… ■ asoka without grief: see viraja. See also dukkha B iii.1 b.

• -aggi the fire…

…mentions to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka was an arahant and had realised…

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 …

…sixty of his descendants; Asoka, son of Samankara, and eighty four thousand of his descendants; also sixteen kings, ancestors of Okkāka. The city…

…however, in the time of Asoka that the city enjoyed its greatest glory. In the ninth year of his reign Asoka’s income from the four gates of the…

…His constant attendant was Asoka; Caṇḍā and Candamittā were his chief women disciples. His chief lay patrons were Punabbasummitta and Nāga…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, while shaving, he gained insight. Thag.169–170

inner grief

inner grief

…MN.i.139 = AN.iii.84 (˚esika = taṇhā pahīnā; see esikā); Thag.321; Kp-a.153 (˚soka).

Sk. ābṛḍha, pp. of a + bṛh¹,…

…Ja.ii.401; Ja.iii.23 (soka˚); Ja.iv.330; Ja.v.268, Sdhp.281.

not as Morris, J.P.T.S. 1886, 135, suggested fr. abhi + tud, but acc. to…

…cp. Dhs trsl. 311).

• -soka inner grief Pts.i.38.

Sk. antaḥ; Av antarə Lat. inter, Oir. etar between, Ohg. untar; Idg….

…clothes); Pv-a.38 (˚soka free from grief), Pv-a.47 (˚lajja not shy), Pv-a.219 (˚viññāṇa without feeling)
■ Cp….

…to all Buddhists by Asoka in the Bhabra Edict)

• -vihāra the best practice SN.v.326
• -vohāra…

…from sorrow Snp.268 (= nissoka abbūḷha-soka-salla Kp-a.153); Dhp.412 Thig.512.

a + soka, cp. Sk. aśoka

Asoka²

the Asoka…

…1893, 8 sq. The word is found as āsulopa in the Asoka inscriptions

(-˚) taking away, removal; theft Pv-a.47 (sāṭaka˚), Pv-a.92 (soka˚).

fr. avaharati in both meanings

…in the time of Asoka Mil.121 sq.

• -matta measuring a drop, even a drop Pv-a.100, Pv-a.104 (eka ˚ṃ). *…

…kiṃ cintesi Ja.i.221; sokavinayan’-upāyaṃ c. to devise a means of dispelling the grief Pv-a.39
■ Esp. with *pāpaṃ &…

…kiṃ cintesi Ja.i.221; sokavinayan’-upāyaṃ c. to devise a means of dispelling the grief Pv-a.39
■ Esp. with *pāpaṃ &…

…sorrow Pv-a.18 (= soka); -samādhi (cp. ceto- samādhi) concentration of mind,…

…the Law DN.ii.93 = SN.v.357; Sokasallaharaṇa, Sorrow’s dart extractor AN.iii.62; Ādittap˚ dh˚p˚, the Red-hot lancet SN.iv.168;…

…at AN.i.176 sq. (+ soka˚); in a slightly diff. version of No. 1 (leaving out appiyehi & piyehi, having soka instead) at DN.ii.305; and in…

…3 vyādhi 4 maraṇa, 5 sokaparidevadukkhadomanass’ upāyāsa in the dukkhaṃ ariyasaccaṃ (the noble truth of what is misfortune)…

…(= sokajīvin) leading a life of sorrow Ja.vi.509.

Sk. jīva, Idg. *g^ṷīṷos = Gr. βίος, Lat….

…SN.i.122 = Snp.449 (sokaparetassa vīṃā kacchā abhassatha); Iti.76 (kacchehi sedā muccanti sweat drops from their armpits); Ja.v.434 =…

jumper, tumbler, acrobat Ja.ii.142; Mil.34, Mil.191, Mil.331. f. laṅghikā Vin.iv.285 (with naṭakā & sokajjhāyikā).

fr. laṅgh

…honey, liberal Mhvs.5, 60 (Asoka)

• -paṭala honey-comb Ja.i.262 Dhp-a.i.59 Dhp-a.iii.323
• -piṇḍikā a ball of honey (to eat),…

…(in her heart) Pv-a.68; soka-santatta˚ with a heart burning with grief Pv-a.38.

a secondary formation fr. manas = mano, already Vedic lit….

…n. Snp.1041; tiṇṇa-sokapariddavo n. Dhp.196 rāg’ aggimhi n. & n. mātā, pitā, nārī Ja.i.60; n. veyyākaraṇena Mil.347;…

…Pv-a.18 (cittasantāpa + in explⁿ of soka).

nis + jhāna²

…Ja.i.145; Mnd.283; Pv.i.8#6 (sokaṃ hadaya˚ lying in), Pv.ii.6#6 (paṭhavi˚ supported by); Vb.229; Ne.39 (˚citta) Mil.314 (inhabiting);…

adjective free from sorrow, without grief, not mourning Pv-a.62; Kp-a.153.

nis + soka

…āpa “low…

…poetry as-˚ e.g. issâvatiṇṇa Ja.v.98; dukkha˚, soka˚ etc. see below 2

…dukkha˚, dosa˚, rāga˚, soka˚, sneha˚, Vin.i.5; DN.ii.36; MN.i.13, MN.i.114, MN.i.364, MN.i.460; MN.iii.14, MN.iii.92; SN.ii.110; SN.iii.93…

…with soka grief, e.g. at DN.i.36; Snp.862; Iti.89; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.61
■ Bdhgh at DN-a.i.121 explains it as “sokaṃ…

great grief, severe mourning Pts.i.38 (anto˚ in def. of soka).

pari + soka

…see Cnd.411); Mil.148 (ekantasoka˚); Dhp-a.i.28 (rodana, i.e. constantly weeping). 2. destined to, having one’s next birth in., e.g. Avīci…

…see Cnd.411); Mil.148 (ekantasoka˚); Dhp-a.i.28 (rodana, i.e. constantly weeping). 2. destined to, having one’s next birth in., e.g. Avīci…

…Cpd.), jarāmaraṇa (+ soka-parideva-dukkhadomanass’ ûpayāsā) old age & death (+ tribulation grief, sorrow, distress & despair). The…

…Council in the time of King Asoka. The latter was in Māgadhī
■ The knowledge of the 3 Piṭakas as an accomplishment of the bhikkhu is…

…AN.i.261; Snp.584 (+ soka); Pv.i.4#3; Mil.357. As roṇṇa at AN.iv.197, AN.iv.223; Thag.555; Ja.iii.166.

pp. of…

…AN.i.261; Snp.584 (+ soka); Pv.i.4#3; Mil.357. As roṇṇa at AN.iv.197, AN.iv.223; Thag.555; Ja.iii.166.

pp. of…

…Dhp-a.iii.404; Pv-a.230; soka˚ Snp.985; Pv.i.86; Kp-a.153. Cp. also DN.ii.283; Snp.51 Snp.334, Snp.938; Ja.i.155; Ja.iii.157; Dhp-a.iv.70….

…Pv-a.265); Pv-a.162 (soka-salla˚-hadaya) Vism.303 (sallena)
■ yasabhoga˚; possessed of fame wealth Dhp.303; dukkhena…

…glowing DN.ii.335; MN.i.453; SN.i.169 (divasa˚); Ja.iv.118; Mil.325; Pv-a.38 (soka˚).

pp. of…

…Vin.iv.285; Ja.vi.580 (where C. explains as “grief-dispellers”).

soka + ajjhāyaka; this soka perhaps *sūka, as in visūka?

adjective sorrowful Mhvs.19, Mhvs.15.

soka + vant

adjective sorrowful; a-˚ free from sorrow Thag-a.229.

soka + ika

adjective (fem. ˚nī) sorrowful Dhp.28.

fr. soka

…Pp.17; esp in phrase ˚soka with diminished grief, having one’s grief allayed Dhp-a.iii.176; Pv-a.38.

Vedic tanu, f. tanvī; also n….

adjective = tanu; little, small Dhp.174 (= Dhp-a.175); Snp.994 (soka).

…varo); Dhp.195 (-sokapariddava); Cnd.282.

• -kathaṅkatha (adj.) having overcome doubt, free from doubt Snp.17, Snp.86, Snp.367; *…

…(conversion); Mil.220.

fr. vi +…

…(niddā˚); Dhp-a.i.41 (tama˚, adj.); Pv-a.38 (soka˚).

fr. vinodeti

…Mhvs.31, Mhvs.10 (kankhaṃ) Dhp-a.iv.145; Pv-a.38 (sokaṃ).

Caus. of vi + nudati

…SN.iv.47- virajaṃ (+ asokaṃ) padaṃ “the stainless (+ painless element” is another expression for Nibbāna, e.g. SN.iv.210;…

adjective freed from grief Dhp.90; Dhp-a.ii.166.

vi + soka

…relieve SN.v.50; Snp-a.132 (reṇuṃ); Pv-a.20, Pv-a.38 (sokaṃ), Pv-a.200

vi + upasammati