Adha˚

in compounds like adhagga see under adho.

…nihata-paccāmitto laddh’ adhippāyo paripuṇṇa-koṭthāgāro,“ i.e. “a crowned noble, victorious in battle slaying his foes,…

…nihata-paccāmitto laddh’ adhippāyo paripuṇṇa-koṭthāgāro,“ i.e. “a crowned noble, victorious in battle slaying his foes,…

…give her offerings to Brahmadeva instead. SN.i.140f. On another occasion, when Kokāliya died and was born in Padumaniraya, Sahampati appeared…

…vimutti˚ vimutti-ñāṇadassana (see [given under the collective name sīla-kkhandha or dhamma-kkhandha](/define/given under the collective…

…him, and boasted that they had nothing to teach him; but he had to teach them what he knew.

An account of another interview which Sakka had with…

…SN.i.238f.

Mention is made SN.i.226 of a visit once paid by Sakka and Vepacitti to a company of seers dwelling in a forest hut. Vepacitti, in…

…Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his questions by showing him this palace. It has one hundred towers, each seven stories high, with seven nymphs in…

…Ja.v.92, Ja.v.94

• -sadda heavenly sound or talk among the devas Iti.75 (three such sounds).

Ved. deva, Idg. *dei̯ā…

…in a huge manomayakāya, had warned Moggallāna of Devadatta’s intrigues against the Buddha, but the Buddha ignored this information carried to…

Vajira¹

a thunderbolt; usually with ref. to Sakka’s (= Indra’s) weapon DN.i.95 = MN.i.231 (ayasa); Thag.419; Ja.i.134 (vajira-pūritā viya garukā kucchi “as if filled with Sakka’s thunderb …

1. added, accessory.
2. which has been added to; dependent on accessories.

…to punish the deva and made the deva appear before him full of repentance. Then Sakka warned him to keep the Rukkhadhamma, which was that…

…him for a fool and said he had no need of more wealth, because he possessed already the seven stores of Noble Wealth. Sakka reported this…

…of a Tāvatiṃsā Deva, and addresses the Devas, speaking of the advantages of taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha. Each deva…

…a man in Macalagāma in Māgadha.

Magha took upon himself seven vows, which brought him birth as Sakka: to maintain his parents, to revere his…

PippaliguhāPipphaligūhā

A cave near Rājagaha, evidently a favourite haunt of Mahā Kassapa. Once when he lay there grievously ill, the Buddha visited him and cheered him by talking to him of the seven …

…And they altered the tradition. The king of the gods had been Indra, of disreputable character from the Buddhist point of view. Him they…

…The term yakṣa as attendants of Kubera occurs already in the Upanishads.

…Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her…

…˚disati, ˚maddati, ˚rohati, ˚visati ˚sanna, ˚hata), paṭi + ā (paccā-janati, ˚ttharati, ˚dāti, ˚savati), pari + ā…

…upâtigacchati); ˚disati ad-vise; ˚dhāvati run up to ˚nadati to sound out; ˚nikkhamati come out up to; ˚nisevita gone on to or after;…

…happened three times. Sakka admonished him after the third time on the evils of laziness.

The Buddha related the story to the monks to show them…

A name given to Sakka.

Śakraship, the position as the ruler of the devas MN.iii.65; Ja.i.315; Vism.301 (brahmatta +). -rajja a kingdom rivalling Sakka’s Ja.i.315.

fr. Sakka = Indra

A class of devas of whom Sakka is the chief. DN.ii.260

…(adj.) (fem. ī) worth a thousand Ja.v.484, Ja.v.485 Thag-a.72 (Tha-ap.45, read sahassayo for ˚aso); epithet of…

Wife of Vessavaṇa and a devout follower of the Buddha. Once, when Sakka went to see the Buddha at the Salaḷāgāra, he found the Buddha engaged in meditation, Bhuñjatī waiting on him and worshipping him …

king of the gods (usually Sakka/lnda)

…as “pure dānaṃ dadātī ti Purindado ti vuccati,” thus pure + dā; see also Trenckner, Notes 59⁶; Geiger,

Pali…

adjective (˚-) old, decayed (in disparaging sense), wretched, miserable; -ūdapānaṃ a spoilt well Ja.iv.387; -gava =…

adjective impossible Ja.v.362 (˚rūpa).

a + sakka; Sk. aśakya

…was lazy, and Sakka had to admonish him. SN.i.217

Susīma³

A Paribbājaka of Rājagaha. When the Buddha’s fame spread and his gains…

…gods together with their leader (DN.ii.208–DN.ii.212; SN.iii.90; cp. Vv.30#1) this being a Buddhist story].

• -aggi (ind’…

…for conception. Here gandhabba means a being fit and ready to be born to the parents concerned.

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 …

…having listened to the admonition of Gopaka, became disciples of the Buddha and, as a result, far surpassed in glory Inda and his other…

A name for Sakka, because, as a human being, he bestowed gifts from town to town. SN.i.229

Kosiya¹Kosiyagotta

The name of a brahmin clan. In the pācittiya it is given as one of the lower gottas, Vin.iv.8 but it is also Sakka’s gotta, and is therefore generally regarded as a …

counted numbers; added up; reckoned; calculated.

with ferment added (?)

having counted numbers; added up; reckoned; calculated.

…grd. of admi, ad, Sk. ādya] edible, eatable AN.iii.45 (bhojanāni).

Ādiya²

in -mukha is uncertain reading…

subsidiary fortification added to a rampart; a low bastion.

Paṭicaya & paṭiccaya

adding to, heaping up, accumulation, increase Vin.ii.74; Vin.iii.158 (pati˚) SN.iii.169; AN.iii.376 sq. (variant reading…

1. (mfn.) added, accessory; incidental adventitious, external.
2. (mfn. and m.f) arriving, coming; a newcomer, a stranger; a traveller, esp. a…

Paṭicaya & paṭiccaya

adding to, heaping up, accumulation, increase Vin.ii.74; Vin.iii.158 (pati˚) SN.iii.169; AN.iii.376 sq. (variant reading…

adverb ((ṃ) added to make adverbial status clear?), after a long time; at last; after so long; it’s a long time since…

…particle “like, as if,” added to rel. or interrog. pronouns, as kiñcana anything, kudācana at any time, etc. Cp. ca & ci.

Vedic cana fr….

…Vin.ii.7, Vin.ii.76; tad-assu = tadā su then Ja.i.196; tay’assu three Snp.231; āditt’assu kindled DN.ii.264; nāssu not Snp.291…

not used; with no mark used or added

…to punishment Mil.46

• -paduma Name of a plant (cp. Sk. daṇḍotphala = sahadevā Halāyudha) Ja.i.51;
• -parāyana…

…(hide d.), ˚ci (heap up) ˚pad (fall d.), ˚sad (sit d.); (b) ni-ratta (at-tached to) ˚mant (speak to); ˚yuj (ap-point), ˚ved (ad-dress),…

adding to a family’s faith

…foll.: (q.v. under each heading padânupadaṃ, pubbânupubbaka, ponkhânuponkhaṃ, buddhânubuddha vādânuvāda, seṭṭhânuseṭṭhi 5….

untreated soup, bean water without added oil

…(of Māra; variant reading veḷuvadaṇḍa-vīṇā); Dhp-a.iii.225 (of P.); Snp-a.393 (variant reading veluva˚) *…

One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274

He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329

In …

…to ask if he had seen Sakka SN.i.230 and also to beg information as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This…

A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

…Vin.ii.76

Mention is made of several eminent monks who stayed at Gijjhakūṭa from time to time, such as Sāriputta, MN.iii.263 AN.iii.300…

Dhamma¹

The palace built by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.

5buildingDhamma²

The lake in front of the palace mentioned above. DN.ii.184.

5lake

A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā,…

…DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings who were born there…

…(of Māra; variant reading veḷuvadaṇḍa-vīṇā); Dhp-a.iii.225 (of P.); Snp-a.393 (variant reading veluva˚) *…

…the Buddha made Sāvatthī his headquarters, though he seems frequently to have visited and stayed at Rājagaha. It thus became the…

…(T. āviñj˚, variant reading āvicch˚ āvij˚). 2. (cp. āvijjhati 3) going to, approach, contact with Dhs-a.312 (˚rasa, T. āviñj˚,…

…and were all ordained. Nadī-Kassapa and Gayā-Kassapa came to inquire what had happened, and they, too, were ordained with their pupils. At…

…of character, etc. e.g., Adhamma, Katattha, Dhamma, Puṇṇaka, Māra, Sakaṭa; (d) embodiments of former persons e.g., Janavasabha (lord of…

an elephant Vin.ii.195; MN.i.229, MN.i.375; SN.i.157; Dhp.322, Dhp.324, Dhp.327; Ja.v.336; Vv.5#1; Pv.i.11#3; Dhp-a.iv.4; Thag-a.252; Mil.245
■ deva˚ chief of the gods; epithet of Sakka Vv.47#7; J …

…Cp. upa˚, pa˚.

• -adhippāya one who obtains his wishes Cnd.542
• -assāsa getting one’s…

1. Npr. of the king of the gods; the god of the sky and atmosphere (more usually called Sakka).
2. a chief, a lord, king.

…of blankets Ja.i.149;

• -maddana dyeing the rug Vin.i.254 (cp. Vin. Texts ii.154);
• -ratana a precious…

…cp. BSk. prajāpatī “lady” Divy.2 Divy.98
■ Vin.i.23; Vin.iii.25; Vin.iv.18, Vin.iv.258; SN.ii.243; AN.i.137 (catasso ˚iyo);…

VaṭajālikāyaṃDhavajālikā

A monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka. AN.iv.162ff.

Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa3monastery

adjective able, possible Snp.143. sasakkaṃ (= sa³ + s.) as much as possible, as much as one is able to MN.i.415, MN.i.514….

A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …

to be able. Pres. sakkoti DN.i.246; Vin.i.31; Mil.4; Dhp-a.i.200; sakkati [= Class. Sk. śakyate] Ne.23 Pot. sakkuṇeyya Ja.i.361; Pv-a.106; archaic 1^{s …}

…(pl.) or belonging to them (adj.). It is the round figure for 33, and is used as equivalent to tāvatiṃsa. Nandanaṃ rammaṃ tidasānaṃ…

An Asura chieftain. All the hundred sons of Bali were named after him. DN.ii.259

He is probably identical with Verocana, lord of the Asuras’ who, according to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.i.225f. went w …

…The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the occasion of the preaching of the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.263…

…or ashes Ja.ii.94 (so read for ˚kalala); Ja.iv.389 (˚vassa, rain of hot ashes, variant reading ˚kukkuḷavassa). *…