… ■ Denom susumāyati (q.v.).

onomat.

Su-²

indeclinable a particle, combined with adj., nouns, and certain verb…

indeclinable an onomat. part. “shoo,” applied to hissing sounds: see su¹. Also doubled: sū sū Dhp-a.i.171 Dhp-a.iii.352. Cp. sūkara & sūsūyati.

A period of suffering in Avīci, the time taken to remove twenty cartloads of tila-seeds, taking one seed at the end of each century. Snp.p.126…

…Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padumavatī, the belle of Ujjeni. When the boy was…

…of the Tathāgata.

Abhibhū²

A class of devas belonging to the formless plane. MN.i.1 They live in the same plane as the Vehapphalā….

…to Abhibhū, chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. In the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.121 the second and third verses are ascribed to the…

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…are different.

Acelakassapa²AcelaKassapa

An old family friend of Cittagapahati. Having been for thirty years a paribbājaka, he…

…repeats this conversation to the Buddha who thereupon preaches the Dantabhūmi Sutta. MN.iii.128ff.

The novice is throughout addressed as…

…DN.i.235–236 The Tevijjā Sutta was preached here, and the Aciravatī is used in a simile to prove the futility of sacrifices and prayers: it is…

…evidently Adhvaryu…

…brahmin of Rājagaha, a fire-tender. He prepares a meal for sacrifice, and when the…

…MN.i.229f. MN.i.237f. and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the Dantabhūmi Sutta MN.iii.128f. the novice Aciravata is…

…Chabbaggiyā are censured here for a nissaggiya offence. Vin.iii.224 The Vaṅgīsa Sutta was preached there to Vaṅgīsa, on the…

…purgatories mentioned in the Sutta-Nipāta list. Snp.p.126 It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to…

…at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the desirability of living up to his name by practising ahiṃsā. It is said that later he became an…

…arahants to discuss what measures should be taken against the Vesālī monks was also held there, and at the meeting were present monks from the…

…DN.ii.267

The Brahmā Sutta SN.v.167 and the Magga Sutta, SN.v.185 both on the four satipaṭṭhāna, and another Brahmā Sutta SN.v.232f.…

…Theras. Vin.ii.305

Ajita²

A paribbājaka who visited the Buddha, and at whose instigation the Buddha preached to the Bhikkhus on…

…to the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.55 where Ajātasattu describes a visit paid to Ajita, he taught the doctrine of “cutting off,” i.e….

…the Parāyana Vagga of the Sutta Nipāta. Snp.1221–1228

A verse attributed to Ajita-māṇava is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.20

The…

…the estate of his lay-supporter, he was accused of partisanship by one of the parties concerned and was reported to Ānanda. The case went up…

…his son Viḍūḍabha usurped the throne, Pasenadi, finding himself deserted, went towards Rājagaha to seek Ajātasattu’s help, but on the…

…who were born there as a result of the holy lives they had lived under various Buddhas.

In the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.286 Sakka speaks of them…

A grove in Cātumā where the Buddha preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta.

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…park in the brahmin village Khāṇumata. The Buddha went there during one of his tours through…

…everything up. In this sutta appears also the story of the teacher Sunetta, who, even after becoming the Great Brahma, is yet subject to old…

…invitation and had, as a result, to refuse that of the Licchavis of Vesāli.

While returning from her visit to the Buddha, Ambapālī was so…

…where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of the preaching, as Sakka with his retinue came to visit the Buddha, the village…

…the Sākyans, and had been insulted there. DN.i.91

Asked by the Buddha to what family he belonged, Ambaṭṭha replied that he came of the…

…she should be allowed to supply milk-rice to the monks throughout her life. Vin.i.293

During the same visit of the Buddha, a newly converted…

…was nibbāna.

The Vammika Sutta MN.i.143ff. was the result of questions put by an anāgami Brahma, his erstwhile colleague, to…

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

Daughter of the Treasurer Majjha of Sāketa. She was so called (’Peerless“) because of her beauty. When she grew up, all sorts of eminent men…

…at Anupiya and it was then that he preached the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

???2town

…away to seek more congenial surroundings, it was to Pācīnavaṃsadāya that he repaired, where were Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila. The…

…Jetavanārāma. As a result of this and of his numerous other benefactions in the cause of the Sāsana, Anāthapiṇḍika came to be…

One of the Pacceka Buddhas mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

A class of devas of the Rupaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna.

Beings are born there who are possessed of faith, virtue, learning, munificence and wisdom. MN.iii.102

…garments.

In the next Sutta of the same Nikāya SN.i.91–93 the Buddha is reported as revealing the banker’s past. In a former birth he…

…AN.iii.373 The others were Sunetta, Mūgapakkha, Kuddālaka, Hatthipāla and Jotipāla. In the Aṅguttara AN.iv.135f. a seventh name is added,…

…him. In the end the Buddha told them that he was beyond temptation by the pleasures of the senses and they went back to their father…

…every detail.

Ariṭṭha²

An upāsaka mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.451 in a list of householders and upāsakas who…

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

…to speed him heavenward. Surely the Buddha who is an arahant, etc., could make the whole world go to heaven thus if he chose. To this the Buddha…

…came. Snp.p.131–136

Asita²Devala

A sage (isi). His story is given in the Assalāyana Sutta. MN.ii.154ff. Once there were seven…

…had been born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away, destined never to return. SN.v.358

…and non-self.

Assaji²

One of the leaders of the Assaji-Punabbasukā, the other being Punabbasu. He was one of the Chabbaggiyā,…

…word to the Assaji-Punabbasukas to prepare sleeping places for them. They sent answer that the Buddha was very welcome, but not Sāriputta and…

…given in the Janavasabha Sutta. The capital of Assaka, was called Potana. DN.ii.235 The Assakas had settlements on the Godāvarī, and…

…the brahmins to be the only superior class, the legitimate sons of Brahma.

The Buddha points out to him that such pretensions are baseless, and…

…the kingdom of Aṅga. It was here that the Mahā Assapura and Cūḷa Assapura Suttas were preached by the Buddha. MN.i.271ff.…

A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…for the horse-trainer whose visit to the Buddha is recorded in the Assa Sutta. He is described as a gāmani (head man of a village)….

…is often referred to as Asurinda, several Asuras being credited with the role of leader, most commonly, however, Vepacitti SN.i.222…

AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja

A brahmin, one of three brothers who had conversations with the Buddha and were converted. SN.i.163f.

A class of devas whose company mortals long for.MN.i.289 MN.iii.103 They belong to the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

…arahants obeyed the summons. Vin.ii.298–299

Even in the Buddha’s day there were rumours of the King of Avanti making preparations to…

…who was staying in the Gundā Grove in Madhurā.

Their discussion is recorded in the Madhura Sutta. MN.ii.83–90

It is said that after…

…of the rupa-worlds, the Suddhāvāsā.DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha…

…the Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta of the Dīgha Nikāya, DN.iii.75 AN.i.159 but in this context there is no indication that the name refers to a…

…the other the Dārukkhandha Sutta, although the latter is said in some manuscripts to have taken place in Kosambī. SN.iv.179f. In both these…

…were preached the Sāketa Sutta and the Jarā Sutta.

When Ānanda was staying there a nun of the Jaṭila persuasion visited him and questioned…

…the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña won the Fruit of the First Path. As he was the first among humans to realise the Dhamma the…

…Sutta and the two Assapura Suttas. The Mahāgovinda Sutta seems to indicate that once, in the past, Dhataraṭṭha was king of Aṅga. But this,…

…an arahant. MN86

As a result of his deeds whole villages were deserted, and the king ordered a detachment of men to seize the bandit….

…also was preached the Sela Sutta. Snp.102f. From Bhaddiya (in Aṅga) the Buddha went to Anguttārapa and thence to Āpaṇa….

…DN.ii.265

Aṅgīrasa²

One of the ten ancient seers who conducted great sacrifices and were versed in Vedic lore. The others…

…of Ṛg Veda 10.104 or else with Atri, author of Ṛg Veda 5.5.

Aṭṭhaka¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.70

Pacceka Buddha, one of the names given in a list of such. MN.iii.70

…at Ukkaṭṭha in the Subhagavana, he read the thoughts of Baka, who had conceived the idea that this world was permanent and free from decay…

…where the Buddha is said to have stayed. AN.i.274 AN.v.79 The Kinti Sutta was preached there. MN.ii.238

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…city of birth of Vipassī Buddha. DN.i.7

5townBandhumatī²

Wife of King Bandhumā and mother of Vipassī Buddha….

…presented a pot of sugar to the monks. When the monks had shared as much of the sugar as they wished, much was left over, and the Buddha…

…necessary therapeutic measures. Vin.i.202 Vin.i.295f.

At one time this Thera would lie in the forest where he kept a store of dried boiled…

…in the Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta. MN.i.349ff. AN.v.342ff.

Beluva was a small village, and when the Buddha was there the monks stayed in…

…entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses tell how his parents with pride and compassion brought him to the Buddha…

…went to Ambatiṭṭha and subdued the Nāga, afterwards rejoining the Buddha at Bhaddavatikā. Vin.iv.108f.

The town is probably identical…

…SN.i.35 SN.i.60

Bhaddiya²Kāligodhāputta

Chief among monks of aristocratic birth. AN.i.23 He belonged to a family of the Sākyan…

…Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsi and Kosala, living on the people’s alms.

Bhaddā⁴Suriyavaccasā

Daughter of the Gandhabba Timbarū and…

…this action and preached to him the Bhaddāli Sutta.

…Sutta….

…which case the Bhaggā were subject to Kosambī.

It was while sojourning in the Bhagga country that Moggallāna was attacked by Māra entering…

…AN.iii.224 AN.iv.61

Bhagu²

He was born in a Sākiyan family, and having left the world with his clansmen Anuruddha and Kimbila, he…

…by Bhallika when Māra tried to frighten him by assuming a hideous form.

…and himself to declare their spiritual prowess to the Buddha. Thag.175–176

Bharata²

King of the Sovīras in the time of…

…for the night, Mahānāma suggested that he should go to the hermitage of Bharaṇḍu. The Buddha acted on this suggestion and spent the night…

…the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1…

…Thag.177–178

Bhāradvāja²

He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha and his wife was a Dhanañjāni…

…for rage, sat on one side, sulking. The Buddha preached to him, and he was pleased and entered the Order, becoming an arahant in due course….

…to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the…

…in the Bodhirājakumāra Sutta.

Bodhi was the son of Udena, king of Kosambi, and his mother was the daughter of Candappajjota. Bodhi was…

…after having left home, in such contexts as “in the days before my Awakening, when I was only a Bodhisatta”. MN.i.17 MN.i.114 MN.i.163…

…Vin.i.342ff.

Brahmadatta²

King of the Assakas and friend of Reṇu. When Mahāgovinda divided Jambudīpa into seven equal portions…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how even the gods envy one such as he, with senses tamed. Thag.205–206

…and told him of the result of his investigations. Brahmāyu folded his palms reverently and uttered the praises of the Buddha. Soon after,…

…Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha…

…AN.i.24 Ud.i.10

Bāhiya²

A monk. He is said to have, come to the Buddha asking for a teaching in brief and the Buddha told him to…

…released and emancipated. The Buddha enumerated ten such. AN.v.151f.

…Surundhana; in that of the Sutasoma, Sudassana; in that of the Sonananda, Brahmavaddhana; in that of the Khandahāla, Pupphavatī; in that of the…

…seeing his trouble, reassured him by saying that the brahmin knew neither the meaning of “head” nor of “the splitting of it.” “Who…

…not then been promulgated, Sudinna yielded to her importunities, thus prompting the Buddha to lay down the first Pārājika. The son was called…

…that is one of the seven treasures of a Wheel Turning Monarch (cakkavatti). The Cakkaratana is the Cakkavatti’s chief symbol of office; on its…

…with all classes of his subjects. The perfume of sandalwood issues from his mouth, while his body is like a lily. When the Cakkavatti is about…

The name given to a whole world-system, there being countless such systems.

1solar system

…the validity and otherwise of formal acts of the Saṅgha.

The Soṇadaṇḍa, the Dasuttara, the Kandaraka and the Kāraṇḍava Suttas were…

…SN.iv.280

Candana²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how he was visited by his wife and child who hoped to win him…

…him which was the highest sensual pleasure. When the Buddha had answered their question, Candanaṅgalika obtained his permission and uttered averse…

A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikāputta to the monks, is recorded in the Silāyūpa Sutta. AN.iv.402f.

…was seized by Rāhu Asurinda, he invoked the Buddha in a verse and the Buddha asked Rāhu to set him at liberty, which request was granted….

…see him, and on that occasion was preached the Saṅgārava Sutta. MN.ii.209f.

Kosala3town

…is mentioned together with such eminent and wealthy brahmins as Tārukkha, Pokkharasādi, Jāṇussoṇi and Todeyya. MN.ii.202

Caṅkī lived in…

…The king sent Kāka in pursuit, but Jīvaka gave Kāka a purgative and so delayed his return until the medicine had taken effect on the king….

…wandering begging food to survive. One day she met Paṭācārā who had just finished eating. Paṭācārā, seeing her pitiable condition, gave…

…The Janavasabha Sutta DN.ii.200 leads us to infer that the Buddha visited the Ceti country several times. The Saṃyutta Nikāya…

…leaders were Assaji, Punabbasu, Panduka, Lohitaka, Mettiya and Bhummaja hence their name.

There were also nuns in their following, who likewise…

…Buddha’s teaching.

Channa²

A monk. He once stayed at Gijjhakūṭa, dangerously ill and suffering much pain. He was visited by…

The name of certain Supaṇṇas. DN.ii.259

…AN.ii.164 AN.iii.451

Citta²HatthirohaputtaHatthisāriputta

A monk, son of an elephant trainer, who, having entered the Order, studied…

A tree in the Asurabhavana SN.v.238 which lives for a whole aeon.

…preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s…

…himself his follower.

Cunda²

The books appear to refer to two theras by the name of Cunda, the better known being Mahā-Cunda and the…

…Amalakīvana where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Cātuma Sutta. MN.i.456f.

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…assembly of the devas, they submit their report to the gods of Tāvatiṃsā, who rejoice or lament according as to whether men prosper in…

…great admiration until after sunset, when they were unable to gain entrance to the city. The Buddha heard of this and warned Cūḷapanthaka not to…

…The Mettiya-Bhummajakā persuaded the Licchavi, Vaḍḍha, to make a similar charge against Dabba regarding his wife. Vin.ii.124f.

Dabba was…

…beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village of Ekanālā.Snp.p.13 The Buddha…

…etc.). It held also a large number of ascetics DA.i.265, and in the southern districts (Dakkhinesu janapadesu) people celebrated a feast called…

…in the Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta. Later, assembling the monks from Pāṭaliputta and Vesāli, he entertained them and presented each with two…

…There he preached the Udāna Sutta in answer to a question by Ānanda, as to how the Buddha knew of the unregenerate wickedness of Devadatta….

…and Moggallāna preached to such effect that they persuaded the five hundred monks to return with them. Kokālika kicked Devadatta on the chest to…

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

…Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.

5buildingDhamma²

The lake in front of the palace mentioned above….

…given in the Cūḷavedalla Sutta. MN.i.299ff. Visākha reported this interview to the Buddha, who praised her great wisdom and commended her…

…the other, because the lay supporters of the lodgings could not tolerate his insulting ways. He therefore sought the Buddha and complained to him….

…Snp.18ff.

Dhaniya²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses urge one who wants to live happily as a monk to be content. Thag.228–30…

…Sutta.

Dhataraṭṭha²

There were two kings of this name, contemporaries and vassals of Reṇu. One of these two was king of…

…bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of the wise one who attains Nibbana. Thig.6

Dhīrā²Vīrā

A bhikkhunī whose…

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

…He visited the Buddha at Sūkarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dīghanakha Sutta, at the end of which he became a sotāpanna….

…the Mahā Niraya. The story is given in the Māratajjanīya Sutta MN.i.333ff. Thag.1187–1191

…year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his name and which converted…

…monasteryEkapuṇḍarīka²

An elephant belonging to Pasenadi. It was while riding on this elephant that the king met Ānanda. The…

…darken their intelligence, suggested to him that he should not teach others. The Buddha refuted the suggestion of Māra, who retired discomfited….

In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the…

…by the brahmins, without consulting anybody else; all four castes alike can live the good life, which is the true service, and follow the Dhamma,…

…Vin.ii.80f.

Gagga²

A brahmin, father of Aṅgulimāla. MN.ii.102 Gagga may have been a gotta-name. Thus when, after his…

…Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

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…musicians, and Pañcasikha, Suriyavaccasā and her father Timbarū are among their number. DN.ii.264

They wait on such devas as Sakka, and the…

…list. MN.iii.69

Gandhāra²

One of the sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 One of the teeth of the Buddha was deposited in…

…all obstacles, through earth and water, and touch the sun and moon. DN.i.213

GaruḷāGaruḍāSupannaSuvaṇṇa

A class of mythical birds generally mentioned in company with Nāgas.

A town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares. It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. Vin.i.8

The Buddha stayed at Gayā …

…of the Ādittapariyāya Sutta they all became arahants. Vin.i.33f. Gayā-Kassapa is reported Thag.345f. to have said that he used to bathe…

…taught the Adittapariyāya Sutta . Vin.i.34f. SN.iv.19f. AA.i.57 PvA.21 Ud.i.9 DhA.i.72

When Devadatta managed to win over five hundred of…

…the Gaṇaka-Moggallāna Sutta, after which, it is said, he became the Buddha’s follower. MN.iii.1ff. His name and his teaching seem to…

…scriptures were arranged before the development of the Tipiṭaka. It includes all the suttas composed in verse, especially the whole…

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110

…having failed to persuade him to visit the Buddha, in the end took him by force. Jotipāla was converted and joined the Order, but…

…the king of Aṅga. Udena suggested that the money might be utilised to build an assembly-hall for the Order at Pāṭaliputta. The suggestion…

…well-known suttas were preached on Gijjhakūṭa—e.g., the Māgha, Dhammika and Chaḷabhijāti Suttas, the discourse on the…

…of his delight in meditating in his small hut while it rains. Thag.325–329

The Giri Sutta was preached in reference to Girimānanda, when he…

…in the Janavasabha Sutta and the Giñjakāvasatha Sutta, SN.v.356f. which was preached at the same place, the Buddha is represented as…

A Sākiyan. A conversation between him and Mahānāma the Sākiyan is recorded in the Godha Sutta. SN.v.371

…then he decided to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Māra saw this and reported it to the Buddha, but when the Buddha arrived it was too…

…at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300

Gopaka³

A deva. A series of verses…

…forest tract near Vesāli. When the Buddha was living in the Kūṭāgārasāla, in the Mahāvana, he…

…was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he…

…the Buddha left Pāṭaligāma, after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6…

A class of ascetics, enumerated in a list of such classes. AN.iii.276

…several times. During one such stay, he laid down the rule which allowed monks the use of three robes; he himself felt cold during the night and…

The steward or treasurer of King Disampati. He had a son, Jotipāla, who succeeded him after his death and came to be known as Mahā Govinda….

Evidently the title given to the High Treasurer. DN.ii.232

…It was on his account that the Gulissāni Sutta was preached. MN.i.469

…there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the brahmin Kandarāyana….

…the defliments that have long kept her trapped in suffering. Thig.163–168

…preached the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preached…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Vin.iv.1f.

Hatthaka²Āḷavaka

An eminent lay disciple of the Buddha declared foremost among those who gather a following by…

…need. DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256

He was the friend of Sātāgira.

…are never heated by the sun. AN.iv.101 The mountain is often used in similes; it is then referred to as pabbatarājā. SN.ii.137 SN.v.464…

…visited him and consulted him at length on the subjects treated in Māgandiyapañha SN.iii.9f. and again on those of the Sakkapañha….

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Brahmās. DN.ii.261

Hārita²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of making body and mind straight. Thag.29

Hārita³

A…

…Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village would seem to have been near Pokkharasādi’s domain of Ukkaṭṭha. It was the residence of…

…of the Four Quarters.

Inda²

The Pāḷi equivalent of the Vedic Indra. He is referred to only very seldom in the Nikāyas, but is…

…him and asked him the questions recorded in the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.263

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…never returned.

Isidatta²

An equerry or chamberlain of Pasenadi, King of Kosala. Isidatta is always mentioned with…

…in that life. As a result she was born in hell for a long time, and, in subsequent births became an ape, a goat, an ox, a hermaphrodite…

…Cūḷa DukkhakKhaṇḍa Sutta it is said that a large number of Nigaṇṭhas lived at Kāḷasilā, never sitting down, undergoing paroxysms…

…AN.i.110f.

• the two Pāsa Suttas SN.i.105f.
• the Samaya Sutta AN.iii.320ff.
• the Kaṭuviya Sutta AN.i.279f.
• a discourse on the…

…visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas,…

…the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need.

He…

…and the Buddha’s answer are found in the Jatukaṇṇi Sutta Snp.1007 Snp.1096–1100

…is recorded in the Bhūmiya Sutta. In this case we are told that Jayasena was pleased with the discourse and entertained Bhūmiya to his own dish…

…goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer. SN.i.165

…of life. Thag.111

Jenta²Purohitaputta

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his former pride and arrogance and how these have…

…which he decorated with much grandeur. Vin.ii.158f.

Jeta²

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…the latter, seeking a suitable place for the Buddha’s residence, discovered this park belonging to Jeta. Anāthapiṇḍika built in the…

…brahmin, son of Govinda, chaplain of Disampati. Jotipāla was a friend of Disampati’s son, Reṇu, who…

…According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika could not come to hold a discussion with the Buddha at Vesāli, he went to the…

…likewise. AN.iii.36f.

The Sutta Vibhaṅga Vin.iii.37f. contains the story of an arahant on whom a woman committed a misdemeanour while he was…

…him on many topics, such as: results of actions, AN.i.56 Nibbana here and now, AN.i.157 brahmins and the threefold knowledge, AN.i.166…

…the purgative acted, and suddenly remembered that he had omitted to ask the Buddha to bathe in warm water to complete the cure. The Buddha read…

…stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajātasattu visited the Buddha and the Sāmaññaphala Sutta was preached….

Kaccāna¹

See Mahā-Kaccāna, Pakudha-Kaccāna, Pubba-Kaccāna, Sambula-Kaccāna, Sabhiya-Kaccāna, etc. See also…

…Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

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Kakkaṭa²

An eminent monk mentioned, with Cāla, Upacāla, Kaḷimbha, Nikata and Kaṭissaha, as staying with the Buddha at the…

…entirely. DN.ii.92

Kakudha²

A deva who visited the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa, and asked him whether he experienced feelings…

…him by Cundaka; there he reassured Cunda, telling him that no blame attached to him for having provided the Buddha with the meal which was to be his…

…and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most eminent lay-supporters. DN.ii.7 In Kakusandha’s time a Māra, named Dūsī (a previous birth…

KalandagāmaKalandaKalaṇḍaka

A village near Vesāli; it was the birthplace of Sudinna. Vin.iii.11

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…the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149 it is stated that in Yona and in Kamboja, and also in the neighbouring countries, there were, in the…

…the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, DN.ii.290 MN.i.55 and the Ānañjasappāya Sutta. MN.ii.26 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.107f. contains a…

…remained standing. Surveying the assembly of monks gathered round the Buddha and observing their great silence, Kandaraka expressed his…

…the Buddha preached the Mahāsuññata Sutta. MN.iii.109

Mahānāma was the Buddha’s most frequent visitor; to him was preached the…

…Snp.1092–1095

Kappa²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the unattractiveness of the body. Thag.567–576 In the…

…in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as being one of the chief Yakkhas who should be invoked by followers of the Buddha when they need protection….

A building in the Jetavana where the Mahāpadāna Sutta was taught. DN.ii.1ff.

Jetavana3building

…a hall with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars, but with no walls.DN.ii.1 The monks seem to have been in the habit of sitting out here and…

…for Ghaṭīkāra.

Kassapa²

A monk whose admonition by his mother is recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.82

Kassapa³

A…

…Vin.i.312ff.

Kassapagotta²

A monk living in Pankadhā in the Kosala country. He heard the Buddha preach a sermon, but was not…

…the Buddha begging for alms, suggests that the Buddha should work for his living—plough and sow just as he does. The Buddha answers that he, too,…

…was expressed to the Buddha, by the two Pacceka-brahma, Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa. S.i.148.

…displayed his supernatural powers he gained the princess. DN.i.96f.

Kaṇha²

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta….

…is given in the Kantakī Sutta. SN.v.298f. The Buddha also stayed in this grove, and a sermon preached by him to the monks is recorded in the…

…the Kassapasīhanāda Sutta, DN.i.161 and again by Pasenadi, king of Kosala; to him he preached the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta….

…they left the monastery and retired to places of solitude, such as Gosiṅgasālavana. AN.v.133

…there, on which occasion he preached the Kesaputtiya Sutta. AN.i.188

Kosala3town

…him. The interview is recorded in the Kevaṭṭa Sutta. DN.i.211ff.

…to the Sutta Nipāta Snp.p.104 MN.ii.146f. it was owing to the elaborate preparations made by Keṇiya for the meal to the…

…the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in the Sūciloma Sutta. SN.i.207f. Snp.p.47f.

…who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that he made an offering of one flower, dwelt in heaven a long period, then became enlightened. Thag.96

…the Order. DN.ii.7

Khema²

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke several verses on the desirability of leading…

…there still clings to him a subtle remnant of the “I” conceit. It is said that as a result of the sermon Khemaka himself and sixty others…

…constant attendant of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.6

Khemaṅkara²KhemaKhemākara

The king of Khema or…

A mango grove near Benares. Udena once stayed there and preached the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. MN.ii.157

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A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…but rejecting the pleasures of the senses. Thig.139–144

Once when Khemā was at Toraṇavatthu, between Sāvatthī and Sāketa, Pasenadi,…

…feels. Thag.104

Khitaka²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who stands firm like a rock among painful experiences….

…laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their self-possession is corrupted and they fall from their state. DN.i.19 They were…

…pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

Māgadha3town

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

In three different places in the Aṅguttara Nikāya…

…in a bamboo grove where the Buddha stayed and where the Kimbila and Kimbilā Suttas were preached. AN.iii.247 SN.iv.181f. SN.v.322

Ayojjhā3park

…in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of…

…hearing of it, made an order to the monks prohibiting such conduct. Vin.iv.75f.

…a series of questions, such as whether the world is eternal, whether the Tathāgata lives after death, etc., all of which, Ānanda says, are…

…allowed himself to be persuaded on hearing the scheme explained.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 When the monks blamed Devadatta for his misdeeds,…

The full-moon day of the fourth month, Kattika, usually found in the phrase Komudi Cātumāsini. Vin.i.155 Vin.i.176f. DN.i.47 MN.iii.79 MN.iii.80

…a large banyan tree named Suppatiṭṭha. According to the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta, MN.ii.65 Thag.776.ff. in the Buddha’s day, too, the ruler…

…up food with his mouth only. Sunakkhatta saw him and greatly admired him, but the Buddha prophesied that Korakkhatta would, in seven days, die of…

…was king of Kāsi-Kosala. AN.v.59

27.517073, 82.0506191janapadaKosala²

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of names. MN.iii.70

…the west. Vin.i.277

The usual route from Rājagaha to Kosambī was up the river. This was the route taken by Ānanda when he went with five…

…Kassapa. Ud.iii.7

Kosiya²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses emphasize the importance of listening to a teacher and being reflective…

…body of officials, presumably police, who wore a distinguishing headdress with a drooping crest (lambacūḷakābhaṭā) They bore a bad…

Given as a name used ironically to insult another. Vin.iv.8

A class of spirits mentioned with Yakkhas, Asuras and Nāgas. They live in the South and Virūḷha is their king. DN.ii.257 DN.iii.198

…outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

A hell, or a period of suffering. It is equal to twelve Padumas. The Kokālika monk was born in Kumuda hell.SN.i.152f. Snp.p.126

5hell

…the preaching of the Vammika Sutta. MN.i.143ff.

Two verses of deep significance ascribed to Kumāra-Kassapa are found in the Theragāthā….

…Sutta, the Anañjasappāya Sutta, the Sammosa Sutta and the Ariyavasā Sutta. All these were preached at Kammāssadhamma, which is described as a…

…and the “Kinti” Sutta. MN.ii.238f. A third Kusinārā Sutta he preached while staying at Upavattana. AN.ii.79 Ud.iv.2

The people of…

KuveraKubera

King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lot …

The name of a river which flows out of the Kuṇāladaha. It dries up when, at the end of the aeon, the fourth sun rises.AN.iv.101

4river

…food tickets. AN.i.24

Kuṇḍadhāna was among those to whom the Buddha preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta, and was therefore probably a friend…

…in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she received the Buddha’s…

A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…monk was so called because he obtained insight in a hut. Thag.56

Kuṭivihārī²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse is an…

…are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Korakkhattiya will, after his death from epilepsy, be born among…

…there. On this occasion the Buddha preached the Mahā-Suññatā Sutta. MN.iii.109

…SN.v.358f.

Kāliṅga²

A country. It is one of the seven political divisions mentioned in the time of the mythical king Reṇu…

Kālāma¹

The name of a family. Mention is made of a town belonging to them in Kosala, which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by…

…recorded in the Kāmabhū Sutta. SN.iv.165 Two other suttas bearing the same name record visits paid to Kāmabhū by Cittagahapati at…

…the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the Four Great Kings-versed in craft, hoodwinking wizards, clever…

…detailed in the Caṅkī Sutta. At the end of the discussion the youth declared himself a disciple of the Buddha. MN.ii.168ff. In the Sutta…

…very frequently mentioned as such in the Jātakas and elsewhere. Kāsi was once ruled by the Bhāratas, one of whom, Dhataraṭṭha, was its king…

…company of monks. On one such occasion the Buddha is said to have given Ānanda an opportunity of asking him to continue to live for a whole…

…AN.v.46f.

Kāḷī²

Maidservant of Videhikā of Sāvatthī. Videhikā was reputed to be gentle and meek, but Kāḷī, who was…

…of Assaji and Punabbasu, who lived there, behaving in a shameless and wicked manner. A certain monk, on his way to Jetavana, passed through…

…to be successful, he consulted the Buddha on the holding of sacrifices. The Buddha preached to him the Kūṭadanta Sutta. At the end of the…

…of monks had committed suicide as a result of a sermon he had preached to them before his retreat on the un-loveliness of the body. He then…

…Moggallāna related his vision, some of the monks blamed him for claiming superhuman powers, but the Buddha declared him free from blame….

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the…

…rough and greedy fellows; such presents as are sent by the members of their tribe sugar cane, jujubes, sweet cakes, sweetmeats, etc. they loot…

…SN.iv.117ff.

Lohicca²

A brahmin of Sālāvatikā. He once conceived the idea that a samaṇa or recluse who had reached a good…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. When Lomasakaṅgiya again confessed his ignorance, Candana taught him the verses, and then the former packed…

…the Buddha was born. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.683 it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sākyans, in the Lumbineyya…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…of whom was Mahānāma.

Sudhamma Thera also lived there, and the place was visited by Sāriputta and Moggalāna and also by Acela Kassapa….

A country, with its people, included in the traditional list of the sixteen Great Nations AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

The Macchā country lay to the south or south west of Indraprastha and …

…it severely. As the Buddha suffered much from loss of blood, the monks took him on a litter to Maddakucchi, and from there to the Jīvakambavana,…

…capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging…

…Ānanda did this very successfully, and this pattern has been adopted for the robes of members of the Order ever since….

…during his stay there with Ānanda he preached the Makhādeva Sutta. MN.ii.74

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…to the Mahāgovinda Sutta DN.ii.220.ff. it was the capital of Avanti and was founded at the same time as Campā.

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The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

…followers and those who consulted him were Sonakutikanna, Isidatta, Avantiputta, Lohicca, Ārāmadaṇḍa, and Kandarāyana.

He often stayed in…

…does not know his own measure.“ Ānanda, annoyed at being called “boy,” protests “Surely my head is growing grey hairs, your…

…SN.ii.112f. the Sīla Sutta on religious discipline, SN.iii.165ff. three suttas on the nature of arising, two on satisfaction,…

…large swarthy woman sitting surrounded by bones in the charnel ground, evidently a practitioner of asceticism. He expresses the wish to never be…

…as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This conversation resulted from Mahāli having heard the Sakkapañha Sutta.

…He was also consulted by those, such as Vacchagotta, SN.iv.391ff. and Vappa, AN.ii.196ff. eager to learn from him the teachings of…

…AN.iii.451

Mahānāma²

A Licchavi. One day while walking about in the Mahāvana in Vesāli he saw some young Licchavis paying…

…Buddha he refused it, and suggested it should be given to the Order as a whole. Pajāpatī was greatly disappointed, and Ānanda intervened. But…

…explained in the Mahāpurisa Sutta SN.v.158 and the Vassakāra Sutta. AN.ii.35f.

Bāvarī had three Mahāpurisalakkhaṇā; he could touch his…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

…and dry up only when four suns appear in the world. These seven lakes are Anotattā, Sīhapapātā, Rathakāra, Kappamundā, Kuṇālā,…

Chief queen of Mahāsudassana. DN.ii.169ff. Aii.189 SN.iii.145

The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.

…wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madhupiṇḍika…

A king of long ago, whose exemplary sacrifice, held under the direction of his chaplain, is narrated in the Kūṭadanta Sutta.

…made of silver….

…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…

…with such loss to many folk, such discomfort, such sorrow to devas and men, as Makkhali, the infatuate. AN.i.33 The Buddha also considered his view…

…was a girl; but the Buddha assured him that women were sometimes wiser than men. SN.i.86f.

Only one instance is on record of Mallikā asking a…

…capital of Kusa and Mahāsudassana. They were regarded, together with the Vajjis, as a typical example of a republic. MN.i.231 The chief Mallas…

…The Buddha stayed in the mango grove to the north of the village, and, during one such stay, preached the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.235

in…

The capital city where King Koñca lived, whose daughter was Sumedhā Therī. Thig.450

4town

…that in a trice they could assume any colour they desired, produce any sound, and obtain any happiness. Anuruddha tested their claims and found them…

…shoulder. Then the master suggested that they should watch and look after each other during their performances. But Medakathalikā said that each…

…the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was preached the Dhammacetiya Sutta. This was the last time that Pasenadi saw the…

…however, Meghiya was consumed by evil thoughts and returned to the Buddha. The Buddha preached to him on the five things which make the heart…

…Tissa of the Tissa Metteyya Sutta. His personal name, too, was Tissa, but he was better known by his clan name of Metteyya. In a verse in the…

…They, therefore, persuaded a nun named Mettiyā to go to the Buddha and accuse Dabba of having violated her chastity. The charge was…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

MeṇḍasiraMeṇḍasīsa

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of realizing release from suffering after many lifetimes. Thag.78

…him in the river and assured him he was doing a service to the monks by helping them to commit suicide. This encouraged him, and he put to…

…on his immense wealth. But the Buddha reminds him that Migāra’s treasure is not real treasure in that it is subject to various dangers fire,…

…Moggallāna was left to supervise the work with five hundred other monks. Moggallāna made use of his iddhi powers in order to expedite and…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…there the Makhādeva Sutta MN.ii.74 and the Brahmāyu Sutta. MN.ii.133

It was also in Mithilā that the Therī Vāsetthī Thig.135 first…

…and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were preached there. DN.iii.36ff. MN.ii.1 MN.ii.29

The Moranivāpa was on the bank of the Sumāgadhā and the…

…and preached the Kakacūpama Sutta. MN.i.122ff.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.12f. is recorded a discussion between Moliya Phagguna and the…

…Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humour, change of season, stress of untoward…

…the Buddha’s body and holding his hood over the Buddha’s head. Vin.i.3 Ud.ii.1

Mucalinda²

One of the chief Yakkhas to be…

A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298

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…being freed. Thig.2

Muttā ²

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of being freed from three crooked things. Thig.11

Muttā…

…Treasurer, Piyaka, consulted the Elder Nārada who lived at Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta and persuaded him to visit the king. Nārada…

…Candappajjota of Ujjeni was suffering from jaundice, Bimbisāra sent him his own personal physician, Jīvaka.

In Māgadha was the real birth of…

…desiring.

Māgaṇḍiya²

A Paribbājaka. The Buddha was once staying in the fire hut of the brahmin Bhāradvājaggotta at…

…the Majjhima Nikāya are two suttas—the Cūḷamālunkyā MN.i.426ff. and the Mahāmālunkyā MN.i.432ff. —both evidently preached before…

…Mānatthaddha became the Buddha’s follower. SN.i.177f.

Mānatthaddha²

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.71

…as given in the Padhāna Sutta. They assume numerous forms of varying age and charm, full of blandishment, but their attempt is vain, and they…

…the Mahāsamaya Sutta, DN.ii.258 Mātali is described as a Gandhabba chief, while in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is…

MātulaMatula

A village in Māgadha, where the Buddha stayed and where he preached the Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta. Aiii.58

Māgadha3town

…of the Buddha, and wife of Suddhodana of the Sakyan clan. DN.ii.52 Thag.534 Thig.162 She died seven days after giving birth to the Buddha in…

…for in the Cūḷa-Suññatā Sutta, Ānanda is reported as reminding the Buddha that once, while staying at Nagaraka, the Buddha had…

A brahmin village in Kosala where the Buddha once stayed during a tour and where he preached the Nagaravindeyya Sutta. M.iii.290

Kosala3town

…his children. She spoke with such conviction that Nakulapitā regained his composure of mind and grew well. Later he visited the Buddha and told him…

…his children. She spoke with such conviction that Nakulapitā regained his composure of mind and grew well. Later he visited the Buddha and told him…

…Sutta. MN.i.238

Nanda²

The Buddha’s half-brother. He became a monk, but was dissatisifed due to longing for his beautiful…

…in due season.

Nandaka²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how a horse might stumble but then recovers and stands firm….

…satisfied. SN.i.62

Nandana²Nandanavana

The chief of the parks in Tāvatiṃsā, where the inhabitants of Tāvatiṃsā, headed by…

A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandā and Sundarīnandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

…such as he. Thag.25

Nandiya²

A Sakyan layman. He visited the Buddha at the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu and had a discussion with him…

…Vin.iv.259

Nandā²

Declared by the Buddha AN.i.25 to be foremost among nuns in jhāna. She is evidently to be identified…

…tree and asked him what pleasure he found in his contemplations. When the Buddha explained to him how he had found liberty, the Brahmin was pleased…

…preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 There were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta…

Nemi¹

A servitor of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

Nemi²

A Pacceka Buddha, perhaps the same as Nimi. MN.iii.70

…him, and, later, Brahmā persuaded him to preach the Dhamma. Vin.i.1ff. Snp.425ff. SN.i.103f. SN.i.122 SN.i.136ff. SN.v.167 SN.v.185…

…Nāṭaputta tries, without success, to dissuade Sīha, general of the Licchavis, from visiting the Buddha. AN.iv.180ff. Sīha goes and is…

…joy, but this is not mentioned in the Udumbarika Sīhanāda. DN.iii.57

Nigrodha²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of…

…grove in Rājagaha. The Buddha says that there he once gave Ānanda the chance of asking him to live for…

…DN.ii.91f.

Nikata²

One of several eminent theras mentioned as staying in the Kūṭāgārasāla in Vesāli. When the Buddha…

A hell, or a period of suffering. Equal to twenty Abbudas. Snp.p.126 SN.i.149

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…Aṅguttara Nikāyas and the Sutta Nipāta contain a list of hells: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala,…

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that…

…of snakes, though they can assume human form at will. The Vinaya Vin.ii.109 contains a list of four royal families of Nāgas (Ahirājakulāni):…

…breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.83

One day, when entering the city for alms, he saw a nautch girl gaily dressed, dancing to the…

…verse speaks of the unique efficacy of practicing the Buddha’s path. Thag.86

Nāgita²

For some time the personal attendant of…

…who had to make use of his supernatural power to remove him from his place. The Buddha spoke to him, suffusing him with all the love at his…

…everything else, and his treasurer, Piyaka, suggested that he should visit Nārada. The king agreed, and Nārada preached to him on the inevitable…

…to the Kevaṭṭa Sutta, DN.i.211 in the Buddha’s time Nāḷandā was already an influential and prosperous town, thickly populated,…

NāṭasuriyāNātapuriya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.200

5town

A monk whose Theragāthā verse asks when the lazy fool will ever escape suffering. Thag.84

A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…to the Brāhmaṇa-Dhammika Sutta, Snp.p.52ff. it was during the time of Okkāka that the brahmins started their practice of slaughtering animals…

…MN.ii.200

Opamañña²

A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He…

…and the Buddha is recorded in the Mahāli Sutta. DN.i.150ff.

