…ākankhanto Vv-a.154); Pv-a.134.

cp. Sk. prekṣā f. & prekṣaka adj.; fr. pa + īks

Pekkha²

adjective to be looked…

…vuccati taṇhā). 3. (or (pekkhaṃ?) show at a fair DN.i.6 (= naṭa-samajjā DN-a.i.84); see Dial. i.7, n. 4 and cp. J.R.A.S. 1903,…

…˚upeti to receive; ˚upekkhati “to look all along over” = to superintend adhi + pra: adhippattheti to long for, to desire.

Note.…

…(kindle, make burn), ajjhupekkhati (look after, keep up), nibbāpeti (extinguish, put out), nikkhipati (put down, lay). Other phrases are e.g….

-ā (f.) care, diligence, attention Pts.i.16; Pts.ii.119; Vb.230 sq. Dhp-a.iv.3.

abstr. from ajjhupekkhati

1. to look on AN.i.257; Mil.275.
2. to look on intently or with care, to oversee, to take care of AN.iv.45 (kaṭṭh’aggi, has to be looked after); Pv-a.149 (sisaṃ colaṃ vā).
3. to look on indifferently …

…(id.), SN.v.331 sq. Vb.227.

n. ag. to ajjhupekkhati

…anukampamāna Snp.37 (= anupekkhamāna anugayhamāna Cnd.50); Pv-a.35 (taṃ), Pv-a.62 (pitaraṃ), Pv-a.104
pp…

concentration (of thought) Dhs.8, Dhs.85, Dhs.284, Dhs.372.

abstr. fr. anupekkhana, see anupekkhatī

…one to consider carefully Vin.ii.73.

anu + pekkhati

…(= ālayakaraṇa-vasena apekkhatī ti apekkhā Dhs-a.365, cp. Dhs trsl. 279). Freq. as adj. (-˚or in comb^n. with sa˚; and…

adjective waiting for, looking for SN.i.122 (otāra˚).

= apekkhā

…cittaṃ), Snp.773 (ppr. apekkhamāna); Ja.iv.226 (id.); Dhs-a.365. anapekkhamāna paying no attention to (acc.) Snp.59; Ja.v.359. 2. [Sk….

…SN.iii.16; Thag.558; Ja.v.453 (= sataṇha); Snp-a.76. Apekkha & Apekha

fr. apekkhā

…SN.iii.19, SN.iii.87; Snp.166 (kāmesu), Snp.823 (id.), Snp.857; Dhp.346. Cp. apekkhavant.

Sk. apekṣin, but B.Sk. avekṣin, e.g. Jtm.215;…

taken care of, looked after, considered Ja.vi.142, Ja.vi.149 (= olokita C.).

pp. of apekkhati

…(= ālayakaraṇa-vasena apekkhatī ti apekkhā Dhs-a.365, cp. Dhs trsl. 279). Freq. as adj. (-˚or in comb^n. with sa˚; and…

boundlessness, infinitude, as psych. t. t. appl^d. in later books to the four varieties of philanthropy, viz mettā karuṃā muditā upekkhā i.e. love, pity, sympathy desinterestedness, and as …

…Snp.43 (= abyāvaṭa anapekkha Cnd.72); Dhp.330 (= nirālaya Dhp-a.iv.31); Ja.i.197; Ja.iv.71; Mil.371 (a tiṭṭhati to keep still);…

…taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti upekkhako satimā etc.: see 3^rd. jhāna), DN.i.245; DN.iii.111 (˚ānaṃ anupavādaka one who defames the…

-ā (f.) lack of consideration SN.iii.261; Dhs.390, Dhs.1061, Dhs.1162.

fr. a + sam + apekkhati

…passati).

B.Sk. avīkṣate. The regular Pāli form however is apekkhati, to which the BSk. av˚ corresponds

producing, dwelling on something, putting one’s thoughts to, application, developing by means of thought or meditation, cultivation by mind, culture
■ See on term Dhs translation 261 (= ² …

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 …

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 …

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

Cha & Chaḷ

(cha in composition effects gemination of consonant, e.g. chabbīsati = cha + vīsati, chabbaṇṇa cha + vaṇṇa, chaḷ only before vowels in compound chaḷanga, chaḷ-abhiññā) the number six.

…

…SN.i.188; kāme nâpekkhate cittaṃ Snp.435; mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṃ Dhp.371; manussakehi kāmehi cittaṃ vuṭṭhapetvā…

…cp. Snp-a.256), Snp.266 (= pekkhaṇa Kp-a.148); Dhp.206 (ariyānaṃ d., cp ariyānaṃ dassāvin), Dhp.210 (appiyānaṃ), Dhp.274; Vv.34#2…

Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dh …

Dāra & Dārā

feminine a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As; dārā f. at Cnd.295 (d. vuccati bhariyā & Iti.36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv.i.11#5. Otherwise as dāra (coll-masc.): Dh …

(& 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 …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) “standing in the middle,” umpire neutral, impartial, indifferent Ja.i.300; Ja.ii.359 (parama˚ + upekkhā-pārāmī); Ja.vi.8; Mil.403; Vism.230; Mhvs.21, Mhvs.14.
2. indifferen …

impartiality, indifference, balance of mind Cnd.166 (in explⁿ of upekkhā with syn. passaddhatā); Vb.230; Vism.134; Vb-a.285 (satta˚ & sankhāra˚), Vb-a.317 (def.); Dhs-a.133.

abstr. from prec.

adjective not heeding, unsuspecting, disregarding, indifferent, reckless Vv-a.27, Vv-a.47 (jīvitaṃ); Pv-a.62; DN-a.i.177; Mil.343 (jīvitaṃ).

nis + apa + īkṣ

…Vin.iii.128 (= sāratto apekkhavā paṭibaddha-citto) AN.iii.67, AN.iii.259 (˚citta); Snp-a.322 (id.)
■ Note. otiṇṇa at…

…Dhp-a.iii.21. Otārāpekkha watching for a chance, SN.i.122. At one passage, AN.iii.67 = AN.iii.259, it is said that constant association…

…sabhāvaṃ pati na apekkhati Dhs-a.254, trsl. “inability to consider”); Mil.388 Ne.85; Vb-a.140; Vism.43 (twofold); Sdhp.413.

paṭi…

Err:501

…(id.); SN.v.324 (ajjhupekkhati); AN.i.125 (anuggahissati), AN.iii.44 (vaḍḍhati); AN.iv.13 sq. (pariyogāhamāna); AN.v.39 (disvā)…

desirous of (loc.) Ja.v.403. Pek(k)ha

fr. pekkhā

…vuccati taṇhā). 3. (or (pekkhaṃ?) show at a fair DN.i.6 (= naṭa-samajjā DN-a.i.84); see Dial. i.7, n. 4 and cp. J.R.A.S. 1903,…

adjective (-˚) seeing, looking at; wishing to see Thag-a.73 (Tha-ap.59), f. -ikā SN.i.185 (vihāra˚).

fr. pekkha¹

… ppr pekkhamāna Vin.i.180; Snp.36 sq. (= dakkhamāna Cnd.453), Snp.1070, Snp.1104; Pv.ii.3#7; Vism.19 (disā-vidisaṃ)….

desirous of (loc.) Ja.v.403. Pek(k)ha

fr. pekkhā

seeing, sight, look DN-a.i.185, DN-a.i.193; Kp-a.148 (= dassana).

fr. pa + īkṣ

adjective looking (in front), in phrase yugamattaṃ p. “looking only the distance of a plough Mil.398.

fr. pekkhati

…of m. Pv-a.31.

• -pekkha looking for merit (i.e. reward), intent upon m. SN.i.167; Snp.463 sq. Snp.487 sq.; Dhp.108…

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

to consider, ger. ekkhiya Sdhp.536; cp. samavekkh˚.

saṃ + apekkhati

considering; a˚ SN.iii.261.

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 …

Upekkhā & Upekhā

feminine “looking on”, hedonic neutrality or indifference, zero point between joy & sorrow (Cpd. 66) disinterestedness, neutral feeling, equanimity. Sometimes equivalent to adukkham\ …

adjective disinterested, resigned, stoical Vin.iii.4; DN.i.37, DN.i.183; DN.iii.113, DN.iii.222, DN.iii.245, DN.iii.269, DN.iii.281; SN.v.295 sq., SN.v.318; AN.iii.169 sq., AN.iii.279; AN.v.30; Snp.51 …

is commentator’s paraphrase for upekkhā (q.v.) Mnd.501 = Cnd.166 Vb.230.

abstr. fr. upa + īkṣ

to look on, to be disinterested or indifferent Snp.911; Mnd.328; Ja.vi.294.

upa + īkṣ

adjective = upekkhaka Ja.v.403. Upekkha & Upekha

Upekkhā & Upekhā

feminine “looking on”, hedonic neutrality or indifference, zero point between joy & sorrow (Cpd. 66) disinterestedness, neutral feeling, equanimity. Sometimes equivalent to adukkham\ …

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 …

release, deliverance, emancipation DN.i.174; DN.iii.288; SN.v.206 sq. (abhijānāti), SN.v.222 (ariya˚), SN.v.266, SN.v.356; AN.ii.247, AN.iii.165 (yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti), AN.iii.242, Snp.54, Snp.73, Snp …

inward vision, insight, intuition, introspection DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; SN.iv.195, SN.iv.360; SN.v.52 (samatha +) AN.i.61 (id.), AN.i.95; AN.ii.140, AN.ii.157 (samatha +); AN.iv.360; AN.v.99, AN.v. …

lit. “state of a strong man,” i.e. vigour, energy, effort, exertion On term see also Dhs. translation § 13; Cpd. 242
■ DN.iii.113 DN.iii.120 sq., DN.iii.255 sq.; SN.ii.132, SN.ii.206 sq.; Snp.79 …

…sounds, as ṃ: Snp.580 (pekkhataṃ yeva), Snp.822 (vivekaṃ); Dhp-a.ii.20 (saddhiṃ); Pv-a.3 (tasmiṃ), Pv-a.4 (imasmiṃ), Pv-a.13…

…with expressions of sight: pekkhati Snp.410 (“no more than a fathom’s length” Rh.D. in Early Buddhism 32) pekkhin Mil.398;…

…Pp.45, Pp.50 Vism.19; Vv-a.6; DN-a.i.193 (ālokitaṃ purato pekkhanaṃ vil˚ anudisā p.).

pp. of āloketi