…streak flash, in vijjul-latā flash of lightning Ja.i.103.

• -kamma creeper-work (combined with mālā-kamma Vin.ii.117,…

A chieftain of Setavyā, who lived on a royal domain gifted by Pasenadi. He held the view that there was no world other than this, no fruit of actions and no rebirth. But after a discussion with Kūmara …

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

Vejayanta¹

A palace belonging to Sakka. When Moggallāna visited Sakka to discover if he had fully understood the Buddha’s teaching in the Cūlatanhā saṅkhaya Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his …

tudás, látás

tisztánlátás, belátás

a valóságnak megfelelő tudás; annak tudása és látása, ami van

firebrand; fire.

fire brand or kindling for a funeral a pyre.

fitness; strength; well being state of readiness

skilled or proficient in regard to well being, to fitness, to readiness

the forehead; the brow

fire of tinduka wood.

of tāla a young shoot of the palm

skill in discerning what is an offense

noun adjective

1. (nt.) that which is not “vata” i.e. moral obligation, breaking of the moral obligation Snp.839 (asīlata +); Mnd.188 (variant reading SS abhabbata; expl^d. again as a-vat …

firebrand AN.ii.95 (chava˚ a burning corpse see chava); Ja.i.68; Pp.36; Dhp-a.iii.442.

Sk. alāta, related to Lat. altāre altar, adoleo to burn

the condition of not being withered Ja.v.156.

a + milāta + tā

…Pv.iv.10#7.

• -phalatā bringing little fruit Pv-a.139.
• -bhakkha having little or nothing to…

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

…cp. bakkula badara, badālatā, baddhacara, bandhuka 2, bala, balīyati bahuka, bahūta, billa, bella; also paribandha for paripantha;…

…beautiful creeper of sweet taste.“

etym. uncertain, may it be *padālatā, pa + n. ag. of dal Caus., lit. “destroyer”?

in milāta˚-puppha is variant reading Kp-a.60 (see App. p. 870 Pj.) for -ākuli˚; which latter is also read at Vism.260.

cp. Class. Sk. bakula, Name of the tree Mimusops elengi, and its (fragr …

strength, only in cpd. dubbalatta weakness Ja.ii.154.

abstr. fr. bala, cp. balatā

strength, lit. strength-quality MN.i.325.

abstr. fr. bala

the marking nut plant Semicarpus anacardium Ja.vi.578.

cp. Epic Sk. bhallātaka

…tree Ja.vi.456 (C.: bhujangalatā perhaps identical with bhujaka?), also in cpd bhuja-ga going crooked, i.e. snake Mil.420 (bhujaginda king of…

sour gruel Ja.vi.365 (= kañjiya); usually in stock phrase kaṇājaka bilaṅga-dutiya (seed-cake?) accompanied by sour gruel Vin.ii.77, Vin.ii.78; SN.i.90; AN.i.145; AN.iv.392; Ja.i.228; Ja.iii.299; S …

…(= ˚vallīkanda, cp. gloss latātanta on kalamba), Ja.iv.371 (= ˚kanda com. p. 373); Ja.vi.578. Cp. takkaḷa.

f. of…

Bāla¹

adjective

1. ignorant (often with ref. to ignorance in a moral sense, of the common people, the puthujjana) foolish (as contrasted with paṇḍita cp. the Bālapaṇḍita-sutta MN.iii.163 …

foolishness Ja.i.101, Ja.i.223.

abstr. to bāla

1. childhood, youth SN.iii.1.
2. ignorance, folly Dhp.63; Ja.ii.220 (= bāla-bhāva); Ja.iii.278 (balya); Pv-a.40. Also used as adj. in compar. bālyatara more foolish, extremely foolish Vv.83#6 sq …

fickleness, unsteadiness Mil.93 Mil.251; Pgdp.47, Pgdp.64. At Cnd.585 as capalanā + cāpalyaṃ with gedhikatā, meaning greed, desire (cp. capala at Ja.vi.548).

fr. last

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

• *-[aṭṭhika …

…heart Thag.356; -kallatā readiness of heart, preparedness of mind Vv-a.330; -kilesa stain of h….

whiteness Vv-a.197.

