formless world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas….

…Bhagu, Kimbila and Devadatta, and was ordained by the Buddha himself, Vin.ii.182 his upajjhāya being Belatthasīsa.Vin.i.202 Vin.iv.86…

…prosperous and full of devas. DN.ii.147 DN.ii.170

It was one of the chief cities of Uttarakuru, and a royal residence of Kuvera….

…and led a section of the deva host. Indra tells the devas that if, during the struggle, they felt faint-hearted, they should look at the crest…

istenség

superior or supreme god; one above the gods.

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

one of a class of supernatural beings, opposed to the devas; a titan.

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the second class of suddhāvāsa devas.

(or m.) and ~ā m.pl.

1. (m.pl.) the name of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas.
2. (n.) the world of the Aviha devas.

1. the moon.
2. the moon deva, canda.

the moon; the moon deva.

the moon; the moon deva.

the sun and the moon; the devas of the sun and moon.

the moon; the moon deva.

…to the company attending the four great kings, the world guardians; a deva or the devas belonging to that company. 2. (n.) the world of the…

the god of gods.

member of a particular sect (of ascetics?)

thunder.

god’s messenger, a warning of mortality.

who disparages the devas.

who dislikes or disapproves of the gods.

heavenly girl, a female deva.

deva world or sphere; a collective body of devas.

the world of the gods; a sphere of the gods.

leading to the world of the devas.

group or assemblage of devas.

male deva.

king of the gods (usually Sakka/lnda)

shout of the devas; sound of the devas; thunder.

adverb daily; every day.

, abstr. the state of being a deva; divinity.

the state of being a deva.

an act of purification in the presence of the gods.

…buildings…

recalling the gods to mind.

leading to the devas.

one of the devas; some deva or other; a lesser deva.

…esp. supernatural accomplishment, magic power (possessed by devas, etc, and attained by some ascetics and mendicants).

kind of tree, Bauhinia variegata; one of the trees in the devaloka.

1. (mfn.) belonging to the nimmānarati devas.
2. (f.) the world of the nimmānarati devas.

the name of a group of devas.

1. (m.n) the (third) deva-world; a deva-world.
2. (m.pl.) the inhabitants of that deva-world; gods.

, n., & -a, m.pl.,

1. (mfn.) pleased; content, satisfied.
2. (or perhaps not connected to)
   1. (m.pl.) the name of a group of devās; the tusita devās.
   2. (mfn.) belonging to the tusita group; o …

indeclinable at that time; just then; at once.

…f. plural radiant, (the name of) a class of devas.

lamenting; deploring.

lamenting; deploring.

…of the Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, cf. avacara deva II Anāgāmī

…Thirty-Three, the Yāma-devas… and there are divine beings besides see: deva. Such faith, such morality, such knowledge, such generosity,…

…a higher world amongst the devas of the Pure Abodes, suddhāvāsa, and without returning from that world into the sense-sphere, he there…

Appamāna-ceto-vimutti: Infinite mental release see: ceto-vimutti

Appamāna-subha: a kind of divine being: see: deva II.

Appamānābha: a kind of divine being; see: deva II.

…fine-material world; see: deva II. There are, Bhikkhus, divine beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, as in those beings…

…has his last…

…heaven (see: deva ), being therein included, to wit: the groups of existence, the elements, sources (see: khandha dhātu…

…in the Tusita-heaven see: deva, the heaven of bliss. Cf. A. IV, 127; VIII, 70.

In the Pāli Canon and commentaries, the designation…

Brahma-kāyika-deva: The ‘divine beings of the Brahma-world’ inhabit the first 3 heavens of the fine-material world, rūpaloka…

…world. Cf. brahma - kāyika - deva.

Catu-mahārājika-deva: a class of divine beings of the sense-sphere; see: deva.

Ill-humour: divine beings who come to grief through: mano - padosika - deva.

Jarā: ‘old age, decay’, is one of the 3 divine messengers see: deva-dūta. For its conditioning by birth, see: paticcasamuppāda 11.

Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere…

Parittābha: and paritta-subha: are 2 classes of divine beings of the fine-material sphere; see: deva II.

Tusita: a class of divine beings in the sense-plane; see: deva 1.

Tāvatimsa: ‘the Thirty-thrce Gods’, a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere; see: deva I.

Ābhassara: The ‘Radiant Ones’, are a class of divine beings of the fine-material world rūpa-loka, cf. deva

…of…

…(purattha˚) Ja.i.203 (devaloka˚), Ja.i.223 (varaṇa-rukkha˚); Ja.ii.3 (nagara˚), Ja.ii.416 (Jetavana˚); Dhp-a.i.170 (tad˚);…

…Vin.iii.337; Ja.ii.143 (devaputta), Ja.ii.435 (so read for accuṇha in explⁿ of paccaggha; v.v. ll. abbhuṇha & abhiṇha)…

adjective one who has attained, attaining (-˚), getting possession of SN.i.200 (devakañña˚).

fr. abhipatti

…(= devaccharā Thag-a.252); Ja.v.152 sq (Alambusā a.) Vv.5#5 (= devakaññā Vv-a.37); Vv.17^2; Vv.18#11…

…excellence, super“-(adhideva a super-god, cp ati-deva), but very often has lost this power & become meaningless (like E. up in “shut up,…

superior or supreme god, above the gods MN.ii.132; AN.iv.304; Snp.1148; Cnd.307#b, 422 a Cp. atideva.

adhi + deva

1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

…alaṃ Devadatta mā te rucci sanghabhedo “look out D. or take care D. that you do not split up the community Vin.ii.198;…

immortality Ja.v.223 (= devatta C.).

abstr. fr. amara

…Pv.ii.1#12 Pv-a.76. deva˚; of divine power or majesty DN.ii.12; devatā˚; id. Ja.i.168; dibba˚; id. Pv-a.71, Pv-a.110….

see anvadeva.

…to meet Mil.204 (Devadatto ca Bodhisatto ca ekato anuparivattanti). 3. to move round & round, move on and on keep on rolling (c. acc.),…

…Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚*; i.e. proper attention to the Buddha the Doctrines, the Church, to morality, charity, the gods Thus at…

…corresponding to Sk….

adjective without form or body, incorporeal, DN.i.195 sq.; DN.iii.240; Snp.755; Iti.62; Sdhp.228, Sdhp.463 Sdhp.480. See details under rūpa.

