…see picu-manda & puci-manda. 5. In composition with; bhū it assumes the form mandī˚;…

…pleasant Snp-a.81
■ manda at Dhs-a.100 is to be read baddha (variant reading BB). Cp. Expos. 132ⁿ.

*…

…It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. Vin.i.8

The Buddha stayed at Gayā on several…

HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya

The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotattā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Rathakāra, Chaddantā, Kuṇālā, Mandākinī …

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 …

The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …

KuveraKubera

King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lot …

KāmaṇḍāKāmandā

A village in which was the mango grove of Todeyya. Udāyī once stayed there and was visited by a resident pupil of the brahmin lady of the Verahaccāni clan. SN.iv.121f.

Kosala3town

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 …

The books contain a list of seven great 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 lakes are Anotat …

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

Himalaya3lake

NaḷerupucimandaNaḷerupucimandaNalerupucimaṇḍa

A grove near Verañja where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā….

An Asura chief. DN.ii.259 At the Nalerupucimaṇḍa in Verañja he visited the Buddha. In answer to a question, Pahārāda tells the Buddha that there are eight wonderful characteristics of the ocean, on ac …

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of openness, and how when confronted by Death, one should not waste one’s days. Thag.447–452

SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni

A Paribbājaka, mentioned SN.iv.261f. as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he que …

Todeyya¹

A Mahāsāla brahmin, mentioned in a list of eminent brahmins gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235 Snp.p.115

There was in Caṇḍalakappa a mango grove belonging …

Udāyī¹LāludāyīPaṇḍita Udāyī

There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one is meant. When the Buddha preached the Nāgopama Sutta, AN.iii.344 …

UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā

A village in the Vajji country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesāli and near the latter.

Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Pari …

A mythical region. A detailed description of it is given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.199ff. The men who live there own no property nor have they wives of their own; they do not have to work for t …

A brahmin clan. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions a lady of the gotta living in Kāmandā, who was evidently a teacher. A pupil of hers, having visited Udāyi, then staying in the Todeyya mango grove, told he …

…the foot of the Naḷerupucimanda, where he is staying, and asks him a series of questions, the first of which is: whether it be true that the…

YasojaYasojoti

The Udāna mentions Ud.iii.3 how Yasoja and five hundred of his companions went to see the Buddha at Jetavana. There they stood talking to the monks who lived there and made a great upr …

A city of the gods, mighty, prosperous and full of devas. DN.ii.147 DN.ii.170

It was one of the chief cities of Uttarakuru, and a royal residence of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

In the Culla Vagga Vin.ii.152 …

what is below the knee-cap

what is below the knee-cap

lack of ornament.

horse-pen; an exercise-ring

small panel (of a bhikkhu’s robe)

the disc of the moon.

whey.

young man; an (insolent?) village youth; ? a young cowherd.

surrounded by a herds of cows.

young man; an (insolent?) village youth; ? a young cowherd

the knee-cap; the knee.

the knee-cap.

, neuter a water-vessel, water-jar (used by ascetics and brahmans).

, neuter carrying a water jar; furnished with a water jar

the kareri hall, the hall near the kareri trees.

, neuter carrying a water jar; furnished with a water jar

circular as a banyan (one whose body and outstretched arms make a circle like a banyan); perfectly proportioned.

the area of the navel.

the three circles (of the navel and the knees)

above the kneecap; what is above the kneecap

above the kneecap

allowing contact above the kneecap

open, unenclosed; or crowded (like Āḷakamandā);

the fruit of the āmaṇḍa plant.

