Aḍḍha¹

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

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

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

1. (lit.) root AN.ii.200; MN.i.233; Dhp-a.i.270; Dhp-a.iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism.270 (rukkha˚; = rukkha-samīpaṃ); Pv.ii.9#6 (sa˚ with the root); Pv-a.43 (rukkhassa mūle at the foot of).
2. foot …

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

Dussa¹

neuter woven material, cloth, turban cloth; (upper) garment, clothes Vin.i.290 Vin.ii.128, Vin.ii.174; Vin.iv.159. DN.i.103; SN.v.71; MN.i.215; MN.ii.92; AN.v.347; Snp.679; Pv.i.10# …

adjective noun

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

in cpd. aḍḍha˚; at Vin.ii.134, referring to the shape of a beard, is doubtful. The variant reading is “duka.” Could it correspond to Vedic rukma (a certain ornament worn on the chest)?

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

box, basket, casket, as dussa˚ MN.i.215 = SN.v.71 = AN.iv.230 (in simile); SN.iii.131 SN.v.351 cp. Pp.34; Ja.i.96; Ja.iii.527; Ja.v.473 (here to be changed into koraṇḍaka); DN-a.i.222 (vilīva˚); Snp\ …

Dosaniya, Dosanīya & Dosaneyya

adjective corruptible; polluting, defiling; hateful sinful SN.iv.307; AN.ii.120; Iti.84 (where AN.iii.110 has dussanīya in same context).

grd
■ formation either to d …

Dosaniya, Dosanīya & Dosaneyya

adjective corruptible; polluting, defiling; hateful sinful SN.iv.307; AN.ii.120; Iti.84 (where AN.iii.110 has dussanīya in same context).

grd
■ formation either to d …

Dosaniya, Dosanīya & Dosaneyya

adjective corruptible; polluting, defiling; hateful sinful SN.iv.307; AN.ii.120; Iti.84 (where AN.iii.110 has dussanīya in same context).

grd
■ formation either to d …

pestle, a mortar Vin.i.202 (in cuṇṇa˚ & dussa˚, cp. saṇha).

to cālana of calaka²

1. a corpse Vin.ii.115 (˚sīsassa patta a bowl made out of a skull) See compounds
2. (adj.) vile, low, miserable, wretched Vin.ii.112, Vin.ii.188; SN.i.66; MN.i.374; AN.ii.57; Ja.iv.263.

• *-[aṭṭhika …

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 …

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 …

No¹

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

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 …

doubt, perplexity, uncertainty (one of the nīvaraṇas) DN.i.246; DN.iii.49, DN.iii.216, DN.iii.234 DN.iii.269; SN.i.99; SN.iii.106 sq. (dhammesu v. doubt about the precepts); SN.iv.350; AN.iii.292, AN. …

associated with, connected Dhs.1; Kv.337; Dhs-a.42. -paccaya the relation of association (opp. vippayutta˚) Vism.539; Vb-a.206 Tikp.6, Kp.20, Kp.53, Kp.65, Kp.152 sq.; Duka-pa.1 sq.

saṃ + payutta

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.

• • …

arrested, stopped, paralysed, destroyed Pts.ii.179; Tikp.155, Kp.320 sq. Duka-pa.10.

pp. of vikkhambheti

fruit, fruition, product; always in pregnant meaning of “result, effect, consequence (of one’s action),” either as good & meritorious (kusala or bad & detrimental (*[akusala](/defi …

covetousness, greed. Defined at Vism.468 as “lubbhanti tena, sayaṃ vā lubbhati, lubbhana-mattam eva vā taṃ,” with several comparisons following. Often found in triad of lobha, dosa, moha (greed, an …

cloth; clothes.

adjective (-˚) connected with a cause, causing or caused, conditioned by, consisting in Mhvs.1, Mhvs.45 (maṇi-pallanka˚); Dhs.1009 (pahātabba˚); Vb-a.17 (du˚, ti˚). usually as sa˚; and a˚; (wit …

Ratana¹

neuter

1. (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 …

adjective seizing, taking; acquiring; (n.) seizure, grasp, hold, acquisition Vism.114 (in detail) usually -˚: nāma˚-divase on the day on which a child gets its name (lit. acquiring a name) Ja.i.199, …

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 …

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

same meaning as pallattha Vin.ii.213; Vin.iii.162 (cp. Vin. Texts i.62; iii.141); Vism.79 (dussa˚).

fr. pallattha

1. slab, tablet, plate, in compounds ayo˚; iron plate AN.iv.130, AN.iv.131; Ja.iv.7 (suvaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.43 (ayomaya˚); loha˚; brass plate Pv-a.44; silā˚ stone slab Ja.i.59 etc. When written on it i …

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

adjective auspicious prosperous, lucky, festive Mnd.87, Mnd.88; Kp-a.118 sq. Snp-a.273, Snp-a.595; Sdhp.551
■ nt. maṅgalaṃ good omen auspices, festivity Snp.258; Vin.ii.129; Pv-a.17. A curious …

1. fastened, bound, DN.ii.350 (susannaddha); Mil.339.
2. put on, clothed (with Pv.iv.1#36 (˚dussa).
3. armed, accoutred SN.ii.284; Ja.i.179; Dhp.387; Dhp-a.iv.144; Pv-a.154 (˚dhanu-kalāpa).

pp. of …

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

braid of hair, plaited hair, hair twisted into a single braid AN.iii.295; Vin.ii.266 (dussa˚) Thig.255; Vv.38#4 (= kesa-veṇi C.). fig. of a “string of people DN.i.239 (andha˚). -kata plaited, havi …

1. the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …

set of two, a collection of two, a dyad; a section consisting of sets of two.

dyad Dhs-a.36, Dhs-a.343, Dhs-a.347, Dhs-a.406; Vism.11 sq. & in titles of books “in pairs, on pairs, e.g. Dukapaṭṭhāna; or chapters, e.g. Ja.ii.1 (˚nipāta).

see dvi B ii

1. a wick SN.ii.86 = SN.iii.126 = SN.iv.213; Ja.i.243 (dīpa˚); Dhp-a.393; Thag-a.72 (Ap.v.45: nom. pl. vaṭṭīni); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.37 Mhvs.34, Mhvs.35.
2. enclosure, lining, film, skin Vism.258 (anta˚ e …

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 …

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

• *-[parāyaṇa]( …

hardness, rigidity, Dhs.859; Vb.82; Ja.v.167; Dhs-a.166
■ akakkhaḷatā absence of roughness, pleasantness Dhs.44, Dhs.45, Dhs.324 Dhs.640, Dhs.728, Dhs.859; Dhs-a.151; Vv-a.214 (= saṇha).

abstr …

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

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 …

moving, stirring Dhp-a.iv.85; Dhs-a.92, Dhs-a.240, Dhs-a.323.

cup, copati to stir, rel. to kup, see kuppati

at Cnd.40 (p. 85) read terovassikaṃ (as SN.iv.185).

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 1^a) …

Vin.iii.112; SN.iii.85; AN.ii.33 = Cnd.420 B³ (: the latter has udaka, but Mnd.14 daka).

• -āsaya (adj.) (beings) living in water AN.ii.33≈;
• -ja (adj …

base of numeral four

1. 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 …

covering, lid; closing up Dhp-a.iv.85 (saṃvara +).

see next

tamo darkness (syn. andhakāra, opp. joti), lit. as well as fig. (mental darkness = ignorance or state of doubt); one of the dark states of life & rebirth; adj. living in one of the d …

chessman DN-a.i.85.

cp. *Sk. śāri

nt.

1. (lit.) that (material) substratum by means of which an active process is kept alive or going), fuel, supply, provision; adj. (-˚) supported by, drawing one’s existence from SN.i.69; SN.ii.85 …

Bila¹

neuter a hole, den, cave AN.ii.33 = SN.iii.85; Thag.189 Mnd.362; Ja.i.480; Ja.ii.53; Ja.vi.574 (= guhā C.); Mil.151 Sdhp.23
■ kaṇṇa˚; orifice of the ear Vism.195; vammīka˚; ant …

(& cattālīsa) forty SN.ii.85; Snp.p.87; Iti.99≈. Usually cattāḷīsa Ja.i.58; Ja.v.433; Dhp-a.i.41; Dhp-a.ii.9. 93.

• -danta having 40 teeth (one of the characteristics of a Mahāp …

adjective having eyes, being gifted with sight; of clear sight, intuition or wisdom possessing knowledge (cp. samantacakkhu) DN.i.76 (one who knows, i.e. a connoisseur); cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhinti “ …

discolouring Thag-a.85 (Ap. v. 42).

fr. vivaṇṇa

wall Vin.i.48; DN.ii.85; SN.ii.103; SN.iv.183 SN.v.218; Ja.i.491; Vism.354 = Vb-a.58 (in comparison) Thag-a.258; Vv-a.42, Vv-a.160, Vv-a.271, Vv-a.302; Pv-a.24.

• -khīla a …

to plunder, rob, steal, ruin SN.i.85 = Ja.ii.239; Ja.v.99; Mil.193; Vv-a.100; Dhp-a.iii.23-Pass. viluppati Ja.v.254 (gloss for ˚lump˚ of p. 253)
pp vilutta
caus 2 *vilump …

plundered, stripped, robbed, ruined SN.i.85 = Ja.ii.239; Ja.v.99; Ja.vi.44; Mil.303; Mhvs.33, Mhvs.71 (corehi).

pp. of vilumpati

reversal change (esp. in a bad sense), inversion, perversion derangement, corruption, distortion
■ The form vipariyāsa occurs at Vin.ii.80 (citta-˚kata, with deranged mind or wrong thoughts); Ja. …

1. to deny Vin.ii.85; AN.iii.164 = Pp.65.
2. (later) to despise Dhp-a.iii.16; Pv-a.175 (grd ˚jānitabba)-Of short stem-form ñā are found the foll grd. avaññeyya Pv-a.175, and with o˚: grd. oñāta …

adjective too cold Dhp-a.ii.85.

ati + sīta

Ati-ambila

adjective too sour Dhp-a.ii.85.

ati + ambila

to draw over to Vin.i.85.

apa + lāḷeti

meditation, reflexion, thought Dhs.85 (= vicāra).

anu + vicāra, cf. anuvicāreti

concentration (of thought) Dhs.8, Dhs.85, Dhs.284, Dhs.372.

abstr. fr. anupekkhana, see anupekkhatī

disadvantage, danger (in or through = loc.) DN.i.38 (vedanānaṃ assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca etc.), DN.i.213 (iddhi-pāṭihāriye MN.i.318; SN.i.9 (ettha bhīyo), SN.ii.170 sq. (dhātūnaṃ); SN.iii.27, SN.iii.62, …

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 …

hunger & thirst: ˚āya mīyamāno MN.i.85. Personified as belonging to the army of Māra Snp.436 = Nd ii.on visenikatvā. To be tormented by hunger & thirst is the special lot of the; Petas: Pv.i.11#10 P …

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

cubit Mil.85 (aṭṭha rataniyo).

Sk. aratni “elbow” with apocope and diaeresis; given at Halāyudha 2, 381 as “a cubit, or measure from the elbow to the tip of the little finger.” The form ratni also oc …

to investigate, to examine MN.iii.85; SN.v.68, SN.v.262; Ne.21; Snp-a.545. grd. paviceyya Ja.iv.164, & pavicetabba Ne.21.

pa + vicinati

share, portion Dhp-a.ii.85.

prec. + ka

to wash, cleanse Vin.i.9 (pāde); DN.ii.85 (id.); MN.i.205; SN.i.107; Ja.vi.24 (pāde); Vv-a.261.

Caus. of pa + ksal, cp. khaleti

to proclaim Ja.i.17 (v. 85).

pa + kitteti

long pepper SN.v.79; Ja.iii.85; Vv.43#6; Dhp-a.i.258 (˚guhā npl.); Dhp-a.iv.155.

with aspirate ph for p, as in Sk. pippalī, see Geiger, P.Gr. § 62. See also pippala. Etym. loan words are Gr. πέπε …

exertion, energetic effort, striving, concentration of mind DN.iii.30 DN.iii.77, DN.iii.104, DN.iii.108, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.238; MN.ii.174, MN.ii.218; SN.i.47; SN.ii.268 SN.iv.360; SN.v.244 sq.; AN.ii …

honoured, esteemed, preferred DN.i.50; MN.i.85; SN.i.192, SN.i.200; Snp.199, Snp.421 Snp.1015; Mnd.154; Dhp.343 (= parivārita Dhp-a.iv.49) Ja.ii.48 (˚parivārita); Pv.iii.7#1 (= payirupāsita Pv-a.205 …

adjective below, inferior, posterior. Usually as nt. oraṃ the below, the near side, this world Snp.15; Vv-a.42 (orato abl. from this side)
■ Cases adverbially: acc. *[oraṃ](/defin …

adj. nt.

1. drinkable SN.ii.111.
2. drink, be erage, usually water for drinking Vin.ii.207; Vin.iv.263; Ja.i.198, Ja.i.450; Ja.iii.491 Ja.v.106, Ja.v.382; Pv.i.10#7; Pv.ii.1#19, Pv.ii.7#10; Pv-a.4, …

citizen Ja.i.150; Ja.iv.404; Ja.v.385; Dāvs ii.85; Vv-a.31; Pv-a.19; Dhp-a.i.41.

Sk. nāgara, see nagara

1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

(adj. tasting Vv-a.85 (nibbāna˚).

fr. rasa

to be hurt, to suffer harm MN.i.85 (ḍāṃsa-makasa-vāt’ ātapa-siriṃsapa-samphassehi rissamāno; where Cnd.199 in same passage reads samphassamāna).

Vedic riṣ, riṣyati

anxious, doubtful Ja.v.85; Mhvs.7, Mhvs.15; Snp-a.60. Cp. pari˚, vi˚.

fr. śaṅk

adjective angry, wrathful SN.i.85, SN.i.96; Snp.133; Vv.52#8 (= paresaṃ ros uppādanena r. Vv-a.226); Ja.ii.270.

fr. rosa; cp. BSk. roṣaka Divy.38

the body in being, the existing body or group (= -nikāya q.v.); as a t.t. in P. psychology almost equal to individuality; identified with the five khandhas MN.i.299; SN.iii.159; …

1. an arrow, a dart AN.iv.107 (T. has it as nt.).
2. a small stick, peg, thin bar SN.iv.168; Dāvs iv.51.
3. blade of a grass MN.i.79; Ja.i.439.
4. ribs of a parasol Vin.iv.338; Snp-a.487; Mil.226.
5. …

Bengal madder DN-a.i.85.

= Sk. mañjiṣṭhā

infatuated, bewildered DN.ii.85; MN.i.250; AN.i.165; Snp.583; Ja.v.294; Tikp.366.

saṃ + mūḷha

to tear, to cut MN.i.450; AN.ii.33 = SN.iii.85; SN.iii.155; Mhvs.23, Mhvs.10
■ Act. intrs sampadālati to burst Ja.vi.559 (= phalati, C.).

saṃ + padāleti

1. to jump over (acc.) step over, to hop Ja.iii.272; Ja.v.472 (langhamāno yāti); Mil.85.
2. to make light of, disregard neglect, transgress Pv-a.15; Vv-a.138
   ■ Cp. abhilaṅghati, ullaṅghati

c …

“exactly the same” at Ud.85 (= DN.ii.135) read sama˚.