…at Mnd.504; cp. Cnd.462 & Dhs-a.219. 4. heap, multitude (?) Dhs-a.219 (in Npl. Uruvelā which is however *Uruvilvā).

Vedic velā in…

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week…

…one people. They provide Uruvelā-Kassapa with offerings for his great sacrifice. Vin.i.27

Several discourses were preached in the Aṅga…

…between Bārāṇasi and Uruvelā. One of them had no wife, and for him they found a courtesan; but she awaited the opportunity and ran away with…

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

…while still near Uruvelā. Vin.i.3f. AN.i.26

The Theragāthā Thag.7 contains a verse spoken by Bhallika when Māra tried to frighten…

…age of 35 at Bodhgaya, at Uruvelā on the banks of the Nerañjarā. After an initial hesitation he decided to teach the Dhamma he had found, and he…

…lived at Gayāsīsa. When Uruvelā-Kassapa was converted, Gayā-Kassapa, with his followers, joined the Order, and at the conclusion of the…

…Here the Buddha came from Uruvelā after converting the Tebhātika-Jaṭilā (the three Kassapa ascetics), and here he lived with one thousand…

…was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, the Pañcavaggiyā monks, left him and went to…

…grove near Uruvelā. There the a group of men came across the Buddha while seeking for a woman who had run away with certain of their…

…also Acela Kassapa, Uruvelā Kassapa, Kumāra°, Gayā°, Dasabala°, Nadī°, Nārada°, Pūraṇa°, Mahā° and Lomasa°.

Kassapa was…

KhattiyānīVelāmikā

Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of…

…of followers, and Uruvelā Kassapa dispelled their doubts by declaring his acceptance of the Buddha as his teacher. It was during this visit…

Mahāvana¹

A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana²

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

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

…the Ajapālanigrodha in Uruvelā. The Buddha spent there the third week after the Enlightenment. There was a great shower of rain, and the Nāga…

…Ajapala Banyan tree at Uruvelā, soon after the Enlightenment, but the Buddha refused to die until the sāsana was firmly established.

With the…

Brother of Uruvelā Kassapa. He received his name from living on the bank of the Nerañjara at the head of three hundred ascetics. His Thergāthā…

…the Ajapāla Nigrodha at Uruvelā, on the banks of this river. There Māra tempted him, and, later, Brahmā persuaded him to preach the Dhamma….

…austerities of Gotama at Uruvelā. When he abandoned his austerities and started to follow the Middle Way, they left him in disappointment. But…

…week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

SenānigamaSenānīnigama

The village in which Senānī lived. It was near Uruvelā and on the banks of the Nerañjara. SN.i.106 Vin.i.21 MN.i.166 MN.i.240

near Uruvelā1town

UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā

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

…after his Awakening, near Uruvelā, and offered food to him, becoming the first lay disciples, taking refuge only in the Buddha and Dhamma (since…

A township of the Mallas in the Malla country. Once when the Buddha was staying there, Bhadragaka, the headman of the town, visited him, and the Buddha preached to him a sermon on the arising and the …

…Vin.i.23f. At Uruvelā dwelt also the Tebhātika-Jatilas: Uruvelā-Kassapa, Nadī-Kassapa and Gayā-Kassapa, who all became…

…the assembled populace Uruvelā-Kassapa declared his allegiance to the Buddha. Vin.i.24ff.

Later, in the assembly of monks, Uruvelā-Kassapa…

Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen is called Subhaddā.

garland worn on the head or ears, a chaplet.

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

to pass, pass over, go beyond; to overcome, get over; conquer Vin.ii.237 (samuddo velaṃ n’); SN.ii.92 (saṃsāraṃ); SN.iv.158 (id.) Iti.9 (saṃsāraṃ) = AN.ii.10 = Cnd.172#a; Thag.412; Ja.i.58, Ja.i.280 J …

adjective excessive (of time); nt. adv. -ṃ a very long time; excessively DN.i.19 (= atikālaṃ aticiran ti attho DN-a.i.113); MN.i.122; Snp.973 (see expl^n. at Mnd.504); Ja.iii.103 = Mnd.5 …

…physician); Vv-a.305.

• -velā meal-time Snp-a.111.
• -sammada drowsiness after a meal SN.i.7;…

…Pv-a.4 yāma˚; (-velāya) (at the time) when the drum sounds the watch Ja.v.459
■ bheriṃ vādeti to sound the…

adjective (-˚) speaking, reciting Snp.850 (manta˚; a reciter of the Mantras, one who knows the M. and speaks accordingly, i.e. speaking wisely, explained by Snp-a.549 as “mantāya pariggahetvā vāca …

cloth, esp. clothes worn, garment, dress AN.i.206; Pv.ii.12#7 (kañcanā˚ for kañcana˚); Pv.iii.9#3 (for veḷa); dhāti˚ baby’s napkin Ja.iii.539. In simile of one whose clothes are on fire (āditta˚ + ād …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

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

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

gold AN.iii.346 Thag.691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig.266 (k˚ ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a.4, Vv-a.9 (= jātarūpa). Esp. freq. in compounds = of or like gold.

• -agghika a golden garlan …

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

…DN-a.i.168; or -velāyaṃ (loc.) id. Vv-a.105, Vv-a.118, Vv-a.165; Pv-a.61 or -samaye (loc.) id. SN.i.107; Ja.i.81, Ja.i.217;…

adjective flowing, trickling, oozing out Ja.vi.187 (app˚-velā), Ja.vi.531; Dhp-a.i.126 (lohitaṃ); Vism.262.

fr. paggharati

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

fr. pariccheda

Puppha¹

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

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

to make a noise, shout, cry exultantly Snp.682; Ja.v.67; Bv.i.36. pp. seḷita
■ Other, diff. explains of the word see in J.P.T.S. 1885, p. 54.

according to Kern,

Toevoegselen …

Suta¹

1. heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …

1. hearing, tradition, inspiration, knowledge of the Vedas Snp.839, Snp.1078; Mil.3 (+ sammuti); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.3.
2. rumour; sutivasena by hearsay, as a story, through tradition Ja.iii.285, Ja.iii.476 …

elation, elated state of mind MN.iii.159; -bhāva id. DN-a.i.122; Sdhp.167. See next.

either a secondary formation fr. ubbilāvita, or representing uppilava (uppilāva) for upplava, ud + plu as d …

…up, conflagration Pp.13 (˚velā = jhāyana-kālo Pp-a.187) Kp-a.181 (T. uḍḍahanavelā, variant reading preferable uḍḍayh˚).

fr….

…Vism.73 (aruṇ-uṭṭhānavelā time of sunrise) Dhp-a.i.17. 2. rise, origin, occasion or oppertunity for; as adj. (-˚) producing Ja.i.47…

1. (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …

…retinue. See also Np. Velāma (the V. sutta at Ja.i.228 sq.).

velāma + ika, the word velāma probably a district word

…“control,” bound restrict.

Denom. fr. velā

bamboo AN.ii.73; Vin.iv.35; Ja.iv.382 (daṇḍa˚); Ja.v.71; Vism.1, Vism.17; Snp-a.76 (= vaṃsa); Vb-a.334.

• -agga (veḷagga) the top of a bamboo Vin.ii.110
• *-[gumba](/define/gumb …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

1. uncovering, unveiling, making open, revelation, in loka˚; laying open the worlds, unveiling of the Universe; referred to as a great miracle at Vism.392; Mil.350; Dāvs ii.120; Ja.iv.266
2. opening …

Vutta¹

said DN-a.i.17 (˚ṃ hoti that is to say); Dhp-a.ii.21, Dhp-a.ii.75, Dhp-a.ii.80; Snp-a.174.

• -vādin one who speaks what is said (correctly), telling the tr …

…Ja.iv.45 (tena vutta-velāyaṃ & ittarāya vutta-velāya) is by Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. vutta² fancifully & wrongly taken…

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

to (make) hang on to (loc.), to stick on, fasten to Vin.ii.110 (pattaṃ veḷagge ālaggetvā).

ā + Caus. of lag

(ḷ?) turned round wound, curved Ja.vi.354 (˚singika with curved horns variant reading āvellita).

pp. of ā + vell, cp. āveḷa & BSk. āviddha curved, crooked Avs.i.87, Lal.207

adjective & ˚ā feminine

1. turning round swinging round; diffusion, radiation; protuberance, with reference to the rays of the Buddha at Ja.i.12, Ja.i.95, Ja.i.501.
2. (f.) a garland or other ornamen …

adjective wearing garlands or other headornaments, usually in f. ˚inī Ja.v.409 (= kaṇṇālankārehi yuttā C.); Vv.30#2 (voc. āvelinī, but at id. p. Vv.48#2 āveline) Vv.32#3 ; Vv-a.125 (on Vv.30#2 explai …

adverb clear, manifest, evident; openly, before one’s eyes, in full view. Only in phrase āvi vā raho openly or secret AN.v.350, AN.v.353; Pv.ii.7#16 = Dhp-a.iv.21 (āvī variant reading), expl^{d. …}