(sense of) hearing

SNP 71 piṅgiya māṇava pucchā pārāyanavaggo 16

jiṇṇo'ham'asmi abalo vītavaṇṇo, nettā na suddhā savanaṃ na phāsu, m'āhaṃ nassaṃ momuho antarāva, ācikkha dhammaṃ yam'ahaṃ vijaññaṃ, jātijarāya idha vippahānaṃ.

hearing, listening (to)

KHP 5 maṅgalasuttaṃ

gāravo ca nivāto ca, santuṭṭhi ca kataññutā, kālena dhamma-ssavanaṃ, etaṃ maṅgalam'uttamaṃ.

SN 22.1 nakulapitusuttaṃ

alattha no ajja bhagavato sammukhā dhammiṃ kathaṃ savanāyā'ti?

flowing (to), streaming (to)

DHP 339 taṇhāvaggo

yassa chattiṃsati sotā, manāpa-savanā bhusā, vāhā vahanti duddiṭṭhiṃ, saṅkappā rāganissitā.

hearing

AN 3.30 avakujjasuttaṃ

idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo ārāmaṃ gantā hoti abhikkhaṇaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ santike dhamma-ssavanāya

…flowing Dhp.339; Ja.iv.288; Ja.v.257; savana-gandha of the body, having a tainted odour…

shouting out, announcement, sound, word Ja.ii.352; Sdhp.67.

fr. sāveti

not hearing the true teaching, not listening to the good doctrine

AN 10.61 avijjāsuttaṃ

ko c'āhāro ayonisomanasikārassa? assaddhiyan'ti'ssa vacanīyaṃ. assaddhiyam'p'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, sāhāraṃ vadāmi, no anāhāraṃ. ko c'āhāro assaddhiyassa? asaddhammassavanan'ti'ssa vacanīyaṃ

hearing the teaching, hearing a sermon, listening to the Dhamma

AN 5.202 dhammassavanasuttaṃ

pañc'ime, bhikkhave, ānisaṃsā dhammassavane. katame pañca? assutaṃ suṇāti, sutaṃ pariyodāpeti, kaṅkhaṃ vitarati, diṭṭhiṃ ujuṃ karoti, cittam'assa pasīdati.

JAa 16 tipallatthamiga jātakavaṇṇanā

ekasmiñ'hi kāle satthari āḷavinagaraṃ upanissāya aggāḷave cetiye viharante bahū upāsakā upāsikā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ca vihāraṃ dhammassavanatthāya gacchanti, divā dhammassavanaṃ hoti.

for the sake of hearing a sermon, for the purpose of hearing the teaching

DHPa 1.1.1 cakkhupālatthera vatthu

tesu ariyasāvakānaṃ dve'y'eva kiccāni ahesuṃ. purebhattaṃ dānaṃ denti, pacchābhattaṃ gandhamālādihatthā vatthabhesajjapānakādīni gāhāpetvā dhammassavanatthāya gacchanti.

JAa 16 tipallatthamiga jātakavaṇṇanā

ekasmiñ'hi kāle satthari āḷavinagaraṃ upanissāya aggāḷave cetiye viharante bahū upāsakā upāsikā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo ca vihāraṃ dhammassavanatthāya gacchanti, divā dhammassavanaṃ hoti.

flowing to the pleasant, streaming towards the attractive

DHP 339 taṇhāvaggo

yassa chattiṃsati sotā, manāpasavanā bhusā, vāhā vahanti duddiṭṭhiṃ, saṅkappā rāganissitā.

hearing the true teaching, listening to the good doctrine

DHP 182 buddhavaggo

kiccho manussapaṭilābho, kicchaṃ maccāna jīvitaṃ, kicchaṃ saddhammassavanaṃ, kiccho buddhānam'uppādo.

for hearing, to hear, for the purpose of listening to

AN 3.30 avakujjasuttaṃ

idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo ārāmaṃ gantā hoti abhikkhaṇaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ santike dhamma-ssavanāya

SN 22.1 nakulapitusuttaṃ

alattha no ajja bhagavato sammukhā dhammiṃ kathaṃ savanāyā'ti?

knowledge of the extinction of the effluents, understanding how the impurities are destroyed

MN 39 mahāassapurasuttaṃ

so evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudubhūte kammaniye ṭhite āneñjappatte āsavānaṃ khayañāṇāya cittaṃ abhininnāmeti

Ariṭṭha¹

A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumb …

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 …

…Sutta in the Palāsavana at Naḷakapāna. MN.i.462ff.

In three different places in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.247 AN.iii.339…

…the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preached two sermons at the request of the Buddha. AN.v.122f.…

A wood near Naḷakapāna in Kosala. The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462

near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

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 …

A messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

A mythical region. A detailed description of it is given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.199ff. The men who live there own no property nor have they wives of their own; they do not have to work for t …

VanasavhayaVanasaVanasāvhayaTumbavanagaraPavanaVanasāvatthī

A city lying between Vedisa and Kosambī, on the road taken by Bāvarī’s…

VeḷukaṇṭakīVeḷukaṇḍakīVeḷukaṇḍakiyāVeḷukaṇṭakiyā

A lady of Veḷukaṇṭa. She is mentioned as an exemplary lay woman.AN.i.88 AN.ii.164 AN.i.26 SN.ii.236 She founded, for the Order headed by Sāriputta and …

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 …

abhiññā¹

absol.

abhiññā²

feminine (& ~a m.?)

1. higher or special knowledge; true understanding.
2. a special or supernatural power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, …

-ā, feminine

1. causing to be heard, sounding; proclamation (esp. of a kammavācā).
2. canvassing, speaking repeatedly (in order to win support)

-ā, feminine

1. causing to be heard, sounding; proclamation (esp. of a kammavācā).
2. canvassing, speaking repeatedly (in order to win support)

(one who has no water-strainer.

kind of sieve or filter (made on a wooden framework)

handled strainer

(according to commentary) the top of the roof

(according to commentary) the top of the roof

proclaiming, declaring aloud.

(a place for storage, kappiyabhūmi or kappiyakuṭi) authorized by a declaration (while it is being built), whose erection is coterminous with a declaration

…9 listening to the Doctrine savana 10 straightening one’s right views rectification of views; ditthujukamma - Expl. in Atthasālini Tr….

…acting according to, ˚ssavana by hearsay, ˚sāsati ad-vise, com-mand etc

3. 1. (fig.) following after second to, secondary,…

…also at Vv-a.322, cf. anussavana); ii.396, 430 (id.); iv.441; instr. -ena from hearsay, by report AN.ii.191 (cf. itihītihaṃ).

anu + sava…

Err:509

-ā (f.) a proclamation Vin.i.317, Vin.i.340; Vin.v.170, Vin.v.186, Vin.v.202 sq.

fr. anussāveti

…or of 6 (viz. dassana˚, savana˚ lābha˚, sikkhā˚, pāricariyā˚, anussata˚;) at DN.iii.250 DN.iii.281; AN.i.22; AN.iii.284, AN.iii.325…

…or mixing, not associating, not given to society MN.i.ai4; SN.i.63; Snp.628 = Dhp.404 (= dassana-savana-samullāpa…

not listening to, inattention MN.i.168.

abstr. fr. assavana

straining, filtering (?) Ja.ii.288.

fr. ava + Caus. of sru to flow

…spectacles) AN.iii.202 (+ savana hearing); AN.iv.25 sq. (bhikkhu˚) Snp.207 (muni˚, may be taken as 2, cp. Snp-a.256), Snp.266 (= pekkhaṇa…

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

…in the Dh. (see above C 3) DN.iii.58 DN.iii.77; SN.v.154;

• -savana hearing the preachin

an adopted son, in enumⁿ of four kinds of sons (atraja, khettaja, antevāsika, d.) Cnd.448; Ja.i.135 (= posāvanatthāya dinna).

…pamocaye yathā saddhamma-savanaṃ dukkhā moceti pāṇinaṃ SN.i.210 na appatvā lokantaṃ dukkhā atthi pamocanaṃ AN.ii.49…

…with a strainer (parissavana to prevent injury to living things. See also Mil.68; Pv.iii.2#24; Pv-a.185. 2. hail (see…

(& -kattika) Name of a month (Oct
■ Nov.), during which the full moon is near the constellation of Pleiades It is the last month of the rainy season, terminating on the full moon day of Kattikā ( …

ladle, a spoon; explained by uḷunka Dhp-a.iv.75, Dhp-a.iv.123; by dabbi Pv-a.135. Used for butter Vv-a.68, otherwise for cooked food in general, esp. rice gruel
■ Vin.ii.216; Ja.i.454; Ja.iii.27 …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

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 …

…Snp.22, Snp.759; Dhp.339 (˚ssavana); Vv-a.71; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.9. Often in combination piya manāpa, e.g. DN.ii.19 DN.iii.167; Ja.ii.155;…

temporary shed or hall erected on special or festive occasions, an awning, tent Vin.i.125; Vism.96, Vism.300 (dhamma-savaṇa˚), Vism.339 sq (in simile); Dhp-a.i.112; Dhp-a.ii.45; Dhp-a.iii.206 (˚kā …

Māsa¹

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

outflow, running water MN.i.189 (variant reading ossāvana & osavana). Cp.; avassava.

fr. ava + sru

“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 …

adjective completely calmed, at peace, at rest (as to the distinction of the twofold application see parinibbāna and cp., Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhism p. 191; Cpd. p. 168), viz.

1 …

water strainer, filter (one of the requisites of a bhikkhu) Vin.i.209 Vin.ii.119 and passim; Ja.i.198; Ja.iii.377; Mnd.226; Dhp-a.iii.260 (udaka˚); Vv-a.40, Vv-a.63; Sdhp.593.

fr. pari + Caus. of sru

…so that there is nothing left to be filtered Ja.i.400 (so read for ˚ssavanaka). Or is it “not overflowing”?

fr. parissāvana

1. giving birth Pv-a.35
2. producing, generating, effecting Pv-a.31 (puñña˚).

fr. pa + su

Posāvanika & ˚ya

adjective noun

1. (adj.) to be brought up, being reared fed Vin.i.272; Ja.iii.134, Ja.iii.432. -iya Dhp-a.iii.35; Ja.iii.35; Ja.iii.429 (& ˚iyaka).
2. (nt.) fee for bringing som …

Posāvanika & ˚ya

adjective noun

1. (adj.) to be brought up, being reared fed Vin.i.272; Ja.iii.134, Ja.iii.432. -iya Dhp-a.iii.35; Ja.iii.35; Ja.iii.429 (& ˚iyaka).
2. (nt.) fee for bringing som …

…m. AN.i.168; Ne.96.

• -pasavana creation of m. Pv-a.31.
• -pekkha looking for merit (i.e. reward),…

…true religion SN.i.140

• -savana hearing the (preaching of the) true dhamma DN.iii.227, DN.iii.274; AN.i.279; AN.ii.245;…

ready Snp.345 (˚-ā savanāya sotā).

Sammati¹ [śam

Dhtp.436 = upasama]

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

contact, connection, association Vin.iii.120; AN.iii.293 sq. (˚ārāmatā); AN.iv.87 sq., AN.iv.331; Iti.70; Ja.i.376; Ja.iv.57; Mil.386; Cnd.137; Vb-a.340 (an-anulomika˚); Pv-a.5 (pāpamitta˚)
■ Two …

…saddhammasavana, yonisomanasikāra, and dhammânudhammapaṭipatti SN.v.347, SN.v.404. -phala the effect of having entered…

…Vv.36#4; Snp-a.355. -ssavana good news Ja.i.61. -ssoṇi having beautiful hips Ja.iv.19; Ja.v.7, Ja.v.294; cp. sussoṇiya Ja.vi.503, &…

…sūcanto suvuttato savanato ’tha sūdanato suttāṇā-sutta-sabhāgato ca suttaṃ Suttan ti akkhātaṃ.“-DN.ii.124; Vin.ii.97;…

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 …

Thāsotu˚

in thāsotujana savana at Thag-a.61 according to Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 81 it is to be read ṭhānaso tu jana˚.

proclamation (of a building as legal store house); in -antika within the proclaimed limit Vin.i.239.

= ussāpana

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 …

at DN.ii.213 in phrase iddhi˚; is doubtful reading. The gloss (K) has “visevitā.” Trslⁿ (Dial. ii.246) “proficiency.” It is combined with iddhi-pahutā & iddhivikubbanatā. Bdhgh’s e …

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 …

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

1. the womb.
2. origin, way of birth, place of birth, realm of existence; nature, matrix There are four yonis or ways of being born or generation viz. aṇḍaja oviparous creation, …

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 …

that which; flows (out or on to) outflow & influx.

1. spirit, the intoxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower, O. C in Vin.iv.110 (four kinds); B. on DN.iii.182 (five kinds Dhs-a.48; Kp-a …