indeclinable see haṃ.

…and afterwards attained arahantship. Thag.26 The Abhayarājakumāra Sutta MN.i.392ff. contains the dilemma episode. It also mentions that at the…

AbhiñjikaAbhijikaĀbhiñjika

A student of Anuruddha. On one occasion when the Buddha asks Mahā Kassapa to preach to the monks, the latter reports that it is impossible to talk to them because monks lik …

…in due course became an arahant. DN.i.177

In the Majjhima Nikāya MN.iii.124ff. we are told that he was an old friend of Bakkula Thera, and…

A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot seas …

…Thig.25–26 Vin.ii.277 Later she attained arahantship.

…enters the Order, and, in due course, attains arahantship. SN.i.166f.

…MN.i.237f. and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the Dantabhūmi Sutta MN.iii.128f. the novice Aciravata is thus addressed by…

…giving new buildings in hand. Vin.ii.172f.

The Chabbaggiyā are censured here for a nissaggiya offence. Vin.iii.224 The Vaṅgīsa Sutta…

…ahiṃsā. It is said that later he became an arahant. SN.i.164

…saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what measures should be taken against the Vesālī monks was also held there, and at the meeting were…

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 …

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 …

…much older in years than the Buddha, for we find Pasenadi, in the early years of his friendship with the Buddha, telling him that he was a…

…would make regarding his chances of victory. The Buddha informed the brahmin that the Vajjians practised the seven conditions of welfare which…

…D.ii.123. It was between Bhandagāma and Bhoganagara, on the road from Vesāli to Kusināra. This was evidently the road which led from Vesāli…

Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

A royal park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay in the course of their journ …

The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Order. It was in Vesāli and was given to the Buddha during his last tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited …

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

…which made him an arahant. SN.iv.105–107

Among others who lived here from time to time are mentioned the Elders Khema, Soma, AN.iii.358…

…impermanent, painful and changing; all becomings are impermanent, etc.; a brahmin is one who has no part in or attachment to anything any more….

…of eminent men sought her hand with rich gifts, but she was unwilling to marry. She heard the Buddha preach and, meditating on his sermon,…

…insight and realised arahantship in the highest grade. AN.iv.228ff. Thag.901

When the Buddha, disgusted with the quarrels of the Kosambī…

…to the Buddha with his own hand, he invited the Buddha to spend the rainy season at Sāvatthī, and the Buddha accepted, saying “the…

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

Beings are born there who are possessed of faith, virtue, learning, munificence and wisdom. MN.iii.102

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

Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless brilliancy, MN.iii.147 or who are possessed of faith, virtue, …

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

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

…the Buddha who is an arahant, etc., could make the whole world go to heaven thus if he chose. To this the Buddha answers no, and explains, by…

…cursed the more comely and handsome grew Asita. Feeling that their austerities were evidently fruitless, they questioned Asita who urged them to…

…where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka was an arahant and had realised Nibbana. SN.i.358

…Vin.i.13 He became an arahant, together with the others, at the preaching of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.14

He was responsible for the…

…and saw no reason for changing their mode of life. It is true, however, that even on this occasion when the Buddha sent for them, they came…

…Snp.977 was in their territory, in close proximity to the Alaka or Mūlaka (the district round Paithan).

In the time of King Reṇu, the Assaka…

…carried bows in their hands. The Kālakañjakas were of fearsome shape, DN.ii.259 and were considered the lowest among the Asuras….

…reached the monk’s hands. Vin.iii.195–196

By the time of the Vesāli Council, however, Avanti had become one of the important centres…

…DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha once visited Avihā. DN.ii.50–51

…in the Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta of the Dīgha Nikāya, DN.iii.75 AN.i.159 but in this context there is no indication that the name refers…

…and on the other the Dārukkhandha Sutta, although the latter is said in some manuscripts to have taken place in Kosambī. SN.iv.179f. In both…

…the Buddha, and having listened to his discourse became an arahant. Thig.145–150

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…days later when the Anattalakhana Sutta was preached he became arahant. Vin.i.13–14 He was the first to be ordained with the formula “*ehi,…

AḷakaMūḷaka

A country on the banks of the Godhāvarī River. It was at a spot between the territories of the Aḷaka and the Assaka kings that Bāvarī lived. Snp.977 To the north of Alaka was Patiṭṭhāna. …

…and who later became an arahant. MN86

As a result of his deeds whole villages were deserted, and the king ordered a detachment of men to seize…

…to be followed and, profiting by the lesson, eight days later Mahā Kassapa became an arahant. This was on the road from Rājagaha to Nāḷandā….

…eighth day he became an arahant. Later, the Buddha declared him to be foremost in good health. AN.i.25

He espoused the virtue of an ascetic and…

An arahant, preceptor of Ānanda. He was once afflicted with scurvy and his robes clung to him. The monks thereupon applied water to the robes, but…

BelaṭṭhānikaBelaṭṭhakāni

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how the spiritual life is wasted in gluttony. Thag.101

…night Bhadda became an arahant. The next morning the Buddha called to him saying, “Come, Bhadda,” and that was his full ordination, at age…

…rather seek the “self” than a woman. They all agreed thereto, and he preached to them. At the end of the sermon they realized the Truth and…

…afterwards attaining to arahantship. Dwelling in the bliss of Nibbāna, under a tree in a lonely spot, Bhaddiya used to exclaim “Ahh, what…

…self mastery and won arahantship. Thag.271–274 MN.iii.155 Vin.i.350 Vin.ii.182

A monk named Bhagu is mentioned Vin.i.300 as staying with…

A recluse, once a co-disciple of the Buddha in the holy life. Once, when the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu and wanted lodging for the night, Mahānāma suggested that he should go to the hermitage of Bha …

…agreed that the khandhas might be divided into past, present and future and who accepted the teaching of the Great Forty. They also…

A Vajjian village between Vesāli and Hatthigāma and near the former.

The Buddha visited it during his last tour, and while there he talked to the monks on four conditions, which lead to Nibbāna. DN.i …

BhaṇḍuBhaṇḍa

A colleague of Ānanda whom Kassapa reported to the Buddha at Veḷuvana for disputing with Abhiñjaka, colleague of Anuruddha. The Buddha sent for the disputants and rebuked them for their …

…found the Buddha engaged in meditation, Bhuñjatī waiting on him and worshipping him with clasped hands. Sakka asked her to salute the Buddha in…

…the eldest was married to a Dhanañjāni brahmince and later became an arahant. His brothers Akkosaka Bhāradvāja, Asurindaka Bhāradvāja,…

…he was accompanied by his friends Bhūmija, Jeyyasena and Abhirādhana, all of whom joined the Order. MN.iii.138ff.

…and he was pleased and entered the Order, becoming an arahant in due course. SN.i.164

…golden jar on the Buddha’s hand and dedicated Veḷuvana for the use of him and of his monks. Vin.i.35ff.

It may have been in Veḷuvana that…

…in the art of managing elephants, MN.ii.94 which art he learned from his father, a master in this direction. It is said MN.ii.97 that, while Bodhi…

…in solitude and became an arahant. One day he went to Sāvatthī for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother’s house. She was in the habit…

…effort, soon became an arahant. SN.iv.63f.

It is perhaps the same monk—called Bāhiya or Bāhika—who is mentioned elsewhere SN.v.165f.…

…of the Sonananda, Brahmavaddhana; in that of the Khandahāla, Pupphavatī; in that of the Yuvañjaya, Rammanagara J.iv.119f; and in that of the…

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

…and his mother later left the world and became arahants. Vin.iii.17–19

…Mahāpadāna, Cakkavattisīhanāda, Bālapaṇḍita and Ambaṭṭha Suttas. SN.v.98

From the Mahāpadāna Sutta it would appear that the birth…

…from afar, he made a special effort and became an arahant. Thag.299–302

CañcalikappaCaṇḍalakappa

A locality in Kosala; it was the residence of Dhānañjāni and of Saṅgārava. The Buddha once paid a visit there and stayed in the Todeyya-ambavana. Saṅgārava went to see him, …

A great brahmin, contemporary of the Buddha, reputed for his great learning and highly esteemed in brahmin gatherings—e.g., at Icchānaṅgala Snp.p.115 and at Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235

He is mentioned toget …

…the king’s she-elephant, before the truth was discovered. The king sent Kāka in pursuit, but Jīvaka gave Kāka a purgative and so…

…renounced the world and soon afterwards attained arahantship. Thig.122–126

…Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit which the Buddha paid to him.AN.iv.228 Vin.i.300f. The Janavasabha Sutta DN.ii.200 leads us to…

…no blame was attached to Channa, for he was an arahant at the moment of death. MN.iii.263ff. SN.iv.55ff.

Channa³

A monk of the…

…monk, son of an elephant trainer, who, having entered the Order, studied under the Buddha and gained special proficiency in distinguishing…

A nun whose Therīgāthāspeak of how in her old age she went to Gijjhakūṭa and there, after meditation, she attained arahantship. Thig.27–28

…in Rājagaha, just before Channa’s suicide. Once, when the Buddha lay ill in the Kalandakanivāpa, Cunda visited him and they talked of the…

…Elder and was, therefore, evidently an arahant.

…of Gandhabbas, Kumbhandas, Nāgas and Yakkhas, all of whom dwell in the same world as their lords and accompany them on their travels….

An eminent arahant, declared chief among monks skilled in creating forms by mind-power and in mental “evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa)….

An arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings…

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 …

…in the modern word Dekkhan. It is possible that Dakkhinapatha was originally the name of the road which led southwards - the Aryan settlement…

…would, on that account, become a pārājika. But the value of the turban was less than five māsakas and the pupil was saved from a pārājika…

…arahant….

…signs of disappearing, he handed the kingdom over to his eldest son and became a hermit. Later he taught his son how he, in turn, could become a…

…to let loose a fierce elephant, Nalāgiri (or Dhanapāla), drunk with toddy, on to the road by which the Buddha would pass. The news spread…

…and fell. Meditating on this, she became an arahant. Thig.17

A brahmin lady, mother of Kassapa Buddha. Her husband was Brahmadatta. DN.ii.7

An example of a low family name. Vin.iv.6 Vin.iv.13

…to Bimbisāra, who sent for Dhaniya. Dhaniya maintained that the king, by royal proclamation, had permitted the monks to use the royal supplies of…

…and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there is nothing left for an arahant to do. SN.i.47

A wanderer. He visited the Buddha at Sūkarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dīghanakha Sutta, at the end of which he became a sotāpanna. In the sutta he is addressed as Aggivessana. MN.i.497f.

…Brahmadatta, first as an elephant-trainer, then as a musician, and finally as his personal servant. He wished to avenge the death of his parents,…

…elephant belonging to Pasenadi. It was while riding on this elephant that the king met Ānanda. The king followed the Elder…

…at last, he became an arahant. His followers imitated him in every step of his spiritual advancement, and they, too, became arahants.

The…

…Sutta they all became arahants. Vin.i.33f. Gayā-Kassapa is reported Thag.345f. to have said that he used to bathe three times a day at…

…and was shaped like an elephant’s head (gaja-sīsa-sadisa-piṭṭhipāsāṇa). There was room on the rock for one thousand monks.

The hill…

…ministering to him better than anyone else, and the Buddha accepted his invitation in preference to that of the king of Benares. It is said that…

…and Channa. SN.iv.55

Channa fell ill there, and ultimately committed suicide. Another monk is mentioned as having thrown himself down from…

…interested in this problem than the people of other places? It was by way of finding a permanent solution to these questions that the Buddha…

A Sākiyan. A conversation between him and Mahānāma the Sākiyan is recorded in the Godha Sutta. SN.v.371

…vain attempts to win arahantship, achieving only temporary emancipation of mind, from which he then fell away. Six times this happened and then…

One of the places passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way from Bāvarī’s hermitage to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.

Between Gonaddha and their starting place lay Patitthāna, Māhissati and Ujjeni, an …

…he suffered defeat at their hands, he would resort to falsehood and evasion, or would ask his opponent to and meet him somewhere and then go there…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of taming this mind like an elephant. Thag.77

One of Bāvarī’s disciples. He went to the Buddha, asked questions, and became an arahant Snp.1006 Snp.1084–1087

An upāsaka of Icchānaṅgala. Once he visited the Buddha at Jetavana after a long interval, and on being asked why he had been absent so long, he replied that he had been kept busy by various duties. …

IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala

A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …

…Virūḷha, king of the Kumbhandas DN.iii.198 ; of Virūpakkha, king of the Nāgas DN.iii.199 ; and of Kuvera, king of the Yakkhas. DN.iii.202…

…J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanavasabha, the elephant of wondrous power.

The…

…to him was none other than his unseen friend, Isidatta. Delighted with the discovery, he invited Isidatta to spend his time at a…

…The story is mentioned in connection with accepting robes elsewhere than in the spot where the rainy season has been spent. Vin.i.299

…birth she was sold to a merchant in payment of her father’s debts. When she was sixteen, the merchant’s son, Giridāsa, fell in love with her…

…Rājagaha, giving Ānanda a chance, if he so desired, of asking him to live on for a kappa; but Ānanda did not take his opportunity….

…the Buddha and became an arahant. Vin.i.15f. It was at Isipatana, too, that the rule was passed prohibiting the use of sandals made of talipot…

…at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas, sakkāya, ignorance, the Noble…

Jotipāla¹

The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited Jotipāla to accompany him to the Buddha, but Jotipāla refused to …

A wanderer who, with his friend Mandissa, visited the Buddha at the Ghositārāma. DN.i.159 The Buddha preached to them the Jāliya Sutta. According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika cou …

…did likewise. AN.iii.36f.

The Sutta Vibhaṅga Vin.iii.37f. contains the story of an arahant on whom a woman committed a misdemeanour…

…AN.iv.54 the Paccārohani ceremony, AN.v.233ff. AN.v.249ff. the efficacy of gifts, AN.v.269ff. and eternalism and annihilation….

…body and gave him a handful of lotuses to smell. Jīvaka was away when the purgative acted, and suddenly remembered that he had omitted to…

…in a conversation with Channa. SN.iii.134

The Kaccānagotta is mentioned among the higher castes, together with Moggallāna and Vāsittha….

…after his ordination, and on the seventh day, while meditating there, he became an arahant, being admonished by the Buddha, who warned him…

…contains a discourse on handling experiences by way of casual relations, and the Aṅguttara AN.v.29f. a discourse on the ten noble states,…

…together with Pessa the elephant trainer’s son. Pessa saluted the Buddha and sat down, while Kandaraka, after his salutation, remained standing….

…preached the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta. MN.i.91f.

The Dakkhiṇā-vibhaṅga Sutta was preached as the result of a visit to the Buddha by…

…the blow, which was, it is said, heavy enough to crush an elephant. Ud.39f.

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…those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove always to excel themselves…

…gave himself up to much striving and became an arahant. SN.i.198f.

KatamorakatissaKatamorakatissaka

One of the monks whom Devadatta incited to join him in stirring up discord among the Saṅgha, the others being Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vi …

…Later he went into the Dekkhan and, having learnt mystic verses, became a mighty seer. Coming back to Okkāka, Kaṇha demanded the hand of the…

…he preached the Kassapasīhanāda Sutta, DN.i.161 and again by Pasenadi, king of Kosala; to him he preached the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta….

The chief disciple of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.11 DN.ii.40

…where he attained to arahantship at the moment of his birth. He is mentioned with six others, all in like circumstances, by Ghaṭīkāra, on…

A monk, one of the associates of Devadatta, mentioned with Kokālika, Katamoraka Tissa and Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍa …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that he made an offering of one flower, dwelt in heaven a long period, then became enlightened. Thag.96

…the good life. SN.i.57

Khema³

An arahant. AN.iii.358

…seen the self in the five khandhas; when Dāsaka returned with the answer that he had not, be was sent a third time to ask whether Khemaka was an…

Khemā

An arahant, chief of the Buddha’s women disciples for her great wisdom. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses depict her being described as…

A brahmin village of Māgadha, presented to Kūṭadanta by Bimbisāra. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalaṭṭhikā pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

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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 …

One of the great Yakkhas, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258

Kosala¹

A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …

…were complicated; on the one hand, the monk had broken a rule and was treated as an offender, but on the other, he should not have been so treated…

…of 30,000 monks, all arahants. His attendant was Sotthija, his father was Yaññadatta, his mother was Uttarā, and the king at the time was…

A class of spirits mentioned with Yakkhas, Asuras and Nāgas. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king. DN.ii.257 DN.iii.198

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 …

…of the city was Makuṭabandhana, the shrine of the Mallas, and there the body was cremated. For seven days those assembled at the ceremony held a…

KuṇḍadhānaKoṇḍadhānaKoṇṭhadhānaKuḍḍadhāna

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of cutting off or developing five things. Thag.15 He was proclaimed the first among those who received food tickets. AN. …

KuṇḍadhānavanaKuṇḍiṭṭhānaKuṇḍikāKuṇḍiyāKuṇhāna

It was while the Buddha was dwelling in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she re …

…to a discussion of the bojjhangas, the satipaṭṭhāna, and virtuous ways of behaviour. At the end of the discussion Kuṇḍaliya becomes the…

…told him that all he desired was for him to be slightly delayed and left him, after having handed over to him the elephant Bhaddavatikā, which he…

…the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, MN.i.92 it is said that Kāḷasilā was also the residence of some…

A very learned brahmin of Khāṇumata, which village had been given to him by King Bimbisāra as a brahmadeyya. The Buddha arrived at Khāṇumata when Kūṭadanta was making preparations for a great sacrific …

Mentioned as having stayed with Mahā Moggallāna on Gijjhakūṭa. Once, when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he wa …

…enjoying the bliss of arahantship, are included in the Theragāthā. They speak of the fools who judge only by outward appearance. Thag.466–472

…surround him with clasped hands, eager to hear him. AN.iii.76 There were numerous shrines in Vesāli itself, several of which are mentioned by…

…the five hindrances; arahants have completely destroyed them from the root. The interview took place in the Nigrodhārāma at…

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 …

…language, to utter no slander, to be free from avarice, to practise generosity and open handed liberality and kindness, to speak the truth, to be…

…listening recluses became arahants, hence the title conferred on him.

The Theragāthā contains verses in which he celebrates wisdom and equanimity…

…an Ājīvaka carrying in his hand a mandārava flower picked up by him from among those which had rained from heaven in honour of the Buddha, and…

…discovering that all were arahants. Vaṅgīsa witnessed this and praised Moggallāna in verse before the Buddha.

The love existing between…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses warn of the dangers that face a monk who neglects the Dhamma. Thag.387–392

…also the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta and Sekha Sutta, both preached to Mahānāma.

Mahānāma is included in a list of exemplary lay devotees….

…and soon after won arahantship, while her five hundred companions attained to the same after listening to the Nandakovāda Sutta. Later, at…

…his digits are long; 5. his hands and feet are soft; 6. his fingers and toes straight; 7. his ankles like rounded shells; 8. his legs like an…

…develop the divine abidings, handing over his kingdon to his son and enjoining him to continue his good practice. For 48,000 generations this…

A shrine of the Mallas to the east of Kusināra, where the Buddha’s body was cremated. DN.ii.160–161

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…anyone were dearer to her than her own “self.” “No, Sire,” was the answer; the king was evidently greatly disappointed, for he sought the…

…body at the Makuṭabandhana cetiya, and then collected the relics, which they deposited in their Mote Hall, surrounding them with a lattice…

…who will take only warm water and would rather die than take it cold. MN.i.376

The pupil of a “bamboo acrobat” of long ago. His master called to him one day and asked him to climb the bamboo and to stand on his shoulder. Then the master suggested that they should watch and look …

An arahant, friend of Tissa of the Tissa Metteyya Sutta. His personal name, too, was Tissa, but he was better known by his clan name of Metteyya. In…

…live in solitude prior to his attainment of arahantship.

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 …

…within the Nepal border, north of which the Mazaffarpur and Darbhanga districts meet.

26.712222, 85.9216671town

…The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were preached there. DN.iii.36ff. MN.ii.1…

…wind, bodily humour, change of season, stress of untoward happenings, sudden attacks from without and also from one’s kamma—and to say…

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

…who ended by joining the Order, later becoming an arahant. MN.i.502ff.

…attainment of arahantship, because in both the Buddha speaks disparagingly of him.

In the Mālunkyāputta Sutta in the Aṅguttara,…

A householder of Rājagaha. When he lay ill he was visited by Ānanda, to whom he confessed that even in his illness he practiced the four satipaṭṭhāna. He was quite free from the five lower fetters. SN.v.178

…be shown, among whom the arahants are perfect. Mānatthaddha became the Buddha’s follower. SN.i.177f.

Mānatthaddha²

A Pacceka…

…existence, the five khandhas, or the realm of rebirth, as opposed to Nibbāna. SN.iii.195 SN.iii.198 SN.iii.74 SN.iv.202 SN.iv.85…

…present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affections…

MātulaMatula

A village in Māgadha, where the Buddha stayed and where he preached the Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta. Aiii.58

Māgadha3town

…only four inches shorter than the Buddha. He once wore a robe made according to the dimensions of the Buddha’s robe. Discovering this, the…

…hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 AN.iv.358ff. From that time the Buddha declared him foremost among exhorters of the nuns….

…and he soon attained arahantship. Thereafter he dwelt with his companions in the Pācīnavaṃsamigadāya. Vin.i.350f. It was to them that…

Nandā¹

A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandavatī and Sundarinandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

Nandā²

Declared by the Buddha AN.i.25 to be foremost among nu …

…deed was far more criminal than the dandas of word and mind. MN.i.371

He is said to have shown no hesitation in declaring the destinies of his…

A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…to in the Kassapa Sīhanāda Sutta. DN.i.175f. There Nigrodha is said to have felt great joy, but this is not mentioned in the Udumbarika…

…that the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta was preached. During one of the Buddha’s residences in Nigrodhārāma, the Sākyans invited him to…

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nāḷandā, Pāṭaligāma, Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bha …

…of the Buddha and the Arahants.

In the accounts given of the Nāgas, there is undoubtedly great confusion between the Nāgas as supernatural…

…Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.83

One day, when entering the city for alms, he saw a nautch girl gaily dressed, dancing to the…

…Ānanda, seeing the elephant advancing towards the Buddha, went, in spite of the Buddha’s orders to the contrary, and stood in front of the…

…of nibbana, he is not an arahant. SN.ii.115f. Elsewhere AN.iii.57f. he is mentioned as staying in the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. At…

…eternally existent and unchangeable in their very nature; that there is no volitional activity of consciousness in them. His doctrine is,…

…caste or pride. Thus Dīghanakha calls on the Buddha, MN.i.497 the Buddha on Sakuladāyī MN.ii.29 AN.ii.175ff. and Sarabha. AN.i.185…

A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. Beings are born among them as a result of absorbing the idea of untarnished brilliancy.MN.iii.102 MN.iii.147 They belong to the plane of the third jhāna.

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

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

They belong to the plane of the second jhāna. Beings are born there by virtue of absorbing the idea of lesser brilliancy. MN.iii.147

…on their way to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011 It is identified with the Baithana or Paitana of Ptolemy.

19.482129,75.3808592town

PayāgaPayāgatiṭṭhaPayāgapatiṭṭhāna

A ford on the Ganges, on the direct route from Verañja to Benares, the road passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakujja, and crossing the Ganges at Payāga. Vin …

PañcanadīPañcamahānadī

In several places in the texts five rivers are mentioned as the five great rivers of India, and they are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, …

The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles. The Buddha corrects him, saying that t …

An elephant trainer of Campā. He visited the Buddha at Gaggarāpokkharanī where Kandaraka was also present, and his conversation on that occasion…

…Phagguna died soon after, having attained arahantship.

…to him of the seven bojjhangas. SN.v.79 On another occasion, Mahā Kassapa spent several days there in a trance, and when, at the end of that…

…however, to attain arahantship because his mind wandered to his maternal uncle, Bāvarī. Later, with the Buddha’s leave, he visited…

…arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubting monks, thus uttering his…

PokkharasātiPokkharasādi

A brahmin of great wealth and learning who lived in Ukkaṭṭha, on a royal demesne given by Pasenadi. Ambaṭṭha was the pupil of Pokkharasāti, who sent him to the Buddha at Icch …

A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of i …

…for he had, so he said, handed over his wealth to his sons, and possessed only his food and clothing. But the Buddha told him that true…

…for Pasenadi’s state elephant Seta also bathed there to the accompaniment of music. The bathing place was probably near the Pubbakoṭṭhaka (?…

…Buddha’s suggestion, he handed to Ānanda. When Pukkusa had left, Ānanda draped one robe over the Buddha, and was greatly astonished at its…

…the Avihā world, where, together with six others, he became an arahant at the moment of his birth. SN.i.35 SN.i.60

…on her hip and the boy’s hand in hers, came to the grove in search of food. She saw the silent monks seated round the Buddha while he preached,…

…by the Buddha, visited him and were taken to the Buddha. The Buddha talked to them and they became arahants. They were among the first eleven…

…MN.i.205ff. It was there that Anuruddha became an arahant. AN.iv.228f.

