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sālā, 440 találat.

sālā →

dppn

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

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sāla →

pts

Sal tree (Shorea robusta) MN.i.488; DN.ii.134; AN.i.202; AN.iii.49, AN.iii.214; Dhp.162.

sālā →

pts

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 …

ababa →

dppn

A name given not to a special purgatory but to a period of time in Avīci.

One term of Ababa is equal to four hundred of Abbuda; an Abbuda being reckoned as the time taken to remove twenty Kosalan Khā …

abhaya →

dppn

…Ānanda in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli, and discusses with him certain views held by Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. Ānanda teaches him the…

aciravatī →

dppn

A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards (pācīnaninnā) SN.v.39 into the sea. During the hot seas …

aggikabhāradvāja →

dppn

Aggikabhāradvāja1AggikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin of Sāvatthī, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in …

ajitakesakambala →

dppn

AjitakesakambalaKesakambalaAjita

Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Pitakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is described as a Titthaka (non-Buddhist teacher), leade …

ajātasattu →

dppn

AjātasattuVedehiputta

Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …

ambasaṇḍā →

dppn

A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.

To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of …

aputtaka →

dppn

A wealthy burgess of Sāvatthī who died intestate. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.89–91 we find Pasenadi, King of Kosala, visiting the Buddha at noonday and telling him that he had just finished having th …

asita →

dppn

Asita1KaṇhāsiriKāladevala

An ascetic who possessed various psychic powers. Once, while in Tāvatiṃsā heaven, he saw the whole city decked with splendour and the gods engaged in great rejoic …

assalāyana →

dppn

A young brahmin, sixteen years old, of Sāvatthī, very learned in the Vedas and allied subjects. Five hundred brahmins staying in the city asked him to hold a discussion with the Buddha and refute his …

avanti →

dppn

One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …

aṅga →

dppn

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 …

bhaddiya →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and asked if it were true that the Buddha was a magician who, by a glamorous trick, enticed away the followers…

bhaddā →

dppn

Bhaddā1

Wife of King Muṇḍa. At her death the king placed her body in a vessel of oil and mourned for her until his friend Piyaka took him to Nārada Thera at the Kukkuṭārāma, and there made …

bhuñjatī →

dppn

Wife of Vessavaṇa and a devout follower of the Buddha. Once, when Sakka went to see the Buddha at the Salaḷāgāra, he found the Buddha engaged in meditation, Bhuñjatī waiting on him and worshipping him …

bhāradvāja →

dppn

Bhāradvāja1

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178

Bhāradvāja2

He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …

bimbisāra →

dppn

BimbisāraSeniya

King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.

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

brahmadatta →

dppn

Brahmadatta1

King of Kāsi. He captured Kosala and murdered its king Dīghiti and Dīghiti’s wife, but made peace later with Dīghiti’s son, Dīghāvu, restored to him his father’s kingdom, and …

bārānasī →

dppn

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

bāvarī →

dppn

A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.

He received the r …

cañcalikappa →

dppn

CañcalikappaCaṇḍalakappa

A locality in Kosala; it was the residence of Dhānañjāni and of Saṅgārava. The Buddha once paid a visit there and stayed in the Todeyya-ambavana. Saṅgārava went to see him, …

cullakokanadā →

dppn

…were called Kokanadā. She visited the Buddha at the Kutāgārasālā in Vesāli and questioned him. SN.i.30

cāla →

dppn

…living at the Kūṭāgārasālā, which place he left when the Licchavis caused disturbance by their visits to the Buddha. AN.v.133 In this…

daṇḍakappaka →

dppn

A township of the Kosalans near the Aciravatī; it was visited by the Buddha during a tour in Kosala. There he preached the Udāna Sutta in answer to a question by Ānanda, as to how the Buddha knew of t …

dīghāyu →

dppn

DīghāyuDīghāvu

Son of Dīghīti, king of Kosala. After his parents had been cruelly murdered by Brahmadatta, king of Kāsi, he became the attendant of this kind; in order to avenge their death, but when …

dīghīti →

dppn

DīghītiDīghati

A king of Kosala. His kingdom was captured by Brahmadatta, king of Kāsi, and he and his wife fled to Benares, where they lived in disguise in the house of a potter. His wife bore a son …

ekapuṇḍarīka →

dppn

…It was near the Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana of Vesāli. The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and it was on this occasion that the…

ekasālā →

dppn

A Brahmin village in the Kosala kingdom. The Buddha once stayed there, and when a large congregation of the laity were listening to him, Māra, thinking to darken their intelligence, suggested to him t …

gajaṅgala →

dppn

…Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a…

gavesī →

dppn

A follower of Kassapa Buddha. Five hundred others were associated with him, and at first their spiritual life was poor. Gavesī, realising this, put forth effort and, step by step, attained greater pro …

gosiṅgasālavanadāya →

dppn

Gosiṅgasālavanadāya1

A forest tract near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The result of t …

gosāla →

dppn

Gosāla

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how after eating honey and rice he returns to his hillside to meditate. Thag.23

hiraññavatī →

dppn

A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallas of Kusināra, where the Buddha died. DN.ii.137

Hirakinari1river

iccānaṅgala →

dppn

IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala

A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …

indasālaguhā →

dppn

A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …

isidatta →

dppn

…of the woman-disciple Migasālā, whose father was Purāṇa. Purāṇa is described as a brahmacāri, but not Isidatta, yet, after death, they…

jālinī →

dppn

A goddess of Tāvatiṃsā, a former wife of Anuruddha. Once seeing him old and feeble, she appeared before him in Kosala and bade him aspire to rebirth among the gods. Anuruddha told her there would be n …

kajangala →

dppn

…Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once when the Buddha was staying in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a…

kakkaṭa →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis started coming there to pay their respects to the Buddha, the monks, desiring…

kamboja →

dppn

KambojaKambojjaKambujaKambujjaKambojaka

One of the sixteen Great Nations which, with Gandhāra, belonged, not to the Majjhimadesa but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv …

kapilavatthu →

dppn

…decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN.i.91 The Buddha and his company lived in the Nigrodhārāma or the Mahāvana. When the Buddha returned a few…

kassapagotta →

dppn

Kassapagotta1

A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …

kaḷimbha →

dppn

…lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī. Finding that the peace of the Mahāvana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the…

kaṇṇakatthala →

dppn

A deer-park in Ujuññā. There the Buddha sometimes stayed; he was once visited there by Acela Kassapa, to whom he preached the Kassapasīhanāda Sutta, DN.i.161 and again by Pasenadi, king of Kosala; to …

kaṭissaha →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. When the Licchavis began to visit the Buddha in large numbers, they left the monastery and retired…

kesamutta →

dppn

KesamuttaKesaputta

A township of the Kosalans and the residence of the Kālāmas. The Buddha once stayed there, on which occasion he preached the Kesaputtiya Sutta. AN.i.188

Kosala3town

kimbila →

dppn

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 …

kisasaṅkicca →

dppn

KisasaṅkiccaKisaSaṅkicca

A naked ascetic, contemporary with the Buddha and evidently a well-known head of a school; mentioned in company with Nanda Vaccha and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.238

Kisasankicca …

kokanadā →

dppn

…was sometimes called Cūḷa-Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, the Dhamma…

kosala →

dppn

…Veḷudvāra, SN.v.352 Sālā, MN.i.285 MN.i.400 SN.v.227 Sālāvatika,, DN.i.244 and Setavya. DN.ii.316

The Buddha spent the greater part of…

kosalakā →

dppn

The inhabitants of Kosala. DN.i.150

kosalavihārī →

dppn

KosalavihārīKosallavihārī

A monk whose Theragāthā verses say that he went forth in faith and dwells diligently in a forest hut. Thag.59

kosambī →

dppn

The capital of the Vatsas or Vaṃsas. In the time of the Buddha its king was Parantapa, and after him reigned his son Udena. Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha f …

kālāma →

dppn

Kālāma1

The name of a family. Mention is made of a town belonging to them in Kosala, which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famou …

kāmaṇḍā →

dppn

KāmaṇḍāKāmandā

A village in which was the mango grove of Todeyya. Udāyī once stayed there and was visited by a resident pupil of the brahmin lady of the Verahaccāni clan. SN.iv.121f.

Kosala3town

kāsi →

dppn

KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.

At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …

kūṭāgārasālā →

dppn

…was also at the Kūṭāgārasālā that the Buddha uttered his prophecy as to the ultimate downfall of-the Licchavis. SN.ii.267f.

It was…

licchavī →

dppn

…as staying in Kūṭāgārasālā in Mahāvana. There the Licchavis visited him in large numbers, sometimes AN.v.133f. disturbing the calm of…

lohicca →

dppn

…brahmin of Sālāvatikā. He once conceived the idea that a samaṇa or recluse who had reached a good state of mind should tell…

mahājanapadā →

dppn

The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

mahāli →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā to ask if he had seen Sakka SN.i.230 and also to beg information as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa….

mahāmoggallāna →

dppn

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

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

mahāpurisa →

dppn

The name given to a Great Being, destined to become either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha. He carries on his person the following thirty two marks. DN.ii.17f. DN.iii.142ff. MN.ii.136f. .

  1. he has fe …

mahāvana →

dppn

…in which the Kūṭāgārasālā was located.

Vesāli3parkMahāvana2

A wood near Kapilavatthu. In this wood was preached the…

makkhali →

dppn

MakkhaliGosāla

One of the six heretical teachers contemporaneous with the Buddha. He held that there is no cause, either ultimate or remote, for the depravity of beings or for their rectitude. The at …

mallikā →

dppn

Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala.

Mallika’s knowledge of the Dhamma made her wiser than Pasenadi would have desired, and he once, in a moment of great affection, asked if anyone were dearer to …

mallā →

dppn

The name of a people and their country.

The country is included in the sixteen Great Nations of the Buddha’s time. The kingdom, at that time, was divided into two parts, having their respective capit …

manasākaṭa →

dppn

A brahmin village in Kosala on the banks of the Aciravatī. The Buddha stayed in the mango grove to the north of the village, and, during one such stay, preached the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.235

in Kosala …

migasālā →

dppn

A woman follower of the Buddha. She was the daughter of Pūraṇa, chamberlain of Pasenadi, and niece of Isidatta. AN.iii.347 AN.v.137

māgadha →

dppn

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

nagaravinda →

dppn

A brahmin village in Kosala where the Buddha once stayed during a tour and where he preached the Nagaravindeyya Sutta. M.iii.290

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nanda →

dppn

Nanda1Vaccha

Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …

nandaka →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesali. The Buddha tells him that the Ariyan disciple, possessed of unwavering loyalty to the Buddha, the…

nandivisāla →

dppn

A deva who visits the Buddha and converses with him on the nature of the body and its riddance. SN.i.63 SN.i.15

nandiya →

dppn

Nandiya1

He belonged to a Sākiyan family of Kapilavatthu, and was called Nandiya because his birth brought bliss. He left the world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, a …

navakammika bhāradvāja →

dppn

Navakammika Bhāradvāja

One of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when the Buddha was staying in a forest in Kosala, Navakammika, who was there seeing about some timber work, saw the Buddha at the foot of a tree …

naḷakapāna →

dppn

A village in Kosala, where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 There were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preach …

nikata →

dppn

Nikata1

An upāsaka of Ñātikā. After death he was born in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away. SN.v.358f. DN.ii.91f.

Nikata2

One of several eminent theras mentioned as stayi …

nādikā →

dppn

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nāḷandā, Pāṭaligāma, Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bha …

nāgadatta →

dppn

He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent. A deva, noticing this, admonished him, and it is said that Nāgadatta paid heed to the warning. SN.i.200

oṭṭhaddha →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesalī, at a time when the Buddha had given orders that no one should be allowed to see him; but through the…

paccantajanapadā →

dppn

…east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south east, the river Salalavatī; in the south, Setakaṇṇikā; in the west, Thūṇa; and in the…

palāsavana →

dppn

A wood near Naḷakapāna in Kosala. The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462

near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park

paribbājakā →

dppn

…and the Kūṭāgārasālā at Vesāli.

Sometimes special places were set apart for them in the groves near the settlements, as at Campā…

pasenadi →

dppn

PasenadiSeniya

King of Kosala and contemporary of the Buddha. Quite early in the Buddha’s ministry, Pasenadi became his follower and close friend, and his devotion to the Buddha lasted till his death …

pañcakaṅga →

dppn

The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.

The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …

pañcasāla →

dppn

A brahmin village of Māgadha. For an episode connected with it see Piṇḍa Sutta. SN.i.113

Māgadha3town

paṅkadhā →

dppn

A township in Kosala, the residence of a monk named Kassapa of the Kampagotta. The Buddha is mentioned as having once stayed there during his tours in Kosala. AN.i.236

Kosala3town

pilindavaccha →

dppn

PilindavacchaPilindivacchaPilindiyavacchaPilindaPilindiPilindiya

A monk whose enigmatic Theragāthā verse speaks of what has come and not departed. Thag.9 Certain devas who had been born in the deva w …

piṅgiyānī →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā. The sight of the Buddha, sitting in their midst, outshining them all, inspires Piṅgiyāni and he bursts into…

posāla →

dppn

One of Bāvari’s pupils. His question to the Buddha and the answer thereto are given in the Posālamāṇavaa pucchā of the Pārāyana Vagga. Snp.1006 Snp.1112–1115.

purāṇa →

dppn

…and the father of Migasālā. In his later years he lived the life of a celibate and was reborn in Tusita as a sakadāgāmī. AN.iii.348ff.

puṇṇa →

dppn

Puṇṇa1

He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country. One day he asked the Buddha for a short lesson so that, having learnt it, he might go back to dwe …

pālileyya →

dppn

PālileyyaPārileyyaPārileyyaka

A town near Kosambī. When the Buddha found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing th …

pūraṇa kassapa →

dppn

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

Else …

rakkhita →

dppn

Rakkhita 1

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of having uprooted all defilements and become cool. Thag.79

Rakkhita2Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa

A forest tract near the village of Pāril …

rājagaha →

dppn

A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

sahali →

dppn

Sahali1

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali2

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in …

sakka →

dppn

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

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

  • Maghavā, be …

salaḷāgāra →

dppn

SalaḷāgāraSalalaghara

A building in Jetavana. Once when Sakka went to visit the Buddha he found him in the Salaḷāgāra, wrapt in samādhi, with Bhuñjatī waiting on him. Sakka therefore left a message w …

sarabhū →

dppn

One of the five great rivers of northern India. Vin.ii.237 Ud.v.5 SN.ii.135 AN.iv.101

It formed the boundary between the two divisions of Kosala, Uttara and Dakkhiṇa Kosala. The Aciravatī was its tri …

setabyā →

dppn

SetabyāSetavyā

A town in Kosala, DN.ii.316 near which was Ukkaṭṭha.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.37 records a conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from …

subhadda →

dppn

Subhadda1

When the Buddha died and the monks stood weeping, Subhadda asked them to rejoice instead, saying— “We are well rid of the Great Monk; we shall now do just as we like.” Mahā Kassa …

subhagavana →

dppn

A wood in Ukkaṭṭha. Once, when the Buddha was there, he visited the Avihā gods DN.ii.50 and, again, from there he visited Baka Brahmā, to whom he preached the Brahmanimantanika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 …

sumanā →

dppn

Sumanā1Sumanārājakumārī

She was the daughter of the king of Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She is included among the eminent upāsikās. AN.iv.347 She once visited the Buddha, with five hu …

sundarikā →

dppn

A river in Kosala, reputed to be efficacious in washing away sins. MN.i.39 There Sundarika Bhāradvāja held sacrifices in honour of Agni and met the Buddha during such a sacrifice. SN.i.167 Snp.p.79

sādhuka →

dppn

A village in Kosala where Isidatta and Purāṇa once stayed. SN.v.348

sāketa →

dppn

A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …

sākya →

dppn

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

sālavatikā →

dppn

SālavatikāSālavatī

A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached. DN.i.224

Kosala3town

sālavatī →

dppn

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

sāleyyakā →

dppn

The inhabitants of Sālā. MN.i.285

sāvatthī →

dppn

The capital city of Kosala in India and one of the six great Indian cities during the lifetime of the Buddha. DN.ii.147 It was six leagues from Sāketa. Vin.i.253 It was on the banks of the Aciravatī.V …

sāḷha →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā. AN.ii.200

Sāḷha3

A monk of Ñātikā. The Buddha declared that he died an arahant. DN.ii.191…

thullanandā →

dppn

A nun, one of four sisters who all joined the Order, the others being Nandā, Nandavatī and Sundarinandā.

Thulla-Nandā appears to have had charge of a large company of nuns, all of whom followed her …

thūṇa →

dppn

A brahmin village on the western boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197 It was in the Kosala country and belonged to the Mallas, and was once visited by the Buddha. Ud.vii.9

on the western boundary of M …

todeyya →

dppn

Todeyya1

A Mahāsāla brahmin, mentioned in a list of eminent brahmins gathered together at Icchanankala and Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235 Snp.p.115

There was in Caṇḍalakappa a mango grove belonging …

toraṇavatthu →

dppn

A locality in Kosala, between Sāvatthī and Sāketa. Pasenadi once stopped there and visited Khemā, who lived there. SN.iv.374

27.145923,82.1255492town

udena →

dppn

Udena1Utena

King of Kosambī. He was the son of Parantapa. Once when be discovered that the women of the court had given five hundred costly robes to Ānanda, he was annoyed, but when in ans …

ugga →

dppn

…staying at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli, the Buddha once declared to the monks that Ugga was possessed of eight marvellous qualities, in a…

ukkaṭṭha →

dppn

A town in Kosala, near the Himālaya. It has been given, free from all taxes (as brahmadeyya), to Pokkharasāti by the king of Kosala, in recognition of the former’s skill. It was thickly populated an …

upacāla →

dppn

…lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli, but when the Licchavis went there to visit the Buddha, they moved to the Gosiṅgasālavana in…

upananda →

dppn

Upananda1

A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …

upavatta →

dppn

UpavattaUpavattana

The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying …

uruññā →

dppn

Uruññā UjuññāUguññāUdaññaUjjuññā

A district and a town in Kosala. Once when the Buddha was staying at the Deer Park in Kaṇṇakatthala in the neighbourhood of the city, Pasenadi, who happened to be at …

vajjī →

dppn

…mostly in the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli. Among other places besides Vesāli visited by the Buddha, are mentioned Ukkacela, Koṭigāma,…

vaṃsa →

dppn

The Vaṃsas and their country. It lay to the south of Kosala, and its capital was Kosambī on the Yamunā. Udena, son of Parantapa, was its king in the time of the Buddha.

Avanti lay to the south of th …

vediyaka →

dppn

VediyakaVediya

A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Buddha stayed. The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the occasion of the p …

vekaliṅga →

dppn

VekaliṅgaVebhaliṅgaVehaliṅga

A township where lived Ghaṭīkāra, friend of Jotipāla. SN.i.34 SN.i.60

The township was in Kosala, and once, during his long stay in Kosala, the Buddha visited the ārāma …

venāgapura →

dppn

A brahmin village of Kosala, where the Buddha preached the Venāga Sutta. AN.i.180

Kosala3town

vesāli →

dppn

…stayed at the Kūṭāgārasālā during his visits to Vesāli, but it appears that he sometimes lived at these different shrines. DN.ii.118…

vesālā →

dppn

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

veḷudvāra →

dppn

A brahmin village of the Kosalans where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta. SN.v.352

Kosala3town

videha →

dppn

A country and its people. At the time of the Buddha, Videha formed one of the two important principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on o …

vāseṭṭha →

dppn

…Buddha at the Kūṭagārasālā in Vesāli and the Buddha preached to him. AN.iv.258 He is mentioned among the Buddha’s eminent lay disciples….

yasa →

dppn

…arrived at the Kūṭāgārasālā in the Mahāvana, he discovered that the Vajjian monks had raised the “Ten Points” contrary to the…

yona →

dppn

YonaYavānaYonakā

A country and its people. The name is probably the Pāḷi equivalent for Ionians, the Baktrian Greeks. The Yonas are mentioned with the Kambojas in the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149 as pl …

ājīvakā →

dppn

ĀjīvakāĀjīvikā

A class of naked ascetics, Vin.i.291 followers of Makkhali Gosāla, regarded, from the Buddhist point of view, as the worst of sophists. Numerous references to the Ājīvakas are to be fo …

akusala →

farkas

káros, rossz, hátráltató

kusala →

farkas

üdvös, jó, előrevivő

saḷāyatana →

farkas

hat érzékterület

adhikusala →

ncped

of high merit.

aggisālā →

ncped

fire-room (where water is heated), a heated hall; a room for the ritual fire

akusala →

ncped

    1. (mfn.) not good, not right; evil, harmful, not conducing to well-being; evil, acting wrongly.
    2. (n. (and m.?)) what is bad or evil; wrong or unsuitable action or behavior; what leads to suf …

akusalabhāgiya →

ncped

associated to what is wrong, with evil or harm

akusalapakkhika →

ncped

belonging to the group of bad qualities

akusalā dhammā →

ncped

wrong practices or actions; evil conduct; harmful factors

apāyakusala →

ncped

knowledgeable about loss or decline

añjanisalākā →

ncped

stick for applying ointment

caṅkamanasālā →

ncped

hall or enclosure for walking about in.

dvārasālā →

ncped

gatehouse; a room over the gate.

ekantaṃkusalāyatika →

ncped

(according to commentary) coming from what is absolutely good, resulting form what is good; or perhaps; producing what is absolutely good in the future

ekasālaka →

ncped

containing one hall

gahapatimahāsala →

ncped

very wealthy householder.

gilānasālā →

ncped

sick room; an infirmary.

jarasālā →

ncped

old hall or shed.

kallatākusala →

ncped

skilled or proficient in regard to well being, to fitness, to readiness

kallitākusala →

ncped

skilled or proficient in regard to well being, to fitness, to readiness

kalyatākusala →

ncped

skilled or proficient in regard to well being, to fitness, to readiness

khattiyamahāsāla →

ncped

rich khattiya

kiṃ kusalagavesi →

ncped

kiṃ kusalagavesi(n)

mfn. searching for (the knowledge of) what is right or good

kiṃ kusalagavesin →

ncped

kiṃ kusalagavesi(n)

mfn. searching for (the knowledge of) what is right or good

kiṃ kusalānu-esi →

ncped

kiṃ kusalānu-esi(n)

mfn. id. searching for (the knowledge of) what is right or good

kiṃ kusalānu-esin →

ncped

kiṃ kusalānu-esi(n)

mfn. id. searching for (the knowledge of) what is right or good

kotūsālā →

ncped

discussion hall

kusala →

ncped

    1. (mfn.) good; right, proper; meritorious; conducing to well-being; good, acting rightly
    2. (n.) what is good; what leads to well-being; right or proper action or behavior; virtue

    .

  1. (m …

kusalabhāgiya →

ncped

associated with the good

kusalapakkha →

ncped

belonging to the group of good qualities

kusalapakkhika →

ncped

practice belonging to the group of good qualities

kusalā dhammā →

ncped

right practices or actions; good conduct; virtues; factors conducing to well-being

kusalābhisanda →

ncped

outflow of good; issue of good

kusalānu-esi →

ncped

searching for what is good or right

kusalānu-esin →

ncped

searching for what is good or right

kusalāyatika →

ncped

connected to what is good

kutūsālā →

ncped

discussion hall

nidhānakusala →

ncped

good, skillful at laying by, storing; keeping.

sukusala →

ncped

very skilled, very skilful; very knowledgeable about

sukusalasampahaṭṭha →

ncped

polished skilfully, polished by a very skilful worker

upaṭṭhānasālā →

ncped

audience hall, assembly hall

ājīvaka →

ncped

naked ascetic (belonging to the community founded by Makkhali Gosāla)

ājīvika →

ncped

naked ascetic (belonging to the community founded by Makkhali Gosāla)

āpattikusalatā →

ncped

skill in discerning what is an offense

āyakusala →

ncped

knowledgeable about income or gain

akusala →

nyana

Akusala: Disadvantageous, are all those kammic intentions kamma - cetanā see: cetanā and all consciousness and mental properties associated therewith, which are accompanied either by greed …

akusala-sādhārana-cetasika →

nyana

Akusala-sādhārana-cetasika: Universal, general or primary disadvantageous mental properties associated with all disadvantageous intentions: These are four; 1: Lack of moral shame ahirika, 2: L …

akusala-vitakka →

nyana

Akusala-vitakka: Disadvantageous thoughts as defined under akusala In M. 20, five methods of overcoming them are given: by changing the object, thinking of the evil results, paying no attention …

bhavanga-sota →

nyana

Bhavanga-sota: and Bhavanga-citta: The first term may tentatively be rendered as the ‘undercurrent forming the condition of being, or existence’, and the second as ‘subconsciousness’, though …

issā →

nyana

*Issā:* ‘envy’, is a kammically disadvantageous akusala mental property, which is occasionally associated with hate-rooted consciousness see: Tab. I. 30, 31. Explained in Pug. 55.

padhāna →

nyana

Padhāna: ‘effort.’ The 4 right efforts samma - padhāna forming the 6th stage of the 8-fold path i.e. sammā - vāyāma see: magga are: 1 the effort to avoid samvara-padhāna 2 to overc …

paticcasamuppāda →

nyana

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 …

puñña →

nyana

Puñña: merit, meritorious, is a popular term for kammically advantageous kusala action. Opposite terms: apuñña = demerit. pāpa = ‘bad’, ‘evil’. The value of meritorious action is often stres …

titthāyatana →

nyana

Titthāyatana: the 3 ‘articles of heretical belief’. which in A. III, 61 are declared as leading to inactivity, are: 1 the belief that all happiness and woe are produced through former kamma prenat …

ākāsa →

nyana

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

  1. Limited space, under th …

abhinīhāra →

pts

being bent on (“downward force” Dhs trsl. 242), i.e. taking oneself out to, way of acting, (proper) behaviour, endeavour, resolve, aspiration SN.iii.267 sq. (˚kusala); AN.ii.189; AN.iii.311; AN.iv.3 …

adhama →

pts

adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.

Vedic …

adhi →

pts

A. Prep. and pref. of direction & place:

  1. as direction denoting a movement towards a definite end or goal up to, over, toward, to, on (see C 1a.)
  2. as place where (prep. c. loc. or abs.) = …

adhigacchati →

pts

to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …

adhikusala →

pts

adjective in ˚ā dhammā “items of higher righteousness” DN.iii.145.

adhi + kusala

adhipāta →

pts

Adhipāta1

splitting, breaking, only in phrase muddhā˚; head-splitting Snp.988 sq., Snp.1004, Snp.1025 (variant reading Nd ii.˚vipāta).

adhipāteti

Adhipāta2

a moth Snp.964. …

agga →

pts

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 …

aggi →

pts

…aN.v.263 (brāhmaṇa) -sālā a heated hall or refectory Vin.i.25, Vin.i.49 = Vin.ii.210 Vin.i.139; Vin.ii.154….

ambala →

pts

at Ja.ii.246 (˚koṭṭhaka-āsana-sālā) for ambara1 (?) or for ambaka2 (?), or should we read kambala˚?.

anusavati →

pts

at SN.ii.54 (āsavā na a.; variant reading anusayanti) & iv. 188 (akusalā dhammā na a.; variant reading anusenti) should preferably be read anusayati: see anuseti 2.

anvesin →

pts

adjective striving after, seeking, wishing for Snp.965 (kusala˚).

anu-esin

attha →

pts

Attha1

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

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

añjanisalākā →

pts

stick to put the ointment on with Vin.i.203; Vin.ii.135; Ja.iii.419.

aḷāra →

pts

adjective only used with ref. to the eyelashes, & usually expld. by visāla, i.e. extended wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning etym. is as yet uncertain. Ke …

aṭṭha →

pts

Aṭṭha1

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

balavatā →

pts

strength, force (see [in military sense](/define/in military sense)) Ja.ii.369 (ārakkhassa b.); Mil.101 (kusalassa & akusalassa kammassa b.).

abstr. fr. balavant; cp. Epic Sk. balavattā

bandha →

pts

adjective

  1. bond, fetter Iti.56 (abandho Mārassa, not a victim of M.) Mnd.328 (taṇhā˚, diṭṭhi˚); Thag-a.241.
  2. one who binds or ties together, in assa˚; horsekeeper, groom Ja.ii.98; Ja.v.441, Ja …

beluva →

pts

Beluva & Beḷuva

  1. the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
  2. wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.

beḷuva →

pts

Beluva & Beḷuva

  1. the Vilva tree Aegle marmelos MN.i.108; MN.ii.6; Ja.iv.363, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.525 Ja.vi.560.
  2. wood of the Vilva tree SN.i.22; DN.ii.264 Mhbv.31.

bhatta →

pts

…drowsiness after a meal SN.i.7; Ja.vi.57; Vb.352; Vism.278, Vism.295.

bhaṭa →

pts

to hire; originally the same as bhṛtya fr. bhṛta & bhṛti of; bhṛ Dhtp.94, Dhtm.114
■ bhaṭa = bhatyaṃ i.e. bhṛtyaṃ servant, hireling, soldier Mil.240; Vv-a.305 (bhattavetana˚). As to suggestion of …

bhittika →

pts

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

fr. bhitti

bhojana →

pts

food, meal, nourishment in general Ja.ii.218; Ja.iv.103, Ja.iv.173; Ja.i.178; Ja.iv.223; Snp.102 Snp.128, Snp.242, Snp.366, Snp.667; Dhp.7, Dhp.70; Pp.21, Pp.55; Mil.370 Vism.69, Vism.106; Sdhp.52, Sd …

bhāgiya →

pts

adjective (-˚) connected with, conducive to, procuring; in foll. philos. terms: kusala AN.i.11; hāna˚, visesa˚ DN.iii.274 sq.; hāna˚, ṭhiti˚ visesa˚, nibbedha˚ Vism.15 (in verse), Vism.88 = Pts.i.35. …

bhūmaka →

pts

Bhūmaka & ˚ika

(adj.) (only-˚)

  1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …

bhūmika →

pts

Bhūmaka & ˚ika

(adj.) (only-˚)

  1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …

bojjhaṅga →

pts

factor or constituent of knowledge or wisdom. There are 7 bojjhangas usually referred to or understood from the context. There are enumerated at several places, e.g. at DN.iii.106, where they are ment …

brāhmaṇa →

pts

…DN.i.119 sq., DN.i.136 (mahāsālā), DN.i.150 (˚dūta), DN.i.247; DN.iii.44 sq., DN.iii.61, DN.iii.83 sq., DN.iii.94 sq. (origin of), DN.iii.147 ,…

cakka →

pts

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 …

cakkhu →

pts

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 …

catur →

pts

…(āvāṭa), Ja.iv.492 (sālā); Ja.v.49; Pv.ii.1#19. Cp. caturaṃsa & next; -(r)assara (see last) with 4 sharp sides (of a hammer;…

caṅkamana →

pts

…Dhp-a.i.10. 2. a cloister walk (= cankama Vv-a.188. Usually ˚-
■ Vin.i.139 (˚sālā); Ja.iii.85 Ja.iv.329; Pv-a.79 (˚koṭi the far…

ceteti →

pts

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

  1. cint:
    pres cinteti
    pot cinteyya;
    ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
    aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
    ger ci …

cha →

pts

…dānasālā Ja.i.282; oraṃ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i.e. not just yet, but very…

chanda →

pts

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

chaḷ →

pts

…dānasālā Ja.i.282; oraṃ chahi māsehi kālakiriyā bhavissati (l shall die in 6 months, i.e. not just yet, but very…

cinteti →

pts

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

  1. cint:
    pres cinteti
    pot cinteyya;
    ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
    aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
    ger ci …

citta →

pts

…Ja.ii.290; Dhp-a.iv.14; -sālā a painted room or picture gallery DN-a.i.253; -sibbana with fine…

dakkheyya →

pts

cleverness, skill Ja.ii.237 (com. kusalassa-ñāṇa-sampayuttaṃ viriyaṃ); Ja.iii.468.

cp. dakkha2

deḍḍubha →

pts

water-snake; salamander Ja.iii.16; Ja.vi.194; Sdhp.292. See next.

Sk. duṇḍubha

dhamma →

pts

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 ( …

dhammatā →

pts

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

dhātu →

pts

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

  1. a primary element, of whic …

disā →

pts

point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …

dosa →

pts

Dosa1

corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …

dukkha →

pts

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 …

dvāra →

pts

…Vin.ii.211; Ja.vi.349; -sālā a hall with doors MN.i.382 MN.ii.61.

Ved. dvār (f.) & dvāra (nt.), base; *dhvār, cp….

dvīhitika →

pts

adjective to be gained or procured with difficulty (i.e. a livelihood which is hardly procurable), only in phrase “dubbhikkhā d setaṭṭhikā salākavuttā,” of a famine Vin.iii.6, Vin.iii.15, Vin.iii.87 …

dāna →

pts

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

gahapati →

pts

…wealthy Nobles, brahm˚mahāsālā do. Brahmins, gah˚-m˚ well-to-do gentry SN.i.71; Cnd.135; Dhp-a.i.388
■ kh˚-kula, br˚-kula…

gatta →

pts

the body, pl. gattāni the limbs. - As body: Vin.i.47; SN.i.169 = SN.i.183 (analla˚ with pure bodies; anallīna˚ at SN.i.169, but variant reading analla˚); AN.i.138; Snp.673 (samacchida˚ with bodies cu …

gilāna →

pts

…medicine Vin.i.292 sq. -sālā a hall for the sick, hospital SN.iv.210; AN.iii.142 Vism.259.

Sk. glāna, glā to fade,…

go →

pts

…Vin.iii.251; Dhs-a.320; -sālā cow-stable AN.i.188; -siṅga a cow’s horn Vism.254….

gotta →

pts

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

gāma →

pts

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

gāmaṇī →

pts

the head of a company, a chief, a village headman Vin.ii.296 (Maṇicūḷaka). Title of the G. Saṃyutta (Book VIII. of the Saḷāyatana-Vagga) SN.iv.305 sq.; & of the Gāmaṇī Jātaka Ja.i.136, Ja.i.137
■ S …

gūḷha →

pts

Gūḷha & gūḷhaka

adjective hidden, secret Vin.ii.98 (gūḷha-ko salākagāho).

pp. of gūhati

gūḷhaka →

pts

Gūḷha & gūḷhaka

adjective hidden, secret Vin.ii.98 (gūḷha-ko salākagāho).

pp. of gūhati

hatthin →

pts

…elephant habit Mnd.92.

  • -sālā elephant stable Vin.i.277; Vin.ii.194; Dhp-a.i.393.
  • -sippa the elephant…

hetu →

pts

  1. cause, reason, condition SN.i.134; AN.iii.440 sq.; Dhs.595, Dhs.1053; Vism.450 Tikp.11, Kp.233, Kp.239. In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical …

inda →

pts

  1. The Vedic god Indra DN.i.244; DN.ii.261, DN.ii.274; Snp.310, Snp.316, Snp.679, Snp.1024; Mnd.177.
  2. lord, chief, king; Sakko devānaṃ indo DN.i.216, DN.i.217; DN.ii.221, DN.ii.275; SN.i.219 Vepacit …

indriya →

pts

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

janapada →

pts

inhabited country, the country (opp. town or market-place), the continent politically: a province, district, county DN.i.136 (opp nigama); DN.ii.349; AN.i.160, AN.i.178; Snp.422, Snp.683, Snp.995, Sn …

jantāghara →

pts

…to Abhp. 214 = aggisālā, a room in which a fire is kept (viz. for the purpose of a steam bath, i.e. a hot room, cp. in meaning Mhg….

jara →

pts

…old bull Ja.ii.135; -sakka “the old S. Ja.iv.389; -sālā a tumble-down shed Pv-a.78.

See jarati

jevanīya →

pts

kind of (missile) weapon AN.iv.107 = AN.iv.110 (combined with āvudha & salāka; vv.ll. vedhanika jeganika, jevanika).

jiṇṇaka →

pts

adjective = jiṇṇa Snp.98, Snp.124; Ja.iv.178, Ja.iv.366; Sdhp.299 (sālā).

jānāti →

pts

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

  1. jān:
    pres jānāti
    pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366 …

jāta →

pts

  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 …

jīva →

pts

Jīva1

adjective noun

  1. the soul. Sabbe jīvā all the souls, enumerated with sattā pāṇā bhūta in the dialect used by the followers of Gosāla DN.i.53 (= DN-a.i.161 jīvasaññī). “taṃ jīvaṃ t …

jūta →

pts

…Ja.i.293;

kalla →

pts

Kalla1 & Kalya

adjective

  1. well, healthy, sound Vin.i.291.
  2. clever, able, dexterous Mil.48 Mil.87.
  3. ready, prepared Ja.ii.12, cp
    ■ citta.
  4. fit proper, right SN.ii.13 (pañha)

kallita →

pts

pleasantness, agreeableness SN.iii.270, SN.iii.273 (samādhismiṃ-˚kusala); AN.iii.311; AN.iv.34 (id.).

fr. kalla

kalyāṇa →

pts

(& kallāṇa)

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

kalyāṇatā →

pts

beauty, goodness, virtuousness Vism.4 (ādi); k˚ -kusala clever, experienced in what is good Ne.20.

abstr. fr. kalyāṇa

kamma →

pts

…Dhp.217. kamma-karaṇa-sālā work-room (here: weaving shed) Pv-a.120. 2. Acting in general, action, deed, doing (nearly always-˚) 1….

kammāra →

pts

…cp. Sk. bhāṇḍika a barber) a smith with a bald head Vin.i.76;

  • -sālā a smithy Vism.413 Mhvs.5, Mhvs.31.

Vedic…

kanha →

pts

adjective dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with kāḷa (q.v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical implication is to b …

kappa →

pts

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

karaka →

pts

Karaka1

  1. Water-pot, drinking-vessel (= pānīya-bhājana Pv-a.251). It is one of the seven requisites of a samaṇa Vin.ii.302. It is called dhammakaraka there and at Vin.ii.118, Vin.ii. …

karoti →

pts

v. irreg. Of the endless variety of forms given by grammarians only the foll. are bona fide and borne out by passages from our texts (when bracketed found in gram. works only).

I. Act

  1. I …

kata →

pts

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

kaṭacchu →

pts

ladle, a spoon; explained by uḷunka Dhp-a.iv.75, Dhp-a.iv.123; by dabbi Pv-a.135. Used for butter Vv-a.68, otherwise for cooked food in general, esp. rice gruel
■ Vin.ii.216; Ja.i.454; Ja.iii.27 …

kaṭhina →

pts

…the frame Vin.ii.116.

  • -sālā = ˚maṇḍapa Vin.ii.116.

Sk. kaṭhina & kaṭhora with dial. ṭh for rth; cp. Gr….

khaleti →

pts

lit. to wash (cp. pakkhāleti), slang for “to treat badly,” “to give a rubbing or thrashing (exact meaning problematic); only at Ja.iv.205 = Ja.iv.382: gale gahetvā khalayātha jammaṃ “take the rascal b …

khattiya →

pts

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 …

khārika →

pts

Khārika1

alkaline, in enumn of tastes (cp. rasa) at SN.iii.87; Dhs.629 and ≈.

adj. to khāra

Khārika2

of the khārī measure, in vīsati˚ kosalako tilavāho AN.v.173 = …

kimi →

pts

worm, vermin: setā kimī kaṇhasīsā AN.iii.241; Mil.272; DN-a.i.199
■ As animal of death and putrefaction MN.i.507; Ja.i.146; Snp.201; esp with ref. to the punishment of Petas: Pv.i.3#1; Thig.439; Pv …

kiriya →

pts

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

  1. (n.)-
    1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

kiriyā →

pts

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

  1. (n.)-
    1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

kiṃ →

pts

  1. as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …

kosalla →

pts

proficiency. There are 3 kinds mentioned at DN.iii.220, Vb.325 & Vism.439 sq. viz.; āya˚, apāya˚; and upāya˚; at Dhs.16 = Dhs.20 = Dhs.292 Dhs.555 = Nd ii.ad paññā it is classed between paṇḍicca a …

kriyā →

pts

Kiriya, Kiriyā & Kriyā

  1. (n.)-
    1. (-˚) action, performance, deed; the doing = fulfilment cp. ˚karaṇa, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) SN.iii.149; SN.iv.93; Snp.454, Snp.72 …

kucchita →

pts

contemptible, vile, bad, only in Coms Vv-a.215; in def. of kāya Kp-a.38 in def. of kusala Dhs-a.39; Vv-a.169; in def. of kukkucca Vism.470; in def. of paṃsu-kūla Vism.60.

Sk. kutsita, …

kula →

pts

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

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

kumbha →

pts

…Snp.577; Dhp-a.i.39 (˚sālā). rāja˚ the king’s potter Ja.i.121. 2 a bird (Phasianus gallus Hardy) Vv-a.163
■ compounds:…

kusala →

pts

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 …

kusalatā →

pts

(only -˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality
■ lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs Vv-a.138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities Pv-a.67. For foll. cp Mrs. Rh. D …

kutūhala →

pts

…a festivity, ceremony, Nd ii.in expl. of anekarūpena Snp.1079, Snp.1082;

  • -sālā a hall for recreation a…

kuñjara →

pts

…elephant Vv-a.181.

  • -sālā an elephant’s stable Dhp-a.iv.203.

Deriv. unknown. The sound is not unlike an elephant’s…

kāma →

pts

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 …

kāya →

pts

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

kīḷā →

pts

…play-circle, children’s games, playground Ja.vi.332; Dhp-a.iii.146;

  • -sālā playhouse Ja.vi.332.

fr. krīḍ,…

kūṭa →

pts

…Ja.i.273; Mil.67; -˚sālā a pavilion (see description of Maṇḍalamāḷa at DN-a.i.43) Vin.iii.15, Vin.iii.68, Vin.iii.87; Vin.iv.75;…

labuja →

pts

the bread-fruit tree, Artocarpus lacucha or incisa DN.i.53; Ja.iv.363; Ja.v.6, Ja.v.417; Pv-a.153 (sa˚, read as salaḷa˚, like Vv.35#5, explained at Vv-a.162).

cp. Sk. labuja

lakkhaṇa →

pts

  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 …

lambila →

pts

adjective sour, acrid, astringent (of taste) Mnd.240; Cnd.540; Dhs.629; Dhs-a.320 (reads lapila, variant reading lampila; explained as “badara-sāḷava-kapiṭṭha-sāḷav’ ādi”); Mil.56 (reads *[ambila] …

laṭṭhi →

pts

  1. a staff, stick DN.i.105 (patoda goad), DN.i.126 (id.); Vv-a.64 (id.); Ja.iv.310 (laṭṭhī hata laṭṭhiyā hata G.); Ja.v.280; Mil.27.
  2. stick of sugar cane (ucchu˚) Pv-a.257.
  3. sprout of a plant, o …

lobha →

pts

covetousness, greed. Defined at Vism.468 as “lubbhanti tena, sayaṃ vā lubbhati, lubbhana-mattam eva vā taṃ,” with several comparisons following. Often found in triad of lobha, dosa, moha (greed, an …

loha →

pts

metal, esp. copper, brass or bronze It is often used as a general term & the individual application is not always sharply defined. Its comprehensiveness is evident from the classification of *[loha](/ …

magga →

pts

  1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

mahant →

pts

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

makkaṭa →

pts

  1. a monkey Ja.i.385; Ja.ii.267; Dhp-a.ii.22; Vb-a.408 (˚niddā, a m.’s sleep, said to be quickly changing); Kp-a.73 (in simile); Snp-a.522 (cp. Snp.791). Names of monkeys famous in Jātaka tales: S …

mana(s) →

pts

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

mano →

pts

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

mettā →

pts

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

moha →

pts

stupidity, dullness of mind & soul, delusion bewilderment, infatuation DN.iii.146, DN.iii.175, DN.iii.182, DN.iii.214, DN.iii.270; Vin.iv.144, Vin.iv.145; Snp.56, Snp.74, Snp.160, Snp.638, Snp.847; Vb …

mosalla →

pts

adjective worthy of being slain (with clubs), punishable AN.ii.241.

fr. musala

musala →

pts

  1. a pestle (whilst udukkhala is “mortar,” cp. Ja.ii.428 & see udukkhala) DN.i.166 = Pp.55; Dhp-a.ii.131 (+ suppa).
  2. a club AN.ii.241; Vv-a.121.
  3. a crowbar Ja.i.199; Pv- …

musalaka →

pts

little pestle, a toy for little girls Dhs-a.321.

fr. musala

māla FIXME double →

pts

…at Vb-a.366 as “bhojana-sālā-sadiso maṇḍala-māḷo; Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti…

mālaka →

pts

Mālaka (Māḷaka)

a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …

māsalu →

pts

only instr. māsalunā Mil.292, Trenckner says (note p. 428): “m. is otherwise unknown it must mean a period shorter than 5 months. Cp. Sk. māsala.” Rh. D. (trsl. ii.148) translates “got in a month,” …

māḷa FIXME double →

pts

…at Vb-a.366 as “bhojana-sālā-sadiso maṇḍala-māḷo; Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti…

māḷaka →

pts

Mālaka (Māḷaka)

a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …

mūla →

pts

  1. (lit.) root AN.ii.200; MN.i.233; Dhp-a.i.270; Dhp-a.iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism.270 (rukkha˚; = rukkha-samīpaṃ); Pv.ii.9#6 (sa˚ with the root); Pv-a.43 (rukkhassa mūle at the foot of).
  2. foot …

nahāpita →

pts

…(= kappaka) Vv-a.207 (˚sālā a barber’s shop)

Sk. only snāpaka (see nahāpaka); new formation fr. Caus. nahāpeti…

nibbattaka →

pts

adjective producing, yielding Pv-a.26 (phala ˚ṃ kusalakammaṃ), Pv-a.126 (= sukha˚ = sukhāvaha).

cp. nibbatta

nibbattita →

pts

adjective done, produced, brought forth Pv-a.150 (a˚kusalakamma = akata).

pp. of nibbatteti

nibbedha →

pts

penetration, insight; adj.: penetrating, piercing, scrutinising, sharp. Freq. in phrase nibbedha-bhāgiya (sharing the quality of penetration), with ref. to samādhi, saññā etc. [cp. BSk nirvedha˚ Di …

nicca →

pts

adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …

nidāna →

pts

  1. (n.) tying down to; ground (lit. or fig.), foundation, occasion source, origin, cause; reason, reference, subject (“sujet”) MN.i.261; AN.i.134 sq.; AN.i.263 sq., AN.i.338; AN.ii.196 AN.iv.128 sq.; …

nipuṇa →

pts

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. …

nāma →

pts

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 “ …

nātha →

pts

…rich poor); Pv-a.3 (˚sālā poor house) Pv-a.65 Cp. nādhati.

Ved. nātha, nāth, to which Goth. nipan (to support), Ohg. gināda (grace)

nīti →

pts

guidance, practice, conduct, esp. right conduct, propriety; statesmanship, polity Pv-a.114 (˚mangala commonsense), Pv-a.129 (˚sattha science of statecraft, or of prudent behaviour), Pv-a.130 (˚cint …

odhānīya →

pts

…gloss on p. 38 as follows: sālākāṭṭhāniya A, salākātaniya C, salākadhāraya B, salāk’odhāniyan ti yattha salākaṃ odahanti taṃ…

ogāhati FIXME double →

pts

Ogāhati (ogāheti)

to plunge or enter into, to be absorbed in (w. acc. or loc.). Pv.ii.12#11; Vv.6#1 (= anupavisati Vv-a.42), Vv.39#2 (sālavanaṃ o = pavisati Vv-a.177). ogāheti Pv-a.155 (pokkhara …

ogāheti →

pts

Ogāhati (ogāheti)

to plunge or enter into, to be absorbed in (w. acc. or loc.). Pv.ii.12#11; Vv.6#1 (= anupavisati Vv-a.42), Vv.39#2 (sālavanaṃ o = pavisati Vv-a.177). ogāheti Pv-a.155 (pokkhara …

pacura →

pts

adjective general, various, any; abundant, many Ja.v.40 (= bahu salabha C.); Mil.408 (˚jana) Dāvs iv.11, Dāvs iv.50; Vv-a.213 (˚jano for yādisakīdiso Vv.50#11). See also pasura.

cp. late Sk. pracura

pada →

pts

  1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

paggāhika →

pts

…(or trading?) in cpd. -sālā a shop Vin.ii.291 (cp. Vin Texts iii.383: “would he set up as a hawker in cloth or would he open a…

pajahati →

pts

(˚jahāti) to give up, renounce, forsake, abandon, eliminate, let go, get rid of; freq as synonym of jahati (see Nd ii.under jahati with all forms). Its wide range of application with reference to all …

pakhuma →

pts

an eyelash unsally as adj.: having eyelashes (-˚) DN.ii.18 (go˚) SN.i.132 (˚antarikāyaṃ between the lashes); Ja.v.216 (visāla˚ for alārapamha T.); Thag-a.255 (dīgha˚ for āyatapamha Thig.383); Vv-a. …

pakkhika FIXME double →

pts

Pakkhika

adjective

  1. belonging or referring to the (2) lunar fortnights fortnightly, for a fortnight or in the (specified) fortnight of the month (cp. Vin. Texts iii.220). As one special provisio …

pakkhipati →

pts

  1. to put down into (with loc. of receptacle), place into, enclose in (often used for ceremony of putting a corpse into a shell or mount) DN.ii.162 (tela-doṇiyā Bhagavato sarīraṃ p.); SN.ii.85; Ja.ii …

papā →

pts

…= Kv.345 (= pānīyadāna-sālā SA); SN.i.100 (read papañ ca vivane); Ja.i.109; Dhp-a.iii.349 = Ja.i.302 (= pānīya-cāṭī C.); Vv.52#22…

pariveṇa →

pts

…koṭṭhaka upaṭṭhāna-sālā); Vin.i.216 (vihārena vihāraṃ pariveṇena pariveṇaṃ upasankamitvā), Vin.i.247 (id.); Vin.ii.167…

pariyāgata →

pts

having come to, reached, attained Ja.vi.237 (phalaṃ; C = upagata), Ja.vi.238 (kusalaṃ C. = pariyāyena attano vārena āgata).

pari + ā + gata

patta →

pts

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 ( …

pavīṇa →

pts

adjective clever, skilful Dāvs v.33; Vv-a.168 (variant reading kusala).

cp. Class. Sk. pravīṇa

paṇḍita →

pts

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

paṇṇa →

pts

…AN.i.136; Ja.vi.24.

  • -sālā a hut of leaves, a hermitage Ja.i.6, Ja.i.7, Ja.i.138; Ja.ii.101 sq.; Ja.vi.30, Ja.vi.318…

paṇṇaka →

pts

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

paṭicca-samuppāda →

pts

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 …

paṭikkamana →

pts

returning, retiring, going back Dhp.i.95; in -sālā meaning “a hall with seats of distinction” Snp-a.53.

fr. paṭikkamati

pesala →

pts

adjective lovable, pleasant, well-behaved amiable SN.i.149; SN.ii.387; AN.iv.22; AN.v.170; Snp.678; Snp.p.124; Mil.373; Sdhp.621. Often as epithet of a good bhikkhu, e.g. at SN.i.187; Vin.i.170; Vin. …

pisīla →

pts

dial. expression for pātī or patta “bowl” MN.iii.235 (passage quite misunderstood by Neumann in his translation iii.414).

Sk. piśāla

piḷhaka →

pts

(variant reading miḷhakā) at SN.ii.228 is to be read as mīḷhakā “cesspool” (q.v.). The C. quoted on p. 228 explains incorrectly by “kaṃsalak’ ādi gūthapāṇakā, …

piṭṭhi →

pts

…Vism.47.

piṭṭhī →

pts

…Vism.47.

pubba →

pts

Pubba1

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

puñña →

pts

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 …

pānīya →

pts

…cataphracta).

  • -sālā a hall where drinking water is given Vin.ii.153; Pv-a.102 cp. papā.

Vedic pānīya, fr….

pāpaka →

pts

adjective bad, wicked, wretched, sinful Vin.i.8; SN.i.149, SN.i.207; SN.v.418 (p. akusala citta); Snp.127 Snp.215, Snp.664; Dhp.66, Dhp.78, Dhp.211, Dhp.242; Ja.i.128; Pv.ii.7#16 (= lāmaka C.); Pv.ii. …

pāsāṇa →

pts

rock, stone AN.i.283; Snp.447; Ja.i.109, Ja.i.199; Ja.v.295; Vism.28, Vism.182, Vism.183; Vb-a.64 (its size as cpd with pabbata); Dhp-a.iii.151; Dhs-a.389; Vv-a.157; Sdhp.328.

  • *-[gu …

rajana →

pts

…Texts* ii.49).

  • -bhājana dye-vessel Vin.i.286.
  • -sālā colouring-workshop, dyeing-hall…

ratha →

pts

…and Snp-a.446.

  • -sālā chariot shed Dhp-a.iii.121.

Vedic ratha, Av. rapa, Lat. rota wheel, rotundus (“rotund” &…

roga →

pts

illness, disease
■ The defn of roga at Ja.ii.437 is “roga rujana-sabhāvattaṃ.” There are many diff enumerations of rogas and sets of standard combinations, of which the foll. may be ment …

rukkha →

pts

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

rājan →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rājā →

pts

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defn at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

rāsi →

pts

  1. heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …

sakaṇṇajappaka →

pts

whispering in the ear, a method of (secretly) taking votes Vin.ii.98 sq (salāka-gāha).

sa + kaṇṇa + jappa + ka

salabha →

pts

moth Ja.v.401; Ud.72(a); Vb-a.146.

cp. Sk. śalabha

salakkhaṇa →

pts

Salakkhaṇa1

adjective together with the characteristics Snp.1018.

sa3 + lakkhaṇa

Salakkhaṇa2

neuter own characteristic, that which is consistent with one’s own na …

salana →

pts

moving, shaking Vv-a.169; Dhs-a.62 (in defn of kusala as “kucchitānaṃ salan’ādīhi atthehi kusalaṃ”).

fr. śal

salayati →

pts

to shake Dhs-a.39.

Caus. of śal to leap

salaḷa →

pts

kind of sweet-scented tree Ja.v.420; Bv.ii.51 = Ja.i.13; Vv.35#5; Vv-a.162; Mil.338; MN.ii.184.

salla →

pts

an arrow, dart MN.i.429 (˚ṃ āharati to remove the a); MN.ii.216; SN.iv.206; Ja.i.180 Ja.v.49; Snp.331, Snp.767; Mil.112; Vism.503 (visa˚ sting of poison; cp. Vb-a.104 sallaṃ viya vitujjati); often me …

sallaka →

pts

porcupine Ja.v.489.

cp. *Sk. śalala & śallaka

sallakī →

pts

the tree Boswellia thurifera (incense tree) Ja.iv.92; pl. ˚-iyo Ja.vi.535; bahukuṭaja-sallakika Thag.115 (= indasālarukkha [?]).

cp. Class. Sk. śallakī

salābha →

pts

one’s own advantage Dhp.365.

sa4 + lābha

salākā →

pts

  1. an arrow, a dart AN.iv.107 (T. has it as nt.).
  2. a small stick, peg, thin bar SN.iv.168; Dāvs iv.51.
  3. blade of a grass MN.i.79; Ja.i.439.
  4. ribs of a parasol Vin.iv.338; Snp-a.487; Mil.226.

salāṭuka →

pts

adjective fresh, unripe SN.i.150 = Snp.p.125; Mil.334; Vv-a.288.

cp. *Sk. śalāṭu

sampahaṭṭha →

pts

Sampahaṭṭha1

adjective beaten, struck (of metal), refined, wrought SN.i.65 (sakusala˚; Bdhgh ukkāmukhe pacitvā s.; K.S. i.321); Snp.686 (sukusala˚ Snp-a.486: “kusalena suvaṇṇakārena san …

samādhi →

pts

  1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

samāpatti →

pts

attainment AN.iii.5; SN.ii.150 sq.; SN.iv.293 (saññā-vedayita-nirodha˚); Dhs.30 Dhs.101; a stage of meditation AN.i.94; Dhs.1331; Ja.i.343 Ja.i.473; Pv-a.61 (mahā-karuṇā˚); Mnd.100, Mnd.106, Mnd.1 …

sarala →

pts

the tree Pinus longifolia Ja.v.420 (thus read with B instead of salaḷa).

?

saraṇa →

pts

Saraṇa1

neuter shelter, house Snp.591; refuge, protection DN.iii.187; Snp.503; Ja.ii.28; DN-a.i.229; especially the three refuges—the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Brotherhood AN.i.56; DN.i …

satthar →

pts

teacher, master
■ nom. satthā DN.i.49; Snp.179;
■ acc. satthāraṃ DN.i.163; Snp.153, Snp.343;
■ instr. satthārā DN.i.163;
■ instr. satthunā Mhvs.32, Mhvs.19;
■ gen. satthu DN.i.110; Iti.79; V …

saḷāyatana →

pts

the six organs of sense and the six objects-viz., eye ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; forms, sounds, odouis tastes, tangible things, ideas; occupying the fourth place in the Paṭiccasamuppāda DN.ii …

saṅkhāta →

pts

agreed on, reckoned; (-˚) so-called, named DN.i.163 (akusala˚ dhammā); DN.iii.65 DN.iii.133 = Vin.iii.46 (theyya˚ what is called theft); DN-a.i.313 (the sambodhi, by which is meant that of the thre …

sotthi →

pts

-vācaka utterer of blessings a herald Mil.359.

  • -sālā a hospital Mhvs.10, Mhvs.101.

Sk….

soḷasa →

pts

cardinal number sixteen DN.i.128; Snp.1006; Ja.i.78 (lekhā); Ja.ii.87; Ja.iii.342 (atappiya-vatthūni); Ja.v.175, Ja.vi.37; Mil.11 (palibodhā); Dhp-a.i.129 (˚salākā); Dhp-a.iv.208 (˚karīsa-matta). …

su →

pts

…Mhvs.38. -paṇṇasālā a beautiful hut Ja.i.7. -patittha having beautiful banks…

suppa →

pts

winnowing basket Ud.68; Ja.i.502; Ja.ii.428; Vism.109 (+ sarāva), Vism.123; Mil.282; Dhp-a.i.174 (kattara˚); Dhp-a.ii.131; Mhvs.30, Mhvs.9. --ka a toy basket, little sieve Dhs-a.321 (+ musala …

sālaka →

pts

brother-in-law Ja.ii.268.

Sk. syāla + ka

sālakakimi →

pts

kind of worm Mil.312.

sālaya →

pts

adjective having intentions (on), being attached (to = loc.) Ja.iii.332.

sa3 + ālaya

sālākiya →

pts

ophthalmology DN.i.12, DN.i.69; DN-a.i.98.

cp. Sk. śālākya in Suśruta

sāḷava →

pts

certain dish, perhaps a kind of salad, given as “lambila,” i.e. bitter or astringent at Dhs-a.320 (made of badara or kapiṭṭha); cp Vin.iv.259.

cp. Sk. ṣāḍav …

taṇhā →

pts

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

te →

pts

Te˚

secondary base of numeral three (fr. ti) in compound: having a relation to a triad of, three-; in numerical compounds also = three (see under tayo).

  • *-[kaṭula](/define/kaṭu …

tāva →

pts

adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus

I

*yāva-tāva …

ucchu →

pts

…c. juice Vin.i.246; Vism.489; Vv-a.180 -vāta, Asl.274. -sālā, Asl.274.

Sk. cp. Vedic Np. Ikṣvāku…

udukkhala →

pts

mortar Vin.i.202 (+ musala pestle); Ja.i.502; Ja.ii.428; Ja.v.49; Ja.ii.161, Ja.ii.335; Ud.69 (m; + musaḷa); Dhp-a.ii.131 (˚sala); Vism.354 (in comp.). The relation between *[udukkhala](/define/udu …

upasampadā →

pts

  1. taking, acquiring; obtaining, taking upon oneself, undertaking DN.ii.49; MN.i.93; AN.iii.65; Dhp.183 (cp. Dhp-a.iii.236) Ne.44 (kusalassa).
  2. (in special sense) taking up the bhikkhuship, higher …

upaṭṭhāna →

pts

…provisions Pv-a.20.

  • -sālā hall for attendance, assembly room, chapel [cp. BSk upasthāna-śālā Divy.207] Vin.i.49,…

upāsana →

pts

… ■ Mil.232 (˚ṃ sikkhitvā). 2. practice Mil.419. 3. in -sālā gymnasium training ground Mil.352.

fr. upāsati

upāya →

pts

approach; fig. way, means, expedient, stratagem SN.iii.53 sq., SN.iii.58; DN.iii.220 (˚kosalla) Snp.321 (˚ññū); Ja.i.256; Cnd.570 (for upaya); Pv-a.20 Pv-a.31, Pv-a.39, Pv-a.45, Pv-a.104, Pv-a.1 …

ussanna →

pts

adjective

  1. overflowing, heaped up, crowded; extensive, abundant, preponderant, excessive, full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= …

uttiṇṇa →

pts

…be uttiṇa?

pp. of…

vacchaka →

pts

…(as go-vacchaka).

  • -pālaka a cow-herd Ja.iii.444.
  • -sālā cow-shed, cowpen Ja.v.93;…

vacchala →

pts

adjective affectionate, lit. “loving her calf” Thag-a.148 (Tha-ap.64).

cp. Sk. vatsala

vajja →

pts

Vajja1

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

vasala →

pts

an outcaste; a low person, wretch; adj. vile, foul Vin.ii.221; Snp.116–Snp.136; Ja.iv.388; Snp-a.183, -f. vasalī outcaste wretched woman SN.i.160; Ja.iv.121, Ja.iv.375; Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.iii.11 …

vasalaka →

pts

Err:509

vassa →

pts

  1. rain, shower Ja.iv.284; Ja.vi.486 (khaṇika sudden rain); Mil.307; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.31; Dhp-a.iii.163 (pokkhara˚ portentous); Snp-a.224 (mahā˚ deluge of rain); Pv-a.55 (vāta˚ wind & rain)
    ■ fig …

vaṭṭa →

pts

Vaṭṭa1

adjective noun

  1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
  2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

vedanā →

pts

  1. (f.) feeling, sensation (see on term, e.g. Cpd. 14 Mrs. Rh D. B. Psy., ch. iv.) DN.i.45; DN.ii.58 (cp. Dial. ii.54), DN.ii.66, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.77, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.228, DN.iii.238 (˚upādā …

vicāreti →

pts

  1. to make go round, to pass round, to distribute Pv-a.272 (salākaṃ).
  2. to think (over) SN.v.156 (vitakketi +).
  3. to investigate, examine, test Ja.ii.413; Ja.iii.258; Vv-a.336 (a˚ to omit examini …

vimaṭṭha →

pts

adjective smoothed, soft, smooth, polished Ja.v.96 (˚ābharana), (C. explains as “visāla”), Ja.v.204, Ja.v.400 (of ornaments)
ubhato-bhāga˚; polished or smooth on both sides MN.i.385; AN.v.61 = …

vinaya →

pts

  1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

vipāka →

pts

fruit, fruition, product; always in pregnant meaning of “result, effect, consequence (of one’s action),” either as good & meritorious (kusala or bad & detrimental (*[akusala](/defi …

visāla →

pts

adjective wide, broad, extensive Snp.38; Ja.v.49, Ja.v.215 (˚pakhuma); Mil.102, Mil.311.

  • -akkhī (f.) having large eyes Ja.v.40; Vv.37#1 (+ vipulalocanā; or a petī).

cp. Sk. viśāla

visālatā →

pts

breadth, extensiveness Vv-a.104.

abstr. fr. visāla

vitakka →

pts

reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …

vāreti →

pts

  1. to prevent, obstruct, hinder Pv.ii.7#7 (vārayissaṃ I had the habit of obstructing; = nivāresiṃ Pv-a.102); Vv-a.68; Sdhp.364
  2. to ask in marriage Thag-a.266; Pv-a.55

caus 2 vārāpeti to induc …

ya →

pts

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 …

yamaka →

pts

…Vism.390; Pv-a.137. -sālā the pair of Sal willows in between of which the Buddha passed away Vv-a.165; Pv-a.212. 2….

yattaka →

pts

adjective however much, whatever, as many (in correlation with ta˚; or tattaka) Ja.v.74 (= yāvant); Vism.184 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti… tattakaṃ…), Vism.293 (yatta …

yañña →

pts

…sacrifices Pp.56 (= yañña-sālā Pp-a 233).

  • -āvāṭa the sacrificial pit DN.i.142, DN.i.148; Ja.i.335; Ja.iii.45,…

ñāya →

pts

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

ñāṇa →

pts

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

  1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
    it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

ācāra →

pts

way of behaving, conduct, practice, esp. right conduct, good manners; adj. (-˚) practising, indulging in, or of such & such a conduct
■ Snp.280 (pāpa˚); Ja.i.106 (vipassana˚); Ja.ii.280 (˚ariya); J …

ākula →

pts

adjective entangled, confused, upset, twisted, bewildered Ja.i.123 (salākaggaṃ ˚ṃ karoti to upset or disturb); Vv.84#9 (andha˚); Pv-a.287 (an˚ clear). Often reduplicated as ākulākula thoroughly con …

āpatti →

pts

an ecclesiastical offence (cp.; Kvu trsl. 362 n. 1), Vin.i.103 (˚khandha), Vin.i.164 (˚ṃ paṭikaroti), Vin.i.322 (˚ṃ passati), Vin.i.354 (avasesā & anavasesā); Vin.ii.2 sq. (˚ṃ ropeti), Vin.ii.59, Vi …

ārammaṇa →

pts

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

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

āsana →

pts

…AN.ii.206; Pp.55.

  • -sālā a hall with seating accommodation Vism.69; Dhp-a.ii.65; Dhp-a.iv.46.

from…

āya →

pts

  1. coming in, entrance MN.iii.93.
  2. tax Ja.v.113.
  3. income, earning, profit, gain (opp vaya loss) AN.iv.282 = AN.iv.323; Snp.978; Ja.i.228; Kp-a.38 (in expln. of kāya), Kp-a.82 (in etym …

āyatana →

pts

  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 …

ṭhiti →

pts

state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …

ṭhāna →

pts

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

  1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
  2. by itself without parti …