1. darkness; mental darkness; ignorance; error.
2. dark, obscured; being in darkness.

…Mhvs.ii.225, also tamāto tamaṃ ibid. Mhvs.i.27; Mhvs.ii.215
■ tamat-agge beyond the region of darkness (or rebirth in dark spheres), cp….

…longing, greed in tāmatamadasangha-suppahīna Thag.310, an epithet of frogs which perhaps (with Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.88) is to be read…

…to set the “Samaṇa Gotama.” In the Buddha’s reply, the prince recognised the defeat of the Nigaṇṭha and the supreme Enlightenment of…

AjitamāṇavaAjita

One of the disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha at the request of their teacher.

He was the first to question the Buddha, and the questions asked by him form the Ajitamāṇavapu …

…repeated attempts to foil Gotama’s quest for Enlightenment, they offered to tempt the Buddha with their wiles. This was in the fifth week after…

…he learnt that Siddhattha Gotama, destined to become the Buddha, had been born. Immediately he went to Suddhodana’s home and asked to see the…

…because, he said, Gotama was a thinker with views of his own and, therefore, difficult to defeat in controversy.

He visits the Buddha and…

…of the Assakas, with Potama as his capital. DN.ii.235f.

Brahmadatta³

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of avoiding anger…

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

…and Kaṇhāgotamakas. For their own protection, monks are advised to fill their hearts with amity for these four classes of Nāgas….

…and also near the Tankitamañca, Snp.p.47 SN.i.207 the residence of Sūciloma.

It was at a spring festival in Gayā that Senaka Thera was…

Gotama¹BuddhaSiddhatthaSakyamunīTathāgataAṅgīrasa

He was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief…

The gate by which the Buddha left Pāṭaligāma, after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

Pāṭaliputta2building

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

GotamakacetiyaGotamaka Cetiya

A shrine near and to the south of Vesāli. DN.iii.9 It was considered one of the beautiful spots of that town…

The ford by which the Buddha crossed the Ganges, after leaving Pāṭaligāma. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

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…from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, the Pañcavaggiyā monks, left him and went to Isipatana. After his…

…Brahma-world and visited Gotama, after his Enlightenment. Gotama then reminded him of this past friendship, which Ghaṭīkāra seemed too modest…

KaṇhāgotamikāKaṇhāgotamaka

A royal family of Nāgas. AN.ii.72

…the Bodhisatta, and Āḷāra-Kālāma, the teacher of Gotama before his Enlightenment.

…Sattambaka, Bahuputta, Gotama, Sārandada and Udena. It is, however, apparent from the Buddhist books themselves that Vesāli was also a…

MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita

One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical…

…her because “her recluse Gotama” had said that dear ones bring sorrow and tribulation. “If the Lord says so, it must be so,” she replies;…

MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta

The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of craving and encourages effort. Thag.399–404 The second set speaks …

…events in the life of Gotama. After Māra had retired discomfited, he followed the Buddha for seven years, watching for any transgression on…

…Chabyāputta and Kaṇhāgotamaka. The enmity between the Nāgas and the Garulas is proverbial. DN.ii.258 In the Aṭāṇātiya Sutta,…

…the recognition that Gotama dealt, not with effects but with causes, and that he went to the root of the matter by teaching how casual states…

…in the austerities of Gotama at Uruvelā. When he abandoned his austerities and started to follow the Middle Way, they left him in…

…left the town was called Gotamadvāra, and the ferry at which he crossed the river, Gotamatittha Vin.i.226 30; D.ii.86ff.

The date at which…

…son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted…

…mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.

On the seventh day of the Buddha’s visit to Kapilavatthu Rāhulamātā sent Rāhula to him saying,…

…saying that none but Gotama’s own peer could utter sufficient praise of him.MN.i.196f. MN.i.208f. Subha is described MN.i.202 as the son…

…Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.

Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her…

…the Buddha to a meal, and, after his departure, named the gate by which he had left the city Gotamadvāra, and the ford by which he crossed the…

…himself belonged to the Gotamagotta. It has been suggested (E.g., Thomas, op. cit., 22) that this was a brahmin clan, claiming descent from the…

…chief disciple of Gotama- Buddha. He is also called Upatissa, which was evidently his personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great…

…dissuaded him, saying that Gotama denied the result of actions and was not worth a visit. But in the end Sīha, accompanied by five hundred…

…the Buddha was at the Tankitamañca in Gayā, which was the abode of Sūciloma, Sūciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be passing by, and…

…greedy man is the Samaṇa Gotama that he comes again and again.“ The Buddha pointed out to him how, again and again, the furrow has to be sown to…

…When Gotama had mastered this, Uddaka made him more than his own equal by setting him over the whole company of his disciples…

…other shrines at Vesāli—Gotamaka, Sārandada, Sattamba, Cāpāla and Bahuputta—all of which are described as beautiful spots. DN.ii.102…

Uttamā¹

A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tell of her repeated struggles before realizing awakening. Thig.42–44

Uttamā²

A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tel …

…encourages a certain “Gotama” to meditate in the forest. Thag.119 In the Saṃyutta SN.i.199 the same verse is attributed to a forest deva…

…of the Udena cetiya, the Gotamaka cetiya, the Sattambaka cetiya, the Bahuputta cetiya, and the Sārandada cetiya. Other monasteries are also…

ĀḷavīgotamaĀḷavīGotama

A thera, who is mentioned in the Sutta Nipāta Snp.1146 in a verse spoken by the Buddha to Piṅgiya when the Buddha…

