…kate), Vv-a.200 (id.). mahā˚; a great festival Mhvs.5, Mhvs.94. bodhi˚; festival of the Bo tree Ja.iv.229. vihāra˚; festival held on…

…is elsewhere SN.i.156 attributed to Abhibhū, chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. In the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.121 the second and third…

…when the Buddha asks Mahā Kassapa to preach to the monks, the latter reports that it is impossible to talk to them because monks like…

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the…

…that he had been born in the Mahāniraya as a result of having followed the teaching of the Buddha. DN.iii.15–16

Ajita⁵Ajina

A monk…

…given to her by her father, Mahākosala, as part of her dowry, but after Bimbisāra’s murder, Pasenadi refused to continue it. Thereupon…

…Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings who were born…

AmbāṭakavanaAmbālavana

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

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

…others being Moggallāna, Mahākassapa and Mahākappina.) The mother of the Yakkha Piyaṅkara, while wandering in search of food, heard him at…

…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 class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

…to discourse to him and to Mahānāma while their three colleagues went for alms. Vin.i.13 He became an arahant, together with the others, at the…

…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…

…MN.i.271ff.…

A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…Isidatta and Isidāsī

Mahā Kaccāna seems to have spent a good deal of his time in Avanti, dwelling in the city of Kuraraghara in the…

…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….

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā,…

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…

…chimed in and asked Mahānāma to say they would be the same. But the Buddha contradicted him, whereupon Bharaṇḍu said they would be…

…in the neighbourhood of the grove. Vin.ii.127

It was while staying in this grove that Mahā Moggallāna was molested by Māra and he preached…

…was Kosaladevī, daughter of Mahākosala and sister of Pasenadi. On the day of her marriage she received, as part of her dowry, a village in Kāsi,…

…and friend of Reṇu. When Mahāgovinda divided Jambudīpa into seven equal portions for Reṇu and his six friends, Brahmadatta was given the…

…on his body the marks of a Mahāpurisa. Uttara therefore visited the Buddha and, having seen the thirty two marks, resolved to observe the Buddha…

…of the Benares kings. In the Mahāgovinda Sutta, the foundation of Bārānasī is attributed to Mahāgovinda, its first king being Dhatarattha,…

…in the Mahāsudassana, Mahāpadāna, Cakkavattisīhanāda, Bālapaṇḍita and Ambaṭṭha Suttas. SN.v.98

From the Mahāpadāna Sutta it…

…foundation being ascribed to Mahāgovinda. DN.ii.235 In the Buddha’s time the people of Campā owed allegiance to Bimbisāra, as king of Māgadha,…

…a visit paid by Candana to Mahā Moggallāna. SN.iv.280

Candana²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how he was visited by his…

…preached to the Cetis by Mahācunda. While dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit…

…visited by Sāriputta and Mahā Cunda, and when they discovered that he contemplated suicide, they tried to deter him, promising to provide him…

…had been discovered. Mahānāma and Mahaka did likewise, after having performed miracles at the request of Citta.

The Citta Saṃyutta…

…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…

…the Two Chief Disciples, Mahā Kassapa, Mahā Koṭṭhita, Mahā Kaccāna and other very eminent Elders.

The Pitakas contain several…

…Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷhaka of the…

…for Ānanda the censure of Mahā Kassapa. SN.ii.217f. Later, we find Puṇṇa with a large following in Dakkhiṇāgiri refusing to join in the…

…the two Devadatta, and the Mahāsāropama, were preached after this event.

The Buddha sent Sāriputta and Moggallāna to Gayāsīsa to bring back…

…built by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.

5buildingDhamma²

The lake in front of the palace…

…of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called…

A class of Asuras, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.259

…to the intervention of Kakusandha, Dūsī’s attempts failed and he was born in the Mahā Niraya. The story is given in the Māratajjanīya…

…Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana of Vesāli. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and it was on this occasion that the…

…among the Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a…

…beings who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm and are the lowest among the devas. DN.ii.212 They are generally classed together with the Asuras…

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110

…AN.iv.21f. the Mahāsāropama and Āṭānāṭiya Suttas. SN.ii.155 SN.ii.185 SN.ii.190 SN.ii.241 SN.iii.121 AN.ii.73 AN.iii.21…

…as described in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta. DN.ii.91ff. SN.v.357

The “Brick Hall” was, however, not designed for the Buddha and…

A Sākiyan. A conversation between him and Mahānāma the Sākiyan is recorded in the Godha Sutta. SN.v.371

…led to the preaching of the Mahāgosiṅga Sutta. MN.i.212f.

25.78382,85.271763monasteryGosiṅgasālavanadāya²

A forest tract near…

…son of Suddhodana and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. At age 29 he departed from his home…

…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…

…forest in Madhurā. Mahā Kaccāna stayed there and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta,…

…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…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…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.

…of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and consulted him at length on the…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Hārita¹

A Mahā Brahmā who was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, at the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās….

…It was the residence of “Mahāsāla” brahmins. The Sutta Nipāta Snp.p.115 mentions several eminent brahmins who lived there, among them…

…DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta, DN.ii.257f. also, Inda is mentioned as the name of the Sons of the Regent Gods of the Four…

…he afterwards repeated to Mahānāma. MN.i.91ff.

Once when the Buddha was dwelling at Kāḷasilā, he sang the praises of Rājagaha, giving…

…between Sāriputta and Mahākoṭṭhita, SN.ii.112f. SN.iii.167f. SN.iv.162f. SN.384ff. and one between Mahākoṭṭhita and…

…India. One of the four Mahādīpas, or great continents. They are grouped round Mount Sineru. In Jambudīpa is Himavā with its eighty-four…

…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…

A class of gods, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

…himself came to be known as Mahā Govinda.

After some time, Jotipāla took leave of the seven kings, his disciples and his wives, and spent the…

Kaccāna¹

See Mahā-Kaccāna, Pakudha-Kaccāna, Pubba-Kaccāna, Sambula-Kaccāna, Sabhiya-Kaccāna, etc. See also…

A river where Mahākaccāyana sometimes stayed.

Avanti3river

…Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a…

…village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh day, while meditating there, he…

A tribe of Nāgas. They were present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…among them being the Mahānidāna Sutta, DN.ii.55 SN.ii.92 the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, DN.ii.290 MN.i.55 and the Ānañjasappāya…

…brahmin. He visited Mahā Kaccāna at the Gundavana near Madhurā and accused him of not paying due respect to elderly brahmins, but when…

…Nigrodhārāma and at the Mahāvana, among them being Mahānāma, SN.v.369f. AN.iii.284f. AN.iv.220f. AN.v.320f. Nandiya, SN.v.403f.…

A building in the Jetavana where the Mahāpadāna Sutta was taught. DN.ii.1ff.

Jetavana3building

A class of spirits, present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

…Nārada°, Pūraṇa°, Mahā° and Lomasa°.

Kassapa was evidently a well-known gotta name and people born in a family bearing that name…

…as Sāriputta, Moggallāna, Mahā Kaccāna, had also been invited, as they happened to be at Veḷuvana near by, she expressed great disappointment…

…that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other monks, went to…

Kaṇṭaka Kaṇḍaka

A novice ordained by Upananda. Kaṇṭaka committed an offence with another novice, Mahaka. When this became known, a rule was passed that no monk should ordain two novices Vin.i.79 ; th …

KaṭṭhakāKathakā

A class of devas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

…women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146 DN.ii.188

A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world. For ages they spend their time in laughter and in sport of sensual lusts. In consequence their…

…by the Buddha, DN.ii.270 Mahā Moggallāna, MN.i.252 and by Mahā Kassapa. Ud.iii.7

Kosiya²

A monk whose Theragāthā verses…

…of the Buddha himself. The Mahāvagga Vin.i.300 mentions the names of several theras who lived there: Nilavāsi, Sānavāsi, Gopaka, Bhagu,…

…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

…to the Kurus include the Mahānidāna Sutta, the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, the Māgaṇḍiya Sutta, the Anañjasappāya Sutta, the Sammosa…

…the royal city of Mahā-Sudassana. DN.ii.146ff. It was twelve leagues in length and twelve in breadth, prosperous and full of people,…

A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…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,…

…monks lived there. On this occasion the Buddha preached the Mahā-Suññatā Sutta. MN.iii.109

…spirit. DN.iii.204

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the Four Great Kings-versed in craft, hoodwinking…

…in Kāsi which was given by Mahākosala to his daughter when she married Bimbisāra. The village produced a revenue of one hundred thousand, and…

…stanza occurs at. SN.i.126 Mahā-Kaccāna explains, and his explanation deals with the ten kasinas….

…several Licchavi chiefs, Mahāli Otthatthaddha, DN.i.150ff. SN.i.230f. SN.iii.68f. AN.v.86f. Nandaka, SN.v.389 Sunakkhatta, MN.ii.252…

…as having stayed with Mahā Moggallāna on Gijjhakūṭa. Once, when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…the Buddha; among whom are Mahānāma, Sīha, Bhaddiya, Sāḷha, Abhaya, Panditakumāra, Nandaka, Mahāli and Ugga. Several Licchavis, both men…

…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,…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a nominal list. MN.iii.70

…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….

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…Mahākoṭṭhita, Mahākappina, Mahācunda, Anuruddha, Revata, Upāli, Ānanda and Rāhula; these all went there while travelling in the…

…DN.ii.116

Once when Mahā Kappina was at Maddakucchi, doubts arose in his mind as to the necessity of joining the assembly of monks for the…

…with distinct disfavour. But Mahā Kaccāna evidently liked it, for he stayed there in the Gundāvana, and was visited there by the king of the…

A novice, pupil of Upananda, who is mentioned as having been guilty of a sexual offence with Kaṇḍakā, another novice. Vin.i.70

…Snp.1011

According to the Mahāgovinda Sutta DN.ii.220.ff. it was the capital of Avanti and was founded at the same time as…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing properly and awaiting ones’ time. Thag.12

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…

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of names. MN.iii.70

MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the…

…world. SN.i.145 SN.v.315

Mahā Kappina was quite often in the company of Sāriputta, and it is said Thag.1086 that once, seeing the profound…

…name Kassapa, prefixed with Mahā to distinguish him from the other Kassapas.

Mahākassapa went forth, apparently together with his wife Bhaddā…

MahākoṭṭhitaMahākotthitaKoṭṭhitaKotthita

One of the foremost disciples of the Buddha, ranked foremost among masters of analytical…

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

…of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This conversation resulted from Mahāli having heard the Sakkapañha Sutta.

…see. AN.ii.154f.

In the Mahāgosiṅga Sutta MN.i.212 we find them staying in the Gosiṅgasālavana in the company of Mahā Kassapa, Ānanda,…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses warn of the dangers that face a monk who neglects the Dhamma. Thag.387–392

…Sutta, both preached to Mahānāma.

Mahānāma is included in a list of exemplary lay devotees. AN.iii.451

Mahānāma²

A…

Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī

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

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 …

…of the attributes of a Mahāpurisa as explained in the Mahāpurisa Sutta SN.v.158 and the Vassakāra Sutta. AN.ii.35f.

Bāvarī had three…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

One of the hells. SN.i.92

5hell

…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…

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 …

Chief queen of Mahāsudassana. DN.ii.169ff. Aii.189 SN.iii.145

The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.

…this wood was preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madhupiṇḍika Sutta.

27.57037,83.020933parkMahāvana³

A forest on the…

A king of long ago, whose exemplary sacrifice, held under the direction of his chaplain, is narrated in the Kūṭadanta Sutta.

MahāviyūhaMahāviyūhassa

A gabled chamber erected by Mahāsudassana into which he could retire during the heat of the day. It was made of silver….

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

…mighty capital of Kusa and Mahāsudassana. They were regarded, together with the Vajjis, as a typical example of a republic. MN.i.231 The chief…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…preaching to the monks in Mahāvana in Vesāli regarding the defilement and filth of the body, and had retired into solitude, many of the monks,…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…and, according to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 was founded by Mahāgovinda, steward of King Reṇu.

It was also the capital of…

…Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were preached there. DN.iii.36ff. MN.ii.1 MN.ii.29

The…

…formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at Rājagaha or Giribbaja where Bimbisāra, and after him Ajātasattu, reigned….

…MN.i.426ff. and the Mahāmālunkyā MN.i.432ff. —both evidently preached before Mālunkyāputta’s attainment of arahantship, because…

…is made, especially in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta, of several occasions on which Māra approached the Buddha, requesting him to die; the first…

…SN.i.234ff.

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta, DN.ii.258 Mātali is described as a Gandhabba chief, while in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204…

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…

…Vaccha are detailed in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta. MN.i.238

Nanda²

The Buddha’s half-brother. He became a monk, but was dissatisifed…

…DN.iii.117 DN.iii.210

Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta is the name by which the Jaina teacher, Mahāvīra, was known to his contemporaries. He…

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, among them, Mahānāma, Godha, Sarakāni, Nandiya and Vappa SN.v.369–378 SN.v.395–397 SN.v.403–404 SN.v.408 AN.ii.196…

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that…

…of dwellers of the Cātummahārajika world, the Nāgas are mentioned as occupying the Western Quarter, with Virūpakkha as their king.

The word…

…when the Buddha breached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.83

One day, when entering the city for alms, he saw a nautch girl gaily dressed, dancing…

A class of eminent devas among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, DN.iii.204 in a list of eminent yakkha…

…between Oṭṭhaddha and the Buddha is recorded in the Mahāli Sutta. DN.i.150ff.

…in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the south, Setakaṇṇikā; in the west, Thūṇa; and in…

…is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta….

…MN.i.329

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in times of…

…in time of need. DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…It was a favourite spot of Mahā Kaccāna, and we are told of several discussions having taken place there.SN.iii.9ff. SN.iv.115f. AN.v.46f.…

A Brahmā who was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

…a discussion between him and Mahā Udāyi, which discussion Ānanda overheard and repeated to the Buddha. On another occasion, Pañcakaṅga related…

PañcanadīPañcamahānadī

In several places in the texts five rivers are mentioned as the five great rivers of India, and they are used in various…

…Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahānāma, and Assaji—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at Isipatana.

All five joined in the austerities…

…self possessed know the way to Nibbāna. SN.i.48 It is probably this same deva who is mentioned as a Mahāyakkha in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta…

…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…

…answers he blamed Samiddhi for his hasty reply.

For details see Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. MN.iii.207ff.

…Ajita would be born in Mahā Niraya, but Ajita was born in Tāvatiṃsā and accused Pātikaputta of being a liar. Later, the Buddha visited…

…was born among the Cātummahārājika gods while Uttara was born in Tāvatiṃsā.

Gavampati met Pāyāsi in the deva world, and Pāyāsi…

…whom was the devaputta Asama. SN.i.65 He was consulted by the Licchavis Abhaya SN.v.126 and Mahāli SN.iii.68 and by the wanderer Vacchagotta….

…Sutta. MN.i.462 The Mahāgosiṅga Sutta MN.i.212ff. records a discussion between Moggallāna, Mahā Kassapa, Anuruddha, Revata and…

…class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…who were present at the Mahāsmaya and as blessing that assembly. In this context he is called Rāhubhadda. The name Rāhumukha is given to a…

…at the age of eighteen, the Mahā Rāhulovāda Sutta. Two other suttas, also called Rāhulovāda, one included in the Saṃyutta and the other in…

…chosen by the monks, with Mahā Kassapa at their head, as the meeting place of the First Convocation. This took place at the Sattapaṇṇiguhā,…

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…as a city of the Cetis, and Mahā Cunda is mentioned as having stayed there and preached three sermons.

According to the Saṃyutta, Gavampati…

…at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali²

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at…

A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before…

…their followers of the Cātummahārājika world.DN.ii.207f. DN.ii.220f. Among the Tāvatiṃsā devas, Sakka surpasses his companions in ten…

A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the…

…later enlarged into the Mahā Kaccāna-Bhaddekaratta Sutta. MN.iii.192f. A conversation between Potaliputta and Samiddhi, three years after…

A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

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…

…and had taken to drink. Mahānāma reported this to the Buddha, who said that Sarakāni had, for a long time, taken refuge in the Buddha, the…

…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 will give…

…vimāna in the Cātummahārājika world, which was occupied by Pāyāsi during his life there. Gavampati, who used to go there for his…

SineruMahāneruMeruSumeruHemameru

A mountain, forming the center of the world. MN.i.338 DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad….

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,…

…in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the required 10 monks.

Soṇa then…

…now do just as we like.“ Mahā Kassapa heard this while he was on his way from Pāvā to Kusināra, and it was this remark which made him decide…

…SN.i.148 Subrahmā was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…was Suddhodana’s son by Mahā Pajāpati, and he had also a daughter called Sundarī Nandā. When the Buddha ordained both Rāhula and Nanda,…

…him, with his mother, at the Mahāvana, and begged that he would give her a son, so that the Licchavis might not confiscate their wealth for want of…

…in the company of the Veghanasā, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…who thereupon preached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.68ff. The Sunakkhatta Sutta MN.ii.252ff. was evidently preached to Sunakkhatta before…

…hair. SN.i.51

Suriya was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.260

…pondering over the seven Mahāpurisavitakkas, and appeared before him to encourage him. AN.iv.228f. Both incidents show that the Buddha…

…Madhuvāsettha and his son Mahānāga, and Visākhā. Bhūta Thera was born in a suburb of Sāketa.

The Vinaya Vin.i.270f. mentions another…

…was a great friend of Mahāmoggallāna. After going forth together under Sañjaya, he heard the essence of the Dhamma from Assaji, and…

…three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

4hill

…glum; then the Buddha preached to him and the assembled monks the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta. MN.i.256ff.

…to tell the Buddha. This led to the preaching of the Mahāli Sutta. DN.i.151

A class of Nāgas present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…offended on hearing that Mahā Kassapa had called Ānanda “boy,” and gave vent to her displeasure at what she considered Kassapa’s…

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…

A chieftain of the Gandhabbas and father of Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.266 DN.ii.268

He was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

…as being present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.261

Tissa³

A friend of Metteyya. They together visited the Buddha at Jetavana and,…

Todeyya¹

A Mahāsāla brahmin, mentioned in a list of eminent brahmins gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235…

…life but one. The inhabitants of Tusita were present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.161

5heaven

…the first being the Cātummahārājika world. Tāvatiṃsā stands at the top of Mount Sineru. Sakka is king of Tāvatiṃsā.

Tāvatiṃsā was…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

Upananda¹

A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …

…and the Buddha, in order to disabuse his mind, preached to him the Mahā Sudassana Sutta. DN.ii.169f.

26.73012,83.898632park

…Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the…

…spend the day alone in the Mahāvana, and he went there and sat down at the foot of a tree. Meanwhile the householder Tapassu arrived and told…

…Serisakavimāna of the Cātummahārājika world, Uttara was born in Tāvatiṃsā. DN.ii.354–357

Uttara⁶

A pupil of Brahmāyu. He was…

…It is one of the four Mahādīpā—the others being Aparagoyāna, Pubbavideha and Jambudīpa—each being surrounded by five hundred minor…

…Aggi Vacchagotta-, Mahā Vacchagotta-, Vaccha—and Vacchagotta-Suttas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a whole section on Vacchagotta;…

…AN.iii.76 the Licchavi, Mahānāma, seeing that a band of young Licchavis who had been out hunting were gathered round the Buddha, is…

The horse of Mahāsudassana. He is all white, with a crow black head and a dark mane. DN.ii.174 SN.iii.145

VaraṇāVāraṇā

A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Ārāmadaṇḍa visited Mahākaccāna. AN.i.65

Avanti3town

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.

…Vin.iii.42ff. In this context we find that Vassakāra was Mahāmatta to Bimbisāra as well.

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…chief of the eighty four thousand chariots owned by Mahāsudassana. SN.iii.145 DN.ii.187

…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…

…at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya and these…

…at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257 He is mentioned among the Yakkha chiefs to be invoked in time of need by followers of the…

…preached at Vesāli are the Mahāli, Mahāsīhanāda, Cūḷa Saccaka, Mahā Saccaka, Tevijja, Vacchagotta, Sunakkhatta and Ratana.

One hundred…

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

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.

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…federation. According to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 it was King Reṇu who, with the help of Mahāgovinda Jotipāla, founded the Videha…

…whose story is told in the Mahāpadāna Sutta. He was born in the Khema park in Bandhumatī, his father being Bandhumā and his mother…

One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…Vāsiṣṭha). In the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.147 DN.ii.159 we find the Mallas of Kusināra addressed as Vāseṭṭhā, as well as…

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…Sāriputta. Ud.iv.4 But the Mahā Yakkhas, DN.iii.204f. the generals and commanders among Yakkhas, are always willing to help holy men and to…

…MN.iii.179ff.

In the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.259 mention is made of two Yamas.

There is a tradition AN.i.142 that once Yama longed to be…

…Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana, he discovered that the Vajjian monks had raised the “Ten Points” contrary to the Buddha’s teachings,…

…complimentary. Thus in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta MN.i.238 they are spoken of as going about naked, flouting life’s decencies and licking their…

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…sensual lusts,“ answered Mahā Kaccāna; and for the same reason recluses quarrelled with recluses. “Is there anybody in the world who has…

…Vin.i.249–250

In the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.131–132 the Buddha tells Pukkusa of another occasion on which he was staying in the…

…days earlier. Vin.i.7

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.130 mentions a Mallian, Pukkusa, who says he had been Āḷāra’s disciple, but who,…

négy nagy elem (föld, víz, tűz, lég/levegő)

( & n.) a subdivision or intermediate cycle of a mahākappa

with excitement gone

…feet (one of the marks of a mahāpurisa) 2. a circular missile, a discus; the “wheel” of sovereignty, of authority; sway. 3. an attainment,…

crossing of high-roads, a main crossroads.

crossing of high-roads, a main crossroads.

whose back is flat (i.e. not hollow) between the shoulder-blades (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahapurisa)

consisting of the four main elements.

crossing of high roads; a main crossroad.

1. (mfn. & m.) belonging to the company attending the four great kings, the world guardians; a deva or the devas belonging to that company.
2. (n.) the world of the catummaharajika devas.

having long fingers (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahapurisa)

with legs like the black antelope’s (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).

very wealthy householder.

minister of finance; an accountant.

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

with the skin like gold, golden skinned (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).

…of the 22 sections of the Mahāvagga and Cullavagga of the Vinayapiṭaka. 2. the section of the Vinayapiṭaka consisting of the Mahāvagga and…

rich khattiya

by day and night.

1. an ascetic, specifically mahāvīra.
2. an ascetic, especially one who is a follower of mahāvīra, a jain.

follower of Mahavīra, a Jain ascetic.

Mahāvīra, leader of the Jains.

follower of Mahāvīra.

having hair with its ends turning upwards (esp. as one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)

…which there are either 16 or 16 attached to each mahāniraya).

having feet with high arches (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).

whose head is like a turban in appearance (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)

generation of teachers

having projecting heels (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)

having projecting heels (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa)

…1: The Noble Disciple, Mahānāma, recollects thus: Worthy, honourable and perfectly self-Enlightened is the Buddha ! Consummated in…

…are mentioned in the Mahā-Parinibbāna Sutta D. 16. They are followed by five sets of 7, and one set of 6 conditions, conducive to the…

…is called the Great Brahma mahā - brahmā. With caustic humor he is said D. 11 to pretend: I am Brahma, the Great Brahmā, the Most High, the…

Catu-mahārājika-deva: a class of divine beings of the sense-sphere; see: deva.

Chief-elements: the 4: mahā-bhūta -d hātu

[[great man]]Great man: the 8 thoughts of a: mahāpurisa-vitakka.

…‘thoughts of a great man’ mahā - purisa - vitakka A. VIII, 30 has:,This Dhamma is for one who delights in non-diffuseness the unworldly,…

…these see K N. Jayatilleke, Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge London, 1963, pp. 361ff.

In Mahāyana, the Mādhyamika school has given a prominent…

…a synonym often found in the Mahāyana scriptures for Bodhisatta, i.e. ’Enlightenment Being or Being destined for Buddhahood are concerned about the…

…see: visuddhi VI, and one of the 18 chief kinds of insight mahāvipassanā see: vipassanā.

…Pāli text and transl. by ñānamoli Thera Bangkok 1966, Mahāmakut Buddhist Bookshop.

…to Bhikkhus.

1: The Mahā-mangala Sutta Sn. 259 says that;Honour and respect towards those worthy of it, is conducive to great blessing;…

…the word occurs in this sense, is found in Kath. 186 see: Guide, p. 83. On the Mahāyana term tathatā see: Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, p. 53f….

…survived among those which Mahāyānists have called ‘Hinayāna’. It is sometimes called Southern Buddhism or Pāli Buddhism. It is found today in…

…recommended by the Buddha to Mahā-Moggallāna A. VII, 58. According to D. 33, it is conducive to the development of ‘knowledge and vision’ see:…

Abbhuta¹

adj. nt. terrifying, astonishing; strange, exceptional puzzling, extraordinary, marvellous, supernormal Described as a term of surprise & consternation (vimhay;’ āvahass’ adhivaca …

…esp. the going out into monastic life, retirement renunciation. Usually as mahā˚; the great renunciation Ja.i.61; Pv-a.19.

abhi +…

to create (by magic), produce, shape, make SN.iii.152 (rūpaṃ); AN.i.279 (oḷārikaṃ attabhāvaṃ); Nd ii.under pucchā⁶ (rūpaṃ manomayaṃ); Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp *[abhinim …

…AN.i.147 (nibbānaṃ); AN.iii.75; Snp.896 (khema˚), Snp.1070 (rattamahā˚) Mnd.308; Cnd.428; Ja.vi.370.

abhi + passati

…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….

…trs. SN.v.51 (bandhanāni meghena ˚āni) AN.v.127; intrs. MN.ii.117 (mahāmegho ˚o there has been a cloudburst).

fr. abhippavassati

adjective getting, attaining (?) DN.ii.255 (lomahaṃsa˚).

fr. abhi + sam + bhū

…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…

in cpd. mahā˚; state or condition of great intelligence or supernormal knowledge SN.iv.263; SN.V.175, SN.V.298 sq.

fr. abhiññā

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

pre-eminence, prominence, superiority Kv.556 (˚ṃ gata); Dpvs.iv.1 (guṇaggataṃ gatā)
■ (adj.) mahaggata of great value or superiority DN.i.80; DN.iii.224.

abstr. of agga

…Pv.ii.1#18. See also mahāraha. appaggha (adj.) of little value Ja.iv.139; Ja.v.414 -anaggha (nt.) pricelessness,…

…-dāha (mahā˚) a holocaust AN.i.178. -nikāsin like fire Ja.iii.320 (suriya)….

pronoun pronoun of 1^st person “I”. nom. sg. ahaṃ SN.iii.235; AN.iv.53; Dhp.222, Dhp.320; Snp.172, Snp.192, Snp.685, Snp.989, Snp.1054, Snp.1143; Ja.i.61; Ja.ii.159
■ In …

hoarse & loud laugh Ja.iii.223 (= danta-vidaṃsaka-mahā-hasita C.).

onomat.

wrong time, bad luck, misadventure, misfortune. There are 9 enumerated at DN.iii.263; the usual set consists of 8; thus DN.iii.287; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.4 sq. See also *khaṇa-[vedhin](/de …

…Ja.iv.30; Dhp.280 (= mahā-alaso Dhp-a.iii.410). Opp. analasa vigorous energetic SN.i.44; DN.iii.190 (dakkha +); Vin.iv.211; Cnd.141…

…allīpīyate Mvu.iii.127.] to make stick to to bring near to (c. acc. or loc.) Ja.ii.325 (hatthiṃ mahābhittiyan alliyāpetvā); Ja.iv.392…

…(amaccā pārisajjā gaṇakamahāmattā); AN.i.142 (catunnaṃ mahārājānaṃ a. pārisajjā) See on the question of ministers in general Fick,…

…Ja.iv.386; Ja.v.456 (˚mahā-nibbāna); Snp.204 Snp.225, Snp.228 (= nibbāna Kp-a.185); Thag.310 (= agada antidote); Iti.46 = Iti.62 (as…

…Buddha Snp.343, Snp.352 (= mahāpañña Snp-a.347); Thig.522 (paripuṇṇa-pañña Thag-a.296), Dhp-a.i.31. *…

…of this sort of epds. (like mahānubhāva), like ānupubbikathā (fr. *pubbānupubba˚), ānubhāva etc. We find ānu also in comb^n.…

…(-˚): mahānubhāva (of) great majesty, eminence power SN.i.146 sq.; SN.ii.274; SN.iv.323; Snp.p.93; Pv.ii.1#12 Pv-a.76….

majesty, power SN.i.156 (mahā˚).

= anubhāva + tā

…additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa) Vin.i.65 (abl. anuvyañjanaso “in detail”); MN.iii.126; SN.iv.168; AN.iv.279 (abl.);…

…anu A). C. explains as janghamagga-mahāmaggānaṃ antare.

…and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially:…

…additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa) Vin.i.65 (abl. anuvyañjanaso “in detail”); MN.iii.126; SN.iv.168; AN.iv.279 (abl.);…

…life history. In the title Mahāpadāna suttanta it refers to the 7 Buddhas. In the title Apadānaṃ, that is ʻthe stories’, it refers almost…

adjective small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most compounds); thus expl^d. at Vv-a.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see *[a …

…appaparivāra & mahāparivāra, the former, I suppose, from appe & sakkha (Sk. sākhya), the latter an imitation of it“ Thus the…

…in cpd. mahāraha [Sk. mahārgha] worth much, of great value, costly, dear Ja.i.50, Ja.i.58; Ja.iii.83, etc. (see…

…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,…

…plant“?] in phrase mahā ariṭṭhako maṇi SN.i.104 “a great mass of soap stone” (cp. Rh. D. in JR. A. S. 1895 893 sq.), “a…

…pakatiyā ’va mahārasaṃ at Thag-a.61) = Thig.196 (= anāsittakaṃ ojavantaṃ sabhāva-madhuraṃ Thag-a.168); SN.v.321;…

…we find Pahārāda (gloss Mahābhadda) at AN.iv.197.

• -kāya the body or assembly of the asuras AN.i.143; Ja.v.186;…

…bhikkhusahassehi saddhiṃ); Vism.46 (satakoṭiyo) Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.19 (mahātherā); Dhp-a.ii.25 (˚koṭi-vibhava). Cp….

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

I. in abstr position

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

…out, roar, cry Ja.v.361 (= mahāsaddaṃ nicchāreti).

ati + brūheti, bṛh², but by C. taken incorrectly to brū; cp. Sk….

adjective very or too great Ja.i.221; Pv-a.75.

ati + mahant

…Ja.i.2; Pv-a.107 (= pitāmahā)
■ f ayyakā grandmother, granny Vin.ii.169; SN.i.97; Ja.ii.349 (here used for…

…[cp Mahārāṣṭrī form cauṭṭha = Sk. caturtha] three and a half Ja.i.82; Ja.iv.180; Ja.v.417, Ja.v.420;…

adjective wealthy, rich, influential Ja.iv.495; Pv.ii.8#2 (= mahāvibhava Pv-a.107).

adjective small, minute, atomic, subtle (opp. thūla, q.v.) DN.i.223; SN.i.136; SN.v.96 (˚bīja); Snp.299 (anuto aṇuṃ gradually); Ja.iii.12 (= appamattaka); Ja.iv.203; Dhs.230, Dhs.61 …

…(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…

…the 80 smaller signs of a Mahāpurisa (see anuvyañjana), besides the 32 main signs (see dvattiṃsa) Vv-a.213 etc….

…at Dhp-a.iv.3 by “lokiya-mahājana. -jāgara very watchful Dhp.29 (= mahante sativepulle jāgariye ṭhita Dhp-a.i.262);…

…Ja.iv.182 (aor. bhasi; so read for T. bhusi)
pp bhasitaṃ (as n.) bark ibid. (mahā-bhasitaṃ bhasi, read for bhusita) See also…

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

…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 essence, but in…

…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…

…(“bhesmā hi udadhī mahā,” so read for Vin. bhasmā with variant reading bhesmā, and for It tasmā, with variant reading BB…

…& kuṇḍika

Bheṇḍuka²

a knob, cupola, round tower Ja.i.2 (mahā-bh˚-pamāṇa).

fr. bheṇḍu, identical with…

Bhiṃsana & ˚ka

adjective horrible, dreadful, awe-inspiring, causing fear.

1. bhiṃsanaka (usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.2 …

Bhiṃsana & ˚ka

adjective horrible, dreadful, awe-inspiring, causing fear.

1. bhiṃsanaka (usually combined with lomahaṃsa DN.ii.106 = AN.iv.311; DN.ii.157; Vin.iii.8; Pv-a.2 …

terror, fright; mahā-bhiṃsa (adj.) inspiring great terror DN.ii.259. Cp. bhismā.

fr. bhiṃsa

…(with ref. to young cats: “mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati taruṇā bhinka-cchāpa-maṇḍalaṃ, T. ˚cchāca˚, vv.ll….

…at Vb-a.141, viz. mahā-samuddaṃ manthetvā ojāya nīharaṇaṃ; Sineru-pādato vālikāya uddharaṇaṃ; pabbataṃ pīḷetvā…

…apprentices and other low class young men who honour the Mahā-Kaccāna).

fr. bhara

adjective terrifying, horrible, awful Ja.v.43 (T. bhīmūla, but read bhīmala; C. explains by bhiṃsanaka-mahāsadda).

fr. bhīma

…state, as paritta˚ & mahā˚; Vb.340 te˚; in 3 planes Snp-a.4 (of the 5 Khandhas), Snp-a.510 (˚vaṭṭa);…

…2 meanings of bhūmi as “mahā-paṭhavī” and as “cittuppāda” (rise of thought) had in view the distinction between its literal &…

…state, as paritta˚ & mahā˚; Vb.340 te˚; in 3 planes Snp-a.4 (of the 5 Khandhas), Snp-a.510 (˚vaṭṭa);…

…(the 4 dhātus SN.iii.101 (mahābhūtā); 4. all that exists, physical existence in general (vijjamānaṃ) Vin.iv.25 (bhūtaṃ) 5. what we…

adjective (-˚) in cpd. cātummahā˚ belongs to the whole expression, viz. composed of the 4 great elements MN.i.515.

…(referred by Snp-a to a Mahāpurisa); adj. having a full voice (see above bindu 3; Pv.iii.3#4 (T. vindu˚, BB bindu˚; Pv-a explains by…

…world (cp. pathavī-nābhi mahā-bodhimaṇḍo Mbvs.79). It is also spoken of as Mahābodhi (e.g. Ja.iv.228; Vism.403)
■ Vism.72, Vism.299,…

adjective very great, vast, high, lofty, gigantic; nom sg. brahā Snp.410, Snp.550; Thag.31; Ja.iii.117 (= dīgha C.); Ja.iv.111 (su˚); Ja.iv.64#2; Pv.iv.3#10 (of a huge tree), acc sg. brahantaṃ AN. …

…with a body like that of Mahābrahmā, combined with -vaṇṇin of most excellent complexion, in ster. passage at…

…Sāriputta, Moggallāna & Mahākassapa in this rank) MN.ii.167; AN.i.143
■ abstr. der. brāhmaññā (nt.) higher or holy state, excellency…

…with a body like that of Mahābrahmā, combined with -vaṇṇin of most excellent complexion, in ster. passage at…

…DN.i.119 sq., DN.i.136 (mahāsālā), DN.i.150 (˚dūta), DN.i.247; DN.iii.44 sq., DN.iii.61, DN.iii.83 sq., DN.iii.94 sq. (origin of),…

…titthiyā, pakati-sāvakā, mahā-sāvaka, agga-sāvakā pacceka-buddhā, buddhā (see Vism.411) 2. The word Buddha is specially applied to the…

(indef. enclitic particle)

1. Indefinite (after demonstr. pron. in the sense of kiṃ = what about? or how is it? cp. kiṃ) = ever, whoever what-ever, etc. [Sk. kaśca, Gr. ὁς τε, Lat: quisque Goth. h …

…characteristic mark of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.17 DN.iii.143; DN.iii.149
■ Ja.ii.331; Mil.51. 4. an array of troops (under tayo vyūhā:…

…-danta having 40 teeth (one of the characteristics of a Mahāpurisa) DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.172.

Sk. catvāriṃśat

…-mahāpatha a crossing on a high-road Vism.235. -mahābhūtika consisting of the four great elements Dhs-a.403;…

…of the Himavant (satta-mahā-sarā), lit. lake of the elephant with 6 tusks. cp. cha-visāṇa Vism.416. -dvārika…

Only in der. chambhitatta (nt.) the state of being stiff, paralysis, stupefaction consternation, always combined with other expressions of fear, viz. uttāsa SN.v.386; bhaya Ja.i.345 (where spelled cha …

…of the Himavant (satta-mahā-sarā), lit. lake of the elephant with 6 tusks. cp. cha-visāṇa Vism.416. -dvārika…

…shoulder-hole is heaped up, one who has the shoulders well filled out (Ep. of a Mahāpurisa) DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.164. Citaka &…

Citta¹ & Citra

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

…Pv-a.54, Pv-a.274- mahā˚; a great robber Vin.iii.89; DN.iii.203; AN.i.153 AN.iii.128; AN.iv.339; Mil.185
■ Often used in similes:…

…exposition (following upon Mahā-niddesa); culla-sīla the siṃple precepts of ethics (opp. mahā˚ the detailed sīla) DN.i.5, etc. Otherwise…

eighty-four Ja.vi.226 (mahākappe as duration of Saṃsāra); Pv-a.254 (id.). Also as cūḷāsīti q.v.

= caturāsīti

…Avs.ii.111, n. 2;

• -(m)mahābhūtika consisting of the 4 great elements (of kāya) DN.i.34, DN.i.55, DN.i.186, DN.i.195; SN.ii.94 sq.;…

…exposition (following upon Mahā-niddesa); culla-sīla the siṃple precepts of ethics (opp. mahā˚ the detailed sīla) DN.i.5, etc. Otherwise…

…worlds“ (distinguished from the dvi-sahassī majjhimakā & the ti-sahassī mahāsahassi lokadhātu) AN.i.227; Cnd.235, Cnd.2#b.

Der. fr….

adjective small, little delicate, young; a young boy, youth, lad DN.i.80, DN.i.115; SN.i.131; SN.ii.279 (daharo ce pi paññavā); MN.i.82; MN.ii.19 MN.ii.66; AN.v.300; Snp.216, Snp.420 (yuvā +), Snp.57 …

Dahati¹

(dahate) to put, place; take for (acc or abl.), assume, claim, consider DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the …

…DN.ii.18 (of the hairs of a Mahāpurisa, the 14^th of his characteristics or auspicious signs; cp. BSk. dakṣiṇāvarta a precious…

…SN.iii.250 sq. cattāro mahārājikā SN.v.409, SN.v.423; Jat SN.i.48; Pv.iv.11#1 Pv-a.17, Pv-a.272; naradevā tidasā SN.i.5; bhummā…

…of the devaloka proper) Mahārājā, Canda, Suriya, Inda, Brahmā) to which are added the 2 aspects of the sky-god as devadevatā &…

…AN.iii.285 etc. It is mahā -dh. SN.iv.128; ariya˚; SN.i.30; AN.v.241, AN.v.274; Snp.783; sammā˚; SN.i.129. It is…

…aḍḍha mahaddhana mahābhoga to indicate immense wealth (see aḍḍha) Pv-a.3, Pv-a.214 etc (see also below…

…otherwise termed cattāro mahābhūtā(ni): DN.i.215; DN.ii.294; DN.iii.228; SN.i.15; SN.ii.169 sq. SN.ii.224; SN.iv.175, SN.iv.195; AN.ii.165;…

…giving alms. Pv.iv.3#26 (= mahādāna Pv-a.253) & in phrase adinn’ādāna taking what is not given, i.e. stealing, adj adinnâdāyin stealing,…

…Ja.iv.163 (= gambhīrā mahānāvā p. Ja.iv.164); Pv-a.189. 3. a hollow dug in the ground Mil.397. 4. the body of a lute, the sounding-board…

…(mahāmatta) (a higher official) supervising the measuring of the doṇa-revenue (of rice) Ja.ii.367, Ja.ii.378,…

…d˚ṃ Pv-a.60); Pv-a.67; mahādukkhaṃ anubhavati Pv-a.43, Pv-a.68, Pv-a.107 etc. atidukkhaṃ Pv-a.65; dukkhato pete mocetvā Pv-a.8 …

…on 4 × 8, but as No. of the Mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni it denotes 30 + 2 the great circle plus the decisive (invisible) pair; - 62 views of…

…get out Vin.ii.220
■ mahā˚; the main or city gate Ja.i.63; culla˚ Ja.ii.114; catu˚; (adj.) having 4 doors (of niraya) Pv.i.10#13;…

…equivalent of the brahmanic mahāyajña the chief sacrifice. On 16 Mahādānas see Wilson Hindu Caste 413; on 4 Beal Chinese Texts 88
■…

…(variant reading piṇḍa-dāyika) DN.i.51 = Mil.331 (DN-a.i.156: sāhasikamahāyodhā etc., with popular expl. of the terms piṇḍa &…

…Ja.v.42 (tamba˚), Ja.v.217 (mahā˚ having great whiskers); DN-a.i.263 (parūḷha-massu˚ with beard whiskers grown long).

Sk. *dāḍhikā =…

…(the 4th of the marks of a Mahāpurisa) DN.ii.17; DN.iii.143, DN.iii.150;

• -antara corridor Ja.vi.349. *…

…neuter an island continent (mahā˚, always as 4); terra firma, solid foundation, resting-place, shelter, refuge (in this sense freq. combined w….

…SN.iii.112; Pv-a.22

• -mahāsāla a householder of private means (cp. above 1a) usually in combination with khattiya˚,…

…who inhabit the Cātummahārājika realm DN.ii.212; AN.ii.39 (as birds); AN.iv.200 (with asurā & nāgā), AN.iv.204, AN.iv.207; cp….

…Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha) DN.ii.16 = Snp.p.106; Snp.1001, or of a gihī arahattaṃ patto…

…Snp.1001 (honti gattesu mahāpurisalakkhaṇā), Snp.1017, Snp.1019; Pv.iii.9#1 (= sarīrâvayavā Pv-a.211); Mil.357 (arupakkāni).

Vedic…

…ravati galag˚) Kp-a.163 (mahāmegha)
■ Gangā galagalantī the roaring Gangā Mil.122 (cp. halāhalasadda ibid.).

= gaggarāyati, see note…

…with amaccā as gaṇaka-mahāmatta = a ministerial treasurer) DN.iii.64, and in same context DN.iii.148 DN.iii.153, DN.iii.169, DN.iii.171,…

…Snp.955, Snp.957; Dpvs.iv.8 (mahāgaṇī), Dpvs.iv.14 (therā gaṇī); gaṇī-bhūtā (pl.) in crowds, combined with sanghā sanghī DN.i.112,…

adjective noun eating, an eater; in mahagghasa a big eater AN.v.149 (of the crow); Dhp.325; Mil.288.

…etc.

Vedic agni; this the aphetic form, arisen in a combination like mahāgni = mahā-gini, as against the usual assimilation aggi

…yeva vā ummagga-sadisaṃ mahā-vivaraṃ;

• -bbaja (nt.) [Etym. uncertain, according to Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 79 to vaja “a pen,” cp…

…(DN-a.i.86: dīghalomako mahākojavo; caturangulādhikāni kira tassa lomāni) DN.i.7≈; SN.iii.144; Ja.v.506; Pv.ii.12#8 Thig.378 (+…

adjective possessed of good qualities, virtuous Pv.ii.9#71 (= jhān’ ādiguṇa-yutta); Pv-a.62 (mahā˚).

to guṇa¹

…With double acc. mahājanaṃ kathaṃ g˚ made people believe your words Ja.ii.416; cetake kasā g. made the servants seize their whips…

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…

Haṃsa¹

bristling: see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.

fr. haṃsati

Haṃsa²

1. a water-bird, swan SN.i.148; Snp.221, Snp.350, Snp.1134; Dhp.91, Dhp.175; Dhp-a.ii.170; Ja.ii.176 sq.; Snp …

adjective noun bristling, see lomahaṃsa Snp.270 etc.

fr. hṛṣ

1. bristling, standing on 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; Ja.i.31, Ja.i.335; Ja.ii.32; ofte …

to have a good result, turn out a blessing. succeed prosper, be successful SN.i.175 (“work effectively trsl.; = samijjhati mahapphalaṃ hoti C.); SN.iv.303; Snp.461 Snp.485; Ja.v.393; Pv.ii.1#11; Pv.ii …

sapphire Ja.i.80; Mil.118; Vv-a.111 (+ mahānīla).

inda + nīla “Indra’s blue”

…as mahājana the people, the crowd SN.i.115; Ja.i.167, Ja.i.294; Pv-a.6; lokamahājana = loka Dhp-a.iii.175; or as…

…comprised in the soḷasa mahā-janapadā (Mil.350) enumerated at AN.i.213 = AN.iv.252 sq. = Cnd.247 (on Snp.1102) as follows: Angā, Magadhā…

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

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. …

… ■ Of the tongue of the mahāpurusha which could touch his ears & cover his forehead: Snp.1022; Snp.p.108; & pahūta-jivhatā the…

1. decayed, broken up, frail, decrepit, old: vuḍḍha mahallaka andhagata vayo-anupatta Cnd.261; jarājiṇṇatāya jiṇṇa DN-a.i.283
   ■ Vin.ii.189; DN.i.114; MN.ii.48 sq., MN.ii.66; AN.ii.249; AN.iv.17 …

adjective (-˚) having light, in mahā˚; of great splendour DN.ii.272; AN.i.206; AN.iv.248.

…(one of the 32 marks of a Mahāpurisa prob. with reference to long nails DN.ii.17 (see Dial. ii.14, note 3), cp. jālitambanakhehi Vv.81#16…

…reading jāti), Ja.i.212 (mahājānikara a great robber); Ja.iv.72 (dhana,˚ variant reading hāni); Dhp.138 (= Dhp-a.iii.70 dhanassa jāni,…

…brahmin: yāva sattamā pitāmahāyugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena “of unblemished parentage back to the 7th generation” DN.i.120,…

…to the skin Dhp-a.iii.297 (mahā-phalāni). 2. itch, scab, a cutaneous disease, usually in phrase kacchuyā khajjati “to be eaten by itch (cp….

large deer (?) Ja.vi.538 (explained as mahāmiga).

…accord, agreement SN.i.224; mahā˚ a serious quarrel, a row Ja.iv.88.

-ābhirata delighting in quarrels, quarrelsome Snp.276 Thag.958….

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

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

…at Ja.v.422 is kaṇi˚ = mahāpupphā kaṇṇi˚ = khuddakapupphā)

1. (m.) the tree Pterospermum acerifolium Ja.i.40; Ja.v.295; Ja.vi.269…

…antara˚*; each mahā consists of 4 asankheyya-kappas, viz. saṃvaṭṭa˚ saṃvaṭṭaṭṭhāyi˚ vivaṭṭa˚…

…ii.1^b) having a kappa (as duration), lasting a Cycle Pp.13; in Mahā˚ enduring a Mahākappa DN-a.i.164 = Pv-a.254.

fr. kappa

…melodious voice, one of the mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇas DN.ii.20 = DN.iii.144 = DN.iii.173 = MN.ii.137, etc.; cp. Dial. ii.17 n and BSk….

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

1. I …

…of Death Sdhp.287; mahā˚; great compassion Pts.i.126, Pts.i.133; -samāpatti a ʻgest,’ feat of great compassion: in which Buddha…

…faulty Dhp-a.i.82;

• -mahā˚; wicked Ja.iv.387. In compounds both forms, viz. (kasāya)-yoga an astringent remedy Ja.v.198 (kasāva˚…

…faulty Dhp-a.i.82;

• -mahā˚; wicked Ja.iv.387. In compounds both forms, viz. (kasāya)-yoga an astringent remedy Ja.v.198 (kasāva˚…

…tiracchāna˚; AN.iv.153 dhamma˚; Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.342; Ja.iv.2 (˚thera); Ja.vi.255 (mahā˚) as noun a preacher, speaker,…

…the 32 signs of a great man (mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa) DN.ii.17; DN.iii.143, DN.iii.159; MN.ii.136; Mil.75; attr of a devatā Vv.30#2, Vv.32#2 ;…

…vicikicchati dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu* DN.i.106 is in doubt and perplexity about (Bgh’s gloss, patthanaṃ uppādati…

…(ekena k-paharena dve mahākāyā padālitā “two birds killed with one stone”), Mil.73.

• -vāraṇa (adj.)…

…7 Great Lakes (satta-mahāsarā) in the Himavant, enumerated at Ja.v.415; Vism.416; DN-a.i.164.

• -mūla the root of…

1. throat AN.iv.131; Ja.v.448; Mil.152 (kaṇṭho ākurati, is hoarse); Pv-a.280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: Pv-a.99 (k-oṭṭha-tālūnaṃ …

…distribution of food at the Mahādāna Pv-a.135.

• -parissāvana a perforated ladle Vin.ii.118 *…

…of k., the 7th of the Mahāvagga of the Vinaya Vin.ii.253 Vin.ii.267.

• -cīvara a k. robe made of k cloth Bv.ix.7. *…

…of each kh.? cattāro mahābhūtā… paccayo rūpa-khandhassa paññāpanāya; phasso… vedana˚, saññā˚, sankhārā˚, etc….

…vyākaraṇa-samattho mahāmatto: “kh˚ is called the King’s minister who is able to answer all his questions”) Buddhaghosa evidently…

…MN.i.72 = DN.iii.260;

• -mahāsāla “the wealthy khattiya” (see above ii.1) DN.iii.258, etc.; *…

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

…yāva sattamā pitāmahāyugā akkhitto DN.i.113 = Snp.p.115, etc. Cp. vi˚.

• -citta one whose mind is thrown over,…

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

Kira & Kila

adverb

1. emphatic: really, truly, surely. (Gr. δή)
2. presumptive (with pres. or fut.) I should think one would expect.
3. narrative (with aor.): now, then, you know (Gr. δδε, Lat. at, …

Kira & Kila

adverb

1. emphatic: really, truly, surely. (Gr. δή)
2. presumptive (with pres. or fut.) I should think one would expect.
3. narrative (with aor.): now, then, you know (Gr. δδε, Lat. at, …

…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….

…of goṇaka (q.v.) as dīgha-lomaka mahākojava DN-a.i.86; Pv-a.157.

…One may compare the 3 (mahā-)halāhalāni given at Ja.i.48 as kappa-halāhala, buddha˚ and cakkavatti˚, eka-kolāhalaṃ one uproar…

…myth of the superman (mahā-purisa) DN.iii.143, DN.iii.161. Applied as to this item to the Buddha DN.i.106 (in the C^y…

…In formula of kāya (cātummahābhūtika etc., see kāya) DN.i.76 = MN.ii.17 and ≈; in enum. of material food…

… ■ kuṇḍalavatta turning, twisting round DN.ii.18 (of the hair of a Mahāpurisa).

cp. kuṇḍa, orig. bending, i.e. winding

…Bdhd 49; often with mahā˚: of great mercy Sdhp.330, Sdhp.557; so of the Buddha: mahākāruṇika nātha “the Saviour of great mercy”…

…Snp.548 Thag.818; cp. mahā-k˚ (of Brahmins) Snp.298. The body of a Buddha is said to be endowed with the 32 signs of a great man:…

Kīvant & Kīva

(interr. adj. and adv.) how great? how much? how many? and in later language how? (cp rel. yāva). As indef.: Kīvanto tattha bheravā “however great the terrors” Snp.959
■ Kīva kaṭuka h …

Kīvant & Kīva

(interr. adj. and adv.) how great? how much? how many? and in later language how? (cp rel. yāva). As indef.: Kīvanto tattha bheravā “however great the terrors” Snp.959
■ Kīva kaṭuka h …

… 2. the (32 marks of a mahā-purisa or a great being, either destined to be a rājā cakkavatti, or a sammā-sambuddha. These are given…

…(˚pasādhana: see under mahā˚) Mil.253, Mil.351; Vv-a.12 (kappa˚); Pv-a.51, Pv-a.121; Vism.183 (where the foll. kinds are given: lābu,…

…mentioned in the Mahāvaṃsa (33, 22, where Geiger reads “pupphādhānāni tīṇi, with translation “3 stone terraces for…

…in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); used in disparagingly addressing…

…in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); used in disparagingly addressing…

…Mhvs.31 sq. (n); Mil.200 (mahā˚). 2. refuge, shelter, (fig.) salvation (sometimes in sense of nibbāna). In this meaning…

…majjhimikā; tisahassī; mahāsahassī); Ja.i.63, Ja.i.212; Mil.237; Vb-a.430 Vb-a.436. See also cūḷanikā. -nātha…

…(samādhi); Dhp-a.iv.3 (˚mahājana Pv-a.131 (˚parikkhaka), Pv-a.207 (sukha), Pv-a.220 (˚sabhāva) See also below 3.

2. (special meaning)…

…(samādhi); Dhp-a.iv.3 (˚mahājana Pv-a.131 (˚parikkhaka), Pv-a.207 (sukha), Pv-a.220 (˚sabhāva) See also below 3.

2. (special meaning)…

…in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); SN.ii.257 (asi˚, usu˚, satti˚ etc.) AN.ii.114; Vin.iii.106 (usu˚ etc.); Snp.385; Ja.i.273 (khaggo…

adjective hairy, covered with hair, downy, soft MN.i.305; Pv.i.9#2. At Ja.iv.296 lomasā is explained as pakkhino, i.e. birds; reading however doubtful (vv.ll. lomahaṃsa & lomassā).

cp. Vedic romaśa

adjective noun old, venerable, of great age an old man DN.i.90 (opp. taruṇa), DN.i.94, DN.i.114, DN.i.247; Snp.313, Snp.603; Cnd.261 (vuḍḍha m. andhagata etc. Ja.iv.482 (opp. dahara young); Vv.46#1 (= …

…see Cnd.502.

Note on mahā & cpds

1. In certain compounds the combⁿ with mahā (mah˚) has become so…

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˚

adjective praiseworthy Vv-a.97.

grd. of mahati

…at Vv-a.203). Caus. mahāyati in same sense: ger mahāyitvāna (poetical) Ja.iv.236
pass mahīyati Vv.62#1 (= pūjīyati Vv-a.258);…

greatness Ja.v.331 (= seṭṭhatta C.); Vism.132, Vism.232 sq.; Vb-a.278 (Satthu˚, jāti˚, sabrahmacārī˚); DN-a.i.35; Vv-a.191.

fr. mahat˚ cp. Sk. mahattva

…the ground, that is why he is a buffalo) Dhs-a.62.

cp. Vedic mahiṣa, an enlarged form of mahā; the P. etym. evidently to be connected with…

honoured, revered MN.ii.110; Mil.278; Sdhp.276.

pp. of mahati or mahīyati

…the ground, that is why he is a buffalo) Dhs-a.62.

cp. Vedic mahiṣa, an enlarged form of mahā; the P. etym. evidently to be connected with…

the earth (lit. Great One) Mhvs.5, Mhvs.266; Sdhp.424, Sdhp.472; loc mahiyā Mil.128; mahiyaṃ Dhs-a.62
■ Note. As mahī is only found in very late P. literature, it must have been re-introduce …

…the ground, that is why he is a buffalo) Dhs-a.62.

cp. Vedic mahiṣa, an enlarged form of mahā; the P. etym. evidently to be connected with…

…m mahā Vism.100; lāmaka m. paṇīta (i.e. lokuttara…

…ref. to the 32 signs of a Mahāpurisa), Snp.1018; Dhp.241 (holy studies); Ja.ii.100; Ja.iii.28 (maybe to be classed under 2), Ja.iii.537
■…

…this capacity often called mahā-megha, e.g. Snp.30; Dhp-a.i.165; Kp-a.21; Pv-a.132
■ On megha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907 124,…

…DN-a.i.176; Snp-a.236 (˚mahātissa-thera Np.), Snp-a.397 (˚bhāsā foreign dialect) The word occurs also in form…

…the customary tradition reads pāmokkha (see under mahā & cp. Cnd.502A).

fr. mukha 6; Vṛddhi form = *maukhya

occurs as simplex only in Np. Mahā- mucala -mālaka Mhvs.15, Mhvs.36. It refers to the tree mucalinda,…

…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, Pv-a.12…

…by Dhpāla at Vv-a.114 (mahā-isibhūtaṃ… mahanten’ eva ñāṇena munanato paricchindanato mahā muniṃ), & Vv-a.231 (anavasesassa…

…were carried out. In the Mahāvihāra (Tiss’ ārāma) at Anurādhapura there were 32 mālakas; Dpvs.xiv.78; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.192. The sacred…

…Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚ mahābodhi). 2. (perhaps to māla) bearing a stain of, muddy, in pheṇa˚; with a surface (or is it garland) of scum…

mother
■ Cases: nom. sg mātā Snp.296; Dhp.43; Ja.iv.463; Ja.v.83; Ja.vi.117; Cnd.504 (def. as janikā); gen. mātu Thag.473; Vin.i.17; Ja.i.52 mātuyā Ja.i.53; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.80; Pv-a.31; and * …

…were carried out. In the Mahāvihāra (Tiss’ ārāma) at Anurādhapura there were 32 mālakas; Dpvs.xiv.78; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.192. The sacred…

…AN.i.33, AN.i.136, AN.i.243 (mahā˚); AN.ii.55, AN.ii.140 (mahā˚); AN.iii.52, AN.iv.101 (m˚), AN.ii.137; Snp.425, Snp.433, Snp.568, Snp.720;…

night, acc. nattaṃ by night, in nattam-ahaṃ by day & by night Snp.1070 (variant reading BB and Cnd rattamahaṃ).

Sk. nakta, see nakkhatta

…with ref. to big cats (mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati), whereas young ones are called “elephants, cubs” (something like…

…with ref. to big cats (mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati), whereas young ones are called “elephants, cubs” (something like…

…(aggikkhandha), Mil.346 (mahāmeghena n˚ṃ pathaviṃ); Thag-a.154 (anupādānā dīp’ accī); Kp-a.194 (padīpo n.) 2. (fig.) combined…

…(rebirth) nibbāpehi mahārāgaṃ mā ḍayhittho punappunaṃ SN.i.188 vibhavañ ca bhavañ ca vippahāya vusitavā khīṇapunabbhavo…

…put out, quench SN.i.188 (mahārāgaṃ); Iti.93 (rāg-aggiṃ; & nibbāpetvā aggiṃ nipakā parinibbanti); cp. aggiṃ nijjāleti Ja.vi.495;…

…interpreted in the Mahā-Niddesa; Pārāyana-vagga and, as a sort of appendix, the Khaggavisāṇa-sutta, interpreted in the…

…Ja.i.51 (agārā), Ja.i.61 (mahābhinikkhamanaṃ “the great renunciation”), Pv-a.19 (id.)

pp nikkhanta; caus. nikkhameti (q.v.).

Sk….

adjective noun

1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, …

…most fearful is the; Avīcimahāniraya (see Avīci). Names of other purgatories occur frequently in the Jātaka collection, e.g. Kākola…

loud sound, roaring, roar Ja.i.19 (sīha˚), Ja.i.50 (koñca˚), Ja.i.150 (mahā˚). Cp. pa˚.

Sk. nāda, see nadati

…Vv-a.37); Pv.i.11#3. mahā˚ AN.iv.107, AN.iv.110 2. fig. hero or saint: SN.ii.277; SN.iii.83; MN.i.151, MN.i.386; Dhp.320; Snp.29,…

…Vism.173; Thag-a.42 (mahā˚ great blue lotus); Dhs.617; Pv.ii.2#5; Pv-a.32, Pv-a.46, Pv-a.158; Sdhp.246 Sdhp.270, Sdhp.360.

*…

1. (rare in the old texts) a flood of water Vv-a.48 (udak’ ogha); usually as mahogha a great flood Dhp.47; Vism.512; Vv-a.110; Dhp-a.ii.274 = Thag-a.175.
2. (always in sg.) th …

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

…Pv-a.47 (nāvāya mahāsamuddaṃ), Pv-a.75
inf otarituṃ Pp.65, Pp.75 (sangamaṃ)
ger otaritvā Pv-a.94…

…Snp.417; Snp-a.382 sq.; Mahāneru Ja.iv.462; Mahindhara Vv.32#10 (cp. Vv-a.136) Meru Ja.i.25; Ja.iv.498; Yugandhara Pv-a.137; Rajata Ja.i.50;…

adjective recent, new, beautiful, quite costly Vin.i.4; Ja.i.80; Ja.ii.435; 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. S …

…attanā anubhūyamānā mahādukkhavedanā Pv-a.214) Dhs.1044 (ajjhatta + ; trsl^d “self referable”); Mil.96 (˚purisa-kāra);…

…(variant reading patha; C. mahāmagga); mantapada = manta DN.i.104 (cp. DN-a.i.273). See also janapada, saggapada- 2. in applied meaning…

…AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.iii.191…

…DN-a.i.104; Dhp-a.i.85 (mahā-padhānaṃ padahitvā); Thag-a.174; Pv-a.134 Padhāna is fourfold, viz. saṃvara˚, pahāna˚, bhāvana˚…

one who pierces or destroys, a destroyer, breaker, in phrase mahato kāyassa padāletā the destroyer of a great body (or bulk) AN.i.284 sq. (in sequence dūre-pātin, akkhaṇavedhin, m. k. p.); AN.ii.17 …

…Thag.291 (= panka Thag-a.224); Ja.iii.241 (read palipo cp. C. = mahākaddamo ibid.) = Ja.iv.480.

pa + lip

…(gloss for papaṭa; explained at Snp-a.479 by “mahāniraya”).

pa + pada

paternal great-grandfather Dāvs iii.29.

pa + pitāmaha

…by C. as “atibrūhesi mahāsaddaṃ nicchāresi,” thus taking it to brū to speak which is evidently a confusion)
pp *paribbūḷha…

…expenditure of a thousand coins) 3. giving (to the poor), liberality Dhs-a.157 Snp-a.295 (mahā˚, corresponding to mahādāna) Pv-a.7f.…

adjective touching, reaching (up to) Mil.343 (candasuriya˚, cp. Mvu II, candramasūrya-parimārjako maharddhiko etc.).

fr. pari + marj

…DN.ii.72 sq. (the famous Mahā-parinibbāna-suttanta or “Book of the Great Decease”); MN.iii.127, MN.iii.128; AN.ii.79 (˚samaye),…

…gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, Cātummahārājika˚, Tāvatiṃsa˚, Māra˚, Brahma˚ or the assemblies of nobles, brahmins, householders wanderers, of the…

…catukka Cnd.415 (opp. mahā); appaka Pv-a.48, Pv-a.60; appama taka Pv-a.262; ittara Pv-a.60; oma Snp-a.347; oraka Snp-a.489; lāmaka…

…Ja.iii.371 (mahā-jana˚); Ja.vi.75; Vv.16#5 (= samantato p. Vv-a.81); Pv-a.3 (dhutta-jana˚), Pv-a.62 (parijana˚), Pv-a.140…

…(deva˚ & asura˚); Ja.i.92 (mahā-bhikkhusangha˚); Pp.52 (pheggu sāra˚; with explⁿ Pp-a 229 rukkho sayaṃ-pheggu hoti,…

…etaṃ nāmaṃ C.); catummahā˚ AN.iii.28, AN.iii.42, AN.iii.394; dve˚ Vv.53#17; nakkhatta˚ Dhp.208; yañña˚ (= yañña) Cnd.524 yogga˚…

…pattī senā padissate mahā); Vism.19. Cp. pattika¹.

• -kāya a body of foot soldiers, infantry SN.i.72 (cp…

…are distinguished, viz. mahā˚; the great P. and -saṅgaha, an abridged P. (see DN-a.i.241; Ja.i.29, Ja.i.82, Ja.i.193 (mahā˚);…

…Dhs-a.55; mahā -pariccāgā Dhp-a.iii.441 mahā -vilokanāni Dhp-a.i.84; vatthūni Vin.ii.196 sq. vāhanāni (of…

…manda˚ Vb-a.239; mahā SN.i.63, SN.i.121; SN.ii.155; AN.i.23, AN.i.25; AN.ii.178 sq.; Cnd.235; Snp-a.347; sap˚ SN.i.13, SN.i.22,…

…AN.v.159 (id.); mahā˚, puthu˚ vipula˚ AN.i.45. See also paññatta².

secondary abstract formation fr. paññā, in…

adjective having heels DN.ii.17 (āyata˚ having projecting heels, the 3^rd of the 32 characteristics of a Mahāpurisa).

fr. paṇhi

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.

…Pv-a.75, Pv-a.174
■ mahā˚ MN.i.127; SN.ii.179, SN.ii.263; SN.iii.150; Ja.i.25, Ja.i.74; Ja.iii.42; Mil.187; aya˚ iron soil (of Avīci…

…account is found in the Mahāpadāna Suttanta of the Dīgha Nikāya (DN.ii.30 sq.; cp. Dial. ii.24 sq.), where 10 items form the constituents…

adjective greedy; hankering after Snp.675 (Snp-a.482 reads ˚giddha and explains by mahāgijjha).

paṭi + gijjha, a doublet of giddha, see gijjha²

…(id.); Pp.59; Pv-a.192 (mahādukkhaṃ). There is also a by-form, viz. paṭisaṃvediyati SN.ii.18, SN.ii.75, SN.ii.256…

…the Abhidhamma, also called Mahāpakaraṇa. See Ledi, J.P.T.S. 1915–⁠16 p. 26; Mrs. Rh. D., Tika p. 1, vi
■ At Sdhp.321 it has the Sk….

dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cp. pitṛyajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the “fathers, …

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

…reading appoṭesi), Mahābrahmā sādhukāraṃ adāsi Ja.vi.486. Perhaps we should read poṭheti (q.v.), to snap…

…(adj.) (-˚) in phrase mahā˚passa the flank (lit. the side of the great ribs Ja.i.164, Ja.i.179; Ja.iii.273; abs. mahā˚; with great…

1. a demon goblin, sprite DN.i.54 (T. pesācā, variant reading pisācā, explained at 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 (y …

…Ja.iv.115; Ja.vi.84. -mahā grandfather Pv.ii.8#4; Ja.ii.263; DN-a.i.281; Pv-a.41; -mahāyuga age of a grandfather (i.e. a generation…

…in uttama˚ (= mahāpurisa) Dhp.97 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.188). Cp posa.

abstr. fr. purisa, for *pauruṣa or…

…Vv.64#30 (= Sudassana-mahā-nagara Vv-a.285). See also purindada. 2. dwelling, house or (divided) part of a house (= antepura), a meaning…

…SN.iv.380; Iti.97; mahā˚ SN.v.158; AN.ii.35; AN.iii.223; AN.iv.229 (see also under mahā) sappurisa (q.v.). Var….

adjective

1. (= pṛthak) separated, individual adv. separated, individual, adv. separately, each (see [given as puthag eva Kacc. 29](/define/given as puthag eva Kacc. 29)) SN.i.75 (puthu attā individu …

…SN.ii.229); as adj. (-˚) mahā˚ SN.i.191 opp. appa˚ MN.ii.5. puñña is defined at Mnd.90 as follows: “puññaṃ vuccati yaṃ kiñci…

…(as gloss, T. reads pāvusa, SS puṭusa, BB pātusa & pāvuma; C. explains as mahā-mukha-maccha).

cp. Sk. vāgusa, a sort of large fish…

…Ja.i.63 Ja.ii.50; Ja.vi.330 (mahā˚), Ja.vi.341 (+ parikhā & aṭṭāla); Pv.i.10#13 (ayo˚); Mil.1; Vism.394 (= parikkhepa-pākāra)…

…reads mokkha for p.). See mahā. defined as “pamukhe sādhū ti” at Vb-a.332. 2. facing east Pv.iv.3#53 (= pācīna-dis…

…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.704; Dhp.246; DN-a.i.69…

…rahitaṃ bhiṃsanakaṃ mahāvanaṃ). 2. deprived of, without (-˚) Ja.iii.369 (buddhiyā rahitā sattā); DN-a.i.36 (avaṇṇa˚);…

…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…

…cp. above 2), said of the Mahāpurisa DN.ii.18 DN.iii.144 (cp. translation Dial. ii.15 “his taste is supremely acute”). The phrase & its…

…(upasame); Mvu. 1, 44 (mahākāruṇiko Satthā sabba-loka-hite rato); Snp.32, Snp.84 (rato puññe) Pv-a.3, Pv-a.12, Pv-a.19…

…Thus at DN.ii.16 sq.; of Mahā-Sudassana DN.ii.172 sq. They are enumerated singly as follows: the wheel (cakka) DN.ii.172 sq., the elephant…

…“rathesu usabha-sadiso mahā-ratho ti attho”; as does Bdhgh at Snp-a.321 (on Snp.303): “mahā-rathesu khattiyesu akampiy’ aṭṭhena…

…arāvi Mhvs.10, Mhvs.69 (mahā-rāvaṃ); and aravi Mhvs.32, Mhvs.79. pp. ravita & ruta;
■ Cp. abhi˚, vi˚.

ru: Idg. **re &…

…Jātaka-style Ja.i.233 (mahā-tumba-matta), Ja.i.349 (pupphato reṇuṃ gaṇhāti); Ja.iii.320; Ja.v.39 (puppha˚); Ja.vi.530…

…Vism.688 (in simile: mahārukkhe yāva kapp’ âvasānā bījaparamparāya rukkha-paveṇiṃ santāyamāne ṭhite) Vb-a.165 = Vism.555…

…politeness (cp. Note A on mahā), e.g. AN.iv.242. See also paṭirājā & cp. below 4 c 5. A wider range of meaning is…

…politeness (cp. Note A on mahā), e.g. AN.iv.242. See also paṭirājā & cp. below 4 c 5. A wider range of meaning is…

…expert); Mil.254 (bherava-rāvaṃ abhiravati); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.69 (mahā-rāvaṃ arāvi).

fr. ravati, cp. rava

…at Ne.73: cātu-mahābhūtikaṃ rūpaṃ catunnaṃ ca mahābhūtānaṃ upādāya rūpassa paññatti. The rūpakkhandha shares…

…Ja.ii.74; Dhp-a.ii.151 (mahāmatta)
■ profitable to all Mil.373 (T. ṭṭh). of kammaṭṭhāna…

…at DN.ii.235 (comp. Mahāvastu iii.208), of six kingdoms in Northern India. At the second passage B. explains that the six kingdoms all…

…good DN.i.47; SN.iv.398 3. authorized, selected, agreed upon DN.iii.93 (mahājana˚) Vin.i.111; Vin.iii.150.

pp. of sammannati

…Often characterized as mahā the great ocean, e.g. Vin.ii.237; AN.i.227; AN.ii.55 AN.iii.52; AN.iv.101; Snp-a.371; Dhp-a.iii.44. Eight…

hit, struck Snp.153 (ayosanku˚); Mil.181, Mil.254, Mil.304. Sankusamāhata name of a purgatory MN.i.337.

saṃ + āhata

…Ja.i.343 Ja.i.473; Pv-a.61 (mahā-karuṇā˚); Mnd.100, Mnd.106, Mnd.139, Mnd.143 the Buddha acquired anekakoṭisata-sahassā s. Ja.i.77. The…

…of the body Vism.185 (the 14 mahā˚); Dhs-a.324. 4. connection, combination Vb-a.191 (hetuphala˚ & phalahetu˚ etc.). 5. euphonic junction…

…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….

…there are seven great lakes (mahā-sarā viz. Anotatta, Sīhapapāta, Rathakāra, Kaṇṇamuṇḍa Kuṇāla, Chaddanta, Mandākini) AN.iv.101;…

…(on the body), a sign of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.151 (i.e. on both hands, on both feet, on both shoulders, on the back). *…

…of heretics, the so-called Mahāsaṅgīti, is mentioned Dpvs.v.31 sq. Dpvs.v.3. text rehearsed, recension Vin.ii.290; DN-a.i.17; Mil.175…

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 …

…for medicinal purposes, mahā˚ a great steambath; sambhāra˚ bringing about sweating by the use of herbs, etc.; seda-kamma sweating…

…of war, only in cpd. mahā-˚; Ja.vi.2, Ja.vi.54; mahāsenaguttaṭṭhāna the position of a generalissimo Ja.v.115. *…

festival in honour of the Serīsaka Vimāna Vv.84^{37, 53}

…(9 uccā-sayana-mahā-sayanā˚; not to sleep on a high, big bed; (10) jātarūpa rajata-paṭiggahaṇā˚; not to accept any…

…kussobbha a small collection of water SN.ii.32 SN.ii.118; Snp.720; mahāsobbha the ocean SN.ii.32, SN.ii.118.

cp. Sk. śvabhra

…the Jātakas are Kaṇha (or Mahā˚) Ja.iv.183; Caturakkha Ja.iii.535; Jambuka Pingiya ibid.; Bhattabhuñjana Ja.ii.246. Cp. suvāṇa.

cp. Sk….

…a lucky dream Ja.vi.330; mahā˚ṃ passati to have (lit. see) a great vision Ja.i.336 sq (the 16 great visions); *-ṃ…

…AN.iv.127 (nāvā); Vism.63; Dhs-a.320 At Ja.vi.581 s
■ mahāsankha denotes a kind of trumpet.

fr. samudda

…same Ja.ii.163 (pithless); mahāsāra of high value Ja.i.384 Ja.i.463.

• -ādāyin acquiring what is essential SN.iv.250. *…

…Pp.30, Pp.41 (nt.) what is censurable, sin Ja.i.130; Mil.392; Vb-a.382 (mahā˚ or appa˚, with ref. to var. crimes).

sa + avajja

…(Cp. ariya-˚, agga-˚, mahā).

• -saṅgha the congregation of the eight Aryas MN.ii.120; SN.i.220 (cattāri…

…(DN.i.5 sq.) & then the; Mahāsīla DN.i.9 sq. The whole of these 3 sīlas is called sīlakkhandha and is (in the…

…Ja.iii.287 (Cullatuṇḍila Mahā-tuṇḍila); Mil.118, Mil.267; Vb-a.11 (vara-sayane sayāpita)
■ f. sūkarī Ja.ii.406 (read…

…characterizations of t.: mahā˚ Snp.114 kāma˚ SN.i.131; gedha˚ SN.i.15; bhava˚ DN.iii.274 (+ avijjā) grouped with diṭṭhi (wrong…

…Vin.ii.212, Vin.ii.303. In Mahāthera the meaning, as applied to the 80 bhikkhus so called, must also have some similar meaning Dpvs.iv.5 *Psalms…

(& thāmo nt. in instr. thāmasā MN.i.498; SN.ii.278 = Thag.1165; SN.iii.110, see below) “standing power, power of resistance, steadfastness, strength, firmness vigour, instr. thāmena (Mil.4; Pv-a.19 …

…rammaṃ tidasānaṃ mahāvanaṃ Pv.iii.1#19 = Vv.18#13; devā tidasā sahindakā Vv.30#1 Sdhp.420.

• -ādhipati the Lord of the 30…

…Ja.iv.114; Dhp-a.ii.193 (udaka˚) 2. a measure of capacity, esp. used for grain Ja.i.233 (mahā˚), Ja.i.467 (= 4 nāḷi Ja.i.468);…

…full strength Ja.i.207; t. mahādhanassāmī na me dātuṃ piyaṃ ahu although lord of wealth yet I did not like to give Pv.ii.7#6. na-tāva…

…his arms: the 19th sign of a Mahāpurisa); instr. as adv. tāvatakena after a little time Mil.107; Dhp-a.iii.61
■ See also tattaka…

adjective high (opp. avaca low) DN.i.194; MN.ii.213; AN.v.82 (˚ṭhāniyaṃ nīce ṭhāne ṭhapeti puts on a low place which ought to be placed high); Pv.iv.7#4 (uccaṃ paggayha lifting high up = uccataraṃ kat …

…a high bed (+ mahāsayana) Vin.i.192; DN.i.5, DN.i.7; cp. DN-a.i.78.

cp. Sk. uccā, instr. sg. of uccaṃ, cp. paścā behind, as…

…Ja.v.39 (satt˚-mahāpaduma of profit to beings?).

a (metric?) variant of udaya

Uddaya²

in compounds dukkh˚; and…

…(cp. BSk. ūrdhvasrotaḥ Mahāvy § 46)

DN.iii.237; SN.v.69, SN.v.201, SN.v.205, SN.v.237 SN.v.285, SN.v.314, SN.v.378; AN.i.233; AN.ii.134;…

…bristling, of the hair of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.18 = DN.iii.144, DN.iii.154. 2. prominent, conspicuous Ja.iv.345 (˚rājin having prominent stripes,…

…(cp. BSk. ūrdhvasrotaḥ Mahāvy § 46)

DN.iii.237; SN.v.69, SN.v.201, SN.v.205, SN.v.237 SN.v.285, SN.v.314, SN.v.378; AN.i.233; AN.ii.134;…

…(ujjh˚, variant reading ujj˚) = Pp.67 (= pāṇiṃ paharitvā mahāhasitaṃ hasati Pp-a.249).

ud + jagghati

…of 100 pots (of rice = mahā danaṃ?). S A: paṇītabhojana-bharitānaṃ mahā-ukkhalinaṃ sataṃ dānaṃ. Cp. ukhā cooking vessel…

to take up, to help (with acc.), to save Vin.ii.277; DN.i.249.

ud + lup, cp. BSk. ullumpati Mahāvy § 268

…SN.ii.133 (mahāpaṭhaviṃ), SN.ii.262; SN.v.457 (Sineru-pabbata-rājānaṃ) AN.iii.181 sq.; AN.iv.253 sq. (dibbasukhaṃ);…

…(= vana), Vv-a.344; Thag-a.201; Pv-a.102 (ārām˚), Pv-a.177 (mahā˚).

upa + vana, see upa 5

adjective large, bulky, immense; great big, strong. Only in one stock phrase “nāgo isādanto urūḷhavo” Vv.20#9, Vv.43#9 ; Ja.vi.488; of which variant n. ī ubbuḷhavā MN.i.414 = MN.i.450. The word is exp …

…a qualification of the Mahāpurisa DN.iii.151 (viz. on both hands, feet, shoulders, and on his back). 3. rubbing in, anointing, ointment; adj….

…anointed Vv-a.237. 3. spread out wide Dhp-a.ii.67 (mahāpaṭhavī u.), Dhp-a.ii.72 (id.).

pp. of ud + syad, cp….

…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 the length…

to dry up (intrs.) SN.i.126; SN.iii.149 (mahāsamuddo u.); Snp.985; Ja.vi.195.

ud + sussati of śuṣ

…Pp.66 (= hatthiassarathâdīnaṃ c’eva balakāyassa ca uccāsadda-mahāsaddo Pp-a.249).

to ussādeti, cp. ussādita

…Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā comb^d. with pavara) Kp-a.124; Dhp-a.i.430: Pv-a.1, Pv-a.50
■ dum-uttama a splendid tree…

…Vv-a.18 (˚pabhāva = mahānubhāva); Thag-a.173, Thag-a.280; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.6 Pv-a.7, Pv-a.8, Pv-a.25, Pv-a.30, Pv-a.43, Pv-a.58 and…

…one of the 32 signs of a Mahāpurisa, bhamuk;’antare jātā uṇṇā odātā etc. DN.ii.18 = DN.iii.144 = DN.iii.170 = Snp-a.285. Also at…

(old) age Ja.ii.137 (= vuddhabhāva, mahallakatā C.).

fr. vaddha¹ 1

…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…

…Vv.63#3; Ja.v.215; mahā˚; great forest Thig.373 (rahitaṃ & bhiṃsanakaṃ)
■ vanataraṃ (with compar. suffix) thicker jungle,…

…e.g. mahaggha-vasena mahāraha “costly on account of its great worth” Pv-a.77; cp. Ja.i.94; Pv-a.36 (putta˚); Mhvs.33, Mhvs.92…

…portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
■ fig. shower, downpour fall MN.i.130 = Vin.ii.25…

…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,…

…82 khuddaka-vattāni. 14 mahā˚, cetiyangaṇa˚, bodhiyangaṇa˚, pānīyamāḷa˚ uposathāgāra˚, āgantuka˚, gamika˚).

orig. pp. of…

…carpenter Ja.iv.207; mahā˚; chief carpenter, master builder Vism.463. In metaphor taṇhā the artificer lust…

…beautiful AN.iv.240 (cātummahārājikā devā dīgh’āyukā vaṇṇavanto; variant reading ˚vantā) Pp.34; Pv.iii.2#12 (= rūpasampanna…

…Sankhārābhājaniya Mahāpuṇṇama etc. Suttas, as catechetical Dhs-a.26 = DN-a.i.24
■ Note. The 2^nd part of the word…

…very rich Ja.i.145; mahā˚; id. Pv-a.97, Pv-a.107
■ yathā vibhavaṃ according to one’s means or power Pv-a.54 *vibhav’…

…filth, dirt; four mahā-vikaṭāni applied against snake-bite, viz., gūtha, mutta, chārikā, mattikā Vin.i.206
■ Cp….

1. change, alteration, in mahā˚; great change Vism.366, Vism.367 (of two kinds: anupādiṇṇa upādiṇṇa, or primary & secondary, i.e. the…

…shall be reborn (pañca-mahā-˚āni), consisting in kāla, desa, dīpa, kula, mātā (the latter as janetti-āyu i.e. mother and her time…

…(Vv.38), or in the Cātummahārājika-bhavana (Vv-a.331)-Later on, when the theory of meritorious deities (or departed souls raised to…

…Vism.628 sq. (the 18 mahā˚); Pv-a.14 (samāhita-citta˚), Pv-a.167; Vv-a.77; Sdhp.457, Sdhp.466.

• -aṅga…

…sq.; Pts.ii.174; Ja.iii.12 (mahā + mahājutika); Ja.v.150 (id.); Mil.230 & Mil.270 (vacī; dilating in talk), Mil.130, Mil.346; Vism.42;…

adjective spreading out (in effulgence) Vv-a.5 (mahā˚).

fr. vi + pharati 2

adjective large, extensive, great, abundant. The word is poetical.-DN.iii.150; AN.i.45 (˚paññatā); Snp.41, Snp.675, Snp.687, Snp.978, Snp.994; Thag.588; Mnd.581 (= adhimatta); Vv.67#6 (= mahanta Vv …

…Ja.v.206; Mhvs.12, Mhvs.49 (mahārāvaṃ viraviṃsu mahājanā); Pv-a.154, Pv-a.217, Pv-a.245 (vissaraṃ), Pv-a.279 (id.) Sdhp.179,…

…Vism.570 = Vb-a.182 (mahā˚ & appa˚); Kp-a.17; Snp-a.22, Snp-a.154 (buddha˚), Snp-a.228 (id.); Pv-a.72, Pv-a.89
■ avisaya…

…DN.iii.287 (eight Mahāpurisa˚) MN.i.114 (dvidhā-kato v.), MN.i.377; SN.i.39, SN.i.126, SN.i.186, SN.i.203 SN.ii.153; SN.iv.69,…

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

…the 4 great elements (the mahābhūtāni) and ākāsa-dhātu as fifth (this explained as “asamphuṭṭha-dhātu” at Vb-a.55, whereas v-…

…At Vin.i.74 two classes of mahāmattā (ministers) are given senānāyakā those of defence, and vohārikā of justice cp. Vin.ii.158;…

Vuḍḍha & vuddha

old (fig. venerable)

1. vuḍḍha Pv.ii.11#4; Mhvs.13, Mhvs.2.
2. vuddha MN.ii.168; Ja.v.140; Snp.p.108 (+ mahallaka); DN-a.i.283.

pp. of vaḍḍhati

Vuḍḍha & vuddha

old (fig. venerable)

1. vuḍḍha Pv.ii.11#4; Mhvs.13, Mhvs.2.
2. vuddha MN.ii.168; Ja.v.140; Snp.p.108 (+ mahallaka); DN-a.i.283.

pp. of vaḍḍhati

…gifts in connection with a mahādāna. Rh Davids at

Dialogues of the Buddha

ii.372 (following Childers) has quite misunderstood the term in…

…“orthodox” Vin.iii.175 mahā˚; a great doctrinaire or scholar Snp-a.540; yatha˚; cp tathā˚-; sacca˚; speaking the truth AN.ii.212;…

…(-˚) liking, dwelling (in) Snp.682 (Mern-muddha˚), Snp.754 (āruppa˚); Pv-a.1 (Mahāvihāra˚), Pv-a.22 (Anga-Magadha˚),…

…v. SN.iv.56; mahā˚; SN.ii.88; AN.i.136, AN.i.205; AN.ii.199; AN.iv.312 veramba˚; (winds blowing in high regions: upari ākāse…

…Vin.i.48; DN.ii.107 (mahāvātā vāyanti); SN.iv.218 (vātā ākāse v.); Ja.i.18; Ja.vi.530 Mhvs.12, Mhvs.12
aor…

…Dhp-a.iv.225
■ mahā˚; a hero SN.i.110, SN.i.193 SN.iii.83 (of the Arahant)
■ vīra is often an epithet of…

…(instr.) Vin.ii.257 (y. Mahāpajāpati-gotamiyā aṭṭha garudhammā paṭiggahitā tad eva sā upasampannā); Vb-a.387
■…

…ayye jāneyyāsi MN.ii.62; mahārāja j. MN.ii.71; id SN.i.101; y. bhavan jāneyya SN.i.180
■ The passage MN.ii.157 is somewhat doubtful where…

to sacrifice, to make an offering (yaññaṃ); to give alms or gifts-In the P. literature it refers (with yañña, sacrifice) either (when critical) to the Brahmanic rites of sacrificing to the gods accor …

…to give credit Ja.i.180. mahā-yaso great fame Ja.i.46 (v. 266), cp yas-agga the highest (of) fame Ja.i.51, where coupled with…

…to give credit Ja.i.180. mahā-yaso great fame Ja.i.46 (v. 266), cp yas-agga the highest (of) fame Ja.i.51, where coupled with…

…term mahāyañña refers to the brahmanic ritual (so at MN.ii.204; Dhs-a.145, cp. Expositor 193); its equivalent in…

…folk); Ja.v.335 (y. asīti-mahātherā, altogether) 2. as it happens (or happened) usually, occasionally, as a rule, ordinarily DN.i.17…

…at DN-a.i.165 by “mahāyāga” Vb.328 (id.); Ja.i.83 (y. + huta); Ja.iv.19 (= yajita C.); Ja.v.49, Ja.vi.527 …

…(paṭicchanna), Ja.vi.368 (mahā˚) Dhp-a.ii.151 (mahā˚ & paṭicchanna). 2. a draughtbullock ox Vv.84#8; Pv.ii.9#36 (= ratha-yuga-vāhana…

…(yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā “back through seven generations.” Cp. DN-a.i.281: āyuppamāṇa); Kp-a.141 (id.); Ja.i.345…

…our refs. only from the Mahāvaṃsa; e.g. 22, 82 (fut yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr….

adjective which like, what like, whichever, how much; in neg. sentence any, whatever little
■ Pv.ii.1#19 (= yāva mahanto Pv-a.77)
■ Often combined with kīdisa in meaning “an …

…Vv-a.155; Pv-a.135 (mahā˚-saññita yañña), Pv-a.136 (mahā˚).
■ suyiṭṭha yāga sampadā “well-given is the…

…Cp. the later terms mahā and hīna- yāna. See also yānikata.

• -ugghata shaking or…

…in combination yāva mahā (mahantaṃ), e.g. yāva mahantaṃ how big Pv-a.77 (= yādisaṃ of Pv.ii.1#19) Vv-a.325 = Dhp-a.i.29 (yāva…

pronoun, relative

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

Ā¹

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

…DN.i.238 (sattamâcariyamahāyuga seventh age of great teachers); DN.iii.189 sq.; MN.iii.115; SN.i.68 (gaṇ˚), SN.i.177; SN.iv.176 (yogg˚);…

…SN.iii.8, SN.iii.93 (mahā˚); SN.v.69 (seven), SN.v.73, SN.v.129, SN.v.133, SN.v.237 (seven), SN.v.267, SN.v.276; AN.i.58 (karaṇīye…

greatness, magnificence 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 details. Only in later language

…of the 4 great elements (cp. mahābhūta), viz. paṭhavī, āpo, tejo vāyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs trsl. 201, also below ˚dhātu. DN.ii.259;…

…of the 4 great elements (cp. mahābhūta), viz. paṭhavī, āpo, tejo vāyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs trsl. 201, also below ˚dhātu. DN.ii.259;…

…(one of the signs of a Mahāpurisa) DN.ii.17 DN.iii.143.

• -pamha a long eye-lash Thig.384 (= dīghapakhuma…

…me pariḍayhati); ib. (mahārāga: mā ḍayhittho punappunaṃ) MN.ii.73; SN.iii.150 (mahāpaṭhavī ḍayhati vinassati na bhavati) esp. in…

…everlasting, eternal (of mahāsamudda, the great ocean) Vin.ii.237; AN.iv.198.

pp. of tiṭṭhati = Gr. στατός, Lat. status, Celt….

…(expl. by Snp-a.85 as mahā-upaṭṭhāna-sankhāte ṭhāne but may be referred to I.1 (b)); ṭhānā cāveti to remove from one’s…