…On the death of his father Reṇu, with the advice and co operation of his chief steward Jotipāla, who was also his great friend, divided his…

…Ja.i.349 (pupphato reṇuṃ gaṇhāti); Ja.iii.320; Ja.v.39 (puppha˚); Ja.vi.530 (padumakinjakkha˚); Dhp-a.iv.203…

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

…proximity to the Alaka or Mūlaka (the district round Paithan).

In the time of King Reṇu, the Assaka king of Potana was Brahmadatta….

…of the Sovīras in the time of Reṇu. His capital was in Roruva. DN.ii.235f.

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

…of the Assakas and friend of Reṇu. When Mahāgovinda divided Jambudīpa into seven equal portions for Reṇu and his six friends, Brahmadatta was…

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 …

…and vassals of Reṇu. One of these two was king of Aṅga with his capital in Campā, and the other of the Kāsīs with his capital…

A king of long ago. His son was Reṇu and his chief stewards were firstly Govinda and later Jotipāla. DN.ii.230f.

A prince who once visited the novice Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena declared that he wa …

…to Disampati. He inspired Reṇu’s six companions to wait on Reṇu and make him promise to share the kingdom with them when he should come to…

…time of the mythical king Reṇu and is given first in the list, its capital being Dantapura and its king Sattabhū. DN.ii.235f.

It is not,…

…was its king in the time of Reṇu. DN.ii.235f. There seem to have been frequent wars between the countries of Kāsi and Kosala, victory…

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

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 …

…steward of King Reṇu.

It was also the capital of Makhādeva MN.ii.72f. and eighty four thousand of his descendants.

The Buddha is…

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 king of the Kālingas in the time of Reṇu. His purohita was Jotipāla, and his capital, Dantapura. DN.ii.236

A country mentioned in the Mahāgovinda Sutta. DN.ii.235

In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.

Eder, Gujarat?3region

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the only path out of sorrow is by way of wisdom, renunciat …

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 …

King of Avanti in the time of Reṇu. His capital was Māhissatī. DN.ii.236

…part of the Vajjian federation. According to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 it was King Reṇu who, with the help of Mahāgovinda…

ĀḷārakālāmaĀḷāraKālāma

One of the two teachers to whom Gotama, after his renunciation, first attached himself, the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.24 …

of cajati

1. (mfn.) left, abandoned; got rid of; renounced, given up; given away.
2. (n.) abandoning; leaving; ~ena, adv., with renunciation; giving up; absolutely giving up

departure from worldly life; the renunciation of worldly things and values; whatever is the opposite of or rejection of all worldly, sensual experience and desires.

the domain of renunciation; renunciation.

connected with, attached to, rooted in, the of renunciation; appropriate (only) to the life of renunciation.

Bojjhanga: ‘the 7 factors of enlightenment’, are: awareness or mindfulness sati-sambojjhanga, sati, investigation of the law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, *vir …

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

Ānupubbī-kathā: ‘gradual instruction’, progressive teaching; given by the Buddha when it was necessary to first prepare the listener’s mind before speaking to him on the advanced teaching of the …

strenuousness, exertion, strong endeavour Ja.vi.373 (viriyakaraṇa C.).

abhi + jīhanā of jeh to open ones mouth

departure, going away, esp. the going out into monastic life, retirement renunciation. Usually as mahā˚; the great renunciation Ja.i.61; Pv-a.19.

abhi + nikkhamana

too rigorous or strenuous a livelihood MN.ii.245 (+ adhipāṭimokkha).

adhi (ati?) + ā + jīv

…opp. sāli-yavaka etc.); Cnd.314 (aparaṇṇaṃ nāma sūpeyyaṃ); Ja.v.406 (˚jā = hareṇukā pea); Mil.106 (pubbaṇṇa˚). See also…

Ashes Vin.i.210; Vin.ii.220; DN.ii.164 = Ud.93; AN.i.209; AN.iv.103; Ja.iii.447; Ja.iv.88; Ja.v.144; Dhp-a.i.256 Dhp-a.ii.68; Vv-a.67; Pv-a.80 (chārikangāra).

Cp. kṣāyati to burn, kṣāra burning; …

1. abandoning, giving up, renunciation. Vin.i.10 SN.iii.13 SN.iii.26 SN.iii.158 MN.i.486 AN.i.299 More frequently as
2. liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous munificent (adj.): sīlasampann …

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 …

…Sk….

…Dhs.264; Ja.ii.175; reṇuhata struck with dust, covered with dust Vin.i.32; hatatta (nt.) the state of being destroyed Dhp.390;…

…for kaṇeru, q.v., cp. Sk. kareṇu

female elephant Ja.ii.343; Dhp-a.i.196 (variant reading for kaṇeru).

fr. kareṇu

1. pulling, drawing Mil.231.
2. refusing, rejecting, renunciation, applied to the self-denial of missionary theras following Gotama Buddha’s example Mhvs.12, Mhvs.55.

…MN.i.178
■ See also kareṇu.