…Dhp.208 (= dhuravahana-sīlatāya dh. Dhp-a.iii.272);

• -sīlin ˚sīla Ja.ii.97 (= dhura-vahanaka-ācārena sampanna…

…elements MN.iii.62; ˚kusalatā proficiency in the (18) elements DN.iii.212; Dhs.1333;

• -ghara “house for a relic,” a…

the plant Cassia Tora (cp. Sk. eḍagaja the ringworm-shrub, Cassia Alata, after Halāyudha), Ja.iii.222 (= kambojī C.).

dial.?

…usually together with latā, creeper; rukkha, tree, e.g. Cnd.235, i^d; Ja.i.73; Mil.268;…

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

• -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
• -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

Name of a shrub (Cocculus cordifolius); in gaḷocilatā Dhp-a.iii.110; a creeper. Cp. pūtilatā.

…(in simile, with kankā & kulatā), MN.i.429 (do.); Snp.201 (kākā +); Pv-a.198 (+ kulalā). It occurs also in the form gaddha. 2. (adj.)…

…AN.iii.441 (˚ānaṃ avekallatā). magic power AN.iv.264 sq. (okkhipati ˚āni). indriyānaṃ paripāko (moral or physical) over-ripeness of…

the blue water lily, Nymphaea Stellata or Cassia Fistula Ja.v.92 (˚ī-samā ratti); Ja.vi.536; Vv.45#1 (= uddālaka-puppha Vv-a.197).

etym.?

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 …

…rukkho j. Ja.i.222; latā jātā Dhp.340; gāmanissandhena jātāni sūpeyya-paṇṇāni Vism.250
■ (n. he who or that which is…

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 …

…gloss BB however gives latā-tanta); Ja.vi.578 See also kaḍamba & kaḷimba.

• -rukkha the Cadamba tree…

see kalyatā; -a˚; unreadiness, unpreparedness, indisposition (of citta), in explⁿ of thīna Cnd.290; Dhs.1156 = Dhs.1236 = Ne.86; Dhs-a.378; Ne.26. The reading in Nd …

, nt.) the plant Cassia tora or alata Ja.iii.223 (˚gumba = elagalāgumba; vv.ll. kammoja˚ & tampo˚ [for kambo˚]).

meaning & etym. unexpl^d

…(still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garlands and creepers”; also in kamma-kara possibly orig employed in weaving, i.e….

…Dhp-a.iv.208 -latā a creeper like the kapparukkha Vv-a.12; -vināsaka (scil. aggi): the…

1. (adj.) bad, nasty; bitter, acrid; insipid, disgusting AN.i.72; Ja.ii.96; Ja.ii.159.
2. (m.)
   1. fault, vice, defect MN.i.281; Pts.ii.87
   2. leavings, dregs Vv-a.288 (variant reading sakaṭa) …

…a g. figure Ja.iii.93.

• -latā g. strings surrounding the royal drum Ja.vi.589.
• -vaṇṇa of g….

…a th. bush Ja.i.208.

• -latā a th. creeper, the Capparis Zeilanica Ja.v.175.
• -vaṭṭa a thorny…

…combined with akakkhalatā, cp Dhs-a.151 akaṭhina-bhāva); Pv-a.152 (˚dāṭha)
■ (fig. hard, harsh, cruel Ja.i.295 = Ja.v.448…

Khalita¹

bald-headed AN.i.138 (+ vilūna); Thig.255 (= vilūnakesa Thag-a.210).

Sk. khalati = Lat. calvus, bald; cp. khallāṭa

Khalita²

(adj. & n.)

1. faltering, stumbling w …

bald, in -sīsa a bald head Dhp-a.i.309. Der. khallātiya baldness, in khallātiyapetī the bald-headed Petī Pv-a.46 (where spelled khalātiya) and Pv-a.67.

Sk. khalvāta, cp. khalita

…AN.i.204 (of māluvālatā); AN.ii.199 (of thūṇā); SN.ii.88 (of rukkha); cp. Vin.iii.43 (dārūni ˚ṃ chedāpetvā); Ja.v.231 (˚ṃ…

(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 …

(only -˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality
■ lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs Vv-a.138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities Pv-a.67. For foll. cp Mrs. Rh. D …

crookedness, falseness, in a˚, uprightness of character Dhs.50, Dhs.51; Dhp-a.i.173.

fr. kuṭila

…Ja.i.272.