(rough) circle; a group

(rough) circle; a group

open, unenclosed; or crowded (like Āḷakamandā);

1. application, devotion to (-˚), execution, practice of (-˚); often comb^d. with anuyutta in phrase -anuyogaṃ anuyutta = practisiṅg e.g. Vin.i.190 (maṇḍan’ ânuyogaṃ anuyutta); DN.iii.1 …

…dangerous Ja.iv.4 (= mandasiddhi vināsabahula C.); Ja.vi.34 (samuddo a. bahu-antarāyiko)

• -ssuta possessing small knowledge,…

Assa¹

shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …

Atimanda(ka)

adjective too slow, too weak Sdhp.204, Sdhp.273, Sdhp.488.

ati + manda

Atimanda(ka)

adjective too slow, too weak Sdhp.204, Sdhp.273, Sdhp.488.

ati + manda

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 …

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

adjective

1. bond, fetter Iti.56 (abandho Mārassa, not a victim of M.) Mnd.328 (taṇhā˚, diṭṭhi˚); Thag-a.241.
2. one who binds or ties together, in assa˚; horsekeeper, groom Ja.ii.98; Ja.v.441, Ja …

the young of an animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being dirty (cp. pigs) Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269 (bhinka-cchāpa) Ja.v.418 (with ref. to young cats: “mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati tar …

…Vin.ii.11 = Vin.iii.181 (manda-mando +); Cnd.342 (korajika-korajiko +) Vism.26 (id.)
■ f. bhākuṭikā a frown, frowning,…

…of the individual viz. manda-bhūmi, khiḍḍā˚, vīmaṃsana˚, ujugata˚ sekha˚, samaṇa˚, jina˚, panna˚, or as trsl^d by…

Bodhi¹

feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …

the moon (i.e. the shiner) SN.i.196; SN.ii.206; MN.ii.104; AN.i.227 AN.ii.139 sq.; AN.iii.34; Dhp.413; Snp.465, Snp.569, Snp.1016; Ja.iii.52 Ja.vi.232; Pv.i.12#7; Pv.ii.6#6; Vv.64#7 (maṇi˚ a shiny jew …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

sour milk, curds junket Vin.i.244 (in enumⁿ of 5-fold cow-produce, cp gorasa); DN.i.201 (id.); MN.i.316; AN.ii.95; Ja.ii.102 Ja.iv.140; Mil.41, Mil.48, Mil.63; Dhs.646, Dhs.740, Dhs.875; …

adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

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. …

the sky (with reference to sidereal motions); usually of the moon: g˚ majjhe puṇṇacando viya Ja.i.149, Ja.i.212; g˚ tale canda-maṇḍalaṃ Ja.iii.365; cando g˚ majjhe ṭhito Ja.v.137; cando gagane viya …

Gaha¹

a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).

• -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …

, 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. …

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 …

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

“the round of the ox,” like the oxen driven round & round the threshing-floor Thag.1143
■ Cp gomaṇḍala (s.v. go).

1. hand DN.i.124; AN.i.47; Snp.610; Ja.vi.40
   ■ forearm Vin.iv.221; of animals SN.v.148; Ja.i.149; -pāda hand and foot MN.i.523; AN.i.47; Ja.ii.117; Pv-a.241; Dhp-a.iv.7. sahassa˚; thousand …

(also as jaṇṇu(ka), q.v.) the knee Ja.ii.311; Ja.iv.41; Ja.vi.471; DN-a.i.254.

• -maṇḍala the knee-cap, the knee AN.i.67; AN.ii.21 AN.iii.241 sq.; Pv-a.179.

Vedic jānu = Gr. …

1. As adj. n.un
   1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

(-˚) adjective

1. being like, being of, having, etc. (see jāta 3): duppañña˚ & sappañña˚ MN.i.225; dabba AN.i.254; mukhara˚ Snp.275; viññū˚ Snp.294; māna Ja.i.88.
2. descended from …

gambling, playing at dice DN.i.7 (˚ppamādaṭṭhāna cp. DN-a.i.85)≈; DN-a.iii.182, DN-a.186 (id.); Ja.i.290; Ja.iii.198 Ja.vi.281; Dhp-a.ii.228. -ṃ kīḷati to play at d. Ja.i.289 Ja.iii.187
■ See …

, neuter the waterpot with long spout used by non-Buddhist ascetics SN.i.167; Ja.ii.73 (= kuṇḍikā); Ja.iv.362, Ja.iv.370; Ja.vi.86, Ja.vi.525, Ja.vi.570 Snp.p.80; Dhp-a.iii.448-adj. kamaṇḍaluka [ …

shrub Vism.183 (+ kanavīra).

etym.?

Kasiṇa¹

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

1. an ornament for the ear, in ˚lakkhaṇa: see below.
2. the pericarp of a lotus Ja.i.152, Ja.i.183; Ja.v.416; Mil.361; Vism.124 (paduma˚); Vv-a.43.
3. the corner of the upper story of a palace or pag …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) hard, firm, stiff Cp.ii.2; Dhs.44, Dhs.45 (where also der. f. abstr. akaṭhinatā absence of rigidity, combined with akakkhalatā, cp Dhs-a.151 akaṭhina-bhāva); Pv-a.152 (˚dā …

Keḷi¹

feminine

1. play, amusement, sport Pv-a.265 (= khiḍḍā); parihāsa merry play, fun Ja.i.116.
2. playing at dice, gambling in -maṇḍala “circle of the game,” draught-board; *-ṃ bh …

1. corn ready for threshing, the threshing floor Cnd.587; Vism.120; DN-a.i.203 (khalaṃ sodheti).
2. threshing, mash, in ekamaṃsa-khalaṃ karoti “to reduce to one mash of flesh” DN.i.52 = MN.i.377 (+ …

certain measure of capacity (esp. of grain, see below khārika). It is used of the eight requisites of an ascetic, and often in conn. with his yoke (kāja): “a khārī-load.”

• -kāja …

milk, milky fluid, milky juice Vin.i.243; Vin.ii.301; MN.i.343 sq. = AN.ii.207 = Pp.56; AN.ii.95 (in simile with dadhi, navanīta, sappi, sappi-maṇḍa) DN.i.201; Dhp-a.i.98; enumerated with *[dadhi](/ …

water-pot Ja.i.8, Ja.i.9, Ja.ii.73 (= kamaṇḍalu), Ja.ii.317; Ja.v.390; Dhp-a.i.92 (cp. kuṭa).

adjective having a kamaṇḍalu (q.v.) SN.iv.312 cp. AN.v.263.

play, sport, enjoyment; udakakīḷaṃ kīḷantī enjoying herself on the water Pv-a.189
■ uyyāna˚ amusement in the park Dhp-a.i.220 Dhp-a.iv.3; nakkhatta-kīḷaṃ kīḷati to celebrate a festival (i.e. the …

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 …

…(of…) Pv.i.11#5 (miga-manda˚); Pv-a.57, Pv-a.90 (pingala˚).

fr. loc or lok to see; Dhtp.532 & Dhtm.766: loc =…

…Ja.ii.352; Ja.v.462; Timanda & Timirapiṅgala; Ja.v.462 Mitacintin Ja.i.427; Bahucintin Ja.i.427.

• -maṃsa the…

1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc. MN.i.355 = AN.ii.40 = Mnd.496 = Cnd.540 = Pp.21 = Dhs.1346, Dhs.1348. The comm …

lit. making drunk, intoxication Cnd.540 C. (in formula davāya madāya madanāya instead of maṇḍanāya: see under mada 1); in cpd -yuta intoxicated, a name for the Yakkhas Ja.i.204. C …

Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa

a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …

Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa

a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …

Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa

a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …

according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. = *mandra (of sound: deep, bass) + ka; a sort of drum Ja.vi.580.

?

stupidity MN.i.520; Pp.69.

fr. manda

Err:509

1. laziness, slackness SN.i.110.
2. dullness of mind, stupidity Ja.iii.38 (= manda-bhāva).

cp. Sk. māndya

Name of one of the seven great lakes in the Himavant, enumerated at AN.iv.101; Ja.v.415; Vism.416; Snp-a.407; DN-a.i.164. (Halāyudha 3, 51 gives m. as a name for the Ganges.)

water-plant (kind of lotus) Ja.iv.539; Ja.vi.47, Ja.vi.279, Ja.vi.564.

etym.?

…C.); Vv-a.147 (mandamukhī, stands for angara-kapalla p. 142 in explⁿ of hattha-patāpaka Vv.33#32).

dialectical?…

the coral tree, Erythrina fulgens (considered also as one of the 5 celestial trees) The blossoms mentioned DN.ii.137 fall from the next world
■ DN.ii.137; Vv.22#2 (cp. Vv-a.111); Ja.i.13, Ja.i.39; …

Mandī˚

see manda 5.

1. clay Ja.vi.372; Mhvs.29, Mhvs.5 sq
   ■ tamba˚; red clay Dhp-a.iv.106; Pv-a.191. mattikā pl. kinds of clay (used in cosmetics, like Fuller’s earth) Ja.v.89 (nānā-cunṇāni …

is given as root maṅk (aor. maki) at Dhtm.13, in meaning maṇḍana, i.e. adornment. It is meant to be an explⁿ of mankato?

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. the cream of the milk, whey, in dadhi˚; whey SN.ii.111.
2. the scum of stagnant water i.e. anything that floats on the surface & dirties the water, water-weeds, moss etc. Ja.ii.304 (gloss sevāla …

1. circle DN.i.134 (paṭhavi˚, cp. puthavi˚ Snp.990); Vism.143 (˚ṃ karoti to draw a circle, in simile), Vism.174 (tipu˚ & rajata˚ lead- & silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a.147 (of a fan = tāla …

adjective noun a district officer king’s deputy Vin.iii.47 f. maṇḍalikā = maṇḍala 4 i.e. circus, ring, round, in assa˚; race court Vin.iii.6.

fr. maṇḍala, cp. maṇḍalaka-rājā “the king of a small …

adjective

1. circular Thag.863 (maṇḍali-pākāra).
2. having a disk, orbed (of the sun) SN.i.51 = Vv-a.116.

fr. maṇḍala

ornament, adornment, finery DN.i.5, DN.i.7; Ja.vi.64; Pp.21, Pp.58; Vb.351; Vb-a.477 Dhtm.13. See under mada.

• -ānuyoga practice of ornamenting, fondness of finery Vin.i.190.
• …

temporary shed or hall erected on special or festive occasions, an awning, tent Vin.i.125; Vism.96, Vism.300 (dhamma-savaṇa˚), Vism.339 sq (in simile); Dhp-a.i.112; Dhp-a.ii.45; Dhp-a.iii.206 (˚kā …

cloud Pv.ii.9#45; Vism.126; esp. a thundercloud storm, SN.i.100 (thaneti), SN.i.154; Thag.307 (as kāḷa) Iti.66; Ja.i.332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); Dhp-a.i.19; Snp-a.27 (˚thanita-sadda). In this cap …

…(˚bhūtena cetasā).

• -mandalocana the soft eye of the deer Vv.64#11; Pv.i.11#5. See under manda
• -rājā king of the…

…(cp Cpd. 83³) DN.i.27; AN.iii.164 sq.; Snp.840, Snp.841, Snp.1120 Mnd.153 (= manda), Mnd.192; Cnd.521 (= avidvā etc.)…

silliness, foolishness, bewilderment of the mind MN.i.520; AN.iii.119, AN.iii.191, AN.iii.219 (= mandatta); Pp.69.

abstr. fr. momūha

Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the …

Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the …

the forehead SN.i.118; Ja.iii.393; Ja.iv.417 (nalāṭena maccuṃ ādāya: by his forelock); Vism.185; Dhp-a.i.253.

