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sāmā, 1020 találat.

sāmā →

dppn

…of suffering. Thig.37–38

Sāmā2Aparasāmā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how, despite having gone forth for 25…

sama →

pts

Sama1

calmness, tranquillity, mental quiet Snp.896. samaṃ carati to become calm quiescent Ja.iv.172. Cp. -cariyā & ˚cārin.

fr. śam: see sammati1

Sa …

samā →

pts

  1. a year Dhp.106; Mhvs.7, Mhvs.78.
  2. in agginisamā a pyre Snp.668, Snp.670.

Vedic samā

sāma →

pts

sāmā, q.v

■ See sabala.

cp. Vedic śyāma black & śyāva brown; Av….

sāmā →

pts

…(bhisasāmā, C. bhisāni ca sāmākā ca); the Priyangu creeper Ja.i.500; Ja.v.405.

Sk. śyāmā Halāyudha 2, 38; see…

abhaya →

dppn

Abhaya 1

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya2Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

accutadevā →

dppn

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

ajitakesakambala →

dppn

AjitakesakambalaKesakambalaAjita

Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Pitakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is described as a Titthaka (non-Buddhist teacher), leade …

ajātasattu →

dppn

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 …

andhavana →

dppn

A grove to the south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns wh …

anejakā →

dppn

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

ariṭṭhakā →

dppn

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

asama →

dppn

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

They were disciples of different teachers and, standing before the Buddh …

asamā →

dppn

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

assaji →

dppn

Assaji1

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

assatara →

dppn

A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

añjanavana →

dppn

AñjanavanaAñcanavana

A garden at Sāketa. In it was a deer park where the Buddha used to stay. On one such occasion Kakudha came to see him, SN.i.54 and also the wanderer Kuṇḍaliya, SN.v.73 who lived …

aṭṭhaka →

dppn

Aṭṭhaka1

A celebrated sage, composer and reciter of sacred runes, mentioned together with nine others (Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), V …

aṭṭhakanāgara →

dppn

A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

4town

belaṭṭhasīsa →

dppn

An arahant, preceptor of Ānanda. He was once afflicted with scurvy and his robes clung to him. The monks thereupon applied water to the robes, but when the Buddha heard of it he made a rule allowing n …

beluva →

dppn

BeluvaBeluvagāmaVeluvaVeluvagāma

A village near Vesāli, where the Buddha spent his last vassa.

It was at this time that the Buddha, in answer to a question by Ānanda, said that he had kept nothing b …

bārānasī →

dppn

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 …

cittasena →

dppn

A Gandhabba present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s followers when troubled by evil spirits.

dasama →

dppn

A householder of Aṭṭhakanāgara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pāṭaliputta, he visited the Kukkuṭārāma to call upon Ānanda. Learning that Ānanda was at Beluvagāma near Vesāli …

dhataraṭṭha →

dppn

Dhataraṭṭha1

One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …

dānaveghasā →

dppn

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

erāvaṇa →

dppn

In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

giraggasamajjā →

dppn

A festival held from time to time in Rājagaha. According to the Vinaya accounts Vin.ii.107f. Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing and music.

harayodevā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

hemavata →

dppn

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256

He was the friend of Sātāgira.

hāragajā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

hārita →

dppn

Hārita1

A Mahā Brahmā who was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, at the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās. DN.ii.261

Hārita2

A monk whose Theragāthā ve …

inda →

dppn

Inda1

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

isipatana →

dppn

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 …

janesabha →

dppn

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

jatilagāhī →

dppn

The name given to a bhikkhunī, who, so Ānanda tells Udāyī, came to see him at the Añjanavana in Sāketā. The nun asked him for what purpose the Buddha requested that samādhi should be practised and Āna …

joti →

dppn

A class of gods, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

jīvakambavana →

dppn

A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajāt …

kakusandha →

dppn

A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …

kambala →

dppn

A tribe of Nāgas. They were present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

kapotakandara →

dppn

A grotto, probably near Rājagaha. On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his friend to an assembly of *yak …

karumhā →

dppn

A class of spirits, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

kaḷārajanaka →

dppn

King of Mithilā. He was the son of Nimi and belonged to the Makhādeva dynasty. Whereas other kings of his race left the household at the approach of old age, he broke the tradition by not doing so. He …

kaṭṭhakā →

dppn

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

khemiyā →

dppn

A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

khiḍḍāpadosikā →

dppn

KhiḍḍāpadosikāKhiḍḍāpadūsikā

A class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their self-possession is …

kukkuṭārāma →

dppn

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who l …

kumbhīra →

dppn

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

kuṭeṇḍu →

dppn

A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

kālakañjakā →

dppn

A class of Asuras. They were present at the Mahāsamaya, and are spoken of as being of a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Ko …

kāmaseṭṭha →

dppn

One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the F …

lambītakā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

lohicca →

dppn

Lohicca1

A brahmin of Makkarakata in Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was living there in a forest hut, a number of Lohicca’s pupils came there and began abusing the monks, calling them shav …

lohitavāsī →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

lāmaseṭṭhā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

mahesā →

dppn

MahesāMāhissati

A city in the Buddha’s day, mentioned as lying on the route from Bāvari’s hermitage to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011

According to the…

mahākassapa →

dppn

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 …

mahāpāragā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

mahāvana →

dppn

Mahāvana1

A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana2

A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madh …

mettākāyikā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

missakā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

mātali →

dppn

The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …

māṇavagāmiya →

dppn

MāṇavagāmiyaMāṇavagāmika

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Māṇavagāmiya sa …

nigaṇṭha nāṭaputta →

dppn

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

nighaṇḍu →

dppn

A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

nāgasamāla →

dppn

He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …

odātagayhā →

dppn

A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

opamañña →

dppn

Opamañña1

One of the names of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.200

Opamañña2

A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is me …

pajjunna →

dppn

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …

pakudha →

dppn

PakudhaPakudaKakudhaKakudaPakudha KaccāyanaPakudha KātiyānaKakudha KaccāyanaKakudha Kātiyāna

Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time. In the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.56 Ajātasattu …

panāda →

dppn

one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

paramatta →

dppn

A Brahmā who was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

paribbājakā →

dppn

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

pañcakaṅga →

dppn

The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.

The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …

pokkharaṇiyā →

dppn

A monastery in Sāmagāma where the Buddha is said once to have stayed. AN.iii.309

Sāmagāma3monastery

poṭṭhapāda →

dppn

A wanderer. A discussion between him and the Buddha on samādhi and on the soul, which took place in Mallikārāma in Sāvatthī, is reported in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta. Poṭṭhapāda, accepting the Buddha’s v …

pāvā →

dppn

A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited during his last journey, going there from Bhogagāma and stopping at Cunda’s mango grove.

Cunda lived in Pāvā and invited the Buddha to a meal, which prov …

pūraṇa kassapa →

dppn

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

Else …

rojā →

dppn

Rojā1

A Malla, inhabitant of Kusinārā. When the Buddha and Ānanda visited Kusinārā, the Malla chieftains decreed that whoever failed to pay homage to the Buddha would be fined five hundred …

rucirā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

sadāmattā →

dppn

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

sahabhū →

dppn

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

sahadhammā →

dppn

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

sahali →

dppn

Sahali1

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali2

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in …

salaḷāgāra →

dppn

SalaḷāgāraSalalaghara

A building in Jetavana. Once when Sakka went to visit the Buddha he found him in the Salaḷāgāra, wrapt in samādhi, with Bhuñjatī waiting on him. Sakka therefore left a message w …

samānā →

dppn

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

sanaṅkumāra →

dppn

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

sañjīva →

dppn

One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 He was expert in samādhi, and lived in cells, caves, etc., sustaining himself on samādhi. One day, when in a state of trance in a forest, w …

subrahmā →

dppn

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 …

sucitti →

dppn

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

sukkā →

dppn

Sukkā1

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …

suleyyā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

suriya →

dppn

A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Rāhu to let him go. This Rāhu did, an …

sākya →

dppn

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

sāmagāma →

dppn

A Sākiyan village where the Sāmagāma Sutta was preached. MN.ii.243 There was a lotus pond in the village. AN.iii.309

The Vedhaññā probably lived there, because, according to the Pāsādika Sutta, DN.ii …

sāmaññakāni →

dppn

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the happiness of one who practices the right way. Thag.35

sāmaṇḍaka →

dppn

SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni

A Paribbājaka, mentioned SN.iv.261f. as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he que …

sāmāvatī →

dppn

…the Dhamma. Ud.vii.10

Sāmāvatī is reckoned among the moist eminent of the lay women who were followers of the Buddha, and was declared by…

sātapabbata →

dppn

A mountain in the Middle country, the abode of Sātāgira. Many other Yakkas also lived there, three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

4hill

tacchakā →

dppn

A class of Nāgas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

timbaru →

dppn

A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268

He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

tissa →

dppn

Tissa1

One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa2

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …

tusita →

dppn

The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210

Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusit …

udaya →

dppn

Udaya1

A brahmin of Sāvatthī. One day the Buddha came to his house and he filled the Buddha’s bowl with the food prepared for his own use. Three days in succession the Buddha came, and Uda …

uggāhamāna →

dppn

UggāhamānaSamaṇamaṇḍikāputtaSamaṇamuṇḍikāputta

A Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see t …

ukkacelā →

dppn

UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā

A village in the Vajji country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesāli and near the latter.

Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Pari …

ummāpupphā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

upasamā →

dppn

Upasamā>

A bhikkhunī whose verse is found in the Therīgāthā. Thig.10

upasena →

dppn

UpasenaVaṅgantaputta

When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him to wait upon the Buddha. The Buddha roundly rebuked …

varuṇā →

dppn

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.

vedhaññā →

dppn

VedhaññāVedañña

A family of Sākiyans. It was to them that the Pāsādika Sutta was preached. DN.iii.17 From the Sāmagāma Sutta MN.ii.244 it would appear that these Sākiyans lived in Sāmagāma.

veghanasā →

dppn

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

vepacitti →

dppn

VepacittiSambara

An Asura chieftain, who was present with Namuci (Māra) at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya …

vessāmitta →

dppn

Vessāmitta1

A celebrated sage of old. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 Vin.i.2451

Vessāmitta2

A Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, w …

vesālā →

dppn

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

veteṇḍu →

dppn

A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

veṇhu →

dppn

A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.

vicakkanā →

dppn

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

viṭeṇḍu →

dppn

One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

viṭu →

dppn

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

viṭucca →

dppn

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

vāruṇā →

dppn

A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

vāsavanesī →

dppn

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

vāyodevā →

dppn

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

yakkha →

dppn

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 …

yama →

dppn

The god of death. When beings die they are led before him to be judged according to their deeds. Birth, old age, illness, punishment for crime and death, are regarded as his messengers, sent among men …

yasa →

dppn

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 …

yasoja →

dppn

YasojaYasojoti

The Udāna mentions Ud.iii.3 how Yasoja and five hundred of his companions went to see the Buddha at Jetavana. There they stood talking to the monks who lived there and made a great upr …

ājīvakā →

dppn

ĀjīvakāĀjīvikā

A class of naked ascetics, Vin.i.291 followers of Makkhali Gosāla, regarded, from the Buddhist point of view, as the worst of sophists. Numerous references to the Ājīvakas are to be fo …

ākoṭaka →

dppn

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-K …

āpā →

dppn

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

appanā samādhi →

farkas

rögzült, rögzített összpontosítás

parikkama samādhi →

farkas

előkészítő összpontosítás

samādhi →

farkas

összeszedettség

samatha →

farkas

elnyugvás, nyugodt derű

upacāra samādhi →

farkas

megközelítő összpontosítás

abbhasama →

ncped

like a cloud; high as the sky

abhihiṃsamāna →

ncped

hurting.

abhisamaya →

ncped

penetration into; right understanding (of).

abhisamācita →

ncped

heaped together; accumulated.

abhisamācāra →

ncped

good conduct.

abhisamācārika →

ncped

belonging to good conduct (the minimum of decent behavior), proper; relating to the basic discipline; belonging to the basic or minor discipline

addhikaraṇavūpasamana →

ncped

the settling of a case or dispute

adhikaraṇasamatha →

ncped

(a method) of settling a case or dispute

agginisama →

ncped

filled (to the brim) with fire; being a mass of fire; a mass of fire.

alaṃsamakkhāta →

ncped

competent teacher

alaṃsamakkhātar →

ncped

competent teacher

anabhihiṃsamāna →

ncped

not hurting; not disturbing.

anabhisamaya →

ncped

lack of penetration; wrong understanding

anissāmanaka →

ncped

(-ikā)n.

anubhavissāma →

ncped

assama →

ncped

hermitage; the forest dwelling of an ascetic.

assamaṇḍalikā →

ncped

horse-pen; an exercise-ring

assāma →

ncped

aṭṭhacattārīsa →

ncped

aṭṭhacattālīsaaṭṭhacattālīsaṃaṭṭhacattāḷīsaaṭṭhacattāḷīsaṃ

num. forty eight

aṭṭhacattārīsaṃ →

ncped

aṭṭhacattālīsaaṭṭhacattālīsaṃaṭṭhacattāḷīsaaṭṭhacattāḷīsaṃ

num. forty eight

aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgata →

ncped

  1. characterised by eight parts (i.e. by observance of the first eight precepts); having eight constituent parts.
  2. possessed of eight good qualities or of eight faults

aṭṭhārasama →

ncped

eighteenth

cakkasamārūḷha →

ncped

having mounted their vehicles (in an emergency)

caturaṅgasamannāgata →

ncped

consisting of four parts or aspects; with four factors or aspects.

chasamannāgata →

ncped

with six parts or six characteristics.

cittasamādhāna →

ncped

fixing; stilling of thoughts; profound meditation.

cuddasama →

ncped

(~a, ī)n the 14th.

cīvarakālasamaya →

ncped

, id. proper time when robe material is given.

cīvarakārasamaya →

ncped

time for making or working on robes.

dasama →

ncped

the tenth.

dassāma →

ncped

of dassati

dhammabhisamaya →

ncped

right understanding of dhamma.

dhaññasamavāpaka →

ncped

grain and seeds.

dhurasamādhi →

ncped

proper alignment, evenness of the yoke.

dissamāna →

ncped

of dissati

dukkhupasamana →

ncped

extinguishing dukkha.

dussamādaha →

ncped

hard to settle, hard to make still.

duvūpasamaya →

ncped

hard to calm; hard to settle.

dvayaṃdvayasamāpatti →

ncped

sexual intercourse.

dvādasama →

ncped

(~ī)n. the twelfth.

dvādasamāsika →

ncped

consisting of twelve months.

dvādasamāsiya →

ncped

dūtenūpasamapadā →

ncped

ekagga →

ncped

  1. (mfn.) having one point, (with attention) fixed on one point or object; closely attentive, intent; esp. concentrated in samādhi.
  2. (m.) concentration on one object, intentness; calm

ekādasama →

ncped

(~ā & ~ī)n. the eleventh.

etarahi →

ncped

now; a this time; nowadays, at the present time; esp. (a) in relation to the past and/or future; parallel (in direct speech) to tena kho pana samayena (+ historic present).

eḷakasamāna →

ncped

like sheep or goats

gamissāma →

ncped

of gacchati

giriaggasamajja →

ncped

festival held at rājagaha.

issāmanaka →

ncped

(-ikā)n. envious; jealous.

jigiṃsamāna →

ncped

of jigiṃsati

kappitakesamassu →

ncped

with hair and beard dressed or trimmed

karissāma →

ncped

katasāmaṇa →

ncped

who has performed the duties of a sāmana

kesamassu →

ncped

nom, ~ū, ~ūni) the hair and beard

kesamassulocaka →

ncped

(one) who pulls out the hairs of the head and of the beard

kesamassulocana →

ncped

pulling out the hairs of the head and of the beard

kilissamāna →

ncped

kodhasāmanta →

ncped

close to anger, associated with anger

kāḷasāma →

ncped

black and/or dark brown

kāḷasāmaka →

ncped

black and/or dark brown

namassamāna →

ncped

of namassati

nibbisamāna →

ncped

of nibbisati

nisāmaka →

ncped

closely observing; attending carefully to.

nisāmakajātika →

ncped

naturally disposed to attending carefully; given to closely observing.

nisāmakajātiya →

ncped

nisāmayati →

ncped

nisāmayi →

ncped

of nisāmeti

nisāmayitvā →

ncped

of nisāmeti

nivisamāna →

ncped

settles down; enters; establishes oneself.

samāna →

ncped

taṃdasama →

ncped

with that one as the tenth, consisting of that one and nine others

terasama →

ncped

(~ā ~ī)n. the 13th.

tiṇavatthāraka →

ncped

“a covering of grass”, one of the seven adhikaraṇasamatha (method of setting a case or dispute)

uddissamāna →

ncped

upasama →

ncped

becoming quite, alleviation, stopping; calmness, peace, tranquility.

upasamaddhiṭṭhāna →

ncped

  1. (n.) fixing the mind on tranquillity; resolution for calmness.
  2. (mfn.)fixing the mind on tranquility; resolving for calmness

upasamati →

ncped

becomes calm or quite; ceases; is allayed, is extinguished

upasāmayati →

ncped

calms, makes settle.

upāsamāna →

ncped

ābhisamācārika →

ncped

belonging to good conduct (the minimum of decent behavior), proper; relating to the basic discipline; belonging to the basic or minor discipline

āsiṃsamāna →

ncped

āvāsamacchari →

ncped

selfish about dwellings

āvāsamaccharin →

ncped

selfish about dwellings

āvāsamacchariya →

ncped

selfish, meanness about dwellings

abhisamaya →

nyana

Abhisamaya: ‘breakthrough or penetration to the realization of the truth’, is the full and direct comprehension of the Four Noble Truths by the Stream-winner sotāpanna see: ariya-puggala. In …

abhisamācārika-sīla →

nyana

Abhisamācārika-sīla: ’ morality consisting in good behaviour’, relates to the external duties of a Bhikkhu such as towards his senior, etc. abhisamācārika-sīla is a name for those moral rule …

abhiññā →

nyana

Abhiññā: The 6 ‘higher powers’, or supernormal knowledge’s, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in mental concentration samādhi and one supra-mundane * …

access-concentration →

nyana

Access-concentration: see: samādhi

acquired image →

nyana

[[acquired image]]Acquired !nimitta samādhi kasina

adhitthāna →

nyana

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

  1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

anupubba-nirodha →

nyana

Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …

anupubba-vihāra →

nyana

Anupubba-vihāra: the 9 ‘successive abodes’, are identical with the 9 anupubba-nirodha see: above. In A. IX, 33 they are called successive attainments anupubba - samāpatti.

anussati →

nyana

Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

appanā-samādhi →

nyana

Appanā-samādhi: Absorption concentration or full concentration from apeti to fix, is the concentration existing during absorption jhāna, whilst the neighbourhood or access-concentration *upa …

attainment-concentration →

nyana

Attainment-concentration: appanā-samādhi, see: samādhi

attainments →

nyana

Attainments: The 8 Attainments see: samāpatti

avikkhepa →

nyana

Avikkhepa: Undistractedness, is a synonym of concentration samādhi, one-pointedness of mind citt’ekaggatā and calm tranquillity samatha, further see: samatha - vipassanā.

bala →

nyana

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

balance of mental faculties →

nyana

[[balance of mental faculties]]Balance of mental abilities: indriya samatta.

behaviour →

nyana

Behaviour: morality consisting in good: abhisamācārikasīla.

belief →

nyana

Belief: blind: see: indriya-samatta.

bhāvanā →

nyana

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

bojjhanga →

nyana

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

cakkhu →

nyana

Cakkhu: ‘eye’ see: āyatana The foll. 5 kinds of ‘eyes’ are mentioned and explained in CNid. PTS, p. 235; the first 3 also in It. 52: 1. the physical eye mamsa cakkhu. the divine eye *dibba- …

cetanā →

nyana

Cetanā: ‘intention’, will, is one of the seven mental properties cetasika inseparably bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception *sa …

cittass'ekaggatā →

nyana

[[cittass’ekaggatā]]Cittass’ekaggatā: ‘one-pointedness of mind’, is a synonym of concentration, or samādhi

concentration →

nyana

Concentration: samādhi - right°, see: sacca IV. 8, magga 8. - wrong°, see: micchā-magga 8.

contiguity →

nyana

Contiguity: samanantara-paccaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

counter-image →

nyana

Counter-!nimitta kasina samādhi

ends →

nyana

Ends: ‘attaining two ends simultaneously’; sama - sīsī.

equilibrium of mental faculties →

nyana

[[equilibrium of mental faculties]]Equilibrium of mental abilities: indriya-samatta.

fruits of monk-life →

nyana

[[fruits of monk-life]]Fruits of monk-life: sāmañña-phala

hāna-bhāgiya-sīla →

nyana

Hāna-bhāgiya-sīla: - samādhi b h. b. p aññā morality, concentration or understanding connected with decline. The other three stages are: thiti-bhāgiya-sīla etc. morality, etc. connected …

iddhi →

nyana

Iddhi: ‘power’, ‘magical power’. The magical powers constitute one of the 6 kinds of higher spiritual powers abhiññā. One distinguishes many kinds of magical powers: the power of determination * …

iddhi-pāda →

nyana

Iddhi-pāda: ‘roads to power’ or success are the 4 following qualities,,for as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because they form, by way of preparation, the roads …

image →

nyana

Image: mental: see: nimitta, samādhi, kasina.

immediacy →

nyana

Immediacy: an alternative rendering for contiguity-condition, samanatara - paccaya which is one of the 24 conditions paccaya

indriya →

nyana

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

  1. eye: …

indriya-samatta →

nyana

Indriya-samatta: ‘equilibrium, balance, or harmony of abilities’, relates to the 5 spiritual abilities: faith, energy, awareness or mindfulness, concentration and understanding see: indriya 15\ …

javana →

nyana

Javana: fr. javati to impel: ‘impulsion’, is the phase of full cognition in the cognitive series, or perceptual process citta-vīthi see. viññāna-kicca occurring at its climax, if the respe …

jhāna →

nyana

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

pabbajjā →

nyana

Pabbajjā: lit. ‘the going forth’, or more fully stated, ‘the going forth from home to the homeless life’ of a Bhikkhu agārasmā, anagāriyam consists in severing all family and social ties to li …

paccaya →

nyana

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

padhāna →

nyana

Padhāna: ‘effort.’ The 4 right efforts samma - padhāna forming the 6th stage of the 8-fold path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overc …

pahāna →

nyana

Pahāna: ‘overcoming’, abandoning. There are 5 kinds of overcoming: 1 overcoming by repression vikkhambhana-pahāna i.e. the temporary suspension of the 5 hindrances nīvarana during the absorpt …

parikamma-samādhi →

nyana

Parikamma-samādhi: ‘preparatory concentration’, is the initial and still undeveloped concentration of mind; see: samādhi

patibhāga-nimitta →

nyana

Patibhāga-nimitta: s. nimitta, kasina, samādhi.

phala →

nyana

Phala: lit. ‘fruit’. - 1. result, effect often together with hetu cause; 2. benefit e.g. in Sāmañña-phala Sutta, ‘The Results, or Benefits, of Recluseship’; D. 2.

