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 …

…kho Ja.i.255.

before vowels often khv’; contr. of khalu = Sk. khalu

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

No¹

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

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

either positive: indeed, surely, truly DN.i.87; Snp.p.103; Ja.iv.391 (as khaḷu); Mhvs.vii.17; or negative: indeed not Vism.60 (= paṭisedhan’ atthe nipāto). -pacchābhattika (adj.) = na p˚: a per …

(a particle of emphasis, stressing the preceding word; signifying a report, something heard; sometimes merely expletive; occasionally expressing prohibition:) indeed, truly; so they say, as I have heard.

…improper to eat AN.iii.220 (khalu˚ q.v.). -bhāga hind or after part Ja.ii.91; Pv-a.114 -bhāsati see…

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

abstr …

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

• *-[parāyaṇa]( …

I. Etymology

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

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

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

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

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

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

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

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

chessman DN-a.i.85.

cp. *Sk. śāri

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

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

base of numeral four

1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

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

see next

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

nt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

fr. vivaṇṇa

Bila¹

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

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

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

pp. of vilumpati

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

adjective too cold Dhp-a.ii.85.

ati + sīta

Ati-ambila

adjective too sour Dhp-a.ii.85.

ati + ambila

to draw over to Vin.i.85.

apa + lāḷeti

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

anu + vicāra, cf. anuvicāreti

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

abstr. fr. anupekkhana, see anupekkhatī

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

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

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

saṃ + padāleti

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

cubit Mil.85 (aṭṭha rataniyo).

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

to investigate thoroughly MN.iii.85; SN.v.68.

pa + vicarati

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

pa + vicinati

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

Caus. of pa + ksal, cp. khaleti

share, portion Dhp-a.ii.85.

prec. + ka

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

pa + kitteti

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sk. nāgara, see nagara

adj. nt.

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

(adj. tasting Vv-a.85 (nibbāna˚).

fr. rasa

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

Vedic riṣ, riṣyati

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

fr. śaṅk

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

fr. rosa; cp. BSk. roṣaka Divy.38

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

Bengal madder DN-a.i.85.

= Sk. mañjiṣṭhā

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

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

saṃ + mūḷha

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

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

c …

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

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

1. clan a high social grade, “good family,” cp. Gr. (doric) φυά, Goth. kuni. A collection of cognates and agnates, in sense of Ohg. sippa, clan; “house” in sense …

to feel remorse, to worry AN.i.85; Pp.26. Der. are kukkuccāyanā and ˚āyitatta = kukkucca in def. at Dhs.1160 = Cnd. s.v.

denom. fr. kukkucca

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

trembling, fear, shock AN.ii.33; SN.iii.85; Ja.i.274; Mil.146, Mil.207; Pv-a.22.

saṃ + tāsa

hare, rabbit Dhp.342; Ja.iv.85; of the hare in the moon Ja.iv.84 sq. sasôlūkā (= sasā ca ulūkā ca) Ja.vi.564.

• -lakkhaṇa the sign of a hare Ja.i.172; Ja.iii.55.
• -lañjana …

fire.

1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

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

• -khīla a …

adjective (-˚) speaking, reciting Snp.850 (manta˚; a reciter of the Mantras, one who knows the M. and speaks accordingly, i.e. speaking wisely, explained by Snp-a.549 as “mantāya pariggahetvā vāca …

receiving, getting, acquisition, gain, possession; pl. possessions DN.i.8; DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61; MN.i.508 (ārogya-paramā lābhā); MN.iii.39; AN.i.74; AN.iv.157 sq., AN.iv.160 (lābhena abhibhūto pariyādi …

to mourn for, to bewail Snp.851 (atītaṃ na a.; cp. Mnd.222); Pv.i.12#7; Pv.ii.6#8; Pv-a.95.

anu + socati

crookedness Dhtm.526; Abhp.859. As koṭilya at Dhtp.472.

fr. kuṭila

The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …

adjective pleasant Snp.853.

fr. sāta

Gosiṅgasālavanadāya¹

A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …

Niratta¹

adjective noun soulless; view of soullessness or unsubstantiality; thus interpreted (in preference to niratta²) by Com. on Snp.787 Snp.858, Snp.919. See foll.

Sk. *ni …

dependence, requirement, resource Snp.856; Mnd.245.

abstr. to nissaya

reunion (of vital principle with a body), reincarnation, metempsychosis Pts.i.11 sq. Pts.i.52, Pts.i.59 sq.; Pts.ii.72 sq.; Ne.79, Ne.80; Mil.140; Dhp-a.ii.85; Vv-a.53; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.79, Pv-a.136, …

adjective not hanging on to, not clinging or attached to (c. loc.) Snp.851 (= nittaṇha Snp-a.549); Mnd.221.

adj. to pp. āsatta¹ with nis

Nīyati

to be led or guided, to go, to be moved SN.i.39 (cittena nīyati loko); Dhp.175; Pv.i.11#1 (= vahīyati Pv-a.56); Ja.i.264 (ppr. nīyamāna) Pv-a.4 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.177; Sdhp.292, Sdhp.302. Als …

kind of game, “spellicans” (Rh. D.); (Kern: knibbelspel) DN.i.6; Vin.ii.10; Vin.iii.180; DN-a.i.85.

unclear in origin & meaning

detachment, loneliness, separation, seclusion; “singleness” (of heart), discrimination (of thought) DN.i.37, DN.i.182; DN.iii.222, DN.iii.226, DN.iii.283 = SN.iv.191 (˚ninna citta); SN.i.2, SN.i.194; …

clinging to, adhering, attachment (to = loc.), sinful bent, lust, desire-It is almost invariably found as a syn. of taṇhā. P Commentators explain it with ref. either to *[visaṭa](/ …

adjective possessed of insight, wise, intelligent sensible Vin.i.60; DN.iii.237, DN.iii.252, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.282, DN.iii.287; MN.i.292 MN.iii.23; SN.i.53, SN.i.79; SN.ii.159 sq., SN.ii.207, SN.ii.2 …