man; a person; pl. men; people.

…a skilled man (?) Thag.736 (naravīrakata “by human skill & wit” Mrs. Rh D.).

• -sīha lion of men Ja.i.89.

Ved. nara,…

One of the villages near Vesāli visited by the Buddha on his last tour D.ii.123. It was between Bhandagāma and Bhoganagara, on the road from Vesāli to Kusināra. This was evidently the road which led f …

First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …

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 …

BaliharaṇaBaliharana

A forest tract near Kusinārā where the Buddha is said to have stayed. AN.i.274 AN.v.79 The Kinti Sutta was preached there. MN.ii.238

26.751742,83.8957213park

Bhaddā¹

Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …

BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā

The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha Gotama, and he was a Khattiya of the Sakiyan clan. …

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

Cunda¹

A worker in metals living in Pāvā. When the Buddha reached Pāvā on his way to Kusinārā, he stayed in Cunda’s Mango grove. There Cunda visited him and invited him and the monks to a …

A brahmin. He was at Kusinārā at the time of the Buddha’s death, and it was his intervention which prevented a quarrel among the kings who assembled there to claim the Buddha’s relics. He pointed out …

Gotama¹BuddhaSiddhatthaSakyamunīTathāgataAṅgīrasa

He was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he depar …

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

Hirakinari1river

Kakudhā Kakuṭṭhā Kakutthā Kukuṭṭhā Kukutthā

A river near Kusinārā in which the Buddha bathed and from which he drank water before entering Kusinārā for his parinibbāna. On its bank was a mango-grove …

A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …

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 …

The capital of the Vatsas or Vaṃsas. In the time of the Buddha its king was Parantapa, and after him reigned his son Udena. Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha f …

Inhabitants of Kusinārā. Vin.i.247

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who l …

The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …

MahākassapaKassapaPippali

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …

A shrine of the Mallas to the east of Kusināra, where the Buddha’s body was cremated. DN.ii.160–161

26.73395, 83.930743shrine

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …

A class of devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six deva-worlds. DN.i.218 MN.i.289 SN.i.133 AN.i.210

A monk, mentioned once as staying at the Ghositārāma in Kosambī, with Musila, Savittha, and Ānanda. In the course of discussion he declares that, though aware of the nature of nibbana, he is not an ar …

Pukkusa¹

A prince of the Mallas. He was a disciple of Āḷāra Kālama, and one day, while on his way from Kusinārā to Pāvā, he saw the Buddha seated under a tree by the roadside and stayed to …

The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …

A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited during his last journey, going there from Bhogagāma and stopping at Cunda’s mango grove.

Cunda lived in Pāvā and invited the Buddha to a meal, which prov …

Rojā¹

A Malla, inhabitant of Kusinārā. When the Buddha and Ānanda visited Kusinārā, the Malla chieftains decreed that whoever failed to pay homage to the Buddha would be fined five hundred …

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

In the Aṅguttara AN.i.118f. he is represented as saying, in the course of a conversation between him, Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita, that he preferred the person who obtains relief by faith, to one who tes …

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 …

Subhadda¹

When the Buddha died and the monks stood weeping, Subhadda asked them to rejoice instead, saying— “We are well rid of the Great Monk; we shall now do just as we like.” Mahā Kassa …

Sumanā¹Sumanārājakumārī

She was the daughter of the king of Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She is included among the eminent upāsikās. AN.iv.347 She once visited the Buddha, with five hu …

A devaputta, king of the Nimmānaratī world. SN.iv.280 AN.iv.243

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 …

The capital city of Kosala in India and one of the six great Indian cities during the lifetime of the Buddha. DN.ii.147 It was six leagues from Sāketa. Vin.i.253 It was on the banks of the Aciravatī.V …

UpavattaUpavattana

The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …

A monk who was occasionally the attendant of the Buddha, and who features in a number of discourses. Once when the Buddha was attacked by cramp, Upavāna, with the help of his lay-friend Devahita, obt …

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 …

Vāseṭṭha¹

An old sage held in high esteem for his knowledge. He was one of the originators of the Vedic mantras. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.164 MN.ii.200

Vāseṭṭha²

A clan, proba …

…Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progressive order, between manussā and…

