…a bhikkhu.
■ nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin.iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); AN.i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and…

to rehabilitate a bhikkhu who has been suspended for breach of rules Vin.ii.7 (abbhento), Vin.ii.33 (abbheyya); Vin.iii.112 (abbheti), Vin.iii.186 =…

…back, rehabilitation of a bhikkhu who has undergone a penance for an expiable offence Vin.i.49 (˚âraha), Vin.i.53 (id.), Vin.i.143 Vin.i.327;…

…at SN.ii.217, SN.ii.222 a bhikkhu claims the 6 powers. See also MN.ii.11; MN.iii.96. It is from these passages that the list at DN iii. has been…

…Ja.vi.487; Pv-a.121; Mil.2. salāk˚; a hut where food is distributed to the bhikkhus by tickets, a food office Ja.i.123, Vv-a.75.

a…

…minor conduct (conduct of a bhikkhu as to those minor rules not included in the Pārājikas or Saṃghādisesas) Vin.i.63 (see note in *Vin….

…of the 3 robes of a Buddhist bhikkhu (viz. the sanghāṭī, uttarāsanga & a.) Vin.i.94 Vin.i.289; Vin.ii.272. Cf. next. *…

…+).

anu +…

…with the making of the bhikkhus’ garments (cīvara) “weaving on, supplementary weaving, or along the seam”, i.e. hem, seam, binding…

…MN.i.337; SN.iii.95 (bhikkhusanghaṃ anapaloketvā without informing the Sangha); Ja.vi.298 (vājānaṃ); Dhp-a.i.67

pp…

…with little (of the bhikkhu) Iti.103 = AN.ii.27; f.

• -ā trifle, smallness însignificance DN.i.91; DN-a.i.55. *…

…are known. Most of them were bhikkhus, but AN.iii.451 gives the names of more than a score lay Arahants (cp DN.ii.93 = SN.v.360, and the references…

Araññaka & Āraññāka

(adj.) belonging to solitude or to the forest, living in the forest, fond of solitude, living as hermits (bhikkhū) MN.i.214 (ā˚), MN.i.469, MN.iii.89; SN.ii.187, SN.ii.202 (varian …

…Iti.35 (paññā), Iti.47 (bhikkhu sammaddaso); Snp.177 (patha = aṭṭhangiko maggo Snp-a.216); Dhp.236 (bhūmi), Dhp.270; Pts.ii.212 (iddhi)…

…Mil.23 (asītiyā bhikkhusahassehi saddhiṃ); Vism.46 (satakoṭiyo) Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.19 (mahātherā); Dhp-a.ii.25…

…go on, Sir“, asking a bhikkhu to seek alms elsewhere, thus refusing a gift in a civil way. [The interpretation given by Trenckner, as quoted…

…the four requisites of the bhikkhu, or transgressing the proper use or normal application of the requisites (expl^n. at Dhp-a.iii.344,…

…(of cārikā, a bhikkhu’s wandering, going on tour) AN.iii.171 (C. avavatthika).

der. uncertain

Avattha²

thrown away…

…Pp.12, Pp.13; Vism.116 (bhikkhu), neg. Iti.106 (antakiriyāya), Iti.117 (phuṭṭhuṃ sambodhiṃ); Ja.i.106 (˚puggala a person unfit for…

…dhura˚ a meal to which a bhikkhu is invited as leader of others, i.e. a responsible meal Ja.i.449; Ja.iii.97 (variant reading dhuva˚); dhuva˚…

…Vin.iii.138 Kp-a.241 (of a bhikkhu); vara˚ best property or belongings Vin.iv.225. 2. implement, article, instrument Vin.ii.142, Vin.ii.143…

…is brought into division by bhikkhus who are in the wrong); Dhs-a.29 (aṭṭhārasa bheda-kara-vatthūni the 18 causes of dissension).

fr….

…the 5 remedies (allowed to bhikkhus) Dhp-a.i.5.

• -kapālaka medicine bowl Vb-a.361. *…

beggar, mendicant SN.i.182 (bh. brāhmaṇa) Ja.vi.59 (variant reading BB. ˚uka); Vb-a.327.

fr. bhikkhu, Cp. Epic Sk. bhikṣuka & f. bhikṣukī

…by bhikkhus Vin.iv.307, Vin.iv.308 opp. a˚; without bhikkhus, ibid.

fr. bhikkhu

…AN.iv.75; Mil.28; Vb-a.498 (dahara˚, story of) Vv-a.77.

fr. bhikkhu, cp. BSk. bhiksuṇī, but classical Sk. bhikṣukī

…by a mendicant Ja.i.237 (= bhikkhu-āhāra?).

• -cariyā going about for alms, begging round Snp.700; Pv-a.146. *…

…a patchwork cloth,“ i.e. a bhikkhu (see also s. v. bhikkhu) Thag.1092.

• -plava ship-wrecked Ja.iii.158. *…

…offered on one occasion to bhikkhus (in this case permitted to be eaten) Vin.iv.82; anatirittabhojanaṃ is food that is not left over & is…

…distributes or one charged with the office of distributing clothes, food etc. among the Bhikkhus Vin.i.285 (cīvara˚); AN.iii.275 (cīvara˚,…

…“burdenbearer,” one who carries an office or has a responsibility AN.iv.24 (said of a bhikkhu).

• -hāra…

…reading doubtful)
■ f. bhāṇikā Vin.iv.285 (Thullanandā bahussutā bhāṇikā); also in cpd….

…br.“ (like def. of bhikkhu) Mnd.86 = Cnd.464#a (cp Snp.519); ye keci bho-vādikā Mnd.249 = Cnd.464#b…

…an Order (Buddha-pamukha bhikkhu-sangha Snp.p.111; Snp.81, Snp.386; Mil.212; DN-a.i.242; Pv-a.19). The news that a B. has appeared upon earth…

…Ja.iii.479; or to the bhikkhu Pv.i.10#10 (bh. caramāno = bhikkhāya c. Pv-a.51); Snp.386 (vikāle na c. buddhā: the Buddhas do not graze…

…a meal for four bhikkhus Vin.ii.77; Vin.iii.160

• -magga the 4 fold path Ne.113;
• -yañña…

…scil. of male & female bhikkhus & upāsakas (cp. parisā) Pv-a.11; -pala fourfold Vism.339. -(p)pādaka (adj.)…

…Cnd.6 bhikkhus as a “clique” (see chabaggiya, cp. the Vestal virgins in Rome, 6 in number); 6 are the sciences of the…

…Cnd.6 bhikkhus as a “clique” (see chabaggiya, cp. the Vestal virgins in Rome, 6 in number); 6 are the sciences of the…

…cittaṃ nivāraye Dhp.116; bhikkhuno c. kulesu na sajjati, gayhati, bajjhati SN.ii.198 (cp. Schiller: “Nicht an die Güter hänge dein…

…universal congregation of bhikkhus“ Vin.i.305; Vin.ii.147; DN.i.145; Ja.i.93; Pv.ii.2#8; Pv.iii.2#14 (explained Pv-a.185 by catūhi disāhi…

…on his begging round the bhikkhu goes patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya, The 3 robes are sanghāṭi, uttarāsaṅga, antaravāsaka given thus, e.g….

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

…(id.) Ja.i.349 (kula˚ bhikkhu), one who teaches a clan self-mastery Ja.i.505 (go˚, assa˚, hatthi˚); Thig.422 (= kāruññāya paresaṃ…

… ■ 10 good gifts to the bhikkhu (see deyyadhamma) Cnd.523; Pv-a.7; Pv-a.10 rules for the king Pv-a.161
■ dividing the Empire…

…hearing); AN.iv.25 sq. (bhikkhu˚) Snp.207 (muni˚, may be taken as 2, cp. Snp-a.256), Snp.266 (= pekkhaṇa Kp-a.148); Dhp.206 (ariyānaṃ…

…dhamma kathikā, i.e. “the bhikkhus who know the Suttantas, remember the Vinaya & preach the Word of the Buddha” Vin.ii.75 (≈ Vin.i.169), cp….

…the four requisites of a bhikkhu Dhp-a.iii.344 (: dhonā vuccati cattāro paccayā, in Com. on atidhonacārin Dhp.240; gloss K. dhovanā, cp….

…way of life, first for a bhikkhu, then for a layman. This poem omits all higher doctrine and confines itself to scrupulousness as regards minor…

…Vin.iv.230, Vin.iv.270 (a bhikkhunī as compound of another one); Freq. as purāṇa-dutiyikā one’s former wife Vin.i.96; Vin.iii.16;…

…accomp^d by 12 bhikkhus Pv-a.67, Pv-a.141. 179 etc.; dvādasa koṭisatāni Snp.677; five groups of 12 musicians Vv-a.96 (cp. 5 ×…

…or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitutes a meritorious act (puññaṁ) and heads the…

…the slave cannot become a bhikkhu); DN.i.72; MN.ii.68 (fig. taṇhā˚); Ja.i.200, Ja.i.223; Ja.iii.343 (bought for 700 kahāpaṇas),…

…(na d. ṭhapetabbā, of the bhikkhus) Ja.i.305; Ja.v.42 (tamba˚), Ja.v.217 (mahā˚ having great whiskers); DN-a.i.263 (parūḷha-massu˚ with…

…a robber, rebel AN.v.71 (bhikkhunī˚); Ja.ii.270; Ja.iv.495; Snp.89 (kula˚ one who spoils the reputation of the clan); Dhp-a.ii.23 (kuṭi˚…

…so dūsetukāmo, said by a bhikkhunī), Vin.iv.316 (dūsetuṃ) AN.iv.169 sq.; Ja.i.454; Ja.ii.270; Dhp-a.ii.22 (kuṭiṃ, damage destroy)
aor…

…initiation into Bhikkhuship Snp-a.456. ehibhikkhubhāva-state of being invited to join the Sangha, admission to the Order Ja.i.82,…

…come ye [and be] bhikkhus! See ehi bhikkhu)
fut essati Ja.vi.190, Ja.vi.365, & ehiti Ja.ii.153; 2^nd…

…in gaddhabādhipubbo, of the bhikkhu Ariṭṭha, who had been a vulture trainer in a former life Vin.ii.25 = Vin.iv.218; MN.i.130; see also *Vin….

…(private man’s) robe (of a bhikkhu) MN.i.31; AN.iii.391 sq.;

• -necayika (always with brāhmaṇa-mahāsālā) a business…

…coming back) appl. to bhikkhus only: Vin.i.292 (˚ bhatta food for outgoing bh.); Vin.ii.170 (āgantuka˚), Vin.ii.211, Vin.ii.265;…

…is allowed to the Buddhist bhikkhus (Vin.i.206); and the giving of this, together with other commodities, is included in the second part of the…

adjective hard-studying Dhp-a.i.156 (bhikkhu; cp. gantha-dhura).

fr. gantha 2

…going to, staying with, in bhikkhu˚ a person living with the bhikkhus Vin.i.148. 2. leading to: yaṃ˚ what they lead to (of the 5 indriyas)…

…Ja.i.140 (˚parivuta) bhikkhu˚ Ja.i.212 (˚parivuta) 3. dvija˚ Ja.i.152 dija˚ Pv.ii.12#4; sakuṇa˚, of birds Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.352;…

…profession, forbidden to the bhikkhus Vin.i.77 = Vin.iv.129 (˚ṃ sikkhati to study ar.) DN.i.11 (expl. DN-a.i.95 by acchiddaka-gaṇanā);…

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti

The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.

1. gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
   ■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
   pot gaṇheyya,
   imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …

…snoring & breathing heavily, panting, snorting & puffing SN.i.117 (of Māra); Ja.i.160 (of sleeping bhikkhus gh˚ kākacchamānā breathing loud…

…the yellowrobed i.e. bhikkhus) DN.i.211; DN.iii.117, DN.iii.124, DN.iii.210; MN.i.340; MN.iii.261; AN.i.74
■ Contrasted with…

…(the requisites of the bhikkhu): see cīvara; -pucchaka one who asks (i.e. enquires after) the…

…metaph. of persons, esp. the bhikkhu: pucchitabba gocara (and agocara) “enquiries have to be made concerning the fitness or otherwise of his…

…one, whether layman or bhikkhu, who, as converted, was no longer of the worldlings (puthujjanā), but of the Ariyas, having Nibbāna as his…

…source of support for the bhikkhus, and the phrase gāmaṃ piṇḍāya carati “to visit the parish for alms” is extremely frequent.

1. a…

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

…it is the sign that the bhikkhu will realize the 7 bojjhangas SN.v.78 = SN.v.101; AN.i.16, AN.i.83, it is one of the 7 things conducive to the…

…were not allowed for Bhikkhus: Vin.i.281; Vin.ii.174 see further Ja.i.43, Ja.i.178, Ja.i.322; Ja.iv.138; Mil.17, Mil.88, Mil.105;…

…Vin.i.56, after which the bhikkhus are asked whether they approve of the motion or not. If this question is put once, it is a ñattidutiyakamma…

…ref. to the cīvara of a bhikkhu (see above) Vin.i.255; Vin.iv.227 Vin.iv.286; DN-a.i.103; -(ñ)jaha (one) who has left time behind free…

dirty, old rag, torn garment (of a bhikkhu) Thag.199.

kad-paṭa = ku-paṭa

…a boy given to the Bhikkhus to work for them in the Vihāra DN-a.i.78 (variant reading BB ˚kāraka); *…

…at AN.i.229; AN.i.3 of a bhikkhu AN.i.230- 2. use, need (with instr.): appamādena k˚ SN.iv.125 cetanāya k˚ AN.v.2, AN.v.312; cp. Mil.5,…

…of conversational talk a bhikkhu should not indulge in enumerated in full at DN.i.7 = DN.i.178 = DN.iii.36 & passim (e.g. SN.v.419: corr….

…(having) how many years, how old? Ja.v.331. 2. (having had) how many rainy seasons (in the bhikkhu’s career) of how many years’ seniority?…

…term k
■ dvemāsika. Bhikkhus retiring for the first 3 months of the Vassa (rainy season) are kattika-temāsikā, if they include the…

…Vv.32#2 ; Vv-a.284; of a bhikkhu Snp.551 = Thag.821.

• -sūci a gold pin, a hair-pin of gold Ja.vi.242.

Derivation…

…a covering allowed to the bhikkhus when suffering from itch or other cutaneous disease Vin.i.296, Vin.i.297; Vin.iv.171, Vin.iv.172. *…

…food given with a ladle to a bhikkhu when he calls at a house on his begging tour Thag.934; Mil.9; Dhp-a.iv.123; as representing a small gift to…

…people to the community of bhikkhus. On rules concerning this distribution and description of the ceremony see Vin.i.254 sq.; Bv.ix.7; cp….

…hair was forbidden to the Bhikkhus: Vin.ii.107 sq.; Vin.ii.133 (cp. kesa-massu)
■ dark (glossy) hair is a distinction of beauty:…

…a distributor of food (an office falling to the lot of a senior bhikkhu) Vin.ii.176 (= Vin.v.204); Vin.iv.38), Vin.iv.155.

grd….

…the lovable attributes of a bhikkhu (kh. rūpānaṃ, saddānaṃ, etc.; indulgent as regards sights, sounds, etc.) AN.iii.113 = AN.iii.138; the…

…Pts.i.33; Sdhp.455; bhikkhu bhinnakileso “one whose passions are broken up Vb.246, Pv-a.51; upasanta kileso “one whose passions are…

…“How many bhikkhus are in your retinue?” Ja.i.32
■ As indef.: a little; kittakaṃ jīvissāmi, Ja.v.505; kittakaṃ…

…Pts.i.33; Sdhp.455; bhikkhu bhinnakileso “one whose passions are broken up Vb.246, Pv-a.51; upasanta kileso “one whose passions are…

…(of a “codita” bhikkhu) DN.iii.159; SN.iv.305; MN.i.96 sq., MN.i.250, MN.i.442; AN.i.124, AN.i.187 AN.ii.203; AN.iii.181 sq.;…

…whither Often with fut.: k˚ bhikkhu gamissati Snp.411; ko gacchasi where are you going? Pv.ii.8#1; tvaṃ ettakaṃ divasaṃ k˚ gatā where have…

…Pv-a.266. f. kulūpikā (bhikkhunī) Vin.ii.268; Vin.iv.66; -gandhana at Iti.64 and kule gandhina at Ja.iv.34 occur in…

…unsteady, of a pāpabhikkhu) Snp.784; of a kamma: a proceeding that can be quashed Vin.ii.71 (also a˚). nt. kuppaṃ anger Vin.ii.133…

