MāyāMahāmāyā

The mother of the Buddha, and wife of Suddhodana of the Sakyan clan. DN.ii.52 Thag.534 Thig.162 She died seven days after giving…

adjective (-˚ only) made of, consisting of
■ An interesting analysis (interesting for judging the views and sense of etymology of an ancient commentator) of maya is given by Dhamm …

…to be a contracted form of māyā (= iddhi).

• -kāra a conjurer, magician SN.iii.142; Vism.366 (in…

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A Gandhabba present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s followers when troubled by evil spirits.

Dhataraṭṭha¹

One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he departed from his home to seek…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256

He was the friend of Sātāgira.

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Hārita¹

A Mahā Brahmā who was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, at the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās. DN.ii.261

Hārita²

A monk whose Theragāthā ve …

Inda¹

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

A class of gods, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

A tribe of Nāgas. They were present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

A class of spirits, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

KhiḍḍāpadosikāKhiḍḍāpadūsikā

A class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their self-possession is …

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A class of Asuras. They were present at the Mahāsamaya, and are spoken of as being of a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Ko …

One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the F …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

…past lives. She acknowledges Māyā, through whom the Buddha was born, and says that the correct way to worship the Buddha is but diligent practice….

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

Mahāvana¹

A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana²

A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madh …

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …

A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Opamañña¹

One of the names of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.200

Opamañña²

A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is me …

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …

one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A Brahmā who was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

Rojā¹

A Malla, inhabitant of Kusinārā. When the Buddha and Ānanda visited Kusinārā, the Malla chieftains decreed that whoever failed to pay homage to the Buddha would be fined five hundred …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

RāhuRāhubhadda

An Asura chieftain. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.49f. says that on one occasion when he seized the Moon god, and on another the Sun god, both these invoked the aid of the Buddha. The Bud …

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Sahali¹

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali²

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in …

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the only path out of sorrow is by way of wisdom, renunciat …

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…father of Gotama Buddha.

Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her position.

Nanda was…

Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Rāhu to let him go. This Rāhu did, an …

A mountain in the Middle country, the abode of Sātāgira. Many other Yakkas also lived there, three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

4hill

A class of Nāgas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268

He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

Tissa¹

One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa²

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …

The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210

Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusit …

A Pacceka Buddha found in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. MN.iii.70

He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivalled in power and wealth the seṭṭhi Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha …

UggāhamānaSamaṇamaṇḍikāputtaSamaṇamuṇḍikāputta

A Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see t …

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

VepacittiSambara

An Asura chieftain, who was present with Namuci (Māra) at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya …

Vessāmitta¹

A celebrated sage of old. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 Vin.i.2451

Vessāmitta²

A Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, w …

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

One of the great sages honoured by the brahmins as authors of hymns. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 Compare Rigveda 5.26; Rāmāyana 1.7, etc.

A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

The god of death. When beings die they are led before him to be judged according to their deeds. Birth, old age, illness, punishment for crime and death, are regarded as his messengers, sent among men …

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 …

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

penetration into; right understanding (of).

made of stone

lack of penetration; wrong understanding

within the boundary

bends with; conforms to, is in accordance (with, acc. or gen.); sets right, puts in proper order

free from disease.

atikkāmayatiatikkameti

caus. pr. 3 sg. lets pass, makes pass over, takes over; lets elapse

1. spends (time), lets (time) elapse; lets the time pass.
2. makes pass; makes pass into, leads (someone) into.

on the ground; to the ground.

on the ground; to the ground.

produced by thinking or reflection.

, id. proper time when robe material is given.

time for making or working on robes.

of dameti

imperat. 2 sg. of dameti

of dameti

right understanding of dhamma.

(one) who offers dhamma.

(one) who offers dhamma.

the object that is a mental construct.

smoking, smoldering; pondering.

1. smokes; smolders; clouds over.
2. burns; ponders; is vexed.

of dhūmāyati

hard to calm; hard to settle.

cow dung.

eating cow dung.

the force or compulsion of action

destroying the force or compulsion of action

wearies, exhausts; torments, causes distress to

wishes, desires; loves

of nikāmeti

moves into, enters

absorbed in that; identifying with that; desiring that.

of thometi

makes bends towards, makes touch; brings near, hands (to); holds out, offers, presents

calms, makes settle.

sips (water, for purification); rinses (one’s mouth or one’s body)

waits, waits for; expects

Abhisamaya: ‘breakthrough or penetration to the realization of the truth’, is the full and direct comprehension of the Four Noble Truths by the Stream-winner sotāpanna see: ariya-puggala. In …

Bhāvanā-maya-paññā: understanding based on mental development’; see: paññā

Cintā-maya-paññā: ‘Wisdom or knowledge based on thinking’, see: paññā

Iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination * …

Paññā: ‘understanding, knowledge, understanding, insight’, comprises a very wide field. The specific Buddhist knowledge or understanding, however, as part of the Noble 8-fold path magga to deli …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

Thinking: understanding based on: cintāmayapaññā see: paññā.

*Āyatana:
* 1: Spheres, is a name for the four formless absorptions; see: jhāna 5-8.
2: The 12 sources or bases on which depend the mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs an …

to create (by magic), produce, shape, make SN.iii.152 (rūpaṃ); AN.i.279 (oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ); Nd ii.under pucchā⁶ (rūpaṃ manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp *[abhinim …

to bend towards, to turn or direct to DN.i.76 (cittaṃ ñāṇa-dassanāya); MN.i.234; SN.i.123; SN.iv.178; Pp.60.

abhi + ninnāmeti cp. BSk. abhinirṇāmayati Lal.439

concentration of mind, attention (seems restricted to Pts ii. only) Pts.ii.82 (variant reading abhiniropana), Pts.ii.84, Pts.ii.93, Pts.ii.115 (buddhi˚), Pts.ii.142 (˚virāga), Pts.ii.145 (˚vimutti), P …

adjective of perfect form, (very), handsome, beautiful, lovely Snp.410 (= dassaniya’ angapaccanga Snp-a.383); Ja.i.207; Pp.52; DN-a.i.281 (aññehi manussehi adhikarūpa); Vv-a.53; Pv-a.61 (abhikkant …

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

to come by, to attain, to realise grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in comb^n. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti; abhisambujjhitvā abhisamet …

…pride, selfsurity Vb.358 (+ māyā). Note. In id. p. at Pp.23 we read acchādanā instead of accasarā.

abstr. to…

pronoun pronoun of 1^st person “I”. nom. sg. ahaṃ SN.iii.235; AN.iv.53; Dhp.222, Dhp.320; Snp.172, Snp.192, Snp.685, Snp.989, Snp.1054, Snp.1143; Ja.i.61; Ja.ii.159
■ In …

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 …

telling stories, recitation; tale, legend DN.i.6 (= DN-a.i.84: Bhārata-Rāmāyanādi); DN.iii.183; MN.i.503; MN.iii.167; Sdhp.237
■ preaching, teaching Mnd.91 (dhamm˚;). The 5^th Veda J …

adjective (only ˚-)

1. moist, wet MN.iii.94 (-mattikā -puñja a heap of moist clay; may be taken in meaning 2).
2. fresh (opp. stale), new; freshly plucked, gathered or caught, viz.
   • *-kusam …

to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet

1. lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
2. f …

adjective not egotistical, unselfish Snp.220 (+ subbata), Snp.777; Ja.iv.372 (+ nirāsaya); Ja.vi.259 (= mamāyana-taṇhā-rahita C.); Pv.iv.1#34 (= mamaṃkāravirahita Pv-a.230); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.66, comb …

Amha¹ & Amhan

neuter a stone Snp.443 (instr. amhanā, but Snp-a.392 reads asmanā pāsāṇena).

• -maya made of stone, hard Dhp.161 (= pāsāṇa˚ Dhp-a.iii.151).

Sk. aśman, …

mother Ja.iii.392 (gen. ammāya)
■ Voc. amma (see sep.).

onomat. from child language; Sk. ambā, cp. Gr. ἀμμάς mother, Oisl. amma “granny”, Ohg. amma “mammy”, nurse; also Lat. amita …

adjective born in the house, of a slave Ja.i.226 (dāsa, so read for āmajāta, an old mistake, expl^d. by C. forcibly as “āma ahaṃ vo dāsī ti”!). See also āmāya.

amā + jāta; amā adv. “at hom …

adjective not deceiving, open, honest Snp.941 (see Mnd.422: māyā vuccati vañcanikā cariyā). Cp. next.

a + māyā

…(id.), DN.iii.237; Dhp-a.i.69 (asaṭhena a.).

a + māyāvin, cp. amāya

adjective being in consternation or distress, crying Ja.iii.223 (˚kāle = ārodana-kāle C.).

according to Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 70 = ana-mha “unlaughing” with ana = an (cp. anabhāva anamatagga) and m …

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

adjective free from illness, not decaying, healthy Vv.15#10 (= aroga Vv-a.74), Vv.17#7.

an + āmaya

to favour too much, to spoil or fondle Ja.ii.316.

ati + mamāyati, cp. Sk. atīmamāyate in diff. meaning = envy

to pass time AN.i.206; Mil.345.

BSk. atināmayati, e.g. Divy.82, Divy.443; ati + nāmeti

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 …

Attha¹

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

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

Ayo & Aya

neuter iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), *sīsa …

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

Ayo & Aya

neuter iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), *sīsa …

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

Aṭṭhi˚¹

in comb^n. with katvā: to make something one’s attha, i.e. object, to find out the essence or profitableness or value of anything to recognise the natu …

adjective to strengthen, cp. upabrūhana, paribbūḷha much, many, large, abundant; plenty; in compound also very, greatly (˚-) instr. sg. bahunā Dhp.166; nom. pl bahavo Vin.iii.90; Dhp.307, & *bahū …

ball, bead; also a ball-shaped ornament or turret, cupola Thag.164 (see kaṇḍu²) Ja.i.386 (see [˚maya ball-shaped](/define/˚maya ball-shaped)); Ja.iii.184 (variant read …

adverb still more, more and more, only in cpd. -mattāya [cp. BSk. bhūyasyā mātrāya Mvu.ii.345; Divy.263 & passim exceedingly, abundantly AN.i.124 = Pp.30 (explained at Pp-a 212 by “bhiyyoso-mattā …

Bhiṅkāra¹

(& ˚gāra) a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin.i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); DN.ii.172; AN.iv.210 = AN.iv.214 (T. ˚gāra, variant reading ˚kāra …

producing, dwelling on something, putting one’s thoughts to, application, developing by means of thought or meditation, cultivation by mind, culture
■ See on term Dhs translation 261 (= ² …

Bhūri¹

feminine the earth; given as name for the earth (paṭhavi) at Pts.ii.197; see also def. at Dhs-a.147. Besides these only in 2 doubtful compounds, both resting on demonology, viz. *b …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

…cp. Ud.48). His mother Māyā bore him painlessly and died seven days after his birth MN.iii.118 sq
■ The story of each of the 25…

adjective

1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside) outer, foreign DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out o …

the earth; only in oblique cases, used as adv. Instr. chamā on the ground, to the ground (= ved. kṣamā) MN.i.387; DN.iii.6; Ja.iii.232; Ja.iv.285; Ja.vi.89, Ja.vi.528; Vv.41#4 (Vv …

“the act of thinking” (cp. citti), thought SN.i.57; Pp.25; Dhs.16, Dhs.20, Dhs.292; Sdhp.165 Sdhp.216
■ loka˚ thinking over the world, philosophy SN.v.447; AN.ii.80.

• -kavi “tho …

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

adjective to be tamed: duddamaya difficult to tame Thag.5 (better to be read damiya).

Sk. damya, see damma

to make tame, chastise, punish master, conquer, convert Vin.ii.196 (daṇḍena); MN.ii.102; Dhp.80, Dhp.305 (attānaṃ); Iti.123 (ppr. [danto] damayataṃ seṭṭho [santo] samayataṃ isi); Mil.14, Mil.386; Pv- …

adjective to be tamed or restrained; esp with ref. to a young bullock MN.i.225 (balagāvā dammagāvā the bulls & the young steers); Iti.80; also of other animals: assadamma-sārathi a horse-trainer AN. …

Danta¹

a tooth, a tusk, fang, esp. an elephant’s tusk; ivory Vin.ii.117 (nāga-d. a pin of ivory); Kp ii. (as one of the taca-pañcaka, or 5 dermatic constituents of the body, viz. kesā, l …

adjective fair to behold, beautiful good-looking (= dassituṃ yutta DN-a.i.141), often in formula abhirūpa d. pāsādika paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgəta to express matchless physical beauty: D …

…(Mallikā) Ja.i.50 (Māyā); Ja.iii.188; Pv-a.19, Pv-a.75.

• -accharā a divine Apsarā, a heavenly joy-maiden…

to blow frequently, strongly or incessantly Mil.117.

cp. Sk. dadhmāti, Intens. to dhamati

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 ( …

smoke, fumes Vin.i.204 (aroma of drugs) MN.i.220 (dh ˚ṃ kattā); AN.v.352 (id.); AN.ii.53; AN.iv.72 sq. AN.v.347 sq.; Ja.iii.401, Ja.iii.422 (tumhākaṃ dh-kāle at the time when you will end in smoke, i …

Dhūmāyati & Dhūmayati

to smoke, to smoulder, choke; to be obscured to cloud over MN.i.142 (variant reading dhūpāyati); Pv.i.6#4 (pariḍayhati + dh. hadayaṃ); Dhp-a.i.425 (akkhīni me dh. I see almost …

smoking, smouldering MN.i.143; Ne.24 (as variant reading to dhūpāyanā).

Dhūmāyati & Dhūmayati

to smoke, to smoulder, choke; to be obscured to cloud over MN.i.142 (variant reading dhūpāyati); Pv.i.6#4 (pariḍayhati + dh. hadayaṃ); Dhp-a.i.425 (akkhīni me dh. I see almost …

becoming like smoke, clouding over, obscuration SN.iii.124 (+ timirāyitattaṃ).

abstr. to dhūmāyati

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 …

Dussa¹

neuter woven material, cloth, turban cloth; (upper) garment, clothes Vin.i.290 Vin.ii.128, Vin.ii.174; Vin.iv.159. DN.i.103; SN.v.71; MN.i.215; MN.ii.92; AN.v.347; Snp.679; Pv.i.10# …

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 …

wood, piece of wood; pl. woodwork, sticks AN.i.112; Iti.71; Dhp.80; Ja.ii.102; Ja.iii.54; Ja.vi.366; Dhp-a.i.393; Pv-a.76 (candana˚) Pv-a.141.

• -kuṭikā a hut, log-house Vin. …

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

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 …

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

adjective

1. green, pale(-green), yellowish. It is explained by Dhpāla as nīla (e.g. Vv-a.197; Pv-a.158), and its connotation is not fixed
   ■ Vin.i.137; DN.i.148; SN.i.5; Ja. …

adjective noun cold frosty Dhs-a.317
■ (nt.) ice, snow Ja.iii.55.

• -pāta-samaya the season of snow-fall Vin.i.31, Vin.i.288; MN.i.79; Ja.i.390; Mil.396.
• -vāta a snow or …

indeclinable adv. of succession or motion in space & time “from here”. “from now”.

1. with ref. to space:
   1. from here, from this, often implying the present existence (in opp. to the “other” worl …

Iṭṭhakā (Itthakā)

feminine

1. a burnt brick a tile Vin.ii.121 (˚pākara a brick wall, distinguished fr silāpakāra & dāru˚); Ja.iii.435, Ja.iii.446 (pākār iṭṭhikā read ˚aṭṭhakā); Ja.v.213 (rattiṭṭhikā …

Iṭṭhakā (Itthakā)

feminine

1. a burnt brick a tile Vin.ii.121 (˚pākara a brick wall, distinguished fr silāpakāra & dāru˚); Ja.iii.435, Ja.iii.446 (pākār iṭṭhikā read ˚aṭṭhakā); Ja.v.213 (rattiṭṭhikā …

…Dhs.1059≈(where it represents another jānikā, viz. deception, as shown by syn. māyā & B.Sk. janikā Lal.541; Kern,

Toevoegselen

p....

… aor janayi Thig.162 (Māyā j. Gotamaṃ: she bore)
pp janita produced Pv-a.1
■ See also jantu jamma, jāta,…

…fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)

A. Lit

Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN.i.45…

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 …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

tortoise, turtle SN.iv.177 (kummo kacchapo); in simile of the blind turtle (kāṇo k.) MN.iii.169 = SN.v.455; Thig.500 (cp J.P.T.S. 1907, 73, 174)
■ f. kacchapinī a female t Mil.67.

• *-[lakkhaṇ …

adjective

1. desirable, beautiful, lovely Ja.v.155, Ja.v.156; Mil.11.
2. pleasant, sweet (-sounding) DN.ii.171; Ja.i.96
   ■ As nt. a desirable object SN.i.22.

grd of kāmayati

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 …

1. the silk-cotton tree Ja.iii.286; Ja.vi.336.
2. cotton DN.ii.141; AN.iii.295; SN.v.284; Ja.i.350; Ja.vi.41; comb. w. uṇṇa AN.iii.37 = AN.iv.265 = AN.iv.268.

• -aṭṭhi a cotton s …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

1. bronze Mil.2 magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver or gold. Thus Ja.vi.504 (silver) and Ja.i.338; Ja.iv.107 Ja.vi.509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king
2. a bronze …

the panic seed, Panicum Italicum; millet used as food by the poor (cp. piyangu); mentioned as one of the seven kinds of grains (see dhañña) at Vin.iv.264; DN-a.i.78
■ Mil.267; …

puppet (pagliaccio), a marionette with some contrivance to make it dance Ja.v.16 (dāru explained by dārumaya-yanta-rūpaka).

to kaṭa¹

Kaṭṭha¹

ploughed, tilled Snp.80; Mil.255; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.62. a˚ untilled, unprepared Anvs.27. su˚ well-ploughed AN.i.229; Mil.255.

Sk. kṛṣṭa, pp. of kasati, cp. kiṭṭha

Kaṭṭha^{2</su …}

to adorn oneself with (acc.), to fondle, treasure, take pride in (gen.) MN.i.260 (allīyati kelāyati dhanāyati mamāyati, where dhanāyati is to be read as vanāyati as shown by variant reading SN.iii.190 …

desired, fondled, made much of Ja.iv.198 (explained with the ster. phrase kelāyati mamāyati pattheti piheti icchatī ti attho).

pp. of keḷāyati

1. patience, endurance.
2. the earth (cp. chamā & see khamati) Ja.iv.8 (variant reading B. chamāya).

fr. ksam

…DN.iii.258, etc.;

• -māyā “the magic of the noble” Dhp-a.i.166;
• -vaṃsa aristocratic…

to be tired or fatigued Ja.i.115; ppr. kilamayanto DN.i.52
pp kilamita.

denom. fr. kilama

Koccha¹

neuter some kind of seat or settee, made of bark, grass or rushes Vin.ii.149; Vin.iv.40 (where the foll. def. is given: kocchaṃ nāma vāka-mayaṃ vā usīra-mayaṃ vā muñjamayaṃ vā ba …

moonlight; the full-moon day in the month Kattika, usually in phrase komudī catumāsinī Vin.i.155, Vin.i.176, sq.; DN.i.47 (explained at DN-a.i.139 as: tadā kira kumudāni supupphitāni honti) or in ph …

large round pot (often combined with kaḷopī,) Vin.i.49, Vin.i.52, Vin.i.286; Vin.ii.142, Vin.ii.210; Thig.283. loha˚ a copper (see [as lohamaya k˚ Snp.670](/define/as lohamaya k˚ Snp.670)), in ˚pakkhe …

Kāca¹

a glass-like substance made of siliceous clay; crystal Vin.i.190; Vin.ii.112 (cp Divy.503, kācamaṇi rock-crystal)
■ a˚; not of glass or quartz, i.e. pure, clear, flawless, appl …

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 …

to desire, to crave

1. to crave for any object of pleasure: Thag.93; Ja.iii.154; Ja.iv.167 Ja.v.480.
2. to desire a woman, to be in love with DN.i.241; MN.ii.40; Ja.ii.226; Ja.v.425; Ja.vi.307, Ja.vi …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

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 …

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 …

at Ja.v.408 is problematic. We should expect something like laṅghiyo or laṅghimayā in meaning “deer,” as it is combined with eneyyaka. The C. reads laṅghimayā (“like deer; jumping”?) & explains …

metal, esp. copper, brass or bronze It is often used as a general term & the individual application is not always sharply defined. Its comprehensiveness is evident from the classification of *[loha](/ …

receiving, getting, acquisition, gain, possession; pl. possessions DN.i.8; DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61; MN.i.508 (ārogya-paramā lābhā); MN.iii.39; AN.i.74; AN.iv.157 sq., AN.iv.160 (lābhena abhibhūto pariyādi …

midday, noon; used either absolutely Vin.iv.273; SN.iv.240; Ja.v.213 (yāva upakaṭṭha-majjhantikā); Ja.v.291 (read majjhantik âtikamm’ āgami); Vism.236; Mil.3; or as apposition with kāla & samaya; S …

Err:501

to be attached to, to be fond of, to cherish, tend, foster, love MN.i.260; SN.iii.190; Thag.1150; Snp.922 (mamāyetha); Mnd.125 (Bhagavantaṃ); Ja.iv.359 (= piyāyati C.); Mil.73 Vb-a.107 (mamāyatī ti m …

cherished, beloved; as n. nt. attachment, fondness of, pride
■ (adj. or pp. SN.ii.94 (etaṃ ajjhositaṃ, m., parāmaṭṭhaṃ); Snp.119; Dhp-a.i.11
■ (nt.:) Snp.466, Snp.777, Snp.805, Snp.950 = Dhp.367 …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …

…often combined with māyā (q.v.) e.g. Cnd.680 Aⁱⁱ; Ja.ii.330.

*…

we Vin.ii.270; Snp.31, Snp.91, Snp.167; Dhp.6; Kp-a.210.

1^st pl. of ahaṃ, for vayaṃ after mayā etc. See ahaṃ

1. a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …

1. to mix Mil.126 (mayaṃ missayissāma); Pv-a.191 (palāse sālīhi saddhiṃ).
2. to bring together in cohabitation, to couple Ja.v.154 (C.: kilesana misseti)

pp missita.

Caus. of * …

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 …

1. a sort of grass (reed) Saccharum munja Roxb. Snp.440 -kesa having a dark mane (like m. grass) DN.ii.174 -pādukā slipper made of m. grass Dhp-a.iii.451. -maya made of m. grass Snp.28
   …

adjective lit. “mine,” one who shows affection (not only for himself), making one’s own, i.e devoted to, loving Snp.806 (= Buddha˚, Dhamma˚ Sangha˚ Mnd.125; = mamāyamāna Snp-a.534), Snp.927 (same exp …

1. pride, conceit, arrogance (cittassa uṇṇati Mnd.80; Vb.350). Māna is one of the Saññojanas It is one of the principal obstacles to Arahantship A detailed analysis of māna in tenfold aspect is give …

mother
■ Cases: nom. sg mātā Snp.296; Dhp.43; Ja.iv.463; Ja.v.83; Ja.vi.117; Cnd.504 (def. as janikā); gen. mātu Thag.473; Vin.i.17; Ja.i.52 mātuyā Ja.i.53; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.80; Pv-a.31; and * …

…Snp.357; Pp.19 Pp.23; Pv-a.13. See also amāyāvin.

fr. māyā, cp. Vedic māyāvin

Nala & Naḷa

a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷ …

to bend, bend down (trs. & instr.) direct, apply SN.i.137 (cittaṃ) Snp.806; Ja.i.61 (aor. nami, cittaṃ)
caus nameti (not nāmeti, Fsb. to Snp.1143 nāmenti, which is to be corrected to n’ âpenti) …

Nala & Naḷa

a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷ …

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 …

heat, summer-heat, summer, drought Ja.i.221 (-samaya dry season); Ja.ii.80; Vism.259 (˚samaya, where Kp-a.58 reads sarada-samaya); Pv-a.174 (-kāla summer). fig Ja.iv.285; Ja.v.404; Dāvs ii.60.

…

or is it ˚aṃ?) = nikati (fraud) Pp.19, Pp.23 (as syn. of māyā).

to crave, desire, strive after, ppr nikāmayaṃ SN.i.122, & nikāmayamāna Vin.ii.108. Cp. nikanta & nikanti.

Sk. ni-kāmayati, ni + kāmeti

to turn round, change to barter, exchange for (c. instr.): pres. imper. niminā Ja.v.343 (= parivattehi Com.); pres. 1st pl. nimimhase Ja.ii.369, pot. nimineyya Ja.iii.63; fut. nimissati Ja.v.2 …

to measure out, fashion, build, construct form; make by miracle, create, compose produce, lay out, plan, aor. nimmini Ja.i.232; Pv-a.245; Dhp-a.iv.67; ger nimminitvā Ja.i.32; Vv-a.80, & *[nimmā …

to bend down, put out (the tongue) DN.i.106 (jivhaṃ = nīharati DN-a.i.276) Ja.i.163, Ja.i.164; cp. Divy.7, Divy.71 (nirṇāmayati).

Caus. of ni + namati

adjective healthy, undepraved, without sin, virtuous Snp.251, Snp.252 (˚gandha nikkilesayoga Snp-a.293), Snp.717 (id. = nikkilesa Snp-a.499).

nis + āma, cp. nirāmaya

adjective not ill, healthy, good, without fault Pv-a.164.

nis + āmaya

to attend to, listen to, observe, be careful of, mind Ja.iv.29 (anisāmetvā by not being careful); Ja.v.486; Dhp-a.i.239 (+ upadhāneti); Pv-a.1 (imper nisāmayatha). Cp. nisanti, nisamma.

ni + sāmeti

to dress oneself, to put on (the undergarment), to get clothed or dressed. Freq in ster. phrase “pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā patta- cīvaram ādāya…,” describing the setting out on his round of the bhi …

to tie down, to fix; explain in detail, exemplify Pv-a.265; Vism.666. pp. niyamita see *a*˚.

cp. Sk. niyamayati, ni + yamati

something spread against, i.e. under or over, a cover, spread, rug, cushion or carpet to sit on bedding of a couch (nisīdana˚) Vin.i.47, Vin.i.295, Vin.i.296 Vin.ii.208, Vin.ii.218; DN.i.7 (kadali-mi …

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 …

exertion, energetic effort, striving, concentration of mind DN.iii.30 DN.iii.77, DN.iii.104, DN.iii.108, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.238; MN.ii.174, MN.ii.218; SN.i.47; SN.ii.268 SN.iv.360; SN.v.244 sq.; AN.ii …

boiling (-hot) mixture (of oil?) MN.i.87, explained by C. as katita-(= kaṭh˚) gomaya, boiling cow-dung, variant reading chakaṇakā see p.537. The id. p. at Cnd.199 reads chakaṇaṭī, evidently a bon …

…Snp.89 (māyāvin asaṃyata palāpa = palāpa-sadisattā Snp-a.165), Snp.282; Mil.414 (here also explained as…

to laugh; Caus. pamhāpeti to make somebody laugh Ja.v.297 (= parihaseti C.), where it is syn. with the preceding umhāpeti.

pa + smi, Sk. prasmayate

to measure estimate, define AN.iii.349, AN.iii.351; AN.v.140, AN.v.143; Sdhp.537
ppr paminanto SN.i.148;
inf paminituṃ Vv-a.154 ger. paminitvā Mnd.303, and pamāya (q.v.);
grd paminitabba Vv-a. …

Pamāya¹

having measured, measuring Snp.894 (sayaṃ p. = paminitvā Mnd.303) Ja.iii.114.

ger. of pamināti i.e. pa + mā

Pamāya²

crushing, destroying Snp.209 (bīj …

1. surrounded, attended Ja.v.90.
2. worshipped MN.i.497; SN.iv.57 (me Satthā p.), cp. Thag.178 (Satthā ca p. me) & Thag.891 (p. mayā Satthā).
3. practised, performed Mil.360.

pari + ciṇṇa, pp. of carati

1. to rub, crush, rub off, treat, shampoo, massage Ja.iv.137 (sarīraṃ examine the body) Mil.241
   ■ Of leather (i.e. treat) MN.i.128.
2. to go together with, to frequent Dhp-a.i.90 (samayaṃ p.)
   …

to bend to, to change into, to turn to use for somebody, to procure for, obtain appropriate DN.i.92; Vin.iii.259 (puttassa rajjaṃ p. for his son); Vin.iv.156; Pv-a.281
ppr -ṇāmayamāna Ja.v.424. …

adjective

1. belonging to a discussion, intended for disputation DN.i.178 (samaya˚ “debating hall”).
2. fond of discussing Mil.4 (bhassa˚ “fond of wordy disputation”). Cp. *[pavādiya](/define/pavādiy …

to look forward to, to expect Snp.697 (paṭikkhaṃ sic ppr. = āgamayanā Snp-a.490).

paṭi + īks

to set in order arrange, get ready Vin.ii.113, Vin.ii.211, Vin.ii.216; MN.i.456; Ja.iii.72; Mil.15 (pattacīvaraṃ); Vv-a.118 (variant reading ˚yāpeti), Vv-a.157 (variant reading ˚nameti).

paṭi + Ca …

white woollen counterpane Ja.iv.352 (= uṇṇāmaya-paccattharaṇāni setakambalāni pi vadanti yeva C.).

= paṭikā

1. slab, tablet, plate, in compounds ayo˚; iron plate AN.iv.130, AN.iv.131; Ja.iv.7 (suvaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.43 (ayomaya˚); loha˚; brass plate Pv-a.44; silā˚ stone slab Ja.i.59 etc. When written on it i …

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, …

stands in all probability for phalika-maya, made of crystal, as is suggested by context, which gives it in line with kaṭṭha-maya & loha-maya (& aṭṭhi˚ danta˚, veḷu˚ etc.). It occurs in same phras …

Phalika¹

a fruit vendor Mil.331.

fr. phala

Phalika² & ˚kā

feminine crystal quartz Vin.ii.112; Ja.vi.119 (˚kā = phaḷika-bhittiyo C.); Vv.35#1 (= phalika-maṇi-mayā bhittiyo …

(-˚) adjective having worthless wood, weak, inferior MN.i.488 (apagata˚, where ˚ka belongs to the whole cpd.); Ja.iii.318 (a˚ + sāramaya).

fr. pheggu

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

Pubba¹

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

occurs only in one phrase (gattāni pubbāpayamāno) at MN.i.161 & AN.iii.345 ≈ AN.iii.402 in meaning “drying again”; at both A pass. the vv. ll (glosses) are “sukkhāpayamāno” and “pubba-sadisāni kuru …

indeclinable before (both local & temporal), thus either “before, in front” or “before, formerly, earlier.” In both meanings the opp. is pacchā -

1. local SN.i.176 (pure hoti t …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

…Ja.i.50 (˚sīsaka, of Māyādevī’s couch), Ja.i.212 (˚lokadhātu) Mil.6; DN-a.i.311 (˚mukha facing east); Dhp-a.iii.155 (id.);…

Pīta¹

1. having drunk or (pred.) being drunk (as liquid) SN.i.212 (madhu˚); Ja.i.198; Pv-a.25 (with asita, khāyita & sāyita as fourfold food).
2. soaked or saturated with (-˚), in *kasāya …

to enjoy oneself, to delight in; to sport, find amusement in
■ (loc.) SN.i.179; Vin.197 (ariyo na r. pāpe) Snp.985 (jhāne); Dhp.79 (ariya-ppavedite dhamme sadā r. paṇḍito);
■ subj. 1^st …

Ratana¹

neuter

1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana², as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
   ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

night DN.i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag.517; Snp.710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Snp-a.496); Ja.vi.491. abl. sg. rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D …

1. fight, battle; only in Thig.360 (raṇaṃ karitvā kāmānaṃ): see discussed below; also late at Mhvs.35, Mhvs.69 (Subharājaṃ raṇe hantvā).
2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This meaning is the Buddhi …

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 …

Rūpiya¹

neuter silver Vin.iii.239 (here collectively for any transactions in “specie,” as explained by C. p. 240: rūpiyaṃ nāma satthu-vaṇṇo kahāpaṇo lohamāsako dārumāsako jatumāsako; i.e. …

adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …

indeclinable possible (lit. one might be able to); in the older language still used as a Pot., but later reduced to an adv. with infin. E.g. sakkā sāmaaññphalaṃpaññāpetuṃ would one be able to point …

annihilation, termination (?) see samaya (cpd.) & saṭha.

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 …

the art of Sambari, jugglery SN.i.239 (translation “Sambara’s magic art”). Sambara is a king of the Asuras.

sambarī + māyā

to mix Vin.i.111 (sīmāya sīmaṃ s. to mix a new boundary with an old one, i.e. to run on a boundary unduly); DN-a.i.134 (udakena). pp. sambhinna
■ Cp. *[sambhejja](/define/sam …

to come together, to be united Ja.iii.38.

saṃ + āyāti

1. spreading, ramification, tendril (valli˚) Kp-a.48.
2. one of the 5 celestial trees Ja.vi.239 (˚maya made of its flowers).
3. (also m.) continuity, succession; lineage SN.iii.143; DN-a.i.46; Dhs- …

autumn the season following on the rains Snp.687; Vv.35#2. --samaya the autumn season DN.ii.183; MN.i.115; AN.iv.102 AN.v.22; Iti.20; SN.i.65; SN.iii.141, SN.iii.155; SN.v.44; Vv-a.134, Vv-a.161 …

corn, crop MN.i.116; Ja.i.86, Ja.i.143, Ja.i.152; Ja.ii.135; Mil.2; Dhp-a.i.97; Snp-a.48; sassasamaya crop time Ja.i.143; susassa abounding in corn Vin.i.238; pl. m. sassā Ja.i.340. --kamma agri …

saññāyo and saññā-e.g. MN.i.108)

1. sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin.i.13; MN.i.300; SN.iii.3 sq.; Dhs.40 Dhs.58, Dhs.61, Dhs.113; Vb-a.42.
2. sense, perception, discer …

kind of ornament Ja.v.202 (= maṇisuvaṇṇa-pavāḷa-rajata-mayāni pilandhanāni C.).

fr. last

to doubt, hesitate, to be uncertain about pres. (med.) 1^st sg. saṅke SN.i.111; Ja.iii.253 (= āsankāmi C.); Ja.vi.312 (na sanke maraṇ’āgamāya); Pot. saṅketha Ja.ii.53 = Ja.v.85. Pass. *[ …

adjective crafty, treacherous, fraudulent DN.ii.258; DN.iii.246; MN.i.32, MN.i.153; SN.iv.299; AN.ii.41; AN.iii.35 AN.v.157; Dhp.252; Vin.ii.89; Mnd.395; Mil.250; Dāvs ii.88; Dhp-a.iii.375; Dhtp.100 …

rocky Dhp.8; (m.) rock, stone, crystal SN.i.127; DN.ii.39; AN.iii.346; Dhp.81; Ja.ii.14; Vin.i.4 sq.; Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.284.

• -guḷa a rocky ball Ja.i.147.
• *-[maya](/define/may …

…Ja.iii.333 (called Māyāvī); Mil.365
■ See also siṅgāla.

cp. Vedic sṛgāla; as loan-word in English =…

sand, gravel; suvaṇṇa˚ gold dust AN.i.253. Sikayasa-maya

cp. Sk. sikatā

Sikāyasa-maya

adjective made of tempered steel (said of swords) Ja.vi.449 (cp. Note of the translation p. 546).

stone, rock Vin.i.28; SN.iv.312 sq.; Vin.445; DN-a.i.154; Ja.v.68; Vism.230 (in comparison) Vb-a.64 (var. kinds); a precious stone, quartz Vin.ii.238; Mil.267, Mil.380; Vv.84#15 (= phalika˚ Vv-a.33 …

adjective golden DN.ii.210; AN.iv.393; Pv-a.ii.12#2; Ja.i.226; --maya golden Vin.i.39; Vin.ii.116; DN.ii.170 etc.; Ja.ii.112.

fr. suvaṇṇa

gold; (adj.) golden Mhvs.5, Mhvs.87; Vv.5#4, Vv.36#7.

• -ālaṅkāra with golden ornaments Ja.ii.48.
• -dhaja with golden flags Ja.ii.48.
• -bhiṅkāra a gold …

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 …

Suta¹

1. heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …

Sutta¹

asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring t …

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 …

adjective temporary Snp.54; Mil.302 (so read); see sāmāyika.

fr. samaya

adjective

1. on a friendly footing, in agreement MN.iii.110; Mil.22.
2. occurring in due season, timely Mil.302 sq., Mil.305.
3. temporary AN.iii.349 sq.; cp. sāmayika.

fr. samaya

1. essential, most excellent, strong AN.ii.110; Vin.iv.214; Ja.iii.368; Pp.53.
2. (m.) the innermost, hardest part of anything, the heart or pith of a tree (see also pheggu) MN.i.1 …

evening DN.ii.9; Ja.i.144; -samayaṃ at evening time DN.ii.205; MN.i.147; Vin.i.21; sāyaṇhasamaye Ja.i.148, Ja.i.279; Pv-a.33, Pv-a.43 Pv-a.100; --kāle the same Ja.iv.120; sāyaṇhe (loc.) …

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

boundary, limit, parish Vin.i.106 sq., Vin.i.309, Vin.i.340; Mnd.99 (four); Dhp-a.iv.115 (mālaka˚); antosīmaṃ within the boundary Vin.i.132, Vin.i.167; ekasīmāya within one boundary, in the same pari …

Sīsa¹

neuter lead DN.ii.351; SN.v.92; Mil.331; Vb-a.63 (= kāḷa-tipu); a leaden coin Ja.i.7; --kāra a worker in lead Mil.331; --maya leaden Vin.i.190.

cp. Sk. sīsa

Sīsa^{2</s …}

…DN.ii.137 pācīna˚ (of Māyā’s couch: eastward) Ja.i.50. heṭṭhāsīsaka head downwards Ja.iii.13; dhammasīsaka worshipping…

1. a needle; (fig.) hunger Pv.ii.8#3; Pv-a.107.
2. a small bolt to a door Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.148. sūcik’aṭṭha whose bones are like needles (?) Pv.iii.2#3 Pv-a.180 (sūcigātā ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthe …

to make a hissing sound “sū sū” (of a snake) Dhp-a.ii.257 (variant reading susumāyati).

Denom. fr. sū

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

to make wet, to moisten Vin.i.47 (temetabba); Vin.ii.209 (temetvā); Dhp-a.i.220, Dhp-a.i.394 (id.) Ja.i.88≈ Kp-a.164; Ja.ii.325 (temento); Pv-a.46 (sutemitvā for temetvā).

cp. Divy.285 tīmayati; …

adjective having domed roofs (“house-tops” Ja.vi.116 (of a Vimāna = dvādasayojanika maṇimayakañcanathūpika; cp. p. Ja.vi.117: pañcaṭhūpaṃ vimānaṃ explained as pañcahi kūṭāgārehi samannāgataṃ).

from …

Tintiṇāti & Tintiṇāyati

to become sick, to swoon, to (stiffen out in a) faint Ja.i.243 (tintiṇanto corresp. with mucchita); Ja.vi.347 (tintiṇāyamāna, variant reading tiṇāy˚).

either = Sk. timirayati …

Tintiṇāti & Tintiṇāyati

to become sick, to swoon, to (stiffen out in a) faint Ja.i.243 (tintiṇanto corresp. with mucchita); Ja.vi.347 (tintiṇāyamāna, variant reading tiṇāy˚).

either = Sk. timirayati …

lead, tin Vin.i.190 (˚maya); SN.v.92; Ja.ii.296; Mil.331 (˚kāra a worker in lead, tinsmith); Vism.174 (˚maṇḍala); Dhp-a.iv.104 (˚parikhā).

cp. Sk. trapu, non-Aryan?

1. taking up, lifting, raising Mil.307 (sass˚-samaya the time of gathering the corn; to uddharati 1 but cp. in same meaning uddhaṭa from uddharati 2). DN-a.i.192.
2. pulling or drawing out (cp. uddh …

adjective swollen, bloated, risen (of flour) AN.i.140; Snp.200 (of a corpse); Snp-a.100 sq., Snp-a.171; DN-a.i.114. Cp. next.

pp. of uddhumāyati

puffing, blowing or swelling up Ja.iv.37.

fr. uddhumāyati

to be blown up, to swell up, rise; aor. ˚āyi Ja.iii.26; Vv-a.76; ger. ˚ājitvā Ja.ii.18; Dhp-a.i.126
pp uddhumāta & ˚āyita; (q.v.).

ud + dhmā, see dhamati & remarks on uddhacca

swollen, bloated, puffed up Vv-a.218.

pp. of uddhumāyati

to laugh out loud Ja.ii.131 (= hasitaṃ karoti); Ja.iii.44; Ja.iv.197; Ja.v.299 (˚amāna hasamāna C.). Caus. umhāpeti Ja.v.297.

Sk. *ut-smayate, ud + smi

1. to bend over to, to place against or close to, to approach, bring near DN.ii.134; SN.i.207; Thag.1055; Snp.p.48 (= attano kāyaṃ Bhagavato upanāmeti); Ja.i.62; Ja.v.215; Snp-a.151.
2. to offer, to …

calm, quiet, appeasement, allaying, assuagement, tranquillizing Vin.i.10; SN.iv.331 = SN.v.421 (in freq. phrase upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna ii …

adverb

1. (as prep. with acc.) lit. “taking it up” (as such & such), i.e.
   1. out of, as, for; in phrase anukampaṃ upādāya out of pity or mercy DN.i.204; Pv-a.61, Pv-a.141, Pv-a.164
   2. compar …

the fragrant root of Andropogon Muricatum (cp. bīraṇa) Vin.i.201; Vin.ii.130 (˚mayā vijanī) SN.ii.88 (˚nāḷi); AN.ii.199 (id.); Dhp.337; Ja.v.39; Thag.402 (˚attho).

Sk. uśīra

1. (lit.)
   1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …

Vaddha¹

adjective noun

1. grown, old; an Elder; venerable, respectable; one who has authority At Ja.i.219 three kinds of vaddha are distinguished: one by nature (jāt …

is the Sk. form of the nom. pl. of pers. pron. ahaṃ, represented in Pāli by mayaṃ (q.v.). The form vayaṃ only in grammarians, mentioned also by Müller, P.Gr. p. …

…Ja.iv.435; Dhs-a.363 (for māyā Dhs.1059); DN-a.i.79; Dhp-a.iii.403; Pv-a.193-vañcana in lit. meaning of vañcati 1 is found in…

kind of head ornament perhaps ear-ring or garland worn round the forehead Mhvs.11, Mhvs.28 (C. explains as “kaṇṇapilandhanaṃ vaṭaṃsakan ti vuttaṃ hoti”). Usually as vaṭaṃsaka V …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

1. change, alteration, in mahā˚; great change Vism.366, Vism.367 (of two kinds: anupādiṇṇa upādiṇṇa, or primary & secondary, i.e. the first caused by kappa-vuṭṭhāna, the second by dhātu-kkhobha) K …

Vilīva & Viliva

adjective

1. made of split bamboo Vin.ii.266 (i).
2. (ī) a chip of bamboo or any other reed, a slip of reed MN.i.566 (Bdhgh on MN.i.429); Vism.310 (˚maya).

Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. …

Vilīva & Viliva

adjective

1. made of split bamboo Vin.ii.266 (i).
2. (ī) a chip of bamboo or any other reed, a slip of reed MN.i.566 (Bdhgh on MN.i.429); Vism.310 (˚maya).

Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. …

astonishment, surprise, disappointment Ja.v.69 (in explⁿ of vyamhita) Mhvs.5, Mhvs.92; Snp-a.42 (explaining “vata”), Snp-a.256 (do. for “ve” = aho); DN-a.i.43; Vv-a.234, Vv-a.329.

cp. …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

reciprocity, barter, exchange Ja.ii.369.

fr. vi + nimināti

to be uneven DN.ii.269 (so read for visamā yanti).

Denom. fr. visama

brightness, splendour, excellency; (ethically) purity, holiness, sanctification virtue, rectitude Vin.i.105 (visuddho paramāya visuddhiyā); DN.i.53; DN.iii.214 (diṭṭhi˚, sīla˚), DN.iii.288; MN.i.147; …

1. the horn of an animal (as cow, ox, deer, rhinoceros) Vin.i.191; AN.ii.207; AN.iv.376; Snp.35 (khagga˚, q.v.), Snp.309; Pp.56 (miga˚); Tha-ap.50 (usabha˚); Ja.i.505; Mil.103.
2. (see [as m.](/defin …

the bark of a tree DN.i.167; Vin.iii.34; Ja.i.304; Ja.ii.141; Vism.249 = Vb-a.232 (akka˚ & makaci˚); Mil.128
■ avāka without bark Ja.iii.522.

• -cīra (= cīvar …

fan Vv.47#2 (T. bījanī, variant reading vīj˚); Ja.i.46; Vism.310; Dhp-a.iv.39; Vv-a.147; Pv-a.176; Kp-a.95. There are 3 kinds of fans mentioned at Vin.ii.130, viz. *vākamaya˚, usīra˚, mora-piñcha …

to restrain, suppress, to become tranquil; only in stanza Dhp.6 = Thag.275 = Ja.iii.488 as 1^st pl. med yamāmase in imper. sense: “pare ca na vijānanti mayaṃ ettha yamāmase,” which is expl …

is 3^rd pl. pres. of yā: see yāti
■ Note. At DN.ii.269 we should combine yanti with preceding visamā sambādhā, thus forming denom. verbs: *visamāyanti …

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

rice-gruel, rice-milk (to drink). See Vin. Texts ii.89. Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 (sace yāgu hoti, bhājanaṃ dhovitvā yāgu upanametabbā; yāguṃ pītassa udakaṃ datvā…), 51 (id.), Vin.ii.61 (id.), Vin.ii. …

adjective sufficient (lit “just as much”; i.e. such as it is), sufficiently founded logical, consistent, exact, definite, true Cnd.275 (where tatha is explained by taccha, bhūta, yāthāva, aviparīta) D …

at MN.ii.112 in imper. ācāmehi be pleased or be thanked(?) perhaps the reading is incorrect.

for ācameti? cp. Sk. ācāmayati, Caus. of ā + cam

to cause somebody or something to come to one, i.e.

1. to wait, to stay Vin.ii.166, Vin.ii.182, Vin.ii.212; DN.i.112, DN.i.113; SN.iv.291; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.55.
2. to wait for, to welcome Vin.ii.128 (pp …

feeding, support, food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enum^n. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.

1. kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …

affliction, illness, misery; only as an˚; (adj.) not afflicted, not decaying, healthy well (cp. BSk. nirāmaya Aśvaghoṣa ii.9) Vin.i.294; Vv.15#10 (= aroga Vv-a.74); Vv.17#7 ; Vv.36#8 ; Ja.iii.260, …

adjective “born in the house” (cp semantically Gr. ἰχαγενής → indigenous), inborn, being by birth, in cpd. -dāsa (dāsī) a born slave, a slave by birth Ja.vi.117 (= gehadāsiyā kucchismiṃ jātadasī C. …

adjective wearing garlands or other headornaments, usually in f. ˚inī Ja.v.409 (= kaṇṇālankārehi yuttā C.); Vv.30#2 (voc. āvelinī, but at id. p. Vv.48#2 āveline) Vv.32#3 ; Vv-a.125 (on Vv.30#2 explai …