service, resorting to SN.i.110; Thag-a.179.

fr. sev

pursuit of; indulgence in.

association with the wise.

in good time; early in the morning

frequents, inhabits, resorts to; serves, waits upon; practices, performs; indulges in.

of nisevati

1. (mfn,) visited, frequented; practiced, studied; waited upon.
2. (n.)
   1. resorting to; practice.
   2. (a sign of) frequenting; a trace?

frequents; keeps close to, clings to.

practice, performance; devotion (to); association (with); use.

frequents, stays at; associates with, consorts with; makes use of (frequently).

assiduous practice; habitual cultivation.

attends to, practises, cultivates; indulges in.

Companionship: Influence of good and bad° = samseva.

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Āsevana-paccaya: repetition, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

pursuit, indulgence in (-˚) Sdhp.210 (pāpakamma˚).

abhi + sevana fr. sev

…(= maccha Cnd.91).

• -sevāla a water-plant Thag.113.

Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. ο ̓́μβρος, Lat. imber rain; cp….

1. applying oneself to, dealing with, practising, given to, intent upon DN.i.166, DN.i.167; DN.iii.232 = AN.ii.205 (attaparitāpan’ ânuyogaṃ a.); SN.iii.153 SN.iv.104; Snp.663 (lobhaguṇe), Snp.814 (met …

1. to practice, give oneself up to (acc.), attend, pursue SN.i.25, SN.i.122 (˚yuñjan “in loving self-devotion” mrs. rh. D.); SN.iii.154; SN.iv.104, SN.iv.175; Dhp.26 (pamādaṃ = *[pavatteti](/define/p …

rest, support, dependence MN.iii.127 (˚ka); DN.iii.224 (cattāri apassenāni); as adj caturāpassena one who has the fourfold support viz sankhāy’ ekaṃ paṭisevati, adhivāseti, parivajjeti, vinodeti AN. …

not practising, abstinence from Snp.259 (= abhajanā apayirupāsanā Kp-a.124).

a + sevanā

Bahulī˚

in compound with kar = bahula (adj.) + kar, lit. “to make much of,” i.e. to practise, in foll. words: -kata (pp. practised (frequently), usually combined with bhāvita SN.ii.264; SN.iv …

…(bhaj²) by sevāyaṃ (Dhtp.61), sevāputhakkare (Dhtm.523) & saṃsevane (ib. 76), whilst the lit. (bhaj¹) is…

to beget, produce, increase, cultivate, develop (by means of thought meditation), The Buddhist equivalent for mind-work as creative in idea, MN.i.293; cp. B.Psy p. 132
■ DN.ii.79; MN.ii.11 (cattā …

to cause to grow, increase; hence: to promote, develop, practise, to put or devote oneself to; to look after, to foster, make enjoy; practically syn. with sevati; SN.i.198 (saddhaṃ …

adjective constant, firm, self-relying of character; wise, possessing the knowledge of the Dhamma, often = paṇḍita & epithet of an Arahant DN.ii.128; SN.i.24 (lokapariyāyaṃ aññāya nibbutā dh.), SN.i. …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…lal (= icchā) & laḷ (= vilāsa & upasevā)

adjective

1. rough, coarse, unpleasant; poor, bad (usually applied to dress or food); mediocre, meagre, wretched. Opp paṇīta (e.g. Vin.i.212; SN.ii.153; AN.iv.10; Ja.i.228; Vv-a. …

…the water, water-weeds, moss etc. Ja.ii.304 (gloss sevāla).

fr. maṇḍa

adjective noun

1. (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase ˚ṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevati to cohabit Vin.i.96; DN.ii.133; Snp.291, Sn …

adjective not self-indulgent, self-denying, meek, tame, gentle Ja.ii.210 (dametvā nibbisevanaṃ katvā), Ja.ii.351; Ja.v.34, Ja.v.381, Ja.v.456; Ja.vi.255; Dhp-a.i.288 (cittaṃ ujuṃ akuṭilaṃ n. karoti …

, also -ā feminine practising, enjoying; pursuit Pp.20, Pp.24; Sdhp.406.

Sk. niṣevana, cp. nisevati

to resort to, practise, pursue, follow, indulge in Ja.ii.106; Snp.821 (= Mnd.157); Pv.ii.3#19 (= karoti Pv-a.87); Mil.359
pp nisevita.

ni + sev

adjective frequented, practised, enjoyed, indulged in MN.i.178; Sdhp.373.

pp. of nisevati

to go up or near to, to approach, serve, beset Ja.iii.214. fut. -upessati Ja.iv.362 (gloss upasevati).

pati + upeti

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

to effect, perform, prepare, make, do SN.i.24 (pakubbati); Snp.254 (id.), Snp.781, Snp.790 (ppr. med. pakubbamāna; cp. Mnd.65); Iti.21 (puññaṃ); Snp-a.169 (pakurute, corresponding with sevati)
pp * …

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

sack, Vin.iii.17; Ja.i.112, Ja.i.351; Ja.ii.88, Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.10, Ja.iii.116 Ja.iii.343 (camma˚ leather bag); Ja.iv.52, Ja.iv.361; Ja.v.46 (pūpa˚) Ja.v.483; Ja.vi.432 (spelling pasippaka); DN-a.i …

Pati¹

lord, master, owner, leader.

1. in general DN.iii.93 (khettānaṃ p. gloss adhipati). Mostly-˚; see under gavam˚, gaha˚, dāna˚, yūtha˚, senā˚.
2. husband SN.i.210; Snp.314; Ja.iii.13 …

…paṇṇasevālo vuccati, sevālo ti nīlasevālo, avaseso udaka-pappaṭaka-nīla-bījak’ ādi sabbo ’ti paṇako ti sankhaṃ…

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 …

going after, indulging in, practice MN.i.10.

fr. paṭisevati

to follow, pursue, indulge in (acc.) practise Vin.ii.296 (methunaṃ dhammaṃ); MN.i.10; AN.ii.54 (methunaṃ); Ja.i.437; Ja.vi.73, Ja.vi.505; Dhp.67; Mnd.496 Pp.62; Mil.224; Dhp-a.ii.40; Pv-a.130; Sdhp. …

one who practises, pursues or indulges in (acc.) AN.iii.143 sq. (bhesajjaṃ).

n. ag. of paṭisevati

…SN.ii.137; AN.iv.237.

• -sevāla stone Vallisneria Ja.v.462.
• -vassa rain of stones Snp-a.224.

Epic…

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

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.

• • …

…ibid.

Sayati² sevā* at Dhtp.289] to lean on; to be supported etc.: only in pp. sita, and in prep….

adjective associating AN.ii.245; AN.v.113 sq. (sappurisa˚ & asappurisa˚); Mil.93.

fr. saṃ + sev

associating Dhs.1326 = Pp.20.

fr. saṃsevati

adjective = saṃseva Ja.i.488.

worshipping, attending Mil.93 (sneha˚).

fr. saṃseva

…& κόξλος; Lat. congius a measure

Saṅkha²

a water plant (combined with sevāla) Mil.35. See detail under…

Saṅkhāti

1. to appear Ja.v.203 (˚āti).
2. to calculate Snp.p.126 (inf. ˚khātuṃ); Dhp.196. ger. saṅkhāya having considered, discriminately carefully, with open mind DN.ii.227; …

serving, following; a servant, dependent Ja.ii.12, Ja.ii.125, Ja.ii.420; Snp-a.453. See vipakkha˚.

(-˚) feminine = sevanā Vb-a.282 sq.

abstr, fr. sevati

following, associating with Snp.259; Dhs.1326; Pp.20; Dhtp.285 (as nt.); cohabiting Vin.iii.29.

fr. sevati

1. to serve, associate with, resort to Vin.ii.203; AN.i.124 sq.; Snp.57, Snp.75; Pp.33; Iti.107; Ja.iii.525; Snp-a.169.
2. to practice, embrace, make use of Vin.i.10 = SN.v.421; DN.iii.157; SN.i.12; …

the plant Blyxa octandra moss, AN.iii.187, AN.iii.232, AN.iii.235; Ja.ii.150 = Dhp-a.i.144; Ja.iii.520; Ja.iv.71; Ja.v.462; Mil.35; Dhp-a.iii.199 Tikp.12 (in sim.). (m. and nt.) Ja.v.37; *-[mālaka] …

1. wet, moist Vism.171.
2. oily, greasy, fatty Ja.i.463, Ja.i.481; Snp-a.100 (˚āhāra fattening food).
3. smooth, glossy Ja.i.89; Ja.iv.350 (of leaves); Mil.133.
4. resplendent charming Thag-a.139. 5 …

…consists of sappurisa-saṃsevā, saddhammasavana, yonisomanasikāra, and dhammânudhammapaṭipatti SN.v.347, SN.v.404. -phala the effect of…

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

adjective going close after, following Ja.v.399 [f. ˚ī.).

fr. upanisevati

to pursue, follow, go up after, cling to (acc) MN.i.306
pp upanisevita (q.v.).

upa + n˚

gone on to, furnished with, sticking or clinging to, full of Ja.v.302 (kakka˚).

pp. of upanisevati

serving, pursuing, following, service, honouring, pursuit SN.iii.53 = Mnd.25 Cnd.570 (nand˚ pleasure-seeking); Iti.68 (bāl˚ & dhīr˚) Snp.249 (utu˚ observance of the seasons); Mil.351.

abstr. fr. upasevati

1. to practice, frequent, pursue Mil.355.
2. to serve, honour, Snp.318 (˚amāna). pp. upasevita (q.v.).

upa + sev

adjective (-˚) pursuing, following, going after AN.iii.136 (vyatta˚); Mil.264 (rāj˚); Dhp-a.iii.482 (para-dār˚).

fr. upasevati

visited, frequented Pv-a.147 (for sevita).

pp. of upasevati

1. (lit.)
   1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …

avoidance, shunning Vism.5 (opp. sevana); Dhp-a.iii.417.

fr. vajjati

adjective opposite, hostile; enemy; only in foll. compounds:

• -sevaka siding in or consorting with the enemy keeping bad company, a traitor Ja.i.186; Ja.iii.321; Dhp-a.iv.95.
• …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

āsevanā (f.)

1. practice, pursuit, indulgence in Vin.ii.117; Pv-a.45.
2. succession repetition Dhs.1367; Kv.510 (cp. trsl. 294, 362); Vism.538.

fr. āsevati

to frequent, visit; to practise, pursue, indulge, enjoy AN.i.10; Snp.73 (cp. Cnd.94); Pts.ii.93 (maggaṃ)
pp āsevita.

ā + sev

frequented, indulged, practised, enjoyed Ja.i.21 (Ja.v.141; āsevita-nisevita); Ja.ii.60; Sdhp.93, Sdhp.237.

pp. of āsevati