l.(f and n.)

1. doing; performance; action, activity; what one does or has done; way of acting.
2. morally significant activity which produces effects

…a festival Pv-a.86 massu-kiriyā the dressing of the beard Ja.iii.314 (cp m-karaṇa and kappanā); sacchi˚ realization, see s. v…

…a festival Pv-a.86 massu-kiriyā the dressing of the beard Ja.iii.314 (cp m-karaṇa and kappanā); sacchi˚ realization, see s. v…

…words he used in this saccakiriyā (yato aham bhagini ariyāya jātiyā jāto) have come to be regarded as a paritta to ward off all dangers and…

The word occurs in the compound Ukkalā-Vassa-Bhaññā, SN.iii.73 MN.iii.78 AN.ii.31 a group described as ahetuvādā, akiriyavādā, natthikavāda, but who, nevertheless, agreed that the khandhas m …

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 …

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 …

megtapasztalás, megvalósítás

professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention

professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention

professing the doctrine that activity is not morally significant or effective; advocating abstention

1. (f.) non-activity; non-performance; abstention (from); failure to act.
2. (f.) the absence of independent activity; the absence of morally significant or morally effective activity

putting an end to; destruction

regular or gradual working.

professing the doctrine that activity is morally significant and produces effects; advocating activity

professing the doctrine that activity is morally significant and produces effects; advocating activity

professing the doctrine that activity is morally significant and produces effects; advocating activity

doing and not doing; (in the classification of an offense: a rule involving) action and non-action, commission and omission

death

death

is bestrewn, covered (with); extends in various directions

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 …

Avyākata: Indeterminable - i.e. neither determined as kammically advantageous nor as disadvantageous - are the kammically neutral or inert, i.e. amoral, states of consciousness and mental proper …

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 …

[[functional consciousness]]Functional consciousness: or consciousness functioning independently of kamma: kiriya - citta, see viññāna-kicca

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 …

[[inoperative consciousness]]Inoperative consciousness: kammically; see: kiriyacitta.

Javana: fr. javati to impel: ‘impulsion’, is the phase of full cognition in the cognitive series, or perceptual process citta-vīthi see. viññāna-kicca occurring at its climax, if the respe …

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 …

Puñña-kiriya-vatthu: ‘bases of meritorious action’. In the suttas, 3 are mentioned consisting of giving generosity; dāna - maya - p of morality sīla - maya - p and of mental de …

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

adjective not practical, unwise, foolish Ja.iii.530 (-rūpa = akattabba-rūpa C.); Mil.250.

a + kiriya

…(pañhān’)
■ -kiriyā putting an end to, ending, relief, extirpation; always used with ref. to dukkha SN.iv.93;…

…instruction or study (dhammavinaye) MN.i.479; MN.iii.1 (+ ˚kiriyā ˚paṭipadā).

anu + pubba

acting in turn, gradation, succession Vv.64#14 (= anukūla kiriyā i.e. as it pleases Vv-a.280) cp. ānupubbatā. Anupubbi-katha

fr. anupubba

…to be touched Mil.157 (trsl. unchangeable by other circumstances; Tr. on p. 425 remarks “aphusāni kiriyāni seems wrong, at any rate it is…

…(˚ṃ pasaṃsanti puññakiriyāsu paṇḍitā), Iti.74 (˚vihārin); Dhp.57 (˚vihārin, cp. Dhp-a.i.434); Dhp.327 (˚rata = satiyā…

Avakirati & okirati

1. to pour down on, to pour out over; aor. avakiri Pv-a.86; ger. ˚kiritvā Ja.v.144.
2. to cast out, reject, throw out; aor. avākiri Vv.30#5 = Vv.48#5 (variant reading ˚kari; Vv-a …

to be cast out or thrown away; rejectable, low, contemptible Ja.v.143 (taken by C. as ger. = avakiritvā).

grd of avakirati

…(bhikkhu), neg. Iti.106 (antakiriyāya), Iti.117 (phuṭṭhuṃ sambodhiṃ); Ja.i.106 (˚puggala a person unfit for the higher truths &…

…oraṃ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i.e. not just yet, but very soon, after the “next” moon) Pv.iv.3#35….

…oraṃ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i.e. not just yet, but very soon, after the “next” moon) Pv.iv.3#35….

…bhūmikavatthu-ārammaṇa-kiriyādi-cittatāya pan’ etaṃ cittan ti vuttaṃ Dhp-a.i.228; cittan ti mano mānasaṃ Kp-a.153; cittaṃ…

…pāpassa kammassa kiriyāya: kāyadaṇḍaṃ vacī˚, mano˚; in the same sense as m. at Cnd.293 (as explained to Snp.35). 6. a fine, a…

…(+ samacariyā kusalakiriyā); AN.ii.5; AN.iii.448; AN.v.87, AN.v.302; Snp.263 (= kāyasucaritâdi˚ Snp-a.309), Snp.274 (+ brahma˚).
…

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 …

…Iti.89 (= dukkhassa antakiriyā). 2. Dukkha as one of the 3 qualifications of the sankhārā (q.v.), viz. anicca, d., anattā,…

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

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 …

…AN.iv.92, Pv-a.174;

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

1. adj. (f. ī) (-˚) doing, making, causing, producing; as cakkhu˚ ñāṇa˚ (leading to clear knowledge) SN.iv.331; SN.v.97; Iti.83; and acakkhu etc. SN.v.97; nāthā ˚ā dhammā AN.v.23 (cp. AN.v.89) and th …

…sq. nirodha Ne.64; antakiriyā AN.i.147; vyādhimaraṇatunnānaṃ dukkhakkhandhaṃ vyapānudi Thig.162 2. lobha˚; dosa˚ moha˚ the…

to be affected or moved Vism.318. Kiriya, Kiriya & Kriya

Pass. of kirati or karoti

the performance of (-˚), state of, etc. See sakkacca˚, sacchi˚, sātacca˚.

abstr. fr. last

…a festival Pv-a.86 massu-kiriyā the dressing of the beard Ja.iii.314 (cp m-karaṇa and kappanā); sacchi˚ realization, see s. v…

…(expl. at Dhs-a.321 by kiriyā)

As adj. in kuttavāla well arranged, plaited tails DN.i.105 (explained at DN-a.i.274 as kappita-vāla; cp….

…explained by massu-kiriyā. Here corresponding to Sk *kḷpti!), Ja.iv.352 (hattha˚, elephant trappings, cp. kappanā), Ja.v.215 (=…

…Vv.80#9; Vism.296

• -kiriyā death (often combined with maraṇa) MN.ii.108; AN.i.22, AN.i.77, AN.i.261 (as bhaddikā,…

…desires Ja.v.370 (= kāmakiriyā)

• -karaṇīya in yathā˚ pāpimato the puppet of the wicked (lit. one with whom one can do as one likes…

…Vv.80#9; Vism.296

• -kiriyā death (often combined with maraṇa) MN.ii.108; AN.i.22, AN.i.77, AN.i.261 (as bhaddikā,…

…Vism.466 runs as follows: “kiriyā-kāro, manamhi kāro m. purima-manato visadisaṃ manaṃ karotī ti pi m Svāyaṃ:…

…Vism.466 runs as follows: “kiriyā-kāro, manamhi kāro m. purima-manato visadisaṃ manaṃ karotī ti pi m Svāyaṃ:…

…kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; yaṃ tesaṃ tesaṃ…

…[m. *kḷpti] beard-trimming Ja.iii.314 (C. = ˚kiriyā).

Vedic śmaśru

…Snp-a.323.

• -kiriyā festivity, wedding Snp-a.69; finding good omens Ja.iv.72. *…

…cp above III. 7;

• -sacchikiriyā realisation of N. (identical with ñāṇa and constituting the highest ideal; cp….

…acting considerately Dhp.24 (= Dhp-a.i.238); Ja.iii.106; Ja.vi.375; Mil.3; cp. n. kiriyāya Mil.59. Cp. nisanti.

orig. ger. of nisāmeti, Sk….

Avakirati & okirati

1. to pour down on, to pour out over; aor. avakiri Pv-a.86; ger. ˚kiritvā Ja.v.144.
2. to cast out, reject, throw out; aor. avākiri Vv.30#5 = Vv.48#5 (variant reading ˚kari; Vv-a …

to let down (the hair), scatter, let fall DN.ii.139 = DN.ii.148 (ger. pakiriya); Ja.v.203 (so read for parikati); Ja.vi.207 (aor ˚kiriṃsu)
ger pakira (= pakiritvā) Ja.vi.100 (read pakira-cārī, cp …

touching, seizing, taking up Cnd.576 (daṇḍa-sattha˚); Dhs-a.239 (angapaccanga˚); Pv-a.159 (kiriyā˚).

fr. parāmasati

…adhigamo phusanaṃ sacchikiriyā); esp. in phrase apattassa patti “att^t of the unattained” DN.iii.255; AN.iv.332; SN.i.217;…

to strew about, to sprawl Pv.iv.10#8 (uttānā paṭikirāma = vikirīyamān’angā viya vattāma Pv-a.271).

paṭi + kirati

touch, contact with Dhs-a.167 (jhānassa lābho… patti… phassanā sacchikiriyā).

abstr. fr. phassa

…good works SN.v.462.

• -kiriyā a good or meritorious action SN.i.87 (˚kriyā), SN.i.101; Pv-a.54; usually as…

…-kiriyā a solemn declaration, a declaration on oath Ja.i.214, Ja.i.294 Ja.iv.31, Ja.iv.142; Ja.v.94; Mil.120;…

realization, experiencing oath, ordeal, confirmation DN.i.100 (etc.) DN.i.100; DN.iii.255; SN.iv.254; AN.i.22; AN.ii.148; AN.iii.101 AN.iv.332 sq.; Snp.267; Vism.696 sq.; Dhs.296; Dhp-a.iv.63.

fr. s …

…Vin.i.302; Mil.215 (sappāyakiriyā, giving a drug). nt something beneficial, benefit, help Vism.34, Vism.87 (˚sevin) Vb-a.265 (various),…

…320, if we do not have to read sāhasiyā taṇhāya from sāhasī).

• -kiriyā violence Ja.iii.321.

fr. sahas power

perseverance MN.i.101; SN.ii.132; AN.iii.249 sq.; AN.iv.460 sq.; AN.v.17 sq.; Thag.585; Vism.4 Vb-a.346. --kārin persevering SN.iii.268, SN.iii.271, SN.iii.277 sq. Dhp.293; --kiriyatā perseve …

…(viz. kiriyā) Name of one of the adhikaraṇa-samathā: guilt (legal wrong) of such & such a character Vin.i.325; in detail…

˚-

1. spoiling, impairing, defiling Ja.v.267 (manaṃ)
2. reducing, cutting short only in phrase upahacca-parinibbāyin “coming to extinction after reducing the time of rebirths (or after having alm …

implement, ornament Ja.v.408.

fr. upa + kr

…Vb-a.172. -visadakiriyā clearing of the foundation or fundamentals purification of the elements Vb-a.283 =…

to fall down, to be shattered, to be ruined Mil.237; Pv-a.125 (Pot. ˚eyya)
caus viddhaṃseti to shatter, to destroy SN.iii.190 (both trs. intrs., the latter for ˚ati); Ja.ii …

to scatter about, sprinkle, spread, mix up (trs. & intrs.) MN.i.127; SN.iii.190 (in simile of playing children: paṃsv’ āgārakāni hatthehi ca pādehi ca vikiranti [mix up] vidhamanti [fall about] viddha …

…(a˚); Vb-a.388 sq.

-kiriyā making clear: see under vatthu¹
■ bhāva clearness…

…always with -kicca (or ˚kiriyā) “accomplishing the function of determination Vism.21; Dhs-a.401; DN-a.i.194 (variant reading…

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 …

…like tassapāpiyya-sikā. Originally adj., with kiriyā to be understood

med. having sacrificed DN.i.138 (mahā-yaññaṃ y. rājā)
■ pass.: sacrificed, (nt.) sacrifice DN.i.55 (dinna, y huta); explained at DN-a.i.165 by “mahāyāga” Vb.328 (id.); Ja.i …

…bad habits) Dhp-a.ii.201 (˚kiriyā). Cp. sam˚.

• -kusala versed in good manners Dhp.376 (cp. Dhp-a.iv.111). *…