• -kusalatā cleverness at (telling people’s fortune by) signs Vv-a.138. *…

see nalāṭa (cp. langula).

the tail of an animal Mhvs.6, Mhvs.6 (lāḷento langulaṃ; variant reading nangulaṃ) See also naṅgula & (concerning l → n); landhati (= nandhati); nalāṭa (for l …

adjective beautiful, auspicious, lovely Ja.iii.464 Ja.iii.493; Ja.iv.1, Ja.iv.477; DN-a.i.284.

Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. compares Sk. laṭaha, laḍaha, dialectical

1. to scratch; to cut carve; write, inscribe MN.i.127 (rūpāni); Ja.ii.372 (suvaṇṇa-patte); Ja.iv.257 (id.), Ja.iv.488, Ja.iv.489 (jāti-hingulakena); Dhp-a.i.182; Pv-a.145 (nāmaṃ likhi wrote his na …

longing, eagerness, greed Mil.93; Snp-a.35 (āhāra˚).

fr. lola

…See also lābuka.

• -latā the cucumber creeper or plant Mil.374.

short for alāpu or ālābu, cp….

adj. nt.

1. mild, gentle, soft, suave Dhs.1340; Vb.359; Mil.229 (cittaṃ mudukaṃ m. siniddhaṃ), Mil.313 (mudu˚), Mil.361 (among the 30 best virtues, with siniddha & mudu).
2. (fr. madda) as Np. name o …

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

…Vin.ii.121, Vin.ii.152; Vin.iv.47. In these latter passages it occurs combined with latākamma & pañcapaṭṭhika (q.v.). The meaning is not…

anything impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In the Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122
■ SN.i.38 (itthi malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); AN.i.105 (issā˚ …

…-kusalatā proficiency in attention DN.iii.211; -kosalla id. Vb-a.56 (in detail), Vb-a.224, Vb-a.226 sq.; Vism.241…

…-kusalatā proficiency in attention DN.iii.211; -kosalla id. Vb-a.56 (in detail), Vb-a.224, Vb-a.226 sq.; Vism.241…

1. circle DN.i.134 (paṭhavi˚, cp. puthavi˚ Snp.990); Vism.143 (˚ṃ karoti to draw a circle, in simile), Vism.174 (tipu˚ & rajata˚ lead- & silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a.147 (of a fan = tāla …

faded, withered, dried up Ja.i.479; Ja.v.473; Vism.254 (˚sappa-piṭṭhi, where Kp-a.49 in same passage reads “milāta-dham(m)ani-piṭṭhi”); Dhp-a.i.335 Dhp-a.iv.8 (sarīra), Dhp-a.iv.112; Snp-a.69 …

only neg. a˚; the (fact of) not being withered Ja.v.156.

abstr. fr. milāta

to relax, languish, fade wither SN.i.126; Iti.76; Ja.i.329; Ja.v.90
caus milāpeti [Sk. mlāpayati] to make dry, to cause to wither Ja.i.340 (sassaṃ); fig. to assuage, suppress, stifle Ja.iii.414 (t …

the forehead SN.i.118; Ja.iii.393; Ja.iv.417 (nalāṭena maccuṃ ādāya: by his forelock); Vism.185; Dhp-a.i.253.

• -anta the side of the forehead Ja.vi.331;
• *-[maṇḍala](/define/ma …

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 …

…(cp. Mhvs.ii.249)

• -latā = rukkha Ja.i.80 (the Buddha’s toothpick made of its wood), Ja.i.232; Dhp-a.ii.211…

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

kindled, set on fire, blazing SN.iii.93 ≈ (chav’ âlataṃ ubhato padittaṃ) Ja.vi.108; Sdhp.208 (˚angārakāsuṃ).

pp. of pa + dīp, cp. Sk. pradīpta

…Ja.i.76 (khandha˚, latā˚, daṇḍaka˚, olambaka˚), Ja.iv.3; Ja.vi.564; Dhp.458; Mnd.135; Vv.35#4 (= puṇḍarīka Vv-a.161);…

run away Ja.vi.369; Vism.326; Vv-a.100; Dhp-a.ii.21.

contracted form of palāyita, pp. of palāyati, cp. Prk. palāa (= *palāta) Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 567

running away, escape Ja.i.72.

abstr. fr. palāta

to run (away) Vin.iii.145 (ubbijjati uttasati p.); AN.ii.33 (yena vā tena vā palayanti); Snp.120; Ja.ii.10; Dhp-a.i.193; Pv-a.253 Pv-a.284 (= dhāvati)
ppr palāyanto SN.i.209 = Thig.248 = Pv.ii. …

faded, withered, languished Mil.303.

pp. of pa + mlā

…vā rajju˚, sankhalika˚, latā˚, parikkhepa˚), with which cp. Śikṣāsamucc. 165: rājñā pañcapāśakena bandhanena baddhaḥ
■…

…in the (knowledge of the) chain of causation MN.iii.63; Mnd.171; f. abstr. -kusalatā DN.iii.212.

p. + samuppāda, BSk….