• -āvacara the realm or world of Formlessness, Dhs.1281 …

…+…

…SN.i.216 sq (fight of Devas & Asuras); iv.203; AN.ii.91; AN.iv.198 sq. AN.iv.206; Snp.681; Mnd.89, Mnd.92, Mnd.448; Dhp-a.i.264 (˚kaññā)…

…more than a god (see atideva); mānātimāna all kinds of conceit; vaṅkātivaṅka crooked all over Ja.i.160

IV….

…Thag.489; Cnd.307 (cp adhi˚); Mil.277. atidevadeva id. Mil.203, Mil.209. devātideva god over the gods (of the Buddha)…

…well-wishing Snp.986 (devatā atthakāminī)

• -kāraṇā ablative for the sake of gain DN.iii.186
• -kusala clever in finding out…

…kāma˚; DN.i.34 (˚deva); Dhs.431 (as adj.); rūpa˚; Pp.37; arūpa˚; Pp.38; Pts.i.83, Pts.i.84, Pts.i.101; Dhs-a.387; Pv-a.138,…

…Ja.i.253; Ja.ii.132 etc. devaññatara a certain god, i.e. any kind of god SN.iv.180 = AN.iv.461.

Sk. anyatara, añña + compar. suff. tara,…

…identical AN.ii.64

• -deva “God of strength” name of the elder brother of Kaṇha Ja.iv.82 Nd¹.89 Nd¹.92…

…f. -ikā AN.iii.77 (devatā), AN.iii.260 (id.), cp. BSk balipratigrāhikā devatā Divy.1.

• -pīḷita crushed…

…to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, SN.iv.291; Snp.532, Snp.948; Thag.414; Thag.2, Thag.356 (Māra˚ Dhp.345 sq.; Ja.ii.139, Ja.ii.140;…

…= Vin.i.96, cp.ii.175; devasika˚ daily food (as fee or wages) DN-a.i.296 (= bhatta-vetana); dhura˚ a meal to which a bhikkhu is invited as…

…or sensual existence, deva-corporeal, formless existence (cp. rūpa) DN.ii.57; DN.iii.216; SN.ii.3 SN.iv.258; AN.ii.223; AN.iii.444; Mnd.48;…

…Gandhamādana grove of the Devaloka Vv.35#5; Vv-a.162.

fr. bhuj, as in bhuñjati²; or does it belong to bhuja³ and equal…

…(of gods) Ja.iii.87. -deva a terrestrial deva or fairy AN.iv.118; Pts.ii.149; Vb-a.12; Dhp-a.i.156; Vv-a.334; Pv-a.5,…

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

…is doubtful. -devatā a deity of the Brahmaloka Pv-a.138 (so read for brahmā˚)….

…is doubtful. -devatā a deity of the Brahmaloka Pv-a.138 (so read for brahmā˚)….

…Aṭṭhaka Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Angirasa Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin.i.245; DN.i.104; AN.iii.224;…

…Satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho Bhagavā (DN.i.49≈), analysed & exegetically discussed. Here (p. 209) “Buddha” is…

…dibba-˚: the deva-eye, the eye of a seer, all-pervading, & seeing all that proceeds in hidden worlds. 3. paññā˚: the eye of…

…AN.ii.139; Cnd.308 (under Devatā). Cp. candimant. On quâsi mythol etym. see Vism.418.

• -kanta a gem Mil.118; *…

…(cp. aṭṭha ˚adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304) fourfold circle SN.iii.59 sq. (pañcupādānakkhandhe). -parisā…

…upapajjamāne); Iti.77 (devo deva-kāyā c. “the god falls from the assembly of gods”) Snp.1073 for bhavetha (= Cnd.238;) Pv-a.10.
caus…

…Ja.v.48 (kuñjara), cp. chaddanta
■ bīsati (= vīsati) twenty-six Dhp-a.iv.233 (devalokā). Chakana & Chakana;

Vedic ṣaṣ &…

…Ja.v.48 (kuñjara), cp. chaddanta
■ bīsati (= vīsati) twenty-six Dhp-a.iv.233 (devalokā). Chakana & Chakana;

Vedic ṣaṣ &…

…the lowest of the 6 devalokas Vin.i.12; Vin.iii.18; DN.i.215 Cnd.307 (under devā); Ja.ii.311 (deva-loka);

• -yāma…

…determination as adhideva -ñ-d˚ AN.iv.428 alam-ariya˚; SN.iii.48; SN.iv.300; SN.v.126 sq.; MN.i.68, MN.i.71,…

…often in Np. as Brahmadatta, Deva-datta = Theo-dor. etc.) Snp.217 (para˚ = Snp-a.272 (variant reading dinna).

pp. of…

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

…Snp.86 Snp.377, Snp.443, Snp.760 etc. Mil.234. See also devamanussa-loka.

deva + ka

…as “dutiyo varo ti vā devaro, bhattu kaniṭṭha bhātā.”

Sk. devṛ & devara Gr.; δ ̈αήρ (*δαιvήρ), Lat. levir, Ohg….

adjective daily Ja.v.383; DN-a.i.296 (˚bhatta = bhattavetena); Dhp-a.i.187 sq., -nt. ˚ṃ as adv daily, every day Ja.i.82, Ja.i.149, Ja.i.186; Vv-a.67, Vv-a.75; Dhp-a.i.28; Dhp-a.ii.41.

Der. fr. divasa

…worshipping, a worshipper of, devotee of Mil.234 (Brahma˚ + Brahma (garuka)
■ f.; devatā in pati “worshipping…

to lament, etc.; see *pari*˚. Cp. also parideva etc.

div

the state of being a deva, divinity Thag-a.70; Pv-a.110 (˚bhāva as Yakkha, opp. petatta bhāva; so read for devatā-bhāva).

deva + tta

state or condition of a deva Thag.1127; cp. petattana in the foll. verse.

= last

…2 aspects of the sky-god as devadevatā & disā-devatā)
■ Another definition at Vv-a.21 simply states: devatā ti devaputto pi Brahmā pi…

…khantiyā upetā… devakāyaṃ paripūressanti SN.i.30. Dhp ˚ṃ garukaroti DN.iii.84. Opp. Dhamme agārava AN.iii.247 AN.iii.340;…

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

…Pv-a.105 deva˚ a female deva (see deva) Vv-a.137 etc.; nattu˚ a granddaughter Pv-a.17; mātula˚ a niece Pv-a.55; rāja a…

…Pv-a.105 deva˚ a female deva (see deva) Vv-a.137 etc.; nattu˚ a granddaughter Pv-a.17; mātula˚ a niece Pv-a.55; rāja a…

…Pv-a.76 etc. Def. as devaloke sambhūta DN-a.i.120; divibhavattā dibba Kp-a.227; divibhāvaṃ devattabhāva-pariyāpanna Pv-a.14
■…

…of strong form di̯ē (see deva) to *dei̯eṷo to shine; cp. Sk. dyo heaven divā adv. by day; Lat. biduum (bi-divom) two days

…“divi-bhavattā dibbā ti” Kp-a.227; “divibhāvaṃ devattabhāvapariyāpanno ti dibbo” Pv-a.14.

