…form of vā, as found e.g. Dhp.195 (yadi va for yadi vā); or in correlation va-va either-or: Dhp.108 (yiṭṭhaṃ va…

…shortened to va, e.g. devo va Brahmā vā Snp.1024: see va⁴.

Ved. vā, Av. vā, Gr. η ̓́, Lat…

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,…

…as having discovered Jīvaka Komārabhacca lying on a dung-heap (cast there by the orders of his mother, the courtesan Sālavatī), and having…

…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…

…they express regret for their behaviour and promise to cultivate self-restraint in the future. SN.ii.204–205

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

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

The novice…

…Vin.iv.161 The Sattarasa-vaggiya monks frequented the river for water-sports. Vin.iv.111–112

Once the Buddha was told that the…

…Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and stopped by libertines. So she sent a man to ask the Buddha’s advice and he permitted her…

…state of union with Brahmā. These are evidently Adhvaryu brahmins.

A Brahmin of Sāvatthī. A verse addressed by him to some corpulent monks is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.114

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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A brahmin of Khemavatī, father of the Buddha Kakusandha. His wife was named Visākhā. DN.ii.7

…him muṇḍaka and vasala. Thereupon the Buddha preaches to him the Vasala Sutta (or, as it is sometimes called, the Aggika Bhāradvāja…

…Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the Dantabhūmi Sutta MN.iii.128f. the novice Aciravata is thus addressed by Prince Jayasena, who visits him, and…

…offence. Vin.iii.224 The Vaṅgīsa Sutta was preached there to Vaṅgīsa, on the occasion of the death of his preceptor, Nigrodhakappa….

…It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to twenty Ababā. SN.i.152

5hell

…He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the desirability of living up to his name by practising ahiṃsā. It is said…

…at the meeting were present monks from the Western country and from Avanti-Dakkhiṇāpatha. Vin.ii.298–289

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A shrine at Pāvā at which sacrifices were offered to Ajakalāpaka. Ud.4

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…river was probably a branch of the Aciravatī.

Gandak2river

…occurred to the Buddha on various occasions at the foot of this tree, when he sat there soon after the Enlightenment. On all these occasions…

…his death he was born in Tāvatiṃsā; he visited the Buddha to refute a statement made about him by the naked ascetic Pātikaputta to the effect…

…by him form the Ajitamāṇavapucchā of the Parāyana Vagga of the Sutta Nipāta. Snp.1221–1228

A verse attributed to Ajita-māṇava is found…

…and confidant, the brahmin Vassakāra, to the Buddha to intimate to him his desire to make war on the Vajjians and to find out what prediction the…

…lives they had lived under various Buddhas.

In the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.286 Sakka speaks of them as the highest devas, and expresses his…

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

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Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

A royal park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay in the course of their journ …

…two of them being on the value of the satipaṭṭhāna. SN.v.141ff. In the third sutta AN.iv.100–106 he dwells on the impermanence of all…

…over her park, the Ambapālivana, to the Buddha and the Order. The Buddha accepted the gift and stayed there some time before going on to Beluva….

AmbaraambaravatīAmbara-ambaravatī

The double name of a city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

…the Buddha was yet in Bhaddavatikā the Elder Sāgata went to the Jaṭila’s hermitage and took up his abode near the fireplace. The Nāga showed…

…Pokkharasādi’s to Kapilavatthu, to the Mote Hall of the Sākyans, and had been insulted there. DN.i.91

Asked by the Buddha to what family he…

…place wer.

• Isidatta of Avanti (who answered Citta’s questions regarding the reason for the existence of various views in the world)….

…abstinence from too much talking, love of solitude and the cultivation of right views. AN.iii.138–139

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…where he realised that bhavanirodha was nibbāna.

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

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

…well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. The Buddha visits them and talks about the four factors of Dhamma (dhammapadāni) which…

…in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha came to visit the…

…Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, Upāli. Vin.ii.180f.

From Anupiya the Buddha went to Kosambi. Vin.ii.184 Near Anupiya was…

…grievously ill in the Andhavana in Sāvatthī, but the pain made no impression on his mind, because, he says, his mind was well grounded in the…

…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…

…of his piety the darkness vanished.

The Buddha was staying in the Sītavana, and when Anāthapiṇḍika reached there spirits opened the door…

One of the four great continents into which the earth is divided. According to the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.i.227 AN.v.59 each cakkavāla (world-system) has an Aparagoyāna.

5continent

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,…

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…

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…

…in the Brahma-world, while the others were born in various purgatories.

…they came to the Buddha in various forms and in various guises, as he sat at the foot of the Ajapala banyan tree, and danced and sang before him….

A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128

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…and had won wisdom and liberty.

Ariṭṭha³

A messenger of Vessavaṇa, employed by him to take his proclamations and publish…

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

…visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

They were disciples of different…

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

Inhabitants of the fifth of the nine abodes of beings (sattāvāsā). These beings are unconscious and experience nothing. AN.iv.401 As soon as an idea occurs to them they fall from their state. DN.i.28

…in Nāḷandā and asked him various questions, recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.312ff. One of these related to the custom among the…

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 …

…ascetic who possessed various psychic powers. Once, while in Tāvatiṃsā heaven, he saw the whole city decked with splendour and the gods…

…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…

…at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, and inquires where she had been born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the…

…preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to him and to…

…Ālavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send them to girls and women of…

…had settlements on the Godāvarī, and Bāvarī’s hermitage Snp.977 was in their territory, in close proximity to the Alaka or Mūlaka (the…

…leads to purity, can be cultivated by any of the four classes. Assalāyana sits silent and upset at the end of the discourse, but when the Buddha…

…fight between the Devas and the Asuras is mentioned even in the oldest books of the Tipitaka and is described in identical words in several…

AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja

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

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

Given in the Pācittiya rules’ as an example of a low name (hīnanāma). Vin.iv.6ff.

…Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

Its capital…

…the Madhura Sutta. MN.ii.83–90

It is said that after the interview Avantiputta became a follower of the Buddha’s teaching.

A class of devas. Their world ranks among the five foremost of the rupa-worlds, the Suddhāvāsā.DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are…

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

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,…

He dwelt in the Añjanavana in a small hut, and there he became Awakened. Thag.55

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

…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…

…Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avantī, Gandhāra, and Kamboja. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256…

AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced Buddhism and in due course acquired the three knowledges. Thag.219–221

…when the latter came to Jetavana, and Pasenadi, filled with wonder, offered to provide the monk with all requisites. Aṅgulimāla, however, had…

…in addressing Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.265

Aṅgīrasa²

One of the ten ancient seers who conducted great sacrifices and were…

…conducted by them. AN.iv.61

Various teachings are attributed to them, e.g. that they recognised five kinds of Brahmins—brahmasama, devasama,…

…while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

4town

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 for six days, he came across the Buddha in a forest …

…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…

BakkulaBākulaVakkula

At the age of eighty, Bakkula heard the Buddha preach and left the world. For seven days he remained unenlightened, but on the…

BeluvaBeluvagāmaVeluvaVeluvagāma

A village near Vesāli, where the Buddha spent his last vassa.

It was at this time that the Buddha, in answer to…

…been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses tell how his…

…the Buddha at Bhaddavatikā. Vin.iv.108f.

The town is probably identical with Bhaddavatī, and was in the Cetiya Country….

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 …

…the Sākyan rājas of Kapilavatthu and entered the Order in the Anupiya Mango grove with Anuruddha and the others, soon afterwards attaining to…

…find her a lodging in Sāvatthī. Nandā agreed to do this, but made things very unpleasant for Bhaddā when she arrived….

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…

A headman of Uruvelakappa and father of Ciravāsi. SN.iv.327

…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…

…MN.iii.237

Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towards members of the…

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.

…lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.

The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings AN.ii.61 AN.iv.85 Vin.ii.127 Vin.iv.115…

…in the time of Reṇu. His capital was in Roruva. DN.ii.235f.

…the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu and wanted lodging for the night, Mahānāma suggested that he should go to the hermitage of Bharaṇḍu. The…

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.69

…in the compound Ukkalā-Vassa-Bhaññā, SN.iii.73 MN.iii.78 AN.ii.31 a group described as ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavāda,…

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…

…to the Buddha at Veḷuvana for disputing with Abhiñjaka, colleague of Anuruddha. The Buddha sent for the disputants and rebuked them for…

…the Buddha was at Bhesakalāvana, he saw, with his divine eye, Anuruddha dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, and appeared…

…village in the Vajji country, where the Buddha stayed on his last journey, in the Ānanda cetiya, and where he preached a sermon on…

…Bhoja country, modern Vidarbha.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.6f. the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous…

A class of devas, earth bound deities. They belong to the lowest category of devas. AN.iv.119

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…

…joined the Order at Veḷuvana, Sundarika Bhāradvāja on the banks of the Sundarikā, and Bahudhītīka Bhāradvāja in a forest tract in…

BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and, unable to speak for rage, sat on one side, sulking. The B …

…hand and dedicated Veḷuvana for the use of him and of his monks. Vin.i.35ff.

It may have been in Veḷuvana that the king built for the…

…was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by Sañjikāputta, inviting the Buddha to the palace, that he might bless it by…

…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…

…One day he went to Sāvatthī for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother’s house. She was in the habit of making an oblation to…

…to announce his arrival, visited the Buddha.

He satisfied any remaining doubts he had as to the marks on the Buddha’s body and then…

…BCE. He was raised in Kapilavatthu, where he had a wife and child, but left home in search of the Deathless at the age of 29. After six years of…

…By the power of the devatā, Bāhiya reached Sāvatthī in one night, a distance of one hundred and twenty leagues, and was told that the…

…Buddha proceeded to Pācīnavaṃsadāya. Vin.i.350 MN.iii.154

The readings of the texts are uncertain, and it is impossible to say whether a…

…of the Khandahāla, Pupphavatī; in that of the Yuvañjaya, Rammanagara J.iv.119f; and in that of the Sankha, Molinī J.iv.15. It was also called…

…Vanasavhya (or Tumbava, v.l. Vanasāvatthi), Kosambī, Sāketa and Sāvatthī; then, finding that the Buddha had gone to Rājagaha, they followed…

…it through the air the Cakkavatti with his fourfold army. Wherever the Cakkaratana halts, all the chiefs of that quarter acclaim the Cakkavatti as…

…who is generally the Cakkavatti’s eldest son. DN.ii.174f.

Judging from the story of Mahāsudassana, who is the typical Cakkavatti, the World…

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

1solar system

…at Campā regarding the validity and otherwise of formal acts of the Saṅgha.

The Soṇadaṇḍa, the Dasuttara, the Kandaraka and the…

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…

…of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the highest…

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

…Candimā. There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the moon.

It is said that once, when Candimā was seized by Rāhu Asurinda, he invoked…

…stayed in the Todeyya-ambavana. Saṅgārava went to see him, and on that occasion was preached the Saṅgārava Sutta. MN.ii.209f.

Kosala3town

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…

…she joined Thullanandā in various vicious practices. She once applied for permission to ordain nuns but was refused, and on discovering that…

…were complete, Jīvaka gave the king the medicine and escaped on Bhaddavatikā, the king’s she-elephant, before the truth was…

…dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit which the Buddha paid to him.AN.iv.228…

…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 Vin.i.170…

…he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him questions about the Buddha’s teaching.

Channa²

A monk. He once stayed at…

The son of Bhadragaka. Bhadragaka visited the Buddha and told him that he was always anxiously waiting for news of Ciravāsī, who was away at school. SN.iv.329

…ill just before his death, devas visited him and advised him to wish for kingship among them, but he refused to aspire to anything so impermanent,…

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

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…

…brought to the Buddha at Jetavana Sāriputta’s bowl and outer robe and his relics wrapt in his water-strainer.

Mahā-Cunda was evidently a…

He was ordained by Khadiravaniya. Thag.42

He is mentioned as living at the Kūṭāgārasālā, which place he left when the Licchavis caused…

…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…

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 now regretted his decision and wanted to return to the ho …

…*

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

….i.55…

CūladevaCūḷadeva

A Thera, an eminent teacher of the Vinaya. Vin.v.3

CūḷagavacchaCūlagavaccha

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a joyful monk would realize the state of peace. Thag.11

…“evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa). AN.i.23

His Theragathā verses speak of how slow his progress was in Dhamma, so much so that his brother…

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

Dabba was given the rank of…

…and Dhammasava and his father. On another of these occasions the Buddha saw the Magadhakhetta, which gave him the idea of designing…

…the name is coupled with Avanti as Avantidakkhiṇāpatha and seems to refer, but more vaguely, to the same limited district. Vin.i.195 Vin.i.196…

…his fault to Dalhika, thinking that he would, on that account, become a pārājika. But the value of the turban was less than five māsakas…

King of Kumbhavatī in Kaliṅga. MN.i.378

…that Ānanda was at Beluvagāma near Vesāli, he visited him there and held a discussion with him, which is recorded in the Aṭṭhakanāgara…

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…

…as to how the Buddha knew of the unregenerate wickedness of Devadatta. AN.iii.402

near the Aciravatī3town

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 stayed there during his tours and preached to the monks on various topics S.iii.5f; S.iv.124f;…

…and from there to Jīvaka’s Ambavana, where Jīvaka attended him. After this event, the monks wished the Buddha to have a guard, but this…

A class of ascetics mentioned in a nominal list. They are doomed to purgatory. AN.iii.277

…Upavāna obtained from Devahita hot water and molasses, which he sent on a pingo by a serving man. Hot fomentations and the administering of…

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

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A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100

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

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth and attaining the three knowledges. Thag.107

Dhammasava-pitā

Father of Dhammasava. He was one hundred and twenty years old when he went forth. Thag.108

A brahmin lady, mother of Kassapa Buddha. Her husband was Brahmadatta. DN.ii.7

…had the king’s permission. Vassakāra, hearing of this, reported the matter to Bimbisāra, who sent for Dhaniya. Dhaniya maintained that the king,…

…name, contemporaries and vassals of Reṇu. One of these two was king of Aṅga with his capital in Campā, and the other of the Kāsīs with…

…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…

…and, following them, he came upon the Buddha seated at the foot of a-tree. Doṇa asked him various questions as to his identity and the Buddha…

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…

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana and spoke a verse. SN.i.52

…finally as his personal servant. He wished to avenge the death of his parents, but when the occasion arose, he remembered his father’s…

…whom were Vidhura and Sañjīva; when that effort failed owing to the thoughts of goodwill, pity, sympathy and equanimity, developed by the monks,…

EkadhammasavanīyaEkadhammasavaniyaEkadhammika

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

A brahmin village near Dakkhiṇāgiri, to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his …

…in the Mahāvana of Vesāli. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and it was on this occasion that the Tevijja-Vacchagotta…

…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…

…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…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of enduring the discomforts of the forest life. Thag.31

…was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a sermon from the Buddha and went to the nun Kajaṅgalā to have it…

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

They wait on such devas as Sakka, and the males…

GaruḷāGaruḍāSupannaSuvaṇṇa

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

…step of his spiritual advancement, and they, too, became arahants.

The Buddha related this story to Ānanda during a tour in Kosala. They came…

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

It was at a spring festival in Gayā that Senaka Thera was converted by the Buddha….

…in order to wash away his sins during the festival of Gayāphaggu.

…Ud.i.9 DhA.i.72

When Devadatta managed to win over five hundred of the monks to his side, it was to Gayāsīsa that he retired with them, and…

…brahmin teacher of Sāvatthī. He visited the Buddha at the Pubbārāma, and the Buddha preached to him the Gaṇaka-Moggallāna Sutta,…

…suttas composed in verse, especially the whole Sagāthakavagga of the Saṃyutta Nikāya.

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

…Bhaddiya, Khaṇḍadeva, Bāhuraggi and Piṅgiya. They had listened to the Buddha’s teaching and, after death, were born in the…

…saw Udena there in Khemiyambavana and had a conversation with him, recorded in the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. At the conclusion of the talk he declared…

…SN.v.448 the Sītavana, where the Buddha went to visit Soṇa, AN.iii.374 the river Sappinī, on the banks of which lived various…

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,…

…SN.iv.90

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

Probably the mother of Devadatta, who is sometimes called Godhiputta. Vin.ii.189

…Isigilipassa. There he made various vain attempts to win arahantship, achieving only temporary emancipation of mind, from which he then fell away….

GodhāvarīGodhāvari

A river in Dakkhiṇāpatha, of which it forms the southern boundary, rising in Brahmagiri near the village of…

A spot in Siṃsapāvana near Āḷavī. The Buddha once stayed there during the cold season and was visited by Hatthaka Āḷavaka….

…some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put…

…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…

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

Gopaka³

A deva. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka are given in…

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

…Pāṭaligāma, after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

Pāṭaliputta2building

A monk living 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 preached. MN.i.469

GundāvanaKundāvanaGuṇḍāvanaKuṇḍāvana

A forest in Madhurā. Mahā Kaccāna stayed there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā,…

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

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

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

…as a village of the Vajjians.

The Buddha stayed there and was visited by Ugga. AN.iv.212 SN.iv.109

On his last journey he again rested in…

One of Bāvarī’s disciples. He went to the Buddha, asked questions, and became an arahant Snp.1006 Snp.1084–1087

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.

HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya

The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and…

A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallas of Kusināra, where the Buddha died. DN.ii.137

Hirakinari1river

…eminent lay disciple of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and consulted him at…

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

…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….

IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala

A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …

…and his other companion devas. In the same context, Vāsava, ruler of the gods, identified with Sakka, is addressed by Gopaka as “Indra.”….

…and as the owner of Anjanavasabha, the elephant of wondrous power.

The town was seven leagues in extent J.v.57; J.v.484 and there was a road…

…asked questions regarding various views, such as the infinity of the world, etc. At the end of the discourse, Citta discovered, by accident, that…

…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, but they…

…one of these visits he heard Vaṅgīsa’s high eulogy of Moggallāna. SN.i.194 Thag.1249ff.

In the Isigili Sutta MN.iii.68–71 the Buddha is…

…sermon, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Vin.i.10f.

Isipatana is mentioned by the Buddha as one of the four places of pilgrimage which his…

…earth Jambudīpa will be pervaded by mankind even as a jungle is by reeds and rushes. There will be eighty-four thousand cities with Ketumatī at…

…discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas, sakkāya, ignorance, the Noble Eightfold Path, etc….

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…

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…

…to see him at the Añjanavana in Sāketā. The nun asked him for what purpose the Buddha requested that samādhi should be practised and Ānanda…

…of Bāvarī’s disciples. His question and the Buddha’s answer are found in the Jatukaṇṇi Sutta Snp.1007…

A family name, not considered of high social standing. Vin.iv.8 Vin.iv.13

…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…

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. SN.i.165

…prince. Owner of Jetavana, which he sold to Anāthapiṇḍika for eighteen crores. He then spent all that money on the erection of a…

…Park

A park in Sāvatthī, in which was built the Anāthapiṇḍikārāma. When the Buddha accepted Anāthapiṇḍika’s invitation to…

…finding their efforts of no avail they went with him into the homeless life, where all of them profited thereby.

Jotipāla was the Buddha in a…

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…

…committed a misdemeanour while he was sleeping in Jātiyāvana.

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…permanent residence was Sāvatthī, and he often visited the Buddha at Jetavana, consulting him on many topics, such as: results of actions,…

…AN.iv.222f.

At Jīvaka’s request, the Buddha enjoined upon monks to take exercise; Jīvaka had gone to Vesāli on business and had…

…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…

JīvāJīvanti

Daughter of Ubbirī, whose tragic death spurred Ubbirī overcome her attachment. Thig.51

…as visiting the Buddha at Sāvatthī and questioning him on right view. The Buddha’s discourse on this occasion is referred to by Ānanda in a…

A river where Mahākaccāyana sometimes stayed.

Avanti3river

…was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a sermon from the Buddha and went to the nun Kajaṅgalā to have it…

…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…

…the woodlands near by, such as the Gosiṅgasālavana. AN.v.133f.

…among the mind-born devas with a body so large that it was as extensive as “two of three common rice-fields in a Māgadha village, and yet…

…of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rājagaha was named Pacina-vaṃsa and the inhabitants were called Tivarā.

KallavāḷaputtaKallavālaKanavālamutta

A village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh day, while meditating there, he became an arahant, being a …

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

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

…Mahā Kaccāna at the Gundavana near Madhurā and accused him of not paying due respect to elderly brahmins, but when Mahā Kaccāna preached to…

…the very road followed by Revata when going from Sankassa to Sahajāti, this road passing through Kannakujja, Udumbara, and Aggalapura…

…besides these to Kapilavatthu. Various Sākyans went to see him both at the Nigrodhārāma and at the Mahāvana, among them being Mahānāma,…

…recorded in the Kappamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1007 Snp.1092–1095

Kappa²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the unattractiveness…

…VanasaṇḍaKappāsiya Vanasaṇḍa

A grove near Uruvelā. There the a group of men came across the Buddha while seeking for a woman who had…

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

Jetavana3building

…out here and talking on various topics at the close of the day. One such topic is recorded in the Udāna, Ud.p.30f. for discussing which the…

kasivantākapīvantā

A city to the north of Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

…Buddha late one night at Jetavana and uttered several stanzas, admonishing monks to train themselves in their tasks, laying particular stress on the…

…to what was said. A deva of the forest drew near the monk and instructed him not to waste his time in preaching to a man who heard but did…

…probably near Veḷuvana. It was here that Assaji stayed during his last illness, when the Buddha visited him to comfort him….

…people engaged in the festival. The brahmin, seeing the Buddha begging for alms, suggests that the Buddha should work for his living—plough and…

…most eminent disciples as Devadatta, Katamorakatissa, etc., were available. Vin.iv.66

On another occasion, wishing to ordain a nun who was going…

…that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other monks, went to…

…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…

KaṇḍakīvanaKantakīvanaTikantakī

A grove near Sāketa. The conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Moggallāna is recorded…

…the very road followed by Revata when going from Saṅkassa to Sahajāti, this road passing through Kaṇṇakujja, Udumbara, and Aggalapura….

…to places of solitude, such as Gosiṅgasālavana. AN.v.133

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

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

An ascetic in Himavā. He is identified with Baka Brahmā. SN.i.144

Kevaṭṭa KevaḍḍhaKevaddha

A householder of Nāḷandā. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Pāvārika-ambavana at Nāḷandā,…

…visited the Buddha, bringing various kinds of drinks, which he gave to him and to the monks. The following day he invited the whole company to a…

…when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

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 …

…Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍadeviyāputta defended Devadatta…

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

The capital of King Khemaṅkara and the birthplace of Kakusandha. DN.ii.7

4town

…king of Khema or Khemavatī, where the Buddha Kakusandha was born. DN.ii.7

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

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…Toraṇavatthu, between Sāvatthī and Sāketa, Pasenadi, who happened to spend one night there, heard of her presence and went to see her. He…

…class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts….

A river in Avīci, flowing alongside the Asipattavana. MN.iii.185

5river

…of Bhagu, Kuṇḍadhāna, Revata and Ānanda, on the occasion when the Buddha preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta in the Palāsavana at Naḷakapāna….

…Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258

…Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.238

Kisasankicca is spoken of as one of the three shining lights of the Ajivakas MN.i.524 and is classified among the…

…records a visit paid to her by Māra as she sat resting in Andhavana. He was forced to retire discomfited.

…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…

…sinful desires, he left Jetavana, but boils immediately came out on his body, swelling and bursting. Groaning with pain, he fell down at the gate…

…time in Kosala, either in Sāvatthī or in touring in the various parts of the country, and many of the Vinaya rules were formulated in…

…Kosambī, Sāketa, Sāvatthī, Setavyā, Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, Bhoganagara and Vesāli.

Near Kosambī, by the river, was…

…and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a special body of officials, presumably police, who…

…dwelt in the capital of Sobhavatī. DN.ii.1

In Koṇāgamana’s time Mount Vepulla was known as Vaṅkaka, and the people living on the mountain…

…Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.431 Koṭigāma was a village of the Vajjians.

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…the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who lived there: Nilavāsi, Sānavāsi, Gopaka, Bhagu,…

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

…was meditating in Andhavana a deva appeared before him, and asked him fifteen questions which only the Buddha could answer. This led to the…

…Sammosa Sutta and the Ariyavasā Sutta. All these were preached at Kammāssadhamma, which is described as a nigama of the Kurūs, where the Buddha…

…banks of which was the Ambavana; beyond that was the Hiraññavatī river.

After the Buddha’s death his body was carried into the city by the…

KuṇḍadhānavanaKuṇḍiṭṭhānaKuṇḍikāKuṇḍiyāKuṇhāna

It was while the Buddha was dwelling in this monastery that Suppavāsā…

…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…

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

…eat anything offered by Jīvaka.

Kāka came upon the physician at Kosambī having his breakfast. Jīvaka invited him to eat, but he refused. In…

…Nigrodhārāma, near Kapilavatthu, and once, during robe-making time, many monks lived there. On this occasion the Buddha preached the…

…in Ñātika, at the Giñjakāvasatha, the Buddha tells Ānanda that Kālinga was reborn after death in the Suddhavāsā, and that there he would…

…name record visits paid to Kāmabhū by Cittagahapati at Ambāṭakavana in Macchikāsaṇḍa. SN.iv.291 SN.iv.293

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…

…an evil spirit. DN.iii.204

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

…followed a discussion on various points, detailed in the Caṅkī Sutta. At the end of the discussion the youth declared himself a disciple of…

…mention is made of caravans leaving Kāsi to travel for trade. One highway went through Kāsi to Rājagaha Vin.i.212 and another to…

…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…

…asked of the Buddha by Pañcālacaṇḍa-devaputta.

…of Videhikā of Sāvatthī. Videhikā was reputed to be gentle and meek, but Kāḷī, who was a bright girl and a good worker, thought…

…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…

…the Buddha hither from Kapilavatthu AN.iv.274f. Vin.ii.253f.; The Buddha gave Pajāpatī Gotamī, at her special request, a summary of his…

…that he had smiled on seeing various Petas with gruesome forms flying through the air. From the text it would appear that these visions were seen…

…Lakkhī is the Pali equivalent of the goddess of luck, Lakśmī. However in the early texts the name only appears in one obscure Therīgāthā…

…Bhaddiya in the Ambāṭakavana, as he sat there enjoying the bliss of arahantship, are included in the Theragāthā. They speak of the fools who…

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

LaṭṭhivanaLatthivanaLatthivanuyyāna

A grove to the southwest of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during…

…and, among monks, Añjanavaniya, Vajjiputta and Sambhūta.

The Licchavis were greatly admired for their system of government. It was a republic…

…brahmin of Sālāvatikā. He once conceived the idea that a samaṇa or recluse who had reached a good state of mind should tell no one…

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

…the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu, and questioned him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. When Lomasakaṅgiya again confessed his ignorance, Candana…

…completely destroyed them from the root. The interview took place in the Nigrodhārāma at Kapilavatthu.

The name Lomasavaṅgīsa is, probably,…

…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…

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

…contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.

Sudhamma Thera also…

…and from there to the Jīvakambavana, where he was treated by Jīvaka. Vin.ii.193f. It is said SN.i.27f. that seven hundred devas of the…

…he stayed there in the Gundāvana, and was visited there by the king of the city, Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 and the brahmin Kandarāyana. AN.i.67…

…no slander, to be free from avarice, to practise generosity and open handed liberality and kindness, to speak the truth, to be free from anger….

MaghadevaambavanaMakhādevaambavana

A mango grove in Mithilā where Makhādeva lived in meditation after retiring from household life.

This grove…

…Bāvari’s hermitage to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011

According to the Mahāgovinda Sutta DN.ii.220.ff. it was the capital of Avanti and was founded at…

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

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing properly and awaiting ones’ time. Thag.12

…Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avantī, Gandhāra and Kamboja. The first fourteen are included…

…consulted him on various occasions. In Avanti, Kaccāna is said to have stayed, not in the king’s park, but chiefly in the Kuraraghara…

…in his hand a mandārava flower picked up by him from among those which had rained from heaven in honour of the Buddha, and it was he who…

…records a discussion at Jetavana between Savittha, Koṭṭhita and Sāriputta, as to who is best: one who has testified to the truth with body,…

…Santusita, Sunimitta and Vasavatti SN.iv.269–280 He was also consulted by those, such as Vacchagotta, SN.iv.391ff. and Vappa, AN.ii.196ff.…

…Ānanda, Godha, and Lomasavaṅgīsa. Once when the Buddha arrived at Kapilavatthu he asked Mahānāma to find him lodging for the night….

…Buddha was staying at Kapilavatthu she approached the Buddha with 500 Sakyan ladies and asked leave to be ordained as nuns. The Buddha did not…

…consciousness. (saññāvivatta). AN.i.24

A set of verses uttered by him in the joy of attainment is included in the Theragāthā….

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

Bāvarī had three Mahāpurisalakkhaṇā; he could touch his forehead with his…

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

One of the hells. SN.i.92

5hell

…the world, he was chosen by the people DN.iii.92f. to show indignation against and disapproval of those worthy of blame. In return for his…

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

…located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana²

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

MakhādevaMaghadeva

King of Mithilā. His legend is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha,…

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

…are known as the Ājīvakas.

The Buddha considered Makkhali as the most dangerous of the heretical teachers— “I know not of any other…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one should only stay in a dwelling that is conducive to the goal. Thag.105

…of a son. Probably it is Vajirī, who is spoken of as the king’s only daughter. MN.ii.110 He is said to have been disappointed on hearing that…

Mallikāya ārāmaMallikārāma

A park in Sāvatthī belonging to Queen Mallikā. DN.i.178 MN.ii.22

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…that it was once Kusāvatī, the mighty capital of Kusa and Mahāsudassana. They were regarded, together with the Vajjis, as a typical…

…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…

A primeval king. He is considered as an example of one whose desires could never be satisfied. AN.ii.17 Thig.488

…class of devas. They burn continually with envy one against another and their hearts become ill disposed and debauched. Their…

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…

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

4town

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…

…this is done by the cultivation of the four satipaṭṭhānas. SN.v.168f.

The name Medakathalikā, though feminine in inflection, is used…

…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…

…persuaded a Licchavi, named Vaḍḍha, who was their patron and friend, to go to the Buddha and charge Dabba with having had relations with his…

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

…gave orders to his servants and followed the Buddha with abundant provisions of all sorts, entertaining the Buddha and his monks with…

…but on his way to the River Vaggamudā, to wash his sword, he was seized with remorse. A Mārakāyika devatā, however, appeared before him in…

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…

…her jewellery and her servant girl forgot to remove it. Later, on going to fetch it, she found that Ānanda had put it away, and Visākhā,…

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

…also the capital of Makhādeva MN.ii.72f. and eighty four thousand of his descendants.

The Buddha is mentioned as having stayed in Mithilā and…

…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…

…the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were preached…

…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…

…is to go too far. Sīvaka expresses his approval and declares himself the Buddha’s follower. SN.iv.230f. Another conversation he had…

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

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…king. Nārada preached to him, and his sorrow vanished.

…kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at Rājagaha or Giribbaja where…

Māgaṇḍiya¹

The Sutta Nipāta contains a dialogue between Māgaṇḍiya and the Buddha. Snp.1011–1023 The Buddha starts with an emphatic rejection of an offer of a sexual nature, which sparks a …

…but then tells him of the four ways in which craving arises and the advantages of destroying it. AN.ii.248f. SN.iv.72f.

…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…

…of a devaputta of the Vasavatti world, called Māra, who considered himself the head of the Kāmāvacara world and who recognized any attempt…

…with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affections to Pañcasikha. DN.ii.268 Mātali…

MātulaMatula

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

Māgadha3town

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that he went forth after seeing an old man, a sick man, and a dead man. Thag.73

MāṇavagāmiyaMāṇavagāmika

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while…

…and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his feet, calling him “son” and asking why he had been so long…

…and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his feet, calling him “son” and asking why he had been so long…

…of the chief disciples of Bāvarī. His conversation with the Buddha is recorded in the Nanda…

…met him begging alms in Savatthi and smiled to him with sinful heart.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya attributes two discourses to Nandaka. The first…

…the inhabitants of Tāvatiṃsā, headed by Indra, go for their amusement. AN.iii.40 Cakkavatti kings are born in Tāvatiṃsā after death and…

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

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

…companions in the Pācīnavaṃsamigadāya. Vin.i.350f. It was to them that the Upakkilesa Sutta was preached. MN.iii.155 Later, they seem to…

…other two sisters were Nandavatī and Sundarinandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

Nandā²

Declared by the Buddha AN.i.25 to be foremost among…

Navakammika Bhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when the Buddha was staying in a forest in Kosala, Navakammika, who was there seeing about…

NavanavutiyoNavanavatiya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

…near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preached two sermons at the request of the Buddha. AN.v.122f.…

A grove of mucalinda trees in Kimbilā. AN.iii.247

Kimbilā3park

…Nāṭaputta, among them a deva called Ninka. SN.i.66 Nāṭaputta is so convinced of the truth and the irrefutableness of his own doctrines, that…

…they lived in Aggālava cetiya, SN.i.185 where Kappa died. When Vaṅgīsa questioned the Buddha as to the destiny of Kappa, the Buddha’s…

…MN.iii.200 A deva called Candana there taught him the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Is this Lomasakaṅgiya the same as Lomavaṅgīsa, who is…

…desiring solitude, retired to the Gosiṅgasālavana. AN.v.133f.

A Thera mentioned as staying at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. Vin.i.300

A class of devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six deva-worlds. DN.i.218 MN.i.289 SN.i.133 AN.i.210

…of the Majjhima Nikāya contains another list: Gūtha, Kukkuḷa, Simbalivana, Asipattavana and Khārodakanadī.

40.25264,58.439415hell

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.

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nāḷandā, Pāṭaligāma, Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bha …

…rning….

…visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda…

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

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…

…Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the…

…MN.i.376ff. with Kevaṭṭa, DN.i.211ff. and also several conversations with Asibandhakaputta. SN.ii.311–323

The Buddha visited…

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

Servant of Kuvera. He takes Kuvera’s messages and makes them known in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

…hunger and old age; but from this time onwards the enraged devas afflicted humans with various kinds of suffering.

…all splendidly adorned in various ways, though it is stated that earlier in the day they had taken the uposatha-vows. The conversation that took…

…south east, the river Salalavatī; in the south, Setakaṇṇikā; in the west, Thūṇa; and in the north, Usīraddhaja mountain. Vin.i.197

The…

Mention is made in one or two places in the books of Brahmas who are described as Paccekabrahmā—e.g., Subrahmā, Suddhāvāsa and Tudu. I have not come across any explanation of this term. It may designa …

…says that their rebirth is in a Niraya and not in any deva world. SN.iv.305f.

5hell

…Koliyan village, the residence of Suppavāsā Koḷiyādhītā, mother of Sīvali. The Buddha is said to have stayed there. AN.ii.62

Koliya3town

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be…

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…

…penetrated into the interval between seven elementary substances. In other words, there is no such act as killing, or hearing, or knowing, etc.;…

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

…mountain in Avantī, near Kuraraghara. It was a favourite spot of Mahā Kaccāna, and we are told of several discussions having…

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…

…as do Timbaruka, SN.ii.22 Vacchagotta, SN.iii.257 and Sivaka Moliya. SN.iv.230 Potaliputta calls on Samiddhi, MN.iii.207 Susīma on Ānanda,…

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…

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

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…

…place to be passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011 It is identified with the Baithana or Paitana of…

PatāyantiPatāyantīBhagalavatī

A place in Uttarakuru where the Yakkhas assemble. The Dīgha Nikāya DN.iii.201 speaks of it as a hall…

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…India, and they are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū and Mahī. Vin.ii.239…

…Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the…

…visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles….

A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68

near Rājagaha3hill

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,…

A cave near Kosambī. The wanderer Sandaka is said to have stayed there. Nearby was the Devakatasobbha. MN.i.513

25.29188, 81.366113cave

PilindavacchaPilindivacchaPilindiyavacchaPilindaPilindiPilindiya

A monk whose enigmatic Theragāthā verse speaks of what has come and not departed….

…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…

…she came unexpectedly to Jetavana where Anuruddha was reciting some verses. The sound pleased her and she stood “smitten to the marrow, like a…

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…

…to his maternal uncle, Bāvarī. Later, with the Buddha’s leave, he visited Bāvarī and told him the glad tidings, describing the Buddha’s…

Piṇḍola¹

A Pacceka Buddha, given in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Piṇḍola²Bhāradvāja

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

…Icchānaṅgala. Snp.p.115 Vasettha, of the Vāseṭṭha Sutta, was also his pupil. Snp.594 In the Subha Sutta, MN.ii.200ff. Subha…

…to the Buddha and the answer thereto are given in the Posālamāṇavaa pucchā of the Pārāyana Vagga. Snp.1006 Snp.1112–1115.

…showing neither approval nor disapproval, walked away. When the Buddha heard from Ānanda of Potaliputta’s questions and Samiddhi’s…

…place in Mallikārāma in Sāvatthī, is reported in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta. Poṭṭhapāda, accepting the Buddha’s views, was jeered at by…

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…

The eastern of the four continents which compose a Cakkavāla. AN.i.227 AN.v.59

5continent

A monastery outside the eastern gate of Sāvatthī.

27.52532, 82.089843monastery

Pukkusa¹

A prince of the Mallas. He was a disciple of Āḷāra Kālama, and one day, while on his way from Kusinārā to Pāvā, he saw the Buddha seated under a tree by the roadside and stayed to …

…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…

…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. She…

…was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. His answer was that he preferred to remember what he himself had heard and…

…visited the Buddha at Haliddavasana, together with Seniya Kukkuravatika. Puṇṇa questioned the Buddha regarding the practices of Seniya, while…

…the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who visited the Buddha. Snp.1006 His conversation with the Buddha is given in the Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā….

PācīnavaṃsaPācīnavaṃsadāya

A park in the Cetiya kingdom. AN.iv.228f. The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, while staying…

…Bhaddasāla in the Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa. There a certain elephant who, finding communal life distasteful, had left his herd, waited on the…

A class of devas. DN.ii.260

…which grew in the Nandanavana. The devas eagerly watch each stage of development of leaf and flower, and each stage is marked by great…

…mentioned in the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. He is said, by his pupil Uttara, to have taught that those who have developed their indriyas could neither…

…the questions asked by Bāvarī’s disciples and the answers given by the Buddha.

The Pārāyana Vagga is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya…

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

25.04641, 85.411143shrine

…there in order to repel the Vajjīs. The Buddha prophesied the future greatness of Pātaligāma, and also mentioned the danger of its destruction…

…but Ajita was born in Tāvatiṃsā and accused Pātikaputta of being a liar. Later, the Buddha visited the hermitage of Pātikaputta, with a…

…word pātimokkha is variously explained, the oldest explanation being that the observance of the rules is the face (mukhaṃ), the chief…

…their leaders being Revata, Sambhūta Sānavāsī, Yasa Kākandakaputta and Sumana. Vin.ii.301ff. In this connection the Pāveyyakā are…

A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited during his last journey, going there from Bhogagāma and stopping at Cunda’s mango grove.

Cunda lived in Pāvā and invited the Buddha to a meal, which prov …

…there that he preached the Kevaṭṭa Sutta, the Sampasādanīya Sutta and the Upāli Sutta. Among those who visited the Buddha there are mentioned…

…while Uttara was born in Tāvatiṃsā.

Gavampati met Pāyāsi in the deva world, and Pāyāsi instructed him to teach men to give their gifts…

…his power of magic. Several conversations he had with the Buddha, on various topics, are given in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.340ff.

…among whom was the devaputta Asama. SN.i.65 He was consulted by the Licchavis Abhaya SN.v.126 and Mahāli SN.iii.68 and by the wanderer…

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

…accompanied the Buddha to Sāvatthī, and there, dwelling alone, he attained arahantship within a short time. Then, with the Buddha’s permission,…

…to express an opinion in private. On Revata’s suggestion a jury of eight, four from either side, was appointed to go into the question. Revata…

…called Kalinga, Assaka, Avanti, Sovīra, Videha, Aṅga and Kāsi; their capitals were, respectively, Dantapura, Potana, Māhissatī, Roruka,…

…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,…

…Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years. The people took three days to climb Vipula and three to…

…the river, and the people on the two sides used the water to cultivate their fields.

27.64916, 83.541413river

…with the Buddha’s permission. Vin.i.296

Rojā²

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

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

…to Rādha’s questions on various topics.

If the reference is to this same thera, Rādha was, for some time, the attendant of Sāriputta, and…

…went with him alone to Andhavana, and preached to him the Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta. At the end of the discourse, Rāhula became an arahant,…

…Buddha’s visit to Kapilavatthu Rāhulamātā sent Rāhula to him saying, “That is your father, go and ask him for your inheritance.”…

…Rājagaha—e.g., Sītavana, Jīvaka’s Ambavana, Pipphaliguhā, Udumbarikārāma, Moranivāpa with its Paribbājakārāma, Tapodārāma,…

…in connection with the Vajjiputta heresy at the Second Council. He was, at that time, the oldest Thera in the world. He sat on the committee…

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…

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

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

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

…the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya, and Yasa followed him, passing through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja,…

…devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of several other Devas, and spoke…

…brahminee, mother of Brahmadeva Thera, habitually made offerings to Brahmā. Out of compassion for her, Sahampati appeared before her and exhorted…

…name. Though king of the Tāvatiṃsā devas, he is no absolute monarch. He is imagined rather in the likeness of a chieftain of a Kosala clan. The…

…AN.ii.176 In these contexts he is said to have been in the company of Annabhāra and Varadhara, evidently themselves eminent…

…building in Jetavana. Once when Sakka went to visit the Buddha he found him in the Salaḷāgāra, wrapt in samādhi, with Bhuñjatī…

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

One of the two chief disciples of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.i.155

…of how a bhikkhu in the Sītavana (Cool Grove) is victorious. Thag.6

Sambhūta²Sānavāsī

When the Vajjiputtaka heresy arose, his help…

…bathing in the Tapodā, a Deva approached and questioned him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Samiddhi confessed ignorance, and the Deva asked him to…

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

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

A waggon builder of Sāvatthī. In the Aṅgaṇa Sutta, Moggallāna tells Sāriputta how he once saw Samīti shaping a felloe; by his side,…

…him to be perceived by the Devas of Tāvatiṃsā, he is forced to appear as a relatively gross personality which he specially creates. As he…

…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…

During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.

26.21347,79.86595town

Chief of the devas of the Tusita world. DN.i.218 AN.iv.243 SN.iv.280

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.

…mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the…

…Dakkhiṇa Kosala. The Aciravatī was its tributary. Sāketa was situated on the banks of the Sarabhū, which flowed through the…

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

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 …

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…

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

…his teaching being the evasion of problems and the suspension of judgment. His doctrines seem to have been identical with those of the…

…and entered the village for alms; hence his name, Sañjīva, the “Survivor”. MN.i.333

…mentions a Saṅgārava who is perhaps distinct from the above. He lived in Sāvatthī and was a “bath ritualist,” believing in…

…from Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Saṅkassa. The road he took…

…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…

A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147

…except two—viz., hidden privates and the long tongue. The Buddha read his thoughts and contrived, by his iddhi power, that Sela should be…

…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…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of seeing the Buddha at the Gayā festival. Thag.287–290

…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…

…during his life there. Gavampati, who used to go there for his siesta, met him and had a conversation with him, which he reported to the Buddha….

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…

…halting place outside Sāvatthī. Beyond it were Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, etc.

To the north of Setavyā was the Siṃsapāvana, where…

A monk of Sāvatthī who was found guilty of various Vinaya offences, and was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his…

…sikha….

…Abhibhū and Sambhava were his chief disciples among monks.

• Akhila and Padumā among nuns.
• His constant attendant was Khemaṅkara. *…

…in the guise of a jatanduva-brahmin. SN.i.117

A story is also told of the temptation by Māra of Samiddhi when he was with the Buddha….

Horses from the Sindhu region.

The Indus river, one of the most important of those that flow from the Himālaya.

Isidāsī was once born as a goat in Sindhavārañña, the “Forest of the Sindhu”. Thig.438

Indus1river

SineruMahāneruMeruSumeruHemameru

A mountain, forming the center of the world. MN.i.338 DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad. AN.iv.100

Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteri …

…Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasenadi, who once sent a message…

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…

…which was called Siveyyaka. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of this material to Jīvaka, as a present for his cure. These robes Jīvaka gave…

…83.34133parkSiṃsapāvana²Sīsapāvane

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

25.37131,…

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…

…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…

A town where Soreyya-Revata lived. Vin.ii.299 There was a direct route from Verañja to Payāgatiṭṭha, passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and…

…visited the Buddha in Sāvathhī, and the Buddha invited him to share his hut. The Buddha asked him to speak on Dhamma, and he recited the whole…

…visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The interview is described in the Subha Sutta. DN.i.204f. At the end of the…

…Path was useless for salvation, and he taught Subhadda the Doctrine. Subhadda asked to be allowed to join the Order, and the Buddha gave…

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

…are filled and pervaded with happiness and are serenely blissful; they experience only sublime happiness, unlike the Ābhassarā, who…

…verses speak of how in Jīvakambavana, a libertine, in the prime of youth, seeing her going to her siesta, stopped her, inviting her to sensual…

Subrahmā¹

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

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

A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā. The inhabitants of this world are friendly with those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237 MN.iii.103

…visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the value of earnestness. SN.i.53

Sudatta³SudantaKumāputtassa therassa…

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 …

…visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the Vedas. The Buddha answered that it is not knowledge…

A Sākiyan Rājā of Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.

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

…group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three verses in praise of the…

The “Pure Abodes”; a name given to a group of Brahma-worlds—the five highest Rūpa worlds—consisting of Avihā, Atappā, Sudassā, Sudassī and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there th …

…in anger, and going to Sāvatthī, reported the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha blamed Sudhamma and said that the Saṅgha should pass the…

…Kalandakagāma, he saw a servant girl about to throw away some boiled rice and asked her to put it into his bowl. The girl, recognizing his hands…

…on her way home from a carnival, she saw the Buddha at Añjanavana and listened to his preaching. Even as she sat there her insight was completed,…

…others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN.i.213

Sukkā²

A class of Devas who were present, in the company of the…

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

…as having lived in Andhavana with Khema. Together they visited the Buddha, and, when Khema had gone away, Sumana talked with the Buddha about…

…of the home life and the advantages of going forth. She determined to obtain her parent’s permission even going so far as to lie down on the…

…army, fleeing from the devas in panic, through a lotus stalk. SN.v.447f.

Near the pond was the Moranivāpa, and within walking distance was…

…dissatisfaction.

His grievance was that the Buddha showed no mystic superhuman wonders, that he had not shown him the beginning of things. The…

…was not to be won that way and preached to him the Vatthūpama Sutta.

A river 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 Buddha during such a sacrifice. SN.i.167 Snp.p.79

…from the direction of Jetavana. After some days, the heretics hired some villains to kill Sundarī and hide her body under a heap of rubbish near…

…sisters, Nandā and Nandavatī. Sāḷha Migāranattā seduced her, and she was proclaimed guilty of a Pārājika offence. Vin.iv.211f. She…

…in the Brahma world and in various other worlds. Then Sunetta, seeing that some among his disciples were as good as himself, developed mettā to a…

…of Māgadha, who, with Vassakāra, was in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built in order to repel the Vajjīs. These two are…

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

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

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

near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine

…a squall to punish the deva and made the deva appear before him full of repentance. Then Sakka warned him to keep the Rukkhadhamma, which was…

SuppavāsāKoliyadhītā

A lay woman who lived in the Koliyan village of Sajjanela, where the Buddha visited her and preached to her on the efficacy of giving food. AN.ii.62f. She was described by the …

…was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers. Converted by the preaching of his friend, the Thera Sopāka, he entered the…

…thigh and gave it to her servant to make into soup for the monk. She then went to her room and lay on her bed. When Suppiya returned and discovered…

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…

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

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

…the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.

During his visits there he preached the Anumāna Sutta MN.i.95f. and the Bodhirāja…

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

…Sakka. He was one of the deva generals in the fight with the Asuras, but he was lazy, and Sakka had to admonish him….

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

Sāvatthī3river

Sutavā¹

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

Sutavā²

A wanderer who visited the Buddha on Gijjhakūṭa and questioned him regarding the description of an arah …

…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….

Suyāma¹

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

Suyāma²Suyāmana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses…

…Buddha went to stay in Bhaddavatikā, having heard men warn the Buddha of the proximity of a Nāga of great power in the Jaṭila hermitage at…

…between Sāketa and Sāvatthī was Toraṇavatthu, and it is said SN.iv.374ff. that, when Pasenadi went from the capital to Sāketa, he…

…Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagaraka, Medatalumpa, Sakkhara and Ulumpa (q.v.). Within the Sākyan tribe there were probably…

SālavatikāSālavatī

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

Kosala3town

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

…the Dhamma. Ud.vii.10

Sāmāvatī is reckoned among the moist eminent of the lay women who were followers of the Buddha, and was declared by him…

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

…of his monastic life in Sāvatthī, and the vast bulk of all Suttas are set there.

His first visit there was at the invitation of…

…informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācinakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee…

One of the seven great lakes of Himavā. AN.iv.107

Himalaya3lake

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak in praise of virtue (sīla). Thag.608–619

A class of devas. When they wish to regale their bodies, the weather becomes cool. SN.iii.256

…Thera so loved the Sītavana that he came to be called “Sitavaniya.

Ekavihāriya is also mentioned its delighting in the solitude of…

…verse says his preceptor, Vanavaccha, asked him to go from here, and that though his body dwells in the village, his mind is in the forest….

…Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining his goal and abandoning pride. Thag.60

Sīvali was declared by the Buddha AN.i.24 pre-eminent among…

…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…

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

…because of its connection with Kṛṣṇa, and the Yādavas.

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…five hundred sons of Padumavatī, all of whom became Pacceka Buddhas. Suppabuddha, a banker of Rājagaha, having seen the Pacceka Buddha on his…

…the place of education of Jīvaka, the Buddha’s doctor. Vin.i.269f.

Takkasilā is identified with the Greek Taxila, in Rawalpindi in the…

A messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

Tavakaṇṇika, Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

Tavakaṇṇika, Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

Tavakaṇṇika, Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

One of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni. MN.ii.185

Rājagaha3building

…all of whom followed her in various malpractices. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.239 Vin.iv.240 Vin.iv.280

Thulla-Nandā was well-versed in the Doctrine and…

A name given to Sakka.

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

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

…visited the Buddha at Jetavana and, having listened to his teaching, entered the Order. Metteyya retired with his teacher into the forest and not…

…disciple of Bāvarī. He visited the Buddha with his colleagues and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his thousand…

The Pāḷi equivalent of the Sanskrit Taittirīyā. It refers to students of a branch of brahmanical lore. DN.i.237

…thousand years….

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

…in Kosala, between Sāvatthī and Sāketa. Pasenadi once stopped there and visited Khemā, who lived there….

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…

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

One of the most eminent great brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha.

He was present at the assemblies of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.

He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of …

…world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of Mount Sineru. Sakka is king of Tāvatiṃsā.

Tāvatiṃsā was also known as Tidasā and…

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…

A mote-hall 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 the night in the hall. It was on this occasion …

…death of her daughter, Jīva, and reflecting that thousands of her daughters must likewise have died in previous lives. Thus she became…

…of the Vinaya Pītaka. Sometimes the word seems to be used as varia lectio for Ubhato-Vinaya. Vin.ii.287

…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….

…dead. Vin.i.7

In the Vassakāra Sutta of the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.180 it is mentioned that King Eḷeyya, together with his bodyguard,…

…which took place during the Vassa. It being against the rules to go on a journey before the Vassa, the monks asked him to postpone the dedication….

A village. Revata went there from Kaṇṇakujja and stopped there before proceeding to Aggalapura and Sahajāti. Thither the Elders followed him to…

…censured again and again and various penalties are inflicted on him, nevertheless he repeats his offences. Vin.ii.38ff. In the Nissagyiya…

…could easily be lost in various ways, not so the seven kinds of Ariyan wealth. AN.iv.6–7

Ugga¹

One of those that formed the…

…was staying in the Jātiyāvana at Bhaddiya, Uggaha invited him and three monks to a meal at his house. At the conclusion of the meal, he asked…

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

…when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see the…

…of the family, had his approval. AN.ii.42

The same Nikāya AN.iv.285f. records another visit of Ujjaya wherein he tells the Buddha that he…

…find Māhissatī mentioned just before Ujjenī among the places passed by Bāvarī’s pupils on their way to Sāvatthī….

…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,…

…village in the Vajji country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesāli and near the latter.

Once while…

…together with those of Vassa and Bhañña, are represented as being deniers of cause and effect, deniers of reality (*ahetuvādā,…

…was in the Subhagavana at Ukkaṭṭha that the Mūlapariyāya Sutta MN.i.1ff. was preached.

In the Brahmanimantika Sutta MN.i.326…

A monk whose verse is recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.65

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

…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…

…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…

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…

…find him again spending the Vassa alone in two residences, with the idea of obtaining many robes. The Buddha, however, ordered that only one…

UpasenaVaṅgantaputta

When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him…

…him in the company of his colleagues, are recorded in the Upasīva-māṇavaa-pucchā. Snp.1069–1076

UpavattaUpavattana

The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the…

…help of his lay-friend Devahita, obtained hot water and suitable medicines, with which the ailment was healed; the Buddha, thereupon, expressed…

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

…to her.

Once Uppalavaṇṇā came across, in Andhavana, some meat left behind, obviously for her, by some kind-hearted thief.; having…

…a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his cousins left the world and sought…

…to have talked to him on various topics connected with the doctrine. SN.iv.330ff. Record is also made of a sermon preached by the Buddha at…

…and converted the Bhaddavaggiyā. Vin.i.23f. At Uruvelā dwelt also the Tebhātika-Jatilas: Uruvelā-Kassapa, Nadī-Kassapa and…

…five hundred miracles of various kinds, reading the thoughts of Kassapa, splitting firewood for the ascetics’ sacrifices, heating stoves for…

…Thereafter Uttara went to Revata, but Revata, on hearing what he had done, instantly dismissed him from attendance upon him. When the Vesāli monks…

…Kapīvanta, Janogha, Navanavatiya, Ambara-Ambaravatiya and Āḷakamandā, the last being the chief city.

The king of Uttarakuru is Kuvera,…

…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,…

…road which extended from Sāvatthī to Takkasilā in Gandhāra, and that it lent its name—as did the Dakkhiṇāpatha—to the region through…

…as asking the Buddha various questions on the duration of the world, etc., and as being helped by Ānanda to understand the real import of…

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 again, and made counter-charges and spoke lies, knowi …

…visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him whether the five sense-faculties, which were of different scope and range, had any common ground…

…Mahā Vacchagotta-, Vaccha—and Vacchagotta-Suttas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a whole section on Vacchagotta; his discussions were…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the ease of attaining Nibbana for one who practices well. Thag.71

VaggumudāVattumudā

A river in the Vajji country. On its banks lived Yasoja and his five hundred companions. Ud.iii.3

Vajjī3river

VajirakumārīVajirāVajirī

Daughter of Pasenadi. MN.ii.110

…pieces on the spot. It was Vajirapāṇi’s duty to frighten such people by appearing before them in the sky, armed with a thunderbolt, which he…

…she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned her as to the origin of a “being”, its creator, its origin, its destiny….

…Saṃyutta. SN.i.201f.

A Vajjiputta, perhaps the same person, has another verse that encourages a certain “Gotama” to meditate in the…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, after many rebirths he has found peace. Thag.215–216

…did not follow, a nihilist. Vajjiyamāhita refuted their arguments, maintaining that the Buddha declared what was good and what was bad, and that…

…Vajjian territory. Ud.iii.3

During the Buddha’s lifetime some monks of Vajji joined Devadatta. Vin.ii.199f.

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…and was told by two devas that Vakkali was about to “obtain release.” The Buddha sent word to him— “Fear not, Vakkali, your dying…

…tries to enter his hut in vain. Thag.125–126

Another pair verses speak of energetically practicing and following the straight path to the…

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

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 …

…city lying between Vedisa and Kosambī, on the road taken by Bāvarī’s disciples….

…nature. Thag.13

There is a separate verse also ascribed to a Vacchagotta on the same theme. Thag.113

…Buddha joins them and tells Vappa how the āsavas can be completely destroyed so that the monk who has so destroyed them will abide in the six…

A noted wanderer in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rāja …

VaraṇāVāraṇā

A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Ārāmadaṇḍa visited Mahākaccāna. AN.i.65

Avanti3town

…against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all their fears dispelled….

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.

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

…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…

…Bhañña in the compound Vassabhaññā, as dwellers of Ukkalā and as “denying cause, consequence and reality.” There were certain aspects…

…lives, and is told, in Veḷuvana. Vassakāra thinks this a good place for the practice of jhāna, and tells Ānanda of a conversation he once had…

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

…may be identical with Vaḍḍhamāna.

Vaḍḍha²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses express thanks to his mother and sister for…

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…

…arahant, mother of Vaḍḍha. Her conversation with Vaḍḍha and his declaration to her after becoming an arahant are included in the…

…lay to the south of the Vaṃsa country. The Vaṃsa were also called Vatsā. The country formed one of the sixteen Great Nations.

The…

…Thag.1249–1251 One of Vaṅgīsa’s long poems Thag.1263–1274 is addressed to the Buddha, questioning him as to the destiny of his teacher…

VaṭajālikāyaṃDhavajālikā

A monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by…

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.

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

…Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his questions by showing him this palace. It has one hundred towers, each seven stories high, with seven nymphs in…

…called…

…Sakka spoke another, the Devas applauding. Several verses were spoken by each, and both Devas and Asuras decided in favour of Sakka, because…

…mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa

• in the time of Koṇāgamana, Vaṅkaka
• while in that of Kassapa Buddha, it was Supassa

The people living…

…intercourse between Sāvatthī and Verañjā, and the Verañjaka Sutta was preached to some brahmins who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī,…

King of Avanti in the time of Reṇu. His capital was Māhissatī. DN.ii.236

…before he entered into the vassa, Ambapāli invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal, at the conclusion of which she gave her Ambavana for the…

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…

…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…

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

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

Kosala3town

…city in Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained…

…the Elders that Vessavaṇa had told her of their arrival. When they expressed their amazement, she told them of several other virtues…

…he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The day after his arrival, he accepted the king’s invitation to a meal at the palace, at the end…

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

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha and asked him a question. SN.i.52

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

…principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on one side of which was Māgadha…

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

Virūpakkha²

A family of snakes or nāgas. Vin.ii.109…

…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…

…at the nunnery and asked her various questions regarding the Buddha’s teachings, all of which she answered. Their conversation is recorded in the…

…for monks coming into Sāvatthī; food for those going out; food for the sick; food for those who wait on the sick; medicine for the sick; a…

A class of devas living in the Formless Realms. Their life lasts for forty thousand great aeons. MN.iii.103

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

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

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

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

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

A sacrificial offering.

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.

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.

A monk whose Theragāthā verses praise non-harming and seclusion. Thag.237–239

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

VāsabhagāmakaVāsabhagāma

A village in Kāsī. It was once the residence of Kassapa Thera. Vin.i.312f.

Kāsī3town

…to the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

The second queen of King Pasenadi. MN.ii.110

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

Vāseṭṭha¹

An old sage held in high esteem for his knowledge. He was one of the originators of the Vedic mantras. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.164 MN.ii.200

Vāseṭṭha²

A clan, proba …

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her child’s death and her subsequent history. Thig.133–138

It is said that the brahmin Sujāta, father of Sundarī, met Vāsetthī, and, hearing her story, him …

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

…Disāmukha, Yamamoli, Vajira, Vajirapāṇi or Vajirabāhu, Sātāgira, Serīsaka; (c) qualities of character, etc. e.g., Adhamma, Katattha,…

…in the Mahāvana, he discovered that the Vajjian monks had raised the “Ten Points” contrary to the Buddha’s teachings, and…

…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…

…returned to the banks of the Vaggumuṇḍā in the Vajji country, and there they determined to lead such lives as would commend them to the Buddha….

…among the Sārañjita devas. At first the Buddha refused to answer the question, but finding that Yodhājīva insisted, explained to him that…

…is probably the Pāḷi equivalent for Ionians, the Baktrian Greeks. The Yonas are mentioned with the Kambojas in the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149…

…mentioned in lists of devas between those of Tāvatiṃsā and those of Tusita.Vin.i.12 AN.i.228 AN.iii.287 MN.ii.194 MN.iii.100 Two hundred…

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

…called the highest of the devas, yet even they change their condition. AN.v.60 In lists of devas MN.i.289 they are given below the Appamāṇābhā…

…is stated in the Tevijja Vacchagotta Sutta MN.i.483 that far from any Ājīvaka having put an end to sorrow, the Buddha could recall only one…

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

…Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-Kātiyāna…

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….

ĀmalakīvanaĀmalakivana

A grove at Cātumā. The Buddha once stayed there, and it was on that occasion that the Cātumā Sutta was preached….

…Bhagu, Kimbila and Devadatta, and was ordained by the Buddha himself, Vin.ii.182 his upajjhāya being Belatthasīsa.Vin.i.202 Vin.iv.86 Soon…

ĀnandacetiyaĀnande Cetiye

A shrine in Bhoganagara dedicated to a yakkha called Ānanda. There the Buddha stayed during his last sojourn, and mention is made of a sermon he preached there to the monk …

…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,…

…Mahā Kaccāna, “in Sāvatthī lives the Exalted One,” and he proceeded to describe the Buddha’s virtues. Ārāmadaṇḍa stood up with…

…to the Elder Pilindavaccha. It was near Rājagaha and was also called Pilindagāma. Pilindavaccha depended for his alms on the residents of…

A branch of knowledge, dabbling in which is forbidden to monks. Probably the Atharva Veda, which includes sorcery and magic spells. Snp.927

…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…

…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…

…SN.i.213ff.

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

ĀḷavakāĀḷavikā

A name given to the monks of Āḷavī.

The Āḷavaka-bhikkhū are mentioned several times in the Vinaya Vin.ii.172ff.…

…as the residence of Āḷavaka Yakkha and of Hatthaka Āḷavaka. The Therī, Selā was born in Āḷavī and was therefore known as Aḷavikā….

…when the Buddha appeared in a ray of light at Bāvarī’s hermitage.

…and this process was continued, until, at last, the original drumhead vanished, leaving only the framework of pegs. SN.ii.266

…and led a section of the deva host. Indra tells the devas that if, during the struggle, they felt faint-hearted, they should look at the crest of…

veszély, hátrány

életmód, megélhetés

befolyás, túlcsordulás

lét, létesülés

gyakorlás, kiteljesítés, fejlesztés, kibontakoztatás

tanítványhoz méltó viselkedés, szent élet

istenség

az érzékek megfékezése

érzéki vágy

sóvárgás, mohóság

zavarodottság, tudatlanság

hazugság

kialvás, ellobbanás

elfordulás, elválás

megszűnés, kialvás

akadály

otthontalanságba távozás, beavatás

elnyugvás, megnyugvás

újralétesülés, újraszületés

vágy

megtapasztalás, megvalósítás

az önvaló téves nézete, önhittség

elnyugvás, nyugodt derű

önuralom

szomj, sóvár vágy

befogadás, felvétel, magasabb beavatás

beszéd

igyekezet, törekvés

létre-nem-jövés

változékonyság

elkülönülés, elválás

a valóságnak megfelelő tudás; annak tudása és látása, ami van

…to one ’s house, personal, intimate. 2. (n.)

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

pulling up.

coming, arrival; approach.

abbāhitvā¹

absol.

abbāhitvā²

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

not to be broken or pierced; not to be alienated or severed; not to be set at variance.

abhi-uggantvā

absol.

eating; having eaten.

overcame (?).

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

overcame; vanquished.

runs towards; rushes against; hurries.

1. fetches, brings; offers; brings forward, advances; brings near, fetches for oneself, partakes of.
2. (counter-)attacks.

hurries towards.

providing a livelihood.

going forward, approach; advance; worsening.

going forward; advance.

goes forward, approaches; advances, progresses; gets worse (of pain or disease).

…having approached. 2. advanced, passed (of the night, in the second or third watch); excellent, admirable; beautiful, surpassing, splendid.

2….

of wonderful beauty

avoids; renounces; throws down

avoids; renounces; throws down

abhinivatteti¹

pr. 3 sg. gives up, abandons

abhinivatteti²

pr. 3 sg. takes out; removes.

gives up, abandons

1. (act.) having rained.
2. (pass.) rained upon

1. (act.) having rained.
2. (pass.) rained upon

(from abhisambhavati) mastering.

reaches, attains; is able, capable (of); is adequate; masters; endures, bears.

having mastered; having endured; having bore.

(from abhisambhavati) mastering.

pursuit of; indulgence in.

praises; praises (someone in their presence).

1. addresses (respectfully), salutes; welcomes; approves of.
2. declares, asserts; speaks, names.

saluted

sort of portcullis or large spiked defensive weapon.

salutes respectfully.

saluted; greeted with honor

clothing, clothes.

the very best of clothing, choice clothes

rain; a shower.

raining, pouring out.

rains, rains down (upon, acc.); showers.

increases, grows more and more; grows higher than, outgrows (+ acc.).

praises; describes

praises; describes

(pass.) rained upon

being completely free from desire.

respectful greeting; salutation.

habitually respectful

habitually respectful

addresses reverently; greets; salutes respectfully

addresses reverently; greets; salutes respectfully

saluted

causes to salute; asks for greeting or good wishes

causes to salute; asks for greeting or good wishes

abhiññā¹

absol.

abhiññā²

feminine (& ~a m.?)

1. higher or special knowledge; true understanding.
2. a special or supernatural power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, …

uttering; having spoken.

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

whose robe has been taken away or stolen

(~-cīvarika)n. whose robe has been taken away or stolen

cause. absol. causing to put on; presenting; clothing (with)

too extravagant.

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

(one) who has no bhikkhu’s robes.

newly plastered.

master of; governing; controlling.

…to verbs and their derivatives expresses: up to, towards, into; over, above; in addition to. 3. as separate preposition with loc, and in…

superior or supreme god; one above the gods.

…the…

having made fall; having laid low.

name, designation; metaphorical expression; near-synonym.

mode of expression

comes on; moves over; overwhelms.

adhivattha¹

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

adhivattha²

pp mfn. accepted; consented to

bringing.

bringing.

enduring or patient by nature.

1. endurance; forbearance.
2. assent; acceptance (esp. of an invitation).

is patient, waits; bears patiently, endures; assents, gives in to; accepts (an invitation).

tending to go downwards (to lower existences)

downwind

downwind

the top of the door or gate; (or the first gate opened; a way to leave the town secretly).

seizing.

the post to which the bolt is fastened

chief disciple

of great eminence, excellent

of great eminence, excellent

(one) who proclaims the highest, the best

(one) who proclaims the highest, the best

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

(-ikā)n. having the value of, worth.

is worth, has the value of; deserves; frequently in phrase kalaṃ na agghati (soḷasiṃ), is not worth a (sixteenth) part (of).

valuing; putting a price on

valued; put a price on

1. fire; flames; conflagration.
2. cremation fire; a pyre (as or deal or suicide).
3. the ritual fire, the sacrificial fire; (one of) the three fires of brahmanical ritual; the god Aggi Bhagavā.
4. (m …

various tools etc. for the fire-oblation

household life

holding a theory of non-causality

certain dangerous contagious disease

death by starvation.

with points like goats’ horns

(~antī)n.

the inside or environs of a house or dwelling.

within a house or dwelling.

inhabits; dwells in, lives on (as ruler or owner); esp. agāram ~ati, lives the settled life of a householder.

lack of action; not working; non-activity; not a proper or valid act of the saṅgha

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

without defect

without a door.

without a door

ripening in uncultivated ground; growing wild

not pure; not whole, not entire

not accomplished; imperfect

not accomplished; imperfect

in whom the āsavas have not perished, who is not an arhat

professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention

professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention

professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention

(according to commentaries) without wisdom.

…man, birth in unfavorable circumstances (when one cannot take advantage of a Buddha being in the world)

being a considerable occasion (for …) (?)); of no mean appearance (?)

in whom the āsavas have not perished, who is not an arhat

basis, ground for abuse

reviling and respect.

…to be disturbed; stable; immovable; not open to challenge or valid objection. 2. (n.) what is not able to be disturbed; (a state of) stability. 3….

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

speaking at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time

speaking at the wrong time, at an unsuitable time

practiced or cultivated by superior men; not practiced or cultivated by worthless men

absence of a cause or (a valid) reason; not a cause; not the case

fit for the communal life

(formally) repudiated; separated, estranged

(constant) equivocation, prevarication; shuffling to and fro.

(one) who equivocates; who gives evasive answers; who cannot be pinned down.

not overcame; not vanquished

nonexistence, annihilation.

eradicated; annihilated

eradicated; annihilated

eradicated; annihilated

what is not an accekacīvara

inferior

inferior

thinking insufficient; not finding satisfaction in

without resident pupils, i.e. without internal impurities

who does not give thanks; who does not give approval

not to be censured

free from criticism; blameless

without consequences; not followed up

whose mind is not injured or frustrated.

whose mind is not injured or frustrated.

without valid grounds, without authority.

disobedient; not biddable

not the goal; disadvantage; harm; what is unprofitable, useless

not speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

not speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

irreproachable, faultless

not entered; not trodden upon; not overcome.

what is out of the question; an impossibility.

not despised; honored

absence of contempt; respect.

without any remainder; all; complete; (of an offense) total, irremediable

milking dry

milking dry

completeley

the not flowing, no flow; stoppage.

not leaking; not rotten; free from lust and defilement

unstable; not lasting.

wandering in an unsettled way (not staying long anywhere)

expert, experienced (in); without deficiency.

wishing not to be despised, not to be disregarded.

unsteady; not lasting

not one, i.e. many, various; of various kinds; countless, numberless

1. (mfn.) various, of various kinds, of many forms.
2. (n.) manifold form; various ways

in existence for many years

of several kinds; manifold; various

varioulsy ordered; of several kinds, various

(& mfn.?)

1. (n.) immovability; imperturbability.
2. (mfn., or n. in apposition?) unmoved; not to be stirred; imperturbable (often applied both to…

not free from defect or impurity; impure

not turning back; not to be turned back.

not turning back; not to be turned back.

not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction

not limiting, without limitation; without discrimination, without distinction

lacking strength or vitality; lacking nutriment; not juicy

lacking strength or vitality; lacking nutriment; not juicy

without having consent

place sheltered from the rain.

(-ikā)n.

1. (mfn.) sheltered from the rain; not rained upon.
2. (n.) a place sheltered from the rain

1. (mfn.) sheltered from the rain; not rained upon.
2. (n.) a place sheltered from the rain

not giving instructions.

not giving instructions.

the inner household; servants.

…mind; place between; interval (of time or space); moment between (two events); distance; difference, disagreement. 2. inner meaning, real…

disappearance, vanishing, passing away.

disappears; vanishes.

disappeared, vanished; covered; invisible

the rainy season

an inner garment, esp. the innermost of the three robes of a bhikkhu

space between, interstice, interval; cleft, chink.

the removal (of the kaṭhina), ending (of the kaṭhina period and its special allowances) before the usual time

released or vacant in the meantime

an offence committed in the meantime (i.e. before the expiration of a parivāsa or mānatta period)

having an end, limited, finite

having an end, limited, finite

‘dwelling near or in the house (of his master)’, (who is) a (resident) pupil; an apprentice

(being) a (resident) pupil.

‘dwelling near or in the house (of his master)’, (who is) a (resident) pupil; an apprentice

desire to get pupils

‘dwelling near or in the house (of her master)’, (who is) a (resident) pupil; an apprentice

an extreme offense

anto-āvasatha

masculine the inner part of a dwelling

the interior of a forest

in the rainy season

with color/class within

experiences, enjoys, suffers; partakes of, has a share in; attains, is equal to; is able; suffices

assenting, approval, supporting.

suitable, proper; fit for; corresponding to

1. (pass.) followed, practiced; pervaded; filled with.
2. (act.) pursuing,

pursuing; following.

runs after, follows; chases; runs along.

asks for or obtains permission or approval; asks leave

worthy of approval; allowable

who gives thanks; who gives approvals.

approval, assent; thanks, expression of appreciation (esp. in the form of a discourse by bhikkhus after receiving a meal or gifts)

.

free from misfortune or accident; safe; undamaged

placing in.

lack of observation, lack of attention.

runs round and round; surrounds.

having went round about.

turns or moves round after or along with; keeps on moving.

surrounds; stands by, takes the side of.

keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains

keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains

lack of abuse; not blaming or criticizing

one who does not criticize or abuse

not criticizing.

not criticizing.

having reached (old) age, old

in secret, in private.

guarding, preservation, taking care of

guarding, preservation, taking care of

guarding; preservation.

being inclined towards; intimacy.

flows in; flows upon

having attended; having escorted.

yearly; every year.

what has been heard or repeated; hearsay; tradition.

who believes from hearsay or report

depending on tradition for one’s truths; accepting tradition as true

flows in; flows upon

one who proclaims (the kammavācā); one who presents for upasampadā.

-ā, feminine

1. causing to be heard, sounding; proclamation (esp. of a kammavācā).
2. canvassing, speaking repeatedly (in order to win support)

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

-ā, feminine

1. causing to be heard, sounding; proclamation (esp. of a kammavācā).
2. canvassing, speaking repeatedly (in order to win support)

causes to be heard; speaks out; proclaims (esp. a kammavācā); presents (someone) for upasampadā; speaks repeatedly (in order to win support)

praises; speaks of repeatedly

approval; support.

1. repeats the words of; approves; agrees with.
2. criticizes, censures.

to be censured; a fault

inhabits; dwells; stays.

annually; every rainy season.

one who has kept one vassa residence; who has passed one rainy season.

(-ikā)n. following, attending, faithful (to); agreeing with; a follower, partisan, adherent.

follows, attends, sides with; conforms with, practices; imitates.

causes to go on after, keeps in motion; maintains, continues

causes to go on after, keeps in motion; maintains, continues

to be followed; to be conformed to

making conform to.

side-piece of a bhikkhu’s robe.

recites after or again; teaches what has been taught.

1. repetition, further explanation; approval, support; faction-forming.
2. criticism; blame; sensure.

legal question or case concerning support, or concerning a faction, or a legal question or case arising from censure or criticism

facing or border (on a bhikkhu’s robe)

with the wind; downwind.

following; a follower, a vassal

procedure in examination

1. (mfn.)applying oneself to, practicing; intent upon.
2. (mfn. and m.) following, attending on; subject to; a vassal or subordinate king

worthy of approval; allowable

anva-d-eva

ind. behind; afterwards.

every fortnight

…gone into, falling…

syllable by syllable.

he threw out, cast, scattered.

he threw, scattered.

1. lineage, succession; what follows, (logical) connection, inference, consequence.
2. successor, immediate follower

every fortnight

extra; an extra supply.

makes follow; makes return.

followed by; affected by

struck; injured.

wanders about; wanders through.

leads or brings after oneself; incurs

ensnared, entwined (by).

flows after, flows upon, flows continually over

flows after, flows upon, flows continually over

fmn. following

moves after, follows.

enters, occupies, possesses (said esp. of Māra)

entered (by), possessed (by)

following; after; in consequence of

following; a follower.

anādiyitvā¹

neg. absol. not taking; not receiving

anādiyitvā²

neg. absol. taking no notice of, ignoring, disregarding

not to be censured

not winning approval, not pleasing; unsuccessful

failure, lack of approval

best when not near

free from the āsavas

irresistible; without obstruction.

seeing without obstruction; with unobstructed sight

seeing without obstruction; with unobstructed sight

1. not a residence, an uninhabited place; a place not fit for staying in.
2. not staying, not residing

not returning; not coming back.

not subject to return (to this world); not liable to turn back or change.

not to be take in marriage (as a wife)

not obstructed; not shut off

not turning to; not seduced, unaffected.

not turning to; not seduced, unaffected.

the front, van of an army

lack of abuse; not blaming or criticizing

without bend or crookedness

apalokana-kamma

neuter a (formal) act (of the saṅgha) giving permission or approval.

~ā. feminine looking for approval or permission.

1. looks towards; looks back; looks to, considers.
2. looks to for approval, consults; asks permission; asks or takes leave

1. looks towards; looks back; looks to, considers.
2. looks to for approval, consults; asks permission; asks or takes leave

looking towards; considering; asking permission; taking leave; consulting

one after another; various; following

(one who has no water-strainer.

(one) who has no bowl or (bhikkhu’s) robe.

reviles; denies; rejects.

carries off or away.

full of longing or desire (for, loc)

full of longing or desire (for, loc)

…little; trifling; few; rare; iic: very little, next to nothing (almost equivalent to a negative). 2. (n.) a little, a small amount; a trifling…

of little value or price

with a small caravan

not to be turned or rolled back; not to be black; irresistible

without experiencing.

not to be turned or rolled back; not to be black; irresistible

the state of not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness

not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness

not to be given up; not causing weariness or satiety.

not giving up, not turning away (from); non-weariness

it is well, if

having reached; having attained; having pervaded.

the title of an arahat

…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…

practicing the traditions of the noble ones, belonging to the noble tradition; who recites the Ariyavaṃsa-sutta

tradition of the noble ones; a noble lineage or tradition

way of living of the noble ones; a sublime state

speaking ill of the noble ones, insulting the noble ones

speaking ill of the noble ones, insulting the noble ones

not traveling with a company or caravans.

forest of trees with swords or knives for leaves

…a horse; pl. also; cavalry.

assa²

masculine ashes; dust.

assa³

opt. 3 sg. assa + gen. (esp. preceded by siyä),…

cavalry corps; a body of a horse

precious horse, an excellent horse; esp. the ’horse-treasure ’ (one of the seven ratanas of a cakkavatti(n) king)

obedient; compliant; biddable.

flows (towards).

having made recover.

purulent matter; discharge.

one of a class of supernatural beings, opposed to the devas; a titan.

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the second class of suddhāvāsa devas.

or; or rather, or perhaps (in commentaries, introducing an alternative (preferred?) explanation)

or also; and also

or neuter (what belongs to) the Atharva-veda; a spell or a charm from the Atharva-veda

or neuter (what belongs to) the Atharva-veda; a spell or a charm from the Atharva-veda

…to verbs and their derivatives expresses: beyond, over; through; too much, very much, too far. 4. ati is sometimes inserted in iterative…

ati-r-iva

(?) excessively; exceedingly’

tying together, coupling.

runs past, outstrips; goes too far; goes against, transgresses.

atikkanta-vara

mfn. beyond or above granting boons

having brought up to; having lead into, brought in.

out-flanking (?).

going beyond; passing over, overlooking.

overpowers, overwhelms.

rains very much or too much; rains upon, rains into.

overcoming

goes beyond, escapes from; exceeds, overwhelms; goes too far; transgresses (against).

what leads across, a guide, a conveyance.

abuse, blame, reproach.

bodily form, body; existence as an individual; living being

the becoming reborn as an individual; reincarnation; type of body or existence

fear of self-reproach

grasping the theory of an (enduring) self or soul

looking (only) after one’s own profit or interest; (who is) wise as to his own advantage

…aim, purpose, goal; advantage, profit, benefit. 2. use, need, want (+ instr.). 3. 1. affair, concern, business; problem; thing, matter;…

1. profitable; significant.
2. possessing the goal; or possessing worldly knowledge

reason; motive

pursuing an aim

pursuing an aim; pursuing the goal

pursuing an aim

1. profitable; significant.
2. possessing the goal; or possessing worldly knowledge

speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

serves the interest, the purpose (of, gen.); benefits

wanting something; having a purpose

wanting something; having a purpose

1. (m.) the doctrine that (merit, another world, etc) exists.
2. (mfn.) following, professing that doctrine

very much, exceedingly

low, ignoble; deficient.

becomes aware of; perceives, knows; takes account of.

cut, torn asunder; full of holes.

illiberal, niggardly.

or neuter white; or a white garment.

making known, expressing.

stuffing the cheeks full; so as to make the cheeks swell.

pushing, hitting.

plunging into; going deep into.

takes down, puts down; takes away; steals.

(& n.?) with the intention of stealing; (an intention to steal; ?)

1. (pass.) taken away; stolen.
2. (act.) taking away; having stolen

is left behind; is found wanting

taking away; theft.

(one) who takes away; a thief.

is left behind; is found wanting

broods, mourns

what is blameable; imperfection, a fault.

broods, mourns

1. despises; underrates.
2. denies, repudiates.

of low or base birth; of lower character than one’s parents; an unworthy child.

is conquered; is lost.

removes; draws away; secedes.

removing.

desires, longs for.

coming down (into); entering a womb, conception; appearance.

cast down, thrown down.

leftovers or surplus from a meal.

dish for the left overs or surplus

with the face downward, prone; upset.

whose intellect is upside down, not retentive (like an upturned jar); who cannot learn or remember

scraping stick.

receptacle for scrapers.

scrapes off

scrapes off

smeared; plastered; smeared onto.

looks at, regards; looks back

looks at, regards; looks back

despised.

they slighted; they despised.

draws back, secedes; alienates oneself

draws back, secedes; alienates oneself

fallen, fallen down.

misses, neglects, fails (of); offends, commits a fault.

to the west of the city.

opposed (to); hostile; rebellious.

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

goes down (to); moves away (to).

gone away; withdrawn

1. (n.) the remainder, the rest; what is left.
2. (mfn.) remaining, left; other; the other…, the rest (of).

is left over; is left as a remnant; remains.

left over, remaining; the rest (of)

let loose; gave up; dismissed

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

avassajī¹

aor. 3 sg. let loose; gave up; dismissed

avassajī²

3 sg.

leaking; dripping, wet; foul, rotten; lustful, sexually excited.

makes sink down; disheartens, discourages

makes sink down; disheartens, discourages

determined; reaching the end.

determined; reaching the end.

takes one’s stand; remains standing; continues, lingers; falls down on or into.

standing firmly; placed; steady; continuing; lasting

despised; underrated

despised; underrated

downwards.

with the head downwards; headlong, headfirst

mark or circle drawn on the forehead or at the outer corner of the eye

firm position; steadiness, stability

standing firmly; placed; steady; continuing; lasting

firm position; steadiness, stability

(or m.) and ~ā m.pl.

1. (m.pl.) the name of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas.
2. (n.) the world of the Aviha devas.

not marriageable; not suitable for marriage.

opens ( a door)

(from apāpurati)a key

not made by weaving; not woven.

añña-m-añña

mfn. pron.

1. one another; each other.
2. one after the other; now one… now another…; various, different.

becoming different; change, alteration

1. (m.) one who speaks about something else, a prevaricator.
2. (n.) the offense of prevaricating

professing another doctrine

professing another doctrine

seeking faults in one another.

seeking faults in one another.

statement of what is known (?).

talk of wealth, talk of being rich

shoulder strap.

rheumatism

produced from an egg; a bird

the sea, the ocean; a stream.

belonging to the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta; (Snp 766–975).

the eighth day after the full moon in the two winter months; the festival held at that time.

consisting of eight items

connected with eight bases or grounds

involving eight proclamations

…by eight parts (i.e. by observance of the first eight precepts); having eight constituent parts. 2. possessed of eight good qualities or of eight…

characterized by the eight parts or factors (i.e. by the observance of the first eight precepts)

aṭṭhīkatvāaṭṭhikatvāna

ind. making something one’s aim or object; paying attention.

of cajati

of cajati

the “wheel treasure” of the cakkavatti(n)

universal monarch; wheel turning emperor.

universal monarch; wheel turning emperor.

wheeled device for raising water from a well, a noria.

(one) who turns the wheel afterwards, who keeps the wheels rolling.

1. the moon.
2. the moon deva, canda.

the moon; the moon deva.

the moon; the moon deva.

the sun and the moon; the devas of the sun and moon.

the moon; the moon deva.

of good conduct.

of good conduct.

of carati

of carati