(-˚) adjective receiving, to be received, to get; only in dul˚; hard to get Snp.75; SN.i.101; Ja.i.307; Pp.26; Mil.16; Sdhp.17, Sdhp.27; and su˚ easy to obtain Pv.ii.3#19.

a base-formation fr. labh

…dat. sg. lābhā (for lābhāya) is used adverbially with foll. genitive in meaning of “for my (our) gain,” “it is…

see under lābha.

RāhulaRāhulabhadda

Only son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted Suddhodana’s invitation, Rāhula’s mother sent the boy to the …

associated to what is wrong, with evil or harm

(or n.) the not getting (something); the not receiving anything.

receiving little gain or profit

the becoming reborn as an individual; reincarnation; type of body or existence

acquisition of a self; type of personal existence

eating sediment or scrapings (from leather working)

rare; difficult to obtain or find; scarce.

, compar. more difficult to obtain; very rare.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

of unseemly speech; speaking lewdly.

tied with a leash, on a leash.

fraction of a part, a very small part

the fear or danger of crocodiles.

associated with the good

produced by passing of time

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

wearing garlands and ornaments.

overpowered, overwhelmed, vanquished DN.i.121; SN.i.137 (jāti-jarā˚); SN.ii.228 (lābhasakkāra-silokena); AN.i.202 (pāpakehi dhammehi); Ja.i.189; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.41 (= pareta), Pv-a.60 (= upagata), …

adjective praying for, desiring AN III.353 (kāma-lābha˚).

fr. abhijappati

to find, get, obtain Snp.460 (= labhati adhigacchati Snp-a.405).

abhi + vindati

to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …

Adhipāta¹

splitting, breaking, only in phrase muddhā˚; head-splitting Snp.988 sq., Snp.1004, Snp.1025 (variant reading Nd ii.˚vipāta).

adhipāteti

Adhipāta²

a moth Snp.964. …

cleaving to (earthly joys), attachment, DN.ii.58 sq.; DN.iii.289; MN.i.498 (+ abhinandana); SN.iii.187; AN.i.66; AN.ii.11 (diṭṭhi˚, kāma˚ + taṇhā). In comb^n. with (icchā) and mucchā at Nd …

not getting, loss, detriment Vin.iii.77.

a + labhaka

preeminence, superiority, excellency; highest ideal, greatest good. They are mentioned as sets of 3 (viz. dassana˚, paṭipadā˚, vimutti˚;) at DN.iii.219, or of 6 (viz. *dassana˚, savana˚ lābha˚, sikk …

adjective following, acting according to or in conformity with (-˚), obedient Ja.ii.348 (f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.i …

indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.

1. (prep. pref.)
   1. prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …

orig. a sharp stone as hurling-weapon thence in mythol. Indra’s thunderbolt thunder-clap, lightning Ja.i.71, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.323; Mil.277; Vv-a.83.

• -aggi the fire …

to taste SN.ii.227 (lābha-sakkārasilokaṃ); Vism.73 (paviveka-sukha-rasaṃ); Dhp-a.i.318.

Denom. fr. assāda

atta (the latter is the form used in comp^n.)

I. Inflection

1. of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
   ■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …

…atthi pasaṃsa-lābhā, expl^d. Snp-a.541 as na hi ettha pasaṃsa-lābhato añño attho atthi, cp. also Mnd.168);…

adjective sharing in, partaking of (with gen.), endowed with; getting, receiving AN.ii.80; AN.iii.42 (āyussa vaṇṇassa etc.); Ja.i.87 (rasānaṃ) Mil.18 (sāmaññassa); Vism.150 (lābhassa); Dhp-a.ii.90 Vb …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

adjective in accordance with the Dhamma Pv-a.242 (also a˚); Vism.306 (˚lābha).

