…= Dhp.243
■ See also māla.

• -ābhibhū overcoming one’s sordidness SN.i.18; Ja.iv.64. *…

…2) where it may however be māla (“wreaths of foam”). 3. in asi˚; the interpretation given under asi (as…

…to be executed. Cp. ratta-māla-dhara wearing a red garland Ja.iii.179, an ensign of the executioner); Pv-a.51 Pv-a.62
■…

…2) where it may however be māla (“wreaths of foam”). 3. in asi˚; the interpretation given under asi (as…

…rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot season it ran dry, leaving a bed of sand….

A grove in Cātumā where the Buddha preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta.

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A semi-mythical lake, said to be in the Himalayas. Thag.430

Himalaya5lake

…and constitute the Aṅgulimāla Paritta.

In the Aṅgulimāla Sutta he is addressed by Pasenadi as Gagga Mantānīputta, his father being a…

King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.

Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …

One of the seven great lakes of the Himālaya region. AN.iv.101

Himalaya3lake

A Sākiyan village containing a mote-hall; near it was the Amalakīvana where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Cātuma Sutta. MN.i.456f.

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…brahmin, father of Aṅgulimāla. MN.ii.102 Gagga may have been a gotta-name. Thus when, after his ordination, Aṅgulimāla is introduced to…

HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya

The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and…

…on the slopes of the Himālaya, muddled in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared before them on an uposatha day and reminded them of…

A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …

A pavilion near the Karerikutikā, evidently a hall with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars, but with no walls.DN.ii.1 The monks seem to have been in the habit of sitting out here and talking …

KaṇṇamuṇḍāKannamuṇḍaka

One of the seven great lakes of the Himalaya. AN.iv.101

Himalaya3lake

MahākassapaKassapaPippali

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …

…lakes, situated in the Himālaya. They form the sources of the five great rivers and dry up only when four suns appear in the world. These seven…

One of the seven great lakes of the Himālaya. AN.iv.101

Himalaya3lake

A brahminee, mother of Aṅgulimāla; her husband was Gagga. MN.ii.102

MaṇimālikaMaṇimālaka

A shrine where the Buddha stayed and where he was visited by the Yakkha Maṇibhadda. SN.i.208

4shrine

…along one way, while Nāgasamāla wished to go along another, in spite of the Buddha’s warning that it was dangerous. In the end, he put the…

A king, ancestor of the Sākyas and the Kolians.

In the Ambaṭṭha Sutta DN.i.92 it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her son, banished from the kingd …

…the country to the north and west of Delhi, from the foot of the Himālaya to the river Chambal.

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…ndhu“….

…monk, foremost in those who strive energetically. AN.i.24 His hands and feet were soft like flowers, and a…

One of the seven great lakes of Himavā. AN.iv.107

Himalaya3lake

A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in…

…north-west, and from the Himālaya in the north to the Vindhyā in the south.

This region was famous from very early times for its horses and…

Vimala¹

One of the four friends of Yasa who, following the latter’s example, joined the Order and attained arahantship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse spea …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse is in the form of a riddle. Thag.64

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of the fading beuaty of youth and the peace of liberation. Thig.72–76

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

ĀmalakīvanaĀmalakivana

A grove at Cātumā. The Buddha once stayed there, and it was on that occasion that the Cātumā Sutta was preached. MN.i.456

Cātumā3park

garland of the atimuttaka shrub’s flower (perhaps Ougeinia oojeinensis).

garland with stalk(s) on one side

slipper made of kamala grass; (or of lotus leaf (?).

the kareri hall, the hall near the kareri trees.

covered with opening buds.

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

who desires to obtain sensual pleasures

saying whatever one wants; chattering however one wishes

saying whatever one wants; chattering however one wishes

tree; the indian beech; the tree pongamia pinnata.

with stains got rid of, without stain.

obtaining to one’s wish, at will.

obtaining to one’s wish, at will.

the false mangosteen, diospyros malabarica; its (golden) fruit.

garland with a stalk on both sides

the fruit of the āmalaka plant, the Indian gooseberry (phyllanthus emblica)

leaf of the āmalaka plant.

the Indian gooseberry plant (phyllanthus emblica)

the name or description of a type of chair

the name or description of a type of chair

the name or description of a type of chair

wearing garlands and ornaments.

