1 pers. (sg.) I, myself; the ego; (pl.) we.

…yaṃ vadanti mama. na te ahaṃ SN.i.116, SN.i.123; ahaṃ asmi “I am” (cp. ahaṃkāra below) SN.i.129; SN.iii.46, SN.iii.128 sq.;…

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 …

A village in the Māgadha country, three gāvuta from Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109 Once the Buddha went from Benares to Andhakavinda w …

AṅgulimālaAhiṃsakaGaggaMantāniputta

A robber and murderer who was converted by the Buddha in the twentieth year of his ministry, and who later became an arahant. MN86

As a result of his deeds whole …

The son of a brahmin woman. Having joined the Order, he dwelt in solitude and became an arahant. One day he went to Sāvatthī for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother’s house. She was in the …

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

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 …

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.70

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta

The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of craving and encourages effort. Thag.399–404 The second set speaks …

MāyāMahāmāyā

The mother of the Buddha, and wife of Suddhodana of the Sakyan clan. DN.ii.52 Thag.534 Thig.162 She died seven days after giving birth to the Buddha in Lumbinī. An elaborate account of t …

The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.

The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …

A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged of him to open to the world the doors of …

Sāriputta

The chief disciple of Gotama- Buddha. He is also called Upatissa, which was evidently his personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great friend of Mahāmoggallāna. After going forth together …

UggahaMeṇḍakanattā

The grandson of the banker Meṇḍaka; he lived in Bhaddiya. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Jātiyāvana at Bhaddiya, Uggaha invited him and three monks to a meal at his house. …

UggāhamānaSamaṇamaṇḍikāputtaSamaṇamuṇḍikāputta

A Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see t …

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The place chosen by the Bodhisatta for his penances was calle …

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 …

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 …

with excitement gone

for one day, during one day

of garahati

minister of finance; an accountant.

captures, takes alive.

captures, takes alive.

interrog. adv. where? where to?

for a few days.

by day and night.

demonstr. adv. there; (equivalent to loc. of ta(d)) in that; in regard to him or it or that; repeated: here and there; in this place and that; at this and that

Pātimokkha: ‘Disciplinary Code’, is the name of the code of monk’s rules, which on all full-moon and new moon days is recited before the assembled community of fully ordained Bhikkhus Bhikkhu. …

…comb^d. with lomahaṃsana) Ja.iv.355 (id.); Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi = acchariyaṃ Thag-a.233); Vv.44#9…

to shed rain upon, to pour down; intrs. to rain, to pour, fall. Usually in phrase mahāmegho abhippavassati a great cloud bursts Mil.8 Mil.13, Mil.36, Mil.304; Pv-a.132 (variant reading ati˚); intrs. …

past participle having rained, poured, fallen; trs. SN.v.51 (bandhanāni meghena ˚āni) AN.v.127; intrs. MN.ii.117 (mahāmegho ˚o there has been a cloudburst).

fr. abhippavassati

to be able (to get or reach); only in neg ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.

considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, bu …

adjective getting, attaining (?) DN.ii.255 (lomahaṃsa˚).

fr. abhi + sam + bhū

…truly DN.i.143; Ja.i.19 (a. ahaṃ Buddho bhavissāmi) Ja.i.66 (a. tvaṃ Buddho bhavissasi), Ja.i.203, Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.340; Ja.v.307, Ja.v.410…

…foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds 2. of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā) 3. of quality:…

…a of ahaṃ (acc.) is elided after i, which often appears lengthened: kati ’haṃ how many days?…

…adj. formation fr. amā an adverbial loc
■ gen. of pron. 1^st person, Sk. ahaṃ = Idg. *emo (cp. Sk. m-ama), meaning…

…longing), at Snp.469 = Snp.494; Ud.32; Ja.iv.303; Ja.vi.259.

a + mama, gen. of ahaṃ, pron. 1^st person, lit. “not (saying: this is)…

Amhākaṃ, Amhe

see ahaṃ.

Amhākaṃ, Amhe

see ahaṃ.

