…lay to the south of the Vaṃsa country. The Vaṃsa were also called Vatsā. The country formed one of the sixteen Great Nations.

The…

…separately and explains vaṃsa as “veṇuṃ ussāpetvā kīḷanaṃ” (i.e. a game consisting in raising a bamboo; is…

…He went into the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country to practise these. He mastered seven, but could not learn the eighth. The Buddha,…

…being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256…

…Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avantī, Gandhāra, and Kamboja. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256…

…dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, and appeared before him to encourage him in his meditations. AN.iv.228ff.

The…

…Buddha proceeded to Pācīnavaṃsadāya. Vin.i.350 MN.iii.154

The readings of the texts are uncertain, and it is impossible to say whether a…

…dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit which the Buddha paid to him.AN.iv.228…

A town in the Kuru country. In the Kurudhamma Jataka J.ii.365f; also J.iii.400; J.iv.361; J.v.457; J.vi.255; Cyp.i.3, Cyp.v.1, Dhananjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Anjanava …

…of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rājagaha was named Pacina-vaṃsa and the inhabitants were called Tivarā.

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 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…

…Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avantī, Gandhāra and Kamboja. The first fourteen are included…

…Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at Rājagaha or Giribbaja…

…companions in the Pācīnavaṃsamigadāya. Vin.i.350f. It was to them that the Upakkilesa Sutta was preached. MN.iii.155 Later, they seem to…

PācīnavaṃsaPācīnavaṃsadāya

A park in the Cetiya kingdom. AN.iv.228f. The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, while staying…

…and Pācīnavaṃsadāya, went to Pārileyyaka, where he stayed at the foot of Bhaddasāla in the Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa. There a…

…thousand years….

VepullaVipulaVaṅkakaPācīnavaṃsaSupassa

The highest of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67

• In the time of Kakusandha Buddha,…

One of the great sages held in esteem by the brahmins. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 DN.i.238 MN.ii.169 MN.ii.200 Vin.i.2451 Compare Vaṃsa in Rigveda 10.99.

practicing the traditions of the noble ones, belonging to the noble tradition; who recites the Ariyavaṃsa-sutta

tradition of the noble ones; a noble lineage or tradition

bamboo pole used in an acrobatic feat.

name of an acrobatic feat.

bamboo rod for hanging up robes.

having such a reputation

perceiving in this way; of such awareness or perception

perceiving in this way; of such awareness or perception

the family line; the family succession; the family tradition

Appicchatā: Having only few wishes, contentedness, is one of the indispensable virtues of the monk; cf. A. X. 181-190, and ariya-vamsa

Ariya-vamsa: The four Noble Usage’s, are:
1: Contentedness of the Bhikkhu with any robe,
2: C ontentedness with any Alms-food,
3: Contentedness with any dwelling,
4L Delight in meditatio …

Bhāvanā: ‘mental development’ lit. ‘calling into existence, producing’ is what in English is generally but rather vaguely called ‘meditation’. One has to distinguish 2 kinds: development of tranqu …

Bodhi: from verbal root budhi to awaken, to understand: awakening, enlightenment, supreme knowledge. Through Bodhi one awakens from the slumber or stupor inflicted upon the mind by the defilemen …

Contentedness: with whatever robe, etc. belongs to the noble usages: ariya-vamsa.

Paramī: Pāramitā: ‘perfection’. Ten qualities leading to Buddhahood: 1 perfection in giving or generosity; dāna - pāramī 2 morality sīla - p 3 renunciation nekkhamma - p 4 understan …

adjective preserving, keeping up Ja.iv.192 (vaṃsa˚); Ja.vi.1 (id.).

fr. anurakkhati, cp. ˚rakkhin

…the Aryan Path.

• -vaṃsa the (fourfold) noble family, i.e. of recluses content with the 4 requisites DN.iii.224 =…

Attha¹

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

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

to go down, to go away (to) Snp.685 (variant reading BB. T. avaṃsari).

ava + sṛ.