…Ākiñcaññāyatana, and Gotama, putting forth energy and concentration greater than Āḷāra’s, made himself master of that state. Āḷāra…

ṬaṅkitamañcaTaṅkitamañca

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

támaszték, tápláló

or neuter an unworked scraper

dissatisfied, displeased, disgruntled; troubled, worried

eve; even so much as.

the path of arahatship, the progress towards arahatship

pleased; content; willing.

causing death to oneself

one out of many; one or other of.

produced by thinking or reflection.

belonging to the gotama clan.

woman of the gotama clan.

best of seers; or seventh of the isis.

which one (of two or more)? which …? what?.

with a garland of stars.

with a garland of stars.

by day and night.

one who is like a grandson, who is the age or status of one’s grandson

tree; the indian beech; the tree pongamia pinnata.

with stains got rid of, without stain.

free from pride.

darkness of the flood(s)

darkness.

dispelling darkness.

attaining to darkness.

1. darkness; mental darkness; ignorance; error.
2. dark, obscured; being in darkness.

in the highest degree?; at the end of ignorance?

…himself; (b) specifically of himself. 2. by others (a) of Buddhas generally, including Gotama; (b) of Gotama specifically.

2. a designation of…

uppermost; highest; best; principal; most excellent; most important; utmost; last.

excellent, most noble family

most excellent man

most excellent man

the supreme goal; the highest good

the highest or chief part of the body: the head

superl.

with jeweled earrings put on, wearing jeweled earrings.

wearing garlands and ornaments.

kind of platform or couch; a (chiseled) stone platform?

…pūjaniyesu etam mangalam uttamarn* See Dhp. 195f.

2: The Buddha did not think much of mere outer worship.;Not thus, Ananda, is the Tathāgata…

Thinking: understanding based on: cintāmayapaññā see: paññā.

…Snp.1117 (diṭṭhiṃ Gotamassa na a.) Ja.iv.142; Pv.ii.7#10 = Pv.ii.10#3 (n’ābhijānāmi bhuttaṃ vā pītaṃ) Sdhp.550; etc
pot…

…AN.i.147 (nibbānaṃ); AN.iii.75; Snp.896 (khema˚), Snp.1070 (rattamahā˚) Mnd.308; Cnd.428; Ja.vi.370.

abhi + passati

adjective propitiated, satisfied AN.iv.185 (+ attamana).

pp. of abhi + rādh

…AN.v.32; Mil.126 (anāgatamaddhāne for ˚aṃ); Pv-a.75 (variant reading addhāne). dīghaṃ addhānaṃ Pv.i.10#5. Also in phrase…

adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic …

adjective exceeding, extraordinary, superior, Pp.35; Vv-a.80 (= anadhivara, visiṭṭha); DN-a.i.141, DN-a.i.222; Dpvs.v.32 (an˚); Dhp-a.iii.238 Kp-a.193 (= anuttara); Sdhp.337, Sdhp.447
■ compar …

…made for the infant Gotama DN.ii.16; Snp.1002, Snp.1003
■ Further passages for agāra e.g. Vin.i.15; DN.i.102…

indeclinable exclamation of surprise or bewilderment: alas! woe etc., perhaps in cpd. ahevana a dense forest (lit. oh! this forest, alas! the forest (i.e. how big it is) Ja.v.63 (uttamāhevanandaho, …

1. friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …

…timisa, like Vedic andhaṃ tamaḥ); Dhp-a.ii.49 (˚vana dark forest). 2. (fig.) mentally blinded, dull of mind, foolish, not seeing DN.i.191 (+…

…DN.i.168; MN.iii.127; AN.v.195; Ja.ii.129; DN-a.i.170; Snp-a.35; Vv-a.155.

orig. abl. of antama, *Sk. antamaśah; cp. BSk. antaśah as…

…Vv-a.279 by; a-kāro nipātamattaṃ, pilandhanaṃ = ābhāraṇaṃ); Ja.vi.472 (c. pilandhituṃ pi ayuttaṃ?). Apilahati & Apilandhati;

fr….

…(= sīlaṃ ariyaṃ uttamaṃ parisuddhaṃ DN-a.i.286) MN.ii.167.

When the commentators, many centuries afterwards began to write Pali in…

…Ja.i.40 (as bodhi-tree of gotama); Ja.ii.91; Ja.v.420; Ja.vi.530.

Sk. asana

Asana⁴

neuter an arrow MN.i.82 = SN.i.62. Cp….

…Pv-a.251 (atho ti nipātamattaṃ avadhāraṇ-atthe vā). Also comb^d. with other part., like atho pi Snp.222, Snp.537, Snp.985;…

…˚āsanna too near; ˚uttama the very highest; ˚udaka too much water; ˚khippa too soon; ˚dāna excessive almsgiving ˚dāruṇa very cruel;…

Ati-uttama

adjective by far the best or highest Vv-a.80.

…saka-mano DN-a.i.255 = attā + mano. He applies the same expl^n. to attamanatā (at Dhs.9, see Dhs trsl 12) = attano manatā mentality…

satisfaction, joy, pleasure, transport of mind MN.i.114; AN.i.276; AN.iv.62; Pp.18 (an˚) Dhs.9, Dhs.86, Dhs.418 (an˚); Pv-a.132; Vv-a.67 (an˚).

abstr. to prec.

…˚pañcama Dpvs.viii.2; ˚sattama Ja.i.233; ˚aṭṭhama Vv-a.149 (as atta-naṭṭhama Vv.34#13), & ˚aṭṭhamaka Mil.291.

