adjective falling, falling out, ruin, destruction Ja.i.293 (akkhīni); Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.188 (geha˚), Ja.vi.85 (usu˚ range of his arrow).

fr. patati

bringing to fall, destroying, killing, only in gabbha˚; destroying the foetus, abortion (q.v. Dhp-a.i.47 and passim.

fr. pāteti

AññātakoṇḍaññaKoṇḍañña

One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …

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 town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares. It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. Vin.i.8

The Buddha stayed at Gayā …

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

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 …

MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita

One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical knowledge. AN.i.24 His Theragāthā verse speaks of contentment and sha …

The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …

Upaka¹

An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

Vappa ¹

One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

throwing down; striking.

causing a miscarriage; a means of causing a miscarriage, esp. a concoction.

name of a place; present sārnath near benares.

[fr. abhi-ni-pāteti in daṇḍa-sattha˚; attacking with stick or knife Cnd.576#4.

attack, pressing Thag-a.271.

fr. adhipatati

…& daṇḍa-sattha-abhinipātana Cnd.576⁴. Cp. paṭidaṇḍa retribution Dhp.133. 5. (fig.) a means of frightening, frightfulness,…

…Ja.ii.2; Dhp-a.i.4;

• -pātana the destruction of the embryo, abortion, an abortive preparation Vin.iii.83 sq.; Pv.i.6#6…

dwelling, hut, house the household Ja.i.145, Ja.i.266, Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.18, Ja.ii.103, Ja.ii.110, Ja.ii.155 Ja.vi.367; Vism.593; Pv-a.22, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = D …

cutting, severing Snp-a.148 (niddānan ti chedanaṃ lunanaṃ uppāṭanaṃ).

for lūna(na), cp. lavana

1. a wild animal, an animal in its natural state (see compounds).
2. a deer, antelope, gazelle Various kinds are mentioned at Ja.v.416; two are given at Cnd.509, viz. eṇi (antelope) & …

cutting off, mowing, destroying Snp.78 (= chedana lunana uppāṭana Snp-a.148) = SN.i.172; K.S. i.319, cp. niḍḍāyati.

Sk. *nirdāna, nis + dāna of dayati², Sk. dāti, cp. dātta

1. falling upon Dhp-a.i.295.
2. going to bed Vv-a.71 (pacchā˚ opp. pubbuṭṭhāna) Cp. nipātin.

to nipatati

…pat instead of pad cp. papātana) MN.i.139 sq., MN.i.386; AN.iii.84 sq.; in eulogy on the Buddha (see exegesis to mahesi Mnd.343; Cnd.503)…

falling down Snp.576 = Ja.iv.127 (abl. papatanā papatanato C.).

fr. pa + pat

adjective on the point of falling, going to fall, falling Ja.vi.358.

fr. patana

1. a covering, membrane, lining, envelope, skin film Vism.257 (maṃsa˚ of the liver, where Kp-a.54 reads maṃsa-piṇḍa), Vism.359 (phaṇa˚); Dhs-a.307 (7 akkhi˚ membranes of the eye); Kp-a.21 (samuppa …

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

1. firebrand, glow of fire, torch DN.i.49, DN.i.108; SN.ii.264; Thig.488 (˚ûpama) Ja.i.34 (dhamm-okkā); Ja.ii.401; Ja.iv.291; Ja.v.322; Vism.428 Thag-a.287; DN-a.i.148; Dhp-a.i.42, Dhp-a.i.205; P …

pulling out, uprooting, destroying, skinning Ja.i.454; Ja.ii.283; Ja.vi.238; Mil.166; Pv-a.46 (kes˚); Sdhp.140 (camm˚). Cp. sam˚.

fr. ud + paṭ.

adjective pulling up, tearing out, uprooting Ja.i.303 (˚vāta); Ja.iv.333 (id.).

fr. uppāṭana

adjective noun shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.) undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying SN.iv.83; Mil.351 (kosajja˚); Ja.i.322; Ja.v.267 (adj.); Vism.85 (vikkhepa +); Vv-a.58, Vv-a.161 (a …

adjective

1. scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96)
   ■ Vb.358 (T. reads vikī˚; variant reading vikāraṇa & vikkir˚) = Pp.23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. “gui …