Pārāyana

The fifth and last division of the Sutta Nipāta. Snp.976ff. It consists of sixteen suttas preceded by an introduction. The introduction describes how Bāvarī first heard of the coming of th …

…pārāyana.

fr. parā + i, cp. Vedic parāyaṇa highest instance, also BSk. parāyaṇa e.g. Divy.57,…

…pārāyana.

fr. parā + i, cp. Vedic parāyaṇa highest instance, also BSk. parāyaṇa e.g. Divy.57,…

the highest (farthest) point, final aim, chief object, ideal; title of the last Vagga of the Sutta Nipāta AN.iii.401; Snp.1130; Cnd.438; Snp-a.163, Snp-a.370 Snp-a.604.

late Sk. pārāyaṇa, the metr …

AjitamāṇavaAjita

One of the disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha at the request of their teacher.

He was the first to question the Buddha, and the questions asked by him form the Ajitamāṇavapu …

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 …

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …

One of Bāvari’s pupils. His question to the Buddha and the answer thereto are given in the Posālamāṇavaa pucchā of the Pārāyana Vagga. Snp.1006 Snp.1112–1115.

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 …

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 …

Vakkali

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …

VeḷukaṇṭakīVeḷukaṇḍakīVeḷukaṇḍakiyāVeḷukaṇṭakiyā

A lady of Veḷukaṇṭa. She is mentioned as an exemplary lay woman.AN.i.88 AN.ii.164 AN.i.26 SN.ii.236 She founded, for the Order headed by Sāriputta and …

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 …

dependent on a stick.

attaining to light or splendor.

attaining to darkness.

having that as one’s chief object, totally engaged with that

adjective having no support Ja.iii.386 (f. -ī; C. appatiṭṭhā appaṭisaraṇā).

a + parāyin, cp. parāyana

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

…= Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca parāyaṇaṃ); Mil.84, Mil.257 (dhamma-dīpa, Arahantship).

• -ālaya resting place…

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

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 …

…sq.; Ja.i.232.

• -parāyaṇa (adj.) attaining to light or glory SN.i.93; AN.ii.85; DN.iii.233; Pp.51; *…

…Cnd.411 (expl. as kamma-parāyaṇa vipāka-p˚: “gone beyond karma and its results,” i.e. having attained Nibbāna). See also the foll….

…(in explⁿ of tamaparāyaṇa purisa); Thig.438; Ja.i.222 (one-eyed); Ja.vi.74 (of both eyes); Dhp-a.iii.71.

*…

…Dhp.86; Dhp-a.ii.161. -parāyaṇa surmounting death Snp.578; pareta id. Snp.579….

…-parāyaṇa ending in bed, kept in bed Pv.ii.2#5 (nīla˚, fig. for being buried) Dhp-a.i.183 (with variant reading…

…brahmacariyaṃ vussati n- parāyaṇaṃ n- pariyosānaṃ SN.iii.189 = SN.v.218 n˚ṃ gavesanto carāmi (Bodhisat, Ja.i.61). All means of…

1. description, attribute, distinction Pv-a.7 (ukkaṭṭha˚) -vatthu object of distinction or praise DN.iii.253; AN.iv.15 (where reading is niddasa, which also as variant reading …

adjective restrained, bound to, constrained to, sure (as to the future), fixed (in its consequences), certain, assured, necessary DN.ii.92 (sambodhiparāyanā), DN.ii.155; DN.iii.107; Snp.70 (= ariyamag …

adjective grasping, seizing, perverting DN.iii.48; MN.i.43, MN.i.96 (sandiṭṭhi˚). Parayana (Parayana)

fr. parāmāsa

adjective having one’s refuge or resort (in), being supported, only neg. aparāyinī (f.) without support Ja.iii.386.

fr. parāyana

the same as sambodha, the highest enlightenment DN.i.156; DN.ii.155; Dhp.89 = SN.v.29; Snp.478; SN.i.68, SN.i.181; AN.ii.14; Iti.28, Iti.42, Iti.117; Snp-a.73 See also sammā˚. …

…assimilation: taccarita; tapparāyaṇa Snp.1114; tappoṇa (= tad-pra-ava-nata) see taccarita tabbisaya (various)…

…Mil.1, Mil.21, etc.;

• -parāyaṇa (adj.) having a state of darkness or “duggati” for his end or destiny SN.i.93;…

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 …

Vīta¹

adjective deprived of, free from, (being) without. In meaning and use cp. vigata˚. Very frequent as first part of a cpd., as e.g. the foll.:

• -accika without a flame, i.e. glo …