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thana, 495 találat.

thana →

ncped

  1. the breast, esp. the breast of a woman.
  2. the (teat of the) udder of a cow.

ṭhāna →

ncped

  1. standing; the act of standing, being fixed or stationary; continuance.
    1. a place; a locality; a spot; a site; a location; a suitable place; a worthy object.
    2. region, sphere; metaphysical o …

thana →

pts

  1. the breast of a woman DN.ii.266; Ja.v.205; Ja.vi.483 Sdhp.360.
  2. the udder of a cow MN.i.343 = Pp.56; Dhp-a.ii.67.
  • -mukha the nipple Ja.iv.37.
  • -sita-dāraka [sita](/de …

ṭhāna →

pts

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

  1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
  2. by itself without parti …

ajapālanigrodha →

dppn

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

ambapālivana →

dppn

The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Order. It was in Vesāli and was given to the Buddha during his last tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited …

anuruddha →

dppn

First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …

aḷaka →

dppn

AḷakaMūḷaka

A country on the banks of the Godhāvarī River. It was at a spot between the territories of the Aḷaka and the Assaka kings that Bāvarī lived. Snp.977 To the north of Alaka was Patiṭṭhāna. …

bhadda →

dppn

Bhadda1

A lay disciple of Nādikā who, the Buddha declared, had destroyed the five lower fetters and had been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda …

bāhiya →

dppn

Bāhiya1Dārucīriya

As an ascetic, he came himself to believe that he had attained arahantship, but a devatā, reading his thoughts and wishing him well, pointed out to him his error and ad …

bāvarī →

dppn

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

gonaddha →

dppn

One of the places passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way from Bāvarī’s hermitage to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.

Between Gonaddha and their starting place lay Patitthāna, Māhissati and Ujjeni, an …

kammāsadhamma →

dppn

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …

kandaraka →

dppn

A wandering ascetic who visited the Buddha at Campā, on the banks of Lake Gaggarā together with Pessa the elephant trainer’s son. Pessa saluted the Buddha and sat down, while Kandaraka, after his salu …

kuru →

dppn

A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …

kuṇḍadhānavana →

dppn

KuṇḍadhānavanaKuṇḍiṭṭhānaKuṇḍikāKuṇḍiyāKuṇhāna

It was while the Buddha was dwelling in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she re …

kuṇḍaliya →

dppn

A Paribbājaka who visits the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa. He asks the Buddha what profit comes from the Buddha’s way of living.

The conversation leads to a discussion of the bojjhangas, the sa …

mahāmoggallāna →

dppn

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

medakathalikā →

dppn

The pupil of a “bamboo acrobat” of long ago. His master called to him one day and asked him to climb the bamboo and to stand on his shoulder. Then the master suggested that they should watch and look …

migāramātupāsāda →

dppn

The name given to the monastery erected by Visākhā Migāramātā in the Pubbārāma, to the east of Sāvatthī. It is said that, one day, when Visākhā had gone to the monastery to hear the Dhamma and afterwa …

mānadinna →

dppn

A householder of Rājagaha. When he lay ill he was visited by Ānanda, to whom he confessed that even in his illness he practiced the four satipaṭṭhāna. He was quite free from the five lower fetters. SN.v.178

patiṭṭhāna →

dppn

…on their way to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011 It is identified with the Baithana or Paitana of Ptolemy.

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payāga →

dppn

PayāgaPayāgatiṭṭhaPayāgapatiṭṭhāna

A ford on the Ganges, on the direct route from Verañja to Benares, the road passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakujja, and crossing the Ganges at Payāga. Vin …

rājagaha →

dppn

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

sanaṅkumāra →

dppn

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

sirivaḍḍha →

dppn

Sirivaḍḍha1

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of meditating in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha2

A minister of Pasena …

sāketa →

dppn

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

sākya →

dppn

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

uruvelā →

dppn

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

verañjā →

dppn

A town in which the Buddha once spent the rainy season at the invitation of the brahmin Verañja. Verañja visits the Buddha at the foot of the Naḷerupucimanda, where he is staying, and asks him a serie …

kammaṭṭhāna →

farkas

a meditáció tárgya, gyakorlási terület

satipaṭṭhāna →

farkas

az éberség megalapozása

abhimatthana →

ncped

rotating, rubbing together.

abhiṭhāna →

ncped

deadly crime (one of the six great crimes: mātughāta, pitughāta, arahantaghāta, lohituppāda, saṅghabheda, aññasatthāruddesa)

adhiṭṭhāna →

ncped

support, basis; standpoint; abode; determination, resolution; fixing the mind on; determining, controlling, producing (by supernatural power); taking (formal) possession of, designating.

aggiṭṭhāna →

ncped

place for the fire; a fireplace, hearth

anadhiṭṭhāna →

ncped

not a support; not determining; not fixing one’s mind on. lack of resolve; not taking formal possession.

anussatiṭṭhāna →

ncped

subject of recollection

anuṭṭhāna →

ncped

not getting up; lack of energy; laziness

aṭṭhānavuti →

ncped

num. ninety eight

caturādhiṭṭhāna →

ncped

having for supports (or resolutions)

cittasamuṭṭhāna →

ncped

having its origin in thoughts or consciousness; arising from the mind or consciousness.

cāgādiṭṭhāna →

ncped

  1. (n.) fixing the mind on abandoning, giving up and/or on giving; resolution for liberality and/or for abandoning.
  2. (mfn.) having resolve for liberality and/or abandoning.

itthanāma →

ncped

one having such and such a name; called so-and-so; so and so; such and such

kammaṭṭhāna →

ncped

kind of activity; occupation

kapitthana →

ncped

kind of fruiting tree, prob. a fig

kapiṭṭhana →

ncped

kind of fruiting tree, prob. a fig

kaṇṭakaṭṭhāna →

ncped

thorny place, an area of thorn

kaṭhinasamuṭṭhāna →

ncped

the section listing the kaṭhina sikkhāpadas and those sikkhāpadas having a similar origin

kumbhaṭṭhānakthā →

ncped

talk at the well or ford, gossip; scullery-maids’ or prostitutes’ gossip

netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati →

ncped

it is (not) the case; it is (not) possible

nibbeṭhana →

ncped

unwinding; disentanglement; rebuttal (one of the elements of a disputation)

nitthananta →

ncped

niṭṭhāna →

ncped

(from niṭṭhāti) completion, culmination; being finished.

niṭṭhānantika →

ncped

defined by completion.

thanaka →

ncped

the breast.

thanati →

ncped

roars, thunders.

thanaya →

ncped

of thanati

thanayanta →

ncped

of thanati

thanayat →

ncped

of thanati

thanayati →

ncped

thanayitvā →

ncped

of thanati

uddhumāta →

ncped

inflated; swollen, bloated; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

uddhumātaka →

ncped

swollen; bloated, esp. of a corpse; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

ukkaṇṭhana →

ncped

(from ukkaṇṭhati) fretting; discontent.

upasamaddhiṭṭhāna →

ncped

  1. (n.) fixing the mind on tranquillity; resolution for calmness.
  2. (mfn.)fixing the mind on tranquility; resolving for calmness

upaṭṭhāna →

ncped

going near, keeping close to; presence, appearance; serving, waiting on, attendance; worshiping.

upaṭṭhānasālā →

ncped

audience hall, assembly hall

upāhanapappoṭhanasadda →

ncped

the sound of the knocking of sandals

uṭṭhāna →

ncped

rising, getting up; arising, appearance; erection; exertion, effort.

uṭṭhānaka →

ncped

energetic; zealous.

uṭṭhānasampanna →

ncped

abounding in energy; zealous

uṭṭhānava →

ncped

full of energy, exerting oneself

uṭṭhānavat →

ncped

full of energy, exerting oneself

āpattivuṭṭhāna →

ncped

removal of an offense; rehabilitation

ṭhānaso →

ncped

adverb

  1. on the spot; at once; in a moment.
  2. as to the cause.

ṭhānāraha →

ncped

fit to continue; to stand.

adhitthāna →

nyana

Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:

  1. ‘Foundation’: four ‘foundations or basics’ of an Arahat’s mentality, mentioned and explained in M. 140: the foundatio …

alcohol prohibition →

nyana

[[alcohol prohibition]]Alcohol restriction: see: surāmeraya - majja - ppamādatthānā. The 5th training rule.

analysis of the 4 elements →

nyana

[[analysis of the 4 elements]]Analysis of the 4 primary elements: dhātu-vavatthāna

anupassanā →

nyana

Anupassanā: Contemplation, deep reflection, profound consideration:
The 4 fold: see: satipatthāna.
The 18 fold: see: vipassanā.
The 7 fold: The seven contemplations:
1: Contemplating c …

ascending insight →

nyana

[[ascending insight]]Ascending insight: see: vutthāna - gāminī - vipassanā

association →

nyana

Association: sampayutta-paccaya is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya. *

Asubha:* Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations * …

attentiveness →

nyana

Attentiveness: Attention, awareness or mindfulness; see: sati satipatthāna.

bala →

nyana

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

bhavanga-sota →

nyana

Bhavanga-sota: and Bhavanga-citta: The first term may tentatively be rendered as the ‘undercurrent forming the condition of being, or existence’, and the second as ‘subconsciousness’, though …

bhayatupatthāna-ñāna →

nyana

Bhayatupatthāna-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in the awareness of terror’, is one of those kinds of insight-knowledge that form the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ se …

bhāvanā →

nyana

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

bodhipakkhiya-dhammā →

nyana

Bodhipakkhiya-dhammā: The 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’, or ‘requisites of enlightenment’ comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

body →

nyana

Body: kāya Contemplation on the b. is one of the 4 satipatthāna.

bojjhanga →

nyana

Bojjhanga: ‘the 7 factors of enlightenment’, are: awareness or mindfulness sati-sambojjhanga, sati, investigation of the law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, *vir …

catu-dhātu-vavatthāna →

nyana

Catu-dhātu-vavatthāna: ‘analysis of the four elements’; see: dhātu-vavatthāna

citta-ja (citta-samutthāna)-rūpa →

nyana

[[citta-ja (citta-samutthāna)-rūpa]]Citta-ja citta-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘mind-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna

citta-samutthāna-rūpa →

nyana

Citta-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘mind-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna.

cittānupassanā →

nyana

Cittānupassanā: ‘contemplation of consciousness’, is one of the 4 foundations of awareness or mindfulness satipatthāna

consciousness: viññāna →

nyana

[[consciousness: viññāna]]Consciousness: viññāna see: khandha citta mano q v - Moment of °: citta-kkhana Contemplation of °: cittānupassanā: satipatthāna - Materiality produced by °: *c …

cāga →

nyana

Cāga: ‘generosity’, is one of the ‘blessings’ see: sampadā ‘foundations’ see: adhitthāna, recollections’ see: anussati, treasures’ see: dhana.

elements →

nyana

Elements: dhātu - Analysis of the 4 e.: dhātu-vavatthāna

emotion →

nyana

Emotion: 8 sources of e.: samvega-vatthu. The 4 places rousing emotion; samvejanīya-tthāna

feeling →

nyana

Feeling: vedanā, further see: khandha - Contemplation of f.: vedanānupassanā see: satipatthāna.

food →

nyana

Food: material: is one of the 4 nutriments āhāra. Foodproduced materiality, see: samutthāna - Refusing all further f., see: dhutānga - Loathsomeness of f. see: āhārepatikkūla - saññā

foundation →

nyana

Foundation: nissaya one of the 24 conditions paccaya,. Wrong f. of morality, see: nissaya f. of sympathy: sangaha-vatthu f. f orming absorptions: pādaka-jjhāna, - f. o …

foundations of awareness or mindfulness →

nyana

[[foundations of awareness or mindfulness]]Foundations of awareness or mindfulness: the 4: satipatthāna.

hetu →

nyana

Hetu: ‘cause’, condition, reason; Abhidhamma root-condition. In sutta usage it is almost synonymous with paccaya ‘condition’, and often occurs together with it ’What is the cause, what is the c …

iriyā-patha →

nyana

Iriyā-patha: lit. ‘ways of movement’: ‘bodily postures’, i.e. going, standing, sitting, lying. In the Satipatthāna-sutta see: satipatthāna they form the subject of a contemplation and an exerc …

jhāna →

nyana

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

materiality →

nyana

Materiality: produced through consciousness, kamma, etc.; see: samutthāna - Sensitive c.: pasāda-rūpa

paccaya →

nyana

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

paramī →

nyana

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

paticcasamuppāda →

nyana

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

temperature →

nyana

Temperature: utu. - For materiality produced by temperature, see: samutthāna

āhāra-samutthāna-rūpa →

nyana

Āhāra-samutthāna-rūpa: ‘Food-produced materiality’; see: samutthāna

ānāpāna-sati →

nyana

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

abhabba →

pts

adjective impossible, not likely, unable DN.iii.13 sq., DN.iii.19 DN.iii.26 sq., DN.iii.133; Iti.106, Iti.117; Snp.231 (see Kp-a.189); Dhp.32; Ja.i.116; Pp.13.

  • -ṭṭhāna a (moral) impossibility o …

abhibhavana →

pts

overcoming, vanquishing, mastering SN.ii.210 (variant reading BB abhipatthana).

fr. abhibhavati

abhinava →

pts

adjective quite young, new or fresh Vin.iii.337; Ja.ii.143 (devaputta), Ja.ii.435 (so read for accuṇha in expln of paccaggha; v.v. ll. abbhuṇha & abhiṇha) Thag-a.201 (˚yobbana = abhiyobban …

abhinivesa →

pts

“settling in”, i.e. wishing for, tendency towards (-˚) inclination, adherence; as adj. liking, loving, being given or inclined to DN.iii.230; MN.i.136, MN.i.251; SN.ii.17; SN.iii.10 SN.iii.13, SN.iii …

abhiṭhāna →

pts

great or deadly crime Only at Snp.231 = Kp.vi.10 (quoted Kv.109). Six are there mentioned, & are explained (Kp-a.189) as “matricide parricide, killing an Arahant, causing schisms, wounding a Buddha, …

accharā →

pts

Accharā1

feminine the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips:

  1. (lit.) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja.ii.447; Ja.iii.191; Ja.iv.124, Ja.iv.126 Ja. …

adhi →

pts

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

  1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
  2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

adhiṭṭhita →

pts

adjective
standing on (c. loc.), esp. with the idea of standing above, towering over Vv.63#30 (hemarathe a. = sakalaṃ ṭhānaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhita Vv-a.269)

  1. looked after, managed, undertaken gover …

adhiṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

aggi →

pts

fire.

  1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

ajjhatta →

pts

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

amara →

pts

…Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.

a + mara from…

anosita →

pts

adjective not inhabited (by), not accessible (to) Snp.937 (= anajjhositaṃ Mnd.441 jarādīhi anajjhāvutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ Snp-a.566).

an + ava + sita, pp. of

antara →

pts

adjective Primary meanings are “inside” and “in between” as adj. “inner”; in prep. use & in compounds “inside, in between”. Further development of meaning is with a view of contrasting the (two) sides …

antarika →

pts

adjective “being in between”, i.e.

  1. intermediate, next, following: see an˚.
  2. distant lying in between Pv-a.173 (aneka-yojan˚ ṭhāna). See also f. antarikā.
  3. inside: see *[antarikā](/define/a …

anukkaṇṭhana →

pts

having no lack anything, being contented or happy Ja.vi.4.

an + ukkaṇṭhana

anusaya →

pts

(see Kvu trsl. 234 n. 2 and Cpd. 172 n. 2). Bent, bias proclivity, the persistance of a dormant or latent disposition predisposition, tendency. Always in bad sense. In the oldest texts the word usuall …

anussati →

pts

remembrance, recollection, thinking of, mindfulness. A late list of subjects to be kept in mind comprises six anussati-ṭṭhānāni, viz. Buddha˚, Dhamma˚, Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚; i.e. prope …

anuyuñjati →

pts

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

anuṭṭhāna →

pts

“the not getting up”, inactivity, want of energy Dhp.241 (sarīra-paṭijagganaṃ akaronto Dhp-a.iii.347).

an + uṭṭhāna

anāmata →

pts

adjective not affected by death, immortal Ja.ii.56 (asusāna-ṭṭhāna C.); Dhp-a.ii.99.

an + amata the ā being due to metrical lengthening

apanāmeti →

pts

  1. to take away, remove MN.i.96 = AN.i.198 (kathaṃ bahiddhā a. carry outside) Kp.viii.4 (= aññaṃ ṭhānaṃ gameti Kp-a.220).
  2. [= Sk. ava-namati] to bend down, lower, put down Vin.ii.208 (chattaṃ); SN …

apihālu →

pts

adjective not hankering, free from craving, not greedy SN.i.187 = Thag.1218 (akuhako nipako apihālu); Snp.852 (+ amaccharin, expld. at Snp-a.549 as apihana-sīlo, patthanātanhāya rahito t …

appakāra →

pts

adjective not of natural form, of bad appearance, ugly, deformed Ja.v.69 (= sarīrappakāra-rahita dussaṇṭhāna C.). Cp. apākatika.

a + pakāra

arahant →

pts

adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–⁠6). Adopted by the Bu …

arañña →

pts

forest DN.i.71; MN.i.16; MN.iii.104; SN.i.4, SN.i.7, SN.i.29, SN.i.181, SN.i.203 (mahā); AN.i.60 (˚vanapatthāni); AN.ii.252; AN.iii.135, AN.iii.138; Snp.39, Snp.53, Snp.119; Dhp.99, Dhp.329, Dhp.330; …

araṇi →

pts

…(ī); Dhp-a.ii.246; -mathana rubbing of firewood Ja.vi.209
Note. The reading at Pv-a.211 araṇiyehi devehi sadisa-vaṇṇa is…

araṇī →

pts

…(ī); Dhp-a.ii.246; -mathana rubbing of firewood Ja.vi.209
Note. The reading at Pv-a.211 araṇiyehi devehi sadisa-vaṇṇa is…

ariya →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
  2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
  3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

asubha →

pts

adjective impure, unpleasant, bad, ugly, nasty; nt. ˚ṃ nastiness, impurity. Cp. on term and the Asubha-meditation, as well as on the 10 asubhas or offensive objects Dhs. trsl. 70 and Cpd. 121 n. …

avaguṇṭhana →

pts

adjective (-˚) covering Sdhp.314.

fr. oguṇṭheti

avakāsa →

pts

Avakāsa & okāsa

  1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

avasāya →

pts

stopping, end, finish Thig.12 (= avasānaṃ niṭṭhānaṃ Thag-a.19). But the id. p. at Dhp.218 has anakkhāte.

fr. avaseti

avaṭṭhāna →

pts

position, standing place Ja.i.508; Pv-a.286.

Sk. avasthāna

añjalikā →

pts

the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).

= añjali

añjana →

pts

…it should be corrected into thanamajjanamattaṃ. See also pacc˚. In meaning collyrium box at Thig.413 (= añjana-nāḷi Thag-a.267);…

aṅgaṇa →

pts

Aṅgaṇa1

neuter an open space, a clearing, Vin.ii.218; Ja.i.109 (= manussānan sañcaraṇa-ṭṭhāne anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
cetiy˚; an open space …

aṭṭha →

pts

Aṭṭha1

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

aṭṭhi →

pts

Aṭṭhi˚1

in combn. with katvā: to make something one’s attha, i.e. object, to find out the essence or profitableness or value of anything to recognise the natu …

aṭṭhāna →

pts

stand, post; name of the rubbing-post which, well cut & with incised rows of squares was let into the ground of a bathing-place, serving as a rubber to people bathing Vin.ii.105, Vin.ii.106 (read aṭ …

aṭṭāna →

pts

at Vin.ii.106 is obscure, should it not rather be read with Bdhgh as aṭṭhāna? (cp. Bdhgh on p. 315).

bahu →

pts

adjective to strengthen, cp. upabrūhana, paribbūḷha much, many, large, abundant; plenty; in compound also very, greatly (˚-) instr. sg. bahunā Dhp.166; nom. pl bahavo Vin.iii.90; Dhp.307, & *bahū …

bala →

pts

Bala1

neuter

  1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

bhūmi →

pts

…DN.iii.87 = Vism.418.

  • -pothana beating the ground Dhp-a.i.171.
  • -bhāga division of the earth, district Ja.i.109;…

bhūta →

pts

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

bodhi →

pts

Bodhi1

feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …

bojjhaṅga →

pts

factor or constituent of knowledge or wisdom. There are 7 bojjhangas usually referred to or understood from the context. There are enumerated at several places, e.g. at DN.iii.106, where they are ment …

brahma →

pts

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

  1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

brahmā →

pts

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

  1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

buddha →

pts

Buddha1

adjective

  1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
  2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

cala →

pts

adjective moving, quivering; unsteady, fickle, transient SN.iv.68 (dhammā calā c’ eva vyayā ca aniccā, etc.); Ja.ii.299; Ja.iii.381; Ja.v.345; Mil.93, Mil.418 Sdhp.430, Sdhp.494. *-[acala](/define/ac …

caraṇa →

pts

  1. walking about grazing, feeding Vv-a.308 (˚ṭṭhāna).
  2. the foot Vin.iv.212; Ja.v.431.
  3. acting, behaviour, good conduct, freq. in combination with vijjā, e.g. AN.ii.163 AN.v.327; Dhp.144; Vism.202 …

catur →

pts

base of numeral four

  1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

cavati →

pts

to move, get into motion, shift, to fall away, decease, esp. to pass from one state of existence into another DN.i.14 (sañsaranti c˚ upapajjanti, cp. DN-a.i.105); Kp.viii.4 (= Kp-a.220: apeti vigacc …

caṅkamika →

pts

adjective one who has the habit of walking about Mil.216 (ṭhāna˚ standing & walking).

fr. cankama

cetanā →

pts

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

citta →

pts

Citta1 & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

ciṅgulaka →

pts

(& ˚ika) masculine neuter

  1. a kind of plant Snp.239 (= kaṇavīra-pupphasaṇṭhāna-sīsa Snp-a.283).
  2. a toy windmill, made of palm-leaves, etc. (DN-a.i.86: tālapaṇṇādīhi kataṃ vātappahārena paribb …

ciṇṇa →

pts

travelled over, resorted to, made a habit of; done, performed, practised Ja.iii.541; Mil.360-su˚ well performed, accomplished SN.i.42 = SN.i.214 = Snp.181; Pv.iii.5#6
■ Cp. ā˚, pari˚, vi˚.

  • *-ṭṭ …

cāga →

pts

  1. abandoning, giving up, renunciation. Vin.i.10 SN.iii.13 SN.iii.26 SN.iii.158 MN.i.486 AN.i.299 More frequently as
  2. liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous munificent (adj.): sīlasampann …

cāvanā →

pts

moving, shifting, disappearance Vin.iii.112 (ṭhānato); Sdhp.61 (id.).

cāveti →

pts

to bring to fall, move, drive away; disturb, distract AN.iv.343 (samādhimhā); Ja.i.60 (inf cāvetu-kāma); Ja.ii.329 (jhānā, abl.). Aor. acāvayi (prohib.) Snp.442 (ṭhānā).

caus. of cavati

dasa →

pts

Dasa1

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

daḍḍha →

pts

burnt, always with aggi˚; consumed by fire Snp.62; Pv.i.7#4 Mil.47; Pv-a.56 (indaggi˚).

  • -ṭṭhāna a place burnt by fire Ja.i.212; also a place of cremation (sarīrassa d.) Pv-a.163 (= āḷāhana). …

desanā →

pts

  1. discourse, instruction, lesson SN.v.83, SN.v.108; Ja.iii.84; Pp.28; Ne.38; Vism.523 sq (regarding Paṭiccasamuppāda); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.2, Pv-a.9, Pv-a.11; Sdhp.213.
  2. Freq. in dhamma˚; moral inst …

deva →

pts

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1a) …

devatā →

pts

“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …

dhamma →

pts

Dhamma1

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

dhāna →

pts

adjective noun (adj.) holding, containing (-˚) MN.i.11 (ahi kaṇṭaka˚; cp ādhāna & kaṇṭaka)
■ (n.) nt. a receptacle Dhp.58 (sankāra˚ dust-heap = ṭhāna Dhp-a.i.445). f. dhānī a seat (= ṭhāna), in …

dibba →

pts

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

disā →

pts

point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …

diṭṭhi →

pts

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

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

duka →

pts

dyad Dhs-a.36, Dhs-a.343, Dhs-a.347, Dhs-a.406; Vism.11 sq. & in titles of books “in pairs, on pairs, e.g. Dukapaṭṭhāna; or chapters, e.g. Ja.ii.1 (˚nipāta).

see dvi B ii

ga →

pts

˚Ga

adj., only as ending: going. See e.g. atiga, anuga, antalikkha˚, ura˚, pāra˚, majjha˚, samīpa˚ hattha˚. It also appears as ˚gu, e.g. in addha˚, anta˚ paṭṭha˚, pāra˚, veda˚
■ dugga (m. & nt.) …

gabbha →

pts

  1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
    ■ Ja.i.90 …

gaccha →

pts

…Dhp-a.i.171 (-pothana-ṭṭhāna); Dhp-a.iv.78 (-mūla).

not = Sk. kaccha, grass-land, as Morris, J.P.T.S. 1893, 16. The…

gahana →

pts

  1. adj. deep, thick, impervious, only in a˚ clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv.18#7 (akanataka +); Mil.160 (gahanaṃ a kataṃ the thicket is cleared).
  2. nt. an impenetrable place, a thicket j …

gajjati →

pts

…ger. gajjayitvā (megho g˚ thanayitvā (megho g˚ thanayitvā pavassati Iti.66.

Sk. garjati, cp. gargara & jarā roaring, cp. uggajjati Dhtp.76:…

gamana →

pts

  1. (nt.) the fact or the state of going, movement, journey, walk; (-˚) striving for, the leading of, pursuit AN.ii.48 sq. (gamanena na pattabbo lokass’ anto = one cannot walk to the end of the world) …

gamanīya →

pts

adjective gerundive to gam

  1. as grd. to gacchati: (a place where one) ought to go; in a˚ not to be gone to (+ ṭhāna) Vv-a.72.
  2. as grd. to gameti: in bhogā pahāya gamanīyā (riches that have) to …

gambhīra →

pts

  1. adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
    1. lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
    2. fig of knowledge …

gata →

pts

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

  1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

gati →

pts

  1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

gaḷati →

pts

(and galati) [Sk. galati, cp. Ohg. quellan to well up, to flow out; see note on gala and cp. also jala water

  1. to drip, flow, trickle (trs. & intr.) Vin.i.204 (natthu g.); MN.i.336 (sīsaṃ lohitena g …

gaṇṭhi →

pts

  1. a knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) Ja.i.172; DN-a.i.163; Dhp-a.i.321 (˚jātaṃ what has be come knotty or hard)
    ■ diṭṭhi-gaṇṭhi the tangle of false doctrine Vv-a.297; ant …

geha →

pts

dwelling, hut, house the household Ja.i.145, Ja.i.266, Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.18, Ja.ii.103, Ja.ii.110, Ja.ii.155 Ja.vi.367; Vism.593; Pv-a.22, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = D …

gilāna →

pts

adjective sick ill Vin.i.51, Vin.i.53, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.92, Vin.i.142 sq., Vin.i.176, Vin.i.302 sq.; Vin.ii.165 Vin.ii.227 sq.; Vin.iv.88, etc.; SN.v.80, SN.v.81 (bāḷha˚ very ill); AN.i.120 = Pp.27; AN …

go →

pts

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

gāma →

pts

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

gūtha →

pts

excrements, faeces, dung. As food for Petas frequently mentioned in Pv; (cp. Stede, Peta Vatthu 24 sq.), as a decoction of dung also used for medicinal purposes (Vin.i.206 e.g.). Often combination w …

hetu →

pts

  1. cause, reason, condition SN.i.134; AN.iii.440 sq.; Dhs.595, Dhs.1053; Vism.450 Tikp.11, Kp.233, Kp.239. In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical …

heṭhanā →

pts

harassing DN.ii.243; Vb-a.75.

fr. heṭheti

indriya →

pts

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

ittara →

pts

(sometimes spelt itara) adjective

  1. passing, changeable, short, temporary, brief unstable MN.i.318 (opp. dīgharattaṃ); AN.ii.187; Ja.i.393 Ja.iii.83 (˚dassana = khaṇika˚ C.), Ja.i …

jūta →

pts

gambling, playing at dice DN.i.7 (˚ppamādaṭṭhāna cp. DN-a.i.85)≈; DN-a.iii.182, DN-a.186 (id.); Ja.i.290; Ja.iii.198 Ja.vi.281; Dhp-a.ii.228. -ṃ kīḷati to play at d. Ja.i.289 Ja.iii.187
■ See …

kacchā →

pts

…Ja.v.434 = Dhp-a.iv.197 (thanaṃ dasseti k˚ṃ dass˚ nābhiṃ dass˚); Ja.v.435 (thanāni k˚ āni ca dassayantī; explained on Ja.v.437 by…

kaku →

pts

…to satakkaku: megho thanayaṃ vijjumālā satakkaku. Com. expln sikhara, kūṭa) AN.iii.34 (= AN-a.620 ~kūṭa). Cp….

kalyāṇa →

pts

(& kallāṇa)

  1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

kamma →

pts

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

kammanta →

pts

  1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation profession. paṭicchanna˚ of secret acting Snp.127 Vb.357; as being punished in Niraya AN.i.60; SN.iv.180 as occupation esp. in pl. kammantā: SN.v. …

kapitthana →

pts

Err:501

kapiṭhana →

pts

the tree Thespesia populneoides Vin.iv.35.

kappa →

pts

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 # …

kasiṇa →

pts

Kasiṇa1

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa2

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

kathana →

pts

…Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- akathana not talking or telling Ja.i.420; Ja.vi.424; not speaking fr. anger Ja.iv.108; Dhp-a.i.440.

*…

kathā →

pts

…DN-a.i.276 (explained as kathanapaṭikathana); Dhp-a.ii.91 (˚ṃ karoti) Vv-a.153.

fr. kath to tell or talk, see…

katikā →

pts

  1. agreement, contract, pact Vin.i.153 (T. kātikā), Vin.i.309; Ja.vi.71; Mil.171, Mil.360
  2. talking, conversation, talk (adhammikā k., cp kathikā & kathā) Ja.ii.449

katikaṃ karoti to make an a …

kaṅkhati →

pts

…about (Bgh’s gloss, patthanaṃ uppādati DN-a.i.275, is more edifying than exact.) = Snp.107; na kankhati na vicikicchati SN.ii.17 =…

kaṇṭaka →

pts

  1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
  2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
  3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

khaṇa →

pts

Khaṇa1

  1. (m.) a (short), moment, wink of time; in phrase khaṇen’ eva “in no time” Pv-a.38 Pv-a.117; Sdhp.584 (etc.). Sdhp.584; khaṇo ve mā upaccagā “let not the slightest time be wasted …

khema →

pts

  1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm DN.i.73 (of a country) SN.i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i.e. Nibbāna), SN.i.189 = Snp.454 (of vācā nibbānapattiyā); MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amata …

khetta →

pts

  1. (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …

khiḍḍā →

pts

play, amusement, pleasure usually combined with rati, enjoyment. Var. degrees of pleasures (bāla˚, etc.) mentioned at AN.v.203; var kinds of amusement enumerated at Cnd.219; as expounded at DN.i.6 und …

khādita →

pts

adjective eaten, or having eaten, eaten up, consumed Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.154; Pv-a.5
■ A twin form of khādita is khāyita, formed prob. on analogy of *[sāyita]( …

kicca →

pts

  1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

kilesa →

pts

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

kiṃ →

pts

  1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

klesa →

pts

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

kullaka →

pts

crate, basket work, a kind of raft, a little basket Ja.vi.64.