Sk. dharmya; cp. dhammika

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

Du˚¹

(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable

1. syllable of exclamation (= duḥ “bad, woe” (beginning the word du (j)-jīvitaṃ) Dhp-a.ii.6, Dhp-a.ii.10 = Pv-a.280, cp. Ja.iii.47; Bdhgh’s …

adjective noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

1. lit. an outer door, a gate, entrance Vin.i.15; SN.i.58 SN.i.138, SN.i.211; Ja.i.346; Ja.ii.63; Ja.vi.330; Vb.71 sq.; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.67 (village gate), Pv-a.79; Sdhp.54, Sdhp.356
   ■ That d. can …

adjective tied, bound, fettered; enslaved, bound to greedy for, intoxicated with (c. loc.). When abs. always in combination w. paribhuñjati and w. ref. to some object of desire (bhoga, lābha, kāmaguṇe …

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

Gādha¹

depth; a hole, a dugout AN.ii.107 = Pp.43 (cp. Pp-a 225); Sdhp.394 (˚ṃ khaṇati). Cp. gāḷha².

Sk. gāḷha pp. of gāh, see gāhati

Gādha²

…

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

debt DN.i.71, DN.i.73; AN.iii.352; AN.v.324 (enumerated with baddha, jāni & kali); Snp.120; Ja.i.307; Ja.ii.388, Ja.ii.423; Ja.iii.66; Ja.iv.184 (iṇagga for nagga?) Ja.v.256; Ja.v.253 (where enumerate …

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

1. As adj. n.un
   1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

1. rough, hard, harsh (lit. & fig.) Dhs.648 (opp.; muduka Dhs.962 (rūpaṃ paṭhavīdhātu: kakkhalaṃ kharagataṃ kakkhaḷattaṃ kakkhaḷabhāvo); Vism.349 (= thaddha), Vism.591, Vism.592 (˚ …

the young of an elephant: see hatthi˚; and cp. kalāra.

cp. Sk. kalabha

in hatthi˚ at Ud.41, explained in C by potaka, but cp. the same passage at Dhp-a.i.58 which reads kalabha undoubtedly better. Cp. kaḷārikā.

adverb dubit. interr. part.

1. how; with ind. pres. Pv-a.6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with fut. & cond. Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); Ja.vi.500; Pv-a.54 (na dassāmi)
2. why, for what …

to get wet, soiled or stained, to dirty oneself, be impure Iti.76 (of clothes, in the passing away of a deva) Thag.954 (kilisissanti, for kilissanti); Pts.i.130. Kilisseyya Dhp.158 (explained as ninda …

1. a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

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 …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

the fact of being taken Pv-a.56.

abstr. fr. ppr. med. of labhati

taking, receiving, gift, acquisition Dhp-a.iii.271 (˚bhāva); Pv-a.73 (˚ṭṭhāna), Pv-a.121 (id.).

fr. labh

1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.
2. (fig.) to obtain permission to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the …

of labhati (q.v.).

(having) obtained, taken, received Snp.106, Snp.239; Ja.v.171; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.133 (kiñci laddhaṃ); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.37 (kaññā laddhā); Pv-a.5
■ laddhatvaṃ at Ja.iv.406 is to be corrected to uddhatvā …

is ger. and 3^rd sg. aor.; laddhāna ger. of labhati (q.v.).

see palambheti (to deceive, dupe) It may be possibie that reading lampetvā at AN.ii.77 (variant reading lambitvā) is to be corrected to lambhetvā (combined with *hāpetvā) …

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

adj. nt. one who receives; reception; a˚; not getting, non-receiving Vin.iii.77.

fr. lābha

adj.

1. (-˚) receiving, getting, having, possessed of MN.iii.39 (as n. “a receiver, recipient”) AN.i.24; AN.ii.85; AN.iv.400; Pp.51; Vb.332 (nikāma˚) Ja.i.140.
2. one who has intuition either in rea …

Macchariya & Macchera

neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka

1. macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …

Macchariya & Macchera

neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka

1. macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …

(˚añji˚) is probably the correct reading for puñcikatā
■ We find puñcikatā at Dhs.1136, Dhs.1230 Vb.351, Vb.361 (variant reading pucchañji˚); Dhs-a.365 …

1. a seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma (amacca) & mudda-paṭilābha.
2. the art of calculation …

indeclinable prohibition particle: not, do not, let us hope not, I wish that… not [cp Lat. utinam & ne]. Constructed with various tenses e.g.

1. with aor. (prohibitive tense): mā evaṃ akattha do …

…(etc.) Pv.iii.9#1 (= mālābhārin Pv-a.211); f mālinī Vv.36#2 (nānā-ratana˚); Mhvs.18, Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚…

bent on, disposed to (-˚), able or capable of Ja.iii.392 (pabbajjāya-namita-citta); Mil.308 (phalabhāra˚).

pp. nameti

…endeavour. ārogya-paramā lābhā nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ, aṭṭhangiko ca maggānaṃ khemaṃ amata-gāminaṃ “N. is a higher…

means of extinguishing, extinction, quenching SN.i.188 (cittaṃ pariḍayhati: nibbāpanaṃ brūhi = allayment of the glow); AN.iv.320 (celassa n˚āya chandaṃ karoti: try to put out the burning cloth); Mil.3 …

to go down to, to “undergo,” incur, enter, come to; to suffer esp. with dukkhaṃ & similar expressions of affliction or punishment SN.iv.70 (dukkhaṃ); MN.i.337 sq. (id.); AN.i.251 …

noun adjective one who desires ardently, covetous, rapacious DN.i.8 (lābhaṃ) AN.iii.111 (id.).

n. ag. fr. prec.

to bring forth, produce; accomplish, perform Ja.i.185 (lābhasakkāraṃ); Ja.v.81; Mil.299; Vv-a.32, Vv-a.72 (grd. nipphādetabba, Name of ablative case); Sdhp.319, Sdhp.426
pp *[nipphādita](/define/n …

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumⁿ of diversity as nānat …

1. descent to, i.e. approach to, access, fig. chance, opportunity otāraṃ labhati. Only in the Māra myth. He, the tempter, ʻgets his chance’ to tempt the Buddha or the disciples, MN.i.334; SN.i.122; …

leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe ordination

1. ordination or admission into the Buddha’s Order in particular: Vin.iii.13; SN.i.16 …

nodding, wavering (of the eyelids), blinking, being sleepy Dhs.1157 (= akkhidalādīnaṃ pacalabhāvaṃ karoti Dhs-a.378).

abstr. fr. pacalāyati

see paṭilabhati. Paccavidhum & Paccavyadhim

adjective general, various, any; abundant, many Ja.v.40 (= bahu salabha C.); Mil.408 (˚jana) Dāvs iv.11, Dāvs iv.50; Vv-a.213 (˚jano for yādisakīdiso Vv.50#11). See also pasura.

cp. late Sk. pracura

in cpd. padulla-gāhin is perhaps misreading; trsl. “clutching at blown straws (of vain opinion), explained by C. as duṭṭhullagāhin; at id. p. SN.i.187 we find duṭṭhullabhāṇin “whose speech is never l …

(papatā) feminine a broken-off piece, splinter, fragment; also proclivity precipice, pit (?) SN.ii.227 (papatā ti kho lābha-sakkāra-silokass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. SN.iii.109: sobbho papāto kodh’ û …

1. material for enjoyment, food, feeding Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.432; Mil.156, Mil.403; Dhp-a.ii.66; Snp-a.342.
2. enjoyment, use Vin.iv.267; SN.i.90 Mnd.262; Vism.33 (with pariyesana & paṭiggahana) Dhp-a. …

1. to enjoy, to use, to enjoy the use of Vin.ii.109; MN.i.153 (nivāpaṃ p.), MN.i.207, SN.ii.29; Snp.240, Snp.241, Snp.423; Pv.i.1#2; Pv.i.9#4; Pv.iv.5#2 (= khādituṃ Pv-a.259); Cnd.427 (pariyesati paṭ …

to go about to (with inf. or dat.), to endeavour, undertake try Vin.ii.18 = AN.iv.345 (alābhāya); Ja.i.173 (vadhāya); Ja.ii.394; Pv.iv.5#2 (= payogaṃ karoti Pv-a.259).

