…AN.iii.163; Dhp-a.iii.81, Dhp-a.iii.113. To attain full knowledge of it: dh ˚ṃ pariyāpuṇāti AN.ii.103, AN.ii.185; AN.iii.86, cp….

…viz. kāma˚, vyāpāda, vihiṃsā˚, nekkhamma˚ avyāpāda˚, avihiṃsā˚, Vb.86; Ne.97; DN.iii.215 Vb.363 (as the first three =…

Veḷuvana¹Veṇuvana

A park near Rājagaha, the pleasure garden of Bimbisāra. When the Buddha first visited Rājagaha, after his Enlightenment, he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The da …

…Pv.ii.2#8 (= adāsi Pv-a.81) Mhvs.vii.14; 2nd sg. ado Ja.iv.10 (= adāsi Com.): Mil.384; 1st. pl. adamha Ja.ii.71; Mil.10; 2nd pl. adattha…

…Vin.iv.167 Vin.iv.181 Vin.iv.262 Vin.iv.314 Various Sākyans came to see the Buddha at the Nigrodhārāma, among them, Mahānāma, Godha,…

…Iti.98, cp. Cpd. 6, 81, 223; Mil.28 (paramatthato in the absolute sense) Mil.18 (atthato according to its meaning, opp. vyañjanato by…

…Iti.75 rakkhāya me tvaṃ vihito… udāhu me cetayase vadhāya Ja.iii.146-acinteyya that which must not or cannot be thought AN.ii.80 (cattāri…

…Iti.75 rakkhāya me tvaṃ vihito… udāhu me cetayase vadhāya Ja.iii.146-acinteyya that which must not or cannot be thought AN.ii.80 (cattāri…

An arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings to travelling monks and of directing them to meals. He …

Upananda¹

A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …

Visākhā¹

. Thig.13

Visākhā²

The chief among the female lay disciples of the Buddha and declared by him to be foremost among those who ministered to the Order. AN.i.26 She is c …

…river with many other monks. AN.iii.402

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…a great river, in this case the Yamuna.

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…(cāru˚) at Ja.v.4 & Ja.vi.481 read sabbangin.

• -aṇṇa “first grain,” a name given to the 7 kinds of grain, as…

…or social condition DN.iii.81 sq. (brāhmano va sukko vaṇṇo, kaṇho añño vaṇṇo). -abhijāti a special species of men according to…

…Pv-a.21, Pv-a.66, Pv-a.81 Pv-a.89; Vism.415, etc.;

• -vimāna the palace of a deva Ja.i.58; Vv-a.173; *…

…attānaṃ uddisayi Pv-a.181) & Pv.iii.2#16 (= attānaṃ dassayi dassesi pākaṭo ahosi Pv-a.185). 3rd pl. dassesuṃ;
ger dassetvā;
…

Aggāḷave CetiyeAggālavacetiya

The chief shrine at Āḷavī, originally a pagan place of worship, but later converted into a Buddhist vihāra. The Buddha stopped here on many occasions during his wander …

…created by Brahmā DN.iii.81, DN.iii.83. -patta arrived at the highest state, above the devas, a state like the Br. gods…

…created by Brahmā DN.iii.81, DN.iii.83. -patta arrived at the highest state, above the devas, a state like the Br. gods…

Kaṇṭaka Kaṇḍaka

A novice ordained by Upananda. Kaṇṭaka committed an offence with another novice, Mahaka. When this became known, a rule was passed that no monk should ordain two novices Vin.i.79 ; th …

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

…SN.iii.83; SN.iv.128; AN.i.81, AN.i.107 sq., AN.i.123 sq., AN.i.273, AN.i.291; AN.ii.6, AN.ii.36, AN.ii.87, AN.ii.146; AN.iii.19, AN.iii.29,…

A brahmin, chief minister of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.72ff.

At Ajātasattu’s suggestion, Vass …

The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

…to do with Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Vin.ii.171

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…DN.iii.84 (Dial. iii, 81). 3. Valuation of physical body. From the contemplating of its true character (kāyânupassī) follows its…

…3^rd ahuvā Vv.81#24; Ja.ii.106 Ja.iii.131; 1^st pl. ahuvāma MN.i.93; MN.ii.214, & ahuvamha ibid.; 2^nd…

…[cp. BSk ratna-traya Divy.481], e.g. Mhvs.5, Mhvs.81; Vb-a.284; Vv-a.123; Pv-a.1, Pv-a.49, Pv-a.141.

• -ākara a…

…alatthaṃ DN.ii.268; Vv.81#22; Thag.747; Dhp-a.iii.313; 2^nd sg. alattha SN.i.114 1^st pl. alatthamha MN.ii.63;…

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …

…marvellous etc. Snp.681 (kiṃ ˚ṃ, comb^d. with lomahaṃsana) Ja.iv.355 (id.); Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi =…

…e.g. MN.iii.164, MN.iii.181; and Cnd.604. [As regards form and meaning Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 76 and 1893, 15 proposes kāraṇā f. “pain,…

…Snp.345, Snp.512, Snp.813, Snp.836; Dhp.162, Dhp.291; Mnd.3, Mnd.138, Mnd.164; Cnd. s.v.; Pv.ii.6#3; Pp.19; Mil.269, Mil.327; Snp-a.16,…

…(upekhāsambojjhanga); Cnd.281 (neg. of tamo). 8. N. as the opposite of rāga (passion, lust). Freq. is the combination of *virāga nirodha…

…attani AN.i.149; AN.iii.181; Snp.666, Snp.784 Instr. attanā SN.i.57 = Dhp.66; SN.i.75; SN.ii.68; AN.i.53 AN.iii.211; AN.iv.405; Dhp.165. On…

…then the Buddha’s sickness vanished. SN.v.81

…-āhaṃ 5 days Vin.iv.281; Ja.ii.114.

• -cūḷaka with 5 topknots Ja.v.250 (of a boy).
• -nakha…

to run towards, to rush about, rush on, hasten Vin.ii.195; SN.i.209; Ja.ii.217 Ja.iii.83; Dhp-a.iv.23.

abhi + dhāvati

1. adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
   1. lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
   2. fig of knowledge …

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

…before his death.DN.ii.81f. DN.iii.99ff. SN.v.159ff. The road from Rājagaha to Nāḷandā passed through Ambalaṭṭhikā, DN.ii.81…

A minister of Māgadha, who, with Vassakāra, was in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built in order to repel the Vajjīs. These two are always mentioned together. They invited the Buddha to a …

A brahmin village on the western boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197 It was in the Kosala country and belonged to the Mallas, and was once visited by the Buddha. Ud.vii.9

on the western boundary of M …

The gate by which the Buddha left Pāṭaligāma, after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

Pāṭaliputta2building

The ford by which the Buddha crossed the Ganges, after leaving Pāṭaligāma. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

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Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:

1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …

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 …

…(cp. vin. texts ii.281); Vin.iii.96 iriyāpatha˚ the 4 ways of behaviour, the various positions (standing, walking, sitting, lying down)…

name.

1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
   ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

A group of six monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of various Vinaya offences. Vin.i.84f. Vin.i.104 Vin.i.106 Vin.i.111 Vin.i.113 Vin.i.114 Vin.i.138 Vin.i.160 …

A nun, one of four sisters who all joined the Order, the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.

Thulla-Nandā appears to have had charge of a large company of nuns, all of whom followed her …

…Snp.p.111; Snp.81, Snp.386; Mil.212; DN-a.i.242; Pv-a.19). The news that a B. has appeared upon earth is a cause of the greatest…

Udāyī¹LāludāyīPaṇḍita Udāyī

There were at least two monks called Udāyī, and it is not always possible to be sure which one is meant. When the Buddha preached the Nāgopama Sutta, AN.iii.344 …

Upāli ¹

One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …

Channa¹

A Wanderer, classed among those who wore clothes. He is only mentioned once, in the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.iii.215 where we are told that he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him …

…DN.iii.87; Ja.ii.95; Ud.81 (C. on viii.5, 1).

• -tuṇḍika = ˚guṇṭhika Vism.304 Vism.500. *…

…upon the Buddha. Vin.i.352f. Ud.iv.5

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…SN.iii.95 Ud.iv.5 MN.i.320

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…nacca, dancing: AN.i.261; Vv.81#10 as naca gītādi Ja.i.61; Vv-a.131; referring to nacca-gīta-vādita, dancing with singing & instrumental…

…large number of monks. DN.ii.81

But the most famous of the Buddha’s sermons in Ambalaṭṭhikā seems to have been the…

…Ja.i.172, Ja.i.222 Ja.iii.281; Kp-a.220; Dhp-a.i.181; Dhp-a.iii.173; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.68, Pv-a.73.

acc. pl. ne them Iti.110 (variant reading…

…of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.

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…to the Bo tree Mhbv.81.

• -maṇḍa (for ˚maṇḍala) the ground under the Bodhi tree, hence the spot (or…

…the room of an ordained monk. Vin.iv.16

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…is meant or only a grove (ārāma).

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…mind (cp. Dialogues ii.281ⁿ) DN.ii.281; MN.iii.55, MN.iii.57; Ja.iv.195. -vitakka a thought (of mind SN.i.207…

…mind (cp. Dialogues ii.281ⁿ) DN.ii.281; MN.iii.55, MN.iii.57; Ja.iv.195. -vitakka a thought (of mind SN.i.207…

…of food = bali kamma) Pv-a.81; gabbha˚ Snp.927; pānujja Snp.256. 3. (abs.)

1. the doing up, preparing Ja.v.400 Ja.vi.270 (of a building: the…

…Vin.i.75, Vin.i.269; AN.v.81; Ja.ii.125; Ja.iv.472; Mil.1; Pv-a.23 Pv-a.81, Pv-a.280; -purikā harem woman Dhs-a.403; -vāsika one who…

…(˚aṃ adv. at m.); Vv.81#16 (˚rattāyaṃ adv. = aḍḍharattiyaṃ Vv-a.315); Ja.i.264 (samaye); Ja.iv.159 (id.). *…

…Mhvs.10, Mhvs.79.

• -vihita as appointed or arranged Mhvs.10, Mhvs.93.
• -vuḍḍhaṃ according to seniority…

…or cuttings DN.i.5; DN-a.i.81.

• -magga (adj. having reached the top of the path, i.e. Arahantship Thag-a.20. *…

…(-˚ or c. gen. Kp-a.81 (sutt˚ in the Sutta); Dhp-a.iii.416 (mama a.); Pv-a.56, Pv-a.63 (rukkh˚). Also as antarantare right inside,…

…cp. below 4; DN-a.i.281 explains tena kāra ṇena). In a special sense striking (abnormal) sign or mark on the body DN.i.9, from which a…

…Mnd.220, Mnd.501; Pts.i.81, Pts.i.83; Pts.ii.9, Pts.ii.97 sq. Pts.ii.119, Pts.ii.142, Pts.ii.145, Pts.ii.169, Pts.ii.176; Pp.18, Pp.59;…

…SN.iii.132 sq., SN.iii.181 sq., SN.iii.195 sq., SN.iii.202–SN.iii.224 SN.iii.227; AN.iv.147 (aniccânupassī dukkhânupassī); anicca dukkha…

…AN.i.103, AN.i.288; AN.iii.81, AN.iii.191 sq. AN.iii.419 sq.; AN.v.50 sq.; Snp.512, Snp.957, Snp.1005, Snp.1024, Snp.1148 etc. Mnd.464; Mil.28,…

…In similar contexts: DN.i.81 ≈ DN.iii.51, DN.i.109, DN.i.187; SN.ii.22, SN.ii.39; SN.iv.123 sq.; AN.ii.158 etc. (cp. sukha).

2. As *complex…

coming back, rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has undergone a penance for an expiable offence Vin.i.49 (˚âraha), Vin.i.53 (id.), Vin.i.143 Vin.i.327; Vin.ii.33, Vin.ii.40, Vin.ii.162; AN.i.99
■ Cp. * …

A nun, well known for her quarrelsome propensities. She was a friend of Thullanandā, during whose absence the other nuns once expelled Caṇḍakālī from their midst. This act was greatly resented by Thul …

…sq., Snp.708 sq., Snp.811 sq., Snp.838, Snp.844 sq., Snp.912 sq. Snp.946, Snp.1074 & passim (see Pj. Index p. 749); Dhp.49, Dhp.225 Dhp.268…

The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …

indeclinable copulative and adversative part.: and, also, and further, likewise, nay SN.i.106; Snp.43, Snp.155, Snp.647; Dhp.151, Dhp.234, Dhp.423; Ja.i.83; Ja.ii.185 Ja.iv.495; Iti.106; Kp.viii.7; Pv …

…AN.iii.72 sq.; Ja.iii.181; Ja.vi.151; Kp.viii.5. Often fig. with kamma˚; one who inherits his own deeds (see kamma 3 A…

Uttara¹

A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.121–122

Uttara²

A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162

Uttara³

A *devapu …

UddakaRāmaputta

One of the teachers under whom Gotama, after leaving the world and before he became the Buddha, received instruction. Uddaka taught him the doctrine which had been realised and procla …

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …

Sīha¹

A Licchavi general of Vesāli. He was a follower of the Nigaṇṭhas. When the Buddha visited Vesāli, Sīha, having heard reports of his greatness, wished to see him, but Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaput …

indeclinable part. of disjunction: “or”; always enclitic Kp viii. (itthiyā purisassa vā; mātari pitari vā pi). Usually repeated vā-vā (is it so-) or, either-or, e.g. Snp.1024 (Brahmā vā Indo vā p …

He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …

(vivādeti) to quarrel Snp.832 (= kalahaṃ karoti Mnd.173), Snp.879, Snp.895. Pot. 3^rd sg vivādiyetha (= kolahaṃ kareyya Mnd.307), & vivādayetha Snp.830 (id. explⁿ Mnd.170).

Den …

A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …

…Maṇḍikāputta, AN.ii.181 Dhammika,, AN.iii.368 and Vassakāra. AN.iv.18 DN.ii.72

Several well-known suttas were preached on…