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eḷa, 678 találat.

ela →

pts

salt(?) or water(?) in elambiya (= el˚ambu-ja) born in (salt) water Snp.845 (= ela-saññaka ambumhi jāta); Mnd.202 (elaṃ vuccati udakaṃ).

?

eḷa →

pts

…from its mouth, variant reading elamukha
■ Cp. neḷa & aneḷa.

Sk. enas

abhibhū →

dppn

Abhibhū1

Chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.9 In the Aruṇavatī Sutta it is said that he went with Sikhī to a Brahma-world and, at the Buddha’s request, preached a sermon to the accompa …

acelakassapa →

dppn

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 …

ajapālanigrodha →

dppn

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 …

ambapālī →

dppn

AmbapālīAmbapālikā

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

ambaṭṭha →

dppn

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

andhakavinda →

dppn

A village in the Māgadha country, three gāvuta from Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109 Once the Buddha went from Benares to Andhakavinda w …

andhavana →

dppn

A grove to the south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns wh …

asibandhakaputta →

dppn

A headman (gāmani). He came to the Buddha in the Pārileyyaka Mango Grove in Nāḷandā and asked him various questions, recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.312ff. One of these related to the custo …

assalāyana →

dppn

A young brahmin, sixteen years old, of Sāvatthī, very learned in the Vedas and allied subjects. Five hundred brahmins staying in the city asked him to hold a discussion with the Buddha and refute his …

avanti →

dppn

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

aṅga →

dppn

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

aṅguttarāpa →

dppn

A country north of the river Mahī, evidently a part of Aṅga on the other side of that river .

It was here, in the village Āpaṇa, that the Buddha was staying when the Jaṭila Keṇiya came to see him; he …

belaṭṭhakaccāna →

dppn

BelaṭṭhakaccānaKaccānaBelaṭṭha

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

belaṭṭhasīsa →

dppn

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 …

belaṭṭhānika →

dppn

BelaṭṭhānikaBelaṭṭhakāni

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

bhaddavāggiyā →

dppn

A group of thirty young men, converted by the Buddha.

They had gone picnicking with their wives in a forest glade between Bārāṇasi and Uruvelā. One of them had no wife, and for him they found a court …

bhadragaka →

dppn

A headman of Uruvelakappa and father of Ciravāsi. SN.iv.327

bhallika →

dppn

BhallikaBhalliyaBhalluka

Together with Tapussa they were the first lay disciples of the Buddha. They offered a meal shortly after the Buddha was Awakened, while still near Uruvelā. Vin.i.3f. AN.i.2 …

buddha →

dppn

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. …

caṇḍappajjota →

dppn

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

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

citta →

dppn

Citta1

A householder of Macchikāsaṇḍa, where he was Treasurer. He was later declared by the Buddha to be pre-eminent among laymen who preached the Doctrine. AN.i.26

When Mahānāma visited …

devadatta →

dppn

A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …

dhammika →

dppn

Dhammika

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the good state that awaits one who practices righteousness. Thag.303–306 According to the Aṅguttara. AN.iii.366ff. Dhammika had to leave seven lodgi …

gavesī →

dppn

A follower of Kassapa Buddha. Five hundred others were associated with him, and at first their spiritual life was poor. Gavesī, realising this, put forth effort and, step by step, attained greater pro …

gayākassapa →

dppn

One of the three Kassapa brothers. They all lived at Gayāsīsa. When Uruvelā-Kassapa was converted, Gayā-Kassapa, with his followers, joined the Order, and at the conclusion of the Ādittapariyāya Sut …

gayāsīsa →

dppn

A hill near Gayā. Here the Buddha came from Uruvelā after converting the Tebhātika-Jaṭilā (the three Kassapa ascetics), and here he lived with one thousand monks. On this occasion of his coming he ta …

isipatana →

dppn

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

kammāsadhamma →

dppn

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, …

kapilavatthu →

dppn

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 …

kappāsika vanasaṇḍa →

dppn

Kappāsika VanasaṇḍaKappāsiya Vanasaṇḍa

A grove near Uruvelā. There the a group of men came across the Buddha while seeking for a woman who had run away with certain of their belongings. The Buddha pr …

kassapa →

dppn

Kassapa1

One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7

Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …

kaṇṇakatthala →

dppn

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 …

keṇiya →

dppn

Keṇiya

A brahmanical matted hair ascetic. He lived in Āpaṇa, and when the Buddha once stayed there with one thousand three hundred and fifty monks, Keṇiya visited the Buddha, bringing various kinds o …

khattiyānī →

dppn

KhattiyānīVelāmikā

Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

khemā →

dppn

Khemā

An arahant, chief of the Buddha’s women disciples for her great wisdom. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses depict her being described as beautiful, but rejecting the pleasures of the senses. Thig.13 …

kosambī →

dppn

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

koḷiyā →

dppn

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

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

kāka →

dppn

Slave of King Caṇḍapajjota. His father was non-human, and he himself could travel sixty leagues a day. When Pajjota discovered that Jīvaka had fled, after administering to him some medicine containin …

kāḷī →

dppn

Kāḷī1Kururagharikā

Described among laywomen as the best of those who believe even from hearsay. AN.i.26 A conversation between her and Mahā Kaccāna is related, where she asks him for a det …

lakkhaṇa →

dppn

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

laṭṭhivana →

dppn

LaṭṭhivanaLatthivanaLatthivanuyyāna

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

licchavī →

dppn

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

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

macchikāsaṇḍa →

dppn

A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281

It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.

S …

madhurā →

dppn

MadhurāMathurā

The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …

mahāmoggallāna →

dppn

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 …

mahāpajāpatī →

dppn

Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī

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

She is chiefly remembered as the first bhik …

mahāpurisa →

dppn

The name given to a Great Being, destined to become either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha. He carries on his person the following thirty two marks. DN.ii.17f. DN.iii.142ff. MN.ii.136f. .

  1. he has fe …

mahāvana →

dppn

Mahāvana1

A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana2

A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madh …

mallā →

dppn

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

medakathalikā →

dppn

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 …

melajina →

dppn

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his great faith in the Buddha. Thag.131–132

mettiyabhummajakā →

dppn

A group of monks, followers of Mettiya and Bhummajaka forming part of the Chabbaggiyā (Group of Six Monks).

Twice they brought an unfounded charge of breach of morality against Dabba Mallaputta, who …

mucalinda →

dppn

Mucalinda1

A tree near the Ajapālanigrodha in Uruvelā. The Buddha spent there the third week after the Enlightenment. There was a great shower of rain, and the Nāga king, Mucalinda, of the …

māgadha →

dppn

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 …

māra →

dppn

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …

māyā →

dppn

MāyāMahāmāyā

The mother of the Buddha, and wife of Suddhodana of the Sakyan clan. DN.ii.52 Thag.534 Thig.162 She died seven days after giving birth to the Buddha in Lumbinī. An elaborate account of t …

nadīkassapa →

dppn

Brother of Uruvelā Kassapa. He received his name from living on the bank of the Nerañjara at the head of three hundred ascetics. His Thergāthā verses speak of how his former wrong views and practices …

nakulamātā →

dppn

Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …

nakulapitā →

dppn

Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …

nerañjarāya →

dppn

NerañjarāyaNerañjara

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

paccantajanapadā →

dppn

The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given, and the Paccantajanapadā lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the sout …

pajjanika →

dppn

PajjanikaSajjanela

A Koliyan village, the residence of Suppavāsā Koḷiyādhītā, mother of Sīvali. The Buddha is said to have stayed there. AN.ii.62

Koliya3town

passika →

dppn

His Theragāthā verses speak of his helping his relatives to practice generosity, so they attained a favorable rebirth. Thag.240–242

pañcakaṅga →

dppn

The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.

The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …

pañcavaggiyā →

dppn

The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …

pilindavaccha →

dppn

PilindavacchaPilindivacchaPilindiyavacchaPilindaPilindiPilindiya

A monk whose enigmatic Theragāthā verse speaks of what has come and not departed. Thag.9 Certain devas who had been born in the deva w …

rājāyatana →

dppn

The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

sabbamitta →

dppn

Sabbamitta

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the suffering inherent in relationships. Thag.149–150

sanaṅkumāra →

dppn

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 …

sañjaya →

dppn

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 …

sela →

dppn

A brahmin of Aṅguttarāpa. He was a great friend of Keṇiya, the Jaṭila, and visited him when Keṇiya was making preparations to entertain the Buddha. Having heard the word “Buddha” from Keṇiya, Sela was …

selā →

dppn

A bhikkhunī who was enjoying her meditation in the Andhavana under a tree when Māra, in the guise of a stranger, approached her and tried to tempt her. But she refuted his statements regarding the att …

senānigama →

dppn

SenānigamaSenānīnigama

The village in which Senānī lived. It was near Uruvelā and on the banks of the Nerañjara. SN.i.106 Vin.i.21 MN.i.166 MN.i.240

near Uruvelā1town

soṇa →

dppn

Soṇa1

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

subhā →

dppn

Subhā1

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

Subhā2Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

sudinna →

dppn

SudinnaKalandakaputta

A monk who, after being ordained, returned to his former wife and had relations with her, thus becoming guilty of the first Pārājika offence. When there was a famine in the Vajj …

sumāgadhā →

dppn

SumāgadhāSumāgavā

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

sunakkhatta →

dppn

A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha, but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Budd …

suppavāsā →

dppn

SuppavāsāKoliyadhītā

A lay woman who lived in the Koliyan village of Sajjanela, where the Buddha visited her and preached to her on the efficacy of giving food. AN.ii.62f. She was described by the …

suvīra →

dppn

A Deva. Once, when the Asuras marched against the Devas, Sakka sent for Suvīra and asked him to fight the Asuras. Suvīra agreed to do this, but was very lazy about it. This happened three times. Sakka …

sāketa →

dppn

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

sāmaṇḍaka →

dppn

SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni

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

tissa →

dppn

Tissa1

One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa2

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …

ukkacelā →

dppn

UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā

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

Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Pari …

ukkalā →

dppn

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 …

upāli →

dppn

Upāli 1

One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …

uruvelakappa →

dppn

A township of the Mallas in the Malla country. Once when the Buddha was staying there, Bhadragaka, the headman of the town, visited him, and the Buddha preached to him a sermon on the arising and the …

uruvelā →

dppn

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 …

uruvelākassapa →

dppn

UruvelākassapaKassapa

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

vajirā →

dppn

Vajirā2

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned her as to the origin of a “being”, its creator, its origin, …

vajjī →

dppn

The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …

velāmikā →

dppn

Chief of the eighty four thousand 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 is called Subhaddā.

veyyākaraṇa →

dppn

One of the nine aṅgas, into which the Dhamma was organized by way of literary style. It means “Answer” or “Explanation” and refers to discourses elaborated by way of question and answer.

visākhā →

dppn

Visākhā1

. Thig.13

Visākhā2

The chief among the female lay disciples of the Buddha and declared by him to be foremost among those who ministered to the Order. AN.i.26 She is c …

yakkha →

dppn

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

yasoja →

dppn

YasojaYasojoti

The Udāna mentions Ud.iii.3 how Yasoja and five hundred of his companions went to see the Buddha at Jetavana. There they stood talking to the monks who lived there and made a great upr …

ānanda →

dppn

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 …

āpaṇa →

dppn

A city in the Aṅguttarāpa country, probably its capital. The Buddha once visited the city with 1,250 monks and the whole company was entertained by the Jaṭila Keṇiya. Vin.i.245ff. From Āpaṇa the Bud …

āḷavakā →

dppn

ĀḷavakāĀḷavikā

A name given to the monks of Āḷavī.

The Āḷavaka-bhikkhū are mentioned several times in the Vinaya Vin.ii.172ff. Vin.iii.85 Vin.iv.34–35 in connection with offences relating to repa …

āḷavī →

dppn

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 …

pahāna →

farkas

elhagyás, feladás

paṭinissagga →

farkas

végső eloldódás, feladás

vipassanā →

farkas

tisztánlátás, belátás

abbhatīta →

ncped

  1. (pass.) overstepped, transgressed; neglected; passed (by).
  2. (act.)
    1. having elapsed; passed away.
    2. past; dead.

abhisamācārika →

ncped

belonging to good conduct (the minimum of decent behavior), proper; relating to the basic discipline; belonging to the basic or minor discipline

accayati →

ncped

  1. passes (of time), elapses; passes by, eludes; passes by, neglects.
  2. goes beyond; oversteps; overcomes; becomes free of.

ajeḷakā →

ncped

goats and sheep; (perhaps two kinds of goats?)

anekasārīrika →

ncped

relating to more than one body, connected with many bodies

anelagala →

ncped

(faultless (of speech, of voice)

anelaka →

ncped

(of honey) pure

anelamūga →

ncped

not foolish, wise

aneḷagala →

ncped

(faultless (of speech, of voice)

aneḷagaḷa →

ncped

(faultless (of speech, of voice)

aneḷaka →

ncped

(of honey) pure

aneḷamūga →

ncped

not foolish, wise

antomana →

ncped

sad, melancholy

antomanas →

ncped

sad, melancholy

anugata →

ncped

following; accompanied by; fallen or gone into; affected by; relating to

atikkamati →

ncped

  1. passes, passes through, passes by; elapses, passes (of time); steps over; goes beyond; surpasses; overcomes.
  2. goes beyond, crosses; escapes from.
  3. oversteps; transgresses (against), passes by, …

atikkanta →

ncped

  1. having passed through or by; having gone beyond, overcome, surpassed; having elapsed.
  2. who has approached

atikkāmayati →

ncped

atikkāmayatiatikkameti

caus. pr. 3 sg. lets pass, makes pass over, takes over; lets elapse

atināmayati →

ncped

  1. spends (time), lets (time) elapse; lets the time pass.
  2. makes pass; makes pass into, leads (someone) into.

aḍḍhateḷasa →

ncped

aḍḍhateḷasaaḍḍhaterasa

mfn. twelve and a half

ca →

ncped

indeclinable

  1. and, both, also; moreover, as well as.
  2. expressing immediate connection between two actions or their simultaneous occurrence.
  3. a disjunctive particle: but, on the other hand; yet. …

cela →

ncped

cloth; garment.

celaka →

ncped

standard bearer.

celapattikā →

ncped

celapaṭikā →

ncped

cloth covering; a length of cloth.

celaṇḍuka →

ncped

roll of cloth.

celāpaka →

ncped

kind of servant; a nursemaid or playmate.

celāpikā →

ncped

kind of servant; a nursemaid or playmate.

cira →

ncped

long time; delay.

dandhati →

ncped

is slow; is sluggish; delays.

dandhāyitatta →

ncped

slowness; hesitation; delaying.

dhāticela →

ncped

nurse’s garment.

ekasārīrika →

ncped

relating to one body; connected with one body

ekavatthuka →

ncped

having the same basis or ground; relating to the same matter

elagalavāca →

ncped

whose speech is accompanied by the dripping of saliva.

elakapādaka →

ncped

supported on a block (like a threshold stone) or with feet shape like those of a ram.

elamūga →

ncped

unintelligent, stupid (as a sheep); (perhaps with association with impaired speech)

elaṇḍa →

ncped

the castor oil plant; (or perhaps a kind of creeper)

eraṇdakatela →

ncped

castor oil.

eraṇdatela →

ncped

castor oil.

etarahi →

ncped

now; a this time; nowadays, at the present time; esp. (a) in relation to the past and/or future; parallel (in direct speech) to tena kho pana samayena (+ historic present).

etādisa →

ncped

(~ā & ~ī)n. such (a), of such a kind; such as (with or without correlative).

eḷagalāgumba →

ncped

an eḷagala thicket.

eḷaka-m-antaraṃ →

ncped

eḷaka-m-antaraṃ

ind. within the threshold; across the threshold.

eḷaka →

ncped

ram; a male goat, a billy goat.

eḷakacamma →

ncped

sheep’s skin; goat’s skin

eḷakaloma →

ncped

sheep’s hair; goat’s hair

eḷakasamāna →

ncped

like sheep or goats

eḷakasaṃvāsa →

ncped

living like a sheep; a sheep’s life

eḷakā →

ncped

an ewe; a female goat; a nanny-goat

eḷakī →

ncped

an ewe; a female goat; a nanny-goat

eḷamūga →

ncped

unintelligent, stupid (as a sheep); (perhaps with association with impaired speech)

gamma →

ncped

belonging to a village (life), common, vulgar; esp. relating to the sensual pleasures of the village.

gelañña →

ncped

weakness; illness; sickness.

gopakhuma →

ncped

having eyelashes like that of a heifer.

gotta →

ncped

  1. (n.) exogamous kinship group, claiming descent from acommon ancestor (often a vedic ṛṣi); a sept, a clan; the clan name.
  2. a related group or class; a group of similar individuals or concepts; a r …

gāmi →

ncped

going, moving (to), directed to; relating to, influenced by; behaving.

gāmin →

ncped

going, moving (to), directed to; relating to, influenced by; behaving.

idappaccayatā →

ncped

the being specific causes; causal relationship

kacchaka →

ncped

kind of fig tree, perhaps Cedrela toona.

kelāyati →

ncped

cares for, cherishes; treasures; is possessive of

keḷāyati →

ncped

cares for, cherishes; treasures; is possessive of

kheḷa →

ncped

saliva, spittle.

kheḷamallaka →

ncped

spittoon

kheḷāsaka →

ncped

one who eats spittle; one who eats or uses what ought to be rejected

kheḷāsika →

ncped

one who eats spittle; one who eats or uses what ought to be rejected

kittayati →

ncped

mentions; relates; recites; describes; celebrates, praises (+acc. or gen.)

kitteti →

ncped

mentions; relates; recites; describes; celebrates, praises (+acc. or gen.)

kālika →

ncped

dependent on time; relating to or limited to a particular time (now or in the future, i.e. temporary or delayed); what is dependent on time; what belongs to the future.

kāyagata →

ncped

relating to the body; directed on the body

kāyika →

ncped

relating to the body, physical; experienced by or in the body; performed by the body.

nela →

ncped

(according to commentaries) without fault; pure.

nelaṅga →

ncped

nelaṅga1

mfn. whose parts are faultless; whose frame is smooth or polished; ?

nelaṅga2

mfn. the interior part or seat of a carriage; having an interior part or seat; ?

neḷa →

ncped

nibaddhatelaka →

ncped

dressed with oil?

nissaya →

ncped

  1. support, what one depends or relies on; refuge, shelter; dependence; reliance.
  2. support, resource; requisite.
  3. (a relation of) dependence and guidance and supervision (under an upajjhāya or ācariya)

ta →

ncped

demonstr. pronoun & adv.

  1. he, she, it; this, that (often referring back to someone/something just mentioned); sometimes, for emphasis, connected with a 1st or 2nd person verb or pronoun, or with ot …

tad →

ncped

demonstr. pronoun & adv.

  1. he, she, it; this, that (often referring back to someone/something just mentioned); sometimes, for emphasis, connected with a 1st or 2nd person verb or pronoun, or with ot …

tadā →

ncped

indeclinable then, at that time; in that case; as correlative to yadā.

tajja →

ncped

coming from or belonging to or relating to him/her/that; of the same kind; appropriate to that.

tasmā →

ncped

of ta(d) therefore; on that account; as correlative to yasmā

tathā →

ncped

adverb

  1. thus; so; in that way; like that (frequently followed by eva)
  2. so, also; in the same way.
  3. as correlative to yathā; in that way, such a manner…that; as … so; (repeated): yathā yathā.

tathārūpa →

ncped

(~ā ~ī)n. such …; like this or that; such a kind; following a defining phrase; followed by yathārūpa, yathā or another relative pronoun.

tato →

ncped

indeclinable

  1. from that place; from there; thence.
  2. from that; than that; than that…
  3. there upon, then; from that, consequently.
  4. (repeated): from that and that place; here and there; from al …

tattha →

ncped

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 …

tela →

ncped

sesame oil; oil in general.

telaka →

ncped

medicine snuffed through the nose, or inserted in the nose.

telapāka →

ncped

decoction of oil.

teḷasa →

ncped

num., mfn. of terasa

thamati →

ncped

delays (?); is disturbed (?)

tilatela →

ncped

sesame oil.

tāva →

ncped

indeclinable

  1. to such an extent; so far; so….(sometimes written as a cpd)
  2. so long as; as far as; esp. as correlative of yava(ṃ) (and yāvatā);
    1. yāva … tāva …; a as long as … so long …

tāvatā →

ncped

by (only) so much; for so long; to such an extent; as correlative of yāvata (and yāva):

udayatthagāmi →

ncped

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

udayatthagāmin →

ncped

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

ugghātita →

ncped

elated; stirred up, overexcited; puffed-up, swollen (?)

ugghāṭita →

ncped

elated; stirred up, overexcited; puffed-up, swollen (?)

ujjaṅgalanagaraka →

ncped

little wasteland town, a little rough-country town.

unnamati →

ncped

  1. bends upwards; rises.
  2. raises oneself; exalts oneself; is elated

unnata →

ncped

  1. high, lofty; risen; raised.
  2. elated; haughty

unnatavanata →

ncped

raised and depressed; prominent and low; elated and cast down

unnati →

ncped

elation; raising oneself; pride

unnatunnata-onata →

ncped

unnatunnata-onata

mfn. elated and cast down

uppilāvitatta →

ncped

elation; exhilaration

upādāya →

ncped

  1. taking for oneself taking as one’s own, adopting; making use of, having as material support or cause; being evolved or deriving (from, gen.).
  2. (postp., + acc. or gen.), with, out of because of; …

uṇṇamati →

ncped

  1. bends upwards; rises.
  2. raises oneself; exalts oneself; is elated

uṇṇata →

ncped

  1. high, lofty; risen; raised.
  2. elated; haughty

uṇṇati →

ncped

elation; raising oneself; pride

ñātaka →

ncped

relation; kinsman.

ñāti →

ncped

kinsman; a relation; a relative.

ñātikā →

ncped

female relative.

ñātiparivaṭṭa →

ncped

the circle of relations.

ābhisamācārika →

ncped

belonging to good conduct (the minimum of decent behavior), proper; relating to the basic discipline; belonging to the basic or minor discipline

ādisati →

ncped

aims at; points out, indicates; relates, declares, foretells; dedicates; assigns (one’s own puñña to someone else).

āharesi →

ncped

spoken; declared, related; quoted

āhari →

ncped

spoken; declared, related; quoted

āhariyati →

ncped

  1. is brought or taken; is offered; is related.
  2. takes for oneself uses; eats

āhariyyati →

ncped

  1. is brought or taken; is offered; is related.
  2. takes for oneself uses; eats

āhata →

ncped

brought; conveyed; related, cited

āhaṭa →

ncped

brought; conveyed; related, cited

āhāsi →

ncped

spoken; declared, related; quoted

āvelā →

ncped

garland worn on the head or ears, a chaplet.

āyatapamha →

ncped

having long eyelashes

abhisamācārika-sīla →

nyana

Abhisamācārika-sīla: ’ morality consisting in good behaviour’, relates to the external duties of a Bhikkhu such as towards his senior, etc. abhisamācārika-sīla is a name for those moral rule …

akiriya-ditthi →

nyana

Akiriya-ditthi: The false view or opinion of the inefficacy of action: That neither moral good nor moral evil action have any delayed consequences for anyone. This wrong view w as taught by Pūran …

anantara-paccaya →

nyana

Anantara-paccaya: P roximity, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

aparihāna-dhamma →

nyana

Aparihāna-dhamma: ‘incapable of relapse’, or ‘of falling away’, namely, with regard to deliverance from some or all mental chains of existence see: samyojana. Thus all Noble Disciples are calle …

association →

nyana

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 * …

atthi-paccaya →

nyana

Atthi-paccaya: Presence, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

avigata-paccaya →

nyana

Avigata-paccaya: Non-disappearance, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

bodhi →

nyana

Bodhi: from verbal root budhi to awaken, to understand: awakening, enlightenment, supreme knowledge. Through Bodhi one awakens from the slumber or stupor inflicted upon the mind by the defilemen …

brahma-cariya →

nyana

Brahma-cariya: ‘pure chaste or Noble life’, is a term for the life of the monk. Also a lay-devotee who observes the 8 moral precepts sikkhāpada, takes as the third precept the vow of chastity, …

elasticity →

nyana

Elasticity: of materiality, mental properties or consciousness: mudutā see: khandha Materiality I.B. and Tab. II.

indriya-samatta →

nyana

Indriya-samatta: ‘equilibrium, balance, or harmony of abilities’, relates to the 5 spiritual abilities: faith, energy, awareness or mindfulness, concentration and understanding see: indriya 15\ …

paccaya →

nyana

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 …

palibodha →

nyana

Palibodha: ‘obstacles’, is the term for the following things if they obstruct the Bhikkhu in the strict practice of a subject of meditation: a crowded monastery, travelling, relatives, association …

paticcasamuppāda →

nyana

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 …

patti-dāna →

nyana

Patti-dāna: lit. ‘giving of the acquired’, i.e. ‘transference of merit.’ Though in the older texts very seldom mentioned e.g. A VII, 50, it is, however, a widespread custom in all Buddhist countr …

phassa →

nyana

Phassa: fr. phusati to touch: ‘sense-contact’, contact. The term samphassa is used in compounds, e.g. in the following: ‘;T’here are 6 classes of sense-contact: visual contact cakkhu - *s …

progress of the disciple →

nyana

[[progress of the disciple]]Progress of the disciple: Gradual development of the 8-fold path in the: In many suttas occurs an identical passage that outlines the gradual course of development in …

ti-lakkhana →

nyana

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā no-self anattā.

Whether Perfect Ones appear in th …

tiracchāna-kathā →

nyana

Tiracchāna-kathā: ‘low talk’, lit. ‘beastly talk’, is the name in the sutta-texts for the following:;Talk about kings and robbers, ministers and armies, danger and war, eating and drinking, clot …

ārammanupanissaya →

nyana

Ārammanupanissaya: Decisive Support Conditional Relation. see: paccaya

ārammanādhipati →

nyana

Ārammanādhipati, Predominance Conditional Relation. see: paccaya

āsevana-paccaya →

nyana

Āsevana-paccaya: repetition, is one of the 24 conditional relations paccaya.

abhi →

pts

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 …

abhiṭhāna →

pts

great or deadly crime Only at Snp.231 = Kp.vi.10 (quoted Kv.109). Six are there mentioned, & are explained (Kp-a.189) as “matricide parricide, killing an Arahant, causing schisms, wounding a Buddha, …

acceti →

pts

  1. to pass (of time), to go by, to elapse Thag.145 (accayanti ahorattā).
  2. to overcome to get over Mil.36 (dukkhaṃ)

caus acceti to make go on (loc.), to put on Ja.vi.17 (sūlasm …

accharā →

pts

Accharā1

feminine the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips:

  1. (lit.) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja.ii.447; Ja.iii.191; Ja.iv.124, Ja.iv.126 Ja. …

acela →

pts

adjective noun one who is not clothed, esp. t. t. for an anti-Buddhist naked ascetic DN.i.161, DN.i.165; DN.iii.6 DN.iii.12, DN.iii.17 sq.; SN.i.78; Ja.v.75.

a + cela

acelaka →

pts

Err:501

addhan →

pts

(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 …

adhi →

pts

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

  1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
  2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

adhikaraṇa →

pts

  1. attendance, supervision, management of affairs, administration Pv-a.209.
  2. relation, reference, reason, cause, consequence DN.ii.59 (-˚: in consequence of); SN.ii.41; SN.v.19. Esp. acc. -ṃ as …

aja →

pts

…Pp.56; Pv-a.80.

  • -eḷaka [Sk. ajaiḍaka] goats & sheep DN.i.5, DN.i.141; AN.ii.42 sq., AN.ii.209; Ja.i.166;…

akkhaṇa →

pts

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 …

akkhātar →

pts

one who relates, a speaker, preacher, story-teller SN.i.11, SN.i.191; SN.iii.66; Snp.167.

akkhāyika →

pts

adjective relating, narrating Ja.iii.535; lokakkhāyikā kathā talk about nature-lore DN.i.8; Mil.316.

akkhāyin →

pts

adjective telling, relating, announcing SN.ii.35; SN.iii.7; Ja.iii.105.

allīyati →

pts

to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet

  1. lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
  2. f …

alālā →

pts

…lā lā“ i.e. not babbling not dumb, in -mukha not (deaf &) dumb Snp-a.124 (aneḷamūga of Snp.70).

a + lālā interjection fr. sound…

alāta →

pts

firebrand AN.ii.95 (chava˚ a burning corpse see chava); Ja.i.68; Pp.36; Dhp-a.iii.442.

Sk. alāta, related to Lat. altāre altar, adoleo to burn

amacca →

pts

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

aneḷa →

pts

…Snp.70 (alālāmukha Snp-a.124), cp. Cnd.259.

an + eḷa = ena, see neḷa & cp. BSk. eḍa (mūka); Vedic anena

aneḷaka →

pts

adjective = aneḷa, pure, clear MN.ii.5; Ja.vi.529.

cp. BSk. aneḍaka, e.g. Avs.i.187, Avs.i.243; Mvu.i.339; Mvu.iii.322

antara →

pts

occasion: Ja.v.287; Pp.55 (eḷaka-m-antaraṃ occasion of getting rain). SN.i.20, quoted DN-a.i.34, (mañ ca tañ ca kiṃ antaraṃ what is…

anto →

pts

indeclinable prep. inside, either c. acc. denoting direction = into, or c. loc. denoting place where = in. As prefix (˚-) in, within, inside, inner (see compounds)

  1. prep c. acc. anto nivesanaṃ g …

anu →

pts

Anu1

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

anudhamma →

pts

  1. in compn. with dhamma as dhammānudhamma to be judged as a redupl. cpd after the manner of compounds mentioned under anu iv. meaning “the Law in all its parts, …

anuṇṇata →

pts

adjective not raised, not elated, not haughty, humble Snp.702 (care = uddhaccaṃ nâpajjeyya Snp-a.492).

uṇṇata

api →

pts

indeclinable both prep. & conj., orig meaning “close by”, then as prep. “towards, to, on to on” and as adv. “later, and, moreover”.

  1. (prep. pref.)
    1. prep. c. loc.: api ratte later on in the n …

arahant →

pts

adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–⁠6). Adopted by the Bu …

arahatta →

pts

Arahatta1

neuter the state or condition of an Arahant, i.e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (SN.iv.151) final & absolute emancipation Arahantship, the attainment of the last & h …

ati →

pts

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

atikkanta →

pts

passed beyond, passed by, gone by, elapsed; passed over, passing beyond, surpassing Ja.ii.128 (tīṇi saṃvaccharāni); Dhp-a.iii.133 (tayo vaye passed beyond the 3 ages of life); Pv-a.55 (māse ˚e after …

atipapañca →

pts

too great a delay, excessive tarrying Ja.i.64; Ja.ii.93.

ati + p.

ativattati →

pts

to pass, pass over, go beyond; to overcome, get over; conquer Vin.ii.237 (samuddo velaṃ n’); SN.ii.92 (saṃsāraṃ); SN.iv.158 (id.) Iti.9 (saṃsāraṃ) = AN.ii.10 = Cnd.172#a; Thag.412; Ja.i.58, Ja.i.280 J …

ativela →

pts

adjective excessive (of time); nt. adv. -ṃ a very long time; excessively DN.i.19 (= atikālaṃ aticiran ti attho DN-a.i.113); MN.i.122; Snp.973 (see expln. at Mnd.504); Ja.iii.103 = Mnd.5 …

attan →

pts

atta (the latter is the form used in compn.)

I. Inflection

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

attha →

pts

Attha1

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

  1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

ava →

pts

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 …

avasesa →

pts

Avasesa1

remainder, remaining part; only in compounds an˚; (adj.) without any remainder i.e. fully, completely MN.i.220 = AN.v.347 (˚dohin); AN.i.20 sq., AN.i.88; Snp.146; Pp.17; Dhs.363 …

ayaṃ →

pts

pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).

I. Form …

añña →

pts

pronoun another etc

A. By itself

  1. other not the same, different, another, somebody else (opp oneself) Vin.iii.144 (aññena, scil. maggena, gacchati to take a different route); Snp.459, Sn …

aḍḍha →

pts

Aḍḍha1

(& addha) one half, half; usually in compn. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

aḷāra →

pts

adjective only used with ref. to the eyelashes, & usually expld. by visāla, i.e. extended wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning etym. is as yet uncertain. Ke …

aṇḍaka →

pts

Aṇḍaka1

neuter = aṇḍa, egg Dhp-a.i.60; Dhp-a.iii.137 (sakuṇ˚).

Aṇḍaka2

adjective only used of vācā speech: harsh, rough, insolent MN.i.286; AN.v.265, AN.v.283 AN.v.293 (glos …

aṭṭha →

pts

Aṭṭha1

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

bali →

pts

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

bandhati →

pts

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. …

bandhava →

pts

  1. kinsman, member of a clan or family, relative AN.iii.44; Snp.60 (pl. bandhavāni in poetry; cp. Cnd.455); Dhp.288 (pl. bandhavā) Ja.ii.316; Ja.v.81; DN-a.i.243.
  2. (-˚) one who is connected with o …

bandhu →

pts

  1. a relation, relative, kinsman; pl. bandhū Ja.iv.301; Pv-a.86 (= ñātī) & bandhavo Cnd.455 (where Mnd.11 in id. p. reads bandhū)
    ■ Ādicca˚
    ; kinsman of the Sun an epithet of the Buddha Vin …

bandhumant →

pts

adjective having relatives, rich in kinsmen; only as Np. m bandhumā Name of father of the Buddha Vipassin DN.ii.11 = Vism.433; f. bandhumatī Name of mother of the Buddha Vipassin …

bandhuvant →

pts

adjective having relatives, rich in relatives Ja.vi.357.

bandhu + vant

bhatta →

pts

feeding, food, nourishment, meal Dhp.185; Pp.28, Pp.55; Ja.ii.15; Ja.v.170 (bhatta-manuñña-rūpaṃ for bhattaṃ-); Vism.66 (where 14 kinds enumerated, i.e. sangha˚ uddesa˚ etc.); Sdhp.118
■ ucchiṭṭh …

bhava →

pts

“becoming”, (form of) rebirth, (state of) existence, a “life.” There are 3 states of existence conventionally enumerated as kāma˚ rūpa˚, arūpa˚; or sensual existence, deva-corporeal, formless exist …

bhañjana →

pts

Bhañjana1

neuter breakage, breaking down, break, only in cpd. akkha˚; break of the axle Vism.32 Vism.45; Dhp-a.i.375; Pv-a.277.

fr. bhañjati

Bhañjana2

neuter anointing, s …

bheri →

pts

kettle-drum (of large size; Dhs-a.319 distinguishes 2 kinds: mahā˚ & paṭaha˚ DN.i.79; AN.ii.185; Vv.81#10; Ja.vi.465; Dhp-a.i.396; Sdhp.429
issara˚; the drum of the ruler or lord Ja.i.283 *pa …

bhiyyo →

pts

(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo)

  1. (adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati).
  2. (adv.) in a higher degree …

bhiṅka →

pts

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

bhāva →

pts

  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 …

bhāṇin →

pts

adjective (-˚) speaking, reciting Snp.850 (manta˚; a reciter of the Mantras, one who knows the M. and speaks accordingly, i.e. speaking wisely, explained by Snp-a.549 as “mantāya pariggahetvā vāca …

bhūja →

pts

the Bhūrja tree, i.e. a kind of willow Ja.v.195, Ja.v.405 (in both places = ābhujī), Ja.v.420.

cp. late Sk. bhūrja, with which related Lat. fraxinus ash, Ags. beorc = E. birch, Ger. birke

bilaṅga →

pts

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

bodhaneyya →

pts

adjective capable of being enlightened, to be taught the truth Bv.2, Bv.195 (jana); Mil.169 (yena yogena bodhaneyyā sattā bujjhanti tena y. bodheti); otherwise in combination bodhaneyya-bandhavo th …

bodhi →

pts

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 …

camma →

pts

  1. skin, hide, leather Vin.i.192 (sīha˚ vyaggha˚ dīpi˚), Vin.i.196 (elaka˚ aja˚ miga˚) AN.iv.393 (sīha˚ dīpi˚); Pv-a.157 (kadalimiga˚ as rug) Ja.ii.110 (sīha˚); Ja.iii.82, Ja.iii.184; Mil.53; Sdhp.14 …

cela →

pts

…Pv.iii.9#3 (for veḷa); dhāti˚ baby’s napkin Ja.iii.539. In simile of one whose clothes are on fire (āditta˚ + ādittasīsa)…

celaka →

pts

  1. one who is clothed; acelaka without clothes DN.i.166; MN.i.77.
  2. a standard-bearer DN.i.51; DN-a.i.156; AN.iv.107, AN.iv.110; Mil.331.

cp. Sk. ceḍaka P. ceṭa & in meaning E. knight → Ger. knech …

celakedu →

pts

Err:509

celāpaka →

pts

Err:509

celāvaka →

pts

kind of bird Ja.vi.538 (Com. celabaka; is it celā bakā?); Ja.v.416. See also celāpaka.

cp. Sk. chilla?

cetakedu →

pts

kind of bird Ja.vi.538. See also cela˚.

ceteti →

pts

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

  1. cint:
    pres cinteti
    pot cinteyya;
    ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
    aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
    ger ci …

cinteti →

pts

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

  1. cint:
    pres cinteti
    pot cinteyya;
    ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
    aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
    ger ci …

cirāyati →

pts

to be long, to tarry, to delay, Dhp-a.i.16; Vv-a.64, Vv-a.208; cp. ciraṃ karoti id. Ja.ii.443.

Sk. cirayati, v. denom. fr. cira

citta →

pts

Citta1 & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

cuṇṇa →

pts

  1. pp. broken up powdered; only in cpd. -vicuṇṇa crushed to bits smashed up, piecemeal Ja.i.73; Ja.ii.120, Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.216; Ja.iii.74
  2. (nt.)
    1. any hard substance ground into a powder dus …

cāritta →

pts

practice, proceeding, manner of acting, conduct Ja.i.90, Ja.i.367; Ja.ii.277 (loka˚); Ja.v.285 (vanka˚); Mil.133; Vv-a.31
cārittaṃ āpajjati to mix with, to call on, to have intercourse with (c. …

cāṭi →

pts

  1. a jar, vessel, pot Ja.i.199; Ja.i.302 (pānīya˚); Ja.iii.277 (madhu˚ honey jar); Dhp-a.i.394 (tela oil tank); Vv-a.76 (sālibhatta˚ holding a meal of rice).
  2. a measure of capacity Ja.ii.404; Ja.i …

daḷha →

pts

adjective firm, strong, solid; steady, fast nt. adv. very much, hard, strongly DN.i.245; SN.i.77; AN.ii.33; Snp.321 (nāvā), Snp.357, Snp.701, Snp.821 (˚ṃ karoti to strengthen), Snp.966 (id.); Dhp.112; …

dhamma →

pts

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 ( …

dhañña →

pts

Dhañña1

neuter grain, corn. The usual enumn comprises 7 sorts of grain, which is however not strictly confined to grain-fruit proper (“corn”) but includes, like other enum

dhāreti →

pts

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 …

dhātu →

pts

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

  1. a primary element, of whic …

dhātī →

pts

wet nurse, foster-mother DN.ii.19; MN.i.395 MN.ii.97; Ja.i.57; Ja.iii.391; Pv-a.16, Pv-a.176. In compounds dhāti˚; viz. -cela swaddling cloth, baby’s napkin SN.i.205; Ja.iii.30 …

dhūpita →

pts

fumigated, flavoured Vv.43#5 (tela˚ flavoured with oil). Cp. pa˚.

pp. of dhūpāyati

domanassa →

pts

distress, dejectedness, melancholy, grief. As mental pain (cetasikaṃ asātaṃ cet. dukkhaṃ SN.v.209 = Cnd.312; cp DN.ii.306; Ne.12) opp. to dukkha physical pain: see *[dukkha](/defin …

donī →

pts

Donī1

feminine

  1. a (wooden) trough, a vat, tub SN.ii.259; AN.i.253; AN.v.323; Ja.i.450; Mil.56-tela˚ an oil vat AN.iii.58 (āyasā made of iron & used as a sarcophagus).
  2. a trough-shap …

dosa →

pts

Dosa1

corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …

dukkha →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

elambaraka →

pts

Name of a creeping vine Ja.vi.536. Elaluka (Elaluka)

?

elaṇḍa →

pts

Err:509

elāluka →

pts

Elāluka (Eḷāluka)

neuter a kind of cucumber(?) Vv.33#29; Ja.i.205; Ja.v.37; Dhp-a.i.278.

etym.?

eraṇḍa →

pts

the castor oil plant Cnd.680#ii.; Ja.ii.440. Cp. elaṇḍa.

dial.?

eḷagala →

pts

see aneḷa.

eḷagalā →

pts

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

dial.?

eḷagga →

pts

in kāmāmis˚ at Pv-a.107 is to be read kāmāmise lagga˚.

eḷaka →

pts

…wild goat Snp.309; Vism.500 (in simile); Ja.i.166; Pp-a.233 (= urabbha)
■ f. eḷakā SN.ii.228, eḷakī Thig.438, eḷikī

eḷāluka →

pts

Elāluka (Eḷāluka)

neuter a kind of cucumber(?) Vv.33#29; Ja.i.205; Ja.v.37; Dhp-a.i.278.

etym.?

gabbha →

pts

  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 …

gacchati →

pts

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 …

gaggara →

pts

  1. roaring, only in f. gaggarī a blacksmith’s bellows: kammāra˚, in simile MN.i.243 SN.i.106; Vism.287.
  2. (nt.) cackling, cawing, in haṃsa˚; the sound of geese Ja.v.96 (expl. b …

gala →

pts

the throat Ja.i.216, Ja.i.264 Ja.iii.26; Ja.iv.494; Ja.i.194 (a dewlap); Pv-a.11, Pv-a.104.

  • -agga the top of the throat Sdhp.379;
  • -ajjhoharaniya able to be swallowed (of s …

gandha →

pts

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. …

gata →

pts

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 …

gelañña →

pts

sickness, illness DN.ii.99; AN.i.219; AN.iii.298; AN.iv.333 sq.; Vism.321, Vism.466, Vism.478.

n-abstr. fr. gilāna

ghana →

pts

Ghana1

  1. (adj.) solid, compact, massive; dense, thick; in eka˚ of one solid mass (of sela, rock) Vin.i.185 = Dhp.81 = Thag.643; Mil.386; AN.iii.378, cp. ghanasela-pabbata Dhp-a.i.74-gh. …

gilati →

pts

to swallow to devour: mā Rāhu gilī caraṃ antalikkhe SN.i.51 = Vv-a.116; mā gilī lohagulaṃ Dhp.371
■ Ja.iii.338; Mil.106
pp gilita: gilitabaḷisa having swallowed the hook SN.iv …

gimhika →

pts

(adj. fr. gimha) summerly, relating to the summer, for the summer Vin.i.15; DN.ii.21 (+ vassika & hemantika).

giri →

pts

mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumn of the 7 large mountains).

  • -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …

go →

pts

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

gumba →

pts

…Ja.iv.256) SN.iii.6 (eḷagalā˚) Ja.iii.52 (nivāsa˚, vasana˚); Vv-a.301 (gaccha˚ underwood); Ja.i.149, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.19; Ja.iii.55;…

guḷa →

pts

Guḷa1

to make into a ball, to conglomerate. Cp Sk. glauḥ ball; Gr. γλουτός; Ohg. chliuwa; Ger. kugel kloss; E. clot, cleat; also *gel with same meaning Sk. gulma tumour, gilāyu glandula …

gāma →

pts

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

hetu →

pts

  1. cause, reason, condition SN.i.134; AN.iii.440 sq.; Dhs.595, Dhs.1053; Vism.450 Tikp.11, Kp.233, Kp.239. In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical …

hāpeti →

pts

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

hāpita →

pts

cultivated, attended, worshipped Ja.iv.221; Ja.v.158 (aggihuttaṃ ahāpitaṃ; C. wrongly hāpita); Ja.v.201 = Ja.vi.565. On all passages & their relation to Com. & BSk. see Kern,

Toevoegselen

i.132, 1 …

idhuma →

pts

fire-wood - Tela-kaṭāha-gāthā, p. 53, J.P.T.S. 1884.

Sk. idhma, see etym. under iṭṭhakā

inda →

pts

  1. The Vedic god Indra DN.i.244; DN.ii.261, DN.ii.274; Snp.310, Snp.316, Snp.679, Snp.1024; Mnd.177.
  2. lord, chief, king; Sakko devānaṃ indo DN.i.216, DN.i.217; DN.ii.221, DN.ii.275; SN.i.219 Vepacit …

indriya →

pts

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

jāla →

pts

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. …

jāta →

pts

  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 …

kacchaka →

pts

Kacchaka1

  1. a kind of fig-tree DN-a.i.81.
  2. the tree Cedrela Toona Vin.iv.35; SN.v.96; Vism.183.

kad →

pts

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 …

kakkārika →

pts

(and -uka) a kind of cucumber Vv.33#28 = eḷāluka Vv-a.147.

fr. karkaru

kalala →

pts

  1. mud Ja.i.12, Ja.i.73; Mil.125, Mil.324, Mil.346; Mhbv.150; Pv-a.215 (= kaddama); Dhp-a.iii.61; Dhp-a.iv.25- su˚; “well-muddied” i.e. having soft soil (of a field Mil.255.
  2. the residue of s …

kali →

pts

…spittle, froth (cp. kheḷa) Thig.458, Thig.501; Ja.v.134.

  • -(g)gaha the unlucky throw at dice, the losing throw symbolically bad luck,…

kalāya →

pts

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

kamboji →

pts

, nt.) the plant Cassia tora or alata Ja.iii.223 (˚gumba = elagalāgumba; vv.ll. kammoja˚ & tampo˚ [for kambo˚]).

meaning & etym. unexpld

kamma →

pts

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

kammaññatā →

pts

workableness, adaptability, readiness, appl. to the wood of the sandal tree (in simile) AN.i.9; said of kāya and citta in connection with kammaññattaṃ k˚bhāvo k˚mudutā: Dhs.46 Dhs.47 = Dhs.326 = Dhs.6 …

kappeti →

pts

to cause to fit, to create, build, construct arrange, prepare, order.

I. lit

  1. in special sense: to prepare, get done, i.e. harness: Ja.i.62; plait DN-a.i.274, an offering (yaññaṃ) Snp.1 …

kata →

pts

(& 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 …

katheti →

pts

kathesi,
inf kathetuṃ & kathetave (Vin.i.359);
pass kathīyati & katheti (Mil.22, cp. Trenckner, Notes 122);
ppr Pass. kathīyamāna & kacchamāna (AN.iii.181);
grd kathetabba, kathanīya & kacch …

kathika →

pts

adjective (-˚) relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in compounds citta˚ Thig.449 (cp. citra-kathin); tiracchāna˚; AN.iv.153 dhamma˚; Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.342; Ja.iv.2 (˚thera); Ja.vi. …

kathita →

pts

said, spoken, related Ja.ii.310; Ja.iv.73; Ja.v.493. su˚; well said or told Ja.iv.73. As nt. with instr. Ja.iv.72 (tena kathitaṃ the discourse (given) by him).

pp. of katheti, cp. Sk. kathita

kañcana →

pts

gold AN.iii.346 Thag.691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig.266 (k˚ ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a.4, Vv-a.9 (= jātarūpa). Esp. freq. in compounds = of or like gold.

kaṇṇa →

pts

  1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

kaṭacchuka →

pts

adjective relating to spoons Vin.ii.233.

keḷanā →

pts

…Dhtp.278 kela khela = calane. Another passage is Cnd.585, where it is combined with parikeḷanā and acts as syn. of…

keḷi →

pts

…& kilissati, or fr.; kel, as given under keḷanā

keḷāsa →

pts

Name of a mountain Bdhd 138.

cp. Sk. kailāsa

keḷāyana →

pts

playfulness, unsettledness Vism.134 (opp. majjhatta), Vism.317.

fr. keḷāyati, cp. kelanā & keḷi

keḷāyati →

pts

…16 puts it (wrongly?) to kel to quiver: see also keḷanā

keḷāyita →

pts

desired, fondled, made much of Ja.iv.198 (explained with the ster. phrase kelāyati mamāyati pattheti piheti icchatī ti attho).

pp. of keḷāyati

khandha →

pts

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 …

kheḷa →

pts

…P. silesuma. See also kilid & kilis;, cp. ukkheṭita. On root khela see keḷanā; it is given by Dhtp.279 in…

kheḷāpaka →

pts

(Vin) & kheḷāsika (Dhp-a) an abusive term “eating phlegm” (?) [Müller, P.G. 30 = kheṭâtmaka Vin.ii.188, cp. Vin. Texts iii.239; -vāda the use of the term “phlegm-eater,” calling one by this …

ki →

pts

Ki˚

second. stem of interr. pron. (cp. ka˚ ku˚).

  1. in oblique cases of ko (kaḥ), as gen. kissa. loc. kismiṃ & kiṃhi.
  2. in nt. kiṃ what? (cp. Gr. τί, Lat. quid; ending-m besides- …

kilijjati →

pts

to become heated, to get into a state of inflammation, to fester (of wounds) Vin.i.205 (vaṇo kilijjittha festered); Snp.671 (gloss for kilissati, explained at Snp-a.481 by pūti hoti)
pp *[kilinna]( …

kilinna →

pts

…(lālā˚), Ja.i.164 (kheḷa˚) DN-a.i.284 (assu˚); Vv-a.67 (seda˚). 2. The other meaning of kilid (to get inflamed) is to be found in…

kilissati →

pts

…to adhere, cp. P. kheḷa and silesuma or semha, Sk. śleṣma, slime. Same root as Gr. λείμας snail; Ags. slīm slime. Another,…

kiriya →

pts

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 …

kiriyā →

pts

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 …

kitteti →

pts

  1. to praise, extol Pv-a.124, Pv-a.162.
  2. to proclaim, announce, relate, tell

ppr kittento praising Pv-a.159
fut kittayissati in sense of aor Vv.34#5 (= katheti Vv-a.151)
■ kittayissāmi I sh …

kosa →

pts

Kosa1

masculine neuter any cavity or enclosure containing anything, viz.

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

kovida →

pts

adjective one who is in the possession of right wisdom, with ref. either to dhamma, magga, or ariyasaccāni, closely related to medhāvin and paṇḍita SN.i.146, …

kriyā →

pts

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 …

kumbhaṇḍa →

pts

  1. m. a class of fairies or genii grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas and Asuras SN.ii.258 (k˚ puriso vehāsaṃ gacchanto); Ja.i.204; Ja.iii.147 (with def.); Mil.267; Dhp-a.i.280; Pgdp.60.
  2. nt. a kind of …

kāka →

pts

the crow; freq. in similes: SN.i.124; Snp.448; Ja.i.164. Its thievish ways are described at Dhp-a.iii.352; said to have ten bad qualities AN.v.149; Ja.i.342; Ja.iii.126; kākā vā kulalā vā Vin.iv.40 …

kālika →

pts

adjective belonging to time, in time, as sabba-kālika always in time, cp. Gr. ὡραϊος Vv.39#2 with time, i.e. gradual, slowly, delayed SN.i.117 = Cnd.645; usually neg. akālika

  1. not delayed, immed …

kāma →

pts

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 …

kāya →

pts

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

labhati →

pts

  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 …

laguḷa →

pts

club, cudgel Vin.iii.77 (enumerated with var. weapons of murder, like asi, satti, bheṇḍi pāsāṇa etc.); Mil.152, Mil.351 (kodaṇḍa-laguḷa-muggara), Mil.355 (kilesa˚); Ja.vi.394; Vism.525 (˚abhighāta). …

leḍḍu →

pts

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 …

loha →

pts

metal, esp. copper, brass or bronze It is often used as a general term & the individual application is not always sharply defined. Its comprehensiveness is evident from the classification of *[loha](/ …

lohita →

pts

adjective noun

  1. (adj.) red: rarely by itself (e.g. MN.ii.17), usually in compounds e.g. -abhijāti the red species (q.v.) AN.iii.383; -kasiṇa the artifice of red DN.iii.268; AN.i.41; Dhs.203; …

loka →

pts

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

loṇa →

pts

salt; as adj., salty, of salt, alkaline- Vin.i.202 (loṇāni bhesajjāni alkaline medicine among which are given sāmuddaṃ kāḷaloṇaṃ sindhavaṃ ubbhidaṃ bilaṃ as var. kinds of salt), Vin.i.220 = Vin.i.243 …

mada →

pts

  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 …

majjati →

pts

Majjati1

is represented in Pali by mujjati, as found esp. in cpds ummujjati & nimujjati.

majj to immerse, submerge, cp. Lat. mergo

Majjati2

to wipe, po …

makkhaṇa →

pts

smearing, oil Ja.iii.120; Mil.11 (tela˚); Dhtp.538.

fr. mṛkṣ, cp. *Sk. mrakṣaṇa

mallaka →

pts

…= taṭṭaka). 4. in kheḷa a spittoon Vin.i.48; Vin.ii.175

Note. W. Printz in “Bhāsa’s Prākrit.” p. 45, compares…

mammana →

pts

…of bad or faulty speech, combined with dubbaca & eḷagalavāca).

mana(s) →

pts

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 →

pts

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 …

mariyādā →

pts

  1. boundary limit, shore, embankment Vin.iii.50; AN.iii.227 (brāhmaṇānaṃ); DN.iii.92 = Vism.419; Ja.v.325; Ja.vi.536 (tīra˚) Mhvs.34, Mhvs.70; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.59 (vāpi˚); Mil.416.
  2. strictly defined re …

matikata →

pts

adjective in su˚; well-harrowed (field) AN.i.229, AN.i.239 (khetta).

cp. Sk. matī-kṛta, fr. matya, nt., harrow = Lat. mateola, Ohg. medela plough

matthaka →

pts

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. * …

maṇḍeti →

pts

to adorn, embellish, beautify Ja.iii.138; Dhp-a.ii.86
pp maṇḍita.

maṇḍ to adorn, related to Lat. mundus world, cp. in meaning Gr. κόσμος = ornament Dhtp.103 bhūsane, 566: bhūsāyaṃ

meda →

pts

fat SN.i.124; Snp.196; Ja.iii.484 (ajakaraṃ medaṃ = ajakara-medaṃ C.); Kp iii. (explained at Vism.262 as “thīnasineha” thick or coagulated fluid or gelatine); Vism.361 Vb-a.66, Vb-a.225, Vb-a.245, …

methuna →

pts

adjective noun

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

middha →

pts

torpor, stupidity, sluggishness DN.i.71 (thīna˚) Snp.437; AN.v.18; Dhs.1157; Mil.299, Mil.412 (appa˚ not slothful, i.e. diligent, alert); Vism.450 (˚rūpa; + rogarūpa, jātirūpa, etc., in def. of rūpa) …

milāyati →

pts

to relax, languish, fade wither SN.i.126; Iti.76; Ja.i.329; Ja.v.90
caus milāpeti [Sk. mlāpayati] to make dry, to cause to wither Ja.i.340 (sassaṃ); fig. to assuage, suppress, stifle Ja.iii.414 (t …

mināti →

pts

Mināti1

to measure Vb-a.108 (see etym. of mitta); Pot. mine Ja.v.468 (= mineyya C.) fut. minissati Sdhp.585. ger. minitvā Vism.72; grd minitabba Ja.v.90
pass *[mīyati](/define/m …

missita →

pts

mixed, intermingled Snp.243; Ja.v.460; Pv-a.198 (dhañña sāsapa-tela˚); Vv-a.280 (see under missa-kesī).

pp. of misseti

mitta →

pts

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 …

muditā →

pts

soft-heartedness, kindliness sympathy. Often in triad mettā (“active love” Snp-a.128), karuṇā (“preventive love,” ibid.), muditā (“disinter …

māsa →

pts

Māsa1

a month, as the 12th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, S …

māsana →

pts

…through syncope may be P. eḷaka1, as compd with Sk. methi (cp. Prk. meḍhi), pillar, post.

fr. mṛṣ, for massati…

māsati →

pts

…through syncope may be P. eḷaka1, as compd with Sk. methi (cp. Prk. meḍhi), pillar, post.

fr. mṛṣ, for massati…

māsin →

pts

…through syncope may be P. eḷaka1, as compd with Sk. methi (cp. Prk. meḍhi), pillar, post.

fr. mṛṣ, for massati…

mīḷha →

pts

excrement MN.i.454 = MN.iii.236 (˚sukhaṃ vile pleasure); AN.iii.241, AN.iii.242; Thag.1152; Ja.ii.11; Ja.vi.112; Vv.52#11 (with ref. to the gūthaniraya); Pv.iii.4#5 (= gūtha Pv-a.194); Dhp-a.ii.53 ( …

mūga →

pts

…(andha, m., badhira); Snp-a.51 (in simile); Sdhp.12 Freq. combined with eḷa, deaf (q.v.).

Vedic mūka; see etym. under…

natthu →

pts

  1. the nose Ja.v.166 (= nāsā Com.).
  2. = ˚kamma medical treatment through the nose Vin.iii.83 (deti).
  • -kamma nose-treatment, consisting in the application of hot oil (DN-a.i.9 …

nava →

pts

Nava1

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

nela →

pts

…The other negated form, also in meaning “pure clean,” is aneḷa (& aneḷaka), q.v. On ḷ: n. cp. lāngala nangala;…

neḷa →

pts

…The other negated form, also in meaning “pure clean,” is aneḷa (& aneḷaka), q.v. On ḷ: n. cp. lāngala nangala;…

nibbāna →

pts

I. Etymology

Although nir + “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

nibbāpana →

pts

means of extinguishing, extinction, quenching SN.i.188 (cittaṃ pariḍayhati: nibbāpanaṃ brūhi = allayment of the glow); AN.iv.320 (celassa n˚āya chandaṃ karoti: try to put out the burning cloth); Mil.3 …

nibbāyati →

pts

  1. to be cooled or refreshed, to be covered up = to be extinguished, go out (of fire), to cease to exist, always used with ref. to fire or heat or (fig.) burning sensations (see *[nibbāna](/define/nib …

nidāna →

pts

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

nigaṇṭha →

pts

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

nilloḷeti →

pts

Nillāḷeti & Nilloḷeti

to move (the tongue) up & down SN.i.118; MN.i.109; DN-a.i.42 (pp. nillāḷita-jivhā); Dhp-a.iv.197 (jivhaṃ nilloleti; variant reading nillāleti & lilāḷeti) = Ja.v.434 (variant …

nillāḷeti →

pts

Nillāḷeti & Nilloḷeti

to move (the tongue) up & down SN.i.118; MN.i.109; DN-a.i.42 (pp. nillāḷita-jivhā); Dhp-a.iv.197 (jivhaṃ nilloleti; variant reading nillāleti & lilāḷeti) = Ja.v.434 (variant …

nippapañca →

pts

adjective free from diffuseness SN.iv.370; Dhp.254 (Tathāgata); -ārāma not fond of delay MN.i.65 (Neumann trsl. i.119: “dem keine Sonderheit behagt”); AN.iii.431; AN.iv.229 sq.; Mil.262.

nis + papañca

nisabha →

pts

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

nissaraṇīya →

pts

adjective connected with deliverance, leading to salvation able to be freed. The 3 n. dhātuyo (elements of deliverance) are nekkhamma (escape from cravings) *[āruppa](/define/ār …

nivedaka →

pts

adjective relating, admonishing Ja.vi.21.

to nivedeti

niṭṭhubhana →

pts

…Ja.i.47; Pv-a.80 (= kheḷa, variant reading SS niṭṭhuvana, BB niṭhūna).

Sk. niṣṭhīvana, see…

nāḷikera →

pts

the coconut tree Vv.44#13 Ja.iv.159; Ja.v.384; DN-a.i.83; Vv-a.162.

Sk. nārikera, nārikela, nalikera, nālikela: dialect, of uncertain etym.

nāḷī →

pts

(in compounds); nāḷi a hollow stalk, tube, pipe; also a measure of capacity Vin.i.249; AN.iii.49; Ja.i.98 (suvaṇṇa˚), Ja.i.124 (taṇḍula˚), Ja.i.419; Ja.iii.220 (kaṇḍa˚ a quiver); Ja. …

odagya →

pts

exultation, elation Mnd.3 = Cnd.446 = Dhs.9, Dhs.86, Dhs.285, Dhs.373; Dhs-a.143 (= udaggasabhāva a “topmost” condition).

der. fr. udagga

okkhāyika →

pts

adjective low-lying, deep remote, only in one phrase, viz. udaka-tarakā gambhīragatā okkhāyikā MN.i.80, MN.i.245.

fr. ava + khāyin fr. kṣi, cp. avakkhāyati; Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. suggests …

orabbhika →

pts

…Thag-a.204) Ja.v.270; Ja.vi.111 (and their punishment in Niraya); Pp-a.244 (urabbhā vuccanti eḷakā; urabbhe hanatī ti orabbhiko).

fr….

ossagga →

pts

relaxation, in cpd. sati-ossagga (for which more common sati-vossagga) relaxation of memory inattention, thoughtlessness Dhp-a.iii.163 (for pamāda Dhp.167). See vossagga.

fr. ossajati

osīdati →

pts

to settle down, to sink, run aground (of ships) SN.iv.314 (osīda bho sappi-tela); Mil.277 (nāvā osīdati)
ger osīditvā Ja.ii.293
caus 2 osīdāpeti Ja.iv.139 (nāvaṃ).

fr. o + sad

pa →

pts

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 …

paccatta →

pts

adjective separate, individual; usually acc. -ṃ adv. separately, individually, singly, by himself in his own heart DN.i.24 (yeva nibbuti viditā); DA on DN.ii.77 = attano attano abbhantare; MN.i.251 …

paccaya →

pts

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 …

paccayatā →

pts

the fact of having a cause, causation, causal relation, in phrase idappaccayatā (adv.) from an ascertained cause, by way of cause Vin.i.5; DN.i.185; SN.i.136; SN.ii.25.

abs …

pacchā →

pts

adverb behind, aft, after, afterwards, back; westward DN.i.205; Snp.645 Snp.773, Snp.949; Mnd.33 (= pacchā vuccati anāgataṃ, pure vuccati atītaṃ); Cnd.395; Dhp.172, Dhp.314, Dhp.421; Pv.i.11#1 Pv.i.11 …

pacchāda →

pts

cover, covering, wrapper, in phrase nelango setappacchādo SN.iv.291 = Ud.76 = DN-a.i.75; Dhs-a.397.

pa + chāda

paccābhāsati →

pts

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

paṭi + ābhāsati

paccūsa →

pts

Paccūsa˚

“the time towards dawn,” morning, dawn; always. in compound with either -kāle (loc.) at morning Dhp-a.iv.61; DN-a.i.168; or -velāyaṃ (loc.) id. Vv-a.105, Vv-a.118, Vv-a.165; Pv-a …

padīpa →

pts

  1. a light Dhp.146; Vv.46#2 (jalati blazes); Tikp.14; Mil.40; Vv-a.51 (padīpaṃ ujjāletvā lighting a lamp, making a light); Pv-a.38 Sdhp.250.
  2. a lamp Snp.235 (nibbanti dhīrā yath âyaṃ p.); Dhp-a.i …

paggharaṇaka →

pts

adjective flowing, trickling, oozing out Ja.vi.187 (app˚-velā), Ja.vi.531; Dhp-a.i.126 (lohitaṃ); Vism.262.

fr. paggharati

paheṇaka →

pts

present Ja.vi.369 (so here, whereas the same word as pahiṇaka at AN.iii.76 clearly means “sweetmeat”).

cp. BSk. praheṇaka in sense of “sweetmeat” at Divy.13, Divy.258; the *Sk. …

pahiṇaka →

pts

sweetmeat AN.iii.76 (variant reading pahenaka). See also paheṇaka. The (late) Sk. form is prahelaka.

fr. pahiṇati?

pajjota →

pts

light, lustre, splendour, a lamp SN.i.15, SN.i.47; AN.ii.140; Snp.349; Pp.25 Sdhp.590
■ telapajjota an oil lamp Vin.i.16 = DN.i.85; AN.i.56 ≈ Snp.p.15
■ dhammapajjota the lamp of the Dhamma Mil.21 …

pakhuma →

pts

an eyelash unsally as adj.: having eyelashes (-˚) DN.ii.18 (go˚) SN.i.132 (˚antarikāyaṃ between the lashes); Ja.v.216 (visāla˚ for alārapamha T.); Thag-a.255 (dīgha˚ for āyatapamha Thig.383); Vv-a. …

pakkhipati →

pts

  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 …

palibuddha →

pts

obstructed, hindered, stopped; being kept back or delayed, tarrying Ja.ii.417 Cnd.107 (paliveṭhita +); Mil.388 (ākāso a˚) Mil.404; Dhp-a.iii.198. Often in phrase lagga laggita p. Cnd.88 Cnd.107, C …

palibuddhati →

pts

  1. to obstruct refuse, keep back, hinder, withhold Vin.ii.166; Vin.iv.42 Vin.iv.131; Ja.i.217 (cp. paṭibāhati ibid.); Ja.iii.138 (aor. ˚buddhi.), Ja.iv.159; Mil.263.
  2. to delay Mil.404 (or should we …

pallala →

pts

  1. marshy ground MN.i.117; SN.iii.108 sq.
  2. a small pond or lake Vin.i.230; DN.ii.89; Ja.ii.129; Ja.v.346.

cp. Class Sk. palvala = Lat. palus; Ohg. felawa = Ger. felber willow; Lith. pélkè moor; BSk …

pamha →

pts

eye-lash, usually in cpd. aḷāra˚; having thick eyelashes e.g. at Ja.v.215; Vv.35#7; Vv.64#11; Pv.iii.3#5; asāyata˚ at Thig.383.

the syncope form of pakhuma = Sk. pakṣman used in poetry and always …

papañca →

pts

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

papañceti →

pts

  1. to have illusions, to imagine, to be obsessed MN.i.112; Dhp-a.i.198 (tesaṃ suvaṇṇa-lobhena papañcentānaṃ).
  2. to be profuse. to talk much, to delay on Snp-a.136

pp *[papañcita](/define/papañcit …

papphāsa →

pts

the lungs DN.ii.293; MN.i.185, MN.i.421 MN.iii.90; Snp.195 = Ja.i.146; Kp iii. (cp. Kp-a.56); Mil.26.

fr. sound-root* phu, not corresponding directly to Sk. pupphusa (cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 34), …

pari →

pts

Pari˚

indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …

paribhoga →

pts

  1. material for enjoyment, food, feeding Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.432; Mil.156, Mil.403; Dhp-a.ii.66; Snp-a.342.
  2. enjoyment, use Vin.iv.267; SN.i.90 Mnd.262; Vism.33 (with pariyesana & paṭiggahana) Dhp-a. …

paricchedaka →

pts

adjective determining, fixing Vb-a.346 (uṭṭhāna-velā ˚ā saññā).

fr. pariccheda

parikeḷanā →

pts

…parilepanā); DN-a.i.286 has paṭikelanā instead, but Vb id p. 351 parikeḷanā with variant reading parikelāsanā.

pari + keḷanā

parisaṅgāhāpeti →

pts

to induce someone to mention or relate something Ja.vi.328.

pari + Caus. of sangaṇhāti

parivaṭṭa →

pts

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

pasanna →

pts

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. …

pavatta →

pts

adjective

  1. (adj.) happening, going on, procedure, resulting Thig.220 (assu ca pavattaṃ taken by Mrs. Rh. D. as “tears shed”); Thag-a.179; Pv-a.35, Pv-a.83 (gāthāyo), Pv-a.120, esp. with ref. to …

pavatteti →

pts

transitive

  1. to send forth, set going Vin.i.87 (assūni); SN.ii.282 (id.) Ja.i.147 (selagulaṃ pavaṭṭ˚); esp. in phrase dhammacakkaṃ p. to inaugurate the reign of righteousness Vin.i.8, Vin.i.11; MN …

pavedeti →

pts

to make known, to declare, communicate, relate SN.i.24; SN.iv.348; Dhp.151; Snp.p.103 (= bodheti ñāpeti Snp-a.444); Pv-a.33, Pv-a.58, Pv-a.68 (attānaṃ make oneself known), Pv-a.120
pp *[pavedit …

pañca →

pts

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 …

pañcaka →

pts

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

paññāya →

pts

indeclinable understanding fully, knowing well, realising, in full recognition, in thorough realisation or understanding. Used most frequently with yathābhūtaṃ (q.v. SN.i.13 (bhāveti), SN.i.44 (lokasm …

paṭibandhu →

pts

connection, a relation, relative Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136, Dhs.1230; Dhs-a.365.

paṭi + bandhu

paṭicca-samuppāda →

pts

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

paṭikeḷanā →

pts

see parikeḷanā; i.e. counter-playing Dhp.i.286.

paṭisambhidā →

pts

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 …

pelaka →

pts

hare Ja.vi.538 (= sasa C.).

etym.?

peḷa →

pts

lump, only in yaka˚; the liver (-lump) Snp.195 (= yakana-piṇḍa Snp-a.247) = Ja.i.146.

a Prk. form for piṇḍa, cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 122 peḍhāla

peḷikā →

pts

basket Dhp-a.i.227 (pasādhana˚, variant reading pelakā).

cp. peḷā

peḷā →

pts

  1. a (large) basket Ja.iv.458; Ja.vi.185; Cp.ii.2#5 Mil.23, Mil.282; Vism.304; Kp-a.46 (peḷāghata, wrong reading, see p. 68 App.); Thag-a.29.
  2. a chest (for holding jewelry etc.) Pv.iv.1#42; Mhvs.3 …

phusati →

pts

Phusati1

  1. (lit.) to touch Vism.463 (phusatī ti phasso) DN-a.i.61 (aor. phusī = metri causa for phusi); Mil.157 (grd. aphusa not to be touched).
  2. (fig.) pharati*, as …

phussa →

pts

Phussa1

  1. see phussa3 2.
  2. Name of a month (Dec
    ■ Jan. Ja.i.86. Name of a lunar mansion or constellation Vv.53#4 (= phussa-tārakā Vv-a.236)
    ■ Fr …

phāla →

pts

Phāla1

masculine & neuter ploughshare SN.i.169; Snp.p.13 & Snp.v.77 (explained as “phāletī ti ph.” Snp-a.147) Ja.i.94; Ja.iv.118; Ja.v.104; Ud.69 (as m.); Dhp-a.i.395.

cp. Vedic phāla

phāṭeti →

pts

*Phāṭeti

is conjectured reading for pāteti in phrase kaṭṭhaṃ pāteti MN.i.21, and in adhipāteti to split (see adhipāta & vipāta). T …

pi →

pts

indeclinable emphatic particle, as prefix only in pidahati and pilandhati where api˚ also is found (cp. api 1b).

  1. also, and also, even so DN.i.1; Vin.i …

pilotikā →

pts

small piece of cloth, a rag, a bandage Vin.i.255, Vin.i.296 (khoma˚ cp. Vin. Texts ii.156); MN.i.141 (chinna-˚o-dhammo laid bare or open); SN.ii.28 (id.), SN.ii.219 (paṭa˚); Ja.i.220; Ja.ii.145; J …

piṭaka →

pts

  1. basket Vin.i.225 (ghaṭa p. ucchanga), Vin.i.240 (catudoṇika p.); Pv.iv.3#33; Vism.28 (piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña˚ a grain-basket Dhp-a.iii.370; vīhi˚; a ri …

piṭṭhi →

pts

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 …

piṭṭhī →

pts

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 …

pokkhara →

pts

  1. a lotus plant, primarily the leaf of it, figuring in poetry and metaphor as not being able to be wetted by water Snp.392, Snp.812 (vuccati paduma-pattaṃ Mnd.135); Dhp.336; Iti.84.
  2. the skin of a …

pubba →

pts

Pubba1

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

puna →

pts

indeclinable again. There are several forms of this adv., but puna has to be considered as the orig. Pali form. The form puno is doubtful; if authentic, a Sanskritisation; only fou …

puppha →

pts

Puppha1

neuter a flower Vin.ii.123; SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.308; Snp.2, Snp.5; Dhp.47 sq.; Dhp.377; Vism.430; Snp-a.78 (paduma˚); Vv-a.73; Pv-a.127; Sdhp.550- pupphāni (pl.) Vb-a.255 (of …

purāṇa →

pts

adjective

  1. ancient, past Snp.312, Snp.944 (= Mnd.428 atītaṃ opp. nava = paccuppannaṃ); Dhp.156 (= pubbe katāni C.); with ref. to former births or previous existences p. kammaṃ SN. …

pussa →

pts

Pussa˚

at Mnd.90 in compounds -tila, ˚tela, dantakaṭṭha, mattikā, etc. is probably to be read with variant reading phussa˚ meaning not quite clear (“natural, raw”?).

puṇṇa →

pts

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

pāda →

pts

  1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …

pāka →

pts

that which is cooked, cooking, quantity cooked Ja.vi.161 (tīhi pākehi pacitvā); Vv-a.186. Esp. in foll. combination tela˚; “oil cooking,” an oil decoction Vin.ii.105; thāli˚; a th. full of cookin …

pāli →

pts

Pāli (Pāḷi)

feminine

  1. a line, row Dāvs iii.61; Dāvs iv.3; Vism.242 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra˚), Vism.251 (danta˚); Snp-a.87.
  2. a line, norm thus the canon of Buddhist writings; the text of the Pāli Canon …

pāḷi →

pts

Pāli (Pāḷi)

feminine

  1. a line, row Dāvs iii.61; Dāvs iv.3; Vism.242 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra˚), Vism.251 (danta˚); Snp-a.87.
  2. a line, norm thus the canon of Buddhist writings; the text of the Pāli Canon …

pīti →

pts

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

racchā →

pts

carriage road Vin.ii.194; Vin.iii.151; Vin.iv.271 (= rathiyā); Vin.v.205 (raccha-gata); Ja.i.425; Ja.v.335; Ja.vi.276 (in its relation to vīthi); Dāvs v.48; Pv-a.24 (koṇa˚).

Sk. rathyā. This the co …

rajanīya →

pts

adjective of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing lustful.

  1. As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) SN.iii.79; also at DN.i.152 sq. (dibbāni …

ravaṇa →

pts

adjective noun roaring, howling, singing, only in cpd. -ghaṭa a certain kind of pitcher, where meaning of ravaṇa is uncertain. Only at identical passages (in illustration) Vism. …

rumma →

pts

adjective miserable, dirty, poorly, in compounds -rūpin Ja.iv.387 (= lūkhavesa C.), with variant reading duma˚; and -vāsin poorly dressed Ja.iv.380.

put down (rightly) by Geiger, P.Gr. § 53 a …

rājan →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rājā →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

sacca →

pts

adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …

saddha →

pts

Saddha1

adjective

  1. believing, faithful DN.i.171; SN.i.43; SN.ii.159 sq.; AN.i.150; AN.ii.164 AN.ii.227 sq.; AN.iii.3 sq., AN.iii.34, AN.iii.182; AN.iv.38, AN.iv.145, AN.iv.314 sq.; AN.v …

saha →

pts

Saha1

indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.

samanantara →

pts

adjective immediate; usually in abl. (as adv.); samanantarā immediately, after, just after DN.ii.156; Vin.i.56; rattibhāga-samanantare at midnight Ja.i.101.

  • *-[paccaya](/ …

samatikkamati →

pts

to cross over, to transcend DN.i.35; to elapse Mhvs.13, Mhvs.5; ger. samatikkamma DN.i.35; M 41; pp. samatikkanta crossed over, or escaped from SN.iii.80; Dhp.195.

saṃ + atikkamati

sambandha →

pts

connection, tie DN.ii.296 = MN.i.58; Snp-a.108, Snp-a.166, Snp-a.249, Snp-a.273, Snp-a.343, Snp-a.516. ˚-kula related family Ja.iii.362; a-sambandha (adj.) incompatible (C. on asaññuta Ja.iii. …

sambāhati →

pts

to rub shampoo Ja.i.293; Ja.ii.16; Ja.iv.431; Ja.v.126; also sambāheti Mil.241;
caus sambāhāpeti to cause to shampoo Vin.iv.342;
ppr sambāhanta Ja.vi.77;
aor sambāhi Ja. …

samma →

pts

Samma1

a term of familiar address DN.i.49, DN.i.225; DN-a.i.151; Vin.ii.161; Ja.i.59; Pv-a.204; plur. sammā Vin.ii.161.

as to etym. Andersen, P. Reader ii.263 quite plausibly connects …

sampadā →

pts

  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 …

sampadāna →

pts

the dative relation Ja.v.214 (upayogatthe), Ja.v.237 (karaṇatthe); Snp-a.499 (˚vacana).

saṃ + padāna

sampayutta →

pts

associated with, connected Dhs.1; Kv.337; Dhs-a.42. -paccaya the relation of association (opp. vippayutta˚) Vism.539; Vb-a.206 Tikp.6, Kp.20, Kp.53, Kp.65, Kp.152 sq.; Duka-pa.1 sq.

saṃ + payutta

sampiyāyanā →

pts

intimate relation, great fondness Ja.iii.492.

saṃ + piyāyanā

sappaccaya →

pts

adjective correlated, having a cause, conditioned DN.i.180; AN.i.82; Dhs.1083.

sa3 + paccaya

sappi →

pts

clarified butter, ghee DN.i.9, DN.i.141, DN.i.201; AN.i.278; AN.ii.95, AN.ii.207 (˚tela); AN.iii.219; AN.iv.103; Snp.295 (˚tela). Dhs.646; Ja.i.184; Ja.ii.43; Ja.iv.223 (˚tela) Vin.i.58, etc. *-maṇḍa …

saraṇa →

pts

Saraṇa1

neuter shelter, house Snp.591; refuge, protection DN.iii.187; Snp.503; Ja.ii.28; DN-a.i.229; especially the three refuges—the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Brotherhood AN.i.56; DN.i …

sata →

pts

Sata1

(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN. …

satthar →

pts

teacher, master
■ nom. satthā DN.i.49; Snp.179;
■ acc. satthāraṃ DN.i.163; Snp.153, Snp.343;
■ instr. satthārā DN.i.163;
■ instr. satthunā Mhvs.32, Mhvs.19;
■ gen. satthu DN.i.110; Iti.79; V …

saññata →

pts

Saṃyata & saññata

lit. drawn together; fig. restrained, self-controlled DN.ii.88; SN.i.79; Snp.88 Snp.156, Snp.716; Ja.i.188; Vv.34#11; Mil.213.

  • -atta having one’s self restrai …

saṃyata →

pts

Saṃyata & saññata

lit. drawn together; fig. restrained, self-controlled DN.ii.88; SN.i.79; Snp.88 Snp.156, Snp.716; Ja.i.188; Vv.34#11; Mil.213.

  • -atta having one’s self restrai …

saṃyūhati →

pts

…+…

saṅkeḷāyati →

pts

to amuse oneself (with) AN.iv.55.

saṃ + keḷāyati

saṅkhāra →

pts

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

saṅkitti →

pts

derivation & meaning very doubtful; Bdhgh’s expln at Pp-a 231 is not to be taken as reliable, viz. “sankittetvā katabhattesu hoti. dubbhikkha-samaye kira acela-kāsāvakā acelakānaṃ atthāy …

sela →

pts

rocky Dhp.8; (m.) rock, stone, crystal SN.i.127; DN.ii.39; AN.iii.346; Dhp.81; Ja.ii.14; Vin.i.4 sq.; Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.284.

  • -guḷa a rocky ball Ja.i.147.
  • *-[maya](/define/may …

selaka →

pts

“rocky,” a kind of copper (cp. pisāca) Vb-a.63.

sela + ka

seḷeti →

pts

J.P.T.S. 1885, p. 54.

according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.78 for sveḷayati, cp. Oir. fét whistle, music etc. Idg. *sveiƶd

silā →

pts

stone, rock Vin.i.28; SN.iv.312 sq.; Vin.445; DN-a.i.154; Ja.v.68; Vism.230 (in comparison) Vb-a.64 (var. kinds); a precious stone, quartz Vin.ii.238; Mil.267, Mil.380; Vv.84#15 (= phalika˚ Vv-a.33 …

sittha →

pts

lump of boiled rice Vin.ii.165, Vin.ii.214; Ja.i.189, Ja.i.235; Ja.v.387; Ja.vi.358 (odana˚), Ja.vi.365 (yāgu˚); Pv-a.99; sitthatelaka oil of beeswax Vin.ii.107, Vin.ii.151.

  • -āvakārakaṃ (adv.) …

sukha →

pts

adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …

suta →

pts

Suta1

  1. heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …

suti →

pts

  1. hearing, tradition, inspiration, knowledge of the Vedas Snp.839, Snp.1078; Mil.3 (+ sammuti); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.3.
  2. rumour; sutivasena by hearsay, as a story, through tradition Ja.iii.285, Ja.iii.476 …

suññatā →

pts

emptiness, “void,” unsubstantiality, phenomenality; freedom from lust, ill-will and dullness, Nibbāna MN.iii.111; Kv.232; Dhs-a.221; Ne.118 sq., Ne.123 sq., Ne.126; Mil.16; Vism.333 (n’atthi; *[suññ …

svātana →

pts

relating to the morrow; dat. ˚-nāya for the following day Vin.i.27; DN.i.125; Ja.i.11; Dhp-a.i.314; Dhp-a.iv.12.

cp. Sk. śvastana; Geiger, P.Gr. § 6, 54

sālohita →

pts

kinsman, a blood relation, usually together with ñāti Vin.i.4; DN.ii.26, DN.ii.345; AN.i.139 AN.i.222; AN.ii.115; Snp.p.91; Pv-a.28; Vb-a.108.

fr. sa2 + lohita

sāsapa →

pts

mustard seed SN.ii.137; SN.v.464; AN.v.170; Ja.vi.174 (comp. with mt. Meru); Snp.625, Snp.631 Snp.p.122; Dhp.401; DN-a.i.93; Dhp-a.i.107; Dhp-a.ii.51; Dhp-a.iv.166 Vism.306 (ār’agge), Vism.633; Pv …

sīha →

pts

lion DN.ii.255; SN.i.16; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.245; AN.iii.121; Snp.72; Ja.i.165; Mil.400; Cnd.679 (= migarājā) Vb-a.256, Vb-a.398 (with pop. etym. “sahanato ca hananato ca sīho ti vuccati”); Ja.v.425 (wo …

ta →

pts

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 …

tandita →

pts

adjective weary, lazy, giving way. Mil.238 (˚kata). Usually ; active, keen, industrious sedulous Dhp.305 Dhp.366 Dhp.375 Vv.3322 Mil.390 Vv-a.142 cp. next.

pp. of tandeti = Sk. tandra …

tappaṇa →

pts

satiating, refreshing; a restorative, in netta˚ some sort of eye-wash DN.i.12 (in combination w. kaṇṇa-tela & natthu-kamma).

Sk. tarpaṇa

tayo →

pts

…terasī the 13th day) & teḷasa (SN.i.192 Snp.p.102 Snp.p.103) (13) [Sk. trayodaśa, Lat. tredecim]; tevīsa (23;…

taṇhā →

pts

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

taṇḍula →

pts

rice-grain, rice husked & ready for boiling; freq. combined with tila (q.v.) in mentioning of offerings, presentations, etc.: loṇaṃ telaṃ taṇḍulaṃ khādaniyaṃ sakaṭesu āropetvā Vin.i.220, Vin.i.238, V …

te →

pts

Te˚

secondary base of numeral three (fr. ti) in compound: having a relation to a triad of, three-; in numerical compounds also = three (see under tayo).

  • *-[kaṭula](/define/kaṭu …

tela →

pts

sesamum-oil (prepared from tila seeds), oil in general (tela = tilatelādika DN-a.i.93): used for drinking, anointing & burning purposes Vin.i.205, Vin.i.220 Vin.i.245, etc.; AN.i.209, AN.i.278 (sapp …

telaka →

pts

Err:501

thīna →

pts

stiffness, obduracy, stolidity indifference (cp. thaddha & tandī, closely related in meaning). Together with; middha it is one of the 5 hindrances (nīvaraṇāni) to Arahantship (see …

thūṇā →

pts

pillar, prop support AN.ii.198; Vv.54#1 (= thambha Vv-a.245); DN-a.i.124. Esp. the sacrificial post in phrase thūṇûpanīta “lead to sacrifice” (yūpa-sankhātuṃ thūṇaṃ upa DN-a.i.294): DN.i.127≈SN.i. …

tila →

pts

the sesame plant & its seed (usually the latter, out of which oil is prepared: see tela), Sesamum Indicum. Often combd with taṇḍula e.g. AN.i.130 = Pp …

tiṭṭha →

pts

adjective dry, hard, rough Ja.vi.212 (˚sela hard rock).

pp. of tasati1

toraṇa →

pts

an arched gateway, portal Vin.ii.154; DN.ii.83; Vv.35#1 (= dvārakoṭṭhaka-pāsādassa nāmaṃ Vv-a.160); Ja.iii.428; Dāvs v.48.

Sk. toraṇa, perhaps related to Gr. τύρσις, τύρρις = Lat. turris (tower), c …

tādisa →

pts

Tādisa1

adjective such like, of such quality or character, in such a condition Ja.i.151 Ja.iii.280; Snp.112, Snp.317, Snp.459; Cnd.277 (in expl. of tathāvidha); Iti.68; Pv.ii.9#4; Pv-a.69 …

tāva →

pts

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

I

*yāva-tāva …

tāvata →

pts

lit. “so-much-ness,” i.e. relative extent or sphere, relatively Vism.481, Vism.482.

abstr. fr. tāva

ubbilla →

pts

elation, elated state of mind MN.iii.159; -bhāva id. DN-a.i.122; Sdhp.167. See next.

either a secondary formation fr. ubbilāvita, or representing uppilava (uppilāva) for upplava, ud + plu as d …

ubbilāpa →

pts

(variant reading uppilāva, which is prob. the correct reading) joyous state of mind, elation Ud.37. See next.

ubbilāvita →

pts

happy, elated, buoyant, ltt. frisky; only in compounds -atta rejoicing, exultancy, elation of mind DN.i.3, DN.i.37; Ja.iii.466; Mil.183; DN-a.i.53, DN-a.i.122; and -ākāra id. Dhp-a.i.237. At …

udagga →

pts

adjective topmost, high, lofty Thag.110; fig. elated, exalted, exultant joyful, happy DN.i.110 (˚citta); Snp.689 (+ sumana), Snp.1028 (id.); Pv.iv.1#55 (attamana +); Pv.iv.5#8 (haṭṭha +); Mil.248; …

udaka →

pts

water Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.213; DN.ii.15 (˚assa dhārā gushes or showers of w.); Dhp.80 Dhp.145; Ja.i.212; Pv.i.5#7; Pp.31, Pp.32; Mil.318; Vv-a.20 (udake temanaṃ aggimhe tāpanaṃ); Dhp-a.i.289; Dhp-a. …

uddhata →

pts

  1. lifted up, raised risen, high (of the sun, only in this special phrase u aruṇo) Vin.ii.236; Ud.27 (vv.ll. uggata & uddhasta).
  2. unbalanced, disturbed, agitated, shaken SN.i.61 (+ unnaḷa “muddled …

udukkhala →

pts

mortar Vin.i.202 (+ musala pestle); Ja.i.502; Ja.ii.428; Ja.v.49; Ja.ii.161, Ja.ii.335; Ud.69 (m; + musaḷa); Dhp-a.ii.131 (˚sala); Vism.354 (in comp.). The relation between *[udukkhala](/define/udu …

ukkhali →

pts

(˚lī) feminine a pot in which to boil rice (& other food) Ja.i.68, Ja.i.235; Ja.v.389, Ja.v.471; Pp.33; Vism.346 (˚mukhavaṭṭi), Vism.356 (˚kapāla in comp.); Dhp-a.i.136; Dhp-a.ii.5; Dhp-a.iii.371; …

ukkheṭita →

pts

…Vin.iv.27.

pp. of ud + kheṭ; or *khel, see kheḷa

unnala →

pts

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expld.< …

unnaḷa →

pts

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expld.< …

upacikā →

pts

the termite or white ant Vin.ii.113 Vin.ii.148, Vin.ii.152; Vin.iii.151; MN.i.306; Ja.iii.320; Ja.iv.331; Mil.363 Mil.392; Vism.62, Dhp-a.ii.25; Dhp-a.iii.15.

connected with Sk. upadīkā, although t …

upacāra →

pts

  1. approach, access Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.152; Vin.iv.304; Ja.i.83, Ja.i.172; Dhs-a.328 (phal˚).
  2. habit practice, conduct Vin.ii.20 (dassan˚); Snp-a.140 (id.); Ja.iii.280.
  3. way, means application, …

uplavati →

pts

Uppilavati & Uplavati

  1. to emerge (out of water), to rise, float SN.iv.313 (uplava imper.); Mil.80, Mil.379; Vv-a.47 (uplavitvā, variant reading uppalavitvā); DN-a.i.256 (variant reading upari lava …

uppilavati →

pts

Uppilavati & Uplavati

  1. to emerge (out of water), to rise, float SN.iv.313 (uplava imper.); Mil.80, Mil.379; Vv-a.47 (uplavitvā, variant reading uppalavitvā); DN-a.i.256 (variant reading upari lava …

usabha →

pts

Usabha1

a bull; often fig as symbol of manliness and strength (cp. nisabha) DN.i.6 (˚yuddha bull-fight), DN.i.9 (˚lakkhaṇa signs on a b.), DN.i.127; Vin.iii.39 (puris˚ “bull of a man”, a …

uḍḍayhana →

pts

burning up, conflagration Pp.13 (˚velā = jhāyana-kālo Pp-a.187) Kp-a.181 (T. uḍḍahanavelā, variant reading preferable uḍḍayh˚).

fr. uḍḍayhati, see uddahati

uṭṭhāna →

pts

  1. rising, rise, getting up, standing (opp. sayana & nisīdana lying or sitting down) DN.ii.134 (sīha-seyyaṃ kappesi uṭṭhāna-saññaṃ manasikaritvā); Dhp.280 (˚kāla); Ja.i.392 (an˚-seyyā a bed from wh …

va →

pts

Va1

the syllable “va” Kp-a.109 (with ref. to ending ˚vā in Bhagavā, which Bdhgh expls as “va-kāraṃ dīghaṃ katvā,” i.e. a lengthening of va); Snp-a.76 (see below va3</sup …

vacana →

pts

  1. speaking, utterance, word, bidding SN.ii.18 (alaṃ vacanāya one says rightly); SN.iv.195 (yathā bhūtaṃ); AN.ii.168; Snp.417, Snp.699 Snp.932, Snp.984, Snp.997; Mil.235; Pv.ii.2#7; Snp-a.343, Snp-a …

vajja →

pts

Vajja1

neuter that which should be avoided, a fault, sin DN.ii.38; SN.i.221; Vin.ii.87 (thūla˚ a grave sin); AN.i.47, AN.i.98; AN.iv.140; Pts.i.122; Dhp.252; Vb-a.342 (syn. with dosa and …

vajjati →

pts

Vajjati1

to turn etc.; only as Pass. form vajjati vajjeti* (*varjayati) to avoid, to abstain from, renounce Sdhp.10, Sdhp.11, Sdhp.200. Cp. pari˚ …

vasabha →

pts

bull Mil.115 (rāja˚); Snp-a.40 (relation between usabha, vasabha & nisabha) Vv-a.83 (id.).

the Sanskritic-Pāli form (*vṛṣabha) of the proper Pāli usabha (q.v. for etym.). Only …

vaṇijjā →

pts

trade, trading MN.ii.198; Snp.404 (payojaye dhammikaṃ so vaṇijjaṃ); AN.ii.81 sq.; Pv.i.5#6 (no trade among the Petas); Ja.i.169; Pv-a.47 (tela˚) Sdhp.332, Sdhp.390
Five trades must not be carri …

veda →

pts

  1. (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …

vedanā →

pts

  1. (f.) feeling, sensation (see on term, e.g. Cpd. 14 Mrs. Rh D. B. Psy., ch. iv.) DN.i.45; DN.ii.58 (cp. Dial. ii.54), DN.ii.66, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.77, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.228, DN.iii.238 (˚upādā …

velā →

pts

  1. time, point of time (often equal to; kāla Pp.13 (uḍḍahana˚); Ja.iv.294; Mil.87; Kp-a.181 Pp-a 187; Snp-a.111 (bhatta˚ meal-time); Dhs-a.219; Pv-a.61, Pv-a.104, Pv-a.109 (a …

velāmika →

pts

adjective “belonging to Velāma,” at DN.ii.198 used as a clan-name (f. Velāmikānī), with vv.ll. Vessinī & Vessāyinī (cp. Velāma Np. combd with Vessantara at Vb-a.414), and at DN.ii.333 cla …

velāyati →

pts

to destroy (?) Dhs-a.219 (cp. Expos. ii.297); explained by viddhaṃseti. More appropriate would be a meaning like “control,” bound restrict.

Denom. fr. velā

veyyāvacca →

pts

service, attention rendering a service; work, labour, commission, duty Vin.i.23; AN.iii.41; Ja.i.12 (kāya˚); Ja.vi.154; Snp-a.466; Vv-a.94; Thag-a.253. -kamma doing service, work Ja.iii.422; *- …

veḷu →

pts

-agga (veḷagga) the top of a bamboo Vin.ii.110

  • -gumba a bamboo thicket Snp-a.49, Snp-a.75. *…

vi →

pts

indeclinable

I.

  1. inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …

vijjā →

pts

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

vikkheḷikā →

pts

(adj
■ f.) having saliva dropping from the mouth (of sleeping women), slobbering Vin.i.15.

vi + kheḷa + ikā

vimāna →

pts

Vimāna1

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the defns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

vinā →

pts

indeclinable without, used as prep. (or post-position) with (usually) instr., e.g. Vin.ii.132 (vinā daṇḍena without a support); Pv-a.152 (purisehi vinā without men); or abl., e.g. Snp.589 (ñāti …

vinīta →

pts

led, trained, educated SN.v.261; AN.iv.310 (viyatta +); Dhp-a.ii.66 (˚vatthu); Pv-a.38- avinīta not trained SN.iv.287; Vv.29#7; Dhs.1003, Dhs.1217 suvinīta well trained SN.i …

vippayutta →

pts

separated SN.ii.173 (visaṃyutta +); Snp.914 (or ˚mutta). -paccaya the relation of dissociation Tikp.6, Kp.53 sq., Kp.65; Vism.539.

vi + payutta

vitāna →

pts

spread-out, canopy, awning Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.40, Ja.i.62, Ja.i.83; Dhp-a.ii.42; Snp-a.447; Vv-a.32 Vv-a.173; Pv-a.154. See also cela˚.

fr. vi + ; tan

vivaraṇa →

pts

  1. uncovering, unveiling, making open, revelation, in loka˚; laying open the worlds, unveiling of the Universe; referred to as a great miracle at Vism.392; Mil.350; Dāvs ii.120; Ja.iv.266
  2. opening …

viyācikkhati →

pts

in verse at Snp.1090 for vyācikkhati, i.e. vi + ācikkhati, to tell, relate, explain; pp. vyākhyāta.

viññāṇa →

pts

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

vosita →

pts

one who has attained (relative) achievement perfected, accomplished, mastering, in phrase abhiññā˚ one who masters special knowledge SN.i.167; Dhp.423; Iti.47 = Iti.61 = Iti.81; AN.i.165; cp. Dhp-a …

vossagga →

pts

relinquishing, relaxation; handing over, donation, gift (see on term as ethical Bdhgh at K.S. i.321) DN.iii.190 (issariya˚ handing over of authority), DN.iii.226; SN.iv.365 sq.; SN.v.63 sq., SN.v.35 …

vosāna →

pts

  1. (relative) achievement, perfection (in this world), accomplishment MN.ii.211 (diṭṭhadhamm’ âbhiññāvosāna-pārami-ppatta); Dhp.423 (cp Dhp-a.iv.233); Thag.784 (˚ṃ adhigacchati to reach perfection) …

vutta →

pts

Vutta1

said DN-a.i.17 (˚ṃ hoti that is to say); Dhp-a.ii.21, Dhp-a.ii.75, Dhp-a.ii.80; Snp-a.174.

  • -vādin one who speaks what is said (correctly), telling the tr …

vutta-velā →

pts

Vutta-velā

at Ja.iv.45 (tena vutta-velāyaṃ & ittarāya vutta-velāya) is by Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. vutta2 fancifully & wrongly taken as *vyuṣṭa (= vi + uṣṭa, pp. of; vas to shin …

vyasana →

pts

misfortune, misery, ruin, destruction, loss DN.i.248; SN.iii.137 (anaya˚); SN.iv.159; AN.i.33 AN.v.156 sq., AN.v.317 (several); Snp.694 (˚gata ruined); Pv.i.6#4 (= dukkha Pv-a.33); Pv.iii.5#6 (= anat …

vācanaka →

pts

talk, recitation, disputation; invitation (?), in brāhmaṇa˚; Ja.i.318 (karoti); Ja.iii.171, Ja.iv.391 (karoti); regarded as a kind of festival. At Ja.iii.238 vācanaka is used b …

vāda →

pts

  1. speaking, speech, talk, nearly always-˚, e.g. iti˚; hearsay, general talk MN.i.133; SN.v.73; AN.ii.26; kumāraka˚; child-talk or childish talk i.e. in the manner of talking to a child SN.ii.21 …

ya →

pts

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 …

yaka-peḷa →

pts

…(ref. Vism.257). Ya-kara

see peḷa

yakana →

pts

…is to be seen in cpd yaka-peḷa (q.v.). Yaka-pela

fr. gen. yaknaḥ or sec. stem yakan-of Vedic yakṛt; cp. Av. yākars; Gr. ἡπαρ, Lat….

yakkha →

pts

  1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

yanta →

pts

means for holding, contrivance, artifice, instrument machine, mechanism; fig. instrumentality (as perhaps in, kamma˚ at Th passages)
■ Referring to the machinery (outfit) of a ship (as oars, helm, …

yathā →

pts

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

yattaka →

pts

adjective however much, whatever, as many (in correlation with ta˚; or tattaka) Ja.v.74 (= yāvant); Vism.184 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti… tattakaṃ…), Vism.293 (yatta …

yeva →

pts

indeclinable emphatic particle meaning “even, just, also”; occurring most frequently (for eva) after palatal sounds, as : Snp.580 (pekkhataṃ yeva), Snp.822 (vivekaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.20 (saddhiṃ); Pv-a. …

yoga →

pts

lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device

  1. yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
  2. conn …

yugala →

pts

Yugala & Yugaḷa

neuter a pair couple Ja.i.12 (yugaḷa-yugaḷa-bhūtā in pairs), Ja.i.500 (bāhu˚); Ja.vi.270 (thana˚ the 2 breasts); Vism.219; Vb-a.51 (yugaḷato jointly, in pairs); the six “pairs of a …

yugaḷa →

pts

Yugala & Yugaḷa

neuter a pair couple Ja.i.12 (yugaḷa-yugaḷa-bhūtā in pairs), Ja.i.500 (bāhu˚); Ja.vi.270 (thana˚ the 2 breasts); Vism.219; Vb-a.51 (yugaḷato jointly, in pairs); the six “pairs of a …

yāma →

pts

  1. restraint, only as cpd. cātu-yāma 4-fold restraint DN.i.57; DN.iii.48; SN.i.66; MN.i.377; Vism.416. Cp. Dial. i.751.
  2. a watch of the night. There are 3 watches given as *paṭhama, …

yānin →

pts

adjective one who drives in a carriage Ja.iii.525 = Ja.iv.223 (where read yānī va for yān iva). At the latter passage the C. somewhat obscurely explains as “sappi-tela-yānena gacchanto viya”; at iii …

yāva →

pts

adverb

  1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

yāvant →

pts

pronoun, relative

  1. yāvant as adj.: as many (as) Dhp.337 (hāvant’ ettha samāgatā as many as are assembled here); Ja.v.72 (yāvanto uda-bindūni… tāvanto gaṇḍū jāyetha; C. on p. …

ñātaka →

pts

relation, relative, kinsman Vin.ii.194; MN.ii.67; Dhp.43; Snp.263 (= Kp-a.140 ñāyante amhākaṃ ime ti ñātakā), Snp.296, Snp.579; Pv.ii.1#4 (Minayeff, but Hardy ˚ika); Pv-a.19, Pv-a.21, Pv-a.31, Pv\ …

ñāti →

pts

relation, relative (= mātito pitito ca sambandhā Pv-a.25; = bandhū Pv-a.86; specialized as ˚sālohitā, see below). Pl. ñātayo (Pv.i.4#3; Kp-a.209 Kp-a.214) and ñātī (MN.ii.73; Kp-a.210, Kp-a.213 …

ñāṇa →

pts

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

  1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
    it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

ā →

pts

Ā1

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

ācela →

pts

in kañcanācela-bhūsita “adorned with golden clothes” Pv.ii.12#7 stands for cela˚.

ācikkhati →

pts

to tell, relate, show, describe, explain DN.i.110; AN.ii.189 (atthaṃ ā to interpret); Pp.59; Dhp-a.i.14; Snp-a.155; Pv-a.121, Pv-a.164 (describe)
imper pres. ācikkha Snp.1097 (= brūhi Cnd.119 …

āditta →

pts

set on fire, blazing, burning Vin.i.34; Kv.209 (sabbaṃ ādittaṃ); SN.iii.71; SN.iv.19, SN.iv.108; AN.iv.320 (˚cela); Snp.591; Ja.iv.391; Pv.i.8#5 (= paditta jalita Pv-a.41); Kv.209; DN-a.i.264; Pv-a …

āgamma →

pts

adverb With reference to (c. acc.), owing to, relating to; by means of, thanks to In meaning nearly synonymous with ārabbha, sandhāya & paṭicca (see K. S. 318 s. v.) DN.i.229; Iti.71; Ja.i.50 Ja.vi.42 …

ālaggeti →

pts

to (make) hang on to (loc.), to stick on, fasten to Vin.ii.110 (pattaṃ veḷagge ālaggetvā).

ā + Caus. of lag

ānantarika →

pts

Ānantarika & ˚ya

without an interval, immediately following, successive Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.212; Pp.13; Dhs.1291.

  • -kamma “conduct that finds retribution without delay (*Kvu trsl. …

ānantariya →

pts

Ānantarika & ˚ya

without an interval, immediately following, successive Vin.i.321; Vin.ii.212; Pp.13; Dhs.1291.

  • -kamma “conduct that finds retribution without delay (*Kvu trsl. …

ārammaṇa →

pts

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

  1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

āroceti →

pts

to relate, to tell, announce, speak to address DN.i.109, DN.i.224; Pv.ii.8#9 (aor, ārocayi); Pv-a.4, Pv-a.13 (aññamaññaṃ anārocetvā not speaking to each other), Pv-a.81, Pv-a.274 & freq. passim

ārādhaka →

pts

adjective noun

  1. [perhaps for *āraddhaka because of analogy to āraddha of ā + rabh ] successful accomplishing or accomplished, undertaking, eager Vin.i.70 (an˚ one who fails); MN.i.491; MN.ii.19 …

āsajja →

pts

indeclinable

  1. sitting on, going to, approaching; allocated, belonging to; sometimes merely as prep. acc “near” (cp. āsanna) Snp.418 (āsajja naṃ upāvisi he came up near to him), Snp.448 (kāko va sel …

āsaya →

pts

  1. abode, haunt, receptacle; dependence on, refuge, support, condition SN.i.38; Vin.iii.151; Ja.ii.99; Mil.257; Vv-a.60; Pv-a.210; jal˚ river Vv-a.47; Pgdp.80; adj. depending on, living in (-˚) Mi …

āvelita →

pts

…curved horns variant reading āvellita).

pp. of ā + vell, cp. āveḷa & BSk. āviddha curved, crooked Avs.i.87, Lal.207

āveḷa →

pts

…Vv.36#2 (kañcan˚; = āveḷa-pilandhana Vv-a.167). See āveḷin.

not with Müller; P.Gr. 10, 30, 37 = Sk. āpīḍa, but fr. ā +…

āveḷin →

pts

…(on Vv.30#2 explains as ratana-maya-pupph’ āveḷavatī).

fr. āveḷā

āvi →

pts

adverb clear, manifest, evident; openly, before one’s eyes, in full view. Only in phrase āvi vā raho openly or secret AN.v.350, AN.v.353; Pv.ii.7#16 = Dhp-a.iv.21 (āvī variant reading), expld. …

āyanā →

pts

at Dhs-a.259 and Vism.26 is a grammarian’s construction, abstracted from f. abstr. words ending in -āyanā, e.g. kankhā → kankhāyanā, of which the correct expln. is a derivation fr. caus …

āyatana →

pts

  1. stretch, extent, reach, compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh’s definition at DN-a.i.124 as “samosaraṇa”) DN.iii.241, DN.iii.279 (vimutti˚); SN.ii …

āḷāra →

pts

adjective thick, massed, dense or crooked, arched (?), only in cpd. -pamha with thick eyelashes Vv.64#11 (= gopakhuma Vv-a.279) Pv.iii.3#5 (= vellita-dīgha-nīla-pamukha). Cp. alāra. Alarika & …

āṇi →

pts

  1. the pin of a wheel-axle, a linch-pin MN.i.119; SN.ii.266, SN.ii.267; AN.ii.32; Snp.654; Ja.vi.253, Ja.vi.432; Snp-a.243; Kp-a.45, Kp-a.50.
  2. a peg, pin, bolt, stop (at a door) MN.i.119; SN.ii …

ṭhiti →

pts

state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …

ṭhāna →

pts

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

  1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
  2. by itself without parti …