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…cintā - mayā - paññā knowledge based on learning suta - mayā - paññā knowledge based on mental development bhāvanā…

fallen, gone, gone down; also: creeping only in foll. compounds:

• -ga a snake Thag.429 (˚inda chief of snake-demons) Ja.v.166; Mil.23.
• -gandha with gone down (i.e. deterio …

…SN.i.191; SN.v.376; Cnd.235 By itself (i.e. not in cpd.) only at Dhp.208 (= lokiyalokuttara-paññāya sampanna Dhp-a.iii.172) and Dhp.375 (=…

…of reason); Sdhp.343. On paññāya see sep. article. See also adhipanna (adhisīla, adhicitta +).

*…

1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …

In Pali Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the supaṇṇas, gandhabbas, yakkhas, garuḍas and nāgas. Rebirth as an Asura is considered as one of the four …

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …

The name of certain Supaṇṇas. DN.ii.259

A wanderer. He visited the Buddha at Sūkarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dīghanakha Sutta, at the end of which he became a sotāpanna. In the sutta he is addressed as Aggivessana. MN.i.497f.

GaruḷāGaruḍāSupannaSuvaṇṇa

A class of mythical birds generally mentioned in company with Nāgas.

A very learned brahmin of Khāṇumata, which village had been given to him by King Bimbisāra as a brahmadeyya. The Buddha arrived at Khāṇumata when Kūṭadanta was making preparations for a great sacrific …

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

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 …

Nandaka¹

Once, at the Buddha’s request, he preached a sermon to the nuns; on the first day they became sotāpannas, and, on the second, five hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 …

A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …

PokkharasātiPokkharasādi

A brahmin of great wealth and learning who lived in Ukkaṭṭha, on a royal demesne given by Pasenadi. Ambaṭṭha was the pupil of Pokkharasāti, who sent him to the Buddha at Icch …

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. …

Rohinī¹

The Therīgāthā Thig.271–290 contains a set of verses spoken by her in exaltation, when, after becoming an arahant, she recalled to mind the discussion she had had with her father w …

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

SarakāniSaraṇāni

A Sākyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a sotāpanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sākyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the train …

Subhā¹

A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102

Subhā²Kammāradhītā

The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …

Sujātā¹

The foremost laywoman in being first to go for refuge. DN.ii.135 AN.i.26

Sujātā²

A lay woman of Ñātikā. The Buddha said that she had become a sotāpanna and had thus as …

A poor leper of Rājagaha, who, one day seated in the outer circle of people, heard the Buddha preach and became a sotāpanna. While waiting the departure of the crowd so that he could pay homage to t …

A brahmin village of Kosala, its inhabitants were called Sāleyyakā. The Apaṇṇaka Sutta and the Saleyyaka Sutta were preached there. MN.i.285 MN.i.400

Kosala3town

Tissa¹

One of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa²

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers. Moggallāna visited him soon after his bir …

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 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 …

One of the principal disciples of the Buddha. He was a first cousin of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with ot …

folyambalépett

arisen fortuitously, without cause or reason; connected with fortuitous or causeless origination

1. fallen into; having done wrong.
2. fallen into the power of; assailed by

training in (higher) wisdom.

with regard to exposition.

in regard to wisdom.

as regards wisdom.

recently reborn

designation as best (of its class)

addicted to, enthralled.

1. (act.) who has committed, become guilty of (an offense).
2. (pass.) committed?.

one who has committed an offense.

capable of reason, sensible

“with a (mere) woman’s wisdom”; silly

not addicted to

who has not committed, not become guilty of (an offense)

of infinite understanding, of endless wisdom

additionally ordered or ruled

an additional or supplemental rule

rule concerning a case not yet occurred

additionally ordered or ruled

an additional or supplemental rule

not producing, not generating, not bringing into being*)uppanna.

pregnant; a pregnant woman.

1. not doubtful, certain, sure; having a certain outcome.
2. (of a die 1) true; straight-sided, cubical.

sure, safe, certain; having a certain outcome.

surely; certainly

lack of fame, lack of reputation.

wise only for oneself; concerned with oneself only (so sometimes commentaries); (same as atta)

looking (only) after one’s own profit or interest; (who is) wise as to his own advantage

whose intellect is upside down, not retentive (like an upturned jar); who cannot learn or remember

perfect in good conduct.

whose behavior is wroing; failing in good conduct.

(& ~a, f.?) of cetāpana

fifty six.

fifty six.

declared by fools.

full of compassion and kindness.

with two leaves.

with ‘two finger’ understanding (with little understanding; or whose understanding is in her two fingers)

num. fifty two.

num.

‘having one seed’, the most advanced type of sotāpanna, who will become an arahat in his next life as a man

‘having one seed’, the most advanced type of sotāpanna, who will become an arahat in his next life as a man

ekato-upasampanna

mfn. ordained in (only) one saṅgha)

num. 49

num. 49

num. 49

(one) of profound wisdom; understanding abstruse matters.

having swift understanding; of ready intelligence?

of good understanding; of excellent wisdom

the leaf of the cotton plant

one who goes from (good) family to (good) family, the middlemost type of sotāpanna ; who will become an arhat within six more births.

leaf of the neem tree.

of nipajjati lying down

, ~ā, feminine having a support; having supporters or mentors.

in the power of, assailed by, craving.

num.

num. fifty three.

rubbish of (dead) grass, twigs, and leaves.

“lap brained”, scatterbrained; who does not retain what he has heard

lying down or near

1. entered; come into existence, reborn (in).
2. possessed of, furnished with; fit, suitable

possessed of; ordained; who is a member of the saṅgha.

found out (for oneself); invented; known; instituted; (first) taught

made known; instituted; (first) taught

arisen, come into being; appeared; produced, available

fallen into the power of, a prey to (+loc.).

abounding in energy; zealous

who has attained good reputation.

involving motion.

lacking a motion.

of good deportment or appearance; decorous

having entered upon, reached (a state or condition); in trouble; who has committed an offense.

provided with an inlet

Abhisamaya: ‘breakthrough or penetration to the realization of the truth’, is the full and direct comprehension of the Four Noble Truths by the Stream-winner sotāpanna see: ariya-puggala. In …

Adhipaññā-dhamma-vipassanā: ‘insight into things based on higher understanding’, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight see: vipassanā.

…foundation of understanding paññā, of truthfulness sacca of generosity cāga and of peace upasama. See also D. 33 and…

…by understanding’ paññā - vimutta.

For further details, see *paramattha-sacca, paticca-samuppāda, khandha, ti-lakkhana,…

…one paññā-vimutta.

Further details about the body-witness ⇒ kāya - sakkhī, the…

…samādhi, 5 understanding paññā.

Their particular aspect, distinguishing them from the corresponding 5 spiritual abilities indriya, is…

Bhāvanā-maya-paññā: understanding based on mental development’; see: paññā

…i.e. understanding paññā.

These two important terms, tranquillity and insight see: samatha-vipassanā, are very often met with and…

…the eye of understanding paññā - cakkhu the eye of a Buddha buddha- c., . the eye of all-round knowledge samanta c.; a…

…through understanding’ paññā-vimutti,, e.g. in the ten powers of a Perfect One see: dasa - bala See vimokkha I.

It is also called…

Cintā-maya-paññā: ‘Wisdom or knowledge based on thinking’, see: paññā

Eka-bījī: ‘germinating only once more’, is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Stream-winners: see: sotāpanna.

[[germinating once more]]Germinating once more: eka - bījī is the name of one of the 3 kinds of sotāpanna

Gotrabhū: lit. ‘who has entered the lineage of the Noble Ones’, i.e. the Matured One.

I. ‘change-of-lineage-Moment’ gotrabhū - citta is the last of the 4 impulse moments javana cf. *viñ …

… 19. understanding: paññā

3 supra-mundane Abilities

20. the assurance: ’I shall know what I did not yet…

…and understanding saddhā paññā on the one hand and energy and concentration viriya samādhi on the other. For excessive faith with…

Insight: cf. Paññā vipassanā ñāna

…namely: 1 knowledge paññā = sammāditthi right understanding, 2 right or wrong thought-conception vitakka 3 right speech sammā -…

…Those later are the so-called ‘prescribed morality’ paññāttisīla Cf. sīla

…- p 4 understanding paññā - p 5 energy viriya - p 6 patience or forbearance; khanti 7 truthfulness sacca - p 8…

…vipassanā - paññā; see: vipassanā which has the 3 general characteristics impermanence, suffering, no-self as its objects,…

Patipannaka: ’ Path -attainer’, is he who had reached one of the 4 supra-mundane paths of Nobility see: ariya-puggala - App.

Paññatti-sīla: ‘prescribed morality’, is a name for the disciplinary rules of the Bhikkhu or layman prescribed by the Buddha, as distinguished from natural or genuine morality pakati-sīla see: sīla

Paññā-vimutti: ‘deliverance through understanding’ or understanding’, signifies, according to Com. to A. V, 142, the understanding associated…

[[prescribed moral rules]]Prescribed moral rules: paññatti - sīla

Thinking: understanding based on: cintāmayapaññā see: paññā.

…Thiti-bhāgiya-paññā:** ‘static morality, static concentration, static understanding’; see: hāna-bhāgiya-sīla

**thought,…

Ādibrahmacariyaka-sīla: ‘morality of genuine pure conduct’, consists in right speech, right bodily action and right livelihood, forming the 3rd, 4th and 5th links of the 8-fold path see: sacca …

Ānantariya: Immediacy, is a name for that concentration of mind which is associated with the profound and shocking insight vipassanā that is present in any one of the 4 kinds of supra-mundane p …

…through understanding paññā-vimutti.

Literature: Ānāpānasati Samyutta see: LIV. - Pts.M. Ānāpānakathā - Full…

Abhijjhālū & ˚u

(adj.) covetous DN.i.139; DN.iii.82; SN.ii.168; SN.iii.93; AN.i.298; AN.ii.30, AN.ii.59, AN.ii.220 (an˚ + avyapannacitto sammādiṭṭhiko at conclusion of sīla); AN.v.92 sq., AN.v.163, …

Abhijjhālū & ˚u

(adj.) covetous DN.i.139; DN.iii.82; SN.ii.168; SN.iii.93; AN.i.298; AN.ii.30, AN.ii.59, AN.ii.220 (an˚ + avyapannacitto sammādiṭṭhiko at conclusion of sīla); AN.v.92 sq., AN.v.163, …

disgust with the world, taedium Ne.61 (taken as abhinibbhidā, according to expl^n. as “padālanā-paññatti avijj˚aṇḍa-kosānaṃ”), Ne.98 (so MSS, but C. abhinibbidhā).

abhi + nibbidā; confus …

(& -nipphanna) produced, effected, accomplished DN.ii.223 (siloka); Ja.vi.36 (so read for abhinippata); Mil.8 (pph.).

abhi + nippanna, pp. of ˚nippajjati

at Ja.vi.36 is to be read abhinippanna (so variant reading BB.).

…in foll passages: SN.ii.5 (paññāya), SN.ii.104 (id.), SN.ii.133 sq. (Abhisamaya Saṃyutta); Snp.737 (phassa˚, expl^d. ad sensum but…

at Pv-a.144 is wrong reading for variant reading abhisapana (curse).

cursing, curse Pv-a.144 (so read for abhisampanna).

fr. abhisapati

(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 …

…lord; ˚pacca lordship ˚paññā higher, additional wisdom; ˚vara the very best ˚sīla thorough character or morality 2. with verbs (in…

Adhicca¹

learning, studying, learning by heart Ja.iii.218, Ja.iii.327 = Ja.iv.301; Ja.iv.184 (vede = adhīyitvā C.), Ja.iv.477 (sajjhāyitvā C.); Ja.vi.213; Mil.164.

ger. of adhi + eti, se …

…and adhipaññā Vin.i.70; DN.iii.219; MN.i.451; AN.i.254, AN.i.256 Mnd.39 = Cnd.689 (˚sikkhā);…

…2000 + 94 (= 294 000; Ja.i.25; sattamāsâdhikāni sattavassāni 7 years and 7 months Ja.v.319; paññāsâdhikāni pañca vassa-satani 500 +…

to come to, reach, attain AN.iv.96 (anatthaṃ); pp. adhipanna.

adhi + pajjati

gone into, affected with, seized by (-˚), a victim of (c. loc.) SN.i.72 Thig.345 (kāmesu); Snp.1123 (taṇhā˚ = taṇhânugata Cnd.32); Dhp.288; Ja.iii.38, Ja.iii.369; Ja.iv.396; Ja.v.91, Ja.v.379 (= dose …

…insight (cp. jhāna & paññā); usually in comb^n. with adhicitta & adhisīla Vin.i.70; DN.i.174; DN.iii.219 (˚sikkhā);…

…of adhicitta-sikkha, adhipaññā˚ adhisīla˚ Vin.i.70; DN.i.174; DN.iii.219; AN.iii.133; AN.iv.25; Dhp-a.i.334; Pv-a.207. See also…

designation, term, attrîbute, metaphor, metaphorical expression DN.ii.62; MN.i.113 MN.i.144, MN.i.460; AN.ii.70, AN.ii.124; AN.iii.310; AN.iv.89, AN.iv.285, AN.iv.340; Iti.15 Iti.114; Snp.p.218; Ja.i. …

…4 are enumerated, viz. paññā˚, sacca˚ cāga upasama˚); Ja.i.23; Ja.v.174; Pts.i.108; Pts.ii.171 sq., Pts.ii.207; Dhs-a.166 (cp. *Dhs….

adverb just now, quite recently DN.ii.208; Vin.ii.185 (kālakata); Mil.155; Dāvs ii.94.

• -āgata a new comer MN.i.457; Ja.ii.105.
• -ābhisitta newly or just anointed DN.ii.227. …

…viz canda˚, suriya˚, a˚, paññā˚). -paricaraṇa (-ṭṭhāna) the place where the (sacrificial) fire is…

…Vb.228 (sati), Vb.327 (paññā), Vb.342 (arū’pasaññī)
■ adv. -ṃ inwardly personally (in contrast-pair *ajjhattaṃ vā…

? only found in one stock phrase, viz. gathita (q.v.) mucchita ajjhopanna with ref. to selfishness, greed bonds of craving. The reading ajjhopanna is the lectio difficilior, bu …

cleaving to (earthly joys), attachment, DN.ii.58 sq.; DN.iii.289; MN.i.498 (+ abhinandana); SN.iii.187; AN.i.66; AN.ii.11 (diṭṭhi˚, kāma˚ + taṇhā). In comb^n. with (icchā) and mucchā at Nd …

spread over; covered, filled; overcome, crushed, overpowered Ja.i.363 (ajjhottaṭa) Ja.i.410; Ja.v.91 (= adhipanna); Dhp-a.i.278; Pv-a.55; Dāvs v.5.

pp. of ajjhottharati

to commit an offence, to incur, to become guilty of (acc.) Vin.iv.237. pp. ajjhāpanna (q.v.).

adhi + ā + pad

become guilty of offence DN.i.245; DN.iii.43; SN.ii.270; AN.iv.277, AN.iv.280; AN.v.178, AN.v.181 an˚; guiltless, innocent Vin.i.103; DN.iii.46; SN.ii.194, SN.ii.269; AN.v.181; Mil.401. For all pass …

adjective not infatuated (lit. not stupified or bewildered), not greedy; only in phrase agathita amucchita anajjhāpanna (or anajjhopanna) DN.iii.46; MN.i.369; SN.ii.194. See ajjhopanna.

a + mucchita

…blinded, foolish Vv.84#9 (= paññācakkhuno abhāvena Vv-a.337).

• -karaṇa blinding, making blind, causing bewilderment…

adjective (only ˚-) not inferior, superior, perfect, supreme, in foll. compounds

• -guṇa supreme virtue DN-a.i.288.
• -dassika of superior beauty Vv.20#7, V …

Anta¹

1. end, finish, goal SN.iv.368 (of Nibbāna); Snp.467; Ja.ii.159. antaṃ karoti to make an end (of) Snp.283, Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
   ■ loc. ante at the end of, …

(& anudayā) feminine compassion, pity, mercy, care Vin.ii.196; SN.i.204; SN.ii.199; SN.iv.323; AN.ii.176 AN.iii.189; Pp.35 (anukampā); Ja.i.147, Ja.i.186, Ja.i.214; Pv-a.70 Pv-a.88, Pv-a.181 (= anu …

1. in comp^n. with dhamma as dhammānudhamma to be judged as a redupl. cpd after the manner of compounds mentioned under anu iv. meaning “the Law in all its parts, …

to follow, accompany Ja.iv.304. - pp. anupanna (q.v.).

anu + pad

gone into, reached, attained Snp.764 (māradheyya˚).

pp. of anupajjati

supplementary regulation or order Vin.ii.286; Vin.v.2 sq.

anu + paññatti

(˚uppāda, ˚uppādeti) see uppanna etc.

…out Dhp.92 (gati = na sakkā paññāpetuṃ Dhp-a.ii.173); Snp.243, Snp.251 (= duviññāpaya Snp-a.287 dunneyya ibid. Snp.293).

Vedic anvaya in…

endowed with, possessed of, attacked by, Ud.35 (doubtfull; variant reading ajjhāpanna) = AN.iv.356 which has anvāsatta.

pp. of anu + ā + sad

certainty, absoluteness SN.iv.351 sq.

abstr. of apaṇṇaka

adjective = apañña, ignorant Dpvs.vi.29.

adjective paṇṇaka*; Weber Ind. Str. iii.150 & Kuhn, Beitr. p. 53 take it as *a-praśna-ka certain, true, absolute MN.i.401, MN.i.411; AN.v.85, AN.v.294, AN.v.296; Ja.i.104 (where …

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 …

Arahatta¹

neuter the state or condition of an Arahant, i.e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (SN.iv.151) final & absolute emancipation Arahantship, the attainment of the last & h …

…(sīlakkhandha); Iti.35 (paññā), Iti.47 (bhikkhu sammaddaso); Snp.177 (patha = aṭṭhangiko maggo Snp-a.216); Dhp.236 (bhūmi), Dhp.270;…

fallen angel, a Titan pl. asurā the Titans, a class of mythological beings. Dhpāla at Pv-a.272 & the C. on Ja.v.186 define them as kāḷakañjaka-bhedā asurā. The are classed with other similar infer …

…see through, only in phrase paññāya ativijjha (ger.) passati to recognise in all details MN.i.480; SN.v.226;…

…to birth and death (of paññā): see udaya. -atthaṃ paleti = atthangacchati (fig.) Snp.1074 (= atthangameti…

adjective noun

1. (temporal) past, gone by (cp. accaya 1)
   1. adj.; atītaṃ addhānaṃ in the time which is past SN.iii.86; AN.iv.219; AN.v.32
      ■ Pv.ii.12#12 (atītānaṃ, scil. attabhāvāuaṃ par …

adjective face downward, head first, prone, bent over (opp. ukkujja & uttāna) Ja.i.13 Bv.ii.52; Ja.v.295; Ja.vi.40; Pv.iv.10#8; Pv-a.178.

• -pañña (adj.) one whose reason is turn …

…acala (on DN.ii.217), or as paññāya ajjhogahetvā (on Snp.229); by Dhp. as apara-paccaya-bhāvena (on Pv.iv.1#25)
■ Usually in phrase…

adjective free from desire to injure, free from malice, friendly, benevolent DN.iii.82–DN.iii.83 (˚citta) AN.ii.220 (id.); Pp.68 (id.)
■ Same in B.Sk. e.g. Divy.105, Divy.302.

a + vyāpanna

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

…(viz. sīla, samādhi, paññā. vimutti and rūpa, vedanā saññā, bhava), aṭṭhangika (q.v.) magga the Path with its eight constituents…

…q.v.); the four are paññābalaṃ viriya˚, anavajja˚ saṅgāha˚; AN.iv.363 sq., as given at AN.ii.141, also the foll. 3 groups of…

adjective strong Thag.12 (paññā˚); Vv.64#7; Dhp.280; Ja.iii.484; Ja.vi.147. Balisa & Balisa;

fr. bala

begged food, alms, alms-begging; food Vin.iv.94; Cp.i.1#4; Vv.70#4 (ekāhā bh. food for one day) Mil.16; Pv-a.3, Pv-a.75, Pv-a.131 (kaṭacchu˚); bhikkhāya carati to go out begging food [cp. Sk. bh …

Bhisi¹

feminine a bolster, cushion pad, roll Vin.i.287 sq. (cīvara˚ a robe rolled up); Vin.ii.150 Vin.ii.170; Vin.iii.90; Vin.iv.279. Five kinds are allowed in a Vihāra, viz. uṇṇa-bhisi …

adjective having a wall or walls Ja.iv.318 (naḷa ˚ā paṇṇasālā); Ja.vi.10 (catu˚ with 4 walls).

fr. bhitti

…Dhp-a.ii.90 Vb-a.418 sq. (paññā as hāna-bhāginī, ṭhiti˚, visesa & nibbedha˚;)
■ Also in def. of term Bhagavā at Mnd.142 =…

1. anything to carry, a load Vin.iii.278 (Bdhgh; dāru˚ a load of wood) bhāraṃ vahati to carry a load AN.i.84; Vv-a.23
   ■ garu˚ a heavy load, as “adj.” “carrying a heavy load” Ja.v.439 (of a w …

…(three: kāya˚, citta˚, paññā˚), DN.iii.221, DN.iii.225, DN.iii.285, DN.iii.291; SN.i.48; Dhp.73, Dhp.301; Ja.i.196 (mettā˚); Ja.iii.45…

…as “mantā vuccati paññā tāya pana bhaṇana-sīlo” Dhp-a.iv.93)
■ ativela˚ speaking for an excessively long time, talking…

…asekha-bhūmi), Vism.517 (paññā˚-niddesa). usually -˚ indriya˚ Ne.192; dassana˚ plane of insight Ne.8, Ne.14 Ne.50; sukha˚ ground for…

…vitthatāya vipulāya paññāya samannāgato ti bhūripañño, with other definitions); Mnd.95 (same explⁿ as under Pts.ii.197);…

…sīla˚, nekkhamma˚, paññā˚, viriya˚, khanti˚; sacca˚, adhiṭṭhāna˚, mettā˚, upekhā˚.
-satta

1. a…

…ādīhi cintitaṃ paññācakkhunā diṭṭhaṃ, i.e. thought out by the divine (seer Aṭṭhaka and the others (viz. composers of the…

…ādīhi cintitaṃ paññācakkhunā diṭṭhaṃ, i.e. thought out by the divine (seer Aṭṭhaka and the others (viz. composers of the…

…as ācikkhāmi desemi paññāpemi etc. by Nd.); Pv.i.2#3 (= kathemi Pv-a.11); Thag.214; 2^nd sg. brūsi Snp.457 Snp.1032,…

…force of a B. (iddibala & paññā˚) Bu; i.3. -bījaṅkura a future B. Bv.ii.71. -bhāva condition of a B….

wisdom, intelligence DN.iii.165 (in sequence saddhā sīla suta b cāga etc.); Ja.iii.369; Ja.v.257; Mil.349; Sdhp.263. The ref. Vism.439 should be read vuddhi for b˚.

• -carita one …

adjective possessing insight, full of right knowledge Vin.ii.195; Ja.v.257; Mil.21, Mil.294; Pv-a.131 (paṇḍita, b., sappañña-jātika).

fr. buddhi

malevolent Sdhp.70; otherwise vy˚; e.g. SN.ii.168 (˚citta).

fr. vyāpajjati

…mahatī vata te bondi, na ca paññā tadūpikā (but your wisdom is not in the same proportion) Ja.ii.160.

3. Conditional: if [= Vedic ced, Lat….

…in hidden worlds. 3. paññā˚: the eye of wisdom; he who knows all that can be known (jānaṃ passaṃ recognizing & seeing, i.e. of…

1. walking about grazing, feeding Vv-a.308 (˚ṭṭhāna).
2. the foot Vin.iv.212; Ja.v.431.
3. acting, behaviour, good conduct, freq. in combination with vijjā, e.g. AN.ii.163 AN.v.327; Dhp.144; Vism.202 …

adjective one of good conduct (= sampannacaraṇa) Snp.533, Snp.536.

Catukka¹

neuter

1. a tetrad, a set of four, consisting of four parts: ˚pañcakajjhānā (pl.) the fourfold & the fivefold system of meditation Dhs-a.168; see compounds
2. a place where four …

base of numeral four

1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

Cetasa¹

Name of a tree, perhaps the yellow Myrobalan Ja.v.420.

Cetasa²

adjective only in-˚: sucetasa of a good mind, good-hearted SN.i.4 = SN.i.29, SN.i.46 = SN.i.52; paraph …

Chatta¹

neuter a sunshade (“parasol” would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin …

1. a sun-shade Ja.vi.252; Thig.23 (= Thag-a.29 as nickname of sun-shade makers). See also paṇṇa˚.
2. ahi˚; “snake’s sun-shade,” N. for a mushroom: toadstool DN.iii.87; Ja.ii.95; a mushroom, toad …

…DN.iii.219; Ja.iv.270; Vb.324; Ne.8, Ne.50, Ne.60 (˚mayin, of paññā); Vism.439 (id.).

to cit, cinteti

…(with sīla ethics, paññā understanding) in adhisīla, etc. Vin.v.181; Pts.ii.243; Vb.325; cp. tisso sampadā, scil. sīla, citta,…

(& ˚ika) masculine neuter

1. a kind of plant Snp.239 (= kaṇavīra-pupphasaṇṭhāna-sīsa Snp-a.283).
2. a toy windmill, made of palm-leaves, etc. (DN-a.i.86: tālapaṇṇādīhi kataṃ vātappahārena paribb …

…generosity, as one of the 4: paññā˚, sacca˚, c˚., upasama˚ DN.iii.229;

• -ānussati generosity AN.i.30; AN.v.331; DN.iii.250, DN.iii.280;…

…giving, to be given SN.i.33 (paññā˚); Kp.viii.10 (kāma˚); Pv.ii.9#1 (identical = dāyaka Pv-a.113); ii.12⁴ (phala = dāyin…

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 …

Dasa¹

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

adjective? stupid, in d˚-paññatta a doctrine of fools DN.i.55 = MN.i.515; Ja.iv.338.

is it base of n. ag. dātar? see datta²

sympathy, compassion, kindness MN.i.78; Snp.117; Ja.i.23; Ja.vi.495. Usually as anuddayā; freq. in cpd. dayāpanna showing kindness DN.i.4 (= dayaṃ metta-cittaṃ āpanno DN-a.i.70); MN.i.288; AN.iv.2 …

flag, banner; mark, emblem, sign, symbol Vin.i.306 (titthiya˚: outward signs of); Vin.ii.22 (gihi˚); SN.i.42 SN.ii.280; AN.ii.51; AN.iii.84 sq. (panna˚); MN.i.139 (id.) AN.iii.149 (dhamma); Ja.i.52 (\ …

…cp. sīlaṃ samādhi paññā ca vimutti ca anuttarā: anubuddhā ime dhammā Gotamena yasassinā DN.ii.123 dhammānaṃ sukusalo perfect in…

…only in Com. expl. of paññā: “dhi vuccati paññā” (exegesis of dhīra) at Mnd.44 = Ja.ii.140 = Ja.iii.38.

Sk. dhīḥ to didheti,…

energy, courage, steadfastness, firm character, resolution. SN.i.122, SN.i.215 = Snp.188 (cp. Snp-a.237); Ja.i.266, Ja.i.280; Ja.iii.239; Ja.vi.373 Vb.211; Dhs.13 (+ thāma), Dhs.22, Dhs.289, Dhs.571 …

…= Mnd.176 (: dhonā vuccati paññā etc., dhuta & dhota used indiscriminately in exegesis following). 2. (pl. the four requisites of a bhikkhu…

“Carrying a yoke” a beast of burden SN.i.28; DN.iii.113 (purisa˚); AN.i.162.

• -vata (nt.) the practice of carrying a burden, the state of a beast of burden, drudgery SN.i.28;
• *\ …

…as saddhā˚, sīla˚, and paññā˚
■ Sdhp.355 (saddhā˚), Sdhp.392 (+ viriya), Sdhp.413 (paññā˚) dh ˚ṃ nikkhipati to take off…

adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā …

…three conventional etymologies, viz. dhikkitapāpa dhiti-sampanna, dhiyā (= paññāya) samannāgata Mnd.44 ≈ (see…

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

adjective one who has little common-sense Ja.vi.206, Ja.vi.207 Ja.vi.213, Ja.vi.214. Com. explains wrongly on p. Ja.vi.209 with “one who possesses two tongues” (of Agni), but has equivalent nippañña …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

Du˚¹

(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable

1. syllable of exclamation (= duḥ “bad, woe” (beginning the word du (j)-jīvitaṃ) Dhp-a.ii.6, Dhp-a.ii.10 = Pv-a.280, cp. Ja.iii.47; Bdhgh’s …

…brahmacariyā SN.ii.24; of paññā DN.iii.268; AN.iii.152 sq.; of ariyā diṭṭhi DN.iii.264 = AN.iii.132; of sikkhā…

…-buddhika = ˚paññā Vv-a.96; -jivha twotongued (cp. di˚); a snake Ja.iv.330; Ja.v.82, Ja.v.425;…

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

…− 1 = 19) Dhp-a.i.4; ˚paññāsa (49) Ja.iii.220; ˚saṭṭhi (59; Dhp-a.iii.412; ˚pañcasatā (499) Dhp-a.ii.204. See ūna-eka…

adverb now, at present DN.i.29, DN.i.151, DN.i.179, DN.i.200; DN.ii.3; Ja.i.215 (opp. tadā), Ja.iii.82; Ja.vi.364 (instead of paccuppanna).

Sk. etarhi, cp. tarahi & carahi

1. (nt.) the fact or the state of going, movement, journey, walk; (-˚) striving for, the leading of, pursuit AN.ii.48 sq. (gamanena na pattabbo lokass’ anto = one cannot walk to the end of the world) …

1. adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
   1. lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
   2. fig of knowledge …

Name of a mythical bird, a harpy Pts.ii.196 = Cnd.235, Cnd.3 q.; Vism.206; Vv-a.9 (= supaṇṇa) Dhp-a.i.144.

Derivation uncertain. Sk. garuḍa, Lat. volucer winged, volo to fly

adjective tied, bound, fettered; enslaved, bound to greedy for, intoxicated with (c. loc.). When abs. always in combination w. paribhuñjati and w. ref. to some object of desire (bhoga, lābha, kāmaguṇe …

Gaṇin¹

adjective one who has a host of followers, epithet of a teacher who has a large attendance of disciples; usually in standing combination sanghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo (see above) Also in f …

adjective greedy; greedy for, hankering after (with loc.) SN.i.74 (+ kāmesu mucchita); SN.ii.227; AN.ii.2; AN.iii.68; Snp.243 (rasesu), Snp.774 (kāmesu); Snp.809; Pv.iv.6#2 (sukhe); Pv-a.3 (+ rata …

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

ancestry, lineage. There is no word in English for gotta. It includes all those descended, or supposed to be descended, from a common ancestor. A gotta name is al …

…Dhp-a.iii.282: dhammojapaññāya samannāgata) cp. dhammagutta SN.i.222.

• -indriya one whose senses are guarded; with…

1. (n.) seizing, seizure, grip (cp. gaha): canda˚ suriya˚ an eclipse (lit. the moon, etc., being seized by a demon) DN.i.10 (= DN-a.i.95: Rāhu candaṃ gaṇhāti). Esp. applied to the sphere of the mind …

…SN.v.8; udayatthagāmiṇī paññā AN.v.15; dukkhanirodha˚ paṭipadā Vin.i.10; cp. ācaya˚ Dhs.584 Dhs.1013. Acc. -gāminaṃ khemaṃ…

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. …

…knowledge“ (i.e. hāsa + paññā), wise, clever The syn. javana-pañña points to a meaning like “quick-witted,” thus implying…

wish, longing, desire DN.ii.243; DN.iii.75; SN.i.40 (˚dhūpāyito loko), SN.i.44 (naraṃ parikassati) AN.ii.143; AN.iv.293 sq.; AN.iv.325 sq.; v.40, v.42 sq.; Snp.773 Snp.872; Dhp.74, Dhp.264 (˚lobha-sa …

indeclinable here in this place, in this connection, now; esp. in this world or present existence Snp.1038, Snp.1056, Snp.1065; Iti.99 (idh ûpapanna reborn in this existence); Dhp.5, Dhp.15, Dhp.267, …

…four (group d without paññā, i.e. nos. 15, 18) at AN.ii.141; three (saddh˚, samādh˚, paññ˚, i.e. nos. 15, 18, 19) at AN.i.118 sq….

movement, posture, deportment MN.i.81; Snp.1038 (= cariyā vatti vihāro Cnd.148); Iti.31; Vism.145 (+ vutti pālana yapana).

-patha way of deportment; mode of movement; good behavi …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

(sometimes spelt itara) adjective

1. passing, changeable, short, temporary, brief unstable MN.i.318 (opp. dīgharattaṃ); AN.ii.187; Ja.i.393 Ja.iii.83 (˚dassana = khaṇika˚ C.), Ja.i …

debt DN.i.71, DN.i.73; AN.iii.352; AN.v.324 (enumerated with baddha, jāni & kali); Snp.120; Ja.i.307; Ja.ii.388, Ja.ii.423; Ja.iii.66; Ja.iv.184 (iṇagga for nagga?) Ja.v.256; Ja.v.253 (where enumerate …

1. (n.) speed SN.ii.266; SN.v.227; MN.i.446; AN.ii.113; AN.iii.248; Snp.221; Ja.ii.290; Ja.iv.2 Often combined with thāma, in phrase thāmajavasampanna endowed with strength & swiftn …

…Cnd.3#a. Also in compounds ˚paññā Pts.ii.185 sq.; ˚paññatā AN.i.45; ˚paññattaṃ SN.v.413. 2. The twelfth stage in the function…

…accompanied by jh (of paññābala) AN.i.42.

from jhāyati,¹ BSk. dhyāna. The (popular etym-) explⁿ of jhāna is…

…endowed with light or splendour, bright, excellent (in knowledge) Snp.348 (= paññājoti-sampanna Snp-a.348).

joti + mant, cp. also P….

…hoti Snp.742; jātassa jarā paññāyissati Ja.i.59; jātaṃ + bhūtaṃ (opp. ajātaṃ abhūtaṃ) Iti.37 2. “genuine,” i.e natural,…

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

(-˚) adjective

1. being like, being of, having, etc. (see jāta 3): duppañña˚ & sappañña˚ MN.i.225; dabba AN.i.254; mukhara˚ Snp.275; viññū˚ Snp.294; māna Ja.i.88.
2. descended from …

adjective of good birth, having natural or genuine qualities, noble, excellent Snp.420 (vaṇṇārohena sampanno jātimā viya khattiyo); Ja.i.342 (jātimanta-kulaputtā). Of a precious stone: maṇi veḷuriyo …

(& kallāṇa)

1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

…api nu kho kāmabhavo paññāyethā ti? No h’etaṃ… iti kho kammaṃ khettaṃ…); as one of the 6 causes or substrata of existence…

adjective noun difficult to pass, scil. magga, a difficult road, waste land, wilderness, explained as nirudaka īriṇa Vv-a.334 (on Vv.84#3), combined with maru˚ Pv-a.99 and marukantāramagga Pv-a.112 …

adjective

1. (cp. kappa ii.1^a) getting, procuring, acquiring (pañña˚) Snp.1090.
2. (cp kappa ii.1^b) having a kappa (as duration), lasting a Cycle Pp.13; in Mahā˚ enduring a Mahā …

adjective made of cotton DN.ii.188, cp. AN.iv.394; DN.ii.351; Vin.i.58 = Vin.i.97 = Vin.i.281; Ja.vi.590; Pv.ii.1#17. (nt cotton stuff Mil.267.

• -paṇṇa the leaf of the cotton tre …

Karoṭi¹

feminine

1. a basin, cup, bowl, dish Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.225; Ja.iv.67; Ja.v.289, Ja.v.290.
2. the skull (cp. kaḷopi On the form cp. Dial. i.227 n.) Ja.vi.592.

Karoṭi<s …

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 …

adverb dubit. interr. part.

1. how; with ind. pres. Pv-a.6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with fut. & cond. Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); Ja.vi.500; Pv-a.54 (na dassāmi)
2. why, for what …

young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl Pv.i.11#1
■ As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya-kaññā vā… pannarasa-vassuddesikā vā solasa-vassuddesikā vā… MN.i.88; in combination khattiya-kaññā, brāhm …

adjective one who is fully accomplished, an Arahant; often with mahesi and uttamapurisa Defⁿ sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā t …

…of sīla-sampadā, citta˚ paññā˚ DN.i.172 sq.; see sīla. -DN.i.206; Ne.64 sq.; Ne.126 tīhi dhammehi samannāgato…

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

Khaṇa¹

1. (m.) a (short), moment, wink of time; in phrase khaṇen’ eva “in no time” Pv-a.38 Pv-a.117; Sdhp.584 (etc.). Sdhp.584; khaṇo ve mā upaccagā “let not the slightest time be wasted …

adverb to what extent? how far? in what respect? K˚ nu kho mahāpurisa hoti “in what respect is a man a great man?” Cnd.502 B; k˚ nu kho paññavā ti vuccati? MN.i.292. Kitti & Kitti

…AN.ii.46 sq., AN.ii.84

• -paññāṇa (adj.) knowing the true nature of anger Snp.96 (cp. Snp-a.170); *…

the jujube fruit MN.i.80; AN.iii.49 (sampanna-kolakaṃ sūkaramaṃsa “pork with jujube”); Ja.iii.22 (= badara); Ja.vi.578.

• -mattiyo (pl.) of the size of a j. truit, always comb w. kolaṭṭhi-mattiy …

Kosa¹

masculine neuter any cavity or enclosure containing anything, viz.

1. a store-room or storehouse, treasury or granary AN.iv.95 (rāja˚); Snp.525; Ja.iv.409 (= wealth, stores); Ja.vi …

…= Dhs.292 Dhs.555 = Nd ii.ad paññā it is classed between paṇḍicca and nepuñña. See also Pp.25; Vism.128 sq. (appanā˚), Vism.241 sq….

…purimā koṭi na paññāyati “the first end, i.e. the beginning of S. is not known” Cnd.664; Dhs-a.11; of pacchimā koṭi ibid
…

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

1. clan a high social grade, “good family,” cp. Gr. (doric) φυά, Goth. kuni. A collection of cognates and agnates, in sense of Ohg. sippa, clan; “house” in sense …

nest DN.i.91 (= DN-a.i.257 nivāsaṭṭhanaṃ); SN.i.8; SN.i.224 = Ja.i.203 (a brood of birds = supaṇṇapotakā); Ja.iii.74 (variant reading BB), Ja.iii.431; Ja.vi.344; Dhp-a.ii.22.

1. the kusa grass (Poa cynosuroides) Dhp-a.iii.484: tikhiṇadhāraṃ tiṇaṃ antamaso tālapaṇṇam pi; Dhp.311; Ja.i.190 (= tiṇa); Ja.iv.140.
2. a blade of grass used as a mark or a lot: pātite kuse “when t …

adjective indolent, inert, inactive. Expl. by kāma-vitakkādīhi vitakkehi vītināmanakapuggalo Dhp-a.ii.260; by nibbiriyo Dhp-a.iii.410; by alaso Pv-a.175, Often combined with *[hīnaviriya](/define/ …

(kuṭi˚) feminine any single-roomed abode, a hut, cabin, cot, shed Vin.iii.144 (on vehāsa-kuṭī see vehāsa Vin.iv.46); Snp.18, Snp.19; Pv.ii.2#8; Vv-a.188, Vv-a.256 (cīvara˚ a cl …

…nest Ja.ii.365;

• -paññā “crow -wisdom, i.e. foolishness which leads to ruin through greed Ja.v.255, Ja.v.258;…

…Kāmānaṃ pariññaṃ paññāpeti Gotamo MN.i.84; cp. AN.v.64 kāme pajahati: SN.i.12 = SN.i.31; Snp.704; kāmānaṃ vippahāna SN.i.47 *…

1. abs.
   1. deed, service, act of mercy or worship, homage: kāra-paṇṇaka Ja.vi.24 (vegetable as oblation); appako pi kato kāro devûpapattiṃ āvahati “even a small gift of mercy brings about rebirth …

1. sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …

…by parivāra-sampatti & paññā respectively), Ja.iv.281 (explained as “sirī pi puññam pi paññā pi”). 2. splendour, power Dāvs i.6…

1. streak, line Vv-a.277 (= rāji); canda˚; crescent moon [cp. Epic candralekhā Mbh 3, 1831] Vism.168; Dhs-a.151.
2. a scratch, line AN.i.283; Pp.32; Ja.vi.56 (lekhaṃ kaḍḍhati).
3. writing, inscrip …

1. to scratch; to cut carve; write, inscribe MN.i.127 (rūpāni); Ja.ii.372 (suvaṇṇa-patte); Ja.iv.257 (id.), Ja.iv.488, Ja.iv.489 (jāti-hingulakena); Dhp-a.i.182; Pv-a.145 (nāmaṃ likhi wrote his na …

in likhā-paṇṇa at Pv-a.20 is faulty for lekhā˚; (lekha˚) letter, cp. lekha-pattra letter Mālatīm 172, 7.

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

the hair of the body (whereas kesa is the hair of the head only) DN.ii.18 (ekeka˚, uddhagga˚, in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); SN.ii.257 (asi˚, usu˚, satti˚ etc.) AN.ii.114; Vin.iii.106 (usu˚ etc. …

…(ñāṇa, pariññā, paññā) of the truth of the causal chain, which realises the origin of “ill,” the possibility of its removal &…

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

adjective middle, viz

1. of space: of moderate height DN.i.243 (contrasted with ucca & nīca).
2. of; time: of middle age Snp.216 (contrasted with dahara young & thera old).
3. often used adv. in …

adjective

1. slow, lazy, indolent; mostly with ref. to the intellectual faculties, therefore: dull, stupid, slow of grasp, ignorant foolish MN.i.520 (+ momuha); Snp.666, Snp.820 (= momūha Mnd.153), …

…the Cys always explained by paññā, e.g. , Cnd.497 (as mantā f.) Dhp-a.iv.93 (id.), Snp-a.549 (mantāya pariggahetvā) *…

…(= Cnd.497 mantā vuccati paññā etc.); Vv.63#6 (explained as jānitvā paññāya paricchinditvā Vv-a.262)
■ Besides this form we have a…

mind, opinion, thought, thinking of, hankering after, love or wish for Vin.iii.138 (purisa˚ thought of a man); Mhvs.3, Mhvs.42 (padīpa˚ lamp of knowledge); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.214 (amala˚ pure-minded); Pv\ …

Matta¹

adjective (-˚) “by measure,” measured, as far as the measure goes, i.e

1. consisting of, measuring (with numerals or similar expressions): appamatto kali Snp.659; pañcamattā sata …

adjective (-˚ only) made of, consisting of
■ An interesting analysis (interesting for judging the views and sense of etymology of an ancient commentator) of maya is given by Dhamm …

adjective having wisdom or intelligence, wise, only in compounds bhūri˚; of great wisdom Snp.1131; & su˚; [Ved. sumedhas] very wise Vv.22#2 (= sundara-pañña Vv-a.111); Pv.iii.7#7 (both combined …

…foolish, ignorant Dhp.26 (bālā dummedhino janā; = nippaññā Dhp-a.i.257).

…Nd i.s. v. (m. vuccati paññā); Pp.25; Dhs.16; Dhs-a.148; Pv-a.40 (= paññā)
■ adj. sumedha wise clever,…

adverb wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong-, false Snp.438 (laddho yaso), Snp.815 (paṭipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn with anariyaṃ. Illustrated by “pāṇaṃ hanati, adinnaṃ ādiyati, sandhi …

adjective

1. mixed (with: -˚); various Vin.i.33 (kesa˚, jatā˚ etc. = a mixture of, various); Thag.143; Ja.iii.95, Ja.iii.144 (udaka-paṇṇa˚ yāgu); Pv.i.9#2 (missā kiṭakā). nt. missaṃ as adv. “in a …

1. a sort of sweetmeat SN.i.148; AN.i.130; AN.iii.76; Pp.32; Pv-a.4.
2. receptacle for a letter, an envelope, wrapper or such like Ja.vi.385 (paṇṇaṃ ˚assa anto pakkhipitvā). May however, be same ạs 1 …

…Cnd.514 A (= ñāṇa & paññā); Thag.168 (what is monissaṃ? fut. 1^st sg. of?).

fr. muni, equal to *maunya taken by Nd as root…

…Snp.1025; Dhp.72 (= paññāy’ etaṃ nāmaṃ Dhp-a.ii.73); & muddhānaṃ MN.i.243 MN.iii.259 = SN.iv.56; instr. muddhanā…

adj. nt.

1. (adj.)
   1. (-˚) being caused by, having its reason through or from, conditioned by originating in Vb.390 (taṇhā˚ dhammā); Tikp.233 sq. Tikp.252 sq., Tikp.288 sq. & passim; Vb-a.200 sq …

…ajja Rohiṇī“ ti paññāṇato ālokakāraṇato sommabhāvato ca nakkhattānaṃ mukhaṃ cando ti vutto); DN.i.10 (nakkhattānaṃ…

…AN.iii.11 AN.iv.15; Cnd.629 B; Vb.244, Vb.249; Vism.3 (= paññā) Dhp-a.iv.29.

fr. nipaka

…Also in nibbedha-gāminī (paññā) Iti.35 & dunnibbedha (hard to penetrate, difficult to solve Mil.155, Mil.233 (pañha); spelt dunniveṭha…

…to paññā (wisdom) DN.iii.237, DN.iii.268; SN.v.197, SN.v.199; MN.i.356; AN.i.45; AN.ii.167 AN.iii.152; AN.iii.410…

…ev’ ajjhagamuṃ sapaññā SN.i.22; n’ abhirato paññā SN.i.38. paṇḍita & nipaka. anupubbena n˚ṃ adhigacchanti paṇḍitā…

adjective lost; degraded, low, vile, base; inferior, little, insignificant SN.i.12; Snp.890; Mnd.105, Mnd.194; Pv-a.198 (jāti˚ low-born) Sdhp.86. Opp. to seyya Ja.vi.356 sq.

• *-[attha](/define/at …

the Nimb tree (Azadirachta Indica), bearing a bitter leaf, & noted for its hard wood Vin.i.152 (˚kosa), Vin.i.284 (id.), Vin.i.201 (˚kasāva); AN.i.32 AN.v.212; Vv.33#36 (˚muṭṭhi, a handful of N. leave …

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, …

adjective lying down Ja.i.151, Ja.i.279; Ja.ii.103; Ja.iii.276 (˚kāle while he was asleep), Ja.iv.167; Pv-a.43, Pv-a.75, Pv-a.265 (spelt nippanna, opp. nikujja).

pp. of nipajjati

adjective = nipanna Pts.ii.209; Ja.i.151.

see nipanna & nipphanna.

adjective unwise, foolish Pv-a.40, Pv-a.41 (= dummati).

nis + pañña

adjective accomplished, perfected, trained SN.i.215 (˚sobhin, spelt nippanna) Ja.iv.39 (˚sippa master of the art, M.A.); Dhp-a.iii.285 (sasse); Dhs-a.316; in phil. determined, conditioned Kvu xi.7; …

adjective obstructing, destroying Iti.82 (paññā˚), cp. MN.i.115.

fr. nirodha

going out, departure; issue, outcome, result; giving up, leaving behind being freed, escape (from saṁsāra), salvation. Vin.i.104 DN.iii.240 DN.iii.248f. SN.i.128 SN.i.142 SN.ii.5 SN.iii.170 (catunna …

that on which anything depends, support help, protection; endowment, resource, requisite, supply foundation, reliance on (acc. or-˚) Vin.i.58 (the four resources of bhikkhu, viz. piṇḍiyālopa-bhojana …

1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …

…Pts.i.114, Pts.i.119 (paññā˚); Pts.ii.100, Pts.ii.150 sq. Pts.ii.159, Pts.ii.162; Vism.28, Vism.41; Pv-a.276 (˚ṃ pharati to emit a…

bud, young flower Ja.vi.497 (vv.ll. Ja.vi.498 opaṇṇa & opatta).

o + puppha

basket Ja.i.9, Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.68; Ja.iii.21; Ja.vi.369 (paṇṇa˚), Ja.vi.560 (phala˚); Dhp-a.ii.3; Dhp-a.iv.205 (˚pasibbaka).

etym. doubtful

what has arisen (just now), existing, present (as opposed to atīta past & anāgata future) MN.i.307, MN.i.310; MN.iii.188 MN.iii.190, MN.iii.196; SN.i.5; SN.iv.9 …

…paṭipadāñāṇa-dassana˚, ñāṇa-dassana˚ paññā˚) DN.iii.288; Pts.i.28.

fr. padhāna

adjective noun having a lotus, belonging to a lotus, lotus-like; Name of (the spotted) elephant Snp.53 (explained at Snp-a.103 as “padumasadisa-gattatāya vā Padumakule uppannatāya vā padumī,” cp. C …

to send; Pres. pahiṇati. Vin.iii.140 sq.; Vin.iv.18; Dhp-a.ii.243; aor. pahiṇi Ja.i.60 (sāsanaṃ); Ja.v.458 (paṇṇāni); Vv-a.67; Dhp-a.i.72 Dhp-a.ii.56, Dhp-a.ii.243; ger. *pahi …

adjective sufficient, abundant, much, considerable Snp.428, Snp.862 sq. Pv.i.5#2 (= anappaka, bahu, yāvadattha C.; Dhp at Pv-a.25 gives bahuka as inferior variant); Pv.i.11#7 (= a …

to go, go to; usually not in simplex, but only in compound with prefixes; as āpajjati, uppajjati, nipajjati etc
■ Alone only in one doubtful passage, viz. AN.iv.362 (vv.ll. paccati, pabbati gacchati …

…lamp of the Dhamma Mil.21. paññā-pajjota the torch of knowledge Dhs.16, Dhs.20, Dhs.292, Dhs.555; Vb-a.115. pajjotassa nibbānaṃ the…

… fr….

… pass paññāyati
pp paññāta (q.v.).
■ Cp….

fallen, got or sunk into (-˚ or loc.) Vin.i.301 (muttakarīse); DN.ii.24 (id.); MN.i.45 (palipa˚) = Cnd.651 B; MN.i.88; Ja.vi.8 Vism.49 (muttakarīse).

for paripanna, pp. of paripajjati

security, confidence DN.i.96; MN.i.17; cp. DN-a.i.266 “loma-haṃsa-mattam pi ’ssa na bhavissati.”

a contraction of pannaloma, see J.P.T.S. 1889, 206

Palāsa¹

masculine & neuter

1. the tree Butea frondosa or Judas tree Ja.iii.23 (in Palāsa Jātaka).
2. a leaf; collectively (nt.) foliage, pl. (nt.) leaves SN.ii.178; Ja.i.120 (nt.); Ja.iii …

adjective silent (?) DN-a.i.163.

fr. panna

number, adjective fifteen (and fifteenth), usually referring to the 15th day of the lunar month, i.e. the full-moon day Snp.153 (pannaraso uposatho); pannarase on the 15^th day SN.i.191 = …

ordinal number the 15^th Snp-a.366 (gāthā).

fr. pannarasa

adjective belonging to the 15^th day (of the lunar month) Vin.iv.315.

fr. pannarasa

1. a broken bit, splinter, small stone (?) (Rh. D. in Dial. iii.83 “outgrowth”) DN.iii.87 (bhūmi ˚ṃ paribhuñjati); Vism.418 (≈) Ne.227 (Com.) (˚ojaṃ khādāpento).
2. a water plant; see *[paṇṇaka](/de …

adjective finding pleasure in, fond of, only in two (doubtful) compounds viz. -vutta [unexplained, perhaps v for y, as daya → dava through influence of d in parada˚; thus = parata yutta?] “fond of …

Pari˚

indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …

…Vism.409; Snp-a.434 (paññāya p.). 3. to limit, restrict, define Mil.131; DN-a.i.132

pp paricchinna…

comprehension Ja.ii.7 (˚paññā comprehensive wisdom).

fr. parigaṇhāti

fallen away from, decayed; deficient, wanting; dejected, destitute SN.i.121; AN.iii.123; Snp.827, Snp.881 (˚pañña); Ja.i.112, Ja.i.242; Ja.iv.200 Mnd.166, Mnd.289; Mil.249, Mil.281 (a˚); Pv-a.220 (= …

“all that belongs to anything,” make-up, adornment (so Cnd.585 bāhirā p. of the body)

1. requisite, accessory equipment, utensil, apparatus Vin.i.50, Vin.i.296 (˚colaka cloth required for water-str …

“complete Nibbāna” in two meanings:

1. complete extinction of khandhalife; i.e. all possibility of such life & its rebirth, final release from (the misery of) rebirth and transmigration death (after …

see palipanna.

Paritta¹

adjective small, little, inferior, insignificant limited, of no account, trifling Vin.i.270; DN.i.45; MN.iii.148 (˚ābha of limited splendour, opp. appamāṇ’ ābha); SN.ii.98; SN.iv. …

1. all that belongs to a castle, a mansion and its constituents Vv.84#53 (explained at Vv-a.351 as follows: veṇiyato pekkhitabbato pariveṇaṃ pāsāda-kūtâgāra-ratti-ṭṭhān’ ādisampannaṃ pākāraparikkh …

…= MN.iii.49 = Pp.58; explained as “paricchedaṃ dassetvā yatha ’ssa paricchedo paññāyati, evaṃ bhāsatī ti attho” DN-a.i.76 = Pp-a…

Pariyogāhati & ˚gāheti

to penetrate, fathom, scrutinise AN.ii.84; AN.iv.13, AN.iv.145 sq. (paññāya) Ja.i.341; Pp.33 (a˚), Pp.48 sq. Cp. ajjhogāhati.

pari + ogāhati

Pariyogāhati & ˚gāheti

to penetrate, fathom, scrutinise AN.ii.84; AN.iv.13, AN.iv.145 sq. (paññāya) Ja.i.341; Pp.33 (a˚), Pp.48 sq. Cp. ajjhogāhati.

pari + ogāhati

to be finished AN.iv.339. - pp. pariyāpanna (q.v.)
caus pariyāpādeti (q.v.).

pari + āpajjati

1. “gone completely into,” included in, belonging to, got into Vin.i.46 (patta˚ that which has been put into the bowl); DN.i.45 (= ābaddha DN-a.i.127); Snp-a.397 (milakkhabhāsa˚ etc.); Kp-a.136 (vi …

includedness Snp-a.174.

abstr. fr. pariyāpanna

…gr. pariññā?) Snp.537 (= paññāya paricchinditvā caranto living in full knowledge i.e. rightly determining); also (abstr.) pariññatthaṃ…

…Ja.iv.93; Mil.38, Mil.314
■ f. pariṇāyikā. Epithet of wisdom, synonymous with paññā, i.e. insight, cleverness Dhs.1057 Pp.25;…

…acc. of numerals) e.g. paropaññāsa more th an.50; DN.ii.93; parosataṃ more th an.100; Ja.v.203, Ja.v.497; parosahassaṃ over 1,000;…

at Ja.iv.365 is doubtful; perhaps we should read pasakkita (pp. of pasakkati); the C. explains as “lying down” (nipanna acchati, p. 367); Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. proposes change to pamakkhita …

…maṇiguḷa-sadisāni paññāyamāna pañca-ppasādāni ahesuṃ); Snp-a.453 (pasanna-netto i.e….

Patta-kkhandha

downcast, dejected, disappointed Vin.ii.77 = Vin.iii.162 (trsl^d “with fallen hearts,” explained as patita, see Vin. Texts iii.13); SN.i.124; MN.i.132, MN.i.258; MN.iii.29 …

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

1. the Pavāraṇā, a ceremony at the termination of the Vassa Vin.i.155, Vin.i.160 (where 2 kinds cātuddasikā & pannarasikā); Vin.ii.32. Vin.ii.167; DN.ii.220; SN.i.190. pavāraṇaṃ ṭhapeti to fix or de …

…viriya, sati, samādhi, paññā (see indriya B. 15–19). ˚vidhaṃ (rāja-) kakudhabhaṇḍaṃ insignia regis viz….

…Pv-a.23, Pv-a.61.

pp. of paññāpeti, cp. BSk. prajñapta

Paññatta²

neuter wisdom, sense etc. SN.v.412 (variant reading…

…adj. paṇṇattika (q.v.).

fr. paññāpeti, cp. paññatta¹

…also paññatta².

secondary abstract formation fr. paññā, in meaning equal to paññāṇa

…Dhp.84; Ja.i.116; Pp.13; Dhp-a.ii.255; Kp-a.54 Vb-a.239, Vb-a.278; Pv-a.40. Cp. paññāṇavant.

paññā + vant, with reduction of ā to…

adjective noun one who advises, assigns or appoints Vin.ii.305 (āsana˚).

fr. paññāpeti

disclosure, discovering MN.iii.17; SN.iii.59; declaration Dhs-a.11.

fr. paññāpeti

one who imparts knowledge, discloser of truths, discoverer DN.ii.223.

n. ag. of paññāpeti

… pp paññatta (q.v.)

caus 2 paññāpāpeti Ja.iii.371.

Caus. of pajānāti

known, renowned DN-a.i.143; ap˚ unknown, defamed Vin.iv.231; SN.iv.46; AN.iii.134 (where also der. appaññātika).

pp. of pajānāti

…modern interpreters have taken it as instr. of paññā

…Dhp-a.i.29; Pv-a.96 (= perceivable)
aor paññāyi Pv-a.172…

…cp. Vedic prajñāno in both meanings & paññā

adjective reasonable, sensible, wise Snp.202, Snp.1090; Ja.v.222; Ja.vi.361; Cnd.382.

paññāṇa + vant

only in cpd. paṅgacīra (nt.) at DN.i.6 “blowing through toy pipes made of leaves” (Dial. i.10, where is cpd. Sinhalese pat-kulal and Marathī pungī after Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 205). Bdhgh explai …

see paṇṇaka
■ paṇaka (comb) see phaṇaka.

adjective wise, clever, skilled, circumspect, intelligent Vin.ii.190 (+ buddhimanto) DN.i.12 (˚vedaniya comprehensible only by the wise), DN.i.120 (opp. duppañña); DN.iii.192; MN.i.342; MN.iii.61, MN …

1. green leaves (collectively), vegetable, greens Ja.vi.24 (kāra˚ vegetable as homage or oblation); Pv.iii.3#3 (panko paṇṇako ca, explained as “kaddamo vā udakacchikkhalo vā” Pv-a.189, but evidently …

Paṇṇarasa & Paṇṇavīsati

see pañca 1 B, & C.

see paññatti.

adjective having a manifestation or name, in a˚-bhāva state without designation, state of non-manifestation, indefinite or unknown state (with ref to the passing nature of the phenomenal world) Dhp\ …

Paṇṇarasa & Paṇṇavīsati

see pañca 1 B, & C.

leaf Vin.i.202 (taka˚).

= paṇṇa

one who deals with greens, a florist or greengrocer Ja.i.411; Ja.ii.180; Ja.iii.21 (˚dhītā); Mil.331.

paṇṇa + ika

greens, green leaves vegetable Vin.ii.267 (na harītaka ˚ṃ pakinitabbaṃ trsl. at Vin. Texts iii.343 by “carry on the business of florist and seedsman,” thus taken as paṇṇika, cp. also Vin. Texts ii …

see pañca 2 A.

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

grounded on, on account of, concerning, because (with acc.) MN.i.265 (etaṃ on these grounds); SN.iii.93 = Iti.89 (atthavasaṃ); Ja.ii.386 (= abhisandhāya); Snp.680, Snp.784 Snp.872, Snp.1046; Snp-a.35 …

Paṭicca-samuppanna

evolved by reason of the law of causation DN.iii.275; MN.i.500; SN.ii.26; AN.v.187; Pts.i.51 sq., Pts.i.76 sq.; Vb.340, Vb.362. Cp. BSk pratitya samutpanna Mvu.iii.61. Paticca-sa …

…under the title of Paññā-bhūmi-niddesa), and at Vb-a.130–Vb-a.213 under the title of Paccayākāra-vibhanga. Some passages…

to enter upon (a path), to go along, follow out (a way or plan) to go by; fig. to take a line of action, to follow a method to be intent on, to regulate one’s life DN.i.70 (saṃvarāya), DN.i.175 (tatha …

(having) followed or following up, reaching, going along or by (i.e. practising), entering on, obtaining SN.ii.69; SN.iv.252; AN.i.120 (arahattāya); AN.iv.292 sq. (id.), AN.iv.372 sq.; Iti.81 (dhammân …

adjective noun one who has entered upon the Path (ariyamagga) Pp.13 (= maggaṭṭhaka phalatthāya paṭipannattā p. nāma Pp-a 186); Mil.342 Mil.344; Ne.50; Dhs-a.164. See also Mil trsl. ii.231, 237.

f …

letter in return, a written reply Ja.i.409.

paṭi + paṇṇa

…Vv-a.327; Dhs-a.402 (˚paññā); Sdhp.397. -bala power of computation AN.i.52, AN.i.94; AN.ii.142; DN.iii.213, DN.iii.244; Pts.ii.169,…

kind of cucumber, Trichosanthes Dioeca Vin.i.201 (˚paṇṇa).

dial.?

to send forth or out, esp. on a message or to a special purpose, i.e. to employ as a servant or (intrs.) to do service (so in many derivations

1. to send out Ja.i.86, Ja.i.178, Ja.i.253; Ja.iv.169 (p …

is variant reading for paṇṇakata Npl. at Vv.45#5 sq. (see Vv-a.197).

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, …

Phassa¹

contact, touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually phoṭṭhabbaṃ). It is the fundamental fact in a sense impression and consists of a combination of the sense, the ob …

Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī

feminine

1. the back Vin.ii.200 (piṭṭhī); MN.i.354; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.279. piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the …

Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī

feminine

1. the back Vin.ii.200 (piṭṭhī); MN.i.354; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.279. piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the …

(-˚)

1. the young of an animal MN.i.104 (kukkuṭa˚); Ja.i.202 (supaṇṇa˚), Ja.i.218 (hatthi˚); Ja.ii.288 (assa˚ colt); Ja.iii.174 (sakuṇa˚); Pv-a.152 (gaja˚)
   ■ f potikā Ja.i.207 (haṃsa˚); Ja.i …

…Dhp-a.i.35) Cnd.318 Pp.15 (paññā˚ ariyamagga = paññaṁ pure-cārikaṁ katvā Pp-a 194); Sdhp.547 (paññā˚). cp. Buddhist Hybrid…

…7 ubhato-bhāga-vimutta, paññāvimutta etc. DN.iii.105; 8 AN.iii.212; SN.v.343 19 Ne.190; 26 Ne.189, Ne.190
■ See also…

shrivelled grain Mil.232 (sukka-yava˚ of dried barley); Dhp-a.ii.154 (SS; T. reads mūlakaṃ which is explained by Bdhgh as “nitthusaṃ katvā ussedetvā gahita-yava-taṇḍula vuccanti” ibid). Here bel …

indeclinable before (both local & temporal), thus either “before, in front” or “before, formerly, earlier.” In both meanings the opp. is pacchā -

1. local SN.i.176 (pure hoti t …

adjective

1. ancient, past Snp.312, Snp.944 (= Mnd.428 atītaṃ opp. nava = paccuppannaṃ); Dhp.156 (= pubbe katāni C.); with ref. to former births or previous existences p. kammaṃ SN. …

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 …

an ordinary, average person (4 classes of ordinary people are discussed at Cpd. 49, 50) a common worldling, a man of the people, an ordinary man MN.i.1, MN.i.7, MN.i.135, MN.i.239, MN.i.323; MN.iii. …

full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …

orig. meaning “tube,” container, hollow pocket.

1. a container, usually made of leaves (cp Ja.iv.436; Ja.v.441; Ja.vi.236), to carry fruit or other viands a pocket, basket: ucchu˚; basket for sugar …

…(su˚) 128; Vv-a.109 (+ paññāta); ˚ṃ karoti to make manifest Vism.287; ˚bhāva being known Dhs-a.243; Pv-a.103 4. renowned,…

…sīla˚, nekkhamma˚, paññā˚ viriya˚, khanti˚, sacca˚, adhiṭṭhāna˚, mettā˚, upekhā Ja.i.73; Dhp-a.i.84.

• -ppatta…

adjective connected with preservation or attention, fostering, keeping Vism.3 (˚paññā), Vism.98 (˚kammaṭṭhāna); Snp-a.54 (id.).

fr….

at Vv-a.321 in phrase sukka-pakkha-pāṭiyaṃ “in the moonlight half” is doubtful. Hardy in Index registers it as “part, half-,” but pakkha already means “half” and is enough by itself. We should pro …

Rasa¹

that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defⁿ given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …

…the 5: sīla˚, samādhi˚, paññā˚, vimutti˚ vimutti-ñāṇadassana (see [given under the collective name sīla-kkhandha or…

Ruṇṇa & Roṇṇa

1. (pp. crying, in combⁿ ruṇṇa-mukha with tearful face Ja.vi.525 (C. rudam˚); Mil.148.
2. (nt.) weeping, crying lamentation Thag.554; AN.i.261; Snp.584 (+ soka); Pv.i.4#3; …

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

Ruṇṇa & Roṇṇa

1. (pp. crying, in combⁿ ruṇṇa-mukha with tearful face Ja.vi.525 (C. rudam˚); Mil.148.
2. (nt.) weeping, crying lamentation Thag.554; AN.i.261; Snp.584 (+ soka); Pv.i.4#3; …

…explained at Vv-a.134 as follows: “rājati vijjotatī ti rājī: rājī ti matā paññātā rājimatī” (thus connecting ˚mant with…

…kāmānaṃ pariññaṃ paññāpeti, rūpānaṃ vedanānaṃ); SN.ii.198; SN.iii.11 (evaṃ-rūpo siyaṃ, evaṃ vedano etc.), SN.iii.101…

lit. ascent, growth see *vi*˚
■ fig. what has grown by custom tradition, popular meaning of a word (˚sadda). The fig. meaning is the one usually found in Pāli, esp. in Abhidhamma and …

Sa¹

the letter s (sa-kāra) Snp-a.23; or the syllable sa Dhp-a.ii.6; Pv-a.280.

Sa²

base of the nom. of the demonstr. pron. that, he she. The form sg. m. * …

adjective (able) to be realized SN.iii.223 sq.; DN.iii.230 = AN.ii.182 (in four ways by kāya, sati, cakkhu, paññā).

grd: of sacchikaroti

adjective attentive, thoughtful AN.i.254 (= citta-sampanna C.).

sa³ + cetasa

1. accompanied with Mhvs.7, Mhvs.27.
2. united, keeping together DN.i.4; Ja.iv.347; Pp.57.
3. consistent, sensible, to the point DN.i.8; AN.ii.138; AN.iv.196; SN.iii.12; Dhp.19 (at Dhp-a.i.157 explai …

to send out, prepare, give, equip; to fit up, decorate: dānaṃ to give a donation Dhp-a.ii.88; pātheyyaṃ to prepare provisions Ja.iii.343; gehe to construct houses Ja.i.18; nāṭakāni to arrange …

…sakkā sāmaaññphalaṃpaññāpetuṃ would one be able to point out a result of samaṇaship DN.i.51; khādituṃ na sakkā, one could…

the body in being, the existing body or group (= -nikāya q.v.); as a t.t. in P. psychology almost equal to individuality; identified with the five khandhas MN.i.299; SN.iii.159; …

the same as sambodha, the highest enlightenment DN.i.156; DN.ii.155; Dhp.89 = SN.v.29; Snp.478; SN.i.68, SN.i.181; AN.ii.14; Iti.28, Iti.42, Iti.117; Snp-a.73 See also sammā˚. …

complete understanding; adj. -vant wise Ja.iii.361 (= buddhisampanna).

saṃ + buddhi

1. crowding, pressure, inconvenience from crowding, obstruction Vism.119 janasambādharahita free from crowding Mil.409 kiṭṭhasambādha crowding of corn, the time when the corn is growing thick MN.i.115 …

…Dhp.20; Iti.115. -ppaññā right knowledge true wisdom Vin.i.14; Dhp.57, Dhp.190; Snp.143; Iti.17; Mil.39. -ppadhāna…

…under samādhi. With paññā˚; are meant the attainments of higher wisdom and spiritual emancipation connected with supernormal…

1. to come to, to fall to; to succeed, prosper Ja.i.7; Ja.ii.105.
2. to turn out, to happen, become DN.i.91, DN.i.101, DN.i.193, DN.i.239; Pv-a.192. aor sampādi DN.ii.266, DN.ii.269

pp *[sampanna] …

1. successful, complete, perfect Vin.ii.256; sampannaveyyākaraṇa a full explanation Snp.352.
2. endowed with, possessed of abounding in Vin.i.17; Snp.152, Snp.727 (ceto-vimutti˚) Ja.i.421; vijjācaraṇ …

…Ne.126 (sīla˚, samādhi˚, paññā˚; cp sampadā); four Vb-a.439 sq. (gati˚, upadhi˚, kāla˚ payoga˚); six Ja.i.105; nine Mil.341. 2….

to arise, to be produced SN.iv.218; pp. samuppanna.

saṃ + uppajjati

arisen, produced, come about Snp.168, Snp.599; Dhs.1035.

saṃ + uppanna

…(sīla˚ samādhi˚, paññā˚, vimutti˚), and as samādhi-khandha (with sīla˚ & paññā˚) at DN.iii.229 (+ vimutti˚); AN.i.125…

1. to come into, enter upon, attain DN.i.215 (samādhiṃ samāpajji); Vin.iii.241 (Pot. ˚pajjeyya); samāpattiṃ Ja.i.77; arahattamaggaṃ AN.ii.42 sq.; Vin.i.32; saññāvedayitanirodhaṃ to attain the tran …

having attained, got to, entered, reached SN.iv.293 (saññā-nirodhaṃ); AN.ii.42 (arahatta-maggaṃ entered the Path); Dhp.264 (icchālobha˚ given to desire); Kv.572 (in special sense attaining the samāp …

adjective possessed of the samāpattis DN-a.i.119.

last + ka

1. spreading, covering, floor(ing) SN.i.170; Vin.ii.120 (3 kinds of floors: iṭṭhakā˚, silā˚ dāru˚, i.e. of tiles, flags, wood); AN.i.136 (paṇṇa˚); Ja.vi.24 (id.); Ja.i.92; Pts.i.176.
2. (cp. paṭi˚) fr …

adjective wise MN.i.225; Snp.591; often as sapañña Iti.36; Snp.90; Ja.ii.65.

sa³ + pañña

…and paññā only as a child’s perceiving differs from (a) an adult’s, (b) an expert’s Vism.436…

…Mnd.616 (= vitakka ñāṇa paññā buddhi); Dhs.21; Dhp-a.ii.78. As equivalent of vitakka also at DN.iii.215; AN.iv.385;…

Saṅkha¹

a shell conch; mother-of-pearl; a chank, commonly used as a trumpet DN.i.79; DN.ii.297 = MN.i.58; AN.ii.117; AN.iv.199; Vv.81#10; Ja.i.72; Ja.ii.110; Ja.vi.465, Ja.vi.580; Mil.21 …

Saṅkhyā (f.)

1. enumeration, calculation, estimating DN.ii.277; MN.i.109; Mil.59 Mil.2. number Dāvs i.25.
2. denomination, definition, word, name (cp. on term K.S. i.321) SN.iii.71 sq.; SN.iv.376 …

…ii.485); Pv-a.40 (medha˚ paññā), Pv-a.56 (hattha˚ pāṇi), Pv-a.131 (pariccāga˚ atidāna), Pv-a.163 (caraṇa˚ guṇa).

*…

fall, a heap of things fallen; only in cpd. paṇṇa˚; a heap of fallen leaves MN.i.21 (= paṇṇa-kacavara MN-a.i.120); Ja.ii.271.

most likely = Sk. śada (fall), fr. śad to fall; Kern

Toevoegselen …

…Vin.iii.21; Ja.126

• -paññāpaka regulator of lodging-places Vin.ii.75, Vin.ii.176 Vin.iii.158 sq.; Vin.iv.38. *…

the plant Blyxa octandra moss, AN.iii.187, AN.iii.232, AN.iii.235; Ja.ii.150 = Dhp-a.i.144; Ja.iii.520; Ja.iv.71; Ja.v.462; Mil.35; Dhp-a.iii.199 Tikp.12 (in sim.). (m. and nt.) Ja.v.37; *-[mālaka] …

…adhicitta-and adhipaññā-sikkhā AN.i.234 sq.; Ne.126; with the synonyms saṃvara, samādhi & paññā at Vism.274. 2. (as one of the…

whip snake Ja.vi.194 (= nīlapaṇṇavaṇṇasappa).

1. wet with perspiration Vin.i.46, Vin.i.51; Vin.ii.223.
2. boiled (cp. siddha¹) esp in the comp. udaka-sinna-paṇṇa; it occurs in a series of passages Ja.iii.142, Ja.iii.144; Ja.iv.236, …

sort of magician or trickster, clown Ja.vi.277 (sobhiyā ti nagarasobhanā sampannarūpā purisā; not correct C.).

cp. Sk. śaubhika; BSk. śobhika Mvu.iii.113

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

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 …

“Fairwing” a kind of fairy bird, a mythical creature (cp. garuḷa), imagined as winged, considered as foe to the nāgas DN.ii.259; SN.i.148; Ja.i.202; Ja.ii.13, Ja.ii.107; Ja.iii.91, Ja.iii.187, Ja.ii …

…of the 3 kinds of knowledge (paññā) viz. cintā-mayā, s
■ m., bhāvanā-mayā paññā DN.iii.219 Vb.324 (explained at Vism.439); as…

adjective one who is learned in religious knowledge Vin.i.14; AN.ii.178; AN.iii.55; AN.iv.68, AN.iv.157; SN.iii.57; Tikp.279; Snp.70 (= āgama-sampanna Snp-a.124), Snp.90, Snp.371; sutavanta-nimmita …

rule of life, precept governing the monastic life of the Buddhist bhikkhus Vin.iii.24#2; adj. ˚-samāpanna ibid.; adj. ˚-kara one who supports Ja.iv.42 (= sa-ājīvakara, C.).

1. vegetable, potherb DN.i.166; MN.i.78, MN.i.156; AN.i.241, AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; Pp.55; Vism.70; Vv.33#33; Ja.iii.225; Ja.iv.445; Ja.v.103.
2. (m.) name of a tree (Tectona grandis) DN.i.92; DN-a.i.2 …

Sāmīcī & sāmīci˚

feminine right, proper course Vin.iii.246; DN.ii.104; AN.ii.56, AN.ii.65; SN.v.261, SN.v.343; Mil.8; Dhp-a.i.57.

• -kamma proper act, homage Vin.ii.22, Vin.ii.1 …

Sāmīcī & sāmīci˚

feminine right, proper course Vin.iii.246; DN.ii.104; AN.ii.56, AN.ii.65; SN.v.261, SN.v.343; Mil.8; Dhp-a.i.57.

• -kamma proper act, homage Vin.ii.22, Vin.ii.1 …

…paññākkhandha: DN.i.206 sq.; at AN.v.205, AN.v.206 sīla-kkhandha refers to the Culla-sīla only The three (s.,…

hog, pig Vin.i.200; DN.i.5; AN.ii.42 (kukkuṭa +), AN.ii.209; Iti.36; Ja.i.197 (muṇika); Ja.ii.419 (Sālūka); Ja.iii.287 (Cullatuṇḍila Mahā-tuṇḍila); Mil.118, Mil.267; Vb-a.11 (vara-sayane sayāpita) …

1. belonging to soup, broth, soup MN.i.448; SN.iii.146.
2. curry DN.ii.198 Cnd.314; Dhp-a.iv.209.

• -paṇṇa curry leaf, curry stuff Vism.250 = Vb-a.233; Ja.i.98, Ja.i.99;
• *-[s …

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 …

…khayo hoti tanuttaṃ paññāyati); AN.ii.144 (rāga˚, dosa˚ moha˚); esp. in phrase (characterizing a sakadāgāmin…

Tapanīya¹

burning: fig. inducing self-torture, causing remorse, mortifying AN.i.49 = Iti.24; AN.iv.97 (com. tāpajanaka); AN.v.276; Ja.iv.177; Dhs.i.305.

grd. of tapati

Tapanīya^{2</s …}

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

to rattle, shake, clatter; to grind or gnash one’s teeth; to fizz. Usually said of people in frenzy or fury (in ppr. ˚yanto or ˚yamāna) Ja.i.347 (rosena), Ja.i.439 (kodhena); Ja.ii.277 (of a bhikkhu k …

(& 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 …

Ti

adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.

cp. Sk. iti

Ti˚

base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).

*-[kaṭuka](/d …

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

number thirty (cp. tiṃsa), esp. the thirty deities (pl.) or belonging to them (adj.). It is the round figure for 33, and is used as equivalent to tāvatiṃsa. Nandanaṃ rammaṃ tidasānaṃ mahāvanaṃ Pv.iii. …

adjective sharp, clever, acute, quick (only fig. of the mind), in tikkh-indriya (opp. mud-indriya Cnd.235#3p = Pts.i.121 = Pts.ii.195; & tikkha-paññatā AN.i.45.

= tikhiṇa

grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch hay, litter SN.iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā uṇhaṃ vā rajo …

…tumo karissati tumo va tena paññāyissati (quid quisque faciat) Vin.ii.186 = AN.iii.124; Snp.890 (cp. ātumānaṃ Snp.v.888), Snp.908;…

1. the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
2. a …

the hip, the lap Vin.i.225; MN.i.366; AN.i.130 (˚pañña); Ja.i.5, Ja.i.308; Ja.ii.412; Ja.iii.22; Ja.iv.38 Ja.iv.151; Pp.31; Vism.279; Dhp-a.ii.72.

Sk. utsanga, ts → cch like Sk. utsahate → BSk. ucch …

adjective elevated, high, lofty, clever Ne.7, Ne.118, Ne.123 (= uḷārapañña C.).

Sk. udātta

adjective rich in water, well-watered Ja.v.405 (= udaka-sampanna C.).

udan = uda(ka) + vant

adjective upright, honest MN.i.386 (variant reading for pannadhaja).

uddhaṃ + ja

…effort as uggatā paññātā by C.); Mil.331; Dhp-a.ii.57 (˚tapa); Sdhp.286 (˚daṇḍa), Sdhp.304 (id.). Cp. sam˚. As Np. at…

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

Uju & Ujju

adjective straight direct; straightforward, honest, upright DN.iii.150 (T. ujja), DN.iii.352 (do.), DN.iii.422, DN.iii.550; Vv.18#7 (= sabba-jimha-vanka-kuṭilabhāv’âpagama-hetutāya u. …

…Snp-a.50 (“ummaggo paññā pavuccati”) Dhp-a.i.252 (˚cora); Dhp-a.ii.37 (v l. umanga); Dhp-a.iv.104; Pv-a.44 (read with variant…

…Snp.716 (= upaññayissati kathayissati Snp-a.498); Ja.v.215
pp upaññāta (q.v.).

upa + jānāti

to get to, be reborn in (acc.) to originate, rise Vin.iii.20 (nirayaṃ); AN.iii.415; AN.v.292 sq.; Snp.584; Iti.13 (nirayaṃ), Iti.14 (sugatiṃ; variant reading upp˚), Iti.67 (saggaṃ lokaṃ; variant readi …

1. (-˚) possessed of, having attained, being furnished with Snp.68 (thāma-bala), Snp.212, Snp.322, Snp.1077 (ñāṇa˚, cp. Cnd.266#b and uppanna-ñāṇa).
2. reborn, come to existence in (with acc.) SN.i …

…SN.iii.140; SN.iv.174; Ja.i.489 Ja.ii.400; Ja.v.235; Mil.91, Mil.293; Dāvs v.27; Sdhp.539; Pv-a.60 (paññāya u. = ñatvā), Pv-a.140 (=…

…of adhiṭṭhāna, viz. paññā˚ sacca˚ cāga˚ upasama˚); MN.i.67; MN.iii.246; SN.i.30, SN.i.34 (sīlena), SN.i.46 citta-v-ûpasama),…

to attain, enter on, acquire, take upon oneself usually in ger. upasampajja MN.i.89; SN.iii.8; AN.iv.13; AN.v.69; Dhs.160 (see Dhs-a.167) DN-a.i.313; Snp-a.158
pp *[upasa …

obtained, got, received; in special sense of having attained the recognition of bhikkhuship ordained [cp. BSk. upasampanna Divy.281] SN.i.161; AN.v.70; Vin.iii.24; Vin.iv.52, Vin.iv.130; Mil.13.

pp. …

1. to go up to (with acc.), to approach come near; freq. in stock phrase “yena (Pokkharasādissa parivesanā) ten’ upasankami, upasankamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi”, e.g. Vin.i.270; DN.i.109; DN.ii.1, an …

found out, learnt, known Vin.i.40; Ja.v.325, Ja.v.368; AN.i.61.

pp. of upajānāti

At the time of the rise of Buddhism the word had come to mean the day preceding four stages of the moon’s waxing and waning, viz. 1^st, 8^th, 15^th 23^d nights …

to come out, to arise, to be produced, to be born or reborn, to come into existence DN.i.180; Snp.584; Pv.ii.1#11 (= nibbattati Pv-a.71); Pv-a.8 (nibbattati +), Pv-a.9, Pv-a.20, Pv-a.129 (= pātu …

born, reborn, arisen, produced, DN.i.192 (lokaṃ u. born into the world); Vin.iii.4; Snp.55 (˚ñāṇa; see Cnd.168), Snp.998; Ja.i.99; Pv.ii.2#2 (pettivisayaṃ) Dhs.1035, Dhs.1416; Vb.12, Vb.17, Vb.50, Vb. …

jumped up, arisen, come about Snp.1 (= uddhamukhaṃ patitaṃ gataṃ Snp-a.4), Snp.591; Dhp.222 (= uppanna Dhp-a.iii.301); Thag.371.

pp. of uppatati

fallen into, a prey to (with loc.) Snp.495 (= nipanna with gloss adhimutta Snp-a.415).

pp. of upâtipajjati, upa + ā + pad

erected, high SN.v.228; Thag.424 (pannaddhaja); Ja.v.386; Vv.84#15; Vv-a.339. Cp. sam˚.

Sk. ucchrita, pp. of ud + sri, see ussāpeti

…MN.i.59; SN.v.265; Vb.324 (paññā); Dhs.1292, Dhs.1596; Dhs-a.50
■ anuttara without a superior, unrivalled,…

drawn out, pulled out, nt. outlet, passage Ja.ii.72 (paṇṇasālāya uttiṇṇāni karoti make entrances in the hut). Or should it be uttiṇa?

pp. of uttarati

adjective “getting-up-ish”, i.e. ready to get up, quick, alert active, industrious; f. -ikā Thig.413 (= uṭṭhāna-viriyasampannā Thag-a.267; variant reading uṭṭhāhikā)

adj. formation fr. uṭṭhāya …

…(guṇa˚); Ja.v.140 (= paññāya vuddha C.). Usually combined with apacāyati to respect the aged, e.g. Ja.i.219 and…

Vajja¹

neuter that which should be avoided, a fault, sin DN.ii.38; SN.i.221; Vin.ii.87 (thūla˚ a grave sin); AN.i.47, AN.i.98; AN.iv.140; Pts.i.122; Dhp.252; Vb-a.342 (syn. with dosa and …

Vara¹

adjective excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or follows the noun which it characterizes, e.g. -pañña of supreme wisdom Snp.391, Snp.1128 (= agga …

…year AN.iv.252 (mānusakāni paññāsa vassāni); Snp.289, Snp.446, Snp.1073. satta˚; (adj.) seven years old Mhvs.5, Mhvs.61; satta-aṭṭha˚…

Vatta¹

neuter

1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i.e. duty, service, custom, function Vin.ii.31; Snp.294, Snp.393 (gahaṭṭha˚) Vism.188 (cetiy’ angaṇa˚ etc.); Dhp-a.i.9 …

adjective noun being in existence, going on, happening at the time; nt. process, progress, (as ˚-) in progress Snp-a.4 (˚uppanna); Pv-a.55 -vacana the present tense Snp-a.16, Snp-a.23.

ppr. m …

Vatthu¹

neuter lit. “ground,” hence

1. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu²!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …

adjective (-˚)

1. having a site or foundation or ground, in ucca˚; (high) and nīca˚; (low) Vin.ii.117, Vin.ii.120; Mhvs.33, Mhvs.87.
2. having its ground in founded on, being of such & such a na …

…SN.iv.250; AN.v.249 (paññāya); Snp.329 (paññā ca sutañ ca); Ja.iii.131 (porāṇaṃ vaḍḍhaṃ vaḍḍhataṃ, imper. med…

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

adjective beautiful AN.iv.240 (cātummahārājikā devā dīgh’āyukā vaṇṇavanto; variant reading ˚vantā) Pp.34; Pv.iii.2#12 (= rūpasampanna Pv-a.184); Dhp-a.i.383.

fr. vaṇṇa

…catūsu maggesu ñāṇaṃ paññā Mnd.93), cp. Snp-a.403
■ As adj. veda epithet of the Buddha “the knower or the…

…Vism.212 (saddhā˚, sati˚, paññā˚, puñña˚), Vism.619; Dhp-a.i.262 (sati˚); Vb-a.290
■ Often in phrase *vuḍḍhi virūḷhi…

…form (˚ya = ˚ka) fr. veyyatti =…

adjective causing injury or oppression, oppressive, annoying (of pains) MN.i.10; AN.iii.388; Vism.35 (explained diff. by Bdhgh as “vyābādhato uppannattā veyyābādhikā”).

= vyābādhika

indeclinable

I.

1. inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …

1. power, wealth, prosperity DN-a.i.147; Ja.i.56; Ja.v.285; Mhvs.26, Mhvs.6; Dhp-a.i.6; Dhp-a.ii.9, Dhp-a.ii.84 Dhp-a.iv.7; Vv-a.5, Vv-a.302 (˚sampanna rich); Pv-a.122, Pv-a.130, Pv-a.176 Pv …

a˚; (nt.)

1. investigation, search, attention Snp.1108, Snp.1109 (f. & nt.); Ja.iii.73 (˚paññā).
2. arranging, planning, looking after, scheme Ja.i.220; Ja.ii.404 (yuddha˚); Ja.vi.333 sq.

fr. vicāreti

adjective clever, wise, knowing, skilled in (-˚) SN.i.62 (loka˚); SN.v.197; Vin.ii.241 (pl. paracittaviduno); Snp.677 (vidūhi), Snp.996; Ja.v.222 (dhamma˚) Vv.30#11 (= sappañña Vv-a.127); Mil.276; M …

…brāhmaṇaṃ tevijjaṃ paññāpenti, aññathā ca pana ariyassa vinaye tevijjo hoti “different in the Brahmanic and diff. in the Buddhist…

…MN.i.439, MN.i.477 sq
■ paññā˚; emancipated by insight, freed by reason (see Dial. ii.68) SN.i.191; SN.ii.123; DN.ii.70; DN.iii.105,…

…Sdhp.614
■ ceto (& paññā˚); emancipation of heart (and reason) DN.i.156 DN.iii.78, DN.iii.108, DN.iii.247 sq., DN.iii.273; SN.i.120;…

Vimāna¹

neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the def^ns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …

ruin, destruction; a place of suffering, state of punishment, syn. with apāya duggati; (with which often combined, plus niraya, e.g. Vin.i.227; DN.i.82, DN.i.162; MN.i.73; AN.iii …

to go wrong, to fail, to perish (opp. sampajjati) Dhp-a.iii.357; Pv-a.34
pp vipanna. Vipancana & Vipanciyati;

vi + pajjati

gone wrong, having lost, failing in (-˚), opp. sampanna: AN.iii.19 (rukkho sākhā-palāsa a tree which has lost branches and leaves); Snp.116 (˚diṭṭhi one who has wrong views, he …

failure, misfortune Dhs-a.367.

fr. vipanna

to go astray; fig. to err, fail; to commit sin Vin.iii.166; SN.i.73; Ja.i.438
pp vippaṭipanna. Caus. vippaṭipādeti.

vi + paṭipajjati. Cp. BSk. …

“on the wrong track,” going or gone astray, committing sin Pv.iv.1#59 (˚citta = adhammiyaṃ paṭipadaṃ paṭipanna Pv-a.242).

pp. of vippaṭipajjati

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 …

…& samādhi at Vb.228, of; paññā at Vb.323. The same combination (vitakka + vicāra) at foll. passages: DN.iii.219 (of…

1. (adj.) determined, of settled opinion, learned, accomplished; only in stock phrase sāvakā viyattā vinītā visāradā (which Rh. D trsl^s “true hearers, wise and well-trained, ready etc. …

gone down, lost, destroyed Snp.314 (in verse; gloss viyāvatta. The former explained as “naṭṭha,” the latter as “viparivattitvā aññathā-bhūta” at Snp-a.324).

vi + āpanna, pp. of vi + āpajjati cp …

Vy˚

is the semi-vowel (i.e. half-consonantic) form of vi˚; before following a & ā (vya˚, vyā), very rarely ū & o; The prefix vi˚ is very unstable, and a variety of forms are also attached to …

sunk into (loc.), immersed Ja.iv.399; Ja.v.16 (here doubtful; not, as C. vyasanāpanna; gloss visanna; vv.ll. in C.: vyaccanna viphanna, visatta).

metric (diaeretic) for visanna

shaking up Vb.352; Vb-a.479 (uppannavyādhitā; i.e. kāya-pphandana).

fr. vyādheti

instrumental to go wrong, to fail, disagree; to be troubled; also (trs.) to do harm, to injure SN.iii.119; SN.iv.184 = Cnd.40 (by˚); AN.iii.101 (bhattaṃ me vyāpajjeyya disagrees with me, makes me ill) …

adjective spoilt, disagreeing, gone wrong; corrupt; only with citta, i.e. a corrupted heart, or a malevolent intention; adj. malevolent DN.i.139; DN.iii.82; AN.i.262, AN.i.299; opp. …

adjective doing service, active, busy; eager, keen intent on (loc.), busy with AN.iv.195 (mayi = worrying about me); Ja.iii.315 (su˚); Ja.iv.371 (kiccâkiccesu v. uyyatta C.); Ja.v.395 (= ussukka); Ja. …

…DN.i.174 (sīla˚, paññā˚ etc.); Snp.913 (nivissa˚ dogmatist); AN.i.287 (kamma˚, kiriya˚, viriya˚)- vādaṃ bhindati to refute…

wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …

-Y-

combination consonant (sandhi), inserted (euphonically) between 2 vowels for the avoidance of hiatus. It has arisen purely phonetically from i as a sort of “gliding or semi-vowel within a wo …

Ya˚

I. Forms

(See inflection also at Geiger, P.Gr. § 110.) The decl. is similar to that of ta˚ among the more rarely found forms we only mention the foll.
■ sg. nom. m. *[yo](/define/y …

means for holding, contrivance, artifice, instrument machine, mechanism; fig. instrumentality (as perhaps in, kamma˚ at Th passages)
■ Referring to the machinery (outfit) of a ship (as oars, helm, …

…y. h. n. jātassa jarā paññāyissati “woe to birth that old age is to be noticed in that which is born!”); Mil.13 (acchariyaṃ vata…

…explains: y. vuccati paññā
■ perhaps better to above 4?). 6. (magic) power, influence, device scheme Ja.vi.212 (yoga-yogena…

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. …

…jhānas as the first step of paññā, see paññā-sampadā); DN.iii.134, DN.iii.222 (˚paṭilābha), DN.iii.88…

…phrase ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati etc., e.g. Mnd.271; Cnd.465; Vism.163
■ attānaṃ ā. to disclose one’s…

1. come, arrived Mil.18 (˚kāraṇa the reason of his coming); Vv-a.78 (˚ṭṭhāna); Pv-a.81 (kiṃ āgat’attha why have you come here) come by, got, attained (˚-) AN.ii.110 = Pp.48 (˚visa); Mhvs.xiv.28 (˚p …

1. attire, appearance, Vin.i.44 (an˚) = Vin.ii.213; Ja.i.505.
2. deportment Dhs.713 (ā˚ gamanādi-ākāro Dhs-a.321).

• -sampanna, suitably attired, well dressed, AN.iii.78; Ja. …

…Ja.vi.253 (f. ākoṭanī of paññā, expl^d. by “nivāraṇapatoda-laṭṭhi viya paññā koṭinī hoti” p. 254).

=…

“the (way of) making”, i.e.

1. state, condition Ja.i.237 (avasan˚ condition of inhabitability); Ja.ii.154 (patan˚ state of falling, labile equilibrium) cp. paṇṇ˚
2. property, quality, attribute DN.i. …

to get into, to meet with (acc.); to undergo; to make, produce, exhibit Vin.ii.126 (saṃvaraṃ); DN.i.222 (pariyeṭṭhiṃ); Iti.113 (vuddhiṃ) Ja.i.73; Pp.20, Pp.33 (diṭṭh’ânugatiṃ); Pv-a.29 (ppr. āpajjant …

1. entered upon, fallen into, possessed of, having done Vin.i.164 (āpattiṃ ā.); Vin.iii.90; DN.i.4 (dayāpanna merciful); Cnd.32 (taṇhāya).
2. unfortunate miserable Ja.i.19 (verse 124). Cp. pari˚. *Ap …

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

…nisinna Snp-a.495).

• -paññāpaka one who appoints seats Vin.ii.305.
• -paṭikkhitta…

adj. f. scil. pannā piercing, penetrating; or ravelling, turning rolling up or round (cp. āvijjhati which is derived from ā + vyadh, but takes its meaning from āveṭheti), discrimination thinking ov …

1. stretch, extent, reach, compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh’s definition at DN-a.i.124 as “samosaraṇa”) DN.iii.241, DN.iii.279 (vimutti˚); SN.ii …

adjective

1. connected with, endowed, furnished with Thag.753 (dve pannaras’āyuta due to twice fifteen); Snp.301 (nārī-varagaṇ˚ = ˚saṃyutta Snp-a.320); Pv.ii.12#4 (nānā-saragaṇ˚ ˚yutta Pv-a.157). …

…DN.i.161 catuhi ṭh. paññāpeti (four arguments) SN.iii.116; SN.iv.380 ṭhāna-kusala accomplished in sound reasoning SN.iii.61 sq…