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dhammā, 788 találat.
dhamma →
dppn
Dhamma1
The palace built by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.
5buildingDhamma2
The lake in front of the palace mentioned above. DN.ii.184.
5lake
dhammā →
dppn
Dhammā
A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse tells of how one day, while returning from her alms round, she slipped and fell. Meditating on this,…
dhamma →
farkas
dolog, jelenség; a Tan
dhamma →
ncped
…special requirements (garudhammā) imposed on bhikkhunis.
- an interpretation of reality of other religious teachers or philosophers; their…
dhamma →
pts
…ca anuttarā: anubuddhā ime dhammā Gotamena yasassinā DN.ii.123 dhammānaṃ sukusalo perfect in all (these) qualities DN.i.180; samāhite citte…
Dhamma →
puskas
‘Tan’, ‘Tanítás’ – a buddhizmusban Buddha tanai, a buddhista vallási-filozófiai alapelvek összessége, s ebben az értelmezésben Törvény is. (vö. dharma)
ajapālanigrodha →
dppn
A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …
ajita →
dppn
Ajita1
A monk. He devoted his time to explaining the Pātimokkha rules to the monks. At the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats …
ajjuna →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse describes understanding the Dhamma as like drawing oneself from water to dry land. Thag.88
annabhāra →
dppn
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. …
anuruddha →
dppn
First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …
ariṭṭha →
dppn
Ariṭṭha1
A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumb …
asibandhakaputta →
dppn
A headman (gāmani). He came to the Buddha in the Pārileyyaka Mango Grove in Nāḷandā and asked him various questions, recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.312ff. One of these related to the custo …
assaji →
dppn
…Buddha’s teaching:
“ye dhammā hetuppabhavā tesam hetum Tathāgato āha tesañ ca yo nirodho, evaṃvādī Mahāsamano.”
Sāriputta…
avanti →
dppn
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. …
aññātakoṇḍañña →
dppn
AññātakoṇḍaññaKoṇḍañña
One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …
bandhura →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of not wanting to drink poison after tasting the Dhamma. Thag.103
bhadrā →
dppn
A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of going forth out of faith and attaining the Dhamma. Thig.9
bhāradvāja →
dppn
Bhāradvāja1
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178
Bhāradvāja2
He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …
buddha →
dppn
BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā
The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha Gotama, and he was a Khattiya of the Sakiyan clan. …
bārānasī →
dppn
BārānasīBenares
The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …
citta →
dppn
Citta1
A householder of Macchikāsaṇḍa, where he was Treasurer. He was later declared by the Buddha to be pre-eminent among laymen who preached the Doctrine. AN.i.26
When Mahānāma visited …
cūḷapanthaka →
dppn
An eminent arahant, declared chief among monks skilled in creating forms by mind-power and in mental “evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa). AN.i.23
His Theragathā verses speak of how slow his progress was in …
dakkhiṇāgiri →
dppn
A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …
devadatta →
dppn
A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …
dhammadinnā →
dppn
An eminent Therī, ranked foremost among nuns who possessed the gift of preaching. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verse says that one without attachment is bound upstream. Thig.12 In Rājagaha her former husban …
dhammapāla →
dppn
Dhammapāla
A monk whose Theragāthā verses praise the young monk who by virtue of his practice is awake while the world sleeps. Thag.203–204
dhammasava →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth and attaining the three knowledges. Thag.107
dhammasava-pitā →
dppn
Dhammasava-pitā
Father of Dhammasava. He was one hundred and twenty years old when he went forth. Thag.108
ekadhammasavanīya →
dppn
EkadhammasavanīyaEkadhammasavaniyaEkadhammika
A monk whose verse is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.67
esukārī →
dppn
A brahmin who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and asks him various questions on castes and their distinctions, from the point of view of their functions. The Buddha replies that birth’s invidious bar ha …
gijjhakūṭa →
dppn
…on the seven Aparihānīyadhammā, AN.iv.21f. the Mahāsāropama and Āṭānāṭiya Suttas. SN.ii.155 SN.ii.185 SN.ii.190 SN.ii.241…
hatthaka →
dppn
Hatthaka1
A monk. He was a Sākyan and loved holding discussions with the heretics. When he suffered defeat at their hands, he would resort to falsehood and evasion, or would ask his oppone …
inda →
dppn
Inda1
Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …
indapatta →
dppn
A town in the Kuru country. In the Kurudhamma Jataka J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; J.iv.361; J.v.457; J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanava …
isidatta →
dppn
Isidatta1
A verse uttered by Isidatta, in response to the Buddha’s enquiry regarding his welfare, is recorded in the Therāgāthā. Thag.120
According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 I …
isipatana →
dppn
IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park
An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …
kammāsadhamma →
dppn
KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma
A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …
kaṇhadinna →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses describe how he heard the Dhamma, practiced, and overcame all defileents. Thag.179–180
kimbila →
dppn
KimbilaKimilaKimmila
A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. He was converted with Bhaddiya and four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship wit …
kokanadā →
dppn
Two daughters of Pajjunna, both called Kokanadā, though the younger was sometimes called Cūḷa-Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, the Dhamm …
kuru →
dppn
A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …
kuṇḍala →
dppn
KuṇḍalaKulakuṇḍalaKuḷakuṇḍalaKulaKuḷa
The verse attributed to Kundala in the Theragāthā Thag.19 occurs twice in the Dhammapada
kāsi →
dppn
KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama
One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.
At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …
macchikāsaṇḍa →
dppn
A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281
It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.
S …
mahākassapa →
dppn
MahākassapaKassapaPippali
One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …
mahākoṭṭhita →
dppn
MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita
One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical knowledge. AN.i.24 His Theragāthā verse speaks of contentment and sha …
mahāmoggallāna →
dppn
…he had heard from Assaji ye dhammā hetuppabhavā, etc., and Moggallāna also became a sotāpanna. The two then resolved to visit the Buddha at…
mahānāga →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses warn of the dangers that face a monk who neglects the Dhamma. Thag.387–392
mallikā →
dppn
Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala.
Mallika’s knowledge of the Dhamma made her wiser than Pasenadi would have desired, and he once, in a moment of great affection, asked if anyone were dearer to …
medāḷupa →
dppn
MedāḷupaMedatalumpa
A Sākyan village three leagues from Nagaraka. MN.ii.119 Pasenadi when staying there with Dīgha Kārāyana, heard that the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was prea …
migāramātupāsāda →
dppn
The name given to the monastery erected by Visākhā Migāramātā in the Pubbārāma, to the east of Sāvatthī. It is said that, one day, when Visākhā had gone to the monastery to hear the Dhamma and afterwa …
moḷiyasīvaka →
dppn
A Paribbājaka. He once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and questioned him regarding predestination. The Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humou …
nadīkassapa →
dppn
Brother of Uruvelā Kassapa. He received his name from living on the bank of the Nerañjara at the head of three hundred ascetics. His Thergāthā verses speak of how his former wrong views and practices …
nagaraka →
dppn
Nagaraka Naṅgaraka
A Sākyan township near Medatalumpa. From there Pasenadi, accompanied by Dīgha-Kārāyana, paid his last visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.118
The Bu …
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dppn
Nandaka1
Once, at the Buddha’s request, he preached a sermon to the nuns; on the first day they became sotāpannas, and, on the second, five hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 …
nerañjarāya →
dppn
NerañjarāyaNerañjara
A river. After the Enlightenment, the Buddha lived under the Ajapāla Nigrodha at Uruvelā, on the banks of this river. There Māra tempted him, and, later, Brahmā persuaded him to …
paripuṇṇaka →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the superiority of the taste of Dhamma over all other flavors. Thag.91
pasenadi →
dppn
PasenadiSeniya
King of Kosala and contemporary of the Buddha. Quite early in the Buddha’s ministry, Pasenadi became his follower and close friend, and his devotion to the Buddha lasted till his death …
purāṇa →
dppn
Purāṇa1
A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …
puṇṇa →
dppn
Puṇṇa1
He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country. One day he asked the Buddha for a short lesson so that, having learnt it, he might go back to dwe …
revata →
dppn
Revata1Khadiravaniya
An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers. AN.i.24
His Theragāthā verses appear under two names. As Khadiravaniya he admonishe …
sahadhammā →
dppn
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahampati →
dppn
A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged of him to open to the world the doors of …
sakka →
dppn
SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya
Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.
- Maghavā, be …
sakulā →
dppn
Sakulā1
The foremost among nuns in the divine eye. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses say that while still living in the household, she heard the Dhamma taught by a monk, and then saw the Dhamm …
samiddhi →
dppn
Samiddhi
Once, while he was at Silāvati musing on his good fortune as a monk, Māra tried to terrify him. Samiddhi told the Buddha of this, but the Buddha asked him to stay on where he was. He obeyed, …
sanaṅkumāra →
dppn
A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …
sarabha →
dppn
A Paribbājaka who joined the Order and soon after left it. He then went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Ord …
sarakāni →
dppn
SarakāniSaraṇāni
A Sākyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a sotāpanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sākyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the train …
somā →
dppn
Somā1
One day, as she was meditating at the foot of a tree in Andhavana, Māra, wishing to interrupt her privacy, approached her, invisible in the air, and teased her, remarking on the “two …
soṇa →
dppn
Soṇa1
A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …
sudhamma →
dppn
Sudhamma1
He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambātakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his house for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several em …
sugandha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth after one rainy season, then attaining the Dhamma. Thag.24
sukkā →
dppn
Sukkā1
A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …
sunakkhatta →
dppn
A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha, but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Budd …
sundarasamudda →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses tell of how he was tempted by a courtesan. She showed herself to him, decked and adorned and wearing golden slippers, and invited him in with seductive manner. But seein …
sundarī →
dppn
Sundarī1
A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses consist of a dialogue, firstly between her father Sujāta and a bhikkhunī, Vāsiṭṭhī, Thig.313–324 and later between Sundarī and her mother. Thig …
sunīta →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his humble origins and how he bowed and scaped before many people, until he was lifted up by the Buddha. Practcing in the forest he realized the Dhamma, so that …
suppatiṭṭhita →
dppn
A nigrodha tree belonging to king Koravya. The king and his court ate the first portion of the fruit as big as pipkins and sweet; the army had the second portion, the town and country people the thi …
suppiya →
dppn
Suppiya1
A Paribbājaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, …
sāmāvatī →
dppn
One of the chief consorts of King Udena. In the Udāna it is said that she was the head of 500 women of the harem of the King who perished in afire, all of whom had attained the Dhamma. Ud.vii.10
Sāmā …
sāriputta →
dppn
Sāriputta
The chief disciple of Gotama- Buddha. He is also called Upatissa, which was evidently his personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great friend of Mahāmoggallāna. After going forth together …
uddaka →
dppn
UddakaRāmaputta
One of the teachers under whom Gotama, after leaving the world and before he became the Buddha, received instruction. Uddaka taught him the doctrine which had been realised and procla …
ugga →
dppn
He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivalled in power and wealth the seṭṭhi Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha …
ukkalā →
dppn
A district identified with modern Orissa. The merchants Tapussa and Bhalluka were on the way from Ukkalā, when they visited the Buddha shortly after his Awakening, near Uruvelā, and offered food to hi …
upavatta →
dppn
UpavattaUpavattana
The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …
upavāna →
dppn
A monk who was occasionally the attendant of the Buddha, and who features in a number of discourses. Once when the Buddha was attacked by cramp, Upavāna, with the help of his lay-friend Devahita, obt …
upāli →
dppn
Upāli 1
One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …
vakkali →
dppn
Vakkali
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …
vappa →
dppn
Vappa 1
One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …
vaḍḍha →
dppn
Vaḍḍha1
A Licchavi. He was a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, …
vedalla →
dppn
The last of the nine aṅgas or portions of the Dhamma classified according to literary form. MN.i.133 Vin.iii.8 It probably included analytical texts.
vepacitti →
dppn
VepacittiSambara
An Asura chieftain, who was present with Namuci (Māra) at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya …
veyyākaraṇa →
dppn
One of the nine aṅgas, into which the Dhamma was organized by way of literary style. It means “Answer” or “Explanation” and refers to discourses elaborated by way of question and answer.
vidhura →
dppn
One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.ii.191 He received his name because he was a peerless preacher of the Dhamma. MN.i.333
vijayā →
dppn
A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses say that she went to the monastery up to five times before being approached by a bhikkhunī, who taght her the Dhamma, so that now she dwells in freedom and bliss. T …
visākha →
dppn
Visākha1
Husband of Dhammadinnā. After Dhammadinnā had joined the Order, she left the city and retired into the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, …
yakkha →
dppn
A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).
Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …
yamelutekulā →
dppn
Two brahmins, probably named Yamelu and Tekula, who proposed to the Buddha that the Dhamma should be put into Sanskrit metre chandasi. The Buddha refused their request. Vin.ii.139
yasa →
dppn
Yasa 1
He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …
bodhipakkhiya-dhamma →
farkas
a megvilágosodás velejárói, kísérői
dhamma-vicaya →
farkas
a Tan tanulmányozása, kutatása
abbhutadhamma →
ncped
the name of one of the nine categories (aṅgas) of the scriptures
abhidhamma →
ncped
the name (of the analytic exposition) of the third pitaka of the Buddhist Canon.
abhidhammakatha →
ncped
discourse about the doctrine or about dhamma
abhidhamme →
ncped
as regards the doctrine; as regards the dhammas.
aggadhamma →
ncped
the best doctrine; the best state or condition
ajjhesana →
ncped
request, entreaty (esp. to expound or recite the dhamma).
ajjhesati →
ncped
requests; asks (esp for instruction or recitation of the dhamma).
ajjhiṭṭha →
ncped
requested; asked (esp. to preach the dhamma)
akaṭānudhamma →
ncped
not dealt with according to the rule, not restored
akuppadhamma →
ncped
not not vulnerable to disturbance; whose essential nature is stability or unchangability
akusalā dhammā →
ncped
wrong practices or actions; evil conduct; harmful factors
anudhamma →
ncped
natural state or essential property; right method; method according to the dhamma, to the doctrine.
anudhammacāri →
ncped
following the (right) doctrine; living in accordance with the doctrine
anudhammacārin →
ncped
following the (right) doctrine; living in accordance with the doctrine
anudhammatā →
ncped
conformity to the doctrine; right method
anudhammaṃ →
ncped
- in accordance with the dhamma, with the doctrine.
- in accordance with.
anāvattidhamma →
ncped
not subject to return (to this world); not liable to turn back or change.
asahānadhammatā →
ncped
the not being liable to fail or be wanting; the having qualities which are not liable to fail (?):
attha →
ncped
attha1
m rarely neuter
- aim, purpose, goal; advantage, profit, benefit.
- use, need, want (+ instr.).
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- affair, concern, business; problem; thing, matter; (with verbs of saying, a …
aṇudhamma →
ncped
mean practice
cavanadhamma →
ncped
liable to fall from one existence to another; liable or about to die.
chaḍḍanīyadhamma →
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to be thrown away.
chaḍḍiyadhamma →
ncped
to be thrown away.
deyyadhamma →
ncped
fee; a gift; something (suitable) to give.
dhammabhisamaya →
ncped
right understanding of dhamma.
dhammacakka →
ncped
- the wheel or discuss of dhamma’s authority (esp. as initiated by the Buddha’s first teaching); the sway of dhamma.
- a wheel that is dhamma.
dhammacakkappavattana →
ncped
preaching of the universal righteousness.
dhammacakkhu →
ncped
insight into, understanding of, dhamma.
dhammacariyā →
ncped
right action, virtuous behavior.
dhammacetiya →
ncped
veneration of dhamma.
dhammacintanā →
ncped
reflection on, examination of, dhamma.
dhammacodaka →
ncped
(a bhikkhu) who accuses (someone) of an offense properly, by the rules.
dhammacudita →
ncped
(a bhikkhu) accused of an offense properly, by the rules.
dhammacuditaka →
ncped
dhammacāri →
ncped
acting, behaving, rightly.
dhammacārin →
ncped
acting, behaving, rightly.
dhammadasa →
ncped
seeing, understanding, dhamma.
dhammaddasa →
ncped
seeing, understanding, dhamma.
dhammadesanā →
ncped
, ~a, neuter teaching, exposition of, dhamma.
dhammadessi →
ncped
who hates, is hostile to, dhamma.
dhammadessin →
ncped
who hates, is hostile to, dhamma.
dhammadhara →
ncped
(one) versed in dhamma; (one) who holds firm to dhamma.
dhammadhipa →
ncped
with dhamma as master; guided by dhamma.
dhammadhātu →
ncped
- the element, the sphere, the range, of dhamma and/or dhammas, i.e. the whole world of experience.
- the constituent element that is mental concepts or mental states.
dhammadīpa →
ncped
with dhamma as an island, a refuge; relying on dhamma.
dhammagarahi →
ncped
blaming, finding fault with, dhamma.
dhammagarahin →
ncped
blaming, finding fault with, dhamma.
dhammagaru →
ncped
respectful, obedient to, dhamma.
dhammagutta →
ncped
protected by the dhamma; who protects the dhamma.
dhammagārava →
ncped
- (n.) respect for dhamma.
- (mfn.) respectful, obedient to, dhamma.
dhammajīvi →
ncped
living doing what is right; honest and dutiful.
dhammajīvin →
ncped
living doing what is right; honest and dutiful.
dhammakamma →
ncped
an official act of the saṅgha correctly carried out; a valid act.
dhammakaraka →
ncped
water-vessel.
dhammakathika →
ncped
(one) who discourses on dhamma; a preacher.
dhammakathā →
ncped
discourse on dhamma; talk about dhamma.
dhammakkhandha →
ncped
group of dhammas (as good practices and attainments)
dhammakāya →
ncped
(one) who has a body which is dhamma.
dhamman →
ncped
dry soil; a shore.
dhammanetti →
ncped
the leading rope, the guiding rope, that is dhamma (?)
dhammanijjhānakhanti →
ncped
readiness to accept teachings after reflection; teachings preferred after reflection.
dhammanisanti →
ncped
attending carefully to dhamma.
dhammanupassi →
ncped
observing, considering, dhammas.
dhammanupassin →
ncped
observing, considering, dhammas.
dhammanussati →
ncped
calling dhamma to mind.
dhammanusāri →
ncped
who follows dhamma; who develops understanding.
dhammanusārin →
ncped
who follows dhamma; who develops understanding.
dhammapada →
ncped
- a portion of dhamma; an element of practice; a portion of the teaching.
- one of the collections making up the Khuddakanikāya of the Pāḷi canon.
dhammapariyatti →
ncped
learning the dhamma, mastering the teachings.
dhammapariyāya →
ncped
method of teaching dhamma; an exposition of dhamma.
dhammapaṭirūpaka →
ncped
false representation of the teachings or the rule.
dhammapaṭisambhidā →
ncped
, ~a, neuter analytic knowledge of dhamma or dhammas; understanding of causes.
dhammapaṭisaṃyutta →
ncped
connected with dhamma.
dhammapīti →
ncped
- drinking the dhamma (according to commentaries)
- having joy in the dhamma (?)
dhammarāja →
ncped
dhammarājan →
ncped
- a just king; a rightful.
- the king of dhamma.
dhammasamuppāda →
ncped
an arising of dhammas; an event, a matter.
dhammasandosa →
ncped
defilement of, damage to, dhamma.
dhammasaṅgaha →
ncped
favoring, kind treatment, with dhamma.
dhammasāri →
ncped
following dhamma (?); impelling dhamma (?)
dhammasārin →
ncped
following dhamma (?); impelling dhamma (?)
dhammathera →
ncped
an elder in dhamma, one venerable because of his qualities.
dhammatta →
ncped
, abstr. the being legal or valid, the being according to the rule.
dhammatthenaka →
ncped
thief of dhamma (who enters the saṅgha dishonestly)
dhammatthera →
ncped
an elder in dhamma, one venerable because of his qualities.
dhammatā →
ncped
- normal custom, habit; what is to be expected; the usual way.
- the real nature of things; how things are.
dhammaveda →
ncped
knowledge or joy in the teaching.
dhammavicaya →
ncped
discrimination of dhammas; discernment of dhamma (one of the seven bojjhaṅgas)
dhammavādi →
ncped
speaking what is dhamma, what is in accordance with the teaching or the rule; declaring dhamma.
dhammavādin →
ncped
speaking what is dhamma, what is in accordance with the teaching or the rule; declaring dhamma.
dhammayoga →
ncped
applying oneself to the dhamma, to the teachings.
dhammayāgi →
ncped
(one) who offers dhamma.
dhammayāgin →
ncped
(one) who offers dhamma.
dhammaññū →
ncped
knowing the dhamma; knowing what is right.
dhammaṃ carati →
ncped
does one’s duty, does what is right; lives righteously; practices the dhamma.
dhammaṭṭha →
ncped
- (one) who abides by what is right or is the rule; just; rightly based; firm in dhamma.
- (one) who abides in justice; a judge; an adjudicator.
dhammiyamāna →
ncped
acting in accordance with dhamma, with the rule.
dhammketu →
ncped
with dhamma as one’s banner.
dhammādhipatteyya →
ncped
- (n.) control by dhamma.
- (mfn.) with dhamma as controlling influence.
dhammādāsa →
ncped
the mirror of the dhamma.
dhammānuvatti →
ncped
acting in conformity with dhamma.
dhammānuvattin →
ncped
acting in conformity with dhamma.
dhammārāma →
ncped
delighting in the mental constructs; delighting in dhamma.
dhammāyatana →
ncped
the object that is a mental construct.
dhammī →
ncped
connected with dhamma.
dhammīkathā →
ncped
talk connected with dhamma.
dhammūpasaṃhita →
ncped
- connected with the dhamma.
- connected with mental constructs.
diṭṭhadhamma →
ncped
who has seen the dhamma.
diṭṭhadhammanibbāna →
ncped
nibbāna in this life.
diṭṭhadhammasukha →
ncped
happiness in this life.
diṭṭhadhammābhinibbuta →
ncped
calmed in this life (or: who has seen the dhamma and is calmed?)
garudhamma →
ncped
- an important or serious offense; a breach of serious rule of observance.
- an important or exacting rule of observances (perhaps an observance of respect?), one of the eight specific rules of beha …
gāmadhamma →
ncped
sexual intercourse.
jarādhamma →
ncped
subject to growing old or decaying.
jātidhamma →
ncped
subject to, characterized by, birth; liable to come into being.
khīyadhamma →
ncped
the practice of complaining publicly, the action of public criticism, denunciation
khīyanadhamma →
ncped
he practice of complaining publicly, the action of public criticism, denunciation.
kusalā dhammā →
ncped
right practices or actions; good conduct; virtues; factors conducing to well-being
nassanadhamma →
ncped
liable to perish, to disappear.
nirodhadhamma →
ncped
liable to cessation; inevitably ceasing.
uddhamma →
ncped
contrary to the doctrine; unlawful; what is not the doctrine’,
uposatha →
ncped
- (for non-buddhists) a fastday, a day of purification; (for Buddhists) a day on which lay-followers undertake to observe eight abstinence and on which they listen to teaching on the dhamma (usuall …
uttarimanussadhamma →
ncped
(& mfn.?) an extraordinary or superhuman quality or attainment; (beyond the human norm; extraordinary)
abhisamaya →
nyana
…Frequently occurring as dhammābhisamaya ‘realization of the doctrine’ se e: XIII ābhisamaya - samyutta and Pts.M. ābhisamaya -…
adhipaññā-dhamma-vipassanā →
nyana
Adhipaññā-dhamma-vipassanā: ‘insight into things based on higher understanding’, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight see: vipassanā.
akuppa-dhamma →
nyana
Akuppa-dhamma: The unshakeable state; is that of one who has attained full mastery over the absorptions jhāna. In Pug. 4 it is said: What person is unshakable? If a person gains the meditative …
anattā →
nyana
…are no-self sabbe dhammā anattā M. 35, Dhp. 279. This is for emphasizing that the common false view of an abiding, same, constant,…
anicca →
nyana
…Strive enthusiasticly! Vayadhammā sankhārā, appamādena sampādetha; D. 16.
Without this deep insight into the impermanence and…
anicca-saññā →
nyana
Anicca-saññā: Perception of impermanence, is defined in the Girimananda Sutta A. X. 60 as meditation on the impermanence of the five clusters of clinging:
Though, with a faithful heart, one take …
anussati →
nyana
…his Doctrine, The Dhamma, dhammānussati
3: Recollection of his Sangha Community of Noble Disciples, sanghānussati
4: Recollection of…
aparihāna-dhamma →
nyana
Aparihāna-dhamma: ‘incapable of relapse’, or ‘of falling away’, namely, with regard to deliverance from some or all mental chains of existence see: samyojana. Thus all Noble Disciples are calle …
aparihāniya-dhamma →
nyana
Aparihāniya-dhamma: ‘conditions of welfare’ lit. of non-decline, for a nation. Seven such conditions are mentioned in the Mahā-Parinibbāna Sutta D. 16. They are followed by five sets of 7, and …
ariya-puggala →
nyana
…
5: The Dhamma-devotee dhammānusārī,
6: The vision-attainer ditthippatta,
7: The one liberated by understanding…
asankhārika-citta →
nyana
Asankhārika-citta: An Abhidhamma term signifying a ’state of consciousness arisen spontaneously, i. e. without previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence: ’unprepared, unpr …
atta-kilamatha →
nyana
Atta-kilamatha: Self-mortification = self-torture, is one of the two extremes to be avoided, the other extreme being addiction to sensual pleasures kāma - sukha, whilst the Noble 8-fold p …
bhavanga-sota →
nyana
Bhavanga-sota: and Bhavanga-citta: The first term may tentatively be rendered as the ‘undercurrent forming the condition of being, or existence’, and the second as ‘subconsciousness’, though …
bhāvanā →
nyana
…the Doctrine dhammānussati, the Brotherhood of the Noble Ones sanghānussati, morality, generosity, the divine beings, death…
bodhi →
nyana
…bodhipakkhiya - dhammā. In one of the later books of the Sutta-Pitaka, the Buddhavamsa, 10 bodhipācana-dhammā are mentioned,…
bodhipakkhiya-dhammā →
nyana
…all the 37 bodhipakkhiya-dhammā are enumerated and explained though not called by that name. A detailed explanation of them is given in Vis.M…
bojjhanga →
nyana
…nāma - rūpa - dhammā as presented to the investigating mind by awareness or mindfulness, the 1st factor. With that interpretation,…
cakka →
nyana
Cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and symbolizes conquering progress and expanding s …
cetasika →
nyana
Cetasika: ‘mental things, mental properties’, are those mental properties which are bound up with the simultaneously arising consciousness citta = viññāna and conditioned by its presence. Wh …
chanda →
nyana
Chanda: intention, desire, will.
- As an ethically neutral psychological term, in the sense of ‘intention’, it is one of those general mental properties cetasika Tab. II taught in th …
fixity →
nyana
Fixity: see: niyama tathatā dhamma-tthiti-ñāna
hadaya-vatthu →
nyana
Hadaya-vatthu: ‘heart as physical base’ of mental life. The heart, according to the commentaries as well as to the general Buddhist tradition, forms the physical base vatthu of consciousness In …
hasituppāda-citta →
nyana
Hasituppāda-citta: lit. ‘consciousness producing mirth’ smile, is found in the Abhidhammattha Sangaha as a name for the joyful mind-consciousness element manoviññāna - dhātu Tab. I. 72 aris …
hetu →
nyana
Hetu: ‘cause’, condition, reason; Abhidhamma root-condition. In sutta usage it is almost synonymous with paccaya ‘condition’, and often occurs together with it ’What is the cause, what is the c …
indriya →
nyana
Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:
6 Bases āyatana:
- eye: …
inference of meaning →
nyana
[[inference of meaning]]Inference of meaning: an ‘expression the meaning of which is to be inferred’: neyyattha-dhamma - Antonym: ‘expression with an established meaning’: nītattha-dhamma s …
investigation →
nyana
Investigation: full understanding through: tīranapariññā see: pariññā - ‘Investigation’ vīmamsā is one of the 4 roads to power iddhipāda and one of the 4 predominants adhipati s *paccay …
jhāna →
nyana
Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …
paccaya →
nyana
Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …
padhāna →
nyana
Padhāna: ‘effort.’ The 4 right efforts samma - padhāna forming the 6th stage of the 8-fold path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overc …
papañca →
nyana
Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …
paramattha →
nyana
…sense paramattha - dhammā But also in the Sutta Pitaka there are many expositions in terms of ultimate language paramattha -…
parihāna-dhamma →
nyana
Parihāna-dhamma: ‘liable to decline’.;Now, someone reaches the attainments absorptions: jhāna of the fine-material or immaterial sphere see: avacara But he does not reach them according to h …
paticcasamuppāda →
nyana
Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …
patisambhidā →
nyana
Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …
pativedha →
nyana
Pativedha: ‘penetration’, signifies the realization of the truth of the Dhamma, as distinguished from the mere acquisition of its wording pariyatti or the practice patipatti of it, in other wo …
pūjā →
nyana
Pūjā: 1 honour, respect, homage, 2 worship, devotional observances, devotional offerings; also offerings to Bhikkhus.
1: The Mahā-mangala Sutta Sn. 259 says that;Honour and respect towards those …
tanhā →
nyana
Tanhā: lit. ‘thirst’: ‘craving’, is the chief root of suffering, and of the ever-continuing cycle of rebirths.;What, o Bhikkhus, is the origin of suffering? It is that craving which gives rise to …
ti-pitaka →
nyana
Ti-pitaka: ’ The Three Baskets’, is the name for the 3 main divisions of the Pāli Canon: the Basket of Discipline Vinaya Pitaka, the Basket of Discourses Sutta Pitaka and the Basket ot Philosophy …
ti-ratana →
nyana
Ti-ratana: ‘Three Jewels’ or Three Gems, which by all Buddhists are revered as the most venerable things, are the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Noble Sangha.’ i.e.: the Enlightened One; the law of d …
ti-sarana →
nyana
Ti-sarana: ‘Threefold Refuge’, in which every faithful adherent of the Buddha puts his whole trust, consists in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha see: prec..
The Buddha, or Enlightened One, …
ākāsa →
nyana
Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.
- Limited space, under th …
ānantariya →
nyana
Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …
ārammana →
nyana
…The mental-object dhammārammana may be physical or mental, past, present or future, real or imaginary. The 5 sense-objects belong to…
āyatana →
nyana
…mental-object-source dhammāyatana is identical with ‘mental-object-element’ dhamma-dhātu, dhātu II-17 and dhammārammana see:…
abbhuta →
pts
…phrase acchariyā abbhutā dhammā wonderful & extraordinary signs or things MN.iii.118, MN.iii.125; AN.ii.130; AN.iv.198; Mil.8; and in…
abhidhamma →
pts
the “special Dhamma,” i.e.
- theory of the doctrine, the doctrine classified, the doctrine pure and simple (without any admixture of literary grace or of personalities, or of anecdotes, or of argume …
abhijjamāna →
pts
adjective that which is not being broken up or divided. In the stock descrīption of the varieties of the lower Iddhi the phrase udake pi abhijjamāne gacchati is doubtful. The principal passages are …
abhijānāti →
pts
to know by experience, to know fully or thoroughly, to recognise know of (c. acc.), to be conscious or aware of DN.i.143; SN.ii.58, SN.ii.105, SN.ii.219, SN.ii.278; SN.iii.59, SN.iii.91; SN.iv.50, SN. …
abhisamaya →
pts
“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …
abhisameta →
pts
completely grasped or realised, understood mastered SN.v.128 (dhamma a.), SN.v.440 (anabhisametāni cattāri ariyasaccāni, cp. Divy.654 anabhisamitāni c.a.) AN.iv.384 (appattaṃ asacchikataṃ +).
pp. of …
abhisamācārika →
pts
adjective belonging to the practice of the lesser ethics; to be practiced; belonging to or what is the least to be expected of good conduct, proper. Of sikkhā Vin.v.181; AN.ii.243 …
abhisaṃvisati →
pts
Only in abhisaṃvisseyyagattaṃ (or -bhastaṃ or -santuṃ) Thig.466 a compound of doubtful derivation and meaning. Mrs. Rh. D., following Dhammapāla (p. 283) ʻa bag of skin with carrion filled’.
abhi …
abhivinaya →
pts
higher discipline, the refinements of discipline or Vinaya; combd. with abhidhamma, e.g. DN.iii.267; MN.i.472; also with vinaya Vin.v.1 sg.
abhi + vinaya
abhiviññāpeti →
pts
to turn somebody’s mind on (c. acc.), to induce somebody (dat.) to (acc.) Vin.iii.18 (purāṇadutiyikāya methunaṃ dhammaṃ abhiviññāpesi).
abhi + viññāpeti
acchariya →
pts
…phrase acchariyā abbhutā dhammā strange & wonderful things, i.e. wonderful signs, portents marvels, MN.iii.118 MN.iii.125; AN.iv.198; Mil.8;…
adhamma →
pts
see dhamma.
adhigacchati →
pts
to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …
adhikaraṇa →
pts
- attendance, supervision, management of affairs, administration Pv-a.209.
- relation, reference, reason, cause, consequence DN.ii.59 (-˚: in consequence of); SN.ii.41; SN.v.19. Esp. acc. -ṃ as …
adhikusala →
pts
adjective in ˚ā dhammā “items of higher righteousness” DN.iii.145.
adhi + kusala
adhipaka →
pts
adjective (-˚) mastering, ruling or governed, influenced by (cp. adhipati) AN.i.150 (atta loka˚ dhamma˚).
fr. prec.
adhīyati →
pts
adhiyati to study, lit. to approach (cp adhigacchati); to learn by heart (the Vedas & other Sacred Books) Vin.i.270; SN.i.202 (dhammapadāni); Ja.iv.184 (adhīyitvā), Ja.iv.496 (adhīyamāna); Ja.vi.458; …
akkha →
pts
Akkha1
the axle of a wheel DN.ii.96; SN.v.6; AN.i.112; Ja.i.109, Ja.i.192; Ja.v.155 (akkhassa phalakaṃ yathā; C.: suvaṇṇaphalakaṃ viya, i.e. shiny, like the polished surface of an axle …
anamatagga →
pts
adjective epithet of Saṃsāra “whose beginning and end are alike unthinkable”, i.e., without beginning or end. Found in two passages of the Canon SN.ii.178, SN.ii.187 sq. = SN.iii.149, SN.iii.151 = SN. …
anariya →
pts
adjective not Aiyan, ignoble, low Vin.i.10; DN.iii.232 (˚vohāra, 3 sets of 4 the same at Vin.v.125); Snp.664, Snp.782 (˚dhamma); Pp.13
■ See ariya.
an + ariya, see also anāriya
antaradhāna →
pts
disappearance AN.i.58 (saddhammassa); AN.ii.147; AN.iii.176 sq.; Mil.133; Dhs.645 Dhs.738, Dhs.871. Cp. ˚dhāyana.
fr. antaradhāyati
anu →
pts
Anu1
indeclinable prep. & pref
A.
As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …
anubuddha →
pts
…known DN.ii.123 (˚ā ime dhammā); SN.i.137 (dhammo vimalen’ ânubuddho ii.203; iv.188; AN.ii.1; AN.iii.14; AN.iv.105; Snp-a.431. In phrase…
anudhamma →
pts
…with dhamma as dhammānudhamma to be judged as a redupl. cpd after the manner of compounds mentioned under…
anudhammatā →
pts
[abstr. to anudhamma) lawfulness, conformity to the Dhamma AN.ii.46; Pts.i.35, Pts.i.36.
anudīpeti →
pts
to explain Mil.227 (dhammâdhammaṃ).
anu + dīpeti
anupada →
pts
- the “afterfoot”, i.e. second foot of a verse, also a mode of reciting where the second foot is recited without the first one Vin.iv.15 (cp. 355); Mil.340 (anupadena anupadaṃ katheti).
- (adj.) (fo …
anupubba →
pts
adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …
anusatthi →
pts
admonition, rule, instruction Ja.i.241; Mil.98, Mil.172, Mil.186 (dhamma˚), Mil.225, Mil.227, Mil.347.
Sk. anuśāsti, anu + śās, cp. anusāsana
anusavati →
pts
…ti](/define/anuseti)*…
anussarati →
pts
to remember, recollect, have memory of (acc.), bear in mind; be aware of DN.ii.8, DN.ii.53, DN.ii.54 (jātito etc.); SN.iii.86 sq. (pubbenivāsaṃ), SN.v.67 (dhammaṃ a. anuvitakketi), 303 (kappasahassaṃ) …
anussati →
pts
remembrance, recollection, thinking of, mindfulness. A late list of subjects to be kept in mind comprises six anussati-ṭṭhānāni, viz. Buddha˚, Dhamma˚, Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚; i.e. prope …
anusārin →
pts
…or after Freq. in formula dhammānusārin saddhānusārin living in conformity with the Norm & the Faith DN.iii.254; MN.i.142, MN.i.479;…
anuttara →
pts
adjective “nothing higher”, without a superior, incomparable, second to none, unsurpassed, excellent, preeminent Snp.234 (= adhikassa kassaci abhāvato Kp-a.193), 1003; Dhp.23, Dhp.55 (= asadisa appaṭ …
anuvattana →
pts
complying with, conformity with (-˚), compliance, observance, obedience Ja.i.367 (dhamma˚); Ja.v.78.
abstr. fr. anuvattati
anuvattin →
pts
adjective following, acting according to or in conformity with (-˚), obedient Ja.ii.348 (f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.i …
anuvicarati →
pts
to wander about, stroll roam through, explore DN.i.235; Ja.ii.128; Ja.iii.188; Pv-a.189 (= anupariyāti)
caus -vicāreti to think over (lit. to make one’s mind wander over), to meditate ponder (cp …
anuvicinteti →
pts
to think or ponder over, to meditate DN.ii.203; SN.i.203 (yoniso ˚cintaya, imper “marshall thy thoughts in ordered governance” Mrs. Rh. DN variant reading anucintaya); Thag.747; Dhp.364; Iti.82 (dhamm …
anuyoga →
pts
- application, devotion to (-˚), execution, practice of (-˚); often combd. with anuyutta in phrase -anuyogaṃ anuyutta = practisiṅg e.g. Vin.i.190 (maṇḍan’ ânuyogaṃ anuyutta); DN.iii.1 …
anāgāmin →
pts
adjective noun one who does not return, a Never-Returner, as tt. designating one who has attained the 3rd stage out of four in the breaking of the bonds (Saṃyojanas) which keep a man back …
anāsasāna →
pts
adjective not longing after anything Snp.369 (Snp-a.365 however reads anāsayāna & has anāsasāna as variant reading Cp. also vv.ll. to āsasāna. Expld by kañci rūpâdi-dhammaṃ nâsiṃsati Snp\ …
anāvattin →
pts
adjective noun one who does not return, almost syn. with anāgāmin in phrase anāvatti-dhamma one who is not destined to shift or return from one birth to another, DN.i.156 (cp. DN-a.i.313); DN-a.i …
appaṭivattiya →
pts
adjective
- not to be rolled back Snp.554 (of dhammacakka may however be taken in meaning of b.)
- irresistable Ja.ii.245 (sīhanada). Note. The spelling with ṭ is only found as variant reading at …
appicchatā →
pts
…Pv-a.73. As one of the 5 dhutanga-dhammā at Vism.81.
abstr. fr. prec.
araṇa →
pts
Araṇa1
adjective noun (adj.) living in solitude, far from the madding crowd MN.iii.237 (˚vibhanga-sutta); SN.i.44, SN.i.45; Ja.i.340 (tittha˚?).
Vedic araṇa fr. *ara √ ṛ; which as abl …
ariya →
pts
adjective noun
- (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
- (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
- (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …
asaddhamma →
pts
evil condition, sin, esp. sexual intercourse; usually mentioned as a set of several sins, viz. as 3 at Iti.85; as 4 at AN.ii.47; as 7 at DN.iii.252, DN.iii.282; as 8 at Vin.ii.202.
a + sat + dhamma …
asanto →
pts
Asat (Asanto)
not being, not being good, i.e. bad, not genuine (cp. asa); freq., e.g. Snp.94 Snp.131, Snp.881, Snp.950; Dhp.73, Dhp.77, Dhp.367; Iti.69 (asanto nirayaṃ nenti). See also *[asaddhamma]( …
asat →
pts
Asat (Asanto)
not being, not being good, i.e. bad, not genuine (cp. asa); freq., e.g. Snp.94 Snp.131, Snp.881, Snp.950; Dhp.73, Dhp.77, Dhp.367; Iti.69 (asanto nirayaṃ nenti). See also *[asaddhamma]( …
assāsa →
pts
- (lit.) breathing, esp. breathing out (so Vism.272), exhalation, opp. to passāsa inhalation, with which often combd. or contrasted; thus as cpd. assāsa-passāsa mea …
assāsika →
pts
adjective only in neg. an˚; not able to afford comfort, giving no comfort or security. MN.i.514 MN.iii.30 Ja.ii.298 (= aññaṁ assāsetuṁ asamatthaṭāya na assāsika). cp. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit anāśvā …
attan →
pts
…sq., SN.iii.196 sq.; sabbe dhammā anattā Vin.v.86; SN.iii.133 SN.iv.28, SN.iv.401.
- -attha one’s own profit or interest…
attha →
pts
Attha1
(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter
- interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …
atīta →
pts
adjective noun
- (temporal) past, gone by (cp. accaya 1)
- adj.; atītaṃ addhānaṃ in the time which is past SN.iii.86; AN.iv.219; AN.v.32
■ Pv.ii.12#12 (atītānaṃ, scil. attabhāvāuaṃ par …
- adj.; atītaṃ addhānaṃ in the time which is past SN.iii.86; AN.iv.219; AN.v.32
avecca →
pts
adverb certainly, definitely, absolutely, perfectly, expld. by Bdhgh. as acala (on DN.ii.217), or as paññāya ajjhogahetvā (on Snp.229); by Dhp. as apara-paccaya-bhāvena (on Pv.iv.1#25)
…
avedha →
pts
adjective not to be hurt or disturbed, inviolable unshakable, imperturbable Snp.322 (˚dhamma = akampanasabhāva Snp-a.331).
a + vedha, grd. of vidh (vyadh) to pierce, Sk. avedhya
avipariṇāma →
pts
absence of change, steadfastness, endurance DN.i.18; DN.iii.31, DN.iii.33 (˚dhamma); DN-a.i.113 (= jarā-vasena vipariṇāmassa abhāvato).
a + viparināma
avirūḷhi →
pts
absence or cesssation of growth Snp.235; Dhp-a.i.245 (˚dhamma).
a + virūḷhi
avāgata →
pts
only in phrase dhammā avāgat-amhā, we are fallen from righteousness, Ja.v.82 (C. explains apāgata).
ava + ā + gacchati
aññatra →
pts
adverb elsewhere, somewhere else Ja.v.252; Pv.iv.1#62. In compn. also añña˚, e.g. aññatra-yoga (adj.) following another discipline DN.i.187; MN.i.487
■ As prep. c. abl. (and instr.) but …
aññātar →
pts
one who knows, a knower of DN.ii.286; MN.i.169; SN.i.106 (dhammassa); Kv.561.
n. ag. to ājānāti
aṭṭha →
pts
…Vv-a.213 (avenika-buddhadhammā: Bhagavant’s qualities);
■ as measure Ja.vi.432 (18 hands high, of a fence);
■ of a…
bala →
pts
Bala1
neuter
- strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …
bhagga →
pts
…further “bhaggā pāpakā dhammā” Vism.211; bhaggā kilesā Mil.44; and bhagga -rāga, ˚dosa etc. (in def. of Bhagavā)…
bhedana →
pts
- breaking (open), in puṭa˚; breaking of the seed-boxes (of the Pāṭali plant), idiomatic for “merchandise” Mil.1 See under puṭa.
- (fig.) breach, division, destruction AN.iv.247 …
bhijjana →
pts
…(bhijjana-sabhāva of perishable nature; expln of bhidura Thig.35); Pv-a.41 (˚dhammā destructible, of sankhārā)
■ Der….
bhikkhu →
pts
…is “sattannaṃ dhammānaṃ bhinnattā bhikkhu” (because of the breaking or destroying of 7 things, viz. the 7 bad qualities leading…
bhāṇa →
pts
reciting or preaching, in pada˚; reciting the verses of the Scriptures Dhp-a.ii.95 (variant reading paṭibhāna), Dhp-a.iii.345; Dhp-a.iv.18.
- -vāra a section of the Scriptures …
bhūmaka →
pts
…Dhp-a.iv.72 (dhammā) catu˚; in 4 planes Dhs-a.296 (kusala); Dhp-a.i.35 (citta) The form -ika at Dhp-a.i.288 (with ref. to…
bhūmika →
pts
…Dhp-a.iv.72 (dhammā) catu˚; in 4 planes Dhs-a.296 (kusala); Dhp-a.i.35 (citta) The form -ika at Dhp-a.i.288 (with ref. to…
bimbi →
pts
(or bimbī) gold, of golden colour DN-a.i.280 = Snp-a.448 (in Bdhgh’s fanciful etym of king Bimbisāra, viz. bimbī ti suvaṇṇaṃ, sārasuvaṇṇa-sadisa-vaṇṇatāya B.).
- *-[jāla](/def …
bodha →
pts
…and in bodha-pakkhiyadhammā (for which usually bodhi˚) Snp-a.164 (where given as 37); complementary to santi (arousing soothing)…
bodhi →
pts
…lists of the b- p- dhammā. At AN.iii.70 only indriyesu guttadvāratā, bhojane mattaññutā and jāgariy’ ânuyoga are mentioned in…
bojjhaṅga →
pts
…in a list of qualities (dhammā) which contribute to the greatest happiness of gods and man, viz. the 4 satipaṭṭhānā, 4 sammapadhānā 4…
brahma →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brahmacariya →
pts
term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …
brahmañña →
pts
adjective brahman, of the brahman rank; brahmanhood, of higher conduct, leading a pure life DN.i.115 (at which passage DN-a.i.286 includes Sāriputta, Moggallāna & Mahākassapa in this rank) MN.ii.167; …
brahmā →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brāhmaṇa →
pts
…are e.g. “sattannaṃ dhammānaṃ bāhitattā br.” (like def. of bhikkhu) Mnd.86 = Cnd.464#a (cp Snp.519); ye keci bho-vādikā Mnd.249 =…
buddha →
pts
…the 18 dhammā and the 10 balāni they are gifted with the 4 vesārajjāni (AN.ii.9, cp. Mil.106) These teachers appear upon…
buddhatta →
pts
…fr….
cakka →
pts
I. Crude meaning
- a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
- a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
- a disc, a …
cakkhu →
pts
the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)
I. The eye as organ of sense
- psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …
cala →
pts
…fickle, transient SN.iv.68 (dhammā calā c’ eva vyayā ca aniccā, etc.); Ja.ii.299; Ja.iii.381; Ja.v.345; Mil.93, Mil.418 Sdhp.430, Sdhp.494….
carati →
pts
to move about, to “live and move,” to behave, to be
imper act. cara (Ja.i.152), carā (metri causa, Ja.iii.393); imper. med. carassu (Snp.696), pl. carāmase (= exhortative, Snp.32); -ppr. caranto …
cariya →
pts
cariyā (f.) (mostly-˚) conduct, behaviour, state of, life of. Three cariyās at Pts.i.79; six at Vism.101; eight at Pts.ii.19 sq., Pts.ii.225 & four sets of eight in detail at Cnd.237b. Ver …
catur →
pts
base of numeral four
- As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …
cavana →
pts
shifting, moving, passing away, only in ˚dhamma doomed to fall, destined to decease DN.i.18, DN.i.19; DN.iii.31, DN.iii.33; MN.i.326; Iti.76; Ja.iv.484; Ja.vi.482 (˚dhammatā).
from cavati
cetasika →
pts
…See Cpd. p. 1 and pt. II. Mrs. Rh. D., Bud. Psy. 6 148, 175. -cetasikā dhammā Pts.i.84; Vb.421; Dhs.3 Dhs.18, etc. (cp. Dhs. trsl.…
cha →
pts
…there are 6 buddha-dhammā (Cnd.466), 6 viññāṇakāyā (see upadhi); 6 senses & sense-organs (see…
chanda →
pts
…˚âdhipateyya-kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ uppādāya chandaṃ janeti vāyamati viriyaṃ ārabhati, etc., see citta v. 1 dβ.
…
chaḷ →
pts
…there are 6 buddha-dhammā (Cnd.466), 6 viññāṇakāyā (see upadhi); 6 senses & sense-organs (see…
citta →
pts
…classed with kāya vedanā dhammā under the (4) satipaṭṭhānas DN.ii.95, DN.ii.100, DN.ii.299 sq.; SN.v.114, etc. (see…
cārin →
pts
(only-˚) adjective walking, living, experiencing; behaving, acting, practising.
- lit. asanga˚ SN.i.199 akāla˚ Snp.386; ambu˚ Snp.62; vihangapatha˚ Sdhp.241; sapadāna˚ MN.i.30; Snp.65; pariyanta˚ S …
damma →
pts
adjective to be tamed or restrained; esp with ref. to a young bullock MN.i.225 (balagāvā dammagāvā the bulls & the young steers); Iti.80; also of other animals: assadamma-sārathi a horse-trainer AN. …
dasa →
pts
…under vassa); dasa-rāja-dhammā Ja.ii.367; das’ akkosa-vatthūni Dhp-a.i.212
■ See on similar sets AN.v.1–AN.v.310;…
dassana →
pts
- Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …
daḷha →
pts
adjective firm, strong, solid; steady, fast nt. adv. very much, hard, strongly DN.i.245; SN.i.77; AN.ii.33; Snp.321 (nāvā), Snp.357, Snp.701, Snp.821 (˚ṃ karoti to strengthen), Snp.966 (id.); Dhp.112; …
daṇḍa →
pts
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 …
desanā →
pts
- discourse, instruction, lesson SN.v.83, SN.v.108; Ja.iii.84; Pp.28; Ne.38; Vism.523 sq (regarding Paṭiccasamuppāda); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.2, Pv-a.9, Pv-a.11; Sdhp.213.
- Freq. in dhamma˚; moral inst …
deseti →
pts
to point out, indicate, show; set forth, preach, teach; confess. Very freq. in phrase dhammaṃ d. to deliver a moral discourse to preach the Dhamma Vin.i.15; Vin.ii.87, Vin.ii.188; Vin.v.125, Vin.v.1 …
desita →
pts
expounded, shown, taught etc., given, assigned, conferred Vin.iii.152 (marked out) Vin.v.137; DN.ii.154 (dhamma); Dhp.285 (nibbāna); Pv-a.4 (magga: indicated), Pv-a.54 (given).
pp. of deseti
dessin →
pts
adjective hating, detesting Snp.92 (dhamma˚); better desin, cp. viddesin.
Sk. dveṣin
deva →
pts
god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1a) …
deyya →
pts
adjective
- to be given (see below)
- deserving a gift, worthy of receiving alms Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).
- -dhamma a gift, …
dhaja →
pts
flag, banner; mark, emblem, sign, symbol Vin.i.306 (titthiya˚: outward signs of); Vin.ii.22 (gihi˚); SN.i.42 SN.ii.280; AN.ii.51; AN.iii.84 sq. (panna˚); MN.i.139 (id.) AN.iii.149 (dhamma); Ja.i.52 (\ …
dhammani →
pts
only found in SN.i.103, where the Comy. takes it as a locative, and gives, as the equivalent, “in a forest on dry land” (araññe thale). Cp. Kindred Sayings i.129, n. 2.
dhammatta →
pts
liability to be judged Vin.ii.55 (& a˚).
Sk. *dharmatvaṃ
dhammatā →
pts
conformity to the Dhammaniyāma (see niyāma), fitness, propriety; a general rule higher law, cosmic law, general practice, regular phenomenon usual habit; often used in the sense of …
dhammika →
pts
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 …
dhammin →
pts
Dhammin1
adjective only-˚: having the nature or quality of, liable to, consisting in, practising, acting like, etc. (as ˚dhamma B 2 a), viz. uppāda-vaya˚ DN.ii.157; maraṇa˚ (= maraṇadham …
dhammiya →
pts
adjective in accordance with the Dhamma Pv-a.242 (also a˚); Vism.306 (˚lābha).
Sk. dharmya; cp. dhammika
dhammī →
pts
in ˚kathā see dhamma2.
dhara →
pts
(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 …
dharati →
pts
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 …
dhuta →
pts
(& Dhūta)
- shaken, moved Dāvs v.49 (vāta˚).
- lit. “shaken off,” but always explained in the commentaries as “one who shakes off” either cvil dispositions (kilese), or obstacles to spiritual pro …
dhuva →
pts
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 …
dhāraṇa →
pts
- wearing, in mālā˚ (etc.) DN.i.5 = AN.ii.210 = Pp.58; Kp-a.37 cīvara˚ AN.ii.104 = Pp.45.
- maintaining, sustaining keeping up Mil.320 (āyu˚ bhojana).
- bearing in mind, remembrance Vin.iv.305; MN …
dhāreti →
pts
to hold, viz.
- 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 …
dhātu →
pts
element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.
- a primary element, of whic …
dhātuka →
pts
adjective (only-˚) having the nature, by nature, affected with, -like (cp. ˚dhamma B 2a); often simply first part of cpd. (cp. E. friend-like = friendly = friend Ja.i.438 (kiliṭṭha˚ mise …
dhīra →
pts
…Thag.4; Thag.2, Thag.7 (dhammā = tejussadehi ariyamaggadhammehi Thag-a.13); Ja.iii.396; Ja.v.116; Pv.ii.1#6 Pv.ii.9#45; Mnd.44, Mnd.55,…
diṭṭha →
pts
Diṭṭha1
- seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …
diṭṭhi →
pts
view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion
- The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …
donī →
pts
Donī1
feminine
- a (wooden) trough, a vat, tub SN.ii.259; AN.i.253; AN.v.323; Ja.i.450; Mil.56-tela˚ an oil vat AN.iii.58 (āyasā made of iron & used as a sarcophagus).
- a trough-shap …
dovacassa →
pts
…SN.ii.204 sq (˚karaṇā dhammā); MN.i.95 (id. specified); AN.ii.147 AN.iii.178; Ne.40, Ne.127.
contamination of Sk. *daurvacasya evil speech…
dukkha →
pts
…of the world“ (loka dhammā) with lābha (& a˚), yasa (a˚) pasaṃsā (nindā), sukha (dukkha) at DN.iii.260; Cnd.55 Regarded as a thing…
dvaya →
pts
adjective noun
- twofold Snp.886 (saccaṃ musā ti dvayadhammaṃ); Dhp.384; Pv.iv.1#29 (dvayaṃ vipākaṃ = duvidhaṃ Pv-a.228)- advaya single AN.v.46
- false, deceitful Vin.iii.21-nt. a duality, a p …
dvi →
pts
number two.
A. Meanings
I. Two as unit
- with objective foundation:
- denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …
dāna →
pts
- giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …
dāyāda →
pts
heir MN.i.86 = Cnd.199; SN.i.69, SN.i.90; SN.iv.72; AN.iii.72 sq.; Ja.iii.181; Ja.vi.151; Kp.viii.5. Often fig. with kamma˚; one who inherits his own deeds (see kamma 3 A b & co …
dīpa →
pts
Dīpa1
a lamp Ja.ii.104 (˚ṃ jāleti to light a l.); Dhp-a.ii.49 (id.), Dhp-a.ii.94 (id.)
dīpana →
pts
adjective illustrating, explaining; f. -ī explanation, commentary, Name of several Commentaries, e.g. the Paramattha-dīpanī of Dhammapāla on Th 2; Pv Vv
■ Cp. jotikā & uddīpanā.
ehi →
pts
come, come here Snp.165; Ja.ii.159; Ja.vi.367); Dhp-a.i.49. In the later language part. of exhortation = Gr. α ̓́γε, Lat. age, “come on” Dhp-a.ii.91; Pv-a.201 (+ tāva = α ̓́γεδή). *[ehipassika](/d …
gamana →
pts
- (nt.) the fact or the state of going, movement, journey, walk; (-˚) striving for, the leading of, pursuit AN.ii.48 sq. (gamanena na pattabbo lokass’ anto = one cannot walk to the end of the world) …
gambhīra →
pts
- adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
- lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
- fig of knowledge …
gandha →
pts
smell, viz.
- odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …
ganthati →
pts
…ganthitabba Dhs-a.69; dhammā g˚ ā (“states that tend to be are liable to be ties” Buddh. Ps. p. 305; Expositor 64) Dhs.1141;…
gantheti →
pts
…ganthitabba Dhs-a.69; dhammā g˚ ā (“states that tend to be are liable to be ties” Buddh. Ps. p. 305; Expositor 64) Dhs.1141;…
garu →
pts
- adj.
- lit. heavy, opp. lahu light, applied to bhāra, a load SN.iii.26; Ja.i.196 (= bhārika); Ja.vi.420; Dhp-a.i.48; Sdhp.494 (rūpagarubhāra the heavy load of “form”). Compa …
garuka →
pts
somewhat heavy.
- lit. Ja.i.134 (of the womb in pregnancy); Dhp.310; Mil.102. Usually coupled & contrasted with; lahuka, light: in def. of sense of touch Dhs.648; similarly w. si …
gati →
pts
…gati, vibhavo gati dhammānaṃ nibbānaṃ arahato gati: the wood is the sphere of the beasts, the air of the birds, decay is the state…
gaṇṭhikā →
pts
(freq. spelled gaṇḍikā, q.v.) = gaṇṭhi, viz.
- a knot, a tie DN-a.i.199 (catu-pañca-gaṇṭhik’āhata patta a bowl with 4 or 5 knots, similarly āṇi-gaṇṭhik’ āhata ayopatta Vism.108; but see *[āṇi](/ …
geha →
pts
…Mil.45; Vb.381; Dhs-a.194; dhammā, etc. SN.iv.71; Vb.380; Ne.53.
Sk. geha = gṛha, to gṛh, gaṇhāti; cp. gaha, gihin, ghara; see also…
ghosaka →
pts
adjective sounding, proclaiming, shouting out (-˚), in dhamma˚ praising the Law Ja.ii.286; Satthu guṇa sounding the praise of the Master Dhp-a.iii.114. As n Name of a deva (Gh. devaputta) Dhp-a.i.173.
gihin →
pts
adjective noun a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opp. pabbajita & paribbājaka). Geu. sg. gihissa (DN.iii.147, DN.iii.167) & gihino (DN.iii.174); n. pl. gihī; in compounds *gihī …
giriyā →
pts
in dhamma˚ & brahma˚, a name of certain theatrical entertainers Mil.191.
go →
pts
, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …
gutta →
pts
- as pp. guarded, protected
- lit nagaraṃ guttaṃ a well-guarded city Dhp.315 = Thag.653 Thag.1005; Devinda˚ protected by the Lord of gods Vv.30#8-
- fig. (med.) guarded, watchful, constrain …
gādhati →
pts
to stand fast, to be on firm ground, to have a firm footing: āpo ca paṭhavī ca tejo vāyo na gādhati “the four elements have no footing DN.i.223 = SN.i.15
■ Dhamma-Vinaye gādhati “to stand fast in t …
gāma →
pts
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 …
gāmin →
pts
˚Gāmin
adjective f. ˚iṇī, in composition ˚gāmi˚
- going, walking, lit.: sīgha˚ walking quickly Snp.381
- leading to, making for, usually with magga or paṭipadā (gāminī), either lit. Pāṭaliputtagām …
gārava →
pts
[cp. Sk. gaurava, fr. garu] reverence, respect, esteem; with loc. respect for reverence towards; in the set of six venerable objects Buddhe [Satthari], Dhamme, Sanghe, sikkhāya, appamāde paṭisanthāre …
gāravatā →
pts
reverence, respect, in Satthu˚, Dhamma˚, etc. AN.iii.330 sq., AN.iii.423 sq.; AN.iv.29 (ottappa˚).
Der. fr. gārava
gāyati →
pts
to sing, to recite, often comb w. naccati to dance; ppr. gāyanto, gāyamāna & gīyamāna (Vin.i.38); imper. gāhi (Ja.iii.507); fut. gāyissati grd. gāyitabba. Vin.ii.108 (dhammaṃ), Vin.i …
gū →
pts
(-˚) going, having gone (through), being skilled or perfected in. See addha˚, anta˚ chanda˚, dhamma˚, paṭṭha˚, pāra, veda˚.
fr. gam, cp. ˚ga
hetu →
pts
hāsa →
pts
laughter; mirth, joy Dhp.146; DN-a.i.228 = Snp-a.155 (“āmeṇḍita”); Ja.i.33 Ja.ii.82; Ja.v.112; Mil.390. See also ahāsa.
- -kara giving pleasure, causing joy Mi …
icchati →
pts
Icchati1
to wish, desire, ask for (c. acc.), expect SN.i.210 (dhammaṃ sotuṃ i.); Snp.127, Snp.345, Snp.512, Snp.813, Snp.836; Dhp.162, Dhp.291; Mnd.3, Mnd.138, Mnd.164; Cnd. s.v.; Pv.ii.6# …
ittara →
pts
(sometimes spelt itara) adjective
- passing, changeable, short, temporary, brief unstable MN.i.318 (opp. dīgharattaṃ); AN.ii.187; Ja.i.393 Ja.iii.83 (˚dassana = khaṇika˚ C.), Ja.i …
itthi →
pts
Itthi & Itthī
feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …
itthī →
pts
Itthi & Itthī
feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …
iṭṭha →
pts
…sq.; AN.v.135 (dasa, dhammā etc., ten objects affording pleasure); Snp.759; Iti.15; Vb.2, Vb.100, Vb.337
■ Alone as nt. meaning…
jarā →
pts
(older); jaras (nt.) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin.i.10, Vin.i.34; AN.i.51, AN.i.138 (as death’s messenger); AN.v.144 sq. (bhabbo jaraṃ pahātuṃ); Snp.311 (cp. DN.iii.75); Ja.i.59; Thig.252 sq.; Vi …
jhāna →
pts
Jhāna1
neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …
jina →
pts
…jitā me pāpakā dhammā tasmâhaṃ Upaka jino ti Vin.i.8 = MN.i.171; Vin.v.217; Snp.379, Snp.697, Snp.989, Snp.996. magga˚ conqueror…
jita →
pts
…victory. jitā me pāpakā dhammā Vin.i.8; Dhp.40, Dhp.104 (attā jitaṃ seyyo for attā jito seyyo see Dhp-a.ii.228), Vism.105, Vism.179;…
joteti →
pts
- trs. to cause to shine, illuminate, make clear, explain AN.ii.51 = Ja.v.509 (bhāsaye jotaye dhammaṃ; Gloss Ja.v.510 katheyya for joteyya = jotaye Iti.108; Ja.ii.208; Pv-a.18
- intrs. to shine Dhp …
jāti →
pts
■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).
- birth, rebirth, possibility of …
jīrati →
pts
Jīrati & Jīrayati
- to destroy, bring to ruin, injure, hurt Vin.i.237 (jīrati); Ja.v.501 (variant reading BB for jarayetha, Com. vināseyya) = Ja.vi.375; Pv-a.57.
- (cp. jīyati) to get old AN.iii.54 …
jīrayati →
pts
Jīrati & Jīrayati
- to destroy, bring to ruin, injure, hurt Vin.i.237 (jīrati); Ja.v.501 (variant reading BB for jarayetha, Com. vināseyya) = Ja.vi.375; Pv-a.57.
- (cp. jīyati) to get old AN.iii.54 …
jīvin →
pts
adjective (usually -˚) living, leading a life (of…) SN.i.42, SN.i.61; Snp.88, Snp.181; Dhp.164; Pv-a.27. Cp. dīgha˚ dhamma˚.
kalla →
pts
Kalla1 & Kalya
adjective
- well, healthy, sound Vin.i.291.
- clever, able, dexterous Mil.48 Mil.87.
- ready, prepared Ja.ii.12, cp
■ citta. - fit proper, right SN.ii.13 (pañha)
…
kalyāṇa →
pts
(& kallāṇa)
- (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …
kalāpa →
pts
…(phassa-pañcamakā dhammā); Bdhd 77 (rūpa˚), Bdhd 78, Bdhd 120.
- -agga (nt.) “the first (of the) bunch,” the…
kamma →
pts
…and sārāṇīyā dhammā DN.ii.80; AN.iii.288; mettena kāya (etc.)-kammena DN.ii.144; DN.iii.191; AN.v.350 sq. 3. Particular…
kanha →
pts
adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …
karaka →
pts
Karaka1
- Water-pot, drinking-vessel (= pānīya-bhājana Pv-a.251). It is one of the seven requisites of a samaṇa Vin.ii.302. It is called dhammakaraka there and at Vin.ii.118, Vin.ii. …
karaṇa →
pts
…etc. SN.v.97; nāthā ˚ā dhammā AN.v.23 (cp. AN.v.89) and thera˚ AN.ii.22; dubbaṇṇa˚ SN.v.217; see also DN.i.245 MN.i.15; SN.v.96,…
kathika →
pts
adjective (-˚) relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in compounds citta˚ Thig.449 (cp. citra-kathin); tiracchāna˚; AN.iv.153 dhamma˚; Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.342; Ja.iv.2 (˚thera); Ja.vi. …
kathin →
pts
adjective (-˚) speaking; one who speaks, a speaker, preacher Ja.i.148 (dhamma-kathikesu citrakathī); Mil.90, Mil.348 (˚seṭṭha best of speakers). See also kathaṃ-kathin.
cp. kathika
kathā →
pts
- talk talking, conversation AN.i.130; Pv-a.39. So in antarā˚ DN.i.179; Snp.p.107, Snp.p.115; cp. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna˚; low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a b …
kaṃsa →
pts
- 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
- a bronze …
kaṅkhā →
pts
…founded on d., doubtful (dhammā) DN.iii.285; AN.iv.152, AN.iv.154 AN.v.16; AN-a.689.
- -dhamma a doubting state of mind…
ketu →
pts
- ray, beam of light splendour, effulgence Thag.64; which is a riddle on the various meanings of ketu.
- flag, banner, sign perhaps as token of splendour Thag.64. dhamma-k˚ having the Doctrine as …
kevalin →
pts
adjective one who is fully accomplished, an Arahant; often with mahesi and uttamapurisa Defn sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā t …
khallika →
pts
only at SN.v.421; cp. SN.iv.330 (Dhammacakka-p-Sutta). It is a misreading. Read with Oldenberg Vin.i.10, kāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyoga (devotion to the passions, to the pleasures of sense). See *[kā …
khandha →
pts
…= Pts.ii.230; under dhammā (states) Dhs.121, as lokuttara-kkhandhā, etc. Dhs.358 Dhs.528, Dhs.552
■ khandhānaṃ…
khatta →
pts
rule, power, possession; only in compounds:
khaya →
pts
waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …
khetta →
pts
- (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …
khīya →
pts
in -dhammaṃ āpajjati to fall into a state of mental depression Vin.iv.151, Vin.iv.154; AN.iii.269 AN.iv.374. See also remarks by Kern,
Toevoegselen
s. v.
cp. khīyati2
kilesa →
pts
Kilesa & klesa
stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …
kiriya →
pts
…as def. of avyākatā dhammā Vb.106, Vb.182 = Vb.302 = Dhs.566 and Dhs.989 (manodhātu kiriyā neva kusalā nâkusalā na ca kammavipākā:…
kiriyā →
pts
…as def. of avyākatā dhammā Vb.106, Vb.182 = Vb.302 = Dhs.566 and Dhs.989 (manodhātu kiriyā neva kusalā nâkusalā na ca kammavipākā:…
kiṇha →
pts
…SN.iv.117; MN.i.334; MN.ii.177; in a moral sense = bad, wicked, with nâlam-ariyā dhammā DN.i.163.
see kaṇha; DN-a.i.254 kiṇhā ti…
klesa →
pts
Kilesa & klesa
stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …
kodha →
pts
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]( …
komāraka →
pts
(and ˚ika) = prec. AN.i.261; Ja.ii.180 (dhamma virginity); of a young tree SN.iv.160
■ f. -ikā Ja.iii.266.
kovida →
pts
adjective one who is in the possession of right wisdom, with ref. either to dhamma, magga, or ariyasaccāni, closely related to medhāvin and paṇḍita SN.i.146, …
kriyā →
pts
…as def. of avyākatā dhammā Vb.106, Vb.182 = Vb.302 = Dhs.566 and Dhs.989 (manodhātu kiriyā neva kusalā nâkusalā na ca kammavipākā:…
kulla →
pts
Kulla1
a raft (of basket-work) (orig. meaning “hollow shaft,” cp. Sk. kulya, bone; Lat. caulis stalk, Gr.καυλός, Ohg. hol, E. hollow) Vin.i.230; DN.ii.89 (kullaṃ bandhati); MN.i.134 (kull …
kusala →
pts
…right volition Vb.135;
- -dhammā (pl. (all) points of righteousness, good qualities of character SN.ii.206; MN.i.98; AN.iv.11…
kāla →
pts
Kāla & Kāḷa
Preliminary
- dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …
kāma →
pts
to desire.
- Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
- Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.
Buddhist commentators exp …
kāya →
pts
group, heap, collection, aggregate, body
Definitions and synonyms
Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …
kāyika →
pts
adjective
- belonging to the body, i.e. felt by the body (experienced by the senses), or resulting from the body, i.e. done by the body (= acted as opposed to spoken or thought). sukhaṃ physical hap …
kāḷa →
pts
Kāla & Kāḷa
Preliminary
- dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …
lahukā →
pts
adjective
- light (opp. garuka); trifling Vin.i.49; AN.ii.48 (āpatti); AN.iv.137 (jīvitaṃ parittaṃ l.) Mil.344 (āpatti).
- light, buoyant Thag.104 (kāyo) Dhs.648; Mil.105; Pv-a …
lajjin →
pts
adjective feeling shame, modest, afraid, shy, conscientious (explained as “one who has hiri & ottappa; by C. on SN.i.73: see K.S. 320 & cp.; Dhs. trstln p. 18; DN.i.4, DN.i.63; DN.iii …
lakkhaṇa →
pts
- sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …
lobha →
pts
…DN.iii.214; Dhs.32.
- -dhammā (pl.) affection of greed, things belonging to greed; (adj.) (of) greedy character MN.i.91;…
loka →
pts
…Divy.63, Divy.77 etc. -dhammā (pl. common practice, things of the world, worldly conditions SN.iii.139 sq.; Snp.268…
lokika →
pts
…pl. l. dhammā MN.iii.115 2. (in later canonical literature) beyond these worlds, supra-mundane, transcendental,…
lokiya →
pts
…pl. l. dhammā MN.iii.115 2. (in later canonical literature) beyond these worlds, supra-mundane, transcendental,…
loluppa →
pts
greediness, covetousness, self-indulgence, desire; in the language of the Abhidhamma often syn. with jappā or taṇhā. At Dhs-a.365 loluppa is treated as an adj. …
līḷhā →
pts
grace, ease, charm adroitness; always used with ref. to the Buddha (Buddhalīḷhā), e.g. Ja.i.155; Dhp-a.i.33; Dhp-a.iii.79. So in phrase Buddhalīḷhāya dhammaṃ deseti “to expound the doctrine with …
macchariya →
pts
Macchariya & Macchera
neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka
- macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …
macchera →
pts
Macchariya & Macchera
neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka
- macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …
maddava →
pts
…softness, gentleness Snp.250 (ajjava +), Snp.292 (id.); Ja.iii.274 (as one of the 10 rāja-dhammā); Ja.v.347 (= mettacittaṃ); Dhs-a.151….
magga →
pts
- a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …
majjhima →
pts
mana(s) →
pts
…of dhammā the subjective dh. Dhamma in this sense is the rationality or lawfulness of the Universe (see…
mano →
pts
…of dhammā the subjective dh. Dhamma in this sense is the rationality or lawfulness of the Universe (see…
manta →
pts
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. …
manussa →
pts
human being, man. The popular etym. connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e.g. Kp-a.123: “Manuno apaccā ti manussā, porāṇā pana bhaṇanti ʻmana-ussannatāya manussa’; te Jambudīpakā, Aparagoy …
maraṇa →
pts
death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …
marīci →
pts
- a ray of light Vv-a.166.
- a mirage Ja.vi.209 Vism.496; Vb-a.34, Vb-a.85; often combined with māyā (q.v.) e.g. Cnd.680 Aii; Ja.ii.330.
- *-[kammaṭṭhāna](/define/k …
maya →
pts
adjective (-˚ only) made of, consisting of
■ An interesting analysis (interesting for judging the views and sense of etymology of an ancient commentator) of maya is given by Dhamm …
maṇḍapa →
pts
temporary shed or hall erected on special or festive occasions, an awning, tent Vin.i.125; Vism.96, Vism.300 (dhamma-savaṇa˚), Vism.339 sq (in simile); Dhp-a.i.112; Dhp-a.ii.45; Dhp-a.iii.206 (˚kā …
methuna →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase ˚ṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevati to cohabit Vin.i.96; DN.ii.133; Snp.291, Sn …
methunaka →
pts
- one concerned with (illicit) sexual intercourse, a fornicator Mnd.139 (in a wider sense).
- an associate Vin.iii.66.
- (nt.) coitus Ja.ii.360 (= methuna-dhamma C.).
fr. methuna
moha →
pts
stupidity, dullness of mind & soul, delusion bewilderment, infatuation DN.iii.146, DN.iii.175, DN.iii.182, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.270; Vin.iv.144, Vin.iv.145; Snp.56, Snp.74, Snp.160, Snp.638, Snp.847; Vb …
mokkha →
pts
Mokkha1
- (lit.) release, freedom from, in bandhanā m DN.i.73 = MN.i.276.
- (fig.) release, deliverance, salvation Vb.426 (jarā-maraṇa˚ from old age & death) Dhp-a.i.4 (˚magga + sagg …
moneyya →
pts
…also used as adj.: moneyyā dhammā properties of a perfect character). Cp. also Snp.484, Snp.698, Snp.700 sq. On moneyya-kolāhala (forebodings…
mosa →
pts
(˚-) adjective noun belonging to or untruth, false-; only in compounds -dhamma of a deceitful nature, false, AN.v.84 (kāma); Snp.739, Snp.757 & -vajja [fr. m …
muni →
pts
holy man, a sage, wise man.
I
The term which was specialised in Brahmanism has acquired a general meaning in Buddhism & is applied by the Buddha to any man attaining perfection in self-rest …
mālā →
pts
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 …
māmaka →
pts
adjective lit. “mine,” one who shows affection (not only for himself), making one’s own, i.e devoted to, loving Snp.806 (= Buddha˚, Dhamma˚ Sangha˚ Mnd.125; = mamāyamāna Snp-a.534), Snp.927 (same exp …
mātikā →
pts
- 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. …
māyā →
pts
- deceptive appearance fraud, deceit, hypocrisy Snp.245, Snp.328 (˚kata deceit), Snp.469, Snp.537, Snp.786, Snp.941 (: māyā vuccati vañcanikā cariyā Mnd.422); Vb.357, Vb.361, Vb.389; Mil.289; Vism.10 …
mūlaka →
pts
…in Vb.390 (taṇhā˚ dhammā); Tikp.233 sq. Tikp.252 sq., Tikp.288 sq. & passim; Vb-a.200 sq., Vb-a.207 sq (sankhāra˚, avijjā˚ etc….
nagara →
pts
stronghold, citadel, fortress a (fortified) town, city. As seat of the government as important centre of trade contrasted with gāma nigama (village & market-place or township) Vin.iii.47 (˚bandhana), …
nandi →
pts
Nandi1 & Nandī
masculine & feminine
- joy, enjoyment, pleasure, delight in (c loc.) SN.i.16, SN.i.39, SN.i.54; SN.ii.101 sq. (āhāre); SN.iii.14 (= upādāna), SN.iv.36 sq.; AN.ii.10 (kāma˚ …
nassana →
pts
disappearance, loss, destruction AN.iii.54 (˚dhamma adj. doomed to perish).
cp. Sk. naśana
nava →
pts
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 …
netti →
pts
guide, conductor; support (= nettika2) Iti.37 (āhāra˚-pabhava), Iti.38 (bhava˚), Iti.94 (netticchinna bhikkhu = Arahant). Cp. nettika2 dhamma˚, bhava˚.
Vedic netrī, f. to netṛ
nettika →
pts
adjective noun
- having as guide or forerunner, in Bhagavaṃ˚’ dhamma MN.i.310; AN.i.199 AN.iv.158, AN.iv.351; AN.v.355.
- a conduit for irrigation; one who makes conduits for watering Dhp.80 (= uda …
nibbāna →
pts
…n- pariyosānā sabbe dhammā AN.v.107; n- poṇaṃ me mānasaṃ bhavissati, saṃyojanā pahāṇaṃ gacchanti AN.iii.443; odhunitvā…
nicca →
pts
adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …
nikāya →
pts
…Anvs p. 35; Dhp-a.ii.95 (dhammāsanaṃ āruyha pañcahi nikāyehi atthañ ca kāraṇañ ca ākaḍḍhitvā). The five Nikāyas are…
nipuṇa →
pts
adjective clever, skilful, accomplished; fine, subtle, abstruse DN.i.26≈(n. gambhīra dhamma), DN.i.162 (paṇḍita +); MN.i.487 (dhamma); SN.i.33; SN.iv.369; AN.iii.78; Snp.1126 (= gambhīra duddasa etc. …
niraya →
pts
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 …
nirodha →
pts
oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s expln of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …
nisanti →
pts
careful attention or observation AN.ii.97; AN.iii.201; AN.iv.15 (dhamma˚), AN.iv.36 (id.) AN.iv.296; AN.v.166 (dhamma˚); Dpvs.i.53 (˚kāra). Cp. nisamma & nisāmeti.
Sk. *niśānti, ni + śam
nissatta →
pts
adjective powerless, unsubstantial; f. abstr. -tā absence of essence, unsubstantiality (see dhamma A) Dhs-a.38, Dhs-a.139, Dhs-a.263; cp. Dhs trsl. pp. xxxiii.& 26.
Sk. * …
nisāmaka →
pts
adjective observant, listening to, attending to, careful of AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (dhammānaṃ).
cp. Sk. niśāmana
niviṭṭha →
pts
adjective settled, established (in); confirmed, sure; fixed on, bent on, devoted to (loc. Snp.57 (= satta allīna etc. Cnd.364), Snp.756, Snp.774, Snp.781 (ruciyā), Snp.824 (saccesu), Snp.892; Mnd.38, …
niyama →
pts
- restraint, constraint, training, self-control Mil.116 (yama +); Pv-a.98 (yama +).
- definiteness certainty, limitation Dhp-a.iii.83 (catumagga˚, variant reading niyāma); Snp-a.124 (niyāma); …
niyāmaka →
pts
Niyāmaka1
adjective sure of or in, founded in, or leading to, completed in DN.i.190 (dhamma-n. paṭipadā, cp. niyamatā).
either to niyama or niyāma
Niyāmaka2
(see niyyāmaka …
niyāmatā →
pts
state of being settled, certainty, reliance surety, being fixed in (-˚) SN.ii.25 (dhamma˚ + dhammaṭṭhitatā); AN.i.286 (id.), Ja.i.113 (saddhammassa n assurance of…); Kv.586 (accanta˚ final assurance …
nāma →
pts
…ete dhammā, ekato va uppajjanti Mil.49). SN.i.35 (yattha n. ca rūpañ ca asesaṃ uparujjhati taṃ te dhammaṃ idh’…
ogha →
pts
- (rare in the old texts) a flood of water Vv-a.48 (udak’ ogha); usually as mahogha a great flood Dhp.47; Vism.512; Vv-a.110; Dhp-a.ii.274 = Thag-a.175.
- (always in sg.) th …
ogādha →
pts
Ogādha1
adjective immersed, entered; firm, firmly footed or grounded in (-˚), spelt ogāḷha Mil.1 (abhidhamma-vinay˚). Cp. BSk. avagādhaśrāddha of deep faith Divy.268. …
ohita →
pts
- put down into, deposited Dhp.150.
- put down, laid down, taken off, relieved of, in phrase ohitabhāro (arahaṃ) (a Saint) who has laid down the burden: see arahatta iii. C.; …
opasamika →
pts
adjective leading to quiet, allaying quieting; epithet of Dhamma DN.iii.264 sq.; AN.ii.132.
fr. upa + sama + ika; cp. BSk. aupaśamika Avs.ii.107; Mvu.ii.41
osāreti →
pts
- (with variant reading osāpeti, reading osāreti is uncertain) to stow away, deposit, put in, put away (see also opeti) Ja.vi.52, Ja.vi.67 (pattaṃ thavikāya o.).
- to bring out, e …
pabbajita →
pts
one who has gone out from home, one who has given up worldly life & undertaken the life of a bhikkhu recluse or ascetic, (one) ordained (as a Buddhist friar) gone forth (into the holy life or pabbajjā …
pabbajjā →
pts
leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe ordination
- ordination or admission into the Buddha’s Order in particular: Vin.iii.13; SN.i.16 …
pabbata →
pts
- 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 …
paccakkhāti →
pts
lit. to speak against, i.e. to reject, refuse, disavow, abandon, give up, usually in connection with Buddhaṃ, dhammaṃ sikkhaṃ or similar terms of a religious-moral nature Vin.iii.25; SN.ii.231, SN.ii …
paccavekkhana →
pts
…Pp.21 (a˚) Dhs.390 (a˚ = dhammānaṃ sabhāvaṃ pati na apekkhati Dhs-a.254, trsl. “inability to consider”); Mil.388 Ne.85; Vb-a.140;…
pada →
pts
- 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 …
padāna →
pts
giving, bestowing; but appears to have also the meaning of “attainment, characteristic attribute”. AN.i.102 (bāla˚ & paṇḍita˚) Ja.i.97 (sotāpattimagg’ ādi˚) Pv-a.71 (anubala˚) Thag-a.35 (anupattidha …
padīpeyya →
pts
Padīpiya & Padīpeyya
neuter that which is connected with lighting, material for lighting a lamp lamps & accessories; one of the gifts forming the stock of requisites of a Buddhist mendicant (see Cnd. …
padīpiya →
pts
Padīpiya & Padīpeyya
neuter that which is connected with lighting, material for lighting a lamp lamps & accessories; one of the gifts forming the stock of requisites of a Buddhist mendicant (see Cnd. …
paggaṇhāti →
pts
- to stretch forth, hold out or up, take up DN.i.123 (sujaṃ the sacrificial ladle), DN.i.125 (añjaliṃ stretch out the hollow hands as a token of respectful greeting); SN.i.141; SN.ii.280; Ja.i.89 (pa …
paguṇa →
pts
adjective learned, full of knowledge, clever, well-acquainted, familiar DN.iii.170; Vv.53#2 (= nipuṇa Vv-a.232); Ja.ii.243; Ja.iv.130; Ja.v.399; Vism.95 (Majjhimo me paguṇo: I am well versed in the …
pajjota →
pts
light, lustre, splendour, a lamp SN.i.15, SN.i.47; AN.ii.140; Snp.349; Pp.25 Sdhp.590
■ telapajjota an oil lamp Vin.i.16 = DN.i.85; AN.i.56 ≈ Snp.p.15
■ dhammapajjota the lamp of the Dhamma Mil.21 …
pakaraṇa →
pts
- performance, undertaking paragraph (of the law) DN.i.98 (“offence”? see Dial. i.120); SN.iii.91; Mil.189.
- occasion Vin.i.44 Vin.ii.75; Vin.iii.20.
- exposition, arrangement, literary work, co …
pakkhipati →
pts
…kusalā dhammā, akusalā dh., avyākatā dh. ti tīsu padesu p.)
caus 2 pakkhipāpeti Ja.i.467; DN-a.i.136
pp pakkhitta…
pakkhiya →
pts
…bodhi-pakkhiya-dhammā the 37 parts of enlightenment Iti.75 (satta only); Ja.i.275; Vism.678 sq.; Snp-a.164; Vv-a.95; see Cpd. 179…
pakāsana →
pts
explaining, making known; information, evidence, explanation, publicity Pts.i.104 (dhamma˚); Mil.95; Snp-a.445; Pv-a.2, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.103 (expln of āvi).
pa + kāś, cp. pakāsati
palokin →
pts
adjective destined for decay or destruction SN.iv.205 = Snp.739 (acc. palokinaṃ = jarā-maraṇehi palujjana-dhamma Snp-a.506); Thig.101 (acc. pl palokine, see Geiger,
Pali Grammar
§ 95#2).
fr. paloka
panna →
pts
fallen, gone, gone down; also: creeping only in foll. compounds:
- -ga a snake Thag.429 (˚inda chief of snake-demons) Ja.v.166; Mil.23.
- -gandha with gone down (i.e. deterio …
parama →
pts
adjective highest, most excellent, superior, best paraphrased by agga seṭṭha visiṭṭha at Cnd.502 A Mnd.84, Mnd.102 (the latter reading viseṭṭha for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a …
paramajja-dhamma →
pts
paramajja-dhamma
the most influential or ruling doctrine MN.iii.7.
cp. Vedic parama-jyā
pariccāga →
pts
- giving up, abandonment, sacrifice, renunciation AN.i.92 (āmisa˚ & dhamma material & spiritual); Pts.ii.98 Ja.i.12 (jīvita˚) Dhp-a.iii.441 (pañca mahāpariccāgā the five great sacrifices i.e. the gi …
parihāna →
pts
diminution, decrease, wasting away, decay SN.ii.206 sq.; AN.ii.40 (abhabbo parihānāya), AN.iii.173, AN.iii.309, AN.iii.329 sq., AN.iii.404 sq. (˚dhamma); AN.v.103 (id.), AN.v.156 sq.; Iti.71 (˚āya saṃ …
parihāniya →
pts
…SN.v.85.
parihāna +…
parikkamana →
pts
walking about MN.i.43, MN.i.44; adj. sa˚; having (opportunity for) walking about i.e. accessible, good for rambling in, pleasant, said of the Dhamma AN.v.262 (opp. a˚).
pari + kram
parinibbāna →
pts
“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:
- complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …
parinibbāyin →
pts
one who attains Parinibbāna. Of the 2 meanings registered under parinibbāna we find No. 1 only in a very restricted use when taken in both senses of sa-and an-upādisesa parinibbāna; e.g. at AN.ii.15 …
paripucchaka →
pts
adjective asking a question, enquiring Mnd.234 = Cnd.386; Sdhp.90
■ f. abstr paripucchakatā questioning Vism.132 (one of the 7 constituents of dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga).
fr. pari + prc̣h
paripācaniya →
pts
…bringing to maturity, leading to perfection, accomplishing, only in phrase vimuttiparipācaniyā dhammā (5) things achieving emancipation (see…
paripāka →
pts
…DN-a.i.94); Ud.36 (pañca dhammā paripākāya saṃvattanti); Ja.i.142, Ja.i.148 Ja.vi.236; Mil.288; Vism.116 (bodhi˚), Vism.199; Dhp-a.i.89…
parisuddha →
pts
adjective clean, clear, pure, perfect Vin.ii.237; MN.i.26; MN.iii.11; SN.ii.199 (˚dhammadesanā); SN.iii.235; SN.v.301, SN.v.354; AN.iii.125 (˚ñāṇa-dassana), AN.iv.120 sq.; Ja.i.265; Vism.2 (accanta˚) …
parivīmaṃsati →
pts
to think over, consider thoroughly examine, search SN.ii.80 sq.; Iti.42 = Snp.975 (ppr dhammaṃ ˚vīmaṃsamāna, cp. Mnd.508); DN-a.i.134; Dhp-a.iv.117 (attānaṃ).
pari + vīmaṃsati, Desid. of pari + * …
pariyatta →
pts
Pariyatta1
neuter learning understanding, comprehension, only in phrase indriyaparo pariyatta (-ñāṇa) (knowledge of) what goes on in the intentions of others AN.v.34, AN.v.38; Pts.i.121 …
pariyatti →
pts
- 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 …
pariyeṭṭhi →
pts
search for DN.i.222; AN.i.93 (āmisa˚ & dhamma˚); AN.iii.416; Snp.289 (vijjācaraṇa˚) Ja.i.14; Ne.1, Ne.5; DN-a.i.271.
pari + eṭṭhi of esati, ā + iṣ
pariyogāḷha →
pts
dived into, penetrated into, immersed in (loc.) Vin.i.181; DN.i.110; MN.i.380; SN.ii.58; SN.iv.328; Vb.329; Mil.283.
- -dhamma one who has penetrated into the Dhamma Vin.i.16; AN …
pariyosāna →
pts
- end, finish, conclusion Ja.i.106 (sacca˚ = desanā˚); Pv-a.9 (desanā and passim), Pv-a.136 (āyūha˚), Pv-a.162 (id.), Pv-a.281 (= anta) Often contracted with ādi beginning & majj …
pariyādinna →
pts
- (Pass. exhausted, finished, put an end to, consummated Vin.i.25 (tejo); DN.ii.8 = MN.iii.118; SN.ii.133 sq. (dukkhaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ +); SN.v.461 sq
■ neg. apariyādinna not finished, not exhaus …
pariyāpanna →
pts
…= AN.ii.51. 3. (˚ā dhammā) the Included, viz. all that is contained in the threefold cycle of existence (i.e. the worlds of sense, form &…
pariyāpuṇāti →
pts
- to learn (by heart), to master, to gain mastership over, to learn thoroughly Vin.iv.305 (parittaṃ a charm) DN.i.117 (= jānāti DN-a.i.117); AN.iii.86 (dhammaṃ); fut pariyāpuṇissati Dhp-a.i.382 ( …
pariyāya →
pts
lit. “going round” analysed by Bdhgh in 3 diff. meanings, viz. vāra (turn, course) desanā (instruction, presentation), and kāraṇa (cause reaso …
parovara →
pts
…Snp-a.350), Snp.475 (˚ā dhammā; variant reading BB paroparā; explained as “parâvarā sundar’ âsundarā, parā vā bāhirā aparā…
parāmāsa →
pts
touching contact, being attached to, hanging on, being under the influence of, contagion (Dhs. trsl. 316). In Asl.49, Bdhgh analyses as parato āmasantīti parāmāsā: p. means “they handle dhamma’s *as …
pasāda →
pts
- clearness, brightness, purity; referring to the colours (“visibility”) of the eye Ja.i.319 (akkhīni maṇiguḷa-sadisāni paññāyamāna pañca-ppasādāni ahesuṃ); Snp-a.453 (pasanna-netto i.e. pañca-v …
pasādaniya →
pts
…Pp.49 Pp.50 Vb-a.282 (˚suttanta); Sdhp.543; the 10 pāsādaniyā dhammā at MN.iii.11f. cp. sam˚
fr. pasāda
pasīdati →
pts
- to become bright, to brighten up Pv-a.132 (mukha-vaṇṇo p.).
- to be purified, reconciled or pleased; to be clear & calm, to become of peaceful heart (mano or cittaṃ p.); to f …
patta →
pts
Patta1
neuter
- the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
- a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …
patti →
pts
Patti1
on foot, one who is on foot, a foot-soldier Vin.iv.105 (as one of the 4 constituents of a senā or army, viz. hatthī elephants, assā horses, rathā chariots, pattī …
pavara →
pts
adjective most excellent, noble, distinguished SN.iii.264; Snp.83, Snp.646, Snp.698 (muni˚); Dhp.422 Pp.69; Mil.246; Pv-a.2 (˚dhamma-cakka), Pv-a.67 (id.), Pv-a.39 (˚buddh’āsana); Sdhp.421.
pa + vara
pavatteti →
pts
transitive
- to send forth, set going Vin.i.87 (assūni); SN.ii.282 (id.) Ja.i.147 (selagulaṃ pavaṭṭ˚); esp. in phrase dhammacakkaṃ p. to inaugurate the reign of righteousness Vin.i.8, Vin.i.11; MN …
pavattin →
pts
…beneficial; only in phrase dhammā pavattino AN.i.279; DN-a.i.4 = Pv-a.2; and in suppavattin (good-flowing, i.e. well-recited?) AN.iv.140…
pavattita →
pts
set going, inaugurated, established Vin.i.11 (dhammacakka); MN.iii.29, MN.iii.77; SN.i.191; Snp.556, Snp.557 (dhammacakka); Pv-a.67 (id.), Pv-a.140 (sangīti); Snp-a.454.
pp. of pavatteti
pañca →
pts
…(citta-dubbalī-karaṇā dhammā) paṇṇa-vīsati, e.g. Ja.iv.352 (nāriyo); Thig.67, and paṇṇuvīsaṃ (only at Ja.iii.138)….
paṇīta →
pts
…Vv-a.64)
■ DN.i.12 (dhammā gambhīrā… paṇītā…), DN.i.109 (khādaniya); DN.ii.127 (id. DN.ii.iii.215 (with hīna &…
paṭicca-samuppāda →
pts
Paṭicca-samuppāda
“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …
paṭipadā →
pts
means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …
paṭipajjati →
pts
to enter upon (a path), to go along, follow out (a way or plan) to go by; fig. to take a line of action, to follow a method to be intent on, to regulate one’s life DN.i.70 (saṃvarāya), DN.i.175 (tatha …
paṭipanna →
pts
(having) followed or following up, reaching, going along or by (i.e. practising), entering on, obtaining SN.ii.69; SN.iv.252; AN.i.120 (arahattāya); AN.iv.292 sq. (id.), AN.iv.372 sq.; Iti.81 (dhammân …
paṭipatti →
pts
“way,” method, conduct, practice, performance, behaviour, example AN.i.69 AN.v.126 (dhammânudhamma˚), AN.v.136; Pts.ii.15; Mnd.143 Cnd. s.v.; Mil.131, Mil.242; Dhp-a.ii.30; Dhp-a.iv.34 (sammā good o …
paṭisambhidā →
pts
lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion expln of term at Kvu translation 377–382. Always referred to as “the …
paṭisanthāra →
pts
lit. spreading before, i.e. friendly welcome, kind reception, honour, goodwill favour, friendship DN.iii.213, DN.iii.244; AN.i.93; AN.iii.303 sq. AN.iv.28, AN.iv.120; AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (˚aka adj. one …
paṭisevati →
pts
to follow, pursue, indulge in (acc.) practise Vin.ii.296 (methunaṃ dhammaṃ); MN.i.10; AN.ii.54 (methunaṃ); Ja.i.437; Ja.vi.73, Ja.vi.505; Dhp.67; Mnd.496 Pp.62; Mil.224; Dhp-a.ii.40; Pv-a.130; Sdhp. …
paṭṭhāna →
pts
setting forth, putting forward; only in cpd. sati˚; setting up of mindfulness (q.v. and see discussion of term at Dial ii.324) Besides in later lit. meaning “origin,” starting point cause, in titl …
phasseti →
pts
to touch, attain Ja.v.251 (rājā dhammaṃ phassayaṃ = C. phassayanto; vv.ll. pa˚ phu˚); Mil.338 (amataṃ, cp. phusati), Mil.340 (phassayeyya Pot.)
pass phassīyati Vin.ii.148 (kavāṭā na ph.; variant r …
piṭaka →
pts
- 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 …
pubba →
pts
…precedence Dhp.2 (mano˚ dhammā = tena paṭhama-gāminā hutvā samannāgatā Dhp-a.i.35) Cnd.318 Pp.15 (paññā˚ ariyamagga = paññaṁ…
puggala →
pts
- an individual, as opposed to a group (sangha or parisā), person, man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature = character, soul (= attan). DN.i.176; MN.iii.58; SN.i.93 sq.; SN.iii.25; AN.i.8 …
pure →
pts
indeclinable before (both local & temporal), thus either “before, in front” or “before, formerly, earlier.” In both meanings the opp. is pacchā -
- local SN.i.176 (pure hoti t …
purohita →
pts
- 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.).
- the king’s headpriest (brahmanic), or dom …
putta →
pts
- a son SN.i.210; Snp.35, Snp.38, Snp.60, Snp.557, Snp.858; Dhp.62, Dhp.84 Dhp.228, Dhp.345; Ja.iv.309; Vism.645 (simile of 3 sons); Pv-a.25, Pv-a.63, Pv-a.73 sq.; DN-a.i.157 (dāsaka˚). Four kind …
puttiya →
pts
(-˚) in Sakya˚; is compound Sakyaputta + iya “belonging to the son of the Sakyas” (i.e. to the Sakya prince) Pv-a.43
■ asakyaputtiya dhamma Vin.ii.297. Puthavi & Puthuvi
puñña →
pts
merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …
pācittiya →
pts
adjective requiring expiation, expiatory Vin.i.172, Vin.i.176; Vin.ii.242, Vin.ii.306 sq.; Vin.iv.1 sq., Vin.iv.258 sq.; AN.ii.242 (dhamma); Vism.22
■ It is also the name of one of the books of the …
pāla →
pts
(-˚) a guard, keeper, guardian, protector SN.i.185 (vihāra˚); Ja.v.222 (dhamma˚); Vv-a.288 (ārāma˚); Sdhp.285. See also go˚, loka˚.
fr. pā, see pāleti
pāpa →
pts
adj. nt.
- (adj.) evil, bad, wicked, sinful AN.ii.222 sq. (and compar. pāpatara); Snp.57; Dhp.119 (opp. bhadra) Other compar-superl. forms are pāpiṭṭha SN.v.96 pāpiṭṭhatara Vin.ii.5; pāpiyyasika DN …
pāra →
pts
…authority on Snp.992 (sabbadhammānaṃ), Snp.1105 (cp. Cnd.435) DN.i.88 (tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.361 (id.).
- -dārika an…
pāṭihāriya →
pts
adjective striking, surprising, extraordinary, special; nt. wonder, miracle. Usually in stock phrase iddhi˚, ādesanā˚, anusāsanī˚ as the 3 marvels which characterise a Buddha with regard to his teachi …
pīti →
pts
…joy, bringing joy Dhs.1578 (dhammā, various things or states); Vism.86 (samādhi). -sukha zest and happiness intrinsic joy…
pītin →
pts
adjective [fr. pīta1) drinking, only at Dhp.79 in cpd. dhamma˚; drinking in the Truth, explained as dhammapāyako dhammaṃ pivanto at Dhp-a.ii.126.
pūjā →
pts
honour, worship, devotional attention AN.i.93 (āmisa˚, dhamma˚); AN.v.347 sq.; Snp.906; Dhp.73, Dhp.104; Pv.i.5#5; Pv.i.5#12; Dpvs.vii.12 (cetiya˚); Snp-a.350; Pv-a.8; Sdhp.213, Sdhp.230, Sdhp.542, …
rajanīya →
pts
…the places of lobhanīyā dhammā in combination with dosanīyā & mohanīyā dh. at SN.iv.307; AN.ii.120; AN.iii.169. Another pair is…
rakkha →
pts
adjective (-˚) guarding or to be guarded
- act.: dhamma˚; guardian of righteousness or truth Mil.344
- pass.: in cpd. dū˚; variant reading du
hard to guard Dhp-a.i.295. ˚kathā, s. l. rukkh …
rakkhita →
pts
guarded, protected, saved SN.iv.112 (rakkhitena kāyena, rakkhitāya vācāya etc.) AN.i.7 (cittaṃ r.); Snp.288 (dhamma˚), Snp.315 (gottā˚) Vv-a.72 (mātu˚, pitu˚ etc.); Pv-a.61, Pv-a.130
■ Note. *r …
rasa →
pts
Rasa1
that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defn given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …
ratana →
pts
Ratana1
neuter
- (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana2, as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …
rocati →
pts
- to please, i.e. it pleases (with dat. of person) Thig.415 (rocate); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.9 (nivāso rocatu). Cp. BSk. rocyate Avs.ii.158.
- to find pleasure in (loc.) Mil.338 (bhave)
caus *[roceti](/defi …
ruci →
pts
- splendour, light, brightness Snp.548 (su˚ very splendid; Snp-a.453 = sundara-sarīrappabha).
- inclination, liking, pleasure Pv-a.59 (˚ṃ uppādeti to find pleasure, to be satisfied)
■ *aruci …
rāga →
pts
- colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
- (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …
rājan →
pts
…places (see below under ˚dhammā) Others are mentioned e.g. at DN.i.135, where it is said he gives food and seed-corn to the farmer, capital to…
rājatā →
pts
state of being a king, kingship, sovereignty Ja.i.119 (anuttara-dhamma˚ being a most righteous king).
abstr. fr. rājā
rājā →
pts
…places (see below under ˚dhammā) Others are mentioned e.g. at DN.i.135, where it is said he gives food and seed-corn to the farmer, capital to…
rāsi →
pts
- heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …
rūhati →
pts
Rūhati1
- to grow, spread Iti.67; Ja.iv.408 (akkhīni rūhiṃsu; also ppr. med. ruyhamāna), Ja.v.368; Ja.vi.360.
- to heal (of a wound), close up Vin.i.206 (vaṇo na rūhati).
- to have e …
rūpa →
pts
…“ye phassa-pañcamakā dhammā: idaṃ nāmaṃ yāni pañc’ indriyāni rūpāni: idaṃ rūpaṃ, tad ubhayaṃ nāmarūpaṃ…
rūpin →
pts
…(attā); Dhs-a.304 (rūpino dhammā) Vb-a.511 sq. (attā). 2. (-˚) having the appearance of, resembling: see *rumma*˚.
fr….
rūḷhi →
pts
lit. ascent, growth see *vi*˚
■ fig. what has grown by custom tradition, popular meaning of a word (˚sadda). The fig. meaning is the one usually found in Pāli, esp. in Abhidhamma and …
sa →
pts
Sa1
the letter s (sa-kāra) Snp-a.23; or the syllable sa Dhp-a.ii.6; Pv-a.280.
Sa2
base of the nom. of the demonstr. pron. that, he she. The form sg. m. * …
sabhā →
pts
- a hall, assembly-room DN.ii.274; AN.i.143; SN.i.176; Ja.i.119; Ja.i.157, Ja.i.204.
- a public rest-house, hostelry Ja.i.302. dhamma˚ chapel Ja.vi.333.
- -gata = sabhaggata …
sabhāva →
pts
- state (of mind), nature, condition Mil.90, Mil.212, Mil.360; Pv-a.39 (ummattaka˚), Pv-a.98 (santa˚), Pv-a.219.
- character, disposition, behaviour Pv-a.13, Pv-a.35 (ullumpana˚), Pv-a.220 (lo …
saddhamma →
pts
the true dhamma, the best religion, good practice, the “doctrine of the good” (so Geiger, Pali Dhamma pp. 53, 54, q.v. for detailed discussion of the term) MN.i.46; SN.v.172 sq.; AN.i.69; AN.iii.7 …
sadhamma →
pts
one’s own religion or faith MN.i.523; Snp.1020; Bv.ii.6 = Ja.i.3.
sa4 + dhamma
sadhammika →
pts
co-religionist DN.ii.273.
sa2 + dhamma + ika
saha →
pts
Saha1
indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.
-
- …
sajjeti →
pts
to send out, prepare, give, equip; to fit up, decorate: dānaṃ to give a donation Dhp-a.ii.88; pātheyyaṃ to prepare provisions Ja.iii.343; gehe to construct houses Ja.i.18; nāṭakāni to arrange …
sakkhi →
pts
Sakkhi1
an eyewitness DN.ii.237 (nom. sg. sakkhī = with his own eyes, as an eyewitness); Snp.479, Snp.921, Snp.934 (sakkhi dhammaṃ adassi where the corresp. Sk. form would be sākṣād); Ja.i …
samaṇa →
pts
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 …
sambojjhaṅga →
pts
constituent of Sambodhi (enlightenment), of which there are seven: sati, selfpossession; dhammavicaya, investigation of doctrine viriya, energy; pīti, joy; passaddhi, tranquillity samādhi, concentrati …
sammata →
pts
- considered as MN.i.39; SN.ii.15; SN.iv.127; DN.iii.89 (dhamma˚); Vin.iv.161, Vin.iv.295
- honoured, revered MN.ii.213; Ja.i.49; Ja.v.79; sādhusammata considered, revered, as good DN.i.47; SN.iv.39 …
samuppāda →
pts
origin, arising, genesis, coming to be, production Vin.ii.96; SN.iii.16 sq.; Iti.17; AN.iii.406 (dhamma˚); Ja.vi.223 (anilūpana-samuppāda, v. read ˚-samuppāta, “swift as the wind”); Vism.521 (sammā …
samādhi →
pts
…for attaining kusalā dhammā AN.i.115; Mil.38; conducive to insight AN.iii.19, AN.iii.24 sq., AN.iii.200; SN.iv.80; to seeing heavenly…
sanantana →
pts
adjective primeval, of old; for ever, eternal DN.ii.240, DN.ii.244; SN.i.189 (cp. K.S. i.321: porāṇaka santānaṃ vā paṇḍitānaṃ dhamma); Dhp-a.i.51.
for sanātana (cp. purātana); Idg. *seno = Gr. ε …
santa →
pts
Santa1
calmed, tranquil, peaceful, pure DN.i.12; Vin.i.4; SN.i.5; AN.ii.18; Snp.746; Pv.iv.1#34 (= upasanta-kilesa Pv-a.230); Mil.232, Mil.409; Vism.155 (˚anga; opp. oḷārik’anga); Dhp-a …
santati →
pts
- continuity, duration, subsistence Dhs.643; Ne.79; Mil.72, Mil.185 Vb-a.8, Vb-a.170, Vb-a.173; Vv-a.25; Vism.431, Vism.449. citta˚ continuity of consciousness Kv.458; cp. Cpd. 6, 1531</ …
santhāra →
pts
- spreading, covering, floor(ing) SN.i.170; Vin.ii.120 (3 kinds of floors: iṭṭhakā˚, silā˚ dāru˚, i.e. of tiles, flags, wood); AN.i.136 (paṇṇa˚); Ja.vi.24 (id.); Ja.i.92; Pts.i.176.
- (cp. paṭi˚) fr …
sappurisa →
pts
…DN.iii.252 (the 7 s˚-dhammā), DN.iii.274, DN.iii.276, DN.iii.283; AN.ii.217 sq., AN.ii.239; Dhs.259 = Dhs.1003; Vin.i.56; Dhp.54;…
saraṇa →
pts
Saraṇa1
neuter shelter, house Snp.591; refuge, protection DN.iii.187; Snp.503; Ja.ii.28; DN-a.i.229; especially the three refuges—the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Brotherhood AN.i.56; DN.i …
satta →
pts
…37 (see bodhipakkhiya-dhammā).
- -dina a week Mhvs.11, Mhvs.23.
- -pakaraṇika mastering the 7 books of the…
savana →
pts
Savana1
neuter
- the ear Snp.1120; Mil.258.
- hearing DN.i.153, DN.i.179; AN.i.121; SN.i.24; Vin.i.26; Snp.265, Snp.345; Dhp.182; Ja.i.160, Ja.i.250; Mil.257 Mnd.188. sussavanaṃ sāvesi …
saññā →
pts
saññāyo and saññā-e.g. MN.i.108)
- sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin.i.13; MN.i.300; SN.iii.3 sq.; Dhs.40 Dhs.58, Dhs.61, Dhs.113; Vb-a.42.
- sense, perception, discer …
saṃyojaniya →
pts
…Dhs.584, Dhs.1125, Dhs.1462; Dhs-a.49. Used as a noun, with dhammā understood Snp.363, Snp.375.
fr. saṃyojana
saṅgha →
pts
- multitude, assemblage Mil.403 (kāka˚); Ja.i.52 (sakuṇa˚); Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56 …
saṅgāhaka →
pts
adjective noun
- compiling, collection, making a recension Ja.i.1; Mil.369; Vv-a.169 (dhamma˚)
- treating kindly, compassionate, kind (cp. sangaha 5) AN.iv.90; Ja.i.203; Ja.iii.262.
- (m.) a char …
saṅgāyika →
pts
adjective connected with the proclamation; dhamma˚-therā the Elders gathered in the council for proclaiming the Doctrine Ja.v.56.
fr. sangāyati
saṅgīti →
pts
- a song, chorus, music Ja.i.32 (dibba˚); Ja.vi.528 (of birds).
- proclamation (cp. sangara), rehearsal, general convocation of the Buddhist clergy in order to settle questions of doctrine and to fi …
saṅkha →
pts
Saṅkha1
a shell conch; mother-of-pearl; a chank, commonly used as a trumpet DN.i.79; DN.ii.297 = MN.i.58; AN.ii.117; AN.iv.199; Vv.81#10; Ja.i.72; Ja.ii.110; Ja.vi.465, Ja.vi.580; Mil.21 …
saṅkhippa →
pts
adjective quick Ja.vi.323. Sankhiya-dhamma
saṃ + khippa
saṅkhiyā-dhamma →
pts
Saṅkhiyā-dhamma
form of talk, the trend of talk DN.i.2; DN-a.i.43. Cp. saṅkhyā.
saṅkhāra →
pts
…Pv-a.41 (bhijjana-dhammā). Of passages dealing with the sankhāras as aniccā vayadhammā, anattā, dukkhā etc. the foll. may be…
saṅkhāta →
pts
…named DN.i.163 (akusala˚ dhammā); DN.iii.65 DN.iii.133 = Vin.iii.46 (theyya˚ what is called theft); DN-a.i.313 (the sambodhi, by which is…
sekhiya →
pts
connected with training; s. dhamma rule of good breeding Vin.iv.185 sq.
fr. sekha
senā →
pts
an army Vin.i.241; Vin.iv.104 sq. (where described as consisting of hatthī assā, rathā, pattī), Vin.iv.160; SN.i.112; AN.iii.397; AN.v.82; Ja.ii.94; Mil.4; Mnd.95 (Māra˚), Mnd.174 (id.).
- *-[gutta] …
sota →
pts
Sota1
neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …
soṇḍa →
pts
addicted to drink, intoxicated, a drunkard DN.ii.172; Ja.v.436, Ja.v.499; Mil.345; Vism.316 a-soṇḍa AN.iii.38; AN.iv.266; Ja.v.166; (fem. ī) itthisoṇḍī a woman addicted to drink Snp.112 (? better “ …
su →
pts
Su1
indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …
sukha →
pts
…sq., Netti.239 (the four s. dhammā are indriyasaṁvara, tapasaṁkhāta puññadhamma, bojjhangabhāvanā and sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggasankhāta…
sukka →
pts
Sukka1
planet, star Ud. 9 = Ne.150; (nt.) semen, sukkavisaṭṭhi emission of semen Vin.ii.38; Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv.30; Kv.163.
Vedic śukra; fr. śuc
Sukka2
adjective white, bri …
sutta →
pts
Sutta1
asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring t …
suttantika →
pts
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 …
sāmukkaṃsika →
pts
adjective exalting, praising (i.e. the 4 truths), as much as “standard. Kern,
Toevoegselen
ii.64, takes it to mean “condensed, given in brief.” Usually in phrase -ikā dhammadesanā (thus as f. o …
sārāṇīya →
pts
…sārāṇīyā dhammā states of conciliation, fraternal living (Dial. iii.231) DN.iii.245; MN.i.322; MN.ii.250; AN.iii.288;…
sīla →
pts
…above a) are only called dhammā at AN.ii.253 sq.; AN.v.260; nor are they designated as sīla at AN.ii.221…
sīsaka →
pts
head, as adj - ˚; heading, with the head towards; uttarasīsaka head northwards DN.ii.137 pācīna˚ (of Māyā’s couch: eastward) Ja.i.50. heṭṭhāsīsaka head downwards Ja.iii.13; dhammasīsaka worshipping r …
taccha →
pts
Taccha1
a carpenter, usually as ˚ka: otherwise only in cpd. -sūkara the carpenter-pig (= a boar, so called from felling trees), title & hero of Jātaka No. 492 (Ja.iv.342 sq.). Cp. vaḍḍ …
takka →
pts
…atakkâvacarâ in phrase dhammā gambhīrā duddasā a˚ nipuṇā (views, etc.) deep, difficult to know, beyond logic (or sophistry: i.e. not…
tayo →
pts
…(tayas; su dhammā Snp.231, see Kp-a.188)
■ f. tisso (DN.i.143; AN.v.210; Iti.99)
■ nt. tīṇi (AN.i.138, etc.),…
taṇhā →
pts
…rooted in t. (dhammā: 9 items) Pts.i.26, Pts.i.130; Vb.390;
- -lepa cleaving to t. Cnd.271#iii; (+…
tika →
pts
adjective noun consisting of 3, a triad SN.ii.218 (t
■ bhojana); Dhp-a.iv.89 (-nipāta, the book of the triads, a division of the Jātaka), Dhp-a.iv.108 (t
■ catukka-jhāna the 3 & the 4 jhānas); …
tuṇḍiya →
pts
adjective having a beak; n. a pecker, fig. a tax-collector Ja.v.102 (= adhamma-bali-sādhaka Ja.v.103).
from tuṇḍi
tāṇa →
pts
shelter, protection refuge, esp. as tt. of shelter & peace offered by the Dhamma. Mostly in combn with leṇa & saraṇa; (see [dīpa & abhaya;](/define/dīpa & abhaya;)), in var. contexts, esp …
ucchādana →
pts
rubbing the limbs, anointing the body with perfumes, shampooing DN.i.7, DN.i.76; at the latter passage in combn. anicc˚-dhamma, of the body, meaning “erosion, decay” and combd.</sup …
uddhamma →
pts
false doctrine Dpvs.v.19.
ud + dhamma
upadisati →
pts
to point out, show, advise, specify Ja.v.457 (sippaṃ); Mil.21 (dhamma-maggaṃ)
pp upadiṭṭha (q.v.).
upa + disati
upajānāti →
pts
…AN.i.50 (dvinnaṃ dhammānaṃ upaññāsin)
fut upaññissati (& upaññassati; Snp.716) Snp.701, Snp.716 (= upaññayissati…
upeti →
pts
to go to (with acc.), come to, approach, undergo, attain DN.i.55 (paṭhavi-kāyaṃ an-upeti does not go into an earthly body), DN.i.180; MN.i.486 (na upeti, as answer: “does not meet the question”); SN …
uposatha →
pts
At the time of the rise of Buddhism the word had come to mean the day preceding four stages of the moon’s waxing and waning, viz. 1st, 8th, 15th 23d nights …
uppaḷāseti →
pts
to sound out or forth, to make sound Mil.21 (dhamma-sankhaṃ). Reading at DN.ii.337 is upaḷāseti in same meaning.
ud + pra + las, cp. Sk. samullāsayati in same meaning
upādā →
pts
adverb lit. “taking up”, i.e. subsisting on something else, not original, secondary derived (of rūpa form) Dhs.877, Dhs.960, Dhs.1210; Vism.275 Vism.444 (24 fold); Dhs-a.215, Dhs-a.299, Dhs-a.333, …
ussada →
pts
this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …
ussāpana →
pts
lifting up, raising, erecting, unfolding (of a flag or banner) AN.iv.41; Cnd.503 (dhamma-dhajassa).
fr. ussāpeti
ussāpita →
pts
lifted, raised, unfurled Mil.328 (dhamma-dhaja); Ja.ii.219.
pp. of ussāpeti, cp. ussādita
uttama →
pts
adjective “ut-most”, highest, greatest, best Snp.1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā combd …
uttara →
pts
Uttara1
adjective
- higher, high, superior, upper, only in compounds, Ja.ii.420 (musal˚ with the club on top of him? Cy not clear, perhaps to uttara2); see also below.
- nort …
uttari FIXME double →
pts
Uttari (˚-) & Uttariṃ
adverb out, over, beyond; additional moreover, further, besides
- uttariṃ: DN.i.71; MN.i.83 MN.iii.148; SN.iv.15; Snp.796 (uttariṃ kurute = uttariṃ karot …
uttari →
pts
Uttari (˚-) & Uttariṃ
adverb out, over, beyond; additional moreover, further, besides
- uttariṃ: DN.i.71; MN.i.83 MN.iii.148; SN.iv.15; Snp.796 (uttariṃ kurute = uttariṃ karot …
uttariṃ FIXME double →
pts
Uttari (˚-) & Uttariṃ
adverb out, over, beyond; additional moreover, further, besides
- uttariṃ: DN.i.71; MN.i.83 MN.iii.148; SN.iv.15; Snp.796 (uttariṃ kurute = uttariṃ karot …
uttariṃ →
pts
Uttari (˚-) & Uttariṃ
adverb out, over, beyond; additional moreover, further, besides
- uttariṃ: DN.i.71; MN.i.83 MN.iii.148; SN.iv.15; Snp.796 (uttariṃ kurute = uttariṃ karot …
utu →
pts
- (lit.)
