A Yakkha, one of the messengers of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

…Pv-a.76;
■ voc. rāja Snp.422, Snp.423
■ pl. nom. rājāno AN.i.68;
■ gen. dat. raññaṃ [Sk….

…son of King Bimbisāra and of Padumavatī, the belle of Ujjeni. When the boy was seven years old, his…

A prostitute in Rājagaha who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for…

…brahmin of Rājagaha, a fire-tender. He prepares a meal for sacrifice, and when the Buddha, out of compassion for him, appears…

A banyan tree in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjara, near the Bodhi tree. A week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met …

…Jīvaka’s Mango grove at Rājagaha. DN.i.49–50

It was on the occasion of this visit that the Sāmaññaphala Sutta was preached. The king…

…park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay…

…Bimbisāra to get a courtesan for his own city of Rājagaha. Vin.i.268

…in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the…

…Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109 Once the Buddha went from Benares to…

…of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. The Buddha…

…in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha came to visit the latter. MN.ii.1

…the seṭṭhi, the Mayor of Rājagaha and King Bimbisāra asked to be allowed to help. After the meal, which he served to the Buddha with his own…

A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128

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…Assaji begging for alms in Rājagaha, and being pleased with his demeanour, followed him till he had finished his round. Finding a suitable…

…Dhammapāla

• Abhayarājakumāra
• Isidatta and Isidāsī

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

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …

…days later Mahā Kassapa became an arahant. This was on the road from Rājagaha to Nāḷandā. SN.ii.220

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…way from Andhakkavinda to Rājagaha he met the Buddha seated at the foot of a tree, and, with his permission, presented a pot of sugar to the…

…to a family of the Sākyan rājas of Kapilavatthu and entered the Order in the Anupiya Mango grove with Anuruddha and the others, soon afterwards…

A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237

Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all…

…down there. Vin.v.145

Bodhirājakumāra, son of Udena of Kosambi, lived there, apparently as his father’s viceroy, in which case the Bhaggā…

…DN.ii.126

Bhoga was one of the places passed by Bāvari’s pupils on their way to Rājagaha. It lay between Pāvā and Vesāli….

…In one family, living at Rājagaha, the eldest was married to a Dhanañjāni brahmince and later became an arahant. His brothers Akkosaka…

…and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabbata, only after the Buddha’s Renunciation. The king, seeing the young ascetic pass…

…recorded in the Bodhirājakumāra Sutta.

Bodhi was the son of Udena, king of Kosambi, and his mother was the daughter of Candappajjota….

…On the road from Benares to Rājagaha was Andhakavinda Vin.i.220. There seems to have been friendly intercourse between the chieftains of Benares…

…Udaya, Posāla, Mogharāja and Piṅgiya to Sāvatthī to see the Buddha and to find out if his claims to Buddha-hood were justified. The…

A lay-disciple of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the highest sensual pleasure. When the Buddha had answered the …

…Pajjota seems to have made preparations to wage war on Ajātasattu. The defences of Rājagaha were strengthened to meet the threatened…

A valley (?) near Rājagaha, visited by the Buddha in the course of his wanderings. Here he laid down a rule, allowing monks to recite the…

…at the Kalandakanivāpa in Rājagaha, just before Channa’s suicide. Once, when the Buddha lay ill in the Kalandakanivāpa, Cunda visited him and…

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

…in some place remote from Rājagaha; Dabba would “burst into flame” and walk ahead of them, with his finger burning to light them on the…

…lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village of…

…as having gone about Rājagaha singing Devadatta’s praises. Vin.ii.189 Devadatta was later suspected of evil wishes. SN.ii.156 About eight…

…bound upstream. Thig.12 In Rājagaha her former husband Visakha asked her a series of profound questions on the Dhamma. The questions and answers…

…to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to…

A rājā, probably of Māgadha. He was a devout follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta. In his retinue were Yamaka, Moggalla, Ugga, Nāvindakī, Gandhabba, and Aggivessa, all of whom were also followers of the same …

…followers, DN.iii.195 Abhayarājakumāra, SN.v.126 Upaka Maṇḍikāputta, AN.ii.181 Dhammika,, AN.iii.368 and Vassakāra. AN.iv.18…

…held from time to time in Rājagaha. According to the Vinaya accounts Vin.ii.107f. Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing…

…distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge…

…to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.

Between Gonaddha and their starting place lay Patitthāna, Māhissati and Ujjeni, and the next stopping…

A headman of Rājagaha who visited the Buddha and asked him what destiny awaited him after death. The Buddha reluctantly replied that he would be…

HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya

The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotattā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Rathakāra, Chaddantā, Kuṇālā, Mandākinī …

HārikaHārita

A bandit of Rājagaha. After death he was born as a ghost with a headless trunk, and was seen by Moggallāna. His mouth and his eyes…

A peak near Rājagaha, the abode of the yakkha Indaka. The Buddha once lived there. SN.i.206

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…a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded in the…

…he sang the praises of Rājagaha, giving Ānanda a chance, if he so desired, of asking him to live on for a kappa; but Ānanda did not take…

…having gone there from Rājagaha, he instituted rules forbidding the use of certain kinds of flesh, including human flesh. Vin.i.216ff.…

…Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena…

A householder of Rājagaha and father of Dīghāvu. When Dīghāvu fell ill he sent Jotika to tell the Buddha. SN.v.344f.

A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the…

…SN.ii.190f. mentions that during the time of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rājagaha was named Pacina-vaṃsa and the inhabitants were…

A grotto, probably near Rājagaha. On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha,…

…having sought the Buddha at Rājagaha, begged forgiveness for his thoughtlessness. The Buddha praised him for having seen his transgression, and…

…monastery in Rājagaha, probably near Veḷuvana. It was here that Assaji stayed during his last illness, when the Buddha visited…

King of Mithilā. He was the son of Nimi and belonged to the Makhādeva dynasty. Whereas other kings of his race left the household at the approach of old age, he broke the tradition by not doing so. He …

KimbilaKimilaKimmila

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. He was converted with Bhaddiya and four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship wit …

The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was…

KorabyaKoravyaKorabba

Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurūs. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.369f. mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatiṭṭha. According t …

…Anupiya and Kosambī to Rājagaha. Vin.ii.184f. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.1010–1013 the whole route is given from Mahissati to Rājagaha,…

…the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

…Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lotus-lake is called Dharaṇī. His sons are all called Inda. DN.iii.201f. He…

…went through Kāsi to Rājagaha Vin.i.212 and another to Sāvatthī. Vin.ii.10 Kāsi was famed for her silks, and Kāsi-robes were most…

…when monks came from afar to Rājagaha they would ask Dabba Mallaputta to find them lodgings there because they wished to see evidence of Dabba’s…

…when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he was told to…

…during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the Enlightenment. There Bimbisāra visited him with twelve nahutas of followers,…

A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165

Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …

A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the…

…in Madhurā; AN.i.67 MN.ii.83 and at Tapodā in Rājagaha.

…wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaji, was converted by him to the faith of the Buddha, and became a sotāpanna. He found Moggallāna…

Mahānāma¹

A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …

MakhādevaMaghadeva

King of Mithilā. His legend is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha, together with his people. When a grey hair appeared o …

…Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a stanza spoken by Mogharāja and the Buddha’s answer thereto. SN.i.23

A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda,…

…and had its capital at Rājagaha or Giribbaja where Bimbisāra, and after him Ajātasattu, reigned. Later, Pāṭaliputta became the capital….

A householder of Rājagaha. When he lay ill he was visited by Ānanda, to whom he confessed that even in his illness he practiced the four…

…SN.iv.317ff. and Abhayarājakumāra. MN.i.392ff. Nāṭaputta tries, without success, to dissuade Sīha, general of the Licchavis, from…

…at the Udumbarikārāma near Rājagaha, Sandhāna, on his way to see the Buddha, stopped him and entered into conversation. The Buddha, by his…

…grove in Rājagaha. The Buddha says that there he once gave Ānanda the chance of asking him to live for a whole aeon, but…

…families of Nāgas (Ahirājakulāni): Virūpakkha, Erāpatha, Chabyāputta and Kaṇhāgotamaka. The enmity between the Nāgas and the…

…of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri…

…SN.v.159ff. The road from Rājagaha to Nāḷandā passed through Ambalaṭṭhikā, DN.ii.81 Vin.ii.287 and from Nāḷandā it went on to…

A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be…

…at the Moranivāpa in Rājagaha, AN.v.326 and on the banks of the Sappinikā. AN.i.185 AN.ii.175

It was in such places that the…

A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68

near Rājagaha3hill

…day, when begging alms in Rājagaha, he came to the house of Samīti, the wagon builder who was shaping a felloe. Standing by was Paṇḍuputta,…

PaṭiyālokaPatiyāloka

A place near Rājagaha. Vin.iv.79 Vin.iv.131

near Rājagaha3town

…cave near Rājagaha, evidently a favourite haunt of Mahā Kassapa. Once when he lay there grievously ill, the Buddha visited him…

…cheap miracle. The banker of Rājagaha had placed a sandal wood bowl on a high pole and challenged any holy person to bring it down. Piṇḍola…

…Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in…

…of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share…

…is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same….

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

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The legendary inhabitants of Rājagaha, in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha. At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, when he saw a woman’s rotting corpse in the cemtery, at first lust arose, then he mindfully overcame his defilements. Thag.315–319

…The king also erected at Rājagaha a cairn over the relics of the Buddha, which he had obtained as his share. DN.ii.166

Rājagaha was one of…

The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.

Uruvelā3shrine

…of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya…

…at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is also said to have been present when the Buddha visited the Paribbājakārāma on the Sappinī River…

A householder of Rājagaha. He was a follower of the Buddha, and it was his conversation with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of…

…of snake bite. SN.iv.40 The cave was used as a residence by monks who come to Rājagaha from afar. Vin.ii.76

in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha3cave

…went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Order. The…

A cave in Rājagaha, on the slope of Mount Vebhāra. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he gave to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to…

A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

…Snp.1012 from Sāvatthī to Rājagaha, and was the first halting place outside Sāvatthī. Beyond it were Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā,…

…river that flowed through Rājagaha. On its bank was a Paribbājakārāma where famous Paribbājakas lived in the Buddha’s time. AN.i.185…

…householder of Rājagaha. When he was ill he sent word to Ānanda asking him to visit him. Ānanda, went and preached to him on the…

…fellow townsmen.

In Rājagaha he heard the Buddha preach, and, winning faith, entered the Order with his parents’ consent. The Buddha…

…of a rich goldsmith of Rājagaha. One day she went to pay obeisance to the Buddha and he preached to her. She became a sotāpanna, and later…

…She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he…

A Sākiyan Rājā of Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.

Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her position.

Nanda was Suddhodana’s son by Mahā Pajāp …

…extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212…

Sumanā¹Sumanārājakumārī

She was the daughter of the king of Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She is included among the eminent…

…lotus pond near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the…

A monk of Rājagaha. One day, as he walked through the street, a woman asked him to stop for a moment that she might worship him, and, raising the…

An upāsikā of Rājagaha. She held the view that one who offered herself for sexual intercourse gave the supreme gift. Vin.iii.39

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…

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35

near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine

…name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192

Suppiyā²

An…

…MN.i.95f. and the Bodhirāja Sutta. MN.ii.91f. The city was the residence of Nakulapitā and his wife, with whom the Buddha had several…

…Paribbājaka of Rājagaha. When the Buddha’s fame spread and his gains increased, Susīma’s followers suggested that he should…

…the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 however, the distance between āvatthī…

…paramasakyā vata bho rājakumāra; hence their name came to be ‘Sakyā.’

The Buddha states, in the Aggañña Sutta, that the Sākyans were…

A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

…Vin.i.293 The road from Rājagaha to Sāvatthī passed through Vesāli, Vin.ii.159f. and the Pārāyanavagga Snp.1011–1013 gives the…

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling….

…Suppabuddha, a banker of Rājagaha, having seen the Pacceka Buddha on his way to a park, spoke insultingly to him, and, as a result, was born as…

…Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha. The lake was cool, but the stream flowing from it, also called Tapodā, Vin.iii.108 Vin.iv.116f. was hot….

…They were both far from Rājagaha, and monks would come from afar late at night and, in order to test Dabba Mallaputta’s powers, ask him to…

…while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They…

TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra

One of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni. MN.ii.185

Rājagaha3building

Name of a monk in Rājagaha. He lived in solitude, the virtues of which state he extolled. Hearing this, the Buddha sent for him and taught him how…

A cave outside Rājagaha where lodgings were provided for visiting monks. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iii.159

outside Rājagaha3monastery

The name given to the inhabitants of Mount Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190

…stage-manager of Rājagaha. One day he visited the Buddha and asked if it was true that players who delight large audiences are reborn…

He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivalled in power and wealth the seṭṭhi Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha …

…the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesāli and near the latter.

Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Paribbājaka Sāmaṇḍaka…

…lad of Rājagaha. His parents, wishing him to live a life of ease, did not have him instructed in any of the usual means of…

…the Buddha went to Rājagaha with the Kassapas and their pupils, and in the presence of Bimbisāra and the assembled populace…

…Sutta. When Pāyāsi Rājañña was converted by Kumāra Kassapa, he instituted almsgiving to all and sundry, but the gifts he gave…

…was a native of Rājagaha, but seems to have travelled widely, for we find him visiting the Buddha at Vesāli, MN.i.481 at Sāvatthī,…

…way to visit the Buddha at Rājagaha, and was carried in a litter to a potter’s shed in Rājagaha. There, at his request, the Buddha visited him…

…AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rājagaha. MN.ii.1

…sent to inspect the works at Rājagaha, which were in charge of Moggallāna. Having asked the subject of conversation, he inquired whether the…

…the five hills surrounding Rājagaha. MN.iii.68 In this hill was the Sattapaṇṇiguhā, where the first Convocation was held. Vin.ii.76 The…

…five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67

• In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa
• in the time of…

…park near Rājagaha, the pleasure garden of Bimbisāra. When the Buddha first visited Rājagaha, after his Enlightenment, he…

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, hearing of her return, visited her at the nunnery and asked her…

…Kharadāthika, Citta, Cittarāja, Silesaloma, Sūciloma and Hāritā; (b) their place of residence, attributes of their realms, animals, plants,…

A physician of Rājagaha who lanced the fistula of a monk. Meeting the Buddha, he told him of the lancing, trying to make fun of it. The Buddha,…

…Pilindavaccha. It was near Rājagaha and was also called Pilindagāma. Pilindavaccha depended for his alms on the residents of this village….

…town between Sāvatthī and Rājagaha. The Buddha goes from Sāvatthī to Kīṭāgiri, thence to Āḷavī, and finally, to Rājagaha. The Buddha,…

supreme king.

supreme king.

with little or no passion or impurity

being by nature free from passion

without a king.

born from oneself, one’s own; (m.) a son; (f.) a daughter.

king of the gods (usually Sakka/lnda)

1. a just king; a rightful.
2. the king of dhamma.

difficult to know or understand.

festival held at rājagaha.

place enclosed by hills or mountains (like a cow pen); the name (of the area of rājagaha)

of inferior birth

minor or subordinate king

minor or subordinate king

the pollen of flowers

minor king; a subordinate king.

minor king; a subordinate king.

town; a city; esp. the seat of a rāja.

whose service to the king had been recompensed or paid off; ?

the state of being an uparāja, vice royalty)

king of another (distant) country.

king of another (distant) country.

(from uparāja) the state of being an uparāja, viceroyalty.

scoring again and again.

…Vv-a.16 (mahantaṃ hatthi-rāja-vaṇṇaṃ)
pp abhinimmita (q.v.).

abhi + nimmināti, cp. BSk. abhinirmāti…

past participle led to, brought to, obliged by (-˚) MN.i.463 = Mil.32 (rājā & cora˚); MN.i.282; SN.iii.93; Thag.350 = Thag.435 (vātaroga˚ “foredone with cramping pains” Mrs. Rk. D.); Pp.29; Mil.362. …

Agga¹

adjective noun

1. (adj.)
   1. of time: the first, foremost Dpvs.iv.13 (saṅgahaṃ first collection). See cpds
   2. of space: the highest, topmost, Ja.i.52 (˚sākhā)
   3. of qual …

intr. to be worth, to have the value of (acc.), to deserve Ja.i.112 (satasahassaṃ; aḍḍhamāsakaṃ); Ja.vi.174, Ja.vi.367 (padarajaṃ); Dhp-a.iii.35 (maṇin nâgghāma); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.28. Freq. in stock phr …

1. house or hut, usually implying the comforts of living at home as opp. to anagāra homelessness or the state of a homeless wanderer (mendicant). See anagāriyā
   ■ Thus freq. in two phrases con …

…kali yo akkhesu dhanaparājayo*); Ja.i.379 (kūṭ˚; a false player, sharper, cheat) anakkha one who is not a gambler Ja.v.116 (C.:…

…in the king’s service Ja.vi.212 (akāsiya-saṅkhātā rāja-purisā C.).

a + kāsika?

1. friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …

Ambara¹

neuter the sky, Dāvs i.38; Dāvs iv.51; Dāvs v.32
■ Note. At Ja.v.390 we have to read muraja-ālambara, and not mura-jāla-ambara.

Vedic ambara circumference, horizon

Ambara< …

…etc.) DN.i.1 (antarā ca Rājagahaṃ antarā ca Nāḷandaṃ between R. and N.)
■ c. gen. & loc. Vin.ii.161 (satthīnaṃ between the…

…Vin.i.169 etc., viz. rāja˚, cora˚ aggi˚, udaka˚, manussa˚, amanussa˚, vāḷa˚, siriṃsapa˚ jīvita˚, brahmacariya˚. In B.Sk. 7…

…Pv-a.148 (id.), Pv-a.162 (rāja˚), Pv-a.184 (dāna˚), Pv-a.186 (puñña˚). yathānubhāvaṃ (adv.) in…

giving up worldly life in imitation of another SN.v.67 = Iti.107

anu + pabbajjā, cp. BSk. anupravrajati Divy.61

1. applying oneself to, dealing with, practising, given to, intent upon DN.i.166, DN.i.167; DN.iii.232 = AN.ii.205 (attaparitāpan’ ânuyogaṃ a.); SN.iii.153 SN.iv.104; Snp.663 (lobhaguṇe), Snp.814 (met …

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 …

to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit (= Lat. debeo) Snp.431, Snp.552 (rājā arahasi bhavituṃ); Ja.i.262; Dhp.9, Dhp.10, Dhp.230; Pv.iii.6#6
ppr arahant (q.v.). Cp. also adj. araha …

adjective free from dust or impurity SN.iv.218 (of the wind); Vv.53#6 (= apagata-raja Vv-a.236).

a + raja

adjective noun

1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

resting place, shelter, refuge, seat DN-a.i.67 (puññ˚). Cp. BSk. rājāśraya Jtm.31#56>; aśraya also in meaning “body”: see Avs.i.175 & Index; Avs.ii.223.

ā + sayati, śri

higher king, the greatest king, more than a king Dhp-a.ii.60; Mil.277.

ati + rājā

adjective [Sk. *ātma-ja, corrupted form for attaja (see attā) through analogy with Sk. atra “here”. This form occurs only in Ja and similar sources, i.e. popular lore born from oneself, one’s own, a …

great desire, greed, excessive longing, insatiability Ja.iv.5, Ja.iv.327.

Sk. *atṛptyā, a + tṛpt + yā, influenced by Desid. titṛpsati, so that atricchā phonetically rather corresponds to a form * …

(-˚) besprinkled, anointed, consecrated, only in phrase rājā khattiyo muddhāvasitto of a properly consecrated king (see also khattiya) DN.i.69; DN.ii.227; DN.iii.64; Pp.56; DN …

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 …

Aṅgaṇa¹

neuter an open space, a clearing, Vin.ii.218; Ja.i.109 (= manussānan sañcaraṇa-ṭṭhāne anāvaṭe bhūmibhāge C.); Ja.ii.243, Ja.ii.290 Ja.ii.357; Dāvs i.27
■ cetiy˚; an open space …

…aṭṭhatiṃsā Mil.359 (rājaparisā)
■ 48 aṭṭhacattārīsaṃ vassāni Snp.289
■ 68 aṭṭhasaṭṭhi…

…atithi˚, pubbapeta˚, rāja˚, devatā˚, offering to kinsfolk, guests, the departed, the king, the gods AN.ii.68; AN.iii.45. 2. tax, revenue…

…of the town of Mithilā (rāja˚); explained by C. as “rāja-ñātakeh’eva puṇṇā”).

• -pāda the foot of…

adjective filled with (-˚) Ja.i.2 (suvaṇṇa-rajata˚ gabbha); Ja.iv.489 (udaka˚); Ja.v.275 (kimi˚); Snp-a.494 (vāta˚); Thag-a.283 (kuṇapa˚).

lit. made to bear, i.e. heavy with etc. Cp. formations b …

sea, in two names for a town and a kingdom viz. Bharukaccha Mnd.155; Ja.ii.188; Ja.iv.137, and Bharu-raṭṭha Ja.ii.169 sq., a kingdom which is said to have been swallowed up by the sea
■ Also in …

(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo)

1. (adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati).
2. (adv.) in a higher degree …

Bhiṅkāra¹

(& ˚gāra) a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin.i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); DN.ii.172; AN.iv.210 = AN.iv.214 (T. ˚gāra, variant reading ˚kāra …

…DN-a.i.245. Cp. BSk. rājabhogya Mvu.i.287. See in detail under rāja-bhogga
■ naggabhogga one who possesses nothing but…

one who is getting trained, dependent, a freed slave, villager subject. Only in compounds like bhojisiyaṃ [bhoja + isi ya = issariya] mastery over dependence, i.e. independence SN.i.44, SN.i.45; *b …

ornament, decoration Vism.10 (yatino-sīla-bhūsana-bhūsitā contrasted to rājāno muttāmaṇi-vibhūsitā).

fr. bhūṣ

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

adjective living on sour gruel; Name of a class of brāhmaṇas at Rājagaha SN.i.164.

Buddha¹

adjective

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

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

Name of a Nāgarāja Ja.iv.454 (= ˚jātaka, No. 506); Vism.304.

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

…= SN.i.16. Kāye chandaṃ virājaye Snp.203. 5. vīta˚ AN.iv.461 sq. ˚ṃ vineti SN.i.22, SN.i.197; ˚ṃ vinodeti SN.i.186; ch….

…pañcavidhaṃ rāja-kakudhabhaṇḍaṃ Pv-a.74), see kakudhabhaṇḍa Ja.vi.4, Ja.vi.223, Ja.vi.389; -ṃ ussāpeti to unfold…

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in …

…(geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā Pv-a.251). Citta (nt.) painting Thag.674 …

…(in simile), Vism.489 (rāja-puris ânubandha˚, in comparison), Vism.569 (andhakāre corassa hattha-pasāraṇaṃ viya); Dhp-a.ii.30;…

Cātur˚

(and cātu˚) consisting of four. Only in compounds viz.

• -(r)anta (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep of the earth: Ja.ii. …

Danta¹

a tooth, a tusk, fang, esp. an elephant’s tusk; ivory Vin.ii.117 (nāga-d. a pin of ivory); Kp ii. (as one of the taca-pañcaka, or 5 dermatic constituents of the body, viz. kesā, l …

…under vassa); dasa-rāja-dhammā Ja.ii.367; das’ akkosa-vatthūni Dhp-a.i.212
■ See on similar sets AN.v.1–AN.v.310;…

…purisa-vadha˚ Ja.ii.417 rāja-daṇḍaṃ karoti (c. loc.) to execute the royal beating Pv-a.216. See also Dhp.129, Dhp.131, Dhp.310,…

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

“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …

…Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).

• -dhamma a gift, lit. that which has the…

vein Thag.408 Usually in cpd.: -santhata strewn with veins, with veins showing, i.e. emaciated (: nimmaṃsa-lohitatāya sirājālehi vitthatagatta Pv-a.68) Vin.iii.110; Ja.iv.371 …

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 ( …

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

…SN.i.71; AN.ii.86

• -parājaya loss of money, as adj. appl. to kali: the dice marking loss in game Snp.659; *…

…a seat (= ṭhāna), in rāja˚; “the king’s seat,” a royal town Often in comb with gāma & nigama (see gāma 3 a)…

…mātula˚ a niece Pv-a.55; rāja a princess Ja.i.207; Pv-a.74. In compound dhītu.

• -kkama one who is desirous of a daughter Ja.vi.307 (=…

…mātula˚ a niece Pv-a.55; rāja a princess Ja.i.207; Pv-a.74. In compound dhītu.

• -kkama one who is desirous of a daughter Ja.vi.307 (=…

an adopted son, in enumⁿ of four kinds of sons (atraja, khettaja, antevāsika, d.) Cnd.448; Ja.i.135 (= posāvanatthāya dinna).

adjective able to give offence, hateful, evil (always combined with rajanīya, cp. rāga dosa moha AN.iii.110 (dusanīye dussati, where Iti.84 has dosaneyye) Ja.vi.9; Mil.386.

cp. Sk. dveṣanīya, because …

bond, fetter, rope; chain, wreath, garland SN.iv.163 (read dāmena for damena), SN.iv.282, (id.); AN.iii.393 (dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjuban …

…fee DN.i.87≈(in phrase rājadāya brahmadeyya, a king’s grant, cp. rājadattiya); Ja.iv.138; Ja.v.363; Ja.vi.346. Cp dāyāda &…

panther, leopard, tiger Vin.i.186 dīpicamma a leopard skin = Sk. dvīpicarman); AN.iii.101; Ja.i.342; Ja.ii.44, Ja.ii.110; Ja.iv.475; Ja.v.408; Ja.vi.538. dīpi-rājā king of the panthers Vism.270
■ f …

…SN.iv.194; Snp.411 (rāja˚), Snp.417. deva˚ Yama’s envoy, Death’s messenger AN.i.138, AN.i.142; MN.ii.75 sq.; Ja.i.138
■ -˚ṃ…

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

…1. with acc. of direction: Rājagahaṃ gami he went to R Pv.ii.8#6; Devadaha-nagaraṃ gantuṃ Ja.i.52; gacchām ahaṃ Kusināraṃ I shall go…

an elephant Ja.iv.494; Mil.2, Mil.346; Dhs-a.295 (applied to a kind of thought).

-potaka the young of an elephant Pv-a.152
■ rājā the king of the elephants Mil.346.

Sk. gaja

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

…Peak“ Np. of a hill near Rājagaha Vin.ii.193; Dhp-a.i.140; Pv-a.10 and passim

• -potaka the young of a vulture Vism.537…

…celebrated yearly at Rājagaha, orig. a festival on the mountain top (cp. Dial. i.8 & Vin. Texts iii.71). Vin.ii.107, Vin.ii.150;…

…two sets:

1. gāma-nigamarājadhāniyo Vin.iii.89; AN.iii.108; Cnd.271#iii; Pv.ii.13#18 Dhp-a.i.90 2….

…Vism.153 (in simile).

• -rāja the king of swans Vv.35#8; Vin.iv.259.

cp. Sk. haṃsa = Lat. (h)anser “goose,” Gr. ξήν…

…powder of asafetida Dhp-a.iv.171.

• -rāja a sort of bird Ja.vi.539.

Sk. hingu

…kaṭaggaha, q.v.)

• -parājaya victory & defeat Dhp.201;
• -pāna the drink of victory, carousing,…

1. As adj. n.un
   1. born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …

■ 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 …

A square copper coin MN.ii.163; AN.i.250; AN.v.83 sq. Vin.ii.294; Vin.iii.238; Dhs-a.280 (at this passage included under rajataṃ, silver, together with loha-māsaka, dārumāsaka and jatu-māsaka); S …

…as a seat Ja.vi.224; -nivāpa Name of a locality in Veḷuvana, near Rājagaha, where oblations had been made to…

…kali… akkhesu dhanaparājayo… mahantataro kali yo sugatesu manam padosaye SN.i.149 = AN.ii.3 = AN.v.171, AN.v.174 = Snp.659 = Ne.132; cp….

…Phaseolus trilobus, and kālarāja-māsa); Ja.iii.370; Dhp-a.i.319. Its size may be gathered from its relation to other fruits in ascending scale…

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

gold, usually as uttatta˚; molten gold; said of the colour of the skin Bv.i.59; Pv.iii.3#2; Ja.v.416; Pv-a.10 suvaṇṇa).

• -agga gold-crested Ja.v.156;
• -chavin of golden co …

1. (adj.) (-˚) producing, causing, forming, making, doing, e.g. anta˚ putting an end to; pabhaṃ causing splendour; pāpa˚ doing evil; divā˚ & divasa the day-maker, i.e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva˚ causing a …

…kind of bean, the Dolichos catjang Ja.vi.536 (= rājamāsa).

…of the Mantas, or in cpd. rāja-kattāro makers of kings

II. Dependent

as n. kattā the doer kattā hoti no bhāsitā he is a man…

…& cp rāja-dhānī); AN.i.35; Mil.220.

• -kasā a thorny whip used for punishment and torture…

…Ja.vi.206 (kaliggaha = parājayasaṃkhāta, i.e. one who is defeated, as opp. to kaṭaggaha = jayasankhāta), Ja.vi.228, Ja.vi.282.

pp. of…

nom. also khattiyāse Ja.iii.441. A shortened form is khatya Ja.vi.397
■ f. khattiyā AN.iii.226–⁠AN.iii.229, khattī DN.i.193, and khattiyī. A member of one of the clans or tribes recognised as of Ary …

adjective

1. humpbacked Ja.v.426 (+ piṭhasappī); DN-a.i.148 (in combination with vāmana kirāta); f. Dhp-a.i.194, Dhp-a.i.226.
2. small, inferior, in kh˚-rājā a smaller, subordinate king Sdhp.453 …

…˚khadāya…

…to shake, to disturb: rājadhamme akopetvā not disturbing the royal rules Pv-a.161; Ja.ii.366 = Dhp-a.iv.88; kammaṃ kopetuṃ Vin.iv.153…

…or granary AN.iv.95 (rāja˚); Snp.525; Ja.iv.409 (= wealth, stores); Ja.vi.81 (aḍḍhakosa only half a house) in cpd -˚…

…devakula temple Ja.ii.411; rāja˚ the king’s household palace Ja.i.290; Ja.iii.277; Ja.vi.368; kulāni bahutthikāni (= bahuitthikāni,…

…Dhp-a.i.39 (˚sālā). rāja˚ the king’s potter Ja.i.121. 2 a bird (Phasianus gallus Hardy) Vv-a.163
■ compounds: ˚antevāsin the…

(kuṃ + bhīra?) a crocodile (of the Ganges) Ja.i.216, Ja.i.278; Dhp-a.i.201; Dhp-a.iii.362.

-bhaya the fear of the crocodile, in enumeration of several objects causing fear, at …

… ■ a son of (-˚) rāja˚ Pv-a.163; khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚ Bdhd 84; deva˚ Ja.iii.392 yakkha˚ Bdhd 84.

*…

wall built of wattle and daub, in -nagaraka “a little wattle and daub town” DN.ii.146, DN.ii.169 (cp. Rh.D. on this in Buddh Suttas p. 99). Three such kinds of simply-built walls are mentioned a …

…estates Ja.i.122, Ja.i.225; rāja˚ (and ˚kuṭumbaka) the king’s property Ja.i.369 Ja.i.439
■ kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapeti to set up an…

Kuṭṭa¹

powder. Sāsapa˚ mustard powder Vin.i.205; Vin.ii.151 (at the latter passage to be read for ˚kuḍḍa, cp. Vin Texts iii.171), Vin.ii.205.

cp. koṭṭeti, kuṭ; to crush, which is expl …

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…ca kāye chandaṃ virājaye Snp.203 kāye avigata-rāgo hoti (kāme, rūpe) DN.iii.238 = AN.iii.249; madhurakajāto viya kāyo SN.iii.106;…

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

(having) obtained, taken, received Snp.106, Snp.239; Ja.v.171; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.133 (kiñci laddhaṃ); Mhvs.10, Mhvs.37 (kaññā laddhā); Pv-a.5
■ laddhatvaṃ at Ja.iv.406 is to be corrected to uddhatvā …

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 …

…seal Dhp-a.i.35 (sāsanaṃ rāja-muddāya lañchanto)
caus lañcheti.

1. to seal Ja.i.452 (spelt lañjetvā);…

Lobhaniya (˚īya, ˚eyya)

adjective

1. belonging to greed “of the nature of greed” causing greed Iti.84 (˚eyya). See rajaniya.
2. desirable Mil.361 (paduma).

grd. formation fr. lobha

Lobhaniya (˚īya, ˚eyya)

adjective

1. belonging to greed “of the nature of greed” causing greed Iti.84 (˚eyya). See rajaniya.
2. desirable Mil.361 (paduma).

grd. formation fr. lobha

Lobhaniya (˚īya, ˚eyya)

adjective

1. belonging to greed “of the nature of greed” causing greed Iti.84 (˚eyya). See rajaniya.
2. desirable Mil.361 (paduma).

grd. formation fr. lobha

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 God of Death, the Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama SN.i.156; Snp.357 (gen. maccuno), Snp.581 (instr maccunā), Snp.587; Thag.411; Dhp.21, Dhp.47, Dhp.128, Dhp.135, Dhp.150 Dhp.287; Vb …

adj. nt.

1. intoxicating DN.ii.185 (sadda vaggu rajanīya kāmanīya m.).
2. intoxication Vv-a.73.

orig. grd. of madati

…cp. Sk. madra] Name of a country & its inhabitants, in -raṭṭha Snp-a.68 sq. ˚rājakula Kp-a.73.

• -viṇā a sort of girdle…

…mildness softness, gentleness Snp.250 (ajjava +), Snp.292 (id.); Ja.iii.274 (as one of the 10 rāja-dhammā); Ja.v.347 (= mettacittaṃ);…

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

1. to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …

1. a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …

1. circle DN.i.134 (paṭhavi˚, cp. puthavi˚ Snp.990); Vism.143 (˚ṃ karoti to draw a circle, in simile), Vism.174 (tipu˚ & rajata˚ lead- & silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a.147 (of a fan = tāla …

adjective noun a district officer king’s deputy Vin.iii.47 f. maṇḍalikā = maṇḍala 4 i.e. circus, ring, round, in assa˚; race court Vin.iii.6.

fr. maṇḍala, cp. maṇḍalaka-rājā “the king of a small …

adjective intelligent, wise, often combined with paṇḍita & bahussuta;: DN.i.120; SN.iv.375; AN.iv.244; Vin.iv.10, Vin.iv.13, Vin.iv.141; Snp.323 (acc. medhāvinaṃ + bahussutaṃ), Snp.627, Snp.1008 (E …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase ˚ṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevati to cohabit Vin.i.96; DN.ii.133; Snp.291, Sn …

1. a wild animal, an animal in its natural state (see compounds).
2. a deer, antelope, gazelle Various kinds are mentioned at Ja.v.416; two are given at Cnd.509, viz. eṇi (antelope) & …

non-Aryan DN.iii.264 Thag.965 (˚rajana “of foreign dye” trsl.; Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. translates “vermiljoen kleurig”). As milakkhuka at Vin.iii.28, where Bdhgh explains by “Andha-Damil’ ādi …

adjective noun

1. mixed, combined Ja.ii.8 (phalika˚ rajata-pabbata mountain of silver mixed with crystal); Vb-a.16 (lokiya-lokuttara˚); usually ˚-, like -āhāra mixed food Dhp-a.ii.101; *-upp …

…SN.iv.158; Iti.58 (maccu-rājan; vv.ll. asamohayi & asamohari) reading somewhat doubtful, cp. similar context Snp.1076 with “sabbesu dhammesu…

…seal, stamp, impression; - rāja˚; the royal seal Dhp-a.i.21. Also with ref. to the State Seal at Mil.280, Mil.281 in compounds muddakāma…

1. a small drum, tambourine Ja.v.390; Vv.35#3 (= bheri Vv-a.161); Vv.84#18 (= mudinga Vv-a.340); Snp-a.370.
2. a kind of girdle Vin.ii.136.

cp. Epic. & Class. Sk. muraja, Prk. murava: Pischel, *Pr …

…Ja.v.453 (peta-rāja-visayaṃ). 8. An idiomatic (late) use of the ger. muñciya (with acc.) is in the sense of…

…the noble town (of Rājagaha) Vv.16#6, cp. Vv-a.82;

• -vīthi a city street Ja.ii.416;
• -sobhinī the city…

the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

Niddosa¹

adjective faultless, pure, undefiled Snp.476; Dhs-a.2; Pv-a.189 (= viraja); Dhp-a.i.41.

Sk. nirdośa, nis + dosa¹

Niddosa²

adjective free from hatred J …

…etc.; Vv-a.117 (vimānāni Rājagaha˚ playing at or referring to R.) 3. nidānaṃ (acc. as adv.) by means of, in…

to be thrown out, to be expelled, to lose (with abl.) Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.503 (raṭṭhā); variant reading BB nirajhati Com. ni(g)gacchati; Thig.93 (aor. nirajji ’haṃ = na jānim ahaṃ Thag-a.90. Kern (wrong …

adjective having lost his (or its) splendour or prosperity Ja.vi.225 (ājīvika), Ja.vi.456 (rājabhavana).

nis + sirī

preposition accusative leaning on (in all fig. meanings) Cnd.368 (= upanissāya, ārammaṇaṃ ālambanaṃ karitvā).

1. near, near by, on, at Ja.i.167 (pāsānapiṭṭhaṃ), Ja.i.221 (padumasaraṃ); Pv-a.24 (bāhā …

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]( …

name.

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

adjective free from passion Sdhp.370.

Sk. nīraja, nis + raja

…gajuttama opavayha = rāja-vāhana C.); DN-a.i.147 (ārohanayogga opavuyha, variant reading ˚guyha); Vv-a.316 (T. opaguyha to be…

…sangha-majjhe o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā bahū). See also avasaṭa.

pp….

to go forth, to leave home and wander about as a mendicant, to give up the world, to take up the ascetic life (as bhikkhu samaṇa, tapassin, isi etc.). SN.i.140, SN.i.141; Snp.157, Snp.1003 imper. *[pa …

1. a mountain (-range), hill, rock SN.i.101 SN.i.102, SN.i.127, SN.i.137; SN.ii.32, SN.ii.185, SN.ii.190; AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; AN.iv.102 (dhūpāyati); Snp.413, Snp.417, Snp.543, Snp.958, Snp.1014; Mnd …

indication, location, range, district; region, spot, place SN.ii.227, SN.ii.254 SN.v.201; AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.ii …

progeny, offspring, generation, beings, men, world (of men), mankind (cp. use of Bibl. Gr. γέννημα in same meaning) DN.ii.55; SN.v.346 SN.v.362 sq.; AN.ii.75 sq.; AN.iv.290; AN.v.232 sq., AN.v.253 sq. …

(-ī)

1. (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20. (m.) Prajāpati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda & Brahmā, …

…Pv-a.74 (setacchatta˚ rājakakudhabhaṇḍa); freq. in phrase Buddha˚ bhikkhusangha, e.g. Vin.i.213; Snp.p.111; Pv-a.19, Pv-a.20. Cp….

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

…neglect, omit Vin.i.72 (rājakiccaṃ) Ja.ii.438; Ja.iv.132 (vaṭṭaṃ); Ja.v.46; Mil.404 (mūḷakammaṃ)
■ Neg. ger….

…Vin.ii.188, Vin.ii.296 (rājaparisā); Vin.iii.12 (bhagavā mahatiyā parisāya parivuto surrounded by a great multitude); Vin.iv.153 (gen….

…236); DN.ii.241; MN.iii.33; Pp.57; Thag-a.68; Vv-a.87
■ See further at DN-a.i.143 (rāja˚), DN-a.i.283 (id., but spelt ˚vatta);…

1. defeat DN.i.10; Ja.vi.209; Vv-a.139.
2. defeat in game, loss, losing at play SN.i.149 (dhana˚) = AN.v.171 = Snp.659; Ja.vi.234 (˚gāha sustainment of a loss).

parā + ji, opp. of jaya

1. path, road, way DN.i.63; Snp.176 (loc. pathe), Snp.385, Snp.540, Snp.868; Cnd.485 B (+ pantha, in explⁿ of magga); Ja.i.308 (loc. pathe); Ja.ii.39; Ja.vi.525 (abl. pathā); Thag.64; Pp.2 …

(-˚) entrance Thag-a.66 (Rājagaha˚); Dhp-a.iv.150.

fr. pa + viś

…B. 15–19). ˚vidhaṃ (rāja-) kakudhabhaṇḍaṃ insignia regis viz. vāḷavījanī, uṇhīsa, khagga, chatta pādukā….

mud mire; defilement, impurity SN.i.35, SN.i.60; SN.iii.118; AN.iii.311 AN.iv.289; Snp.970 (˚danta rajassira with dirt between their teeth and dust on their heads, from travelling); AN.iii.236 (id.); …

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti)

to receive, accept, take (up) DN.i.110 (vatthaṃ), DN.i.142; Vin.i.200 Vin.ii.109, Vin.ii.116 (a sewing-needle); SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; D …

Paṭiggaṇhāti (paṭigaṇhāti)

to receive, accept, take (up) DN.i.110 (vatthaṃ), DN.i.142; Vin.i.200 Vin.ii.109, Vin.ii.116 (a sewing-needle); SN.iv.326 (jātarūpa-rajataṃ); Snp.479, Snp.689, Snp.690; D …

hostile king, royal adversary Ja.vi.472; Dhp-a.i.193.

paṭi + rājā

…a counterpart Mil.205 (rāja˚); neg. appaṭisama not having one’s equal, incomparable Ja.i.94; Mil.331.

paṭi…

1. slab, tablet, plate, in compounds ayo˚; iron plate AN.iv.130, AN.iv.131; Ja.iv.7 (suvaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.43 (ayomaya˚); loha˚; brass plate Pv-a.44; silā˚ stone slab Ja.i.59 etc. When written on it i …

1. sent out or forth Snp.412 (rājadūta p.) Vv.21#7 (= uyyojita Vv-a.108); Dhp-a.iii.191 pesit-atta is the C. explⁿ at SN.i.53 (as…

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

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 …

to touch, attain Ja.v.251 (rājā dhammaṃ phassayaṃ = C. phassayanto; vv.ll. pa˚ phu˚); Mil.338 (amataṃ, cp. phusati), Mil.340 (phassayeyya Pot.)
pass phassīyati Vin.ii.148 (kavāṭā na ph.; variant r …

to shake, toss (or thunder?) only at two places in similar formula, viz. devatā sādhukāraṃ adaṃsu, brahmāno apphoṭesuṃ (variant reading appoṭh˚) Mil.13 Mil.18; Sakko devarājā appoṭhesi (variant readin …

…kammakarā upajīvino); rāja king’s service, servant of the king DN.i.135; AN.iv.286 AN.iv.322; sata˚ a hundred servants Vism.121. For…

…Ja.v.94; Pv-a.66. See also rāja˚
■ Of a girl Thig.464
■ mātucchā˚ & mātula˚ cousin (from mother’s side), pitucchā˚ id…

1. to make fall, drop, throw off SN.i.197 (sakuṇo rajaṃ); Ja.i.93 (udakaṃ); Mil.305 (sāraṃ).
2. to bring to fall Ja.v.198; Mil.187.
3. to kill, destroy, cut off (the head) Ja.i.393; Ja.iii.177; Pv-a. …

dyer (& “washerman” in the same function), more correctly “bleacher.” See remarks of Kern’s at

Toevoegselen

ii.45 on distinction of washerman dyer
■ DN.i.51 (in list of occupations); Vin.iii.45; …

(-˚) adjective only in combination with appa˚ and mahā˚; i.e. having little (or no) and much defilement (or blemish of character) MN.i.169; SN.i.137 (here further combined with ˚jātika; cp. BSk. …

…Toevoegselen

s. v.) for rājakhāda at Snp.831 (rājakhādāya phuṭṭho), which is however unjustified as the original reading is…

colouring, dye DN.i.110 (suddhaṃ vatthaṃ… sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin.i.50 = Vin.i.53 Vin.ii.227; Vin.i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚, khandha˚, taca˚, patta˚, puppha˚, phala˚ or …

the night Dāvs i.39; Abhp.69; Pv-a.205.

fr. raj, cp. rajanīya 2

adjective of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing lustful.

1. As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) SN.iii.79; also at DN.i.152 sq. (dibbāni …

silver DN.i.5 (explained at DN-a.i.78 as a general name for all coins except gold: kahāpaṇas etc.); SN.i.92; Snp.962 (in simile explained at Mnd.478 as jātarūpa), Ja.v.50; Ja.v.416 (hema˚ gold & silv …

usually intrs. rajjati (q.v.). As rajitabba (grd.) in meaning “to be bleached” (dhovitabba +) only in meaning “bleach” (as compared with *[dhovati](/define …

kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty AN.iii.300 (˚ṃ kāreti); Snp.114, Snp.553 (˚ṃ kāreti to reign); Ja.i.57; Ja.i.64 (ekarattena tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms), J …

to be excited, attached to (loc.), to find pleasure in SN.iv.74 (na so rajjati rūpesu; = viratta-citta); Snp.160, Snp.813 (contrasted with virajjati); Pts.i.58, Pts.i.77 sq., Pts.i.130, Pts.i.178 Mnd …

…Dhs.617 (dhūmo +). adj. rāja˚: in sa˚ & a˚ vāta Vin.ii.209 Vism.31. The meaning “pollen” [Sk. raja, m.] may be seen in…

…from the clan of Valāhassarāja, maṇi˚ from Vepulla, and the last 3 without specification. See also remarks on gahapati….

Ratta¹

1. dyed, coloured MN.i.36 (dūratta-vaṇṇa difficult to dye or badly dyed MN-a.167 reads duratta and explains as durañjita-vaṇṇa opp. suratta ibid.); Snp.287 (nānā-rattehi vatthe …

delighting, finding pleasure, excitement Dhs-a.363 (rañjan’ aṭṭhena rāgo; variant reading rajano˚; perhaps better to be read rajjana˚).

fr. rañjati

1. to colour, dye Ja.i.220.
2. (= rajjati) to find delight in, to be excited Snp.424 (ettha me r. mano; variant reading BB rajjati)

caus rañjeti to delight or make glad DN.iii.93 …

coloured, soiled, in raja˚; affected with stain, defiled Ja.i.117
■ See also anu˚ & pari˚.

pp. of rañjeti

Raṅga¹

colour, paint Mil.11 (˚palibodha)

• -kāra dyer Mil.331.
• -jāta colour MN.i.385; Vb-a.331.
• -ratta dyed crimson Vin.i.18 …

…at Mhvs.35, Mhvs.69 (Subharājaṃ raṇe hantvā). 2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This meaning is the Buddhist development of Vedic raṇa…

1. dust; pl. reṇū particles of dust
   ■ Vin.i.32 (˚hatā bhūmi); Vism.338 = Mnd.505 = Ja.i.117 (rāgo rajo na ca pana reṇu vuccati); Ja.iv.362 (okiṇṇā raja-reṇūhi; C. explains by “paṃsūhi”); Mil.274 …

…(amba˚); Vv-a.43 (rāja˚), Vv-a.198 (amba˚); Dhp-a.iv.120 (dīpa˚); Pv-a.43.

-antara the inside of a tree…

1. colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
2. (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …

…Ja.vi.39 (raṭṭhe); sarājaka including the king Tikp.26; f. sarājikā Vin.i.209 (parisā) Also in phrase…

…Pv-a.76;
■ voc. rāja Snp.422, Snp.423
■ pl. nom. rājāno AN.i.68;
■ gen. dat. raññaṃ [Sk….

to shine Vv-a.134 (= vijjotati). Cp.; vi˚. Raja (Rajan)

rāj, cp. rajati & rañjati

state of being a king, kingship, sovereignty Ja.i.119 (anuttara-dhamma˚ being a most righteous king).

abstr. fr. rājā

…rājā… uggehi vā rājaniyehi vā kañcid eva mantanaṃ manteyya) DN-a.i.273 (= anabhisittā kumārā, i.e. uncrowned princes);…

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

fr….

…horse); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.26 (rāja˚); Mhvs.27, Mhvs.30 (devatā˚ shape of devas); Vv-a.213 -dūrūpaka of squalid appearance Ja.ii.167; cp….

Rūpiya¹

neuter silver Vin.iii.239 (here collectively for any transactions in “specie,” as explained by C. p. 240: rūpiyaṃ nāma satthu-vaṇṇo kahāpaṇo lohamāsako dārumāsako jatumāsako; i.e. …

thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …

Sakkhi¹

an eyewitness DN.ii.237 (nom. sg. sakkhī = with his own eyes, as an eyewitness); Snp.479, Snp.921, Snp.934 (sakkhi dhammaṃ adassi where the corresp. Sk. form would be sākṣād); Ja.i …

…held on the mountains near Rājagaha. Ja.ii.13; Ja.iii.541; Ja.vi.277, Ja.vi.559; SN.v.170; DN-a.i.84; Dhp-a.iv.59; Dhs-a.255
■ On…

1. put together, joined Ja.vi.261 (su˚).
2. connected with, covered with Mnd.149 (for pareta); Mil.346 (raja-panka˚).

pp. of samodahati

adjective thoughtful, mindful attentive, deliberate, almost syn. with sata, mindful DN.i.37; DN.ii.94 sq.; Snp.413, Snp.931; Iti.10, Iti.42; Pp.25; DN.iii.49, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.221, …

hostile, rival Thig.347; Thag-a.242; sapattarājā a rival king Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.94; Ja.iii.416; asapatta without enmity Snp.150; sapatta (m.) a rival, foe, Iti.83; AN.iv.94 sq.; Ja.i.297.

Sk. sapatna

adjective dusty Vin.i.48; AN.ii.54.

sa + rajo

…with the king’s participation Tikp.26 (sassāmika-sarājaka geha).

sa³ + rāja + ka

kind of ornament Ja.v.202 (= maṇisuvaṇṇa-pavāḷa-rajata-mayāni pilandhanāni C.).

fr. last

…alleged to have been held at Rājagaha, Vin.ii.284 sq.; Dpvs iv.; Mvu iii.; DN-a.i.2 sq.; Snp-a.67, Snp-a.483. The second Council at Vesāli…

…by way of, as if, e.g. rāja˚ as if he were king DN-a.i.246; bhūmi-ghara˚ in the shape of an earth house DN-a.i.260. 3. group, heaping…

…Ja.i.122; Ja.ii.367 etc. Rājagaha˚ the merchant of Rājagaha Vin.ii.154; Ja.iv.37; Bārāṇasi˚ the merchant of Benares Ja.i.242 Ja.i.269;…

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

the flame of fire, later in sense of “burning grief” grief, sorrow, mourning; defined as “socanā socitattaṃ anto-soko… cetaso parijjhāyanā domanassaṃ” at Pts.i.38 = Mnd.128 = Cnd.694; shorter as “ñāt …

“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 …

parrot Ja.i.324; Ja.iv.277 sq.; Ja.vi.421; Ja.vi.431 sq. (the two: Pupphaka & Sattigumba); Dhp-a.i.284 (˚rājā). fem. suvī Ja.vi.421.

cp. Sk. śuka

…of Cambodia Mnd.155.

• -rājahaṃsa golden-coloured royal mallard Ja.i.342.
• -vaṇṇa…

large (covered & enclosed) hall large room, house; shed, stable etc., as seen fr. foll examples: aggi˚; a hall with a fire Vin.i.25, Vin.i.49 = Vin.ii.210 āsana˚; hall with seats Dhp-a.ii.65; *ud …

lion DN.ii.255; SN.i.16; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.245; AN.iii.121; Snp.72; Ja.i.165; Mil.400; Cnd.679 (= migarājā) Vb-a.256, Vb-a.398 (with pop. etym. “sahanato ca hananato ca sīho ti vuccati”); Ja.v.425 (wo …

stupa or tope, a bell-shaped pile of earth, a mound, tumulus, cairn; dome, esp. a monument erected over the ashes of an Arahant (otherwise called dhātugabbha = dāgaba), or on spots consecrated as sce …

adverb in three ways or parts, threefold Mil.282 (-pabhinna nāgarājā).

ti + dhā

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 …

…Vv.6#7 (= vātaghātako yo rājarukkho ti pi vuccati Vv-a.43); Ja.iv.301 (˚rukkha), Ja.iv.440; Ja.v.199 (vātaghātaka C.), Ja.v.405; Ja.vi.530…

…(˚teja); Ja.vi.490 (+ rājaputtā, expl^d. with etymologising effort as uggatā paññātā by C.); Mil.331; Dhp-a.ii.57 (˚tapa);…

an osprey Ja.iv.291 (˚rāja), Ja.iv.392.

see ukkuṭṭhi & cp. BSk. utkrośa watchman (?) Divy.453

strewn over with (-˚), covered Vv.35#1 (rucak˚, so read for rājak˚; explained by okiṇṇa Vv-a.160).

pp. of upakirati

indeclinable comparing in comparison, as prep. w. acc. “compared with” MN.i.374; MN.iii.177 (Himavantaṃ pabbatarājānaṃ); SN.ii.133 (mahāpaṭhaviṃ), SN.ii.262; SN.v.457 (Sineru-pabbata-rājānaṃ) AN.iii …

…(tāpa˚), Snp.978, Pv-a.9 (Rājagahaṃ), Pv-a.67 (id.) Vv-a.63 (Rājagaha-seṭṭhiṃ “with”). Cp. BSk. upaniśritya also a ger….

viceroyalty AN.iii.154 (variant reading opa˚); Ja.i.511; Ja.iv.176; DN-a.i.134.

upa + rajja, cp. uparaja

secondary or deputy king, a viceroy Ja.i.504; Ja.ii.316; Dhp-a.i.392.

upa + rājā; see upa 5

carrying away, washing away Snp.391 (sanghāṭi-raj-ûpa˚ = paṃsu-malādino sanghāṭirajassa dhovanaṃ Snp-a.375).

upa + vāhana

cattle-fold, cow-pen AN.iii.393; Ja.ii.300; Ja.iii.270, Ja.iii.379; Vism.166, Vism.279; Dhp-a.i.126, Dhp-a.i.396
■ giribbaja a (cattle or sheep) run on the mountain Ja.iii …

to go, proceed, get to (acc.), lit. to turn to (cp. vṛj, vṛṇakti, pp. vṛkta, which latter coincides with vṛtta of vṛt in P. vatta: see vatta¹ & cp. vajjeti to avoid, …

…Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.371; rāja˚; a king’s favourite, an overseer Ja.i.342 Mhvs.37, Mhvs.10; Vb-a.501
■ f. vallabhā a beloved…

cloud-horse Ja.ii.129 (the Valāhassajātaka, pp. 127 sq.); cp. BSk. Bālāh’āśva (-rājā Divy.120 sq. (see Index Divy). Vali & Vali

valāha + assa

…the best of gems Snp.683; rāja˚; famous king Vv.32#1 (= Sakka Vv-a.134); or inserted between noun and apposition (or predicate), e.g….

power, authority, control, influence SN.i.43, SN.i.240 (kodho vo vasam āyātu: shall be in your power; vasa = āṇāpavattana K.S. i.320); MN.i.214 (bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena v …

bull Mil.115 (rāja˚); Snp-a.40 (relation between usabha, vasabha & nisabha) Vv-a.83 (id.).

the Sanskritic-Pāli form (*vṛṣabha) of the…

…kanti-nivāsesu

Vasati³

feminine a dwelling, abode, residence Ja.vi.292 (rāja˚ = rāja-paricariyā C.); Mil.372…

adjective

1. increasing, augmenting, fostering; increase, enlargement prolongation MN.i.518 (hāyana˚ decrease increase); Ja.iii.422 (kula˚, spelling ddh); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.73 (āyussa); Dhs-a.406; Pv-a …

primary meaning “to increase” (trs. intrs.); hence: to keep on, to prosper, to multiply, to grow SN.i.15 (read vaḍḍh˚ for vaṭṭ˚); SN.ii.206 (vaṇṇena), SN.iv.73, SN.iv.250; AN.v.249 (paññāya); Snp.329 …

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 …

…majesty, glory Ja.v.305; Pv-a.133 (dāna˚), Pv-a.216 (rāja˚).

fr. vi + bhavati

˚- gone away, disappeared, ceased; having lost or foregone (for-gone = vi-gata), deprived of, being without; often to be trsl^d simply as prep. “without. It nearly always occurs in compou …

…MN.i.8, MN.i.486; SN.i.123 (here without diṭṭhi˚ the C. explⁿ is “hatthirājavaṇṇa sappavaṇṇ’ ādidassa nāni”…

adjective free from defilement or passion, stainless, faultless Vin.i.294 (āgamma maggaṃ virajaṃ) Snp.139, Snp.520, Snp.636, Snp.1105 (see exegesis at Cnd.590); Pv.iii.3#6 (= vigata-raja, niddosa Pv\ …

to detach oneself, to free oneself of passion, to show lack of interest in (loc.). SN.ii.94, SN.ii.125 (nibbindaṃ [ppr.] virajjati); SN.iii.46, SN.iii.189; SN.iv.2, SN.iv.86; AN.v.3; Snp.739 = SN.iv.2 …

…Pv.ii.9#62; Pv.iii.3#5 (= virājati Pv-a.189); Dhp-a.i.446; Dhp-a.iv.143; Dhs-a.14; Pv-a.110 (˚amāna = sobhamāna), Pv-a.136 sq.,…

to shine Pv-a.189 (= virocati).

vi + rājati

…of Caus. of virājati

tiger DN.iii.25; AN.iii.101; Snp.416 (˚usabha); Tha-ap.68 (˚rājā); Ja.i.357; Ja.iii.192 (subāhu); Ja.v.14 (giri-sānuja)
■ f. viyagghinī (biy˚ Mil.67. See also byaggha.

cp. …

…mansion, a vimāna, abode for fairies etc. Ja.v.454; Ja.vi.119, Ja.vi.251 (= pura & rāja-nivesa C.); Vv.35#1 (= bhavana Vv-a.160). Cp….

at Mhvs.19, Mhvs.28 (tadahe v. rājā) is to be read (tadah’ ev) āgamā, i.e. came on the same day. The passage is corrupt: see translation p.130Vagura & a

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 …

…of the Buddha Dhp-a.ii.80; rāja˚; King st. Thag-a.52; Mhvs.20, Mhvs.38. 2. (t.t in psychology) course, process (of judgment, senseperception…

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 …

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

1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

Yaso & Yasa

neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …

med. having sacrificed DN.i.138 (mahā-yaññaṃ y. rājā)
■ pass.: sacrificed, (nt.) sacrifice DN.i.55 (dinna, y huta); explained at DN-a.i.165 by “mahāyāga” Vb.328 (id.); Ja.i …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

affliction, illness, disease Vin.iv.261; DN.i.72; DN.ii.13; AN.i.121; AN.iii.94, AN.iii.143; AN.iv.333, AN.iv.415 sq., AN.iv.440; Dhp.138; Pp.28 Vism.41 (udara-vāta˚) Vism.95; Vv-a.351 (an˚ safe & s …

1. (m.) starting-point, beginning Snp.358 (acc. ādiṃ = kāraṇaṃ Snp-a.351); Dhp.375 (nom. ādi); Mil.10 (ādimhi); Ja.vi.567 (abl. ādito from the beginning). For use as nt. see below 2 b.
2. (adj & adv …

adjective understandable, only in cpd. durājāna hard to understand SN.iv.127; Snp.762; Ja.i.295 Ja.i.300.

ā + jāna from jñā

by means of hammering, slashing or beating (like beating a hide) Snp.673 (gloss ārajayārajayā fr. ā + *rañj or *raj)
■ Snp-a.481 explains the passage as follows: ārajayārajayā; i.e. yathā ma …

furrowed, cut open, dug up, slashed torn (perhaps also “beaten”) MN.i.178 (hatthipadaṃ dantehi ārañjitaṃ an elephant-track bearing the marks of tusks, i.e. occasional slashes or furrows).

in form = …

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 …

…grd ṭhapetabba Ja.ii.352 (rājaṭṭhāne); Pv-a.97; & ṭhapaniya (in pañha ṭh. a question to be left standing over i.e. not to be asked)…