protector, patron, lord; a husband; a prop, support; esp. the lord, the Buddha.

…Snp.995; Pv-a.42
■ anātha helpless, unprotected, poor Ja.i.6 (nāthânāthā rich poor); Pv-a.3 (˚sālā poor house)…

…of alms-givers. AN.i.25

Anāthapiṇḍika’s personal name was Sudatta, but he was always called Anāthapiṇḍika (feeder of the destitute)…

…Jetavana, which he sold to Anāthapiṇḍika for eighteen crores. He then spent all that money on the erection of a gateway at the entrance, which…

…ParkAnāthapiṇḍikassa ārāmaAnāthapiṇḍada’s Park

A park in Sāvatthī, in which was built the…

…NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with…

The followers of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. DN.iii.117

…above, Nigaṇṭha Nāthaputta had just died at Pāvā and his followers were divided by bitter wrangles. DN.iii.210 Cunda Samaṇuddesa…

…was given in marriage to Anāthapiṇḍika’s son. She was very haughty and obstinate. One day, when the Buddha visited Anāthapiṇḍika’s…

…was at the invitation of Anāthapiṇḍika. The chief patrons of the Buddha in Sāvatthī were Anāthapiṇḍika, Visākhā, Suppavāsā and…

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling….

…Yakkha who helped Anāthapiṇḍika to find the Buddha at Sītavana.Vin.ii.155f. SN.i.211 He is mentioned among the chief Yakkhas to be…

…sister Sujātā, who became Anāthapiṇḍika’s daughter in law; AN.iv.91 a grandson, Salha; a granddaughter, Dattā, who died; and Uggaha,…

not being otherwise, as it really is; true

not otherwise, accurately, as it really is

not subject to change

not subject to change

they slighted; they despised.

change, alteration; change of mind; doubt, anxiety

in a different manner; otherwise (than, abl.); in the wrong way, falsely, erroneously; not so.

aññathā … aññathā …

(?) in one way … in another way …; like this … different…

becoming different; change, alteration

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

of changeable nature, inevitably changing

following a different teaching

this and another sort of existence; existence in this form or in that

producing a support, making for protection.

…the teaching of Niggantha-Nāthaputta, the leader of the Nigganthas, the modern Jains. The fault with this doctrine is that it does not account…

1. change, alteration SN.iii.37; SN.iv.40; AN.i.153; AN.iii.66; Kv.227 (= jarā C, cp Kvu trsl. 55 n. 2); Mil.209.
2. difference Ja.i.147; Iti.11.
3. erroneous supposition, mistake Vin.ii.2; SN.iii.9 …

adverb in a different manner, otherwise, differently SN.i.24; Snp.588, Snp.757; Dhs-a.163; Pv-a.125, Pv-a.133. anaññathā without mistake Vv.44#18; anaññatha (nt.) certainty, truth Pts.ii.104 (= …

…Gotama to Nigaṇṭha Nāthaputta); Snp.993. The true brāhmaṇa is buddha, e.g. Snp.622, Snp.643, Snp.646.

med- pass. pp. of bujjhati,…

to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in …

…& titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr. Ja.ii.287, cp Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman (Hind. chhota = culla); or…

…& titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr. Ja.ii.287, cp Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman (Hind. chhota = culla); or…

…the function of a title are Anāthapiṇḍika g. Vin.ii.158 sq.; SN.i.56; SN.ii.68; AN.ii.65; Ja.i.92; Pv-a.16 Meṇḍaka g. Vin.i.240 sq.; Citta…

…esp that made for him by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jetavana (Ja.i.92). Gotamassa g˚ Ja.ii.416, cp. Avs.ii.40#2 Dhp-a.iv.203, Dhp-a.iv.206;…

…manual Ja.ii.46 (cp. Mallinātha on Raghuv. vi.27).

• -soṇḍaka “elephant trunk,” an under-garment arranged…

indeclinable here, in this world (or “thus, in such a way”) only in cpd. -bhāv’ aññathā-bhāva such an (i.e. earthly existence and one of another kind, or existence here (in this life) and in anoth …

1. adj. (f. ī) (-˚) doing, making, causing, producing; as cakkhu˚ ñāṇa˚ (leading to clear knowledge) SN.iv.331; SN.v.97; Iti.83; and acakkhu etc. SN.v.97; nāthā ˚ā dhammā AN.v.23 (cp. AN.v.89) and th …

1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

…the buying of Jetavana by Anāthapiṇḍika).

