…of time: paṭhame yāme majjhima˚ pacchima˚; Ja.i.75; id. with vaye Pv-a.5.

2. (nt.) majjhimaṃ the waist, in cpd. su-majjhimā (f.)…

…an arahant. DN.i.177

In the Majjhima Nikāya MN.iii.124ff. we are told that he was an old friend of Bakkula Thera, and that after a conversation…

…belonged, not to the Majjhimadesa but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

In the Assalāyana Sutta…

…to mention. SN.i.34f.

The Majjhima Nikāya MN.ii.45f. gives details of the earnestness with which Ghaṭīkāra worked for Jotipāla’s…

…fourteen are included in the Majjhimadesa, the two last being in Uttarāpatha.

Twelve countries are mentioned in the Dīgha Nikāya, DN.ii.200 in…

…Thag.794–817

In the Majjhima Nikāya are two suttas—the Cūḷamālunkyā MN.i.426ff. and the Mahāmālunkyā MN.i.432ff. —both…

…Sutta MN.iii.185 of the Majjhima Nikāya contains another list: Gūtha, Kukkuḷa, Simbalivana, Asipattavana and…

The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given, and the Paccantajanapadā lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and…

SetakaṇṇikaSetakannika

A village forming the southern boundary of the Middle Country. Vin.i.197

the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa3town

…on the western boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197 It was in the Kosala country and belonged to the Mallas, and was once visited by the Buddha….

A mountain range forming the northern boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197

???3hill

…Vacchagotta Suttas of the Majjhima Nikāya seem to contain the story of Vacchagotta’s conversion, in due order: at the conclusion of the…

…constitutes the Middle path majjhima - patipadā. See the Buddha’s first sermon, The Establishment of the Realm of Dhamma:…

Extremes: the two e. and the middle path; see: majjhima - patipadā.

…= 4th Noble Truth; majjhima - patipadā ‘the Middle Way’.

2. ‘Progress’ see also the foll. article. There are 4 modes of progress to…

…Vv-a.255, Vv-a.315 (majjhimayāma-samaya); Pv-a.155.

• -ruka (variant reading ˚duka) a certain fashion of wearing the…

…ca bhayānak’ ārammaṇassa adhivacanaṃ MN-a.113), Name of Suttanta No. 4 in Majjhima (pp. 16 sq.), quoted at Vism.202;…

…(concerning the Bh. of Majjhima Nikāya) Snp-a.2 (of Sutta Nipāta), Snp-a.608 (id.); Dhs-a.6 (of Dhammasangaṇī, cp. Expos. 8 n. 3),…

…etc. Mil.341 sq.; Majjhima˚ Vism.95 (Revatthera), Vism.275, Vism.286, Vism.431; Saṃyutta˚; Vism.313 (Cūḷa-Sivatthera)….

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 …

…lokadhātu* “the system of the 1,000 lesser worlds” (distinguished from the dvi-sahassī majjhimakā & the ti-sahassī mahāsahassi…

…i.e., spacious, airy) as majjhimassa purisassa a-sīsa-ghaṭṭā “so that a man of medium height does not knock his head (against the…

…a supplementary Sutta in the Majjhima (MN.iii.256), and in another found in two versions, at the end of the Anguttara (AN.iv.373 and AN.v.23)….

adjective is rather doubtful (“of charming speech”? or “smiling”?). It occurs in (corrupted verse at Ja.vi.503 = Tha-ap.40 (& 307), which is to be read as “aḷāra-bhamukhā (or ˚pamhā) hasulā sussoññā …

…Vism.424, Vism.473. See majjhima. 2. deprived of, wanting, lacking Snp.725; Iti.106 (ceto-vimutti˚); Pp.35
■…

…age, as threefold: purima˚, majjhima˚, pacchima Nd ii.in def. of sadā 4. sīla (etc.) kh˚ the 3 (or 5 groups or parts…

…at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = AN.i.239; AN.iv.237 (do.); Snp.524; Ja.i.153 (sāli-yava˚); Pv.ii.9#68 =…

…at Mil.242 & Mil.258 in Majjhimanikāya vara˚; at Mil.362 in Ekuttara-nikāya-vara˚ and at Ne.2 in cpd. nayalañjaka. Trenckner (Mil ed. p….

…compared with ukkaṭṭha & majjhima); Kp-a.49 (˚aṭṭhikāni soft bones); Mhvs.25, 102 (sayana); -bhūmi Mil.34 2. soft, mild, gentle,…

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 …

…more correctly spelt k than kk (cp. Trenckner, Preface to Majjhima Nikāya & see ni˚ A 1).

…Piṭaka, viz. Dīgha˚, Majjhima˚, Saṃyutta˚ Anguttara˚ (referred to as D.M.S.A. in Dictionaryquotations), Khuddaka˚; enumerated Pv-a.2;…

adjective the middle one Ja.v.371.

…corresp. to purima˚ & majjhima˚) Snp.352; Ja.iv.137 (˚pāda); Ja.vi.364 (˚dvāra); Pv-a.5, Pv-a.75 2. western (opp. purima or…

…when it is said that the Majjhima Nikāya consists of 80,523 padas and 740,053 akkharas

■ Neg. apada

1. without feet…

…further detail). Neumann (Majjhima translation i.513) trsl^s “ganz und gar erloschen (pabhā?). It is not at all improbable to take…

…Buddh. Canon, viz. Dīgha˚ Majjhima˚ Saṃyutta˚, Anguttara˚ Khuddaka˚, e.g. Vin.ii.287. -nīvaraṇāni or obstacles: kāmacchanda,…

…DN.ii.iii.215 (with hīna & majjhima-dhātu); SN.i.136 (dhammo gambhīro etc.); SN.ii.153 (dhātu), SN.ii.154 (paṇidhi); SN.iii.47, SN.iv.360;…

…(˚vaya, contrasted with majjhima & pacchima); Pv-a.5, Pv-a.13, Pv-a.56. 2. nt. acc. paṭhamaṃ at first, for the…

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

…AN.v.247, AN.v.281; hīna majjhima paṇīta SN.ii.154
■ Groups of characters: 2 AN.i.76, AN.i.87 3 gilān’ ûpama etc. AN.i.121 sq.;…

…Pv-a.26. In sequence p. majjhima pacchima; past, present, future (or first, second last) DN.i.239 sq.; DN-a.i.45 sq. and passim
■…

…Pv-a.187; Vv-a.13 (majjhima˚, paṭhama˚, as t.t. g.?) uttama˚; SN.ii.278; SN.iii.61, SN.iii.166; SN.iv.380; Iti.97; mahā˚…

…MN.ii.9 (where Neumann, Majjhima Nikāya ii.318 trsl^s sa˚ “intelligible” and a˚ “incomprehensible,” referring to…

adjective short (opp dīgha) DN.i.193 (dīghā vā r. vā majjhimā ti vā), DN.i.223 (in contrast with d.); Snp.633; Dhp.409; Ja.i.356; Dhs.617 Vism.272 (def.); Dhp-a.iv.184
■ Cp. ati˚.

• *-[ādesa](/ …

…24^th Suttanta of Majjhima (MN.i.145 sq.), quoted at Vism.93, Vism.671 and Snp-a.446.

• -sālā chariot shed…

…it subjectively. Neumann (Majjhima Übs. ii.250) quite wrongly: “ohne Deutung, ohne Geduld ohne Hingabe” (without explanation, patience,…

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 …

…the; Culla˚; follows the Majjhima˚; (DN.i.5 sq.) & then the; Mahāsīla DN.i.9 sq. The whole of these 3 sīlas is called…

…(mūla˚ coarse r., majjhima medium r., kaṇikā the finest grain); Snp.295; Pp.32; Dhp-a.i.395 (sāli-taṇḍula husked rice);…

…a post Vin.i.276; DN.i.50 (majjhimaṃ ˚ṃ nissāya), DN.ii.85 (id.); Snp.214; Vv.78#2 (veḷuriya˚, of the pillars of a Vimāna); Pv.iii.3#1…

…are distinguished thera bh., majjhima bh., nava bh., at DN.i.78
■ See also AN.ii.23, AN.ii.147, AN.ii.168; AN.v.201, AN.v.348; DN.iii.123 sq.,…

…A diff. connotation would be implied by taking ucchepaka = uñchā, as Neumann does (Majjhima trsl.² ii.682).

= ucchiṭṭhaka in…

…at Vism.64 (u. majjhima mudu referring to the 3 grades of the Dhutangas); Snp-a.160 (dvipadā sabbasattānaṃ ukkaṭṭhā);…

…means by expl^n. majjhimassa purisassa asīsa-ghaṭṭā “not knocking against the head of a middle-(sized) man” is not quite…

…uñcha & uñchana, to; uñch. Neumann’s etym. uñchā = E. ounce, Ger. unze (Majjhima trsl.² ii.682) is incorrect, see Walde…

…uñcha & uñchana, to; uñch. Neumann’s etym. uñchā = E. ounce, Ger. unze (Majjhima trsl.² ii.682) is incorrect, see Walde…

…viz. paṭhama˚; youth, majjhima˚; middle age, pacchima˚; old age, e.g. at Ja.i.79; Vism.619; Dhp-a.iii.133
■ vayo anuppatta one…

…viz. ukkaṭṭha, majjhima, omaka; cp below 7); DN.i.13, DN.i.91; Ja.vi.334; Mil.225 (khattiya˚ brāhmaṇa˚). 7. kind, sort Mil.128…

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

…watches given as paṭhama, majjhima & pacchima; (first, middle & last) Mnd.377 sq.; or purima, m. & pacchima; Cnd.631 (under sadā)
■…

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …