(in compounds); nāḷi a hollow stalk, tube, pipe; also a measure of capacity Vin.i.249; AN.iii.49; Ja.i.98 (suvaṇṇa˚), Ja.i.124 (taṇḍula˚), Ja.i.419; Ja.iii.220 (kaṇḍa˚ a quiver); Ja. …

adjective not to be split or divided, not to be drawn away or caused to be dissented, inalienable Snp.255 (mitto abhejjo parehi) Ja.i.263 (varasūra…), Ja.iii.318 (˚rūpa of strong character abhijja-ha …

the “special Dhamma,” i.e.

1. theory of the doctrine, the doctrine classified, the doctrine pure and simple (without any admixture of literary grace or of personalities, or of anecdotes, or of argume …

he-goat, a ram DN.i.6, DN.i.127; AN.ii.207; Ja.i.241; Ja.iii.278 sq. Ja.v.241; Pp.56; Pv-a.80.

• -eḷaka [Sk. ajaiḍaka] goats & sheep DN.i.5, DN.i.141; AN.ii.42 sq., AN.ii.209; J …

Anāḷhiya & Anāḷhika

adjective not rich, poor, miserable, destitute, usually comb^d. with daḷidda MN.i.450; MN.ii.178 (variant reading BB. anāḷiya) AN.iii.352 sq. (vv.ll. BB. anāḷhika), 384; …

Anāḷhiya & Anāḷhika

adjective not rich, poor, miserable, destitute, usually comb^d. with daḷidda MN.i.450; MN.ii.178 (variant reading BB. anāḷiya) AN.iii.352 sq. (vv.ll. BB. anāḷhika), 384; …

atta (the latter is the form used in comp^n.)

I. Inflection

1. of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
   ■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …

that which is not to be divided, an inalienable possession; 5 such objects enumerated at Vin.ii.171, which are the same as under avissajjiya (q.v.); Vin.v.129.

= avebhangika

adjective not to be given away, inalienable (cp. avebhangiya) Vin.i.305 (˚ika for ˚iya); Vin.ii.170 (five such objects in detail); Vin.v.216 (+ avebh˚) Ja.vi.568.

grd. of a + vissajjati

ointment, esp. a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adj. anointed, smeary glossy, black (cp. kaṇha ii. and kāla¹ note).

1. Vin.i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapal …

Aḍḍha¹

(& addha) one half, half; usually in comp^n. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …

being outside (of the individual), externality Vism.450.

abstr. fr. bāhira

Chatta¹

neuter a sunshade (“parasol” would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin …

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 …

bow MN.i.429 (opposed to kodaṇḍa); Dhp.156 (˚âtikhīṇa shot from the bow, cp Dhp-a.iii.132), Dhp.320 (abl. cāpāto metri causa); Ja.iv.272 Ja.v.400; Mil.105 (daḷha˚), Mil.352.

• *-[koṭi](/define/koṭi …

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 ( …

…(+ daṇḍapahāra);

• -nāḷī the larynx Dhp-a.i.253; Dhp-a.ii.257
• -ppamāṇa (adj.) going up to the neck…

yellow myrobalan (Terminalia citrina or chebula) Vin.i.201, Vin.i.206; Ja.i.80; Ja.iv.363; Mil.11; Dhs-a.320 (T. harīṭaka); Vv-a.5 (ṭ) --kī (f.) the myrobalan tree Vin.i.30; MN.iii.127. pūtiharī …

1. the hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull Ja.ii.225; Ja.vi.340.
2. a cock’s comb: see sīsa kakudha.
3. a king’s symbol or emblem (nt.) Ja.v.264. There are 5 such insignia regis, …

1. a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva… sobhate su gīvā Thig.262 (for kampurī’va); s compounds
2. a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. s. v.) Ja.iv.18, Ja.iv.466 (\ …

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 …

…arrow AN.ii.202.

• -nāḷī a quiver Ja.iii.220.
• -pahāra an arrow-shot, arrow-wound Mil.16…

closeness, tightness close-fistedness, niggardliness. Explained as “the shrinking up of the heart,” which prevents the flow or manifestation of generosity. It occurs only in the stock phrase “vevicch …

in kuṇalīkata and kuṇalīmukha contracted, contorted Pv.ii.9 ^26.28. (Hardy, but Minayeff and Hardy’s S.S. Kuṇḍalī˚), explained Pv-a.123 by mukhavikārena vikuṇitaṃ (or vikucitaṃ SS.) sakuṇit …

Kuṇḍalin¹

adjective wearing earrings SN.iv.343; Ja.v.136; Ja.vi.478. su˚; Vv.73#1. Cp. Maṭṭha˚ Np Dhp-a.i.25; Pv.ii.5.

fr. kuṇḍala

Kuṇḍalin²

in kuṇḍalī-kata contorted Pv. …

1. abs.
   1. deed, service, act of mercy or worship, homage: kāra-paṇṇaka Ja.vi.24 (vegetable as oblation); appako pi kato kāro devûpapattiṃ āvahati “even a small gift of mercy brings about rebirth …

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 …

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 …

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 …

…See also nāḷa, nāḷī & nāḷikā.

• -āgāra a house built of reeds SN.i.156; SN.iv.185 (+ tiṇāgāra); AN.i.101 (+…

pond Ja.iv.90; Vism.84, Vism.17.

Sk. nalinī

…See also nāḷa, nāḷī & nāḷikā.

• -āgāra a house built of reeds SN.i.156; SN.iv.185 (+ tiṇāgāra); AN.i.101 (+…

Nāla & Nāḷa

neuter a hollow stalk, esp. that of the water lily AN.iv.169; Ja.i.392 (˚pana variant reading ˚vana); Vv-a.43. See also nāḷikā & nālī.

Sk. nāla, see nala

an iron weapon, an arrow or javelin MN.i.429; Ja.iii.322; Mil.105, Mil.244, Mil.418 -valaya an iron ring or collar (?) Mhvs.vii.20 (Com “vaṭṭita-assanārāca-pasa” = a noose forme …

Nāla & Nāḷa

neuter a hollow stalk, esp. that of the water lily AN.iv.169; Ja.i.392 (˚pana variant reading ˚vana); Vv-a.43. See also nāḷikā & nālī.

Sk. nāla, see nala

the coconut tree Vv.44#13 Ja.iv.159; Ja.v.384; DN-a.i.83; Vv-a.162.

Sk. nārikera, nārikela, nalikera, nālikela: dialect, of uncertain etym.

adjective belonging to the coconut tree Ja.v.417.

stalk, shaft; a tube, pipe or cylinder for holding anything; a small measure of capacity Vin.ii.116 (sūci˚, cp. sūcighara, needle-case) DN.i.7 (= bhesajja˚ DN-a.i.89); AN.i.210; Ja.i.123 (taṇḍula a …

boiled (milk-)rice, gruel Vin.ii.214 (m.); DN.i.76, DN.i.105; SN.i.82 (nāḷik˚); Dhp-a.iv.17 (id.); AN.iii.49; AN.iv.231; Snp.18; Ja.iii.425 (til˚ m.) Dhs.646, Dhs.740, Dhs.875; Pv-a.73; Vv-a.98; S …

1. a knot (of a stalk), joint, section Vin.iv.35; MN.i.80; Ja.i.245 (veḷu˚); Vism.358 (id.; but nāḷika p. 260); Vb-a.63 (id.); Thag.243-angula˚ finger joint Vin.iv.262, MN.i.187; DN-a.i.285-pabba\ …

pipe, tube, channel, water course DN-a.i.244.

fr. panāḷī

tube, pipe AN.iv.171 (udapāna˚).

pa + nāḷī

the highest quantity, measure on the outside minimum or maximum DN.i.60 (ghāsa-cchādana-paramatāya santuṭṭho contented with a minimum of food & clothing; DN-a.i.169 explains by uttamatāya); MN.i.10 …

…of leaves Dhs.625.

• -nāḷī rib of a feather Dhp-a.i.394.
• -phala leaf-fruit, a leaf and fruit…

only in cpd. paṅgacīra (nt.) at DN.i.6 “blowing through toy pipes made of leaves” (Dial. i.10, where is cpd. Sinhalese pat-kulal and Marathī pungī after Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 205). Bdhgh explai …

1. slab, tablet, plate, in compounds ayo˚; iron plate AN.iv.130, AN.iv.131; Ja.iv.7 (suvaṇṇa˚); Pv-a.43 (ayomaya˚); loha˚; brass plate Pv-a.44; silā˚ stone slab Ja.i.59 etc. When written on it i …

plant going under various names, viz. Nauclea cadamba; Terminalia tomentosa Vitex trifolia Ja.v.420 (= setapuppha C.); Ja.vi.269.

cp. Class. Sk. priyaka

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 …

(-˚) adjective belonging to the pleasure (of); only in phrase añña˚; being dependent on someone else’s will or under another’s influence, together with aññadiṭṭhika and añña-khantika character …

adjective eternal, perpetual DN.i.13; DN.iii.31 sq., DN.iii.137 sq.; MN.i.8, MN.i.426; AN.i.41; Dhp.255; Dhs.1099; Ja.i.468; Mil.413; DN-a.i.112; dhuvasassata sure and certain Bv.ii.111 sq. = Ja.i.19 …

eternalist DN.i.17; Mhbv.110 (ekacca˚ partial eternalist); Vin.iii.312; --ika Ja.v.18, Ja.v.19.

fr. sassata

emptiness, “void,” unsubstantiality, phenomenality; freedom from lust, ill-will and dullness, Nibbāna MN.iii.111; Kv.232; Dhs-a.221; Ne.118 sq., Ne.123 sq., Ne.126; Mil.16; Vism.333 (n’atthi; *[suññ …

Sāyana¹

neuter tasting, taste Dhtp.229.

fr. sāyati

Sāyana²

the Nāga tree (cp. nāga 3) Ja.vi.535 (vāraṇā sā yanā = nāgarukkhā, C., ibid. 535, var. read. vāyana) Kern,

Toevoe …

needle Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.117, Vin.ii.177; SN.ii.215 sq., SN.ii.257; Ja.i.111, Ja.i.248 Vism.284 (in simile); a hairpin Thig.254; Ja.i.9; a small door-bolt, a pin to secure the bolt MN.i.126; Thig.11 …

sesamum-oil (prepared from tila seeds), oil in general (tela = tilatelādika DN-a.i.93): used for drinking, anointing & burning purposes Vin.i.205, Vin.i.220 Vin.i.245, etc.; AN.i.209, AN.i.278 (sapp …

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) …

the fragrant root of Andropogon Muricatum (cp. bīraṇa) Vin.i.201; Vin.ii.130 (˚mayā vijanī) SN.ii.88 (˚nāḷi); AN.ii.199 (id.); Dhp.337; Ja.v.39; Thag.402 (˚attho).

Sk. uśīra

Vaṭṭa¹

adjective noun

1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

bamboo AN.ii.73; Vin.iv.35; Ja.iv.382 (daṇḍa˚); Ja.v.71; Vism.1, Vism.17; Snp-a.76 (= vaṃsa); Vb-a.334.

• -agga (veḷagga) the top of a bamboo Vin.ii.110
• *-[gumba](/define/gumb …

Vibhītaka & ˚ṭaka

the plant Terminalia belerica; beleric myrobolan. Dice were made from its fruits, which are also used as medicine (intoxicant); its flowers smell vilely
■ Vin.i.201; Ja.iii.161; J …

Vibhītaka & ˚ṭaka

the plant Terminalia belerica; beleric myrobolan. Dice were made from its fruits, which are also used as medicine (intoxicant); its flowers smell vilely
■ Vin.i.201; Ja.iii.161; J …

1. mode, manner, sort, kind; proportion, form, variety DN.iii.103 (ādesana˚); Thig.395 (cakkhu˚ “shape of an eye” translation); Vb-a.496 (in explⁿ of kathaṃ-vidha: “ākāra-saṇṭhānaṃ vidhā …

adjective lit. “having the reed or stem removed, rendered useless, destroyed MN.i.227; AN.ii.39; Snp.542 (= ucchinna Snp-a.435); Thag.216; Ja.vi.60 (viddhasta + as at Snp.542).

vi + naḷa + kata, …

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 …

1. name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …

means for holding, contrivance, artifice, instrument machine, mechanism; fig. instrumentality (as perhaps in, kamma˚ at Th passages)
■ Referring to the machinery (outfit) of a ship (as oars, helm, …