• -gata “gone to the end,” having reached the end i.e. perfection,…

…with mahā˚: of great mercy Sdhp.330, Sdhp.557; so of the Buddha: mahākāruṇika nātha “the Saviour of great mercy” in introductory…

…See also cūḷanikā. -nātha saviour of the world, epithet of the Buddha Snp.995; Vism.201, Vism.234; Vv-a.165; Pv-a.42,…

1. to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …

…1907 124, 125.

• -nātha having clouds as protectors (said with ref. to grass-eating animals) Ja.iv.253. *…

killed SN.i.66; Vin.iii.72; Ja.ii.417 (aññehi m
■ bhāvaṃ jānātha).

pp. of māreti

…(= sinew); Ohg. senawa Goth. nepla = Ags. nāēdl (= needle); Oir. snātha (thread); Ohg. snuor (cord) = Ags. snōd

…(= sinew); Ohg. senawa Goth. nepla = Ags. nāēdl (= needle); Oir. snātha (thread); Ohg. snuor (cord) = Ags. snōd

adjective free from lust or cravings SN.i.180, SN.i.186 (so ’haṃ vane nibbanatho visallo); Thag.526; Dhp.344; Dāvs i.18.

nis + vanatha

…thinking perhaps of nalo va chinno).

Sk. nādhate = nāthate (see nātha), only in nadhamāna, cp. RV x.65, 5: nādhas

…ger. ogāhetvā MN.iii.175 (T. ogah˚; variant reading ogāhitvā); Pv-a.287 (lokanāthassa sāsanaṃ, variant reading ˚itvā)….

…ger. ogāhetvā MN.iii.175 (T. ogah˚; variant reading ogāhitvā); Pv-a.287 (lokanāthassa sāsanaṃ, variant reading ˚itvā)….

…Gosāla, Nigaṇṭha Nāthaputta, Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta, Ajita-Kesakambalī.

5 teachers at Vin.ii.186; AN.iii.123.

3 at DN.i.230;…

Suṇāti & suṇoti

to hear.
pres suṇāti DN.i.62, DN.i.152; SN.v.265; Snp.696; Iti.98; Mil.5 suṇoti Ja.iv.443;
pot suṇeyya Vin.i.7; DN.i.79; suṇe Ja.iv.240;
imper *[suṇa]( …

Suṇāti & suṇoti

to hear.
pres suṇāti DN.i.62, DN.i.152; SN.v.265; Snp.696; Iti.98; Mil.5 suṇoti Ja.iv.443;
pot suṇeyya Vin.i.7; DN.i.79; suṇe Ja.iv.240;
imper *[suṇa]( …

adjective (being) in truth, truthful true, real DN.i.190 (+ bhūta taccha); MN.iii.70; Thag.347; Snp.1115 (= Cnd.275 taccha bhūta, etc.). (nt. tathaṃ = saccaṃ, in cattāri tathāni the 4 truths SN.v.430 …

adverb so, thus (and not otherwise, opp. aññathā), in this way, likewise Snp.1052 (variant reading yathā); Ja.i.137, etc
■ Often with eva tath’ eva just so, still the same, not different DN.iii.135 …

Vana¹

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

underwood, brushwood, thicket. Does not occur in lit meaning, except in exegesis of Dhp.283 at Dhp-a.iii.424 q.v. under vana¹. Another defⁿ is given at Snp-a.24 “taṇhā pariyuṭṭ …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

gone down, lost, destroyed Snp.314 (in verse; gloss viyāvatta. The former explained as “naṭṭha,” the latter as “viparivattitvā aññathā-bhūta” at Snp-a.324).

vi + āpanna, pp. of vi + āpajjati cp …

…Snp.191; Mhvs.17, Mhvs.2 (anātha-vāsaṃ vasati to lead a helpless life); Pv-a.12 (saraagga-vāsaṃ v. live a life of concord); Snp-a.59…

…T.); Vism.73 (ārādhayanto Nāthassa vana-vāsena mānasaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.71; Dāvs iii.93 (ārādhayi sabbajanaṃ); Mil.352. In older literature…

…most renowned is that of Anāthapiṇḍika (Jetavana; see Ja.i.92, Ja.i.94, DN.i.178; Vin.iv.69; others more frequently mentioned are e.g. the…

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …