Mittā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how she was formerly attached to the idea of performing rites on the uposatha days aspiring for heavenly rebirth. Thig.31–32

…enemy Pv-a.13; amitta a sham friend or enemy Snp.561 (= paccatthika Snp-a.455); DN.iii.185. pāpa-mitta bad…

…Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa and Bhagu. The list occurs in several places. Vin.i.245…

…(Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 as the ancient sages of the…

…is proved by the case of Somamitta who, finding his own teacher Vimala given up to laziness, sought Kassapa and attained arahantship under his…

…Suyāma, Santusita, Sunimitta and Vasavatti SN.iv.269–280 He was also consulted by those, such as Vacchagotta, SN.iv.391ff. and Vappa,…

MittakālīMittakālikāMittakāḷīMittakāḷikā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how, having gone forth in faith, she missed…

Sabbamitta

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the suffering inherent in relationships. Thag.149–150

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how a monk without anger will not grieve when the time for Death approaches. Thag.502–509

A monk whose Theragāthā verses say one should avoid a lzy man and associate with those who are energetic. Thag.147–148

VedisaVedisagiri

A city, the home of Devī, mother of Mahinda. He and Sanghamittā were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went there to visit his mother and stayed for one month in th …

Vessāmitta¹

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

Vessāmitta²

A Yakkha…

…Candamittā were his chief women disciples. His chief lay patrons were Punabbasummitta and Nāga among men, and Sirimā and Uttarā among women….

jóbarát, kedvező hatású barát

jel; elsődleges jegy

hasonmás-jel, kiegészítő jel

megtanult jel

the act of rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has been temporarily expelled; re-admittance.

1. (m.) a good friend; a person of fine qualities who is a friend, esp. in helping one to progress spiritually by his/her example and advice.
2. (mfn.) cultivating the friendship of a good man or good …

the cultivating the friendship of a good person or good people; the consorting with people of fine qualities; the being influenced by (the example and advice of) good people

incompletely defined

(one) who interprets signs or omens.

whose enemies have been destroyed; without enemies.

1. 1. a sign or mark by which something or someone is recognized or identified or known or defined; a distinguishing mark or appearance; a perceived (enduring) attribute, predicate (especially that of …

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics; exclusive concentration (on, loc.); being completely taken up (by, loc.)

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics.

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics.

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics; exclusive concentration (on, loc.); being completely taken up (by, loc.)

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics.

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics.

following attributes.

following attributes.

marks, apprehends the characteristic features; apprehends an object or appearance (as distinguished in various ways); distinguishes, identifies an object or appearance.

makes a sign; marks; indicates; distinguishes.

(the formal act) connected with re-admittance.

indeclinable because of that.

…a mental reflex or image nimitta and, as if it were, as something external. Such an exercise, though appearing quite mechanical, if properly…

[[acquired image]]Acquired !nimitta samādhi kasina

…the signless deliverance animitta-vimokkha; see: vimokkha. As herein the ability of confidence saddhindriya is outstanding, he who attains in…

Animitta-ceto-vimutti: see: ceto-vimutti

Animitta-vimokkha: see: vimokkha

Animittānupassanā: see: vipassanā

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

Counter-!nimitta kasina samādhi

Friend: noble: kalyāna-mitta

Image: mental: see: nimitta, samādhi, kasina.

Parikamma-nimitta: ‘preparatory image’; see: nimitta, kasina.

Patibhāga-nimitta: s. nimitta, kasina, samādhi.

Pleasantness: idea of: see: vipallāsa, subhanimitta.

adjective (-˚) pleasing, giving pleasure, satisfaction. Ja.iv.274 (mitta˚ = ārādhento tosento Commentary)

fr. abhirādheti

…in comb^n. with mitta as mitt’ âmaccā, friends & colleagues DN.iii.189–DN.iii.90; SN.i.90 = AN.ii.67; Pv-a.29; or with…

…harassing the enemies).

Vedic amitra; a + mitta

secondary friend, a follower. acquaintance Ja.v.77.

anu + mitta

…comb^d. w. animittaṃ Vin.iii.92, Vin.iii.93 = Vin.iv.25; Dhs.351 Dhs.508, Dhs.556. See on term Cpd. 67; Dhs trsl. 93, 143 cp….

…Dhp-a.iii.425.

