attha¹

m rarely neuter

1. aim, purpose, goal; advantage, profit, benefit.
2. use, need, want (+ instr.).
3. 1. affair, concern, business; problem; thing, matter; (with verbs of saying, a …

num. eight.

…attha is always spelt aṭṭha in compounds aṭṭh-uppatti and aṭṭha-kathā (see below). On term see also…

…ekekāya pantiyā aṭṭha aṭṭha padāni assā ti), cp. dasapada DN.i.6. 2 eightfold, folded or plaited in eight, cross-plaited (of…

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 …

Aggāḷave CetiyeAggālavacetiya

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

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Order. It was in Vesāli and was given to the Buddha during his last tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited …

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was…

…that the Buddha met Belaṭṭha Kaccāna. Vin.i.224f.

Once when the Buddha was staying at Andhakavinda the Brahmā Sahampati came and…

First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …

Asita¹KaṇhāsiriKāladevala

An ascetic who possessed various psychic powers. Once, while in Tāvatiṃsā heaven, he saw the whole city decked with splendour and the gods engaged in great rejoic …

…once, in the past, Dhataraṭṭha was king of Aṅga. But this, perhaps, refers to another country.

Soṇa Koḷivisa, before he entered the…

…Vedic lore. The others being Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa and Bhagu. The list…

…else is vain.“. MN.ii.169

Aṭṭhaka may be identified with Aṣṭaka mentioned as the author of Ṛg Veda 10.104 or else with Atri, author of…

A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

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Pacceka Buddha, one of the names given in a list of such. MN.iii.70

…was once staying at Ukkaṭṭha in the Subhagavana, he read the thoughts of Baka, who had conceived the idea that this world was permanent…

BelaṭṭhakaccānaKaccānaBelaṭṭha

A sugar dealer. On his way from Andhakkavinda to Rājagaha he met the Buddha seated at the foot of a tree,…

An arahant, preceptor of Ānanda. He was once afflicted with scurvy and his robes clung to him. The monks thereupon applied water to the robes, but when the Buddha heard of it he made a rule allowing n …

BelaṭṭhānikaBelaṭṭhakāni

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how the spiritual life is wasted in gluttony. Thag.101

…The householder Dasama of Aṭṭhakanāgara sought him there, amid their conversation is recorded in the Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta. MN.i.349ff.…

Bhadda¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who, the Buddha declared, had destroyed the five lower fetters and had been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda …

…Kosala. Kasi Bhāradvāja, Kaṭṭhahāra Bhāradvāja and Navakammika Bhāradvāja became lay disciples.

The Elder Piṇḍola also belonged to…

BuddhaBhagavāTathāgataSiddhatthaGotamaSugataSatthā

The Awakened one, the founder and teacher of the Buddha-dhamma. His personal name was Siddhattha Gotama, and he was a Khattiya of the Sakiyan clan. …

Bāhiya¹Dārucīriya

As an ascetic, he came himself to believe that he had attained arahantship, but a devatā, reading his thoughts and wishing him well, pointed out to him his error and ad …

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 …

…Bālapaṇḍita and Ambaṭṭha Suttas. SN.v.98

From the Mahāpadāna Sutta it would appear that the birth of a Cakkavatti is attended by…

…of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷhaka of the South, Virūpakkha of the West, and Vessarana of the North. DN.ii.207f.…

In the old Pāḷi literature the name Dakkhiṇāpatha would seem to indicate only a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godāvarī. Thus, we are told that Bāvarī had his hermitage in Dakkh …

A householder of Aṭṭhakanāgara. One day, having finished some business which took him to Pāṭaliputta, he visited the Kukkuṭārāma to call…

…Sutta.

Dhataraṭṭha²

There were two kings of this name, contemporaries and vassals of Reṇu. One of these two was…

…on the road between Ukkaṭṭha and Setavyā. He saw the Buddha’s footprints and, following them, he came upon the Buddha seated at the…

…nymphs. Their king is Dhataraṭṭha, ruler of the eastern quarter. DN.ii.257 Other chieftains are also mentioned:. DN.ii.258 Panāda, Opamañña,…

A spot in Siṃsapāvana near Āḷavī. The Buddha once stayed there during the cold season and was visited by Hatthaka Āḷavaka. AN.i.136

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Gotama¹BuddhaSiddhatthaSakyamunīTathāgataAṅgīrasa

He was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he depar …

Hatthaka¹

A monk. He was a Sākyan and loved holding discussions with the heretics. When he suffered defeat at their hands, he would resort to falsehood and evasion, or would ask his oppone …

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

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of taming this mind like an elephant. Thag.77

…the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village would seem to have been near Pokkharasādi’s domain of…

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

Jenta¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how the contemplation of impermanence helps to cope with the sufferings of life. Thag.111

Jenta²Purohitaputta

A monk whose Thera …

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 wandering ascetic who visited the Buddha at Campā, on the banks of Lake Gaggarā together with Pessa the elephant trainer’s son. Pessa saluted the Buddha and sat down, while Kandaraka, after his salu …

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 …

…present day. For details see Aṭṭhaka.

Kassapa⁵

See also Acela Kassapa, Uruvelā Kassapa, Kumāra°, Gayā°, Dasabala°, Nadī°,…

The name of the family to which belonged Ambaṭṭha. DN.i.93 The family was descended from a sage named Kaṇha.

A deer-park in Ujuññā. There the Buddha sometimes stayed; he was once visited there by Acela Kassapa, to whom he preached the Kassapasīhanāda Sutta, DN.i.161 and again by Pasenadi, king of Kosala; to …

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

…According to the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta, MN.ii.65 Thag.776.ff. in the Buddha’s day, too, the ruler of Kuru was called Koravyarājā,…

…AN.iii.341 AN.iv.340 Ukkaṭṭha, DN.i.87 Ekasālā, SN.i.111 Opasāda, MN.ii.164 Kesaputta of the Kālāmas, AN.i.188 Candalakappa, MN.ii.209…

…the householder Dasama of Aṭṭhakanāgara going there to enquire as to his whereabouts.AN.v.342 MN.i.349 At a later date it was the residence…

…Kurus, is recounted in the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta.MN.ii.65ff. Koravya had a park called Migacīra. Discourses to the Kurus include the…

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 …

…one of whom, Dhataraṭṭha, was its king in the time of Reṇu. DN.ii.235f. There seem to have been frequent wars between the…

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 …

MaddarūpiKhuddarūpi

Daughter of Okkāka and wife of Kaṇha, ancestor of Ambaṭṭha. DN.i.96f.

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 …

The pupil of a “bamboo acrobat” of long ago. His master called to him one day and asked him to climb the bamboo and to stand on his shoulder. Then the master suggested that they should watch and look …

A park near Indapatta, where Raṭṭhapāla Thera stayed. MN.ii.65

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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

Mānatthaddha¹

A brahmin of Sāvatthī who, because of his great pride respected no one. One day he came upon the Buddha preaching to a large crowd of people and stood near, on one side. The …

…and the Kolians.

In the Ambaṭṭha Sutta DN.i.92 it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her…

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

Pañcāla was to the east of the Kuru…

…given by Pasenadi. Ambaṭṭha was the pupil of Pokkharasāti, who sent him to the Buddha at Icchānaṅgala to discover if the report of…

…and had often heard of Raṭṭhapāla’s fame, visited him. Their conversation is recorded in the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta. MN.ii.54ff.

The…

Son and successor of King Disampati. On the death of his father Reṇu, with the advice and co operation of his chief steward Jotipāla, who was also his great friend, divided his kingdom into seven part …

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

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 …

…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…

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 …

SiviraṭṭhaSiveyyaka

The country of the Sivi people, famous for its cloth, which was called Siveyyaka. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of…

Siṃsapāvana¹

A grove in Āḷavī, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of Āḷavī. AN.i.136

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A grove in Ko …

…he recited the whole of the Aṭṭhakavagga. At the end of the recital the Buddha congratulated him. Soṇa asked for the relaxation of sive…

A wood in Ukkaṭṭha. Once, when the Buddha was there, he visited the Avihā gods DN.ii.50 and, again, from there he visited Baka Brahmā, to whom…

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 …

An eminent lay disciple, declared by the Buddha foremost among his followers in unwavering loyalty. AN.i.26 AN.iii.451

ThullakoṭṭhikaThullakoṭṭhita

A township in the Kuru country. It was the birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla, and it was there that the Buddha stayed during a tour among the Kurus. MN.ii.54 SN.ii.118

Kuru3town

…a road which connected Ukkaṭṭha with Setavyā. AN.ii.37

It was in the Subhagavana at Ukkaṭṭha that the Mūlapariyāya Sutta MN.i.1ff.…

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

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

Uruññā UjuññāUguññāUdaññaUjjuññā

A district and a town in Kosala. Once when the Buddha was staying at the Deer Park in Kaṇṇakatthala in the neighbourhood of the city, Pasenadi, who happened to be at …

…question.

Two instances of this are given in the books—once in the case of Ambaṭṭha, DN.i.95 and again in that of Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta….

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.

…air, threatening to kill Ambaṭṭha, if he does not answer the Buddha’s question the third time he is asked. In many cases the Yakkhas are…

One of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with ot …

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 …

nemes nyolcrétű ösvény

elmúlás, eltűnés

a meditáció tárgya, gyakorlási terület

az éberség megalapozása

1. (mfn.) interior, internal; being within, included in, among; belonging to one ’s house, personal, intimate.
2. (n.)
   1. intermediate space, interval; the inside, interior.
   2. a measure of leng …

disappears, comes to an end

towards home, towards setting.

disappears, comes to an end

rotating, rubbing together.

churns, rotates (to make fire); rubs, grinds; afflicts, hurts

longs for, wishes; desires

1. (act.) having rained.
2. (pass.) rained upon

(pass.) rained upon

trusting; confident in.

deadly crime (one of the six great crimes: mātughāta, pitughāta, arahantaghāta, lohituppāda, saṅghabheda, aññasatthāruddesa)

(of a robe) pulled down too far.

(a a robe) pulled up too high.

adhivattha¹

pp mfn. (act.) living in, inhabiting (loc).

adhivattha²

pp mfn. accepted; consented to

the placing or vising of a door-bolt or door-panel

the chief personal (male) attendant

ripening in uncultivated ground; growing wild

able; competent

more competent to see what is beneficial; wiser

more competent.

able to discern the goal or what is beneficial

not the goal; disadvantage; harm; what is unprofitable, useless

not seing the goal or what is beneficial

not seing the goal or what is beneficial

producing harm

of no meaning or use; hurtful.

not wishing the beneficial, profit of; not wishing (one) well

anatthasaṃhita¹

neg. mfn. not connected with the goal; not useful, not profitable; not having meaning

anatthasaṃhita²

neg. mfn. connected with harm, harmful

not covered; (of the kaṭhina) not properly covered; (of the kaṭhina robe-making and ritual) not properly carried out, not properly performed

not speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

not speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

unstable; not lasting.

wandering in an unsettled way (not staying long anywhere)

occuring between the aṭṭhakā days

free from trouble; free from affliction

free from trouble; free from affliction

who was not attained the goal

soldier, esp. a royal guard or bodyguard

drawn away, removed (from); loose

drawn away, removed (from); loose

thrown away.

relying on (loc.)

strewn (with), covered.

with a small caravan

concerned with few or small affairs; involving little exertion; having little to do; having few needs

less difficult

assattha¹

masculine the holy fig tree ficus religiosa.

assattha²

pp mfn. revived, recovered; comforted

(a bed covered) with a horse-blanket

atta-d-attha

m.a one’s own profit or interest; one’s own goal

1. (mfn.) (sometimes confused with atthakāma) wishing one’s own (spiritual) benefit.
2. (m.) one’s own desire, lust; the saṅghādisesa offences of (praising the ministering to one’s) lust

bound to (one) for the meaning

who is helpful, who does good, brings benefit; who serves

(-ikā)n.

conduct bringing benefit, helpful conduct; esp. benevolent behavior, helpful advice

seeing the goal or what is beneficial

seeing the goal or what is beneficial

annihilation, disappearance.

1. set (of the sun).
2. disappeared; destroyed.

having some need or task

(the place for) dealing with lawsuits; seat of judgment, courtroom

profitable talk, talk of the goal

didactic poet

declaring the goal or what is beneficial

declaring the goal or what is beneficial

1. wishing the benefit, profit (of, gen.); wishing (one) well.
2. desiring the goal

wishing one well

wishing one well

taking the goal or meaning to heart; intent on the goal or meaning

administration of practical affairs or policy

profitable saying; word of good sense

analysis of the meaning

questioning about the aim

aiming at the meaning, or at the benefit

spreads out, spreads; spreads over, covers; lays out; esp. kaṭhinam attharati, covers the kaṭhina, participates in the kaṭhina robe-making and ritual.

covering, carpet; laying out.

connected with the goal; useful, profitable; having meaning

covered; (of the kaṭhina) properly covered; (of the kaṭhina robe-making and ritual) properly carried out, properly performed

1. profitable; significant.
2. possessing the goal; or possessing worldly knowledge

reason; motive

pursuing an aim

pursuing an aim; pursuing the goal

pursuing an aim

1. profitable; significant.
2. possessing the goal; or possessing worldly knowledge

knowledge or joy in the goal, or the practice

speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

speaking about the goal or what is beneficial

ū knowing the means; knowing the goal; knowing the meaning

serves the interest, the purpose (of, gen.); benefits

serves the interest, the purpose (of, gen.); benefits

for the sake of; for the purpose of

who has participated in the kaṭhina robe-making (and is therefore eligible for the five concessions)

spreading, covering (the kaṭhina); performing the kaṭhina robe-making and ritual; displaying the kaṭhina robe.

(one) who covers (the kaṭhina); who supervises the communal robe-making and ritual.

for the benefit of; for the sake of (gen.)

who has missed his profit

scraping stick.

añña-d-attha

masculine another object or aim

somewhere else, anywhere else, elsewhere.

following a different teaching

seven and a half

aṭṭhacattālīsaaṭṭhacattālīsaṃaṭṭhacattāḷīsaaṭṭhacattāḷīsaṃ

num. forty eight

aṭṭhacattālīsaaṭṭhacattālīsaṃaṭṭhacattāḷīsaaṭṭhacattāḷīsaṃ

num. forty eight

in eight parts

num. divided into eight measures

eight times; eight times as much

or masculine a period of eight days

group of eight; a whole consisting of eight parts; a section consisting of groups of eights.

belonging to the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Suttanipāta; (Snp 766–975).

the eighth day after the full moon in the two winter months; the festival held at that time.

(~ā & ~ī) n. & ~ī feminine

1. (mfn.) the eighth.
2. (f., scil. ratti) the eighth day or night; esp. the eight day or night of the lunar half-month.

checkered board (for gambling or playing drafts, chess, etc)

cross weaving; a darn (in appearance like a checkered board)

arranged in an aṭṭhapada, plaited eightfold

consisting of eight items

num. & mfn. 18

num. one hundred eight

num. sixty eight

num. (same as aṭṭhasaṭṭhi)

num. forty eight

num. forty eight

num.

num.

connected with eight bases or grounds

involving eight proclamations

num. & mfn. twenty eight

octagonal, eight-faceted

the eightfold path; the path with eight constituent parts

1. characterised by eight parts (i.e. by observance of the first eight precepts); having eight constituent parts.
2. possessed of eight good qualities or of eight faults

well joined with the eight parts; well endowed with eight parts or with eight qualities

well joined or endowed with eight parts

having eight constituents, being made up of eight (intrinsic) parts.

of eight finger-breadths; to the extent of eight finger-breadths

to the height or extent of eight finger-breadths

characterized by the eight parts or factors (i.e. by the observance of the first eight precepts)

num. eighteen

num. ninety eight

group of eighteen.

eighteenth

measuring four hattha measures; four hattha measures.

(~ā ~ī)n. sixth.

long disappeared.

ordaining a (female) thief.

tooth stick (used to clean the teeth)

of dassati

knife with a handle.

of ḍaṃsa bitten

to be seen; to be considered as

one who sees.

1. (one) who abides by what is right or is the rule; just; rightly based; firm in dhamma.
2. (one) who abides in justice; a judge; an adjudicator.

rug (for when one has) washed feet (?)

belonging to a fixed place.

being a cause of dejection.

of nivattha

1. (mfn.) improperly dressed.
2. (n.) improper, scanty dress

difficult to attend or nurse

badly or wrongly spoken.

difficult to attend or nurse

ekattha¹

ind. in one place; in one and the same place; in only one place.

ekattha²

mfn. having one meaning; having the same sense

having one meaning; having the same sense

as firm or enduring as a pillar

one who lives in a house; a house holder; a lay-person.

belonging to or suitable for one who lives in a house.

wooden instrument for rubbing the body with powder while bathing.

the kind or style of (under) garment worn by a householder.

adverb masculine in the way a householder wears his (under) garments.

spread with a woolen cover.

archery.

stability in or of the country.

who has achieved stability in the country, whose country is stable; whose position is secure.

stick of gum or resin (used as a dildo)

with “netted” hands and feet, prob. with hands and feet marked with a network of lines (one of the 32 marks of a mahapurisa)

kind of activity; occupation

staying for an eon

lasting for an eon

lasting for an eon

well practiced, skilled (esp. in archery)

interrog. adv. where? in what, in reference to what? to whom? wherein? wherefore?; preceded by yattha: wherever; anywhere whatsoever; in whatsoever.

(and, before eva, katthacid), anywhere, somewhere; in or on something; in or on some …; in some places

anywhere; on any ground

included in, belonging to, which?

dealer in metal (goods)

being a source of doubts, causing uncertainty

being a source of doubts, causing uncertainty

thorny place, an area of thorn

kaṭhina

neuter a framework (covered with a mat) to which the cloth for making robes was attached while being sewn; esp. kaṭhinaṃ attharati

1. spreads or covers the kaṭhina, i.e. makes a robe u …

the covering of the kaṭhina ; the communal robe making and its ritual

the covering of the kaṭhina ; the communal robe making and its ritual

one who covers the kaṭhina ; who supervises the making of the robe (which becomes his)

kaṭṭha¹

neuter wood; a piece of wood, a stick, a twig; esp. wood used as fuel, kindling, firewood.

kaṭṭha²

pp mfn….

~ī, feminine one who gathers sticks or firewood

(-ikā) (one) who gathers sticks or firewood

kind of reed or bamboo.

pile of sticks, a heap of firewood

wooden vessel, a wooden water pot

wooden key

standing as immovable post

for what purpose? what for? why?

for what purpose? what for? why?

soup of kulattha.

talk at the well or ford, gossip; scullery-maids’ or prostitutes’ gossip

with badly inflamed wound (?).

wearing a yellowish-red robe

wearing a yellowish-red robe; wearing yellowish red clothes

wearing a yellowish-red robe

immovable, unchangeable as a (mountain) peak

connected with nine occasions or matters

or mfn. of naṅgala (a place) where there has been plowing (?)

lost, lost to sight; disappeared; perished; spoiled; come to nothing, fruitless.

whose robe is lost.

whose meaning is not evident or straightforward, but requires interpretation or bringing out.

brought down; controlled (?)

mentally controlled.

physically controlled.

drawn away; withdrawn.

mentally withdrawn or apart.

physically withdrawn or apart.

unprofitable, useless

unprofitable; useless; meaningless.

(~ā, ~ikā)n. useless; to no purpose.

of nissajjati let go; set free; given up; handed over, surrendered; let fly, Thrown

(~entī)n.

1. 1. clothed in or with; wearing (esp. an under-garment)
   2. worn; used.

2. (m.n.) clothing; an (undergarment)

whose meaning is brought out, determined, evident, explicit.

resting on or supported by its vigor or vitality

resting on or supported by its vigor or vitality

struck, pierced, struck downwards (from above); made with a downward stroke; (a hole or cut) made with a downward stroke or facing downwards

let go, released; thrown; abandoned

with one’s form abandoned, abandoning one’s body

rained upon; exposed to the rain

well plowed, well cultivated

polished skilfully, polished by a very skilful worker

easy to attend or nurse

having a purpose; useful; having a meaning; significant; with it; s meaning or purpose

easy to attend or nurse

standing together with that, conjoined with that.

being there; belonging to that place.

adverb

1. there, in that place.
2. there, to that place.
3. as loc. of ta(d): in that; in regard to that; in that case; on that occasion.
4. as correlative to yattha.
5. (repeated): in that and that …

growing there; having its origin there.

who realizes nibbāna there, in that state.

who realizes nibbāna there, in that state.

being or living on dry land; being on high ground.

dishonest caravan.

another (distant) kingdom.

rubbish of (dead) grass, twigs, and leaves.

“a covering of grass”, one of the seven adhikaraṇasamatha (method of setting a case or dispute)

with lance in hand.

standing upright

smooth on both sides

in both places; in both respects.

(one) of high rank

the bite of an uccāliṅga

let go, handed over (in marriage) with (the pouring of) water

let go, handed over (in marriage) with (the pouring of) water

directed to rise and fall; relating to arising and passing away

directed to rise and fall; relating to arising and passing away

inflated; swollen, bloated; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

swollen; bloated, esp. of a corpse; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

rubbed; scratched

raised, exalted; highest, superior; big, bigger, biggest

drawn near, near; drawing near (esp. of time)

troubled, afflicted, visited by troubles; trouble, affliction

troubled, afflicted, visited by troubles; trouble, affliction

1. supported; sustained.
2. stiff, proud; haughty.

(~antī)n.

stands near, stands by; places oneself by; presents oneself; is present, appears; stands near in order to serve, serves, attends (+ acc., occasionally + dat./gen.); tends; worships

stands near, stands by; places oneself by; presents oneself; is present, appears; stands near in order to serve, serves, attends (+ acc., occasionally + dat./gen.); tends; worships

producing, bringing about; arranging attendance; having (someone) served or cared for

brings near, provides; procures, fetches; makes serve or attend, employs; causes to appear, brings about

brings near, provides; procures, fetches; makes serve or attend, employs; causes to appear, brings about

(~ī)n. & m. feminine

1. (mfn.) serving, attending, supporting.
2. (m.f.) one who serves or supports; a personal attendant; a nurse.

going near, keeping close to; presence, appearance; serving, waiting on, attendance; worshiping.

audience hall, assembly hall

producing, bringing about; arranging attendance; having (someone) served or cared for

brings near, provides; procures, fetches; makes serve or attend, employs; causes to appear, brings about

one who causes (someone) to serve; attend.

one who causes (someone) to serve; attend.

brings near, provides; procures, fetches; makes serve or attend, employs; causes to appear, brings about

stands near, stands by; places oneself by; presents oneself; is present, appears; stands near in order to serve, serves, attends (+ acc., occasionally + dat./gen.); tends; worships

the supreme goal; the highest good

or mfn. (giving a) hold for the hands.

1. brings, fetches, conveys; takes, collects; uses.
2. satthaṃ ~ati, ~eti, takes the knife, kills oneself

1. brings, fetches, conveys; takes, collects; uses.
2. satthaṃ ~ati, ~eti, takes the knife, kills oneself

living in the sky; being in the sky; being in the air

touched; touched upon; considered; touching

(for use) in case of misfortune or accident

(for use) in case of misfortune or accident

being or living in a formless or immaterial existence

being or living in a formless or immaterial existence

being a basis or cause of afflictions; being a basis or cause of the āsavas

bitten

[[alcohol prohibition]]Alcohol restriction: see: surāmeraya - majja - ppamādatthānā. The 5th training rule.

[[analysis of the 4 elements]]Analysis of the 4 primary elements: dhātu-vavatthāna

Anattā: No-self, egolessness, soullessness, impersonality, absence of identity, is the last of the 3 universal characteristics of existence ti-lakkhana. This anattā doctrine, which only is t …

Anupassanā: Contemplation, deep reflection, profound consideration:
The 4 fold: see: satipatthāna.
The 18 fold: see: vipassanā.
The 7 fold: The seven contemplations:
1: Contemplating c …

Association: sampayutta-paccaya is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya. *

Asubha:* Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations * …

Attentiveness: Attention, awareness or mindfulness; see: sati satipatthāna.

Attha-patisambhidā: The ‘analytical knowledge of meaning’, is one of the 4 kinds of analytical knowledge patisambhidā.

Atthangika-magga: The Noble 8-Fold Path see: Magga.

Attā: Self, ego, personality, soul, is in Buddhism a mere conventional expression vohāradesanā, and not a designation for anything really existing; see: paramattha-desanā, anattā, puggala, satta, jīva.

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

Bhavanga-sota: and Bhavanga-citta: The first term may tentatively be rendered as the ‘undercurrent forming the condition of being, or existence’, and the second as ‘subconsciousness’, though …

Bhayatupatthāna-ñāna: ‘knowledge consisting in the awareness of terror’, is one of those kinds of insight-knowledge that form the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ se …

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

Bodhipakkhiya-dhammā: The 37 ‘things pertaining to enlightenment’, or ‘requisites of enlightenment’ comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:

the 4 foundations of awarenes …

Bodhisatta: ‘Enlightenment Being’, is a being destined to Buddhahood, a future Buddha. According to the traditional belief a Bodhisatta, before reaching his last birth as a Buddha on this earth, i …

Body: kāya Contemplation on the b. is one of the 4 satipatthāna.

Bojjhanga: ‘the 7 factors of enlightenment’, are: awareness or mindfulness sati-sambojjhanga, sati, investigation of the law dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga energy viriya-sambojjhanga, *vir …

Catu-dhātu-vavatthāna: ‘analysis of the four elements’; see: dhātu-vavatthāna

Cittānupassanā: ‘contemplation of consciousness’, is one of the 4 foundations of awareness or mindfulness satipatthāna

[[consciousness: viññāna]]Consciousness: viññāna see: khandha citta mano q v - Moment of °: citta-kkhana Contemplation of °: cittānupassanā: satipatthāna - Materiality produced by °: *c …

Elements: dhātu - Analysis of the 4 e.: dhātu-vavatthāna

Feeling: vedanā, further see: khandha - Contemplation of f.: vedanānupassanā see: satipatthāna.

[[foundations of awareness or mindfulness]]Foundations of awareness or mindfulness: the 4: satipatthāna.

Hasituppāda-citta: lit. ‘consciousness producing mirth’ smile, is found in the Abhidhammattha Sangaha as a name for the joyful mind-consciousness element manoviññāna - dhātu Tab. I. 72 aris …

Hetu: ‘cause’, condition, reason; Abhidhamma root-condition. In sutta usage it is almost synonymous with paccaya ‘condition’, and often occurs together with it ’What is the cause, what is the c …

Hiri-ottappa: ‘moral shame and Fear of Wrongdoing’, are associated with all kammically advantageous consciousness see: Tab. II.

To be ashamed of what one ought to be ashamed of, to be ashamed of …

[[inference of meaning]]Inference of meaning: an ‘expression the meaning of which is to be inferred’: neyyattha-dhamma - Antonym: ‘expression with an established meaning’: nītattha-dhamma s …

Iriyā-patha: lit. ‘ways of movement’: ‘bodily postures’, i.e. going, standing, sitting, lying. In the Satipatthāna-sutta see: satipatthāna they form the subject of a contemplation and an exerc …

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

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 …

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

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 …

Patipadā: 1. ‘Road’, ’ Path ’; for instance in dukkhanirodha - gāminī - patipadā ‘the road leading to the ceasing of suffering’ = 4th Noble Truth; majjhima - patipadā ‘the Middle Way’ …

Patisambhidā: ‘analytical knowledge’ or ‘discrimination’, is of 4 kinds: analytical knowledge of the true meaning attha-patisambhidā of the law dhamma - patisambhidā, of language nirutti …

Patisandhi: lit. ‘reunion, relinking’, i.e. rebirth, is one of the 14 functions of consciousness viññāna-kicca. It is a kamma-resultant type of consciousness and arises at the moment of concep …

Puggala: ‘individual’, ‘person’, as well as the synonyms: personality, individuality, being satta self attā etc., in short all terms designating a personal entity, hence also: I, you, he, man, …

Puthujjana: lit.: ‘one of the many folk’, ‘worldling’, ordinary man, is any layman or Bhikkhu who is still possessed of all the 10 mental chains samyojana binding to the round of rebirths, and t …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

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 …

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

1. Limited space, under th …

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

Āsava: lit: fermentations, taints, corruptions, intoxicant biases. There is a list of four as in D. 16, Pts.M., Vibh.:
1: The mental fermentation of sense-desire kāmāsava, Ex: ’All is pleasan …

A-¹

the prep. ā shortened before double cons., as akkosati (ā + kruś), akkhāti (ā + khyā), abbahati (ā + bṛh)

Best to be classed here is the a- we call expletive. …

Abbahati & abbuhati

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

Err:501

“going towards setting”, disappearance, death Ja.v.469.

abstr. fr. abbhatta

to go out over, to rise AN.ii.50, AN.ii.51 (opp. atthaṃ eti, of the sun)
ppr abbhuddayaṃ Vv.64#17 (= abhi-uggacchanto Vv-a.280; abbhusayaṃ ti pi pāṭho).

abhi + ud + eti

drawing out, pulling, in daṇḍa-sattha˚ drawing a stick or sword Cnd.576#4 (cp abbhokkiraṇa). Or is it abbhuttīraṇa (cp. uttiṇṇa outlet).

abhi + ud + kṛ.

Abbahati & abbuhati

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

…aḍahana glosses C. aṭṭhangata & aṭṭhangika, K. nibbāpana). See also; abbuḷhana and…

Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

overcoming, vanquishing, mastering SN.ii.210 (variant reading BB abhipatthana).

fr. abhibhavati

in hattha˚; casting a spell to make the victim throw up or wring his hands DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.

doubtful whether to jappati or to japati to mumble, to which belongs jappana in kaṇṃa˚ DN-a.i.97

to wish for, covet (c. acc.). Snp.301 (aor abhijjhāyiṃsu = abhipatthayamāna jhāyiṃsu Snp-a.320).

Sk. abhidhyāyati, abhi + jhāyati¹; see also abhijjhāti

to know by experience, to know fully or thoroughly, to recognise know of (c. acc.), to be conscious or aware of DN.i.143; SN.ii.58, SN.ii.105, SN.ii.219, SN.ii.278; SN.iii.59, SN.iii.91; SN.iv.50, SN. …

see abhimatthati.

(˚eti) & -mantheti

1. to cleave, cut; to crush, destroy MN.i.243 (sikharena muddhānaṃ ˚mantheti); SN.i.127; Dhp.161 (variant reading ˚nth˚); Ja.iv.457 (matthako sikharena ˚matthiyamāno) Dhp-a.iii …

adjective facing, turned towards, approaching Ja.ii.3 (˚ā ahesuṃ met each other). usually -˚ turned to, going to, inclined towards DN.i.50 (purattha˚) Ja.i.203 (devaloka˚), Ja.i.223 (varaṇa-rukkha˚) …

[fr. abhi-ni-pāteti in daṇḍa-sattha˚; attacking with stick or knife Cnd.576#4.

…f…

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

to come by, to attain, to realise grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in comb^n. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti; abhisambujjhitvā abhisamet …

cursed, accursed Thag.118 “old age falls on her as if it had been cursed upon her (that is, laid upon her by a curse). Morris J.P.T.S. 1886 145 gives the commentator’s equivalents, “commanded worked b …

to execrate, revile, lay a curse on Ja.v.174 (˚saṃsittha 3^rd sg. pret med. = paribhāsi C.)
aor abhisasi Ja.vi.187, Ja.vi.505, Ja.vi.522 (= akkosi C.), Ja.vi.563 (id. …

adjective = abhivassaka Iti.64, Iti.65 (sabbattha˚).

confided in, taken into confidence MN.ii.52 (variant reading ˚visaṭṭha).

abhi + vissattha, pp. of abhivissasati, Sk. abhiviśvasta

at Ja.v.124 is to be read with variant reading as apaccupaṭṭhapeti (does not indulge in or care for).

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

…DN.iii.219; MN.i.451; AN.i.254, AN.i.256 Mnd.39 = Cnd.689 (˚sikkhā); Dhp.185 (= aṭṭha-samāpattisankhāta adhika-citta…

to come to, reach, attain AN.iv.96 (anatthaṃ); pp. adhipanna.

adhi + pajjati

adjective inhabiting, living in (c. loc.) Vin.i.28; SN.i.197; Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.385; Ja.iii.327; Pv-a.17. The form adhivuttha occurs at Ja.vi.370.

pp. of adhivasati

see adhivattha.

1. decision, resolution, self-determination, will (cp. on this meaning Cpd. 62; DN.iii.229 (where 4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., …

not seeing, without seeing Ja.iv.192 (T. adaṭṭhā, variant reading BB na diṭṭhā, C. adisvā), Ja.v.219.

a + diṭṭhā, ger. of *dassati

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 …

…a mendicant (opp. gahaṭṭha Snp.628 = Dhp.404; Snp.639, Snp.640 (+ paribbaje); Pv.ii.2#5 (=…

…of snakes DN.i.9 (= sappa-daṭṭhatikicchana-vijjā c’ eva sapp’ avhāyana-vijjā ea “the art of healing snake bites as well as the…

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

wrong time, bad luck, misadventure, misfortune. There are 9 enumerated at DN.iii.263; the usual set consists of 8; thus DN.iii.287; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.4 sq. See also *khaṇa-[vedhin](/de …

indeclinable emphatic particle

1. in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …

1. “made too much”, made much of, done up, adorned, fitted out Dhp.142 (= vatthâbharaṇa-paṭimaṇḍita Dhp-a.iii.83); Pv.ii.3#6; Vv.1#1; Ja.iii.392; Ja.iv.60.
2. “done enough” (see *[alaṃ](/define/alaṃ …

adjective (only ˚-)

1. moist, wet MN.iii.94 (-mattikā -puñja a heap of moist clay; may be taken in meaning 2).
2. fresh (opp. stale), new; freshly plucked, gathered or caught, viz.
   • *-kusam …

adjective not mortal, not subject to death Thag.276; Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.

a + mara from mṛ.

…Vin.iii.47

• -raṭṭha an intermediate kingdom, rulership of a subordinate prince Ja.v.135 *…

…& after the full moon: see aṭṭhaka²) First phrase at Vin.i.31, Vin.i.288; Vin.iii.31; second at MN.i.79 (cp….

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

Anubhavati & Anubhoti

to come to or by, to undergo, suffer (feel), get, undertake, partake in, experience DN.i.129; DN.ii.12 (˚bhonti); MN.ii.204; AN.i.61 (atthaṃ ˚bhoti to have a good result); Ja.vi …

˚ika (adj.) kind of heart, merciful, compassionate, full of pity (-˚ or c. loc.) DN.iii.187; SN.i.105 (loka˚), SN.i.197; SN.v.157; AN.iv.265 sq.; Iti.66 (sabba-bhūta˚); Pv.i.3#3 (= kārunika Pv-a.16 …

compassion, pity, mercy DN.i.204; MN.i.161; MN.ii.113; SN.i.206; SN.ii.274 (loka˚), SN.iv.323; SN.v.259 sq.; AN.i.64, AN.i.92; AN.ii.159; AN.iii.49; AN.iv.139 Pp.35
■ Often in abl. anukampāya out …

to cut Dhp.311 (hatthaṃ = phāleti Dhp-a.iii.484).

anu + kantati²

“according to taste”, i.e. satisfaction, thanks, esp. after a meal or after receiving gifts = to say grace or benediction, blessing, thanksgiving. In latter sense with dadāti (give thanks for = loca …

instructor, adviser Ja.iv.178 (ācariya +). Cp anusāsaka.

n. ag. to anu + sās, cf. Sk. anuśāsitṛ & P. satthar

(-˚) adjective following, striving after, acting in accordance with, living up to or after Freq. in formula dhammānusārin saddhānusārin living in conformity with the Norm & the Faith DN.iii.254; MN …

adviser, instructor, counsellor Ja.ii.105; Mil.186, Mil.217, Mil.264. Cp. anusatthar.

fr. anusāsati

1. to advise, admonish, instruct in or give advice upon (c. acc.) to exhort to Vin.i.83; DN.i.135; DN.ii.154; Dhp.77, Dhp.159 (aññaṃ); Ja.vi.368; Cp.i.10#3; Pv.ii.6#8; Pv-a.148
   grd anusāsiya V …

1. to practice, give oneself up to (acc.), attend, pursue SN.i.25, SN.i.122 (˚yuñjan “in loving self-devotion” mrs. rh. D.); SN.iii.154; SN.iv.104, SN.iv.175; Dhp.26 (pamādaṃ = *[pavatteti](/define/p …

adjective according to the sense, answering to the matter, having scnse Thag-a.6 (˚saññābhāva).

anu + attha

adverb as long as the sun does not set, before sun-down Ja.v.56 (= anatthangata-suriyaṃ C. cp. Sk. utsūra.

an + ava + sūra = suriya, with ava lengthened to āva in verse

1. gone, gone away from (c. abl.), removed; deceased, departed Iti.112; Pv-a.39 Pv-a.63 (= peta), Pv-a.64 (= gata).
2. (˚-) freq. as prefix meaning without, lit. having lost, removed from; free fr …

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

a + pajaha

licking off, in cpd. hatthāpalekhana “hand-licking” (i.e. licking one’s hand after a meal, the practice of certain ascetics) MN.i.77 (with variant reading hatthâvalekhana …

to lick off Pp-a.231 (hatthaṃ).

apa + lekhati in meaning of Sk. avalihati

1. to take away, remove MN.i.96 = AN.i.198 (kathaṃ bahiddhā a. carry outside) Kp.viii.4 (= aññaṃ ṭhānaṃ gameti Kp-a.220).
2. [= Sk. ava-namati] to bend down, lower, put down Vin.ii.208 (chattaṃ); SN …

Apattha¹

adjective thrown away Dhp.149 (= chaḍḍita Dhp-a.iii.112).

Sk. apāsta, pp. of apa + as²

Apattha²

2^nd pl. pret. of pāpunāti (q.v.).

Err:509

to put aside, leave out, neglect Ja.iv.308; Ja.v.236.

Caus. fr. apa-tiṭṭhati, cp. Sk. apa + sthā to stand aloof

adjective gone away; (med.) freed of, rid of, deprived of (instr., abl. or ˚-) Dhp.9 (damasaccena); Pv-a.35 (dukkhato); usually ˚-in sense of “without, -less”, e.g. apeta-kaddama free from mud st …

adjective not hankering, free from craving, not greedy SN.i.187 = Thag.1218 (akuhako nipako apihālu); Snp.852 (+ amaccharin, expl^d. at Snp-a.549 as apihana-sīlo, patthanātanhāya rahito t …

adjective small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most compounds); thus expl^d. at Vv-a.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see *[a …

adjective

1. not forming an obstacle, not injuring, unobstructive Snp.42 (see expl^d. at Cnd.239; Snp-a.88 explains “katthaci satte vā sankhāre vā bhayena na paṭihaññatī ti a.”)
2. psychol …

adjective of little power, weak, impotent SN.ii.229; Mil.65; Sdhp.89.

acc. to Childers = Sk. *alpa + īśa + ākhya, the latter fr. ā + khyā “being called lord of little”; Trenckner on Mil.65 (see …

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

…Snp.177 (patha = aṭṭhangiko maggo Snp-a.216); Dhp.236 (bhūmi), Dhp.270; Pts.ii.212 (iddhi) -alamariya fully or thoroughly good…

noun adjective absence of a sword or knife, without a knife, usually comb^d. with adaṇḍa in var. phrases see under daṇḍa. Also at Thag.757 (+ avaṇa).

a + sattha

…Snp-a.468 = Dhp-a.iv.173).

a + saṃsaṭṭha

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, …

1. to breathe, to breathe out, to exhale Ja.i.163; Ja.vi.305 (gloss assāsento passāsento susu ti saddaṃ karonto); Vism.272. Usually in comb^n. with passasati to inhale …

Assattha¹

the holy fig-tree, Ficus, Religiosa the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment i.e. the Bo tree Vin.iv.35; DN.ii.4 (sammā-sambuddho assatthassa mūle abhisambuddho); …

taste, sweetness, enjoyment, satisfaction DN.i.22 (vedanānaṃ samudaya atthangama assāda etc.); MN.i.85; SN.ii.84 sq. (˚ânupassin), SN.ii.170 sq.; SN.iii.27 sq (ko rūpassa assādo), SN.iii.62, SN.iii.10 …

1. (lit.) breathing, esp. breathing out (so Vism.272), exhalation, opp. to passāsa inhalation, with which often comb^d. or contrasted; thus as cpd. assāsa-passāsa mea …

adjective only in neg. an˚; not able to afford comfort, giving no comfort or security. MN.i.514 MN.iii.30 Ja.ii.298 (= aññaṁ assāsetuṁ asamatthaṭāya na assāsika). cp. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit anāśvā …

adjective impure, unpleasant, bad, ugly, nasty; nt. ˚ṃ nastiness, impurity. Cp. on term and the Asubha-meditation, as well as on the 10 asubhas or offensive objects Dhs. trsl. 70 and Cpd. 121 n. …

…& freq. application see; aṭṭha¹ B 1 c, where also most of the ref’s In addition we mention the foll.:) Ja.i.233 (˚hattha 80…

adjective very pleased Sdhp.323.

ati + haṭṭha

… ■ Pp.17; Ja.i.162 (raṭṭhaṃ having left).
■ Often to be trsl. as adv. “beyond”, e.g. pare beyond others Pv-a.15;…

adjective too abundant, in ˚vākya one who talks too much, a chatterbox Ja.v.204.

ati + vissaṭṭha

…reproach Dhp.320, Dhp.321 (= aṭṭha-anariyavohāra-vasena pavattaṃ vītikkama-vacanaṃ Dhp-a.iv.3) Ja.vi.508.

ati + vac, cp. Sk….

…Cnd.24 (= tuṭṭha-mano haṭṭha-mano etc.) Vv.1#4; Pp.33 (an˚); Mil.18; DN-a.i.52; Dhp-a.i.89 (an˚-dhātuka displeased); Pv-a.23,…

…Vv-a.149 (as atta-naṭṭhama Vv.34#13), & ˚aṭṭhamaka Mil.291.

III. anattā

(n. and predicative adj.) not a soul,…

rug (for horses, elephants etc.) DN.i.7.

fr. attharati

covering Ja.i.9; DN-a.i.87
■ f. -ikā a layer Ja.i.9; Ja.v.280.

= atthara

to spread, to cover, to spread out; stretch, lay out Vin.i.254; Vin.v.172; Ja.i.199; Ja.v.113; Ja.vi.428; Dhp.i.272
pp atthata (q.v.)
caus attharāpeti …

covering, carpet, cover, rug Vin.ii.291; AN.ii.56; AN.iii.53; Mhvs.3, Mhvs.20; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.40 Mhvs.25, Mhvs.102; Thag-a.22.

fr. attharati

spread, covered, spread over with (-˚) Vin.i.265; Vin.iv.287; Vin.v.172 (see ˚an); AN.iii.50; Pv-a.141.

pp. of attharati

reason, cause; only in abl. atthattā according to the sense, by reason of, on account of Pv-a.189 (-˚).

abstr. fr. attha¹

adjective full of benefit SN.i.30; Thag.740; Mil.172.

cp. Sk. arthavant

to be, to exist.
pres Ind. 1^st sg. asmi Snp.1120, Snp.1143; Ja.i.151; Ja.iii.55 and amhi MN.i.429; Snp.694; Ja.ii.153; Pv.i.10#2; Pv.ii.8#2.
■ 2 ^…

…shows a confusion between aṭṭha and a-ṭhita); Ja.v.151 (in def. of aṭṭhikatvā q.v.); Pp.69, Pp.70 (T aṭṭhika, aṭṭhita SS;…

spreading out Vin.v.172 (see kaṭhina). atthāraka same ibid.; Vin.ii.87 (covering).

cp. Sk. āstāra, fr. attharati

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

Phonetically the difference between ava & o is this, that; ava is the older form, whereas o represents a later development. Histor …

Avaharati & oharati

to steal Ja.i.384; Pv-a.47 (avahari vatthaṃ), Pv-a.86 (id., = apānudi)
pp avahaṭa (q.v.).

ava + hṛ.

Avakāsa & okāsa

1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

…(˚pidhara), Vin.ii.221 (˚kaṭṭha). 2. scratching in writing down Ja.iv.402, (˚sattha a chisel for engraving letters).

fr….

to abide, linger, stand still. DN.i.251 = SN.iv.322 = AN.v.299 (tatra˚); SN.i.25 (v.l otiṭṭhati); Thag.1, Thag.21; Ja.ii.62; Ja.iv.208 (aor. avaṭṭhāsi). pp. avaṭṭhita (q.v.). Av …

Avattha¹

aimless (of cārikā, a bhikkhu’s wandering, going on tour) AN.iii.171 (C. avavatthika).

der. uncertain

Avattha²

thrown away Ja.v.302 (= chaḍḍita C.).

Sk. apāsta, apa …

to strew, cover over or up Ja.i.74 (˚amāna ppr.), Ja.i.255 (˚itvā ger.); Ja.iv.84; Dāvs i.38
pp otthaṭa Cp. pariy˚.

ava + tharati, stṛ.

setting in array, deploying (of an army) Ja.ii.104 (of a robber-band), Ja.ii.336.

fr. avattharati

Err:508

position, standing place Ja.i.508; Pv-a.286.

Sk. avasthāna

adverb elsewhere, somewhere else Ja.v.252; Pv.iv.1#62. In comp^n. also añña˚, e.g. aññatra-yoga (adj.) following another discipline DN.i.187; MN.i.487
■ As prep. c. abl. (and instr.) but …

adverb somewhere or anywhere else, elsewhere (either place where or whereto) Ja.i.291; Ja.ii.154; Dhs-a.163; Dhp-a.i.212; Dhp-a.iii.351; Pv-a.45; Mhvs.4, Mhvs.37; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.14.

from añña = añ …

…-aṭṭha half of eight, i.e. four (cp. aṭṭhaḍḍha) SN.ii.222 (˚ratana); Ja.vi.354 (˚pāda quadruped;…

…vedanā saññā, bhava), aṭṭhangika (q.v.) magga the Path with its eight constituents or the eightfold Path (Kp-a.85: aṭṭh’ angāni…

hook, a pole with a hook, used

1. for plucking fruit off trees, a crook Ja.i.9 (˚pacchi hook & basket); Ja.v.89 = Ja.vi.520 (pacchikhanitti˚), Ja.vi.529 (= phalānaṃ gaṇhanatthaṃ ankusaṃ)
2. to drive …

1. a crook for plucking fruit Ja.iii.22.
2. an elephant-driver’s hook Ja.iii.431.

• -yattha a crooked stick, alpenstock, staff (of an ascetic Ja.ii.68 (+ pacchi).

see anka<sup …

…sūcik˚ (read for sūcikaṭṭha) pained by stitch Pv.iii.2#3.

• -ssara cry of distress Vin.iii.105; SN.ii.255; Ja.i.265 Ja.ii.117;…

…˚ṃ (nt.) an octad Vv.67#2 (aṭṭh eight octads = 64); Vv-a.289, Vv-a.290. On sabbaṭṭhaka see aṭṭha B 1 a. See…

…Snp.570 (ito atthami scil. divase, loc.).

Sk. aṣṭama, see aṭṭha¹

Err:501

…(˚katvāna).

= attha (aṭṭha) in comp^n. with kar & bhū, as freq. in Sk. and P. with i for a, like citti-kata (for citta˚)…

stand, post; name of the rubbing-post which, well cut & with incised rows of squares was let into the ground of a bathing-place, serving as a rubber to people bathing Vin.ii.105, Vin.ii.106 (read aṭ …

at Vin.ii.106 is obscure, should it not rather be read with Bdhgh as aṭṭhāna? (cp. Bdhgh on p. 315).

…sattabojjhangāni, ariyo aṭṭhangiko maggo e.g. SN.iii.96; Pts.ii.56; Mnd.13 = Mnd.360 = Cnd.420; Cnd. s.v. satipaṭṭhāna; and passim….

to have strength, to grow strong, to gain power, to overpower Snp.770 (= sahati parisahati abhibhavati Mnd.12, cp. Mnd.361); Ja.iv.84 (vv.ll. khalī˚ & paliyy˚; C explains by avattharati) = Pv.ii.6#1 ( …

to bind etc.

I. Forms

imper bandha DN.ii.350; pl. bandhantu Ja.i.153.
pot bandheyya SN.iv.198; Vin.iii.45
fut bandhayissati Mhvs.24.6;
aor abandhi Ja.iii. …

to spin (of a wheel), to whirl about, to roam Dhp.371 (mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṃ); Ja.i.414; Ja.iii.206 Ja.iv.4 (cakkaṃ matthake); Ja.iv.6 (kumbha-kāra-cakkaṃ iva bh.); Ja.v.478
pp *[bhanta]( …

…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 Name of the King…

…& abhassittha SN.i.122 (so read for abhassatha)
pp bhaṭṭha¹.

bhranś, Sk. bhraśyate

adjective

1. devoted?
2. discerning, analytical, perspicacious? Thag.370; Com. has: yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipattiyā tattha bhattimā nāma.

from bhatti

to become, to be, exist, behave etc. (cp. Cnd.474 sambhavati jāyati nibbattati pātu-bhavati)

I. Forms

There are two bases used side by side, viz bhav˚; and (contracted) ho˚; the latte …

adjective breaking, spoiling, destroying (attha˚
■ visaṃvāda; cp. bhañjanaka) Ja.iii.499.

fr. bhañjati

destroying, hurting, spoiling, in phrase attha˚; destroying the welfare (with ref. to the telling of lies) Dhp-a.iii.356; Vv-a.72; cp bhañjaka.

fr. bhañjana¹

1. (trs. & intrs.) to break Vin.i.74 (phāsukā bhañjitabbā ribs to be broken); Dhp.337 (mā bhañji = mā bhañjatu C.). Pv.ii.9#3 (sākhaṃ bhañjeyya = chindeyya Pv-a.114); Pv-a.277 (akkho bhañji the axle …

…said Vv.63#19 (su˚ = subhāsita Vv-a.265). See also paccā˚ & pari˚ cp. also…

1. breaking, rending, breach, disunion, dissension Vism.64 sq. (contrasted with ānisaṃsa), Vism.572 sq (with ref. to upādāna & bhava); Vb-a.185 (id.); Sdhp.66, Sdhp.457, Sdhp.463
   ■ mithu˚; bre …

…Pp.30 (explained at Pp-a 212 by “bhiyyoso-mattāya uddhumāyana-bhāvo daṭṭhabbo”); Ja.i.61; Pv-a.50.

abl. formation fr. bhiyyo 1

Bhuja¹

masculine & neuter the arm Snp.48 (explained by Cnd.478 as hattha, hand); Snp.682 (pl. bhujāni); Ja.v.91, Ja.v.309; Ja.vi.64 Bv.i.36; Vv.64#18.

cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhuja m. & bhu …

adjective noun

1. belonging to the earth, earthly, terrestrial; nt. soil, ground, floor Snp.222 (bhūtāni bhummāni earthly creatures contrasted with creatures in the air, antalikkhe), Snp.236 (id.); S …

…8 stages of Deliverance, the aṭṭha vimokkhā). 4. division of time, time, always-˚, e.g. pubba˚; the past apara˚; the future Pv-a.133;…

…to the 4 jhānas) purisa˚ (aṭṭha p. bh. eight stages of the individual viz. manda-bhūmi, khiḍḍā˚, vīmaṃsana˚, ujugata˚ sekha˚,…

…Brahmā and of Buddha, cp. aṭṭhanga), which are given at DN.ii.211 DN.ii.227 as (saro hoti) vissaṭṭho ca viññeyyo ca mañjū ca…

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 …

…& the 7 bojjhangas and ariya aṭṭhangika magga, 37 in all The same list we find at Divy.208
■ The 7 b. (frequently also called;…

…Abhp.588
■ Superl. brahaṭṭha (= Sk. barhiṣṭha; on inversion bar → bra cp. Sk. paribarhanā → P. paribrahaṇa) in -puppha a…

…where it runs: brahmehi Aṭṭhak’ ādīhi cintitaṃ paññācakkhunā diṭṭhaṃ, i.e. thought out by the divine (seer Aṭṭhaka and…

adjective “having Brahmā,” possessed or full of Brahmā; f. brahmavatī Np. Vism.434. Brahmanna. brahmannata & brahmannattha;

fr. brahma

adjective brahman, of the brahman rank; brahmanhood, of higher conduct, leading a pure life DN.i.115 (at which passage DN-a.i.286 includes Sāriputta, Moggallāna & Mahākassapa in this rank) MN.ii.167; …

see brahmañña.

…where it runs: brahmehi Aṭṭhak’ ādīhi cintitaṃ paññācakkhunā diṭṭhaṃ, i.e. thought out by the divine (seer Aṭṭhaka and…

Brāhmañña. brāhmaññatā & brāhmaññattha

see brahmañ˚.

Brāhmañña. brāhmaññatā & brāhmaññattha

see brahmañ˚.

…hymns“; their names are Aṭṭhaka Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Angirasa Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin.i.245;…

…chapters of the Jātak’ aṭṭhakathā
■ Convinced that asceticism was not the way to enlightenment, he renounced austerities. He…

busy, active. Thus Kern, but the translation is not satisfactory. It occurs only at 2 passages; Vin.iv.2 where combined with vācā, girā, vacībheda, and meaning “mode of speech,” and at Snp.961, where …

1. sign, mark: see vyañjana.
2. the letter, as compared with attha the spirit or meaning; thus in phrase atthato byañjanato ca according to the meaning & the l …

adjective foreign in ˚raṭṭha-vāsin living in a foreign country Ja.iii.432 (or is it N.? Cp. Ja vii. p. 94).

= bāhiya

1. seed, germ, semen, spawn. Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116
   ■ DN.i.135 (˚bhatta seed-corn food); DN.iii.44 (the five kinds: see below under ˚gāma) …

(indef. enclitic particle)

1. Indefinite (after demonstr. pron. in the sense of kiṃ = what about? or how is it? cp. kiṃ) = ever, whoever what-ever, etc. [Sk. kaśca, Gr. ὁς τε, Lat: quisque Goth. h …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

noun adjective

1. the act of going about, walking; one who walks or lives (usually -˚): oka˚ living in water MN.i.117; Ja.vi.416; antara˚ SN.iv.173; eka˚ solitary Snp.166; saddhiṃ˚ a companion Snp.4 …

1. = cara² (a messenger) Ja.vi.369 (attha˚); adj. walking through: sabbalokaṃ˚ Ja.v.395.
2. any animal SN.i.106; Pv-a.153 (vana˚).

1. walking about grazing, feeding Vv-a.308 (˚ṭṭhāna).
2. the foot Vin.iv.212; Ja.v.431.
3. acting, behaviour, good conduct, freq. in combination with vijjā, e.g. AN.ii.163 AN.v.327; Dhp.144; Vism.202 …

…Ja.vi.169 (uposatha, cp. aṭṭhanga) Dpvs.i.6; Sdhp.64; -(r)aṅgika = prec. Dhs.147, Dhs.157, Dhs.397 Kp-a.85; Sdhp.58; -(r)aṅgin…

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

…chasu (chassu), num. ord. chaṭṭha the sixth. Cp. also saṭṭhi (60) soḷasa (16). Six is applied whenever a “major set is concerned (see…

anything that covers, protects or hides, viz. a cover, an awning DN.i.7≈ (sa-uttara˚ but ˚chadana at DN.ii.194)
■ a veil in phrase vivaṭacchada “with the veil lifted” thus …

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 …

…chasu (chassu), num. ord. chaṭṭha the sixth. Cp. also saṭṭhi (60) soḷasa (16). Six is applied whenever a “major set is concerned (see…

the sixth Snp.171, Snp.437; Dhp-a.iii.200: Snp-a.364. Also as chaṭṭhama Snp.101, Snp.103; Ja.iii.280.

cutting, severing, destroying DN.i.5; (= DN-a.i.80 hattha˚-ādi); DN.iii.176; Vin.ii.133; AN.ii.209; AN.v.206; SN.iv.169 (nakha˚); SN.v.473; Mil.86 Vism.102 (˚vadha-bandana, etc.).

see *[chindati]( …

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 …

cut off, destroyed Vin.i.71 (acchinna-kesa with unshaven hair); MN.i.430; DN.ii.8 (˚papañca); Ja.i.255; Ja.ii.155; Ja.iv.138; Dhp.338; Pv.i.11#2 (variant reading for bhinna), Pv.i.11#6; Dhp-a.iv.48. …

covering. clothing, often combined with ghāsa˚; food & clothing (q.v.) Ja.ii.79 (vattha˚) Pv.i.10#7 (bhojana˚); Pv.ii.1#7 (vattha˚); Pv-a.50 (= vattha) Dhp-a.iv.7
■ As adj. Ja.vi.354 (of the tha …

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538.
3. (nt. a (coloured) mark (on the forehead) Mil.408 (˚dh …

…Dhs.1515; -visaṃsaṭṭha detached fr. thought Dhs.1194, Dhs.1517; -vūpasama…

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538.
3. (nt. a (coloured) mark (on the forehead) Mil.408 (˚dh …

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 …

Culla & cūḷa

adjective small, minor (opp mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr. Ja.ii.287, cp Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman ( …

motion, walking, going; doing, behaviour, action, process Mil.162 (+ vihāra) Dhs.8 = Dhs.85 (= vicāra); Dhs-a.167. usually -˚ (n. adj.): kāma˚ going at will Ja.iv.261; pamāda˚ a slothful life Ja.i. …

…Vv-a.129. With pancadasī aṭṭhamī & pāṭihāriyapakkha at Snp.402; Vv.15#5

• -dasika belonging to the 14^th day at…

Culla & cūḷa

adjective small, minor (opp mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr. Ja.ii.287, cp Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman ( …

-D-

euphonic consonant inserted to avoid hiatus:

1. orig. only sandhi-cons. in forms ending in t & d (like tāvat kocid, etc.) & thus restored in compounds where the simplex has lost it:
   dvip …

to give, etc.

I. Forms

The foll. bases form the Pāli verb-system: dā, dāy, dadā & di.

1. Bases dā & (reduced); da
   1. dā˚: fut. dassati Ja.i.113, Ja.i.279 Ja.i …

adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

…-kaṭṭha a tooth-pick Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 Vin.i.51, Vin.i.61; Vin.ii.138; AN.iii.250;…

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 …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

…= passitvā, etc. grd. daṭṭhabba (to be regarded as) DN.ii.154; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.9 Pv-a.10, etc., Vism.464; &…

see *attha*˚.

(-˚) adjective seeing, finding, realizing, perceiving. Only in compounds, like attha˚ Snp.385; ananta SN.i.143; ādīnava˚ Sdhp.409; ekanga˚ Ud.69; jātikkhaya˚ Snp.209; Iti.40; ñāṇa˚ Snp.478 (= sacchik …

& dasa; (nt.) unwoven thread of a web of cloth, fringe, edge or border of a garment DN.i.7 (dīgha˚ long-fringed, of vatthāni); Ja.v.187; Dhp-a.i.180 Dhp-a.iv.106 (dasāni)
■ *[sadasa](/define/sa …

Dava¹

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

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

Sk …

…Dhp-a.ii.71; aṭṭha-kahāpaṇo daṇḍo a fine of 8 k. Vv-a.76

■ adaṇḍa without a stick, i.e. without force or…

bitten Ja.i.7; Mil.302; Pv-a.144.

pp. of daśati, see ḍasati

one who sees AN.ii.25.

n. ag. to dassati

large tooth, tusk, fang Mil.150 (˚visa).

cp. dāṭhā

1. discourse, instruction, lesson SN.v.83, SN.v.108; Ja.iii.84; Pp.28; Ne.38; Vism.523 sq (regarding Paṭiccasamuppāda); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.2, Pv-a.9, Pv-a.11; Sdhp.213.
2. Freq. in dhamma˚; moral inst …

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, …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

adjective noun

1. purified MN.i.386; Snp.351, Snp.786, Snp.813, Snp.834 (= dhutakilesa Snp-a.542); Ja.iii.160 (˚sākha = patthaṭasākha Com.; variant reading BB vena˚); Mnd.77 = Mnd.176 (: dhonā vucca …

washed, bleached, clean Ja.i.62 (˚sankha a bleached shell); Ja.ii.275; Pv-a.73 (˚vattha), Pv-a.116 (˚hattha with clean hands), Pv-a.274 (id.); Vism.224 (id.).

Sk. dhāuta, pp. of dhavati^{2</sup …}

washing Vin.iv.262; SN.iv.316 (bhaṇḍa˚); AN.i.132, AN.i.161, AN.i.277; Iti.111 (pādānaṃ); Ja.ii.129; Ja.vi.365 (hattha˚); Mil.11 Vism.343; Pv-a.241 (hattha-pāda˚); Dhp-a.ii.19 (pāda˚) fig. (ariyaṃ) …

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 …

Dhārā¹

feminine torrent, stream, flow, shower DN.i.74 (sammā˚ an even or seasonable shower; DN-a.i.218 = vuṭṭhi); DN.ii.15 (udakassa, streams) Ja.i.31; Pts.i.125 (udaka˚); Pv.ii.9#70 (sam …

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).

point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …

Diṭṭha¹

1. seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …

Dubbha & Dūbha

adjective deceiving, hurting, trying to injure Vin.ii.203 (= Iti.86 where dubbhe); Pv.ii.9#3 (mitta˚). adubbha one who does not do harm, harmless Pv.ii.9#8 (˚pāṇin = ahiṃsakahattha). …

hurtfulness, treachery, injury against somebody (c. loc.) Pv-a.114 (= anattha).

Sk. *dambhana

dyad Dhs-a.36, Dhs-a.343, Dhs-a.347, Dhs-a.406; Vism.11 sq. & in titles of books “in pairs, on pairs, e.g. Dukapaṭṭhāna; or chapters, e.g. Ja.ii.1 (˚nipāta).

see dvi B ii

…suffering, only in phrase (aṭṭhangiko maggo) d-ûpasama-gāmino SN.iii.86; Iti.106; Snp.724 = Dhp.191;

• -(m)esin wishing ill, malevolent…

Dussa¹

neuter woven material, cloth, turban cloth; (upper) garment, clothes Vin.i.290 Vin.ii.128, Vin.ii.174; Vin.iv.159. DN.i.103; SN.v.71; MN.i.215; MN.ii.92; AN.v.347; Snp.679; Pv.i.10# …

bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland SN.iv.163 (read dāmena for damena), SN.iv.282, (id.); AN.iii.393 (dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjuban …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

cutting; -agga the first of what has been cut (on fields) Dhp-a.i.98; -atthaṃ for the purpose of mowing Dhp-a.iii.285.

see dayati

…daṃṣṭrā to ḍasati (q.v.), cp. also daṭṭha

Dīpa¹

a lamp Ja.ii.104 (˚ṃ jāleti to light a l.); Dhp-a.ii.49 (id.), Dhp-a.ii.94 (id.)

• -acci the flame of a lamp Thag-a.154;
• -āloka light of …

adjective illustrating, explaining; f. -ī explanation, commentary, Name of several Commentaries, e.g. the Paramattha-dīpanī of Dhammapāla on Th 2; Pv Vv
■ Cp. jotikā & uddīpanā.

Dubbha & Dūbha

adjective deceiving, hurting, trying to injure Vin.ii.203 (= Iti.86 where dubbhe); Pv.ii.9#3 (mitta˚). adubbha one who does not do harm, harmless Pv.ii.9#8 (˚pāṇin = ahiṃsakahattha). …

adjective single, not doubled (of cloth, opp. to diguṇa) Ja.v.216 (˚vasana = eka-paṭṭa-nivattha).

fr. ekacca

adjective one-sided, on one end, with one top, topmost (˚-) usually in function of an adv. as ˚-meaning “absolutely, extremely, extraordinary, quite” etc.

1. (lit.) at one end, only in ˚lomin a wo …

to go, go to, reach; often (= ā + eti) to come back, return Snp.364, Snp.376, Snp.666 (come); Ja.vi.365 (return); ppr. ento Ja.iii.433 (acc. suriyaṃ atthaṃ entaṃ the setting sun); imper 2^{nd</s …}

…e.g. in addha˚, anta˚ paṭṭha˚, pāra˚, veda˚
■ dugga (m. & nt.) a difficult road Dhp.327 = Mil.379; Pv.ii.7#8 (=…

1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
   ■ Ja.i.90 …

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 …

…Cnd.134 (paribbājaṃ gahaṭṭhaṃ vā), Cnd.398, Cnd.487; Sdhp.375. -˚vatta a layman’s rule of conduct Snp.393 (= agāriyā…

1. adj. deep, thick, impervious, only in a˚ clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv.18#7 (akanataka +); Mil.160 (gahanaṃ a kataṃ the thicket is cleared).
2. nt. an impenetrable place, a thicket j …

adjective seizing, taking; acquiring; (n.) seizure, grasp, hold, acquisition Vism.114 (in detail) usually -˚: nāma˚-divase on the day on which a child gets its name (lit. acquiring a name) Ja.i.199, …

˚Gama

1. adj. going, able to go; going to, leading to; in vihangama going in the air Snp.221, Snp.606; Thag.1108; Ja.i.216 (cp. gamana); aghasi˚ id. Vv.16#1 (= vehāsaṃ Vv-a.78); nabhasi˚ going on clo …

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. a musician, a singer Ja.ii.249 sq.; Ja.iii.188; Vv-a.36, Vv-a.137.
2. a Gandharva or heavenly musician, as a class (see ˚*kāyika*) belonging to the demigods who inhabit the Cātu …

somewhat heavy.

1. lit. Ja.i.134 (of the womb in pregnancy); Dhp.310; Mil.102. Usually coupled & contrasted with; lahuka, light: in def. of sense of touch Dhs.648; similarly w. si …

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

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 …

(and galati) [Sk. galati, cp. Ohg. quellan to well up, to flow out; see note on gala and cp. also jala water

1. to drip, flow, trickle (trs. & intr.) Vin.i.204 (natthu g.); MN.i.336 (sīsaṃ lohitena g …

1. a knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) Ja.i.172; DN-a.i.163; Dhp-a.i.321 (˚jātaṃ what has be come knotty or hard)
   ■ diṭṭhi-gaṇṭhi the tangle of false doctrine Vv-a.297; ant …

…ground) Ja.iv.30; Vism.143 (pahaṭa-citra˚) = Dhs-a.116 (where wrongly pahaṭṭha-citta-bheṇḍuka); Ja.v.196 (citra-bh˚);…

…Snp.188; Iti.112 (gahaṭṭha +) Ja.vi.575;

• -ājira house-yard Vism.144 (where Dhs-a.116 in id. passage reads gharadvāra). *…

…Snp-a.582 (for ugghaṭṭha) also at Vin.iv.46 in def. of vehāsa-kuṭī (a cell or hut with air, i.e., spacious, airy) as majjhimassa…

grass for fodder, pasturing: food Ja.i.511 (˚ṃ kurute); Pv-a.173 (˚atthāya gacchati “go feeding”) Mostly in: -esana search for food (= gocara) SN.i.141; Snp.711
■ Cp. vi˚*-[chada](/define/chada …

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 …

adjective sick ill Vin.i.51, Vin.i.53, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.92, Vin.i.142 sq., Vin.i.176, Vin.i.302 sq.; Vin.ii.165 Vin.ii.227 sq.; Vin.iv.88, etc.; SN.v.80, SN.v.81 (bāḷha˚ very ill); AN.i.120 = Pp.27; AN …

…Dhs-a.93; DN-a.i.61 (aṭṭhangupetaṃ giraṃ) Ja.ii.134.

Vedic gir & gēr, song; gṛṇāti to praise, announce gūrti praise = Lat….

…as a superior profession (ukkaṭṭha-kamma) Vin.iv.6 -ravaka the bellowing of a cow MN.i.225; -rasa…

…same Ja.i.56. Examples: Ambaṭṭha Kaṇhāyana-gottena DN.i.92; Vipassī Koṇḍañño g˚; Kakusandho Kassapo g˚ Bhagavā Gotamo g˚…

Goṇa¹

an ox, a bullock SN.iv.195 sq.; Ja.i.194 Ja.iv.67; Pv.i.8#2; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.40; Vv-a.63 (for ploughing) DN-a.i.163; Dhp-a.iii.60. -sira wild ox Ja.vi.538(= araññagoṇaka).

The …

Goṇaka¹

a kind of ox, a wild bull Ja.vi.538 (arañña˚).

goṇa¹

Goṇaka²

a woollen cover with long fleece (DN-a.i.86: dīghalomako mahākojavo; caturangulādhikāni kir …

1. adj. to be hidden, hidden in ˚bhaṇḍaka the hidden part (of the body Dhp-a.iv.197.
2. (nt.) that which is hidden; lit. in vattha˚; hidden by the dress, i.e. the pudendum DN.i.106; Snp.1022, etc. …

…Davids, Dialogues ii.145 aṭṭhaguṇa (hirañña) Thig.153; aneka-bhāgena guṇena seyyo many times or infinitely better Pv.iv.1#9;…

…pavisitabbo MN.i.469; ˚ṃ raṭṭhañ ca bhuñjati Snp.619, Snp.711; gāme tiṃsa kulāni honti Ja.i.199
■ Snp.386, Snp.929, Snp.978;…

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

˚Gāmin

adjective f. ˚iṇī, in composition ˚gāmi˚

1. going, walking, lit.: sīgha˚ walking quickly Snp.381
2. leading to, making for, usually with magga or paṭipadā (gāminī), either lit. Pāṭaliputtagām …

[cp. Sk. gaurava, fr. garu] reverence, respect, esteem; with loc. respect for reverence towards; in the set of six venerable objects Buddhe [Satthari], Dhamme, Sanghe, sikkhāya, appamāde paṭisanthāre …

…skilled or perfected in. See addha˚, anta˚ chanda˚, dhamma˚, paṭṭha˚, pāra, veda˚.

fr. gam, cp. ˚ga

…(& haṭṭha).

owing to similarity of meaning the two roots has to laugh (Sk. hasati, pp. hasita) & hṛṣ to be…

…(& haṭṭha).

owing to similarity of meaning the two roots has to laugh (Sk. hasati, pp. hasita) & hṛṣ to be…

1. hand DN.i.124; AN.i.47; Snp.610; Ja.vi.40
   ■ forearm Vin.iv.221; of animals SN.v.148; Ja.i.149; -pāda hand and foot MN.i.523; AN.i.47; Ja.ii.117; Pv-a.241; Dhp-a.iv.7. sahassa˚; thousand …

handful, a quantity (lit. a little hand) Vv.45#5 (= kalāpa Vv-a.197).

hattha + ka

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …

… pp haṭṭha.

cp. Vedic harṣate Idg. *ĝher to bristle (of hair), as in Lat. horreo (“horrid, horripilation”),…

…either tuṭṭha (e.g. Ja.vi.427; Pv-a.113), or pahaṭṭha (Dhp-a.iii.292).

pp. of haṃsati

…n’atthi paccayo DN.i.53; aṭṭha hetū aṭṭha paccayā DN.iii.284 sq.; cp. SN.iii.69 sq.; DN.ii.107; MN.i.407; AN.i.55 sq., AN.i.66,…

Hāpeti¹

1. to neglect, omit AN.iii.44 (ahāpayaṃ); AN.iv.25; Dhp.166; Ja.ii.437; Ja.iv.182; ahāpetvā without omitting anything, i.e. fully AN.ii.77; Ja.iv.132; DN-a.i.99. atthaṃ hāpeti …

adjective carrying, taking, getting; removing (f. hārikā) MN.i.385; Ja.i.134, Ja.i.479; Pv.ii.9#1 (dhana˚) Snp-a.259 (maṃsa˚)
■ mala˚ an instrument for removing ear-wax Tha-ap.303; cp. haraṇī. …

… ■ Often opposed to ukkaṭṭha (exalted, decent, noble), e.g. Vin.iv.6; Ja.i.20, Ja.i.22; Ja.iii.218; Vb-a.410; or…

to have a good result, turn out a blessing. succeed prosper, be successful SN.i.175 (“work effectively trsl.; = samijjhati mahapphalaṃ hoti C.); SN.iv.303; Snp.461 Snp.485; Ja.v.393; Pv.ii.1#11; Pv.ii …

…19) at AN.i.118 sq. Under aṭṭhavidhaṃ indriya-rūpaṃ (Cpd. 159) or rūpaṃ as indriyaṃ “form which is faculty” Dhs.661 (cp…

…AN.iv.61 as follows: Aṭṭhaka Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi (Yamadaggi) Angirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa,…

(nt. m.)

1. (nt.) archery (as means of livelihood & occupation) MN.i.85; MN.iii.1; SN.i.100 (so read with variant reading; T has issatta, C. explains by usu-sippaṃ K. S. p. 318); Snp.617 (˚ṃ upajī …

an archer Mil.419.

issattha + ka

an archer Vin.iv.124; MN.iii.1; AN.iv.423 (issāso vā issās’ antevāsī vā); Ja.ii.87 Ja.iv.494; Mil.232; DN-a.i.156.

Sk. iṣvāsa, see issattha

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

…91 kappas ago); Snp.570 (ito aṭṭhame, scil. divase 8 days ago Snp-a.457; T. reads atthami); Vv-a.319 (ito kira tiṃsa-kappa-sahasse);…

(sometimes spelt itara) adjective

1. passing, changeable, short, temporary, brief unstable MN.i.318 (opp. dīgharattaṃ); AN.ii.187; Ja.i.393 Ja.iii.83 (˚dassana = khaṇika˚ C.), Ja.i …

…(pākār iṭṭhikā read ˚aṭṭhakā); Ja.v.213 (rattiṭṭhikā); Vism.355 (˚dārugomaya) Pv-a.4 (˚cuṇṇa-makkhita-sīsa the head…

…(pākār iṭṭhikā read ˚aṭṭhakā); Ja.v.213 (rattiṭṭhikā); Vism.355 (˚dārugomaya) Pv-a.4 (˚cuṇṇa-makkhita-sīsa the head…

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 …

adjective producing, causing (-˚) Iti.84 (anattha˚ dosa); Ja.iv.141; Dpvs.i.2; Dhs-a.258 Dhtp.428
■ f. jananī Pv-a.1 (saṃvega˚ dẹsanā); mother (cp. janettī) Ja.iv.175; Pv-a.7 …

(& jappa vv.ll.)

1. muttering, mumbling.; recitation AN.iii.56 = Ja.iii.205 (+ manta); Snp.328 (jappa (= niratthaka-kathā Snp-a.334).
2. studying Ja.iii.114 (= ajjhena).

fr. japati

…As medicine Vin.i.201 -maṭṭhaka a decking with lac. used by women to prevent conception Vin.iv.261; consisting of either jatu kaṭṭha…

…(of Petas: visukkha-kanthaṭṭha j.), Pv-a.152
■ Of the tongue of the mahāpurusha which could touch his ears & cover his forehead:…

adjective illuminating, making light; explaining Ja.ii.420; Dpvs.xiv.50; Mil.343 (= lamp-lighter)
■ f. -ikā explanation, commentary, Name of several Commentaries, e.g. the Paramatthajotikā on th …

1. light, splendour, radiance SN.i.93; AN.ii.85; Vv.16#2.
2. a star: see compounds
3. fire SN.i.169; Thag.415; Ja.iv.206; sajotibhūta set on fire SN.ii.260; AN.iii.407 sq.; Ja.i.232.

• *-[parāyaṇa]( …

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. …

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 …

1. As adj. n.un
   1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

Jātaka¹

neuter

1. a birth story as found in the earlier books. This is always the story of a previous birth of the Buddha as a wise man of old. In this sense it occurs as the name of one …

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

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

(jāyate) to be born, to be produced, to arise, to be reborn.
pres 3rd pl. jāyare Ja.iii.459; Ja.iv.53; Mil.337;
ppr jāyanto Snp.208;
aor jāyi Ja.iii.391;
inf jātum Ja.i.374
■ *[jāyati](/defi …

…Ja.iii.335 Ja.v.99 (atthaṃ: robbed of their possessions; Com parihīna vinaṭṭha)
■ with abl.: Ja.v.401 (read jīnā dhanā).

pp. of…

gambling, playing at dice DN.i.7 (˚ppamādaṭṭhāna cp. DN-a.i.85)≈; DN-a.iii.182, DN-a.186 (id.); Ja.i.290; Ja.iii.198 Ja.vi.281; Dhp-a.ii.228. -ṃ kīḷati to play at d. Ja.i.289 Ja.iii.187
■ See …

see *hattha*˚.

Kad˚

orig. “what?” used adverbially; then indef. “any kind of,” as (na) kac(-cana) “not at all”; kac-cid “any kind of; is it anything? what then?” Mostly used in disparaging sense of showing in …

Kadalī¹

feminine

1. the plantain, Musa sapientium. Owing to the softness and unsubstantiality of its trunk it is used as a frequent symbol of unsubstantiality transitoriness and worthless …

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 …

…Dhp.41; Dhp-a.i.321 (= kaṭṭhakhaṇḍa, a chip) Thig.468 (id.) as kaṭṭhakalingarāni Dhp-a.ii.142. 2. a plank, viz. a step in a…

(& kallāṇa)

1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

adverb for what purpose, why? Ja.iii.398 (= kimatthaṃ).

kaṃ atthaṃ

N of a country Ja.v.446 (˚ka raṭṭha); Pv.ii.91 (etc.); Vism.332, Vism.334, Vism.336.

…viz. low (hīna) & high (ukkaṭṭha) professions. To the former belong the kammāni of a koṭṭhaka and a pupphacchaḍḍaka, to the latter…

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

I. Literal Meaning # …

1. a tortoiseor turtle-shell SN.i.7 = Mil.371; SN.iv.179; as ornament at DN-a.i.89.
2. the skull, cp. kaṭāha in sīsakaṭāha.
3. a frying pan (usually as ayo˚, of iron, e.g. AN.iv.70 Cnd.304#iii; Vv- …

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

1. I …

to till, to plough SN.i.172, SN.i.173 = Snp.80; Thag.531; Ja.i.57; Ja.ii.165; Ja.vi.365
■ kassate (3rd sing med.) Thag.530
pp kattha (q.v.) Caus. ii. kasāpeti Mil.66, Mil.82; Dhp-a.i.224.

*kṛṣ …

Kasiṇa¹

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

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

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

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

1. conversing, talking Ja.i.299; Ja.iii.459; Ja.vi.340.
2. telling i.e. answering solving (a question) Ja.v.66 (pañha˚).
3. preaching Dhp-a.i.7.
4. reciting, narrating Kacc.130. Cp. kathita- *akatha …

adverb dubit. interr. part.

1. how; with ind. pres. Pv-a.6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with fut. & cond. Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); Ja.vi.500; Pv-a.54 (na dassāmi)
2. why, for what …

…explanation, exposition, in aṭṭha˚; (q.v.), cp. gati Pts.ii.72. 6. discussion, in -vatthu (see below) Mhvs.5 Mhvs.138. -dukkathā…

adverb where? where to whither? Vin.i.83, Vin.i.107; Vin.ii.76; DN.i.223; Snp.487, Snp.1036; Ja.iii.76; Pv.ii.9#16; Dhp-a.i.3
■ k. nu kho where then where I wonder? DN.i.215 sq., Pv-a.22 (with Pot …

to boast Snp.783 (ppr. med. akatthamāna). Cp. pavikatthita.

cp. Sk. katthate, etym. unexplained

ag. fr. katthati] a boaster Snp.930.

poet SN.i.38; SN.ii.267; Dāvs i.10; four classes enumerated at AN.ii.230 & DN-a.i.95, viz. 1 cintā˚ an original 2 suta˚ one who puts into verse what he has heard 3 attha˚ a didactic 4 paṭibhāṇa˚ an i …

(= khaḷopi) f.

1. a vessel, basin, pot: see compounds
2. a basket, crate (= pacchi Thag-a.219; Ja.v.252) MN.i.77 MN.i.342; SN.i.236 = Thig.283 (where osenti is to be corr. to openti); Ja.v.252
   …

1. bronze Mil.2 magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver or gold. Thus Ja.vi.504 (silver) and Ja.i.338; Ja.iv.107 Ja.vi.509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king
2. a bronze …

1. with loc.: to be uncertain, unsettled, to doubt (syn. vicikicchati with which always combined). Kaṅkhati vicikicchati dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu DN.i.106 is in doubt a …

…variant reading sūcikaṭṭha “whose bones are like needles”), Pv-a.260 (visukkha-k-ṭṭha-jivhā). 2. neck Vin.i.15; Dhp.307…

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 …

…As f. combined with kaṭṭha at AN.i.124 = Pp.30, Pp.36; AN.iii.6; as m. in same combination at Vism.261.

Sk….

adjective noun

1. (adj.) hard, firm, stiff Cp.ii.2; Dhs.44, Dhs.45 (where also der. f. abstr. akaṭhinatā absence of rigidity, combined with akakkhalatā, cp Dhs-a.151 akaṭhina-bhāva); Pv-a.152 (˚dā …

…bad, useless: see kaṭṭhaka². Only in compounds; perhaps also in pakaṭṭhaka.

*…

…(= velu-sankhāta-kaṭṭha).

to kaṭṭha³

Kaṭṭhaka²

(m. pl.) a kind of fairy DN.ii.261

to…

the hair of the head SN.i.115 (haṭa-haṭa-k˚, with dishevelled hair) AN.i.138 (palita-kesa with grey hair; also at Ja.i.59) Snp.456 (nivutta˚), Snp.608; Thag.169; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.138; Ja.iii.393; Mil. …

inlaid, adorned with, usually with jewels e.g. Vv-a.14, Vv-a.277; maṇi-muttâdi khacitā ghaṇṭā “bells inlaid with jewels, pearls, etc.” Vv-a.36; of a fan inlaid with ivory (danta-khacita) Vin.iii. …

…AN.v.326. tīhi khandhehi… aṭṭhangiko maggo sangahito MN.i.301; sīlakkhandhaṃ, etc. paripūreti “to fulfil the sīla-group” AN.i.125;…

Khanti & Khantī

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

Khanti & Khantī

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

rule, power, possession; only in compounds:

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

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

…cp. p. Vism.431) Ja.iv.128; aṭṭha-kkhaṇa-vinimmutto kh˚ paramadullabho: one opportunity out of eight, very difficult to be obtained…

1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm DN.i.73 (of a country) SN.i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i.e. Nibbāna), SN.i.189 = Snp.454 (of vācā nibbānapattiyā); MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amata …

…Snp.858; Nd ii.on lepa, gahaṭṭha, etc. As example in definition of visible objects Dhs.597; Vb.71 sq
■ Kasī a tilled field, a field…

to throw, to cast, to throw out or forth, to upset Snp.p.32 (cittaṃ); Ja.i.223 (sīsaṃ), Ja.i.290 (pāsake); Ja.ii.3 (daḷhaṃ dalhassa: to pit force against force)
aor khipi SN.iv.2, SN.iv.3 (khuracakk …

play, amusement, pleasure usually combined with rati, enjoyment. Var. degrees of pleasures (bāla˚, etc.) mentioned at AN.v.203; var kinds of amusement enumerated at Cnd.219; as expounded at DN.i.6 und …

…of a Petī), Pv.i.9#4
■ kaṭṭhaṃ kh˚ to use a toothpick Ja.i.80, Ja.i.282, dante kh˚ to gnash the teeth Ja.i.161
■ santakaṃ kh to…

1. (adj.)
   1. distressed, in difficulty, poor, miserable, painful: kicchā vatâyaṃ idha vutti yaṃ jano passati kibbisakārī (miserable is the life of one who does wrong) Snp.676 = parihīnattha, in pov …

…two, are also grouped as aṭṭha k˚-vatthūni at Vb.385
■ As three kilesas (past, present and future at…

1. soiled, stained, impure; of gatta, limbs Ja.i.129; of cīvara, cloak Bdhd 92; of vattha clothes Dhp-a.ii.261; of pāvāra-puppha, mango blossom Kp-a.58 = Vism.258.
2. unclean, lustful (morally bad, …

adjective noun only in neg. sentences: something, anything From the freq. context in the older texts it has assumed the moral implication of something that sticks or adheres to the character of a man, …

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

…two, are also grouped as aṭṭha k˚-vatthūni at Vb.385
■ As three kilesas (past, present and future at…

anger. Nearest synonyms are āghāta (Dhs.1060 = Cnd.576 both expositions also of dosa), upanāha (always in chain rāga, dosa, moha, kodha, upanāha) and *[dhūma]( …

…assā˚, rathā˚, raṭṭhaṃ˚. 2. a sheath, in khura˚ Vism.251, paṇṇa˚ Kp-a.46. 3. a vessel or bowl for food: see…

Err:501

silk; silken material Vin.i.58 = Mil.267; Vin.i.192, Vin.i.281; Vin.ii.163, Vin.ii.169; DN.i.7, cp. AN.i.181 (see DN-a.i.87); AN.iv.394; Pv.ii.1#17; Ja.i.43; Ja.vi.47.

• -pāvāra …

Koṭṭha¹

masculine neuter anything hollow and closed in (Cp. gabbha for both meanings) as

1. the stomach or abdomen Mil.265, Vism.357; Sdhp.257.
2. a closet, a monk’s cell, a storeroom MN. …

…āsanāni paṭṭhapenti “they spread mats in the gateways” Vv-a.6; esp. with bahi:…

spade or a hoe (kanda-mūla-phalagahaṇ’atthaṃ DN-a.i.269) Vin.iii.144; Ja.v.45; Dhp-a.iv.218 Often in combination kuddāla-piṭaka “hoe and basket DN.i.101; SN.ii.88; SN.v.53; AN.i.204; AN.ii.199; …

1. bad doing, misconduct, bad character. Def. kucchitaṃ kataṃ kukataṃ tassa bhāvo kukkuccaṃ Vism.470 & Bdhd 24
   ■ Various explanations in Nd ii.on Snp.1106 = Dhs.1160, in its literal sense it is b …

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

1. clan a high social grade, “good family,” cp. Gr. (doric) φυά, Goth. kuni. A collection of cognates and agnates, in sense of Ohg. sippa, clan; “house” in sense …

kind of vetch MN.i.245 (˚yūsa): Mil.267; Vism.256 (˚yūsa).

…DN.i.91 (= DN-a.i.257 nivāsaṭṭhanaṃ); SN.i.8; SN.i.224 = Ja.i.203 (a brood of birds = supaṇṇapotakā); Ja.iii.74 (variant reading BB),…

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

the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, used for dying red Ja.v.211 (˚rattavattha); Ja.vi.264 (do) Khus Ja.iv.2.

arrangement, fitting, trapping, harnessing Vin.ii.108 (sara˚: accuracy in sound, harmony); Ja.iii.314 (massu˚ beard-dressing, explained by massu-kiriyā. Here corresponding to Sk *kḷpti!), Ja.iv.352 …

adjective deformed, paralysed (orig. bent, crooked, cp. kuṇa) only of the arm, acc. to Pp AN.iv.19 either of one or both arms (hands) Ja.i.353 (expl. kuṇṭhahattha) Dhp-a.i.376; Pp.51 (kāṇa, kuṇi, kha …

…su˚; Vv.73#1. Cp. Maṭṭha˚ Np Dhp-a.i.25; Pv.ii.5.

fr. kuṇḍala

Kuṇḍalin²

in kuṇḍalī-kata contorted…

…Often fig. for body (see kāya). Thag.1
■ As adj. -˚, e.g. aṭṭhakuṭiko gāmo a village of 8 huts Dhp.i.313.

B. Sk….

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 …

…of the first sutta of the Aṭṭhakavagga of Sn; -seṭṭhā (pl.) a class of devas DN.ii.258; -sevanā pursuit of,…

desire, longing, with noun: viveka˚… to be alone Pv-a.43; anattha˚ Ja.iv.14 with inf. Pv-a.65 (gahetu˚); Ja.iii.362 (vināsetu˚) Mhvs.5, Mhvs.260; Dhp-a.i.91.

abstr. fr. kāma

adjective

1. having kāma, i.e. enjoying pleasure, gratifying one’s own desires in kāma-kāmin realizing all wishes; attr. of beings in one of the Sugatis the blissful states, of Yakkhas, Devas or D …

adjective of or from Kapilavatthu, belonging to K. DN.ii.165, DN.ii.256; SN.iv.182.

1. abs.
   1. deed, service, act of mercy or worship, homage: kāra-paṇṇaka Ja.vi.24 (vegetable as oblation); appako pi kato kāro devûpapattiṃ āvahati “even a small gift of mercy brings about rebirth …

,

1. 1. a deed, action, performance, esp. an act imposed or inflicted upon somebody by a higher authority (by the king as representative of justice or by kamma MN.iii.181; see *kamma …

adjective belonging to the Kāsī country, or to Benares; in -uttama (scil. vattha) an upper garment made of Benares cloth Pv.i.10#8; Ja.vi.49 (where to be read kāsik’ uttama for kāsi-kuttama). *-v …

one who is dressed in yellow, esp. of the royal executioner (cp. kāsāya-vattha) Ja.iv.447 (= cora-ghātaka C.).

fr. kāsāva

and Kāsāva (adj.) [Sk. kāṣāya from the Pāli; kāsāya prob. fr. Sk. śyāma or śyāva brown = Pāli sāma with kā = kad, a kind of, thus meaning a kind of brown i.e. yellow. See further under sāma and cp. …

…anikaṭṭha-kāyo nikaṭṭha-citto AN.ii.137; sāraddha-kāyo sankiliṭṭha-citto AN.v.93 = AN.v.95 AN.v.97; bhāvita-kāyo,…

…adj as sakāyura raṭṭha having the insignia “regis” Ja.v.289 = Ja.v.486.

see also keyūra, which is the…

…adj as sakāyura raṭṭha having the insignia “regis” Ja.v.289 = Ja.v.486.

see also keyūra, which is the…

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 …

Kīvant & Kīva

(interr. adj. and adv.) how great? how much? how many? and in later language how? (cp rel. yāva). As indef.: Kīvanto tattha bheravā “however great the terrors” Snp.959
■ Kīva kaṭuka h …

Kīvant & Kīva

(interr. adj. and adv.) how great? how much? how many? and in later language how? (cp rel. yāva). As indef.: Kīvanto tattha bheravā “however great the terrors” Snp.959
■ Kīva kaṭuka h …

Kūṭa¹

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to get, to receive, obtain, acquire.
2. (fig.) to obtain permission to receive an opportunity, etc., as “pabbajituṃ sace lacchāmi” if I am allowed to receive the …

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 …

(hattha) at AN.ii.165 is to be read (with variant reading) as lepagata, i.e. sticky (opp. suddha).

brains Ja.i.493 (= matthalunga C.) = Dhp-a.i.145. Lasuna & Lasuna;

etym.?

adjective beautiful, auspicious, lovely Ja.iii.464 Ja.iii.493; Ja.iv.1, Ja.iv.477; DN-a.i.284.

Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. compares Sk. laṭaha, laḍaha, dialectical

…classed as a respectable (ukkaṭṭha) profession (sippa) Vin.iv.7; and mentioned by the side of muddā and…

clod of earth SN.v.146 = Ja.ii.59 (˚ṭṭhāna); Ja.i.19, Ja.i.175 Ja.iii.16; Ja.vi.405; Mil.255; Snp-a.222 (ākāse khitta, in simile); Vism.28 (translation “stone”), Vism.360 (˚khaṇḍ’ādīni), Vism.366 (co …

(& lena) neuter

1. a cave (in a rock), a mountain cave, used by ascetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or place of shelter, a rock cell. Often enumerated with kuṭi guhā, e.g. Vin.iv.48; Mil.151; Vb. …

…Vin.iv.7 (two: hīna & ukkaṭṭha); Ja.i.18; Ja.iv.114 (gihi˚), Ja.iv.130; Mil.133 (sāsana˚), Mil.162 (dve samaṇassa lingāni), Mil.405…

…(= Vessavaṇa), Dhataraṭṭha, Virūpakkha, Virūḷhaka alias the 4 mahārājāno Pv.i.4#2; Ja.i.48 (announce the future birth of a…

…Mhvs.55 (abbhuta +).

• -haṭṭha having the hair standing on end, horrified, thunderstruck, astounded DN.i.95; SN.v.270;…

…(l. vata no ye mayaṃ… upaṭṭhahimha).

• -agga highest gain Ja.iii.125; Mil.21.
• -āsā desire for…

…Kp-a.150 (˚desanā, cp. ukkaṭṭha); Dhp-a.ii.77; Dhp-a.iv.44 (˚bhāva) Vv-a.116; Pv-a.15 (for pāpa); Pv-a.103 (= pāpaka), Pv-a.125…

-M-

euphonic consonant inserted between two vowels to avoid hiatus, as agga-m-agga the best of all Vin.iv.232 aṅga-m-aṅgāni limb by limb Vin.iii.119; Vv.38#2, etc See also SN.iii.254 (yena\ …

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

…(piṭṭhi˚). 2. [dialectical, cp. Sk. madra] Name of a country & its inhabitants, in -raṭṭha Snp-a.68 sq. ˚rājakula…

…Eightfold Path“ (see aṭṭhangika). It is mentioned at many places, & forms the corner-stone of the Buddha’s teaching as to the means…

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

…Ja.i.356, cp. Mahiṃsaka-raṭṭha Vb-a.4; as Mahisa-maṇḍala at Mhvs.12, Mhvs.29
■ Note. The P. pop. etym. is propounded by Bdhgh…

…Ja.i.356, cp. Mahiṃsaka-raṭṭha Vb-a.4; as Mahisa-maṇḍala at Mhvs.12, Mhvs.29
■ Note. The P. pop. etym. is propounded by Bdhgh…

…Ja.i.356, cp. Mahiṃsaka-raṭṭha Vb-a.4; as Mahisa-maṇḍala at Mhvs.12, Mhvs.29
■ Note. The P. pop. etym. is propounded by Bdhgh…

…Cp. sam˚
pp majjita & maṭṭha.

mṛj to clean, polish; connected with either Lat. mergo (cp. Gr. ἀμέργω) or Lat. mulgeo to wipe,…

…Ja.v.213 (yāva upakaṭṭha-majjhantikā); Ja.v.291 (read majjhantik âtikamm’ āgami); Vism.236; Mil.3; or as apposition with *kāla…

adjective noun

1. (adj.) “standing in the middle,” umpire neutral, impartial, indifferent Ja.i.300; Ja.ii.359 (parama˚ + upekkhā-pārāmī); Ja.vi.8; Mil.403; Vism.230; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.14.
2. indifferen …

…m. ukkaṭṭha Vin.iv.243; khuddaka m mahā Vism.100;…

cleaned, polished Vv-a.340 (suṭṭhu m. for sumaṭṭha Vv.84#17). See also maṭṭha.

pp. of majjati²

…ajjhositaṃ, m., parāmaṭṭhaṃ); Snp.119; Dhp-a.i.11
■ (nt.:) Snp.466, Snp.777, Snp.805, Snp.950 = Dhp.367 (explained as: yassa…

…by tuṭṭha-mano, haṭṭha-mano, attamano etc at Mnd.3; by santuṭṭha-citto at Snp-a.512)

IV. manasi-karoti (etc.)

to…

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) …

…by tuṭṭha-mano, haṭṭha-mano, attamano etc at Mnd.3; by santuṭṭha-citto at Snp-a.512)

IV. manasi-karoti (etc.)

to…

1. a ray of light Vv-a.166.
2. a mirage Ja.vi.209 Vism.496; Vb-a.34, Vb-a.85; often combined with māyā (q.v.) e.g. Cnd.680 Aⁱⁱ; Ja.ii.330.

• *-[kammaṭṭhāna](/define/k …

kind of couch (mañca) or longchair; enumerated under the 4 kinds of mañcā at Vin.iv.40-See also Vin.ii.149; Vin.iv.357 (where explained as: mañcapāde vijjhitvā tattha aṭṭaniyo pavesetvā kato: made by …

to churn, to shake, disturb, upset. Only in Caus. matheti to agitate, crush, harass, upset (cittaṃ SN.iv.210; Snp.50 (= tāseti hāpeti Cnd.492); Pv.iv.7#1 (kammānaṃ vipāko mathaye manaṃ; C 264: abhib …

Matta¹

adjective (-˚) “by measure,” measured, as far as the measure goes, i.e

1. consisting of, measuring (with numerals or similar expressions): appamatto kali Snp.659; pañcamattā sata …

the head, etc. Only in cpd. mattha-luṅga [cp. Sk. mastulunga] the brain Vin.i.274; Snp.199; Kp iii.; Ja.i.493; Kp-a.60; Vism.260 (in detail), Vism.264, Vism.359; Vb-a.63, Vb-a.243, Vb-a.249; Dh …

the head, fig. top, summit Ja.iii.206 = Ja.iv.4; Ja.iv.173, Ja.iv.457; Ja.v.478; DN-a.i.226 (pabbata˚); Pv.iv.16#3; Dhp-a.i.184. matthaka-matthakena (from end to end) Ja.i.202; Ja.iii.304. Loc. * …

…(Hardy in T. reads mañjaṭṭha, as twice at Vv-a.111, with vv.ll. ˚jiṭṭha ˚jeṭṭha, cp. Corrections & Add^ns on p. 372);…

…bindu & aṭṭhanga); Ja.ii.150
■ (nt. a sweet note Ja.vi.591 (of the deer in the forest); Vv-a.219 (karavīka…

adjective short (?) Vin.ii.138 (ati˚ = atikhuddaka C.). Matta & Mattha;

doubtful spelling & meaning

…Cp. sam.˚- 2. maṭṭha: Vv.84#17 (su˚); Mil.248; Dhp-a.i.25 (˚kuṇḍalī having burnished earrings);…

…Cp. sam.˚- 2. maṭṭha: Vv.84#17 (su˚); Mil.248; Dhp-a.i.25 (˚kuṇḍalī having burnished earrings);…

to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. def^ns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “*metti mettā …

adjective

1. mixed (with: -˚); various Vin.i.33 (kesa˚, jatā˚ etc. = a mixture of, various); Thag.143; Ja.iii.95, Ja.iii.144 (udaka-paṇṇa˚ yāgu); Pv.i.9#2 (missā kiṭakā). nt. missaṃ as adv. “in a …

miñjā (f.) marrow, pith, kernel Vin.i.25 (in sequence chavi, camma, maṃsa, nahāru, aṭṭhi, miñjā); Vism.235 (id.); Kp iii. (aṭṭhi˚, f. cp. Kp-a.52, nt.); Ja.iv.402 (tāla˚ pith of th …

adjective empty, vain useless, stupid, foolish DN.i.187 (opp. to sacca), DN.i.199; Snp.354; Dhp.260 (˚jiṇṇa grown old in vain; C. explains as tuccha-jiṇṇa Dhp-a.iii.388); Dhp-a.i.110 (patthanā a fu …

pea-hen a peacock Ja.ii.275 (˚upasevin, see C. on this passage), Ja.vi.218, Ja.vi.497; Pv-a.142; Dhp-a.i.394. A peacock’s tail (sometimes used as a fan) is denoted in var. terms in compounds, as *m …

…to sotar & sotabba & daṭṭhar & daṭṭhabba. The word does not occur in the similar passage MN.i.3.

n. ag. fr. munāti, more likely…

…as a noble craft (ukkaṭṭhaṃ sippaṃ) at Vin.iv.7 (with gaṇanā & lekhā), as the first of the sippāni (with gaṇanā) at MN.i.85…

adjective soft, mild, weak, tender DN.ii.17 = DN.iii.143 (+ taluṇa); AN.ii.151 (pañcindriyāni mudūni, soft, blunt weak: opp. tikkha); SN.ii.268 (˚taluṇa-hatthapādā) Snp.447 (= muduka Snp-a.393); Th …

…in easily, compared with ukkaṭṭha & majjhima); Kp-a.49 (˚aṭṭhikāni soft bones); Mhvs.25, 102 (sayana); -bhūmi Mil.34 2. soft, mild,…

moment, a very short period of time, an inkling, as we should say “a second.”-Its duration may be seen from descending series of time-connotations at Pv-a.198 (under jātakamma, prophesy by astrolog …

1. the mouth Snp.608, Snp.1022 (with ref. to the long tongue, pahūta-jivha, of the Buddha or Mahāpurisa) Ja.ii.7; DN-a.i.287 (uttāna˚ clear mouthed, i.e. easy to understand, cp. DN.i.116); Pv-a.11, …

indeclinable prohibition particle: not, do not, let us hope not, I wish that… not [cp Lat. utinam & ne]. Constructed with various tenses e.g.

1. with aor. (prohibitive tense): mā evaṃ akattha do …

…Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti vuttaṃ“); Mil.46, Mil.47-Cp….

…(˚īsu mātucittaṃ upaṭṭhapeti foster the thought of mother towards whatever is a mother, where in sequence with bhaginī-mattin &…

1. a water course Vism.554 (˚âtikkamaka); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.96; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.50; Snp-a.500 (= sobbha); Dhp-a.ii.141 (its purpose: “ito c’ ito ca udakaṃ haritvā attano sassa-kammaṃ sampādenti”); Vv-a. …

…Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti vuttaṃ“); Mil.46, Mil.47-Cp….

1. (lit.) root AN.ii.200; MN.i.233; Dhp-a.i.270; Dhp-a.iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism.270 (rukkha˚; = rukkha-samīpaṃ); Pv.ii.9#6 (sa˚ with the root); Pv-a.43 (rukkhassa mūle at the foot of).
2. foot …

adj. nt.

1. (adj.)
   1. (-˚) being caused by, having its reason through or from, conditioned by originating in Vb.390 (taṇhā˚ dhammā); Tikp.233 sq. Tikp.252 sq., Tikp.288 sq. & passim; Vb-a.200 sq …

Na¹

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

…N. instead of 27 (Mnd.382: aṭṭhavīsati nakkhattāni), a discrepancy which may be accounted by the fact that one N. (the Orion) bore 2 names,…

piece of cloth Vin.ii.115 (satthaka), Vin.ii.123, Vin.ii.267 (˚ṃ dhāreti).

word & etym. doubtful; cp. nantaka & Bdhgh. Vin.ii.317: matakan (sic) ti satthakavedhanakaṃ (= veṭhanakaṃ) pilotikakhaṇḍaṃ

number number ninety Vv-a.345 & in compound eka˚; 91; DN.ii.2 (i.e. 92 minus 1; in expr. ekanavuto kappo, variant reading ekanavuti kappe); dvā˚; 92 (see dvi AN II. & B III.); Pv …

…elephant’s trunk);

• -kaṭṭhakaraṇa ploughing SN.v.146 = Ja.ii.59
• -phāla [mod. Ind. phār] ploughshare (to be…

perished, destroyed; lost AN.ii.249; Ja.i.74; Ja.i.267.

Sk. naṣṭha, pp. of nassati (naśyati), q.v.

destruction Mil.180, Mil.237.

Der. fr. naṭṭha

bankrupt Mil.131, Mil.201.

cp. Sk. naṣṭhārtha, i.e. naṣṭha + artha

only in phrase netthāraṃ vattati to behave in such a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin.ii.5; Vin.iii.183; MN.i.442
■ Bdhgh on Vin.ii.5 (p. 309) explains: nittharantānaṃ etan ti netthāraṃ yen …

adjective to be led, carried etc.; fig. to be instructed; to be inferred, guessed or understood Snp.55, Snp.803, Snp.846, Snp.1113; Mnd.114, Mnd.206; Cnd.372; Pp.41; Ne.9 sq., Ne.125; *-[attha](/defi …

Ni˚

Nearly all (ultimately prob. all) words under this heading are compounds with the pref. ni.

A. Forms

1. Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …

past participle existing, having existed, being reborn Vin.i.215 (n. bījaṃ phalaṃ fruit with seed); Ja.i.168; Ja.ii.111; Pv-a.10 (niraye), Pv-a.35 (petayoniyaṃ), Pv-a.100 (pubbe n
■ ṭhānato paṭṭh …

adjective tired of, disgusted with (c. instr. or loc.), wearied of, dissatisfied with, “fed up” Ja.i.347; Ja.vi.62; Thig.478 (= viratta Thag-a.286); Dhp-a.i.85 (˚hadaya); Vv-a.207 (˚rūpa) Pv-a.159 …

…paramaṃ sukhaṃ*, aṭṭhangiko ca maggānaṃ khemaṃ amata-gāminaṃ “N. is a higher bliss than acquisition of perfect health,…

discrimination, conviction, certainty; resolution, determination Ja.i.441 (˚mitta a firm friend); Dhs-a.133 (adhimokkha = its paccupaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.60 (daḷha˚ adj. of firm resolution). See vi˚.

Sk. …

…distinction Pv-a.7 (ukkaṭṭha˚) -vatthu object of distinction or praise DN.iii.253; AN.iv.15 (where reading is…

adjective put down, put into, applied, settled; laid down, given up renounced. As ˚-often in the sense of a prep. without, e.g. ˚daṇḍa ˚sattha without stick & sword (see daṇḍa…) DN …

adjective lost; degraded, low, vile, base; inferior, little, insignificant SN.i.12; Snp.890; Mnd.105, Mnd.194; Pv-a.198 (jāti˚ low-born) Sdhp.86. Opp. to seyya Ja.vi.356 sq.

• *-[attha](/define/at …

adjective brought down, debased, low. As one kind of puggala (n-kāya + ncitta) AN.ii.137. loc. nikaṭṭhe (adv.) near Ja.iii.438 Thag-a.105 (v. 33) (= santike Ja.iii.438).

cp. Sk. nikṛṣṭa, ni + kasati

adjective without compassion, heartless Snp.244 (= sattānaṃ anatthakāma); Sdhp.508.

nis + karuṇa, adj. of karuṇā

collection (“body”) assemblage, class, group.

1. generally (always-˚): eka˚; one class of beings Dhs-a.66; tiracchāna˚; the animal kingdom SN.iii.152; deva˚; the assembly of the gods, the g …

settling place, hiding-place, refuge Ja.v.102 (so read for nillenaka explained by nilīyanaṭṭhāna p. 103).

cp. Sk. nilayana, fr. ni + lī

1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed explⁿ); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …

touching, crushing Mil.270 (na vāto hattha-gahaṇaṃ vā nimmaddanaṃ vā upeti the wind cannot be grasped).

nis + mṛd

to crush out, suppress, destroy Ja.i.340. Cp. abhimatthati.

nis + matheti

one who leads down to, one who disposes of (c. gen.) bringer of, giver, usually in phrase atthassa n. (bringer of good: “Heilbringer”) of the Buddha SN.iv.94; MN.i.111; AN.v.226 sq., AN.v.256 sq.; Pts …

adjective sounding (loud), resonant (of a beautiful voice) DN.ii.211 (cp. aṭṭhanga brahmassara & bindu).

fr. ninnāda

one who produces or gains SN.i.225 (atthassa; read nipphādā nom. for nippadā).

n. ag. = Sk. niṣpādayitṛ cp. nipphāditar

adjective

1. falling or flying down, chancing upon Dhp.35, Dhp.36 (yatthakāma˚ cittaṃ = yattha yattha icchati tattha tatth’ eva nipatati Dhp-a.i.295).
2. going to bed DN.i.60 (pacchā˚ going to bed l …

to be thrown out, to be expelled, to lose (with abl.) Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.503 (raṭṭhā); variant reading BB nirajhati Com. ni(g)gacchati; Thig.93 (aor. nirajji ’haṃ = na jānim ahaṃ Thag-a.90. Kern (wrong …

adjective useless, groundless, unproficient, vain (opp. sāttha profitable) Snp.582 (nt. as adv.), Snp.585 (niratthā paridevanā); Dhp.41; Ja.iii.26; Pv-a.18 (˚bhāva uselessness), Pv-a.83 (= duḥ).

nis + attha

adjective = nirattha; Vv-a.324; Pv-a.18, Pv-a.40, Pv-a.63, Pv-a.102 etc
■ f. -ikā Thag-a.258; Mil.20; Sdhp.68.

Nisagga & Nissagga

giving forth, bestowing; natural state, nature SN.i.54 (˚ss˚). cp. nisaṭṭha

ni or nis + sṛj

…Cp nisajjeti & nisagga.; Nisada & Nisada

nis + saṭṭha of sṛj

Nisagga & Nissagga

giving forth, bestowing; natural state, nature SN.i.54 (˚ss˚). cp. nisaṭṭha

ni or nis + sṛj

…(id.); Snp-a.545. pp. nisaṭṭha & nissaṭṭha; (q.v.) Cp. nissaggiya & paṭi˚.

nis + sajjati, sṛj. See also…

…given Vin.iii.197 (˚cīvara) MN.i.295; MN.ii.203; Vv-a.341. See also nisaṭṭha & paṭi˚.

pp. of nissajjati

sitting down, occasion or opportunity to sit, a mat to sit on Vin.i.295 Vin.ii.123 (˚ena vippavasati); SN.v.259 (˚ṃ gaṇhāti). -paccattharaṇa a mat for sitting on Vin.i.47, Vin.i.295; Vin.ii.209 Vin …

Nittharaṇa¹

neuter getting across, ferrying over, traversing, overcoming SN.i.193 (oghassa); AN.ii.200 (id.); Iti.111 (id.) MN.i.134; Ja.i.48 (loka˚); Dāvs ii.29 (id.); Vism.32; Sdhp.334 ( …

past participle clothed in or with (-˚ or acc.), dressed, covered SN.i.115; Ja.i.59 (su˚), Ja.i.307 (sāṭakaṃ); Pv-a.47, Pv-a.49 (dibbavattha˚), Pv-a.50.

pp. of ni + vasati¹

fixing, settling, definition, explanation in detail Mil.352 (lakkha-n aiming at the target); Vv-a.22 (visesattha˚); Vv-a.231, Pv-a.255 (so read for nigamana?).

Sk. niyamana, to niyameti

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

fr. niyyāti

indeclinable affirm
■ indef part. “then, now.”

1. most freq. combined with interr pron. and followed by kho, as kin nu kho Ja.ii.159 kacci Ja.i.279; kaccin nu (for kaccid nu) Ja.ii …

…Dhp-a.ii.211 (˚dantakaṭṭha toothpick)

• -vatta habits of serpents Mnd.92, also adj. -ika ibid. Mnd.89 *…

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 “ …

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumⁿ of diversity as nānat …

past participle led, guided; ascertained, inferred AN.i.60 (˚attha); Ja.i.262; Ja.ii.215 (kāma˚); Ne.21 (˚attha natural meaning, i.e. the primarily inferred sense, opp neyyattha); Sdhp.366 (dun˚). Cp. …

guidance, practice, conduct, esp. right conduct, propriety; statesmanship, polity Pv-a.114 (˚mangala commonsense), Pv-a.129 (˚sattha science of statecraft, or of prudent behaviour), Pv-a.130 (˚cint …

place for putting something down or into a receptacle Vin.i.204 (salāk˚, vy. ll. and gloss on p. 38 as follows: sālākāṭṭhāniya A, salākātaniya C, salākadhāraya B, salāk’odhāniyan ti yattha salākaṃ oda …

adjective

clean, white, prominently applied to the dress as a sign of distinction (white), or special purity at festivities, ablutions & sacrificial functions DN.ii.18 (uṇṇā, of the Buddha), DN.iii.2 …

going down, setting (of sun & moon), always in contrast to; uggamana (rising), therefore freq.variant reading ogg DN.i.10, DN.i.68; DN-a.i.95 (= atthangamana); Vv-a.326.

o + …

gone down, set (of the sun) Vin.iv.55 (oggate suriye = atthangate s.), Vin.iv.268 (id. = ratt’ andhakāre); Thag.477 (anoggatasmiṃ suriyasmiṃ).

pp. of avagacchati: spelling gg on acct. of contrast wit …

1. (rare in the old texts) a flood of water Vv-a.48 (udak’ ogha); usually as mahogha a great flood Dhp.47; Vism.512; Vv-a.110; Dhp-a.ii.274 = Thag-a.175.
2. (always in sg.) th …

Avaharati & oharati

to steal Ja.i.384; Pv-a.47 (avahari vatthaṃ), Pv-a.86 (id., = apānudi)
pp avahaṭa (q.v.).

ava + hṛ.

…e.g. ojadāna Ja.v.243 ojaṭṭhamaka (rūpa) Vism.341

Vedic ojas nt., also BSk. oja nt. Divy.105; fr. *aug to increase, as in Lat. auges,…

Avakāsa & okāsa

1. “appearance”: akkhuddâvakāso dassanāya not little (or inferior) to behold (of appearance) DN.i.114; ariyāvakāsa appearing noble or having the app. of an Aryan Ja.v.87; katâvakāsa pu …

…(fig.) to touch a person, to reproach, insult Vin.iv.4 sq

pp omaṭṭha.

o + mas = Sk. mṛṣ

touched SN.i.13 = SN.i.53 = Thag.39.

pp. of omasati

only found in one ster. phrase, viz. onīta-patta-pāṇi “having removed (or removing) his hand from the bowl” a phrase causing constructional difficulties & sometimes taken in glosses as “onitta˚” ( …

to emit, evacuate Pv-a.268 (vaccaṃ excrement, + ohanati)
pp osaṭṭha.

o + sṛj

…release DN.ii.106 (aor. ossaji); Snp.270 = SN.i.207; Thag.321; Ja.iv.260
pp ossaṭṭha. See also avassajati.

o +…

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

pp. of ossajati

to spread over, spread out, cover Mil.121 (opp. paṭikkamati, of water). See also avattharati.

o + tharati, Sk. root str

… pot ovadeyya Vin.iv.52 (= aṭṭhahi garudhammehi ovadati); Snp.1051 (= anusāseyya)
aor ovadi Dhp-a.i.397
inf…

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

one who has gone out from home, one who has given up worldly life & undertaken the life of a bhikkhu recluse or ascetic, (one) ordained (as a Buddhist friar) gone forth (into the holy life or pabbajjā …

leaving the world, adopting the ascetic life state of being a Buddhist friar, taking the (yellow) robe ordination

1. ordination or admission into the Buddha’s Order in particular: Vin.iii.13; SN.i.16 …

…mountain top Vin.i.5. -raṭṭha m
■ kingdom Snp-a.26. -rājā “king of the mountain,”…

…out, banish, exile DN.i.92 (raṭṭhasmā out of the kingdom; = nīharati DN-a.i.258); MN.ii.122; Dhp.388 (attano malaṃ pabbājayaṃ, tasmā…

adjective in phrase paccaggaḷe aṭṭhāsi “stuck in his throat” MN.i.333.

pratyak + gaḷa

…whether we should read paṭṭhagū here as well (see paṭṭhagū) The form may also be explained as a substantivised pl 3rd pret. of…

lit. to speak against, i.e. to reject, refuse, disavow, abandon, give up, usually in connection with Buddhaṃ, dhammaṃ sikkhaṃ or similar terms of a religious-moral nature Vin.iii.25; SN.ii.231, SN.ii …

something spread against, i.e. under or over, a cover, spread, rug, cushion or carpet to sit on bedding of a couch (nisīdana˚) Vin.i.47, Vin.i.295, Vin.i.296 Vin.ii.208, Vin.ii.218; DN.i.7 (kadali-mi …

spread out DN.ii.211.

pp. of gaṭi + ā + stṛ.

adjective noun an opponent adversary, enemy Vin.ii.94 sq. (atta˚ personal enemy) AN.v.71 (id.; T. attha˚); DN.i.50, DN.i.70, DN.i.137; Iti.83; Pv-a.62 Cp. paccāmitta.

paṭi + …

lit. resting on, falling back on, foundation cause, motive etc. See on term as t.t. of philosophy Tikapaṭṭhāna I, foreword; J.P.T.S. 1916, 21 f.; Cpd. 42 sq. & esp. 259 sq.

1. (lit.) support, req …

“to stand up before,” to be present; only in pp. paccupaṭṭhita and in Caus paccupaṭṭhāpeti (q.v.).

paṭi + upa + sthā

…(id.); Snp.p.105; Iti.111; Kv.157, Kv.280; Mil.123.

pp. of paccupaṭṭhahati; cp. BSk. pratyupasthita, Divy Index

1. (re)appearance, happening, coming on phenomenon Ja.iii.524; Ne.28; Snp-a.509; Dhs-a.332 Thag-a.288.
2. tending DN.iii.191.
3. vv.ll. gilānupaṭṭhāna.

fr. paṭi + upa + sthā; cp. Cpd. 13 & …

…to, wait upon DN.iii.189 sq.

Caus. of paccupaṭṭhahati

recited, explained Ja.ii.48.

pp. of paccābhāsati

to retort, recite, explain, relate Pv-a.57 (sic lege for pacchā˚)
pp paccābhaṭṭha.

paṭi + ābhāsati

…dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, aṭṭha˚ (q.v.). In aṭṭha˚ also meaning “square of a chessboard.” 2. step, footstep, track Dhp.179 (of a…

…in cpd. aṭṭha˚; an “eight-foot,” i.e. a small inset square (cp. aṭṭha-pada chess-board) a patch (?) Vin.i.297….

…(variant reading patha = paṭṭha; C. cheko paṭibalo). 2. subject to, serving, attending Ja.iv.35 (p. carāmi, so read for baḍḍha, see…

…baddhacara, variant reading paṭṭha˚; trsl. “pupil”); Ja.iv.35 (read paddhacarā ’smi tuyhaṃ for T. baddha carāmi t., as pointed out by…

…paccagu); Snp.1095 (T. for paṭṭhagu q.v
■ Nd ii.reads paṭṭhagu but Snp-a.597 paddhagu and explains by paddhacara paricārika);…

(“born in mind”) read patthārita at Thag.842 (see pattharati)
■ padhārehi (variant reading F.) at Snp.1149 read dhārehi
■ padhārita in meaning of “considered, underst …

1. to cleave, break, pierce, destroy, in combination -khandhaṃ padāleti to destroy the great mass of…, e.g. tamo˚ Iti.8 (padālayuṃ); Thig.28 (ger. padāliya = moha˚ padālitvā Thag-a.34); lobha SN.v …

see pakaṭṭhaka.

…or cheerful Snp.887 (= haṭṭha pahaṭṭha Mnd.296; cp. Snp-a.555 hāsajāta) The pp. pahasita (q.v.) is derived fr….

…preceding context)
pp pahaṭṭha¹ & pahaṃsita¹ (q.v.).

pa + haṃsati¹ = ghaṃsati¹, of…

…at Mil.297 is better to be taken as pp. of pahasati, because of combination haṭṭha pahaṭṭha hasita pahasita.

pp. of…

…= Dhs-a.116 (so read for pahaṭṭha-citta-bheṇḍuka and correct Expositor 153 accordingly). The reading pahaṭa at Pv-a.4 is to be…

…is wrongly taken by C. as pahaṭṭha¹), Ja.i.443, Ja.ii.240 (tuṭṭha˚); Vism.346 (haṭṭha˚); Dhp-a.i.230 (tuṭṭha˚);…

adjective sufficient, abundant, much, considerable Snp.428, Snp.862 sq. Pv.i.5#2 (= anappaka, bahu, yāvadattha C.; Dhp at Pv-a.25 gives bahuka as inferior variant); Pv.i.11#7 (= a …

1. performance, undertaking paragraph (of the law) DN.i.98 (“offence”? see Dial. i.120); SN.iii.91; Mil.189.
2. occasion Vin.i.44 Vin.ii.75; Vin.iii.20.
3. exposition, arrangement, literary work, co …

talk out against, denounce Ja.v.7 (mā ˚katthāsi; C. akkosi garahi nindi; gloss paccakkhāsi). Should it be ’pakaḍḍhāsi?

pa + kattheti

…(variant reading pagaṇḍaka; C. rasagiddha; trsl “pertinacious”).

pa + kaṭṭha + ka; kaṭṭha pp. of kṛṣ, cp. Sk….

to cook, boil up; only in Caus. ii. pakkaṭṭhāpeti (with unexplained ṭṭh for ṭh to cause to be boiled up Ja.i.472 (variant reading pakkuṭṭh˚, cp J.P.T.S. 1884, 84)
pp pakkaṭhita (q.v.). Pakkathit …

…(cātuddasī pañcadasī aṭṭhamī ca pakkhassa 14^th, 15^th & 8^th day of the fortnight) Snp.402; AN.i.142…

to spring forward, to jump on to MN.i.86; Ja.i.461; Vv.84#12 (ger. pakkhandiyāna = pakkhanditvā anupavisitvā Vv-a.338); to be after someone in pursuit Dhp-a.i.198; usually fig. to rejoice in, find p …

Pakkhika

adjective

1. belonging or referring to the (2) lunar fortnights fortnightly, for a fortnight or in the (specified) fortnight of the month (cp. Vin. Texts iii.220). As one special provisio …

to shine forth, to be visible, to become known Snp.445, Snp.1032 (= bhāsati tapati virocati Cnd.373)
caus pakāseti to show up, illustrate, explain make known, give information …

obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, drawback Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.241 (a non-obstruction), Ja.iii.381 (id.); Ne.80; also in var. phrases viz. kāma˚ Cnd.374 (+ kāmapariḷāha); kula˚ cīvara Cnd.6 …

polished Ja.v.4. Cp. parimaṭṭha. See also sam˚.

pp. of pari + mṛj

the posture of sitting or squatting or lolling Ja.i.163 (here in explⁿ of tipallattha: pallatthaṃ vuccati sayanaṃ, ubhohi passehi ujukam eva ca go-nisinnaka-vasenā ti tīh’ākārehi pallatth …

same meaning as pallattha Vin.ii.213; Vin.iii.162 (cp. Vin. Texts i.62; iii.141); Vism.79 (dussa˚).

fr. pallattha

perverse Ja.v.79.

doubtful, perhaps we should read paliyattha, see Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v.

adjective crushing, able to crush, powerful, mighty Ja.iv.26 (= maddana-samattha C.).

fr. pa + mṛd

Pamajjati¹

1. to become intoxicated SN.i.73.
2. to be careless, slothful, negligent; to neglect waste one’s time SN.iv.125, SN.iv.133; Snp.676, Snp.925, Snp.933; cp Mnd.376 & Cnd.70; Dhp.16 …

in cpd. luñcita-pamaṭṭā kapotī viya (simile for a woman who has lost all her hair) at Pv-a.47 is doubtful it should probably be read as luñcita-pakkhikā k. viya i.e. like a pigeon whose feathers …

1. measure, size, amount SN.ii.235; AN.i.88; AN.iii.52, AN.iii.356 sq.; AN.v.140 sq. Mil.285 (cp. trsl. ii.133, n. 2); Snp-a.137; Vv-a.16; Pv-a.55 (ghaṭa˚), Pv-a.70 (ekahattha˚), Pv-a.99 (*tāla …

…subdued, pacified (opp. haṭṭha loma) Vin.ii.184 (cp. Vin.ii.5 & Bdhgh on p. 309 lomaṃ pāteti, Bdhgh pādeti; also Vin. Texts ii.339);…

adjective distant, remote, solitary, secluded; only in phrase pantaṃ senāsanaṃ (sayanāsanaṃ) or pantāni senāsanāni “solitary bed & chair” MN.i.17, MN.i.30; AN.i.60; AN.ii.137 AN.iii.103; AN.v.10, AN.v …

to come or go (by) a road, roadway, path SN.i.18 (gen. pl. panthānaṃ kantāramagga C; “jungle road” trsl.); Snp.121 (loc panthasmiṃ); Cnd.485 B (+ patha in explⁿ of magga) Mil.157 (see pant …

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

adjective highest, most excellent, superior, best paraphrased by agga seṭṭha visiṭṭha at Cnd.502 A Mnd.84, Mnd.102 (the latter reading viseṭṭha for visiṭṭha); by uttama at Dhp-a …

adverb elsewhere, hereafter, in the Beyond, in the other world SN.i.20; Snp.661 = Iti.42 = Dhp.306; Dhp.177; Ja.ii.417; Pv.i.11#10 (= paraloke Pv-a.60); Pv.iii.1#20 (= samparāye Pv-a.177) Snp-a.478 …

Paribhaṭṭha¹

fallen, dropped Ja.i.482; Thag p.12ⁿ.

pp. of paribhassati of bhraś

Paribhaṭṭha²

abused,…

…Pv-a.10
pp paribhaṭṭha² (q.v.)
caus 2 -bhāsāpeti id. Pv.i.6#7.

pari + bhāṣ, cp. BSk. paribhāṣate Divy.38

to cause to be pervaded or penetrated, to treat, supply Vin.i.279 (uppalahatthāni bhesajjehi p.); Ja.iv.407
pp paribhāvita (q.v.).

Caus. of paribhavati

…look after AN.iii.94 (upaṭṭhahati + Ja.v.421; Pv-a.175. 2. to worship (only in connection aggin p. to worship the fire) DN.i.101;…

1. surrounded, attended Ja.v.90.
2. worshipped MN.i.497; SN.iv.57 (me Satthā p.), cp. Thag.178 (Satthā ca p. me) & Thag.891 (p. mayā Satthā).
3. practised, performed Mil.360.

pari + ciṇṇa, pp. of carati

to put round, put on, clothe Dhp.9 (fut. ˚dahessati); Ja.ii.197; Ja.v.434 (ger ˚dahitvā); Ja.vi.500; Pv.ii.1#18; Pv-a.76 (vatthāni), Pv-a.77, Pv-a.127 (˚dahissati for paridhassati Pv.ii.9#36, which …

adjective noun

1. surrounding or surrounded, having on one’s hands Ja.ii.190 (sukha˚, variant reading for ˚parihaṭa).
2. an armlet, bracelet Vv-a.167 (variant reading ˚haraṇa; explained as *hatthāla …

1. to take care of, to attend to (acc.), shelter, protect, keep up, preserve, look after Vin.i.42 Vin.ii.188; DN.ii.100 (sanghaṃ); DN.ii.14 (gabbhaṃ kucchinā) MN.i.124, MN.i.459; SN.iii.1; AN.iii.123; …

gladdened, very pleased Pv-a.13.

pp. of pari + hṛṣ

1. attention, care (esp -), in compounds like gabbha˚; care of the foetus Dhp-a.i.4; dāraka˚; care of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the prince Ja.i.148, Ja.ii.48; Dhp-a.i.346; * …

strewing about, trsl^d “consecrating sites” DN.i.12 (vatthu-kamma + vatthu˚; variant reading paṭi˚; explained at DN-a.i.98 as “idañ c’ idañ ca āharathā ti vatvā tattha balikamma-karaṇaṃ” …

exhaustion, waste, diminution, decay, loss, end DN.i.156; MN.i.453; MN.iii.37 sq.; SN.i.2, SN.i.90, SN.i.152; SN.v.461; AN.i.100, AN.i.299 AN.ii.68; AN.iii.46 (bhogā ˚ṃ gacchanti); AN.iv.148, AN.iv.35 …

examination, investigation, circumspection prudence Ja.iii.115; Ne.3, Ne.4, Ne.126 (cp. Index p. 276) Sdhp.532 (attha˚).

fr. pari + īkṣ, cp. BSk. parīksā Divy.3 & Divy.16 in vastu˚, ratna˚ etc. wi …

…requisites designated as “aṭṭha parikkhārā,” the 8 requirements. They are enumerated in verse at Ja.i.65; DN-a.i.206, viz….

…to rub, polish, groom (a horse) AN.v.166, AN.v.168

pp parimaṭṭha (q.v.).

pari + majjati

…DN.i.78; DN.ii.17; MN.i.34, MN.i.80 MN.iii.12; SN.ii.121; SN.iv.173; AN.iii.70
pp parimaṭṭha (same as…

rubbed, stroked, polished, in su˚ well polished SN.ii.102. See also palimaṭṭha.

pp. of parimajjati

…parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapeti “set up his memory in front” (i.e. of the object of thought), to set one’s mindfulness alert…

adjective completely calmed, at peace, at rest (as to the distinction of the twofold application see parinibbāna and cp., Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhism p. 191; Cpd. p. 168), viz.

1 …

“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:

1. complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …

one who attains Parinibbāna. Of the 2 meanings registered under parinibbāna we find No. 1 only in a very restricted use when taken in both senses of sa-and an-upādisesa parinibbāna; e.g. at AN.ii.15 …

to bring to maturity, to cause to ripen, to develop, prepare Ja.vi.373 (atthaṃ p. ˚ācayitvā = vaḍḍhetvā C.); Mil.232 Mil.285, Mil.288, Mil.296
pp paripācita Vism.365.

pari \ …

to fulfil; to fill (up), make more full, supplement, fill out, add to DN.i.74 (parisandeti p. parippharati; DN-a.i.217 explains as “vāyunā bhastaṃ viya pūreti”); DN.ii.221; MN.iii.92; SN.i.27 (devakā …

Paritta¹

adjective small, little, inferior, insignificant limited, of no account, trifling Vin.i.270; DN.i.45; MN.iii.148 (˚ābha of limited splendour, opp. appamāṇ’ ābha); SN.ii.98; SN.iv. …

to stay, dwell, to live under probation Vin.iii.186 (grd. ˚vatthabba); Vin.iv.30, Vin.iv.127; DN.i.176; MN.i.391; SN.ii.21; Snp.697 (= pabbajitvā tāpasavesena vasati Snp-a.490)
ppr med. *[paribbasā …

…cp aṭṭha-parivaṭṭa-adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304); and ñāti˚; circle of relatives DN.i.61 (= ñāti…

…Vin.iii.119 (susammaṭṭhaṃ); Vin.iv.52, Vin.iv.252 (˚vāsika); Ja.i.126; Mil.15 (˚ṃ sammajjati), Mil.19; Vism.90; Dhp-a.ii.179…

1. limit, end, climax, border SN.i.80 (manāpa˚ “limit-point in enjoyment”; cp. C. nipphattikaṃ koṭikaṃ K.S. 320) Ja.i.149 (hattha-pāda˚ hoofs), Ja.i.221 (udaka˚), Ja.i.223 (sara˚), Ja.ii.200 (anga …

1. adequacy, accomplishment, sufficiency capability, competency; indriya-paro˚; efficiency in the (knowledge of) thoughts of others SN.v.205; Ne.101 Three accomplishments are distinguished at DN-a …

possessed by (the C. explⁿ as given K.S. 320 is “abhibhūta”) biassed, taken up by, full of (-˚) MN.i.18; MN.iii.14; SN.iv.240 (maccheramala˚ ceto); AN.i.281; AN.ii.58; Iti.43 (diṭṭhigate …

…finishing, end MN.i.487 (kaṭṭha˚, opp. to upādāna) SN.i.152; SN.iii.16 sq. (cetaso p., cp. pariyādāya & ˚dinna), SN.iv.33 (sabb’…

(-˚) knowing, recognising, understanding Iti.44 (bhūta˚ so, or should we read bhūtapariññāya?); also in cpd. pariññacārin (to be exp^d as shortened gr. pariññā?) Snp.537 (= paññāya paricchi …

touching, seizing, taking up Cnd.576 (daṇḍa-sattha˚); Dhs-a.239 (angapaccanga˚); Pv-a.159 (kiriyā˚).

fr. parāmasati

…MN.i.130, MN.i.498 (but cp. p. 541); grd. parāmasitabba Ja.i.188
pp parāmaṭṭha (q.v.).

para + masati of…

…punappuna āmaṭṭha); SN.ii.94 Cnd.152 (gahita p. abhiniviṭṭha; cp. gahessasi No 227); Dhs.584, Dhs.1177, Dhs.1500; Sdhp.332 …

…(parāmasāmi parāmaṭṭha)-SN.iii.46, SN.iii.110; AN.ii.42 (sacca˚); AN.iii.377 (sīlabbata˚), AN.iii.438 (id.); AN.v.150…

Pasanna¹

adjective

1. clear, bright Snp.550 (˚netta); Kp-a.64 & Kp-a.65 (˚tilatelavaṇṇa, where Vism.262 reads vippasanna˚); Vism.409 (id.).
2. happy gladdened, reconciled, pleased Ja.i. …

…Mil.212, Mil.361 As pasaṭṭha at Pv.ii.9#73 (so to be read for paseṭṭha), Pv.iv.1#52 (= vaṇṇita Pv-a.241);…

to speak out, praise, commend, agree DN.i.163; SN.i.102, SN.i.149, SN.i.161; Ja.i.143; Ja.ii.439; Ja.v.331; Iti.16; Snp.47, Snp.163, Snp.390, Snp.658, Snp.906; Dhp.30; Pv.ii.9#42 DN-a.i.149; Pv-a.25 …

praised SN.i.232; Snp.829, Snp.928; Dhp.228, Dhp.230; Mnd.169; Pv-a.116 (= vaṇṇita) Pv-a.130.

pp. of pasaṃsati, cp. pasattha

…Mil.212, Mil.361 As pasaṭṭha at Pv.ii.9#73 (so to be read for paseṭṭha), Pv.iv.1#52 (= vaṇṇita Pv-a.241);…

at Pv.ii.9#73 is to be read pasaṭṭha (see pasattha).

1. clearness, brightness, purity; referring to the colours (“visibility”) of the eye Ja.i.319 (akkhīni maṇiguḷa-sadisāni paññāyamāna pañca-ppasādāni ahesuṃ); Snp-a.453 (pasanna-netto i.e. pañca-v …

stretching out DN-a.i.196 (opp. sammiñjana); Dhp-a.i.298 (hattha˚).

fr. pa + sṛ; cp. pasaraṇa

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

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 …

Pattha¹

a lonely place, in cpd. vana˚; DN.i.71; Pp.59 etc., a wilderness in the forest, explained by Bdhgh as “gāmantaṃ atikkamitvā manussānaṃ anupacāra-ṭṭhānaṃ yattha na kasanti na vap …

(quite) stiff Vin.ii.192; Thag.1074.

pa + thaddha

aiming at, wish, desire, request aspiration, prayer SN.ii.99, SN.ii.154; AN.i.224; AN.iii.47; AN.v.212 Mnd.316, Mnd.337 (p. vuccati taṇhā); Cnd.112; Ne.18, Ne.27; Dhs.1059; Mil.3; Snp-a.47, Snp-a.50 …

1. stone, rock SN.i.32.
2. stoneware Mil.2.

cp. late Sk. prastara. The ord. meaning of Sk. pr. is “stramentum”

to spread, spread out, extend Ja.i.62; Ja.iv.212; Ja.vi.279; Dhp-a.i.26; Dhp-a.iii.61 (so read at Ja.vi.549 in cpd -pāda with spreading feet, variant reading patthaṭa˚)
pp *[patthaṭa](/define/p …

merchant Vin.ii.135 (kaṃsa˚).

fr. patthara

hermitage MN.ii.155.

pa + thandila

stretched, spread out Ja.i.336; Vism.364; DN-a.i.311.

pp. of pattharati

to wish for, desire, pray for, request, long for SN.iv.125; SN.v.145; Snp.114 Snp.899; Thig.341; Mnd.312, Mnd.316; Pp-a 208 (āsaṃsati +) Pv-a.148; Sdhp.66, Sdhp.319; ppr. patthento Pv-a.107 *pat …

Patti¹

on foot, one who is on foot, a foot-soldier Vin.iv.105 (as one of the 4 constituents of a senā or army, viz. hatthī elephants, assā horses, rathā chariots, pattī …

…Snp.679; Vv.84#10 (= pahaṭṭha Vv-a.337)
■ neg. appatīta displeased MN.i.27; Ja.v.103 (variant reading…

…reading) Ja.vi.500 (“cry”), Ja.vi.587 (aor. pāvassi)
pp pavaṭṭha pavuṭṭha;: see abhi˚.

pa + vṛṣ

making continue, keeping going, preservation upkeep Vism.32 (T. ˚attha).

fr. Caus. ii. of pavatteti = pavattāpeti

to be afflicted, to be frightened, to be agitated, quiver, tremble, fear Snp.928 (= tasati etc. Mnd.384); Vism.180 (reads pavedheti) Thag-a.203 (allavatthaṃ allakesaṃ pavedhanto misreading for pavese …

boasted Ja.i.359.

pp. of pa + vi + katthati

(pavaṭṭha) see abhi˚.

pp. of pavassati

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

(wrongly) applied, at random, careless “misdirected” AN.i.199; Snp.711 (˚ṃ vācaṃ = obhāsaparikathā-nimitta-viññatti-payuttaṃ ghāsesana-vācaṃ Snp-a.497), Snp.930 (= cīvarādīhi sampayutta tadatthaṃ …

adjective noun masculine

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

adjective fivefold, consisting of five Ja.i.116 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Dhs. chapters 167–⁠175 (˚naya fivefold system of jhāna, cp. Dhs. translation 52); Snp-a.318 (˚nipāta of Anguttara)
■ nt. pañcakaṃ …

to put forth, put down to, apply, direct, intend; aspire to, long for, pray for SN.v.156 (atthāya cittaṃ paṇidahiṃ). ger. paṇidhāya SN.i.42 = Snp.660 (vācaṃ manañ ca pāpakaṃ); S …

…Pv-a.256 (tiṇakaṭṭha-paṇṇaka-sala, is reading correct?). 2. Name of a water plant, most likely a kind of fern (see Kern

…

adjective belonging to a cover or lining, having or forming a cover or lining, as adj. said of sandals (eka˚ with single lining) Ja.ii.277 (variant reading for ekatalika); Ja.iii.80, Ja.iii.81 (id.) …

the earth. Acc to Cnd.389 syn. with jagati. It figures as the first element in enumⁿ of the 4 elements (see dhātu 1), viz p., āpo, tejo, vāyo (earth, water, fire, wind or …

grounded on, on account of, concerning, because (with acc.) MN.i.265 (etaṃ on these grounds); SN.iii.93 = Iti.89 (atthavasaṃ); Ja.ii.386 (= abhisandhāya); Snp.680, Snp.784 Snp.872, Snp.1046; Snp-a.35 …

1. covering, clothes, clothing Pv.ii.1#16 (= vattha Pv-a.76).
2. deceiving, hiding concealment, deception Snp.232.

fr. paṭi + chad

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti)

to receive, accept, take (up) DN.i.110 (vatthaṃ), DN.i.142; Vin.i.200 Vin.ii.109, Vin.ii.116 (a sewing-needle); SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; D …

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti)

to receive, accept, take (up) DN.i.110 (vatthaṃ), DN.i.142; Vin.i.200 Vin.ii.109, Vin.ii.116 (a sewing-needle); SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; D …

…How shall we read paṭighaṭṭha nānighaṃso at Dhs-a.308? (paṭigha-ṭṭhāna-nighaṃso or paṭighaṭṭana-nighaṃso?)

paṭi…

(white) woollen cloth (uṇṇāmayo set’ attharako DN-a.i.86); DN.i.7; AN.i.137, AN.i.181; AN.iii.50; AN.iv.94, AN.iv.231, AN.iv.394; Dāvs v.36 See also paṭiya.

Sk. paṭikā dial. fr. paṭa cloth

to obtain, receive, get Iti.77; Ja.i.91; Cnd.427 (pariyesati p. paribhuñjati); Pp.57; Vv-a.115; Pv-a.6, Pv-a.7, Pv-a.16, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.60, Pv-a.67 etc
■ pret. 3^rd pl *[paccaladdhaṃ …

… ger paṭinissajja SN.i.179; AN.iv.374 sq.; Snp.745, Snp.946 (cp. Mnd.430)
pp paṭinissaṭṭha…

given up, forsaken (act & pass.), renouncing or having renounced Vin.iii.95 Vin.iv.27, Vin.iv.137; MN.i.37; SN.ii.283; AN.ii.41; Iti.49; Mnd.430 Mnd.431 (vanta pahīna p.); Pv-a.256.

pp. of paṭinissa …

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

…(maggaṃ); Vv.34#23 (= maggaṭṭha one who has entered the path Vv-a.154) = Pv.iv.3#49 Pp.63; Mil.17; DN-a.i.26; Pv-a.78, Pv-a.112…

…(ariyamagga) Pp.13 (= maggaṭṭhaka phalatthāya paṭipannattā p. nāma Pp-a 186); Mil.342 Mil.344; Ne.50; Dhs-a.164. See also Mil trsl.…

lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion explⁿ of term at Kvu translation 377–⁠382. Always referred to as “the …

white woollen counterpane Ja.iv.352 (= uṇṇāmaya-paccattharaṇāni setakambalāni pi vadanti yeva C.).

= paṭikā

1. slab, tablet, plate, in compounds ayo˚; iron plate AN.iv.130, AN.iv.131; Ja.iv.7 (suvaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.43 (ayomaya˚); loha˚; brass plate Pv-a.44; silā˚ stone slab Ja.i.59 etc. When written on it i …

…388 (in explⁿ of paṭṭhagū Snp.1095; here it clearly means “being near, attending on, a pupil or follower of”). See also…

…+ ; variant reading paṭṭhap˚); aor. paṭṭhayi Pv.ii.9#34 (dānaṃ; variant reading paṭṭhapayi, explained by paṭṭhapesi…

established, or given Pv-a.119 (cp. patiṭṭhāpitatta).

pp. of paṭṭhahati; cp. BSk. prasthapita Divy.514

…of “setting out” (?).

fr. pa + sthā, cp. paṭṭhahati

…(with acc.) from-up to Vism.374.

ger. fr. paṭṭhahati

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, …

1. a flat piece of wood, a slab, board, plank Ja.i.451 (a writing board school slate); Ja.v.155 (akkhassa ph. axle board); Ja.vi.281 (dice-board). pidhāna˚; covering board Vb-a.244 Vism.261; *sopā …

…which gives it in line with kaṭṭha-maya & loha-maya (& aṭṭhi˚ danta˚, veḷu˚ etc.). It occurs in same phrase at all passages…

…to serve as food Mil.152; kaṭṭhatthaṃ ph. to serve as fuel AN.ii.95 = SN.iii.93 = Iti.90 = Ja.i.482; khādaniyatthaṃ & bhojaniyatthaṃ…

adjective noun

1. (adj.) pervading, suffused (with), quite full (of) Mil.345.
2. (nt. pervasion, suffusion, thrill Ja.i.82 (˚samattha mettacitta); Ne.89 (pīti˚ etc., as m., cp. pharaṇatā); Dhs-a166 …

the hood of a snake Vin.i.91 (˚hatthaka, with hands like a snake’s hood); Ja.iii.347 (patthaṭa˚); Dhp-a.iii.231 (˚ṃ ukkhipitvā); Dhp-a.iv.133 Freq. as phaṇaṃ katvā (only thus, in ger.) raising or …

…in ˚tila, ˚tela, ˚dantakaṭṭha, etc with ref. to their use by Brahmins.

grd. formation fr. phusati² 2; scarcely fr. Sk. puṣya…

adjective splitting; one who splits Vism.413 (kaṭṭha˚).

fr. phāleti

…break chop, in phrases

1. kaṭṭhaṃ phāleti to chop sticks (for firewood) Vin.i.31; Ja.ii.144; Pv.ii.9#51, besides which the phrase…

…in phrase kaṭṭhaṃ pāteti MN.i.21, and in adhipāteti to split (see…

…but perhaps = Ved. piyāru malevolent. On y → h cp. P. paṭṭhayati for paṭṭhahati

Pilava & Plava

1. swimming, flowing, floating Ja.v.408 (suplav-atthaṃ in order to swim through well = plavana C.).
2. a kind of duck [so Epic Sk.] Vv.35#8 (cp Vv-a.163); Ja.v.420.

fr. plu, cp. Ve …

Piṃsati¹

to adorn, form, embellish; orig. to prick, cut. Perhaps piṃsare (3. pl. med.) Ja.v.202 belongs here, in meaning “tinkle, sound” (lit. prick) explained in C. by viravati. Other d …

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī

feminine

1. the back Vin.ii.200 (piṭṭhī); MN.i.354; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.279. piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the …

Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī

feminine

1. the back Vin.ii.200 (piṭṭhī); MN.i.354; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.279. piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the …

Pilava & Plava

1. swimming, flowing, floating Ja.v.408 (suplav-atthaṃ in order to swim through well = plavana C.).
2. a kind of duck [so Epic Sk.] Vv.35#8 (cp Vv-a.163); Ja.v.420.

fr. plu, cp. Ve …

…in water (?) Vin.i.215 (vanaṭṭha +), Vin.i.238 (id.).

• -patta a lotus leaf Snp.625; Dhp.401 (= paduma-patta…

…in the past); Vb-a.1 (˚aṭṭhakathā), Vb-a.523 (id.); Kp-a.247 (˚pāṭha); Snp-a.131 (id.); Dhp-a.i.17; Pv-a.1 (˚aṭṭhakathā),…

Pottha¹

poor, indigent, miserable Ja.ii.432 (= potthakapilotikāya nivatthatā pottho C.; variant reading poṭha). See also *ponti, with which ultimately identical.

?

Pottha² …

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

1. an individual, as opposed to a group (sangha or parisā), person, man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature = character, soul (= attan). DN.i.176; MN.iii.58; SN.i.93 sq.; SN.iii.25; AN.i.8 …

*Pura

base of adv. & prep. denoting “before”; abl. purato (adv. & prep. in front of (with gen.), before (only local) Vin.i.179 Vin.ii.32; DN.ii.14 (mātu); SN.i.137; Pv.i.11#1, Pv …

adverb in front, coram Snp.416 (sic, variant reading BB purakkhato); Ja.vi.242.

fr. puratthaṃ, cp. BSk. purastataḥ Mvu.ii.198

adverb

1. before SN.i.141 (na pacchā na puratthaṃ = no after, no before).
2. east DN.i.50 (˚âbhimukha looking eastward.)

for Vedic purastāt, fr. puraḥ, see *pura

adjective eastern DN.i.153; SN.i.144; Ja.i.71 (˚âbhimukha: Gotama facing E. under the Bo tree).

fr. *pura, cp. Prk. (AMg.) puratthima, acc. to Pischel, Gr. § 602 a der. fr. purastāt (= P puratthaṃ) …

deference, devotion, honour; usually -˚ (adj.) devoted to honouring DN.i.115; Vin.iii.130; Vin.iv.2, Vin.iv.277; Mnd.73, Mnd.214; Dhp.73 (= parivāra Dhp-a.ii.77); Vv.34#14 (attha˚ hitesin Vv-a.152) …

deference to (-˚) Dhp-a.iv.181 (attha˚).

abstr. fr. purekkhāra

…-tila, ˚tela, dantakaṭṭha, mattikā, etc. is probably to be read with variant reading phussa˚ meaning not quite clear (“natural,…

adjective

1. (= pṛthak) separated, individual adv. separated, individual, adv. separately, each (see [given as puthag eva Kacc. 29](/define/given as puthag eva Kacc. 29)) SN.i.75 (puthu attā individu …

1. a son SN.i.210; Snp.35, Snp.38, Snp.60, Snp.557, Snp.858; Dhp.62, Dhp.84 Dhp.228, Dhp.345; Ja.iv.309; Vism.645 (simile of 3 sons); Pv-a.25, Pv-a.63, Pv-a.73 sq.; DN-a.i.157 (dāsaka˚). Four kind …

…(+ aṭṭhikandala); kaṭṭha˚ AN.iii.408; AN.iv.72; Ja.ii.327; gūtha˚ Ja.ii.211; tiṇa˚ AN.iii.408; palāla˚ DN.i.71;…

(BB puḷuvaka) = puḷava Dhp-a.iv.46; Vv-a.76; Pv-a.14. One of the (asubha) kammaṭṭhānas is called p. “the contemplation (˚saññā idea) of the worminfested corpse” SN.v.131; Dhs.264; Vism.110, Vism.17 …

orig. meaning “tube,” container, hollow pocket.

1. a container, usually made of leaves (cp Ja.iv.436; Ja.v.441; Ja.vi.236), to carry fruit or other viands a pocket, basket: ucchu˚; basket for sugar …

1. to protect, guard, watch, keep Snp.585; Ja.i.55; Ja.iv.127; Ja.vi.589; Mil.4 (paṭhavī lokaṃ pāleti, perhaps in meaning “keeps holds, encircles,” similar to meaning 2); Sdhp.33.
2. (lit. perhaps “to …

…is opposed to “aṭṭhakathāyaṃ” at Vism.107, Vism.450, etc). It is the literary language of the early Buddhists, closely…

to reach, attain, arrive at, obtain, get to learn
pres pāpuṇāti Vin.ii.208; Ja.iv.285; Ja.vi.149; Pp.70; DN-a.21; Pv-a.74, Pv-a.98 Pv-a.125, Pv-a.195; and *[pappoti](/defi …

adjective connected with preservation or attention, fostering, keeping Vism.3 (˚paññā), Vism.98 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.54 (id.).

fr. parihāra

Pāsa¹

a sling, snare, tie, fetter SN.i.105, SN.i.111; AN.ii.182; AN.iv.197; Vin.iv.153 (? hattha˚); Snp.166; Iti.36 (Māra˚); Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.414; Pv-a.206. On its frequent use in simile …

(-˚)

1. fall DN-a.i.95 (ukkā˚); Pv-a.45 (asani˚). The reading “anatthato pātato rakkhito” at Pv-a.61 is faulty we should prefer to read apagato (apāyato? rakkhito.
2. throwing, a throw Snp.987 (m …

…], see phāleti & phāṭeti In the same sense we find the phrase; kaṭṭhaṃ pāteti to split firewood MN.i.21 (MA…

1. a cloak, mantle Vin.i.281; Ja.v.409 (explained as pavara-dibba-vattha!).
2. the mango tree Kp-a.58 (˚puppha; Vism.258 at id. p. has pāvāraka˚).

fr. pa + vṛ.

…is opposed to “aṭṭhakathāyaṃ” at Vism.107, Vism.450, etc). It is the literary language of the early Buddhists, closely…

Pīta¹

1. having drunk or (pred.) being drunk (as liquid) SN.i.212 (madhu˚); Ja.i.198; Pv-a.25 (with asita, khāyita & sāyita as fourfold food).
2. soaked or saturated with (-˚), in *kasāya …

…vassāni) Vb-a.2 (khandhaṭṭha, piṇḍ˚, pūg˚).

etym.? cp. Vedic pūga in meaning of both pūga¹ &…

colouring, dye DN.i.110 (suddhaṃ vatthaṃ… sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin.i.50 = Vin.i.53 Vin.ii.227; Vin.i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚, khandha˚, taca˚, patta˚, puppha˚, phala˚ or …

1. keeping, protection, guarding Ne.41; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.72 (rahassa˚-atthāya so that he should keep the secret); Pv-a.7.
2. observance keeping Vv-a.71 (uposatha-sīla˚); Pv-a.102 (sīla˚), Pv-a.210 …

Rasa¹

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

delighting in (loc. or-˚), intent on, devoted to SN.iv.117 (dhamme jhāne), SN.iv.389 sq. (bhava etc.); Snp.54 (sangaṇika˚), Snp.212, Snp.250, Snp.327, Snp.330 (dhamme), Snp.461 (yaññe), Snp.737 (upas …

…(satta-patiṭṭhito aṭṭha-ratan’ ubbedho nava-ratan āyāma-pariṇāho pāsādiko dassanīyo Uposatho nāgarājā: alluding to…

cubit Mil.85 (aṭṭha rataniyo).

Sk. aratni “elbow” with apocope and diaeresis; given at Halāyudha 2, 381 as “a cubit, or measure from the…

adjective a ratana in length Ja.i.7 (aḍḍha˚); Mil.312 (aṭṭha˚).

fr. ratana

Ratha¹

a two-wheeled carriage, chariot (for riding driving or fighting SN.i.33 (ethically); AN.iv.191 (horse cart; diff. parts of a ratha); MN.i.396; Snp.300, Snp.654 Vism.593 (in its com …

Ratta¹

1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

1. fight, battle; only in Thig.360 (raṇaṃ karitvā kāmānaṃ): see discussed below; also late at Mhvs.35, Mhvs.69 (Subharājaṃ raṇe hantvā).
2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This meaning is the Buddhi …

…(explained at Cnd.536 as “raṭṭhañ ca janapadañ ca koṭṭhāgārañ ca… nagarañ ca”), Snp.287 Snp.444, Snp.619; Ja.iv.389 (˚ṃ…

adjective belonging to the kingdom, royal, sovereign Ja.iv.91 (senāvāhana)
■ Cp. raṭṭhika.

Sk. rāṣṭraka

adjective possessing a kingdom or kingship Pv.ii.6#11 (˚nto khattiyā).

raṭṭha + vant

…= AN.iii.300 (r. pettanika senāya senāpatika).

fr. raṭṭha, cp. Sk. rāṣṭrika

devoid, empty, free, rid (of) MN.i.207 (+ tuccha), MN.i.414; Vin.i.157 = Vin.ii.216; Snp.823 (emancipated: ritto muni = vivitta etc. Mnd.158), Snp.844 (opp. to aritta); Thig.265 (see rindi); Ja.i.29 …

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 …

…sāraṃ sāraṃ upaṭṭhahantaṃ asāran ti attho“ and Mrs. Rh. D. (Sisters, p. 154) trsl^s: “deluded by puppet shows…

…Cp. DN.i.7; Snp.46 (raṭṭhaṃ vijitam pahāya); Ja.v.448 and passim. See also below 3, 4 & 6
■ In similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907…

…Cp. DN.i.7; Snp.46 (raṭṭhaṃ vijitam pahāya); Ja.v.448 and passim. See also below 3, 4 & 6
■ In similes: see J.P.T.S. 1907…

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

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

…Mil.291. See detail under aṭṭha B 1.a
■ -soḷasaka (of 16 each Dhp-a.iii.3; -sata (of 100 each) Dhp-a.ii.6 …

the state of being everywhere; sabbatthatāya on the whole DN.i.251; DN.ii.187; MN.i.38; SN.iv.296; AN.iii.225 AN.v.299, AN.v.344. Explained at Vism.308 (with tt).

…sq. Dhs-a.4 (nearly = paramaṭṭha); Kp-a.102. Kern in a phantastic interpretation (

Toevoegselen

ii.49, 50) takes it as sacci-kaṭṭha…

the highest good, ideal DN.ii.141; MN.i.4; AN.v.207 sq.; Dhp.166; Mhvs.3, Mhvs.24. It may be taken as sa⁴ + attha (with euphonic -d-), i.e. one’s own good, as it is explained by Bdhg …

adjective always praised Ja.iv.101 (= nicca-pasattha C.).

sadā + thuta

1. sound, noise DN.i.79, DN.i.152; DN.iii.102 sq., DN.iii.146, DN.iii.234 DN.iii.244 sq., DN.iii.269, DN.iii.281; MN.iii.56, MN.iii.267; AN.iii.30 sq.; AN.iv.91, AN.iv.248; Ja.i.3 (ten sounds); Snp. …

one’s own hand Ja.i.68; usually sahatthā (abl.) with one’s own hand Vin.i.18; AN.i.274; DN.i.109; Snp.p.107; Ja.i.286; Pv.ii.9#8; Pv.ii.9#54; Mil.15 instr. sahatthena id. Pv-a.110, Pv-a.124, Pv\ …

…pp. saṭṭha (see vissaṭṭha)
caus sajjeti (q.v.)
■ For…

Saya = saka

? one’s own Ja.vi.414 (= saka-raṭṭha C.).

…DN.iii.213; Dhs.1343; DN-a.i.287; Dhs-a.396; Ja.iv.57, Ja.iv.58 (= maṭṭhavacana “smooth words”).

abstr. from sakhila

…thoroughly; often with uppaṭṭhahati to attend, serve with due honour
■ Vv.12#5; Mil.305; Ja.iv.310. The form…

…thoroughly; often with uppaṭṭhahati to attend, serve with due honour
■ Vv.12#5; Mil.305; Ja.iv.310. The form…

…sakkā honti imāni aṭṭha sukhāni vindituṃ, these eight advantages are able to be enjoyed Ja.i.8; *sakkā etaṃ abhavissa…

1. an arrow, a dart AN.iv.107 (T. has it as nt.).
2. a small stick, peg, thin bar SN.iv.168; Dāvs iv.51.
3. blade of a grass MN.i.79; Ja.i.439.
4. ribs of a parasol Vin.iv.338; Snp-a.487; Mil.226.
5. …

refreshed, relieved Ja.iii.189.

saṃ + assattha²

adjective able, strong Ja.i.179; Ja.i.187; Snp-a.143.

cp. Sk. samartha, saṃ + artha

adjective able Sdhp.619.

fr. samattha

…is to be read as samavasaṭṭha, i.e. thoroughly given up. Thus Kern,

Toevoegselen

The same passage occurs at DN.iii.269 as…

1. crowding, pressure, inconvenience from crowding, obstruction Vism.119 janasambādharahita free from crowding Mil.409 kiṭṭhasambādha crowding of corn, the time when the corn is growing thick MN.i.115 …

…Ja.ii.25; Dhp-a.i.58; Dhp-a.ii.184; Dhp-a.iii.168. 2. to rub, polish Ja.i.338

pp sammaṭṭha
caus 2…

swept, cleaned, polished, smooth Vin.iii.119 (su˚); Ja.i.10; Ja.iii.395 (smooth) Spelt -maṭṭa at Mil.15.

pp. of sammajjati

1. consent, permission Vin.iii.199.
2. choice, selection, delegation Vin.iii.159.
3. fixing, determination (of boundary) Vin.i.106.
4. common consent, general opinion, convention, that which is genera …

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

to be glad; pp. sampahaṭṭha
caus sampahaṃseti to gladden, delight Vin.i.18;…

…“kusalena suvaṇṇakārena sanghaṭṭitaṃ sanghaṭṭentena tāpitaṃ”).

saṃ +…

attention, consideration, discrimination, comprehension, circumspection AN.i.13 sq.; AN.ii.93; AN.iii.307; AN.iv.320; AN.v.98 sq. SN.iii.169; DN.iii.213 (sati + samp. opp. to *muṭṭha-sacca asampaj …

touched, handled, blotted out, destroyed SN.iv.168 sq. = Ja.iii.532 = Vism.36.

saṃ + palimaṭṭha

entreating, imploring Dhs.1059.

saṃ + patthanā

adjective resplendent Ja.i.89, Ja.i.92 (pañcavaṇṇa-vattha˚). raṃsi-jāla˚ resplendent with the blaze of rays Vv-a.12, Vv-a.14, Vv-a.166.

saṃ + ujjala

to extol, to praise Snp.132, Snp.438; MN.i.498
pp samukkaṭṭha.

saṃ + ukkaṃsati

exalted AN.iv.293; Thag.632.

saṃ + ukkaṭṭha

to serve, help; pres. samupaṭṭhāti Sdhp.283; aor. samupaṭṭhahi Mhvs.33 Mhvs.95.

saṃ + upaṭṭhahati

…In the Ambaṭṭha-sutta the corresponding terms are sīla, caraṇa, vijjā (DN.i.100) Thus…

1. union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
2. breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati …