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maha, 704 találat.
maha →
pts
…a festival called the elephant f. Ja.iv.95.
fr.; mah, see mahati & cp. Vedic nt. mahas
abhibhūta →
dppn
Three verses ascribed to Abhibhūta occur in the Theragāthā, addressd to his kinsmen and retainers. Thag.255–257 The second of these verses is elsewhere SN.i.156 attributed to Abhibhū, chief disciple o …
abhiñjika →
dppn
AbhiñjikaAbhijikaĀbhiñjika
A student of Anuruddha. On one occasion when the Buddha asks Mahā Kassapa to preach to the monks, the latter reports that it is impossible to talk to them because monks lik …
accutadevā →
dppn
A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
aciravatī →
dppn
A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot seas …
ajita →
dppn
Ajita1
A monk. He devoted his time to explaining the Pātimokkha rules to the monks. At the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats …
ajātasattu →
dppn
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 …
akaniṭṭhā →
dppn
A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237
In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …
ambāṭakavana →
dppn
…world). SN.iv.283–288
- Mahaka (who, by his magic powers, produced rain and thunderstorms and later showed a special miracle to Citta)….
anejakā →
dppn
A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160
anuruddha →
dppn
First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …
anurādha →
dppn
An Elder. Once when he was staying in a forest hut in the Mahāvana in Vesāli, near to where the Buddha was, certain wandering ascetics came to him and asked him whether or not a Tathāgata exists after …
ariṭṭhakā →
dppn
A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.
They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260
asamā →
dppn
A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259
assaji →
dppn
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 …
assaka →
dppn
The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …
assapura →
dppn
A city in the kingdom of Aṅga. It was here that the Mahā Assapura and Cūḷa Assapura Suttas were preached by the Buddha. MN.i.271ff. MN.i.281ff.
Aṅga3town
assatara →
dppn
A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
avanti →
dppn
One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …
avantiputta →
dppn
King of Madhurā. He once went in royal state to visit Mahā Kaccāna who was staying in the Gundā Grove in Madhurā.
Their discussion is recorded in the Madhura Sutta. MN.ii.83–90
It is said that after …
aṅga →
dppn
One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …
bahuputtakanigrodha →
dppn
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 …
bharaṇḍukālāma →
dppn
A recluse, once a co-disciple of the Buddha in the holy life. Once, when the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu and wanted lodging for the night, Mahānāma suggested that he should go to the hermitage of Bha …
bhesakalāvana →
dppn
A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1 SN.iv.11 …
bimbisāra →
dppn
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 …
brahmadatta →
dppn
Brahmadatta1
King of Kāsi. He captured Kosala and murdered its king Dīghiti and Dīghiti’s wife, but made peace later with Dīghiti’s son, Dīghāvu, restored to him his father’s kingdom, and …
brahmāyu →
dppn
A brahmin foremost in Mithilā in his knowledge of the Vedas.
On hearing of the Buddha at the age of one hundred and twenty, he sent his pupil Uttara to discover if the Buddha had on his body the mark …
bārānasī →
dppn
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 …
cakkavatti →
dppn
A World ruler. The world itself means “Turner of the Wheel,” the Wheel (Cakka) being the well known Indian symbol of empire. More than one thousand sons are his; his dominions extend throughout the …
campā →
dppn
A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī. On its banks was a grove of campaka-trees, well known for …
candana →
dppn
Candana1
A deva, vassal of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned as one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in case of need. DN.iii.204 He once visited …
cetiya →
dppn
CetiyaCetiCetīCedi
One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …
channa →
dppn
Channa1
A Wanderer, classed among those who wore clothes. He is only mentioned once, in the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.iii.215 where we are told that he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him …
citta →
dppn
…discovered. Mahānāma and Mahaka did likewise, after having performed miracles at the request of Citta.
The Citta Saṃyutta SN.iv.282ff.…
cittasena →
dppn
A Gandhabba present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s followers when troubled by evil spirits.
cunda →
dppn
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 …
cātummahārājikā →
dppn
The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …
dakkhiṇāgiri →
dppn
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 …
devadatta →
dppn
A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …
dhamma →
dppn
Dhamma1
The palace built by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.
5buildingDhamma2
The lake in front of the palace mentioned above. DN.ii.184.
5lake
dhataraṭṭha →
dppn
Dhataraṭṭha1
One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.220 DN.ii.257f. DN.iii.197 …
dānaveghasā →
dppn
A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259
dūsī →
dppn
Name of Māra in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He was, in that birth, son of Kāḷī, sister of Moggallāna. He first incited the brahmin householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidh …
ekapuṇḍarīka →
dppn
Ekapuṇḍarīka1
A monastery of the wanderers, the residence of Vacchagotta. MN.i.481f. It was near the Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana of Vesāli. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and …
erāvaṇa →
dppn
In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
gajaṅgala →
dppn
GajaṅgalaKajaṅgalaKajaṅgalā
A township which formed the eastern boundary of the Middle Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the la …
gandhabbā →
dppn
A class of semi-divine beings who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras and the Nāgas AN.iv.200 AN.iv.204 …
ghaṭāya →
dppn
A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110
gijjhakūṭa →
dppn
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 …
giñjakāvasatha →
dppn
A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …
godha →
dppn
A Sākiyan. A conversation between him and Mahānāma the Sākiyan is recorded in the Godha Sutta. SN.v.371
gosiṅgasālavanadāya →
dppn
Gosiṅgasālavanadāya1
A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …
gotama →
dppn
Gotama1BuddhaSiddhatthaSakyamunīTathāgataAṅgīrasa
He was a Sākiyan, son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he depar …
govinda →
dppn
The steward or treasurer of King Disampati. He had a son, Jotipāla, who succeeded him after his death and came to be known as Mahā Govinda. DN.ii.230f.
“Govinda” was evidently a title and not a name.
gundāvana →
dppn
GundāvanaKundāvanaGuṇḍāvanaKuṇḍāvana
A forest in Madhurā. Mahā Kaccāna stayed there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the bra …
gūtha →
dppn
One of the hells. It is next to the Mahā Niraya, and is the habitation of needle-mouthed creatures who rip away the skin, flesh, tendons, etc., of the victim and then devour his marrow. MN.iii.185
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harayodevā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
hemavata →
dppn
A Yakkha chief, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need. DN.iii.204
He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256
He was the friend of Sātāgira.
hāliddakāni →
dppn
HāliddakāniHāliddakāni
An eminent lay disciple of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and consulted him at length on the subjects treated in M …
hāragajā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
hārita →
dppn
Hārita1
A Mahā Brahmā who was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, at the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās. DN.ii.261
Hārita2
A monk whose Theragāthā ve …
iccānaṅgala →
dppn
IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala
A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …
inda →
dppn
Inda1
Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …
isigili →
dppn
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 …
isipatana →
dppn
IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park
An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …
jambudīpa →
dppn
Greater India. One of the four Mahādīpas, or great continents. They are grouped round Mount Sineru. In Jambudīpa is Himavā with its eighty-four thousand peaks, its lakes, mountain ranges, etc. This c …
janesabha →
dppn
A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …
joti →
dppn
A class of gods, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261
jotipāla →
dppn
Jotipāla1
The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited Jotipāla to accompany him to the Buddha, but Jotipāla refused to …
kaccāna →
dppn
Kaccāna1
See Mahā-Kaccāna, Pakudha-Kaccāna, Pubba-Kaccāna, Sambula-Kaccāna, Sabhiya-Kaccāna, etc. See also Kaccāyana.
Kaccāna or Kaccāyana is the name of a family, the Kaccānagotta. …
kaddamadaha →
dppn
A river where Mahākaccāyana sometimes stayed.
Avanti3river
kajangala →
dppn
KajangalaKajangalā
A township which formed the eastern boundary of the Middle Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followe …
kallavāḷaputta →
dppn
KallavāḷaputtaKallavālaKanavālamutta
A village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh day, while meditating there, he became an arahant, being a …
kambala →
dppn
A tribe of Nāgas. They were present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
kammāsadhamma →
dppn
KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma
A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …
kandarāyana →
dppn
KandarāyanaKundarāyana
A brahmin. He visited Mahā Kaccāna at the Gundavana near Madhurā and accused him of not paying due respect to elderly brahmins, but when Mahā Kaccāna preached to him he express …
kapilavatthu →
dppn
A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …
karerikuṭikā →
dppn
A building in the Jetavana where the Mahāpadāna Sutta was taught. DN.ii.1ff.
Jetavana3building
karumhā →
dppn
A class of spirits, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260
kassapa →
dppn
Kassapa1
One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7
Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …
katamorakatissa →
dppn
KatamorakatissaKatamorakatissaka
One of the monks whom Devadatta incited to join him in stirring up discord among the Saṅgha, the others being Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vi …
kaḷimbha →
dppn
KaḷimbhaKalimma
One of the monks who lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī. Finding that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other mo …
kaṇṭaka →
dppn
…offence with another novice, Mahaka. When this became known, a rule was passed that no monk should ordain two novices Vin.i.79 ; this rule was,…
kaṭṭhakā →
dppn
KaṭṭhakāKathakā
A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261
khattiyānī →
dppn
KhattiyānīVelāmikā
Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188
khemiyā →
dppn
A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
khiḍḍāpadosikā →
dppn
KhiḍḍāpadosikāKhiḍḍāpadūsikā
A class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their self-possession is …
kosiya →
dppn
Kosiya1Kosiyagotta
The name of a brahmin clan. In the pācittiya it is given as one of the lower gottas, Vin.iv.8 but it is also Sakka’s gotta, and is therefore generally regarded as a …
kukkuṭārāma →
dppn
A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who l …
kumbhīra →
dppn
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
kuru →
dppn
A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …
kusinārā →
dppn
The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …
kuṭeṇḍu →
dppn
A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
kālakañjakā →
dppn
A class of Asuras. They were present at the Mahāsamaya, and are spoken of as being of a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Ko …
kālakhemaka →
dppn
A Sākyan. His name was Khemaka, but as he was dark he was called Kālakhemaka. He built a monastery in Nigrodhārāma, near Kapilavatthu, and once, during robe-making time, many monks lived there. On th …
kāmaseṭṭha →
dppn
One of the greater yakkhas who should be invoked if any follower of the Buddha be molested by an evil spirit. DN.iii.204
In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the F …
kāsi →
dppn
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 …
kāḷī →
dppn
Kāḷī1Kururagharikā
Described among laywomen as the best of those who believe even from hearsay. AN.i.26 A conversation between her and Mahā Kaccāna is related, where she asks him for a det …
kūṭāgārasālā →
dppn
A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …
lakkhaṇa →
dppn
Mentioned as having stayed with Mahā Moggallāna on Gijjhakūṭa. Once, when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he wa …
lambītakā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
licchavī →
dppn
A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165
Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …
lohicca →
dppn
Lohicca1
A brahmin of Makkarakata in Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was living there in a forest hut, a number of Lohicca’s pupils came there and began abusing the monks, calling them shav …
lohitavāsī →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
lomahaṃsa →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.70
lomasavaṅgīsa →
dppn
The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions an interview between an Elder of this name and the Sākyan Mahānāma. Mahānāma asks the Elder if the learner’s way of life is identical with that of the Tathāgata. Vaṅgīsa a …
lāmaseṭṭhā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
macchikāsaṇḍa →
dppn
…Isidatta, Mahaka, Kāmabhū and Godatta. The place may also have been a centre of the Nigaṇṭhas, for Nigaṇṭha…
maddakucchi →
dppn
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 …
madhurā →
dppn
MadhurāMathurā
The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …
mahaka →
dppn
A novice, pupil of Upananda, who is mentioned as having been guilty of a sexual offence with Kaṇḍakā, another novice. Vin.i.70
mahesā →
dppn
MahesāMāhissati
A city in the Buddha’s day, mentioned as lying on the route from Bāvari’s hermitage to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011
According to the Mahāgovinda Sutta DN.ii.220.ff. it was the capital of Ava …
mahāgavaccha →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing properly and awaiting ones’ time. Thag.12
mahājanapadā →
dppn
The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …
mahājāli →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of names. MN.iii.70
mahākaccāyana →
dppn
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 …
mahākappina →
dppn
One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered foremost among those who taught the monks. AN.i.25 The Vinaya Vin.i.105 records that when Kappina was in the Deer Park at Maddakucchi he won …
mahākassapa →
dppn
MahākassapaKassapaPippali
One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, chief among those who upheld austere practices. AN.i.23 His personal name was Pippali, but he is usually known by his clan name K …
mahākoṭṭhita →
dppn
MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita
One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical knowledge. AN.i.24 His Theragāthā verse speaks of contentment and sha …
mahākāla →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses describe a large swarthy woman sitting surrounded by bones in the charnel ground, evidently a practitioner of asceticism. He expresses the wish to never be reborn. Thag.141–152
mahāli →
dppn
A Licchavi chief, mentioned as having visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā to ask if he had seen Sakka SN.i.230 and also to beg information as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This conv …
mahāmoggallāna →
dppn
MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita
The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …
mahānāga →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses warn of the dangers that face a monk who neglects the Dhamma. Thag.387–392
mahānāma →
dppn
Mahānāma1
A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …
mahāpajāpatī →
dppn
Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī
An eminent bhikkhunī and the step-mother of the Buddha. She raised the Buddha as her own child after the death of his mother.
She is chiefly remembered as the first bhik …
mahāpanthaka →
dppn
The elder brother of Cūḷapanthaka. He was declared pre eminent among those skilled in the evolution of consciousness. (saññāvivatta). AN.i.24
A set of verses uttered by him in the joy of attainment …
mahāpurisa →
dppn
The name given to a Great Being, destined to become either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha. He carries on his person the following thirty two marks. DN.ii.17f. DN.iii.142ff. MN.ii.136f. .
- he has fe …
mahāpāragā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26
mahāroruva →
dppn
One of the hells. SN.i.92
5hell
mahāsammata →
dppn
A king who lived in the beginning of this present age. He was called Mahāsammata, because, on the arising of wickedness in the world, he was chosen by the people DN.iii.92f. to show indignation agai …
mahāsarā →
dppn
The books contain a list of seven great lakes, situated in the Himālaya. They form the sources of the five great rivers and dry up only when four suns appear in the world. These seven lakes are Anotat …
mahāsubhaddā →
dppn
Chief queen of Mahāsudassana. DN.ii.169ff. Aii.189 SN.iii.145
mahāsudassana →
dppn
The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.
mahāvana →
dppn
Mahāvana1
A wood near Vesāli, in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.
Vesāli3parkMahāvana2
A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madh …
mahāvijita →
dppn
A king of long ago, whose exemplary sacrifice, held under the direction of his chaplain, is narrated in the Kūṭadanta Sutta.
mahāviyūha →
dppn
MahāviyūhaMahāviyūhassa
A gabled chamber erected by Mahāsudassana into which he could retire during the heat of the day. It was made of silver. DN.ii.182
5building
makkarakata →
dppn
A locality in Avanti. Mahā Kaccāna once stayed there in a forest hut and was visited by Lohicca and his pupils. SN.iv.116f.
Avanti3town
mallā →
dppn
The name of a people and their country.
The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …
mettākāyikā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
migalandika →
dppn
MigalandikaMigaladdhika
An undesirable monk. When the Buddha had once been preaching to the monks in Mahāvana in Vesāli regarding the defilement and filth of the body, and had retired into solitude, …
missakā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
mithilā →
dppn
The capital of the Videha country. The city was very ancient, and, according to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 was founded by Mahāgovinda, steward of King Reṇu.
It was also the capital of Makhādeva …
moranivāpa →
dppn
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 …
māgadha →
dppn
One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …
māluṅkyāputta →
dppn
MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta
The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of craving and encourages effort. Thag.399–404 The second set speaks …
māra →
dppn
MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā
Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …
mātali →
dppn
The name given to the chariot driver of Sakka. The Mātali of the present age had a son, Sikhandhi, with whom Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, daughter of Timbarū, was in love; but later she transferred her affec …
māyā →
dppn
MāyāMahāmāyā
The mother of the Buddha, and wife of Suddhodana of the Sakyan clan. DN.ii.52 Thag.534 Thig.162 She died seven days after giving birth to the Buddha in Lumbinī. An elaborate account of t …
nanda →
dppn
Nanda1Vaccha
Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …
nigaṇṭha nāṭaputta →
dppn
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 …
nighaṇḍu →
dppn
A yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress. DN.iii.204 He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
nigrodhārāma →
dppn
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 …
nādikā →
dppn
The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nāḷandā, Pāṭaligāma, Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bha …
nāga →
dppn
A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …
nāgasamāla →
dppn
He was a Sākiyan and entered the Order when the Buddha visited his kinsmen at Kapilavatthu. For some time he was the Buddha’s personal attendant—e.g., when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. …
odātagayhā →
dppn
A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
opamañña →
dppn
Opamañña1
One of the names of Pokkharasāti. MN.ii.200
Opamañña2
A Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is me …
oṭṭhaddha →
dppn
One of the Licchavis. He went to visit the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesalī, at a time when the Buddha had given orders that no one should be allowed to see him; but through the intervention of th …
paccantajanapadā →
dppn
The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given, and the Paccantajanapadā lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the sout …
pajjunna →
dppn
A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.
Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …
pajāpati →
dppn
One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274
He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329
In …
panāda →
dppn
one of the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
papāte pabbate →
dppn
Papāte PabbatePapātapabbata
A mountain in Avantī, near Kuraraghara. It was a favourite spot of Mahā Kaccāna, and we are told of several discussions having taken place there.SN.iii.9ff. SN.iv.115*f. …
paramatta →
dppn
A Brahmā who was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260
pañcakaṅga →
dppn
The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.
The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …
pañcanadī →
dppn
PañcanadīPañcamahānadī
In several places in the texts five rivers are mentioned as the five great rivers of India, and they are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, …
pañcavaggiyā →
dppn
The name given to the five monks—Koṇḍañña (Aññā Koṇḍañña), Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.
All five joined in the austerities of Gotam …
pañcālacaṇḍa →
dppn
A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles. The Buddha corrects him, saying that t …
pippaliguhā →
dppn
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 …
potaliputta →
dppn
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 …
pātikaputta →
dppn
A naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …
pāyāsi →
dppn
A chieftain of Setavyā, who lived on a royal domain gifted by Pasenadi. He held the view that there was no world other than this, no fruit of actions and no rebirth. But after a discussion with Kūmara …
pūraṇa kassapa →
dppn
Pūraṇa Kassapa
One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.
Else …
revata →
dppn
Revata1Khadiravaniya
An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers. AN.i.24
His Theragāthā verses appear under two names. As Khadiravaniya he admonishe …
rojā →
dppn
Rojā1
A Malla, inhabitant of Kusinārā. When the Buddha and Ānanda visited Kusinārā, the Malla chieftains decreed that whoever failed to pay homage to the Buddha would be fined five hundred …
rucirā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
rāhu →
dppn
RāhuRāhubhadda
An Asura chieftain. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.49f. says that on one occasion when he seized the Moon god, and on another the Sun god, both these invoked the aid of the Buddha. The Bud …
rāhula →
dppn
RāhulaRāhulabhadda
Only son of Gotama Buddha. When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment and accepted Suddhodana’s invitation, Rāhula’s mother sent the boy to the …
rājagaha →
dppn
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 …
sadāmattā →
dppn
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahabhū →
dppn
A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahadhammā →
dppn
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sahajāti →
dppn
SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika
A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …
sahali →
dppn
Sahali1
A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
Sahali2
A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in …
sahampati →
dppn
A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged of him to open to the world the doors of …
sakka →
dppn
SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya
Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.
- Maghavā, be …
sakuladāyī →
dppn
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 …
samiddhi →
dppn
Samiddhi
Once, while he was at Silāvati musing on his good fortune as a monk, Māra tried to terrify him. Samiddhi told the Buddha of this, but the Buddha asked him to stay on where he was. He obeyed, …
samānā →
dppn
A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sanaṅkumāra →
dppn
A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …
sarakāni →
dppn
SarakāniSaraṇāni
A Sākyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a sotāpanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sākyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the train …
saṅkha →
dppn
A future king, who will be the Cakkavatti of Ketumatī at the time of the appearance of Metteyya Buddha in the world. He will raise up again the palace of King Mahāpanāda and live there. But later he w …
serissaka →
dppn
Serissaka1
A Yakkha chieftain to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha. DN.iii.205
Serissaka1Serīsaka
A vimāna in the Cātummahārājika world, which was occupi …
sineru →
dppn
SineruMahāneruMeruSumeruHemameru
A mountain, forming the center of the world. MN.i.338 DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad. AN.iv.100
Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteri …
sovīra →
dppn
A country mentioned in the Mahāgovinda Sutta. DN.ii.235
In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.
Eder, Gujarat?3region
soṇa →
dppn
Soṇa1
A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …
subhadda →
dppn
Subhadda1
When the Buddha died and the monks stood weeping, Subhadda asked them to rejoice instead, saying— “We are well rid of the Great Monk; we shall now do just as we like.” Mahā Kassa …
subrahmā →
dppn
Subrahmā1
A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the only path out of sorrow is by way of wisdom, renunciat …
sucitti →
dppn
An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
suddhodana →
dppn
A Sākiyan Rājā of Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.
Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her position.
Nanda was Suddhodana’s son by Mahā Pajāp …
sudinna →
dppn
SudinnaKalandakaputta
A monk who, after being ordained, returned to his former wife and had relations with her, thus becoming guilty of the first Pārājika offence. When there was a famine in the Vajj …
sukkā →
dppn
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. …
suleyyā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
sunakkhatta →
dppn
A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha, but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Budd …
suriya →
dppn
A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the Buddha enjoined on Rāhu to let him go. This Rāhu did, an …
susumāragiri →
dppn
SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri
A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.
During his visits there he preached the Anu …
sāketa →
dppn
A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …
sāriputta →
dppn
Sāriputta
The chief disciple of Gotama- Buddha. He is also called Upatissa, which was evidently his personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great friend of Mahāmoggallāna. After going forth together …
sātapabbata →
dppn
A mountain in the Middle country, the abode of Sātāgira. Many other Yakkas also lived there, three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257
4hill
sāti →
dppn
He was a fisherman’s son and held the false view that, according to the Buddha’s teaching, a man’s consciousness runs on and continues without break of identity. Sāti’s colleagues did their best to ch …
sīha →
dppn
Sīha1
A Licchavi general of Vesāli. He was a follower of the Nigaṇṭhas. When the Buddha visited Vesāli, Sīha, having heard reports of his greatness, wished to see him, but Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaput …
tacchakā →
dppn
A class of Nāgas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
thullanandā →
dppn
A nun, one of four sisters who all joined the Order, the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.
Thulla-Nandā appears to have had charge of a large company of nuns, all of whom followed her …
thullatissā →
dppn
A nun. She was present when Mahā-Kassapa, in the company of Ānanda, visited the nuns and preached to them. She expressed resentment that Kassapa should dare to preach in the presence of Ānanda. It wa …
timbaru →
dppn
A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268
He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258
tissa →
dppn
Tissa1
One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4
Tissa2
A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …
todeyya →
dppn
Todeyya1
A Mahāsāla brahmin, mentioned in a list of eminent brahmins gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235 Snp.p.115
There was in Caṇḍalakappa a mango grove belonging …
tusita →
dppn
The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210
Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusit …
tāvatiṃsā →
dppn
TāvatiṃsāTidasāTidiva
The second of the six deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of Mount Sineru. Sakka is king of Tāvatiṃsā.
Tāvatiṃsā was also known …
ummāpupphā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
upananda →
dppn
…two novices, Kaṇḍaka and Mahaka, who seem to have resembled their teacher in being undesirables. They were found guilty of having sex together,…
upavatta →
dppn
UpavattaUpavattana
The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …
uposatha →
dppn
The name of the Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the sky.”. DN.ii.174 MN.iii.173f.
uruvelakappa →
dppn
A township of the Mallas in the Malla country. Once when the Buddha was staying there, Bhadragaka, the headman of the town, visited him, and the Buddha preached to him a sermon on the arising and the …
uttara →
dppn
Uttara1
A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.121–122
Uttara2
A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162
Uttara3
A *devapu …
uttarakuru →
dppn
A mythical region. A detailed description of it is given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.199ff. The men who live there own no property nor have they wives of their own; they do not have to work for t …
vacchagotta →
dppn
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- …
vajjī →
dppn
The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …
valāhaka →
dppn
The horse of Mahāsudassana. He is all white, with a crow black head and a dark mane. DN.ii.174 SN.iii.145
varaṇā →
dppn
VaraṇāVāraṇā
A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Ārāmadaṇḍa visited Mahākaccāna. AN.i.65
Avanti3town
varuṇā →
dppn
A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.
vassakāra →
dppn
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 …
veghanasā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
vejayanta →
dppn
Vejayanta1
A palace belonging to Sakka. When Moggallāna visited Sakka to discover if he had fully understood the Buddha’s teaching in the Cūlatanhā saṅkhaya Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his …
velāmikā →
dppn
Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the Dīgha DN.ii.187 the chief queen is called Subhaddā.
vepacitti →
dppn
VepacittiSambara
An Asura chieftain, who was present with Namuci (Māra) at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya …
vessāmitta →
dppn
Vessāmitta1
A celebrated sage of old. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 Vin.i.2451
Vessāmitta2
A Yakkha chief who, with five hundred others of the same name, w …
vesāli →
dppn
A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …
vesālā →
dppn
The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
veteṇḍu →
dppn
A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
veṇhu →
dppn
A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.
vicakkanā →
dppn
A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261
videha →
dppn
A country and its people. At the time of the Buddha, Videha formed one of the two important principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on o …
vipassī →
dppn
A Buddha of the past, whose story is told in the Mahāpadāna Sutta. He was born in the Khema park in Bandhumatī, his father being Bandhumā and his mother Bandhumatī. He belonged to the Koṇḍañña gotta. …
viṭeṇḍu →
dppn
One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257
viṭu →
dppn
Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
viṭucca →
dppn
Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258
vāruṇā →
dppn
A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
vāsavanesī →
dppn
A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
vāseṭṭha →
dppn
Vāseṭṭha1
An old sage held in high esteem for his knowledge. He was one of the originators of the Vedic mantras. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.164 MN.ii.200
Vāseṭṭha2
A clan, proba …
vāyodevā →
dppn
A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
yakkha →
dppn
A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).
Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …
yama →
dppn
The god of death. When beings die they are led before him to be judged according to their deeds. Birth, old age, illness, punishment for crime and death, are regarded as his messengers, sent among men …
yasa →
dppn
Yasa 1
He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …
ājīvakā →
dppn
ĀjīvakāĀjīvikā
A class of naked ascetics, Vin.i.291 followers of Makkhali Gosāla, regarded, from the Buddhist point of view, as the worst of sophists. Numerous references to the Ājīvakas are to be fo …
āpā →
dppn
A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259
ārāmadaṇḍa →
dppn
A brahmin. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying at Vāraṇā on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, Ārāmadaṇḍa came to see him and asked him why nobles quarrelled with nobles, brahmins with brahmins, and househo …
ātumā →
dppn
A town that lay between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī. Once the Buddha, with a large company of bhikkhus, visited the town. At that time there dwelt in it a monk who had been ordained late in life and had for …
āḷārakālāma →
dppn
ĀḷārakālāmaĀḷāraKālāma
One of the two teachers to whom Gotama, after his renunciation, first attached himself, the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.24 …
mahābhūta →
farkas
négy nagy elem (föld, víz, tűz, lég/levegő)
antarakappa →
ncped
( & n.) a subdivision or intermediate cycle of a mahākappa
apetalomahaṃsa →
ncped
with excitement gone
cakka →
ncped
- a wheel of a cart or carriage; the pattern of a wheel on the soles of the feet (one of the marks of a mahāpurisa)
- a circular missile, a discus; the “wheel” of sovereignty, of authority; sway.
- …
catumahāpatha →
ncped
crossing of high-roads, a main crossroads.
catummahāpatha →
ncped
crossing of high-roads, a main crossroads.
citantaraṃsa →
ncped
whose back is flat (i.e. not hollow) between the shoulder-blades (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahapurisa)
cātumahābhūtika →
ncped
cātumahāpatha →
ncped
cātumahārājika →
ncped
cātummahābhūtika →
ncped
consisting of the four main elements.
cātummahāpatha →
ncped
crossing of high roads; a main crossroad.
cātummahārājika →
ncped
…to that company. 2. (n.) the world of the catummaharajika devas.
dīghaṅguli →
ncped
having long fingers (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahapurisa)
enījaṅgha →
ncped
with legs like the black antelope’s (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).
gahapatimahāsala →
ncped
very wealthy householder.
gaṇakamahāmatta →
ncped
minister of finance; an accountant.
gaṇakamahāmattā →
ncped
jālāhatthapāda →
ncped
with “netted” hands and feet, prob. with hands and feet marked with a network of lines (one of the 32 marks of a mahapurisa)
kañcanasannibhattaca →
ncped
with the skin like gold, golden skinned (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).
khandhaka →
ncped
- a chapter, a section; one of the 22 sections of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga of the Vinayapiṭaka.
- the section of the Vinayapiṭaka consisting of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga.
khattiyamahāsāla →
ncped
rich khattiya
nattamahaṃ →
ncped
by day and night.
nigaṇṭha →
ncped
- an ascetic, specifically mahāvīra.
- an ascetic, especially one who is a follower of mahāvīra, a jain.
nigaṇṭhaputta →
ncped
follower of Mahavīra, a Jain ascetic.
nātaputta →
ncped
Mahāvīra, leader of the Jains.
nātaputtiya →
ncped
follower of Mahāvīra.
uddhaggaloma →
ncped
having hair with its ends turning upwards (esp. as one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)
ussada →
ncped
- obtruding, raising oneself.
- mound (of flesh), thickness.
- swelling.
- abundance, prevalence, preponderance.
- over-abundance, excess.
- a supplementary niraya (of which there are either 16 …
ussaṅkhapāda →
ncped
having feet with high arches (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).
uṇhīsasīsa →
ncped
whose head is like a turban in appearance (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)
ācariyamahāyuga →
ncped
generation of teachers
āyatapaṇhi →
ncped
having projecting heels (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)
āyatapaṇhin →
ncped
having projecting heels (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)
anussati →
nyana
Anussati: ‘recollection’, reflection, meditation, contemplation. The six recollections often described in the Suttas e.g. A. VI, 10, 25; D. 33 are:
1: Recollection of the Buddha, *buddhānussati …
aparihāniya-dhamma →
nyana
Aparihāniya-dhamma: ‘conditions of welfare’ lit. of non-decline, for a nation. Seven such conditions are mentioned in the Mahā-Parinibbāna Sutta D. 16. They are followed by five sets of 7, and …
brahma-kāyika-deva →
nyana
Brahma-kāyika-deva: The ‘divine beings of the Brahma-world’ inhabit the first 3 heavens of the fine-material world, rūpaloka corresponding to the 1st absorption jhāna. The highest ruler of …
catu-mahārājika-deva →
nyana
Catu-mahārājika-deva: a class of divine beings of the sense-sphere; see: deva.
chief-elements →
nyana
Chief-elements: the 4: mahā-bhūta -d hātu
great man →
nyana
[[great man]]Great man: the 8 thoughts of a: mahāpurisa-vitakka.
papañca →
nyana
Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …
paramattha →
nyana
Paramattha: sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the ‘conventional truth’ vohāra - sacca which is also …
paramī →
nyana
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 …
patisankhānupassanā-ñāna →
nyana
Patisankhānupassanā-ñāna: ’knowledge consisting in reflective contemplation
is one of the 9 knowledges constituting the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ patipadā \ …
pātimokkha →
nyana
Pātimokkha: ‘Disciplinary Code’, is the name of the code of monk’s rules, which on all full-moon and new moon days is recited before the assembled community of fully ordained Bhikkhus Bhikkhu. …
pūjā →
nyana
Pūjā: 1 honour, respect, homage, 2 worship, devotional observances, devotional offerings; also offerings to Bhikkhus.
1: The Mahā-mangala Sutta Sn. 259 says that;Honour and respect towards those …
tathatā →
nyana
Tathatā: ‘Suchness’, designates the firmly fixed nature bhāva of all things whatever. The only passage in the Canon where the word occurs in this sense, is found in Kath. 186 see: Guide, p. 83. …
theravāda →
nyana
Theravāda: ‘Doctrine of the Elders’, is a name of the oldest form of the Buddha’s teachings, handed down to us in the Pāli language. According to tradition, its name is derived from the fact of ha …
āloka-saññā →
nyana
Āloka-saññā: Perception of light. The recurring canonical passage reads: Here the Bhikkhu contemplates the perception of light. He fixes his-mind to the experience of the daylight; as at day-ti …
abbhuta →
pts
…combd. with lomahaṃsana) Ja.iv.355 (id.); Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi = acchariyaṃ Thag-a.233); Vv.44#9…
abhinikkhamana →
pts
departure, going away, esp. the going out into monastic life, retirement renunciation. Usually as mahā˚; the great renunciation Ja.i.61; Pv-a.19.
abhi + nikkhamana
abhinimmināti →
pts
…manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp abhinimmita (q.v.).
abhi + nimmināti, cp. BSk….
abhipassati →
pts
to have regard for, look for, strive after AN.i.147 (nibbānaṃ); AN.iii.75; Snp.896 (khema˚), Snp.1070 (rattamahā˚) Mnd.308; Cnd.428; Ja.vi.370.
abhi + passati
abhippavassati →
pts
to shed rain upon, to pour down; intrs. to rain, to pour, fall. Usually in phrase mahāmegho abhippavassati a great cloud bursts Mil.8 Mil.13, Mil.36, Mil.304; Pv-a.132 (variant reading ati˚); intrs. …
abhippavuṭṭha →
pts
past participle having rained, poured, fallen; trs. SN.v.51 (bandhanāni meghena ˚āni) AN.v.127; intrs. MN.ii.117 (mahāmegho ˚o there has been a cloudburst).
fr. abhippavassati
abhisambhū →
pts
adjective getting, attaining (?) DN.ii.255 (lomahaṃsa˚).
fr. abhi + sam + bhū
abhitāpa →
pts
extreme heat, glow; adj. very hot Vin.iii.83 (sīsa˚ sunstroke); MN.i.507 (mahā˚ very hot) Mil.67 (mahābhitāpatara much hotter); Pv.iv.1#8 (mahā˚ of niraya).
abhi + tāpa
abhiññatā →
pts
in cpd. mahā˚; state or condition of great intelligence or supernormal knowledge SN.iv.263; SN.V.175, SN.V.298 sq.
fr. abhiññā
addhan →
pts
…formula with jiṇṇa & mahallaka; Vin.ii.188; DN.i.48 (cp. DN-a.i.143); MN.i.82; Snp.p. 50, Snp.p. 92; Pv-a.149.
- -gū…
aggatā →
pts
…prominence, superiority Kv.556 (˚ṃ gata); Dpvs.iv.1 (guṇaggataṃ gatā)
■ (adj.) mahaggata of great value or…
aggha →
pts
…Mhvs.76; Vv-a.77
■ mahaggha (adj.) of great value Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.414; Ja.vi.209; Pv.ii.1#18. See also mahāraha….
aggi →
pts
fire.
- 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 …
ahaṃ →
pts
…the first“ Vv.84#50 (= ahamahaṃkārā ti Vv-a.351)
■ gen. dat. mayhaṃ Snp.431, Snp.479; Ja.i.279; Ja.ii.160, mama…
ahuhāliya →
pts
hoarse & loud laugh Ja.iii.223 (= danta-vidaṃsaka-mahā-hasita C.).
onomat.
akkhaṇa →
pts
…a. AN.i.284 (+ mahato kāyassa padāletā), AN.ii.170 sq. (id.), AN.i.202; AN.iv.423, AN.iv.425; Ja.ii.91 (explained as either…
alasa →
pts
adjective idle, lazy, slack, slothful, languid SN.i.44, SN.i.217; Snp.96 (= jāti-alaso Snp-a.170); Ja.iv.30; Dhp.280 (= mahā-alaso Dhp-a.iii.410). Opp. analasa vigorous energetic SN.i.44; DN.iii …
allīyati →
pts
to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet
- lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
- f …
amacca →
pts
- friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …
amata →
pts
Amata1
neuter
- The drink of the gods, ambrosia, water of immortality, (cp BSk. amṛta-varṣa “rain of Ambrosia” Jtm.221).
- A general conception of a state of durability & non-change a …
anoma →
pts
adjective (only ˚-) not inferior, superior, perfect, supreme, in foll. compounds
anu →
pts
Anu1
indeclinable prep. & pref
A.
As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …
anubhāva →
pts
…of, accordance with“, e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatness rājâ˚ s. belonging to a king, what is in accordance with kingship, i.e. majesty….
anubhāvatā →
pts
majesty, power SN.i.156 (mahā˚).
= anubhāva + tā
anubyañjana FIXME double →
pts
Anuvyañjana & anubyañjana
(e.g. Vin.iv.15; Ja.i.12) neuter accompanying (i.e. secondary attribute, minor or inferior characteristic, supplementary or additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa …
anupathe →
pts
at Ja.v.302 should be read as anu pathe by the way at the wayside; anu to be taken as prep. c. loc. (see anu A). C. explains as janghamagga-mahāmaggānaṃ antare.
anupubba →
pts
adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …
anuvyañjana →
pts
Anuvyañjana & anubyañjana
(e.g. Vin.iv.15; Ja.i.12) neuter accompanying (i.e. secondary attribute, minor or inferior characteristic, supplementary or additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa …
apadāna →
pts
- removing, breaking off, DN.iii.88.
- [= Sk. avadāna cp. ovāda] advice, admonition, instruction, morals Vin.ii.4 (an˚ not taking advice), Vin.ii.7 (id.) MN.i.96; AN.v.337 sq. (saddhā˚) Thag.47.
- …
appa →
pts
…DN.i.61 (opp. mahant, DN-a.i.170 parittaka); Snp.713, Snp.775, Snp.805, Snp.896 (= appaka, omaka thoka, lamaka, jatukka, parittaka…
appesakkha →
pts
adjective of little power, weak, impotent SN.ii.229; Mil.65; Sdhp.89.
acc. to Childers = Sk. *alpa + īśa + ākhya, the latter fr. ā + khyā “being called lord of little”; Trenckner on Mil.65 (see …
araha →
pts
…[Sk. mahārgha] worth much, of great value, costly, dear Ja.i.50, Ja.i.58; Ja.iii.83, etc. (see mahant). 2. fit for, apt for,…
arañña →
pts
forest DN.i.71; MN.i.16; MN.iii.104; SN.i.4, SN.i.7, SN.i.29, SN.i.181, SN.i.203 (mahā); AN.i.60 (˚vanapatthāni); AN.ii.252; AN.iii.135, AN.iii.138; Snp.39, Snp.53, Snp.119; Dhp.99, Dhp.329, Dhp.330; …
ariṭṭhaka →
pts
adjective
- unhurt; perfect DN-a.194 (˚ṃ ñāṇaṃ)
- [fr. ariṭṭha in meaning of “soap-berry plant”?] in phrase mahā ariṭṭhako maṇi SN.i.104 “a great mass of soap stone” (cp. Rh. D. in JR. A. S. 18 …
asecanaka →
pts
adjective unmixed, unadulterated, i.e. with full and unimpaired properties, delicious, sublime, lovely MN.i.114; SN.i.213 (a. ojava “that elixir that no infusion needs Mrs Rh. D.) = Thig.55 (expl<su …
asura →
pts
fallen angel, a Titan pl. asurā the Titans, a class of mythological beings. Dhpāla at Pv-a.272 & the C. on Ja.v.186 define them as kāḷakañjaka-bhedā asurā. The are classed with other similar infer …
asīti →
pts
number 80 (on symbolical meaning & freq. application see; aṭṭha1 B 1 c, where also most of the ref’s In addition we mention the foll.:) Ja.i.233 (˚hattha 80 hands, i.e. 80 cubits deep); J …
ati →
pts
…˚manohara very charming; ˚mahant too great; ˚vikāla very inconvenient ˚vela a very long time; ˚sambādha too tight, etc. etc. (b.) with verb:…
atibrūheti →
pts
to shout out, roar, cry Ja.v.361 (= mahāsaddaṃ nicchāreti).
ati + brūheti, bṛh2, but by C. taken incorrectly to brū; cp. Sk. abhi-bṛṇhayati
atimahant →
pts
adjective very or too great Ja.i.221; Pv-a.75.
ati + mahant
ayyaka →
pts
grandfather, (so also BSk., e.g. Mvu.ii.426; Mvu.iii.264) Ja.iii.155; Ja.iv.146; Ja.vi.196; Pv.i.84; Mil.284. ayyaka-payyakā grandfather & great grandfather; forefathers, ancestors Ja.i.2; Pv-a.107 …
aḍḍha →
pts
…in combn. with mahaddhana & mahābhoga; of great wealth & resources (foll. by pahūta-jātarūparajata pahūta vittūpakaraṇa…
aḍḍhaka →
pts
adjective wealthy, rich, influential Ja.iv.495; Pv.ii.8#2 (= mahāvibhava Pv-a.107).
aṇu →
pts
…small & large Dhp.31 (= mahantañ ca khuddakañ ca Dhp-a.i.282), Dhp.409 = Snp.633; Ja.iv.192; Dhp-a.iv.184.
- -matta of…
aṇṇava →
pts
- a great flood (= ogha), the sea or ocean (often as mah˚ cp. BSk. mahārṇava, e.g. Jtm.31#75) MN.i.134; SN.i.214 SN.iv.157 (mahā udak˚); Snp.173 (fig. for saṃsāra see Snp-a.214), Snp.183, Snp.184; J …
aṭṭha →
pts
Aṭṭha1
num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …
bahu →
pts
…very watchful Dhp.29 (= mahante sativepulle jāgariye ṭhita Dhp-a.i.262); Snp.972 (cp. Mnd.501). -jāta growing much,…
bhasati →
pts
to bark (of dogs) Ja.iv.182 (aor. bhasi; so read for T. bhusi)
pp bhasitaṃ (as n.) bark ibid. (mahā-bhasitaṃ bhasi, read for bhusita) See also bhusati.
cp. Epic Sk. bhaṣate
bhava →
pts
…Cnd.664 A Thag.784 (Thag-a mahantāmahanta bh.) Thag-a.71 (Ap. v 30); Vb-a.501. -āsava the intoxicant of existence…
bhaya →
pts
…fear (sometimes under term mahabbhaya, mahā-bhaya), e.g. one of 17 at Mil.196, one of 16 (four times four) at AN.ii.121 sq. the same in…
bheri →
pts
kettle-drum (of large size; Dhs-a.319 distinguishes 2 kinds: mahā˚ & paṭaha˚ DN.i.79; AN.ii.185; Vv.81#10; Ja.vi.465; Dhp-a.i.396; Sdhp.429
■ issara˚; the drum of the ruler or lord Ja.i.283 *pa …
bhesma →
pts
adjective terrible, awful Vin.ii.203 = Iti.86 (“bhesmā hi udadhī mahā,” so read for Vin. bhasmā with variant reading bhesmā, and for It tasmā, with variant reading BB bhesmā, misunderstood by ed …
bheṇḍuka →
pts
Bheṇḍuka1
a ball for playing Ja.iv.30, Ja.iv.256; Ja.v.196; Ja.vi.471; Dhs-a.116 See also geṇḍuka.
in all probability misreading for geṇḍuka. The variant reading is …
bhiṃsaka →
pts
…(usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.22 Thag-a.242 (˚sabhāva = bhīmarūpa); Ja.v.43 2….
bhiṃsana →
pts
…(usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.22 Thag-a.242 (˚sabhāva = bhīmarūpa); Ja.v.43 2….
bhiṃsā →
pts
terror, fright; mahā-bhiṃsa (adj.) inspiring great terror DN.ii.259. Cp. bhismā.
fr. bhiṃsa
bhiṅka →
pts
the young of an animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being dirty (cp. pigs) Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269 (bhinka-cchāpa) Ja.v.418 (with ref. to young cats: “mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati tar …
bhāra →
pts
- anything to carry, a load Vin.iii.278 (Bdhgh; dāru˚ a load of wood) bhāraṃ vahati to carry a load AN.i.84; Vv-a.23
■ garu˚ a heavy load, as “adj.” “carrying a heavy load” Ja.v.439 (of a w …
bhārataka →
pts
“the petty descendants of Bhārata” or: load-carrier, porter (?) SN.iv.117 (indignantly applied to apprentices and other low class young men who honour the Mahā-Kaccāna).
fr. bhara
bhīmala →
pts
adjective terrifying, horrible, awful Ja.v.43 (T. bhīmūla, but read bhīmala; C. explains by bhiṃsanaka-mahāsadda).
fr. bhīma
bhūmaka →
pts
Bhūmaka & ˚ika
(adj.) (only-˚)
- having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …
bhūmi →
pts
- (lit.) ground, soil, earth Vin.ii.175; Snp.418 (yāna carriage road); Pv.i.10#14≈; Snp-a.353 (heṭṭhā-bhūmiyaṃ under the earth); Dhp-a.i.414 (id., opp. upari-bhūmiyaṃ)
- place, quarter, district …
bhūmika →
pts
Bhūmaka & ˚ika
(adj.) (only-˚)
- having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …
bhūta →
pts
grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …
bhūtika →
pts
adjective (-˚) in cpd. cātummahā˚ belongs to the whole expression, viz. composed of the 4 great elements MN.i.515.
bindu →
pts
- a drop, usually a drop of water Snp.392, Snp.812 (uda˚); Ja.i.100; Vism.531 (madhu˚) Thag-a.281; Pv-a.98 (udaka˚).
- a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism.222 (˚vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).
- (as adj. …
bodhi →
pts
brahant →
pts
…also brahantā Vv.52#4 (= mahantā Vv-a.224; of the Yama-dūtā or Death’s giant messengers)
■ f. brahatl Ja.v.215 (= uḷārā C.);…
brahma →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brahmañña →
pts
adjective brahman, of the brahman rank; brahmanhood, of higher conduct, leading a pure life DN.i.115 (at which passage DN-a.i.286 includes Sāriputta, Moggallāna & Mahākassapa in this rank) MN.ii.167; …
brahmā →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brāhmaṇa →
pts
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 …
buddha →
pts
Buddha1
adjective
- understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
- having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …
ca →
pts
…With neg, na ca = but not: mahatī vata te bondi, na ca paññā tadūpikā (but your wisdom is not in the same proportion) Ja.ii.160.
3….
cakka →
pts
I. Crude meaning
- a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
- a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
- a disc, a …
cattārīsa →
pts
(& cattālīsa) forty SN.ii.85; Snp.p.87; Iti.99≈. Usually cattāḷīsa Ja.i.58; Ja.v.433; Dhp-a.i.41; Dhp-a.ii.9. 93.
- -danta having 40 teeth (one of the characteristics of a Mahāp …
catur →
pts
base of numeral four
- As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …
cha →
pts
Cha & Chaḷ
(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.
…
chambhita →
pts
…ch. lomahaṃsa (fear stupefaction & horripilation (“gooseflesh”) Vin.ii.156; SN.i.104; SN.i.118;…
chaḷ →
pts
Cha & Chaḷ
(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.
…
cita →
pts
heaped; lined or faced with (cp. citaka2) pokkharaṇiyo iṭṭhakāhi citā DN.ii.178, cp. Vin.ii.123.
- -antaraṃsa “one whose shoulder-hole is heaped up, one who has th …
citta →
pts
…Pv-a.26; c. rakkhitaṃ mahato atthāya saṃvattati a guarded heart turns to great profit AN.i.7; similarly: c. *dantaṃ, guttaṃ,…
cora →
pts
thief, a robber Vin.i.74, Vin.i.75, Vin.i.88, Vin.i.149; SN.ii.100, SN.ii.128 = AN.ii.240; SN.ii.188 (gāmaghāta, etc.); SN.iv.173; MN.ii.74 = Thag.786; AN.i.48; AN.ii.121 sq.; AN.iv.92, AN.iv.278; Snp …
culla →
pts
Culla & cūḷa
adjective small, minor (opp mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr. Ja.ii.287, cp Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman ( …
cullāsīti →
pts
eighty-four Ja.vi.226 (mahākappe as duration of Saṃsāra); Pv-a.254 (id.). Also as cūḷāsīti q.v.
= caturāsīti
cātur →
pts
Cātur˚
(and cātu˚) consisting of four. Only in compounds viz.
- -(r)anta (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep of the earth: Ja.ii. …
cūḷa →
pts
Culla & cūḷa
adjective small, minor (opp mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c˚ Anāthapiṇḍika = A jr. Ja.ii.287, cp Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman ( …
cūḷanikā →
pts
only in phrase sahassi cūḷanikā lokadhātu “the system of the 1,000 lesser worlds” (distinguished from the dvi-sahassī majjhimakā & the ti-sahassī mahāsahassi lokadhātu) AN.i.227; Cnd.235, Cnd.2#b. …
dahara →
pts
dahati →
pts
…DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the mind on); Snp.825…
dakkhiṇa →
pts
adjective
- right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …
deva →
pts
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 1a) …
devatā →
pts
“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …
dhamma →
pts
…Red-hot lancet SN.iv.168; Lomahaṃsana˚ MN.i.83; Dhammatā-dhamma Mil.193, etc.
- -pāla guardian of the Law or the Dhp…
dhana →
pts
…in combination aḍḍha mahaddhana mahābhoga to indicate immense wealth (see aḍḍha) Pv-a.3, Pv-a.214 etc (see…
dhātu →
pts
element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.
- a primary element, of whic …
dinna →
pts
given, granted, presented etc., in all meanings of dadāti q.v.; esp. of giving alms. Pv.iv.3#26 (= mahādāna Pv-a.253) & in phrase adinn’ādāna taking what is not given, i.e. stealing, adj adinnâdāyin …
donī →
pts
Donī1
feminine
- a (wooden) trough, a vat, tub SN.ii.259; AN.i.253; AN.v.323; Ja.i.450; Mil.56-tela˚ an oil vat AN.iii.58 (āyasā made of iron & used as a sarcophagus).
- a trough-shap …
doṇa →
pts
wooden pail, vat, trough; usually as measure of capacity (4 Āḷhaka generally) Pv.iv.3#33 (mitāni sukhadukkhāni donehi piṭakehi). taṇḍula˚ a doṇa of rice Dhp-a.iii.264 Dhp-a.iv.15. At Ja.ii.367 doṇa …
dukkha →
pts
…as jāti etc.); dukkhaṃ = mahabbhayaṃ SN.i.37; bhārādānaṃ dukkhaṃ loke bhāra-nikkhepanaṃ sukhaṃ (pain is the great weight)…
dvi →
pts
number two.
A. Meanings
I. Two as unit
- with objective foundation:
- denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …
dvāra →
pts
- lit. an outer door, a gate, entrance Vin.i.15; SN.i.58 SN.i.138, SN.i.211; Ja.i.346; Ja.ii.63; Ja.vi.330; Vb.71 sq.; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.67 (village gate), Pv-a.79; Sdhp.54, Sdhp.356
■ That d. can …
dāna →
pts
…AN.iv.60; AN.iv.237 sq. (mahapphala), AN.iii.392 sq. (˚ssa vipāka), AN.v.269 (petānaṃ upakappati); Ja.i.8 (aggaḷa˚); Ja.ii.112…
dāvika →
pts
adjective in piṇḍa˚, a cert. rank in the army (variant reading piṇḍa-dāyika) DN.i.51 = Mil.331 (DN-a.i.156: sāhasikamahāyodhā etc., with popular expl. of the terms piṇḍa & davayati).
dāṭhikā →
pts
beard, whiskers Vin.ii.134 (na d. ṭhapetabbā, of the bhikkhus) Ja.i.305; Ja.v.42 (tamba˚), Ja.v.217 (mahā˚ having great whiskers); DN-a.i.263 (parūḷha-massu˚ with beard whiskers grown long).
Sk. * …
dīgha →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) long DN.i.17; MN.i.429; SN.i.104 (˚ṃ addhānaṃ); Snp.146, Snp.633 (opp. rassa); Dhp.60 Dhp.409; Pv.i.10#11 (˚ṃ antaraṃ all the time); Pv.ii.9#55 (id.) Thag.646 (˚m-antare); D …
dīpa →
pts
Dīpa1
a lamp Ja.ii.104 (˚ṃ jāleti to light a l.); Dhp-a.ii.49 (id.), Dhp-a.ii.94 (id.)
gahapati →
pts
the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).
- In formulas
- as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …
gandhabba →
pts
- a musician, a singer Ja.ii.249 sq.; Ja.iii.188; Vv-a.36, Vv-a.137.
- a Gandharva or heavenly musician, as a class (see ˚*kāyika*) belonging to the demigods who inhabit the Cātu …
gati →
pts
- going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …
gatta →
pts
the body, pl. gattāni the limbs. - As body: Vin.i.47; SN.i.169 = SN.i.183 (analla˚ with pure bodies; anallīna˚ at SN.i.169, but variant reading analla˚); AN.i.138; Snp.673 (samacchida˚ with bodies cu …
gaḷagaḷāyati →
pts
to roar, to crash, to thunder; deve gaḷagaḷāyate (loc. abs.) in a thunderstorm, usually as deve vassante deve g˚; amidst rain and heavy thunder DN.ii.132; SN.i.106; AN.v.114 sq (gala˚); Thag.189; Mi …
gaṇaka →
pts
counter, one skilled in counting familiar with arithmetic; an accountant, overseer or calculator. enumerated as an occupation together with muddika at DN.i.51 (expl DN-a.i.157 by acchidda-pāṭhaka); …
gaṇin →
pts
Gaṇin1
adjective one who has a host of followers, epithet of a teacher who has a large attendance of disciples; usually in standing combination sanghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo (see above) Also in f …
ghasa →
pts
adjective noun eating, an eater; in mahagghasa a big eater AN.v.149 (of the crow); Dhp.325; Mil.288.
gini →
pts
(poet.) fire AN.iii.347 (mahāgini); Snp.18 Snp.19 (āhito → nibbuto: made → extinguished); Ja.iv.26. Note. The occurrence of two phonetic representatives of one Vedic form (one by diaeresis & one by …
giri →
pts
mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumn of the 7 large mountains).
- -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …
goṇaka →
pts
Goṇaka1
a kind of ox, a wild bull Ja.vi.538 (arañña˚).
goṇa1
Goṇaka2
a woollen cover with long fleece (DN-a.i.86: dīghalomako mahākojavo; caturangulādhikāni kir …
guṇavant →
pts
adjective possessed of good qualities, virtuous Pv.ii.9#71 (= jhān’ ādiguṇa-yutta); Pv-a.62 (mahā˚).
to guṇa1
gāhāpeti →
pts
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 …
hanu →
pts
the jaw DN.i.11; Ja.i.28 (mahā˚), Ja.i.498; Snp-a.30 (˚sañcalana) Vb-a.145 (˚sañcopana). --saṃhanana jaw-binding, incantations to bring on dumbness DN.i.11; DN-a.i.97.
Vedic hanu; cp. Lat. ge …
haṃsa →
pts
…see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.
fr. haṃsati
Haṃsa2
- a water-bird, swan SN.i.148; Snp.221, Snp.350, Snp.1134;…
haṃsana →
pts
adjective noun bristling, see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.
fr. hṛṣ
haṭṭha →
pts
…end MN.i.83; Dāvs v.64; lomahaṭṭhajāta (cp. ˚loma) with bristling hairs, excited DN.ii.240; Snp.p.14. 2. joyful, happy Vin.i.15; Snp.1017;…
ijjhati →
pts
…trsl.; = samijjhati mahapphalaṃ hoti C.); SN.iv.303; Snp.461 Snp.485; Ja.v.393; Pv.ii.1#11; Pv.ii.9#13 (= samijjhati Pv-a.120) Pot….
indanīla →
pts
sapphire Ja.i.80; Mil.118; Vv-a.111 (+ mahānīla).
inda + nīla “Indra’s blue”
jana →
pts
creature, living being:
- 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 …
janapada →
pts
inhabited country, the country (opp. town or market-place), the continent politically: a province, district, county DN.i.136 (opp nigama); DN.ii.349; AN.i.160, AN.i.178; Snp.422, Snp.683, Snp.995, Sn …
jannu →
pts
the knee Dhp-a.i.394. -ka DN.ii.17≈(in marks of a Mahāpurisa, variant reading ṇṇ); Ja.iv.165; Dhp-a.i.48.
cp. jaṇṇu(ka) & jānu
jina →
pts
conquering, victorious, often of the Buddha, “Victor”: jitā me pāpakā dhammā tasmâhaṃ Upaka jino ti Vin.i.8 = MN.i.171; Vin.v.217; Snp.379, Snp.697, Snp.989, Snp.996. magga˚ conqueror of the Path Snp. …
jivhā →
pts
the tongue.
- physically: Vin.i.34; AN.iv.131; Snp.673, Snp.716; Dhp.65 Dhp.360; Ja.ii.306; Pv-a.99 (of Petas: visukkha-kanthaṭṭha j.), Pv-a.152
■ Of the tongue of the mahāpurusha which coul …
jiṇṇa →
pts
…decrepit, old: vuḍḍha mahallaka andhagata vayo-anupatta Cnd.261; jarājiṇṇatāya jiṇṇa DN-a.i.283
■ Vin.ii.189; DN.i.114;…
jutika →
pts
adjective (-˚) having light, in mahā˚; of great splendour DN.ii.272; AN.i.206; AN.iv.248.
jāla →
pts
Jāla1
neuter a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)
A. Lit
Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN. …
jāni →
pts
Jāni1
feminine deprivation, loss, confiscation of property; plundering, robbery; using force, ill-treatment DN.i.135 = AN.i.201 (vadhena vā bandhena vā jāniyā vā); SN.i.66 (hatajānisu), J …
jāti →
pts
■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).
- birth, rebirth, possibility of …
kacchu →
pts
- the plant Carpopogon pruriens, the fruit of which causes itch when applied to the skin Dhp-a.iii.297 (mahā-phalāni).
- itch, scab, a cutaneous disease, usually in phrase kacchuyā khajjati “to be …
kakkaṭa →
pts
large deer (?) Ja.vi.538 (explained as mahāmiga).
kalaha →
pts
quarrel, dispute, fight AN.i.170; AN.iv.196, AN.iv.401; Snp.862, Snp.863 (+ vivāda); Ja.i.483 Cnd.427; Dhp-a.iii.256 (udaka˚ about the water), Dhp-a.iv.219; Sdhp.135. ˚ṃ udīreti to quarrel Ja.v.395 …
kali →
pts
…akkhesu dhanaparājayo… mahantataro kali yo sugatesu manam padosaye SN.i.149 = AN.ii.3 = AN.v.171, AN.v.174 = Snp.659 = Ne.132; cp. MN.iii.170;…
kamma →
pts
…k˚ṃ… na taṃ hoti mahapphalaṃ… SN.i.49 = Dhp.312 = Thag.277; kadariya˚ a stingy action Pv-a.25; k. classed with sippa,…
kanikāra →
pts
kaṇṇikāra Ja.iv.440; Ja.v.420; the difference stated at Ja.v.422 is kaṇi˚ = mahāpupphā kaṇṇi˚ = khuddakapupphā)
- (m.) the tree Pterospermum acerifolium Ja.i.40; Ja.v.295; Ja. …
kappa →
pts
adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.
I. Literal Meaning # …
kappin →
pts
adjective
- (cp. kappa ii.1a) getting, procuring, acquiring (pañña˚) Snp.1090.
- (cp kappa ii.1b) having a kappa (as duration), lasting a Cycle Pp.13; in Mahā˚ enduring a Mahā …
karavīka →
pts
same Ja.v.204, Ja.v.416; Vv.36#4; Vism.112, Vism.206; Vv-a.166, Vv-a.219.
- -bhāṇin speaking like the cuckoo, i.e. with a clear and melodious voice, one of the mahāpurisa-lakk …
karoti →
pts
…k˚ to make up one’s mind; mahaṃ k˚ to hold a festival DN.ii.165; massuṃ k˚ to trim the beard Dhp-a.i.253; musāvādaṃ k˚ to tell a lie…
karuṇā →
pts
- (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 …
kasāva →
pts
Kasāya & Kasāva
- a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin.ii.151.
- an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin.i.201, Vin.i.277; Ja.v.198.
- (of taste), astringent DhS.629; Mil.65 …
kasāya →
pts
Kasāya & Kasāva
- a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin.ii.151.
- an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin.i.201, Vin.i.277; Ja.v.198.
- (of taste), astringent DhS.629; Mil.65 …
kathika →
pts
adjective (-˚) relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in compounds citta˚ Thig.449 (cp. citra-kathin); tiracchāna˚; AN.iv.153 dhamma˚; Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.342; Ja.iv.2 (˚thera); Ja.vi. …
kañcana →
pts
gold AN.iii.346 Thag.691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig.266 (k˚ ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a.4, Vv-a.9 (= jātarūpa). Esp. freq. in compounds = of or like gold.
- -agghika a golden garlan …
kaṅkhati →
pts
- with loc.: to be uncertain, unsettled, to doubt (syn. vicikicchati with which always combined). Kaṅkhati vicikicchati dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu DN.i.106 is in doubt a …
kaṇḍa →
pts
- 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); …
kaṇṇa →
pts
- a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …
kaṇṭha →
pts
…Pv-a.280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: Pv-a.99…
kaṭacchu →
pts
ladle, a spoon; explained by uḷunka Dhp-a.iv.75, Dhp-a.iv.123; by dabbi Pv-a.135. Used for butter Vv-a.68, otherwise for cooked food in general, esp. rice gruel
■ Vin.ii.216; Ja.i.454; Ja.iii.27 …
kaṭhina →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) hard, firm, stiff Cp.ii.2; Dhs.44, Dhs.45 (where also der. f. abstr. akaṭhinatā absence of rigidity, combined with akakkhalatā, cp Dhs-a.151 akaṭhina-bhāva); Pv-a.152 (˚dā …
khandha →
pts
I. Crude meaning
bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.
- Esp. used
- of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …
khattar →
pts
attendant, companion, charioteer, the king’s minister and adviser (Lat. satelles “satellite” has been compared for etym.) DN.i.112 (= DN-a.i.280, kh˚ vuccati pucchita-pucchita-pañhaṃ vyākaraṇa-sam …
khattiya →
pts
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 …
khetta →
pts
khitta →
pts
thrown; cast, overthrown Dhp.34; rajo paṭivātaṃ kh˚, dirt thrown against the wind SN.i.13, SN.i.164 = Snp.662 = Dhp.125; Ja.iii.203; ratti-khittā sarā arrows shot in the night Dhp.304 = Ne.11; acchi …
kicca →
pts
…(Dhp-a.ii.78 = khuddakamahantesu karaṇīyesu “in small and great duties”) ˚esu yuttapayutto māṇavo (cp. a maid “of all work”…
kila →
pts
…anussavatthe nipāto).
- mahantaṃ kira Bārāṇasirajjaṃ “the kingdom of B. is truly great Ja.i.126; attā hi kira duddamo “self is…
kira →
pts
…anussavatthe nipāto).
- mahantaṃ kira Bārāṇasirajjaṃ “the kingdom of B. is truly great Ja.i.126; attā hi kira duddamo “self is…
kittāvatā →
pts
adverb to what extent? how far? in what respect? K˚ nu kho mahāpurisa hoti “in what respect is a man a great man?” Cnd.502 B; k˚ nu kho paññavā ti vuccati? MN.i.292. Kitti & Kitti
kojava →
pts
rug or cover with long hair, a fleecy counterpane Vin.i.281; Dhp-a.i.177; Dhp-a.iii.297 (pāvāra˚); Dāvs v.36 Often in expln of goṇaka (q.v.) as dīgha-lomaka mahākojav …
kolāhala →
pts
(cp. also halāhala) shouting, uproar, excitement about (-˚), tumult, foreboding, warning about something, hailing. There are 5 kolāhalāni enumerated at Kp-a.120 sq. viz. kappa˚; (the announcement …
kosa →
pts
Kosa1
masculine neuter any cavity or enclosure containing anything, viz.
- a store-room or storehouse, treasury or granary AN.iv.95 (rāja˚); Snp.525; Ja.iv.409 (= wealth, stores); Ja.vi …
kummāsa →
pts
junket, usually with odana, boiled rice. In formula of kāya (cātummahābhūtika etc., see kāya) DN.i.76 = MN.ii.17 and ≈; in enum. of material food (kabaḷinkārâhāra) …
kuṇḍala →
pts
ring esp. earring AN.i.254 = AN.iii.16; Ja.iv.358 (su˚ with beautiful earrings); Dhp-a.i.25. Frequent as maṇi˚, a jewelled earring Vin.ii.156; SN.i.77; MN.i.366; Pv.ii.9#50; sīha˚ or sīhamukha˚ an ea …
kāruṇika →
pts
adjective compassionate, merciful Pv.ii.1#13; Pv-a.16; Bdhd 49; often with mahā˚: of great mercy Sdhp.330, Sdhp.557; so of the Buddha: mahākāruṇika nātha “the Saviour of great mercy” in introductor …
kāya →
pts
group, heap, collection, aggregate, body
Definitions and synonyms
Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …
kīva →
pts
…Mil.16; Dhp-a.i.386; k˚-mahantaṃ how big? Dhp-a.i.29; Vv-a.325 k˚ bahuṃ how much? Dhp-a.iv.193.
Sk. kiyant and kīvant; formed fr….
kīvant →
pts
…Mil.16; Dhp-a.i.386; k˚-mahantaṃ how big? Dhp-a.i.29; Vv-a.325 k˚ bahuṃ how much? Dhp-a.iv.193.
Sk. kiyant and kīvant; formed fr….
lakkhaṇa →
pts
- sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …
latā →
pts
- a slender tree, a creeping plant, creeper AN.i.202 (māluvā˚); Vv.35#5 (= vallī Vv-a.162) Vv.47#4 (kosātakī l.); Ja.i.464 (rukkha˚, here perhaps better “branch”); Dhp-a.i.392 (˚pasādhana: see unde …
lañcana →
pts
in “kārāpesi tilañcanaṃ” at Dpvs.20, 10 is not clear. We may have to correct reading into lañchanaṃ or lañchakaṃ. Oldenberg in his translation (p. 211) leaves the word out and remarks: “Probably …
laṅghi →
pts
Laṅghi (Laṅghī)
feminine
- a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
- doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …
laṅghī →
pts
Laṅghi (Laṅghī)
feminine
- a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
- doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …
leṇa →
pts
(& lena) neuter
- a cave (in a rock), a mountain cave, used by ascetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or place of shelter, a rock cell. Often enumerated with kuṭi guhā, e.g. Vin.iv.48; Mil.151; Vb. …
loka →
pts
world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …
lokika →
pts
Lokiya & lokika
(adj.)
- (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
- world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
- (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …
lokiya →
pts
Lokiya & lokika
(adj.)
- (ordinarily) “belonging to the world,” i.e
- world-wide, covering the whole world, famed, widely known Thag.554; Ja.vi.198.
- (-˚) belonging to the world of, an i …
loma →
pts
the hair of the body (whereas kesa is the hair of the head only) DN.ii.18 (ekeka˚, uddhagga˚, in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); SN.ii.257 (asi˚, usu˚, satti˚ etc.) AN.ii.114; Vin.iii.106 (usu˚ etc. …
lomasa →
pts
…as pakkhino, i.e. birds; reading however doubtful (vv.ll. lomahaṃsa & lomassā).
cp. Vedic romaśa
mahallaka →
pts
…Dhp-a.ii.18
■ f. mahallikā an old woman Mil.16; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.27; Vv-a.105; Pv-a.149 (= addhagata)
■ [The…
mahant →
pts
mahantatā →
pts
greatness Dhp-a.ii.62. At MN.iii.24 the spelling is mahattatā (tt misread for nt?) at MN.i.184 however mahantatta (nt.).
fr. mahant˚
mahanīya →
pts
adjective praiseworthy Vv-a.97.
grd. of mahati
mahati →
pts
to honour, revere Vv.47#11 (pot. med. 1 pl. mahemase, cp Geiger, P.Gr. § 129; explained as “mahāmase pūjāmase at Vv-a.203). Caus. mahāyati in same sense: ger mahāyitvāna (poetical) Ja.iv.236
…
mahatta →
pts
…jāti˚, sabrahmacārī˚); DN-a.i.35; Vv-a.191.
fr. mahat˚ cp. Sk. mahattva
mahisa →
pts
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa
a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …
mahita →
pts
honoured, revered MN.ii.110; Mil.278; Sdhp.276.
pp. of mahati or mahīyati
mahiṃsa →
pts
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa
a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …
mahī →
pts
…Mhvs.18, Mhvs.18, Mhvs.19.
f. of mah, base of mahant, Vedic mahī
mahīsa →
pts
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa
a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …
majjhima →
pts
adjective
- middle medium, mediocre, secondary, moderate
■ Applied almost exclusively in contrast pairs with terms of more or less, in triplets like “small-medium-big,” or “first-middle-las …
manta →
pts
orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …
megha →
pts
cloud Pv.ii.9#45; Vism.126; esp. a thundercloud storm, SN.i.100 (thaneti), SN.i.154; Thag.307 (as kāḷa) Iti.66; Ja.i.332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); Dhp-a.i.19; Snp-a.27 (˚thanita-sadda). In this cap …
milakkha →
pts
barbarian, foreigner, outcaste hillman SN.v.466; Ja.vi.207; DN-a.i.176; Snp-a.236 (˚mahātissa-thera Np.), Snp-a.397 (˚bhāsā foreign dialect) The word occurs also in form *[milakkhu](/define/milakk …
mokkha →
pts
Mokkha1
- (lit.) release, freedom from, in bandhanā m DN.i.73 = MN.i.276.
- (fig.) release, deliverance, salvation Vb.426 (jarā-maraṇa˚ from old age & death) Dhp-a.i.4 (˚magga + sagg …
mucala →
pts
occurs as simplex only in Np. Mahā- mucala -mālaka Mhvs.15, Mhvs.36. It refers to the tree mucalinda, of which it may be a short form. On the other hand *m …
mukha →
pts
- the mouth Snp.608, Snp.1022 (with ref. to the long tongue, pahūta-jivha, of the Buddha or Mahāpurisa) Ja.ii.7; DN-a.i.287 (uttāna˚ clear mouthed, i.e. easy to understand, cp. DN.i.116); Pv-a.11, …
munana →
pts
…(mahā-isibhūtaṃ… mahanten’ eva ñāṇena munanato paricchindanato mahā muniṃ), & Vv-a.231 (anavasesassa ñeyyassa munanato…
mālaka →
pts
Mālaka (Māḷaka)
a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …
mālin →
pts
adjective
- wearing a garland (or row) of flowers (etc.) Pv.iii.9#1 (= mālābhārin Pv-a.211); f mālinī Vv.36#2 (nānā-ratana˚); Mhvs.18, Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚ mahābodhi).
- (pe …
mātar →
pts
…Ja.i.202; Ja.vi.498. 5. -maha maternal grandfather Ja.iv.146; Dhp-a.i.346. 6. māti˚-devatā protector or guardian of…
māḷaka →
pts
Mālaka (Māḷaka)
a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …
nadī →
pts
river; often characterised as mahā˚ in opp to kun˚ rivulet; pl. nadiyo also collect. “the waters
■ DN.i.244 (Aciravatī nadī); SN.ii.32, SN.ii.118, SN.ii.135; SN.v.390; AN.i.33, AN.i.136, AN.i.243 (m …
natta →
pts
…by day & by night Snp.1070 (variant reading BB and Cnd rattamahaṃ).
Sk. nakta, see nakkhatta
nela →
pts
Neḷa & Nela
(adj.)
- without fault or sin blameless, faultless; not hurting, humane, gentle merciful, innocuous DN.i.4 (Bdhgh explains: elaṃ vuccati doso; n’ assā (i.e. vācāya) elan ti nelā; niddos …
neḷa →
pts
Neḷa & Nela
(adj.)
- without fault or sin blameless, faultless; not hurting, humane, gentle merciful, innocuous DN.i.4 (Bdhgh explains: elaṃ vuccati doso; n’ assā (i.e. vācāya) elan ti nelā; niddos …
nibbuta →
pts
adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy
- (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …
nibbāna →
pts
I. Etymology
Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …
nibbāpeti →
pts
- to extinguish, put out, quench SN.i.188 (mahārāgaṃ); Iti.93 (rāg-aggiṃ; & nibbāpetvā aggiṃ nipakā parinibbanti); cp. aggiṃ nijjāleti Ja.vi.495; Pv.i.8#5 (vārinā viya osiñcaṃ sabbaṃ daraṃ nibbāpaye …
niddesa →
pts
- description, attribute, distinction Pv-a.7 (ukkaṭṭha˚) -vatthu object of distinction or praise DN.iii.253; AN.iv.15 (where reading is niddasa, which also as variant reading …
nikkhamati →
pts
to go forth from, to come out of (c. abl.), to get out, issue forth depart, fig. to leave the household life behind (agārā n.), to retire from the world (cp. abhinikkhamati etc.) or to give up evil …
ninna →
pts
…the low country Snp.30 (mahamegho ˚ṃ pūrayaṃto); Snp-a.42 (= pallala); Iti.66 (megho ˚ṃ pūreti); Pv.ii.9#45 (megho ˚ṃ…
niraya →
pts
purgatory, hell, a place of punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i.e. kamma ripens = paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible ordeals (kāraṇāni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hade …
nāda →
pts
loud sound, roaring, roar Ja.i.19 (sīha˚), Ja.i.50 (koñca˚), Ja.i.150 (mahā˚). Cp. pa˚.
Sk. nāda, see nadati
nāga →
pts
- a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …
nīla →
pts
adjective dark-blue, blue-black blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the “coloured-black,” as opposed to the “colouredwhite” (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set …
ogha →
pts
…BSk. ogha, e.g. Divy.95 caturogh’ ottīrṇa, Jtm.215 mahaugha. Etym. uncertain
opatita →
pts
falling (down) Pv-a.29 (udaka; variant reading ovuḷhita, opalahita; context rcads at Pv-a.29 mahāsobbhehi opatitena udakena, but id. p. at Kp-a.213 reads mahāsobbha-sannipātehi).
pp. of opatati
otarati →
pts
to descend, to go down to (c. acc.), to be-take oneself to. ppr. otaranto Vin.ii.221
aor otari Snp-a.486 (for avaṃsari); Dhp-a.i.19 (cankamanaṃ) Pv-a.47 (nāvāya mahāsamuddaṃ), Pv-a.75
inf * …
pabbata →
pts
- 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 …
paccaggha →
pts
…Pv.ii.3#16 (= abhinava mahaggha vā Pv-a.87); Pv.iii.10#5 (= abhinava Pv-a.214); Dāvs v.25; Pv-a.44.
paṭi + aggha, cp. Sk. pratyagra…
paccatta →
pts
adjective separate, individual; usually acc. -ṃ adv. separately, individually, singly, by himself in his own heart DN.i.24 (yeva nibbuti viditā); DA on DN.ii.77 = attano attano abbhantare; MN.i.251 …
pada →
pts
- 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 …
padesa →
pts
indication, location, range, district; region, spot, place SN.ii.227, SN.ii.254 SN.v.201; AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.ii …
padhāna →
pts
exertion, energetic effort, striving, concentration of mind DN.iii.30 DN.iii.77, DN.iii.104, DN.iii.108, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.238; MN.ii.174, MN.ii.218; SN.i.47; SN.ii.268 SN.iv.360; SN.v.244 sq.; AN.ii …
padāletar →
pts
…breaker, in phrase mahato kāyassa padāletā the destroyer of a great body (or bulk) AN.i.284 sq. (in sequence dūre-pātin,…
palipa →
pts
fr. sloppiness, mud, marsh MN.i.45; Thag.89; Thag.2, Thag.291 (= panka Thag-a.224); Ja.iii.241 (read palipo cp. C. = mahākaddamo ibid.) = Ja.iv.480.
pa + lip
papada →
pts
(or Papadā?) tip of the foot. toes; but in diff. meaning (for papaṭā or papāta to pat) “falling down, abyss, pit” at Snp.665 (gloss for papaṭa; explained at Snp-a.479 by “mahāniraya”).
pa + pada
papitāmaha →
pts
paternal great-grandfather Dāvs iii.29.
pa + pitāmaha
paribrūhati →
pts
to augment, increase, do with zest Vv-a.115
caus -brūheti [cp. Sk. paribṛnhayati] to make strong, increase Ja.v.361 (aparibrūhayi aor. med. with a˚ neg., i.e. was weakened, lost his strength; bu …
pariccāga →
pts
- giving up, abandonment, sacrifice, renunciation AN.i.92 (āmisa˚ & dhamma material & spiritual); Pts.ii.98 Ja.i.12 (jīvita˚) Dhp-a.iii.441 (pañca mahāpariccāgā the five great sacrifices i.e. the gi …
parimajjaka →
pts
adjective touching, reaching (up to) Mil.343 (candasuriya˚, cp. Mvu II, candramasūrya-parimārjako maharddhiko etc.).
fr. pari + marj
parinibbāna →
pts
“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:
- complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …
parisā →
pts
…Vin.iii.12 (bhagavā mahatiyā parisāya parivuto surrounded by a great multitude); Vin.iv.153 (gen. parisāya); MN.i.153 (nevāpika˚);…
paritta →
pts
Paritta1
adjective small, little, inferior, insignificant limited, of no account, trifling Vin.i.270; DN.i.45; MN.iii.148 (˚ābha of limited splendour, opp. appamāṇ’ ābha); SN.ii.98; SN.iv. …
parivuta →
pts
surrounded by (-˚ or instr.) SN.i.177; Ja.i.152 (miga-gaṇa˚), Ja.i.203 (devagaṇena); Ja.ii.127 (dāsi-gaṇa˚); Ja.iii.371 (mahā-jana˚); Ja.vi.75; Vv.16#5 (= samantato p. Vv-a.81); Pv-a.3 (dhutta- …
parivāra →
pts
- 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 …
patha →
pts
- path, road, way DN.i.63; Snp.176 (loc. pathe), Snp.385, Snp.540, Snp.868; Cnd.485 B (+ pantha, in expln of magga); Ja.i.308 (loc. pathe); Ja.ii.39; Ja.vi.525 (abl. pathā); Thag.64; Pp.2 …
patti →
pts
Patti1
on foot, one who is on foot, a foot-soldier Vin.iv.105 (as one of the 4 constituents of a senā or army, viz. hatthī elephants, assā horses, rathā chariots, pattī …
pavāraṇā →
pts
- 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 …
pañca →
pts
adjective noun masculine
Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.16413; G …
pañña →
pts
(-˚) adjective of wisdom, endowed with knowledge or insight, possessed of the highest cognition, in foll. compounds: anissaraṇa˚ DN.i.245; SN.ii.194; SN.iv.332; anoma˚ Snp.343; appa˚ SN.i.198; Ja.ii. …
paññatā →
pts
having sense, wisdom AN.iii.421 (dup˚ = foolishness), AN.v.159 (id.); mahā˚, puthu˚ vipula˚ AN.i.45. See also paññatta2.
secondary abstract formation fr. paññā, in meaning equal to paññāṇa
paṇhin →
pts
adjective having heels DN.ii.17 (āyata˚ having projecting heels, the 3rd of the 32 characteristics of a Mahāpurisa).
fr. paṇhi
paṭaha →
pts
kettle-drum, war drum, one of the 2 kinds of drums (bheri) mentioned at Dhs-a.319, viz. mahā-bheri & p
■ bheri; Ja.i.355; Dpvs.16, Dpvs.14; Pv-a.4.
cp. Epic Sk. paṭaha, dial.
paṭhavī →
pts
the earth. Acc to Cnd.389 syn. with jagati. It figures as the first element in enumn of the 4 elements (see dhātu 1), viz p., āpo, tejo, vāyo (earth, water, fire, wind or …
paṭicca-samuppāda →
pts
Paṭicca-samuppāda
“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …
paṭigijjha →
pts
adjective greedy; hankering after Snp.675 (Snp-a.482 reads ˚giddha and explains by mahāgijjha).
paṭi + gijjha, a doublet of giddha, see gijjha2
paṭisaṃvedeti →
pts
to feel, experience, undergo, perceive DN.i.43, DN.i.45; AN.i.157 (domanassaṃ); AN.iv.406 (id.); Pp.59; Pv-a.192 (mahādukkhaṃ). There is also a by-form, viz. paṭisaṃvediyati SN.ii.18, SN.ii.75, SN …
paṭṭhāna →
pts
setting forth, putting forward; only in cpd. sati˚; setting up of mindfulness (q.v. and see discussion of term at Dial ii.324) Besides in later lit. meaning “origin,” starting point cause, in titl …
peta →
pts
…Pv-a.217. [Cp. BSk. pretamahardhika Divy.14]
■ f. petī Vin.iv.20; Ja.i.240; Pv.i.6#2; Pv-a.67 and passim. Vimānapetī Pv-a.47,…
phala →
pts
…(dāna˚); Pv.iv.1#88 (mahap˚ & agga˚); Vism.345 (of food, being digested); Pv-a.8 (puñña˚ & dāna˚), Pv-a.22 (sotāpatti˚), Pv-a.24…
phoṭeti →
pts
to shake, toss (or thunder?) only at two places in similar formula, viz. devatā sādhukāraṃ adaṃsu, brahmāno apphoṭesuṃ (variant reading appoṭh˚) Mil.13 Mil.18; Sakko devarājā appoṭhesi (variant readin …
phāsukā →
pts
rib, only in pl. phāsukā Vin.i.74 (upaḍḍha˚ bhañjitabbā), in phrase sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā Ja.i.493 (lit.), which is fig. applied at Dhp.154 (explained as “sabbā avasesa-kiles …
pisāca →
pts
…DN-a.i.164 as “pisācā mahanta-mahantā sattā ti vadati”), DN.i.93; SN.i.209; AN.iii.69; Ud.5; Ja.i.235; Ja.iv.495 (yakkha p. peta);…
pitar →
pts
father
■ Cases: sg. nom. pitā SN.i.182; Dhp.43; Ja.v.379; Snp-a.423; acc. pitaraṃ Dhp.294; pituṃ Cp.ii.9#3; instr. pitarā Ja.iii.37, pitunā, petyā Ja.v.214; dat. gen. pitu MN.iii.176; …
porisa →
pts
Porisa1
adjective noun
- (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
- (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstra …
pura →
pts
*Pura
base of adv. & prep. denoting “before”; abl. purato (adv. & prep. in front of (with gen.), before (only local) Vin.i.179 Vin.ii.32; DN.ii.14 (mātu); SN.i.137; Pv.i.11#1, Pv …
purisa →
pts
man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …
puthu →
pts
…Snp-a.460); Vv.62#4 (= mahantaṃ Vv-a.258).
- -gumba experienced in many crafts Ja.vi.448 (= aneka-sippa-ññu C.). *…
puñña →
pts
merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …
pāgusa →
pts
certain kind of fish Ja.iv.70 (as gloss, T. reads pāvusa, SS puṭusa, BB pātusa & pāvuma; C. explains as mahā-mukha-maccha).
cp. Sk. vāgusa, a sort of large fish Halāyudha 3, 37
pākāra →
pts
an encircling wall, put up for obstruction and protection, a fence rampart Vin.ii.121 (3 kinds: made of bricks, of stone or of wood, viz. iṭṭhakā˚, silā, dāru˚); Vin.iv.266 (id.) MN.iii.11; SN.iv.194 …
pāmokkha →
pts
adjective
- chief, first, excellent eminent, (m.) a leader
■ AN.ii.168 (sanga sa˚); Pp.69 Pp.70; Mil.75 (hatthi˚ state elephant). disā˚ worldfamed Ja.i.166, Ja.i.285; Ja.ii.278; Ja.vi.347
…
pāṇa →
pts
living being, life, creature DN.iii.48, DN.iii.63, DN.iii.133; SN.i.209, SN.i.224; SN.v.43, SN.v.227, SN.v.441 (mahā-samudde); AN.i.161 AN.ii.73, AN.ii.176, AN.ii.192; Snp.117, Snp.247, Snp.394, Snp. …
rahita →
pts
- lonely, forsaken Thig.373 (gantum icchasi rahitaṃ bhiṃsanakaṃ mahāvanaṃ).
- deprived of, without (-˚) Ja.iii.369 (buddhiyā rahitā sattā); DN-a.i.36 (avaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.63 (bhoga˚), Pv-a.67 (ācāra˚ …
rajakkha →
pts
(-˚) adjective only in combination with appa˚ and mahā˚; i.e. having little (or no) and much defilement (or blemish of character) MN.i.169; SN.i.137 (here further combined with ˚jātika; cp. BSk. …
rasa →
pts
Rasa1
that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defn given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …
rata →
pts
delighting in (loc. or-˚), intent on, devoted to SN.iv.117 (dhamme jhāne), SN.iv.389 sq. (bhava etc.); Snp.54 (sangaṇika˚), Snp.212, Snp.250, Snp.327, Snp.330 (dhamme), Snp.461 (yaññe), Snp.737 (upas …
ratana →
pts
Ratana1
neuter
- (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 …
ratha →
pts
Ratha1
a two-wheeled carriage, chariot (for riding driving or fighting SN.i.33 (ethically); AN.iv.191 (horse cart; diff. parts of a ratha); MN.i.396; Snp.300, Snp.654 Vism.593 (in its com …
ravati →
pts
to shout cry, make a (loud) noise Mil.254
aor ravi Ja.i.162 (baddha-rāvaṃ ravi); Ja.ii.110; Ja.iii.102; Pv-a.100; arāvi Mhvs.10, Mhvs.69 (mahā-rāvaṃ); and aravi Mhvs.32, Mhv …
reṇu →
pts
- dust; pl. reṇū particles of dust
■ Vin.i.32 (˚hatā bhūmi); Vism.338 = Mnd.505 = Ja.i.117 (rāgo rajo na ca pana reṇu vuccati); Ja.iv.362 (okiṇṇā raja-reṇūhi; C. explains by “paṃsūhi”); Mil.274 …
rukkha →
pts
…ucca, nīca, khuddaka, mahanto; kāḷa seta
■ A very complete list of trees mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya is to be found in the…
rājan →
pts
…viz. “aḍḍha mahaddhana mahābhoga pahūta-jātarūpa-rajata pahūta-vitt’ ûpakaraṇa pahūtadhana-dhañña…
rājā →
pts
…viz. “aḍḍha mahaddhana mahābhoga pahūta-jātarūpa-rajata pahūta-vitt’ ûpakaraṇa pahūtadhana-dhañña…
rāva →
pts
crying, howling; shout, noise Ja.i.162 (baddha˚ the cry of one who is caught); Ja.iv.415 (id.); Ja.vi.475 (of the cries of animals, known to an expert); Mil.254 (bherava-rāvaṃ abhiravati); Mhvs.10, M …
rūpa →
pts
form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.
- Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …
sabba →
pts
adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. …
sakaṭa →
pts
Sakaṭa1
masculine & neuter a cart, waggon; a cartload DN.ii.110; Vin.iii.114; Ja.i.191; Mil.238; Pv-a.102; Vb-a.435 (simile of two carts); Snp-a.58 (udaka-bharita˚), Snp-a.137 (bīja˚) …
sammata →
pts
- considered as MN.i.39; SN.ii.15; SN.iv.127; DN.iii.89 (dhamma˚); Vin.iv.161, Vin.iv.295
- honoured, revered MN.ii.213; Ja.i.49; Ja.v.79; sādhusammata considered, revered, as good DN.i.47; SN.iv.39 …
samudda →
pts
(large) quantity of water, e.g. the Ganges; the sea the ocean DN.i.222; MN.i.493; AN.i.243; AN.ii.48 sq. AN.iii.240; DN.iii.196, DN.iii.198; SN.i.6, SN.i.32, SN.i.67; Ja.i.230; Ja.iv.167 Ja.iv.172; Dh …
samāhata →
pts
hit, struck Snp.153 (ayosanku˚); Mil.181, Mil.254, Mil.304. Sankusamāhata name of a purgatory MN.i.337.
saṃ + āhata
samāpatti →
pts
attainment AN.iii.5; SN.ii.150 sq.; SN.iv.293 (saññā-vedayita-nirodha˚); Dhs.30 Dhs.101; a stage of meditation AN.i.94; Dhs.1331; Ja.i.343 Ja.i.473; Pv-a.61 (mahā-karuṇā˚); Mnd.100, Mnd.106, Mnd.1 …
sandhi →
pts
- union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
- breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati …
santuṭṭha →
pts
pleased, happy DN.i.60, DN.i.71; MN.ii.6; AN.ii.209; AN.iv.232 sq.; AN.v.25, AN.v.67, AN.v.130, AN.v.154. mahā˚ the greatly contented one, the Arahant Dhs-a.407.
pp. of santussati
sara →
pts
Sara1
- the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
- an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).
- -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow …
satta →
pts
Satta1
hanging, clinging or attached to Vin.i.185; DN.ii.246; Mnd.23, Mnd.24; Dhp.342; Ja.i.376 Cp. āsatta1 & byāsatta.
pp. of sañj: sajjati
Satta2
- (m.) a li …
saṅgīti →
pts
- a song, chorus, music Ja.i.32 (dibba˚); Ja.vi.528 (of birds).
- proclamation (cp. sangara), rehearsal, general convocation of the Buddhist clergy in order to settle questions of doctrine and to fi …
saṅku →
pts
stake, spike; javelin MN.i.337; SN.iv.168; Ja.vi.112; Dhp-a.i.69
■ ayo˚; an iron stake AN.iv.131.
- -patha a path full of stakes & sticks Vv.84#11; Ja.iii.485 Ja.iii.541; Mil …
seda →
pts
sweat DN.ii.293; AN.ii.67 sq. Iti.76; Snp.196; Ja.i.118, Ja.i.138, Ja.i.146, Ja.i.243; in detaiḷ (physiologically) at Vism.262, Vism.360; Vb-a.66, Vb-a.245 sweating for medicinal purposes, mahā˚ a g …
senā →
pts
an army Vin.i.241; Vin.iv.104 sq. (where described as consisting of hatthī assā, rathā, pattī), Vin.iv.160; SN.i.112; AN.iii.397; AN.v.82; Ja.ii.94; Mil.4; Mnd.95 (Māra˚), Mnd.174 (id.).
- *-[gutta] …
serīsamaha →
pts
festival in honour of the Serīsaka Vimāna Vv.8437, 53
sikkhāpada →
pts
set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule
- 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 …
sobbha →
pts
hole, (deep) pit DN.ii.127; MN.i.11; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iii.389 (see papāta); AN.v.114 sq. Ja.vi.166; Thag.229; Snp-a.355, Snp-a.479; a water-pool SN.ii.32; Snp.720; Vism.1 …
sunakha →
pts
dog AN.i.48; AN.ii.122; Thig.509; Ja.i.175, Ja.i.189; Ja.ii.128, Ja.ii.246; Pv-a.151, Pv-a.206
■ rukkha˚ some sort of animal Ja.vi.538. fem. sunakhī a bitch Ja.iv.400
■ Na …
supina →
pts
dream, vision DN.i.9, DN.i.54; SN.i.198; SN.iv.117 (supine in a dream; variant reading supinena); Snp.360, Snp.807, Snp.927 Mnd.126; Ja.i.334 sq., Ja.i.374; Ja.v.42; DN-a.i.92, DN-a.i.164; Vv.44#14 …
sāmuddika →
pts
adjective seafaring DN.i.222; SN.iii.155; AN.iii.368 (vāṇijā); AN.iv.127 (nāvā); Vism.63; Dhs-a.320 At Ja.vi.581 s
■ mahāsankha denotes a kind of trumpet.
fr. samudda
sāra →
pts
- essential, most excellent, strong AN.ii.110; Vin.iv.214; Ja.iii.368; Pp.53.
- (m.) the innermost, hardest part of anything, the heart or pith of a tree (see also pheggu) MN.i.1 …
sāvajja →
pts
adjective blameable, faulty DN.i.163; DN.ii.215; MN.i.119; SN.v.66, SN.v.104 sq.; Snp.534; Pp.30, Pp.41 (nt.) what is censurable, sin Ja.i.130; Mil.392; Vb-a.382 (mahā˚ or appa˚, with ref. to var. cr …
sāvaka →
pts
hearer, disciple (never an Arahant) DN.i.164; DN.ii.104; DN.iii.47, DN.iii.52, DN.iii.120 sq., DN.iii.133; AN.i.88; MN.i.234; SN.ii.26; Iti.75 sq., Iti.79; Ja.i.229; Vism.214, Vism.411
■ fem *[sāvik …
sīla →
pts
- 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 …
sūkara →
pts
hog, pig Vin.i.200; DN.i.5; AN.ii.42 (kukkuṭa +), AN.ii.209; Iti.36; Ja.i.197 (muṇika); Ja.ii.419 (Sālūka); Ja.iii.287 (Cullatuṇḍila Mahā-tuṇḍila); Mil.118, Mil.267; Vb-a.11 (vara-sayane sayāpita) …
taṇhā →
pts
(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …
thera →
pts
only used with ref. to the bhikkhus of Gotama Buddha’s community
(adj.) senior Vin.i.47, Vin.i.290 (th. bhikkhū opp. navā bh.), Vin.i.159 (th bhikkhu a senior bh. opp. to navaka bh. a novice), Vin.i …
thāma →
pts
…Dhs.13, Dhs.22; Vism.233 (˚mahatta); Dhp-a.iv.18; Pv-a.259
■ Instr. used as adv.: thāmena hard, very much Pv-a.193; thāmasā…
tidasa →
pts
number thirty (cp. tiṃsa), esp. the thirty deities (pl.) or belonging to them (adj.). It is the round figure for 33, and is used as equivalent to tāvatiṃsa. Nandanaṃ rammaṃ tidasānaṃ mahāvanaṃ Pv.iii. …
tumba →
pts
- a kind of water vessel (udaka DN-a.i.202), made of copper, wood or a fruit (like a calabash, cocoanut, etc., cp. kaṭāha, E. skull) Vin.i.205 (loha˚, kaṭṭha˚, phala˚); Vin.ii.114 (˚kaṭāha of gourd) …
tāva →
pts
…gold Vin.i.209; t
■ mahanto so much Ja.i.207; t. madhuraphala with such sweet fruit Ja.ii.105; asītiyā tāva kimi-kulānaṃ…
tāvataka →
pts
adjective just so much or just so long (viz. as the situation requires), with (or ellipt. without a corresp. yāvataka Vin.i.83 (yāvatake-t. as many as) DN.ii.18 (yāvatakv’ assa kāyo tāvatakv’ assa vy …
ucca →
pts
…Ja.iv.115, Ja.iv.363 (= mahaggha-samaggha C. p. 366); Snp.703, Snp.714, Snp.792, Snp.959; Dhp.83; Mnd.93, Mnd.467; Vv.12#1 (vividha Vv-a.60);…
uccā →
pts
˚- adverb high (lit. & fig.), raised, in foll. compounds.
- -kaṇerukā a tall female elephant MN.i.178.
- -kāḷārikā id. MN.i.178 (variant reading ˚kaḷārikā to be preferred).
- *-[kula](/define …
uddaya →
pts
Uddaya1
gain, advantage, profit Vv.84#7 (see udaya); Ja.v.39 (satt˚-mahāpaduma of profit to beings?).
a (metric?) variant of udaya
Uddaya2
in compounds *d …
uddha FIXME double →
pts
Uddhaṃ & Uddha˚
(indecl.) high up, on top, above (adv. & prep.)
■ On uddhaṃ in spatial, temporal, ethical & psychological application see in detail Cnd.155.
I. (adv.)
- (of space) up a …
uddhagga →
pts
adjective
- standing on end (lit. with raised point). bristling, of the hair of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.18 = DN.iii.144, DN.iii.154.
- prominent, conspicuous Ja.iv.345 (˚rājin having prominent stripes, …
uddhaṃ →
pts
Uddhaṃ & Uddha˚
(indecl.) high up, on top, above (adv. & prep.)
■ On uddhaṃ in spatial, temporal, ethical & psychological application see in detail Cnd.155.
I. (adv.)
- (of space) up a …
ujjagghati →
pts
to laugh at, deride, mock, make fun of Vin.iii.128; Thig.74 (spelt jjh = hasati Thag-a.78); AN.iii.91 (ujjh˚, variant reading ujj˚) = Pp.67 (= pāṇiṃ paharitvā mahāhasitaṃ hasati Pp-a.249).
ud + jagghati
ukkhā →
pts
? in ukkhasataṃ dānaṃ, given at various times of the day (meaning ἑκατόμβη?) SN.ii.264 (variant reading ukkā). Or is it to be read ukhāsataṃ d. i.e. consisting of 100 pots (of rice = mahā danaṃ?). S A …
ullumpati →
pts
to take up, to help (with acc.), to save Vin.ii.277; DN.i.249.
ud + lup, cp. BSk. ullumpati Mahāvy § 268
upanidhāya →
pts
indeclinable comparing in comparison, as prep. w. acc. “compared with” MN.i.374; MN.iii.177 (Himavantaṃ pabbatarājānaṃ); SN.ii.133 (mahāpaṭhaviṃ), SN.ii.262; SN.v.457 (Sineru-pabbata-rājānaṃ) AN.iii …
upavana →
pts
kind of wood, miniature wood, park Ja.iv.431; Ja.v.249; Mil.1; Vv-a.170 (= vana), Vv-a.344; Thag-a.201; Pv-a.102 (ārām˚), Pv-a.177 (mahā˚).
upa + vana, see upa 5
urūḷhava →
pts
…(variant reading brahmanto) mahantaṃ yuddha-kiccaṃ vahituṃ samatthā ti attho“. The BSk. udviddha (Divy.7) may possibly be a corruption…
ussada →
pts
this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …
ussanna →
pts
adjective
- overflowing, heaped up, crowded; extensive, abundant, preponderant, excessive, full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= …
ussaṅkha →
pts
adjective with ankles midway (?) in -pāda the 7th of the characteristics of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.17; DN.iii.143, DN.iii.154; DA explains: the ankles are not over the heels, but midway in t …
ussussati →
pts
to dry up (intrs.) SN.i.126; SN.iii.149 (mahāsamuddo u.); Snp.985; Ja.vi.195.
ud + sussati of śuṣ
ussādana →
pts
- overflowing, piling up, abundance MN.iii.230 (opp. apasādana).
- (probably confused with ussāraṇa) tumult, uproar, confusion AN.iii.91, AN.iii.92 (variant reading ussāraṇa) = Pp.66 (= hatthiassara …
uttama →
pts
adjective “ut-most”, highest, greatest, best Snp.1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā combd …
uḷāra →
pts
…seṭṭhaṃ (best), mahantaṃ (great) Vin.iii.41 (˚bhoga); DN.i.96; MN.iii.38 (˚bhogatā); SN.v.159; Snp.53, Snp.58, Snp.301; Cnd.170;…
uṇṇa →
pts
Uṇṇā (f.)
- wool AN.iii.37 = AN.iv.265 (+ kappāsā cotton) Ja.ii.147; Snp-a.263 (patt˚).
- hair between the eyebrows Snp.1022, & in stock phrase, describing one of the 32 signs of a Mahāpurisa, …
vaddhavya →
pts
(old) age Ja.ii.137 (= vuddhabhāva, mahallakatā C.).
fr. vaddha1 1
vaha →
pts
(-˚)
- bringing, carrying, leading Pv.i.5#8 (vāri˚ river = mahānadī Pv-a.29); SN.i.103; Pv-a.13 (anattha˚). Doubtful in hetu- vahe Pv.ii.8#5, better with variant reading -vaco, explained by …
vana →
pts
…nāma); Dhp-a.iii.424 (mahantā rukkhā vanaṃ nāma, khuddakā tasmiṃ vane ṭhitattā vanathā nāma etc., with further…
vasa →
pts
…account of, because“ e.g. mahaggha-vasena mahāraha “costly on account of its great worth” Pv-a.77; cp. Ja.i.94; Pv-a.36 (putta˚);…
vassa →
pts
- rain, shower Ja.iv.284; Ja.vi.486 (khaṇika sudden rain); Mil.307; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.31; Dhp-a.iii.163 (pokkhara˚ portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
■ fig …
vassati →
pts
Vassati1
to rain (intrs.), fig to shower, pour(down) Vin.i.32 (mahāmegho vassi) SN.iii.141 (deve vassante); SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv\ …
vatta →
pts
Vatta1
neuter
- 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 …
vaḍḍhaki →
pts
(& -ī) a carpenter builder, architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 181 sq.; Mrs. Rh. D Cambridge Hist. Ind. i.206
■ The word is specially characteristic of t …
vaṇṇavant →
pts
adjective beautiful AN.iv.240 (cātummahārājikā devā dīgh’āyukā vaṇṇavanto; variant reading ˚vantā) Pp.34; Pv.iii.2#12 (= rūpasampanna Pv-a.184); Dhp-a.i.383.
fr. vaṇṇa
vedalla →
pts
…= DN-a.i.24
■ Note. The 2nd part of the word looks like a distortion fr. ariya (cp. mahalla → mah ariya). Or might it be =…
vibhava →
pts
- power, wealth, prosperity DN-a.i.147; Ja.i.56; Ja.v.285; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.6; Dhp-a.i.6; Dhp-a.ii.9, Dhp-a.ii.84 Dhp-a.iv.7; Vv-a.5, Vv-a.302 (˚sampanna rich); Pv-a.122, Pv-a.130, Pv-a.176 Pv …
vikaṭa →
pts
changed, altered, distorted; disgusting, foul, filthy Pgdp.63 (˚ānana with filthy mouth)-nt. filth, dirt; four mahā-vikaṭāni applied against snake-bite, viz., gūtha, mutta, chārikā, mattikā Vin.i.2 …
vikāra →
pts
- change, alteration, in mahā˚; great change Vism.366, Vism.367 (of two kinds: anupādiṇṇa upādiṇṇa, or primary & secondary, i.e. the first caused by kappa-vuṭṭhāna, the second by dhātu-kkhobha) K …
vilokana →
pts
looking, reflection, investigation, prognostication usually as 5 objects of reflection as to when & where & how one shall be reborn (pañca-mahā-˚āni), consisting in kāla, desa, dīpa, kula, mātā (t …
vimāna →
pts
…= vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-pāsāda Vv-a.131; = visiṭṭhamānaṃ, pamāṇato mahantaṃ Vv-a.160
■ applied meaning:…
vipassanā →
pts
inward vision, insight, intuition, introspection DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; SN.iv.195, SN.iv.360; SN.v.52 (samatha +) AN.i.61 (id.), AN.i.95; AN.ii.140, AN.ii.157 (samatha +); AN.iv.360; AN.v.99, AN.v. …
vipphāra →
pts
diffusion, pervasion, (adj.) pervading, spreading out AN.i.171 (vitakka-vip phāra-sadda, cp. kvu translation 241), AN.i.206 (mahājutika mahā vipphāra); AN.iv.252; Pts.i.112 sq.; Pts.ii.174; Ja.iii …
vipphārika →
pts
adjective spreading out (in effulgence) Vv-a.5 (mahā˚).
fr. vi + pharati 2
vipula →
pts
…(= adhimatta); Vv.67#6 (= mahanta Vv-a.290) Tha-ap.40; Pv.ii.1#18; Pv.ii.4#9; Pv.ii.9#69 (= ulāra Pv-a.139); Mil.164, Mil.311, Mil.404;…
viravati →
pts
- to shout (out), to cry aloud; to utter a cry or sound (of animals) Ja.ii.350 (kikī sakuṇo viravi); Ja.v.206; Mhvs.12, Mhvs.49 (mahārāvaṃ viraviṃsu mahājanā); Pv-a.154, Pv-a.217, Pv-a.245 (vissar …
visaya →
pts
- locality, spot, region; world, realm, province, neighbourhood Snp.977. Often in foll. combinations: petti˚; (or pitti˚) and pettika
- the world of the manes or petas MN.i.73; SN.iii.224; SN …
vitakka →
pts
reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …
viyoga →
pts
separation Ja.vi.482; Mhvs.19, Mhvs.16 (Mahābodhi˚); Pv-a.160, Pv-a.161 (pati˚ from her husband) Sdhp.77, Sdhp.164.
vi + yoga 2
viññāṇa →
pts
(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …
vohārika →
pts
“decider,” one connected with a law-suit or with the law, magistrate, a higher official (mahāmatta) in the law-courts, a judge or justice. At Vin.i.74 two classes of mahāmattā (ministers) are give …
vuddha →
pts
…vuddha MN.ii.168; Ja.v.140; Snp.p.108 (+ mahallaka); DN-a.i.283.
pp. of vaḍḍhati
vuḍḍha →
pts
…vuddha MN.ii.168; Ja.v.140; Snp.p.108 (+ mahallaka); DN-a.i.283.
pp. of vaḍḍhati
vyāvaṭa →
pts
adjective doing service, active, busy; eager, keen intent on (loc.), busy with AN.iv.195 (mayi = worrying about me); Ja.iii.315 (su˚); Ja.iv.371 (kiccâkiccesu v. uyyatta C.); Ja.v.395 (= ussukka); Ja. …
vādin →
pts
adjective (-˚) speaking (of), saying, asserting, talking; professing, holding a view or doctrine; arguing. Abs. only at AN.ii.138 (cattāro vādī four kinds of disputants); Snp.382 (ye vā pi c’aññe vād …
vāsin →
pts
Vāsin1
adjective (-˚) clothed in, clad Snp.456 (sanghāṭi˚), Snp.487 (kāsāya˚); Pv.iii.1#6 (sāhunda˚); Ja.iii.22 (nantaka˚); Ja.iv.380 (rumma˚); f. vāsinī Vin.iii.139 ( …
vāta →
pts
wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …
vāyati →
pts
Vāyati1
to weave, only in pp. vāyita
pass viyyati Vin.iii.259. pp. also vīta
caus 2 vāyāpeti to cause to be woven Vin.iii.2 …
vīra →
pts
manly, mighty, heroic; a hero SN.i.137; Snp.44 Snp.165 (not dhīra), Snp.642, Snp.1096, Snp.1102; Thag.736 (nara˚ hero) Cnd.609; Dhp-a.iv.225
■ mahā˚; a hero SN.i.110, SN.i.193 SN.iii.83 (of the …
ya →
pts
Ya˚
I. Forms
(See inflection also at Geiger, P.Gr. § 110.) The decl. is similar to that of ta˚ among the more rarely found forms we only mention the foll.
■ sg. nom. m. *[yo](/define/y …
yagghe →
pts
indeclinable hortative part, used in addressing a (superior) person in the voc., followed by Pot. of jānāti, either 2nd jāneyyāsi, or 3rd sg. jāneyya; to be trsld some …
yajati →
pts
…DN.i.138 (mahayaññaṃ); Snp.506; SN.i.233; Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.505
imper 3rd sg. yajatu DN-a.i.297; med….
yasa →
pts
…cp. Ja.i.134 (rājā mahantena yasena uppanaṃ gacchati)
■ DN.i.137 (as quality of a king); DN.iii.260, DN.iii.286; Ja.iv.275 sq….
yaso →
pts
…cp. Ja.i.134 (rājā mahantena yasena uppanaṃ gacchati)
■ DN.i.137 (as quality of a king); DN.iii.260, DN.iii.286; Ja.iv.275 sq….
yañña →
pts
- a brahmanic sacrifice.
- alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.
The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …
yebhuyya →
pts
abundant, numerous, most. Not found as adj. by itself, except in phrase yebhuyya-vasena mostly, as a rule Thag-a.51 and Pv-a.136, which is identical with the usual instr. *[yebhuyyena](/define/ye …
yiṭṭha →
pts
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 …
yogga →
pts
Yogga1
neuter “what may be yoked,” i.e.
- 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 …
yuga →
pts
- the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …
yujjhati →
pts
to fight, make war. Rare in older literature our refs. only from the Mahāvaṃsa; e.g. 22, 82 (fut yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr. yujjhamāna); 33, 41 (aor. yuj …
yādisa →
pts
…
■ Pv.ii.1#19 (= yāva mahanto Pv-a.77)
■ Often combined with kīdisa in meaning “any one, this or that,…
yāga →
pts
- A (brahmanic) sacrifice, known otherwise as mahāyāga (or pl ˚yāgā), and consisting of the 4: assamedha, purisamedha sammāpāsa, vāja-peyya. Thus mentioned at SN.i.76 & Snp.3 …
yāna →
pts
- going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
- means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …
yāva →
pts
…(mahantaṃ), e.g. yāva mahantaṃ how big Pv-a.77 (= yādisaṃ of Pv.ii.1#19) Vv-a.325 = Dhp-a.i.29 (yāva mahantaṃ). Also in other…
yāvant →
pts
…c
■ The form yāva mahantaṃ may originally have been a yāvaṃ m.) as yāvañ ca “and that,” “i.e.,” how much, however much,…
ā →
pts
…all kinds of existences Snp.801, cp. Mnd.109; Cnd.664; Thag.784 (˚esu = mahant-âmahantesu bh. C., see Brethren 305);…
ācariya →
pts
teacher (almost syn. with upajjhāya) Vin.i.60, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.119 (˚upajjhāya); Vin.ii.231; Vin.iv.130 (gaṇo vā ācariyo a meeting of the bhikkhus or a single teacher cp. f. āca …
ānisaṃsa →
pts
praise i.e. that which is commendable, profit, merit, advantage good result, blessing in or from (c. loc.). There are five ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīla-sampadāya or blessings which accrue to the virtuous …
ānubhāva →
pts
…majesty, splendour Ja.i.69 (mahanto); Ja.ii.102 (of a jewel), Ja.v.491; Dhp-a.ii.58.
the dissociated composition form of anubhāva, q.v. for…
āpa →
pts
Āpa & Āpo
neuter water; philosophically t. t. for cohesion, representative of one of the 4 great elements (cp. mahābhūta), viz. paṭhavī, āpo, tejo vāyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs trsl. 201, also below …
āpo →
pts
Āpa & Āpo
neuter water; philosophically t. t. for cohesion, representative of one of the 4 great elements (cp. mahābhūta), viz. paṭhavī, āpo, tejo vāyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs trsl. 201, also below …
āyata →
pts
- (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) DN.iii.73 (ñātikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); MN.i.178 (dīghato ā˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); Ja.i.77, Ja.i.273 (tettiṃs’-angul’āyato khagg …
ḍahati →
pts
(& dahati) to burn (trs.) consume, torment MN.i.365; MN.ii.73 AN.v.110; Ja.ii.44 (aor. 3 sg. med. adaḍḍha = Sk. adagdha) Dhp.31, Dhp.71, Dhp.140; Mil.45, Mil.112 (cauterize). Pp. *[daḍḍha](/define/daḍ …
ṭhita →
pts
standing, i.e. (see ṭhāna I) either upright (opp nisinna, etc.), or immovable, or being, behaving in general. In the latter function often (with ger. pleonastic for finite verb (cp. …
ṭhāna →
pts
(ṭṭhāna) neuter
I. Connotation
As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)
- contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
- by itself without parti …