gaha¹

masculine & neuter

1. a house, a home, a store house.
2. a seizer, one who seizes; seizing, laying hold of; one who holds.

gaha²

masculine a seizer, one who seizes; sei …

gāha¹

masculine a hiding place; retreat; or diving in, penetrating.

gāha²

mfn. & m. neuter

1. (mfn.) seizing.
2. (mfn.)…

Gaha¹

a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).

• -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …

…the spoons Pv.ii.9#53 (= gāhaka Pv-a.135) 2. (med-pass.) taken: jīvagāha taken alive, in ˚ṃ gaheti to take (prisoner) alive SN.i.84…

A prostitute in Rājagaha who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and stopped by libertines. So she s …

Aggikabhāradvāja¹AggikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin of Sāvatthī, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in …

Aggāḷave CetiyeAggālavacetiya

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

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

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

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 …

A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of …

AmbāṭakavanaAmbālavana

A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati. It became the residence of large numbers of monks, and discussions often took place there between Cittagahapati and the re …

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 …

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

An eminent wandering ascetic. He is mentioned as living in the Paribbājakārāma in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha c …

A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …

A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128

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Assaji¹

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

Mahā Kassapa says that while yet a “learner” he paid homage to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and, pr …

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 …

A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237

Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towar …

BhoganagaraBhogaBhogagāmanagara

A village in the Vajji country, where the Buddha stayed on his last journey, in the Ānanda cetiya, and where he preached a sermon on the four “Great References”. DN.ii …

Bhāradvāja¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178

Bhāradvāja²

He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

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 …

A valley (?) near Rājagaha, visited by the Buddha in the course of his wanderings. Here he laid down a rule, allowing monks to recite the pātimokkha under a learned monk if the leader of their own c …

Cunda¹

A worker in metals living in Pāvā. When the Buddha reached Pāvā on his way to Kusinārā, he stayed in Cunda’s Mango grove. There Cunda visited him and invited him and the monks to a …

An arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings to travelling monks and of directing them to meals. He …

A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …

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 …

An eminent Therī, ranked foremost among nuns who possessed the gift of preaching. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verse says that one without attachment is bound upstream. Thig.12 In Rājagaha her former husban …

A brahmin village near Dakkhiṇāgiri, to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his …

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

A festival held from time to time in Rājagaha. According to the Vinaya accounts Vin.ii.107f. Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing and music.

GomatakakandarāGomatakandarāGomatakaṇḍarā

A grotto some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge …

One of the places passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way from Bāvarī’s hermitage to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.

Between Gonaddha and their starting place lay Patitthāna, Māhissati and Ujjeni, an …

Hatthaka¹

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

A village on the road from Vesāli to Bhoganagara. It was the residence of Ugga-gahapati and is described as a village of the Vajjians.

The Buddha stayed there and was visited by Ugga. AN.iv.212 SN.i …

A headman of Rājagaha who visited the Buddha and asked him what destiny awaited him after death. The Buddha reluctantly replied that he would be born in the Sārañjita hell. SN.iv.310

HārikaHārita

A bandit of Rājagaha. After death he was born as a ghost with a headless trunk, and was seen by Moggallāna. His mouth and his eyes were on his chest. SN.ii.260

A peak near Rājagaha, the abode of the yakkha Indaka. The Buddha once lived there. SN.i.206

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A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

Isidatta¹

A verse uttered by Isidatta, in response to the Buddha’s enquiry regarding his welfare, is recorded in the Therāgāthā. Thag.120

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 I …

IsigiliIsigilapassa

One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite …

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 …

A prince who once visited the novice Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena declared that he wa …

A householder of Rājagaha and father of Dīghāvu. When Dīghāvu fell ill he sent Jotika to tell the Buddha. SN.v.344f.

A grove near Bhaddiya. The Buddha, when once staying there, laid down a rule about the use of slippers by monks. Vin.i.189f. There the banker Meṇḍaka visited him and provided meals for him and the m …

A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajāt …

A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …

A grotto, probably near Rājagaha. On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his friend to an assembly of *yak …

Kassapagotta¹

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

KassapakārāmaKassapārāma

A monastery in Rājagaha, probably near Veḷuvana. It was here that Assaji stayed during his last illness, when the Buddha visited him to comfort him. SN.iii.125

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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 …

A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

A monk, evidently held in high esteem by his colleagues. He is mentioned as staying in Kosambī, in Ghosita Park, and as asking Ānanda certain questions, recorded in the Kāmabhū Sutta. SN.iv.165 Two ot …

KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.

At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …

The black rock by the side of Isigili.

It was there that Godhika SN.i.120f. and Vakkali SN.iii.124 committed suicide.

It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājaga …

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 …

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 …

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 …

An epithet of Cittagahapati, because he lived in Macchikāslānda. AN.i.26

A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped …

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …

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 …

A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were prea …

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 …

A householder of Rājagaha. When he lay ill he was visited by Ānanda, to whom he confessed that even in his illness he practiced the four satipaṭṭhāna. He was quite free from the five lower fetters. SN.v.178

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

Nigrodha¹

A wanderer. Once, when he was staying with a large number of colleagues at the Udumbarikārāma near Rājagaha, Sandhāna, on his way to see the Buddha, stopped him and entered into …

Nigrodhārāma¹

A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …

A park near Hatthigāma, belonging to Uggagahapati. It was there that he first met the Buddha and was converted. AN.iv.213

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NālāgiriNāḷāgiri

An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the B …

NāḷandāNālaNālakaNālikaUpatissagāma

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

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

Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …

…had with the Paribbājaka Uggāhamāna Samanamandikāputta, and the Buddha preached to him the Samaṇamaṇḍikā Sutta. MN.ii.23ff.

The…

A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68

near Rājagaha3hill

An Ājīvaka. He came of a wagon building stock of bygone days. In the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta, MN.i.31f. Moggallāna tells Sāriputta that, one day, when begging alms in Rājagaha, he came to the house of Samīti …

PaṭiyālokaPatiyāloka

A place near Rājagaha. Vin.iv.79 Vin.iv.131

near Rājagaha3town

PippaliguhāPipphaligūhā

A cave near Rājagaha, evidently a favourite haunt of Mahā Kassapa. Once when he lay there grievously ill, the Buddha visited him and cheered him by talking to him of the seven …

Piṇḍola¹

A Pacceka Buddha, given in a nominal list. MN.iii.69

Piṇḍola²Bhāradvāja

An arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubti …

A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of i …

A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …

Purāṇa¹

A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

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Pāvārikambavana¹

The mango grove of Pāvārika of Kosambī.

Kosambī3parkPāvārikambavana²

A mango grove at Nāḷandā where the Buddha stayed when on a visit there. DN.ii.81 It was t …

The legendary inhabitants of Rājagaha, in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha. At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years. The people took three days to …

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

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

SakkharaSakkāra

A township of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya.

Sākya, not far from Rājagaha3town

A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is also said to hav …

A householder of Rājagaha. He was a follower of the Buddha, and it was his conversation with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.

In the Aṅguttara he i …

SappasoṇḍikapabbhāraSappasoṇḍika

A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is reco …

A Paribbājaka who joined the Order and soon after left it. He then went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Ord …

A cave in Rājagaha, on the slope of Mount Vebhāra. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he gave to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to live for an eon, but Ānanda, because of his un-mindfulne …

SetabyāSetavyā

A town in Kosala, DN.ii.316 near which was Ukkaṭṭha.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.37 records a conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from …

SippinikātīraSappinīSappinīkā

A river that flowed through Rājagaha. On its bank was a Paribbājakārāma where famous Paribbājakas lived in the Buddha’s time. AN.i.185 AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 SN.i.153

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Sirivaḍḍha¹

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of meditating in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41

Sirivaḍḍha²

A minister of Pasena …

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 …

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 …

A wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sāriputt …

Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …

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 …

A monk of Rājagaha. One day, as he walked through the street, a woman asked him to stop for a moment that she might worship him, and, raising the end of his robe, took his penis into her mouth. A doub …

An upāsikā of Rājagaha. She held the view that one who offered herself for sexual intercourse gave the supreme gift. Vin.iii.39

A poor leper of Rājagaha, who, one day seated in the outer circle of people, heard the Buddha preach and became a sotāpanna. While waiting the departure of the crowd so that he could pay homage to t …

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35

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Suppiyā¹

The name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192

Suppiyā²

An upāsaka of Benares. Her husban …

Susīma¹

A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all that Ānanda has said. The retinue of Susīma listen enraptu …

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 …

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

The capital city of Kosala in India and one of the six great Indian cities during the lifetime of the Buddha. DN.ii.147 It was six leagues from Sāketa. Vin.i.253 It was on the banks of the Aciravatī.V …

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155*f …

A Pacceka Buddha, MN.iii.69 third among the five hundred sons of Padumavatī, all of whom became Pacceka Buddhas. Suppabuddha, a banker of Rājagaha, having seen the Pacceka Buddha on his way to a park, …

A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha. The lake was cool, but the stream flowing from it, also called Tapodā, Vin.iii.108 Vin.iv.116f. was hot. Around it was the Tapodārāma.

Mon …

A grove near lake Tapodā. In the grove was a monastery where the Buddha seems to have stayed on several occasions. It is said DN.ii.116 that on one such occasion the Buddha gave Ānanda the chance of a …

TapussaTapassu

A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They o …

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

One of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni. MN.ii.185

Rājagaha3building

Name of a monk in Rājagaha. He lived in solitude, the virtues of which state he extolled. Hearing this, the Buddha sent for him and taught him how the solitary life could be perfected in detail. SN.ii.282f.

A cave outside Rājagaha where lodgings were provided for visiting monks. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iii.159

outside Rājagaha3monastery

The name given to the inhabitants of Mount Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190

TālaputaTālapuṭa

A stage-manager of Rājagaha. One day he visited the Buddha and asked if it was true that players who delight large audiences are reborn among the gods of laughter. Three times the B …

UggahaMeṇḍakanattā

The grandson of the banker Meṇḍaka; he lived in Bhaddiya. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Jātiyāvana at Bhaddiya, Uggaha invited him and three monks to a meal at his house. …

A great brahmin. Having made preparations for a great sacrifice, in which numerous animals were to be slaughtered, he visited the Buddha at Jetavana to consult him as to the efficacy of the sacrifice. …

UggāhamānaSamaṇamaṇḍikāputtaSamaṇamuṇḍikāputta

A Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at…

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 …

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 …

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 …

A wanderer who later became an arahant Thera. Several conversations he had with the Buddha are mentioned in the books. For details see the Tevijja Vacchagotta-, Aggi Vacchagotta-, Mahā Vacchagotta- …

Vakkali

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …

A noted wanderer in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rāja …

A brahmin, chief minister of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.72ff.

At Ajātasattu’s suggestion, Vass …

One of the five hills surrounding Rājagaha. MN.iii.68 In this hill was the Sattapaṇṇiguhā, where the first Convocation was held. Vin.ii.76 The river Tapodā rose in a lake at the foot of Vebhāra.

25.0 …

VepullaVipulaVaṅkakaPācīnavaṃsaSupassa

The highest of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67

• In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa
• in the time of Koṇāga …

Veḷuvana¹Veṇuvana

A park near Rājagaha, the pleasure garden of Bimbisāra. When the Buddha first visited Rājagaha, after his Enlightenment, he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The da …

Visākha¹

Husband of Dhammadinnā. After Dhammadinnā had joined the Order, she left the city and retired into the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, …

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 …

A physician of Rājagaha who lanced the fistula of a monk. Meeting the Buddha, he told him of the lancing, trying to make fun of it. The Buddha, having made inquiries, declared the performance of such …

ĀrāmikagāmaPilindagāma

The name given to the village in which lived the five hundred park-keepers who were given by Bimbisāra to the Elder Pilindavaccha. It was near Rājagaha and was also called Pil …

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 …

megtanult jel

plunges into; enters; puts out (to sea).

anuggaha¹

masculine favor, kindness; help, assistance.

anuggaha²

mfn. not taking up

(~entī)n.

causes (someone) to help, to favor

(-ikā)n. helping; furthering.

lacking kind treatment; not helpful, unsympathetic.

plunging into; going deep into.

(from aṅkusaggaha) the art of elephant driving

“one who holds the hook”, an elephant driver

eclipse of the moon.

those who hold the chowry and parasol.

(one) who receives robe material (on behalf of the saṅgha.

(one) who holds the ladle.

who disparages the devas.

favoring, kind treatment, with dhamma.

who bears a bow; an archer.

taking hold of wrongly; a bad seizing

hard to control

hard to go deeply into; hard to reach the bottom of, hard to fathom.

whose digestion is upset

wood store; a timber store.

house; a small house

house-builder, a mason, a carpenter.

the roof peak of a house.

1. (mfn.) deep; dense, thick; a dense of growth; entangled, overgrown, impenetrable.
2. (n.) a place hard to pass through; a hiding place.

relying on or taking refuge in a hiding place.

belonging to or connected with a gahapati.

the householder’s fire.

gahapati¹

masculine the master of a house, the head of the family, one whose business is trade or agriculture.

gahapati²

masculine place of storage or cooking.

robe or robe-material given by a householder.

of also gahapata

1. (m.) one who belongs to the gahapati class.
2. (mfn.) belonging or connected to a gahapati

family or community of the gahapati class.

very wealthy householder.

tradesman who is a skillful accumulator; a rich tradesman.

the householder’s treasure (one of the seven treasures of the cakkavatti(n) emperor)

of gahapataggi

mistress of the house; wife of a gahapati.

domestic property or wealth.

seizing, taking hold of; grasping; grasp: acquiring.

of the body where heat assists digestion; its digestive heat.

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

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

of gaṇhāti

seizing by the throat.

festival held at rājagaha.

place enclosed by hills or mountains (like a cow pen); the name (of the area of rājagaha)

(one) who receives, a recipient; one who holds.

of gāheti

causes to take ( or lay hold of); causes to be taken or seized; hands over, distributes, allots (to, dat./gen.); causes to learn, teaches

of gāhāpeti

women; wives

captures, takes alive.

captures, takes alive.

losing catch at dice; bad luck, ill fortune

winning catch at dice; good fortune.

winning catch at dice; good fortune.

obscuring, occultation, of a star or a pattern or a group of stars.

freshly or recently caught

(occasion for) refutation; reprimand; chastisement; punishment.

one who reprimands, chastises; who coerces, enforces.

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics; exclusive concentration (on, loc.); being completely taken up (by, loc.)

apprehending, responding emotionally to, an object or appearance; grasping, occupying oneself with, external features or characteristics; exclusive concentration (on, loc.); being completely taken up (by, loc.)

who has struck or killed the mighty being.

bathing place; a ford.

ogāha-m-uttiṇṇa

mfn. emerged from the bathing place

bathing place.

plunges into; bathes in; goes deep into (+ acc. or loc).

who scorns or disparages (the element of fire)

1. (n.) a place overgrown with grass.
2. (mfn.) a place dense with grass; a clump of grass or hay.

taking hold of (mentally), grasping; grasp; learning, what is learnt.

causes to pick up; makes take or accept; makes learn, teaches

who scorns or disparages (the element of) water

(or mfn.) seizure, possession by a whirlpool; (or: seized by a whirlpool)

(or mfn.) seizure, possession by a whirlpool; (or: seized by a whirlpool)

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

Favour: 4 ways of showing sangaha-vatthu

Foundation: nissaya one of the 24 conditions paccaya,. Wrong f. of morality, see: nissaya f. of sympathy: sangaha-vatthu f. f orming absorptions: pādaka-jjhāna, - f. o …

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

…adj.); Cnd.227 (gāha parāmasa +); Pp.22; Vb.145; Dhs.381, Dhs.1003, Dhs.1099; Ne.28; Pv-a.252 (micchā˚), Pv-a.267 (taṇhā˚);…

1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

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. …

Agga¹

adjective noun

1. (adj.)
   1. of time: the first, foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds
   2. of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā)
   3. of qual …

fire.

1. fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …

1. house or hut, usually implying the comforts of living at home as opp. to anagāra homelessness or the state of a homeless wanderer (mendicant). See anagāriyā
   ■ Thus freq. in two phrases con …

…= MN.i.73; AN.iv.377.

• -gāha a snake catcher or trainer Ja.vi.192
• -guṇṭhika (? reading…

…(samuddaṃ); Mil.300 (vanaṃ)
pp ajjhogāḷha (q.v.). Cp. pariyogāhati.

Sk. *abhyavagāhate; adhi (= abhi) + ava + gāh

…(samuddaṃ); Mil.300 (vanaṃ)
pp ajjhogāḷha (q.v.). Cp. pariyogāhati.

Sk. *abhyavagāhate; adhi (= abhi) + ava + gāh

plunged into, immersed; having entered MN.i.457; SN.i.201; Mil.348.

pp. of ajjhogāhati

adverb prep. (c. gen. acc. or loc.), pref. (˚-) and adv. “in between” (of space & time), midway, inside; during meanwhile, between. On interpretation of term see DN-a.i.34 sq

1. (prep.) c. ac …

…˚kiṇṇa ˚gāhati, ˚bujjhati ˚bodha, ˚lokin, ˚vajja.

Note

1. anu in comp^n. is always contracted to -ānu˚;…

Anuggaha¹

“taking up”, compassion, love for, kindness, assistance, help, favour, benefit SN.ii.11 SN.iii.109; SN.iv.104; SN.v.162; AN.i.92, AN.i.114; AN.ii.145; AN.iv.167; AN.v.70; Iti.12, …

adjective compassionate, ready to help Pv-a.42 ˚sīla.

cp. anuggaha

anuggaha¹ Dhs-a.403. Anu(g)ganhati

adjective helping, assisting SN.iii.5; SN.v.162; Mil.354 (nt. = help).

fr. anuggaha

to plunge into, to enter (acc.) Sdhp.611.

anu + gāhati

to go into, to enter Dhp.i.290; Vv-a.42 (= ogāhati)
pp -paviṭṭha (q.v.) Caus. -paveseti (q.v.).

anu + pa + visati

adjective free from attachment (opp. sādāna) AN.ii.10 = Iti.9 = Iti.109 = Cnd.172#a; Snp.620, Snp.741 Snp.1094; Cnd.41 (where as nt. = taṇha); Dhp.352 (= khandhādisu niggahaṇa Dhp-a.iv.70), 396, 406, …

adjective unmarried (of a woman) Ja.iv.178 (āpāda = apādāna C.; aññehi akata-pariggahā).

an + āpāda

? giving away in marriage Ja.iv.179 (in explanation of anāpāda unmarried; reading should prob be āpāda = pariggaha)

apa + ā + dā

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 …

…of atigāḷheti, Denom. fr. atigāḷha; cp. Sk. atigāhate to overcome

at Pv-a.222 is uncertain reading; the meaning is “known, understood” (aññāta Pv.iv.1#11); perhaps we should read āvikata or adhigata (so variant reading BB). Avagahati & ogahati;

pp. of avagacchati

hindrance, impediment, used at DN-a.i.95 as syn. for drought (dubuṭṭhikā).

Sk. avagraha

Avagāhati & ogāhati

to plunge or enter into, to be absorbed in (acc. & loc.) Vism.678 (vipassanāvīthiṃ); Sdhp.370, Sdhp.383.

ava + gāhati

hook, a pole with a hook, used

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

…samādhi, anavajja˚, sangāha˚. 3 paṭisankhāna˚ bhāvanā˚, anavajja˚; sangāha˚
■ For 4 balāni see also DN.iii.229 note, and…

…AN.ii.68.