…as Paccekabrahmā—e.g., Subrahmā, Suddhāvāsa and Tudu. I have not come across any explanation of this term. It may designate a Brahmā who…

…a religion. In the Isigili Sutta MN.iii.68ff. appears a long list of Pacceka Buddhas who dwelt on the Isigili Mountain, and after whom the…

An Asura chief. DN.ii.259 At the Nalerupucimaṇḍa in Verañja he visited the Buddha. In answer to a question, Pahārāda tells the Buddha that…

…to have stayed there….

…he was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the…

…between seven elementary substances. In other words, there is no such act as killing, or hearing, or knowing, etc.; no conceptions of, or…

…The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462

near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park

…DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…the highest stage of the sensuous universe.

They are described AN.i.210 SN.v.410 SN.v.423 DN.ii.91 DN.iii.218 as “beings who desire the creation…

…discussed in the Brahmajāla Sutta, for instance, and described as those of “Eel wrigglers” and “Hair splitters”, were undoubtedly truly…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the superiority of the taste of Dhamma over all other flavors. Thag.91

…are born among them as a result of absorbing the idea of untarnished brilliancy.MN.iii.102 MN.iii.147 They belong to the plane of the third…

A class of devas belonging to the Subha Devas. MN.iii.102 Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhāna.

…him the Samaṇamaṇḍikā Sutta. MN.ii.23ff.

The Anuruddha Sutta MN.iii.144ff. contains a discussion between Anuruddha and Abhiya Kaccāna,…

A brahmin village of Māgadha. For an episode connected with it see Piṇḍa Sutta. SN.i.113

Māgadha3town

…At first they refused to pay heed to him, but gradually his powers of persuasion won their hearts and they became his first disciples.

…is probably this same deva who is mentioned as a Mahāyakkha in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.205 who is to be invoked by the Buddha’s…

…days. In the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta, MN.i.31f. Moggallāna tells Sāriputta that, one day, when begging alms in Rājagaha, he came to the house of…

…is recorded in the Kandaraka Sutta. When Pessa had left, the Buddha is reported to have said that he was a man of great understanding, and that had…

…illness by the Buddha on the suggestion of Ānanda. The Buddha found Phagguna in bed and grievously ill, and he talked to him and comforted him….

…different occasions Pilinda suffered from various ailments and the Buddha had to give permission for the provision of suitable remedies….

…led to the preaching of the Cullahatthipadopama Sutta. MN.i.175ff.

…for alms, Sakka, with Sujātā, waited for him in the guise of a weaver, and his wife gave him a meal. When Kassapa discovered this, he asked…

…He visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha preached to him the Cūḷasāropama Sutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s…

…as recorded in the Piṅgiya Sutta, Snp.1120–1123 because of his feebleness, he failed to reach any attainment. Thereupon he praised the Buddha…

…list. MN.iii.69

Piṇḍola²Bhāradvāja

An arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any…

…his pupil. Snp.594 In the Subha Sutta, MN.ii.200ff. Subha Todeyyaputta, another disciple, is reported to have said that Pokkharasāti—here…

…his hasty reply.

For details see Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. MN.iii.207ff.

…in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta. Poṭṭhapāda, accepting the Buddha’s views, was jeered at by his companions for doing so. Two or three days…

…in comparison with the deep gold of the Buddha’s body. DN.ii.130ff.

Pukkusa²

The name of a caste, classified among the…

…the Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta. Pukkusāti recognised the Buddha at the end of the sermon and begged his forgiveness for not having paid him due…

…Yakkha. SN.i.210

Punabbasu²

One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Panabbasukā, and, together with the followers of…

…One evening towards sunset, when the Buddha was at Jetavana, she, with her daughter Uttarā on her hip and the boy’s hand in hers, came…

…Vin.ii.189f.

Purāṇa²

A chamberlain of Pasenadi. He was the brother of Isidatta and the father of Migasālā. In his later years…

A hell; it is a period of suffering in Avīci, equal to twenty Uppalakā. SN.i.152 Snp.p.126

5hell

…virtue. Thag.70

Puṇṇa²

A servitor who held the oblation ladles for the seven sages, mentioned in the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.157…

…Snp.1043–1048

Puṇṇaka²

A Yakkha chief mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 among those to be invoked by followers…

…and wise one knows the rise and passing away of the world. Thag.10

Puṇṇamāsa²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of…

Puṇṇikā²

A slave girl of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.201

…moon. Thig.3

Puṇṇā²Puṇṇikā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses argue that bathing cannot purify oneself….

…found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing through…

…Thag.116

Pārāsariya²

A brahmin teacher mentioned in the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. He is said, by his pupil Uttara, to have taught…

…It consists of sixteen suttas preceded by an introduction. The introduction describes how Bāvarī first heard of the coming of the Buddha…

…Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were engaged in building fortifications there in order to repel the Vajjīs. The Buddha…

…and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi general Ajita would be born in Mahā Niraya,…

…rules are included, in the Sutta Vibhaṅga, which contains besides the rules themselves, an old Commentary explaining them and a new Commentary…

…Yasa Kākandakaputta and Sumana. Vin.ii.301ff. In this connection the Pāveyyakā are also described as “Pacchimikā” in opposition to the…

…to the Saṅgīti Sutta, at the time the Buddha was staying at Pāvā, the Mallas had just completed their new Mote hall, Ubbhataka, and,…

…mango grove at Nāḷandā where the Buddha stayed when on a visit there. DN.ii.81 It was there that he…

…Pāyāsi appointed him to supervise the distribution. After death, Pāyāsi was born among the Cātummahārājika gods while Uttara was born in…

…in the Sāmmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.53 AN.iii.383 is attributed to Makkhali Gosāla.

His gotta name was Kassapa. He had a following of five…

…Some of them live in the sea. Thag.931…

…cool. Thag.79

Rakkhita²Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa

A forest tract near the village of Pārileyya. There the Buddha retired and lived at…

…in the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta. MN.ii.54ff.

The Vinaya Vin.iii.148 contains a stanza quoted by the Buddha, in which Raṭṭhapāla’s…

…path. Thag.645–658

Revata²Kaṅkhārevata

The Buddha declared him chief of the monks who practised jhāna.AN.i.24 Ud.v.9 Thag.3…

Son and successor of King Disampati. On the death of his father Reṇu, with the advice and co operation of his chief steward Jotipāla, who was also…

Rohinī¹

The Therīgāthā Thig.271–290 contains a set of verses spoken by her in exaltation, when, after becoming an arahant, she…

…ocean to the eastern. With such a stride, he had travelled for one hundred years, and yet failed to reach the world’s end, where there was no…

Rohīnī²

A small river dividing the Sākyan and Koliyan countries. A dam was constructed across the river, and the people on the two…

…Ānanda had need of it, and accepted it with the Buddha’s permission. Vin.i.296

Rojā²

A class of devas, present at the preaching of…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…contains a large number of suttas preached by the Buddha in answer to Rādha’s questions on various topics.

If the reference is to this same…

…the four “stains” of the Sun and the Moon, preventing them from shining in all their glory.AN.ii.53 Vin.ii.295 He is further mentioned as one of…

…the Mahā Rāhulovāda Sutta. Two other suttas, also called Rāhulovāda, one included in the Saṃyutta and the other in the Aṅguttara,…

…name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.

On the…

…to Rājagaha, by way of the usual places. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during…

…the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment….

…years of age, and was consulted by Yasa, Soreyya Revata, and others, in connection with the Vajjiputta heresy at the Second Council. He was, at…

Sabbamitta

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the suffering inherent in relationships. Thag.149–150

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya, and Yasa followed him,…

…Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali²

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of…

…from Sahampati the assurance that all the Buddhas of the past had also had no other teacher than the Dhamma discovered by them. Similar…

…because he married the Asura maiden Sujā

Elsewhere DN.ii.270 MN.i.252 Sakka is addressed as Kosiya.

He is also spoken of as Yakkha. MN.i.252…

…and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He…

…eye. Thig.97–101

Sakulā²

Sister of Somā. They were both wives of Pasenadi and followers of the Buddha. Once, when Pasenadi was…

…Thag.6

Sambhūta²Sānavāsī

When the Vajjiputtaka heresy arose, his help was sought by Yasa Kākandakaputta. At that time…

…of the Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. MN.iii.207 In the sutta the Buddha speaks of Samiddhi as a foolish man, and Samiddhi is also teased by…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of experiencing the suffering caused by kamma in the past. Thag.81

A monk whom Devadatta persuaded to join him in trying to bring about schism in the Order.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 He was a favourite of Thullanandā….

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…In the Aṅgaṇa Sutta, Moggallāna tells Sāriputta how he once saw Samīti shaping a felloe; by his side, Paṇḍuputta was watching,…

…preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

In the Janavasabha Sutta, Janavasabha describes to the Buddha an occasion on which Sanaṅkumāra…

…preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.

It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Kaccāyano. SN.ii.153 He asks the Buddha…

…with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.

In the Aṅguttara he is mentioned in a list of…

…was unable to develop concentration. This so distressed him that he was about to commit suicide, when, inward vision suddenly expanding, he attained…

…MN.iii.70

Sarabhaṅga²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of living in a hut of reeds he built himself. By practicing the…

…questions on different…

A class of Devas, among whom virtuous men, such as those that maintain their parents and engage in harmless trades, are born. Snp.404

…any hate. Thag.48

Sañjaya²

In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was Sañjaya who started the story…

…lived in cells, caves, etc., sustaining himself on samādhi. One day, when in a state of trance in a forest, woodmen, thinking him dead, burnt his…

…SN.v.121f. contains a sutta in which the brahmin Saṅgārava visits the Buddha and asks him why he can remember certain mantras with great…

…like a dog. After his visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Kukkuravatika Sutta, he joined the Order and, in due course, became an…

…DN.iii.205

Serissaka¹Serīsaka

A vimāna in the Cātummahārājika world, which was occupied by Pāyāsi during his life…

…class at one gate, and the result was that his gifts were not given at all. He then decreed that out of all his revenues one half should be given…

…was the Siṃsapāvana, where Kumāra Kassapa lived, and where he preached the Pāyāsi Sutta to the brahmin Pāyāsi, who held a royal fief…

A monk of Sāvatthī who was found guilty of various Vinaya offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend and his evil genius. Vin.iii.110f.

…by Pañcasikha….

…Sirivaḍḍha and Canda among men,

• and Cittā and Suguttā among women.

SineruMahāneruMeruSumeruHemameru

A mountain, forming the center of the world. MN.i.338 DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad….

…speak of remaining still in mind amid praise and blame. Thag.159–160

Sirimā²

Sirimā is mentioned in a list of eminent…

…Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasenadi, who once sent a message through him to Ānanda….

…83.34133parkSiṃsapāvana²Sīsapāvane

A grove in Kosambī, where the Buddha once stayed. SN.v.437

25.37131,…

…Buddha. MN.iii.71

Sobhita²

A monk who was foremost among those who could remember past births. AN.i.25 Thag.165–166

He was once…

A hell, or a period of suffering in Avīci. SN.i.102 Snp.126

5hell

…Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

…SN.i.129 Thig.60–62

Somā²

Sister of Sakulā and queen of Pasenadi. She was a devout follower of the Buddha. MN.ii.125 She is…

…only child. Thag.33

Sopāka²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that he walked with the Buddha when aged seven, and answered his…

…in the Mahāgovinda Sutta. DN.ii.235

In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.

Eder,…

…Thag.365–369

Soṇa²KoḷivisaSukhumāla

A monk, foremost in those who strive energetically. AN.i.24 His hands and feet were…

…in the Soṇadaṇḍa Sutta. At the end of the discourse, Soṇadaṇḍa expressed his appreciation of the Buddha and his doctrine, and…

…Buddha. AN.iv.348

Soṇā²Bahuputtikā

A Therī. She was declared foremost among nuns for capacity of effort. She had ten sons and…

…Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Subha²TodeyyaputtaBhāradvāja

A young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking…

Subhadda¹

When the Buddha died and the monks stood weeping, Subhadda asked them to rejoice instead, saying— “We are well rid of the…

…he preached the Brahmanimantanika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 It was under a sāla tree in Subhagavana that the Mūlapariyāya Sutta was preached….

SubhakinnāSubhakiṇṇāSubhakiṇhā

A class of Brahmas who occupy the ninth Rūpa-world; a division of the Subha devā.MN.iii.102 DN.ii.69…

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā….

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, when someone lives the wrong way they blame their bad luck, and praises one who only speaks about what they actually do. Thag.320–324

He was declared chief of those who lived remote and in peace, and of those who were worthy of gifts. AN.i.24 The Buddha also praised his skill in meditation. Ud.vi.7

A verse attributed to him is incl …

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the…

Subāhu¹

He was the son of a seṭṭhi family of Benares, and was the friend of Yasa. When Yasa and his companions joined the Order…

…denial. He lived neither by such low arts as divination, nor by star gazing, going errands, or palmistry. Sucimukhī understood, and went about…

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Nephew of Pasenadi. The Buddha taught him a stanza to recite whenever Pasenadi sat down to a meal, in order that the king might observe moderation in eating. For this service Pasenadi paid him one hun …

A Brahma world; one of the Suddhāvāsā. Five kinds of Anāgāmīs are born there. MN.i.289 DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā. The inhabitants of this world are friendly with those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237…

…SN.i.53

Sudatta³SudantaKumāputtassa therassa sahāyaka

A monk whose Theragāthā verse criticizes those who wander unrestrained….

An eminent lay woman disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.347

A Pacceka Brahmā who, with Subrahmā, went to visit the Buddha, but, finding him in meditation during the noonday heat, went to see a certain…

SuddhikabhāradvājaSuddhikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the…

…had also a daughter called Sundarī Nandā. When the Buddha ordained both Rāhula and Nanda, Suddhodana was greatly distressed lest other parents…

SuddhāvāsakāyikādevāSuddhāvāsakāyikā

A group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three…

…Avihā, Atappā, Sudassā, Sudassī and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there they attain arahantship.

