…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),…

…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…

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

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

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

(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…

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,…

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

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

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

(~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….

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

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

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

khīnāsava = one whose fermentations are…

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

… 2. a (limited) length of time

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

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

…(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;…

…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….

…(m.) generating. 2. (m.) (sg.) people; the people; people of the household; (rarely) a person; (pl.) people; persons;…

…through their counteracting may master and suppress their adverse opposite states, and by means of higher knowledge they may master the objects of…

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

…paccupatthānam añjalikammam sāmīcikammam); cf. Sn.vs 422, where the Buddha describes his country as being ‘Kosalesu niketino.’

27.56733,…

(~ā & ī)n. m. & neuter

1. (mfn.) black; dark.
2. (m.) the dark half of the month, the dark fortnight (when the moon is on the wane)

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

agha²

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

…(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;…

…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…

…phala.

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

…A. VIII, 30 has:,This Dhamma is for one who delights in non-diffuseness the unworldly, Nibbāna; it is not for him who delights in worldliness…

(~ī)n. & m. feminine

1. (mfn.) serving, attending, supporting.
2. (m.f.) one who serves or supports; a personal attendant; a nurse.

1. (m.n) the (third) deva-world; a deva-world.
2. (m.pl.) the inhabitants of that deva-world; gods.

(-ikā)n. & m.f.

1. (mfn.) a second; a further.
2. (m.f.) (being) a companion.

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

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

…materiality see: khandha Summary I. In the figurative sense, as ‘foundation’ or sustaining condition, it is one of the 24 conditions paccaya and…

amba¹

mfn. sour.

amba²

masculine & neuter

1. (m.) the mango tree.
2. (n. & m.) the mango fruit.

, m., feminine (mfn.) young; tender; new; fresh; (m.) a young boy or man; (f.) a young girl or woman.

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

As an…

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

1. (mfn.) mental; connected with thought or intention.
2. (m. n.) a mental state, a form of thought or intention.

…in the penetration of the impermanency anicca, misery dukkha see: sacca and impersonality anattā of all forms of existence. Further…

…in the mother’s womb. Immediately afterwards it sinks into the subconscious stream of existence bhavanga-sota, and conditioned thereby ever…

…Dīgha Nikāya Ja.i.59 Vism.36, Vism.266, Vism.286; DN-a.i.15, DN-a.i.131;

• -rattaṃ (adv.) [Sk *dīrgharātraṃ, see Indexes to Avs;…

…abhinibbatti also stands sometimes alone in signifying ‘rebirth’, e.g. in A. VI, 61; X, 65.

Cf., in the 2nd Truth, the adj. ponobhavika…

…who professes Buddhism, may be either a ‘blind worldling’ andha - p who has neither knowledge of, nor interest in the fundamental…

āgārikaāgāriya

mfn. & m. feminine belonging to a house; living in a house; a householder; a housewife; a lay person

…rasa-, photthabba-, dhamma-tanhā* M. 9; D. 15

Corresponding to the 3-fold existence, there are 3 kinds: craving for sensual existence…

and mfn.

1. (m.) the sun.
2. (mfn.) belong to the ādicca lineage.

shining, radiant; (m.pl.) (the name of a class of gods inhabiting one of the rūpabrahmalokas.

…materiality see: khandha Summary I; Dhs. 638 and to a sixfold classification of elements see: dhātu M. 112, 115, 140. It is also an object of…

1. (mfn.) right (not left); (m.) the right hand;
2. (mfn.) south, southern.

…

manāyatana dhammāyatana

By the visual organ cakkhāyatana is meant the sensitive part of the eye cakkhu -…

…is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions…

…the point or summit of a storm-cloud Thag.1064; Ja.vi.249, Ja.vi.250; Vv.1#1 (= valāhaka-sikhara Vv-a.12) *…

having arrived or come; (m.) a guest, stranger Vv.1#5 (= abhi-āgata, āgantuka Vv-a.24).

abhi + ā + gata

caturassa¹

mfn. & m (or n.)

1. (mfn.) four cornered, quadrangular; four sided; square.
2. (m. or n.) a four cornered figure, a square or…

(& m) covering, enclosing; shutting off; an obstruction, hindrance, prohibition; barricade, wall, dam.

…- p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understanding paññā - p 5 energy viriya - p 6 patience or forbearance; khanti 7…

(& m.?) grasping, clinging to; relishing.

…subject to ceasing see: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, see: S. XLVI, 11. In his last exhortation, before his Parinibbāna, the Buddha reminded his…

living upon; dependent; (m.) a follower, a dependent.

living upon; dependent; (m.) a follower, a dependent.

…to the Ariya people. 2. (mfn. & m.) noble, sublime, fine; belonging to the noble ones (used esp. of the Buddha’s teaching and followers,…

( & m.?) intermediate space, the atmosphere, the air; the sky.

1. (mfn.) not transgressing.
2. (m.) non-deviation

…ignoble low; shameless,…

1. (mfn. and m.) without a house, homeless; (one) who has left a household life; a homeless ascetic.
2. (n.) the homeless state; the ascetic life

Aññāmañña-paccaya: M utuality-condition, is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

…M. 20, five methods of overcoming them are given: by changing the object, thinking of the evil results, paying no attention to them, analyzing them,…

born from oneself, one’s own; (m.) a son; (f.) a daughter.

…the 37 bodhipakkhiya-dhammā are enumerated and explained though not called by that name. A detailed explanation of them is given in Vis.M…

…the mental chains, from the moment of fruition phala onwards, are forever extinct and stilled, such overcoming is called the ’overcoming by…

goat; (m.) a male goat, a billy-goat

…the Pāli Canon and commentaries, the designation ‘Bodhisatta’ is given only to Prince Siddhattha before his enlightenment and to his former…

…= yathā - kammūpaga - ñāna or cutūpapāta-ñāna, the pure one, he sees beings vanishing and reappearing, low and noble…

…khaye ñaṇaṃ). 3. idea; intention. 4. name; mark.

…are explained six types of men: the greedy-natured rāga-carita the hate-natured dosa-carita the stupid or dull-natured moha-carita…

(nt. or m?) recognition, remembrance, recollection Mil.78. See also abhiññā.

Sk. abhijñāna

(& m. pl.?) a particular disease, hemorrhoids, piles.

[[inseparable mental factors]]Inseparable mental properties: the 7 i. m. f.: in all consciousness: see: cetanā phassa nāma.

…princes would come from time to time to Pātaligāma, drive the people from their houses, and occupy them themselves. A large hall was…

…It is at this phase that kamma is produced, i.e. advantageous or disadvantageous intention concerning the perception that was the object of the…

…a part of the body; a limb, member; an integral part of anything; a constituent part of a whole, a subordinate division; a limb or aspect of…

1. an egg.
2. (n. & m.) the testicles; the testicles; the scrotum.
3. water-bag.

1. (mfn.) hot; warm.
2. (n. m.) heat, warmth; hot weather, the hot season; what is hot, a hot object.

…of his Doctrine, The Dhamma, dhammānussati
3: Recollection of his Sangha Community of Noble Disciples, sanghānussati
4: Recollection…

, masculine

1. (n.) seeing; looking; sight (of); eyesight.
2. (m.) insight; proper perception; understanding.

1. (mfn.) muttering.
2. (m.) muttering prayers; rehearsing or reciting the Vedas to oneself.

and m.pl.) numbering thirty(-three), (one of) the thirty(-three) gods.

(and m). confinement in a house; detention.

1. a blow; slaying; destruction.
2. (m(fn.)) killing; one who kills.

…constructions as impermanent, one leaves behind the perception of permanence.
2: Contemplating them as painful, one leaves behind the…

or m. neuter destroying the lineage.

( ~a, ~ani, m.n.pl.), moving and unmoving beings; trembling and still beings.