Anattā: No-self, egolessness, soullessness, impersonality, absence of identity, is the last of the 3 universal characteristics of existence ti-lakkhana. This anattā doctrine, which only is t …

…very much AN.i.145 (˚sukhumāla, extremely delicate), Mil.26 (id.); Snp.794 (˚suddhi = param ttha-accantasuddhi Snp-a.528); Thag.692 (˚ruci);…

the eye MN.i.383 (ubbhatehi akkhīhi); Snp.197, Snp.608; Ja.i.223, Ja.i.279; Ja.v.77; Ja.vi.336; Pv.ii.9#26 (akkhīni paggharanti: shed tears, cp. Pv-a.123); Vv-a.65 (-īni bhamanti, my eyes swi …

adjective without stain or fault Ja.v.4; Sdhp.246, Sdhp.591, Sdhp.596.

a + mala

adjective Primary meanings are “inside” and “in between” as adj. “inner”; in prep. use & in compounds “inside, in between”. Further development of meaning is with a view of contrasting the (two) sides …

…“sword-dirt”, see māla (mālā).

• -lakkhana “swordsign”, i.e. (fortune -telling from) marks or a sword DN.i.9;…

Aṅgaṇa¹

neuter an open space, a clearing, Vin.ii.218; Ja.i.109 (= manussānan sañcaraṇa-ṭṭhāne anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
■ cetiy˚; an open space …

Bhaddaka^a & Bhadraka^b

1. good, of good quality (opp. pāpaka) AN.iv.169^a.
2. honoured of high repute Ja.iii.269^a (= sambhāvita C.).
3. (m nt.) a good thing, …

…at Vb-a.108 is the same as that for bhātar, viz. “bhagatī ti bh.”-Cpd bhagini-māla a “sister garland” (?) Name of a tree…

…Abhp.394.

Non-Aryan; Epic Sk. bhindipāla spear, but cp Prk bhiṇḍi-māla & ˚vāla, Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 248 see also Geiger,…

…only in cpd. mālā˚; (māla˚), wearing a garland (of flowers Ja.iv.60, Ja.iv.82; Ja.v.45; where it interchanges with ˚dhārin (e.g….

adjective terrifying, horrible, awful Ja.v.43 (T. bhīmūla, but read bhīmala; C. explains by bhiṃsanaka-mahāsadda).

fr. bhīma

fruit of the Bilva tree, Aegle marmelos or Bengal quince, only in one stock phrase where its size is compared with sizes of smaller fruits, and where it is preceded by āmalaka SN.i.150 = AN.iv.170 ( …

…the teaching (instructions) of the B. Dhp.368, Dhp.381 -sukumāla delicate, sensitive (to fatigue), as Buddhas are…

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

cumbaṭa, viz.

1. a pillow Dhp-a.i.139; Vv-a.33, Vv-a.165
2. a wreath Ja.iv.231 (puppha˚); Snp-a.137; Dhp-a.i.72 (mālā˚).

…whey SN.ii.111

• -māla “the milk sea,” Name of an ocean Ja.iv.140;
• -vāraka a pot of…

blade, leaf, petal (usually -˚); akkhi-d eyelid Thag-a.259; DN-a.i.194; Dhs-a.378; uppala˚ Dhs-a.311; kamala˚ (lotus-petal) Vv-a.35, Vv-a.38; muttā˚ (? DN-a.i.252; ratta-pavāḷa˚ Ja.i.75.

S …

adjective

1. to be given (see below)
2. deserving a gift, worthy of receiving alms Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).

• -dhamma a gift, …

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 ( …

1. wearing, in mālā˚ (etc.) DN.i.5 = AN.ii.210 = Pp.58; Kp-a.37 cīvara˚ AN.ii.104 = Pp.45.
2. maintaining, sustaining keeping up Mil.320 (āyu˚ bhojana).
3. bearing in mind, remembrance Vin.iv.305; MN …

Dosa¹

corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …

bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland SN.iv.163 (read dāmena for damena), SN.iv.282, (id.); AN.iii.393 (dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjuban …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
   ■ Ja.i.90 …

…of odours). Specified as māla˚, sāra˚, puppha˚ under tīṇi gandhajātāni AN.i.225-puppha˚ Dhp.54 = AN.i.226. 3. smell as olfactory…

…SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of medicines: to mix, to prepare Ja.iv.361
pp…

…SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of medicines: to mix, to prepare Ja.iv.361
pp…

…Ja.ii.160; nāvā Aggimālaṃ gatā the ship went to Aggimālā Ja.iv.139. 2. in applied meaning: gone in a certain way, i.e. affected,…

Guḷa¹

to make into a ball, to conglomerate. Cp Sk. glauḥ ball; Gr. γλουτός; Ohg. chliuwa; Ger. kugel kloss; E. clot, cleat; also *gel with same meaning Sk. gulma tumour, gilāyu glandula …

Guṇa¹

1. a string, a cord-
   1. of a robe, etc., in (kāya-bandhanaṃ) saguṇaṃ katvā to make tight by tying with a knot Vin.i.46 (Vin. Texts: “laying the garments on top of each other,” …

1. a nerve conveying a stimulus (lit. “carrier”); only used with rasa˚; nerve of taste Vin.ii.137; usually given as “a hundred thousand” in number, e.g. Ja.v.4, Ja.v.293, Ja.v.458; Dhp-a.i.134.
2. …

adjective belonging to, living in the Himālaya Ja.i.506; Ja.iv.374, Ja.iv.437; -vatika id. Dpvs.v.54. Herannika (& aka);

fr. himavant

adjective snowy Ja.v.63 (= himayutta C.). (m.) Himavā the Himālaya: see Dict. of Names.

hima + vant

adjective carrying, taking, getting; removing (f. hārikā) MN.i.385; Ja.i.134, Ja.i.479; Pv.ii.9#1 (dhana˚) Snp-a.259 (maṃsa˚)
■ mala˚ an instrument for removing ear-wax Tha-ap.303; cp. haraṇī. …

Issā¹

feminine jealousy, anger, envy, ill-will DN.ii.277 (˚macchariya); DN.iii.44 (id.); MN.i.15; SN.ii.260; AN.i.95, AN.i.105 (˚mala), AN.i.299; AN.ii.203; AN.iv.8 (˚saññojana), AN.iv.14 …

Itthi & Itthī

feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …

Itthi & Itthī

feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …

Jhāna¹

neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …

peak, summit, projecting corner SN.i.100 (where satakkatu in Text has to be corrected to satakkaku: megho thanayaṃ vijjumālā satakkaku. Com. explⁿ sikhara, kūṭa) AN.iii.34 (= AN-a.620 ~ …

billow, in -mālā a series of billows Dāvs iv.44.

cp. Sk. kallola

1. anything that comprises a number of things of the same kind; a bundle, bunch sheaf; a row, multitude; usually of grass, bamboo-or sugar-canes, sometimes of hair and feathers SN.iv.290 (tiṇa˚); Ja …

lotus, freq. combined with kuvalaya; or with uppala Ja.i.146; DN-a.i.40, explained as vārikiñjakkha Pv-a.77.

1. lotus, the lotus flower, Nelumbium Ja.i.146; DN-a.i.40; Mhbv.3; Sdhp.325; Vv-a.43, …

adjective rich in lotus, covered with lotuses (of a pond) in kamalinī-kāmuka “the lover of lotuses,” epithet of the Sun Mhbv. 3 (variant reading ˚sāmika perhaps to be preferred).

fr. kamala

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

…-sikharī a golden peak, in ˚rājā king of the golden peaks (i.e. Himālayas): Dāvs iv.30.

cp. Sk. kanaka; Gr. κν…

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

1. throat AN.iv.131; Ja.v.448; Mil.152 (kaṇṭho ākurati, is hoarse); Pv-a.280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: Pv-a.99 (k-oṭṭha-tālūnaṃ …

1. ray, beam of light splendour, effulgence Thag.64; which is a riddle on the various meanings of ketu.
2. flag, banner, sign perhaps as token of splendour Thag.64. dhamma-k˚ having the Doctrine as …

…DN-a.i.267;

• -sukhumāla a tender, youthful prince (of the Tathāgata: buddha˚, kh˚) Dhp-a.i.5.

der. fr. khatta…

sneezing expectoration Pv.ii.2#3 (expl. Pv-a.80: mukhato nikkhantamala); Dhp-a.i.314 (˚roga + kāsa, coughing).

• -sadda the sound of expectorations DN.i.50; Dhp-a.i.250.

pp. …

…cp. ˚cakka

• -māla Name of an ocean, in ˚samudda Ja.iv.137;
• -mālī (f.) prec. ibid.; *…

1. adorned: mālā˚ adorned with garlands Vin.iii.249.
2. soiled, only in cpds kaṇṇa˚; said of a wall, also of the ground at Vin.i.48 Vin.ii.209; and paṃsu˚; soiled with dust Vin.ii.121, Vin.ii.174. …

see kamala; Mhbv.29.

the (blue) water-lily, lotus, usually combined with kamala, q.v. Vv.35#4; DN-a.i.50; Vv-a.161, Vv-a.181; Pv-a.23, Pv-a.77.

an opening bud AN.iv.117, AN.iv.119.

for kusuma˚

…mucchita SN.i.74;

• kāmālaye asatta SN.i.33;
• kāmesu kathaṃ nameyya SN.i.117;
• kāmesu anikīḷitāvin SN.i.9 (cp. kela);
• kittassa…

Kūṭa¹

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

1. a slender tree, a creeping plant, creeper AN.i.202 (māluvā˚); Vv.35#5 (= vallī Vv-a.162) Vv.47#4 (kosātakī l.); Ja.i.464 (rukkha˚, here perhaps better “branch”); Dhp-a.i.392 (˚pasādhana: see unde …

in likhā-paṇṇa at Pv-a.20 is faulty for lekhā˚; (lekha˚) letter, cp. lekha-pattra letter Mālatīm 172, 7.

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 …

adjective dirty, stained impure, usually lit
■ Ja.i.467; Mil.324; Dhp-a.i.233; Vv-a.156; Pv-a.226; Vb-a.498.

fr. mal, *mel to make dirty, to which belongs mala
■ Cp. Lat. mulleus reddish, …

1. a bowl, a vessel (?) used in bathing Vin.ii.106 (mallakena nahāyati; or is it a kind of scrubber? Bdhgh’s explⁿ of this passage (CV v. i.4) on p. 315 is not quite clear mallakaṃ nāma *ma …

…mālya.

for *mālya, fr. māla

mind, opinion, thought, thinking of, hankering after, love or wish for Vin.iii.138 (purisa˚ thought of a man); Mhvs.3, Mhvs.42 (padīpa˚ lamp of knowledge); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.214 (amala˚ pure-minded); Pv\ …

stand, (tripod) for a bowl, formed of sticks Vin.ii.124 (= daṇḍ’ ādhāraka Bdhgh on p. 318).

prob. dialectical for māḷaka: cp. mallaka

…sword or sabre Mil.339

• -māla (sometimes māḷa) a circular hall with a peaked roof, a pavilion DN.i.2,…

…colour of fat found in the Himālaya mountains Snp.447 (= medapiṇḍa-sadisa Snp-a.393); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.39; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.57 sq., Mhvs.96 ,…

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 …

adjective

1. mixed (with: -˚); various Vin.i.33 (kesa˚, jatā˚ etc. = a mixture of, various); Thag.143; Ja.iii.95, Ja.iii.144 (udaka-paṇṇa˚ yāgu); Pv.i.9#2 (missā kiṭakā). nt. missaṃ as adv. “in a …

…mucala -mālaka Mhvs.15, Mhvs.36. It refers to the tree mucalinda, of which it may be a short form. On…

pearl Vv.37#7 (˚ācita); Pv.ii.7#5 (+ veḷuriya); Mhvs.30, Mhvs.66. Eight sorts of pearls are enumerated at Mvu. 11, 14, viz. haya-gaja-rath’ āmalakā valay’anguli-veṭhakā kakudha-phala-pākatikā, i …

I. Forms

The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚; are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚; is the active base, and mucc˚; the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñ …

… ■ māla*, e.g. Mvu.ii.274, or māḍa, e.g. Mpt.226, Mpt.43.]

