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 …

A monk of Ñātikā. Once when the Buddha was staying at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, Ānanda mentions to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka …

A nun of Ñātikā. When Ānanda announces her death to the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, and inquires where she had been born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Sudd …

BojjhāBocchā

An eminent laywoman. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.259 AN.iv.347 records a visit paid by her to the Buddha at Jetavana. The Buddha then preached to her on the uposatha and the advantages …

A World ruler. The world itself means “Turner of the Wheel,” the Wheel (Cakka) being the well known Indian symbol of empire. More than one thousand sons are his; his dominions extend throughout the …

A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …

A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …

Gosiṅgasālavanadāya¹

A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …

A devaputta. He saw a number of monks in a forest-lodge on the slopes of the Himālaya, muddled in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared before them on an uposatha day and reminded them of …

Kāliṅga¹

An inhabitant of Ñātika. While staying in Ñātika, at the Giñjakāvasatha, the Buddha tells Ānanda that Kālinga was reborn after death in the Suddhavāsā, and that there he would att …

A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped …

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered foremost among those who taught the monks. AN.i.25 The Vinaya Vin.i.105 records that when Kappina was in the Deer Park at Maddakucchi he won …

MakhādevaMaghadeva

King of Mithilā. His legend is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha, together with his people. When a grey hair appeared o …

Mittā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how she was formerly attached to the idea of performing rites on the uposatha days aspiring for heavenly rebirth. Thig.31–32

One of the Licchavis. He went to visit the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesalī, at a time when the Buddha had given orders that no one should be allowed to see him; but through the intervention of th …

The name given to a set of rules to be observed by members of the Buddhist Order. The rules regulate the behaviour of the members of the Order towards one another in respect of clothes, dwellings, fur …

SandhaSaddha

A monk who visited the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, when the Buddha preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.

It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Ka …

A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions. Snp.176–205

Sātāgira is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN. …

The name of the Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the sky.”. DN.ii.174 MN.iii.173f.

Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of …

Visākhā¹

. Thig.13

Visākhā²

The chief among the female lay disciples of the Buddha and declared by him to be foremost among those who ministered to the Order. AN.i.26 She is c …

az együttlét napja, szertartásnap

the inside or environs of a house or dwelling.

anto-āvasatha

masculine the inner part of a dwelling

not an uposatha day

every uposatha day.

, mfn. & masculine

1. (n.) the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight)
2. (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)

an act of purification in the presence of the gods.

the brick hall.

metal dish; a plate of bell-metal or bronze

cond. 3 sg.

( ~a, ~ani, m.n.pl.), moving and unmoving beings; trembling and still beings.

lives in a state of abstinence, observes (a fast or (the duties of) an uposatha day).

who has observed the uposatha day

1. (for non-buddhists) a fastday, a day of purification; (for Buddhists) a day on which lay-followers undertake to observe eight abstinence and on which they listen to teaching on the dhamma (usuall …

an area in front of the uposatha hall (from where the uposatha ceremony can be heard)

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

the (formal) act (of the saṅgha) on an uposatha day

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

hall for the uposatha ceremony (of the saṅgha)

questioning about the (day of the) uposatha ceremony

one of the eight abstinence (observed by the lay-followers on an uposatha day)

1. (a meal) connected with the uposatha day.
2. fasting; observing the uposatha abstinence; keeping the uposatha day.

observance of the duties of the uposatha day

cond. 3 sg.

hose, dwelling; lodging; a public rest-house; hostel.

household robe (allowed to menstruating bhikkhunīs)

dwelling; rest-house

meal at a public rest-house

residence practice (the practice of several residences holding separate uposathas within the same boundary)

…a.).

a + māyāvin, cp….

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 …

not to disturb, shake or break (fig.) Ja.v.173 (uposathaṃ).

a + paṭikopeti

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 …

adjective without guile, not fraudulent, honest DN.iii.47, DN.iii.55, DN.iii.237; Dhp-a.i.69.

a + saṭha

1. the Atharva Veda DN-a.i.247 = Snp-a.447 (˚veda)
2. one who is familiar with the (magic formulas of the) Atharvaveda Ja.vi.490 (sâthabbaṇa = sahatthivejja, with the elephant-healer or doctor) See …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

base of numeral four

1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

conditional particle “if,” constructed either with Indicative (ito ce pi yojanasate viharati even if he lived 100 y. from here DN.i.117) or Conditional (tatra ce tumhe assatha kupitā DN.i.3), or Poten …

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 …

“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 …

adjective

1. to be given (see below)
2. deserving a gift, worthy of receiving alms Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).

• -dhamma a gift, …

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 ( …

nt. only in expression satta divasāni 7 days or a week Ja.iv.139; Mil.15) a day AN.i.206 (˚ṃ atināmeti); Ja.iii.52 (uposatha˚); Pv-a.31 (yāva sattadivasā a week long), Pv-a.74 (sattamo divaso) Usu …

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 …

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 …

smell, viz.

1. odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …

to seek, to search for, to wish for, strive after Dhp.146 (gavessatha), Dhp.153; Thag.183; Cnd.2, Cnd.70, Cnd.427; Ja.i.4, Ja.i.61; Mil.326; Pv-a.187, Pv-a.202 (aor. gavesi = vicini); Bdhd 53 In Nd …

brick, in -āvasatha a house of bricks, as N pl. “the Brick Hall” DN.i.91; Vin.i.232; MN.i.205.

, 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. …

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), ve …

(& 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 …

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 …

1. the panels of the door, the door proper, not the aperture Vin.ii.114, Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.207, Vin.ii.208 (see Vin.ii.148 for the description of a door), Vin.iv.269, Vin.iv.304 (˚baddha = āvasatha); …

…by biḷāra); Ja.iv.220; Ja.iv.223 (= kirāsa) MN-a.152; Dhp-a.iii.389 (= saṭha)
■ a˚ honest, frank Ja.v.117 (= akitava,…

Kira & Kila

adverb

1. emphatic: really, truly, surely. (Gr. δή)
2. presumptive (with pres. or fut.) I should think one would expect.
3. narrative (with aor.): now, then, you know (Gr. δδε, Lat. at, …

Kira & Kila

adverb

1. emphatic: really, truly, surely. (Gr. δή)
2. presumptive (with pres. or fut.) I should think one would expect.
3. narrative (with aor.): now, then, you know (Gr. δδε, Lat. at, …

…in combination with saṭha also at Ja.vi.228, where the connection with kaṭa is evident: kaṭaṃ Aḷāto…

…in combination with saṭha also at Ja.vi.228, where the connection with kaṭa is evident: kaṭaṃ Aḷāto…

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< …

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 …

the injunction not to kill, non-killing order (with ref. to the killing of animals Ja.iii.428 (˚bheri, the drum announcing this order); Ja.iv.115; Ja.vi.346 (uposatha˚).

lit. mā ghāta “kill not”

Nandi¹ & Nandī

masculine & feminine

1. joy, enjoyment, pleasure, delight in (c loc.) SN.i.16, SN.i.39, SN.i.54; SN.ii.101 sq. (āhāre); SN.iii.14 (= upādāna), SN.iv.36 sq.; AN.ii.10 (kāma˚ …

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 …

1. to lay down (carefully), to put down, to lay (an egg) Vin.ii.114; Iti.13, Iti.14 (Pot. nikkhipeyya); Pp.34; Ja.i.49 (aṇḍakaṃ)
2. to lay aside, to put away Vin.i.46 (patta-cīvaraṃ) AN.i.206 (daṇḍaṃ …

Okkamati

lit. to enter, go down into, fall into. fig. to come on, to develop, to appear in (of a subjective state). It is strange that this important word has been so much misunderstood, for the Engl …

adjective very fraudulent or crafty Pp.23 (saṭha +).

pari + saṭha

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 …

to be (well) known, to be clear or evident, to be perceived, seen or taken for, to appear Iti.89; Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.95 (fut. paññāyissatha you will be well known); Dhp-a.ii.75; Pv-a.83 (pālito e …

to shake, disturb, break (fig.) Ja.v.173 (uposathaṃ).

paṭi + kopeti

Err:501

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

Pātimokkha (pāti)˚

neuter a name given to a collection of various precepts contained in the Vinaya (forming the foundation of the Suttavibhanga, Vin vols. iii & iv. ed. Oldenberg), as they were recit …

1. keeping, protection, guarding Ne.41; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.72 (rahassa˚-atthāya so that he should keep the secret); Pv-a.7.
2. observance keeping Vv-a.71 (uposatha-sīla˚); Pv-a.102 (sīla˚), Pv-a.210 …

1. to protect, shelter, save, preserve Snp.220; Ja.iv.255 (maṃ rakkheyyātha); Ja.vi.589 (= pāleti); Pv.ii.9#43 (dhanaṃ); Mil.166 (rukkhaṃ), Mil.280 (attānaṃ rakkheyya save himself); Pv-a.7
   grd * …

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 …

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

… The same passage occurs at DN.iii.269 as samavaya-saṭhesana (see under saṭha).

