MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …

…free from decay death Thig.512; Pv.ii.6#11. See also amara.

fr. mṛ.

death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …

Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

A grove to the south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns wh …

A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …

One of the three daughters of Māra, the others being Taṇhā and Ragā. Seeing their father disconsolate after his repeated attempts to foil Gotama’s quest for Enlightenment, they offered to tempt the Bu …

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

A Brahmā. When the Buddha was once staying at Ukkaṭṭha in the Subhagavana, he read the thoughts of Baka, who had conceived the idea that this world was permanent and free from decay and death; and the …

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who, at his request, visited the Buddha. Snp.1008

He questioned the Buddha as to how a man could get over attachment and cross the flood. By grasping after not …

The name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Suṃsumāragiri. The Bhagga country lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.

The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings AN.i …

BhallikaBhalliyaBhalluka

Together with Tapussa they were the first lay disciples of the Buddha. They offered a meal shortly after the Buddha was Awakened, while still near Uruvelā. Vin.i.3f. AN.i.2 …

A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1 SN.iv.11 …

He lived at Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga country and built a palace called Kokanada. When the palace was completed, the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by Sañjikāp …

Cālā

It is said Thig.182–188 SN.i.132 that one day, when Cālā was meditating in the Andhavana, Māra visited her, asking her various questions and trying to tempt her.

Cāpāla CetiyaCāpālacetiya

A shrine near Vesāli. Here the Buddha, three months before his parinibbāna, definitely decided to accede to the request of Māra that he should die. When he announced this …

Dhīrā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of the wise one who attains Nibbana. Thig.6

Dhīrā²Vīrā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of how the heroic one overcom …

Name of Māra in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He was, in that birth, son of Kāḷī, sister of Moggallāna. He first incited the brahmin householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidh …

A Brahmin village in the Kosala kingdom. The Buddha once stayed there, and when a large congregation of the laity were listening to him, Māra, thinking to darken their intelligence, suggested to him t …

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of his delight in meditating while the rain falls on his little hut. Thag.51

According to the Saṃyutta SN.i.120f. account, Godhika lived on the Kāḷasilā in Isig …

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 …

Jotipāla¹

The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited Jotipāla to accompany him to the Buddha, but Jotipāla refused to …

JīvakaJīvakakomārabhacca

A celebrated physician, and the Buddha’s doctor. The Vinaya contains many stories of his skill in healing. Vin.i.268–281 Once when the Buddha was ill, Jīvaka found it necessa …

A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …

Kassapa¹

One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7

Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …

Kisāgotamī

A nun who was declared chief among women disciples with respect to the wearing of coarse robes. AN.i.25 Gotamī was her name—she was called Kisā because of her thinness.

In her Therīgāthā …

The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed. Vin.ii.127 Vin.iv.199 MN.ii.91

Bhesa …

Kumārakassapa

He was foremost among those who had the gift of varied and versatile discourse. AN.i.24 Once when Kumāra Kassapa was meditating in Andhavana a deva appeared before him, and asked him fi …

Kāḷī¹Kururagharikā

Described among laywomen as the best of those who believe even from hearsay. AN.i.26 A conversation between her and Mahā Kaccāna is related, where she asks him for a det …

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped …

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 …

MigalandikaMigaladdhika

An undesirable monk. When the Buddha had once been preaching to the monks in Mahāvana in Vesāli regarding the defilement and filth of the body, and had retired into solitude, …

Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …

Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …

NerañjarāyaNerañjara

A river. After the Enlightenment, the Buddha lived under the Ajapāla Nigrodha at Uruvelā, on the banks of this river. There Māra tempted him, and, later, Brahmā persuaded him to …

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …

…after a discussion with Kūmara Kassapa, who was staying in the Siṃsapāvana near by, he was convinced of the error of his views. Thereupon he…

One of Māra’s three daughters, who sought to tempt the Buddha. Snp.835 SN.i.124ff.

One of the daughters of Māra.

Samiddhi

Once, while he was at Silāvati musing on his good fortune as a monk, Māra tried to terrify him. Samiddhi told the Buddha of this, but the Buddha asked him to stay on where he was. He obeyed, …

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 …

Sañjaya¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that since going forth he has not had any hate. Thag.48

Sañjaya²

In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was …

A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

A bhikkhunī who was enjoying her meditation in the Andhavana under a tree when Māra, in the guise of a stranger, approached her and tried to tempt her. But she refuted his statements regarding the att …

SetabyāSetavyā

A town in Kosala, DN.ii.316 near which was Ukkaṭṭha.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.37 records a conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from …

A village of the Sākyans. Once, when the Buddha was there with a large number of monks, Mira tempted them in the guise of a jatanduva-brahmin. SN.i.117

A story is also told of the temptation by Māra …

Siṃsapāvana¹

A grove in Āḷavī, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of Āḷavī. AN.i.136

26.12098, 83.34133parkSiṃsapāvana²Sīsapāvane

A grove in Ko …

Somā¹

One day, as she was meditating at the foot of a tree in Andhavana, Māra, wishing to interrupt her privacy, approached her, invisible in the air, and teased her, remarking on the “two …

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri

A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.

During his visits there he preached the Anu …

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

Māra once tempted her with thoughts of sensual pleasures, but she sent him away discomfited Thig.190–203 SN.i.133f.

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155*f …

One of the three daughters of Māra, who tried to tempt the Buddha under the Ajapāla-nigrodha, soon after the Enlightenment. Snp.p.163 SN.i.124f.

When Upacālā was taking her siesta in Andhavana, Māra tried to arouse in her sensual desires, but she vanquished him and became an arahant. This account is found in both the Therīgāthā and the Saṃyutt …

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

Uttara¹

A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.121–122

Uttara²

A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162

Uttara³

A *devapu …

Vajirā²

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned her as to the origin of a “being”, its creator, its origin, …

Vakkali

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …

The Vaṃsas and their country. It lay to the south of Kosala, and its capital was Kosambī on the Yamunā. Udena, son of Parantapa, was its king in the time of the Buddha.

Avanti lay to the south of th …

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 …

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses say that she went to the monastery up to five times before being approached by a bhikkhunī, who taght her the Dhamma, so that now she dwells in freedom and bliss. T …

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 …

A shipwright, who, with three hundred others, was sent by Mahosadha to the Upper Ganges to secure timber wherewith to build three hundred ships in preparation for Mahosadha’s visit to the capital of P …

öregség és halál

undying; not subject to death.

or masculine (extreme) penance undertaken to obtain immortality

or masculine (extreme) penance undertaken to obtain immortality

(constant) equivocation, prevarication; shuffling to and fro.

