Suna¹

swollen Vin.ii.253; AN.iv.275, AN.iv.470.

Sk. śūna, pp. of śū to swell

Suna²

a dog, also written suṇa Ja.vi.353, Ja.vi.357 (cp. sunakha).

Sk. śuna; see *[suvāṇa](/de …

“dog,” preferable spelling for suna, cp. Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 93#1.

swollen Mil.357#2; Ja.vi.555; often wrongly spelt suna (q.v.) Vin.ii.253 = AN.iv.275 (cp. Leumann Gött. Anz., 1899, p. 595); Dhs-a.197 (suna-bhāva).

Sk. śūna

…Ja.v.303; sūnāpaṇa Ja.vi.111; sūnaghara Vin.iii.59; sūna-nissita Vin.iii.151; sūnakāraghara Vb-a.252.

Sk. sūnā

slaughter-house Ja.vi.62; see sūnā.

A clothed Wanderer who lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.

He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

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 …

KorakkhattaKorakkhattiya

A naked ascetic in Uttarakā. He bellowed like a dog, walked on all fours, and licked up food with his mouth only. Sunakkhatta saw him and greatly admired him, but the Buddha …

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 …

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

Puṇṇa¹

He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country. One day he asked the Buddha for a short lesson so that, having learnt it, he might go back to dwe …

A naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …

A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha, but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Budd …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who understands the mind, practicing jhāna happily. Thag.85

A country in which was the port of Suppāraka, birthplace of Puṇṇa Thera. With the Buddha’s permission, he returned to Sunāparanta. The people of Sunāparanta were reported as being fierce and violent. …

ThūlūBumūBūmūThulūKhulūKhūlūKhuhū

The name of a gotta. The village of Uttarakā belonged to them, and when the Buddha was staying there with Sunakkhatta, the latter was greatly taken up with the pra …

Uttarakā²

A village of the Thūlūs. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was also staying there. DN.iii.6

4town

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

butcher’s knife and chopping block

kind of (garlic or) onion; (a spring onion; ?)

Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …

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 …

to hear; pret. anassuṃ [Sk. anvaśruvaṃ] I heard MN.i.333.

anu + śru

…(so also B.Sk asisūnā Divy.10, Divy.15; see further detail under “kāma similes) Vin.ii.26; MN.i.130, MN.i.143; AN.iii.97. *…

adjective loyal DN.i.137; Snp.22, Snp.23, Snp.32; Ja.iv.98; Ja.vi.49; Mil.254; an˚; inattentive, not docile Dhp-a.i.7.

ā + sunāti, śru

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 …

adjective noun making “bhu,” i.e. bow-wow, barking Ja.vi.355 (˚sunakha) variant reading bhu-bhukka-sadda-karaṇa.

bhu + kṛ; see bhukka

bow MN.i.429 (opposed to kodaṇḍa); Dhp.156 (˚âtikhīṇa shot from the bow, cp Dhp-a.iii.132), Dhp.320 (abl. cāpāto metri causa); Ja.iv.272 Ja.v.400; Mil.105 (daḷha˚), Mil.352.

• *-[koṭi](/define/koṭi …

adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

*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 …

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 ( …

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 …

…MN.i.244, MN.i.364 (˚sūnā, slaughter-house) SN.ii.255; SN.iv.56; AN.iii.302, AN.iii.380; Ja.v.270; Vism.348 (in simile).

I. gocara…

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

adjective sharp, bitter, acid, severe

1. severe, sharp (fig.), of dukkha, vedanā, kāmā, etc MN.i.10 = AN.ii.143; Ja.vi.115; Thig.451 (= Thag-a.281) SN-a.56
   ■ painful, terrible, frightful (-ap …

(= khādiyati, Pass. of khādati; Dhtm.93 bhakkhaṇa)

1. to be eaten, chewed, eaten up, as by animals upacikāhi Vin.ii.113; suṇakhehi Pv.iii.7#8; puḷavehi Ja.iii.177; cp. Pv.iv.5#2 (cut in two)
2. to be …

causing to be eaten (kind of punishment) Mil.197 (sunakhehi).

fr. khādāpeti

jackal DN.iii.25, DN.iii.26; MN.i.334; Mnd.149 (spelt koṭṭhu); Ja.vi.537 (˚sunā: explained by sigāla-sunakhā, katthu-soṇā ti pi pāṭho). kotthuka (and koṭṭhuka) = prec. SN.i.66 …

1. to beat, smash, crush, pound Ja.i.478 Ja.vi.366 (spelt ṭṭh); Dhp-a.i.25 (suvaṇṇaṃ) 165.
2. to make even (the ground or floor) Vin.ii.291 (in making floors); Ja.vi.332.
3. to cut, kill Snp-a.178 ( …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

…AN.iii.312 sq. asisūnā… adhivac˚ MN.i.144; nivāpo… adhivac MN.i.155; sāvaṭṭo… adhivac˚ Iti.114. In connection w. rata…

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

Lasuṇa & Lasuna

neuter garlic Vin.ii.140; Vin.iv.258; Ja.i.474; Vv.43#6; Vv-a.186.

cp. Sk. laśuna

Lasuṇa & Lasuna

neuter garlic Vin.ii.140; Vin.iv.258; Ja.i.474; Vv.43#6; Vv-a.186.

cp. Sk. laśuna

brains Ja.i.493 (= matthalunga C.) = Dhp-a.i.145. Lasuna & Lasuna;

etym.?

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 …

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 …

garlic Vin.iv.259 (lasuṇaṃ nāma māgadhakaṃ vuccati).

māgadha + ka, lit. “from Magadha”

Nala & Naḷa

a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷ …

adjective noun “leading”; usually m: way (fig.), method, plan, manner; inference; sense, meaning (in grammar); behaviour, conduct AN.ii.193 = Cnd.151 (˚hetu through inference); Ne.2 (method), Ne.4 (id …

Nala & Naḷa

a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷ …

1. put down into, deposited Dhp.150.
2. put down, laid down, taken off, relieved of, in phrase ohitabhāro (arahaṃ) (a Saint) who has laid down the burden: see arahatta iii. C.; …

see patissuṇāṭi.

cattle MN.i.79; Ja.v.105; Pv.ii.13#12 (˚yoni); Mil.100; Pv-a.166 (˚bhāva); n. pl pasavo SN.i.69; Snp.858; gen. pl. pasūnaṃ Snp.311; Pv.ii.2#5
■ dupasu bad cattle Thag.446.

Vedic paśu, cp. Lat. pec …

Paṭissā & Patissā

feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …

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 …

to assent, promise, agree aor. paccassosi Vin.i.73; DN.i.236; SN.i.147, SN.i.155; Snp.p.50, and paṭisuṇi Snp-a.314; ger. -suṇitvā freq. in formula “sādhū ti patissuṇitvā” asserting his agreement, …

Paṭissā & Patissā

feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …

[abstr. fr. pisuṇa, cp. Epic Sk. paiśunya. The other (diaeretic) forms are pesuṇiya & pesuṇeyya backbiting, calumny, slander MN.i.110; DN.iii.69; AN.iv.401; Vin.iv.12; Mnd.232, Mnd.260; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.15.

Err:508

adjective slanderous, calumnious Pv-a.12, Pv-a.13. Pesuniya & Pesuneyya;

fr. pesuṇa

adjective

1. (lit.) rough Pv.ii.4#1.
2. (fig.) harsh, unkind, rough (of speech) Vin.ii.290 (caṇḍa +); Pv.ii.3#4; Pv.iii.5#7 Ja.v.296; Kv.619. In combination with vācā we find both …

adjective backbiting, calumnious, malicious MN.iii.33, MN.iii.49; Ja.i.297 Pp.57; Pv-a.15, Pv-a.16. Usually combined with vācā malicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and *[pisuṇāv …

1. a demon goblin, sprite DN.i.54 (T. pesācā, variant reading pisācā, explained at DN-a.i.164 as “pisācā mahanta-mahantā sattā ti vadati”), DN.i.93; SN.i.209; AN.iii.69; Ud.5; Ja.i.235; Ja.iv.495 (y …

devoid, empty, free, rid (of) MN.i.207 (+ tuccha), MN.i.414; Vin.i.157 = Vin.ii.216; Snp.823 (emancipated: ritto muni = vivitta etc. Mnd.158), Snp.844 (opp. to aritta); Thig.265 (see rindi); Ja.i.29 …

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

Saha¹

indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.