…the Tusita Heaven (see Buddhavaṃsa). He was born in a khattiya family and was distinguished by the 32 signs of a great man…

…MN.ii.152; SN.v.168 sq. (˚vaṃsa); AN.iii.214, AN.iii.228 (brāhmaṇa˚); AN.iv.376; Ja.iv.303; Pv-a.175; Mil.200
■ f caṇḍālī…

“giving thought or heart” only in combination with kar: cittikaroti to honour, to esteem. cittikatvā. MN.iii.24 AN.iii.172 Pv.ii.9#55 (cittiṁ k. = pūjetvā Pv-a.135); Dīpavaṁsa.i.2
■ acittikatvā …

the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …

(-˚) adjective one who blows Mil.31; see *vaṃsa*˚, sankh˚, singa˚.

…dhaṃseti Sk. dhvaṃsayati but more likely = Sk. dharṣayati (to infest, molest Lat. infestare. On similar sound-change P. dhaṃs˚…

…of a wound Ja.ii.117. 3. In vaṃsadhopana apparently a feat by acrobats Ja.iv.390. It is possible that the passage at DN.i.6 really belongs here…

adjective dust-coloured Vv-a.335.

Sk. dhūsara, Ags. dust = E. dust & dusk, Ger. dust; see dhvaṃsati & dhunoti & cp. Walde, Lat Wtb. under furo

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 …

…punished by having his head and thighs forced into his body, Raghuvaṃsa xii.57).

cp. Sk. kavandha & kabandha

…Ja.vi.26; Mil.201 (vaṃsa˚) Vism.255 (vaṃsa˚-cakkalaka, so read for kalira˚ Kp-a.50 at id. passage reads kaḷīra-daṇḍa).

*…

…noble“ Dhp-a.i.166;

• -vaṃsa aristocratic descent DN-a.i.267;
• -sukhumāla a tender, youthful…

kuhali flowers Attanugaluvaṃsa 216.

…Dhs.1122 for kusala˚; -vaṃsa lineage, progeny MN.ii.181; AN.iii.43; AN.iv.61; DN-a.i.256; expressions for the keeping up…

…mentioned in the Mahāvaṃsa (33, 22, where Geiger reads “pupphādhānāni tīṇi, with translation “3 stone terraces for offerings of…

…as equivalent of dīpavaṃsa thus “story of the island” Dpvs.18, 2 Oldenberg (translation p. 204) translates “the island of…

putting down, laying down; casting off, discarding, elimination, giving up, renunciation; abstract or summary treatment. Dhs-a.6 344 ‣See under mātikā;
■in grammar pada˚ the setti …

…but has variant reading odhasta).

Sk. avadhvasta, pp. of ava + dhvaṃsati: see dhaṃsati

… aor otari Snp-a.486 (for avaṃsari); Dhp-a.i.19 (cankamanaṃ) Pv-a.47 (nāvāya mahāsamuddaṃ), Pv-a.75
inf otarituṃ Pp.65, Pp.75…

…boiling hot, hot Thūpavaṃsa 48³³; Ja.v.268 (pakaṭṭh˚ vv.ll. pakkudh & jakankaṭhi); Ja.vi.112 (˚kaṭṭh˚), Ja.vi.114…

…boiling hot, hot Thūpavaṃsa 48³³; Ja.v.268 (pakaṭṭh˚ vv.ll. pakkudh & jakankaṭhi); Ja.vi.112 (˚kaṭṭh˚), Ja.vi.114…

…Mil.190, Mil.226 (+ vaṃsa), Mil.227; Dhp-a.i.284 (tanti +); Pv-a.131. 4. succession, lineage, breed, race Snp.26 (cp Snp-a.39);…

…amba˚; Vin.ii.109; vaṃsa˚; Ja.i.352; veḷu˚; (a bit of bamboo) DN.ii.324; Ja.ii.267, Ja.ii.279; Ja.iii.276; Ja.iv.382.

cp. Sk….

…phuṭo ahosi), cp. Anāgata Vaṃsa (J.P.T.S. 1886, v.39) & remarks of Morris’s; J.P.T.S. 1887, 165. The same passage as MN.i.377 is found at…

…back-ache Snp-a.111

• -vaṃsa back bone, a certain beam in a building Dhp-a.i.52.

= piṭṭha³, of which it…

…back-ache Snp-a.111

• -vaṃsa back bone, a certain beam in a building Dhp-a.i.52.

= piṭṭha³, of which it…

…of a circus horse + rāja-vaṃsa).

• -daṇḍa punishment ordered by the king Pv-a.216, Pv-a.217. *…

…of a circus horse + rāja-vaṃsa).

• -daṇḍa punishment ordered by the king Pv-a.216, Pv-a.217. *…

…Ja.v.257 (˚khattiyavaṃsa); Dhp-a.ii.85 (id.). 2 (of the voice unmixed, i.e. distinct, clear Mil.360. 3 name of a kind of ointment…

…Mhvs.192 i.e. Cūḷavaṃsa (ed. Geiger) p. 15.

cp. saṃ + puṭa (lexicogr. Sk. sampuṭa “round box”) & BSk. sampuṭa in meaning…

…pure intellect Ja.i.1.

• -vaṃsatā purity of lineage Mhvs.59, Mhvs.25.
• -vasana wearing pure clothes Thig.338…

1. the string or cord of a lute, etc.; thread made of tendon Vin.i.182; Thig.390 (cp. Thag-a.257); Ja.iv.389; Dhp-a.i.163; Pv-a.151.
2. line lineage (+ paveṇi custom, tradition) Ja.vi.380; Dhp-a. …

Vambheti & Vamheti

to treat with contempt despise, revile, scold; usually either combined with khuṃseti or opposed to ukkaṃseti, e.g. Vin.ii.18; Vin.iv.4; MN.i.200 (= Snp.132 a …

Vambheti & Vamheti

to treat with contempt despise, revile, scold; usually either combined with khuṃseti or opposed to ukkaṃseti, e.g. Vin.ii.18; Vin.iv.4; MN.i.200 (= Snp.132 a …

(-˚) adjective descended from, belonging to a family (of) SN.v.168 (caṇḍāla˚).

fr. vaṃsa

…Vism.17; Snp-a.76 (= vaṃsa); Vb-a.334.

• -agga (veḷagga) the top of a bamboo Vin.ii.110 *…

kind of tree Ja.v.405 (= vaṃsa-coraka).

fr. veḷu

…see vaṃsa-rāga & vaṃsa-vaṇṇa. At Ja.i.207 a peacock’s neck is described as having the colour of the…

…e.g. DN.i.76; MN.i.500; AN.iv.386; Ja.i.146 [cp. Divy.180: śatanapatana-vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsana-dharmatā; see also under…

…(-dharmatā) Avs.i.96 (where S. Speyer in Index considers vikaraṇa the correct form) = Divy.299 (reading…

1. spirituous liquor AN.iii.213; Ja.i.251 (˚vāṇija spirit merchant), Ja.i.268; Ja.vi.502.
2. an intoxicated woman; term for a female fortune-teller Ja.vi.500 (Vāruṇī ’va pavedhati; C. devatā-bhūta- …

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

…refs. only from the Mahāvaṃsa; e.g. 22, 82 (fut yujjhissāma, with instr.: Damiḷehi); 25, 23 (aor ayujjhi); 25, 58 (ppr. yujjhamāna); 33,…

…Snp-a.368.

• -vaṃsa the line of the teachers Mil.148
• -vatta serving the teacher, service…

…(aggha fixing prices); Mil.352 (pāda˚); DN-a.i.294; (= vidhārite); Pv-a.5 (kulavaṃsa˚). 2. letting alone, omission, suspension, in…