…Mil.367) belong under this mata? Then mata would have to be taken as nt. meaning “thought thinking,” but the phrase is not without objection…

A Therī. Two verses attributed to her are found in the Therigatha. Thig.33–34

…the brahmin village Khāṇumata. The Buddha went there during one of his tours through Māgadha. On this occasion was preached the Kūṭadanta…

Four great Araññas (Wildernesses) are often mentioned: Dandaka°, Kāliṅga°, Mejjha°, and Mātaṅga°. MN.i.378 They had once been the sites of very populous and prosperous kingdoms, but had later been des …

…Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa and Bhagu. The list occurs in several places. Vin.i.245 AN.iii.224…

…Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 as the ancient sages of the brahmins….

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 …

The son of Sudinna Kalandakaputta by the wife of his lay days. He was conceived after Sudinna had already been ordained. His wife came to him during her period and begged him to give her an offspring. …

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

A 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 …

GomatakakandarāGomatakandarāGomatakaṇḍarā

A grotto some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were…

A brahmin village of Māgadha, presented to Kūṭadanta by Bimbisāra. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalaṭṭhikā pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

Māgadha3town

…learned brahmin of Khāṇumata, which village had been given to him by King Bimbisāra as a brahmadeyya. The Buddha arrived at Khāṇumata when…

…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…

The name given to the monastery erected by Visākhā Migāramātā in the Pubbārāma, to the east of Sāvatthī. It is said that, one day, when Visākhā had gone to the monastery to hear the Dhamma and afterwa …

…Senānigama, Khāṇumata, Andhakavindha, Macala, Matula, Ambalaṭṭhikā, Pāṭaligāma, NāIandā and SāIindiya.

Māgadha is…

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 …

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …

Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …

A Yakkhinī, mother of Punabbasu. One evening towards sunset, when the Buddha was at Jetavana, she, with her daughter Uttarā on her hip and the boy’s hand in hers, came to the grove in search of food. …

RāhulamātāBimbāBhaddakaccāYasodharāBhaddakaccānāBimbāsundarīBimbādevīSubhaddakā

The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother Vin.i.82 and Gotama’s wife.

On the seventh day of the Buddh …

SigālakamātāSiṅgālakamātāSigālamātāSiṅgālamātā

She was declared chief of nuns who had attained release by faith. AN.i.25

SikhaḍḍīSikhaṇḍī

A Gandhabba, son of Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā was at first in love with him, but she was won later by Pañcasikha. DN.ii.268

An eminent laywoman, disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.348

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses celebrate her freedom from household drudgery and her brutal husband. Thig.23–24

SuriyavaccasāBhaddā

A Gandhabba maiden, daughter of Timbaru.

When she went to dance before Sakka, Pañcasikha saw her and fell in love with her, but she favoured Mātali’s son Sikhaṇḍī.

Later she hea …

A Yakkhinī, mother of Punabbasu and Uttarā. Once as she passed Jetavana at sunset looking for food, with her daughter on her hip and holding her son by his finger, she saw the assembly, intently liste …

A diminutive form of Uttarā used by Uttaramātā, the Yakkhinī, in addressing her daughter. SN.i.210

Uttarā¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses tell of her awakening. Thig.15

Uttarā²

The Therīgāthā contains seven verses uttered by her after becoming an arahant, the result of …

Vaḍḍhamātā>

An arahant, mother of Vaḍḍha. Her conversation with Vaḍḍha and his declaration to her after becoming an arahant are included in the Therīgāthā. Thig.204–212

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 …

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 …

VeḷukaṇḍaVeḷukaṇṭa

A city in Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā. AN.iv.62f.

22.85379, 82.155763town

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 …

A sage of old who led a good life and persuaded his followers to do likewise. He was among the originators of the Vedic hymns. Vin.i.245 DN.i.238 DN.i.239 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 AN.iii.224 AN.iii.229 AN.iv.61

constantly ailing

considered auspicious.

which part mother and son.

without beginning (or end, generally of saṃsāra).

not despised; honored

conformity to the doctrine; right method

approved, consented to; permitted

the not being liable to fail or be wanting; the having qualities which are not liable to fail (?):

too short (?).

despised.

1. normal custom, habit; what is to be expected; the usual way.
2. the real nature of things; how things are.

who has been dead for one day, being a day old corpse

delight in solitude

one’s birth mother.

one’s birth mother.

son-in-law.

son-in-law.

son-in-law.

imperat. 3 sg.

security, safety; well being; peace

felt covering for a knife.

of nimmināti created

the creator; maker; builder.

the having an inevitable outcome; a state of certainty, an assured or determined state; a rule.

in the highest degree?; at the end of ignorance?

inflated; swollen, bloated; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

swollen; bloated, esp. of a corpse; the bloated (corpse, as asubha kammatthāna.

almost dead, near to death.

Amata: Sanskrit amrta Not to die = Deathlessness, immortality, is a name for Nibbāna the final liberation from the wheel of rebirths…

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

Immortality: see: amata.

adjective desired, wished for; agreeable, pleasant C on Thag.91.