- (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …
uḷāra →
pts
adjective great, eminent, excellent, superb, lofty, noble, rich
■ Dhammapāla at Vv-a.10–Vv-a.11 distinguishes 3 meanings: tīhi atthehi ūḷāraṃ paṇītaṃ (excellent), seṭṭhaṃ (best), mahantaṃ (great) …
vaco →
pts
…instr. vacasā Vin.ii.95 (dhammā bahussutā honti dhatā v. paricitā); Vin.iii.189; SN.i.12 (+ manasā); Snp.365, Snp.663, Snp.890 (= vacanena…
vagga →
pts
Vagga1
- a company, section group, party Vin.i.58 (du˚, ti˚), Vin.i.195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus).
- a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga- …
vajja →
pts
Vajja1
neuter that which should be avoided, a fault, sin DN.ii.38; SN.i.221; Vin.ii.87 (thūla˚ a grave sin); AN.i.47, AN.i.98; AN.iv.140; Pts.i.122; Dhp.252; Vb-a.342 (syn. with dosa and …
vara →
pts
Vara1
adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …
vasala →
pts
an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin.ii.221; Snp.116–Snp.136; Ja.iv.388; Snp-a.183, -f. vasalī outcaste wretched woman SN.i.160; Ja.iv.121, Ja.iv.375; Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.iii.11 …
vattati →
pts
to move, go on, proceed to happen, take place, to be; to be in existence; to fare to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes …
vaṃsa →
pts
- 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.).
- race lineage, family AN.ii.27 …
veda →
pts
- (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …
vedeti →
pts
…comprehensible DN.i.12; (dhammā nipuṇā… paṇḍita-vedanīyā); DN.ii.36; MN.i.487; MN.ii.220; (b) to be experienced SN.iv.114…
vepulla →
pts
full development, abundance, plenty, fullness DN.iii.70, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.285; SN.iii.53; AN.i.94 (āmisa˚, dhamma˚); AN.iii.8, AN.iii.404; AN.v.152 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; Mil.33, Mil.251; Vism.212 (sadd …
vi →
pts
indeclinable
I.
- inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …
vibhajati →
pts
(lit.) to distribute, divide; (fig.) to distinguish, dissect, divide up, classify; to deal with something in detail, to go into details MN.iii.223; SN.ii.2, SN.ii.255 (vibhājeti) = MN.i.364 (reads vir …
vibhaṅga →
pts
distribution, division, distinction, classification Vin.i.359; Snp.600 (jāti classification of species; explained as jāti -vitthāra at Snp-a.464); Ja.iv.361 (+ vicaya; C. expl …
vicarati →
pts
to go or move about in (loc.), to walk (a road = acc.), to wander Snp.444 (raṭṭhā raṭṭhaṃ vicarissaṃ, fut.), Snp.696 (dhamma-maggaṃ); Mnd.201, Mnd.263; Pv.iii.7#3 (aor. vicari); Dhp-a.i.66; Pv-a.4, …
vicaya →
pts
search, investigation, examination SN.iii.96 (vicayaso, i.e. thoroughly); Pp.25; Mil.340 (dhamma˚); Ne.1, Ne.2, Ne.10; Dhs-a.147; Sdhp.466. For dhamma˚ see sambojjhanga.
fr. vi + *[ci](/define/ci …
vicinati →
pts
(˚cināti)
- to investigate, examine, discriminate SN.i.34 (yoniso vicine dhammaṃ); AN.iv.3 sq (id.); Snp.658, Snp.933; Tha-ap.42; Ja.vi.373; Mnd.398; Ne.10 Ne.22 (grd. vicetabba), Ne.25 sq.; Mil.29 …
viddhaṃsana →
pts
adjective noun shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.) undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying SN.iv.83; Mil.351 (kosajja˚); Ja.i.322; Ja.v.267 (adj.); Vism.85 (vikkhepa +); Vv-a.58, Vv-a.161 (a …
vidū →
pts
adjective clever, wise, knowing, skilled in (-˚) SN.i.62 (loka˚); SN.v.197; Vin.ii.241 (pl. paracittaviduno); Snp.677 (vidūhi), Snp.996; Ja.v.222 (dhamma˚) Vv.30#11 (= sappañña Vv-a.127); Mil.276; M …
vigarahati →
pts
to scold (intensely), to abuse Vin.ii.161 (dhammiṃ kathaṃ); Vin.iii.46; SN.i.30 (ariyadhammaṃ); Mil.227.
vi + garahati
vijjā →
pts
…Mil.267
- -bhāgiyā (dhammā) (states) conducive to wisdom (6 kinds of saññā) AN.iii.334; cp. DN.iii.243; SN.v.395; AN.iv.52 sq. *…
vikiraṇa →
pts
adjective
- scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96)
■ Vb.358 (T. reads vikī˚; variant reading vikāraṇa & vikkir˚) = Pp.23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. “gui …
vimukha →
pts
adjective turning away from, averted, neglectful Mhvs.22, Mhvs.80; Pv-a.3 (dhamma-saññā˚), Pv-a.269 (carita˚).
vi + mukha
vimutta →
pts
freed, released, intellectually emancipated Vin.i.8; AN.iv.75, AN.iv.179, AN.iv.340; AN.v.29; DN.iii.97 DN.iii.100, DN.iii.133, DN.iii.258; SN.i.23, SN.i.35; SN.iii.13, SN.iii.53, SN.iii.137; Snp.354, …
vinaya →
pts
…Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pipāsa˚);…
vinicchaya →
pts
- discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …
vipariṇāma →
pts
change (for the worse), reverse, vicissitude DN.iii.216 (˚dukkhatā); MN.i.457 (see [as “disappointment”](/define/as “disappointment”)); SN.ii.274; SN.iii.8; SN.iv.7 sq., SN.iv.67 sq. AN.ii.177 (˚dhamm …
viraja →
pts
adjective free from defilement or passion, stainless, faultless Vin.i.294 (āgamma maggaṃ virajaṃ) Snp.139, Snp.520, Snp.636, Snp.1105 (see exegesis at Cnd.590); Pv.iii.3#6 (= vigata-raja, niddosa Pv\ …
virāga →
pts
…= Ne.188 (virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṃ); Dhs.163; Ne.16, Ne.29 Vism.290 (khaya˚ & accanta˚), Vism.293
■ Often nearly synonymous with;…
virāguṇa →
pts
in meaning “fading away, waning” in verse at Iti.69 (of viññāṇa) is doubtful reading. It corresponds to virāgadhamma of the prose part (virāgudh˚ vv.ll.) The variant reading is pabhaṅguṇa (which mig …
virūḷhi →
pts
growth MN.i.250; SN.iii.53; AN.iii.8, AN.iii.404 sq.; AN.v.152 sq., AN.v.161, AN.v.350 sq.; Iti.113; Mil.33 Mhvs.15, Mhvs.42; Vb-a.196
■ avirūḷhi-dhamma not liable to growth Snp.235; Dhp-a.i.24 …
vissa →
pts
Vissa1
adjective all, every, entire; only in Np. Vissakamma. The word is antiquated in Pāli (for it sabba); a few cases in poetry are doubtful. Thus at Dhp.266 (dhamma), where Dhp-a.iii …
vitakka →
pts
reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …
vivāda →
pts
dispute, quarrel, contention DN.i.236; DN.iii.246; AN.iv.401; Snp.596, Snp.863, Snp.877, Snp.912; Mnd.103, Mnd.167 Mnd.173, Mnd.260, Mnd.307; Pp.19, Pp.22; Ud.67; Ja.i.165; Mil.413; Vv-a.131. There a …
viññāta →
pts
apperceived, (re)cognized, understood, cogitated (Cpd. 37), learned Snp.323 (˚dhamma, one who has recognized or understood the Dhamma); Vv.44#18 (= viññāta-sāsana-dhamma Vv-a.192); Ja.i.2 Sdhp.42 …
vodāyati →
pts
to become clean or clear, to be purified or cleansed AN.v.169 (fig. saddhammassa), AN.v.317 (id.; explained by C. as “vodānaṃ gacchati”); Ja.ii.418 (of a precious stone).
vi + ava + dā4 to clean
vokāra →
pts
- difference Snp.611.
- constituent of being (i.e. the khandhas), usually as eka˚, catu˚ & pañca˚-bhava;, e.g. Kv.261; Vb.137 Tikp.32, Kp.36 sq.; Vism.572; Kp-a.245; Snp-a.19, Snp-a.158 In thi …
vādin →
pts
adjective (-˚) speaking (of), saying, asserting, talking; professing, holding a view or doctrine; arguing. Abs. only at AN.ii.138 (cattāro vādī four kinds of disputants); Snp.382 (ye vā pi c’aññe vād …
vārita →
pts
…vataṃ phala-samādhinā samāhitaṃ“), cp. bhāvanā-balena vāritattā dhammā etc. at Tikp. 14.
pp. of vāreti, Caus. of vṛ1
ya →
pts
…aṭṭha garudhammā paṭiggahitā tad eva sā upasampannā); Vb-a.387
■ yad-atthaṃ for what, why Thig.163….
yakkha →
pts
- name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …
yakkhinī →
pts
female yakkha, a vampire. Their character is usually fierce & full of spite & vengeance, addicted to man- & beast-murder (cp. yakkha 2). They are very much like Petīs in habits. With their names cp. …
yamaka →
pts
- (adj.) double, twin; only in foll. combinations: -pāṭihāriya (& ˚hīra); the miracle of the double appearances, a miracle performed by the Buddha in Sāvatthī to refute the heretical teachers (cp. …
yasa →
pts
Yaso & Yasa
neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …
yaso →
pts
Yaso & Yasa
neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …
yathā →
pts
adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …
yañña →
pts
- a brahmanic sacrifice.
- alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.
The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …
yevāpana →
pts
…tasmiṃ samaye aññe pi dhammā; but cp. in § 1: yaṃ yaṃ vā pan’ ārabbha, in same sense.
not connected with yeva, but an adj….
yevāpanaka →
pts
…tasmiṃ samaye aññe pi dhammā; but cp. in § 1: yaṃ yaṃ vā pan’ ārabbha, in same sense.
not connected with yeva, but an adj….
yoga →
pts
lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device
- yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
- conn …
yoggā →
pts
training, practice Ja.ii.165 (yoggaṃ karoti to practise); Ja.iv.269 (id.); Dhp-a.i.52 (lakkha-yoggaṃ karoti to practise shooting)
■ adj. (-˚) katayogga well-practised, trained SN.i.62, SN.i.98 …
yuga →
pts
…Kp-a.27 (nt.); Vism.149 (˚dhammā things fitting under one yoke, integral parts, constituents) -mattaṃ (adv.) “only the distance of a…
yuttaka →
pts
adjective (-˚) proper, fit (for); nt. what is proper, fitness: dhamma-yuttakaṃ katheti to speak righteous speech Ja.iv.356
■ Usually combined with a grd., seemingly pleonastically (like yutta), …
yāga →
pts
- A (brahmanic) sacrifice, known otherwise as mahāyāga (or pl ˚yāgā), and consisting of the 4: assamedha, purisamedha sammāpāsa, vāja-peyya. Thus mentioned at SN.i.76 & Snp.3 …
yāna →
pts
- going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
- means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …
yāthāva →
pts
adjective sufficient (lit “just as much”; i.e. such as it is), sufficiently founded logical, consistent, exact, definite, true Cnd.275 (where tatha is explained by taccha, bhūta, yāthāva, aviparīta) D …
yāva →
pts
…terasa sanghādisesā dhammā, nava patham-āpattikā cattāro yāvatatiyakā, yesaṃ bhikkhu aññataraṃ vā aññataraṃ vā…
yāvatā →
pts
…SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā vā virāgo… aggam akkhāyati, yad-idaṃ mada-nimmadano… AN.ii.34 = Iti.88;…
yūpa →
pts
- a sacrificial post DN.i.141; AN.iv.41; Ja.iv.302; Ja.vi.211; Mil.21 (dhamma˚); Snp-a.321, Snp-a.322; DN-a.i.294.
- a pāsāda, or palace Thag.163 = Ja.ii.334.
- -ussāpana …
ñāti →
pts
relation, relative (= mātito pitito ca sambandhā Pv-a.25; = bandhū Pv-a.86; specialized as ˚sālohitā, see below). Pl. ñātayo (Pv.i.4#3; Kp-a.209 Kp-a.214) and ñātī (MN.ii.73; Kp-a.210, Kp-a.213 …
ñāya →
pts
- method, truth, system, later = logic: ˚gantha book on logic Dāvs iii.41.
- fitness right manner, propriety, right conduct, often applied to the “right path” (ariyamagga = ariyañāya Vin.i.10) DN. …
ñāṇa →
pts
knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.
-
Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …
ābhidhammika →
pts
adjective belonging to the specialised Dhamma, versed in or studying the Abhidhamma Mil.17, Mil.341; Vism.93. As abhi˚ at Kp-a.151; Ja.iv.219.
abhidhamma + ika
ācarati →
pts
- to practice, perform, indulge in Vin.i.56; Vin.ii.118; Snp.327 (ācare dhamma-sandosa-vādaṃ) Snp.401; Mil.171, Mil.257 (pāpaṃ). Cp. pp. ācarita in BSk e.g. Av. SN.i.124, SN.i.153, SN.i.213 in sa …
ādi →
pts
- (m.) starting-point, beginning Snp.358 (acc. ādiṃ = kāraṇaṃ Snp-a.351); Dhp.375 (nom. ādi); Mil.10 (ādimhi); Ja.vi.567 (abl. ādito from the beginning). For use as nt. see below 2 b.
- (adj & adv …
ādāsa →
pts
mirror Vin.ii.107; DN.i.7, DN.i.11 (˚pañha mirror-questioning, cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi) SN.v.357 …
āhanati →
pts
to beat, strike, press against, touch ppr. āhananto Mil.21 (dhamma-bheriṃ); Dāvs iv.50. ger. āhacca touching MN.i.493; Ja.i.330; Ja.vi.2, Ja.vi.200; Snp.716 = uppīḷetva Snp-a.498; Vism.420
pp …
āharati →
pts
- to take, take up, take hold of, take out, take away MN.i.429 (sallaṃ); SN.i.121; SN.iii.123; Ja.i.40 (ger. āharitvā “with”), Ja.i.293 (te hattaṃ); Cnd.540#c (puttamaṃsaṃ, read āhāreyya?); Pv.ii.3#1 …
āhāra →
pts
feeding, support, food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enumn. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.
- kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …
ājāniya →
pts
Ājāniya (ājānīya)
adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa3).
- ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …
ājānīya →
pts
Ājāniya (ājānīya)
adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa3).
- ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …
āmisa →
pts
- originally raw meat; hence prevailing notion of “raw unprepared, uncultivated”; thus -khāra raw lye Vin.i.206.
- “fleshy, of the flesh” (as opposed to mind or spirit), hence material, physical; …
ānisaṃsa →
pts
praise i.e. that which is commendable, profit, merit, advantage good result, blessing in or from (c. loc.). There are five ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīla-sampadāya or blessings which accrue to the virtuous …
ārāma →
pts
…with rata, e.g. dhammārāma dhammarata finding delight in the Dh.) SN.i.235 SN.iv.389 sq. (bhav˚, upādān˚); AN.i.35, AN.i.37,…
āvattin →
pts
adjective noun returning, coming back, one who returns, in spec. meaning of one who comes back in transmigration, syn. with āgāmin (an˚), only in neg. anāvattin not returning, a …
āyatana →
pts
- stretch, extent, reach, compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh’s definition at DN-a.i.124 as “samosaraṇa”) DN.iii.241, DN.iii.279 (vimutti˚); SN.ii …
āyussa →
pts
adjective connected with life, bringing (long) life AN.iii.145 dhamma).
Sk. *āyuṣya
āyāga →
pts
…Snp.486 (= deyyadhammānaṃ adhiṭṭhāna-bhūta Snp-a.412); Thag.566; Ja.vi.205 (˚vatthu worthy objact of sacrificial fees).
ā…
ṭha →
pts
˚Ṭha
(˚ṭṭha) (adj. suffix) standing, as opposed to either lying down or moving; located, being based on, founded on (e.g. appa˚ based on little DN.i.143): see *kappa*˚ (lasting a k.) …
ṭhita →
pts
standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. …
ṭhitatā →
pts
the fact of standing or being founded on (-˚) SN.ii.25 = AN.i.286 (dhamma˚ + dhamma-niyāmatā).
ṭhiti →
pts
state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …
ṭhāna →
pts
…(gatis): of sabbe khayadhammā (i.e. keci saggûpagā keci apāyûpagā) Ne.94 In combn apucchi nipuṇe pañhe…
ṭhānīya →
pts
adjective standing, having a certain position, founded on or caused by (-˚) Vin.ii.194 (-nīca˚) AN.i.264 (chanda-rāga-dhamma˚). See also under tiṭṭhati.
grd. of tiṭṭhati