késztetés, formáló erő; indíttatás; összetett dolog

…of anything (-˚), e.g. āyusaṅkhāra, life-element DN.ii.106; SN.ii.266; Pv-a.210; bhavasankhāra, jīvitasaṅkhāra DN.ii.99, DN.ii.107….

The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Order. It was in Vesāli and was given to the Buddha during his last tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited …

preparation; development; performance; accumulation of motive force (as a result of action), impetus.

mental motive force; mental activity.

the impetus or determination to go; preparations for going.

exercise of supernatural power(s)

bodily motive force; physical motion

1. name and form;
   1. individual person or identity; interpreted as the mental and physical aspects of an individual.
   2. esp. in the paṭiccasamuppāda series: with viññāṇa furnishing (the poss …

an accumulation of motive force, impetus, for arūpa states

constituent of life, impetus for life, vital principle

Abhisankhāra: Construction identical with the 2nd link of the paticca - samuppāda, sankhāra, under I, 1 or kammic-constructions.

Adhimokkha: ‘determination’, decision, resolve: is one of the mental properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - khandha. In M. 111, it is mentioned toge …

Anattā: No-self, egolessness, soullessness, impersonality, absence of identity, is the last of the 3 universal characteristics of existence ti-lakkhana. This anattā doctrine, which only is t …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Anāgāmī: T he Non-Returner is a Noble Disciple Ariya-puggala on the 3rd stage of Nobility. There are 5 classes of Non-Returners, as it is said e.g. Pug. 42-46:

A being, through the disappea …

Apuññābhisankhāra: see: sankhāra

Asankhāra-parinibbāyī: The one reaching Nibbāna without effort, is one of the five classes of Non-Returners anāgāmī

Assāsa-passāsa: In-and-out-breathing, are bodily constructions kāya - sankhāra, while directed thought and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra are called verbal constructions *vacī\ …

Citta-sankhāra: see: sankhāra

Forest-dweller: the ascetic practice for the: see: dhutānga

formation = Construction: sankhāra

Iddhi-pāda: ‘roads to power’ or success are the 4 following qualities,,for as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because they form, by way of preparation, the roads …

[[imperturbable karma-formations]]Imperturbable kammic-constructions: āneñjābhisankhāra see: sankhāra

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Phassa: fr. phusati to touch: ‘sense-contact’, contact. The term samphassa is used in compounds, e.g. in the following: ‘;T’here are 6 classes of sense-contact: visual contact cakkhu - *s …

Puññābhisankhāra: ‘meritorious kammic-constructions’ of the sense-and fine-material sphere; see: sankhāra I. 1.

Pīti: rapture, enthusiasm rendered also by joy, happiness; interest it is one of the mental properties or properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - *khan …

Tatra-majjhattatā: ‘equanimity, equipoise, mental balance’ lit., ‘remaining here and there in the middle’, is the name for a high ethical quality belonging to the sankhāra - khandha see: *kh …

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā no-self anattā.

Whether Perfect Ones appear in th …

Āneñja: Static imperturbability, denotes the mental state of being(s) in the formless sphere arūpāvacara avacara, see: sankhāra cf. M. 106.

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions sankhāra (see: *paticc …

(& -khāreti in Pot.) to prepare, do, perform, work, get up Vin.i.16 (iddh’ âbhisankhāraṃ ˚khāreyya); DN.i.184 (id.); SN.ii.40; SN.iii.87 SN.iii.92; SN.iv.132, SN.iv.290; SN.v.449; AN.i.201; Snp.984 …

1. putting forth, performance, doing, working, practice: only in two comb^ns., viz
   1. gamiya˚; (or gamika˚) a heathenish practice Vin.i.233; AN.iv.180, &
   2. iddha˚; (= iddḥi˚) work …

adjective what belongs to or is done by the sankhāras; accumulated by or accumulating merit, having special (meritorious) effect (or specially prepared?) Vin.ii.77 = Vin.iii.160; Sdhp.309 (sa ˚paccaya …

houselessness, a houseless state, fig freedom from worldliness or attachment to life, singleness SN.v.24 = AN.v.232 = Dhp.87 (okā anokaṃ āgamma). adj. homeless, free from attachment SN.i.176; Dhp.87 ( …

breaking up, splitting, perishing; destruction Ja.i.392; Ja.v.284; Ja.vi.11; Dhp-a.i.257 (kaṇṇā bhijjan’ ākāra-pattā); Thag-a.43 (bhijjana-sabhāva of perishable nature; explⁿ of bhidura …

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 …

Citta¹ & Citra

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

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 noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

(and gamiya Ja.i.87) adjective going away, setting out for a journey (opp. āgantuka coming back) appl. to bhikkhus only: Vin.i.292 (˚ bhatta food for outgoing bh.); Vin.ii.170 (āgantuka˚), Vin.ii.21 …

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

…Pv-a.53

• -ābhisaṅkhāra (iddhåbhi˚) exercise of any of the psychic powers Vin.i.16, Vin.i.17, Vin.i.25; DN.i.106; SN.iii.92;…

…DN-a.i.37;

• -ābhisaṅkhāra (3 B) accumulation of k. Cnd.116, Cnd.283, Cnd.506.
• -ābhisanda in ˚ena in consequence of k….

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

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 …

…Vism.93, Vism.387.

• -saṅkhāra the material aggregate, substratum of body Vin.iii.71; SN.ii.40; SN.iii.125;…

…threefold division is saṅkhāra˚, satta˚, okāsa˚; at Vism.204, with explains: “sabbe sattā āhāra-ṭṭhitikā” ti…

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 …

impartiality, indifference, balance of mind Cnd.166 (in explⁿ of upekkhā with syn. passaddhatā); Vb.230; Vism.134; Vb-a.285 (satta˚ & sankhāra˚), Vb-a.317 (def.); Dhs-a.133.

abstr. from prec.

death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …

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 …

…(elements of life). sabbasaṅkhāra-samatho nibbānaṃ SN.i.136; N. = sabbasankhārā khayissanti AN.iii.443
■ saṃyojanāni…

1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed explⁿ); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …

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

deposit (of merit or demerit), accumulation, effect (of kamma Snp.953 (= Mnd.442 abhisankhārā).

Sk. ni-saṃskṛti, ni + saṃ + kṛ.

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 “ …

brought to an end or standstill, destroyed Ja.i.145 (˚sankhāra).

pp. of pari + maddheti, Caus. of mṛdh to neglect

one who attains Parinibbāna. Of the 2 meanings registered under parinibbāna we find No. 1 only in a very restricted use when taken in both senses of sa-and an-upādisesa parinibbāna; e.g. at AN.ii.15 …

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

to restore, repair, mend Vin.ii.160; AN.ii.249; Ja.iii.159 (nagaraṃ). Caus. II paṭisaṅkhārāpeti to cause to repair or build up again MN.iii.7; Ja.vi.390 (gehāni).

paṭi + saṃ + kṛ.

Piya¹

adjective dear, in two applications (as stated Mnd.133 = Cnd.444, viz dve piyā: sattā vā piyā sankhārā vā piyā, with ref. to living beings, to sensations):

1. dear, beloved (as fath …

…vālika˚ Ja.vi.560; saṅkhāra˚ SN.i.135.

• -kata (& ˚kita) for puñjikata; cf. Sk. puñjīkṛta with i for a in…

…of merit Pv-a.58.

• -ābhisaṅkhāra accumulation of merit DN.iii.217; SN.ii.82; Mnd.90, Mnd.206, Mnd.442 Vism.557 sq., Vism.571; Vb-a.142…

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

1. calm, quietude of heart MN.i.33; AN.i.61, AN.i.95; AN.ii.140; AN.iii.86 sq. (ceto˚), AN.iii.116 sq., AN.iii.449; AN.iv.360; AN.v.99; DN.iii.54, DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; Dhp-a.ii.177; SN.iv.362; Dhs …

…6, 153¹ 252 sq.; dhamma˚; continuity of states Mil.40; rūpa˚ of form Vb-a.21; saṅkhāra˚; causal connection of material…

…Vism.205. See also saṅkhāra-loka
■ vaṇijjā slave trade DN-a.i.235 = AN.iii.208 (C.: manussa-vikkaya).

cp, Vedic sattva…

to put together, prepare, work Pv-a.287. a-saṅkhārāna SN.i.126. Ger. saṅkharitvā SN.ii.269 (variant reading sankhāditvā, as is read at id. p. Vin.ii.201). Cp abhi˚
pp …

…from a cause, i.e. the saṅkhāras SN.i.112; AN.i.83, AN.i.152; Ne.22. asaṅkhata not put together, not proceeding…

adjective having sankhāras AN.ii.214 = Dhs.1003.

fr. sankhāra

…-vālukā white sand Mhvs.19, Mhvs.37.

• -saṅkhārapuñja a mere heap of sankhāras SN.i.135.

pp. of…

adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …

calm, quiet, appeasement, allaying, assuagement, tranquillizing Vin.i.10; SN.iv.331 = SN.v.421 (in freq. phrase upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna ii …

…Dhp-a.iii.417; -saṅkhāra antecedent or requisite for speech MN.i.301; AN.iii.350; SN.iv.293; Vb-a.167; Vism.531 -sañcetanā…

Vaya¹ & vayo

neuter age, especially young age, prime, youth; meaning “old age” when characterized as such or contrasted to youth (the ord. term for old age being jarā). …

Name of one of the 9 angas (see nava) or divisions of the Canon according to matter AN.ii.7, AN.ii.103, AN.ii.178; AN.iii.88, AN.iii.107, AN.iii.361 sq.; AN.iv.113; Vin.iii.8 Pp.43; …

1. absence of rāga, dispassionateness, indifference towards (abl. or loc.) disgust, absence of desire, destruction of passions; waning, fading away cleansing, purifying; emancipation, Arahantship. DN. …

divestment of all material things Dhp.154 (= nibbāna Dhp-a.iii.129). See sankhāra 3.

vi + sankhāra

striving, endeavour, undertaking Snp.953 (explained as the 3 abhisankhāras, viz puñña˚, apuñña˚ & āneñja˚ at Mnd.442).

vi + ārambha

…v. is conditioned by the saṅkhāras and is itself a necessary condition of nāma-rūpa (individuality). See e.g. SN.ii.4, SN.ii.6,…

1. allaying, relief, suppression, mastery, cessation calmness SN.iii.32; SN.iv.217; SN.v.65 (cetaso); DN.ii.157 (sankhārā); AN.i.4 (id.); AN.ii.162 (papañca˚); AN.v.72; Pp.69; Ja.i.392; Dhs-a.403.
2. …

and Ānañja immovability, imperturbability, impassibility. The word is n. but occurs as adj. at Vin.iii.109 (ānañja samādhi, with which cp. BSk. ānijyā śāntiḥ at Avs.i.199
■ T …

…lifetime Dpvs.v.102.

• -saṅkhāra (usually pl. ˚ā) constituent of life, conditions or properties resulting in life,…