• -anta the side of the forehead Ja.vi.331;
• *-[maṇḍala](/define/ma …

Neḷa & Nela

(adj.)

1. without fault or sin blameless, faultless; not hurting, humane, gentle merciful, innocuous DN.i.4 (Bdhgh explains: elaṃ vuccati doso; n’ assā (i.e. vācāya) elan ti nelā; niddos …

Neḷa & Nela

(adj.)

1. without fault or sin blameless, faultless; not hurting, humane, gentle merciful, innocuous DN.i.4 (Bdhgh explains: elaṃ vuccati doso; n’ assā (i.e. vācāya) elan ti nelā; niddos …

the banyan or Indian fig-tree, Ficus Indica, usually as cpd. -rukkha Vin.iv.35; DN.ii.4; Snp.272; Ja.iii.188 (r.) Dhp-a.ii.14 (r.) Pv-a.5 (r.), Pv-a.112, Pv-a.244; Sdhp.270; *-[pakka](/define …

Pari˚

indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …

1. attention, care (esp -), in compounds like gabbha˚; care of the foetus Dhp-a.i.4; dāraka˚; care of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the prince Ja.i.148, Ja.ii.48; Dhp-a.i.346; * …

adjective

1. round, circular Ja.i.441; Ja.ii.406 (āvāṭa); Ja.vi.42; Pv.iv.3#28 (guḷa˚); Dhs.617 (explained at Dhs-a.317 as “egg-shaped,” kukkuṭ-aṇḍasaṇṭhāna)
   ■ nt. as adv. in phrase *-ṃ nivā …

1. a smaller branch Ja.vi.324 (sākha˚;).
2. branch-like wood, i.e. hard wood Thag.72.
3. the body where it branches off from the trunk, i.e. abdomen & thighs the lower part of the body Vin.iv.316 ( …

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 ( …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

…SN.iii.143; SN.iv.205; manda˚ Vb-a.239; mahā SN.i.63, SN.i.121; SN.ii.155; AN.i.23, AN.i.25; AN.ii.178 sq.; Cnd.235; Snp-a.347; sap˚…

1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

the earth. Acc to Cnd.389 syn. with jagati. It figures as the first element in enumⁿ of the 4 elements (see dhātu 1), viz p., āpo, tejo, vāyo (earth, water, fire, wind or …

Peyya¹

to be drunk, drinkable, only in compound or neg. apeyya undrinkable AN.iii.188; Ja.iv.205 Ja.iv.213 (apo apeyyo). maṇḍa˚; to be drunk like cream, i.e. of the b …

…-manda the Nimb or Neem tree Azadizachta Indica Pv.iv.1#6 (cp. Pv-a.220); the usual P. form is pucimanda (q.v.).

cp….

1. basket Vin.i.225 (ghaṭa p. ucchanga), Vin.i.240 (catudoṇika p.); Pv.iv.3#33; Vism.28 (piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña˚ a grain-basket Dhp-a.iii.370; vīhi˚; a ri …

…C.).

fr. picumanda

man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …

Puthavī & Puthuvī

feminine the earth; as puthavi at SN.i.186; Ja.i.14 (variant reading puthuvi); Ja.iv.233, in compounds; -nābhi the navel of the earth (of the bodhimaṇḍa the Buddha’s seat under t …

Puthavī & Puthuvī

feminine the earth; as puthavi at SN.i.186; Ja.i.14 (variant reading puthuvi); Ja.iv.233, in compounds; -nābhi the navel of the earth (of the bodhimaṇḍa the Buddha’s seat under t …

1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …

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, …

1. gladdening, thrill, satisfaction Vism.143 = Dhs-a.115.
2. embellishment Vism.32 (= maṇḍana).

fr. prī, cp. pīti

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 …

adjective having rays, radiant, in sahassa˚; having 1000 rays Vv.64#5 (= suriya-maṇḍala viya Vv-a.277).

