…Dh. (by heart); see above C4. combined w. Vinayadhara Vin.i.127, Vin.i.337; Vin.ii.8; AN.i.117, & bahussuta (ibid) Snp.58 (cp. Snp-a.110)
…

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

1. I …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

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

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

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

sitting, sitting down; a seat, throne MN.i.469; Vin.i.272 (= pallankassa okāsa); SN.i.46 (ek sitting alone, a solitary seat); AN.iii.389 (an˚ without a seat); Snp.338, Snp.718, Snp.810, Snp.981; Mnd.1 …

Kitti & Kittī

f. fame, renown, glory, honour, yaso ca kittī ca SN.i.25; kittiñ ca sukhañ ca SN.i.187; yaso kitti sukhañ ca AN.ii.32 yaso kittī ca “fame and renown” Snp.817 (= Mnd.147, where appl. to …

Kitti & Kittī

f. fame, renown, glory, honour, yaso ca kittī ca SN.i.25; kittiñ ca sukhañ ca SN.i.187; yaso kitti sukhañ ca AN.ii.32 yaso kittī ca “fame and renown” Snp.817 (= Mnd.147, where appl. to …

that which; flows (out or on to) outflow & influx.

1. spirit, the intoxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower, O. C in Vin.iv.110 (four kinds); B. on DN.iii.182 (five kinds Dhs-a.48; Kp-a …

adjective at Ja.v.81, Ja.v.82 is corrupt & should with variant reading perhaps better be read; advāraka without doors. Cp Kern,

Toevoegselen

29 (ālāraka?). Ja.v.81 has āḷāraka only.

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

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

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

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

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

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

wrestler Vin.ii.105 (˚muṭṭhika) Ja.iv.81 (two, named Cānura and Muṭṭhika “fister”); Vism.31 (muṭṭhika + i.e. boxing & wrestling as amusements: see mada 1) Perhaps as “porter” Bdhgh …

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
2. conn …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

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

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

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

1. a fist-fighter, wrestler, boxer Vin.ii.105 (malla˚); Ja.iv.81 (np.); Ja.vi.277; Vism.31 (+ malla).
2. a sort of hammer Ja.v.45.

fr. muṭṭhi

(-˚) adjective of that kind SN.ii.81; Ja.vi.259.

fr. pakāra

adjective lit. knowing, i.e. acknowledging what has been done (to one), i.e. grateful often in combination with katavedin grateful and mindful of benefits SN.ii.272; AN.i.87 = P …

strewn all over, spread Vv.81#6 (vv.ll. samogata and samohata); Ja.i.183; Tha-ap.191.

saṃ + otata

1. adj. (f. ī) (-˚) doing, making, causing, producing; as cakkhu˚ ñāṇa˚ (leading to clear knowledge) SN.iv.331; SN.v.97; Iti.83; and acakkhu etc. SN.v.97; nāthā ˚ā dhammā AN.v.23 (cp. AN.v.89) and th …

Kacchaka¹

1. a kind of fig-tree DN-a.i.81.
2. the tree Cedrela Toona Vin.iv.35; SN.v.96; Vism.183.

movement, posture, deportment MN.i.81; Snp.1038 (= cariyā vatti vihāro Cnd.148); Iti.31; Vism.145 (+ vutti pālana yapana).

-patha way of deportment; mode of movement; good behavi …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

to bind etc.

I. Forms

imper bandha DN.ii.350; pl. bandhantu Ja.i.153.
pot bandheyya SN.iv.198; Vin.iii.45
fut bandhayissati Mhvs.24.6;
aor abandhi Ja.iii. …

bound together Sdhp.81.

saṃ + baddha

to lift up, raise aloft Vin.iii.81; Vin.iv.147 = Dhp-a.iii.50; MN.i.135
pp uccārita (q.v.).

ud + cāreti, Caus. of car

to make fragrant, Vv.81#6, Vv.84#32; Vv-a.344.

saṃ + pavāyati

thought, supposed, imagined (i.e. received by other vaguer sense impressions than by sight & hearing) MN.i.3; Snp.714 (= phusan’ arahaṃ Snp-a.498), Snp.812; Ja.v.398 (= anumata C.) Vb.14, Vb.429 sq …

in anāriya at Snp.815 is metric for anariya (q.v.).

adjective not Aryan, ignoble, Snp.815 (variant reading SS. anariya).

doublet of anariya

to give up, to abandon Snp.817 (inf. ˚pahātave), Snp.926 (Pot. ˚pajahe); ger. -pahāya Snp.367, Snp.499, Snp.514; Ja.i.87
pp vippahīna.

vi + pajahati

completeness, concord Snp.810; sāmaggiya-rasa Ja.iii.21 (“the sweets of concord”); adj. asāmaggiya, unpleasant Ja.vi.517 (C. on asammodiya).

fr. samagga

an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. …

dwelling, sphere, world, realm SN.i.206, Snp.810 (see explⁿ Mnd.132: nerayikānaṃ nirayo bh. etc. & Snp-a.534: niray’ ādi-bhede bhavane); Mnd.448 (Inda˚ the realm of Indra); Ja.iii.275 (nā …

to dive into, sink into Snp.819 (≈ ajjhogāha Snp-a.537; = ogāhati ajjhogāhati pavisati Mnd.152)
pp pagāḷha.

pa + gāhati

urged, exhorted, incited; questioned Snp.819; Ja.vi.256; Pv.ii.9#66; Vv.16#1; Pv-a.152; Sdhp.309.

pp. of codeti, q.v.

drop of water MN.i.78; Snp.812; Dhp.121, Dhp.122, Dhp.336; Iti.84 (variant reading udaka˚); Mnd.135; Snp-a.114; Dhp-a.ii.51.

uda + bindu

1. a drop, usually a drop of water Snp.392, Snp.812 (uda˚); Ja.i.100; Vism.531 (madhu˚) Thag-a.281; Pv-a.98 (udaka˚).
2. a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism.222 (˚vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).
3. (as adj. …

to be moved Vin.i.185; Dhp.81; Dhp-a.ii.149
pp samīrita Ja.i.393.

saṃ + īrati

adjective deficient, wanting, lacking Vin.iii.81, Vin.iii.254; Vin.iv.263; Snp.721; Mil.310, Mil.311, (˚satta-vassika one who is not yet 7 years old), Mil.414; Dhp-a.i.79.

ūna + ka

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

I. Forms

(same arrangement as under gacchati):

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

expounder AN.iii.81.

n. ag. of vyākaroti; cp. BSk. vyākartṛ Divy.620

Uttara¹

adjective

1. higher, high, superior, upper, only in compounds, Ja.ii.420 (musal˚ with the club on top of him? Cy not clear, perhaps to uttara²); see also below.
2. nort …

adjective one who listens, an eavesdropper Ja.v.81.

fr. upassuti

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

(tiṃsa˚) the number 30; DN.i.81≈(tiṃsaṃ pi jātiyo); SN.ii.217 (t
■ mattā bhikkhū); dat. instr. tiṃsāya AN.v.305 (dhammehi samannāgato); Snp.p.87 (pi dadāmi) Pv-a.281 (vassasahassehi): t
■ yojana\ …

1. closed DN.i.81.
2. tied up Ja.iv.361.
3. restrained, governed, (self-)controlled guarded DN.i.250; DN.iii.48, DN.iii.97; SN.ii.231; SN.iv.351 sq.; AN.i.7 (cittaṃ); AN.ii.25; AN.iii.387; Iti.96, It …

one’s own will Dhs-a.61 (˚vattitā; cp. Expos. 81).

sa⁴ + vasa

the moon Dāvs iv.29; Ja.iii.141; Ja.v.33; Vv.81#1 (= canda Vv-a.314), Vv.82#3.

