held, checked, controlled, restrained, careful SN.ii.15, SN.ii.50; Snp.78, Snp.220, Snp.1079 (= yatta, paṭiyatta gutta etc. Cnd.525); Ja.vi.294 (C. appamatta; Kern

Toevoegselen

s. v. proposes read …

…by C. as “pubba-kārinā yātassa puggalassa anuyāyī, paṭhamaṃ karonto yāti nāma pacchā karonto anuyāyati.” The usual Sk. phrase is…

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 cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

Name of a branch of brahmin learning. DN.i.11 The name either refers to cosmology, or to worldly philosophy.

The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They o …

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

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

Rājagaha3building

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

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

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. AN.i.267

ĀḷārakālāmaĀḷāraKālāma

One of the two teachers to whom Gotama, after his renunciation, first attached himself, the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.24 …

érzékelési terület, alap

feltételezettség

hat érzékterület

who has marched out (against, acc.)

abhi-uyyāta

pp mfn. who has marched out (against, acc.)

sphere of mastering; area of control (one of six or eight stages in overcoming reactions to objects of the senses)

abhinīla-m-āyata

mfn. very black and long.

very much stretched or extended; over-strung (opposite to atisithila); high, sharp.

desire to get pupils

compassion, kindness, favor

compassion, kindness, favor

followed

in the wrong sphere or place; unsuitably

place in the forest, a forest haunt

the region of the Ariyas

the sense-organ that is the eye; the sphere of visual perception.

connected with the six spheres of perception.

, compar. more beautiful.

the object that is a mental construct.

the being of two parts; a pair.

an object of sense that is odor.

the sense organ that is the nose; the sphere of olfactory perception.

the being specific causes; causal relationship

trodden by the isis

the sphere of perception, the sense organ that is the tongue.

, abstr. of jāyā the state of being a wife; marriage

fitness; strength; well being state of readiness

skilled or proficient in regard to well being, to fitness, to readiness

basis or source for total stillness

obligation; task, duty.

the sense organ that is the body

1. the sphere or stage of neither apperception nor non-apperception, i.e.
2. the fourth of the arūpa states of existence; and.
3. the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.

1. constrained, bound; restrained; disciplined; constant.
2. (whose outcome or course is) determined, fixed; restricted, limited, specified; established, sure; inevitable, invariable.

whose lifetime is fixed.

of niyyāti laid by; given, handed over; gone forth; gone away

one who leaves (saṃsara)

well proclaimed.

the sphere or community of a religious sect.

the sphere or stage of (the awareness of) nothingness, i.e.

1. the third of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of awareness of nothingness, the third arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

the sphere or stage of the infinity of space, i.e.

1. the first of the arūpa states of existence; and.
2. the state of the consciousness of the infinity of space, the first arūpajhāna or one of the vimokkhas

stretched, stretched out; extended, long; long-drawn-out

or neuter extensive and best; or best for the future, the most excellent thing for the future; or best of sources

long, prolonged; drawn-out (of sound).

suddenly, abruptly, of a sudden

1. resting-place, abode; source; region, sphere, field, area.
2. transcendental sphere, plane of experience; transcendental state of mind in meditation.
3. sphere of perception, the sense-organs (in …

1. as the fields of perception.
2. in the right sphere; suitably

having long eyelashes

having projecting heels (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)

having projecting heels (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)

Abhabbāgamana: ‘incapable of progressing’. Those beings who are obstructed by their evil actions kamma see. kamma, by their defilements kilesa, by the result of their evil actions see: *vipāka …

Abhibhāyatana: the 8 ‘stages of mastery’, are powers to be obtained by means of the kasina-exercises see: kasina. In the Com. to M. 77, where āyatana is explained by ‘means’ kārana it is sa …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Anupubba-nirodha: The 9 ‘successive ceasings’, are the 8 ceasings reached through the 8 absorptions jhāna and the ceasing of feeling and perception’ see: nirodha-samāpatti, as it is said in …

[[auditory organ]]Auditory organ: Ear, ability to hear see: āyatana.

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

Bases: The 12 of the perceptual process: āyatana

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Cakkhu: ‘eye’ see: āyatana The foll. 5 kinds of ‘eyes’ are mentioned and explained in CNid. PTS, p. 235; the first 3 also in It. 52: 1. the physical eye mamsa cakkhu. the divine eye *dibba- …

Cakkhāyatana: ’the base;visual organ; ’ see: āyatana.

Ceto-vimutti: ‘deliverance of mind’. In the highest sense it signifies the fruition of Arahatship see: ariya-puggala and in particular, the concentration associated with it. It is often linked …

Chanda: intention, desire, will.

1. As an ethically neutral psychological term, in the sense of ‘intention’, it is one of those general mental properties cetasika Tab. II taught in th …

Eye: 5 kinds, see: cakkhu - Visual organ, see: āyatana.

Eye-organ: see: āyatana

[[fixed destiny]]Fixed destiny: see: niyata - micchā - ditthi, niyata-puggala.

[[gustatory organ]]Gustatory organ: see: āyatana.

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

Paramattha: sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the ‘conventional truth’ vohāra - sacca which is also …

Pasāda-rūpa: ‘sensitive materiality’, is a name for the 5 physical sense-organs responding to sense-stimuli. Cf. āyatana

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Titthāyatana: the 3 ‘articles of heretical belief’. which in A. III, 61 are declared as leading to inactivity, are: 1 the belief that all happiness and woe are produced through former kamma prenat …

Ākiñcaññāyatana: The sphere of nothingness; see: jhāna 7.

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under th …

Ākāsānañcāyatana: ‘Sphere of Infinite space’, is identical with the 1st formless absorption; see: jhāna 5.

Ārammana: Object. There are six: visible object, sound, odour, taste, body-contact, mental-object. The mental-object dhammārammana may be physical or mental, past, present or future, real or …

*Āyatana:
* 1: Spheres, is a name for the four formless absorptions; see: jhāna 5-8.
2: The 12 sources or bases on which depend the mental processes, consist of five physical sense-organs an …

marched against, attacked Vin.i.342; MN.ii.124.

pp. of abbhuyyāti

as an˚; invincibility Pv-a.117.

abstr. fr. abhibhavanīya, grd. of abhibhavati

position of a master or lord, station of mastery. The traditional account of these gives 8 stations or stages of mastery over the senses (see Dial. ii.118; Exp. i.252), detailed identically at all …

adjective very black, deep black, only with ref. to the eyes, in phrase -netta with deep-black eyes DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.167 sq. [cp. Sp. Avs.i.367 Avs.i.370 abhinīla-padma-netra]; Thig. …

adjective too long AN.iii.375.

ati + āyata

adjective referring to the day, today’s, present, modern (opp. porāṇa) Thag.552; Dhp.227; Ja.ii.409
■ dat. ajjatanāya for today Vin.i.17; Pv-a.171 & passim.

cp. Sk. adyatana

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

adjective personal, inward (cp. Dhs trsl. 207 & Mnd.346: ajjhattikaṃ vuccati cittaṃ) opp. bāhira outward (q.v.). See also āyatana
■ MN.i.62 SN.i.73 (˚ā rakkhā na bāhirā); SN.iv …

desire, longing Pv-a.127 (uḷār˚ great desire for c. loc.).

abstr. to ajjhāsaya

irreverence towards one’s mother DN.iii.70, DN.iii.71.

from matteyyatā

adjective not settled, uncertain, doubtful Vin.i.112; Vin.ii.287; DN.iii.217.

a + niyata

adjective (only ˚-) not inferior, superior, perfect, supreme, in foll. compounds

• -guṇa supreme virtue DN-a.i.288.
• -dassika of superior beauty Vv.20#7, V …

sympathy with (-˚) compassion, kindness, favour, usually as par˚; kindness to or sympathy with other people SN.ii.218; SN.v.169 (T. anudayatā); AN.iii.184; Iti.72; Vb.356.

abstr. to anuddayā

adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …

…may compare Sk. anuyātaṃ attendance, in which latter case anu-yantṛ would be “an inferior ruler” and P. yanta would represent…

gone through or after, followed, pursued SN.ii.105 (magga); AN.v.236; Iti.29; Mil.217.

pp. of anuyāti

…= anugacchati C). 2. to go along by, to go over, to visit Mil.391 (˚yāyati)

pp anuyāta (q.v.). See also…

…= anugacchati C). 2. to go along by, to go over, to visit Mil.391 (˚yāyati)

pp anuyāta (q.v.). See also…

conformity, accordance MN.i.500 (kāy˚ giving in to the body)

abstr. to anvaya

want of consideration, in expl^n. of dovacassatā at Dhs.1325 = Vb.359 = Pp.30 (where reading is anādariyatā).

abstr. fr. anādara

nonexertion, not exerting oneself, sluggishness, indolence Ja.v.121 (˚sīla = dussīla C.).

an + āyatana

in comb^n. with amatteyyatā irreverence against father and mother DN.iii.70 (cp. Dhp.332 & Dhp-a.iv.34).

a + petteyyatā, abstr. fr. *paitṛya fatherly

adjective

1. fixed, applied, concentrated (mind) Mil.415 (mānasa) Sdhp.233 (citta).
2. brought to, put to, fixed on Ja.vi.78 (maraṇamukhe); visappita (an arrow to which) poison (is) applied, so rea …

Appiya & Appiyatā

see piya etc.

Appiya & Appiyatā

see piya etc.

1. the near bank of a river Ja.iii.230 (+ atiṇṇaṃ, C. paratīraṃ atiṇṇaṃ).
2. (fig.) not the further shore (of life), the world here, i.e. (opp. pāraṃ Nibbāna) Snp.1129, Snp.1130; Cnd.62; Dhp.385 (exp …

“going away” viz.

1. separation, loss Dhp.211 (piya˚ = viyoga Dhp-a.iii.276).
2. loss (of property) DN.iii.181, DN.iii.182; AN.ii.166; AN.iv.283; Ja.iii.387 (atth˚).
3. leakage, out flow (of water) …

forest DN.i.71; MN.i.16; MN.iii.104; SN.i.4, SN.i.7, SN.i.29, SN.i.181, SN.i.203 (mahā); AN.i.60 (˚vanapatthāni); AN.ii.252; AN.iii.135, AN.iii.138; Snp.39, Snp.53, Snp.119; Dhp.99, Dhp.329, Dhp.330; …

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

adjective at random, without discrimination, careless Ja.i.496 (= avyatta C.).

