…in meaning “pamāṇa”

Mināti²

to diminish; also: to hurt injure. Very rare, only in some prep. combinations
■ See also…

Kassapagotta¹

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were prea …

Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of …

creates (by magic or supernatural power); produces, forms, shapes.

support, basis; standpoint; abode; determination, resolution; fixing the mind on; determining, controlling, producing (by supernatural power); taking (formal) possession of, designating.

overgrowing, dominating, parasitical.

not dominating

without discrimination; without discernment

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …

not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction

not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction

want of exertion or determination

procedure in examination

answers the question (satisfactorily), passes an examination

1. 1. how the world of experience works, the processes by which it works and is explained (especially as formulated in cattāri ariyasaccānī and paṭiccasamuppāda), and the possibility and way of transc …

reflection on, examination of, dhamma.

discrimination of dhammas; discernment of dhamma (one of the seven bojjhaṅgas)

the impetus or determination to go; preparations for going.

confusion of classes or rank; a contamination of class.

projection; end, culmination.

of nimmināti

produces, forms, creates (by magic or supernatural power)

of nimmināti formed, produced, created; (a form) created (by magic or supernatural power); a magical creation

of nimmināti created

niṭṭhā¹

feminine

1. completion; culminating point; end, object, aim.
2. death.

niṭṭhā²

certain knowledge, decision, conclusion.

is decided, is certain; knows; concludes, is convinced; ( ~aṃ gata is often written niṭṭhaṅgata, or occasionally there is niṭṭhāgata) reaches completion; achieves its aim or culminating point.

(from niṭṭhāti) completion, culmination; being finished.

illumination, brightness

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …

Adhimokkha: ‘determination’, decision, resolve: is one of the mental properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - khandha. In M. 111, it is mentioned toge …

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths magga …

Carita: ‘nature, character’. In Vis.M III there are explained six types of men: the greedy-natured rāga-carita the hate-natured dosa-carita the stupid or dull-natured moha-carita the f …

Eka-bījī: ‘germinating only once more’, is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: see: sotāpanna.

[[germinating once more]]Germinating once more: eka - bījī is the name of one of the 3 kinds of sotāpanna

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 * …

Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …

[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …

… pp abhinimmita (q.v.).

abhi + nimmināti, cp. BSk. abhinirmāti Jtm.32; abhinirminoti…

created (by magic) Vv.16#1 (pañca rathā satā; cp. Vv-a.79).

abhi + nimmita, pp. of abhinimmināti

adjective exceeding, extraordinary, superior, Pp.35; Vv-a.80 (= anadhivara, visiṭṭha); DN-a.i.141, DN-a.i.222; Dpvs.v.32 (an˚); Dhp-a.iii.238 Kp-a.193 (= anuttara); Sdhp.337, Sdhp.447
■ compar …

firm resolve, determination, decision MN.iii.25 sq.; Vb.165 sq., Vb.425; Dhs-a.145, Dhs-a.264 See Dhs. trsl. 5; Cpd. 17, 40, 95.

fr. adhi + muc

1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

…(˚anto + nayaṃ nento). See also anumīyati.

cf. Sk. anumāti, anu + mināti from mi, Sk. minoti, with confusion of roots mā & mi;

to observe, conclude or infer from SN.iii.36 Cp. anumināti.

Sk. anumīyate, Pass. of anu + mā, measure, in sense of Med.

having known or found out, knowing well or thoroughly, testing, finding out MN.i.301, MN.i.361 (variant reading -vijja); AN.ii.3, AN.ii.84; AN.v.88; Dhp.229 (= jānitvā Dhp-a.iii.329); Snp.530 (= a …

Attha¹

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

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

(-˚) adjective shining, shedding light on, illuminating Sdhp.14.

fr. avabhāsa

adjective at random, without discrimination, careless Ja.i.496 (= avyatta C.).

a + vyāyata of yam

Bala¹

neuter

1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. …

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

Cetasa¹

Name of a tree, perhaps the yellow Myrobalan Ja.v.420.

Cetasa²

adjective only in-˚: sucetasa of a good mind, good-hearted SN.i.4 = SN.i.29, SN.i.46 = SN.i.52; paraph …

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.

…

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

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 ( …

distress, dejectedness, melancholy, grief. As mental pain (cetasikaṃ asātaṃ cet. dukkhaṃ SN.v.209 = Cnd.312; cp DN.ii.306; Ne.12) opp. to dukkha physical pain: see *[dukkha](/defin …

unruliness indocility, bad conduct, fractiousness SN.ii.204 sq (˚karaṇā dhammā); MN.i.95 (id. specified); AN.ii.147 AN.iii.178; Ne.40, Ne.127.

contamination of Sk. *daurvacasya evil speech & *daurv …

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

Dīpa¹

a lamp Ja.ii.104 (˚ṃ jāleti to light a l.); Dhp-a.ii.49 (id.), Dhp-a.ii.94 (id.)

• -acci the flame of a lamp Thag-a.154;
• -āloka light of …

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

• -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
• -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

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 …

wished, desired, longed for Ja.i.208; Dhs-a.364; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.53, Pv-a.64 (read anicchita for anijjhiṭṭha which may be a contamination of icchita & iṭṭha), Pv-a.113, Pv-a.127 (twice).

pp. of icchati

There is no single word in English for Iddhi, as the idea is unknown in Europe. The main sense seems to be ʻpotency’.

1. Pre-Buddhistic; the Iddhi of a layman The four Iddhis of a king are personal …

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

adjective illuminating, making light; explaining Ja.ii.420; Dpvs.xiv.50; Mil.343 (= lamp-lighter)
■ f. -ikā explanation, commentary, Name of several Commentaries, e.g. the Paramatthajotikā on th …

jotanā (f.) illumination, explanation Ja.vi.542; Pts.ii.112; Vv-a.17 (˚nā).

cp. Sk. dyotana

■ 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 …

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 …

(& 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 …

(& -kattika) Name of a month (Oct
■ Nov.), during which the full moon is near the constellation of Pleiades It is the last month of the rainy season, terminating on the full moon day of Kattikā ( …

cemetery; only in phrase kaṭasiṃ vaḍḍheti “to increase the cemetery” referring to dying and being buried repeatedly in the course of numerous rebirths, explained by susāna & āḷāhana Thag-a.291-vaḍ …

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

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

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

pp. …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Koñca¹

the heron, often in combⁿ with mayūra (peacock): Thag.1113; Vv.11#1, Vv.35#8 Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.272; or with haṃsa Pv.ii.12#3
■ Explained as sārasa Vv- …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

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 …

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 …

…var. v.v ll.), not sure.

does it refer to mī² as in mināti², or to middha?

…measuredly, i.e. in moderation Dhp.227; Ja.iv.252.

Vedic mita, pp. of mā, mināti, to measure; also in meaning “moderate,…

…form by jīyati & mīyati of mināti²) MN.iii.168 (jāyati jīyati mīyati); Ja.iii.189; Dhp.21 pot. mīyetha DN.ii.63. ppr….

…nayena ime ubho pi atthe mināti munī tena pavuccati.“ Note. The word occurs also in Māgadhī (Prk.) as muṇaï which as Pischel (*Prk….

…direct derⁿ fr. mā: see mināti

…(aḍḍha˚ half a M. according to C. equal to 8 nāḷis).

fr. mā: see mināti; Vedic māna has 2…

…amāpayiṃsu). Perhaps we should read tena-māsayiṃsu.

Caus. of mā, see mināti. The simplex mimīte has…

…Fr *mé to measure: see mināti

Māsa²

a bean (Phaseolus indica or radiata); usually combined with…

…form by jīyati & mīyati of mināti²) MN.iii.168 (jāyati jīyati mīyati); Ja.iii.189; Dhp.21 pot. mīyetha DN.ii.63. ppr….

shred rag, worn-out cloth, usually explained by jiṇṇapilotika (Ja.iii.22) or khaṇḍabhūtā pilotikā (Pv-a.185) or pilotika only (Vv-a.311)
■ SN.v.342; AN.iii.187; AN.iv.376 (˚vāsin as variant readi …

…conclusion) Pv-a.227 (+ anumināti)
■ With -ādi˚; N. has the function of continuing or completing the context “and similarly,” e.g….

prudence, discrimination, carefulness; usually as sati˚; SN.v.197 sq.; MN.i.356; AN.iii.11 AN.iv.15; Cnd.629 B; Vb.244, Vb.249; Vism.3 (= paññā) Dhp-a.iv.29.

fr. nipaka

adjective piercing, sharp, penetrating, discriminating; only in f. nibbedhikā (cp. āvedhikā), applied to paññā (wisdom) DN.iii.237, DN.iii.268; SN.v.197, SN.v.199; MN.i.356; AN.i. …

discrimination, conviction, certainty; resolution, determination Ja.i.441 (˚mitta a firm friend); Dhs-a.133 (adhimokkha = its paccupaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.60 (daḷha˚ adj. of firm resolution). See vi˚.

Sk. …

to throw out, chase away, expel Ja.iv.41 (niddhāpayiṃsu), Ja.iv.48 (? for niddhāmase). pp. niddhāpita.

Sk. nirdhāvayati, nis + dhāveti (dhāpeti), Caus. of dhāvati¹ …

putting down, laying down; casting off, discarding, elimination, giving up, renunciation; abstract or summary treatment. Dhs-a.6 344 ‣See under mātikā;
■in grammar pada˚ the setti …

…meaning, the P. meaning being influenced by mā; ni + mināti, mi to fix, measure cp. Sk. nimaya barter, change

…and nimmāna. Cp. abhi˚.

cp. Sk. nirmimīti & nirmāti, nis + mināti; mā; cp. nimināti

…Mil.242. See also abhinimmita.

pp. of nimmināti

…nirmāṇa, see nimmināti

Nimmāna²

adjective free from pride, humble DN-a.i.257.

Sk. nirmāna, nis…

maker, builder, creator DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (in formula: brahmā… kattā nimmātā…).

Sk. nirmātṛ, n. ag. of nimmināti

Okkamati

lit. to enter, go down into, fall into. fig. to come on, to develop, to appear in (of a subjective state). It is strange that this important word has been so much misunderstood, for the Engl …

…AN.i.266; Pp.35; opp. suppameyya ibid.

grd. of pamināti, like Epic Sk. prameya

…pres. formation fr. mi, after Sk. minoti; see also anumināti

…Ja.iii.114.

ger. of pamināti i.e. pa + mā

Pamāya²

crushing, destroying Snp.209 (bījaṃ; = hiṃsitva…

1. exact determination, circumscription range, definition, connotation, measure Ja.iii.371; Vism.184 (as one of the nimittas of the body), Vism.236 (referring to the 5 nimittas of the life-principle) …

adjective illuminating, explaining, explanatory Snp-a.40

fr. paridīpeti, cp, dīpaka¹

illuminating, elucidating, explanation Mil.318; Kp-a.111; Snp-a.394 sq.

pari + dīpana

examination, investigation, circumspection prudence Ja.iii.115; Ne.3, Ne.4, Ne.126 (cp. Index p. 276) Sdhp.532 (attha˚).

fr. pari + īkṣ, cp. BSk. parīksā Divy.3 & Divy.16 in vastu˚, ratna˚ etc. wi …

adjective to be measured, neg. a˚ countless, immeasurable Mil.331, Mil.388; Pv-a.212.

grd. of parimināti

to measure, mete out, estimate, limit, restrict;
inf -metuṃ Mil.192; Thag-a.26; and -minituṃ Mil.316;
grd -meyya (q.v.)
pp parimita (q.v.).

pari + mā

measured, restricted, limited, only in neg. a˚; measureless Pv.ii.8#11; Mil.287, Mil.343.

pp. of parimināti

“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:

1. complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …

complete inquiry, thorough search or examination MN.iii.85; SN.iii.331; SN.v.68; Snp-a.173. Parivuttha & vuttha;

pari + vīmaṃsā

adjective having a limit, having a set or well-defined purpose; f. -vatī (vācā) discriminating speech DN.i.4 = MN.iii.49 = Pp.58; explained as “paricchedaṃ dassetvā yatha ’ssa paricchedo paññāyati …

1. the Pavāraṇā, a ceremony at the termination of the Vassa Vin.i.155, Vin.i.160 (where 2 kinds cātuddasikā & pannarasikā); Vin.ii.32. Vin.ii.167; DN.ii.220; SN.i.190. pavāraṇaṃ ṭhapeti to fix or de …

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

understanding, illumination, intelligence, readiness or confidence of speech, promptitude, wit (see on term Vin. Texts iii.13, 172; Pts. of Controversy, 378 f.) DN.i.16, DN.i.21, DN.i.23; SN.i.187 …

lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion explⁿ of term at Kvu translation 377–⁠382. Always referred to as “the …

to be careful, to think over, reflect, discriminate, consider; only in ger. paṭisaṅkhā (as adv.) carefully, intently, with discrimination Vin.i.213; MN.i.273; MN.iii.2; Ja.i.30 …

sub-discrimination Ja.ii.9.

paṭi + visesa

retort, recrimination Mil.18 (vāda˚ talk and counter-talk).

paṭi + vāda

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, …

(rajas) & Raja neuter

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

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](/ …

adjective chewing the cud, ruminating Vin.ii.132.

fr. romanthati

ruminating Vin.ii.321.

fr. romanthati

search, examination MN.i.317.

fr. last

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 …

mixing up, confusion, contamination DN.iii.72; AN.i.51 = Iti.36; DN-a.i.260 (jāti˚ mixing of caste); Vism.123 (of colours).

saṃ + bheda

1. consent, permission Vin.iii.199.
2. choice, selection, delegation Vin.iii.159.
3. fixing, determination (of boundary) Vin.i.106.
4. common consent, general opinion, convention, that which is genera …

1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
   ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

attention, consideration, discrimination, comprehension, circumspection AN.i.13 sq.; AN.ii.93; AN.iii.307; AN.iv.320; AN.v.98 sq. SN.iii.169; DN.iii.213 (sati + samp. opp. to *muṭṭha-sacca asampaj …

elimination Vb-a.355.

saṃ + nikkhepana

denomination of a purgatory and its inhabitants SN.iv.309 sq. Various readings Parājita and Sarañjita.

Saṅkhyā (f.)

1. enumeration, calculation, estimating DN.ii.277; MN.i.109; Mil.59 Mil.2. number Dāvs i.25.
2. denomination, definition, word, name (cp. on term K.S. i.321) SN.iii.71 sq.; SN.iv.376 …

evening, only adverbially sāyaṃ, at night Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.83; Dhp-a.i.234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṃ) in the morning early e.g. sāya-pātaṃ DN.ii.188; Mil.419; Ja.i.432, Ja.i.460 Ja.v.4 …

adjective

1. sharp, keen, eager: tibbagārava very devout AN.ii.21; Ne.112 (cp tīvraprasāda Avs.i.130); t- cchanda DN.iii.252, DN.iii.283.
2. dense, thick; confused, dark, dim: t- rāga Dhp.349 (= ba …

-aṃ (nt.) discrimination SN.iii.261 (an˚); Dhs.16, Dhs.20, Dhs.292, Dhs.1057; Pp.25; Vv-a.240.

upa + lakkhaṇa

investigation, examination Vin.iii.314; MN.ii.175 (attha˚); AN.iii.381 sq.; AN.iv.221; AN.v.126; Dhs.16, Dhs.20 Dhs.292; Pp.25; Ne.8, Ne.42; DN-a.i.171.

fr. upaparikkhati, cp. BSk. upaparīkṣā Divy.3 etc.

applying (one’s mind) to, discrimination DN.iii.245 (domanass˚); MN.iii.239; SN.iv.232 (somanass˚ etc.); AN.iii.363 sq.; AN.v.134; Pts.i.17; Dhp.8, Dhp.85, Dhp.284; Vb.381.

upa + vicāra; cp. BSk. up …

1. entered on, arranged, fixed, determined, settled MN.iii.25; Dhs-a.36
2. separated (opp. sambhinna) Vin.ii.67 sq.

pp. of vi + ava + sthā, cp. vavatthapeti & late Sk. vyavasthita “determination”

determination, resolution, arrangement, fixing, analysis Pts.i.53; Vin.iv.289; Vism.111, Vism.236 (= nimitta), Vism.347 (defⁿ); Mil.136; Kp-a.23.

fr. vi + ava + sthā; cp. late Sk. vya …

indeclinable

I.

1. inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …

adverb dividing, analysing, detailing; in detail (˚-) DN.iii.229 (˚vyākaraṇīya pañha “discriminating reply” translation); AN.ii.46 (˚vacana analysis)- -vāda the Vibhajja doctrine, i.e. the doctri …

search, investigation, examination SN.iii.96 (vicayaso, i.e. thoroughly); Pp.25; Mil.340 (dhamma˚); Ne.1, Ne.2, Ne.10; Dhs-a.147; Sdhp.466. For dhamma˚ see sambojjhanga.

fr. vi + *[ci](/define/ci …

discrimination Vism.162.

fr. vicinati

(˚cināti)

1. to investigate, examine, discriminate SN.i.34 (yoniso vicine dhammaṃ); AN.iv.3 sq (id.); Snp.658, Snp.933; Tha-ap.42; Ja.vi.373; Mnd.398; Ne.10 Ne.22 (grd. vicetabba), Ne.25 sq.; Mil.29 …

investigation, examination, consideration, deliberation
■ defined as “vicaraṇaṃ vicāro, anusañcaraṇan ti vuttaṃ hoti” Vism.142 (see in def. under vitakka)
■ Hardly ever by itself (as at Thag.1117 …

recognition, knowing, knowledge, discrimination Vism.452; Dhs-a.141.

the diaeretic form of Sk. vijñāna: cp. jānana = ñāṇa

to have discriminative (dis = vi˚) knowledge, to recognize, apprehend, ascertain, to become aware of, to understand, notice, perceive, distinguish learn, know Snp.93 sq., Snp.763; Dhp.64, Dhp.65; Mnd. …

withdrawal of support, stopping (the nīvaraṇas or any evil influences or corruptions: kilesa˚), arresting, paralysing; elimination discarding Pts.ii.179; Mnd.6; Cnd.338, Cnd.606#b Ja.iii.15 (kilesa˚ \ …

Vinibbhoga¹

adjective lacking, deprived of (-˚), deficient Thag-a.248 (viññāṇa˚).

vi + nibbhoga

Vinibbhoga²

sifting out, distinction, discrimination Vism.306 (dhātu˚), Vis …

1. discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …

reciprocity, barter, exchange Ja.ii.369.

fr. vi + nimināti

reversal, contrariness, wrong state Kv.306 (three reversals: saññā˚, citta˚, diṭṭhi˚; or of perception, consciousness & views, cp. Kvu translation 176); Vb.376 (id.) -gāha inverted grasp i.e. h …

1. (mark of) distinction, characteristic, discrimination AN.i.267; SN.iv.210; Ja.ii.9; Mil.29; Vv-a.58, Vv-a.131; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.60.
2. elegance splendour, excellence Ja.v.151; Dhp-a.i.399.
3. dis …

discrimination, specification Dhs-a.388.

abstr. fr. vivecita, pp. of viveceti

detachment, loneliness, separation, seclusion; “singleness” (of heart), discrimination (of thought) DN.i.37, DN.i.182; DN.iii.222, DN.iii.226, DN.iii.283 = SN.iv.191 (˚ninna citta); SN.i.2, SN.i.194; …

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

looking at, examination Ja.iv.237 (variant reading vi˚).

v(i) + olokana, but cp. BSk. vyavalokana “inspection” Divy.435

(& -ṭṭhapana) neuter establishing, synthesis, determination, a momentary stage in the unit called percept (cp. Cpd. 29), always with -kicca (or ˚kiriyā) “accomplishing the function of determin …

consideration, examination, test, investigation, the fourth of the Iddhipādas, q.v. DN.iii.77 (˚samādhi), DN.iii.222; SN.v.280; AN.i.39, AN.i.297; AN.iii.37 AN.iii.346; AN.v.24, AN.v.90, AN.v.338; Pts …

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 …

information, pointing out; as tt. g. characteristic, determination, substitute, e.g. kutonidānā is at Snp-a.303 said to equal kiṃ-nidānā, the to of kuto (abl.) equalling or being substituted for the …

“the (way of) making”, i.e.

1. state, condition Ja.i.237 (avasan˚ condition of inhabitability); Ja.ii.154 (patan˚ state of falling, labile equilibrium) cp. paṇṇ˚
2. property, quality, attribute DN.i. …

adj. f. scil. pannā piercing, penetrating; or ravelling, turning rolling up or round (cp. āvijjhati which is derived from ā + vyadh, but takes its meaning from āveṭheti), discrimination thinking ov …

reasoning, consideration, examination Mil.32 (“comprehension” trsl.; as characteristic of manasikāra); Vism.142 = Dhs-a.114 (“prescinding” trsl. as characteristic of vitakka).

fr. ūhanati?