water.

dull; stupid.

net; a network; a web.

water Snp.845; Ja.i.222; Ja.iii.188; Ja.iv.137.

• -gocara living in the water Ja.ii.158.
• -ja born or sprung from w. Ja.iv.333; Ja.v.445; Vv-a.42;
• -da “gi …

adjective dull, slow, stupid DN.iii.265 (a˚); AN.ii.252; Pp.13; Mil.251; DN-a.i.290.

Sk. jaḍa

…(explained at Vv-a.315: jālavantehi abhilohita-nakkehi. Tena jāli (variant reading jāla-) hatthataṃ mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇaṃ…

flame Ja.i.216, Ja.i.322; Mil.148, Mil.357.

see jāla²

…such occasion that the Brahmajāla Sutta was preached. Vin.ii.287 DN.i.1

It was one of the spots in which the Buddha rested during his last tour,…

…between these two led to the preaching of the Brahmajāla Sutta. DN.i.1

Migajāla

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak in praise of the eightfold path. Thag.417–422

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.35f. contains two…

…views discussed in the Brahmajāla Sutta, for instance, and described as those of “Eel wrigglers” and “Hair splitters”, were undoubtedly…

…the preaching of the Brahmajāla Sutta. DN.i.1

Suppiya²

He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers. Converted by the…

…addition to her two sons Migajāla and Migāra, a sister Sujātā, who became Anāthapiṇḍika’s daughter in law; AN.iv.91 a grandson, Salha; a…

breathing out fire, spitting fire.

signs of health or omen on a goat

single mass of flames; being a single mass of flames

of jalati

(~antī)n. of jalati

of jalati

burns brightly; blazes; glows.

of jaleti

born in a placenta; viviparous.

covered in small buds?

covered by a net.

of jāleti

with “netted” hands and feet, prob. with hands and feet marked with a network of lines (one of the 32 marks of a mahapurisa)

(that) which is called a net.

lattice window or shutter.

bird, the francoline partridge

string or network of small bells

the net of craving.

or n. (?) a game in the water (?); watery mud (?).

cause to blaze up; kindles; lights

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

…included in The All-Embracing Net of Views Brahmajāla Sutta, tr. Bhikkhu Bodhi BPS.

breathing out fire, i.e. carrying fire in one’s month (by means of a charm) DN.i.11 (= mantena mukhato aggi-jala-nīharaṇaṃ DN-a.i.97).

abhi + ud + jalana, from jval

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 …

…with (-˚) Ja.ii.48 (hema-jāla˚, variant reading abhisañchanna), Ja.ii.370 (id.); Snp.772 (= ucchanna āvuṭa etc. Mnd.24, cp….

to shine forth, ppr. ˚anto resplendent Pv-a.189.

abhi + jalati

…AN.v.9; Snp.1074 (vuccati jālasikhā Cnd.11); Ja.v.213; Mil.40; Thag-a.154 (dīp’) Sdhp.250.

Vedic arci m. & arcis nt. & f. to; ṛc, cp….

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 …

…and not mura-jāla-ambara.

Vedic ambara circumference, horizon

Ambara²

(m
■ nt.) some sort of cloth and an…

…DN-a.i.300.

• -jāla the inside of the net, the net Dhp-a.iv.41.
• -jālikata “in-netted”, gone into the net…

extending, stretching forth, gesture of lifting up the hands as a token of reverence (cp. E. to “tender” one’s respect), putting the ten fingers together and raising them to the head (Vv-a.7: dasanak …

the raising of the hands as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī guṇa-visiṭṭhānaṃ apacayānaṃ akāsiṃ).

= añjali

…*bhaum-āntarīkṣa.; -jāla “terrestrial net (of insight) gift of clear sight extending over the globe (perhaps to find…

…Perhaps the term bhumma-jāla is to be connected with these two.

cp. late Sk. bhūr

Bhūri²

adjective wide, extensive, much,…

…-jāla [BR. bimbajā?] the Bimba tree Momordica monadelpha (lit. net of b. fruits) Ja.i.39 Ja.vi.497 (cp. p. 498…

…B.).

• -jāla the red amaranth tree, the Bodhi tree of the former Buddha Dhammadassin Ja.i.39; Ja.v.155. At Ja.vi.497,…

…brahman family Thag.689. -jāla divine, excellent net Name of a Suttanta (D No. 1) Vism.30; Vb-a.432, Vb-a.516 Kp-a.12,…

…brahman family Thag.689. -jāla divine, excellent net Name of a Suttanta (D No. 1) Vism.30; Vb-a.432, Vb-a.516 Kp-a.12,…

noun adjective

1. the act of going about, walking; one who walks or lives (usually -˚): oka˚ living in water MN.i.117; Ja.vi.416; antara˚ SN.iv.173; eka˚ solitary Snp.166; saddhiṃ˚ a companion Snp.4 …

to blaze, to shine brilliantly; only in pp. med. daddaḷhamāna resplendent, blazing forth SN.i.127 = Ja.i.469; Vv.17#3; Vv.34#1 ; Pv.ii.12#6; Pv.iii.3#5; Vv-a.89 (ativiya vijjotamāna); Pv-a.157 (at …

…-jāla “net of the Dh.,” name of a discourse (cp. ˚ādāsa & pariyāya) DN.i.46;

• -jīvin…

…Vin.i.16 & passim; atthajālan ti pi naṃ dhārehi (call it…) DN.i.46; yathā pañhaṃ Bhagavā vyākaroti tathā naṃ dhareyyāsi…

…Ja.iv.26; Ja.v.63

• -jāla a mass of smoke Ja.v.497;
• -netta a smoke-tube, i.e. a surgical instrument…

…-jāla the net of sophistry DN.i.46; DN-a.i.129; -ṭṭhāna a tenet of speculative philosophy…

furnished with netting (?) (Hardy in Index) Vv-a.276, of a carriage (= suvaṇṇajālavitata).

(and galati) [Sk. galati, cp. Ohg. quellan to well up, to flow out; see note on gala and cp. also jala water

1. to drip, flow, trickle (trs. & intr.) Vin.i.204 (natthu g.); MN.i.336 (sīsaṃ lohitena g …

Ghaṭa¹

a hollow vessel, a bowl, vase, pitcher. Used for holding water, as well as for other purposes, which are given under pānīya˚ paribhojana vacca˚ at Vin.i.157 = Vin.i.352 = MN.i.207. …

…or ghāyitvā Ja.i.210 (jālagandhaṃ); Ja.iii.52 (macchagandhaṃ); Mil.347. Cp. sāyati & upagghāyati.

Sk. ghrāti & jighrati, to;…

, 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. …

…DN.ii.187; Ja.vi.574.

• -jāla golden netting (as cover of chariots etc.) AN.iv.393; Vv.35#1, Vv.36#2 (˚ka). *…

…thunder Mil.22.

• -jāla deception DN-a.i.85.
• -jālika a juggler, conjurer Mil.331. *…

(-˚) born, produced, sprung or arisen from. Freq. in compounds: atta˚, ito˚, eka˚, kuto˚, khandha˚, jala˚ daratha˚, dāru˚, di˚, puthuj˚, pubba˚, yoni˚, vāri˚ saha˚, sineha˚.

adj
■ suffix from *jan …

noun adjective burning Pgdp.16.

Sk. jvalana

to burn, to shine DN.iii.188; MN.i.487; Ja.i.62 Ja.ii.380; Ja.iv.69; Iti.86; Vv.46#2; Vv-a.107; Mil.223, Mil.343
caus jaleti & jāleti (cp. janeti: jāneti) to set on fire light, kindle SN.i.169; J …

adjective set on fire, burning, shining, bright, splendid Snp.396, Snp.668, Snp.686; Vv.21#6 (= jalanto jotanto Vv-a.107); Pv.i.10#14 (burning floor of Niraya), Pv.ii.1#12 (˚ânubhāva: shining majesty …

Jalla¹

neuter moisture, (wet) dirt, perspiration (mostly as seda˚ or in cpd. rajo˚, q.v. Snp.249 (= rajojalla Snp-a.291); Ja.vi.578 (sweat under the armpits = jallikā Com.).

*jalya to j …

1. the womb SN.iii.240.
2. the embryo Ja.iv.38.
3. the placenta Ja.ii.38.

• -ja born from a womb, viviparous MN.i.73; DN.iii.230; Ja.ii.53 = Ja.v.85.

Sk. jarāyu, slough & placenta, …

leech Mil.407 (variant reading jalopikā).

Sk. *jalūkikā = jalūkā & (pop. etym.) jalankā (sprung fr. water), borrowed fr. Npers. ƶalū (?Uhlenbeck); cp. Gr. βδέλλα leech, Celt. gel; perhaps to gal i …

…jālikā chain armour Mil.199.

jāla¹ + ka

to cause to burn, to light, kindle Ja.ii.104; Ja.iv.290; Ja.v.32.

caus. of jalati. See also jaleti

…cuṇṇayitāni) MN.iii.92; jālakajāta in bud AN.iv.117; chandajāta = chandika Snp.767 sujāta Snp.548 (well-born, i.e. auspicious, blessed…

orig. burning badly or dimly, a dirty burn lamp-black or soot, used as a collyrium Vin.ii.50 (read k. for kapalla, cp. J.P.T.S. 1887, 167).

Sk. kajjala, dial. fr. kad + jala, from jalati, jval

1. a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva… sobhate su gīvā Thig.262 (for kampurī’va); s compounds
2. a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. s. v.) Ja.iv.18, Ja.iv.466 (\ …

adjective noun

1. (-˚) one who does or looks after; one whose occupation is of such & such a character: āya˚; revenue-overseer, treasurer Dhp-a.i.184 sabba˚; (always with ref. to amacca, the …

at Vin.i.203, is an error for kajjala, lamp-black, used in preparation of a collyrium (cp. J.P.T.S. 1887 167).

Kapalla

neuter

1. a bowl in form of a skull, or the shell of reptiles; see *[kapāla …

wild bird, possibly the francolin partridge Kv.268; Ja.vi.538 (B.B. kapiñjara).

Derivation unknown. Sk. kapiñjala

…diṭṭhi˚ taṇha˚). -jāla the consumption of the kappa by fire, the end of a kappa Dpvs.i.61. -ṭṭha staying there…

1. (f.) pity compassion. Karuṇā is one of the 4 qualities of character significant of a human being who has attained enfranchisement of heart (ceto-vimutti) in the 4 sentiments viz. mettā k.˚ upekhā …

to throw, to cast, to throw out or forth, to upset Snp.p.32 (cittaṃ); Ja.i.223 (sīsaṃ), Ja.i.290 (pāsake); Ja.ii.3 (daḷhaṃ dalhassa: to pit force against force)
aor khipi SN.iv.2, SN.iv.3 (khuracakk …

…(kinkiṇikā saddo).

• -jāla a net or fringe of tinkling bells DN.ii.183; Ja.i.32; Dhp-a.i.274.

onomat. formation fr. sound…

…an.i.227; Ja.v.416; jāla˚ the hollow of the net Ja.i.210. As womb frequent, e.g. mātu˚ Ja.i.149; DN-a.i.224; Pv-a.19, Pv-a.63,…

Name of a tree, in ratta˚ Ja.i.39 (= bimbijāla the red Amaranth tree).

= Sk. kuraṇṭaka Halāyudha, cp. kuraṇḍaka

…Vism.141; Sdhp.459; -jāla the net of desires Thag.355 -taṇhā thirst after sensual pleasures; the…

…cp. Dhp-a.iv.109).

• -jāla a copper (i.e. wire) netting Pv-a.153.
• -thālaka a copper bowl…

…(simile); Vism.312.

• -jāla a string (net) of pearls Ja.iv.120; Mhvs.27, Mhvs.31; Vv-a.198.
• -dāma…

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 …

cleaving, bursting open, breaking Ne.61, Ne.112 (mohajāla˚); Thag-a.34 (mohakkhandha˚).

fr. padāleti

…(matthakaṃ p˚etvā uṭṭhita-singā); Ja.v.68 (silāya matthakaṃ); Mil.332 (diṭṭhi-jālaṃ); DN-a.i.37 (Sineruṃ) See also…

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 …

to burn (forth), blaze up, go into flame Vin.i.180; Snp.687 (sikhi pajjalanto); Ja.i.215 Thag-a.62; Pv-a.38
pp pajjalita (q.v.).

pa + jalati of jval

in flames, burning, blazing SN.i.133; Snp.p.21 (aggi); Dhp.146; Pv-a.43 (sāṭakā).

pp. of pajjalati

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- …

…cake-bag); Dhp-a.i.319 (jāla˚ net-cake variant reading pūva). See also pūva.

cp. Epic Sk. pūpa; “a rich cake of…

…Pv-a.251); Vism.108 (jāla net-cake, cp. jāla-pūpa), Vism.359 (pūvaṃ vyāpetvā, in comp.); Vb-a.65, Vb-a.255 (simile of woman…

…& silver); Vv.35#1 (˚hema-jāla); Dhp-a.ii.42 (˚paṭṭa silver tablet or salver); Dhp-a.iv.105 (˚gabbha silver money box or cabinet for…

…Also in cpd. raṃsi-jāla a blaze of rays Ja.i.89; Pv-a.154; Vv-a.12 (˚sammujjala), Vv-a.14 (id.), Vv-a.166 (id.) 1….

night DN.i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Thag.517; Snp.710 (vivasane = ratti-samatikkame Snp-a.496); Ja.vi.491. abl. sg. rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D …

…Also in cpd. raṃsi-jāla a blaze of rays Ja.i.89; Pv-a.154; Vv-a.12 (˚sammujjala), Vv-a.14 (id.), Vv-a.166 (id.) 1….

adjective noun watery, wet; nt. water.

• -da giving water, bringing rain (of wind) Vism.10
• -dhara holding water, i, e. a cloud Vv-a.223

sa³ + jala

…+…

bloodvessel, vein Mhvs.37, Mhvs.136; nerve, tendon, gut Ja.v.344, Ja.v.364; --jāla the network of veins Ja.v.69; Pv-a.68.

Sk. sirā

…DN-a.i.127; Tha-ap.21 (jāla)

• -diṭṭhi subtle view Iti.75.
• -dhāra with fine edge…

…Pv.iv.3#29; Pv-a.145.

• -jāla a web of thread, a spider’s web Cnd.260.
• -bhikkhā begging for thread…

…spread out SN.i.357 (jāla); Ja.iv.484 (tantāni jālāni Text, katāni variant reading for tatāni). Note: samo tata at Ja.i.183 is to be…

…over t. SN.iii.103;

• -jāla the snare of t. MN.i.271; Thag.306; Cnd.271#ii;
• -dutiya who has the fever…

Thala¹

neuter dry ground, viz. high, raised (opp. low) or solid, firm (opp. water) SN.iv.179. As plateau opp. to ninna (low lying place) at Snp.30 (Snp-a.42 = ukkūla) Dhp.98; Iti.66 = SN. …

Ud-

prefix in verbal & nominal comb^n. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are comb^ns. with ud˚, which in comp^n. appears modified according to the rules of as …

Uda¹

indeclinable disjunctive part. “or” either singly, as at Snp.455, Snp.955, Snp.1090; Ja.v.478 (variant reading udāhu); Mnd.445 (expl^d. as “padasandhi” with same formula as …

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. …

in -ṃ kīḷati a water-game: playing with drops of water (?) Vin.iii.118 (Bdhgh. udañjalan ti udaka-cikkhallo vuccati p. 274)

udan + jala see uda²

adjective blazing, flashing; bright, beautiful Ja.i.220; Dāvs ii.63.

ud + jval, see jalati

…Vin.i.31; Mil.259; Vism.428; Thag-a.69 (Tha-ap.14, read dīpāṃ ujjālayiṃ); Vv-a.51 (padīpaṃ).

ud + jalati, jval

1. (lit.)
   1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …

1. (as m. & adj.) spending one’s time (sojourning or walking about), staying in a place, living place of living, stay, abode (in general) Vv-a.50 (jala˚) Pv-a.22, Pv-a.79; eka˚; living by oneself …

…Pp.30; Mil.22 (˚jāla); Vv-a.12; Sdhp.244, Sdhp.598 2. vijjutā: Thag.1167; Ja.ii.217

■ On similes with v….

…Pp.30; Mil.22 (˚jāla); Vv-a.12; Sdhp.244, Sdhp.598 2. vijjutā: Thag.1167; Ja.ii.217

■ On similes with v….

1. absence of rāga, dispassionateness, indifference towards (abl. or loc.) disgust, absence of desire, destruction of passions; waning, fading away cleansing, purifying; emancipation, Arahantship. DN. …

pond; -jala water from a pond Mhvs.25, Mhvs.66.

cp. Epic & Classic Sk. vāpī

1. a wave Ja.i.509; Mil.117 (jala˚), Mil.319 (˚puppha wave-flower fig.); Vism.63 (samudda˚); Dāvs iv.46; Dhs-a.116 Vism.143.
2. interval, period of time (cp. “tide” time interval) Ja.v.271 (˚antara, …

1. the womb.
2. origin, way of birth, place of birth, realm of existence; nature, matrix There are four yonis or ways of being born or generation viz. aṇḍaja oviparous creation, …

…-jāla the net of k., in phrase ñāṇajālassa anto paviṭṭha coming within the net, i.e. into the range of…