…by C. forcibly as “āma ahaṃ vo dāsī ti”!). See also āmāya.

amā + jāta; amā adv. “at home”, Vedic amā, see under…

adjective not obtaining, unable to get or keep up DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268).

ppr. med. of an + abhisambhuṇāti

…DN.i.1 (antarā ca Rājagahaṃ antarā ca Nāḷandaṃ between R. and N.)
■ c. gen. & loc. Vin.ii.161 (satthīnaṃ between the thighs,…

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

at Ja.v.302 should be read as anu pathe by the way at the wayside; anu to be taken as prep. c. loc. (see anu A). C. explains as janghamagga-mahāmaggānaṃ antare.

adverb every five days Pv-a.139 (+ anudasāhaṃ).

anu + pañcā + ahaṃ

adverb every day, daily Dāvs iv.8.

anu + aha

indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.

1. (prep. pref.)
   1. prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …

…DN.i.49 (Bhagavā arahaṃ), DN.i.144; DN.iii.10, DN.iii.255; MN.i.245 (Gotamo na pi kālaṃ karoti: arahaṃ samaṇo Gotamo), MN.i.280;…

…MN.i.280 (sottiyo ariyo arahaṃ); SN.i.225 (˚ānaṃ upavādaka); SN.ii.123 (id.); SN.iv.53 (˚assa vinayo), SN.iv.95 (id.) AN.i.256 (˚ānaṃ…

not leaving behind, not giving up, i.e. pursuing earnestly. Snp.69 (jhānaṁ = ajahamana Snp-a.123 cp. Cnd.94)

ppr. med. of P. riñcati for ricyati

…MN.i.425; AN.iii.85; Pts.i.26 Kv.212; Dhp-a.i.237. Cp. ahaṃ asmi.

asmi + māna

…individuality oneself (cp. ahaṃkāra) DN.i.53 (opp. para˚); AN.iii.337 (id.) DN-a.i.160; as nt. at Ja.v.401 in the sense of service…

…Ja.v.260 (mama bharatha, ahaṃ bhattā bhavāmi vo; C. explains as “maṃ icchatha”)
pp bhata See also bhaṭa, bhara,…

…(usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.22 Thag-a.242 (˚sabhāva = bhīmarūpa); Ja.v.43 2….

…(usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.22 Thag-a.242 (˚sabhāva = bhīmarūpa); Ja.v.43 2….

1. (Pass.) eaten, being eaten Snp.p.15; Dhp.308; impers. eating Vin.iv.82 (bhuttaṃ hoti). Also -geha eating house Ja.v.290, and in phrase yathā-bhuttaṃ bhuñjatha “eat according to eating,” i.e. …

…Sk. bhoktṛ already Vedic &…

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 …

…famous formula Bhagavā Arahaṃ Sammāsambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi Satthā…

the arm Ja.iii.271 (bāhumā bāhuṃ pīḷentā shoulder to shoulder); Vism.192. -ṃ pasāreti to stretch out the arm (cp. bāhaṃ) Pv-a.112 pacchā-bāhuṃ (cp. bāhaṃ) Pv-a.4 (gāḷha-bandhanaṃ bandhāpetvā) …

1. the arm AN.ii.67 = AN.iii.45 (˚bala); Vin.ii.105; Ja.iii.62; Ja.v.215 (˚mudu). pacchā-bāhaṃ arm(s) behind (his back) DN.i.245 (gāḷhabandhanaṃ baddha). bāhaṃ pasāreti to stretch out the arm DN. …

…phrase) if not SN.i.190 (ahaṃ ca kho… pavāremi, na ca me Bhagavā kiñci garahati: if the Bh. will not blame me) For BSk. ca = ced see…

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.

…

…ch. lomahaṃsa (fear stupefaction & horripilation (“gooseflesh”) Vin.ii.156; SN.i.104; SN.i.118;…

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.

…

…over the senses; samādahaṃsu cittaṃ attano ujukaṃ akaṃsu sārathī va nettāni gahetvā indriyāni rakkhanti paṇḍitā SN.i.26;…

…(dajjâhaṃ = dajjaṃ ahaṃ). Cp.i.10#9 (dajjâhaṃ); Ja.iv.101 (= dammi Com.) Pv.ii.9#45; second. pl. dajjeyyātha Vin.i.232; 3rd y….

…DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the mind on); Snp.825…

…Dh-v˚ṃ ājānāsi, ahaṃ imaṃ Dh-v˚ṃ ājānāmi etc. SN.iii.12; imaṃ Dh-v˚ṃ na sakkomi vitthārena ācikkhituṃ SN.i.9;…

Dhi¹ & Dhī

indeclinable an exclⁿ of reproach & disgust: fie! shame! woe! (with acc. or gen.) SN.v.217 (read dhī taṃ for dhītaṃ); Dhp.389 (dhī = garahāmi Dhp-a.iv.148); Ja.i.507 …

wooden pail, vat, trough; usually as measure of capacity (4 Āḷhaka generally) Pv.iv.3#33 (mitāni sukhadukkhāni donehi piṭakehi). taṇḍula˚ a doṇa of rice Dhp-a.iii.264 Dhp-a.iv.15. At Ja.ii.367 doṇa …

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

…likewise); Ja.ii.113 (ahaṃ e just I), Ja.ii.154 (ekam e. just one), Ja.ii.160 (attano e. his very own). 2. eva often appears with prothetic…

…acc. of direction: Rājagahaṃ gami he went to R Pv.ii.8#6; Devadaha-nagaraṃ gantuṃ Ja.i.52; gacchām ahaṃ Kusināraṃ I shall go to K….

adjective = gayha one who is to be taken (prisoner), in ˚niyyamāna id. SN.i.143 = Ja.iii.361 (expl. as karamaragāhaṃ gahetvā niyyamāna; cp. karamara).

to roar, to crash, to thunder; deve gaḷagaḷāyate (loc. abs.) in a thunderstorm, usually as deve vassante deve g˚; amidst rain and heavy thunder DN.ii.132; SN.i.106; AN.v.114 sq (gala˚); Thag.189; Mi …

counter, one skilled in counting familiar with arithmetic; an accountant, overseer or calculator. enumerated as an occupation together with muddika at DN.i.51 (expl DN-a.i.157 by acchidda-pāṭhaka); …

…Cp. upani˚, pari˚, & pahaṃsati¹. Pass. ghaṃsīyati (ghaṃsiyati) to rub (intr.), to be rubbed Vin.i.204; Vin.ii.112.

Sk….

1. (n.) seizing, seizure, grip (cp. gaha): canda˚ suriya˚ an eclipse (lit. the moon, etc., being seized by a demon) DN.i.10 (= DN-a.i.95: Rāhu candaṃ gaṇhāti). Esp. applied to the sphere of the mind …

adjective

1. [cp. gādha²] strong, tight, close; thick. In phrase pacchābāhaṃ g˚ bandbanaṃ bandhati to pinion the arms tightly DN.i.245; AN.ii.241; Ja.i.264; Pv-a.4. Of an illness (gāḷhena …

indeclinable an exhortative-emphatic particle used like Gr. α ̓́γε δή or French allons, voilà: well then, now, come along, alas! It is constructed with 1^st pres. & fut., or imper, 2^{nd …}

…see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.

fr. haṃsati

Haṃsa²

1. a water-bird, swan SN.i.148; Snp.221, Snp.350, Snp.1134;…

adjective noun bristling, see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.

fr. hṛṣ

…The Dhtp (309) defines as “tuṭṭhi.” See also ghaṃsati² pahaṃsati², pahaṭṭha²,…

Janati¹

only in Caus. janeti [Sk. janayati] often spelled jāneti (cp. jaleti: jāleti) & Pass. (intrs.) jāyati to bring forth, produce, cause, syn. sañjaneti nibbatteti …

conquering, victorious, often of the Buddha, “Victor”: jitā me pāpakā dhammā tasmâhaṃ Upaka jino ti Vin.i.8 = MN.i.171; Vin.v.217; Snp.379, Snp.697, Snp.989, Snp.996. magga˚ conqueror of the Path Snp. …

…state, define: yaṃ ahaṃ jānāmi taṃ tvaṃ jānāsi DN.i.88; aham p’ etaṃ na jānāmi Snp.989; jānanti taṃ yakkhabhūtā…

Jīva¹

adjective noun

1. the soul. Sabbe jīvā all the souls, enumerated with sattā pāṇā bhūta in the dialect used by the followers of Gosāla DN.i.53 (= DN-a.i.161 jīvasaññī). “taṃ jīvaṃ t …

…forms like kathaṃ, kadā kahaṃ, etc.