BSk. abhimata, e.g. Jtm.211; pp. of abhimanyate

adjective (very) fortunate, lucky, anspicious, in ˚sammatā (of Visākhā) “benedicted” blessed Vin.iii.187 = Dhp-a.i.409. Opp. avamangala.

abhi + mangala

adjective & adverb ˚-

1. uninterrupted, continuous, perpetual Ja.i.223; Mil.413; Vv-a.71; Pv-a.73, Pv-a.125, Pv-a.266; Sdhp.288.
2. final, absolute, complete; adv. thoroughly SN.i.130 (˚ṃ hatapu …

…Pv-a.37); Pv.iii.7#10 (amataṃ padaṃ). opt. adhigaccheyya DN.i.224 (kusalaṃ dhammaṃ) MN.i.114…

…by adhigata); Vv.50#21 (amataṃ santiṃ; expl^d. Vv-a.215 by variant reading SS adhigañchi, T. adhigacchati).

adhi + agā…

…dhātuṃ = ambrosial state or Amṛta as dhātu).

see amata¹

? at Vv-a.111, acc. to Hardy (Index) “a precious stone of dark blue colour”.

adjective without a mother, motherless Ja.v.251.

a + mātika from mātā

Ana-

negative prefix, contained in anappameyya, (Thag.1089), anamatagga & anabhava. See Vinaya Texts ii.113.

…Sdhp.505. [Cp. anāmata and amatagga and cp. the English idiom “world without end” The meaning can best be seen, not from the…

…1884, 70 = ana-mha “unlaughing” with ana = an (cp. anabhāva anamatagga) and mha from; smi, cp. vimhayati = Sk vismayati

[abstr. to anudhamma) lawfulness, conformity to the Dhamma AN.ii.46; Pts.i.35, Pts.i.36.

approved of, given consent to, finding approval, given leave DN.i.99 (= anuññāta DN-a.i.267); Ja.v.399 (= muta); Mil.185, Mil.212, Mil.231, Mil.275; Pv-a.64 (= annuññāta).

pp. of anumaññati

to assent, approve, give leave Thag.72
pp anumata (q.v.).

anu + maññati

…Pv.i.12#3 (na a. = ananuññāta at id. p. Thig.129 expl^d. at Pv-a.64 by ananumata); Pp.28; DN-a.i.247 DN-a.i.248, DN-a.i.267;…

adjective not affected by death, immortal Ja.ii.56 (asusāna-ṭṭhāna C.); Dhp-a.ii.99.

an + amata the ā being due to metrical lengthening

Apekkhā & Apekhā

feminine attention, regard, affection for (loc.); desire longing for (c. loc.) SN.i.77; SN.iii.132; SN.v.409 (mātā-pitusu) Vin.iv.214; Snp.38 (= vuccati taṇhā etc. Cnd.65; = taṇhā s …

Apekkhā & Apekhā

feminine attention, regard, affection for (loc.); desire longing for (c. loc.) SN.i.77; SN.iii.132; SN.v.409 (mātā-pitusu) Vin.iv.214; Snp.38 (= vuccati taṇhā etc. Cnd.65; = taṇhā s …

…Vin.i.5 (apāpur’ etaṃ Amatassa dvāraṃ: imper. where id. p. SN.i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but variant reading apāpur˚) Vv.64#27…

…Vin.i.5 (apāpur’ etaṃ Amatassa dvāraṃ: imper. where id. p. SN.i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but variant reading apāpur˚) Vv.64#27…

…apāvṛta, pp. of…

Attha¹

(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter

1. interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …

…“a couple” aṭṭha matakukkuṭe aṭṭha jīva-k. gahetvā (with 8 dead & 8 live cocks; eight instead of 2 because gift intended for a…

…rich in fish Ja.iii.430 -mata much esteemed, venerable Cp.vi.7; Pv-a.117 -manta very tricky Dhp-a.ii.4…

…C. explains however as mataka-bhattaṃ); Ja.vi.173 (˚tagarā mahī); Pv.ii.7#5 (variant reading for pahūta, cp. pahūtika).

for pahūta =…

adjective to be carried, kept or sustained AN.iii.46 (= a dependant) Ja.iv.301 (C. bharitabba). As Kern.

Toevoegselen

s. v. bhacca points out this gāthā “bhaccā mātā pitā bandhū, yena jāto sa ye …

to become, to be, exist, behave etc. (cp. Cnd.474 sambhavati jāyati nibbattati pātu-bhavati)

I. Forms

There are two bases used side by side, viz bhav˚; and (contracted) ho˚; the latte …

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 …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

…Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Angirasa Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin.i.245; DN.i.104; AN.iii.224; AN.iv.61; cp. Vv-a.265 …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

shifting, moving, passing away, only in ˚dhamma doomed to fall, destined to decease DN.i.18, DN.i.19; DN.iii.31, DN.iii.33; MN.i.326; Iti.76; Ja.iv.484; Ja.vi.482 (˚dhammatā).

from cavati

1. impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Explained at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ …

pleasant, polite in -kammatā politeness, flattery Mil.370 (cp. Sk. cāṭukāra); cāṭu-kamyatā Vb.246; Vism.17, Vism.23, Vism.27; Kp-a.236.

cp. cāru

…i.e. a cloud Dāvs.v.32; amatamagga Sdhp.1; uḷāraphala˚ ib. Sdhp.26; maṁsa˚ Pgdp.49, etc.

Suffix of dā, see…

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

to blow, to sound (a drum) to kindle (by blowing), melt, smelt, singe AN.i.254 AN.iv.169; Ja.i.283, Ja.i.284; Ja.vi.441; Mnd.478; Mil.262. ppr. dhamāna SN.i.106; Mil.67
caus *[dhameti](/define/dha …

…pavattā atthassa ninnetā Amatassa dātā dhammassāmī SN.iv.94; & similarly “yo kho Dhammaṃ passati so mam passati; yo mam passati so…

conformity to the Dhammaniyāma (see niyāma), fitness, propriety; a general rule higher law, cosmic law, general practice, regular phenomenon usual habit; often used in the sense of …

…husband Thag-a.121 (dh. vuccati sāmiko tad abhāvā vidhavā matapatikā ti attho).

Sk. dhava, a newly formed word after…

…in the foll. connections: amata˚ Iti.62; bhū˚ the verbal root bhū DN-a.i.229; ṭhapitāya dhātuyā “while the bodily element, i.e….

kettle-drum, in; Amata˚; the drum of Nibbāna Vin.i.8 = MN.i.171 (dundubhi at the latter passage); Pv-a.189 (variant reading for…

…reading dudrabhi)
■ Amata˚ the drum of Nibbāna MN.i.171 = Vin.i.8 (: dudrabhi); deva˚ thunder DN.ii.156; AN.iv.311.

Sk. dundubhi,…

…door leading to Nibbāna: amata˚; SN.i.137; AN.v.346. 2. (fig.) the doors = in- & outlets of the mind, viz. the sense organs; in phrase…

…in 2 days SN.ii.192; dvīha-mata 2 days dead MN.i.88; MN.iii.91

• -tīha 2 or 3 days (˚ṃ adv.) (on meaning cp. dvi AN…

adjective proud, arrogant Ja.ii.340 (˚bhāva = issariya); Ja.iii.264 (˚sabhāva = dittasabhāva); Sum. V. on DN.iii.153 (= avamata).

…gaṇarato gaṇārāmataṃ anuyutto: a lover of the crowd AN.iii.422 sq.; MN.iii.110 = Nd ii.on Snp.54

• -gaṇin…

…Snp.1014 (cp. Snp.353 ghammatatta); Mil.318; Vv-a.40; Pv-a.114.

Vedic gharma = Gr. χερμός, Lat. formus, Ohg. etc. warm; to *gṷher…

…nibbāna dhamma Snp.233; amata-gāmi-magga SN.v.8; udayatthagāmiṇī paññā AN.v.15; dukkhanirodha˚ paṭipadā Vin.i.10; cp. ācaya˚…

adjective

1. green, pale(-green), yellowish. It is explained by Dhpāla as nīla (e.g. Vv-a.197; Pv-a.158), and its connotation is not fixed
   ■ Vin.i.137; DN.i.148; SN.i.5; Ja. …

…SN.v.220 sq. (and amata), SN.v.223 sq. (their culture brings assurance of no rebirth), SN.v.227 sq (paññā the chief one), SN.v.235,…

…Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi (Yamadaggi) Angirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu.

• -nisabha the first…

Itthi & Itthī

feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …

Itthi & Itthī

feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …

…Pv-a.63 (˚bhāva, state of being old)- a˚; not fading (cp. amata & ajarāmara), of Nibbāna SN.iv.369.

From intensive of jarati

splendour, brightness, prominence Ja.14; Ja.v.405

fr. jutimant

(& jāmāta Ja.iv.219) daughter’s husband, son-inlaw Thig.422 (= Thag-a.269 duhitu pati); Ja.ii.63; Ja.v.442.

Vedic jāmātar. Deriv. uncertain. BR. take it as jā + mātar, the builder up of the fami …

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 …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

…Snp.854, Snp.929. Kamyata (-) & kammata

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

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

one who makes or creates, a maker, doer; in foll. construction.

I. Dependent

Either in verb-function with acc., as n. agent to all phrases with karoti e.g. pañhaṃ karo …

Kattu˚

1. base of inf. kattuṃ (of karoti), in compd^s -kamyatā willingness to do something Vb.208; Vism.320, Vism.385; Dhp-a.iii.289; -kāma desirous to do Vin.ii.2 …

…to be a victim of: kāmataṇhāhi MN.i.504; rūpena SN.iii.87, SN.iii.88 (khajjanīya-pariyāya, quoted Vism.479). ppr. khajjamāna…

rule, power, possession; only in compounds:

• -dhamma the law of ruling, political science Ja.v.490 (is it khattu˚ = khattā˚?)
• -vijjā polity DN.i.9, condemn …

…khayaṃ virāgaṃ amataṃ paṇītaṃ Snp.225-In exegesis of rūpassa aniccatā: rūpassa khayo vayo bhedo Dhs.645 = Dhs.738 = Dhs.872 …

…MN.i.227 (vivaṭaṃ amatadvāraṃ khemaṃ nibbānapattiyā “opened is the door to the Immortal, leading to peace, for the attainment of…

…khura-sipāṭikā, namataka Vin.i.249; Vin.ii.134 cp. Vin. Texts iii.138;

• -silā a whetstone Vin.ii.134 *…

milk, milky fluid, milky juice Vin.i.243; Vin.ii.301; MN.i.343 sq. = AN.ii.207 = Pp.56; AN.ii.95 (in simile with dadhi, navanīta, sappi, sappi-maṇḍa) DN.i.201; Dhp-a.i.98; enumerated with *[dadhi](/ …

…Dāvs i.59
■ mata˚; funeral rites Pv-a.274
■ sarīra˚ the duties of the body, i.e. funeral rites Pv-a.74). Note.…

…koṭi ibid
■ anamatagg âyaṃ saṃsāro, pubba˚ na paññāyati S’s end and beginning are unthinkable, its starting-point is not…

desire, longing, with noun: viveka˚… to be alone Pv-a.43; anattha˚ Ja.iv.14 with inf. Pv-a.65 (gahetu˚); Ja.iii.362 (vināsetu˚) Mhvs.5, Mhvs.260; Dhp-a.i.91.

abstr. fr. kāma

and Kātu˚; (in compound with kāma) inf. of karoti.

• -kāma desirous of doing or making, etc. Mhvs.37#34 (a˚) Pv-a.115;
• -kāmatā the desire to do, etc. Ja.i …

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 …

…as “divasa-mās’-ādīnaṃ lakkhaṇaṃ bhavituṃ yuttā”); Ja.v.370 (˚sammata considered auspicious).

fr. lakkhaṇa, cp. BSk….

Lola (Loḷa)

adjective wavering, unsteady, agitated; longing, eager greedy SN.iv.111; Snp.22, Snp.922; Ja.i.49 (buddha-mātā lolā na hoti), Ja.i.111, Ja.i.210, Ja.i.339 (dhana-loḷa); Ja.ii.319 (˚manu …

Lola (Loḷa)

adjective wavering, unsteady, agitated; longing, eager greedy SN.iv.111; Snp.22, Snp.922; Ja.i.49 (buddha-mātā lolā na hoti), Ja.i.111, Ja.i.210, Ja.i.339 (dhana-loḷa); Ja.ii.319 (˚manu …

…pāraṃ vuccati amataṃ nibbānaṃ Cnd.487); Thig.10 (= maccu ettha dhīyati Thag-a.13); Dhp.86; Dhp-a.ii.161….

…Idg. *mad, as in Av. mata intoxication, drink, mad, to get intoxicated orig. meaning “drip, be full of liquid or fat”; cp. Gr….

adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …

to be attached to, to be fond of, to cherish, tend, foster, love MN.i.260; SN.iii.190; Thag.1150; Snp.922 (mamāyetha); Mnd.125 (Bhagavantaṃ); Ja.iv.359 (= piyāyati C.); Mil.73 Vb-a.107 (mamāyatī ti m …

adverb “by a certain weight,” i.e. a little, somewhat, almost, well-nigh, nearly. combined with vata in exclamation: MN.ii.123 (m. v. bho anassāma); Dhp-a.iii.147 (m. v. therī nāsi …

…Ja.iii.389 (= mata C.; with gloss amari)
■ amari Mhvs.36, Mhvs.96
fut marissati Ja.iii.214
ppr (= fut. marissaṃ…

…(= petakicca p. 328); Dhp-a.iii.25.

fr. mata²

Matteyya & metteyya

(adj.) reverential towards one’s mother, mother-loving DN.iii.74; Pv.ii.7#18 (= mātu hita Pv-a.104 variant reading mett˚). Spelling at DN.iii.72 is metteyya. It is difficult to …

(-sambhava) born (from a mother) Snp.620 (= mātari sambhūta Snp-a.466) = Dhp.396 (= mātu santike udarasmiṃ sambhūta Dhp-a.iv.158).

for *māti˚ = mātu˚ = *mātṛ, after pitti˚ = pitu˚ = *pitṛ

…by maññāmi)
pp mata
■ Note. Another Present form is munāti (q.v.) of which the pp. is…

certain weapon MN.i.281 (˚ṃ nāma āvudhajātaṃ; Neumann trsl^s “Mordwaffe”).

