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vā, 9578 találat.
va →
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…shortened form of vā, as found e.g. Dhp.195 (yadi va for yadi vā); or in correlation va-va either-or: Dhp.108…
vā →
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…vā pi). Usually repeated vā-vā (is it so-) or, either-or, e.g. Snp.1024 (Brahmā vā Indo vā pi); Dhp.1 (bhāsati vā karoti vā);…
abbhavalāhakā →
dppn
One of the Cloud-group of devas. They are embodied in the thunder clouds (cumulus clouds), and when they wish to revel and delight themselves, thunder clouds make their appearance in the sky. SN.iii.256
abhaya →
dppn
Abhaya 1
A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98
Abhaya2Abhayarājakumāra
The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …
abhibhū →
dppn
Abhibhū1
Chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.9 In the Aruṇavatī Sutta it is said that he went with Sikhī to a Brahma-world and, at the Buddha’s request, preached a sermon to the accompa …
abhiñjika →
dppn
AbhiñjikaAbhijikaĀbhiñjika
A student of Anuruddha. On one occasion when the Buddha asks Mahā Kassapa to preach to the monks, the latter reports that it is impossible to talk to them because monks lik …
accutadevā →
dppn
A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
aciravata →
dppn
A novice who had a conversation with Prince Jayasena on the life of the bhikkhu. Aciravata repeats this conversation to the Buddha who thereupon preaches the Dantabhūmi Sutta. MN.iii.128ff.
The nov …
aciravatī →
dppn
A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot seas …
addhakāsī →
dppn
A prostitute in Rājagaha who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and stopped by libertines. So she s …
addhariyā →
dppn
The word occurs in a list of brahmin teachers in the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.237 They teach a state of union with Brahmā. These are evidently Adhvaryu brahmins.
adhimutta →
dppn
A Brahmin of Sāvatthī. A verse addressed by him to some corpulent monks is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.114
aggaḷapura →
dppn
A city where Revata went on his way from Soreyya to Sahajāti, prior to the Council of Vesālī. Vin.ii.300
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aggidatta →
dppn
A brahmin of Khemavatī, father of the Buddha Kakusandha. His wife was named Visākhā. DN.ii.7
aggikabhāradvāja →
dppn
…Snp.21–25
Aggikabhāradvāja2AggikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin of Rājagaha, a fire-tender. He prepares a meal for sacrifice, and when…
aggivessana →
dppn
Probably the name of a brahmin clan, the Agnivesyāyanas, and the Ksatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their brahmin priests.
The name is used by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka Nigaṇṭhap …
aggāḷave cetiye →
dppn
Aggāḷave CetiyeAggālavacetiya
The chief shrine at Āḷavī, originally a pagan place of worship, but later converted into a Buddhist vihāra. The Buddha stopped here on many occasions during his wander …
ahaha →
dppn
One of the purgatories mentioned in the Sutta-Nipāta list. Snp.p.126 It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to twenty Ababā. SN.i.152
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ahiṃsakabhāradvāja →
dppn
…of the Bhāradvāja brothers. He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the…
ahogaṅgā →
dppn
…the Thera Sambhūta Sānavāsi, and it was there that Yasa Kākandakaputta saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what measures should be…
ajakalāpakacetiya →
dppn
A shrine at Pāvā at which sacrifices were offered to Ajakalāpaka. Ud.4
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ajakaraṇī →
dppn
The river on whose banks was the Lonagiri (or Lena°) vihāra where lived the Thera Sabbaka (Sappaka). Thag.307–310
Here also, in a cave, dwelt the Thera Bhūta. Thag.518f.
This river was probably …
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 …
ajita →
dppn
Ajita1
A monk. He devoted his time to explaining the Pātimokkha rules to the monks. At the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats …
ajitamāṇava →
dppn
AjitamāṇavaAjita
One of the disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha at the request of their teacher.
He was the first to question the Buddha, and the questions asked by him form the Ajitamāṇavapu …
ajātasattu →
dppn
AjātasattuVedehiputta
Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …
akaniṭṭhā →
dppn
A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237
In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …
amalakīvana →
dppn
A grove in Cātumā where the Buddha preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta.
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ambalaṭṭhikā →
dppn
…Ambalaṭṭhikā-Rāhulovāda Sutta. MN.i.414ff. From the context it appears as though Ambalaṭṭhikā was within walking distance from the…
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 …
ambapālī →
dppn
AmbapālīAmbapālikā
A courtesan of Vesāli. She became a devout follower of the Buddha, and building a vihāra in her own garden, gave it to him and the Order. This was during the Buddha’s last visit …
ambaraambaravatī →
dppn
AmbaraambaravatīAmbara-ambaravatī
The double name of a city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201
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ambatittha →
dppn
AmbatitthaAmbatitthāAmbatiṭṭha
A village in the Cetiya country near Bhaddavatikā. When the Buddha was on tour near there he was repeatedly warned by the cowherds not to go to Ambatiṭṭha as in the Jaṭ …
ambaṭṭha →
dppn
AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava
A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …
ambāṭakavana →
dppn
AmbāṭakavanaAmbālavana
A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati. It became the residence of large numbers of monks, and discussions often took place there between Cittagahapati and the re …
andhakavinda →
dppn
A village in the Māgadha country, three gāvuta from Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109 Once the Buddha went from Benares to Andhakavinda w …
andhavana →
dppn
…discourse (Cūḷa-Rāhulovāda) which made him an arahant. SN.iv.105–107
Among others who lived here from time to time are mentioned the…
anejakā →
dppn
A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160
annabhāra →
dppn
A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …
anugāra →
dppn
…in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha came to…
anupiya →
dppn
A township in the Malla country to the east of Kapilavatthu. Large numbers of Sākiyan princes joined the Order there, including Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, …
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 …
anurādha →
dppn
An Elder. Once when he was staying in a forest hut in the Mahāvana in Vesāli, near to where the Buddha was, certain wandering ascetics came to him and asked him whether or not a Tathāgata exists after …
anāthapiṇḍika →
dppn
A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …
aparagoyāna →
dppn
…According to the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.i.227 AN.v.59 each cakkavāla (world-system) has an Aparagoyāna.
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appamāṇasubhā →
dppn
A class of devas of the Rupaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna.
Beings are born there who are possessed of faith, virtue, learning, munificence and wisdom. MN.iii.102
appamāṇābhā →
dppn
A class of devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna.
Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless brilliancy, MN.iii.147 or who are possessed of faith, virtue, …
aputtaka →
dppn
A wealthy burgess of Sāvatthī who died intestate. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.89–91 we find Pasenadi, King of Kosala, visiting the Buddha at noonday and telling him that he had just finished having th …
araka →
dppn
The Bodhisatta, born as a brahmin teacher. In the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.136–138 we are told that among Araka’s pupils those who followed his teachings were born in the Brahma-world, while the others …
arati →
dppn
One of the three daughters of Māra, the others being Taṇhā and Ragā. Seeing their father disconsolate after his repeated attempts to foil Gotama’s quest for Enlightenment, they offered to tempt the Bu …
araññakuṭikā →
dppn
A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128
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ariṭṭha →
dppn
Ariṭṭha1
A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumb …
ariṭṭhakā →
dppn
A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.
They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260
asama →
dppn
A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.
They were disciples of different teachers and, standing before the Buddh …
asamā →
dppn
A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259
asaññasattā →
dppn
…abodes of beings (sattāvāsā). These beings are unconscious and experience nothing. AN.iv.401 As soon as an idea occurs to them they fall…
asibandhakaputta →
dppn
A headman (gāmani). He came to the Buddha in the Pārileyyaka Mango Grove in Nāḷandā and asked him various questions, recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.312ff. One of these related to the custo …
asipattavana →
dppn
One of the tortures of purgatory. In the distance the grove appears as a mango grove, and when the inhabitants of purgatory enter, wishing to eat the mangoes, leaves which are sharp like swords fall o …
asita →
dppn
Asita1KaṇhāsiriKāladevala
An ascetic who possessed various psychic powers. Once, while in Tāvatiṃsā heaven, he saw the whole city decked with splendour and the gods engaged in great rejoic …
asoka →
dppn
A monk of Ñātikā. Once when the Buddha was staying at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, Ānanda mentions to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka …
asokā →
dppn
…born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away, destined never to return. SN.v.358
assaji →
dppn
…dhammā hetuppabhavā tesam hetum Tathāgato āha tesañ ca yo nirodho, evaṃvādī Mahāsamano.“*
Sāriputta immediately understood…
assajipunabbasukā →
dppn
The followers of Assaji and Punabbasu. They lived in Kīṭāgiri, between Sāvatthī and Ālavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send the …
assaka →
dppn
The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …
assalāyana →
dppn
A young brahmin, sixteen years old, of Sāvatthī, very learned in the Vedas and allied subjects. Five hundred brahmins staying in the city asked him to hold a discussion with the Buddha and refute his …
asura →
dppn
In Pali Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four …
asurindakabhāradvāja →
dppn
AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja
A brahmin, one of three brothers who had conversations with the Buddha and were converted. SN.i.163f.
atappādevā →
dppn
A class of devas whose company mortals long for.MN.i.289 MN.iii.103 They belong to the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237
avakaṇṇaka →
dppn
Given in the Pācittiya rules’ as an example of a low name (hīnanāma). Vin.iv.6ff.
avanti →
dppn
One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …
avantiputta →
dppn
King of Madhurā. He once went in royal state to visit Mahā Kaccāna who was staying in the Gundā Grove in Madhurā.
Their discussion is recorded in the Madhura Sutta. MN.ii.83–90
It is said that after …
avihā →
dppn
…the rupa-worlds, the Suddhāvāsā.DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha once…
avīci →
dppn
Hell. Descriptions of it are to be found in several places in the four Nikāyas MN.iii.183 AN.i.141–142 It is a quadrangular space, one hundred leagues each way, four-doored, walled all round and abov …
añjanavana →
dppn
AñjanavanaAñcanavana
A garden at Sāketa. In it was a deer park where the Buddha used to stay. On one such occasion Kakudha came to see him, SN.i.54 and also the wanderer Kuṇḍaliya, SN.v.73 who lived …
añjanāvaniya →
dppn
He dwelt in the Añjanavana in a small hut, and there he became Awakened. Thag.55
aññātakoṇḍañña →
dppn
AññātakoṇḍaññaKoṇḍañña
One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …
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. …
aṅga →
dppn
One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …
aṅgaṇikabhāradvāja →
dppn
AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced…
aṅgulimāla →
dppn
AṅgulimālaAhiṃsakaGaggaMantāniputta
A robber and murderer who was converted by the Buddha in the twentieth year of his ministry, and who later became an arahant. MN86
As a result of his deeds whole …
aṅgīrasi →
dppn
…Yamataggi, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa and Bhagu. The list occurs in several places. Vin.i.245 AN.iii.224 MN.ii.169…
aṭṭhaka →
dppn
…Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 as the ancient sages of the brahmins. They abstained from food at…
aṭṭhakanāgara →
dppn
A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347
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bahudhīti →
dppn
A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta who had seven widowed daughters and was much in debt. One day he lost fourteen oxen, and, after searching for them…
baka →
dppn
A Brahmā. When the Buddha was once staying at Ukkaṭṭha in the Subhagavana, he read the thoughts of Baka, who had conceived the idea that this world was permanent and free from decay and death; and the …
bakkula →
dppn
BakkulaBākulaVakkula
At the age of eighty, Bakkula heard the Buddha preach and left the world. For seven days he remained unenlightened, but on the dawn of the eighth day he became an arahant. Later, …
beluva →
dppn
BeluvaBeluvagāmaVeluvaVeluvagāma
A village near Vesāli, where the Buddha spent his last vassa.
It was at this time that the Buddha, in answer to a question by Ānanda, said that he had kept nothing b …
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 …
bhaddavatikā →
dppn
A market town near Kosambī. The Buddha went there and was warned by cowherds and others not to approach Ambatiṭṭha as a fierce Nāga dwelt there. Sāgata Thera, hearing this, went to Ambatiṭṭha and subd …
bhaddavāggiyā →
dppn
A group of thirty young men, converted by the Buddha.
They had gone picnicking with their wives in a forest glade between Bārāṇasi and Uruvelā. One of them had no wife, and for him they found a court …
bhaddiya →
dppn
Bhaddiya1
An anāgāmī, one of seven persons who became arahants as soon as they were born in Avihā. SN.i.35 SN.i.60
Bhaddiya2Kāligodhāputta
Chief among monks of aristocratic …
bhaddā →
dppn
Bhaddā1
Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …
bhaddāli →
dppn
When the Buddha, at Jetavana, laid down the rule that monks should eat one meal a day and that in the morning, Bhaddāli protested and refused to keep this rule because he said that, in so eating, he w …
bhadragaka →
dppn
A headman of Uruvelakappa and father of Ciravāsi. SN.iv.327
bhadrāvudha →
dppn
One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who, at his request, visited the Buddha. Snp.1008
He questioned the Buddha as to how a man could get over attachment and cross the flood. By grasping after not …
bhaggava →
dppn
A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237
Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towar …
bhaggavagotta →
dppn
A clothed Wanderer who lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.
He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.
bhaggā →
dppn
The name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Suṃsumāragiri. The Bhagga country lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.
The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings AN.i …
bharata →
dppn
Bharata1
A monk whose Theragāthā verses call on Nandaka and himself to declare their spiritual prowess to the Buddha. Thag.175–176
Bharata2
King of the Sovīras in the time of …
bharaṇḍukālāma →
dppn
A recluse, once a co-disciple of the Buddha in the holy life. Once, when the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu and wanted lodging for the night, Mahānāma suggested that he should go to the hermitage of Bha …
bhayasīva →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.69
bhañña →
dppn
…as ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavāda, but who, nevertheless, agreed that the khandhas might be divided into past, present and…
bhaṇḍagāma →
dppn
A Vajjian village between Vesāli and Hatthigāma and near the former.
The Buddha visited it during his last tour, and while there he talked to the monks on four conditions, which lead to Nibbāna. DN.i …
bhaṇḍu →
dppn
BhaṇḍuBhaṇḍa
A colleague of Ānanda whom Kassapa reported to the Buddha at Veḷuvana for disputing with Abhiñjaka, colleague of Anuruddha. The Buddha sent for the disputants and rebuked them for their …
bhesakalāvana →
dppn
A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1 SN.iv.11 …
bhoganagara →
dppn
…Bhoga he went on to Pāvā. DN.ii.126
Bhoga was one of the places passed by Bāvari’s pupils on their way to Rājagaha. It lay between…
bhojaputta →
dppn
Evidently the name for a resident of the Bhoja country, modern Vidarbha.
In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.6f. the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.
bhummā →
dppn
A class of devas, earth bound deities. They belong to the lowest category of devas. AN.iv.119
bhuñjatī →
dppn
Wife of Vessavaṇa and a devout follower of the Buddha. Once, when Sakka went to see the Buddha at the Salaḷāgāra, he found the Buddha engaged in meditation, Bhuñjatī waiting on him and worshipping him …
bhāradvāja →
dppn
…and Suddhika Bhāradvāja; Aggika Bhāradvāja joined the Order at Veḷuvana, Sundarika Bhāradvāja on the banks of the Sundarikā, and…
bilaṅgika →
dppn
BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja
One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and,…
bimbisāra →
dppn
BimbisāraSeniya
King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.
According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …
bodhi →
dppn
He lived at Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga country and built a palace called Kokanada. When the palace was completed, the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by Sañjikāp …
bojjhā →
dppn
BojjhāBocchā
An eminent laywoman. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.259 AN.iv.347 records a visit paid by her to the Buddha at Jetavana. The Buddha then preached to her on the uposatha and the advantages …
brahmadeva →
dppn
The son of a brahmin woman. Having joined the Order, he dwelt in solitude and became an arahant. One day he went to Sāvatthī for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother’s house. She was in the …
brahmāyu →
dppn
A brahmin foremost in Mithilā in his knowledge of the Vedas.
On hearing of the Buddha at the age of one hundred and twenty, he sent his pupil Uttara to discover if the Buddha had on his body the mark …
buddha →
dppn
BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā
The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was…
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 …
bālakaloṇakāra →
dppn
Bālakaloṇakāra BākalonakārāgamaBālakalonakārāma
A locality near Kosambī.
When the monks of Kosambī started quarrelling, the Buddha left them and went to Bālakalonakārāma, where he visited Bhagu and …
bārānasī →
dppn
BārānasīBenares
The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …
bāvarī →
dppn
…Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, Bhoganagara and Vesāli. When they arrived before the Buddha, they greeted him in the name of Bāvarī, and being…
cakkaratana →
dppn
The Wheel Treasure that is one of the seven treasures of a Wheel Turning Monarch (cakkavatti). The Cakkaratana is the Cakkavatti’s chief symbol of office; on its appearance before him, he sprinkles …
cakkavatti →
dppn
A World ruler. The world itself means “Turner of the Wheel,” the Wheel (Cakka) being the well known Indian symbol of empire. More than one thousand sons are his; his dominions extend throughout the …
cakkavāla →
dppn
The name given to a whole world-system, there being countless such systems.
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campā →
dppn
A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī. On its banks was a grove of campaka-trees, well known for …
candana →
dppn
Candana1
A deva, vassal of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in case of need. DN.iii.204 He once visited …
candanaṅgalika →
dppn
A lay-disciple of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the highest sensual pleasure. When the Buddha had answered the …
candikāputta →
dppn
A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikāputta to the monks, is recorded in the Silāyūpa Sutta. AN.iv.402f.
candimā →
dppn
The name of the devaputta whose abode is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called Candimā. There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the moon.
It is said that once, when Candimā was seized …
cañcalikappa →
dppn
CañcalikappaCaṇḍalakappa
A locality in Kosala; it was the residence of Dhānañjāni and of Saṅgārava. The Buddha once paid a visit there and stayed in the Todeyya-ambavana. Saṅgārava went to see him, …
caṇḍa →
dppn
A headman of Sāvatthī. He came to see the Buddha at Jetavana and asked him why some people earned the reputation of being wrathful and others of being kindly. The Buddha explained that the one man giv …
caṇḍakālī →
dppn
A nun, well known for her quarrelsome propensities. She was a friend of Thullanandā, during whose absence the other nuns once expelled Caṇḍakālī from their midst. This act was greatly resented by Thul …
caṇḍappajjota →
dppn
King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.
Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …
cetiya →
dppn
CetiyaCetiCetīCedi
One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …
chabbaggiyā →
dppn
A group of six monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of various Vinaya offences. Vin.i.84f. Vin.i.104 Vin.i.106 Vin.i.111 Vin.i.113 Vin.i.114 Vin.i.138 Vin.i.160 …
channa →
dppn
Channa1
A Wanderer, classed among those who wore clothes. He is only mentioned once, in the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.iii.215 where we are told that he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him …
ciravāsī →
dppn
…told him that he was always anxiously waiting for news of Ciravāsī, who was away at school. SN.iv.329
citta →
dppn
Citta1
A householder of Macchikāsaṇḍa, where he was Treasurer. He was later declared by the Buddha to be pre-eminent among laymen who preached the Doctrine. AN.i.26
When Mahānāma visited …
cittapāṭali →
dppn
A tree in the Asurabhavana SN.v.238 which lives for a whole aeon.
codanāvatthu →
dppn
A valley (?) near Rājagaha, visited by the Buddha in the course of his wanderings. Here he laid down a rule, allowing monks to recite the pātimokkha under a learned monk if the leader of their own c …
cunda →
dppn
…see Channa at the Kalandakanivāpa in Rājagaha, just before Channa’s suicide. Once, when the Buddha lay ill in the Kalandakanivāpa, Cunda…
cāla →
dppn
He was ordained by Khadiravaniya. Thag.42
He is mentioned as living at the Kūṭāgārasālā, which place he left when the Licchavis caused disturbance by their visits to the Buddha. AN.v.133 In this cont …
cālā →
dppn
Cālā
It is said Thig.182–188 SN.i.132 that one day, when Cālā was meditating in the Andhavana, Māra visited her, asking her various questions and trying to tempt her.
cāpā →
dppn
CāpāCāvā
Her Therīgāthā verses speak of who her husband had formerly been an ascetic who had renounced his vows to have a child with her, but…
cātuma →
dppn
A Sākiyan village containing a mote-hall; near it was the Amalakīvana where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Cātuma Sutta. MN.i.456f.
27.576667, 83.0547222town
cātummahārājikā →
dppn
The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …
cātumāsini →
dppn
Occurs in the phrase Komudi Cātumāsini, probably referring to the Cātumāsya festival which is performed in the month of Kattika, Komudi being the full-moon day of Kattika. Vin.i.55 DN.i.47
cūladeva →
dppn
CūladevaCūḷadeva
A Thera, an eminent teacher of the Vinaya. Vin.v.3
cūḷagavaccha →
dppn
CūḷagavacchaCūlagavaccha
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a joyful monk would realize the state of peace. Thag.11
cūḷapanthaka →
dppn
An eminent arahant, declared chief among monks skilled in creating forms by mind-power and in mental “evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa). AN.i.23
His Theragathā verses speak of how slow his progress was in …
dabbamallaputta →
dppn
An arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings to travelling monks and of directing them to meals. He …
dakkhiṇāgiri →
dppn
…he converted Kasī-Bhāradvāja and Dhammasava and his father. On another of these occasions the Buddha saw the Magadhakhetta, which gave him the…
dakkhiṇāpatha →
dppn
In the old Pāḷi literature the name Dakkhiṇāpatha would seem to indicate only a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godāvarī. Thus, we are told that Bāvarī had his hermitage in Dakkh …
dalhika →
dppn
DalhikaDaḷhika
A monk of Sāgala. A pupil of his once stole a turban from a shopkeeper and confessed his fault to Dalhika, thinking that he would, on that account, become a pārājika. But the value o …
dandakī →
dppn
King of Kumbhavatī in Kaliṅga. MN.i.378
dasama →
dppn
A householder of Aṭṭhakanāgara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pāṭaliputta, he visited the Kukkuṭārāma to call upon Ānanda. Learning that Ānanda was at Beluvagāma near Vesāli …
daḷhanemi →
dppn
A Cakkavatti of long ago. When his cakka showed signs of disappearing, he handed the kingdom over to his eldest son and became a hermit. Later he taught his son how he, in turn, could become a Cakka …
daṇḍakappaka →
dppn
A township of the Kosalans near the Aciravatī; it was visited by the Buddha during a tour in Kosala. There he preached the Udāna Sutta in answer to a question by Ānanda, as to how the Buddha knew of t …
daṇḍapāṇi →
dppn
A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. It is recorded MN.i.108 that Daṇḍapāṇi once met the Buddha in Kapilavatthu and questioned him on his teachings. The Buddha explained them to him, but he was not satisfied, a …
devadaha →
dppn
A township (nigama) of the Sākiyans. The Buddha stayed there during his tours and preached to the monks on various topics S.iii.5f; S.iv.124f; M.ii.214.
27.523572,83.5113725town
devadatta →
dppn
A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …
devadhammika →
dppn
A class of ascetics mentioned in a nominal list. They are doomed to purgatory. AN.iii.277
devahita →
dppn
…and desired hot water Upavāna obtained from Devahita hot water and molasses, which he sent on a pingo by a serving man. Hot fomentations and…
devakatasobbha →
dppn
A pool near Kosambī. Close by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him. MN.i.513
25.321684,81.3180543lake
devasabha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100
devasūta →
dppn
One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204
dhammasava →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth and attaining the three knowledges. Thag.107
dhammasava-pitā →
dppn
Dhammasava-pitā
Father of Dhammasava. He was one hundred and twenty years old when he went forth. Thag.108
dhanavatī →
dppn
A brahmin lady, mother of Kassapa Buddha. Her husband was Brahmadatta. DN.ii.7
dhaniya →
dppn
Dhaniya1Dhanika
A herdsman living on the bank of the river Mahī. One day, while he was in this house, having finished his preparations for the approach of the rains, he sat meditating on h …
dhataraṭṭha →
dppn
Dhataraṭṭha1
One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …
dhotaka →
dppn
One of Bāvarī’s disciples; he was among those who visited the Buddha at Bāvarī’s request. Snp.p.194 The questions he asked of the Buddha on this occasion, and the answers given, are found in the Dhota …
doṇa →
dppn
A brahmin. He was at Kusinārā at the time of the Buddha’s death, and it was his intervention which prevented a quarrel among the kings who assembled there to claim the Buddha’s relics. He pointed out …
dāmali →
dppn
A devaputta who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there is nothing left for an arahant to do. SN.i.47
dīghalaṭṭhi →
dppn
A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana and spoke a verse. SN.i.52
dīghīti →
dppn
DīghītiDīghati
A king of Kosala. His kingdom was captured by Brahmadatta, king of Kāsi, and he and his wife fled to Benares, where they lived in disguise in the house of a potter. His wife bore a son …
dūsī →
dppn
Name of Māra in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He was, in that birth, son of Kāḷī, sister of Moggallāna. He first incited the brahmin householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidh …
ekadhammasavanīya →
dppn
EkadhammasavanīyaEkadhammasavaniyaEkadhammika
A monk whose verse is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.67
ekanāḷā →
dppn
…preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his name and which converted him to the faith. Snp.p.12ff. SN.i.172ff.
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ekapuṇḍarīka →
dppn
Ekapuṇḍarīka1
A monastery of the wanderers, the residence of Vacchagotta. MN.i.481f. It was near the Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana of Vesāli. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and …
erāvaṇa →
dppn
In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
esukārī →
dppn
A brahmin who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and asks him various questions on castes and their distinctions, from the point of view of their functions. The Buddha replies that birth’s invidious bar ha …
gahvaratīriya →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of enduring the discomforts of the forest life. Thag.31
gajaṅgala →
dppn
…of Pārāsariya. Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.
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gandhabbā →
dppn
…among the Gandhabakāyikā devā because they wish to be so; they are described as dwelling in the fragrance of root-wood, of bark and sap, and in…
garuḷā →
dppn
GaruḷāGaruḍāSupannaSuvaṇṇa
A class of mythical birds generally mentioned in company with Nāgas.
gavesī →
dppn
A follower of Kassapa Buddha. Five hundred others were associated with him, and at first their spiritual life was poor. Gavesī, realising this, put forth effort and, step by step, attained greater pro …
gayā →
dppn
A town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares. It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. Vin.i.8
The Buddha stayed at Gayā …
gayākassapa →
dppn
One of the three Kassapa brothers. They all lived at Gayāsīsa. When Uruvelā-Kassapa was converted, Gayā-Kassapa, with his followers, joined the Order, and at the conclusion of the Ādittapariyāya Sut …
gayāsīsa →
dppn
A hill near Gayā. Here the Buddha came from Uruvelā after converting the Tebhātika-Jaṭilā (the three Kassapa ascetics), and here he lived with one thousand monks. On this occasion of his coming he ta …
gaṇaka-moggallāna →
dppn
Gaṇaka-Moggallāna
A brahmin teacher of Sāvatthī. He visited the Buddha at the Pubbārāma, and the Buddha preached to him the Gaṇaka-Moggallāna Sutta, after which, it is said, he became the Buddha’s …
geyya →
dppn
The second of the nine portions (aṅgas) into which the Buddhist scriptures were arranged before the development of the Tipiṭaka. It includes all the suttas composed in verse, especially the whole Sa …
ghaṭāya →
dppn
A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110
ghaṭīkāra →
dppn
In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was a potter of Vehaliṅga, looking after his blind parents. He was a very pious and devoted follower of the Buddha, ministering to him better than anyone else, and the …
ghoṭamukha →
dppn
A brahmin, probably of Pāṭaliputta. On coming to visit Benares, he saw Udena there in Khemiyambavana and had a conversation with him, recorded in the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. At the conclusion of the talk he …
gijjhakūṭa →
dppn
…SN.iv.103 DN.ii.220 Sutavā, AN.iv.369 the four kings of the Cātummahārājika world and their followers, DN.iii.195 Abhayarājakumāra,…
giraggasamajjā →
dppn
A festival held from time to time in Rājagaha. According to the Vinaya accounts Vin.ii.107f. Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing and music.
giñjakāvasatha →
dppn
A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …
godhi →
dppn
Probably the mother of Devadatta, who is sometimes called Godhiputta. Vin.ii.189
godhika →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of his delight in meditating while the rain falls on his little hut. Thag.51
According to the Saṃyutta SN.i.120f. account, Godhika lived on the Kāḷasilā in Isig …
godhāvarī →
dppn
GodhāvarīGodhāvari
A river in Dakkhiṇāpatha, of which it forms the southern boundary, rising in Brahmagiri near the village of Triyanvaka.
18.91278, 77.64451river
gomagga →
dppn
A spot in Siṃsapāvana near Āḷavī. The Buddha once stayed there during the cold season and was visited by Hatthaka Āḷavaka. AN.i.136
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gomatakakandarā →
dppn
GomatakakandarāGomatakandarāGomatakaṇḍarā
A grotto some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge …
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 …
gopaka →
dppn
Gopaka2
A monk. He once stayed at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300
Gopaka3
A deva. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka are give …
gosiṅgasālavanadāya →
dppn
Gosiṅgasālavanadāya1
A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …
gotamadvāra →
dppn
The gate by which the Buddha left Pāṭaligāma, after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89
Pāṭaliputta2building
gulissāni →
dppn
…in the wilds, who once came on some business to see the monks at the Kalandakanivāpa. It was on his account that the Gulissāni Sutta was…
gundāvana →
dppn
GundāvanaKundāvanaGuṇḍāvanaKuṇḍāvana
A forest in Madhurā. Mahā Kaccāna stayed there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the bra …
haliddavasana →
dppn
A township of the Koliyans. The Buddha, when staying there, preached the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preache …
harayodevā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
hatthaka →
dppn
Hatthaka1
A monk. He was a Sākyan and loved holding discussions with the heretics. When he suffered defeat at their hands, he would resort to falsehood and evasion, or would ask his oppone …
hatthigāmaka →
dppn
A village on the road from Vesāli to Bhoganagara. It was the residence of Ugga-gahapati and is described as a village of the Vajjians.
The Buddha stayed there and was visited by Ugga. AN.iv.212 SN.i …
hemaka →
dppn
One of Bāvarī’s disciples. He went to the Buddha, asked questions, and became an arahant Snp.1006 Snp.1084–1087
hemavata →
dppn
A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204
He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256
He was the friend of Sātāgira.
himavā →
dppn
HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya
The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and…
hiraññavatī →
dppn
A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallas of Kusināra, where the Buddha died. DN.ii.137
Hirakinari1river
hāliddakāni →
dppn
HāliddakāniHāliddakāni
An eminent lay disciple of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and consulted him at length on the subjects treated in M …
hāragajā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
icchānaṅgalaka →
dppn
An upāsaka of Icchānaṅgala. Once he visited the Buddha at Jetavana after a long interval, and on being asked why he had been absent so long, he replied that he had been kept busy by various duties. …
iccānaṅgala →
dppn
…Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja at Icchānaṅkala, who, finding it impossible to bring their discussion to a conclusion, sought the Buddha, then…
inda →
dppn
…devas. In the same context, Vāsava, ruler of the gods, identified with Sakka, is addressed by Gopaka as “Indra.”. DN.ii.274 He is mentioned…
indapatta →
dppn
A town in the Kuru country. In the Kurudhamma Jataka J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; J.iv.361; J.v.457; J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanava …
isidatta →
dppn
Isidatta1
A verse uttered by Isidatta, in response to the Buddha’s enquiry regarding his welfare, is recorded in the Therāgāthā. Thag.120
According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 I …
isidāsa →
dppn
A thera. He had a brother, also a monk, named Isibhatta. Having spent the rainy season in Sāvatthī, they went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people there gave them food and robes, bu …
isigili →
dppn
IsigiliIsigilapassa
One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite …
isipatana →
dppn
IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park
An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …
jambudīpa →
dppn
…Sineru. In Jambudīpa is Himavā with its eighty-four thousand peaks, its lakes, mountain ranges, etc. This continent derives its name from the…
jambukhādaka →
dppn
A wanderer. The Saṃyutta Nikāya records visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas, sakkāya, ignorance, th …
janesabha →
dppn
A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …
jantu →
dppn
A devaputta. He saw a number of monks in a forest-lodge on the slopes of the Himālaya, muddled in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared before them on an uposatha day and reminded them of …
jatilagāhī →
dppn
The name given to a bhikkhunī, who, so Ānanda tells Udāyī, came to see him at the Añjanavana in Sāketā. The nun asked him for what purpose the Buddha requested that samādhi should be practised and Āna …
jatukaṇṇī →
dppn
JatukaṇṇīJatukannika
One of Bāvarī’s disciples. His question and the Buddha’s answer are found in the Jatukaṇṇi Sutta Snp.1007 Snp.1096–1100
javakannaka →
dppn
A family name, not considered of high social standing. Vin.iv.8 Vin.iv.13
jayasena →
dppn
A prince who once visited the novice Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena declared that he wa …
jaṭābhāradvāja →
dppn
A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta. He goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer….
jeta →
dppn
Jeta1
A prince. Owner of Jetavana, which he sold to Anāthapiṇḍika for eighteen crores. He then spent all that money on the erection of a gateway at the entrance, which he decorated with mu …
jetavana →
dppn
JetavanaJeta’s GroveAnāthapiṇḍaka’s ParkAnāthapiṇḍikassa ārāmaAnāthapiṇḍada’s Park
A park in Sāvatthī, in which was built the Anāthapiṇḍikārāma. When the Buddha accepted Anāthapiṇḍika’s invitation to …
jotipāla →
dppn
Jotipāla1
The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited Jotipāla to accompany him to the Buddha, but Jotipāla refused to …
jālinī →
dppn
A goddess of Tāvatiṃsā, a former wife of Anuruddha. Once seeing him old and feeble, she appeared before him in Kosala and bade him aspire to rebirth among the gods. Anuruddha told her there would be n …
jātiyāvana →
dppn
A grove near Bhaddiya. The Buddha, when once staying there, laid down a rule about the use of slippers by monks. Vin.i.189f. There the banker Meṇḍaka visited him and provided meals for him and the m …
jāṇussoṇi →
dppn
A great brahmin, ranking with eminent brahmins such as Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkharasāti and Todeyya. Snp.p.115 He is mentioned as staying in Icchānaṅgala, MN.ii.196 where he evidently took part in the pe …
jīvaka →
dppn
JīvakaJīvakakomārabhacca
A celebrated physician, and the Buddha’s doctor. The Vinaya contains many stories of his skill in healing. Vin.i.268–281 Once when the Buddha was ill, Jīvaka found it necessa …
jīvakambavana →
dppn
A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajāt …
jīvā →
dppn
JīvāJīvanti
Daughter of Ubbirī, whose tragic death spurred Ubbirī overcome her attachment. Thig.51
kaccāna →
dppn
…the higher castes, together with Moggallāna and Vāsittha. Vin.iv.6
kaddamadaha →
dppn
A river where Mahākaccāyana sometimes stayed.
Avanti3river
kajangala →
dppn
…of Pārāsariya. Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.
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kajaṅgalā →
dppn
A nun who lived in Kajangala. Once when the Buddha was residing in the Veḷuvana there, the inhabitants of the village went to her and asked her to explain in detail what the Buddha had taught them in …
kakkaṭa →
dppn
Kakkaṭa2
An eminent monk mentioned, with Cāla, Upacāla, Kaḷimbha, Nikata and Kaṭissaha, as staying with the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis started coming there to …
kakudha →
dppn
Kakudha1Kakkaṭa
A lay disciple of the Buddha who dwelt at Nādikā. When the Buddha arrived at Nādikā on his last journey, Ānanda asked him what had happened to Kakudha, who was already dead …
kakusandha →
dppn
A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …
kallavāḷaputta →
dppn
KallavāḷaputtaKallavālaKanavālamutta
A village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh…
kammāsadhamma →
dppn
…of a brahmin of the Bhāradvāja-gotta, where a grass mat was spread for him by the brahmin. It was on this occasion, according to the…
kandarāyana →
dppn
KandarāyanaKundarāyana
A brahmin. He visited Mahā Kaccāna at the Gundavana near Madhurā and accused him of not paying due respect to elderly brahmins, but when Mahā Kaccāna preached to him he express …
kannakujja →
dppn
A district in Jambudīpa; it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañjā to Bārānasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañjā, Soreyya, Sankassa, Kannakuj …
kapilavatthu →
dppn
…are called Kāpilavatthavā. SN.iv.182
From Kapilavatthu lay a direct road to Vesālī, Vin.ii.253 and through Kapilavatthu passed the road…
kappa →
dppn
Kappa1
One of Bāvarī’s disciples. The questions he asked of the Buddha are recorded in the Kappamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1007 Snp.1092–1095
Kappa2
A monk whose Theragāthā verses spea …
kappāsika vanasaṇḍa →
dppn
Kappāsika VanasaṇḍaKappāsiya Vanasaṇḍa
A grove near Uruvelā. There the a group of men came across the Buddha while seeking for a woman who had run away with certain of their belongings. The Buddha pr …
karerikuṭikā →
dppn
A building in the Jetavana where the Mahāpadāna Sutta was taught. DN.ii.1ff.
Jetavana3building
karerimaṇḍalamāḷa →
dppn
A pavilion near the Karerikutikā, evidently a hall with a thatched roof supported by wooden pillars, but with no walls.DN.ii.1 The monks seem to have been in the habit of sitting out here and talking …
kasivantā →
dppn
kasivantākapīvantā
A city to the north of Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201
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kassapa →
dppn
Kassapa1
One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7
Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …
kassapagotta →
dppn
…monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from…
kassapakārāma →
dppn
KassapakārāmaKassapārāma
A monastery in Rājagaha, probably near Veḷuvana. It was here that Assaji stayed during his last illness, when the Buddha visited him to comfort him. SN.iii.125
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kasībhāradvāja →
dppn
A brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan, living at Ekanālā, in Dakkhiṇāgiri, and so called on account of his profession of agriculture. On the day of…
katamorakatissa →
dppn
…by the two Pacceka-brahma, Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa. S.i.148.
kaḷimbha →
dppn
KaḷimbhaKalimma
One of the monks who lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī. Finding that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other mo …
kaḷārajanaka →
dppn
King of Mithilā. He was the son of Nimi and belonged to the Makhādeva dynasty. Whereas other kings of his race left the household at the approach of old age, he broke the tradition by not doing so. He …
kaṇḍakīvana →
dppn
KaṇḍakīvanaKantakīvanaTikantakī
A grove near Sāketa. The conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Moggallāna is recorded in the Padesa Sutta. SN.v.174f. A discussion which took pla …
kaṇṇakujja →
dppn
KaṇṇakujjaKaṇṇagocchakaKaṇṇagotta
A district in India. it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañja to Bārāṇasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañ …
kaṭissaha →
dppn
He was one of those who were staying with the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis began to visit the Buddha in large numbers, they left the monastery and retired to places of soli …
kaṭṭhakā →
dppn
KaṭṭhakāKathakā
A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261
kesava →
dppn
An ascetic in Himavā. He is identified with Baka Brahmā. SN.i.144
kevaṭṭa →
dppn
…Buddha was staying in the Pāvārika-ambavana at Nāḷandā, Kevaṭṭa visited him. The interview is recorded in the Kevaṭṭa Sutta….
keṇiya →
dppn
Keṇiya
A brahmanical matted hair ascetic. He lived in Āpaṇa, and when the Buddha once stayed there with one thousand three hundred and fifty monks, Keṇiya visited the Buddha, bringing various kinds o …
khattiyānī →
dppn
KhattiyānīVelāmikā
Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188
khaṇḍadeva →
dppn
A monk. He had been a disciple of the Buddha and was born in the Aviha Brahma-world, where he attained to arahantship at the moment of his birth. He is mentioned with six others, all in like circumst …
khaṇḍadeviyāputta →
dppn
A monk, one of the associates of Devadatta, mentioned with Kokālika, Katamoraka Tissa and Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍa …
khema →
dppn
Khema1
A Khattiya in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He gave alms to the Buddha and the monks and entertained the Order. DN.ii.7
Khema2
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at …
khemavatī →
dppn
The capital of King Khemaṅkara and the birthplace of Kakusandha. DN.ii.7
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khemaṅkara →
dppn
Khemaṅkara1Khemaṅkura
The constant attendant of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.6
Khemaṅkara2KhemaKhemākara
The king of Khema or Khemavatī, where the Buddha Kakusandha was born. DN.ii.7
khemiyambavana →
dppn
A mango grove near Benares. Udena once stayed there and preached the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. MN.ii.157
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khemā →
dppn
Khemā
An arahant, chief of the Buddha’s women disciples for her great wisdom. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses depict her being described as beautiful, but rejecting the pleasures of the senses. Thig.13 …
khiḍḍāpadosikā →
dppn
KhiḍḍāpadosikāKhiḍḍāpadūsikā
A class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their self-possession is …
khārodakā →
dppn
A river in Avīci, flowing alongside the Asipattavana. MN.iii.185
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kimbila →
dppn
KimbilaKimilaKimmila
A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. He was converted with Bhaddiya and four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship wit …
kinnughaṇḍu →
dppn
One of the great Yakkhas, mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258
kisasaṅkicca →
dppn
KisasaṅkiccaKisaSaṅkicca
A naked ascetic, contemporary with the Buddha and evidently a well-known head of a school; mentioned in company with Nanda Vaccha and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.238
Kisasankicca …
kisāgotamī →
dppn
Kisāgotamī
A nun who was declared chief among women disciples with respect to the wearing of coarse robes. AN.i.25 Gotamī was her name—she was called Kisā because of her thinness.
In her Therīgāthā …
kokanada →
dppn
The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed. Vin.ii.127 Vin.iv.199 MN.ii.91
Bhesa …
kokālika →
dppn
KokālikaKokāliya
A monk, one of the chief partisans of Devadatta. Knowing the Buddha’s might, he was, at first, reluctant to join in Devadatta’s plot against him, but later allowed himself to be pers …
kosala →
dppn
…Venāgapura, AN.i.180 Veḷudvāra, SN.v.352 Sālā, MN.i.285 MN.i.400 SN.v.227 Sālāvatika,, DN.i.244 and Setavya. DN.ii.316
The Buddha spent the…
kosambī →
dppn
…and Piṇḍola-Bhāradvāja preached to the women of Udena’s palace on two different occasions. Vin.ii.290f. The Buddha is mentioned as…
koḷiyā →
dppn
…Sajjanela, residence of Suppavāsā;. AN.ii.62 Sāpūga, where Ānanda once stayed;. AN.ii.194 Kakkarapatta, where lived Dīghajāṇu; AN.iv.281…
koṇāgamana →
dppn
KoṇāgamanaKonāgamanaKanakamuniKanakāgamanaKaṇakāgamana
The second Buddha to be born in the Bhaddakappa. He was a brahman of the Kassapa clan who lived for 30,000 years. His enlightenment tree was an …
koṭigāma →
dppn
A village in the vicinity of Bhaddiyanagara. During his last tour the Buddha crossed the river at Pāṭaligāma, went on to Koṭigāma, and remained in that village preaching to the monks. Hearing that the …
kukkuṭārāma →
dppn
…theras who lived there: Nilavāsi, Sānavāsi, Gopaka, Bhagu, Phalikasandana. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.15f. SN.v.171f. records several…
kulavaddhaka →
dppn
Given as a name used ironically to insult another. Vin.iv.8
kumārakassapa →
dppn
Kumārakassapa
He was foremost among those who had the gift of varied and versatile discourse. AN.i.24 Once when Kumāra Kassapa was meditating in Andhavana a deva appeared before him, and asked him fi …
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 …
kusinārā →
dppn
…Kusinārā and Pāvā lay the stream of Kakuttha on the banks of which was the Ambavana; beyond that was the Hiraññavatī river.
After…
kuṇḍadhānavana →
dppn
…in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she received the Buddha’s…
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 …
kuṭeṇḍu →
dppn
A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
kāka →
dppn
Slave of King Caṇḍapajjota. His father was non-human, and he himself could travel sixty leagues a day. When Pajjota discovered that Jīvaka had fled, after administering to him some medicine containin …
kālakhemaka →
dppn
A Sākyan. His name was Khemaka, but as he was dark he was called Kālakhemaka. He built a monastery in Nigrodhārāma, near Kapilavatthu, and once, during robe-making time, many monks lived there. On th …
kāliṅga →
dppn
…after death in the Suddhavāsā, and that there he would attain to nibbāna. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.
Kāliṅga2
A country. It is one…
kāmabhū →
dppn
A monk, evidently held in high esteem by his colleagues. He is mentioned as staying in Kosambī, in Ghosita Park, and as asking Ānanda certain questions, recorded in the Kāmabhū Sutta. SN.iv.165 Two ot …
kāmada →
dppn
A devaputta who visited the Buddha and told him that the path of the Ariyan disciples was hard to follow and their goal hard to win. The Buddha pointed out to him that the difficult thing had been a …
kāmaseṭṭha →
dppn
One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204
In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the F …
kāpathika →
dppn
…In the Sutta the Buddha addresses Kāpathika as Bhāradvāja, perhaps because he belonged to that gotta.
kāsi →
dppn
…as belonging to Kāsi, are Vāsabhagāma, Macchikāsaṇḍa, Kīṭāgiri and Dhammapālagāma. Kāsi and Kosala are frequently mentioned…
kāḷasilā →
dppn
The black rock by the side of Isigili.
It was there that Godhika SN.i.120f. and Vakkali SN.iii.124 committed suicide.
It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājaga …
kāḷudāyī →
dppn
A monk whose verses in the Theragāthā tell depict him encouraging the Buddha to return to his kinsmen. When the rains fell, covering the earth with the glory of leaves and flowers, Kāḷudāyī felt that …
kāḷī →
dppn
Kāḷī1Kururagharikā
Described among laywomen as the best of those who believe even from hearsay. AN.i.26 A conversation between her and Mahā Kaccāna is related, where she asks him for a det …
kīṭāgiri →
dppn
A village of the Kāsis, on the road from Kāsi to Sāvatthī. It was the headquarters of the followers of Assaji and Punabbasu, who lived there, behaving in a shameless and wicked manner. A certain monk, …
kūṭāgārasālā →
dppn
…SN.iv.109 the upāsaka Vāseṭṭha; AN.iv.258f. the two goddesses, daughters of Pajjunna, both known as Kokanadā; SN.i.29f. and the…
lakkhaṇa →
dppn
Mentioned as having stayed with Mahā Moggallāna on Gijjhakūṭa. Once, when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he wa …
lakkhī →
dppn
LakkhīLacchī
Normally Lakkhī is the Pali equivalent of the goddess of luck, Lakśmī. However in the early texts the name only appears in one obscure Therīgāthā verse. Thig.421
lakuṇṭaka →
dppn
LakuṇṭakaBhaddiya
He was given the title of Lakuntaka (Dwarf) owing to his very small stature.
The Udāna Ud.vii.1 Ud.vii.2 makes reference to the admonitions of Sāriputta and to the Buddha’s joy whe …
lambītakā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
laṭṭhivana →
dppn
LaṭṭhivanaLatthivanaLatthivanuyyāna
A grove to the southwest of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the Enlighte …
licchavī →
dppn
…Jentī, Sīha and Vāsitthī, and, among monks, Añjanavaniya, Vajjiputta and Sambhūta.
The Licchavis were greatly admired for their…
lohicca →
dppn
Lohicca1
A brahmin of Makkarakata in Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was living there in a forest hut, a number of Lohicca’s pupils came there and began abusing the monks, calling them shav …
lohitavāsī →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
lomasakaṅgiya →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that, thrusting aside grasses with his chest, he will seek seclusion. Thag.27
According to the Lomasakaṅgiya Bhaddekaratta Sutta, MN.iii.199f. Candana visited Lom …
lomasavaṅgīsa →
dppn
The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions an interview between an Elder of this name and the Sākyan Mahānāma. Mahānāma asks the Elder if the learner’s way of life is identical with that of the Tathāgata. Vaṅgīsa a …
lumbineyya →
dppn
LumbineyyaLumbinī
A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha. It was there that the Buddha was born. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.683 it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sākya …
lāmaseṭṭhā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
macchikāsaṇḍa →
dppn
A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281
It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.
S …
maddakucchi →
dppn
A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped …
madhurā →
dppn
MadhurāMathurā
The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …
magha →
dppn
MaghaMaghavā
The name Sakka bore in a previous birth when he was born as a man in Macalagāma in Māgadha.
Magha took upon himself seven vows,…
maghadevaambavana →
dppn
MaghadevaambavanaMakhādevaambavana
A mango grove in Mithilā where Makhādeva lived in meditation after retiring from household life.
This grove existed even in the time of the Buddha, and during his …
mahesā →
dppn
MahesāMāhissati
A city in the Buddha’s day, mentioned as lying on the route from Bāvari’s hermitage to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011
According to the Mahāgovinda Sutta DN.ii.220.ff. it was the capital of Ava …
mahisavatthu →
dppn
A place on the Saṅkheyya Mountain where Uttara is said to have stayed, in Dhavajālika vihāra. AN.iv.162
on the Saṅkheyya Mountain in Dhavajālika vihāra.3monastery
mahāgavaccha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing properly and awaiting ones’ time. Thag.12
mahājanapadā →
dppn
The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …
mahākaccāyana →
dppn
…also made of his staying at Vāraṇā on the bank of Kaddamadaha; AN.i.65 at the Gundāvana in Madhurā; AN.i.67 MN.ii.83 and at Tapodā in…
mahākassapa →
dppn
…as he was journeying from Pāvā to Kusināra he met an Ājīvaka carrying in his hand a mandārava flower picked up by him from among those which…
mahākoṭṭhita →
dppn
MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita
One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical knowledge. AN.i.24 His Theragāthā verse speaks of contentment and sha …
mahāmoggallāna →
dppn
…Assaji ye dhammā hetuppabhavā, etc., and Moggallāna also became a sotāpanna. The two then resolved to visit the Buddha at Veḷuvana, after…
mahānāma →
dppn
Mahānāma1
A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …
mahāpajāpatī →
dppn
…listening to the Nandakovāda Sutta. Later, at an assembly of monks and nuns in Jetavana, the Buddha declared Pajāpatī chief of those who…
mahāpanthaka →
dppn
The elder brother of Cūḷapanthaka. He was declared pre eminent among those skilled in the evolution of consciousness. (saññāvivatta). AN.i.24
A set of verses uttered by him in the joy of attainment …
mahāpurisa →
dppn
The name given to a Great Being, destined to become either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha. He carries on his person the following thirty two marks. DN.ii.17f. DN.iii.142ff. MN.ii.136f. .
- he has fe …
mahāpāragā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26
mahāroruva →
dppn
One of the hells. SN.i.92
5hell
mahāsammata →
dppn
A king who lived in the beginning of this present age. He was called Mahāsammata, because, on the arising of wickedness in the world, he was chosen by the people DN.iii.92f. to show indignation agai …
mahāsudassana →
dppn
The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.
mahāvana →
dppn
Mahāvana1
A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.
Vesāli3parkMahāvana2
A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madh …
makhādeva →
dppn
MakhādevaMaghadeva
King of Mithilā. His legend is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha, together with his people. When a grey hair appeared o …
makkarakata →
dppn
A locality in Avanti. Mahā Kaccāna once stayed there in a forest hut and was visited by Lohicca and his pupils. SN.iv.116f.
Avanti3town
makkhali →
dppn
MakkhaliGosāla
One of the six heretical teachers contemporaneous with the Buddha. He held that there is no cause, either ultimate or remote, for the depravity of beings or for their rectitude. The at …
malitavambha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one should only stay in a dwelling that is conducive to the goal. Thag.105
mallikā →
dppn
Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala.
Mallika’s knowledge of the Dhamma made her wiser than Pasenadi would have desired, and he once, in a moment of great affection, asked if anyone were dearer to …
mallikāya ārāma →
dppn
Mallikāya ārāmaMallikārāma
A park in Sāvatthī belonging to Queen Mallikā. DN.i.178 MN.ii.22
27.50735, 82.074733park
mallā →
dppn
…five hundred followers to Pāvā and stayed in the Ambavana of Cunda the smith. A new Mote Hall, called Ubbhataka, had just been completed for the…
manasākaṭa →
dppn
A brahmin village in Kosala on the banks of the Aciravatī. The Buddha stayed in the mango grove to the north of the village, and, during one such stay, preached the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.235
in Kosala …
mandhātā →
dppn
A primeval king. He is considered as an example of one whose desires could never be satisfied. AN.ii.17 Thig.488
manopadosikā →
dppn
ManopadosikāManopadūsikā
A class of devas. They burn continually with envy one against another and their hearts become ill disposed and debauched. Their bodies thus become feeble and their minds imbe …
manosattā →
dppn
A class of devas. Beings who die devoted to some idea are born in their world—e.g., a Nigaṇṭha who will take only warm water and would rather die than take it cold. MN.i.376
mantāvatī →
dppn
The capital city where King Koñca lived, whose daughter was Sumedhā Therī. Thig.450
4town
manāpakāyikā →
dppn
A class of devas possessing lovely forms. Once a large number of them visited Anuruddha at the Ghositirāma and announced to him that in a trice they could assume any colour they desired, produce any s …
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 …
mettagū →
dppn
One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha. His question to the Buddha was as to how various ills originated in the world, and the Buddha’s answer, that it was through attachment. S …
mettiyabhummajakā →
dppn
A group of monks, followers of Mettiya and Bhummajaka forming part of the Chabbaggiyā (Group of Six Monks).
Twice they brought an unfounded charge of breach of morality against Dabba Mallaputta, who …
mettākāyikā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
meṇḍaka →
dppn
A very rich householder of Bhaddiyanagara in Aṅga. It is said Vin.i.240f. that when he went to his granaries after his ceremonial bath, as he stood at the door, showers of grain would fall from heav …
migalandika →
dppn
MigalandikaMigaladdhika
An undesirable monk. When the Buddha had once been preaching to the monks in Mahāvana in Vesāli regarding the defilement and filth of the body, and had retired into solitude, …
migāra →
dppn
A rich man of Sāvatthī. Ugga, Pasenadi’s minister, mentions him during a visit to the Buddha and remarks on his immense wealth. But the Buddha reminds him that Migāra’s treasure is not real treasure i …
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 …
missakā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
mithilā →
dppn
…in Mithilā that the Therī Vāsetthī Thig.135 first met the Buddha and entered the Order, after having heard him preach.
Mithilā is generally…
mogharāja →
dppn
He belonged to a brahmin family and studied under Bāvarī as an ascetic. He was one of the sixteen pupils sent by Bāvarī to the Buddha. Snp.1116–1119 The Buddha declared him foremost among wearers of r …
moranivāpa →
dppn
…MN.ii.1 MN.ii.29
The Moranivāpa was on the bank of the Sumāgadhā and the Buddha is mentioned DN.iii.39 as walking there. Not far away was the…
moriyā →
dppn
A khattiya clan of India. Among those claiming a share of the Buddha’s relics were the Moriyas of Pipphalivana. They came rather late and had to be satisfied with a share of the ashes. DN.ii.166
moḷiyasīvaka →
dppn
A Paribbājaka. He once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and questioned him regarding predestination. The Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humou …
mukheluvana →
dppn
A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298
25.041438,87.836182park
muṇḍa →
dppn
A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …
māgadha →
dppn
One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …
māgaṇḍiya →
dppn
…hut of the brahmin Bhāradvājaggotta at Kammāsadamma and Māgaṇḍiya came to the hut. Seeing the grass mat on which the Buddha slept at…
māluṅkyāputta →
dppn
MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta
The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of craving and encourages effort. Thag.399–404 The second set speaks …
mānatthaddha →
dppn
Mānatthaddha1
A brahmin of Sāvatthī who, because of his great pride respected no one. One day he came upon the Buddha preaching to a large crowd of people and stood near, on one side. The …
māra →
dppn
MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā
Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …
mātali →
dppn
The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …
mātula →
dppn
MātulaMatula
A village in Māgadha, where the Buddha stayed and where he preached the Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta. Aiii.58
Māgadha3town
māṇava →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that he went forth after seeing an old man, a sick man, and a dead man. Thag.73
māṇavagāmiya →
dppn
MāṇavagāmiyaMāṇavagāmika
A devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Māṇavagāmiya sa …
nakulamātā →
dppn
Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …
nakulapitā →
dppn
Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …
nanda →
dppn
Nanda1Vaccha
Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …
nandaka →
dppn
Nandaka1
Once, at the Buddha’s request, he preached a sermon to the nuns; on the first day they became sotāpannas, and, on the second, five hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 …
nandana →
dppn
Nandana1
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc. The Buddha answered them, and he went away satisfied. SN.i.62
Nandana …
nandavatī →
dppn
A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandā and Sundarīnandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259
nandivisāla →
dppn
A deva who visits the Buddha and converses with him on the nature of the body and its riddance. SN.i.63 SN.i.15
nandiya →
dppn
Nandiya1
He belonged to a Sākiyan family of Kapilavatthu, and was called Nandiya because his birth brought bliss. He left the world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, a …
nandā →
dppn
…as having died at Nātika and having been reborn spontaneously in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away, never to return. DN.ii.91 SN.v.356f.
navakammika bhāradvāja →
dppn
Navakammika Bhāradvāja
One of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when the Buddha was staying in a forest in Kosala, Navakammika, who was there seeing about…
navanavutiyo →
dppn
NavanavutiyoNavanavatiya
A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201
5town
naḷakapāna →
dppn
A village in Kosala, where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 There were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preach …
niceluvana →
dppn
A grove of mucalinda trees in Kimbilā. AN.iii.247
Kimbilā3park
nigaṇṭha nāṭaputta →
dppn
…the Buddha was an akiriyavādī. AN.iv.180
He taught that past deeds should be extirpated by severe austerities, fresh deeds should be avoided…
nigrodhakappa →
dppn
NigrodhakappaKappa
He was the preceptor (upajjhāya) of Vaṅgīsa, and together they lived in Aggālava cetiya, SN.i.185 where Kappa died. When Vaṅgīsa questioned the Buddha as to the destiny of Kappa, …
nigrodhārāma →
dppn
Nigrodhārāma1
A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …
nikata →
dppn
…he was born in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away. SN.v.358f. DN.ii.91f.
Nikata2
One of several eminent theras mentioned as…
nilavāsi →
dppn
A Thera mentioned as staying at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. Vin.i.300
nimmānaratī →
dppn
A class of devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six deva-worlds. DN.i.218 MN.i.289 SN.i.133 AN.i.210
niraya →
dppn
Hell. The Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas and the Sutta Nipāta contain a list of hells: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala, Puṇḍarīka, Paduma. SN.i.149 AN.v.173 Snp.p.12 …
niṅka →
dppn
NiṅkaNika
A deva who visits the Buddha in the company of several other devas and utters a verse in praise of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. SN.i.65f.
nādikā →
dppn
…Jambugāma, Bhoganagara, Pāvā, and the Kakuttha River, beyond which lay the Mango grove and the Sāla grove of the…
nāgadatta →
dppn
He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent. A deva, noticing this, admonished him, and it is said that Nāgadatta paid heed to the warning. SN.i.200
nāgasamāla →
dppn
He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …
nāgavana →
dppn
A park near Hatthigāma, belonging to Uggagahapati. It was there that he first met the Buddha and was converted. AN.iv.213
26.38202, 84.840543park
nālaka →
dppn
Nephew of Asita Kāladevala. When Asita realized that he would not live to see the Buddha, he sought out Nālaka and asked him to leave the world at once and become an ascetic and hold himself in readin …
nālāgiri →
dppn
NālāgiriNāḷāgiri
An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the B …
nāḷandā →
dppn
…during his residence in Pāvārika’s mango grove, and while there he had discussions with Upāli-Gahapati and Dīghatapassī, SN.ii.110…
odātagayhā →
dppn
A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
ojasi →
dppn
Servant of Kuvera. He takes Kuvera’s messages and makes them known in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201
okkāka →
dppn
A king, ancestor of the Sākyas and the Kolians.
In the Ambaṭṭha Sutta DN.i.92 it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her son, banished from the kingd …
oṭṭhaddha →
dppn
One of the Licchavis. He went to visit the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesalī, at a time when the Buddha had given orders that no one should be allowed to see him; but through the intervention of th …
paccantajanapadā →
dppn
The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given, and the Paccantajanapadā lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the sout …
paccekabrahmā →
dppn
…Subrahmā, Suddhāvāsa and Tudu. I have not come across any explanation of this term. It may designate a Brahmā who does not live in…
pahāsa →
dppn
A hell in which stage players are born after death. Tālapuṭa maintained that after death they were born among the Pahāsadevi. The Buddha contradicts this and says that their rebirth is in a Niraya and …
pajjanika →
dppn
…stayed there….
pajjunna →
dppn
A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.
Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …
pajāpati →
dppn
One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274
He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329
In …
pakudha →
dppn
PakudhaPakudaKakudhaKakudaPakudha KaccāyanaPakudha KātiyānaKakudha KaccāyanaKakudha Kātiyāna
Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time. In the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.56 Ajātasattu …
palāsavana →
dppn
A wood near Naḷakapāna in Kosala. The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462
near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park
papāte pabbate →
dppn
Papāte PabbatePapātapabbata
A mountain in Avantī, near Kuraraghara. It was a favourite spot of Mahā Kaccāna, and we are told of several discussions having taken place there.SN.iii.9ff. SN.iv.115*f. …
paranimmitavasavattī →
dppn
A class of devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe.
They are described AN.i.210 SN.v.410 SN.v.423 DN.ii.91 DN.iii.218 as “beings who desire the creation of others, in order t …
paribbājakā →
dppn
…lake, DN.i.111 at the Moranivāpa in Rājagaha, AN.v.326 and on the banks of the Sappinikā. AN.i.185 AN.ii.175
It was in such places that the…
parisuddhābhā →
dppn
A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. Beings are born among them as a result of absorbing the idea of untarnished brilliancy.MN.iii.102 MN.iii.147 They belong to the plane of the third jhāna.
parittasubhā →
dppn
A class of devas belonging to the Subha Devas. MN.iii.102 Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhāna.
parittābhā →
dppn
A class of devas included among the Ābhā gods. MN.iii.102
They belong to the plane of the second jhāna. Beings are born there by virtue of absorbing the idea of lesser brilliancy. MN.iii.147
patiṭṭhāna →
dppn
The capital of Aḷaka, the first place to be passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011 It is identified with the Baithana or Paitana of Ptolemy.
19.482129,75.3808592town
patāyanti →
dppn
PatāyantiPatāyantīBhagalavatī
A place in Uttarakuru where the Yakkhas assemble. The Dīgha Nikāya DN.iii.201 speaks of it as a hall (sabhā).
5building
pavattā →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70
pañcanadī →
dppn
PañcanadīPañcamahānadī
In several places in the texts five rivers are mentioned as the five great rivers of India, and they are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, …
pañcavaggiyā →
dppn
The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.
All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …
pañcālacaṇḍa →
dppn
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles. The Buddha corrects him, saying that t …
paṇḍava →
dppn
A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68
near Rājagaha3hill
paṇḍuputta →
dppn
An Ājīvaka. He came of a wagon building stock of bygone days. In the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta, MN.i.31f. Moggallāna tells Sāriputta that, one day, when begging alms in Rājagaha, he came to the house of Samīti …
pilakkhaguhā →
dppn
A cave near Kosambī. The wanderer Sandaka is said to have stayed there. Nearby was the Devakatasobbha. MN.i.513
25.29188, 81.366113cave
pilindavaccha →
dppn
…lives, been born among Vasalavādī-Brahmins. Ud.iii.6
The Vinaya Pītaka mentions that on several different occasions Pilinda suffered from…
pilotika →
dppn
A wanderer. Jāṇussoṇi once met him returning from Jetavana, where he had gone early to wait on the Buddha. Pilotika, on being questioned, spoke very highly of the Buddha. It is this conversation which …
piyaṅkara →
dppn
A little boy Yakkha. While his mother, with him on her hip, was seeking for food at night, she came unexpectedly to Jetavana where Anuruddha was reciting some verses. The sound pleased her and she sto …
piṅgalakoccha →
dppn
A brahmin of Sāvatthī. He visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha preached to him the Cūḷasāropama Sutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s follower. MN.i.198ff.
piṅgiya →
dppn
Nephew and pupil of Bāvarī. At the time that he visited the Buddha with the other disciples he was 120 years old and very feeble. At the end of his discussion with the Buddha, as recorded in the Piṅgi …
piṇḍola →
dppn
…arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubting monks, thus…
pokkharasāti →
dppn
…Snp.p.115 Vasettha, of the Vāseṭṭha Sutta, was also his pupil. Snp.594 In the Subha Sutta, MN.ii.200ff. Subha Todeyyaputta, another…
posāla →
dppn
One of Bāvari’s pupils. His question to the Buddha and the answer thereto are given in the Posālamāṇavaa pucchā of the Pārāyana Vagga. Snp.1006 Snp.1112–1115.
potaliputta →
dppn
A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of i …
poṭṭhapāda →
dppn
A wanderer. A discussion between him and the Buddha on samādhi and on the soul, which took place in Mallikārāma in Sāvatthī, is reported in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta. Poṭṭhapāda, accepting the Buddha’s v …
pubbakoṭṭhakā →
dppn
A bathing place in Sāvatthī, near the Migāramātupāsāda, and therefore to the east of the city. Mention is made AN.iii.345 of the Buddha having bathed there. It was evidently extensive, for Pasenadi’s …
pubbavideha →
dppn
The eastern of the four continents which compose a Cakkavāla. AN.i.227 AN.v.59
5continent
pubbārāma →
dppn
A monastery outside the eastern gate of Sāvatthī.
27.52532, 82.089843monastery
pukkusa →
dppn
…way from Kusinārā to Pāvā, he saw the Buddha seated under a tree by the roadside and stayed to talk to him. He mentioned that once five…
pukkusāti →
dppn
A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …
punabbasumātā →
dppn
A Yakkhinī, mother of Punabbasu. One evening towards sunset, when the Buddha was at Jetavana, she, with her daughter Uttarā on her hip and the boy’s hand in hers, came to the grove in search of food. …
purāṇa →
dppn
Purāṇa1
A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …
puṇṇa →
dppn
…preached to him the Puṇṇovāda Sutta. MN.iii.267ff. His Theragāthā verse speaks of the value of virtue. Thag.70
Puṇṇa2
A…
puṇṇaka →
dppn
Puṇṇaka1
One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who visited the Buddha. Snp.1006 His conversation with the Buddha is given in the Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1043–1048
Puṇṇaka2
…
pācīnavaṃsa →
dppn
PācīnavaṃsaPācīnavaṃsadāya
A park in the Cetiya kingdom. AN.iv.228f. The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, while staying there with Meghiya, the latter stopped in a mango grove in the v …
pālileyya →
dppn
PālileyyaPārileyyaPārileyyaka
A town near Kosambī. When the Buddha found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing th …
pāragā →
dppn
A class of devas. DN.ii.260
pāricchattaka →
dppn
A tree in Tāvatiṃsā, which grew in the Nandanavana. The devas eagerly watch each stage of development of leaf and flower, and each stage is marked by great rejoicings. AN.iv.117f.
pārāsariya →
dppn
Pārāsariya1Pārāpariya
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how being restrained he has overcome defilements. Thag.116
Pārāsariya2
A brahmin teacher mentioned in the Indriya …
pārāyana →
dppn
Pārāyana
The fifth and last division of the Sutta Nipāta. Snp.976ff. It consists of sixteen suttas preceded by an introduction. The introduction describes how Bāvarī first heard of the coming of th …
pāsāṇakacetiya →
dppn
A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013
25.04641, 85.411143shrine
pātaligāma →
dppn
…the town was called Gotamadvāra, and the ferry at which he crossed the river, Gotamatittha Vin.i.226 30; D.ii.86ff.
The date at which…
pātikaputta →
dppn
…him, Jāliya Dārupattikantevāsī, went to fetch him, but on discovering that he could not rise, they reviled him for his boastfulness….
pātimokkha →
dppn
The name given to a set of rules to be observed by members of the Buddhist Order. The rules regulate the behaviour of the members of the Order towards one another in respect of clothes, dwellings, fur …
pāveyyakā →
dppn
…Mallā. DN.ii.165
Pāvā was evidently a centre of Buddhist activity even during the lifetime of the Buddha, and mention is made of…
pāvā →
dppn
…Ajakapālaka cetiya in Pāvā.
After the Buddha’s death, the Mallas of Pāvā claimed a share in his relics. Doṇa satisfied their claim, and…
pāvārikambavana →
dppn
…mango grove of Pāvārika of Kosambī.
Kosambī3parkPāvārikambavana2
A mango grove at Nāḷandā where the Buddha stayed…
pāyāsi →
dppn
A chieftain of Setavyā, who lived on a royal domain gifted by Pasenadi. He held the view that there was no world other than this, no fruit of actions and no rebirth. But after a discussion with Kūmara …
pāṭali →
dppn
A headsman of Uttara who visited the Buddha and questioned him regarding his power of magic. Several conversations he had with the Buddha, on various topics, are given in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.340ff.
pūraṇa kassapa →
dppn
Pūraṇa Kassapa
One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.
Else …
rakkhita →
dppn
Rakkhita 1
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of having uprooted all defilements and become cool. Thag.79
Rakkhita2Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa
A forest tract near the village of Pāril …
raṭṭhapāla →
dppn
Chief of those who had left the world through faith. AN.i.24 He was born at Thullakoṭṭhita in the Kuru country as the son of a very wealthy councillor and was called by his family name of Raṭṭhapāla. …
revata →
dppn
…the conversation, Sānavāsī arrived and questioned Sabbakāmī regarding the Ten Points, but the latter refused to express an opinion in…
reṇu →
dppn
Son and successor of King Disampati. On the death of his father Reṇu, with the advice and co operation of his chief steward Jotipāla, who was also his great friend, divided his kingdom into seven part …
rohitassa →
dppn
A devaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Jetavana and asked if one could, by travelling, reach the end of the world where there would be no birth, old age, death, etc. The Buddha said that such wa …
rohitassā →
dppn
The legendary inhabitants of Rājagaha, in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha. At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years. The people took three days to …
rohīnī →
dppn
Rohīnī2
A small river dividing the Sākyan and Koliyan countries. A dam was constructed across the river, and the people on the two sides used the water to cultivate their fields.
27.64916 …
rojā →
dppn
Rojā1
A Malla, inhabitant of Kusinārā. When the Buddha and Ānanda visited Kusinārā, the Malla chieftains decreed that whoever failed to pay homage to the Buddha would be fined five hundred …
rucirā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
rādha →
dppn
The Buddha declared him foremost among those who could inspire speech in others. AN.i.25
The Theragāthā Thag.133–134 contains two verses spoken by him in praise of concentration of the mind.
The Rād …
rāhula →
dppn
…eighteen, the Mahā Rāhulovāda Sutta. Two other suttas, also called Rāhulovāda, one included in the Saṃyutta and the other in the…
rāhulamātā →
dppn
RāhulamātāBimbāBhaddakaccāYasodharāBhaddakaccānāBimbāsundarīBimbādevīSubhaddakā
The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.
On the seventh day of the Buddh …
rājagaha →
dppn
…with its Kalandaka-nivāpa vihāra in and around Rājagaha—e.g., Sītavana, Jīvaka’s Ambavana, Pipphaliguhā, Udumbarikārāma,…
sabbakāma →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of getting rid of desire for this impure body. Thag.453–458
Sabbakāma lived on to one hundred and twenty years of age, and was consulted by Yasa, Soreyya Revata, …
saddhā →
dppn
An upāsikā of Sāvatthī. Thinking that to allow a monk to have intercourse with her would be the highest gift, she accosted a monk and offered herself. The offer was, however, refused. Vin.iii.39
sadāmattā →
dppn
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahabhū →
dppn
A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahadhammā →
dppn
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahajāti →
dppn
SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika
A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …
sahali →
dppn
Sahali1
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
Sahali2
A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in …
sahampati →
dppn
A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged of him to open to the world the doors of …
sakka →
dppn
SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya
Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta…
sakuladāyī →
dppn
…Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.
He is also said to have been present when the Buddha visited the Paribbājakārāma on the…
salaḷāgāra →
dppn
SalaḷāgāraSalalaghara
A building in Jetavana. Once when Sakka went to visit the Buddha he found him in the Salaḷāgāra, wrapt in samādhi, with Bhuñjatī waiting on him. Sakka therefore left a message w …
sallavatī →
dppn
A river, forming the boundary on the south east side of the Middle country. Vin.i.197
south east side of the Middle country.3river
sambhava →
dppn
One of the two chief disciples of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.i.155
sambhūta →
dppn
…the Vajjiputtaka heresy arose, his help was sought by Yasa Kākandakaputta. At that time he lived on…
samiddhi →
dppn
Samiddhi
Once, while he was at Silāvati musing on his good fortune as a monk, Māra tried to terrify him. Samiddhi told the Buddha of this, but the Buddha asked him to stay on where he was. He obeyed, …
samuddadatta →
dppn
A monk whom Devadatta persuaded to join him in trying to bring about schism in the Order.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 He was a favourite of Thullanandā. Vin.iv.66
samānā →
dppn
A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
samīti →
dppn
A waggon builder of Sāvatthī. In the Aṅgaṇa Sutta, Moggallāna tells Sāriputta how he once saw Samīti shaping a felloe; by his side, Paṇḍuputta was watching, wishing that Samiti might shape the felloe …
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 …
sandha →
dppn
SandhaSaddha
A monk who visited the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, when the Buddha preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.
It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Ka …
sankassa →
dppn
During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.
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santusita →
dppn
Chief of the devas of the Tusita world. DN.i.218 AN.iv.243 SN.iv.280
santuṭṭha →
dppn
A disciple of the Buddha at Ñātikā. He was born after death in Akanitthābhavana, there to pass entirely away. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.
sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra →
dppn
SappasoṇḍikapabbhāraSappasoṇḍika
A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is reco …
sarabhū →
dppn
One of the five great rivers of northern India. Vin.ii.237 Ud.v.5 SN.ii.135 AN.iv.101
It formed the boundary between the two divisions of Kosala, Uttara and Dakkhiṇa Kosala. The Aciravatī was its tri …
sarañjita →
dppn
A class of Devas, the gods of “Passionate Delight”. According to the belief of some, a man who dies fighting is born among them. SN.iv.308
sattarasavaggiyā →
dppn
A group of monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the Chabbaggīyas. The latter turned them out of a vihāra as soon as they had prepared it, and were violent towards them …
satullapakāyikā →
dppn
A class of Devas. The Saṃyutta contains SN.i.16–22 a whole group of suttas in which these devas are stated to have visited the Buddha, asking him several questions on different topics.
sayaṃpabhā →
dppn
A class of Devas, among whom virtuous men, such as those that maintain their parents and engage in harmless trades, are born. Snp.404
sañjaya →
dppn
Sañjaya1
A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that since going forth he has not had any hate. Thag.48
Sañjaya2
In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was …
sañjīva →
dppn
One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 He was expert in samādhi, and lived in cells, caves, etc., sustaining himself on samādhi. One day, when in a state of trance in a forest, w …
saṅgārava →
dppn
A very learned brahmin of Candalakappa. One day he saw Dhānañjānī trip up, and heard her exclaim three times, “Glory to the Buddha, the arahant, the all enlightened.” He blamed her for thus extolling …
saṅkassa →
dppn
A city, thirty leagues from Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Saṅkassa. The road he took passed through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, …
saṅkha →
dppn
A future king, who will be the Cakkavatti of Ketumatī at the time of the appearance of Metteyya Buddha in the world. He will raise up again the palace of King Mahāpanāda and live there. But later he w …
saṅkiliṭṭhābhā →
dppn
A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147
sela →
dppn
A brahmin of Aṅguttarāpa. He was a great friend of Keṇiya, the Jaṭila, and visited him when Keṇiya was making preparations to entertain the Buddha. Having heard the word “Buddha” from Keṇiya, Sela was …
selā →
dppn
A bhikkhunī who was enjoying her meditation in the Andhavana under a tree when Māra, in the guise of a stranger, approached her and tried to tempt her. But she refuted his statements regarding the att …
senaka →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of seeing the Buddha at the Gayā festival. Thag.287–290
seniya →
dppn
A naked ascetic who practised the “Canine vow,” behaving like a dog. After his visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Kukkuravatika Sutta, he joined the Order and, in due course, became an arahant. M …
serissaka →
dppn
Serissaka1
A Yakkha chieftain to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205
Serissaka1Serīsaka
A vimāna in the Cātummahārājika world, which was occupi …
serī →
dppn
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and held a conversation with him regarding the giving of food. He tells the Buddha that he was formerly a king, a great giver of gifts at the four gate …
setabyā →
dppn
…Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, etc.
To the north of Setavyā was the Siṃsapāvana, where Kumāra Kassapa lived, and where he preached the…
seyyasaka →
dppn
A monk of Sāvatthī who was found guilty of various Vinaya offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend and his evil genius. Vin.iii.110f.
sikhaḍḍī →
dppn
SikhaḍḍīSikhaṇḍī
A Gandhabba, son of Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā was at first in love with him, but she was won later by Pañcasikha. DN.ii.268
sikhī →
dppn
SikhīArindama
A Buddha of a past age.DN.ii.7 DN.iii.195f. SN.ii.9
- He was born in the Nisabha pleasance in Aruṇavatī.
- His father was the khattiya Aruṇa and his mother Pabhāvatī.
- His wife wa …
silāvatī →
dppn
A village of the Sākyans. Once, when the Buddha was there with a large number of monks, Mira tempted them in the guise of a jatanduva-brahmin. SN.i.117
A story is also told of the temptation by Māra …
sindhavā →
dppn
Horses from the Sindhu region.
sindhu →
dppn
…that flow from the Himālaya.
Isidāsī was once born as a goat in Sindhavārañña, the “Forest of the Sindhu”. Thig.438
Indus1river
sineru →
dppn
…its unshakeability. Snp.683 It is also called Meru or Sumeru, Hemameru and Mahāneru.
Each Cakkavāla has its own Sineru, AN.i.227 AN.v.59 and a…
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 …
siva →
dppn
The name of a god. A devaputta, named Siva, is mentioned in the Saṃyutta SN.i.56 as visiting the Buddha and speaking several verses on the benefit of consorting only with the good.
siviraṭṭha →
dppn
SiviraṭṭhaSiveyyaka
The country of the Sivi people, famous for its cloth, which was called Siveyyaka. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of this material to Jīvaka, as a present for his cure. The …
siṃsapāvana →
dppn
Siṃsapāvana1
A grove in Āḷavī, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of Āḷavī. AN.i.136
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A grove in Ko …
soma →
dppn
A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259
In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.
somā →
dppn
Somā1
One day, as she was meditating at the foot of a tree in Andhavana, Māra, wishing to interrupt her privacy, approached her, invisible in the air, and teased her, remarking on the “two …
soreyya →
dppn
A town where Soreyya-Revata lived. Vin.ii.299 There was a direct route from Verañja to Payāgatiṭṭha, passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakuja. Vin.iii.11
26.53389,79.301022town
soṇa →
dppn
Soṇa1
A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …
subha →
dppn
…young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The interview…
subhadda →
dppn
…he was on his way from Pāvā to Kusināra, and it was this remark which made him decide to hold the First Council after the Buddha’s death….
subhagavana →
dppn
A wood in Ukkaṭṭha. Once, when the Buddha was there, he visited the Avihā gods DN.ii.50 and, again, from there he visited Baka Brahmā, to whom he preached the Brahmanimantanika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 …
subhakinnā →
dppn
…a division of the Subha devā.MN.iii.102 DN.ii.69 MN.i.2 Beings are born in that world as a result of developing the third jhāna, and their…
subhā →
dppn
Subhā1
A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102
Subhā2Kammāradhītā
The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …
subrahmā →
dppn
…him together with Suddhavāsa, he went on to another Brahmā, who was infatuated with his own importance. There, by a display of magic power,…
sudassā →
dppn
A Brahma world; one of the Suddhāvāsā. Five kinds of Anāgāmīs are born there. MN.i.289 DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237
sudassī →
dppn
…world, one of the Suddhāvāsā. The inhabitants of this world are friendly with those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237 MN.iii.103
sudatta →
dppn
Sudatta1
A lay disciple of Nādikā who had become a sakadāgāmin. DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.
Sudatta2
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the va …
suddhavāsa →
dppn
A Pacceka Brahmā who, with Subrahmā, went to visit the Buddha, but, finding him in meditation during the noonday heat, went to see a certain Brahmā who was infatuated with his own importance.
They to …
suddhikabhāradvāja →
dppn
SuddhikabhāradvājaSuddhikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the…
suddhodana →
dppn
A Sākiyan Rājā of Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.
Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her position.
Nanda was Suddhodana’s son by Mahā Pajāp …
suddhāvāsakāyikādevā →
dppn
SuddhāvāsakāyikādevāSuddhāvāsakāyikā
A group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three…
suddhāvāsā →
dppn
…Buddha is mentioned as having visited the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.50
5heaven
sudhamma →
dppn
Sudhamma1
He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambātakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his house for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several em …
sudinna →
dppn
SudinnaKalandakaputta
A monk who, after being ordained, returned to his former wife and had relations with her, thus becoming guilty of the first Pārājika offence. When there was a famine in the Vajj …
sujātā →
dppn
Sujātā1
The foremost laywoman in being first to go for refuge. DN.ii.135 AN.i.26
Sujātā2
A lay woman of Ñātikā. The Buddha said that she had become a sotāpanna and had thus as …
sukkā →
dppn
Sukkā1
A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …
suleyyā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sumana →
dppn
…at the Second Council. Vāsabhagāmi was his colleague. . Vin.ii.305
Sumana3
He is mentioned as having lived in Andhavana with…
sumedhā →
dppn
…to King Anikaratta of Vāraṇavatī, speaking of the loathsomeness of the body and the bliss of Nibbana. She cut off her hair by herself,…
sumāgadhā →
dppn
SumāgadhāSumāgavā
A lotus pond near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā…
sunakkhatta →
dppn
A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha, but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Budd …
sundarika →
dppn
…brahmin, one of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when he was performing Fire-rites on the banks of the Sundarikā, he looked round to see if there were…
sundarikā →
dppn
…in Kosala, reputed to be efficacious in washing away sins. MN.i.39 There Sundarika Bhāradvāja held sacrifices in honour of Agni and met the…
sundarī →
dppn
…Sujāta and a bhikkhunī, Vāsiṭṭhī, Thig.313–324 and later between Sundarī and her mother. Thig.325–338 Sujāta asked Vāsiṭṭhī…
sundarīnandā →
dppn
Sundarīnandā1
Younger sister of Thullanandā; she had two other sisters, Nandā and Nandavatī. Sāḷha Migāranattā seduced her, and she was proclaimed guilty of a Pārājika offence. Vin.iv.21 …
sunetta →
dppn
A teacher of old. He had numerous disciples, and those who followed his teachings were reborn in the Brahma world and in various other worlds. Then Sunetta, seeing that some among his disciples were a …
sunidha →
dppn
…to a meal, and, after his departure, named the gate by which he had left the city Gotamadvāra, and the ford by which he crossed the Ganges,…
sunimmita →
dppn
A devaputta, king of the Nimmānaratī world. SN.iv.280 AN.iv.243
suppatiṭṭha cetiya →
dppn
Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya
A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35
near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine
suppatiṭṭhita →
dppn
A nigrodha tree belonging to king Koravya. The king and his court ate the first portion of the fruit as big as pipkins and sweet; the army had the second portion, the town and country people the thi …
suppavāsā →
dppn
SuppavāsāKoliyadhītā
A lay woman who lived in the Koliyan village of Sajjanela, where the Buddha visited her and preached to her on the efficacy…
suppiya →
dppn
Suppiya1
A Paribbājaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, …
suppiyā →
dppn
Suppiyā1
The name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192
Suppiyā2
An upāsaka of Benares. Her husban …
suriya →
dppn
A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Rāhu to let him go. This Rāhu did, an …
suriyavaccasā →
dppn
SuriyavaccasāBhaddā
A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.
When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her, but she favoured Mātali’s son Sikhaṇḍī.
Later she hea …
susumāragiri →
dppn
…eye Moggallāna at Kallavālamutta half asleep, and appeared before him and admonished him. AN.iv.85
On another occasion, he saw Anuruddha in…
susārada →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the advantages of associating with good people. Thag.75
susīma →
dppn
Susīma1
A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all that Ānanda has said. The retinue of Susīma listen enraptu …
sutanu →
dppn
A stream at Sāvatthī. Anuruddha is mentioned as having stayed near by. SN.v.297
Sāvatthī3river
sutavā →
dppn
Sutavā1
A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.69
Sutavā2
A wanderer who visited the Buddha on Gijjhakūṭa…
suvīra →
dppn
A Deva. Once, when the Asuras marched against the Devas, Sakka sent for Suvīra and asked him to fight the Asuras. Suvīra agreed to do this, but was very lazy about it. This happened three times. Sakka …
suyāma →
dppn
Suyāma1
A devaputta, chief of the Yāma-devas. AN.iv.242 DN.i.217
Suyāma2Suyāmana
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of abandoning unwholesome states of mind. Thag.74
sāgata →
dppn
Sāgata
He was the personal attendant of the Buddha at he time when Soṇa Kolvisa visited Bimbisāra, with overseers of the eighty thousand townships of Bimbisāra’s kingdom. Sāgata was endowed with supe …
sāketa →
dppn
…Mendasira, Uttara, Madhuvāsettha and his son Mahānāga, and Visākhā. Bhūta Thera was born in a suburb of Sāketa.
The Vinaya…
sākya →
dppn
…children went towards Himavā, and, having founded Kapilavatthu (q.v. for details), lived there. To the eldest sister they gave the rank of…
sālavatikā →
dppn
SālavatikāSālavatī
A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached. DN.i.224
Kosala3town
sālavatī →
dppn
A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.
sāmāvatī →
dppn
One of the chief consorts of King Udena. In the Udāna it is said that she was the head of 500 women of the harem of the King who perished in afire, all of whom had attained the Dhamma. Ud.vii.10
Sāmā …
sātāgira →
dppn
A Yakkha. He persuaded his friend Hemavata to visit the Buddha on an uposatha day. Hemavata then asked the Buddha a series of questions. Snp.176–205
Sātāgira is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN. …
sāvatthī →
dppn
…Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā and Bhoganagara. Further on, there was a road running southwards from Sāvatthī through Sāketa to Kosambī. Near…
sāḷha →
dppn
…an inhabitant of the Suddhāvāsā informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācinakas…
sīhapapātā →
dppn
One of the seven great lakes of Himavā. AN.iv.107
Himalaya3lake
sīlavā →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak in praise of virtue (sīla). Thag.608–619
sītavalāhakā →
dppn
A class of devas. When they wish to regale their bodies, the weather becomes cool. SN.iii.256
sītavana →
dppn
A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155*f …
sīvaka →
dppn
Sīvaka1
A Yakkha who helped Anāthapiṇḍika to find the Buddha at Sītavana.Vin.ii.155f. SN.i.211 He is mentioned among the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of …
sīvali →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining his goal and abandoning pride. Thag.60
Sīvali was declared by the Buddha AN.i.24 pre-eminent among recipients of gifts.
sīveyyaka →
dppn
The cloth produced in the Sivi country. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of this material to Jīvaka, as a present for his cure. These robes Jīvaka gave to the Buddha. Vin.i.280
sūciloma →
dppn
A Yakkha. Once, when the Buddha was at the Tankitamañca in Gayā, which was the abode of Sūciloma, Sūciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be passing by, and Sūciloma, coming up to the Buddha, bent …
sūrasena →
dppn
One of the sixteen Great Nations. It is mentioned with Maccha, and was located in the south of the Kuru country. Its capital was Mathurā. It is famous in the Epics and the Purānas because of its conne …
tagarasikhī →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha, MN.iii.69 third among the five hundred sons of Padumavatī, all of whom became Pacceka Buddhas. Suppabuddha, a banker of Rājagaha, having seen the Pacceka Buddha on his way to a park, …
takkasilā →
dppn
The capital of Gandhāra. The Vinaya describes it as the place of education of Jīvaka, the Buddha’s doctor. Vin.i.269f.
Takkasilā is identified with the Greek Taxila, in Rawalpindi in the Punjab.
3 …
tatojasī →
dppn
A messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201
tatolā →
dppn
Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201
tatotalā →
dppn
Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201
tattalā →
dppn
Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201
tavakaṇṇika →
dppn
Tavakaṇṇika, Tavannika, Tavakinnoka
A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such householders, but nothing further is known of him. AN.iii.451
tavakinnoka →
dppn
Tavakaṇṇika, Tavannika, Tavakinnoka
A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such householders, but nothing further is known of him. AN.iii.451
tavannika →
dppn
Tavakaṇṇika, Tavannika, Tavakinnoka
A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such householders, but nothing further is known of him. AN.iii.451
taṇḍulapālidvārāya →
dppn
…of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni….
thullanandā →
dppn
A nun, one of four sisters who all joined the Order, the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.
Thulla-Nandā appears to have had charge of a large company of nuns, all of whom followed her …
tidivādhibhū →
dppn
A name given to Sakka.
timbaru →
dppn
A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268
He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
tissa →
dppn
Tissa1
One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4
Tissa2
A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …
tissametteyya →
dppn
TissametteyyaTissaMetteyya
A disciple of Bāvarī. He visited the Buddha with his colleagues and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his thousand pupils became arahants. Tissa was his perso …
tittiriyābrāhmanā →
dppn
The Pāḷi equivalent of the Sanskrit Taittirīyā. It refers to students of a branch of brahmanical lore. DN.i.237
tivarā →
dppn
The name given to the inhabitants of Mount Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190
todeyya →
dppn
Todeyya1
A Mahāsāla brahmin, mentioned in a list of eminent brahmins gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235 Snp.p.115
There was in Caṇḍalakappa a mango grove belonging …
toraṇavatthu →
dppn
A locality in Kosala, between Sāvatthī and Sāketa. Pasenadi once stopped there and visited Khemā, who lived there. SN.iv.374
27.145923,82.1255492town
tusita →
dppn
The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210
Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusit …
tuṭṭha →
dppn
A lay disciple of Ñātika who died and was reborn in the Suddhāvāsa, there to attain Nibbāna. SN.v.358 DN.ii.92
tārukkha →
dppn
…in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.
He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of Vāseṭṭha. Snp.p.115f. DN.i.235 MN.ii.202
tāvatiṃsā →
dppn
TāvatiṃsāTidasāTidiva
The second of the six deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of Mount Sineru. Sakka is king of Tāvatiṃsā.
Tāvatiṃsā was also known …
tāyana →
dppn
A devaputta. He visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and uttered certain verses in the hearing of the monks, telling of the necessity of following the recluse’s calling with energy and sincerity. After hi …
ubbhataka →
dppn
…built by the Mallas of Pāvā. When it was finished they invited the Buddha to be its first occupant. The Buddha went with the monks and spent…
ubbirī →
dppn
Ubbirī>
A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tell of her lamenting the death of her daughter, Jīva, and reflecting that thousands of her daughters must likewise have died in previous lives. Th …
ubhato-vibhaṅga →
dppn
Ubhato-vibhaṅga
A collective term, comprehending the Bhikkhu-vibhaṅga and the Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga of the Vinaya Pītaka. Sometimes the word seems to be used as varia lectio for Ubhato-Vinaya. Vin.ii.287
udaya →
dppn
Udaya1
A brahmin of Sāvatthī. One day the Buddha came to his house and he filled the Buddha’s bowl with the food prepared for his own use. Three days in succession the Buddha came, and Uda …
uddaka →
dppn
UddakaRāmaputta
One of the teachers under whom Gotama, after leaving the world and before he became the Buddha, received instruction. Uddaka taught him the doctrine which had been realised and procla …
udena →
dppn
…visited Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja to learn how young monastics curbed their passions, at which meeting Udena declared himself a follower of the…
udumbara →
dppn
A village. Revata went there from Kaṇṇakujja and stopped there before proceeding to Aggalapura and Sahajāti. Thither the Elders followed him to ask his opinion on the Vajjian heresy. Vin.ii.299
???2town
udāyī →
dppn
Udāyī1LāludāyīPaṇḍita Udāyī
There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one is meant. When the Buddha preached the Nāgopama Sutta, AN.iii.344 …
ugga →
dppn
…was born among the Manomayadevā. He visited the Buddha from the deva-world and stated that he had achieved his goal.
He is included in a list of…
uggaha →
dppn
UggahaMeṇḍakanattā
The grandson of the banker Meṇḍaka; he lived in Bhaddiya. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Jātiyāvana at Bhaddiya, Uggaha invited him and three monks to a meal at his house. …
uggatasarīra →
dppn
A great brahmin. Having made preparations for a great sacrifice, in which numerous animals were to be slaughtered, he visited the Buddha at Jetavana to consult him as to the efficacy of the sacrifice. …
uggāhamāna →
dppn
…pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see the Buddha, visited him and had a conversation with him,…
ujjaya →
dppn
Ujjaya1
A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the list in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70
Ujjaya2
A monk whose verse is in the Theragāthā. Thag.67
Ujjaya3
A brahmin. He onc …
ujjenī →
dppn
The capital of Avanti. In the Buddha’s time, Caṇḍapajjota Vin.i.276 was king of Ujjenī and there was friendly intercourse between that city and Māgadha, whose king was Seniya Bimbisāra. After Bimbisār …
ujjhānasaññikā →
dppn
The name given to a group of devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night. They charged the Buddha with inconsistency, but later, begging his forgiveness, they were pardoned by him. SN.i.23–25
ukkacelā →
dppn
UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā
A village in the Vajji country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesāli and near the latter.
Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Pari …
ukkalā →
dppn
…being deniers of cause and effect, deniers of reality (ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavādā). AN.ii.31 SN.iii.72 MN.iii.78
???1region
ukkaṭṭha →
dppn
A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in recognition of the former’s skill. It was thickly populated an …
ukkhepakatavaccha →
dppn
A monk whose verse is recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.65
ummāpupphā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
upacāla →
dppn
Son of Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata. Thag.43 He is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.133 in a list of very eminent disciples, together with …
upacālā →
dppn
When Upacālā was taking her siesta in Andhavana, Māra tried to arouse in her sensual desires, but she vanquished him and became an arahant. This account is found in both the Therīgāthā and the Saṃyutt …
upaka →
dppn
Upaka1
An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …
upananda →
dppn
Upananda1
A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …
upasena →
dppn
UpasenaVaṅgantaputta
When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him to wait upon the Buddha. The Buddha roundly rebuked …
upasīva →
dppn
One of the disciples of Bāvarī. Snp.1007 The questions he asked the Buddha, when he visited him in the company of his colleagues, are recorded in the Upasīva-māṇavaa-pucchā. Snp.1069–1076
upavatta →
dppn
UpavattaUpavattana
The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …
upavāna →
dppn
…to a happy life and Upavāna explains. SN.v.76 On another occasion Upavāna is the enquirer, and he asks Sāriputta about the…
uposatha →
dppn
The name of the Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the sky.”. DN.ii.174 MN.iii.173f.
uppalavaṇṇā →
dppn
Uppalavaṇṇā
One of the two chief women disciples of the Buddha, and the chief of the women possessed of psychic power. AN.i.25 The Therīgāthā Thig.234–235 SN.i.131f. contains several verses attribu …
upāli →
dppn
…Upāli-Pañcaka in the Parivārā Vin.v.180–206 AN.v.70ff.
It is said Vin.iv.142 that even in the Buddha’s lifetime monks considered it a…
uruvelakappa →
dppn
A township of the Mallas in the Malla country. Once when the Buddha was staying there, Bhadragaka, the headman of the town, visited him, and the Buddha preached to him a sermon on the arising and the …
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 …
uruvelākassapa →
dppn
UruvelākassapaKassapa
One of three brothers, the Tebhātika-Jatilas, living at Uruvelā. After initial resistance, all became the Buddha’s followers. He lived on the banks of the Nerañjara with five h …
uttara →
dppn
Uttara1
A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.121–122
Uttara2
A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162
Uttara3
A *devapu …
uttarakuru →
dppn
…These four make up a Cakkavāla, with Mount Meru in their midst, a flat-world system. A cakkavattī’s rule extends over all these four…
uttaramātā →
dppn
A Yakkhinī, mother of Punabbasu and Uttarā. Once as she passed Jetavana at sunset looking for food, with her daughter on her hip and holding her son by his finger, she saw the assembly, intently liste …
uttarāpatha →
dppn
The northern division of Jambudīpa. Its boundaries are nowhere explicitly stated in Pāḷi literature. Perhaps Uttarāpatha was originally the name of a great trade-route, the northern high road which e …
uttiya →
dppn
Uttiya1
A monk whose Theragāthā verse tells of how when ill, he aroused mindfulness. Thag.30
In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.22 the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the char …
uvāla →
dppn
UvālaUpavāla
He was examined by the Saṅgha in connection with an offence he had committed. He first denied it, then confessed it, then denied it…
uṇṇābha →
dppn
A brahmin. He once visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him whether the five sense-faculties, which were of different scope and range, had any common ground of resort. The Buddha replies that the …
vacchagotta →
dppn
A wanderer who later became an arahant Thera. Several conversations he had with the Buddha are mentioned in the books. For details see the Tevijja Vacchagotta-, Aggi Vacchagotta-, Mahā Vacchagotta- …
vacchapāla →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the ease of attaining Nibbana for one who practices well. Thag.71
vaggumudā →
dppn
VaggumudāVattumudā
A river in the Vajji country. On its banks lived Yasoja and his five hundred companions. Ud.iii.3
Vajjī3river
vajirakumārī →
dppn
VajirakumārīVajirāVajirī
Daughter of Pasenadi. MN.ii.110
vajirapāṇi →
dppn
A Yakkha. It is said that whoever, even up to the third time of being asked, refuses to answer a reasonable question put by a Buddha, his head will split into pieces on the spot. It was Vajirapāṇi’s d …
vajirā →
dppn
Vajirā2
The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned her as to the origin of a “being”, its creator, its origin, …
vajjiputta →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of dwelling alone in the forest. Thag.62 Vajjiputta’s story is given in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201f.
A Vajjiputta, perhaps the same person, has another verse that …
vajjita →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, after many rebirths he has found peace. Thag.215–216
vajjiyamāhita →
dppn
A householder of Campā, a devout and skilled follower of the Buddha. Once, when on his way to see the Buddha at Gaggarā Lake, he found he had arrived too early and went into the Paribbājakārāma near b …
vajjī →
dppn
The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …
vakkali →
dppn
Vakkali
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …
valliya →
dppn
A Theragāthā verse ascribed to a monk of this name speaks of rejoicing while it rains outside, since he meditates in comfort in his hut. Thag.53
Two further verses ascribed to a monk of the same name …
valāhaka →
dppn
The horse of Mahāsudassana. He is all white, with a crow black head and a dark mane. DN.ii.174 SN.iii.145
valāhakāyikādevā →
dppn
A class of deities, spirits of the skies, divided into cloud spirits of heat, cloud spirits of cold, cloud spirits of air, cloud spirits of wind, cloud spirits of rain. The changes of weather are due …
vanasavhaya →
dppn
VanasavhayaVanasaVanasāvhayaTumbavanagaraPavanaVanasāvatthī
A city lying between Vedisa and Kosambī, on the road taken by Bāvarī’s disciples. Snp.1011
24.69943,80.1727292town
vanavaccha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of his delight to be meditating in nature. Thag.13
There is a separate verse also ascribed to a Vacchagotta on the same theme. Thag.113
vappa →
dppn
Vappa 1
One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …
varadhara →
dppn
…the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rājagaha. MN.ii.1
varaṇā →
dppn
VaraṇāVāraṇā
A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Ārāmadaṇḍa visited Mahākaccāna. AN.i.65
Avanti3town
varuṇa →
dppn
A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …
varuṇā →
dppn
A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.
vasabha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of one who kills himself and others, and then address a certain Sujampati, saying that a brahmin has color on the inside. Thag.139–140
vasavattī →
dppn
A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmita-vassavatti world. DN.i.219 Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he surpasses the devas of his world in ten things: divine …
vassa →
dppn
Mentioned with Bhañña in the compound Vassabhaññā, as dwellers of Ukkalā and as “denying cause, consequence and reality.” There were certain aspects of the Buddha’s teaching which even they would acce …
vassakāra →
dppn
A brahmin, chief minister of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.72ff.
At Ajātasattu’s suggestion, Vass …
vasū →
dppn
A class of devas of whom Sakka is the chief. DN.ii.260
vaḍḍha →
dppn
Vaḍḍha1
A Licchavi. He was a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, …
vaḍḍhamāna →
dppn
Vaḍḍhamāna
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of putting forth effort as if one’s haor was on fire. Thag.40 Elsewhere Thag.1162 this same verse is ascribed to Moggallāna as having been spoken by hi …
vaḍḍhamātā →
dppn
Vaḍḍhamātā>
An arahant, mother of Vaḍḍha. Her conversation with Vaḍḍha and his declaration to her after becoming an arahant are included in the Therīgāthā. Thig.204–212
vaṃsa →
dppn
The Vaṃsas and their country. It lay to the south of Kosala, and its capital was Kosambī on the Yamunā. Udena, son of Parantapa, was its king in the time of the Buddha.
Avanti lay to the south of th …
vaṅgīsa →
dppn
…a sutta preached at the Pavāraṇā ceremony. Thag.1231–1237 Several verses were in praise of his colleagues—e.g. Sāriputta,…
vaṭajālikāyaṃ →
dppn
VaṭajālikāyaṃDhavajālikā
A monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka. AN.iv.162ff.
Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa3monastery
vedehikā →
dppn
A lady of Sāvatthī who had a reputation for gentleness till her servant girl, Kāḷī, convinced people that it was not deserved. MN.i.125f.
veghanasā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
vejayanta →
dppn
Vejayanta1
A palace belonging to Sakka. When Moggallāna visited Sakka to discover if he had fully understood the Buddha’s teaching in the Cūlatanhā saṅkhaya Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his …
velāmikā →
dppn
Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen is called Subhaddā.
vepacitti →
dppn
VepacittiSambara
An Asura chieftain, who was present with Namuci (Māra) at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya …
vepulla →
dppn
VepullaVipulaVaṅkakaPācīnavaṃsaSupassa
The highest of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67
- In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa
- in the time of Koṇāga …
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 …
vessabhū →
dppn
King of Avanti in the time of Reṇu. His capital was Māhissatī. DN.ii.236
vesāli →
dppn
…Kāraṇapālī, Sīha, Vāseṭṭha, AN.iv.258 and the various Licchavis.
Vesāli was a stronghold of the Nigaṇṭhas. The Buddha’s…
vetambarī →
dppn
One of a group of devas who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and spoke of their beliefs. Vetambarī spoke two verses, one condemning asceticism, and the other, which followed immediately on the first, in …
vetaraṇi →
dppn
A river in the Great Hell. SN.i.21 Snp.674 It may be the same as the great “Caustic River” referred to in the Devadatta Sutta. MN.iii.185 Its waters are sharp and bitter, Snp.674 and the river flows b …
veteṇḍu →
dppn
A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
veḷudvāra →
dppn
A brahmin village of the Kosalans where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta. SN.v.352
Kosala3town
veḷukaṇḍa →
dppn
VeḷukaṇḍaVeḷukaṇṭa
A city in Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā. AN.iv.62f.
22.85379, 82.155763town
veḷukaṇṭakī →
dppn
VeḷukaṇṭakīVeḷukaṇḍakīVeḷukaṇḍakiyāVeḷukaṇṭakiyā
A lady of Veḷukaṇṭa. She is mentioned as an exemplary lay woman.AN.i.88 AN.ii.164 AN.i.26 SN.ii.236 She founded, for the Order headed by Sāriputta and …
veḷuvana →
dppn
…Vin.i.42
Kalaṇḍakanivāpa is the place nearly always mentioned as the spot where the Buddha stayed in Veḷuvana. There many Vinaya rules…
veṇhu →
dppn
A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.
veṇḍu →
dppn
A devaputta. He visited the Buddha and asked him a question. SN.i.52
vicakkanā →
dppn
A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
videha →
dppn
A country and its people. At the time of the Buddha, Videha formed one of the two important principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on o …
virūpakkha →
dppn
Virūpakkha1
One of the Four Great Kings. He is Regent of the western quarter and lord of the Nāgas.DN.ii.258 DN.iii.199 In the assembly of the devas he sits facing east. DN.ii.207 DN.ii.22 …
virūḷha →
dppn
VirūḷhaVirūḷhaka
One of the Four Great Kings. He is the king of the south, and, in the assembly of the devas, sits facing north.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221 He is lord of the Kumbhaṇḍas. DN.iii.198
visākha →
dppn
Visākha1
Husband of Dhammadinnā. After Dhammadinnā had joined the Order, she left the city and retired into the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, …
visākhā →
dppn
Visākhā1
. Thig.13
Visākhā2
The chief among the female lay disciples of the Buddha and declared by him to be foremost among those who ministered to the Order. AN.i.26 She is c …
viññānañcāyatanūpagādevā →
dppn
A class of devas living in the Formless Realms. Their life lasts for forty thousand great aeons. MN.iii.103
viḍūḍabha →
dppn
…of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha…
viṭeṇḍu →
dppn
One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257
viṭu →
dppn
Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
viṭucca →
dppn
Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
vājapeyya →
dppn
A sacrificial offering.
vāmadeva →
dppn
One of the great sages honoured by the brahmins as authors of hymns. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 Compare Rigveda 5.26; Rāmāyana 1.7, etc.
vāmaka →
dppn
One of the great sages held in esteem by the brahmins. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 DN.i.238 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 Vin.i.2451 Compare Vaṃsa in Rigveda 10.99.
vāraṇa →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses praise non-harming and seclusion. Thag.237–239
vāruṇā →
dppn
A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
vāsabhagāmaka →
dppn
VāsabhagāmakaVāsabhagāma
A village in Kāsī. It was once the residence of Kassapa Thera. Vin.i.312f.
Kāsī3town
vāsabhagāmī →
dppn
VāsabhagāmīVāsabhagāmika
One of the four Western monks appointed to the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at…
vāsabhā →
dppn
The second queen of King Pasenadi. MN.ii.110
vāsavanesī →
dppn
A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
vāseṭṭha →
dppn
…its descent to the sage Vāseṭṭha (Sanskrit Vāsiṣṭha). In the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.147 DN.ii.159 we find the Mallas of…
vāseṭṭhī →
dppn
…father of Sundarī, met Vāsetthī, and, hearing her story, himself sought the Buddha at Mithilā where he joined the Order, becoming an…
vāyodevā →
dppn
A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
yakkha →
dppn
A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).
Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …
yasa →
dppn
…Revata, Sambhūta-Sānavāsī, Yasa and Sumana. They debated the question at the Vālikārāma, Revata acting as questioner and Sabbakāmī…
yasadatta →
dppn
While journeying in the company of Sabhiya, he came to Sāvatthī, where he was present at the discussion between Sabhiya and the Buddha. It was his purpose to try and discover flaws in the Buddha’s arg …
yasoja →
dppn
YasojaYasojoti
The Udāna mentions Ud.iii.3 how Yasoja and five hundred of his companions went to see the Buddha at Jetavana. There they stood talking to the monks who lived there and made a great upr …
yodhājīva →
dppn
A headman who visited the Buddha and asked if it was true that men who fall fighting in battle are reborn among the Sārañjita devas. At first the Buddha refused to answer the question, but finding tha …
yona →
dppn
YonaYavānaYonakā
A country and its people. The name is probably the Pāḷi equivalent for Ionians, the Baktrian Greeks. The Yonas are mentioned…
yāma →
dppn
…MN.ii.194 MN.iii.100 Two hundred years of human life are but one day to the Yāma devā, and two thousand Years, composed of such days, form…
ābha →
dppn
A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittābhā and the Appamāṇābhā. MN.iii.102
ābhassarā →
dppn
A Brahma-world where live radiant devas from whose bodies rays of light are emitted, like lightning. It belongs to the Rūpaloka and is in the plane of second jhāna The devas living there subsist on …
ājīvakā →
dppn
ĀjīvakāĀjīvikā
A class of naked ascetics, Vin.i.291 followers of Makkhali Gosāla, regarded, from the Buddhist point of view, as the worst of sophists. Numerous references to the Ājīvakas are to be fo …
ākiñcāyatanūpagādevā →
dppn
A class of devas born in the Ākiñcāyatana, the third Arūpa world. MN.iii.103 Their life term is sixty thousand kappas. AN.i.267
ākoṭaka →
dppn
A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-K …
ākāsānañcāyatanūpagādevā →
dppn
A class of devas born in the Realm of Infinite Space. MN.iii.103 They belong to the Formless world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas. AN.i.267
āmalakīvana →
dppn
ĀmalakīvanaĀmalakivana
A grove at Cātumā. The Buddha once stayed there, and it was on that occasion that the Cātumā Sutta was preached. MN.i.456
Cātumā3park
ānanda →
dppn
One of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with ot …
ānandacetiya →
dppn
…DN.ii.123–126 AN.ii.167 From there he went to Pāvā.
26.584229,84.3097693shrine
ārohanta →
dppn
One of the chief ministers at Sāvatthī. He joined the Order of monks and his wife became a nun. They had their meals together and she waited on him, fetching him water and fanning him. He forbade her …
ārāmadaṇḍa →
dppn
…Kaccāna was staying at Vāraṇā on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, Ārāmadaṇḍa came to see him and asked him why nobles quarrelled with…
ārāmikagāma →
dppn
ĀrāmikagāmaPilindagāma
The name given to the village in which lived the five hundred park-keepers who were given by Bimbisāra to the Elder Pilindavaccha. It was near Rājagaha and was also called Pil …
āthabbaṇa →
dppn
A branch of knowledge, dabbling in which is forbidden to monks. Probably the Atharva Veda, which includes sorcery and magic spells. Snp.927
ātumā →
dppn
A town that lay between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī. Once the Buddha, with a large company of bhikkhus, visited the town. At that time there dwelt in it a monk who had been ordained late in life and had for …
āḷakamandā →
dppn
A city of the gods, mighty, prosperous and full of devas. DN.ii.147 DN.ii.170
It was one of the chief cities of Uttarakuru, and a royal residence of Kuvera. DN.iii.201
In the Culla Vagga Vin.ii.152 …
āḷavaka →
dppn
The yakkha of Āḷavī. The Buddha once stayed at his dweling, at which the yakkha became angry and threatened the Buddha. He was tamed by the Buddha and asked a series of questions Snp.p.31–33 SN.i. …
āḷavakā →
dppn
ĀḷavakāĀḷavikā
A name given to the monks of Āḷavī.
The Āḷavaka-bhikkhū are mentioned several times in the Vinaya Vin.ii.172ff. Vin.iii.85 Vin.iv.34–35 in connection with offences relating to repa …
āḷavī →
dppn
Āḷavī1
A town between Sāvatthī and Rājagaha. The Buddha goes from Sāvatthī to Kīṭāgiri, thence to Āḷavī, and finally, to Rājagaha. The Buddha, on several occasions, stayed at Āḷavī at the …
āḷavīgotama →
dppn
ĀḷavīgotamaĀḷavīGotama
A thera, who is mentioned in the Sutta Nipāta Snp.1146 in a verse spoken by the Buddha to Piṅgiya when the Buddha appeared in a ray of light at Bāvarī’s hermitage.
āṇi →
dppn
ĀṇiĀṇakaĀṇṇaka
A mutiṅga (kettle-drum) belonging to the Dasārahas. As it grew old and began to split, they fixed in another peg, and this process was continued, until, at last, the original drumhe …
īsāna →
dppn
One of the chief devas.
In the Tevijja Sutta DN.i.244 he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.
He was in the battle of the devas against the A …
ādīnava →
farkas
veszély, hátrány
ājīva →
farkas
életmód, megélhetés
āsava →
farkas
befolyás, túlcsordulás
bhava →
farkas
lét, létesülés
bhāvanā →
farkas
gyakorlás, kiteljesítés, fejlesztés, kibontakoztatás
brahmacariya →
farkas
tanítványhoz méltó viselkedés, szent élet
devatā →
farkas
istenség
indriya-saṁvara →
farkas
az érzékek megfékezése
kāma-rāga →
farkas
érzéki vágy
lobha →
farkas
sóvárgás, mohóság
moha →
farkas
zavarodottság, tudatlanság
musāvāda →
farkas
hazugság
nibbāna →
farkas
kialvás, ellobbanás
nibbidā →
farkas
elfordulás, elválás
nirodha →
farkas
megszűnés, kialvás
nīvaraṇa →
farkas
akadály
pabbajjā →
farkas
otthontalanságba távozás, beavatás
passaddhi →
farkas
elnyugvás, megnyugvás
punabbhava →
farkas
újralétesülés, újraszületés
rāga →
farkas
vágy
sacchikiriya →
farkas
megtapasztalás, megvalósítás
sakkāya-diṭṭhi →
farkas
az önvaló téves nézete, önhittség
samatha →
farkas
elnyugvás, nyugodt derű
saṁvara →
farkas
önuralom
taṇhā →
farkas
szomj, sóvár vágy
upasampadā →
farkas
befogadás, felvétel, magasabb beavatás
vācā →
farkas
beszéd
vāyāma →
farkas
igyekezet, törekvés
vibhava →
farkas
létre-nem-jövés
vipariṇāma →
farkas
változékonyság
viveka →
farkas
elkülönülés, elválás
yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana →
farkas
a valóságnak megfelelő tudás; annak tudása és látása, ami van
abbahitvā →
ncped
abbhantara →
ncped
- (mfn.) interior, internal; being within, included in, among; belonging to one ’s house, personal, intimate.
- (n.)
- intermediate space, interval; the inside, interior.
- a measure of leng …
abbhañjitvā →
ncped
abbhuggahetvā →
ncped
pulling up.
abbhuggantvā →
ncped
abbhunnamitvā →
ncped
abbhāgamana →
ncped
coming, arrival; approach.
abbuhitvā →
ncped
abbāhitvā →
ncped
abbāhitvā1
absol.
abbāhitvā2
absol. having torn up; having pulled out, having drawn out.
abhejja →
ncped
not to be broken or pierced; not to be alienated or severed; not to be set at variance.
abhi-uggantvā →
ncped
abhi-uggantvā
absol.
abhibhakkayitvā →
ncped
eating; having eaten.
abhibhavana →
ncped
overcame (?).
abhibhū →
ncped
vanquishing, overcoming; one who surpasses; a master, a sovereign.
abhibhūta →
ncped
overcame; vanquished.
abhidhāvati →
ncped
runs towards; rushes against; hurries.
abhiharati →
ncped
- fetches, brings; offers; brings forward, advances; brings near, fetches for oneself, partakes of.
- (counter-)attacks.
abhijavati →
ncped
hurries towards.
abhijāyitvā →
ncped
abhijīvanika →
ncped
providing a livelihood.
abhikkama →
ncped
going forward, approach; advance; worsening.
abhikkamana →
ncped
going forward; advance.
abhikkamati →
ncped
goes forward, approaches; advances, progresses; gets worse (of pain or disease).
abhikkanta →
ncped
-
(mfn.)
- arrived; having approached.
- advanced, passed (of the night, in the second or third watch); excellent, admirable; beautiful, surpassing, splendid.
-
(n.) advancing, approaching; …
abhikkantavaṇṇa →
ncped
of wonderful beauty
abhinikkhamitvā →
ncped
abhinimminitvā →
ncped
abhinimmitvā →
ncped
abhinisīditvā →
ncped
abhinivajjayati →
ncped
avoids; renounces; throws down
abhinivajjeti →
ncped
avoids; renounces; throws down
abhinivajjetvā →
ncped
abhinivatteti →
ncped
abhinivatteti1
pr. 3 sg. gives up, abandons
abhinivatteti2
pr. 3 sg. takes out; removes.
abhinivattetvā →
ncped
abhinivaṭṭeti →
ncped
gives up, abandons
abhippavaṭṭa →
ncped
- (act.) having rained.
- (pass.) rained upon
abhippavaṭṭha →
ncped
- (act.) having rained.
- (pass.) rained upon
abhiruhitvā →
ncped
abhirūhitvā →
ncped
abhisambhavana →
ncped
(from abhisambhavati) mastering.
abhisambhavati →
ncped
reaches, attains; is able, capable (of); is adequate; masters; endures, bears.
abhisambhavitvā →
ncped
abhisambhutvā →
ncped
having mastered; having endured; having bore.
abhisambhū →
ncped
(from abhisambhavati) mastering.
abhisambujjhitvā →
ncped
abhisametvā →
ncped
abhisandahitvā →
ncped
abhisapitvā →
ncped
abhisaṅkharitvā →
ncped
abhisevana →
ncped
pursuit of; indulgence in.
abhitthavati →
ncped
praises; praises (someone in their presence).
abhivada →
ncped
abhivadat →
ncped
abhivadati →
ncped
- addresses (respectfully), salutes; welcomes; approves of.
- declares, asserts; speaks, names.
abhivadita →
ncped
saluted
abhivaditabba →
ncped
abhivadiṃ →
ncped
abhivagga →
ncped
sort of portcullis or large spiked defensive weapon.
abhivandati →
ncped
salutes respectfully.
abhivandita →
ncped
saluted; greeted with honor
abhivasana →
ncped
clothing, clothes.
abhivasanavaratara →
ncped
the very best of clothing, choice clothes
abhivassa →
ncped
rain; a shower.
abhivassaka →
ncped
raining, pouring out.
abhivassat →
ncped
abhivassati →
ncped
rains, rains down (upon, acc.); showers.
abhivaḍḍhati →
ncped
increases, grows more and more; grows higher than, outgrows (+ acc.).
abhivaḍḍhi →
ncped
abhivaṇṇayati →
ncped
praises; describes
abhivaṇṇeti →
ncped
praises; describes
abhivaṭṭha →
ncped
(pass.) rained upon
abhivijinitvā →
ncped
abhivirājetvā →
ncped
being completely free from desire.
abhivitaritvā →
ncped
abhivādana →
ncped
respectful greeting; salutation.
abhivādanasīlī →
ncped
habitually respectful
abhivādanasīlīn →
ncped
habitually respectful
abhivādayati →
ncped
addresses reverently; greets; salutes respectfully
abhivādayitvā →
ncped
abhivādenta →
ncped
abhivādesi →
ncped
abhivādesiṃ →
ncped
abhivādesuṃ →
ncped
abhivādetabba →
ncped
abhivādeti →
ncped
addresses reverently; greets; salutes respectfully
abhivādetvā →
ncped
abhivādimha →
ncped
abhivādita →
ncped
saluted
abhivādāpayati →
ncped
causes to salute; asks for greeting or good wishes
abhivādāpetabba →
ncped
abhivādāpeti →
ncped
causes to salute; asks for greeting or good wishes
abhiññā →
ncped
…power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, dibbasota, paracittavijānana, pubbenivāsānussati, dibbacakkhu, + āsavānam khaye…
abhāsitvā →
ncped
uttering; having spoken.
accekacīvara →
ncped
robe or material for a robe given not at the usual time (because of pressing reasons of the giver)
acchinditvā →
ncped
acchinnacīvara →
ncped
whose robe has been taken away or stolen
acchinnacīvaraka →
ncped
(~-cīvarika)n. whose robe has been taken away or stolen
acchādetvā →
ncped
acchādāpetvā →
ncped
cause. absol. causing to put on; presenting; clothing (with)
accogāḷha →
ncped
too extravagant.
accāvadanta →
ncped
accāvadati →
ncped
speaks or addresses in an excessive or improper way; (tries to) surpass in speaking.
accāvadimha →
ncped
accāvadittha →
ncped
acīvaraka →
ncped
(one) who has no bhikkhu’s robes.
addavalepana →
ncped
newly plastered.
addhābhavanta →
ncped
master of; governing; controlling.
adhi →
ncped
prep
- as prefix to nouns (adjectives, adverbs) expresses: superiority, abundance.
- as preverb to verbs and their derivatives expresses: up to, towards, into; over, above; in addition to.
- as se …
adhideva →
ncped
superior or supreme god; one above the gods.
adhigantvā →
ncped
adhiggahetvā →
ncped
adhimuccati →
ncped
- inclines to; believes, is sure of; is convinced.
- concentrates on; pervades (in thought or meditation); wills (magically), changes (by magic).
- enters the body.
adhimuccitvā →
ncped
adhipatitvā →
ncped
adhipātetvā →
ncped
having made fall; having laid low.
adhivacana →
ncped
name, designation; metaphorical expression; near-synonym.
adhivacanapatha →
ncped
mode of expression
adhivattati →
ncped
comes on; moves over; overwhelms.
adhivattha →
ncped
adhivattha1
pp mfn. (act.) living in, inhabiting (loc).
adhivattha2
pp mfn. accepted; consented to
adhivāhi →
ncped
bringing.
adhivāhin →
ncped
bringing.
adhivāsakajātika →
ncped
enduring or patient by nature.
adhivāsana →
ncped
- endurance; forbearance.
- assent; acceptance (esp. of an invitation).
adhivāsaya →
ncped
adhivāsayat →
ncped
adhivāsayati →
ncped
is patient, waits; bears patiently, endures; assents, gives in to; accepts (an invitation).
adhivāsaye →
ncped
adhivāsayeyya →
ncped
adhivāsenta →
ncped
adhivāsesi →
ncped
adhivāsesuṃ →
ncped
adhivāsetabba →
ncped
adhivāseyya →
ncped
adhiṭṭhahitva →
ncped
adhobhāvaṅgamanīya →
ncped
tending to go downwards (to lower existences)
adhovātaṃ →
ncped
downwind
adhovāte →
ncped
downwind
adhīyitvā →
ncped
aggadvāra →
ncped
the top of the door or gate; (or the first gate opened; a way to leave the town secretly).
aggahetvā →
ncped
seizing.
aggalavaṭṭi →
ncped
the post to which the bolt is fastened
aggasavaka →
ncped
chief disciple
aggava →
ncped
of great eminence, excellent
aggavat →
ncped
of great eminence, excellent
aggavādi →
ncped
(one) who proclaims the highest, the best
aggavādin →
ncped
(one) who proclaims the highest, the best
agghanaka →
ncped
(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.
agghanikā →
ncped
(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.
agghati →
ncped
is worth, has the value of; deserves; frequently in phrase kalaṃ na agghati (soḷasiṃ), is not worth a (sixteenth) part (of).
agghāpenta →
ncped
valuing; putting a price on
agghāpesi →
ncped
valued; put a price on
aggi →
ncped
…(one of) the three fires of brahmanical ritual; the god Aggi Bhagavā. 4. (metaphorically) mental fire, fever.
aggihuttamissa →
ncped
various tools etc. for the fire-oblation
agāravasa →
ncped
household life
ahetukavāda →
ncped
holding a theory of non-causality
ahivātakaroga →
ncped
certain dangerous contagious disease
ajaddhumārikā →
ncped
death by starvation.
ajavisāṇavaddhikā →
ncped
with points like goats’ horns
ajjhogāhitvā →
ncped
ajjhupekkhitvā →
ncped
ajjhāvasa →
ncped
ajjhāvasanta →
ncped
(~antī)n.
ajjhāvasat →
ncped
ajjhāvasatha →
ncped
the inside or environs of a house or dwelling.
ajjhāvasathe →
ncped
within a house or dwelling.
ajjhāvasati →
ncped
inhabits; dwells in, lives on (as ruler or owner); esp. agāram ~ati, lives the settled life of a householder.
ajjhāvasaṃ →
ncped
ajjhāvasī →
ncped
akamma →
ncped
lack of action; not working; non-activity; not a proper or valid act of the saṅgha
akaniṭṭha →
ncped
the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.
akaritvā →
ncped
akasāva →
ncped
without defect
akavātaka →
ncped
without a door.
akavāṭa →
ncped
without a door
akavāṭābaddha →
ncped
akaṭṭhapāka →
ncped
ripening in uncultivated ground; growing wild
akevala →
ncped
not pure; not whole, not entire
akevali →
ncped
not accomplished; imperfect
akevalin →
ncped
not accomplished; imperfect
akhīṇāsava →
ncped
in whom the āsavas have not perished, who is not an arhat
akiriyavāda →
ncped
professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention
akiriyavādi →
ncped
professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention
akiriyavādin →
ncped
professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention
akissava →
ncped
(according to commentaries) without wisdom.
akkamitvā →
ncped
akkhaṇa →
ncped
the wrong time, the wrong moment; esp. an inopportune moment to be born as a man, birth in unfavorable circumstances (when one cannot take advantage of a Buddha being in the world)
akkhuddāvakāsa →
ncped
being a considerable occasion (for …) (?)); of no mean appearance (?)
akkhīṇāsava →
ncped
in whom the āsavas have not perished, who is not an arhat
akkosavatthu →
ncped
basis, ground for abuse
akkuṭṭhavandita →
ncped
reviling and respect.
akuppa →
ncped
- (mfn.) not able to be disturbed; stable; immovable; not open to challenge or valid objection.
- (n.) what is not able to be disturbed; (a state of) stability.
- lack of agitation; (the state of) …
akālacīvara →
ncped
robe material given at a time other than the appointed period, or given during the appointed period to a specific bhikkhu or group of bhikkhus
akālavādi →
ncped
speaking at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time
akālavādin →
ncped
speaking at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time
akāpurisasevita →
ncped
practiced or cultivated by superior men; not practiced or cultivated by worthless men
akāraṇa →
ncped
absence of a cause or (a valid) reason; not a cause; not the case
alaṃsājīva →
ncped
fit for the communal life
alaṃvacanīya →
ncped
(formally) repudiated; separated, estranged
amarāvikkhepa →
ncped
(constant) equivocation, prevarication; shuffling to and fro.
amarāvikkhepika →
ncped
(one) who equivocates; who gives evasive answers; who cannot be pinned down.
anabhibhūta →
ncped
not overcame; not vanquished
anabhisambhava →
ncped
anabhisambhavanīya →
ncped
anabhisambhavat →
ncped
anabhivada →
ncped
anabhivadat →
ncped
anabhivitaritvā →
ncped
anabhāva →
ncped
nonexistence, annihilation.
anabhāvakata →
ncped
eradicated; annihilated
anabhāvaṅgata →
ncped
eradicated; annihilated
anabhāvaṅkata →
ncped
eradicated; annihilated
anaccekacīvara →
ncped
what is not an accekacīvara
anadhivāsaya →
ncped
anadhivāsayat →
ncped
anadhivāsenta →
ncped
anaggava →
ncped
inferior
anaggavat →
ncped
inferior
analaṅkaritvā →
ncped
thinking insufficient; not finding satisfaction in
anantava →
ncped
anantavat →
ncped
anantevāsika →
ncped
without resident pupils, i.e. without internal impurities
ananumodaka →
ncped
who does not give thanks; who does not give approval
ananuvajja →
ncped
not to be censured
ananuvāda →
ncped
free from criticism; blameless
ananvaya →
ncped
without consequences; not followed up
ananvāhataceta →
ncped
whose mind is not injured or frustrated.
ananvāhatacetas →
ncped
whose mind is not injured or frustrated.
anapadesa →
ncped
without valid grounds, without authority.
anapaloketvā →
ncped
anapasādetvā →
ncped
anapekhava →
ncped
anapekhavat →
ncped
anapekkhava →
ncped
anapekkhavat →
ncped
anassava →
ncped
disobedient; not biddable
anatikkamitvā →
ncped
anattha →
ncped
not the goal; disadvantage; harm; what is unprofitable, useless
anatthavādi →
ncped
not speaking about the goal or what is beneficial
anatthavādin →
ncped
not speaking about the goal or what is beneficial
anavajja →
ncped
irreproachable, faultless
anavakkanta →
ncped
not entered; not trodden upon; not overcome.
anavakāsa →
ncped
what is out of the question; an impossibility.
anavamata →
ncped
not despised; honored
anavamānanā →
ncped
absence of contempt; respect.
anavasesa →
ncped
without any remainder; all; complete; (of an offense) total, irremediable
anavasesadohi →
ncped
milking dry
anavasesadohin →
ncped
milking dry
anavasesaṃ →
ncped
completeley
anavassava →
ncped
the not flowing, no flow; stoppage.
anavassuta →
ncped
not leaking; not rotten; free from lust and defilement
anavattha →
ncped
unstable; not lasting.
anavatthacārikā →
ncped
wandering in an unsettled way (not staying long anywhere)
anavaya →
ncped
expert, experienced (in); without deficiency.
anavaññattikāma →
ncped
wishing not to be despised, not to be disregarded.
anavaññāta →
ncped
anavaṭṭhita →
ncped
unsteady; not lasting
aneka →
ncped
not one, i.e. many, various; of various kinds; countless, numberless
anekarūpa →
ncped
- (mfn.) various, of various kinds, of many forms.
- (n.) manifold form; various ways
anekavassagaṇika →
ncped
in existence for many years
anekavidha →
ncped
of several kinds; manifold; various
anekavihita →
ncped
varioulsy ordered; of several kinds, various
aneñja →
ncped
(& mfn.?)
- (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
- (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …
anikkasāva →
ncped
not free from defect or impurity; impure
anivatti →
ncped
not turning back; not to be turned back.
anivattin →
ncped
not turning back; not to be turned back.
anodhikatvā →
ncped
not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction
anodhiṃ karitvā →
ncped
not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction
anojava →
ncped
lacking strength or vitality; lacking nutriment; not juicy
anojavat →
ncped
lacking strength or vitality; lacking nutriment; not juicy
anokāsaṃ kārāpetvā →
ncped
without having consent
anovadiyamāna →
ncped
anovassa →
ncped
place sheltered from the rain.
anovassaka →
ncped
(-ikā)n.
- (mfn.) sheltered from the rain; not rained upon.
- (n.) a place sheltered from the rain
anovassika →
ncped
- (mfn.) sheltered from the rain; not rained upon.
- (n.) a place sheltered from the rain
anovaṭa →
ncped
anovādi →
ncped
not giving instructions.
anovādin →
ncped
not giving instructions.
antajana →
ncped
the inner household; servants.
antara →
ncped
- (mfn.) interior; inner, inward.
- (n.)
- interior part, inside; heart, mind; place between; interval (of time or space); moment between (two events); distance; difference, disagreement.
- …
antaradhāna →
ncped
disappearance, vanishing, passing away.
antaradhāyati →
ncped
disappears; vanishes.
antarahita →
ncped
disappeared, vanished; covered; invisible
antaravassa →
ncped
the rainy season
antaravāsaka →
ncped
an inner garment, esp. the innermost of the three robes of a bhikkhu
antarikā →
ncped
space between, interstice, interval; cleft, chink.
antarubbhāra →
ncped
the removal (of the kaṭhina), ending (of the kaṭhina period and its special allowances) before the usual time
antarāmuttaka →
ncped
released or vacant in the meantime
antarāppati →
ncped
an offence committed in the meantime (i.e. before the expiration of a parivāsa or mānatta period)
antava →
ncped
having an end, limited, finite
antavat →
ncped
having an end, limited, finite
antevāsi →
ncped
‘dwelling near or in the house (of his master)’, (who is) a (resident) pupil; an apprentice
antevāsika →
ncped
(being) a (resident) pupil.
antevāsin →
ncped
‘dwelling near or in the house (of his master)’, (who is) a (resident) pupil; an apprentice
antevāsinikamyatā →
ncped
desire to get pupils
antevāsinī →
ncped
‘dwelling near or in the house (of her master)’, (who is) a (resident) pupil; an apprentice
antimavattu →
ncped
an extreme offense
anto-āvasatha →
ncped
anto-āvasatha
masculine the inner part of a dwelling
antovana →
ncped
the interior of a forest
antovassaṃ →
ncped
in the rainy season
antovaṇṇa →
ncped
with color/class within
anubandhitvā →
ncped
anubhavati →
ncped
experiences, enjoys, suffers; partakes of, has a share in; attains, is equal to; is able; suffices
anubhaṇanā →
ncped
assenting, approval, supporting.
anucchava →
ncped
suitable, proper; fit for; corresponding to
anuciṇṇa →
ncped
- (pass.) followed, practiced; pervaded; filled with.
- (act.) pursuing,
anuddharitvā →
ncped
anudhāvanaka →
ncped
pursuing; following.
anudhāvati →
ncped
runs after, follows; chases; runs along.
anuggahetvā →
ncped
anujāneti →
ncped
asks for or obtains permission or approval; asks leave
anujānitabba →
ncped
worthy of approval; allowable
anumajjitvā →
ncped
anumodaka →
ncped
who gives thanks; who gives approvals.
anumodana →
ncped
approval, assent; thanks, expression of appreciation (esp. in the form of a discourse by bhikkhus after receiving a meal or gifts)
anumoditvā →
ncped
.
anupaddava →
ncped
free from misfortune or accident; safe; undamaged
anupagantvā →
ncped
anupakkhipitvā →
ncped
placing in.
anupalakkhaṇa →
ncped
lack of observation, lack of attention.
anuparidhāva →
ncped
anuparidhāvat →
ncped
anuparidhāvati →
ncped
runs round and round; surrounds.
anuparigantvā →
ncped
having went round about.
anuparivatta →
ncped
anuparivattat →
ncped
anuparivattati →
ncped
turns or moves round after or along with; keeps on moving.
anuparivattīyati →
ncped
anuparivāreti →
ncped
surrounds; stands by, takes the side of.
anupatitvā →
ncped
anupavadita →
ncped
anupavajja →
ncped
anupavattayati →
ncped
keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains
anupavattesi →
ncped
anupavatteti →
ncped
keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains
anupavisitvā →
ncped
anupavāda →
ncped
lack of abuse; not blaming or criticizing
anupavādaka →
ncped
one who does not criticize or abuse
anupavādi →
ncped
not criticizing.
anupavādin →
ncped
not criticizing.
anuppatta vayo →
ncped
having reached (old) age, old
anuppavisitvā →
ncped
anuppādetvā →
ncped
anupāpuṇitvā →
ncped
anuraho →
ncped
in secret, in private.
anurakkhana →
ncped
guarding, preservation, taking care of
anurakkhaṇa →
ncped
guarding, preservation, taking care of
anurakkhā →
ncped
guarding; preservation.
anusampavaṅkatā →
ncped
being inclined towards; intimacy.
anusavati →
ncped
flows in; flows upon
anusaṃsāvetvā →
ncped
having attended; having escorted.
anusaṃvaccharaṃ →
ncped
yearly; every year.
anusaṃyāyitvā →
ncped
anussava →
ncped
what has been heard or repeated; hearsay; tradition.
anussavappasanna →
ncped
who believes from hearsay or report
anussavasacca →
ncped
depending on tradition for one’s truths; accepting tradition as true
anussavati →
ncped
flows in; flows upon
anussādetvā →
ncped
anussāvaka →
ncped
one who proclaims (the kammavācā); one who presents for upasampadā.
anussāvana →
ncped
-ā, feminine
- causing to be heard, sounding; proclamation (esp. of a kammavācā).
- canvassing, speaking repeatedly (in order to win support)
anussāvayati →
ncped
causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)
anussāveti →
ncped
causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)
anusāsitvā →
ncped
anusāvana →
ncped
-ā, feminine
- causing to be heard, sounding; proclamation (esp. of a kammavācā).
- canvassing, speaking repeatedly (in order to win support)
anusāveti →
ncped
causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)
anutthavati →
ncped
praises; speaks of repeatedly
anuvadamāna →
ncped
anuvadanā →
ncped
approval; support.
anuvadati →
ncped
- repeats the words of; approves; agrees with.
- criticizes, censures.
anuvajja →
ncped
to be censured; a fault
anuvasati →
ncped
inhabits; dwells; stays.
anuvasitvā →
ncped
anuvassaṃ →
ncped
annually; every rainy season.
anuvassika →
ncped
one who has kept one vassa residence; who has passed one rainy season.
anuvattaka →
ncped
(-ikā)n. following, attending, faithful (to); agreeing with; a follower, partisan, adherent.
anuvattati →
ncped
follows, attends, sides with; conforms with, practices; imitates.
anuvattayati →
ncped
causes to go on after, keeps in motion; maintains, continues
anuvatteti →
ncped
causes to go on after, keeps in motion; maintains, continues
anuvatti →
ncped
anuvattitabbal →
ncped
to be followed; to be conformed to
anuvattiya →
ncped
anuvattāpana →
ncped
making conform to.
anuvicintetvā →
ncped
anuvicāretvā →
ncped
anuvitakketvā →
ncped
anuvivaṭṭa →
ncped
side-piece of a bhikkhu’s robe.
anuvāceti →
ncped
recites after or again; teaches what has been taught.
anuvāda →
ncped
- repetition, further explanation; approval, support; faction-forming.
- criticism; blame; sensure.
anuvādadhikaraṇa →
ncped
legal question or case concerning support, or concerning a faction, or a legal question or case arising from censure or criticism
anuvāta →
ncped
facing or border (on a bhikkhu’s robe)
anuvātaṃ →
ncped
with the wind; downwind.
anuyanta →
ncped
following; a follower, a vassal
anuyogavatta →
ncped
procedure in examination
anuyutta →
ncped
- (mfn.)applying oneself to, practicing; intent upon.
- (mfn. and m.) following, attending on; subject to; a vassal or subordinate king
anuyāyitvā →
ncped
anuññeyya →
ncped
worthy of approval; allowable
anva-d-eva →
ncped
anva-d-eva
ind. behind; afterwards.
anvaddhamāsaṃ →
ncped
every fortnight
anvagū →
ncped
anvagū1
aor. 3 sg. (they) followed.
anvagū2
aor. 3 sg. (they) will follow.
anvagū3
mfn. gone into, falling into.
anvakkharaṃ →
ncped
syllable by syllable.
anvakārī →
ncped
he threw out, cast, scattered.
anvakāsi →
ncped
he threw, scattered.
anvaya →
ncped
- lineage, succession; what follows, (logical) connection, inference, consequence.
- successor, immediate follower
anvaḍḍhamāsaṃ →
ncped
every fortnight
anvādhika →
ncped
extra; an extra supply.
anvāgameti →
ncped
makes follow; makes return.
anvāgata →
ncped
followed by; affected by
anvāhata →
ncped
struck; injured.
anvāhiṇḍati →
ncped
wanders about; wanders through.
anvānayati →
ncped
leads or brings after oneself; incurs
anvāsatta →
ncped
ensnared, entwined (by).
anvāsavati →
ncped
flows after, flows upon, flows continually over
anvāssavati →
ncped
flows after, flows upon, flows continually over
anvāvaṭṭa →
ncped
fmn. following
anvāvaṭṭati →
ncped
moves after, follows.
anvāvisati →
ncped
enters, occupies, possesses (said esp. of Māra)
anvāvisitvā →
ncped
anvāviṭṭha →
ncped
entered (by), possessed (by)
anvāya →
ncped
following; after; in consequence of
anvāyika →
ncped
following; a follower.
anādiyitvā →
ncped
anādiyitvā1
neg. absol. not taking; not receiving
anādiyitvā2
neg. absol. taking no notice of, ignoring, disregarding
anādīnavadassāvi →
ncped
anādīnavadassāvin →
ncped
anāmantetvā →
ncped
anānuvajja →
ncped
not to be censured
anāropetvā →
ncped
anārādhaka →
ncped
not winning approval, not pleasing; unsuccessful
anārādhanīya →
ncped
failure, lack of approval
anāsannavara →
ncped
best when not near
anāsava →
ncped
free from the āsavas
anāvara →
ncped
irresistible; without obstruction.
anāvaraṇadassāvi →
ncped
seeing without obstruction; with unobstructed sight
anāvaraṇadassāvin →
ncped
seeing without obstruction; with unobstructed sight
anāvasa →
ncped
- not a residence, an uninhabited place; a place not fit for staying in.
- not staying, not residing
anāvatti →
ncped
not returning; not coming back.
anāvattidhamma →
ncped
not subject to return (to this world); not liable to turn back or change.
anāvayha →
ncped
not to be take in marriage (as a wife)
anāvaṭa →
ncped
not obstructed; not shut off
anāvaṭṭi →
ncped
not turning to; not seduced, unaffected.
anāvaṭṭin →
ncped
not turning to; not seduced, unaffected.
anāvikatvā →
ncped
anīkagga →
ncped
the front, van of an army
anūpavajja →
ncped
anūpavāda →
ncped
lack of abuse; not blaming or criticizing
apabbūhitvā →
ncped
apacinitva →
ncped
apagatavaṅka →
ncped
without bend or crookedness
apalokana-kamma →
ncped
apalokana-kamma
neuter a (formal) act (of the saṅgha) giving permission or approval.
apalokana →
ncped
~ā. feminine looking for approval or permission.
apalokayati →
ncped
- looks towards; looks back; looks to, considers.
- looks to for approval, consults; asks permission; asks or takes leave
apaloketi →
ncped
- looks towards; looks back; looks to, considers.
- looks to for approval, consults; asks permission; asks or takes leave
apaloketvā →
ncped
looking towards; considering; asking permission; taking leave; consulting
apanetvā →
ncped
apanāmetvā →
ncped
aparapara →
ncped
one after another; various; following
aparissāvanaka →
ncped
(one who has no water-strainer.
apasādetvā →
ncped
apattacīvaraka →
ncped
(one) who has no bowl or (bhikkhu’s) robe.
apavadati →
ncped
reviles; denies; rejects.
apavahati →
ncped
carries off or away.
apaviyūhitvā →
ncped
apekkhava →
ncped
full of longing or desire (for, loc)
apekkhavat →
ncped
full of longing or desire (for, loc)
appa →
ncped
- (mfn.) small, little; trifling; few; rare; iic: very little, next to nothing (almost equivalent to a negative).
- (n.) a little, a small amount; a trifling thing.
appaggha →
ncped
of little value or price
appasattha →
ncped
with a small caravan
appativattiya →
ncped
not to be turned or rolled back; not to be black; irresistible
appaṭisaṃviditvā →
ncped
without experiencing.
appaṭivattiya →
ncped
not to be turned or rolled back; not to be black; irresistible
appaṭivānitā →
ncped
the state of not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness
appaṭivānī →
ncped
not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness
appaṭivānīya →
ncped
not to be given up; not causing weariness or satiety.
appaṭivāṇī →
ncped
not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness
appeva nāma →
ncped
it is well, if
appuyya →
ncped
having reached; having attained; having pervaded.
apāpuritvā →
ncped
arahantavāda →
ncped
the title of an arahat
arahat →
ncped
(& f.?) ‘a worthy one’, an arahat; (in Buddhism) one who has realized nibbāna; one in whom the āsavas are destroyed and who is no longer liable to rebirth.
araha(t)2
part. pr. mfn.
ariyavaṃiksa →
ncped
practicing the traditions of the noble ones, belonging to the noble tradition; who recites the Ariyavaṃsa-sutta
ariyavaṃsa →
ncped
tradition of the noble ones; a noble lineage or tradition
ariyavāsa →
ncped
way of living of the noble ones; a sublime state
ariyūpavādi →
ncped
speaking ill of the noble ones, insulting the noble ones
ariyūpavādin →
ncped
speaking ill of the noble ones, insulting the noble ones
asatthika →
ncped
not traveling with a company or caravans.
asipattavana →
ncped
forest of trees with swords or knives for leaves
assa →
ncped
assa1
masculine a horse; pl. also; cavalry.
assa2
masculine ashes; dust.
assa3
opt. 3 sg. assa + gen. (esp. preceded by siyä), (perhaps) it might occur to…, one …
assakāya →
ncped
cavalry corps; a body of a horse
assaratana →
ncped
precious horse, an excellent horse; esp. the ’horse-treasure ’ (one of the seven ratanas of a cakkavatti(n) king)
assasitvā →
ncped
assava →
ncped
obedient; compliant; biddable.
assavati →
ncped
flows (towards).
assāsetvā →
ncped
having made recover.
assāva →
ncped
purulent matter; discharge.
asura →
ncped
one of a class of supernatural beings, opposed to the devas; a titan.
atappa →
ncped
the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the second class of suddhāvāsa devas.
atha vā →
ncped
or; or rather, or perhaps (in commentaries, introducing an alternative (preferred?) explanation)
atha vā pi →
ncped
or also; and also
athabbana →
ncped
or neuter (what belongs to) the Atharva-veda; a spell or a charm from the Atharva-veda
athabbaṇa →
ncped
or neuter (what belongs to) the Atharva-veda; a spell or a charm from the Atharva-veda
ati →
ncped
ati-
prefix prefix to nouns, adjectives, adverbs; preverb to verbs; before vowels (except ī-) generally, but not always, taking the form acc-;
- as prefix to nouns expresses: abundance, exce …
ati-r-iva →
ncped
ati-r-iva
(?) excessively; exceedingly’
atibandhitvā →
ncped
tying together, coupling.
atidhāvati →
ncped
runs past, outstrips; goes too far; goes against, transgresses.
atiharitvā →
ncped
atiharāpetvā →
ncped
atikkamitvā →
ncped
atikkanta-vara →
ncped
atikkanta-vara
mfn. beyond or above granting boons
atinetvā →
ncped
having brought up to; having lead into, brought in.
atipassitvā →
ncped
out-flanking (?).
atisitvā →
ncped
going beyond; passing over, overlooking.
ativannati →
ncped
overpowers, overwhelms.
ativassati →
ncped
rains very much or too much; rains upon, rains into.
ativassi →
ncped
ativatta →
ncped
overcoming
ativattati →
ncped
goes beyond, escapes from; exceeds, overwhelms; goes too far; transgresses (against).
ativāha →
ncped
what leads across, a guide, a conveyance.
ativākya →
ncped
abuse, blame, reproach.
attabhāva →
ncped
bodily form, body; existence as an individual; living being
attabhāvapaṭilābha →
ncped
the becoming reborn as an individual; reincarnation; type of body or existence
attanuvādabhaya →
ncped
fear of self-reproach
attavādupādāna →
ncped
grasping the theory of an (enduring) self or soul
attaṭṭapañña →
ncped
looking (only) after one’s own profit or interest; (who is) wise as to his own advantage
attha →
ncped
attha1
m rarely neuter
- aim, purpose, goal; advantage, profit, benefit.
- use, need, want (+ instr.).
-
- affair, concern, business; problem; thing, matter; (with verbs of saying, a …
attharitvā →
ncped
atthava →
ncped
- profitable; significant.
- possessing the goal; or possessing worldly knowledge
atthavasa →
ncped
reason; motive
atthavasi →
ncped
pursuing an aim
atthavasika →
ncped
pursuing an aim; pursuing the goal
atthavasin →
ncped
pursuing an aim
atthavat →
ncped
- profitable; significant.
- possessing the goal; or possessing worldly knowledge
atthavādi →
ncped
speaking about the goal or what is beneficial
atthavādin →
ncped
speaking about the goal or what is beneficial
atthaṃ anubhavati →
ncped
serves the interest, the purpose (of, gen.); benefits
atthikava →
ncped
wanting something; having a purpose
atthikavat →
ncped
wanting something; having a purpose
atthikavāda →
ncped
- (m.) the doctrine that (merit, another world, etc) exists.
- (mfn.) following, professing that doctrine
atīva →
ncped
very much, exceedingly
avabhūta →
ncped
low, ignoble; deficient.
avabujjhati →
ncped
becomes aware of; perceives, knows; takes account of.
avacchidda →
ncped
cut, torn asunder; full of holes.
avadāniya →
ncped
illiberal, niggardly.
avadātaka →
ncped
or neuter white; or a white garment.
avagamaka →
ncped
making known, expressing.
avagaṇḍakāraṃ →
ncped
stuffing the cheeks full; so as to make the cheeks swell.
avaghaṭṭana →
ncped
pushing, hitting.
avagāha →
ncped
plunging into; going deep into.
avaharamāna →
ncped
avaharati →
ncped
takes down, puts down; takes away; steals.
avaharaṇacitta →
ncped
(& n.?) with the intention of stealing; (an intention to steal; ?)
avahari →
ncped
avaharituṃ →
ncped
avaharitvā →
ncped
avahariṃsu →
ncped
avaharuṃ →
ncped
avahaṭa →
ncped
- (pass.) taken away; stolen.
- (act.) taking away; having stolen
avahiyyati →
ncped
is left behind; is found wanting
avahāra →
ncped
taking away; theft.
avahāraka →
ncped
(one) who takes away; a thief.
avahāri →
ncped
avahāsi →
ncped
avahīyati →
ncped
is left behind; is found wanting
avajhāyati →
ncped
broods, mourns
avajja →
ncped
what is blameable; imperfection, a fault.
avajjhāyati →
ncped
broods, mourns
avajānanta →
ncped
avajānati →
ncped
- despises; underrates.
- denies, repudiates.
avajāneyya →
ncped
avajāni →
ncped
avajānitabba →
ncped
avajānitvā →
ncped
avajāniya →
ncped
avajāta →
ncped
of low or base birth; of lower character than one’s parents; an unworthy child.
avajīyati →
ncped
is conquered; is lost.
avakassati →
ncped
removes; draws away; secedes.
avakaḍḍhana →
ncped
removing.
avakaṅkhati →
ncped
desires, longs for.
avakkanti →
ncped
coming down (into); entering a womb, conception; appearance.
avakkhitta →
ncped
cast down, thrown down.
avakkāra →
ncped
leftovers or surplus from a meal.
avakkārapāti →
ncped
dish for the left overs or surplus
avakujja →
ncped
with the face downward, prone; upset.
avakujjapañña →
ncped
whose intellect is upside down, not retentive (like an upturned jar); who cannot learn or remember
avalekhanakaṭṭha →
ncped
scraping stick.
avalekhanapiṭhara →
ncped
receptacle for scrapers.
avalekhati →
ncped
scrapes off
avalekhitabba →
ncped
avalikhati →
ncped
scrapes off
avalitta →
ncped
smeared; plastered; smeared onto.
avalokayamāna →
ncped
avalokayati →
ncped
looks at, regards; looks back
avalokenta →
ncped
avaloketi →
ncped
looks at, regards; looks back
avamata →
ncped
despised.
avamaññatha →
ncped
they slighted; they despised.
avapakassati →
ncped
draws back, secedes; alienates oneself
avapakāsati →
ncped
draws back, secedes; alienates oneself
avapatita →
ncped
fallen, fallen down.
avarajjhati →
ncped
misses, neglects, fails (of); offends, commits a fault.
avarapure →
ncped
to the west of the city.
avaruddha →
ncped
opposed (to); hostile; rebellious.
avasajjetvā →
ncped
throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)
avasarati →
ncped
goes down (to); moves away (to).
avasari →
ncped
avasariṃ →
ncped
avasaṭa →
ncped
gone away; withdrawn
avasesa →
ncped
- (n.) the remainder, the rest; what is left.
- (mfn.) remaining, left; other; the other…, the rest (of).
avasissati →
ncped
is left over; is left as a remnant; remains.
avasissi →
ncped
avasissiṃsu →
ncped
avasiṭṭha →
ncped
left over, remaining; the rest (of)
avassajiṃ →
ncped
let loose; gave up; dismissed
avassajjetvā →
ncped
throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)
avassajī →
ncped
avassajī1
aor. 3 sg. let loose; gave up; dismissed
avassajī2
3 sg.
avassuta →
ncped
leaking; dripping, wet; foul, rotten; lustful, sexually excited.
avasādayati →
ncped
makes sink down; disheartens, discourages
avasādeti →
ncped
makes sink down; disheartens, discourages
avasāyi →
ncped
determined; reaching the end.
avasāyin →
ncped
determined; reaching the end.
avatiṭṭhati →
ncped
takes one’s stand; remains standing; continues, lingers; falls down on or into.
avatthasi →
ncped
avatthita →
ncped
standing firmly; placed; steady; continuing; lasting
avaññāta →
ncped
despised; underrated
avañāta →
ncped
despised; underrated
avaṃ →
ncped
downwards.
avaṃsira →
ncped
with the head downwards; headlong, headfirst
avaṅga →
ncped
mark or circle drawn on the forehead or at the outer corner of the eye
avaṭhiti →
ncped
firm position; steadiness, stability
avaṭṭhasi →
ncped
avaṭṭhita →
ncped
standing firmly; placed; steady; continuing; lasting
avaṭṭhiti →
ncped
firm position; steadiness, stability
aviha →
ncped
…of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas. 2. (n.) the world of the Aviha devas.
avivayha →
ncped
not marriageable; not suitable for marriage.
avāpurati →
ncped
opens ( a door)
avāpuraṇa →
ncped
(from apāpurati)a key
avāpurīyati →
ncped
avāyima →
ncped
not made by weaving; not woven.
añña-m-añña →
ncped
añña-m-añña
mfn. pron.
- one another; each other.
- one after the other; now one… now another…; various, different.
aññathābhava →
ncped
becoming different; change, alteration
aññavadaka →
ncped
- (m.) one who speaks about something else, a prevaricator.
- (n.) the offense of prevaricating
aññavadī →
ncped
professing another doctrine
aññavadīn →
ncped
professing another doctrine
aññoññavivaresi →
ncped
seeking faults in one another.
aññoññavivaresin →
ncped
seeking faults in one another.
aññāvada →
ncped
statement of what is known (?).
aḍḍhavāda →
ncped
talk of wealth, talk of being rich
aṃsavaddhaka →
ncped
shoulder strap.
aṅgavata →
ncped
rheumatism
aṇḍasambhava →
ncped
produced from an egg; a bird
aṇṇava →
ncped
the sea, the ocean; a stream.
aṭṭhakavaggiya →
ncped
belonging to the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta; (Snp 766–975).
aṭṭhakā →
ncped
the eighth day after the full moon in the two winter months; the festival held at that time.
aṭṭhaparivatta →
ncped
consisting of eight items
aṭṭhavatthuka →
ncped
connected with eight bases or grounds
aṭṭhavācika →
ncped
involving eight proclamations
aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgata →
ncped
- characterised by eight parts (i.e. by observance of the first eight precepts); having eight constituent parts.
- possessed of eight good qualities or of eight faults
aṭṭhaṅgupeta →
ncped
characterized by the eight parts or factors (i.e. by the observance of the first eight precepts)
aṭṭhīkatvā →
ncped
aṭṭhīkatvāaṭṭhikatvāna
ind. making something one’s aim or object; paying attention.
aṭṭiyitvā →
ncped
cajitvā →
ncped
of cajati
cajitvāna →
ncped
of cajati
cakkaratana →
ncped
the “wheel treasure” of the cakkavatti(n)
cakkavattī →
ncped
universal monarch; wheel turning emperor.
cakkavattīn →
ncped
universal monarch; wheel turning emperor.
cakkavaṭṭaka →
ncped
wheeled device for raising water from a well, a noria.
cakkānuvattaka →
ncped
(one) who turns the wheel afterwards, who keeps the wheels rolling.
canda →
ncped
- the moon.
- the moon deva, canda.
candima →
ncped
the moon; the moon deva.
candimas →
ncped
the moon; the moon deva.
candimasuriyā →
ncped
the sun and the moon; the devas of the sun and moon.
candimā →
ncped
the moon; the moon deva.
caraṇava →
ncped
of good conduct.
caraṇavat →
ncped
of good conduct.
caritvā →
ncped
of carati
caritvāna →
ncped
of carati
cattārivassa-sahassāyuka →
ncped
cattārivassa-sahassāyuka
mfn. having a lifespan of 4, 000 years.
cattārīsavassasahassāyuka →
ncped
having a lifespan of 40, 000 years.
cattārīsavassāyuka →
ncped
having a lifespan of 40 years.
catuvagga →
ncped
group of four; consisting of a group of four.
cavamāna →
ncped
of cavati
cavanadhamma →
ncped
liable to fall from one existence to another; liable or about to die.
cavanatā →
ncped
, abstr. the state of falling from one existence; death.
cavanta →
ncped
of cavati
cavati →
ncped
- moves or falls from one’s place, goes away; falls away, deviates (from), abandons.
- moves or falls from one state of existence (to another); dies (in one state); falls away; perishes, ceases.
cavi →
ncped
of cavati
cavittha →
ncped
of cavati
cavitvā →
ncped
of cavati
caviya →
ncped
of cavati
caviyāna →
ncped
of cavati
caviyānaṃ →
ncped
of cavati
caṅgavāra →
ncped
strainer, a sieve.
caṅkamitvā →
ncped
of caṅkamati
caṇḍa →
ncped
(~ā ~ī)n. of quick or violent temper; impetuous; fierce, intemperate; savage, enraged.
caṇḍālavaṃsa →
ncped
bamboo pole used in an acrobatic feat.
caṇḍālavaṃsadhovana →
ncped
name of an acrobatic feat.
caṇḍālavaṃsika →
ncped
(bamboo) acrobat.
celāpaka →
ncped
kind of servant; a nursemaid or playmate.
celāpikā →
ncped
kind of servant; a nursemaid or playmate.
cetapharaṇatā →
ncped
, abstr. the suffusing or pervading the thoughts of others.
cetavasippatta →
ncped
who has become in control of his thoughts, who has attained mastery over his thoughts.
cetavimutta →
ncped
whose thoughts are freed or free (from defilement or obstruction) in or through advanced stages of meditation.
cetavimutti →
ncped
the freeing or freedom of thought (from defilement or obstruction) by advanced stages of meditation (a state attained temporarily in meditation and permanently with arahatship.
cetavimuttin →
ncped
whose thoughts are freed or free (in or through advanced stages of meditation)
cetavivaraṇasappāya →
ncped
beneficial for clearing the thoughts of obstructions.
cetavivaṭṭa →
ncped
the turning away of the thoughts.
cetayitvā →
ncped
of ceteti
cetāpetvā →
ncped
of cetāpeti
ceṭaka →
ncped
servant; a slave.
chandavāsinī →
ncped
wife obtained with her free will.
chandāva →
ncped
name of a class of brahmans.
chappañcavassika →
ncped
num. lasting for five or six years.
chatta →
ncped
umbrella; sunshade; a parasol; a parasol erected on a thūpa; a parasol as a sign of sovereignty; esp. as part of the regalia of a king; chattaṃ ussāpetuṃ, to raise the royal parasol (equivalent to …
chava →
ncped
- (m. f.) a corpse; a dead body.
- (mfn.) vile; base; wretched; inferior; paltry.
chavadussa →
ncped
clothes from corpses or very poor clothes.
chavadāhaka →
ncped
chavaka →
ncped
chavakuṭikā →
ncped
charnel house; a shelter or platform for corpses.
chavasisa →
ncped
skull.
chavasitta →
ncped
pot used at rites for the dead, a funeral pot.
chavaḍāhaka →
ncped
one who officially burns the dead.
chavaṭṭhika →
ncped
bone of a corpse.
chavālāta →
ncped
fire brand or kindling for a funeral a pyre.
chaḍḍayitvāna →
ncped
of chaḍḍeti
chaḍḍetvā →
ncped
of chaḍḍeti
chaṇa →
ncped
festival; a holiday.
chedetvā →
ncped
having cut, cut off; having caused to cut off,
chedāpayitvāna →
ncped
of chedāpeti
chedāpetvā →
ncped
of chedāpeti
chejjavatthu →
ncped
ground for cutting off (someone) from the saṅgha.
chetvā →
ncped
of chindati
chetvāna →
ncped
of chindati
chiddava →
ncped
having a hole; defective.
chiddavat →
ncped
having a hole; defective.
chiddāvacchidda →
ncped
full of holes; full of large or small holes.
chinditvā →
ncped
of chindati
chinnavaṭuma →
ncped
who has brought the path to an end; who has broken the cycle.
chādayitvāna →
ncped
of chādeti
chādetvā →
ncped
of chādeti
cinitvā →
ncped
having heaped up; having collected.
cintayitvā →
ncped
of cinteti
ciranivāsī →
ncped
staying for a long time.
ciranivāsīn →
ncped
staying for a long time.
cirappavāsi →
ncped
long absent from home.
cirappavāsin →
ncped
long absent from home.
cirāciraṃ →
ncped
indeclinable (repetitive cpd from cira), after a long time; at long intervals.
citrachada →
ncped
with variegated wings.
citta →
ncped
citta1
neuter
- mind; thought.
- a single thought; a thought moment; a moment of consciousness.
citta2
mfn. & neuter bright, bright colored; decorated; may colored; extraor …
cittabhāvanā →
ncped
mental development or accomplishments.
cittakathika →
ncped
one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.
cittakathī →
ncped
one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.
cittakathīn →
ncped
one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.
cittakhata →
ncped
one who speaks brilliantly; whose talk is varied.
cittantara →
ncped
having the interval of a thought moment.
cittanvaya →
ncped
linked to, dependent on the thoughts.
cittatara →
ncped
more varied or diversified.
cittita →
ncped
made variegated, made diverse; decorated; painted.
cittiṃkaritvā →
ncped
respect; consideration; values.
cittiṃkaritvānā →
ncped
cittīkata →
ncped
thought highly of; respected, honored; valued.
cittīkatvā →
ncped
maving shown respect; thought highly of; valued.
cittīkatvānā →
ncped
civarapativisa →
ncped
ciṅgulayitvā →
ncped
having turned or whirled around.
ciṅgulāyitvā →
ncped
ciṇṇa →
ncped
- (mfn.) journeyed through; traveled or roamed (over); lived in, experienced; (n. impers.) a journey was made; the was going about; practiced; observed; habitually engaged in; done; (of a penance) un …
codanāvatthu →
ncped
ground for criticism or accusation.
codayitvā →
ncped
of codeti
codetvā →
ncped
of codeti
corīvaṭṭhāpana →
ncped
ordaining a (female) thief.
coḷavaṭṭi →
ncped
roll of cloth.
cāgava →
ncped
liberal, generous.
cāgavat →
ncped
liberal, generous.
cāritta →
ncped
…positive morality, duties to be performed (as opposed to vāritta, abstention from immorality)
cātuddasa →
ncped
, mfn. & masculine
- (n.) the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight)
- (mfn.) on the 14th day (of a lunar fortnight); (m.) the uposatha observance on the fourteenth day (of a lunar fortnight)
cātuddisa →
ncped
- coming from the four quarters, i.e. from the whole world; universal, total.
- having control in the four quarters; unrestricted; pervading the four quarters (with brahmavihāras)
cātummahārājika →
ncped
- (mfn. & m.) belonging to the company attending the four great kings, the world guardians; a deva or the devas belonging to that company.
- (n.) the world of the catummaharajika devas.
cātuvaṇṇi →
ncped
connected with the four classes.
cātuvaṇṇin →
ncped
connected with the four classes.
cātuyāmasaṃvara →
ncped
control in regards to the four restraints.
cāvana →
ncped
, ~a., feminine causing to move or fall, moving; causing to fall away (from) or abandon.
cāvanādhipāya →
ncped
intending or wishing to cause (someone) to fail away (from) or abandon.
cāvayamanā →
ncped
of cāveti
cāvayati →
ncped
cīrakavāsika →
ncped
‘wearing strips’, a kind of torture.
cīvara →
ncped
…robes of a bhikkhu (antaravāsaka, uttarāsaṅga and saṅghāti), or one of the five robes of a bhikkhuni (those three plus…
cīvarabhisī →
ncped
roll for robes.
cīvarabhājaka →
ncped
(one) who distributes material for robes.
cīvaracetāpana →
ncped
something to be exchanged for robe material; the purchase price for robe material.
cīvaracetāpanna →
ncped
cīvaradhāraṇa →
ncped
, ~a., feminine the wearing of the (ascetic’s) robe; keeping a robe.
cīvaradussa →
ncped
(a piece of) cloth for making robes.
cīvarahetu →
ncped
indeclinable for the sake of a robe.
cīvarakamma →
ncped
robe making; robe work.
cīvarakālasamaya →
ncped
, id. proper time when robe material is given.
cīvarakārasamaya →
ncped
time for making or working on robes.
cīvaralesa →
ncped
an oblique or indirect statement connected with a robe.
cīvaranidahaka →
ncped
(one) who keeps or stores the material for robes.
cīvaranidāhaka →
ncped
cīvarapaccāsā →
ncped
the expectation of receiving a robe or material for a robe.
cīvarapaṭiggāhaka →
ncped
(one) who receives robe material (on behalf of the saṅgha.
cīvarapaṭivisa →
ncped
cīvarapaṭiviṃsa →
ncped
share or portion of material for robe.
cīvarapaṭivīsa →
ncped
cīvararajju →
ncped
rope for hanging the robes.
cīvarasaṅkamanīya →
ncped
robe which has to be handed back; a borrowed robe.
cīvaravaṃsa →
ncped
bamboo rod for hanging up robes.
cīvaravibhaṅga →
ncped
the distribution of material for robes.
cīvaravicāraṇa →
ncped
considering, planning (the making of robes)
daditvā →
ncped
of dassati
dahetvā →
ncped
of ḍahati
dahitvā →
ncped
of ḍahati
dakkhiṇāvattaka →
ncped
dakkhiṇāvaṭṭaka →
ncped
winding to the right.
dantakāsāva →
ncped
an ivory colored robe.
dantavatā →
ncped
the being (like) one who is tamed?
dantavaṇṇaka →
ncped
ivory colored.
dasasahassī →
ncped
consisting of 10, 000 (cakkavāḷas)
dasavagga →
ncped
group of ten; consisting of a group of ten.
dasavaggika →
ncped
forming a group of ten.
dasavassa →
ncped
of ten years’ standing; one who has been ordained for ten years.
dasavassuddesika →
ncped
about ten years old.
dasavassāyuka →
ncped
having a life span of ten years.
dasavāsa →
ncped
following the ten ways of living.
dassetvā →
ncped
of dasseti
dassāpetvā →
ncped
of dasseti having shown; having exhibited
datvā →
ncped
of dassati
dava →
ncped
play, sport; joking.
davadāha →
ncped
davaḍāha →
ncped
forest fire; wood on fire.
davaḍāhaka →
ncped
one who burns wood.
daṇḍamānavaka →
ncped
kind of bird (?)
daṇḍamāṇavaka →
ncped
daṇḍaparissāvana →
ncped
kind of sieve or filter (made on a wooden framework)
daṇḍavāgurā →
ncped
daṇḍavākarā →
ncped
net on a stick; a kind of snare.
daṇḍavākurā →
ncped
desetvā →
ncped
of deseti
desitavatthuka →
ncped
on a site pointed out or specified.
desāpetvā →
ncped
of desāpeti
deva →
ncped
- (m.)
- a deity; a god; especially the various groups of gods.
- sphere of the gods; a godlike state.
- godlike; a godlike person.
- (the god) of the sky and atmosphere; rain-cloud. …
devadeva →
ncped
the god of gods.
devadhammika →
ncped
member of a particular sect (of ascetics?)
devadundubhi →
ncped
thunder.
devadūta →
ncped
god’s messenger, a warning of mortality.
devagaharaka →
ncped
who disparages the devas.
devajigucchaka →
ncped
who dislikes or disapproves of the gods.
devakaññā →
ncped
heavenly girl, a female deva.
devakāya →
ncped
deva world or sphere; a collective body of devas.
devaloka →
ncped
the world of the gods; a sphere of the gods.
devalokagamanīya →
ncped
leading to the world of the devas.
devalokagāminiya →
ncped
devanikāya →
ncped
group or assemblage of devas.
devaputta →
ncped
male deva.
devarāja →
ncped
king of the gods (usually Sakka/lnda)
devarājan →
ncped
devasadda →
ncped
shout of the devas; sound of the devas; thunder.
devasikaṃ →
ncped
adverb daily; every day.
devatta →
ncped
, abstr. the state of being a deva; divinity.
devattana →
ncped
the state of being a deva.
devatuposatha →
ncped
an act of purification in the presence of the gods.
devatā →
ncped
deity; a god (male or female; often identified with the (various groups of) devas, but more often a god or spirit living on earth close to men, in trees, rivers, buildings etc)
devatānussati →
ncped
recalling the gods to mind.
devatūposatha →
ncped
devayāniya →
ncped
leading to the devas.
devaññatara →
ncped
one of the devas; some deva or other; a lesser deva.
dhammacakkappavattana →
ncped
preaching of the universal righteousness.
dhammagārava →
ncped
- (n.) respect for dhamma.
- (mfn.) respectful, obedient to, dhamma.
dhammakamma →
ncped
an official act of the saṅgha correctly carried out; a valid act.
dhammatta →
ncped
, abstr. the being legal or valid, the being according to the rule.
dhammavādi →
ncped
speaking what is dhamma, what is in accordance with the teaching or the rule; declaring dhamma.
dhammavādin →
ncped
speaking what is dhamma, what is in accordance with the teaching or the rule; declaring dhamma.
dhammānuvatti →
ncped
acting in conformity with dhamma.
dhammānuvattin →
ncped
acting in conformity with dhamma.
dhanava →
ncped
wealthy, rich.
dhanavat →
ncped
wealthy, rich.
dhava →
ncped
type of tree (grislea tomentosa or anogeissus latifolia)
dhaññasamavāpaka →
ncped
grain and seeds.
dhorayhavatā →
ncped
the being (like) one who is fit to bear a burden (?)
dhota →
ncped
of dhovati
- (mfn.) washed, cleaned; clean; polished; washed off.
- (n) washing
dhova →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovana →
ncped
- rinsing, washing; washing off.
- water for washing.
- (according to commentaries) a certain ritual (and festival), involving washing of bones.
dhovanta →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovanā →
ncped
(an instrument) for washing.
dhovat →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovati →
ncped
washes; rinses; cleanses; polishes; purifies.
dhovi →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovituṃ →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovitvā →
ncped
of dhovati
dhoviṃ →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovāpenta →
ncped
of dhovāpeti
dhovāpesi →
ncped
of dhovāpeti
dhovāpesuṃ →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovāpeti →
ncped
of dhovati
dhovāpita →
ncped
of dhovāpeti
dhovīyati →
ncped
of dhovati
dhurava →
ncped
carrying one’s burden, undertaking responsibility.
dhuravat →
ncped
carrying one’s burden, undertaking responsibility.
dhutaṇgavāda →
ncped
speaking of, preaching dhutaṅgas; instructing in ascetic practices.
dhuva →
ncped
- (mfn.) fixed, firm; constant, lasting; permanent; certain, sure.
- (n.) what is firm or constant and lasting; firmness, constancy, certainty; esp. for nibbāna.
dhuvabhatta →
ncped
regular food; a guaranteed meal (for a particular person (?)
dhuvabhattika →
ncped
having a regular supply of meals.
dhuvacolā →
ncped
constantly wearing a menstruation cloth.
dhuvacoḷā →
ncped
dhuvati →
ncped
dhuvayāgu →
ncped
regular gift of rice gruel.
dhuvaṭṭhāniya →
ncped
belonging to a fixed place.
dhārayitvā →
ncped
of dhāreti
dhāretvā →
ncped
of dhāreti
dhāva →
ncped
running, racing.
dhāvanta →
ncped
(~antī)n. of dhāvati
dhāvat →
ncped
of dhāvati
dhāvati →
ncped
runs; streams; rushes; runs around.
dhīrūpasevanā →
ncped
association with the wise.
dhūmāyitvā →
ncped
of dhūmāyati
disodisaṃ →
ncped
indeclinable hither and thither; in various locations.
disvā →
ncped
of dakkhati
disvāna →
ncped
of dakkhati
disvānaṃ →
ncped
of dakkhati
diva →
ncped
heaven; the sky.
divasa →
ncped
day; day.
divasaṃ →
ncped
during the day.
divaḍḍha →
ncped
divā →
ncped
adverb & feminine
- by day; in the day.
- in the middle of the day; rather late (after the midday meal)
divādivassa →
ncped
indeclinable in the middle of the day; rather late in the day.
divārattiṃ →
ncped
indeclinable by night and day.
divāseyyā →
ncped
rest, sleep in the daytime; a siesta.
divāsoppa →
ncped
sleeping in the daytime.
divātaraṃ →
ncped
, adv. rather late; later on in the day.
divāvihāra →
ncped
seclusion for rest and meditation by day (after the midday meal)
diṭṭhe dhamme →
ncped
diṭṭhe (va) dhamme
in this life; in this world.
diṭṭhe va dhamme →
ncped
diṭṭhe (va) dhamme
in this life; in this world.
dosantara →
ncped
inwardly hostile; activated by ill-will.
dovacassa →
ncped
the state of not being amenable to criticism or advice, of being refractory, intractable.
dovacassatā →
ncped
, abstr., id of dovacassa
dovārika →
ncped
gatekeeper; a janitor, a doorkeeper.
dovāriya →
ncped
duhitika →
ncped
in a poor condition; stricken by hunger; where food is scarce; where survival is difficult.
dukkhadhivaha →
ncped
bringing, producing dukkha.
dukkhadhivāha →
ncped
- bringing, producing dukkha.
- difficult to bring or lead towards (?)
dukkhavinaya →
ncped
the removal of dukkha.
dukkhāvaha →
ncped
bringing dukkha.
dukkhāvakkanta →
ncped
entered, overcome by dukkha.
dunnivattha →
ncped
of nivattha
- (mfn.) improperly dressed.
- (n.) improper, scanty dress
dunnivāraya →
ncped
difficult to restrain; hard to hold back.
durabhisambhava →
ncped
difficult to do, hard to attain; difficult to endure.
duradhivāsa →
ncped
hard to live in.
durativatta →
ncped
hard to get beyond.
durāvāsa →
ncped
hard to live in
dussavaṭṭi →
ncped
roll of cloth; fringe of a cloth.
duvagga →
ncped
group of two; consisting of a group of two.
duvassa →
ncped
of two years’ standing; one who has been ordained for two years.
duvaṅgula →
ncped
duvāra →
ncped
dvattikkhattuṃ →
ncped
indeclinable two or three times.
dvattiṃsa →
ncped
num. thirty two.
dvattiṃsati →
ncped
num.
dvattiṃsaṃ →
ncped
num.
dvattiṃsā →
ncped
num.
dvaya →
ncped
- (mfn.) twofold, double, of two kinds.
- (n.)
- a pair, two things.
- double meaning, falsehood, duplicity.
dvayagāmi →
ncped
involving a double meaning or falsehood.
dvayagāmin →
ncped
involving a double meaning or falsehood.
dvayakāri →
ncped
doing both (good and bad actions)
dvayakārin →
ncped
doing both (good and bad actions)
dvayatā →
ncped
the being of two parts; a pair.
dvayaṃdvayasamāpatti →
ncped
sexual intercourse.
dvayena →
ncped
adverb of dvaya in two ways; as of two kinds
dvaṅgula →
ncped
the breadth of two fingers; (mfn.) measuring two finger-breadths.
dvaṅgulakappa →
ncped
two finger-breadth practice.
dvaṅgulapañña →
ncped
with ‘two finger’ understanding (with little understanding; or whose understanding is in her two fingers)
dvaṅgulipañña →
ncped
dvaṭṭhi →
ncped
num. (according to commentary) sixty two.
dvevassahassāyuka →
ncped
having a lifespan of 2000 years.
dvevassatāyuka →
ncped
having a lifespan of 200 years.
dvevācika →
ncped
using or involving two utterances or proclamations.
dvevācikaṃ →
ncped
dvidugamavaratarahanutta →
ncped
having the jaw of the best of the quadrupeds.
dvirāvaṭṭa →
ncped
with two turns; with two whirlpools.
dvisahassa →
ncped
(~ī)n.
- two thousand; of two thousand.
- (according to commentaries) of a million (cakkavāḷas)
dvādasa →
ncped
num. & mfn.
- (num.) twelve.
- (mfn.) in the twelfth.
dvādasaka →
ncped
dvādasaka1
neuter a set of twelve.
dvādasaka2
mf(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.
dvādasaki →
ncped
(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.
dvādasakin →
ncped
(~ī)n. consisting of twelve.
dvādasama →
ncped
(~ī)n. the twelfth.
dvādasamāsika →
ncped
consisting of twelve months.
dvādasamāsiya →
ncped
dvādasanahuta →
ncped
(numbering) 120, 000
dvādasaporisa →
ncped
measuring the height of twelve men.
dvādasapurisa →
ncped
involving twelve men.
dvādasavassa →
ncped
twelve years old.
dvādasayojana →
ncped
extending twelve yojanas.
dvādhiṭṭhita →
ncped
improperly taken possession of
dvāgārika →
ncped
taking alms from (only) two houses.
dvākkhāta →
ncped
badly preached, incorrect.
dvākāra →
ncped
of poor appearance; with poor characteristics.
dvālopika →
ncped
living on only two portions of alms.
dvāra →
ncped
- a door; a doorway, an entrance; a passage.
- a gate of a town, a gateway.
- a door as a means of access; a way, a means; esp. the sense-organs and the mind, as means of access for experience.
dvārabhatta →
ncped
food placed before the door.
dvārabāhā →
ncped
doorpost.
dvārakosa →
ncped
door-frame; the area surrounding a door.
dvārasālā →
ncped
gatehouse; a room over the gate.
dvāsattati →
ncped
num. seventy two.
dvāsaṭṭhi →
ncped
num. sixty two.
dvāsīti →
ncped
eighty two.
dvāvāṭṭa →
ncped
dvāvīsa →
ncped
num. twenty two.
dvāvīsatima →
ncped
the 22nd.
dālayitvā →
ncped
of dāleti
dāpetvā →
ncped
of dāpeti
dāsakammakarā →
ncped
slaves and servants.
dāsakaputta →
ncped
retainer, a vassal.
dāva →
ncped
ehisvāgatavādi →
ncped
welcoming: saying “come, you are welcome”.
ehisvāgatavādin →
ncped
welcoming: saying “come, you are welcome”.
ehisāgatavādi →
ncped
welcoming: saying “come, you are welcome”.
ehisāgatavādin →
ncped
welcoming: saying “come, you are welcome”.
eka-m-antaṃ →
ncped
eka-m-antaṃ
adv. (or ekam antaṃ)
- to one side (showing respect); at a respectful distance.
- on one side, aside; out of the way; a little apart.
- to one side, apart; at a distance; in private …
eka-m-ante →
ncped
eka-m-ante
adv. apart, at a distance; in private, on one’s own; in a solitary place
ekabīji →
ncped
‘having one seed’, the most advanced type of sotāpanna, who will become an arahat in his next life as a man
ekabījin →
ncped
‘having one seed’, the most advanced type of sotāpanna, who will become an arahat in his next life as a man
ekam antaṃ →
ncped
(or eka-m-antaṃ)
- to one side (showing respect); at a respectful distance.
- on one side, aside; out of the way; a little apart.
- to one side, apart; at a distance; in private, on one’s own. 4 …
ekantarīka →
ncped
an interval of one; aṃ, -āya, with something between; with an interval of one (year); alternately
ekantarīkaṃ →
ncped
with something between; with an interval of one (year); alternately
ekantarīyā →
ncped
with something between; with an interval of one (year); alternately
ekantaṃ →
ncped
solely; exclusively; absolutely; wholly; invariably
ekantika →
ncped
invariability; certainty; invariable; certain
ekatovaṇṭikamālā →
ncped
garland with stalk(s) on one side
ekattavāsa →
ncped
living together
ekavaraka →
ncped
the one and only husband
ekavassa →
ncped
of one year’s standing; having been ordained for one year
ekavassaṃ →
ncped
for one year; in one year
ekavatthuka →
ncped
having the same basis or ground; relating to the same matter
ekavācika →
ncped
single utterance; a single proclamation
ekaṃsavacana →
ncped
an expression of certainty or affirmation
ekaṃsavāda →
ncped
speaking with absolute certainty; having absolute views
ekodibhāva →
ncped
integration, unification; apartness, withdrawal.
ekībhāva →
ncped
becoming one; uniting, union; oneness.
elagalavāca →
ncped
whose speech is accompanied by the dripping of saliva.
erakavattika →
ncped
kind of torture.
esitvā →
ncped
etthantare →
ncped
in this interval (of time or space); in the time between these; in the area between these; in the meantime
ettāvatā →
ncped
by just so much, with this much; to such an extent; so far, to that extent; thus.
etāva →
ncped
so great, of such extent.
etāvat →
ncped
so great, of such extent.
etāvataparama →
ncped
having such as its highest limit, i.e. only as good as such, only so great
etāvataparamaṃ →
ncped
only to such an extent, only as greatly
eva →
ncped
eva1
ind.
- that very…, the same …; exactly that…; just ….
- only, merely, just.
- indeed, really; certainly; absolutely; even, still.
- eva is especially common in combination with o …
evadassi →
ncped
seeing in this way; having such insight.
evadassin →
ncped
seeing in this way; having such insight.
evam eva →
ncped
just so, just like that
evarūpa →
ncped
(~ā & ~ī)n. & neuter of such a kind, like this; such a thing; usually
- referring to something just mentioned or summing up a description just given: such a…; like that; such a thing; or
- introd …
evaṃ →
ncped
- so in this way; in such a way; like this.
- referring to what follows.
- expressing assent.
- introducing the second part of a comparison (often as evam eva or evam evam).
evaṃbhāvi →
ncped
certain to become like this
evaṃbhāvin →
ncped
certain to become like this
evaṃdiṭṭhi →
ncped
holding such a belief, having such a theory
evaṃdiṭṭhika →
ncped
holding such a belief, having such a theory
evaṃdiṭṭhin →
ncped
holding such a belief, having such a theory
evaṃgata →
ncped
in such a state; of such a kind
evaṃgatika →
ncped
producing or having a future course of this kind
evaṃjacca →
ncped
of such and such a class; of this kind of family
evaṃkāri →
ncped
acting this way
evaṃkārin →
ncped
acting this way
evaṃrūpa →
ncped
having such a physical form or appearance
evaṃsaddha →
ncped
having such a reputation
evaṃsaññi →
ncped
perceiving in this way; of such awareness or perception
evaṃsaññin →
ncped
perceiving in this way; of such awareness or perception
evaṃvihitaka →
ncped
determined, effected in this way
evaṃvihāri →
ncped
living in such a state or way
evaṃvihārin →
ncped
living in such a state or way
evaṃvādi →
ncped
professing such a doctrine; declaring a view like this
evaṃvādin →
ncped
professing such a doctrine; declaring a view like this
evācāra →
ncped
of such behavior, of such conduct.
eḷakasaṃvāsa →
ncped
living like a sheep; a sheep’s life
gacchati →
ncped
…e.g. ādāya ~ati, gahetvā ~ati, goes with, takes; pahāya ~ati, goes off without, leaves behind. 2. goes to another existence, another…
gahapaticīvara →
ncped
robe or robe-material given by a householder.
gahapatiratana →
ncped
the householder’s treasure (one of the seven treasures of the cakkavatti(n) emperor)
gahavibhava →
ncped
domestic property or wealth.
gahetvā →
ncped
of gaṇhāti taking; holding; seizing; with; mentioning, referring to
gahetvāna →
ncped
of gaṇhāti
gajjayitvā →
ncped
of gajjita without caus. sense?
galati →
ncped
drops; drips; oozes (with liquid or source as subject); falls down (to) or off; vanishes.
gambhīrāvabhāsa →
ncped
appearing deep.
ganthetvā →
ncped
of ganthati having fastened, strung together; bound
ganthitva →
ncped
gantvā →
ncped
of gacchati
gantvāna →
ncped
of gacchati
garudhamma →
ncped
- an important or serious offense; a breach of serious rule of observance.
- an important or exacting rule of observances (perhaps an observance of respect?), one of the eight specific rules of beha …
garuka →
ncped
- (mfn.) heavy; weighty; burdensome; difficult; hard.
- (mfn.) weighty, grave, severe; important, serious.
- (mfn.) (to be) prized, esteemed, venerated; of great account; valuable; held in common ( …
garukatvā →
ncped
of garukaroti
garuvacana →
ncped
an expression of respect or esteem.
gavassa →
ncped
gavassā →
ncped
gavāghātana →
ncped
slaughter-house; a place for butchering cows.
gavāssa →
ncped
cattle and horses.
gavāssā →
ncped
gaṇavassika →
ncped
used for several years.
gaṇetvā →
ncped
having counted numbers; added up; reckoned; calculated.
gharāvāsa →
ncped
living in a household; household; family life.
ghatvā →
ncped
ghaṭṭetvā →
ncped
of ghaṭṭeti
ghātvā →
ncped
of ghāyati
ghāyitvā →
ncped
of ghāyati
gihinivattha →
ncped
the kind or style of (under) garment worn by a householder.
gihinivattham →
ncped
adverb masculine in the way a householder wears his (under) garments.
gilitvā →
ncped
of gilati
giriaggasamajja →
ncped
festival held at rājagaha.
giñjakāvasatha →
ncped
the brick hall.
gopānasīvaṅka →
ncped
as crooked as a gopānasī.
gorasa →
ncped
dairy product, milk, and its derivatives.
goravaka →
ncped
mooing; lowing.
govata →
ncped
the “cow practice”, behavior as of a cow (a practice of certain ascetics)
govatika →
ncped
observing the “cow practice”, one who lives or behaves like a cow.
govatta →
ncped
govattika →
ncped
guttadvāra →
ncped
with means of access (of the sense-faculties) guarded; defended; controlled.
guyha →
ncped
what is to be covered or concealed; the parts of the body which to be covered, esp. the private parts; what is to be kept secret, secret; private; a secret.
guyhamanta →
ncped
secret or private discussion or plan.
guḷavākala →
ncped
with a thick (or knotted? or matted?) fringe.
guḷāsava →
ncped
spirit distilled from sugar or molasses.
guṇava →
ncped
possessed of good qualities or virtues; excellent, estimable.
guṇavat →
ncped
possessed of good qualities or virtues; excellent, estimable.
gāhetvā →
ncped
of gāheti
gāhāpetvā →
ncped
of gāhāpeti
gāmapoddava →
ncped
or mfn. one given to bodily embellishments.
gāmapūṭava →
ncped
or mfn.
gārava →
ncped
- (from garu)
- (m.n.) respect; reverence; esteem.
- (n.) heaviness.
- (mfn.) respectful; full of esteem.
gāḷhita →
ncped
pervaded; penetrated (by); pressed together.
gīvā →
ncped
the neck (of humans and animals); the neck of a jar.
ibbha →
ncped
member of the kings entourage; a vassal; dependent; wealthy.
icchavacara →
ncped
sphere of desire, domain of wishes
icchavatiṇṇa →
ncped
affected by desires, by wants
iddhi →
ncped
- prosperity, success; splendor; splendid attribute, accomplishment.
- esp. supernatural accomplishment, magic power (possessed by devas, etc, and attained by some ascetics and mendicants).
iddhividhā →
ncped
( & ~a n.) a kind or variety of supernatural power
itivādapamokkhānisaṃsa →
ncped
- (m.) the benefit of combating criticism.
- (mfn.) possessing or seeking the benefit of combating criticism
itivādappamokkhānisaṃsa →
ncped
- (m.) the benefit of combating criticism.
- (mfn.) possessing or seeking the benefit of combating criticism
itthabhāva →
ncped
this sort of existence; existence in this form; existence here.
itthabhāvaññathābhāva →
ncped
this and another sort of existence; existence in this form or in that
itthibhāva →
ncped
the state of being a woman; femininity; birth, existence, as a woman
itthiratana →
ncped
the “woman-treasure”, (one of the seven ratanas of a cakkavatti(n)) king)
iva →
ncped
like, as; as if, as it were; (a) sometimes combined with a preceding vowel; b) sometimes separated from a preceding vowel by a sandhi consonant, in which case a preceding long vowel is sometimes short …
jahetvā →
ncped
of jahati
jahitvā →
ncped
of jahati
janapadatthāvariya →
ncped
stability in or of the country.
janapadatthāvariyapatta →
ncped
who has achieved stability in the country, whose country is stable; whose position is secure.
janava →
ncped
crowded with people.
janavat →
ncped
crowded with people.
janavati →
ncped
in a place filled with people.
janetvā →
ncped
of janeti
jaraggava →
ncped
an old bull.
java →
ncped
speed; swiftness; mental quickness, swiftness of understanding.
javana →
ncped
swift; fleet of foot.
javanapañña →
ncped
having swift understanding; of ready intelligence?
jaṅgheyyaka →
ncped
(from jaṅghā) the bottom section of a bhikkhu’s cīvara (the portion which hangs by the shins)
jaṭaṇduva →
ncped
roll of twisted hair.
jetvā →
ncped
having conquered; having subdued.
jetvāna →
ncped
of jināti
jevanika →
ncped
jevanīya →
ncped
kind of (edged) weapon.
jhatvā →
ncped
indeclinable (abs.) having burnt.
jhatvāna →
ncped
of jhatvā
jhāpetvā →
ncped
of jhāpeti
jigucchitvā →
ncped
of jigucchati
jinitvā →
ncped
of jayati
jitvā →
ncped
having conquered; having subdued.
juhitvā →
ncped
of juhati
jālāvātapāna →
ncped
lattice window or shutter.
jāni →
ncped
jāni1
feminine a wife.
jāni2
feminine loss, deprivation; fine, confiscation.
jānitvā →
ncped
of jānāti
jāyitvā →
ncped
of jāyati
jīva →
ncped
- a living thing, any living being.
- the principle of life; vital breath; an individual living being experiencing entity within the physical body.
- life.
jīvaggāhaṃ →
ncped
captures, takes alive.
jīvagāhaṃ →
ncped
captures, takes alive.
jīvajīvaka →
ncped
the name of a bird, a sort of a pheasant (or partridge)
jīvaloka →
ncped
the world of living beings.
jīvanta →
ncped
(~ā ~ī)n. of jīvati
jīvat →
ncped
of jīvati
jīvati →
ncped
lives, is alive; remains alive; lives by.
jīvañjīvaka →
ncped
jīvitabba →
ncped
, impers. of jīvati
jīvitvā →
ncped
of jīvati
ka →
ncped
who? what? which …? (frequently followed by particles, esp. by nu, nu kho, (s)su, ssa); who are you who…?; sometimes expressing indignation: who does he think he is to …? who are you to…?; *ka …
kabalāvacchedakaṃ →
ncped
dividing up mouthfuls (of food)
kacavara →
ncped
(& n. (?)) dust, sweepings; rubbish.
kadalimigapavarapaccttharaṇa →
ncped
- (mfn.) covered with an excellent kadalimiga skin
- (n.) an excellent seating-mat or (a bed with) an excellent covering of a kadalimiga skin
kadāci →
ncped
(and, before eva, kadācid), sometimes; sometime, at some time; at one time, once; ever
kahāpaṇa →
ncped
certain coin (made of various metals); money.
kakacūpamaovāda →
ncped
the instruction using the example of the saw
kakacūpamovāda →
ncped
the instruction using the example of the saw
kalahappavaḍḍhana-akiccakari →
ncped
increasing contention, fomenting strife
kalahappavaḍḍhana-akiccakarin →
ncped
increasing contention, fomenting strife
kalahappavaḍḍhana →
ncped
increasing contention, fomenting strife
kalahappavaḍḍhanī →
ncped
increasing contention, fomenting strife
kalyāṇamitta →
ncped
- (m.) a good friend; a person of fine qualities who is a friend, esp. in helping one to progress spiritually by his/her example and advice.
- (mfn.) cultivating the friendship of a good man or good …
kalyāṇamittatā →
ncped
the cultivating the friendship of a good person or good people; the consorting with people of fine qualities; the being influenced by (the example and advice of) good people
kalyāṇasampavaṅka →
ncped
influenced by a good man or good men; inclining towards, associating with, people of fine qualities
kalyāṇavākkaraṇa →
ncped
of excellent speech, having a fine speaking voice
kammakara →
ncped
~ī, feminine doing work; a worker; a hired laborer or servant
kammakāra →
ncped
~ī, feminine working; a servant; a laborer
kammavācā →
ncped
he statement or text of an official act of the saṅgha (for which silence is assent)
kammavāda →
ncped
holding the theory that actions have consequences (in the same or a future life)
kammavādi →
ncped
holding the theory that actions have consequences (in the same or a future life)
kammavādin →
ncped
holding the theory that actions have consequences (in the same or a future life)
kammāvaraṇa →
ncped
obstruction by (past) actions
kanditvā →
ncped
kapilavatthu →
ncped
the city where Prince Siddhartha was born.
kappaka →
ncped
barber, hairdresser; a valet, a personal attendant.
kappetvā →
ncped
kappātetvā →
ncped
kappāvasesaṃ →
ncped
for the remainder of the eon
karamarānīta →
ncped
(a servant or slave) brought home as a captive (in war).
karitvā →
ncped
having done.
karitvāna →
ncped
having done.
karoti →
ncped
does, makes; acts; performs; acts for the advantage or injury of another; (esp. absol.) puts, places
kasi →
ncped
plowing; cultivation of soil; agriculture
kasitvā →
ncped
kasitvāna →
ncped
kassaka →
ncped
plowman; a cultivator, a farmer.
kasāva →
ncped
an astringent substance; an astringent decoction (from plants); an exudation or gum
kasī →
ncped
plowing; cultivation of soil; agriculture
kathaṃ hi nāma →
ncped
+ fut. (or occasionally + opt.) how could …? how could … possibly? (expressing amazement and/or disapproval)
kathāvatthu →
ncped
subject for discourse or a story; a subject of conversation
kativassa →
ncped
how old in the saṅgha? having spent how many rain retreats as a bhikkhu?
katthaci →
ncped
(and, before eva, katthacid), anywhere, somewhere; in or on something; in or on some …; in some places
katvā →
ncped
having done or made.
katvāna →
ncped
having done or made.
katāvakāsa →
ncped
having been given the opportunity; having been given consent; having obtained a chance or scope
kavaca →
ncped
armor; a coat of mail.
kavandha →
ncped
headless trunk of the body (usually alive, or at least capable of movement)
kavāṭa →
ncped
the leaf or panel of a door or shutter; a door or shutter.
kavāṭabaddha →
ncped
closed or fastened with a door; fitted with a door
kavāṭapiṭṭha →
ncped
door panel and post
kaḷevara →
ncped
the body; a dead body; a corpse.
kaṇhavattanī →
ncped
whose path is black (of fire)
kaṇḍuvamāna →
ncped
kaṇḍuvana →
ncped
itch, itching; scratching
kaṇḍuvanta →
ncped
(~antī)n.
kaṇḍuvati →
ncped
itches; scratches
kaṇḍūvamāna →
ncped
kaṇḍūvana →
ncped
(~antī)n.
kaṇḍūvati →
ncped
itches; scratches
kaṇṭakavaṭṭa →
ncped
clump or hedge of thorns
kaṇṭakīvāṭa →
ncped
hedge of thorns, a prickly hedge.
kaṭacchuparissāvana →
ncped
handled strainer
kaṭakaṭa →
ncped
(soup) treated in various ways; (possibly) treated and untreated (soup); (according to commentary) a soup of strained bean water with added oil.
kaṭasivaḍḍhana →
ncped
causing a heaping up of the cemetery ground, filling the cemetery
kaṭhina →
ncped
…a state existing in an āvāsa where qualified bhikkhu have a claim on material given to the saṅgha (and on the use of the kaṭhina)…
kaṭhinubbhāra →
ncped
removal of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina period (and of its special allowances)
kaṭhinuddhāra →
ncped
removal of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina ; ending of the kaṭhina period (and of its special allowances)
kevala →
ncped
not connected with anything else, mere, alone; pure, uncompounded, unmingled; entire, whole, all.
kevalakappa →
ncped
almost all, practically the whole (of); all; entire
kevalakappaṃ →
ncped
entirely, wholly; decidedly
kevalaparipuṇṇa →
ncped
whole and complete
kevalaparipūra →
ncped
whole and complete
kevalaṃ →
ncped
only, merely; just; entirely, wholly
kevali →
ncped
(from kevala) who is fully accomplished, perfected; who has achieved completeness.
kevalin →
ncped
(from kevala) who is fully accomplished, perfected; who has achieved completeness.
kevaṭṭa →
ncped
fisherman.
khajjabhojja →
ncped
hard and soft food; various kinds of food
khalitvā →
ncped
having stumbled, tripped; stammered, faltered; blundered; erred.
khanati →
ncped
khanati1
pr. 3 sg. hurts, injures; impairs
khanati2
pr. 3 sg. digs; digs up; excavates
khandhaka →
ncped
- a chapter, a section; one of the 22 sections of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga of the Vinayapiṭaka.
- the section of the Vinayapiṭaka consisting of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga.
khandhakavatta →
ncped
…either prescribed in the Khandhaka section of the Vinayapiṭaka citing 71 rules from Pārivāsikakkhandhaka (Vin ii 31, 28–33, 32) and eleven…
khandhādhivacana →
ncped
designation as khandhas
khanita →
ncped
dug; excavated
khanitvā →
ncped
khanāpeti →
ncped
causes to dig; makes excavate
khaṇa →
ncped
(& n.?)
- a moment; an instant.
- a fit or suitable moment; an opportunity; esp. the right moment to be born as a man, birth in favorable circumstances (when one can take advantage of a Buddha bein …
khaṇati →
ncped
khaṇati1
pr. 3 sg. hurts, injures; impairs
khaṇati2
pr. 3 sg. digs; digs up; excavates
khaṇe khaṇe →
ncped
every moment; at various moments
khaṇita →
ncped
dug; excavated
khaṇitvā →
ncped
khaṇāpeti →
ncped
causes to dig; makes excavate
khepetvā →
ncped
khepetvā1
absol. having used up, diminished; destroyed; made an end of.
khepetvā2
absol. having (passed) time; spent;…
khetta →
ncped
- arable land; a cultivated field.
- delimited area (of space or time); field of activity, sphere of action.
- fertile soil, a suitable place (for something to arise or be produced); esp. a suitabl …
kheḷa →
ncped
saliva, spittle.
khippanisanti →
ncped
(also khippanisanti(n)) of quick observation; of swift comprehension
khippanisantin →
ncped
of quick observation; of swift comprehension
khuddakavatthuka →
ncped
the section on minor matters, the Khuddakavatthukkhandhaka of the Vinayapiṭaka
khuddānukhuddaka →
ncped
lesser, minor; the least important; the very smallest; the various small or minor …; (n.) a minor disciplinary rule; the basic or minor discipline
khāditvā →
ncped
khārivivadha →
ncped
carrying-pole with the khāri container
khīlaṭṭhāyiṭhita →
ncped
standing as immovable post
khīṇāsava →
ncped
(one) in whom the āsavas have perished; free from the āsavas, i.e. an arahant
kiccakaraṇīya →
ncped
duty to be performed, business to be done; various duties or affairs
kiccākiccāni →
ncped
various duties or affairs
kinitvā →
ncped
kiriyavāda →
ncped
professing the doctrine that activity is morally significant and produces effects; advocating activity
kiriyavādi →
ncped
professing the doctrine that activity is morally significant and produces effects; advocating activity
kiriyavādin →
ncped
professing the doctrine that activity is morally significant and produces effects; advocating activity
kisakovadāna →
ncped
according to et) instructor of the Kisakas or thin instructor
kitava →
ncped
dice-player, a gambler; a cheat; (according to commentaries : a bird catcher who deceives the birds by covering himself with branches etc, or his deception, camouflage)
kitavat →
ncped
dice-player, a gambler; a cheat; (according to commentaries : a bird catcher who deceives the birds by covering himself with branches etc, or his deception, camouflage)
kittetvā →
ncped
kittāvatā →
ncped
with how much? how far? how? by virtue of what attributes? defined how?.
kiñcikkhabhāvanā →
ncped
the producing of some material gain (?)
kiṃ kayira →
ncped
how could … be relevant? what would one do with …?
kiṃ vādi →
ncped
kiṃ vādi(n)
mfn. professing which doctrine? declaring which view?
kiṃ vādin →
ncped
kiṃ vādi(n)
mfn. professing which doctrine? declaring which view?
kiṇitvā →
ncped
ko pana vado →
ncped
not to speak of …, never mind …
kocid eva →
ncped
etc, someone or other; some or other
kojava →
ncped
woolen rug or cover.
kopayati →
ncped
agitates; disturbs; provokes; makes invalid; violates
kopeti →
ncped
agitates; disturbs; provokes; makes invalid; violates
kopīna →
ncped
the pudenda, the private parts.
kopīnanidaṃsana →
ncped
(~ī)n & /or ~ī feminine revealing the pudenda; exposure of the private parts
koseyyapāvāra →
ncped
silk cloak
koviḷāra →
ncped
kind of tree, Bauhinia variegata; one of the trees in the devaloka.
koṭetvā →
ncped
koṭāpetvā →
ncped
koṭṭetvā →
ncped
koṭṭāpetva →
ncped
krubbati →
ncped
does, makes; acts; performs; acts for the advantage or injury of another; (esp. absol.) puts, places.
kubbati →
ncped
does, makes; acts; performs; acts for the advantage or injury of another; (esp. absol.) puts, places
kucchivatī →
ncped
pregnant
kuhiṃ →
ncped
where? where to? (equivalent to loc. of ka) in which…? in reference to what?.
kukkuravatika →
ncped
(one) who lives or behaves like a dog (a practice of certain ascetics)
kukkuravattika →
ncped
(one) who lives or behaves like a dog (a practice of certain ascetics)
kulaparivatta →
ncped
a family circle; a family generation
kulaparivaṭṭa →
ncped
a family circle; a family generation
kulava →
ncped
or neuter a receptacle; a shelter or store (?)
kulavaṃsa →
ncped
the family line; the family succession; the family tradition
kulāva →
ncped
or neuter a receptacle; a shelter or store (?)
kulāvaka →
ncped
nest; (also, according to commentary, a nestling, a young bird).
kumāravāhana →
ncped
vehicle drawn by boys
kumārīvāhana →
ncped
vehicle drawn by girls; a mount that is a girl
kunthakipillaka →
ncped
kind of ant or termite; (or dvandva; ants and termites (?))
kupita →
ncped
(occasionally also written as kuppita) agitated, disturbed; in a state of unrest; provoked, angry; failed, invalid
kuppa →
ncped
- (mfn.) able to be disturbed; unstable; open to challenge or valid objection.
- (n.) disturbance
kuppati →
ncped
- is agitated (with emotion or anger); is disturbed; is in a state of unrest; is angry (with, acc. or gen./dat.).
- is disturbed, falters; fails in effect, is invalid.
kuppita →
ncped
(another way of writing kupita) agitated, disturbed; in a state of unrest; provoked, angry; failed, invalid
kurute →
ncped
does, makes; acts; performs; acts for the advantage or injury of another; (esp. absol.) puts, places
kusali →
ncped
- full of well-being; possessing merit; virtuous.
- benevolent; wishing well; expressing approval.
kusalin →
ncped
- full of well-being; possessing merit; virtuous.
- benevolent; wishing well; expressing approval.
kusāvahāra →
ncped
theft by exchanging kusa markers
kuvaṃ →
ncped
where?.
kuṇḍalāvatta →
ncped
curling a ring
kuṇḍalāvaṭṭa →
ncped
curling a ring
kuṭajakasāva →
ncped
an astringent decoction from the kuṭaja tree.
kva →
ncped
where?
kvacana →
ncped
somewhere; anywhere; in or regard to anything
kvacani →
ncped
somewhere; anywhere; in or regard to anything
kvaci →
ncped
anywhere; in anything; somewhere, in some places; sometimes
kvacini →
ncped
somewhere; anywhere; in or regard to anything
kvaṃ →
ncped
where?
kākoravasadda →
ncped
the sound of cawing crows
kālacīvara →
ncped
robe-material given during the appointed period (to be used and allotted by the saṅgha
kālasseva →
ncped
in good time; early in the morning
kālavato →
ncped
(from kāla) in good time; early (in the morning)
kālavādi →
ncped
speaking at the proper time, at a suitable time
kālavādin →
ncped
speaking at the proper time, at a suitable time
kāmabhava →
ncped
- existence in a kāmaloka; existence subject to sensual experience and desire.
- (according to commentaries) sensual desire and existence
kāmacchanda →
ncped
desire that is appetite, sensual appetite, appetite for sensual pleasure (the first of the nīvaraṇas and one of the saṃyojanas)
kāmakāmi →
ncped
following one’s various desires, indulging one’s desires; subject to desire for sensual pleasures
kāmakāmin →
ncped
following one’s various desires, indulging one’s desires; subject to desire for sensual pleasures
kāmāvacara →
ncped
belonging to the sphere of sensual experience (kāmadhātu)
kāraka →
ncped
- (one) who makes or does or produces; the actor (in an action); the perpetrator (of a crime).
- (one) who performs a service; a servant; a benefactor.
kāraṇdava →
ncped
chaff; sweepings.
kārāpetvā →
ncped
kāsāva →
ncped
yellowish-red cloth or robe (the dress of those outside society, esp. ascetics, bhikkhus, bhikkhīs).
kāsāvakaṇṭha →
ncped
having a yellowish-red throat, i.e. wearing a yellowish-red robe or cloth
kāsāvavattha →
ncped
wearing a yellowish-red robe
kāsāvaṭa →
ncped
bath attendant; a barber.
kāsāyavasana →
ncped
wearing a yellowish-red robe
kāsāyavattha →
ncped
wearing a yellowish-red robe; wearing yellowish red clothes
kāsāyavatthavasana →
ncped
wearing a yellowish-red robe
kāsāyavāsi →
ncped
wearing a yellowish-red robe
kāsāyavāsin →
ncped
wearing a yellowish-red robe
kāyabhāvanā →
ncped
physical development or training
kāyanvaya →
ncped
linked to the body, dependent on the body
kāḷavaṇṇa →
ncped
black wash, a black plaster
kāḷavaṇṇakata →
ncped
treated with black wash, smeared with black plaster
kīva ciraṃ →
ncped
how long? for how long a time? how long ago? in how long a time, how soon?
kīva cirena →
ncped
after how long a time?
kīva →
ncped
how much? to what extent? how …? how …! (kiva can be interpreted as an adverb modifying an adjective or adverb, or as forming a compound with an adjective or adverb)
kīvabahuka →
ncped
how many?
kīvadīgha →
ncped
how long?
kīvadūra →
ncped
how far? how far away?
kīvadūrato →
ncped
how far? from what distance?
kīvadūre →
ncped
how far? how far!
kīvat →
ncped
how great? how many? of what qualities?
kīvatakaṃ →
ncped
(from kīva(t)) how far? how great an extent?.
kīvatika →
ncped
(from kīva(t)) how many:
kīvaṃ →
ncped
how much? to what extent? how …? how …! (kiva can be interpreted as an adverb modifying an adjective or adverb, or as forming a compound with an adjective or adverb)
kīḷati →
ncped
plays; amuses oneself; sports; celebrates (a festival or holiday)
kīḷitvā →
ncped
kūṭaṭṭha →
ncped
immovable, unchangeable as a (mountain) peak
mukhaṃ ulloketi →
ncped
watches, looks to (as a superior, for instruction or approval)
na →
ncped
na1
(negative particle) not; no; nor; neither; na doubled with a single verb is a strong affirmation; in successive clauses or phrases na is often simply repeated, but is also often streng …
naditvā →
ncped
of nadati
naditvāna →
ncped
of nadati
nahatvā →
ncped
of nahāyati
nahuta →
ncped
, num. a vast number; a very high number.
nahāpetvā →
ncped
of nahāpeti
nahāyitvā →
ncped
of nahāyati
nakkhatta →
ncped
star; a heavenly body; a pattern or a group of stars or constellation through which the moon passes, one of 27 (or 28) lunar mansions; a disposition of the stars or constellations; a favorable disposi …
namassitvā →
ncped
of namassati
nantakavāsi →
ncped
wearing rags.
nantakavāsin →
ncped
wearing rags.
naravasabha →
ncped
natthikavāda →
ncped
professing the doctrine of an unbeliever.
nava →
ncped
nava1
mfn.
- new, fresh; recent; young; (iic also: newly, recently)
- new, having recently entered the saṅgha; a novice.
nava2
num. nine.
navaggaha →
ncped
freshly or recently caught
navaha →
ncped
period of nine days
navahapaṭicchanna →
ncped
concealed for nine days
navahā →
ncped
within nine days
navaka →
ncped
navaka1
masculine new; having recently entered the saṅgha; a novice.
navaka2
masculine & neuter a set of nine; (being) a section consisting of a set or sets of nine.
navakamma →
ncped
- building work; repairs.
- fresh actions, present acts
navakammika →
ncped
(one) who is in charge of building work; a builder. Carpenter
navakanipāta →
ncped
section consisting of sets of nine
navakatara →
ncped
, compar. of navaka newer; younger (in the saṅgha)
navama →
ncped
the ninth.
navamūlaka →
ncped
with nine bases, with nine roots
navanava →
ncped
ever new; quite new; one new after another
navanivesa →
ncped
new residence
navanīta →
ncped
fresh butter.
navappāya →
ncped
being mainly novices
navaratta →
ncped
newly dyed
navasassa →
ncped
the first-fruits of the harvest
navasota →
ncped
with nine apertures
navaṭṭhānika →
ncped
connected with nine occasions or matters
navāvuta →
ncped
newly woven
naṅgalāvatta →
ncped
the turning track of the plow
naṅgalāvattan →
ncped
the turning track of the plow
naṅgalāvattani →
ncped
turning the plow
naṅgalāvattani(n)2
mfn. swishing its tail
naṅgalāvattanin →
ncped
turning the plow
naṅgalāvattani(n)2
mfn. swishing its tail
naṭṭhacīvarikā →
ncped
whose robe is lost.
neka →
ncped
~ānaṃ, ~esaṃ), not one, more than one; many; various.
nekavassagaṇika →
ncped
adverb of neka in existence for many years; produced over many years
nekkhamma →
ncped
departure from worldly life; the renunciation of worldly things and values; whatever is the opposite of or rejection of all worldly, sensual experience and desires.
netvā →
ncped
netvāna →
ncped
of nayati
nevasaññanāsañña →
ncped
nevasaññanāsaññāyatana →
ncped
- the sphere or stage of neither apperception nor non-apperception, i.e.
- the fourth of the arūpa states of existence; and.
- the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.
nevasaññīnāsaññī →
ncped
(cpd from n’eva saññi nasaññi), possessing neither apperception nor nonapperception.
nevasaññīnāsaññīn →
ncped
(cpd from n’eva saññi nasaññi), possessing neither apperception nor nonapperception.
nevāpika →
ncped
one who throws down, who scatters.
nevāsika →
ncped
resident, in (present or long-term) residence; a resident; a resident.
nhatvā →
ncped
nhāpetvā →
ncped
nhātvā →
ncped
nhāyitvā →
ncped
of nahāyati
nibbattetvā →
ncped
of nibbatteti
nibbattitvā →
ncped
nibbinditvā →
ncped
having got wearied of; having been disgusted with.
nibbāhapetva →
ncped
nibbāhetvā →
ncped
having torn out; having plucked out.
nibbāpetvā →
ncped
of nibbāpeti
nicca →
ncped
constant, permanent, enduring; invariable; (iic often: constantly, always)
niccanavaka →
ncped
constantly new; always like a newcomer.
nidahitvā →
ncped
niddhamitvāna →
ncped
of niddhamati
niddhantakasāvamoha →
ncped
with impurity and delusion got rid of.
niddhota →
ncped
of niddhovati washed off; got rid off
niddhovati →
ncped
washes, washes off; gets rid off.
nidhānavatī →
ncped
containing treasure; ? (like treasure; ?) (according to commentaries) worth storing or treasuring.
niggahetvā →
ncped
of niggaṇhāti
niggayhavādi →
ncped
who speaks reprovingly; censuring:
niggayhavādin →
ncped
who speaks reprovingly; censuring:
nighāta →
ncped
removal; destruction.
nihantvā →
ncped
of nihanati
niketava →
ncped
having a dwelling.
niketavat →
ncped
having a dwelling.
nikhaṇitvā →
ncped
of nikhaṇati
nikkasava →
ncped
free from defect or impurity
nikkaḍḍhitvā →
ncped
of nikkaḍḍhati
nikkhamitvā →
ncped
of nikkhamati
nikkhamitvāna →
ncped
of nikkhamati
nikkhipitvā →
ncped
of nikkhipati
nikkhipitvāna →
ncped
of nikkhipati
nikkhāmetvā →
ncped
of nikkhāmeti
nikkujjitvā →
ncped
of nikujjati
nikujjetvā →
ncped
of nikujjati
nikujjitvā →
ncped
of nikujjati
nillehitvā →
ncped
having licked, licked of; having took up with the finger.
nillāletvā →
ncped
having wagged (the tongue); having moved the tongue to and fro.
nillāḷetvā →
ncped
nimantetvā →
ncped
of nimanteti
nimittaṃ gaṇhāti →
ncped
marks, apprehends the characteristic features; apprehends an object or appearance (as distinguished in various ways); distinguishes, identifies an object or appearance.
nimminitvā →
ncped
produces, forms, creates (by magic or supernatural power)
nimminitvāna →
ncped
of nimmināti
nimmānarati →
ncped
- (mfn.) belonging to the nimmānarati devas.
- (f.) the world of the nimmānarati devas.
nimmānaratino →
ncped
the name of a group of devas.
nimmīletvā →
ncped
nimujjitvā →
ncped
of nimujjati
nimīletvā →
ncped
of nimīleti
ninnetvā →
ncped
leads or takes away; takes out; drains; ascertains.
ninnāmetvā →
ncped
of ninnāmeti
ninnītakasāva →
ncped
with impurities cleaned off.
nipaccavādi →
ncped
speaking humbly; speaking hurtfully?
nipaccavādin →
ncped
speaking humbly; speaking hurtfully?
nipajjitvā →
ncped
of nipajjati having laid down; having slept
nipajjāpetvā →
ncped
nipatitvā →
ncped
of nipatati
nippatitvā →
ncped
nippesika →
ncped
one who solicits gifts in an inappropriate way; (according to commentaries : one who grinds or scrapes away, who belittles or denies the good qualities of others for his own advantage)
nipātetvā →
ncped
of nipatati
nirodhetvā →
ncped
having destroyed; having dissolved; having annihilated.
nirādīnava →
ncped
free from danger
nisabhavatā →
ncped
the being (like) a bull?
nisanti →
ncped
(close) observation; careful attention.
nisevati →
ncped
frequents, inhabits, resorts to; serves, waits upon; practices, performs; indulges in.
nisevita →
ncped
of nisevati
- (mfn,) visited, frequented; practiced, studied; waited upon.
- (n.)
- resorting to; practice.
- (a sign of) frequenting; a trace?
nissajitvā →
ncped
nissajitvāna →
ncped
nissajjitabba →
ncped
of nissajjitvā
nissajjitvā →
ncped
nissajjitvāna →
ncped
of nissajjati
nissuta →
ncped
flowed out or away, vanished.
nisāmayitvā →
ncped
of nisāmeti
nisīditvā →
ncped
of nisīdati
nisīditvāna →
ncped
of nisīdati
nisīdāpetvā →
ncped
of nisīdapeti
nivapati →
ncped
throws down; scatters.
nivasati →
ncped
nivasati1
pr. 3 sg. clothes; dresses oneself.
nivasati2
pr. 3 sg. passes or spends time; dwells, lives (in), inhabits.
nivatta →
ncped
gone or come back, returned, turned back; turned away from, giving up; ceased
nivattabīja →
ncped
whose seed is inoperative?
nivattanta →
ncped
of nivattati
nivattati →
ncped
(intrans.) returns, turns round, turns back; gives up; stops, ceases; tums away from.
nivattenta →
ncped
of nivattati
nivatteti →
ncped
nivattha →
ncped
(~entī)n.
-
- clothed in or with; wearing (esp. an under-garment)
- worn; used.
-
(m.n.) clothing; an (undergarment)
nivattitabba →
ncped
of nivattati
nivattāpeti →
ncped
(~antī)n. Makes to return, turn round, turn back; makes give up; makes to stop, ceases; makes to turn away from.
nivattāpetvā →
ncped
- makes to return, turn round, turn back; makes give up; makes to stop, ceases; makes to turn away from.
nivissavāda →
ncped
of nivisati speaking insistently, dogmatically
nivissavādi →
ncped
speaking insistently, dogmatically
nivissavādin →
ncped
speaking insistently, dogmatically
nivāpa →
ncped
seed, grain; feed, fodder; a feeding place.
nivāpapuṭṭha →
ncped
nourished on grain.
nivārayati →
ncped
nivāraṇa →
ncped
warding off, keeping out, preventing; restraining; obstructing.
nivāresi →
ncped
of nivāreti
nivāresuṃ →
ncped
of nivāreti
nivāreta →
ncped
one who holds back or restrains; one who keeps out.
nivāretabba →
ncped
nivāretar →
ncped
one who holds back or restrains; one who keeps out.
nivāreti →
ncped
keeps out; holds back from, restrains; obstructs; prevents; forbids.
nivāretvā →
ncped
of nivāreti
nivāriyamāna →
ncped
of nivāreti
nivāsa →
ncped
- living, dwelling; stay, residence; where one lives, a dwelling-place, a home.
- where one is, a state of existence.
nivāsana →
ncped
dress, clothing; an undergarment; wearing (an (under) garment)
nivāsayati →
ncped
nivāsenta →
ncped
of nivāseti
nivāsesi →
ncped
(~entī)n. of nivāseti
nivāsesuṃ →
ncped
of nivāseti
nivāsetabba →
ncped
nivāseti →
ncped
of nivāsati puts on (a garment), wears; dresses, clothes oneself (in an (under) garment); makes put on, clothes
nivāsetvā →
ncped
of nivāseti
nivāsi →
ncped
living (in), dwelling, staying; a (permanent) inhabitant.
nivāsin →
ncped
living (in), dwelling, staying; a (permanent) inhabitant.
nivāta →
ncped
nivāta1
pr. 3 sg.
- (mfn.) sheltered from the wind; unruffled, calm; free from drafts; safe, secure.
- (n.) a place sheltered from…
niyata →
ncped
- constrained, bound; restrained; disciplined; constant.
- (whose outcome or course is) determined, fixed; restricted, limited, specified; established, sure; inevitable, invariable.
niyyādetvā →
ncped
niyyātetvā →
ncped
of niyyāteti
niyāma →
ncped
fixed rule; a particular or specified way or manner; an invariable practice or experience; a determined or inevitable outcome, certainty; an assured state; what leads to an inevitable outcome, the way …
niṭṭhapetvā →
ncped
niṭṭhubhitvā →
ncped
of niṭṭhubhati
niṭṭhāpetvā →
ncped
having caused to accomplish; having caused to finish; having caused to carry out.
no →
ncped
…or not (either alone or with vā, udāhu etc) 5. no ce:
- if not (followed by a verb, or forming a sentence by itself)
- may there not; I…
nuṭṭhubhitvā →
ncped
of niṭṭhubhati
nāgavanika →
ncped
forester; an elephant tracker.
nāgavatā →
ncped
the being (like) an elephant (?)
nāgāvalokita →
ncped
nānadhimuttikatā →
ncped
, abstr. the state of having various inclinations or intents.
nānappakāra →
ncped
of various kinds.
nānappakāraka →
ncped
of various kinds.
nānatta →
ncped
nānatta1
neuter various; different; separated.
nānatta2
neuter abstr. diversity, variety; difference.
nānattakathā →
ncped
various sorts of talk, tale, trivial conversation.
nānattavaṇṇi →
ncped
of various colors or appearance.
nānattavaṇṇin →
ncped
of various colors or appearance.
nānattavaṇṇī →
ncped
nānā bhavati →
ncped
nānā →
ncped
indeclinable variously, differently; separately; different, separate; various, of various kinds (frequently iic); (difference, diversity (?))
nānābhava →
ncped
nānābhāva →
ncped
being apart; separation; difference, diversity.
nānācaya →
ncped
consisting of various mixtures.
nānādiṭṭhika →
ncped
holding various (false) views or theories; holding different views.
nānājacca →
ncped
belonging to various families or classes.
nānākhantika →
ncped
holding various or different preferred views.
nānārucika →
ncped
having various wishes; having different aims.
nānāsaṃvāsaka →
ncped
who belongs to a different community (for carrying out official acts of the saṅgha); who is separated from the saṅgha community.
nānāverajjagata →
ncped
gone to various different kingdoms.
nānāverajjaka →
ncped
from various different kingdoms.
nānāvihita →
ncped
of various kinds.
nāsayitvāna →
ncped
of nāseti
nāsetva →
ncped
of nāseti
nāvā →
ncped
ship; boat; trough.
nīcavatthuka →
ncped
with a low platform, on a low site.
nīharitvā →
ncped
of nīharati
nīlagiva →
ncped
blue-necked; a peacock.
nīlakavaddhika →
ncped
with dark-blue straps.
nīlavadhika →
ncped
with dark-blue straps.
nīvaraṇa →
ncped
an obstacle, a hindrance (esp. five: kāmacchanda, vyāpāda, thīnamiddha, uddhaccakukkucca, vicikicchā); being a hindrance, which is an obstacle.
nīvārabhakka →
ncped
eating wild rice.
obhaggobhagga →
ncped
variously broken of; (or variously bent down
obhanditvā →
ncped
tying on, fixing on.
obhāsetvā →
ncped
having made radiant; having illumined
odahitvā →
ncped
odhunitvā →
ncped
odātavasana →
ncped
wearing white clothes (the mark of a householder)
ogha →
ncped
rapid flow of water, a torrent; the torrent or flood of phenomenal life, of saṃsāra; a torrent or flood of evil or passion etc. (often identified with the āsavas).
ogumphetvā →
ncped
oguṇṭhitvā →
ncped
covering (the head); veiling.
ogāhetvā →
ncped
ogāhetvā1
absol
ogāhetvā2
caus. absol. plunging (someone) into; immersing; inserting
ogāhitvā →
ncped
oharetvā →
ncped
ohārapetvā →
ncped
having caused to be removed, having had removed
ohārayitvā →
ncped
ohīyitvā →
ncped
ojava →
ncped
vigorous, strong; sappy; juicy
ojavanikā →
ncped
the going downstream.
ojavat →
ncped
vigorous, strong; sappy; juicy
okampetvā →
ncped
shaking; wagging.
okirīyati →
ncped
is bestrewn, covered (with); extends in various directions
okkamitvā →
ncped
okkhipitvā →
ncped
olaggetvā →
ncped
olokayitvāna →
ncped
oloketvā →
ncped
olumpetvā →
ncped
cuts off; removes.
omadditvā →
ncped
omasavāda →
ncped
aggressive speech; hurtful speech
omasitvā →
ncped
omuñcapetvā →
ncped
omuñcitvā →
ncped
onandhitvā →
ncped
opatitvā →
ncped
having flow down; fell down; fell on (to).
opavayha →
ncped
serving for riding; an animal for riding; a king’s elephant
ophuta →
ncped
filled, pervaded by; encompassed by; possessed by
ophuṭa →
ncped
filled, pervaded by; encompassed by; possessed by
opilavati →
ncped
plunges into (intrans.), sinks.
opunāpetvā →
ncped
opuñchitvā →
ncped
having wiped; wiped over (with); smeared
opuñchāpetvā →
ncped
having made caused someone to wipe
opuñjitvā →
ncped
opuñjitvā1
absol. having wiped; wiped over (with); smeared
opuñjitvā2
absol.
opuñjāpetvā →
ncped
having made caused someone to wipe
opāṭetvā →
ncped
oramattaka →
ncped
(-ikā)n. lesser; insignificant; of small value or importance
orohitvā →
ncped
orohitvāna →
ncped
oropana →
ncped
taking down, lowering; removal; putting (the hands) downwards
oropanā →
ncped
taking down, lowering; removal; putting (the hands) downwards
oropayitvā →
ncped
oropaṇa →
ncped
taking down, lowering; removal; putting (the hands) downwards
oropetvā →
ncped
oruhitvā →
ncped
oruhitvāna →
ncped
osadhītiṇavanappatayo →
ncped
plants, grasses, and trees
osadhītiṇavanaspatayo →
ncped
plants, grasses, and trees
osaritvā →
ncped
ossavana →
ncped
(according to commentary) the top of the roof
ossāvana →
ncped
(according to commentary) the top of the roof
osāretvā →
ncped
otaritvā →
ncped
ottharitvā →
ncped
ottharāpetvā →
ncped
having caused (something) to be overwhelmed or crushed or submerged
otāpetvā →
ncped
ovada →
ncped
ovadanta →
ncped
(~antī)n.
ovadat →
ncped
ovadati →
ncped
instructs; admonishes; counsels
ovaddheyya →
ncped
patch, patching.
ovadeti →
ncped
instructs; admonishes; counsels
ovadita →
ncped
instructed; admonished
ovaditabba →
ncped
ovaditvā →
ncped
ovadiya →
ncped
ovadiyamāna →
ncped
ovadiṃsu →
ncped
ovadī →
ncped
gave advice; admonished.
ovamitvā →
ncped
spewing out.
ovaraka →
ncped
an inner apartment.
ovaraṇa →
ncped
covering, protection.
ovarenta →
ncped
obstructing; covering, concealing.
ovariyāna →
ncped
covered; checked; hindered, obstructed.
ovassate →
ncped
rains upon.
ovassati →
ncped
is rained upon; is exposed to rain
ovassāpenta →
ncped
ovassāpeti →
ncped
lets be rained upon; exposes to the rain
ovassāyati →
ncped
lets be rained upon; exposes to the rain
ovaṭa →
ncped
checked; prevented.
ovaṭṭa →
ncped
rained upon; exposed to the rain
ovaṭṭha →
ncped
rained upon; exposed to the rain
ovaṭṭika →
ncped
what is rolled up or round; a fold, a tuck; a hem; a seam; a girdle, a waist cloth, a fold of material at the waist (in which objects were carried); perhaps also a bracelet
ovaṭṭikā →
ncped
what is rolled up or round; a fold, a tuck; a hem; a seam; a girdle, a waist cloth, a fold of material at the waist (in which objects were carried); perhaps also a bracelet
ovaṭṭiya →
ncped
what is rolled up or round; a fold, a tuck; a hem; a seam; a girdle, a waist cloth, a fold of material at the waist (in which objects were carried); perhaps also a bracelet
ovāda →
ncped
admonishing; instructions; counsel.
ovādaka →
ncped
(one) who admonishes; instructs, counsels
ovādakara →
ncped
following advice; obeying instructions
ovādaṭhapita →
ncped
from whom instruction has been withdrawn
ovādikā →
ncped
(one) who admonishes; instructs, counsels
ovādita →
ncped
oḍḍetvā →
ncped
oṭṭhavacittaka →
ncped
kind of bird (according to commentary named from its song)
sa-upaddava →
ncped
sa-upaddava
mfn. subject to calamity; unsafe; dangerous
sa-upavajja →
ncped
sa-upavajja
mfn. open to criticism, blameworthy
sakasāva →
ncped
defective, imperfect; impure
santevāsika →
ncped
with resident pupils, i.e. with internal impurities
savajja →
ncped
blameworthy, faulty
savasesa →
ncped
having something left; incomplete (of an offense) remediable
saṃvāsam kappeti →
ncped
lives with; esp. lives as a man and wife, cohabits (with saddhiṃ + instr.)
sukaṭṭha →
ncped
well plowed, well cultivated
svādhiṭṭhita →
ncped
well fixed upon, well resolved on; properly taken possession of
svāgata →
ncped
well come; welcome; well learnt; a good coming
svāgataṃ →
ncped
welcome; (svāgataṃ)
svākhyāta →
ncped
well proclaimed.
sāntevāsika →
ncped
with resident pupils, i.e. with internal impurities
sānuvajja →
ncped
to be censured; at fault
sānuvāda →
ncped
open to criticism; at fault
sāpadesa →
ncped
with valid grounds; with authority:
sāsava →
ncped
connected with the āsavas ; not free from the āsavas
sāvaṭṭa →
ncped
with whirlpools or eddies
tacamaṃsāvalepana →
ncped
with a plastering of flesh and skin.
tacchetvā →
ncped
of tacchati
tahaṃ →
ncped
demonstr. adv. there; (equivalent to loc. of ta(d)) in that; in regard to him or it or that; repeated: here and there; in this place and that; at this and that
tahiṃ →
ncped
demonstr. adv. there; (equivalent to loc. of ta(d)) in that; in regard to him or it or that; repeated: here and there; in this place and that; at this and that.
tantavāya →
ncped
weaver.
taritvā →
ncped
of tarati
tasathāvara →
ncped
( ~a, ~ani, m.n.pl.), moving and unmoving beings; trembling and still beings.
tassapāpiyasakā →
ncped
proceeding of censure (against a bhikkhu accused of a serious offense who prevaricates or denies the offense; one of the methods of settling a case or dispute)
tathiva →
ncped
true.
tathā →
ncped
adverb
- thus; so; in that way; like that (frequently followed by eva)
- so, also; in the same way.
- as correlative to yathā; in that way, such a manner…that; as … so; (repeated): yathā yathā.
tathāvādi →
ncped
speaking so, like that.
tathāvādin →
ncped
speaking so, like that.
tecīvara →
ncped
the three robes of a monk (the inner, under, and the upper robes)
tecīvari →
ncped
having (only) the three robes; undertaking the dhutaṅga of having (only) the three robes.
tecīvarika →
ncped
bhikkhu who has undertaken the dhutaṅga of having (only) the three robes.
tecīvarin →
ncped
having (only) the three robes; undertaking the dhutaṅga of having (only) the three robes.
temetvā →
ncped
of temeti
terovassika →
ncped
more than a year old; (according to commentary: rained on for a long time)
tevācika →
ncped
using or involving three utterances or proclamations.
thaketvā →
ncped
of thaketi
thanayitvā →
ncped
of thanati
thatvā →
ncped
of tiṭṭhati
thavati →
ncped
praises.
theravāda →
ncped
the statements of elders; what the elders say.
therovassika →
ncped
theva →
ncped
drop.
thevaka →
ncped
thevaka.
theyyasattha →
ncped
dishonest caravan.
theyyasaṃvāsaka →
ncped
one who lives dishonestly in the saṅgha (claiming status to which he has no right)
thullavajja →
ncped
thālidhovana →
ncped
the water used for washing a pot.
thāmava →
ncped
strong; firm.
thāmavat →
ncped
strong; firm.
thāvara →
ncped
(~ī)n. standing still, still, unmoving; inanimate; stable, firm, long-lasting; permanent, invariable.
thāvareyya →
ncped
stability; continuance; being firm, long lasting.
thīnamiddha →
ncped
- (n.) lethargy and drowsiness (the third of the nivaraṇas)
- (mfn.) drowsy and lethargic.
thūlavajja →
ncped
serious offense; being a serious offense.
thūpacīvara →
ncped
cloth from a mound.
tibbagarava →
ncped
having a strong respect (for)
tibhava →
ncped
, ~ā, masculine plural the three spheres or existence.
ticīvara →
ncped
the three robes of a monk (the inner, under, and the upper robes)
tidiva →
ncped
- (m.n) the (third) deva-world; a deva-world.
- (m.pl.) the inhabitants of that deva-world; gods.
tipakkhavasana →
ncped
garment made of three parts.
tirobhāva →
ncped
concealment; disappearance.
tisahassa →
ncped
- three thousand; numbering three thousand.
- (1000 x 1000 x 1000) of a thousand million (cakkavāḷas?)
tivagga →
ncped
group of three; consisting of a group of three.
tiṃsavassika →
ncped
being thirty years old; lasting for 30 years.
tiṇava →
ncped
kind of drum.
tiṇavatthāraka →
ncped
“a covering of grass”, one of the seven adhikaraṇasamatha (method of setting a case or dispute)
tosetvā →
ncped
having pleased.
tu →
ncped
indeclinable (followed by eva written tv), an enclitic particle: however; but; rather; (sometimes merely expletive)
tuccha →
ncped
empty; vain; fruitless; trifling; lacking substance; deserted.
tucchaka →
ncped
empty; vain, fruitless; lacking substance.
tulayitvā →
ncped
of tuleti
tulayitvāna →
ncped
of tuleti
tuletvā →
ncped
of tuleti
tunnavāya →
ncped
tailor.
tusita →
ncped
…(or perhaps not connected to)
- (m.pl.) the name of a group of devās; the tusita devās.
- (mfn.) belonging to the tusita…
tuvaṃtuvaṃpesuññamusāvādā →
ncped
quarreling, backbiting and lying.
tuvaṭaṃ →
ncped
indeclinable quickly.
tuvaṭṭa →
ncped
lying down.
tuvaṭṭati →
ncped
lies down.
tuvaṭṭavagga →
ncped
the section on lying down (Vinaya IV)
tuvaṭṭayati →
ncped
tuvaṭṭayuṃ →
ncped
of tuvaṭṭati
tuvaṭṭenta →
ncped
(~entī)n. of tuvaṭṭati
tuvaṭṭesum →
ncped
of tuvaṭṭati
tuvaṭṭeti →
ncped
tuvaṭṭitabba →
ncped
, impers. of tuvaṭṭati
tuṇhī bhavati →
ncped
a_ is silent.
tuṇhī →
ncped
indeclinable silently; (without verb) (there is) silence; esp. tuṇhī bhavati, is silent.
tuṇhībhāva →
ncped
silence; not speaking.
tv →
ncped
tv-
sometimes represents ti, tu (or taṃ) before eva.
tvaṃ mūlakaṃ →
ncped
indeclinable because of you.
tvaṃ →
ncped
2 pers. you (pl. sometimes used for sg., as mark of respect)
tālavatthu →
ncped
(according to commentaries) (like) the site of a (previous) palm-tree; or like a palm-tree with its top tuft of leaves cut off; i.e. with no possibility of (re) growth.
tālavatthukata →
ncped
destroyed utterly (with no possibility of regrowth)
tālavaṇṭa →
ncped
fan (made of palm leaf)
tālavaṇṭaka →
ncped
arranged in a shape of a fan.
tālāvatthu →
ncped
tāpetvā →
ncped
of tāpeti
tāva →
ncped
indeclinable
- to such an extent; so far; so….(sometimes written as a cpd)
- so long as; as far as; esp. as correlative of yava(ṃ) (and yāvatā);
- yāva … tāva …; a as long as … so long …
- …
tāvadeva →
ncped
indeclinable at that time; just then; at once.
tāvakālika →
ncped
so long.
tāvakālikaṃ →
ncped
adverb temporarily.
tāvataka →
ncped
(-ikā)n. just so much; just so long.
tāvataka vā →
ncped
(-ikā)n. however many (with yāvataka—yāvataka va tāvataka vā)
tāvatakena →
ncped
with just so much; merely with that.
tāvatihaṃ →
ncped
indeclinable for a period of so many days.
tāvatika →
ncped
tāvatiṃsa →
ncped
, n., & masculine plural
- (mfn.) numbering 33; belonging to the group of 33 (gods); (m.pl.) the 33 gods; those reborn in the world of the 33 gods.
- (n.) the world of the 33 gods.
tāvattaka →
ncped
(-ikā)n.
tāvatā →
ncped
by (only) so much; for so long; to such an extent; as correlative of yāvata (and yāva):
tāḷetvā →
ncped
of tāḷeti
tāḷāvacara →
ncped
means of making music; instruments.
tīretvā →
ncped
settles, brings to a conclusion.
ubbandhitvā →
ncped
having hung up; having strangled.
ubbhijjitvā →
ncped
having burst forth, shot up; having welled up.
ubbhinditvā →
ncped
ubbhujitvā →
ncped
having pulled up (one’s clothes).
ubbhujitvāna →
ncped
having pulled up (one’s clothes).
ubbhāra →
ncped
removal, taking away (of the kaṭhina); ending (of the kaṭhina period and its special allowances).
ubbāhapetvā →
ncped
ubbāhetvā →
ncped
ubbāhāpetvā →
ncped
ubhatovaṇṭikamālā →
ncped
garland with a stalk on both sides
ucca →
ncped
high, lofty, tall; of high rank, elevated, noble; loud.
uccavaca →
ncped
high and low; great and small; mixed, various
uccavacaṃ →
ncped
up and down; in various ways; in a changing manner
uccavatthuka →
ncped
having a raised site, a raised foundation or platform
ucchedavāda →
ncped
professing the doctrine of annihilation.
uccinitvā →
ncped
uccārapassāva →
ncped
feces and urine
uccārapassāvakamma →
ncped
defecating and passing urine
uccāretvā →
ncped
uccāsoṇḍā →
ncped
an elevated trunk, a trunk raised high (fig.)
uda va →
ncped
or, or else
udakavāhaka →
ncped
flow of water; a water course, a water channel
udakavāhanarajju →
ncped
rope used when drawing water
udaravadehakaṃ →
ncped
so as to make the belly big, so as to overfill the stomach
udaya →
ncped
profit, advantage; result.
udayavaya →
ncped
rise and fall; arising and passing away
uddassetvā →
ncped
uddhaccakukkucca →
ncped
over-excitement and anxious agitation; flurry and worry (the fourth of the nīvaraṇas)
uddharati →
ncped
draws out, pulls out, extracts; rescues; picks out, separates, selects; cites; removes, puts away; digs up; pulls up, elevates, raises.
uddharaṇa →
ncped
drawing out, pulling out; picking out; selection; removal; raising.
uddharitvā →
ncped
uddharāpetvā →
ncped
uddhata →
ncped
uddhata1
mfn. raised; puffed up; overstimulated; agitated, over-excited; flurried
uddhata2
mfn.
- risen, elevated high.
- also could mean as uddhata
uddisitvā →
ncped
declaring, reciting; designating; having expounded (briefly); with reference to
uddāletvā →
ncped
tearing off; tearing apart
uddālitvā →
ncped
tearing off; tearing apart
uddāna →
ncped
summary, a list of names or titles (in verse); a list of subjects (given at the end of a vagga).
uddāpava →
ncped
having a (surrounding) mound.
uddāpavat →
ncped
having a (surrounding) mound.
uggahetvā →
ncped
uggahetvāna →
ncped
uggahāpetvā →
ncped
uggantvā →
ncped
uggavādi →
ncped
speaking powerfully, debating fiercely.
uggavādin →
ncped
speaking powerfully, debating fiercely.
uggaṇhāpetvā →
ncped
ugghāṭetvā →
ncped
ujjava →
ncped
moving up (of the yarn? a spinning term).
ujjavajjava →
ncped
each moving up
ujjavanikā →
ncped
- (mfn.) going upstream.
