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abhaya →
dppn
Abhaya 1
A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98
Abhaya2Abhayarājakumāra
The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …
acelakassapa →
dppn
Acelakassapa1AcelaKassapa
A naked ascetic. He visited the Buddha at Ujuññā in the Kaṇṇa-katthala deer-park and asked him if it were true that he disparaged all penance and reviled asceti …
addhakāsī →
dppn
A prostitute in Rājagaha who entered the Order of the bhikkhunis. Wishing to obtain the higher ordination from the Buddha, she set out for Sāvatthī, but was waylaid and stopped by libertines. So she s …
aggaḷapura →
dppn
A city where Revata went on his way from Soreyya to Sahajāti, prior to the Council of Vesālī. Vin.ii.300
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aggikabhāradvāja →
dppn
Aggikabhāradvāja1AggikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin of Sāvatthī, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in …
aggivessana →
dppn
Probably the name of a brahmin clan, the Agnivesyāyanas, and the Ksatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their brahmin priests.
The name is used by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka Nigaṇṭhap …
ahiṃsakabhāradvāja →
dppn
AhiṃsakabhāradvājaAhiṃsakaBhāradvāja
One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthī and the Buddha suggested to him the desirability of living up to his name by practising ahiṃsā. …
ajakalāpaka →
dppn
A Yakkha who tried to frighten the Buddha, but who, later, became his disciple. Ud.4–5
ajakalāpakacetiya →
dppn
A shrine at Pāvā at which sacrifices were offered to Ajakalāpaka. Ud.4
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ajakaraṇī →
dppn
The river on whose banks was the Lonagiri (or Lena°) vihāra where lived the Thera Sabbaka (Sappaka). Thag.307–310
Here also, in a cave, dwelt the Thera Bhūta. Thag.518f.
This river was probably …
ajapālanigrodha →
dppn
…SN.i.138f.
By Ajapāla-nigrodha it was, too, that, immediately after the Enlightenment, Māra tried to persuade the Buddha to die at…
ajita →
dppn
Ajita1
A monk. He devoted his time to explaining the Pātimokkha rules to the monks. At the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats …
ajitakesakambala →
dppn
AjitakesakambalaKesakambalaAjita
Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Pitakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is described as a Titthaka (non-Buddhist teacher), leade …
ajātasattu →
dppn
AjātasattuVedehiputta
Son of Bimbisāra, King of Māgadha, and therefore half-brother to Abhayarājakumāra. He murdered his father to gain the throne, and conspired with Devadatta to kill the Buddha, b …
ambalaṭṭhikā →
dppn
Ambalaṭṭhikā1
A royal park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay in the course of their journ …
ambapālī →
dppn
AmbapālīAmbapālikā
A courtesan of Vesāli. She became a devout follower of the Buddha, and building a vihāra in her own garden, gave it to him and the Order. This was during the Buddha’s last visit …
ambasaṇḍā →
dppn
A brahmin village in Māgadha to the east of Rājagaha.
To the north of the village was the Vediyaka mountain, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of …
andhakavinda →
dppn
A village in the Māgadha country, three gāvuta from Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109 Once the Buddha went from Benares to Andhakavinda w …
annabhāra →
dppn
A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …
anugāra →
dppn
An eminent wandering ascetic. He is mentioned as living in the Paribbājakārāma in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha c …
anupiya →
dppn
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, …
anāthapiṇḍika →
dppn
A banker (seṭṭhi) of Sāvatthī who became famous because of his unparalleled generosity to the Buddha. His first meeting with the Buddha was during the first year after the Enlightenment, in Rājagaha …
arati →
dppn
…as he sat at the foot of the Ajapala banyan tree, and danced and sang before him. In the end the Buddha told them that he was beyond temptation by…
araññakuṭikā →
dppn
A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128
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assaji →
dppn
…one of the Chabbaggiyā, the others being Mettiya, Bhummajaka, Panduka and Lohitaka.
assajipunabbasukā →
dppn
The followers of Assaji and Punabbasu. They lived in Kīṭāgiri, between Sāvatthī and Ālavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send the …
assaka →
dppn
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 …
asurindakabhāradvāja →
dppn
AsurindakabhāradvājaAsurindakaBhāradvāja
A brahmin, one of three brothers who had conversations with the Buddha and were converted. SN.i.163f.
avanti →
dppn
One of the four great monarchies in the time of the Buddha, the other three being Māgadha, Kosala and Vaṃsa (or Vatsa). Avanti is also mentioned among the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN. …
aṅga →
dppn
One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …
aṅgaṇikabhāradvāja →
dppn
AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced Buddhism and in due course acquired the three knowledges. Thag.219–221
aṅgīrasi →
dppn
Aṅgīrasi1
A term of affection (Radiant One) used by Pañcasikha in addressing Suriyavaccasā. DN.ii.265
Aṅgīrasa2
One of the ten ancient seers who conducted great sacrifices and …
aṭṭhaka →
dppn
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 …
bahudhīti →
dppn
A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta who had seven widowed daughters and was much in debt. One day he lost fourteen oxen, and, after searching for them for six days, he came across the Buddha in a forest …
bahuputtakanigrodha →
dppn
Mahā Kassapa says that while yet a “learner” he paid homage to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and, pr …
belaṭṭhakaccāna →
dppn
BelaṭṭhakaccānaKaccānaBelaṭṭha
A sugar dealer. On his way from Andhakkavinda to Rājagaha he met the Buddha seated at the foot of a tree, and, with his permission, presented a pot of sugar to the monk …
bhaddiya →
dppn
Bhaddiya1
An anāgāmī, one of seven persons who became arahants as soon as they were born in Avihā. SN.i.35 SN.i.60
Bhaddiya2Kāligodhāputta
Chief among monks of aristocratic …
bhaggava →
dppn
A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237
Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towar …
bhaggā →
dppn
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 …
bhoganagara →
dppn
BhoganagaraBhogaBhogagāmanagara
A village in the Vajji country, where the Buddha stayed on his last journey, in the Ānanda cetiya, and where he preached a sermon on the four “Great References”. DN.ii …
bhummaja →
dppn
One of the Chabbaggiyā. His followers were called Bhummajakā.
bhāradvāja →
dppn
Bhāradvāja1
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the heroic roar of the conquerors. Thag.177–178
Bhāradvāja2
He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha a …
bilaṅgika →
dppn
BilaṅgikaBhāradvāja
One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. On hearing that the eldest of the clan had entered the Order, he went to the Buddha, and, unable to speak for rage, sat on one side, sulking. The B …
bimbisāra →
dppn
BimbisāraSeniya
King of Māgadha and patron of the Buddha.
According to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the Paṇḍavapabba …
bodhi →
dppn
He lived at Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga country and built a palace called Kokanada. When the palace was completed, the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by Sañjikāp …
brahmadatta →
dppn
Brahmadatta1
King of Kāsi. He captured Kosala and murdered its king Dīghiti and Dīghiti’s wife, but made peace later with Dīghiti’s son, Dīghāvu, restored to him his father’s kingdom, and …
bārānasī →
dppn
BārānasīBenares
The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …
bāvarī →
dppn
A brahmin ascetic who went from Sāvatthī to Dakkhiṇāpatha and lived on the banks of the Godhāvarī in a hermitage which lay half in the territory of Assaka and half in that of Alaka.
He received the r …
candanaṅgalika →
dppn
A lay-disciple of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the highest sensual pleasure. When the Buddha had answered the …
caṇḍappajjota →
dppn
King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on account of his violent temper.
Once, when ill with jaundice, he asked Bimbisāra to lend him the services o …
cetiya →
dppn
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 …
chabbaggiyā →
dppn
…Lohitaka, Mettiya and Bhummaja hence their name.
There were also nuns in their following, who likewise violated the Vinaya rules in various ways….
codanāvatthu →
dppn
A valley (?) near Rājagaha, visited by the Buddha in the course of his wanderings. Here he laid down a rule, allowing monks to recite the pātimokkha under a learned monk if the leader of their own c …
cunda →
dppn
Cunda1
A worker in metals living in Pāvā. When the Buddha reached Pāvā on his way to Kusinārā, he stayed in Cunda’s Mango grove. There Cunda visited him and invited him and the monks to a …
cātummahārājikā →
dppn
The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …
cūḷajālī →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of these. MN.iii.70
dabbamallaputta →
dppn
…anyhow. The Mettiya-Bhummajakā were greatly offended, and believing that Dabba had intended to slight them, induced one of their partisans,…
dakkhiṇāgiri →
dppn
A region in India. It contained the city of Vedisa. Dakkhiṇāgiri lay to the south-west of Rājagaha, beyond the hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village o …
dakkhiṇāpatha →
dppn
…to be synonymous with Dakkhinajanapada and says that it was the district (janapada) south of the Ganges (Gangaya dakkhinato pakatajanapadam).
It is…
devadatta →
dppn
A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …
devakatasobbha →
dppn
A pool near Kosambī. Close by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him. MN.i.513
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dhammadinnā →
dppn
An eminent Therī, ranked foremost among nuns who possessed the gift of preaching. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verse says that one without attachment is bound upstream. Thig.12 In Rājagaha her former husban …
dīghajāṇu →
dppn
A Koliyan, inhabitant of Kakkarapatta. There he visited the Buddha and asked for a teaching which would bring happiness both in this world and the next. The Buddha explained to him the four conditions …
ekanāḷā →
dppn
A brahmin village near Dakkhiṇāgiri, to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his …
eḷeyya →
dppn
A rājā, probably of Māgadha. He was a devout follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta. In his retinue were Yamaka, Moggalla, Ugga, Nāvindakī, Gandhabba, and Aggivessa, all of whom were also followers of the same …
gajaṅgala →
dppn
GajaṅgalaKajaṅgalaKajaṅgalā
A township which formed the eastern boundary of the Middle Country. Beyond it was Mahāsālā. Vin.i.197 Once…
gayāsīsa →
dppn
…like an elephant’s head (gaja-sīsa-sadisa-piṭṭhipāsāṇa). There was room on the rock for one thousand monks.
The hill stands about…
gijjhakūṭa →
dppn
…AN.iv.75
The Mettiya-bhummajakas Vin.iii.167 and the Chabbaggiyas Vin.iii.82 were also in the habit of visiting the hill.
Several places are…
giraggasamajjā →
dppn
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.
giñjakāvasatha →
dppn
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. …
gomatakakandarā →
dppn
GomatakakandarāGomatakandarāGomatakaṇḍarā
A grotto some distance from Veḷuvana in Rājagaha. Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge …
gonaddha →
dppn
One of the places passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way from Bāvarī’s hermitage to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.
Between Gonaddha and their starting place lay Patitthāna, Māhissati and Ujjeni, an …
hatthāroha →
dppn
A headman of Rājagaha who visited the Buddha and asked him what destiny awaited him after death. The Buddha reluctantly replied that he would be born in the Sārañjita hell. SN.iv.310
himavā →
dppn
HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya
The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotattā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Rathakāra, Chaddantā, Kuṇālā, Mandākinī …
huhuṅka →
dppn
…visited the Buddha at the Ajapālanigrodha seven days after his Enlightenment and asked him questions regarding the true brahmin. The Buddha…
hāragajā →
dppn
A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260
hārika →
dppn
HārikaHārita
A bandit of Rājagaha. After death he was born as a ghost with a headless trunk, and was seen by Moggallāna. His mouth and his eyes were on his chest. SN.ii.260
iccānaṅgala →
dppn
IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala
A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …
inda →
dppn
Inda1
Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. …
indakūṭa →
dppn
A peak near Rājagaha, the abode of the yakkha Indaka. The Buddha once lived there. SN.i.206
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indasālaguhā →
dppn
A cave on the Vediya mountain, to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, which was a brahmin village, east of Rājagaha. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, Sakka visited him and asked him the questions recorded …
isigili →
dppn
IsigiliIsigilapassa
One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite …
isipatana →
dppn
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 …
jambugāmika →
dppn
JambugāmikaJambugāmiya
A monk whose Theragāthā verse asks whether he is intent on adornments or virtue. Thag.28
jayasena →
dppn
A prince who once visited the novice Aciravata at Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and asked him to teach the Doctrine. Reluctantly the novice did so, but at the end of the exposition Jayasena declared that he wa …
jaṭābhāradvāja →
dppn
A brahmin of the Bhāradvājagotta. He goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer. SN.i.165
jotika →
dppn
A householder of Rājagaha and father of Dīghāvu. When Dīghāvu fell ill he sent Jotika to tell the Buddha. SN.v.344f.
jāliya →
dppn
A wanderer who, with his friend Mandissa, visited the Buddha at the Ghositārāma. DN.i.159 The Buddha preached to them the Jāliya Sutta. According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika cou …
jīvakambavana →
dppn
A mango-grove in Rājagaha, belonging to Jīvaka, which he made over to the Buddha and his monks. He built a monastery in the grove, and there the Buddha stayed several times. On one such occasion Ajāt …
kajangala →
dppn
…in the Veḷuvana at Kajangala, the lay followers there heard a sermon from the Buddha and went to the nun Kajaṅgalā to have it explained…
kajaṅgalā →
dppn
A nun who lived in Kajangala. Once when the Buddha was residing in the Veḷuvana there, the inhabitants of the village went to her and asked her to…
kakkarapatta →
dppn
A township of the Koliyans. It was while the Buddha was staying there that the Koliyan Dīghajāṇu came to see him. AN.iv.281
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kakusandha →
dppn
A Buddha of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samaṇa, Nandā and Sunandā were his most …
kammāsadhamma →
dppn
KammāsadhammaKammāsadammaKammasadammaKammasadhamma
A township of the Kurūs. The Buddha, during the course of his wanderings, stayed there several times; the exact place of his residence is, however, …
kannakujja →
dppn
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 …
kapilavatthu →
dppn
A city near the Himalaya, capital of the Sākiyan republic. The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN …
kapotakandara →
dppn
A grotto, probably near Rājagaha. On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his friend to an assembly of *yak …
kassapagotta →
dppn
Kassapagotta1
A monk living in Vāsabhagāma in the Kāsi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited …
kassapakārāma →
dppn
KassapakārāmaKassapārāma
A monastery in Rājagaha, probably near Veḷuvana. It was here that Assaji stayed during his last illness, when the Buddha visited him to comfort him. SN.iii.125
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kasībhāradvāja →
dppn
A brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan, living at Ekanālā, in Dakkhiṇāgiri, and so called on account of his profession of agriculture. On the day of his festive sowing, the Buddha visited him alone, and sto …
kaḷārajanaka →
dppn
King of Mithilā. He was the son of Nimi and belonged to the Makhādeva dynasty. Whereas other kings of his race left the household at the approach of old age, he broke the tradition by not doing so. He …
kaṇṇakujja →
dppn
KaṇṇakujjaKaṇṇagocchakaKaṇṇagotta
A district in India. it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañja to Bārāṇasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañ …
kimbila →
dppn
…of which, Dīgha Parajana Yakkha sang the praises of all three. MN.i.205ff. Their number was increased by the presence of Bhagu,…
kokanada →
dppn
The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed. Vin.ii.127 Vin.iv.199 MN.ii.91
Bhesa …
kokanuda →
dppn
KokanudaKokanada
A Paribbājaka. He meets Ānanda on the banks of the Tapodā, where they are both bathing, and enters into conversation with him. Kokanuda asks Ānanda a series of questions, such as whe …
korabya →
dppn
KorabyaKoravyaKorabba
Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurūs. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.369f. mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatiṭṭha. According t …
kosala →
dppn
Kosala1
A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …
kosambī →
dppn
The capital of the Vatsas or Vaṃsas. In the time of the Buddha its king was Parantapa, and after him reigned his son Udena. Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha f …
koḷiyā →
dppn
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 …
kumbhīra →
dppn
A Yakkha who lived in the Vepulla mountain outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257
kuvera →
dppn
KuveraKubera
King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja, Ariṭṭha and Nemi. His lot …
kuṇḍaliya →
dppn
A Paribbājaka who visits the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa. He asks the Buddha what profit comes from the Buddha’s way of living.
The conversation leads to a discussion of the bojjhangas, the sa …
kāpathika →
dppn
KāpathikaKāpaṭika
A young brahmin, sixteen years old, well versed in the Vedas, and with his head shaven. He was “of good stock, well informed, a good speaker and a scholar of ability.” He visited th …
kāsi →
dppn
KāsiKāsikaKāsigāmaKāsinigama
One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 its capital being Bārāṇasī.
At the time of the Buddha, it had been absorbed into the kingdom of Kosala, and Pasenadi was king …
kāḷasilā →
dppn
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 …
kūṭāgārasālā →
dppn
A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them …
lakkhaṇa →
dppn
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 …
laṭṭhivana →
dppn
LaṭṭhivanaLatthivanaLatthivanuyyāna
A grove to the southwest of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the Enlighte …
licchavī →
dppn
A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha. They were certainly khattiyas, for on that ground they claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics. DN.ii.165
Their capital was Vesāli, and they form …
maddakucchi →
dppn
A park near Rājagaha, at the foot of Gijjhakūṭa. It was a preserve where deer and game could dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped …
mahisavatthu →
dppn
A place on the Saṅkheyya Mountain where Uttara is said to have stayed, in Dhavajālika vihāra. AN.iv.162
on the Saṅkheyya Mountain in Dhavajālika vihāra.3monastery
mahājanapadā →
dppn
The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …
mahājāli →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of names. MN.iii.70
mahākaccāyana →
dppn
MahākaccāyanaKaccāyanaMahākaccānaKaccāna
One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several suttas illustrat …
mahāmoggallāna →
dppn
MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita
The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …
mahānāma →
dppn
Mahānāma1
A Sākiyan rājā, son of Amitodana; he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the Ord …
mahāpajāpatī →
dppn
Mahāpajāpatī GotamīPajāpatī
An eminent bhikkhunī and the step-mother of the Buddha. She raised the Buddha as her own child after the death of his mother.
She is chiefly remembered as the first bhik …
makhādeva →
dppn
…practice continued, the last being King Nimi. But his son Kaḷārajanaka did not continue the good tradition.
mallikā →
dppn
Chief queen of Pasenadi, king of Kosala.
Mallika’s knowledge of the Dhamma made her wiser than Pasenadi would have desired, and he once, in a moment of great affection, asked if anyone were dearer to …
mettiyabhummajakā →
dppn
…the turn of the Mettiyabhummajakā to receive his hospitality, he was much displeased, and ordered his female slave to look after them. The monks…
mettiyā →
dppn
…She was expelled from the Order for this…
migajāla →
dppn
Migajāla
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak in praise of the eightfold path. Thag.417–422
The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.35f. contains two discussions which he had with the Buddha; the second was a t …
mogharāja →
dppn
He belonged to a brahmin family and studied under Bāvarī as an ascetic. He was one of the sixteen pupils sent by Bāvarī to the Buddha. Snp.1116–1119 The Buddha declared him foremost among wearers of r …
moranivāpa →
dppn
A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha. It contained a Paribbājakārāma, the resort of recluses of various denominations. The Udumbarika Sīhanāda, the Mahā Sakuladāyi and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were prea …
moḷiyasīvaka →
dppn
A Paribbājaka. He once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana and questioned him regarding predestination. The Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes—bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humou …
mucalinda →
dppn
…tree near the Ajapālanigrodha in Uruvelā. The Buddha spent there the third week after the Enlightenment. There was a great shower…
mukheluvana →
dppn
A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298
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muṇḍa →
dppn
A king of Māgadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave hims …
māgadha →
dppn
…at Rājagaha or Giribbaja where Bimbisāra, and after him Ajātasattu, reigned. Later, Pāṭaliputta became the capital. By the time of…
māgaṇḍiya →
dppn
Māgaṇḍiya1
The Sutta Nipāta contains a dialogue between Māgaṇḍiya and the Buddha. Snp.1011–1023 The Buddha starts with an emphatic rejection of an offer of a sexual nature, which sparks a …
mānadinna →
dppn
A householder of Rājagaha. When he lay ill he was visited by Ānanda, to whom he confessed that even in his illness he practiced the four satipaṭṭhāna. He was quite free from the five lower fetters. SN.v.178
māra →
dppn
…occasions was under the Ajapala Banyan tree at Uruvelā, soon after the Enlightenment, but the Buddha refused to die until the sāsana was…
nandiya →
dppn
Nandiya1
He belonged to a Sākiyan family of Kapilavatthu, and was called Nandiya because his birth brought bliss. He left the world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, a …
navakammika bhāradvāja →
dppn
Navakammika Bhāradvāja
One of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when the Buddha was staying in a forest in Kosala, Navakammika, who was there seeing about some timber work, saw the Buddha at the foot of a tree …
nerañjarāya →
dppn
…the Buddha lived under the Ajapāla Nigrodha at Uruvelā, on the banks of this river. There Māra tempted him, and, later, Brahmā persuaded him…
nigaṇṭha nāṭaputta →
dppn
Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta
Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66
He was le …
nigrodha →
dppn
Nigrodha1
A wanderer. Once, when he was staying with a large number of colleagues at the Udumbarikārāma near Rājagaha, Sandhāna, on his way to see the Buddha, stopped him and entered into …
nigrodhārāma →
dppn
Nigrodhārāma1
A grove near Kapilavatthu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha. Vin.i.82 There Mahāpajāpati Gotamī first asked permission for women to enter the Order. This was ref …
nāga →
dppn
A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused …
nālāgiri →
dppn
NālāgiriNāḷāgiri
An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of encompassing the B …
nāḷandā →
dppn
NāḷandāNālaNālakaNālikaUpatissagāma
Mentioned as a brahmin village in Māgadha, not far from Rājagaha. SN.iv.251 AN.v.120 AN.v.121 SN.v.161
Also mentioned as a town near Rājagaha. The Buddha is menti …
paccantajanapadā →
dppn
…and in the north, Usīraddhaja mountain. Vin.i.197
The Vinaya rules were relaxed in the case of those who lived in the…
pajjunna →
dppn
A devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.
Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be invoked in time of need, DN.iii.205 and he was present at th …
pajāpati →
dppn
One of the kings of the devas, mentioned with Sakka, Varuṇa, Isāna, etc. MN.i.2 SN.i.219 DN.i.244 DN.ii.274
He is sometimes mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329
In …
pakudha →
dppn
PakudhaPakudaKakudhaKakudaPakudha KaccāyanaPakudha KātiyānaKakudha KaccāyanaKakudha Kātiyāna
Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time. In the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.56 Ajātasattu …
paribbājakā →
dppn
Wanderer. The name given to some of the ascetics and recluses of the Buddha’s time. They were not exclusively brahmin. Their presence seems to have been recognized and respected from earlier times. Ge …
pañcakaṅga →
dppn
The carpenter of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. He was a devoted follower of the Buddha and loved discussion.
The Bahuvedanīya Sutta MN.i.396ff. SN.iv.223f. is based on a discussion between him and Ma …
pañcāla →
dppn
PañcālaPañcālajanapadaPañcālaraṭṭhaPañcālā
One of the sixteen Great Nations. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252
Pañcāla was to the east of the Kuru…
paṇḍava →
dppn
A hill near Rājagaha. Thag.41 Thag.1167 It seems formerly to have borne another name. MN.iii.68
near Rājagaha3hill
paṇḍuputta →
dppn
An Ājīvaka. He came of a wagon building stock of bygone days. In the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta, MN.i.31f. Moggallāna tells Sāriputta that, one day, when begging alms in Rājagaha, he came to the house of Samīti …
paṭiyāloka →
dppn
PaṭiyālokaPatiyāloka
A place near Rājagaha. Vin.iv.79 Vin.iv.131
near Rājagaha3town
pippaliguhā →
dppn
PippaliguhāPipphaligūhā
A cave near Rājagaha, evidently a favourite haunt of Mahā Kassapa. Once when he lay there grievously ill, the Buddha visited him and cheered him by talking to him of the seven …
piṇḍola →
dppn
Piṇḍola1
A Pacceka Buddha, given in a nominal list. MN.iii.69
Piṇḍola2Bhāradvāja
An arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubti …
potaliputta →
dppn
A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Vejuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of i …
pukkusāti →
dppn
A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …
purāṇa →
dppn
Purāṇa1
A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …
pāsāṇakacetiya →
dppn
A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013
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pātaligāma →
dppn
The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …
pātikaputta →
dppn
A naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …
pāvā →
dppn
…Buddha having stayed at the Ajakapālaka cetiya in Pāvā.
After the Buddha’s death, the Mallas of Pāvā claimed a share in his relics. Doṇa…
revata →
dppn
Revata1Khadiravaniya
An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers. AN.i.24
His Theragāthā verses appear under two names. As Khadiravaniya he admonishe …
rohitassā →
dppn
The legendary inhabitants of Rājagaha, in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha. At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years. The people took three days to …
rājadatta →
dppn
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, when he saw a woman’s rotting corpse in the cemtery, at first lust arose, then he mindfully overcame his defilements. Thag.315–319
rājagaha →
dppn
…place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and…
rājā →
dppn
A Yakkha, one of the messengers of Kuvera. DN.iii.201
rājāyatana →
dppn
The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. Vin.i.3f.
Uruvelā3shrine
sabbaka →
dppn
SabbakaSappaka
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his joy in living on the banks of the Ajakaraṇī, practising meditation. Thag.307–310.
sahajāti →
dppn
SahajātiSahajātāSahañcanika
A township where Yasa Kākandakaputta met Soreyya Revata, whom he wished to consult regarding the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya …
sahampati →
dppn
…When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged…
sakkhara →
dppn
SakkharaSakkāra
A township of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya.
Sākya, not far from Rājagaha3town
sakuladāyī →
dppn
A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.
He is also said to hav …
sandaka →
dppn
A Paribbājaka.
sandhāna →
dppn
A householder of Rājagaha. He was a follower of the Buddha, and it was his conversation with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.
In the Aṅguttara he i …
sankassa →
dppn
During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.
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sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra →
dppn
SappasoṇḍikapabbhāraSappasoṇḍika
A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha. DN.ii.116 A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is reco …
sarabha →
dppn
A Paribbājaka who joined the Order and soon after left it. He then went about proclaiming in Rājagaha that he knew the Dhamma and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Ord …
sattapaṇṇiguhā →
dppn
A cave in Rājagaha, on the slope of Mount Vebhāra. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he gave to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to live for an eon, but Ānanda, because of his un-mindfulne …
sañjaya →
dppn
Sañjaya1
A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that since going forth he has not had any hate. Thag.48
Sañjaya2
In the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta Viḍūḍabha tells the Buddha that it was …
sañjikāputta →
dppn
A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91
saṅkassa →
dppn
A city, thirty leagues from Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Saṅkassa. The road he took passed through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, …
setabyā →
dppn
SetabyāSetavyā
A town in Kosala, DN.ii.316 near which was Ukkaṭṭha.
The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.37 records a conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from …
sippinikātīra →
dppn
SippinikātīraSappinīSappinīkā
A river that flowed through Rājagaha. On its bank was a Paribbājakārāma where famous Paribbājakas lived in the Buddha’s time. AN.i.185 AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 SN.i.153
Rājagaha3river
sirivaḍḍha →
dppn
Sirivaḍḍha1
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of meditating in the cleft of Mounts Vebhāra and Paṇḍava while the lightning flashes. Thag.41
Sirivaḍḍha2
A minister of Pasena …
soma →
dppn
A deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259
In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.
soṇa →
dppn
Soṇa1
A Thera, declared chief of those possessing clear utterance. AN.i.24 He lived in Avantī, where he met Mahākaccāna and was later ordained by him, after much difficulty assembling the …
subha →
dppn
Subha1
A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70
Subha2TodeyyaputtaBhāradvāja
A young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The interview is …
subhā →
dppn
Subhā1
A group of Brahmās; the group includes the Parittasubhā, the Appamāṇasubhā and the Subhakiṇhā. MN.iii.102
Subhā2Kammāradhītā
The daughter of a rich goldsmith of Rājagah …
sucimukhī →
dppn
A wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sāriputt …
suddhikabhāradvāja →
dppn
SuddhikabhāradvājaSuddhikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and stated that a man can be purified only by knowledge of the Vedas. The Buddha answered that it is not knowledge of …
suddhodana →
dppn
A Sākiyan Rājā of Kapilavatthu and father of Gotama Buddha.
Māyā was his chief consort, and, after her death her sister Pajāpatī was raised to her position.
Nanda was Suddhodana’s son by Mahā Pajāp …
sukkā →
dppn
Sukkā1
A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …
sumanā →
dppn
Sumanā1Sumanārājakumārī
She was the daughter of the king of Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She is included among the eminent upāsikās. AN.iv.347 She once visited the Buddha, with five hu …
sumāgadhā →
dppn
SumāgadhāSumāgavā
A lotus pond near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the thought, “I will speculate about the world.” He saw …
sundara →
dppn
A monk of Rājagaha. One day, as he walked through the street, a woman asked him to stop for a moment that she might worship him, and, raising the end of his robe, took his penis into her mouth. A doub …
sundarika →
dppn
SundarikaBhāradvāja
A brahmin, one of the Bhāradvājas. Once, when he was performing Fire-rites on the banks of the Sundarikā, he looked round to see if there were anyone, to whom he could give what …
sundarikā →
dppn
A river in Kosala, reputed to be efficacious in washing away sins. MN.i.39 There Sundarika Bhāradvāja held sacrifices in honour of Agni and met the Buddha during such a sacrifice. SN.i.167 Snp.p.79
sundarī →
dppn
Sundarī1
A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses consist of a dialogue, firstly between her father Sujāta and a bhikkhunī, Vāsiṭṭhī, Thig.313–324 and later between Sundarī and her mother. Thig …
supabbā →
dppn
An upāsikā of Rājagaha. She held the view that one who offered herself for sexual intercourse gave the supreme gift. Vin.iii.39
suppabuddha →
dppn
A poor leper of Rājagaha, who, one day seated in the outer circle of people, heard the Buddha preach and became a sotāpanna. While waiting the departure of the crowd so that he could pay homage to t …
suppatiṭṭha cetiya →
dppn
Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya
A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35
near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine
suppiya →
dppn
Suppiya1
A Paribbājaka. He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, …
suppiyā →
dppn
Suppiyā1
The name of the inhabitants of Rājagaha in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At that time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192
Suppiyā2
An upāsaka of Benares. Her husban …
susumāragiri →
dppn
SusumāragiriSuṃsumāragiri
A city in the Bhagga country, of which it was probably the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.
During his visits there he preached the Anu …
susīma →
dppn
Susīma1
A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all that Ānanda has said. The retinue of Susīma listen enraptu …
sāketa →
dppn
A town in Kosala. It was regarded in the Buddha’s time as one of the six great cities of India, the others being Campā, Rājagaha, Sāvatthī, Kosambī and Benares. DN.ii.146 In the Vinaya Vin.i.253 howev …
sākya →
dppn
A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …
sālavatī →
dppn
A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.
sāmaṇḍaka →
dppn
SāmaṇḍakaSāmaṇḍakāniSāmañcakāni
A Paribbājaka, mentioned SN.iv.261f. as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he que …
sāvatthī →
dppn
The capital city of Kosala in India and one of the six great Indian cities during the lifetime of the Buddha. DN.ii.147 It was six leagues from Sāketa. Vin.i.253 It was on the banks of the Aciravatī.V …
sāḷha →
dppn
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 …
sītavana →
dppn
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 …
tagarasikhī →
dppn
A Pacceka Buddha, MN.iii.69 third among the five hundred sons of Padumavatī, all of whom became Pacceka Buddhas. Suppabuddha, a banker of Rājagaha, having seen the Pacceka Buddha on his way to a park, …
tapodā →
dppn
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 …
tapodārāma →
dppn
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 …
tapussa →
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TapussaTapassu
A merchant of Ukkalā. He and his friend, Bhalluka, while on their way to Rājagaha, saw the Buddha at the foot of the Rājāyatana tree, in the eighth week after the Enlightenment. They o …
taṇhā →
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One of the three daughters of Māra, who tried to tempt the Buddha under the Ajapāla-nigrodha, soon after the Enlightenment. Snp.p.163 SN.i.124f.
taṇḍulapālidvārāya →
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TaṇḍulapālidvārāyaTaṇḍulapālidvāraTandulapāladvāra
One of the gates of Rājagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhānañjāni. MN.ii.185
Rājagaha3building
thera →
dppn
Name of a monk in Rājagaha. He lived in solitude, the virtues of which state he extolled. Hearing this, the Buddha sent for him and taught him how the solitary life could be perfected in detail. SN.ii.282f.
tindukakandarā →
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A cave outside Rājagaha where lodgings were provided for visiting monks. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iii.159
outside Rājagaha3monastery
tindukkhānu →
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TindukkhānuTindukkhānuparibbājakārāma
A dwelling of wanderers near Vesāli. It was the residence of Pāthikaputta. DN.iii.17
near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery
tivarā →
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The name given to the inhabitants of Mount Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190
tālaputa →
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TālaputaTālapuṭa
A stage-manager of Rājagaha. One day he visited the Buddha and asked if it was true that players who delight large audiences are reborn among the gods of laughter. Three times the B …
tārukkha →
dppn
One of the most eminent great brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha.
He was present at the assemblies of the brahmins in Icchānaṅgala and in Manasākaṭa.
He was the teacher of Bhāradvāja, companion of …
udena →
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Udena1Utena
King of Kosambī. He was the son of Parantapa. Once when be discovered that the women of the court had given five hundred costly robes to Ānanda, he was annoyed, but when in ans …
udumbara →
dppn
A village. Revata went there from Kaṇṇakujja and stopped there before proceeding to Aggalapura and Sahajāti. Thither the Elders followed him to ask his opinion on the Vajjian heresy. Vin.ii.299
???2town
udāyibhadda →
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UdāyibhaddaUdāyibhaddaka
Son of Ajātasattu. When Ajātasattu, after the death of his father, paid his first visit to the Buddha and saw the Buddha seated amidst the monks in a scene of perfect calm an …
ugga →
dppn
He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivalled in power and wealth the seṭṭhi Migāra, grandson of Rohana. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha …
uggāhamāna →
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UggāhamānaSamaṇamaṇḍikāputtaSamaṇamuṇḍikāputta
A Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see t …
ujjenī →
dppn
The capital of Avanti. In the Buddha’s time, Caṇḍapajjota Vin.i.276 was king of Ujjenī and there was friendly intercourse between that city and Māgadha, whose king was Seniya Bimbisāra. After Bimbisār …
ukkacelā →
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UkkacelāUkkaceḷāUkkavelāUkkaveḷā
A village in the Vajji country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesāli and near the latter.
Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Pari …
upaka →
dppn
Upaka1
An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his …
upananda →
dppn
Upananda1
A monk, belonging to the Sākyan clan, who was known for his greed in procuring requisites. Several incidents connected with him are mentioned in the Vinaya. Once he promised to s …
upāli →
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Upāli 1
One of the most eminent of the Buddha’s immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber’s family in Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his …
uruvelākassapa →
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UruvelākassapaKassapa
One of three brothers, the Tebhātika-Jatilas, living at Uruvelā. After initial resistance, all became the Buddha’s followers. He lived on the banks of the Nerañjara with five h …
usīraddhaja →
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A mountain range forming the northern boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197
???3hill
uttara →
dppn
…once visited the Buddha at Kajaligalā in the Mukheluvana and the Buddha preached to him the Indriya-bhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.
Perhaps it…
uttiya →
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Uttiya1
A monk whose Theragāthā verse tells of how when ill, he aroused mindfulness. Thag.30
In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.22 the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the char …
vacchagotta →
dppn
A wanderer who later became an arahant Thera. Several conversations he had with the Buddha are mentioned in the books. For details see the Tevijja Vacchagotta-, Aggi Vacchagotta-, Mahā Vacchagotta- …
vajjiyamāhita →
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A householder of Campā, a devout and skilled follower of the Buddha. Once, when on his way to see the Buddha at Gaggarā Lake, he found he had arrived too early and went into the Paribbājakārāma near b …
vakkali →
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Vakkali
A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of never relinquishing energy, whether ill or happy, while meditating in the forest. Thag.350–354 The Buddha declared him foremost among those of implicit …
varadhara →
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A noted wanderer in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā, AN.ii.29 AN.ii.176 and again in the Moranivāpa in Rāja …
varuṇa →
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A king of the devas, mentioned as the companion of Sakka, Pajāpati and Isāna. In battle against the Asuras, the devas of Tāvatiṃsā were asked to look upon the banner of Varuṇa in order to have all the …
vassakāra →
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A brahmin, chief minister of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.72ff.
At Ajātasattu’s suggestion, Vass …
vaḍḍha →
dppn
…a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba…
vaṭajālikāyaṃ →
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VaṭajālikāyaṃDhavajālikā
A monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka. AN.iv.162ff.
Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa3monastery
vebhāra →
dppn
One of the five hills surrounding Rājagaha. MN.iii.68 In this hill was the Sattapaṇṇiguhā, where the first Convocation was held. Vin.ii.76 The river Tapodā rose in a lake at the foot of Vebhāra.
25.0 …
vedehiputta →
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An epithet of Ajātasattu. It means either “son of the lady from Videha” or “son of the wise woman”.
vekhaṇassa →
dppn
A Paribbājaka teacher of Sakuladāyī.
vepulla →
dppn
VepullaVipulaVaṅkakaPācīnavaṃsaSupassa
The highest of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67
- In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa
- in the time of Koṇāga …
vesāli →
dppn
A city, capital of the Licchavis. It is not possible to know how many visits were paid by the Buddha to Vesāli, but the books would lead us to infer that they were several. Various Vinaya rules are me …
veḷuvana →
dppn
…stayed. The upāsakas of Kajaṅgalā, having questioned the Kajaṅgalā Bhikkhunī, went to the Buddha there and asked him to verify her…
videha →
dppn
A country and its people. At the time of the Buddha, Videha formed one of the two important principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on o …
viraja →
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A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70
visākha →
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Visākha1
Husband of Dhammadinnā. After Dhammadinnā had joined the Order, she left the city and retired into the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, …
visākhā →
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Visākhā1
. Thig.13
Visākhā2
The chief among the female lay disciples of the Buddha and declared by him to be foremost among those who ministered to the Order. AN.i.26 She is c …
viḍūḍabha →
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ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha
Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas. MN.ii.127 Viḍūḍabha is spoken of as general.
vājapeyya →
dppn
A sacrificial offering.
vāseṭṭha →
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Vāseṭṭha1
An old sage held in high esteem for his knowledge. He was one of the originators of the Vedic mantras. Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 MN.ii.164 MN.ii.200
Vāseṭṭha2
A clan, proba …
yakkha →
dppn
…animals, plants, etc. e.g., Ajakalāpaka, Āḷavaka (forest dweller), Uppala, Kakudha (name of plant), Kumbhīra, Gumbiya, Disāmukha, Yamamoli,…
yasa →
dppn
Yasa 1
He was the son of a very wealthy treasurer of Benares, and was brought up in great luxury, living in three mansions, according to the seasons and surrounded with all kinds of pleasu …
ākāsagotta →
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A physician of Rājagaha who lanced the fistula of a monk. Meeting the Buddha, he told him of the lancing, trying to make fun of it. The Buddha, having made inquiries, declared the performance of such …
ārāmikagāma →
dppn
…this village. Vin.i.207–208 Vin.iii.249
near Rajagaha3town
āḷavī →
dppn
Āḷavī1
A town between Sāvatthī and Rājagaha. The Buddha goes from Sāvatthī to Kīṭāgiri, thence to Āḷavī, and finally, to Rājagaha. The Buddha, on several occasions, stayed at Āḷavī at the …
īsāna →
dppn
One of the chief devas.
In the Tevijja Sutta DN.i.244 he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.
He was in the battle of the devas against the A …