Ceti3park

…There a certain elephant who, finding communal life distasteful, had left his herd, waited on the Buddha, ministering to all his needs….

…have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi…

…recital seems to have been changed later Vin.ii.240ff. even though the old formula, asking the members to speak, continued as a part of the…

…there was no world other than this, no fruit of actions and no rebirth. But after a discussion with Kūmara Kassapa, who was staying in the…

…foot of the Bhaddasāla, when unable to settle the dispute among the Kosambī monks. The elephant Pārileyya lived there and waited upon the…

…alone, he attained arahantship within a short time. Then, with the Buddha’s permission, he returned to Thullakoṭṭhita and dwelt in the…

…Before he became an arahant he was greatly troubled in mind as to what was permissible for him to use and what was not, hence his name,…

…Thig.271–290 contains a set of verses spoken by her in exaltation, when, after becoming an arahant, she recalled to mind the discussion she had…

…he gathers water into his hands and spills it into the ocean, there is no rain. AN.iii.243

Rāhu is mentioned DN.ii.259 as being among the…

…Rāhula became an arahant, together with one hundred thousand crores of listening devas.

The Buddha declared Rāhula foremost among those…

…Udumbarika and Kassapasīhanāda, Jīvaka, Mahāsakuladāyī, and Sakkapañha.

Many of the Vinaya rules were enacted at Rājagaha. Just before…

…of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after…

SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika

A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …

…also had no other teacher than the Dhamma discovered by them. Similar passages are found elsewhere. SN.i.139 SN.v.167f. SN.v.185 SN.v.232…

…The Buddha told him of the nine standards which an arahant monk cannot possibly transgress. AN.iv.371

…and Sakka tells his handmaidens that Moggallāna is a “fellow of his” in the higher life, meaning, probably, that he himself is a…

…Paribbājakas.

Sakuladāyī’s teacher was Vekhanassa.

…the assembly of the arahants held on Ahogaṅgapabbata, Sambhūta suggested that they should seek the support of Soreyya Revata. Together they…

…and soon afterwards won arahantship. He then declared his attainment in a verse and Māra retired discomfited. SN.i.119f. Thag.46

Once when…

…in their places with clasped hands waiting for him to choose his seat. Then Sanaṅkumāra takes on the form of Pañcasikha and sits, above the…

…conversation with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.

In the Aṅguttara he is mentioned in a…

…when, inward vision suddenly expanding, he attained arahantship. Thag.405–410

Sarabhaṅga¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Sarabhaṅga²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of living in a hut of reeds he built himself. By practicing the straight road of the s …

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 …

…own. “Then you are an arahant,” says Savittha, and Musila remains silent. In the other conversation, Nārada, present at the discussion, in…

…to the Buddha, the arahant, the all enlightened.“ He blamed her for thus extolling a shovelling monk, but when she told him of the…

…later he will give it to the Order and become an arahant. DN.iii.75f.

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

…with his pupils, and, at the end of a week, he attained arahantship. Snp.p.104ff. MN.ii.146f.

…he joined the Order and, in due course, became an arahant. MN.i.387ff.

The state elephant of Pasenadi, on whose account the Buddha preached a special sermon. AN.iii.345

SikhaḍḍīSikhaṇḍī

A Gandhabba, son of Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā was at first in love with him, but she was won later by Pañcasikha. DN.ii.268

SineruMahāneruMeruSumeruHemameru

A mountain, forming the center of the world. MN.i.338 DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad. AN.iv.100

Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteri …

Sirivaḍḍha¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of meditating in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasena …

…After Soṇa attained arahantship, the Buddha gave him permission to wear shoes with one lining. Soṇa said he had abandoned eighty cartloads…

…and soon became an arahant. DN.ii.148ff.

Subhadda³

A lay disciple of Nātikā. He was an anāgāmī and was born in the…

SubhakinnāSubhakiṇṇāSubhakiṇhā

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

…for insight, she attained arahantship on the eighth day. Thig.338–361 The Buddha saw this and praised her in three verses….

…he was far more powerful than the Brahmā, but declared that his own power was as nothing compared with that of the Buddha. SN.i.146f. On…

…and they all became arahants. Vin.i.19f.

Subāhu²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the joy of meditating in his little…

An eminent lay woman disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.347

…and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there they attain arahantship.

The Buddha is mentioned as having visited the…

…The girl, recognizing his hands and feet and voice, told his mother of his arrival. Both she and his father visited him as he was eating the…

…She was the daughter of Dhanañjayasetthi and was given in marriage to Anāthapiṇḍika’s son. She was very haughty and obstinate. One day,…

…class of Devas who were present, in the company of the Veghanasā, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…with the Buddha about arahants. AN.iii.348f. He may be identical with one of the other Sumanas.

Sumana⁴

A Yakkha chief, to be…

…to join the Order. Shortly afterwards she attained arahantship. Thig.448–522

…air near Sumāgadhā, just before he preached the Udumbarikasīhanāda Sutta. DN.iii.40

near Rājagaha3lake

…preached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.68ff. The Sunakkhatta Sutta MN.ii.252ff. was evidently preached to Sunakkhatta before he joined…

…did not accept presents for chanting verses. He advised Sundarika to throw the food into the water, where there were no creatures, for who could…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who understands the mind, practicing jhāna happily. Thag.85

…no power in the world would change Suppabuddha. Soon after, Suppabuddha visited the Buddha, and, having worshipped him, was on his way to the city…

…the Order and attained arahantship.

In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a brahmin, named Varuṇa, who left his ten children and became an…

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her, but she favoured Mātali’s son Sikhaṇḍī.

Later she hea …

SutanāSudhanā

An eminent upāsikā. AN.iv.347

…and questioned him regarding the description of an arahant. AN.iv.369f.

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

…brahmins. On the other hand, we find various clans claiming a share of the Buddha’s relics on the ground that they, like the Buddha, were…

A Sākiyan village where the Sāmagāma Sutta was preached. MN.ii.243 There was a lotus pond in the village. AN.iii.309

The Vedhaññā probably lived there, because, according to the Pāsādika Sutta, DN.ii …

…did their best to change his way of thinking, but failing to do so, they reported the matter to the Buddha. He questioned Sāti, who,…

…those nuns who were older than Nandā in one part, and for those younger in another, so that Nandā would be alone. But she, guessing the reason…

…the Dīghanakha Sutta to Dīghanakha. Sāriputta was also present, and the sutta led to his attainment of arahantship. MN.i.497 MN.i.501

A…

…the Buddha gave Ānanda the chance of asking him to live for a whole kappa, but Ānanda failed to make use of it.

Near the Tapodārāma was the…

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana…

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

One of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni. MN.ii.185

Rājagaha3building

…the Buddha permission to translate the Buddha’s teachings into chandas, which probably is Sanskrit metre. Vin.ii.139

…annoyed on more than one occasion. Vin.iv.283 Vin.iv.285 Vin.iv.287 Vin.iv.290 Vin.iv.292

She was fractious and would wish for…

TindukkhānuTindukkhānuparibbājakārāma

A dwelling of wanderers near Vesāli. It was the residence of Pāthikaputta. DN.iii.17

near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery

…not long after became an arahant. Tissa lived in Sāvatthī and when his elder brother died, he went home and was persuaded by his relations to…

…and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his thousand pupils became arahants. Tissa was his personal name and Metteyya that of his…

…gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235 Snp.p.115

There was in Caṇḍalakappa a mango grove belonging to the Todeyya…

…the Buddha preach, entered the Order and soon became an arahant SN.iv.306ff. Thag.1091–1145

One of the most eminent great brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha.

He was present at the assemblies of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.

He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of …

Ubhato-vibhaṅga

A collective term, comprehending the Bhikkhu-vibhaṅga and the Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga of the Vinaya Pītaka. Sometimes the word seems to be used as varia lectio for Ubhato-Vinaya. Vin.ii.287

Udaya¹

A brahmin of Sāvatthī. One day the Buddha came to his house and he filled the Buddha’s bowl with the food prepared for his own use. Three days in succession the Buddha came, and Uda …

…this, Uddaka made him more than his own equal by setting him over the whole company of his disciples as their teacher. But Gotama, finding this…

…to the Buddha, he altered the rule so that a journey lasting not more than seven days could be undertaken during the Vassa. Vin.i.139

…to a great and wondrous elephant. Thag.689–704 AN.iii.346–347

Once when Udāyī was staying at Kāmandā, in Todeyya’s mango-grove, he…

…Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha tells him that all this…

The name given to a group of devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night. They charged the Buddha with inconsistency, but later, begging his forgiveness, they were pardoned by him. SN.i.23–25

…with modern Orissa. The merchants Tapussa and Bhalluka were on the way from Ukkalā, when they visited the Buddha shortly after his Awakening, near…

A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in recognition of the former’s skill. It was thickly populated an …

…him and became an arahant. This account is found in both the Therīgāthā and the Saṃyutta, but the sources ascribe different verses to…

…another robe, even better than the one he had on. But Upananda was adamant, till, in despair, the man gave him his robe and went away. Again, when…

…sporting in the tendrils overhanging the cave. One fell on his shoulder and bit him, and the venom spread rapidly throughout his body; he called to…

…Order, afterwards winning arahantship. It was here, too, that the Buddha asked the monks if they had any doubts they wished to hear solved regarding…

…asks him about the bojjhangas as being conducive to a happy life and Upavāna explains. SN.v.76 On another occasion Upavāna is the enquirer,…

The name of the Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power,…

…he had made sixty-one arahants and sent them out on tour to preach the Doctrine, he returned to Uruvelā, to the Kappāsikavanasanda and…

…that he was not an arahant, neither did the way he followed lead to arahantship. Thereupon Kassapa owned defeat and reverently asked for…

…came to see the Buddha. This visit is recorded in the Kassapa Sīhanāda Sutta. DN.i.161ff.

Kosala3town

…for alms while riding an elephant, he became ashamed and attained enlightenment. Thag.197–198

Usabha ³

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in…

…gave gladly and with his own hands excellent foods and garments. As a result, after death, while Pāyāsi was born only in the empty Serisakavimāna…

…Their king rides on an elephant, on a horse, on celestial cars and in state palanquins. Their cities are built in the air, and among those…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse tell of how he overcame his desire and confusion and attained arahantship. Thag.252–254

…by her after becoming an arahant, the result of her determination not to leave the sitting posture till she had won emancipation….

…on this and becomes an arahant.

Perhaps he is also identical with Uttiya Paribbājaka, who is represented in the Aṅguttara Nikāya…

A brahmin. He once visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him whether the five sense-faculties, which were of different scope and range, had any common ground of resort. The Buddha replies that the …

…to be attained by a non arahant’s understanding and asks for a further exposition of the Doctrine. The Buddha tells him to proceed to the study…

…and Hatthigāma. Pubbavijjhana, the birthplace of Channa, is also mentioned as a village of the Vajjians. SN.iv.59 The Vaggumudā river flowed…

…for the body or the other khandhas, he drew a knife and killed himself. The Buddha went to see his body, and declared that he had obtained…

…cloud spirits of air, cloud spirits of wind, cloud spirits of rain. The changes of weather are due to these spirits. SN.iii.254f.

…and his companions became arahants, at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.12 A verse attributed to him is found in the Theragāthā….

Mentioned with Bhañña in the compound Vassabhaññā, as dwellers of Ukkalā and as “denying cause, consequence and reality.” There were certain aspects of the Buddha’s teaching which even they would acce …

…they would prosper rather than decline.

In the Gopaka Moggallāna Sutta, MN.iii.8ff. Vassakāra is represented as arriving in the middle of a…

…Theragāthā verses express thanks to his mother and sister for encouraging him in the Dhamma. Thag.335–339 The Therīgāthā conatins an exchange…

Vaḍḍhamātā>

An arahant, mother of Vaḍḍha. Her conversation with Vaḍḍha and his declaration to her after becoming an arahant are…

VedhaññāVedañña

A family of Sākiyans. It was to them that the Pāsādika Sutta was preached. DN.iii.17 From the Sāmagāma Sutta MN.ii.244 it would appear that these Sākiyans lived in Sāmagāma.

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

One of the Brahma worlds of the Rūpaloka plane. Beings are born there as a result of developing the fourth jhāna. Their life span is five hundred great aeons. AN.ii.128 AN.ii.129

5heaven

A Paribbājaka teacher of Sakuladāyī.

…and brought him, bound hand and foot, to Sakka in the Sudhamma hall. There Vepacitti reviled and railed at Sakka with scurrilous words, both…

…the present age, the Māgadhans, who lived for about one hundred years, could both climb and descend the mountain in very little time….

…what, according to the arahants, was the cause of weal and woe. “The existence of the senses,” answered Udāyī; and she, expressing her…

A town in which the Buddha once spent the rainy season at the invitation of the brahmin Verañja. Verañja visits the Buddha at the foot of the Naḷerupucimanda, where he is staying, and asks him a serie …

…body round, like an elephant“. DN.ii.122 The rainy season which preceded this, the Buddha spent at Beluvagāma, a suburb of Vesāli, while…

VeḷukaṇṭakīVeḷukaṇḍakīVeḷukaṇḍakiyāVeḷukaṇṭakiyā

A lady of Veḷukaṇṭa. She is mentioned as an exemplary lay woman.AN.i.88 AN.ii.164 AN.i.26 SN.ii.236 She founded, for the Order headed by Sāriputta and …

…by him in self admonition, in which he displays his knowledge of elephant training, are included in the Theragāthā. Thag.355–359

…the Order and attained arahantship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of being peaceful amidst a storm….

…to his step brother Khandha and his purohita’s son Tissa; these two later became his chief disciples. His constant attendant was Asoka;…

VirūḷhaVirūḷhaka

One of the Four Great Kings. He is the king of the south, and, in the assembly of the devas, sits facing north.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221 He is lord of the Kumbhaṇḍas. DN.iii.198

…after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, hearing of her return, visited her at the nunnery and asked her various questions regarding the…

…AN.iv.348 Her father was Dhanañjaya, son of Meṇḍaka, and her mother Sumanā.

The Udāna Ud.ii.9 contains a story of a dispute she had with…

…the Buddha at Mithilā where he joined the Order, becoming an arahant at the end of three days. Thig.313–325

…legends of sea faring merchants. To the latter origin belong the stories connected with vimānas found in or near the sea or in lakes. Generally…

…to the Buddha that the Dhamma should be put into Sanskrit metre chandasi. The Buddha refused their request. Vin.ii.139

…been listening, became an arahant. When, therefore, Yasa’s presence became known to his father, who asked him to return to his grieving mother,…

…forth effort and attained arahantship. Some time after, the Buddha visited Vesāli during a journey and asked Ānanda to send for Yasoja and his…

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

…decencies and licking their hands after meals.

It is stated in the Tevijja Vacchagotta Sutta MN.i.483 that far from any Ājīvaka having put an…

One of the chief ministers at Sāvatthī. He joined the Order of monks and his wife became a nun. They had their meals together and she waited on him, fetching him water and fanning him. He forbade her …

…stood up with clasped hands and, turning in the direction of Sāvatthī, he uttered his adoration of the Buddha. Thenceforward he became a…

…a barber. He had two sons, handsome, elegant and well versed in the barber’s art. When the monk heard of the Buddha’s coming, he sent his sons…

…and concentration greater than Āḷāra’s, made himself master of that state. Āḷāra recognised his pupil’s eminence and treated him as an…

megőrzés, oltalom

méltó, méltóságos, érdemes

nemes nyolcrétű ösvény

formanélküli elmélyedés

elmúlás, eltűnés

a megvilágosodás tényezői

akarás, óhaj, szándék

elmélyedés

halmaz

érzéki irányulás

a meditáció tárgya, gyakorlási terület

türelem

buzgalom, törekvés

elhagyás, feladás

a ragaszkodás öt halmaza

finom anyagi elmélyedés

megvilágosodási tényező

az éberség megalapozása

(from abbahati) pulling out, drawing out

mass of clouds; a thick cloud

false accusation; slander.

1. (mfn.) interior, internal; being within, included in, among; belonging to one ’s house, personal, intimate.
2. (n.)
   1. intermediate space, interval; the inside, interior.
   2. a measure of leng …

resting inside, in the heart

intimate; trusted.

being far within; inner, innermost; very intimate.

3. sg. concedes; agrees with (gen.) about (acc).

accepts with thanks; approves, praises; assents to.

(from abbhanumodati) one who approves; one who prasies.

(from abbhanumodati) one who approves; one who prasies.

rubbing with oil, smearing, oiling, lubricating; unguent, oil.

anoints; smears; lubricates.

effort, exertion, endeavor; encouragement.

the act of rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has been temporarily expelled; re-admittance.

(from abbahati) pulling out, drawing out

(from abbahati) pulling out, drawing out

covered (with)

covered (with)

(~antī)n.

digging.

digs up.

repeatedly, again and again; constantly.

constantly ailing

rotating, rubbing together.

taking a hold of.

strikes, hits.

produced; accomplished

knocks out.

hangs down (over).

climbing (on to); embarking

satisfaction.

climbing (on to); embarking

(~antī)n.

handsome; beautiful.

understanding; realizing.

completely covered.

increases, grows more and more; grows higher than, outgrows (+ acc.).

deadly crime (one of the six great crimes: mātughāta, pitughāta, arahantaghāta, lohituppāda, saṅghabheda, aññasatthāruddesa)

…often…

clothed (with); covered

1. a path, road; a journey.
2. time.

1. fit for traveling.
2. lasting a long period; enduring.

path, road; journey; time.

enduring a long journey

road for journeying, a high road

superior Brahmā; one higher than Brahmā.

superior Brahmā; one higher than Brahmā.

1. (mfn.) fortuitous, occurring by mere chance; rare.
2. (ind.) fortuitously, without cause or reason; rarely; only.

more than 100, 000

…on; pervades (in thought or meditation); wills (magically), changes (by magic). 3. enters the body.

support, basis; standpoint; abode; determination, resolution; fixing the mind on; determining, controlling, producing (by supernatural power); taking (formal) possession of, designating.

, pg 14 Ga-Na.

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

great mass of fire; a huge blazing fire, a bonfire

place for the fire; a fireplace, hearth

1. the (false) conception of one’s individuality; pride, conceit.
2. the theory of self-creation

devoted to the theory of self-creation

signs of health or omen on a goat

hangs down (over).

with no gaps, whole, entire, complete

impatience, intolerance; irascibility; unwillingness to forgive

the wrong time, the wrong moment; esp. an inopportune moment to be born as a man, birth in unfavorable circumstances (when one cannot take advantage of a Buddha being in the world)

(probably) piercing the target.

(probably) piercing the target.

making whole; complete

making whole; complete

with no gaps, whole, entire, complete

telling, announcing, teaching; a tale, a recitation, a legend.

free from anger; not easily angered. forbearing

not not vulnerable to disturbance; whose essential nature is stability or unchangability

robe material given at a time other than the appointed period, or given during the appointed period to a specific bhikkhu or group of bhikkhus

not wearing a belt

stone.

not a support; not determining; not fixing one’s mind on. lack of resolve; not taking formal possession.

not telling; no need for telling

non-disappearance; non-decline

who does not give thanks; who does not give approval

not heard; not handed down by tradition.

not subject to change

not subject to change

dimly

confining with an andu, shackling

relating to more than one body, connected with many bodies

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …

(~antī)n. unwilling

disappearance, vanishing, passing away.

prep.

1. (adv.) inside; on the way, in the meantime; beforehand, before (reaching something).
2. (prep.) between (gen. or acc).

one who realized nibbāna beforehand (before passing the midpoint of his term life in heaven)

one who realized nibbāna beforehand (before passing the midpoint of his term life in heaven)

(~antī)n. follows; keeps close to, attends closely; pursues.

assenting, approval, supporting.

(~antī) neuter

anuggaṇhanta¹

part. pr. mf(~antī)n.

anuggaṇhanta²

neg. mfn.

who gives thanks; who gives approvals.

approval, assent; thanks, expression of appreciation (esp. in the form of a discourse by bhikkhus after receiving a meal or gifts)

thanks; expression of appreciation

thanks; expression of appreciation

rejoices in, approves; thanks; gives thanks (esp. with a benediction or discourse, see anumodana).

gives (in addition), hands over, provides; encourages, supports

lack of observation, lack of attention.

gives (in addition), hands over, provides; encourages, supports

or mfn. encroaching on, going over to.

pushes oneself forward, encroaches on; intrudes, works one’s way in; goes over to.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

flattering; saying (only) pleasant things.

without sandals; barefoot

guarding, preservation, taking care of

(~antī)n.

guarding, preservation, taking care of

subject of recollection

not getting up; lack of energy; laziness

anāgata-m-addhāne

adv. in the future

in the future

failure, lack of approval

not subject to return (to this world); not liable to turn back or change.

disregarding; neglecting.

(~ī)n. made clear or manifest in actions or by its results

scraping off.

cover; a lid.

makes a clapping noise by slapping one’s arm or clapping one’s hands (in pleasure or approbation)

makes a clapping noise by slapping one’s arm or clapping one’s hands (in pleasure or approbation)

name of a certain form of jhāna (prob, involving holding one’s breath)

the killer of an arahat

the title of an arahat

the not being liable to fail or be wanting; the having qualities which are not liable to fail (?):

sickle and carrying pole or flail

discharging (as a wound); emitting fluid (as an elephant in rut).

discharging (as a wound); emitting fluid (as an elephant in rut).

and yet; on the other hand

more than repaid; paid back excessively

…superior, higher; iic: more than…; an extra…; a greater, a superior…; ifc (following numerals); plus; atirekaṃ, atirekena, atirekato, adv.,…

/abl. excessively, very much, especially, much more than’

from there; from this; than this; therefore.

…the soul, as a permanent, unchangeable, autonomous entity (always rejected by the Pāḷi Buddhist texts as not corresponding to any reality). 2….

self-destruction

taking the goal or meaning to heart; intent on the goal or meaning

administration of practical affairs or policy

questioning about the aim

ū knowing the means; knowing the goal; knowing the meaning

in the past

of low or base birth; of lower character than one’s parents; an unworthy child.

removing.

scraping stick.

receptacle for scrapers.

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

(~antī)n.

summoning, invitation; invocation; naming.

with cupped hands raised.

respectful salutation with cupped hands

the cupped hands; esp. as raised to the head (as a gesture of respect or supplication).

other; different; other than (+ abl.); another, a further, one more; somebody, something else; anything else; pl. (the) others, the…

asking for something else; exchanging for something else (?)

change, alteration; change of mind; doubt, anxiety

…manner; otherwise (than, abl.); in the wrong way, falsely, erroneously; not so.

aññathā … aññathā …

(?) in one way … in…

becoming different; change, alteration

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

knowledge, philoso phic insight; perfect knowledge i.e. arahantship.

hook for controlling and driving an elephant, a goad.

(from aṅkusaggaha) the art of elephant driving

“one who holds the hook”, an elephant driver

the eightfold path; the path with eight constituent parts

1. characterised by eight parts (i.e. by observance of the first eight precepts); having eight constituent parts.
2. possessed of eight good qualities or of eight faults

well joined with the eight parts; well endowed with eight parts or with eight qualities

well joined or endowed with eight parts

having eight constituents, being made up of eight (intrinsic) parts.

of eight finger-breadths; to the extent of eight finger-breadths

to the height or extent of eight finger-breadths

characterized by the eight parts or factors (i.e. by the observance of the first eight precepts)

num. ninety eight

…particle: but, on the other hand; yet. 4. in the protasis of conditional sentences: if; also frequently in a second conditional clause; (note also…

piece of leather used for sitting upon.

on one’s hands and knees, on all fours.

on one’s hands and knees, on all fours.

having for supports (or resolutions)

concealed for four days.

…past); no ce, if not; yam ce, (after comparative) than; than that.

(& ~a, f.?) (from cetāpeti) exchanging; basis for exchange or purchase; asking for,

(of a bhikkhu or bhikkhunl) has someone give or exchange or buy; (of a layman) exchanges; buys.

asked for; exchanged; bought.

chanda¹

masculine & neuter (m.)

1. in a bad sense: desire, appetite (for, loc.); affection; partiality.
2. in a good sense or neutral…

influence by partiality.

influence by partiality.

free-will offering; a general collection.

appetite and desire; desire that is appetite.

(& ~a., f.?)

chanda(s)²

neuter

intr. of chandena

wife obtained with her free will.

according to one’s will; voluntarily; willingly; according to (one’s own) wishes.

(from chanda) having appetite or will.

having appetite or will; eager.

having appetite or will; eager.

(from chanda) having appetite or will.

an udgātṛ priest; name of a class of brahmans.

wrong way of behavior because of partiality or desire.

having it’s origin in appetite.

led by desire; led by one’s own will or wishes.

entitled to give consent by proxy.

name of a class of brahmans.

channa¹

pp mfn. & n. of chādeti

1. (mfn.) covered; concealed; thatched; secret.
2. (n.) what is covered or roofed; a covered place, a…

the handle of a sunshade.

with a parasol in one’s hand.

festival; a holiday.

cutting and binding.

concealed for six days.

having its origin in thoughts or consciousness; arising from the mind or consciousness.

fixing; stilling of thoughts; profound meditation.

1. (n.) fixing the mind on abandoning, giving up and/or on giving; resolution for liberality and/or for abandoning.
2. (mfn.) having resolve for liberality and/or abandoning.

something to be exchanged for robe material; the purchase price for robe material.

rope for hanging the robes.

robe which has to be handed back; a borrowed robe.

bamboo rod for hanging up robes.

the distribution of material for robes.

(~antī)n. of ḍahati

1. (mfn.) right (not left); (m.) the right hand;
2. (mfn.) south, southern.

…humans and animals) esp. elephant tusks; ivory. 2. elephant’s tusks; ivory. 3. the tooth of a comb (?)

danta²

mfn. tamed, subdued;…

concealed for ten days.

(~antī)n.

pot with a handle.

with a staff in one’s hand.

knife with a handle.

…it might bring awakening, arhantship, to others) 2. the (stages to) freedom from the world of experience, culminating in nibbāna. 3. (sg.)…

group of dhammas (as good practices and attainments)

readiness to accept teachings after reflection; teachings preferred after reflection.

discrimination of dhammas; discernment of dhamma (one of the seven bojjhaṅgas)

wealth, riches, money, treasure.

money and grain.

taking money; going to take money.

loss of wealth; a fine.

purchased.

wealthy, rich.

wealthy, rich.

money and grain.

creditor.

of dhamati smelted

bow.

who bears a bow; an archer.

small bow.

quiver and bow.

100 bow-lengths.

desires, wishes for.

grain; corn.

threshing floor.

grain and seeds.

granary.

crow.

with the appearance of a crow.

belonging to a fixed place.

grain; corn.

readiness to accept a view after reflection; a view preferred after reflection; ?

indeclinable thank heavens! what luck!

imitation of what is seen; following the example.

an inherent tendency to (false) views; persistent (wrong) views.

being a cause of dejection.

the agglomeration of dukkha; a mass of discomfort or distress.

the stopping, ceasing, ending, of dukkha.

leading to the ending of dukkha.

leading to the ending of dukkha.

whose digestion is upset

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

having the jaw of the best of the quadrupeds.

having two fold origin; originating from two.

concealed for two days.

the group of long discourses (one of the divisions of the Suttapiṭaka of the Pāḷi canon)

having long fingers (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahapurisa)

persistent for a long time.

persistent for a long time.

persistent for a long time.

being a single mass; quite solid

having this (which usually follows) as their highest limit, i.e. only as good as this, no better than this; only as great as this, no more than this

in this interval (of time or space); in the time between these; in the area between these; in the meantime

from here, from there; than this; that way.

(~antī)n. of gacchati

of gacchati

the time required for milking a cow; short time.

1. (mfn.) deep; dense, thick; a dense of growth; entangled, overgrown, impenetrable.
2. (n.) a place hard to pass through; a hiding place.

relying on or taking refuge in a hiding place.

seizing, taking hold of; grasping; grasp: acquiring.

of the body where heat assists digestion; its digestive heat.

an elephant.

(connected with) joining together a group; acquiring a following.

considering a fragrant substance.

1. (pl. acc. ganthe, ganthāni),
2. tying, binding; a tie.
3. a composition of treatise.

(~anti) n. of garahati

property or goods held in common by the saṅgha.

(one) taking the place of; having the status of, a venerated or esteemed person.

(connected with) joining together a group; acquiring a following.

sandal(s) with soles of many layers.

of gaṇhāti

of gaṇhāti causes to take ( or lay hold of); causes to be taken or seized; hands over, distributes, allots (to, dat./gen.); causes to learn, teaches

the placing of a cornice (?)

connected with, attached to, rooted in, the household (sensual) life.

the human embryo (in the fourth week after conception)

(and m). confinement in a house; detention.

having or wanting nothing more than (mere) food and clothing.

the nose.

the constituent element that is the nose (as sense organ)

cognizable by the sense organ that is the nose.

the sense faculty that is the nose.

the sense organ that is the nose; the sphere of olfactory perception.

the bonds which bind a householder.

or neuter the hot season; a month of the hot season.

the top or crest of a hill.

(& ā, f.?) of gayati

1. (mfn.) sung, chanted.
2. (n., ~ā, f.) singing; a song

(or n.) a cow’s jaw bone.

signs of omens or health of a cow.

causes to take ( or lay hold of); causes to be taken or seized; hands over, distributes, allots (to, dat./gen.); causes to learn, teaches.

causes to take ( or lay hold of); causes to be taken or seized; hands over, distributes, allots (to, dat./gen.); causes to learn, teaches

retraint in a village, restriction to a villager.

binds fast; ties up tightly.

, (n.f)

1. sung; recited; chanted.
2. singing a song.

the excrement hell.

fortuneteller.

covered with indagopaka; (according to commentaries) covered with red grass

1. (m.) the benefit of combating criticism.
2. (mfn.) possessing or seeking the benefit of combating criticism

1. (m.) the benefit of combating criticism.
2. (mfn.) possessing or seeking the benefit of combating criticism

…abl. of idam) from this; than this; from here, hence; from this world. 2. here; to here, hither. 3. from this time, from now;

1. preferring to…

fleeting; brief, temporary, limited; changeable, unreliable; inferior.

one having such and such a name; called so-and-so; so and so; such and such

with a woman inside (?); with a woman driver (?)

one having such and such a name; called so-and-so; so and so; such and such

the buttocks; the hips and the loins.

(from jaṅghā) the bottom section of a bhikkhu’s cīvara (the portion which hangs by the shins)

the shank; the shin.

meditative state; esp. one of four stages of absorption in meditation; one of the four arūpa stages of meditation.

intent on jhāna meditation.

intent on jhāna meditation.

practicing jhānas.

devoting oneself to jhāna meditation, intent upon jhāna meditation.

meditative, self-concentrated, engaged in jhāna; who habitually practices jhāna.

(~antī)n. of jigucchati

indeclinable sticking out the tongue.

paralyzing the tongue by means of a spell.

sacrifice; an offering.

of juhati

covered by a net.

with “netted” hands and feet, prob. with hands and feet marked with a network of lines (one of the 32 marks of a mahapurisa)

(~antī)n. know and concealed.

the division or classification of species or kinds.

…esp. the girth of an elephant; the end of the lower garment (brought up behind and tucked into the waistband).

kaccha⁴

masculine…

a girdle, belt, esp. the girth of an elephant; the end of the lower garment (brought up behind and tucked into the waistband).

increasing contention, fomenting strife

increasing contention, fomenting strife

increasing contention, fomenting strife

increasing contention, fomenting strife

kind of activity; occupation

shaven-headed metalworker

a road through a wilderness, a dangerous path

a road through a wilderness, a dangerous path

kind of fruiting tree, prob. a fig

kind of fruiting tree, prob. a fig

with alms-bowl in hand

(usually ~ī)n. & masculine

1. (mfn.) doing, making, producing.
2. (n) the hand; the trunk of an elephant.

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

speaking sweetly as a karavīka bird

handful.

something manufactured (e.g. cloth or worked metal); something not in its natural state

with cupped hands raised to the head (in respect)

kathan nu (kho)

(?) how indeed? how possibly? how on earth? how really? exactly like what?

kathan nu (kho)

(?) how indeed? how possibly? how on earth? how really? exactly like what?

somehow or rather; with some difficulty

having been given the opportunity; having been given consent; having obtained a chance or scope

an ornament round an elephant’s foot.

uncertain, causing doubt

being a source of doubts, causing uncertainty

being a source of doubts, causing uncertainty

disturbed by female elephants.

having a mass of black (hair)

1. the ear.
2. a corner; an edge.
3. a handle.

signs of health or omen on a rabbit?.

(according to commentary) signs of omen on an ear ornament or a roof plate.

clump of thorns; a thorny place

thorny place, an area of thorn

handled strainer

causing a heaping up of the cemetery ground, filling the cemetery

the section listing the kaṭhina sikkhāpadas and those sikkhāpadas having a similar origin

propping; making stiff; paralyzing; (or obstructing, hindering (?))

khanati¹

pr. 3 sg. hurts, injures; impairs

khanati²

pr. 3 sg. digs; digs up; excavates

1. the shoulder, the upper part of the back (in men and animals).
2. the stem or trunk of a tree.
3. 1. the agglomeration or groups of good practices or virtues
   2. the five collections or groups wh …

(what has its) origin or sources in a trunk or stem

what grows from the stem, a shoot, a sprout

1. a chapter, a section; one of the 22 sections of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga of the Vinayapiṭaka.
2. the section of the Vinayapiṭaka consisting of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga.

…in the Khandhaka section of the Vinayapiṭaka citing 71 rules from Pārivāsikakkhandhaka (Vin ii 31, 28–33, 32) and eleven from…

like the elements of existence

designation as khandhas

dug; excavated

(from khaṇati) an instrument for digging; a spade; a trowel

one who bears patiently, who endures; who forgives.

one who bears patiently, who endures; who forgives.

1. patience; forbearance; endurance.
2. receptivity; predilection; preference; preferred view;

1. patience; forbearance; endurance.
2. receptivity; predilection; preference; preferred view

causes to dig; makes excavate

lame; limping; a lame man.

walks lame; limps.

(& n.?)

1. a moment; an instant.
2. a fit or suitable moment; an opportunity; esp. the right moment to be born as a man, birth in favorable circumstances (when one can take advantage of a Buddha bein …

having tasks every moment (?); acting immediately, or when there is opportunity, or at the right time (?)

khaṇati¹

pr. 3 sg. hurts, injures; impairs

khaṇati²

pr. 3 sg. digs; digs up; excavates

knowing the right moment, recognizing the opportunity

every moment; at various moments

intsr. adv. in a moment, in an instant

dug; excavated

(from khaṇati) an instrument for digging; a spade; a trowel

causes to dig; makes excavate

having missed the opportunity; who has let the right moment pass

1. (mfn.) broken; split; having gaps or breaks; defective, incomplete.
2. (m.n.) a break, a gap; a deficiency.

(~ā & ~ī)n. with broken or missing teeth; gap-toothed

making a break (in); making defective

making a break (in); making defective

incompletely defined

(what is) broken and split; (what is) in disrepair.

the state of being broken, brokenness.

cut, torn, broken; impaired.

split in pieces

into pieces; into small pieces

…interrogative clauses. 4. after negative particles.

2. frequently marks a change of subject or a further stage in a narrative, esp. following…

the section on minor matters, the Khuddakavatthukkhandhaka of the Vinayapiṭaka

barber’s instruments

stump (of a tree); a trunk

(occasionally written as khānu) a stump (of a tree); a trunk.

(one) in whom the āsavas have perished; free from the āsavas, i.e. an arahant

…of grass etc. 2. (n.) a brush; a comb. 3. (m.) a part of the hands and feet; the ball of the hand or foot.

inclined to anger, easily angered, bad-tempered; angry.

deception, fraud; hypocritical behaviour (designed to elicit gifts from laypeople).

no further (from another village) than a cock can walk

no more than a cock’s flight (from another village)

no more than a cock’s flight apart

female kumbhaṇḍa demon.

giving a pitcher full of milk

giving a pitcher full of milk

the pot-work, the potter’s work; (Dhaniya’s clay hot, see Vin iii 41)

who has testicles like or the size of a water-jar; the name of a kind of demon.

talk at the well or ford, gossip; scullery-maids’ or prostitutes’ gossip

vehicle drawn by boys

vehicle drawn by girls; a mount that is a girl

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

small pool; a stream in a small channel or running through a small pool

theft by exchanging kusa markers

an elephant.

filled with the sound of elephants

desire that is appetite, sensual appetite, appetite for sensual pleasure (the first of the nīvaraṇas and one of the saṃyojanas)

…(or mā) …, even if… not…; rather let…than that…

…the assemblage of all five khandhas; the body is

1. the experiencer of sensation and feeling, either (a) generally (physically and/or mentally);…

belt, a girdle

one who has (physically) experienced (all) the stages of the jhānas

one who has (physically) experienced (all) the stages of the jhānas

immovable, unchangeable as a (mountain) peak

…but not; and not; rather than; na is sometimes used (or written) iic: not-a-, a not-; without.

na²

indeclinable interrogative…

restraint in a town; restriction in a town.

bathing; bath.

thinking bathing important.

anything useful for a bath.

bathing powder.

concealed for nine days

connected with nine occasions or matters

1. (one) who lives in a small town; a townsman; a (leading) trader or merchant.
2. the inhabitants of a small town; the townspeople.