1. 1. ka˚; nom. m. ko Snp.173, Snp.765, Snp.1024; Ja.i.279; Dhp.146;…

interr. adv. where? whither? Vin.i.217; DN.i.151; Snp.p.106; Ja.ii.7 Ja.iii.76; Ja.v.440
■ k-nu kho where then? DN.i.92; DN.ii.143 DN.ii.263.

cp. Vedic kuha; for a: u cp. kad˚.

large deer (?) Ja.vi.538 (explained as mahāmiga).

…kataraṃ k˚ṃ karonto ahaṃ nirayaṃ na gaccheyyaṃ? how (i.e. what doing) shall I not go to Niraya? Ja.iv.340; yaṃ kiñci sithilaṃ…

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

1. (adj.) (-˚) producing, causing, forming, making, doing, e.g. anta˚ putting an end to; pabhaṃ causing splendour; pāpa˚ doing evil; divā˚ & divasa the day-maker, i.e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva˚ causing a …

…(= kātabbaṃ karaṇârahaṃ Kp-a.236) Vin.i.58; DN.i.3, cp. Mil.183; AN.v.210; DN-a.i.7. Often-˚ in the sense of “doing making,” as…

…to make up one’s mind; mahaṃ k˚ to hold a festival DN.ii.165; massuṃ k˚ to trim the beard Dhp-a.i.253; musāvādaṃ k˚ to tell a lie…

…(an Arahant), in formula arahaṃ khīṇ’āsavo vusitavā ohitabhāro (cp. above i.1 b & arahant; ii.A MN.i.4, MN.i.235; Iti.38; Mil.138;…

…how acting, what doing? k. ahaṃ no nirayam pateyyaṃ (“τί ποι ̈ων μακάριος ε ̓́σομαι”) Ja.iv.339; Snp.376;…

1. to be patient, to endure, to forgive (acc. of object and gen. of person): n’ âhaṃ bhayā khamāmi Vepacittino (not do I forgive V. out of fear) SN.i.221 SN.i.222; aparādhaṃ kh. to forgive a fault Ja. …

…balānīkaṃ tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ Dhp.399 = Snp.623
■ Dhp-a.iv.164; Pts.ii.171, Pts.ii.176 -mettā…

…balānīkaṃ tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ Dhp.399 = Snp.623
■ Dhp-a.iv.164; Pts.ii.171, Pts.ii.176 -mettā…

attendant, companion, charioteer, the king’s minister and adviser (Lat. satelles “satellite” has been compared for etym.) DN.i.112 (= DN-a.i.280, kh˚ vuccati pucchita-pucchita-pañhaṃ vyākaraṇa-sam …

…Dhp-a.iii.243 (:kahaṃ te kh-bh˚ ko pabbajita parikkhāro)

• -bhāra a shoulder-yoke SN.i.169; Ja.iii.83; *…

…of the duties to the dead: ahaṃ tava pitu ˚ṃ karomi “I will do the last duty to your father” Pv-a.274
■ a˚; that which is…

…anādānaṃ tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇan“ Dhp.421 = Snp.645, cf. Thig.537 kāme akiñcano “not attached to kāma” as epithet of…

…bhantaṃ va dhāraye tam ahaṃ sārathiṃ brūmi. “He who restrains rising anger as he would a drifting cart, him I call a waggoner”…

only in pahaṃsīyati + k˚ “he exults and rejoices” at Mil.325 (cp. Mil trsl. ii.220, where printed kuhūyati).

young boy, son Snp.685 sq. (kuhiṃ kumāro aham api daṭthukāmo: w. ref. to the child Gotama); Pv.iii.5#2; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.41 (= māṇava) daharo kumāro MN.ii.24, MN.ii.44
■ a son of (-˚) rāja˚ Pv-a.16 …

…yo na lippati kāmesu tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ Dhp.401

• Muni santivādo agiddho kāme ca loke ca anûpalitto Snp.845;
• kāmesu…

…one’s own state = ahaṃ kāra, individuality; para˚; the personality of others AN.iii.337; citti˚; reflection, thought Pv-a.26;…

…tīhi ṭhānehi, tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ Dhp.391 = Ne.183. Kāyena saṃvaro sādhu sādhu vācāya saṃvaro manasā saṃvaro…

adjective easily offended, touchy DN.i.90; explained by DN-a.i.256 as follows: “lahusā ti lahukā appaken’ eva tussanti vā russanti vā udaka-piṭṭhe lābukaṭāhaṃ viya appakena pi uppilavanti.” Cp *[rab …

…as pakkhino, i.e. birds; reading however doubtful (vv.ll. lomahaṃsa & lomassā).

cp. Vedic romaśa

1. worthiness, venerableness Mil.357.
2. a (religious) festival (in honour of a Saint, as an act of worship) Mhvs.33, Mhvs.26 (vihārassa mahamhi, loc.); Vv-a.170 (thūpe ca mahe kate), Vv-a.200 (id.) …

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

to honour, revere Vv.47#11 (pot. med. 1 pl. mahemase, cp Geiger, P.Gr. § 129; explained as “mahāmase pūjāmase at Vv-a.203). Caus. mahāyati in same sense: ger mahāyitvāna (poetical) Ja.iv.236
…

of pers. pron. ahaṃ (q.v.) used quasi independently (as substitute for our “self-”) in phrase mama-y-idaṃ Snp.806…

…(= mama) + kāra, cp. ahaṃ + kāra

we Vin.ii.270; Snp.31, Snp.91, Snp.167; Dhp.6; Kp-a.210.

1^st pl. of ahaṃ, for vayaṃ after mayā etc. See ahaṃ

illusion, imagination MN.i.486. Nine maññitāni (the same list is applied to the phanditāni, the papañcitāni & sankhatāni) at Vb.390: asmi, ayam aham asmi, bhavissaṃ, na bhavissaṃ rūpī bhavissaṃ, arū …

is enclitic form of ahaṃ in var. cases of the sg. See under ahaṃ.

hunt, hunting, deer-stalking Pv-a.154 (˚padesa). Usually in devasikaṃ migavaṃ gacchati to go out for a day’s hunting Ja.iv.267; or as pp. ekadivasaṃ migavaṃ gata Vv-a.260; ekāhaṃ m. g. Mhvs.5 …

…Snp.714 (= phusan’ arahaṃ Snp-a.498), Snp.812; Ja.v.398 (= anumata C.) Vb.14, Vb.429 sq
■ Often in set diṭṭha suta muta what is…

Na¹

expletive-emphatic particle, often used in comparative-indefinite sense just so, like this, as if, as (see cana & canaṃ) Ja.v.339 (Com. cttha na-kāro upamāne). Als …

adjective noun a barber, a low-class individual Pv.iii.1#14 (= kappaka-jātika Pv-a.176).

= nahāpaka; Kern,

Toevoegselen

asks: should it be nahāpin?

…by night, in nattam-ahaṃ by day & by night Snp.1070 (variant reading BB and Cnd rattamahaṃ).

Sk. nakta, see…

adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy

1. (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …

…paramaṃ hitāya Snp.233; ahaṃ sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ desemi sattānaṃ visuddhiyā… n˚assa sacchikiriyāya AN.v.194, cp.141; pubbe dh
…

1. to extinguish, put out, quench SN.i.188 (mahārāgaṃ); Iti.93 (rāg-aggiṃ; & nibbāpetvā aggiṃ nipakā parinibbanti); cp. aggiṃ nijjāleti Ja.vi.495; Pv.i.8#5 (vārinā viya osiñcaṃ sabbaṃ daraṃ nibbāpaye …

…of discontent); Ja.iii.127 Ja.v.416 (madhurassaraṃ); Pp.33; Mil.259 (garahaṃ) Dāvs i.28 (vācaṃ).

Sk. niścarati, nis + carati

adjective noun

1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, …

…nirajji ’haṃ = na jānim ahaṃ Thag-a.90. Kern (wrongly) proposes reading virajjhi).

Pass. of nirajati, nis + ajati, Vedic nirajati to drive…

(& nūnaṃ Dhs-a.164) indeclinable affirmative-dubitative particle with Pot or Ind., viz.

1. (dubit.-interrog.) is it then, now, shall I etc. (= Lat. subjunctive, hortative & dubitative DN.i.155 (= …

…in phrase ohitabhāro (arahaṃ) (a Saint) who has laid down the burden: see arahatta iii. C.; cp. ˚khandhabhāra…

resting place, shelter, resort; house, dwelling; fig. (this meaning according to later commentators prevailing in anoka, liking, fondness, attachment to (worldly things) SN.iii.9 = Snp.844 (okam pahāy …

…o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā bahū). See also avasaṭa.

pp. of o…

adverb behind, aft, after, afterwards, back; westward DN.i.205; Snp.645 Snp.773, Snp.949; Mnd.33 (= pacchā vuccati anāgataṃ, pure vuccati atītaṃ); Cnd.395; Dhp.172, Dhp.314, Dhp.421; Pv.i.11#1 Pv.i.11 …

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

…at all improbable to take pahaṃ as ppr. of pajahati (as contracted fr. pajahaṃ like pahatvāna for pajahitvāna at Snp.639), thus meaning…

…the equation pahassati = pahaṃsati² all the more likely.

pa + has, perhaps pa + hṛṣ, Sk. harṣati, cp….

…pahaṭṭha² & pahaṃsita² (q.v.), and in Pass. pahaṃsīyati to be gladdened, to exult Mil.326 (+ kuhīyati). See…

…Ja.vi.574 (id.).

pp. of pahaṃsati

Pahaṃsita²

gladdened, delighted, happy Dhp-a.i.230 (˚mukha); Vv-a.279 (˚mukha SS…

…(suvaṇṇa).

pp. of pahaṃsati¹

Pahaṭṭha²

gladdened, happy, cheerful, delighted Vin.iii.14; Ja.i.278 (twice;…

…Pts.ii.244. ppr. pajahaṃ SN.iii.27; fut. pahāssaṃ (cp. Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 151#1) MN.ii.100
aor pajahi pahāsi;…

Pakkha¹

1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …

…(kiṃ p.), Ja.ii.159 (kahaṃ p.) Vv-a.21 (kena p.); Pv-a.27 (katamaṃ p.) 3. (conclusive or copulative) and, and now, further, moreover…

…(nirayaṃ papatiss’ ahaṃ, cp. Pv-a.52; variant reading SS niray’ ûpapatiss âhaṃ)
aor papatā Vin.iii.17, cp. Vin.ii.126;…

1. to cause to move forwards, to let or make go, to give up Ja.vi.58 (pasāraya, imper.)-Pass. pasāriyati Vism.318; Pv-a.240 (are turned out of doors).
2. to stretch out, hold out or forth, usually …

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 …

indeclinable understanding fully, knowing well, realising, in full recognition, in thorough realisation or understanding. Used most frequently with yathābhūtaṃ (q.v. SN.i.13 (bhāveti), SN.i.44 (lokasm …

…to bandy with a fool“ K.S. 284); Snp.843 (vādaṃ p. paṭipphareyya kalahaṃ kareyya Mnd.196)
pp paṭisaṃyutta (q.v.).

paṭi +…

…Vv-a.188; pl. pāturahaṃsu Ja.i.11, & -ahiṃsu Ja.i.54. pp. pātubhūta SN.iii.39; Dhs.1035; Pv-a.44.

*…

…Hardy’s reading yathā rahaṃ at Pv.ii.9#23 & Pv-a.78 is not correct, it should be yath’ ârahaṃ (cp. similarly pūj-âraha). In the…

…Hardy’s reading yathā rahaṃ at Pv.ii.9#23 & Pv-a.78 is not correct, it should be yath’ ârahaṃ (cp. similarly pūj-âraha). In the…

…Ja.v.178 (pabbajjaṃ roc’ ahaṃ = rocemi C.), Ja.v.226 (kammaṃ). Freq. with dhammaṃ to approve of a doctrine or scheme e.g. at Vin.ii.199…

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 …

…Snp.1083, and evaṃ s- ahaṃ Snp.1134 (variant reading) may be an abbreviated su˚; (see su²), unless we take it…

…svāhaṃ Ja.i.167 = so ahaṃ; svāyaṃ Vin.i.2 = so ayaṃ. The foll. vowel is dropped in so maṃ Iti.57 = so imaṃ
■ A form…

adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. …

companion, friend DN.ii.78; MN.i.86; SN.iv.288; Pp.36; Snp.35, Snp.45 sq.; Ja.ii.29; --kicca assistance (?) Ja.v.339; --matta companion Ja.iv.76; --sampadā the good luck of having companio …

…Ne.165, Ne.178; ppr. samodahaṃ SN.i.7 = SN.iv.179; ger. samodahitvā SN.iv.178; & samodhāya Vism.105; Sdhp.588 …

adjective gladdening MN.i.146; AN.ii.97; AN.iv.296, AN.iv.328; AN.v.155; Iti.107; Mil.373.

fr. next

being glad, pleasure; approval Pts.i.167; Vism.148 (˚ā); Kp-a.100 (“evaṃ”); Snp-a.176 (“sādhu”); Sdhp.568.

fr. sampahaṃsati

…pp. sampahaṭṭha
caus sampahaṃseti to gladden, delight Vin.i.18; DN.i.126.

saṃ…

…Thig.50; pr. part. samādahaṃ SN.v.312; ppr. med. samādahāna SN.i.169; aor 3^rd pl. samādahaṃsu DN.ii.254. Pass…

to put together, to connect, to fit, to arrange Ja.iv.336; Mhvs.vii.18; ppr. med sandahamāna Dhs-a.113; ger. sandahitvā Ja.iv.336 & sandhāya lit. after …

…yassāhaṃ = ye assu ahaṃ DN.ii.284 n.5; api ssu Vin.i.5 Vin.ii.7, Vin.ii.76; tad-assu = tadā su then Ja.i.196; tay’assu three…

…Cambodia Mnd.155.

• -rājahaṃsa golden-coloured royal mallard Ja.i.342.
• -vaṇṇa…

Err:509

…Snp-a.176 (= sampahaṃsane); Pv-a.55, Pv-a.78 and passim.

• -kamyatā desire for proficiency Vb-a.477. *…

contraction of so ahaṃ.

…here & there (freq.); tahaṃ tahaṃ id. Ja.i.384; Vv-a.36 Vv-a.187; tato tato Snp.390 2. the same in disjunctive/comparative sense:…

…at Vism.293; bhikkhu arahaṃ cha ṭhānāni adhimutto hoti: nekkhammâdhimutto, paviveka˚ avyāpajjha˚, upādānakkhaya˚, taṇhakkhaya˚…

contraction of

1. taṃ ahaṃ: see *ta*˚.
2. te ahaṃ: see tvaṃ.

…udīreyya C.); Ja.v.395 (kalahaṃ to begin a quarrel). 2. to utter, proclaim, speak, say SN.i.190; Snp.632 (pot. ˚raye bhāseyya Snp-a.468);…

to take up, acquire, learn [cp. BSk. udgṛhṇāti in same sense, e.g. Divy.18 Divy.77 etc.] Snp.912 (uggahaṇanta = uggahaṇanti = uggaṇhanti Snp-a.561); imper. uggaṇha Ja.ii.30 (sippaṃ); uggaṇhāhi Mi …

see uggaṇhāti.

…Snp.978, Pv-a.9 (Rājagahaṃ), Pv-a.67 (id.) Vv-a.63 (Rājagaha-seṭṭhiṃ “with”). Cp. BSk. upaniśritya also a ger. formation, in…

Upaṭṭhahati & ˚ṭṭhāti

1. (trs.) to stand near or at hand (with acc.), to wait on attend on, serve, minister, to care for, look after, nurse (in sickness) Vin.i.50, Vin.i.302; Vin.iv.326; MN.iii.25; SN …

Upaṭṭhahati & ˚ṭṭhāti

1. (trs.) to stand near or at hand (with acc.), to wait on attend on, serve, minister, to care for, look after, nurse (in sickness) Vin.i.50, Vin.i.302; Vin.iv.326; MN.iii.25; SN …

…lazy Dhp.280 (= ayāyāmanto Dhp-a.iii.409); cp. anuṭṭhahaṃ SN.i.217.

ppr. of uṭṭhahati

…Vv.16#6 (= uttama˚, Rājagahaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ Vv-a.82); ratana˚; the best of gems Snp.683; rāja˚; famous king Vv.32#1 (= Sakka…

Vassati¹

to rain (intrs.), fig to shower, pour(down) Vin.i.32 (mahāmegho vassi) SN.iii.141 (deve vassante); SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv\ …

…nom. pl. of pers. pron. ahaṃ, represented in Pāli by mayaṃ (q.v.). The form vayaṃ only in…

…viggaho mānusaṃ viggahaṃ atirocati); Vin.i.97 (manussa˚); Vin.ii.286 (id.); Vin.iv.215 (tiracchānagata-manussa˚), Vin.iv.269 (id.);…

at Ja.vi.78 (lohitaṃ) is poetical for vijahāmi; C. explains as niṭṭhubhāmi, i.e. I spit out.

adjective

1. scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96)
   ■ Vb.358 (T. reads vikī˚; variant reading vikāraṇa & vikkir˚) = Pp.23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. “gui …

Vimāna¹

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the def^ns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

to be able, to dare, to venture Snp.1069 (= ussahati sakkoti Cnd.600); Ja.i.152
ppr neg. avisahanto unable Vv-a.69, Vv-a.112; and avisahamāna Ja.i.91
ger visayha (q.v.). …

1. to go through, come through, overcome Snp.495, Snp.779 (ger. ˚eyya, taken as Pot. at Mnd.57 oghaṃ samatikkameyya), Snp.941, Snp.1052; Pv.iii.2#4 (vitaritvā = vitiṇṇo hutvā Pv-a.181, q.v. for detai …

…to quarrel Snp.832 (= kalahaṃ karoti Mnd.173), Snp.879, Snp.895. Pot. 3^rd sg vivādiyetha (= kolahaṃ kareyya Mnd.307), &…

“decider,” one connected with a law-suit or with the law, magistrate, a higher official (mahāmatta) in the law-courts, a judge or justice. At Vin.i.74 two classes of mahāmattā (ministers) are give …

Ya˚

I. Forms

(See inflection also at Geiger, P.Gr. § 110.) The decl. is similar to that of ta˚ among the more rarely found forms we only mention the foll.
■ sg. nom. m. *[yo](/define/y …

…Vin.iii.160.

• -ārahaṃ (nt. adv.) as is fit or proper, seeming, fitful, appropriately, duly (cp Cpd. 111¹,…

1. the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …

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 …

perfect in meaning of pret. & pres. “he says or he said” he spoke, also spoke to somebody (w. acc.), as at Ja.i.197 (cullalohitaṃ āha). Usually in 3^rd person, very rarely used of 2^{nd</ …}

(-˚) adjective only in pañcāhika every five days (cp. pañcāhaṃ & sattāhaṃ) MN.iii.157.

der. fr. aha²

…Pv-a.73, Pv-a.257 (sangahaṃ ā. make a collection); Snp-a.51, Snp-a.142. 5. to exhibit, tell, show, give SN.i.160 (ovādaṃ); Mil.176…

…read with variant reading SS ahaṃ, cp. Vv-a.172); Pp.27 (vigat˚ = arahattāsāya vigatattā vigatāso Pp-a.208) Dhs.1059 (+ āsiṃsanā…

…me āgilāyati tam ahaṃ āyamissāmi* “my back feels weak, I will stretch it” Vin.ii.200; DN.iii.209; MN.i.354; SN.iv.184; Ja.i.491….