…consonants of compounds (punappunaṃ, punabbhava); it is quite lost in the enclitic form pana
■ We find r in punar…

…the leaders of the Assaji-Punabbasukā, the other being Punabbasu. He was one of the Chabbaggiyā, the others being Mettiya, Bhummajaka, Panduka…

…Vin.ii.15

The Assaji-Punabbasukas seem to have had a special dislike for Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Once the Buddha, on his way somewhere…

…six leaders were Assaji, Punabbasu, Panduka, Lohitaka, Mettiya and Bhummaja hence their name.

There were also nuns in their following, who…

…the followers of Assaji and Punabbasu, who lived there, behaving in a shameless and wicked manner. A certain monk, on his way to Jetavana, passed…

…young Yakkha. SN.i.210

Punabbasu²

One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Panabbasukā, and, together with the…

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…

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…

…little yakkhinī, sister of Punabbasu. For her story see Uttaramātā.

Uttarā⁶

Chief female lay disciple of Koṇāgamana Buddha….

…Caṇḍā and Candamittā were his chief women disciples. His chief lay patrons were Punabbasummitta and Nāga among men, and Sirimā and Uttarā…

…e.g., Piyaṅkaramātā and Punabbasumātā, and even Vessavaṇa, listening to Veḷukaṇḍakī Nandamātā reciting the Parāyana Vagga….

újralétesülés, újraszületés

very clever, very acute.

reaches, attains; falls to one’s lot.

1. clever; skillful; subtle; acute.
2. (what is) subtle, abstruse.

exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear

exposes to the wind, winnows; makes clean or clear

Abhinibbatti: a Sutta term for rebirth; see: punabbhava

…for rebirth are chiefly punabbhava, ‘renewed existence’, and abhinibbatti ‘arising’; or both combined as punabbhavābhinibbatti - App.:…

…natthi dāni punabbhavo M. 26; D. 15; Therag. 87, 339; Sn. 502. - The term is often linked with abhinibbatti ‘arising’.

But…

Abhi-

I. Meaning

1. The primary meaning of abhi is that of taking possession and mastering, as contained in E. coming by and over-coming, thus literally having the function of facing …

…birth, rebirth, DN.i.229; DN.ii.283 (variant reading for abhinipphatti) SN.ii.65 (punabbhava˚), SN.ii.101 (id.); SN.iv.14, SN.iv.215;…

adjective very thorough, very clever DN.iii.167.

abhi + nipuṇa

to be able (to get or reach); only in neg ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.

considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, bu …

…AN.iv.104; Pv.iii.5#10 (= punabbhave Pv-a.200)
■ diṭṭhe c’eva dhamme abhisamparāyañ ca “in this world and in the world to…

adjective not obtaining, unable to get or keep up DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268).

ppr. med. of an + abhisambhuṇāti

(anuppatta) (having) attained, received, got to (c. acc), reached DN.i.87–DN.i.111; DN.ii.2; Iti.38; Snp.027, Snp.635; Dhp.386, Dhp.403; Pv.iv.1#66; Pv-a.59 (dukkhaṃ), Pv-a.242. In phrase *addhagata …

to make reach or attain, to lead to, to give or make find Ja.vi.88; Cp. xi. 4 (aor anupāpayi); Mil.276
pp anupāpita (q.v.).

Caus. of anupāpuṇāti

(anuppā˚) to reach, attain, get to, find SN.i.105; ger. anuppatvāna Pv.ii.9#24 (˚pāpuṇitvā Pv-a.123)
pp anupatta (q.v.)
caus anupāpeti (q.v.).

anu …

…Vv-a.271; Pv-a.176 (= punappunaṃ).

• -anta (aparanta) = aparaṃ, with anta in same function as in compounds vananta…

Apattha¹

adjective thrown away Dhp.149 (= chaḍḍita Dhp-a.iii.112).

Sk. apāsta, pp. of apa + as²

Apattha²

2^nd pl. pret. of pāpunāti (q.v.).

…(˚iya) Pv.i.12#9 (= puna pākatiko na hoti Pv-a.66) = Ja.iii.167 (= paṭipākatiko kātuṃ na sakkā C.). 2. incapable of reunion, not…

to attain, reach, get Vism.350 (in etym. of āpo).

the contracted form of āpnoti, usually pāpuṇāti, fr. āp

key (to a door) Vin.i.80; Vin.iii.119; MN.iii.127. See also avāpuraṇa. Apapurati & Apapunati;

fr. apāpurati

Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati

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

Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati

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

…antimā jāti natthi dāni punabbhavo* “there arose in me insight, the emancipation of my heart became unshake able, this is my last birth,…

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 …

…ye vajanti punappunaṃ… avijjāy’eva sā gati), Snp.730, Snp.1026, Snp.1033 (avijjāya nivuto loko); Dhp.243; Cnd.99; Pp.21;…

…MN.i.301; Dhs-a.406 (= punappuna-karaṇa); -karoti to take up seriously, to practise, devote oneself to (acc.) MN.i.454; AN.i.275;…

…(kamma˚ and paṭisandhika punabbhava)
■ In the “causal chain” (Paṭicca-samuppāda, q.v.) bhava is represented as condition of birth…

Bhusa¹

chaff, husks AN.i.241 (-āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78; Pv.iii.4#1; Pv.iii.10#7; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter).

cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)

Bh …

…(i.e. too often, C. punappunaṃ); Mil.407; Pv-a.274. Comparative bāḷhataraṃ in a higher degree even more, too much Vin.ii.270,…

…strive after, desire: āgatipunabbhavāya c. to desire a future rebirth SN.iv.201; vimokkhāya c to strive after emancipation SN.iii.121;…

…Their names are Assaji, Punabhasu, Paṇḍuka, Lohitaka, Mettiya, Bhummajaka Vin.ii.1, Vin.ii.77, and passim Ja.ii.387; Dhp-a.iii.330….

…Their names are Assaji, Punabhasu, Paṇḍuka, Lohitaka, Mettiya, Bhummajaka Vin.ii.1, Vin.ii.77, and passim Ja.ii.387; Dhp-a.iii.330….

…strive after, desire: āgatipunabbhavāya c. to desire a future rebirth SN.iv.201; vimokkhāya c to strive after emancipation SN.iii.121;…

…(like puna-d-eva for punar eva):
puna-d-eva Pv.ii.11#3 (variant reading BB); Dhp-a.ii.76; samma-d-eva Snp.p.16; Vv-a.148;…

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

…Pv-a.31, Pv-a.80 etc.; puna id. Ja.i.278; Pv-a.19, Pv-a.38; sattame d. on the 7th day Snp.983; Mil.15; Pv-a.6; ussava˚ on the festive d….

…nirūpadhi pahāya d˚ṃ apunabbhavāya SN.iv.158; ucchinnaṃ mūlaṃ d˚assa, n’ atthi dāni punabbhavo Vin.i.231; DN.ii.91.

*…

…to reincarnation as: na punar eti (or upeti) gabbhaseyyaṃ “he does not go into another womb,” of an Arahant Snp.29, Snp.152 Snp.535;…

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 …

…Nd ii.on dhātu (see [as puna-gati rebirth](/define/as puna-gati rebirth))
■ The Arahant as being beyond Saṃsāra is also beyond gati…

…ye vajanti punappunaṃ… avijjāy’ eva sā gati Snp.729 7. as Nos. 1 + 2, which implies the whole series: atāri so…

…ghoraṃ ādiyanti punabbhavaṃ Vin.ii.296 = AN.ii.54 = Thag.456 (where ācinanti (?) for ādiy˚), Thag.575; Thig.502. Also in compounds…

…walks through the air). -punabbhava one in whom the conditions of another existence have been destroyed (= khīṇāsava)…

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

…& expl^d at “punappuna visaye lumpati ākaḍḍhatī ti,” i.e. one who tears again & again at the object (or as Expos. ii.470:…

talking much, excited or empty talk, wailing Vb.100, Vb.138; Pts.i.38; Ne.29; Vb-a.104 (= punappunaṃ lapanaṃ). Lala(p)pana

fr. lālappati

…Addā [Sk. Ārdrā], Punabbasu Phussa [Sk. Puṣya], Asilesā, Maghā, Pubba-phaggunī [Sk. Pūrva-phalgunī). Uttara˚, Hattha, Cittā…

experience, skill, cleverness Pp.25, Pp.35; Dhs.16, Dhs.292; Dhs-a.147.

fr. nipuṇa

…mā ḍayhittho punappunaṃ SN.i.188 vibhavañ ca bhavañ ca vippahāya vusitavā khīṇapunabbhavo sa bhikkhu Snp.514;…

to be left, to come to ruin, to be destroyed AN.i.126 = Ja.iii.324 (= vināsaṃ pāpuṇāti). pp. nihīna (q.v.).

ni + hīyati, Pass. of hā, see jahāti

collection (“body”) assemblage, class, group.

1. generally (always-˚): eka˚; one class of beings Dhs-a.66; tiracchāna˚; the animal kingdom SN.iii.152; deva˚; the assembly of the gods, the g …

adjective clever, skilful, accomplished; fine, subtle, abstruse DN.i.26≈(n. gambhīra dhamma), DN.i.162 (paṇḍita +); MN.i.487 (dhamma); SN.i.33; SN.iv.369; AN.iii.78; Snp.1126 (= gambhīra duddasa etc. …

also as opuṇāti (Dh) to winnow, sift; fig. lay bare, expose Dhp.252 (= bhusaṃ opuṇanto viya Dhp-a.iii.375); Snp-a.312
caus opunāpeti [cp. BSk. opunāpeti Mvu.iii.178] to caus …

to be boiled, fig. to be formented or vexed, to suffer. Nearly always applied to the torture of boiling in Niraya, where it is meant literally
■ SN.i.92; SN.v.344 (kālena paccanti read for kāle na p …

to lead back to (acc.) Pv.ii.11#6 (= punar āneti C.).

paṭi + ā + neti

adjective learned, full of knowledge, clever, well-acquainted, familiar DN.iii.170; Vv.53#2 (= nipuṇa Vv-a.232); Ja.ii.243; Ja.iv.130; Ja.v.399; Vism.95 (Majjhimo me paguṇo: I am well versed in the …

…Pv-a.3.

doublet of Sk. puna(ḥ) wiṭh diff. meaning (see puna), cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 34

to obtain, get, gain, receive, attain DN.iii.159, DN.iii.165; Snp.185, Snp.187, Snp.584; Dhp.27; Dhp-a.i.395
pot 1^st pl pappomu Ja.v.57 (= pāpuṇeyyāma C.)
ger *[pappuyya](/define/pap …

…nt. adv. see sep. In phrase puna ca paraṃ would be better read puna c’ aparaṃ (see apara)
■ parena (instr.)…

…set ablaze Thig.200 (= punappunaṃ ādīpitatāya p. Thag-a.170), 2. explained made clear, illuminated Vism.58; Kvu-a.8 Sdhp.305.

pp. of…

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. …

Pariyatta¹

neuter learning understanding, comprehension, only in phrase indriyaparo pariyatta (-ñāṇa) (knowledge of) what goes on in the intentions of others AN.v.34, AN.v.38; Pts.i.121 …

1. adequacy, accomplishment, sufficiency capability, competency; indriya-paro˚; efficiency in the (knowledge of) thoughts of others SN.v.205; Ne.101 Three accomplishments are distinguished at DN-a …

…parikkhīṇattā puna appaṭisandhika-bhāvā ti attho“) SN.ii.83 = AN.ii.198; SN.iii.126; SN.iv.213; AN.iv.13, AN.iv.146 Pp.13;…

1. learned by heart, known Mnd.234 = Cnd.386 (Buddhavacana).
2. learned, accomplished DN-a.i.21
   ■ See also pariyatta².

pp. of pariyāpuṇāti

mastery over, accomplishment in (gen.) Vism.442 (Buddhavacanassa).

abstr. formⁿ fr. pariyāpuṇāti

1. to learn (by heart), to master, to gain mastership over, to learn thoroughly Vin.iv.305 (parittaṃ a charm) DN.i.117 (= jānāti DN-a.i.117); AN.iii.86 (dhammaṃ); fut pariyāpuṇissati Dhp-a.i.382 ( …

…nirāsanka-cittatāya punappuna āmaṭṭha); SN.ii.94 Cnd.152 (gahita p. abhiniviṭṭha; cp. gahessasi No 227); Dhs.584, Dhs.1177,…

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 ( …

adjective to be gained or attained; nt. that which can be attained or won Snp-a.443. See also pattiya².

grd. of pāpuṇāti

Pattiya¹

adjective noun believing, trusting, relying Ja.v.414 (para˚) (m.) belief, trust Ja.v.231 (parapattiyena by relying on others), Ja.v.233 (id.), Ja.v.414 (id.).

for *pratyaya = pa …

see pāpuṇāti.

…(here defined by Bdhgh as “punappunaṃ upasankamati”)
ppr -upāsanto SN.v.67 = Iti.107; Pv-a.44; and upāsamāna Dhp-a.ii.32-aor….

lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion explⁿ of term at Kvu translation 377–⁠382. Always referred to as “the …

to shake, sprinkle, of doubtful spelling, at Ja.vi.108 (angārakāsuṃ ph.; variant reading punanti perhaps better; C. explains by vidhunati & okirati). Perhaps we should read; dhunati.

?

…preservation of the second o (puno → punaḥ) see puna

tail Dhs-a.365 (dog’s tail) See puñcikata.

cp. Vedic puccha (belonging with punar to Lat. puppis) & P. piccha

…translates “lifts to lustrous purity.”

Caus. fr. puna? or = punāti?

1. to clean, cleanse Vv-a.19 (+ visodheti, in def. of puñña).
2. to sift Ja.vi.108 (angāraṃ p. = attano sīse angāre p. okirati C. so read with variant reading for phunati T.); DN-a.i.268 (bhusaṃ pu …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

Pāpeti¹

to make bad, bring into disgrace Vin.iv.5
pp pāpita.

Denom. fr. pāpa

Pāpeti²

to make attain, to let go to, to cause to reach, to bring to Ja.iv. …

attainment Ja.iv.306.

fr. pāpuṇāti

to reach, attain, arrive at, obtain, get to learn
pres pāpuṇāti Vin.ii.208; Ja.iv.285; Ja.vi.149; Pp.70; DN-a.21; Pv-a.74, Pv-a.98 Pv-a.125, Pv-a.195; and *[pappoti](/defi …

…besides the original puna-r-eva (= Vedic punar eva). At Ja.i.403 we read “punar āgata,” where the C. explains “puna āgata,…

1. to undertake, achieve, to be intent on (acc.) Vin.i.253; Dhs-a.163.
2. to reach, catch up to (acc.) Vin.i.277 Vin.ii.300.
3. to produce, effect Mil.49.
4. to consider Ja.iii.220.
5. to honour, est …

…of a sandhi -d-, cp. puna-deva), like samma-d-eva properly, in harmony or completeness DN.i.110; Vin.i.9: Pv-a.139, Pv-a.157;…

reached, arrived, come to, present Ja.iv.142; Mil.9, Mil.66; Pv-a.12; Kp-a.142; Snp-a.295; Sdhp.56.

pp. of sampāpuṇāti

reaching, getting to Mil.355, Mil.356 (tīra˚).

fr. sampāpuṇāti

to reach, attain; to come to, meet with; aor. sampāpuṇi Ja.i.67; Ja.ii.20; pp. sampatta -Caus. sampāpeti to bring, to make attain Vism.303.

saṃ + pāpuṇāti

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 …

adjective subtle, minute Vin.i.14; DN.i.182; SN.iv.202; AN.ii.171; Dhs.676; Thig.266; Dhp.125 = Snp.662; Vism.274, Vism.488 (˚rūpā). fine, exquisite DN.ii.17, DN.ii.188; Mil.313; susukhuma, very subtl …

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

…sineho*… evaṃ āyatiṃ punabbhavâbhinibbatti hoti AN.i.223; t ca avasesā ca kilesā: ayaṃ vuccati dukkha-samudayo Vb.107, similarly…

…Cnd.130; Snp-a.536; puna˚; repetition Snp-a.487; vattamāna˚; the present tense Snp-a.16, Snp-a.23; visesitabba˚ qualifying…

1. to carry, bear, transport Ja.iv.260; Pv-a.14 (= dhāreti); Mil.415 (of iron: carry weight)
   imper vaha Vv.81#17;
   inf vahituṃ Pv-a.122 (perhaps superfluous);
   grd * …

“to sense,” usually in Denom. function (only one Caus. meaning: see aor. avedi); meaning twofold either intellectually “to know” (cp. veda), or with ref. to general feeling “to e …

Viññutā & viññūtā

feminine discretion; in phrase viññutaṃ pāpuṇāti to reach the years of discretion or puberty Vin.i.269; Vin.ii.278; Ja.i.231; Ja.iii.437: Pv-a.3.

fr. viññu

…this passage explained as “punappaṭisandhi-v.” at Cnd.569#c); Snp.1110 (uparujjhati); Pts.i.53 sq., Pts.i.153 sq.; Pts.ii.102; Vb.9 sq. Vb.53…

Viññutā & viññūtā

feminine discretion; in phrase viññutaṃ pāpuṇāti to reach the years of discretion or puberty Vin.i.269; Vin.ii.278; Ja.i.231; Ja.iii.437: Pv-a.3.

fr. viññu

at AN.iv.170 read with C. at opuniyamāna “sifting” (fr. opunāti): see remark at AN.iv.476.

Vāla¹

1. the hair of the tail horse-hair, tail Vin.ii.195 = Ja.v.335 (pahaṭṭha-kaṇṇavāla with bristling ears & tail, of an elephant); Ja.v.274 (so read for phāla, cp. p …

…nihat’ âdhikaraṇaṁ punakammāya ukkoṭeyya pācittiyan ti i.e. a dispute settled in proper form; with explanation: y- dhammaṁ nāma…

to go, go on to proceed, to go away
pres 1^st yāmi Pv.ii.8#8 (= gacchāmi Pv-a.107), Mhvs.10, Mhvs.3; 2^nd yāsi Ja.i.291 Mhvs.10, Mhvs.2 (kuhiṃ yāsi?); 3^rd *[yāti] …

1. coming, approach, result, DN.i.53 (āgamanaṃ pavattatī ti DN-a.i.160; cp. Sdhp.249 dukkh˚).
2. that which one goes by, resource, reference source of reference, text, Scripture, Canon; thus a design …

to cause to reach or obtain Ja.vi.46. Cp. vy˚.

Caus. of āp, see appoti & pāpuṇāti

…chinnachinnakoṭi punappuna samuṭṭhāti; āracayāracayā ti pi pāṭho, āviñjitvā (variant reading BB āvijjhitvā) āviñjitvā…

dishonour, disgrace, bad repute AN.iv.96; Ja.v.17; Vv-a.110; usually in phrase -ṃ pāpuṇāti to fall into disgrace Thag.292; Ja.ii.33 = Ja.ii.271; Ja.iii.514.

Bdhgh on AN.iv.96 explains it as ayasa …

…(mahārāga: mā ḍayhittho punappunaṃ) MN.ii.73; SN.iii.150 (mahāpaṭhavī ḍayhati vinassati na bhavati) esp. in ppr. ḍayhamāna consumed…