(one) who equivocates; who gives evasive answers; who cannot be pinned down.

“making an end”, a designation of the god of death, identified with Mārā.

enters, occupies, possesses (said esp. of Māra)

epilepsy

epilepsy

causing death to oneself

fan or fly-whisk made from a yak’s tail, a chowry.

the bushy tail of the yak used as a fan or fly-whisk, a chowry.

those who hold the chowry and parasol.

1. a just king; a rightful.
2. the king of dhamma.

delighting in the mental constructs; delighting in dhamma.

the death of a daughter or of daughters.

1. defiling; spoiling; violating.
2. (m.) the name of mārā.

1. defiling; spoiling; violating.
2. (m.) the name of mārā.

1. (m.) sacking or plundering of a village.
2. (mfn.) (one) who plunders a village; a marauder.

(one) who plunders a village; a marauder.

meeting, a joining, of or with old age and death.

smith; a metalworker.

shaven-headed metalworker

(the nozzle of) a smith’s bellows

subject to, deserving disciplinary action (by the saṅgha)

smith’s

taking delight in activity

(a servant or slave) brought home as a captive (in war).

1. (mfn.) black, dark; evil, wicked.
2. (m.) Māra.

(~ī)n. & neuter youthful; virginal; (n.) childhood, youth; (f.) who has not had a previous husband, who was a virgin at marriage.

complete chastity; the preserving of virginity

1. (mfn.) young; belonging to childhood or youth; juvenile; concerned with children or young people; virginal, chaste.
2. (n.) what belongs to childhood; childishness.

1. a child; a boy, a youth; a son; (pi) boys; children.
2. a prince; esp. the heir apparent.

little boy; a boy, a youth.

the pleasures of a (young) prince; a child’s pastimes

vehicle drawn by boys

1. questioning a girl (possessed by a deity).
2. a question by a daughter (of Mara, see SI 124)

the pollen of flowers

1. delight in pleasures of the senses, esp. in sexual pleasures; sensual enjoyment.
2. desire which is sexual longing, sexual desire

desire that is passion; passionate desire for sensual pleasures, esp. for sexual pleasure

the name of an asura; the name of māra.

plundering of a town, marauding.

with lance in hand.

the threshold (of a house door town gate); windowsill.

the loveliness of parks; a beautiful park

leading to birth, old age and death in the future

…

7: Recollection of death maranānussati,
8: Awareness of the body kāyagatā - sati,
9: Awareness of breathing ānāpāna-sati, …

…the divine beings, death maranasati, the body kāyagatāsati,, in-and-outbreathing ānāpāna-sati and peace upasamānussati,. Among…

Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere kāma-loka. Māra is said to be their ruler. Cf. …

…Age and Death jarā - marana

Rebirth-Process upapattibhava

5 results: 3-7

Before taking up the study of the following exposition, it…

Ārammana: Object. There are six: visible object, sound, odour, taste, body-contact, mental-object. The mental-object dhammārammana may be physical or mental, past, present or future, real or …

*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 …

noun adjective not tied to, not a follower or victim of Iti.56 (mārassa; variant reading abaddha).

a + bandha

…mahikā* (mahiyā A) dhūmarajo (megho Miln), Rāhu. This list is referred to at Snp-a.487 & Vv-a.134. SN.i.101 (˚sama pabbata a mountain…

…SN.i.18, SN.i.32, SN.i.121 (maraṇaṃ); SN.iv.71 (rāgadose), SN.i.117 (kodhaṃ), SN.i.246, SN.i.249 (sāmikaṃ); Ja.i.56 Ja.i.280; Pv-a.94 (=…

noun adjective overcoming, conquering, vanquishing, having power over, a Lord or Master of (-˚) DN.iii.29; SN.ii.284; Snp.211 (sabba˚), Snp.545 (Māra˚, cp. Mārasena-pamaddana Snp.561), Snp.642
■ O …

bandit, bravo, robber Ja.ii.199; DN-a.i.152.

cp. Sk. abhimara slaughter

attacking, fighting, as adj. f. -aṇī fighting, epithet of Mārassa senā, the army of M. Snp.439 (kaṇhassa˚ the fighting army of k. = samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ nippothanī antarāyakārī Snp-a.390).

abhi + paharaṇa

…towering over Vv.63#30 (hemarathe a. = sakalaṃ ṭhānaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhita Vv-a.269)

1. looked after, managed, undertaken governed…

Ajaddhuka & Ajaddhumāra

see jaddhu.

Ajaddhuka & Ajaddhumāra

see jaddhu.

see jajjara. Ajaddhuka & Ajaddhumara;

…by adhigacchi); Iti.69 (jātimaraṇaṃ); Dhp.154 (taṇhānaṃ khayaṃ); Vv.32#7 (visesaṃ attained distinction; expl^d. at Vv-a.135…

…amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.

a + mara from mṛ.

immortality Ja.v.223 (= devatta C.).

abstr. fr. amara

? a kind of slippery fish, an eel (?) Only in expression amarā-vikkhepika eel-wobbler, one who practices eel-wriggling, fr. ˚vikkhepa “oscillation like the a. fish” In English idiom “a man who si …

adjective not released, not free from (c. abl.) Iti.93 (mārabandhanā).

a + mutta

…(explained by Thag-a.65 as lāmaka va Māra, thus taken anta²); Dhp.48 (= maraṇa-sankhāto antako Dhp-a.ii.366), Dhp.288 (=…

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

…(cp. antara˚)

• -maraṇa premature death Dhp-a.i.409; Pv-a.136.
• -muttaka one who is…

(-˚) adjective suffix following or followed by, going after, undergoing, being in or under standing under the influence of Snp.332 (vasa˚; in the power of), Snp.791 (ejā˚; = abhibhūta Snp.527), 1 …

strewn with, beset with, dotted all over Pv.iv.12#1 (bhamara-gaṇa˚).

pp. of anu + kirati

gone into, reached, attained Snp.764 (māradheyya˚).

pp. of anupajjati

…remind someone, to call to mind Ja.ii.147.

Vedic anusmarati, anu + smṛ.

…plus ānāpāna-sati, maraṇa-sati, kāyagatā-sati upasamānussati) at AN.i.30, AN.i.42 (cp. Lal.34). For other references see DN.i.81;…

epilepsy Vin.i.93. Cp. apasmāra.

Sk. apasmāra

epilepsy, convulsion, fit Ja.iv.84. Cp. apamāra.

Sk. apasmāra, lit. want of memory, apa + smṛ.

…put to, fixed on Ja.vi.78 (maraṇamukhe); visappita (an arrow to which) poison (is) applied, so read for visap(p)īta at Ja.v.36 & Vism.303.;…

1. to go beyond, to pass over, to cross, to pass by.
2. to overcome, to conquer, to surpass, to be superior to

■ Ja.iv.141; Dhp.221 (Pot. ˚eyya overcome);
■ Pv-a.67 (maggena: passes by).
grd *at …

…from (cp. accaya 2; SN.i.97 (maraṇaṃ an˚ not free from death), SN.i.121 (sabbavera-bhaya˚); AN.ii.21; AN.iii.346 (sabbasaṃyojana˚);…

…Snp.277, Snp.729 (jāti-maraṇa-saṃsāraṃ ye vajanti punappunaṃ… avijjāy’eva sā gati), Snp.730, Snp.1026, Snp.1033 (avijjāya…

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 …

support a stand inserted under the leg of a bedstead Vin.iv.168; Sām. Pās. on Pāc. 14 (quoted Min Pāt. 86 and Vin.iv.357); Dhp-a.i.234; Ja.ii.387, Ja.ii.425, Ja.ii.484 supports of a seat. Morris J. P …

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 …

1. binding, bond, fetter Vin.i.21; DN.i.226, DN.i.245 (pañca kāmaguṇā); DN.iii.176; MN.ii.44; SN.i.8, SN.i.24 (Māra˚), SN.i.35, SN.i.40, SN.iv.201 sq. (5 fold) to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, …

Beluva & Beḷuva

1. the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
2. wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.

• -pakka ripe …

Beluva & Beḷuva

1. the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
2. wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.

• -pakka ripe …

…Epic & Class. Sk. bhramara; either to bhram (semantically quick, unsteady motion = confused noise), cp. Gr. φόρμιγς zither; or…

humming top Ja.v.478.

fr. bhamara

…jāti˚, jarā˚, vyādhi˚, maraṇa˚), Vb.367 (3: jāti˚, jarā˚, maraṇ˚); Mnd.402 (2: diṭṭha-dhammikaṃ & samparāyikaṃ bh.)
■…

adjective bald-headed, close shaven Vin.i.71 (˚kamma shaving), Vin.i.76 (kammāra˚); Ja.iii.22; Ja.vi.538 (+ tittira); Mil.11, Mil.128.

etym. uncertain, dialectical or = paṇḍu?

…Snp.427 (sahassa-bhāgo maraṇassa = sahassaṃ bhāgānaṃ assā ti Snp-a.387; a thousand times a share of death, i.e. very near death,…

…sam˚.

pp. of…

Bhūmaka & ˚ika

(adj.) (only-˚)

1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …

Bhūmaka & ˚ika

(adj.) (only-˚)

1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …

…monadelpha, a species of Amaranth [cp. Sk bimba & bimbī, a kind of gourd] Ja.iii.478; Ja.vi.457, Ja.vi.591; Vv.36#6 (kañcana˚-vaṇṇa of…

…the red amaranth tree, the Bodhi tree of the former Buddha Dhammadassin Ja.i.39; Ja.v.155. At Ja.vi.497, Ja.vi.498 the form is…

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 …

term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …

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 …

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

…unknown, probably non-Aryan. Sk. camara

…wilful murder); maraṇacetanā intention of death Dhp-a.i.20; āhār’ āsā cetanā intention consisting in deśire for food…

…to carry out SN.ii.65. maraṇaṃ ākankhati cetayati (ponders over) SN.i.121; acinteyyāni na cintetabbāni AN.ii.80; cetabba-rūpa (a fit…

…to carry out SN.ii.65. maraṇaṃ ākankhati cetayati (ponders over) SN.i.121; acinteyyāni na cintetabbāni AN.ii.80; cetabba-rūpa (a fit…

Citta¹ & Citra

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

…(anka) a hook holding the whisk.

from camara

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

…Vv-a.54. jāti-jarā-maraṇa˚ under the law of birth, age, & death DN.iii.57; AN.i.147; AN.iii.54; Pv-a.41 (sabbe sattā…);…

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

…uppāda-vaya˚ DN.ii.157; maraṇa˚ (= maraṇadhamma) AN.i.147; pāpa Pv.i.11#7 of evil nature.

Sk. dharmin

Dhammin²

(-˚) only…

(-˚)

1. in the realm of, under the sway or power of: anañña˚ Ja.iv.110; kamma˚; AN.iv.285; maccu˚; (q.v.) SN.i.22; Snp.358, Snp.1104; Thig.10 (= maccu ettha dhīyati Thag-a.13) māra˚; AN.iv. …

in ˚kaṭacchuka = druma˚; having a wooden spoon (see duma), cp. Mar. dhumārā? (Ed. in note) Dhp-a.ii.59.

Doubtful reading.

…Vism.77; DN-a.i.112 (maraṇaṃ apassanto dh.), DN-a.i.150 (= thāvara); Dhp-a.iii.170 (adhuvaṃ jīvitaṃ dhuvaṃ maraṇaṃ);…

Donī¹

feminine

1. a (wooden) trough, a vat, tub SN.ii.259; AN.i.253; AN.v.323; Ja.i.450; Mil.56-tela˚ an oil vat AN.iii.58 (āyasā made of iron & used as a sarcophagus).
2. a trough-shap …

two or three SN.i.117 (perhaps we should read tad vittaṃ: Windisch, Māra & Buddha 108)

Sk. dvitrā; see dvi B I. 2^a

(young) boy, child, youngster; a young man. f. dārikā girl (see next) Vin.i.83; Ja.i.88 (dārake ca dārikāyo boys & girls); Ja.ii.127; Ja.vi.336; Pv.i.12#7 (= bāla˚ Pv-a.65) Dhp-a …

slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …

1. roaring, only in f. gaggarī a blacksmith’s bellows: kammāra˚, in simile MN.i.243 SN.i.106; Vism.287.
2. (nt.) cackling, cawing, in haṃsa˚; the sound of geese Ja.v.96 (expl. b …

…AN.i.97; Ja.i.152. parammaraṇā sugati pāṭikankhā Iti.24; suggatiṃ gata Dhp.18; sugati pāpehi kammehi sulabhā na hoti “bliss is not…

…(prisoner), in ˚niyyamāna id. SN.i.143 = Ja.iii.361 (expl. as karamaragāhaṃ gahetvā niyyamāna; cp. karamara).

1. 1. in special sense: a meeting or a chapter of (two or three bhikkhus, a company (opposed both to sangha, the order & puggala, the individual) Vin.i.58, Vin.i.74, Vin.i.195, Vin.i.197 Vin.ii.170, V …

…g. to be born Ja.i.149; maraṇaṃ g. to die Ja.i.151 mūlena g. to buy Ja.iii.126; vacanaṃ g. to obey Ja.iii.276 (in neg.). The ger….

…g. to be born Ja.i.149; maraṇaṃ g. to die Ja.i.151 mūlena g. to buy Ja.iii.126; vacanaṃ g. to obey Ja.iii.276 (in neg.). The ger….

fame, renown, praise, in Māra˚ Ja.i.71.

Ghuru-ghuru

onomat. expression of snoring & grunting noise in -passāsa (& ˚in) snoring & breathing heavily, panting, snorting & puffing SN.i.117 (of Māra); Ja.i.160 (of sleepin …

mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumⁿ of the 7 large mountains).

• -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …

…taken: jīvagāha taken alive, in ˚ṃ gaheti to take (prisoner) alive SN.i.84 karamaragāhaṃ gaheti same Ja.iii.361 (see…

…those who sack villages, a marauder dacoit (of corā thieves) DN.i.135; SN.ii.188; -ghātaka (corā = ˚ghāta SN.iv.173;…

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …

…Vism.230 (˚upaccheda = maraṇa). See also under itthi, jīvita & purisa 3. sensational (above B 10–14): SN.v.207 sq. (see Cpd. 111 & cp….

coal, embers, in inghāḷakhu Thig.386 a pit of glowing embers (= angāra-kāsu Thag-a.256). The whole cpd. is doubtful.

according to Morris JP. T.S. 1884, 74 = angāra, cp. Marāthī ingala live coal

…Ja.vi.63 (= anāsaka-maraṇa; Fsb. has note: read ajuṭṭha˚?) ˚mārika AN.iv.287 (variant reading ajeṭṭha˚).

for jaddhuṃ, inf….

…(˚bhāva, state of being old)- a˚; not fading (cp. amata & ajarāmara), of Nibbāna SN.iv.369.

From intensive of jarati

…as to formulas): ˚maraṇa DN.ii.31 sq.; MN.i.49; Snp.575; ˚maccu Snp.581, Snp.1092, Snp.1094 ajarāmara not subject to decay & death…

Jāla¹

neuter a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)

A. Lit

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

…maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī jātâsi (born a G….

…gacchanti saṃsāraṃ jātimaraṇagāmino AN.ii.12 = AN.ii.52 jātimaraṇasaṃsāraṃ ye vajanti punappunaṃ… avijjāy’ eva sā gati…

…Ja.i.180; Ja.ii.404; cp. karamara;

• -loka the animate creation Ja.iii.394;
• -sūla “life-pale,” a…

…Vv-a.316 (explained as maraṇa, cp. kaṭuka).

old form of interr. pron. nt., equal to kiṃ; cp. (Vedic) kad in…

smith, a worker in metals generally DN.ii.126, AN.v.263; a silversmith Snp.962; Dhp.239; Ja.i.223; a goldsmith Ja.iii.281; Ja.v.282. The smiths in old India do not seem to be divided into black-, gol …

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

…of the hand Mhbv.6, 34

• -mara “one who ought to die from the hand (of the enemy),” but who, when captured, was spared and…

see Kara.

husbandman, cultivator, peasant, farmer, ploughman DN.i.61 (k˚ gahapatiko kārakārako rāsi-vaḍḍhako); AN.i.241; AN.i.229, AN.i.239 (the three duties of a farmer); SN.i.172 = Snp.76; SN.iii.155 (varian …

…Vv-a.319; DN-a.i.2; -maraṇa after dying i.e. dead Pv-a.29; -massu-kamma after having his beard done Ja.v.309 (see note to ii.1 b)
…

…Vv-a.316, where it explains maraṇa? Cp. Ja.iii.201 tesaṃ taṃ kaṭukaṃ āsi, maraṇaṃ ten’ upāgamuṃ.

-udraya…

…a sort of fan (cp. vāladhi and cāmara) Vv-a.278.

fr. kesa

…Vism.199
■ (maraṇaṃ:) yā tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ… cuti cavanatā bhedo antaradhānaṃ maccu maraṇaṃ kālakiriyā…

nom. also khattiyāse Ja.iii.441. A shortened form is khatya Ja.vi.397
■ f. khattiyā AN.iii.226–⁠AN.iii.229, khattī DN.i.193, and khattiyī. A member of one of the clans or tribes recognised as of Ary …

…thought Vism.289

• -maraṇa sudden death Vism.229.
• -vassa momentary i.e. sudden rain (-shower)…

hunger & thirst: ˚āya mīyamāno MN.i.85. Personified as belonging to the army of Māra Snp.436 = Nd ii.on visenikatvā. To be tormented by hunger & thirst is the special lot of the; Petas: Pv.i.11#10 P …

mat of fibre or rushes, matting Vism.327; also a screen, a fascine, hurdle, faggots; a crate, crating tassa gandhabbaṃ kilañjā-kaṇḍūvanaṃ viya hutvā… Ja.ii.249; “his music was like the scraping of a …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

adjective juvenile, belonging to a youth or maiden: f. komārī a virgin AN.iv.210.

• -pati husband of a girl-wife Ja.ii.120.
• -brahmacariyā (˚ṃ carati …

(and ˚ika) = prec. AN.i.261; Ja.ii.180 (dhamma virginity); of a young tree SN.iv.160
■ f. -ikā Ja.iii.266.

…= Snp.627; Snp.484 (jātimaraṇa˚), Snp.653 (kammavipāka˚); Pv.i.11#12; Vv.15#9 (= Vv-a.73), Vv.63#30 (= Vv-a.269); Mil.344; Sdhp.350 …

young boy, son Snp.685 sq. (kuhiṃ kumāro aham api daṭthukāmo: w. ref. to the child Gotama); Pv.iii.5#2; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.41 (= māṇava) daharo kumāro MN.ii.24, MN.ii.44
■ a son of (-˚) rāja˚ Pv-a.16 …

1. m. a young boy, a youngster, kumārakā vā kumāriyo boys and girls SN.iii.190.
2. nt. ˚ṃ a childish thing AN.iii.114

■ f. -ikā a young girl, a virgin Ja.i.290 Ja.i.411; Ja.ii.180; Ja.iv.219 (thul …

Name of a tree, in ratta˚ Ja.i.39 (= bimbijāla the red Amaranth tree).

= Sk. kuraṇṭaka Halāyudha, cp. kuraṇḍaka

…Sk. kuraṇṭaka blossom of a species of Amaranth

…time, timely Vism.229 (˚maraṇa timely death)
■ Opp. akāla (it is the) wrong time or inopportune DN.i.205;…

…kām’ārāmo kāmarato kāma-sammudita AN.iv.439 -˚seyyā sleeping at ease, way of lying down, the second of the four ways of…

…directly paraphrased by “maraṇa,” as much as “killing.” Often spelt karaṇa q.v.; the spelling kāraṇā (as…

…kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā…, i.e. after death… upon which usually follows the mention of one of the gatis, the destinies which the…

…time, timely Vism.229 (˚maraṇa timely death)
■ Opp. akāla (it is the) wrong time or inopportune DN.i.205;…

play, sport, amusement; always-˚, like kumāra˚ DN.ii.196; uyyāna˚ (sport in the garden Ja.iii.275; Ja.iv.23, Ja.iv.390; udaka˚ Thag-a.186.

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 …

club, cudgel Vin.iii.77 (enumerated with var. weapons of murder, like asi, satti, bheṇḍi pāsāṇa etc.); Mil.152, Mil.351 (kodaṇḍa-laguḷa-muggara), Mil.355 (kilesa˚); Ja.vi.394; Vism.525 (˚abhighāta). …

sail Ja.ii.112; Mil.378; Dāvs iv.42; Vism.137 (variant reading BB. lankāra).

for alankāra, lit. “fitting up,” cp. Hindī & Marāthī langara, Tamil ilankaran “in meaning anchor.”

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

…death Mhvs.32, Mhvs.68. -maraṇa dying in death MN.i.49 (cp. C on p. 532: maccu-maraṇan ti maccu-sankhātaṃ…

…cp. babbhara. With Sk. marmara rustling to Lat. fremo to roar = Gr. βρέμω to thud, βροντή thunder, Ger. brummen. Cp. also Sk murmura =…

adverb “by a certain weight,” i.e. a little, somewhat, almost, well-nigh, nearly. combined with vata in exclamation: MN.ii.123 (m. v. bho anassāma); Dhp-a.iii.147 (m. v. therī nāsi …

…Ja.iii.276.
ppr maramāna Mhvs.36, Mhvs.76
aor amarā Ja.iii.389 (= mata C.; with gloss…

…bhedo antaradhānaṃ maccu maraṇaṃ kālakiriyā, khandhānaṃ bhedo, kaḷebarassa nikkhepo MN.i.49; Mnd.123, Mnd.124 (adds “jīvit’…

…the dead, rites for the dead Pv-a.274.

pp. of marati, mṛ.

…like children AN.ii.124; maraṇa˚ (almost) dead MN.i.86; attano nattumatte vandanto Dha iv.178. f mattī (= mattin?) see mātu˚ 5. as adv….

…fr. mr, viâ *mīryate → miyyati. See marati

…salvation Vb.426 (jarā-maraṇa˚ from old age & death) Dhp-a.i.4 (˚magga + sagga-magga, the way to heaven & salvation), Dhp-a.i.89,…

…= Ger. murmeln; all to Idg *mrem, to which Sk. marmara: see P. mammara & cp murumurā

…a baby).

onomat. to sound root mṛ; see mammara & mummura

(-˚) one who kills or destroys, as manussa˚; man-killer Ja.ii.182; hatthi˚; elephant-killer Dhp-a.i.80
■ m. in phrase samāraka (where the-ka belongs to the whole cpd.) …

state of, or existence as a Māra god, Māraship Vb.337.

*Māra-tvaṃ

killing, slaughter, death DN.ii.128; Sdhp.295, Sdhp.569.

fr. Caus. māreti

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

Caus. of mṛ.

see marati
pp mārāpita.

Caus. ii. of mṛ.

killed Ja.ii.417; Ja.iii.531.

pp. of mārāpeti

being incited to kill Dhp-a.i.141.

abstr. fr. mārāpita

youth, young man, esp. a young Brahmin Snp.1022, Snp.1027, Snp.1028; Ja.iv.391 (brāhmaṇa˚); DN-a.i.36 = satto pi coro pi taruṇo pi; Dhp-a.i.89 pl. māṇavā men Thig.112
■ The spelling mānava occurs …

Mīyati

see miyyati (Pass. of marati).

…fr. mr, viâ *mīryate → miyyati. See marati

(Np.) a name of Māra.

…Mil.285; Vism.198 (fig. jarāmaraṇa˚ the rim of old age & death, which belongs to the wheel of Saṃsāra of the chariot of existence,…

…Iti.27; ajaraṃ amaraṃ khemaṃ pariyessāmi nibbutiṃ Ja.i.3; acala (immovable, not to be disturbed). patto…

sleep AN.ii.48, AN.ii.50; AN.iii.251; Snp.926 (opp. jāgariyā), Snp.942 (see explⁿ at Mnd.423); Ja.i.61, Ja.i.192; Ja.ii.128
■ niddaṃ okkamati to fall asleep Vin.i.15 …

…Dhp.137; Cnd.199#4 (maraṇaṃ + maraṇamattam pi dukkhaṃ) Pv.iv.7#7 (pret. nigacchiṭṭha = pāpuṇi Pv-a.266).

Sk. nigacchati,…

…destruction Thig.491 (= maraṇasampāpana Thag-a.288).

prob. ni + gha = Sk. ˚gha of hanati (see also P. ˚gha), to kill; unless abstracted…

…by, referring to Pv-a.64 (maraṇa-nimittaṃ rodanaṃ)

■ animitta free from marks or attributes not contaminated by outward signs or…

released, freed, discharged, taken off Iti.56 (read omutt’assa Mārapāso for T. omukkassa m.).

pp. of omuñcati

1. descent to, i.e. approach to, access, fig. chance, opportunity otāraṃ labhati. Only in the Māra myth. He, the tempter, ʻgets his chance’ to tempt the Buddha or the disciples, MN.i.334; SN.i.122; …

adjective noun “one who goes toward,” a pupil SN.i.104 (Mārassa); vv.ll. baddhabhū, paṭṭhagū. Windisch, Māra & Buddha; trsl^s “unter M’s Herrschaft,” and refers paṭṭhagu to Sk. pātyagāḥ. B …

…(jātippaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ); Pv.i.5#2 (kamma˚); Pv.iv.1#50 (tap˚); Pv-a.147 (kamma˚). 3. ground for, belief, confidence trust,…

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 …

1. to strive, exert DN.iii.221 (cittaṃ paggaṇhāti p.); Pv-a.31 (yoniso p.).
2. to confront take up, fight against, stand Ja.vi.508 (usīraṃ muñjapubbajaṃ urasā padahessāmi “I shall stand against the g …

…SN.iv.305; Snp.351 (˚jāti-maraṇa), Snp.370, Snp.564, Snp.1132 (˚mala-moha) Iti.32; Cnd. s.v.; Pts.i.63; Pts.ii.244; Pp.12, Pp.22.

pp. of…

Pakkha¹

1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …

…(acc. palokinaṃ = jarā-maraṇehi palujjana-dhamma Snp-a.506); Thig.101 (acc. pl palokine, see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 95#2).

fr. paloka

adj. nt. crushing, defeating, overcoming DN.i.89 (˚parasena˚); Snp.p.106 (id. = maddituṃ samattho Snp-a.450); Snp.561 (Mārasena˚); DN-a.i.250.

fr. pamaddati

…cp. Snp-a.203); Ja.iii.442 (marapamadānaṃ issaro; variant reading samuddā), Ja.iii.530 (variant reading pamuda pamoda).

Classical Sk….

slothful, indolent, indifferent, careless, negligent DN.iii.190; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204; AN.i.11, AN.i.139 AN.iv.319; AN.v.146; Snp.57, Snp.70, Snp.329 sq., Snp.399, Snp.1121; Dhp.19, Dhp.21 Dhp.29, Dhp.2 …

to strike dead, maltreat, hurt Dhp-a.iii.172.

pa + māreti, Caus. of mṛ; marati to die

adjective “with flowers in front,” flower-tipped (of the arrows of Māra) Dhp.46 (but explained at Dhp-a.i.337 as “p.˚ sankhātāni tebhūmakāni vaṭṭāni,” i.e. existence in the 3 stages of being).

pa + pupphaka

…sense of paraṃ (cp. paraṃmaraṇā after death), i.e. the future world or the world to come] the other world, the world beyond (opp. ayaṃ loko…

…Dhp-a.i.49 (sīsa˚).

• -maraṇā (adv.) after death; usually in combination with kāyassa bhedā p. after the dissolution of the body, i.e….

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; * …

…fr. Prk. paḍi = Sk. prati, thus for pratismarati.

surrounding people, group collection, company, assembly, association, multitude Var. typical sets of assemblies are found in the Canon viz, eight assemblies (khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚, gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, …

…Sat i.3¹⁶); maraṇaṃ tuyhaṃ oraṃ māsehi pañcahi after 5 months Vv.63#10, p. māse vasitvā DN-a.i.319 (cp. qu menses Hor….

making known, manifestation, description, designation, name, idea notion, concept. On term see Cpd. 3 sq., 198, 199 Kvu translation 1; Dhs translation 340
■ MN.iii.68; SN.iii.71; SN.iv.38 (mār …

…Sinhalese pat-kulal and Marathī pungī after Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 205). Bdhgh explains as “p vuccati paṇṇa-nāḷikā; taṃ…

…Vv-a.68; Pv-a.96 (maraṇaṃ), Pv-a.252, Pv-a.286 (grd. appaṭibāhanīya) Caus. -bāheti in same meaning Ja.iv.194; Dhp-a.ii.71;…

…Dhp-a.i.4; Pv-a.64 (maraṇaṃ), Pv-a.164, Pv-a.181 (kammaṃ), Pv-a.207 (anuddayaṃ). See also foll.

*…

…conception Cpd.), jarāmaraṇa (+ soka-parideva-dukkhadomanass’ ûpayāsā) old age & death (+ tribulation grief, sorrow, distress &…

…cannot be helped Vin.iv.218 (= anosārita p. 219); Pv-a.274 (maraṇa Cp. foll.

paṭi + kṛ.

…AN.i.27 AN.i.147 (maraṇa-dhammin), AN.i.178, AN.i.267; AN.ii.129, AN.ii.163; AN.iii.54, AN.iv.68, AN.iv.97, AN.iv.157, AN.iv.372;…

adjective noun sinful; a sinner, esp. used as epithet of Māra, i.e. the Evil, the wicked one SN.i.103; AN.iv.434; Ud.64; Snp.430; Thag.1213; Mil.155 sq.; Dhp-a.iv.32.

fr. pāpa, cp. Vedic pāpman

…surmounting SN.iv.71 (jātimaraṇassa); Snp.32, Snp.997.

• -gata one who has reached the opposite shore SN.i.34; SN.ii.277…

Pāsa¹

a sling, snare, tie, fetter SN.i.105, SN.i.111; AN.ii.182; AN.iv.197; Vin.iv.153 (? hattha˚); Snp.166; Iti.36 (Māra˚); Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.414; Pv-a.206. On its frequent use in simile …

adjective striking, surprising, extraordinary, special; nt. wonder, miracle. Usually in stock phrase iddhi˚, ādesanā˚, anusāsanī˚ as the 3 marvels which characterise a Buddha with regard to his teachi …

…(rajjato me sussitvā maraṇam eva seyyo: death by withering is better than kingship); Vv-a.314 (= Ja.i.64 as above); Pv-a.73 sq.;…

…jātassa avassaṃ jarā-maraṇaṃ, uppannassa rukkhassa patanaṃ viya), Vb-a.334 sq. (as garu-bhaṇḍa) Snp-a.5 (“pathavi-ras’…

1. colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
2. (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …

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 …

“royalty”; a high courtier, a khattiya (= rājabhogga, cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 100) DN.i.103 (Pasenadi rājā… uggehi vā rājaniyehi vā kañcid eva mantanaṃ manteyya) DN-a.i.273 (= anabhisittā kumā …

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 …

adjective of the same age; a playmate Ja.v.360, Ja.v.366.

sa² + kumāra

battle Dāvs iv.1

sa + mara

…Vin.i.15; Vb-a.157 (maraṇa˚); Vism.473 (def.)
■ samayā samayaṃ upādāya from time to time Iti.75. Cases adverbially *ekaṃ…

…deva; ˚maraṇa what is commonly called “death” Vism.229
■ sammuccā (instr.) by convention or common consent…

…up. MN.i.360 Kp-a.142; sammā s. Pts.i.101; ˚pahāna relinquishing by extirpation Vism.5 Snp-a.9 ˚maraṇa dying by extirpation (of saṁsāra)…

to begin, undertake MN.i.227; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.79
pp samāraddha.

saṃ + ārabhati²

undertaken SN.iv.197; Dhp.293; Ja.ii.61.

pp. of samārabhati

adjective including Māra Vin.i.11 = SN.v.423; DN.i.250; DN.iii.76, DN.iii.135 & passim.

sa³ + māra + ka

1. undertaking, effort, endeavour, activity AN.ii.197 sq. (kāya˚, vacī˚, mano˚) Vin.iv.67.
2. injuring, killing, slaughter Snp.311; DN.i.5; DN-a.i.77; AN.ii.197; SN.v.470; Pp.58; Dhs-a.146- *[appas …

…A diaeretic form is sumarati Dhp.324;
ger sumariya Mhvs.4, Mhvs.65.

1^st pl. saremhase Thig.383;
■…

…DN.iii.252, DN.iii.282; maraṇasati mindfulness as to death AN.iv.317 sq.; Ja.iv.216; Snp-a.54; Pv-a.61, Pv-a.66….

…perception asubha-, maraṇa-, āhāre paṭikkūla-, sabbaloke anabhirata-, anicca-, anicce dukkha-, dukkhe anatta-pahāna-,…

bond, fetter SN.iv.163 etc.; especially the fetters that bind man to the wheel of transmigration Vin.i.183; SN.i.23; SN.v.241, SN.v.251; AN.i.264 AN.iii.443; AN.iv.7 sq. (diṭṭhi˚); MN.i.483; Dhp.370; …

…C.); Ja.vi.312 (na sanke maraṇ’āgamāya); Pot. saṅketha Ja.ii.53 = Ja.v.85. Pass. saṅkīyati SN iii. =…

an army Vin.i.241; Vin.iv.104 sq. (where described as consisting of hatthī assā, rathā, pattī), Vin.iv.160; SN.i.112; AN.iii.397; AN.v.82; Ja.ii.94; Mil.4; Mnd.95 (Māra˚), Mnd.174 (id.).

• *-[gutta] …

…Dhp.100; Ja.ii.44; Ja.vi.4 (maraṇaṃ eva seyyo, with abl. of compar. rajjato); Pv.ii.9#43 (dhanaṃ); Pv.iv.1#6 (jīvitaṃ) nom. fem….

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 …

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

see sarati².

an alligator Vin.i.200; AN.ii.123 (where id. p. at Cnd.470 has suṃsumāra); MN.i.459; Mil.196.

crocodile SN.iv.198; Thig.241; Thag-a.204; Ja.ii.158 sq.; Vism.446; Snp-a.207 (˚kucchi); Dhp-a.iii.194
■ -rī (f.) a female crocodile Ja.ii.159; suṃsumārinī (f.) Mil.67; suṃsumārapatitena van …

…(vaṇṇa˚); Vism.234 (maraṇa˚).

Sāmaññatā²

= sāmañña ² DN.iii.145, DN.iii.169; Dhp.332; Dhp-a.iii.484;…

Sārambha¹

1. impetuosity, anger AN.i.100, AN.i.299; AN.ii.193; MN.i.16; Dhp.133; Ja.iv.26; Mil.289 (sasaṃrambha).
2. quarrel Snp.483; Ja.ii.223; Ja.v.141.
3. pride Thag.759; Vv-a.139.

• • …

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 …

…by (-˚) DN.i.141 (daṇḍa˚, bhaya˚) Dhp.188 (bhaya˚); Pp.56. Esp. in combination maraṇabhaya˚; moved by the fear of death Ja.i.150,…

…Snp.355, Snp.1047 (jāti-maraṇaṃ), pl atāruṃ Snp.1045
■ See also tāreti (Caus.), tāṇa, tāyate tiro, tiriyaṃ, tīra,…

Num. ord. the third
■ Snp.97 (parābhavo); Snp.436 (khuppipāsā as the 3rd division in the army of Māra), Snp.1001; Ja.ii.353; Dhp.309; Pv-a.69 (tatiyāya jātiya: in her third birth). Tatiyaṃ (nt. adv …

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

the plant Amaranthus polygonoides Vv-a.99 (enumerated amongst various kinds of ḍāka).

cp. Sk. taṇḍulīya

…cp. also Av. taśta. Morris (J.P.T.S. 1884, 80) compares Marathi tasta (ewer).

Etym. unknown

1. a pillar, 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 (id.); Dhp-a.iv.203; Vv-a.188 (+ tulā-gopānasī); …

stiffness, obduracy, stolidity indifference (cp. thaddha & tandī, closely related in meaning). Together with; middha it is one of the 5 hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) to Arahantship (see …

gloom, darkness SN.iii.124 (= Māra).

abstr. to timirāyita, pp. of timirayati to obscure, denom. to timira

…lance); MN.iii.133 (t. hattha) Vism.235; DN-a.i.147.

Sk. tomara from tud, see tudati

…= pecker), tutta (goad), tomara (lance = striker & thūpa (point).

Vedic tudati; *steud, enlarged fr. *steu, cp. Lat. tundo, tudes…

…Thig.162 (vyādhimaraṇa˚ str. with sickness and death).

pp. of tudati

Tunna²

any pointed instrument as a stick, a goad,…

…for driving cattle (cp. tomara & patoda) DN.ii.266 (˚tomara); Ja.iv.310 Ja.v.268; Cp.iii.5, Cp.iii.2 (t
■ vegahata).