doubtful

adjective short (?) Vin.ii.138 (ati˚ = atikhuddaka C.). Matta & Mattha;

doubtful spelling & meaning

Matteyya & metteyya

(adj.) reverential towards one’s mother, mother-loving DN.iii.74; Pv.ii.7#18 (= mātu hita Pv-a.104 variant reading mett˚). Spelling at DN.iii.72 is metteyya. It is difficult to …

to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. def^ns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “*metti mettā …

…Dhp.21 pot. mīyetha DN.ii.63. ppr. mīyamāna SN.i.96
pp mata.

corresponding to Vedic…

soft-heartedness, kindliness sympathy. Often in triad mettā (“active love” Snp-a.128), karuṇā (“preventive love,” ibid.), muditā (“disinter …

kind of kidney-bean, Phaseolus mungo, freq. combined with māsa² (q.v.). On its size (larger than sāsapa smaller than kalāya) see AN.v.170 & cp. kalāya
■ DN.ii.293; MN.i.57 (+ māsa); S …

…Snp.812; Ja.v.398 (= anumata C.) Vb.14, Vb.429 sq
■ Often in set diṭṭha suta muta what is seen, heard & thought (? more likely…

adjective lit. “mine,” one who shows affection (not only for himself), making one’s own, i.e devoted to, loving Snp.806 (= Buddha˚, Dhamma˚ Sangha˚ Mnd.125; = mamāyamāna Snp-a.534), Snp.927 (same exp …

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 * …

1. an elephant Dhp.329, Dhp.330 (here as epithet of nāga); Ja.iii.389; Ja.vi.47; Vv.43#9; Mil.368.
2. a man of a low class [cp. BSk mātangī Divy.397] Snp-a.185 sq. (as Np.).

cp. Epic Sk. mātanga, dial.

…-mother; in mata˚; one whose mother is dead, lit. a “dead-mother-ed, Ja.ii.131; Ja.iii.213. Also neg….

Mātu˚

see mātā.

“genetrix,” matrix, origin, cause Thag.612.

cp. Sk. māṭṛka, fr. mātṛ = mātar

…Dhp.21 pot. mīyetha DN.ii.63. ppr. mīyamāna SN.i.96
pp mata.

corresponding to Vedic…

…(cp. BSk mūlaṃ kramataś ca id. Divy.491). 6. “substance, foundation, i.e. worth, money, capital, price, remuneration Mil.334…

…(˚ṃ dhāreti).

word & etym. doubtful; cp. nantaka & Bdhgh. Vin.ii.317: matakan (sic) ti satthakavedhanakaṃ (= veṭhanakaṃ)…

…rags).

a contamination of namataka (Kern,

Toevoegselen

p. 169), maybe Sk. naktaka “cover for nakedness (Trenckner, Notes 81¹),…

adjective (lit.) extinguished (of fire), cooled, quenched (fig. desireless (often with nicchāta & sītibhūta), appeased pleased, happy

1. (lit.) aggi anāhāro n. MN.i.487; Snp.19 (ginī n. = magga-sali …

…gantvā na socare Vv.51#4; amataṃ AN.ii.247; MN.iii.224 (Bhagavā atthassa ninnetā a ˚assa dātā); Mil.319; Vv.64#27 (apāpuranto a ˚assa…

…(cp. dhuva, sassata amata, vipariṇāma)
■ See further for ref. SN.ii.244 sq (saḷāyatanaṃ a.), SN.ii.248 (dhātuyo); SN.iii.102…

sleep AN.ii.48, AN.ii.50; AN.iii.251; Snp.926 (opp. jāgariyā), Snp.942 (see explⁿ at Mnd.423); Ja.i.61, Ja.i.192; Ja.ii.128
■ niddaṃ okkamati to fall asleep Vin.i.15 …

adjective free from impurity, stainless, clean, pure AN.iv.340; Dhp.243; Cnd.586; Vism.58 Sdhp.250. Nimmata-pitika

nis + mala

to measure out, fashion, build, construct form; make by miracle, create, compose produce, lay out, plan, aor. nimmini Ja.i.232; Pv-a.245; Dhp-a.iv.67; ger nimminitvā Ja.i.32; Vv-a.80, & *[nimmā …

Nimmāta-pitika

adjective one who has neither mother nor father, an orphan Dhp-a.ii.72.

nis + māta-pitika

maker, builder, creator DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (in formula: brahmā… kattā nimmātā…).

Sk. nirmātṛ, n. ag. of nimmināti

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s explⁿ of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

Niyāmaka¹

adjective sure of or in, founded in, or leading to, completed in DN.i.190 (dhamma-n. paṭipadā, cp. niyamatā).

either to niyama or niyāma

Niyāmaka²

(see niyyāmaka …

state of being settled, certainty, reliance surety, being fixed in (-˚) SN.ii.25 (dhamma˚ + dhammaṭṭhitatā); AN.i.286 (id.), Ja.i.113 (saddhammassa n assurance of…); Kv.586 (accanta˚ final assurance …

name.

