PañcālaPañcālajanapadaPañcālaraṭṭhaPañcālā

One of the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252

Pañcāla was to the east of the Kuru country, the country to the north and west of Delhi, from the foot …

…the Bo tree Ja.iv.229.

• -pādapa the Bodhi tree Mbhv.1.
• -pūjā veneration of, or offerings to the Bo…

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

adjective menial; a retainer, in the phrase muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā kaṇhā (kiṇhā) bandhupādāpaccā DN.i.90 (variant reading SS imbha T. kiṇhā, variant reading kaṇhā), DN.i.91, DN.i.103; MN.i.334 (ki …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

…of the world Dpvs.i.59; -pādapa = ˚rukkha Mhbv.2; -rukkha a wishing tree, magical tree, fulfilling all…

adjective black; in the stock phrase muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā k˚ bandhupādâpaccā DN.i.90 = DN.i.116; SN.iv.117; MN.i.334; MN.ii.177; in a moral sense = bad, wicked, with nâlam-ariyā dhammā DN.i.163.

s …

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

Padaka¹

adjective one who knows the padas (words or lines), versed in the padapāṭha of the Veda (Ep. of an educated Brahmin) DN.i.88 = Snp.p.105 (where Avs.ii.19 in id. p. has padaśo = P. …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

to jump Vv.64#9 (explained at Vv-a.278 as “kadāci pade padaṃ” [better: padāpadaṃ?] nikkhipantā vagganena gamane [read: vagga-gamanena gacchanti); Ja.ii.335, Ja.ii.404; Ja.iv.81, Ja.iv.343; Ja.v.473. …