  • -vihāra (adj.) the state of being like one who has found a raft (?) Vin.ii.304 (cp. Bdhgh uttānavihāra ibid. p. 33 …

kulāvaka →

pts

nest DN.i.91 (= DN-a.i.257 nivāsaṭṭhanaṃ); SN.i.8; SN.i.224 = Ja.i.203 (a brood of birds = supaṇṇapotakā); Ja.iii.74 (variant reading BB), Ja.iii.431; Ja.vi.344; Dhp-a.ii.22.

kumbha →

pts

  1. a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …

kusalatā →

pts

(only -˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality
■ lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs Vv-a.138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities Pv-a.67. For foll. cp Mrs. Rh. D …

kuthana →

pts

digestion Vism.345.

fr. kvath = kuth

kāya →

pts

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

labhana →

pts

taking, receiving, gift, acquisition Dhp-a.iii.271 (˚bhāva); Pv-a.73 (˚ṭṭhāna), Pv-a.121 (id.).

fr. labh

labhati →

pts

  1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.
  2. (fig.) to obtain permission to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the …

lahu →

pts

adjective light, quick AN.i.10, AN.i.45
lahuṃ karoti to make light, to be frivolous Ja.ii.451
■ nt. lahuṃ (adv.) quickly Pv.iv.1#60; Dpvs.i.53; Mhvs.4, Mhvs.17
■ Usually a …

lakkhaṇa →

pts

  1. sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …

lamba →

pts

…top-knots); Ja.ii.185 (˚tthana with hanging breasts); Ja.iii.265 (˚cūla-vihangama); Dāvs ii.61
alamba not…

leḍḍu →

pts

clod of earth SN.v.146 = Ja.ii.59 (˚ṭṭhāna); Ja.i.19, Ja.i.175 Ja.iii.16; Ja.vi.405; Mil.255; Snp-a.222 (ākāse khitta, in simile); Vism.28 (translation “stone”), Vism.360 (˚khaṇḍ’ādīni), Vism.366 (co …

liṅga →

pts

  1. characteristic, sign, attribute, mark feature MN.i.360; SN.v.278; Snp.601 sq. (= saṇṭhāna Snp-a.464); Vin.iv.7 (two: hīna & ukkaṭṭha); Ja.i.18; Ja.iv.114 (gihi˚), Ja.iv.130; Mil.133 (sāsana˚), Mil …

ludda →

pts

adjective

  1. fierce, terrible; cruel, gruesome SN.i.143; AN.ii.174 (pāpa, l., kibbisa); AN.v.149; Pp.56; Vv.84#5 (= dāruṇā pisāc’-ādino Vv-a.335); Ja.v.243 (ṭhānaṃ niraya); Sdhp.286. The spelling * …

lābu →

pts

Lābuka = lāpu (alābu) gourd or pumpkin, often used as receptacle Ja.i.158 (˚ka), Ja.i.411 (˚kumbhaṇḍa vesseḷ made of the gourd); Ja.v.37 (˚ka), Ja.v.155 (addha-lābu-samā thanā); Dhp-a.ii.59 (˚ka) …

lāyita →

pts

cut, reaped Ja.iii.130 (tiṇaṃ na lāyita-pubbaṃ); Vism.419 (˚ṭṭhāna place where one has reaped).

pp. of lāyati, lāyeti

līyana →

pts

sticking to, adhering, resting Sdhp.190 (˚ṭṭhāna resting-place).

fr. līyati

maddana →

pts

…Ja.iv.26; Mil.21 (adj., + mathana) Sdhp.449; Dhtp.156. 2. threshing Mil.360

■ See also nimmaddana, pamaddana, parimaddana.

cp. Epic Sk….

magga →

pts

  1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

mahant →

pts

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

mallikā →

pts

Arabian jasmine Dhp.54 (tagara˚) Ja.i.62; Ja.iii.291; Ja.v.420; Mil.333, Mil.338; Dhs-a.14; Kp-a.44. mallika-makula opening bud of the jasmine Vism.251 = Vb-a.234 (˚saṇṭhāna, in descr, of shape …

mana(s) →

pts

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

mano →

pts

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

manussa →

pts

human being, man. The popular etym. connects m. with Manu(s), the ancestor of men, e.g. Kp-a.123: “Manuno apaccā ti manussā, porāṇā pana bhaṇanti ʻmana-ussannatāya manussa’; te Jambudīpakā, Aparagoy …

marīci →

pts

  1. a ray of light Vv-a.166.
  2. a mirage Ja.vi.209 Vism.496; Vb-a.34, Vb-a.85; often combined with māyā (q.v.) e.g. Cnd.680 Aii; Ja.ii.330.
  • *-[kammaṭṭhāna](/define/k …

mathana →

pts

adj. nt. shaking up, crushing, harassing, confusing Mil.21 (+ maddana); Dhp-a.i.312; Pv-a.265.

fr. math

medhaga →

pts

…(˚ga; C. ˚ka expln kalaha); Dhp-a.i.65.

cp. Sk. methana abusive speech; Vedic methati fr. mith to scold

medhaka →

pts

…(˚ga; C. ˚ka expln kalaha); Dhp-a.i.65.

cp. Sk. methana abusive speech; Vedic methati fr. mith to scold

mettā →

pts

to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. defns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “*metti mettā …

mogha →

pts

adjective empty, vain useless, stupid, foolish DN.i.187 (opp. to sacca), DN.i.199; Snp.354; Dhp.260 (˚jiṇṇa grown old in vain; C. explains as tuccha-jiṇṇa Dhp-a.iii.388); Dhp-a.i.110 (patthanā a fu …

mukha →

pts

  1. the mouth Snp.608, Snp.1022 (with ref. to the long tongue, pahūta-jivha, of the Buddha or Mahāpurisa) Ja.ii.7; DN-a.i.287 (uttāna˚ clear mouthed, i.e. easy to understand, cp. DN.i.116); Pv-a.11, …

mātar →

pts

mother
Cases: nom. sg mātā Snp.296; Dhp.43; Ja.iv.463; Ja.v.83; Ja.vi.117; Cnd.504 (def. as janikā); gen. mātu Thag.473; Vin.i.17; Ja.i.52 mātuyā Ja.i.53; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.80; Pv-a.31; and * …

mūla →

pts

  1. (lit.) root AN.ii.200; MN.i.233; Dhp-a.i.270; Dhp-a.iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism.270 (rukkha˚; = rukkha-samīpaṃ); Pv.ii.9#6 (sa˚ with the root); Pv-a.43 (rukkhassa mūle at the foot of).
  2. foot …

namataka →

pts

piece of cloth Vin.ii.115 (satthaka), Vin.ii.123, Vin.ii.267 (˚ṃ dhāreti).

word & etym. doubtful; cp. nantaka & Bdhgh. Vin.ii.317: matakan (sic) ti satthakavedhanakaṃ (= veṭhanakaṃ) pilotikakhaṇḍaṃ

naṭṭhana →

pts

destruction Mil.180, Mil.237.

Der. fr. naṭṭha

nibbatta →

pts

past participle existing, having existed, being reborn Vin.i.215 (n. bījaṃ phalaṃ fruit with seed); Ja.i.168; Ja.ii.111; Pv-a.10 (niraye), Pv-a.35 (petayoniyaṃ), Pv-a.100 (pubbe n
■ ṭhānato paṭṭh …

nibbeṭhana →

pts

unwinding, fig. explanation Mil.28.

Sk. nirveṣṭana, nis + veṭhana

nibbāna →

pts

I. Etymology

Although nir + “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

nicchaya →

pts

discrimination, conviction, certainty; resolution, determination Ja.i.441 (˚mitta a firm friend); Dhs-a.133 (adhimokkha = its paccupaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.60 (daḷha˚ adj. of firm resolution). See vi˚.

Sk. …

niddara →

pts

adjective free from fear, pain or anguish Dhp.205 = Snp.257 (explained at Dhp-a.iii.269 by rāgadarathānaṃ abhāvena n.; at Snp-a.299 by kilesapariḷāhâbhāvena n.).

nis + dara

nidāna →

pts

  1. (n.) tying down to; ground (lit. or fig.), foundation, occasion source, origin, cause; reason, reference, subject (“sujet”) MN.i.261; AN.i.134 sq.; AN.i.263 sq., AN.i.338; AN.ii.196 AN.iv.128 sq.; …

nilenaka →

pts

settling place, hiding-place, refuge Ja.v.102 (so read for nillenaka explained by nilīyanaṭṭhāna p. 103).

cp. Sk. nilayana, fr. ni +

nilīyana →

pts

hiding Ja.v.103 (˚ṭṭhāna hiding-place).

abstr. fr. nilīyati, cp. Sk. nilayana

nimmathana →

pts

crushing Ja.iii.252; Vism.234 (sattu˚); Dhp-a.iii.404; Vv-a.284.

nis + mathana

ninna →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, …

nipajjati →

pts

to lie down (to sleep) DN.i.246; AN.iv.332; Ja.i.150; Dhp-a.i.40; Pv-a.280; aor nipajji Ja.i.279; Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.83; Vv-a.75, Vv-a.76; Pv-a.74, Pv-a.75 Pv-a.93; ger. *[n …

nipphoṭana →

pts

beating SN.iv.300 (variant reading ṭh.). Cp. nippothana.

nis + pothanā

nippothana →

pts

crushing, beating, destroying Snp-a.390.

nis + pothana of puth to crush

nipātana →

pts

  1. falling upon Dhp-a.i.295.
  2. going to bed Vv-a.71 (pacchā˚ opp. pubbuṭṭhāna) Cp. nipātin.

to nipatati

nisajjā →

pts

sitting down, opportunity for sitting, seat Pv.iv.1#2 (seyyā +); Ja.i.217; Pv-a.24 (˚ādipaṭikkhepa-ṭṭhāna), Pv-a.219 (pallankâbhujanādi-lakkhaṇā nisajjā). Cp. nesajjika.

Sk. *niṣadyā of ni sad

nitthanana →

pts

groaning, moaning DN-a.i.291 (variant reading BB. ˚ṭhuna). As nitthunana Vism.504.

nis + thanana, abstr. to thaneti

nitthanati →

pts

Nitthanati & Nitthunati

to moan, groan:

  1. -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
  2. -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295,…

nitthuna →

pts

…variant reading BB for nitthanana)- 2. (of thunati2) blame, censure, curse Pv-a.76 (˚ṃ karoti to revile or curse).

Sk….

nitthunati FIXME double →

pts

Nitthunati

etc., see nitthanati etc.

nitthunati →

pts

Nitthanati & Nitthunati

to moan, groan:

  1. -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
  2. -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295,…

nivesana →

pts

  1. entering, entrance, settling; settlement, abode, house home DN.i.205, DN.i.226; DN.ii.127; Ja.i.294; Ja.ii.160 (˚ṭṭhāna) Pv-a.22, Pv-a.81, Pv-a.112.
  2. (fig.) (also nivesanā f.: Cnd.366 settli …

niveṭhana →

pts

see *vi*˚.

nivāsana →

pts

Nivāsana1

adjective noun dressed, clothed; dressing, clothing, undergarment (opp. pārupana) Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.228; Ja.i.182 (manāpa˚), Ja.i.421; Ja.iii.82; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.74, Pv-a.76 Pv- …

niṭṭhāna →

pts

being finished, carrying out, execution, performance DN.i.141; Thag-a.19 (= avasāya). Cp. san˚.

abstr. of niṭṭhāti

nātha →

pts

protector, refuge, help AN.v.23, AN.v.89; Dhp.160 (attā hi attano n.), Dhp.380; Snp.1131 (Nd ii.has nāga) Dhp-a.iv.117; Pv-a.1. lokanātha Saviour of the world (Ep. of the Budd …

okāsa →

pts

Avakāsa & okāsa

  1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

omuñcati →

pts

to take off, loosen, release; unfasten, undo, doff DN.i.126 (veṭhanaṃ as form of salute); Ja.ii.326 Ja.vi.73 (sāṭakaṃ); Vism.338; Pv-a.63 (tacaṃ); Vv-a.75 (ābhāraṇāni)
caus omuñcāpeti to cause t …

pabbhāra →

pts

  1. (m.) a decline, incline, slope Ja.i.348; adj. (usually -˚) bending inclining, sloping; fig. tending or leading to (cp. E “bearing on”) MN.i.493 (samudda˚); SN.i.110 (id.), SN.v.38, SN.v.216, SN.v. …

pabhava →

pts

production, origin, source, cause MN.i.67; SN.i.181; SN.ii.12; Iti.37 (āhāra-netti˚); Snp.728, Snp.1050; Nd ii.under mūla (with syn. of sambhava & samuṭṭhāna etc.); Ja.iii.402 Ja.vi.518.

fr. pa + ; …

paccaya →

pts

lit. resting on, falling back on, foundation cause, motive etc. See on term as t.t. of philosophy Tikapaṭṭhāna I, foreword; J.P.T.S. 1916, 21 f.; Cpd. 42 sq. & esp. 259 sq.

  1. (lit.) support, req …

paccupaṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. (re)appearance, happening, coming on phenomenon Ja.iii.524; Ne.28; Snp-a.509; Dhs-a.332 Thag-a.288.
  2. tending DN.iii.191.
  3. vv.ll. gilānupaṭṭhāna.

fr. paṭi + upa + sthā; cp. Cpd. 13 & …

paccuṭṭhāna →

pts

rising from one’s seat, reverence DN.i.125.

fr. preceding

pada →

pts

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

pakaraṇa →

pts

  1. performance, undertaking paragraph (of the law) DN.i.98 (“offence”? see Dial. i.120); SN.iii.91; Mil.189.
  2. occasion Vin.i.44 Vin.ii.75; Vin.iii.20.
  3. exposition, arrangement, literary work, co …

palibodha →

pts

obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, drawback Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.241 (a non-obstruction), Ja.iii.381 (id.); Ne.80; also in var. phrases viz. kāma˚ Cnd.374 (+ kāmapariḷāha); kula˚ cīvara Cnd.6 …

paliveṭhana →

pts

adj. nt. wrapping, surrounding, encircling, encumbrance Ja.iv.436; Pp.34; Vism.353 (˚camma); Dhs-a.366.

fr. pari + veṣṭ.

pantha →

pts

to come or go (by) a road, roadway, path SN.i.18 (gen. pl. panthānaṃ kantāramagga C; “jungle road” trsl.); Snp.121 (loc panthasmiṃ); Cnd.485 B (+ patha in expln of magga) Mil.157 (see pant …

panthāna →

pts

(for saṇṭhāna) at Snp-a.20: see saṇṭhāna 3.

paricaraṇa →

pts

  1. going about, mode of life Dhp-a.i.382 (gihīnaṃ ˚ṭṭhānaṃ, variant reading for vicaraṇa˚).
  2. attending to, looking after, worshipping Dhp-a.i.199 (aggi-p˚-ṭṭhāna fire-place).
  3. enjoyment, plea …

paricchedaka →

pts

adjective determining, fixing Vb-a.346 (uṭṭhāna-velā ˚ā saññā).

fr. pariccheda

paricchindati →

pts

  1. to mark out Vv-a.291 (vasana-ṭṭhānaṃ).
  2. to determine, to fix accurately to decide Ja.i.170 (padaṃ the track), Ja.i.194 (nivāsavetanaṃ); Ja.iii.371; Ja.iv.77; Mil.272; Vism.184, Vism.409; Snp-a …

paricāreti →

pts

  1. to serve, wait on, attend upon, honour, worship [cp. BSk. paricārayati Divy.114 sq., Divy.421] SN.i.124 (pāde); Dhp-a.iii.196 (id.); Ja.i.81 (˚cāritabba-ṭṭhāna place of worship); Ja.iv.274; Ja.v. …

parimaṇḍala →

pts

adjective

  1. round, circular Ja.i.441; Ja.ii.406 (āvāṭa); Ja.vi.42; Pv.iv.3#28 (guḷa˚); Dhs.617 (explained at Dhs-a.317 as “egg-shaped,” kukkuṭ-aṇḍasaṇṭhāna)
    ■ nt. as adv. in phrase *-ṃ nivā …

pariniṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. end Pv-a.287.
  2. accomplishment Ja.v.400.

pari + niṭṭhāna

parivesanā →

pts

distribution of food, feeding, serving meals Vin.i.229; SN.i.172; Snp.p.13 (= bhattavissagga Snp-a.140); Mil.247, Mil.249; Dhp-a.iv.162; Pv-a.109 (˚ṭṭhāna), Pv-a.135 (id.).

fr. pari + vis

pariveṇa →

pts

  1. all that belongs to a castle, a mansion and its constituents Vv.84#53 (explained at Vv-a.351 as follows: veṇiyato pekkhitabbato pariveṇaṃ pāsāda-kūtâgāra-ratti-ṭṭhān’ ādisampannaṃ pākāraparikkh …

pariyuṭṭhita →

pts

possessed by (the C. expln as given K.S. 320 is “abhibhūta”) biassed, taken up by, full of (-˚) MN.i.18; MN.iii.14; SN.iv.240 (maccheramala˚ ceto); AN.i.281; AN.ii.58; Iti.43 (diṭṭhigate …

pariyuṭṭhāna →

pts

state of being possessed (or hindered) by (-˚), prepossession bias, outburst MN.i.18, Kvu xiv.6 (thīnamiddha˚), MN.i.136; AN.i.66 (˚ajjhosāna); AN.v.198 (adhiṭṭhāna-˚samuṭṭhāna) Nd ii.under taṇhā<su …

patiṭṭhāna →

pts

fixing, setting up, support, help, ground (for salvation Snp.1011: Pv-a.123.

fr. paṭi + sthā cp. late Sk. pratiṣṭhāna

pattha →

pts

Pattha1

a lonely place, in cpd. vana˚; DN.i.71; Pp.59 etc., a wilderness in the forest, explained by Bdhgh as “gāmantaṃ atikkamitvā manussānaṃ anupacāra-ṭṭhānaṃ yattha na kasanti na vap …

patthanā →

pts

…Dhp-a.ii.36; Pv-a.47-patthanaṃ karoti to make a wish Ja.i.68; Dhp-a.i.48 ˚ṃ ṭhapeti id. Dhp-a.i.47; Dhp-a.ii.83; Dhp-a.iv.200.

of…

pañca →

pts

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.16413; G …

pañcaka →

pts

adjective fivefold, consisting of five Ja.i.116 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Dhs. chapters 167–⁠175 (˚naya fivefold system of jhāna, cp. Dhs. translation 52); Snp-a.318 (˚nipāta of Anguttara)
■ nt. pañcakaṃ

paṇṇa →

pts

  1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

paṭhana →

pts

reading (textual) Mil.344.

fr. paṭhati

paṭigha →

pts

  1. (ethically) repulsion, repugnance anger DN.i.25, DN.i.34; DN.iii.254, DN.iii.282; SN.i.13; SN.iv.71, SN.iv.195, SN.iv.205 SN.iv.208 sq.; SN.v.315; AN.i.3, AN.i.87, AN.i.200; Snp.371, Snp.536; Dhs.1 …

paṭāṇi →

pts

at Vin.iv.46 (paṭāṇi dinnā hoti) is not clear, it is explained by Bdhgh as “mañcapidhānaṃ (for ˚pīṭhānaṃ pādasikhāsu āṇi dinno hoti.” At DN-a.i.77 we find the foll. “visūkaṃ paṭāni (sic.)-bhūtaṃ das …

paṭṭhāna →

pts

setting forth, putting forward; only in cpd. sati˚; setting up of mindfulness (q.v. and see discussion of term at Dial ii.324) Besides in later lit. meaning “origin,” starting point cause, in titl …

phala →

pts

Phala1

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

  1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

phusanā →

pts

attainment, gaining, reaching Vism.278 (= phuṭṭha-ṭṭhāna); Dhp-a.i.230 (ñāṇa˚); Vv-a.85 (samādhi˚).

abstr. fr. phusati1 2

phuṭa →

pts

Phuṭa1

  1. (cp. pharati1) pervaded, permeated, thrilled (cp. pari˚) DN.i.73, DN.i.74 (pītisukhena T. prints phuta; variant reading phuṭa; variant reading at DN-a.i.217 p(h)uṭṭha) …

porisa →

pts

Porisa1

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
  2. (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstra …

pothana →

pts

Poṭhana & Pothana

(nt.)

  1. striking, beating Ja.ii.169 (tajjana˚); Ja.v.72 (udaka˚); Ja.vi.41 (kappāsa˚dhanuka). At all Ja passages th. 2….

potthanī →

pts

butcher’s knife Ja.vi.86 (maṃsakoṭṭhana˚), Ja.vi.111 (id.).

fr. puth?

poṭha →

pts

is aṅguli˚, snapping of one’s fingers (as sign of applause) Ja.v.67. Cp poṭhana & phoṭeti.

fr. puth, cp. poṭhana & poṭheti

poṭhana →

pts

Poṭhana & Pothana

(nt.)

  1. striking, beating Ja.ii.169 (tajjana˚); Ja.v.72 (udaka˚); Ja.vi.41 (kappāsa˚dhanuka). At all Ja passages th. 2….

pubba →

pts

Pubba1

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

pucchā →

pts

question Snp.1023; Snp-a.46, Snp-a.200, Snp-a.230. A system of questions (“questionnaire”) is given in the Niddesa (and Commentaries), consisting of 12 groups of three questions each. In full at Mn …

pucimanda →

pts

…Ja.vi.269 (˚thanī, of a woman nimba-phala-saṇṭhāna-thana-yuggalā C.).

fr. picumanda

puppha →

pts

Puppha1

neuter a flower Vin.ii.123; SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.308; Snp.2, Snp.5; Dhp.47 sq.; Dhp.377; Vism.430; Snp-a.78 (paduma˚); Vv-a.73; Pv-a.127; Sdhp.550- pupphāni (pl.) Vb-a.255 (of …

putta →

pts

  1. a son SN.i.210; Snp.35, Snp.38, Snp.60, Snp.557, Snp.858; Dhp.62, Dhp.84 Dhp.228, Dhp.345; Ja.iv.309; Vism.645 (simile of 3 sons); Pv-a.25, Pv-a.63, Pv-a.73 sq.; DN-a.i.157 (dāsaka˚). Four kind …

puḷavaka →

pts

(BB puḷuvaka) = puḷava Dhp-a.iv.46; Vv-a.76; Pv-a.14. One of the (asubha) kammaṭṭhānas is called p. “the contemplation (˚saññā idea) of the worminfested corpse” SN.v.131; Dhs.264; Vism.110, Vism.17 …

puṭa →

pts

orig. meaning “tube,” container, hollow pocket.

  1. a container, usually made of leaves (cp Ja.iv.436; Ja.v.441; Ja.vi.236), to carry fruit or other viands a pocket, basket: ucchu˚; basket for sugar …

pāramī →

pts

completeness, perfection, highest state Snp.1018, Snp.1020; Pp.70; Dhp-a.i.5; Vv-a.2 (sāvakañāṇa˚); Pv-a.139; Sdhp.328. In later literature there is mentioned a group of 10 perfections (*dasa pāram …

pārihāriya →

pts

adjective connected with preservation or attention, fostering, keeping Vism.3 (˚paññā), Vism.98 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.54 (id.).

fr. parihāra

pāsaṃsa →

pts

adjective to be praised praiseworthy MN.i.15, MN.i.404; MN.ii.227 (dasa ˚ṭṭhānāni) AN.v.129 (id.); Ja.iii.493; Pv.iv.7#13; Ne.52.

grd. fr. pasaṃsati with pā for pa as in similar formations (see *[pām …

pūti →

pts

adjective putrid, stinking, rotten, fetid DN.ii.353 (khaṇḍāni pūtīni); MN.i.73, MN.i.89 = MN.iii.92 (aṭṭhikāni pūtīni); Vin.iii.236 (anto˚); SN.iii.54; Pv.i.3#2; Pv.i.6#1 (= kuṇapagandha Pv-a.32); Vi …

rajo →

pts

(rajas) & Raja neuter

  1. Forms.
    ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

ramaṇa →

pts

adjective pleasing, charming, delightful Dhp-a.ii.202 (˚ṭṭhāna).

fr. ramati; cp. Sk. ramaṇa

rasa →

pts

Rasa1

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defn given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

ratana →

pts

Ratana1

neuter

  1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana2, as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
    ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

romanthana →

pts

ruminating Vin.ii.321.

fr. romanthati

rājan →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rājā →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rūpa →

pts

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

  1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

sa →

pts

Sa1

the letter s (sa-kāra) Snp-a.23; or the syllable sa Dhp-a.ii.6; Pv-a.280.

Sa2

base of the nom. of the demonstr. pron. that, he she. The form sg. m. * …

sabba →

pts

adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. …

sabhāga →

pts

adjective common, being of the same division Vin.ii.75; like, equal, similar Mil.79; s. āpatti a common offence, shared by all Vin.i.126 sq.; vīthisabhāgena in street company, the whole street in comm …

sacca →

pts

adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …

sagga →

pts

heaven, the next world, popularly conceived as a place of happiness and long life (cp. the pop. etym. of “suṭṭhu-aggattā sagga” Pv-a.9 “rūpādīhi visayehi suṭṭhu aggo ti saggo” Vism.427) usually the …

salla →

pts

…pierced by an arrow Thag.967; Snp.331; cp ruppati.

  • -santhana removal of the sting Dhp.275 (= nimmathana…

samajja →

pts

festive gathering, fair a show, theatrical display. Originally a mountain cult as it was esp. held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; D …

sambādha →

pts

  1. crowding, pressure, inconvenience from crowding, obstruction Vism.119 janasambādharahita free from crowding Mil.409 kiṭṭhasambādha crowding of corn, the time when the corn is growing thick MN.i.115 …

sampadā →

pts

  1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
    ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

sampatthanā →

pts

entreating, imploring Dhs.1059.

saṃ + patthanā

samuṭṭhāna →

pts

rising, origination, cause; as adj. (-˚) arising from AN.ii.87; Dhs.766 sq., Dhs.981, Dhs.1175; Mil.134, Mil.302, Mil.304; Ja.i.207; Ja.iv.171; Kp-a.23, Kp-a.31, Kp-a.123 Vism.366.

saṃ + uṭṭhāna

samādhi →

pts

  1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

sandhi →

pts

  1. union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
  2. breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati

sannisajjā →

pts

meeting-place Vin.i.188; Vin.ii.174 = Vin.iii.66; sannisajja-ṭṭhāna (n.) the same Vin.iii.287.

saṃ + nissajjā

sanniṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. conclusion, consummation, Ja.ii.166.
  2. resolve Ja.i.19; Ja.i.69; Ja.i.187; Ja.iv.167; Vin.i.255 sq.
  3. ascertainment, definite conclusion conviction, Ja.vi.324; Vism.43.

saṃ + niṭṭhāna

santhana →

pts

  1. appeasing Dhp.275.
  2. satisfaction Vv.18#6.

fr. śam, cp. Sk. śāntvana

santhāgāra →

pts

council hall, a mote hall DN.i.91; DN.ii.147; AN.ii.207; MN.i.228, MN.i.353, MN.i.457; MN.iii.207; DN-a.i.256; Ja.iv.72, Ja.iv.147; Vin.i.233; Vv-a.298; Dhp-a.i.347. Cp. saṇṭhāna 3.

Sk. sansthāgāra

santhāna →

pts

sarīra →

pts

  1. the (physical) body DN.i.157; MN.i.157; SN.iv.286; AN.i.50; AN.ii.41; AN.iii.57 sq., AN.iii.323 sq. AN.iv.190. Snp.478, Snp.584; Dhp.151; Mnd.181; Ja.i.394 (six blemishes); Ja.ii.31; antimasarīra o …

sassa →

pts

corn, crop MN.i.116; Ja.i.86, Ja.i.143, Ja.i.152; Ja.ii.135; Mil.2; Dhp-a.i.97; Snp-a.48; sassasamaya crop time Ja.i.143; susassa abounding in corn Vin.i.238; pl. m. sassā Ja.i.340. --kamma agri …

sati →

pts

memory, recognition, consciousness, DN.i.180; DN.ii.292; Mil.77–Mil.80 intentness of mind, wakefulness of mind, mindfulness alertness, lucidity of mind, self-possession, conscience self-consciousnes …

sattu →

pts

…sattavo); Vism.234 (˚nimmathana).

Vedic śatru

Sattu2

barley-meal, flour Vin.ii.116 (satthu); Mnd.372; Ja.iii.343 sq.; Pv.iii.1#3;…

saṃvijjati →

pts

Saṃvijjati1

to be agitated or moved, to be stirred AN.ii.114; Iti.30.
pp saṃvigga

caus saṃvejeti MN.i.253; SN.i.141; Vin.i.32;
imper …

saṅgha →

pts

  1. multitude, assemblage Mil.403 (kāka˚); Ja.i.52 (sakuṇa˚); Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56 …

saṅkaṭīra →

pts

dust heap DN.ii.160; SN.ii.270; MN.i.334. Explained as “sankāra-ṭṭhāna” K.S. ii.203.

unexplained

saṅkāra →

pts

rubbish Vin.i.48; Vin.iv.265; Ja.i.315; Ja.ii.196.

  • -kūṭa rubbish heap, dust heap MN.ii.7; Pp.33; Mil.365; Dhp-a.i.174. Cp. kacavara & kattara.;
  • -cola a rag …

saṇṭhāna →

pts

  1. configuration, position; composition, nature, shape, form Vin.ii.76; MN.i.120 (spelt ˚nth˚); AN.i.50; AN.iv.190 (C. osakkana); Mil.270 Mil.316, Mil.405; Ja.i.71, Ja.i.291, Ja.i.368; Ja.ii.108; Vism …

senā →

pts

an army Vin.i.241; Vin.iv.104 sq. (where described as consisting of hatthī assā, rathā, pattī), Vin.iv.160; SN.i.112; AN.iii.397; AN.v.82; Ja.ii.94; Mil.4; Mnd.95 (Māra˚), Mnd.174 (id.).

  • *-[gutta] …

seṭṭhi →

pts

foreman of a guild, treasurer, banker, “City man”, wealthy merchant Vin.i.15 sq. Vin.i.271 sq.; Vin.ii.110 sq., Vin.ii.157; SN.i.89; Ja.i.122; Ja.ii.367 etc. Rājagaha˚ the merchant of Rājagaha Vin.ii. …

sikkhāpada →

pts

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

  1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

silāghati →

pts

to extol, only in Dhtp.30 as root silāgh, with defn “katthana,” i.e. boasting.

Epic Sk. ślāgh

sippa →

pts

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

sotthāna →

pts

blessing, well-fare Snp.258; AN.iv.271, AN.iv.285; Ja.v.29 (where the metre requires sotthayanaṃ, as at Ja.iv.75); Ja.vi.139.

cp. Sk. svastyayana

su →

pts

Su1

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

sutta →

pts

Sutta1

asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring t …

suñña →

pts

adjective

  1. empty, uninhabited DN.i.17; DN.ii.202; SN.i.180; SN.iv.173; DN-a.i.110; Mil.5.
  2. empty, devoid of reality, unsubstantial, phenomenal MN.i.435; SN.iii.167; SN.iv.54, SN.iv.296; Snp.1119 …

suṅka →

pts

  1. toll, tax, customs Vin.iii.52; Vin.iv.131; AN.i.54 sq.; Dhp-a.ii.2; Ja.iv.132; Ja.vi.347; Pv-a iii.
  2. gain, profit Thig.25 Thag-a.32.
  3. purchase-price of a wife Thig.420; Ja.vi.266; Mil.47 sq …

sālā →

pts

large (covered & enclosed) hall large room, house; shed, stable etc., as seen fr. foll examples: aggi˚; a hall with a fire Vin.i.25, Vin.i.49 = Vin.ii.210 āsana˚; hall with seats Dhp-a.ii.65; *ud …

sīla →

pts

  1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

sīsa →

pts

Sīsa1

neuter lead DN.ii.351; SN.v.92; Mil.331; Vb-a.63 (= kāḷa-tipu); a leaden coin Ja.i.7; --kāra a worker in lead Mil.331; --maya leaden Vin.i.190.

cp. Sk. sīsa

Sīsa2</s …

taca →

pts

(& taco nt.)

  1. bark. MN.i.198, MN.i.434, MN.i.488; AN.v.5
  2. skin, hide (similar to camma, denoting the thick outer skin, as contrasted with chavi, thin skin, see chavi & cp. Ja.i …

tanta →

pts

thread, a string, a loom Ja.i.356 (˚vitata-ṭṭhāna the place of weaving); Dhp-a.i.424. At Ja.iv.484 tanta is to be corrected to tata (stretched out).

  • -ākula tangled string, a t …

tappara →

pts

adjective quite given to or intent upon (-˚), diligent, devoted Thag-a.148 (Tha-ap.57, Tha-ap.66) (mānapūjana˚ & buddhopaṭṭhāna˚).

Sk. tatpara

taṇhā →

pts

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

teja →

pts

Teja & Tejo

“sharpness,” heat, flame, fire, light; radiance, effulgence splendour, glory, energy, strength, power DN.ii.259 (personified as deva, among the 4 Elements paṭhavī, āpo, t., vāyo; cp. tejo …

tejo →

pts

Teja & Tejo

“sharpness,” heat, flame, fire, light; radiance, effulgence splendour, glory, energy, strength, power DN.ii.259 (personified as deva, among the 4 Elements paṭhavī, āpo, t., vāyo; cp. tejo …

thanaka →

pts

little breast, the breast of a girl Thig.265 (= Thag-a.212).

thaneti →

pts

…SN.i.100, SN.i.154 (megho thanayaṃ), SN.i.154 (thaneti devo) Iti.66 (megho thanayitvā)
pp thanita. See also gajjati & thunati.

