…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 (saddo),…

…at Thag-a.281 by cittadhammakatha -kamma decoration, ornamentation, painting Ja.iv.408 Ja.vi.333; Mil.278; Vism.306;…

…in Caus. formations: to keep outside, lit. to make stay outside or away. See bāhā 2; bāheti, paribāhati.

a Pali root, to be…

…SN.v.97; nāthā ˚ā dhammā AN.v.23 (cp. AN.v.89) and thera˚ AN.ii.22; dubbaṇṇa˚ SN.v.217; see also DN.i.245 MN.i.15; SN.v.96, SN.v.115;…

…modifying prefixes (like sam, abhi etc.).

1. apa = Vedic apa (Idg. *apo): apeti to go away = Gr. α ̓́πειμι, Lat. abeo, Goth….

…deals with: ayakāra iron-smith Mil.331.

fr. kār-, cp. Vedic kāra song of praise, which is, however, derived fr. kṛ = kir to praise; also…

…the practice of the Pāli grammarians) to regard them as interdependent and interpret the construction as “fit for, proper” (= yuttaṃ Pāli…

…Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.162. Nabhi & Nabhi

Ved. nānā, a redupl. nā (emphatic particle, see na¹) “so and so,” i.e….

…the ablution following upon the sexual act Vin.iii.21; cp. odak-antikatā (f. abstr.) final ablution, cleansing Ja.ii.126.

comp^n.…

…→ pubba (Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 46#1); cp. pūyati to smell rotten, Lat. pūs = E pus, Gr. πύχω to rot, πύον matter; Vedic pūti…

jīrati¹

pr. 3 sg. (abs.) having burnt.

jīrati²

pr. 3 sg. grows, increases.

indeclinable (abs.) having burnt.

…Pv-a.35, etc
■ dammi interpreted by Com. as fut. is in reality a contraction fr. dātuṃ īhāmi, used as a hortative or dubitative…

…Snp-a.6 -sama resembling water MN.i.423.

Vedic ap & āp, f. sg. apā, pl. āpaḥ, later Sk. also āpaḥ nt
■ Idg.; **ap…

…Snp-a.6 -sama resembling water MN.i.423.

Vedic ap & āp, f. sg. apā, pl. āpaḥ, later Sk. also āpaḥ nt
■ Idg.; **ap…

…refers to what is immediately in front of the speaker (the subject in question) or before his eyes or in his present time & situation,…

…of m’. appamāna d. of m. from the conditions of existence, or signless of m.’ animittā d. of m. from the appendages’ ākincañña c.…

…In fact, the entire Abhidhamma Pitaka, as a whole, treats really of nothing but just these two doctrines: phenomenality - implying impersonality…

…a drink made from mangoes Dhp-a.iii.207

• -piṇḍi a bunch of mangoes Ja.iii.53; Dhp-a.iii.207. *…

…with 4 sharp sides (of a hammer; ˚muggara Dhp-a.i.126; -(r)ādhiṭṭhāna (adj.) one who has taken the four resolutions (see…

num (nom./acc. m. cattaro, caturo; n. cattari; f. catasso (and caturo); instr. m.n. catūhi, catuhi (and catubbhi); f. catūhi,…

num (nom./acc. m. cattaro, caturo; n. cattari; f. catasso (and caturo); instr. m.n. catūhi, catuhi (and catubbhi); f. catūhi,…

(or m.) and ~ā m.pl.

1. (m.pl.) the name of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas.
2. (n.) the world of the Aviha…

…meditation samatha - kammatthāna see. bhāvanā Often also the 4 immaterial spheres arūpāyatana are called absorptions of the…

…of practice in Vis.M VIII, 145ff. - For a comprehensive anthology of canonical and commentarial texts, see: Mindfulness of Breathing, by…

(~ī)n. & m. (& n.)

1. (mfn. and m.f.) doing, making; a maker, a worker.
2. (m. and n.) making; acting; act; an act of homage or service (esp….

…power of spiritual creation manomaya iddhi i.e. the power of letting issue from this body another mentally produced body; the power of…

…unlucky, infaustus (opp. abhimangala); nt. bad luck, ill omen Ja.i.372, Ja.i.402; Ja.ii.197; Ja.vi.10 Ja.vi.424; Dhp-a.iii.123; Pv-a.261. Cf….

…and amhi MN.i.429; Snp.694; Ja.ii.153; Pv.i.10#2; Pv.ii.8#2.
■ 2^nd sg. asi Snp.420;…

honesty, faithfulness, uprightness DN.iii.190.

abstr. fr. a + visaṃvāda

…añño attho atthi, cp. also Mnd.168); Mil.133; Vv-a.58; Pv-a.97, Pv-a.114.

• -dasa sure-seeing, seeing everything, all…

smallness, littleness, insignificance Vv-a.24.

abstr. fr. an + uḷāra

…(iddh˚), Pv-a.77 (kamma˚), Pv-a.148 (id.), Pv-a.162 (rāja˚), Pv-a.184 (dāna˚), Pv-a.186 (puñña˚)….

…the explⁿ bhante = bhavantah (see bhavaṃ) by Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 98#3 hinted at by Weber loc. cit. (bhavantaḥ =…

open mindedness, prudence, sincerity Ja.i.366.

abstr. of alīna

…Pp.67.

abhi +…

… ■ In the explains of P. Commentators adhi is often (sometimes far-fetchedly) interpreted by abhibhū “overpowering” see e.g. C. on…

to lay down, put down D Avs.iii.12, Avs.iii.60.

abhi + nikkhipati

…as “padālanā-paññatti avijj˚aṇḍa-kosānaṃ”), Ne.98 (so MSS, but C. abhinibbidhā).

abhi + nibbidā; confused with…

to become, to be reproduced, to result Pp.51
pp abhinibbatta
■ Cp B.Sk. wrongly abhinivartate].

abhi + nibbattati

blow on or at AN.i.257.

abhi + dhamati, cp. Sk. abhi˚ & api-dhamati

ceased, stopped; quiet; dead; having given up, abstaining (from).

…(kāmesu micchā c. to commit immorality) 2. with obj. to practise, exercise, lead a life: brahmacariyaṃ c to lead a life of purity…

(nom. ayo; acc. ayo, ayaṃ; instr. ayasā, ayena; abl. ayasā, ayato) iron; metal.

(nom. ayo; acc. ayo, ayaṃ; instr. ayasā, ayena; abl. ayasā, ayato) iron; metal.

immediately after; next, then; next to (gen. or abl.)

…(from); failure to act. 2. (f.) the absence of independent activity; the absence of morally significant or morally effective activity

…(from); failure to act. 2. (f.) the absence of independent activity; the absence of morally significant or morally effective activity

nānatta¹

neuter various; different; separated.

nānatta²

neuter abstr. diversity, variety; difference.

…allowed Vv-a.72; cp. also kamma˚ 4. (standpoint =) ground for (assumption) reason, supposition, principle, esp. a sound conclusion logic,…

…DN.iii.135; Snp.430; dhamma˚ professing the true doctrine SN.iii.138; in combination with vinaya-vādin as much as “orthodox”…

…of emphasis 2. The native grammarians define vi- either as “vividha” (i.e. our meaning 2): see Bdhgh at Snp-a.136…

valour SN.v.227 (text, sūra); Ja.i.282; Mil.4.

abstr. fr. sūra¹

…occurs also in abs. form (q.v.), cp. also oka Bdgh.’s kaṃ = udakaṃ, tena dāritan: kandaran ti is a false…

…joy“ overflowing with joy Mhvs.19, Mhvs.29 (expl^d. by uggatacitta i.e. lofty, exalted C.)
■ It may however be better more in…

…go from home, to be away from (abl.), to be absent Snp.1138 (= apeti apagacchati vinā hoti Cnd.582); Ja.iv.51, Ja.iv.439
pp…

…Dhp-a.i.205 (˚uposathakamma); Dhp-a.ii.85; Kp-a.239 (˚gāthā); Snp-a.298; Vv-a.38, Vv-a.61, Vv-a.120; Pv-a.209, Pv-a.276.

upa +…

…sita); Ja.i.17 (verse 93); Mil.410 (megho uṇhaṃ nibbāpeti); Pv-a.37 (ati˚).

• -ākāra appearance of heat, often in…

…only found in cpd. anīgha & abs. only in exegetical literature. If genuine, it should belong to; ṛgh Sk. ṛghāyati to tremble rage etc. See…

…king Tikp.26; f. sarājikā Vin.i.209 (parisā) Also in phrase anikkhanta-rājake (loc. abs.) when the king has not gone out…

keeping away from, withholding from AN.iii.436.

abstr. fr. āvaraṇa

manliness, energy, strength MN.i.19; Vv-a.284.

abstr. fr. viriya

…DN.ii.16; DN.iii.142 (dd; sammā-sambuddha loke vivatta-chadda; translation “rolling back the veil from the world”), DN.iii.177 (dd);…

…Cnd.584). 2. [cp. bhūta 3] false Snp.664. 3. [cp. vibhāveti 2] clear, distinct AN.v.325; Mil.311; Ab dhs.16 (a˚ unclear); Vism.112 (& a˚);…

having food, feeding, in an˚ fasting Snp.249 (= abhojana Snp-a.292).

abstr. fr. āsaka

risen (out of), aroused, having come back from (abl.) DN.ii.9 (paṭisallāṇā); Snp.p.59; SN.iv.294.

pp. of vuṭṭhahati; cp. uṭṭhita

…of ārabhati² in abs. function; cp. Sk. ārabhya meaning since, from

emptiness, the state of being devoid Dhs-a.221.

abstr. fr. suñña

…self-denial, abstaining from enjoyments uposatha*; used extensively in BSk. in meaning of uposatha, e.g. at Avs.i.338,…

…only in cpd. -āsa morning meal, breakfast [cp. BSk. prātar-aśana Divy.631] DN.iii.94; Snp.387; Ja.i.232; Vv-a.294, Vv-a.308;…

…DN.i.245; DN.iii.43; MN.i.162, MN.i.173; SN.ii.270; SN.iv.332; AN.v.178, AN.v.181 Nd ii.on nissita C
■ c. loc.: Ja.iv.371 (gharesu);…

…for jāto varake). -kamma the (soothsaying) ceremony connected w. birth, in ˚ṃ karoti to set the horoscope Pv-a.198 (=…

…Ja.i.179; Ja.iii.273; abs. mahā˚; with great ribs Ja.v.42; uggata˚; with prominent ribs Pv-a.68 (for upphāsulika adj. Pv.ii.1#1) …

…blessed.
■ As np. a common epithet of the Buddha Vin.i.35; Vin.iii.1; DN.i.49; SN.i.192; AN.ii.147 et passim (see Sugata)
■ DN.i.83;…

…ravati galag˚) Kp-a.163 (mahāmegha)
■ Gangā galagalantī the roaring Gangā Mil.122 (cp. halāhalasadda ibid.).

= gaggarāyati, see note…

seclusion (= viveka) Vb-a.316, cp. K.S. i.321.

abstr. fr. vivitta

in a˚ alertness, brightness, keenness Vv-a.138.

abstr. fr. kusīta

…& ii.70)
■ Fig. in kamma˚; “the rolling back of k., i.e. devolution or course of kamma at SN.i.85
■ Abs & comb^d with…

adjective cut, (ab-)razed MN.i.364 (of a fleshless bone).

Sk. nikṛtta & nikṛntita (cp. Divy.537, Divy.539), ni + kantati²

blaming, reviling, finding fault Dhp-a.iii.328.

abstr. fr. nindati

…reading BB nirajhati Com. ni(g)gacchati; Thig.93 (aor. nirajji ’haṃ = na jānim ahaṃ Thag-a.90. Kern (wrongly) proposes reading…

…with grey (i.e. white hair MN.i.88 (f. ˚kesī); AN.i.138; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.79; abs. only at Ja.vi.524. The spelling phalita…

the fact of being removed or cleansed Ja.v.134.

abstr. fr. pavāhita, pp. of pavāheti

…from, shrinking from (with abl.) DN.i.5; MN.iii.23; SN.v.468; Iti.63; Pp.39 Pp.58; DN-a.i.70; Pv-a.28, Pv-a.260
■ app˚; not…

…are no-self sabbe dhammā anattā M. 35, Dhp. 279. This is for emphasizing that the common false view of an abiding, same, constant,…

…of investigation vimamsa - samādhi accompanied by effort of will.; As such, they are supra-mundane lokuttara i.e. connected with…

…(m.fn.) thick; solid; firm. 2. (mfn.)

1. old, elderly; elder, senior; venerable.
2. elder, senior in the saṅgha (ordained for 10 years…

… 2. a (limited) length of time

2. (m.n.) an allowable practice; an allowance, a concession.
3. (m.) (kappabiṇḍu), a round mark (to…

…necessities of life. For a commentarial exposition, see Atthasālini Tr. I, p. 63f: II, pp. 475ff.

khīnāsava = one whose fermentations are…

…of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti - patisambhidā of ready wit patibhāna - patisambhidā.

As an…

…(vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā) DN.i.18 DN.iii.30, also called Mahābrahmā (DN.i.235 sq., DN.i.244 sq. DN.iii.30; Iti.15; Vism.578;…

(~ā & ~ī)n. m., & kaniṭṭhā, feminine (mfn.) younger, youngest; esp. (m.) younger or youngest brother; (f.) younger or youngest sister.

…(vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā) DN.i.18 DN.iii.30, also called Mahābrahmā (DN.i.235 sq., DN.i.244 sq. DN.iii.30; Iti.15; Vism.578;…

…phala.

Summed up, there are 4 noble individuals ariya-puggala:
1: The Stream-winner Sotāpanna,
2: The…

…pain, distress. 2. (mfn.) bad; dangerous.

agha²

neuter (& m. or mfn.?) (?) the air, the sky; space; (void, unrestricted?).

…to mind-and-body dic3_n.htm#nāma-rūpa nāma-rūpa is described in D. 15, and its influence on feeling and wrong views, in D. 1 at the end….

…causes or creators of the kamma that lead to unhappy and happy destinies Vis.M XVII, 38.

As ignorance still exists though in a very refined way…

(~ā & kaniṭṭhikā)n. & m. f. younger, youngest; esp. (m.) a younger brother; (f.) a younger sister.

…desire; love; longing. 2. (m.n.) pleasure of the senses; sensual enjoyment; esp. sexual pleasure; the objects of pleasure, what gives pleasure to…

…of a Buddha is called sammā-sambodhi ‘perfect enlightenment’. The faith saddhā of a lay follower of the Buddha is described as he…