III. anattā…

…Pv-a.206 (aṭṭhi-sanghātamatt;’ âvasesa-sarīra)
■ nt. (as pred.) -ṃ what is left Pv-a.52 (app’ avasesaṃ); Kp-a.245 (n’…

grandfather, (so also BSk., e.g. Mvu.ii.426; Mvu.iii.264) Ja.iii.155; Ja.iv.146; Ja.vi.196; Pv.i.84; Mil.284. ayyaka-payyakā grandfather & great grandfather; forefathers, ancestors Ja.i.2; Pv-a.107 …

…other of, a certain, any Mhvs.38, Mhvs.14.

añña + superl. suff. tama; see also aññatara

…Iti.18; Snp.1130 (magga uttama); Dhp.191 Dhp.273; Thig.158, Thig.171; Kp iv.; Vin.i.10; Cnd.485; DN-a.i.313; Dhp-a.iii.402. *…

ordinal number the eighth Snp.107, Snp.230 (cp. Kp-a.187), Snp.437
■ f. ˚ī the eighth day of the lunar half month (cp. aṭṭhakā) AN.i.144; Snp.402; Vv.16#6 (in all three pass. as pakkhassa cātuddasī …

…s. v. bahūta for T. bahūtamajjā, which introd. story takes as bahūtaṃ = balaṃ ajja, with ajjā metri causâ. C. explains however as…

“becoming”, (form of) rebirth, (state of) existence, a “life.” There are 3 states of existence conventionally enumerated as kāma˚ rūpa˚, arūpa˚; or sensual existence, deva-corporeal, formless exist …

…(itthi bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ woman is the highest property), Cnd.38; Ja.iii.353 (yācita˚ object asked = yāca); Thag-a.288 (id.); Vism.22…

…eaten, or enjoys (cp. bhutta 2) Ja.v.465 (ahaṃ bhuttā bhakkhaṃ ras’ uttamaṃ).

n. ag. fr. bhuj, cp. Sk. bhoktṛ already Vedic & Epic

ornament, decoration Vism.10 (yatino-sīla-bhūsana-bhūsitā contrasted to rājāno muttāmaṇi-vibhūsitā).

fr. bhūṣ

…DN-a.i.259 refers to Gotama, whose previous existences are related in the Jātaka collection. These tales illustrate the wisdom & goodness of…

…DN.iii.144, DN.iii.155 -uttama sublime Dhs-a.192. -uppatti birth in the brahma heaven SN.i.143….

…Snp.267, Snp.274 (vas-uttama), Snp.566, Snp.655, Snp.1128; Thag.1027, Thag.1079; Iti.28, Iti.48, Iti.78, Iti.111; Dhp.155, Dhp.156, Dhp.312;…

…DN.iii.144, DN.iii.155 -uttama sublime Dhs-a.192. -uppatti birth in the brahma heaven SN.i.143….

…of the present world-age, Gotama by family-name. He is said to be the 25^th of the series of former Buddhas (pubbā buddhā) SN.i.109,…

attached to, clinging to, in cpd. -mānasa possessed with longing Dhp.47 (= sampatte vā asampatte vā lagga-mānasa Dhp-a.i.361), Dhp.287 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.433; lagganatāya sattamānasa).

pp. of vy + …

…ruccati tena c’ amhā attamanā MN.i.93; yañ ca kho… ceteti yañ ca pakappeti… whatever he thinks, whatever he intends… SN.ii.65. As a…

…in phrase virajaṃ vitamalaṃ dh-cakkhuṃ uppajjati Vin.i.16; DN.i.86, DN.i.110; SN.ii.134 sq.; SN.iv.47 SN.iv.107; SN.v.467; AN.iv.186;…

…DN.iii.9; Dhp-a.iii.246; Gotama (ka) ibid.; Cāpāla˚ DN.ii.102, DN.ii.118; SN.v.250; Ma-kuṭabandhana˚ DN.ii.160; Bahuputta˚ DN.ii.102,…

…(seta˚, under which Gotama is seated); Ja.i.267 (seta˚); Ja.iv.16, Ja.v.383; Ja.vi.370; Snp.688, Snp.689; Mil.355; Dhp-a.i.380 sq….

…thought) SN.v.418; na cittamattam pi (not even one thought) Pv-a.3; mama cittaṃ bhaveyya (I should think) Pv-a.40. For further instances see…

the tamarind tree Ja.v.38 (˚vana); Snp-a.78. Citi-citi

Sk. ciñcā & tintiḍikā

…lost it:
dvipa-d-uttama Snp.995; koci-d-eva Pv-a.153; kincid-eva ibid. Pv-a.70; tāva-d-eva ib. Pv-a.74; yāva-d-atthaṃ ib…

…Snp.297 vara˚ Snp.234 kāma˚ Ja.vi.498 Pv.ii.13#8; ambu giving water, i.e. a cloud Dāvs.v.32; amatamagga Sdhp.1; uḷāraphala˚ ib. Sdhp.26;…

to blaze, to shine brilliantly; only in pp. med. daddaḷhamāna resplendent, blazing forth SN.i.127 = Ja.i.469; Vv.17#3; Vv.34#1 ; Pv.ii.12#6; Pv.iii.3#5; Vv-a.89 (ativiya vijjotamāna); Pv-a.157 (at …

Dahati¹

(dahate) to put, place; take for (acc or abl.), assume, claim, consider DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the …

…Ja.vi.223 (yāna = dantamaya).

• -kāsāva ivory-white & yellow Vin.i.287;
• -valaya see…

…truth as propounded by Gotama Buddha in his discourses & conversations, collected by the compilers of the 5 Nikāyas (dhamma-vinayaṃ…

…Iti.40
■ Ja.i.47 (virūpa-vesa˚) Dāvs v.15
■ f. ˚inī Pv.i.10#8 (kāsikuttama˚).

Sk. dhārin, see dhāreti & cp….

…Ja.v.197 (āvāṭa˚); Dhp-a.i.89 (anattamana˚).

…Bodhi tree Dpvs.i.7;

• -uttama a magnificent tree Vv.39#3;
• -phala fruit of a tree MN.ii.74; Vism.231 (in…

…AN.v.21; Snp.83 (dipa-duttama), Snp.995 (id.) Snp.998; Dhp.273; -pādaka = ˚pad Thag.453 = Snp.205.

5. as sec. cpd. form (with guṇa)…

…SN.v.392 AN.iv.6 (vigatamalamaccherena cetasā), AN.iv.266 (identical)

• -salā a hall, built for the distribution of alms & donations to…

…in Jetavana (Ja.i.92). Gotamassa g˚ Ja.ii.416, cp. Avs.ii.40#2 Dhp-a.iv.203, Dhp-a.iv.206; -cuṇṇa scented…

…towards Snp.p.51 (Gotamassa). Cp. garuka, gārava; also agaru agalu.

2. N. a venerable person, a teacher: garunaṃ dassanāya &…

…fallen a victim to thirst, tama˚ obscured, raho˚, secluded, vyasana˚ fallen into misery; having reached: anta˚ arrived at the goal (in this…

…distinction of the child Gotama Ja.i.56
■ phassâyatanānaṃ gati (course or direction) AN.ii.161; jagato gati (id. AN.ii.15, AN.ii.17;…

…always with ref. either to Gotama DN.i.116; MN.ii.3; or to the 6 chief sectarian leaders, as Pūraṇa Kassapa, etc.: DN.i.47, DN.i.163; SN.i.68;…

…of the tree, under which Gotama Buddha performed the double miracle; with ref. to this freq in phrase gaṇḍamba-rukkha-mūle…

adjective

1. green, pale(-green), yellowish. It is explained by Dhpāla as nīla (e.g. Vv-a.197; Pv-a.158), and its connotation is not fixed
   ■ Vin.i.137; DN.i.148; SN.i.5; Ja. …

…viz. hetu˚, paccaya˚, uttama˚ sādhāraṇa˚. Another 4 at Tikp.27, viz. kusala˚ akusala˚, vipāka˚, kiriya˚, and 9 at Tikp.252, viz…

…-sattama the 7^th of the great Sages (i.e. Gotama Buddha as 7^th in the sequence of Vipassin, Sikhin,…

…SN.i.43 (bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ); Dhp-a.i.390 (itthiyo vikkiṇiya bhaṇḍaṃ).

• -agāra (-āgāra) as…

…SN.i.43 (bhaṇḍānaṃ uttamaṃ); Dhp-a.i.390 (itthiyo vikkiṇiya bhaṇḍaṃ).

• -agāra (-āgāra) as…

…Thig.162 (Māyā j. Gotamaṃ: she bore)
pp janita produced Pv-a.1
■ See also jantu jamma, jāta, jāti ñāti,…

…aim of their teaching that Gotama rejected the doctrines of his two teachers, Āḷāra-Kāḷāma and Uddaka-Rāmaputta (MN.i.164f.)

■ The…

…suffix winning, victorious: sangāma˚ victorious in fight, in sangāmaj uttama “greatest of conquerors” Dhp.103; sabba…

…Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN.i.45 (anto-jālikata caught in a net); Snp.62, Snp.71, Snp.213, Snp.669; Ja.i.52; Ja.vi.139
■…

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

…ca sīlaṃ jīvitam uttamaṃ, etena maccā sujjhanti, na gottena dhanena vā SN.i.34 = SN.i.55; MN.iii.262, quoted at Vism.3, where k is…

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

…Mil.51
■ instr katamena (scil. maggena) adv. by which way, how Mil.57, Mil.58.

cp. Vedic katama, interr. pron. with formation of num….

…applied to the self-denial of missionary theras following Gotama Buddha’s example Mhvs.12, Mhvs.55.

…see kaṇṭaka.

Kaṇṭhaka²

Name of Gotama’s horse, on which he left his father’s…

…susukāḷa-keso (of Gotama DN.i.115; cp. kaṇha and kalyāṇa; Pv-a.26
■ The hair of Petas is long and dishevelled Pv-a.56; Sdhp.103…

…and uttamapurisa Defⁿ sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā te…

…Vb.101 & passim; cp. katamaṃ dukkham ariyasaccaṃ pañc’upād˚ ā tissa vacanīyaṃ, seyyathīdaṃ… SN.iii.158 = SN.v.425;…

…acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with mettā (love (see below);…

…acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with mettā (love (see below);…

…Vin.ii.161 (w. ref. to Gotama’s descent), Vin.iii.80;

• -parisā the assembly of the khattiyas; as one of the four…

…Pv-a.80: mukhato nikkhantamala); Dhp-a.i.314 (˚roga + kāsa, coughing).

• -sadda the sound of expectorations DN.i.50;…

thrown; cast, overthrown Dhp.34; rajo paṭivātaṃ kh˚, dirt thrown against the wind SN.i.13, SN.i.164 = Snp.662 = Dhp.125; Ja.iii.203; ratti-khittā sarā arrows shot in the night Dhp.304 = Ne.11; acchi …

…˚vādin: DN.i.115 (of Gotama) AN.i.62; Vin.i.71
■ a˚ denying the difference between merit & demerit AN.iv.174 = Vin.i.234; Vin.i.242,…

…˚vādin: DN.i.115 (of Gotama) AN.i.62; Vin.i.71
■ a˚ denying the difference between merit & demerit AN.iv.174 = Vin.i.234; Vin.i.242,…

…before him: Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo k˚-saddo abbhuggato “the high reputation went forth over the world, concerning the…

…before him: Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo k˚-saddo abbhuggato “the high reputation went forth over the world, concerning the…

…˚vādin: DN.i.115 (of Gotama) AN.i.62; Vin.i.71
■ a˚ denying the difference between merit & demerit AN.iv.174 = Vin.i.234; Vin.i.242,…

…kvaci “of whom (i.e. of Gotama) there is no likeness anywhere” Snp.1137; cp. Snp.218, Snp.395; explained by Nd ii.like kuhiñci….

…w. ref. to the child Gotama); Pv.iii.5#2; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.41 (= māṇava) daharo kumāro MN.ii.24, MN.ii.44
■ a son of (-˚) rāja˚…

…Often combined with anattamana “angry and displeased” Vin.ii.189; DN.i.3, DN.i.90 (= DN-a.i.255 kuddha)

■ As nt….

…tiṇaṃ antamaso tālapaṇṇam pi; Dhp.311; Ja.i.190 (= tiṇa); Ja.iv.140. 2. a blade of grass used as a mark or a lot:…

in kāsi-kuttama Ja.vi.49 should be read as kāsik’uttama.

…red crystal Ja.vi.268 (= rattamaṇi)

• -maya made of crystal, crystalline Vin.i.190; Vin.ii.112.

Der. unknown. The word first…

…brilliant hair“ said of Gotama. This was afterwards applied figuratively in the description of his parting from home, rising to a new life, as it…

1. abs.
   1. deed, service, act of mercy or worship, homage: kāra-paṇṇaka Ja.vi.24 (vegetable as oblation); appako pi kato kāro devûpapattiṃ āvahati “even a small gift of mercy brings about rebirth …

…to be read kāsik’ uttama for kāsi-kuttama). -vattha Benares muslin AN.i.248 AN.iii.50; Pp.34; Mil.2; Dhp-a.i.417; Vism.115.

cp. Sk….

…brilliant hair“ said of Gotama. This was afterwards applied figuratively in the description of his parting from home, rising to a new life, as it…

…(in explⁿ of tamaparāyaṇa purisa); Thig.438; Ja.i.222 (one-eyed); Ja.vi.74 (of both eyes); Dhp-a.iii.71.

*…

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

…filled with light when Gotama became the Buddha Ja.i.76; Vb-a.4; Vism.207 (lokantariya˚) Snp-a.59 (˚vāsa life in the l. niraya); cp. BSk….

…is given as “maggam uttamaṃ” at Snp.1130, i.e. the Highest Path. See for ref. e.g. Vin.iii.93; Vin.iv.26; DN.ii.353 DN.iii.102,…

…visiṭṭha, pāmokkha, uttama pavara,“ see Cnd.502.

Note on mahā & cpds

1. In certain compounds the combⁿ…

…haṭṭha-mano, attamano etc at Mnd.3; by santuṭṭha-citto at Snp-a.512)

IV. manasi-karoti (etc.)

to fix the mind…

mentality Dhs-a.143 (in explⁿ of attamanatā).

abstr. fr. mano

…haṭṭha-mano, attamano etc at Mnd.3; by santuṭṭha-citto at Snp-a.512)

IV. manasi-karoti (etc.)

to fix the mind…

…as said Dhp-a.i.330; cintitamatte at the mere thought Dhp-a.i.326; naṃ jātamattaṃ yeva as soon as he was born Pv-a.195; anumodana-mattena…

certain plant Nardostychus jatamansi Ja.vi.535.

cp. Sk. māṃsī

(& -ṇa) an insect, bug or flea Ja.i.10; Ja.iii.423; Vism.109 (where kīla-mankula ought to be read as kīṭamankuna); Dhp-a.ii.12.

cp. late Sk. matkuṇa, see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 6#3

…& dosacarita).;

• -tama the darkness of bewilderment MN-a.1.
• -dhamma anything that is bewildering…

swelling or rising in tone, increase of sound Ja.ii.249 (vīṇaṃ uttama-mucchanāya mucchetvā vādesi).

fr. mucchati 2

…Vin.i.246) Vb-a.332 (= uttamaṃ, mukha-bhūtaṃ vā)
■ Der. adj mokkha & pāmokkha; (q.v.). Note. A poetical instr sg. mukhasā…

filled by the (say 6 or more) month(s), i.e. heavy (alluding to the womb in advanced pregnancy), heaped full MN.i.332 (kucchi garu-garu viya māsācitaṃ maññe ti; Neumann trsl^s “wie ein Sack …

…Snp.836; Ja.i.151;

• -uttama best of men (Ep. of the Buddha) SN.i.23; DN.iii.147; Snp.1021;
• -deva…

…by day & by night Snp.1070 (variant reading BB and Cnd rattamahaṃ).

Sk. nakta, see nakkhatta

…of N., is maṅgalaṃ uttamaṃ & to be achieved by means of; tapo, brahmacariyā and ariyasaccāna-dassanaṃ Snp.267
■…

…utter, give out DN.i.53 (anattamanavācam a˚ not utter a word of discontent); Ja.iii.127 Ja.v.416 (madhurassaraṃ); Pp.33; Mil.259 (garahaṃ)…

… ■ Explained at Pts.ii.243 by nekkhammena kāmacchandato n.; arahattamaggena sabbakilesehi n. muccati.

Sk. *niḥpsāta, nis + chāta

at Ja.iii.120 is an old misreading & is to be corrected into; nipatāmase (= let us gather, bring together = dedicate), unless it be read as nipphadāmase (= do, set forth, prepare, give), in spite …

1. (intrs.) to fall down, fly down, descend, go out Vin.ii.192 (Bhagavato pādesu sirasā n. bending his head at the feet of Bh.); Pv-a.60 (id.); Ja.i.278; Ja.v.467 (nippatissāmi = nikkhamissāmi Com. …

to become dark, to be exhausted, faint; to be in misery or anxiety Ja.iv.284 (Com.: atikilamati).

Sk. nitāmyati, ni + tam as in tama

…no api nu), Ja.v.435 (= nipātamattaṃ p. 437).

No²

indeclinable negative & adversative particle = neither, nor, but not surely not,…

Obhāsati¹

to shine, to be splendid Pv.i.2#1 (= pabhāseti vijjoteti Pv-a.10)
caus obhāseti to make radiant or resplendent to illumine, to fill with light or splendo …

…reading opaguyha gajuttama opavayha = rāja-vāhana C.); DN-a.i.147 (ārohanayogga opavuyha, variant reading ˚guyha); Vv-a.316 (T….

…The one accompanying Gotama Buddha is Ānanda Vin.i.46 Vin.iii.10 (Ānanda); Vin.iv.78 (id.); Ud.90 (Nāgasamāla) Ja.iv.123; Mil.15…

…Snp.700 (moneyyaṃ uttamaṃ padaṃ, thing; but Snp-a.491 explains as uttama-paṭipadaṃ), Snp.765; Dhp.21, Dhp.93, Dhp.114 (amataṃ),…

…(kena p.); Pv-a.27 (katamaṃ p.) 3. (conclusive or copulative) and, and now, further, moreover DN.i.139 (siyā kho p. be it now that…);…

paternal great-grandfather Dāvs iii.29.

pa + pitāmaha

…for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a.iii.237; Vv-a.78
■ DN.i.124 (ettaka˚) MN.ii.120 (˚nipacca); SN.i.166;…

…DN-a.i.169 explains by uttamatāya); MN.i.10 (abyābajjha˚); SN.i.82 (nāḷik’ odana-paramatāya on a nāḷi of boiled rice at the most);…

…existence. With ref. to Gotama Buddha: Vin.ii.284 (atikkhippaṃ bhagavā p.), Vin.ii.294 (vassasata˚ e bhagavati); Vin.v.119, Vin.v.120;…

…Amata˚ SN.v.217 sq.; tama˚ Pp.51; Nibbāna SN.iv.373; SN.v.218; brahmacariya˚ SN.i.234; Maccu˚ SN.v.217; sambodhi˚ DN.i.156; DN.ii.155;…

…Amata˚ SN.v.217 sq.; tama˚ Pp.51; Nibbāna SN.iv.373; SN.v.218; brahmacariya˚ SN.i.234; Maccu˚ SN.v.217; sambodhi˚ DN.i.156; DN.ii.155;…

to fall, jump, fall down on (loc. acc. & instr.), to alight Ja.i.278 (dīpake); Snp.248 (nirayaṃ); Pv.iv.10#8 (1st pl. patāmase); Mil.187; Pv-a.45 ppr. patanto Ja.i.263 (asaniyā); Ja.iii.188 (nāvāya …

… ■ Note. When Gotama said that his “religion” would last 500 years he meant that it would last a very long time, practically for…

…Synonymous with uttama (DN-a.i.109, DN-a.i.171), uḷāra (Pv-a.25, Pv-a.228), atuḷa (Pv-a.110) opp. hīna (DN.iii.215;…

to strew about, to sprawl Pv.iv.10#8 (uttānā paṭikirāma = vikirīyamān’angā viya vattāma Pv-a.271).

paṭi + kirati

…Pv-a.217. [Cp. BSk. pretamahardhika Divy.14]
■ f. petī Vin.iv.20; Ja.i.240; Pv.i.6#2; Pv-a.67 and passim. Vimānapetī Pv-a.47,…

fatḥer’s brother, paternal uncle AN.iii.348 AN.v.138 (gloss pitāmaho).

for pettāviya (Epic Sk. pitṛvya), cp. Trenckner, Notes 62¹⁶, 75

father
■ Cases: sg. nom. pitā SN.i.182; Dhp.43; Ja.v.379; Snp-a.423; acc. pitaraṃ Dhp.294; pituṃ Cp.ii.9#3; instr. pitarā Ja.iii.37, pitunā, petyā Ja.v.214; dat. gen. pitu MN.iii.176; …

…in uttama˚ (= mahāpurisa) Dhp.97 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.188). Cp posa.

abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauruṣa or…

…Snp.991, Snp.1012 (˚uttama), Snp.1013; Ja.vi.276 (= nagara C); Mhvs.14, Mhvs.29
■ avapure below the fortress MN.i.68
■…

…Ja.i.71 (˚âbhimukha: Gotama facing E. under the Bo tree).

fr. *pura, cp. Prk. (AMg.) puratthima, acc. to Pischel, Gr. § 602 a der. fr….

…Vism.447, Vism.492.

• -uttama “the highest of men,” an excellent man AN.v.16, AN.v.325 sq.; Snp.544; Dhp.78;…

adjective having sons SN.i.6; Snp.33.

fr. *puttamant

…agga seṭṭha pāmokkha attama, in exegesis of mahā (at Cnd.502 A e.g. , when AN.ii.95 reads mokkha for p.). See mahā….

…ti vā rattīsu, ye ti nipātamattaṃ“ and “virocasi rattiyaṃ.” Thus rajanī is here taken directly as “night” (cp. Abhp.69)
■…

guarded, protected, saved SN.iv.112 (rakkhitena kāyena, rakkhitāya vācāya etc.) AN.i.7 (cittaṃ r.); Snp.288 (dhamma˚), Snp.315 (gottā˚) Vv-a.72 (mātu˚, pitu˚ etc.); Pv-a.61, Pv-a.130
■ Note. *r …

…AN.i.152; AN.iii.44; and Gotama’s horse Kaṇthaka is called assa -rājā Ja.i.62 = Vv-a.314
■ Note. The compound…

…AN.i.152; AN.iii.44; and Gotama’s horse Kaṇthaka is called assa -rājā Ja.i.62 = Vv-a.314
■ Note. The compound…

…r.; explained as “rajatamaya” Pv-a.95); Dhp-a.i.29.

cp. Sk. rūpya, lit. of splendid appearance, cp. name for gold…

is Bdhgh’s explⁿ of attamana (q.v.), e.g. DN-a.i.129, DN-a.i.255.

saka + mana

to turn, to roll about; ppr. samparivattamāna Ja.i.140; pp. samparivatta. Caus. samparivatteti [cp. BSk. ˚parivartayati to wring one’s hands Divy. …

…Ja.i.77; arahattamaggaṃ AN.ii.42 sq.; Vin.i.32; saññāvedayitanirodhaṃ to attain the trance of cessation SN.iv.293;…

…santatara Iti.62;
■ superl. sattama (q.v.).

ppr. of atthi

Sattama¹

adjective best, excellent Snp.356; Ja.i.233.

superl. fr. sant

Sattama²

(num. ord.) the seventh DN.i.89; Snp.103 …

… ■ ji (sangāma-j-uttama) victorious in battle Dhp.103 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.227 = sangāma-sīsa-yodha) -bheri battle drum…

…(see Müller pp. 62, 63, on euphonic cons.) especially with agge (after, from), in ajja-t-agge, tama-t-agge, dahara-t-agge AN.v.300; cp…

…leaden; cp. Sk. adj. taṃsra id., to tama

Name of a tree (Xanthochymus pictorius) Pv.iii.10#5 (+ uppala).

Sk. tamāla

…Vv.16#2 (vara graceful = uttamarūpa-dhara Vv-a.79; perhaps to 2) Pv-a.46 (of hair: fine + mudhu). 2. (n. nt.) body (orig. slender part of the…

…between the roots tim tamas, etc. (to be dark), tim, temeti (to be wet), and stim to be motionless. Cp. tintiṇāyati, tinta, tibba (=…

…ref. to the bhikkhus of Gotama Buddha’s community
(adj.) senior Vin.i.47, Vin.i.290 (th. bhikkhū opp. navā bh.), Vin.i.159 (th bhikkhu a…

…a contamination of two roots of different meaning; viz. tij & tim; (of tamas) or = stim to be motionless, cp. styā under thīna.

…fr. tim = tam (as in tamas), to which also belong tibba 2 & tintiṇāti. This is to be distinguished from; tim in temeti to (be or) make…

darkness Ja.iii.433 (andhakāra-timissāya); Pp.30 (andh˚-timisāya); Mil.283

Vedic tamisrā = tamas

…DN.ii.89 = Vin.i.230 (Gotama˚ the G. ford) Ja.i.339, Ja.i.340 (titthāraṇa); Ja.ii.111; Ja.iii.228 (˚nāvika ferryman); Ja.iii.230…

…(id.); Pv.iv.1#55 (attamana +); Pv.iv.5#8 (haṭṭha +); Mil.248; Dhp-a.ii.42 (haṭṭha-pahaṭṭha udagg-udagga in high glee &…

…(superl. ukkaṭṭhatama with ref. to Gotama as the most exalted of the 7 Rishis) Sdhp.506 (opp. lāmaka). 2. large, comprehensive great,…

…Ānanda was the last u. of Gotama Buddha (see DN.i.206 Thag.1041 f.; Thag-a in Brethren loc. cit.; Vin.i.179 (Sāgato u.), Vin.i.194; Vin.ii.186;…

…Pv-a.50
■ dum-uttama a splendid tree Vv.39#3; nar˚ the best of men Snp.1021 (narāsabha of Snp.996); pur˚ the most magnificent town…

highest amount, climax, limit DN-a.i.169 (for paramatā).

abstr. fr. uttama

…uttama-bhāvaṃ patta).

• -attharaṇa upper cover Ja.vi.253.
• -pubba…

…(eko va putto), Pv-a.4 (ñātamattā va).

for eva, after long vowels

Va⁴

is (metrically) shortened form of…

1. speaking, utterance, word, bidding SN.ii.18 (alaṃ vacanāya one says rightly); SN.iv.195 (yathā bhūtaṃ); AN.ii.168; Snp.417, Snp.699 Snp.932, Snp.984, Snp.997; Mil.235; Pv.ii.2#7; Snp-a.343, Snp-a …

…the noble city Vv.16#6 (= uttama˚, Rājagahaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ Vv-a.82); ratana˚; the best of gems Snp.683; rāja˚; famous king Vv.32#1…

…husband) Vv.31#3.

• -uttama highest authority, greatest ideal Snp.274.
• -gata being in someone’s power…

adjective noun being in existence, going on, happening at the time; nt. process, progress, (as ˚-) in progress Snp-a.4 (˚uppanna); Pv-a.55 -vacana the present tense Snp-a.16, Snp-a.23.

ppr. m …

adjective going on, being, existing; -bhave in the present existence or period Mil.291.

fr. last

to move, go on, proceed to happen, take place, to be; to be in existence; to fare to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes …

at Dpvs.xi.33 is probably equivalent to vaḍḍhana (6) in special sense at Mhvs.23, Mhvs.33, and designates a (pair of) special (ly costly) garment(s). One might think of meaning v …

…in cātu˚; (suddhi) (purity of) the fourfold castes MN.ii.132. 3. having beauty Snp.551 (uttama˚). 4. having the appearance of AN.ii.106…

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

…pahāna etc Cnd.578); Mil.285; DN-a.i.140 (niddā˚); Dhp-a.i.41 (tama˚, adj.); Pv-a.38 (soka˚).

fr. vinodeti

…AN.ii.117; Snp.273, Snp.956 (tamaṃ); Snp.967; Mnd.454, Mnd.489; Ja.i.183; Ja.ii.63, Ja.ii.283 (sinehaṃ); Vv.84#26; Mil.259 (imper. vinodehi, +…

to vibrate, tremble, quiver, fly asunder, diffuse Ja.i.51; Snp-a.225; Vv-a.12 (vijjotamāna vipphurato).

vi + phurati: see pharati

…in phrase virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhamma-cakkhuṃ udapādi “there arose in him the stainless eye of the Arahant,” e.g. Vin.i.16;…

…each of the 6 senses: “katamaṃ viññāṇaṃ? cha-y-ime viññāṇa-kāyā (groups of v.), viz. cakkhu˚ sota˚ etc.,” which means…

at SN.i.129 read as vattamāna.

…doctrine or word of Gotama Buddha Mhvs.5, Mhvs.2; Mhvs.33, Mhvs.97 sq.; Dpvs.v.10, Dpvs.v.14 (theravādo aggavādo ti vuccati), Dpvs.v.51 (17…

…427 explains ya-kāro nipātamatto)
■ abl. yasmā in adv. use; yamhā Dhp.392
■ loc. yamhi Dhp.261, Dhp.372, Dhp.393
■ f. loc….

abundant, numerous, most. Not found as adj. by itself, except in phrase yebhuyya-vasena mostly, as a rule Thag-a.51 and Pv-a.136, which is identical with the usual instr. *[yebhuyyena](/define/ye …

1. the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …

…up to 1000; Pv-a.21; y. sattama up to the seventh DN.i.238. 2. nom.: y. deva-bhava-sampatti up to the attainment of a deva existence…

relation, relative (= mātito pitito ca sambandhā Pv-a.25; = bandhū Pv-a.86; specialized as ˚sālohitā, see below). Pl. ñātayo (Pv.i.4#3; Kp-a.209 Kp-a.214) and ñātī (MN.ii.73; Kp-a.210, Kp-a.213 …

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

teacher (almost syn. with upajjhāya) Vin.i.60, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.119 (˚upajjhāya); Vin.ii.231; Vin.iv.130 (gaṇo vā ācariyo a meeting of the bhikkhus or a single teacher cp. f. āca …

…A def. at Vism.442 runs “antamaso opamma-vagga-mattassa pi buddhavacanassa pariyāpuṇaṇaṃ”. See also āgata 2, for phrase…

…(te hattaṃ); Cnd.540#c (puttamaṃsaṃ, read āhāreyya?); Pv.ii.3#10; DN-a.i.186, DN-a.i.188 DN-a.i.2. 2. to bring, bring down, fetch…

…= DN.iii.238 (kupito anattamano āhata-citto); Vin.i.75, Vin.i.76; SN.i.170 (tilak˚, so read for tilakā-hata, affected with freckles, C….

…up, impassable Vin.i.79; Vin.iv.297; Vism.413 (˚ṃ andha-tamaṃ).

doubtful or āhuṇḍ˚?

…AN.ii.145, AN.ii.206; AN.iv.167; Cnd.540#c (āhāraṃ & puttamaṃsaṃ cp. SN.ii.98).

Denom. fr. āhāra

…seṭṭha-ṭṭhāna uttama-ṭṭhāna); AN.iii.9; AN.v.33 sq.; DN-a.i.31; Kp-a.104.

the guṇa-and comp^n. form of usabha,…

…come ye hence from Gotama“ trsl. p. 159; C. explains by paharitvā which comes near the usual paraphrase ghaṭṭetvā) 3. knocking…

expletive particle = assu³ Ja.v.241 (variant reading assu; nipātamattaṃ C. p.243).

…alapítójának, Gótama Sziddhártának a neve, amelyet az általa keresett lényeg felismerése során, azaz a Megvilágosodás kapcsán…

‘Megvilágosodás’ – a Gautama Sziddhárta által a bódhi-fa (füge: ficus religiosa) alatt ülve elért állapot, amelynek során felismerte,…