…-ghaṭika read sūcighaṭikā at Vin.ii.237.

• -ghara Vin.ii.301 sq.; see sūcighara. *…

…a needle-seller SN.ii.215.

cp. Sk. sūci; doubtful whether to sīv

In Pali Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four …

…SN.i.207 the residence of Sūciloma.

It was at a spring festival in Gayā that Senaka Thera was converted by the Buddha. Thag.287

24.75,…

…passing through Gayā with Sūciloma when the latter questioned the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in the Sūciloma Sutta. SN.i.207f.…

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 …

A wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sāriputt …

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

…was the abode of Sūciloma, Sūciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be passing by, and Sūciloma, coming up to the Buddha, bent his body…

…Janavasabha, Sūciloma and Khara. The case of the Yakkha Vajirapāṇi is of special interest. D.i.95 He is represented as a kind…

…place near Gayā. It was the residence of the Yakkha Sūciloma and the Buddha once stayed there. Snp.p.47f.…

bolt-pin, a bolt

or mfn. impurity or impure.

mixed with or associated with impurity or the impure

…Vin.ii.148.

• -sūci bolting pin MN.i.126.

cp. Sk. argala & argalā to; *areg to protect, ward off, secure etc….

…Vin.ii.148.

• -sūci bolting pin MN.i.126.

cp. Sk. argala & argalā to; *areg to protect, ward off, secure etc….

adjective not clean, impure, unclean Snp.75 (˚manussā, see Cnd.112); Pp.27, Pp.36; Sdhp.378, Sdhp.603.

a + suci

impurity, unclean living, defilement Snp.243 (˚missita = asucibhāva-missita Snp-a.286.

abstr. fr. asuci

…Vin.iii.100; Ja.i.293; sūcik˚ (read for sūcikaṭṭha) pained by stitch Pv.iii.2#3.

• -ssara cry of distress Vin.iii.105; SN.ii.255;…

…Dhs.264.

fr. aṭṭhi

Aṭṭhika²

at Pv-a.180 (sūcik˚) to be read aṭṭita (q.v.) for aṭṭika.

at Vb-a.424, in phrase sucikāmo bh. brāhmaṇo is a kind of Desider, formation fr. bhuj˚ (bhuñj), appearing as *bhukṣ = bhokkh (cp. bhokkhaṃ), with ending -in; meaning “wishing to eat.” It corr …

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 …

adverb at last Vin.ii.195; DN.i.179; SN.i.142; Ja.ii.439; Ja.iii.315; Ja.iv.446 (read cirassa passāmi); Ja.v.328; Thag.868; Thag-a.217; Pv-a.60- na cirass’ eva shortly after DN.iii.11; Ja.iv.2; D …

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 …

disgust Dhs-a.210 (asuci˚).

= jigucchā; Sk. jugupsā

adjective seeking, looking for, striving after (usually -˚) DN.i.95 (tāṇa˚, etc.); Dhp.99 (kāma˚), Dhp.245 (suci˚), Dhp.355 (pāra˚); Cnd.503 (in expl. of mahesi, with esin pariyesin); Bdhd 59.

…Pv-a.3, Pv-a.17
■ sūcighara a needle-case Vv-a.251.

• -ājira house-yard Vism.144 (where Dhs-a.116 in id. passage reads…

…Vin.iii.119; usually as sūci˚ a needle-shaped stick Vin.ii.237 (cp. Vin. Texts iii.106); SN.iv.290; Ud.52; Ja.i.346. Cp….

adjective & jegucchiya (Ja.ii.437) contemptible, loathsome, detestable Ja.iv.305; Vism.250; Thag.1056; Pv-a.78, Pv-a.192 (asuci +). Cp pari˚
■ a˚ not despised Snp.852; Thag.961.

sec. der. fr. jigucchā

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 …

…Snp.551 = Thag.821.

• -sūci a gold pin, a hair-pin of gold Ja.vi.242.