The Buddha is…

Sudhamma¹

He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambātakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his…

…wealth for want of an heir. Sudinna agreed, and had intercourse three times with her. She became pregnant, and in due course a son was born, who…

A Pacceka Buddha in a nominal list. MN.iii.70

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth after one rainy season, then attaining the Dhamma. Thag.24

A monk whose Theragāthā verse cryptically speaks of 100 signs. Thag.106

A monk who the Buddha commended on his spiritual and physical beauty. SN.ii.278f.

Sujātā¹

The foremost laywoman in being first to go for refuge. DN.ii.135 AN.i.26

Sujātā²

A lay woman of Ñātikā. The…

Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Sumana¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of having accomplished all that he was aksed to do….

Sumanā¹Sumanārājakumārī

She was the daughter of the king of Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She is included among the eminent…

Sumaṅgala¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of being well rid of three crooked things, and exhorts himself to meditation….

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses celebrate her freedom from household drudgery and her brutal husband. Thig.23–24

Sumbha¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Sumbha²

A country in which was Desaka, where Udāyi visited the Buddha during a stay,…

She was the daughter of King Koñca of Mantāvatī. Her Therīgāthā verses, of which she has the greatest number of any of the nuns, speak of the emptiness of the home life and the advantages of going for …

A Yakkha chief, to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205

…in Queen Udumbarika’s park. The Buddha was walking about in the open air near Sumāgadhā, just before he preached the…

…Sutta. MN.i.68ff. The Sunakkhatta Sutta MN.ii.252ff. was evidently preached to Sunakkhatta before he joined the Order, while the Pātika…

…into her mouth. A doubt arose in his mind as to whether any blame attached to him and he consulted the Buddha, who said that as Sundara had not…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses tell of how he was tempted by a courtesan. She showed herself to him, decked and adorned and wearing golden slippers, and invited him in with seductive manner. But seein …

…between the Buddha and Sundarika is given in the Sutta Nipāta too, Snp.p.79f. but there the details differ greatly, though the topic of…

…SN.i.167…

…Roar.

Sundarī¹Sundarikā

A Paribbājikā. She listened to the persuasions of her colleagues, the heretics, and would be seen in…

Sundarīnandā¹

Younger sister of Thullanandā; she had two other sisters, Nandā and Nandavatī. Sāḷha Migāranattā seduced her, and…

…various other worlds. Then Sunetta, seeing that some among his disciples were as good as himself, developed mettā to a much greater degree; but…

A minister of Māgadha, who, with Vassakāra, was in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built in order to repel the Vajjīs. These two are always mentioned together. They invited the Buddha to a …

A devaputta, king of the Nimmānaratī world. SN.iv.280 AN.iv.243

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who understands the mind, practicing jhāna happily. Thag.85

…permission, he returned to Sunāparanta. The people of Sunāparanta were reported as being fierce and violent. MN.iii.268…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his humble origins and how he bowed and scaped before many people, until he was lifted up by the Buddha. Practcing in the forest he realized the Dhamma, so that …

An upāsikā of Rājagaha. She held the view that one who offered herself for sexual intercourse gave the supreme gift. Vin.iii.39

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.70

…in the world would change Suppabuddha. Soon after, Suppabuddha visited the Buddha, and, having worshipped him, was on his way to the city when he…

A Yakkha, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.205

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35

near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine

…Koravya visited Sakka and consulted him. Sakka sent a squall to punish the deva and made the deva appear before him full of repentance. Then Sakka…

SuppavāsāKoliyadhītā

A lay woman who lived in the Koliyan village of Sajjanela, where the Buddha visited her and preached to her on the efficacy…

Suppiya¹

A Paribbājaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park,…

Suppiyā¹

The name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa….

…the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined…

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her,…

A monks whose Theragāthā verses speak of attaining the goal of the spiritual life. Thag.135–136

SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri

A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the advantages of associating with good people. Thag.75

Susīma¹

A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all…

A stream at Sāvatthī. Anuruddha is mentioned as having stayed near by. SN.v.297

Sāvatthī3river

SutanāSudhanā

An eminent upāsikā. AN.iv.347

Sutavā¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Sutavā²

A wanderer who visited the Buddha on Gijjhakūṭa…

The name of a country and its inhabitants. MN.i.225

It is that part of Videha which is opposite Māgadha, on the other side of the Ganges.

that part of Videha which is opposite Māgadha, on the other …

…and asked him to fight the Asuras. Suvīra agreed to do this, but was very lazy about it. This happened three times. Sakka admonished him after the…

…devaputta, chief of the Yāma-devas. AN.iv.242 DN.i.217

Suyāma²Suyāmana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses…

…Sāgata was endowed with supernatural power, and the overseers, who went to visit the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa, were very impressed by his…

…Bhūta Thera was born in a suburb of Sāketa.

The Vinaya Vin.i.270f. mentions another seṭṭhi of Sāketa. His wife had suffered for seven…

…states, in the Aggañña Sutta, that the Sākyans were vassals of King Pasenadi of Kosala. D.iii.83 (Sakyā … Pasenadi-Kosalassa anuyuttā…

SālavatikāSālavatī

A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached. DN.i.224

Kosala3town

…brahmin village of Kosala, its inhabitants were called Sāleyyakā. The Apaṇṇaka Sutta and the Saleyyaka Sutta were preached there. MN.i.285…

…according to the Pāsādika Sutta, DN.iii.117 the Buddha was in the mango grove of the Vedhaññā Sākiyans when the news, as given in the…

…Thig.37–38

Sāmā²Aparasāmā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of how, despite having gone forth for 25 years,…

…thus to ensure for him supreme happiness. Sānu lost his intellectual discernment and grew distraught and longed to go roaming. His former…

…by the other monks, and often praised by the Buddha. He features in many Suttas as a teacher. He passed away shortly before the Buddha.

…whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

4hill

…and the assembled monks the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta. MN.i.256ff.

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

…and the vast bulk of all Suttas are set there.

His first visit there was at the invitation of Anāthapiṇḍika. The chief patrons of the…

…Vin.iv.211f.

Sāḷha²

A Licchavi, who once visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā. AN.ii.200

Sāḷha³

A…

…the Buddha set forth.

Sīha²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of remaining vigilent by day and night….

…years she tried, without success, to concentrate her mind. Then she tied a noose round her neck and fastened the end to a tree, and in this…

Māra once tempted her with thoughts of sensual pleasures, but she sent him away discomfited Thig.190–203 SN.i.133f.

…trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155f. When the Buddha was staying there, Māra asked him to die….

…of need. DN.iii.205

Sīvaka²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says his preceptor, Vanavaccha, asked him to go from here, and that though…

…asked him a question regarding the origin of various persuasions, and the Buddha answered him.

…he preached the Dīghanakha Sutta to Dīghanakha. Sāriputta was also present, and the sutta led to his attainment of arahantship. MN.i.497…

A messenger of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

An eminent lay disciple, declared by the Buddha foremost among his followers in unwavering loyalty. AN.i.26 AN.iii.451

One of the sixteen Great Nations. It is mentioned with Maccha, and was located in the south of the Kuru country. Its capital was Mathurā. It is famous in the Epics and the Purānas because of its conne …

…his way to a park, spoke insultingly to him, and, as a result, was born as a leper in this birth. Ud.v.3

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.92f.…

…said DN.ii.116 that on one such occasion the Buddha gave Ānanda the chance of asking him to live for a whole kappa, but Ānanda failed to make…

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana…

…Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such householders, but nothing further is known of him. AN.iii.451

…Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such householders, but nothing further is known of him. AN.iii.451

…Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such householders, but nothing further is known of him. AN.iii.451

…verses speak of how, by recollecting the triple Gem and the four immeasurables, he overcomes lack of food and comfort. Thag.381–386

…and gave vent to her displeasure at what she considered Kassapa’s presumption. But we are told that soon after that she left the Order….

…The village of Uttarakā belonged to them, and when the Buddha was staying there with Sunakkhatta, the latter was greatly taken up with the…

A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268

He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa²

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his…

…of Rāmaputta.

Todeyya²

A disciple of Bāvarī. Snp.1006 He visited the Buddha, and his questions, with the answers given by the…

A lay disciple of Ñātika who died and was reborn in the Suddhāvāsa, there to attain Nibbāna. SN.v.358 DN.ii.92

…end allowed himself to be persuaded, and told Tālapuṭa that those who induce sensual states in others will be reborn in purgatory. Tālapuṭa…

…It was on this occasion that Sāriputta recited the Saṅgīti Sutta. DN.iii.207ff.

Pāvā3building

…Buddha. SN.i.173f.

Udaya²

A brahmin, pupil of Bāvarī. When his turn came to question the Buddha, he asked him to explain…

…he had no justification for such a claim.

Again, in the Pāsādika Sutta DN.iii.126–127 the Buddha tells Cunda that when Uddaka said “seeing,…

…Buddha. SN.iv.110f.

Udena²

A thera. He once stayed, after the Buddha’s death, in the Khemiyambavana near Benares. There the brahmin…

…was— “Would that my son, Udāyibhadda, might have such calm as this.”. DN.i.50

…to him. AN.iii.184

Udāyī²

There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one is meant….

…veneration. AN.ii.180

Ugga²

A householder of Hatthigāma of the Vajji country. Among householders he was declared by the Buddha to be…

…to be married. The Buddha preached to them the Uggaha Sutta. AN.iii.36ff.

…the Buddha at Jetavana to consult him as to the efficacy of the sacrifice. Three times he told the Buddha that he had heard that the laying down of…

…Sutta. MN.iii.70

Ujjaya²

A monk whose verse is in the Theragāthā. Thag.67

Ujjaya³

A brahmin. He once went to the…

…of the loss the Order had sustained by their death. SN.v.163f.

The Cūḷagopālaka Sutta was also preached at Ukkacela….

…that the Mūlapariyāya Sutta MN.i.1ff. was preached.

In the Brahmanimantika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 the Buddha says that it was while he…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…tried to arouse in her sensual desires, but she vanquished him and became an arahant. This account is found in both the Therīgāthā and the…

…born in Avihā.

Upaka²Maṇḍikāputta

He once visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa and stated before him his view that whoever…

…later. Vin.i.83

Upananda²

Four Pacceka Buddhas, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta….

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

…the Buddha, in order to disabuse his mind, preached to him the Mahā Sudassana Sutta. DN.ii.169f.

26.73012,83.898632park

…on which Upavāna consulted the Buddha on matters of doctrine, once regarding the arising of suffering SN.ii.41–2 and once on the…

The name of the Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power,…

Uppala¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

Uppala²

A hell realm. SN.i.152 Snp.p.126

5hell

…Uppalavaṇṇā are the measure of his women disciples, and that the believing nun, if she would aspire perfectly, should aspire to be like them….

…dwell in solitude.

Upāli²

A lad of Rājagaha. His parents, wishing him to live a life of ease, did not have him instructed in any of…

…the householder Tapassu arrived and told Ānanda that be could not understand how young men in the prime of life found any attraction in…

…came to the Buddha and assumed various wondrous shapes, beautiful and ugly. Another time Māra tried to fill the Buddha’s mind with doubt as…

…The Buddha asked him to consult with his pupils, and they cut off their hair and threw it with their sacrificial utensils into the river and were…

…the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta. MN.ii.125ff.

It was here too that Nigaṇṭha Kassapa came to see the Buddha. This visit is recorded in the…

…insight. Thag.110

Usabha ²

After entering a town for alms while riding an elephant, he became ashamed and attained enlightenment….

…Thig.42–44

Uttamā²

A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tell of how, as a daughter of the Buddha, she has developed…

…Thag.121–122

Uttara²

A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162

Uttara³

A devaputta who…

…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…

Uttarakā²

A village of the Thūlūs. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was…

…as she passed Jetavana at sunset looking for food, with her daughter on her hip and holding her son by his finger, she saw the assembly, intently…

…awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

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

…and horses were brought down for sāle from there to such cities as Benares.

???3region

…Buddha’s answers.

Uttiya²

One of four monks with similar Theragāthā verses, the others being Godhika, Subāhu and Valliya. The…

…confessed it, then denied it again, and made counter-charges and spoke lies, knowing them to be such. The Buddha requested the monks to carry out…

…desire by means of jhāna, suggests that it would be a task without end. But Ānanda, by means of an illustration, explains how the task does come…

…were chiefly concerned with such mythical questions as to whether the world is eternal, the nature of life, the existence or otherwise of the…

…duty to frighten such people by appearing before them in the sky, armed with a thunderbolt, which he was ready to hurl if necessary. He…

Vajirā²

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned…

…austerity and asceticism; such penances as led to the destruction of evil states and the promotion of good states, he welcomed and encouraged….

…the Vajjian country, the usual route being through Kosala, Malla, Vajji, Kāsi, Māgadha, and thus back, SN.v.348 and he preached to the people,…

…He questioned Vakkali, who assured him that he had no cause to reprove himself with regard to morals; his only worry was that he had not been able…

The horse of Mahāsudassana. He is all white, with a crow black head and a dark mane. DN.ii.174 SN.iii.145

…Theragāthā. Thag.61

Vappa²

A Sākiyan, disciple of the Nigaṇṭhas. He visits Moggallāna and they talk of the āsavas. The…

…SN.i.219

In the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.244 Varuṇa is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Isāna, Pajāpati, Yamaand Mahiddhi, as the gods invoked by…

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.

…verses speak of one who kills himself and others, and then address a certain Sujampati, saying that a brahmin has color on the inside….

…practised in past births, he surpasses the devas of his world in ten things: divine life, beauty, happiness, pomp and power, divine shapes, sounds,…

…the Gopaka Moggallāna Sutta, MN.iii.8ff. Vassakāra is represented as arriving in the middle of a conversation, which Gopaka Moggallāna…

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

…Vaḍḍhamāna.

Vaḍḍha²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses express thanks to his mother and sister for encouraging him in the…

…of Bhagga, in which was Suṃsumāragiri, seems to have been subject to the Vaṃsa in the Buddha’s time, for we find Udena’s son, Bodhi, living…

…by the Buddha—e.g., the Subhāsita Sutta, Thag.1227–1230 a sutta on Nibbāna, Thag.1238–1245 and a sutta preached at the Pavāraṇā…

One of the five hills surrounding Rājagaha. MN.iii.68 In this hill was the Sattapaṇṇiguhā, where the first Convocation was held. Vin.ii.76 The…

…to them that the Pāsādika Sutta was preached. DN.iii.17 From the Sāmagāma Sutta MN.ii.244 it would appear that these Sākiyans lived in…

…Buddha on the occasion of the preaching of the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.263 DN.ii.264

???1hill

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…128…

…him.

5buildingVejayanta²

A chariot owned by Sakka, with Mātali as charioteer. SN.i.224

Vejayanta³

The chief of the…

…Jotipāla, and there he himself preached the Ghaṭīkāra Sutta. MN.ii.45ff.

Kosala3town

…women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen…

A brahmin village of Kosala, where the Buddha preached the Venāga Sutta. AN.i.180

Kosala3town

…magic art. Vepacitti consulted the Asuras, and, as they were unwilling, he refused Sakka’s offer, warning him that Sambara, having practised…

…of Kassapa Buddha, it was Supassa

The people living near it were called, respectively, Tivaras, Rohitassas and Suppiyas. The mountain has…

The brahmins of Verañjā, to whom the Verañjaka Sutta was preached. MN.i.290

…staying at Verañjā, supplied the monks with food. Moggallāna proposed to get food by the exercise of his magic power or by going with the…

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,…

…Vin.i.2451

Vessāmitta²

A Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, was present at the preaching of the…

…Near by were other forests, such as Gosiṅgalasāla. AN.v.134

Among important suttas preached at Vesāli are the Mahāli, Mahāsīhanāda,…

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…SN.i.21 Snp.674 It may be the same as the great “Caustic River” referred to in the Devadatta Sutta. MN.iii.185 Its waters are sharp and bitter,…

A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A brahmin village of the Kosalans where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta. SN.v.352

Kosala3town

…bamboo grove in Kajaṅgalā, where the Buddha once stayed. The upāsakas of Kajaṅgalā, having…

A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 it was King Reṇu who, with the help of Mahāgovinda Jotipāla, founded the Videha…

…layman. AN.iii.451

Vijaya²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one without defilements may not be traced, like birds in the…

…and bliss. Thig.169–174 In the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.i.130 Māra, assuming the form of a young man, tried unsuccessfully to tempt her.

…Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of being peaceful amidst a storm. Thag.50

Vimala³

A…

…is told in the Mahāpadāna Sutta. He was born in the Khema park in Bandhumatī, his father being Bandhumā and his mother Bandhumatī. He belonged…

…DN.iii.199 In the assembly of the devas he sits facing east. DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221

Virūpakkha²

A family of snakes or nāgas….

…for Dhammadinnā.

Visākha²Pañcālīputta

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speaks of not attacking the virtuous, nor praising…

…visits to him, chief among such suttas being the famous discourse on the keeping of the uposatha, AN.i.205ff. AN.iv.255 the discourse of the…

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha is spoken of as general.

One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…MN.ii.200

Vāseṭṭha²

A clan, probably tracing its descent to the sage Vāseṭṭha (Sanskrit Vāsiṣṭha). In the Mahā…

…is said that the brahmin Sujāta, father of Sundarī, met Vāsetthī, and, hearing her story, himself sought the Buddha at Mithilā where he…

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…abodes, and work miracles, such as assuming any shape at will.

Sometimes the Yakkhas have been degraded to the state of red eyed cannibal ogres….

…the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.259 mention is made of two Yamas.

There is a tradition AN.i.142 that once Yama longed to be born as a…

…who led a good life and persuaded his followers to do likewise. He was among the originators of the Vedic hymns. Vin.i.245 DN.i.238 DN.i.239…

…fine clothes. Thag.117

Yasa²Kākandakaputta

A monk who lived about a century after the Buddha, and who was one of the leaders in the…

…The Buddha knew what was in his mind, and at the end of the Sabhiya Sutta admonished him in five verses. Thag.360–364

…his companions, should have sunk into samādhi without greeting them, and three times during the night he tried to remind the Buddha of their…

…Kambojas in the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149 as places in which there were only two classes of people, masters and slaves, and the master could…

…but one day to the Yāma devā, and two thousand Years, composed of such days, form their life period. AN.i.213 AN.iv.253

A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittābhā and the Appamāṇābhā. MN.iii.102

…shouts of joy saying “aho sukham, aho sukham.” This sound is the best of sounds. These devas are completely enveloped in ease. AN.iii.202…

Another name for Suriya, the Sun. DN.iii.196

Ādicca was also the gotta name of the Sākyans who were called the Ādiccā. Snp.423

…make an end of pain. The pleasures and pain, measured out as it were with a measure, cannot be altered in the course of transmigration; there can be…

…of it. The Buddha, having made inquiries, declared the performance of such an operation a thullaccaya offence. Vin.i.215–216

…once stayed there, and it was on that occasion that the Cātumā Sutta was preached. MN.i.456

Cātumā3park

…with other Sākiyan princes, such as Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Bhagu, Kimbila and Devadatta, and was ordained by the Buddha himself, Vin.ii.182 his…

…among them the Potaliya Sutta, MN.i.359ff. Laṭukikopama Sutta (to Udāyi), MN.i.447ff. Sela Sutta, MN.ii.146ff. Snp.p.102ff. and the…

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…bondage and servitude to sensual lusts,“ answered Mahā Kaccāna; and for the same reason recluses quarrelled with recluses. “Is there anybody…

…the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.131–132 the Buddha tells Pukkusa of another occasion on which he was staying in the Bhūsāgāra in…

…of questions Snp.p.31–33 SN.i.213ff.

Āḷavaka’s name appears in the Āṭānāṭīya Sutta, among the Yakkhas to whom followers of…

Āḷavī¹

A town between Sāvatthī and Rājagaha. The Buddha goes from Sāvatthī to Kīṭāgiri, thence to Āḷavī, and finally, to…

…who is mentioned in the Sutta Nipāta Snp.1146 in a verse spoken by the Buddha to Piṅgiya when the Buddha appeared in a ray of light at…

…but Gotama, not having succeeded in his quest, took leave of Āḷāra to go elsewhere. When, after having practised austerities for six…

…chief devas.

In the Tevijja Sutta DN.i.244 he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.

He…

ṬaṅkitamañcaTaṅkitamañca

A place near Gayā. It was the residence of the Yakkha Sūciloma and the Buddha once stayed there. Snp.p.47f. SN.i.206

near Gayā3shrine

sem szenvedés, sem boldogság; semleges

tisztátalan, csúnya

lét, létesülés

jóbarát, kedvező hatású barát

paráznaság

újralétesülés, újraszületés

sürgető kényszer

boldog, boldogság, kellemes

the name of a hell, or place in Avīci, where one suffers for an ababa of years.

…space, interval; the inside, interior. 2. a measure of length (= 28 hatthas).

summons; recalls, rehabilitates a bhikkhu who has been temporarily expelled.

rises (as the sun); rises over

rises (as the sun); rises over

(he) uttered, introduced (a subject of conversation).

rising towards; ascending to

indignant at, impatient of.

… 2. (m.) the name of a hell, or place in Avīci, where one suffers for an abbuda of years.

abbāhitvā¹

absol.

abbāhitvā²

absol. having torn up; having pulled out, having drawn out.

having overcome; having surpassed; victorious.

vanquishing, overcoming; one who surpasses; a master, a sovereign.

mutters prayers to, supplicates; prays for, longs for, covets

mutters prayers to, supplicates; prays for, longs for, covets

…(of the night, in the second or third watch); excellent, admirable; beautiful, surpassing, splendid.

2. (n.) advancing, approaching; going forwards

abhikīrati¹

pr. 3. sg. scatter over; to sprinkle

abhikīrati²

pass. pr. 3. sg. is scattered, is dispersed

welcome; pleasure, delight.

leads near; brings to; summons.

resulting; produced; reborn

results (from); is produced; becomes, is reborn.

splitting asunder; breaking through.

subduing; controlling.

creates (by magic or supernatural power); produces, forms, shapes.

abhinivatteti¹

pr. 3 sg. gives up, abandons

abhinivatteti²

pr. 3 sg. takes out; removes.

1. brought near, summoned; brought to (a parlous state), brought low.
2. highly finished, excellent

1. (mfn.) satisfied, pleased; conciliated; successful.
2. (n.) successful accomplishment, success.

delight; pleasure.

delights (in); finds pleasure (in); is content; has sexual intercourse (with, saddhiṃ + instr.)

gladdening, entertaining; causing to find pleasure (in); producing contentedness.

pleasure, delighting (in, loc. or ifc.); contentment.

successfully attained.

supreme king.

supreme king.

plans, prepares; creates, constructs, concocts; accumulates; produces a motive force (as a result of action).

preparation; development; performance; accumulation of motive force (as a result of action), impetus.

pursuit of; indulgence in.

3 p.

stands supreme over; overpowers; surpasses.

goes through, finds out for certain; is sure.

…(& ~a m.?)

1. higher or special knowledge; true understanding.
2. a special or supernatural…

-

prefix is the usual form of the prefix ati- before vowels other than ī. In words of more than three syllables the vowel following acc-…

accaguṃaccagū

aor. 3 sg. surpassed, overcame.

beyond the (usual) end or limit; excessive, very great; perpetual; absolute, complete; most commonly accantaṃ, adv., excessively, exceedingly;…

having superior splendor, surpassing in splendor

confesses to an offense (as being such)

recognizes an offense (as being such)

confesses to an offense (as being such)

recognizes an offense (as being such)

robe or material for a robe given not at the usual time (because of pressing reasons of the giver)

accha¹

mfn. clear; pure, clean; pellucid; transparent.

accha²

masculine a bear.

1. (mfn.) wonderful, surprising, strange, marvelous; unusual, exceptional, of rare occurrence.
2. (n. (and m.)) a wonderful thing; a marvel.

speaks or addresses in an excessive or improper way; (tries to) surpass in speaking.

certainly, for sure; truly; surely.

…adverbs) expresses: superiority, abundance. 2. as preverb to verbs and their derivatives expresses: up to, towards, into; over, above; in…

adhibhotiadhibhosi

pr. 3 sg. overpowers, over comes; surpasses.

superior Brahmā; one higher than Brahmā.

superior Brahmā; one higher than Brahmā.

superior or supreme god; one above the gods.

1. surpasses; excels; masters.
2. receives.

exceeding, surpassing; superior, predominant; more; too much, in excess.

1. subject of discussion or attention; case, legal question; dispute (in the saṅgha, to be formally dealt with).
2. cause.

one who causes disputes or lawsuits

above measure, excessive; very great; greater.

1. inclines to; believes, is sure of; is convinced.
2. concentrates on; pervades (in thought or meditation); wills (magically), changes (by…

whose mind is so inclined, or has such a conviction

adhipāta¹

masculine making fall; injuring; (or splitting).

adhipāta²

masculine flying insect; moth.

adhiseti¹adhisayati

pr. 3 sg. lies down on.

adhiseti²adhisseti

pr. 3 sg. has recourse to, resorts to.

…upon; mounts; stands over, supervises; controls; designates, takes (formal) possession of (robe, bowl etc); resolves on, fixes the mind on,…

adhivattha¹

pp mfn. (act.) living in, inhabiting (loc).

adhivattha²

pp mfn. accepted; consented to

higher, superior release; as to release.

…upon; mounts; stands over, supervises; controls; designates, takes (formal) possession of (robe, bowl etc); resolves on, fixes the mind on,…

…upon; mounts; stands over, supervises; controls; designates, takes (formal) possession of (robe, bowl etc); resolves on, fixes the mind on,…

1. (mfn.)
   1. (pass.) supervised; resolved on, undertaken; brought under control; possessed, designated, formally taken possession of; used. 2….

support, basis; standpoint; abode; determination, resolution; fixing the mind on; determining, controlling, producing (by supernatural power); taking…

…upon; mounts; stands over, supervises; controls; designates, takes (formal) possession of (robe, bowl etc); resolves on, fixes the mind on,…

aggahesi¹

aor. 3 sg.

aggahesi²

2 sg.

bolt-pin, a bolt

…of a guest; an offering of water etc. to a…

…fire; a pyre (as or deal or suicide). 3. the ritual fire, the sacrificial fire; (one of) the three fires of brahmanical ritual; the god Aggi…

subject to, vulnerable to, fire

…(& m.) & mfn.

1. (n. m) wicked; pain, distress.
2. (mfn.) bad; dangerous.

agha²

neuter (& m. or mfn.?) (?) the air, the sky;…

aghagata¹

neuter wicked; distress

aghagata²

neuter sky; space

being in misery; suffering pain.

being in misery; suffering pain.

the name of a hell, or place in Avīci, where one suffers for an ahaha of years.

devoted to the theory of self-creation

…or joy; admiration (sometimes ironic): oh! oh indeed! 3. dismay, painful surprise; compassion, regret: oh! alas!. 4. blame, reproach. 5….

ajjhagamā¹

aor. 3 sg.

ajjhagamā²

2 sg.

ajjhagā¹

aor. 3 sg.

ajjhagā²

2 sg.

(from ajjhattaṃ) inner; subjective; within oneself; what is internal; oneself.

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

…acceptable (for bhikkhus or bhikkhunīs); unsuitable, improper

akappiya²

mfn. not to be theorised about; not subject to imaginings

akataññu¹

neg. mfn. ungrateful

akataññu²

mfn. knowing what is not made ( nibbāna)

not knowledgeable (about, gen.); not familiar with; inexperienced; unskilful; (according to commentary also: knowing who is not a suitable recipient)

untiring, unwearied; making every effort

akkha¹

masculine neuter

1. an axle, an axle-tree.
2. the collarbone.

akkha²

masculine a die; dice.

akkhikahāraka¹

masculine one who removes eyes.

akkhikahāraka²

masculine one who collects seeds.

…3 sg.

akkhāyati²

pass. pr. 3 sg. is declared; is called, is stated to be; is named; esp. aggam ~ayati, is called the…

(one) who abuses and insults.

…is bad or evil; wrong or unsuitable action or behavior; what leads to suffering or is harmful.

2. (mfn.) not good at, incompetent; not skilled,…

not the right time, not a suitable time (sometimes: nighttime)

traveling or going for alms at the wrong time, an an unsuitable time

traveling or going for alms at the wrong time, an an unsuitable time

speaking at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time

speaking at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time

not at the right time, at an unsuitable time (sometimes: at night); out of season

at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time

1. not so wishing; unwilling, reluctant.
2. without sensual desire

practiced or cultivated by superior men; not practiced or cultivated by worthless men

suitable for or worth of the noble ones; truly noble

suitable, fit for marriage

…equal to; competent, able; suitable, fit for (+ gen./dat. personae; + dat. rei or inf.; or as predicate to subject in nom.). 2. enough of, no…

suitable, adequate for the action

undying; not subject to death.

amba¹

mfn. sour.

amba²

masculine & neuter

1. (m.) the mango tree.
2. (n. & m.) the mango fruit.

such and such a person or thing.

there; in such and such a place; in that.

not having overcome; not having surpassed; not victorious

or ~ā, feminine displeasure; disgust

not having led near; not having brought to; not summoned

dissatisfied; sulky

…not unusual, unexceptional; a natural thing or occurrence

anacchariya²

mfn. spontaneous, original; not articulated (before).

naturally; not surprisingly

not a support; not determining; not fixing one’s mind on. lack of resolve; not taking formal possession.

(one) who does not abuse or insult

not enough; not sufficient

thinking insufficient; not finding satisfaction in

not subject to hindrance or danger; not forming an impediment

unsuitable; unbecoming

unsuitable; unbecoming

improper; unsuitable; not in accordance (with)

improper; unsuitable; not in accordance (with)

not heard; not handed down by tradition.

not to be censured

anapalokita¹

pp mfn.

immeasurable; boundless.

…not useful, not profitable; not having meaning

anatthasaṃhita²

neg. mfn. connected with harm, harmful

not having past or overcome; subject to

not leaking; not rotten; free from lust and defilement

not subject to change

not subject to change

not jealous, not envious.

not jealous; free from envy

not jealous; free from envy

of superior or excellent energy and exertion

perfectly named; or named for one’s perfection or superior virtues

not open to criticism, not censurable

…opposing principle.

anta²

mfn. last, ultimate; worst, mean, contemptible.

anta³

neuter (sg. & pl.) the bowels,…

( & n.) a subdivision or intermediate cycle of a mahākappa

the removal (of the kaṭhina), ending (of the kaṭhina period and its special allowances) before the usual time

load on a carrying pole suspended between two persons

anto-aruna

neuter the time before sunrise

anu-aya

masculine

1. lineage, succession; what follows, (logical) connection, inference, consequence.
2. successor, immediate follower

…with, along; after, behind; subordinate to, inferior to; according to, in conformity with; severally one after the other; repeatedly 2. as separate…

small, minute, atomic; subtle.

the giving of support; support.

(~antī)n. follows; keeps close to, attends closely; pursues.

follows; keeps close to, attends closely; pursues.

experiences, enjoys, suffers; partakes of, has a share in; attains, is equal to; is able; suffices

assenting, approval, supporting.

experiences, enjoys, suffers; partakes of, has a share in. attains, is equal to; is able; suffices

experienced, suffered, enjoyed

walks after or along; walks with; follows; pursues; prosecutes.

suitable, proper; fit for; corresponding to

suitable, proper; fit for; corresponding to

suitable (for); fit; proper

suitable (for); fit; proper

1. (pass.) followed, practiced; pervaded; filled with.
2. (act.) pursuing,

burns; consumes

pursuing; following.

pursuing

anuggaha¹

masculine favor, kindness; help, assistance.

anuggaha²

mfn. not taking up

anuggahita¹anuggahīta

pp mfn. made happy; satisfied; helped, furthered

anuggahita²

neg. mfn.

anuggata¹

mfn. arisen along with.

anuggata²

neg mfn. not risen; not high

anuggaṇhanta¹

part. pr. mf(~antī)n.

anuggaṇhanta²

neg. mfn.

who has not been suspended

in each family; according to custom.

…rmity,…

1. (mfn.) suitableagreeable; in accordance.
2. (n.) conformity; that which accords.

rubs, wipes; beats; applies (continuous) pressureconsiders thoroughly.

.

leading; conciliating; supplicating, persuading.

(~entī)n. leading; conciliating; supplicating, persuading.

one who leads or persuades or conciliates.

one who leads or persuades or conciliates.

gives (in addition), hands over, provides; encourages, supports

not bringing; non-supply

runs round and round; surrounds.

surrounds, encircles; embraces.

surrounds; stands by, takes the side of.

follows, pursues; falls in; falls upon, attacks.

keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains

keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains

gives, presents; supplies, confers upon

an additional or supplemental rule

gives (in addition), hands over, provides; encourages, supports

gives, presents; supplies, confers upon

an additional or supplemental rule

successive cessation.

gradual or successive stage (in meditation).

moving through successive stages.

moving through successive stages.

gradually; successively, in due course.

…of material support (the result of previous kamma), absolute. 2. (of arhats) without any remnant of material support. 3. without any trace or…

not taking as one’s own, not holding on to; without (material) support, without dependence

…(mfn.) without taking as one’s own, without holding on to; without (material) support, without fuel. 2. (n.) not holding; on to; absence of…

not taking as one ’s own, not holding on to, not grasping; without support, without dependence

not bringing; non-supply.

conforming; suitable.

follows, pursues; conforms oneself to

goes through, travels about; inspects, supervises; goes along with, escorts

goes through, travels about; inspects, supervises; goes along with, escorts

…someone’s example in; follows, imitates (someone, usually gen., occasionally acc.).

…3 sg. follows, pursues; conforms oneself to

anussarati²

pr. 3 sg. remembers, recollects, calls to mind;…

subject of recollection

the supremacy of recollection

not busy, quiet, unconcerned

free from lust or defilement.

-ā, feminine

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

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

(-ikā)n. not envious; free from jealousy

not envious, not discontent

fragrant substance.

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)

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

(-ikā)n. not envious; free from jealousy

not envious, not discontent

1. vexes; causes remorse (afterwards).
2. , suffers remorse; regrets, repents (afterwards); sorrows over.

having no superior; supreme, best

anutthunanta¹

part. pr. mfn.

anutthunāti¹

pr. 3 sg. wails; deplores; laments (for)

anutthunāti²

pr. 3 sg. praises; speaks of repeatedly

anutthuṇāti¹

pr. 3 sg. wails; deplores; laments (for)

anutthuṇāti²

pr. 3 sg. praises; speaks of repeatedly

approval; support.

1. repeats the words of; approves; agrees with.
2. criticizes, censures.

to be censured; a fault

looks round at; surveys

looks round at; surveys

1. repetition, further explanation; approval, support; faction-forming.
2. criticism; blame; sensure.

legal question or case concerning support, or concerning a faction, or a legal question or case arising from censure or criticism

1. (mfn.)applying oneself to, practicing; intent upon.
2. (mfn. and m.) following, attending on; subject to; a vassal or subordinate king

burns; consumes

…gone into, falling…

1. lineage, succession; what follows, (logical) connection, inference, consequence.
2. successor, immediate follower

extra; an extra supply.

without support; without a stand or holder

anādiyanta¹

neg. mfn.

anādiyanta²

neg. mfn.

anādiyitvā¹

neg. absol. not taking; not receiving

anādiyitvā²

neg. absol. taking no notice of, ignoring, disregarding

1. (m.) not food; not sustenance.
2. (mfn.) taking no food; without support; without fuel

without support, without anything to hold on to.

without asking for permission; without consulting

without asking for permission; without consulting

unsuitable

not to be censured

not following, remaining firm; not subject (to).

anārambha¹

masculine absence of undertaking; non-exertion

anārambha²

mfn. not involving killing or destruction.

not winning approval, not pleasing; unsuccessful

an unsuitable seat, an unsuitable place for sitting

not subject to return (to this world); not liable to turn back or change.

in the wrong sphere or place; unsuitably

apacinati¹

pr. 3 sg. diminishes, makes less; dismantles, does away with

apacināti²

pr. 3 sg. pays attention to; respects

apacināti¹

pr. 3 sg. diminishes, makes less; dismantles, does away with

apacināti²

pr. 3 sg. pays attention to; respects

(~ī)n. made clear or manifest in actions or by its results

1. looks towards; looks back; looks to, considers.
2. looks to for approval, consults; asks permission; asks or takes leave

1. looks towards; looks back; looks to, considers.
2. looks to for approval, consults; asks permission; asks or takes leave

looking towards; considering; asking permission; taking leave; consulting

apalokita¹

pp mfn. asked for leave; consulted

apalokita²

mfn. not liable to decay, not subject to destruction.

3. sg.

another, a further, one more; following, subsequent; later; western.

…disappeared.

aparaddha²

pp mfn.

1. (act.) having missed (the mark); having fallen short of (acc.); having done wrong (to) or…

leans against; has a support in; depends upon.

rest, support.

had gone away; had retreated.

1. not doubtful, certain, sure; having a certain outcome.
2. (of a die 1) true; straight-sided, cubical.

sure, safe, certain; having a certain outcome.

surely; certainly

…as interrogative particle (usually at the beginning of a sentence or clause) 4. as emphasis to optative: perhaps, maybe; please may…; if only; I…

and further, moreover

and further, moreover

of small measure, little, insignificant

immeasurable; infinite, boundless.

appasadda¹

mfn.

1. free from noise quiet.
2. making little or no noise quiet.

appasadda²

neuter quiet

appassuta¹

mfn. of little learning, uneducated.

appassuta²

neuter little learning, ignorance

of little enjoyment; affording little pleasure

appasuta¹

mfn. of little learning, uneducated.

appasuta²

neuter little learning, ignorance

…of concentration; delivers up, gives; displays, exhibits

appayati²

pr. 3 sg. enters into; flows into

usually; (repeated) some… others…

usually; (repeated) some… others…

…of concentration; delivers up, gives; displays, exhibits

appeti²

pr. 3 sg. enters into; flows into

makes a clapping noise by slapping one’s arm or clapping one’s hands (in pleasure or approbation)

makes a clapping noise by slapping one’s arm or clapping one’s hands (in pleasure or approbation)

unconcerned, indifferent; free from care; not being active or exerting oneself

unconcerned, indifferent; free from care; not being active or exerting oneself

had gone away; had retreated.

…and who is no longer liable to rebirth.

araha(t)²

part. pr. mfn.

…(mfn. & m.) noble, sublime, fine; belonging to the noble ones (used esp. of the Buddha’s teaching and followers, almost =…

reproaching, censuring the noble ones

reproaching, censuring the noble ones

truth of the noble ones; a sublime truth

having the (moral) nature of a noble one, of sublime practice

having the (moral) nature of a noble one, of sublime practice

practicing the traditions of the noble ones, belonging to the noble tradition; who recites the Ariyavaṃsa-sutta

mode of life of the noble ones; a sublime state

way of living of the noble ones; a sublime state

speaking ill of the noble ones, insulting the noble ones

speaking ill of the noble ones, insulting the noble ones

dawn; sunrise.

asana¹

neuter eating; food.

asana²

neuter a shot; a missile, an arrow.

never causing surfeit; (according to commentaries : not requiring anything added).

butcher’s knife and chopping block

asita¹

neuter scythe; sickle.

asita²

pp neuter eating

…pl. also; cavalry.

assa²

masculine ashes; dust.

assa³

opt. 3 sg. assa + gen. (esp. preceded by siyä), (perhaps) it…

precious horse, an excellent horse; esp. the ’horse-treasure ’ (one of the seven ratanas of a cakkavatti(n) king)

assattha¹

masculine the holy fig tree ficus religiosa.

assattha²

pp mfn. revived, recovered; comforted

assu¹

neuter a tear; tears.

assu²

ind. expletive particle; particle of emphasis or inquiry.

indeed; certainly.

tear; tears.

(~ā & ~ī)n.

1. with tearful face, with a face wet with tears.
2. involving or causing tearful face

tastes, tastes with relish; relishes, enjoys, takes pleasure

tastes, tastes with relish; relishes, enjoys, takes pleasure

tastes, tastes with relish; relishes, enjoys, takes pleasure

that (as opposed to ayaṃ); such and such, a certain.

or mfn. impurity or impure.

mixed with or associated with impurity or the impure

such and such; so and so; a certain.

one of a class of supernatural beings, opposed to the devas; a titan.

the asura world or sphere; a collective body of asuras.

chief or lord of the asuras

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the second class of suddhāvāsa devas.

…abundance, excess, superiority, transgression; the being beyond (the reach of). 2. as prefix to adjectives, adverbs expresses: very much,…

passing; passing through; surpassing; having gone beyond, beyond; beyond the norm; passing by, neglecting; transgressing; passing beyond, escaping,…

…steps over; goes beyond; surpasses; overcomes. 2. goes beyond, crosses; escapes from. 3. oversteps; transgresses (against), passes by, neglects;…

passing; passing through; surpassing; having gone beyond, beyond; beyond the norm; passing by, neglecting; transgressing; passing beyond, escaping,…

atikkanta-mānussaka

mf(-ikā)n. superhuman

1. having passed through or by; having gone beyond, overcome, surpassed; having elapsed.
2. who has approached

…excessive; more (than); superior, higher; iic: more than…; an extra…; a greater, a superior…; ifc (following numerals); plus; atirekaṃ,…

left over; remaining; extra, surplus.

outshines; surpasses in splendor; shines magnificently.

passes over, crosses; goes beyond, surpasses.

…oneself, as for oneself, often used in the sense of a nom.

atta²

mfn. full, complete (or personal)

supporting only oneself

…for one’s own…

supported by one’s own earnings

…and result as opposed to the theory; the interpretation as opposed to the text.

attha²

masculine neuter

1. sets (of the sun or…

1. set (of the sun).
2. disappeared; destroyed.

(the place for) dealing with lawsuits; seat of judgment, courtroom

pursuing an aim

pursuing an aim; pursuing the goal

pursuing an aim

…also santiy to mean: there is (exists)… who…; it is the case that….

atthi(n)²

mfn. (mfn., sg. nom. m. ~i) desirous; wanting…

…(instr.); aiming at, having as purpose (instr.); in need (of, instr.).

atthika²

mfn. who believes in the existence (of merit,…

…also santiy to mean: there is (exists)… who…; it is the case that….

atthi(n)²

mfn. (mfn., sg. nom. m. ~i) desirous; wanting…

delighting in possessing something, in the existence of something.

(one) who covers (the kaṭhina); who supervises the communal robe-making and ritual.

cut, torn asunder; full of holes.

leftovers or surplus from a meal.

dish for the left overs or surplus

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

avassajī¹

aor. 3 sg. let loose; gave up; dismissed

avassajī²

3 sg.

leaking; dripping, wet; foul, rotten; lustful, sexually excited.

not subject to trembling; unshakeable.

calls; summons; invokes; challenges; calls back

calls; summons; invokes; challenges; calls back

summoning, invitation; invocation; naming.

summoning, invitation; invocation; name.

…the name of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas. 2. (n.) the world of the Aviha devas.

not marriageable; not suitable for marriage.

the cupped hands; esp. as raised to the head (as a gesture of respect or supplication).

aḍḍha¹addha

masculine n.

1. one half; a part.
2. half a kahāpaṇa).

aḍḍha²addha

mfn. rich; wealthy; well-to-do.

…part of a whole, a subordinate division; a limb or aspect of something as a characteristic sign, an attribute, a quality; as a determining…

…a place to walk in; open space, a court; a clearing.

aṅgaṇa²

neuter a speck of dirt; a blemish; a moral blemish,…

charcoal pit (with burning coal)

the name of a hell or place in Avīci (where one suffers for an aṭaṭa (high number) of years).

…a watchtower.

aṭṭa²

mfn. a lawsuit, a legal case.

aṭṭa³

mfn. distressed, tormented, afflicted; molested,…

(the place for) dealing with lawsuits; seats of judgment, courtroom

one of the parties in a lawsuit

one of the parties in a lawsuit

num. divided into eight measures

belonging to the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta; (Snp 766–975).

well joined with the eight parts; well endowed with eight parts or with eight qualities

well joined or endowed with eight parts

1. leaves, abandon, gets rid of, frees oneself from.
2. gives up; lets go, surrenders.
3. emits.

…sway. 3. an attainment, success, accomplishment (as a means, as wheels are means to progress) 4. a circle of possible cases, a series of…

the “wheel treasure” of the cakkavatti(n)

the sense-organ that is the eye; the sphere of visual perception.

calaka¹

masculine military officer.

calaka²

neuter a piece of food thrown away after its been chewed.

the sun and the moon; the devas of the sun and moon.

of carati

…m.n. catunnaṃ; f. catunnaṃ; loc. m.n.f catūsu, catusu) four.

measuring four hattha measures; four hattha measures.

, ~am, ind. measuring the height of four men; to the height of four men.

…m.n. catunnaṃ; f. catunnaṃ; loc. m.n.f catūsu, catusu) four.

…or rectangle (?) 3. (~assa) yoked with four horses.

caturassa²

mfn yoked with four horses.

measuring four inches; measuring four fingers breadth.

measuring four fingers breadth.

having for supports (or resolutions)

having four supports.

or~aṃ, ind. measuring the height of four palm-trees, to the height of four palm-trees.

measuring 400 yojanas.

hall or enclosure for walking about in.

…of sentence or phrase), if (usually with present indicative or opt., so even for conditions in the past); no ce, if not; yam ce, (after comparative)…

, abstr. the suffusing or pervading the thoughts of others.

…an absent bhikkhu.

chanda²

neuter

1. (n.) a meter; a metrical text.
2. the (form of the text) of the Vedas; (the language) of the…

(& ~a., f.?)

chanda(s)²

neuter

…what is covered or roofed; a covered place, a roofed place

channa²

pp mfn. of chādeti suitable; fitting

measuring the height of six men.

umbrella; sunshade; a parasol; a parasol erected on a thūpa; a parasol as a sign of sovereignty; esp. as part of the regalia of a king; *chattaṃ…

the handle of a sunshade.

measuring the height of six palm trees; to the height of six palm trees.

measuring 600 yojanas.

of chaḍḍeti

chaḍḍiya¹

absol. of chaḍḍeti

chaḍḍiya²

fpp. mfn. of chaḍḍeti

1. competent, expert, knowledgeable (about); skilful, skilled (in, usually loc.); clever, good at.
2. good, bright, pure; proper, true, genuine.

…pass.; the meanings overlap), (intrans.) breaks, breaks off; dries up, comes to an end.

chijjati²

pass. pr. 3 sg. of chindati is cut;…

chindi¹

aor. 3 sg. of chindati

chindi²

2 sg. of chindati

of chindati

adverb falling as if cut down; or with a sudden steep fall; ? headlong, precipitately.

chādayati¹

chādayati²

pr. 3 sg.

…hides, conceals.

chādeti²

pr. 3 sg.

1. seems good (to, dat., sometimes acc.), pleases, is enjoyable (esp. of food)
2. gratifies,…

1. shade; shadow.
2. the shadow (e.g. of a measuring-stick) measuring the time; the length of shadow (at the time of a bhikkhu’s upasampadā)

heard (only) a long time ago; not heard for a long time.

…of consciousness.

citta²

mfn. & neuter bright, bright colored; decorated; may colored; extraordinary, wonderful; variegated;…

decorated pleasure house.

of codeti

corikā¹

feminine

corikā²

feminine theft, stealing, banditry.

culla¹cūlacūḷa

mfn. small, minor, lesser.

culla²

masculine a fireplace; a hearth.

hard substance ground into a powder or dust; aromatic powder; powder for washing.

kind of (garlic or) onion; (a spring onion; ?)

well controlled in regards to the four restraints.

of dassati

dahati¹

pr. 3 sg.

dahati²

pr. 3 sg. puts, places; fixes; takes, holds; takes as, considers as.

…(mfn.) that is…

one who subsists on leavings in return for service or as an ascetic practice.

imperat. 2 sg. of dameti

taming; subduing; restraint; mastery.

ones who tames or subdues; a trainer.

ones who tames or subdues; a trainer.

tames; makes tame; subdues.

of dameti subdued; tamed

…ivory. 2. elephant’s tusks; ivory. 3. the tooth of a comb (?)

danta²

mfn. tamed, subdued; controlled; restrained.

…powers; the one who possesses ten powers, a buddha.

dasabala²

neuter pl. ten powers.

about ten years old.

thread from the end of cloth; ? a loose thread.

dassati¹

pr. 3 sg. gives; makes a gift; yields; applies.

dassati²

fut. 3 sg of dassati

of dasseti

of dasseti

brigandage.

sympathy; compassion; kindness (towards, usually loc.)

daḷhadamma¹

neuter firm, enduring, by nature.

daḷhadamma²

mfn. & neuter having a strong bow; a good archer.

having a strong surrounding mound or rampart.

were fined.

of deseti

king of the gods (usually Sakka/lnda)

fee; a gift; something (suitable) to give.

…practice. 5. the substance of the teaching of the Buddha; the teaching as collected in the canon; the texts. 6. a constituent of…

1. normal custom, habit; what is to be expected; the usual way.
2. the real nature of things; how things are.

wealth, riches, money, treasure.

type of tree (grislea tomentosa or anogeissus latifolia)

dhaṃsati¹

pr. 3 sg. is bold; dares to attack.

dhaṃsati²

pr. 3 sg. falls (from); is gone (from); is deprived of.

dhaṃseti¹

caus. pr. 3 sg. of dhamsati dares to attack; offends

dhaṃseti²

caus. pr. 3 sg. of dhamsati makes fall; deprives of; destroys; scatters, disperses

suckling calf; (or a milch cow)

suckling calf.

indeclinable (an exclamation expressing reproach or displeasure or disgust) shame! out upon … ! (usually + acc., also + gen., voc. or nom.)

of dhovati

…certainty; esp. for…

having a regular supply of meals.

of dhāreti

…a stream of water; a drop of liquid; a stream, a shower.

dhārā²

feminine the sharp edge of a knife or a sword etc.; a…

obscured, darkened (as if by smoke); hot, suffering.

divine; heavenly; belonging to gods; supernatural; magical, marvelous.

the divine eye; supernatural sight.

(~ā ~ī)n. who possesses supernatural sight.

supernatural hearing.

supernatural hearing.

the divine eye; supernatural sight.

godlike or supernatural hearing.

dippati¹

pr. 3 sg. shines, blazes; is manifest; appears clearly.

dippati²

pass pr. 3 sg. of dīpeti

…(pl.) another region, another country; abroad; elsewhere.

disā²

adverb in the four directions.

divine; heavenly; belonging to gods; supernatural; magical, marvelous

happiness in this life.

…a detrimental effect.

dosa²

masculine & mfn.

1. (m.) ill will, evil intention, hostility, anger.
2. (mfn.) exhibiting ill will,…

bucket; a measure of capacity; to the amount of a dona.

dona measure of food.

difficult to be broken or torn asunder.

in a poor condition; stricken by hunger; where food is scarce; where survival is difficult.

resulting in pain or distress; in dukkha.

incorrectly suspended

unwilling to let go, renounce; hard to persuade to give up.

unwilling to let go, renounce; hard to persuade to give up.

…dirtied or spoilt or damaged. 2. commits a fault, does wrong.

dussati²

pr. 3 sg. is unfriendly or hostile towards.

duttara¹

mfn. difficult to cross over, to pass beyond.

duttara²

mfn. hard to cross over; hard to climb out of or escape from.

…spoilt; sullied.

duṭṭha²

pp. mfn. & masculine bearing ill-will; inimical; angered; malignant; (of animals) enraged; vicious; a…

…of speech: unseemly, suggestive, lewd; lewd talk.

duṭṭhulla²

neuter discomfort; disquiet.

the breadth of two fingers; (mfn.) measuring two finger-breadths.

measuring the height of two men.

measuring the height of two palm trees.

measuring 200 yojanas.

dvādasaka¹

neuter a set of twelve.

dvādasaka²

mf(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.

measuring the height of twelve men.

door-frame; the area surrounding a door.

supporting a wife.

the group of long discourses (one of the divisions of the Suttapiṭaka of the Pāḷi canon)

…a lamp, a light.

dīpa²

masculine neuter

1. an island; a shelter, a place of refuge.
2. a division of the terrestrial world, one…

of dūseti

(~ā & ~ī)n. like this, like so; such a …; of such a kind; such a thing, something like this.

like this, like so; of such a kind; such a thing.

imperat. used especially as introductory particles of exhortation, encouragement or summons (followed usually by an imperat. or fut.): come! come on!

suitable to come and see, fitting to be shown.

ehisi¹

2 sg.

ehisi²

2 sg.

ekacciya¹

mfn. single, of a single thickness

ekacciya²

mfn. a certain, a certain sort of; some.

ekagārika¹

neuter attacking and robbing isolated houses

ekagārika²

m(fn). taking alms only from one house

…good in the…

supporting one side, belonging to one party

…the single number, the singular; 2. singleness, being alone, solitariness

ekatta²

mfn. onl, being the only one; unique; of one…

having a notion of unity or identity; (ekattasaññi(n))

ekattasaññi(n)²

mfn. having perceptions or notions of the same nature; (ekattasaññi(n))

having a notion of unity or identity; (ekattasaññi(n))

ekattasaññi(n)²

mfn. having perceptions or notions of the same nature; (ekattasaññi(n))

…in one place; in one and the same place; in only one place.

ekattha²

mfn. having one meaning; having the same sense

…absolute assurance

ekaṃsa²

masculine & mfn.

1. (m.) one shoulder.
2. (mfn.) (or ekaṃsaṃ, ind.) on one shoulder, covering one…

with certainty, with assurance; certainly, absolutely, definitely

determined; certain; assured

ekūnatiṃsa¹

num. 29

ekūnatiṃsa²

mfn. 29th; 29 (yrs. old).

supported on a block (like a threshold stone) or with feet shape like those of a ram.

…search (esp. for food or means of living). 2. probing

esana²

mfn. seeking, searching for.

post, a pillar (usually placed at the city gate;)

having this (which usually follows) as their highest limit, i.e. only as good as this, no better than this; only as great as this, no more than this

imperat. used especially as introductory particles of exhortation, encouragement or summons (followed usually by an imperat. or fut.): come! come on!

…goes; goes towards; reaches, obtains; reaches (a state); is involved (in)

eti²

pr. 3 sg. comes, comes to; approaches; comes back,…

(~ā & ettikā)n. such; so much, so great; so many; this much (expressing a total); just so much, only so much (and no more).

by so much; to such an extent

by just so much, with this much; to such an extent; so far, to that extent; thus.

(~ā & ~ī)n. such (a), of such a kind; such as (with or without correlative).

such (a), of such a kind.