…to write…

disgustiveness Vism.343 sq.

fr. paṭikkūla

the fact or condition of bearing fruit Pv-a.139 (appa˚).

abstr. fr. phala

indeclinable emphatic particle, as prefix only in pidahati and pilandhati where api˚ also is found (cp. api 1b).

1. also, and also, even so DN.i.1; Vin.i …

…varṇaṃ puṣkalatāṃ ca.“

is it fr. pokkhara lotus (cp. Sk. pauṣkara), thus “lotus-ness,” or founded on Vedic puṣpa…

…Cnd.433; abstr. f.

• -lolatā Snp-a.36 &
• -loliya Cnd.433.
• -visāṇa “a horn on the foot,” i.e. an…

loathsomeness, objectionableness AN.iii.32; AN.iv.47 sq.; AN.v.64. Cp. paṭikulyatā paṭikūlatā & pāṭikulyā.

abstr. fr. paṭikkūla

…(taruṇā galoci-latā pūtilatā ti vuccati).

• -lohitaka with putrid blood Pv.i.7#8 (= kuṇapa˚ Pv-a.37). *…

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

plurality vote Ja.ii.45.

fr. sambahula

withered, shrunk MN.i.80.

saṃ + milāta

…cp. Cpd. 59, 133 n. 3 -bhāvanā realizing the attainments Ja.i.67; -kusalatā success in attainment DN.iii.212; Dhs.1331 sq.

fr. saṃ…

lightning Ja.v.14, Ja.v.203. Also as sateritā Vv.33#3; Vv.64#4; Vv-a.161 (= vijjulatā), Vv-a.277. As saderitā at Thag.260.

cp. Sk. śatahradā, śata + hrada

general; only in cpd. --kuṭilatā strategy (lit. crookedness of a general) Dhs-a.151.

indeclinable a deictic (seemingly pleonastic) particle in combination with demonstr. pronouns and adverbs; untranslatable, unless by “even, just,” e.g. tapassī sudaṃ homi, lūkha ssudaṃ [sic] homi etc. …

delicate constitution Ja.v.295; Dhp-a.iii.283 (ati˚).

abstr. fr. sukhumāla

the creeper Ichnocarpus Ja.i.60.

sāma¹ + latā; Sk. śyāmalatā

…2, 38; see sāma¹, sāmalatā, and sāmāka

(-˚) character(istic), nature, capacity Dhp-a.iii.272.

abstr. fr. sīla

…thūlatāya thullak˚ ti vuccati) Vism.17.

• -phusitaka (deva) (the rain-god, probably with…

…thūlatāya thullak˚ ti vuccati) Vism.17.

• -phusitaka (deva) (the rain-god, probably with…

coarseness, roughness, vileness Ja.iv.220.

abstr. to thūla

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 …

…(3 kinds: rukkha˚, latā˚ poṭaki˚); Snp.591 = Ja.iv.127 (vāto tūlaṃ va dhaṃsaye) DN-a.i.87.

• -picu…

sugar-cane Vin.iv.35; AN.iii.76; AN.iv.279; Mil.46; Dhp-a.iv.199 (˚ūnaṃ yanta sugar-cane mill), Pv-a.257, Pv-a.260; Vv-a.124.

-agga (ucch˚) top of s. c. Vism.172. *-[khaṇḍik …

fire brand Vin.iv.265; SN.iv.92 (T. ummukka meaning “loosened”?); Ja.ii.69 variant reading ˚kk), Ja.ii.404 (kk); Ja.iii.356.

Sk. ulmuka perhaps to Lat. adoleo, cp. also alāta firebrand; see Walde, La …

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expl^{d.< …}

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expl^{d.< …}

covered (?) at Vv-a.8 in phrase “vettalatâdīhi upavītaṃ āsanaṃ” should prob. be read upanīta (vv. ll uparivīta & upajita); or could it be pp. of upavīyati (woven with)?

