… 2. with voc.: alaṃ Devadatta mā te rucci sanghabhedo “look out D. or take care D. that you do not split up the…

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

Abbahati & abbuhati

to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …

to hang down MN.iii.164 (olambati ajjholambati a.).

abhi + palambati

Accharā¹

feminine the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips:

1. (lit.) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja.ii.447; Ja.iii.191; Ja.iv.124, Ja.iv.126 Ja. …

to procure or provide a hold, to insert, to put on or in Vin.i.290 (aggaḷaṃ), Vin.ii.112.

ā + chupeti, Caus. of chupati

…DN.i.224 (kusalaṃ dhammaṃ) MN.i.114 (madhu-piṇḍikaṃ); Dhp.61 and adhigacche Dhp.368. ger. -gantvā DN.i.224; Ja.i.45…

…Vv.63#30 (hemarathe a. = sakalaṃ ṭhānaṃ abhibhavitvā ṭhita Vv-a.269)

1. looked after, managed, undertaken governed Vin.i.57; SN.v.278…

…Freq. in stock phrase kalaṃ nāgghati (nāgghanti) soḷasiṃ not to be worth the 16^th part of (cp. kalā) Vin.ii.156;…

Ajja & Ajjā

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

Ajja & Ajjā

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

…impossible MN.i.455; Ja.ii.326 = Ja.iv.471.

alaṃ adv. as adj.

adjective not hanging down, not drooping, short Ja.v.302; Ja.vi.3 (˚tthaniyo not flabby: of a woman’s breasts cp. alamb’ ordhva-stanī Suśruta i.371).

a + lamba

doing up, fitting out, ornamentation Ja.i.60.

alaṃ + karaṇa, fr. alankaroti

… caus alaṅkārāpeti to cause to be adorned Ja.i.52.

alaṃ + karoti, Vedic araṅkaroti

…“done enough” (see alaṃ, use with instr.), only neg. analaṅkata in meaning “insatiate”…

Ambara¹

neuter the sky, Dāvs i.38; Dāvs iv.51; Dāvs v.32
■ Note. At Ja.v.390 we have to read muraja-ālambara, and not mura-jāla-ambara.

Vedic ambara circumference, horizon

Ambara< …

adjective faultless, pure; only in foll. compounds -gala free from the dripping or oozing of impurity (thus expl^d. at DN-a.i.282, viz. elagalana-virahita), but more likely in lit. mean …

adjective Primary meanings are “inside” and “in between” as adj. “inner”; in prep. use & in compounds “inside, in between”. Further development of meaning is with a view of contrasting the (two) sides …

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

1. prep c. acc. anto nivesanaṃ g …

…SN.i.31; Vv.1#5 (yathābalaṃ Vv-a.25) 2. ānubhāva majesty power magnificence, glory, splendour Ja.v.10, Ja.v.456;…

…oneself to SN.iv.303 (phalaṃ anusarissati BB, but balaṃ anupadassati SS perhaps to be preferred)
caus anusāreti…

adjective without support (from above), unsuspended, not held Snp.173 (+ appatiṭṭha expl^d. at Snp-a.214 by heṭṭhā patiṭṭhâbhāvena upari ālambhāvena ca gambhīra).

an + ālamba

to go away Snp.1102 (apanamissati, variant reading apalām˚ & apagam˚; explained at Cnd.60 by vajissati pakkhamissati etc
pp apanata (q.v.) Caus. apanāmeti …

1. leaning against Ja.ii.69 (tālamūlaṃ = nissāya ṭhita C.).
2. depending on, trusting in (c. acc. or loc.) Vv.10#1 (parâgāraṃ = nissita Vv-a.101); Ja.iv.25 (balamhi = balanissita). See also avassita. …

mechanism to stop a chariot, a safe guard “to prevent warriors from falling out”. SN.i.33 (Mrs Rh. D. trsl “leaning board”); Ja.vi.252 (variant reading upā˚; Kern trsl. “remhout”, i.e. brake).

“a Ved …

adjective noun Before Buddhism used as honorific title of high officials like the English ʻHis Worship’; at the rise of Buddhism applied popularly to all ascetics (Dial. iii.3–⁠6). Adopted by the Bu …

adjective noun

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

adjective too low, only in phrase cakkavāḷaṃ atisambādhaṃ Brahmaloko atinīcako the World is too narrow and Heaven too low (to comprehend the merit of a person, as sign of exceeding merit) Dhp-a.i.3 …

adjective excessive (of time); nt. adv. -ṃ a very long time; excessively DN.i.19 (= atikālaṃ aticiran ti attho DN-a.i.113); MN.i.122; Snp.973 (see expl^n. at Mnd.504); Ja.iii.103 = Mnd.5 …

Attha¹

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

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

Olambati & avalambati

to hang down, hang on, to be supported by, rest on. The form in o is the older. Pres. avalambare Pv.ii.1#18 (= olambamānā tiṭṭhanti Pv-a.77); Pv.ii.10#2 (= olambanti Pv-a.142) …

Only in late verse. To hang down. Pv.ii.1#18; Pv.ii.10#2. Ger. avalamba (for ˚bya) Pv.iii.3#5 cp. olubbha.