Vedic…

thañña →

pts

mother’s milk Vin.ii.255 = Vin.ii.289 (˚ṃ pāyeti); AN.iv.276; Ja.iii.165; Ja.vi.3 (madhura˚) Thig.496.

see thana

thaṇḍila →

pts

bare, esp. hard, stony ground Pv.iv.7#5 (= kharakaṭhāna bhūmippadesa Pv-a.265).

  • -sāyikā (f.) the act of lying on the bare ground (as a penance) [BSk. sthaṇḍila-śāyikā] SN.iv.118; Dhp.141

(= D …

thunati →

pts

…ppr.; variant reading thanaṃ); Vv.52#1 (of beings in Niraya otherwise ghosenti), variant readingSS thananti (better?). 2. to proclaim;…

thāsotu →

pts

Thāsotu˚

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

ti FIXME double →

pts

Ti

adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.

cp. Sk. iti

Ti˚

base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).

*-[kaṭuka](/d …

tiṭṭhati →

pts

to stand, etc.

I. Forms

pres ind. tiṭṭhati (Snp.333, Snp.434; Pv.i.5#1);
imper second tiṭṭha, 3rd tiṭṭhatu ppr. tiṭṭhaṃ, tiṭṭhanto, tiṭṭhamāna;
pot tiṭṭhe (Snp.918, Snp.968) & tiṭṭheyy …

tāla →

pts

  1. the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
  2. a …

ubbeṭhana →

pts

an envelope, wrap Ja.vi.508.

fr. ud + veṣṭ.

ud →

pts

Ud-

prefix in verbal & nominal combn. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are combns. with ud˚, which in compn. appears modified according to the rules of as …

udaka →

pts

water Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.213; DN.ii.15 (˚assa dhārā gushes or showers of w.); Dhp.80 Dhp.145; Ja.i.212; Pv.i.5#7; Pp.31, Pp.32; Mil.318; Vv-a.20 (udake temanaṃ aggimhe tāpanaṃ); Dhp-a.i.289; Dhp-a. …

uggaha →

pts

adjective (-˚)

  1. taking up, acquiring, learning Vism.96 (ācariy˚), Vism.99 (˚paripucchā), Vism.277 (kananaṭṭhānassa).
  2. noticing, taking notice, perception (as opp. to manasikāra) Vism.125, Vism.2 …

uggatthana →

pts

at Ja.vi.590 means a kind of ornament or trinket, it should prob. be read ugghaṭṭana [fr. ghaṭṭeti lit. “tinkling”, i.e. a bangle.

uggaṇhāti →

pts

to take up, acquire, learn [cp. BSk. udgṛhṇāti in same sense, e.g. Divy.18 Divy.77 etc.] Snp.912 (uggahaṇanta = uggahaṇanti = uggaṇhanti Snp-a.561); imper. uggaṇha Ja.ii.30 (sippaṃ); uggaṇhāhi Mi …

ujjava →

pts

…or weaving Vin.iv.300, expld. by “yattakaṃ patthena (patthana?) añcitaṃ hoti tasmi takkamhi vedhite”.

ud + java

ukkaṇṭhanā →

pts

emotion, commotion DN.ii.239.

fr. ukkaṇṭhati

upa →

pts

upa*, e.g. devūpaṭṭhāna, lokûpaga, puññûpatthambhita-Meanings:

  1. (Rest): on upon, up-˚kiṇṇa covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heap …

upagacchati →

pts

  1. to come to, go to, approach, flow to (of water) DN.ii.12; Pv-a.12 (vasanaṭṭhānaṃ), Pv-a.29, Pv-a.32 (vāsaṃ) Pv-a.132;
    ger -gantvā Pv-a.70 (attano santikaṃ), & -gamma SN.ii.17, SN.ii …

upakāraka →

pts

adjective serviceable, helping, effective Ja.v.99; Vism.534
■ f. upakārikā

  1. benefactress helper Ja.iii.437.
  2. fortification (strengthening of the defence) on a city wall D …

upanissaya →

pts

basis, reliance, support, foundation, assurance, certainty; esp. sufficing condition or qualification for Arahantship (see long article in Childers s. v.); no 9 in the 24 paccayas, Tikapatthāṇa, Tikap …

upari →

pts

indeclinable over, above (prep. & prefix)

  1. (adv. on top, above (opp. adho below) Vin.iv.46 (opp. heṭṭhā) Ja.vi.432; Kp-a.248 (= uddhaṃ; opp. adho); Snp-a.392 (abtimukho u. gacchati explaining pac …

upasama →

pts

calm, quiet, appeasement, allaying, assuagement, tranquillizing Vin.i.10; SN.iv.331 = SN.v.421 (in freq. phrase upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna ii …

upaṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. attendance, waiting on, looking after, service, care, ministering AN.i.151, AN.i.225; Snp.138; Ja.i.226, Ja.i.237, Ja.i.291; Ja.ii.101; Ja.iv.138; Ja.vi.351; Pts.i.107; Pts.ii.7 sq., Pts.ii.28, Pts …

upeti →

pts

to go to (with acc.), come to, approach, undergo, attain DN.i.55 (paṭhavi-kāyaṃ an-upeti does not go into an earthly body), DN.i.180; MN.i.486 (na upeti, as answer: “does not meet the question”); SN …

utu →

pts

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

uṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. rising, rise, getting up, standing (opp. sayana & nisīdana lying or sitting down) DN.ii.134 (sīha-seyyaṃ kappesi uṭṭhāna-saññaṃ manasikaritvā); Dhp.280 (˚kāla); Ja.i.392 (an˚-seyyā a bed from wh …

uṭṭhānaka →

pts

(-˚) adjective

  1. giving rise to yielding (revenue), producing Ja.i.377 Ja.i.420 (satasahass˚); Ja.iii.229 (identical); Ja.v.44 (identical). cp. uṭṭhāyika
  2. energetic Ja.vi.246.

fr. uṭṭhāna

uṭṭhānavant →

pts

adjective strenuous, active Dhp.24.

uṭṭhāna + vant

uṭṭhāyaka →

pts

adjective “getting-up-ish”, i.e. ready to get up, quick, alert active, industrious; f. -ikā Thig.413 (= uṭṭhāna-viriyasampannā Thag-a.267; variant reading uṭṭhāhikā)

adj. formation fr. uṭṭhāya …

uṭṭhāyika →

pts

adjective yielding, producing Ja.ii.403 (satasahass˚).

= uṭṭhānaka

vadana →

pts

speech, utterance Vv-a.345 (+ kathana).

fr. vad

vadha →

pts

striking, killing; slaughter, destruction, execution DN.iii.176; AN.ii.113; Pp.58; Ja.ii.347; Mil.419 (˚kata); Dhp-a.i.69 (pāṇa˚ + pāṇa-ghāta), Dhp-a.i.80, Dhp-a.i.296; Dhp-a.ii.39; Vb-a.382

vanatha →

pts

underwood, brushwood, thicket. Does not occur in lit meaning, except in exegesis of Dhp.283 at Dhp-a.iii.424 q.v. under vana1. Another defn is given at Snp-a.24 “taṇhā pariyuṭṭ …

vasana →

pts

Vasana1

neuter clothing, clothes Snp.971; Thig.374; DN.iii.118 (odāta˚), DN.iii.124 (id.); Mnd.495 (the six cīvarāni); Pv-a.49
vasanāni clothing Mhvs.22, Mhvs.30- *[vasana](/define …

vavatthāna →

pts

determination, resolution, arrangement, fixing, analysis Pts.i.53; Vin.iv.289; Vism.111, Vism.236 (= nimitta), Vism.347 (defn); Mil.136; Kp-a.23.

fr. vi + ava + sthā; cp. late Sk. vya …

vaṇṇa →

pts

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

  1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

vaṇṭa →

pts

…(of thana, the breast of a woman) not on a stalk (i.e. well-formed, plump) Ja.v.155. So to be trsld here,…

vaṭa →

pts

the Indian fig tree Ja.i.259 (˚rukkha); Ja.iii.325; Mhvs.6, Mhvs.16; Dhp-a.i.167 (˚rukkha) Pv-a.113.

cp. Epic Sk. vaṭa. A root vaṭ; not connected with this vaṭa is given at Dhtm.106 in meaning …

vaṭaṃsa →

pts

kind of head ornament perhaps ear-ring or garland worn round the forehead Mhvs.11, Mhvs.28 (C. explains as “kaṇṇapilandhanaṃ vaṭaṃsakan ti vuttaṃ hoti”). Usually as vaṭaṃsaka V …

vaṭṭanā →

pts

in -valī is a line or chain of balls (“rounds,” i.e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat doubtful. It occurs at MN.i.80, MN.i.81 (seyyathā v. evaṃ me piṭṭhi-kaṇṭako unnat’ âvanato hoti; Neumann t …

vaṭṭin →

pts

(-˚) adjective in muṇḍa˚; porter (?) is not clear. It is a dern fr. vaṭṭi in one or the other of its meanings. Found only at Vin.ii.137, where it is explained by Bdhgh as “veṭṭhin.” It m …

veṭhana →

pts

  1. surrounding, enveloping Ja.vi.489.
  2. a turban head-dress DN.i.126; AN.i.145; AN.iii.380 (sīsa˚); Ja.v.187; Dhp-a.iv.213; Pv-a.161.
  3. wrapping, clothing, wrap shawl Ja.vi.12

■ Cp. *[pali˚](/de …

vicchiddaka →

pts

“having holes all over,” referring to one of the asubha-kammaṭṭhānas, obtained by the contemplation of a corpse fissured from decay AN.ii.17 (˚saññā); AN.v.106, AN.v.310; Mil.332; Vism.110, Vism.178 …

vidhā →

pts

  1. mode, manner, sort, kind; proportion, form, variety DN.iii.103 (ādesana˚); Thig.395 (cakkhu˚ “shape of an eye” translation); Vb-a.496 (in expln of kathaṃ-vidha: “ākāra-saṇṭhānaṃ vidhā …

vidū →

pts

adjective clever, wise, knowing, skilled in (-˚) SN.i.62 (loka˚); SN.v.197; Vin.ii.241 (pl. paracittaviduno); Snp.677 (vidūhi), Snp.996; Ja.v.222 (dhamma˚) Vv.30#11 (= sappañña Vv-a.127); Mil.276; M …

viheṭhana →

pts

harassing, hurting; oppression Vb-a.74; Vv-a.68; Pv-a.232.

fr. viheṭheti

viheṭhanaka →

pts

adjective oppressing, hurting, doing harm Ja.ii.123.

fr. viheṭhana

vijjā →

pts

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 …

vikatthana →

pts

boasting Snp-a.549.

fr. vi + katth

vikkhittaka →

pts

adjective

  1. scattered all over, deranged, dismembered; of a dead body with respect to its limbs (as one of the asubha-kammaṭṭhāna’s: cp vikkhāyika & vicchiddaka) Vism.110 (˚saññā) = Mil.332; Vism.1 …

vikkhāyitaka →

pts

adjective noun “pertaining (or: of the nature of) to being eaten up, i.e. a (mental) representation obtained by contemplation of a corpse gnawed by animals, one of the asubhakammaṭṭhānas Vism.110 = Mi …

vikāra →

pts

  1. change, alteration, in mahā˚; great change Vism.366, Vism.367 (of two kinds: anupādiṇṇa upādiṇṇa, or primary & secondary, i.e. the first caused by kappa-vuṭṭhāna, the second by dhātu-kkhobha) K …

vimāna →

pts

Vimāna1

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the defns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

vinicchaya →

pts

  1. discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …

viniveṭhana →

pts

(& -nibbeṭhana) neuter unwrapping, unravelling; fig. explaining, making clear, explanation, refutation Cnd.503 (diṭṭhi-sanghātassa vinibbeṭhana; where id. p. at Mnd.343 reads vinivedhana, cp, ni …

vipassanā →

pts

inward vision, insight, intuition, introspection DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; SN.iv.195, SN.iv.360; SN.v.52 (samatha +) AN.i.61 (id.), AN.i.95; AN.ii.140, AN.ii.157 (samatha +); AN.iv.360; AN.v.99, AN.v. …

vipubbaka →

pts

adjective full of corruption or matter, festering (said of a dead body). The contemplation (saññā) of a festering corpse is one of the asubhakammaṭṭhānas
■ MN.i.58, MN.i.88; MN.iii.91; AN.iii.324. …

viraddha →

pts

failed, missed, neglecte SN.v.23 (ariyo maggo v.), SN.v.179 (satipaṭṭhānā viraddhā 254, 294; Mnd.512; Ja.i.174, Ja.i.490; Ja.ii.384; Ja.iv.71, Ja.iv.497 Ne.132.

pp. of virajjhati

viraddhi →

pts

(missing, failure?) at Vin.i.359 is uncertain reading. The vv.ll. are visuddhi, visandi & visandhi with explains “viddhaṭṭhāna” & “viraddhaṭṭhāna” see p. 395.

viraja →

pts

adjective free from defilement or passion, stainless, faultless Vin.i.294 (āgamma maggaṃ virajaṃ) Snp.139, Snp.520, Snp.636, Snp.1105 (see exegesis at Cnd.590); Pv.iii.3#6 (= vigata-raja, niddosa Pv\ …

viriya →

pts

lit. “state of a strong man,” i.e. vigour, energy, effort, exertion On term see also Dhs. translation § 13; Cpd. 242
■ DN.iii.113 DN.iii.120 sq., DN.iii.255 sq.; SN.ii.132, SN.ii.206 sq.; Snp.79 …

viññāṇa →

pts

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

vosita →

pts

one who has attained (relative) achievement perfected, accomplished, mastering, in phrase abhiññā˚ one who masters special knowledge SN.i.167; Dhp.423; Iti.47 = Iti.61 = Iti.81; AN.i.165; cp. Dhp-a …

vuṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. rise, origin Ja.i.114 (gabbha˚).
  2. ordination, rehabilitation (in the Order) Vin.iv.320; Mil.344.
  3. (cp. uṭṭhāna 3) rousing, rising out, emerging, emergence; applied as a religious term to reviva …

vuṭṭhānatā →

pts

rehabilitation; in āpatti˚; forgiveness of an offence Vin.ii.250.

fr. vuṭṭhāna

vyathana →

pts

shaking, wavering Dhtp.465 (as defn of tud).

fr. vyath

vāḷa →

pts

Vāḷa1

  1. a snake Vism.312 (so read for vaḷa).
  2. a beast of prey AN.iii.102 (amanussa); Ja.i.295; Ja.iii.345 (˚macchā predaceous fishes); Mil.23 (˚vana forest of wild beas …

vīthi →

pts

  1. street, way, road, path, track AN.v.347, AN.v.350 sq.; Vv.83#6; Ja.i.158 (garden path); Ja.v.350 (dve vīthiyo gahetvā tiṭṭhati, of a house); Ja.vi.276 (v and raccha); Dhp-a.i.14; Vv-a.31; Pv-a …

vīthika →

pts

adjective (-˚) having (as) a road Mil.322 (satipaṭṭhāna˚, in the city of Righteousness).

fr. vīthi

yakkha →

pts

  1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

yatana →

pts

endeavour, undertaking Ja.v.346 (C. explains samosaraṇa-ṭṭhāna?); Dhtp.121 (in expln of yatati1).

fr. yat, cp. Epic Sk. yatna

yathā →

pts

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

yattaka →

pts

adjective however much, whatever, as many (in correlation with ta˚; or tattaka) Ja.v.74 (= yāvant); Vism.184 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti… tattakaṃ…), Vism.293 (yatta …

yugala →

pts

…(bāhu˚); Ja.vi.270 (thana˚ the 2 breasts); Vism.219; Vb-a.51 (yugaḷato jointly, in pairs); the six “pairs of adaptabilities” or…

yugaḷa →

pts

…(bāhu˚); Ja.vi.270 (thana˚ the 2 breasts); Vism.219; Vb-a.51 (yugaḷato jointly, in pairs); the six “pairs of adaptabilities” or…

yāna →

pts

  1. going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
  2. means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …

ā →

pts

Ā1

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

ābādha →

pts

affliction, illness, disease Vin.iv.261; DN.i.72; DN.ii.13; AN.i.121; AN.iii.94, AN.iii.143; AN.iv.333, AN.iv.415 sq., AN.iv.440; Dhp.138; Pp.28 Vism.41 (udara-vāta˚) Vism.95; Vv-a.351 (an˚ safe & s …

ādhipacca →

pts

Ādhipacca & Ādhipateyya

(nt.) supreme rule lordship, sovereignty, power SN.v.342 (issariy˚); AN.i.62 (id.), AN.i.147, AN.i.212; AN.ii.205 (id.); AN.iii.33, AN.iii.76; AN.iv.252 sq.; Pv.ii.9#59 (one o …

ādhipateyya →

pts

Ādhipacca & Ādhipateyya

(nt.) supreme rule lordship, sovereignty, power SN.v.342 (issariy˚); AN.i.62 (id.), AN.i.147, AN.i.212; AN.ii.205 (id.); AN.iii.33, AN.iii.76; AN.iv.252 sq.; Pv.ii.9#59 (one o …

ādicca →

pts

the sun SN.i.15, SN.i.47; SN.ii.284; SN.iii.156; SN.v.44, SN.v.101; AN.i.242; AN.v.22, AN.v.263, AN.v.266 sq.; Iti.85; Snp.550 Snp.569, Snp.1097 (“ādicco vuccati suriyo” Cnd.125); Dhp-a.iv.143; Sdhp. …

āgacchati →

pts

to come to or towards, approach, go back, arive etc.

I. Forms

(same arrangement as under gacchati):

  1. gacch:
    pres āgacchati DN.i.161; Ja.ii.153; Pv.iv.1#51
    fut āgacchissati …

āgata →

pts

  1. come, arrived Mil.18 (˚kāraṇa the reason of his coming); Vv-a.78 (˚ṭṭhāna); Pv-a.81 (kiṃ āgat’attha why have you come here) come by, got, attained (˚-) AN.ii.110 = Pp.48 (˚visa); Mhvs.xiv.28 (˚p …

ānantarika →

pts

Ānantarika & ˚ya

without an interval, immediately following, successive Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.212; Pp.13; Dhs.1291.

  • -kamma “conduct that finds retribution without delay (*Kvu trsl. …

ānantariya →

pts

Ānantarika & ˚ya

without an interval, immediately following, successive Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.212; Pp.13; Dhs.1291.

  • -kamma “conduct that finds retribution without delay (*Kvu trsl. …

āpatti →

pts

an ecclesiastical offence (cp.; Kvu trsl. 362 n. 1), Vin.i.103 (˚khandha), Vin.i.164 (˚ṃ paṭikaroti), Vin.i.322 (˚ṃ passati), Vin.i.354 (avasesā & anavasesā); Vin.ii.2 sq. (˚ṃ ropeti), Vin.ii.59, Vi …

ārakkha →

pts

watch, guard, protection, care DN.ii.59; DN.iii.289; SN.iv.97, SN.iv.175, SN.iv.195; AN.ii.120; AN.iii.38; AN.iv.266, AN.iv.270, AN.iv.281 (˚sampadā), AN.iv.322 (id.), AN.iv.400; AN.v.29 sq.; Ja.i.203 …

āsabha →

pts

(in compn.) a bull peculiar to a bull, bull-like, fig. a man of strong & eminent qualities, a hero or great man, a leader, thus in tār˚ Snp.687; nar˚ Snp.684, Snp.696; āsabha-camma bull’s …

ātāpin →

pts

adjective ardent, zealous, strenuous, active DN.iii.58, DN.iii.76 sq., DN.iii.141 (+ sampajāna), DN.iii.221, DN.iii.276; MN.i.22 MN.i.56, MN.i.116, MN.i.207, MN.i.349; MN.ii.11; MN.iii.89, MN.iii.128 …

āvedhika →

pts

adj. f. scil. pannā piercing, penetrating; or ravelling, turning rolling up or round (cp. āvijjhati which is derived from ā + vyadh, but takes its meaning from āveṭheti), discrimination thinking ov …

āveṭhana →

pts

rolling up, winding up or round, fig. explanation Mil.28 (+ nibbeṭhana, lit rolling up and rolling down, ravelling & unravelling), Mil.231 (˚viniveṭhana).

ā + veṭhana, veṣṭ.

āvijjhana →

pts

(so for āviñchana & āviñjana) adjective noun

  1. (āvijjhati 2) swinging round, hanging loose, spinning in; āvijjhana-rajju a loose, rope, esp. in mythology the swinging or whirling rope by which Sa …

āyu →

pts

life, vitality, duration of life, longevity DN.iii.68, DN.iii.69, DN.iii.73, DN.iii.77; SN.iii.143 (usmā ca); SN.iv.294; AN.i.155; AN.ii.63, AN.ii.66 (addh˚); AN.iii.47, AN.iv.76, AN.iv.139; Snp.694, …

āyāga →

pts

sacrificial fee, gift; (m.) recipient of a sacrifice or gift (deyyadhamma) Snp.486 (= deyyadhammānaṃ adhiṭṭhāna-bhūta Snp-a.412); Thag.566; Ja.vi.205 (˚vatthu worthy objact of sacrificial fees).

ā …

āḷāhana →

pts

place of cremation, cemetery DN.i.55; Ja.i.287 (here meaning the funereal fire) Ja.i.402; Ja.iii.505; Pv.ii.12#2; Vism.76; Mil.350; DN-a.i.166; Dhp-a.i.26; Dhp-a.iii.276; Pv-a.92, Pv-a.161, Pv-a …

ṭhita →

pts

standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. …

Buddha →

puskas

(i.e. 563-483) ‘Megvilágosodott’. A buddhizmus alapítójának, Gótama Sziddhártának a neve, amelyet az általa keresett lényeg felismerése során, azaz a Megvilágosodás kapcsán nyert. Nevezték még Szakjam …