…Dhp.2. See also abhippasanna vippasanna.

pp. of pasīdati

Pasanna²

flowing out, streaming, issuing forth; in…

kind of spirituous liquor (made from rice) Ja.i.360.

late Sk. prasannā

well disposed (towards); having faith or confidence (in, loc, sometimes gen.)

who believes from hearsay or report

having a trust founded in knowledge

having a trust founded in knowledge

…AN.iii.326 sq.; Snp.p.104 (brāhmaṇesu); Pv-a.54 (sāsand), Pv-a.142 (id.). Cp. vippasanna in same meaning.

pp. of…

…+…

…bhavātha). (adj.) directing one’s mind upon, intent (on) Ja.iv.433 (= pasannacitta); Ja.v.29 (an˚; variant reading ˚māna).

adhi + mano

…further at Pts.i.161 (˚pasanna); Snp.229 (yo ariyasaccāni avecca passati); Pv.iv.1#25.

Usually taken as ava + ger. of i…

…to answer Dhp-a.ii.225. -pasanna finding one’s happiness, or believing in the B. Vin.iv.39. -putta son…

…AN.iii.248; Snp.434; pasanna˚: AN.iv.209, AN.iv.213; Snp.316, Snp.403, Snp.690, cp. c. pakkhandati pasīdati SN.iii.133; AN.iii.245; also…

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

…cp rūpa-ppamāṇa.

• -ppasanna believing in shabbiness or mediocrity, having (bodily) wretchedness as one’s faith Vin.ii.197; AN.ii.71 =…

…(of water) Ja.ii.304 (pasanna +).

• -sappa a kind of poisonous snake (i.e. a mysterious, magic snake) DN-a.i.197.

cp….

…gladdened heart, pleased in mind Snp.680 (+ udagga); Vv.83#15 (+ pasanna-citta) Cp. pa˚.

pp. of mud, modati

…lofty-minded Vv-a.217; pasanna˚ with settled (peaceful) mind Snp.402 and frequently; mūḷha˚ infatuated Mhvs.5, Mhvs.239; rata˚;…

…& cp. DN-a.i.98); Snp.550 (pasanna˚), Snp.1120; Cnd.371 (= cakkhu), Cnd.669; Ja.vi.290 (tamba˚ with red eyes); Pv.i.8#3 (eyes = nayanāni Com.)…

…corrupt, wicked, bad (opp. pasanna, e.g. at AN.i.8; Iti.12, Iti.13; DN.iii.32 (˚citta); MN.iii.49; AN.ii.30; Snp.662; Dhp.1; Ja.ii.401;…

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

…ahesuṃ); Snp-a.453 (pasanna-netto i.e. pañca-vaṇṇa-ppasāda-sampattiyā) In this sense also, in Abhidhamma, with ref. to the eye…

…is gracious, i.e. good); Vv-a.6 (better variant reading passitvā) Pv-a.141

pp pasanna (q.v.). See also *pasādeti…

…a lake DN.i.50 (˚ṃ iva vippasannaṃ udānaṃ); SN.i.169 = SN.i.183 (dhammo rahado sīla-tittho); Snp.721 = Mil.414 (rahado pūro va…

saññāyo and saññā-e.g. MN.i.108)

1. sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin.i.13; MN.i.300; SN.iii.3 sq.; Dhs.40 Dhs.58, Dhs.61, Dhs.113; Vb-a.42.
2. sense, perception, discer …

…Thig.341; Thag-a.240. -ppasanna thoroughly full of faith Mhvs.34, Mhvs.74. -ppahāra a good blow Ja.iii.83….

…& vippasanna The latter meaning also in Hemacandra’s Anek’ ārtha-sangraha (ed. Calc.), 7, 15: “śreṣṭhe…

…AN.iii.236; Snp.637; Dhp.82, Dhp.413 (= pasanna-citta Dhp-a.iv.192) Pv.i.10#10 (= suṭṭhu pasanna); Pv.ii.9#35; Vism.262 (where Kp-a reads…