dhārā¹

feminine a stream of water; a drop of liquid; a stream, a shower.

dhārā²

feminine the sharp edge of a knife or a…

(usually -˚, except at Mil.420) adjective bearing, wearing, keeping; holding in mind, knowing by heart. Freq. in phrase dhammadhara (knowing the Dhamma, q.v.), vinaya˚, mātik …

adjective (-˚) bearing, holding, having DN.i.74 (udaka-rahado sītavāri˚); MN.i.281 (ubhato˚) Snp.336 (ukkā˚); Iti.101 (antimadeha˚), Iti.108 (ukkā˚). See also dhārin.

Sk. dhāra …

…Sdhp.595 (vassa˚).

Sk. dhārā, from dhāvati 1

Dhārā²

feminine the edge of a weapon Ja.i.455; Ja.vi.449; Dhp-a.317;…

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …

…Lomasakaṅgiya at the Nigrodhārāma, questioned him regarding the True Saint, and recited to him stanzas learnt when the Buddha preached the…

In the old Pāḷi literature the name Dakkhiṇāpatha would seem to indicate only a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godāvarī. Thus, we are told that Bāvarī had his hermitage in Dakkh …

A lake in Kuvera’s city. DN.iii.201

5lake

Gandhāra¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Gandhāra²

One of the sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 One of the teeth of the Buddha was deposited in …

GandhāravijjāGandhārīvijjā

A charm whereby one could become invisible and multiform, pass through all obstacles, through earth and water, and touch the sun and moon. DN.i.213

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110

KambojaKambojjaKambujaKambujjaKambojaka

One of the sixteen Great Nations which, with Gandhāra, belonged, not to the Majjhimadesa but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv …

…to see him both at the Nigrodhārāma and at the Mahāvana, among them being Mahānāma, SN.v.369f. AN.iii.284f. AN.iv.220f. AN.v.320f.…

KuveraKubera

King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lot …

A name given to Dharaṇī. DN.iii.202

…He built a monastery in Nigrodhārāma, near Kapilavatthu, and once, during robe-making time, many monks lived there. On this occasion the Buddha…

…Lomasakaṅgiya in the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu, and questioned him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. When Lomasakaṅgiya again confessed his…

…took place in the Nigrodhārāma at Kapilavatthu.

The name Lomasavaṅgīsa is, probably, a wrong or variant reading for Lomasakaṅgiya….

The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

…visited the Buddha at Nigrodhārāma where the Buddha was convalescing after a severe illness, and at once Mahānāma asked a question as to…

…the Buddha at the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu and had a discussion with him on the different kinds of Ariyan disciple, the one who dwells…

…as having lived in Nigrodhārāma?

27.54115, 83.080673monasteryNigrodhārāma²

A grove in Rājagaha. The Buddha says that there he…

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

RāhulamātāBimbāBhaddakaccāYasodharāBhaddakaccānāBimbāsundarīBimbādevīSubhaddakā

The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.

On the seventh day of the Buddh …

A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is also said to hav …

…was staying at the Nigrodhārāma, and he was asked to inaugurate it. This he did by a series of ethical discourses lasting through the night,…

The capital of Gandhāra. The Vinaya describes it as the place of education of Jīvaka, the Buddha’s doctor. Vin.i.269f.

Takkasilā is identified with the Greek Taxila, in Rawalpindi in the Punjab.

3 …

The northern division of Jambudīpa. Its boundaries are nowhere explicitly stated in Pāḷi literature. Perhaps Uttarāpatha was originally the name of a great trade-route, the northern high road which e …

A noted wanderer in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rāja …

One of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.205

the lower part of the body.

subject to, vulnerable to, fire

who has his last body

without support; without a stand or holder

midnight

midnight

midnight

vulnerable to thieves.

, ~a., feminine the wearing of the (ascetic’s) robe; keeping a robe.

(one) versed in dhamma; (one) who holds firm to dhamma.

holds, holds in mind; remembers.

the earth; soil; ground.

of dharati held, held in mind; remembered, memorized

naturally remembering; good at remembering.

of dhāreti

of dhāreti

of dhāreti

of dhāreti

with a single cutting edge

the name of a magic spell.

cow in calf.

wearing one’s hair in twisted locks.

resplendent; brilliant; effulgent.

yielding a pailful of milk; or with a metal milking-pail

removal of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina period (and of its special allowances)

razor-edged, sharp as a razor; containing razors

torch bearer.

with a stand

sharp-edged.

