…(with syn.) Ja.i.88; cp. seṭṭhatara Ja.v.148.

• -kamma excellent, pious deeds Mhvs.59,…

…Mil.388; Dhp-a.i.36 (= seṭṭha). 2. ruling over, governing, predominant; ruled or governed by Vb.216 sq. (chandaṃ adhipatiṃ katvā…

…comb^d. with seṭṭha (best), e.g. DN.ii.15; SN.iii.83, SN.iii.264.

2. (nt.) top, point.
   1. lit.: the…

Anu¹

indeclinable prep. & pref

A.

As prep. anu is only found occasionally, and here its old (Vedic) function with acc. is superseded by the loc. Traces of …

1. an under-seṭṭhi (banker, merchant) Ja.v.384 (see anu B iii. a.).
2. in redupl. cpd seṭṭhānuseṭṭhi (see anu B iv) “bankers & lesser bankers” i.e. all kinds of we …

indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.

I. in abstr position

adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …

1. (lit.) a constituent part of the body, a limb, member; also of objects: part, member (see cpd. ˚sambhāra); uttam˚aṅga the reproductive organ Ja.v.197; also as “head” at Thag-a.209. Usually in cp …

…DN-a.i.72 (brahmaṃ seṭṭhaṃ ācāraṃ caratī ti br. c.) Dhp-a.iii.83; a˚ SN.iv.181; Pp.27, Pp.36….

…DN-a.i.72 (brahmaṃ seṭṭhaṃ ācāraṃ caratī ti br. c.) Dhp-a.iii.83; a˚ SN.iv.181; Pp.27, Pp.36….

…Angirasa Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin.i.245; DN.i.104; AN.iii.224; AN.iv.61; cp. Vv-a.265
■ f. brāhmaṇī (n. or…

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

…Angirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu.

• -nisabha the first (lit. “bull”) among Saints, epithet of the…

…DN.i.49 (= DN-a.i.146 seṭṭha); SN.iv.374 SN.v.352; of jhāna (tividha˚) Bdhd 96, Bdhd 98, Bdhd 99; of mittā friends in general (see…

…speaks, a speaker, preacher Ja.i.148 (dhamma-kathikesu citrakathī); Mil.90, Mil.348 (˚seṭṭha best of speakers). See also…

…dha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ what then, is the best treasure of man in this world? Snp.181 or with nu: kiṃ nu kho…

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 …

…in the Niddesa is “agga, seṭṭha, visiṭṭha, pāmokkha, uttama pavara,” see Cnd.502.

Note on mahā & cpds

1. In…

greatness Ja.v.331 (= seṭṭhatta C.); Vism.132, Vism.232 sq.; Vb-a.278 (Satthu˚, jāti˚, sabrahmacārī˚); DN-a.i.35; Vv-a.191.

fr. mahat˚…

…best paraphrased by agga seṭṭha visiṭṭha at Cnd.502 A Mnd.84, Mnd.102 (the latter reading viseṭṭha for visiṭṭha); by…

…Mil.361 As pasaṭṭha at Pv.ii.9#73 (so to be read for paseṭṭha), Pv.iv.1#52 (= vaṇṇita Pv-a.241);…

…Mil.361 As pasaṭṭha at Pv.ii.9#73 (so to be read for paseṭṭha), Pv.iv.1#52 (= vaṇṇita Pv-a.241);…

at Pv.ii.9#73 is to be read pasaṭṭha (see pasattha).

…connection Ja.iv.7.

• -seṭṭha (Bhagavā) “the most excellent in the five” Snp.355 (= pañcannaṃ…

…˚sāsana, ˚sūra, ˚seṭṭha 4. close contact (against, be-): ˚kujjita (covered), ˚gādha, ˚channa (“be-deckt”)…

…(adj.) unequalled, incomparable, matchless Mil.357 (+ appaṭiseṭṭha); Dhp-a.i.423 (= anuttara).

paṭi + bhāga

adjective having a superior; neg. app˚; incomparable, unsurpassed Mil.357 (appaṭibhāga +).

paṭi + seṭṭha

…puṭṭha; variant reading seṭṭha) Cnd. no. 388 (in explⁿ of paṭṭhagū Snp.1095; here it clearly means “being near, attending…

… ■ Freq. in series agga seṭṭha pāmokkha attama, in exegesis of mahā (at Cnd.502 A e.g. , when AN.ii.95 reads mokkha for p.). See…

Seti & sayati

to lie down, to sleep; (applied) to be in a condition, to dwell, behave etc
pres seti SN.i.41, SN.i.47, SN.i.198 (kiṃ sesi why do you lie asleep? Cp. Pv.ii.6#1); Ja. …

…up quests“); AN.ii.41 (so read for saṭh˚;)
■ saṭṭha at SN.iii.84 is to be read seṭṭha, and at SN.iv.298…

Seti & sayati

to lie down, to sleep; (applied) to be in a condition, to dwell, behave etc
pres seti SN.i.41, SN.i.47, SN.i.198 (kiṃ sesi why do you lie asleep? Cp. Pv.ii.6#1); Ja. …

…as adv. seyyaso “still better” Dhp.43; Ja.ii.402; Ja.iv.241. Superl. seṭṭha.

Sk. śreyas, compar….

…under-treasurers Vin.i.18; see Vinaya Texts i.102.

fr. seṭṭha, Sk. śreṣṭhin

…Dhp-a.ii.178; Vb-a.398; (= seṭṭha-nāda abhīta-nāda); Snp-a.163, Snp-a.203.

• -nādika one who utters a lion’s roar, a song of…

adjective highest, topmost, most excellent Thag.910. Cp. next.

superl. formation fr. upari in analogy to seṭṭha

…Pp-a.198).

double-superl. formation after analogy of seṭṭha, pacchima & heṭṭhima: heṭṭhā

…ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā comb^d. with pavara)…

…paṇītaṃ (excellent), seṭṭhaṃ (best), mahantaṃ (great) Vin.iii.41 (˚bhoga); DN.i.96; MN.iii.38 (˚bhogatā); SN.v.159; Snp.53,…

…MN.ii.32 (parama), MN.ii.84 (seṭṭha); AN.iii.33 (dibba); AN.iv.396 (id.); Snp.610 (doubtful, more likely because of its combination with…

ointment, cosmetic, toilet perfume AN.i.107, AN.i.212; AN.ii.209; Thag.616 (sīlaṃ v. seṭṭhaṃ Cp. Ja.iii.290); Pp.51, Pp.58; Pv.ii.3#16; DN-a.i.77 DN-a.i.88.

vi + lepana

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

…SN.ii.27; AN.ii.8 (C. seṭṭha-ṭṭhāna uttama-ṭṭhāna); AN.iii.9; AN.v.33 sq.; DN-a.i.31; Kp-a.104.

the guṇa-and…