Vatta¹

neuter

1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i.e. duty, service, custom, function Vin.ii.31; Snp.294, Snp.393 (gahaṭṭha˚) Vism.188 (cetiy’ angaṇa˚ etc.); Dhp-a.i.9 …

…idea in contrast to vivaṭṭa “rolling back” or devolution, i.e. a new (descending) cycle of existence in a new…

Assaji¹

The fifth of the Pañcavaggiyā monks. When the Buddha preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, he was the last in whom dawned the eye of Truth, and the Buddha had to discourse to h …

AññātakoṇḍaññaKoṇḍañña

One of the five ascetics known as the Pañcavaggiyā. When, after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them at Isipatana and preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña w …

…“evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa). AN.i.23

His Theragathā verses speak of how slow his progress was in Dhamma, so much so that his brother…

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

Hirakinari1river

IsipatanaMigadayaDeer Park

An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park. It was eighteen leagues from Uruvelā, and when Gotama gave up his austere penances his friends, th …

…Once when the Buddha was staying in the Pāvārika-ambavana at Nāḷandā, Kevaṭṭa visited him. The interview is recorded in the…

The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …

The elder brother of Cūḷapanthaka. He was declared pre eminent among those skilled in the evolution of consciousness. (saññāvivatta). AN.i.24

A set of verses uttered by him in the joy of attainment …

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 …

…MN.i.376ff. with Kevaṭṭa, DN.i.211ff. and also several conversations with Asibandhakaputta. SN.ii.311–323

The Buddha visited…

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…there that he preached the Kevaṭṭa Sutta, the Sampasādanīya Sutta and the Upāli Sutta. Among those who visited the Buddha there are mentioned…

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 …

Vappa ¹

One of the group of five monks who practiced with the Bodhisatta before his Awakening, and who were his first monastic followers. Vappa was disappointed when the Buddha began takin …

1. (act.) having rained.
2. (pass.) rained upon

comes on; moves over; overwhelms.

turns or moves round after or along with; keeps on moving.

keeps moving on after (another) or in succession; continues, maintains

(-ikā)n. following, attending, faithful (to); agreeing with; a follower, partisan, adherent.

follows, attends, sides with; conforms with, practices; imitates.

causes to go on after, keeps in motion; maintains, continues

making conform to.

side-piece of a bhikkhu’s robe.

procedure in examination

fmn. following

moves after, follows.

overcoming

goes beyond, escapes from; exceeds, overwhelms; goes too far; transgresses (against).

consisting of eight items

wheeled device for raising water from a well, a noria.

(one) who turns the wheel afterwards, who keeps the wheels rolling.

the turning away of the thoughts.

winding to the right.

, abstr. the state of being a deva; divinity.

the state of being a deva.

preaching of the universal righteousness.

hard to get beyond.

with two turns; with two whirlpools.

whose path is black (of fire)

clump or hedge of thorns

fisherman.

1. one of the 14 rules of conduct prescribed in the Vattakkhandhaka (Vin ii 207–231).
2. one of 82 subsidiary rules of conduct, either prescribed in the Khandhaka section of the Vinayapiṭaka citing 71 …

a family circle; a family generation

a family circle; a family generation

curling a ring

curling a ring

the turning track of the plow

the turning track of the plow

turning the plow

naṅgalāvattani(n)²

mfn. swishing its tail

turning the plow

naṅgalāvattani(n)²

mfn. swishing its tail

gone or come back, returned, turned back; turned away from, giving up; ceased

whose seed is inoperative?

of nivattati

(intrans.) returns, turns round, turns back; gives up; stops, ceases; tums away from.

of nivattati

of nivattati

(~antī)n. Makes to return, turn round, turn back; makes give up; makes to stop, ceases; makes to turn away from.

1. makes to return, turn round, turn back; makes give up; makes to stop, ceases; makes to turn away from.

rained upon; exposed to the rain

with whirlpools or eddies

lying down.

lies down.

the section on lying down (Vinaya IV)

of tuvaṭṭati

(~entī)n. of tuvaṭṭati

of tuvaṭṭati

, impers. of tuvaṭṭati

(-ikā)n.

comes back, returns (to).

comes near, falls to; is found, is.

gone beyond, free from

goes beyond; escapes from; transgresses; oversteps.

the circle of relations.

āvatta¹

masculine (n.) turning; turning round; turning back; whirlpool, eddy

āvatta²

pp mfn.

1. turned, converted; enticed, seduced.
2. having returned; turned back (esp. to …

1. (intrans.) turns, turns to; turns round, rolls; turns back, returns (esp. to a layman’s life); winds, curls.
2. is enticed, is seduced

āvaṭṭa¹

masculine (n.) turning; turning round; turning back; whirlpool, eddy

āvaṭṭa²

pp mfn.

1. turned,…

(or mfn.) seizure, possession by a whirlpool; (or: seized by a whirlpool)

(or mfn.) seizure, possession by a whirlpool; (or: seized by a whirlpool)

turning, seducing; a seductress; a seductive sorcery.

1. (intrans.) turns, turns to; turns round, rolls; turns back, returns (esp. to a layman’s life); winds, curls.
2. is enticed, is seduced

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 …

Atta-kilamatha: Self-mortification = self-torture, is one of the two extremes to be avoided, the other extreme being addiction to sensual pleasures kāma - sukha, whilst the Noble 8-fold p …

Cakka: ‘wheel’, is one of the seven ‘precious possessions’ ratana of a righteous World Emperor cakkavatti ‘He who owns the Wheel,’ cf. D. 26, and symbolizes conquering progress and expanding s …

[[cycle of existence]]Cycle of existence: see: samsarā vatta

Hadaya-vatthu: ‘heart as physical base’ of mental life. The heart, according to the commentaries as well as to the general Buddhist tradition, forms the physical base vatthu of consciousness In …

[[turning away]]Turning away: contemplation of the: vivattanupassanā see: vipassanā.

noun adjective

1. (nt.) that which is not “vata” i.e. moral obligation, breaking of the moral obligation Snp.839 (asīlata +); Mnd.188 (variant reading SS abhabbata; expl^d. again as a-vat …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) lit. gone forward, gone out, gone beyond. According to the traditional expl^n. preserved by Bdhgh. & Dhp (see e.g. DN-a.i.227 = Kp-a.114 = Vv-a.52) it is used in …

“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …

…Mil.132, Mil.411. pp. abhivaṭṭa & abhivuṭṭha; (q.v.)
caus II. abhivassāpeti to cause (the sky to) rain Mil.132.

abhi + vassati…

rained upon Dhp.335 (gloss ˚vuṭṭha; cp. Dhp-a.iv.45); Mil.176 Mil.197, Mil.286
■ Note. Andersen P. R. prefers reading abhivaḍḍha at Dhp.335 “the abounding Bīraṇa grass”).

pp. of abhivassati, s …

…(gloss); Pv-a.29.

pp. of abhivassati, see also abhivaṭṭa

to come on, proceed, issue, result SN.i.101; AN.ii.32.

adhi + vattati

adjective not mortal, not subject to death Thag.276; Snp.249 (= amara-bhāva-patthanatāya pavatta-kāya-kilesa Snp-a.291); Ja.v.80 (= amaraṇa-sabhāva) Ja.v.218; Dāvs v.62.

a + mara from mṛ.

immortality Ja.v.223 (= devatta C.).

abstr. fr. amara

…numberless Iti.99 (saṃvaṭṭakappā countless aeons); Snp.688 (˚sākhā); Dhp.153 (˚jātisāra); Ja.iv.2 Ja.vi.366.

• -pariyāyena…

…AN.iv.262; Snp.401 (= vaṭṭadukkhassa antagata); Snp.539. -ruddhi at Ja.vi.8 is doubtful reading (antaruci?)….

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

to throw out Cp.xi.6 (vaṭṭaṃ).

anu + khipati

to run up & down or to move round & round (cp. anuparivattati) SN.iii.150 (khīlan).

anu + pari + dhāvati

dealing with, interest in SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattana).

fr. anuparisakkati

to move round, to be occupied with, take an interest in (c. acc.) SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattati).

anu + pari + sakkati

to go or move round, viz.

1. to deal with, be engaged in, perform, worship Vin.iii.307 (ādiccaṃ); DN.i.240; Pv-a.97.
2. to meet Mil.204 (Devadatto ca Bodhisatto ca ekato anuparivattanti).
3. to move …

(anuppa˚) adjective to anupavatteti] one who succeeds (another) King or Ruler in the ruling of an empire (cakkaṃ) Mil.342, Mil.362; Snp-a.454. See also anuvattaka.

to learn of somebody (gen.); to follow one’s example, to imitate Vin.ii.201 (ppr. med. ˚amāna); SN.i.235; AN.iv.282, AN.iv.286, AN.iv.323; Snp.294 (vattaṃ, cp. RV iii.59, 2: vratena śikṣati), Snp.934; …

adjective

1. = anupavattaka (q.v.) Thag.1014 (cakka˚).
2. following, siding with (-˚) Vin.iv.218 (ukkhittânuvattikā f.).

fr. anuvatteti

complying with, conformity with (-˚), compliance, observance, obedience Ja.i.367 (dhamma˚); Ja.v.78.

abstr. fr. anuvattati

1. to follow, imitate, follow one’s example (c. acc.), to be obedient DN.ii.244; Vin.ii.309 (bdhgh.); Vin.iv.218; Ja.i.125, Ja.i.300; DN-a.i.288; Pv-a.19.
2. to practice, execute Pv.iv.7#12

caus *\ …

adjective following, acting according to or in conformity with (-˚), obedient Ja.ii.348 (f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.i …

…as part of a bhikkhu’s dress: a sub-vivaṭṭa (q.v.) Vin.i.287 (vivaṭṭa +).

anu + vivaṭṭa

Apa˚

Well-defined directional prefix, meaning “away from, off” Usually as base-prefix (except with ā), & very seldom in comp^n. with other modifying prefixes (like sam, abhi etc.).

1. *a …

to go away, to go aside Ja.iv.347 (variant reading for apavattati); Vv-a.101; Pv-a.265 (aor ˚sakki = apakkami).

apa + sakkati

to turn away or aside, to go away Ja.iv.347 (variant reading apasakkati).

apa + vṛt, cp. Lat. āverto

the state of not going on, the stop (to all that), the non-continuance (of all that Thag.767; Mil.326.

a + pavattā

…= Pv-a.7 (has saṃsāra-vaṭṭassa); Vv-a.277.

Vedic ara fr. ṛ; ṛṇoti; see etym. under appeti & cp. more esp. Lat. artus limb, Gr.;…

…from a well Bdgh. on cakkavaṭṭaka at cv v.16, 2 (Vin.ii.318). So read for T. arahatta-ghaṭi-yanta acc to Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 30; cp….

adjective noun

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

to go over, i.e. to overcome, surmount, conquer, get the better of, only in pret. (aor. 3^rd sg. accagā (q.v. and see gacchati 3) Snp.1040; Dhp.414 and accagamā (see *[ …

adjective being under somebody’s rule, dependent upon (c. gen.) Dhp.74 (= vase vattati Dhp-a.ii.79).

ati + vasa fr. vas

passed beyond, surpassed, overcome (act. & pass.), conquered Snp.1133 (bhava˚); Cnd.21 (= atikkanta, vītivatta); Ja.v.84 (bhaya˚) Mil.146, Mil.154.

pp. of ativattati: Sk. ativṛtta

Ativattar¹

one who insults or offends Ja.v.266 (isīnaṃ ativattāro dharusavācāhi atikkamitvā vattāro C.).

Sk. *ativaktṛ, n. ag. to ati-vacati; cp. ativākya

Ativattar²

one wh …

to pass, pass over, go beyond; to overcome, get over; conquer Vin.ii.237 (samuddo velaṃ n’); SN.ii.92 (saṃsāraṃ); SN.iv.158 (id.) Iti.9 (saṃsāraṃ) = AN.ii.10 = Cnd.172#a; Thag.412; Ja.i.58, Ja.i.280 J …

abuse, blame, reproach Dhp.320, Dhp.321 (= aṭṭha-anariyavohāra-vasena pavattaṃ vītikkama-vacanaṃ Dhp-a.iv.3) Ja.vi.508.

ati + vac, cp. Sk. ativāda, fr. ati + vad

Attha¹

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

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

…-vaṭṭaka a shoulder strap (mostly combined with kāyabandhana; vv.ll. ˚vaddhaka ˚bandhaka) Vin.i.204 (T….

finger Ja.iii.13 (pañc˚); Ja.v.204 (vaṭṭ˚ = pavāḷ˚ ankurasadisā vaṭṭangulī Ja.v.207). See also pañcangulika. Anguli & Anguli;

= angulī

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

as variant reading of vaṭṭaka see *aṃsa*˚.

…read with variant reading -vaṭṭaka. 8. doubtful in meaning in cpd paṃca-vidha-bandhana “the fivefold fixing,” as one of the…

the fact of being, state, condition Kp-a.227.

abstr. fr. bhū

1. breaking (open), in puṭa˚; breaking of the seed-boxes (of the Pāṭali plant), idiomatic for “merchandise” Mil.1 See under puṭa.
2. (fig.) breach, division, destruction AN.iv.247 …

…(kusala), Dhp-a.i.305 (˚vaṭṭa); Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka-vaṭṭa-sankhātaṃ Māra-bandhanaṃ), Dhp-a.iv.72 (dhammā) catu˚; in…

…(kusala), Dhp-a.i.305 (˚vaṭṭa); Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka-vaṭṭa-sankhātaṃ Māra-bandhanaṃ), Dhp-a.iv.72 (dhammā) catu˚; in…

destroyer of beings Snp.664 (voc. bhūnahu, explained by Snp-a.479 as “bhūti-hanaka vuddhi-nāsaka”; vv.ll. bhūnahaṭa bhūnahoṭa, bhūhata, all showing the difficulty of the archaic word); Ja.v.266 (pl …

Bodhi¹

feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …

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 …

Buddha¹

adjective

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

1. seed, germ, semen, spawn. Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116
   ■ DN.i.135 (˚bhatta seed-corn food); DN.iii.44 (the five kinds: see below under ˚gāma) …

…See also cakkavattin; -vaṭṭaka (nt. a scoop-wheel (a wheel revolving over a well with a string of earthen pots…

to move about, to “live and move,” to behave, to be
imper act. cara (Ja.i.152), carā (metri causa, Ja.iii.393); imper. med. carassu (Snp.696), pl. carāmase (= exhortative, Snp.32); -ppr. caranto …

…Ja.i.152 Ja.iii.82; -parivaṭṭa (cp. aṭṭha ˚adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304) fourfold circle SN.iii.59 sq….

…(vivattha˚ variant reading vaṭṭa˚) & DN-a.i.251 (vivatta˚), otherwise -chadda -shelter, clothing in phrase ghāsacchada Pp.51 (see…

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 …

adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

the state of being a deva, divinity Thag-a.70; Pv-a.110 (˚bhāva as Yakkha, opp. petatta bhāva; so read for devatā-bhāva).

deva + tta

state or condition of a deva Thag.1127; cp. petattana in the foll. verse.

= last

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

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

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

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

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

Divi˚

an abstraction fr. divya constructed for etym. explⁿ of dibba as divi-bhava (˚bhāva) of divine existence or character, a divine being, in “divi-bhavāni divyāni …

…usually paraphrases d. with vaṭṭadukkha e.g. at Snp-a.44, Snp-a.212, Snp-a.377, Snp-a.505 2. Thus to be understood as physical pain in…

… 2. as nominal base: (r)āvaṭṭa Sk. dviḥ cp. Lat. bis turning twice SN.i.32; -ja “twice born,” i.e. a bird Ja.i.152…

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 …

…Pv-a.51, etc

• -vaṭṭa alms Ja.vi.333
• -vatthu that which constitutes a meritorious gift almsgiving, beneficence, offering,…

come, come here Snp.165; Ja.ii.159; Ja.vi.367); Dhp-a.i.49. In the later language part. of exhortation = Gr. α ̓́γε, Lat. age, “come on” Dhp-a.ii.91; Pv-a.201 (+ tāva = α ̓́γεδή). *[ehipassika](/d …

Gaha¹

a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).

• -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …

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 …

…DN.i.7; DN-a.i.89 -vaṭṭaka hand-cart Vin.ii.276. -vikāra motion of the hand Ja.iv.491….

an elephant Vin.i.218, Vin.i.352; Vin.ii.194 sq (Nālāgiri) = Ja.v.335 (nom. sg. hatthī; gen. hatthissa) DN.i.5; AN.ii.209; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.102; Dhp-a.i.59 (correct haṭṭhi!), Dhp-a.i.80 (acc. pl. hat …

1. inferior, low; poor, miserable; vile, base, abject, contemptible, despicable Vin.i.10; DN.i.82 DN.i.98; SN.ii.154 (hīnaṃ dhātuṃ paṭicca uppajjati hīnā saññā); SN.iii.47; SN.iv.88, SN.iv.309 (citta …

1. a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …

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

1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation profession. paṭicchanna˚ of secret acting Snp.127 Vb.357; as being punished in Niraya AN.i.60; SN.iv.180 as occupation esp. in pl. kammantā: SN.v. …

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 …

…often abbreviated to saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭa˚ DN.i.14; Iti.15; freq in formula ekampijātiṃ, etc. Vin.iii.4 = DN.iii.51, DN.iii.111;…

Kasāya & Kasāva

1. a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin.ii.151.
2. an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin.i.201, Vin.i.277; Ja.v.198.
3. (of taste), astringent DhS.629; Mil.65 …

Kasāya & Kasāva

1. a kind of paste or gum used in colouring walls Vin.ii.151.
2. an astringent decoction extracted from plants Vin.i.201, Vin.i.277; Ja.v.198.
3. (of taste), astringent DhS.629; Mil.65 …

1. talk talking, conversation AN.i.130; Pv-a.39. So in antarā˚ DN.i.179; Snp.p.107, Snp.p.115; cp. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna˚; low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a b …

1. agreement, contract, pact Vin.i.153 (T. kātikā), Vin.i.309; Ja.vi.71; Mil.171, Mil.360
2. talking, conversation, talk (adhammikā k., cp kathikā & kathā) Ja.ii.449

■ katikaṃ karoti to make an a …

…Zeilanica Ja.v.175.

• -vaṭṭa a thorny brake or hedge MN.i.448.

From kantati² to cut. Brh. kaṇṭaka….

…as also in kebuka ke-vaṭṭa; perhaps Sk. kṣvid, kṣvedate, to be wet, ooze? ke would then be k(h)ed, and kedara ked + dṛ;…

…te kevalino ye kevalino vaṭṭaṃ tesaṃ natthi paññâpanāya SN.iii.59 sq., i.e. “those who are thoroughly emancipated, these are the…

fisherman DN.i.45 (in simile of dakkho k˚) AN.iii.31 = AN.iii.342, cp. AN.iv.91; Ud.24 sq.; Ja.i.210; Dhp-a.ii.132; Dhp-a.iv.41; Pv-a.178 (-gāma, in which to be reborn, is punishment, fishermen …

adjective (a) patient, forgiving. (b) enduring, bearing, hardened to (frost & heat, e.g.), fit for.

1. kh. belongs to the lovable attributes of a bhikkhu (kh. rūpānaṃ, saddānaṃ, etc.; indulgent as re …

…SN.ii.42
■ vivaṭṭa-kkhandha (adj.) one whose khandhas have revolved (passed away) i.e. dead SN.i.121 = SN.iii.123
…

division, chapter, esp. in the Vinaya (at end of each division we find usually the postscript: so & so khandhakaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ “here ends the chapter of…”); in cpd. -vatta, i.e. duties or observances …

…destroyed destruction, annihilation, Dhp-a.ii.163 (kilesavaṭṭassa kh.).

pp. of khepeti

waste or fallow land AN.iii.248; fig. barrenness of mind, mental obstruction. There are five ceto-khilā enumerated in detail at MN.i.101 = AN.iv.460; DN.iii.238 (see under ceto); …

Kulla¹

a raft (of basket-work) (orig. meaning “hollow shaft,” cp. Sk. kulya, bone; Lat. caulis stalk, Gr.καυλός, Ohg. hol, E. hollow) Vin.i.230; DN.ii.89 (kullaṃ bandhati); MN.i.134 (kull …

ring esp. earring AN.i.254 = AN.iii.16; Ja.iv.358 (su˚ with beautiful earrings); Dhp-a.i.25. Frequent as maṇi˚, a jewelled earring Vin.ii.156; SN.i.77; MN.i.366; Pv.ii.9#50; sīha˚ or sīhamukha˚ an ea …

…= Snp.177; Snp.306;

• -āvaṭṭa the whirlpool of sensuality Ja.ii.330;
• -āsava the intoxication…

1. abs.
   1. deed, service, act of mercy or worship, homage: kāra-paṇṇaka Ja.vi.24 (vegetable as oblation); appako pi kato kāro devûpapattiṃ āvahati “even a small gift of mercy brings about rebirth …

adjective light, quick AN.i.10, AN.i.45
■ lahuṃ karoti to make light, to be frivolous Ja.ii.451
■ nt. lahuṃ (adv.) quickly Pv.iv.1#60; Dpvs.i.53; Mhvs.4, Mhvs.17
■ Usually a …

…= kaṃsalohaṃ, vaṭṭa˚ ārakūṭaṃ; pisāca˚ = morakkhakaṃ, puthukaṃ, malinakaṃ capalakaṃ, selakaṃ, āṭakaṃ,…

…sins Mil.266; Kp-a.190. -vaṭṭa “world-round,” i.e. saṃsāra (opp. vivaṭṭa = nibbāna) Ne.113, Ne.119. See…

…crumbling away, dissolution Dhs-a.47 (in etym. of loka = lujjana-palujjan’ aṭṭhena vaṭṭaṃ), Dhs-a.308 (id.); Vism.427 (id.).

fr….

…name for quail is vaṭṭaka.

also fr. lap, lit. “talker,” cp. similar semantics of E. quail → Ger….

Macchariya & Macchera

neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka

1. macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …

Macchariya & Macchera

neuter avarice, stinginess, selfishness, envy; one of the principal evil passions & the maịn cause of rebirth in the Petaloka

1. macchariya: AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iii.272; Dh …

…ṭhapanā sallakhaṇā, vivaṭṭanā, pārisuddhi, tesañ ca paṭipassanā ti)
■ The composition form of manas is mano˚ except before…

…ṭhapanā sallakhaṇā, vivaṭṭanā, pārisuddhi, tesañ ca paṭipassanā ti)
■ The composition form of manas is mano˚ except before…

orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …

or ˚ā feminine tumbling, turning somersaults, an acrobatic feat; in list of forbidden amusements at DN.i.6 (cp. DN-a.i.86; samparivattaka-kīḷanaṃ, i.e. playing with something that rolls along, conti …

…Snp.764; Dhp.34 (= kilesa-vaṭṭa Dhp-a.i.289).

• -bandhana the fetter of death Dhp.37, Dhp.276, Dhp.350 (=…

…magic, trick MN.i.381 (āvaṭṭanī m.) khattiya˚; the mystic formula of a kh. Ja.vi.375; Mil.190; Dhp-a.i.166. In the sense of…

Nandi¹ & Nandī

masculine & feminine

1. joy, enjoyment, pleasure, delight in (c loc.) SN.i.16, SN.i.39, SN.i.54; SN.ii.101 sq. (āhāre); SN.iii.14 (= upādāna), SN.iv.36 sq.; AN.ii.10 (kāma˚ …

adjective noun “leading”; usually m: way (fig.), method, plan, manner; inference; sense, meaning (in grammar); behaviour, conduct AN.ii.193 = Cnd.151 (˚hetu through inference); Ne.2 (method), Ne.4 (id …

only in phrase netthāraṃ vattati to behave in such a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin.ii.5; Vin.iii.183; MN.i.442
■ Bdhgh on Vin.ii.5 (p. 309) explains: nittharantānaṃ etan ti netthāraṃ yen …

…hetu˚ & utu˚)
■ Cp. abhi˚.

Sk. nirvṛtta, nis + vaṭṭa, pp. of nibbattati

to come out from (cp. E. turn out), arise, become, be produced, result, come into being, be reborn, ex-ist (= nir-vatt) Dhp.338; Pv.i.1#1 (nibbattate); Thag-a.259 (= jāyati); Dhp-a.iii.173; Pv-a. …

weariness, disgust with worldly life, tedium, aversion, indifference, disenchantment N. is of the preliminary & conditional states for the attainment of Nibbāna (see nibbāna II B …

I. Etymology

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

adjective noun

1. (adj.) bent down (cp ninnata), low-lying, deep, low, sunken Ja.ii.3 (magga) Pv-a.29 (bhūmibhāga), Pv-a.132 (ṭhāṇa); esp. freq. as-˚ bent on, inclining to, leading to, aiming at, …

Nipacca-vādin

adjective speaking hurtfully Snp.217 (= dāyakaṃ nipātetvā appiyavacanāni vattā Snp-a.272).

nipacca, ger. of nipāteti + vādin

purgatory, hell, a place of punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i.e. kamma ripens = paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible ordeals (kāraṇāni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hade …

passing over, rescue, payment, acquittance, in -ṃ vattati to be acquitted, to get off scot-free MN.i.442 (variant reading netth˚, which is the usual form). See netthāra.

Sk. nistāra; nis + tār …

past participle returned, turning away from, , giving up, being deprived of, being without (˚- Vin.ii.109 (˚bīja) Ja.i.203 Vv-a.72

pp. of nivattati

1. returning, turning, fig. turning away from, giving up, “conversion” Pv-a.120 (pāpato)
2. a bend, curve (of a river), nook Ja.i.324; Ja.ii.117, Ja.ii.158; Ja.iv.256; Ja.v.162.

fr. nivattati

adjective only neg. a˚; not liable to return, not returning Dhp-a.i.63.

grd. formation fr. nivattana

to turn back, to return (opp. gacchati), to turn away from, to flee, vanish, disappear Vin.i.46; DN.i.118; Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.153 Ja.iv.142; Snp.p.80; Pv.ii.9#34; Pv.iv.10#7; Snp-a.374; Pv-a.74 Pv-a.1 …

Nivāta¹

adjective with the wind gone down, i.e. without wind, sheltered from the wind, protected, safe, secure Vin.i.57, Vin.i.72; MN.i.76; AN.i.137 (kūṭāgāra); AN.i.101 (id.); Iti.92 (rah …

1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddh. fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers & great strength. They often act as fairies are classed with other divinities (see *[devatā]( …

name.

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

…Ja.vi.370, Ja.vi.444 (text ˚vaṭṭa);

• -matta as much as a tube holds AN.ii.199; Pv-a.283; Dhp-a.ii.70; Ja.i.419 (of…

to draw back, move back DN.i.230; Ja.iv.348 (for apavattati C.); Ja.v.295 (an-osakkitvā) See also Trenckner, Notes p. 60.

o + sakkati fr. P. sakk = *Sk. ṣvaṣk, cp. Māgadhī osakkai; but somet …

adjective who or what can be advised, advisable Vin.i.59 (+ anusāsiya); Vv.84#36 (ovāda-vasena vattabbaṃ Vv-a.345).

grd. of ovadati

Pa˚

indeclinable directional prefix of forward motion, in applied sense often emphasising the action as carried on in a marked degree or even beyond its mark (cp. Ger. ver-in its function of Goth. f …

to shine forth, to become light, gleam, glitter Ja.v.199 (said of a river; = pavattati C.)
pp pabhāta.

pa + bhā

coming back, return Dhs-a.389.

fr. preceding

to return again to (acc.) SN.i.224; SN.ii.104; AN.v.337.

paṭi + ud + ā + vattati

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 …

…Vin.ii.154; Thig.263 (vaṭṭa˚ = parighadaṇḍa Thag-a.211); Ja.ii.95; Ja.vi.276. 2. an obstacle, hindrance DN.ii.254 = SN.i.27

■…

slothful, indolent, indifferent, careless, negligent DN.iii.190; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204; AN.i.11, AN.i.139 AN.iv.319; AN.v.146; Snp.57, Snp.70, Snp.329 sq., Snp.399, Snp.1121; Dhp.19, Dhp.21 Dhp.29, Dhp.2 …

adjective “with flowers in front,” flower-tipped (of the arrows of Māra) Dhp.46 (but explained at Dhp-a.i.337 as “p.˚ sankhātāni tebhūmakāni vaṭṭāni,” i.e. existence in the 3 stages of being).

pa + pupphaka

adverb adjective

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

diminution, decrease, wasting away, decay SN.ii.206 sq.; AN.ii.40 (abhabbo parihānāya), AN.iii.173, AN.iii.309, AN.iii.329 sq., AN.iii.404 sq. (˚dhamma); AN.v.103 (id.), AN.v.156 sq.; Iti.71 (˚āya saṃ …

…Ja.ii.438; Ja.iv.132 (vaṭṭaṃ); Ja.v.46; Mil.404 (mūḷakammaṃ)
■ Neg. ger. aparihāpetvā without omission Dhs-a.168; ppr….

…khandhavaṭṭassa khepitattā an-upādi-sesena cā ti dvīhi pi parinibbānehi parinibbutā, an-upādāno viya padīpo…

1. ripeness, maturity, development, perfection DN.i.9 (cp. DN-a.i.94); Ud.36 (pañca dhammā paripākāya saṃvattanti); Ja.i.142, Ja.i.148 Ja.vi.236; Mil.288; Vism.116 (bodhi˚), Vism.199; Dhp-a.i.89 (˚g …

adjective changing round, twisting, turning; f. pl. -āyo Ja.v.431.

fr. pari + vṛt

circle (lit. turning round) Ja.i.101; cp. parivattika in phrase paligha˚ (q.v.).

fr. parivatta

setting going, keeping up, propounding Ja.i.200 (˚manta adj. one who knows a charm); Ne.1 sq., Ne.106.

fr. parivattati

1. to turn round, twist (trs. & intrs.), go about Vin.ii.220; Ja.v.431 (singaṃ); Pv.iv.5#3 (= pariyāti Pv-a.260); Mil.118; DN-a.i.265.
2. (intrs. to change about, move, change, turn to Pv.ii.10#5 (= …

1. to turn round (trs.), to turn over Ja.i.202; Ja.ii.275 (sarīraṃ); Ja.v.217; DN-a.i.244
2. to deal with, handle, set going, put forth, recite Vism.96, in phrase mantaṃ p. to recite, practise a ch …

…cp aṭṭha-parivaṭṭa-adhideva-ñāṇadassana AN.iv.304); and ñāti˚; circle of relatives DN.i.61 (= ñāti DN-a.i.170; cp…

1. to change (trs. & intrs.), lit. to bend round, to turn (round), to be transformed into (acc.) SN.iii.3 (reading pariṇamati once, at other passages vi˚, cp. p. 40); Mil.136 (bhojanaṃ visamaṃ p food …

adjective

1. (adj.) happening, going on, procedure, resulting Thig.220 (assu ca pavattaṃ taken by Mrs. Rh. D. as “tears shed”); Thag-a.179; Pv-a.35, Pv-a.83 (gāthāyo), Pv-a.120, esp. with ref. to …

adj. nt.

1. moving forward, doing good, beneficial, useful; f. ˚i MN.i.214; Pp.35 (spelt pavattinī in T. as well as Pp-a.218).
2. execution performance, carrying out Mil.277 (āṇā,˚ cp pavatti).

fr. pavattati

one who keeps up or keeps going, one who hands on (the tradition) an expounder, teacher DN.i.104 (mantānaṃ p. = pavattayitar DN-a.i.273); SN.iv.94; Dhp.76 (nidhīnaṃ p. = ācikkhitar Dhp-a.ii.107).

n …

intransitive

1. to move on, go forward, proceed Pv.i.5#7; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.131; of water: to flow SN.ii.31; Ja.ii.104; Pv-a.143, Pv-a.154, Pv-a.198.
2. to exist to be, continue in existence Ja.i.64; …

one who sets into motion or keeps up DN-a.i.273 (see foll.).

n. ag. to pavatteti

transitive

1. to send forth, set going Vin.i.87 (assūni); SN.ii.282 (id.) Ja.i.147 (selagulaṃ pavaṭṭ˚); esp. in phrase dhammacakkaṃ p. to inaugurate the reign of righteousness Vin.i.8, Vin.i.11; MN …

making continue, keeping going, preservation upkeep Vism.32 (T. ˚attha).

fr. Caus. ii. of pavatteti = pavattāpeti

Pavutta¹

said, declared, pronounced DN.i.104 (mantapada p.; variant reading ˚vatta which is more likely; but DN-a.i.273 explains by vutta & vācita) SN.i.52; Snp.383 (su˚ = sudesita Snp-a …

earthliness MN.i.329.

abstr. fr. paṭhavī

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

to strew about, to sprawl Pv.iv.10#8 (uttānā paṭikirāma = vikirīyamān’angā viya vattāma Pv-a.271).

paṭi + kirati

gone back from (-˚), returned (opp. abhi˚) DN.i.70 (abhikkanta +); AN.ii.104 AN.ii.106 sq., AN.ii.210; Pv.iv.1#43 (cp. Pv-a.240); DN-a.i.183 (= nivattana); Vv-a.6 (opp. abhi˚) Pv-a.11 (piṇḍapāta …

…(+ paṭikuṭati paṭivaṭṭati; Mil & id. p. at SN.ii.265 print pati˚) Vism.347 (+ paṭikuṭṭati pativaṭṭati)
pp…

to turn back again Vin.i.216; Ja.i.225; Mil.120, Mil.152 (of disease), Mil.246; Pv-a.100, Pv-a.126
caus -nivatteti to make turn back Pv-a.141; C. on AN.iii.28 (see *[paccāsāreti](/define/paccā …

moving backwards, only in cpd. vatta-paṭivatta-karaṇa “moving forth or backwards” performance of different kinds of duties; doing this, that & the other Dhp-a.i.157.

pp. of paṭivattati

one who contradicts SN.i.222.

paṭi + vattar, n. ag. of vac

Paṭivaṭṭati & ˚vattati

(intrs.) to roll or move back, to turn away from AN.iv.47 = Mil.297 (paṭilīyati paṭikutati p.); Caus….

Paṭivaṭṭati & ˚vattati

(intrs.) to roll or move back, to turn away from AN.iv.47 = Mil.297 (paṭilīyati paṭikutati p.); Caus….

Phala¹

neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]

1. (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …

indeclinable again. There are several forms of this adv., but puna has to be considered as the orig. Pali form. The form puno is doubtful; if authentic, a Sanskritisation; only fou …

…Ja.iii.372.

• -vaṭṭa subsistence livelihood, maintenance Mhvs.35, Mhvs.120; Dhp-a.ii.29; Vv-a.220. *…

1. to protect, guard, watch, keep Snp.585; Ja.i.55; Ja.iv.127; Ja.vi.589; Mil.4 (paṭhavī lokaṃ pāleti, perhaps in meaning “keeps holds, encircles,” similar to meaning 2); Sdhp.33.
2. (lit. perhaps “to …

adjective = pari˚; changing, turning round (of cīvara) Vin.iv.59, Vin.iv.60. Parivasika = pari

adjective noun

1. (adj.) pure, bright, clear, shining Ja.v.419.
2. (m.) the fire SN.i.69; AN.iv.97; Dhp.71, Dhp.140; Ja.iv.26; Ja.v.63 (= kaṇha-vattanin) Ja.vi.236 (= aggi C.); Pv.i.8#5; Vism.170 (= …

indeclinable a part. of exclamation, mostly implying contempt, or deprecation (DN-a.i.276) “hīḷanavasena āmantanaṃ” i.e. address of disdain: heigh, go on, get away, hallo
■ DN.i.96, DN.i.107; Ja.ii …

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 …

1. splendour, light, brightness Snp.548 (su˚ very splendid; Snp-a.453 = sundara-sarīrappabha).
2. inclination, liking, pleasure Pv-a.59 (˚ṃ uppādeti to find pleasure, to be satisfied)
   ■ *aruci …

hurting, feeling pain Ja.ii.437 (roga = rujana-sabhāvattaṃ); Ja.iv.147 (yāva piṭṭhiyā rujana-ppamāṇaṃ until his back ached).

fr. ruj, cp. rujā

…Dhp-a.iii.288.

• -vivaṭṭa revelation of truth Pts.i.11.
• -sandha truthful, reliable…

heaven, the next world, popularly conceived as a place of happiness and long life (cp. the pop. etym. of “suṭṭhu-aggattā sagga” Pv-a.9 “rūpādīhi visayehi suṭṭhu aggo ti saggo” Vism.427) usually the …

bird (esp. with ref. to augury) DN.i.71 (pakkhin +); Vin.iii.147; SN.i.197; AN.ii.209 AN.iii.241 sq., AN.iii.368; Ja.ii.111, Ja.ii.162 (Kandagala); Kp-a.241 pantha˚; see under *[pantha](/define/pa …

to transcend, overcome Snp.768, cp. Mnd.10.

saṃ + ativattati

adjective having the shoulders round, one of the lakkhaṇas of a Buddha DN.ii.18; DN.iii.144, DN.iii.164; Dial. ii.15: “his bust is equally rounded.”

sama + vatta + kh., but BSk. sasaṃvṛtta˚

living together with the same duties, on terms of equality Ja.i.236.

sama + vatta¹ + saṃvāsa

Sammā¹

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

adjective rolling about Dhp.325.

saṃ + parivatta

adjective rolling about grovelling Ja.ii.142 (turning somersaults); Dhp-a.ii.5, Dhp-a.ii.12; Mil.253, Mil.357; samparivattakaṃ (adv.) in a rolling about manner MN.ii.138; samparivattakaṃ-sampariv …

to turn, to roll about; ppr. samparivattamāna Ja.i.140; pp. samparivatta. Caus. samparivatteti [cp. BSk. ˚parivartayati to wring one’s hands Divy. …

an instigator AN.iii.133.

saṃ + pavattar

restrained Dhs-a.75.

saṃ + ud + āvaṭa? Better read as saṃ + udāvatta

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 …

returning, return Vin.i.139 sq.

= saṃ + nivatta

adjective conducive to, involving AN.ii.54, AN.ii.65; Iti.82; Kv.618; Ja.i.275; Ne.134 = SN.v.371 As -iya at Pv-a.205.

fr. saṃvattati

to lead (to), to be useful (for) AN.i.54, AN.i.58 (ahitāya dukkhāya); Vin.i.10 = SN.v.421; Iti.71 sq.; Ja.i.97; Pot. saṃvatteyya Vin.i.13
■ Often in phrase *nibbidāya, virāgāya… nibbānāya saṃvatta …

…which evolution & dissolution of the world takes place, a complete world-cycle (see also; vivaṭṭa DN.i.14;…

adjective turning to, being reborn DN.i.17.

fr. saṃvaṭṭa(na)

…of evolution (opp. vivaṭṭati in devolution) DN.i.17 DN.iii.84, DN.iii.109; AN.ii.142; DN-a.i.110. 2. to fall to pieces, to come to an…

sleeping and sitting, bed & chair, dwelling, lodging Vin.i.196, Vin.i.294, Vin.i.356; Vin.ii.146 Vin.ii.150 (˚parikkhāra-dussa); Vin.iii.88 etc.; DN.ii.77; AN.i.60; Iti.103, Iti.109; DN-a.i.208; Ja. …

adjective

1. connected with purification Dhs.519–Dhs.522; udaka-s. pure by use of water SN.i.182; Vin.i.196; udakasuddhikā (f.) cleaning by water Vin.iv.262; susāna-s. fastidious in the matter of c …

easily overcome Snp.785; Mnd.76.

su + ativatta

name of a certain throw in playing at dice Ja.vi.281 (variant reading sāvaṭṭa).

adjective containing whirlpools Iti.114.

sa³ + āvaṭṭa

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

needle Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.117, Vin.ii.177; SN.ii.215 sq., SN.ii.257; Ja.i.111, Ja.i.248 Vism.284 (in simile); a hairpin Thig.254; Ja.i.9; a small door-bolt, a pin to secure the bolt MN.i.126; Thig.11 …

…(neva ubbaṭṭati na vivaṭṭati; variant reading uppaṭṭati); Dhp-a.iii.155.

Caus. of ud + vṛt, of which doublet is…

to break up, destroy, annihilate SN.v.432 (bhavataṇhaṃ), AN.iv.17 (fut. ucchecchāmi to be read with variant reading for T. ucchejjissāmi); Snp.2 (pret. udacchida), Snp.208 (ger. ucchijja); Ja.v.383; D …

adjective having a wall or embankment SN.ii.106 (variant reading uddhā˚); C. explains as apato uggatattā Ja.iv.536 (so read with variant reading for T. uddhā pavatta; C explains as tīra-mariyādā-ban …

retired, desisting Ja.v.158 (= udāvattitva nivattitva C).

pp. of udāvattate, ud + ā vattati

at Vin.ii.106 is not clear. Vin Texts iii.68 leave it untranslated. Bdhgh’s expl^n. is vattavaṭṭi (patta˚? a leaf? Cp. SN.iii.141), prob. = vaṭṭi (Sk varti a kind of pad). See details given …

…(upadhī-nidānā dukkha = vaṭṭa-dukkhaṃ Snp-a.505), Snp.789, Snp.992; Mnd.27, Mnd.141; Cnd.157; Vb.338; Ne.29; Dhp-a.iv.33 2. clinging…

to return Snp.712; Ja.iv.417; Ja.v.126.

upa + n˚

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 …

to come to pass, to take place Ja.vi.58.

upa + vṛt

gone beyond, escaped from, free from (with acc.) SN.i.143; AN.ii.15; Snp.55, Snp.474, Snp.520 Snp.907; Ja.iii.7, Ja.iii.360; Mnd.322 = Cnd.163. Cp. BSk. upātivṛtta in same sense at Mvu.iii.281.

pp. o …

to go beyond, overstep MN.i.327; Snp.712 (variant reading for upanivattati); Ne.49. pp. upātivatta (q.v.).

upa + ati + vattati

1. speaking, utterance, word, bidding SN.ii.18 (alaṃ vacanāya one says rightly); SN.iv.195 (yathā bhūtaṃ); AN.ii.168; Snp.417, Snp.699 Snp.932, Snp.984, Snp.997; Mil.235; Pv.ii.2#7; Snp-a.343, Snp-a …

…baddha, bandhana bandha, vaṭṭa). Occurs as aṃsa˚; shoulder strap at Tha-ap.310, where ed. prints baddha (= baddha²).

*…

…series of diff. spellings (˚vaṭṭaka, ˚baddhaka, ˚bandhaka) at Vin.i.204 Vin.ii.114; Vin.iv.170. Cp. Geiger, Zeitschrift fur Buddhismus…

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

…Ja.iv.109, Shhp.104
■ muttā-vali a string of pearls Vv-a.169 For vaṭṭanā-valī see vaṭṭanā. See…

…Ja.iv.109, Shhp.104
■ muttā-vali a string of pearls Vv-a.169 For vaṭṭanā-valī see vaṭṭanā. See…

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

…let the sky shed rain)
pp vaṭṭa vaṭṭha, vuṭṭha. Another pp. of the Caus. *vasseti is vassita.

vṛṣ,…

Vata¹

indeclinable part of exclamation: surely, certainly, indeed, alas! Vin.iii.39 (puris’ usabho vat’ âyaṃ “for sure he is a human bull”) Thig.316 (abbhutaṃ vata vācaṃ bhāsasi); Snp.178, …

adjective doing, exercising, influencing; in vasa˚; having power, neg. avasa˚; having no free will involuntary Pv-a.64.

fr. vatta¹

adjective noun being in existence, going on, happening at the time; nt. process, progress, (as ˚-) in progress Snp-a.4 (˚uppanna); Pv-a.55 -vacana the present tense Snp-a.16, Snp-a.23.

ppr. m …

adjective going on, being, existing; -bhave in the present existence or period Mil.291.

fr. last

moving on, upkeep, existence, continuance Snp.698 (cakka˚ continuance of royal power); Mhvs.3, Mhvs.38.

fr. vattati

Vattanī & ˚i

(f.) a track, a road Ja.i.196, Ja.i.395, Ja.i.429; Ja.iii.200
■ kaṇha˚; leaving a black trail, epithet of the fire Ja.iii.140.

cp. Sk. vartanī, fr. vṛt

Vattanī & ˚i

(f.) a track, a road Ja.i.196, Ja.i.395, Ja.i.429; Ja.iii.200
■ kaṇha˚; leaving a black trail, epithet of the fire Ja.iii.140.

cp. Sk. vartanī, fr. vṛt

one who speaks, a sayer, speaker MN.i.470; SN.i.63; SN.ii.182; SN.vi.94, SN.vi.198; DN.i.139; AN.iv.32; AN.v.79 sq., AN.v.226 sq.; Thag.334 (read ariya-vattā for ˚ vatā); Ja.i.134; Snp-a.272; Pv-a. …

…A differentiated P. form is vaṭṭati. Cp. Av. varət to turn, Sk. vartana turning vartulā = Lat. vertellum = E. whorl (Ger. wirtel) & vertil…

at Vin.ii.8 is to be spelt vattabba (see vattati).

to speak, say, call;
pres not found (for which vadati);
fut 1^st sg. vakkhāmi Ja.i.346 3^rd vakkhati SN.i.142; Ja.i.356; Ja.ii.40; Ja.vi.352; Vb-a.51 1 …

wealth, riches Ja.iii.131 (vaḍḍhaṃ vaḍḍhataṃ, imper.). Or should we read vaṭṭa? Vaḍḍha is used as Np. at Kp-a.119, perhaps in meaning “prosperous.”

fr. vṛdh

…The passage is doubtful. It may simply mean “costly” (belonging to nandiyāvaṭṭaṃ); or is it to be read as vaṭṭamāna?

BSk. vardhate

cart, in haṭṭha˚; handcart Vin.ii.276.

fr. vṛt, or P. vaṭṭa

…MN.iii.159 sq.; Ja.i.172, Ja.i.208 (vaṭṭaka-luddaka), Ja.iii.312; Dhp-a.iii.175 (loc. pl. vaṭṭakesu)
■ The Vaṭṭaka-jātaka…

turning round Dhtp.89 (in defⁿ of vaṭṭati). Cp. āvaṭṭana.

fr. vṛt, vaṭṭati

…round, globe, ball Thig.395 (vaṭṭani-riva; explained at Thag-a.259 as “lākhāya guḷikā viya,” translation Sisters 154: “but a…

in -valī is a line or chain of balls (“rounds,” i.e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat doubtful. It occurs at MN.i.80, MN.i.81 (seyyathā v. evaṃ me piṭṭhi-kaṇṭako unnat’ âvanato hoti; Neumann t …

…(dātuṃ). The noun to vaṭṭati is vatta (not vaṭṭa!).

Vedic vṛt. The representative of vattati (= Sk. vartate) in specialized…

…holes upon holes, vaṭṭa-vivaṭṭa, etc.

■ Contracted forms are vy˚; (= viy˚ before vowels) and…

adjective

1. [cp. bhūta 1, & vibhava 2] destroyed, annihilated, being without Thag.715; Snp.871 sq., Snp.1113 (= vibhāvita atikkanta vītivatta Cnd.584).
2. [cp. bhūta 3] false Snp.664.
3. [cp. vibhāv …

to stay, abide, dwell, sojourn (in a certain place); in general: to be, to live; applied: to behave lead a life (as such explained with “iriyati” at Vism.16). Synonyms are given at Vb.194 with *ir …

to alter, change, disturb; aor. vyakāsi Ja.ii.166 (= vikāraṃ akāsi parivattayi C.); so read for T. vyākāsi
imper Pass. 3 sg. vikiriyyatu “let him be disturbed” Ja.iii.368 (after Kern,

Toevoegs …

(& -vatteti)

1. to turn over, to repeat Ja.i.25 (ṭṭ), Ja.i.153 (ṭṭ), Ja.i.190 (ṭṭ).
2. to turn (somebody) away from, to distract Pv.i.8#8 (read ˚vattayi for ˚vattanti); Pv.ii.6#19 (˚vattayi; aor.) …

changing or turning round, upset Ja.i.344 (lokassa ˚kāle).

vi + parivatta

changing, change. reverse Dhs-a.367.

fr. viparivattati

to turn round, to upset Ja.iv.224 (nāvā ˚amānā capsizing); Mil.117; Thag-a.255.

vi + parivattati

reversed, changed DN.i.8; MN.ii.3; SN.iii.12; SN.v.419; DN-a.i.91.

pp. of vi + parā + vṛt

…nor the same as vivaṭṭa (“moving back” intrs.), nor a direct pp. of vivattati (like…

at Pp.32 is to be read as vivaṭṭati.

uncovered, open (lit. & fig.), laid bare, unveiled Snp.19 (lit.), Snp.374 (fig. anāvaṭa Snp-a.366), Snp.763, Snp.793 (= open-minded); Mnd.96 Pp.45, Pp.46 (read vivaṭa for pi vaṭa; opp. pihita); Vism …

…from saṃsāra (see vaṭṭa cp. citta-vivaṭṭa, ceto˚, ñāṇa˚, vimokkha˚ at Ps; i.108 & ii.70)
■…

˚ā (f.) turning away, moving on, moving back Pts.i.66; Pts.ii.98; Vism.278 (f. explained as “magga”).

fr. vivaṭṭati

…vivattati); Pts.ii.98 (ppr.)

pp vivaṭṭa.

vi + vaṭṭati

…destroy: only in phrase vivaṭṭayi saṃyojanaṃ (in standard setting with acchecchi taṇhaṃ), where the usual variant reading is…

gone down, lost, destroyed Snp.314 (in verse; gloss viyāvatta. The former explained as “naṭṭha,” the latter as “viparivattitvā aññathā-bhūta” at Snp-a.324).

vi + āpanna, pp. of vi + āpajjati cp …

…Ja.iii.72 (v. nāma na vaṭṭati, is improper) Vb.13 Vism.41 (threefold: nimitta˚, obhāsa˚, parikathā; as technical term, cp.

…

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

at SN.i.129 read as vattamāna.

mode of being or acting, conduct, practice, usage, livelihood, habit SN.i.100 (ariya˚; cp. ariya-vāsa); Snp.81 = Mil.228 (= jīvitavutti Snp-a.152); Snp.68, Snp.220, Snp.326, Snp.676; Ja.vi.224 (= jī …

(water) shed, rained Pv.i.5#6; Pv-a.29. See also vaṭṭa & vaṭṭha.

pp. of vassati¹

adjective noun doctrinal, sectarian, heretical; vagga˚; (either vagga¹ or vagga²) professing somebody’s party, sectarian, schismatic Vin.iii.175 (anu-vattaka +) *vādaka-samm …

(vi + ā + vṛt ] to turn away (trs.), to do away with, remove MN.i.12 (aor. vāvattayi saṃyojanaṃ, explained at MN-a.87 as “parivattayi, nimmūlaṃ akāsi”) = MN.i.122 (with variant reading vi˚, see p …

Vīti˚

is the contracted prepositional combination vi + ati, representing an emphatic ati, e.g. in the foll.:

• -(k)kama 1 going beyond, transgression, sin Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv. …

made to go, set into motion, impelled Thag.574: evâyaṃ vattati kāyo kamma-yantena yantito “impelled by the machinery of Karma” translation Brethren 261 not quite to the point “carried about on Karm …

Yāpana & yapana

(nt.) keeping going, sustenance, feeding, nourishment existence, living. Esp. in one standing combⁿ respecting the feeding and keeping of the body “*kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāy …

Yāpeti & yapeti

1. (lit.)-
   1. in caus.intensive as well as intrs. sense; in the latter also with short ă; as yapeti and then combined with yāpeti, in …

…ordinarily DN.i.17 (saṃvaṭṭamāne loke y. [as a rule (adj.)] sattā Ābhassarasaṃvaṭṭanikā honti; explained by half allegorical,…

Yāpana & yapana

(nt.) keeping going, sustenance, feeding, nourishment existence, living. Esp. in one standing combⁿ respecting the feeding and keeping of the body “*kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāy …

Yāpeti & yapeti

1. (lit.)-
   1. in caus.intensive as well as intrs. sense; in the latter also with short ă; as yapeti and then combined with yāpeti, in …

relation, relative (= mātito pitito ca sambandhā Pv-a.25; = bandhū Pv-a.86; specialized as ˚sālohitā, see below). Pl. ñātayo (Pv.i.4#3; Kp-a.209 Kp-a.214) and ñātī (MN.ii.73; Kp-a.210, Kp-a.213 …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

teacher (almost syn. with upajjhāya) Vin.i.60, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.119 (˚upajjhāya); Vin.ii.231; Vin.iv.130 (gaṇo vā ācariyo a meeting of the bhikkhus or a single teacher cp. f. āca …

one who tells or shows Dhp-a.ii.107 (for pavattar).

n. ag. fr. ācikkhati

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

livelihood, mode of living, living, subsistence, DN.i.54; AN.iii.124 (parisuddha˚); Snp.407 (˚ṃ = parisodhayi = micchājīvaṃ hitvā sammājīvaṃ eva pavattayī Snp-a.382), Snp.617; Pp.51; Vb.107, Vb.235; …

…n. 4 (on Kv.380 which has āvaṭṭanā), 282 n. 2 (on Kv.491 āvaṭṭanā)
■ Pts.ii.5, Pts.ii.120; Ja.ii.243; Vb.320; Mil.102 sq.;…

…winding, turn, bent Ja.i.70 (in a river); Ne.81 (variant reading āvaṭṭa?), Ne.105 (˚hārasampāta).

Sk. āvarta, of ā +…

adjective turning, in dakkhiṇ˚; turning to the right, dextrorsal DN.ii.18; cp. dakkhiṇâvatta at DN-a.i.259.

āvatta + ka

adjective noun turning; turn, return Ne.113; Mil.251.

Sk. āvartana

adjective turning round or back Thag.16 (cp. āvaṭṭanin).

fr. āvattana

…Pp.66; Mil.246. pp. āvatta (q.v.). Cp. āvaṭṭati.

ā + vattati, of vṛt

adjective noun returning, coming back, one who returns, in spec. meaning of one who comes back in transmigration, syn. with āgāmin (an˚), only in neg. anāvattin not returning, a …

adjective noun

1. turning round, winding, twisting MN.i.382; SN.i.32 (dvi-r-ā˚ turning twice) Ja.ii.217; Snp-a.439 (˚gangā).
2. turned, brought round, changed, enticed MN.i.381; Dhp-a.ii.153.
3. …

turning, twisting; enticement, snare, temptation Ja.iii.494; Dhp-a.ii.153.

fr. ā + vṛt, cp. āvaṭṭa 2 and āvaṭṭanin

…same, but semantically diff. āvattanin.

fr. āvaṭṭana

turning to (of the mind), adverting apprehending Kv.380, Kv.491.

most likely for āvajjana. q.v. & see also Kvu trsl. 221, 282

in phrase ā. vivaṭṭati to turn forward & backward Vism.504.

= āvattati

adjective noun only at MN.i.91 in neg. an˚; not enticed by (loc.), i.e. kāmesu. Cp. āvattin.

fr. āvaṭṭa instead of āvaṭṭana

…lomā hair), Pv-a.185 (˚vaṭṭa); Sdhp.257. 2. (n.) a bow Ja.iii.438.

• -agga having its point (end) stretched forward,…

1. binding, bandage Vin.ii.135; Vv.33#41; Vv-a.142 (˚paṭṭa).
2. yoke Dhs.1061 (avijj˚), Dhs.1162.
3. ornament, decoration Mnd.226; Ja.iii.447 (˚vatta, for variant reading ˚vanta?).
4. occupation, dev …