As ’ path -result’, or ’fru …

preparatory concentration →

nyana

[[preparatory concentration]]Preparatory concentration: and preparatory image, etc.: see: samādhi javana

progress of the disciple →

nyana

[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …

pādaka-jjhāna →

nyana

Pādaka-jjhāna: ‘foundation-forming absorption’, is an absorption used as a foundation, or starting point, for the higher spiritual powers abhiññā, or for insight vipassanā, leading to the su …

thiti-bhāgiya-sīla →

nyana

Thiti-bhāgiya-sīla, Thiti-bhāgiya-samādhi, Thiti-bhāgiya-paññā: ‘static morality, static concentration, static understanding’; see: hāna-bhāgiya-sīla

thought, Thought-conception: s …

tranquillity →

nyana

Tranquillity: of mind: see: samatha, samatha - vipassanā, bhāvanā, bojjhanga - ‘One who has taken t. as his vehicle’: samathayānika

ānantariya →

nyana

Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …

ānāpāna-sati →

nyana

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

abbha →

pts

A (dense & dark) cloud, a cloudy mass AN.ii.53; Vin.ii.295 = Mil.273 in list of to things that obscure moon- & sunshine, viz.; abbhaṃ mahikā (mahiyā A) dhūmarajo (megho Miln), Rāhu. This list i …

abbuda →

pts

  1. the foetus in the 1st & 2nd months after conception the 2nd of the five prenatal stages of development, viz kalala, abbuda, pesi, ghana, pasākha Mnd.120; Mil.40 V …

abhihaṃsati →

pts

  1. (trs.) to gladden, please, satisfy SN.iv.190 (abhihaṭṭhuṃ); AN.v.350 (id.).
  2. (intr.) to find delight in (c. acc.), to enjoy SN.v.74 (rūpaṃ manāpaṃ); AN.iv.419 sq. (T. reads ˚hiṃsamāna jhānaṃ vari …

abhippaharaṇa →

pts

attacking, fighting, as adj. f. -aṇī fighting, epithet of Mārassa senā, the army of M. Snp.439 (kaṇhassa˚ the fighting army of k. = samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ nippothanī antarāyakārī Snp-a.390).

abhi + paharaṇa

abhiropana →

pts

concentration of mind, attention (seems restricted to Pts ii. only) Pts.ii.82 (variant reading abhiniropana), Pts.ii.84, Pts.ii.93, Pts.ii.115 (buddhi˚), Pts.ii.142 (˚virāga), Pts.ii.145 (˚vimutti), P …

abhirūpa →

pts

adjective of perfect form, (very), handsome, beautiful, lovely Snp.410 (= dassaniya’ angapaccanga Snp-a.383); Ja.i.207; Pp.52; DN-a.i.281 (aññehi manussehi adhikarūpa); Vv-a.53; Pv-a.61 (abhikkant …

abhisamaya →

pts

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

abhisameti →

pts

to come by, to attain, to realise grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in combn. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti; abhisambujjhitvā abhisamet …

abhisamācārika →

pts

adjective belonging to the practice of the lesser ethics; to be practiced; belonging to or what is the least to be expected of good conduct, proper. Of sikkhā Vin.v.181; AN.ii.243 …

abhisamāgacchati →

pts

to come to (understand) completely, to grasp fully, to master Kp-a.236 (for abhisamecca Snp.143).

abhi + sam + āgacchati, cp. in meaning adhigacchati

accaya →

pts

  1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

addhāna →

pts

same meaning as addhan but as simplex only used with reference to time (i.e. a long time, cp. Vv-a.117 addhānaṃ = ciraṃ). Usually in phrase atītaṃ (anāgataṃ etc.) addhānaṃ in …

adhicitta →

pts

“higher thought”, meditation, contemplation, nsually in combn. with adhisīla and adhipaññā Vin.i.70; DN.iii.219; MN.i.451; AN.i.254, AN.i.256 Mn …

adhikaraṇa →

pts

  1. attendance, supervision, management of affairs, administration Pv-a.209.
  2. relation, reference, reason, cause, consequence DN.ii.59 (-˚: in consequence of); SN.ii.41; SN.v.19. Esp. acc. -ṃ as …

adhiṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

aggi →

pts

fire.

  1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

agāra →

pts

  1. house or hut, usually implying the comforts of living at home as opp. to anagāra homelessness or the state of a homeless wanderer (mendicant). See anagāriyā
    ■ Thus freq. in two phrases con …

ajjhatta →

pts

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

akkhaṇa →

pts

wrong time, bad luck, misadventure, misfortune. There are 9 enumerated at DN.iii.263; the usual set consists of 8; thus DN.iii.287; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.4 sq. See also *khaṇa-[vedhin](/de …

alaṃ →

pts

indeclinable emphatic particle

  1. in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …

amha →

pts

Amha1 & Amhan

neuter a stone Snp.443 (instr. amhanā, but Snp-a.392 reads asmanā pāsāṇena).

  • -maya made of stone, hard Dhp.161 (= pāsāṇa˚ Dhp-a.iii.151).

Sk. aśman, …

anavaya →

pts

adjective not lacking, complete in (loc.), fulfilling DN.i.88 (= anūna paripūra-kārin DN-a.i.248); AN.iii.152 (= samatta paripuṇṇa AA quoted by Tr. on Mil.10).

derivation doubtful. See Trenckner *P …

antaraṭṭhaka →

pts

adjective only in phrases rattisu antaraṭṭhakāsu and antaraṭṭhake hima-pātasamaye (in which antara functions as prep. c. loc., according to antara II. b.) i.e. in the nights (& in the time of the …

anulomika →

pts

(& -ya) adjective suitable, fit, agreeable; in proper order, adapted to (-˚) Vin.ii.7 (an˚), Vin.iii.120 (an˚ = ananucchaviya); Vin.iv.239; AN.i.106; AN.iii.116 sq.; Iti.103 (sāmaññassa˚); Snp.385 …

anusandahati →

pts

to direct upon, to apply to AN.iv.47 sq. (cittaṃ samāpattiyā; so to be read with variant reading for anusandati) Mil.63 (but here prob. to be read as anusandati, q.v.).

anu + …

anussati →

pts

remembrance, recollection, thinking of, mindfulness. A late list of subjects to be kept in mind comprises six anussati-ṭṭhānāni, viz. Buddha˚, Dhamma˚, Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚; i.e. prope …

anuyutta →

pts

  1. applying oneself to, dealing with, practising, given to, intent upon DN.i.166, DN.i.167; DN.iii.232 = AN.ii.205 (attaparitāpan’ ânuyogaṃ a.); SN.iii.153 SN.iv.104; Snp.663 (lobhaguṇe), Snp.814 (met …

anvesati →

pts

to look, for search, seek SN.i.112 (ppr. anvesaṃ = pariyesamāna C.); Cp.iii.11#7 (ppr. anvesanto)
aor anvesi [Sk. anveṣi fr. icchati] Pv.ii.6#20 (? perhaps better with variant reading Pv-a.99 as …

anānu →

pts

Anānu-

represents the metrically lengthened from of ananu(an + anu), as found e.g. in the foll. compounds: -tappaṃ (ppr.) not regretting Ja.v.492; -puṭṭha questioned Snp.782 (= apucchita Snp\ …

apavyāma →

pts

disrespect, neglect, in phrase apayvāmato (apaby˚) karoti to treat disrespectfully, to insult, defile SN.i.226 (variant reading abyāmato; C. explains apabyāmato karitvā abyāmato …

api →

pts

indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.

  1. (prep. pref.)
    1. prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …

appanā →

pts

appeti* application (of mind), ecstasy,fixing of thought on an object conception (as psychol. t. t.) Ja.ii.61 (˚patta); Mil.62 (of vitakka); Dhs.7, Dhs.21, Dhs.298; Vism.144 (˚samādh …

appaṭigandhika →

pts

Appaṭigandhika & ˚iya

adjective not smelling disagreeable, i.e. with beautiful smell, scented odorous Ja.v.405 (˚ika, but C. ˚iya; expld. by sugandhena udakena samannāgata); Ja.vi.518; Pv. …

appaṭigandhiya →

pts

Appaṭigandhika & ˚iya

adjective not smelling disagreeable, i.e. with beautiful smell, scented odorous Ja.v.405 (˚ika, but C. ˚iya; expld. by sugandhena udakena samannāgata); Ja.vi.518; Pv. …

appaṭisama →

pts

adjective not having it’s equal, incomparable Ja.i.94 (Baddha-sirī).

a + paṭi = sama; cp. BSk. apratisama Mvu.i.104

arahant →

pts

adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–⁠6). Adopted by the Bu …

ariya →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
  2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
  3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

asama →

pts

Asama1

adjective unequal, incomparable Ja.i.40 (+ appaṭipuggala); Sdhp.578 (+ atula). Esp. freq. in cpd -dhura lit. carrying more than an equal burden, of incomparable strength, very …

asamaggiya →

pts

lack of concord, disharmony Ja.vi.516 (so read for asāmaggiya).

abstr. fr. a + samagga

asamapekkhana →

pts

(f.) lack of consideration SN.iii.261; Dhs.390, Dhs.1061, Dhs.1162.

fr. a + sam + apekkhati

asamaṇa →

pts

at Pp.27 is to be read assamaṇa (q.v.).

asammodiya →

pts

disagreement, dissension Ja.vi.517 (= asamaggiya C.).

a + sammodiya

asamāhita →

pts

adjective not composed, uncontrolled, not firm Iti.113 (opp. susamāhita); Dhp.110, Dhp.111; Pp.35.

a + samāhita

asani →

pts

orig. a sharp stone as hurling-weapon thence in mythol. Indra’s thunderbolt thunder-clap, lightning Ja.i.71, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.323; Mil.277; Vv-a.83.

  • -aggi the fire …

asati →

pts

*Asati

(& Asanāti q.v.) to eat; imper. asnātu Ja.v.376; fut. asissāmi Thag.223; Snp.970
ppr med asamāna Ja.v.59; Snp.239. ger. asitvā Mil.167; & *a …

asman →

pts

stone, rock; only in instr. asmanā Snp-a.362.

Vedic aśman; the usual P. forms are amha and asama2

assama →

pts

hermitage (of a brahmin ascetic esp. a jaṭila) Vin.i.24 = Vin.iv.108; Vin.i.26, Vin.i.246; Vin.iii.147; Snp.979; Snp.p.104, Snp.p.111; Ja.i.315 (˚pada), Ja.v.75 (id.) Ja.v.321, Ja.vi.76 (˚pada). The w …

assamaṇa →

pts

not a true Samaṇa Vin.i.96; Snp.282; Pp.27 (so read for asamaṇa); Pp-a.207
■ f assamaṇī Vin.iv.214.

a + samaṇa

assāsika →

pts

adjective only in neg. an˚; not able to afford comfort, giving no comfort or security. MN.i.514 MN.iii.30 Ja.ii.298 (= aññaṁ assāsetuṁ asamatthaṭāya na assāsika). cp. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit anāśvā …

asāmapāka →

pts

adjective one who does not cook (a meal) for himself (a practice of ascetics) DN-a.i.270.

a + sāma + pāka

attha →

pts

Attha1

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

  1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

atthi →

pts

to be, to exist.
pres Ind. 1st sg. asmi Snp.1120, Snp.1143; Ja.i.151; Ja.iii.55 and amhi MN.i.429; Snp.694; Ja.ii.153; Pv.i.10#2; Pv.ii.8#2.
■ 2

avasaṭa →

pts

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

añhamāna →

pts

eating, taking food; enjoying: only SS at Snp.240; all MSS at Snp.239 have asamāna. Snp-a.284 explains by āhārayamāna.

Sk. aśnāna, ppr. med. of aśnāti, to eat

aḍḍha →

pts

Aḍḍha1

(& addha) one half, half; usually in compn. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

aṅga →

pts

  1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

aṭṭha →

pts

Aṭṭha1

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

bala →

pts

Bala1

neuter

  1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

balavant →

pts

adjective strong, powerful, sturdy MN.i.244 (purisa) SN.i.222; Ja.ii.406; Dhp-a.ii.208; Vv-a.35; Pv-a.94. Comparative balavatara Mil.131; f. -a(n)tarī Sdhp.452. In compound balava˚; e.g. *- …

bandhu →

pts

  1. a relation, relative, kinsman; pl. bandhū Ja.iv.301; Pv-a.86 (= ñātī) & bandhavo Cnd.455 (where Mnd.11 in id. p. reads bandhū)
    ■ Ādicca˚
    ; kinsman of the Sun an epithet of the Buddha Vin …

bhaddaka →

pts

Bhaddakaa & Bhadrakab

  1. good, of good quality (opp. pāpaka) AN.iv.169a.
  2. honoured of high repute Ja.iii.269a (= sambhāvita C.).
  3. (m nt.) a good thing, …

bhassa →

pts

speech, conversation, way of talking, disputation Snp.328 (variant reading for hassa); Iti.71; Mil.90; Vism.127 (grouped into fit talk as the 10 kathā-vatthus, and unfit talk or gossip, as the 32 tir …

bhassati →

pts

to fall down, drop, to droop (Dhtp.455 & Dhtm.695: adho-patane & adhopāte) Ja.iv.223; Ja.vi.530. ppr. bhassamāna Mil.82 pret. 3rd sg. bhassittha Ja.ii.274 (cp. pa …

bhavati →

pts

to become, to be, exist, behave etc. (cp. Cnd.474 sambhavati jāyati nibbattati pātu-bhavati)

I. Forms

There are two bases used side by side, viz bhav˚; and (contracted) ho˚; the latte …

bhikkhu →

pts

an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. …

bhojana →

pts

food, meal, nourishment in general Ja.ii.218; Ja.iv.103, Ja.iv.173; Ja.i.178; Ja.iv.223; Snp.102 Snp.128, Snp.242, Snp.366, Snp.667; Dhp.7, Dhp.70; Pp.21, Pp.55; Mil.370 Vism.69, Vism.106; Sdhp.52, Sd …

bhāga →

pts

  1. part, portion, fraction, share Vin.i.285; Snp.427 (sahassa-bhāgo maraṇassa = sahassaṃ bhāgānaṃ assā ti Snp-a.387; a thousand times a share of death, i.e. very near death, almost quite dead), Snp. …

bhāgavant →

pts

adjective sharing in, partaking of (gen.) Dhp.19, Dhp.20 (sāmaññassa).

fr. bhāga, equal to bhāgin

bhāgin →

pts

adjective sharing in, partaking of (with gen.), endowed with; getting, receiving AN.ii.80; AN.iii.42 (āyussa vaṇṇassa etc.); Ja.i.87 (rasānaṃ) Mil.18 (sāmaññassa); Vism.150 (lābhassa); Dhp-a.ii.90 Vb …

bhāsati →

pts

Bhāsati1

to speak, to say, to speak to, to call MN.i.227, Snp.158 Snp.562, Snp.722; Dhp.1, Dhp.246, Dhp.258; also bhāsate Snp.452
pot bhāseyya Vin.ii.189; Snp.451, Snp.930; Snp-a.46 …

bhāva →

pts

  1. being, becoming, condition, nature; very rarely by itself (only in later & C. literature, as e.g. Ja.i.295 thīnaṃ bhāvo, perhaps best to be translated as “women’s character,” taking bhāva = attabhā …

bhāvanā →

pts

producing, dwelling on something, putting one’s thoughts to, application, developing by means of thought or meditation, cultivation by mind, culture
■ See on term Dhs translation 261 (= 2

bhūmi →

pts

  1. (lit.) ground, soil, earth Vin.ii.175; Snp.418 (yāna carriage road); Pv.i.10#14≈; Snp-a.353 (heṭṭhā-bhūmiyaṃ under the earth); Dhp-a.i.414 (id., opp. upari-bhūmiyaṃ)
  2. place, quarter, district …

bhūri →

pts

Bhūri1

feminine the earth; given as name for the earth (paṭhavi) at Pts.ii.197; see also def. at Dhs-a.147. Besides these only in 2 doubtful compounds, both resting on demonology, viz. *b …

bindu →

pts

  1. a drop, usually a drop of water Snp.392, Snp.812 (uda˚); Ja.i.100; Vism.531 (madhu˚) Thag-a.281; Pv-a.98 (udaka˚).
  2. a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism.222 (˚vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).
  3. (as adj. …

bodhi →

pts

Bodhi1

feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …

bojjhaṅga →

pts

factor or constituent of knowledge or wisdom. There are 7 bojjhangas usually referred to or understood from the context. There are enumerated at several places, e.g. at DN.iii.106, where they are ment …

brahma →

pts

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 …

brahmā →

pts

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 …

buddha →

pts

Buddha1

adjective

  1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
  2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

bāhira →

pts

adjective

  1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside) outer, foreign DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out o …

bāhujañña →

pts

adjective belonging to the mass of people, property of many people or of the masses DN.ii.106, DN.ii.219; SN.ii.107 SN.v.262; Ja.i.29 (verse 212). Note. The expression occurs only in stock phrase id …

cakka →

pts

I. Crude meaning

  1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
  2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
  3. a disc, a …

cakkhu →

pts

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

  1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

cakkhula →

pts

adjective in visama˚ squint-eyed. squinting Ja.i.353; Ja.vi.548.

= cakkhuka

cakkhumant →

pts

adjective having eyes, being gifted with sight; of clear sight, intuition or wisdom possessing knowledge (cp. samantacakkhu) DN.i.76 (one who knows, i.e. a connoisseur); cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhinti “ …

cavati →

pts

to move, get into motion, shift, to fall away, decease, esp. to pass from one state of existence into another DN.i.14 (sañsaranti c˚ upapajjanti, cp. DN-a.i.105); Kp.viii.4 (= Kp-a.220: apeti vigacc …

cetanā →

pts

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

cetasa →

pts

Cetasa1

Name of a tree, perhaps the yellow Myrobalan Ja.v.420.

Cetasa2

adjective only in-˚: sucetasa of a good mind, good-hearted SN.i.4 = SN.i.29, SN.i.46 = SN.i.52; paraph …

chamā →

pts

the earth; only in oblique cases, used as adv. Instr. chamā on the ground, to the ground (= ved. kṣamā) MN.i.387; DN.iii.6; Ja.iii.232; Ja.iv.285; Ja.vi.89, Ja.vi.528; Vv.41#4 (Vv …

chanda →

pts

  1. impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Explained at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ …

cintita →

pts

  1. (adj.) thought out, invented, devised SN.i.137 (dhammo asuddho samalehi c.); SN.iii.151 (caraṇaṃ nāma cittaṃ citten’ eva c.); Pv.ii.6#13 (mantaṃ brahma˚, expl. Pv-a.97 by kathitaṃ)
  2. (nt.) a thou …

citta →

pts

Citta1 & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

cāga →

pts

  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 …

cāra →

pts

motion, walking, going; doing, behaviour, action, process Mil.162 (+ vihāra) Dhs.8 = Dhs.85 (= vicāra); Dhs-a.167. usually -˚ (n. adj.): kāma˚ going at will Ja.iv.261; pamāda˚ a slothful life Ja.i. …

cārin →

pts

(only-˚) adjective walking, living, experiencing; behaving, acting, practising.