Non-Aryan, cp. Tamil māḍam house,…

…Anurādhapura there were 32 mālakas; Dpvs.xiv.78; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.192. The sacred Bodhi-tree e.g. was surrounded by a malaka“)-The word is…

the great-flowered jasmine Abhp.576. Cp. mālikā.

fr. mālā

Mālika¹

neuter name of a dice Ja.vi.281.

fr. mālā or mala?

Mālika²

a gardener, florist Abhp.507.

fr. mālā

double jasmine Dāvs 5, Dāvs 49.

fr. mālā

…mahābodhi). 2. (perhaps to māla) bearing a stain of, muddy, in pheṇa˚; with a surface (or is it garland) of scum Mil.260. 3. what does it…

to kill: see under marati
pp mārita. Mala (mala)

Caus. of mṛ.

… ■ māla*, e.g. Mvu.ii.274, or māḍa, e.g. Mpt.226, Mpt.43.]

Non-Aryan, cp. Tamil māḍam house,…

Māḷaka

a stand, viz. for alms-bowl (patta˚) Vin.ii.114, or for drinking vessel (pānīya˚ Ja.vi.85.

a Non-Aryan word, although the Dhtm.395 gives roots mal & mall; in meaning “dhāraṇa” (see under …

…Anurādhapura there were 32 mālakas; Dpvs.xiv.78; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.192. The sacred Bodhi-tree e.g. was surrounded by a malaka“)-The word is…

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

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 …

to blow away, blow off; to clean, cleanse, purify; to throw out, eject, remove Snp.281 = Mil.414 (kāraṇḍavaṃ) Snp.282 (˚itvā pāpicche), Snp.962 (malaṃ = pajahati (Mnd.478); Dhp.239 (id.); Mil.43
pp …

adjective blown off, removed, cleaned, purified AN.i.254 (jātarūpa “loitered,” cp. niddhota); Snp.56 (˚kasāva-moha; Com vijahati); Dhp.236 (˚mala, malānaṃ nīhaṭatāya Dhp-a.iii.336); Cnd.347 (= vanta …

adjective going out from Pv-a.80 (nāsikāya n
■ mala). dun˚; at Thag.72 is to be read dunnikkhaya, as indicated by vv.ll. See the latter.

cp. Sk. niṣkrama

adjective free from impurity, stainless, clean, pure AN.iv.340; Dhp.243; Cnd.586; Vism.58 Sdhp.250. Nimmata-pitika

nis + mala

thrown out, removed; in f. abstr. ˚tā ejection, removal [cp. Sk. nirhṛti] Dhp-a.iii.336 (malānaṃ n. the extirpation of impurity or removal of stain).

pp. of nīharati = Sk. nirhṛta

one who has gone out from home, one who has given up worldly life & undertaken the life of a bhikkhu recluse or ascetic, (one) ordained (as a Buddhist friar) gone forth (into the holy life or pabbajjā …

1. to make go out or away, drive out, banish, exile DN.i.92 (raṭṭhasmā out of the kingdom; = nīharati DN-a.i.258); MN.ii.122; Dhp.388 (attano malaṃ pabbājayaṃ, tasmā pabbajito ti vuccati) Dhp-a.iv.1 …

…(id.); Ud.90 (Nāgasamāla) Ja.iv.123; Mil.15 (Nāgasena); Pv-a.38, Pv-a.93 (Ānanda).

Vedic paścā & paścāt see…

the lotus Nelumbium speciosum. It is usually mentioned in two varieties, viz. ratta˚; and seta˚; i.e. red and white lotus so at Ja.v.37; Snp-a.125; as ratta˚ at Vv-a.191; Pv-a.157. The latter s …

…kṣarati, also appearing as jharati, cp. Sk. nirjhara, Prk. pajjharati Mālatī-M. p.51BSk. pragharati Divy.57, Divy.409 Avs.i.282

given up, abandoned, left, eliminated Vin.iii.97 = Vin.iv.27; SN.ii.24; SN.iii.33; SN.iv.305; Snp.351 (˚jāti-maraṇa), Snp.370, Snp.564, Snp.1132 (˚mala-moha) Iti.32; Cnd. s.v.; Pts.i.63; Pts.ii.244; …

possessed by (the C. explⁿ as given K.S. 320 is “abhibhūta”) biassed, taken up by, full of (-˚) MN.i.18; MN.iii.14; SN.iv.240 (maccheramala˚ ceto); AN.i.281; AN.ii.58; Iti.43 (diṭṭhigate …

at Ja.iv.365 is doubtful; perhaps we should read pasakkita (pp. of pasakkati); the C. explains as “lying down” (nipanna acchati, p. 367); Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. proposes change to pamakkhita …

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

…bhojetvā ˚ṃ datvā mālaṃ bandhitvā).

• -aṅgulika (see ˚aka) the 5 finger-mark,…

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

scum, foam, froth, only in compounds viz.:

• -uddehakaṃ (adv.) (paccamāna, boiling) with scum on top, throwing up foam MN.iii.167; AN.i.141; Cnd.304#iii c; Ja.iii.46; Mil.357. …

Puppha¹

neuter a flower Vin.ii.123; SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.308; Snp.2, Snp.5; Dhp.47 sq.; Dhp.377; Vism.430; Snp-a.78 (paduma˚); Vv-a.73; Pv-a.127; Sdhp.550- pupphāni (pl.) Vb-a.255 (of …

to wipe off, clean Vin.ii.208 (upāhanā), Vin.ii.210; AN.iv.376 (rajoharaṇaṃ suciṃ p., asuciṃ p. etc.); Ja.i.392 (akkhīni); Vism.63 (gabbha-malaṃ), Vism.415 = Kp-a.120; Ja.i.47 (assūni hatthehi p.); …

the white lotus DN.i.75 = AN.iii.26 (in sequence uppala padụma, p.); DN.ii.4 (Sikhī puṇḍarīkassa mūle abhisambuddho); MN.iii.93; SN.i.138, SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.309; AN.i.145 (uppala paduma p.); AN.ii.86 …

orig. meaning “tube,” container, hollow pocket.

1. a container, usually made of leaves (cp Ja.iv.436; Ja.v.441; Ja.vi.236), to carry fruit or other viands a pocket, basket: ucchu˚; basket for sugar …

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, …

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

…the 7 Great Lakes in the Himālaya (Rathakāradaha), e.g. at Vism.416; Snp-a.407.

• -cakka wheel of a chariot or carriage…

Ratta¹

1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

…of 2), Vb-a.340.

• -mālakāra royal gardener Ja.v.292
• -muddā the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. *…

…of 2), Vb-a.340.

• -mālakāra royal gardener Ja.v.292
• -muddā the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. *…

adjective impure, contaminated Vin.i.5; samalā (f.) dustbin SN.ii.270 (= gāmato gūthanikkhamana-magga, i.e. sewer K.S. ii.203); see *sandhi*˚.

BSk. samala

to decorate, adorn Mhvs.7, Mhvs.56; ˚kata pp. Dāvs v.36: ˚karitvā Ja.vi.577.

saṃ + alankaroti

adjective even or level with the border or bank, i.e. quite full, brimful DN.i.244 DN.ii.89; MN.i.435; MN.ii.7 = Mil.213; SN.ii.134; SN.v.170; Ja.i.400; Ja.i.235, Ja.i.393; Mil.121; Vism.170 (pattaṃ ˚ …

to speak to, address Ja.i.478. At Ja.i.51 it seems to mean “to recover the power of speech.” Samavaya = samavaya

saṃ + ālapati

1. union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
2. breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati …

sweat DN.ii.293; AN.ii.67 sq. Iti.76; Snp.196; Ja.i.118, Ja.i.138, Ja.i.146, Ja.i.243; in detaiḷ (physiologically) at Vism.262, Vism.360; Vb-a.66, Vb-a.245 sweating for medicinal purposes, mahā˚ a g …

…name of a mountain in the Himālayas SN.i.67 = Mil.242; an elephant of King Pasenadi AN.iii.345.

• -aṅga white bodied…

…(m. and nt.) Ja.v.37; -mālaka (or -mālika) who makes garlands of Blyxa octandra AN.v.263; SN.iv.312…

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

Siṅga¹

neuter a horn Ja.i.57, Ja.i.149, Ja.i.194; Ja.iv.173 (of a cow); Vism.106; Vv-a.476.

• -dhanu horn-bow Dhp-a.i.216.
• -dhamaka blowing …

…sukhumāla. -kumālatta loveliness DN-a.i.282. -kusala very skilful Ja.i.220;…

adjective tender, delicate, refined, delicately nurtured AN.i.145; AN.ii.86 sq.; AN.iii.130; Vin.i.15, Vin.i.179; Vin.ii.180; beautifully young, graceful Ja.i.397; Snp.298; samaṇa-˚ a soft, graceful …

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

abstr. fr. sukhumāla

medicinal plant Vin.i.201; cp. Deśīnāmamālā viii.40.

cp. Sk. surasī, “basilienkraut” BR; fr. surasa

the great-flowered jasmine Ja.i.62; Ja.iv.455; Dhp-a.iv.12. In composition sumana˚.

• -dāma a wreath of jasmine Ja.iv.455.
• -paṭṭa cloth with jasmine patte …

of good colour, good, favoured, beautiful DN.i.82; Dhs.223; Iti.99; AN.iv.255; Pp.60; Ja.i.226; suvaṇṇa (nt.) gold SN.iv.325 sq.; Snp.48, Snp.686 Cnd.687 (= jātarūpa); Kp-a.240; Vv-a.104; often toge …

coarse cloth MN.i.509 (cp. Deśīnāmamālā viii.52; Karpūramañjarī p. 19; J.P.T.S. 1891, 5 and Prākrit sāhulī, Z.D.M.G., xxviii., p. 415).

Sal tree (Shorea robusta) MN.i.488; DN.ii.134; AN.i.202; AN.iii.49, AN.iii.214; Dhp.162.

• -māḷaka an enclosure of Sal trees Ja.i.316.
• -rukkha Sal tree Vv\ …

the creeper Ichnocarpus Ja.i.60.

sāma¹ + latā; Sk. śyāmalatā

medicinal plant Ja.iv.92 (bhisasāmā, C. bhisāni ca sāmākā ca); the Priyangu creeper Ja.i.500; Ja.v.405.

Sk. śyāmā Halāyudha 2, 38; see sāma¹, sāmalatā, and sāmāka

…(four); Dhp-a.iv.115 (mālaka˚); antosīmaṃ within the boundary Vin.i.132, Vin.i.167; ekasīmāya within one boundary, in the same parish…

Name of a tree (Xanthochymus pictorius) Pv.iii.10#5 (+ uppala).

Sk. tamāla

to cover, cover up, close (usually of doors windows) Vin.ii.134 (kaṇṇagūthakehi kaṇṇā thakitā honti: the ears were closed up), Vin.ii.148 (kavaṭā na thakīyanti, pass.), Vin.ii.209 (vātapāna); Vin. …

tumult, uproar, commotion Ja.vi.247 (by Com. explained as “andhakāra,” darkness); Dpvs.xvii.100.

Sk. tumala; to *teu, Lat. tumeo, tumulus, tumultus, etc. E. thumb (swelling), cp. tunga tūla

carrying away, washing away Snp.391 (sanghāṭi-raj-ûpa˚ = paṃsu-malādino sanghāṭirajassa dhovanaṃ Snp-a.375).

upa + vāhana

Vaccha¹

a calf Dhp.284; Ja.v.101; Vism.163 (in simile), Vism.269 (id.; kūṭa˚ a maimed calf); Dhs-a.62 (with popular etym. “vadatī ti vaccho”); Vv-a.100, Vv-a.200 (taruṇa˚). On *[vaccha] …

1. vomited, or one who has vomited Mil.214; Pv-a.80. As nt. vomit at Vin.i.303.
2. (fig.) given up, thrown up, left behind, renounced MN.i.37 (+ catta, mutta & pahīna). Cp. BSk. vāntī-bhāva, syn wi …

Vatta¹

neuter

1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i.e. duty, service, custom, function Vin.ii.31; Snp.294, Snp.393 (gahaṭṭha˚) Vism.188 (cetiy’ angaṇa˚ etc.); Dhp-a.i.9 …

adjective one who throws away or does away with; destroying, clearing away Mil.344 (kilesa-mala-duggandha˚).

fr. vidhamati

“what is made of something,” make, i.e.

1. sort, kind Ja.i.59 (ābharaṇa˚ kind of ornament), Ja.i.243 (maccha-maṃsa˚); Mil.403 (bhojana˚ all kinds of material things); Vism.376 (bhājana˚ special bowl …

1. walking about, stepping; in -malaka walking-enclosure, “περιπατεϊον”, corridor Ja.i.449.
2. strength, heroism Ja.ii.211, Ja.ii.398; Ja.iii.386 (˚porisa).

fr. vi + kram

adjective without stains, spotless, unstained, clean, pure AN.iv.340; Snp.378, Snp.476, Snp.519, Snp.637, Snp.1131 (cp. Cnd.586); Ja.i.18; Mil.324; Dhp-a.iv.192.

vi + mala

certain precious stone of dark-blue colour Vv-a.111.

cp. Sk. vimalaka

1. to remove, put away, give up
   ppr vinayaṃ Ja.vi.499;
   pot 3^rd sg. vinayetha Snp.361, & vineyya Snp.590;
   imper vinaya Snp.1098; * …

adjective free from defilement or passion, stainless, faultless Vin.i.294 (āgamma maggaṃ virajaṃ) Snp.139, Snp.520, Snp.636, Snp.1105 (see exegesis at Cnd.590); Pv.iii.3#6 (= vigata-raja, niddosa Pv\ …

Virala & Viraḷa

(adj.)
sparse, rare, thin Thig.254 (of hair, explained as vilūna-kesa Thag-a.210, i.e. almost bald spelling ḷ); Dhs-a.238 (ḷ); Dhp-a.i.122 (˚cchanna thinly covered); Pv-a.4 (in …

Virala & Viraḷa

(adj.)
sparse, rare, thin Thig.254 (of hair, explained as vilūna-kesa Thag-a.210, i.e. almost bald spelling ḷ); Dhs-a.238 (ḷ); Dhp-a.i.122 (˚cchanna thinly covered); Pv-a.4 (in …

huntsman, deer-hunter Mhvs.10, Mhvs.89 (read either; vyādha-deva god of the h.; or vyādhi˚; demon of maladies); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.95.

fr. vyadh: see vedha & vijjhati

Vyādhi¹

sickness, malady, illness, disease AN.i.139 (as devadūta), AN.i.146, AN.i.155 sq.; AN.iii.66; Pts.i.59 sq. Pts.ii.147; Ja.vi.224; Vism.236. Often in sequence *jāti jarā vyādhi mara …

…Ja.i.242; Ja.vi.42. Vasaka, vasika

cp. Class. Sk. vāsa, e.g. Mālatīm. 148, 4; fr. vā: see…

Vīta¹

adjective deprived of, free from, (being) without. In meaning and use cp. vigata˚. Very frequent as first part of a cpd., as e.g. the foll.:

• -accika without a flame, i.e. glo …

pair Abhp.628
■ yamalī occurs in BSk. only as a kind of dress, at Divy.276; Avs.i.265.

fr. yama³

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

emblic myrobalan, Phyllanthus Emblica Vin.i.201, Vin.i.278; Vin.ii.149 (˚vaṇṭika pīthu); SN.i.150; AN.v.170; Snp.p.125 (˚matti); Ja.iv.363; Ja.v.380 (as variant reading for T. āmala); Mil.11; Dhp-a.i …

āmalaka Vin.i.30; MN.i.456 (˚vana).

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 …

1. abode, haunt, receptacle; dependence on, refuge, support, condition SN.i.38; Vin.iii.151; Ja.ii.99; Mil.257; Vv-a.60; Pv-a.210; jal˚ river Vv-a.47; Pgdp.80; adj. depending on, living in (-˚) Mi …