A city in the Aṅguttarāpa country, probably its capital. The Buddha once visited the city with 1,250 monks and the whole company was entertained by the Jaṭila Keṇiya. Vin.i.245ff. From Āpaṇa the Bud …

A town that lay between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī. Once the Buddha, with a large company of bhikkhus, visited the town. At that time there dwelt in it a monk who had been ordained late in life and had for …

(who is) not an arahat

(who is) not an arahat

not watchful, not guarding

anārambha¹

masculine absence of undertaking; non-exertion

anārambha²

mfn. not involving killing or destruction.

without a basis; without an object

not winning approval, not pleasing; unsuccessful

failure, lack of approval

finding pleasure in a company.

the cord for (tying the robe material to) the kaṭhina

mythical being usually identified with a kinnara

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.

pit; a cleft.

leader of men.

1. (mfn.) belonging to the nimmānarati devas.
2. (f.) the world of the nimmānarati devas.

the name of a group of devas.

or neuter a surgical probe (?)

an iron arrow; an arrow.

rope used when drawing water

carriage draw by thoroughbreds

the pullingrope, the rope for pulling the door or door-bolt closed

fit to continue; to stand.

…States, by Nyanaponika Thera WHEEL 6. - Brahma Vihāra, by Narada Thera Vajirarama, Colombo, 1962.

…see: paticca-samuppāda.

See The Buddhist Wheel Symbol, by T. B. Karunaratne WHEEL 137/138; The Wheel of Birth and Death, by…

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

…of the Buddhists. PTS. - Narada Thera, The Buddha & His Teachings, Ch. 41; Parami BPS - The treatise on the perfections from the Com. to…

…WHEEL 141/143. - Rebirth Explained, by V. F. Gunaratna WHEEL 167/169.

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic …

that which is without moil and toil Snp.745 (= nibbāna Snp-a.507).

an + ārambha

adjective one who fails, unsuccessful Vin.i.70.

an + ārādhaka

Attha¹

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

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

…Sobhita, Anomadassī, Paduma Narada, Padumuttara, Sumedha, Sujāta, Piyadassī Atthadassī, Dhammadassī, Siddhattha, Tissa, Phussa. The typical…

…the human steer“ DN.i.62 (misprint ˚dhamma˚) = DN.ii.93 = DN.iii.5; MN.ii.38; AN.ii.112; Vv.17#13 (nara-vara-d. sārathi cp. Vv-a.86.

Sk….

…Pv-a.17, Pv-a.272; naradevā tidasā SN.i.5; bhummā Pv-a.5 manāpa-kāyikā AN.iv.265 sq.; mano-padosikā DN.i.20 valāhaka-kāyikā…

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

1. gacch˚, in
   pres gacchati;
   imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
   pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

…Guimet* v. 514–528) under Naraka-kaṇḍa, Tiracchāna˚, Peta˚, Manussa˚, Deva˚. Of these Nos. 1–3 are considered duggatis, whilst Nos. 4…

…troup of worthies Ja.vi.50; naranarī˚ crowds of men & women Mil.2; dāsi˚ a crowd of servants Ja.ii.127; tāpasa˚ a group of ascetics Ja.i.140…

…Thag.1153;

• -naraka = foll. Vism.501;
• -kaṭāha an iron pot for defecation…

…or nara; both spellings (with & without h) occur; see Mnd.3 = Cnd.249.

probably for indagu, inda + gu…

…loko), SN.i.44 (naraṃ parikassati) AN.ii.143; AN.iv.293 sq.; AN.iv.325 sq.; v.40, v.42 sq.; Snp.773 Snp.872; Dhp.74, Dhp.264…

…Snp.1103; Cnd.249 (= satta, nara, puggala); Dhp.105, Dhp.176 Dhp.341, Dhp.395; Ja.i.202; Ja.ii.415; Ja.v.495; Pv.ii.9#49 (= sattanikāya, people, a…

the act of preparing, fixing; that which is fixed, arranged, performed

1. kappanā (f.) the fixing of a horse’s harness harnessing, saddling Ja.i.62.
2. (nt.) (-˚) procuring making: jīvika˚; a liveli …

1. (adj.)
   1. that ought to be, must or should be done, to be done, to be made (= kātabbaṃ karaṇârahaṃ Kp-a.236) Vin.i.58; DN.i.3, cp. Mil.183; AN.v.210; DN-a.i.7. Often-˚ in the sense of “doing …

…khattiya-kaññā vā… pannarasa-vassuddesikā vā solasa-vassuddesikā vā… MN.i.88; in combination khattiya-kaññā, brāhmaṇa-k˚,…

…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 kinnarī…

…doubtful likeness), e.g. kinnara a kind of man (but not sure about it), a half-man kimpakka odd-looking or doubtful…

…ā ca ayomukhā… khādanti naraṃ kibbisakārinaṃ); Ja.vi.566.

• -gaṇā (pl.) flocks of ravens Snp.675; Vv.52#15 (= Vv-a.227).

Onomat….

…Pv-a.52 (niraya l-n. naraka), Pv-a.57 (kuñjara l-n hatthi), Pv-a.107 (sūcikā jighacchā), Pv-a.119 (Purindada Sakka), Pv-a.143…

…Yama˚; Dhp.44; SN.i.34; nara˚; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.282 See also each sep. head-word, also peta˚ & manussa˚. The division at Mnd.550 is as…

…(a) great Hell, see naraka.

• -nāga a great elephant Dhp.312; Dhp-a.iv.4. *…

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

…Mil.278 (nāga-yakkha-nara-marū perhaps in meaning 2); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.27. 2. gods in general (˚-) Mhvs.15, Mhvs.211 (˚gaṇā hosts of…

nard, ointment Ja.vi.537. Nala & Nala;

Sk. nalada, Gr. νάρδος, of Semitic origin, cp. Hebr. nīrd

…& cp. list of narakas at Divy.67) SN.i.209; Snp.706; Pv-a.52; Sdhp.492 (saṃsāraghora˚), Sdhp.612.

*…

…conclusion); Vv-a.42 (narati = nayati);
imper naya Pv.ii.11#3, & nehi Ja.ii.160; Pv-a.147; poetic imper. nayāhi see…

…conclusion); Vv-a.42 (narati = nayati);
imper naya Pv.ii.11#3, & nehi Ja.ii.160; Pv-a.147; poetic imper. nayāhi see…

…nimmānarati˚ (or nimmita˚), paranimmita˚. Iti.94; Dhs.1280 (cp. kāma) DN.iii.218; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.146 (kāyo n’ eva…

an iron weapon, an arrow or javelin MN.i.429; Ja.iii.322; Mil.105, Mil.244, Mil.418 -valaya an iron ring or collar (?) Mhvs.vii.20 (Com “vaṭṭita-assanārāca-pasa” = a noose forme …

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

Sk….

to put forth, bring to an end, settle, put down, fix, decide SN.i.81 (fut. osāpayissāmi; vv.ll. oyayiss˚ and obhāyiss˚ Ud.66 (T. otarissāmi? vv.ll. obhāyiss˚, otāy˚ & osāy˚ C. paṭipajjissāmi karissāmi …

…(pannaraso uposatho); pannarase on the 15^th day SN.i.191 = Thag.1234; MN.iii.20; Snp.502, Snp.1016 f. loc. pannarasāya id….

ordinal number the 15^th Snp-a.366 (gāthā).

fr. pannarasa

adjective belonging to the 15^th day (of the lunar month) Vin.iv.315.

fr. pannarasa

…Pts.i.121; Vv.84#5 (= narakaṃ hi sattānaṃ ekantânatthatāya parabhūto paṭisattubhūto loko ti visesato paraloko ti Vv-a.335);…

…2 kinds cātuddasikā & pannarasikā); Vin.ii.32. Vin.ii.167; DN.ii.220; SN.i.190. pavāraṇaṃ ṭhapeti to fix or determine the (date of) P….

…Snp-a.78)) Snp.153 (pannaraso uposatho); Vv.64#2 (paṇṇarase va cando; explained as paṇṇarasiyaṃ Vv-a.276); Dhp-a.i.388 (of age, 15…

Paṇṇarasa & Paṇṇavīsati

see pañca 1 B, & C.

…nature of the phenomenal world) Dhp-a.i.89; Dhp-a.ii.163. Pannarasa & Pannavisati;

fr. paṇṇatti

Paṇṇarasa & Paṇṇavīsati

see pañca 1 B, & C.

…(as state of suffering with narakā, tiracchā, asurā); Vb-a.455 (as nijjhāmataṇhikā, khuppipāsikā, paradatt’ upajīvino). 3. (happy…

…Snp-a.323. As-˚ in meaning “best, chief” Vism.78 (muni˚) Thag-a.69 (Tha-ap.5) (nara˚).

puṃ + gava (see go), cp….

…(only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in…

…that the similar passage Vv-a.314 reads sukka-pakkhe pannarasiyaṃ Patuka & Patubha;

?

…(Amatarasā f. = nibbānarasāvinī Vv-a.85).

• -agga finest quality (of taste), only in further compound with ˚aggita…

the sun Ja.ii.375 (taruṇa˚-vaṇṇaratha).

• -inda “king of the sun,” Name of the lotus Dāvs iii.37
• -haṃsa “sun-swan,” Name of a bird Ja.vi.539.

cp. Sk. ravi

…ruru) MN.i.429. 2. Name of a naraka (purgatory): see Dictionary of Names. E.g Ja.iii.299; Dāvs iii.12; Sdhp.195. Cp. BSk. raurava Divy.67.

fr….

…Vb-a.144
■ naraka˚; a being in purgatory (cp. niraya˚) Vism.500. 2. (nt.) soul (= jīvita or viññāṇa) Pv.i.81 (gata˚ =…

Soṇa¹

a dog Ja.i.146; Ja.vi.107 (= sunakha); Snp.675; Vism.191; Dhp-a.iii.255 (+ sigāla); soṇi (f.) a bitch Mhvs.7, Mhvs.8 = sona Iti.36.

see suvāṇa

Soṇa^{2</s …}

to shine, to be bright, Dhp.387 (divā tapati ādicco, etc. = virocati Dhp-a.iv.143); Snp.348 (jotimanto narā tapeyyuṃ), Snp.687 (suriyaṃ tapantaṃ)
ger tapanīya: see sep pp. *ta …

(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 …

…in fig….

…AN.v.83; Snp.153 (pannaraso u); Vb.422; Vism.227 (˚sutta = AN.i.206 sq.); Sdhp.439; DN-a.i.139; Snp-a.199; Vv-a.71, Vv-a.109; Pv-a.66,…

adjective “ut-most”, highest, greatest, best Snp.1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā comb^{d …}

…Thag-a.267; Pv-a.129; nara˚; manly strength Ja.iv.478, Ja.iv.487. -viriyaṃ āra(m)bhati to put forth energy, to make an effort…

…only at MN.i.327 (puriso narakapapāte papatanto hatthehi ca pādehi ca paṭhaviṃ virāgeyya “would miss the earth”; differently Neumann…

monkey, lit. “forester” Thag.399 = Dhp.334; Thag.454; Ja.ii.78 (Senaka), Ja.ii.199 sq. (Nandiya), Ja.iii.429; Ja.iv.308; Ja.v.445; Mil.201; Dhp-a.ii.22.

• -inda monkey king Ja.i.2 …

…Snp.1102; Thag.736 (nara˚ hero) Cnd.609; Dhp-a.iv.225
■ mahā˚; a hero SN.i.110, SN.i.193 SN.iii.83 (of the Arahant)
■…

…jānāti yaṃ lobho sahate naraṃ “he does not know good, whom greed overcomes
■ Otherwise regular, e.g. : yassa…

…Dīgha MN.i.210. Naradeva Ja.vi.383, Ja.vi.387. Paṇḍaka “Eunuch” Mhvs.12, Mhvs.21. Sīvaka SN.i.241 = Vin.ii.156 Serī…

…1?); Vism.444 (āviñjanarasa). 3. (cp. āvijjhati 5) pulling, drawing along Vin.iii.121 (= ākaḍḍhanā nāma).

fr. āvijjhati, lit….

…with Thag.753 (dve pannaras’āyuta due to twice fifteen); Snp.301 (nārī-varagaṇ˚ = ˚saṃyutta Snp-a.320); Pv.ii.12#4…

(szanszkrit) azon vallási és világi kötelmek összessége, amelyek az egyén életét minden – vallási, erkölcsi, jogi – vonatkozásban szabályozzák, és ezért törvény értékű. Minden életszakaszra, minden …