  1. lit. asanga˚ SN.i.199 akāla˚ Snp.386; ambu˚ Snp.62; vihangapatha˚ Sdhp.241; sapadāna˚ MN.i.30; Snp.65; pariyanta˚ S …

cāveti →

pts

to bring to fall, move, drive away; disturb, distract AN.iv.343 (samādhimhā); Ja.i.60 (inf cāvetu-kāma); Ja.ii.329 (jhānā, abl.). Aor. acāvayi (prohib.) Snp.442 (ṭhānā).

caus. of cavati

cīvara →

pts

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

dahara →

pts

adjective small, little delicate, young; a young boy, youth, lad DN.i.80, DN.i.115; SN.i.131; SN.ii.279 (daharo ce pi paññavā); MN.i.82; MN.ii.19 MN.ii.66; AN.v.300; Snp.216, Snp.420 (yuvā +), Snp.57 …

dahati →

pts

Dahati1

(dahate) to put, place; take for (acc or abl.), assume, claim, consider DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the …

dama →

pts

adjective noun (& of a nt.; damo the instr. damasā) taming, subduing; self-control, self-command moderation DN.i.53 (dānena damena saṃyamena = Iti.15 expl. at DN-a.i.160 as indriya-damena uposat …

damatha →

pts

taming, subduing, mastery, restraint, control MN.i.235; DN.iii.54 (+ samatha); Dhp.35 (cittassa d.); Pv-a.265; Dpvs.vi.36.

Sk. damatha

dameti →

pts

to make tame, chastise, punish master, conquer, convert Vin.ii.196 (daṇḍena); MN.ii.102; Dhp.80, Dhp.305 (attānaṃ); Iti.123 (ppr. [danto] damayataṃ seṭṭho [santo] samayataṃ isi); Mil.14, Mil.386; Pv- …

dasa →

pts

Dasa1

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

dassanīya →

pts

adjective fair to behold, beautiful good-looking (= dassituṃ yutta DN-a.i.141), often in formula abhirūpa d. pāsādika paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgəta to express matchless physical beauty: D …

dassati →

pts

*Dassati1

to see, to perceive.

  1. (pres.) base dakkh [Sk. drakṣ]: pres.
    1. dakkhati Cnd.428 (= passati), 1st dakkhāmi ibid. (= passāmi) second dakkhasi SN.i.11 …

dassāvin →

pts

adjective noun full of insight, seeing, perceiving, taking notice of. In combination with -ñū (knowing) it plays the part of an additional emphasis to the 1st term = knowing & seeing i.e. having co …

deva →

pts

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1a) …

devatā →

pts

“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …

dhamma →

pts

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 ( …

dhañña →

pts

Dhañña1

neuter grain, corn. The usual enumn comprises 7 sorts of grain, which is however not strictly confined to grain-fruit proper (“corn”) but includes, like other enum

dhura →

pts

  1. a yoke, a pole, the shaft of a carriage Ja.i.192 (purima-sakaṭa˚) Ja.i.196; Cp.ii.8, Cp.ii.4.
  2. (fig.) a burden, load, charge, office, responsibility Snp.256 (vahanto porisaṃ dh ˚ṃ “carrying a hu …

dhāreti →

pts

to hold, viz.

  1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

dhātu →

pts

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

  1. a primary element, of whic …

dhātuka →

pts

adjective (only-˚) having the nature, by nature, affected with, -like (cp. ˚dhamma B 2a); often simply first part of cpd. (cp. E. friend-like = friendly = friend Ja.i.438 (kiliṭṭha˚ mise …

dhīra →

pts

adjective constant, firm, self-relying of character; wise, possessing the knowledge of the Dhamma, often = paṇḍita & epithet of an Arahant DN.ii.128; SN.i.24 (lokapariyāyaṃ aññāya nibbutā dh.), SN.i. …

dibba →

pts

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

diṭṭha →

pts

Diṭṭha1

  1. seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …

dosa →

pts

Dosa1

corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …

dukkha →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

dvi →

pts

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

  1. with objective foundation:
    1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

dāna →

pts

  1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

dāru →

pts

wood, piece of wood; pl. woodwork, sticks AN.i.112; Iti.71; Dhp.80; Ja.ii.102; Ja.iii.54; Ja.vi.366; Dhp-a.i.393; Pv-a.76 (candana˚) Pv-a.141.

dāsa →

pts

slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …

eka →

pts

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

  1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

ekādasa →

pts

number eleven Vin.i.19
■ num. ord. ekādasama the eleventh Snp.111, Snp.113.

Sk. ekādaśa

gacchati →

pts

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

  1. gacch˚, in
    pres gacchati;
    imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
    pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

gaggara →

pts

  1. roaring, only in f. gaggarī a blacksmith’s bellows: kammāra˚, in simile MN.i.243 SN.i.106; Vism.287.
  2. (nt.) cackling, cawing, in haṃsa˚; the sound of geese Ja.v.96 (expl. b …

gahapati →

pts

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

  1. In formulas
    1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

gahaṇī →

pts

the “seizer,” a supposed organ of the body dealing with digestion and gestation. Sama-vepākiniyā g˚ iyā samannāgata “endowed with good digestion” DN.ii.177 = DN.iii.166. Same phrase at Avs.i.168, Avs …

gata →

pts

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

  1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

gati →

pts

  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 …

gatta →

pts

the body, pl. gattāni the limbs. - As body: Vin.i.47; SN.i.169 = SN.i.183 (analla˚ with pure bodies; anallīna˚ at SN.i.169, but variant reading analla˚); AN.i.138; Snp.673 (samacchida˚ with bodies cu …

ghasati →

pts

to eat Ja.iii.210; ppr. ghasamāna Vin.ii.201; Thag.749
■ Cp ghasa, ghasta & ghāsa. See also jaddhu. Desid jighacchati.

Vedic grasati & *ghasti, pp. grasta, cp. Gr.; γράω to gnaw, γράστις fodder, L …

gimha →

pts

I.

(sg.) heat, in special application to the atmosphere: hot part (of the day or year), hot season, summer; a summer month. Always used in loc. as a designation of time.

  1. of the day: Vv-a …

giri →

pts

mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumn of the 7 large mountains).

  • -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …

go →

pts

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

gopānasī →

pts

beam supporting the framework of a roof, shaped Λ; fig. of old people, bent by age (see ˚vanka) Vin.iii.65, Vin.iii.81; SN.ii.263; SN.iii.156; SN.v.43, SN.v.228; MN.i.80; AN.i.261; AN.iii.364; AN.v.21 …

gutta →

pts

  1. as pp. guarded, protected
    1. lit nagaraṃ guttaṃ a well-guarded city Dhp.315 = Thag.653 Thag.1005; Devinda˚ protected by the Lord of gods Vv.30#8-
    2. fig. (med.) guarded, watchful, constrain …

gāma →

pts

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 …

gāmin →

pts

˚Gāmin

adjective f. ˚iṇī, in composition ˚gāmi˚

  1. going, walking, lit.: sīgha˚ walking quickly Snp.381
  2. leading to, making for, usually with magga or paṭipadā (gāminī), either lit. Pāṭaliputtagām …

gārava →

pts

[cp. Sk. gaurava, fr. garu] reverence, respect, esteem; with loc. respect for reverence towards; in the set of six venerable objects Buddhe [Satthari], Dhamme, Sanghe, sikkhāya, appamāde paṭisanthāre …

gīta →

pts

  1. (pp.) sung, recited, solemnly proclaimed, enunciated: mantapadaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ DN.i.104 (cp. gira).
  2. (nt.) singing, a song; grouped under vācasikā khiḍḍā, musical pastimes at Cnd.219; Snp-a.86. …

hari →

pts

adjective green, tawny Dhs.617; Dhs-a.317 --ssavaṇṇa gold-coloured Ja.ii.33 (= hari-samāna-vaṇṇa suvaṇṇa˚ C.).

  • -candana yellow sandal Vv.83#1; Dhp-a.i.28;
  • *-[tāla] …

hasamānaka →

pts

adjective laughing, merry Mhvs.35, Mhvs.55; (nt.) as adv. -ṃ jokingly, for fun Vin.i.185.

ppr. of hasati + ka

hasati →

pts

Hasati & Hassati

  1. to laugh, to be merry; pres hasati Bv.i.28; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.59; hassati Snp.328, Snp.829;
    ppr hasamāna is preferable variant reading …

hassati →

pts

Hasati & Hassati

  1. to laugh, to be merry; pres hasati Bv.i.28; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.59; hassati Snp.328, Snp.829;
    ppr hasamāna is preferable variant reading …

hima →

pts

adjective noun cold frosty Dhs-a.317
■ (nt.) ice, snow Ja.iii.55.

  • -pāta-samaya the season of snow-fall Vin.i.31, Vin.i.288; MN.i.79; Ja.i.390; Mil.396.
  • -vāta a snow or …

ibbha →

pts

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 …

icchā →

pts

wish, longing, desire DN.ii.243; DN.iii.75; SN.i.40 (˚dhūpāyito loko), SN.i.44 (naraṃ parikassati) AN.ii.143; AN.iv.293 sq.; AN.iv.325 sq.; v.40, v.42 sq.; Snp.773 Snp.872; Dhp.74, Dhp.264 (˚lobha-sa …

indriya →

pts

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 …

indīvara →

pts

the blue water lily, Nymphaea Stellata or Cassia Fistula Ja.v.92 (˚ī-samā ratti); Ja.vi.536; Vv.45#1 (= uddālaka-puppha Vv-a.197).

etym.?

isi →

pts

  1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …

issati →

pts

to bear ill-will, to be angry, to envy Ja.iii.7; ppr. med. issamānaka Sdhp.89, f. ˚ikā AN.ii.203
pp issita (q.v.).

denom. fr. issā. Av. areṣyeiti to be jealous, Gr. ε ̓́ραται t …

iti →

pts

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 …

jacca →

pts

adjective of birth, by birth (usually -˚) MN.ii.47 (ittara˚. of inferior birth); Snp.p.80 (kiṃ˚ of what birth, i.e. of what social standing); Ja.i.342 (hīna˚ of low birth): Sdhp.416 (id.) Ja.v.257 (n …

jāla →

pts

Jāla1

neuter a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)

A. Lit

Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN. …

jātika →

pts

(-˚) adjective

  1. being like, being of, having, etc. (see jāta 3): duppañña˚ & sappañña˚ MN.i.225; dabba AN.i.254; mukhara˚ Snp.275; viññū˚ Snp.294; māna Ja.i.88.
  2. descended from …

kallita →

pts

pleasantness, agreeableness SN.iii.270, SN.iii.273 (samādhismiṃ-˚kusala); AN.iii.311; AN.iv.34 (id.).

fr. kalla

kalyāṇa →

pts

(& kallāṇa)

  1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

kamma →

pts

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

kapaṇa →

pts

adjective noun

  1. poor, miserable, wretched; a beggar; freq explained by varāka, duggata, dīna and daḷidda; very often classed with low-caste people, as caṇḍālā Pv.iii.1#13 & pesakārā (Ud.4). Snp.81 …

kappa →

pts

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

kappita →

pts

  1. prepared, arranged, i.e. harnessed DN.i.49; Ja.vi.268; i.e. plaited DN-a.i.274; i.e. trimmed: -kesamassu “with hair & beard trimmed DN.ii.325; SN.iv.343; Ja.v.173, Ja.v.350; Ja.vi.268; Vv.73#1. …

karaka →

pts

Karaka1

  1. Water-pot, drinking-vessel (= pānīya-bhājana Pv-a.251). It is one of the seven requisites of a samaṇa Vin.ii.302. It is called dhammakaraka there and at Vin.ii.118, Vin.ii. …

karaṇīya →

pts

  1. (adj.)
    1. that ought to be, must or should be done, to be done, to be made (= kātabbaṃ karaṇârahaṃ Kp-a.236) Vin.i.58; DN.i.3, cp. Mil.183; AN.v.210; DN-a.i.7. Often-˚ in the sense of “doing …

karuṇā →

pts

  1. (f.) pity compassion. Karuṇā is one of the 4 qualities of character significant of a human being who has attained enfranchisement of heart (ceto-vimutti) in the 4 sentiments viz. mettā k.˚ upekhā …

kasiṇa →

pts

Kasiṇa1

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa2

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

kassāma →

pts

of karoti.

kata →

pts

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

kathana →

pts

  1. conversing, talking Ja.i.299; Ja.iii.459; Ja.vi.340.
  2. telling i.e. answering solving (a question) Ja.v.66 (pañha˚).
  3. preaching Dhp-a.i.7.
  4. reciting, narrating Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- *akatha …

kaḷāra →

pts

adjective always referring to teeth: with long, protruding teeth, of Petas (cp. attr. of the dog of the “Underworld” Pv-a.152: tikhiṇâyatakaṭhina-dāṭho and the figure of the witch in fairy-tales) J …

kaṅkhā →

pts

  1. doubt, uncertainty SN.i.181; SN.iii.203 (dukkhe k. etc.; cp. Cnd.1); Snp.541, Snp.1149; ˚ṃ vinayati Snp.58, Snp.559, Snp.1025; k. pahīyati Pts.ii.62; combined with vimati: DN.i. …

kedāra →

pts

an irrigated field, prepared for ploughing, arable land in its first stage of cultivation: kedāre pāyetvā karissāma “we shall till the fields after watering them” Ja.i.215; as square-shaped (i.e. mar …

khama →

pts

adjective (a) patient, forgiving. (b) enduring, bearing, hardened to (frost & heat, e.g.), fit for.

  1. kh. belongs to the lovable attributes of a bhikkhu (kh. rūpānaṃ, saddānaṃ, etc.; indulgent as re …

khamati →

pts

  1. to be patient, to endure, to forgive (acc. of object and gen. of person): n’ âhaṃ bhayā khamāmi Vepacittino (not do I forgive V. out of fear) SN.i.221 SN.i.222; aparādhaṃ kh. to forgive a fault Ja. …

khandha →

pts

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

  1. Esp. used
    1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

khanti →

pts

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

khantī →

pts

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

khattar →

pts

attendant, companion, charioteer, the king’s minister and adviser (Lat. satelles “satellite” has been compared for etym.) DN.i.112 (= DN-a.i.280, kh˚ vuccati pucchita-pucchita-pañhaṃ vyākaraṇa-sam …

khattiya →

pts

nom. also khattiyāse Ja.iii.441. A shortened form is khatya Ja.vi.397
■ f. khattiyā AN.iii.226–⁠AN.iii.229, khattī DN.i.193, and khattiyī. A member of one of the clans or tribes recognised as of Ary …

khila →

pts

waste or fallow land AN.iii.248; fig. barrenness of mind, mental obstruction. There are five ceto-khilā enumerated in detail at MN.i.101 = AN.iv.460; DN.iii.238 (see under ceto); …

khudda →

pts

adjective small, inferior, low; trifling, insignificant; na khuddaṃ samācare kiñci “he shall not pursue anything trifling” Snp.145 (= lāmakaṃ Kp-a.243) kh˚ ca bālaṃ Snp.318. Opp. to strong Vv.32#10 ( …

khīra →

pts

milk, milky fluid, milky juice Vin.i.243; Vin.ii.301; MN.i.343 sq. = AN.ii.207 = Pp.56; AN.ii.95 (in simile with dadhi, navanīta, sappi, sappi-maṇḍa) DN.i.201; Dhp-a.i.98; enumerated with *[dadhi](/ …

kilamatha →

pts

tiredness, fatigue, exhaustion MN.i.168; AN.ii.199; SN.i.136; as kāya˚, citta˚ SN.v.128; as daratha˚ AN.iii.238; Pv-a.23 as niddā˚ AN.ii.48, AN.ii.50.

fr. klam, in formation cp. samatha

kitti →

pts

Kitti & Kittī

f. fame, renown, glory, honour, yaso ca kittī ca SN.i.25; kittiñ ca sukhañ ca SN.i.187; yaso kitti sukhañ ca AN.ii.32 yaso kittī ca “fame and renown” Snp.817 (= Mnd.147, where appl. to …

kittī →

pts

Kitti & Kittī

f. fame, renown, glory, honour, yaso ca kittī ca SN.i.25; kittiñ ca sukhañ ca SN.i.187; yaso kitti sukhañ ca AN.ii.32 yaso kittī ca “fame and renown” Snp.817 (= Mnd.147, where appl. to …

kiṃ →

pts

  1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

kiṇha →

pts

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 …

kiṭṭha →

pts

growing corn, the crop on the ground, a cornfield AN.iii.393 (in simile), cp. SN.iv.195.

  • -āda eating corn AN.iii.393.
  • -ārakkha the guardian of the cornfield SN.iv.196.
  • *-[sambādha](/defi …

kosamattha →

pts

Err:501

kusala →

pts

adjective

  1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

kusalatā →

pts

(only -˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality
■ lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs Vv-a.138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities Pv-a.67. For foll. cp Mrs. Rh. D …

kuttaka →

pts

  1. nt. a woollen carpet (DN-a.i.87 = as used for dancing-women), together with kaṭṭhissa and koseyya in list of forbidden articles of bedding DN.i.7 = AN. …

kāka →

pts

the crow; freq. in similes: SN.i.124; Snp.448; Ja.i.164. Its thievish ways are described at Dhp-a.iii.352; said to have ten bad qualities AN.v.149; Ja.i.342; Ja.iii.126; kākā vā kulalā vā Vin.iv.40 …

kāla →

pts

…similarly as kāḷī vā sāmā vā manguracchavī vā of a kalyāṇī, a beautiful woman at DN I.193 MN.ii.40; kāḷa-sāma at Vin.iv.120 is…

kāma →

pts

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 …

kāraṇḍava →

pts

Kāraṇḍava1

chaff, offal, sweepings, fig. dirt, impurity: yava˚ AN.iv.169 (chaff) samaṇa˚ ibid
■ In passage kāraṇḍavaṃ niddhamatha kasambuṃ apakassatha AN.iv.172 = Snp.281 = Mil.414 trsl< …

kāsāya →

pts

and Kāsāva (adj.) [Sk. kāṣāya from the Pāli; kāsāya prob. fr. Sk. śyāma or śyāva brown = Pāli sāma with kā = kad, a kind of, thus meaning a kind of brown i.e. yellow. See further under sāma and cp. …

kāya →

pts

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

kāḷa →

pts

…similarly as kāḷī vā sāmā vā manguracchavī vā of a kalyāṇī, a beautiful woman at DN I.193 MN.ii.40; kāḷa-sāma at Vin.iv.120 is…

labhati →

pts

  1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.
  2. (fig.) to obtain permission to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the …

latā →

pts

…given: lābu, kumbhaṇḍī sāmā, kāḷavallī, pūtilatā)
nāga˚; the iron wood tree; see under nāga;…

liṅga →

pts

  1. characteristic, sign, attribute, mark feature MN.i.360; SN.v.278; Snp.601 sq. (= saṇṭhāna Snp-a.464); Vin.iv.7 (two: hīna & ukkaṭṭha); Ja.i.18; Ja.iv.114 (gihi˚), Ja.iv.130; Mil.133 (sāsana˚), Mil …

lobha →

pts

covetousness, greed. Defined at Vism.468 as “lubbhanti tena, sayaṃ vā lubbhati, lubbhana-mattam eva vā taṃ,” with several comparisons following. Often found in triad of lobha, dosa, moha (greed, an …

loka →

pts

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

lokika →

pts

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

  1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
    1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
    2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

lokiya →

pts

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

  1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
    1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
    2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

luñcati →

pts

to pull out, pluck (a bird), tear, peel Ja.i.244, Ja.i.476; Ja.ii.97, Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.314; Ja.iv.191; Ja.v.463; Mhvs.23, Mhvs.46 (aor. aluñci); Mhvs.28, Mhvs.26 (ger. *luñcitvā

lābu →

pts

Lābuka = lāpu (alābu) gourd or pumpkin, often used as receptacle Ja.i.158 (˚ka), Ja.i.411 (˚kumbhaṇḍa vesseḷ made of the gourd); Ja.v.37 (˚ka), Ja.v.155 (addha-lābu-samā thanā); Dhp-a.ii.59 (˚ka) …

lākhā →

pts

lac; lac-dye; enumerated with other colourings at MN.i.127 = SN.ii.101 = AN.iii.230
■ Snp-a.577 Vism.261 (as colour of blood).

  • -ācariya expert in lac-dyeing Snp-a.577.

magga →

pts

  1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

majjhantika →

pts

midday, noon; used either absolutely Vin.iv.273; SN.iv.240; Ja.v.213 (yāva upakaṭṭha-majjhantikā); Ja.v.291 (read majjhantik âtikamm’ āgami); Vism.236; Mil.3; or as apposition with kāla & samaya; S …

mana(s) →

pts

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

manaṃ →

pts

adverb “by a certain weight,” i.e. a little, somewhat, almost, well-nigh, nearly. combined with vata in exclamation: MN.ii.123 (m. v. bho anassāma); Dhp-a.iii.147 (m. v. therī nāsi …

mano →

pts

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

maraṇa →

pts

death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …

mata →

pts

Mata1

thought, understood, considered (as = -˚), only late in use Vb.2 (hīna˚ paṇīta˚, doubtful reading); Sdhp.55; Mhvs.25, Mhvs.55 (tassā matena according to her opinion); Mhvs.25, Mhvs. …

matta →

pts

Matta1

adjective (-˚) “by measure,” measured, as far as the measure goes, i.e

  1. consisting of, measuring (with numerals or similar expressions): appamatto kali Snp.659; pañcamattā sata …

micchā →

pts

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

missaka →

pts

…f. missikā Dhp-a.i.211 (Sāmāvati˚). 3. (nt.) Name of a pleasure grove in heaven (lit. the grove of bodily union), one of the 3: Nandana, M.,…

misseti →

pts

  1. to mix Mil.126 (mayaṃ missayissāma); Pv-a.191 (palāse sālīhi saddhiṃ).
  2. to bring together in cohabitation, to couple Ja.v.154 (C.: kilesana misseti)

pp missita.