?

Va¹

the syllable “va” Kp-a.109 (with ref. to ending ˚vā in Bhagavā, which Bdhgh exp^ls as “va-kāraṃ dīghaṃ katvā,” i.e. a lengthening of va); Snp-a.76 (see below va^{3</sup …}

…Ja.i.329; Ja.iv.233 (tiṇa-latā-vanaspatiyo) Dhp-a.i.3.

• -pattha a forest jungle DN.i.71; DN.iii.38, DN.iii.49,…

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

deficiency Ja.v.400; Mil.107; Dhs.223; Dhp-a.ii.26 (anga˚ deformity), Dhp-a.ii.79; Dhp-a.iii.22; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.5, Sdhp.17
■ As vekalya at Kp-a.187 (where contrasted to *sākalya)
■ jaṇṇū av …

Vekallatā & vekalyatā

feminine deficiency AN.iii.441 (a˚); Vism.350 (indriya˚); Ja.i.45 (v. 254 (˚lya˚).

abstr. fr. vekalla

Vekallatā & vekalyatā

feminine deficiency AN.iii.441 (a˚); Vism.350 (indriya˚); Ja.i.45 (v. 254 (˚lya˚).

abstr. fr. vekalla

Err:501

…SN.v.51 = AN.iv.127.

• -latā cane creeper Ja.i.342; Vv-a.8, Vv-a.338.
• -valli garland of creeper Dāvs…

…(vepullatā, vemattatā, etc.), which shows that ve˚; was simply felt as vi˚. Cp. the use of e for i…

flash or streak of lightning, forked lightning SN.i.106; Ja.i.103, Ja.i.279, Ja.i.501.

vijju(t) + latā

the plant Erycibe paniculata Vin.i.201 (variant reading viḷ˚)
■ -thālikā at Mnd.154 read as bilaṅga˚; (q.v.).

*Sk. viḍanga

adjective only in f -a: slender (of waist); the explⁿ with vilagga may refer to a comparison with a creeper (cp. vilambin & Ja.v.215 as “hanging” (“climbing”) i.e. s …

…other world is in the Cittalatāvana (Vv.37), or the Pāricchattaka tree (Vv.38), or in the Cātummahārājika-bhavana (Vv-a.331)-Later on,…

…intertwined Vin.i.194 (camma˚, onaddha +); Ja.v.416; Ja.vi.589 (kañcanalatā˚ bheri); Vism.1 (= jaṭita saṃsibbita).

pp. of vinandhati

breadth, extensiveness Vv-a.104.

abstr. fr. visāla

…vā* at Ja.i.18 (v. 97: latā vā yadi vā rukkhā etc. Snp.119 (gāme vā yadi vâraññe) 2. as a strong particle of exhortation: *yadi…

indeclinable emphatic particle meaning “even, just, also”; occurring most frequently (for eva) after palatal sounds, as ṃ: Snp.580 (pekkhataṃ yeva), Snp.822 (vivekaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.20 (saddhiṃ); Pv-a. …

…food Ja.iii.523.

• -lolatā greed after food Snp-a.35.
• -samudaya origin of nutriment…

(-puppha) at Kp-a.60 (milāta˚) read (according to Index p. 870) as milāta-bakula-puppha. Vism.260 (id. p. however reads ākulī-puppha “tangle-flower” (?), cp. Ud.5 gāthā 7 bakkula, which is prefe …

1. originally raw meat; hence prevailing notion of “raw unprepared, uncultivated”; thus -khāra raw lye Vin.i.206.
2. “fleshy, of the flesh” (as opposed to mind or spirit), hence material, physical; …

…DN.iii.212 (˚kusalatā); AN.i.84 (id.), AN.i.87; AN.ii.240 (˚bhaya); Dhs.1330 sq. (cp. Dhs trsl. 346). anāpatti Vin.iii.35.

*…

Name of a creeper (growing at the celestial grove Cittalatā) Ja.iii.250, Ja.iii.251.

…the ā. MN.iii.63.

• -kusalatā skill in the spheres (of sense) DN.iii.212; Dhs.1335.
• -ṭṭha founded in the…

…occurs with ˚kusala ˚kusalatā “accomplished or skilled (& skill) in understanding correct or faulty conclusions” DN.iii.212 (one of the ten…