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 …

Vasā¹

feminine a cow (neither in calf nor giving suck) Snp.26 Snp.27 Snp-a.49 (= adamita-vuddha-vacchakā)

Vedic vaśā; cp. vāśitā; Lat. vacca cow

Vasā²

feminine fat, tallow …

…Pv-a.47 Pv-a.100. [vāsaṃ upagacchati](/define/vāsaṃ upagacchati) to enter a habitation (for spending the rainy season) Pv-a.32. In…

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 …

A class of devas, living in the highest of the five Suddhāvasā (Pure Abodes). DN.iii.237

In the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings …

Inhabitants of the fifth of the nine abodes of beings (sattāvāsā). These beings are unconscious and experience nothing. AN.iv.401 As soon as an idea occurs to them they fall from their state. DN.i.28

A monk of Ñātikā. Once when the Buddha was staying at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, Ānanda mentions to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka …

A nun of Ñātikā. When Ānanda announces her death to the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, and inquires where she had been born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Sudd …

The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given in …

A class of devas whose company mortals long for.MN.i.289 MN.iii.103 They belong to the Suddhāvāsā. DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

A class of devas. Their world ranks among the five foremost of the rupa-worlds, the Suddhāvāsā.DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha once …

Aṭṭhaka¹

A celebrated sage, composer and reciter of sacred runes, mentioned together with nine others (Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha and Bhagu), V …

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how one with right effort will overcome defilements. Thag.100

A brick hall at Nādikā. The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapāli presented her park to the Buddha and the Order. Vin.i. …

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 …

A township of the Koliyans. The Buddha, when staying there, preached the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preache …

…devas. In the same context, Vāsava, ruler of the gods, identified with Sakka, is addressed by Gopaka as “Indra.”. DN.ii.274 He is mentioned…

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 …

A Gandhabba, a vassal of the Four Regent Gods. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.258

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by th …

…monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from…

…by the two Pacceka-brahma, Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa. S.i.148.

One of the republican clans in the time of the Buddha. The Koḷiyā owned two chief settlements—one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a sp …

A country, one of the sixteen Great Nations.DN.ii.200 AN.i.213 During the Buddha’s time the chieftain of Kuru was called Koravya, and his discussion with the Elder Raṭṭhapāla, who was himself the scio …

KuṇḍadhānavanaKuṇḍiṭṭhānaKuṇḍikāKuṇḍiyāKuṇhāna

It was while the Buddha was dwelling in this monastery that Suppavāsā gave birth to Sīvali, after prolonged labour pains, which only ceased after she re …

Kāliṅga¹

An inhabitant of Ñātika. While staying in Ñātika, at the Giñjakāvasatha, the Buddha tells Ānanda that Kālinga was reborn after death in the Suddhavāsā, and that there he would att …

…as belonging to Kāsi, are Vāsabhagāma, Macchikāsaṇḍa, Kīṭāgiri and Dhammapālagāma. Kāsi and Kosala are frequently mentioned…

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 …

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …

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 …

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 …

…Subrahmā, Suddhāvāsa and Tudu. I have not come across any explanation of this term. It may designate a Brahmā who does not live in…

PajjanikaSajjanela

A Koliyan village, the residence of Suppavāsā Koḷiyādhītā, mother of Sīvali. The Buddha is said to have stayed there. AN.ii.62

Koliya3town

A class of devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe.

They are described AN.i.210 SN.v.410 SN.v.423 DN.ii.91 DN.iii.218 as “beings who desire the creation of others, in order t …

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 …

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 …

…in pre Buddhist times.

• Vāsava, SN.i.221 SN.i.223 SN.i.229–230 SN.i.234–2237 DN.ii.260 DN.ii.274 Snp.384 which is explained in the…

A Mahā Brahmā, whose name means “ever young”. In the Nikāyas DN.i.121 MN.i.358 SN.i.153 AN.v.327 he is mentioned as the author of a famous verse, which is eleswhere attribued to the Buddha. SN.ii.284 …

SandhaSaddha

A monk who visited the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, when the Buddha preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.

It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Ka …

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 …

…him together with Suddhavāsa, he went on to another Brahmā, who was infatuated with his own importance. There, by a display of magic power,…

A Brahma world; one of the Suddhāvāsā. Five kinds of Anāgāmīs are born there. MN.i.289 DN.ii.52 DN.iii.237

A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā. The inhabitants of this world are friendly with those of Akaniṭṭhā. DN.ii.52 MN.i.259 DN.iii.237 MN.iii.103

A Pacceka Brahmā who, with Subrahmā, went to visit the Buddha, but, finding him in meditation during the noonday heat, went to see a certain Brahmā who was infatuated with his own importance.

They to …

SuddhāvāsakāyikādevāSuddhāvāsakāyikā

A group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three…

The “Pure Abodes”; a name given to a group of Brahma-worlds—the five highest Rūpa worlds—consisting of Avihā, Atappā, Sudassā, Sudassī and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there th …

…at the Second Council. Vāsabhagāmi was his colleague. . Vin.ii.305

Sumana³

He is mentioned as having lived in Andhavana with…

SuppavāsāKoliyadhītā

A lay woman who lived in the Koliyan village of Sajjanela, where the Buddha visited her and preached to her on the efficacy of giving food. AN.ii.62f. She was described by the …

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 …

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 lay disciple of Ñātika who died and was reborn in the Suddhāvāsa, there to attain Nibbāna. SN.v.358 DN.ii.92

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of one who kills himself and others, and then address a certain Sujampati, saying that a brahmin has color on the inside. Thag.139–140

A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmita-vassavatti world. DN.i.219 Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he surpasses the devas of his world in ten things: divine …

…of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha…

VāsabhagāmakaVāsabhagāma

A village in Kāsī. It was once the residence of Kassapa Thera. Vin.i.312f.

Kāsī3town

VāsabhagāmīVāsabhagāmika

One of the four Western monks appointed to the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at…

The second queen of King Pasenadi. MN.ii.110

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

A class of non human beings generally described as non-human. They are mentioned with Devas, Rakkhasas, Dānavas, Gandhabbas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas (? Nāgas).

Elsewhere AN.ii.38 they rank, in progr …

…Sāḷha, Khujjasobhita, and Vāsabhagāmika; and four from the West: Revata, Sambhūta-Sānavāsī, Yasa and Sumana. They debated the question at…

clothing, clothes.

the very best of clothing, choice clothes

abhiññā¹

absol.

abhiññā²

feminine (& ~a m.?)

1. higher or special knowledge; true understanding.
2. a special or supernatural power or knowledge (five (or six): iddhividhā, …

enduring or patient by nature.

1. endurance; forbearance.
2. assent; acceptance (esp. of an invitation).

is patient, waits; bears patiently, endures; assents, gives in to; accepts (an invitation).

household life

(~antī)n.

the inside or environs of a house or dwelling.

within a house or dwelling.

inhabits; dwells in, lives on (as ruler or owner); esp. agāram ~ati, lives the settled life of a householder.

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the fifth class of suddhāvāsas.

an inner garment, esp. the innermost of the three robes of a bhikkhu

an offence committed in the meantime (i.e. before the expiration of a parivāsa or mānatta period)

anto-āvasatha

masculine the inner part of a dwelling

depending on tradition for one’s truths; accepting tradition as true

inhabits; dwells; stays.

ensnared, entwined (by).

flows after, flows upon, flows continually over

1. not a residence, an uninhabited place; a place not fit for staying in.
2. not staying, not residing

way of living of the noble ones; a sublime state

the name of one of the highest classes of devas, the second class of suddhāvāsa devas.

reason; motive

throwing down (on); putting into; (or hanging on, suspending)

goes down (to); moves away (to).

gone away; withdrawn

makes sink down; disheartens, discourages

makes sink down; disheartens, discourages

determined; reaching the end.

determined; reaching the end.

…of one of the highest classes o/devas, the first class of suddhāvāsas. 2. (n.) the world of the Aviha devas.

…robes of a bhikkhu (antaravāsaka, uttarāsaṅga and saṅghāti), or one of the five robes of a bhikkhuni (those three plus…

following the ten ways of living.

shout of the devas; sound of the devas; thunder.

day; day.

during the day.

hard to live in.

hard to live in

num. seventy two.

num. sixty two.

living together

living like a sheep; a sheep’s life

living in a household; household; family life.

the brick hall.

…a state existing in an āvāsa where qualified bhikkhu have a claim on material given to the saṅgha (and on the use of the kaṭhina)…

the sound of cawing crows

wearing a yellowish-red robe

wearing a yellowish-red robe

the first-fruits of the harvest

1. the sphere or stage of neither apperception nor non-apperception, i.e.
2. the fourth of the arūpa states of existence; and.
3. the fourth arūpajhana or one of the vimokkhas.

(cpd from n’eva saññi nasaññi), possessing neither apperception nor nonapperception.

(cpd from n’eva saññi nasaññi), possessing neither apperception nor nonapperception.

nivasati¹

pr. 3 sg. clothes; dresses oneself.

nivasati²

pr. 3 sg. passes or spends time; dwells, lives (in), inhabits.

1. living, dwelling; stay, residence; where one lives, a dwelling-place, a home.
2. where one is, a state of existence.

dress, clothing; an undergarment; wearing (an (under) garment)

of nivāsati puts on (a garment), wears; dresses, clothes oneself (in an (under) garment); makes put on, clothes

who belongs to a different community (for carrying out official acts of the saṅgha); who is separated from the saṅgha community.

wearing white clothes (the mark of a householder)

lives with; esp. lives as a man and wife, cohabits (with saddhiṃ + instr.)

one who lives dishonestly in the saṅgha (claiming status to which he has no right)

garment made of three parts.

who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas

who realizes nibbāna in the latter half of his existence in one of the suddhāvāsas

lives in a state of abstinence, observes (a fast or (the duties of) an uposatha day).

tenant; dependant.

observance of the duties of the uposatha day

makes one’s dwelling; lives

(~antī)n.

hose, dwelling; lodging; a public rest-house; hostel.

household robe (allowed to menstruating bhikkhunīs)

dwelling; rest-house

meal at a public rest-house

lives in, lives on; inhabits; dwells.

(from āvasati) living in or on.

living, sojourn; dwelling place, inhabited place; residence, esp. a residence or dwelling for bhikkhus.

residence practice (the practice of several residences holding separate uposathas within the same boundary)

selfish about dwellings

selfish about dwellings

selfish, meanness about dwellings

greedy, selfish about dwellings

greedy, selfish about dwellings

succession of residences or dwellings

to all the dwellings in succession

Abhiññā: The 6 ‘higher powers’, or supernormal knowledge’s, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in mental concentration samādhi and one supra-mundane * …

Abodes: vihāra The 4 Divine abodes: brahma-vihāra The 9 abodes of beings: sattāvāsa

…of the 5th and highest heaven of the Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, cf. avacara deva II Anāgāmī

…of the Pure Abodes, suddhāvāsa, and without returning from that world into the sense-sphere, he there reaches Nibbāna.

1: He…

…lit. ‘non-absence’ of awareness satiyāavippavāsa.

…see: deva inhabiting the first of the five Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa, in which the Anāgāmī has his last rebirth.

Avacara: S phere, realm, level or dimension. The 3 levels of existence are: the sense-level kāmāvacara, the fine-material level rūpāvacara, the formless level arūpāvacara. Which things are …

…is uncertain; Sanskrit avrha is one of the five Pure Abodes suddhāvāsa in the fine-material level. For details, see: under…

Beings: The 9 worlds of: sattāvāsa.

Bhavāsava: ‘fermentation of existence’; see: āsava

Jhāna: ‘absorption’ meditation refers chiefly to the four meditative absorptions of the fine-material sphere rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara - jjhāna avacara They are achieved through the att …

Paranimmita-vasavatti-deva: ‘divine beings with power over the productions of others’, constitute a class of divine beings in the sense-sphere kāma-loka. Māra is said to be their ruler. Cf. …

Pubbenivāsānussati: ‘remembrance of former births’, is one of the higher powers abhiññā, and a factor of threefold knowledge tevijja.

[[pure abodes]]Pure abodes: suddhāvāsa

…of desiring existence bhavāsava, Ex: ‘Being is good’
3: The mental fermentation of wrong views ditthāsava, Ex: ‘My opinion is best’
4:…

noun adjective overcoming, conquering, vanquishing, having power over, a Lord or Master of (-˚) DN.iii.29; SN.ii.284; Snp.211 (sabba˚), Snp.545 (Māra˚, cp. Mārasena-pamaddana Snp.561), Snp.642
■ O …

…practice); Snp.335 (˚saṃvāsa continuous living together); Ja.i.190; Pp.32; Dhp-a.ii.239; Vv-a.116 (= abhikkhaṇa), Vv-a.207, Vv-a.332;…

1. to sit, to sit still Vin.i.289; AN.ii.15; Iti.120 (in set carati tiṭṭhati a. sayati, where otherwise nisinna stands for acchati) Vv.74#1 (= nisīdati Vv-a.298); Pv-a.4.
2. to stay remain, to lea …

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 …

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.) = …

adjective inhabiting, living in (c. loc.) Vin.i.28; SN.i.197; Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.385; Ja.iii.327; Pv-a.17. The form adhivuttha occurs at Ja.vi.370.

pp. of adhivasati

endurance, forbearance, holding out; only as adj. in dur˚; difficult to hold out Thag.111.

fr. adhi + vas

Adhivāsaka & Adhivāsika

adjective willing, agreeable, enduring, patient Vin.iv.130; MN.i.10, MN.i.526; AN.ii.118 AN.iii.163; AN.v.132; Ja.iii.369…

1. assent AN.iii.31; Dhp-a.i.33.
2. forbearance, endurance MN.i.10; Ja.ii.237 Ja.iii.263; Ja.iv.307; Ja.v.174.

fr. adhi + vas

patience, endurance, Dhs.1342; Vb.360 (an˚).

abstr. fr. adhivāsana

…to wait Ja.i.254.

Caus. of adhivasati, cp. BSk. adhivāsayati in meaning of 3

Adhivāsaka & Adhivāsika

adjective willing, agreeable, enduring, patient Vin.iv.130; MN.i.10, MN.i.526; AN.ii.118 AN.iii.163; AN.v.132; Ja.iii.369…

…for adhitaṭṭhāna) āvāsa* should perhaps be read adhiṭṭhāna in the sense of fixed…

…Pv.ii.2#5 (= anāvāsa Pv-a.80)
■ (nt.) the homeless state (= anagāriyā) Snp.376. See also…

Ajja & Ajjā

adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …

being tied to, hanging on, attached to only in phrase a. tiṭṭhati (+ abhinandati, same in Divy MN.i.266; SN.iv.36 sq.; SN.iv.60, SN.iv.71 sq.; Mil.69. See also ajjhosa.

ger. o …

one who inhabits DN.i.63 (agāraṃ).

n. ag. to ajjhāvasati

to inhabit (agāraṃ a house; i.e. to be settled or live the settled life of a householder DN.ii.16; MN.i.353; Vin.iv.224; Ja.i.50; Pp.57; Mil.348
pp ajjhāvuttha (q.v.).

adhi …

inhabited, occupied (of a house) Vin.ii.210; Ja.i.145; Ja.ii.333; Pv-a.24 (˚ghara); fig. (not) occupied by Snp-a.566 (= anosita).

cp. Sk. adhyuṣita; pp. of ajjhāvasati

Ajja & Ajjā

adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a …

adjective not consoling, discouraging not comforting MN.i.514; SN.ii.191.

an + assāsa + ika; cp. Sk. āśvāsana & BSk. anāśvāsika Divy.207

…-vāsa an interregnum Dpvs.v.80.

• -vāsaka “inner or intermediate garment”, one of the 3 robes of a Buddhist…

indeclinable prep. inside, either c. acc. denoting direction = into, or c. loc. denoting place where = in. As prefix (˚-) in, within, inside, inner (see compounds)

1. prep c. acc. anto nivesanaṃ g …

(-˚) adjective suffix following or followed by, going after, undergoing, being in or under standing under the influence of Snp.332 (vasa˚; in the power of), Snp.791 (ejā˚; = abhibhūta Snp.527), 1 …

to go after, to follow, to go or fall into (w. acc.) Kp-a.223; Pv-a.141 (˚gacchanto) aor. -gamāsi Vin.i.16, & anvagā Mhvs.7, Mhvs.10; 3^rd pl *[anvagū](/define/anvag …

adjective following in one’s turn, successive, gradual, by and by, regular Vin.ii.237 (mahāsamuddo a˚-ninno etc.); DN.i.184; Snp.511; Ja.v.155 (regularly formed, of ūrū). Cases adverbially: *[anupubb …

…AN.i.25, AN.i.164 (pubbenivāsaṃ), AN.i.207 (tathāgataṃ, dhammaṃ etc.); AN.iii.285 (id.), AN.iii.323 (nivāsaṃ), AN.iii.418; AN.v.34,…

to live with somebody, to dwell, inhabit Ja.ii.421. Caus. -vāseti to pass, spend (time) Ja.vi.296
pp -vuttha (q.v.).

anu + vasati

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 …

living with, staying, dwelling Ja.ii.42 (cira˚); Ja.v.445 (id.).

pp. of anuvasati, cf. Sk. anūṣita

an oily enema, an injection Mil.353.

fr. anuvāseti

…fragrant oil, i.e. to make an injection or give an enema of salubrious oil Mil.169; grd. -vāsanīya ibid.; pp. -vāsita Mil.214.

anu +…

…Ud.35 (doubtfull; variant reading ajjhāpanna) = AN.iv.356 which has anvāsatta.

pp. of anu + ā + sad

…befallen by (instr.), attached to AN.iv.356 (variant reading anvāhata), cp. Ud.35 (anvāsanna q.v.) See also foll.

pp. of anu + ā + sañj,…

…to Dhp-a.i.287 (in same context as anvāsatta AN.iv.356 & anvāsanna Ud.35).

abstr. fr. anvāsatta

…DN.i.97 (saṃvāsaṃ as a result of their cohabitation); Ja.i.56 (buddhiṃ), Ja.i.127 (piyasaṃvāsaṃ), Ja.i.148…

adjective not dwelt in DN.ii.50.

an + āvuttha, pp. of āvasati

adjective noun uninhabited, an uninhabited place Vin.ii.22, Vin.ii.33; Ja.ii.77.

an + āvāsa

adjective another, i.e. additional, following next, second (with pron. inflexion, i.e. nom. pl apare) DN.iii.190 (˚pajā another, i.e. future generation) Snp.791, Snp.1089 (n’); Ja.i.59 (aparaṃ divasaṃ …

…Snp.334 (= sati-avippavāsa-sankhāta a. Snp-a.339); Iti.16 (˚ṃ pasaṃsanti puññakiriyāsu paṇḍitā), Iti.74 (˚vihārin); Dhp.57…

…agārava AN.ii.20; AN.iii.7 sq., AN.iii.14 sq., AN.iii.247, AN.iii.439. Appatissa-vāsa an unruly state anarchy Ja.ii.352. See also…

…the forest Ja.i.253.

• -vāsa a dwelling in the forest, a hermitage Ja.i.90.
• -vihāra living in (the…

…noble words“;

• -vāsa the most excellent state of mind habitual disposition, constant practice. Ten such at DN.iii.269…

adjective deprived of co-residence, expelled from the community Vin.iv.213, Vin.iv.214.

a + saṃvāsa

to trust, to rely on Ja.v.56 (Pot. asmase).

spurious form for the usual assasati = Sk. āśvasati

…space); Sdhp.299 (param˚), Sdhp.313.

Sk. āśvāsa, ā + śvas

1. to go beyond, to pass over, to cross, to pass by.
2. to overcome, to conquer, to surpass, to be superior to

■ Ja.iv.141; Dhp.221 (Pot. ˚eyya overcome);
■ Pv-a.67 (maggena: passes by).
grd *at …

passed beyond, passed by, gone by, elapsed; passed over, passing beyond, surpassing Ja.ii.128 (tīṇi saṃvaccharāni); Dhp-a.iii.133 (tayo vaye passed beyond the 3 ages of life); Pv-a.55 (māse ˚e after …

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

ati + vasa fr. vas

Attha¹

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

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

Ava˚

prefix

I. Relation between ava & o

Phonetically the difference between ava & o is this, that; ava is the older form, whereas o represents a later development. Histor …

adjective powerless Sdhp.290. Avasata & Osata;

a + vasa

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

ava + sṛ.

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

not bleating Ja.iv.251.

a + vassana, Sk. vāsana of vāś to bleat

…Ja.ii.80 (aor. avassayiṃ = vāsaṃ kappesiṃ C.). pp. avassita.

ava + ā + śri, for the usual *apāśrayati; see…

(-˚) neuter stopping ceasing; end, finish, conclusion Ja.i.87 (bhattakicc-âvasāne at the end of the meal); Pv-a.76 (id.).

for osāna

stopping, end, finish Thig.12 (= avasānaṃ niṭṭhānaṃ Thag-a.19). But the id. p. at Dhp.218 has anakkhāte.

fr. avaseti

adverb the prep. ava in adv. use, down, downward; in C. often expl^d. by adho. Rarely absolute, the only passage found so far being Snp.685 (avaṃ sari he went down, variant …

…avippavāso) Dhp-a.iv.26 (appamāda = satiyā avippavāsa).

a + vippavāsa

…Ja.ii.353; ˚ṃ piyasaṃvāsaṃ vasiṃsu Ja.ii.153; aññamaññaṃ accayaṃ desetvā (their mutual mistake) Dhp-a.i.57 or adv. dve pi…

…upavāsa, e.g. Divy.398 Sp. Avs.i.338, Avs.i.399; also vrata Avs.i.170. In the same sense aṭṭhangupeta…

Baddha¹

1. bound, in bondage MN.i.275; SN.i.133; SN.iv.91; Snp.957 (interpreted as “baddhacara by Mnd.464); Dhp.324.
2. snared, trapped Ja.ii.153 Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.251, Ja.iv.414.
3. made f …

1. part, portion, fraction, share Vin.i.285; Snp.427 (sahassa-bhāgo maraṇassa = sahassaṃ bhāgānaṃ assā ti Snp-a.387; a thousand times a share of death, i.e. very near death, almost quite dead), Snp. …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

…desires MN.iii.116.

• -vāsa state of chastity, holy & pure life adj. living a pure life AN.i.253; Ja.iii.393; Kv.93;…

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Bāla¹

adjective

1. ignorant (often with ref. to ignorance in a moral sense, of the common people, the puthujjana) foolish (as contrasted with paṇḍita cp. the Bālapaṇḍita-sutta MN.iii.163 …

(indef. enclitic particle)

1. Indefinite (after demonstr. pron. in the sense of kiṃ = what about? or how is it? cp. kiṃ) = ever, whoever what-ever, etc. [Sk. kaśca, Gr. ὁς τε, Lat: quisque Goth. h …

…paṭirūpadesa-vāsa, sappurisûpassaya atta-sammāpaṇidhi, pubbe-kata-puññatā AN.ii.32; Ja.v.114; mentioned at Pts.i.84. Cp….

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 …

…uttarāsanga, antaravāsaka Vin.i.288, Vin.i.289 Vin.iii.11, Vin.iii.195, Vin.iii.198 sq.; Vin.v.142; adj. tecīvarika wearing 3 rs….

adjective small, little delicate, young; a young boy, youth, lad DN.i.80, DN.i.115; SN.i.131; SN.ii.279 (daharo ce pi paññavā); MN.i.82; MN.ii.19 MN.ii.66; AN.v.300; Snp.216, Snp.420 (yuvā +), Snp.57 …

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

1. discourse, instruction, lesson SN.v.83, SN.v.108; Ja.iii.84; Pp.28; Ne.38; Vism.523 sq (regarding Paṭiccasamuppāda); Pv-a.1, Pv-a.2, Pv-a.9, Pv-a.11; Sdhp.213.
2. Freq. in dhamma˚; moral inst …

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

adjective daily Ja.v.383; DN-a.i.296 (˚bhatta = bhattavetena); Dhp-a.i.187 sq., -nt. ˚ṃ as adv daily, every day Ja.i.82, Ja.i.149, Ja.i.186; Vv-a.67, Vv-a.75; Dhp-a.i.28; Dhp-a.ii.41.

Der. fr. divasa

adjective

1. to be given (see below)
2. deserving a gift, worthy of receiving alms Ja.iii.12 (a˚); Mil.87 (rāja˚) -nt. a gift offering Vin.i.298 (saddhā˚).

• -dhamma a gift, …

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 ( …

to hold, bear, carry, wear; to hold up, support; to bear in mind, know by heart; to hold out, endure, last continue, live Snp.385 (take to heart, remember); Dhp-a.ii.68
ppr dharamāṇa living, last …

day Sdhp.239 -duddinaṃ darkness Dāvs v.50 (d. sudinaṃ ahosi, cp.i.49, cp.i.51); also as f. duddinī Vin.i.3.

Sk. dina; Lat. nun-dinae (*noven-dinom); Oir. denus; Goth. sin-teins; cp. divasa

1. heaven Ja.iv.134 (˚ṃ agā); Ja.v.123 (˚ṃ patta); Pv-a.74 (˚ṃ gata)
2. day Snp.507 (rattindivaṃ night day); Vv-a.247 (rattindiva one night & one day, i.e. 24 hrs.); Dhp-a.ii.8 (divā-divassa so ea …

nt. only in expression satta divasāni 7 days or a week Ja.iv.139; Mil.15) a day AN.i.206 (˚ṃ atināmeti); Ja.iii.52 (uposatha˚); Pv-a.31 (yāva sattadivasā a week long), Pv-a.74 (sattamo divaso) Usu …

adverb by day SN.i.183; MN.i.125; Dhp.387; DN-a.i.251; Pv-a.43, Pv-a.142, Pv-a.206 (= divasa-bhāge) Often combined & contrasted with rattiṃ (or ratto) by night; e.g. divārattiṃ by day & by ni …

…MN.i.8, MN.i.486; Snp.55 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhigatāni), K S ii.44; Vv.84#26; Pv.iv.1#37; Cnd.301 (= vīsati-vattukā sakkāyadiṭṭhi);…

…(42) Cnd.15 Vism.82; dvāsaṭṭhi (Cnd.271#iii. & dvaṭṭhi (62) DN.i.54; SN.iii.211; DN-a.i.162);…

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 …

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

adjective single, not doubled (of cloth, opp. to diguṇa) Ja.v.216 (˚vasana = eka-paṭṭa-nivattha).

fr. ekacca

adverb

1. on the one side (opp. on the other) Ja.iii.51; Ja.iv.141.
2. together Ja.ii.415; Ja.iii.57 (vasanto), Ja.iii.52 (sannipatanti) Ja.iii.391; Ja.iv.390; Dhp-a.i.18. ekato karoti to put toge …

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, …

…powder, camphor) Ja.i.290 vāsa-cuṇṇa-dhūpanādi g˚ Kp-a.37 ‣See also compounds. Gandha occurs as variant reading for…

1. adj.
   1. lit. heavy, opp. lahu light, applied to bhāra, a load SN.iii.26; Ja.i.196 (= bhārika); Ja.vi.420; Dhp-a.i.48; Sdhp.494 (rūpagarubhāra the heavy load of “form”). Compa …

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

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

…-āvāsa the household life (as contrasted with the life of a mendicant) Vin.ii.180 (gharāvāsatthaṃ); AN.ii.208;…

adjective noun a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opp. pabbajita & paribbājaka). Geu. sg. gihissa (DN.iii.147, DN.iii.167) & gihino (DN.iii.174); n. pl. gihī; in compounds *gihī …

I.

(sg.) heat, in special application to the atmosphere: hot part (of the day or year), hot season, summer; a summer month. Always used in loc. as a designation of time.

1. of the day: Vv-a …

brick, in -āvasatha a house of bricks, as N pl. “the Brick Hall” DN.i.91; Vin.i.232; MN.i.205.

…(eḷagalā˚) Ja.iii.52 (nivāsa˚, vasana˚); Vv-a.301 (gaccha˚ underwood); Ja.i.149, Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.19; Ja.iii.55; Ja.iv.438; Vv-a.63,…

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 …

…Dhp-a.ii.25 (dvāra˚). 2. a villager Ja.v.107 (= gāmavāsin).

• -āvāsa an abode in a village Pv-a.12; Vv-a.291.

verse, stanza, line of poetry, usually referring to an Anuṭṭhubbaṃ or a Tuṭṭhubbaṃ, & called a catuppādā gāthā, a stanza (śloka) of four half-lines AN.ii.178; Ja.iv.395 Def. as akkhara-padaniya-mit …

indeclinable an exhortative-emphatic particle used like Gr. α ̓́γε δή or French allons, voilà: well then, now, come along, alas! It is constructed with 1^st pres. & fut., or imper, 2^{nd …}

…vā); Ja.ii.87 Ja.iv.494; Mil.232; DN-a.i.156.

Sk. iṣvāsa, see issattha

an archer, lit. one having a bow Ja.iv.494 (= issāsa C.).

Sk. iṣvāsa in meaning “bow” + in

…C.), Ja.iv.112 (˚vāsa temporary abode); Pv.i.11#11 (= na cira-kāla-ṭṭhāyin anicca vipariṇāma-dhamma Pv-a.60); DN-a.i.195;…

1. (n.) speed SN.ii.266; SN.v.227; MN.i.446; AN.ii.113; AN.iii.248; Snp.221; Ja.ii.290; Ja.iv.2 Often combined with thāma, in phrase thāmajavasampanna endowed with strength & swiftn …

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 …

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 …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

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 …

…vāsaṃ, saṃvāsaṃ to make one’s abode DN.ii.88; Snp.283; Pv-a.36, Pv-a.47 saṃvāsaṃ to have (sexual) intercourse with…

1. (adj.) (-˚) producing, causing, forming, making, doing, e.g. anta˚ putting an end to; pabhaṃ causing splendour; pāpa˚ doing evil; divā˚ & divasa the day-maker, i.e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva˚ causing a …

adjective which one (of a certain number, usually of two) Ja.i.4; Pv-a.119 Often only emphatic for ko, e.g. Ja.i.298 (kataraṃ upaddavaṃ na kareyya), and used uninflected in compounds …

…ettha); Ja.iv.110.

• -vāsa in what residence Snp.412.
• -vāsika residing where? Ja.ii.128,…

1. the panels of the door, the door proper, not the aperture Vin.ii.114, Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.207, Vin.ii.208 (see Vin.ii.148 for the description of a door), Vin.iv.269, Vin.iv.304 (˚baddha = āvasatha); …

…khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with mettā…

…khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with mettā…

1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

…kiraṇa for karaṇa. The Dhtp. explained by nivāsane

(kud-and kum-) 3rd stem of interrog. pron. ka (on form and meaning cp. kad; = Lat.* qṷu in (qṷ)ubi, like katara

1. Kuto where from? whence? Dhp.62; k˚bhayaṃ whence i.e. why fear? Dhp.212 sq.; Sn …

nest DN.i.91 (= DN-a.i.257 nivāsaṭṭhanaṃ); SN.i.8; SN.i.224 = Ja.i.203 (a brood of birds = supaṇṇapotakā); Ja.iii.74 (variant reading…

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 …

…p. 104 & cp. kāsāya-nivāsana Ja.iii.41; kāsāviya Ja.iv.447); Pv-a.20; -vāsin dressed in yellow Snp.487. 2. Kāsāva (vattha) the…

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 …

adjective connected with auspices, auspicious, in phrase “lakkhaññā vata bho dosinā ratti” (how grand a sign friends, is the moonlight night! translation) DN.i.47 = Ja.i.509 (explained at DN-a.i.141 …

to hang down, to droop, fall Mhvs.32, Mhvs.70 (laggāni lambiṃsu), Mhvs.71 (ākāse lambamānāni). Fut. lambahīti (poet.) Ja.v.302 (= lambissati)
caus lambeti to cause to hang up …

smearing, plastering, anointing Vin.ii.172 (kuḍḍa˚); AN.iv.107 (vāsana˚), AN.iv.111 (id.); Ja.ii.117 Cp. abhi˚, ā˚, pa˚

fr. lip

…(lokantariya˚) Snp-a.59 (˚vāsa life in the l. niraya); cp. BSk. lokântarikā Divy.204 (andhās tamaso ’ndhakāra-tamisrā) -ādhipa lord…

…andhakāra); Dhp-a.i.140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ…

…andhakāra); Dhp-a.i.140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ…

…selfishness are mentioned āvāsa˚, kula˚, lābha˚, vaṇṇa˚, dhamma˚; DN.iii.234 Mnd.118, Mnd.227; AN.iv.456; Dhs.1122 (cp. *Dhs…

…selfishness are mentioned āvāsa˚, kula˚, lābha˚, vaṇṇa˚, dhamma˚; DN.iii.234 Mnd.118, Mnd.227; AN.iv.456; Dhs.1122 (cp. *Dhs…

the God of Death, the Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama SN.i.156; Snp.357 (gen. maccuno), Snp.581 (instr maccunā), Snp.587; Thag.411; Dhp.21, Dhp.47, Dhp.128, Dhp.135, Dhp.150 Dhp.287; Vb …

…[Sk. maheṣvāsa] great in the art of the bow, a great archer SN.i.185; Dhp-a.i.358.

6. mahe˚ [mahā + i]
   • -esakkha…

adjective middle, viz

1. of space: of moderate height DN.i.243 (contrasted with ucca & nīca).
2. of; time: of middle age Snp.216 (contrasted with dahara young & thera old).
3. often used adv. in …

illusion, imagination MN.i.486. Nine maññitāni (the same list is applied to the phanditāni, the papañcitāni & sankhatāni) at Vb.390: asmi, ayam aham asmi, bhavissaṃ, na bhavissaṃ rūpī bhavissaṃ, arū …

adjective auspicious prosperous, lucky, festive Mnd.87, Mnd.88; Kp-a.118 sq. Snp-a.273, Snp-a.595; Sdhp.551
■ nt. maṅgalaṃ good omen auspices, festivity Snp.258; Vin.ii.129; Pv-a.17. A curious …

1. circle DN.i.134 (paṭhavi˚, cp. puthavi˚ Snp.990); Vism.143 (˚ṃ karoti to draw a circle, in simile), Vism.174 (tipu˚ & rajata˚ lead- & silver circle, in kasiṇa practice); Vv-a.147 (of a fan = tāla …

hunt, hunting, deer-stalking Pv-a.154 (˚padesa). Usually in devasikaṃ migavaṃ gacchati to go out for a day’s hunting Ja.iv.267; or as pp. ekadivasaṃ migavaṃ gata Vv-a.260; ekāhaṃ m. g. Mhvs.5 …

to deceive, to befool, to take in, surprise, delude, aor 2^nd sg. amohayi Snp.352; 3^rd sg. amohayi SN.iv.158; Iti.58 (maccu-rājan; vv.ll. asamohayi & asamohari) reading somew …

…offence Dhs-a.399 (+ parivāsa). -ṃ deti to inflict penance on somebody Vin.ii.7 (+ parivāsaṃ deti); Vin.iv.225. mānatt’ āraha…

Māsa¹

a month, as the 12^th part of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) Citta (Citra), Vesākha, Jeṭṭha, Āsāḷha, S …

mother’s sister, maternal aunt Vin.ii.254, Vin.ii.256; Ja.iv.390; Mil.240. -putta aunt’s son, male first cousin (from mother’s sister’s side SN.ii.281; Ud.24; Dhp-a.i.119. Cp. māt …

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 …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

…(variant reading BB nerayika, Com. nevāsiko ti nivāsakaro).

fr. nicaya

indeclinable see na²
■ nevasaññā-nâsañña (being) neither perception nor non-perception, only in cpd. ˚āyatana & in nevasaññī-nâsaññin: see saññā.

na + eva

…a place, local Ja.i.236 sq.; Dhp-a.ii.53 sq. Cp. necayika.

fr. nivāsa, cp. BSk. naivāsika Avs.i.286, Avs.i.287

adjective bound down to, i.e.

1. fixed, stable, sure Ja.iv.134 (bhattavetana); Mil.398 (a˚ unstable, ˚sayana). At DN-a.i.243 two kinds of cārikā (wanderings, pilgrimages) are dis …

adjective no longer worn, cast off (of cloth) SN.ii.202, SN.ii.221.

nis + vasana

…(nt. abstr.), to nis-vasati, cp. nirvāsana = nibbisaya

to go out or forth from, to rise, sound forth, come out Iti.75 (devasadda) Vv.38#2; Ja.i.53, Ja.i.176; Dhp-a.i.389; Vv-a.12, Vv-a.37 (saddā). Caus. nicchāreti to make come o …

…(explained as vākacīra-nivāsanaṃ = a bark dress). Cp sannidhi.

• -kumbhī a treasure-pot, a treasure hidden in a pot…

adjective past participle

measured out, planned, laid out; created (by supernatural power iddhi); measured, stately DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (iddhiyā pi DN-a.i.167), DN.i.219 (Su˚ devaputta. Np.), ibid. (Pa …

adjective breathless Ja.iii.416; Ja.iv.121, cp. Ja.vi.197; Ja.vi.82.

cp. Sk. nirucchvāsa, nis + ussāsa

“bull among men,” i.e. prince, leader; “princeps,” best of men epithet of the Buddha SN.i.28, SN.i.48, SN.i.91; MN.i.386; Ja.v.70 Ja.vi.526; Vv.16#7 (isi˚), cp. Vv-a.83 for explⁿ; Vv.63#7 …

sitting down, occasion or opportunity to sit, a mat to sit on Vin.i.295 Vin.ii.123 (˚ena vippavasati); SN.v.259 (˚ṃ gaṇhāti). -paccattharaṇa a mat for sitting on Vin.i.47, Vin.i.295; Vin.ii.209 Vin …

to live, dwell, inhabit, stay Vin.ii.11
pp nivuttha, cp. also nivāsana² & nivāsin.

ni + vasati²

past participle clothed in or with (-˚ or acc.), dressed, covered SN.i.115; Ja.i.59 (su˚), Ja.i.307 (sāṭakaṃ); Pv-a.47, Pv-a.49 (dibbavattha˚), Pv-a.50.

pp. of ni + vasati¹

of nivasati) inhabited; dwelling, living; see *san*˚.

…Usually in phrase pubbe-nivāsaṃ anussarati “to remember one’s former abode or place of existence (in a former life),” characterising…

Nivāsana¹

adjective noun dressed, clothed; dressing, clothing, undergarment (opp. pārupana) Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.228; Ja.i.182 (manāpa˚),…

to dress oneself, to put on (the undergarment), to get clothed or dressed. Freq in ster. phrase “pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā patta- cīvaram ādāya…,” describing the setting out on his round of the bhi …

adjective staying, living, dwelling Ja.ii.435 (= nibaddha-vasanaka C.).

fr. nivāsa

adjective noun dwelling, staying; (n.) an inhabitant Dāvs v.45.

to nivasati

being finished, carrying out, execution, performance DN.i.141; Thag-a.19 (= avasāya). Cp. san˚.

abstr. of niṭṭhāti

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 “ …

(nt. m.) diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. MN.i.364: “the multiformity of sensuous impressions,” M.A.). Enumⁿ of diversity as nānat …

…and passim;

• -saṃvāsaka living in a different part or living apart Vin.i.134 sq. (opp. samāna˚), Vin.i.321;…

adjective

clean, white, prominently applied to the dress as a sign of distinction (white), or special purity at festivities, ablutions & sacrificial functions DN.ii.18 (uṇṇā, of the Buddha), DN.iii.2 …

There is no difference in meaning between osadha and osadhī; both mean equally any medicine whether of herbs or other ingredients. Cp. e.g. AN.iv.100 (bījagāma-bhūtagāmā… osadhi-tiṇavanappatayo) Pv. …

to flow, to go away, to recede to, to visit MN.i.176 (gāmaṃ etc.); MN.ii.122
pp osaṭa. See also avasarati.

o + sṛ.

1. return to, going into (acc.) visiting Ja.i.154 (gāmantaṃ ˚kāle).
2. withdrawal, distraction, drawing or moving away, heresy Snp.538 (ogahanāni titthāni, diṭṭhiyo ti attho Snp-a.434).

fr. avasarati

…visited MN.i.176, MN.i.469 (padasamācāro sangha-majjhe o.); MN.ii.2 (Rājagahaṃ vass˚āvāsaṃ o.); Mil.24 (sākacchā osaṭā…

Avasaṭa & Osaṭa

withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community & gone over to another sect, a renegade Vin.iv.216, Vin.iv.217 (= titthāyatanaṃ saṃkata).

Sk. apasṛta, cp. also samavasṛta, pp. of …

to put forth, bring to an end, settle, put down, fix, decide SN.i.81 (fut. osāpayissāmi; vv.ll. oyayiss˚ and obhāyiss˚ Ud.66 (T. otarissāmi? vv.ll. obhāyiss˚, otāy˚ & osāy˚ C. paṭipajjissāmi karissāmi …

adjective each one, single, by oneself, separate, various several DN.i.49 (itthi); DN.ii.261 (˚vasavattin, of the 10 issaras); SN.i.26 (˚gāthā a stanza each), SN.i.146 (˚brahma an independent Brahma); …

…Mil.388 (kule p.); ghar’āvāsa˚, putta-dāro etc. Mnd.136; Cnd.172#a B, 205, cp. Ja.ii.95 (ghara˚); Kp-a.39 (enumerated as set of *dasa…

…Snp-a.339 (= sati-vippavāsa); Dhp-a.i.228; Pv-a.16 (pamādena out of carelessness); Sdhp.600
■ appamāda…

Panunna (Paṇunna & Panuṇṇa)

(med. & pass.) put away, rejected or rejecting, dispelled driven away, sent AN.ii.29; AN.v.31; Snp.469 (˚kodha) Ja.vi.247, Ja.vi.285; Kv.597 (ito p., trsl^d “end …

Panunna (Paṇunna & Panuṇṇa)

(med. & pass.) put away, rejected or rejecting, dispelled driven away, sent AN.ii.29; AN.v.31; Snp.469 (˚kodha) Ja.vi.247, Ja.vi.285; Kv.597 (ito p., trsl^d “end …

Panunna (Paṇunna & Panuṇṇa)

(med. & pass.) put away, rejected or rejecting, dispelled driven away, sent AN.ii.29; AN.v.31; Snp.469 (˚kodha) Ja.vi.247, Ja.vi.285; Kv.597 (ito p., trsl^d “end …

Panunna (Paṇunna & Panuṇṇa)

(med. & pass.) put away, rejected or rejecting, dispelled driven away, sent AN.ii.29; AN.v.31; Snp.469 (˚kodha) Ja.vi.247, Ja.vi.285; Kv.597 (ito p., trsl^d “end …

Panunna (Paṇunna & Panuṇṇa)

(med. & pass.) put away, rejected or rejecting, dispelled driven away, sent AN.ii.29; AN.v.31; Snp.469 (˚kodha) Ja.vi.247, Ja.vi.285; Kv.597 (ito p., trsl^d “end …

Panunna (Paṇunna & Panuṇṇa)

(med. & pass.) put away, rejected or rejecting, dispelled driven away, sent AN.ii.29; AN.v.31; Snp.469 (˚kodha) Ja.vi.247, Ja.vi.285; Kv.597 (ito p., trsl^d “end …

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 …

adjective abiding, staying by Snp.796 (= vasamāna Snp-a.529; sakāya diṭṭhiyā vasanti Mnd.102), Snp.878, Snp.880, Snp.895.

ppr. med. of pari + vas

…expenditure Ja.ii.213 (nivāsa˚ expense for a lodging), Ja.ii.249, Ja.ii.368; Ja.iii.287 (˚ṃ karoti to invest); Ja.vi.383; Vv-a.75; Pv-a.3…

permeation, penetration Dhs-a.163 (= vāsanā).

fr. paribhāveti

…the track), Ja.i.194 (nivāsavetanaṃ); Ja.iii.371; Ja.iv.77; Mil.272; Vism.184, Vism.409; Snp-a.434 (paññāya p.). 3. to limit, restrict,…

to stay, dwell, to live under probation Vin.iii.186 (grd. ˚vatthabba); Vin.iv.30, Vin.iv.127; DN.i.176; MN.i.391; SN.ii.21; Snp.697 (= pabbajitvā tāpasavesena vasati Snp-a.490)
ppr med. *[paribbasā …

…āvāsaṃ); Dhp-a.i.260 (pāsāda˚). 2. a cell or private chamber for a bhikkhu (cp. Vin. Texts iii.109, 203)…

…a time), spending (or having spent) one’s probation (cp. BSk. paryuṣita-parivāsa Avs.i.259; Vin.iii.186 (tth); SN.ii.21 (ṭṭh).

pp. of…

…a time), spending (or having spent) one’s probation (cp. BSk. paryuṣita-parivāsa Avs.i.259; Vin.iii.186 (tth); SN.ii.21 (ṭṭh).

pp. of…

…pari + vas², cp. Epic Sk. parivāsa only in meaning 1

…or it may be derived fr. vāsa³ (odour, perfume or seasoning) and translated (so Mrs. Rh. D. in Expositor 63, 64)…

…for aparivāsika.

pari + pp. of vāseti fr. vāsa³

…(corresp. with pubbe-nivāsa-ñāṇa); with which alternates the phrase indriya-paro-pariya-ñāṇa in same meaning (see…

…(= ganthadhura): see vāsadhura.

• -paṭibhānavant possessed of intelligence as regards learning the…

…AN.iii.439; Ja.ii.352 (˚vāsa anarchy; reading t); Pv-a.89.

paṭi + śru, cp. paṭissuṇāti & paṭissāvin; in BSk. we find pratīsā…

to “live forth,” i.e. to be away from home, to dwell abroad Snp.899; Ja.ii.123 (= pavasaṃ gacchati); Ja.v.91
pp pavuttha (q.v.). Cp. vi˚.

pa + vas

dwelling or living abroad, staying away from home DN.ii.261 (˚jāti one who dwells away from his caste, i.e. who no longer belongs to any caste); Ja.v.434; Dhp-a.iii.293. Freq. in phrase *pavutthapati …

sojourning abroad, being away from home Ja.ii.123 Ja.v.434; Ja.vi.150; Mil.314
■ Cp. vi˚.

fr. pa + vas, cp. Vedic pravāsa in same meaning

adjective living abroad or from home, in cira˚; long absent Dhp.219 (= cirappavuttha Dhp-a.iii.293).

fr. pavāsa

…5 kinds of selfishness: āvāsa˚ kula˚ lābha vaṇṇa˚ dhamma˚. ˚rajāni defilements: rūpa˚, sadda etc. (of the 5 senses) Mnd.505;…

…˚dadāti, ˚dāna, ˚nivāsana, ˚paṇṇa (in reply), ˚pasaṃsati, ˚piṇḍa, ˚pucchati (ask in return) ˚māreti (kill in revenge),…

grounded on, on account of, concerning, because (with acc.) MN.i.265 (etaṃ on these grounds); SN.iii.93 = Iti.89 (atthavasaṃ); Ja.ii.386 (= abhisandhāya); Snp.680, Snp.784 Snp.872, Snp.1046; Snp-a.35 …

dress given in return Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223.

paṭi + nivāsana¹

…(= yutta), Pv-a.124. -desavāsa living in a suitable region DN.iii.276 = AN.ii.32; Ne.29, Ne.50
■ Spelt pati˚; at Dhp.158; Snp.89,…

…AN.iii.439; Ja.ii.352 (˚vāsa anarchy; reading t); Pv-a.89.

paṭi + śru, cp. paṭissuṇāti & paṭissāvin; in BSk. we find pratīsā…

to live, dwell (at) DN.i.129; Vin.ii.299; SN.i.177; Ja.i.202; Snp-a.462; Pv-a.42, Pv-a.67. Pativana, Pativanita, Pativani

paṭi + vasati

Phāla¹

masculine & neuter ploughshare SN.i.169; Snp.p.13 & Snp.v.77 (explained as “phāletī ti ph.” Snp-a.147) Ja.i.94; Ja.iv.118; Ja.v.104; Ud.69 (as m.); Dhp-a.i.395.

cp. Vedic phāla

…

father’s sister, aunt; decl. similarly to pitā & mātā Dhp-a.i.37 acc. sg. pitucchasaṃ [Sk. *svasaṃ instead of *svasāraṃ] Ja.iv.184.

• -dhītā aunt’s daughter, i.e. (girl) cousin Dhp-a.i.85
• *\ …

…In compound with -nivāsa see sep. An old acc. f. *pūrvīṃ (cp. Prk. puvviṃ Pischel, Gr. § 103 we find in Cpd. anupubbikathā…

…udāna); Pv-a.122 (puññânumodana˚ maggācikkhana) cp. āśvāsana-pūrvaka Jtm.210.

fr. pubba²

…321
■ See also under nivāsa and cp. Vism ch. xiii, pp. 410 sq.

loc. of pubba², see…

…SN.i.22 (a˚).

• -āvāsa rebirth SN.i.200.
• -divase on the following day Ja.i.278; Pv-a.19, Pv-a.38. *…

Pīta¹

1. having drunk or (pred.) being drunk (as liquid) SN.i.212 (madhu˚); Ja.i.198; Pv-a.25 (with asita, khāyita & sāyita as fourfold food).
2. soaked or saturated with (-˚), in *kasāya …

(& lambati); to hang down. Both forms are given with meaning “avasaṃsane” at Dhtp.198 and Dhtm.283.

lamb

to shout, howl Ja.ii.407 (vv.ll. rayati, vasati; C. explains as “nadati”) = Ja.iv.346 (variant reading sarati).

ras

…Vin.ii.34 (three such: sahavāsa, vippavāsa, anārocanā).

• -dhūmāyanā smouldering at night Vism.107 (variant…

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 …

adjective

1. having material qualities, possessed of form or shape or body or matter, belonging to the realm of form. rūpī is nearly always combined contrasted with; *[arūpī](/defin …

…Thig.425; Thag-a.269.

• -vāsa living together, associating Vin.ii.34; Iti.68.
• -vāsin living together…

…= Pp.57; DN-a.i.74; samaggavāsa dwelling in concord Ja.i.362; Ja.ii.27- samaggi-karoti to harmonize, to conciliate DN.iii.161-Cp….

of a goad or spur Thig.210. See samosarati.

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

sama + vatta¹ + saṃvāsa

congregation; time, condition, etc.

At Dhs-a.57 sq we find a detailed explⁿ of the word samaya (s-sadda) with meanings given as follows: 1 *[samavāya](/define/samavāy …

Sammati¹ [śam

Dhtp.436 = upasama]

1. to be appeased, calmed; to cease Dhp.5; Pot 3^rd pl. sammeyyuṃ SN.i.24
2. to rest, to dwell DN.i.92; SN.i.226; Ja.v.396; DN-a.i.262 (= vasa …

…doctrine Snp.897 (= dvāsaṭṭhī diṭṭhigatāni Mnd.308), Snp.904, Snp.911. 6. definition declaration, statement Vin.i.123…

…Snp-a.2; Vism.7; Vb-a.107 samodhānagata wrapped together Mil.362; samodhānaparivāsa a combined, inclusive probation Vin.ii.48 sq.

saṃ +…

…titthavāsa˚ yoniso-manasikāra˚, buddh’ûpanissaya˚
■ Cp. the following: atta˚; SN.v.30 sq.; ākappa˚;…

to produce, set going AN.iii.222 (saṃvāsaṃ); Mhvs.23, Mhvs.75.

saṃ + pavatteti

…Dhp-a.iii.462.

• -saṃvāsaka belonging to the same communion Vin.i.321.
• -sīmā the same…

to live together, to associate AN.i.78; pp. sannivuttha.

saṃ + nivasati

living together (with), associating AN.iv.303 sq.

pp. of sannivasati

…with; community AN.i.78; AN.ii.57; DN.iii.271; Dhp.206; Ja.iv.403 loka-sannivāsa the society of men, all the world Ja.i.366…

…Vin.i.195; Ja.i.506.

• -vāsa peaceful state Dhp-a.iv.114
• -vutti living a peaceful life Iti.30,…

Santatta¹

heated, glowing DN.ii.335; MN.i.453; SN.i.169 (divasa˚); Ja.iv.118; Mil.325; Pv-a.38 (soka˚).

pp. of santappati

Santatta²

frightened, disturbed Ja.iii.77 (= santra …

adjective eternal, perpetual DN.i.13; DN.iii.31 sq., DN.iii.137 sq.; MN.i.8, MN.i.426; AN.i.41; Dhp.255; Dhs.1099; Ja.i.468; Mil.413; DN-a.i.112; dhuvasassata sure and certain Bv.ii.111 sq. = Ja.i.19 …

…phenomenal Dhs-a.38.

-āvāsa abode of sentient beings (see nava¹ 2) DN.iii.263 DN.iii.268;…

…road Vin.iv.63.

• -vāsa encampment DN.ii.340, DN.ii.344.
• -vāsika & ˚vāsin; caravan people Ja.i.333. *…

one’s own will Dhs-a.61 (˚vattitā; cp. Expos. 81).

sa⁴ + vasa

adjective (f. saññinī) conscious, being aware of (-˚), perceiving, having perception DN.i.31, DN.i.180; DN.iii.49 DN.iii.111, DN.iii.140, DN.iii.260; SN.i.62; AN.ii.34, AN.ii.48, AN.ii.50; AN.iii.35; …

saññāyo and saññā-e.g. MN.i.108)

1. sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin.i.13; MN.i.300; SN.iii.3 sq.; Dhs.40 Dhs.58, Dhs.61, Dhs.113; Vb-a.42.
2. sense, perception, discer …

to live, to associate, cohabitate AN.ii.57; Vin.ii.237; Cnd.423; Pp.65; Dhp.167; Dpvs.x.8; Mil.250
caus -vāseti same meaning Vin.iv.137
■ Cp. upa˚.

saṃ + vasati²

…Ja.iv.317 (piya-saṃvāsaṃ vasi lived together in harmony); Snp.283, Snp.290, Snp.335; Dhp.207, Dhp.302; Sdhp.435. 2. intimacy…

adjective living together Vin.ii.162; Vin.iii.173.

fr. saṃvāsa

one who lives with somebody Snp.22; a˚-bhāva impossibility to co-reside Mil.249.

fr. saṃvāsa

…“former impression, disposition” cp. vāsanā

to prepare, get ready, undertake Vin.i.137 (vass’āvāsaṃ); SN.iv.312.

fr. saṃ + kḷp

bed, couch MN.i.502; AN.i.296; Vin.ii.167 (˚aggena by the surplus in beds); Snp.29, Snp.152 Snp.535; Dhp.305, Dhp.309; Pv.ii.3#11; Pv.iv.1#2; Ja.vi.197 (gilāna sick-bed). Four kinds AN.ii.244; Vb-a. …

Sineha & sneha

Both forms occur without distinction; sneha more frequently (as archaic) in poetry.

1. sineha:
   1. viscous liquid, unctuous moisture, sap SN …

Sineha & sneha

Both forms occur without distinction; sneha more frequently (as archaic) in poetry.

1. sineha:
   1. viscous liquid, unctuous moisture, sap SN …

the flame of fire, later in sense of “burning grief” grief, sorrow, mourning; defined as “socanā socitattaṃ anto-soko… cetaso parijjhāyanā domanassaṃ” at Pts.i.38 = Mnd.128 = Cnd.694; shorter as “ñāt …

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

adjective pure, clean, white DN.i.4; AN.i.293; Snp.226, Snp.410
■ opp. asuci impure AN.iii.226; AN.v.109 AN.v.266
■ (nt.) purity, pure things Ja.i.22; goodness, merit Dhp.245; a …

…Snp.788; Mnd.85.

• -āvāsa pure abode, name of a heaven and of the devas inhabiting it DN.ii.50; Vism.392. Five are…

…Dhs.163 Ja.i.140

• -saṁvāsa pleasant to associate with Dhp.207
• -saññin conceiving happiness, considering as happiness AN.ii.52 *…

adverb to-morrow Vin.ii.77; DN.i.108, DN.i.205; Ja.i.32, Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.47; Vv-a.230; svedivasa Dhp-a.i.103. The diaeretic form is suve, e.g. Pv.iv.1#5; Mhvs.29, Mhvs.17; and dou …

adjective

1. good, virtuous, pious Snp.376, Snp.393; Ja.i.1; Mhvs.37, Mhvs.119; Pv-a.116, Pv-a.132 asādhu bad, wicked Dhp.163, Dhp.223; Dhp-a.iii.313.
2. good, profitable, proficient, meritoriou …

six days (cp. chāha) Ja.vi.80 (= chadivasa, C.).

asthma AN.v.110; Ja.vi.295.

Sk. śvāsa, fr. śvas

to subside, sink; to yield, give way SN.i.53; Snp.939 (= saṃsīdati osīdati Cnd.420); Iti.71; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.35 3^rd pl. sīdare Ja.ii.393; Pot. sīde Iti.71; fut. sīdissati: see ni˚
p …

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

sesamum-oil (prepared from tila seeds), oil in general (tela = tilatelādika DN-a.i.93): used for drinking, anointing & burning purposes Vin.i.205, Vin.i.220 Vin.i.245, etc.; AN.i.209, AN.i.278 (sapp …

…steal Vin.iii.58;

• -saṃvāsaka one who lives clandestinely with the bhikkhus (always foll by titthiyapakkantaka)…

adjective dropping forming drops: madhutthika Ja.iii.493; Ja.vi.529 (= madhuṃ paggharantiyo madhutthevasadisā p. 530 “dropping honey.”

cp. Sk. styāyate to congeal, form a (solid) mass; see cognates u …

…uttarāsanga ekacciya antaravāsaka Vin.i.289, Vin.i.296; Vin.ii.302. ticīvarena avippavāsa Vin.i.109 sq
■ Vism.60, Vism.66; Dhp-a.iv.23….

…ganthetvā kata-nivāsanaṃ Pp-a.233).

Sk. ulūka; cp. Lat. ulucus & ulula owl, ululāre to howl, Ger. uhu; onomat. *ul, as in Gr….

…Pv-a.29, Pv-a.32 (vāsaṃ) Pv-a.132;
ger -gantvā Pv-a.70 (attano santikaṃ), & -gamma SN.ii.17, SN.ii.20. 2. to undergo,…

indeclinable over, above (prep. & prefix)

1. (adv. on top, above (opp. adho below) Vin.iv.46 (opp. heṭṭhā) Ja.vi.432; Kp-a.248 (= uddhaṃ; opp. adho); Snp-a.392 (abtimukho u. gacchati explaining pac …

? “a robe worn over the left shoulder” (Hardy, Index to ed.) Vv-a.166 (variant reading upavasavya).

?

to live with somebody, to associate with (acc.) Ja.i.152.

upa + saṃ + vas

1. to dwell in or at Ja.iii.113; DN-a.i.139.
2. to live (trs.); to observe, keep (a holy day); only in phrase uposathaṃ upavasati to observe the fast day SN.i.208; AN.i.142, AN.i.144, AN.i.205; Snp …

celebrated, kept (of a fastday) AN.i.211 (uposatha); Snp.403 (uposatha). Cp. uposatha.

pp. of upavasati

…upavāsaṃ upavasati] AN.v.40 (? uncertain; vv.ll. upāsaka, ovāpavāssa, yopavāsa); Ja.vi.508; Snp-a.199 (in…

…or uposathavāsaṃ vasati (verse 177) The ceremony of a layman taking upon himself the eight sīlas is called uposathaṃ…

coming forth, product, genesis, origin, rebirth, occasion AN.ii.133 (˚paṭilābhikāni sanyojanāni); Vb.137 (˚bhava), Vb.411; cp. Compendium, 262 f. (khaṇa); Mil.127 (˚divasa); Vism.571 sq. (˚bhava 9 f …

Usabha¹

a bull; often fig as symbol of manliness and strength (cp. nisabha) DN.i.6 (˚yuddha bull-fight), DN.i.9 (˚lakkhaṇa signs on a b.), DN.i.127; Vin.iii.39 (puris˚ “bull of a man”, a …

feast, making merry, holiday Vin.iii.249; Ja.i.475; Ja.ii.13, Ja.ii.248; Vv-a.7, Vv-a.109 (˚divasa).

Sk. utsava

an outer garment, cloak Pv.i.10#3 (= uparivasanaṃ uparihāraṃ uttarisāṭakaṃ Pv-a.49); Dāvs iii.30; Thag-a.253.

fr. uttara

1. (lit.)
   1. (good or proper) time, season: aruṇa-utu occasion or time of the sun(-rise) Dhp-a.i.165; utuṃ gaṇhāti to watch for the right time (in horoscopic practice), to prognosticate ibid. *s …

is fut. of vasati to dwell.

bull Mil.115 (rāja˚); Snp-a.40 (relation between usabha, vasabha & nisabha) Vv-a.83 (id.).

the Sanskritic-Pāli form (*vṛṣabha) of the proper Pāli usabha (q.v. for etym.). Only …

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 …

Err:509

Vasana¹

neuter clothing, clothes Snp.971; Thig.374; DN.iii.118 (odāta˚), DN.iii.124 (id.); Mnd.495 (the six cīvarāni); Pv-a.49
■ vasanāni clothing Mhvs.22, Mhvs.30- *[vasana](/define …

adjective (-˚) living (in) Ja.ii.435 (nibaddha˚, i.e. of continuous abode).

fr. vasana²

spring Ja.i.86; Ja.v.206; Kp-a.192 (bāla˚ = Citra); DN-a.i.132 (˚vana); Pv-a.135.

Vedic vasanta; Idg. *ṷēr, cp. Av. varehar spring, Gr. εἄρ, Lat. vēr, Oicel. vār spring, Lith. vasarā summer.

…also vāsana¹ & vāsana¹.

vas¹; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε ̓́ννυμι to clothe, Sk. vasman cover,…

Vasi˚

is the shortened form of vasī˚; (= vasa) in combinations -ppatta one who has attained power, mastering: only in phrase ceto-vasippatta AN.ii.6; AN.iii.340; Mil.82; cp B …

adjective (-˚) being in the power of, subject to, as in kodha˚; a victim of anger Ja.iii.135; taṇhā under the influence of craving Ja.iv.3 mātugāma˚; fond of women Ja.iii.277. …

adjective having power (over), mastering, esp. one’s senses; a master (over) Vin.iii.93; DN.i.18 (= ciṇṇavasitattā vasī DN-a.i.112); DN-a.iii.29; Snp.372; Vism.154 (fivefold); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.13 (vasī …

dwelled, lived, spent Mhvs.20, Mhvs.14.

pp. of vasati²

…raining Dhp-a.ii.83. -vāsa Vassa residence SN.v.326; Pv-a.20. -vuṭṭhi rainfall Snp-a.34,…

…Ja.i.436 (of a cock); Ja.ii.37 Ja.ii.153, Ja.ii.307; Ja.iii.127; Ja.vi.497 (ppr. vassamāna = vāsamāna C.)
pp vassita².

vāś to…

Vasī˚

is the composition form of vasa in combination with roots kṛ; and bhū, e.g. -kata made dependent, brought into somebody’s power, subject(ed) Thig.295 (= …

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

fr. vatta¹

to move, go on, proceed to happen, take place, to be; to be in existence; to fare to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes …

Vattha¹

neuter

1. cloth; clothing, garment raiment; also collectively: clothes; MN.i.36 sq. AN.i.132, AN.i.209, AN.i.286; AN.ii.85, AN.ii.241; AN.iii.27 (odātaṃ), AN.iii.50 (kāsikaṃ), AN. …

adjective (-˚) engaged in, having power over, making, doing; only in compounds cakka˚ & vasa˚; (q.v.).

fr. vṛt

“letting go,” i.e. starting on something, endeavouring, resolution AN.i.36; Ja.vi.188 (handā ti vavassagg’ atthe nipāto); DN-a.i.237 (here handa is explained as vavasāy’ atthe …

…tip Ja.i.194 (nivāsa˚ rent) Snp.24; Vv-a.141; Dhp-a.i.25; Pv-a.112. Most frequently combined with bhatta˚; (q.v.). As vedana…

Vihāraka = vihāra

(room, hut) Thig.94 (= vasanakaovaraka Thag-a.90).

…identical with that of vāsa²), e.g. ariya˚ best condition SN.v.326; Snp-a.136; dibba˚; supreme condition (of heart)…

Vihāraka = vihāra

(room, hut) Thig.94 (= vasanakaovaraka Thag-a.90).

…(dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. Mnd.265); Ja.iii.205 (attha˚) Pv-a.1,…

to go from home, to be away from (abl.), to be absent Snp.1138 (= apeti apagacchati vinā hoti Cnd.582); Ja.iv.51, Ja.iv.439
pp vippavuttha.

vi + pavasati

absent; -sati neglectful Dhp-a.i.239.

pp. of vippavasati

…Vin.v.216; Snp.1142; Ja.iv.92.

vi + pavāsa

brightness, splendour, excellency; (ethically) purity, holiness, sanctification virtue, rectitude Vin.i.105 (visuddho paramāya visuddhiyā); DN.i.53; DN.iii.214 (diṭṭhi˚, sīla˚), DN.iii.288; MN.i.147; …

(gradually) getting light; turning into dawn (said of the night), only in phrase ratyā vivasane at the end of night, combined in stock phrase with suriy’ uggamanaṃ pati “towards sunrise” (evidentl …

to live away from home, to be separated, to be distant Ja.iv.217
■ Cp. vippavasati.

vi + vasati²

lit. to make [it] get light; rattiṃ v. to spend the night (till it gets light) Snp.1142 Cnd.594 (= atināmeti)- vivasati is Kern’s proposed reading for *[vijahati](/define/vija …

adjective solitary Ja.iv.242 (˚āvāsa).

vivitta + ka

fulfilled accomplished; (or:) lived, spent (= vuttha); only in phrase vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ (translation Dial. i.93; “the higher life has been fulfilled”) DN.i.84 (cp. Dhp.i.225 vutthaṃ parivuttha …

is Pass. of vasati² (q.v.).

adjective = vusitavant AN.iv.340; Snp.1115 (cp. Cnd.611 = vuṭṭhavā ciṇṇa-caraṇo etc., thus “perfected,” cp. ciṇṇavasin in same meaning).

difficult to explain; perhaps for vasīmant (see vasīvasa) in …

…(id.: see vāsa²). See e.g. Dhp-a.i.7; Pv-a.32, Pv-a.43; Ja.i.183 (˚vāsa). With ref. to…

…(ariya˚; cp. ariya-vāsa); Snp.81 = Mil.228 (= jīvitavutti Snp-a.152); Snp.68, Snp.220, Snp.326, Snp.676; Ja.vi.224 (= jīvita-vutti…

adjective decided, resolute Snp-a.200.

pp. of vi + ava + sā (or śri?), cp. vyavasāna

vavassagga*, although it should be derived fr. sā (cp. pp. vyavasita; or śri?), thus mixture of sṛj & sā. Cp. a similar difficulty of sā under …

…(-˚) living, dwelling; vāsaka: see saṃ˚. vāsika: gāma˚; villager Mhvs.28 Mhvs.15; Bārāṇasi˚; living in Benares Ja.iii.49….

Vāsana¹

adjective noun clothing, clothed in (-˚) Pv-a.173.

= vasana¹

Vāsana²

adjective noun dwelling…

…Ne.158 sq. Ne.189 sq
■ Cp. BSk. vāsanā, e.g. Mvu.i.345.

fr. vasati² = vāsa², but by Rh. D., following the P….

day (opp. night), a day Dāvs i.55; Dāvs v.66.

cp. Vedic vāsara matutinal, vasaḥ early

to cry (of animals) Ja.vi.497.

vāś, see vassati²

…Caus. ii. vāsāpeti Ja.v.33.

Denom. fr. vāsa perfume

…(-˚) living, dwelling; vāsaka: see saṃ˚. vāsika: gāma˚; villager Mhvs.28 Mhvs.15; Bārāṇasi˚; living in Benares Ja.iii.49….

…(adj.) or vāsana-vāsita one who is impressed with (or has retained) a former impression Snp.1009 (pubba˚, = vāsanāya…

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 …

1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

adjective having the character of being in accordance with (the truth or the occasion), real, true, just Iti.44 (santaṃ paṇītaṃ yathāvaṃ, nt.); Thag.188, Thag.422 (˚āloka-dassana seeing the real ligh …

grass, hay, fodder Ja.i.338.

fr. yava; Vedic yavasa

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

adverb

1. (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

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 …

…˚vahati bring to; ˚vāsa dwelling at; ˚sādeti touch; ˚sīdati sit by ˚hanati strike at 2. in reflexive function: close relation…

“the (way of) making”, i.e.

1. state, condition Ja.i.237 (avasan˚ condition of inhabitability); Ja.ii.154 (patan˚ state of falling, labile equilibrium) cp. paṇṇ˚
2. property, quality, attribute DN.i. …

…AN.i.257; Dhp-a.i.177 (āvāsaṃ read āvāpaṃ), Dhp-a.i.225; Pv-a.62 (kaṭṭhāni)
pp ālimpita (q.v.).

for…

dwelling-place, habitation; abode, house, dwelling Vin.i.226 (˚âgāra restinghouse); Vin.iv.304 (= kavāṭabaddha); SN.i.94, SN.i.229; SN.iv.329; Snp.287, Snp.672; Ja.iv.396; Ja.vi.425; Pp.51; Mil.279. …

to live at or in, to inhabit, reside, stay MN.ii.72; SN.i.42; Snp.43, Snp.805, Snp.1134; Mnd.123, Mnd.127; Cnd.133; Ja.vi.317
pp āvuttha (q.v.).

ā + vas

adverb clear, manifest, evident; openly, before one’s eyes, in full view. Only in phrase āvi vā raho openly or secret AN.v.350, AN.v.353; Pv.ii.7#16 = Dhp-a.iv.21 (āvī variant reading), expl^{d. …}

inhabited DN.ii.50 (an˚); SN.i.33.

pp. of āvasati

…to blow with caus. p
■ Cp. JR A S. 1898, 750…

…Vv-a.113; Sdhp.247. -anāvāsa (n. & adj. uninhabited, without a home; an uninhabited place AN.iv.345; Ja.ii.77;…

…Pv.iv.8#4 (= nibaddha-vasanaka Pv-a.267).

āvāsa + ika

adjective wanting, deficient less MN.ii.73; Ja.v.330; Dhp-a.i.77; Dhp-a.iv.210. Mostly adverbially with numerals = one less, but one, minus (one or two); usually with eka (as ekūna …

…Ja.i.253; Pv-a.32; nivāsana˚ (abode) Pv-a.76; phāsuka˚ Ja.ii.103 Pv-a.13; vasana˚ Ja.i.150, Ja.i.278; Vv-a.66; virūhana˚ (place…