Sk tottra, from tudati…

1. a threshold Vin.iv.160 (= indakhīla); Thig.410; Ja.i.62; Ja.iii.101; Vism.425; Dhp-a.i.350.
2. a curb-stone Ja.vi.11.
3. as uttar˚; (the upper threshold) the lintel Ja.i.111; Dhp-a.ii.5 (varia …

…that. Cp. with this the BSk. unnata in same stock phrase uddhata unnata capala Mvu.i.305, and the Marathic Prk. mula = Sk. mṛta, Pischel, Gr.…

…that. Cp. with this the BSk. unnata in same stock phrase uddhata unnata capala Mvu.i.305, and the Marathic Prk. mula = Sk. mṛta, Pischel, Gr.…

…an end (of life) Ja.v.375 (= maraṇa-santikaṃ u. C.). 4. bringing up (for trial), charging MN.i.251 (vacanapatha, cp. upanīya). Upaniya (iyya,…

…Dhp.342; Snp.318; Ja.iv.309 (maraṇaṃ upeti to die), Ja.iv.312 (id.), Ja.iv.463 (id.); Ja.v.212 (variant reading opeti, q.v.) Thag.17…

…Snp.381, Snp.729 (jātimaraṇa-saṃsāraṃ), Snp.1143; Ja.iii.401; Ja.iv.103 (nirayaṃ) Pv.iv.1#72 (Pot. vajeyya); Cnd.423 (= gacchati…

…Mil.396; Mhvs.25, Mhvs.69 (tomaraṃ avañcayi). pp. vañcita.

vañc: see etym. under vaṅka
■ The Dhtp distinguishes…

Vaṭṭa¹

adjective noun

1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

…& cetasikā); Vb-a.101 (maraṇ’ antikā v. agonies of death)- vedan’ aṭṭa afflicted by pain Vin.ii.61; Vin.iii.100; Ja.i.293-As…

-eti (trs.) to destroy, ruin; do away with, scatter
■ (intrs.) to drop off, fall away, to be scattered, to roll or whirl about. Both vidhamati & ˚eti; are used indiscriminately although the Cau …

(˚dhūpayati)

1. to fumigate, perfume, diffuse Mil.252.
2. to scatter, destroy Vin.i.2 (vidhūpayaṃ Māra-senaṃ); SN.i.14; SN.iii.90 = AN.v.325; SN.iv.210; Pts.ii.167

pp *[vidhūpita](/define/vidhūpita …

adjective , in phrase amarā˚: see under amarā; another suggestion as to explanation may be: khipa = eel-basket, thus vikhep-ika one who upsets the eel-basket, i.e. causes confu …

…imminent Ja.ii.336 (maraṇe viyūḷhe = paccupaṭṭhite C.). Cp. saṃyūḷha.

apparently vi + ūḷha, pp. of viyūhati, but mixed…

…jāti jarā vyādhi maraṇa, e.g. AN.ii.172; AN.iii.74 sq. Vism.232.

see byādhi

Vyādhi²

(camel) see…

1. speaking, speech, talk, nearly always-˚, e.g. iti˚; hearsay, general talk MN.i.133; SN.v.73; AN.ii.26; kumāraka˚; child-talk or childish talk i.e. in the manner of talking to a child SN.ii.21 …

1. (adj.) carrying, pulling, drawing Vin.ii.122 (udaka˚-rajju); Ja.i.136 (kaṭṭha˚ gathering fire-wood); Pv-a.127 (ratha-yuga˚).
2. (nt.) conveyance, beast of burden, monture Vin.i.277 (˚āgāra stab …

…similarly Ja.iv.495: me maraṇaṃ seyyo yañ ce jīve tayā vinā

2. nt. yad:
   1. as pron in regular relative use e.g. SN.iii.44…

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 …

Buddhist monk Mhvs.5, Mhvs.37 (racchāgataṃ yatiṃ); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.4; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.26 (mattikā-dāyakaṃ yatiṃ); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.32 (khīṇāsavassa yatino) Dāvs iv.33 (yatī); Vism.79 (vikampeti Mārassa hada …

…stick, pole MN.iii.133 (tomara˚ goad); SN.i.115 (pācana˚ driving stick, goad); Mil.2; Dhp-a.iii.140 (kattara˚ a mendicant’s staff);…

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 …

1. (lit.) yoked, harnessed (to loc.) Pv.i.11#4 (catubbhi yutta ratha); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.42 (goṇā rathe yattā); Dhp-a.i.24 (dhure yuttā balivaddā)
2. coupled; connected with; (applied) devoted to, applie …

made a habit of, indulged in, acquired, mastered (cp. explⁿ Pts.i.172 “yattha yattha ākankhati tattha tattha vasippatto hoti balappatto etc.”). The expression is to be compared with *yatānu …

…SN.ii.60 (jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇan ti ñ.: see ñ-vatthu); AN.i.219 (on precedence of either samādhi or ñ.); Snp.378, Snp.789, Snp.987…

…Thag.711; death DN.i.31 (= maraṇa DN-a.i.119). 2. shambles, slaughter-house Vin.i.182 (gav˚); AN.iv.138; Ja.vi.113. 3. place of execution…

…rata, e.g. dhammārāma dhammarata finding delight in the Dh.) SN.i.235 SN.iv.389 sq. (bhav˚, upādān˚); AN.i.35, AN.i.37, AN.i.130; AN.ii.28…

fly’s egg, a nit MN.i.220 sq.; AN.v.347 sq., AN.v.351, AN.v.359; Ne.59; Ja.iii.176.

cp. Mārāṭhi āsāḍī

…to be killed; C. explains as maraṇabhojana), Ja.i.211 (˚citta); Ja.ii.420 (˚anna, as above); Ja.iii.201, Ja.v.90, Ja.v.433; Ja.vi.248; Mil.139,…

(& dahati) to burn (trs.) consume, torment MN.i.365; MN.ii.73 AN.v.110; Ja.ii.44 (aor. 3 sg. med. adaḍḍha = Sk. adagdha) Dhp.31, Dhp.71, Dhp.140; Mil.45, Mil.112 (cauterize). Pp. *[daḍḍha](/define/daḍ …