…(see under kasiṇa) DN.iii.268; AN.i.41. -gaṅgā Name of the celestial river Ja.i.95;…

…forms are vy˚; (= viy˚ before vowels) and vo˚; (= vi ava); the guṇa & vriddhi form is;…

…1913 5³; Bd’s Man. 11⁵² & c. Usually comb^d with eva: tv eva however Snp.p.141; na tv eva not however,…

name of a low-class tribe Vin.iv.203 (= caṇḍāla Bdhgh. on Sekh. 69 at Vin.iv.364), f. ˚ī ib.

A group of six monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of various Vinaya offences. Vin.i.84f. Vin.i.104 Vin.i.106 Vin.i.111 Vin.i.113 Vin.i.114 Vin.i.138 Vin.i.160 …

…at what she considered Kassapa’s presumption. But we are told that soon after that she left the Order. SN.ii.219ff.

She befriended…

…to recite the Pātimokkha before the Saṅgha, but because he had a crow’s voice, he had to obtain permission to make a special effort so that…

…the books contain several references Vin.i.88 Vin.i.89 Vin.i.270 Vin.iii.212 Vin.iv.63 Vin.iv.120 to the dangers of the journey when undertaken on…

…enter the Order. This was refused, and from there the Buddha went on to Vesāli.Vin.ii.253 AN.iv.274 The Buddha stayed at the Nigrodhārāma on…

…the rainy season—but he refused to make the rules obligatory. This refusal delighted Devadatta, who went about with his party, declaring that…

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 …

…with the Saṅgha. He therefore changed his residence, but was everywhere “boycotted,” and returned to Kosambī subdued and asking for…

…Thullanandā in various vicious practices. She once applied for permission to ordain nuns but was refused, and on discovering that other nuns had…

…Dīghiti of Kosala, but his efforts at reconciliation were of no avail, one of the monks actually asking him to leave them to settle their…

GijjhakūṭaVulture’s Peak

One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solit …

…chief shrine at Āḷavī, originally a pagan place of worship, but later converted into a Buddhist vihāra. The Buddha…

…was given the rank of chief of those who appointed lodgings. AN.i.24

Dabba evidently died young. The Udāna Ud.viii.9 contains an account of…

…Khaṇḍadeviyāputta defended Devadatta when others blamed him Vin.iii.174 and was held in great esteem by Thullanandā. Vin.iii.66 Vin.iv.335

…the householder. They, therefore, persuaded a nun named Mettiyā to go to the Buddha and accuse Dabba of having violated her chastity. The charge…

…Bākalona. One day, having left his cell in order to drive away his drowsiness, he fell as he was stepping on to the terrace, and, urged thereby to…

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 …

…among monks of aristocratic birth. AN.i.23 He belonged to a family of the Sākyan rājas of Kapilavatthu and entered…

…on behalf of a monk who has left the district, and the ten days’ rule with regard to such a gift will not begin until the robes have actually…

…lighted the place with his effulgent beauty till late at night; then he sought the Buddha and sang before him verses of exhortation meant for the…

The name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Suṃsumāragiri. The Bhagga country lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.

The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings AN.i …

Kaṇṭaka Kaṇḍaka

A novice ordained by Upananda. Kaṇṭaka committed an offence with another novice, Mahaka. When this became known, a rule was passed that no monk should ordain two novices Vin.i.79 ; th …

…not MN.ii.121. Cp. byā.

another form of iva, viâ, *via (so some Prākrits: Pischel Prk. Gr., § 143,…

…read his thoughts, appeared before him, and urged upon him the necessity of so doing. Vin.i.105

Maddakucchi was difficult of access; monks who came…

…evidently Brahmadatta, and references to kings of that name abound in the Jātakas. Among other kings of Kāsi mentioned is Kikī . MN.ii.49

Kāsi…

…spoke ill of the Chief Disciples. Having three times accused the Elders of sinful desires, he left Jetavana, but boils immediately came out…

…of a cow which had been left behind, partly eaten, by cattle thieves. Vin.iii.64 It was here that Uppalavaṇṇā obtained the piece of cow’s…

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

…certain diseases should be refused entry into the Order. Vin.i.71ff. Jīvaka was declared by the Buddha chief among his lay followers loved by…

…the Pañcavaggiyā monks, left him and went to Isipatana. After his Enlightenment the Buddha, leaving Uruvelā, joined them in Isipatana, and it…

…his court. This the Buddha refused, revealing his identity. The Buddha returned to Rājagaha immediately after his conversion of the Tebhātika…

…and of his numerous other benefactions in the cause of the Sāsana, Anāthapiṇḍika came to be recognised as the chief of alms-givers….

An example of a low family name. Vin.iv.6 Vin.iv.13

…in them.

Ariṭṭha left the Order and would not come back until the ukkhepanīyakamma was revoked. Vin.ii.25–28

He was a…

…from Kīṭāgiri, but also left the Order. When the matter was reported to the Buddha he had the Pabbājanīyakamma revoked. Vin.ii.9–13…

…had given a royal fief in Campā to the brahmin Soṇadaṇḍa. DN.i.111

The ninth chapter of the Mahā Vagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka…

…Moggallāna evidently dies before the Buddha, as the Saṃyutta contains a reference to the Buddha speaking of them both as dead. However the early…

KatamorakatissaKatamorakatissaka

One of the monks whom Devadatta incited to join him in stirring up discord among the Saṅgha, the others being Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vi …

An example of a low family name. Vin.iv.8 Vin.iv.13

…by the Buddha to be chief among such monks. AN.i.24

Pilinda had a habit of addressing everyone as outcaste. When this was reported to the…

…enacted at Rājagaha. Just before his death, the Buddha paid a last visit there. At that time, Ajātasattu was contemplating an attack on the…

…Anāthapiṇḍika. The chief patrons of the Buddha in Sāvatthī were Anāthapiṇḍika, Visākhā, Suppavāsā and Pasenadi.

27.517073,…

A monk whom Devadatta persuaded to join him in trying to bring about schism in the Order.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 He was a favourite of Thullanandā. Vin.iv.66

…and seems to refer, but more vaguely, to the same limited district. Vin.i.195 Vin.i.196 Vin.ii.298

In J.v.133, however, Avanti is…

…in Dakkhiṇāgiri refusing to join in the findings of the Rājagaha Council, and preferring to follow the Dhamma according to his own…

A town where Soreyya-Revata lived. Vin.ii.299 There was a direct route from Verañja to Payāgatiṭṭha, passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakuja. Vin.iii.11

26.53389,79.301022town

…intercourse between the chieftains of Benares and the kings of Magadha, as shown by the fact that Bimbisāra sent his own physician, Jīvaka, to…

…half asleep, and appeared before him and admonished him. AN.iv.85

On another occasion, he saw Anuruddha in the Veḷuvana in the Ceti country,…

An arahant, preceptor of Ānanda. He was once afflicted with scurvy and his robes clung to him. The monks thereupon applied water to the robes, but when the Buddha heard of it he made a rule allowing n …

A grove near Bhaddiya. The Buddha, when once staying there, laid down a rule about the use of slippers by monks. Vin.i.189f. There the banker Meṇḍaka visited him and provided meals for him and the m …

…Feeling sure that he could refute these views attributed to the Buddha, Saccaka went with a large concourse of Licchavis to the Buddha and…

A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. Vin.ii.155*f …

The cloth produced in the Sivi country. Vin.i.278 Pajjota gave a pair of robes of this material to Jīvaka, as a present for his cure. These robes Jīvaka gave to the Buddha. Vin.i.280

…the Buddha spent some time before the Enlightenment. DN.ii.267

The Brahmā Sutta SN.v.167 and the Magga Sutta, SN.v.185 both on the four…

to rattle, shake, clatter; to grind or gnash one’s teeth; to fizz. Usually said of people in frenzy or fury (in ppr. ˚yanto or ˚yamāna) Ja.i.347 (rosena), Ja.i.439 (kodhena); Ja.ii.277 (of a bhikkhu k …

…Of speech (opp. pharusa harsh) MN.i.126; AN.iii.196; Dhs.1343. 3. delicate, exquisite Thig.258, Thig.262, Thig.264, Thig.268….

in cpd. luñcita-pamaṭṭā kapotī viya (simile for a woman who has lost all her hair) at Pv-a.47 is doubtful it should probably be read as luñcita-pakkhikā k. viya i.e. like a pigeon whose feathers …

the sky (with reference to sidereal motions); usually of the moon: g˚ majjhe puṇṇacando viya Ja.i.149, Ja.i.212; g˚ tale…

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…

…there performed a miracle before the monks; seeing them impressed, he talked to them on the holy life. SN.iii.91f. Ud.25

A curious incident is…

A village of the Kāsis, on the road from Kāsi to Sāvatthī. It was the headquarters of the followers of Assaji and Punabbasu, who lived there, behaving in a shameless and wicked manner. A certain monk, …

PaṭiyālokaPatiyāloka

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

near Rājagaha3town

adjective one who drives in a carriage Ja.iii.525 = Ja.iv.223 (where read yānī va for yān iva). At the latter passage the C. somewhat obscurely explains as “sappi-tela-yānena gacchanto viya”; at iii …

…it as an example of the evil effects of liquor; and he made this the occasion for the passing of a rule against the use of alcohol….

…his Enlightenment, they refused to honour him on account of his youth. The Buddha then performed a miracle and preached the Vessantara Jātaka,…

Mentioned as having stayed with Mahā Moggallāna on Gijjhakūṭa. Once, when they were going down to Rājagaha for alms, Lakkhaṇa noticed that at a certain spot Moggallāna smiled; on asking him why, he wa …

…Even careless boys, referred to above as wandering about with hounds and bows and arrows, would lay aside their arms when they saw the…

Sāḷha¹Migāranattā

He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniya’s grandson, Rohana. AN.i.193f. He built a vihāra for the nuns and Sundarīndā was appointed to supervise the work. As a r …

A township in the Malla country to the east of Kapilavatthu. Large numbers of Sākiyan princes joined the Order there, including Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Ānanda, Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, …

…wife Bhaddā Kāpilānī, before meeting the Buddha on the road. He gave him a brief teaching: SN.ii.220 ’There shall be a lively sense of…

Nandā¹

A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandavatī and Sundarinandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

Nandā²

Declared by the Buddha AN.i.25 to be foremost among nu …

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

Mon …

A grove near lake Tapodā. In the grove was a monastery where the Buddha seems to have stayed on several occasions. It is said DN.ii.116 that on one such occasion the Buddha gave Ānanda the chance of a …

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

outside Rājagaha3monastery

…ikkhaṇikā viya).

cp. Sk. vāruṇī, with only ref. in BR.: Harivaṃśa 8432

The black rock by the side of Isigili.

It was there that Godhika SN.i.120f. and Vakkali SN.iii.124 committed suicide.

It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājaga …

…rules to go on a journey before the Vassa, the monks asked him to postpone the dedication. This annoyed him. When the matter was referred to the…

… ■ vitakka is often combined with vicāra or “initial & sustained application Mrs. Rh. D.;…

1. a star, a planet: osadhī viya tārakā like the morning-star (Venus) Vv.9#2 = Pv.ii.1#10
   ■ Ja.i.108; tāraka-rūpa the light (or sparkling of the stars DN.iii.85, DN.iii.90; SN.iii.156 = Iti.19; …

…-cchidda see *tāḷa*˚; -taruṇa a young shoot of the p. Vin.i.189; -pakka palm…

…his monks, but the Buddha refused his permission.

Mahānāma was a devoted follower of the Buddha and wished to understand the Doctrine. The…

…declared Pajāpatī chief of those who were long ordained. AN.i.25

It is said that once Pajāpatī made a robe for the Buddha of wonderful…

A Malla woman. Vin.ii.268

…Dhp-a.i.40

• -māna false measure Pv-a.191;
• -vāṇija a false-trader Pv.iii.4#2; Pv-a.191; *…

to seem to be, to appear like (viya) Ja.i.279; aor. khāyiṃsu Ja.i.61; ppr med. khāyamāna Ja.iv.140; Pv-a.251. Cp. pakkhāyati.

pass. = Sk. khyāyate, khyā

…Elided to ’va, diaeretic-metathetic form viya (q.v.).

Vedic iva & va

…-pamāṇa (adj.) of the size of a large pot Ja.ii.104; Pv-a.55.

Non-Aryan?

Ghaṭa²

masculine &…

A nun, sister of Thullanandā. Her other two sisters were Nandā and Sundarīnandā. Vin.iv.211 Vin.iv.259

…q.v. under adiṭṭhā
pp diṭṭha (q.v.). 4. caus (of base 2)…

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 …

…went to Ambatiṭṭha and subdued the Nāga, afterwards rejoining the Buddha at Bhaddavatikā. Vin.iv.108f.

The town is probably identical with…

A district in Jambudīpa; it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañjā to Bārānasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañjā, Soreyya, Sankassa, Kannakuj …