(one) who carries scales; a merchant.

double edged, two edged

draws out, pulls out, extracts; rescues; picks out, separates, selects; cites; removes, puts away; digs up; pulls up, elevates, raises.

drawing out, pulling out; picking out; selection; removal; raising.

raises; takes

raising; picking up; selecting; extracting; separating; removing.

holding up the torch; a torch bearer

considers, reflects on; holds in the mind, pays attention to; holds, considers as; looks for, investigates, finds out

of a vinā, perhaps the head or finger-holds.

support, prop; a holder, stand; that which contains, a vessel, a receptacle; the subject of discussion.

Akusala-sādhārana-cetasika: Universal, general or primary disadvantageous mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: L …

Puññā-dhārā: ‘streams of merit’. It is said that one produces 4 streams of merit by offering the 4 requisites robes, foodfood, dwelling,…

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

adjective firm, bold, in -māna firmminded Dhp p.81 (acc. to Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 135 not verified).

abhi + dhara

adjective the lower Ja.iii.26 (adharoṭṭha the l. lip).

Vedic adhara, compar. of adho

Adhicca¹

learning, studying, learning by heart Ja.iii.218, Ja.iii.327 = Ja.iv.301; Ja.iv.184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), Ja.iv.477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); Ja.vi.213; Mil.164.

ger. of adhi + eti, se …

adverb below, usually comb^d. or contrasted with uddhaṃ “above” and tiriyaṃ “across”, describing the 3 dimensions
■ uddhaṃ and …

1. price, value, worth, Mil.244; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.76; Vv-a.77
   ■ mahaggha (adj.) of great value Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.414; Ja.vi.209; Pv.ii.1#18. See also mahāraha. …

adjective last, final (used almost exclusively with ref. to the last & final reincarnation thus in comb^n. with deha & sarīra;, the last body) DN.ii.15; Dhp.351; Iti.50 (antimaṃ dehaṃ dhār …

to observe, request ask Thag-a.16.

Caus. of apa + dhṛ; cp. Sk. ava-dhārayati, but also BSk. apadhārayati Divy.231

adjective going away Ja.i.163 (aḍḍharattāv’apāyin = aḍḍharatte apāyin C.). -an˚; not going away, i.e. constantly following (chāyā anapāyinī, the shadow) Dhp.2; Thag.1041; Mil.72.

fr. apāya

…Dhp-a.ii.98; Pv-a.125. -dhārā a shower of tears Dhp-a.iv.15 (pavatteti to shed) -mukha (adj.) with…

adjective not general, not shared, uncommon, unique Vin.iii.35 Kp.viii.9; Ja.i.58, Ja.i.78; Mil.285; DN-a.i.71; Sdhp.589, Sdhp.592.

a + sādhāraṇa cp. asādhāraṇa Divy.561

indeclinable copulative and adversative part.: and, also, and further, likewise, nay SN.i.106; Snp.43, Snp.155, Snp.647; Dhp.151, Dhp.234, Dhp.423; Ja.i.83; Ja.ii.185 Ja.iv.495; Iti.106; Kp.viii.7; Pv …

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

calling attention to, affirmation, emphasis; as t.t. used by C’s in explanation of evaṃ at DN-a.i.27; and of kho at Pv-a.11, Pv-a.18.

Cp. Sk. avadhāraṇa, fr. ava + dhṛ.

Avalekhana¹

neuter

1. scraping, scraping off Vin.ii.141 (˚pidhara), Vin.ii.221 (˚kaṭṭha).
2. scratching in writing down Ja.iv.402, (˚sattha a chisel for engraving letters).

fr. avalekhat …

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. …

1. broken, broken up (lit. & fig.) Snp.770 (nāvā); Ja.i.98 (abhinna magga an unbroken path); Ja.iii.167 (uda-kumbha); Pv-a.72 (˚sarīra-cchavi)
2. (fig.) split, fallen into dissension, not agreeing …

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

cloth, esp. clothes worn, garment, dress AN.i.206; Pv.ii.12#7 (kañcanā˚ for kañcana˚); Pv.iii.9#3 (for veḷa); dhāti˚ baby’s napkin Ja.iii.539. In simile of one whose clothes are on fire (āditta˚ + ād …

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538.
3. (nt. a (coloured) mark (on the forehead) Mil.408 (˚dh …

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538.
3. (nt. a (coloured) mark (on the forehead) Mil.408 (˚dh …

sectarian mark on the forehead in -dhara-kumma a tortoise bearing this mark, a landtortoise Mil.364, Mil.408, cp. Mil trsl. ii.352.

to citta¹

Cittaka²

see *[acittaka](/d …

Daḷhī˚

in kāya-daḷhī-bahula strong in body athletic Vin.ii.76, cp. Com. on p. 313; Ja.iii.310; Ja.iv.219 daḷhīkaraṇa steadiness, perseverance Snp-a.290 (+ ādhāraṇatā), Snp-a.398 (id). In compoun …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

to hold, bear, carry, wear; to hold up, support; to bear in mind, know by heart; to hold out, endure, last continue, live Snp.385 (take to heart, remember); Dhp-a.ii.68
ppr dharamāṇa living, last …

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

1. firm, prepared, ready, resolved AN.iii.114; Dāvs v.52
2. kept in mind, understood, known by heart Vin.ii.95; AN.i.36.

Sk. dhṛta, pp. of dharati; cp. dhara & dhāreti

energy, courage, steadfastness, firm character, resolution. SN.i.122, SN.i.215 = Snp.188 (cp. Snp-a.237); Ja.i.266, Ja.i.280; Ja.iii.239; Ja.vi.373 Vb.211; Dhs.13 (+ thāma), Dhs.22, Dhs.289, Dhs.571 …

adjective one who has or bears his yoke, patient, enduring SN.i.214 = Snp.187 (: cetasikaviriya-vasena anikkhittadhura Snp-a.236).

cp. Sk. dhuradhara

(& Dhūta)

1. shaken, moved Dāvs v.49 (vāta˚).
2. lit. “shaken off,” but always explained in the commentaries as “one who shakes off” either cvil dispositions (kilese), or obstacles to spiritual pro …

adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā …

adjective noun

1. bearing, one who holds or possesses Dhp-a.iii.93 (sampattiṃ).
2. one who knows or remembers AN.ii.97 (˚jātika); AN.iv.296 sq., AN.iv.328 (id.).

1. wearing, in mālā˚ (etc.) DN.i.5 = AN.ii.210 = Pp.58; Kp-a.37 cīvara˚ AN.ii.104 = Pp.45.
2. maintaining, sustaining keeping up Mil.320 (āyu˚ bhojana).
3. bearing in mind, remembrance Vin.iv.305; MN …

1. a debtor (see dhāreti 4) Ja.ii.203; Ja.iv.45.
2. a mnemonician Mil.79.

der. fr. dhāraṇa

1. wearing, being dressed with (= dhāraṇa 1) Mil.257.
2. mindfulness (= dhāraṇa 3) Cnd.628; Dhs.14.

1. memory Mil.79.
2. the earth (“the upholder,” cp. dharaṇī) Ja.vi.180.

to dhāraṇa

one who causes others to remember, an instructor, teacher (cp. dhāraṇaka) AN.iv.196 (sotā sāvetā uggahetā dh.).

n. ag. to dhāreti 3

to hold, viz.

1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

the ceremony of being carried away, i.e. the marriage ceremony, marriage (cp. dhareyya under dharati) Thig.472 (text has vāreyya but Thag-a.285 explains dhāreyya = vivāha).

orig. grd. of dhāreti

adjective -˚ holding, wearing, keeping; often in phrase antimadeha˚ “wearing the last body” (of an Arahant SN.i.14; Snp.471; Iti.32, Iti.40
■ Ja.i.47 (virūpa-vesa˚) Dāvs v.15
■ f. ˚inī Pv.i.10#8 …

…cp dhavala & dhārā².

Sk. dhāvati & dhāvate 1 to flow, run etc.; cp. Gr. χέω (both meanings); Ags. déaw = E. dew;…

adjective constant, firm, self-relying of character; wise, possessing the knowledge of the Dhamma, often = paṇḍita & epithet of an Arahant DN.ii.128; SN.i.24 (lokapariyāyaṃ aññāya nibbutā dh.), SN.i. …

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

adjective belonging to the Gandhāra country (Kandahar) f. gandhārī in gandhārī vijjā Name of a magical charm DN.i.213; at Ja.iv.498 it renders one invisible.

Ghana¹

1. (adj.) solid, compact, massive; dense, thick; in eka˚ of one solid mass (of sela, rock) Vin.i.185 = Dhp.81 = Thag.643; Mil.386; AN.iii.378, cp. ghanasela-pabbata Dhp-a.i.74-gh. …

, adj.) being able to be paired (of a young cow), or being with calf (?) Snp.26.