• -nimitta sign of the unclean i.e. idea of impurity Vism.77.
• -bhāvanā…

…manta˚ (where Cnd.455 reads mitta˚), sippa˚ 2. Ep. of Brahmā, as ancestor of the brahmins DN-a.i.254: see below -pāda. 3. (˚-) connected…

…Dhp.138; Bv.ii.7; Ja.i.467 (mittabhāva˚).

• -dhamma subject to destruction, fragile, perishable AN.iv.386; Ja.i.146,…

…Ja.i.467 (mitta-bhāvaṃ); abhindi AN.iv.312 (atta-sambhavaṃ)
ger bhinditvā Ja.i.425,…

…sovacassatā Kp-a.148; mittassa bh. = mettaṃ Kp-a.248 Here sometimes bhava for bhāva.

2. (in…

…Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Angirasa Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin.i.245; DN.i.104; AN.iii.224; AN.iv.61; cp….

…DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the mind on); Snp.825 (bālaṃ dahanti mithu aññamaññaṃ = passanti…

…deceiving one’s friends SN.i.225; Snp.244 expl. as mitta-dūbhaka Snp-a.287, variant reading B mittadussaka; cp. mitta-dubbhika &…

…where dubbhe); Pv.ii.9#3 (mitta˚). adubbha one who does not do harm, harmless Pv.ii.9#8 (˚pāṇin = ahiṃsakahattha). As nt. harmlessness,…

adjective noun seeking to injure, deceitful; a deceiver, hypocrite Ja.iv.41; Pv.ii.9#8 (mitta˚) Dhp-a.ii.23 (mitta-dūbhin)
■ f. dubbhinī Vv-a.68 (so read for dubbinī).

Sk. dambhin

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 …

…where dubbhe); Pv.ii.9#3 (mitta˚). adubbha one who does not do harm, harmless Pv.ii.9#8 (˚pāṇin = ahiṃsakahattha). As nt. harmlessness,…

…harmful Snp-a.287 (mitta˚); f. -ikā Ja.ii.297.

Sk. dambhaka

Dūbhaka²

a diamond Ja.i.363 = Ja.iii.207.

Sk. dambha, cp….

…(kamma˚); Snp-a.287 (mitta˚, variant reading B. for dūbhaka)-panthadūsaka a highwayman Mil.290
■ f. dūsikā Ja.iii.179 (also as…

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

adjective (-˚) grasping, taking up, striving after, ādhāna˚ DN.iii.247; udaka˚ Ja.i.5; piya˚ Dhp.209; nimitta˚ anubyañjana˚ etc.

…Pv.ii.8#1 (= kiṃ nimittaṃ Pv-a.106); pubbe kata˚; by reason (or in consequence) of what was formerly done AN.i.173 sq.; dhana˚…

…Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi (Yamadaggi) Angirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu.

• -nisabha…

…Ja.iii.260; Pv-a.5.

• -nimitta characteristic of a woman Dhs.633, Dhs.713, Dhs.836.
• -agāra…

…Ja.iii.260; Pv-a.5.

• -nimitta characteristic of a woman Dhs.633, Dhs.713, Dhs.836.
• -agāra…

…(of a householder);

• -mitta 1 a good companion a virtuous friend, an honest, pure friend; at Pp.24 he is said to “have…

…Dhp-a.ii.262 k˚-nimitta Bdhd 11, Bdhd 57, Bdhd 62; k˚-sambhava Bdhd 66 k˚-samuṭṭhāna Vism.600; Bdhd 67, Bdhd 72; see further…

…(c. acc.) to begin with; nimittaṃ k˚ to give a hint DN.ii.103; pātarāsaṃ k˚ to breakfast; mānasaṃ k˚ to make up one’s mind; mahaṃ…

…of a man (of a kalyāṇamitta) at Pp.37; the opposite is pāpako kittisaddo, bad reputation: AN.i.126 AN.iii.269; Pp.36; *…

…of a man (of a kalyāṇamitta) at Pp.37; the opposite is pāpako kittisaddo, bad reputation: AN.i.126 AN.iii.269; Pp.36; *…

…Pv.ii.8#1 (= kiṃ nimittaṃ)
■ Instr. kena by what or how is it that: kena ssu nivuto loko Snp.1032
■ Acc….

pudendum muliebre, in conn. with kāṭa as a vile term of abuse Vin.iv.7 (Bdhgh. koṭacikā ti itthinimittaṃ… hīno nāma akkoso).

…virile & muliebre“ Vin.iv.7 (buddhagh Vin.iv.354: kātan ti purisa-nimittaṃ); cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 89.

kāṭa + koṭacikā

…terms (atthato, kamato, nimittato etc.), e.g. Vism.351, Vism.363, Vism.495, Vism.528; Vb-a.46 Vb-a.76, Vb-a.83, Vb-a.131, Vb-a.261 (where…

…Mil.405 (lingato ca nimittato ca etc.); Vism.184; Dhs-a.64 (= saṇṭhāna Tīkā: Expos. 86). 2. mark of sex, sexual characteristic,…

…madatthaṃ bala- mada-nimittaṃ porisa- mada-nimittañ cā ti vuttaṃ (at Vism.31). Snp.218 (mada-pamāda on which passage Snp-a.273…

…kare = itthi-rūpe nimittaṃ na gaṇheyyāsi C Cp. the similar & usual manasi-karoti in same sense), Ja.vi.45 (Pass. gīte karute mano). …

…kare = itthi-rūpe nimittaṃ na gaṇheyyāsi C Cp. the similar & usual manasi-karoti in same sense), Ja.vi.45 (Pass. gīte karute mano). …

…in same connection reads mitta˚ for manta˚: see under bandhu).

• -bhāṇin reciter of the Holy…

…in kindliness Dhp.368; Dhp-a.iv.108; Ne.25; Vism.324; Pv-a.230.

abstr. fr. mitra = mitta, cp. Vedic maitraṃ. According to Asl.192 (cp….

…Vb-a.108 (see etym. of mitta); Pot. mine Ja.v.468 (= mineyya C.) fut. minissati Sdhp.585. ger. minitvā Vism.72; grd minitabba Ja.v.90…

…[evidently in meaning of mitta-bheda “break of friendship,” although mithu means “adversary”, thus perhaps “breaking, so as to…

…DN.iii.274; Vism.107.

abstr. fr. mitta

fortune-teller, astrologer DN.ii.16, DN.ii.19; AN.iii.243.

Sk. naimitta, fr. nimitti

Nemittaka & Nemittika

an astrologer, fortune-teller, soothsayer DN.i.8 (i) = DN-a.i.91; AN.iii.111; Ja.iv.124; Mil.19 (i), Mil.229; Vism.210 (i);…

Nemittaka & Nemittika

an astrologer, fortune-teller, soothsayer DN.i.8 (i) = DN-a.i.91; AN.iii.111; Ja.iv.124; Mil.19 (i), Mil.229; Vism.210 (i);…

…refers only to the (non-emittance of an odour, which could never be used for a meaning of “being exhausted”; moreover, one has to bear in…

…determination Ja.i.441 (˚mitta a firm friend); Dhs-a.133 (adhimokkha = its paccupaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.60 (daḷha˚ adj. of firm resolution)….

…(through whom = yaṃ nimittaṃ Pv-a.242); Pv-a.281; ito˚ by this Cnd.291#2.

Sk. nidāna, ni + *dāna of dā, dyati to bind, cp. Gr….

…DN.i.70 (˚paccāmitta); Pv.iv.3#26 (su˚ well applied); Pv-a.252 (bhasma-nihita thrown into the ashes); Sdhp.311.

Sk. nihita, pp. of…

…See below n-gāhin & animitta.; nimittaṃ parivajjeti to discard the phenomenal SN.i.188; Snp.341. 3. mark, aim: in nimittaṃ karoti to pick…

…= Cnd.304#iii.c; Ja.iv.4 (Mittavindaka); Vv.52 (Revatī); Pv.i.10; Pv.iii.10; Pv.iv.1 Pv.iv.7; Dhp-a.i.148
■ See on the whole subject, esp….

…Sdhp.325. With nimitta and parikathā at Vism.23; Snp-a.497. See also…

…sq.; AN.iv.309 sq. (nimittaṃ obhāso); Ja.i.67; Dhs.585, Dhs.675, Dhs.889; Vb.1, Vb.13, Vb.379; Vism.155 (˚anga), Vism.274 sq. (with ref….

…personal enemy) AN.v.71 (id.; T. attha˚); DN.i.50, DN.i.70, DN.i.137; Iti.83; Pv-a.62 Cp. paccāmitta.

paṭi + attha…

…DN-a.i.182; Pv-a.155.

paccā = Sk. pratyak, adv.; + mitta, cp. Epic Sk. pratyamitra

…AN.i.83, AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); Dhs.277 (trsl. “grasp”), Dhs.336, Dhs.1359 (˚nimitta); Dhs-a.406.

2. (paggaha)…

…AN.i.83, AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); Dhs.277 (trsl. “grasp”), Dhs.336, Dhs.1359 (˚nimitta); Dhs-a.406.

2. (paggaha)…

adjective highest, most excellent, superior, best paraphrased by agga seṭṭha visiṭṭha at Cnd.502 A Mnd.84, Mnd.102 (the latter reading viseṭṭha for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a …

…Vism.184 (as one of the nimittas of the body), Vism.236 (referring to the 5 nimittas of the life-principle); Snp-a.160, Snp-a.229 Snp-a.231,…

…talk about, remark, hint Vin.i.254 (cp. Vin Texts ii.154); Vb.353 = Vism.23 (with obhāsa nimitta); Snp-a.497. 3. continuous or excessive…

…= obhāsaparikathā-nimitta-viññatti-payuttaṃ ghāsesana-vācaṃ Snp-a.497), Snp.930 (= cīvarādīhi sampayutta tadatthaṃ vā…

…Cnd. s.v.; Vism.125 (˚nimitta, imitative mental reflex, memory-image); Snp-a.65, Snp-a.76, Snp-a.83, Snp-a.114, Snp-a.265; Pv-a.46,…

…(cp. Cpd. 70), animitta˚ samāpatti, appaṇihita˚ samāpatti. 2. a testicle Ja.iii.124 (dantehi ˚ṃ chindati = purisabhāvaṃ…

…combinations like ˚deva, ˚mitta.

fr. puṣ to blossom, nourish, etc. cp. Ved. puṣya

Phussa²

touching, feeling, realising;…

…excited; vv.ll. vitta & nimitta). 2. [according to Morris, J.P.T.S. 1893, 4 for *phitta = phīta Sk. sphīta] swelling, a gathering Vin.ii.188…

…piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the last of somebody Ja.i.296,…

…piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the last of somebody Ja.i.296,…

…reading ˚deva)

• -nimitta “previous sign,” a foregoing sign, prognostic, portent forecast Iti.76 (the 5 signs of decay of a god)…

…MN.i.470; DN.iii.182.

• -mittatā bad company, association with wicked people AN.i.13 sq., AN.i.83; AN.iv.160, AN.iv.165;…

…See above D 2.

• -nimitta sign of form Pts.i.92.
• -patta beautiful Ja.i.61. *…

…ārakkha˚, kalyāṇamittatā sammājīvitā, saddhā˚, sīla˚, cāga˚, paññā˚; of which the first 4 are explained in detail at…

…Its four nimittas or signs are the four satipaṭṭhānas MN.i.301; six conditions and six hindrances AN.iii.427; other…

…Pv-a.5 (pāpamitta˚)
■ Two kinds of contact at Cnd.659: by sight (dassana˚) and by hearing (savaṇa˚)
■ pada˚;…

…splendour SN.ii.150. -nimitta auspicious sign auspiciousness as an object of one’s thought MN.i.26; AN.i.3, AN.i.87,…

…of a kalyāṇa-mitta is endowment with saddhā, sīla, cāga, paññā AN.iv.282. These four are counted as constituents of future…

…˚ṃ katvā), Ja.i.420 (˚nimitta appearance of being blown up); Mil.332; Dhp-a.i.307. See also subha & asubha.

*…

…(˚sukha), AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); AN.iii.185, AN.iii.291 (˚cetovimutti); AN.iv.47 sq., AN.iv.70 sq. AN.iv.300, AN.iv.443; AN.v.301, AN.v.360;…

…(˚sukha), AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); AN.iii.185, AN.iii.291 (˚cetovimutti); AN.iv.47 sq., AN.iv.70 sq. AN.iv.300, AN.iv.443; AN.v.301, AN.v.360;…

…Vism.111, Vism.236 (= nimitta), Vism.347 (defⁿ); Mil.136; Kp-a.23.

fr. vi + ava + sthā; cp. late Sk. vyavasthāna which…

…Vb.13 Vism.41 (threefold: nimitta˚, obhāsa˚, parikathā; as technical term, cp.

Compendium

120¹: medium of communication) Mil.343…

female yakkha, a vampire. Their character is usually fierce & full of spite & vengeance, addicted to man- & beast-murder (cp. yakkha 2). They are very much like Petīs in habits. With their names cp. …

relation, relative (= mātito pitito ca sambandhā Pv-a.25; = bandhū Pv-a.86; specialized as ˚sālohitā, see below). Pl. ñātayo (Pv.i.4#3; Kp-a.209 Kp-a.214) and ñātī (MN.ii.73; Kp-a.210, Kp-a.213 …