• -paṭiggāhaka receiving offerings worthy of oblations Ja.ii.17 (yakkha; interpreted by Fick,…

…Ja.v.46; Mil.3, Mil.244. -gāha possession by a demon Mil.168 (cp. Divy.235). -ṭṭhāna place of a ghost Kp-a.170…

adjective living on sour gruel; Name of a class of brāhmaṇas at Rājagaha SN.i.164.

term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

…a gem Mil.118;

• -(g)gāha a moon-eclipse (lit seizure, i.e. by Rāhu) DN.i.10 (cp. DN-a.i.95);
• -maṇḍala…

…a whisk Snp.688; Vv.64#3; Ja.vi.510; Vv-a.271, Vv-a.276. Cpd. cāmarī-gāhaka Ja.vi.218 (anka) a hook holding the whisk.

from camara

…the c. Vin.i.284

• -paṭiggāhaka the receiver of a robe Vin.i.283 Vin.ii.176 Vin.v.205 AN.iii.274f.
• -paṭivisa a portion of the c….

Dabba¹

adjective noun

1. fit for, able, worthy, good, SN.i.187 = Thag.1218, cp. Pss of the Brethren, 399, n. 4 (= Sk. bhavya, cp. Pāṇini v.3, 104 dravyaṃ ca bhavyaḥ)
2. material, subs …

…ladle Dhp-a.i.371;

• -gāha holding a spoon, viz. for the purposes of offering MN.ii.157 (of a priest); Pv.ii.9#53 (=…

master of the house, householder, see tudampati & cp. gahapati.

Sk. dampati master of the house; dual: husband & wife; cp. also patir dan, *dam, as in Gr. δ ̈ω, δ ̈ωμα & δες-in δεσπότης = dampati …

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

…material gifts);

• -saṅgāhaka a compiler of the sacred scriptures, a διασκευαστής Vv-a.3, Vv-a.169 *…

bow MN.i.429; Ja.i.50, Ja.i.150 Ja.ii.88; Ja.iv.327; Pv-a.285.

• -kalāpa bow & quiver Vin.ii.192; MN.i.86; MN.ii.99; AN.iii.94; Pv-a.154;
• -kāra a bow maker …

…(identical)

• -sampaggāha “a solid grip of the burden” (Mrs. Rhys Davids) Dhs.13 Dhs.22 etc. (opposite nikkhepa)
• -ssaha enduring…

…of unflinching endurance“ Cnd.394, Cnd.405 = Dhs.13 etc. = Vb.350, Vb.370 (+ dhura-sampaggāha); opp nikkhitta-dh. weakness of character,…

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

Du˚¹

(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable

1. syllable of exclamation (= duḥ “bad, woe” (beginning the word du (j)-jīvitaṃ) Dhp-a.ii.6, Dhp-a.ii.10 = Pv-a.280, cp. Ja.iii.47; Bdhgh’s …

Dussa¹

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

adjective noun spoilt, corrupt; bad, malignant, wicked Vin.iii.118; SN.ii.259 SN.ii.262; SN.iv.339; AN.i.124 (˚âruka), AN.i.127 (id.), AN.i.157 sq.; Iti.68 (saro d., perhaps should be read as diddho); …

Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dh …

wood, piece of wood; pl. woodwork, sticks AN.i.112; Iti.71; Dhp.80; Ja.ii.102; Ja.iii.54; Ja.vi.366; Dhp-a.i.393; Pv-a.76 (candana˚) Pv-a.141.

• -kuṭikā a hut, log-house Vin. …

Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dh …

female servant, a handmaiden a slave-girl Vin.i.217, Vin.i.269, Vin.i.291; Vin.ii.10 (kula˚), Vin.ii.78, Vin.iii.161; MN.i.125; MN.ii.62 (ñāti˚); Pv.ii.3#21 (ghara˚); Pv-a.46, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.65
■ …

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 …

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

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

adjective noun belonging to the rank or grade of a householder, a member of the gentry, a man of private means (see gahapati) DN.i.61 (expl. as gehassa pati ekageha-matte jeṭṭha …

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

the “seizer,” a supposed organ of the body dealing with digestion and gestation. Sama-vepākiniyā g˚ iyā samannāgata “endowed with good digestion” DN.ii.177 = DN.iii.166. Same phrase at Avs.i.168, Avs …

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 …

…in ˚niyyamāna id. SN.i.143 = Ja.iii.361 (expl. as karamaragāhaṃ gahetvā niyyamāna; cp. karamara).

… ■ Cp. gaha, gahaṇa, gāha.

Meanings

to take, take up; take hold of; grasp seize; assume.

e.g. ovādaṃ g. to take advice…

… ■ Cp. gaha, gahaṇa, gāha.

Meanings

to take, take up; take hold of; grasp seize; assume.

e.g. ovādaṃ g. to take advice…

dwelling, hut, house the household Ja.i.145, Ja.i.266, Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.18, Ja.ii.103, Ja.ii.110, Ja.ii.155 Ja.vi.367; Vism.593; Pv-a.22, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = D …

Ghara¹

(nt.; pl. ˚ā Dhp.241, Dhp.302) a house AN.ii.68; Snp.43 (gahaṭṭhā gharaṃ āvasantā), Snp.337 (abl gharā), Snp.889 (id. gharamhā); Ja.i.290 (id. gharato), Ja.iv.2, Ja.iv.364, Ja.iv.49 …

only in agiha (adj.) houseless, homeless (= pabbajita, a Wanderer); poet. for anagāra Snp.456 Snp.464, Snp.487, Snp.497.

= gaha

adjective noun a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opp. pabbajita & paribbājaka). Geu. sg. gihissa (DN.iii.147, DN.iii.167) & gihino (DN.iii.174); n. pl. gihī; in compounds *gihī …

1. (m.) a vulture. Classed with kāka, crow & kulala, hawk MN.i.88; (kākā +), MN.i.364 (in simile, with kankā & kulatā), MN.i.429 (do.); Snp.201 (kākā +); Pv-a.198 (+ kulalā). It occurs also in the …

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 …

, 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. …

…pp. of gāh, see gāhati

Gādha²

adj. passable, fordable in a˚ unfathomable, deep Pv-a.77 (=…

adjective f. gāhikā holding (-˚) chatta˚ Snp.688; Dāvs ii.119; katacchu˚ Pv-a.135; cāmarī˚ Ja.vi.218 Cp. saṃ˚.

submersion, see avagahana, avagāhati & avagāhana.

fr. last

…gādha & gāḷha; cp also avagadha ajjhogāhati, ogāhati, pagāhati.

Sk. gāhate but Dhtp.349 = viloḷana

in ekaṃsa-gāhavatī nibbici kicchā “doubtlessness consisting in certainty” Vv-a.85 in explained of ekaṃsika.

to understand, to account for DN-a.i.117.

v. denom. fr. gāha

one who is made to take up, a receiver Vin.ii.177 (patta˚).

fr. gāhāpeti

to cause to take; to cause to be seized or fetched; to remove. Aor, gāhāpesi Ja.i.53; Ja.ii.37; gāhāpayi Pv.iv.1#42
ger gāhāpetvā Ja.i.166; Ja.ii.127; Ja.iii.281; Dhp-a.i.62 (patta-cīvaraṃ) With d …

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 …

…2 and gaḷita. 2. [cp. gādha¹] deep Ja.i.155 (˚vedhin, piercing); Mil.370 (ogāhati). Cp. ajjhogāḷha, atigāḷha, ogāḷha,…

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

adjective menial; a retainer, in the phrase muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā kaṇhā (kiṇhā) bandhupādāpaccā DN.i.90 (variant reading SS imbha T. kiṇhā, variant reading kaṇhā), DN.i.91, DN.i.103; MN.i.334 (ki …

…of debt Thag-a.245.

• -gāhaka a borrower Mil.364.
• -ghāta stricken by debt Snp.246 (iṇaṃ…

creature, living being:

1. sg. an individual, a creature person, man Snp.121, Snp.676, Snp.807, Snp.1023 (sabba everybody) Usually collectively: people, they, one (= Fr. on), with pl. of verb Dhp.249 …

vanquishing, overcoming, victory DN.i.10; Snp.681; Ja.ii.406; opp. parājaya Vism.401.

• -ggaha the lucky die Ja.iv.322 (= kaṭaggaha, q.v.)
• -parājaya victory & defeat Dhp.2 …

…Ja.ii.155; Pv-a.76.

• -gāhaṃ (adv.) taken alive, in phrase j.˚ gaṇhāti or gaṇhāpeti SN.i.84; Ja.i.180; Ja.ii.404; cp. karamara; *…

Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), ve …

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 …

1. a squirrel Mil.368.
2. an (ornamental) cloth or mat, spread as a seat Ja.vi.224; -nivāpa Name of a locality in Veḷuvana, near Rājagaha, where oblations had been made to squirre …

1. the unlucky die (see akkha); “the dice were seeds of a tree called the vibhītaka… An extra seed was called the kali” (Dial. ii.368 n. DN.ii.349; Ja.i.380; Dhp.252 (= Dhp-a.iii …

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 …

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

…(= dhajāhaṭā); -gāhaṃ gaṇhāti to make prisoner Ja.i.355; Ja.iii.361;

• -mita “to be measured with (two)…

husbandman, cultivator, peasant, farmer, ploughman DN.i.61 (k˚ gahapatiko kārakārako rāsi-vaḍḍhako); AN.i.241; AN.i.229, AN.i.239 (the three duties of a farmer); SN.i.172 = Snp.76; SN.iii.155 (varian …

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

1. the portion of a stalk or cane between one knot and another; the whole stalk or shaft; the shaft of an arrow, an arrow in general MN.i.429 (two kinds of arrows: kaccha & ropima, cp kaṇḍa-cittaka); …

1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

Kaṭa¹

a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.

• -sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine Dhs-a.78.
• -sāra (Dhp-a.i.268) & *[sāraka](/define/sāraka …

…Ja.i.454; Ja.iii.277.

• -gāha “holding on to one’s spoon,” i.e. disinclination to give food, niggardliness, stinginess…

…id. Dhp-a.iii.75 -gāhaka a sword-bearer Mil.114; -tala sword-blade Mhvs.25, Mhvs.90. 2. a rhinoceros Ja.v.406 (= gavaja);…

nom. also khattiyāse Ja.iii.441. A shortened form is khatya Ja.vi.397
■ f. khattiyā AN.iii.226–⁠AN.iii.229, khattī DN.i.193, and khattiyī. A member of one of the clans or tribes recognised as of Ary …

1. (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …

1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

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

proficiency. There are 3 kinds mentioned at DN.iii.220, Vb.325 & Vism.439 sq. viz.; āya˚, apāya˚; and upāya˚; at Dhs.16 = Dhs.20 = Dhs.292 Dhs.555 = Nd ii.ad paññā it is classed between paṇḍicca a …

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

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 …

Kūṭa¹

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

…Vv-a.138.

• -paṭiggāhaka one who reads the signs, a soothsayer wise man Ja.i.56. *…

…Ja.ii.196; Ja.v.1.

• -ggāha taking of bribes Ja.v.109.
• -daṇḍaka a staff given as a present (?) Ja.vi.450…

adjective auspicious prosperous, lucky, festive Mnd.87, Mnd.88; Kp-a.118 sq. Snp-a.273, Snp-a.595; Sdhp.551
■ nt. maṅgalaṃ good omen auspices, festivity Snp.258; Vin.ii.129; Pv-a.17. A curious …

Medhaga & ˚ka

quarrel, strife Vin.ii.88 (˚ka) Thig.344; Snp.893, Snp.894 (= kalaha, bhaṇḍana, viggaha vivāda Mnd.302, Mnd.303), Snp.935 (T. ˚ka; Mnd.402 & Mnd.406 ˚ga with variant reading SS ˚ka); Dh …

Medhaga & ˚ka

quarrel, strife Vin.ii.88 (˚ka) Thig.344; Snp.893, Snp.894 (= kalaha, bhaṇḍana, viggaha vivāda Mnd.302, Mnd.303), Snp.935 (T. ˚ka; Mnd.402 & Mnd.406 ˚ga with variant reading SS ˚ka); Dh …

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

stronghold, citadel, fortress a (fortified) town, city. As seat of the government as important centre of trade contrasted with gāma nigama (village & market-place or township) Vin.iii.47 (˚bandhana), …

…of a star (by a demon see gāha), the disappearance of a planet (transit?) DN.i.10 (expl. at DN-a.i.95 as nakkhattasa…

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.; …

1. restraint, control, rebuke, censure, blame Vin.ii.196; AN.i.98, AN.i.174; AN.v.70; Ja.v.116 (opp. paggaha); Ja.vi.371 (id.) Mil.28, Mil.45, Mil.224
   ■ dun˚; hard to control (citta) Dhp.35 (cp …

adjective without acquisitions, i.e. poor Ja.ii.367 (variant reading BB. as gloss nirāhāra).

Sk. *nirgahaṇa, cp. nirgṛha homeless; nis + gahaṇa

restraint Vism.134 (cittassa). Opp. pagg˚.

abstr. fr. ni + gṛh, cp. next

adjective

1. going out, proceeding from (abl.): dahato niggatā nadī (a river issuing from a lake) Pv-a.152.
2. (= nigata? or = nis + gata “of ill fate”) destined, fateful; miserable unfortunate Pv\ …

to be seized by (?), to be blamed for Dhp-a.i.295 (cittaṃ dukkhena n., in explⁿ of dunniggaha).

Sk. nigṛhyate, ni + gayhati, Pass. of niggaṇhāti

…variant reading ghātaka); Ja.iv.362 (= balisādhaka Com.).

ni + gāhaka, see niggaṇhāti

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

nis + mṛd

name.

1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
   ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

…see gādha¹ & gāhati

…Snp-a.265). See also avagāhana.

o + gahana fr. gāhati; Sk. avagāhana; concerning shortening of ā cp. avagadha

diving into; only in cpd. pariy˚. Ogahati (ogaheti)

fr. o + gah

plunging into (-˚) Pv-a.158.

fr. ogāhati

…˚itvā). See also ava˚.

Sk. avagāhate; ava + gāhati

Avagāhati & ogāhati

to plunge or enter into, to be absorbed in (acc. & loc.) Vism.678 (vipassanāvīthiṃ); Sdhp.370, Sdhp.383.

ava + gāhati

…˚itvā). See also ava˚.

Sk. avagāhate; ava + gāhati

1. return to, going into (acc.) visiting Ja.i.154 (gāmantaṃ ˚kāle).
2. withdrawal, distraction, drawing or moving away, heresy Snp.538 (ogahanāni titthāni, diṭṭhiyo ti attho Snp-a.434).

fr. avasarati

Osaṭa

having withdrawn to (acc.), gone to or into, undergone, visited MN.i.176, MN.i.469 (padasamācāro sangha-majjhe o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā bahū). See also * …

1. a mountain (-range), hill, rock SN.i.101 SN.i.102, SN.i.127, SN.i.137; SN.ii.32, SN.ii.185, SN.ii.190; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iv.102 (dhūpāyati); Snp.413, Snp.417, Snp.543, Snp.958, Snp.1014; Mnd …

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

…˚lakkhaṇa). 2. paggāha: AN.i.83, AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); Dhs.277 (trsl. “grasp”), Dhs.336, Dhs.1359 (˚nimitta);…

stretching forth, lifting, holding out; of the hands as sign of respectful salutation (cp. añjaliṃ paggaṇhāti) Ja.iii.82-Abstr. -tā = paggaha 1. Vism.134.

fr. pa + gṛh, cp. paggaṇhāti

medicinal plant with bitter fruit Ja.ii.105 (variant reading pakkava). Paggaha & Paggaha;

etym?

Paggāha

see paggaha.

…˚lakkhaṇa). 2. paggāha: AN.i.83, AN.i.256 (˚nimitta); Dhs.277 (trsl. “grasp”), Dhs.336, Dhs.1359 (˚nimitta);…

…hawker in cloth or would he open a shop“).

paggāha + ika

…+…

sunk into, immersed in (loc.) Snp.441, Snp.772 (= ogāḷha ajjhogāḷha nimugga Mnd.26).

pp. of pagāhati

(-ī)

1. (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20. (m.) Prajāpati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda & Brahmā, …

jumped on, fallen on to or into, chanced upon, acquired MN.i.39; Thag.342 (diṭṭhigahanā˚) Ja.v.471; Mil.144 (saṃsaya˚), Mil.156, Mil.390 (kupatha˚).

pp. of pakkhandati; often wrongly spelt pakkhanta

…nearest synonym is yuga-ggāha (so Vb.357; Pp.18, where yuddhaggāha is read; Ja.iii.259; Vv-a.71); it is often combined with…

…→ pariyesati, ajjhogāhati → pariyogāhati) and abhi (cp abhirādheti → paritoseti, abhitāpa → paritāpa, abhipīḷita →…

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. …

1. wrapping round, enclosing Thag.419 (? cp. Brethren 217 n. 6).
2. taking up, seizing on, acquiring, acquisition, also in bad sense of “grasping” Snp.779 (= taṇhā and diṭṭhi˚ Mnd.57) Pts.i.172; Pts …

adjective including, occupying Ne.79 (= upathambhaka C. as quoted in Index p. 276).

fr. pariggaha

thrown round, overspread, overlaid, enclosed, fenced in, encircling, surrounded by (-˚) MN.iii.46; AN.iv.106 (su˚); SN.i.331 (read valligahana˚); Pv.iv.3#36 (variant reading for pariyanta as in Pv.i. …

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

pari + Caus. of sangaṇhāti

surrounding people, group collection, company, assembly, association, multitude Var. typical sets of assemblies are found in the Canon viz, eight assemblies (khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚, gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, …

1. surrounding, suite, retinue, followers, entourage, pomp Ja.i.151; Ja.iv.38; Ja.vi.75; Pv-a.21, Pv-a.30 (˚cāga-cetana, read pariccāga-cetana?); usually as adj.-˚ surrounded by, in company of …

-na (nt.) search, quest, inquiry

1. (-nā) DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61, DN.ii.280 (twofold, viz. sevitabbā and asevitabbā); DN.iii.289; MN.i.161 (twofold, viz ariyā & anariyā); AN.ii.247 (id.); SN.i.143; …

diving into, penetration; only in cpd. dup˚; hard to penetrate, unfathomable SN.iv.376; Mil.70. Pariyogahati & gaheti;

pari + ogāha

…(a˚); Pp.21 (a˚); Dhs-a.260.

pari + ogāhana

…Pp.33 (a˚), Pp.48 sq. Cp. ajjhogāhati.

pari + ogāhati

…Pp.33 (a˚), Pp.48 sq. Cp. ajjhogāhati.

pari + ogāhati

…into the Dhamma Vin.i.16; AN.iv.186, AN.iv.210; Ud.49.

pp. of pariyogāhati, see also ogādha¹

…losing at play SN.i.149 (dhana˚) = AN.v.171 = Snp.659; Ja.vi.234 (˚gāha sustainment of a loss).

parā + ji, opp. of jaya

…gantha), and cp. Cnd.227 (gāha p abhinivesa) and Nd ii.under taṇhā iii.1 C
■ See also parāmasa.

parā +…

Pati¹

lord, master, owner, leader.

1. in general DN.iii.93 (khettānaṃ p. gloss adhipati). Mostly-˚; see under gavam˚, gaha˚, dāna˚, yūtha˚, senā˚.
2. husband SN.i.210; Snp.314; Ja.iii.13 …

…= Cnd.271#iii Dhs-a.253. The variant reading at Nd ii.is paṭiggāha which is also read by Dhs.

fr. patiṭṭhahati

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

(-˚) entrance Thag-a.66 (Rājagaha˚); Dhp-a.iv.150.

fr. pa + viś

1. the Pavāraṇā, a ceremony at the termination of the Vassa Vin.i.155, Vin.i.160 (where 2 kinds cātuddasikā & pannarasikā); Vin.ii.32. Vin.ii.167; DN.ii.220; SN.i.190. pavāraṇaṃ ṭhapeti to fix or de …

…AN.iv.13 sq. (pariyogāhamāna); AN.v.39 (disvā) Snp.1035 (see Cnd.380#ii); Iti.93 (moh’aggiṃ, variant reading saññāya); Pv-a.60…

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

1. receiving, acceptance; one who receives, recipient Ja.i.146; Ja.ii.9; Ja.vi.474; Pv.iii.1#11
2. friendly reception Ja.vi.526.
3. receptacle (for water etc.) Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.213 (udaka˚).
4. a th …

acceptance, receiving, taking MN.iii.34; SN.v.472; Snp-a.341
■ accaya˚ acceptance of a sin, i.e. pardon, absolution Ja.v.380.

fr. paṭigganhāti

adjective noun receiving, receiver Pv-a.175. Patigganhati (patiganhati)

paṭiggaṇhana (= paṭiggahaṇa) + ka

see patiṭṭhāha.

adjective noun receiving, accepting; one who receives, recipient Vin.ii.213; DN.i.138; AN.i.161; AN.ii.80 sq.; AN.iii.42, AN.iii.336; Ja.i.56; Pv-a.7, Pv-a.128, Pv-a.175 (opp. dāyaka); Vv-a.195; S …

reception, taking in Ja.vi.527.

fr. paṭiggaṇhāti

at Vin.iv.46 (paṭāṇi dinnā hoti) is not clear, it is explained by Bdhgh as “mañcapidhānaṃ (for ˚pīṭhānaṃ pādasikhāsu āṇi dinno hoti.” At DN-a.i.77 we find the foll. “visūkaṃ paṭāni (sic.)-bhūtaṃ das …

Peyya¹

to be drunk, drinkable, only in compound or neg. apeyya undrinkable AN.iii.188; Ja.iv.205 Ja.iv.213 (apo apeyyo). maṇḍa˚; to be drunk like cream, i.e. of the b …

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 …

seat, chair, stool, bench.

4 kinds are given at Vin.iv.40 = Vin.iv.168, viz. masāraka bundikābaddha, kuḷirapādaka, āhaccapādaka (same categories as given under mañca)
■ Vin.i.47, Vin.i.180 Vin.ii …

…rope-maker Mil.331.

• -gāhaka “rope-holder, (king’s) land-surveyor Ja.ii.367 = Dhp-a.iv.88 (see Fick *Sociale…

1. a rope, line Ja.i.164 (bandhana˚); Thag-a.257.
2. = rajjugāhaka, king’s land surveyor Ja.ii.367.

rajju + ka

Ratana¹

neuter

1. (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana², as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
   ■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …

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

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

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 (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 …

adjective full of crocodiles Iti.57, Iti.114. As sagāha at SN.iv.157.

sa³ + gaha²

whispering in the ear, a method of (secretly) taking votes Vin.ii.98 sq (salāka-gāha).

sa + kaṇṇa + jappa + ka

…Vin.i.204.

• -gāha taking of votes, voting Vin.ii.85, Vin.ii.98 sq. (3 kinds). *…

…Vb-a.492 (see yugaggāha).

• -vāhita evenly borne along (of equanimity) Dhs-a.133.
• -vibhatta in equal shares…

festive gathering, fair a show, theatrical display. Originally a mountain cult as it was esp. held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; D …

…MN.i.130; AN.v.156; Vin.iii.91.

saṃ + anugāhati

support, patronage Mhvs.4, Mhvs.44.

saṃ + paggaha

assumption, arrogance Dhs.1116.

summing up, agreement Kp-a.100.

saṃ + paṭiggaha

to seize, grasp, embrace; ger. samuggahāya Snp.797; Mnd.105
pp samuggahīta.

saṃ + uggaṇhati

adjective

1. provided with possessions DN.i.247; Snp.393.
2. having a wife married Ja.vi.369.

sa³ + pariggaha

adjective pure DN.i.113; Snp.372, Snp.1107; Mnd.289; Cnd.661; Ja.i.2.

• -gahaṇika of pure descent DN.i.113; DN-a.i.281.

saṃ + suddha

Saṅgaha¹

1. collecting, gathering, accumulation Vin.i.253; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.28.
2. comprising collection, inclusion, classification Kv.335 sq. (˚kathā) cp. Kvu. translation 388 sq.; Vism.191 …

adjective firm, well-supported Ja.v.484.

fr. sangaṇhāti

adjective noun

1. collecting, collection, Mhvs.10, Mhvs.24.
2. restraining, self-restraint AN.ii.142.

fr. saṃ + grah

…Ja.i.203; Ja.ii.257; Ja.iv.63.

fr. sangāha

1. a song, chorus, music Ja.i.32 (dibba˚); Ja.vi.528 (of birds).
2. proclamation (cp. sangara), rehearsal, general convocation of the Buddhist clergy in order to settle questions of doctrine and to fi …

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 …

…-gāha allotment of lodging-places Vin.ii.167.

• -gāhāpaka house-steward…

foreman of a guild, treasurer, banker, “City man”, wealthy merchant Vin.i.15 sq. Vin.i.271 sq.; Vin.ii.110 sq., Vin.ii.157; SN.i.89; Ja.i.122; Ja.ii.367 etc. Rājagaha˚ the merchant of Rājagaha Vin.ii. …

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

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

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

…a kind of gem Mil.118.

• -ggāha eclipse of the sun DN.i.10; Ja.i.374.
• -maṇḍala the orb of the sun AN.i.283;…

1. toll, tax, customs Vin.iii.52; Vin.iv.131; AN.i.54 sq.; Dhp-a.ii.2; Ja.iv.132; Ja.vi.347; Pv-a iii.
2. gain, profit Thig.25 Thag-a.32.
3. purchase-price of a wife Thig.420; Ja.vi.266; Mil.47 sq …

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

the hilt or handle of a sword or other weapons, a sword AN.iii.152; Ja.iii.221 (= sword); Mil.178; Dhp-a.ii.249 (˚mūla); Dhp-a.iv.66 (asi˚)
■ tharusmiṃ sikkhati to learn the use of a sword Vin.ii. …

grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch hay, litter SN.iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā uṇhaṃ vā rajo …

basil (common or sweet) Ja.v.46 (˚gahana a thicket of b.; variant reading tūlasi); Ja.vi.536 (tuḷasi = tuḷasigaccha).

Derivation unknown

pike for guiding elephants, a goad for driving cattle (cp. tomara & patoda) DN.ii.266 (˚tomara); Ja.iv.310 Ja.v.268; Cp.iii.5, Cp.iii.2 (t
■ vegahata).

Sk tottra, from tudati to prick, push

adjective both, twofold Snp.547, Snp.628, Snp.712, Snp.1106, Snp.1107, Snp.801 (˚ante); Mnd.109 (˚ante) Ja.i.52; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.24, Pv-a.35, Pv-a.51
■ nt. -ṃ as adv. in comb^n. with …

…AN.iv.11 (puggala).

• -ogāhana plunging into water Ja.iii.235.
• -ogha a water flood Vv-a.48. *…

adjective (-˚)

1. taking up, acquiring, learning Vism.96 (ācariy˚), Vism.99 (˚paripucchā), Vism.277 (kananaṭṭhānassa).
2. noticing, taking notice, perception (as opp. to manasikāra) Vism.125, Vism.2 …

learning, taking up, studying Pv-a.3 (sipp˚). As uggaṇhana at Vism.277.

fr. uggaṇhāti

to take hold of, to take up Snp.791 (= gaṇhāti Mnd.91)
ger uggahāya Snp.837.

poetic form of uggaheti (see uggaṇhati), but according to Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. representing Ved. udgṛbhāyati

…going or wanting to learn DN-a.i.32 (cp. uggāhaka).

ud + gṛh, see gaṇhāti

adjective noun one who is eager to learn Ja.v.148 [cp. Mvu.iii.373 ogrāhaka in same context].

fr. ud + gṛh, see uggaṇhāti

see uggaṇhāti.

crookedness, perverting justice taking bribes to get people into unlawful possessions (Bdhgh.) DN.i.5; DN.iii.176; SN.v.473; AN.ii.209, AN.v.206; DN-a.i.79 = Pp-a.240 (“assāmike sāmike kātuṃ lañcaga …

adverb near, close by (with acc.); depending on, by means of (acc) MN.ii.3; SN.ii.269; Snp.867 (taṃ), Snp.901 (tāpa˚), Snp.978, Pv-a.9 (Rājagahaṃ), Pv-a.67 (id.) Vv-a.63 (Rājagaha-seṭṭhiṃ “with”). …

…sq.

for uṭṭhāyaka after analogy of gāhaka etc.

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 …

Vana¹

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

Vara¹

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

Vatta¹

neuter

1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i.e. duty, service, custom, function Vin.ii.31; Snp.294, Snp.393 (gahaṭṭha˚) Vism.188 (cetiy’ angaṇa˚ etc.); Dhp-a.i.9 …

1. increase growth (cp.; Cpd. 251 sq.) SN.iv.250 (ariya˚); Ja.ii.426 (= phāti); Mil.109 (guṇa˚); Dhs-a.327; Dhp-a.iii.335 (avaḍḍhi = parihāni).
2. welfare, good fortune, happiness Ja.v.101; Ja.vi. …

is a word peculiar to the Jātaka. At one passage it is explained by the Commentary as “vedi” (i.e. rail, cornice), where it is applied to the slender waist of a woman (cp. vilāka & vilaggita;): Ja …

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 …

see vigāhati.

1. dispute, quarrel Ja.i.208 (ñātakānaṃ aññamaññaṃ viggaho); Mil.90 often combined with kalaha, e.g. Vin.ii.88; AN.iv.401 Mnd.302; Mil.383.
2. taking up form (lit. seizing on), “in …

adjective of the nature of dispute or quarrel; only in cpd. -kathā quarrelsome speech, dispute DN.i.8; SN.v.419; Snp.930; DN-a.i.91.

fr. viggaha

…for vigayha.

vi + gāhati

1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

checking, restraint Pts.i.16; Pts.ii.119.

vi + niggaha

…“with corrupt thought”; T. spells vipallatta variant reading ˚attha); Dhs-a.253 (˚gāha); Pv-a.212.

= Sk. viparyasta, pp. of vi +…

…176); Vb.376 (id.) -gāha inverted grasp i.e. holding opposite views or “holding the contrary aim” (B. C. Law) Pp.22; Dhs-a.253 (=…

…Mil.285 Mil.324; Ne.85 (˚gāha), Ne.126 (˚saññā); Pv-a.244
■ aviparīta unequivocal, certain, distinct, definite AN.v.268…

“carrying or sending away,” i.e. marriage, wedding DN.i.99; Snp.p.105; Pv-a.144; Snp-a.448 (where distinction āvāha = kaññā-gahaṇaṃ, vivāha kaññā-dānaṃ)
■ …

…Dhp-a.iii.362. -gāha “yakkha-grip,” being seized by a y. SN.i.208; Pv-a.144 -ṭṭhāna the dwelling-place…

Yogga¹

neuter “what may be yoked,” i.e.

1. a coach, carriage, waggon (usually large & covered, drawn by bullocks) Ja.vi.31 sq. (paṭicchanna), Ja.vi.368 (mahā˚) Dhp-a.ii.151 (mahā˚ & paṭi …

…on, harnessing MN.i.446. -ggāha “holding the yoke,” i.e. control, dominance, domineering, imperiousness; used as syn. for palāsa at…

1. going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
2. means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …

taking up, getting, grasping, seizing; fig. appropriating clinging to the world, seizing on (worldly objects).

1. (lit.) taking (food), pasturing MN.iii.133; Ja.v.371 (& ˚esana)
2. getting, acquiring …

feeding, support, food, nutriment (lit & fig.). The term is used comprehensively and the usual enum^n. comprises four kinds of nutriment, viz.

1. kabaḷinkāra āhāro (bodily nutriment, either …

1. to make ascend, to lead up to (w. acc.) Pv-a.76 (pāsādaṃ), Pv-a.160 (id.)
2. to put on, take up to (w. acc. or loc.) Pv.ii.9#2 (yakkhaṃ yānaṃ āropayitvāna); Pv-a.62 (sarīraṃ citakaṃ ā.), Pv-a.1 …

˚Ṭha

(˚ṭṭha) (adj. suffix) standing, as opposed to either lying down or moving; located, being based on, founded on (e.g. appa˚ based on little DN.i.143): see *kappa*˚ (lasting a k.) …