= olambati

…dasanakha-samodhāna-samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ paggayha). Only in stock phrases

1. añjaliṃ paṇāmeti to bend forth the outstretched hands…

…as a sign of respectful salutation Vv.1#5 (explained at Vv-a.24 as dasanakha-samodhāna samujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi paggaṇhantī…

pronoun another etc

A. By itself

1. other not the same, different, another, somebody else (opp oneself) Vin.iii.144 (aññena, scil. maggena, gacchati to take a different route); Snp.459, Sn …

…story takes as bahūtaṃ = balaṃ ajja, with ajjā metri causâ. C. explains however as mataka-bhattaṃ); Ja.vi.173 (˚tagarā mahī); Pv.ii.7#5…

… ■ The five-fold force (balaṃ pañca-vidhaṃ of a king Ja.v.120, Ja.v.121 consists of bāhābalaṃ strength of arms, bhoga˚ of wealth,…

…nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati taruṇā bhinka-cchāpa-maṇḍalaṃ, T. ˚cchāca˚, vv.ll. bhiñjaka-cchāca;…

bulbous plant, a tuber Ja.iv.46 (= ˚vallīkanda, cp. gloss latātanta on kalamba), Ja.iv.371 (= ˚kanda com. p. 373); Ja.vi.578. Cp. takkaḷa.

f. of biḷāla = biḷāra, cp. Sk. biḍālī, …

1. the arm AN.ii.67 = AN.iii.45 (˚bala); Vin.ii.105; Ja.iii.62; Ja.v.215 (˚mudu). pacchā-bāhaṃ arm(s) behind (his back) DN.i.245 (gāḷhabandhanaṃ baddha). bāhaṃ pasāreti to stretch out the arm DN. …

…pubbâparāni ca Dhp.352 alaṃ etehi ambehi jambūhi panasehi ca Ja.ii.160
■ In the same sense added to each link of the chain as…

circle, a sphere, esp. a mythical range of mountains supposed to encircle the world; pl worlds or spheres Ja.i.53, Ja.i.203; Ja.vi.330; Vism.205 (its extent), Vism.207, Vism.367, Vism.421; Dhs-a.297; …

…in phrase virajaṃ vitamalaṃ dh-cakkhuṃ uppajjati Vin.i.16; DN.i.86, DN.i.110; SN.ii.134 sq.; SN.iv.47 SN.iv.107; SN.v.467; AN.iv.186;…

…= epithet of Nibbāna) acalaṃ sukhaṃ (= Nibbāna) Thig.350; cp. niccala motionless Dhp-a.iii.38.

• -ācala [intens. redupl.] moving to…

to move, stir, be agitated, tremble, be confused, waver SN.i.107; Snp.752; Ja.i.303 (kileso cali), Ja.iii.188 (macchā c.) Mil.260
ppr med. calamāna Ja.iv.331
■ Esp. freq. in expression kammaja-vā …

base of numeral four

1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

…dat.): mā pāpakaṃ akusalaṃ cittaṃ cinteyyātha SN.v.418; na p. cetaye manasā pi Pv.ii.9#7 (= cinteyya piheyya Pv-a.116); p. na…

…dat.): mā pāpakaṃ akusalaṃ cittaṃ cinteyyātha SN.v.418; na p. cetaye manasā pi Pv.ii.9#7 (= cinteyya piheyya Pv-a.116); p. na…

adjective long (of time), usually in compounds & as adv. Either; ciraṃ (acc.) for a long time Snp.678, Snp.730, Snp.1029; Dhp.248; Kp.vii.5; Ja.ii.110; Ja.iv.3; Pv.ii.3#33 or *[cire …

…vikampate SN.iv.71; opp. capalaṃ c. Dhp.33; khitta˚; a heart unbalanced AN.ii.52 (+ visaññin); opp.: avikkhitta˚ AN.v.149; Pv-a.26; c….

Dahati¹

(dahate) to put, place; take for (acc or abl.), assume, claim, consider DN.i.92 (okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ = ṭhapeti DN-a.i.258); SN.iii.113 (mittato daheyya) AN.iv.239 (cittaṃ d. fix the …

1. Lit. seeing, looking; noticing; sight of, appearance, look. Often equivalent to an infinitive “to see,” esp. as dat. dassanāya in order to see, for the purpose of seeing (cp. dassana-kāma = da …

water-snake; salamander Ja.iii.16; Ja.vi.194; Sdhp.292. See next.

Sk. duṇḍubha

…viz. “virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dh-cakkhuṃ udapādi” DN.i.86, DN.i.110; DN.ii.288; SN.iv.47; AN.iv.186; Vin.i.11, Vin.i.16, Vin.i.40 etc….

…good luck) Pv.iii.5#4 (= mangalaṃ karoti Pv-a.198 see also mangala).

• -āgāra a store house for grain Vin.i.240; *…

Dosa¹

corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …

…dukkhāya DN.iii.246 & akusalaṃ… ahitāya dukkhāya saṃvattati AN.i.58 5. Under vedanā as sensation are grouped the…

number two.

A. Meanings

I. Two as unit

1. with objective foundation:
   1. denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) long DN.i.17; MN.i.429; SN.i.104 (˚ṃ addhānaṃ); Snp.146, Snp.633 (opp. rassa); Dhp.60 Dhp.409; Pv.i.10#11 (˚ṃ antaraṃ all the time); Pv.ii.9#55 (id.) Thag.646 (˚m-antare); D …

…Vv-a.307); Mil.10, Mil.18 (alaṃ ettakena enough of this much); Dhp-a.i.90 (enough this much), Dhp-a.i.93, Dhp-a.i.399 (pl. ettakā);…

…g˚ tale canda-maṇḍalaṃ Ja.iii.365; cando g˚ majjhe ṭhito Ja.v.137; cando gagane viya sobhati Vism.58; g˚ tale candaṃ viya…

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

Ganthati & Gantheti

1. to tie, knot, bind, fasten together: kathaṃ mittāni ganthati “how does he bind friends” SN.i.214; Snp.185; mālaṃ ganthamāna tying a garland Vv.38#1 (ganthento Vv-a.173). Of m …

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

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

1. a drop, i.e. a fall: see gaḷāgala.
2. a swelling, a boil (= gaṇḍa Ja.iv.494 (mattā gajā bhinnagaḷā elephants in rut, with the temple-swellings broken; expl. p. Ja.iv.497 by madaṃ gaḷantā); Snp.61 …

1. as pp. guarded, protected
   1. lit nagaraṃ guttaṃ a well-guarded city Dhp.315 = Thag.653 Thag.1005; Devinda˚ protected by the Lord of gods Vv.30#8-
   2. fig. (med.) guarded, watchful, constrain …

Err:501

…Snp.831, Snp.937; Dhp.334 (phalaṃ) aor. icchi Pv-a.31
grd icchitabba Pv-a.8
pp iṭṭha & icchita; (q.v.). Note.…

…trsl.; = samijjhati mahapphalaṃ hoti C.); SN.iv.303; Snp.461 Snp.485; Ja.v.393; Pv.ii.1#11; Pv.ii.9#13 (= samijjhati Pv-a.120) Pot. ijjhe…

…expl^n. SN.i.38 (malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); Ja.i.287 (itthiyo nāma āsa lāmikā pacchimikā); Ja.iv.222 (itthiyo papāto…

…expl^n. SN.i.38 (malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); Ja.i.287 (itthiyo nāma āsa lāmikā pacchimikā); Ja.iv.222 (itthiyo papāto…

Jhāna¹

neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …

…âhaṃ jāneyyaṃ vasalaṃ Snp.p.21; ajānanto ignorant Pv-a.4; annapānaṃ ajāṇanto (being without bread water) Pv-a.169; ittaraṃ…

…maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī jātâsi (born a G. Ja.vi.337; rukkho j. Ja.i.222; latā jātā Dhp.340;…

Kacchā¹

feminine

1. enclosure denoting both the enclosing and the enclosed i.e. wall or room: see kacchantara.
2. an ornament for head & neck (of an elephant), ve …

…paṭhavīdhātu: kakkhalaṃ kharagataṃ kakkhaḷattaṃ kakkhaḷabhāvo); Vism.349 (= thaddha), Vism.591, Vism.592 (˚lakkhaṇa);…

Name of a certain herb or plant (Convolv. repens?); may be a bulb or radish Ja.iv.46 (= tālakanda), cp. p. Ja.iv.371, Ja.iv.373 (where C explains by tāla-kanda; gloss BB however gives latā-tanta); J …

Err:509

Err:501

…sense in the expression kalaṃ nâgghati soḷasiṃ “not worth an infinitesimal portion of” = very much inferior to SN.i.19; SN.iii.156 =…

…retributionary, of kamma-phalaṃ, the result of action: tassa kamma-sarikkhakaṃ kammaphalaṃ hoti “for her the fruit of action became like…

…usually w. puññaṃ & kusalaṃ poetical only) Pv.ii.11#3; Vv.33#192; second sing. kāhasi Snp.427, Snp.428; Dhp.154 1st pl. kāhāma…

…ethical (as pāpaṃ, kusalaṃ kammaṃ: cp. ii.1 b) or in such combinations, where its original meaning of “built, prepared, worked out”…

(cp. kaḍamba, kalamba) a mark used to keep the interstices between the threads of the kaṭhina even, when being woven Vin.ii.116, Vin.ii.317 (variant reading kaḷimpaka).

(cp. kaḍamba, kalamba) a mark used to keep the interstices between the threads of the kaṭhina even, when being woven Vin.ii.116, Vin.ii.317 (variant reading kaḷimpaka).

1. with loc.: to be uncertain, unsettled, to doubt (syn. vicikicchati with which always combined). Kaṅkhati vicikicchati dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu DN.i.106 is in doubt a …

…and yet go to heaven? kevalaṃ mano-pasāda-mattena only by purity of mind Dhp-a.i.33; kevalaṃ vacchake balava-piyacittatāya simply by…

…Vism.120; DN-a.i.203 (khalaṃ sodheti). 2. threshing, mash, in ekamaṃsa-khalaṃ karoti “to reduce to one mash of flesh” DN.i.52 =…

…the shoulder or back: nangalaṃ khandhe karitvā SN.i.115 appl. to Māra; Vism.100; Dhp-a.iv.168 (ohita˚-bhāra the load lifted off his…

…yo titikkhati khantībalaṃ balānīkaṃ tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ Dhp.399 = Snp.623
■ Dhp-a.iv.164; Pts.ii.171, Pts.ii.176…

…yo titikkhati khantībalaṃ balānīkaṃ tam ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ Dhp.399 = Snp.623
■ Dhp-a.iv.164; Pts.ii.171, Pts.ii.176…

… caus 2 khipāpeti to cause to be thrown Ja.i.202; Ja.iv.139 (jalaṃ). Cp also khepa.

Vedic kṣipati

adjective small, inferior, low; trifling, insignificant; na khuddaṃ samācare kiñci “he shall not pursue anything trifling” Snp.145 (= lāmakaṃ Kp-a.243) kh˚ ca bālaṃ Snp.318. Opp. to strong Vv.32#10 ( …

adjective black; in the stock phrase muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā k˚ bandhupādâpaccā DN.i.90 = DN.i.116; SN.iv.117; MN.i.334; MN.ii.177; in a moral sense = bad, wicked, with nâlam-ariyā dhammā DN.i.163.

s …

…and cakkavatti˚, eka-kolāhalaṃ one uproar Ja.iv.404; Ja.vi.586; Dhp-a.ii.96. See also Vin.ii.165, Vin.ii.275, Vin.ii.280; Ja.v.437;…

…Dāvs ii.80 esp. in -maṅgalaṃ paccāgacchati he visits the fair or show of… MN.i.265; AN.iii.439; -maṅgalika celebrating feasts,…

…(expl. by soḷasim pi kalaṃ Snp-a.277); Dhp.5, Dhp.210; Bdhd 125; gamanena na pattabbo lokass’ anto k˚ “by walking, the end of the…

1. a round jar, waterpot (= kulālabhājana earthenware Dhp-a.i.317), frequent in similes, either as illustrating fragility or emptiness and fullness: AN.i.130, AN.i.131 = Pp.32; AN.v.337; SN.ii.83; Mi …

…akatakusalo ib. 6. kusalaṃ & akusalaṃ are discussed in detail (with ref. to rūpâvacara˚ fivefold, to arūpâvacara˚ & lokuttara˚…

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

…broken), cp. kāmasukhaṃ analaṃkaritvā Snp.59

• kāmesu anapekkhin Snp.166 = SN.i.16 (abbrev.); SN.ii.281; Snp.857
• cp rāgaṃ vinayetha……

…tena k˚ pavattamānaṃ phalaṃ “as you have done so will be the fruit Pv-a.45.

2. (-˚)
   1. the production or application of i.e. the…

…susaṃvuto kāyena ca akusalaṃ na kayirā Dhp.281 = Ne.183.

Kāya as one of a dyad: vācā and kāya: SN.i.172 (˚gutta) MN.i.461 (rakkhita…

Kāla & Kāḷa

Preliminary

1. dark (syn. kaṇha, which cp. for meaning and applications), black, blueblack, misty, cloudy. Its proper sphere of application is the dark as opposed to light, and i …

Kūṭa¹

neuter a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap Ja.i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); Ja.iv.416 (explⁿ paṭicchannapāsa). As deceit, cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheatin …

(adj.) (-˚) hanging down, drooping, pendulous SN.iv.341, SN.iv.342 (˚cūḷakā bhaṭa hirelings with large or drooping top-knots); Ja.ii.185 (˚tthana with hanging breasts); Ja.iii.265 (˚cūla-vihangam …

see palambheti (to deceive, dupe) It may be possibie that reading lampetvā at AN.ii.77 (variant reading lambitvā) is to be corrected to lambhetvā (combined with *hāpetvā) …

to dally, sport, sing Ja.ii.121 (ppr. laḷamānā); Vv-a.41 (laḷantī; with kīḷati), Vv-a.57 (id.)
caus laḷeti Ja.i.362 (ppr. lāḷentā); Vism.365; cp. upa˚
pp laḷita: see pa˚.

lal, onomat. …

…122
■ SN.i.38 (itthi malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); AN.i.105 (issā˚); Snp.378 Snp.469, Snp.962, Snp.1132 (= rāgo malaṃ etc….

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

Mano & Mana(s)

neuter

I. Declension

Like all other nouns of old s-stems mano has partly retained the s forms (cp cetah → ceto) & partly follows the a-declension. The …

casket; used for keeping important documents in Ja.ii.36 (suvaṇṇapaṭṭaṃ mañjūsāya nikkhipāpesi); Ja.iv.335 (suvaṇṇapaṭṭaṃ sāra-mañjūsāyaṃ ṭhapetvā kālam akāsi).

cp. Epic Sk. mañjūṣā

1. to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …

…ti“ mangalāni- maṅgalaṃ karoti lit. to make an auspicious ceremony i.e. to besprinkle with grains etc. for luck (see on this…

to love, to be fat: “mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho” love, amity, sympathy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. def^ns & explains of mettā: the stereotype “*metti mettā …

…maggaphalaṃ pattā asekha-munayo), Dhp-a.iii.395 (here explained with ref. to orig. meaning tuṇhībhāva “state of…

Muḷāla & Muḷālī

feminine the stalk of the lotus: muḷālī Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); muḷāli Ja.vi.530 (= muḷālaka C.); muḷālikā Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); bhisa-muḷālaṃ (nt.) (collective cpd. fibre & stal …

Muḷāla & Muḷālī

feminine the stalk of the lotus: muḷālī Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); muḷāli Ja.vi.530 (= muḷālaka C.); muḷālikā Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); bhisa-muḷālaṃ (nt.) (collective cpd. fibre & stal …

…nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati), whereas young ones are called “elephants, cubs” (something like “pigs”) (taruṇā…