Derivation uncertain, just possibly connected with kara, trunk. Sanskrit has kareṇu, but…

any alkaline substance, potash, lye. In combination with ūsa (salt earth) at SN.iii.131 (-gandha) AN.i.209
■ Used as a caustic Pv.iii.10#2; Sdhp.281. See also chārikā.

• -āpatacchika a means of …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…measure Vb-a.343 (36 rattareṇus equal to one likkhā 7 likkhās equal to 1 ūkā); Kp-a.43 (˚matta).

*Sk. likṣā egg of a louse, as…

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

giving up the world leading a holy life, renunciation of, or emancipation from worldliness, freedom from lust, craving & desires, dispassionateness self-abnegation, Nibbāna. Vin.i.18 (˚e ānisaṁsa) DN …

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

going out, departing Ja.ii.153; Vv-a.71 (opp. pavesana); fig renunciation Kp-a.184 (kata˚ as adj. = nikkāmin). See also abhi˚. Nikkhameti & Nikkhameti;

BSk. niṣkramaṇa, to nikkhamati

to go forth from, to come out of (c. abl.), to get out, issue forth depart, fig. to leave the household life behind (agārā n.), to retire from the world (cp. abhinikkhamati etc.) or to give up evil …

putting down, laying down; casting off, discarding, elimination, giving up, renunciation; abstract or summary treatment. Dhs-a.6 344 ‣See under mātikā;
■in grammar pada˚ the setti …

1. giving up, abandonment, sacrifice, renunciation AN.i.92 (āmisa˚ & dhamma material & spiritual); Pts.ii.98 Ja.i.12 (jīvita˚) Dhp-a.iii.441 (pañca mahāpariccāgā the five great sacrifices i.e. the gi …

giving up, forsaking; rejection, renunciation Vin.iii.173 MN.iii.31 SN.v.421f. AN.i.100 AN.i.299 AN.iv.148 AN.iv.350 Pts.i.194 (two p., viz. pariccāga˚ and pakkhandana˚) Pp.19 Pp.21, Pp.22
■ ādāna …

…stanza rāgo rajo na ca pana reṇu vuccati (with dosa & moha; the same) Mnd.505 = Cnd.590 (slightly diff.) = Ja.i.117 = Vism.388, cp. Divy.491…

…Childers compares Sk. trasareṇu a mote of dust, atom. It is said to consist of 36 -tajjāri’s, and 36 ratha-reṇu’s are equal to one…

…(late & speculative)

1. = reṇu, dust or mist of lust etc.
2. fight, war (against the Paths).
3. pain, anguish & distress

The translation…

linear measure, equal to 36 aṇu’s and of which 36 form one rathareṇu Vb-a.343; cp. Abhp.194 (tajjarī).

adjective solid, hard, firm; strenuous, powerful Ja.i.220 Ja.iv.106 (= daḷha); Mil.194 (thir-âthira-bhāva strength or weakness); Vv-a.212 (id.), Vv-a.35 (= thāmavant); Sdhp.321.

Vedic sthira, har …

adjective strenuous, active Dhp.24.

uṭṭhāna + vant

…pepper pod) Dhp-a.iv.203 (reṇu˚). 6. a lump, ball Dhp-a.iii.117 (pubba˚, of matter). 7. rolling forth or along, a gush (of water), pour…

looking, reflection, investigation, prognostication usually as 5 objects of reflection as to when & where & how one shall be reborn (pañca-mahā-˚āni), consisting in kāla, desa, dīpa, kula, mātā (t …

lit. “state of a strong man,” i.e. vigour, energy, effort, exertion On term see also Dhs. translation § 13; Cpd. 242
■ DN.iii.113 DN.iii.120 sq., DN.iii.255 sq.; SN.ii.132, SN.ii.206 sq.; Snp.79 …

…to appease, allay, quiet, suppress, relieve SN.v.50; Snp-a.132 (reṇuṃ); Pv-a.20, Pv-a.38 (sokaṃ), Pv-a.200

vi + upasammati

strenuous, making an effort, watchful Cnd.525 (+ paṭiyatta, in exegesis of yata); Ja.iv.222 (+ paṭiyatta); Ja.vi.294 (Kern’s reading for yata; vv. ll saṃyata & sata, thus warranting yata); Mil.373 ( …

…(chick-) pea soup hareṇuka˚; pea soup; Mil.63 (rañño sūdo yūsaṃ vā rasaṃ vā kareyya).

Vedic yūṣan, later Sk. yūṣa; fr….

adjective begun, started, bent on, undertaking, holding on to, resolved, firm AN.i.148 (āraddhaṃ me viriyaṃ Iti.30; Pv-a.73 (ṭhapetuṃ began to place), Pv-a.212 (gantuṃ). Cp. *[ārādhaka](/define/ārād …

adjective ardent, zealous, strenuous, active DN.iii.58, DN.iii.76 sq., DN.iii.141 (+ sampajāna), DN.iii.221, DN.iii.276; MN.i.22 MN.i.56, MN.i.116, MN.i.207, MN.i.349; MN.ii.11; MN.iii.89, MN.iii.128 …