- (f.) the going upstream.
ujjhitvā →
ncped
ujuvipaccanīkavāda →
ncped
peaking in direct opposition; professing directly opposed views
ukkantitvā →
ncped
cutting out or off; cutting up; butchering.
ukkaṃsavakaṃsa →
ncped
excess and deficiency; superiority and inferiority; maximum and minimum.
ukkhipitvā →
ncped
ukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyoga →
ncped
the crooked practice of corruption, deception and fraud
ukkujjavakujja →
ncped
the setting up and upsetting; the rise and fall
ukkujjitvā →
ncped
ukkāsitvā →
ncped
ullapitvā →
ncped
ullitavalitta →
ncped
twice plastered; plastered inside and out
ullitavalittaka →
ncped
ulloketvā →
ncped
ummujjitvā →
ncped
unnatavanata →
ncped
raised and depressed; prominent and low; elated and cast down
upabhogaparibhoga →
ncped
various objects of enjoyment, goods and possessions.
upacinitvā →
ncped
upaddava →
ncped
sudden or grievous accident, calamity, misfortune; violence, oppression.
upadhāvati →
ncped
runs up to, rushes up; hurries towards (for help); runs after.
upadhāvitvā →
ncped
upagamana →
ncped
approach, arrival; allowing, consenting to; entering upon; holding to.
upagantvā →
ncped
upahaccaparinibbāyi →
ncped
who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas
upahaccaparinibbāyin →
ncped
who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas
upahantvāna →
ncped
upajīvamāna →
ncped
upajīvati →
ncped
lives upon, supports oneself by, makes a living from (+ acc.; occasionally + instr.); is dependent on, serves; makes use of.
upakkamitvā →
ncped
upalāpetvā →
ncped
upanetvā →
ncped
upanibandhitvā →
ncped
upanikkhipitvā →
ncped
upanisevati →
ncped
frequents; keeps close to, clings to.
upanisīdapetvā →
ncped
upanisīditvā →
ncped
upanivattati →
ncped
comes back, returns (to).
upanītavaya →
ncped
with one; s youth gone, advanced in age
uparibhāvaṅgamanīya →
ncped
tending to go up, leading towards
upasampādetvā →
ncped
upasaṃharitvā →
ncped
upasaṅkamitvā →
ncped
upasevamāna →
ncped
upasevanā →
ncped
practice, performance; devotion (to); association (with); use.
upasevati →
ncped
frequents, stays at; associates with, consorts with; makes use of (frequently).
upatiṭṭhitvā →
ncped
upavadamāna →
ncped
upavadati →
ncped
speaks ill of, abuses, criticizes.
upavadita →
ncped
criticized
upavajja →
ncped
upavajja1
fpp mfn.
upavajja2
fpp mfn. to be criticized, blameworthy
upavajjakula →
ncped
family which can be approached
upavasati →
ncped
lives in a state of abstinence, observes (a fast or (the duties of) an uposatha day).
upavasitvā →
ncped
upavassa →
ncped
upavassaṃ →
ncped
upavattati →
ncped
comes near, falls to; is found, is.
upavijañña →
ncped
close to giving birth, in advanced stage of pregnancy.
upavāda →
ncped
criticism, blame; abuse.
upavādaka →
ncped
one who criticizes or abuse.
upavāsa →
ncped
tenant; dependant.
upavāyanta →
ncped
upavāyati →
ncped
blows, blows upon.
upayāna →
ncped
approach, arrival.
upaḷāsetvā →
ncped
making sound, playing
upaḷāsitvā →
ncped
making sound, playing
upaṭṭhāpetvā →
ncped
upaṭṭhāpetvāna →
ncped
uplavati →
ncped
swims (up); floats, floats around; leaps up, jumps; is frisky, excited
uposatha →
ncped
- (for non-buddhists) a fastday, a day of purification; (for Buddhists) a day on which lay-followers undertake to observe eight abstinence and on which they listen to teaching on the dhamma (usuall …
uposathūpavāsa →
ncped
observance of the duties of the uposatha day
uppajjati →
ncped
arises, comes into being; appears, is produced; becomes available.
uppajjitvā →
ncped
uppajjiyati →
ncped
is brought into being, is produced; is made available
uppalavati →
ncped
swims (up); floats, floats around; leaps up, jumps; is frisky, excited
uppanna →
ncped
arisen, come into being; appeared; produced, available
uppatitvā →
ncped
upphāletvā →
ncped
splitting, opening up.
uppilavati →
ncped
swims (up); floats, floats around; leaps up, jumps; is frisky, excited
upplavati →
ncped
swims (up); floats, floats around; leaps up, jumps; is frisky, excited
uppādetvā →
ncped
uppāṭetvā →
ncped
having torn asunder; having rooted out; having skinned.
upādiyitvā →
ncped
upātidhāvati →
ncped
runs beyond, rushes over.
upātivatta →
ncped
gone beyond, free from
upātivattat →
ncped
upātivattati →
ncped
goes beyond; escapes from; transgresses; oversteps.
upātivattatittho →
ncped
urūḷhava →
ncped
who has carried a weight or burden; fit to carry a burden; large, strong
urūḷhavat →
ncped
who has carried a weight or burden; fit to carry a burden; large, strong
ussada →
ncped
- obtruding, raising oneself.
- mound (of flesh), thickness.
- swelling.
- abundance, prevalence, preponderance.
- over-abundance, excess.
- a supplementary niraya (of which there are either 16 …
ussahitvā →
ncped
ussajitvā →
ncped
having let go, let loose; having quit, abandoned
ussajjitvā →
ncped
having let go, let loose; having quit, abandoned
ussakkati →
ncped
moves up, rises; moves forward, advance; progress
ussakkitvā →
ncped
ussanna →
ncped
having risen, thickened; raised, elevated; piled up, accumulated; plentiful, abundant, prevalent; over plentiful, abundant to excess; predominant; obtruding
ussava →
ncped
celebration, festival, holiday.
ussayavādikā →
ncped
contentious or violent in speech; argumentative, seeking litigation.
ussukkati →
ncped
moves up, rises; moves forward, advance; progress
ussāpetvā →
ncped
ussāretvā →
ncped
ussāva →
ncped
dew; hoarfrost.
ussāvabindu →
ncped
dewdrop, a drop of dew.
ussāvana →
ncped
proclaiming, declaring aloud.
ussāvanantikā →
ncped
(a place for storage, kappiyabhūmi or kappiyakuṭi) authorized by a declaration (while it is being built), whose erection is coterminous with a declaration
uttaritvā →
ncped
uttarālumpa →
ncped
or n. (?) a contrivance to prevent a pot of dye from boiling over
uttarāḷumpa →
ncped
or n. (?) a contrivance to prevent a pot of dye from boiling over
uttarāḷuva →
ncped
or n. (?) a contrivance to prevent a pot of dye from boiling over
uttasitvā →
ncped
uttānīkātvā →
ncped
uttāsava →
ncped
fearful, afraid
uttāsavat →
ncped
fearful, afraid
uyyojetvā →
ncped
uṭṭhahitvā →
ncped
uṭṭhānava →
ncped
full of energy, exerting oneself
uṭṭhānavat →
ncped
full of energy, exerting oneself
vāsaṃ kappeti →
ncped
makes one’s dwelling; lives
ñatticatuttha →
ncped
involving a motion as a fourth requirement (i.e. with three proclamations (of the kammavāca)); with the addition of a motion as a fourth requirement.
ñattidutiya →
ncped
involving a motion as a second requirement (with one proclamation of the kammavaca); plus a motion.
ñatvā →
ncped
of jānāti
ñatvāna →
ncped
of jānāti
ñātiparivaṭṭa →
ncped
the circle of relations.
ābhujitvā →
ncped
having turned back.
ābhuñjitvā →
ncped
having turned back.
ābhā →
ncped
ābhā1
feminine splendor, radiance, light; resemblance, appearance.
ābhā2
masculine f. plural radiant, (the name of) a class of devas.
ācamanasarāvaka →
ncped
dish for holding water (for sipping or washing)
ācamayitvāna →
ncped
ācaritvā →
ncped
ācikkhitvā →
ncped
ācikkhitvāna →
ncped
ādesanavidhā →
ncped
form or variety of indicating; (another’s thoughts or state of mind)
ādeva →
ncped
lamenting; deploring.
ādevanā →
ncped
lamenting; deploring.
ādeyyavācana →
ncped
whose speech is persuasive or influential.
ādeyyavākyavacana →
ncped
whose speech is persuasive or influential.
ādhāvati →
ncped
runs, runs towards, runs about.
ādhāvitvā →
ncped
ādisitvā →
ncped
ādiyitvā →
ncped
taking, receiving, with.
ādīnava →
ncped
wretchedness; bad consequence, disadvantage, danger (in, loc. or gen.)
ādīnavadassa →
ncped
seeing the danger
ādīnavadassāvi →
ncped
seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences
ādīnavadassāvin →
ncped
seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences
ādīnavanupassi →
ncped
seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences
ādīnavanupassin →
ncped
seeing the danger, realizing the bad consequences
āgametvā →
ncped
āgantvā →
ncped
coming; having come, reached; returning
āgata →
ncped
- (mfn.) come, arrived, come back; present; having reached, attained; come down, handed down, learnt.
- (n.) arrival; coming
āgati →
ncped
arrival, coming; return, rebirth.
āghātavatthu →
ncped
occasion of ill-will; reason for resentment
āhaccapādaka →
ncped
with removable or insertable legs.
āharitvā →
ncped
āharāpetvā →
ncped
āhataka →
ncped
servant.
āhatvā →
ncped
āhāretvā →
ncped
ājjava →
ncped
(from uju) uprightness; straightness.
ājānitvā →
ncped
ājīva →
ncped
livelihood; way of living; means of subsistence.
ājīvaka →
ncped
naked ascetic (belonging to the community founded by Makkhali Gosāla)
ājīvakinī →
ncped
(from ājīvaka) a female naked ascetic.
ājīvati →
ncped
make a living; lives by.
ākaḍḍhitva →
ncped
ākiritvā →
ncped
ākiñcanasambhava →
ncped
the origin of the state of nothingness.
ākoṭetvā →
ncped
ākārava →
ncped
having a form; having a cause; grounded
ākāravat →
ncped
having a form; having a cause; grounded
ālaggetvā →
ncped
fastening, hanging (on, loc.)
ālaggetvāna →
ncped
fastening, hanging (on, loc.)
ālambitvā →
ncped
held on to; clung to.
ālimpetvā →
ncped
āliṅgetvā →
ncped
āliṅgitvā →
ncped
ālokapharaṇa →
ncped
pervasion or pervading with light or insight
āloḷetvā →
ncped
āma →
ncped
āma1
ind. (particle of assent or approval or recollection, usually followed by voc. and/or affirming clause): yes, indeed, certainly.
āma2
mfn. raw, uncooked; unbaked; unripe, …
āmalavaṇṭaka →
ncped
the name or description of a type of chair
āmalavaṇṭika →
ncped
the name or description of a type of chair
āmalavaṭṭika →
ncped
the name or description of a type of chair
āmantetvā →
ncped
āmantāpetvā →
ncped
making summon; making speak to, address; making take leave of.
āmasitvā →
ncped
āmavasesa →
ncped
remnants of undigested food
āmavasesaka →
ncped
remnants of undigested food
āmo →
ncped
(particle of assent or approval or recollection, usually followed by voc. and/or affirming clause): yes, indeed, certainly.
ānejja →
ncped
immovability; imperturbability.
ānejjakārana →
ncped
the feat of immovability (or a trained elephant)
ānejjapatta →
ncped
who or which has reached immovability or imperturbability
ānejjappatta →
ncped
who or which has reached immovability or imperturbability
ānetvā →
ncped
āneñja →
ncped
(& mfn.?)
- (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
- (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to determinative actions leading to existence in arūpāv …
āneñjakāraṇa →
ncped
the feat of immovability (or a trained elephant)
āneñjapatta →
ncped
who or which has reached immovability or imperturbability
āneñjappatta →
ncped
who or which has reached immovability or imperturbability
ānisaṃsa →
ncped
profit, advantage; benefit, blessing (in, loc.)
ānubhāva →
ncped
majesty, splendor; authority; power, efficacy; magic or supernatural power; instr. ~ena often expresses: by means of, owing to.
āpajjitvā →
ncped
āpattivuṭṭhāna →
ncped
removal of an offense; rehabilitation
āpucchitvā →
ncped
āpāthagata →
ncped
come within range, perceivable; within the sphere of perception
ārakkha →
ncped
guard, protection; preservation; keeping fast.
ārocetvā →
ncped
ārocāpetvā →
ncped
told; announced; informed.
ārohitvā →
ncped
āropetvā →
ncped
āruhitvā →
ncped
āruppavasī →
ncped
being or living in a formless or immaterial existence
āruppavasīn →
ncped
being or living in a formless or immaterial existence
ārādhaka →
ncped
(~ikā)n. who conciliates, wins approval; accomplishing, fulfilling; successful.
ārādhanīya →
ncped
- (mfn.) to be fulfilled, to be achieved.
- (n.) what is to be accomplished; success, approval
ārādhayati →
ncped
wins the favor or approval of, conciliates, propitiates; honors, satisfies; accomplishes, fulfills, carries to a successful end; achieves, gains
ārādhayitvā →
ncped
ārādheti →
ncped
wins the favor or approval of, conciliates, propitiates; honors, satisfies; accomplishes, fulfills, carries to a successful end; achieves, gains
ārādhetvā →
ncped
ārāmapesaka →
ncped
superintendent of the park-servants
ārāmavatthu →
ncped
the site or ground for a park
ārāmika →
ncped
an attendant or servant (to the bhikkhus) in a park:
ārāmikini →
ncped
female servant in an ārāma, or the wife of an ārāmika.
ārūhitvā →
ncped
āsanantarikā →
ncped
an interval or seat
āsava →
ncped
- ‘inflowing’, influence (the concerns, attitudes, predispositions, listed as kāma, bhava, avijjā, and sometimes, ditthi, which form an obstacle to the realization of the truth.
- affliction, pain ( …
āsavakhīna →
ncped
with āsavas destroyed; free from the āsavas
āsavakkhaya →
ncped
ending, destruction of the āsavas, arahatship
āsavaṭṭhaniya →
ncped
being a basis or cause of afflictions; being a basis or cause of the āsavas
āseva →
ncped
āsevamāna →
ncped
āsevanta →
ncped
āsevanā →
ncped
assiduous practice; habitual cultivation.
āsevat →
ncped
āsevati →
ncped
attends to, practises, cultivates; indulges in.
āsevita →
ncped
practiced; cultivated
āsiñcitvā →
ncped
having poured on or into; dripped
āsumbhitvā →
ncped
āsāvacchedika →
ncped
depending on the disappointment of expectation
āsīditvā →
ncped
āthabbana →
ncped
or neuter (what belongs to) the Atharva-veda; a spell or a charm from the Atharva-veda
āthabbaṇa →
ncped
or neuter (what belongs to) the Atharva-veda; a spell or a charm from the Atharva-veda
ātāpetvā →
ncped
āvahana →
ncped
bringing, bringing near; causing.
āvahati →
ncped
carries towards, carries along; brings; produces.
āvahāpeyyum →
ncped
may they bring through; may they lead through
āvajjati →
ncped
- tilts, tips up (to pour out); tips over.
- turns (one’s mind) to, gives one’s attention to; ponders over, thinks about
āvajjayati →
ncped
- tilts, tips up (to pour out); tips over.
- turns (one’s mind) to, gives one’s attention to; ponders over, thinks about
āvajjesi →
ncped
āvajjeti →
ncped
- tilts, tips up (to pour out); tips over.
- turns (one’s mind) to, gives one’s attention to; ponders over, thinks about
āvamati →
ncped
swallows back; swallows what one has vomited or ejected.
āvarati →
ncped
covers; shuts; obstructs
āvaraṇa →
ncped
(& m) covering, enclosing; shutting off; an obstruction, hindrance, prohibition; barricade, wall, dam.
āvaraṇaṃ karoti →
ncped
? obstructs; prohibits
āvaraṇīya →
ncped
(from āvaraṇa) belonging to or causing obstruction; obstructive.
āvasa →
ncped
āvasanta →
ncped
(~antī)n.
āvasat →
ncped
āvasatha →
ncped
hose, dwelling; lodging; a public rest-house; hostel.
āvasathacīvara →
ncped
household robe (allowed to menstruating bhikkhunīs)
āvasathagāra →
ncped
dwelling; rest-house
āvasathapiṇḍa →
ncped
meal at a public rest-house
āvasati →
ncped
lives in, lives on; inhabits; dwells.
āvasika →
ncped
(from āvasati) living in or on.
āvasita →
ncped
living in or on
āvasiṃ →
ncped
āvasiṃsu →
ncped
āvatta →
ncped
āvatta1
masculine (n.) turning; turning round; turning back; whirlpool, eddy
āvatta2
pp mfn.
- turned, converted; enticed, seduced.
- having returned; turned back (esp. to …
āvattamāna →
ncped
āvattati →
ncped
- (intrans.) turns, turns to; turns round, rolls; turns back, returns (esp. to a layman’s life); winds, curls.
- is enticed, is seduced
āvatteti →
ncped
turns, turns back; diverts, directs; converts; seduces
āvattitvā →
ncped
āvaṭa →
ncped
covered, encompassed; obstructed; shut, shut off
āvaṭṭa →
ncped
āvaṭṭa1
masculine (n.) turning; turning round; turning back; whirlpool, eddy
āvaṭṭa2
pp mfn.
- turned, converted; enticed, seduced.
- having returned; turned back (esp. to …
āvaṭṭaggāha →
ncped
(or mfn.) seizure, possession by a whirlpool; (or: seized by a whirlpool)
āvaṭṭagāha →
ncped
(or mfn.) seizure, possession by a whirlpool; (or: seized by a whirlpool)
āvaṭṭamāna →
ncped
āvaṭṭanī →
ncped
turning, seducing; a seductress; a seductive sorcery.
āvaṭṭati →
ncped
- (intrans.) turns, turns to; turns round, rolls; turns back, returns (esp. to a layman’s life); winds, curls.
- is enticed, is seduced
āvaṭṭeti →
ncped
turns, turns back; diverts, directs; converts; seduces
āvaṭṭitvā →
ncped
āveṇibhāva →
ncped
separateness, distinction; schism
āvibhāva →
ncped
the becoming visible; being made clear, evident; manifestation
āvikatvā →
ncped
āvusavāda →
ncped
the addressing as āvuso, the title āvuso
āvusovāda →
ncped
the addressing as āvuso, the title āvuso
āvāha →
ncped
bringing home (a bride); marriage (of a son).
āvāhana →
ncped
arranging a marriage.
āvāhavivāhaka →
ncped
one who has a son or daughter to give in marriage
āvāpaka →
ncped
vessel, a container.
āvāretabba →
ncped
to obstruct; to shut off.
āvāsa →
ncped
living, sojourn; dwelling place, inhabited place; residence, esp. a residence or dwelling for bhikkhus.
āvāsakappa →
ncped
residence practice (the practice of several residences holding separate uposathas within the same boundary)
āvāsamacchari →
ncped
selfish about dwellings
āvāsamaccharin →
ncped
selfish about dwellings
āvāsamacchariya →
ncped
selfish, meanness about dwellings
āvāsapaligedhi →
ncped
greedy, selfish about dwellings
āvāsapaligedhin →
ncped
greedy, selfish about dwellings
āvāsaparamparā →
ncped
succession of residences or dwellings
āvāsaparamparāṃ →
ncped
to all the dwellings in succession
āvāsika →
ncped
- (mfn.) resident; in (regular or permanent) residence (usually of a bhikkhu).
- (m.) a resident bhikkhu (usually staying permanently in the vihāra and/or acting as a caretaker).
āya →
ncped
coming in, arrival, source; inlet, entrance; income, revenue; profit.
āyuva →
ncped
long lived
āyuvat →
ncped
long lived
āṇidvāra →
ncped
small gate or a bolted gate
āṇāpetvā →
ncped
ūhata →
ncped
ūhata1
pp mfn. soiled (with excrement)
ūhata2
pp mfn. removed; raised; elevated, high
ūhata3
pp mfn. hit; afflicted; distressed
ūnadasavassa →
ncped
(one) less than ten years’ standing
ūnakadvatikkhatuṃ →
ncped
less than two or three times
ḍahetvā →
ncped
of ḍahati
ḍahitvā →
ncped
of ḍahati
ṭhapayitvā →
ncped
of ṭhapeti stopping; setting aside; leaving out; except; save for
ṭhapetvā →
ncped
ṭhapetvā1
absol. of ṭhapeti making stand; placing; setting
ṭhapetvā2
absol. of ṭhapeti stopping; setting aside;…
ṭhatvā →
ncped
of tiṭṭhati
abhabbāgamana →
nyana
Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …
abhijjhā →
nyana
Abhijjhā: ‘covetousness=greediness=acquisitiveness=jealousy & envy’ is a synonym of lobha and tanhā see: mūla and is the 8th link of the disadvantageous courses of action see: kamma-patha I.
abhinibbatti →
nyana
Abhinibbatti: a Sutta term for rebirth; see: punabbhava
abhiññā →
nyana
…existences pubbe - nivāsānussati, 5: divine eye dibba-cakkhu, 6: ceasing of all fermentation āsavakkhaya. The stereotype text met…
abodes →
nyana
Abodes: vihāra The 4 Divine abodes: brahma-vihāra The 9 abodes of beings: sattāvāsa
access →
nyana
Access: Moment of access into one-pointed concentration: see: javana
acinteyya →
nyana
Acinteyya: lit. ‘That which cannot not be thought of’, the unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, that which transcends the limits of thinking and over which the …
adosa →
nyana
Adosa: ’hatelessness, is one of the 3 advantageous roots mūla.
advertence →
nyana
Advertence: Directing of mind to the object: āvajjana is one of the functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. Cf. manasikāra
ahirika-anottappa →
nyana
Ahirika-anottappa: ‘lack of moral shame and fear of wongdoing’, are two of the 4 disadvantageous factors associated with all kammically disadvantageous states of consciousness, the two others bei …
akanittha →
nyana
…of the 5th and highest heaven of the Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, cf. avacara deva II Anāgāmī
akuppa-dhamma →
nyana
Akuppa-dhamma: The unshakeable state; is that of one who has attained full mastery over the absorptions jhāna. In Pug. 4 it is said: What person is unshakable? If a person gains the meditative …
akusala →
nyana
Akusala: Disadvantageous, are all those kammic intentions kamma - cetanā see: cetanā and all consciousness and mental properties associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed …
akusala-sādhārana-cetasika →
nyana
Akusala-sādhārana-cetasika: Universal, general or primary disadvantageous mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: L …
akusala-vitakka →
nyana
Akusala-vitakka: Disadvantageous thoughts as defined under akusala In M. 20, five methods of overcoming them are given: by changing the object, thinking of the evil results, paying no attention …
alobha →
nyana
Alobha: G reedlessness is one of the 3 kammically advantageous roots mūla.
amoha →
nyana
Amoha: N on-confusion = understanding, is one of the 3 kammically advantageous roots mūla.
analysis of the 4 elements →
nyana
[[analysis of the 4 elements]]Analysis of the 4 primary elements: dhātu-vavatthāna
analytical doctrine →
nyana
[[analytical doctrine]]Analytical doctrine: vibhajja-vāda
anattā →
nyana
…known as the anattā - vādi or ’Teacher of impersonality ’. Whosoever has not penetrated this universal impersonality of all existence, and…
anattā-vāda →
nyana
Anattā-vāda: The doctrine of impersonality; see: anattā
anger →
nyana
Anger: D iluted derivative of Hate, which is a root condition; see: mūla
anicca →
nyana
Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …
anicca-saññā →
nyana
Anicca-saññā: Perception of impermanence, is defined in the Girimananda Sutta A. X. 60 as meditation on the impermanence of the five clusters of clinging:
Though, with a faithful heart, one take …
anuloma-citta →
nyana
Anuloma-citta: ‘adaptation-moment of consciousness’, denotes the third of the 4 moments of impulsion javana flashing up immediately before either reaching the absorptions jhāna or the supra\ …
anupubba-nirodha →
nyana
Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …
anurakkhana-padhāna →
nyana
Anurakkhana-padhāna: the ‘effort to maintain’ advantageous states; see: padhāna
anusaya →
nyana
…kammically neutral qualities, which however contradicts the Theravāda conception. Cf. Guide V, 88, 108, 139.
anussati →
nyana
Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:
1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …
anāgāmī →
nyana
…of the Pure Abodes, suddhāvāsa, and without returning from that world into the sense-sphere, he there reaches Nibbāna.
1: He…
appamāda →
nyana
…lit. ‘non-absence’ of awareness satiyāavippavāsa.
appamāna-ceto-vimutti →
nyana
Appamāna-ceto-vimutti: Infinite mental release see: ceto-vimutti
Appamāna-subha: a kind of divine being: see: deva II.
appamānābha →
nyana
Appamānābha: a kind of divine being; see: deva II.
appicchatā →
nyana
Appicchatā: Having only few wishes, contentedness, is one of the indispensable virtues of the monk; cf. A. X. 181-190, and ariya-vamsa
arising and vanishing →
nyana
[[arising and vanishing]]Arising and vanishing: of things. The knowledge consisting in the contemplation of; see: visuddhi VI.1.
ariya-puggala →
nyana
Ariya-puggala: or simply Ariya: Noble Ones, noble persons:
The 8, Ariya = Noble Ones are those who have realized one of the 8 stages of Nobility, i.e. the 4 supra-mundane paths magga …
ariya-vamsa →
nyana
Ariya-vamsa: The four Noble Usage’s, are:
1: Contentedness of the Bhikkhu with any robe,
2: C ontentedness with any Alms-food,
3: Contentedness with any dwelling,
4L Delight in meditatio …
arūpa-bhava →
nyana
Arūpa-bhava: Formless becoming see: Becoming bhava, and worlds loka.
arūpāvacara →
nyana
Arūpāvacara: Formless spheres see: avacara
asañña-satta →
nyana
Asañña-satta: The unconscious beings, are a class of divine beings in the fine-material world; see: deva II. There are, Bhikkhus, divine beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, …
asmi-māna →
nyana
Asmi-māna: lit.: ‘I am’-conceit, ‘ego-conceit’, may range from the coarsest pride and self-assertion to a subtle feeling of one’s distinctiveness or superiority that persists, as the 8th fette …
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 * …
assāsa-passāsa →
nyana
Assāsa-passāsa: In-and-out-breathing, are bodily constructions kāya - sankhāra, while directed thought and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra are called verbal constructions *vacī\ …
atappa →
nyana
…see: deva inhabiting the first of the five Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, in which the Anāgāmī has his last rebirth.
atta-ditthi →
nyana
Atta-ditthi: - vāda: ’ ego-belief ’, ’ personality-belief ’, see: ditthi
atta-kilamatha →
nyana
Atta-kilamatha: Self-mortification = self-torture, is one of the two extremes to be avoided, the other extreme being addiction to sensual pleasures kāma - sukha, whilst the Noble 8-fold p …
atta-vādupādāna →
nyana
Atta-vādupādāna: Attachment to the belief or view in a constant ego, self or soul, is one of the 4 kinds of clinging upādāna.
attā →
nyana
Attā: Self, ego, personality, soul, is in Buddhism a mere conventional expression vohāradesanā, and not a designation for anything really existing; see: paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta, jīva.
avacara →
nyana
Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …
aviha →
nyana
…is uncertain; Sanskrit avrha is one of the five Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa in the fine-material level. For details, see: under…
avihimsā →
nyana
Avihimsā, ahimsā, avihesā: harmlessness, nonviolence, absence of cruelty. The thought of harmlessness or non-cruelty; avihimsā - vitakka is one of the three constituents of right motivat …
avijjā →
nyana
Avijjā: I gnorance, nescience, the blindness of not knowing, is synonymous with confusion moha (see mūla ), is the primary & deepest root of all evil and suffering in the world, veiling man’s …
avyākata →
nyana
Avyākata: Indeterminable - i.e. neither determined as kammically advantageous nor as disadvantageous - are the kammically neutral or inert, i.e. amoral, states of consciousness and mental proper …
avyāpāda →
nyana
Avyāpāda: Hatelessness, non-ill-will, good-will, amity, goodness; is one of the three kinds of right motivation (see: sacca IV. 2), or advantageous thoughts vitakka and is the 9th of the 10 …
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 …
being →
nyana
Being: living: satta, further see: puggala. - Belief in eternal personality: bhava-ditthi see: ditthi, sassata-ditthi.
beings →
nyana
Beings: The 9 worlds of: sattāvāsa.
bhava-ditthi →
nyana
Bhava-ditthi: ‘belief in being’ eternal personality; see: sassataditthi, ditthi
bhava →
nyana
Bhava: ‘becoming’, ‘process of existence’, consists of 3 planes: sense-existence kāma-bhava, fine-material existence rūpa-bhava, immaterial existence arūpa-bhava. Cf. loka.
The whole …
bhava-tanhā →
nyana
Bhava-tanhā: ‘craving for eternal existence’; see: tanhā
bhavanga-santāna →
nyana
Bhavanga-santāna: ‘continuity of subconsciousness’; see: santāna
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 …
bhavāsava →
nyana
Bhavāsava: ‘fermentation of existence’; see: āsava
bhikkhu →
nyana
Bhikkhu: A fully ordained disciple of the Buddha is called a Bhikkhu. Mendicant Bhikkhu may be suggested as the closest equivalent for Bhikkhu, literally it means he who begs but Bhikkhus do not b …
bhāva →
nyana
Bhāva: feminine and masculine ‘nature’, refers to the sexual characteristics of the body, and belongs to the group of materiality see: khandha. It is a commentarial term for the abilities of fem …
bhāvanā-bala →
nyana
Bhāvanā-bala: see: patisankhāna-bala
bhāvanā-maya-paññā →
nyana
Bhāvanā-maya-paññā: understanding based on mental development’; see: paññā
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 …
biases →
nyana
Biases: see: Āsava
birth process →
nyana
[[birth process]]Birth process: upapatti-bhava: see: bhava. Further see: patisandhi, jāti
bodhi →
nyana
…is, however, frequently found in present-day Theravāda countries, e.g. in Sri Lanka.
bodhisatta →
nyana
Bodhisatta: ‘Enlightenment Being’, is a being destined to Buddhahood, a future Buddha. According to the traditional belief a Bodhisatta, before reaching his last birth as a Buddha on this earth, i …
bodily action →
nyana
[[bodily action]]Bodily action: advantageous or disadvantageous; see: kamma, kamma constructions - Right b.a. = sammā - kammanta, see: magga.
brahma-kāyika-deva →
nyana
Brahma-kāyika-deva: The ‘divine beings of the Brahma-world’ inhabit the first 3 heavens of the fine-material world, rūpaloka corresponding to the 1st absorption jhāna. The highest ruler of …
brahma-loka →
nyana
Brahma-loka: ‘Brahma-world’, in the widest sense, is a name for the fine-material rūpa - loka and immaterial world arūpa - loka; in a narrower sense, however, only for the first three …
brahma-vihāra →
nyana
Brahma-vihāra: the 4 ‘sublime’ or ‘divine abodes’, also called the 4 Infinite states appamaññā are: loving-kindness mettā Pity karunā, altruistic or sympathetic joy muditā equanimity *up …
cakka →
nyana
Cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and symbolizes conquering progress and expanding s …
catu-dhātu-vavatthāna →
nyana
Catu-dhātu-vavatthāna: ‘analysis of the four elements’; see: dhātu-vavatthāna
catu-mahārājika-deva →
nyana
Catu-mahārājika-deva: a class of divine beings of the sense-sphere; see: deva.
catu-vokāra-bhava →
nyana
Catu-vokāra-bhava: ‘four-group existence’, is the existence in the immaterial world arūpa - loka see: loka since only the four mental groups feeling, perception, mental constructions, co …
cemetery-meditations →
nyana
Cemetery-meditations: see: sīvathikā.
cetanā →
nyana
Cetanā: ‘intention’, will, is one of the seven mental properties cetasika inseparably bound up with all consciousness, namely sensorial or mental contact phassa feeling vedanā perception *sa …
cetasika →
nyana
Cetasika: ‘mental things, mental properties’, are those mental properties which are bound up with the simultaneously arising consciousness citta = viññāna and conditioned by its presence. Wh …
chanda →
nyana
Chanda: intention, desire, will.
- As an ethically neutral psychological term, in the sense of ‘intention’, it is one of those general mental properties cetasika Tab. II taught in th …
citta-kkhana →
nyana
Citta-kkhana: ‘consciousness-moment’, is the time occupied by one single stage in the perceptual process or cognitive series cittavīthi see: viññāna-kicca This moment again is subdivided in …
companionship →
nyana
Companionship: Influence of good and bad° = samseva.
contentedness →
nyana
Contentedness: with whatever robe, etc. belongs to the noble usages: ariya-vamsa.
course of action →
nyana
[[course of action]]Course of action: advantageous or disadvantageous: kamma -pat ha
cutūpapāta-ñāna →
nyana
Cutūpapāta-ñāna: the ‘knowledge of the vanishing and reappearing’ of beings is identical with the divine eye; see: abhiññā.
cycle of existence →
nyana
[[cycle of existence]]Cycle of existence: see: samsarā vatta
cāritta-sila →
nyana
Cāritta-sīla: and Vāritta-sīla: ‘morality consisting in performance and morality consisting in avoidance,’ means;the performance of…
eka-vokāra-bhava →
nyana
Eka-vokāra-bhava: one-group existence, is the existence of the unconscious beings asañña-satta as they possess only the materiality-group. Cf. catu-vokāra-bhava pañca-vokāra-bhava.
elders →
nyana
Elders: the teaching of the: theravāda
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
existence →
nyana
Existence: bhava - The 5 groups of e.: khandha - The 4 substrata of e.: upadhi - Courses of e.: gati - Wheel of e.: samsāra. - Craving for e.: bhava-tanhā see …
favour →
nyana
Favour: 4 ways of showing sangaha-vatthu
femininity →
nyana
Femininity: s bhāva indriya
fetters = Mental chains: The 10 f. binding to existence; see: samyojana
fermentations →
nyana
Fermentations: see: āsava.
fine-material sphere →
nyana
[[fine-material sphere]]Fine-material sphere: or [[fine-material sphere]]Fine-material world: see: avacara loka Absorptions of the: rūpa-jjhāna see: jhāna
five-group existence →
nyana
[[five-group existence]]Five-group existence: pañca-vokāra-bhava
fivefold sense-door →
nyana
[[fivefold sense-door]]Fivefold sense-door: Directing to the: pañcadvārāvajjana see: viññāna-kicca.
floods →
nyana
Floods: the 4: ogha are identical with the 4 fermentations āsava.
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 …
four-group existence →
nyana
[[four-group existence]]Four-group existence: catu-vokāra-bhava
gotrabhū →
nyana
Gotrabhū: lit. ‘who has entered the lineage of the Noble Ones’, i.e. the Matured One.
I. ‘change-of-lineage-Moment’ gotrabhū - citta is the last of the 4 impulse moments javana cf. *viñ …
hadaya-vatthu →
nyana
Hadaya-vatthu: ‘heart as physical base’ of mental life. The heart, according to the commentaries as well as to the general Buddhist tradition, forms the physical base vatthu of consciousness In …
hearer →
nyana
Hearer: disciple: sāvaka
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 …
hindrances →
nyana
Hindrances: the 5: nīvarana
hiri-ottappa →
nyana
Hiri-ottappa: ‘moral shame and Fear of Wrongdoing’, are associated with all kammically advantageous consciousness see: Tab. II.
To be ashamed of what one ought to be ashamed of, to be ashamed of …
iddhi-pāda →
nyana
Iddhi-pāda: ‘roads to power’ or success are the 4 following qualities,,for as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because they form, by way of preparation, the roads …
ill-humour →
nyana
Ill-humour: divine beings who come to grief through: mano - padosika - deva.
ill-will →
nyana
Ill-will: vyāpāda is a synonym of dosa see: mūla and patigha and is one of the 10 mental chains samyojana, 5 hindrances nīvarana and 10 disadvantageous courses of action see: *kamma \ …
immaterial sphere →
nyana
[[immaterial sphere]]Immaterial sphere: arūpāvacara cf. avacara jhāna 5-8; Tab. I.
impulsion →
nyana
Impulsion: javana
impurity of the body →
nyana
[[impurity of the body]]Impurity of the body: contemplation of the: see: asubha, sīvathikā.
indriya →
nyana
Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:
6 Bases āyatana:
- eye: …
indriya-samvara-sīla →
nyana
Indriya-samvara-sīla: ‘morality consisting of purity of restraint of the senses’; see: sīla.
indriyesu gutta-dvāratā →
nyana
[[indriyesu gutta-dvāratā]]Indriyesu gutta-dvāratā: ‘guarding the sense-doors’ is identical with sense-control indriya - samvara…
influxes →
nyana
Influxes: fermentations, the 4: āsava
intoxicants →
nyana
Intoxicants: see: āsava.
issā →
nyana
*Issā:* ‘envy’, is a kammically disadvantageous akusala mental property, which is occasionally associated with hate-rooted consciousness see: Tab. I. 30, 31. Explained in Pug. 55.
itthindriya →
nyana
Itthindriya: ‘femininity’; see: bhāva
jarā →
nyana
Jarā: ‘old age, decay’, is one of the 3 divine messengers see: deva-dūta. For its conditioning by birth, see: paticcasamuppāda 11.
javana →
nyana
…at the mind-door’ manodvārāvajjana see: viññānakicca, taking as object the earthkasina whilst thinking, ‘Earth! Earth!’ Thereupon, 4…
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 …
jāti →
nyana
Jāti: ‘birth’, comprises the entire embryonic process beginning with conception and ending with parturition.
The birth of beings belonging to this or that order of beings, their being born, their …
jīva →
nyana
Jīva: life, vital principle, individual soul. ‘Soul life and body are identical’ and ‘Soul and body are different’, these two frequently quoted wrong views fall under the 2 kinds of personality-b …
jīvita-navaka-kalāpa →
nyana
Jīvita-navaka-kalāpa: ninefold vital group; see: rūpa-kalāpa.
pabbajjā →
nyana
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paccavekkhana-ñāna →
nyana
…mental directing manodvārāvajjana arises at the mind-door, for the purpose of reviewing the just passed path -moment. Now, as soon as…
paccaya →
nyana
…3 right speech sammā - vācā 4 right bodily action sammā - kammanta, 5 right livelihood sammā - ājīva 6 right or wrong energy…
pacceka-buddha →
nyana
Pacceka-buddha: an ‘Solitarily Enlightened One’; or Separately or Individually = pacceka Enlightened One renderings by ‘Silent’ or ‘Private Buddha’ are not very apt. This is a term for an Araha …
padhāna →
nyana
…path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overcome pahāna - padhāna 3 to…
pahāna →
nyana
Pahāna: ‘overcoming’, abandoning. There are 5 kinds of overcoming: 1 overcoming by repression vikkhambhana-pahāna i.e. the temporary suspension of the 5 hindrances nīvarana during the absorpt …
paramattha →
nyana
Paramattha: sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the ‘conventional truth’ vohāra - sacca which is also …
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 …
paranimmita-vasavatti-deva →
nyana
Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere kāma-loka. Māra is said to be their ruler. Cf. …
parihāna-dhamma →
nyana
Parihāna-dhamma: ‘liable to decline’.;Now, someone reaches the attainments absorptions: jhāna of the fine-material or immaterial sphere see: avacara But he does not reach them according to h …
parikamma →
nyana
Parikamma: ‘preparatory-moment’: see: javana
parittābha →
nyana
Parittābha: and paritta-subha: are 2 classes of divine beings of the fine-material sphere; see: deva II.
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 …
patigha →
nyana
Patigha: - 1. In an ethical sense, it means: ‘repugnance’, grudge, resentment, anger, and is a synonym of vyāpāda, ill-will’ see: nīvarana and dosa ‘hate’ see: mūla It is one of the late …
patisambhidā →
nyana
Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …
patisandhi →
nyana
…or both combined as punabbhavābhinibbatti - App.: patisandhi.
Literature Vis.M XVII, 133f, 164f, 189f, 289f; Vis.M XIX, 22f. -…
patisankhāna-bala →
nyana
Patisankhāna-bala: and Bhāvanā-bala: ‘power of reflection’, and ‘power of mental development’. About these 2 powers it is said in A. II, 10:
What, o Bhikkhus, is the power of reflection? If …
patti-dāna →
nyana
Patti-dāna: lit. ‘giving of the acquired’, i.e. ‘transference of merit.’ Though in the older texts very seldom mentioned e.g. A VII, 50, it is, however, a widespread custom in all Buddhist countr …
pañca-vokāra-bhava →
nyana
Pañca-vokāra-bhava: ‘five-group existence’, is a name for existence in the sense-sphere kāmāvacara or in the fine-material sphere rūpāvacara avacara since all the 5 groups of existence …
pañcadvārāvajjana →
nyana
Pañcadvārāvajjana: ‘directing to the 5-sense-doors’; see: viññāna-kicca
paññā →
nyana
Paññā: ‘understanding, knowledge, understanding, insight’, comprises a very wide field. The specific Buddhist knowledge or understanding, however, as part of the Noble 8-fold path magga to deli …
performance →
nyana
Performance: and avoidance: cāritta - vāritta
phassa →
nyana
Phassa: fr. phusati to touch: ‘sense-contact’, contact. The term samphassa is used in compounds, e.g. in the following: ‘;T’here are 6 classes of sense-contact: visual contact cakkhu - *s …
planes of existence →
nyana
[[planes of existence]]Planes of existence: the 3: see: avacara.
preparatory concentration →
nyana
[[preparatory concentration]]Preparatory concentration: and preparatory image, etc.: see: samādhi javana
progress of the disciple →
nyana
[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …
pubbenivāsānussati →
nyana
Pubbenivāsānussati: ‘remembrance of former births’, is one of the higher powers abhiññā, and a factor of threefold knowledge tevijja.
puggala →
nyana
Puggala: ‘individual’, ‘person’, as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being satta self attā etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you, he, man, …
punabbhava →
nyana
…future āyatim punabbhavābhinibbatti? Because beings, obstructed by ignorance and fettered by craving, find ever fresh delight now here, now…
pure abodes →
nyana
[[pure abodes]]Pure abodes: suddhāvāsa
purisindriya →
nyana
Purisindriya: ‘Virility’; see: bhāva khandha
puñña-kiriya-vatthu →
nyana
Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …
puñña →
nyana
Puñña: merit, meritorious, is a popular term for kammically advantageous kusala action. Opposite terms: apuñña = demerit. pāpa = ‘bad’, ‘evil’. The value of meritorious action is often stres …
pāguññatā →
nyana
Pāguññatā: ‘proficiency’, namely, of mental properties kāya - pāguññatā and of consciousness citta - pāguññatā are 2 mental phenomena associated with all advantageous consciousness. Cf. Tab. II.
pātimokkha-samvara-sīla →
nyana
Pātimokkha-samvara-sīla: ‘morality consisting in restraint with regard to the Disciplinary Code’ pātimokkha see: prec.. For details, see: sīla.
pīti →
nyana
Pīti: rapture, enthusiasm rendered also by joy, happiness; interest it is one of the mental properties or properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - *khan …
pūjā →
nyana
Pūjā: 1 honour, respect, homage, 2 worship, devotional observances, devotional offerings; also offerings to Bhikkhus.
1: The Mahā-mangala Sutta Sn. 259 says that;Honour and respect towards those …
taints →
nyana
Taints: Āsava
tanhā-kkhaya →
nyana
Tanhā-kkhaya: ‘ceasing of craving’, is identical with ‘ceasing of fermentations’ āsavakkhaya and the attainment of perfect Nobility or Arahatship. Cf. ariya-puggala.
tanhā →
nyana
Tanhā: lit. ‘thirst’: ‘craving’, is the chief root of suffering, and of the ever-continuing cycle of rebirths.;What, o Bhikkhus, is the origin of suffering? It is that craving which gives rise to …
tathatā →
nyana
Tathatā: ‘Suchness’, designates the firmly fixed nature bhāva of all things whatever. The only passage in the Canon where the word occurs in this sense, is found in Kath. 186 see: Guide, p. 83. …
tathāgata →
nyana
Tathāgata: the ‘Perfect One’, lit. the one who has ‘thus gone’, or ‘thus come’, is an epithet of the Buddha used by him when speaking of himself.
To the often asked questions, whether the Tathāga …
te-cīvarik'anga →
nyana
[[te-cīvarik’anga]]Te-cīvarik’anga: ‘practice of the three-rober’, is one of the ascetical means for purificaton dhutānga.
theravāda →
nyana
Theravāda: ‘Doctrine of the Elders’, is a name of the oldest form of the Buddha’s teachings, handed down to us in the Pāli language….
thīna-middha →
nyana
Thīna-middha: ‘lethargy and Laziness’ or ‘lethargy and laziness’, constitute the 3rd of the 5 hindrances nīvarana. They may or may not, be associated with greedy consciousness see: Tab. 23. 25, …
tranquillity →
nyana
Tranquillity: of mind: see: samatha, samatha - vipassanā, bhāvanā, bojjhanga - ‘One who has taken t. as his vehicle’: samathayānika
turning away →
nyana
[[turning away]]Turning away: contemplation of the: vivattanupassanā see: vipassanā.
tusita →
nyana
Tusita: a class of divine beings in the sense-plane; see: deva 1.
tāvatimsa →
nyana
Tāvatimsa: ‘the Thirty-thrce Gods’, a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere; see: deva I.
ābhassara →
nyana
Ābhassara: The ‘Radiant Ones’, are a class of divine beings of the fine-material world rūpa-loka, cf. deva
ādīnavānupassanā-ñāna →
nyana
Ādīnavānupassanā-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in contemplation of danger’, is one of the 8 kinds of insight vipassanā that form the…
ājiva →
nyana
Ājīva: ‘livelihood=job=profession=way-of-living’. About right and wrong livelihood., see: sacca IV. 5 and micchā-magga 5.
ājīva-pārisuddhi-sīla →
nyana
Ājīva-pārisuddhi-sīla: ‘morality consisting in purification of livelihood’, is one of the 4 kinds of perfect morality; see: sīla
ākāsa →
nyana
…or uncreated states asankhata dharma - a view that is rejected in Kath. see: Guide. p. 70. Theravāda Buddhism recognizes only Nibbāna as an…
āneñja →
nyana
Āneñja: Static imperturbability, denotes the mental state of being(s) in the formless sphere arūpāvacara avacara, see: sankhāra cf. M. 106.
ānupubbī-kathā →
nyana
Ānupubbī-kathā: ‘gradual instruction’, progressive teaching; given by the Buddha when it was necessary to first prepare the listener’s mind before speaking to him on the advanced teaching of the …
āsava →
nyana
…of desiring existence bhavāsava, Ex: ‘Being is good’
3: The mental fermentation of wrong views ditthāsava, Ex: ‘My opinion is best’
4:…
āsavakkhaya →
nyana
Āsavakkhaya: see above.
āsevana-paccaya →
nyana
Āsevana-paccaya: repetition, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.
āvajjana →
nyana
…directing’ = pañca dvārāvajjana, in the case of a mental object, an idea or mental state then it is called ‘mind-door directing’ mano…
āyatana →
nyana
*Āyatana:
* 1: Spheres, is a name for the four formless absorptions; see: jhāna 5-8.
2: The 12 sources or bases on which depend the mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs an …
āyūhana →
nyana
Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions sankhāra (see: *paticc …
a →
pts
…redupl. formations like bhavā-bhava see ā4.
Vedic a-, an-; Idg. *n̊, gradation form to *ne (see…
abaddha →
pts
not tied, unbound, unfettered Snp.39 (variant reading and Nd ii.abandha; expld- by rajju-bandhan’ ādisu yena kenaci abaddha Snp-a.83).
a + baddha
abandha →
pts
noun adjective not tied to, not a follower or victim of Iti.56 (mārassa; variant reading abaddha).
a + bandha
abbahati →
pts
…cp. Vin.i.214 (vv.ll. aggahitvā abbāhitvā).
pp abbūḷhita (q.v.).
the first more freq. for pres., the second often…
abbaje →
pts
T. reading at AN.ii.39, evidently interpreted by ed. as ā + vraje, pot. of ā + vraj to go to, come to (cp pabbajati), but is preferably with variant reading SS to be read aṇḍaje (corresponding w …
abbata →
pts
noun adjective
- (nt.) that which is not “vata” i.e. moral obligation, breaking of the moral obligation Snp.839 (asīlata +); Mnd.188 (variant reading SS abhabbata; expld. again as a-vat …
abbaṇa →
pts
adjective without wounds Dhp.124.
a + vaṇa, Sk. avraṇa
abbha →
pts
A (dense & dark) cloud, a cloudy mass AN.ii.53; Vin.ii.295 = Mil.273 in list of to things that obscure moon- & sunshine, viz.; abbhaṃ mahikā (mahiyā A) dhūmarajo (megho Miln), Rāhu. This list i …
abbhantara →
pts
…of the Mango); Mil.30 (˚e vāyo jivo), Mil.262, Mil.281 (bāhir-abbhantara dhana) Dhp-a.ii.74 (adj. c. gen. being among; variant reading…
abbhanumodati →
pts
to be much pleased at to show great appreciation of Vin.i.196; DN.i.143, DN.i.190; SN.iv.224; Mil.29, Mil.210; Dhp-a.iv.102 (variant reading ˚ānu˚).
abhi + anu + modati
abbhañjati →
pts
…Pp.56; Dhp-a.iii.311; Vv-a.68 (sata-pāka-telena). Caus. abbhañjeti same Ja.i.438 (telena ˚etvā); Ja.v.376 (sata-pāka-telena…
abbhocchinna →
pts
(besides abbocch˚; q.v. under abbokiṇṇa2) not cut off, uninterrupted, continuous Ja.i.470 (variant reading abbo˚); Ja.vi.254, Ja.vi.373; Cp.i.6#3; Mil.72 Vism.362 (bb), Vism.391 (bb).
…
abbhokirati →
pts
to sprinkle over, to cover, bedeck Vv.5#9 (= abhi-okirati abhippakirati), Vv.35#11 (variant reading abbhuk˚). Cp. abbhukkirati & abbhokkiraṇa; pp. abbhokiṇṇa see under *[abb …
abbhokāsa →
pts
the open air, an open & unsheltered space DN.i.63 (= alagganatthena a. viya DN-a.i.180), DN.i.71 (= acchanna DN-a.i.210), DN.i.89; MN.iii.132; AN.ii.210; AN.iii.92; AN.iv.437, AN.v.65; Snp.p.139 (˚e …
abbhu →
pts
unprofitableness, idleness, nonsense Ja.v.295 (= abhūti avaḍḍhi C.).
a + bhū most likely = Vedic abhva and P. abbhuṃ, see also abbhāmatta
abbhuggacchati →
pts
…a.) Pp.36. ger. -gantvā Ja.i.88 (ākāsaṃ), Ja.i.202; Dhp-a.iv.198 aor. -gañchi MN.i.126 (kittisaddo); Ja.i.93
pp…
abbhuggata →
pts
…risen DN.i.88 (kitti-saddo a., cp. Dhp-a.i.146: sadevakaṃ lokaṃ ajjhottharitvā uggato), DN.i.107 (saddo); Snp.p.103 (kittisaddo).
pp. of…
abbhujjalana →
pts
breathing out fire, i.e. carrying fire in one’s month (by means of a charm) DN.i.11 (= mantena mukhato aggi-jala-nīharaṇaṃ DN-a.i.97).
abhi + ud + jalana, from jval
abbhussakati →
pts
Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati
to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 = Iti.20
■ See also SN.i.65; SN.v.44; AN.i.242 (same simile) …
abbhusseti →
pts
to rise; variant reading at Vv.64#17 according to Vv-a.280: abbhuddayaṃ (see abbhudeti abbhussayan ti pi pāṭho.
abhi + ud + seti of śī
abbhusukkati →
pts
Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati
to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 = Iti.20
■ See also SN.i.65; SN.v.44; AN.i.242 (same simile) …
abbhuta →
pts
…Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi = acchariyaṃ Thag-a.233); Vv.44#9 (˚dassaneyya); Sdhp.345, Sdhp.496. 2. (nt.) the wonderful, a…
abbhuṃ →
pts
(interj.) alas, terrible, dreadful, awful (excl. of fright & shock) Vin.ii.115 (Bdhgh. explains as “utrāsa-vacanam-etaṃ”); MN.i.448. See also abbhu & abbhuta.
Vedic abhvaṃ, nt. of abhva, see expl …
abbhuṇha →
pts
adjective
- very hot Dhp-a.ii.87 (variant reading accuṇha).
- quite hot, still warm (of milk) Dhp-a.ii.67.
ahhi + uṇha
abbhuṇṇata →
pts
standing up, held up, erect Ja.v.156 (in abbhuṇṇatatā state of being erect. stiffness), Ja.v.197 (˚unnata; variant reading abbhantara, is reading correct?).
pp. of abbhunnamati
abbhāgamana →
pts
coming arrival, approach Vin.iv.221.
abhi + ā + gamana; cp. Sk. abhyāgama
abbhāhana →
pts
…Vin.ii.318 (Bdhgh on Cullavagga v.16, 2, corresponding to udaka-vāhana on p. 122).
either = abbāhana or āvāhana
abbhākuṭika →
pts
adjective not frowning, genial Vin.iii.181 (but here spelt bhākuṭikabhākuṭika); DN.i.116, cp. DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.iv.8 (as variant reading T. has abbhokuṭika).
a + bhākuṭi + ka; Sk. bhrakuṭi frown
abbhāmatta →
pts
adjective monstrous dreadful, enormous, “of the size of a large cloud (thus C. on SN.i.205 & Ja.iii.309) SN.i.205 = Thag.652 (variant reading abbha˚ & abbhāmutta) = Ja.iii.309 (variant reading ˚mutta) …
abbohārika →
pts
adjective not of legal or conventional status, i.e
- negligible, not to be decided Vin.iii.91, Vin.iii.112 (see also Kvu trsl. 361 n. 4)
- uncommon, extraordinary Ja.iii.309 (variant reading BB a …
abbokiṇṇa →
pts
- filled MN.i.387 (paripuṇṇa +); Dhp-a.iv.182 (pañca jātisatāni a.).
- abbocchinna*, a + vi + ava + chinna] uninterrupted, constant, as -ṃ adv. in combn. wi …
abbuda →
pts
- the foetus in the 1st & 2nd months after conception the 2nd of the five prenatal stages of development, viz kalala, abbuda, pesi, ghana, pasākha Mnd.120; Mil.40 V …
abbuhati →
pts
…cp. Vin.i.214 (vv.ll. aggahitvā abbāhitvā).
pp abbūḷhita (q.v.).
the first more freq. for pres., the second often…
abbuḷhana →
pts
the pulling out (of a sting), in phrase taṇhā-sallassa abbuḷhanaṃ as one of the 12 achievements of a Mahesi Mnd.343 = Cnd.503 (eds. of Nd i.have abbūhana, variant reading SS abbussāna; e …
abbāhana →
pts
pulling out (of a sting) Dhp-a.iii.404 (sic. T.; variant reading abbūhana; Fausböll aḍahana glosses C. aṭṭhangata & aṭṭhangika, K. nibbāpana). See also; abbuḷhana and *[abbhāha …
abbūḷha →
pts
adjective drawn out, pulled (of a sting or dart), fig. removed destroyed. Most freq. in combn. -salla with the sting removed, having the sting (of craving thirst, taṇhā) pulled out DN.ii …
abbūḷhatta →
pts
pulling out, removal, destroying Snp-a.518.
abstr. of abbūḷha
abbūḷhita →
pts
(& abbūhitta at Ja.iii.541) pulled out, removed, destroyed Mnd.59 (abbūḷhita-sallo + uddhaṭa˚ etc. for abbūḷha); Ja.iii.541 (uncertain reading; variant reading BB appahita, SS abyūhita; C. explain …
abhejja →
pts
…Mil.160 (˚parisā); Sdhp.312 (+ appadusiya); Pgdp.97 (˚parivāra).
grd. of a + bhid, cp. Sk. abhedya
abhi →
pts
…˚brūheti, ˚vassati, ˚vāyati ˚veṭheti; also as vv.ll. with abhi-kīrati, ˚pavassati, ˚roceti cp. atikkanta-abhi˚ (Sk. abhikrānta);…
abhibhava →
pts
defeat, humiliation Snp-a.436.
fr. abhibhavati
abhibhavana →
pts
overcoming, vanquishing, mastering SN.ii.210 (variant reading BB abhipatthana).
fr. abhibhavati
abhibhavanīyatā →
pts
as an˚; invincibility Pv-a.117.
abstr. fr. abhibhavanīya, grd. of abhibhavati
abhibhavati →
pts
…(= abhibhavitvā ajjhottharitvā, pariyādiyitvā); and abhibhavitvā Pv-a.113 (= pasayha), Pv-a.136
grd…
abhibhāyatana →
pts
position of a master or lord, station of mastery. The traditional account of these gives 8 stations or stages of mastery over the senses (see Dial. ii.118; Exp. i.252), detailed identically at all …
abhibhū →
pts
…of all DN.i.18; DN.iii.135 = Cnd.276; AN.ii.24; AN.iv.94; Iti.122; cp DN-a.i.111 (= abhibhavitvā ṭhito jeṭṭhako’ ham asmīti).
Vedic…
abhibhūta →
pts
overpowered, overwhelmed, vanquished DN.i.121; SN.i.137 (jāti-jarā˚); SN.ii.228 (lābhasakkāra-silokena); AN.i.202 (pāpakehi dhammehi); Ja.i.189; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.41 (= pareta), Pv-a.60 (= upagata), …
abhibyāpeti →
pts
to pervade Mil.251.
abhi + vyāpeti, cp. Sk. vyāpnoti, vi + āp
abhicchanna →
pts
adjective covered with, bedecked or adorned with (-˚) Ja.ii.48 (hema-jāla˚, variant reading abhisañchanna), Ja.ii.370 (id.); Snp.772 (= ucchanna āvuṭa etc. Mnd.24, cp. Cnd.365).
abhi + channa
abhiddavati →
pts
to rush on, to assail Mhvs.6, Mhvs.5; Dāvs iii.47.
abhi + dru, cp. dava2
abhideyya →
pts
in sabba˚ at Pv-a.78 is with variant reading BB to be read sabbapātheyyaṃ.
abhidhāvati →
pts
to run towards, to rush about, rush on, hasten Vin.ii.195; SN.i.209; Ja.ii.217 Ja.iii.83; Dhp-a.iv.23.
abhi + dhāvati
abhidhāvin →
pts
adjective fr. abhidhāvati] “pouring in”, rushing on, running Ja.vi.559.
abhiharati →
pts
- to bring (to), to offer, fetch DN.iii.170; Ja.i.54, Ja.i.157; Ja.iii.537; Ja.iv.421; DN-a.i.272.
- to curse, revile, abuse [cp. Sk. anuvyāharati & abhivyā˚] AN.i.198
pass abhihariyati Vv-a.17 …
abhihaṃsati →
pts
- (trs.) to gladden, please, satisfy SN.iv.190 (abhihaṭṭhuṃ); AN.v.350 (id.).
- (intr.) to find delight in (c. acc.), to enjoy SN.v.74 (rūpaṃ manāpaṃ); AN.iv.419 sq. (T. reads ˚hiṃsamāna jhānaṃ vari …
abhihaṭa →
pts
brought, offered, presented, fetched DN.i.166 = Pp.55 (= puretaraṃ gahetvā āhaṭaṃ bhikkhaṃ Pp-a.231); Dhp-a.ii.79.
pp. of abhiharati
abhihaṭṭhuṃ →
pts
…praise abhihaṭṭhuṃ pavāreti, to offer having fetched up. MN.i.224; AN.v.350 AN.v.352; SN.iv.190, SN.v.53, SN.v.300. See note in *Vinaya…
abhijavati →
pts
to be eager, active Snp.668.
abhi + javati
abhijjamāna →
pts
adjective that which is not being broken up or divided. In the stock descrīption of the varieties of the lower Iddhi the phrase udake pi abhijjamāne gacchati is doubtful. The principal passages are …
abhijjhitar →
pts
one who covets MN.i.287 (T. abhijjhātar, variant reading ˚itar) = AN.v.265 (T. ˚itar, variant reading ˚ātar).
n. ag. fr. abhijjhita in med. function
abhijjhiṭṭa →
pts
variant reading at Dhp-a.iv.101 for ajjhiṭṭha.
abhijjhāti →
pts
…Ja.vi.174 (= patthetvā C.)
pp abhijjhita.
cp. abhidyāti, abhi + jhāyati1; see also…
abhijānāti →
pts
…(n’ābhijānāmi bhuttaṃ vā pītaṃ) Sdhp.550; etc
pot abhijāneyya Cnd.78#a, & abhijaññā Snp.917, Snp.1059 (= jāneyyāsi…
abhijātika →
pts
adjective belonging to ones birth or race, born of, being by birth; only in cpd. kaṇhâbhijātika of dark birth, that is, low in the social scale DN.iii.251; AN.iii.348; Snp.563 = Thag.833; cp. Ja P T S …
abhijāyati →
pts
to beget, produce, effect, attain, in phrase akaṇhaṃ asukkaṃ Nibbānaṃ a. DN.iii.251; AN.iii.384 sq At Snp.214 abhijāyati means “to behave, to be”, cp Snp-a.265 (abhijāyati = bhavati).
abhi + jāyati …
abhijīvanika →
pts
adjective belonging to one’s livehood, forming one’s living Vin.i.187 (sippa).
abhi + jīvana + ika
abhikaṅkhin →
pts
adjective cp. wishing for, desirous (of-˚) Thig.360 (sītibhāva˚).
abhikirati →
pts
…by chaḍḍetvā); Dhp.25 (˚kīrati metri causa; dīpaṃ abhikīrati = viddhaṃseti vikirati Dhp-a.i.255 variant reading…
abhikiṇṇa →
pts
- strewn over with (-˚), adorned, covered filled Pv.ii.11#2 (puppha˚).
- overwhelmed, overcome, crushed by (-˚) Iti.89 (dukkh˚ vv.ll. dukkhâtiṇṇa & otiṇṇa) = AN.i.147 (which reads dukkhotiṇṇa). Se …
abhikkamati →
pts
to go forward, to proceed, approach DN.i.50 (= abhimukho kamati gacchati, pavisati DN-a.i.151); DN.ii.147, DN.ii.256 (abhikkā muṃ aor.); Dhp-a.iii.124 (evaṃ ˚itabbaṃ evaṃ paṭikkamitabbaṃ thus to app …
abhikkanta →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) lit. gone forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expln. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e.g. DN-a.i.227 = Kp-a.114 = Vv-a.52) it is used in …
abhikūjita →
pts
…+ kūjita, pp. of…
abhilāpa →
pts
…phrasing, expression Snp.49 (vācâbhilāpa making phrases, talking, idle or objectionable speech = tiracchanakathā Cnd.561); Iti.89 (? reading…
abhimatthati →
pts
(˚eti) & -mantheti
- to cleave, cut; to crush, destroy MN.i.243 (sikharena muddhānaṃ ˚mantheti); SN.i.127; Dhp.161 (variant reading ˚nth˚); Ja.iv.457 (matthako sikharena ˚matthiyamāno) Dhp-a.iii …
abhimaṅgala →
pts
adjective (very) fortunate, lucky, anspicious, in ˚sammatā (of Visākhā) “benedicted” blessed Vin.iii.187 = Dhp-a.i.409. Opp. avamangala.
abhi + mangala
abhimukha →
pts
…(kāma˚, opp. vimukha), Pv-a.74 (uyyāna˚)
■ nt. -ṃ adv. to towards Ja.i.263 (matta-vāraṇe); Pv-a.4 (āghātana˚, may here be…
abhinandati →
pts
to rejoice at, find pleasure in (acc.), approve of, be pleased or delighted with (acc. DN.i.46 (bhāsitaṃ), DN.i.55 (id.), DN.i.158, DN.i.223; MN.i.109, MN.i.458; SN.i.32 (annaṃ), SN.i.57, SN.i.14, (ca …
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 …
abhinibbatta →
pts
reproduced, reborn AN.iv.40, AN.iv.401; Cnd.256 (nibbatta abhi pātubhūta); Dhs.1035, Dhs.1036 (so read for˚ nippatta) Vv-a.9 (puññ’ânubhāva˚ by the power of merit).
abhi + nibbatta, pp. of abhinibbattati
abhinibbattati →
pts
to become, to be reproduced, to result Pp.51
pp abhinibbatta
■ Cp B.Sk. wrongly abhinivartate].
abhi + nibbattati
abhinibbatti →
pts
becoming, birth, rebirth, DN.i.229; DN.ii.283 (variant reading for abhinipphatti) SN.ii.65 (punabbhava˚), SN.ii.101 (id.); SN.iv.14, SN.iv.215; AN.v.121; Pv-a.35.
abhi + nibbatti
abhinibbijjati →
pts
to be disgusted with, to avoid, shun, turn away from Snp.281 (T. abhinibbijjayātha, variant reading BB˚ nibbijjiyātha & ˚nibbajjiyātha, Snp-a explains by vivajjeyyātha mā bhajeyyātha; variant reading …
abhinikkhamati →
pts
…the household life, to retire from the world Snp.64 (= gehā abhinikkhamitvā kāsāya-vattho hutvā Snp-a.117).
abhi + nikkhamati
abhinimmināti →
pts
to create (by magic), produce, shape, make SN.iii.152 (rūpaṃ); AN.i.279 (oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ); Nd ii.under pucchā6 (rūpaṃ manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp *[abhinim …
abhinippata →
pts
at Ja.vi.36 is to be read abhinippanna (so variant reading BB.).
abhinipphatti →
pts
production, effecting DN.ii.283 (variant reading ˚nibbatti).
abhi + nipphatti
abhinivajjeti →
pts
to avoid, get rid of DN.iii.113; MN.i.119, MN.i.364, MN.i.402; SN.v.119, SN.v.295, SN.v.318; AN.iii.169 sq.; Iti.81.
abhi + nivajjeti
abhinivassati →
pts
lit. to pour out in abundance, fig. to produce in plenty. Cp.i.10#3 (kalyāṇe good deeds).
abhi + ni + vassati fr. vṛṣ
abhinīhanati →
pts
to drive away, put away, destroy, remove, avoid MN.i.119 (in phrase āṇiṃ a. abhinīharati abhinivajjeti).
abhi + nis + han, cp. Sk. nirhanti
abhinīharati →
pts
- to take out, throw out MN.i.119 (see abhinīhanati).
- to direct to, to apply to (orig. to isolate? Is reading correct?) in phrase *ñāṇadassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhin …
abhinīhāra →
pts
…Ja.i.14 (Buddhabhāvāya a. resolve to become a Buddha), Ja.i.15 (Buddhattāya); Pts.i.61 sq.; Pts.ii.121; Ne.26; Mil.216; Dhp-a.i.392;…
abhinīta →
pts
…by (-˚) MN.i.463 = Mil.32 (rājā & cora˚); MN.i.282; SN.iii.93; Thag.350 = Thag.435 (vātaroga˚ “foredone with cramping pains” Mrs. Rk….
abhipattika →
pts
adjective one who has attained, attaining (-˚), getting possession of SN.i.200 (devakañña˚).
fr. abhipatti
abhippasanna →
pts
adjective finding one’s peace in (c. loc.), trusting in having faith in, believing in, devoted to (loc.) Vin.iii.43; DN.i.211 (Bhagavati) SN.i.134; SN.iv.319; SN.v.225, SN.v.378; AN.iii.237, AN.iii.27 …
abhippavassati →
pts
to shed rain upon, to pour down; intrs. to rain, to pour, fall. Usually in phrase mahāmegho abhippavassati a great cloud bursts Mil.8 Mil.13, Mil.36, Mil.304; Pv-a.132 (variant reading ati˚); intrs. …
abhippavuṭṭha →
pts
past participle having rained, poured, fallen; trs. SN.v.51 (bandhanāni meghena ˚āni) AN.v.127; intrs. MN.ii.117 (mahāmegho ˚o there has been a cloudburst).
fr. abhippavassati
abhiraddhi →
pts
only in neg. an˚; displeasure, dislike, discontent AN.i.79; DN-a.i.52 (= kopass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ).
fr. abhiraddha
abhirata →
pts
adjective (-˚) found of, indulging in, finding delight in AN.iv.224 (nekkhamma˚); AN.v.175 (id.) Snp.86 (nibbāna˚), Snp.275 (vihesa˚), Snp.276 (kalaha˚); Ja.v.382 (dāna˚); Pv-a.54 (puññakamma˚), Pv\ …
abhiravati →
pts
to shout ont Bv.ii.90 = Ja.i.18 (verse 99)
abhi + ravati
abhiroceti →
pts
…= abhirocesi ruccitvā pūresi ti attho; abhirādhayi ti pi pāṭho; sādhesi nipphādesī ti attho Vv-a.282). 2. to please, satisfy,…
abhiropana →
pts
concentration of mind, attention (seems restricted to Pts ii. only) Pts.ii.82 (variant reading abhiniropana), Pts.ii.84, Pts.ii.93, Pts.ii.115 (buddhi˚), Pts.ii.142 (˚virāga), Pts.ii.145 (˚vimutti), P …
abhirūhati →
pts
…reading T. has ˚ruyhitva), Pv-a.271 (nāvaṃ), & abhirūhitvā Ja.i.50 (pabbataṃ), Ja.ii.128.
abhi + ruh
abhirūpa →
pts
adjective of perfect form, (very), handsome, beautiful, lovely Snp.410 (= dassaniya’ angapaccanga Snp-a.383); Ja.i.207; Pp.52; DN-a.i.281 (aññehi manussehi adhikarūpa); Vv-a.53; Pv-a.61 (abhikkant …
abhisajjana →
pts
…next.
abstr. fr. abhisajjati in meaning of abhisanga…
abhisajjanā →
pts
…its combn. with vāc’ âbhilāpa indicates, but is expld. both by Nd ii.& Bdhgh. as “sticking to, cleaving, craving,…
abhisajjati →
pts
to be in ill temper, to be angry, to curse, imprecate (in meaning of abhisanga 2) DN.i.91 (= kodha-vasena laggati DN-a.i.257), DN.iii.159; Ja.iii.120 (+ kuppati); Ja.iv.22 (abhisajji kuppi vyāpajji …
abhisamaya →
pts
“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …
abhisambhava →
pts
only in dur˚; hard to overcome or get over, hard to obtain or reach, troublesome SN.v.454; AN.v.202; Snp.429, Snp.701; Ja.v.269, Ja.vi.139, Ja.vi.439. Abhisambhavati (bhoti)
fr. abhisambhavati
abhisambhavati →
pts
…C.); Pts.ii.193. ger. -bhutvā Thag.1057 & -bhavitvā Snp.52 (cp. Cnd.85)
aor -bhosi DN.ii.232
grd -bhavanīya DN.ii.210; Pts.ii.193…
abhisambhoti →
pts
…C.); Pts.ii.193. ger. -bhutvā Thag.1057 & -bhavitvā Snp.52 (cp. Cnd.85)
aor -bhosi DN.ii.232
grd -bhavanīya DN.ii.210; Pts.ii.193…
abhisambhuṇāti →
pts
…avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.
considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, but probably of diff. origin &…
abhisambhūta →
pts
attained, got Sdhp.556.
pp. of abhisambhavati
abhisambodhita →
pts
adjective awakened to the highest wisdom Pv-a.137 (Bhagavā).
pp. of abhisambodheti, Caus. of abhi + sambujjhati
abhisamekkhati →
pts
…Jtm.p.28, Jtm.p.30 etc.] Ja.v.340 (˚samikkha, variant reading sañcikkha = passitvā C.); Ja.v.393 Ja.v.394 (= disvā C.).
abhi + sam + ;…
abhisameti →
pts
…Snp.143 (= abhisamāgantvā Kp-a.236) and -sametvā SN.ii.25; SN.iii.139
pp abhisameta (q.v.).
abhi + sameti,…
abhisamikkhati →
pts
…Jtm.p.28, Jtm.p.30 etc.] Ja.v.340 (˚samikkha, variant reading sañcikkha = passitvā C.); Ja.v.393 Ja.v.394 (= disvā C.).
abhi + sam + ;…
abhisampanna →
pts
at Pv-a.144 is wrong reading for variant reading abhisapana (curse).
abhisamparāya →
pts
future lot, fate, state after death, future condition of rebirth; usually in foll phrases: kā gati ko abhisamparāyo (as hendiadys) ʻwhat fate in the world-to-come’, DN.ii.91; Vin.i.293; SN.iv.59 S …
abhisandeti →
pts
to make overflow, to make full, fill, pervade DN.i.73, DN.i.74.
abhi + sandeti, Caus. of syad
abhisattha →
pts
cursed, accursed Thag.118 “old age falls on her as if it had been cursed upon her (that is, laid upon her by a curse). Morris J.P.T.S. 1886 145 gives the commentator’s equivalents, “commanded worked b …
abhisavati →
pts
(better -ssavati?) to flow towards or into Ja.vi.359 (najjo Gangaṃ a.).
abhi + savati, of sru
abhisaṃvisati →
pts
Only in abhisaṃvisseyyagattaṃ (or -bhastaṃ or -santuṃ) Thig.466 a compound of doubtful derivation and meaning. Mrs. Rh. D., following Dhammapāla (p. 283) ʻa bag of skin with carrion filled’.
abhi …
abhisaṅkharoti →
pts
…AN.i.201; Snp.984 (ger. ˚itvā having got up this curse, cp. Snp-a.582); Pv-a.56 (iddh’ âbhisaṃkhāraṃ), Pv-a.172 (id.), Pv-a.212 (id.)…
abhisevanā →
pts
pursuit, indulgence in (-˚) Sdhp.210 (pāpakamma˚).
abhi + sevana fr. sev
abhisitta →
pts
- sprinkled over, anointed Snp.889 (manasā, cp. Mnd.298); Mil.336 (amatena loka a.).
- consecrated (King), inaugurated (more freq. in this conn. is avasitta), Vin.iii.44; AN.i.107 (khattiyo khattiye …
abhisiñcati →
pts
…Ja.i.399 (fig. ˚itvā ger. Ja.ii.409 (id.); Ja.vi.161 (id.); Mnd.298; Mil.336 (amatena lokaṃ abhisiñci Bhagavā); Pv-a.144 (read…
abhisiṃsati →
pts
to utter a solemn wish, Vv.81#18 (aor. ˚sīsi. variant reading ˚sisi. Vv-a.316 explains by icchi sampaṭicchi).
= abhisaṃsati, abhi + śaṃs. As to Sk. śaṃs → P. siṃs cp. āsiṃsati, as to meaning …
abhissara →
pts
adjective only neg. an˚; in formula atāṇo loko anabhissaro “without a Lord or protector MN.ii.68 (variant reading ˚abhisaro); Pts.i.126 (variant reading id.).
abhi + issara
abhitiṭṭhati →
pts
to stand out supreme, to excel, surpass DN.ii.261; Ja.vi.474 (abhiṭṭhāya = abhibhavitvā C.).
abhi + tiṭṭhati
abhitoseti →
pts
to please thoroughly, to satisfy, gratify Snp.709 (= atīva toseti Snp-a.496).
abhi + toseti
abhitthavana →
pts
praise Thag-a.74.
fr. prec.
abhitthavati →
pts
to praise Ja.i.89; Ja.iii.531; Dāvs iii.23; Dhp-a.i.77; Pv-a.22; cp. abhitthunati.
abhi + thavati
abhitthunati →
pts
to praise Ja.i.17 (aor abhitthuniṃsu); cp. thunati 2
pp -tthuta Dhp-a.i.88.
abhi + thunati; cp. abhitthavati
abhitunna →
pts
(tuṇṇa). Overwhelmed, overcome overpowered SN.ii.20; Pts.i.129 (dukkha˚), Pts.i.164; Ja.i.407 Ja.i.509 (˚tuṇṇa); Ja.ii.399, Ja.ii.401; Ja.iii.23 (soka˚); Ja.iv.330; Ja.v.268, Sdhp.281.
not as Morris, …
abhivadati →
pts
abhivagga →
pts
great mass (?), superior force (?), only in phrase -ena omaddati to crush with sup. force or overpower MN.i.87 = Cnd.199#6.
abhi + vagga
abhivandati →
pts
to salute respectfully, to honour, greet; grd. -vandanīya Mil.227.
abhi + vandati
abhivassaka →
pts
adjective raining, fig. shedding, pouring ont, yielding Vv-a.38 (puppha˚).
fr. abhivassati
abhivassati →
pts
to rain, shed rain, pour; fig. rain down, pour out, shed DN.iii.160 (ābhivassaṃ metri causa); AN.iii.34; Thag.985; Ja.i.18 (Ja.v.100 pupphā a. stream down); Cp.iii.10#6; Mil.132, Mil.411. pp. *abhivaṭ …
abhivassin →
pts
adjective = abhivassaka Iti.64, Iti.65 (sabbattha˚).
abhivañcana →
pts
deceit, fraud Dāvs iii.64.
abhi + vañc
abhivaḍḍhana →
pts
adjective noun increasing (trs.), augmenting; f. ˚ī Sdhp.68.
fr. abhivaḍḍhati
abhivaḍḍhati →
pts
- to increase (intrs.) DN.i.113, DN.i.195 (opp. hāyati); MN.ii.225; AN.iii.46 (bhogā a.); Dhp.24; Mil.374; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.133; Sdhp.288, Sdhp.523.
- to grow over or beyond, to outgrow Ja.iii.399 (va …
abhivaḍḍhi →
pts
increase, growth Mil.94
■ See also abhivuddhi.
cp. Sk. abhivṛddhi, fr. abhi + vṛdh
abhivaṇṇeti →
pts
to praise Sdhp.588 (˚ayi). - pp. abhivaṇṇita.
abhi + vanneti
abhivaṇṇita →
pts
praised Dpvs.i.4.
pp. of abhivanneti
abhivaṭṭa →
pts
rained upon Dhp.335 (gloss ˚vuṭṭha; cp. Dhp-a.iv.45); Mil.176 Mil.197, Mil.286
■ Note. Andersen P. R. prefers reading abhivaḍḍha at Dhp.335 “the abounding Bīraṇa grass”).
pp. of abhivassati, s …
abhivijayati →
pts
…pres. 3rd pl. -jinanti at Mil.39 the ger. -jinitvā at MN.i.253; Pp.66.
abhi + vijayati
abhivissattha →
pts
confided in, taken into confidence MN.ii.52 (variant reading ˚visaṭṭha).
abhi + vissattha, pp. of abhivissasati, Sk. abhiviśvasta
abhivuddha →
pts
grown up Mil.361.
pp. of abhivaḍḍhati, see also ˚*vuḍḍha*
abhivuddhi →
pts
increase, growth, prosperity Mil.34.
Sk. abhivṛddhi, see also abhivaḍḍhi
abhivuḍḍha →
pts
increased, enriched Pv-a.150.
pp. of abhivaḍḍhati, see also ˚*vuddha*
abhivuṭṭha →
pts
poured out or over, shed out (of water or rain) Thag.1065; Dhp.335 (gloss); Pv-a.29.
pp. of abhivassati, see also abhivaṭṭa
abhivādana →
pts
…Vv-a.24 Sdhp.549 (˚sīla)
fr. abhivādeti
abhivādeti →
pts
…(abhivādayiṃ aor. = abhivādanaṃ kāresiṃ vandiṃ Vv-a.24) Mil.162. Often in combination with padakkhiṇaṃ karoti in sense of to bid…
abhivāheti →
pts
to remove, to put away Bv.x.5.
abhi + vāheti, Caus. of vah
abhivāreti →
pts
to hold back, refuse, deny Ja.v.325 (= nivāreti C.).
abhi + vāreti, Caus. of vṛ.
abhivāyati →
pts
to blow through, to pervade Mil.385.
abhi + vāyati; cp. Sk. abhivāti
abhiyobbana →
pts
much youthfulness, early or tender youth Thig.258 (= abhinavayobbanakāla Thag-a.211).
abhi + yobbana
abhiyoga →
pts
practice, observance Dāvs iv.7.
cp. abhiyuñjati
abhiyāti →
pts
to go against (in a hostile manner, to attack (c. acc.) SN.i.216 (aor. abhiyaṃsu, variant reading SS abhijiyiṃsu); Dhp-a.iii.310 (aor. abhiyāsi as variant reading for T. reading pāyāsi; the id. p Vv\ …
abhiññā →
pts
…sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā and abhiññā-vosita see abhijānāti. The late phrase yath’ abhiññaṃ means ʻas…
abhiṇhaṃ →
pts
…practice); Snp.335 (˚saṃvāsa continuous living together); Ja.i.190; Pp.32; Dhp-a.ii.239; Vv-a.116 (= abhikkhaṇa), Vv-a.207, Vv-a.332;…
abhūta →
pts
…who speaks falsely or tells lies Snp.661; Dhp.306 = Iti.42; expld. as “ariy’ ûpavāda-vasena alika-vādin” Snp-a.478; as…
accasara →
pts
adjective
- going beyond the limits (of proper behaviour), too self-sure, overbearing, arrogant, proud SN.i.239 (variant reading accayasara caused by prolepsis of foll. accaya); Ja.iv.6 (atisara); …
accaya →
pts
…DN.i.85 (= abhibhavitvā pavatto has overwhelmed me DN-a.i.236); AN.i.54; MN.i.438 (id.); accayaṃ accayato passati to recognise a…
accha →
pts
…Ja.ii.100 (udaka); Vv.79#10 (vāri); DN-a.i.113 (yāgu).
- -odaka having clear water, with clear water (of lotus ponds)…
accharika →
pts
(nt. or f.?) in -ṃ vādeti to make heavenly music (lit. the sounds of an accharā or heavenly nymph) AN.iv.265.
fr. accharā2
acchariya →
pts
adjective noun wonderful, surprising strange, marvellous DN.ii.155; MN.i.79; MN.iii.118, MN.iii.125, MN.iii.144 (an˚); SN.iv.371; AN.i.181; Mil.28, Mil.253; Dhp-a.iii.171; Pv-a.121; Vv-a.71 (an˚). …
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. …
acchati →
pts
…verb, thus aggiṃ karitvā a. (= aggiṃ karoti) DN.i.102; aggiṃ paricaranto a (= aggiṃ paricarati) DN-a.i.270; tantaṃ pasārento a….
acchecchi →
pts
3rd sg. aor. of chindati “he has cut out or broken, has destroyed” (see also chindati 3) in combn. with taṇhaṃ MN.i.122; SN.i.12, SN.i.23, SN.i.127 (so re …
acchera →
pts
adjective = acchariya wonderful, marvellous SN.i.181; Vv.84#13 (comp. accheratara); Pv.iii.5#1 (˚rūpa = acchariyasabhāva Pv-a.197); Sdhp.244, Sdhp.398.
acchijja →
pts
(variant reading accheja) destroying (?) SN.i.127. Is the reading warranted? Cp. acchecchi.
acchindati →
pts
…Sdhp.122
ger acchinditvā Ja.ii.422; Dhp-a.i.349; Pv-a.241 (sayaṃ); & acchetvā MN.i.434. Caus. ii. acchindāpeti to induce a person…
acchiva →
pts
certain species of tree (Hypanthera Moringa) Ja.vi.535.
*Sk. akṣiba and akṣība
acchādeti →
pts
…Pv.i.10#5 (ger. acchādayitvāna); DN-a.i.181 (= paridahitvā); Pv-a.49, Pv-a.50
■ fig to envelop, to fill Ja.vi.581 (abbhaṃ rajo…
accupati →
pts
…(lit. on to), to interfere (with two people quarelling). C. explains atigantvā uppati. There is no need for Kern’s corr. acchupati (Toev. s….
accupaṭṭhapeti →
pts
at Ja.v.124 is to be read with variant reading as apaccupaṭṭhapeti (does not indulge in or care for).
accuṇha →
pts
adjective very hot, too hot Snp.966; Mnd.487; Dhp-a.ii.85, Dhp-a.ii.87 (variant reading for abbhuṇha). See also ati-uṇha.
ati + uṇha
accāvadati →
pts
to speak more or better, to surpass in talk or speech; to talk somebody down, to persuade, entice Vin.iv.224, Vin.iv.263; SN.ii.204 sq.; Ja.v.433 (variant reading BB ajjhārati), Ja.v.434 (variant read …
ada →
pts
adjective (-˚) eating SN.iv.195 (kiṭṭhâda eating corn); Ja.ii.439 (vantâda = vantakhādaka C.).
to ad, see adeti, cp. ˚ga, ˚ṭha, ˚da etc.
adana →
pts
eating, food Ja.v.374 (variant reading modana).
from adeti
adda →
pts
Adda1
ginger Ja.i.244 (˚singivera).
cp. Sk. ārdraka
Adda3
adjective wet, moist slippery Ja.iv.353; Ja.vi.309; Mil.346.
- -āvalepana “smeared with moisture”, i.e. shiny, g …
addhan →
pts
(in compounds addha˚;)
- (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …
addhariya →
pts
sacrificing priest, Name of a class of Brahmins DN.i.237 (brāhmaṇa).
Vedic adhvaryu fr. adhvara sacrifice
addhika →
pts
wanderer, wayfarer, traveller DN-a.i.298 (= pathāvin), DN-a.i.270; Pv-a.78, Pv-a.127 (˚jana people travelling). Often combd. with kapaṇa beggar, tramp, as kapaṇaddhikā (pl.) tramps an …
addhita →
pts
at Pv.ii.6#2 is to be corrected to aṭṭita (sic variant reading BB).
addhuva →
pts
see dhuva.
addhā →
pts
adverb part. of affirmation and emphasis: certainly, for sure, really truly DN.i.143; Ja.i.19 (a. ahaṃ Buddho bhavissāmi) Ja.i.66 (a. tvaṃ Buddho bhavissasi), Ja.i.203, Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.340; Ja.v.307, …
addhāna →
pts
same meaning as addhan but as simplex only used with reference to time (i.e. a long time, cp. Vv-a.117 addhānaṃ = ciraṃ). Usually in phrase atītaṃ (anāgataṃ etc.) addhānaṃ in …
adhama →
pts
adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.
Vedic …
adhi →
pts
…metaphor, cp Fr. sur-nom; ˚vāsāna assent, ˚vāseti to dwell in, give in = consent 2. where: ˚tiṭṭhati (˚ṭṭhāti) to stand by =…
adhibhavati →
pts
to overcome, overpower, surpass SN.iv.185 sq. (cp. adhibhū) AN.v.248, AN.v.282 (˚bhoti); Ja.ii.336; Ja.V.30
aor adhibhavi Ja.ii.80. 3 pl. adhibhaṃsu SN.iv.185. See also ajjh …
adhibhū →
pts
adjective (-˚) overpowering, having power over; master conqueror, lord SN.iv.186 (anadhibhū not mastering. For adhibhūta the variant reading abhi˚ is to be preferred as more us …
adhibādheti →
pts
to vex, oppress, gore (to death) Ud.8 (T. adhipāteti, variant reading avibādeti).
adhi + bādheti, cp. Sk. abhibādhayati
adhicca →
pts
…Ja.iv.184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), Ja.iv.477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); Ja.vi.213; Mil.164.
ger. of adhi + eti, see…
adhiciṇṇa →
pts
only at SN.iii.12, where variant reading is aviciṇṇa, which is to be preferred. See viciṇṇa.
adhideva →
pts
superior or supreme god, above the gods MN.ii.132; AN.iv.304; Snp.1148; Cnd.307#b, 422 a Cp. atideva.
adhi + deva
adhigacchati →
pts
…-gamma Pv.i.11#9 (= vinditvā paṭilabhitvā Pv-a.60). grd. -gantabba Iti.104 (nibbāna). cond. -gacchissaṃ Snp.446. 1st…
adhigatavant →
pts
adjective noun one who has found or obtained Vv-a.296 (Nibbānaṃ).
fr. adhigata
adhigaṇhāti →
pts
…= Dhp-a.iii.219 (variant reading BB at both pass. atikkamma); & adhiggahetvā Iti.20
pp adhiggahīta…
adhika →
pts
adjective exceeding, extraordinary, superior, Pp.35; Vv-a.80 (= anadhivara, visiṭṭha); DN-a.i.141, DN-a.i.222; Dpvs.v.32 (an˚); Dhp-a.iii.238 Kp-a.193 (= anuttara); Sdhp.337, Sdhp.447
■ compar …
adhikaraṇa →
pts
…at var. passages, viz. vivāda˚ anuvāda˚ āpatta kicca˚; “questions of dispute, of censure, of misconduct of duties” Vin.ii.88;…
adhikuṭṭanā →
pts
an executioner’s block Thig.58; cp. Thag-a.65 (variant reading kuḍḍanā, should prob. be read koṭṭana); Thag-a.287.
adhi + koṭṭanā or koṭṭana
adhimana →
pts
…Snp.692 (adhimanasā bhavātha). (adj.) directing one’s mind upon, intent (on) Ja.iv.433 (= pasannacitta); Ja.v.29 (an˚; variant reading…
adhimuccati →
pts
…A late idiom for the older anvāvisati. Ja.iv.172; Ja.v.103, Ja.v.429; Dhp-a.i.196; Dhp-a.iii.258; Dhp-a.iv.170. pp. adhimuccita and…
adhimucchita →
pts
Adhimuccita & Adhimucchita
past participle drawn towards, attached to, infatuated, indulging in (with loc.) MN.ii.223 (an˚); SN.i.113; Thag.732 (variant reading ˚muccita), Thag.923 (cch), Thag.1175; …
adhimuccita →
pts
Adhimuccita & Adhimucchita
past participle drawn towards, attached to, infatuated, indulging in (with loc.) MN.ii.223 (an˚); SN.i.113; Thag.732 (variant reading ˚muccita), Thag.923 (cch), Thag.1175; …
adhimuccitar →
pts
one who determines for something, easily trusting, giving credence. AN.iii.165 (variant reading ˚mucchitā)
n. ag. of adhimuccati
adhipatati →
pts
to fly past, vanish Ja.iv.111 (= ativiya patati sīghaṃ atikkamati C.)
caus adhipāteti (q.v.) in diff. meaning. Cp. also adhipāta.
adhi + patati
adhipati →
pts
…(chandaṃ adhipatiṃ katvā making energy predominant); Dhs-a.125, Dhs-a.126 (atta˚ autonomous, loka heteronomous, influenced by society)….
adhipāta →
pts
…ti tā uppatitvā khādanti taṃkāraṇā a. vuccanti“; Ud.72 (expld. by C. as salabhā).
from adhipatati = Sk….
adhipāteti →
pts
to break, split Ja.iv.337 (= chindati). At Ud.8 prob. to be read adhibādheti (variant reading avibādeti. T. adhipāteti).
Caus. fr. adhipatati, cp. Sk. abhipātayati & P. atipāteti
adhipāṭimokkha →
pts
the higher, moral, code Vin.v.1 (pāṭim˚ +); MN.ii.245 (+ ajjhājīva).
adhi + pāṭimokkha
adhivacana →
pts
designation, term, attrîbute, metaphor, metaphorical expression DN.ii.62; MN.i.113 MN.i.144, MN.i.460; AN.ii.70, AN.ii.124; AN.iii.310; AN.iv.89, AN.iv.285, AN.iv.340; Iti.15 Iti.114; Snp.p.218; Ja.i. …
adhivara →
pts
adjective superb, excellent, surpassing Vv.16#3 (an˚; unsurpassed, unrivalled; Vv-a.80 = adhika visiṭṭha).
adhi + vara
adhivattati →
pts
to come on, proceed, issue, result SN.i.101; AN.ii.32.
adhi + vattati
adhivattha →
pts
adjective inhabiting, living in (c. loc.) Vin.i.28; SN.i.197; Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.385; Ja.iii.327; Pv-a.17. The form adhivuttha occurs at Ja.vi.370.
pp. of adhivasati
adhivuttha →
pts
see adhivattha.
adhivutti →
pts
expression, saying, opinion; only in tt. adhivuttipada (variant reading adhimutti-p. at all passages) DN.i.13 (expld. by adhivacana-pada DN-a.i.103); MN.ii.228; AN.v.36.
adhi + vut …
adhivāha →
pts
carrier, bearer, adj. bringing SN.iv.70 (dukkha˚); AN.i.6; Thag.494.
fr. adhi + vah; cp. Sk. abhivahati
adhivāhana →
pts
adjective carrying, bringing, bearing Snp.79; f. -ī Thag.519.
fr. adhi + vah
adhivāsa →
pts
endurance, forbearance, holding out; only as adj. in dur˚; difficult to hold out Thag.111.
fr. adhi + vas
adhivāsaka →
pts
Adhivāsaka & Adhivāsika
adjective willing, agreeable, enduring, patient Vin.iv.130; MN.i.10, MN.i.526; AN.ii.118 AN.iii.163; AN.v.132; Ja.iii.369…
adhivāsana →
pts
- assent AN.iii.31; Dhp-a.i.33.
- forbearance, endurance MN.i.10; Ja.ii.237 Ja.iii.263; Ja.iv.307; Ja.v.174.
fr. adhi + vas
adhivāsanatā →
pts
patience, endurance, Dhs.1342; Vb.360 (an˚).
abstr. fr. adhivāsana
adhivāseti →
pts
…DN-a.i.277); SN.iv.76; Dhp-a.i.33; Pv-a.17, Pv-a.20, Pv-a.75 and freq. passim
caus adhivāsāpeti to cause to wait Ja.i.254.
Caus. of…
adhivāsika →
pts
Adhivāsaka & Adhivāsika
adjective willing, agreeable, enduring, patient Vin.iv.130; MN.i.10, MN.i.526; AN.ii.118 AN.iii.163; AN.v.132; Ja.iii.369…
adhiṭṭhita →
pts
…ṭhānaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhita Vv-a.269)
- looked after, managed, undertaken governed Vin.i.57; SN.v.278 (sv’âdhiṭṭhita);…
adhiṭṭhāna →
pts
…for adhitaṭṭhāna) āvāsa* should perhaps be read adhiṭṭhāna in the sense of fixed…
adhiṭṭhāti →
pts
…ati˚ C. explains abhibhavitvā tiṭṭhati); Dhp-a.i.34; Dhp-a.iv.201 (ger. ˚hitvā) Pv-a.23 (aor. ˚ṭhāsi), Pv-a.171 (id.), Pv-a.75…
adho →
pts
…Ja.vi.298 (= siraṃ adhokatvā heṭṭhāmukho C.).
- -sīsa (adj.) head first, headlong Ja.i.233; Ja.v.472 (˚ka).
Vedic…
adhīyati →
pts
…(adhīyassu)
ger adhīyitvā Ja.iv.75; adhiyānaṃ Ja.v.450 (= sajjhāyitvā C.) & adhicca: see…
adiṭṭhā →
pts
not seeing, without seeing Ja.iv.192 (T. adaṭṭhā, variant reading BB na diṭṭhā, C. adisvā), Ja.v.219.
a + diṭṭhā, ger. of *dassati
adu →
pts
(or ādu) indeclinable part. of affirmation: even, yea, nay; always in emphatic exclamations Vv.62#2 (= udāhu Vv-a.258 variant reading SS. ādu) = Pv.iv.3#17 (ādu) = Dhp-a.i.31 (T. ād …
agga →
pts
aggatta →
pts
the state or condition of being the first, pre-eminence Pv-a.9, Pv-a.89.
abstr. of agga = Sk. agratvan
aggatā →
pts
pre-eminence, prominence, superiority Kv.556 (˚ṃ gata); Dpvs.iv.1 (guṇaggataṃ gatā)
■ (adj.) mahaggata of great value or superiority DN.i.80; DN.iii.224.
abstr. of agga
aggavant →
pts
adjective occupying the first place, of great eminence AN.i.70, AN.i.243.
aggaḷa →
pts
…upon the cross-bar; a. = kavāṭa DN-a.i.252); AN.iv.359 (id.) SN.iv.290; AN.i.101 = AN.i.137 = AN.iv.231. (phusit˚; with fastened bolts,…
aggaḷā →
pts
…upon the cross-bar; a. = kavāṭa DN-a.i.252); AN.iv.359 (id.) SN.iv.290; AN.i.101 = AN.i.137 = AN.iv.231. (phusit˚; with fastened bolts,…
aggha →
pts
- price, value, worth, Mil.244; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.76; Vv-a.77
■ mahaggha (adj.) of great value Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.414; Ja.vi.209; Pv.ii.1#18. See also mahāraha. …
agghaka →
pts
adjective = aggha; worth, having the value of (-˚) Mhvs.30, Mhvs.77. an˚; priceless Mhvs.30, Mhvs.72.
agghanaka →
pts
adjective (-˚) having the value of, equal to, worth Vin.iv.226; Ja.i.61 (satasahass˚), Ja.i.112; DN-a.i.80 (kahāpaṇ˚); Dhp-a.iii.120 (cuddasakoṭi˚); Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.34, Mhvs.87
■ f. *-ikā …
agghaniya →
pts
adjective priceless, invaluable, beyond the reach of money Mil.192.
in function & form grd. of agghati
agghati →
pts
intr. to be worth, to have the value of (acc.), to deserve Ja.i.112 (satasahassaṃ; aḍḍhamāsakaṃ); Ja.vi.174, Ja.vi.367 (padarajaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.35 (maṇin nâgghāma); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.28. Freq. in stock phr …
agghiya →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) valuable, precious, worth Ja.vi.265 (maṇi); Dhp-a.ii.41 (ratan of jewel’s worth); Mhvs.30, Mhvs.92.
- (nt.) a respectful oblation Ja.v.324 = Ja.vi.516; Dpvs.vi.65; vii.4.
…
agghāpanaka →
pts
valuator, appraiser Ja.i.124, Ja.i.125; Ja.v.276 (˚ika).
fr. agghāpana to agghāpeti, Caus. of agghati
agghāpaniya →
pts
adjective that which is to be valued, in -kamma the business of a valuator Ja.iv.137.
grd. of agghāpeti, see agghati
aggi →
pts
…has the phrase Aggi Bhagavā the Lord Agni e.g. at Ja.i.285, Ja.i.494; Ja.ii.44. The ancient ceremony of kindling a holy fire on the day the…
aghammiga →
pts
sort of wild animal Ja.vi.247 (= aghāvaha miga), Ja.vi.507 (= aghakara). Cp. BSk. agharika Divy.475.
to agha1?
aghata →
pts
at Thag.321 may be read as agha-gata or (preferably) with variant reading as aggha-gataṃ, or (with Neumann) as agghaṃ agghatānaṃ. See also Mrs. Rh. D, Psalms of the Brethren, p. 191.
agāra →
pts
…Pv.ii.2#5 (= anāvāsa Pv-a.80)
■ (nt.) the homeless state (= anagāriyā) Snp.376. See also…
agārika →
pts
adjective
- having a house, in eka˚, dva˚; etc. DN.i.166 = AN.i.295 = AN.ii.206.
- a householder, layman Vin.i.17. f. agārikā a housewife Vin.i.272. See also āgārika.
aha →
pts
…(id.; expld. by divā ca rattiñ ca tisso sikkhā sikkhamāna Dhp-a.iii.324); Thag.145 (ahorattā accayanti); Ja.iv.108 (˚ānaṃ…
ahaṃ →
pts
pronoun pronoun of 1st person “I”. nom. sg. ahaṃ SN.iii.235; AN.iv.53; Dhp.222, Dhp.320; Snp.172, Snp.192, Snp.685, Snp.989, Snp.1054, Snp.1143; Ja.i.61; Ja.ii.159
■ In …
ahe →
pts
indeclinable exclamation of surprise or bewilderment: alas! woe etc., perhaps in cpd. ahevana a dense forest (lit. oh! this forest, alas! the forest (i.e. how big it is) Ja.v.63 (uttamāhevanandaho, …
ahi →
pts
…a snake Dhp-a.i.139.
- -vātaka (-roga) Name of a certain disease (“snakewind-sickness”) Vin.i.78; Ja.ii.79;…
aho →
pts
indeclinable exclamation of surprise, astonishment or consternation: yea, indeed well; I say! for sure! Vv-a.103 (aho ti acchariy’ atthena nipāto); Ja.i.88 (aho acchariyaṃ aho abbhutaṃ), Ja.i.140. Us …
ahuvāsiṃ →
pts
1st sg. pret. of hotī (q.v.) I was Vv.82#6 (= ahosiṃ Vv-a.321).
aja →
pts
he-goat, a ram DN.i.6, DN.i.127; AN.ii.207; Ja.i.241; Ja.iii.278 sq. Ja.v.241; Pp.56; Pv-a.80.
- -eḷaka [Sk. ajaiḍaka] goats & sheep DN.i.5, DN.i.141; AN.ii.42 sq., AN.ii.209; J …
ajina →
pts
…mañcappamāṇena sibbitvā katā paveṇi DN-a.i.87); AN.i.181.
- -sāṭī a garment of skins (= ajina-camma-sāṭī Dhp-a.iv.156)…
ajja →
pts
Ajja & Ajjā
adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …
ajjati →
pts
to get, procure, obtain Ja.iii.263 (?). pp. ajjita (q.v.).
Vedic arjati, ṛj, a variant of arh, see arahati
ajjatā →
pts
the present time, in ajjatañ ca this very day SN.i.83 (variant reading ajjeva).
abstr. fr. ajja
ajjava →
pts
adjective noun straight, upright (usually combd. with maddava gentle, soft) DN.iii.213; AN.i.94; AN.ii.113; AN.iii.248; Snp.250 (+ maddava), Snp.292 (id.); Ja.iii.274; …
ajjavatā →
pts
straight forwardness, rectitude, uprightness Dhs.1339. (+ ajimhatā & avankatā).
fr. prec.
ajjhabhavi →
pts
3rd sg. aor. of adhibhavati to conquer, overpower, overcome SN.i.240 (prohib. mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi); Ja.ii.336. Cp. ajjhabhu & ajjhobhavati.
ajjhabhu →
pts
to overcome, conquer Iti.76 (dujjayaṃ a. he conquered him who is hard to conquer; variant reading ajjhabhi for ajjhabhavi). Cp. ajjhabhavi.
3rd sg. aor. of *[adhibhavati](/define/adhibhava …
ajjhagā →
pts
he came to, got to, found, obtained, experienced SN.i.12 (vimānaṃ); Snp.225 (expld. at Kp-a.180 by vindi paṭilabhi), Snp.956 (ratiṃ; expld. at Mnd.457 by adhigacchi); Iti.69 (jā …
ajjhapara →
pts
SN.v.218: substitute variant reading accasara (q.v.).
ajjhatta →
pts
…Snp.917 (= upajjhayassa vā ā ācariyassa vā te guṇā assū ti Mnd.350).
- -ārammaṇa a subjective object of…
ajjhattika →
pts
…(bāhira-vatthuṃ ayācitvā ajjhattikassa nāmaṃ gaṇhati); Dhs.673, Dhs.751; Vb.13, Vb.67, Vb.82 sq., Vb.119, Vb.131, Vb.392 sq.
ajjhatta…
ajjhavodahi →
pts
…(= odahi, ṭhapesi C.). Kern, Toev s. v. proposes reading ajjhavādahi (= Sk. avādhāt).
Sk. adhyavadhāti
ajjhena →
pts
study (esp. of the Vedas) MN.iii.1; Ja.ii.327 (as variant reading to be preferred to ajjhesanā); Ja.iii.114 (= japa); Ja.v.10 (pl. = vede), Ja.vi.201 = Ja.vi.207; Vb.353; Snp-a.314 (mant’).
- *-[ku …
ajjhesanā →
pts
request, entreaty Vin.i.6 = DN.ii.38 = SN.i.138; Ja.ii.327 (better variant reading ajjhena).
see ajjhesati
ajjhiṭṭha →
pts
requested, asked, invited Vin.i.113 (an˚ unbidden); DN.ii.289 (Buddhaghosa and text read ajjhitta); Snp.p.218 (= ajjhesita Cnd.16); Ja.vi.292 (= āṇatta C.); Dhp-a.iv.100 (variant reading abhijjhiṭṭha …
ajjhobhavati →
pts
to overcome, overpower, destroy Ja.ii.80 (aor. ajjhobhavi = adhibhavi C.).
adhi + ava + bhu, Sk. abhi˚
ajjhogāhati →
pts
Ajjhogāhati & ˚gāheti
to plunge into, to enter, to go into DN.i.101 (vanaṃ), DN.i.222 (samuddaṃ); MN.i.359, MN.i.536; AN.iii.75 AN.iii.368; AN.iv.356; AN.v.133; Vin.iii.18; Ja.i.7; Mnd.152 (ogāhati \ …
ajjhogāheti →
pts
Ajjhogāhati & ˚gāheti
to plunge into, to enter, to go into DN.i.101 (vanaṃ), DN.i.222 (samuddaṃ); MN.i.359, MN.i.536; AN.iii.75 AN.iii.368; AN.iv.356; AN.v.133; Vin.iii.18; Ja.i.7; Mnd.152 (ogāhati \ …
ajjhoharati →
pts
to swallow, eat, take as food MN.i.245; Ja.i.460; Ja.ii.293 Ja.vi.205, Ja.vi.213; Mil.366; Pv-a.283 (aor.)
pp ajjhohaṭa (q.v.).
Sk. abhyavaharati; adhi (= abhi) + ava + hṛ.
ajjhohāra →
pts
- taking food, swallowing, eating & drinking Vin.iv.233; Mil.176, Mil.366.
- N of a fabulous fish (swallower“; cp. timingala) Ja.v.462.
Sk. abhyavahāra
ajjholambati →
pts
to hang or hold on to (acc.), to cling to SN.iii.137; MN.iii.164 = Ne.179 cp. Sdhp.284 & Sdhp.296.
adhi + ava + lamb
ajjhomaddati →
pts
to crush down AN.iv.191, AN.iv.193.
adhi + ava + mṛd
ajjhomucchita →
pts
stiffened out (in a swoon), lying in a faint (?) AN.iii.57 sq (variant reading ajjhomuñcïta or ˚muccita better: sarīre attached to her body, clinging to her b.).
pp. adhi + ava + mūrch, cp. adhimuccita
ajjhopanna →
pts
…(C. explains ajjhosāya gilitvā ṭhita); Nd ii.under nissita & passim; Ud.75, Ud.76 (ajjhosanna); DN-a.i.59 (id.). 3….
ajjhosati →
pts
to be bound to, to be attached, bent on; to desire, cleave to, indulge in. Fut. ajjhosissati (does it belong here?) MN.i.328 (c. acc. paṭhaviṃ, better as ajjhesati). grd. ajjhositabha MN.i.109 (+ …
ajjhosita →
pts
hanging on, cleaving to, being bent on, (c. loc.) SN.ii.94 (+ mamāyita); AN.ii.25 (diṭṭha suta muta +); Mnd.75 Mnd.106, Mnd.163 = Nd ii under nissita; Thig.470 (asāre = taṇhāvasena abhiniviṭṭha Thag …
ajjhosāya →
pts
being tied to, hanging on, attached to only in phrase a. tiṭṭhati (+ abhinandati, same in Divy MN.i.266; SN.iv.36 sq.; SN.iv.60, SN.iv.71 sq.; Mil.69. See also ajjhosa.
ger. o …
ajjhottharati →
pts
to cover over, spread out, spread over, cover; to submerge, flood Vin.i.111; Ja.i.61, Ja.i.72, Ja.i.73; Mil.296, Mil.336; Dhp.i.264; Pass. -tthariyati to be overrun with (instr.), to be smothered, …
ajjhoṭhapeti →
pts
to bring to Pv-a.148 (gāmaṃ), where we should read ˚ṭṭhapeti.
adhi + ava + ṭhapeti, Caus. of sthā
ajjhupekkhati →
pts
…Pv-a.149 (sisaṃ colaṃ vā). 3. to look on indifferently to be indifferent to neglect Vin.ii.78 = Vin.iii.162, cp. Ja.i.147; MN.i.155…
ajjhābhava →
pts
excessive power, predominance Ja.ii.357.
cp. Sk. adhyābhava
ajjhābhavati →
pts
to predominate Ja.ii.357.
adhi + ā + bhū, in meaning of abhi + bhu
ajjhācarati →
pts
- to conduct oneself according to Vin.ii.301; MN.i.523; Mil.266.
- to flirt with (perhaps to embrace) Ja.iv.231 (aññam-aññaṃ) pp. ajjhāciṇṇa. See also accāvadati & aticarati …
ajjhācāra →
pts
- minor conduct (conduct of a bhikkhu as to those minor rules not included in the Pārājikas or Saṃghādisesas) Vin.i.63 (see note in Vin. Texts, i.184.
- flirtation Vin.iii.128 (in the Old Cy as ex …
ajjhājīva →
pts
too rigorous or strenuous a livelihood MN.ii.245 (+ adhipāṭimokkha).
adhi (ati?) + ā + jīv
ajjhāvadati →
pts
see accāvadati.
ajjhāvara →
pts
surrounding; waiting on, service, retinue Ja.v.322, Ja.v.324, Ja.v.326, Ja.v.327 (explained at all passages by parisā). Should we read ajjhācara? Cp. ajjhācāra.
fr. adhi + ā + var
ajjhāvasatar →
pts
one who inhabits DN.i.63 (agāraṃ).
n. ag. to ajjhāvasati
ajjhāvasati →
pts
to inhabit (agāraṃ a house; i.e. to be settled or live the settled life of a householder DN.ii.16; MN.i.353; Vin.iv.224; Ja.i.50; Pp.57; Mil.348
pp ajjhāvuttha (q.v.).
adhi …
ajjhāvuttha →
pts
inhabited, occupied (of a house) Vin.ii.210; Ja.i.145; Ja.ii.333; Pv-a.24 (˚ghara); fig. (not) occupied by Snp-a.566 (= anosita).
cp. Sk. adhyuṣita; pp. of ajjhāvasati
ajjā →
pts
Ajja & Ajjā
adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …
ajānana →
pts
˚- neuter not knowing, ignorance (of) Ja.v.199 (˚bhāva); Ja.vi.177 (˚kāla).
a + jānana
akalu →
pts
(cp. agalu) an ointment Ja.iv.440 (akaluñ candanañ ca, variant reading BB aggaluṃ; C. explains as kālākaluñ ca rattacandanañ ca, thus implying a blacking or dark ointment); Ja …
akissava →
pts
at SN.i.149 is probably faulty reading for akiñcana.
akka →
pts
…-vāṭa a kind of gate to a plantation, a movable fence made of the akka plant Vin.ii.154 (cp. akkha-vāṭa).
cp….
akkha →
pts
…& surādhutta).;
- -vāṭa fence round an arena for wrestling Ja.iv.81. (? read akka-).
Vedic akṣa, prob. to akṣi…
akkhara →
pts
adjective constant, durable, lasting DN.iii.86. As tt. for one of 4 branches of Vedic learning (DN.i.88) it is Phonetics which probably included Grammar, and is explained by sikkhā …
akkhaṇa →
pts
…Ja.i.58 (akkhaṇavedhin + vālavedhin); Ja.v.129 (the 4 kinds of archers: a., vālavedhin, saddavedhin & saravedhin).
In BSk. we find…
akkhi →
pts
…(-īni ummīletvā opening the eyes); Sdhp.103, Sdhp.380
■ In combination with sa- as sacchi & sakkhi; (q.v.). As adj….
akkhāti →
pts
to declare, announce, tell Snp.87 Snp.172;
imper akkhāhi Snp.988, Snp.1085;
aor akkhāsi Snp.251, Snp.504, Snp.1131 (= ācikkhi etc. Cnd.465);
fut akkhissati Pv.iv.1#63; …
akkosa →
pts
shouting at, abuse, insult, reproach, reviling Snp.623; Mil.8 (+ paribhāsa); Snp-a.492 Thag-a.256; Pv-a.243; Dhp-a.ii.61.
- -vatthu always as dasa a˚\ …
akkuṭṭha →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) being reviled, scolded, railed at Snp.366 (= dasahi akkosavatthūhi abhisatto Snp-a.364); Ja.vi.187.
- (nt.) reviling, scolding, swearing at; in combination *akkuṭṭha-vandi …
akuppa →
pts
adjective not to be shaken, immovable; sure, steadfast safe Vin.i.11 (akuppā me ceto-vimutti) = SN.ii.239; Vin.ii.69; Vin.iv.214; DN.iii.273; MN.i.205, MN.i.298; SN.ii.171; AN.iii.119, AN.iii.198; Mi …
akācin →
pts
adjective = akāca Vv.60#1. Kern (Toevoegselen s. v.) proposes reading akkācin (= Sk. arka-arcin shining as the sun), but Vv-a.253 explains by niddosa, and t …
alamba →
pts
adjective not hanging down, not drooping, short Ja.v.302; Ja.vi.3 (˚tthaniyo not flabby: of a woman’s breasts cp. alamb’ ordhva-stanī Suśruta i.371).
a + lamba
alassa →
pts
at SN.i.43 is spurious spelling for ālassa idleness, sloth; variant reading BB ālasya.
alaṃ →
pts
indeclinable emphatic particle
- in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …
alaṅkaroti →
pts
…Ja.vi.368). ger. -karitvā Dhp-a.i.410; Pv-a.74
pp alaṅkata
caus alaṅkārāpeti to cause to be adorned…
alaṅkata →
pts
- “made too much”, made much of, done up, adorned, fitted out Dhp.142 (= vatthâbharaṇa-paṭimaṇḍita Dhp-a.iii.83); Pv.ii.3#6; Vv.1#1; Ja.iii.392; Ja.iv.60.
- “done enough” (see *[alaṃ](/define/alaṃ …
alika →
pts
…-vādin one who tells a lie, a liar Dhp.223 = Vv-a.69 (has alīka˚); Ja.ii.4; Snp-a.478 (for abhūta-vādin…
alla →
pts
…Pv-a.82 (sīsaṃ nahātvā allakesa); usually combd. with allavattha with clean clothes (in an ablution;…
allīyati →
pts
…to to bring near to (c. acc. or loc.) Ja.ii.325 (hatthiṃ mahābhittiyan alliyāpetvā); Ja.iv.392 (sīsena sīsaṃ alliyāpetvā).
ā +…
alāta →
pts
firebrand AN.ii.95 (chava˚ a burning corpse see chava); Ja.i.68; Pp.36; Dhp-a.iii.442.
Sk. alāta, related to Lat. altāre altar, adoleo to burn
amacca →
pts
…mittā vā amaccā vā ñātī vā sālohitā vā AN.i.222; Pv-a.28; amaccā ñāti-sanghā ca AN.i.152. 2. Especially a king’s…
amara →
pts
adjective not mortal, not subject to death Thag.276; 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 mṛ.
amaratta →
pts
immortality Ja.v.223 (= devatta C.).
abstr. fr. amara
amarā →
pts
? a kind of slippery fish, an eel (?) Only in expression amarā-vikkhepika eel-wobbler, one who practices eel-wriggling, fr. ˚vikkhepa “oscillation like the a. fish” In English idiom “a man who si …
amata →
pts
…(has ˚dudrabhi).
- -dvāra the door to Nibbāna MN.i.353; SN.i.137 = Vin.i.5; SN.ii.43, SN.ii.45, SN.ii.58, SN.ii.80;…
amba →
pts
the Mango tree, Mangifera Indica DN.i.46, DN.i.53, DN.i.235; Ja.ii.105 Ja.ii.160; Vv.79#10; Pp.45; Mil.46; Pv-a.153, Pv-a.187.
- -aṭṭhi the kernel or stone of the m. fruit Dhp- …
ambaka →
pts
Ambaka1
adjective “womanish” (?), inferior, silly, stupid, of narrow intellect. Occurs only with reference to a woman, in combn. with bālā AN.iii.349 (variant reading amma˚), AN …
ambho FIXME double FIXME double →
pts
Amho = ambho
Ja.i.174 (variant reading).
ambho FIXME double →
pts
Ambho
indeclinable part. of exclamation, employed:
- to draw attention = look here, hey! hallo! Vin.iii.73 (= ālapan’ âdhivacana); Ja.ii.3; Pv-a.62.
- to mark reproach anger = you silly, you rasc …
ambila →
pts
adjective sour, acid; one of the 6 rasas or tastes, viz. a., lavaṇa, tittaka, kaṭuka kasāya, madhura (see under rasa): thus at Mil.56. Another enumeration at Cnd.540 & Dhs.629
■ Ja …
ambu →
pts
…(= maccha Cnd.91).
- -sevāla a water-plant Thag.113.
Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. ο ̓́μβρος, Lat. imber rain; cp….
ambāṭaka →
pts
the hog-plum, Spondias Mangifera (a kind of mango) Vin.ii.17 (˚vana); DN-a.i.271 (˚rukkha).
amho →
pts
Amho = ambho
Ja.i.174 (variant reading).
amhā →
pts
cow (?) AN.i.229. The C. says nothing. Amhakam, Amhe
etym. uncertain; Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 201 too vague
ammaṇa →
pts
- a trough Ja.v.297; Ja.vi.381 (bhatt˚).
- a certain measure of capacity Ja.i.62; Ja.ii.436 (taṇḍul˚). As -ka at Ja.ii.117 (variant reading ampaṇaka); DN-a.i.84.
of uncertain etym.; Sk. armaṇa …
amāya →
pts
adjective not deceiving, open, honest Snp.941 (see Mnd.422: māyā vuccati vañcanikā cariyā). Cp. next.
a + māyā
ana →
pts
Ana-
negative prefix, contained in anappameyya, (Thag.1089), anamatagga & anabhava. See Vinaya Texts ii.113.
anabbhita →
pts
adjective not restored, not to be restored Vin.iv.242; Pv.i.12#3 (where reading prob. faulty & due to a gloss; the id. p. at Thig.129 has ayācita & at Ja.iii.165 anavhāta; Pv-a.64 explains by ana …
anabhiraddhi →
pts
anger, wrath DN.i.3 (= kopass’etaṃ adhivacanaṃ DN-a.i.52).
an + abhiraddhi
anabhisambhuṇamāna →
pts
adjective not obtaining, unable to get or keep up DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268).
ppr. med. of an + abhisambhuṇāti
anabhāva →
pts
the utter cessation of becoming. In the oldest Pali only in adj. form anabhāvaṃ kata or gata. This again found only in a string of four adjectives together expressing the most utter destruction. They …
anajjhiṭṭha →
pts
adjective uncalled, unbidden, unasked Vin.i.113; Pv.i.12#3 (T. anabbhita, variant reading anijjhiṭṭha Ja.iii.165 has anavhāta; Thig.129 ayācita; Pv-a.64 explains by anavhāta).
an + ajjhiṭṭha
anamatagga →
pts
adjective epithet of Saṃsāra “whose beginning and end are alike unthinkable”, i.e., without beginning or end. Found in two passages of the Canon SN.ii.178, SN.ii.187 sq. = SN.iii.149, SN.iii.151 = SN. …
anamha →
pts
adjective being in consternation or distress, crying Ja.iii.223 (˚kāle = ārodana-kāle C.).
according to Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 70 = ana-mha “unlaughing” with ana = an (cp. anabhāva anamatagga) and m …
anasitvāna →
pts
without eating, fasting Ja.iv.371.
ger. of an + aśati
anassuṃ →
pts
1st sq, pret. of anusūyati (= Sk. anvaśruvaṃ) I have heard MN.i.393.
anassāsika →
pts
adjective not consoling, discouraging not comforting MN.i.514; SN.ii.191.
an + assāsa + ika; cp. Sk. āśvāsana & BSk. anāśvāsika Divy.207
anassāvin →
pts
adjective not intoxicated, not enjoying or finding pleasure in Snp.853 (sātiyesu a. = sātavatthusa kāmaguṇesu taṇhasanthavavirahita Snp-a.549).
an + assāvin; cp. assāva + āsava
anasuyyaṃ →
pts
not grumbling Ja.iii.27 (variant reading for anusuyyaṃ T.).
Sk. anasūyan, ppr. of an + asūyati
anavaya →
pts
adjective not lacking, complete in (loc.), fulfilling DN.i.88 (= anūna paripūra-kārin DN-a.i.248); AN.iii.152 (= samatta paripuṇṇa AA quoted by Tr. on Mil.10).
derivation doubtful. See Trenckner *P …
andha →
pts
adjective
- (lit.) blind, blinded, blindfolded Ja.i.216 (dhūm˚); Pv.iv.1#48; Pv-a.3
■ dark, dull, blinding MN.iii.151 (˚andhaṃ adv. dulled); Snp.669 (Ep. of timisa, like Vedic andhaṃ tamaḥ); D …
andhaka →
pts
“blind fly”, i.e. dark or yellow fly or gad-fly Snp.20 (= kāṇa-makkhikānaṃ adhivacanaṃ Snp-a.33).
fr. andha
aneka →
pts
adjective (usually ˚-) not one, i.e. many, various; countlcss, numberless Iti.99 (saṃvaṭṭakappā countless aeons); Snp.688 (˚sākhā); Dhp.153 (˚jātisāra); Ja.iv.2 Ja.vi.366.
- -pariyāyena (instr.) …
aneḷa →
pts
…or clear throat or, of vācā speech: “clearly enunciated” (thus Mrs. Rh. D at Kindred Sayings i.241) Vin.i.197 =…
anikkasāva →
pts
adjective not free from impurity, impure, stained Dhp.9 = Thag.969 = Ja.ii.198 = Ja.v.50; Dhp-a.i.82 (= rāgâdīhi kasāvehi sakasāva).
a + nikkasāva, cp. nikasāva
anissukin →
pts
adjective not hard, not greedy, generous DN.iii.47 (+ amaccharin; variant reading anussukin); Snp-a.569 (see under niṭṭhurin).
an + issukin, see also an-ussukin
anna →
pts
“eating”, food, esp. boiled rice, but includes all that is eaten as food, viz. odana, kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa (rice gruel, flour, fish, meat) Mnd.372 = Mnd.495. Anna is spelt *[aṇṇa](/define/aṇṇ …
annaya →
pts
in dur˚ see anvaya.
ano →
pts
Ano-
is a frequent form of compn. an-ava, see ava.
anodissaka →
pts
adjective unrestricted, without exception, general, universal; only in cpd. -vasena universally thoroughly (with ref. to mettā) Ja.i.81; Ja.ii.146; Vv-a.97 (in general; opp. odissaka-vasena). S …
anojagghati →
pts
at DN.i.91 is variant reading for anujagghati.
anojaka →
pts
Anojaka = anojā
Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161, where classed with yodhikā bandhujīvakā).
anojā →
pts
Anojaka = anojā
Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161, where classed with yodhikā bandhujīvakā).
anoka →
pts
houselessness, a houseless state, fig freedom from worldliness or attachment to life, singleness SN.v.24 = AN.v.232 = Dhp.87 (okā anokaṃ āgamma). adj. homeless, free from attachment SN.i.176; Dhp.87 ( …
anoma →
pts
adjective (only ˚-) not inferior, superior, perfect, supreme, in foll. compounds
anomajjati →
pts
to rub along over, to stroke, only in phrase gattāni pāṇinā a. to rub over one’s limbs with the hand MN.i.80, MN.i.509; SN.v.216.
anu + ava + majjati, mṛj
anoramati →
pts
not to stop, to continue Ja.iii.487; Dhp-a.iii.9 (ger. -itvā continually).
an + ava + ram
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
anovassa →
pts
absence of rain, drought Ja.v.317 (variant reading BB for anvāvassa T.; q.v.).
an + ovassa; cp. Sk. anavavarṣana
anovassaka →
pts
adjective sheltered from the rain, dry Vin.ii.211; Vin.iv.272; Ja.i.172; Ja.ii.50; Ja.iii.73; Dhp-a.ii.263; Thag-a.188.
an + ovassaka
anta →
pts
Anta1
- end, finish, goal SN.iv.368 (of Nibbāna); Snp.467; Ja.ii.159. antaṃ karoti to make an end (of) Snp.283, Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
■ loc. ante at the end of, …
antaka →
pts
being at the end, or making an end, epithet of Death or Māra Vin.i.21; SN.i.72; Thig.59 (explained by Thag-a.65 as lāmaka va Māra, thus taken anta2); Dhp.48 (= maraṇa-sankhāto antako Dhp\ …
antara →
pts
…prince Ja.v.135
- -vāsa an interregnum Dpvs.v.80.
- -vāsaka “inner or intermediate garment”, one of the 3 robes…
antaradhāyana →
pts
disappearance Dhp-a.iv.191. (variant reading ˚adhāna).
fr. antaradhāyati
antarayati →
pts
to go or step in between, ger. antaritvā (= antarayitvā) Ja.i.218.
cp. denom. fr. antara
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 …
antarikā →
pts
“what lies in between or near”, i.e.
- the inside of Vin.iv.272 (bhājan˚).
- the neighbourhood, region of (-˚), sphere, compass Vin.iii.39 (ur˚, angul˚); Ja.i.265 (yakkhassa sīm˚ inside the yṡ sph …
antarā →
pts
adverb prep. (c. gen. acc. or loc.), pref. (˚-) and adv. “in between” (of space & time), midway, inside; during meanwhile, between. On interpretation of term see DN-a.i.34 sq
- (prep.) c. ac …
antarāya →
pts
…manussa˚, amanussa˚, vāḷa˚, siriṃsapa˚ jīvita˚, brahmacariya˚*. In B.Sk. 7 at Divy.544, viz…
antarāḷa →
pts
interior, interval Dāvs i.52; Dāvs iii.53 (nabh˚).
Sk antarāla
antavant →
pts
adjective having an end, finite DN.i.22, DN.i.31, DN.i.187; Pts.i.151 sq.; Pts.i.157; Dhs.1099, Dhs.1117, Dhs.1175; Mil.145. -anantavant endless, infinite AN.v.193 (loka) See also loka.
anta1 …
ante →
pts
…Pv-a.12; Vv-a.138; -vāsin ˚vāsika Vin.iii.66; DN.i.1, DN.i.45, DN.i.74, DN.i.78, DN.i.88, DN.i.108, DN.i.157; MN.iii.116;…
antika →
pts
adjective noun
- near Kp-a.217; nt. neighbourhood Kp.viii.1. (odak˚); Ja.vi.565 (antike loc. anti near).
- [der fr. anta = Sk. antya] being at the end, final, finished, over SN.i.130 (purisā etad\ …
antima →
pts
adjective last, final (used almost exclusively with ref. to the last & final reincarnation thus in combn. with deha & sarīra;, the last body) DN.ii.15; Dhp.351; Iti.50 (antimaṃ dehaṃ dhār …
anto →
pts
indeclinable prep. inside, either c. acc. denoting direction = into, or c. loc. denoting place where = in. As prefix (˚-) in, within, inside, inner (see compounds)
- prep c. acc. anto nivesanaṃ g …
anu →
pts
…buddhânubuddha vādânuvāda, seṭṭhânuseṭṭhi 5. As regards dialectical differences in meanings of prefixes, anu is freq…
anubala →
pts
rear-guard, retinue, suite, in -ṃ bhavati to accompany or follow somebody Mil.125.
anu + bala
anubandhati →
pts
…Ja.iii.504; Pv-a.260 (= anvāgacchi). ger. -bandhitvā Ja.i.254 grd. -bandhitabba MN.i.106
pp anubaddha…
anubbata →
pts
adjective subject to the will of another, obedient, faithful, devoted Ja.iii.521 Ja.vi.557.
Vedic anuvrata, anu + vata
anubhavana →
pts
experiencing, suffering; sensation or physical sensibility (cf. Cpd. 229, 2321) Ne.28 (iṭṭhâniṭṭh-ânubhavana-lakkhanā vedanā “feeling is characterised by the experiencing of what is ple …
anubhavati →
pts
…(sampattiṃ); ger. -bhavitvā Ja.iv.1; Pv-a.4 (sampattiṃ), Pv-a.67 (dukkhaṃ), Pv-a.73 (sampattiṃ); grd. -bhaviyāna (in order to…
anubhaṇanā →
pts
talking to, admonition, scolding Vin.ii.88 (anuvadanā +).
anu + bhaṇana
anubhoti →
pts
…(sampattiṃ); ger. -bhavitvā Ja.iv.1; Pv-a.4 (sampattiṃ), Pv-a.67 (dukkhaṃ), Pv-a.73 (sampattiṃ); grd. -bhaviyāna (in order to…
anubhāva →
pts
orig. meaning “experience, concomitance” and found only in compounds as-˚, in meaning “experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with”, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatnes …
anubhāvatā →
pts
majesty, power SN.i.156 (mahā˚).
= anubhāva + tā
anubhūta →
pts
(having or being) experienced, suffered, enjoyed Pv-a.ii.12#2. nt. suffering, experience Ja.i.254; Mil.78, Mil.80.
pp. of anubhavati
anubhūyamānatta →
pts
the fact of having to undergo, experiencing Pv-a.103.
abstr. fr. ppr. Pass. of anubhavati
anubodha →
pts
awakening; perception, recognition, understanding SN.i.126 (?) = AN.v.46 (anubodhiṃ as aor. of anubodhati?); Pp.21; Mil.233. Freq. in compn. ananubodha (adj.) not understanding, not knowi …
anubrūheti →
pts
to do very much or often, to practice, frequent, to be fond of (c. acc.), foster SN.i.178 (anubrūhaye); MN.iii.187 (id., so read for manu˚), Thig.163 (˚ehi); Cp.iii.1#2 (saṃvegaṃ anubrūhayiṃ aor.); Ja …
anubujjhati →
pts
to remember, recollect Ja.iii.387 (with avabujjhati in prec. verse).
anu + bujjhati, Med. of budh, cp. Sk. avabudhyate
anucarita →
pts
(-˚) connected with, accompanied by, pervaded with DN.i.16, DN.i.21 (vīmaṃsa˚ anuvicarita DN-a.i.106); MN.i.68 (id.); Mil.226.
pp. of anucarati
anucinteti →
pts
to think upon, to meditate, consider SN.i.203 (variant reading for anuvicinteti).
anu + cinteti
anuddhasta →
pts
adjective spoilt, corrupt, degraded MN.i.462 (citta); AN.ii.126 (id.).
anu + dhasta, pp. of anuddhaṃseti, cp. Sk. apadhvasta
anuddhaṃseti →
pts
…diff. meaning = codeti vā codāpeti vā to reprove, scold, bring down); Iti.42 Usually in ster. phrase rāgo cittaṃ a. lust degrades the…
anudeva →
pts
see anvadeva.
anudhāvati →
pts
to run after, to chase, follow, persecute, pursue MN.i.474; SN.i.9; Dhp.85; Thag.1174; Mil.253, Mil.372.
anu + dhāvati
anudhāvin →
pts
adjective noun one who runs after SN.i.9, SN.i.117.
fr. anudhāvati
anuga →
pts
(-˚) adjective suffix following or followed by, going after, undergoing, being in or under standing under the influence of Snp.332 (vasa˚; in the power of), Snp.791 (ejā˚; = abhibhūta Snp.527), 1 …
anugacchati →
pts
to go after, to follow, to go or fall into (w. acc.) Kp-a.223; Pv-a.141 (˚gacchanto) aor. -gamāsi Vin.i.16, & anvagā Mhvs.7, Mhvs.10; 3rd pl *[anvagū](/define/anvag …
anugata →
pts
adjective gone after, accompanied by, come to; following; fig. fallen or gone into, affected with (-˚), being a victim of, suffering MN.i.16; DN.iii.85 DN.iii.173 (parisā); AN.ii.185 (sota˚, variant …
anugati →
pts
(-˚) following, being in the train of, falling under, adherence to, dependence on SN.i.104 (vas˚ being in the power). Usually in cpd. diṭṭhānugati a sign (lit. belonging to) …
anugaṇhāti →
pts
…give protection DN.i.53 (vācaṃ; cp. DN-a.i.160: sārato agaṇhaṇto); Ja.ii.74; Cnd.50 (ppr. med -gayhamāna = anukampamāna); Pp.36;…
anuggaṇhāti →
pts
…give protection DN.i.53 (vācaṃ; cp. DN-a.i.160: sārato agaṇhaṇto); Ja.ii.74; Cnd.50 (ppr. med -gayhamāna = anukampamāna); Pp.36;…
anugghāṭeti →
pts
not to unfasten or open (a door) Mil.371 (kavāṭaṃ).
an + ugghāṭeti
anugijjhati →
pts
…after, to covet Snp.769 (cp. Mnd.12); Ja.iii.207; Ja.iv.4 (= giddhā gathitā hutvā allīyanti C.). pp. -giddhā (q.v.). Cp….
anuhīrati →
pts
to be held up over, ppr. anuhīramāna DN.ii.15 (vv.ll. variant reading anubhiram˚ glosses B. K. anudhāriyam˚, cp. Trenckner, Notes 79).
for ˚hariyati, anu + hṛ.
anujavati →
pts
to run after, to hasten after, to follow Ja.vi.452 (= anubandhati).
anu + javati
anujāta →
pts
adjective “born after” i.e. after the image of, resembling, taking after; esp. said of a son (putta), resembling his father, a worthy son Iti.64 (atijāta + opp. avajāta); Thag.827 (fig. following the …
anujīvati →
pts
to live after, i.e. like (acc.), to live for or on, subsist by Ja.iv.271 (= upajīvati, tassânubhāvena jīvitaṃ laddhaṃ (Comm.)
pp anujīvata (q.v.).
anu + jīvati
anujīvin →
pts
adjective noun living upon, another, dependent; a follower, a dependant AN.i.152; AN.iii.44; Ja.iii.485; Dāvs v.43.
fr. anujīvati
anujīvita →
pts
living (after), living, livelihood, subsistence, life Snp.836 (= jīvitaṃ Snp-a.545).
pp. of anujīvati
anukaroti →
pts
to imitate, “to do after” AN.i.212; Ja.i.491; Ja.ii.162; Dhp-a.iv.197
ppr anukabbaṃ Vin.ii.201 (mamâ˚)
■ Med. anukubbati SN.i.19 = Ja.iv.65. See also anukubba. On *[anva …
anukassati →
pts
- [Sk. anukaṛṣati] to draw after, to repeat, recite, quote DN.ii.255 (silokaṃ).
- [Sk. ava- kaṛṣati] to draw or take of, to remove, throw down, Thag.869 (aor. anvakāsi = khi …
anukkamati →
pts
- to follow, go along (a path = acc.) AN.v.195; Iti.80 (maggaṃ).
- to advance (not with Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 111 as “abandon”) SN.i.24 Thag.194.
anu + kram
anukkhipati →
pts
to throw out Cp.xi.6 (vaṭṭaṃ).
anu + khipati
anukubba →
pts
adjective (-˚) “doing correspondingly” giving back, retaliating Ja.ii.205 (kicca˚)
= Sk. anukurvat, ppr. of anukaroti
anukūla →
pts
adjective favourable, agreeable, suitable, pleasant Vv-a.280; spelt anukula at Sdhp.297, Sdhp.312.
anulapanā →
pts
scolding, blame, accusation Vin.ii.88 (spelt anullapanā; combd. with anuvadana & anubhaṇanā).
anu + lapanā, lap
anulokin →
pts
adjective looking (up) at, seeing (-˚) MN.i.147 (sīsa˚).
fr. anu + loketi, cp. Sk. & P. avalokin & anuviloketi
anumata →
pts
approved of, given consent to, finding approval, given leave DN.i.99 (= anuññāta DN-a.i.267); Ja.v.399 (= muta); Mil.185, Mil.212, Mil.231, Mil.275; Pv-a.64 (= annuññāta).
pp. of anumaññati
anumati →
pts
consent, permission, agreement, assent, approval Vin.ii.294, Vin.ii.301, Vin.ii.306; DN.i.137 DN.i.143; Dpvs.iv.47, Cf. Dpvs.v.18; DN-a.i.297; Vv-a.17, Pv-a.114.
from anumaññati
anumodana →
pts
…datvā Pv-a.89 ˚ṁ katvā Ja.i.91 Dhp-a.iii.170 Dhp-a.iii.172.Vv-a 118 Pv-a.17 Pv-a.47; ˚ṁ vatvā Vv-a.40 (pānīyadāne for the…
anupacināti →
pts
not to observe or notice Ja.v.339 (= anoloketi C.; variant reading anapaviṇāti).
an + upacināti
anupada →
pts
- the “afterfoot”, i.e. second foot of a verse, also a mode of reciting where the second foot is recited without the first one Vin.iv.15 (cp. 355); Mil.340 (anupadena anupadaṃ katheti).
- (adj.) (fo …
anupaddava →
pts
adjective free from danger, uninjured, safe Vin.ii.79 = Vin.ii.124 (+ anītika); Vin.iii.162; Dhp.338; Dhp-a.iv.48; Pv-a.250 (expln. for siva).
an + upaddava
anupadeti →
pts
…SN.iv.303 (variant reading SS for T. anusarissati); AN.iii.43; Snp.983. ger. -datvā Snp-a.35. inf -dātuṃ AN.i.117. pp. -dinna…
anupaghāta →
pts
not hurting Dhp.185 (anūpa˚; metri causa; expld. by anupahananañ c’eva anupaghātanañ ca Dhp-a.iii.238).
an + upaghāta
anupajagghati →
pts
to laugh at, to deride, mock over AN.i.198 (variant reading anusaṃ˚).
anu + pa + jagghati
anupalitta →
pts
…verse); as -ūpalitta in verse of Sn & Dh: Snp.211 (= lepānaṃ abhāvā Snp-a.261), 392 468, 790, 845; Dhp.353.
an + upalitta
anuparidhāvati →
pts
to run up & down or to move round & round (cp. anuparivattati) SN.iii.150 (khīlan).
anu + pari + dhāvati
anuparisakkana →
pts
dealing with, interest in SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattana).
fr. anuparisakkati
anuparisakkati →
pts
to move round, to be occupied with, take an interest in (c. acc.) SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattati).
anu + pari + sakkati
anuparivattati →
pts
to go or move round, viz.
- to deal with, be engaged in, perform, worship Vin.iii.307 (ādiccaṃ); DN.i.240; Pv-a.97.
- to meet Mil.204 (Devadatto ca Bodhisatto ca ekato anuparivattanti).
- to move …
anuparivatti →
pts
(-˚) dealing with, occupation, connection with SN.iii.16.
anu + parivatti
anuparivāreti →
pts
to surround, stand by, attend on (c. acc.) Vin.i.338; MN.i.153; Dhp-a.1.55.
anu + pari + vāreti
anupariyāti →
pts
…search) Pv.iii.3#4 (= anuvicarati); Mil.38; Pv-a.92 (-yāyitvā ger.) Pv-a.217
auu + pari + yāti
anupatta →
pts
(anuppatta) (having) attained, received, got to (c. acc), reached DN.i.87–DN.i.111; DN.ii.2; Iti.38; Snp.027, Snp.635; Dhp.386, Dhp.403; Pv.iv.1#66; Pv-a.59 (dukkhaṃ), Pv-a.242. In phrase *addhagata …
anupavajja →
pts
adjective blameless, without fault, Mil.391.
grd. of an + upavadati
anupavattaka →
pts
(anuppa˚) adjective to anupavatteti] one who succeeds (another) King or Ruler in the ruling of an empire (cakkaṃ) Mil.342, Mil.362; Snp-a.454. See also anuvattaka.
anupavatteti →
pts
(anuppa˚) to keep moving on after, to continue rolling, with cakkaṃ to wield supreme power after, i.e. in succession or imitation of a predecessor SN.i.191; Mil.362. See also *[anuvatteti](/define/a …
anupavecchati →
pts
(anuppa˚) to give, give over to, offer up, present, supply Vin.i.221 (˚pavacchati); DN.i.74 (= pavesati DN-a.i.218); DN-a.ii.78; MN.i.446 MN.iii.133; AN.ii.64; AN.iii.26 (variant reading ˚vacch˚); J …
anupavāda →
pts
…scolding as well as not inciting others to grumbling“); adj. -vādaka Pp.60, & -vādin MN.i.360.
an + upavāda
anupharaṇa →
pts
flashing through, pervading Mil.148.
anu + pharaṇa
anuposathikaṃ →
pts
see anvaḍḍhamāsaṃ.
anupubba →
pts
adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …
anupubbi-kathā →
pts
Anupubbi-kathā
feminine a gradual instruction, graduated sermon regulated exposition of the ever higher values of four subjects (dāna-kathā, sīla˚, sagga˚, magga˚) i.e. charity righteousness, the h …
anupādā →
pts
…of an + upādiyati =…
anupāpuṇāti →
pts
…find SN.i.105; ger. anuppatvāna Pv.ii.9#24 (˚pāpuṇitvā Pv-a.123)
pp anupatta (q.v.)
caus…
anupāta →
pts
attack in speech, contest, reproach AN.i.161 (vāda˚).
of anupatati
anuraho →
pts
adverb in secret, face to face, private MN.i.27.
anu + raho
anurakkhaka →
pts
adjective preserving, keeping up Ja.iv.192 (vaṃsa˚); Ja.vi.1 (id.).
fr. anurakkhati, cp. ˚rakkhin
anurakkhaṇa →
pts
-ā (f.) guarding, protection, preservation DN.iii.225 sq.; AN.ii.16 sq.; Ja.i.133 Pp.12; Dpvs.iv.24 (adj.); Vv-a.32 (citta˚); Sdhp.449.
abstr. fr. anurakkhati
anurakkhā →
pts
guarding, protection, preservation SN.iv.323 (anuddayā a. anukampā).
= anurakkhaṇā
anuravanā →
pts
lingering of the sound, resounding Mil.63.
abstr. fr. anuravati
anuravati →
pts
to resound, to sound after, linger (of sound) Mil.63.
anu + ravati
anusampavaṅkatā →
pts
disputing, quarrelling(?) Vin.ii.88 (under anuvādâdhikaraṇa).
anu + saṃ + pavankatā; is reading correct?
anusandahati →
pts
to direct upon, to apply to AN.iv.47 sq. (cittaṃ samāpattiyā; so to be read with variant reading for anusandati) Mil.63 (but here prob. to be read as anusandati, q.v.).
anu + …
anusandati →
pts
to stream along after, to follow, to be connected with. Thus to be read at Mil.63 for anusandahati (anuravati + ; of sound) while at AN.iv.47 the reading is to be corrected to *[anusandahati](/define …
anusavati →
pts
at SN.ii.54 (āsavā na a.; variant reading anusayanti) & iv. 188 (akusalā dhammā na a.; variant reading anusenti) should preferably be read…
anusaṃvacchara →
pts
adjective yearly Dhp-a.i.388 (nakkhattaṃ). Usually nt. -ṃ as adv. yearly, every year Ja.i.68; Ja.v.99. On use of anu in this combn. see anu A a.
anu + saṃv˚
anusaṃyāyati →
pts
…MN.i.209 (Bhagavantaṃ ˚itvā) Ja.iv.214 (variant reading anuyāyitvā). See also anuyāti and…
anuseti →
pts
to “lie down with”, i.e.
- trs. to dwell on, harp on (an idea) SN.ii.65; SN.iii.36; SN.iv.208.
- (of the idea) to obsess, to fill the mind persistently, to lie dormant & be continually cropping up. …
anusikkhati →
pts
to learn of somebody (gen.); to follow one’s example, to imitate Vin.ii.201 (ppr. med. ˚amāna); SN.i.235; AN.iv.282, AN.iv.286, AN.iv.323; Snp.294 (vattaṃ, cp. RV iii.59, 2: vratena śikṣati), Snp.934; …
anusikkhin →
pts
adjective studying, learning MN.i.100; Dhp.226 (ahoratta˚ = divā ca rattiñ ca tisso sikkhā sikkhamāna Dhp-a.iii.324).
fr. anusikhati
anussada →
pts
adjective anussuta*; v.l K.B. anussada; Dhp-a.iv.165 explains with taṇhā-ussāvâbhāva vv.ll. ˚ussada˚); Iti.97 (vv.ll. anussata & anussara).
anussarati →
pts
…AN.i.25, AN.i.164 (pubbenivāsaṃ), AN.i.207 (tathāgataṃ, dhammaṃ etc.); AN.iii.285 (id.), AN.iii.323 (nivāsaṃ), AN.iii.418; AN.v.34,…
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 …
anussava →
pts
hearsay, report, tradition MN.i.520; MN.ii.211; SN.ii.115; SN.iv.138; AN.i.26; Ja.i.158 (with ref. to part. kira = annussav’atthe nipāto; so also at Vv-a.322, cf. anussavana); ii.39 …
anussavana →
pts
Err:509
anussavika →
pts
adjective “belonging to hearsay”, traditional; one who is familiar with tradition or who learns from hearsay MN.i.520; MN.ii.211. Cp. anussutika.
fr. anussava
anussuka →
pts
adjective free from greed Dhp.199; cf. anussukin variant reading DN.iii.47, also anissukin and apalāsin.
an + ussuka