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abhaya →

dppn

…of his mother, the courtesan Sālavatī), and having brought him up.

Abhaya3

A Licchavi of Vesāli. On one occasion he comes with…

abhibhū →

dppn

…his voice heard by its thousand realms. SN.i.154f. The verses spoken on this occasion are, in the Theragāthā, ascribed to Abhibhūta….

aciravata →

dppn

…novice is throughout addressed as Aggivessana.

aciravatī →

dppn

…it ran dry, leaving a bed of sand. AN.iv.101 It flowed through Kosala, and at Sāvatthī an udumbara grove grew on its banks; it, could be seen from…

aggidatta →

dppn

A brahmin of Khemavatī, father of the Buddha Kakusandha. His wife was named Visākhā. DN.ii.7

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 …

aggāḷave cetiye →

dppn

Aggāḷave CetiyeAggālavacetiya

The chief shrine at Āḷavī, originally a pagan place of worship, but later converted into a Buddhist vihāra. The Buddha stopped here on many occasions during his wander …

ahogaṅgā →

dppn

A mountain in North India, on the Upper Ganges. There, for some time, lived the Thera Sambhūta Sānavāsi, and it was there that Yasa Kākandakaputta saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what meas …

ajjuka →

dppn

…he was accused of partisanship by one of the parties concerned and was reported to Ānanda. The case went up before Upāli, who decided in…

ambapālivana →

dppn

…on the impermanence of all sankhāras and proceeds to describe the process by which the whole world will ultimately be destroyed by seven suns…

ambapālī →

dppn

…courtesan of Vesāli. She became a devout follower of the Buddha, and building a vihāra in her own garden, gave it to him…

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 …

ambāṭakavana →

dppn

AmbāṭakavanaAmbālavana

A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati. It became the residence of large numbers of monks, and discussions often took place there between Cittagahapati and the re …

andhakavinda →

dppn

…he sought the Buddha and sang before him verses of exhortation meant for the monks, urging them to lead the holy life. SN.i.154 Here, too, the…

anāthapiṇḍika →

dppn

…in the cause of the Sāsana, Anāthapiṇḍika came to be recognised as the chief of alms-givers. AN.i.25

Anāthapiṇḍika’s personal…

arati →

dppn

…banyan tree, and danced and sang before him. In the end the Buddha told them that he was beyond temptation by the pleasures of the senses and they…

ariṭṭha →

dppn

Ariṭṭha1

A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumb …

asaññasattā →

dppn

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

asita →

dppn

…in orange attire, with stout sandals and staff, and shouted for them. The brahmins cursed him with the intention of shrivelling him into a cinder,…

assaji →

dppn

Assaji1

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

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 …

bhaddavāggiyā →

dppn

…for him they found a courtesan; but she awaited the opportunity and ran away with their goods. While seeking for her, they saw the Buddha and…

bhaddiya →

dppn

…forbidding monks to wear sandals, Vin.i.190 and also another ruling re the Pārājika….

bhaddā →

dppn

…but made things very unpleasant for Bhaddā when she arrived. Vin.iv.292

Bhaddā3Kuṇḍalakesā

A bhikkhunī. She was foremost…

bhaggavagotta →

dppn

…Wanderer who lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.

He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in…

bhusāgāra →

dppn

…broke out and two peasants and four oxen were killed near him, but so wrapped in meditation was he that he knew nothing of it….

bhāradvāja →

dppn

…the Buddha, and constantly sang the praises of the Buddha, of his teachings, and of the Order. Annoyed at this, Bhāradvāja went to the Buddha…

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 …

bārānasī →

dppn

…that of the Sutasoma, Sudassana; in that of the Sonananda, Brahmavaddhana; in that of the Khandahāla, Pupphavatī; in that of the Yuvañjaya,…

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 …

cakkavatti →

dppn

…from the story of Mahāsudassana, who is the typical Cakkavatti, the World emperor has also four other gifts: a marvellous figure, a life longer…

campā →

dppn

A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī. On its banks was a grove of campaka-trees, well known for …

cañcalikappa →

dppn

CañcalikappaCaṇḍalakappa

A locality in Kosala; it was the residence of Dhānañjāni and of Saṅgārava. The Buddha once paid a visit there and stayed in the Todeyya-ambavana. Saṅgārava went to see him, …

channa →

dppn

Channa1

A Wanderer, classed among those who wore clothes. He is only mentioned once, in the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.iii.215 where we are told that he visited Ānanda at Sāvatthī and asked him …

citta →

dppn

Citta1

A householder of Macchikāsaṇḍa, where he was Treasurer. He was later declared by the Buddha to be pre-eminent among laymen who preached the Doctrine. AN.i.26

When Mahānāma visited …

dabbamallaputta →

dppn

…arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings to…

devadatta →

dppn

…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…

devakatasobbha →

dppn

…by was the Pilakkhaguhā and the Paribbājakārāma, where Ānanda once visited Sandaka and held a discussion with him….

dhamma →

dppn

…by Vissakamma for Mahāsudassana, by order of Sakka. DN.ii.180ff.

5buildingDhamma2

The lake in front of the palace mentioned above….

dīghanakha →

dppn

…a sotāpanna. In the sutta he is addressed as Aggivessana. MN.i.497f.

dūsī →

dppn

…householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidhura and Sañjīva; when that effort failed owing to the thoughts of goodwill,…

gagga →

dppn

…monk. He became insane, and in this condition did many things unworthy of a monk. When his colleagues blamed him, the Buddha interceded…

gayāsīsa →

dppn

…room on the rock for one thousand monks.

The hill stands about one mile to the south-west of Gayā and is now called Brahmayoni. To the…

giñjakāvasatha →

dppn

…the sermons to the Elder Sandha of the Kaccānagotta AN.v.322f. and the Elder Kaccāyana. SN.ii.153f. SN.ii.74 SN.iv.90

Both in the…

gulissāni →

dppn

A monk living in the wilds, who once came on some business to see the monks at the Kalandakanivāpa. It was on his account that the Gulissāni Sutta was preached. MN.i.469

haliddavasana →

dppn

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 …

hatthaka →

dppn

Hatthaka1

A monk. He was a Sākyan and loved holding discussions with the heretics. When he suffered defeat at their hands, he would resort to falsehood and evasion, or would ask his oppone …

hārita →

dppn

…the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās. DN.ii.261

Hārita2

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of making body and mind…

icchānaṅgalaka →

dppn

…that he had been kept busy by various duties. Thereupon the Buddha sang the joy of the life free from ties. Ud.p.13

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. …

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 …

isidatta →

dppn

Isidatta1

A verse uttered by Isidatta, in response to the Buddha’s enquiry regarding his welfare, is recorded in the Therāgāthā. Thag.120

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 I …

isidāsa →

dppn

A thera. He had a brother, also a monk, named Isibhatta. Having spent the rainy season in Sāvatthī, they went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people there gave them food and robes, bu …

isigili →

dppn

…dwelling at Kāḷasilā, he sang the praises of Rājagaha, giving Ānanda a chance, if he so desired, of asking him to live on for a kappa; but…

isipatana →

dppn

…prohibiting the use of sandals made of talipot leaves. Vin.i.189 On another occasion when the Buddha was staying at Isipatana, having gone…

jambudīpa →

dppn

…is also known as Jambusanda. Snp.552

At the time of Metteyya Buddha’s appearance on earth Jambudīpa will be pervaded by mankind even as a…

jotipāla →

dppn

…of the four months, Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra appeared before him and gave him a boon. Jotipāla asked to be taught the way to reach the…

jāṇussoṇi →

dppn

…garments, turban-cloths and sandals and fanned by a white fan. The reins, the goads and the canopy were also of white. His chariot was considered…

jīvaka →

dppn

JīvakaJīvakakomārabhacca

A celebrated physician, and the Buddha’s doctor. The Vinaya contains many stories of his skill in healing. Vin.i.268–281 Once when the Buddha was ill, Jīvaka found it necessa …

kakudha →

dppn

Kakudha1Kakkaṭa

A lay disciple of the Buddha who dwelt at Nādikā. When the Buddha arrived at Nādikā on his last journey, Ānanda asked him what had happened to Kakudha, who was already dead …

kakusandha →

dppn

…DN.ii.7 In Kakusandha’s time a Māra, named Dūsī (a previous birth of Moggallāna), gave a great deal of trouble to the Buddha and…

kannakujja →

dppn

…to Hiouen Thsang, the distance from Sankassa to Kannakujja was two hundred li, or thirty-three miles, in a north-west direction….

kapilavatthu →

dppn

…discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā. DN.i.91 The Buddha and his company lived in the Nigrodhārāma or the Mahāvana. When the Buddha…

kappāsika vanasaṇḍa →

dppn

Kappāsika VanasaṇḍaKappāsiya Vanasaṇḍa

A grove near Uruvelā. There the a group of men came across the Buddha while seeking for a woman who had run away with certain of their belongings. The Buddha pr …

katamorakatissa →

dppn

KatamorakatissaKatamorakatissaka

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

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 …

kaṇṭaka →

dppn

Kaṇṭaka Kaṇḍaka

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

keṇiya →

dppn

…stayed there with one thousand three hundred and fifty monks, Keṇiya visited the Buddha, bringing various kinds of drinks, which he gave to him…

khattiyānī →

dppn

…of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of Kusāvatī. SN.iii.146…

khaṇḍadeviyāputta →

dppn

A monk, one of the associates of Devadatta, mentioned with Kokālika, Katamoraka Tissa and Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍa …

khema →

dppn

…Khattiya in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He gave alms to the Buddha and the monks and entertained the Order. DN.ii.7

Khema2

A…

khemavatī →

dppn

The capital of King Khemaṅkara and the birthplace of Kakusandha. DN.ii.7

4town

khemaṅkara →

dppn

…king of Khema or Khemavatī, where the Buddha Kakusandha was born. DN.ii.7

khujjasobhita →

dppn

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of learned ascetics of Pāṭaliputta. Thag.234–236 He was evidently one of the Pācīnaka (’Eastern“) monks who proclaimed the ten indulgences at Vesāli. He was one of …

khāṇumata →

dppn

…by Bimbisāra. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalaṭṭhikā pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta….

kimbila →

dppn

…Dīgha Parajana Yakkha sang the praises of all three. MN.i.205ff. Their number was increased by the presence of Bhagu, Kuṇḍadhāna,…

kisasaṅkicca →

dppn

…Gosāla. MN.i.238

Kisasankicca is spoken of as one of the three shining lights of the Ajivakas MN.i.524 and is classified among the “pure…

kokanadā →

dppn

Two daughters of Pajjunna, both called Kokanadā, though the younger was sometimes called Cūḷa-Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, the Dhamm …

kokālika →

dppn

…monk, one of the chief partisans of Devadatta. Knowing the Buddha’s might, he was, at first, reluctant to join in Devadatta’s plot against him,…

kosambī →

dppn

…he admonished the partisans of both sides and urged them to give up their differences, but they paid no heed, and even blows were exchanged….

koḷiyā →

dppn

…AN.iv.281 and Haliddavasana, residence of the ascetics Puṇṇa Koliyaputta and Seniya. MN.i.387 SN.v.115

After the Buddha’s death the…

koṇāgamana →

dppn

…called Rohitassā, their term of life being thirty thousand years. SN.ii.191

kukkuṭārāma →

dppn

…Gopaka, Bhagu, Phalikasandana. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.15f. SN.v.171f. records several discussions which took place there between…

kumbhīra →

dppn

…Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

kusinārā →

dppn

…royal city of Mahā-Sudassana. DN.ii.146ff. It was twelve leagues in length and twelve in breadth, prosperous and full of people, like…

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 …

kāmabhū →

dppn

A monk, evidently held in high esteem by his colleagues. He is mentioned as staying in Kosambī, in Ghosita Park, and as asking Ānanda certain questions, recorded in the Kāmabhū Sutta. SN.iv.165 Two ot …

kāsi →

dppn

…a revenue of one hundred thousand, and was given to the queen for her bath and perfume money. After Bimbisāra’s death, Pasenadi withdrew the gift…

licchavī →

dppn

…the famous courtesan Ambapālī, Jentī, Sīha and Vāsitthī, and, among monks, Añjanavaniya, Vajjiputta and Sambhūta.

The Licchavis…

macchikāsaṇḍa →

dppn

A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281

It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahānāma.

S …

macchikāsaṇḍika →

dppn

An epithet of Cittagahapati, because he lived in Macchikāslānda. AN.i.26

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

mahākappina →

dppn

…of a single sermon one thousand listening recluses became arahants, hence the title conferred on him.

The Theragāthā contains verses in which…

mahāmoggallāna →

dppn

…the householders against Kakusandha Buddha and was, as a result, born in purgatory.

Moggallāna could see petas and other spirits invisible to the…

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 …

mahāpanthaka →

dppn

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

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

mahāsubhaddā →

dppn

Chief queen of Mahāsudassana. DN.ii.169ff. Aii.189 SN.iii.145

mahāsudassana →

dppn

The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.

mahāviyūha →

dppn

…silver….

mallā →

dppn

…of Kusa and Mahāsudassana. They were regarded, together with the Vajjis, as a typical example of a republic. MN.i.231 The chief Mallas…

manāpakāyikā →

dppn

…to be true.

Some of them sang, some danced, some clapped, some played on various musical instruments, but finding that their entertainment was…

migāramātupāsāda →

dppn

…crores and one hundred thousand. She had the ornament put in a cart and sent round for sāle. But there was none in Sāvatthī rich enough to buy…

mithilā →

dppn

…and eighty four thousand of his descendants.

The Buddha is mentioned as having stayed in Mithilā and having preached there the Makhādeva…

māgadha →

dppn

…consisted of eighty thousand villages. Vin.i.179

Ajātasattu succeeded in annexing Kosala with the help of the Licchavis, and he succeeded…

māluṅkyāputta →

dppn

…one is infatuated with a pleasant object. Thag.794–817

In the Majjhima Nikāya are two suttas—the Cūḷamālunkyā MN.i.426ff. and the…

māra →

dppn

…refused to die until the sāsana was firmly established.

With the accounts of Māra, as the personification of Evil, came to be mixed legends of…

māṇavagāmiya →

dppn

…these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Māṇavagāmiya sang the glories of the Buddha. SN.i.65 SN.i.67

nakulamātā →

dppn

Wife of Nakulapitā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his …

nakulapitā →

dppn

Husband of Nakulamātā. They were householders of Suṃsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakalāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at h …

nanda →

dppn

Nanda1Vaccha

Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …

nandaka →

dppn

Nandaka1

Once, at the Buddha’s request, he preached a sermon to the nuns; on the first day they became sotāpannas, and, on the second, five hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 …

nigaṇṭha nāṭaputta →

dppn

…Citta gahapati at Macchika Sanda. SN.iv.298ff. He praises Citta at the outset of the discussion, holding him up as an example to his own flock,…

nigrodha →

dppn

…near Rājagaha, Sandhāna, on his way to see the Buddha, stopped him and entered into conversation. The Buddha, by his divine ear,…

nālāgiri →

dppn

…hand, he stroked the animal’s forehead. Thrilling with joy at the touch, Nālāgiri sank on his knees before the Buddha. The Buddha returned to…

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

…are also referred to in the Sandaka Sutta, MN.i.517 and there described at even greater length, but here his name is not mentioned.

We are told…

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 …

payāga →

dppn

PayāgaPayāgatiṭṭhaPayāgapatiṭṭhāna

A ford on the Ganges, on the direct route from Verañja to Benares, the road passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakujja, and crossing the Ganges at Payāga. Vin …

phalikasandāna →

dppn

One of the Theras dwelling in the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta in the time of the Buddha. Vin.i.300

pilakkhaguhā →

dppn

A cave near Kosambī. The wanderer Sandaka is said to have stayed there. Nearby was the Devakatasobbha. MN.i.513

25.29188, 81.366113cave

pilindavaccha →

dppn

…could obtain the Buddha’s sanction. The permission was obtained and was reported to the king, but he forgot the matter until one hundred days…

piṇḍola →

dppn

…of Rājagaha had placed a sandal wood bowl on a high pole and challenged any holy person to bring it down. Piṇḍola heard of this and, at…

pukkusa →

dppn

…which killed two peasants and four oxen, but that he had heard and seen nothing, so deep was his concentration. Pukkusa was greatly…

puṇṇa →

dppn

…the Buddha at Haliddavasana, together with Seniya Kukkuravatika. Puṇṇa questioned the Buddha regarding the practices of Seniya, while…

pālileyya →

dppn

PālileyyaPārileyyaPārileyyaka

A town near Kosambī. When the Buddha found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing th …

pāsāṇakacetiya →

dppn

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

25.04641, 85.411143shrine

pātaligāma →

dppn

…have been four hundred thousand kahāpanas daily, with another one hundred thousand for his sabhā or Council Sp.i.52.

The city was known to the…

pātimokkha →

dppn

The name given to a set of rules to be observed by members of the Buddhist Order. The rules regulate the behaviour of the members of the Order towards one another in respect of clothes, dwellings, fur …

pāveyyakā →

dppn

PāveyyakāPātheyyakā

The name given to the inhabitants of Pāvā—e.g., Pāveyyakā Mallā. DN.ii.165

Pāvā was evidently a centre of Buddhist activity even during the lifetime of the Buddha, and mention is …

pāvā →

dppn

A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited during his last journey, going there from Bhogagāma and stopping at Cunda’s mango grove.

Cunda lived in Pāvā and invited the Buddha to a meal, which prov …

rakkhita →

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Rakkhita 1

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of having uprooted all defilements and become cool. Thag.79

Rakkhita2Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa

A forest tract near the village of Pāril …

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…one hundred and twelve thousand, at the head of whom was Revata—held a recital of the Dhamma, which recital therefore came to be called…

rohitassā →

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…At that time, Mount Vipula was called Vaṅkaka. The life of a Rohitassa was thirty thousand years. The people took three days to climb Vipula and…

rojā →

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…and, with the Buddha’s sanction, offered these things to the Buddha and his monks. Vin.i.247ff.

Once Rojā forced on Ānanda a linen cloth…

rāhula →

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…with one hundred thousand crores of listening devas.

The Buddha declared Rāhula foremost among those of his disciples who were anxious for…

rājagaha →

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A city, the capital of Māgadha.

The place was called Giribbaja (mountain stronghold) because it was surrounded by five hills—Paṇḍava, Gijjhakūṭa, Vebhāra, Isigili and Vepulla. It is said MN.iii.68 th …

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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 …

sakka →

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…Vasū.

  • Sahassakkha or Sahassanetta (Thousand-eyed) because in one moment he can think of one thousand matters.
  • Sujampati, because he married…

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Sambhūta1Sītavaniya

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a bhikkhu in the Sītavana (Cool Grove) is victorious. Thag.6

Sambhūta2Sānavāsī

When the Vajjiputtaka heresy aro …

samīti →

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…felloe without crook, twist, or blemish. When Samīti did this, Paṇḍuputta sang with joy, saying that Samīti had read his thoughts. MN.i.31f.

sanaṅkumāra →

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…the above verse was spoken. Sanaṅkumāra was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

In the Janavasabha Sutta, Janavasabha…

sandaka →

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A Paribbājaka.

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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…

sandhita →

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A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining a perception of the Buddha under a fig tree. Thag.217–218

sandhāna →

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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 …

sangharakkhita →

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Sangharakkhita

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who, although in seclusion, still has uncontrolled faculties. Thag.109

sankassa →

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During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.

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santacitta →

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A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

santusita →

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Chief of the devas of the Tusita world. DN.i.218 AN.iv.243 SN.iv.280

santuṭṭha →

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A disciple of the Buddha at Ñātikā. He was born after death in Akanitthābhavana, there to pass entirely away. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

sarakāni →

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SarakāniSaraṇāni

A Sākyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a sotāpanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sākyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the train …

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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 →

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A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

sañjīva →

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…two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 He was expert in samādhi, and lived in cells, caves, etc., sustaining himself on samādhi. One…

saṅghā →

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A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of having left behind family and possessions, as well as all defilements. Thig.18

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A monk whose wife tempted him to return to lay life by placing their child on his lap and going away. When she discovered that Saṅgāmaji would not even talk to his son, she took him away, saying that …

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A very learned brahmin of Candalakappa. One day he saw Dhānañjānī trip up, and heard her exclaim three times, “Glory to the Buddha, the arahant, the all enlightened.” He blamed her for thus extolling …

saṅkassa →

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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, …

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A future king, who will be the Cakkavatti of Ketumatī at the time of the appearance of Metteyya Buddha in the world. He will raise up again the palace of King Mahāpanāda and live there. But later he w …

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Saṅkicca

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his delight in meditating in the forest, free of harmful intentions, and confident that his religious path is accomplished. Thag.597–607

saṅkiliṭṭhābhā →

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A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147

sikhī →

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…was born in the Nisabha pleasance in Aruṇavatī.

  • His father was the khattiya Aruṇa and his mother Pabhāvatī.
  • His wife was Sabbakāmā…

sineru →

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…DN.iii.199 It is eighty thousand leagues broad. AN.iv.100

Sineru is often used in similes, its chief characteristic being its unshakeability….

sonaka →

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A monk who was a leader of the Sangha some time after the Buddha. Vin.v.2

soreyya →

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

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soṇa →

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…Soṇa went with eighty thousand fellow townsmen.

In Rājagaha he heard the Buddha preach, and, winning faith, entered the Order with his…

soṇadaṇḍa →

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…him if, in the presence of the brahmins, he did not make humble obeisance to the Buddha, but merely saluted him. DN.i.111ff.

subhā →

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…One day she went to pay obeisance to the Buddha and he preached to her. She became a sotāpanna, and later she joined the Order. From time to…

sudassana →

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Nephew of Pasenadi. The Buddha taught him a stanza to recite whenever Pasenadi sat down to a meal, in order that the king might observe moderation in eating. For this service Pasenadi paid him one hun …

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SuddhāvāsakāyikādevāSuddhāvāsakāyikā

A group of devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three verses in praise of the Saṅgha. SN.i.26 DN.ii.253f.

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Sudhamma1

He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambātakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his house for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several em …

sundarasamudda →

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…he was tempted by a courtesan. She showed herself to him, decked and adorned and wearing golden slippers, and invited him in with seductive…

susīma →

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…of the thousand sons of Sakka. He was one of the deva generals in the fight with the Asuras, but he was lazy, and Sakka had to…

sāgata →

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…overseers of the eighty thousand townships of Bimbisāra’s kingdom. Sāgata was endowed with supernatural power, and the overseers, who went to…

sāketa →

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…administration of ghee through the nose, and, as reward, received sixteen thousand kahāpanas from her and her various kinsmen.

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sākya →

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…were discussed in their Santhāgāra, or Mote Hall, at Kapilavatthu. See, e.g., D.i.91 the Sākyans had a similar Mote Hall at Cātumā…

sālavatī →

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A courtesan of Rājagaha. She was the mother of Jīvaka Komārabhacca Vin.i.268f. and of his sister Sirimā.

sānu →

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His mother took him to the monks for ordination, thinking thus to ensure for him supreme happiness. Sānu lost his intellectual discernment and grew distraught and longed to go roaming. His former Yakk …

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Sāriputta

The chief disciple of Gotama- Buddha. He is also called Upatissa, which was evidently his personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great friend of Mahāmoggallāna. After going forth together …

sātapabbata →

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…Middle country, the abode of Sātāgira. Many other Yakkas also lived there, three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya…

sāti →

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He was a fisherman’s son and held the false view that, according to the Buddha’s teaching, a man’s consciousness runs on and continues without break of identity. Sāti’s colleagues did their best to ch …

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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 …

tekula →

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…Buddha’s teachings into chandas, which probably is Sanskrit metre. Vin.ii.139

tissametteyya →

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…the Buddha with his colleagues and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his thousand pupils became arahants. Tissa was his personal…

tittiriyābrāhmanā →

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The Pāḷi equivalent of the Sanskrit Taittirīyā. It refers to students of a branch of brahmanical lore. DN.i.237

tivarā →

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…Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190

tusita →

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…Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusita. AN.i.214 AN.iv.261

Sometimes Sakadāgāmins…

ubbhataka →

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A mote-hall built by the Mallas of Pāvā. When it was finished they invited the Buddha to be its first occupant. The Buddha went with the monks and spent the night in the hall. It was on this occasion …

ubbirī →

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…the Therīgāthā tell of her lamenting the death of her daughter, Jīva, and reflecting that thousands of her daughters must likewise have died in…

udāyī →

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…been guilty of numerous Sanghādisesa offences. Vin.iii.110f. Vin.iii.119f. Vin.iii.127f. Vin.iii.137f. Vin.iii.135ff.

He is…

ugga →

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…He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha tells him that all this wealth could easily be lost in various…

uggāhamāna →

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…in Mallikā’s pleasance at the Samayappavādaka hall, the carpenter, Pañcakaṅga, on his way to see the Buddha, visited him and had a…

ujjhānasaññikā →

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The name given to a group of devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night. They charged the Buddha with inconsistency, but later, begging his forgiveness, they were pardoned by him. SN.i.23–25

ukkalā →

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…Buddha and Dhamma (since the Sangha was not yet established). Vin.i.4

The men of Ukkalā, together with those of Vassa and Bhañña, are…

upavatta →

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…in order to disabuse his mind, preached to him the Mahā Sudassana Sutta. DN.ii.169f.

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upavāna →

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…AN.ii.163

When an unpleasant interview took place between Sāriputta and Lāludāyī and no one was found to support Sāriputta, the matter is…

uposatha →

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…of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through the sky.”….

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 …

uruvelā →

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…to the Kappāsikavanasanda and converted the Bhaddavaggiyā. Vin.i.23f. At Uruvelā dwelt also the Tebhātika-Jatilas: Uruvelā-Kassapa,…

uruvelākassapa →

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…in all, three thousand five hundred miracles of various kinds, reading the thoughts of Kassapa, splitting firewood for the ascetics’…

uttara →

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Uttara1

A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.121–122

Uttara2

A monk whose verse are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.161–162

Uttara3

A *devapu …

uvāla →

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UvālaUpavāla

He was examined by the Saṅgha in connection with an offence he had committed. He first denied it, then confessed it, then denied it again, and made counter-charges and spoke lies, knowi …

valāhaka →

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The horse of Mahāsudassana. He is all white, with a crow black head and a dark mane. DN.ii.174 SN.iii.145

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 …

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Vaḍḍha1

A Licchavi. He was a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā, and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, …

vaṭajālikāyaṃ →

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…monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka….

vedisa →

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…mother of Mahinda. He and Sanghamittā were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went there to visit his mother and stayed for one…

vediyaka →

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VediyakaVediya

A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where the Buddha stayed. The mountain was bathed in radiance when Sakka visited the Buddha on the occasion of the p …

vejayanta →

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…SN.i.224

Vejayanta3

The chief of the eighty four thousand chariots owned by Mahāsudassana. SN.iii.145 DN.ii.187

velāmikā →

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Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. SN.iii.146 But in the…

vepulla →

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…lived for thirty thousand years and took three days each way; while the Suppiyas, with a life span of twenty thousand years, did the journey…

verahaccāni →

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…over, the teacher put on her sandals, sat on a high seat, and, with her head veiled, asked Udāyī to preach the doctrine. “A time will come for…

verañjā →

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A town in which the Buddha once spent the rainy season at the invitation of the brahmin Verañja. Verañja visits the Buddha at the foot of the Naḷerupucimanda, where he is staying, and asks him a serie …

vesāli →

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…abundant food. Its courtesan, Ambapālī, was famous for her beauty, and helped in large measure in making the city prosperous….

veḷukaṇṭakī →

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…she rose before dawn and sang the Parāyana. Vessavaṇa happened to be passing over her house on his way from north to south, and hearing the…

vidhura →

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One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.ii.191 He received his name because he was a peerless preacher of the Dhamma. MN.i.333

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 …

viññānañcāyatanūpagādevā →

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A class of devas living in the Formless Realms. Their life lasts for forty thousand great aeons. MN.iii.103

vāseṭṭha →

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…to the sage Vāseṭṭha (Sanskrit Vāsiṣṭha). In the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.147 DN.ii.159 we find the Mallas of Kusināra addressed…

yakkha →

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…Sutta many hundreds of thousands of Yakkhas were present among the audience.

The names of the Yakkhas often give us a clue to their origin and…

yamelutekulā →

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…and Tekula, who proposed to the Buddha that the Dhamma should be put into Sanskrit metre chandasi. The Buddha refused their request….

yasa →

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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 …

yāma →

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…Two hundred years of human life are but one day to the Yāma devā, and two thousand Years, composed of such days, form their life period….

ājīvakā →

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…are eighty-four hundred thousand periods during which both fools and wise alike, wandering in transmigration, shall at last make an end of pain….

ākiñcāyatanūpagādevā →

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A class of devas born in the Ākiñcāyatana, the third Arūpa world. MN.iii.103 Their life term is sixty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

ākāsānañcāyatanūpagādevā →

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…the Formless world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

ātumā →

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…a thunderstorm and two peasants and four oxen were struck by lightning. A large number of people having gathered at the place, one of them asked…

āḷārakālāma →

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ĀḷārakālāmaĀḷāraKālāma

One of the two teachers to whom Gotama, after his renunciation, first attached himself, the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.24 …

īsāna →

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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 …