woman; a female.

…as naranārī, male & female (angels), e.g. Vv.53#8 Pv.ii.11#2 (see nara). Nala & Nala;

Sk. nārī to nara…

A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallas of Kusināra, where the Buddha died. DN.ii.137

Hirakinari1river

A very rich householder of Bhaddiyanagara in Aṅga. It is said Vin.i.240f. that when he went to his granaries after his ceremonial bath, as he stood at the door, showers of grain would fall from heav …

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

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 …

1. (mfn.) belonging to the Ariya people.
2. (mfn. & m.) noble, (sometimes written or scanned anāriya) not of the noble ones; not a noble one; ignoble low; shameless, mean

the way of speaking of the ignoble ones; an ignoble mode of speech

1. (mfn.)

   1. having a net, ensnaring (esp. an epithet of taṇhā)
   2. marked with a network of lines?

2. (taṇhā) the ensnarer, desire.

jāli(n)²

masculine & neuter possessing flames.

1. (mfn.)

   1. having a net, ensnaring (esp. an epithet of taṇhā)
   2. marked with a network of lines?

2. (taṇhā) the ensnarer, desire.

jāli(n)²

mfn. possessing flames.

mythical being, prob, an animal but with some human features or characteristics (they live in the mountains; are timid, but sing and dance superbly; and have remarkably beautiful eyes.

called by a feminine name.

the shrub tabemaemontana coronaria; a fragrant powder obtained from it.

1. a gourd, perhaps lagenaria vulgaris.
2. a kind of water vessel.

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 …

long white gourd, Cucurbita Lagenaris MN.i.80 (tittaka˚), MN.i.315 (id.); Pv-a.47 (id.); Dhs-a.405
■ See also alāpu.

Sk. alābū f.

adjective not Aiyan, ignoble, low Vin.i.10; DN.iii.232 (˚vohāra, 3 sets of 4 the same at Vin.v.125); Snp.664, Snp.782 (˚dhamma); Pp.13
■ See ariya.

an + ariya, see also anāriya

adjective not Aryan, ignoble, Snp.815 (variant reading SS. anariya).

doublet of anariya

adjective noun

1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

low, bad or unworthy man MN.iii.37; Snp-a.479 (= anariya Snp.664).

a + sappurisa, cp. asat

abuse, blame, reproach Dhp.320, Dhp.321 (= aṭṭha-anariyavohāra-vasena pavattaṃ vītikkama-vacanaṃ Dhp-a.iv.3) Ja.vi.508.

ati + vac, cp. Sk. ativāda, fr. ati + vad

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

1. snaring, catching (of animals etc.) SN.v.148; Ja.i.211.
2. hindrance DN-a.i.132.
3. affliction, injury, hurting Vism.495; Pv-a.116.

fr. bādh

adjective (-˚) (lit. oppressing), snaring; as n. a trainer Vin.ii.26 (ariṭṭha gaddha˚-pubba); Vin.iv.218 (id.).

fr. bādh

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 …

…(-sama) bent like a rafter (nārī) Ja.iii.395

• -vaṅka (gopānasi˚) as crooked as a rafter (of old people cp. BSk….

1. The Vedic god Indra DN.i.244; DN.ii.261, DN.ii.274; Snp.310, Snp.316, Snp.679, Snp.1024; Mnd.177.
2. lord, chief, king; Sakko devānaṃ indo DN.i.216, DN.i.217; DN.ii.221, DN.ii.275; SN.i.219 Vepacit …

adjective noun “having a net,” ensnaring, deceptive:

1. lit. a fisherman Ja.ii.178
2. fig. usually in f -inī of tanhā (ensnarer, witch) SN.i.107 = Dhp.180; AN.ii.211 Thag.162, Thag.908; Dhs.1059; …

…Past: kiṃ kammaṃ akāsi nārī what (deed) has this woman done? Pv.i.9#2 tassā katakammaṃ pucchi he asked what had been done by her…

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 …

little bird with a head like a man’s. Ja.iv.106, Ja.iv.254, Ja.iv.438, Ja.v.47, Ja.v.456; Mil.267. Canda kinnara Np. Ja.i.91, Ja.vi.283, Ja.vi.74. f. kinnarā Np. of a queen Ja.v.437 sq., and *[kinna …

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 …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

…SN.i.5; Pv.iv.3#50;

• -nārī (pl.) men & women, appl. to male & female angelic servants (of the Yakkhas) Vv.32#4, Vv.33#7…

…n. & n. mātā, pitā, nārī Ja.i.60; n. veyyākaraṇena Mil.347; upādānānaṃ abhāvena… kilesanibbānena n. Dhp-a.iv.194
■…

1. the nose, Snp.198, Snp.608.
2. the trunk (of an elephant) Ja.v.297 (nāga˚-uru); Sdhp.153.

