…pan’ etaṃ cittan ti vuttaṃ Dhp-a.i.228; cittan ti mano mānasaṃ Kp-a.153; cittaṃ…

…dhamma“); Pv-a.38.

• -cittatā the preparedness of the mind (to receive the truth) Ja.ii.12 (cp citta-kalyatā) *…

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 …

…tender heart Pv-a.54.

• -cittatā kind (soft) heartedness Dhp-a.i.234.
• -piṭṭhika having a…

…a snake Ja.iv.330.

• -cittatā straightness, unwieldiness of heart Vb.350.
• -diṭṭhitā…

…sq. (bhūmicittatāya dvāracittatāya ārammaṇacittatāya kammanānatta).

f. abstr. to citta¹

Cittatā

“being of such a heart or…

…a snake Ja.iv.330.

• -cittatā straightness, unwieldiness of heart Vb.350.
• -diṭṭhitā…

(& ˚citra) adjective various, variegated, coloured, ornamented, etc. Ja.i.18, Ja.i.83; Pv.ii.1#9; Vv.64#10 (citra); Mil.338, Mil.349; Vv-a.2, Vv-a.77; Sdhp.92, Sdhp.245- vicitra-kathika eloquent …

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538.
3. (nt. a (coloured) mark (on the forehead) Mil.408 (˚dh …

Cittaka(^a) & Citraka(^b)

1. (adj.)(^a) coloured Ja.iv.464.
2. (m.)(^b) the spotted antelope Ja.vi.538.
3. (nt. a (coloured) mark (on the forehead) Mil.408 (˚dh …

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

Māsa¹

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

sectarian mark on the forehead in -dhara-kumma a tortoise bearing this mark, a landtortoise Mil.364, Mil.408, cp. Mil trsl. ii.352.

to citta¹

Cittaka²

see *[acittaka](/d …

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

adjective spoilt, corrupt, degraded MN.i.462 (citta); AN.ii.126 (id.).

anu + dhasta, pp. of anuddhaṃseti, cp. Sk. apadhvasta

adjective (-˚) relating, speaking, conversing about, expounding, in compounds citta˚ Thig.449 (cp. citra-kathin); tiracchāna˚; AN.iv.153 dhamma˚; Ja.i.148; Ja.iii.342; Ja.iv.2 (˚thera); Ja.vi. …

adjective requiring expiation, expiatory Vin.i.172, Vin.i.176; Vin.ii.242, Vin.ii.306 sq.; Vin.iv.1 sq., Vin.iv.258 sq.; AN.ii.242 (dhamma); Vism.22
■ It is also the name of one of the books of the …

“all that belongs to anything,” make-up, adornment (so Cnd.585 bāhirā p. of the body)

1. requisite, accessory equipment, utensil, apparatus Vin.i.50, Vin.i.296 (˚colaka cloth required for water-str …

…(˚divasa) Pv-a.13 (˚cittatā); Sdhp.447. A class of divine beings (dogmatically the highest in the stages of development viz. gods by…

…SN.iii.152 (sic l. for cittatā) So SN-a, which, on p. 151, reads citten’ eva cittitaṃ for cintitaṃ. Thag.736; Thag.2, Thag.390 (su˚);…

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
   ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

1. impulse, excitement; intention, resolution, will desire for, wish for, delight in (c. loc.). Explained at Vism.466 as “kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ …

adjective belonging to ceto, mental (opp. kāyika physical). Kāyikaṃ sukhaṃ → cetasikaṃ s. AN.i.81; SN.v.209; kāyikā darathā → c. d. MN.iii.287, MN.iii.288; c. duk khaṃ DN.ii.306; A …

of ceto, functioning as gen. to citta (see citta & ceto).

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

Kammanīya, ˚iya & kammañña

adjective “workable,” fit for work, dexterous, ready, wieldy. Often of citta “with active mind” in formula vigatūpakkilesa mudubhūta k˚ ṭhita ānejjappatta DN.i.76, etc. = M …

Cinteti & ceteti

Forms

1. cint:
   pres cinteti
   pot cinteyya;
   ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
   aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
   ger ci …

state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

thrown; cast, overthrown Dhp.34; rajo paṭivātaṃ kh˚, dirt thrown against the wind SN.i.13, SN.i.164 = Snp.662 = Dhp.125; Ja.iii.203; ratti-khittā sarā arrows shot in the night Dhp.304 = Ne.11; acchi …

to heap up, to collect, to accumulate
inf cinituṃ Vin.ii.152;
pp cita (q.v.).
pass cīyati Ja.v.7.
caus cināpeti to construct, to build Ja.vi.204; Mil.81 …

Sīsa¹

neuter lead DN.ii.351; SN.v.92; Mil.331; Vb-a.63 (= kāḷa-tipu); a leaden coin Ja.i.7; --kāra a worker in lead Mil.331; --maya leaden Vin.i.190.

cp. Sk. sīsa

Sīsa^{2</s …}

detachment, loneliness, separation, seclusion; “singleness” (of heart), discrimination (of thought) DN.i.37, DN.i.182; DN.iii.222, DN.iii.226, DN.iii.283 = SN.iv.191 (˚ninna citta); SN.i.2, SN.i.194; …

gone to the heart, learnt by heart Mil.10 -gama [˚ngama] heart-stirring, pleasant, agreeable DN.i.4; DN.iii.173; MN.i.345; AN.ii.209; AN.v.205; Vin.iii.77 Mnd.446; Dhs.1343; DN-a.i.75. *-[pariḷā …

Su¹

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

1. exact determination, circumscription range, definition, connotation, measure Ja.iii.371; Vism.184 (as one of the nimittas of the body), Vism.236 (referring to the 5 nimittas of the life-principle) …

theft Vin.i.96; AN.i.129; Snp.119 (theyyā adinnaṃ ādiyati); Snp.242, Snp.967 (˚ṃ na kareyya) Vv.15#8 (: theyyaṃ vuccati thenabhāvo Vv-a.72); Mil.264, Mil.265; Vism.43 (˚paribhoga); DN-a.i.71; Sdhp.5 …

depraved, sinful, evil Pv-a.226 (˚citta).

Sk. dūṣita, pp. of dūseti

adjective noun spoilt, corrupt; bad, malignant, wicked Vin.iii.118; SN.ii.259 SN.ii.262; SN.iv.339; AN.i.124 (˚âruka), AN.i.127 (id.), AN.i.157 sq.; Iti.68 (saro d., perhaps should be read as diddho); …

possessed by (the C. explⁿ as given K.S. 320 is “abhibhūta”) biassed, taken up by, full of (-˚) MN.i.18; MN.iii.14; SN.iv.240 (maccheramala˚ ceto); AN.i.281; AN.ii.58; Iti.43 (diṭṭhigate …

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

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

I. Etymology

Although nir + vā “to blow”. (cp. BSk. nirvāṇa) is already in use in the Vedic period (see nibbāpeti), we do not find its distinctive ap …

adverb variously differently.

1. (abs.) AN.i.138 (on different sides, viz right ↔ left). Snp.878 (= na ekaṁ Snp-a.554 = vividhaṁ aññoññaṁ puthu na ekaṁ Mnd.285), Snp.884 sq.
2. more frequently in co …

adjective light, quick AN.i.10, AN.i.45
■ lahuṃ karoti to make light, to be frivolous Ja.ii.451
■ nt. lahuṃ (adv.) quickly Pv.iv.1#60; Dpvs.i.53; Mhvs.4, Mhvs.17
■ Usually a …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

Keḷi¹

feminine

1. play, amusement, sport Pv-a.265 (= khiḍḍā); parihāsa merry play, fun Ja.i.116.
2. playing at dice, gambling in -maṇḍala “circle of the game,” draught-board; *-ṃ bh …

Sacitta¹

neuter one’s own mind or heart DN.ii.120; Dhp.183, Dhp.327 = Mil.379.

sa⁴ + citta

Sacitta²

adjective of the same mind Ja.v.360.

sa² + citta

monkey (freq. in similes) Snp.791; Thag.1080; Ja.i.170; Ja.iii.148, cp. kavi.

• -kacchu the plant Mucuna pruritus Pv.ii.3#10; ˚phala its fruit Pv-a.86;
• *-[citta](/define/ci …

calmness, tranquillity, repose, serenity MN.iii.86; SN.ii.30; SN.iv.78; SN.v.66; AN.iv.455 sq.; Pts.ii.244; Dhs.40 (kāya˚), Dhs.41 (citta˚), cp. Dhs trsl. 23; Vism.129; Vb-a.314 (kāya˚, citta˚); Dh …

adjective lost; degraded, low, vile, base; inferior, little, insignificant SN.i.12; Snp.890; Mnd.105, Mnd.194; Pv-a.198 (jāti˚ low-born) Sdhp.86. Opp. to seyya Ja.vi.356 sq.

• *-[attha](/define/at …

adjective unstable, momentary, temporary, evanescent, changeable; usually syn. with ittara, e.g. Ja.i.393; Ja.iii.83; Pv-a.60
■ Vism.626 (khaṇikato from the standpoint of the momentary). Khaṇikā pī …

1. original or natural form, natural state or condition (lit. make-up); as ˚- = primary original, real Vin.i.189; Vin.ii.113; Ja.i.146 (˚vesena in her usual dress); Kp-a.173 (˚kammakara, ˚jeṭṭhaput …

of citta¹, more various, more varied. SN.iii.151 sq
■ a punning passage, thus: by the procedure (caraṇa) of mind (in the past) the present mind (citta) is still more varied. Cp. SA in loc …

1. disturbance, derangement Ja.vi.139.
2. perplexity, confusion DN.i.59
   ■ vācā˚ equivocation, senseless talk DN.i.24.
3. in citta˚ cetaso; v. upset of mind, unbalanced mind, mental derangemen …

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 corrupted, depraved Pv-a.178 (˚citta).

vi + dūsita

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

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

noun = cittatā SN.v.158.

…to low caste Snp.462; -cittatā being humble-hearted Dhs.1340; Dhs-a.395; -pīṭhaka a low…

adjective spoilt, disagreeing, gone wrong; corrupt; only with citta, i.e. a corrupted heart, or a malevolent intention; adj. malevolent DN.i.139; DN.iii.82; AN.i.262, AN.i.299; opp. …

adjective begun, started, bent on, undertaking, holding on to, resolved, firm AN.i.148 (āraddhaṃ me viriyaṃ Iti.30; Pv-a.73 (ṭhapetuṃ began to place), Pv-a.212 (gantuṃ). Cp. *[ārādhaka](/define/ārād …

adjective
upset, perplexed, mentally upset, confused SN.ii.122 (˚citta); SN.v.157, SN.v.263 sq.; AN.iii.174 (˚citta); AN.v.147 (id.); Vism.410 (= uddhacc ânugata)
■ a˚; undisturbed, composed, co …

adjective infatuating, exciting, in phrase citta˚ Thig.357 (translation “leading to ferment of the mind”; vv.ll. ˚pamaddin & ˚pamāthin, thus “crushing the heart,” cp. Thag-a.243).

fr. pamāda