…seam ibid. See Bdhgh’s note in Vin. Texts…

…poetical of an abode of a bhikkhu Vin.iii.35, Vin.iii.41, Vin.iii.42 = Vv-a.10; Pv-a.42, Pv-a.81; Dhp-a.ii.23. Cp. also tiṇa˚, dāru˚;…

…here to the sight of a bhikkhu); as “witch” Pv-a.272; Dhp-a.iii.38, Dhp-a.iii.181 as k-k. sakuṇa, a bird of ill omen Ja.ii.153;…

…dibbesu kāmesu cāpi bhikkhu Snp.361 see also Iti.94

Kāma as sensual pleasure finds its most marked application in the sphere of the…

…and speechless (ref. to the bhikkhus begging) Ja.iii.354; Dhs-a.93, Dhs-a.240;

• -gata “relating to the body, always…

…here to the sight of a bhikkhu); as “witch” Pv-a.272; Dhp-a.iii.38, Dhp-a.iii.181 as k-k. sakuṇa, a bird of ill omen Ja.ii.153;…

(interr. adj.) of number: how much? how many? Kīvatikā bhikkhū how many Bhikkhus Vin.i.117.

fr. last

…hanging down, able to hang or bend down (with ref. to the membrum virile) Vin.iii.35 (“tassa bhikkhussa angajātaṃ dīghaṃ hoti lambati…

…cave, used by ascetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or place of shelter, a rock cell. Often enumerated with kuṭi guhā, e.g. Vin.iv.48;…

adjective noun

1. (adj.) red: rarely by itself (e.g. MN.ii.17), usually in compounds e.g. -abhijāti the red species (q.v.) AN.iii.383; -kasiṇa the artifice of red DN.iii.268; AN.i.41; Dhs.203; …

…fashion (forbidden to bhikkhus) Vin.ii.137.

• -sakalika “a bit of fish” (fish-bone?) in description of constitution of the finger…

…the great gift (to the bhikkhus) a special great offering of food & presents given by laymen to the Buddha & his followers as a meritorious…

“mind-searching,” i.e. guessing the thoughts of others, mind-reading; a practice forbidden to bhikkhus DN.i.7 (= m. nāma manasā cintita-jānana-kīḷā DN-a.i.86); Vin.ii.10.

mano + esikā²

…(allowed as medicine to the bhikkhus); Mil.63.

• -gaccha the M- shrub Ja.v.12.
• -cuṇṇa powdered…

Matta¹

adjective (-˚) “by measure,” measured, as far as the measure goes, i.e

1. consisting of, measuring (with numerals or similar expressions): appamatto kali Snp.659; pañcamattā sata …

…border as part of a bhikkhu’s dress, hem, gusset Vin.i.287; Vin.ii.177.

• -agga [cp. Sk. maṇḍal’ āgra…

…muni, anagāra˚; (the bhikkhus), sekha˚; asekha˚; (the Arahants), pacceka˚; (the Paccekabuddhas) muni˚; (the Tathāgatas)
■…

…either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (f.) bhikkhunī SN.i.175 (m. sanghāṭi-pāruta); Vin.iv.265 (f.); Snp.p.80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa…

baldness, shaven condition (of ascetics & bhikkhus) MN.i.515; Snp.249; Kv.i.95 Sdhp.374.

abstr. fr. muṇḍa

…8 or 10 standard gifts to a bhikkhu: see dāna, deyyadhamma & yañña); Pv-a.4 = Ja.iii.59 (ratta- kaṇavera˚ a wreath of…

…life“); Dhp-a.i.92 (bhikkhu).

• -kamma building new, making repairs, “doing up, mending Vin.ii.119, Vin.ii.159;…

…young man, a newly ordained bhikkhu (opp. thera), novice (cp. Divy.404) Ja.i.33 (sangha˚); Pv-a.76 (id.)
■ Freq. in compar…

…nettika²) Iti.37 (āhāra˚-pabhava), Iti.38 (bhava˚), Iti.94 (netticchinna bhikkhu = Arahant). Cp. nettika² dhamma˚,…

…Iti.93. vijjā. bhikkhu paṇihitena cittena avijjaṃ bhecchati vijjaṃ uppādessati n˚ṃ sacchikarissati the bhikkhu with devout…

…(kathaṃ disvā nibbāti bhikkhu = rāgaṃ etc. nibbāpeti Mnd.344); Ja.iv.391 (pāyāsaṃ). See also parinibbāti (e.g. Vb.426).

see…

…food-supply (for the bhikkhus) Ja.i.178; Vv-a.92; Pv-a.54

• -bhattika one who enjoys a continuous supply of food…

…(the four resources of bhikkhu, viz. piṇḍiyālopa-bhojanaṃ, paṃsukūla-cīvaraṃ, rukkhamūla-senāsanaṃ,…

…out on his round of the bhikkhu; e.g. DN.i.109, DN.i.178, DN.i.205, DN.i.226. Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.137, Vin.ii.194; DN.ii.127; Ja.i.265; Pp.56;…

destruction, abandoning, expulsion, in -antika (adj.) a bhikkhu who is under the penalty of expulsion Vin.i.255.

Sk. nāśana

adjective one who is ejected Vin.iv.140 (of a bhikkhu).

see nāsa & nāseti

…to the yellow dress of the bhikkhus) DN.i.211; DN.iii.118 DN.iii.124 sq., DN.iii.210; MN.i.491, MN.ii.23; AN.i.73; AN.iii.384; AN.iv.217 [cp. BSk….

…impair the morale of the bhikkhu; thus meaning “with eyes under control” Snp.63, Snp.411, Snp.972; Mnd.498; Cnd.177; Pv.iv.3#44 (variant…

…reinstatement (of a bhikkhu after exclusion from the Sangha) Vin.i.322; Mil.344. 2. procession (?) (perhaps reading should be ussāraṇā)…

…(t.t.) to restore a bhikkhu who has undergone penance Vin.i.96, Vin.i.322, Vin.i.340; Vin.iv.53 (osārehi ayyā ti vuccamāno…

…take up the ascetic life (as bhikkhu samaṇa, tapassin, isi etc.). SN.i.140, SN.i.141; Snp.157, Snp.1003 imper. pabbaja…

…(vuḍḍha-pabbajito bhikkhu); Vin.iv.159; DN.i.131 (agārasmā anagāriyaṃ p.), DN.i.157; DN.iii.31 sq., DN.iii.147 sq.; MN.i.200…

…the life of an ascetic or a bhikkhu, to take into the (Buddha’s) order, to ordain Vin.i.82 (description of ordination of a novice), Vin.i.97;…

taken into the order, made a bhikkhu MN.ii.62.

pp. of pabbājeti

…to the 4 necessaries of the bhikkhu’s daily life, viz. cīvara, piṇḍapāta, senāsana (gilānapaccaya-) bhesajja, i.e. clothing, food as…

…a junior Wanderer or bhikkhu (Thera) who walks behind a senior (Thera) on his rounds. The one accompanying Gotama Buddha is Ānanda Vin.i.46…

…Vin.ii.204; Ja.i.236 (bhikkhu, + sīlavā, etc.). At Vin.ii.32 the pakatatta bhikkhu as the regular, ordained monk is contrasted with the…

…freq. in phrase Buddha˚ bhikkhusangha, e.g. Vin.i.213; Snp.p.111; Pv-a.19, Pv-a.20. Cp. pāmokkha.

pa + mukha, cp….

…(manusso), Vv-a.30 (bhikkhu), Vv-a.72 (jīvitindriyaṃ); Pv-a.146 (pabbajito, corresponding to anavasesato), Pv-a.253 (na koci kiñci…

…probationer), Vin.i.136; Vin.ii.31 sq., where distinguished from a pakatatta bhikkhu, a regular, ordained bh. to whom a pārivāsika is…

…i.41) Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.285 (bhikkhuñ ca sāmaṇerañ ca ṭhapetvā yo koci paribbājaka-samāpanno); DN.i.157; DN.iii.1 sq., DN.iii.35 sq.,…

…(one of the requisites of a bhikkhu) Vin.i.209 Vin.ii.119 and passim; Ja.i.198; Ja.iii.377; Mnd.226; Dhp-a.iii.260 (udaka˚); Vv-a.40, Vv-a.63;…

…Buddha’s Order (bhikkhu˚, bhikkhunī˚, upāsaka˚, upāsikā˚, or the assembly of bhikkhus, nuns, laymen and female devotees; cp same…

…or private chamber for a bhikkhu (cp. Vin. Texts iii.109, 203) Vin.i.49 = Vin.ii.210 (p. koṭṭhaka upaṭṭhāna-sālā); Vin.i.216…

…& asura˚); Ja.i.92 (mahā-bhikkhusangha˚); Pp.52 (pheggu sāra˚; with explⁿ Pp-a 229 rukkho sayaṃ-pheggu hoti,…

…esp the alms-bowl of a bhikkhu Vin.i.46, Vin.i.50, Vin.i.51, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.224 (patte pūresuṃ); Vin.ii.111, Vin.ii.126, Vin.ii.224,…

…dismissed SN.iii.91 (bhikkhu-sangho p.). 2. drawn forth, pulled out taken out DN.i.77 = Pts.ii.211 = Vism.406 (muñjamhā isīkā p.);…

…Snp-a.357 (pannarasahi bhikkhu-satehi = 1500, instead of the usual 500) Pv-a.154 (˚yojana). The applⁿ is much the same as 5 and…

…sup˚). 2. (= paṇāmeti 3) dismissed, given leave Vin.i.54; MN.i.457 (bhikkhusangho); Mil.209 (id.), Mil.187.

pp. of paṇāmeti

…in defⁿ of bhikkhu); Vb-a.327 (id.); Dhs-a.81 (paṭa-paṭa sadda); Vv-a.73, Vv-a.201; Pv-a.185. Cp. paṭikā &…

…formal proceeding by which a bhikkhu expiates an offence which he has committed against someone, reconciliation (cp. Vin. Texts ii.364; Vin.i.49…

…Often as epithet of a good bhikkhu, e.g. at SN.i.187; Vin.i.170; Vin.ii.241; Ja.iv.70; Vv-a.206; Pv-a.13, Pv-a.268.

cp. Epic Sk. peśala;…

…-piṇḍapātika bhikkhu a bh. on his alms-round Vism.246 (in simile) Vb-a.229 (identical). cp. Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit…

…cp. the expression bhikkhu suttantika vinayadhara Vin.ii.75 (earlier than tepiṭaka or piṭakadhara)…

…Ja.i.182 (suvaṇṇakāra˚ bhikkhu), cp. BSk. ˚pūrvaka in same use at Avs.i.259, Avs.i.296, Avs.i.322. 3. (-˚) accompanied or preceded by…

…at Vb-a.170 = Vism.559); bhikkhusanghaṃ disvā Vism.333; maṇḍapa-lagga Vism.339 sq. lakuṇṭaka-pāda & dīghapāda Vb-a.26; cp. the…

…the former wife (of a bhikkhu) Vin.i.18, Vin.i.96; Vin.iv.263; SN.i.200; Ud.5; Ja.i.210; -rājorodhā former lady of the harem Vin.iv.261…

…Pts.ii.193.

• -bhikkhu a bh of the common sort DN-a.i.269; Vb-a.383.
• -sukha ordinary…

…Vv-a.216); Pv.iv.1#33 (of a bhikkhu); Vism.220; Vv-a.286; Pv-a.1 (ariyasangha), Pv-a.5 (Moggallāna), Pv-a.6 (arahanto), Pv-a.132, Pv-a.140,…

…pitcher (for feeding the bhikkhus, as offering on festive days, cp. J.P.T.S. 1884) Dhp-a.i.147 Kp-a.118 (variant reading…

…probationer), Vin.i.136; Vin.ii.31 sq., where distinguished from a pakatatta bhikkhu, a regular, ordained bh. to whom a pārivāsika is…

…of the rules for bhikkhus; one who merits expulsion (see on term Vin. Texts i.3 Mil translation i.268; ii.78) Vin.i.172; Vin.ii.101,…

…used as medicine by the bhikkhu Vin.i.58 = Vin.i.96 (˚bhesajja); MN.i.316; Iti.103; Vv-a.5 (˚harītaka).

• -mūla having…

…(6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚, khandha˚, taca˚, patta˚, puppha˚, phala˚ or made of the root, the trunk, bark, leaf, flower,…

…kammaṃ ropetvā bhikkhunīnaṃ niyyādetuṃ, i.e. by the bhikkhus is an act of the nuns to be passed off and to be referred to the…

1. colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
2. (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …

…(as being dangerous to the bhikkhus) at Vin.i.150, Vin.i.161.

5. On the question of kingship in Ancient India see Zimmer Altind. Leben pp….

…(as being dangerous to the bhikkhus) at Vin.i.150, Vin.i.161.

5. On the question of kingship in Ancient India see Zimmer Altind. Leben pp….

…“once,” e.g. sa kho so bhikkhu… upakkileso ti iti viditvā… upakkilesaṃ pajahati “once he has recognised…” MN.i.37 Cp….

…co-resident, fellow-bhikkhu pupil Vin.i.45 sq.; AN.iii.70; Ja.i.182, Ja.i.224; Vism.94; Dhp-a.ii.19.

• -vihārin…

…co-resident, fellow-bhikkhu pupil Vin.i.45 sq.; AN.iii.70; Ja.i.182, Ja.i.224; Vism.94; Dhp-a.ii.19.

• -vihārin…

…a junior who walks before a Bhikkhu Vin.ii.32; pacchāsamaṇa one who walks behind Vin.i.186; Vin.ii.32; AN.iii.137
■…

cardinal number seventeen Vin.i.77; Vin.iv.112 (˚vaggiyā bhikkhū, group of 17).

satta⁴ + rasa² = dasa

…performed by a chapter of bhikkhus assembled in solemn conclave Vin.i.123 (cp. Vin.i.53, Vin.i.143 & explⁿ at S.B.E. xxii.7);…

…(here said fig. of the bhikkhu)
■ ji (sangāma-j-uttama) victorious in battle Dhp.103 (cp. Dhp-a.ii.227 = sangāma-sīsa-yodha)…

1. to go on, to pass over to (acc.), to join DN.i.55 (ākāsaṃ indriyāni s.); Vin.i.54 Vin.ii.138 (bhikkhū rukkhā rukkhaṃ s., climb fr. tree to tree); Kv.565 sq. (jhānā jhānaṃ).
2. to transmigrate Mil.7 …

…AN.iv.87 (uccā˚ fig. of a bhikkhu] Ja.i.50, Ja.i.187; Ja.iv.91; Ja.v.37; Dhp-a.i.58; Mil.368; soṇḍa (m. the same…

…bhikkhu is one who knows the Suttas (contrasted with vinayadhara who knows the rules of the Vinaya) Vin.ii.75 Cp….

…Ja.iv.42 (= sa-ājīvakara,…

…is given at Vism.15 as bhikkhu˚, bhikkhunī˚, anupasampanna˚ gahaṭṭha˚
■ On sīla and…

…to take up the life of a bhikkhu): taca-p-kammaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā taṃ pabbājesi Ja.i.116; Dhp-a.i.243; Dhp-a.ii.87,…

…explained at Vism.293; bhikkhu arahaṃ cha ṭhānāni adhimutto hoti: nekkhammâdhimutto, paviveka˚ avyāpajjha˚, upādānakkhaya˚,…

…(kodhena); Ja.ii.277 (of a bhikkhu kodhana “boiling with rage” like a “uddhane pakkhitta-loṇaṃ viya”); the latter trope also at…

…epithet of theras bhikkhus Ja.iv.219; Mil.18 sq.; Dhp-a.i.7, Dhp-a.i.384; Dhp-a.iii.385 Dāvs v.22. Cp. Sk. tripiṭo bhikṣuḥ…

…used for the carrying of the bhikkhu’s strainer Vin.i.209 (parissāvanāni pi thavikāyo pl pūretvā), Vin.i.224 (patte + pariss˚ + th.);…

…as applied to the 80 bhikkhus so called, must also have some similar meaning Dpvs.iv.5 Psalms of the Brethren xxxvi. Ja.v.456. At AN.ii.22…

…lives clandestinely with the bhikkhus (always foll by titthiyapakkantaka) Vin.i.86, Vin.i.135, Vin.i.168, Vin.i.320; Vin.v.222; Mil.310; *…

…the context that Thera is to be taken here in the secondary sense explained under Thera. He was a bhikkhu so eminently useful to the community…

…(nt.) the 3 robes of a bhikkhu consisting of: diguṇā sanghāṭi, ekacciya uttarāsanga ekacciya antaravāsaka Vin.i.289, Vin.i.296;…

Iti (ti)

indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …

…greedy. Epithet of a pāpabhikkhu AN.v.149 (Com. tintiṇaṃ vuccati taṇhā, tāya samannāgato āsankābahulo vā); Vb.351 (tintiṇaṃ…

…of an immense crowd: tiṃsa bhikkhu-sahassāni DN.ii.6; tiṃsa-mattā sūkarā Ja.ii.417; ˚sahassa-bhikkhū Dhp-a.i.24.

Vedic triṃśat,…

…Mil.15, Mil.16, Mil.17 (a bhikkhu or thera) in addr. several Vin.i.249; Ja.ii.133; Pv-a.50. tātā (pl.) Ja.i.166; Ja.i.263; Ja.iv.138.

Vedic…

…on the expulsion of a bhikkhu, always in instr. ubbāhikāya “by means of a referendum”, the settlement of a dispute being laid in the…

…twofold Sangha, viz. bhikkhu˚ bhikkhunī Vin.ii.255; Vin.iv.52, Vin.iv.242, Vin.iv.287; Mhvs.32#34. See further Vin.ii.287 (˚vinaye);…

…a plough; uppabbajita an ex-bhikkhu. 2. ud˚ = off, i.e. out of the way, wrong, e.g. uppatha a wrong road, ummagga id 3. ud˚ = out of the…

…definition DN.ii.100 (mam ˚bhikkhusangho); Mil.159 (id.); Kp-a.29. Esp. as-˚ in phrase aṭṭha-vass’ uddesika-kāla the time referring…

…to the suspension (of a bhikkhu), -kamma act or resolution of suspension Vin.i.49, Vin.i.53, Vin.i.98, Vin.i.143, Vin.i.168; Vin.ii.27,…

…of canon law, to suspend (a bhikkhu for breach of rules) Vin.iv.309; Pp.33. -ukkhipiyati to be suspended Vin.ii.61. Caus. ii. ukkhipāpeti to…

…(pattaṃ), Vin.ii.269 (bhikkhuṃ) mostly in phrase nikkujjitaṃ ukkujjeyya “(like) one might raise up one who has fallen” DN.i.85,…

…first k. Only with ref. to a bhikkhu = one who frequents a certain family (for the purpose of getting alms), a family friend, associate Vin.i.192,…

…special sense) taking up the bhikkhuship, higher ordination, admission to the privileges of recognized bhikkhus [cp. BSk. upasampad ˚padā Divy.21,…

…attained the recognition of bhikkhuship ordained [cp. BSk. upasampanna Divy.281] SN.i.161; AN.v.70; Vin.iii.24; Vin.iv.52, Vin.iv.130; Mil.13.

pp….

…nipphādeti). 2. to admit to bhikkhuship, to ordain Vin.iv.130, Vin.iv.226, Vin.iv.317 (= vutṭhāpeti); grd. -etabba Vin.i.64 sq.; Vin.iv.48;…

…Mil.160. Esp. freq. as bhikkhuni˚; or bhikkhun˚; a nunnery Vin.ii.259; Vin.iv.265, Vin.iv.292; SN.ii.215; Ja.i.147, Ja.i.428;…

…looks after the community of Bhikkhus Vin.i.216; AN.i.26 AN.iii.39
■ dupaṭṭhāka & supaṭṭhāka; a bad (& good) attendant Vin.i.302.

*…

one who has left the community of bhikkhus, an ex-bhikkhu Vv-a.319; Dhp-a.i.311.

ud + pabbajita

frightened, terrified, faint-hearted Ja.i.414 (˚bhikkhu; variant reading uttasana˚).

pp. of uttasati²; usual form utrasta (q.v.)

…an˚; AN.iii.221, AN.iii.226.

formed fr. utu like bhikkhunī fr. bhikkhu

…AN.iii.75; Ja.i.119 (bhikkhu-sanghaṃ) Ja.i.293; Ja.iii.188; Ja.v.217; Ja.vi.72; Vism.91; Dhp-a.i.14, Dhp-a.i.15, Dhp-a.i.398…

…(dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus). 2. a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga-mattam pi) Dhs-a.27.

*…

(-˚) adjective belonging to a group, forming a company, a party of (-˚), e.g. pañcavaggiyā therā Ja.i.57, Ja.i.82; bhikkhū MN.i.70; MN.ii.94; *[chabbaggiyā](/define/chabbag …

Vana¹

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …

…K.S. i.320); MN.i.214 (bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena vattati: he brings the heart under his control, but is not…

…vavakassanti); AN.iii.145 (bhikkhu n’ âlaṃ sanghamhā ‘vapakāsituṃ: read vavakāsituṃ or ˚kassituṃ), AN.iii.393 (vapakassat’ eva…

variety of kingdoms or provinces SN.iii.6 (nānā˚-gata bhikkhu a bh. who has travelled much).

fr. vi + rajja

adjective belonging to var. kingdoms or provinces, coming from various countries (nānā˚) living in a different country, foreign, alien DN.i.113; MN.ii.165 (brāhmaṇā); AN.iii.263 (bhikkhū); Thag.1037 …

…oneself or sporting, i.e. cohabiting, at this passage), Vin.iv.216; Ja.i.117; Ja.iii.462 (of a bhikkhu enticed by his former wife), Ja.iii.496
pp…

…straying away from (-˚), confused Vism.187 (jhāna˚), Vism.429. 2. (a bhikkhu) who has forsaken the Order, apostate Vin.ii.60.

vibbhanta…

…a remote shelter for a bhikkhu), Snp.391; Vism.118 (different kinds; may be taken as c.)- 2. place for convention of the bhikkhus, meeting…

…opp. saddhi˚; together with another; a coresident brother-bhikkhu SN.ii.204; SN.iv.103; AN.ii.239.

fr. vihāra

…life and habits of the bhikkhus and which form the ecclesiastical introduction to the “Dhamma,” the “doctrine,” or theoretical,…

…Iti.15. 2. (nt.) part of a bhikkhu’s dress (rolling up of the binding?), combined with anu- vivaṭṭa at Vin.i.287.

vi +…

1. (adj.) determined, of settled opinion, learned, accomplished; only in stock phrase sāvakā viyattā vinītā visāradā (which Rh. D trsl^s “true hearers, wise and well-trained, ready etc. …

…(a practice forbidden to the bhikkhu). Vin.i.72 (˚bahula, intent on …); Vin.iii.144 sq. (identical); Vin.iv.290 Ja.iii.72 (v. nāma na…

Vīsati & vīsaṃ

indeclinable number 20
■ Both forms are used indiscriminately

1. vīsati, e.g. Vin.ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Snp.457 (catu-vīsat’akkharaṃ); …

Vīsati & vīsaṃ

indeclinable number 20
■ Both forms are used indiscriminately

1. vīsati, e.g. Vin.ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Snp.457 (catu-vīsat’akkharaṃ); …

…evam eva mayhaṃ bhikkhu-bhikkhuniyo “as there is one field which is the best, thus to me the bh & bhikkhunīs” SN.iv.315. Cp. the foll.: ya…

…mayhaṃ desitaṃ ekassa bhikkhuno dehi), Pv-a.217 (y. e. yāvadatthaṃ gaṇhāhi: take as much as you like).

adv. formation, orig. loc.,…

…to the giving of alms to the bhikkhu. In the latter sense it implies liberal donation of all the necessities of a bhikkhu ‣See enumerated under…

…with y. is forbidden to the bhikkhus); SN.i.209 (Piyankara-mātā); Ja.i.240 (as a goat), Ja.i.395 sq.; Ja.ii.127; Ja.iii.511; Ja.v.21 (eating a…

…to the conversion of the bhikkhu Yamaka and is given at SN.iii.109 sq.; mentioned at Vism.479 & Vb-a.32. The phrase; yamakato sammasana at…

…to the requisites of the bhikkhu as well (see DN-a.i.204–DN-a.i.207), is also used in the meaning of “accessory instrument” concerning…

…detail at MN.ii.247: if the bhikkhus cannot settle a dispute in their abode, they have to go to a place where there are more bh., in order to come…

…y.); Dhp-a.iii.241 (˚bhikkhu) Dhs-a.187 (ādhikammika), Dhs-a.246 (˚kulayutta); Vb-a.115, Vb-a.220, Vb-a.228 (as bhikkhu on…

…(na mayaṃ iminā bhikkhunā saddhiṃ yāgupāne nisīdissāma); Vin.iv.311; AN.iii.250 (ānisaṃsā: 5 good qualities: it is good for…

…means of locomotion) of the bhikkhu & as such included in the deyya-dhamma or 14 gifts (see yañña & deyya-dh.). Thus…

…parivuttha-parivāsena bhikkhunā uttariṃ chārattaṃ bhikkhumānattāya paṭipajjitabbaṃ Vin.iii.186.

Vedic yāvat as nt. of yāvant…

…ācariyo a meeting of the bhikkhus or a single teacher cp. f. ācarinī); DN.i.103, DN.i.116 (gaṇ˚), DN.i.238 (sattamâcariyamahāyuga seventh…

…esp. a newly arrived bhikkhu; a visitor (opp gamika one who goes away) Vin.i.132, Vin.i.167; Vin.ii.170; Vin.iii.65, Vin.iii.181; Vin.iv.24,…

1. strewn over, beset with, crowded, full of, dense, rich in (˚-) Vin.iii.130 (˚loma with dense hair); SN.i.204 (˚kammanta “in motley tasks engaged”), SN.iv.37 (gāmanto ā. bhikkhūhi etc.); AN.iii.104 …

…bits of food gathered by bhikkhus DN.i.5 = AN.v.206; AN.iii.176; AN.ii.209; AN.iii.304; AN.iv.318; Thag.1055; Iti.18; Pv.ii.1#7; Pp.58; Mil.231,…

adjective belonging to solitude or the forest, sequestered; living in the forest, fond of seclusion, living as hermits (bhikkhū). Freq. spelt araññaka (q.v.)
■ Vin.i.92 (bhikkh …

Araññaka & Āraññāka

(adj.) belonging to solitude or to the forest, living in the forest, fond of solitude, living as hermits (bhikkhū) MN.i.214 (ā˚), MN.i.469, MN.iii.89; SN.ii.187, SN.ii.202 (varian …

…for the benefit of the bhikkhus where they meet & hold discussions about sacred secular matters; a place of recreation and meditation, a…

…AN.iii.373 (tādisaṁ bhikkhuṁ ā.) Ja.v.267 (isiṁ ā. Gotamaṁ; Commentary p. 272 āsādetvā); Pv.iv.7#10 (isiṁ ā. āsādetvã…

…in conversation between bhikkhus. The grammatical construction is with the pl. of the verb, like bhavaṃ and bhavanto
■ Vin.ii.302;…

…usually appl^d. to bhikkhus (opp. āgantuka) Vin.i.128 sq.; Vin.ii.15, Vin.ii.170; Vin.iii.65; Vin.v.203 sq.; MN.i.473; AN.i.236;…

…respectful appellation of a bhikkhu of some standing (cp. the semantically identical thera). It occurs usually in nom….