Sk. śaśin, fr. śaśa

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

exclusion, warding off, prevention Mil.81; Vism.244.

noun adjective

1. ruler, master Ja.iv.223; Vv.81#1; Mil.388; Dhp-a.i.36 (= seṭṭha).
2. ruling over, governing, predominant; ruled or governed by Vb.216 sq. (chandaṃ adhipatiṃ katvā making energy pre …

small house, a cottage MN.i.450; Ja.vi.81.

fr. agāra

adjective noun

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

bringing, offering, gift SN.i.82; Snp.710; Ja.i.81 (āsanâ).

fr. abhiharati

1. in comp^n. with dhamma as dhammānudhamma to be judged as a redupl. cpd after the manner of compounds mentioned under anu iv. meaning “the Law in all its parts, …

to utter a solemn wish, Vv.81#18 (aor. ˚sīsi. variant reading ˚sisi. Vv-a.316 explains by icchi sampaṭicchi).

= abhisaṃsati, abhi + śaṃs. As to Sk. śaṃs → P. siṃs cp. āsiṃsati, as to meaning …

Ante˚

prefix near, inside, within; only in foll. compounds: -pura (nt.) “inner town”, the king’s palace, esp. its inner apartments i.e. harem [Sk. antaḥpura, cp. also P. antopura] Vin.i.75, Vin.i. …

adjective firm, bold, in -māna firmminded Dhp p.81 (acc. to Morris J.P.T.S. 1886, 135 not verified).

abhi + dhara

NāḷandāNālaNālakaNālikaUpatissagāma

Mentioned as a brahmin village in Māgadha, not far from Rājagaha. SN.iv.251 AN.v.120 AN.v.121 SN.v.161

Also mentioned as a town near Rājagaha. The Buddha is menti …

1. conquered, subdued, gained, won Snp.46; Snp-a.352; DN-a.i.160; Pv-a.75, Pv-a.76, Pv-a.161. Cp. nijjita.
2. (nt.) conquered land, realm, territory kingdom Ja.i.262; Vv.81#2 …

adjective far, remote, distant AN.ii.50 (su˚). Mostly neg. a˚; not far, i.e. near Snp.147; Pv-a.14, Pv-a.31 Pv-a.78, Pv-a.81.

vi + dūra

doubt, perplexity, uncertainty (one of the nīvaraṇas) DN.i.246; DN.iii.49, DN.iii.216, DN.iii.234 DN.iii.269; SN.i.99; SN.iii.106 sq. (dhammesu v. doubt about the precepts); SN.iv.350; AN.iii.292, AN. …

(lit.) to distribute, divide; (fig.) to distinguish, dissect, divide up, classify; to deal with something in detail, to go into details MN.iii.223; SN.ii.2, SN.ii.255 (vibhājeti) = MN.i.364 (reads vir …

Vaiśya, i.e. a member of the third social (i.e. lower) grade (see vaṇṇa 6), a man of the people DN.iii.81, DN.iii.95 (origin) SN.i.102, SN.i.166; SN.iv.219; SN.v.51; AN.i.162; AN.ii …

to speak, say, call;
pres not found (for which vadati);
fut 1^st sg. vakkhāmi Ja.i.346 3^rd vakkhati SN.i.142; Ja.i.356; Ja.ii.40; Ja.vi.352; Vb-a.51 1 …

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

trade, trading MN.ii.198; Snp.404 (payojaye dhammikaṃ so vaṇijjaṃ); AN.ii.81 sq.; Pv.i.5#6 (no trade among the Petas); Ja.i.169; Pv-a.47 (tela˚) Sdhp.332, Sdhp.390
■ Five trades must not be carri …

Vata¹

indeclinable part of exclamation: surely, certainly, indeed, alas! Vin.iii.39 (puris’ usabho vat’ âyaṃ “for sure he is a human bull”) Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi); Snp.178, …

to greet respectfully, salute, to pay homage, to honour, respect to revere, venerate, adore Snp.366, Snp.547, Snp.573, Snp.1028; Pv.ii.1#6; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.14 (+ pūjeti); Mil.14; Snp-a.191; Pv-a.53 ( …

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

Vana¹

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

1. to carry, bear, transport Ja.iv.260; Pv-a.14 (= dhāreti); Mil.415 (of iron: carry weight)
   imper vaha Vv.81#17;
   inf vahituṃ Pv-a.122 (perhaps superfluous);
   grd * …

to jump Vv.64#9 (explained at Vv-a.278 as “kadāci pade padaṃ” [better: padāpadaṃ?] nikkhipantā vagganena gamane [read: vagga-gamanena gacchanti); Ja.ii.335, Ja.ii.404; Ja.iv.81, Ja.iv.343; Ja.v.473. …

to loiter, to tarry, lit. “hang about” Ja.i.413; Dhp-a.i.81.

vi + lambati

wood, grove DN.i.248 (doubtful; vv.ll. vijina, vivada, vivana) Tha-ap.51 (vv.ll. vivana, vicina; C. vivana & vipina); Dāvs iv.39; Pv-a.81 (read vicitta!).

cp. *Sk. vipina, Halāyudha 2, 55

release, deliverance, emancipation DN.i.174; DN.iii.288; SN.v.206 sq. (abhijānāti), SN.v.222 (ariya˚), SN.v.266, SN.v.356; AN.ii.247, AN.iii.165 (yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti), AN.iii.242, Snp.54, Snp.73, Snp …

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

practiced, performed, (habitually) indulged in MN.i.372 (kamma, cp. Mil.226 and the expl^n. of āciṇṇaka kamma as “chronic karma at Cpd. 144); SN.iv.419; AN.v.74 sq.; Ja.i.81; DN-a.i.91 (f …

brought (there or here), carried, conveyed, taken DN.i.142; SN.i.65; AN.ii.71 AN.ii.83; Iti.12, Iti.14 with phrase yathābhataṃ as he has been reared (cp. Ja.v.330 evaṃ kicchā bhaṭo); Pv.iii.5 (ratt˚ r …

flock, herd of animals Snp.53 (of elephants); Ja.i.170 (monkeys), Ja.i.280 (id.); Snp-a.322 (go˚, of oxen).

• -pa the leader of a herd Thig.437 (elephants).
• -pati same Ja.iii …

adjective (-˚) proper, fit (for); nt. what is proper, fitness: dhamma-yuttakaṃ katheti to speak righteous speech Ja.iv.356
■ Usually combined with a grd., seemingly pleonastically (like yutta), …

fighter, in malla˚; fist-fighter, pugilist Ja.iv.81.

fr. yuddha, for the usual yodha (ka)

war, battle, fight DN.i.6 (daṇḍa˚ fighting with sticks or weapons); Ja.iii.541 (id.) Snp.442 (dat. yuddhāya); Ja.vi.222; Mil.245 (kilesa˚ as pp.: one who fights sin); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.45 (˚atthaṃ for the …

1. the yoke of a carriage Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.42 (= ratha-yuga).
2. a measure of length as much as can be travelled with one yoke (of oxen) a distance of about 7 miles, which is given by Bdhgh as equal …

the Indian lute, mandoline SN.i.122 = Snp.449 (kacchā bhassati “let the lyre slide down from hollow of his arm” K.S. i.153); Thag.467; SN.iv.196 (six parts); AN.iii.375; Ja.iii.91; Ja.v.196, Ja.v.28 …

1. to give rise to, to produce, put forth, show, evince, make DN.i.135 MN.i.162, MN.i.185; Pp.25; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.16, Pv-a.19, Pv-a.59; Sdhp.539 cittaṃ u. to give a (temporary) thought to (with loc …

1. speaking, speech, talk, nearly always-˚, e.g. iti˚; hearsay, general talk MN.i.133; SN.v.73; AN.ii.26; kumāraka˚; child-talk or childish talk i.e. in the manner of talking to a child SN.ii.21 …

˚- the evening before, last night; ˚kālakata MN.i.170 = Ja.i.81; ˚gata gone last night Ja.vi.386 (hiyyo paṭhama-yāme C.).

mode of being or acting, conduct, practice, usage, livelihood, habit SN.i.100 (ariya˚; cp. ariya-vāsa); Snp.81 = Mil.228 (= jīvitavutti Snp-a.152); Snp.68, Snp.220, Snp.326, Snp.676; Ja.vi.224 (= jī …