~ānaṃ, ~esaṃ), not one, more than one; many; various.

it is (not) the case; it is (not) possible

…the arūpa states of existence; and. 3. the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.

unwinding; disentanglement; rebuttal (one of the elements of a disputation)

weariness (of); disenchantment, dissatisfaction, disgust (with)

is despondent; becomes wearied, fed up (with, loc., occasionally acc. or instr.), feels disenchantment or dissatisfaction or disgust (with, loc., occasionally acc. or instr.); gives up, turns away from (abl.)

1. disenchanted or dissatisfied or disgusted (with); weary (of)
2. which has caused dissatisfaction or disgust; given up, turned away from.

term of praise for an ascetic; (not ten? without ten? more than ten?; not in a (conventional) stage of life?)

1. purified by fire.
2. blown off, blown away, got rid off

with impurity and delusion got rid of.

with stains got rid of, without stain.

good, skillful at laying by, storing; keeping.

containing treasure; ? (like treasure; ?) (according to commentaries) worth storing or treasuring.

restraint in a town; restriction in a town.

of niggaṇhaṇa

seizing, seizure; (suppression, punishment; ?)

strikes; hits, touches; throws (in); drops, lowers; knocks out, removes; destroys.

of nihanati

of nihanati

of nihanati struck, hit; struck down; destroyed, ended; put down, thrown in

looking; scrutiny; reflection, meditation.

nikhaṇati¹

pr. 3 sg. closes (the eye); winks.

nikhaṇati²

pr. 3 sg. digs (something) into (the ground), buries; implants, erects.

of nikhaṇati

of nikhaṇati

of nikhaṇati dug in; buried; fixed in the ground

, ~ā, feminine dragging out; throwing out, ejecting.

(~antī)n. of nikkaḍḍhati

of nikkhamati

1. (mfn.) (who has) gone out, left; gone; sticking out, protruding; outside, apart from.
2. (n.) going out, leaving, departure

getting out (from); emerging.

barter; exchange for.

…which expresses more than itself;

1. a sign, a significant appearance; an omen, a portent.

2. an indication, a hint.

3. 1. what one…

splendid when accomplished.

splendid when accomplished.

splendid when accomplished.

cessation; obstructing, making cease.

nissajjati

absol. lets go; gives up; hands over; surrenders; lets fly, throws.

lets go; gives up; hands over; surrenders; lets fly, throws.

lets go; gives up; hands over; surrenders; lets fly, throws.

nissajjati

absol. lets go; gives up; hands over; surrenders; lets fly, throws.

of nissajjati let go; set free; given up; handed over, surrendered; let fly, Thrown

of niyyāti laid by; given, handed over; gone forth; gone away

1. hands back; restores; pays back.
2. hands over (ownership or responsibility); entrusts; gives (formally), dedicates.

of niyyāteti handed back, restored; handed over, entrusted; given

is decided, is certain; knows; concludes, is convinced; ( ~aṃ gata is often written niṭṭhaṅgata, or occasionally there is niṭṭhāgata) reaches completion; achieves its aim or culminating point.

(from niṭṭhāti) completion, culmination; being finished.

defined by completion.

decided, certain, convinced.

…one of a race of mythical snakes (the enemies of the garuḷas) 2. an elephant. 3. the best or most excellent of its kind; a mighty being.

an elephant’s look (turning the whole body)

forester; an elephant tracker.

the being (like) an elephant (?)

…or as the four (or three) non-material khandhas.

holding various or different preferred views.

called by a feminine name.

the nose (of a human or animal); the trunk of an elephant.

meditation based on (something) dark blue; a dark blue meditation object; (the jhana) which is or is brought about by meditation based on (something) dark blue.

…being a hindrance, which is an…

tying on, fixing on.

with bark hanging down.

seeming to have its bark hanging down

placing (in); laying down; applying.

placed ready, lying ready to hand.

with the goad laid down or lying ready in hand

bathing place; a ford.

pushing downwards, downwards pressure; a thick or dense entanglement.

is left behind; falls behind; falls back; hangs back;

is left behind; falls behind; falls back; hangs back;

space, room; place, area; occasion, opportunity; possibility, chance.

hanging down; what hangs down; something carried hanging from the arm or hand.

or neuter something hanging down to be clung to.

hangs down; hangs over; slips down; hangs from, hangs on to, clings to; catches hold of, leans on.

makes hang down, lets hang down; suspends

pulling down; lowering.

hangs down; sinks down, cowers; hangs back; falls behind

hanging or dripping down and round about

liable to hang back; habitually sluggish

the habit of sluggishness; hanging back

hangs down; sinks down, cowers; hangs back; falls behind

for less than four months

with the head hanging down; upside down.

1. taken off, loosened; discarded, secondhand (?).
2. (one) who has loosened (his shoes).

ours water ritually (over the hands) in giving a gift; gives formally

with hands and bowl rinsed

serving for riding; an animal for riding; a king’s elephant

serving for riding; an animal for riding; a king’s elephant

on this side (of); before, within, in less than

on this side (of); within, in less than; to this side, over here

taking down, lowering; removal; putting (the hands) downwards

taking down, lowering; removal; putting (the hands) downwards

taking down, lowering; removal; putting (the hands) downwards

ours water ritually (over the hands) in giving a gift; gives formally

with licking the lips

sa-upāhanā

mfn. wearings sandals; shod

good moment; a favorable time

properly at hand; very much present

more, deeper, than a man’s height

with a surplus; more than

properly at hand; very much present

of tacchenta

flat surface; a level; the ground; palm (of the hand); sole (of the foot)

slap on the body (or with the palm of the hand)

the palm of the hand as a weapon.

tools etc. for weaving.

…thence. 2. from that; than that; than that… 3. there upon, then; from that, consequently. 4. (repeated): from that and that place; here and…

the being more than that; excess.

having that preferred view

of ta(d) just for that time, for a short time; temporary; (f) a temporary sexual partner

the destroying of craving.

handful of rice.

meditation based on fire; the meditation object fire; (the jhana) which is or is brought about by meditation based on fire.

more than a year old; (according to commentary: rained on for a long time)

making stiff; making solid.

1. the breast, esp. the breast of a woman.
2. the (teat of the) udder of a cow.

the breast.

roars, thunders.

of thanati

of thanati

of thanati

of thanati

mother’s milk.

bed on the bare ground; sleeping on the bare ground.

the act of sleeping on the bare ground.

concealed for three days.

of tikicchati

with breasts like the timbaru fruit.

tinduka tree’s stump.

going crosswise or obliquely or horizontally; (m.f) an animal; a (non-human)

(being) an animal, a (non-human) creature.

(one) given to worldly, frivolous talk.

worldly, frivolous talk; chatter, gossip.

worldly science (especially connected with prognosticating)

birth or existence as an animal; the animal class.

leading to an animal birth.

going to an animal birth.

going to an animal birth.

(one) belonging to the animal class.

1. (n.) a place overgrown with grass.
2. (mfn.) a place dense with grass; a clump of grass or hay.

(~antī)n. of tiṭṭhati

of tiṭṭhati; esp. set aside…; never mind…

with lance in hand.

adverb in an empty way: falsely; with empty hands.

(one) who carries scales; a merchant.

pike or goad for guiding elephants.

tāḷa¹

neuter a key

tāḷa²

masculine beating; striking the hands together, clapping; a percussion instrument.

loaded, burdened.

oppression, harassment; paining.

both ends, both extremes

with a handle at both ends

having a red cushion at each end

up and down; in various ways; in a changing manner

(one) of high rank

(one) of high rank

the lap.

“lap brained”, scatterbrained; who does not retain what he has heard

type of female elephant (with defective tusks?)

type of female elephant (with projecting or wide-spreading tusks)

tub of water; a basin for water (round the root of a tree); a a mass, a great quantity of water

water channel; feed pipe

~ī, feminine an instrument for wiping off water

flow of water; a water course, a water channel

rope used when drawing water

going down into the water; a ritual bath

going down into the water; a ritual bath

the practice of ritual bathing

let go, handed over (in marriage) with (the pouring of) water

let go, handed over (in marriage) with (the pouring of) water

container for water

a channel or gutter for a well

a channel or gutter for a well

(also uddhaṅ-gāmi(n)) going upwards; going upstream

(also uddhaṅ-gāmi(n)) going upwards; going upstream

fireplace, hearth; oven; a furnace, a crucible.

uddhaṅ-gama

mfn. going upwards

(also uddhagāmi(n)) going upwards; going upstream

(also uddhagāmi(n)) going upwards; going upstream

inflated; swollen, bloated; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

swollen; bloated, esp. of a corpse; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

(~antī)n.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

whose ideas are (based on) complaining or faultfinding; conscious of cause for indignation.

(from ukkaṇṭhati) fretting; discontent.

the squatting exercise; exertion in (the ascetic practice of) squatting

making jump up, raising.

places upon; lays down, imposes; gives in addition, hands over; places under oneself, lies down upon

laid upon; handed over; supplied

places upon; lays down, imposes; gives in addition, hands over; places under oneself, lies down upon

places upon; lays down, imposes; gives in addition, hands over; places under oneself, lies down upon

hits, comes into contact with, reaches; hurts, damages, impairs

hits, comes into contact with, reaches; hurts, damages, impairs

is harmed, is damaged; suffers

is fit for, is ready at hand; serves, is a benefit (to, gen./dat.).

tying, fastening; what ties or connects.

makes bends towards, makes touch; brings near, hands (to); holds out, offers, presents

makes bends towards, makes touch; brings near, hands (to); holds out, offers, presents

brought near, handed (to); made to touch

stopping; obstructing.

1. (n.) fixing the mind on tranquillity; resolution for calmness.
2. (mfn.)fixing the mind on tranquility; resolving for calmness

(~antī)n.

(~antī)n.

1. (act.) come near, approached; arrived, present, at hand; serving, attending; dedicated.
2. (pass.) served, attended

going near, keeping close to; presence, appearance; serving, waiting on, attendance; worshiping.

audience hall, assembly hall

one of the eight abstinence (observed by the lay-followers on an uposatha day)

one of the five groups of the elements of existence connected with grasping (as cause or object) (and being material support or fuel)

the sound of the knocking of sandals

sandal; a pair of sandals; slippers.

useful for argumentative challenge, thinking it useful for argumentative challenge

1. obtruding, raising oneself.
2. mound (of flesh), thickness.
3. swelling.
4. abundance, prevalence, preponderance.
5. over-abundance, excess.
6. a supplementary niraya (of which there are either 16 …

exertion, resolution.

an upper loop or fastening (for hanging a door)

additional food; accompaniment to a meal, condiment

the seasons other than the rainy season; the fit time

change of season; change or extreme of weather or climate or temperature

1. a turban, esp. the turban of a king or prince, one of the five kakudhas.
2. the coping of a railing; a handrail (of a balustrade).

rising, getting up; arising, appearance; erection; exertion, effort.

energetic; zealous.

abounding in energy; zealous

full of energy, exerting oneself

full of energy, exerting oneself

associated, connected with, knowledge.

brought, carried; handed down, transmitted

brought, carried; handed down, transmitted

teacher’s fee

(from ācikkhati) telling; pointing out.

depositing, placing; a container, a receptacle; establishing, kindling (afire).

grasping, sticking to what has been laid down; ? obstinate.

who has taken a stick in hand; who administers justice; who has embraced violence

(from āgacchati) returing.

*~antī)n.

comes, comes near; comes back, returns; reaches, attains; is recorded, is handed down by tradition.

1. (mfn.) come, arrived, come back; present; having reached, attained; come down, handed down, learnt.
2. (n.) arrival; coming

or mfn. (giving a) hold for the hands.

will hit, will strike; will beat; will come into contact with, will reach.

will hit, will strike; will beat; will come into contact with, will reach.

will hit, will strike; will beat; will come into contact with, will reach.

(from ākaḍḍhati) dragging to, drawing towards; pulling, pulling about; drawing out; bending (a bow).

the sphere or stage of (the awareness of) nothingness, i.e.

1. the third of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of awareness of nothingness, the third arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

the sphere or stage of the infinity of space, i.e.

1. the first of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of the consciousness of the infinity of space, the first arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

fastening, hanging (on, loc.)

fastening, hanging (on, loc.)

the feat of immovability (or a trained elephant)

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …

the feat of immovability (or a trained elephant)

…happens,…

group or category of offense:

removal of an offense; rehabilitation

merchant, a shopkeeper.

climbing, ascending, mounting

fit to be mounted

climbing, ascending, mounting

fit to be mounted

climbing, ascending, mounting

1. (n.m.) formless, immaterial state or existence (esp. referring to the arūpajhānas).
2. (mfn.) formless, immaterial.

conciliating, winning over; accomplishment; success.

1. (mfn.) to be fulfilled, to be achieved.
2. (n.) what is to be accomplished; success, approval

climbing, ascending, mounting

1. (mfn.) near, near at hand; close together; ~aṃ, adv., near.
2. (n.)
   1. nearness, vicinity; loc. ~e, adv., near, nearby; in the vicinity…

being a basis or cause of afflictions; being a basis or cause of the āsavas

basin or saucer filled (with hot liquid)

…a raised stick;…

bringing, bringing near; causing.

pulling; drawing towards; attracting

signs of omen on weapons

arranging a marriage.

sings of omen on weapons.

place of cremation; funeral pyre

place of cremation; funeral pyre

ūhanati¹

pr. 3 sg. pushes upwards or out; throws up, throws away; removes; raises.

ūhanati²

pr. 3 sg. hits at, strikes;…

…lacking (something), incomplete, not full; fewer, less (by, instr.); less (than, abl. or iic); what is deficient; something lacking; a lack.

(one) less than ten years’ standing

not full; smaller, less (than, abl. or iic.); less (by, instr.).

less than two or three times

less than two or three times

less than three times

(~antī)n. of ḍahati

(~antī)n. of ḍayhati

1. standing; the act of standing, being fixed or stationary; continuance.
2. 1. a place; a locality; a spot; a site; a location; a suitable place; a worthy object.
   2. region, sphere; metaphysical o …

adverb

1. on the spot; at once; in a moment.
2. as to the cause.

fit to continue; to stand.

…though appearing quite mechanical, if properly carried out will bring about a high degree of mental concentration and entrance into the 4…

…for those moral rules other than the 8 ending with right livelihood i.e. 4-fold right speech, 3-fold right action and right livelihood, as in the…

…like a winged bird. With his hand he touches the sun and moon, so mighty & giant. Even up to the Brahma-world can he master his…

Absorption: see: jhāna

Accumulation: of Kamma see: āyūhana

Acinteyya: lit. ‘That which cannot not be thought of’, the unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, that which transcends the limits of thinking and over which the …

Adaptability: of body, mental properties and consciousness: kammaññatā, cf. khandha materiality and Tab. II.

…properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - khandha. In M. 111, it is mentioned together with other…

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

…or indifferent feeling; see: vedanā - khandha

…’ are: the path of desire chanda, the path of hate, the path of confusion, the path of fear bhaya. One who is freed from these evil impulses is…

[[aggregates or clusters]]Aggregates or clusters: khandha

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 …

…term designating advantageous (beautiful) mental property is sobhana-sādhārana-cetasika see: sobhana.

…them are given: by changing the object, thinking of the evil results, paying no attention to them, analyzing them, suppressing…

[[alcohol prohibition]]Alcohol restriction: see: surāmeraya - majja - ppamādatthānā. The 5th training rule.

[[analysis of the 4 elements]]Analysis of the 4 primary elements: dhātu-vavatthāna

…paticca-samuppāda, khandha, ti-lakkhana, nāma-rūpa, patisandhi*

Literature: Anattā-lakkhana Sutta, Vinaya I, 13-14; se e:…

…is the arising, passing and changing of things, or the disappearance of things that have emerged & become into being. The meaning is that these…

…are: the preparation parikamma, access upacāra, adaptation anuloma and change-of-lineage gotrabhū moments. For further details…

Anupassanā: Contemplation, deep reflection, profound consideration:
The 4 fold: see: satipatthāna.
The 18 fold: see: vipassanā.
The 7 fold: The seven contemplations:
1: Contemplating c …

Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …

Anurakkhana-padhāna: the ‘effort to maintain’ advantageous states; see: padhāna

…stinginess, liberal, open-handed, rejoicing in giving, ready to give anything asked for, glad to give and share with others.

6:…

…2: Or, while living more than half of the lifetime there, or at the moment of death, he attains the Noble path for the overcoming of the higher…

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: ‘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 …

…by the footprint of the elephant, and the footprint of the elephant is considered as the mightiest amongst them, just so have all the meritorious…

Appanā-samādhi: Absorption concentration or full concentration from apeti to fix, is the concentration existing during absorption jhāna, whilst the neighbourhood or access-concentration *upa …

…4: Sense-desire kāma-cchanda = kāma-rāga rāga, and

5: Ill-will vyāpāda = dosa see: mūla.

III: Through…

…see: jhāna

Arūpa-khandha: The four formless immaterial groups of sentient existence are: feeling, perception, mental constructions, and…

[[ascending insight]]Ascending insight: see: vutthāna - gāminī - vipassanā

Association: sampayutta-paccaya is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya. *

Asubha:* Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations * …

Attentiveness: Attention, awareness or mindfulness; see: sati satipatthāna.

Atthangika-magga: The Noble 8-Fold Path see: Magga.

…elements, sources (see: khandha dhātu āyatana ) #āyatana, form, feeling, perception, mental constructions and consciousness, all these…

Avoidance: see: Cāritta-sīla - The effort to avoid all evil states, see: padhāna 1.

…See Dhs. PTS 362-364, 505, 553; Indriya Vibhanga; path 162.

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

Beautiful: sobhana.

Bhangānupassanā-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in contemplation of dissolution’ of all forms of existence, is one kind of insight: see:…

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 …

Bhayatupatthāna-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in the awareness of terror’, is one of those kinds of insight-knowledge that form the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ se …

…nor to become beautiful or handsome, but only to maintain and support this body, to avoid harm and to assist the Noble life, knowing: ’In this way…

…refers to the sexual characteristics of the body, and belongs to the group of materiality see: khandha. It is a commentarial term for the…

Bhāvanā-bala: see: patisankhāna-bala

…anattā see: tilakkhana of all bodily and mental phenomena of existence, included in the 5 groups of existence, namely, materiality,…

…of enlightenment bojjhanga = bodhi-anga and the 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’ bodhipakkhiya - dhammā. In one of the…

…and in the Jhāna Vibhanga, only the 7 factors of enlightenment bojjhanga.

See The Requisites of Enlightenment, by Ledi Sayadaw…

…as an ideal higher than or alternative to Arahatship; nor is there any record in the Pāli scriptures of a disciple declaring it as his…

Body: kāya Contemplation on the b. is one of the 4 satipatthāna.

…law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, viriya padhāna rapture pīti - sambojjhanga tranquillity passaddhi -…

Brahma-kāyika-deva: The ‘divine beings of the Brahma-world’ inhabit the first 3 heavens of the fine-material world, rūpaloka corresponding to the 1st absorption jhāna. The highest ruler of …

Buddhānussati: ‘recollection of the Enlightened One’; see: anussati

…WHEEL 137/138; The Wheel of Birth and Death, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo WHEEL 147/149

Catu-dhātu-vavatthāna: ‘analysis of the four elements’; see: dhātu-vavatthāna

…consciousness, see: khandha are found there, the materiality group being absent. Cf. pañca-vokāra-bhava, eka-vokāra-bhava App.:…

…consciousness see: khandha the Abhidhamma as a rule treats them under the more philosophical 3 aspects: consciousness, mental properties…

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

…for instance: kāma-cchanda, sense-desire’, one of the 5 hindrances see: nīvarana chanda - rāga ‘lustful desire’ see: kāma It…

Change: contemplation of: one of the 18 chief kinds of insight vipassanā.

Characteristics: of existence, the. 3: ti-lakkhana

[[citta-ja (citta-samutthāna)-rūpa]]Citta-ja citta-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘mind-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna

…may be found that could be compared with this so rapidly changing consciousness.; App. khana.

…and viññāna see: khandha and Tab. 1. Dhs divides all phenomena into consciousness citta mental properties cetasika and materiality…

Citta-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘mind-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna.

Cittānupassanā: ‘contemplation of consciousness’, is one of the 4 foundations of awareness or mindfulness satipatthāna

…viññāna** see: khandha citta mano q v - Moment of °: citta-kkhana Contemplation of °: cittānupassanā: satipatthāna -…

Control: effort of: see: padhāna

…see: anussati, treasures’ see: dhana.

Effort: the 4 right e.: samma - ppadhāna see: padhāna Right e. see: sacca IV 6, magga 6. - 5 elements of e.: padhāniyanga

Elasticity: of materiality, mental properties or consciousness: mudutā see: khandha Materiality I.B. and Tab. II.

Elements: dhātu - Analysis of the 4 e.: dhātu-vavatthāna

Emotion: 8 sources of e.: samvega-vatthu. The 4 places rousing emotion; samvejanīya-tthāna

Energy: viriya, further see: bojjhanga, bala, pāramī

Enlightenment: bodhi - The 7 elements of e.: bojjhanga - A being destined for e.: Bodhisatta.

Escape: nissarana see: pahāna.

Exertion: see padhāna viriya magga 6. - Reaching Nibbāna with or without e.; see: anāgāmi

…- The 5 groups of e.: khandha - The 4 substrata of e.: upadhi - Courses of e.: gati - Wheel of e.: samsāra. - Craving…

visual-consciousness: cakkhu-viññāna see: dhātu, khandha

…- F. of absorption, see: jhāna - F. of enlightenment, see: bojjhanga.

abilities = Abilities: indriya, see also paccaya 16.

Feeling: vedanā, further see: khandha - Contemplation of f.: vedanānupassanā see: satipatthāna.

[[fine-material sphere]]Fine-material sphere: or [[fine-material sphere]]Fine-material world: see: avacara loka Absorptions of the: rūpa-jjhāna see: jhāna

Food: material: is one of the 4 nutriments āhāra. Foodproduced materiality, see: samutthāna - Refusing all further f., see: dhutānga - Loathsomeness of f. see: āhārepatikkūla - saññā

[[foolish babble]]Foolish babble: sampha - ppalāpa see: kamma, kamma -pat ha I; cf. tiracchāna - kathā.

Forbearance: khanti

Foundation: nissaya one of the 24 conditions paccaya,. Wrong f. of morality, see: nissaya f. of sympathy: sangaha-vatthu f. f orming absorptions: pādaka-jjhāna, - f. o …

[[foundations of awareness or mindfulness]]Foundations of awareness or mindfulness: the 4: satipatthāna.

[[frivolous talk]]Frivolous talk: cf. tiracchāna - kathā kamma-patha I, 7, kamma.

…i.e. the Matured One.

I. ‘change-of-lineage-Moment’ gotrabhū - citta is the last of the 4 impulse moments javana cf….

Gotrabhū-ñāna: ‘change-of-lineage-knowledge’; see: prec. and visuddhi VII

…see: rūpa-kāya mind-group, see:…

Growth: bodily: rūpassa upacaya see: khandha I.

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 …

Hāna-bhāgiya-sīla: - samādhi b h. b. p aññā morality, concentration or understanding connected with decline. The other three stages are: thiti-bhāgiya-sīla etc. morality, etc. connected …

Iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination * …

…of intention chanda - samādhi accompanied by effort of will padhāna - sankhāra - samannāgata concentration of energy…

[[immaterial sphere]]Immaterial sphere: arūpāvacara cf. avacara jhāna 5-8; Tab. I.

…sankhāra - khandha see: Tab II. - 20 arises at the moment of entering the Sotāpatti- path sotāpatti - magga 21 on…

…paññā on the one hand and energy and concentration viriya samādhi on the other. For excessive faith with deficient understanding…

[[Infinite consciousness]]Infinite consciousness: and b. space, Sphere of: see: jhāna 5, 6.

Intention: chanda.

…is one of the 7 factors of enlightenment bojjhanga.

Iriyā-patha: lit. ‘ways of movement’: ‘bodily postures’, i.e. going, standing, sitting, lying. In the Satipatthāna-sutta see: satipatthāna they form the subject of a contemplation and an exerc …

…amongst which the last one change-of-lineage-moment belongs to the fine-material sphere rūpāvacara whereas the rest belong to the…

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 …

Jhāna-paccaya: is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

Jhānanga: ‘constituents or factors of absorption’; see: prec.

…consciousness; see: khandha the acquiring of their sensitive organs: this is called birth; D. 22. For its conditioning by the prenatal…

Materiality-group: rūpa- khandha see: khandha

Materiality: produced through consciousness, kamma, etc.; see: samutthāna - Sensitive c.: pasāda-rūpa

Materiality-perceptions: rūpa - saññā see: jhāna

Paccavekkhana-suddhi: ‘purity of reflection’, is a name for wise consideration in using the 4 requisites allowed to the monk, i.e. robes, food,…

Paccavekkhana-ñāna: ‘retrospective knowledge’, refers to the recollected mental image obtained in concentration, or to any inner experience…

…concentrated intention chanda, energy viriya, consciousness citta and investigation vīmamsā In one and the same state of…

…Treasure-Store Sutta Nidhikhandha Sutta, Khp. mentions pacceka-bodhi the C. Nidd. ascribes to individual Paccekabuddhas the verses of the…

…4 to maintain anurakkhana - padhāna i.e. 1 the effort to avoid disadvantageous akusala states, such as evil thoughts, etc. 2 to…

Padhāniyanga: ‘elements of effort’, are the following 5 qualities: faith, health, sincerity, energy, and understanding M. 85, 90; A. V. 53. See pārisuddhi-padhāniyanga.

…by repression vikkhambhana-pahāna i.e. the temporary suspension of the 5 hindrances nīvarana during the absorptions, 2 overcoming by…

Pahāna-pariññā: s. pariññā

…the 3 characteristics tilakkhana are applied. The majority of Sutta texts, however, use the conventional language, as appropriate in a practical…

…6 patience or forbearance; khanti 7 truthfulness sacca - p 8 resolution adhitthāna - p 9 loving-kindness mettā - p 10 equanimity…

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 …

Pariññā: ‘full understanding’, full comprehension. There are 3 kinds of mundane f.u. lokiya - p namely: full understanding of the known ñāta - p f.u. as investigating tīrana - p and …

…passaddhi-sambojjhanga: :* * ‘tranquillity, as link to Awakening’, consists in tranquillity of mental properties kāya-passaddhi…

…pain, etc. - About the 4 elements. see: dhātu, khandha I. A..

Patibhāna-patisambhidā: the ‘analytical knowledge of ready wit’: see: patisambhidā

…this process of continually changing mental and bodily phenomena, nothing can be found that would pass from one moment to the next moment, so also…

Patience: or forbearance khanti one of the 10 perfections pāramī, .

Patigha: - 1. In an ethical sense, it means: ‘repugnance’, grudge, resentment, anger, and is a synonym of vyāpāda, ill-will’ see: nīvarana and dosa ‘hate’ see: mūla It is one of the late …

…Path ’; for instance in dukkhanirodha - gāminī - patipadā ‘the road leading to the ceasing of suffering’ = 4th Noble Truth; majjhima -…

Patipassaddhi-pahāna: ‘overcoming of defilements by tranquillization’ see: pahāna.

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 …

…of enlightenment bojjhanga, bent on solitude, on detachment, on ceasing, and ending in deliverance, namely: awareness or mindfulness,…

Patisankhānupassanā-ñāna: ’knowledge consisting in reflective contemplation

is one of the 9 knowledges constituting the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ patipadā \ …

…the 5 groups of existence khandha are found there. In the immaterial sphere arūpāvacara see: avacara however, only the 4 mental groups are…

…details, see: under tilakkhana.

With regard to the condition of its arising one distinguishes 3 kinds of knowledge knowledge based on thinking…

Paññā-vimutti: ‘deliverance through understanding’ or understanding’, signifies, according to Com. to A. V, 142, the understanding associated with the fruition of Nobility arahatta - phala I …

Penetration: s. pativedha pariyatti - For the power of penetrating vipphāra knowledge and concentration, see: iddhi - For morality combined with penetration nibbedha see: *hāna-bhāgiy …

…sankhāra - khandha In lists of both these categories it is generally mentioned first e.g. Dhs. 1: M. 9, due to its fundamental…

Pleasantness: idea of: see: vipallāsa, subhanimitta.

[[produced materiality]]Produced materiality: nipphanna-rūpa

Progress: s. patipadā, abhabbagamana - p. in morality, etc., see: hānabhāgiya etc. - Purification by knowledge and vision of path -progress, see: visuddhi VI. - p.: of the disciple …

…there exist only ever-changing physical and mental phenomena, flashing up and dying every moment. - Kath., in its first section, discusses…

Purisindriya: ‘Virility’; see: bhāva khandha

Purity: the elements of the effort for: pārisuddhipadhāniyanga

…209ff.

See ‘The Advantages of Merit’, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo BODHI LEAVES B. 38.

Pādaka-jjhāna: ‘foundation-forming absorption’, is an absorption used as a foundation, or starting point, for the higher spiritual powers abhiññā, or for insight vipassanā, leading to the su …

Pārisuddhi-padhāniyanga: the 4 ‘elements of the effort for purity’, are: effort for purity of morality sīla - parisuddhi - padhāniyanga for purity of mind citta of view ditthi of deli …

…vedanā - khandha, but may be described psychologically as ‘joyful interest’. As such it may be associated with advantageous as…

Tadanga-pahāna: ‘overcoming by the opposite’, is one of the 5 kinds of overcoming pahāna,.

Talk: low: tiracchāna - kathā

…33

There are 18 ‘thought-channels of craving’ tanhā - vicarita induced internally, and 18 induced externally; and as occurring in past,…

…the 5 groups of existence khandha are to be regarded as the Tathāgata, nor can the Tathāgata be found outside these material and mental…

…to the sankhāra - khandha see: khandha and is mostly known by the name upekkhā In its widest sense it is associated with all pure…

Temperature: utu. - For materiality produced by temperature, see: samutthāna

…of the Buddha’s teachings, handed down to us in the Pāli language. According to tradition, its name is derived from the fact of having been fixed…

Thiti-bhāgiya-sīla, Thiti-bhāgiya-samādhi, Thiti-bhāgiya-paññā: ‘static morality, static concentration, static understanding’; see: hāna-bhāgiya-sīla

thought, Thought-conception: s …

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā…

Tiracchāna-kathā: ‘low talk’, lit. ‘beastly talk’, is the name in the sutta-texts for the following:;Talk about kings and robbers, ministers and armies, danger and war, eating and drinking, clot …

Tiracchāna-yoni: ‘animal womb’; birth as animal. The animal kingdom belongs to the sense-world see: loka is one of the 4 lower worlds see: apāya and one of the 3 woeful courses of existence …

Trance: jhāna

Tranquilisation: Overcoming of defilements by way of: see: pahāna

…of mind: see: samatha, samatha - vipassanā, bhāvanā, bojjhanga - ‘One who has taken t. as his vehicle’: samathayānika

Treasures: the 7: see: dhana

…derived materiality see: khandha Summary I. In the figurative sense, as ‘foundation’ or sustaining condition, it is one of the 24 conditions…

Āhāra-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘Food-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna

Ākiñcaññāyatana: The sphere of nothingness; see: jhāna 7.

…derived materiality see: khandha Summary I; Dhs. 638 and to a sixfold classification of elements see: dhātu M. 112, 115, 140. It is also an…

Ākāsānañcāyatana: ‘Sphere of Infinite space’, is identical with the 1st formless absorption; see: jhāna 5.

Ānupubbī-kathā: ‘gradual instruction’, progressive teaching; given by the Buddha when it was necessary to first prepare the listener’s mind before speaking to him on the advanced teaching of the …

…of enlightenment bojjhanga, and then how these again produce release of mind ceto-vimutti and release through understanding…

…rūpa - khandha see: khandha. They form the external foundations for the sense-perceptions, and without them no…

Āruppa: Formless mental absorption see: jhāna

…and of receiving sampaticchana the data of the sense-object. On the functions of the mind, see: viññāna-kicca

The visible object…

Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities…

…(variant reading and Nd ii.abandha; expl^d- by rajju-bandhan’ ādisu yena kenaci abaddha Snp-a.83).

a + baddha

adjective without fetters or bonds, unfettered, untrammelled Snp.948, cp. Mnd.433.

a + bandhana

…SS to be read aṇḍaje (corresponding with vihangama in prec. line).

…Vv-a.12)

• -ghana a mass of clouds, a thick cloud Iti.64; Snp.348 (cp. Snp-a.348). *…

accusation, slander, calumny DN.iii.248, DN.iii.250; MN.i.130; MN.iii.207; AN.iii.290 sq. Dhp.139 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.70).

fr. abbhakkhāti

…among; variant reading abbhantare). Cases used adverbially: instr. abbhantarena in the meantime in between Dhp-a.ii.59. loc. abbhantare in…

…ativissāsika), Ja.i.337 (“insider”, opp. bāhiraka).

fr. abbhantara, cp. Sk. abhyantara in same meaning

adjective internal, inner (opp. bāhirima) Vin.iii.149; Ja.v.38.

superl. formation fr. abbhantara in contrasting function

(& ˚ā f.) being pleased, satisfaction, thanksgiving DN-a.i.227 Vv-a.52 (˚ānu˚); Sdhp.218

fr. abbhanumodati

to be much pleased at to show great appreciation of Vin.i.196; DN.i.143, DN.i.190; SN.iv.224; Mil.29, Mil.210; Dhp-a.iv.102 (variant reading ˚ānu˚).

abhi + anu + modati

anointing, lubricating, oiling; unction, unguent Vin.i.205; Vin.iii.79; Mil.367 (akkhassa a.); Vism.264; Vv-a.295.

fr. abbhañjati

…˚etvā); Ja.v.376 (sata-pāka-telena ˚ayiṃsu); Caus. ii. abbhanjāpeti to cause to anoint Ja.iii.372.

abhi + añj

to rehabilitate a bhikkhu who has been suspended for breach of rules Vin.ii.7 (abbhento), Vin.ii.33 (abbheyya); Vin.iii.112 (abbheti), Vin.iii.186 = Vin.iv.242 (abbhetabba)
pp *[abbhita](/define/abb …

…DN-a.i.180), DN.i.71 (= acchanna DN-a.i.210), DN.i.89; MN.iii.132; AN.ii.210; AN.iii.92; AN.iv.437, AN.v.65; Snp.p.139 (˚e nissinna sitting in…

…atthaṃ eti, of the sun)
ppr abbhuddayaṃ Vv.64#17 (= abhi-uggacchanto Vv-a.280; abbhusayaṃ ti pi pāṭho).

abhi + ud + eti

instigation, incitement Vin.ii.88.

abstr. fr. abhi + *utsahana, cp. ussāha

…vata bho DN.i.60; acch. bhante abbh. AN.ii.50 aho acch. aho abbh. Ja.i.88; acch. vata abbh. vata Vv.83#16
■ Thus also in phrase…

…of being erect. stiffness), Ja.v.197 (˚unnata; variant reading abbhantara, is reading correct?).

pp. of abbhunnamati

…to udaka-vāhana on p. 122).

either = abbāhana or āvāhana

…Dhp-a.iv.25.

abhi + ā + hata, pp. of han

coming back, rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has undergone a penance for an expiable offence Vin.i.49 (˚âraha), Vin.i.53 (id.), Vin.i.143 Vin.i.327; Vin.ii.33, Vin.ii.40, Vin.ii.162; AN.i.99
■ Cp. * …

…viz kalala, abbuda, pesi, ghana, pasākha Mnd.120; Mil.40 Vism.236. 2. a tumour, canker, sore Vin.iii.294, Vin.iii.307 (only in…

…abbūhana, variant reading SS abbussāna; ed. of Nd ii.abbuḷhana, variant reading SS abbahana, BB abbuhana). Cp….

…aḍahana glosses C. aṭṭhangata & aṭṭhangika, K. nibbāpana). See also; abbuḷhana and…

…likely to be found in an Arahant’s character: see DN.iii.133 & DN.iii.235 (where the five first only are given as a set).

a + bhavya. The Sk….

…on to, at-, viz., abbhatthangata gone towards home abhighāta striking at, ˚jjhā think at, ˚mana thinking on ˚mukha facing, turned towards,…

overcoming, vanquishing, mastering SN.ii.210 (variant reading BB abhipatthana).

fr. abhibhavati

…variant reading abhisañchanna), Ja.ii.370 (id.); Snp.772 (= ucchanna āvuṭa etc. Mnd.24, cp. Cnd.365).

abhi + channa

adjective dependent on the clearest consciousness. On the spelling see ābhic˚ (of jhāna) MN.i.33, MN.i.356; MN.iii.11; SN.ii.278; AN.ii.23; AN.v.132 (Spelt. ābhi˚ at MN.i.33; AN.iii.114; Vin.v.136). S …

…is gained by singing or chanting verses (Ger. “ersungen”) SN.i.173; Snp.81 = Mil.228. See Snp-a.151. 2. resounding with filled with song…