Caus. of * …

modara →

pts

In modara at Ja.v.54 (of elephant’s teeth) Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. sees a miswriting for medura (full of, beset with), which however does not occur in Pali. The C expln is “samantato …

muditā →

pts

soft-heartedness, kindliness sympathy. Often in triad mettā (“active love” Snp-a.128), karuṇā (“preventive love,” ibid.), muditā (“disinter …

mugga →

pts

kind of kidney-bean, Phaseolus mungo, freq. combined with māsa2 (q.v.). On its size (larger than sāsapa smaller than kalāya) see AN.v.170 & cp. kalāya
■ DN.ii.293; MN.i.57 (+ māsa); S …

muṇḍa →

pts

adjective bald, shaven; a shaven, (bald-headed) ascetic, either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (f.) bhikkhunī SN.i.175 (m. sanghāṭi-pāruta); Vin.iv.265 (f.); Snp.p.80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa Snp-a.402)
■ *ka …

māna →

pts

  1. pride, conceit, arrogance (cittassa uṇṇati Mnd.80; Vb.350). Māna is one of the Saññojanas It is one of the principal obstacles to Arahantship A detailed analysis of māna in tenfold aspect is give …

mānin →

pts

adjective (-˚) proud (of) Snp.282 (samaṇa˚), Snp.889 (paripuṇṇa˚); Dhp.63 (paṇḍita˚ proud of his cleverness cp. Dhp-a.ii.30); Ja.i.454 (atireka˚); Ja.iii.357 (paṇḍita˚); Sdhp.389, Sdhp.417
■ f. *m …

māpeti →

pts

  1. to build, construct SN.ii.106 (nagaraṃ); Mhvs.6, Mhvs.35 (id.); Vv.84#53; Vv-a.260.
  2. to create, bring about make or cause to appear by supernatural power (in folkoristic literature, cp. nimmināt …

māraka →

pts

(-˚) one who kills or destroys, as manussa˚; man-killer Ja.ii.182; hatthi˚; elephant-killer Dhp-a.i.80
■ m. in phrase samāraka (where the-ka belongs to the whole cpd.) …

māsa →

pts

Māsa1

a month, as the 12th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, S …

māsana →

pts

Māsati, Māsana, Māsin

■ dumapakkāni -māsita Ja.ii.446 (C. reads māsita & explains by asita, dhāta); visa-māsita Mil.302 (T. reads visamāsita) having taken in poison; visa- māsan- ûpatāpa (id. …

māsati →

pts

Māsati, Māsana, Māsin

■ dumapakkāni -māsita Ja.ii.446 (C. reads māsita & explains by asita, dhāta); visa-māsita Mil.302 (T. reads visamāsita) having taken in poison; visa- māsan- ûpatāpa (id. …

māsin →

pts

Māsati, Māsana, Māsin

■ dumapakkāni -māsita Ja.ii.446 (C. reads māsita & explains by asita, dhāta); visa-māsita Mil.302 (T. reads visamāsita) having taken in poison; visa- māsan- ûpatāpa (id. …

nakkhatta →

pts

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

namassati →

pts

to pay honour to, to venerate, honour, do homage to (often with pañjalika & añjaliṃ katvā) Snp.236, Snp.485, Snp.598, Snp.1058 Snp.1063; Cnd.334; Ja.iii.83; Pv.ii.12#20; Kp-a.196; pot namasseyya Iti. …

nassati →

pts

(v. intr.) to perish, to be lost or destroyed, to disappear, come to an end Snp.666 (na hi nassati kassaci kammaṃ); Iti.90; Ja.i.81, Ja.i.116, Ja.i.150; pret. nassaṃ (prohib.) Snp.1120, pl anassāma …

nibbedha →

pts

penetration, insight; adj.: penetrating, piercing, scrutinising, sharp. Freq. in phrase nibbedha-bhāgiya (sharing the quality of penetration), with ref. to samādhi, saññā etc. [cp. BSk nirvedha˚ Di …

nibbāna →

pts

I. Etymology

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

nidāgha →

pts

heat, summer-heat, summer, drought Ja.i.221 (-samaya dry season); Ja.ii.80; Vism.259 (˚samaya, where Kp-a.58 reads sarada-samaya); Pv-a.174 (-kāla summer). fig Ja.iv.285; Ja.v.404; Dāvs ii.60.

nigama →

pts

small town market town (opp. janapada); often combined with gāma (see gāma 2) Vin.i.110 (˚sīma), Vin.i.188 (˚kathā), Vin.i.197 (Setakaṇṇika˚); DN.i.7 (˚kathā), DN.i.101 (˚sāmanta), D …

nigaṇṭha →

pts

member of the Jain order (see MN.i.370–MN.i.375 MN.i.380 & cp. jaṭila) Vin.i.233 (Nātaputta, the head of that Order, cp. DN.i.57; also Sīho senāpati n-sāvako); SN.i.78 SN.i.82 (˚bhikkhā); AN.i.205 sq …

nijjhāma →

pts

adjective noun burning away, wasting away, consuming or consumed AN.i.295; Ne.77, Ne.95 paṭipadā.

  • -taṇha (adj.) of consuming thirst, very thirsty Ja.i.44
  • -taṇhika = ˚taṇha denoting a class …

nimitta →

pts

  1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed expln); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …

ninna →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, …

nirodha →

pts

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s expln of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

nissama →

pts

exertion, endeavour Ja.v.243.

ni + sama

nisāmaka →

pts

adjective observant, listening to, attending to, careful of AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (dhammānaṃ).

cp. Sk. niśāmana

nisāmeti →

pts

to attend to, listen to, observe, be careful of, mind Ja.iv.29 (anisāmetvā by not being careful); Ja.v.486; Dhp-a.i.239 (+ upadhāneti); Pv-a.1 (imper nisāmayatha). Cp. nisanti, nisamma.

ni + sāmeti

nittharaṇa →

pts

Nittharaṇa1

neuter getting across, ferrying over, traversing, overcoming SN.i.193 (oghassa); AN.ii.200 (id.); Iti.111 (id.) MN.i.134; Ja.i.48 (loka˚); Dāvs ii.29 (id.); Vism.32; Sdhp.334 ( …

nivutta →

pts

Nivutta1

(pp.) called, termed, designated Pv-a.73 (dasavassa-satāni, vassa-sahassaṃ n. hoti).

pp. of ni + vac

Nivutta2

(pp.) shorn, shaved, trimmed Snp.456 (˚kesa = apa …

nivāseti →

pts

to dress oneself, to put on (the undergarment), to get clothed or dressed. Freq in ster. phrase “pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā patta- cīvaram ādāya…,” describing the setting out on his round of the bhi …

nānatta →

pts

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumn of diversity as nānat …

nānā →

pts

adverb variously differently.

  1. (abs.) AN.i.138 (on different sides, viz right ↔ left). Snp.878 (= na ekaṁ Snp-a.554 = vividhaṁ aññoññaṁ puthu na ekaṁ Mnd.285), Snp.884 sq.
  2. more frequently in co …

nīyati FIXME double →

pts

Nīyati

to be led or guided, to go, to be moved SN.i.39 (cittena nīyati loko); Dhp.175; Pv.i.11#1 (= vahīyati Pv-a.56); Ja.i.264 (ppr. nīyamāna) Pv-a.4 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.177; Sdhp.292, Sdhp.302. Als …

odahati →

pts

  1. to put down, to put in, supply MN.i.117 (okacaraṃ, see under oka); MN.ii.216 (agad’angāraṃ vaṇa-mukhe odaheyya); Thag.774 (migavo pāsaṃ odahi the hunter set a snare; Morris, J.P.T …

oharati FIXME double →

pts

Oharati

to take away, take down, take off SN.i.27 (ger. ohacca, variant reading ūhacca); Pv.ii.6#6 (imper ohara = ohārehi Pv-a.95); Dhp-a.iv.56 (see ohārin). See also ava˚.

cau …

ohāreti →

pts

  1. to give up, leave behind, renounce (cp. ojahāti) Snp.64 (= oropeti Cnd.183).
  2. to take down (see oharati 1) Vin.i.48; Pv-a.95.
  3. to cut down, shave off (hair; see oharāpeti …

oma →

pts

adjective lower (in position & rank), inferior, low; pl. omā AN.iii.359 (in contrast with ussā superiors); Snp.860 (ussā samā omā superiors, equals, inferiors), Snp.954; Snp-a.347 (= paritta lāmaka) …

opasamika →

pts

adjective leading to quiet, allaying quieting; epithet of Dhamma DN.iii.264 sq.; AN.ii.132.

fr. upa + sama + ika; cp. BSk. aupaśamika Avs.ii.107; Mvu.ii.41

oropeti →

pts

to take down, bring down, deprive of, lay aside, take away, cut off (hair) Vv-a.64 (bhattabhājanaṃ oropeti)-ger. oropayitvā Snp.44 (= nikkhipitvā paṭippassambhayitvā Cnd.181 apanetvā Snp-a.91); J …

osaṭa FIXME double →

pts

Osaṭa

having withdrawn to (acc.), gone to or into, undergone, visited MN.i.176, MN.i.469 (padasamācāro sangha-majjhe o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā bahū). See also * …

osaṭa →

pts

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

pabbajati →

pts

to go forth, to leave home and wander about as a mendicant, to give up the world, to take up the ascetic life (as bhikkhu samaṇa, tapassin, isi etc.). SN.i.140, SN.i.141; Snp.157, Snp.1003 imper. *[pa …

pabbajita →

pts

one who has gone out from home, one who has given up worldly life & undertaken the life of a bhikkhu recluse or ascetic, (one) ordained (as a Buddhist friar) gone forth (into the holy life or pabbajjā …

pabbajjā →

pts

leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe ordination

  1. ordination or admission into the Buddha’s Order in particular: Vin.iii.13; SN.i.16 …

pabbhāra →

pts

  1. (m.) a decline, incline, slope Ja.i.348; adj. (usually -˚) bending inclining, sloping; fig. tending or leading to (cp. E “bearing on”) MN.i.493 (samudda˚); SN.i.110 (id.), SN.v.38, SN.v.216, SN.v. …

pacchā →

pts

adverb behind, aft, after, afterwards, back; westward DN.i.205; Snp.645 Snp.773, Snp.949; Mnd.33 (= pacchā vuccati anāgataṃ, pure vuccati atītaṃ); Cnd.395; Dhp.172, Dhp.314, Dhp.421; Pv.i.11#1 Pv.i.11 …

paccūsa →

pts

Paccūsa˚

“the time towards dawn,” morning, dawn; always. in compound with either -kāle (loc.) at morning Dhp-a.iv.61; DN-a.i.168; or -velāyaṃ (loc.) id. Vv-a.105, Vv-a.118, Vv-a.165; Pv-a …

pada →

pts

  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 …

padara →

pts

  1. a cleft, split, fissure, crevice MN.i.469; SN.ii.32; Snp.720 (= darī Snp-a.500); combined with kandara at Mil.36, Mil.296 Mil.411; Pv-a.29.
  2. a board, plank Ja.ii.10 Ja.ii.91 (˚sakaṭa Ja.ii.112; …

padhāna →

pts

exertion, energetic effort, striving, concentration of mind DN.iii.30 DN.iii.77, DN.iii.104, DN.iii.108, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.238; MN.ii.174, MN.ii.218; SN.i.47; SN.ii.268 SN.iv.360; SN.v.244 sq.; AN.ii …

paduma →

pts

the lotus Nelumbium speciosum. It is usually mentioned in two varieties, viz. ratta˚; and seta˚; i.e. red and white lotus so at Ja.v.37; Snp-a.125; as ratta˚ at Vv-a.191; Pv-a.157. The latter s …

pagabbha →

pts

adjective bold, daring, forward, reckless MN.i.236; SN.i.201 (sup˚); AN.iii.433; Snp.89, Snp.852 (ap˚ = na pagabbha Kp-a.242, cp. also Mnd.228); Dhp.244 (= kāyapāgabbhiyâdīhi samannāgata Dhp-a.iii.3 …

paha →

pts

Paha1

neuter flight of steps from which to step down into the water, a ghat (= tittha Bdhgh) DN.i.223. The meaning is uncertain, it is trsld as “accessible” at Dial. i.283 (q. …

pahāna →

pts

giving up, leaving, abandoning, rejection. MN.i.60 MN.iii.4, MN.iii.72 SN.i.13 SN.i.132 (dukkha˚); SN.ii.170; SN.iii.53; SN.iv.7 sq. DN.iii.225 DN.iii.246 AN.i.82 AN.i.134 AN.ii.26 AN.ii.232 (kaṇhassa …

pajā →

pts

progeny, offspring, generation, beings, men, world (of men), mankind (cp. use of Bibl. Gr. γέννημα in same meaning) DN.ii.55; SN.v.346 SN.v.362 sq.; AN.ii.75 sq.; AN.iv.290; AN.v.232 sq., AN.v.253 sq. …

pakata →

pts

done, made; as -˚ by nature (cp. pakati) Snp.286; Ja.iv.38; Pv.i.6#8; Pv.ii.3#16; Pv.iii.10#5 (pāpaṃ samācaritaṃ Pv-a.214); Mil.218; Dhp-a.ii.11 (pāpaṃ) Pv-a.31, Pv-a.35, Pv-a.103 (ṭ), Pv-a.124 …

pallaṅka →

pts

  1. sitting cross-legged, in instr.; pallaṅkena upon the hams SN.i.124, SN.i.144; and in phrase pallaṅkaṃ ābhujati “to bend (the legs) in crosswise” DN.i.71; MN.i.56; AN.iii.320; Ja.i.17, Ja.i.71; …

palāpa →

pts

Palāpa1

chaff of corn, pollard AN.iv.169 (yava˚); Ja.i.467, Ja.i.468; Ja.iv.34; Snp-a.165 (in exegesis of palāpa2 variant reading BB palāsa), Snp-a.312 (id.); Ja.iv.34, Ja.iv. …

pamaddana →

pts

adj. nt. crushing, defeating, overcoming DN.i.89 (˚parasena˚); Snp.p.106 (id. = maddituṃ samattho Snp-a.450); Snp.561 (Mārasena˚); DN-a.i.250.

fr. pamaddati

pamaddin →

pts

adjective crushing, able to crush, powerful, mighty Ja.iv.26 (= maddana-samattha C.).

fr. pa + mṛd

pamatta →

pts

slothful, indolent, indifferent, careless, negligent DN.iii.190; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204; AN.i.11, AN.i.139 AN.iv.319; AN.v.146; Snp.57, Snp.70, Snp.329 sq., Snp.399, Snp.1121; Dhp.19, Dhp.21 Dhp.29, Dhp.2 …

pannarasama →

pts

ordinal number the 15th Snp-a.366 (gāthā).

fr. pannarasa

para →

pts

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 …

parada →

pts

adjective finding pleasure in, fond of, only in two (doubtful) compounds viz. -vutta [unexplained, perhaps v for y, as daya → dava through influence of d in parada˚; thus = parata yutta?] “fond of …

pareta →

pts

gone on to, affected with, overcome by (-˚), syn. with abhibhūta (e.g. Pv-a.41, Pv-a.80). Very frequent in combination with terms of suffering, misadventure and passion, e.g. …

pari →

pts

Pari˚

indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …

paribbasāna →

pts

adjective abiding, staying by Snp.796 (= vasamāna Snp-a.529; sakāya diṭṭhiyā vasanti Mnd.102), Snp.878, Snp.880, Snp.895.

ppr. med. of pari + vas

paribbājaka →

pts

wandering man, a Wanderer, wandering religious mendicant, not necessarily Buddhist (cp. Muir, J.R.A.S. 1866, 321; Lassen, Ind. Alt ii.114, 277, 468; Vin. Texts i.41) Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.285 (bhikk …

parihāra →

pts

  1. attention, care (esp -), in compounds like gabbha˚; care of the foetus Dhp-a.i.4; dāraka˚; care of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the prince Ja.i.148, Ja.ii.48; Dhp-a.i.346; * …

parikantati →

pts

Parikantati1

to wind round, twist Ja.iii.185 (pāso pādaṃ p.; but taken by C. as parikantati2 explained as “cammādīni chindanto samantā kantati”).

pari + kantati1

P …

parikassati →

pts

  1. to drag about SN.i.44, cp. Dhs-a.68.
  2. sweep away, carry away Dhp-a.ii.275 (mah’ ogho viya parikassamāno, variant reading ˚kaḍḍhamāno)

pass parikissati (q.v.).

pari + …

parikiṇṇa →

pts

scattered or strewn about, surrounded Ja.iv.400; Ja.vi.89, Ja.vi.559; Pv.i.6#1 (makkhikā˚ samantato ākiṇṇa Pv-a.32); Mil.168, Mil.285; DN-a.i.45 (spelt parikkhiṇṇa). Cp. sampari˚.

pp. of parikirati

parikkhāra →

pts

“all that belongs to anything,” make-up, adornment (so Cnd.585 bāhirā p. of the body)

  1. requisite, accessory equipment, utensil, apparatus Vin.i.50, Vin.i.296 (˚colaka cloth required for water-str …

parimaddati →

pts

  1. to rub, crush, rub off, treat, shampoo, massage Ja.iv.137 (sarīraṃ examine the body) Mil.241
    ■ Of leather (i.e. treat) MN.i.128.
  2. to go together with, to frequent Dhp-a.i.90 (samayaṃ p.)

parinibbāna →

pts

“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:

  1. complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …

parinibbāpana →

pts

refreshing, cooling, quenching; controlling, subduing, training Pts.i.174 (atta-damatha, atta-samatha, atta-p.).

pari + nibbāpana

parinibbāpeti →

pts

to bring to complete coolness, or training (see next), emancipation or cessation of the life-impulse, to make calm, lead to Nibbāna to exercise self-control, to extinguish fever of craving or fire o …

parippharati →

pts

to pervade DN.i.74 (= samantato phusati DN-a.i.217); MN.iii.92 sq. See also paripūreti pp. paripphuta & ˚pphuṭṭha; (q.v.).

pari + sphur

paripuṇṇa →

pts

adjective

  1. (quite) full, fulfilled, complete, finished, satisfied MN.i.200 (˚sankappa), MN.iii.276; SN.ii.283; SN.iv.104; SN.v.315; Pts.i.172 (= pariggah’ aṭṭhena parivār’ aṭṭhena, paripūr’ aṭṭhe …

paripūrati →

pts

to become full or perfect Dhp.38; Ja.iv.273 (devaloko p.); Mil.395 (sāmaññaṃ); fut paripūrissati Dhp-a.i.309
pass paripūriyati to be fulfilled or perfected Dhp-a.i.309
pp *[paripuṇṇa](/define/ …

paripūratta →

pts

fullness, completeness, completion SN.v.200 sq. (+ samatta).

abstr. fr. paripūra

paripūreti →

pts

to fulfil; to fill (up), make more full, supplement, fill out, add to DN.i.74 (parisandeti p. parippharati; DN-a.i.217 explains as “vāyunā bhastaṃ viya pūreti”); DN.ii.221; MN.iii.92; SN.i.27 (devakā …

parisamantato →

pts

adverb from all sides Vv-a.236.

pari + samantato

parisandeti →

pts

to make flow round, to make overflow, to fill, in phrase kāyaṃ abhisandeti p DN.i.75, DN.i.214; MN.iii.92 sq. etc. explained as “samantato sandeti” at DN-a.i.217
pp *[parisanna](/define/parisanna …

parissama →

pts

fatigue, toil, exhaustion, Vv-a.289, Vv-a.305 (addhāna˚ from journeying); Pv-a.3, Pv-a.43, Pv-a.113 Pv-a.127.

fr. pari + śram

parissanta →

pts

tired, fatigued, exhausted Pv.ii.9#36; Vv-a.305; Sdhp.9, Sdhp.101.

pp. of parissamati

parisuddha →

pts

adjective clean, clear, pure, perfect Vin.ii.237; MN.i.26; MN.iii.11; SN.ii.199 (˚dhammadesanā); SN.iii.235; SN.v.301, SN.v.354; AN.iii.125 (˚ñāṇa-dassana), AN.iv.120 sq.; Ja.i.265; Vism.2 (accanta˚) …

parisā →

pts

surrounding people, group collection, company, assembly, association, multitude Var. typical sets of assemblies are found in the Canon viz, eight assemblies (khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚, gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, …

parivuta →

pts

surrounded by (-˚ or instr.) SN.i.177; Ja.i.152 (miga-gaṇa˚), Ja.i.203 (devagaṇena); Ja.ii.127 (dāsi-gaṇa˚); Ja.iii.371 (mahā-jana˚); Ja.vi.75; Vv.16#5 (= samantato p. Vv-a.81); Pv-a.3 (dhutta- …

parivīmaṃsati →

pts

to think over, consider thoroughly examine, search SN.ii.80 sq.; Iti.42 = Snp.975 (ppr dhammaṃ ˚vīmaṃsamāna, cp. Mnd.508); DN-a.i.134; Dhp-a.iv.117 (attānaṃ).

pari + vīmaṃsati, Desid. of pari + * …

pariyesati →

pts

to seek for, look, search, desire DN.i.223 (˚esamāna ppr.); Snp.482 (id.); SN.i.177, SN.i.181 SN.iv.62; AN.ii.23, AN.ii.25, AN.ii.247; Mnd.262; Cnd.427 (+ paṭilabhati and paribhuñjati); Ja.i.3, Ja.i. …

pariyosāna →

pts

  1. end, finish, conclusion Ja.i.106 (sacca˚ = desanā˚); Pv-a.9 (desanā and passim), Pv-a.136 (āyūha˚), Pv-a.162 (id.), Pv-a.281 (= anta) Often contracted with ādi beginning & majj …

pariṇamati →

pts

  1. to change (trs. & intrs.), lit. to bend round, to turn (round), to be transformed into (acc.) SN.iii.3 (reading pariṇamati once, at other passages vi˚, cp. p. 40); Mil.136 (bhojanaṃ visamaṃ p food …

passaddhi →

pts

calmness, tranquillity, repose, serenity MN.iii.86; SN.ii.30; SN.iv.78; SN.v.66; AN.iv.455 sq.; Pts.ii.244; Dhs.40 (kāya˚), Dhs.41 (citta˚), cp. Dhs trsl. 23; Vism.129; Vb-a.314 (kāya˚, citta˚); Dh …

passati →

pts

  1. to see-Pres. passati Vin.i.322; SN.i.69 SN.i.132, SN.i.198; SN.ii.29; Snp.313, Snp.647, Snp.953, Snp.1063, Snp.1142 (cp. Cnd.428); Pv.i.2#3; Mil.218; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.102; 1<su …

pattheti →

pts

to wish for, desire, pray for, request, long for SN.iv.125; SN.v.145; Snp.114 Snp.899; Thig.341; Mnd.312, Mnd.316; Pp-a 208 (āsaṃsati +) Pv-a.148; Sdhp.66, Sdhp.319; ppr. patthento Pv-a.107 *pat …

pavādaka →

pts

adjective

  1. belonging to a discussion, intended for disputation DN.i.178 (samaya˚ “debating hall”).
  2. fond of discussing Mil.4 (bhassa˚ “fond of wordy disputation”). Cp. *[pavādiya](/define/pavādiy …

payirupāsati →

pts

  1. “to sit close round,” i.e. to attend on (acc.), to honour, pay homage, worship DN.i.47; DN.ii.257; MN.ii.117, SN.i.146; AN.i.124, AN.i.126, AN.i.142; AN.iv.337; Dhp.64 Dhp.65; Thag.1236; Ja.vi.222 …

pañca →

pts

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.16413; G …

paññā →

pts

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

paṇihita →

pts

applied, directed, intent, bent on, well directed, controlled SN.iv.309 (dup˚); AN.i.8 AN.v.87; Dhp.43; (sammā ˚ṃ cittaṃ); Snp.154 (su˚ mano suṭṭhu ṭhapito acalo Snp-a.200); Pts.ii.41 (vimokkha) Mil. …

paṭhavī →

pts

the earth. Acc to Cnd.389 syn. with jagati. It figures as the first element in enumn of the 4 elements (see dhātu 1), viz p., āpo, tejo, vāyo (earth, water, fire, wind or …

paṭi →

pts

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

paṭikkhipati →

pts

to reject, refuse, object to, oppose Ja.i.67; Ja.iv.105; Mil.195; DN-a.i.290; Dhp-a.i.45 Dhp-a.ii.75; Pv-a.73, Pv-a.114, Pv-a.151, Pv-a.214 (aor. ˚khipi = vāresi)- *[appaṭikkhippa](/define/app …

paṭipadā →

pts

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

paṭippassaddhi →

pts

subsidence, calming, allaying, quieting down, repose, complete ease Vin.i.331 (kammassa suppression of an act); Pts.ii.3 Pts.ii.71, Pts.ii.180; Ne.89; Dhs.40, Dhs.41, Dhs.320; Snp-a.9. Esp frequent i …

paṭirūpaka →

pts

adjective (-˚) like, resembling, disguised as, in the appearance of, having the form of SN.i.230; Dhp-a.i.29 (putta˚); Pv-a.15 (samaṇa˚). As pati˚ at Snp-a.302, Snp-a.348, Snp-a.390
■ nt. an o …

paṭisama →

pts

adjective equal, forming, a counterpart Mil.205 (rāja˚); neg. appaṭisama not having one’s equal, incomparable Ja.i.94; Mil.331.

paṭi + sama

paṭisāmeti →

pts

to set in order arrange, get ready Vin.ii.113, Vin.ii.211, Vin.ii.216; MN.i.456; Ja.iii.72; Mil.15 (pattacīvaraṃ); Vv-a.118 (variant reading ˚yāpeti), Vv-a.157 (variant reading ˚nameti).

paṭi + Ca …

paṭiñña →

pts

adjective acknowledged; making belief, quâsi-; in phrase samaṇa˚; a quâsi-Samaṇa, pretending to be a Samaṇa AN.i.126; AN.ii.239; cp. Sakyaputtiya˚ SN.ii.272; sacca˚ Ja.iv.384, Ja.iv.463; Ja.v.499. …

pekhā →

pts

  1. consideration, view Vb.325, Vb.328.
  2. desire Ja.v.403 (p. vuccati taṇhā).
  3. (or (pekkhaṃ?) show at a fair DN.i.6 (= naṭa-samajjā DN-a.i.84); see Dial. i.7, n. 4 and cp. J.R.A.S. 1903, 186. …

pekkhā →

pts

  1. consideration, view Vb.325, Vb.328.
  2. desire Ja.v.403 (p. vuccati taṇhā).
  3. (or (pekkhaṃ?) show at a fair DN.i.6 (= naṭa-samajjā DN-a.i.84); see Dial. i.7, n. 4 and cp. J.R.A.S. 1903, 186. …

phala →

pts

Phala1

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

  1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

pharaṇa →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) pervading, suffused (with), quite full (of) Mil.345.
  2. (nt. pervasion, suffusion, thrill Ja.i.82 (˚samattha mettacitta); Ne.89 (pīti˚ etc., as m., cp. pharaṇatā); Dhs-a166 …

phusanā →

pts

attainment, gaining, reaching Vism.278 (= phuṭṭha-ṭṭhāna); Dhp-a.i.230 (ñāṇa˚); Vv-a.85 (samādhi˚).

abstr. fr. phusati1 2

phusati →

pts

Phusati1

  1. (lit.) to touch Vism.463 (phusatī ti phasso) DN-a.i.61 (aor. phusī = metri causa for phusi); Mil.157 (grd. aphusa not to be touched).
  2. (fig.) pharati*, as …

piyāyati →

pts

to hold dear, to like, to be fond of (acc.), to be devoted to SN.i.210; Ja.i.156; Ja.ii.246 Ja.vi.5; Vb-a.108 (in etym. of pitā, q.v.); Dhp-a.iv.125; Snp-a.78; Vv-a.349; Pv-a.71
pp *[piyāyita]( …

poṇa →

pts

Poṇa1

neuter only in cpd. danta˚; a tooth pick Vin.iv.90; Ja.iv.69; Mil.15; Snp-a.272. As dantapoṇaka at Dāvs i.57
■ kūṭa-poṇa at Vism.268 read -goṇa.

= poṇa2?

Poṇa …

pubba →

pts

Pubba1

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

puggala →

pts

  1. an individual, as opposed to a group (sangha or parisā), person, man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature = character, soul (= attan). DN.i.176; MN.iii.58; SN.i.93 sq.; SN.iii.25; AN.i.8 …

pure →

pts

indeclinable before (both local & temporal), thus either “before, in front” or “before, formerly, earlier.” In both meanings the opp. is pacchā -

  1. local SN.i.176 (pure hoti t …

puṇḍarīka →

pts

the white lotus DN.i.75 = AN.iii.26 (in sequence uppala padụma, p.); DN.ii.4 (Sikhī puṇḍarīkassa mūle abhisambuddho); MN.iii.93; SN.i.138, SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.309; AN.i.145 (uppala paduma p.); AN.ii.86 …

puṭṭha →

pts

Puṭṭha1

nourished, fed, strengthened, brought up Snp.831; Ja.iii.467.

pp. of puṣ (see poseti), Vedic puṣṭa

Puṭṭha2

asked SN.ii.36; Snp.84, Snp.122, Snp. …

pāripanthika →

pts

  1. highwayman, robber SN.ii.188; Ja.v.253.
  2. connected with danger, threatening dangerous to (-˚) Vism.152; Pp-a 181 (samādhi˚ vipassanā˚).

fr. paripantha

pāsādika →

pts

adjective

  1. pleasing, pleasant, lovely, amiable Vin.iv.18; DN.iii.141; SN.i.95; SN.ii.279; AN.ii.104 sq. AN.ii.203; AN.iii.255 sq.; Dhp-a.i.119; Thag-a.266, Thag-a.281; DN-a.i.141 DN-a.i.281; V …

pāṇa →

pts

living being, life, creature DN.iii.48, DN.iii.63, DN.iii.133; SN.i.209, SN.i.224; SN.v.43, SN.v.227, SN.v.441 (mahā-samudde); AN.i.161 AN.ii.73, AN.ii.176, AN.ii.192; Snp.117, Snp.247, Snp.394, Snp. …

pīti →

pts

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

rahita →

pts

  1. lonely, forsaken Thig.373 (gantum icchasi rahitaṃ bhiṃsanakaṃ mahāvanaṃ).
  2. deprived of, without (-˚) Ja.iii.369 (buddhiyā rahitā sattā); DN-a.i.36 (avaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.63 (bhoga˚), Pv-a.67 (ācāra˚ …

ratana →

pts

Ratana1

neuter

  1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana2, as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
    ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

rati →

pts

love, attachment, pleasure, liking for (loc.), fondness of SN.i.133 (˚ṃ paccanubhavati), SN.i.207; SN.iii.256; Snp.41 (= anukkhaṇṭhit adhivacanaṃ Cnd.537), Snp.59 (id.), Snp.270, Snp.642, Snp.956 (= n …

ratta →

pts

Ratta1

  1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

ratti →

pts

night DN.i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag.517; Snp.710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Snp-a.496); Ja.vi.491. abl. sg. rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D …

rissati →

pts

to be hurt, to suffer harm MN.i.85 (ḍāṃsa-makasa-vāt’ ātapa-siriṃsapa-samphassehi rissamāno; where Cnd.199 in same passage reads samphassamāna).

Vedic riṣ, riṣyati

ruccati →

pts

…taṃ attano ruciyā pivissāmā ti attho Pv-a.59)
■ Prohibitive mā rucci (pl. mā rucittha) as an entreaty not to pursue an aim (=…

rājan →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rājā →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rūpa →

pts

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

  1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

sacca →

pts

adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …

sahita →

pts

  1. accompanied with Mhvs.7, Mhvs.27.
  2. united, keeping together DN.i.4; Ja.iv.347; Pp.57.
  3. consistent, sensible, to the point DN.i.8; AN.ii.138; AN.iv.196; SN.iii.12; Dhp.19 (at Dhp-a.i.157 explai …

sakkā →

pts

indeclinable possible (lit. one might be able to); in the older language still used as a Pot., but later reduced to an adv. with infin. E.g. sakkā sāmaaññphalaṃpaññāpetuṃ would one be able to point …

samabbhāhata →

pts

struck, beaten (thoroughly) Vism.153; DN-a.i.140.

saṃ + abbhāhata

samabhijānāti →

pts

to recollect, to know Ja.vi.126.

saṃ + abhijānati

samabhisiñcati →

pts

to inaugurate as a king Mhvs.4, Mhvs.6; v.14.

saṃ + abhisiñcati

samabhisāta →

pts

joyful Thig.461.

samacariyā →

pts

living in spiritual calm, quietism AN.i.55; SN.i.96, SN.i.101 sq.; Iti.16, Iti.52; Dhp.388; Mil.19; Ja.vi.128; Dhp-a.iv.145.

sama1 + cariyā

samacchati →

pts

to sit down together Ja.ii.67 (samacchare); Ja.iv.356; Ja.vi.104, Ja.vi.127.

saṃ + acchati

samacchidagatta →

pts

adjective with mangled limbs Snp.673.

sam + ā + chida + gatta

samacitta →

pts

possessed of equanimity AN.i.65; AN.iv.215; Snp-a.174 (˚paṭipadā-sutta).

samacāga →

pts

equally liberal AN.ii.62.

sama3 + cāga

samacārin →

pts

(śama-) living in peace MN.i.289.

samadhigacchati →

pts

to attain Thag.4; aor. samajjhagā Iti.83; 3rd pl. samajjhagaṃ SN.i.103.

saṃ + adhigacchati

samadhigaṇhāti →

pts

  1. to reach, to get, obtain; ger. samadhiggayha MN.i.506; MN.ii.25; SN.i.86; Iti.16.
  2. to exceed, surpass, to overcome, to master Ja.vi.261 (pañhaṃ samadhiggahetvā). Often confounded with *samatiga …

samadhosi →

pts

variant reading SN.iii.120 sq.; SN.iv.46; the form is aor. of saṃdhū. See sañcopati.

samagga →

pts

adjective being in unity, harmonious MN.ii.239; DN.iii.172; AN.ii.240; AN.v.74 sq.; plur. = all unitedly, in common Vin.i.105; Ja.vi.273#2. AN.i.70 = AN.i.243; Snp.281, Snp.283; Dhp.194; Thig.161; Tha …

samaggatta →

pts

agreement, consent Vin.i.316.

abstr. fr. samagga

samajja →

pts

festive gathering, fair a show, theatrical display. Originally a mountain cult as it was esp. held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; D …

samajjhagaṃ →

pts

(B ˚-guṃ) aor. from sam-adhi-gā. (See samadhigacchati.)

samaka →

pts

adjective equal, like, same Mil.122, Mil.410; of the same height (of a seat) Vin.ii.169 samakaṃ (adv.) equally Mil.82.

cp. BSk. samaka Divy.585

samakkhāta →

pts

counted, known Sdhp.70, Sdhp.458.

saṃ + akkhāta

samala →

pts

adjective impure, contaminated Vin.i.5; samalā (f.) dustbin SN.ii.270 (= gāmato gūthanikkhamana-magga, i.e. sewer K.S. ii.203); see *sandhi*˚.

BSk. samala

samalaṅkaroti →

pts

to decorate, adorn Mhvs.7, Mhvs.56; ˚kata pp. Dāvs v.36: ˚karitvā Ja.vi.577.

saṃ + alankaroti

samana →

pts

suppression Mhvs.4, Mhvs.35.

fr. śam

samanaka →

pts

adjective endowed with mind AN.ii.48 (text, samaṇaka); SN.i.62.

sa3 + mana + ka

samanantara →

pts

adjective immediate; usually in abl. (as adv.); samanantarā immediately, after, just after DN.ii.156; Vin.i.56; rattibhāga-samanantare at midnight Ja.i.101.

  • *-[paccaya](/ …

samandhakāra →

pts

the dark of night Vin.iv.54; Dhp-a.ii.94; SN.iii.60.

saṃ + andhakāra

samannesanā →

pts

search, examination MN.i.317.

fr. last

samannesati →

pts

to seek, to look for, to examine DN.i.105; SN.iii.124; SN.iv.197; Mil.37; DN-a.i.274 pres. also samanvesati SN.i.122.

saṃ + anvesati

samannāgata →

pts

adjective followed by, possessed of, endowed with (instr.) DN.i.50; DN.i.88; Vin.i.54 Snp.p.78, Snp.p.102, Snp.p.104. Snp-a.177 (in expln of ending “-in”), Snp-a.216 (of “-mant”); Pv-a …

samannāharati →

pts

  1. to concentrate the mind on, to consider, reflect DN.ii.204; MN.i.445; AN.iii.162 sq., AN.iii.402 sq.; SN.i.114
  2. to pay respect to, to honour MN.ii.169; Vin.i.180.

saṃ + anu + āharati; cp. BSk. …

samannāhata →

pts

struck (together), played upon DN.ii.171.

saṃ + anvāhata

samannāhāra →

pts

concentration, bringing together MN.i.190 sq.; DN-a.i.123; Mil.189.

saṃ + anu + āhāra

samannāneti →

pts

to lead, conduct properly, control, pres. sam-anv-āneti MN.iii.188; ppr. -annānayamāna MN.i.477.

samanvā +

samanta →

pts

adjective all, entire Snp.672; Mil.3. occurs usually in oblique cases used adverbially, e.g. acc. samantaṃ completely Snp.442; abl. samantā (DN.i.222; Ja.ii.106; Vin.i.32) & *[s …

samanubandhati →

pts

to pursue Mhvs.10, Mhvs.5.

saṃ + anubandhati

samanubhāsanā →

pts

conversation, repeating together Vin.iii.174 sq.; Vin.iv.236 sq.

fr. last

samanubhāsati →

pts

to converse or study together DN.i.26, DN.i.163; MN.i.130; AN.i.138; AN.v.156 sq.; Vin.iii.173 sq.; Vin.iv.236 sq.; DN-a.i.117.

saṃ + anubhāsati

samanugāhati →

pts

to ask for reasons, to question closely DN.i.26; MN.i.130; AN.v.156 sq.; ppr. med samanuggāhiyamāna being pressed MN.i.130; AN.v.156; Vin.iii.91.

saṃ + anugāhati

samanujānāti →

pts

to approve; samanujānissanti (fut. 3 pl.) MN.i.398; SN.iv.225; pp. samanuññāta approved, allowed Mhvs.8, Mhvs.11; aor. 1 sg. samanuññāsin Ja.iv.117 (= samanuñño āsiṃ Com. ib. …

samanukkamati →

pts

to walk along together Ja.iii.373.

saṃ + anukkamati

samanumaññati →

pts

to approve; fut. 3 pl. ˚maññissanti MN.i.398; SN.iv.225; aor. 3 pl. ˚maññiṃsu Ja.iv.134.

saṃ + anumaññati

samanumodati →

pts

to rejoice at, to approve MN.i.398; SN.iv.225; Mil.89.

saṃ + anumodati

samanupassanā →

pts

considering SN.iii.44; Ne.27.

fr. last

samanupassati →

pts

to see, perceive, regard DN.i.69, DN.i.73; DN.ii.198; MN.i.435 sq.; MN.ii.205; Pot. Vin.ii.89 ppr. -passanto Ja.i.140; ppr. med. -passamāno DN.ii.66; inf -passituṃ Vin.i.14; rūpaṃ attato sama …

samanussarati →

pts

to recollect, call to mind SN.iv.196; Vin.ii.183.

saṃ + anussarati

samanuyuñjati →

pts

to cross-question DN.i.26, DN.i.163; MN.i.130; AN.i.138; AN.v.156; DN-a.i.117.

saṃ + anuyuñjati

samanuñña →

pts

adjective approving DN.iii.271; AN.ii.253; AN.iii.359; AN.v.305; SN.i.1, SN.i.153; SN.iv.187; Ja.iv.117.

= next

samanuññā →

pts

approval SN.i.1; MN.i.359.

fr. samanujānāti

samapekkhati →

pts

to consider, ger. ekkhiya Sdhp.536; cp. samavekkh˚.

saṃ + apekkhati

samapekkhaṇa →

pts

considering; a˚ SN.iii.261.

samappeti →

pts

to hand over, consign, commit, deposit, give Mhvs.7, Mhvs.72; Mhvs.19, Mhvs.30; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.21; Mhvs.34, Mhvs.21; Dāvs ii.64
pp samappita.

saṃ + appeti

samappita →

pts

  1. made over, consigned Dhp.315; Snp.333; Thig.451.
  2. endowed with (-˚) affected with, possessed of Ja.v.102 (kaṇṭakena); Pv.iv.1#6 (= allīna Pv-a.265); Pv-a.162 (soka-salla˚-hadaya) Vism.303 (s …

samara →

pts

battle Dāvs iv.1

sa + mara

samassasati →

pts

to be refreshed Ja.i.176; Caus. samassāseti to relieve, refresh Ja.i.175.

saṃ + assasati

samassattha →

pts

refreshed, relieved Ja.iii.189.

saṃ + assattha2

samassita →

pts

leaning towards Thag.525.

saṃ + assita

samassāsa →

pts

refreshing, relief Dhs-a.150 (expln of passaddhi).

saṃ + assāsa

samasāyisun →

pts

aorist Ja.iii.201 (text, samāsāsisuṃ, cp. J.P.T.S. 1885, 60; read taṃ asāyisuṃ).

samatha →

pts

  1. calm, quietude of heart MN.i.33; AN.i.61, AN.i.95; AN.ii.140; AN.iii.86 sq. (ceto˚), AN.iii.116 sq., AN.iii.449; AN.iv.360; AN.v.99; DN.iii.54, DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; Dhp-a.ii.177; SN.iv.362; Dhs …

samatiggaṇhāti →

pts

to stretch over, rise above, to reach beyond Ja.iv.411 (ger. samatiggayha).

saṃ + ati + gṛh

samatikkama →

pts

adjective passing beyond, overcoming DN.i.34; DN.ii.290; MN.i.41, MN.i.455; Vin.i.3; Ja.v.454; Vism.111.

saṃ + atikamma

samatikkamati →

pts

to cross over, to transcend DN.i.35; to elapse Mhvs.13, Mhvs.5; ger. samatikkamma DN.i.35; M 41; pp. samatikkanta crossed over, or escaped from SN.iii.80; Dhp.195.

saṃ + atikkamati

samatimaññti →

pts

to despise (aor.) samatimaññi Thig.72.

saṃ + atimaññti

samatittha →

pts

adjective with even banks (of a pond) Ja.v.407.

sama3 + tittha

samatitthika →

pts

adjective even or level with the border or bank, i.e. quite full, brimful DN.i.244 DN.ii.89; MN.i.435; MN.ii.7 = Mil.213; SN.ii.134; SN.v.170; Ja.i.400; Ja.i.235, Ja.i.393; Mil.121; Vism.170 (pattaṃ ˚ …

samativattati →

pts

to transcend, overcome Snp.768, cp. Mnd.10.

saṃ + ativattati

samativijjhati →

pts

to penetrate Dhp.13 = Thag.133.

saṃ + ativijjhati

samatta →

pts

Samatta1

neuter equality AN.iii.359; Mhvs.3, Mhvs.7; equanimity, justice AN.i.75.

abstr. fr. sama3

Samatta2

  1. accomplished, brought to an end AN.ii.193; Snp.781 = …

samattha →

pts

adjective able, strong Ja.i.179; Ja.i.187; Snp-a.143.

cp. Sk. samartha, saṃ + artha

samatthita →

pts

adjective unravelling Mil.1.

cp. Sk. samarthita, saṃ + pp. of arthayati

samatthiya →

pts

adjective able Sdhp.619.

fr. samattha

samatā →

pts

equality, evenness, normal state Vin.i.183; AN.iii.375 sq.; Mil.351.

fr. sama3

samavadhāna →

pts

concurrence, co-existence Ne.79.

samavasarati →

pts

of a goad or spur Thig.210. See samosarati.

samavattakkhandha →

pts

adjective having the shoulders round, one of the lakkhaṇas of a Buddha DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.164; Dial. ii.15: “his bust is equally rounded.”

sama + vatta + kh., but BSk. sasaṃvṛtta˚

samavattasaṃvāsa →

pts

living together with the same duties, on terms of equality Ja.i.236.

sama + vatta1 + saṃvāsa

samavaya →

pts

annihilation, termination (?) see samaya (cpd.) & saṭha.

samavaṭṭhita →

pts

ready Snp.345 (˚-ā savanāya sotā).

samavekkhati →

pts

to consider, examine MN.i.225; AN.ii.32; Iti.30.

saṃ + avekkhati

samavekkhitar →

pts

one who considers Iti.120.

fr. last

samavepākin →

pts

adjective promoting a good digestion DN.ii.177; DN.iii.166; MN.ii.67; AN.iii.65 sq., AN.iii.103, AN.iii.153; AN.v.15.

sama + vepākin, cp. vepakka

samavhaya →

pts

name Dāvs v.67.

saṃ + ahvaya

samavossajjati →

pts

to transfer, entrust DN.ii.231.

read saṃvossajjati !

samavāpaka →

pts

storeroom MN.i.451.

sama + vāpaka, cp. vapati1

samavāya FIXME double →

pts

Samāvaya = samavāya

closely united Ja.vi.475 (in verse).

samavāya →

pts

coming together, combination SN.iv.68; Mil.376; Dhs-a.57, Dhs-a.196; Pv-a.104; Vv-a.20, Vv-a.55. samavāyena in common Vv-a.336; khaṇa-s˚ a momentary meeting Ja.i.381.

samaya →

pts

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed expln of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

samañcara →

pts

pacified, calm SN.i.236.

sama1 + cara

samañcati →

pts

to bend together Vin.iv.171, Vin.iv.363.

sam + añc

samañcinteti →

pts

to think SN.i.124; see sañcinteti.

samaññā →

pts

designation, name DN.i.202; DN.ii.20; MN.iii.68; SN.ii.191; Snp.611, Snp.648; Ja.ii.65; Dhs § 1306; loka˚ a common appellation, a popular expression DN.i.202.

saṃ + aññā

samaññāta →

pts

designated, known, notorious SN.i.65; Snp.118, Snp.820; Mnd.153; Vin.ii.203.

saṃ + aññāta

samaṅgin →

pts

adjective endowed with, possessing Pp.13, Pp.14; Ja.i.303; Mil.342; Vb-a.438
samaṅgibhūta possessed of, provided with DN.i.36; AN.ii.125; Snp.321; Vin.i.15; DN-a.i.121; samaṅgi-karoti to pr …

samaṅgitā →

pts

the fact of being endowed or connected with (-˚) Ja.iii.95 (paraloka˚); Vb-a.438 (fivefold: āyūhana˚ etc.).

abstr. fr. foll.

samaṇa →

pts

wanderer, recluse, religieux AN.i.67; DN.iii.16 DN.iii.95 sq., DN.iii.130 sq.; SN.i.45; Dhp.184; of a non-Buddhist (tāpasa) Ja.iii.390; an edifying etymology of the word Dhp-a.iii.84: “samita-pāpat …

samaṇaka →

pts

contemptible (little) ascetic, “some sort of samaṇa” DN.i.90; MN.ii.47, MN.ii.210; Snp.p.21; Mil.222; DN-a.i.254. At AN.ii.48 samaṇaka is a slip for sasanaka. Cp. muṇḍaka in form & meaning.

samaṇa + ka

samaṇḍalīkata →

pts

hemmed Vin.i.255 (kaṭhina).

sa + maṇḍala + kata

sambhajati →

pts

to consort with, love, to be attached, devoted Ja.iii.495; ppr. sambhajanto Ja.iii.108 Pot. sambhajeyya ibid. (C. samāgaccheyya)
pp sambhatta.

saṃ + bhajati

sambhavati →

pts

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

  1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
  2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

sambhañjati →

pts

to split, break Ja.v.32; Caus. sambhañjeti to break MN.i.237; SN.i.123; pass. aor. samabhajjisaṃ Ja.v.70
pp sambhagga
■ Cp. sampali˚.

saṃ + bhañjati

sambhoti →

pts

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

  1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
  2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

sambhuṇāti →

pts

Sambhavati, sambhuṇāti & sambhoti

  1. to be produced, to arise DN.i.45, DN.i.76; SN.i.135; SN.iv.67; Snp.734 Dāvs v.6; Mil.210.
  2. to be adequate, competent DN.ii.287; na s. is of no use or avail Mil.1 …

sambojjhaṅga →

pts

constituent of Sambodhi (enlightenment), of which there are seven: sati, selfpossession; dhammavicaya, investigation of doctrine viriya, energy; pīti, joy; passaddhi, tranquillity samādhi, concentrati …

sametikā →

pts

SN.ii.285; read samāhitā.

sammannati →

pts

  1. to assent, to consent to Mhvs.3, Mhvs.10; DN-a.i.11.
  2. to agree to, to authorize select Vin.iii.150, Vin.iii.158, Vin.iii.238; Vin.iv.50; Mhvs.3, Mhvs.9; sīmaṃ s to determine, to fix the boundary …

sammasati →

pts

to touch, seize, grasp, know thoroughly, master SN.ii.107; Dhp.374; Mil.325; to think, meditate on (acc.) Ja.vi.379; ppr. sammasaṃ Ja.ii.107 & sammasanto Mil.379; Ja.i.74, Ja.i.75; fem. sammasantī Tha …

sammati →

pts

Sammati1 [śam

Dhtp.436 = upasama]

  1. to be appeased, calmed; to cease Dhp.5; Pot 3rd pl. sammeyyuṃ SN.i.24
  2. to rest, to dwell DN.i.92; SN.i.226; Ja.v.396; DN-a.i.262 (= vasa …

sammā →

pts

Sammā1

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

sampadā →

pts

  1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
    ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

sampatti →

pts

  1. success, attainment; happiness, bliss, fortune (opp. vipatti) AN.iv.26, AN.iv.160; Vism.58 Vism.232; Ja.iv.3 (dibba˚); DN-a.i.126; three attainments Ja.i.105; Mil.96; Dhp-a …

samphusati →

pts

to touch, to come in contact with;
ppr samphussaṃ Iti.68;
ppr med samphusamāna Snp.671; Cnd.199 (reads samphassamāna, where id. p at MN.i.85 has rissamāna);
aor samphusi

samupādika →

pts

being on a level with the water Mil.237 (Trenckner conjectures samupodika). The better reading, however, is samupp˚, sama = peace, quiet, thus “producing quiet,” calm.

samācarati →

pts

to behave, act, practise MN.ii.113.

saṃ + ācarati

samācāra →

pts

conduct, behaviour DN.ii.279; DN.iii.106, DN.iii.217; MN.ii.113; AN.ii.200, AN.ii.239; AN.iv.82; Snp.279; Vin.ii.248; Vin.iii.184.

saṃ + ācāra

samādahati →

pts

to put together SN.i.169. jotiṃ s. to kindle a fire Vin.iv.115; cittaṃ s. to compose the mind, concentrate MN.i.116; pres. samādheti Thig.50; pr. part. samādahaṃ SN.v.312; ppr. med. samādahāna SN.i. …

samādapaka →

pts

instructing, arousing MN.i.145; AN.ii.97; AN.iv.296, AN.iv.328 AN.v.155; SN.v.162; Mil.373; Iti.107; Dhp-a.ii.129.

fr. samādapeti; cp. BSk. samādāpaka Divy.142

samādapana →

pts

instructing, instigating MN.iii.132.

samādapetar →

pts

adviser, instigator MN.i.16.

samādapeti →

pts

to cause to take, to incite, rouse Pp.39, Pp.55; Vin.i.250; Vin.iii.73; DN-a.i.293, DN-a.i.300; aor. ˚dapesi DN.ii.42, DN.ii.95 DN.ii.206; Mil.195; Snp.695; ger. ˚dapetvā DN.i.126; Vin.i.18 ger. sam …

samādhi →

pts

  1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

samādhika →

pts

adjective excessive, abundant DN.ii.151; Ja.ii.383; Ja.iv.31.

sama + adhika

samādhiyati →

pts

is Passive of samādahati.

samādhāna →

pts

putting together, fixing; concentration Vism.84 (= sammā ādhānaṃ ṭhapanaṃ) in defn of samādhi as “samādhān’ aṭṭhena.”

saṃ + ā + dhā

samādinna →

pts

taken up, undertaken AN.ii.193.

pp. of samādiyati

samādisati →

pts

to indicate, to command DN.i.211; Mhvs.38, Mhvs.59.

saṃ + ādisati

samādiyati →

pts

to take with oneself, to take upon oneself, to undertake DN.i.146; imper. samādiya Bv.ii.118 = Ja.i.20; aor. samādiyi SN.i.232; Ja.i.219; ger samādiyitvā SN.i.232; & *[samād …

samādāna →

pts

  1. taking, bringing; asamādānacāra (m.) going for alms without taking with one (the usual set of three robes) Vin.i.254.
  2. taking upon oneself, undertaking acquiring MN.i.305 sq.; AN.i.229 sq.; AN.ii …

samāgacchati →

pts

to meet together, to assemble Bv.ii.171; Snp.222; to associate with, to enter with, to meet, DN.ii.354; Snp.834; Ja.ii.82; to go to see Vin.i.308; to arrive, come Snp.698; aor. 1 sg. -gañchiṃ DN.ii …

samāgama →

pts

meeting, meeting with, intercourse AN.ii.51; AN.iii.31; Mil.204; cohabitation DN.ii.268 meeting, assembly Ja.ii.107; Mil.349; Dhp-a.iii.443 (three: yamaka-pāṭihāriya˚; dev’orohaṇa˚; Gangārohaṇa˚).

samāgata →

pts

met, assembled Dhp.337; Snp.222.

pp. of samāgacchati

samāhata →

pts

hit, struck Snp.153 (ayosanku˚); Mil.181, Mil.254, Mil.304. Sankusamāhata name of a purgatory MN.i.337.

saṃ + āhata

samāhita →

pts

  1. put down, fitted Ja.iv.337.
  2. collected (of mind), settled, composed, firm, attentive DN.i.13; SN.i.169; AN.ii.6 (˚indriya); AN.iii.312, AN.iii.343 sq. AN.v.3, AN.v.93 sq., AN.v.329 sq.; Snp.212, …

samākaḍḍhati →

pts

to pull along; to entice; ger. ˚iya Mhvs.37, Mhvs.145.

saṃ + ākaḍḍhati

samākiṇṇa →

pts

covered, filled SN.i.6; Mil.342.

saṃ + ākiṇṇa

samākula →

pts

adjective

  1. filled, crowded B ii.4 = Ja.i.3; Mil.331, Mil.342.
  2. crowded together Vin.ii.117
  3. confused, jumbled together Ja.v.302.

saṃ + ākula

samālapati →

pts

to speak to, address Ja.i.478. At Ja.i.51 it seems to mean “to recover the power of speech.” Samavaya = samavaya

saṃ + ālapati

samāna →

pts

Samāna1

adjective similar, equal, even, same Snp.18, Snp.309; Ja.ii.108. Cp. sāmañña1.

Vedic samāna, fr. sama3

Samāna2

  1. being, existing DN.i.18, DN.i …

samānatta →

pts

adjective equanimous, of even mind AN.iv.364.

samāna + attan

samānattatā →

pts

equanimity, impartiality AN.ii.32 = AN.ii.248; AN.iv.219, AN.iv.364; DN.iii.152, DN.iii.190 sq., DN.iii.232.

abstr. fr. last

samāneti →

pts

  1. to bring together Ja.i.68.
  2. to bring, produce Ja.i.433.
  3. to put together, cp. Ja.i.120 Ja.i.148.
  4. to collect, enumerate Ja.i.429.
  5. to calculate (the time) Ja.i.120, Ja.i.148; aor. *samānayi …

samāniyā →

pts

(all) equally, in common Snp.24.

instr. fem. of samāna, used adverbially, Vedic samānyā

samānīta →

pts

brought home, settled Mil.349.

pp. of samāneti

samāpajjana →

pts

entering upon, passing through (?) Mil.176.

fr. last

samāpajjati →

pts

  1. to come into, enter upon, attain DN.i.215 (samādhiṃ samāpajji); Vin.iii.241 (Pot. ˚pajjeyya); samāpattiṃ Ja.i.77; arahattamaggaṃ AN.ii.42 sq.; Vin.i.32; saññāvedayitanirodhaṃ to attain the tran …

samāpajjita →

pts

attained, reached, got into DN.ii.109 (parisā ˚pubbā).

pp. of ˚āpajjati

samāpanna →

pts

having attained, got to, entered, reached SN.iv.293 (saññā-nirodhaṃ); AN.ii.42 (arahatta-maggaṃ entered the Path); Dhp.264 (icchālobha˚ given to desire); Kv.572 (in special sense attaining the samāp …

samāpannaka →

pts

adjective possessed of the samāpattis DN-a.i.119.

last + ka

samāpattesiya →

pts

adjective longing for attainment Kv.502 sq.

samāpatti + esiya, adj. to esikā

samāpatti →

pts

attainment AN.iii.5; SN.ii.150 sq.; SN.iv.293 (saññā-vedayita-nirodha˚); Dhs.30 Dhs.101; a stage of meditation AN.i.94; Dhs.1331; Ja.i.343 Ja.i.473; Pv-a.61 (mahā-karuṇā˚); Mnd.100, Mnd.106, Mnd.1 …

samāpattila →

pts

one who has acquired Ja.i.406.

fr. last

samāpaṭipatti →

pts

misprint for sammā˚ AN.i.69.

samāpeti →

pts

to complete, conclude Mhvs.5, Mhvs.280; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.55; DN-a.i.307 (desanaṃ)
pp samatta2.

saṃ + āpeti

samārabhati →

pts

to begin, undertake MN.i.227; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.79
pp samāraddha.

saṃ + ārabhati2

samāraddha →

pts

undertaken SN.iv.197; Dhp.293; Ja.ii.61.

pp. of samārabhati

samāraka →

pts

adjective including Māra Vin.i.11 = SN.v.423; DN.i.250; DN.iii.76, DN.iii.135 & passim.

sa3 + māra + ka

samārambha →

pts

  1. undertaking, effort, endeavour, activity AN.ii.197 sq. (kāya˚, vacī˚, mano˚) Vin.iv.67.
  2. injuring, killing, slaughter Snp.311; DN.i.5; DN-a.i.77; AN.ii.197; SN.v.470; Pp.58; Dhs-a.146- *[appas …

samāropana →

pts

one of the Hāras Ne.1, Ne.2, Ne.4, Ne.108, Ne.205 sq., Ne.256 sq.

fr. samāropeti

samāruhati →

pts

to climb up, to ascend, enter; pres. samārohati Ja.vi.209 (cp. samorohatī p. 206, read samārohatī); aor. samārūhi Mhvs.14, Mhvs.38
pp samārūḷha
caus *[samāropeti](/defin …

samārūḷha →

pts

ascended, entered MN.i.74.

pp. of samāruhati

samāsa →

pts

  1. compound, combination Vism.82; Snp-a.303; Kp-a.228. Cp. vyāsa.
  2. an abridgment Mhvs.37, Mhvs.244.

fr. saṃ + ās

samāsama →

pts

“exactly the same” at Ud.85 (= DN.ii.135) read sama˚.

samāsana →

pts

sitting together with, company Snp.977.

saṃ + āsana

samāsati →

pts

to sit together, associate; Pot. 3 sg. samāsetha SN.i.17, SN.i.56 sq.; Ja.ii.112; Ja.v.483, Ja.v.494; Thag.4.

saṃ + āsati

samāsādeti →

pts

to obtain, get; ger. samāsajja Ja.iii.218.

saṃ + āsādeti

samātapa →

pts

ardour, zeal AN.iii.346.

saṃ + ātapa

samāvaya →

pts

Samāvaya = samavāya

closely united Ja.vi.475 (in verse).

samāyoga →

pts

combination, conjunction DN-a.i.95; Sdhp.45, Sdhp.469.

saṃ + āyoga

samāyuta →

pts

combined, united Mil.274.

saṃ + āyuta

samāyāti →

pts

to come together, to be united Ja.iii.38.

saṃ + āyāti

sandhi →

pts

  1. union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
  2. breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati

sandhūpeti →

pts

to fumigate SN.iii.89; Pts.ii.167. As sandhūpāyati to cause thick smoke or steam thickly, at Vin.i.225; Snp.p.15 (= samantā dhūpāyati Snp-a.154).

saṃ + dhūpeti

sandissati →

pts

to be seen together with, to be engaged in, or to tally, agree with, to live conformably to (loc., e.g. dhamme) DN.i.102; DN.ii.75; SN.v.177; Snp.50; DN.ii.127; Ne.23; ppr. a-saṃdissamāna invisible D …

sant →

pts

  1. being, existing DN.i.61, DN.i.152; AN.i.176; Iti.62 sq.; Snp.98, Snp.124.
  2. good, true SN.i.17; Dhp.151.

Cases

■ nom. sg. m. santo Snp.98; Mil.32; Cnd.635 (= samāna); f. satī (q.v.); n …

santa →

pts

Santa1

calmed, tranquil, peaceful, pure DN.i.12; Vin.i.4; SN.i.5; AN.ii.18; Snp.746; Pv.iv.1#34 (= upasanta-kilesa Pv-a.230); Mil.232, Mil.409; Vism.155 (˚anga; opp. oḷārik’anga); Dhp-a …

sarada →

pts

autumn the season following on the rains Snp.687; Vv.35#2. --samaya the autumn season DN.ii.183; MN.i.115; AN.iv.102 AN.v.22; Iti.20; SN.i.65; SN.iii.141, SN.iii.155; SN.v.44; Vv-a.134, Vv-a.161 …

sari →

pts

according to Payogasiddhi = sarisa (sadisa) cp. sarīvaṇṇa Ja.ii.439 (= samāna-vaṇṇa, C.).

sasati →

pts

Sasati1

to slay, slaughter; sassamāna ppr. pass. Ja.v.24 (C. = hiṃsamāna)
inf sasituṃ Ja.vi.291 (read sāsituṃ from sāsati?).
pp sattha.

śas cp. Dhtp.301: gati-h …

sassa →

pts

corn, crop MN.i.116; Ja.i.86, Ja.i.143, Ja.i.152; Ja.ii.135; Mil.2; Dhp-a.i.97; Snp-a.48; sassasamaya crop time Ja.i.143; susassa abounding in corn Vin.i.238; pl. m. sassā Ja.i.340. --kamma agri …

sassamāṇabrāhmaṇa →

pts

(fem. -ī) together, with samaṇas and brahmins Vin.i.11; DN.i.62; DN.iii.76, DN.iii.135; SN.v.423; Snp.p.100; DN-a.i.174.

sassatisamaṃ →

pts

adverb for ever and ever DN.i.14; MN.i.8; SN.iii.143; also sassatī samā Ja.iii.255; Vv.63#14 (explained by sassatīhi samāna, like the eternal things-viz., earth, sun, moon, etc., Vv-a.265); Ja.iii.2 …

satta →

pts

Satta1

hanging, clinging or attached to Vin.i.185; DN.ii.246; Mnd.23, Mnd.24; Dhp.342; Ja.i.376 Cp. āsatta1 & byāsatta.

pp. of sañj: sajjati

Satta2

  1. (m.) a li …

sattha →

pts

Sattha1

neuter a weapon, sword, knife; coll. “arms” DN.i.4, DN.i.56; Snp.309, Snp.819 (explained as 3: kāya˚, vacī˚, mano˚, referring to AN.iv.42 at Mnd.151); Ja.i.72, Ja.i.504; Pv.iii.10# …

sañchinna →

pts

Vin.i.255 (of the kaṭhina, with samaṇḍalīkata “hemmed”). Also in cpd. -patta “with leaves destroyed” is Nd ii.reading at Snp.44 (where T. ed. & Snp-a.91 read; saṃsīna), as wel …

sañcinteti →

pts

(& -ceteti) to think, find out, plan, devise means DN.ii.180, DN.ii.245 (aor. samacintesuṃ); Thag.1103 (Pot. ˚cintaye); Ja.iii.438 (aor. samacetayi).

saṃ + cinteti

sañcopati →

pts

to move, to stir; a misunderstood term. Found in aor. samacopi (so read for T. samadhosi & variant reading samañcopi) mañcake “he stirred fr. his bed” SN.iii.120, SN.iii.125; and sañcopa (pret.) J …

saññin →

pts

adjective (f. saññinī) conscious, being aware of (-˚), perceiving, having perception DN.i.31, DN.i.180; DN.iii.49 DN.iii.111, DN.iii.140, DN.iii.260; SN.i.62; AN.ii.34, AN.ii.48, AN.ii.50; AN.iii.35; …

saṃ →

pts

Saṃ˚

indeclinable prefix, implying conjunction & completeness; saṃ˚; is after vi˚; (19’) the most frequent (16’) of all Pāli prefixes. Its primary meaning is “together” (cp. Lat. …

saṃroceti →

pts

to find pleasure in, only in aor. (poetical) samarocayi Snp.290, Snp.306, Snp.405; Ja.iv.471.

saṃ + roceti

saṃsad →

pts

session, assembly; loc. saṃsati Ja.iii.493 (= parisamajjhe C.), Ja.iii.495

fr. saṃ + sad

saṃsāyati →

pts

to taste, enjoy Ja.iii.201 (aor. samasāyisuṃ: so read for samāsāsisuṃ).

saṃ + sāyati, which stands for sādati (of svad to sweeten). On y → d cp. khāyita → khādita & sankhāyita

saṃvossajjati →

pts

saṅgaha →

pts

Saṅgaha1

  1. collecting, gathering, accumulation Vin.i.253; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.28.
  2. comprising collection, inclusion, classification Kv.335 sq. (˚kathā) cp. Kvu. translation 388 sq.; Vism.191 …

saṅgata →

pts

  1. come together, met Snp.807, Snp.1102 (= samāgata samohita sannipātita Cnd.621); nt saṅgataṃ association Dhp.207.
  2. compact, tightly fastened or closed, well-joined Vv.64#2 (= nibbivara Vv-a.27 …

saṅgha →

pts

  1. multitude, assemblage Mil.403 (kāka˚); Ja.i.52 (sakuṇa˚); Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56 …

saṅghaṭṭeti →

pts

  1. to knock against Vin.ii.208.
  2. to sound, to ring Mhvs.21, Mhvs.29 (˚aghaṭṭayi).
  3. to knock together, to rub against each other Ja.iv.98 (aṃsena aṃsaṃ samaghaṭṭayimha); Dāvs iii.87.
  4. to provoke …

saṅgāmeti →

pts

to fight to come into conflict with Vin.ii.195; Vin.iii.108; Iti.75; Ja.ii.11, Ja.ii.212. aor. -gāmesi Ja.v.417, Ja.v.420 (C. = samāgami cp. sangacchati).

Denom. fr. sangāma; given as special root …

saṅkama →

pts

passage, bridge MN.i.439; Vin.iii.127; Ja.iii.373 (attānaṃ ˚ṃ katvā yo sotthiṃ samatārayi); Mil.91, Mil.229.

fr. saṃ + kram

saṅkhāra →

pts

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

saṅkitti →

pts

derivation & meaning very doubtful; Bdhgh’s expln at Pp-a 231 is not to be taken as reliable, viz. “sankittetvā katabhattesu hoti. dubbhikkha-samaye kira acela-kāsāvakā acelakānaṃ atthāy …

saṅku →

pts

stake, spike; javelin MN.i.337; SN.iv.168; Ja.vi.112; Dhp-a.i.69
ayo˚; an iron stake AN.iv.131.

  • -patha a path full of stakes & sticks Vv.84#11; Ja.iii.485 Ja.iii.541; Mil …

saṇha →

pts

adjective

  1. smooth, soft Vin.i.202; Vin.ii.151; Vv.50#18 (= mudu Vv-a.213); Vism.260 = Kp-a.59 saṇhena softly Thag.460.
  2. gentle, mild DN.ii.259; Snp.853; Ja.i.202, Ja.i.376; Mnd.234; Pv-a.56, …

saṇṭhita →

pts

  1. established in (-˚), settled, composed Snp.330 (santi-soracca-samādhi˚); Sdhp.458 su˚; firmly or well established Snp.755; Mil.383; in a good position, well situated Dhs-a.65.
  2. being compos …

saṇṭhāna →

pts

  1. configuration, position; composition, nature, shape, form Vin.ii.76; MN.i.120 (spelt ˚nth˚); AN.i.50; AN.iv.190 (C. osakkana); Mil.270 Mil.316, Mil.405; Ja.i.71, Ja.i.291, Ja.i.368; Ja.ii.108; Vism …

saṭha →

pts

adjective crafty, treacherous, fraudulent DN.ii.258; DN.iii.246; MN.i.32, MN.i.153; SN.iv.299; AN.ii.41; AN.iii.35 AN.v.157; Dhp.252; Vin.ii.89; Mnd.395; Mil.250; Dāvs ii.88; Dhp-a.iii.375; Dhtp.100 …

serīsamaha →

pts

festival in honour of the Serīsaka Vimāna Vv.8437, 53

sikkhati →

pts

  1. to learn, to train oneself (= ghaṭati vāyamati Vism.274) usually combined with the locative, thus sikkhā-padesu s. to train oneself in the Sikkhāpadas DN.i.63, DN.i.250; Vin.i.84; Iti.96, Iti.118; …

sikkhā →

pts

  1. study, training, discipline Vin.iii.23; DN.i.181; AN.i.238; SN.ii.50, SN.ii.131; SN.v.378; Dhs.1004; Vb-a.344 (various)
    ■ sikkhaṃ paccakkhātaka one who has abandoned the precepts Vin.i.135, V …

sikkhāpada →

pts

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

  1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

soḷasama →

pts

sixteenth Mhvs.2, Mhvs.29; Vism.292.

su →

pts

Su1

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

sukha →

pts

adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …

sukhumāla →

pts

adjective tender, delicate, refined, delicately nurtured AN.i.145; AN.ii.86 sq.; AN.iii.130; Vin.i.15, Vin.i.179; Vin.ii.180; beautifully young, graceful Ja.i.397; Snp.298; samaṇa-˚ a soft, graceful …

sussati →

pts

to be dried, to wither Snp.434; Ja.i.503; Ja.ii.424; Ja.vi.5 (being thirsty); ppr. med. sussamāna Ja.i.498; Snp.434; fut sussissati Ja.i.48; ger. *sussitvā

sussūsati →

pts

to wish to hear, to listen, attend DN.i.230; AN.i.72; AN.iv.393; aor. sussūsimsu Vin.i.10; ppr. med. sussūsamāna Snp.383.

Desid. fr. suṇāti; Sk. śuśrūṣati

suvāna →

pts

Suvāṇa & suvāna

a dog MN.iii.91 (= supāṇa MN.i.58); Ja.vi.247 (the 2 dogs of hell: Sabala & Sāma); Vism.259 (= supāṇa Kp-a.58). As suvā˚; at Sdhp.379, Sdhp.408
■ See also the var. forms san, suṇ …

suvāṇa →

pts

Suvāṇa & suvāna

a dog MN.iii.91 (= supāṇa MN.i.58); Ja.vi.247 (the 2 dogs of hell: Sabala & Sāma); Vism.259 (= supāṇa Kp-a.58). As suvā˚; at Sdhp.379, Sdhp.408
■ See also the var. forms san, suṇ …

suññata →

pts

adjective void, empty, devoid of lusts, evil dispositions, and karma, but especially of soul, ego Thig.46; Thag-a.50; Dhs.344; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.7; nibbāna Dhs-a.221; *[phassa](/def …

suṇoti →

pts

Suṇāti & suṇoti

to hear.
pres suṇāti DN.i.62, DN.i.152; SN.v.265; Snp.696; Iti.98; Mil.5 suṇoti Ja.iv.443;
pot suṇeyya Vin.i.7; DN.i.79; suṇe Ja.iv.240;
imper *[suṇa]( …

suṇāti →

pts

Suṇāti & suṇoti

to hear.
pres suṇāti DN.i.62, DN.i.152; SN.v.265; Snp.696; Iti.98; Mil.5 suṇoti Ja.iv.443;
pot suṇeyya Vin.i.7; DN.i.79; suṇe Ja.iv.240;
imper *[suṇa]( …

sājīva →

pts

rule of life, precept governing the monastic life of the Buddhist bhikkhus Vin.iii.24#2; adj. ˚-samāpanna ibid.; adj. ˚-kara one who supports Ja.iv.42 (= sa-ājīvakara, C.).

sāmacca →

pts

adjective together with the ministers DN.i.110.

sa2 + amacca

sāmaggiya →

pts

completeness, concord Snp.810; sāmaggiya-rasa Ja.iii.21 (“the sweets of concord”); adj. asāmaggiya, unpleasant Ja.vi.517 (C. on asammodiya).

fr. samagga

sāmaggī →

pts

completeness, a quorum Vin.i.105, Vin.i.106; meeting, communion Vin.i.132 sq. Vin.ii.243; unanimity, concord Vin.i.97, Vin.i.136, Vin.i.357; Vin.ii.204; DN.iii.245 sq.; AN.iii.289; Mnd.131; Ja.i.328; …

sāmalatā →

pts

the creeper Ichnocarpus Ja.i.60.

sāma1 + latā; Sk. śyāmalatā

sāmanta →

pts

adjective neighbouring, bordering DN.i.101; Vin.i.46 (āpatti˚ bordering on a transgression) Ja.ii.21; Ja.iv.124; connected with MN.i.95; -jappā (or -jappana) roundabout talk Vb.353; Vism.28; Mnd …

sāmattha →

pts

adjective able Ja.ii.29.

= samattha

sāmatthiya →

pts

ability Mhvs.37, Mhvs.243

abstr. fr. samattha

sāmayika →

pts

adjective temporary Snp.54; Mil.302 (so read); see sāmāyika.

fr. samaya

sāmañña →

pts

Sāmañña1

neuter generality; equality, conformity; unity, company Mil.163; Snp-a.449 (jāti identity of descent), Snp-a.449 (generality, contrasted to visesa detail), S …

sāmaññatā →

pts

Sāmaññatā1

= sāmañña 1 (identity, congruity etc.) Ja.vi.371 (vaṇṇa˚); Vism.234 (maraṇa˚).

Sāmaññatā2

= sāmañña 2 DN.iii.145, DN.iii.169; Dhp.332; Dhp-a. …

sāmaṃ →

pts

self, of oneself Vin.i.16, Vin.i.33, Vin.i.211 (s. pāka), Vin.iv.121; DN.i.165; MN.i.383; MN.ii.211; MN.iii.253 (sāmaṃ kantaṃ sāmaṃ vāyitaṃ dussayugaṃ); SN.ii.40; SN.iv.230 sq. SN.v.390; Snp.270 (asām …

sāmaṇaka →

pts

adjective worthy of or needful for a Samaṇa Mhvs.4, Mhvs.26; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.37; assāmaṇaka unworthy of a Samaṇa Vin.i.45.

fr. samaṇa

sāmaṇera →

pts

fem. ˚-rī a novice Vin.i.62 sq.; Vin.iv.121; SN.ii.261; Mil.2 Vb-a.383; are not present at the recital of the Pātimokkha Vin.i.135; -pabbajjā ordination of a novice Vin.i.82. -pēsaka superinte …

sāmādhika →

pts

adjective consisting in concentration SN.i.120.

fr. samādhi

sāmājika →

pts

member of an assembly Dāvs iii.27.

fr. Sk. samāja: see samajja

sāmāka →

pts

kind of millet (Panicum frumentaceum) DN.i.166; MN.i.78, MN.i.156, MN.i.343; AN.i.295 AN.ii.206; Snp.239; Pp.55; Ja.iii.144, Ja.iii.371; Ne.141; Dhp-a.v.81.

cp. Vedic śyāmāka

sāmāmigī →

pts

black hind Ja.ii.44.

sāmāyika →

pts

adjective

  1. on a friendly footing, in agreement MN.iii.110; Mil.22.
  2. occurring in due season, timely Mil.302 sq., Mil.305.
  3. temporary AN.iii.349 sq.; cp. sāmayika.

fr. samaya

sārambha →

pts

Sārambha1

  1. impetuosity, anger AN.i.100, AN.i.299; AN.ii.193; MN.i.16; Dhp.133; Ja.iv.26; Mil.289 (sasaṃrambha).
  2. quarrel Snp.483; Ja.ii.223; Ja.v.141.
  3. pride Thag.759; Vv-a.139.

sārāṇīya →

pts

adjective courteous polite, friendly (making happy, pleasing, gladdening?) only in combination with kathā, dhamma, or dhammakathā e.g. s. kathā polite spe …

sāyaṇha →

pts

evening DN.ii.9; Ja.i.144; -samayaṃ at evening time DN.ii.205; MN.i.147; Vin.i.21; sāyaṇhasamaye Ja.i.148, Ja.i.279; Pv-a.33, Pv-a.43 Pv-a.100; --kāle the same Ja.iv.120; sāyaṇhe (loc.) …

sīla →

pts

  1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

sīsa →

pts

Sīsa1

neuter lead DN.ii.351; SN.v.92; Mil.331; Vb-a.63 (= kāḷa-tipu); a leaden coin Ja.i.7; --kāra a worker in lead Mil.331; --maya leaden Vin.i.190.

cp. Sk. sīsa

Sīsa2</s …

sūpa →

pts

broth, soup, curry Vin.ii.77, Vin.ii.214 sq. Vin.iv.192; DN.i.105; SN.v.129 sq. (their var. flavours) AN.iii.49 (aneka˚); Ja.ii.66; Vism.343. samasūpaka with equal curry Vin.iv.192. Also nt. Vin.i.2 …

ta →

pts

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

tama →

pts

tamo darkness (syn. andhakāra, opp. joti), lit. as well as fig. (mental darkness = ignorance or state of doubt); one of the dark states of life & rebirth; adj. living in one of the d …

tapassin →

pts

adjective noun one devoted to religious austerities, an ascetic (non-Buddhist). Fig. one who exercises self-control & attains mastery over his senses Vin.i.234 = AN.iv.184 (tapassī samaṇo Gotamo); D …

tassa-pāpiyyasikā →

pts

Tassa-pāpiyyasikā

feminine (viz. kiriyā) Name of one of the adhikaraṇa-samathā: guilt (legal wrong) of such & such a character Vin.i.325; in detail expl. MN.ii.249; + tiṇavatthāraka DN.iii.254; AN …

taṇhā →

pts

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

tejin →

pts

adjective noun having light or splendour, shining forth, glorious Snp.1097 (= Cnd.286 tejena samannāgata).

see teja

thūpika →

pts

adjective having domed roofs (“house-tops” Ja.vi.116 (of a Vimāna = dvādasayojanika maṇimayakañcanathūpika; cp. p. Ja.vi.117: pañcaṭhūpaṃ vimānaṃ explained as pañcahi kūṭāgārehi samannāgataṃ).

from …

ti →

pts

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 …

tintiṇa →

pts

greed, desire; (adj.) greedy. Epithet of a pāpabhikkhu AN.v.149 (Com. tintiṇaṃ vuccati taṇhā, tāya samannāgato āsankābahulo vā); Vb.351 (tintiṇaṃ tintiṇāyanā, etc. = loluppaṃ). Tintinati & Tintinayati;

titthiya →

pts

an heretic Vin.i.54, Vin.i.84, Vin.i.136, Vin.i.159 (˚samādāna), Vin.i.306 (˚dhaja), Vin.i.320; SN.i.65; SN.iv.37, SN.iv.394; DN.iii.44, DN.iii.46; Snp.381, Snp.891; Cnd.38; Pts.i.160; Pp.49; Vb.247. …

tittika →

pts

in sama˚; at DN.i.244, Vin.i.230, brimful, of a river. Derivation & meaning doubtful. See the note at Buddhist Suttas, 178, 9.

tiṃsaṃ →

pts

(tiṃsa˚) the number 30; DN.i.81≈(tiṃsaṃ pi jātiyo); SN.ii.217 (t
■ mattā bhikkhū); dat. instr. tiṃsāya AN.v.305 (dhammehi samannāgato); Snp.p.87 (pi dadāmi) Pv-a.281 (vassasahassehi): t
■ yojana\ …

tiṇa →

pts

grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch hay, litter SN.iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā uṇhaṃ vā rajo …

tuliya FIXME double →

pts

Tulya & Tuliya

(also tulla Ja.iv.102) adjective to be weighed, estimated, measured; matched equal, comparable Snp.377; Ja.iii.324; Pv-a.87 (= samaka) Mostly in the negative atulya incomparable, …

tulya →

pts

Tulya & Tuliya

(also tulla Ja.iv.102) adjective to be weighed, estimated, measured; matched equal, comparable Snp.377; Ja.iii.324; Pv-a.87 (= samaka) Mostly in the negative atulya incomparable, …

ubbāhana →

pts

carrying, lifting, in ˚samattha fit for carrying, i.e. a beast of burden, of an elephant Ja.vi.448.

fr. ubbahati2

ucca →

pts

adjective high (opp. avaca low) DN.i.194; MN.ii.213; AN.v.82 (˚ṭhāniyaṃ nīce ṭhāne ṭhapeti puts on a low place which ought to be placed high); Pv.iv.7#4 (uccaṃ paggayha lifting high up = uccataraṃ kat …

uddesa →

pts

  1. pointing out, setting forth, proposition, exposition, indication, programme MN.iii.223 (u. uddiṭṭha), MN.iii.239; SN.iv.299; Snp-a.422.
  2. explanation SN.v.110 sq.; sa-uddesa (adj.) with (the n …

uddha FIXME double →

pts

Uddhaṃ & Uddha˚

(indecl.) high up, on top, above (adv. & prep.)
■ On uddhaṃ in spatial, temporal, ethical & psychological application see in detail Cnd.155.

I. (adv.)

  1. (of space) up a …

uddharaṇa →

pts

  1. taking up, lifting, raising Mil.307 (sass˚-samaya the time of gathering the corn; to uddharati 1 but cp. in same meaning uddhaṭa from uddharati 2). DN-a.i.192.
  2. pulling or drawing out (cp. uddh …

uddhata →

pts

  1. lifted up, raised risen, high (of the sun, only in this special phrase u aruṇo) Vin.ii.236; Ud.27 (vv.ll. uggata & uddhasta).
  2. unbalanced, disturbed, agitated, shaken SN.i.61 (+ unnaḷa “muddled …

uddhaṃ →

pts

Uddhaṃ & Uddha˚

(indecl.) high up, on top, above (adv. & prep.)
■ On uddhaṃ in spatial, temporal, ethical & psychological application see in detail Cnd.155.

I. (adv.)

  1. (of space) up a …

ukkūla →

pts

adjective sloping up, steep, high (opp. vikkūla) AN.i.35 sq.; Vism.153 (nadi); Snp-a.42. Cp. utkūlanikūla-sama Lal.340.

ud + kūla

ullaṅghanā →

pts

jumping up, lifting up, raising Vin.iii.121; Ja.iv.5 (˚samattha?).

abstr. fr. ud + laṅgh

umhayati →

pts

to laugh out loud Ja.ii.131 (= hasitaṃ karoti); Ja.iii.44; Ja.iv.197; Ja.v.299 (˚amāna hasamāna C.). Caus. umhāpeti Ja.v.297.

Sk. *ut-smayate, ud + smi

unnala →

pts

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expld.< …

unnaḷa →

pts

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expld.< …

upacāra →

pts

  1. approach, access Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.152; Vin.iv.304; Ja.i.83, Ja.i.172; Dhs-a.328 (phal˚).
  2. habit practice, conduct Vin.ii.20 (dassan˚); Snp-a.140 (id.); Ja.iii.280.
  3. way, means application, …

upakkilesa →

pts

anything that spoils or obstructs, a minor stain, impurity, defilement, depravity, Vin.ii.295 (cp. Snp-a.487 & Vv-a.134 & see abbha); MN.i.36, MN.i.91; DN.iii.42 sq., DN.iii.49 sq …

upanibaddha →

pts

  1. tied on to Mil.253, Mil.254.
  2. closely connected with, close to Vin.iii.308 (Samanta Pāsādikā).
  3. attached to DN-a.i.128.

pp. of ˚nibandhāti

upanisā →

pts

  1. cause, means DN.ii.217, DN.ii.259; MN.iii.71 (samādhiṃ sa-upanisaṃ); SN.ii.30–SN.ii.32 (SN-a. = kāraṇa, paccaya); SN.v.25; AN.i.198; AN.iii.20, AN.iii.200 sq. AN.iii.360; AN.iv.99, AN.iv.336, AN. …

upasama →

pts

calm, quiet, appeasement, allaying, assuagement, tranquillizing Vin.i.10; SN.iv.331 = SN.v.421 (in freq. phrase upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna ii …

upasamati →

pts

to appease, calm, allay, assuage Snp.919; Thag.50 (pot. upasame = upasameyya nibbāpeyya Mnd.352)
pp upasanta q.v.).

upa + śam in trs. meaning for usual sammati in intrs. meaning

upasamāna →

pts

Err:501

upatiṭṭhati →

pts

lit. “to stand by”, to look after, to worship Pv.iii.1#18; Ja.ii.73 (ādiccaṃ = namassamāno tiṭṭhati C.); Mil.231 (ger ˚tiṭṭhitvā); Ja.v.173 (˚tiṭṭhate). pp. upaṭṭhita (q.v.).

u …

upavāsa →

pts

keeping a prescribed day, fasting, self-denial, abstaining from enjoyments uposatha*; used extensively in BSk. in meaning of uposatha, e.g. at Avs.i.338, Avs.i.339; Divy.398 in ph …

upeta →

pts

furnished with, endowed with, possessed of Snp.402, Snp.463, Snp.700, Snp.722; Dhp.10, Dhp.280; Cnd s.v. Thag.789; Pv.i.7#6 (bal˚); Pv.ii.7#12 (phal˚, variant reading preferable ˚upaga), Pv.iv.1#12 (a …

uposatha →

pts

At the time of the rise of Buddhism the word had come to mean the day preceding four stages of the moon’s waxing and waning, viz. 1st, 8th, 15th 23d nights …

upādāya →

pts

adverb

  1. (as prep. with acc.) lit. “taking it up” (as such & such), i.e.
    1. out of, as, for; in phrase anukampaṃ upādāya out of pity or mercy DN.i.204; Pv-a.61, Pv-a.141, Pv-a.164
    2. compar …

upāsana →

pts

Upāsana1

neuter attendance, service, honour SN.i.46 (samaṇ˚); Thag.239; Mil.115. Cp. payir˚.

fr. upāsati

Upāsana2

neuter

  1. archery Ja.vi.448; usually in phrase katūpāsana

urūḷhava →

pts

adjective large, bulky, immense; great big, strong. Only in one stock phrase “nāgo isādanto urūḷhavo” Vv.20#9, Vv.43#9 ; Ja.vi.488; of which variant n. ī ubbuḷhavā MN.i.414 = MN.i.450. The word is exp …

usmā →

pts

heat DN.ii.335, DN.ii.338; MN.i.295; SN.iii.143; SN.iv.215, SN.iv.294; SN.v.212; Dhs.964; DN-a.i.310
■ In combn. with -kata it appears as usmī˚; e.g. at MN.i.132, MN.i.258.

