, masculine

1. (n.) seeing; looking; sight (of); eyesight.
2. (m.) insight; proper perception; understanding.

…Pv-a.9, Pv-a.68.

3. adassana not seeing SN.i.168 = Snp.459; invisibility Ja.iv.496 (˚ṃ vajjati to become invisible);…

…in that of the Sutasoma, Sudassana; in that of the Sonananda, Brahmavaddhana; in that of the Khandahāla, Pupphavatī; in that of the Yuvañjaya,…

…found chiefly in the Mahāsudassana, Mahāpadāna, Cakkavattisīhanāda, Bālapaṇḍita and Ambaṭṭha Suttas. SN.v.98

From the Mahāpadāna…

…by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.

5buildingDhamma²

The lake in front of the palace mentioned…

…waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

…the royal city of Mahā-Sudassana. DN.ii.146ff. It was twelve leagues in length and twelve in breadth, prosperous and full of people, like…

Chief queen of Mahāsudassana. DN.ii.169ff. Aii.189 SN.iii.145

The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.

…of silver….

…capital of Kusa and Mahāsudassana. They were regarded, together with the Vajjis, as a typical example of a republic. MN.i.231 The chief Mallas…

Nephew of Pasenadi. The Buddha taught him a stanza to recite whenever Pasenadi sat down to a meal, in order that the king might observe moderation in eating. For this service Pasenadi paid him one hun …

…Buddha, in order to disabuse his mind, preached to him the Mahā Sudassana Sutta. DN.ii.169f.

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…of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the sky.”….

The horse of Mahāsudassana. He is all white, with a crow black head and a dark mane. DN.ii.174 SN.iii.145

…chief of the eighty four thousand chariots owned by Mahāsudassana. SN.iii.145 DN.ii.187

…women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen…

a valóságnak megfelelő tudás; annak tudása és látása, ami van

frequently seeing

frequently seeing

troop inspection, a review of soldiers

lovely to look at; beautiful.

wanting to see (acc. or gen.)

excellence of seeing or insight.

1. showing; indicating.
2. an example, an illustration; evidence; a comparison.

the seeing that is knowledge or understanding; insight and knowledge.

Patipadā-ñānadassana-visuddhi: ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ forms the 6th stage of purification visuddhi.

…constituting the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ patipadā - ñānadassanavisuddhi see: visuddhi VI, and one of…

sight, appearance, show Ja.vi.193.

abhi + dassana

to bend towards, to turn or direct to DN.i.76 (cittaṃ ñāṇa-dassanāya); MN.i.234; SN.i.123; SN.iv.178; Pp.60.

abhi + ninnāmeti cp. BSk. abhinirṇāmayati Lal.439

1. to take out, throw out MN.i.119 (see abhinīhanati).
2. to direct to, to apply to (orig. to isolate? Is reading correct?) in phrase *ñāṇadassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhin …

…indeed, only in ˚ñāṇa-dassana [cp. BSk. alamārya-jñāna-darśana Lal.309 Lal.509] Vin.i.9; AN.iii.64, AN.iii.430; AN.v.88; Ja.i.389 (cp….

…as sets of 3 (viz. dassana˚, paṭipadā˚, vimutti˚;) at DN.iii.219, or of 6 (viz. *dassana˚, savana˚ lābha˚, sikkhā˚,…

…Mil.234, Mil.264.

• -dassana troop-inspection DN.i.6 (aṇīka˚ at DN-a.i.85, q.v. interpretation); Vin.iv.107…

…D. ñāṇañ ca pana me dassanaṃ udapādi akuppā me ceto-vimutti ayaṃ antimā jāti natthi dāni punabbhavo “there arose in me…

…Snp.628 = Dhp.404 (= dassana-savana-samullāpa paribhogakāya-saṃsaggānaṃ abhāvena Snp-a.468 = Dhp-a.iv.173).

a +…

…Snp-a.500) Pp.58

• -sandassana determination of meaning, definition Pts.i.105
• - siddhi profit, advantage, benefit Ja.i.402…

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 …

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 …

…beautiful Ja.vi.88 (˚dassana beautiful to look at; C. explains by kalyāṇa dassana).

fr….

…terrible Pv.ii.4#1 (˚dassana terrible to look at). 3. (m.) fear, cowardice Snp.437 (= utrāsa Snp-a.390).

• -ttāṇa refuge for the…

…-˚ indriya˚ Ne.192; dassana˚ plane of insight Ne.8, Ne.14 Ne.50; sukha˚ ground for happiness Dhs.984 (cp Dhs-a.214)
■…

…is to be deleted. The reading at Vv-a.213 is doubtful. It may be kāyavyāvaṭa, but dassana-vyāvaṭa is to be preferred (see under…

…(˚vaṇṇa), Sdhp.603. -dassana a disgusting sight, horrible to behold Ja.i.171; Pv-a.32, Pv-a.56 Pv-a.68, Pv-a.99 (: all with ref. to…

…˚adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304) fourfold circle SN.iii.59 sq. (pañcupādānakkhandhe). -parisā (f.) the…

…-dassana lovely to behold Snp.548; Ja.vi.449 (expl. on p. Ja.vi.450 as: cāru vuccati suvaṇṇaṃ =…

…Dhp-a.i.119.

Sk. darśanīya; grd. formation of dassana, also as dassaneyya

…passati & cp. ñāṇa-dassana).

1. As adj - ˚: seeing, being aware of, realizing; anicca SN.iii.1; ādīnava˚ SN.ii.194; SN.iv.332;…

…SN.iv.202; Vv.64#30 (= Sudassana-mahānagara Vv-a.285); Ja.iv.143;

• -bhava celestial existence Pv-a.167 *…

…wrong views Snp.911.

Sk. dṛṣṭi; cp. dassana

…as “niddiṭṭha-nayanidassana”) DN.i.193 (evaṃ sante this being being so), DN.i.195 (id.); Vin.ii.194 (evaṃ bhante, yes); Ja.i.222;…

…always combined with hīna, low & pagan Vin.i.10 and ≈ (anta standard of life); AN.iii.325 (dassana, view); DN.iii.130 (sukhallikânuyoga,…

1. adj.
   1. lit. heavy, opp. lahu light, applied to bhāra, a load SN.iii.26; Ja.i.196 (= bhārika); Ja.vi.420; Dhp-a.i.48; Sdhp.494 (rūpagarubhāra the heavy load of “form”). Compa …

…Vv.32#4. Same with visūkadassana, pantomimic show at DN.i.5≈(cp. DN-a.i.77; Kp-a.36).

• -rava sound of song…

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 …

…Ja.i.393 Ja.iii.83 (˚dassana = khaṇika˚ C.), Ja.iv.112 (˚vāsa temporary abode); Pv.i.11#11 (= na cira-kāla-ṭṭhāyin anicca…

…shunning: tapo˚ (detesting asceticism) DN.i.174; SN.i.67; AN.ii.200 jigucchabībhaccha-dassana detestable & fearful-looking Pv-a.56.;…

…agreeable Ja.iii.82;

• -dassana looking nice, lovely, handsome Snp.551 = Thag.821 (+ kañcanasannibhattaca); *…

…-dassana (adj.) understanding the workings of k. Ja.i.45;

• -kiliṭṭha bad, evil k. Dhp.15…

…asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ Vb.372. Esp. in definitions, as of chanda: kattu˚; Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā:…

…asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ Vb.372. Esp. in definitions, as of chanda: kattu˚; Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā:…

…asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ Vb.372. Esp. in definitions, as of chanda: kattu˚; Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā:…

…asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ Vb.372. Esp. in definitions, as of chanda: kattu˚; Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā:…

… 5. vimutti-ñāṇa-dassana ˚the group dealing with the realization of the achievement of emancipation.
■ As 1–⁠4 only at…

adjective small, inferior, low; trifling, insignificant; na khuddaṃ samācare kiñci “he shall not pursue anything trifling” Snp.145 (= lāmakaṃ Kp-a.243) kh˚ ca bālaṃ Snp.318. Opp. to strong Vv.32#10 ( …

…dātu˚, daṭṭhu˚, dassana˚, kātu˚, pattu˚, netu˚, gantu˚ bhojetu˚, etc. -sakāma (-adj.) willing Ja.v.295.

• -akāma

1….

…or Dhtm.748 “lakkha = dassanaanke”; cp. Ja.i.451 lakkhaṇena anketi to brand. The Sk. Np. Lakṣmaṇa appears also in Prk. as Lakkhaṇa:…

…Dhtp.532 & Dhtm.766: loc = dassana

Locana²

neuter pulling, tearing out DN.i.167 (kesa-massu˚); AN.i.296; Pp.55.

fr. loc. Caus….

…The Dhtp.531 gives root lok (loc) in sense of dassana

…AN.v.47 (˚ssa ñāṇadassana); Dhp.403.

• -udaka water found on the road Vism.338 (simile). *…

…(+ visūkadassana): Vin.i.83; DN.i.5, DN.i.6; Kp-a.36; cp Vv.81#10 (naccagīte suvādite).

Ved. nṛtya = Anglo-Ind. nautch,…

…and ariyasaccāna-dassanaṃ Snp.267
■ brahmacariya (a saintly life) is n- parāyanā (leading to N….

…n “sign, token”).

Sk. nidarśana, ni + dassana

…define Vv-a.12, Vv-a.13 (˚etabbavacana the word to be compared or defined, correl. to nidassana-vacana)
pp nidassita…

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 …

…9 (the four + kankhā-vitaraṇa˚, maggâmagga-ñāṇa paṭipadāñāṇa-dassana˚, ñāṇa-dassana˚ paññā˚) DN.iii.288;…

…MN.i.110; AN.iii.166 = Pp.64; AN.iv.428 (˚ñāṇadassana).

pari + sesa

…AN.iii.125 (˚ñāṇa-dassana), AN.iv.120 sq.; Ja.i.265; Vism.2 (accanta˚); Pp.68 (samāhite citte parisuddha); Mil.106; DN-a.i.177,…

…AN.iv.304); and ñāti˚; circle of relatives DN.i.61 (= ñāti DN-a.i.170; cp explⁿ ābandhan’…

…DN.iii.288 (ñāṇadassana-visuddhi˚); AN.i.113, AN.i.168 (puñña˚), AN.ii.76, AN.ii.79, AN.ii.152 (akkhamā); Vb.99, Vb.104 sq.,…

…paṭāni (sic.)-bhūtaṃ dassanan ti visūkadassanaṃ“ and at Dhs-a.393: “paṭāni-gahaṇaṃ gahetvā ekapaden’ eva taṃ…

seeing, sight, look DN-a.i.185, DN-a.i.193; Kp-a.148 (= dassana).

fr. pa + īkṣ

…loving eye DN.iii.167.

• -dassana lovely to behold, goodlooking DN.iii.167.
• -bhāṇin speaking…

…SN.iv.202; Vv.64#30 (= Sudassana-mahā-nagara Vv-a.285). See also purindada. 2. dwelling, house or (divided) part of a house (= antepura), a…

…id. Dhp.15 Dhp.17.

• -dassana sinful view Pv.iv.3#55.
• -dhamma wickedness evil habit Dhp.248,…

…at DN.ii.16 sq.; of Mahā-Sudassana DN.ii.172 sq. They are enumerated singly as follows: the wheel (cakka) DN.ii.172 sq., the elephant (hatthi,…

…AN.ii.89, AN.ii.222. -dassana right views Vism.605 -diṭṭhi right views, right belief, the…

…vimutti˚, vimutti-ñāṇadassana˚*; MN.i.145; Pp.54; cp. SN.i.139; AN.iii.12.
■ The term sampadā is not…

showing Ja.i.67.

adjective visible DN.iii.217; Dhs.1087.

sa³ + nidassana

adjective resembling, looking like Ja.iii.522; Ja.v.87 = Ja.vi.306; Ja.v.169 (C. dassana); Ja.vi.240, Ja.vi.279.

saṃ + nikāsa

…Ja.ii.72; satthāra-dassana sight of the Master Snp-a.49; satthu-d-anvaya successor of the M. Snp.556.

Venic śāstṛ, n. ag. fr….

…at Cnd.659: by sight (dassana˚) and by hearing (savaṇa˚)
■ pada˚; contact of two words, “sandhi Mnd.139; Cnd.137 (for iti);…

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

…up to vimuttiñāṇadassana; plus paṭisambhidā and bojjhanga)
■ cattāro sīlakkhandhā “4 sections of morality”…

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 …

…(cp. abhiññā, ñāṇa-dassana & paññā) That; vijjā at MN.i.22 is contrasted with avijjā is to…

…upekkhā, khandha ii. A, dassana, phala mettā.

• -rasa the essence of emancipation AN.i.36; AN.iv.203; Pv-a.287. *…

…wrong, upset AN.iii.114 (˚dassana); AN.iv.226 (id.); AN.v.284; Thig.393; Ja.i.334; Kv.307; Mil.285 Mil.324; Ne.85 (˚gāha), Ne.126 (˚saññā);…

…viramāsi, cp. Geiger

Pali Grammar

§ 165#1); Pv.iv.3#55 (pāpadassanaṃ, acc.); Mil.85; Pv-a.204.

vi + ramati

…-dassana visiting shows (as fairs) DN.i.5 (cp. DN-a.i.77 “visūkaṃ paṭani-bhūtaṃ dassanaṃ,” reading not…

…vyāvaṭa C.)
■ dassana˚; keen on a sight, eager to see Ja.i.89; Vv-a.213 (preferred to T. reading!)
■ dāna˚; serving in…

…= Vism.605 (+ sammādassana); Vism.438, Vism.629, Vism.695; Vb-a.459 (= maggañāṇa); also as ˚ñāṇa-dassana in same meaning:…

…Thag.422 (˚āloka-dassana seeing the real light); Mil.171 (˚lakkhaṇa true characteristics); Vism.588 (as yāthāvasarasa), Vism.639…

…pariccheda-niyamadassanaṁ,“ of which the translation

Expositor

ii.512 is “so as to suffice signifies the limit of the...

…Vv-a.63;

• -dassana “knowing and seeing,” “clear sight,” i.e. perfect knowledge; having a vision of…

…idea Pv-a.26 (dātabb˚dassana), Pv-a.27 (thoman˚-dassana), Pv-a.75 (kāruññ ˚ṃ dassesi), Pv-a.121 (pucchan˚-nidassanaṃ what has…

…light or insight Thag.3

• -dassana seeing light, i.e. perceiving Thag.422
• -pharaṇa diffusing light or diffusion of light Vb.334 Netti.89 *…