…divi˚), Snp.524 (+ mānusaka); Ja.vi.172
■ (nt.) the divinity a divine being (= devatā) Ja.vi.150; Snp-a.219.

Sk. divya; the…

…as Snp.1122 in “yaṃ sadevakassa lokassa d. s. m. v sabbaṃ taṃ Tathāgatena abhisambuddhaṃ” of the cognitive powers of the Tathāgata…

…(with addition of soka-parideva… etc. see below in some MSS). Comments on this passage, or part of it, occur SN.iii.158, SN.iii.159; with…

…thud, thunder (usually as deva in the latter meaning) Pv.iii.3#4; Ja.vi.465; Pv-a.40, Pv-a.189 (variant reading dudrabhi)
■ Amata˚ the…

…the city gate (Ja.i.263; deva Dhp-a.i.280); gāma˚; the village g. (Vin.iii.52; Ja.ii.110) ghara˚; (Ja.iv.142; Pv-a.38) & geha˚;…

…Ja.i.50 Ja.i.74; Ja.v.383 (devasikaṃ chasatasahassa-pariccāgaṃ karonto mahādānaṃ pavattesi “he gave the great largesse spending daily…

…dibba, deva); cp. Gr. δίαλος, δ ̈ηλος; see also jotati

Dīpa²

masculine & neuter…

…Snp.411 (rāja˚), Snp.417. deva˚ Yama’s envoy, Death’s messenger AN.i.138, AN.i.142; MN.ii.75 sq.; Ja.i.138
■ -˚ṃ pāheti to send a…

…gami he went to R Pv.ii.8#6; Devadaha-nagaraṃ gantuṃ Ja.i.52; gacchām ahaṃ Kusināraṃ I shall go to K. DN.ii.128; Suvaṇṇabhūmiṃ…

…etc.) as characteristic of devas DN.iii.146; Pv.ii.9#58; as sāra˚, pheggu˚ taca˚, etc. (nine qualities in all) in definition of…

…Peta˚, Manussa˚, Deva˚. Of these Nos. 1–3 are considered duggatis, whilst Nos. 4 and 5 are sugati. In later sources we find 6…

…host, group, cluster

1. deva˚ Ja.i.203; Dhp-a.iii.441; Pv-a.140 (˚parivuta); pisāca˚ SN.i.33 tidasa˚ Snp.679
2. amacca˚ suite of…

class of devas (cloud-gods?) Mil.191.

to ghana¹ in meaning of “cloud” (Sk.)

…the praise of the Master Dhp-a.iii.114. As n Name of a deva (Gh. devaputta) Dhp-a.i.173.

…nagaṃ; expl. Snp-a.216 as devagāmā devagāmaṃ), Snp.192 (with purā puraṃ); Pv.ii.13#18. In the same sense gāmena gāmaṃ Cnd.177 (with…

1. The Vedic god Indra DN.i.244; DN.ii.261, DN.ii.274; Snp.310, Snp.316, Snp.679, Snp.1024; Mnd.177.
2. lord, chief, king; Sakko devānaṃ indo DN.i.216, DN.i.217; DN.ii.221, DN.ii.275; SN.i.219 Vepacit …

…Aṭṭhaka Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi (Yamadaggi) Angirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu.

*…

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 …

creature, living being:

1. sg. an individual, a creature person, man Snp.121, Snp.676, Snp.807, Snp.1023 (sabba everybody) Usually collectively: people, they, one (= Fr. on), with pl. of verb Dhp.249 …

…4 maraṇa, 5 sokaparidevadukkhadomanass’ upāyāsa in the dukkhaṃ ariyasaccaṃ (the noble truth of what is misfortune) Vin.i.10;…

…-bhakkha, same AN.iii.192 = AN.v.336 (appl. to the kāmâvacara devas); DN-a.i.120.

kabala in compound form kabalī˚…

…eva kadācideva Vv-a.213; -kadāci kadāci from time to time, every now and then Ja.i.216; Ja.iv.120; Dhs-a.238; Pv-a.253….

…See kaṭaggaha

• -devatā (m. pl.) the devotees of kali, the followers of the goddess kali Mil.191 (see Mil trsl.…

…as epithet of King Vasudeva Pv.ii.6#1 syn. with Kesavā (the Hairy, cp. ̓*Απόλλων *Οὐλαϊος Samson, etc., see also…

…nerayiko atekiccho, said of Devadatta Vin.ii.202, Vin.ii.206; AN.iii.402 ~AN.iv.160; Iti.11~Iti.85. -ṭṭhāyin lasting a whole cycle of a…

…subject to saṃsāra; of devamanussā Snp.521; na + of the Muni Snp.914. In another sense (“belonging to an Age”) in cpd. paṭhama…

…one of the 5 guards of the devas against the asuras Ja.i.204, associated with the nāgas (cp. Divy.218; and Morris, J.P.T.S. 1893, 22). As Name…

class of Devas DN.ii.260.

…mournfully, in k paridevati Ja.vi.498, Ja.vi.513, Ja.vi.551; Cp.ix.54; also in abl karuṇā Ja.vi.466
■ See…

…MN.ii.136; Mil.75; attr of a devatā Vv.30#2, Vv.32#2 ; Vv-a.284; of a bhikkhu Snp.551 = Thag.821.

• -sūci a gold pin, a…

…nāma khattiya-k˚ Ja.i.60; deva˚ a celestial nymph Ja.i.61.

• -dāna giving away of a girl in marriage Pgdp.85

from kanīna…

of rich hair, of beautiful hair. Epithet of King Vāsudeva (cp. kaṇha) Pv.ii.6#2.

fr. last

…however explains k. by parideva lament, to be in trouble, which is not quite in harmony with the meaning; it is more likely that in P. we have a…

…in the passing away of a deva) Thag.954 (kilisissanti, for kilissanti); Pts.i.130. Kilisseyya Dhp.158 (explained as nindaṃ labhati) to do…

…variegata; a tree in the devaloka (pāricchattaka koviḷāra: k-blossom called p. Vv-a.174) AN.iv.117 sq.; Snp.44; Ja.iv.29; Vv.38#1…

…ii.on taṇhā iv
■ devakula temple Ja.ii.411; rāja˚ the king’s household palace Ja.i.290; Ja.iii.277; Ja.vi.368; kulāni bahutthikāni…

…brāhmaṇa˚ Bdhd 84; deva˚ Ja.iii.392 yakkha˚ Bdhd 84.

• -kīḷā the amusement of a boy Ja.i.137;
• -pañhā…

…Thag-a.252; Mil.245
■ deva˚ chief of the gods; epithet of Sakka Vv.47#7; Ja.v.158.

• -vara a state elephant Vv-a.181. *…

…but to all others (peta˚, deva˚, etc.) as well, in phrase [kālaṃ karoti](/define/kālaṃ karoti) “he does his time = he has fulfilled…

…Dhs.414, Dhs.418 Dhs.431; -devatā Pv-a.138 (+ brahmādevatā) and -devā the gods of the pleasure-heavens Ja.i.47; Ja.v.5; Ja.vi.99;…

…states, of Yakkhas, Devas or Devaññataras (Pv.i.3#3 = Pv-a.16), as a reward for former merit usually in combination with bhuñjāmi paribhogavant…

…(deva˚ DN.iii.264; and cp. formula of jāti: sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti… Cnd.257.

Literal…

…Shhp.55; Bdhd 26, 134; referring to diff. kinds of amusements Cnd.219 = Snp-a.86. 2. (of devas) belonging to the company of: ˚ DN.i.220;…

…but to all others (peta˚, deva˚, etc.) as well, in phrase [kālaṃ karoti](/define/kālaṃ karoti) “he does his time = he has fulfilled…

…introd. p. 47) Ja.i.142 (Devadattassa), Ja.i.425, Ja.iii.487; Ja.v.411; Dāvs ii.86 (dulladdhi wrong view) DN-a.i.117; Pv-a.254; Sdhp.65. Cp….

…or pāpa wicked Vin.ii.192 (of Devadatta).

fr. lakkhī

…or pāpa wicked Vin.ii.192 (of Devadatta).

fr. lakkhī

…= catubbidha apāyaloka; sadevaka = manussaloka devalokena saddhiṃ-The universe has its evolutional periods:…

…abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto Devadatto, cp Ja.i.185 sq.); Snp.31, Snp.438, Snp.828, Snp.854, Snp.1014, Snp.1046 (cp. Cnd.548); Iti.67 (vitta˚);…

…together with lāla(p)pitatta (nt.) in exegesis of parideva at Cnd.416; Vb.100, Vb.138; Vb-a.104;…

…together with lāla(p)pitatta (nt.) in exegesis of parideva at Cnd.416; Vb.100, Vb.138; Vb-a.104;…

…of Indra, or another angel (devaputta) SN.i.221 (voc. maghavā; so read for mathavā), SN.i.229; Dhp.30. Cp. māgha.

cp. Epic…

…of a nakkhatta, in cpd. -deva Snp-a.352 (cp. MN.ii.74, n. 6, where spelling Makkādeva; we also find Makhadeva at Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv….

…originally attributed to Devas) is found at DN.ii.17, DN.ii.19, passim, DN.iii.287; Snp.1040 sq.; Dhp.352; Mil.10; Snp-a.184, Snp-a.187 sq.,…

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

…and ascribed to the devas while y. is referred to men
■ Ja.i.200 (+ paritta), Ja.iii.511 (˚ṃ karoti to utter a charm, cast a…

…to Yakkhas) Vb-a.451.

• -deva (a) “god of men,” i.e. king Pv.ii.8#11; (b) men & gods (?) Vv-a.321 (Hardy, in note takes it…

…is the name of an angel (devaputta) at Vism.208.

• -chāpī a young (female) frog Ja.vi.192.
• -bhakkha eating frogs,…

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

…one of the 3: Nandana, M., Phārusaka Ja.vi.278; Vism.424. 4. (pl. missakā) a group of devas mentioned at DN.ii.260 in list of popular gods (cp….

…(on Snp.772) explains “mohanaṃ vuccati kāmaguṇā, ettha hi deva-manussā muyhanti.”

fr. muh as Caus. formⁿ

…Dhp-a.i.346. 6. māti˚-devatā protector or guardian of one’s mother Ja.iii.422 (gloss mātu-devatā viya). 7….

…of the Buddha); Snp.180 (= devapabbata royal mountain Snp-a.216; or should it mean “forest”?); Thag.41 (˚vivara), Thag.525; Pv.ii.9#61…

…Vin.iii.184; cp. gāma 3 b. deva˚; deva-city Ja.i.3 Ja.i.168, Ja.i.202; Dhp-a.i.280 etc.; cp. yakkha˚ Ja.ii.127
■ Vin.i.277, Vin.i.342,…

…DN.iii.147; Snp.1021;

• -deva god-man or man-god (pl.), gods, also epithet of the B. “king of men” SN.i.5; Pv.iv.3#50; *…

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

…fr….

…sapaññā SN.i.22; devalokañ ca te yanti… anupubbena n˚ṃ adhigacchanti paṇḍitā AN.i.162; n˚ṃ abhikaṅkhati SN.i.198;…

…forth, come out Iti.75 (devasadda) Vv.38#2; Ja.i.53, Ja.i.176; Dhp-a.i.389; Vv-a.12, Vv-a.37 (saddā). Caus….

…animal kingdom SN.iii.152; deva˚; the assembly of the gods, the gods DN.ii.261 (60); MN.i.102; SN.iv.180; AN.iii.249; AN.iv.461; Pv-a.136;…

…Ja.v.271 Ja.v.453 (devatāhi nirayaṃ); aor. nimmini Ja.iii.63; ger niminitvā Mil.279.

Sk. niminoti in diff. meaning, the P….

…devā a class of devas, lit. “created by others, but also possessed of great power: Vv-a.79, Vv-a.80); also one of the 5, or the 3…

…N- ratī devā a class of devas, e.g. at DN.i.218; Iti.94; Vism.225; DN-a.i.114 Thag-a.169; Vv-a.149. Cp. (para-) nimmita.

Sk. nirmāṇa,…

…executed by females (female devas only (of turiyā = a female orchestra) Vin.i.15; DN.ii.21; Ja.v.506. Cp. Mvu.iii.165 (niṣpuruṣena nāṭakena…

…unproficient, vain (opp. sāttha profitable) Snp.582 (nt. as adv.), Snp.585 (niratthā paridevanā); Dhp.41; Ja.iii.26; Pv-a.18 (˚bhāva…

…with other divinities (see devatā), with whom they are sometimes friendly, sometimes at enmity (as with the Garuḷas)…

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumⁿ of diversity as nānat …

adjective having the characteristic of being born without parents, as deva Ne.28 (upādāna).

= opapātika

…from the palace), Pv-a.140 (devalokato)
caus 2 otarāpeti to cause to descend, to bring down to Ja.vi.345
pp otiṇṇa
caus 1…

(-ī)

1. (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20. (m.) Prajāpati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda & Brahmā, …

…a robber Mil.20.

• -devatā a way spirit, a spirit presiding over a road, road-goddess Ja.vi.527. *…

…of a class of Devas (see deva) DN.i.216 sq. AN.i.210; Iti.94; Pp.51; DN-a.i.114, DN-a.i.121; Kp-a.128; Vv-a.79….

…with synonyms ādeva p. ādevanā paridevanā ādevitattaṃ paridevitattaṃ; often combined with soka grief, e.g. at DN.i.36;…

Err:509

…SN.i.208; Ja.v.106; Pv-a.38, & ˚devayamāna Snp.583
grd ˚devaniya Mnd.492; Snp-a.573, ˚devaneyya Snp.970 (= ādevaneyya Mnd.493)
pp…

lamentation, wailing Snp.590; Pv.i.12#3 (= ruditaṃ Pv-a.63); Mil.148 (kanditap.˚-lālappita-mukha).

pp. of paridevati

lamentation etc.; only exegetical construction in explⁿ of parideva at DN.ii.306 = Cnd.416.

abstr. fr. paridevita

Parinibbāyati & ˚nibbāti

1. to be completed, perfected in any work or art, e.g. of a trained horse MN.i.446. Cp. τελειόω.
2. to die without being reborn to reach complete extinction of existence Vin.i …

Parinibbāyati & ˚nibbāti

1. to be completed, perfected in any work or art, e.g. of a trained horse MN.i.446. Cp. τελειόω.
2. to die without being reborn to reach complete extinction of existence Vin.i …

…perfect Dhp.38; Ja.iv.273 (devaloko p.); Mil.395 (sāmaññaṃ); fut paripūrissati Dhp-a.i.309
pass paripūriyati to be fulfilled or…

…MN.iii.92; SN.i.27 (devakāyaṃ) = SN.i.30; SN.ii.29, SN.ii.32; SN.iii.93 (sāmaññatthaṃ) = AN.ii.95; Iti.90; Pv.ii.9#45 (ppr….

…AN.ii.183, AN.ii.185 (deva˚), AN.iii.253 (khattiya˚); AN.iv.80, AN.iv.114; Iti.64 (upāsakā ˚sāsu virocare); Snp.349, Snp.825 sq.;…

…we find at Ja.vi.540 (C. reading for T. ˚vadantikā, with variant reading ˚devantikā) denoting a kind of bird (ekā…

…AN.iv.304); and ñāti˚; circle of relatives DN.i.61 (= ñāti DN-a.i.170; cp…

…(miga-gaṇa˚), Ja.i.203 (devagaṇena); Ja.ii.127 (dāsi-gaṇa˚); Ja.iii.371 (mahā-jana˚); Ja.vi.75; Vv.16#5 (= samantato p. Vv-a.81);…

…(dasasata˚); AN.ii.91 (deva˚ & asura˚); Ja.i.92 (mahā-bhikkhusangha˚); Pp.52 (pheggu sāra˚; with explⁿ Pp-a 229 rukkho…

surrounded, fig. honoured SN.i.166, SN.i.192 = Thag.1235; Ja.ii.48; purakkhata +); Dhp-a.iv.49 (= purakkhata Dhp.343); Dhs-a.1 (devānaṃ gaṇena); Dāvs i.16 (variant reading for parimārita).

pp. of parivāreti

…Pv-a.59, Pv-a.129 (devaloka˚), Pv-a.150. 2. accomplished (i.e. gone into the matter), thorough, mastering (said of…

…in foll. vitakka˚ MN.i.122; deva˚ AN.iii.402 sq.; peta˚ Pv-a.92 cp. Vism.41 (˚kathā). 5. in Abhidhamma terminology specifically: pariyāyena,…

…duggati˚ Pv-a.32; devaloka˚ Ja.i.218 brahmaloka˚ Ja.iii.396; Mil.234; sagga˚ Ja.vi.329; Pv-a.42, Pv-a.160; sugati˚ Pv-a.89…

…duggati˚ Pv-a.32; devaloka˚ Ja.i.218 brahmaloka˚ Ja.iii.396; Mil.234; sagga˚ Ja.vi.329; Pv-a.42, Pv-a.160; sugati˚ Pv-a.89…

…Vv-a.206;

• -devatā a devoted wife Ja.iii.406; Vv-a.128.

Ved. pati, Av. paitis lord, husband; Gr. πόσις…

devoted wife (cp. patidevatā) Ja.ii.121; Ja.vi.533; Vv-a.56, Vv-a.110.

pati + vatā

hurling, throwing Ja.v.67 (Devadattassa silā˚, cp. Vin.ii.193); Ja.i.173; Ja.v.333.

fr. pavijjhati

…Snp.930 (see Mnd.389) 4. planned, schemed, undertaken Vin.ii.194 (Deva dattena Bhagavato vadho p.).

pp. of payuñjati

…question DN.i.11 (deva˚) MN.i.83; MN.iii.30; AN.i.103, AN.i.288; AN.iii.81, AN.iii.191 sq. AN.iii.419 sq.; AN.v.50 sq.; Snp.512,…

…kāyaṃ); AN.iii.249 (deva-nikāyaṃ p.); AN.iv.461 sq (id.); Vb.244 (ujuṃ kāyaṃ p.) = DN-a.i.210. Also lit (as prep with acc.) “in…

…(in deva cult) payment of a vow DN.i.12 cp. DN-a.i.97 (which Kern, however,

Toevoegselen

s. v., interprets as…

…(+ soka-parideva-dukkhadomanass’ ûpayāsā) old age & death (+ tribulation grief, sorrow, distress & despair). The BSk. form…

…take away, give up Vin.ii.185 (sakavaṇṇaṃ); DN.i.96; SN.v.156; Pv-a.92 (devarūpaṃ).

paṭi + saṃ + hṛ; cp. BSk….