pari + sakkati

-na (nt.) search, quest, inquiry

1. (-nā) DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61, DN.ii.280 (twofold, viz. sevitabbā and asevitabbā); DN.iii.289; MN.i.161 (twofold, viz ariyā & anariyā); AN.ii.247 (id.); SN.i.143; …

to seek for, look, search, desire DN.i.223 (˚esamāna ppr.); Snp.482 (id.); SN.i.177, SN.i.181 SN.iv.62; AN.ii.23, AN.ii.25, AN.ii.247; Mnd.262; Cnd.427 (+ paṭilabhati and paribhuñjati); Ja.i.3, Ja.i. …

praise, applause DN.iii.260; SN.i.202; Thag.609; Snp.213, Snp.826 Snp.895; Mil.377; Snp-a.155. In composition the form is pasaṃsa˚; e.g. -āvahana bringing applause Snp.256 -kāma desirous of p …

1. to see-Pres. passati Vin.i.322; SN.i.69 SN.i.132, SN.i.198; SN.ii.29; Snp.313, Snp.647, Snp.953, Snp.1063, Snp.1142 (cp. Cnd.428); Pv.i.2#3; Mil.218; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.102; 1<su …

…(yogakkhemassa); Cnd.390 (= lābhā paṭilābhā adhigamo phusanaṃ sacchikiriyā); esp. in phrase apattassa patti “att^t of the…

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

to obtain, receive, get Iti.77; Ja.i.91; Cnd.427 (pariyesati p. paribhuñjati); Pp.57; Vv-a.115; Pv-a.6, Pv-a.7, Pv-a.16, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.60, Pv-a.67 etc
■ pret. 3^rd pl *[paccaladdhaṃ …

received, got, obtained Pv-a.15 (= laddha), Pv-a.88.

pp. of paṭilabhati

obtaining, receiving, taking up, acquisition, assumption, attainment DN.i.195; MN.i.50; AN.ii.93, AN.ii.143; Pts.ii.182, Pts.ii.189; Mnd.262; Dhp.333; Pp.57; Vv-a.113; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.74
…

to feel, experience, undergo, perceive DN.i.43, DN.i.45; AN.i.157 (domanassaṃ); AN.iv.406 (id.); Pp.59; Pv-a.192 (mahādukkhaṃ). There is also a by-form, viz. paṭisaṃvediyati SN.ii.18, SN.ii.75, SN …

Pihayati & Piheti

1. to desire, long for (with acc.) Vin.ii.187; SN.ii.242 (pihāyittha 2^nd pl. aor.); Ja.i.401; Ja.iv.198 (pattheti +); Thig.454; Vv.84#45 (= piyāyati Vv-a.349).
2. to env …

Pihayati & Piheti

1. to desire, long for (with acc.) Vin.ii.187; SN.ii.242 (pihāyittha 2^nd pl. aor.); Ja.i.401; Ja.iv.198 (pattheti +); Thig.454; Vv.84#45 (= piyāyati Vv-a.349).
2. to env …

is wrong reading at Dhs.1059 in taṇhā paraphrase (pattern 1 Nd ii.taṇhā) for mucchañcikatā. The readings of id. p. are puñcikatā Dh …

illness, disease
■ The defⁿ of roga at Ja.ii.437 is “roga rujana-sabhāvattaṃ.” There are many diff enumerations of rogas and sets of standard combinations, of which the foll. may be ment …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

hospitality, honour, worship Vin.i.27, Vin.i.183; AN.ii.203; Ja.i.63; Ja.ii.9, Ja.ii.104; Dhp.75; Mil.386; Dhs.1121; Vism.270; Snp-a.284; Vb-a.466. -ṃ karoti to pay reverence, to say goodbye Dhp\ …

moth Ja.v.401; Ud.72(a); Vb-a.146.