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

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

indeclinable for, because; indeed, surely Vin.i.13; DN.i.4; Dhp.5; Snp.21; Pv.ii.1#18; Pv.ii.7#10 (= hi saddo avadhāraṇe Pv-a.103); Snp-a.377 (= hi-kāro nipāto padapūraṇa-matto); Pv-a.70, Pv-a.7 …

Iddha¹

in flames, burning, flaming bright, clear Ja.vi.223 (˚khaggadharā balī; so read for T. iṭṭhi-khagga˚); Dpvs.vi.42.

pp. of iddhe to idh or indh, cp. indhana & idhuma

Iddha<sup …

Iṭṭhi˚

in ˚khagga-dhāra at Ja.vi.223 should be read iddha.

water Snp.845; Ja.i.222; Ja.iii.188; Ja.iv.137.

• -gocara living in the water Ja.ii.158.
• -ja born or sprung from w. Ja.iv.333; Ja.v.445; Vv-a.42;
• -da “gi …

…Assakā, Avantī, Yonā (Gandhārā A), Kambojā Cp. Rhys Davids, B. India p. 23.

• -kathā talk or gossip about the…

tangle, braid, plaiting, esp.

1. the matted hair as worn by ascetics (see jatila) Snp.249; Dhp.241, Dhp.393; Ja.i.12 (ajina +); Ja.ii.272
2. the tangled branches of trees Ja.i.64
3. (fig.) the tangl …

1. light, splendour, radiance SN.i.93; AN.ii.85; Vv.16#2.
2. a star: see compounds
3. fire SN.i.169; Thag.415; Ja.iv.206; sajotibhūta set on fire SN.ii.260; AN.iii.407 sq.; Ja.i.232.

• *-[parāyaṇa]( …

splendour, brightness, effulgence, light Ja.ii.353; Pv-a.122, Pv-a.137, Pv-a.198. The spelling juti at MN.i.328 (in combination gati + juti) seems to be faulty for cuti (so as variant reading give …

to live be alive, live by, subsist on (c. instr. or nissāya). Imper pres. jīva Snp.427, very freq. with ciraṃ live long… as a salutation & thanksgiving. ciraṁ jīva Ja.vi.337 c. jīvāhi Snp.1029 Pv.ii.3 …

1. bronze Mil.2 magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver or gold. Thus Ja.vi.504 (silver) and Ja.i.338; Ja.iv.107 Ja.vi.509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king
2. a bronze …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) hard, firm, stiff Cp.ii.2; Dhs.44, Dhs.45 (where also der. f. abstr. akaṭhinatā absence of rigidity, combined with akakkhalatā, cp Dhs-a.151 akaṭhina-bhāva); Pv-a.152 (˚dā …

an enclitic particle of affirmation & emphasis indeed, really, surely; in narration: then, now (cp kira); in question: then, perhaps, really. Def. as adhikār’ antara-nidassan’ atthe nipāto Kp-a.113 …

Khura¹

the hoof of an animal Vv.64#10 (of a horse = turagānaṃ khuranipāta, the clattering of a horse’s hoof Vv-a.279), cp. Sk. kṣura, a monkey’s claw Sp. Avs.i.236.

khura-kāse MN.i.44 …

anger. Nearest synonyms are āghāta (Dhs.1060 = Cnd.576 both expositions also of dosa), upanāha (always in chain rāga, dosa, moha, kodha, upanāha) and *[dhūma]( …

tortoise SN.iv.177 (+ kacchapa); MN.i.143; Ja.v.489; Mil.363, Mil.408 (here as land-tortoise cittaka-dhara˚).

Vedic kūrma

1. the kusa grass (Poa cynosuroides) Dhp-a.iii.484: tikhiṇadhāraṃ tiṇaṃ antamaso tālapaṇṇam pi; Dhp.311; Ja.i.190 (= tiṇa); Ja.iv.140.
2. a blade of grass used as a mark or a lot: pātite kuse “when t …

pail or pot, in phrase kuṇḍipaddhana giving a pailful of milk. Ja.vi.504 (Kern

Toevoegselen

s.v. compares phrase Sanskrit kāṁsy’ôpadohana, proposes reading kuṇḍ’ opadohana ‣See also kaṁsupadhāra …

adjective

1. rough, coarse, unpleasant; poor, bad (usually applied to dress or food); mediocre, meagre, wretched. Opp paṇīta (e.g. Vin.i.212; SN.ii.153; AN.iv.10; Ja.i.228; Vv-a. …

the earth (lit. Great One) Mhvs.5, Mhvs.266; Sdhp.424, Sdhp.472; loc mahiyā Mil.128; mahiyaṃ Dhs-a.62
■ Note. As mahī is only found in very late P. literature, it must have been re-introduce …

anything impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In the Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122
■ SN.i.38 (itthi malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); AN.i.105 (issā˚ …

flower, garland of flowers Vv.1#1 (-dhara); Vv.2#1; Ja.v.188 (puppha˚), Ja.v.420. The reading at Pv.iii.3#3 (pahūta˚, adj. having many rows of flowers) is mālya.

for *mālya, fr. māla

orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …

the head, fig. top, summit Ja.iii.206 = Ja.iv.4; Ja.iv.173, Ja.iv.457; Ja.v.478; DN-a.i.226 (pabbata˚); Pv.iv.16#3; Dhp-a.i.184. matthaka-matthakena (from end to end) Ja.i.202; Ja.iii.304. Loc. * …

stand, (tripod) for a bowl, formed of sticks Vin.ii.124 (= daṇḍ’ ādhāraka Bdhgh on p. 318).

prob. dialectical for māḷaka: cp. mallaka

Maṭṭa & Maṭṭha

wiped, polished, clean, pure

1. maṭṭa: DN.ii.133 (yugaṃ maṭṭaṃ dhāraṇīyaṃ: “pair of robes of burnished cloth of gold and ready for wear” trsl.); Vism.258 (variant r …

Maṭṭa & Maṭṭha

wiped, polished, clean, pure

1. maṭṭa: DN.ii.133 (yugaṃ maṭṭaṃ dhāraṇīyaṃ: “pair of robes of burnished cloth of gold and ready for wear” trsl.); Vism.258 (variant r …

Muddha¹

infatuated, bewildered, foolish Ja.v.436.

• -dhātuka bewildered in one’s nature, foolish(ly Ja.iv.391 (variant reading luddha˚); Dhp-a.iii.120 (variant read …

I. Forms

The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚; are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚; is the active base, and mucc˚; the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñ …

having forgotten, one who forgets; only in two compounds, viz. -sacca [der. fr. foll. muṭṭha + sati + ya] forgetfulness, lit. forgotten-mindedness, usually combined with asampajañña, DN.iii.213; …

garland, wreath, chaplet; collectively = flowers; fig. row, line Snp.401; Pp.56 Vism.265 (in simile); Pv.ii.3#16 (gandha, m., vilepana as a “lady’s” toilet outfit); Pv.ii.4#9 (as one of the 8 or 10 st …

1. a water course Vism.554 (˚âtikkamaka); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.96; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.50; Snp-a.500 (= sobbha); Dhp-a.ii.141 (its purpose: “ito c’ ito ca udakaṃ haritvā attano sassa-kammaṃ sampādenti”); Vv-a. …

Māḷaka

a stand, viz. for alms-bowl (patta˚) Vin.ii.114, or for drinking vessel (pānīya˚ Ja.vi.85.

a Non-Aryan word, although the Dhtm.395 gives roots mal & mall; in meaning “dhāraṇa” (see under …

not with Hardy (Index Vv-a) = Sk. nirdhāraṇa (estimation), but to be read as nittharaṇa (see nittharaṇa²).

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

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

Nittharaṇa¹

neuter getting across, ferrying over, traversing, overcoming SN.i.193 (oghassa); AN.ii.200 (id.); Iti.111 (id.) MN.i.134; Ja.i.48 (loka˚); Dāvs ii.29 (id.); Vism.32; Sdhp.334 ( …

No¹

indeclinable affirm. & emphatic part. = nu (cp. na¹): indeed, then, now Snp.457, Snp.875, Snp.1077; Ja.v.343 (api no api nu), Ja.v.435 (= nipātamattaṃ p. 437 …

place for putting something down or into a receptacle Vin.i.204 (salāk˚, vy. ll. and gloss on p. 38 as follows: sālākāṭṭhāniya A, salākātaniya C, salākadhāraya B, salāk’odhāniyan ti yattha salākaṃ oda …

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 …

to wipe off or down (with a cloth, colakena) Vin.ii.122 (udakapuñchaniṃ trsl. Vin. Texts ii.152 “to wear out a robe”), Vin.ii.151 (gerukaṃ; trsl. Vin. Texts ii.151 “to wipe down”).

paṭi + uddharati

taking up, casting (the lot) again Vin.iv.121.

paṭi + uddhāra

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

adjective scattered about; fig. miscellaneous, particular, opp. to sādhāraṇa Kp-a.74; cp. Cpd. 13, 95²; Vism.175 (˚kathā), Vism.317 sq. (id.)
■ As Np. name of the xiv^th book …

1. to let loose, give out, emit Snp.973 (vācaṃ; = sampamuñcati Mnd.504) Ja.i.216 (aggiṃ).
2. to shake off, give up, shed Dhp.377 (pupphāni). Perhaps also in phrase saddhaṃ p. to renounce one’s faith, …

“all that belongs to anything,” make-up, adornment (so Cnd.585 bāhirā p. of the body)

1. requisite, accessory equipment, utensil, apparatus Vin.i.50, Vin.i.296 (˚colaka cloth required for water-str …

1. adequacy, accomplishment, sufficiency capability, competency; indriya-paro˚; efficiency in the (knowledge of) thoughts of others SN.v.205; Ne.101 Three accomplishments are distinguished at DN-a …

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

to give, bestow SN.i.18; Snp.463 sq., Snp.490 sq. Thig.272; Ja.i.28; Ja.iii.12 (variant reading pavacchati), Ja.iii.172; Ja.iv.363, Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.587 (vuṭṭhi-dhāraṃ pavecchanto devo pāvassi tāvade …

1. a braid of hair, i.e. the hair twisted & unadorned AN.iii.56
2. a mat, cover DN.i.7 ≈ (see *ajina*˚).
3. custom, usage, wont, tradition Ja.i.89 Ja.ii.353; Ja.v.285; Ja.vi.380 (kula …

1. carried away (?), turned away, distracted, dismissed SN.iii.91 (bhikkhu-sangho p.).
2. drawn forth, pulled out taken out DN.i.77 = Pts.ii.211 = Vism.406 (muñjamhā isīkā p.); Ja.vi.67 (muñjā v’isik …

adjective noun masculine

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

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

cloth; cloak, garment SN.ii.219 (˚pilotika); Thag.1092 (bhinna-paṭan-dhara “wearing the patchwork cloak” trsl.); Ja.iv.494; Kp-a.45, Kp-a.58 (˚tantu); DN-a.i.198; Dhp-a.ii.45 (puppha˚); Dhp-a.i …

stick (or rag?) for scraping (or wiping?) Vin.ii.141 (avalekhana˚), Vin.ii.221 (id.). Meaning doubtful.

fr. api + dhṛ.

1. basket Vin.i.225 (ghaṭa p. ucchanga), Vin.i.240 (catudoṇika p.); Pv.iv.3#33; Vism.28 (piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña˚ a grain-basket Dhp-a.iii.370; vīhi˚; a ri …

Puppha¹

neuter a flower Vin.ii.123; SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.308; Snp.2, Snp.5; Dhp.47 sq.; Dhp.377; Vism.430; Snp-a.78 (paduma˚); Vv-a.73; Pv-a.127; Sdhp.550- pupphāni (pl.) Vb-a.255 (of …

…SN.i.37; puññassa dhārā SN.i.100 SN.v.400.

• -atthika desirous of merit Snp.487 sq. *…

Ratta¹

1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

Ruha¹

adjective (-˚) growing, a tree, in compounds: jagati˚, dharaṇi˚, mahī˚, etc.

fr. ruh: see rūhati

Ruha²

blood, in cpd. ruhaṅghasa blood-eater, …

adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. …

adjective noun watery, wet; nt. water.

• -da giving water, bringing rain (of wind) Vism.10
• -dhara holding water, i, e. a cloud Vv-a.223

sa³ + jala

…dhuva-salilā.

• -dhārā shower of water Mil.117.
• -vuṭṭhi id. Vism.234.

cp. Sk….

Sama¹

calmness, tranquillity, mental quiet Snp.896. samaṃ carati to become calm quiescent Ja.iv.172. Cp. -cariyā & ˚cārin.

fr. śam: see sammati¹

Sa …

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

wanderer, recluse, religieux AN.i.67; DN.iii.16 DN.iii.95 sq., DN.iii.130 sq.; SN.i.45; Dhp.184; of a non-Buddhist (tāpasa) Ja.iii.390; an edifying etymology of the word Dhp-a.iii.84: “samita-pāpat …

1. crowding, pressure, inconvenience from crowding, obstruction Vism.119 janasambādharahita free from crowding Mil.409 kiṭṭhasambādha crowding of corn, the time when the corn is growing thick MN.i.115 …

…respectively Snp.p.140. -dhārā a heavy shower SN.v.379. -paṭipatti right mental disposition…

pulling out, salvation Mil.232.

saṃ + uddharaṇa

to take out or away; to lift up, carry away, save from; aor. samuddhari Ja.vi.271 samuddhāsi (aor. thus read instead of samuṭṭhāsi Ja.v.70.

saṃ + uddharati

adjective checking, restraining Vism.205.

fr. sandhāreti

checking Mil.352.

fr. sandhāreti

corn, crop MN.i.116; Ja.i.86, Ja.i.143, Ja.i.152; Ja.ii.135; Mil.2; Dhp-a.i.97; Snp-a.48; sassasamaya crop time Ja.i.143; susassa abounding in corn Vin.i.238; pl. m. sassā Ja.i.340. --kamma agri …