• -puṭa “nose-cup”; the outside of the nose, the nostril Ja.vi.74; Vism.195 (nāsa˚), …

the coconut tree Vv.44#13 Ja.iv.159; Ja.v.384; DN-a.i.83; Vv-a.162.

Sk. nārikera, nārikela, nalikera, nālikela: dialect, of uncertain etym.

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

1. original or natural form, natural state or condition (lit. make-up); as ˚- = primary original, real Vin.i.189; Vin.ii.113; Ja.i.146 (˚vesena in her usual dress); Kp-a.173 (˚kammakara, ˚jeṭṭhaput …

-na (nt.) search, quest, inquiry

1. (-nā) DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61, DN.ii.280 (twofold, viz. sevitabbā and asevitabbā); DN.iii.289; MN.i.161 (twofold, viz ariyā & anariyā); AN.ii.247 (id.); SN.i.143; …

adjective noun masculine

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

adjective belonging to ordinary man, common, ordinary, in 2 combinations viz.

1. phrase hīna gamma p. anariya Vin.i.10; SN.iv.330; AN.v.216
2. with ref. to iddhi Vin.ii.183; Ja.i …

an ordinary, average person (4 classes of ordinary people are discussed at Cpd. 49, 50) a common worldling, a man of the people, an ordinary man MN.i.1, MN.i.7, MN.i.135, MN.i.239, MN.i.323; MN.iii. …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

good, worthy man MN.iii.21, MN.iii.37; DN.iii.252 (the 7 s˚-dhammā), DN.iii.274, DN.iii.276, DN.iii.283; AN.ii.217 sq., AN.ii.239; Dhs.259 = Dhs.1003; Vin.i.56; Dhp.54; Pv.ii.9#8; Pv.ii.9#45; Pv.iv.1 …

the six organs of sense and the six objects-viz., eye ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; forms, sounds, odouis tastes, tangible things, ideas; occupying the fourth place in the Paṭiccasamuppāda DN.ii …

(-˚) part. of interrogation; e.g. kaṃ-si Dhp-a.i.91.

= svid, for which ordinarily -su

the shrub Tabernaemontana coronaria, and a fragrant powder or perfume obtained from it, incense Vin.i.203; Iti.68 (= Udānavarga p. 112, No. 8); Dhp.54 Dhp.55, Dhp.56 (candana +); Ja.iv.286; Ja.vi.100 …

Vara¹

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

power, authority, control, influence SN.i.43, SN.i.240 (kodho vo vasam āyātu: shall be in your power; vasa = āṇāpavattana K.S. i.320); MN.i.214 (bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena v …

1. rain, shower Ja.iv.284; Ja.vi.486 (khaṇika sudden rain); Mil.307; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.31; Dhp-a.iii.163 (pokkhara˚ portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
   ■ fig …

to become annoyed, to get angry (lit. to get heated): this meaning as translation of vi + pac, although not quite correct as pac means to “ripen” and is not ordinarily used of heated conditions …

1. trade, business MN.ii.360; Snp.614 (˚ṃ upajīvati); Ja.i.495; Ja.ii.133, Ja.ii.202; Ja.v.471; Pv-a.111 Pv-a.278.
2. current appellation, common use (of language), popular logic, common way of defi …

abundant, numerous, most. Not found as adj. by itself, except in phrase yebhuyya-vasena mostly, as a rule Thag-a.51 and Pv-a.136, which is identical with the usual instr. *[yebhuyyena](/define/ye …

in anāriya at Snp.815 is metric for anariya (q.v.).

*Āsita¹

“having eaten”, but probably māsita (pp. of mṛś to touch, cp. Sk. mṛśita, which is ordinarily in massita), since it only occurs in comb^ns. where m precedes, viz. Ja …

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i. …

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i. …

Āvijjhati (āviñjati, āviñchati)

1. to encircle, encompass, comprise, go round, usually in ger. āvijjhitvā (w. acc.) used as prep round about, near Ja.i.153 (khettaṃ), Ja.i.170 (pokkharaṇiṃ) DN-a.i. …

…to twice fifteen); Snp.301 (nārī-varagaṇ˚ = ˚saṃyutta Snp-a.320); Pv.ii.12#4 (nānā-saragaṇ˚ ˚yutta Pv-a.157). 2. seized,…