raṃsi + ka

Raṅga¹

colour, paint Mil.11 (˚palibodha)

• -kāra dyer Mil.331.
• -jāta colour MN.i.385; Vb-a.331.
• -ratta dyed crimson Vin.i.18 …

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 …

festive gathering, fair a show, theatrical display. Originally a mountain cult as it was esp. held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; D …

hemmed Vin.i.255 (kaṭhina).

sa + maṇḍala + kata

clarified butter, ghee DN.i.9, DN.i.141, DN.i.201; AN.i.278; AN.ii.95, AN.ii.207 (˚tela); AN.iii.219; AN.iv.103; Snp.295 (˚tela). Dhs.646; Ja.i.184; Ja.ii.43; Ja.iv.223 (˚tela) Vin.i.58, etc. *-maṇḍa …

Sara¹

1. the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
2. an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).

• -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow …

Vin.i.255 (of the kaṭhina, with samaṇḍalīkata “hemmed”). Also in cpd. -patta “with leaves destroyed” is Nd ii.reading at Snp.44 (where T. ed. & Snp-a.91 read; saṃsīna), as wel …

heap, cluster, multitude; a grove (vana˚ DN.i.87; SN.iii.108; Vin.i.23; Ja.i.134 (vana˚); satta˚ teeming with beings Iti.21
■ Jambu˚; Name of Jambudīpa Snp.352 = Thag.822 (variant reading ˚maṇḍa …

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 …

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 …

1. the sun Vin.i.2; DN.ii.319; Snp.687; AN.i.227; SN.v.29 sq. Ja.ii.73; Vism.231 (in simile), Vism.416 (the seventh sun), Vism.417 (myth of pop. etym.), Vism.690 (in sim.); Mil.299; Kp-a.21 (bāla˚, i …

adjective having breasts, -breasted; in timbaru˚; Snp.110; Ja.vi.457
■ pucimanda˚; Ja.vi.269.

Ti

adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.

cp. Sk. iti

Ti˚

base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).

*-[kaṭuka](/d …

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. the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
2. a …

Ubbhaṃ & Ubbha˚

(indecl.) up, over, above, on top Ja.v.269 (ubbhaṃ yojanaṃ uggata); in compounds like ubbhakkhakaṃ above the collar bone Vin.iv.213; ubbhajānumaṇḍalaṃ above the knee Vin.iv.213; * …

Ubbhaṃ & Ubbha˚

(indecl.) up, over, above, on top Ja.v.269 (ubbhaṃ yojanaṃ uggata); in compounds like ubbhakkhakaṃ above the collar bone Vin.iv.213; ubbhajānumaṇḍalaṃ above the knee Vin.iv.213; * …

wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …

1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

war, battle, fight DN.i.6 (daṇḍa˚ fighting with sticks or weapons); Ja.iii.541 (id.) Snp.442 (dat. yuddhāya); Ja.vi.222; Mil.245 (kilesa˚ as pp.: one who fights sin); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.45 (˚atthaṃ for the …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

mirror Vin.ii.107; DN.i.7, DN.i.11 (˚pañha mirror-questioning, cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi) SN.v.357 …

Ālaka-manda

at Vin.ii.152 is of uncertain reading and meaning (“open to view”? or “not having pegs” āḷaka?) vv.ll. āḷakamanta &…

formation resembling a circle, in phrase -ṃ karoti to form a ring (of people or a circle, to stand closely together MN.i.225 (cp. Sk āmaṇḍalikaroti).

ā + maṇḍala + iya

drinking; drinking party, banquet; banqueting-hall, drinking-hall Ja.i.52 (˚maṇḍala); Ja.v.292 (˚bhūmi); Vism.399 (id.); Dhp-a.i.213 (id., rañño).

fr. ā + pā

climbing, ascending; ascent Ja.i.70; Ja.vi.488; Mil.352; Vism.244; Pv-a.74. Alaka-manda

fr. ā + ruh