cp. Sk. śalabha

one’s own advantage Dhp.365.

sa⁴ + lābha

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

to succeed, prosper, take effect DN.i.71; Snp.766 (cp. Mnd.2 = labhati etc.); Bv.ii.59; Ja.i.14, Ja.i.267; Pot. samijjheyyuṃ DN.i.71; aor. samijjhi Ja.i.68; Fut. samijjhissati …

speaking with smiles Ja.iv.24; name of a girl in Benares Ja.iii.93 sq.

saṃ + milla = mihita, + bhāsin

1. fame DN.ii.223, DN.ii.255; MN.i.192; SN.ii.226 (lābha-sakkāra˚); AN.ii.26 AN.ii.143; Snp.438; Vin.i.183; Ja.iv.223 (= kitti-vaṇṇa); Mil.325; Snp-a.86 (˚bhaṇana, i.e. recitation); pāpasiloka havi …

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 …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

satisfaction (in = loc.) Dhp.186 = Thag-a.287 (na kahāpaṇavassena t. kāmesu vijjati); n atthi t. kāmānaṃ Thig.487; Ja.v.486 (dhammesu) Vv-a.11; Pv-a.32 (˚ṃ gacchati find s.), Pv-a.55 (paṭilabhati) …

rise, growth; increment, increase; income, revenue, interest AN.ii.199; Pts.i.34; Vv.84#7 (dhan’atthika uddayaṃ patthayāna = ānisaṃsaṃ atirekalābhaṃ Vv-a.336); Vv.84#52 ; Dhp-a.ii.270; Pv-a.146 (ul …

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

to receive, get, obtain to find, make out Mil.124 (kāraṇaṃ); usually in Pass. upalabbhati to be found or got, to be known; to exist MN.i.138 (an˚); SN.i.135; SN.iv.384; Snp.85 …

acquired, got, found Ja.vi.211 (˚bāla; variant reading paluddha˚); Sdhp.4, Sdhp.386.

pp. of upalabhati

“alms which one stands up for, or expects” left over, thrown out Vin.i.44 (˚patta); Thag.1057 (˚piṇḍa); Thag.2, Thag.349 (˚piṇḍa = vivaṭadvāre ghare ghare patiṭṭhitvā labhanaka-piṇḍa Thag-a.242); Ja …

favourite Ja.iv.404 Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.371; rāja˚; a king’s favourite, an overseer Ja.i.342 Mhvs.37, Mhvs.10; Vb-a.501
■ f. vallabhā a beloved (woman), a favourite Ja.iii.40; Vv-a.92, Vv-a.135, …

being a favourite Dāvs v.7.

abstr. fr. vallabha

1. rain, shower Ja.iv.284; Ja.vi.486 (khaṇika sudden rain); Mil.307; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.31; Dhp-a.iii.163 (pokkhara˚ portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
   ■ fig …

…(= sādhu vata Pv-a.131); lābhā vata no it is surely a gain that Snp.31; Dhp-a.ii.95; vata bho…

is not clear; it occurs only in the expression (is it found in the Canon?) vaḷabhā-mukha a submarine fire or a purgatory Abhp.889. The Epic Sk. form is vaḍavā-mukha (Halāyudha i.70; iii.1).

= vaḷavā?

1. (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …

1. discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …

Ya˚

I. Forms

(See inflection also at Geiger, P.Gr. § 110.) The decl. is similar to that of ta˚ among the more rarely found forms we only mention the foll.
■ sg. nom. m. *[yo](/define/y …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

having put on, clothed in, dressed with, adorned with (always ˚-) DN.i.104 (˚mālābharaṇa); Vin.ii.156 = Vv.20#8 (˚maṇi-kuṇḍala); SN.i.211; Ja.iv.460; Ja.v.155; Ja.vi.492; Vv.72#1 (= paṭimukka); Vv.8 …

Ārabhati¹

to kill, destroy MN.i.371 (pāṇaṃ).

not with Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 202 fr. rabh and identical with ārabhati², but with Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v identical with Sk. …

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …