…jaw-binding, incantations to bring on dumbness DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.

Vedic hanu; cp. Lat. gena jaw, Gr. γένυς chin, Goth….

…of an old monk, the Elder Dhanuggahatissa; Ajātasattu was taken captive with his army. On giving an undertaking not to resort to violence again,…

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 …

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

Māgadha3town

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 …

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 …

A naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …

TindukkhānuTindukkhānuparibbājakārāma

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

near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery

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.

administration of practical affairs or policy

bow.

who bears a bow; an archer.

small bow.

quiver and bow.

100 bow-lengths.

imitation of what is seen; following the example.

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

having the jaw of the best of the quadrupeds.

persistent for a long time.

persistent for a long time.

persistent for a long time.

(or n.) a cow’s jaw bone.

stump (of a tree); a trunk

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

tinduka tree’s stump.

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths magga …

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

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

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 \ …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

(& ˚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

…sundar’-âbhirūpa-abbhanumodanesu dissati. These are:

1. (lit.) gone away, passed gone out, departed (+ nikkhanta, meaning khaya…

gone into, affected with, seized by (-˚), a victim of (c. loc.) SN.i.72 Thig.345 (kāmesu); Snp.1123 (taṇhā˚ = taṇhânugata Cnd.32); Dhp.288; Ja.iii.38, Ja.iii.369; Ja.iv.396; Ja.v.91, Ja.v.379 (= dose …

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

orig. meaning “experience, concomitance” and found only in compounds as-˚, in meaning “experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with”, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatnes …

1. awakened (act. & pass.), recognised, conceived, seen, known DN.ii.123 (˚ā ime dhammā); SN.i.137 (dhammo vimalen’ ânubuddho ii.203; iv.188; AN.ii.1; AN.iii.14; AN.iv.105; Snp-a.431. In phrase *budd …

(-˚) following, being in the train of, falling under, adherence to, dependence on SN.i.104 (vas˚ being in the power). Usually in cpd. diṭṭhānugati a sign (lit. belonging to) …

1. an under-seṭṭhi (banker, merchant) Ja.v.384 (see anu B iii. a.).
2. in redupl. cpd seṭṭhānuseṭṭhi (see anu B iv) “bankers & lesser bankers” i.e. all kinds of we …

(-˚) adjective following, striving after, acting in accordance with, living up to or after Freq. in formula dhammānusārin saddhānusārin living in conformity with the Norm & the Faith DN.iii.254; MN …

means of barring a door Vin.ii.154 (Bdhgh. explains on p. 321: apesī ti dīghadārumhi khāṇuke pavesetvā kaṇḍaka-sākhāhi vinandhitvā kataṃ dvāra-tthakanakaṃ).

? of uncertain origin

…C. explains apāṭubhāva dhanuppāda-virahita, in which latter virahita does not fit in; the pass. seems corrupt).

a + pātu + bha (?), at…

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

adjective

1. devoted?
2. discerning, analytical, perspicacious? Thag.370; Com. has: yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipattiyā tattha bhattimā nāma.

from bhatti

adjective light, bright red Ja.iii.62 (of the kaṇavera flower); Vv-a.175 (˚raṃsi).

cp. Vedic bhānu (m.) shine, light, ray; Epic Sk. also “sun”

adjective luminous brilliant; mostly of the sun; nom. bhānumā SN.i.196 Thag.1252; Vv.64#17, Vv.78#7 (= ādicca Vv-a.304); Ja.i.183 acc. bhānumaṃ Snp.1016
■ The spelling is sometimes bhāṇumā.

…

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

…= dṛḍha-dhanva, from dhanu = having a strong bow;

• -nikkama of strong exertion Snp.68 (= Cnd.294); *…

…Ja.iii.274 = Ja.iv.258 (dhanuṃ a ˚ṃ karoti to get the bow ready, variant reading BB. sarejjhaṃ C explained jiyāya ca sarena ca saddhiṃ…

…dhammaṃ aññāya, dhanudh˚-paṭipanna AN.i.36; AN.ii.97.

• -akkhāna discussing or preaching of the Dhamma…

…as a derⁿ from dhanu, bow = having a strong bow (see dhamma³); although some passages admit…

…Ja.ii.88; Ja.iii.220 (dhanuggaha) Ja.iii.322 Ja.v.129 (where 4 kinds are enumerated); Vism.150 (in simile) DN-a.i.156;

• -takkāri (f.) a…

(small) bow Vin.ii.10; Vin.iii.180; DN.i.7; AN.iii.75; AN.v.203; Ja.vi.41; Mil.229; DN-a.i.86.

Sk. dhanuṣka

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

1. gacch˚, in
   pres gacchati;
   imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
   pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

…Avs.i.68, Avs.i.109) -hanuka the jaw bone of a cow, in -ena koṭṭāpeti (koṭṭh˚ J) to massage with a cow’s jaw bone Vin.ii.266;…

…stringless Ja.v.433 (dhanu).

2. (a strand of a rope as) constituent part ingredient, component, element; with numerals it equals -fold,…

…Vb-a.58; Kp-a.49; Snp-a.116.

fr. hanu

There is no single word in English for Iddhi, as the idea is unknown in Europe. The main sense seems to be ʻpotency’.

1. Pre-Buddhistic; the Iddhi of a layman The four Iddhis of a king are personal …

…conjurer Mil.331.

• -dhanu the rainbow DN-a.i.40.
• -bhavana the realm of Indra Mnd.448 (cp….

…Ja.v.427 (cp. the story of Dhanu, the Rākṣasa who was punished by having his head and thighs forced into his body, Raghuvaṃsa xii.57).

cp….

…the “Tell story of Culladhanuggaha at Ja.iii.220 & Dhp-a.iv.66. 2. a section, portion or paragraph of a book DN-a.i.12 Pgdp.161. 3. a small…

1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

1. a sword (often with dhanu, bow) at DN.i.7 (Dhp.i.89 = asi) as one of the forbidden articles of ornament (cp. BSk….

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

stump (of a tree), a stake. Often used in description of uneven roads; together with kaṇṭaka thorns AN.i.35; AN.iii.389; Vism.261 (˚paharaṇ’ aggi), Vism.342 (˚magga); Snp-a.334 …

Err:501

cross-bow MN.i.429 (opp. to cāpa); Mil.351 (dhanu and k˚). -ka same Ja.iv.433 (explained by dhanu).

cp. Sk. kodaṇḍa

…is opposed at Ja.vi.371): dhanu-koṭiṃ nissāya “through the (curved) end of my bow,” i.e. by means of hunting Ja.ii.200;…

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

to desire.

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

Buddhist commentators exp …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

…Ja.iv.353 (˚visāṇa-dhanu, a bow consisting of a ram’s horn) -patha Npl. “ram’s road” Mnd.155 = Mnd.415. -yuddha ram fight…

…strong) bow Ja.ii.88 (˚dhanu); Ja.v.128 (˚singadhanu). 2. belonging to a ram, in meṇḍaka-pañha “question about the ram” Mil.90…

…Mhvs.14, Mhvs.10 (dhanu-saraṃ). 3. to eliminate, get rid of, give up Pv.ii.6#15 (dehaṃ to get rid of the body) Dhs-a.344…

see under pacchā.

Padosa¹

defect, fault, blemish, badness, corruption, sin DN.i.71 (= padussati paraṃ vā padūseti vināsetī ti padoso DN-a.i.211); MN.iii.3; SN.iv.322 (vyāpāda˚); AN.i.8 (ceto˚); AN.iii.92 ( …

…Vism.72 (˚dhanu-satika, 500 bows in distance) 3. of groups of men, servants, or a herd, etc. (cp. 500 horses RV…

…Ja.vi.41 (kappāsa˚dhanuka). At all Ja passages th. 2. (th) snapping one’s fingers Ja.i.394 (anguli˚, + celukkhepa); Thag-a.76…

…Ja.vi.41 (kappāsa˚dhanuka). At all Ja passages th. 2. (th) snapping one’s fingers Ja.i.394 (anguli˚, + celukkhepa); Thag-a.76…

…patti-anuppadāna, abbhanumodanā, desanā savana, diṭṭh’ ujjuka-kamma. The opp. of puñña is either apuñña (DN.iii.119;…

…kaññā, tulā, vicchikā, dhanu, makara kumbha, mīna; or the ram, bull, twins, crab, lion, virgin balance, scorpion bow, capricorn, waterpot,…

Saha¹

indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.

• • …

…SN.ii.284; Ja.i.179; Dhp.387; Dhp-a.iv.144; Pv-a.154 (˚dhanu-kalāpa).

pp. of sannayhati

stake Vv-a.338. Cp. khāṇuka.

fr. sanku

foreman of a guild, treasurer, banker, “City man”, wealthy merchant Vin.i.15 sq. Vin.i.271 sq.; Vin.ii.110 sq., Vin.ii.157; SN.i.89; Ja.i.122; Ja.ii.367 etc. Rājagaha˚ the merchant of Rājagaha Vin.ii. …

…Vism.502 = Vb-a.100;
■ -bhūta hanging loose Pv-a.47 (so read for sithila˚)
■ -hanu a kind of bird MN.i.429
■ Cp….

…Vism.106; Vv-a.476.

• -dhanu horn-bow Dhp-a.i.216.
• -dhamaka blowing a horn Mil.31.

Vedic śṛnga,…

…Dhp-a.i.357.

• -ssara having a voice like a lion Ja.v.284, Ja.v.296 etc. (said of a prince).
• -hanu having a jaw like a…

…a sword-(handle) Mil.331 (dhanuggaha + ; not in corresponding list of occupations at DN.i.51);

• -sippā training in swordsmanship Ud.31.

Sk….

…“carrier”) Ja.ii.403 (dhanuṃ tūṇiñ ca nikkhippa); Ja.v.47.

Sk. *tūṇa & tūṇī, to; *tI̊n: see under tulā;…

…Vism.125, Vism.241 sq neg. an˚ Snp.912 (= gaṇhāti Mnd.330). Cp. dhanuggaha.

fr. ud + gṛh, see gaṇhāti

…(piṭṭhi-pāṇiṃ hanukena); Ja.i.483 (hatthena akkhīni); Ja.ii.245 (hatthikumbhe mukhaṃ); Ja.v.293 (aggalaṃ); Thag-a.188. 2. to…

adjective great, eminent, excellent, superb, lofty, noble, rich
■ Dhammapāla at Vv-a.10–Vv-a.11 distinguishes 3 meanings: tīhi atthehi ūḷāraṃ paṇītaṃ (excellent), seṭṭhaṃ (best), mahantaṃ (great) …

…charm), Dhp.i.265 (dhanu-agamanīyaṃ Ambaṭṭha n. v.); Kp-a.237 (vatthu˚, khetta˚, anga˚); and see the list of forbidden crafts…

indeclinable

1. sitting on, going to, approaching; allocated, belonging to; sometimes merely as prep. acc “near” (cp. āsanna) Snp.418 (āsajja naṃ upāvisi he came up near to him), Snp.448 (kāko va sel …