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

…Dhp.21, Dhp.93, Dhp.114 (amataṃ), Dhp.254, Dhp.368 (santaṃ = nibbānass’ etaṃ nāmaṃ, santakoṭṭhāsaṃ Dhp-a.iv.108); Pv.iv.3#48…

giving, bestowing; but appears to have also the meaning of “attainment, characteristic attribute”. AN.i.102 (bāla˚ & paṇḍita˚) Ja.i.97 (sotāpattimagg’ ādi˚) Pv-a.71 (anubala˚) Thag-a.35 (anupattidha …

…Snp.68 (= vuccati Amataṃ Nibbānaṃ etc Cnd.409), Snp.219 (˚dassin); Cnd.26; Mil.19, Mil.31; -dīpanī Exposition of the Highest…

the highest quantity, measure on the outside minimum or maximum DN.i.60 (ghāsa-cchādana-paramatāya santuṭṭho contented with a minimum of food & clothing; DN-a.i.169 explains by uttamatāya); MN.i.10 …

…in foll. phrases prevalent: Amata˚ SN.v.217 sq.; tama˚ Pp.51; Nibbāna SN.iv.373; SN.v.218; brahmacariya˚ SN.i.234; Maccu˚ SN.v.217; sambodhi˚…

…in foll. phrases prevalent: Amata˚ SN.v.217 sq.; tama˚ Pp.51; Nibbāna SN.iv.373; SN.v.218; brahmacariya˚ SN.i.234; Maccu˚ SN.v.217; sambodhi˚…

adjective having a husband in mata˚ “with husband dead,” a widow Thig.221 (= vidhuva Thag-a.179); Ja.v.103 (ap˚ without husband, variant…

…compar formation is paṭhamatara, only as adv. ˚ṃ at the (very) first, as early as possible, first of all Vin.i.30; Ja.vi.510; Dhp-a.i.138;…

…calm attained to in emancipation, viz. vūpasama paṭinissagga p. amata nibbāna, e.g. Cnd.429.

fr. paṭippassaddha

…= matā Mnd.126); Ja.v.7 (= mata C.); Pv.i.5#7; Pv.i.12#1; Pv.ii.6#10. As pubba-peta (“deceased-before”) at AN.ii.68; AN.iii.45; AN.iv.244;…

adjective paternal Vin.iii.16; Vin.iv.223; DN.ii.232; SN.v.146 = Mil.368 (p. gocara); (sake p. visaye ʻyour own home-grounds’) DN.iii.58; SN.v.146; Ja.ii.59; Ja.vi.193 (iṇa). Also in cpd. *mātā-pett …

…(appamāda˚); SN.i.173 (Amata˚); Pv.i.11#10 (kaṭuka˚), Pv.ii.8#3 (dāna˚); Pv.iv.1#88 (mahap˚ & agga˚); Vism.345 (of food, being…

…pa˚ phu˚); Mil.338 (amataṃ, cp. phusati), Mil.340 (phassayeyya Pot.)
pass phassīyati Vin.ii.148 (kavāṭā na ph.; variant reading…

…Pv.iv.1#88; cp Pv-a.243; amataṃ padaṃ Pv.iv.3#48; amataṃ Mil.338 (but T. reads khippaṃ phasseti a.); in bad sense…

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; …

…has a father, having a father Vv-a.68 (sa˚ together with the f.); Pv-a.38 (mata˚ whose f. was dead): cp. dve˚ with 2 fathers Ja.v.424.

fr….

father’s sister, aunt; decl. similarly to pitā & mātā Dhp-a.i.37 acc. sg. pitucchasaṃ [Sk. *svasaṃ instead of *svasāraṃ] Ja.iv.184.

• -dhītā aunt’s daughter, i.e. (girl) cousin Dhp-a.i.85
• *\ …

…(bhāsanto va paṭhamataraṁ bhāsati etc.)

• -yoga “former connection” i.e. connection with a former body or deed former action…

…sq. and passim
■ purimatara = purima Ja.i.345 (˚divase the day before).

• -attabhāva a former existence…

…Thag.2, Thag.221.

• -mata a woman whose sons (children are dead MN.i.524.

Vedic putra, Idg. *putlo = Lat. pullus…

…only in phrase apāpurati Amatassa dvāraṃ to open the door of Nibbāna Vin.i.5; Vv.64#27 (= vivarati Vv-a.284).

fr. pa + ā + vṛ; cp….

…Snp.1059; Mnd.20 (= amataṃ nibbānaṃ); Dhp.385; Dhp-a.iv.141 aparā pāraṃ gacchati to go from this side to the other (used with ref….

…by Cnd.487 as amataṃ nibbānaṃ; Vv-a.42.

• -gata (cp. pāragata) gone to the other side, gone beyond,…

is frequent variant reading for cāṭu-kamyatā, which is probably the correct reading (see this). The meaning (according to Vism.27 = Vb-a.483) is “putting oneself low,” i.e. flattery, “fawning” (*V …

…Mil.229; Dhp-a.i.87 (amataṃ); Vv-a.75 (yāguṃ); Pv-a.63 aor. apāyesi SN.i.143; ger. pāyetvā Ja.i.202…

…(variant reading BB mata˚); sap˚; with life, containing living creatures Ja.i.198 (udaka); ap˚; without living beings, lifeless…

…(adj. ˚) tasting Vv.16#11 (Amatarasā f. = nibbānarasāvinī Vv-a.85).

• -agga finest quality (of taste), only in further…

…(etc.): idaṃ vuccati amataṃ SN.v.8; yo rāgakkhayo (etc.): idaṃ vuccati nibbānaṃ SN.iv.251; ye ’dha pajahanti kāmarāgaṃ…

…2 preceding being mahā-sammata (general consent) and khattiya (the land-aristocrats)

Cases

We find 3 systems of…

adjective having streaks or stripes; f. rājimatī shining, radiant Vv.32#1 (variant reading rājāputti), explained at Vv-a.134 as follows: “rājati vijjotatī ti rājī: rājī ti matā paññātā rājimatī” (t …

…2 preceding being mahā-sammata (general consent) and khattiya (the land-aristocrats)

Cases

We find 3 systems of…

adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …

equality, evenness, normal state Vin.i.183; AN.iii.375 sq.; Mil.351.

fr. sama³

1. origin, birth, production DN.ii.107; SN.iii.86; AN.ii.10, AN.ii.18; Snp.724, Snp.741 etc.; Dhp.161; Ja.i.168; mātāpettikas˚ born from father and mother DN.i.34; Dhs-a.306; natthi sambhavaṃ has not …

…for samannesi

ppr sammata.

saṃ + man, fr. Vedic manute, manvate, for the usual manyate: see…

…Ja.i.49; Ja.v.79; sādhusammata considered, revered, as good DN.i.47; SN.iv.398 3. authorized, selected, agreed upon DN.iii.93 (mahājana˚)…

ardour, zeal AN.iii.346.

saṃ + ātapa

…Dhp-a.ii.170; gen. satīmataṃ Dhp.181; Iti.35; satimantānaṃ AN.i.24
■ See also DN.iii.77, DN.iii.141 DN.iii.221 sq.; AN.iv.4,…

contact, connection, association Vin.iii.120; AN.iii.293 sq. (˚ārāmatā); AN.iv.87 sq., AN.iv.331; Iti.70; Ja.i.376; Ja.iv.57; Mil.386; Cnd.137; Vb-a.340 (an-anulomika˚); Pv-a.5 (pāpamitta˚)
■ Two …

…(anta-virahita); anamatagga (to which add refs. Vb-a.45, Vb-a.182, Vb-a.259 Vb-a.260). 2. moving on, circulation:…

communication, association, society Vin.i.45; AN.iii.256; Ja.i.106.

• -ārāma delighting in society DN.ii.78; MN.iii.110 Vb-a.474.
• -ārāmatā delight in comp …

passage, bridge MN.i.439; Vin.iii.127; Ja.iii.373 (attānaṃ ˚ṃ katvā yo sotthiṃ samatārayi); Mil.91, Mil.229.

fr. saṃ + kram

…Pv.iii.7#10 (= laddhanāma amataṃ Pv-a.207); Mil.270; Dhs.583 (see translation ibid.), Dhs.1439. The discernment of higher jhāna- states…

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

…-bala the strength of the disciple, of five kinds AN.ii.150

• -sammata esteemed to be under…

…-bala the strength of the disciple, of five kinds AN.ii.150

• -sammata esteemed to be under…

…excellent, pious deeds Mhvs.59, Mhvs.9.

• -sammata considered the best Ja.iii.111.

Su¹

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

…to touch Dhs.648

• -sammata deemed a pleasure Snp.760
• -sayita well embedded (in soil), of ‣Seeds AN.iii.404 = DN.ii.354

Vedic sukha;…

…respectable Dhp.262

• -sammata highly honoured DN.i.48; SN.iv.398; Snp.p.90 sq.; Mil.4, Mil.21; DN-a.i.143. *…

…Cnd.270: tacchaṃ vuccati amataṃ Nibbānaṃ, etc
■ (nt.) taccha a truth Snp.327- ataccha false, unreal, unfounded; a…

adverb then, as that time (either past or future) DN.ii.157; Ja.ii.113, Ja.ii.158; Pv.i.10#5; Pv-a.42. Also used like an adj.: te tadā-mātāpitaro etarahi m˚ ahesuṃ “the then mother & father” Ja.i.21 …

…Vb.86, Vb.356) is dhammatakka right thought (:vuccati sammā-sankappo Cnd.318; cp. Dhs.7, Dhs.298), DN.i.16…

desire, longing, greed in tāmatamadasangha-suppahīna Thag.310, an epithet of frogs which perhaps (with Kern,

Toevoegselen

ii.88) is to be read…

adjective swollen, bloated, risen (of flour) AN.i.140; Snp.200 (of a corpse); Snp-a.100 sq., Snp-a.171; DN-a.i.114. Cp. next.

pp. of uddhumāyati

adjective swollen, bloated, puffed up MN.i.88 (of a corpse; + vinīlaka); Vism.178, Vism.193 (id.) Ja.i.164 (udaraṃ ˚ṃ katvā), Ja.i.420 (˚nimitta appearance of being blown up); Mil.332; Dhp-a.i.307. …

swollen condition Vism.178.

abstr. fr. uddhumāta

to be blown up, to swell up, rise; aor. ˚āyi Ja.iii.26; Vv-a.76; ger. ˚ājitvā Ja.ii.18; Dhp-a.i.126
pp uddhumāta & ˚āyita; (q.v.).

ud + dhmā, see dhamati & remarks on uddhacca

flax, only in cpd. -puppha the (azure) flower of flax MN.ii.13 = AN.v.61 (variant reading dammā˚ ummāta˚); DN.ii.260; Thag.1068; Dhs-a.13. Also (m.) Name of a gem Mil.118.

cp. Sk. umā

(a girl) who likes to be always near (her mother), a pet, darling, fondling Ja.vi.64 (= mātaraṃ upagantvā sayanika C.).

Sk. upa + either śayanika of śayana, or sayaniya of śī

highest amount, climax, limit DN-a.i.169 (for paramatā).

abstr. fr. uttama

Uttara¹

adjective

1. higher, high, superior, upper, only in compounds, Ja.ii.420 (musal˚ with the club on top of him? Cy not clear, perhaps to uttara²); see also below.
2. nort …

adjective having wrinkles Thig.269 (pl. valīmatā).

fr. vali

…with remark “mantena mata-sarīr’ uṭṭhāpanan ti eke” (some take it to be raising the dead by magic charms). Rh. D. at Dial. i.8…

-ā (f.) distinction, division, going into detail Ne.5, Ne.8 sq., Ne.38 (+ vivaraṇā uttāni-kammatā); Tikp.10; Snp-a.445 (vivaraṇa, v. uttāni-karaṇa); Dhs-a.343, Dhs-a.344. Cp. *[vibhājana](/de …

adjective noun shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.) undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying SN.iv.83; Mil.351 (kosajja˚); Ja.i.322; Ja.v.267 (adj.); Vism.85 (vikkhepa +); Vv-a.58, Vv-a.161 (a …

adjective

1. scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96)
   ■ Vb.358 (T. reads vikī˚; variant reading vikāraṇa & vikkir˚) = Pp.23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. “gui …

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 …

unseemliness, repugnance Snp-a.106.

abstr. fr. viloma

adjective perplexed, in doubt Ja.v.340.

fr. vi + man

adjective of a bluish-black (purple) colour, discoloured Ja.ii.39 (of a cygnet, bastard of a swan & a crow, “resembling neither father nor mother, i.e. “black & white”). Usually applied to the colour …

indeclinable separately, individually; separate, apart Dhp-a.ii.26 (mātā-pitaro visuṃ honti). Usually repeated (distributively) visuṃ visuṃ each on his own, one by one, separately, e.g. Vism.250; …

…(fig.), Ja.vi.52 (amata˚); Mil.416; Vism.37, Vism.234 (salila˚); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.24; Snp-a.34, Snp-a.224; Pv-a.139 (˚dhārā shower of…

indeclinable part. of disjunction: “or”; always enclitic Kp viii. (itthiyā purisassa vā; mātari pitari vā pi). Usually repeated vā-vā (is it so-) or, either-or, e.g. Snp.1024 (Brahmā vā Indo vā p …

…Iti.43; Thag.666 sangāme me mataṃ seyyo yañ ce jīve parājito (than that I live vanquished) Snp.440 (cp. the intricate explⁿ at…

female yakkha, a vampire. Their character is usually fierce & full of spite & vengeance, addicted to man- & beast-murder (cp. yakkha 2). They are very much like Petīs in habits. With their names cp. …

at SN.i.14 (sa vītivatto yamataṃ sumedho) we should read (with Mrs. Rh. D.’s emendation K.S. p. 320) as yaṃ mataṃ (Cy.: maññanaṃ;…

…or “so that” yathā mata like dead Dhp.21; yathā na “in order that not”: Vism.31 (y. sarīre ābādhaṃ na uppādeti, evaṃ tassa…

1. method, truth, system, later = logic: ˚gantha book on logic Dāvs iii.41.
2. fitness right manner, propriety, right conduct, often applied to the “right path” (ariyamagga = ariyañāya Vin.i.10) DN. …

in anāmata at Ja.ii.56 is métric for amata.

pleasure, satisfaction AN.ii.28; AN.iii.116; Vb.381; Mil.233.

abstr. fr. ārāma 1

the fact of standing or being founded on (-˚) SN.ii.25 = AN.i.286 (dhamma˚ + dhamma-niyāmatā).