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thana, 495 találat.
thana →
ncped
- the breast, esp. the breast of a woman.
- the (teat of the) udder of a cow.
ṭhāna →
ncped
- standing; the act of standing, being fixed or stationary; continuance.
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- a place; a locality; a spot; a site; a location; a suitable place; a worthy object.
- region, sphere; metaphysical o …
thana →
pts
- the breast of a woman DN.ii.266; Ja.v.205; Ja.vi.483 Sdhp.360.
- 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)
- contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
- 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
- (n.) fixing the mind on abandoning, giving up and/or on giving; resolution for liberality and/or for abandoning.
- (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
- (n.) fixing the mind on tranquillity; resolution for calmness.
- (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
- on the spot; at once; in a moment.
- as to the cause.
ṭhānāraha →
ncped
fit to continue; to stand.
adhitthāna →
nyana
Adhitthāna, as a doctrinal term, occurs chiefly in two meanings:
- ‘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:
- (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:
- as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
- 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)
- looked after, managed, undertaken gover …
adhiṭṭhāna →
pts
- 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.
- 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 sā
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.
- intermediate, next, following: see an˚.
- distant lying in between Pv-a.173 (aneka-yojan˚ ṭhāna). See also f. antarikā.
- 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
- 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
- to take away, remove MN.i.96 = AN.i.198 (kathaṃ bahiddhā a. carry outside) Kp.viii.4 (= aññaṃ ṭhānaṃ gameti Kp-a.220).
- [= 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
- (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
- (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
- (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
- “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
- 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]
- 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]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
buddha →
pts
Buddha1
adjective
- understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
- 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
- walking about grazing, feeding Vv-a.308 (˚ṭṭhāna).
- the foot Vin.iv.212; Ja.v.431.
- 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
- 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
- a kind of plant Snp.239 (= kaṇavīra-pupphasaṇṭhāna-sīsa Snp-a.283).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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).
- 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
- (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
- as grd. to gacchati: (a place where one) ought to go; in a˚ not to be gone to (+ ṭhāna) Vv-a.72.
- as grd. to gameti: in bhogā pahāya gamanīyā (riches that have) to …
gambhīra →
pts
- adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
- lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
- fig of knowledge …
gata →
pts
gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.
- 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
- 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
- to drip, flow, trickle (trs. & intr.) Vin.i.204 (natthu g.); MN.i.336 (sīsaṃ lohitena g …
gaṇṭhi →
pts
- 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
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
- 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)
- (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
- 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
- agreement, contract, pact Vin.i.153 (T. kātikā), Vin.i.309; Ja.vi.71; Mil.171, Mil.360
- 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
- a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
- any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
- a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …
khaṇa →
pts
Khaṇa1
- (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
- (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
- (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
- (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
- 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
- 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
- (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- a ray of light Vv-a.166.
- 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
- 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
- (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).
- 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 + vā “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
- (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 + lī
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
- (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
- falling upon Dhp-a.i.295.
- 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:
- -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
- -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:
- -thanati Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.362; Ja.iv.446; Ja.v.296; DN-a.i.291
- -thunati Vin.ii.222; Ja.v.295,…
nivesana →
pts
- 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.
- (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
- “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
- (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.
- (lit.) support, req …
paccupaṭṭhāna →
pts
- (re)appearance, happening, coming on phenomenon Ja.iii.524; Ne.28; Snp-a.509; Dhs-a.332 Thag-a.288.
- tending DN.iii.191.
- 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
- 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
- performance, undertaking paragraph (of the law) DN.i.98 (“offence”? see Dial. i.120); SN.iii.91; Mil.189.
- occasion Vin.i.44 Vin.ii.75; Vin.iii.20.
- 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
- going about, mode of life Dhp-a.i.382 (gihīnaṃ ˚ṭṭhānaṃ, variant reading for vicaraṇa˚).
- attending to, looking after, worshipping Dhp-a.i.199 (aggi-p˚-ṭṭhāna fire-place).
- enjoyment, plea …
paricchedaka →
pts
adjective determining, fixing Vb-a.346 (uṭṭhāna-velā ˚ā saññā).
fr. pariccheda
paricchindati →
pts
- to mark out Vv-a.291 (vasana-ṭṭhānaṃ).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- end Pv-a.287.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- (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]
- (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
- (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
- (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
- (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstra …
pothana →
pts
Poṭhana & Pothana
(nt.)
- 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.)
- 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
- 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.
- 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
-
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
- (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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
- 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
- conclusion, consummation, Ja.ii.166.
- resolve Ja.i.19; Ja.i.69; Ja.i.187; Ja.iv.167; Vin.i.255 sq.
- ascertainment, definite conclusion conviction, Ja.vi.324; Vism.43.
saṃ + niṭṭhāna
santhana →
pts
- appeasing Dhp.275.
- 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
see saṇṭhāna.
sarīra →
pts
- 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
- 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.
saṇṭhāna →
pts
- 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
- 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
- empty, uninhabited DN.i.17; DN.ii.202; SN.i.180; SN.iv.173; DN-a.i.110; Mil.5.
- empty, devoid of reality, unsubstantial, phenomenal MN.i.435; SN.iii.167; SN.iv.54, SN.iv.296; Snp.1119 …
suṅka →
pts
- 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.
- gain, profit Thig.25 Thag-a.32.
- 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
- 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.)
- bark. MN.i.198, MN.i.434, MN.i.488; AN.v.5
- 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
- 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)
- 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 (-˚)
- taking up, acquiring, learning Vism.96 (ācariy˚), Vism.99 (˚paripucchā), Vism.277 (kananaṭṭhānassa).
- 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:
- (Rest): on upon, up-˚kiṇṇa covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heap …
upagacchati →
pts
- 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
- benefactress helper Ja.iii.437.
- 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)
- (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
- 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
- (lit.)
- (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
- 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
- giving rise to yielding (revenue), producing Ja.i.377 Ja.i.420 (satasahass˚); Ja.iii.229 (identical); Ja.v.44 (identical). cp. uṭṭhāyika
- 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.
- 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
- surrounding, enveloping Ja.vi.489.
- a turban head-dress DN.i.126; AN.i.145; AN.iii.380 (sīsa˚); Ja.v.187; Dhp-a.iv.213; Pv-a.161.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- rise, origin Ja.i.114 (gabbha˚).
- ordination, rehabilitation (in the Order) Vin.iv.320; Mil.344.
- (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
- a snake Vism.312 (so read for vaḷa).
- 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
- 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
- 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
- going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
- 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):
- √ gacch:
pres āgacchati DN.i.161; Ja.ii.153; Pv.iv.1#51
fut āgacchissati …
āgata →
pts
- 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
- (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 …