a + vyāyata of yam

adj. one of a certain number, a certain, somebody, some; often used (like eka) as indef. article “a”. Very frequent, e.g. Snp.35, Snp.210; Iti.103; Dhp.137, Dhp.157; Ja.i.221, Ja.i.25 …

adjective only used with ref. to the eyelashes, & usually expl^d. by visāla, i.e. extended wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning etym. is as yet uncertain. Ke …

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

adverb outside (adv. & prep.) DN.i.16; DN.ii.110; SN.i.169; SN.iii.47, SN.iii.103 SN.iv.205; SN.v.157; Vin.iii.113 (˚rūpa opp. ajjhatta-rūpa Snp.203; Vb-a.260 (kāye); Dhp-a.i.211 (c. gen); Dhp-a.i …

(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo)

1. (adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati).
2. (adv.) in a higher degree …

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 …

adjective

1. external, outside (opp. abbhantara inside) outer, foreign DN.ii.75; AN.iv.16; Dhp.394 (fig. in meaning of 2); Ja.i.125 (antara˚ inside & outside); Ja.i.337 (out o …

1. childhood, youth SN.iii.1.
2. ignorance, folly Dhp.63; Ja.ii.220 (= bāla-bhāva); Ja.iii.278 (balya); Pv-a.40. Also used as adj. in compar. bālyatara more foolish, extremely foolish Vv.83#6 sq …

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 …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

1. impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Explained at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

heap, made of bricks Ja.vi.204 (city-avayata-piṭṭhikā). See also cetiya.

From ci, cināti, to heap up

(only-˚) adjective walking, living, experiencing; behaving, acting, practising.

1. lit. asanga˚ SN.i.199 akāla˚ Snp.386; ambu˚ Snp.62; vihangapatha˚ Sdhp.241; sapadāna˚ MN.i.30; Snp.65; pariyanta˚ S …

pleasant, polite in -kammatā politeness, flattery Mil.370 (cp. Sk. cāṭukāra); cāṭu-kamyatā Vb.246; Vism.17, Vism.23, Vism.27; Kp-a.236.

cp. cāru

the fact of being a dakkhiṇeyya Mil.240 (a˚).

abstr. fr. prec.

to make tame, chastise, punish master, conquer, convert Vin.ii.196 (daṇḍena); MN.ii.102; Dhp.80, Dhp.305 (attānaṃ); Iti.123 (ppr. [danto] damayataṃ seṭṭho [santo] samayataṃ isi); Mil.14, Mil.386; Pv- …

Danta¹

a tooth, a tusk, fang, esp. an elephant’s tusk; ivory Vin.ii.117 (nāga-d. a pin of ivory); Kp ii. (as one of the taca-pañcaka, or 5 dermatic constituents of the body, viz. kesā, l …

adjective fair to behold, beautiful good-looking (= dassituṃ yutta DN-a.i.141), often in formula abhirūpa d. pāsādika paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgəta to express matchless physical beauty: D …

Dava¹

fire, heat Ja.iii.260
■ See also dāva & dāya.

• -ḍāha (= Sk. davāgni) conflagration of a forest, a jungle-fire Vin.ii.138; MN.i.306; Ja.i.641; Cp.iii.9#3 Mil.189; Vism.36.

Sk …

repulsiveness Mil.281.

Sk. dvesyatā

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 ( …

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1^b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

1. a primary element, of whic …

…pameyya, parihāra, payāta pasu, peyya, posa; (p)phassa; (bb = b): bala, balika budha; (bb = v): dubbaca =) vaca, vacana, vaṇṇa vijāna,…

companionship, friendship, help Ja.iii.169.

Err:509

smell, viz.

1. odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

1. going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …

adjective

1. going to, staying with, in bhikkhu˚ a person living with the bhikkhus Vin.i.148.
2. leading to: yaṃ˚ what they lead to (of the 5 indriyas) SN.v.230
3. having a certain gati, leading to o …

the nose; usually in its function as organ of smell = sense of smell (either in phrase ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyati: to smell an odour by means of the nose; or in ghana-viññeyyā gandhā odours which are se …

1. as pp. guarded, protected
   1. lit nagaraṃ guttaṃ a well-guarded city Dhp.315 = Thag.653 Thag.1005; Devinda˚ protected by the Lord of gods Vv.30#8-
   2. fig. (med.) guarded, watchful, constrain …

the head of a company, a chief, a village headman Vin.ii.296 (Maṇicūḷaka). Title of the G. Saṃyutta (Book VIII. of the Saḷāyatana-Vagga) SN.iv.305 sq.; & of the Gāmaṇī Jātaka Ja.i.136, Ja.i.137
■ S …

Ida & Idaṃ

indeclinable emphatic demonstr. adv. in local, temporal & modal function, as

1. in this, here: idappaccayatā having its foundation in this, i.e. causally connec …

Ida & Idaṃ

indeclinable emphatic demonstr. adv. in local, temporal & modal function, as

1. in this, here: idappaccayatā having its foundation in this, i.e. causally connec …

mastership, lordship Sdhp.422.

fr. issariya

the tongue.

1. physically: Vin.i.34; AN.iv.131; Snp.673, Snp.716; Dhp.65 Dhp.360; Ja.ii.306; Pv-a.99 (of Petas: visukkha-kanthaṭṭha j.), Pv-a.152
   ■ Of the tongue of the mahāpurusha which coul …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

stinginess, niggardliness DN.ii.243; Mil.180; Pv-a.45.

abstr. fr. last

Kalla¹ & Kalya

adjective

1. well, healthy, sound Vin.i.291.
2. clever, able, dexterous Mil.48 Mil.87.
3. ready, prepared Ja.ii.12, cp
   ■ citta.
4. fit proper, right SN.ii.13 (pañha)

…

see kalyatā; -a˚; unreadiness, unpreparedness, indisposition (of citta), in explⁿ of thīna Cnd.290; Dhs.1156 = Dhs.1236 = Ne.86; Dhs-a.378; Ne.26. The reading in Nd …

1. the state of being sound, able, pliant Ja.ii.12.
2. pleasantness, agreeableness, readiness, in a˚; opp. (applied to citta) Dhs.1156; Dhs-a.377 (= gilānabhāva).

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 …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

(-˚) in abl. function (of kamyā f. for kamyāya or kamya adj.?) in the desire for: SN.i.143 = Ja.iii.361 (explained by kāmatāya); Snp.854, Snp.929. Kamyata (-) & kammata

the fact that something has to be performed, an obligation Vin.ii.89, Vin.ii.93; sa˚ being left with something to do Mil.140.

abstr. fr. prec.

Kasiṇa¹

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

Kattu˚

1. base of inf. kattuṃ (of karoti), in compd^s -kamyatā willingness to do something Vb.208; Vism.320, Vism.385; Dhp-a.iii.289; -kāma desirous to do Vin.ii.2 …

adjective always referring to teeth: with long, protruding teeth, of Petas (cp. attr. of the dog of the “Underworld” Pv-a.152: tikhiṇâyatakaṭhina-dāṭho and the figure of the witch in fairy-tales) J …

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

1. ray, beam of light splendour, effulgence Thag.64; which is a riddle on the various meanings of ketu.
2. flag, banner, sign perhaps as token of splendour Thag.64. dhamma-k˚ having the Doctrine as …

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

duty Vin.ii.89 (k˚ karaṇīyatā); Mil.42.

abstr. fr. last

the performance of (-˚), state of, etc. See sakkacca˚, sacchi˚, sātacca˚.

abstr. fr. last

trifle, a small thing: yaṃ vā taṃ vā appamattakaṃ Snp.121; Snp.131; Pp-a 210 (iii.4). āmisa-kiñcikkha-hetu “for the sake of a little gain” AN.i.128 = Pp.29; at Pv.ii.8#3 as āmisa-kiñci-hetu (but …

1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

(only -˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality
■ lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs Vv-a.138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities Pv-a.67. For foll. cp Mrs. Rh. D …

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 …

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 …

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 …

1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc. MN.i.355 = AN.ii.40 = Mnd.496 = Cnd.540 = Pp.21 = Dhs.1346, Dhs.1348. The comm …

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 …

Matteyyatā & mett˚

(f.) filial love towards one’s mother; always combined with petteyyatā DN.iii.145 (variant reading mett˚); Cnd.294 (mett˚), Dhp.332; Dhp-a.iv.33.

abstr. f …

Matteyyatā & mett˚

(f.) filial love towards one’s mother; always combined with petteyyatā DN.iii.145 (variant reading mett˚); Cnd.294 (mett˚), Dhp.332; Dhp-a.iv.33.

abstr. f …

is occasional spelling for matteyyatā (q.v.), in analogy to petteyyatā; e.g. Cnd.294.

item of wrong, wrongness. There are 8 items of wrong, viz. the 8 wrong qualities as enumerated under (an-) ariya-magga (see micchā) forming the contrary to the *[sammatta](/defin …

kind of kidney-bean, Phaseolus mungo, freq. combined with māsa² (q.v.). On its size (larger than sāsapa smaller than kalāya) see AN.v.170 & cp. kalāya
■ DN.ii.293; MN.i.57 (+ māsa); S …

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. pride, conceit, arrogance (cittassa uṇṇati Mnd.80; Vb.350). Māna is one of the Saññojanas It is one of the principal obstacles to Arahantship A detailed analysis of māna in tenfold aspect is give …

death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

indeclinable see na²
■ nevasaññā-nâsañña (being) neither perception nor non-perception, only in cpd. ˚āyatana & in nevasaññī-nâsaññin: see saññā.

na + eva

adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …

adjective

1. going out, proceeding from (abl.): dahato niggatā nadī (a river issuing from a lake) Pv-a.152.
2. (= nigata? or = nis + gata “of ill fate”) destined, fateful; miserable unfortunate Pv\ …

adjective houseless, homeless Mil.244 (= aniketa). At Dhp-a.iv.31 as explⁿ of appossukka. f. abstr. nirālayatā homelessness Mil.162, Mil.276, Mil.420.

nis + ālaya

dependence, requirement, resource Snp.856; Mnd.245.

abstr. to nissaya

adjective restrained, bound to, constrained to, sure (as to the future), fixed (in its consequences), certain, assured, necessary DN.ii.92 (sambodhiparāyanā), DN.ii.155; DN.iii.107; Snp.70 (= ariyamag …

…Vv-a.199); Pv.iii.2#11 (niyātayiṃsu = adaṃsu Pv-a.184); Vism.115 (t); Dhp-a.i.70; Dhp-a.ii.87; Vv-a.33, Vv-a.67; Pv-a.20 (vihāraṃ…

past participle = niyyādita MN.i.360.

returning, return to (-˚) Ja.v.497 (saka-raṭṭha˚); Vism.556; DN-a.i.234.

fr. niyyāti

guide, leader MN.i.523 sq.

n. ag. to niyyāma

…Vv-a.199); Pv.iii.2#11 (niyātayiṃsu = adaṃsu Pv-a.184); Vism.115 (t); Dhp-a.i.70; Dhp-a.ii.87; Vv-a.33, Vv-a.67; Pv-a.20 (vihāraṃ…

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 “ …

…Vv-a.199); Pv.iii.2#11 (niyātayiṃsu = adaṃsu Pv-a.184); Vism.115 (t); Dhp-a.i.70; Dhp-a.ii.87; Vv-a.33, Vv-a.67; Pv-a.20 (vihāraṃ…

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

the fact of having a cause, causation, causal relation, in phrase idappaccayatā (adv.) from an ascertained cause, by way of cause Vin.i.5; DN.i.185; SN.i.136; SN.ii.25.

abs …

an eyelash unsally as adj.: having eyelashes (-˚) DN.ii.18 (go˚) SN.i.132 (˚antarikāyaṃ between the lashes); Ja.v.216 (visāla˚ for alārapamha T.); Thag-a.255 (dīgha˚ for āyatapamha Thig.383); Vv-a. …

Palāpa¹

chaff of corn, pollard AN.iv.169 (yava˚); Ja.i.467, Ja.i.468; Ja.iv.34; Snp-a.165 (in exegesis of palāpa² variant reading BB palāsa), Snp-a.312 (id.); Ja.iv.34, Ja.iv. …

eye-lash, usually in cpd. aḷāra˚; having thick eyelashes e.g. at Ja.v.215; Vv.35#7; Vv.64#11; Pv.iii.3#5; asāyata˚ at Thig.383.

the syncope form of pakhuma = Sk. pakṣman used in poetry and always …

1. falling down, a fall Vin.ii.284 (chinna-papātaṃ papatanti); SN.v.47.
2. a cliff, precipice, steep rock MN.i.11; SN.iii.109 (sobbho p. kodh’ upāyāsass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. papaṭā) AN.iii.389 (sob …

nurtured, nourished MN.ii.56 (sukha˚). Also in explⁿ of pāribhaṭyatā (q.v.).

pp. of pari + bhṛ.

1. end, finish, conclusion Ja.i.106 (sacca˚ = desanā˚); Pv-a.9 (desanā and passim), Pv-a.136 (āyūha˚), Pv-a.162 (id.), Pv-a.281 (= anta) Often contracted with ādi beginning & majj …

to offer, present, give Dpvs.xi.28; Pgdp.63, Pgdp.72, Pgdp.77 sq
pp payata (q.v.).

pa + yacchati of yam

restrained, composed, purified, pure DN.i.103 (= abhiharitvā dinna); AN.iii.313; Thag.348, Thag.359 (˚atta); Iti.101 (˚pāṇin) = Mil.215; Snp.240 (= sakkāra-karaṇena p. alankata Snp-a.284); Vism.224 …

striving after, effort, endeavour Kp-a.108.

cp. Sk. prayatna, of yat

…Strange is “evaṃ nānappayātamhi” at Thag.945 (Mrs Rh. D. “thus when so much is fallen away”; Neumann “in solcher Drangsal, solcher…

…Ja.i.255; 3^rd pl pāyiṃsu Ja.i.253 and pāyesuṃ Ja.iv.220
pp payāta (q.v.). See also…

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

adjective having heels DN.ii.17 (āyata˚ having projecting heels, the 3^rd of the 32 characteristics of a Mahāpurisa).

fr. paṇhi

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

adjective lit. against the slope; averse, objectionable, contrary, disagreeable Vin.i.58 (˚kūla) DN.iii.112, DN.iii.113; MN.i.341 (dukkha˚); SN.iv.172 (id.) Ja.i.393; Vv-a.92 (K.); Pv-a.77; Vb-a.25 …

reluctance, loathsomeness MN.i.30; AN.v.64 Other forms are paṭikūlatā, pāṭikkūlyatā, & pāṭikulyā (q.v.).

fr. paṭikūla, perhaps better to write patikkulyatā

…Pv-a.22, Pv-a.141. Pati-y-alokam

for *paṭiyāteti = Sk. pratiyātayati, Caus. of paṭi + yat, like P. niyyādeti = Sk….

being a servant, doing service Ja.vi.208 (para˚ to someone else). Pessiya & ka;

abstr. fr. pessa, Sk. *preṣyatā

reverence towards one’s father DN.iii.70 (a˚), DN.iii.145, DN.iii.169; Dhp.332 (= pitari sammāpaṭipatta Dhp-a.iv.34); Cnd.294. Cp. matteyyatā.

abstr. fr. petteyya

Phassa¹

contact, touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually phoṭṭhabbaṃ). It is the fundamental fact in a sense impression and consists of a combination of the sense, the ob …

tangible, touch, contact; it is synonymous with phassa, which it replaces in psychol. terminology. Phoṭṭhabbaṃ is the senseobject of kāya (or taca) touch (“kāyena …

Piya¹

adjective dear, in two applications (as stated Mnd.133 = Cnd.444, viz dve piyā: sattā vā piyā sankhārā vā piyā, with ref. to living beings, to sensations):

1. dear, beloved (as fath …

question Snp.1023; Snp-a.46, Snp-a.200, Snp-a.230. A system of questions (“questionnaire”) is given in the Niddesa (and Commentaries), consisting of 12 groups of three questions each. In full at Mn …

(& der.) “petting (or spoiling) the children” (Mil trsl. ii.287) but perhaps more likely “fondness of being petted” or “nurture (as Vism trsl. 32) (being carried about like on the lap or the back …

downfall, bringing to fall, felling MN.i.305; AN.i.266; Vin.iv.34 (˚by˚); Vb-a.499.

fr. pāt, see pāteti

is frequent variant reading for cāṭu-kamyatā, which is probably the correct reading (see this). The meaning (according to Vism.27 = Vb-a.483) is “putting oneself low,” i.e. flattery, “fawning” (*V …

gone forth, set out, started Ja.i.146.

pp of pāyāti

…Dhp-a.iii.257
pp pāyāta (q.v.) See also the quasi synonymous abhiyāti.

pra + ā +…

the hand Vin.iii.14 (pāṇinā paripuñchati); MN.i.78 (pāṇinā parimajjati) SN.i.178, SN.i.194; Snp.713; Dhp.124; Ja.i.126 (˚ṃ paharati) Pp-a 249 (id.); Pv-a.56; Sdhp.147, Sdhp.238. As adj. (-˚) “han …

loathsomeness, objectionableness AN.iii.32; AN.iv.47 sq.; AN.v.64. Cp. paṭikulyatā paṭikūlatā & pāṭikulyā.

abstr. fr. paṭikkūla

see pātu˚. Patekka (Patiyekka)

Pūga¹

neuter heap, quantity; either as n. with gen or as adj. = many, a lot Snp.1073 (pūgaṃ vassānaṃ bahūni vassāni Cnd.452); Pv.iv.7#9 (pūgāni vassāni) Vb-a.2 (khandhaṭṭha, piṇḍ˚, pūg˚). …

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

companionship DN.i.18, DN.i.235; DN.ii.206; MN.ii.195; MN.iii.99; SN.iv.306; AN.iii.192.

abstr. fr. sahavya

companionship Dhp.61; sahāyatta (nt.) the same Mhvs.30, Mhvs.21.

abstr. fr. sahāya

Sammā¹

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

gone forth, proceeded Dhp.237.

saṃ + payāta

to proceed, to go on;
inf sampayātave Snp.834;
pp sampayāta.

saṃ + payāti

dependency, connection Ne.80.

saṃ + nissayatā

handing over, resignation DN-a.i.232.

saṃ + niyyātana

agreeableness, suitability, convenience Vism.79, Vism.121 (a˚), Vism.127.

abstr. fr. sappāya

…of…

at SN.i.14 read saṃyatatta.

Saṃyata & saññata

lit. drawn together; fig. restrained, self-controlled DN.ii.88; SN.i.79; Snp.88 Snp.156, Snp.716; Ja.i.188; Vv.34#11; Mil.213.

• -atta having one’s self restrai …

the six organs of sense and the six objects-viz., eye ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; forms, sounds, odouis tastes, tangible things, ideas; occupying the fourth place in the Paṭiccasamuppāda DN.ii …

to practise self-control SN.i.209 (pāṇesu ca saṃyamāmase, translation “if we can keep our hands off living things”)
pp saṃyata
caus saññāmeti to restrain MN.i.365, MN.i.507 …

Saṃyata & saññata

lit. drawn together; fig. restrained, self-controlled DN.ii.88; SN.i.79; Snp.88 Snp.156, Snp.716; Ja.i.188; Vv.34#11; Mil.213.

• -atta having one’s self restrai …

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

prosperity, beauty Thig.72; Ja.i.51, Ja.i.475; Ja.ii.158; Ja.iv.133. As sobhagyatā at DN-a.i.161.

abstr. fr. subhaga

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

wish or wishing to hear AN.i.150; AN.iv.115; Vism.444; f. abstr. -kamyatā desire to listen AN.v.145 sq., Snp-a.135.

sotuṃ (= inf. of suṇāti) + kāma

…long ā cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 7; BSk. svākhyāta

adjective reverential Mhvs.5, Mhvs.246; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.2; Mhvs.28, Mhvs.25; Mhvs.33, Mhvs.82; sādariya (nt.) and sādariyatā (f.) showing regard and consideration Pp.24; cp. Dhs.1327.

sa + ādara

adjective

1. good, virtuous, pious Snp.376, Snp.393; Ja.i.1; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.119; Pv-a.116, Pv-a.132 asādhu bad, wicked Dhp.163, Dhp.223; Dhp-a.iii.313.
2. good, profitable, proficient, meritoriou …

adjective sweet, nice, pleasant Vin.ii.196; MN.i.114; Thig.273; Snp.102; Ja.iv.168; Ja.v.5; Dhs.629; asādu (ka) Ja.iii.145; Ja.iv.509 (text, asādhuka com. on kaṭuka); sādu-karoti makes sweet Ja.iii.3 …

violent, hasty Snp.329; (nt.) violence, arbitrary action, acts of violence Snp.943; Ja.vi.284; Mhvs.6, Mhvs.39; sāhasena arbitrarily AN.v.177 opp. a˚; ibid.; Dhp.257; Ja.vi.280. sāhasaṃ id. Ja.v …

perseverance MN.i.101; SN.ii.132; AN.iii.249 sq.; AN.iv.460 sq.; AN.v.17 sq.; Thag.585; Vism.4 Vb-a.346. --kārin persevering SN.iii.268, SN.iii.271, SN.iii.277 sq. Dhp.293; --kiriyatā perseve …

evening, only adverbially sāyaṃ, at night Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.83; Dhp-a.i.234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṃ) in the morning early e.g. sāya-pātaṃ DN.ii.188; Mil.419; Ja.i.432, Ja.i.460 Ja.v.4 …

(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 …

1. a fording place, landing place, which made a convenient bathing place DN.ii.89 = Vin.i.230 (Gotama˚ the G. ford) Ja.i.339, Ja.i.340 (titthāraṇa); Ja.ii.111; Ja.iii.228 (˚nāvika ferryman); Ja.iii.23 …

one who has reached the other shore (always fig.) gone through, overcome, one who has attained Nibbāna. Ogha˚ gone through the great flood SN.i.3, SN.i.142; Snp.178, Snp.823, Snp.1082, Snp.1101, Snp.1 …

Tāreti¹

to make cross, to help over, to bring through, save, help, assist Snp.319 (pare tārayetuṃ), Snp.321 (so tāraye tattha bahū pi aññe); Iti.123 (tiṇṇo tarayataṃ varo: “one who is thro …

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

I

*yāva-tāva …

heaping up, gathering, accumulation, heap. As t.t. with ref. to kamma “conservation”, with ref. to body & form “integration” (See discussion & defin. at; Cpd. 253; Dhs trsl. 195). DN.i.76 (= odana …

1. putting down or under, foundation basis, ground, substratum (of rebirth) SN.i.117, SN.i.124 SN.i.134, SN.i.186; AN.ii.24 (˚sankhaya); AN.iii.382 (id.); AN.iv.150 (˚kkhaya); Iti.21, Iti.69; Snp.364, …

(always as ˚ûpaga) adjective

1. going to, getting to, reaching, in phrases kāy˚, SN.ii.24; ākās’ānañc’ āyatan˚ etc. Pts.i.84; kāy˚ SN.ii.24; brahmalok˚ Pv.ii.13#19 yathākamm˚ DN.i.82.
2. coming into, …

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 …

Vaṭṭa¹

adjective noun

1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

deficiency Ja.v.400; Mil.107; Dhs.223; Dhp-a.ii.26 (anga˚ deformity), Dhp-a.ii.79; Dhp-a.iii.22; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.5, Sdhp.17
■ As vekalya at Kp-a.187 (where contrasted to *sākalya)
■ jaṇṇū av …

Vekallatā & vekalyatā

feminine deficiency AN.iii.441 (a˚); Vism.350 (indriya˚); Ja.i.45 (v. 254 (˚lya˚).

abstr. fr. vekalla

Vekallatā & vekalyatā

feminine deficiency AN.iii.441 (a˚); Vism.350 (indriya˚); Ja.i.45 (v. 254 (˚lya˚).

abstr. fr. vekalla

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

Vimokkha & Vimokha

deliverance, release, emancipation, dissociation from the things of the world, Arahantship DN.ii.70, DN.ii.111, DN.iii.34, DN.iii.35, DN.iii.230, DN.iii.288; MN.i.196 (samaya˚ & as …

freed, released, intellectually emancipated Vin.i.8; AN.iv.75, AN.iv.179, AN.iv.340; AN.v.29; DN.iii.97 DN.iii.100, DN.iii.133, DN.iii.258; SN.i.23, SN.i.35; SN.iii.13, SN.iii.53, SN.iii.137; Snp.354, …

at Vin.ii.88 is perhaps a der. fr. vi + vac, and not pac, thus representing a Sk. *vivācyatā, meaning “challenging in disputation,” quarrelsomeness, provocation See also *[vipāceti](/define/vi …

manliness, energy, strength MN.i.19; Vv-a.284.

abstr. fr. viriya

1. (mark of) distinction, characteristic, discrimination AN.i.267; SN.iv.210; Ja.ii.9; Mil.29; Vv-a.58, Vv-a.131; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.60.
2. elegance splendour, excellence Ja.v.151; Dhp-a.i.399.
3. dis …

tricky disputation, frivolous or captious discussion; in compounds vitaṇḍa˚: ˚vāda sophistry Snp-a.447; DN-a.i.247; -vādin a sophist, arguer Dhs-a.3 (so read for vidaḍḍha); Vb-a.9, Vb-a.51, …

at Ja.v.47 is not clear. The variant reading is vitariyati; the C. explains by tuleti tīreti, i.e. contemplates, examines Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. discusses it in detail & proposes writing; *vitur …

in verse at Snp.1090 for vyācikkhati, i.e. vi + ācikkhati, to tell, relate, explain; pp. vyākhyāta.

stretched out or across Ja.iii.373 (in verse).

vi + āyata

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

Vy˚

is the semi-vowel (i.e. half-consonantic) form of vi˚; before following a & ā (vya˚, vyā), very rarely ū & o; The prefix vi˚ is very unstable, and a variety of forms are also attached to …

told, announced, set forth, enumerated Snp.1000.