  • *-[g …

ussada →

pts

this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …

utu →

pts

  1. (lit.)
    1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …

vacī →

pts

˚- speech, words; rare by itself (and in this case re-established from compounds and poetical, as at Snp.472 (yassa vacī kharā; explained at Snp-a.409 by “vācā”), Snp.973 (cudito vacīhi = vācāhi Sn …

vagga →

pts

Vagga1

  1. a company, section group, party Vin.i.58 (du˚, ti˚), Vin.i.195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus).
  2. a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga- …

vaggatta →

pts

distraction, dissension, secession, sectarianism Vin.i.316 (opp. samaggatta).

abstr. fr. vagga2

vana →

pts

Vana1

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

vasati →

pts

Vasati1

to clothe. pp.; vuttha1. Caus. vāseti: see ni˚ See also vāsana1 & vāsana1.

vas1; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε …

vassati →

pts

Vassati1

to rain (intrs.), fig to shower, pour(down) Vin.i.32 (mahāmegho vassi) SN.iii.141 (deve vassante); SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv\ …

vata →

pts

Vata1

indeclinable part of exclamation: surely, certainly, indeed, alas! Vin.iii.39 (puris’ usabho vat’ âyaṃ “for sure he is a human bull”) Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi); Snp.178, …

vatavant →

pts

adjective observant of religious duties, devout Snp.624 (= dhuta-vatena samannāgata Snp-a.467); Dhp.400 (with same expln at Dhp-a.iv.165 as as Snp-a.467).

vata2 + vant

vati →

pts

…Sk. vṛti, fr. vṛ.

Vati2

feminine a choice, boon Dhp-a.i.190 (pubbe Sāmā nāma vatiyā pana kāritattā Sāmāvatī nāma…

vattha →

pts

Vattha1

neuter

  1. cloth; clothing, garment raiment; also collectively: clothes; MN.i.36 sq. AN.i.132, AN.i.209, AN.i.286; AN.ii.85, AN.ii.241; AN.iii.27 (odātaṃ), AN.iii.50 (kāsikaṃ), AN. …

veda →

pts

  1. (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …

vesama →

pts

Err:509

vi →

pts

indeclinable

I.

  1. inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …

vidhā →

pts

  1. mode, manner, sort, kind; proportion, form, variety DN.iii.103 (ādesana˚); Thig.395 (cakkhu˚ “shape of an eye” translation); Vb-a.496 (in expln of kathaṃ-vidha: “ākāra-saṇṭhānaṃ vidhā …

vijjā →

pts

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

vilasati →

pts

to play, dally, sport; to shine forth, to unfold splendour Ja.v.38 (of a tree “stand herrlich da” dutoit), Ja.v.433 (of woman); Ja.vi.44 (of a tree, vilāsamāna T.)
pp vilasita. …

vimokha →

pts

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

vimokkha →

pts

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

vinodaka →

pts

adjective driving out, dispelling, allaying Pv-a.114 (parissama˚).

fr. vinodeti, cp. nudaka & nūdaka

vipassanā →

pts

inward vision, insight, intuition, introspection DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; SN.iv.195, SN.iv.360; SN.v.52 (samatha +) AN.i.61 (id.), AN.i.95; AN.ii.140, AN.ii.157 (samatha +); AN.iv.360; AN.v.99, AN.v. …

virati →

pts

abstinence Mhvs.20, Mhvs.58. The three viratis given at DN-a.i.305 (= veramaṇī) are sampatta˚ samādāna˚, setughāta˚ (q.v.). Cp. Dhs-a.154 (tisso viratiyo), Dhs-a.218; Sdhp.215, Sdhp.341 & Cpd. 24 …

virāga →

pts

  1. absence of rāga, dispassionateness, indifference towards (abl. or loc.) disgust, absence of desire, destruction of passions; waning, fading away cleansing, purifying; emancipation, Arahantship. DN. …

visama →

pts

adjective

  1. uneven, unequal, disharmonious, contrary AN.i.74; Pv-a.47 (vāta), Pv-a.131 (a˚ = sama of the “middle” path).
  2. (morally) discrepant lawless, wrong AN.iii.285; AN.v.329; Snp.57 (cp. Cn …

visamāyati →

pts

to be uneven DN.ii.269 (so read for visamā yanti).

Denom. fr. visama

vissa →

pts

Vissa1

adjective all, every, entire; only in Np. Vissakamma. The word is antiquated in Pāli (for it sabba); a few cases in poetry are doubtful. Thus at Dhp.266 (dhamma), where Dhp-a.iii …

vissamana →

pts

resting, reposing Ja.iii.435.

fr. vissamati

vissamati →

pts

to rest, repose; to recover from fatigue Ja.i.485; Ja.ii.70; Ja.ii.128, Ja.ii.133; Ja.iii.208; Ja.iv.93 Ja.iv.293; Ja.v.73; Pv-a.43, Pv-a.151
caus vissameti to give a rest, to make repose Ja.iii …

vitakka →

pts

reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …

vitarati →

pts

  1. to go through, come through, overcome Snp.495, Snp.779 (ger. ˚eyya, taken as Pot. at Mnd.57 oghaṃ samatikkameyya), Snp.941, Snp.1052; Pv.iii.2#4 (vitaritvā = vitiṇṇo hutvā Pv-a.181, q.v. for detai …

viññāpana →

pts

adjective instructing, informing AN.ii.51, AN.ii.97
■ f. viññāpanī instructive, making clear (of speech) DN.i.114 (atthassa viññāpaniyā = viññāpanasamatthāya DN-a.i.282); AN.iii.114; Dhp.408 (= a …

vohāra →

pts

  1. trade, business MN.ii.360; Snp.614 (˚ṃ upajīvati); Ja.i.495; Ja.ii.133, Ja.ii.202; Ja.v.471; Pv-a.111 Pv-a.278.
  2. current appellation, common use (of language), popular logic, common way of defi …

vyāsa →

pts

separation, division; always contrasted with samāsa, e.g. Vism.82 (vyāsato separately distributively; opp. samāsato); Kp-a.187.

fr. vi + ās to sit

vārita →

pts

obstructed, hindered Ja.iv.264; restrained (sabbavāri) see vāri.

  • -vata (so read for cārita˚) “having the habit of selfdenial” (translation) SN.i.28 (cp. K.S.

vāyita →

pts

woven MN.iii.253 (sāma˚), where Mil.240 in id. p. reads sayaṃ˚ Vin.iii.259. Cp. vīta.

pp. of vāyati1, cp. Divy.276 vāyita

vīmaṃsā →

pts

consideration, examination, test, investigation, the fourth of the Iddhipādas, q.v. DN.iii.77 (˚samādhi), DN.iii.222; SN.v.280; AN.i.39, AN.i.297; AN.iii.37 AN.iii.346; AN.v.24, AN.v.90, AN.v.338; Pts …

vūpasama →

pts

  1. allaying, relief, suppression, mastery, cessation calmness SN.iii.32; SN.iv.217; SN.v.65 (cetaso); DN.ii.157 (sankhārā); AN.i.4 (id.); AN.ii.162 (papañca˚); AN.v.72; Pp.69; Ja.i.392; Dhs-a.403.

vūpasamana →

pts

allayment, cessation Ja.i.393; Mil.320; Pv-a.37, Pv-a.98.

fr. vi + upa + śam; cp. BSk. vyupaśamana Avs.ii.114

y →

pts

-Y-

combination consonant (sandhi), inserted (euphonically) between 2 vowels for the avoidance of hiatus. It has arisen purely phonetically from i as a sort of “gliding or semi-vowel within a wo …

yajati →

pts

to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods accor …

yajubbeda →

pts

the Yajurveda, the 2nd of the Vedas, dealing with sacrifice Mil.178; DN-a.i.247; Snp-a.447. As yajuveda at Dpvs.v.62, where the 3 Vedas are enumerated as iruveda yaju˚ and sāma˚.

fr. V …

yakkha →

pts

  1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

yamaka →

pts

  1. (adj.) double, twin; only in foll. combinations: -pāṭihāriya (& ˚hīra); the miracle of the double appearances, a miracle performed by the Buddha in Sāvatthī to refute the heretical teachers (cp. …

yamati →

pts

to restrain, suppress, to become tranquil; only in stanza Dhp.6 = Thag.275 = Ja.iii.488 as 1st pl. med yamāmase in imper. sense: “pare ca na vijānanti mayaṃ ettha yamāmase,” which is expl …

yanti →

pts

is 3rd pl. pres. of : see yāti
Note. At DN.ii.269 we should combine yanti with preceding visamā sambādhā, thus forming denom. verbs: *visamāyanti …

yapeti FIXME double →

pts

Yāpeti & yapeti

  1. (lit.)-
    1. in caus.intensive as well as intrs. sense; in the latter also with short ă; as yapeti and then combined with yāpeti, in …

yasa →

pts

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

yaso →

pts

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

yata →

pts

held, checked, controlled, restrained, careful SN.ii.15, SN.ii.50; Snp.78, Snp.220, Snp.1079 (= yatta, paṭiyatta gutta etc. Cnd.525); Ja.vi.294 (C. appamatta; Kern

Toevoegselen

s. v. proposes read …

yathā →

pts

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

yañña →

pts

  1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
  2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

yebhuyyasikā →

pts

lit. “according to the majority,” i.e. a vote of majority of the Chapter; name of one of the adhikaraṇa-samathas, or means of settling a dispute
■ Vin.ii.84 (anujānāmi bh. adhikaraṇaṃ yebhuyyasik …

yevāpana →

pts

Yevāpana(ka)

adjective corresponding reciprocal, respective, in corresponding proportion, as far as concerned; lit. “whatever else.” The expression is peculiar to exegetical (logical) literature on t …

yevāpanaka →

pts

Yevāpana(ka)

adjective corresponding reciprocal, respective, in corresponding proportion, as far as concerned; lit. “whatever else.” The expression is peculiar to exegetical (logical) literature on t …

yuga →

pts

  1. the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …

yujjhati →

pts

to fight, make war. Rare in older literature our refs. only from the Mahāvaṃsa; e.g. 22, 82 (fut yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr. yujjhamāna); 33, 41 (aor. yuj …

yuvan →

pts

youth-nom. sg.; yuvā DN.i.80 = yobbanena samannāgata DN-a.i.223; Snp.420; Dhp.280 (= paṭhama-yobbane ṭhita Dhp-a.iii.409); Pv.iii.7#1 (= taruṇa Pv-a.205)
■ Cp yava, yuvin & yobbana.

Vedic …

yuñjati →

pts

(lit.) to yoke; (fig.) to join with (instr. or loc.), to engage in (loc.), to exert oneself, to endeavour. All our passages show the applied meaning, while the lit. meaning is only found in the Caus …

yācaka →

pts

adjective noun requesting, one who begs, a recipient of alms, a beggar Ja.iii.353; Pv.ii.9#38; Pv-a.78, Pv-a.102 (= yācanaka); Sdhp.324, Sdhp.331. Freq. in combination with similar terms of wayfarin …

yāgu →

pts

rice-gruel, rice-milk (to drink). See Vin. Texts ii.89. Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 (sace yāgu hoti, bhājanaṃ dhovitvā yāgu upanametabbā; yāguṃ pītassa udakaṃ datvā…), 51 (id.), Vin.ii.61 (id.), Vin.ii. …

yāna →

pts

  1. going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
  2. means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …

yānika →

pts

Yānika & Yāniya

adjective (-˚)

  1. (lit.) leading to, conducive to, as -yāniya in deva˚ magga DN.i.215, Brahma˚ magga the way leading to the Brahma-world DN.i.220.
  2. (in applied meaning, cp. yā …

yānikata →

pts

made a habit of, indulged in, acquired, mastered (cp. expln Pts.i.172 “yattha yattha ākankhati tattha tattha vasippatto hoti balappatto etc.”). The expression is to be compared with *yatānu …

yāniya →

pts

Yānika & Yāniya

adjective (-˚)

  1. (lit.) leading to, conducive to, as -yāniya in deva˚ magga DN.i.215, Brahma˚ magga the way leading to the Brahma-world DN.i.220.
  2. (in applied meaning, cp. yā …

yāpeti →

pts

Yāpeti & yapeti

  1. (lit.)-
    1. in caus.intensive as well as intrs. sense; in the latter also with short ă; as yapeti and then combined with yāpeti, in …

yāva →

pts

adverb

  1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

yāvant →

pts

pronoun, relative

  1. yāvant as adj.: as many (as) Dhp.337 (hāvant’ ettha samāgatā as many as are assembled here); Ja.v.72 (yāvanto uda-bindūni… tāvanto gaṇḍū jāyetha; C. on p. …

yāvatā →

pts

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

ñāṇa →

pts

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

  1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
    it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

ñāṇika →

pts

adjective in pañca˚ having five truths (of samādhi) DN.iii.278.

ā →

pts

Ā1

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

ābhoga →

pts

ideation idea, thought DN.i.37 (= manasikāro samannāhāro DN-a.i.122; cp. semantically āhāra = ābhoga, food); Vb.320; Mil.97; Vism.164, Vism.325, Vism.354; Dāvs 62; Kp-a.42 (˚paccavekkhana), Kp-a.43 …

ābādha →

pts

affliction, illness, disease Vin.iv.261; DN.i.72; DN.ii.13; AN.i.121; AN.iii.94, AN.iii.143; AN.iv.333, AN.iv.415 sq., AN.iv.440; Dhp.138; Pp.28 Vism.41 (udara-vāta˚) Vism.95; Vv-a.351 (an˚ safe & s …

ācariya →

pts

teacher (almost syn. with upajjhāya) Vin.i.60, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.119 (˚upajjhāya); Vin.ii.231; Vin.iv.130 (gaṇo vā ācariyo a meeting of the bhikkhus or a single teacher cp. f. āca …

āciṇṇa →

pts

practiced, performed, (habitually) indulged in MN.i.372 (kamma, cp. Mil.226 and the expln. of āciṇṇaka kamma as “chronic karma at Cpd. 144); SN.iv.419; AN.v.74 sq.; Ja.i.81; DN-a.i.91 (f …

ādahati →

pts

Ādahati1

to put down, put on, settle, fix Vism.289 (samaṃ ā. = samādahati). Cp. sam˚ and ādhiyati.

ā + dahati1

Ādahati2

to set fire to, to burn Ja.vi.201, Ja.vi.2 …

ādicca →

pts

the sun SN.i.15, SN.i.47; SN.ii.284; SN.iii.156; SN.v.44, SN.v.101; AN.i.242; AN.v.22, AN.v.263, AN.v.266 sq.; Iti.85; Snp.550 Snp.569, Snp.1097 (“ādicco vuccati suriyo” Cnd.125); Dhp-a.iv.143; Sdhp. …

āgāḷha →

pts

adjective (ā + gāḷha 1; cp. Sk. samāgāḍhaṃ] strong, hard, harsh, rough (of speech), usually in instr. as adv āgāḷhena roughly, harshly aN.i.283, aN.i.295; Pp.32 (so to be read for agāḷhena, althoug …

ājāniya →

pts

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa3).

  1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

ājānīya →

pts

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa3).

  1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

ākula →

pts

adjective entangled, confused, upset, twisted, bewildered Ja.i.123 (salākaggaṃ ˚ṃ karoti to upset or disturb); Vv.84#9 (andha˚); Pv-a.287 (an˚ clear). Often reduplicated as ākulākula thoroughly con …

āmanteti →

pts

to call, address, speak to, invite, consult Ja.vi.265; DN-a.i.297; Snp-a.487 (ālapati & avhayati); Pv-a.75, Pv-a.80, Pv-a.127
aor āmantesi DN.ii.16; Snp.p.78 (= ālapi Snp\ …

ānejja →

pts

and Ānañja immovability, imperturbability, impassibility. The word is n. but occurs as adj. at Vin.iii.109 (ānañja samādhi, with which cp. BSk. ānijyā śāntiḥ at Avs.i.199
■ T …

ānāpāna →

pts

in haled & exhaled breath, inspiration & respiration SN.v.132 SN.v.311 sq.; Ja.i.58; Pts.i.162 (˚kathā); usually in cpd. -sati concentration by in-breathing & out-breathing (cp.; Man of Mystic

āpa →

pts

Āpa & Āpo

neuter water; philosophically t. t. for cohesion, representative of one of the 4 great elements (cp. mahābhūta), viz. paṭhavī, āpo, tejo vāyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs trsl. 201, also below …

āpo →

pts

Āpa & Āpo

neuter water; philosophically t. t. for cohesion, representative of one of the 4 great elements (cp. mahābhūta), viz. paṭhavī, āpo, tejo vāyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs trsl. 201, also below …

ārāma →

pts

  1. pleasure, fondness of (-˚), delight, always as adj. (-˚) delighting in, enjoying finding pleasure in (usually combd. with rata, e.g. dhammārāma dhammarata finding delight in the Dh.) S …

ārāmika →

pts

adjective

  1. (to ārāma 1) finding delight in, fond of (c. gen.) (or servant in general?) Mil.6 (sanghassa trsl. at the service of the order).
  2. (to ārāma 2) belonging to an Ārāma, one who shares the …

āsajja →

pts

indeclinable

  1. sitting on, going to, approaching; allocated, belonging to; sometimes merely as prep. acc “near” (cp. āsanna) Snp.418 (āsajja naṃ upāvisi he came up near to him), Snp.448 (kāko va sel …

āsajjana →

pts

“knocking against”, setting on, insult, offence Vin.ii.203 (˚ṃ Tathāgataṃ an insult to the T.; quoted as such at Vv-a.55 where two meanings of ā. are given, corresponding to āsajja 1 & 3, viz. samāga …

āsamāna →

pts

adjective wishing, desiring, hoping, expecting Vv.84#6 (kiṃ ā = kiṃ paccāsiṃ santo Vv-a.336); Pv.iv.1#24 (= āsiṃsamāna patthayamana Pv-a.226).

ppr. of āsaṃsati or āsiṃsati, for the usual earlier āsasāna

āsasāna →

pts

hoping wishing, desiring, longing for Snp.369 (an˚; Snp-a.365 however reads āsayāna), Snp.1090; Thag.528; Ja.iv.18 (= āsiṃsanto C.), Ja.iv.381; Ja.v.391 (= āsiṃsanto C.). See anāsasāna āsaṃsati, āsam …

āsayati →

pts

to wish, desire, hope, intend Ja.iv.291 (grd. āsāyana, gloss esamāna). See āsaya.

ā + śī; lit. “lie on”, cp. Ger. anliegen & Sk. āśaya = Ger. Angelegenheit

āsaṃsati →

pts

to expect, hope for, wish Pp-a.208 (= pattheti). See also āsamāna.

for the usual āsiṃsati, ā + śaṃs

āsita →

pts

*Āsita1

“having eaten”, but probably māsita (pp. of mṛś to touch, cp. Sk. mṛśita, which is ordinarily in massita), since it only occurs in combns. where m precedes, viz. Ja …

āsiṃsati →

pts

to hope for wish, pray for (lit. praise for the sake of gain), desire (w. acc.) SN.i.34, SN.i.62; Snp.779, Snp.1044, Snp.1046 (see Cnd.135) Ja.i.267; Ja.iii.251; Ja.iv.18; Ja.v.435; Ja.vi.43; Mnd.60; …

āyutta →

pts

  1. yoked, to connected with, full of Pv.i.10#14 (tejas’āyuta T., but Pv-a.52 reads ˚āyutta and explains as samāyutta); Pv-a.157 (ākiṇṇa of Pv.ii.12#4).
  2. intent upon, devoted to SN.i.67.

Sk. āyukt …

ḍasati →

pts

(& ḍaṃsati) to bite (esp. of flies snakes, scorpions, etc.),
pres ḍasati MN.i.519;
pot ḍaseyya MN.i.133; AN.iii.101 = AN.iv.320 (where ḍaṃs˚) ḍaṃseyya AN.iii.306;
ppr ḍasamāna Ja.i.265 (gīvāya) …

ṭhita →

pts

standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. …

ṭhiti →

pts

state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …