…could pass through the four jhānas (SN.iv.301). The jhānas are only a means, not the end. To imagine that experiencing them was equivalent to…

…spelling see ābhic˚ (of jhāna) MN.i.33, MN.i.356; MN.iii.11; SN.ii.278; AN.ii.23; AN.v.132 (Spelt. ābhi˚ at MN.i.33; AN.iii.114; Vin.v.136)….

…to enjoy SN.v.74 (rūpaṃ manāpaṃ); AN.iv.419 sq. (T. reads ˚hiṃsamāna jhānaṃ variant reading ˚hisamāna).

abhi + haṃsati fr….

the highest enlightenment Ja.i.14 (parama˚). Cp. abhisambujjhana and (sammā-) sambodhi.

abhi + sambodhi

Err:509

…or knowledge, insight (cp. jhāna & paññā); usually in comb^n. with adhicitta & adhisīla Vin.i.70; DN.i.174; DN.iii.219 (˚sikkhā);…

…peace of the 2^nd jhāna), DN.i.70 = AN.ii.210; AN.v.206 (inward happiness. a. sukkhaṃ niyakajjhattaṃ attano santāne ti attho…

wrong time, bad luck, misadventure, misfortune. There are 9 enumerated at DN.iii.263; the usual set consists of 8; thus DN.iii.287; Vv-a.193; Sdhp.4 sq. See also *khaṇa-[vedhin](/de …

…DN-a.i.127.

• -nijjhāna inner conflagration Pv-a.18.
• -nimugga altogether immersed DN.i.75;…

awakening, recognition Pts.i.18 (bujjhana +).

fr. anubujjhati

meditation, reflection, introspection Mil.352 (˚bahula).

anu + jhāna

…(see jhāna¹). enumerated as such in var. places, esp at the foll.: DN.ii.156; DN.iii.265,…

…itself at Snp.507 (= mettajjhānasankhātā a. Snp-a.417). See for further expl^n.Dhs trsl. p. 66 and mettā.

a + pamaññā,…

…(def. by Bdhg. as “ekaggaṃ cittaṃ ārammaṇe appeti”), Dhs-a.214 (˚jhāna). See on term Cpd. pp. 56 sq., 68 129, 215; *Dhs…

…form of ecstatic meditation (jhāna) MN.i.243; Ja.i.67 [cp. BSk. āsphānaka Lal.314, Lal.324; Mvu.ii.124; should the Pāli form be taken as *a +…

…etc.: see 3^rd. jhāna), DN.i.245; DN.iii.111 (˚ānaṃ anupavādaka one who defames the noble); MN.i.17, MN.i.280 (sottiyo ariyo…

not leaving behind, not giving up, i.e. pursuing earnestly. Snp.69 (jhānaṁ = ajahamana Snp-a.123 cp. Cnd.94)

ppr. med. of P. riñcati for ricyati

adjective unsuccessful, without result, fruitless; f. -ikā Ja.iii.252.

a + samijjhana + ka

…= Vism.384 (applied to the 4 jhānas) purisa˚ (aṭṭha p. bh. eight stages of the individual viz. manda-bhūmi, khiḍḍā˚, vīmaṃsana˚,…

…(-vihāra- jjhāna-jhāyin) (a thinker enjoying his meditations in) immense happiness Mil.226 (in characterisation of the term…

…accompanied with meditation (jhāna) AN.i.227 sq.; AN.v.59 (as included in the sphere called sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu)
■ The brahmās…

…accompanied with meditation (jhāna) AN.i.227 sq.; AN.v.59 (as included in the sphere called sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu)
■ The brahmās…

…brahā-sukhavihāra-jhāna-jhāyin Mil.226; pāpaṃ bāhesuṃ DN.iii.94; bāhita-pāpattā br. Dhp-a.iii.84 ariyā bāhita-pāpattā…

awakening, attaining to knowledge, recognition Pts.i.18; Mil.194; DN-a.i.51.

fr. budh

adjective endowed with knowledge, having the elements of bodhi, being enlightened Dhs-a.217.

fr. bujjhana

Catukka¹

neuter

1. a tetrad, a set of four, consisting of four parts: ˚pañcakajjhānā (pl.) the fourfold & the fivefold system of meditation Dhs-a.168; see compounds
2. a place where four …

to bring to fall, move, drive away; disturb, distract AN.iv.343 (samādhimhā); Ja.i.60 (inf cāvetu-kāma); Ja.ii.329 (jhānā, abl.). Aor. acāvayi (prohib.) Snp.442 (ṭhānā).

caus. of cavati

…viz. the 8 states of jhāna at MN.iii.222; the 4 satipaṭṭhānā etc. at Ne.121; the 4 āhārā etc. at Ne.117. See also in other…

…Mil.332; DN-a.i.107; -nijjhānakkhanti forbearance with wrong views SN.ii.115; SN.iv.139; AN.i.189 sq.; AN.ii.191; Cnd.151;…

…upasampajja viharati (see jhāna)
■ As contents of vedanā: sukhaṃ vediyati dukkhaṃ v. adukkham-asukhaṃ v….

…AN.i.70; g. ṭhāna w. ref. jhāna, etc Pts.ii.21; saddhamma g. Sdhp.530; g. gūḷha nipuṇa Nd.342; lokanātho nipuṇo g. Pv-a.1; also w….

…tadattha engaged in (jhāna) Cnd.264; kamma˚ attributing importance to k. Cnd.411; saddhamma˚ revering the Doctrine Sdhp.520…

-ā (f.) success, carrying out successfully Pts.i.17 sq., Pts.i.74, Pts.i.181; Pts.ii.125, Pts.ii.143 sq., Pts.ii.161, Pts.ii.174, Vb.217 sq.; Vism.266, Vism.383 (˚aṭṭhena iddhi); Dhs-a.91 Dhs-a.1 …

adjective belonging to the (4) meditations Vism.111.

fr. jhāna¹

…connected w. jhāna: to destroy by means of jhāna)

inf jhāpetuṃ Ja.vi.300 (+ ghātetuṃ hantuṃ);
ger…

…for, hunt after DN.ii.237 (jhānaṃ); SN.i.25, SN.i.57; AN.v.323 sq. (+ pa,˚ ni, ava˚); Snp.165, Snp.221, Snp.425, Snp.709, Snp.818 (= Mnd.149…

…engaged in jhāna-practice Vin.ii.75; SN.i.46 = SN.i.52; SN.ii.284; MN.i.334; AN.i.24; AN.iii.355; AN.iv.426; AN.v.156, AN.v.325…

…SN.iv.374 SN.v.352; of jhāna (tividha˚) Bdhd 96, Bdhd 98, Bdhd 99; of mittā friends in general (see also cpd.) Dhp.78 (na bhaje pāpake…

…is grouped with vipassanā, jhāna, sīla, satipaṭṭhāna as main ideals of virtue; kammanā by character, as opp to…

…mercy Mil.22; Mhbv.16;

• -jhāna meditation on pity, ecstasy of c. DN.ii.237–DN.ii.39
• -ṭṭhāniya worthy of c….

…Ja.v.162, Ja.v.193. -jhāna the k. meditation Dhs-a.413 -dosa fault of the k. object Vism.117,…

…saṃhanti (as result of jhāna) AN.iv.437.

• -uppala a kind of lotus-blossom Dāvs iv.48;
• -paṭicchādi an…

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

…in, to approve of, in nijjhānaṃ khamanti MN.i.133, MN.i.480; cp. diṭṭhi-nijjhāna-kkhanti MN.i.480 & AN.i.189

ppr med…

…no fruit of kamma), same of jhāna Vb.268 = Vb.281; Dhs-a.388 2. indecisive, in akiriyaṃ vyākaroti to give an indecisive answer, to reply…

…no fruit of kamma), same of jhāna Vb.268 = Vb.281; Dhs-a.388 2. indecisive, in akiriyaṃ vyākaroti to give an indecisive answer, to reply…

adjective noun only in neg. sentences: something, anything From the freq. context in the older texts it has assumed the moral implication of something that sticks or adheres to the character of a man, …

…no fruit of kamma), same of jhāna Vb.268 = Vb.281; Dhs-a.388 2. indecisive, in akiriyaṃ vyākaroti to give an indecisive answer, to reply…

adjective angry = kodhana Vv-a.71; Pp-a.215 (˚bhāva). Kujjhanā (f.) anger, irritation together with kujjhitattaṃ in defⁿ of kodha Dhs.1060 Pp.18, Pp.22.

fr. kujjhati

…nirujjhanti (through jhāna) AN.iv.410; kāme panudati Dhp.383 = SN.i.15 (context broken), cp. kāmasukhaṃ analaṃkaritvā Snp.59 *…

…always mentioned after the jhānas in the formula: so imaṃ eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti… “His very body does he so…

…ārammaṇa with ref. to jhāna)
■ The 3 properties (tilakkhaṇaṃ) of existing things or of the phenomenal world are *anicca, dukkha,…

…thought out buddha-visaya, jhāna-visaya, kamma-vipāka, l-c.). Cp BSk. laukika citta Divy.63, Divy.77 etc. -dhammā (pl….

…m.“; at DN-a.i.120 as “jhāna-manena nibbatta”; at Dhp-a.i.23 as “manato nipphanna”; at Vv-a.10 as “bāhirena paccayena vinā…

…m.“; at DN-a.i.120 as “jhāna-manena nibbatta”; at Dhp-a.i.23 as “manato nipphanna”; at Vv-a.10 as “bāhirena paccayena vinā…

adjective auspicious prosperous, lucky, festive Mnd.87, Mnd.88; Kp-a.118 sq. Snp-a.273, Snp-a.595; Sdhp.551
■ nt. maṅgalaṃ good omen auspices, festivity Snp.258; Vin.ii.129; Pv-a.17. A curious …

…Ja.vi.71 and metta- jhāna love-meditation, as explⁿ of m
■ citta at Snp-a.417; Pv-a.167.

*…

to produce, bring forth; practise, perform; to bring to light, find something lost (at Mil.218) Nd ii.= jāneti (s. v.); Ja.i.66, Ja.i.140; Ja.iii.396 (jhānâbhiññaṃ); Pv-a.76 (jhānāni) 30; Mil.200; Sd …

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 …

…= Ja.iii.195; id.: Dhp.203; jhānaṃ upasampajja… okkamanāya n.˚assa AN.iv.111 sq.; cp. AN.iv.230 sq.; kaṭuviyakato bhikkhu… ārakā…

…nidhyāna, ni + jhāna¹

Nijjhāna²

neuter conflagration, in anto˚ = nijjhāyana Pv-a.18 (cittasantāpa + in…

burning away, consumption; fig. remorse, mortification in anto˚; Ja.i.168 (cp. nijjhāna²).

Sk. *niḥkṣāyana, nis + jhāyana of jhāyati²

…reflex, image (with ref to jhāna) Vism.123, cp. Dhs-a.167
■ Specified e.g. as foll.: oḷārika SN.v.259; pasādaniya SN.v.156;…

…(characteristic of 3rd jhāna, q.v.) DN.i.75; AN.i.81. 2. being unloved, a foster child etc. (?) see nippitika.

nis +…

…cp. Ja.iii.425.

• -jjhāna “guessing at ripeness,” i.e. foretelling the number of years a man has yet to live in list of forbidden…

obstruction Dhp-a.iii.258.

fr. palibujjhati

…sense used with ref. to jhāna, as kasiṇa˚; processes whereby jhāna is introduced, preparations for meditation Ja.i.141 Ja.iv.306;…

…through the 4 jhānas etc.). Passaddhi is one of the 7 sambojjhaṅgas (constituents of enlightenment): see this & cp. MN.iii.86;…

hurling, throwing Ja.v.67 (Devadattassa silā˚, cp. Vin.ii.193); Ja.i.173; Ja.v.333.

fr. pavijjhati

…in foll. combinations: ˚jhāna (viz. vitakka, vicāra pīti, sukha, cittass’ ekaggatā) Dhs.83; ˚turiya orchestra SN.i.131; Thag.398;…

…(˚naya fivefold system of jhāna, cp. Dhs. translation 52); Snp-a.318 (˚nipāta of Anguttara)
■ nt. pañcakaṃ a pentad, five…

…highest knowledge. (See also jhāna¹. They are referred to in almost every Suttanta of Dīgha vol. i (given in extenso at…

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

adjective only in neg. ap˚; impenetrable Dhp-a.iv.194.

paṭi + vijjhana + ka,of vyadh

touch, contact with Dhs-a.167 (jhānassa lābho… patti… phassanā sacchikiriyā).

abstr. fr. phassa

splitting Ja.i.432 (dāru˚); Vism.500 (vijjhana˚).

fr. phāleti

…base Pv-a.167. pādaka-jjhāna meditation forming a basis (for further introspective development) Vism.390, Vism.397, Vism.412 sq., Vism.428 ,…

…and in 4^th jhāna); Vism.30 (= parisuddhatā), Vism.46 (˚sīla), Vism.278; Dhp-a.iii.399 (catu˚-sīla), Dhp-a.iv.111…

…MN.i.243; SN.i.169; Snp.p.15 (udaka); Ja.i.67 (jhāna).

fr. pāṇa

…Sdhp.461. On relation to jhāna see the latter. In series pīti passaddhi samādhi upekkhā under…

…diṭṭhinijjhānakhanti MN.ii.170, MN.ii.218; MN.ii.234; contrasted with dhamma DN.iii.40; Vb.245 (in defⁿ of…

fulfilment, success Dhp-a.i.112.

fr. samijjhati

tranquillizing DN.i.37; Dhs.161; Mil.34; Vism.156; Dhs-a.170 (in the description of the second Jhāna); happiness, joy Bv.i.35.

saṃ + pasādana

…MN.iii.158. The second jhāna is born from samādhi DN.ii.186; it is a condition for attaining kusalā dhammā AN.i.115; Mil.38; conducive to…

…comprise the four Jhānas, the realm of the infinity of space, realm of the infinity of consciousness, realm of nothingness, realm of…

accompanied by investigation DN.i.37 etc., in the description of the first Jhāna. See vicāra.

accompanied by reasoning DN.i.37 etc., in the formula of the first Jhāna. See vitakka.

…tree); Kv.565 sq. (jhānā jhānaṃ). 2. to transmigrate Mil.71 sq. (+ paṭisandahati)
grd saṅkamanīya to be passed on or transferred…

…The discernment of higher jhāna- states as saṅkhata is a preliminary to the attainment of Arahantship MN.iii.244….

…Vism.63 (ekato & ubhato), Vism.64 (id.); Dhs-a.185 (jhāna).

suddhi + ka

purification Vism.44.

fr. sujjhati

1. a needle; (fig.) hunger Pv.ii.8#3; Pv-a.107.
2. a small bolt to a door Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.148. sūcik’aṭṭha whose bones are like needles (?) Pv.iii.2#3 Pv-a.180 (sūcigātā ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthe …

…taṃ kissa hetu Nd ii.on jhāna
■ gen. tassa (c) therefore AN.iv.333.
■ instr. tena (a) there (direction =…

…heart, practising the four Jhānas, and being conscious of having attained freedom through the destruction of the mental intoxications. It is…

…having 3 angas (of jhāna) Dhs.161; -vassika for the 3 seasons (-gandha-sālibhattaṃ bhuñjantā) Dhp-a.ii.9;…

…(t
■ catukka-jhāna the 3 & the 4 jhānas); Mil.12 (tika-duka-paṭimaṇḍitā dhammasanganī); Vism.13 sq.; Dhs-a.39 (-duka…

…k….

…Dpvs.ii.6; Dhp-a.iii.376 (˚saññitā irritability).

ud + jhāna¹ or jhāna²?

…to which jhāpeti to bring to ruin etc.? cp. ujjhāna

…& lakkhaṇa˚ with ref. to jhāna Ja.v.251; Dhp-a.i.230; Dhp-a.iii.276; Vv-a.38, Vv-a.213. Cp. nijjhāyana.

upa +…

meditation, reflection Mil.127; Vism.418.

for ˚nijjhāna

…Vin.ii.60.

vibbhanta +…

…DN.iii.281; SN.ii.273 (jhāna˚); SN.iii.235 (id.); AN.iii.294 (˚ṃ kappeti to live one’s life); Pts.ii.20; Ne.119 sq. Ne.3.

1. a…

piercing or getting pierced DN-a.i.75; DN-a.ii.87 (kaṇṇa˚-mangala, ear-piercing ceremony) Pv-a.107.

fr. vijjhati

…nīvaraṇas, 2 of the 4 jhānas; the third consists of 8 items, viz 1 ñāṇa-dassana, 2 manomaya-kāya, 3 iddhi 4 dibba-sota, 5…

…Vism.268; Ja.i.303 (jhānabalena kilese v.); Mil.34 (nīvaraṇe); Dhp-a.iv.119 (pītiṃ vikkhambhetvā: here in meaning “set up,…

…Vin.iv.25; AN.iii.417, AN.iii.419 AN.v.34, AN.v.38; Vb.342
■ See also jhāna.

fr. vi + muc, cp. mokkha¹

…Vin.iv.25; AN.iii.417, AN.iii.419 AN.v.34, AN.v.38; Vb.342
■ See also jhāna.

fr. vi + muc, cp. mokkha¹

piercing, perforating, penetrating Dhs-a.253; Thag-a.197 (in explⁿ of bahuvidha).

fr. vinivijjhati

…Ne.191; Mil.16; Vism.2 (with jhāna etc.), Vism.289 (+ samādhi), Vism.628 sq. (the 18 mahā˚); Pv-a.14 (samāhita-citta˚), Pv-a.167;…

obstructing or being obstructed, obstruction, Ja.vi.448.

fr. virujjhati

…discarded in the second jhāna (called a˚). See e.g. DN.i.37; SN.iv.360 sq.; AN.iv.300; Vin.iii.4; Vism.85 and formula of…

…upadhi˚ the latter equivalent to “nibbāna.” Cp. on term Dial. i.84. See also jhāna. Cp. pa˚….

…the Āruppa-jhānas; see jhāna-āhāra consciousness (i.e. vital principle) sustenance see above d and cp. Dhs.70,…

…term to revival from jhāna -abstraction (cp Cpd. 67, 215 n. 4; Dhs. trlⁿ, § 1332) MN.i.302; SN.iii.270…

…or in spiritual (esp. jhāna-) exercises; one who practises “yoga” an earnest student. The term is peculiar to the Abhidhamma literature…

fighting, making war Ja.iii.6, Ja.iii.82.

fr. yujjhati

…in the 8 attainments, viz jhāna & its 4 succeeding developments), pañc’ abhiññā (the 5 higher knowledges, see…

…AN.iv.40, AN.iv.401; Pts.i.36; Ne.26, Ne.39; Vism.333. See also jhāna & vimokkha.

abstr. fr. akiñcana

…standing beyond the fourth jhāna viz. 1 ākās˚, 2 viññāṇ’ānañc-āyatana 3 ākiñcaññ˚ 4 n’eva saññānâsaññ˚, 5 nirodha, 6…

…(abhiññ˚ catuttha-jjhāna). 2. (n.) one who takes care of a child, a protector, guardian AN.i.62 = AN.i.132 = Iti.110 (+ posaka)
■…

…visible MN.i.174 = Nd ii.jhāna (an˚ unapproached); Pv-a.23 (āpāthaṃ gata)

• -gatatta abstr. fr. last: appearance…

…by dūragata); Ja.ii.449 (jhānabhūmiyā; = dūre ṭhita C.), Ja.v.78 (saṃyame; = dūrato C.). See also ārakā.

*…

(so for āviñchana & āviñjana) adjective noun

1. (āvijjhati 2) swinging round, hanging loose, spinning in; āvijjhana-rajju a loose, rope, esp. in mythology the swinging or whirling rope by which Sa …

whirling round, that which spins round, the whirling-round wheel (or pole) of the world (cp. the potter’s wheel), the worldaxis Dhp-a.ii.146 (T. āviñch˚).

fr. āvijjhati in meaning 2

…Vism.32 (kāyassa); in jhāna SN.iii.264, SN.iii.269 sq., saddhammassa (prolongation of) SN.ii.225; AN.i.59; AN.ii.148; AN.iii.177 (always…