atthika¹

mfn. desiring, wanting (instr.); aiming at, having as purpose (instr.); in need (of, instr.).

atthika²

mfn. who believes in the existence (of merit, another world, etc).

1. a bone.
2. a stone or seed (of a fruit).

…Ja.v.151 (in def. of aṭṭhikatvā q.v.); Pp.69, Pp.70 (T aṭṭhika, aṭṭhita SS; expl^d. by Pp AN.v.4 by…

…see also under kaṭaṭṭhika.

• -saññā the idea of a skeleton SN.v.129 sq.; AN.ii.17; Dhs.264.

fr….

Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

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

The word occurs in the compound Ukkalā-Vassa-Bhaññā, SN.iii.73 MN.iii.78 AN.ii.31 a group described as ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavāda, but who, nevertheless, agreed that the khandhas m …

A brahmin village of Māgadha, presented to Kūṭadanta by Bimbisāra. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalaṭṭhikā pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

Māgadha3town

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

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nāḷandā, Pāṭaligāma, Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bha …

NāḷandāNālaNālakaNālikaUpatissagāma

Mentioned as a brahmin village in Māgadha, not far from Rājagaha. SN.iv.251 AN.v.120 AN.v.121 SN.v.161

Also mentioned as a town near Rājagaha. The Buddha is menti …

RāhulaRāhulabhadda

Only son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted Suddhodana’s invitation, Rāhula’s mother sent the boy to the …

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

Suppiya¹

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

A district identified with modern Orissa. The merchants Tapussa and Bhalluka were on the way from Ukkalā, when they visited the Buddha shortly after his Awakening, near Uruvelā, and offered food to hi …

not wanting, not caring for (+ instr.); unconcerned

not traveling with a company or caravans.

wanting something; having a purpose

wanting something; having a purpose

1. (m.) the doctrine that (merit, another world, etc) exists.
2. (mfn.) following, professing that doctrine

añña-d-atthika

mfn. having another object or purpose

the idea of bones, contemplation of the skeleton (as a meditation exercise).

chain of bones; a skeleton

collection of bones; a skeleton

aṭṭhīkatvāaṭṭhikatvāna

ind. making something one’s aim or object; paying attention.

bone of a corpse.

hostile bandit; a thief who is an enemy.

posture held with the help of a cloth.

idam-atthika

mfn. being for this purpose

existing for an eon; with effect for an eon

the hip bone

an unbeliever (in the existence or efficacy of good conduct, in the existence of another world, etc); a skeptic.

professing the doctrine of an unbeliever.

an enemy who is an “uppalagandha” robber (?)

dependent upon food or sustenance

the thighbones

1. intention, wish desire SN.i.124; SN.v.108; AN.ii.81; AN.iii.363 (bhoga˚), AN.v.65; Ja.i.79, Ja.i.83; Sdhp.62. As adj. (-˚) desiring Pv-a.226 (hass˚ in play = khiḍḍatthika).
2. sense, meaning conc …

one who is not friend, an enemy DN.iii.185; Iti.83; Snp.561 (= paccatthika Snp-a.455); Dhp.66, Dhp.207; Ja.vi.274 (˚tāpana harassing the enemies).

Vedic amitra; a + mitta

adjective noun (act.) without enmity, friendly (med.) having no enemy or foe, secure peaceful DN.ii.276; Snp.150 (= vigata-paccatthika, mettavihārin Kp-a.249); Thig.512.

a + sapatta = Sk. sapatna

atta (the latter is the form used in comp^n.)

I. Inflection

1. of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
   ■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …

adjective one who wants something, one who is on a certain errand DN.i.90 (atthikaṃ assa atthī ti DN-a.i.255).

atthika + vant

adjective (-˚) having a purpose or end SN.iii.189 (kim˚ for what purpose?); AN.v.1 sq. (id.), Snp.311 sq.; Thag.1097 (att˚ having one’s purpose in oneself) Thag.1274; Snp.354 (yad atthiyaṃ on account …

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 …

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

…aṭṭhika*˚] a chain of bones, i.e. a skeleton Dhp-a.iii.479; Pv-a.152 *…

Aṭṭhita¹

see ṭhita.

Aṭṭhita²

undertaken, arrived at, looked after, considered Ja.ii.247 (= adhiṭṭhita C.).

ā + ṭhita

Aṭṭhita³

see *[atthika]( …

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 …

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

1. being, becoming, condition, nature; very rarely by itself (only in later & C. literature, as e.g. Ja.i.295 thīnaṃ bhāvo, perhaps best to be translated as “women’s character,” taking bhāva = attabhā …

Calaka¹

masculine a camp marshal, adjutant DN.i.51≈(in list of various occupations); AN.iv.107 sq.

Calaka²

neuter a piece of meat thrown away after having been chewed Vin.ii.1 …

…mind or heart, in phrase aṭṭhikatvā manasikatvā sabbacetaso samannāharitva ohitasoto (of one paying careful & proper attention) SN.i.112…

…AN.ii.57; Ja.iv.263.

• -aṭṭhika bones of a corpses, a skeleton C iii.15, 1 (?)
• -ālāta a torch from a pyre…

adjective

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

…dhanadhaññaṃ);

• -aṭṭhika “teeth-bone,” ivory of teeth i.e. the tooth as such Vism.21. *…

wealth, usually wealth of money, riches, treasures

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

adjective to be gained or procured with difficulty (i.e. a livelihood which is hardly procurable), only in phrase “dubbhikkhā d setaṭṭhikā salākavuttā,” of a famine Vin.iii.6, Vin.iii.15, Vin.iii.87 …

…AN.iii.300 (in series w. raṭṭhika pettanika, senāpatika, pūgagamaṇika). 2. [to gam ] adj. going wandering, travelling (-˚)…

…Ja.i.498; DN-a.i.97; Mil.229; also nt. Vin.ii.266; Ja.i.461; Ja.ii.127; Ja.iv.188; -aṭṭhika the jaw bone Ja.i.265 sq.; Vism.251;…

…(+ pādanguli toe). -aṭṭhika hand-bone Kp-a.49. -antara a cubit Vism.124. -āpalekhana…

…Pp.69 (read so for ˚maṭṭhika, see Pp-a.250); as idam-atthitā “being satisfied with what is sufficient” at Vism.81…

…Pp.69 (read so for ˚maṭṭhika, see Pp-a.250); as idam-atthitā “being satisfied with what is sufficient” at Vism.81…

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 …

(& 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 …

…Thag.1150 (˚kuṭika): aṭṭhikankalasannibha Thig.488 (= Thag-a.287; cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 75) aṭṭhikankala aṭṭhi-puñja…

…used in compounds:

• -aṭṭhika the hip-bone DN.ii.296 = MN.i.58, MN.i.89 = MN.iii.92 (as variant reading). Note.…

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

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

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

1. (n.)-
   1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

syllable of abbreviation, corresponding to our “etc.”: see peyyāla. Lak-atthika

Lak-aṭṭhika

at Vv-a.222 is doubtful; aṭṭhika means “kernel,” lak˚; may be a misspelling for labujak˚ (?).

Err:508

… s. v.) to read madh’ aṭṭhika “with sweet kernels cannot be accepted. The C. explains rightly by “madhura-phalesu pakkhitta-madhu…

…(surā-meraya˚).

• -aṭṭhika the kernel (of the fruit) of Bassia latifolia Vism.353 = Kp-a.43 (which latter…

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

…Vin.iv.47. In these latter passages it occurs combined with latākamma & pañcapaṭṭhika (q.v.). The meaning is not quite clear.

cp. Epic Sk….

…ger. -katvā AN.ii.116 (aṭṭhikatvā + … ohitasoto suṇāti); Pv.iii.2#5 (a˚ = anāvajjetvā Pv-a.181); Vv-a.87, Vv-a.92; Pv-a.62;…

…ger. -katvā AN.ii.116 (aṭṭhikatvā + … ohitasoto suṇāti); Pv.iii.2#5 (a˚ = anāvajjetvā Pv-a.181); Vv-a.87, Vv-a.92; Pv-a.62;…

measure, quantity, right measure, moderation Snp.971 (mattaṃ so jaññā); Dhp.i.35 (mattā ti pamāṇaṃ vuccati)
■ Abl. mattaso in -kārin doing in moderation, doing moderately Pp.37 (= pamānena pade …

friend. Usually m., although nt. occurs in meaning “friend,” in sg. (Ne.164) & pl. (Snp.185 Snp.187); in meaning “friendship” at Ja.vi.375 (= mittabhāva C.). The half-scientific, half-popular etym …

adjective = mudu.

1. flexible, pliable, soft SN.ii.221 (sanghāṭi); Vism.66 (giving in easily, compared with ukkaṭṭha & majjhima); Kp-a.49 (˚aṭṭhikāni soft bones); Mhvs.25, 102 (sayana); -bhūmi Mil. …

Na¹

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

adjective noun one who professes the motto of “natthi,” a sceptic, nihilist SN.i.96; usually in compounds

• -diṭṭhi scepticism, nihilistic view, heresy Snp.243 (= micchāditthi Co …

Paccanika, Paccanīya

adjective noun

1. contrary, adverse, opposed; 1 (m) enemy, adversary, opponent MN.i.378; SN.i.179; SN.iv.127; Snp.761; Pts.ii.67 sq.; Snp-a.288. Cp. vi.˚
2. (in method reverse, …

Paccanika, Paccanīya

adjective noun

1. contrary, adverse, opposed; 1 (m) enemy, adversary, opponent MN.i.378; SN.i.179; SN.iv.127; Snp.761; Pts.ii.67 sq.; Snp-a.288. Cp. vi.˚
2. (in method reverse, …

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 + …

1. to put down into (with loc. of receptacle), place into, enclose in (often used for ceremony of putting a corpse into a shell or mount) DN.ii.162 (tela-doṇiyā Bhagavato sarīraṃ p.); SN.ii.85; Ja.ii …

to bite all round, to gnaw or peck off MN.i.364 (kukkuro aṭṭhikankalaṃ p.).

pali + khādati

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

fr. pallattha

…misunderstood by C.).

• -paṭṭhika at Vin.ii.117, Vin.ii.121, Vin.ii.152; is not clear (variant reading paṭika)….

in pañca˚ see under pañca.

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, …

…heel Vism.251; Kp-a.51 (˚aṭṭhika); DN-a.i.254.

• -pāsāṇa a flat stone or rock plateau, ridge Ja.i.278;…

…heel Vism.251; Kp-a.51 (˚aṭṭhika); DN-a.i.254.

• -pāsāṇa a flat stone or rock plateau, ridge Ja.i.278;…

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

…Iti.17 (+ aṭṭhikandala); kaṭṭha˚ AN.iii.408; AN.iv.72; Ja.ii.327; gūtha˚ Ja.ii.211; tiṇa˚ AN.iii.408;…

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

…hatth anguli finger).

• -aṭṭhika bone of the foot MN.i.58, MN.i.89 MN.iii.92; Kp-a.49.
• -āpacca offspring fr….

adjective noun

1. as adv. (˚-) beyond, over, across, used as prep. with abl., e.g. pāra-Gangāya beyond the G. SN.i.207, SN.i.214; Snp-a.228. See under cpds
2. as nt. the other side, the opposi …

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

adjective belonging to the kingdom, royal, sovereign Ja.iv.91 (senāvāhana)
■ Cp. raṭṭhika.

Sk. rāṣṭraka

1. one belonging to a kingdom, subject in general, inhabitant Ja.ii.241 (brāhmaṇa gahapati-r- do ārik’ ādayo).
2. an official of the kingdom [op Sk. rāṣṭriya a pretender; also king’s brother in-law …

…setaṭṭhika-roga etc., i.e. hurtful winds, mice, moths parrots, mildew
■ The combⁿ *roga, gaṇḍa,…

…Mhvs.15, Mhvs.42 (amb’ aṭṭhikaṃ); Mhvs.19, Mhvs.56; Dhp-a.ii.109. 2. to put up, fix Ja.i.143 (sūlāni). 3. to further, increase, make…

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

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\ …

adjective belonging to a caravan DN.ii.344.

fr. sattha³

…fruit); Vism.112 (rūpa˚ & aṭṭhika˚).; saññaṃ karoti to imagine, to think Ja.ii.71; to take notice, to mind Ja.i.117. 5. sign, gesture…

Saṅkhyā (f.)

1. enumeration, calculation, estimating DN.ii.277; MN.i.109; Mil.59 Mil.2. number Dāvs i.25.
2. denomination, definition, word, name (cp. on term K.S. i.321) SN.iii.71 sq.; SN.iv.376 …

…Mhvs.10, Mhvs.54.

• -aṭṭhika lit. (having) white bones, (suffering from) famine [cp. BSk. śvetāsthi Divy.131]…

well-being, safety, bless ing AN.iii.38 = AN.iv.266 (“brings future happiness”) Ja.i.335; s. hotu hail! DN.i.96; sotthiṃ in safety, safely Dhp.219 (= anupaddavena Dhp-a.iii.293); Pv.iv.6#4 (= niru …

adjective safe MN.i.117; Vv.18#7 (= sotthika Vv-a.95); Ja.vi.339 (in the shape of a svastika?); Pv.iv.3#3 (= sotthi-bhāva-vāha Pv-a.250). -ālaṅkāra a kind of auspicious mark Ja.vi.488.

either …

adjective with one’s own hand Ja.i.168; Dhs-a.97; Snp-a.493; Kp-a.29.

fr. sahattha

…= Cnd.283, tiṭṭheyya saṭṭhikappasahassāni to stay on indefinitely); tiṭṭheyya kappaṃ DN.ii.103. tiṭṭhantī anto vimānasmiṃ…

…Ja.v.372 (= raji).

-aṭṭhika a kernel of the palm fruit Dhp-a.ii.53, cp.60 (˚aṭṭhi-khaṇḍa);…

rise, growth; increment, increase; income, revenue, interest AN.ii.199; Pts.i.34; Vv.84#7 (dhan’atthika uddayaṃ patthayāna = ānisaṃsaṃ atirekalābhaṃ Vv-a.336); Vv.84#52 ; Dhp-a.ii.270; Pv-a.146 (ul …

probably not to veḷu, but another spelling for beḷuva, in -laṭṭhikā SN.iii.91, as sometimes variant reading veḷuva for beḷuva (q.v.).

cp. Vedic vainava (m …

(food) put down (on cemeteries etc.) for (the spirits of) the departed Vin.iv.89.

wrong spelling for *vossaṭṭhika = v(i) + ossaṭṭha + ika

adjective befitting, original, inherent (one of the 4 kinds of nomenclature) Vism.210 = Kp-a.107.

ā + vatthika

…MN.iii.92; Ja.i.428 (ūraṭṭhika); Kp-a.49, Kp-a.50 (ūraṭṭhi).

• -(k)khambha stiffening or rigidity of the thigh, paralysis of the…