1. so in this way; in such a way; like this.
2. referring to what follows.
3. expressing assent.
4. introducing the second part of a comparison (often as evam eva or evam evam).

…so“ DN.i.51; Snp.1115; evaṃ kho DN.i.113; evam pi Snp.1134; evaṃ su DN.i.104; etc. etc.

• -diṭṭhin holding…

…āha tesañ ca yo nirodho, evaṃvādī Mahāsamano.“*

Sāriputta immediately understood and hurried to give the glad tidings to Moggallāna…

MakhādevaMaghadeva

King of Mithilā. His legend is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha, together with his people. When a grey hair appeared o …

just so, just like that

certain to become like this

certain to become like this

holding such a belief, having such a theory

holding such a belief, having such a theory

holding such a belief, having such a theory

in such a state; of such a kind

producing or having a future course of this kind

of such and such a class; of this kind of family

acting this way

acting this way

having such a physical form or appearance

having such a reputation

perceiving in this way; of such awareness or perception

perceiving in this way; of such awareness or perception

determined, effected in this way

living in such a state or way

living in such a state or way

professing such a doctrine; declaring a view like this

professing such a doctrine; declaring a view like this

…muṃ aor.); Dhp-a.iii.124 (evaṃ ˚itabbaṃ evaṃ paṭikkamitabbaṃ thus to approach & thus to withdraw)
pp…

…Dhp-a.i.221
■ evaṃ-gatika evanabhisamparāya (adj.) “leading to such & such a revirn such & such a future state” DN.i.16,…

adjective noun

1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

…Cnd.635; Ja.i.150 (loc. evaṃ sante in this case); Ja.iii.26, and samāna (q.v.) Ja.i.266; Ja.iv.138.

*…

second pret. of vac, in prohib form mā evaṃ avacuttha do not speak thus Ja.vi.72; Dhp-a.iv.228.

…by C’s in explanation of evaṃ at DN-a.i.27; and of kho at Pv-a.11, Pv-a.18.

Cp. Sk. avadhāraṇa, fr….

…at DN-a.i.97 with reading Sirivhāyana as “ehi Siri mayhaṃ sire patiṭṭhāhī ti evaṃ sire Siriyā avhayanaṃ”), DN.i.244,…

…ayaṃ no attho adhigantabbo evaṃ sallakkhetvā tāya desanāya atthikā hutvā C.); Sdhp.220 (˚katvāna).

= attha (aṭṭha) in…

…passaṃ passatī ti evaṃ sambhāvanīyo“ MN-a.156); SN.v.164; AN.iii.110; Mil.373; Pv-a.9. See also under manobhāvanīya.

grd….

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

…= DN-a.i.27; MN.i.130 (evaṃ vyā kho ti evaṃ viya kho C.), MN.i.257.

distorted fr. iva = eva, with metathesis & diaeresis *veyya →…

…(he thought it over), ib. (evaṃ c you think so); Sdhp.289 (īdisaṃ c. id.) Mhvs.vii.18, Mhvs.vii.32; Mil.233 (cintayati), Mil.406…

…(he thought it over), ib. (evaṃ c you think so); Sdhp.289 (īdisaṃ c. id.) Mhvs.vii.18, Mhvs.vii.32; Mil.233 (cintayati), Mil.406…

…their hearts“ SN.i.178; evaṃcitto “in this state of mind” SN.ii.199; Snp.985; cittam me Gotamo jānāti (G. knows my heart) SN.i.178;…

adjective (-˚) belonging or peculiar to the devas; only in sa˚-loka the world including the gods in general DN.i.62; Cnd.309; Snp.86 Snp.377, Snp.443, Snp.760 etc. Mil.234. See also devamanussa-l …

…yo ’haṃ evaṃ svâkkhāte Dh-vinaye pabbajito SN.i.119; bhikkhu na evarūpiṃ kathaṃ kattā hoti: na tvaṃ imaṃ…

…naṃ dhāressāma DN.i.236; evaṃ maṃ dhārehi adhimuttacittaṃ (consider as) Snp.1149 (= upalakkhehi Cnd.323) 4. to admit, allow, allow for,…

…(nikkhitto evaṃ niraye) at SN.iv.319; DN.iii.13, DN.iii.15; combined with (& opposed to) sīla (as pāpaka & bhaddaka) at…

adjective noun one who has a view, or theory, a follower of such & such a doctrine Ud.67 (evaṃ˚ + evaṃ vādin).

…passa imaṃ dhamman ti evaṃ pavattaṃ ehi-passavidhaṃ arahatī ti“, DN.ii.217; DN.iii.5, DN.iii.227; SN.i.9; SN.iv.41, SN.iv.272…

…Cnd. s.v. gacchati. evaṃ kāle gacchante, as time went on Ja.iii.52, or evaṃ g˚ kāle (Pv-a.54, Pv-a.75) or gacchante gacchante…

…the four kinds of rebirth: evaṃ˚ DN.i.16 (w. ref. to one of the first 3 gatis: DN-a.i.108); niyata˚ whose destiny is certain (w. ref. to…

…Dhp-a.ii.218
■ evaṃ-gotta (adj. belonging to such & such an ancestry MN.i.429; MN.ii.20, MN.ii.33 kathaṃ˚ of what lineage, or:…

see hi.

…etaṃ; no h’etaṃ not so DN.i.3. hevaṃ = hi evaṃ.

cp. Sk. hi

…vicinteti); Vv.79#10 (= evaṃ Vv-a.307); Vv-a.5 2. referring to what follows DN.i.63 (iti paṭisañcikkhati); AN.i.205 (id.)

II. As…

…do not know DN.i.216; te kho evaṃ jāneyyaṃ they ought to know ib. jānantā nāma n’ âhesuṃ “nobody knew” Ja.iii.188 jānāhi find out…

1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation profession. paṭicchanna˚ of secret acting Snp.127 Vb.357; as being punished in Niraya AN.i.60; SN.iv.180 as occupation esp. in pl. kammantā: SN.v. …

adjective

1. (cp. kappa ii.1^a) according to rule, right, suitable, fitting, proper, appropriate (Pv-a.26 = anucchavika paṭirūpa) Ja.i.392; DN-a.i.9; Pv-a.25 Pv-a.141
   ■ a˚; not r …

…Cnd.189, see also evaṃ nu kho. -pana DN.ii.163. -su Cnd.189. -hi…

…asmi na m’ eso attā ti; evaṃ etaṃ yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya passati; evaṃ kho jānato passato……

…kho; tâpi kho; api ca kho; evaṃ bhante ti kho; evaṃ byā kho Vin.iv.134; Dhp.i.27, etc-In interr. sentences it often follows nu: kin nu kho…

…say, will know“ Pv.ii.7#10 evaṃ kira Uttare? “I suppose this is so, Uttarā” Vv-a.69. evaṃ kira saggaṃ gamissatha “thus you will…

…say, will know“ Pv.ii.7#10 evaṃ kira Uttare? “I suppose this is so, Uttarā” Vv-a.69. evaṃ kira saggaṃ gamissatha “thus you will…

…him: Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo k˚-saddo abbhuggato “the high reputation went forth over the world, concerning the Venerable…

…him: Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo k˚-saddo abbhuggato “the high reputation went forth over the world, concerning the Venerable…

…course of time Dhp-a.i.319 evaṃ gacchante kāle as time went on Pv-a.54, Pv-a.75, Pv-a.127 etc
■ kālaṃ for a time Vin.i.176…

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…bhindantaṃ ñatvā Iti.69; evaṃdhammo (i.e. a heap of changing elements) AN.iii.324; aciraṃ vat ayaṃ kāyo paṭhaviṃ adhisessati chuddho…

…course of time Dhp-a.i.319 evaṃ gacchante kāle as time went on Pv-a.54, Pv-a.75, Pv-a.127 etc
■ kālaṃ for a time Vin.i.176…

(-˚) having a (wrong) view or belief, schismatic Ja.i.373 (evaṃ˚); Dpvs.vii.35 (puthu˚).

fr. laddhi

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

kind of kidney-bean, Phaseolus mungo, freq. combined with māsa² (q.v.). On its size (larger than sāsapa smaller than kalāya) see AN.v.170 & cp. kalāya
■ DN.ii.293; MN.i.57 (+ māsa); S …

…(prohibitive tense): mā evaṃ akattha do not thus Dhp-a.i.7; mā abhaṇi speak not Pv.i.3#3; mā cintayittha do not worry Dhp-a.i.12;…

…pana māsācitaṃ nāma tintamāso, yathā tintamāso garuko hoti, evaṃ garuko ti adhippāyo.“

māsa¹ + ācita

…Vin.ii.169 (Bdhgh on p. 323: hatthikumbhe patiṭṭhitaṃ, evaṃ evaṃkatassa kir’ etaṃ nāmaṃ) (?).

…paleti, na upeti sankhaṃ evaṃ munī nāmakāyā vimutto atthaṃ paleti, na upeti sankhaṃ“). Yet, it is a reality, and its…

…yathâyaṃ padīpo nibbuto evaṃ nibbanti Kp-a.194, Kp-a.195), Snp.915 (kathaṃ disvā nibbāti bhikkhu = rāgaṃ etc. nibbāpeti Mnd.344);…

adjective having a result Ja.iii.166 (evaṃ˚ of such consequence).

fr. nipphatti

Nirabbuda¹

masculine neuter a vast number; also Name of a hell SN.i.149 = AN.ii.3 = AN.v.171 (explained at AN.v.173 as “seyyathā pi vīsati abbudā nirayā evam eko nirabbudo nirayo”); Ja.iii …

…questions: “or not”, as evaṃ hoti vā… no vā (is it so-or not) DN.i.61, DN.i.227 kacci… no (is it so—or not; Lat. ne-annon) DN.i.107…

…(kā nāma tvaṃ). See also evaṃnāma, kinnāma; & cp. the foll. 4. nāma (acc.) as adv. is used as emphatic particle =…

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

to wail, lament DN.ii.158 (mā socittha mā paridevittha); Snp.582, Snp.774 = Mnd.38 (as ˚devayati), Mnd.166; Ja.vi.188, Ja.vi.498; Pv-a.18 (socati +); ger ˚devamāna SN.i.199, SN.i.208; Ja.v.106; Pv- …

…explained as “paricchedaṃ dassetvā yatha ’ssa paricchedo paññāyati, evaṃ bhāsatī ti attho” DN-a.i.76 = Pp-a 238.

fr. pariyanta

…see Parāmāsa (evaṃ˚ so acquired or taken up; cp. DN-a.i.107 nirāsanka-cittatāya punappuna āmaṭṭha); SN.ii.94 Cnd.152…

…Ja.iii.190 Strange is “evaṃ nānappayātamhi” at Thag.945 (Mrs Rh. D. “thus when so much is fallen away”; Neumann “in solcher…

…SN.v.310 sq. AN.i.164 (sukhadukkha˚); AN.iv.303 (id.); AN.v.35 (id.); Iti.99; Pts.i.95, Pts.i.114 (evaṃsukhadukkha˚), Pts.i.184, Pts.i.186 sq.;…

…Dhp-a.i.13 (mā vo āvuso evaṃ ruccittha).

*rucyati Med. of ruc: see rocati. Same in Prk.
■ Originally Caus….

…SN.ii.198; SN.iii.11 (evaṃ-rūpo siyaṃ, evaṃ vedano etc.), SN.iii.101 (id., & the khandhas); Snp.867, Snp.874 Snp.943, Snp.1037,…

…in ye s-idha Snp.1083, and evaṃ s- ahaṃ Snp.1134 (variant reading) may be an abbreviated su˚; (see su²),…

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 …

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

fr. sampahaṃsati

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

…taṇhā sineho… evaṃ āyatiṃ punabbhavâbhinibbatti hoti AN.i.223; t ca avasesā ca kilesā: ayaṃ vuccati dukkha-samudayo…

…vicinteti); Vv.79#10 (= evaṃ Vv-a.307); Vv-a.5 2. referring to what follows DN.i.63 (iti paṭisañcikkhati); AN.i.205 (id.)

II. As…

…considering, because: yadi evaṃ pitā tāva purisabhāve na rodati, mātu nāma hadayaṃ mudukaṃ “even if the father as man does not weep,…

…Sdhp.44, Sdhp.259.

• -vacana expression of comparison (usually applied to part. evaṃ) Snp-a.13, Snp-a.472; Kp-a.185,…

…to rain Ja.v.201 (Sakko devaṃ v. let the sky shed rain)
pp vaṭṭa vaṭṭha, vuṭṭha. Another pp. of the Caus. *vasseti is…

…not connected with vaḍḍh˚ at all) Mhvs.23, Mhvs.33 & Mhvs.37 (where C. explains: anagghāni evaṃnāmikāni vattha-yugāni). Cp….

…Snp.686 (anoma˚); Vism.422 (evaṃ˚ = odato vā sāmo vā). Cp. -pokkharatā. In special sense applied as distinguishing mark of race or…

…MN.i.81 (seyyathā v. evaṃ me piṭṭhi-kaṇṭako unnat’ âvanato hoti; Neumann trsl^s “wie eine Kugelkette wurde mein…

…(appa-dukkha˚), DN.i.251 (evaṃ˚); AN.i.24 (araṇa˚), AN.i.26 (mettā); Iti.74 (appamāda˚); Snp.45 (sādhu˚), Snp.375; Pv.iv.1#33…

…pādaṃ aññena sīsan ti evaṃ tato tato khittassa chava-sarīrassa adhivacanaṃ), Vism.194- hata˚; killed & cut up Vism.179. 2….

Ya˚

I. Forms

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

…if… how then Mil.4. yadi evaṃ… (tu) even if… yet (but) Pv-a.63 (y. e. pitā na rodati mātu nāma hadayaṃ mudukaṃ) …

…as DN.i.90; yathā pi… evaṃ just as… so Dhp.51–Dhp.52
■ yatha -yidaṃ (for yathā-idaṃ) positive: “as just this,” “so…

…ti idam ekaṃ yugaḷan ti evaṃ cattāri purisa -yugaḷāni honti. Practically the same as “aṭṭha purisa-puggalā.” Referring to…

…been reared (cp. Ja.v.330 evaṃ kicchā bhaṭo); Pv.iii.5 (ratt˚ rattiyaṃ ā. Pv-a.199); Dhp-a.ii.57, Dhp-a.ii.81; Dhp-a.iv.89; Vv-a.65…

…nt. pl. ādinī with ti (evaṃ) (ādīni), closing a quotation, meaning “this and such like”, e.g. at Ja.ii.128 Ja.ii.416 (ti ādīni…

…(in expl^n. of evaṃ). In this meaning freq. with dass (dasseti, dassana, nidassana etc. in commentary style “what is meant…

…khīlehi ākoṭenti, evaṃ ākoṭetvā pharasūhi phāḷetvā ekam ekaṃ koṭiṃ chinditvā vihananti, chinnachinnakoṭi punappuna…