…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 …

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 …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

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 …

1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cp. SN.ii.6, SN.ii.9, SN.ii.12; Snp.p.141 & many other passages) See on term; Cpd. 83 n. 3, 18 …

snake Vin.ii.109; DN.i.77; SN.iv.198; AN.iii.306 sq.; AN.iv.320; AN.v.289; Mnd.484; Vism.345 (+ kukkura etc.); Vv-a.100; Pv-a.144.

• -kuṇapa the carcase of a snake Vin.iii.68 …

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 …

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 …

Jāla¹

neuter a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)

A. Lit

Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN. …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

adjective (-˚) having vijjā, possessed of wisdom; in vatthu˚, tiracchāna˚, nakkhatta˚ etc. (referring to the lower arts condemned as heretic: vijjā c.) SN.iii.239 te˚; possessed of t …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

… ppr vijjamāna existing Ja.i.214; Ja.iii.127; Pv-a.25, Pv-a.87, Pv-a.103; Mil.216 (gen. pl. vijjamānataṃ).
…

rule, power, possession; only in compounds:

• -dhamma the law of ruling, political science Ja.v.490 (is it khattu˚ = khattā˚?)
• -vijjā polity DN.i.9, condemn …

1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
   ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

Vijjati, vijjamāna

etc.: see vindati.

bird (esp. with ref. to augury) DN.i.71 (pakkhin +); Vin.iii.147; SN.i.197; AN.ii.209 AN.iii.241 sq., AN.iii.368; Ja.ii.111, Ja.ii.162 (Kandagala); Kp-a.241 pantha˚; see under *[pantha](/define/pa …

Mūsika & mūsikā

masculine & feminine a mouse DN.ii.107 = Pp.43 (f.); Vism.109 (m.), Vism.252 Kp-a.46 (m.); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.30 (m.); Vb-a.235.

• -cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed b …

poison, virus venom MN.i.316 = SN.ii.110; Thag.418; Thag.768; Snp.1 (sappa snake venom); AN.ii.110; Ja.i.271 (halāhala˚ deadly p.), Ja.iii.201; Ja.iv.222; Pp.48; Mil.302; Pv-a.62, Pv-a.256; Thag-a. …

adjective noun auspicious, happy, fortunate, blest SN.i.181; Ja.i.5; Ja.ii.126; Mil.248; Pv.iv.3#3; Vv.18#7

1. a worshipper of the god Siva Mil.191; the same as Sivi Ja.iii.468.
2. nt. happiness, bli …

an animal Iti.92 (tiracchānaṃ ca yoniyo for tiracchāna-yoniyo); Vb.339 (˚gāminī paṭipadā leading to rebirth among beasts); Vv-a.23 (manussatiracchāna an animal-man, wild man, “werwolf”).

• *-[kat …

Vatthu¹

neuter lit. “ground,” hence

1. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu²!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …

physician, doctor, medical man, surgeon Ja.i.455 Ja.iii.142; Kp-a.21; Snp-a.274 (in simile); Vv-a.185, Vv-a.322; Dhp-a.i.8; Pv-a.36, Pv-a.86; Sdhp.279, Sdhp.351
■ hatthi˚; elephantdoctor Ja …

scorpion DN.i.9 (˚vijjā scorpion craft); Vin.ii.110; AN.ii.73; AN.iii.101, AN.iii.306; AN.iv.320; AN.v.289 sq.; Ja.ii.146; Mil.272 Mil.394; Vism.235; DN-a.i.93.

cp. Vedic vṛścīka: Zimmer, Altind. Leben 98

crow DN.i.9 (˚vijjā: see DN-a.i.93); SN.i.124; Snp.447, Snp.675; Ja.i.500; Ja.ii.440; Mil.373; Dhp-a.iii.206; Vv-a.27.

cp. Vedic vāyasa a large bird, Epic Sk. vāyasa crow

see Vijjā.

Mūsika & mūsikā

masculine & feminine a mouse DN.ii.107 = Pp.43 (f.); Vism.109 (m.), Vism.252 Kp-a.46 (m.); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.30 (m.); Vb-a.235.

• -cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed b …

Vijjati, vijjamāna

etc.: see vindati.

adultery Pv-a.151. Vijjati, vijjamana

? doubtful spelling

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …

…existence in general (vijjamānaṃ) Vin.iv.25 (bhūtaṃ) 5. what we should call a simple predicative use, is exemplified by a typical…

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

bound together Sdhp.81.

saṃ + baddha

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

saṃ + otata

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

saṃ + pavāyati

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

saṃ + īrati

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

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 …

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

doublet of anariya

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

fr. upassuti

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

pa + gāhati

(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\ …

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.

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

sa⁴ + vasa

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

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 …

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. …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Kacchaka¹

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

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 …

expounder AN.iii.81.

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

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 …

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. …

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

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. * …

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

fr. samagga

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

fr. agāra

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. …

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. …

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, …

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

fr. pakāra

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 …

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 …

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

Attha¹

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

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

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

fr. abhiharati