pp. of v(i)yācikkhati

stretched; only neg. a˚ senseless, confused (should it be vyāyatta?) Ja.i.496 (= avyatta C.). See also viyāyata. Vyayama = vayama

vi + āyata

word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-˚) vaca speaking, of such a speech (e.g. duṭṭha˚ Pv.i.3#2, so to be read for dukkha˚)
■ DN.iii.69 sq., DN.iii.96 sq., DN.iii.171 sq. SN.iv.132 …

to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods accor …

endeavour, undertaking Ja.v.346 (C. explains samosaraṇa-ṭṭhāna?); Dhtp.121 (in explⁿ of yatati¹).

fr. yat, cp. Epic Sk. yatna

…given in meaning of “lead out” (?) at Dhtp.580 (“niyyātane”) and Dhtm.813 (id.).

unidentified, perhaps as…

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 …

adverb wherefrom, by which, out of which

1. (local) from where DN.i.240 (uggacchanti candima-suriyā; opp. yattha where).
2. (temporal) whence since, when, from which time Vv-a.344 (yato paṭṭhāya). …

strenuous, making an effort, watchful Cnd.525 (+ paṭiyatta, in exegesis of yata); Ja.iv.222 (+ paṭiyatta); Ja.vi.294 (Kern’s reading for yata; vv. ll saṃyata & sata, thus warranting yata); Mil.373 ( …

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 …

anything asked for, donation, alms, begging Ja.iii.353; Ja.v.233, Ja.v.234.

-yoga (y. + *yogga; perhaps yāja˚ the original. The variant yājayoga is old & well established: cp. Vi …

made a habit of, indulged in, acquired, mastered (cp. explⁿ Pts.i.172 “yattha yattha ākankhati tattha tattha vasippatto hoti balappatto etc.”). The expression is to be compared with *yatānu …

adjective fit or sufficient for supporting one’s life Vin.i.59, Vin.i.212, Vin.i.253
■ Cp. BSk yāpanīyatara a more healthy state Divy.110.

grd. formation fr. yāpeti

…as ending
pp yāta. Caus. yapeti & yāpeti; (q.v.). See also anupari˚, ā˚, upa˚, uy˚, pa˚ (aor. pāyāsi)…

…proceeding, good habit (like yāta; cp. yātrā = anuvṛtti Halāyudha 5, 33; SN.i.33; SN.i.16 = SN.i.63 (translation K.S., perhaps wrongly…

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

good breed Pv-a.214.

abstr. fr. ājāniya

state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚āyatana & see Dhs trsl.74)
■ Snp.976, Snp.1070, Snp.1115 (˚sambhava, cp. Cnd.116) Th …

Ākāsa¹

air, sky, atmosphere; space. On the concept see Cpd. 5, 16, 226. On a fanciful etym. of ākāsa (fr. ā + kassati of kṛṣ) at Dhs-a.325 see Dhs trsl. 178. DN.i.55 (˚ṃ indriyāni …

to bring, to bring towards, to fetch, procure, convey, bring back Snp.110; Pv-a.54, Pv-a.92.
pot 1^st pl. ānema (or imper. 2^nd pl ānetha MN.i.371.
fut ānayissati SN.i. …

praise i.e. that which is commendable, profit, merit, advantage good result, blessing in or from (c. loc.). There are five ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīla-sampadāya or blessings which accrue to the virtuous …

adjective begun, started, bent on, undertaking, holding on to, resolved, firm AN.i.148 (āraddhaṃ me viriyaṃ Iti.30; Pv-a.73 (ṭhapetuṃ began to place), Pv-a.212 (gantuṃ). Cp. *[ārādhaka](/define/ārād …

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

1. abode, haunt, receptacle; dependence on, refuge, support, condition SN.i.38; Vin.iii.151; Ja.ii.99; Mil.257; Vv-a.60; Pv-a.210; jal˚ river Vv-a.47; Pgdp.80; adj. depending on, living in (-˚) Mi …

sojourn, stay, dwelling, living; dwelling-place, residence Vin.i.92; DN.iii.234; SN.iv.91; AN.ii.68, AN.ii.168; AN.iii.46, AN.iii.262; Snp.406; Dhp.73 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.77); Mnd.128; Ja.vi.105; Dhs.1122 …

1. coming in, entrance MN.iii.93.
2. tax Ja.v.113.
3. income, earning, profit, gain (opp vaya loss) AN.iv.282 = AN.iv.323; Snp.978; Ja.i.228; Kp-a.38 (in expl^n. of kāya), Kp-a.82 (in etym …

1. (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) DN.iii.73 (ñātikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); MN.i.178 (dīghato ā˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); Ja.i.77, Ja.i.273 (tettiṃs’-angul’āyato khagg …

adjective

1. long. extended, prolonged, kept up, lasting Vin.ii.108 (gītassara); AN.iii.251 (id.) Ja.i.362.
2. sudden, abrupt, instr. -ena abruptly Vin.ii.237.

= āyata

1. stretch, extent, reach, compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh’s definition at DN-a.i.124 as “samosaraṇa”) DN.iii.241, DN.iii.279 (vimutti˚); SN.ii …

adjective belonging to the sphere of (some special sense, see āyatana 3) SN.iv.126 (phass niraya & sagga).

fr. āyatana

tube, waterpipe Vin.ii.123.

of āyataka

gone to, undertaken Sdhp.407.

pp. of āyāt.; cp. BSk. āyāta in same meaning at Jtm.210

…(= āgacchati Pv-a.158); Dhp-a.i.93 (imper. āyāma let us go)
pp āyāta.

ā + yāti of yā

standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. …