cp. Sk. samaya, fr. saṃ + i. See…

to be consolidated, to arise samucchissatha (Conditional) DN.ii.63.

derivation and meaning uncertain; Windisch, Buddha’s Geburt, p. 39, n.1 derives it fr. saṃ + mucchati Cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 157

to remove, to abolish Vin.i.110; DN.i.135 sq. (˚hanissati); DN.ii.91 = SN.v.432; MN.i.47 MN.ii.193; SN.v.76; Ja.i.374 = Snp.360; Snp.14, Snp.369, Snp.1076 sikkhāpadaṃ Vin.iii.23; DN.ii.154; uposathāgā …

craft, wickedness Pp.19.

abstr. fr. saṭha

…is to be read seṭṭha, and at SN.iv.298 saṭha.

pp. of sajati¹

bed, couch MN.i.502; AN.i.296; Vin.ii.167 (˚aggena by the surplus in beds); Snp.29, Snp.152 Snp.535; Dhp.305, Dhp.309; Pv.ii.3#11; Pv.iv.1#2; Ja.vi.197 (gilāna sick-bed). Four kinds AN.ii.244; Vb-a. …

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 …

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 …

adjective lethargic, lax MN.i.14, MN.i.200 sq.; MN.iii.6; AN.i.71; AN.ii.148; AN.iii.108, AN.iii.179 sq.

śrath, cp. saṭhila & sithila

…Pp.19, Pp.23; Mil.289. Cp paṭi˚.

abstr. fr. saṭha = *śāṭhya

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 …

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 …

knapsack, bag, purse; esp. used for the carrying of the bhikkhu’s strainer Vin.i.209 (parissāvanāni pi thavikāyo pl pūretvā), Vin.i.224 (patte + pariss˚ + th.); Ja.i.55 (pattaṃ thavikāya pakkhipitvā …

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

I

*yāva-tāva …

1. to dwell in or at Ja.iii.113; DN-a.i.139.
2. to live (trs.); to observe, keep (a holy day); only in phrase uposathaṃ upavasati to observe the fast day SN.i.208; AN.i.142, AN.i.144, AN.i.205; Snp …

celebrated, kept (of a fastday) AN.i.211 (uposatha); Snp.403 (uposatha). Cp. uposatha.

pp. of upavasati

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 …

adjective noun half Vin.i.281 (˚kāsina); Vin.ii.200 (˚āsana); Ja.iii.11 (˚rajja); Vism.320 (˚gāma); Dhp-a.i.15 Dhp-a.i.205 (˚uposathakamma); Dhp-a.ii.85; Kp-a.239 (˚gāthā); Snp-a.298; Vv-a.38, V …

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. 1^st, 8^th, 15^th 23^d nights …

adjective

1. belonging to the Uposatha in phrase anuposathikaṃ (adv.) on every U., i.e. every fortnight Vin.iv.315.
2. observing the Sabbath fasting (cp. BSk. uposadhika Mvu.ii.9); Vin.i.58; Vin.iv.7 …

adjective = uposathika, fasting Mhvs.17, Mhvs.6.

fr. upusatha

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- …

Vasati¹

to clothe. pp.; vuttha¹. Caus. vāseti: see ni˚ See also vāsana¹ & vāsana¹.

vas¹; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε …

Vatta¹

neuter

1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i.e. duty, service, custom, function Vin.ii.31; Snp.294, Snp.393 (gahaṭṭha˚) Vism.188 (cetiy’ angaṇa˚ etc.); Dhp-a.i.9 …

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 …

dwelling-place, habitation; abode, house, dwelling Vin.i.226 (˚âgāra restinghouse); Vin.iv.304 (= kavāṭabaddha); SN.i.94, SN.i.229; SN.iv.329; Snp.287, Snp.672; Ja.iv.396; Ja.vi.425; Pp.51; Mil.279. …

adjective (-˚) special peculiar, separate Vin.ii.204 (˚uposatha etc.); Ja.i.490 (˚sangha-kammāni).

according to Trenckner, Notes 75 fr. ā + vinā “Sine quā non”, but very doubtful

sojourn, stay, dwelling, living; dwelling-place, residence Vin.i.92; DN.iii.234; SN.iv.91; AN.ii.68, AN.ii.168; AN.iii.46, AN.iii.262; Snp.406; Dhp.73 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.77); Mnd.128; Ja.vi.105; Dhs.1122 …

to place, set up, fix, arrange, establish; appoint to (c. loc.); to place aside, save, put by, leave out Vin.ii.32 (pavāraṇaṃ), Vin.ii.191 (ucce & nīce ṭhāne to place high or low), Vin.ii.276 (pavāraṇ …