• • …

San¹

a dog; nom. sg sā DN.i.166 = MN.i.77; SN.i.176; SN.iii.150; Kv.336. For other forms of the same base see suvāṇa.

cp. Vedic śvā, gen. śunaḥ; Av. sp …

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 …

Savana¹

neuter

1. the ear Snp.1120; Mil.258.
2. hearing DN.i.153, DN.i.179; AN.i.121; SN.i.24; Vin.i.26; Snp.265, Snp.345; Dhp.182; Ja.i.160, Ja.i.250; Mil.257 Mnd.188. sussavanaṃ sāvesi …

adjective pleasant to hear DN.ii.211; Ja.i.96 (-ṇ-); Ja.vi.120 = Ja.vi.122 (savaneyya).

grd. of suṇāti

is Fut. of suṇāti.

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

hearer DN.i.56; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.161 sq
■ sotā used as a feminine noun Thag-a.200 (Tha-ap.3).

n. ag. fr. suṇāti

wish or wishing to hear AN.i.150; AN.iv.115; Vism.444; f. abstr. -kamyatā desire to listen AN.v.145 sq., Snp-a.135.

sotuṃ (= inf. of suṇāti) + kāma

Soṇa¹

a dog Ja.i.146; Ja.vi.107 (= sunakha); Snp.675; Vism.191; Dhp-a.iii.255 (+ sigāla); soṇi (f.) a bitch Mhvs.7, Mhvs.8 = sona Iti.36.

see suvāṇa

Soṇa^{2</s …}

beautifully curled at the ends (of hair) Ja.vi.86.

su + agga + vellita; perhaps originally suv-agga˚

dog AN.i.48; AN.ii.122; Thig.509; Ja.i.175, Ja.i.189; Ja.ii.128, Ja.ii.246; Pv-a.151, Pv-a.206
■ rukkha˚ some sort of animal Ja.vi.538. fem. sunakhī a bitch Ja.iv.400
■ Na …

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

Susu¹

a boy, youngster, lad Vin.iii.147 = Ja.ii.284; Vv.64#14 (= dahara C.); Snp.420; DN.i.115; MN.i.82; AN.ii.22; Ja.ii.57; ājānīya-susūpama MN.i.445 read ājānīy-ass-ūpama (cp. Thag.72 …

Suta¹

1. heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …

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 & 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 …

is Passive of suṇāti.

adjective

1. empty, uninhabited DN.i.17; DN.ii.202; SN.i.180; SN.iv.173; DN-a.i.110; Mil.5.
2. empty, devoid of reality, unsubstantial, phenomenal MN.i.435; SN.iii.167; SN.iv.54, SN.iv.296; Snp.1119 …

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 & 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]( …

dog Ja.iv.438 (˚-saṃgha = sunakhagaṇa, C.; spelling ḷ).

but cp. Sk. śālūra a frog

MN.ii.183 = MN.ii.152 (C. = sunakhānaṃ pivanadoṇi a dog’s trough).

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

is Caus. of suṇāti.

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 …

is passive of suṇāti.

˚- 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 …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-˚) vaca speaking, of such a speech (e.g. duṭṭha˚ Pv.i.3#2, so to be read for dukkha˚)
■ DN.iii.69 sq., DN.iii.96 sq., DN.iii.171 sq. SN.iv.132 …

saying, speech, sentence, usually found in poetry only, e.g. DN.ii.166 (suṇantu bhonto mama eka-vākyaṃ); AN.ii.34 (sutvā arahato vākyaṃ); AN.iii.40 (katvāna vākyaṃ Asitassa tādino); Snp.1102 (= vacan …

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 …

announcement, declaration, esp. as t. t. a motion or resolution put at a kammavācā (proceedings at a meeting of the chapter. The usual formula is “esā ñatti; suṇātu me bhante sangho”: Vin.i.340; Vin.i …