…nelamaṇḍalaṃ vuccati), whereas young ones are called “elephants, cubs” (something like “pigs”) (taruṇā…

…Vin.i.215 (n. bījaṃ phalaṃ fruit with seed); Ja.i.168; Ja.ii.111; Pv-a.10 (niraye), Pv-a.35 (petayoniyaṃ), Pv-a.100 (pubbe n
■…

penetration, insight; adj.: penetrating, piercing, scrutinising, sharp. Freq. in phrase nibbedha-bhāgiya (sharing the quality of penetration), with ref. to samādhi, saññā etc. [cp. BSk nirvedha˚ Di …

…AN.iii.443; odhunitvā malaṃ sabbaṃ patvā n- sampadaṃ muccati sabba-dukkhehi: sā hoti sabbasampadā AN.iv.239; nibbijjha sabbaso…

adjective constant, continuous, permanent DN.iii.31; SN.i.142; SN.ii.109, SN.ii.198; SN.iv.24 sq., SN.iv.45, SN.iv.63; AN.ii.33, AN.ii.52 AN.v.210; Pts.ii.80; Vb.335, Vb.426. In chain of synonyms nicc …

…pāpicche), Snp.962 (malaṃ = pajahati (Mnd.478); Dhp.239 (id.); Mil.43
pp niddhanta).

in form = Sk. nirdhmāti,…

…(= upakappati), Pv-a.71 (phalaṃ ijjhati n.), Pv-a.120 (id.). pp. nipphanna. See also nipphādeti & nipphatti etc.; cp….

…(= upakappati), Pv-a.71 (phalaṃ ijjhati n.), Pv-a.120 (id.). pp. nipphanna. See also nipphādeti & nipphatti etc.; cp….

adjective unsupported Mil.295 (ākāsa).

nis + ālamba

preposition accusative leaning on (in all fig. meanings) Cnd.368 (= upanissāya, ārammaṇaṃ ālambanaṃ karitvā).

1. near, near by, on, at Ja.i.167 (pāsānapiṭṭhaṃ), Ja.i.221 (padumasaraṃ); Pv-a.24 (bāhā …

adverb not enough, insufficient Iti.37; Ja.i.190; DN-a.i.167.

= na alaṃ

boat, ship Vin.iii.49 (q.v. for definition & description) SN.i.106 (eka-rukkhikā); SN.i.iii.155 = SN.i.v.51 = AN.iv.127 (sāmuddikā “a liner”); AN.ii.200; AN.iii.368; Snp.321, Snp.770, Snp.771; Dhp. …

Olambati & avalambati

to hang down, hang on, to be supported by, rest on. The form in o is the older. Pres. avalambare Pv.ii.1#18 (= olambamānā tiṭṭhanti Pv-a.77); Pv.ii.10#2 (= olambanti Pv-a.142) …

holding on to leaning on, supporting oneself by (with acc.); most frequently in phrase daṇḍaṃ olubbha leaning on a stick e.g. MN.i.108 (= daṇḍaṃ olambitvā C.; see MN.i.539); AN.iii.298; Thig.27 (= ā …

…descended Pv-a.104 (uddho-galaṃ na otiṇṇaṃ not gone down further than the throat). 2. (pass.) beset by (cp. avatāra 2), affected with, a…

…MN.ii.122; Dhp.388 (attano malaṃ pabbājayaṃ, tasmā pabbajito ti vuccati) Dhp-a.iv.145 (explains as “attano rāgādimalaṃ pabbājento…

to come on to, come back to, fig. fall back on, realise, find one’s hold in DN.i.186 (“take for granted,” cp. note Dial. i.252); MN.i.309 (kaṃ hetuṃ), MN.i.445 (id.); SN.i.182 (“believe in,” C. icch …

1. to cleave, break, pierce, destroy, in combination -khandhaṃ padāleti to destroy the great mass of…, e.g. tamo˚ Iti.8 (padālayuṃ); Thig.28 (ger. padāliya = moha˚ padālitvā Thag-a.34); lobha SN.v …

…Iti.117; AN.iv.109 sq (akusalaṃ, sāvajjaṃ); Snp.789 (dukkhaṃ), Snp.1056, Snp.1058; Pts.i.63; Pts.ii.244. ppr. pajahaṃ SN.iii.27; fut….

to hang down Thag-a.210; Sdhp.110
pp palambita (q.v.). See also abhi˚.

pa + lambati

to deceive DN.i.50, cp. DN-a.i.151.

pa + lambheti

hanging down Thig.256, Thig.259; Thag-a.211.

pp. of palambati

to bite all round, to gnaw or peck off MN.i.364 (kukkuro aṭṭhikankalaṃ p.).

pali + khādati

…nānāpathaṃ maṇḍalaṃ katvā tattha pariharitabbaṃ pariharantānaṃ kīḷanaṃ“ DN-a.i.85 trsl^d as “keeping going…

misery, calamity, punishment Thag-a.241 (for ˚klesa, q.v.).

pari + kilesa

hardship, misery, calamity SN.i.132 = Thig.191; Thig.345 (= parikilesa Thag-a.241).

pari + klesa

…Vin.iv.185 (nābhimaṇḍalaṃ jānu-maṇḍalaṃ paṭicchādentena C.; cp timaṇḍala). 2. rounded off, i.e. complete, correct,…

adjective completely calmed, at peace, at rest (as to the distinction of the twofold application see parinibbāna and cp., Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhism p. 191; Cpd. p. 168), viz.

1 …

…DN.iii.241 sq. (yathā sutaṃ yathā p˚ṃ dhammaṃ) 2. sufficient, enough Pv-a.33 (= alaṃ)

cp. Sk. paryāpta. pp. of pari + āp, see…

having come to, reached, attained Ja.vi.237 (phalaṃ; C = upagata), Ja.vi.238 (kusalaṃ C. = pariyāyena attano vārena āgata).

pari + ā + gata

…ubbha-jānu-maṇḍalaṃ C.). Cp. Suśruta ii.31, 10. 4. the extremities (being the 5^th stage in the formation of the embryo)…

in phrase alam-pateyya at DN.iii.71 (kumārikā alam-pateyyā), DN.iii.75 (id.) means “surely fit to have husbands, ripe for marriage” (?)

…result, to go on Pv-a.45 (phalaṃ), Pv-a.60 (vippaṭisār’ aggi)

pp pavatta; Caus. pavatteti…

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

to subside, to be eased, calmed, or abated to pass away, to be allayed SN.i.211; SN.v.51; aor. ˚ssambhi Dhp-a.ii.86 (dohaḷo); Dhp-a.iv.133 (ābādho)
pp paṭippassaddha (q …

…Vv.34#21 (= puññaphalaṃ ākankhanto Vv-a.154); Pv-a.134.

cp. Sk. prekṣā f. & prekṣaka adj.; fr. pa +…

? repetition, succession, formula way of saying, phrase (= pariyāya 5) Vism.46 (˚mukha beginning of discourse), Vism.351 (id. and bahu˚-tanti having many discourses or repetitions), Vism.411 (˚pāḷi a …

stands in all probability for phalika-maya, made of crystal, as is suggested by context, which gives it in line with kaṭṭha-maya & loha-maya (& aṭṭhi˚ danta˚, veḷu˚ etc.). It occurs in same phras …

…Dhp.33 (phandanaṃ capalaṃ); Ja.vi.528 (˚māluvā trembling creeper) Dhp-a.i.50 (issa˚ throbbing with envy). 2. (m.) Name of a tree…

…by adhigacchiṃ); phalaṃ aphussayi (aor. med.) Pv.iv.1#88; cp Pv-a.243; amataṃ padaṃ Pv.iv.3#48; amataṃ Mil.338 (but T. reads…

…Vism.63 (gabbha-malaṃ), Vism.415 = Kp-a.120; Ja.i.47 (assūni hatthehi p.); Kp-a.136 (paṃsukaṃ). The reading…

…vuccati sabbaṃ akusalaṃ“ It is defined as “dāna-sīl’-ādi-pabheda” “sucaritaṃ kusala-kammaṃ” at Vv-a.19;…

…please don’t) Vin.ii.198 (alaṃ Devadatta mā te rucci sangha-bhedo); Dhp-a.i.13 (mā vo āvuso evaṃ ruccittha).

*rucyati Med. of ruc:…

tree. In the rukkha-mūlik’ anga (see below) Bdhgh at Vism.74 gives a list of trees which are not to be selected for the practice of “living at the root of a tree.” These are sīmantarika-rukkha, ceti …

adjective whole, entire all, every DN.i.4; SN.iv.15; Vin.i.5; Iti.3; Cnd. s.v., nom pl. sabbe Snp.66; gen. pl. sabbesaṃ Snp.1030
■ nt sabbaṃ the (whole) world of sense-experience SN.iv.15 cp. …

…Pv-a.49 (kammaphalaṃ s.); or shortened to saddhā (-pabbajita) MN.i.123; AN.i.24; Ja.i.130. The same phrase as…

adverb always Snp.1041, Snp.1087, Snp.1119; Cnd.631 (where long stereotype definition); Dhp.79; Pv.ii.8#11 (= sabbakālaṃ yāvajīvaṃ Pv-a.110); Pv.ii.9#37 (= sabbakālaṃ divase divase sāyañ ca pāto ca P …

…E.g. sakkā sāmaaññphalaṃpaññāpetuṃ would one be able to point out a result of samaṇaship DN.i.51; khādituṃ na sakkā, one…

moving, shaking Vv-a.169; Dhs-a.62 (in defⁿ of kusala as “kucchitānaṃ salan’ādīhi atthehi kusalaṃ”).

fr. śal

adjective continual, chronic. Only in nt. satataṃ (adv.) continually AN.iv.14; Iti.116; Snp.507; Mil.70; Pv.ii.8#11 (= nirantaraṃ Pv-a.110); Pv.iii.7#10 (= sabbakālaṃ Pv-a.207); …

…“sixteenth, in phrase kalaṃ nagghati soḷasiṃ he is not worth a sixteenth particle of AN.iv.252; SN.iii.156; SN.v.44, SN.v.343; Dhp.70;…

…Ja.i.373, Ja.i.426; Vism.54 (sāṇa˚), Vism.275 (alla˚); Dhp-a.i.393 (thūla˚). Cp. antara˚, alaṃ˚.

*…

1. flat surface (w. ref. to either top or bottom: cp. Ger. boden), level, ground, base Ja.i.60 Ja.i.62 (pāsāda˚ flat roof); Ja.iii.60 (id.); paṭhavī˚ (level ground) Ja.ii.111, cp. bhūmi˚ Pv-a.176; ād …

…jangama-sthāvara; ii.10 calaṃ sthāvara]. Metaphorically of people who are in fear & trembling, as distinguished from a thāvara, a…

Tattaka¹

pleasing, agreeable, pleasant Mil.238 (bhojana).

tatta pp. of tappati² + ka

Tattaka²

adjective (= tāvataka) of such size, so large Vism.184 (correspondin …

…Iti.66 = SN.i.100 (megho thalaṃ ninnañ ca pūreti) Pv-a.29 (= unnatapadesa). As dry land, terra firma opp. to jala at Dhp.34; Ja.i.107,…

…paṭicchādento parimaṇḍalaṃ nivāsento*); cp. Vin. Texts i.155; -yojana a distance of 3 leagues, i.e. 20 miles, or…

1. the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
2. a …

…not even: ajjā pi t. me balaṃ na passasi not even to-day have you yet seen my full strength Ja.i.207; t. mahādhanassāmī na me dātuṃ…

…nourish SN.iv.246 (rūpa-balaṃ, bhoga˚, ñāti˚, putta˚); Ja.iv.387; Snp.579 (paralokato na pitā tāyate puttaṃ ñātī vā pana…

…ubbhajānumaṇḍalaṃ above the knee Vin.iv.213; ubbhamukha upwards SN.iii.238; Mil.122.

a doublet of uddhaṃ, see…

…ubbhajānumaṇḍalaṃ above the knee Vin.iv.213; ubbhamukha upwards SN.iii.238; Mil.122.

a doublet of uddhaṃ, see…

…below). The reading udhogalaṃ at Pv-a.104 is to corrected to adho˚

III.

Note (cp Trenckner, Notes 60). In certain cases we…

…below). The reading udhogalaṃ at Pv-a.104 is to corrected to adho˚

III.

Note (cp Trenckner, Notes 60). In certain cases we…

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expl^{d.< …}

Unnala & Unnaḷa

adjective showing off, insolent, arrogant, proud, haughty in phrase uddhata unnaḷa capala MN.i.32; SN.i.61 = SN.i.204 (translated as “muddled in mind, puffed up, vain”, expl^{d.< …}

ill-will, grudge, enmity MN.i.15; AN.i.91, AN.i.95, AN.i.299; AN.iv.148, AN.iv.349, AN.iv.456; AN.v.39, AN.v.41 sq., AN.v.209 AN.v.310; Pp.18 = Vb.357 (pubbakālaṃ kodho aparakālaṃ upanāho Mil.289.

f …

…mukhaṃ); Ja.v.293 (aggalaṃ); Thag-a.188. 2. to stampede Vv-a.83 (paṭhaviṃ).

ud + pīḍ for ava + pīḍ, cp. uplāpeti =…

1. reproof, reproach, censure MN.i.134, MN.i.432; SN.iii.73; SN.v.73; AN.i.199; AN.ii.181; AN.iii.175; AN.iv.25; Vb.372.
2. (adj.) indisposed hostile Thag.360 sq.; DN-a.i.21, DN-a.i.263.

Sk. upāram …

to blame, reprimand, reproach MN.i.432, MN.i.433
pp upāraddha (q.v.).

Sk. upālambhate, upa + ā + labh

adjective

1. overflowing, heaped up, crowded; extensive, abundant, preponderant, excessive, full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= …

…word, bidding SN.ii.18 (alaṃ vacanāya one says rightly); SN.iv.195 (yathā bhūtaṃ); AN.ii.168; Snp.417, Snp.699 Snp.932, Snp.984,…

…bījaṃ tādisaṃ harate phalaṃ), and vuppati [Vedic upyate] Thag.530
pp vutta
caus 1…

…(ādhipaccena sotāpattiphalaṃ v.), Dhp.322 (varaṃ assatarā dantā… attadanto tato varaṃ).

• -aṅganā a noble…

Vassati¹

to rain (intrs.), fig to shower, pour(down) Vin.i.32 (mahāmegho vassi) SN.iii.141 (deve vassante); SN.v.396 (id.); Snp.30 (devassa vassato, gen. sg. ppr.); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.139, Pv\ …

to be drawn away, to be distracted or alienated (from); so is to be read at all passages, where it is either combined with avakassati or stands by itself The readings are: Vin. …

1. to walk about Ja.i.214 (inf. ˚ituṃ = pādacāra-gamanena gantuṃ C.).
2. Caus. vañceti to cheat, deceive, delude, elude DN.i.50; Snp.100, Snp.129, Snp.356; Ja.iii.420 (aor. avañc …

…Mhvs.29, Mhvs.66 (mangalaṃ to raise the chant); Pv-a.168 (+ brūheti). 2. to cultivate (vipassanaṃ insight Ja.i.117 (aor. ˚esi);…

the ratan reed, Calamus rotang Ja.v.167; Snp-a.451.

Vedic vetasa

twig, rod; creeper; junglerope (cp. veṇu-daṇḍa); cane (calamus). By itself only in standard list of punishments (tortures): vettehi tāḷeti to flog with canes, e.g. AN.i.47; AN.ii.122; Mil.196 Other …

at DN.i.6 (in the lists of forbidden crafts) refers to some magic art. The proper meaning of the word was already unknown when Bdhgh at DN-a.i.84 explained it as “ghana-tāḷaṃ” (cymbal beating) with …

…55 59; Dāvs iv.54 (acalaṃ v. antalikkhamhi nāvaṃ gativirahitaṃ ambhorāsi-majjhamhi disvā); and Vimāna Vatthu throughout. Of…

…Pv.ii.3#34 (macchera-malaṃ); vinetvā Ja.v.403 (chandaṃ); vinayitvā Vv-a.156, & vinayitvāna Snp.485…

to deceive, mock DN-a.i.151; Thag-a.78.

vi + palambheti

…in phrase virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhamma-cakkhuṃ udapādi “there arose in him the stainless eye of the Arahant,” e.g. Vin.i.16; SN.iv.47-…

Yāpana & yapana

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

…power SN.iv.348 (+ yathābalaṃ); Dhp-a.i.107 (variant reading for ˚balaṃ); Sdhp.97.

• -satthaṃ according to the precepts as law…

adjective however much, whatever, as many (in correlation with ta˚; or tattaka) Ja.v.74 (= yāvant); Vism.184 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti… tattakaṃ…), Vism.293 (yatta …

…y.); Vb-a.135 (na kevalaṃ ete yeva, aññe pi “not only these, but also others”). Cp. Mhvs.22, Mhvs.56; Vv-a.222; Pv-a.47….

…(like yuga) in phrase yugalaṃ karoti to couple, join, unite Dpvs.i.77; Vv-a.233.

Class. Sk. yugala; in relation to yuga the same as Lat….

…(like yuga) in phrase yugalaṃ karoti to couple, join, unite Dpvs.i.77; Vv-a.233.

Class. Sk. yugala; in relation to yuga the same as Lat….

…= dassanīya); Vv-a.191 (= alaṃ); Pv-a.74. 5. proper, right Pv-a.159 6. due to (-˚, with a grd., apparently superfluous Ja.iii.208…

…pavara-maṇi-kuṇḍalaṃ, where vv.ll. on p. 561 read voropeyya and oropeyya, which Neumann (unwarrantedly) adopts in his…

Yāpana & yapana

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

adverb

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

to cause somebody or something to come to one, i.e.

1. to wait, to stay Vin.ii.166, Vin.ii.182, Vin.ii.212; DN.i.112, DN.i.113; SN.iv.291; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.55.
2. to wait for, to welcome Vin.ii.128 (pp …

…resort to MN.i.395 (kaṭhalaṃ mukhe ā.; also inf. āhattuṃ); Thag.1156 (pāpacitte ā.; Mrs. Rh. D. Brethren ver. 1156, not as…

1. to beat down, pound, stamp Ja.i.264.
2. to beat, knock, thrash Vin.ii.217; Ja.ii.274; Pv-a.55 (aññamaññaṃ); Sdhp.159.
3. Esp. with ref. to knocking at the door, in phrases aggaḷaṃ ākoṭeti to bea …

anything to hang on, support SN.i.53 (an˚ without support); Snp.173 (id. + appatiṭṭha); Ja.iii.396; Mil.343; Sdhp.245, Sdhp.463.

Sk. ālamba, ā + lamb

adjective noun (adj.) hanging down from, hanging up Ja.iii.396; Ja.iv.457; Snp-a.214
■ (nt.) support, balustrade (or screen?) Vin.ii.117 Vin.ii.152 (˚bāha) Mil.126. Alambara & Alambara;

fr. ā + * …

Ālambara & Āḷambara

neuter a drum Vin.i.15 (l); Ja.ii.344 (ḷ); Ja.v.390 (l); Vv.54#18 (ḷ).

Sk. āḍambara

to hang on to or up, to take hold of, to fasten to Vin.i.28, Ja.i.57; Ja.vi.192; Vv.84#48; Thag-a.34
■ ālambeti id. Vv-a.32.

ā + lamb

praise i.e. that which is commendable, profit, merit, advantage good result, blessing in or from (c. loc.). There are five ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīla-sampadāya or blessings which accrue to the virtuous …

primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:

1. support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …

to make some one announce, to let somebody know, usually in phrase kālaṃ ā. Snp.p.111; Ja.i.115, Ja.i.125; Dhp-a.ii.89; Pv-a.141.

Caus. ii. of āroceti

(or -ā f.)

1. a thorn, sting, dart, spike used either as arrow-straightener Mil.418; Dhp-a.i.288 or (perhaps also for piece of bone, fishbone) in making up a comb Vv-a.349 (˚sandhāpana = comb; …

Āḷamba = āḷambara

Vv.18#9 = Vv.50#24. See ālambara.

Āḷamba = āḷambara

Vv.18#9 = Vv.50#24. See ālambara.

Ālambara & Āḷambara

neuter a drum Vin.i.15 (l); Ja.ii.344 (ḷ); Ja.v.390 (l); Vv.54#18 (ḷ).

Sk. āḍambara

Īti & Ītī

feminine ill, calamity, plague, distress, often comb^b. with & substituted for upaddava cp. BSk. ītay’ opadrava (attack of plague) Divy.119.; Snp.51; Ja.i.27 (verse 189); Ja.v.401 …

Īti & Ītī

feminine ill, calamity, plague, distress, often comb^b. with & substituted for upaddava cp. BSk. ītay’ opadrava (attack of plague) Divy.119.; Snp.51; Ja.i.27 (verse 189); Ja.v.401 …