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

Sirī (siri)

feminine

1. splendour, beauty Snp.686 (instr. siriyā); Ja.vi.318 (siriṃ dhāreti).
2. luck, glory majesty, prosperity SN.i.44 (nom. siri); Ja.ii.410 (siriṃ) Ja.ii.466; DN-a.i.148; Vv-a. …

Sirī (siri)

feminine

1. splendour, beauty Snp.686 (instr. siriyā); Ja.vi.318 (siriṃ dhāreti).
2. luck, glory majesty, prosperity SN.i.44 (nom. siri); Ja.ii.410 (siriṃ) Ja.ii.466; DN-a.i.148; Vv-a. …

cleansing Vism.276 (as f. ˚nā); examining Ja.i.292; payment (see uddhāra) Ja.i.321.

fr. sodheti

to make clean, to purify Vin.i.47; MN.i.39; Dhp.141; DN-a.i.261, DN-a.i.13#2; to examine, search Ja.i.200, Ja.i.291; Ja.ii.123; Ja.iii.528; to search for, to seek Ja.ii.135; to clean away, to remove …

adjective subtle, minute Vin.i.14; DN.i.182; SN.iv.202; AN.ii.171; Dhs.676; Thig.266; Dhp.125 = Snp.662; Vism.274, Vism.488 (˚rūpā). fine, exquisite DN.ii.17, DN.ii.188; Mil.313; susukhuma, very subtl …

Suta¹

1. heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …

versed in the Suttantas. A suttantika bhikkhu is one who knows the Suttas (contrasted with vinayadhara who knows the rules of the Vinaya) Vin.ii.75 Cp. dhamma C1 & piṭaka
■ V …

adjective noun

1. enforcing, proving Ja.i.307; DN-a.i.105.
2. settling, clearing (a debt) Ja.ii.341 (uddhāra˚). In this meaning mixed with sodheti; it is impossible to decide wh …

1. to accomplish, further, effect Ja.ii.236 (Pot. sādhayemase).
2. to make prosperous Pv-a.113, Pv-a.125
3. to arrange, prepare Mhvs.7, Mhvs.24.
4. to perform execute Ja.i.38 (ārāmika-kiccaṃ); DN- …

adjective general, common, joint Vin.ii.258; Vin.iii.35; Thig.505; Ja.i.202, Ja.i.302; Ja.iv.7 (pañca˚-bhāva 5 fold connection); Ne.49 sq.; Pv-a.122, Pv-a.194, Pv-a.265. a˚ Ja.i.78; DN-a.i.71.

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

1. the string or cord of a lute, etc.; thread made of tendon Vin.i.182; Thig.390 (cp. Thag-a.257); Ja.iv.389; Dhp-a.i.163; Pv-a.151.
2. line lineage (+ paveṇi custom, tradition) Ja.vi.380; Dhp-a. …

1. (adj.) thin, tender, small, slender Vv.16#2 (vara graceful = uttamarūpa-dhara Vv-a.79; perhaps to 2) Pv-a.46 (of hair: fine + mudhu).
2. (n. nt.) body (orig. slender part of the body = waist) V …

sharp (of swords, axes, knives, etc.) DN.i.56 (sattha); SN.iv.160, SN.iv.167 (kuṭhārī); AN.iv.171; Snp.667 (˚dhāra), Snp.673 (asipattavana); Ja.i.253; Sdhp.381.

see tikhiṇa

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

I

*yāva-tāva …

Ubbahati¹

to pull out, take away, destroy Snp.583 (udabbahe pot. = ubbaheyya dhāreyya Snp-a.460); Thag.158; Ja.ii.223 (udabbahe = udabbaheyya C.); Ja.iv.462 (ubbahe); Ja.vi.587 (= hareyya …

drawn out, pulled out, brought out, thrown out or up withdrawn Vin.i.256 (kaṭhina, cp. uddhāra & ubbhāra), Vin.iii.196 (id.); DN.i.77 (cp uddharati); MN.i.383 (ubbhatehi akkhihi); Dhp.34 (okamokata u. …

to oppress vex, hinder, incommodate Ja.v.417 sq.

hardly to be decided whether fr. ud + vāh (to press, urge), or bṛh or bādh; cp. uddharati 2

…or trough Vin.ii.220.

• -dhārā a shower of water Pts.i.125; Ja.iv.351.
• -niddhamana a water spout…

over-balancing, agitation, excitement distraction, flurry (see on meaning; Dialogues i.82; Dhs trsl^n. 119; Cpd. 18, 45, 83). AN.i.256, AN.i.282; AN.iii.375, AN.iii.421 AN.iii.449; AN …

1. (in this meaning confused with ubbharati from bṛh, cp. interchange of ddh & bbh in uddha: ubbha, possibly also with; bṛh see abbahati and cp. ubbahati¹).
   1. …

1. taking up, lifting, raising Mil.307 (sass˚-samaya the time of gathering the corn; to uddharati 1 but cp. in same meaning uddhaṭa from uddharati 2). DN-a.i.192.
2. pulling or drawing out (cp. uddh …

1. lifted up, raised risen, high (of the sun, only in this special phrase u aruṇo) Vin.ii.236; Ud.27 (vv.ll. uggata & uddhasta).
2. unbalanced, disturbed, agitated, shaken SN.i.61 (+ unnaḷa “muddled …

1. pulled out Ja.ii.26.
2. pulled out destroyed, extirpated, in phrase˚ dāṭha with its fangs removed (of a snake) Ja.i.505; Ja.ii.259; Ja.vi.6.
3. cut off or out Mil.231 (uddhaṭ-uddhaṭe ālope whene …

(& ubbhāra in Vin.; e.g. Vin.ii.255, cp. Vin.ii.256 where ubbhata unterchanges with uddhāra)

1. taking away, withdrawal, suspension, in kaṭhin˚; (q.v. Vin.i.255 sq.; Vin.iii.26 …

1. firebrand, glow of fire, torch DN.i.49, DN.i.108; SN.ii.264; Thig.488 (˚ûpama) Ja.i.34 (dhamm-okkā); Ja.ii.401; Ja.iv.291; Ja.v.322; Vism.428 Thag-a.287; DN-a.i.148; Dhp-a.i.42, Dhp-a.i.205; P …

[fr. upa + dhṛ;) “receptacle”, milk-pail DN.ii.192; AN.iv.393; Ja.vi.503. See kaṃs˚. Kern,

Toevoegselen

i. 142 proposes corruption fr. kaṃs’ûpadohana, which latter however does not occur in Pa …

freedom of the chest, free breathing, relief DN.ii.269 (variant reading uruddhā perhaps preferable, for ura uddharana lifting or raising the chest).

ura + undā?

Va¹

the syllable “va” Kp-a.109 (with ref. to ending ˚vā in Bhagavā, which Bdhgh exp^ls as “va-kāraṃ dīghaṃ katvā,” i.e. a lengthening of va); Snp-a.76 (see below va^{3</sup …}

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 ādicco vāsudevo pabhankaro, explained in C. as vasudevo vasujotan …

1. a bamboo Snp.38 (vaṃso visālo va; vaṃso explained at Cnd.556 as “veḷugumba,” at Snp-a.76 as “veḷu”), ibid. (˚kaḷīra) Ja.vi.57; Vism.255 (˚kaḷīra); Kp-a.50 (id.).
2. race lineage, family AN.ii.27 …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

…Iti.83; Dhp.14; Ja.vi.587 (˚dhārā) Tha-ap.38 (fig.), Ja.vi.52 (amata˚); Mil.416; Vism.37, Vism.234 (salila˚); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.24; Snp-a.34,…

water DN.ii.266; MN.iii.300; AN.iii.26 (in lotus simile) Thag.1273; Snp.353, Snp.591, Snp.625, Snp.811; Vv.79#10; Ja.iv.19 Mnd.135, Mnd.203 (= udaka); Mil.121; Pv-a.77.

-gocara …

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 …

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

1. a container, receptacle, basin, lit. holder AN.iii.27; Ja.vi.257.
2. “holding up”, i.e. support, basis, prop. esp. a (round) stool or stand for the alms-bowl (patta) Vin.ii.113 (an˚ patto); MN.iii …

1. a stool or stand (as ādhāra²) (always m., except at Ja.i.33 where ˚āni pl. nt.) Ja.i.33; Dhp-a.iii.290 = Vv-a.220; Dhp-a.iii.120 = Dhp-a.iii.186 (one of the four priceless things of …

concentration, attention, mindfulness Snp-a.290 (+ daḷhīkaraṇa), Snp-a.398 (id.).

ā + dhāraṇatā

Ūhacca¹

indeclinable

1. lifting up, raising or rising Ja.iii.206.
2. pulling out, taking away, removing DN.ii.254 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.181); SN.i.27 (variant reading for ohacca); Snp.1119 (= ud …

only in forms of ger. ūhacca¹ and pp. ūhata¹ (q.v.).

for uddharati