…beginning, base, in mūladivasa the initial day DN-a.i.311; also in phrase mūlakāraṇato right from the beginning Vv-a.132 (cp. BSk…

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 …

Abhisañcināti & ˚cayati

to accumulate, collect (merit) Vv.47#6 (Pot. ˚sañceyyaṃ = ˚sañcineyyaṃ Vv-a.202).

abhi + sañcināti

Abhisañcināti & ˚cayati

to accumulate, collect (merit) Vv.47#6 (Pot. ˚sañceyyaṃ = ˚sañcineyyaṃ Vv-a.202).

abhi + sañcināti

1. putting forth, performance, doing, working, practice: only in two comb^ns., viz
   1. gamiya˚; (or gamika˚) a heathenish practice Vin.i.233; AN.iv.180, &
   2. iddha˚; (= iddḥi˚) work …

adjective what belongs to or is done by the sankhāras; accumulated by or accumulating merit, having special (meritorious) effect (or specially prepared?) Vin.ii.77 = Vin.iii.160; Sdhp.309 (sa ˚paccaya …

adjective only neg. an˚; in formula atāṇo loko anabhissaro “without a Lord or protector MN.ii.68 (variant reading ˚abhisaro); Pts.i.126 (variant reading id.).

abhi + issara

1. (temporal) lapse, passing; passing away, end, death. Usually as instr. accayena after the lapse of, at the end or death of, after Vin.i.25; DN.ii.127 (rattiyā a.), DN.ii.154 ( …

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

…-sākhaṃ (+ uddhamūlaṃ) branches down (roots up, i.e. uprooted) Dhp-a.i.75.

• -sira (adj.) head downward…

…having eggs from above (opp. mūla˚), i.e. propagated by slips or cuttings DN.i.5; DN-a.i.81.

• -magga (adj. having reached…

AgāriyaAgārika

a layman MN.i.504 (˚bhūta)
■ Usually in neg. anagāriyā (f.) the homeless state (= anagāraṃ as opp. to agāra (q.v.) in formula agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajita ( …

to sing after or to, recite (a magic formula or hymn) praise, celebrate DN.i.104, DN.i.238; Snp.1131 (anugāyissaṃ); Mil.120.

anu + gāyati

adjective heaped up, accumulated Thag-a.56.

anu + pa + cita, pp. of anupacināti

(-˚) adjective following, striving after, acting in accordance with, living up to or after Freq. in formula dhammānusārin saddhānusārin living in conformity with the Norm & the Faith DN.iii.254; MN …

…against Ja.ii.69 (tālamūlaṃ = nissāya ṭhita C.). 2. depending on, trusting in (c. acc. or loc.) Vv.10#1 (parâgāraṃ = nissita…

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 …

Arahatta¹

neuter the state or condition of an Arahant, i.e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (SN.iv.151) final & absolute emancipation Arahantship, the attainment of the last & h …

1. the Atharva Veda DN-a.i.247 = Snp-a.447 (˚veda)
2. one who is familiar with the (magic formulas of the) Atharvaveda Ja.vi.490 (sâthabbaṇa = sahatthivejja, with the elephant-healer or doctor) See …

…loke paramhi ca avijjāmūlakā sabbā icchā-lobha-sammussayā), Iti.57, Iti.81; Snp.199, Snp.277, Snp.729 (jāti-maraṇa-saṃsāraṃ…

…bahinikkhamanaṃ mūlakaṃ dukkhaṃ).

cp. Vedic bahis & bahir; the s(ḥ) is restored in doubling of cons. in compound like…

…it may mean “set,” cp. mūla˚
■ On use of bandhana in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 115. Cp. vini˚.

• -āgāra…

…with a medicine Dhp-a.i.25 mūla-bhesajjāni the principal medicines Mil.43; pañca bhesajjāni the 5 remedies (allowed to bhikkhus)…

the sprout (fr. the root) of a lotus the lotus fibres, lotus plant SN.i.204; SN.ii.268; Ja.i.100 Ja.iv.308.

• -puppha the lotus flower Snp.2 (= paduma-puppha Snp-a.16).
• *-[m …

adjective terrifying, horrible, awful Ja.v.43 (T. bhīmūla, but read bhīmala; C. explains by bhiṃsanaka-mahāsadda).

fr. bhīma

…viz mūla-bījaṃ, khandha˚, phala˚, agga˚, bīja˚. Thus in C. on Vin.iv.34 (the so-called bhūtagāma-sikkhāpada…

…the Bo tree Ja.iv.229

• -mūla the root or foot of the Bo tree Snp-a.32, Snp-a.391; cp Bodhiyā mūle Mnd.172, Mnd.458 =…

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …

Brahma & Brahmā

I. Brahman

neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]

1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …

Buddha¹

adjective

1. understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
2. having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …

…i.6 and passim), viz. mūla˚, khandha˚, phalu˚, agga˚ bija˚, or plants propagated by roots, cuttings, joints buddings, shoots, seeds…

…smaller than a tree).

cp. Sk. vīraṇa & vīraṇī-mūla = uśīra Halāyudha 2, 467

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

…SN.iii.232 sq. SN.v.92; mūlaṃ dukkhassa Ja.iv.328 sq
■ Other passages illustrating ch. are e.g. vyāpāda˚ & vihiṃsā˚…

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 …

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

…chinna & acchinna.;

• -mūla the root of a tooth; the gums Ja.v.172;
• -vakkalika a kind of ascetics…

adjective fair to behold, beautiful good-looking (= dassituṃ yutta DN-a.i.141), often in formula abhirūpa d. pāsādika paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgəta to express matchless physical beauty: 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 ( …

wealth, usually wealth of money, riches, treasures

1. Lit. DN.i.73 (sa˚); MN.ii.180.; AN.iii.222; AN.iv.4 sq. Cnd.135 (+ yasa, issariya etc.) Thig.464 (+ issariya) Ja.i.225 (paṭhavigataṃ karoti: …

to desire (like money), to wish for, strive after MN.i.260 (perhaps better to be read vanāyati, see formula under allīyati, and note MN.i.552).

Denom. to dhana

Diṭṭha¹

1. seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …

view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion

1. The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …

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 …

…SN.iv.158; ucchinnaṃ mūlaṃ d˚assa, n’ atthi dāni punabbhavo Vin.i.231; DN.ii.91.

• -ādhivāha bringing or entailing pain…

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 …

come, come here Snp.165; Ja.ii.159; Ja.vi.367); Dhp-a.i.49. In the later language part. of exhortation = Gr. α ̓́γε, Lat. age, “come on” Dhp-a.ii.91; Pv-a.201 (+ tāva = α ̓́γεδή). *[ehipassika](/d …

to go, go to, reach; often (= ā + eti) to come back, return Snp.364, Snp.376, Snp.666 (come); Ja.vi.365 (return); ppr. ento Ja.iii.433 (acc. suriyaṃ atthaṃ entaṃ the setting sun); imper 2^{nd</s …}

…Dhp-a.iv.78 (-mūla).

not = Sk. kaccha, grass-land, as Morris, J.P.T.S. 1893, 16. The passage Ja.iii.287 stands with gaccha…

… ■ SN.i.199 (rukkhamūla˚); Ja.i.7, Ja.i.158; Pv-a.5 (pabbata˚), Pv-a.43; Vv-a.230 (vana˚) 2. fig. imperviousness, entanglement,…

the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).

1. In formulas
   1. as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …

…the throat MN.i.371;

• -mūla the bottom of the throat Pv-a.283.
• -vāṭaka the bottom (?) of the…

…in particular: enumerated as mūla˚, sāra˚ puppha˚, etc., SN.iii.156 = SN.v.44 = AN.v.22; Dhs.625 (under ghandāyatanāni, sphere of odours)….

destruction (usually -˚) DN.iii.67 (mūla˚); Ja.i.176 (sakuṇa˚).

fr. hanati, han and ghan

Ghaṭa¹

a hollow vessel, a bowl, vase, pitcher. Used for holding water, as well as for other purposes, which are given under pānīya˚ paribhojana vacca˚ at Vin.i.157 = Vin.i.352 = MN.i.207. …

to apply oneself to, to exert oneself to strive; usually in formula uṭṭhahati gh˚ vāyamati MN.i.86; SN.i.267 (yamati for vāy˚); Pp.51; or yuñjati gh˚ vāy˚ Ja.iv.131
■ Sdhp.426, Sdhp.450.

Sk. ghaṭat …

adjective sick ill Vin.i.51, Vin.i.53, Vin.i.61, Vin.i.92, Vin.i.142 sq., Vin.i.176, Vin.i.302 sq.; Vin.ii.165 Vin.ii.227 sq.; Vin.iv.88, etc.; SN.v.80, SN.v.81 (bāḷha˚ very ill); AN.i.120 = Pp.27; AN …

mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumⁿ of the 7 large mountains).

• -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

1. (n.) seizing, seizure, grip (cp. gaha): canda˚ suriya˚ an eclipse (lit. the moon, etc., being seized by a demon) DN.i.10 (= DN-a.i.95: Rāhu candaṃ gaṇhāti). Esp. applied to the sphere of the mind …

…(see Cnd.p.231, s. v. mūla). In the Abhidhamma we find hetu as “moral condition referring to the 6 mūlas or bases of good & bad kamma…

Itthatta¹

neuter being here (in this world), in the present state of becoming, this (earthly) state (not “thusness” or “life as we conceive it”, as Mrs. Rh. D. in K. S. i.177; although a …

(older); jaras (nt.) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin.i.10, Vin.i.34; AN.i.51, AN.i.138 (as death’s messenger); AN.v.144 sq. (bhabbo jaraṃ pahātuṃ); Snp.311 (cp. DN.iii.75); Ja.i.59; Thig.252 sq.; Vi …

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

…the world of men) Mil.7; -mūla the price of the transaction Mil.334; -rata delighting in business DN.ii.78;…

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 …

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 …

…root, a bulb, tuber, as radish, etc. Ja.i.273; Ja.iv.373; Ja.vi.516; Vv-a.335; ˚mūla bulbs and roots (˚phala) DN.i.101; a bulbous root…

Kantati¹

to plait, twist, spin, esp. suttaṃ (thread) Vin.iv.300; Pv-a.75; Dhp-a.iii.273; kappāsaṃ AN.iii.295. Cp pari˚.

Sk. kṛṇatti, *qert, cp. kata, & Lat. cratis, crassus, E. crate …

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

1. (adj.)
   1. that ought to be, must or should be done, to be done, to be made (= kātabbaṃ karaṇârahaṃ Kp-a.236) Vin.i.58; DN.i.3, cp. Mil.183; AN.v.210; DN-a.i.7. Often-˚ in the sense of “doing …

1. (f.) pity compassion. Karuṇā is one of the 4 qualities of character significant of a human being who has attained enfranchisement of heart (ceto-vimutti) in the 4 sentiments viz. mettā k.˚ upekhā …

adjective miserable, painful, troubled wretched AN.iv.283; Snp.574; Ja.ii.136; Ja.iv.113 = Ja.vi.17; Pv.iv.1#21 (= Pv-a.229 dukkha)
■ adv. kasirā (abl.) with difficulty Ja.v.435; *-[kasirena](/d …

Kasiṇa¹

adjective entire, whole Ja.iv.111, Ja.iv.112.

Vedic kṛtsna

Kasiṇa²

neuter one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna, the practice by means of which myst …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

1. talk talking, conversation AN.i.130; Pv-a.39. So in antarā˚ DN.i.179; Snp.p.107, Snp.p.115; cp. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna˚; low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a b …

…Vism.416; DN-a.i.164.

• -mūla the root of the ear, the ear in gen. Ja.i.335; Ja.iii.124; loc. fig in a low tone Dhp-a.i.173;…

…one kind of var. seeds, with mūla˚ phaḷu˚ agga˚ bīja˚ at Vin.v.132, & DN.i.5, expl^d. DN-a.i.81: nāma assattho nigrodho pilakkho…

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

…(of a babe) SN.i.108;

• -mūla the price of milk; money with which to buy milk Dhp-a.iv.217;
• -sāmin…

destroyed, exhausted, removed, wasted, gone; in compounds ˚-often to be translated “without.” It is mostly applied to the destruction of the passions (āsavā) & demerit (kamma). Khīṇā jāti “destroyed …

1. (adj.) that which ought to be done, that which is to be performed; nt something to do Dhp-a.i.15. defined as kātabban ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452 …

anger. Nearest synonyms are āghāta (Dhs.1060 = Cnd.576 both expositions also of dosa), upanāha (always in chain rāga, dosa, moha, kodha, upanāha) and *[dhūma]( …

Koṭṭha¹

masculine neuter anything hollow and closed in (Cp. gabbha for both meanings) as

1. the stomach or abdomen Mil.265, Vism.357; Sdhp.257.
2. a closet, a monk’s cell, a storeroom MN. …

spade or a hoe (kanda-mūla-phalagahaṇ’atthaṃ DN-a.i.269) Vin.iii.144; Ja.v.45; Dhp-a.iv.218 Often in combination kuddāla-piṭaka…

(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)

1. clan a high social grade, “good family,” cp. Gr. (doric) φυά, Goth. kuni. A collection of cognates and agnates, in sense of Ohg. sippa, clan; “house” in sense …

junket, usually with odana, boiled rice. In formula of kāya (cātummahābhūtika etc., see kāya) DN.i.76 = MN.ii.17 and ≈; in enum. of material food (kabaḷinkārâhāra) …

…cp. Nd ii.on veviccha;

• -mūla the basis or root of goodness or merit; there are three: alobha, adosa, amoha MN.i.47, MN.i.489…

Kuḍḍa-mūla

a sort of root Vin.iii.15.

wall built of wattle and daub, in -nagaraka “a little wattle and daub town” DN.ii.146, DN.ii.169 (cp. Rh.D. on this in Buddh Suttas p. 99). Three such kinds of simply-built walls are mentioned a …

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 …

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 …

and Kāsāva (adj.) [Sk. kāṣāya from the Pāli; kāsāya prob. fr. Sk. śyāma or śyāva brown = Pāli sāma with kā = kad, a kind of, thus meaning a kind of brown i.e. yellow. See further under sāma and cp. …

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 …

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 …

…Ja.iv.11.

• -mūla the root of greed Vism.454 (eightfold; with dosa-mūla moha-mūla).

cp. Vedic & Epic Sk. lobha; fr….

1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc. MN.i.355 = AN.ii.40 = Mnd.496 = Cnd.540 = Pp.21 = Dhs.1346, Dhs.1348. The comm …

lit. making drunk, intoxication Cnd.540 C. (in formula davāya madāya madanāya instead of maṇḍanāya: see under mada 1); in cpd -yuta intoxicated, a name for the Yakkhas Ja.i.204. C …

…chinditvā* mūllakamūla-saṇṭhānena kata-mallakaṃ vuccati; akata˚ danta achinditvā kataṃ). It may bear some ref. to malla…

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 …

…abyāpādo… kusalamūlaṃ“ at Mnd.488 & Dhs.1056 (where T. mettaṃ for metti, but see Dhs trsl.² 253). By Bdhgh at…

…the 3 kusala-mūlāni: cp. mūla 3), Vb.402 (id., as kusala-hetu)
■ Cp. pa˚, sam˚.

• -antara (personal) quality of…

…Vin.i.243, Vin.i.348.

cp. Epic Sk. mauli, fr. mūla

Muddha¹

infatuated, bewildered, foolish Ja.v.436.

• -dhātuka bewildered in one’s nature, foolish(ly Ja.iv.391 (variant reading luddha˚); Dhp-a.iii.120 (variant read …

…Ohg māwen to cry, muckazzen to talk softly; also Gr. μϋχος word, “myth”; Ohg. mūla = Ger. maul; Ags. mule snout, etc. Vedic mūka silent,…

to munch, chew, bite up with a cracking sound Ja.iv.491. Mulala & Mulali

Denom. fr. murumurā

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 …

1. pride, conceit, arrogance (cittassa uṇṇati Mnd.80; Vb.350). Māna is one of the Saññojanas It is one of the principal obstacles to Arahantship A detailed analysis of māna in tenfold aspect is give …

adjective only in voc. as respectful term of address, something like “Sir,” pl “Sirs.” In sg. mārisa MN.i.327; AN.iii.332; Snp.814, Snp.1036 Snp.1038, Snp.1045 etc.; Mnd.140 = Cnd. …

1. deceptive appearance fraud, deceit, hypocrisy Snp.245, Snp.328 (˚kata deceit), Snp.469, Snp.537, Snp.786, Snp.941 (: māyā vuccati vañcanikā cariyā Mnd.422); Vb.357, Vb.361, Vb.389; Mil.289; Vism.10 …

…Dhp-a.iii.296 (kiṃ mūlakaṃ how dear?).

2. (nt.) = mūla, i.e. root bulb, radish, only in cpd. mūlaka-kanda radish (-root…

…where also -mūlikatta.

fr. mūla

…Anurādhā, Jeṭṭhā Mūlaṃ, Pubb-āsāḷha [˚āṣāḍha], Uttar˚, Savaṇa, Dhaniṭṭhā Satabhisaja [Śatatāraka],…

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 …

weariness, disgust with worldly life, tedium, aversion, indifference, disenchantment N. is of the preliminary & conditional states for the attainment of Nibbāna (see nibbāna II B …

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 …

heaping up, accumulation; wealth, provisions SN.i.93, SN.i.97; Vin.v.172 (˚sannidhi). See also necayika.

Sk. nicaya, ni + caya, cp. nicita

to lay down or aside, deposit; accumulate, hoard, bury (a treasure) Vin.i.46 (cīvaraṃ); Mil.271; ger. nidahitvā Pv-a.97 (dhanadhaññaṃ) & nidhāya Dhp.142, D …

laying down, depositing, keeping; receptacle; accumulation, (hidden treasure Ja.iv.280 (nidhi˚); Pv-a.7 (udaka-dāna-nīharaṇa-n˚), Pv-a.97 (n-gata dhana = hoarded, accumulated), Pv-a.132 (˚ṃ nid …

Nigha¹

(nīgha) adjective noun is invented by Com. & scholiasts to explain the combⁿ anigha (anīgha sporadic, e.g. SN.v.57). But this should be divided *an-ī …

an explained word or a word explⁿ, vocabulary, gloss, usually in ster. formula marking the accomplishments of a learned Brahmin “sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ… padako” (see detail under keṭubha) …

maker, builder, creator DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (in formula: brahmā… kattā nimmātā…).

Sk. nirmātṛ, n. ag. of nimmināti

adjective without root, rootless Ja.vi.177.

nis + mūla

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s explⁿ of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

deposit (of merit or demerit), accumulation, effect (of kamma Snp.953 (= Mnd.442 abhisankhārā).

Sk. ni-saṃskṛti, ni + saṃ + kṛ.

…rukkhamūla-senāsanaṃ, pūtimuttabhesajjaṃ); Vin.ii.274, Vin.ii.278; DN.iii.137, DN.iii.141; AN.i.117; AN.iii.271…

adjective lit. “having the top lowered”, with the head squashed in or down, i.e. of compressed & bulging out stature; misshapen, deformed, of ugly shape (Mrs. Rh. D trsl^s hunchback at SN.i. …

…source, cause MN.i.67; SN.i.181; SN.ii.12; Iti.37 (āhāra-netti˚); Snp.728, Snp.1050; Nd ii.under mūla (with syn. of sambhava & samuṭṭhāna…

…SN.v.213 sq. AN.i.82; Nd ii.mūla; Dhs.1084, Dhs.1437
■ yathā paccayaṃ karoti do as he likes Cnd.280 = SN.iii.33. Often coupled with…

Pacinati & Pacināti

1. to pick, pluck, gather, take up, collect, accumulate SN.iii.89 SN.iv.74 (dukkhaṃ = ācināti p. 73); Dhp.47, Dhp.48 (pupphāni ocinati Dhp-a.i.366); Ja.iii.22; fut. pacinissati Dh …

Pacinati & Pacināti

1. to pick, pluck, gather, take up, collect, accumulate SN.iii.89 SN.iv.74 (dukkhaṃ = ācināti p. 73); Dhp.47, Dhp.48 (pupphāni ocinati Dhp-a.i.366); Ja.iii.22; fut. pacinissati Dh …

…found as padā, e.g. at Dhp.273; Ne.192 (mūla˚)

to be in flames, to waste, decay, dry up; fig. to be consumed or overcome with grief disappointment or remorse Vin.iii.19; Vin.iv.5; AN.ii.214 AN.ii.216; AN.iii.57; Ja.iii.534 (pajjhāti metri causa; C …

progeny, offspring, generation, beings, men, world (of men), mankind (cp. use of Bibl. Gr. γέννημα in same meaning) DN.ii.55; SN.v.346 SN.v.362 sq.; AN.ii.75 sq.; AN.iv.290; AN.v.232 sq., AN.v.253 sq. …

(-ī)

1. (adj.) together with his wife Vin.i.23, Vin.i.342; Vin.iv.62; Ja.i.345; Pv-a.20. (m.) Prajāpati (Np.), the supreme Lord of men, only mentioned in one formula together with Inda & Brahmā, …

to loosen, make loose SN.ii.89 (mūlāni).

pari + sṛj

breaking off or in two, dissolution, decay Vin.ii.284; MN.i.435 = Mil.418 (in formula aniccato dukkhato rogato etc., with freq.variant reading paralokato; cp AN.iv.423; Cnd.214; Pts.ii.238); SN.iii.16 …

…(= avijjādayo kilesā mūlaṃ Snp-a.562)

• -saññā (˚sankhā) idea of obsession, idée fixe, illusion DN.ii.277…

Paricita¹

gathered, accumulated, collected, increased, augmented MN.iii.97; SN.i.116; SN.ii.264; SN.iv.200; AN.ii.67 sq., AN.ii.185; AN.iii.45, AN.iii.152, AN.iv.282, AN.iv.300; AN.v.23; T …

1. to let fall away, to lose, to waste SN.ii.29; Ja.iv.214 (vegaṃ); Mil.244 (cittaṃ to lose heart, to despair); Pv-a.78.
2. to set aside, abandon, neglect, omit Vin.i.72 (rājakiccaṃ) Ja.ii.438; Ja.iv …

1. ripeness, maturity, development, perfection DN.i.9 (cp. DN-a.i.94); Ud.36 (pañca dhammā paripākāya saṃvattanti); Ja.i.142, Ja.i.148 Ja.vi.236; Mil.288; Vism.116 (bodhi˚), Vism.199; Dhp-a.i.89 (˚g …

to overcome, conquer, master, get the better of SN.iv.112; exegetically in formula sahati p. abhibhavati ajjhottharati etc. Mnd.12, Mnd.361 = Cnd.420.

pari + sahati

lit. “going round” analysed by Bdhgh in 3 diff. meanings, viz. vāra (turn, course) desanā (instruction, presentation), and kāraṇa (cause reaso …

Pariññā¹

feminine accurate or exact knowledge, comprehension full understanding MN.i.66, MN.i.84; SN.iii.26 (yo rāgakkhayo dosā˚ moha˚ ayaṃ vuccati p.), SN.iii.159 sq., SN.iii.191; SN.iv.1 …

…Vin. Texts iii.86).

• -mūla the bottom of the bowl Vin.ii.269.
• -vaṭṭi the brim of a bowl…

…Dhp-a.i.270 (opp. to mūla price); Dhp-a.ii.4; Dhp-a.iv.200 sq. (opp. to mūla). See also compounds ˚dāna & ˚dhamma. 5. that which…

1. satisfied MN.i.12 (+ paripuṇṇa pariyosita); Mil.231; Vism.71.
2. having come to the end of the rainy season Vin.i.175
   ■ Freq in formula bhuttāvin pavārita having eaten & being satisfied Vin …

Paññatta¹

pointed out, made known, ordered, designed, appointed ordained SN.ii.218; AN.i.98, AN.i.151; AN.iv.16, AN.iv.19; AN.v.74 sq.; Pv.iv.1#35; Dhp-a.i.274; Vv-a.9 (su˚ mañca-pītha) …

…explains “sankho ti dīghamūlako paṇṇasevālo vuccati, sevālo ti nīlasevālo, avaseso udaka-pappaṭaka-nīla-bījak’ ādi sabbo…

Paṭicaya & paṭiccaya

adding to, heaping up, accumulation, increase Vin.ii.74; Vin.iii.158 (pati˚) SN.iii.169; AN.iii.376 sq. (variant reading pati˚); AN.iv.355; AN.v.336 sq. Thag.642; Ud.35 (pati˚); …

Paṭicca-samuppāda

“arising on the grounds of (a preceding cause)” happening by way of cause working of cause & effect, causal chain of causation causal genesis, dependent origination, theory of the …

Paṭicaya & paṭiccaya

adding to, heaping up, accumulation, increase Vin.ii.74; Vin.iii.158 (pati˚) SN.iii.169; AN.iii.376 sq. (variant reading pati˚); AN.iv.355; AN.v.336 sq. Thag.642; Ud.35 (pati˚); …

drawing back, in phrase mūlāya p. “throwing back to the beginning, causing to begin over & over again” Vin.ii.7, Vin.ii.162; AN.i.99.

paṭi + kṛṣ

to draw back, remove, throw back Vin.i.320 (mūlāya); Vin.ii.7 (id.).

paṭi + kassati

lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion explⁿ of term at Kvu translation 377–⁠382. Always referred to as “the …

to assent, promise, agree aor. paccassosi Vin.i.73; DN.i.236; SN.i.147, SN.i.155; Snp.p.50, and paṭisuṇi Snp-a.314; ger. -suṇitvā freq. in formula “sādhū ti patissuṇitvā” asserting his agreement, …

…Ja.i.150; cp. Ja.i.52 (mūlato); Ja.vi.336 (sīsato); Pv-a.11 (galato), Pv-a.13 (gihīkālato). paṭṭhāyayāva (with acc.) from-up to…

? 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 …

1. to split, burst open (intrs.) AN.i.77 (asaniyā phalantiyā); usually in phrase “muddhā sattadhā phaleyya, as a formula of threat or warning “your (or my) head shall split into 7 pieces,” e.g. DN.i …

1. (trs.) to pervade, permeate, fill, suffuse Pv.i.10#14 (= vyāpetvā tiṭṭhati Pv-a.52); Ja.iii.371 (sakala-sarīraṃ); Ja.v.64 (C. for pavāti) Pv-a.14 (okāsaṃ), Pv-a.276 (obhāsaṃ). To excite or stim …

…in similes), in sequence; mūla sāra, pheggu, taca, papaṭikā etc. It is represented as next to the pith, but inferior and worthless. At all…

to shake, toss (or thunder?) only at two places in similar formula, viz. devatā sādhukāraṃ adaṃsu, brahmāno apphoṭesuṃ (variant reading appoṭh˚) Mil.13 Mil.18; Sakko devarājā appoṭhesi (variant readin …

1. a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
2. a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …

…up, allowance, money for food, sustenance Ja.ii.289; Dhp-a.iv.40; Vv-a.158 (˚mūla). -iya Ja.i.191.

fr. posāvana = posāpana of Caus….

…up, allowance, money for food, sustenance Ja.ii.289; Dhp-a.iv.40; Vv-a.158 (˚mūla). -iya Ja.i.191.

fr. posāvana = posāpana of Caus….

…Dhp-a.ii.154 (SS; T. reads mūlakaṃ which is explained by Bdhgh as “nitthusaṃ katvā ussedetvā gahita-yava-taṇḍula vuccanti”…

to wipe off, clean Vin.ii.208 (upāhanā), Vin.ii.210; AN.iv.376 (rajoharaṇaṃ suciṃ p., asuciṃ p. etc.); Ja.i.392 (akkhīni); Vism.63 (gabbha-malaṃ), Vism.415 = Kp-a.120; Ja.i.47 (assūni hatthehi p.); …

merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …

…(id.).

• -mūla the sole of the foot, the foot Ja.iv.131. Cp. mūla.
• -mūlika “one who sits at…

…Vv-a.5 (˚harītaka).

• -mūla having fetid roots MN.i.80
• -latā “stinking creeper,” a sort of…

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

adjective of the nature of rajas, i.e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing lustful.

1. As epithet of rūpa (vedanā saññā etc.) SN.iii.79; also at DN.i.152 sq. (dibbāni …

(rajas) & Raja neuter

1. Forms.
   ■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …

…gocara-paccupaṭṭhāno mūla-raso khandha-raso ti ādinā nayena anekavidho, i.e. rasa is physiologically & psychologically peculiar to the…

…-nīḷa at Iti.37.

• -mūla the root of disease Snp.530.
• -vyasana distress or misfortune of disease…

…-mūla the foot of a tree (taken as a dwelling by the ascetics for meditation: DN.i.71, where several such lonely…

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

1. heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …

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 …

(being) shape(d), appearance; accordance, conformity, in phrase bhavya-rūpatāya “by appearance of likelihood” AN.ii.191 (in hearsay formula, where it is missing in id. passage at Cnd.151).

abstr. fr. rūpa

adjective

1. having bodily form SN.iii.16 & passim (in formula of sakkāya-diṭṭhi); Dhs.1003.
2. having the form of (-˚) Mhvs.14, Mhvs.3 (gokaṇṇa˚).
3. beautiful Mhvs.10, Mhvs.30 (f. rūpavatī).

rūpa + vant

…at AN.iii.371 (opp. ummūla) means “roots taking to the soil again.” It is doubtful whether it belongs to chavi…

“what is carried together,” viz.

1. accumulation, product, preparation; sambhāraseda bringing on sweating by artificial means Vin.i.205.
2. materials, requisite ingredients (of food) Mil.258; Ja.i.48 …

Sammā¹

a pin of the yoke Abhp.449; a kind of sacrificial instrument Snp-a.321 (sammaṃ ettha pāsantī ti sammāpāso; and sātrā-yāgass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.3 …

collection, accumulation Ja.ii.235 (the signification of the particle vā); Snp-a.266 (id.)
■ samuccaya-kkhandhaka the third section of Cullavagga Vin.ii.38–Vin.ii.72.

saṃ + uccaya

1. accumulation, complex AN.ii.42; Iti.48; Iti.34; bhassasamuccaya, grandiloquence Snp.245
2. complex form, the body DN.ii.157 = SN.i.148; Vv.35#12 (= sarīra Vv-a.164); Dhp.351; Thag.202 (“confluence …

adjective including the root Thig.385; Thag-a.256.

sa³ + mūla + ka

1. accumulation; the human body Dhp.148.
2. doubt Mil.295.

saṃ + deha

accumulation, hoarding AN.i.94; AN.ii.23; Dhp.92; Vin.ii.95; Vin.iv.243; Dhp-a.ii.171; AN.iv.108 Kp-a.62 (lohita).

saṃ + nicaya

accumulated, hoarded Mil.120.

saṃ + nicita

…a sort of long creeper). mūla˚; a spreading root SN.iii.155; Ja.i.277. 2. = santāna 2; Vv-a.12. 3. (nt.) a cobweb Vin.i.48. 4. offspring…

adjective

1. with Pajāpati. The passage under pajāpati 1 was distorted through copyist’s default. It should read: “only in one formula, with Inda Brahmā, viz. devā sa-indakā sa …

…Ne.40, Ne.127

• -mūla eternalist Dpvs.6, 25.
• -vāda an eternalist eternalism DN.i.13;…

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

accumulation, quantity Snp.697; Iti.17 (aṭṭhi˚); Mil.220.

fr. saṃ + ci

(& saṃcayati) to accumulate; ppr. -cayanto Mhvs.21, Mhvs.4; aor. cini˚; Pv-a.202 (puññaṃ), Pv-a.279 (pl. ˚cinimha)
pp sañcita
■ Cp. abhi˚.

saṃ + cināti

accumulated, filled (with) Ja.vi.249; Thag-a.282; Sdhp.319.

pp. of sañcināti

restraint DN.i.57, DN.i.70, DN.i.89; DN.ii.281 (indriya˚); DN.iii.130, DN.iii.225; AN.ii.26; SN.iv.189 sq.; Iti.28, Iti.96 Iti.118; Pp.59; Snp.1034; Vin.ii.126, Vin.ii.192 (āyatiṃ saṃvarāya “for restr …

Saṅgaha¹

1. collecting, gathering, accumulation Vin.i.253; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.28.
2. comprising collection, inclusion, classification Kv.335 sq. (˚kathā) cp. Kvu. translation 388 sq.; Vism.191 …

1. multitude, assemblage Mil.403 (kāka˚); Ja.i.52 (sakuṇa˚); Snp.589 (ñāti˚); Snp.680 (deva˚) DN.iii.23 (miga˚); Vv.5#5 (accharā˚ = samūha Vv-a.37) bhikkhu˚; an assembly of Buddhist priests AN.i.56 …

1. to bring together, collect, accumulate Ja.iii.261; Ja.iv.36 (dhanaṃ), Ja.iv.371; Ja.v.383.
2. to crush, to pound Ja.i.493.

= saṃharati

accumulation Ja.iii.319 (dhana˚).

= saṃharaṇa

1. striking, killing, murder Vin.i.137; DN.i.141; DN.ii.354; MN.i.78; AN.ii.42 sq.
2. knocking together (cp. sanghaṭṭeti), snapping of the fingers (acchara˚) AN.i.34, AN.i.38; Ja.vi.64.
3. accumulatio …

1. a song, chorus, music Ja.i.32 (dibba˚); Ja.vi.528 (of birds).
2. proclamation (cp. sangara), rehearsal, general convocation of the Buddhist clergy in order to settle questions of doctrine and to fi …

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 …

1. nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …

Ta˚

base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).

I. Cases: nom

sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …

(& taco nt.)

1. bark. MN.i.198, MN.i.434, MN.i.488; AN.v.5
2. skin, hide (similar to camma, denoting the thick outer skin, as contrasted with chavi, thin skin, see chavi & cp. Ja.i …

adjective in combination with tabbahula taggaruka tanninna tappoṇa tappabhāra freq. as formula, expressing: converging to this end, bent thereon, striving towards this (aim): Nd ii.under tad. The same …

…Snp.p.144; Vism.568;

• -mūlaka rooted in t. (dhammā: 9 items) Pts.i.26, Pts.i.130; Vb.390;
• -lepa…

…metri causa); Ja.vi.365 (mūla˚ coarse r., majjhima medium r., kaṇikā the finest grain); Snp.295; Pp.32; Dhp-a.i.395 (sāli-taṇḍula…

Te˚

secondary base of numeral three (fr. ti) in compound: having a relation to a triad of, three-; in numerical compounds also = three (see under tayo).

• *-[kaṭula](/define/kaṭu …

…Mil.178; Dhp-a.ii.249 (˚mūla); Dhp-a.iv.66 (asi˚)
■ tharusmiṃ sikkhati to learn the use of a sword Vin.ii.10; Mil.66.

• -ggaha one…

large fish, a leviathan; a fabulous fish of enormous size. It occurs always in combination w. timiṅgala, in formula timi timingala timitimingala, which should probably be reduce …

1. a kind of water vessel (udaka DN-a.i.202), made of copper, wood or a fruit (like a calabash, cocoanut, etc., cp. kaṭāha, E. skull) Vin.i.205 (loha˚, kaṭṭha˚, phala˚); Vin.ii.114 (˚kaṭāha of gourd) …

tumult, uproar, commotion Ja.vi.247 (by Com. explained as “andhakāra,” darkness); Dpvs.xvii.100.

Sk. tumala; to *teu, Lat. tumeo, tumulus, tumultus, etc. E. thumb (swelling), cp. tunga tūla

…in formula pahīna ucchinna-mūla t anabhāvaṃ-kata “given up, with roots cut out, like a palm with its base destroyed, rendered unable to…

1. to bring through, to finish, to execute (business), to accomplish: karaṇīyaṃ Mil.7; Pv-a.203; kiccaṃ Pv-a.278.
2. to measure, judge, recognize, always in formula tūleti tīreti vibhāveti (Nd ii.tu …

heaping up, heap, pile, accumulation Dhp.115, Dhp.191, Dhp.192; Vv.47#11 Vv.82#7 (= cetiya Vv-a.321); Dhp-a.iii.5, Dhp-a.iii.9; Dhs-a.41 (pāpassa). -siluccaya a mountain Th …

rubbing the limbs, anointing the body with perfumes, shampooing DN.i.7, DN.i.76; at the latter passage in comb^n. anicc˚-dhamma, of the body, meaning “erosion, decay” and comb^{d.</sup …}

Uda¹

indeclinable disjunctive part. “or” either singly, as at Snp.455, Snp.955, Snp.1090; Ja.v.478 (variant reading udāhu); Mnd.445 (expl^d. as “padasandhi” with same formula as …

adjective “roots-out”, with roots showing, laying bare the roots Ja.i.249 (˚ṃ karoti); Sdhp.452.

ud + mūla

adjective uprooting, laying bare the roots Ja.i.303 (vāta).

= ummūla

to uproot, to root out Ja.i.329.

Caus. fr. ummūla

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.< …}

upa*, e.g. devūpaṭṭhāna, lokûpaga, puññûpatthambhita-Meanings:

1. (Rest): on upon, up-˚kiṇṇa covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heap …

heaping up, gathering, accumulation, heap. As t.t. with ref. to kamma “conservation”, with ref. to body & form “integration” (See discussion & defin. at; Cpd. 253; Dhs trsl. 195). DN.i.76 (= odana …

1. to collect, heap up, accumulate (puññaṃ or pāpaṃ) Vv-a.254; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.241.
2. to concentrate pay attention Thag.199 (C. upacetuṃ for ocetuṃ T.); Ja.v.339 (= oloketi)
   pass upaciyyati Th …

1. heaped up, accumulated, collected, produced (usually of puñña merit, & kamma karma) Snp.697; Kp-a.132; Snp-a.492; Vv-a.7, Vv-a.271, Vv-a.342; Pv-a.30, Pv-a.150.
2. built up, conserved (of th …

storing up, accumulation Dhs.431.

abstr. fr. upacita

injured, spoilt; destroyed DN.i.86 (phrase khata + upahata); SN.i.238 (na sûpahata “not easily put out” trsl.); SN.ii.227; AN.i.161; Dhp.134; Ja.vi.515; Mil.223, Mil.302; Dhp-a.ii.33 (an˚).

The for …

likeness, simile, parable, example (cp. formula introducing u. SN.ii.114; MN.i.148); Snp.705 (cp. Dhp.129, Dhp.130), Snp.1137 (= upanidhā sadisaṃ paṭibhāgo Cnd.158); Iti.114; Vism.341 Vism.478, Vism.5 …

nt.

1. (lit.) that (material) substratum by means of which an active process is kept alive or going), fuel, supply, provision; adj. (-˚) supported by, drawing one’s existence from SN.i.69; SN.ii.85 …

…pole Vv.63#28 (= īsāmūla Vv-a.269).

• -ga going on the chest, creeping, i.e. a snake SN.i.69; Snp.1, Snp.604; Ja.i.7; Ja.iv.330;…

…pole Vv.63#28 (= īsāmūla Vv-a.269).

• -ga going on the chest, creeping, i.e. a snake SN.i.69; Snp.1, Snp.604; Ja.i.7; Ja.iv.330;…

this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …

…Ja.i.48, Ja.i.145 ˚kusalamūla); Dhp-a.i.26 (id.); (lobho etc.) Asl.267; Mil.223 (id.); Ja.i.336 (kāla, fulfilled); Ja.iii.418; Ja.iv.140;…

accumulation, fulness, plenty Kv.467 (where Kvu trsl^n. p. 275 gives ussadattā); Vv-a.18, Vv-a.19.

abstr. fr. ussanna

…vasse rukkha-mūla-sevanā hemante jalappavesa-sevanā Snp-a.291).

• -kāla seasonable favourable time (of…

…& flowers AN.iv.197.

• -mūla a wild root DN.i.166 (+ phala); AN.i.241 (id.); Mil.278.
• -rati delight in…

small ball or thickening, bulb, tuber; in muḷāla˚; the (edible) tuber of the lotus Ja.vi.563 (C. kaṇḍaka).

cp. *Sk. vaṭaka, fr. vaṭa rope

…saṃsāra Vb-a.256.

• -mūla the root of saṃsāra Dhp-a.iii.278.
• -vivaṭṭa 1 evolving and…

1. (cp. vediyati & vedanā) (joyful) feeling, religious feeling, enthusiasm awe, emotion, excitement (something like; saṃvega) DN.ii.210 (˚paṭilābha + somanassa-paṭilābha) MN.i.4 …

1. (f.) feeling, sensation (see on term, e.g. Cpd. 14 Mrs. Rh D. B. Psy., ch. iv.) DN.i.45; DN.ii.58 (cp. Dial. ii.54), DN.ii.66, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.77, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.228, DN.iii.238 (˚upādā …

one of the dogmatic terms of Buddhist teaching varying in meaning in diff. sections of the Canon. It is not always the positive to avijjā (which has quite a well-defined meaning f …

adjective

1. scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed DN.i.11 (cp. DN-a.i.96)
   ■ Vb.358 (T. reads vikī˚; variant reading vikāraṇa & vikkir˚) = Pp.23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. “gui …

…Pv-a.114 (atthassa mūlaṃ nikati˚). Often in phrase rāga˚, dosa˚, moha˚; e.g. SN.iv.7 sq.; SN.v.137 sq., SN.v.241; AN.iv.175;…

1. absence of rāga, dispassionateness, indifference towards (abl. or loc.) disgust, absence of desire, destruction of passions; waning, fading away cleansing, purifying; emancipation, Arahantship. DN. …

reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …

dispute, quarrel, contention DN.i.236; DN.iii.246; AN.iv.401; Snp.596, Snp.863, Snp.877, Snp.912; Mnd.103, Mnd.167 Mnd.173, Mnd.260, Mnd.307; Pp.19, Pp.22; Ud.67; Ja.i.165; Mil.413; Vv-a.131. There a …

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

1. speaking, speech, talk, nearly always-˚, e.g. iti˚; hearsay, general talk MN.i.133; SN.v.73; AN.ii.26; kumāraka˚; child-talk or childish talk i.e. in the manner of talking to a child SN.ii.21 …

…remove MN.i.12 (aor. vāvattayi saṃyojanaṃ, explained at MN-a.87 as “parivattayi, nimmūlaṃ akāsi”) = MN.i.122 (with variant…

…since what time DN.i.152 (= mūladivasato paṭṭhāya yaṃ divasaṃ aggaṃ patvā DN-a.i.311); Vv.84#33 (= yato paṭṭhāya Vv-a.344) Also…

the Yajurveda, the 2^nd of the Vedas, dealing with sacrifice Mil.178; DN-a.i.247; Snp-a.447. As yajuveda at Dpvs.v.62, where the 3 Vedas are enumerated as iruveda yaju˚ and sāma˚.

fr. V …

announcement, declaration, esp. as t. t. a motion or resolution put at a kammavācā (proceedings at a meeting of the chapter. The usual formula is “esā ñatti; suṇātu me bhante sangho”: Vin.i.340; Vin.i …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

heaping up, accumulation, collection, mass (opp. apacaya). See on term Dhs trsl. 195 & Cpd. 251, 252
■ SN.ii.94 (kāyassa ācayo pi apacayo pi); AN.iv.280 = Vin.ii.259 (opp. a …

to heap up, accumulate SN.iii.89 (variant reading ācinati); SN.iv.73 (ppr. ācinato dukkhaṃ); Dhs-a.44
pp ācita & āciṇa; (ācina)
pass ācīyati (q.v.).

ā + cināti

accumulated, collected, covered, furnished or endowed with Ja.vi.250 (= nicita); Vv.41#1 Dhs-a.310. See also āciṇa.

pp. of ācināti

accumulated; practised, performed Dhp.121 (pāpaṃ = pāpaṃ āciṇanto karonto Dhp-a.iii.16). It may also be spelt ācina.

pp. of ācināti? or is it distorted from āciṇṇa?

…Pv-a.25. A synonym with mūla, hetu, etc. for cause, Yamaka, i.3; Yam. A (J.P.T.S. 1910–12) 54. See on term also Dhs trsl. 30
■…

Ākāsa¹

air, sky, atmosphere; space. On the concept see Cpd. 5, 16, 226. On a fanciful etym. of ākāsa (fr. ā + kassati of kṛṣ) at Dhs-a.325 see Dhs trsl. 178. DN.i.55 (˚ṃ indriyāni …

that which; flows (out or on to) outflow & influx.

1. spirit, the intoxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower, O. C in Vin.iv.110 (four kinds); B. on DN.iii.182 (five kinds Dhs-a.48; Kp-a …

the Atharva Veda as a code of magic working formulas, witchcraft, sorcery Snp.927 (variant reading ath˚, see interpreted at Mnd.381; expl^d. as āthabbaṇika-manta-ppayoga at Snp-a.564).

= …

adjective ardent, zealous, strenuous, active DN.iii.58, DN.iii.76 sq., DN.iii.141 (+ sampajāna), DN.iii.221, DN.iii.276; MN.i.22 MN.i.56, MN.i.116, MN.i.207, MN.i.349; MN.ii.11; MN.iii.89, MN.iii.128 …

adjective lit. old, i.e. venerable; used, either as adj. or absolute as a respectful appellation of a bhikkhu of some standing (cp. the semantically identical thera). It occurs usua …

…Snp-a.146; Vv-a.269 (˚mūlaṃ = rathassa uro).

• -danta having teeth (tusks) as long as a plough-pole (of an elephant)…