…form of existence (manussa, deva, tiracchāna). The punishment in the Nirayas is included in the peta existence. Modes of suffering are given…

…in similar formula, viz. devatā sādhukāraṃ adaṃsu, brahmāno apphoṭesuṃ (variant reading appoṭh˚) Mil.13 Mil.18; Sakko devarājā…

…kammaṃ* Mil.108 (of Devadatta)

pp phuṭṭha. Cp. upa˚.

spṛś fr. which sparśa = phassa; cp. also…

…only in phrase thulla˚ deva (the sky) shedding big drops of rain SN.ii.32 (reads phulla-phusitaka); SN.iii.141; AN.i.243 AN.ii.140;…

…and combinations like ˚deva, ˚mitta.

fr. puṣ to blossom, nourish, etc. cp. Ved. puṣya

Phussa²

touching, feeling,…

…the Asuras) SN.i.224

• -devatā an ancient deity AN.ii.70 Iti.110 (variant reading ˚deva)
• -nimitta “previous sign,” a foregoing…

…fortress MN.i.68
■ devapura city of the Gods SN.iv.202; Vv.64#30 (= Sudassana-mahā-nagara Vv-a.285). See also…

1. placed in front, i.e. foremost or at the top, in phrase devā Inda-purohitā the gods with Inda at their head Ja.vi.127 (= Indaṃ pure-cārikaṃ katvā C.).
2. the king’s headpriest (brahmanic), or dom …

…Harikesa) Mnd.92 (Vāsuvadeva, Baladeva P. and Maṇibhadda, cp. p. 89); Mil.191 (pisācā maṇibhaddā p.).

• -mā the full…

adjective

1. common, vulgar, uncontrolled in phrase pākat-indriya of uncontrolled mind SN.i.61 (= saṃvarâbhāvena gihikāle viya vivaṭa-indriya K.S. 320), SN.i.204; SN.iii.93; SN.v.269; AN.i.70, …

…joy (Ep. of the Ābhassara Devas) DN.i.17; DN.iii.28, DN.iii.84, DN.iii.90; AN.v.60; Dhp.200; AN.i.110; Dhp-a.iii.258; Sdhp.255…

…pūrayiṃsu filled with deva world); Dhp-a.ii.82 (sakaṭāni ratanehi); Dhp-a.iv.200 (pattaṃ); Pv-a.100 (bhaṇḍassa), Pv-a.145…

…(suddhaṃ vatthaṃ… sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin.i.50 = Vin.i.53 Vin.ii.227; Vin.i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚,…

…king Dhp-a.iii.191; deva˚; reign amongst gods Kp-a.227; padesa˚ local sovereignty Iti.15; Kp.viii.12 (cp. Kp-a.227).

*…

…Pv.ii.12#20 (r. deva mayā saha; better with variant reading as ramma)
fut ramissati Pv-a.153
ger ramma…

…(vadhaṃ); Ja.i.142 (devadattassa laddhiṃ r.); Ja.v.178 (pabbajjaṃ roc’ ahaṃ = rocemi C.), Ja.v.226 (kammaṃ). Freq. with dhammaṃ…

…don’t) Vin.ii.198 (alaṃ Devadatta mā te rucci sangha-bhedo); Dhp-a.i.13 (mā vo āvuso evaṃ ruccittha).

*rucyati Med. of ruc: see…

…-devatā a tree spirit, dryad, a yakkha inhabiting a tree (rukkhe adhivatthā d. Vin.iv.34; Ja.ii.385; kakudhe…

…used in voc equivalent to deva ] a world-king, over-lord, a so-called cakkavatti rājā. This is an office (as “Universal…

…used in voc equivalent to deva ] a world-king, over-lord, a so-called cakkavatti rājā. This is an office (as “Universal…

…of the) stars Dhs.617; deva˚ as a deva Pv-a.92. Pleonastically e.g. in: anupatta˚ attaining Pv.iv.1#66; taramāna˚ quickly Pv.ii.6#2;…

…image); Dhp-a.ii.69 (assa˚ toy horse); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.26 (rāja˚); Mhvs.27, Mhvs.30 (devatā˚ shape of devas); Vv-a.213 -dūrūpaka of…

…e.g. sadevaka with the devas Vin.i.8; sadhammika having common faith DN.ii.273;…

…DN.i.62; DN.iii.76, DN.iii.135; Snp.86; Vin.i.8 Vin.i.11; Dhp.44; DN-a.i.174. At Ja.i.14 sadevake (loc.) is used in the sense of “in the…

…Name of a palace Ja.i.363 sq (cp. Divy.603); a class of devas DN.ii.260.

fr. saṃ˚

…the kām’āvacara-devaloka, sometimes also the 26 heavens (Thag-a.74). Sometimes as sagga ṭhāna (cp -loka), e.g. Ja.vi.210 …

…Dhs.1197; Ne.16; a class of devas DN.ii.260

• -macchara with envy Snp.862.
• -yoga = karaṇa-vacana…

…position as the ruler of the devas MN.iii.65; Ja.i.315; Vism.301 (brahmatta +). -rajja a kingdom rivalling Sakka’s Ja.i.315.

fr. Sakka = Indra

…DN-a.i.174 see under deva; ˚maraṇa what is commonly called “death” Vism.229
■ sammuccā (instr.) by…

…a sandhi -d-, cp. puna-deva), like samma-d-eva properly, in harmony or completeness DN.i.110; Vin.i.9: Pv-a.139, Pv-a.157;…

…MN.ii.169.

fr. saṃ + pad, cp. BSk. sampadā Divy.401 (devamanuṣya˚), also sampatti

…Dhp-a.iii.183 (manussa˚, devaloka˚ nibbāna˚); Ne.126 (sīla˚, samādhi˚, paññā˚; cp sampadā); four Vb-a.439 sq. (gati˚, upadhi˚,…

adjective

1. with Pajāpati. The passage under pajāpati 1 was distorted through copyist’s default. It should read: “only in one formula, with Inda Brahmā, viz. devā sa-indakā sa …

…Dhp-a.i.307; Vv-a.110 Vv-a.121; Pv-a.89. sassu-sasure, see sasura; sassudeva worshipping one’s mother-in-law as a…

…a class of devas SN.i.16 sq. -paṭṭhāna [BSk. smṛty’upasthāna Divy.126, Divy.182, Divy.208]…

…from oneself, a kind of devas DN.i.17 DN.iii.28 sq., DN.iii.84 sq.; Snp.404; DN-a.i.110

• -bhū self-dependent, an epithet…

…Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests…

…= MN.i.58; Vin.iii.105; Ja.i.433; Pv.ii.12#11 Dhp-a.iii.479
■ deva˚; a magic chain Ja.ii.128; Ja.v.92.

fr. sankhalā

…sirilakkhaṇa-˚).

• -devatā goddess(es) of luck Mil.191 (+ kalidevatā).
• -dhara glorious Mhvs.5,…

…sirilakkhaṇa-˚).

• -devatā goddess(es) of luck Mil.191 (+ kalidevatā).
• -dhara glorious Mhvs.5,…

…queen) Snp-a.89.

• -parideva sorrow and lamenting AN.iii.32, AN.iii.326 sq.; AN.v.216 sq.; Vism.503; Mnd.128. *…

…the lustrous devas, a class of devas DN.ii.69; MN.i.2. MN.i.329 MN.i.390; MN.iii.102; AN.i.122; Ja.iii.358; Kv.207; also written…

…name of a heaven and of the devas inhabiting it DN.ii.50; Vism.392. Five are enumerated at DN.iii.237 viz. Avihā, Atappā, Sudassā, Sudassī,…

…whereas sagga is “devagati”); Vb-a.158; Dhp-a.i.153
■ suggati (in verses), Dhp.18; DN.ii.202 (printed as prose); Ja.iv.436 (=…

…MN.i.37; SN.i.5; AN.iii.355 (deva-manussānaṃ) Iti.47; Dhp.2; Snp.67; Dhs.10; Dhs-a.117; Pv-a.207 (lokiya worldly happiness)
■ *kāyika…

god Snp.681 (= deva Snp-a.484); name of a Bodhisatta Ja.v.12, Ja.v.13 surakaññā a goddess, a heavenly maid Ja.v.407 (= devadhītā, C.); surinda…

…awakening (entrance) in the deva-world, e.g. Vism.314 (brahmalokaṃ uppajjati) Dhp-a.i.28 (kanaka-vimāne nibbatti); Dhp-a.iii.7 (id.); cp…

…of the merit of the devatās AN.i.210 sq (under devat’ânussati)
■ At Mil.333 sīla is classed as: saraṇa˚, pañca˚,…

…(after, from), in ajja-t-agge, tama-t-agge, dahara-t-agge AN.v.300; cp deva ta-t-uttari for tad-uttari AN.iii.287, AN.iii.314, AN.iii.316.

…tattha kā paridevanā Pv.i.12#3 (“why sorrow for this?”) 3. of time: then, for the time being, interim (= ettha cp….

…DN.ii.259 (personified as deva, among the 4 Elements paṭhavī, āpo, t., vāyo; cp. tejo-dhātu); SN.iv.215; MN.i.327; Snp.1097 (glory of the…

…DN.ii.259 (personified as deva, among the 4 Elements paṭhavī, āpo, t., vāyo; cp. tejo-dhātu); SN.iv.215; MN.i.327; Snp.1097 (glory of the…

…(id.); Mil.322; of Devadatta w. ref. to his rebirth in Niraya Vin.ii.202 = Iti.85; MN.i.393; & sa˚; pardonable Mil.192, Mil.221,…

…(deva) (the rain-god, probably with reference to the big drops of the rain cp. DN-a.i.45; SN.iii.141; SN.v.396;…

…(deva) (the rain-god, probably with reference to the big drops of the rain cp. DN-a.i.45; SN.iii.141; SN.v.396;…

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 …

…gata Tāvatiṃsadevanikāyaṃ uppanna Vv-a.164)

• -pura the city of the 30, i.e. Heaven Mil.291; *…

an animal Iti.92 (tiracchānaṃ ca yoniyo for tiracchāna-yoniyo); Vb.339 (˚gāminī paṭipadā leading to rebirth among beasts); Vv-a.23 (manussatiracchāna an animal-man, wild man, “werwolf”).

• *-[kat …

…tāva naṃ dakkhinti deva-manussā (as long as the body shall last) DN.i.46 tiṭṭhe shall he live on (cp. ṭhāna II.^d…

…i.e. Vism.235; vatthāni t. devapātubhūtāni Pv-a.44; paṭhamaṃ t. (even) at once, right away Pv-a.113, Pv-a.132; gilānāya t. ayaṃ…

… ■ See also tidasa.

• -devaloka the god-world of the 33; freq. e.g. Ja.i.202 Vism.399; Dhp-a.iii.8; *…

…out Ja.i.199; Mil.101 (sadevake loke ubbattiyante); Dhp-a.i.5 (hadayamaṃsaṃ), Dhp-a.i.75 (rukkhaṃ). 2. to cause to swell or rise…

…this life, or after kāmadeva life, or after brahmadeva life) DN.i.34, DN.i.55; SN.iv.323; Mnd.324; Mil.413; Ne.95, Ne.112, Ne.160;…

…clothes Ja.iv.154 (of a devatā passage may be corrupt).

possibly a comb^n. of aḍḍha² & uddhaṃ; or should we read…

…up, provoking Ja.v.91 (devat˚), Ja.v.94 (˚kamma).

fr. ud + jhāyati¹ or jhāyati² to burn, to which jhāpeti to…

…ukkaṃsena par excellence exceedingly); Pv-a.228 (˚vasena, with ref. to devatās; variant reading SS okk˚).

fr. ud + kṛṣ see…

…˚paṇḍukin? whitish); ˚deva a minor god; ˚nibha somewhat similar to; ˚nila bluish; upapurohita minor priest uparajja viceroyalty;…

secondary, lesser, minor god Pv-a.136.

upa + deva, on use of upa in this meaning see upa 5

…-deva a god by birth (or rebirth) Vv-a.18; also given as uppatti-deva, e.g. at Kp-a.123. See detail…

…without parents, as a deva DA on DN.iii.107 Thag-a.207.

fr. upapāta but evidently mixed with uppāda¹ and uppāda²,…

taking hold of, taking up, possession, in devat˚; being seized or possessed by a god Mil.298.

fr. upa + saṃ + hṛ.

begging, asking, praying, propitiation Ja.vi.150 (= devatānaṃ āyācana).

of adj. upa + yācita + ka; pp. of yācati

…(dhamm˚), AN.i.211 (devatā˚); AN.iv.248 (aṭṭhanga-samannāgata), AN.iv.258 sq. (id.), AN.iv.276, AN.iv.388 (navah angehi upavuttha);…

…Snp-a.241, Snp-a.254, Snp-a.312, Snp-a.445; Pv-a.144, Pv-a.215. On uppatti deva see deva and upapatti. See also…

1. a cloud, dark cloud, thundercloud SN.i.212 Thig.55; AN.ii.102; AN.v.22; Thag.760; Pp.42, Pp.43; Vv.68#1 Ja.iii.245; Ja.iii.270 (ghana˚); Vism.285 (˚paṭala); Mil.274; Dhs-a.317; Vv-a.12 (= abbhā). …

…-devatā forest deva SN.iv.302.

• -ppagumba a forest grove Vb-a.196.
• -ppati (& vanaspati); [cp. Vedic…

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 …

…SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv-a.287; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.33; Dhp-a.ii.83 (vassatu, imper.; vassi,…

wealth; only in compounds -deva the god of wealth, i.e. Kṛṣṇa (Kaṇha) Mil.191 (as ˚devā followers of K.); Ja.v.326 (here in T. as…

…-devatā the gods protecting the grounds field-gods, house-gods Pv.i.4#1 (= ghara-vatthuṃ adhivatthā devatā…

adjective beautiful AN.iv.240 (cātummahārājikā devā dīgh’āyukā vaṇṇavanto; variant reading ˚vantā) Pp.34; Pv.iii.2#12 (= rūpasampanna Pv-a.184); Dhp-a.i.383.

fr. vaṇṇa

…viddha vigata-valāhaka deva a clear sky without a cloud Vin.i.3; MN.i.317 = SN.i.65 = SN.iii.156 = SN.v.44 = Iti.20.

cp. *Sk. vīdhra clear…

…AN.ii.157; Pts.ii.101. Cp BSk. vigrāhita, e.g. Avs.i.83 = Avs.i.308 (Ajātaśatru Devadatta˚); Divy.419, Divy.557, Divy.571; Jtm.143, 146.

pp. of…

…V. trsl.* 39–41), called devatā, who have attained to such an exalted state through their own merit (puñña see foll 4) …

…anuyogo, aññataraṃ deva-nikāyaṃ paṇidhāya brahmacariyaṃ; thus at DN.iii.238; MN.i.103; AN.iii.249; AN.iv.461, AN.iv.463 sq.;…

…visuddhi-devā Cnd.307; Ja.i.139; Vv-a.18. See under deva.

vi + suddhi

…of var. beings (from men to devas) followed by the 3 super-dimensional stages (the ānañc’ āyatanas) of ākāsa-infinitude,…

…the rainy sky Thig.487 (= deva, i.e. rain-god or sky Thag-a.287) Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. wrongly = *vyuṣṭi˚, i.e. fr. vi + *uṣ…

…(read either; vyādha-deva god of the h.; or vyādhi˚; demon of maladies); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.95.

fr. vyadh: see vedha &…

…disease AN.i.139 (as devadūta), AN.i.146, AN.i.155 sq.; AN.iii.66; Pts.i.59 sq. Pts.ii.147; Ja.vi.224; Vism.236. Often in sequence *jāti…

…’va pavedhati; C. devatā-bhūta-paviṭṭhā yakkha-dāsī viya gahitā, i.e. possessed), Ja.vi.587 (vāruṇī ’va pavedhentī;…

…Snp.p.106; explained as “devaputta-sadisa-kāya” at DN-a.i.250 & Snp-a.450.; The BSk. equivalent is var -anga-rūpin (distorted fr…

…yadā), Snp.923; Dhp.28, Dhp.69, Dhp.277 sq., Dhp.325, Dhp.384, Dhp.390; Iti.77 (y devo devakāyā cavati); Pv-a.54, Pv-a.67. Cp. kadā &…

…Vin.i.237; yagghe deva jāneyyāsi yo te puriso dāso… so… pabbajito do you know, Oh king DN.i.60 (trsl.: “if it please your…

…Dhtp (62) defines root by “deva-pūjā, sangati-karaṇa dānesu,” i.e. “said of deva-worship, of assembling and of gifts.” Similarly…

…called devatā: SN.i.205; or devaputtā: Pv-a.113, Pv-a.139. A female Yakkha is called yakkhinī…

…Vv.52#2 (see Vv-a.224), or deva-dūta AN.i.138 (see under dūta), alias niraya-pāla AN.i.138 and passim *…

…yāpesi); Snp-a.184 (devalokaṃ yāpetuṃ samattha fit to bring one to the d-world) 3. to get on, move to be active Dhp-a.i.10…

…dasasu loka-dhātusu devatā sannipatitā (as a rule) Snp.p.107 (= bahukāni Snp-a.451); Mil.6 (y. Himavantam eva gacchanti: usually);…

…ascribed to devas). 7. means, instrument, remedy Ja.i.380 (vamana˚ an emetic); Ja.vi.74 (ekaṃ yogaṃ datvā but we better read…

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, …

…of magic power Mil.276; deva˚; godly carriage Mil.276; applied to the 8 fold Aryan Path at Snp.139 (= devalokaṃ yāpetuṃ samatthatā……

…to, as -yāniya in deva˚ magga DN.i.215, Brahma˚ magga the way leading to the Brahma-world DN.i.220. 2. (in applied meaning, cp….

…to, as -yāniya in deva˚ magga DN.i.215, Brahma˚ magga the way leading to the Brahma-world DN.i.220. 2. (in applied meaning, cp….

…yāpesi); Snp-a.184 (devalokaṃ yāpetuṃ samattha fit to bring one to the d-world) 3. to get on, move to be active Dhp-a.i.10…

…Mnd.496 Cnd.540 (correct devanaṃ into vedanaṃ!); Pp.25; Dhs.1348; Mil.367: all passages identical. The whole passage is explained in detail…

…AN.iv.311) “yāva-deva-manussehi suppakāsitaṁ” (translation

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AN.ii.113: “until, in a word, it…

…ster. phrase (explaining parideva or pariddava) ādevo paridevo ādevanā pari˚ ādevitattaṃ pari˚ Mnd.370 = Cnd.416 = Pts.i.38.

ā + div….

…ster. phrase (explaining parideva or pariddava) ādevo paridevo ādevanā pari˚ ādevitattaṃ pari˚ Mnd.370 = Cnd.416 = Pts.i.38.

ā + div….

…glad words Vin.ii.158; Ja.vi.243; Mil.110; Thag-a.42. Adeva, Adevana

grd. of ādāti (q.v.)

…cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ…

…living in the sky (of devatā) Bv.i.29; Mil.181 Mil.285; Kp-a.120; Snp-a.476. -tala upper story, terrace on the top of a…

…Pp.24; Mil.154; Vism.19 (˚gocara preventive behaviour, cautiousness); Snp-a.476 (˚devatā); Kp-a.120 (id.), Kp-a.169; Dhp-a.ii.146;…

…˚ti (Sk. daśati ten-hood; devatāti godhead, sarvatāti = P. sabbattaṃ comprehensiveness; cp. also Lat. civitātem, juventūtem)
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