goat; (m.) a male goat, a billy-goat

female goat

…of goats) Ja.iv.318.

aja-pada refers to a stick cloven like a goat’s hoof; so also at Vism.161.

Vedic aja fr. aj (Lat. ago to drive),…

she-goat Ja.iii.125; Ja.iv.251.

Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

Acelakassapa¹AcelaKassapa

A naked ascetic. He visited the Buddha at Ujuññā in the Kaṇṇa-katthala deer-park and asked him if it were true that he disparaged all penance and reviled asceti …

A prostitute in Rājagaha who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and stopped by libertines. So she s …

A city where Revata went on his way from Soreyya to Sahajāti, prior to the Council of Vesālī. Vin.ii.300

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Aggikabhāradvāja¹AggikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin of Sāvatthī, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in …

Probably the name of a brahmin clan, the Agnivesyāyanas, and the Ksatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their brahmin priests.

The name is used by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka Nigaṇṭhap …

AhiṃsakabhāradvājaAhiṃsakaBhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the desirability of living up to his name by practising ahiṃsā. …

A Yakkha who tried to frighten the Buddha, but who, later, became his disciple. Ud.4–5

A shrine at Pāvā at which sacrifices were offered to Ajakalāpaka. Ud.4

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The river on whose banks was the Lonagiri (or Lena°) vihāra where lived the Thera Sabbaka (Sappaka). Thag.307–310

Here also, in a cave, dwelt the Thera Bhūta. Thag.518f.

This river was probably …

…SN.i.138f.

By Ajapāla-nigrodha it was, too, that, immediately after the Enlightenment, Māra tried to persuade the Buddha to die at…

Ajita¹

A monk. He devoted his time to explaining the Pātimokkha rules to the monks. At the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats …

AjitakesakambalaKesakambalaAjita

Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Pitakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is described as a Titthaka (non-Buddhist teacher), leade …

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

A royal park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay in the course of their journ …

AmbapālīAmbapālikā

A courtesan of Vesāli. She became a devout follower of the Buddha, and building a vihāra in her own garden, gave it to him and the Order. This was during the Buddha’s last visit …

A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of …

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 …

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

An eminent wandering ascetic. He is mentioned as living in the Paribbājakārāma in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha c …

A township in the Malla country to the east of Kapilavatthu. Large numbers of Sākiyan princes joined the Order there, including Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, …

A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …

…as he sat at the foot of the Ajapala banyan tree, and danced and sang before him. In the end the Buddha told them that he was beyond temptation by…

A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128

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…one of the Chabbaggiyā, the others being Mettiya, Bhummajaka, Panduka and Lohitaka.

The followers of Assaji and Punabbasu. They lived in Kīṭāgiri, between Sāvatthī and Ālavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send the …

The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …

AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja

A brahmin, one of three brothers who had conversations with the Buddha and were converted. SN.i.163f.

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …

AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced Buddhism and in due course acquired the three knowledges. Thag.219–221

Aṅgīrasi¹

A term of affection (Radiant One) used by Pañcasikha in addressing Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.265

Aṅgīrasa²

One of the ten ancient seers who conducted great sacrifices and …

Aṭṭhaka¹

A celebrated sage, composer and reciter of sacred runes, mentioned together with nine others (Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), V …

A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta who had seven widowed daughters and was much in debt. One day he lost fourteen oxen, and, after searching for them for six days, he came across the Buddha in a forest …

Mahā Kassapa says that while yet a “learner” he paid homage to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and, pr …

BelaṭṭhakaccānaKaccānaBelaṭṭha

A sugar dealer. On his way from Andhakkavinda to Rājagaha he met the Buddha seated at the foot of a tree, and, with his permission, presented a pot of sugar to the monk …

Bhaddiya¹

An anāgāmī, one of seven persons who became arahants as soon as they were born in Avihā. SN.i.35 SN.i.60

Bhaddiya²Kāligodhāputta

Chief among monks of aristocratic …

A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237

Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towar …

The name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Suṃsumāragiri. The Bhagga country lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.

The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings AN.i …

BhoganagaraBhogaBhogagāmanagara

A village in the Vajji country, where the Buddha stayed on his last journey, in the Ānanda cetiya, and where he preached a sermon on the four “Great References”. DN.ii …

One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Bhummajakā.

Bhāradvāja¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178

Bhāradvāja²

He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …

BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and, unable to speak for rage, sat on one side, sulking. The B …

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

He lived at Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga country and built a palace called Kokanada. When the palace was completed, the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by Sañjikāp …

Brahmadatta¹

King of Kāsi. He captured Kosala and murdered its king Dīghiti and Dīghiti’s wife, but made peace later with Dīghiti’s son, Dīghāvu, restored to him his father’s kingdom, and …

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 brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

A lay-disciple of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the highest sensual pleasure. When the Buddha had answered the …

King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.

Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …

…Lohitaka, Mettiya and Bhummaja hence their name.

There were also nuns in their following, who likewise violated the Vinaya rules in various ways….

A valley (?) near Rājagaha, visited by the Buddha in the course of his wanderings. Here he laid down a rule, allowing monks to recite the pātimokkha under a learned monk if the leader of their own c …

Cunda¹

A worker in metals living in Pāvā. When the Buddha reached Pāvā on his way to Kusinārā, he stayed in Cunda’s Mango grove. There Cunda visited him and invited him and the monks to a …

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of these. MN.iii.70

…anyhow. The Mettiya-Bhummajakā were greatly offended, and believing that Dabba had intended to slight them, induced one of their partisans,…

A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …

…to be synonymous with Dakkhinajanapada and says that it was the district (janapada) south of the Ganges (Gangaya dakkhinato pakatajanapadam).

It is…

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 …

A pool near Kosambī. Close by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him. MN.i.513

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An eminent Therī, ranked foremost among nuns who possessed the gift of preaching. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verse says that one without attachment is bound upstream. Thig.12 In Rājagaha her former husban …

A Koliyan, inhabitant of Kakkarapatta. There he visited the Buddha and asked for a teaching which would bring happiness both in this world and the next. The Buddha explained to him the four conditions …

A brahmin village near Dakkhiṇāgiri, to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his …

A rājā, probably of Māgadha. He was a devout follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta. In his retinue were Yamaka, Moggalla, Ugga, Nāvindakī, Gandhabba, and Aggivessa, all of whom were also followers of the same …

GajaṅgalaKajaṅgalaKajaṅgalā

A township which formed the eastern boundary of the Middle Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once…

…like an elephant’s head (gaja-sīsa-sadisa-piṭṭhipāsāṇa). There was room on the rock for one thousand monks.

The hill stands about…

…AN.iv.75

The Mettiya-bhummajakas Vin.iii.167 and the Chabbaggiyas Vin.iii.82 were also in the habit of visiting the hill.

Several places are…

A festival held from time to time in Rājagaha. According to the Vinaya accounts Vin.ii.107f. Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing and music.

A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …

GomatakakandarāGomatakandarāGomatakaṇḍarā

A grotto some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge …

One of the places passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way from Bāvarī’s hermitage to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.

Between Gonaddha and their starting place lay Patitthāna, Māhissati and Ujjeni, an …

A headman of Rājagaha who visited the Buddha and asked him what destiny awaited him after death. The Buddha reluctantly replied that he would be born in the Sārañjita hell. SN.iv.310

HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya

The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotattā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Rathakāra, Chaddantā, Kuṇālā, Mandākinī …

…visited the Buddha at the Ajapālanigrodha seven days after his Enlightenment and asked him questions regarding the true brahmin. The Buddha…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

HārikaHārita

A bandit of Rājagaha. After death he was born as a ghost with a headless trunk, and was seen by Moggallāna. His mouth and his eyes were on his chest. SN.ii.260

IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala

A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …

Inda¹

Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …

A peak near Rājagaha, the abode of the yakkha Indaka. The Buddha once lived there. SN.i.206

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A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

IsigiliIsigilapassa

One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite …

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 …

JambugāmikaJambugāmiya

A monk whose Theragāthā verse asks whether he is intent on adornments or virtue. Thag.28

A prince who once visited the novice Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena declared that he wa …

A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta. He goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer. SN.i.165

A householder of Rājagaha and father of Dīghāvu. When Dīghāvu fell ill he sent Jotika to tell the Buddha. SN.v.344f.

A wanderer who, with his friend Mandissa, visited the Buddha at the Ghositārāma. DN.i.159 The Buddha preached to them the Jāliya Sutta. According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika cou …

A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajāt …

…in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a sermon from the Buddha and went to the nun Kajaṅgalā to have it explained…

A nun who lived in Kajangala. Once when the Buddha was residing in the Veḷuvana there, the inhabitants of the village went to her and asked her to…

A township of the Koliyans. It was while the Buddha was staying there that the Koliyan Dīghajāṇu came to see him. AN.iv.281

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A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …

KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma

A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …

A district in Jambudīpa; it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañjā to Bārānasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañjā, Soreyya, Sankassa, Kannakuj …

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 grotto, probably near Rājagaha. On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his friend to an assembly of *yak …

Kassapagotta¹

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

KassapakārāmaKassapārāma

A monastery in Rājagaha, probably near Veḷuvana. It was here that Assaji stayed during his last illness, when the Buddha visited him to comfort him. SN.iii.125

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A brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan, living at Ekanālā, in Dakkhiṇāgiri, and so called on account of his profession of agriculture. On the day of his festive sowing, the Buddha visited him alone, and sto …

King of Mithilā. He was the son of Nimi and belonged to the Makhādeva dynasty. Whereas other kings of his race left the household at the approach of old age, he broke the tradition by not doing so. He …

KaṇṇakujjaKaṇṇagocchakaKaṇṇagotta

A district in India. it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañja to Bārāṇasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañ …

…of which, Dīgha Parajana Yakkha sang the praises of all three. MN.i.205ff. Their number was increased by the presence of Bhagu,…

The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed. Vin.ii.127 Vin.iv.199 MN.ii.91

Bhesa …

KokanudaKokanada

A Paribbājaka. He meets Ānanda on the banks of the Tapodā, where they are both bathing, and enters into conversation with him. Kokanuda asks Ānanda a series of questions, such as whe …

KorabyaKoravyaKorabba

Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurūs. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.369f. mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatiṭṭha. According t …

Kosala¹

A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …

The capital of the Vatsas or Vaṃsas. In the time of the Buddha its king was Parantapa, and after him reigned his son Udena. Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha f …

One of the republican clans in the time of the Buddha. The Koḷiyā owned two chief settlements—one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a sp …

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

KuveraKubera

King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lot …

A Paribbājaka who visits the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa. He asks the Buddha what profit comes from the Buddha’s way of living.

The conversation leads to a discussion of the bojjhangas, the sa …

KāpathikaKāpaṭika

A young brahmin, sixteen years old, well versed in the Vedas, and with his head shaven. He was “of good stock, well informed, a good speaker and a scholar of ability.” He visited th …

KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.

At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …

The black rock by the side of Isigili.

It was there that Godhika SN.i.120f. and Vakkali SN.iii.124 committed suicide.

It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājaga …

A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …

Mentioned as having stayed with Mahā Moggallāna on Gijjhakūṭa. Once, when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he wa …

LaṭṭhivanaLatthivanaLatthivanuyyāna

A grove to the southwest of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the Enlighte …

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped …

A place on the Saṅkheyya Mountain where Uttara is said to have stayed, in Dhavajālika vihāra. AN.iv.162

on the Saṅkheyya Mountain in Dhavajālika vihāra.3monastery

The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of names. MN.iii.70

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 …

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 …

Mahānāma¹

A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …

Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī

An eminent bhikkhunī and the step-mother of the Buddha. She raised the Buddha as her own child after the death of his mother.

She is chiefly remembered as the first bhik …

…practice continued, the last being King Nimi. But his son Kaḷārajanaka did not continue the good tradition.

Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala.

Mallika’s knowledge of the Dhamma made her wiser than Pasenadi would have desired, and he once, in a moment of great affection, asked if anyone were dearer to …

…the turn of the Mettiyabhummajakā to receive his hospitality, he was much displeased, and ordered his female slave to look after them. The monks…

…She was expelled from the Order for this…

Migajāla

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak in praise of the eightfold path. Thag.417–422

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.35f. contains two discussions which he had with the Buddha; the second was a t …

He belonged to a brahmin family and studied under Bāvarī as an ascetic. He was one of the sixteen pupils sent by Bāvarī to the Buddha. Snp.1116–1119 The Buddha declared him foremost among wearers of r …

A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were prea …

A Paribbājaka. He once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and questioned him regarding predestination. The Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humou …

…tree near the Ajapālanigrodha in Uruvelā. The Buddha spent there the third week after the Enlightenment. There was a great shower…

A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298

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A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …

…at Rājagaha or Giribbaja where Bimbisāra, and after him Ajātasattu, reigned. Later, Pāṭaliputta became the capital. By the time of…

Māgaṇḍiya¹

The Sutta Nipāta contains a dialogue between Māgaṇḍiya and the Buddha. Snp.1011–1023 The Buddha starts with an emphatic rejection of an offer of a sexual nature, which sparks a …

A householder of Rājagaha. When he lay ill he was visited by Ānanda, to whom he confessed that even in his illness he practiced the four satipaṭṭhāna. He was quite free from the five lower fetters. SN.v.178

…occasions was under the Ajapala Banyan tree at Uruvelā, soon after the Enlightenment, but the Buddha refused to die until the sāsana was…

Nandiya¹

He belonged to a Sākiyan family of Kapilavatthu, and was called Nandiya because his birth brought bliss. He left the world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, a …

Navakammika Bhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when the Buddha was staying in a forest in Kosala, Navakammika, who was there seeing about some timber work, saw the Buddha at the foot of a tree …

…the Buddha lived under the Ajapāla Nigrodha at Uruvelā, on the banks of this river. There Māra tempted him, and, later, Brahmā persuaded him…

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

Nigrodha¹

A wanderer. Once, when he was staying with a large number of colleagues at the Udumbarikārāma near Rājagaha, Sandhāna, on his way to see the Buddha, stopped him and entered into …

Nigrodhārāma¹

A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …

A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …

NālāgiriNāḷāgiri

An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the B …

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 …

…and in the north, Usīraddhaja mountain. Vin.i.197

The Vinaya rules were relaxed in the case of those who lived in the…

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …

One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274

He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329

In …

PakudhaPakudaKakudhaKakudaPakudha KaccāyanaPakudha KātiyānaKakudha KaccāyanaKakudha Kātiyāna

Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time. In the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.56 Ajātasattu …

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

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 …

PañcālaPañcālajanapadaPañcālaraṭṭhaPañcālā

One of the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252

Pañcāla was to the east of the Kuru…

A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68

near Rājagaha3hill

An Ājīvaka. He came of a wagon building stock of bygone days. In the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta, MN.i.31f. Moggallāna tells Sāriputta that, one day, when begging alms in Rājagaha, he came to the house of Samīti …

PaṭiyālokaPatiyāloka

A place near Rājagaha. Vin.iv.79 Vin.iv.131

near Rājagaha3town

PippaliguhāPipphaligūhā

A cave near Rājagaha, evidently a favourite haunt of Mahā Kassapa. Once when he lay there grievously ill, the Buddha visited him and cheered him by talking to him of the seven …

Piṇḍola¹

A Pacceka Buddha, given in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Piṇḍola²Bhāradvāja

An arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubti …

A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of i …

A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …

Purāṇa¹

A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

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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 naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …

…Buddha having stayed at the Ajakapālaka cetiya in Pāvā.

After the Buddha’s death, the Mallas of Pāvā claimed a share in his relics. Doṇa…

Revata¹Khadiravaniya

An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers. AN.i.24

His Theragāthā verses appear under two names. As Khadiravaniya he admonishe …

The legendary inhabitants of Rājagaha, in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha. At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years. The people took three days to …

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, when he saw a woman’s rotting corpse in the cemtery, at first lust arose, then he mindfully overcame his defilements. Thag.315–319

…place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and…

A Yakkha, one of the messengers of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

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

SabbakaSappaka

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his joy in living on the banks of the Ajakaraṇī, practising meditation. Thag.307–310.

SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika

A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …

…When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged…

SakkharaSakkāra

A township of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya.

Sākya, not far from Rājagaha3town

A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is also said to hav …

A Paribbājaka.

A householder of Rājagaha. He was a follower of the Buddha, and it was his conversation with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.

In the Aṅguttara he i …

During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.

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SappasoṇḍikapabbhāraSappasoṇḍika

A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is reco …

A Paribbājaka who joined the Order and soon after left it. He then went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Ord …

A cave in Rājagaha, on the slope of Mount Vebhāra. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he gave to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to live for an eon, but Ānanda, because of his un-mindfulne …

Sañjaya¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that since going forth he has not had any hate. Thag.48

Sañjaya²

In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was …

A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

A city, thirty leagues from Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Saṅkassa. The road he took passed through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, …

SetabyāSetavyā

A town in Kosala, DN.ii.316 near which was Ukkaṭṭha.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.37 records a conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from …

SippinikātīraSappinīSappinīkā

A river that flowed through Rājagaha. On its bank was a Paribbājakārāma where famous Paribbājakas lived in the Buddha’s time. AN.i.185 AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 SN.i.153

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Sirivaḍḍha¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of meditating in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasena …

A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

Soṇa¹

A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …

Subha¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Subha²TodeyyaputtaBhāradvāja

A young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The interview is …

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

A wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sāriputt …

SuddhikabhāradvājaSuddhikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the Vedas. The Buddha answered that it is not knowledge of …

A Sākiyan Rājā of Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.

Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her position.

Nanda was Suddhodana’s son by Mahā Pajāp …

Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …

Sumanā¹Sumanārājakumārī

She was the daughter of the king of Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She is included among the eminent upāsikās. AN.iv.347 She once visited the Buddha, with five hu …

SumāgadhāSumāgavā

A lotus pond near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the thought, “I will speculate about the world.” He saw …

A monk of Rājagaha. One day, as he walked through the street, a woman asked him to stop for a moment that she might worship him, and, raising the end of his robe, took his penis into her mouth. A doub …

SundarikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin, one of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when he was performing Fire-rites on the banks of the Sundarikā, he looked round to see if there were anyone, to whom he could give what …

A river in Kosala, reputed to be efficacious in washing away sins. MN.i.39 There Sundarika Bhāradvāja held sacrifices in honour of Agni and met the Buddha during such a sacrifice. SN.i.167 Snp.p.79

Sundarī¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses consist of a dialogue, firstly between her father Sujāta and a bhikkhunī, Vāsiṭṭhī, Thig.313–324 and later between Sundarī and her mother. Thig …

An upāsikā of Rājagaha. She held the view that one who offered herself for sexual intercourse gave the supreme gift. Vin.iii.39

A poor leper of Rājagaha, who, one day seated in the outer circle of people, heard the Buddha preach and became a sotāpanna. While waiting the departure of the crowd so that he could pay homage to t …

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35

near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine

Suppiya¹

A Paribbājaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, …

Suppiyā¹

The name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192

Suppiyā²

An upāsaka of Benares. Her husban …

SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri

A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.

During his visits there he preached the Anu …

Susīma¹

A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all that Ānanda has said. The retinue of Susīma listen enraptu …

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 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 …

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni

A Paribbājaka, mentioned SN.iv.261f. as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he que …

The capital city of Kosala in India and one of the six great Indian cities during the lifetime of the Buddha. DN.ii.147 It was six leagues from Sāketa. Vin.i.253 It was on the banks of the Aciravatī.V …

Sāḷha¹Migāranattā

He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniya’s grandson, Rohana. AN.i.193f. He built a vihāra for the nuns and Sundarīndā was appointed to supervise the work. As a r …

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155*f …

A Pacceka Buddha, MN.iii.69 third among the five hundred sons of Padumavatī, all of whom became Pacceka Buddhas. Suppabuddha, a banker of Rājagaha, having seen the Pacceka Buddha on his way to a park, …

A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha. The lake was cool, but the stream flowing from it, also called Tapodā, Vin.iii.108 Vin.iv.116f. was hot. Around it was the Tapodārāma.

Mon …

A grove near lake Tapodā. In the grove was a monastery where the Buddha seems to have stayed on several occasions. It is said DN.ii.116 that on one such occasion the Buddha gave Ānanda the chance of a …

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 …

One of the three daughters of Māra, who tried to tempt the Buddha under the Ajapāla-nigrodha, soon after the Enlightenment. Snp.p.163 SN.i.124f.

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

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

Rājagaha3building

Name of a monk in Rājagaha. He lived in solitude, the virtues of which state he extolled. Hearing this, the Buddha sent for him and taught him how the solitary life could be perfected in detail. SN.ii.282f.

A cave outside Rājagaha where lodgings were provided for visiting monks. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iii.159

outside Rājagaha3monastery

TindukkhānuTindukkhānuparibbājakārāma

A dwelling of wanderers near Vesāli. It was the residence of Pāthikaputta. DN.iii.17

near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery

The name given to the inhabitants of Mount Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190

TālaputaTālapuṭa

A stage-manager of Rājagaha. One day he visited the Buddha and asked if it was true that players who delight large audiences are reborn among the gods of laughter. Three times the B …

One of the most eminent great brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha.

He was present at the assemblies of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.

He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of …

Udena¹Utena

King of Kosambī. He was the son of Parantapa. Once when be discovered that the women of the court had given five hundred costly robes to Ānanda, he was annoyed, but when in ans …

A village. Revata went there from Kaṇṇakujja and stopped there before proceeding to Aggalapura and Sahajāti. Thither the Elders followed him to ask his opinion on the Vajjian heresy. Vin.ii.299

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UdāyibhaddaUdāyibhaddaka

Son of Ajātasattu. When Ajātasattu, after the death of his father, paid his first visit to the Buddha and saw the Buddha seated amidst the monks in a scene of perfect calm an …

He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivalled in power and wealth the seṭṭhi Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha …

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 …

The capital of Avanti. In the Buddha’s time, Caṇḍapajjota Vin.i.276 was king of Ujjenī and there was friendly intercourse between that city and Māgadha, whose king was Seniya Bimbisāra. After Bimbisār …

UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā

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

Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Pari …

Upaka¹

An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …

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 …

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 …

UruvelākassapaKassapa

One of three brothers, the Tebhātika-Jatilas, living at Uruvelā. After initial resistance, all became the Buddha’s followers. He lived on the banks of the Nerañjara with five h …

A mountain range forming the northern boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197

???3hill

…once visited the Buddha at Kajaligalā in the Mukheluvana and the Buddha preached to him the Indriya-bhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

Perhaps it…

Uttiya¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse tells of how when ill, he aroused mindfulness. Thag.30

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.22 the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the char …

A wanderer who later became an arahant Thera. Several conversations he had with the Buddha are mentioned in the books. For details see the Tevijja Vacchagotta-, Aggi Vacchagotta-, Mahā Vacchagotta- …

A householder of Campā, a devout and skilled follower of the Buddha. Once, when on his way to see the Buddha at Gaggarā Lake, he found he had arrived too early and went into the Paribbājakārāma near b …

Vakkali

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …

A noted wanderer in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rāja …

A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …

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 …

…a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba…

VaṭajālikāyaṃDhavajālikā

A monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka. AN.iv.162ff.

Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa3monastery

One of the five hills surrounding Rājagaha. MN.iii.68 In this hill was the Sattapaṇṇiguhā, where the first Convocation was held. Vin.ii.76 The river Tapodā rose in a lake at the foot of Vebhāra.

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An epithet of Ajātasattu. It means either “son of the lady from Videha” or “son of the wise woman”.

A Paribbājaka teacher of Sakuladāyī.

VepullaVipulaVaṅkakaPācīnavaṃsaSupassa

The highest of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67

• In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa
• in the time of Koṇāga …

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 …

…stayed. The upāsakas of Kajaṅgalā, having questioned the Kajaṅgalā Bhikkhunī, went to the Buddha there and asked him to verify her…

A country and its people. At the time of the Buddha, Videha formed one of the two important principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on o …

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Visākha¹

Husband of Dhammadinnā. After Dhammadinnā had joined the Order, she left the city and retired into the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, …

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 …

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha is spoken of as general.

A sacrificial offering.

Vāseṭṭha¹

An old sage held in high esteem for his knowledge. He was one of the originators of the Vedic mantras. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.164 MN.ii.200

Vāseṭṭha²

A clan, proba …

…animals, plants, etc. e.g., Ajakalāpaka, Āḷavaka (forest dweller), Uppala, Kakudha (name of plant), Kumbhīra, Gumbiya, Disāmukha, Yamamoli,…

Yasa ¹

He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …

A physician of Rājagaha who lanced the fistula of a monk. Meeting the Buddha, he told him of the lancing, trying to make fun of it. The Buddha, having made inquiries, declared the performance of such …

…this village. Vin.i.207–208 Vin.iii.249

near Rajagaha3town

Āḷavī¹

A town between Sāvatthī and Rājagaha. The Buddha goes from Sāvatthī to Kīṭāgiri, thence to Āḷavī, and finally, to Rājagaha. The Buddha, on several occasions, stayed at Āḷavī at the …

One of the chief devas.

In the Tevijja Sutta DN.i.244 he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.

He was in the battle of the devas against the A …

tiszta tudatosság

comes to, returns to.

astonished

supreme king.

supreme king.

reviles; offends.

pours forth; gives away, dispenses.

enduring or patient by nature.

or ~ā feminine abstinence (from eating).

death by starvation.

(& ~ā f.?) a young goat.

signs of health or omen on a goat

“goat-footed” cloven like a goat’s hoof

goatherd

with points like goats’ horns

(~antī)n. committing an offense; incurring; guilty of.

transgression; committing of (an offense).

not causing anxiety

without shoots?

lazy by nature; disposed to laziness

producing harm

the inner household; servants.

load on a carrying pole suspended between two persons

adopts the wanderer’s life after or in imitation (of another).

adopts the wanderer’s life after or in imitation (of another).

laughs at, derides.

of inferior birth; ignoble

not giving up; grasping, greedy (?).

grandchildren and descendants

with little or no passion or impurity

being by nature free from passion

the emblem of the arahat (the yellow robe)

without a king.

a thoroughbred horse

a thoroughbred horse

born from oneself, one’s own; (m.) a son; (f.) a daughter.

born from oneself proceeding from oneself; one’s offspring.

having some need or task

1. despises; underrates.
2. denies, repudiates.

of low or base birth; of lower character than one’s parents; an unworthy child.

the male or female genitals.

born from an egg

of cajati

1. leaves, abandon, gets rid of, frees oneself from.
2. gives up; lets go, surrenders.
3. emits.

of cajati

of cajati

of cajati

1. (mfn.) left, abandoned; got rid of; renounced, given up; given away.
2. (n.) abandoning; leaving; ~ena, adv., with renunciation;…

reduced to powder; turned to dust.

(one) who distributes material for robes.

being by nature wise or skilled.

king of the gods (usually Sakka/lnda)

standard, a flag, a banner; a badge, a mark, emblem or characteristic sign.

marked; notorious (?)

(a wife) taken as captive during a war.

adorned with flags.

1. a just king; a rightful.
2. the king of dhamma.

loss of wealth; a fine.

naturally remembering; good at remembering.

difficult to give up; hard to give away.

hard to give up.

difficult to know or understand.

holding two opinions; separated into two sides.

born once

single mass of flames; being a single mass of flames

carrying pole with a load at one end

with legs like the black antelope’s.

an elephant.

the emblem or characteristic sign of a householder.

the emblem or characteristic sign of a householder.

festival held at rājagaha.

place enclosed by hills or mountains (like a cow pen); the name (of the area of rājagaha)

become enveloped in a tangled ball; knotted in ball; in a tangle of threads.

1. the other (of two); another, other; the second; next; (pl.) the rest, the other ….
2. other, common, ordinary, low (esp. with pajā).

of inferior birth

very fine.

covered in small buds?

involved in contention; quarreling

decomposed; rotten.

(according to commentaries) broken rice cooked with bran (a food of poor people).

(according to commentaries) muttering a spell on the ears (of an opponent); muttering a prayer in the ear of a deity

one who distributes hard food or cakes

one who distributes hard food, cakes etc.

what grows from the stem, a shoot, a sprout

barren; rigid; hostile

minor or subordinate king

minor or subordinate king

carrying-pole with the khāri container.

string or network of small bells

(with opened flowers) like the red lotus.

potter’s pot

the pollen of flowers

minor king; a subordinate king.

minor king; a subordinate king.

an astringent decoction from the kuṭaja tree.

carrying-pole (a pole with ropes to which burdens are attached); a carrying-pole’s load

black spot

town; a city; esp. the seat of a rāja.

townspeople and country people.

whose service to the king had been recompensed or paid off; ?

lets go.

speaking only what others say, relying on others’ opinions.

speaking only what others say, relying on others’ opinions.

naturally disposed to attending carefully; given to closely observing.

born from name and form.

belonging to various families or classes.

seeming to have its bark hanging down

the state of being an uparāja, vice royalty)

lets go, releases; throws; abandons

entangled like a ball of string.

growing there; having its origin there.

born from craving.

the net of craving.

paribbājaka who carries three staves.

the name of a paribbājaka.

king of another (distant) country.

king of another (distant) country.

the emblem or characteristic sign of one belonging to another sect,

the emblem or characteristic sign of one belonging to another sect,

above the kneecap; what is above the kneecap

above the kneecap

allowing contact above the kneecap

carrying pole with a load at each end

goes towards, approaches; visits; becomes involved with.

finds out (for oneself), ascertains; invents; knows by personal experience (+ acc. or gen.); (first) teaches.

is produced (in addition); appears; is (re)born.

whisper in the ear

whisper in the ear

(from uparāja) the state of being an uparāja, viceroyalty.

extremely yellow; extremely pale

perf. 3 plural

thoroughbred (esp. of horses, but also of other animals and of men).

carriage draw by thoroughbreds

understands; perceives

well-bred; thoroughbred, noble (of animals, esp. horses; also of people); a thoroughbred.

the thoughts, preoccupations of a thoroughbred horse; ‘thoroughbred’ meditation

is born.

(~ī)n. producing joy

full of joy

scoring again and again.

[[clarity of consciousness]]Clarity of consciousness: sampajañña

Co-nascence: sahajāta-paccaya is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

…tr. for full understanding, see:…

…born of detachment vivekaja and filled with rapture pīti and joy sukha he enters the first absorption.

2;After the…

Paccaya: ‘condition’, is something on which something else, the so-called ‘conditioned thing’, is dependent, and without which the latter cannot be. Many are the ways in which one thing, or one o …

Pacchājāta-paccaya: ‘post-nascence-condition’, is one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …

…been translated in The Discourse on the All-Embracing Net of Views Brahmajala Sutta, with Com.. tr. by Bhikkhu Bodhi BPS.

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 …

Post-nascence: pacchājāta-paccaya one of the 24 conditions paccaya.

…consciousness sati-sampajañña he choses a secluded dwelling, and freeing his mind from the 5 hindrances nīvarana he reaches full…

Tathāgata: the ‘Perfect One’, lit. the one who has ‘thus gone’, or ‘thus come’, is an epithet of the Buddha used by him when speaking of himself.

To the often asked questions, whether the Tathāga …

…is in Atthasālini called ajatākāsa unentangled’, i.e. unobstructed or empty space. It is the object of the first formless absorption see:…

Ānantarika-kamma: the 5 heinous ‘actions with immediate destiny’ are: Killing father, killing mother, killing an Arahat, wounding a Buddha so he bleeds, creating schism in the Bhikkhu-Sangha. In …

…AN.ii.39, evidently interpreted by ed. as ā + vraje, pot. of ā + vraj to go to, come to (cp pabbajati), but is preferably with variant…

to create (by magic), produce, shape, make SN.iii.152 (rūpaṃ); AN.i.279 (oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ); Nd ii.under pucchā⁶ (rūpaṃ manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp *[abhinim …

to bring into existence, produce, effect, work, perform DN.i.78 (bhājana-vikatiṃ) Vin.ii.183 (iddhiṃ); SN.v.156, SN.v.255; Mil.39.

abhi + nipphādeti

past participle led to, brought to, obliged by (-˚) MN.i.463 = Mil.32 (rājā & cora˚); MN.i.282; SN.iii.93; Thag.350 = Thag.435 (vātaroga˚ “foredone with cramping pains” Mrs. Rk. D.); Pp.29; Mil.362. …

…(well)-known, distinguished DN.i.89 (˚kolañña = pākaṭa-kulaja DN-a.i.252), DN.i.235; Snp.p.115.

pp. of abhijānāti

Agga¹

adjective noun

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

…Ja.vi.174, Ja.vi.367 (padarajaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.35 (maṇin nâgghāma); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.28. Freq. in stock phrase *kalaṃ nāgghati (nāgghanti)…

…agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati* “to shave off hair & beard, put on the yellow robes, and wander forth out of the home into the homeless…

adjective of low birth Ja.iii.19; Ja.vi.100.

a + jacca

Ajaddhuka & Ajaddhumāra

see jaddhu.

Ajaddhuka & Ajaddhumāra

see jaddhu.

…Constrictor Ja.vi.507; Mil.23, Mil.303, Mil.364, Mil.406; Dhp-a.iii.60. Also as ajakara at Ja.iii.484 (cp. Trenckner, Notes…

see jajjara. Ajaddhuka & Ajaddhumara;

goat, pl. goats Vin.ii.154
■ f. ajikā Ja.iii.278 & ajiyā Ja.v.241.

cummin-seed Vv-a.186.

Sk. ajamoda, cp. Sk. ajājī

Ajiya = ajikā

(see ajaka).

…Dhp.394 = Ja.i.481 = Ja.iii.85.

Vedic ajina, to aja, orig. goats’ skin

Ajiya = ajikā

(see ajaka).

˚- neuter not knowing, ignorance (of) Ja.v.199 (˚bhāva); Ja.vi.177 (˚kāla).

a + jānana

Akkha¹

the axle of a wheel DN.ii.96; SN.v.6; AN.i.112; Ja.i.109, Ja.i.192; Ja.v.155 (akkhassa phalakaṃ yathā; C.: suvaṇṇaphalakaṃ viya, i.e. shiny, like the polished surface of an axle …

adjective noun “not from the Kāsī-country” (?); official name of certain tax-gatherers in the king’s service Ja.vi.212 (akāsiya-saṅkhātā rāja-purisā C.).

a + kāsika?

…Dhs-a.364 (vanati bhajati a); pp. allīna-Caus. alliyāpeti [cp. Sk. ālāpayati, but B.Sk. allīpeti Mvu.iii.144; pp. allīpita ibid….

1. friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …

Amata¹

neuter

1. The drink of the gods, ambrosia, water of immortality, (cp BSk. amṛta-varṣa “rain of Ambrosia” Jtm.221).
2. A general conception of a state of durability & non-change a …

…Ja.v.390 we have to read muraja-ālambara, and not mura-jāla-ambara.

Vedic ambara circumference, horizon

Ambara²

(m
■ nt.)…

adjective born in the house, of a slave Ja.i.226 (dāsa, so read for āmajāta, an old mistake, expl^d. by C. forcibly as “āma ahaṃ vo dāsī ti”!). See also āmāya.

amā + jāta; amā adv. “at hom …

“what lies in between or near”, i.e.

1. the inside of Vin.iv.272 (bhājan˚).
2. the neighbourhood, region of (-˚), sphere, compass Vin.iii.39 (ur˚, angul˚); Ja.i.265 (yakkhassa sīm˚ inside the yṡ sph …

adverb prep. (c. gen. acc. or loc.), pref. (˚-) and adv. “in between” (of space & time), midway, inside; during meanwhile, between. On interpretation of term see DN-a.i.34 sq

1. (prep.) c. ac …

Antarāya¹

obstacle, hindrance, impediment to (-˚); prevention, bar danger, accident to (-). There are 10 dangers (to or from) enumerated at Vin.i.112, Vin.i.169 etc., viz. *rāja˚, cora˚ …

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 …

to go along, wander, follow, tread (a path) Ja.iv.399 (maggaṃ = pabbajati C.).

anu + vraj

orig. meaning “experience, concomitance” and found only in compounds as-˚, in meaning “experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with”, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatnes …

adjective “born after” i.e. after the image of, resembling, taking after; esp. said of a son (putta), resembling his father, a worthy son Iti.64 (atijāta + opp. avajāta); Thag.827 (fig. following the …

to find satisfaction in (acc.), to rejoice in, be thankful for (c. acc.), appreciate, benefit from, to be pleased, to enjoy Vin.ii.212 (bhattagge a. to say grace after a meal); SN.ii.54; AN.iii.50 (*\ …

giving up worldly life in imitation of another SN.v.67 = Iti.107

anu + pabbajjā, cp. BSk. anupravrajati Divy.61

to laugh at, to deride, mock over AN.i.198 (variant reading anusaṃ˚).

anu + pa + jagghati

1. applying oneself to, dealing with, practising, given to, intent upon DN.i.166, DN.i.167; DN.iii.232 = AN.ii.205 (attaparitāpan’ ânuyogaṃ a.); SN.iii.153 SN.iv.104; Snp.663 (lobhaguṇe), Snp.814 (met …

adjective of inferior race, not of good blood MN.i.367.

an + ājāniya

adjective not giving up, greedy, miserly AN.iii.76 (variant reading apānuta; Commentary explains (a)vaḍḍhinissita mānatthaddha)

a + pajaha

1. to look ahead, to look before, to be cautious, to look after MN.i.557 (variant reading for apaciṇāti, where Ja.v.339 C. has avaloketi); Mil.398.
2. to look up to, to obtain permission from (acc.), …

adjective another, i.e. additional, following next, second (with pron. inflexion, i.e. nom. pl apare) DN.iii.190 (˚pajā another, i.e. future generation) Snp.791, Snp.1089 (n’); Ja.i.59 (aparaṃ divasaṃ …

adjective guilty, offending, criminal Ja.ii.117 (vāja˚); Mil.149 (issara˚), Mil.189 (aparādhikatā).

fr. aparādha, cp. Sk. aparādhin

…alert Mil.412

• -rajakkha having little or no obtuseness DN.ii.37; MN.i.169 Sdhp.519.
• -ssaka having little of…

to think little of, to underrate, despise Dhp.121 (= avajānāti Dhp-a.iii.16; variant reading avapamaññati).

appa + maññati

…in (arahad-) dhaja the flag or banner of an A.: Ja.i.65.

5. See further details & passages under anāgāmin…

to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit (= Lat. debeo) Snp.431, Snp.552 (rājā arahasi bhavituṃ); Ja.i.262; Dhp.9, Dhp.10, Dhp.230; Pv.iii.6#6
ppr arahant (q.v.). Cp. also adj. araha …

adjective free from dust or impurity SN.iv.218 (of the wind); Vv.53#6 (= apagata-raja Vv-a.236).

a + raja

…MN.i.139 (pannaddhaja), MN.ii.103 (ariyāya jātiyā jāto, become of the Aryan lineage) SN.ii.273 (tuṇhībhāva); SN.iv.250 (vaddhi),…

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

lack of intelligence DN.iii.213; Dhs.390, Dhs.1061, Dhs.1162, Dhs.1351.

a + sampajañña

not practising, abstinence from Snp.259 (= abhajanā apayirupāsanā Kp-a.124).

a + sevanā

Assa¹

shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …

resting place, shelter, refuge, seat DN-a.i.67 (puññ˚). Cp. BSk. rājāśraya Jtm.31#56>; aśraya also in meaning “body”: see Avs.i.175 & Index; Avs.ii.223.

ā + sayati, śri

higher king, the greatest king, more than a king Dhp-a.ii.60; Mil.277.

ati + rājā

adjective well-born, well behaved, gentlemanly Iti.14 (opp avajāta).

ati + jāta, perhaps ati in sense of abhi, cp. abhijāta

…4 kinds enumerated, viz. atraja khettaja, dinnaka antevāsika p. Cnd.448
■ Ja.i.135; Ja.iii.103 = Mnd.504; Ja.iii.181; Ja.v.465; Ja.vi.20;…

…icchā “too much desire” with r in dissolution of geminated tt, like atraja for attaja. See also atriccha adj. and cp. J.P.T.S. 1884, 69

… ■ SN.iii.93 (atthaṃ vibhajati explain the sense); AN.i.23 (id.), AN.i.60 (nīt˚ primary meaning, literal meaning; neyy˚ secondary or inferred…

…prefix a (an˚), e.g. in avajaya (= ajaya), ˚jāta, ˚mangala (= a˚) ˚pakkhin, ˚patta.

Affinities of ava

1. apa. There exists an…

defeat Dhp-a.ii.228 (variant reading for T. ajaya).

ava + jaya, cp. apajita

1. to deny Vin.ii.85; AN.iii.164 = Pp.65.
2. (later) to despise Dhp-a.iii.16; Pv-a.175 (grd ˚jānitabba)-Of short stem-form ñā are found the foll grd. avaññeyya Pv-a.175, and with o˚: grd. oñāta …

adjective low-born, of low or base birth, fig of low character (opp. abhijāta) Snp.664 (= buddhassa avajātaputta Snp-a.479); Iti.63; Mil.359.

ava + jāta; cp. B.Sk. avajāta in meaning misborn, miscarriage

(-˚) besprinkled, anointed, consecrated, only in phrase rājā khattiyo muddhāvasitto of a properly consecrated king (see also khattiya) DN.i.69; DN.ii.227; DN.iii.64; Pp.56; DN …

Avassajati & ossajati

to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava) Ja.iv.425; Ja.v.487 (aor. avassaji read for avissaji).

ava +…

adjective despised, despicable Pv.iii.1#13 (= avaññeyya avajānitabba Pv-a.175).

to avaññā

adjective despised, treated with contempt Pv-a.135 (an˚); Sdhp.88, Sdhp.90.

pp. of avajānāti

“non-growth”, decay Dhp-a.iii.335; C on AN.iii.76 (cp. apajaha).

a + vaḍḍhi

…Ja.iv.103 (nirayaṃ vajanti yathā adhammo patito avaṃsiro); Mnd.404 (uddhaṃpāda +); Dhp-a.iv.153 (gloss adhosira)
■ On avaṃ˚…

…ye vajanti punappunaṃ… avijjāy’eva sā gati), Snp.730, Snp.1026, Snp.1033 (avijjāya nivuto loko); Dhp.243; Cnd.99;…

at Ja.vi.79 is with Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. better to be read avassaji (see avassajati).

knowledge, recognition, perfect knowledge, philosophic insight, knowledge par excellence, viz. Arahantship, saving knowledge gnosis (cp. on term Compend. 176 n. 3 and Psalms of Brethren introd. xx …

Aññāta¹

known, recognised Snp.699. an˚; what is not known, in phrase anaññāta-ññassāmī’ t’ indriya the faculty of him (who believes): “I shall know what is not known (yet)” DN.iii.219; …

one who knows, a knower of DN.ii.286; MN.i.169; SN.i.106 (dhammassa); Kv.561.

n. ag. to ājānāti

adjective desirous of gaining right knowledge AN.iii.192. See ājānāti.

ā + jñātuṃ + kāma

adjective noun one who has complete insight Dhs-a.291.

• -indriya (˚tāv’ indr.) the faculty of one whose knowledge is made perfect Dhs.555 (cp. Dhs trsl. 150) and same loci a …

recognising, knowing, in the conviction of SN.i.24; AN.iii.41; Dhp.275, Dhp.411.

ger. of ājānāti, q.v. for detail

…by pahūta-jātarūparajata pahūta vittūpakaraṇa etc.). Thus at DN.i.115, DN.i.134, DN.i.137; DN.iii.163 Pp.52; Dhp-a.i.3; Vv-a.322;…

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 …

…MN.i.24 sq.; MN.i.100 (+ raja); AN.ii.211; Snp.517 (+ vigata raja = angaṇānan abhāvā malānañ ca vigamā… Snp-a.427), Snp.622 = Dhp.125…

…ekam pi divasaṃ apariccajanto aṭṭhangupetaṃ uposathaṃ upavassa) cp. aṭṭhanguposathin (adj.) Mhvs.36, Mhvs.84. In BSk. always in…

…for the initial b. very often p. is found see pabbaja

adjective to strengthen, cp. upabrūhana, paribbūḷha much, many, large, abundant; plenty; in compound also very, greatly (˚-) instr. sg. bahunā Dhp.166; nom. pl bahavo Vin.iii.90; Dhp.307, & *bahū …

…a form assumed by the Yakkha Ajakalāpaka, to terrify the Buddha Ud.5 (see also ākulī, where pākula is proposed for bakkula).

= vyākula?…

1. religious offering, oblation DN.ii.74 (dhammika); AN.iv.17, AN.iv.19; Snp.223; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.88 (particularly to subordinate divinities, cp. Mvu. translation 263) Dhp-a.ii.14 (variant reading ˚k …

…have originated (cp. Sk. pādaja), in cpd bandhupād’apacca “offering from the foot of our kinsman,” applied as contemptuous epithet to the…

resorting to, familiarity with Pp.20 = Dhs.1326, cp. sam˚ & Dhs trsl. 345.

fer. bhaj

…vibhājane
■ Snp.958 (bhajato rittaṃ āsanaṃ; gen. sq. ppr. = sevato etc Mnd.466); Dhp.76, Dhp.303; Pp.26, Pp.33; Ja.i.216 = Ja.iii.510…

adjective loving, attached to, worshipping Mnd.142 (in explⁿ of “Bhagavā”).

fr. bhajati

…(-˚) Ja.i.2 (suvaṇṇa-rajata˚ gabbha); Ja.iv.489 (udaka˚); Ja.v.275 (kimi˚); Snp-a.494 (vāta˚); Thag-a.283 (kuṇapa˚).

lit. made to…

sea, in two names for a town and a kingdom viz. Bharukaccha Mnd.155; Ja.ii.188; Ja.iv.137, and Bharu-raṭṭha Ja.ii.169 sq., a kingdom which is said to have been swallowed up by the sea
■ Also in …

…Epic & Class. Sk. bhakta, orig. pp. of bhajati

…karoti.“

fr. *bhakta, pp. of bhajati

…Vedic & Class. Sk. bhakti, fr.; bhaj: see bhajati

…the medicine precepts Vb-a.69.

cp. Vedic bhaiṣajya = bheṣaja, fr. bhiṣaj; see also P. bhisakka

…Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati). 2. (adv.) in a higher degree, more, repeatedly, further SN.i.108…

the young of an animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being dirty (cp. pigs) Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269 (bhinka-cchāpa) Ja.v.418 (with ref. to young cats: “mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati tar …

Bhiṅkāra¹

(& ˚gāra) a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin.i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); DN.ii.172; AN.iv.210 = AN.iv.214 (T. ˚gāra, variant reading ˚kāra …

Bhogga¹

adjective bent, crooked MN.i.88; DN.ii.22; AN.i.138; Ja.iii.395.

fr. bhuj to bend, pp. corresp. to Sk. bhugna

Bhogga²

adjective

1. to be enjoyed or possessed, n. p …

one who is getting trained, dependent, a freed slave, villager subject. Only in compounds like bhojisiyaṃ [bhoja + isi ya = issariya] mastery over dependence, i.e. independence SN.i.44, SN.i.45; *b …

food, meal, nourishment in general Ja.ii.218; Ja.iv.103, Ja.iv.173; Ja.i.178; Ja.iv.223; Snp.102 Snp.128, Snp.242, Snp.366, Snp.667; Dhp.7, Dhp.70; Pp.21, Pp.55; Mil.370 Vism.69, Vism.106; Sdhp.52, Sd …

…Pv-a.116.

cp. Vedic bhāga, fr. bhaj, bhajati

adjective (-˚) distributing, one who distributes or one charged with the office of distributing clothes, food etc. among the Bhikkhus Vin.i.285 (cīvara˚); AN.iii.275 (cīvara˚, phala˚, khajjaka˚).

fr. bhajeti

Bhājana¹

neuter a bowl, vessel, dish, usually earthenware, but also of other metal, e.g. gold (suvaṇṇa˚) DN-a.i.295; copper (tamba˚ Dhp-a.i.395; bronze (kaṃsa˚) Vism.142 (in simile). Vin …

…Vin.i.285
pp bhājita.

Caus. of bhajati, but to be taken as root by itself; cp. Dhtm.777 bhāja =…

…(q.v.) Pv.iv.3#5 (variant reading in Pv-a.251), explained by bhayajanana Pv-a.251, where C. reading also bhīsana.

ornament, decoration Vism.10 (yatino-sīla-bhūsana-bhūsitā contrasted to rājāno muttāmaṇi-vibhūsitā).

fr. bhūṣ

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

sour gruel Ja.vi.365 (= kañjiya); usually in stock phrase kaṇājaka bilaṅga-dutiya (seed-cake?) accompanied by sour gruel Vin.ii.77, Vin.ii.78; SN.i.90; AN.i.145; AN.iv.392; Ja.i.228; Ja.iii.299; S …

adjective living on sour gruel; Name of a class of brāhmaṇas at Rājagaha SN.i.164.

1. shape, image (= paṭimā Vv-a.168) SN.i.134 (trsl. “puppet”); SN.v.217 (vimba) Ja.v.452. In phrase cittakataṃ bimbaṃ it refers to the human body (“the tricked-out puppet-shape” Brethren 303): …

(or bimbī) gold, of golden colour DN-a.i.280 = Snp-a.448 (in Bdhgh’s fanciful etym of king Bimbisāra, viz. bimbī ti suvaṇṇaṃ, sārasuvaṇṇa-sadisa-vaṇṇatāya B.).

• *-[jāla](/def …

Bodhi¹

feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …

…ânuyoga, sati-sampajaññaṃ (see e.g. Mnd.14 Cnd. s.v. satipaṭṭhāna & sīla); cp. Thag.161, Thag.162 Thig.21 (maggā…

…MN.ii.148. Cp. dhammaja. -jacca belonging to a brahman family Thag.689. -jāla divine, excellent…

…MN.ii.148. Cp. dhammaja. -jacca belonging to a brahman family Thag.689. -jāla divine, excellent…

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

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 …

…grass, Andropogon muricatum SN.iii.137; (here represented as larger than the kusa babbaja grasses, smaller than a tree).

cp. Sk. vīraṇa…

…ajjhāvasati… sace ca pabbajati agārā Snp.1003. With neg, na ca = but not: mahatī vata te bondi, na ca paññā tadūpikā (but your wisdom is…

adjective giving up, to be given up; in compound duc˚ hard to give up AN.iii.50 Ja.v.8 cp. cāga.

…Ja.v.464; Ja.vi.570

pp catta, q.v
grd caja [Sk. tyajya] q.v.

Sk. tyajate, tyaj = Gr. σο βέω to…

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

…to Arahantship, in phrase virajaṃ vitamalaṃ dh-cakkhuṃ uppajjati Vin.i.16; DN.i.86, DN.i.110; SN.ii.134 sq.; SN.iv.47 SN.iv.107; SN.v.467;…

…Esp. freq. in expression kammaja-vātā caliṃsu the labour-pains began to stir Ja.i.52; Ja.vi.485. pp. calita (q.v.)
caus caleti to shake…

…dīpi˚), Vin.i.196 (elaka˚ aja˚ miga˚) AN.iv.393 (sīha˚ dīpi˚); Pv-a.157 (kadalimiga˚ as rug) Ja.ii.110 (sīha˚); Ja.iii.82, Ja.iii.184;…

Name of a Nāgarāja Ja.iv.454 (= ˚jātaka, No. 506); Vism.304.

given up. sacrificed AN.ii.41; AN.iii.50; Thag.209 (˚vaṇṇa who has lost fame); Ja.ii.336; Ja.iv.195 Ja.v.41 (˚jīvita).

pp. of cajati

…Lohitaka, Mettiya, Bhummajaka Vin.ii.1, Vin.ii.77, and passim Ja.ii.387; Dhp-a.iii.330. -bassāni (= vassāni) six years Ja.i.85;…

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 …

Chatta¹

neuter a sunshade (“parasol” would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin …

…Lohitaka, Mettiya, Bhummajaka Vin.ii.1, Vin.ii.77, and passim Ja.ii.387; Dhp-a.iii.330. -bassāni (= vassāni) six years Ja.i.85;…

to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in …

…a painter, a decorator (cp. rajaka) SN.ii.101 = SN.iii.152; Thig.256; Ja.vi.333 -chatta at Ja.vi.540 to be changed into…

thief, a robber Vin.i.74, Vin.i.75, Vin.i.88, Vin.i.149; SN.ii.100, SN.ii.128 = AN.ii.240; SN.ii.188 (gāmaghāta, etc.); SN.iv.173; MN.ii.74 = Thag.786; AN.i.48; AN.ii.121 sq.; AN.iv.92, AN.iv.278; Snp …

adjective

1. a preparation of chunam, paint (for the face, mukha˚) DN.i.7; MN.ii.64 = Thag.771; Ja.v.302
2. powder; cuṇṇakajātāni reduced to powder MN.iii.92 (aṭṭhikāni)
   ■ f. -ikā in cuṇṇikam …

…of munificence AN.i.62; AN.ii.66; AN.iii.53; AN.iv.221, etc.

from cajati, to give up, Vedic tyaj. Cp. Sk. tyāga

Cātur˚

(and cātu˚) consisting of four. Only in compounds viz.

• -(r)anta (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep of the earth: Ja.ii. …

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

Vin.iii.112; SN.iii.85; AN.ii.33 = Cnd.420 B³ (: the latter has udaka, but Mnd.14 daka).

• -āsaya (adj.) (beings) living in water AN.ii.33≈;
• -ja (adj …

Dakkha¹

adjective dexterous skilled, handy, able, clever DN.i.45, DN.i.74, DN.i.78; DN.iii.190 (+ analasa) MN.i.119; MN.iii.2; SN.i.65; Cnd.141 (+ analasa & sampajāna); Ja.iii.247; DN-a …

…Kp-a.43 sq.); pankadanta rajassira “with sand between his teeth & dust on his head” (of a wayfarer) Snp.980; Ja.iv.362, Ja.iv.371; MN.i.242;…

anxiety, care, distress AN.ii.238; MN.iii.287 sq. (kāyikā & cetasikā d.); Snp.15 (darathajā: the Arahant has nought in him born of care C^y explains by pariḷāha fever); …

Dasa¹

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …

adjective

1. to be given (see below)
2. deserving a gift, worthy of receiving alms Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).

• -dhamma a gift, …

…Thag.164 = Ja.ii.334 (: dhajasampanna Com.);

• -āhaṭa won under or by the colours, taken as booty, captured…

vein Thag.408 Usually in cpd.: -santhata strewn with veins, with veins showing, i.e. emaciated (: nimmaṃsa-lohitatāya sirājālehi vitthatagatta Pv-a.68) Vin.iii.110; Ja.iv.371 …

…of the Dh. Snp.92;

• -dhaja the banner of the Dh. AN.i.109 AN.iii.149; Cnd.503; Mil.21;
• -dhara (adj.)…

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

wealth, usually wealth of money, riches, treasures

1. Lit. DN.i.73 (sa˚); MN.ii.180.; AN.iii.222; AN.iv.4 sq. Cnd.135 (+ yasa, issariya etc.) Thig.464 (+ issariya) Ja.i.225 (paṭhavigataṃ karoti: …

to rinse, wash, cleanse, purify Vin.ii.208, Vin.ii.210, Vin.ii.214; Snp.p.104 (bhājanāni) Ja.i.8; Ja.v.297
■ dhovi Ja.vi.366; Dhp-a.iii.207.
ger dhovitvā …

…(micchādiṭṭhiṃ pajahi Snp-a.523). pp. dhuta & dhūta; (q.v.). Cp nis˚, o˚.

Sk. dhunoti (dhūnoti), dhunāti & dhuvati, Caus….

adjective noun (adj.) holding, containing (-˚) MN.i.11 (ahi kaṇṭaka˚; cp ādhāna & kaṇṭaka)
■ (n.) nt. a receptacle Dhp.58 (sankāra˚ dust-heap = ṭhāna Dhp-a.i.445). f. dhānī a seat (= ṭhāna), in …

to hold, viz.

1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

Dhītar & Dhītā

masculine & feminine daughter Thig.336 (in faith); Ja.i.152, Ja.i.253 Ja.vi.366; Pv.i.11#5; Dhp-a.iii.171, Dhp-a.iii.176; Pv-a.16, Pv-a.21, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.105 deva˚ a female deva …

Dhītar & Dhītā

masculine & feminine daughter Thig.336 (in faith); Ja.i.152, Ja.i.253 Ja.vi.366; Pv.i.11#5; Dhp-a.iii.171, Dhp-a.iii.176; Pv-a.16, Pv-a.21, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.105 deva˚ a female deva …

an adopted son, in enumⁿ of four kinds of sons (atraja, khettaja, antevāsika, d.) Cnd.448; Ja.i.135 (= posāvanatthāya dinna).

…gati, gandha, gahīta (a)caja, carita, cola; (j)jaha, jāna, jivha, jīvita; (t)tappaya, tara; (d)dama, dasika; (n)naya, nikkhaya, nikkhitta…

…AN.iv.406; SN.ii.69; rāgajan d ˚ṃ dom ˚ṃ paṭisaṃvedeti AN.ii.149; kāmûpasaṃhitaṃ d ˚ṃ dom ˚ṃ AN.iii.207; d ˚ṃ dom…

…evil (always combined with rajanīya, cp. rāga dosa moha AN.iii.110 (dusanīye dussati, where Iti.84 has dosaneyye) Ja.vi.9; Mil.386.

cp. Sk….

ordinal number

1. (num.) the second, the following Ja.ii.102, Ja.ii.110 dutiyaṃ for the second time (cp. tatiyaṃ in series 1, 2 3) Vin.ii.188; DN.ii.155
2. (adj. n.) one who follows or is associated …

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 …

…mālā˚ Ja.ii.104; rajata˚ Ja.i.50; Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.91 rattapuppha˚ Ja.iii.30; sumana˚ Ja.iv.455.

Sk. dāman to dyati to bind (Gr….

Dāya¹

wood jungle, forest; a grove Vin.i.10 (miga˚), Vin.i.15, Vin.i.350; Vin.ii.138; SN.ii.152 (tiṇa˚); SN.iv.189 (bahukaṇṭaka d. = jungle) AN.v.337 (tiṇa˚); Ja.iii.274; Ja.vi.278. See al …

panther, leopard, tiger Vin.i.186 dīpicamma a leopard skin = Sk. dvīpicarman); AN.iii.101; Ja.i.342; Ja.ii.44, Ja.ii.110; Ja.iv.475; Ja.v.408; Ja.vi.538. dīpi-rājā king of the panthers Vism.270
■ f …

Dūta¹

a messenger, envoy Vin.i.16 Vin.ii.32, Vin.ii.277; DN.i.150; SN.iv.194; Snp.411 (rāja˚), Snp.417. deva˚ Yama’s envoy, Death’s messenger AN.i.138, AN.i.142; MN.ii.75 sq.; Ja.i.138
■ …

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

the plant Cassia Tora (cp. Sk. eḍagaja the ringworm-shrub, Cassia Alata, after Halāyudha), Ja.iii.222 (= kambojī C.).

dial.?

The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.

1. gacch˚, in
   pres gacchati;
   imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
   pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …

…at Dhp-a.iii.362 by ajagara˚ the grip of a boa, kumbhīla˚ of a crocodile yakkha˚ of a demon). sagaha having…

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

…the king of the elephants Mil.346.

Sk. gaja

Err:501

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. …

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 …

furnished with netting (?) (Hardy in Index) Vv-a.276, of a carriage (= suvaṇṇajālavitata).

see gavaya.

(and gavaja) a species of ox, the gayal Ja.v.406. (˚ja = khagga) Mil.149; Dhs-a.331.

Sk. gavaya, cp. gavala, buffalo

1. a drop, i.e. a fall: see gaḷāgala.
2. a swelling, a boil (= gaṇḍa Ja.iv.494 (mattā gajā bhinnagaḷā elephants in rut, with the temple-swellings broken; expl. p. Ja.iv.497 by madaṃ gaḷantā); Snp.61 …

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

1. a swelling, esp. as a disease, an abscess, a boil. Freq. in similes with ref. to kāma and kāya. Mentioned with similar cutaneous diseases under kilāsa (q.v. for loci). As epithet of kāya SN.iv.83 = …

adjective noun a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opp. pabbajita & paribbājaka). Geu. sg. gihissa (DN.iii.147, DN.iii.167) & gihino (DN.iii.174); n. pl. gihī; in compounds *gihī …

1. (m.) a vulture. Classed with kāka, crow & kulala, hawk MN.i.88; (kākā +), MN.i.364 (in simile, with kankā & kulatā), MN.i.429 (do.); Snp.201 (kākā +); Pv-a.198 (+ kulalā). It occurs also in the …

…J.P.T.S. 1884, 79 to vaja “a pen,” cp Marāthī vraja “a station of cowherds,” Hindi vraja “a cow-pen”; the Vedic giribhraj˚…

…also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i.429); instr. gavena, gāvena; acc gavaṃ, gāvan; abl….

swelling, pimple, pustule, blight, in cpd. guḷā-guṇṭhika-jāta DN.ii.55, which is also to be read at AN.ii.211 (in spite of Morris, prelim. remarks to AN.ii.4 whose trsln. is otherwise correct) = g …

Guṇa¹

1. a string, a cord-
   1. of a robe, etc., in (kāya-bandhanaṃ) saguṇaṃ katvā to make tight by tying with a knot Vin.i.46 (Vin. Texts: “laying the garments on top of each other,” …

to cause to take; to cause to be seized or fetched; to remove. Aor, gāhāpesi Ja.i.53; Ja.ii.37; gāhāpayi Pv.iv.1#42
ger gāhāpetvā Ja.i.166; Ja.ii.127; Ja.iii.281; Dhp-a.i.62 (patta-cīvaraṃ) With d …

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

pea MN.i.245; Ja.v.405 (= aparaṇṇajā ti 406); Ja.vi.537; hareṇuka-yūsa pea-soup MN.i.245 (one of the 4 kinds of soup).

cp. Sk. hareṇukā

Haṃsa¹

bristling: see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.

fr. haṃsati

Haṃsa²

1. a water-bird, swan SN.i.148; Snp.221, Snp.350, Snp.1134; Dhp.91, Dhp.175; Dhp-a.ii.170; Ja.ii.176 sq.; Snp …

1. bristling, standing on end MN.i.83; Dāvs v.64; lomahaṭṭhajāta (cp. ˚loma) with bristling hairs, excited DN.ii.240; Snp.p.14.
2. joyful, happy Vin.i.15; Snp.1017; Ja.i.31, Ja.i.335; Ja.ii.32; ofte …

the plant asafetida Vin.i.201; Vv-a.186.

• -cuṇṇa powder of asafetida Dhp-a.iv.171.
• -rāja a sort of bird Ja.vi.539.

Sk. hingu

1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …

…at Cnd.255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. to kāma, dosa & other evil…

…at Cnd.255 (and passim): pajahati vinodeti byantikaroti anabhāvaṃ gameti. Lit. as well as fig.; esp. w. ref. to kāma, dosa & other evil…

…Pv-a.63 (˚bhāva, state of being old)- a˚; not fading (cp. amata & ajarāmara), of Nibbāna SN.iv.369.

From intensive of jarati

creature, living being:

1. sg. an individual, a creature person, man Snp.121, Snp.676, Snp.807, Snp.1023 (sabba everybody) Usually collectively: people, they, one (= Fr. on), with pl. of verb Dhp.249 …

…Snp.899, Snp.902 Cnd.79 (= pajappati),
pp jappita Snp.902. See also jappā, jappanā, etc., also abhijjappati & pa˚.

not, as customary, to…

…Snp.581, Snp.1092, Snp.1094 ajarāmara not subject to decay & death (cp. ajajjara Th II, 512; Pv.ii.6#11; Vv.63#11; Ja.iii.515.

*…

…in phrase thāmajavasampanna endowed with strength & swiftness Ja.i.62; Vv-a.104; Pv-a.4; Mil.4
■ javena (instr.) speedily…

vanquishing, overcoming, victory DN.i.10; Snp.681; Ja.ii.406; opp. parājaya Vism.401.

• -ggaha the lucky die Ja.iv.322 (= kaṭaggaha, q.v.)
• -parājaya victory & defeat Dhp.2 …

…beautiful MN.i.30 (jaññajañña, cp. MN.i.528); Ja.ii.417 (= manāpa sādhu). a˚; Ja.ii.436.

= janya, cp. jātya; see…

one who wears a jaṭā, i.e. a braid of hair, or who has his hair matted, an ascetic. enumerated amongst other ʻreligious’ as ājīvikā nigaṇṭhā j paribbājakā Cnd.308; ājīvikā nig˚ j. tāpasā Cnd.149 Cnd.5 …

to be awake, to be watchful, to be on the alert (cp. guttadvāra) Dhp.60 (dīghā jāgarato rattī), Dhp.226; Iti.41; Mil.300
pp jāgarita (q.v.).

Sk. jāgarti to be awake (redupl. p …

… ■ Also in -ṃ bhajati to pursue watchfulness (bhajetha keep vigil) Iti.42; Snp.926 (niddaṃ na bahulīkareyya j˚ṃ bhajeyya…

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. …

adjective knowing or knowable, understandable Ja.iii.24 (= jānamāna). dujjāna difficult to understand DN.i.170, DN.i.187; MN.i.487; MN.ii.43. su˚ recognizable, intelligible Pv.i …

knowledge, cognizance, recognition; intelligence, learning, skill Ja.i.145 (attānaṃ-˚kālato paṭṭhāya from the time of self-recognition), Ja.i.200 (-˚manta knowledge of a spell, a spell known by tum …

Jāni¹

feminine deprivation, loss, confiscation of property; plundering, robbery; using force, ill-treatment DN.i.135 = AN.i.201 (vadhena vā bandhena vā jāniyā vā); SN.i.66 (hatajānisu), J …

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

1. jān:
   pres jānāti
   pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

…Pv.ii.7#5; very freq. w. rajata (silver), in the prohibition of accepting gold & silver (DN.i.5)≈ as well as in other connections, e.g….

…ye vajanti punappunaṃ… avijjāy’ eva sā gati Snp.729 7. as Nos. 1 + 2, which implies the whole series: atāri so…

adjective of good birth, having natural or genuine qualities, noble, excellent Snp.420 (vaṇṇārohena sampanno jātimā viya khattiyo); Ja.i.342 (jātimanta-kulaputtā). Of a precious stone: maṇi veḷuriyo …

…appearance of banners (-dhaja) Ja.v.195; Ja.vi.412. In compounds kadali˚.

• -khandha the trunk of the plantain tree,…

…passage included under rajataṃ, silver, together with loha-māsaka, dārumāsaka and jatu-māsaka); SN.i.82; AN.i.250; Vin.ii.294…

1. a squirrel Mil.368.
2. an (ornamental) cloth or mat, spread as a seat Ja.vi.224; -nivāpa Name of a locality in Veḷuvana, near Rājagaha, where oblations had been made to squirre …

1. the unlucky die (see akkha); “the dice were seeds of a tree called the vibhītaka… An extra seed was called the kali” (Dial. ii.368 n. DN.ii.349; Ja.i.380; Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii …

kind of pea, the chick-pea MN.i.245 (kaḷāya); SN.i.150; AN.v.170; Snp.p.124; Ja.ii.75 (= varaka, the bean Phaseolus trilobus, and kālarāja-māsa); Ja.iii.370; Dhp-a.i.319. Its size may be gathered f …

…272; Cp. compounds: kammaja (resulting from karma Bdhd 68, Bdhd 72, Bdhd 75; ˚-vātā, birth-pains i.e. the winds resulting from karma…

gold, usually as uttatta˚; molten gold; said of the colour of the skin Bv.i.59; Pv.iii.3#2; Ja.v.416; Pv-a.10 suvaṇṇa).

• -agga gold-crested Ja.v.156;
• -chavin of golden co …

…cp. Ja.v.205 sukaṇhajaṭila. -añjana glossy polish Ja.v.155 (explained as sukhumakaṇha-lom’ ācitattā). 3. of the black trail…

…“born of kamma” in karaja-kāya the body sprung from action, an expression always used in a contemptible manner, therefore = the impure,…

Karaka¹

1. Water-pot, drinking-vessel (= pānīya-bhājana Pv-a.251). It is one of the seven requisites of a samaṇa Vin.ii.302. It is called dhammakaraka there and at Vin.ii.118, Vin.ii. …

Karati¹

to cut, injure, hurt; in “karato kārayato chindato chedāpayato…” DN.i.52 = MN.i.516; SN.iii.208.

cp. Sk. kṛntati

Karati²

(˚tī) feminine a superior kind of bean, the D …

1. a basket or box of wicker-work Mhvs.31, Mhvs.98; Dāvs v.60; Dhp-a.iii.18.
2. the cast skin, slough of a serpent DN.i.77 (= DN-a.i.222 ahi-kañcuka) cp. Dial. i.88.

cp. Sk. karaṇḍa, ˚ka, ˚ikā. …

…mercy Dāvs iii.46

• -guṇaja originating in the quality of compassion Sdhp.570;
• -jala water of c., shower of mercy Mil.22;…

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 …

one who makes or creates, a maker, doer; in foll. construction.

I. Dependent

Either in verb-function with acc., as n. agent to all phrases with karoti e.g. pañhaṃ karo …

kind of tree (dāsima˚) Ja.vi.536 (explained as “dve rukkhajātiyo”). BB have koñcaka.

1. doubt, uncertainty SN.i.181; SN.iii.203 (dukkhe k. etc.; cp. Cnd.1); Snp.541, Snp.1149; ˚ṃ vinayati Snp.58, Snp.559, Snp.1025; k. pahīyati Pts.ii.62; combined with vimati: DN.i. …

porridge of broken rice, eaten together with sour gruel (bilanga-dutiya; always in this combination except at Ja.v.230) Vin.ii.77 (cp. Vin. Texts iii.9) SN.i.90, SN.i.91; AN.i.145; AN.iv.392; Ja.i. …

…votes ibid. Cp. upakaṇṇakajappin.

• -jappana whispering into the ear DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.
• -tela…

1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

Kaṭa¹

a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.

• -sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine Dhs-a.78.
• -sāra (Dhp-a.i.268) & *[sāraka](/define/sāraka …

…tikaṭuka, cp kaṭula): ajamoja, hingujīraka, lasuṇa; Pv-a.135; Dhp-a.ii.131. -bhāva stinginess Dhs-a.376….

…agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati “to shave off hair & beard, dress in yellow robes and leave the home for the homeless state, i.e. renounce the…

…Suvaṇṇa-khacita-gajak’ attharaṇā “elephants’ trappings interwoven with gold” Vv-a.104; of a chair, inlaid with pearls…

…a rhinoceros Ja.v.406 (= gavaja); Ja.v.416; Ja.vi.277 (˚miga), Ja.vi.538. In cpd. -visāṇā (cp. BSk khaḍgaviṣāṇa Divy.294 = Snp.36)…

adjective noun to be eaten or chewed, eatable, solid food, usually in cpd. -bhojja solid and other food, divided into 4 kinds, viz. asita, pīta, khāyita sāyita Pv.i.5#2 (= Pv-a.2 …

adjective eatable, i.e. solid food (as ˚bhojjanāni opposed to yāgu Pv-a.23); (nt.) Ja.i.186 (of 18 kinds, opp. yāgu); Ja.i.235 (id.); Mil.294 -˚bhājaka prec.

fr. last

only applied to a horse shaking, a shaker, racer (esp. as java AN.i.287), fig. of purisa at Anguttara passages. Described as bold and hard to manage AN.iv.190 sq.; as a horse which cannot be trusted a …

…Pv-a.56 nigrodhassa khandhaja (see compounds) SN.i.207 = Snp.272 mūlaṃ atikkamma kh˚ ṃ sāraṃ pariyesitabbaṃ “one must go beyond…

nom. also khattiyāse Ja.iii.441. A shortened form is khatya Ja.vi.397
■ f. khattiyā AN.iii.226–⁠AN.iii.229, khattī DN.i.193, and khattiyī. A member of one of the clans or tribes recognised as of Ary …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

adjective

1. humpbacked Ja.v.426 (+ piṭhasappī); DN-a.i.148 (in combination with vāmana kirāta); f. Dhp-a.i.194, Dhp-a.i.226.
2. small, inferior, in kh˚-rājā a smaller, subordinate king Sdhp.453 …

food, in rāja˚ royal food Snp.831 (rājakhādāya puṭṭho = rājakhādanīyena rājabhojanīyena posito Mnd.171; where printed ˚khadāya throughout).

certain measure of capacity (esp. of grain, see below khārika). It is used of the eight requisites of an ascetic, and often in conn. with his yoke (kāja): “a khārī-load.”

• -kāja …

…vā muñjamayaṃ vā babbaja-mayaṃ vā anto saṃveṭhetvā baddhaṃ hoti. Cp. Vin. Texts i.34; iii.165); Ja.v.407 Also in list of 16…

…SN.i.237; kodhaṃ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṃ “give up anger, renounce conceit Ja.i.23 Ja.i.25 = Dhp.221; kodhaṃ pajahanti vipassino: “the…

…of (good) family (cp. kulaja); as-˚, belonging to the family of… DN.i.89; DN-a.i.252; Mil.256
■ khīṇa-kolañña (adj.) one who…

to set into agitation, to shake, to disturb: rājadhamme akopetvā not disturbing the royal rules Pv-a.161; Ja.ii.366 = Dhp-a.iv.88; kammaṃ kopetuṃ Vin.iv.153 to find fault with a lawful decision kāya …

Kosa¹

masculine neuter any cavity or enclosure containing anything, viz.

1. a store-room or storehouse, treasury or granary AN.iv.95 (rāja˚); Snp.525; Ja.iv.409 (= wealth, stores); Ja.vi …

“of the kukku-measure,” to be measured by a kukku. Of a stone-pillar, 16 k’s high SN.v.445; AN.iv.404
■ akukkuka-jāta of enormous height (of a tree) MN.i.233 = SN.iii.141 (text: akukkajāta = SN …

…vv.ll. kuladhaṃsana and kusajantuno. Should it be read as kulangāraka? Cp. gandhina; -geha clanhouse i.e. father’s house…

potter; only in -cakka a potter’s wheel Ja.i.63; -bhājana a potter’s vessel Dhp-a.i.316; Pv-a.274.

1. a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …

(kuṃ + bhīra?) a crocodile (of the Ganges) Ja.i.216, Ja.i.278; Dhp-a.i.201; Dhp-a.iii.362.

-bhaya the fear of the crocodile, in enumeration of several objects causing fear, at …

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 …

…(together with akusalaṃ pajahati to give up wrong habits) AN.i.58; AN.iv.109 sq.; Iti.9
■ akusala adj.: improper…

wall built of wattle and daub, in -nagaraka “a little wattle and daub town” DN.ii.146, DN.ii.169 (cp. Rh.D. on this in Buddh Suttas p. 99). Three such kinds of simply-built walls are mentioned a …

kind of root (Wrightia antidysenterica or Nericum antidysentericum), used as a medicine Vin.i.201 (cp. Vin. Texts ii.45).

family property & estates Ja.i.122, Ja.i.225; rāja˚ (and ˚kuṭumbaka) the king’s property Ja.i.369 Ja.i.439
■ kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapeti to set up an establishment Ja.i.225; Ja.ii.423; Ja.iii.376.

Kuṭṭa¹

powder. Sāsapa˚ mustard powder Vin.i.205; Vin.ii.151 (at the latter passage to be read for ˚kuḍḍa, cp. Vin Texts iii.171), Vin.ii.205.

cp. koṭṭeti, kuṭ; to crush, which is expl …

Kāca¹

a glass-like substance made of siliceous clay; crystal Vin.i.190; Vin.ii.112 (cp Divy.503, kācamaṇi rock-crystal)
■ a˚; not of glass or quartz, i.e. pure, clear, flawless, appl …

Err:508

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

…manāpā piyarūpā k˚ rajaniyā “forms (sounds etc. = any object of sense), desirable, lovely, agreeable pleasant, endowed with…

(-˚) adjective doing: yathāvādī tathākārī “as he says so he does” DN.iii.135, Snp.357; see for examples the various compounds as kamma˚, kibbisa˚, khaṇḍa˚, chidda˚ dukkaṭa˚, dvaya˚, paccakkha˚, pubba …

…ratha (SN.iv.292) dhaja, vammīka (MN.i.144), kuṭikā (Thag.1); and at Kp-a.38 the foll. def.: kāye ti sarīre, sarīraṃ hi…

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

…Pv-a.282 (˚dhaja with a flag on the summit); Dhp-a.iv.186. In compounds: -˚ matta as big as an upper chamber Ja.i.273; Mil.67;…

(having) obtained, taken, received Snp.106, Snp.239; Ja.v.171; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.133 (kiñci laddhaṃ); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.37 (kaññā laddhā); Pv-a.5
■ laddhatvaṃ at Ja.iv.406 is to be corrected to uddhatvā …

1. sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …

adjective hanging down, able to hang or bend down (with ref. to the membrum virile) Vin.iii.35 (“tassa bhikkhussa angajātaṃ dīghaṃ hoti lambati tasmā lambī ti vutto” Sam. Pās. i.278).

fr. lamb

…in cpd. lapana-ja “mouth born,” i.e. tooth Ja.vi.218 (= mukhaja C.). Cp. ālapana ālapanatā, ullapana.

…= na lapayeyya lapanaṃ pajaheyya Mnd.389); Dhp-a.ii.157. Infin. lapetave (only in Gāthā language cp. Geiger P.Gr. § 204) Ud.21
pp…

to stamp, to seal Dhp-a.i.35 (sāsanaṃ rāja-muddāya lañchanto)
caus lañcheti.

1. to seal Ja.i.452 (spelt lañjetvā); Ja.ii.326, Ja.vi.385; Snp-a.577 (rāja-muddikāya); Dhp-a …

, only in aja˚; goat’s dirt, pellet of goat’s dung Ja.i.419; Pv-a.283.

fr. laṇḍa

…to greed “of the nature of greed” causing greed Iti.84 (˚eyya). See rajaniya. 2. desirable Mil.361 (paduma).

grd. formation fr. lobha

…to greed “of the nature of greed” causing greed Iti.84 (˚eyya). See rajaniya. 2. desirable Mil.361 (paduma).

grd. formation fr. lobha

…to greed “of the nature of greed” causing greed Iti.84 (˚eyya). See rajaniya. 2. desirable Mil.361 (paduma).

grd. formation fr. lobha

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 …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

Lokiya & lokika

(adj.)

1. (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
   1. world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
   2. (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …

Lāja & Lājā

feminine

1. fried grain, parched corn: occurring only in combination madhu-lāja fried grain with honey, sweet corn Ja.iii.538; Ja.iv.214, Ja.iv.281.
2. the flower of Dalbergia arborea …

to fry or have fried Ja.vi.341 (variant reading lañc˚, lañj˚), Ja.vi.385 (lañchetvā; variant reading lañci˚, lañje˚).

fr. lāja

Lāja & Lājā

feminine

1. fried grain, parched corn: occurring only in combination madhu-lāja fried grain with honey, sweet corn Ja.iii.538; Ja.iv.214, Ja.iv.281.
2. the flower of Dalbergia arborea …

…Ja.vi.269 (id.); Kp-a.62, Kp-a.63 Thag-a.270. Laja & Laja

cp. Sk. dākṣā

(-˚) cutter, reaper AN.iii.365 = SN.iii.155 (read babbaja˚).

fr. lāyati

the God of Death, the Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama SN.i.156; Snp.357 (gen. maccuno), Snp.581 (instr maccunā), Snp.587; Thag.411; Dhp.21, Dhp.47, Dhp.128, Dhp.135, Dhp.150 Dhp.287; Vb …

adj. nt.

1. intoxicating DN.ii.185 (sadda vaggu rajanīya kāmanīya m.).
2. intoxication Vv-a.73.

orig. grd. of madati

1. crushing etc.; kneading, paste, in piṭṭha paste of flower Vin.ii.151; Ja.iii.226 (piṭṭhi˚).
2. [dialectical, cp. Sk. madra] Name of a country & its inhabitants, in -raṭṭha Sn …

adj. nt.

1. mild, gentle, soft, suave Dhs.1340; Vb.359; Mil.229 (cittaṃ mudukaṃ m. siniddhaṃ), Mil.313 (mudu˚), Mil.361 (among the 30 best virtues, with siniddha & mudu).
2. (fr. madda) as Np. name o …

honey Ja.i.157 sq.; Ja.iv.117; Dhp.69 (madhū vā read as madhuvā); Mhvs.5, Mhvs.53; Dhs-a.330; Dhp-a.ii.197 (alla fresh honey)
■ pl. madhūni Mhvs.5, Mhvs.31
■ The Abhp (533) also gives “wine fr …

…[cp. Sk. m- rajana] safflower, used for dyeing Vin.i.185 (sandals); Vin.ii.267 (cloaks).

• -rājā great…

…(kasāvaṭa m. nihīnajacca); Ja.iii.452; Ja.iv.365.

Vedic mala, see etym. under malina. The Dhtm (395) only knows of one root mal or…

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 …

coal-pan, a vessel for holding embers for the sake of heating Vin.i.32 (= aggi-bhājana C.); Vv-a.147 (mandamukhī, stands for angara-kapalla p. 142 in explⁿ of hattha-patāpaka Vv.33#32) …

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 …

…(sic.) vināsetī ti v. and Kp-a.24 (veraṃ maṇātī ti v., veraṃ pajahati vinodeti etc.).

cp. Sk. mṛṇāti, mṛ²

… fr….

adjective (˚-) made of clay, clay-; only in compounds:

• -kuṇḍala clay earring SN.i.79 (variant reading mattikā˚).
• -bhājana clay or earthenware vessel …

1. to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …

…suvaṇṇa-guhā, m.˚, rajata˚. At the entrance of it there grows the Mañjūsaka tree).

• -canda “the jewelled moon,”…

…simile), Vism.174 (tipu˚ & rajata˚ lead- & silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a.147 (of a fan = tālapattehi kata˚-vījanī). 2. the…

adjective noun a district officer king’s deputy Vin.iii.47 f. maṇḍalikā = maṇḍala 4 i.e. circus, ring, round, in assa˚; race court Vin.iii.6.

fr. maṇḍala, cp. maṇḍalaka-rājā “the king of a small …

certain weapon MN.i.281 (˚ṃ nāma āvudhajātaṃ; Neumann trsl^s “Mordwaffe”).

doubtful

…Snp.196; Ja.iii.484 (ajakaraṃ medaṃ = ajakara-medaṃ C.); Kp iii. (explained at Vism.262 as “thīnasineha” thick or coagulated…

adjective intelligent, wise, often combined with paṇḍita & bahussuta;: DN.i.120; SN.iv.375; AN.iv.244; Vin.iv.10, Vin.iv.13, Vin.iv.141; Snp.323 (acc. medhāvinaṃ + bahussutaṃ), Snp.627, Snp.1008 (E …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase ˚ṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevati to cohabit Vin.i.96; DN.ii.133; Snp.291, Sn …

1. a wild animal, an animal in its natural state (see compounds).
2. a deer, antelope, gazelle Various kinds are mentioned at Ja.v.416; two are given at Cnd.509, viz. eṇi (antelope) & …

…DN.iii.264 Thag.965 (˚rajana “of foreign dye” trsl.; Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. translates “vermiljoen kleurig”). As milakkhuka at…

…combined Ja.ii.8 (phalika˚ rajata-pabbata mountain of silver mixed with crystal); Vb-a.16 (lokiya-lokuttara˚); usually ˚-, like -āhāra…

to deceive, to befool, to take in, surprise, delude, aor 2^nd sg. amohayi Snp.352; 3^rd sg. amohayi SN.iv.158; Iti.58 (maccu-rājan; vv.ll. asamohayi & asamohari) reading somew …

1. a seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma (amacca) & mudda-paṭilābha.
2. the art of calculation …

…the face Ja.vi.218 (uṇṇaja m.); Pv-a.74, Pv-a.75, Pv-a.77; ˚ṃ karoti to make a face (i.e. grimace Vism.343
■ adho˚; face…

…a kind of girdle Vin.ii.136.

cp. Epic. & Class. Sk. muraja, Prk. murava: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 254

…at Mvu. 11, 14, viz. haya-gaja-rath’ āmalakā valay’anguli-veṭhakā kakudha-phala-pākatikā, i.e horse-, elephant-, waggon-,…

I. Forms

The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚; are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚; is the active base, and mucc˚; the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñ …

…usually combined with asampajañña, DN.iii.213; AN.v.149; Pp.21; Dhs.1349 (where read: yā asati ananussati… adhāraṇatā pilāpanatā…

…Mhvs.18, Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚ mahābodhi). 2. (perhaps to māla) bearing a stain of, muddy, in pheṇa˚; with a surface (or is it garland)…

stronghold, citadel, fortress a (fortified) town, city. As seat of the government as important centre of trade contrasted with gāma nigama (village & market-place or township) Vin.iii.47 (˚bandhana), …

Nahāru & Nhāru

sinew, tendon muscle. In the anatomy of the body n. occupies the place between maṃsa (flesh, soft flesh) & aṭṭhi (bone) as is seen from ster. sequ …

…for Aśvinī, Satabhisaja for Śatatāraka). enumerated at Abhp. 58–⁠60 as follows Assayuja [Sk. Aśvinī] Bharaṇī, Kattikā,…

Nahāru & Nhāru

sinew, tendon muscle. In the anatomy of the body n. occupies the place between maṃsa (flesh, soft flesh) & aṭṭhi (bone) as is seen from ster. sequ …

…Ud.85; ye ’dha pajahanti kāmarāgaṃ bhavarāgânusayañ ca pahāya parinibbānagatā Vv.53#24
■ vana…

…Snp.962 (malaṃ = pajahati (Mnd.478); Dhp.239 (id.); Mil.43
pp niddhanta).

in form = Sk. nirdhmāti, nis +…

…Dhs-a.2; Pv-a.189 (= viraja); Dhp-a.i.41.

Sk. nirdośa, nis + dosa¹

Niddosa²

adjective free from hatred Ja.iv.10…

1. (n.) tying down to; ground (lit. or fig.), foundation, occasion source, origin, cause; reason, reference, subject (“sujet”) MN.i.261; AN.i.134 sq.; AN.i.263 sq., AN.i.338; AN.ii.196 AN.iv.128 sq.; …

member of the Jain order (see MN.i.370–MN.i.375 MN.i.380 & cp. jaṭila) Vin.i.233 (Nātaputta, the head of that Order, cp. DN.i.57; also Sīho senāpati n-sāvako); SN.i.78 SN.i.82 (˚bhikkhā); AN.i.205 sq …

…(wrongly) proposes reading virajjhi).

Pass. of nirajati, nis + ajati, Vedic nirajati to drive out cattle

…Thag.478; Iti.83 (nirākare) Ja.iii.280 = Ja.v.498; Ja.iv.302; Pv.iii.9#6 (= chaḍḍeti pajahati Pv-a.211); Vv-a.109
pp (a)nirākata…

…Thag.478; Iti.83 (nirākare) Ja.iii.280 = Ja.v.498; Ja.iv.302; Pv.iii.9#6 (= chaḍḍeti pajahati Pv-a.211); Vv-a.109
pp (a)nirākata…

“bull among men,” i.e. prince, leader; “princeps,” best of men epithet of the Buddha SN.i.28, SN.i.48, SN.i.91; MN.i.386; Ja.v.70 Ja.vi.526; Vv.16#7 (isi˚), cp. Vv-a.83 for explⁿ; Vv.63#7 …

adjective sharp MN.i.281 (āvudhajāta pīta˚?); Ja.iv.118 (su˚); Vv-a.233; Pv-a.155, Pv-a.192, Pv-a.213.

Sk. niśita, ni + pp. of śā to whet

adjective having lost his (or its) splendour or prosperity Ja.vi.225 (ājīvika), Ja.vi.456 (rājabhavana).

nis + sirī

preposition accusative leaning on (in all fig. meanings) Cnd.368 (= upanissāya, ārammaṇaṃ ālambanaṃ karitvā).

1. near, near by, on, at Ja.i.167 (pāsānapiṭṭhaṃ), Ja.i.221 (padumasaraṃ); Pv-a.24 (bāhā …

1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …

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 “ …

mariner, sailor, skipper Mil.365.

Sk. nāvāja = Gr. ναυηγός, cp. Lat. navigo

…as a tube holds AN.ii.199; Pv-a.283; Dhp-a.ii.70; Ja.i.419 (of aja-laṇḍikā).

Sk. nāḍī, see nala

adjective free from passion Sdhp.370.

Sk. nīraja, nis + raja

…indeed Snp.1058 (api nūna pajaheyyuṃ); AN.v.194; Ja.i.60; Ja.v.90; Pv.ii.9#24 (nuna) Mil.20; Dhs-a.164; Pv-a.95 (nuna as variant reading; text…

Ocināti (ocinati)

1. = Sk. avacinoti, ava + ci¹ to gather, pluck, pick off Dhp-a.i.366; also in pp. ocita.
2. Sk. avacinoti or ˚ciketi ava + ci², cp. ap …

Ocināti (ocinati)

1. = Sk. avacinoti, ava + ci¹ to gather, pluck, pick off Dhp-a.i.366; also in pp. ocita.
2. Sk. avacinoti or ˚ciketi ava + ci², cp. ap …

adjective white, clean, dressed in white SN.ii.284 (variant reading SS odāta); Thag.965 (dhaja).

fr. odāta

in odīrakajāta SN.iv.193 should with variant reading be read ocīraka “with its bark off”, stripped of its bark.

= ava + cira + ka

…+ hīyati, Pass. of ha, see avajahāti

…+ hīyati, Pass. of ha, see avajahāti

…SN.i.212 (so read for ovajaṁ; phrase ojavaṁ asecanakaṁ of Nibbāna, translated “elixir”) Thag.2, 196 (identical ojavantaṁ…

richness in sap, strength giving (nourishing) quality. Ja.i.68 (of milk)

abstr. fr. ajavant

to conquer, vanquish, subdue Ja.vi.222 (ojināmase).

Sk. avajayati, ava + ji

adjective noun fit for riding, suitable as conveyance, state-elephant (of the elephant of the king) SN.v.351 = Ne.136 (variant reading opaguyha C. explains by ārohana-yogga); Ja.ii.20 (SS opavuyha); …

to take down, bring down, deprive of, lay aside, take away, cut off (hair) Vv-a.64 (bhattabhājanaṃ oropeti)-ger. oropayitvā Snp.44 (= nikkhipitvā paṭippassambhayitvā Cnd.181 apanetvā Snp-a.91); J …

Osaṭa

having withdrawn to (acc.), gone to or into, undergone, visited MN.i.176, MN.i.469 (padasamācāro sangha-majjhe o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā bahū). See also * …

…See vossagga.

fr. ossajati

Avassajati & ossajati

to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava) Ja.iv.425; Ja.v.487 (aor. avassaji read for avissaji).

ava +…

release, dismissal, sending off DN-a.i.130.

fr. ossajati

… pp ossaṭṭha. See also avassajati.

o + sṛj send off

let loose, released, given up, thrown down DN.ii.106; SN.iii.241; Ja.i.64; Ja.iv.460 (= nissaṭṭha).

pp. of ossajati

at SN.i.212 read ojava.

…forth; ˚dhāvati run out ˚bajati go forth; ˚sāreti stretch out; etc. 2. (intensive in a marked degree, more than ordinarily (cp. E. up in cut…

…Ja.v.202; Ja.vi.508. For further refs. see babbaja.

Sk. balbaja, cp. Geiger P.Gr. § 39. 6

going into an ascetic life Ja.iii.393 (a˚).

fr. pabbajati

…Pv-a.12 pabbajjaṃ pabbajati to go into the holy life (of an ascetic friar, wanderer etc.): see pabbajjā
caus…

…DN-a.i.270; Dhp-a.i.133; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.55.

pp. of pabbajati, cp. BSk. pravrājita Divy.236

…(or pabbajana), if viewed as the act of the candidate of orders, and pabbājana (q.v.) if viewed as the…

…Yugandhara Pv-a.137; Rajata Ja.i.50; Vipula Ja.vi.518; Sineru SN.ii.139; Ja.i.48 passim; Suvaṇṇa Ja.i.50; Ja.vi.514 (˚giritāla) 2. [cp…

…Dhp-a.iv.145.

fr. pa + Caus. of vraj, see pabbajati & pabbājeti

adjective belonging to banishment, deserving to be exiled Mil.186; also in cpd. -kamma excommunication, one of the 5 ecclesiastical acts enumerated at Vin.i.49, Vin.i.143. See also AN.i.79; Dhp-a. …

…(q.v.).

Caus. of pabbajati

cooking Ja.iii.425 (˚thālikā); Ja.v.385 (˚bhājana); Thag-a.29 (bhatta˚); DN-a.i.270; Pv-a.135.

fr. pac, su pacati

reborn, come to a new existence DN.i.62; DN.iii.264; MN.i.93; Pp.51.

pp. of paccājāyati

to be reborn in a new existence MN.iii.169; SN.ii.263; SN.v.466, SN.v.474
pp paccājāta (q.v.).

paṭi + ā + jāyati

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 …

…(usīraṃ muñjapubbajaṃ urasā padahessāmi “I shall stand against the grasses with my chest”; C. explains by dvedhā katvā purato…

indication, location, range, district; region, spot, place SN.ii.227, SN.ii.254 SN.v.201; AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.ii …

cleaving, bursting open, breaking Ne.61, Ne.112 (mohajāla˚); Thag-a.34 (mohakkhandha˚).

fr. padāleti

…cause to hold up or out, to cause to uphold or support Mil.21 (dhamma-dhajaṃ); Ja.v.248; Pv-a.74 (turiyāni).

pa + gaṇhāti

…pajahati (as contracted fr. pajahaṃ like pahatvāna for pajahitvāna at Snp.639), thus meaning “giving up entirely.” The same form in the…

to laugh, be joyful or cheerful Snp.887 (= haṭṭha pahaṭṭha Mnd.296; cp. Snp-a.555 hāsajāta) The pp. pahasita (q.v.) is derived fr. pres. pahasati which mak …

…Snp-a.8

fr. pa + hā, see pajahati

…= pahari Vv-a.113); and also 3rd sg. aor of pajahati e.g. at Snp.1057 (= pajahi Nd ii.under jahati)

is ger. of pajahati (q.v.).

adjective giving up, abandoning. Snp.1113 Snp.1132 cp. Cnd.431; Sdhp.500

fr. pa + hā, see pajahati

…Pts.i.63; Pts.ii.244; Pp.12, Pp.22.

pp. of pajahati

…Spelt pahiyyati at SN.v.150.

Pass. of pajahati

to laugh out loud Ja.vi.475.

pa + jagghati

adjective only neg. a˚; not giving anything up, greedy. AN.iii.76

pa + jaha, pres. base of jahati

…and pajahitvā. fut pajahissati SN.ii.226
grd pahātabba MN.i.7; Snp.558; Vv-a.73, & pajahitabba
pp…

to yearn for, crave, to be greedy after SN.i.5 = Ja.vi.25 (anāgataṃ = pattheti C.).

pa + jappeti

desired, longed for SN.i.181; Ja.vi.359.

pp. of pajappeti

desire, greed for, longing Ja.vi.25 (anāgata˚); Snp.592; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136.

pa + jappā

progeny, offspring, generation, beings, men, world (of men), mankind (cp. use of Bibl. Gr. γέννημα in same meaning) DN.ii.55; SN.v.346 SN.v.362 sq.; AN.ii.75 sq.; AN.iv.290; AN.v.232 sq., AN.v.253 sq. …

knowledge, understanding, discernment; used in exegetical literature as syn. of paññā Cnd.380 = Dhs.16, Dhs.20, Dhs.555; Pp.25; Ne.28 Ne.54. As nt. ˚a at Vism.436.

fr. pajānāti

to know, find out, come to know, understand, distinguish DN.i.45 (yathābhūtaṃ really truly), DN.i.79 (ceto paricca), DN.i.162, DN.i.249; Snp.626, Snp.726 sq., Snp.987; Iti.12 (ceto paricca); Dhp.402; …

(-ī)

1. (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20. (m.) Prajāpati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda & Brahmā, …

being born Vism.223.

fr. pa + jan

to be born or produced Ja.v.386; Ja.vi.14.

pa + jāyati

to embrace DN.ii.266; Ja.v.158 (aor. palissaji = ālingi C), Ja.v.204, Ja.v.215; Ja.vi.325.

pari + svaj

…Snp.1074, Snp.1144 (= vajati gacchati Cnd.423); Dhp.49; Mnd.172; Ja.v.173, Ja.v.241; Vv.84#36 (= gacchati Vv-a.345); Pv.i.11#1 (gacchati…

Pamukha¹

adjective lit. “in front of the face,” fore-part, first, foremost, chief, prominent SN.i.234, SN.i.235; Snp.791 (variant reading BB and Mnd.92 for pamuñca); Ja.v.5, Ja.v.169. loc …

…reference is made to mānadhaja (˚papātanaṃ which is opposed to dhamma-dhaja (-ussapana); thus we should explain as “one who has put down…

…or metri causa panūdeyya = pajaheyya etc. Mnd.385) Ja.vi.491 (1. pl. panudāmase)
ger panuditvā Snp-a.591, & panujja…

1. obstacle, impediment, a burden which causes delay hindrance, delay Dhp-a.i.18; Dhp-a.ii.91 (kathā˚). ˚ṃ karoti to delay, to tarry Ja.iv.145; ˚ṃ akatvā without delay Ja.i.260; Ja.vi.392
   ■ ati …

…fig. devil (cp. Sk. itarajana) MN.i.153, MN.i.210 -tthaddha [parā + tthaddha] propped against, founded on, relying on (with loc.)…

to wander about (as a religious mendicant) Snp.74, Snp.639; Iti.109; Dhp.346, Dhp.415; Ja.iv.452.

pari + vraj

Err:509

wandering man, a Wanderer, wandering religious mendicant, not necessarily Buddhist (cp. Muir, J.R.A.S. 1866, 321; Lassen, Ind. Alt ii.114, 277, 468; Vin. Texts i.41) Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.285 (bhikk …

wandering about or practising the customs of a mendicant Snp-a.434.

fr. paribbajati

…niddhamet[v]ā.

n. ag. of paribbajati

indeclinable lit. “going round,” i.e. having encircled grasped, understood; grasping, finding out, perceiving freq. in phrase cetasā ceto paricca (pajānāti) grasping fully with one’s mind, e.g. at D …

1. giving up, rejection, leaving Iti.11 Iti.12
2. giving out, bestowing, giving a donation Pv-a.124

fr. pariccajati

one who gives (up) or spends, a giver, donor Pv-a.7.

from preceding

…(read jīvitaṃ pariccajati for parivajjati; cp. BSk. jīvitaṃ parityakṣyāmi Avs.i.210); Sdhp.539
pp…

…Mil.280; Pv-a.178, Pv-a.219 (= virādhita); Sdhp.374.

pp. of pariccajati; cp. BSk. parityakta in meaning “given to the poor” Avs.i.3

…Pv-a.27, Pv-a.120 sq., Pv-a.124.

fr. pariccajati

1. to let fall away, to lose, to waste SN.ii.29; Ja.iv.214 (vegaṃ); Mil.244 (cittaṃ to lose heart, to despair); Pv-a.78.
2. to set aside, abandon, neglect, omit Vin.i.72 (rājakiccaṃ) Ja.ii.438; Ja.iv …

1. wiping off or out Pp.33 (ukkhali˚).
2. rubbing, grooming (a horse AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (ājānīya˚).

fr. parimajjati

(˚ssajati?) to embrace, enfold, Ja.i.466; Ja.vi.156 (˚itvā, variant reading ˚ssajitvā & palisajjitvā).

pari + svaj

surrounding people, group collection, company, assembly, association, multitude Var. typical sets of assemblies are found in the Canon viz, eight assemblies (khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚, gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, …

…at Vism.414 (Khandha˚ Dhajagga˚: SN.i.218 sq.; Āṭānāṭiya˚: DN.iii.195 sq. Mora˚: Ja.ii.33). Cf. Dialogues iii.185.

*…

making resound, resounding, in cpd godhā˚; “string-resounding,” i.e. a string instrument lute Ja.vi.580 (cp. Sk *parivāda an instrument with which the lute is played)
■ Another *[parivadentikā]( …

…(jīvitaṃ, for vijahati, better read with variant reading pariccajati).

pari + vajjeti, Caus. of vṛj

round, circle, succession, mainly in two phrases, viz. catu˚; fourfold circle MN.iii.67; SN.iii.59 (pañcupādāna-kkhandhe, cp aṭṭha-parivaṭṭa-adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304); and ñāti˚; circle …

to serve (with food = instr.), wait upon present, offer Vin.i.240 (bhatṭena); Vin.ii.77 (kaṇājakena bilangadutiyena); DN.ii.127; Ja.i.87, Ja.i.90; Ja.ii.277; Ja.iv.116; Pv.ii.8#4 (= bhojeti Pv-a.107) …

…(kāma˚), AN.i.137 (rāgaja mohaja etc.); AN.ii.197 (vighāta); AN.iii.3, AN.iii.245 sq., AN.iii.388 sq. AN.iv.461 sq.; Snp.715 (= rāgajo vā…

1. defeat DN.i.10; Ja.vi.209; Vv-a.139.
2. defeat in game, loss, losing at play SN.i.149 (dhana˚) = AN.v.171 = Snp.659; Ja.vi.234 (˚gāha sustainment of a loss).

parā + ji, opp. of jaya

to let loose, produce; to be attached to Snp.390 (= allīyati Snp-a.375).

pa + sṛj

1. path, road, way DN.i.63; Snp.176 (loc. pathe), Snp.385, Snp.540, Snp.868; Cnd.485 B (+ pantha, in explⁿ of magga); Ja.i.308 (loc. pathe); Ja.ii.39; Ja.vi.525 (abl. pathā); Thag.64; Pp.2 …

flag, banner (cp. dhaja) Ja.i.52; Vv-a.31, Vv-a.173.

cp. later Sk. patākā

…about, perambulate; ppr. pavajamāna SN.i.42 (but may be pavajjamāna “being predicated” in play of word with act pavadanto in same…

(-˚) entrance Thag-a.66 (Rājagaha˚); Dhp-a.iv.150.

fr. pa + viś

to distribute, to apportion SN.i.193 (˚bhajjaṃ, ppr., with jj metri causa) = Thag.1242 (˚bhajja ger.).

pa + vi + bhaj. Cp. Class Sk. pravibhāga division, distribution

…˚yojan-ubbedho gajavaro Vv-a.33 ˚bhūmako pāsādo Ja.i.58 (cp. the house of Death as 5 stories high in Grimm, Mārchen No. 42 ed….

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. * …

1. to make known, declare, point out, appoint, assign, recognise, define DN.i.119 (brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ), DN.i.180, DN.i.185, DN.i.237; Iti.98 (tevijjaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ), Pp.37, Pp.38; Pv-a.61 (āsanaṃ).
2. t …

known, renowned DN-a.i.143; ap˚ unknown, defamed Vin.iv.231; SN.iv.46; AN.iii.134 (where also der. appaññātika).

pp. of pajānāti

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 be (well) known, to be clear or evident, to be perceived, seen or taken for, to appear Iti.89; Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.95 (fut. paññāyissatha you will be well known); Dhp-a.ii.75; Pv-a.83 (pālito e …

…AN.iv.289; Snp.970 (˚danta rajassira with dirt between their teeth and dust on their heads, from travelling); AN.iii.236 (id.); AN.iv.362 (id.);…

…Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, sulasi˚; or tulasi˚ basil, kappāsika˚…

to divide MN.iii.91.

paṭi + bhaj

…SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; Dhp.220; Ja.i.56, Ja.i.65; DN-a.i.236; Pv-a.47. In special phrase *accayaṃ…

…SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; Dhp.220; Ja.i.56, Ja.i.65; DN-a.i.236; Pv-a.47. In special phrase *accayaṃ…

hostile king, royal adversary Ja.vi.472; Dhp-a.i.193.

paṭi + rājā

adjective equal, forming, a counterpart Mil.205 (rāja˚); neg. appaṭisama not having one’s equal, incomparable Ja.i.94; Mil.331.

paṭi + sama

adj. nt. only as t.t. in combination with kamma (official act, chapter), i.e. a formal proceeding by which a bhikkhu expiates an offence which he has committed against someone, reco …

to divide off, to divide into (equal) parts MN.i.58 (cp. MN.iii.91; paṭibhaj˚ & variant reading vibhaj˚).

paṭi + vibhajati

to recognise Vin.iii.130; Cnd.378 (ājānāti vijānāti p. paṭivijjhati); Mil.299.

paṭi + vi + jānāti

…(˚vattha); Dhp-a.ii.42 (rajata˚)
■ dupaṭṭa “double cloth, see under dvi B ii.

cp. late…

1. sent out or forth Snp.412 (rājadūta p.) Vv.21#7 (= uyyojita Vv-a.108); Dhp-a.iii.191 pesit-atta is the C. explⁿ at SN.i.53 (as given at K.S. 320) of pahit-atta (translation “ …

dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cp. pitṛyajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the “fathers, …

Peyya¹

to be drunk, drinkable, only in compound or neg. apeyya undrinkable AN.iii.188; Ja.iv.205 Ja.iv.213 (apo apeyyo). maṇḍa˚; to be drunk like cream, i.e. of the b …

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

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 …

to touch, attain Ja.v.251 (rājā dhammaṃ phassayaṃ = C. phassayanto; vv.ll. pa˚ phu˚); Mil.338 (amataṃ, cp. phusati), Mil.340 (phassayeyya Pot.)
pass phassīyati Vin.ii.148 (kavāṭā na ph.; variant r …

to shake, toss (or thunder?) only at two places in similar formula, viz. devatā sādhukāraṃ adaṃsu, brahmāno apphoṭesuṃ (variant reading appoṭh˚) Mil.13 Mil.18; Sakko devarājā appoṭhesi (variant readin …

one who seeks alms SN.iii.93 = Iti.89; cp. Np. ˚bhāradvāja Snp-a.346, Snp-a.514, Snp-a.570.

etym. unclear

Porisa¹

adjective noun

1. (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
2. (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstra …

…(sakuṇa˚); Pv-a.152 (gaja˚)
■ f potikā Ja.i.207 (haṃsa˚); Ja.iv.188 (mūsika˚). 2. a small branch, offshoot, twig; in twig; in…

Name of a (Non-Aryan) tribe, hence designation of a low social class, the members of which are said (in the Jātakas) to earn their living by means of refuseclearing On the subject see Fick, *Sociale …

indeclinable before (both local & temporal), thus either “before, in front” or “before, formerly, earlier.” In both meanings the opp. is pacchā -

1. local SN.i.176 (pure hoti t …

man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …

…viz. atraja p., khettaja dinnaka, antevāsika, or born of oneself, born on one’s land, given to one, i.e. adopted, one…

(usually -˚) a heap, pile, mass, multitude Vin.ii.211; Ja.i.146 (sabba-rogānaṃ). As in foll. compounds: aṭṭhi˚ Iti.17 (+ aṭṭhikandala); kaṭṭha˚ AN.iii.408; AN.iv.72; Ja.ii.327 …

Pācana¹

neuter bringing to boil, cooking Ja.i.318 (yāgu˚). Cp. pari˚.

fr. pac, Caus. pāceti

Pācana²

neuter a goad, stick SN.i.172; Snp.p.13; Snp.v.77; Ja.iii.281; Ja.iv.310 …

…Pali Grammar

§ 39#3); pra + aj: see aja

goad Snp-a.147.

fr. pa + aj, cp. pācana²

…(q.v.).

Caus. of pa + aj, cp. aja

to cause to drive or go on Ja.ii.296 (sakaṭāni); Ja.iii.51 (so read for pajāpeti; BB pāceti & pājeti).

Caus. of pājeti

adj. nt.

1. drinkable SN.ii.111.
2. drink, be erage, usually water for drinking Vin.ii.207; Vin.iv.263; Ja.i.198, Ja.i.450; Ja.iii.491 Ja.v.106, Ja.v.382; Pv.i.10#7; Pv.ii.1#19, Pv.ii.7#10; Pv-a.4, …

rock, stone AN.i.283; Snp.447; Ja.i.109, Ja.i.199; Ja.v.295; Vism.28, Vism.182, Vism.183; Vb-a.64 (its size as cp^d with pabbata); Dhp-a.iii.151; Dhs-a.389; Vv-a.157; Sdhp.328.

• *-[gu …

…off SN.i.197 (sakuṇo rajaṃ); Ja.i.93 (udakaṃ); Mil.305 (sāraṃ). 2. to bring to fall Ja.v.198; Mil.187. 3. to kill, destroy, cut off…

…as pīta, viz. vattha, dhaja, alankāra, candana, uppala pāsāda, āsana, bhojana, chatta, ratha, assa, bījanī the C. explⁿ of…

adjective putrid, stinking, rotten, fetid DN.ii.353 (khaṇḍāni pūtīni); MN.i.73, MN.i.89 = MN.iii.92 (aṭṭhikāni pūtīni); Vin.iii.236 (anto˚); SN.iii.54; Pv.i.3#2; Pv.i.6#1 (= kuṇapagandha Pv-a.32); Vi …

…Ja.v.186; Vb-a.331 (in simile)

fr. rajati

…Vb.341; Mil.263 Vism.205; Vb-a.458

rajo + ending ka, in combination *rajas-ka = rajakkha, like *puras-kata = purakkhata. The…

…The term as proposed would not occur by itself either (like rajakkha, only-˚)

abstr. fr. rajakkha

…vatthaṃ… sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin.i.50 = Vin.i.53 Vin.ii.227; Vin.i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚,…

the night Dāvs i.39; Abhp.69; Pv-a.205.

fr. raj, cp. rajanīya 2

…to aN variant reading rajanīyehi, and then as “rajanī ti vā rattīsu, ye ti nipātamattaṃ” and “virocasi rattiyaṃ.” Thus…

…as “kahāpaṇa”); Pv-a.95 (for rūpiya)

Vedic rajata; see etym. under rajati

… ■ Another grd. rajanīya in diff. meaning (see sep.). Caus. rajeti to paint, colour Thag.1155 (inf rajetave:…

kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty AN.iii.300 (˚ṃ kāreti); Snp.114, Snp.553 (˚ṃ kāreti to reign); Ja.i.57; Ja.i.64 (ekarattena tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms), J …

…grd rajjitabba Mil.386 (rajanīyesu r.; with dussanīyesu and muyhanīyesu; followed by kampitabba); fut rajjissati Dhs-a.194; aor. arañji…

…Snp.392.

raj, see rajati & rañjati. Vedic rajaḥ meaning: (a) space, as region of mist & cloud similar to antarīksa,…

kind of harmful (nocturnal) demon, usually making the water its haunt and devouring men Thag.931; Snp.310 (Asura˚) Ja.i.127 (daka˚ = udaka˚), Ja.i.170 (id.); Ja.vi.469 (id.); Dhp-a.i.367 (˚pariggahit …

…minerals) suvaṇṇa, rajata, muttā, maṇi, veḷuriya vajira, pavāḷa. (So at Abhp.490.) These 7 are said to be used in the outfit of a…

…of; rajati and rajana. It may also be taken as “bleached” in ratta-kambala. In ratta-phalika…

…excitement Dhs-a.363 (rañjan’ aṭṭhena rāgo; variant reading rajano˚; perhaps better to be read rajjana˚).

fr. rañjati

…be coloured or dyed Dhp-a.iv.106 (variant reading raj˚).

rañj = raj: see rajati & rajjati- Dhtp.66 & Dhtp.398 defines…

coloured, soiled, in raja˚; affected with stain, defiled Ja.i.117
■ See also anu˚ & pari˚.

pp. of rañjeti

…raj^1, rajati, to be coloured or to have colour

Raṅga²

a stage, theatre, dancing place, playhouse Vv.33#1;…

…it is almost syn. with raja. Bdhgh. explains this passage (see K.S. 320) as “rūpamhi jāti-jarā-bhanga-sankhātaṃ dosaṃ,…

…Ja.iv.362 (okiṇṇā raja-reṇūhi; C. explains by “paṃsūhi”); Mil.274 (pl.) Snp-a.132 (reṇuṃ vūpasāmeti allays). 2. pollen…

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

…ratta).

cp. Sk. rāga, fr. raj: see rajati

adjective (-˚) characteristic of the king, king-; in cpds arājaka without a king Ja.vi.39 (raṭṭhe); sarājaka including the king Tikp.26; f. sarājikā Vin.i.209 (parisā) Also …

… to be read as rajakkhatāya ph. (fr. rajakkha) The old Niddesa, however, reads ˚khādāya & explains the word (Mnd.171) by…

to shine Vv-a.134 (= vijjotati). Cp.; vi˚. Raja (Rajan)

rāj, cp. rajati & rañjati

state of being a king, kingship, sovereignty Ja.i.119 (anuttara-dhamma˚ being a most righteous king).

abstr. fr. rājā

“royalty”; a high courtier, a khattiya (= rājabhogga, cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 100) DN.i.103 (Pasenadi rājā… uggehi vā rājaniyehi vā kañcid eva mantanaṃ manteyya) DN-a.i.273 (= anabhisittā kumā …

adjective having streaks or stripes; f. rājimatī shining, radiant Vv.32#1 (variant reading rājāputti), explained at Vv-a.134 as follows: “rājati vijjotatī ti rājī: rājī ti matā paññātā rājimatī” (t …

… to be read as rajakkhatāya ph. (fr. rajakkha) The old Niddesa, however, reads ˚khādāya & explains the word (Mnd.171) by…

form, figure; likeness of, image (-˚); representation Vin.ii.113 (rūpak’ okiṇṇāni pattāni of painted bowls); Thig.394 (see *ruppa*˚); Dhp-a.i.370 (maṇi˚ jewelled image); Dhp-a.ii.6 …

…loha˚ r.; explained as “rajatamaya” Pv-a.95); Dhp-a.i.29.

cp. Sk. rūpya, lit. of splendid appearance, cp. name for gold…

…viditvā… upakkilesaṃ pajahati “once he has recognised…” MN.i.37 Cp. ya˚; ii.2 b. On correl. use with…

honouring, salutation Mil.2.

Dhtp.553: pīti-dassanesu

thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …

at Snp.1096 is of doubtful meaning (“all-seeing”?), it is explained as “spontaneously arisen omniscience” at Cnd.669 (where spelling is sahajānetta); lit. “coinciding eye”; Snp-a.598 explains as “ …

adjective noun watery, wet; nt. water.

• -da giving water, bringing rain (of wind) Vism.10
• -dhara holding water, i, e. a cloud Vv-a.223

sa³ + jala

kinsman Ja.iv.11 (read ˚parijanaṃ).

sa⁴ + jana

…Ja.vi.205 (C. attano upari sajati [i.e. sajati¹] abbhukkirati). On C. readings cp. Kern, Toev ii.51.

svaj; Dhtp.74, Dhtp.549 =…

…Cp. vissajjeti.

Caus. of sṛj (sajati¹), Sk. sarjayati

(being of) the same class or caste Vin.i.87; Ja.ii.108 (˚putta).

sa² + jāti

whispering in the ear, a method of (secretly) taking votes Vin.ii.98 sq (salāka-gāha).

sa + kaṇṇa + jappa + ka

Sakaṭa¹

masculine & neuter a cart, waggon; a cartload DN.ii.110; Vin.iii.114; Ja.i.191; Mil.238; Pv-a.102; Vb-a.435 (simile of two carts); Snp-a.58 (udaka-bharita˚), Snp-a.137 (bīja˚) …

Sakkhi¹

an eyewitness DN.ii.237 (nom. sg. sakkhī = with his own eyes, as an eyewitness); Snp.479, Snp.921, Snp.934 (sakkhi dhammaṃ adassi where the corresp. Sk. form would be sākṣād); Ja.i …

…Boswellia thurifera (incense tree) Ja.iv.92; pl. ˚-iyo Ja.vi.535; bahukuṭaja-sallakika Thag.115 (= indasālarukkha [?]).

cp. Class. Sk….

festive gathering, fair a show, theatrical display. Originally a mountain cult as it was esp. held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; D …

consorting with Dhs.1326; Pp.20.

saṃ + bhajanā

…+…

…live DN.ii.98; SN.v.152.

pp. of sambhajati

1. well understood Snp.765 (various reading, sambuddhuṃ = to know); Ja.v.77 (sam & a˚, taken by C. as ppr. “jānanto” & “ajānanto”) susambuddha easily understood Snp.764.
2. one who has thoroughly unde …

1. considered as MN.i.39; SN.ii.15; SN.iv.127; DN.iii.89 (dhamma˚); Vin.iv.161, Vin.iv.295
2. honoured, revered MN.ii.213; Ja.i.49; Ja.v.79; sādhusammata considered, revered, as good DN.i.47; SN.iv.39 …

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 …

1. put together, joined Ja.vi.261 (su˚).
2. connected with, covered with Mnd.149 (for pareta); Mil.346 (raja-panka˚).

pp. of samodahati

…to muṭṭha-sacca asampajañña), DN.iii.273. Description of it in detail at DN-a.i.183 sq. = Vb-a.347 sq., where given as fourfold, viz…

adjective thoughtful, mindful attentive, deliberate, almost syn. with sata, mindful DN.i.37; DN.ii.94 sq.; Snp.413, Snp.931; Iti.10, Iti.42; Pp.25; DN.iii.49, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.221, …

to know SN.v.154; Snp.1055; Cnd.655.

saṃ + pajānāti

merged in, given to Ud.75.

read sammattaka (?)

to produce; ˚janiyamāna (ppr. pass.) Ne.195.

saṃ + upa + janeti

…self-possession (sati-sampajañña), 3. contentment (santuṭṭhi), 4. emancipation from the 5 hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) 5. the 4…

adjective

1. with Pajāpati. The passage under pajāpati 1 was distorted through copyist’s default. It should read: “only in one formula, with Inda Brahmā, viz. devā sa-indakā sa …

hostile, rival Thig.347; Thag-a.242; sapattarājā a rival king Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.94; Ja.iii.416; asapatta without enmity Snp.150; sapatta (m.) a rival, foe, Iti.83; AN.iv.94 sq.; Ja.i.297.

Sk. sapatna

(rohiccasarabhā migā = rohitā sarabhamigā, C. ibid. 538) Sarabhamigajātaka the 483rd Jātaka Ja.i.193, Ja.i.406 (text sarabhanga); Ja.iv.263 sq.

• -pallaṅka “antelope-couch,” a …

adjective dusty Vin.i.48; AN.ii.54.

sa + rajo

adjective including the king Ja.i.126; fem
■ ikā Vin.ii.188; SN.i.162; Ja.ii.113, Ja.ii.114 (sarājika at Ja.iii.453); with the king’s participation Tikp.26 (sassāmika-sarājaka geha).

sa^{3</sup …}

Sata¹

(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN. …

…Snp-a.8. -sampajañña mindfulness and self-possession DN.i.70; AN.ii.210; DN-a.i.183 sq….

…(= sajati²), vissagga (= sajati¹), & nimmāna (= sajjeti).

…reading sajjitar, cp. Sk. sraṣṭar).

n. ag. fr. sajati¹, cp. sañjati

Sañjāta¹

having become, produced, arisen Dhs.1035 (+ bhūta & other syn.). ˚-full of, grown into being in a state of Snp.53 (˚khandha = susaṇṭhita˚ Snp-a.103); Vv-a.312, Vv-a.318 (˚gār …

saññāyo and saññā-e.g. MN.i.108)

1. sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin.i.13; MN.i.300; SN.iii.3 sq.; Dhs.40 Dhs.58, Dhs.61, Dhs.113; Vb-a.42.
2. sense, perception, discer …

…+…

… caus ˚vibhājeti Iti.65.

saṃ + vibhajati

divided, shared Thag.9.

pp. of saṃvibhajati

kind of ornament Ja.v.202 (= maṇisuvaṇṇa-pavāḷa-rajata-mayāni pilandhanāni C.).

fr. last

…In defⁿ of yajati (= service?) at Dhtp.62 & Dhtm.79. 2. union, combination MN.i.111; SN.ii.72; SN.iv.32 sq., SN.iv.68 sq.; Vb.138…

1. a song, chorus, music Ja.i.32 (dibba˚); Ja.vi.528 (of birds).
2. proclamation (cp. sangara), rehearsal, general convocation of the Buddhist clergy in order to settle questions of doctrine and to fi …

1. abridgment, abstract, condensed account (opp. vitthāra), e.g. Vism.532, Vism.479; Dhp.i.125 Kp-a.183; Dhs-a.344; Snp-a.150, Snp-a.160, Snp-a.314; Vb-a.47 Cp. ati˚.
2. …

…at SN.iv.298 saṭha.

pp. of sajati¹

…saṭṭhuṃ) is inf. of sajati¹ (sṛj = Sk. sraṣṭuṃ) to dismiss, let loose. The form has caused trouble, since the Com….

foreman of a guild, treasurer, banker, “City man”, wealthy merchant Vin.i.15 sq. Vin.i.271 sq.; Vin.ii.110 sq., Vin.ii.157; SN.i.89; Ja.i.122; Ja.ii.367 etc. Rājagaha˚ the merchant of Rājagaha Vin.ii. …

…big bed; (10) jātarūpa rajata-paṭiggahaṇā˚; not to accept any gold or silver: Vin.i.83 = Kp ii.; AN.i.211, and frequently-…

…without grief: see viraja. See also dukkha B iii.1 b.

• -aggi the fire of sorrow Pv-a.41. pl. *…

…ornaments Ja.ii.48.

• -dhaja with golden flags Ja.ii.48.
• -bhiṅkāra a golden vase Sdhp.513. *…

…-duccaja very hard to give up Ja.vi.473. -duddasa very difficult to see Vin.i.5 Thag.1098; Dhp.36;…

“Fairwing” a kind of fairy bird, a mythical creature (cp. garuḷa), imagined as winged, considered as foe to the nāgas DN.ii.259; SN.i.148; Ja.i.202; Ja.ii.13, Ja.ii.107; Ja.iii.91, Ja.iii.187, Ja.ii …

dream, vision DN.i.9, DN.i.54; SN.i.198; SN.iv.117 (supine in a dream; variant reading supinena); Snp.360, Snp.807, Snp.927 Mnd.126; Ja.i.334 sq., Ja.i.374; Ja.v.42; DN-a.i.92, DN-a.i.164; Vv.44#14 …

Susu¹

a boy, youngster, lad Vin.iii.147 = Ja.ii.284; Vv.64#14 (= dahara C.); Snp.420; DN.i.115; MN.i.82; AN.ii.22; Ja.ii.57; ājānīya-susūpama MN.i.445 read ājānīy-ass-ūpama (cp. Thag.72 …

parrot Ja.i.324; Ja.iv.277 sq.; Ja.vi.421; Ja.vi.431 sq. (the two: Pupphaka & Sattigumba); Dhp-a.i.284 (˚rājā). fem. suvī Ja.vi.421.

cp. Sk. śuka

of good colour, good, favoured, beautiful DN.i.82; Dhs.223; Iti.99; AN.iv.255; Pp.60; Ja.i.226; suvaṇṇa (nt.) gold SN.iv.325 sq.; Snp.48, Snp.686 Cnd.687 (= jātarūpa); Kp-a.240; Vv-a.104; often toge …

…of sacrifice Pp-a 233; rajana˚ dyeing workshop Vism.65; ratha˚; car shed Dhp-a.iii.121; hatthi˚; an elephant stable Vin.i.277,…

member of an assembly Dāvs iii.27.

fr. Sk. samāja: see samajja

equal state; as adj. fit, suitable, proper Vin.i.39, Vin.i.287; DN.ii.277; SN.iv.21 sq.; Ja.i.65, Ja.i.362; Dhs-a.294; Snp.368 Snp.p.79, Snp.p.97, Snp.p.104; Ja.iv.404. (a˚) (nt.) Vism.24; Pv-a.269 …

lion DN.ii.255; SN.i.16; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.245; AN.iii.121; Snp.72; Ja.i.165; Mil.400; Cnd.679 (= migarājā) Vb-a.256, Vb-a.398 (with pop. etym. “sahanato ca hananato ca sīho ti vuccati”); Ja.v.425 (wo …

…Snp.248 (pecca tamaṃ vajanti ye patanti sattā nirayaṃ avaṃsirā), Snp.763 (nivutānaṃ t. hoti andhakāro apassataṃ), Snp.956…

copper (“the dark metal”); usually in combinations, signifying colour of or made of (cp. loha bronze), e.g. lākhātamba (adj.) Thig.440 (colour of an ox); -akkhin Vv.32#3 (timira˚) Sdhp.286; *-nakh …

thread, a string, a loom Ja.i.356 (˚vitata-ṭṭhāna the place of weaving); Dhp-a.i.424. At Ja.iv.484 tanta is to be corrected to tata (stretched out).

• -ākula tangled string, a t …

…= Iti.24; AN.iv.97 (com. tāpajanaka); AN.v.276; Ja.iv.177; Dhs.i.305.

grd. of tapati

Tapanīya²

neuter also tapaneyya (verse 372) &…

adjective

1. tender, of tender age, young new, newly (˚-) fresh. Esp. applied to a young calf MN.i.459 (in simile); ˚vaccha, ˚vacchaka, ˚vacchī Vin.i.193; Ja.i.191; Dhp-a.ii.35; Vv-a.200
   ■ Vi …

Tatta¹

heated, hot, glowing; of metals: in a melted state (cp. uttatta) AN.ii.122≈(tattena talena osiñcante, as punishment); Dhp.308 (ayoguḷa) Ja.ii.352 (id.); Ja.iv.306 (tattatapo “of red …

(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 …

…MN.ii.244; Ja.v.39 (rajata˚) Vv-a.156 (Kassapassa bhagavato dvādasayojanikaṃ kanaka˚); Ud.8; Pv.iii.10#5. Four people are…

Ti

adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.

cp. Sk. iti

Ti˚

base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).

*-[kaṭuka](/d …

adverb in three ways or parts, threefold Mil.282 (-pabhinna nāgarājā).

ti + dhā

kind of grass or creeper AN.iii.240, AN.iii.242 (tiriyā nāma tiṇajāti; Com. dabbatiṇa).

…Vin.i.306 (˚dhaja), Vin.i.320; SN.i.65; SN.iv.37, SN.iv.394; DN.iii.44, DN.iii.46; Snp.381, Snp.891; Cnd.38; Pts.i.160; Pp.49;…

…(tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā…

…(tiṇṇo tāres’ imaṃ pajaṃ); Iti.123 (tiṇṇo tārayataṃ varo); Dhp.195 (-sokapariddava); Cnd.282.

• -kathaṅkatha (adj.) having…

…Vv-a.281; Mil.192 (gaja˚, etc.), Mil.352 (id.) Mil.364; turaṅgama Dāvs v.56; turagamana Pv-a.57.

Vedic…

Ubbhaṃ & Ubbha˚

(indecl.) up, over, above, on top Ja.v.269 (ubbhaṃ yojanaṃ uggata); in compounds like ubbhakkhakaṃ above the collar bone Vin.iv.213; ubbhajānumaṇḍalaṃ above the knee Vin.iv.213; * …

Ubbhaṃ & Ubbha˚

(indecl.) up, over, above, on top Ja.v.269 (ubbhaṃ yojanaṃ uggata); in compounds like ubbhakkhakaṃ above the collar bone Vin.iv.213; ubbhajānumaṇḍalaṃ above the knee Vin.iv.213; * …

adjective upright, honest MN.i.386 (variant reading for pannadhaja).

uddhaṃ + ja

the Uddāla tree, Cassia Fistula (see [known as indīvara](/define/known as indīvara)), or Cordia Myxa lit. “uprooter” Vv.6#7 (= vātaghātako yo rājarukkho ti pi vuccati Vv-a.43); Ja.iv.301 (˚rukkha), J …

Ugga¹

adjective mighty, huge, strong fierce, grave, m. a mighty or great person, noble lord DN.i.103; SN.i.51 = Vv-a.116 (uggateja “the fiery heat”) Ja.iv.496; Ja.v.452 (˚teja); Ja.vi.490 …

an osprey Ja.iv.291 (˚rāja), Ja.iv.392.

see ukkuṭṭhi & cp. BSk. utkrośa watchman (?) Divy.453

species of perfume Ja.vi.537 (gloss kuṭantaja).

etym.?

to go to, resort to, visit Thag.1052; Ja.iv.270, Ja.iv.295; Ja.v.495 (= upagacchati C.); Ja.vi.43.

upa + vraj

to learn, acquire or have knowledge of (w. gen. or instr.), to know Vin.i.272 (saṃyamassa); Vin.ii.181 (gharāvās’atthena); AN.i.50 (dvinnaṃ dhammānaṃ upaññāsin)
fut upaññissati (& upaññassati; Snp …

…the ear (of another), spreader of reports AN.iii.136. Cp. kaṇṇajappaka & kaṇṇajappana.

upa + kaṇṇa + ka

strewn over with (-˚), covered Vv.35#1 (rucak˚, so read for rājak˚; explained by okiṇṇa Vv-a.160).

pp. of upakirati

…Mil.154; Ne.63; Dhs-a.329 (so read with variant reading for ˚najana).

fr. upa + ni; cp. naya & nayana

indeclinable comparing in comparison, as prep. w. acc. “compared with” MN.i.374; MN.iii.177 (Himavantaṃ pabbatarājānaṃ); SN.ii.133 (mahāpaṭhaviṃ), SN.ii.262; SN.v.457 (Sineru-pabbata-rājānaṃ) AN.iii …

adverb near, close by (with acc.); depending on, by means of (acc) MN.ii.3; SN.ii.269; Snp.867 (taṃ), Snp.901 (tāpa˚), Snp.978, Pv-a.9 (Rājagahaṃ), Pv-a.67 (id.) Vv-a.63 (Rājagaha-seṭṭhiṃ “with”). …

viceroyalty AN.iii.154 (variant reading opa˚); Ja.i.511; Ja.iv.176; DN-a.i.134.

upa + rajja, cp. uparaja

secondary or deputy king, a viceroy Ja.i.504; Ja.ii.316; Dhp-a.i.392.

upa + rājā; see upa 5

carrying away, washing away Snp.391 (sanghāṭi-raj-ûpa˚ = paṃsu-malādino sanghāṭirajassa dhovanaṃ Snp-a.375).

upa + vāhana

found out, learnt, known Vin.i.40; Ja.v.325, Ja.v.368; AN.i.61.

pp. of upajānāti

…one to leave the Order Ja.iv.304.

ud + pabbajati

adjective “having become very pale” (?), or “somewhat pale” (?), with dubbaṇṇa in Kp-a.234, and in a stock phrase of three different settings, viz.

1. kiso lūkho dubbaṇṇo upp˚ dhamani-santhata-gat …

…urṳ̄ḷhavā) by “thāmajava-parakkamehi byūhanto (variant reading brahmanto) mahantaṃ yuddha-kiccaṃ vahituṃ samatthā ti attho”….

…pp. of ud + sri, see…

lifting up, raising, erecting, unfolding (of a flag or banner) AN.iv.41; Cnd.503 (dhamma-dhajassa).

fr. ussāpeti

lifted, raised, unfurled Mil.328 (dhamma-dhaja); Ja.ii.219.

pp. of ussāpeti, cp. ussādita

adjective to be despised, contemptible, only in stock-phrase “daharo na uṇṇātabbo na paribhotabbo” SN.i.69; Snp.p.93; Snp-a.424 (= na avajānitabbo, na nīcaṃ katvā jānitabbo ti). In same connection a …

…in uṇṇaja mukha Ja.vi.218, meaning “rounded swelling” (C. explains by kañcan’ādāso viya paripuṇṇaṃ…

…run on the mountain Ja.iii.479; as Npl. at Snp.408.

Vedic vraja: see vajati

see rajo-vajalla.

…vraj, cp. Ved. vraja (= P. vaja) & vṛjana enclosure = Av. vərəƶə̄na-, with which cp. Gr.; ει ̓́ργνυμι to enclose,…

…Cp. pari˚, vi˚.

vṛj, Vedic vṛṇakti & varjati to turn; in etym. related to vajati. Dhtp.547:…

favourite Ja.iv.404 Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.371; rāja˚; a king’s favourite, an overseer Ja.i.342 Mhvs.37, Mhvs.10; Vb-a.501
■ f. vallabhā a beloved (woman), a favourite Ja.iii.40; Vv-a.92, Vv-a.135, …

cloud-horse Ja.ii.129 (the Valāhassajātaka, pp. 127 sq.); cp. BSk. Bālāh’āśva (-rājā Divy.120 sq. (see Index Divy). Vali & Vali

valāha + assa

Vambheti & Vamheti

to treat with contempt despise, revile, scold; usually either combined with khuṃseti or opposed to ukkaṃseti, e.g. Vin.ii.18; Vin.iv.4; MN.i.200 (= Snp.132 a …

Vambheti & Vamheti

to treat with contempt despise, revile, scold; usually either combined with khuṃseti or opposed to ukkaṃseti, e.g. Vin.ii.18; Vin.iv.4; MN.i.200 (= Snp.132 a …

…Kern compares Sk. vanajapattr’ākṣī Mbh i.171, 43, and vanaja-locanā Avad. Kalp. 3, 137. The Cy. explains are…

…Vanute, Vanoti

to desire, love, wish, aim at ask for Snp-a.24 (vanute & vanoti); Dhs-a.364 (vanati bhajati, allīyati). Caus. vanayati…

…Vanute, Vanoti

to desire, love, wish, aim at ask for Snp-a.24 (vanute & vanoti); Dhs-a.364 (vanati bhajati, allīyati). Caus. vanayati…

…Vanute, Vanoti

to desire, love, wish, aim at ask for Snp-a.24 (vanute & vanoti); Dhs-a.364 (vanati bhajati, allīyati). Caus. vanayati…

Vara¹

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

power, authority, control, influence SN.i.43, SN.i.240 (kodho vo vasam āyātu: shall be in your power; vasa = āṇāpavattana K.S. i.320); MN.i.214 (bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena v …

bull Mil.115 (rāja˚); Snp-a.40 (relation between usabha, vasabha & nisabha) Vv-a.83 (id.).

the Sanskritic-Pāli form (*vṛṣabha) of the proper Pāli usabha (q.v. for etym.). Only …

Vasati¹

to clothe. pp.; vuttha¹. Caus. vāseti: see ni˚ See also vāsana¹ & vāsana¹.

vas¹; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε …

…practice of ascetics), e.g. aja˚; like a goat Ja.iv.318; go˚; like a cow MN.i.387; Ja.iv.318; vagguli˚; bat practice Ja.i.493; Ja.iii.235;…

Vattha¹

neuter

1. cloth; clothing, garment raiment; also collectively: clothes; MN.i.36 sq. AN.i.132, AN.i.209, AN.i.286; AN.ii.85, AN.ii.241; AN.iii.27 (odātaṃ), AN.iii.50 (kāsikaṃ), AN. …

…Here belong the phrases raja & loka˚. 3. arrangement Ja.vi.11 (paṭhavi-vaḍḍhanaka-kamma the act of attending to, i.e. smoothing the…

…increase, to raise Snp.275 (rajaṃ); DN-a.i.115; Mhvs.29, Mhvs.66 (mangalaṃ to raise the chant); Pv-a.168 (+ brūheti). 2. to cultivate…

adjective noun

I. (adj.)

1. crooked, bent, curved MN.i.31 (+ jimha); SN.iv.118 (read v-daṇḍā); Vin.ii.116 (suttā vankā honti); Ja.i.9 (of kāja); Ja.iv.362 (˚daṇḍa), Pv-a.51 With ref. to a …

wound, sore Vin.i.205 (m.), Vin.i.218 (vaṇo rūḷho); Vin.iii.36 (m; angajāte), Vin.iii.117 (angajāte) SN.iv.177 (vaṇaṃ ālimpeti); AN.v.347 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; AN.v.359 Cnd.540; Pp-a 212 (purāṇa-vaṇa- …

to partition, share; is given as root vaṇṭ; at Dhtp.92, Dhtp.561 and Dhtm.787 in meaning “vibhājana.”-Another root vaṇṭ; is found at Dhtm.108 with unmeaning explⁿ “vaṇṭ’ atthe.”

dial. Sk. vaṇṭ

Name of one of the 9 angas (see nava) or divisions of the Canon according to matter AN.ii.7, AN.ii.103, AN.ii.178; AN.iii.88, AN.iii.107, AN.iii.361 sq.; AN.iv.113; Vin.iii.8 Pp.43; …

…*ef-*fulgence, ˚bhajati *ex-*plain, ˚bhatta *dis-*tributed, ˚bhāga division, distribution ˚ravati shout out, ˚rūhana growing up,…

…vibhājana.

fr. vibhajati

…(dhammaṃ vivarati vibhajati uttāni-karoti); Snp.87; Pp.41; Vb.259; Mil.145; Snp-a.237; DN-a.i.104; Pv-a.81, Pv-a.111. ger…

…Kvu translation introd. p. 38.

ger. of vibhajati

…Vism.187; Snp-a.288; Pv-a.104.

pp. of vibhajati

…vibbhanta).

fr. vibhajati

…of words Snp-a.269; Pv-a.34
■ Cp. saṃ˚.

fr. vibhajati, cp. vibhanga & vibhajana

distribution, division Dhtp.92, Dhtp.561; Dhtm.776, Dhtm.787.

vi + bhājana²

1. [cp. vibhūta 2] destruction, ruin Thag.1018 (˚nandin = malign).
2. [cp vibhava 1] splendour, majesty, glory Ja.v.305; Pv-a.133 (dāna˚), Pv-a.216 (rāja˚).

fr. vi + bhavati

…Mhvs.34, Mhvs.94; -raja Snp.517; Ja.i.117; -valita Pv-a.153. Cp. vīta˚; in similar application and meaning.

pp. of vigacchati, in…

taken hold of, seized; prejudiced against, seduced by (-), in phrase dhamm’ uddhacca- viggahita-mānasa AN.ii.157; Pts.ii.101. Cp BSk. vigrāhita, e.g. Avs.i.83 = Avs.i.308 (Ajātaśatru Devadatta˚ …

…sati-sampajañña, santuṭṭhi; the second is composed 1 of the overcoming of the nīvaraṇas, 2 of the 4 jhānas; the…

to have discriminative (dis = vi˚) knowledge, to recognize, apprehend, ascertain, to become aware of, to understand, notice, perceive, distinguish learn, know Snp.93 sq., Snp.763; Dhp.64, Dhp.65; Mnd. …

“what is made of something,” make, i.e.

1. sort, kind Ja.i.59 (ābharaṇa˚ kind of ornament), Ja.i.243 (maccha-maṃsa˚); Mil.403 (bhojana˚ all kinds of material things); Vism.376 (bhājana˚ special bowl …

release, deliverance, emancipation DN.i.174; DN.iii.288; SN.v.206 sq. (abhijānāti), SN.v.222 (ariya˚), SN.v.266, SN.v.356; AN.ii.247, AN.iii.165 (yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti), AN.iii.242, Snp.54, Snp.73, Snp …

given up, abandoned SN.i.99; AN.v.16, AN.v.29 sq.; Snp.360, Snp.362.

pp. of vippajahati

…+…

“writhing,” twitching, struggle MN.i.446; SN.ii.62
■ (fig.) in diṭṭhi˚ combined with visūkāyita) “scuffling of opinion” (Mrs Rh. D.), sceptical agitation, worry & writhing …

…Pv.iii.3#6 (= vigata-raja, niddosa Pv-a.189); Dhp-a.iv.142 Dhp-a.iv.187; DN-a.i.237. Often in phrase *virajaṃ vītamalaṃ…

…= Kv.178; AN.ii.196 (rajanīyesu dhammesu cittaṃ v.); Snp.139, Snp.203; Thag.282; Pv.ii.13#19 (itthi-cittaṃ = viratta-citta Pv-a.168);…

1. to shout (out), to cry aloud; to utter a cry or sound (of animals) Ja.ii.350 (kikī sakuṇo viravi); Ja.v.206; Mhvs.12, Mhvs.49 (mahārāvaṃ viraviṃsu mahājanā); Pv-a.154, Pv-a.217, Pv-a.245 (vissar …

to shine (forth), to be brilliant Vin.ii.296 (tapati, bhāsati, v.); Snp.378, Snp.550; Iti.64 (virocare); Ja.i.18, Ja.i.89; Ja.iv.233; Pv.i.11#4; Pv.ii.9#62; Pv.iii.3#5 (= virājati Pv-a.189); Dhp-a.i …

to shine Pv-a.189 (= virocati).

vi + rājati

Virājita¹

cleansed, discarded as rāga, given up SN.iv.158 (dosa); Ja.iii.404 (= pahīna C.).

pp. of virājeti

Virājita²

shining out, resplendent Ja.ii.33 (mora… suratta-rāji …

…Pass. of sañj; the regular Act. would be visajati

reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …

…Vv-a.284. 2. (fig.) to open, make clear, reveal SN.iv.166; SN.v.261; Kp-a.12 (+ vibhajati etc.)
pp vivaṭa.

vi +…

…AN.iii.121; AN.iv.352; AN.v.67. 3. explanation making clear (cp. vibhajana) Ne.8 (as f.) Snp-a.445.

fr. vivarati

…v.); or ṃ: Snp.381 (vajantaṃ v.), Snp.689 (nekkhaṃ v.). 2. dubitative particle: na viya maññe I suppose not MN.ii.121. Cp….

(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 …

tiger DN.iii.25; AN.iii.101; Snp.416 (˚usabha); Tha-ap.68 (˚rājā); Ja.i.357; Ja.iii.192 (subāhu); Ja.v.14 (giri-sānuja)
■ f. viyagghinī (biy˚ Mil.67. See also byaggha.

cp. …

palace; a celestial mansion, a vimāna, abode for fairies etc. Ja.v.454; Ja.vi.119, Ja.vi.251 (= pura & rāja-nivesa C.); Vv.35#1 (= bhavana Vv-a.160). Cp. byamha.

etym.?

talk, recitation, disputation; invitation (?), in brāhmaṇa˚; Ja.i.318 (karoti); Ja.iii.171, Ja.iv.391 (karoti); regarded as a kind of festival. At Ja.iii.238 vācanaka is used b …

1. amiable speech (vācā + peyya = piya) Ja.vi.575 (= piyavacana C.)
2. spelling for vājapeyya (q.v.).

at Mhvs.19, Mhvs.28 (tadahe v. rājā) is to be read (tadah’ ev) āgamā, i.e. came on the same day. The passage is corrupt: see translation p.130Vagura & a

1. strength, a strength-giving drink, Soma Snp-a.322
2. the feather of an arrow Ja.iv.260; Ja.v.130.

cp. Vedic vāja strength; Idg. *ṷeġ, cp. vājeti, vajra (P. vajira); Lat. vegeo to be alert “ve …

the vājapeya sacrifice, a soma offering. Spelling often vāca˚; (mostly as variant reading); see SN.i.76; AN.ii.42; AN.iv.151; Snp.303; Iti.21; Mil.219; Ja.iii.518. Cp. peyya².

cp. Vedi …

adjective noun possessed of strength or swiftness; a horse, stallion Dāvs i.31; Dāvs v.35 (sita˚), 53 (sasi-paṇḍara˚) Vv-a.278.

fr. vāja

adjective feathered (of an arrow) MN.i.429.

pp. of vājeti: see vāja

…(above 1) at Vism.31 (saraja & araja v.), but as (bodily); pain (above 2) at Vb-a.5 See DN.iii.353; SN.ii.88; SN.iii.54; SN.v.379; AN.i.204;…

1. street, way, road, path, track AN.v.347, AN.v.350 sq.; Vv.83#6; Ja.i.158 (garden path); Ja.v.350 (dve vīthiyo gahetvā tiṭṭhati, of a house); Ja.vi.276 (v and raccha); Dhp-a.i.14; Vv-a.31; Pv-a …

-Y-

combination consonant (sandhi), inserted (euphonically) between 2 vowels for the avoidance of hiatus. It has arisen purely phonetically from i as a sort of “gliding or semi-vowel within a wo …

…imper. = yajahi, of yajati; C. leaves it unexplained).

Special mention must be made of the nt. n. acc. sg. where both…

indeclinable hortative part, used in addressing a (superior) person in the voc., followed by Pot. of jānāti, either 2^nd jāneyyāsi, or 3^rd sg. jāneyya; to be trsl^d some …

the act of sacrificing Ja.iii.518; Ja.vi.133; Cp.i.7#2 Vism.224; Pv-a.135.

late formation fr. yaj, yajati, for the earlier yañña

adjective one who sacrifices Ja.vi.133.

fr. yajana

…is jayataṃ)
ppr med. yajamāna DN.i.138 (mahayaññaṃ); Snp.506; SN.i.233; Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.505
imper 3^rd…

sacrificed Mil.219; Ja.iv.19.

pp. of yajati

to cause a sacrifice to be held AN.i.168 (yajati +).

Caus. ii. of yajati

…and plants, e.g. Ajakalāpaka “Goat-bundle” Ud.1 Āḷavaka “Forest-dweller” Ja.iv.180; Ja.vi.329;…

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

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 …

…yajña, fr. yaj: see yajati. The metric reading in the Veda is sometimes yajana, which we are inclined…

…explains “mahā-yāga-vasena yiṭṭhaṃ”).

pp. of yajati with a petrified sandhi y.; Vedic iṣṭa

…kind of jasmine Vv.35#4; Ja.iv.440 (yoth˚), Ja.iv.442; Ja.v.422; Vv-a.162 (as thalaja and a tree).

a var. reading of…

…viviparous saṃsedaja moisture-sprung, opapātika spontaneous MN.i.73; DN.iii.230;…

to fight, make war. Rare in older literature our refs. only from the Mahāvaṃsa; e.g. 22, 82 (fut yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr. yujjhamāna); 33, 41 (aor. yuj …

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 …

adjective noun requesting, one who begs, a recipient of alms, a beggar Ja.iii.353; Pv.ii.9#38; Pv-a.78, Pv-a.102 (= yācanaka); Sdhp.324, Sdhp.331. Freq. in combination with similar terms of wayfarin …

…(sahassena yāgaṃ yajanto); Mil.21 (dhamma˚) Vv-a.155; Pv-a.135 (mahā˚-saññita yañña), Pv-a.136 (mahā˚).
■…

rice-gruel, rice-milk (to drink). See Vin. Texts ii.89. Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 (sace yāgu hoti, bhājanaṃ dhovitvā yāgu upanametabbā; yāguṃ pītassa udakaṃ datvā…), 51 (id.), Vin.ii.61 (id.), Vin.ii. …

sacrificing, giving alms, liberality (felt as synonymous with; cāga, thus influenced by tyaj, cp. Sanskrit tyājana) ‣See yācayoga.
■ Cnd.531 (yāye yutta); Vism.224.

fr. yaj; cp. yāja & yājeti

adjective sacrificing, one who sacrifices, a priest Snp.312, Snp.313 (= yanna-yājino janā Snp-a.324), Snp.618 (of a purohita; variant reading BB yācaka).

fr. yaj in its Caus. form yājeti

(nt) = yāja; Vism.224: see yācayoga.

… ger yājetvā DN.i.143.

Caus. i. of yajati

adjective sacrificing Snp-a.324 (yañña˚).

fr. yāja

…go˚; (cow-), aja˚ (goat-), meṇḍaka˚; (ram-), oṭṭha˚; (camel-?), khara˚ (donkey-). Cp. Mil.276
■…

to go, go on to proceed, to go away
pres 1^st yāmi Pv.ii.8#8 (= gacchāmi Pv-a.107), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.3; 2^nd yāsi Ja.i.291 Mhvs.10, Mhvs.2 (kuhiṃ yāsi?); 3^rd *[yāti] …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

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 …

affliction, illness, disease Vin.iv.261; DN.i.72; DN.ii.13; AN.i.121; AN.iii.94, AN.iii.143; AN.iv.333, AN.iv.415 sq., AN.iv.440; Dhp.138; Pp.28 Vism.41 (udara-vāta˚) Vism.95; Vv-a.351 (an˚ safe & s …

absorption, resorption Mnd.429 (on Snp.945, which both in T. and in Snp-a reads ājava expl^d. by taṇhā in Nidd.). Note. Index to Snp-a (Pj iii.has ācāma.

fr. ā + cam

1. (m.) starting-point, beginning Snp.358 (acc. ādiṃ = kāraṇaṃ Snp-a.351); Dhp.375 (nom. ādi); Mil.10 (ādimhi); Ja.vi.567 (abl. ādito from the beginning). For use as nt. see below 2 b.
2. (adj & adv …

see ācamā.

is the contracted form of ājāniya.

adjective understandable, only in cpd. durājāna hard to understand SN.iv.127; Snp.762; Ja.i.295 Ja.i.300.

ā + jāna from jñā

learning, knowing, understanding; knowledge Ja.i.181 (˚sabhāva of the character of knowing, fit to learn); Pv-a.225.

ā + jānana, cp. Sk. ajñāna

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa³).

1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

…Cp. also āṇāpeti. Ajaniya (ajaniya)

ā + jānāti

Ājāniya (ājānīya)

adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa³).

1. ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …

good breed Pv-a.214.

abstr. fr. ājāniya

Āma¹

indeclinable affirmative part. “yes, indeed, certainly” DN.i.192 sq. (as variant reading BB.; T. has āmo); Ja.i.115 Ja.i.226 (in C. expl^n. of T. amā-jāta which is to be re …

adjective “born in the house” (cp semantically Gr. ἰχαγενής → indigenous), inborn, being by birth, in cpd. -dāsa (dāsī) a born slave, a slave by birth Ja.vi.117 (= gehadāsiyā kucchismiṃ jātadasī C. …

…the passage as follows: ārajayārajayā; i.e. yathā manussā allacammaṃ bhūmiyaṃ pattharitvā khīlehi ākoṭenti, evaṃ ākoṭetvā…

…SN.iii.166 (˚ja; Text arabbhaja, variant reading ārambhaja to be preferred) = Pp.64 Mil.244 Netti.41 Dhs-a.145 2. -viriyārambha (cp….

…example in the double spelling of āracayā (& ārajayā) q.v.

…Dāvs iii.93 (ārādhayi sabbajanaṃ); Mil.352. In older literature only in phrase cittaṃ ārādheti to please one’s heart, to gladden, win…

adjective ardent, zealous, strenuous, active DN.iii.58, DN.iii.76 sq., DN.iii.141 (+ sampajāna), DN.iii.221, DN.iii.276; MN.i.22 MN.i.56, MN.i.116, MN.i.207, MN.i.349; MN.ii.11; MN.iii.89, MN.iii.128 …

1. to go into, to or towards Ja.iii.434; Ja.iv.49, Ja.iv.107.
2. to return, come back Ja.v.24, Ja.v.479.

ā + vajati, vraj

…(abhibh˚ q.v.) Snp.406 (rajass˚ “haunt of passion” = rāgādi-rajassa uppatti-deso Snp-a.381); Ja.i.80 (raj˚). Freq. in phrase…

vowed, promised Ja.i.169 (˚bhattajātaka N.).

pp. of āyācati

to place, set up, fix, arrange, establish; appoint to (c. loc.); to place aside, save, put by, leave out Vin.ii.32 (pavāraṇaṃ), Vin.ii.191 (ucce & nīce ṭhāne to place high or low), Vin.ii.276 (pavāraṇ …

…(dustheap) Pv-a.82; pariccajane ṭh. appointed for the distribution of gifts Pv-a.124. 2. suspended left over, set aside Vin.ii.242…

(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 …

‘Kialvás, ellobbanás, kioltás’. A buddhista gyakorás célja: a vágyak, a léthez kötődés szomjának teljes megsemmisítése, kioltása, a tökéletes vágytalanság és felszabadultság állapotának elérése. Ez az …