Derivation uncertain, cp. Sk. kāñeana, either from…

…outer auditory passage (cp. sūci-chidda eye of the needle Vin.iii.39; Ja.ii.244, Ja.ii.261.

• -chinna one whose ears are cut…

…like a needle’s eye, cp. sūcicchidda variant reading sūcikaṭṭha “whose bones are like needles”), Pv-a.260…

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 …

…l-n. petaloka), Pv-a.52 (niraya l-n. naraka), Pv-a.57 (kuñjara l-n hatthi), Pv-a.107 (sūcikā jighacchā), Pv-a.119 (Purindada…

adjective noun

1. (adj.) [to medha¹] fit for sacrifice, pure; neg. a˚; impure Sdhp.363
2. (nt.) [to medha² & medhāvin] in; dum˚; foolishness Pp.21 = Dhs.390 (explained at Dh …

I. Etymology

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

…of capacity Vin.ii.116 (sūci˚, cp. sūcighara, needle-case) DN.i.7 (= bhesajja˚ DN-a.i.89); AN.i.210; Ja.i.123 (taṇḍula a nāḷi full…

…ticīvaraṃ, patto, vāsi, sūci, (kāya-bandhanaṃ, parissāvana, i.e. the 3 robes, the bowl, a razor, a needle, the girdle, a water-strainer….

in asuci˚; at AN.iii.226 is not clear (variant reading -pīḷita perhaps to be preferred).

adjective drinking (?) in su˚ good to drink (?) Ja.vi.326 (variant reading BB sucimant). Or is it “flowing” (cp. Vedic pipiṣvat overflowing)?

fr. pā, see pivati

man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …

to wipe off, clean Vin.ii.208 (upāhanā), Vin.ii.210; AN.iv.376 (rajoharaṇaṃ suciṃ p., asuciṃ p. etc.); Ja.i.392 (akkhīni); Vism.63 (gabbha-malaṃ), Vism.415 = Kp-a.120; Ja.i.47 (assūni hatthehi p.); …

…pakkhandikā sūlā, visūcikā; kuṭṭhaṃ, gaṇḍo, kilāso, soso, apamāro daddu, kaṇḍu, kacchu, rakhasā, vitacchikā, lohita…

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 …

to indicate, show, betray Dāvs v.50; DN-a.i.311.

saṃ + sūcay˚, Denom. fr. sūci

adjective pure, an epithet of the Buddha AN.iv.340.

suci + mant

…sterling gold Snp-a.448 (in explⁿ of name Bimbisāra).

• -sūci a needle made of hard wood Ja.i.9.

Vedic…

…vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthena sūcikā ti laddhanāmāya khuppipāsāya ajjhāpīḷitā. Sūcikaṇṭhā ti keci paṭhanti. Sūcichiddasadisā…

Vasana¹

neuter clothing, clothes Snp.971; Thig.374; DN.iii.118 (odāta˚), DN.iii.124 (id.); Mnd.495 (the six cīvarāni); Pv-a.49
■ vasanāni clothing Mhvs.22, Mhvs.30- *[vasana](/define …

…“speaker”) Pgdp.55 (sūci-vatto mah’odaro peto).

cp. Sk. vaktra & P. vattar

Vatta³

opened wide Vin.iii.37; Ja.v.268 (vatte…

cholera Mil.153, Mil.167.

cp. *Sk. visūcikā

Vāṇijaka = vāṇijā

SN.ii.215 (sūci˚); Ja.iii.540.

Vāṇijaka = vāṇijā

SN.ii.215 (sūci˚); Ja.iii.540.

…Ja.i.273. Sūci-loma “Needlehair” Snp.p.47, Snp.p.48; SN.i.207; Vism.208; Snp-a.302 2. places of inhabitance,…

…anujānāmi yantakaṃ sūcikan ti), cp. Vin Texts iii.162; DN-a.i.200 (kuñcikā +); Dhp-a.i.220 (yantakaṃ deti to put the bolt to, to…