…pp. of śū to swell

Suna²

a dog, also written suṇa Ja.vi.353, Ja.vi.357 (cp. sunakha).

Sk. śuna; see…

“dog,” preferable spelling for suna, cp. Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 93#1.

…(suna-bhāva).

Sk….

slaughter-house Vin.i.202; Vin.ii.267; asisūnā the same Vin.ii.26; MN.i.130, MN.i.143; also sūna Ja.vi.111; and sūṇā Ja.v.303; sūnāpaṇa Ja.vi.111; sūnaghara …

slaughter-house Ja.vi.62; see sūnā.

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 …

to hear; pret. anassuṃ [Sk. anvaśruvaṃ] I heard MN.i.333.

anu + śru

sword, a large knife DN.i.77 (= DN-a.i.222); MN.ii.99; AN.i.48 = (asinā sīsaṃ chindante); AN.iv.97 (asinā hanti attānaṃ); Ja.iv.118 (asi sunisito), Ja.iv.184; Ja.v.45 (here meaning “sickle”), Ja.v.47 …

adjective loyal DN.i.137; Snp.22, Snp.23, Snp.32; Ja.iv.98; Ja.vi.49; Mil.254; an˚; inattentive, not docile Dhp-a.i.7.

ā + sunāti, śru

…Pv.ii.12#13, Pv.ii.12#18 (sunakho te khādati) 2. (fig.) a constituent part of a whole or system or collection, e.g. uposath˚; the vows of the…

adjective noun making “bhu,” i.e. bow-wow, barking Ja.vi.355 (˚sunakha) variant reading bhu-bhukka-sadda-karaṇa.

bhu + kṛ; see bhukka

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 …

adjective

1. right (opp vāma left), with a tinge of the auspicious, lucky prominent: Vin.ii.195 (hattha); Pv-a.112, Pv-a.132 (id.) Pts.i.125. hattha, pāda, etc. with ref. to a Tathāgata’s body); Ja …

…point to (acc.) Pv-a.151 (sunakhaṃ), Pv-a.257 (dārakaṃ)
■ to make manifest, to make appear, to show or prove oneself; also intr. to…

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 ( …

to hold, viz.

1. to carry, bear, wear, possess; to put on, to bring give DN.i.166≈(chavadussāni etc.); Vin.i.16 = DN.i.110 (telapajjotaṃ); DN.ii.19 (chattaṃ to hold a sunshade over a person); Pv-a.4 …

, 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. …

…cp. also kāḷa in ˚sunakha, the Dog of Purgatory Pv-a.152. 3. of a dark, i.e. miserable, unfortunate birth, or social condition DN.iii.81…

adjective sharp, bitter, acid, severe

1. severe, sharp (fig.), of dukkha, vedanā, kāmā, etc MN.i.10 = AN.ii.143; Ja.vi.115; Thig.451 (= Thag-a.281) SN-a.56
   ■ painful, terrible, frightful (-ap …

(= khādiyati, Pass. of khādati; Dhtm.93 bhakkhaṇa)

1. to be eaten, chewed, eaten up, as by animals upacikāhi Vin.ii.113; suṇakhehi Pv.iii.7#8; puḷavehi Ja.iii.177; cp. Pv.iv.5#2 (cut in two)
2. to be …

causing to be eaten (kind of punishment) Mil.197 (sunakhehi).

fr. khādāpeti

…explained by sigāla-sunakhā, katthu-soṇā ti pi pāṭho). kotthuka (and koṭṭhuka) = prec. SN.i.66 (where…

1. to beat, smash, crush, pound Ja.i.478 Ja.vi.366 (spelt ṭṭh); Dhp-a.i.25 (suvaṇṇaṃ) 165.
2. to make even (the ground or floor) Vin.ii.291 (in making floors); Ja.vi.332.
3. to cut, kill Snp-a.178 ( …

…of the dog of Yama (˚sunakha Pv-a.151
■ In other connⁿ: kāḷavaṇṇa-bhūmi dark-brown (i.e. fertile) soil Vin.i.48…

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 …

…of the dog of Yama (˚sunakha Pv-a.151
■ In other connⁿ: kāḷavaṇṇa-bhūmi dark-brown (i.e. fertile) soil Vin.i.48…

Lasuṇa & Lasuna

neuter garlic Vin.ii.140; Vin.iv.258; Ja.i.474; Vv.43#6; Vv-a.186.

cp. Sk. laśuna

Lasuṇa & Lasuna

neuter garlic Vin.ii.140; Vin.iv.258; Ja.i.474; Vv.43#6; Vv-a.186.

cp. Sk. laśuna

brains Ja.i.493 (= matthalunga C.) = Dhp-a.i.145. Lasuna & Lasuna;

etym.?

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 …

garlic Vin.iv.259 (lasuṇaṃ nāma māgadhakaṃ vuccati).

māgadha + ka, lit. “from Magadha”

…rukkhasunakha);

• -setu a bridge of reeds Snp.4.

Ved. naḍa & Sk. naḷa, with dial. ḍ (ḷ) for…

…Pv-a.92 etc
■ sunaya a sound judgment Ja.iv.241; dunnaya a wrong principle, method or judgment, or as adj.: wrongly inferred, hard…

…rukkhasunakha);

• -setu a bridge of reeds Snp.4.

Ved. naḍa & Sk. naḷa, with dial. ḍ (ḷ) for…

1. put down into, deposited Dhp.150.
2. put down, laid down, taken off, relieved of, in phrase ohitabhāro (arahaṃ) (a Saint) who has laid down the burden: see arahatta iii. C.; …

see patissuṇāṭi.

cattle MN.i.79; Ja.v.105; Pv.ii.13#12 (˚yoni); Mil.100; Pv-a.166 (˚bhāva); n. pl pasavo SN.i.69; Snp.858; gen. pl. pasūnaṃ Snp.311; Pv.ii.2#5
■ dupasu bad cattle Thag.446.

Vedic paśu, cp. Lat. pec …

Paṭissā & Patissā

feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …

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 …

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, …

Paṭissā & Patissā

feminine deference, obedience, only in cpd. sappaṭissa (q.v. obedient, deferential Iti.10 (sappatissa); Vv.84#41 (cp Vv-a.347), & appaṭissa disobedient, n …

[abstr. fr. pisuṇa, cp. Epic Sk. paiśunya. The other (diaeretic) forms are pesuṇiya & pesuṇeyya backbiting, calumny, slander MN.i.110; DN.iii.69; AN.iv.401; Vin.iv.12; Mnd.232, Mnd.260; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.15.

Err:508

adjective slanderous, calumnious Pv-a.12, Pv-a.13. Pesuniya & Pesuneyya;

fr. pesuṇa

adjective

1. (lit.) rough Pv.ii.4#1.
2. (fig.) harsh, unkind, rough (of speech) Vin.ii.290 (caṇḍa +); Pv.ii.3#4; Pv.iii.5#7 Ja.v.296; Kv.619. In combination with vācā we find both …

…& MN.iii.22, MN.iii.48; SN.ii.167; Pp.39
■ Cp pesuna.

Vedic piśuṇa, see etym. under pisāca

…piśāci; to same root as pisuna = Vedic piśuna, & Lat. piget, Ohg. fēhida enmity = Ags. faehp (“feud”), connected with root of Goth. fijan…

devoid, empty, free, rid (of) MN.i.207 (+ tuccha), MN.i.414; Vin.i.157 = Vin.ii.216; Snp.823 (emancipated: ritto muni = vivitta etc. Mnd.158), Snp.844 (opp. to aritta); Thig.265 (see rindi); Ja.i.29 …

…AN.iii.109 (id.). -sunakha “tree dog, a cert. animal Ja.vi.538 (C. in explⁿ of naḷa-sannibha…

Saha¹

indeclinable prep. & prefix, meaning: in conjunction with, together, accompanied by; immediately after (with instr.) Vin.i.38; Snp.49, Snp.928 Thig.414 = Thig.425; sahā Snp.231.

• • …

San¹

a dog; nom. sg sā DN.i.166 = MN.i.77; SN.i.176; SN.iii.150; Kv.336. For other forms of the same base see suvāṇa.

cp. Vedic śvā, gen. śunaḥ; Av. sp …

…to compare, verify, DN.ii.124; ppr. sandassiyamāna DN.ii.124; Ja.vi.217 (sunakhesu sandissanti, i.e. they are of no more value).

saṃ +…

Savana¹

neuter

1. the ear Snp.1120; Mil.258.
2. hearing DN.i.153, DN.i.179; AN.i.121; SN.i.24; Vin.i.26; Snp.265, Snp.345; Dhp.182; Ja.i.160, Ja.i.250; Mil.257 Mnd.188. sussavanaṃ sāvesi …

adjective pleasant to hear DN.ii.211; Ja.i.96 (-ṇ-); Ja.vi.120 = Ja.vi.122 (savaneyya).

grd. of suṇāti

is Fut. of suṇāti.

Sota¹

neuter ear, the organ of hearing Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34; DN.i.21; Snp.345 (nom pl. sotā); Vism.444 (defined); Dhs.601; Dhs-a.310-dibba-sota the divine ear (cp. dibba-cakkhu) DN.i.79 D …

hearer DN.i.56; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.161 sq
■ sotā used as a feminine noun Thag-a.200 (Tha-ap.3).

n. ag. fr. suṇāti

wish or wishing to hear AN.i.150; AN.iv.115; Vism.444; f. abstr. -kamyatā desire to listen AN.v.145 sq., Snp-a.135.

sotuṃ (= inf. of suṇāti) + kāma

…dog Ja.i.146; Ja.vi.107 (= sunakha); Snp.675; Vism.191; Dhp-a.iii.255 (+ sigāla); soṇi (f.) a bitch Mhvs.7, Mhvs.8 = sona Iti.36.

see…

beautifully curled at the ends (of hair) Ja.vi.86.

su + agga + vellita; perhaps originally suv-agga˚

…fem. sunakhī a bitch Ja.iv.400
■ Names of some dogs in the Jātakas are Kaṇha (or Mahā˚) Ja.iv.183; Caturakkha…

to wish to hear, to listen, attend DN.i.230; AN.i.72; AN.iv.393; aor. sussūsimsu Vin.i.10; ppr. med. sussūsamāna Snp.383.

Desid. fr. suṇāti; Sk. śuśrūṣati

Susu¹

a boy, youngster, lad Vin.iii.147 = Ja.ii.284; Vv.64#14 (= dahara C.); Snp.420; DN.i.115; MN.i.82; AN.ii.22; Ja.ii.57; ājānīya-susūpama MN.i.445 read ājānīy-ass-ūpama (cp. Thag.72 …

Suta¹

1. heard; in special sense “received through inspiration or revelation” learned; taught A 97 sq.; DN.iii.164 sq., DN.iii.241 sq.; freq in phrase “iti me sutaṃ” thus have I heard, I ha …

…the var. forms san, suṇa, suna, sunakha, supāṇa, soṇa.

• -doṇi a dog’s (feeding) trough Vism.344, Vism.358;…

…the var. forms san, suṇa, suna, sunakha, supāṇa, soṇa.

• -doṇi a dog’s (feeding) trough Vism.344, Vism.358;…

is Passive of suṇāti.

adjective

1. empty, uninhabited DN.i.17; DN.ii.202; SN.i.180; SN.iv.173; DN-a.i.110; Mil.5.
2. empty, devoid of reality, unsubstantial, phenomenal MN.i.435; SN.iii.167; SN.iv.54, SN.iv.296; Snp.1119 …

…suṇantu Vin.i.5
ppr sunanto Snp.1023; DN-a.i.261 savaṃ Ja.iii.244
inf sotuṃ DN.ii.2; Snp.384; suṇitum…

…suṇantu Vin.i.5
ppr sunanto Snp.1023; DN-a.i.261 savaṃ Ja.iii.244
inf sotuṃ DN.ii.2; Snp.384; suṇitum…

dog Ja.iv.438 (˚-saṃgha = sunakhagaṇa, C.; spelling ḷ).

but cp. Sk. śālūra a frog

MN.ii.183 = MN.ii.152 (C. = sunakhānaṃ pivanadoṇi a dog’s trough).

adjective courteous polite, friendly (making happy, pleasing, gladdening?) only in combination with kathā, dhamma, or dhammakathā e.g. s. kathā polite spe …

is Caus. of suṇāti.

…telling lies; 5. pisuna-vācāya slander; 6. pharusa-vācāya harsh or impolite speech; 7. samphappalāpā frivolous…

is passive of suṇāti.

˚- speech, words; rare by itself (and in this case re-established from compounds and poetical, as at Snp.472 (yassa vacī kharā; explained at Snp-a.409 by “vācā”), Snp.973 (cudito vacīhi = vācāhi Sn …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

Vebhūtika & ˚ya

(adj. n.) causing disaster or ruin; nt. calumnious speech, bad language DN.iii.106 (˚ya); Snp.158 (˚ya); Vv.84#40 (˚ka; explained as “sahitānaṃ vinābhāva-karaṇato vebhūtikaṃ,” i.e. p …

word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-˚) vaca speaking, of such a speech (e.g. duṭṭha˚ Pv.i.3#2, so to be read for dukkha˚)
■ DN.iii.69 sq., DN.iii.96 sq., DN.iii.171 sq. SN.iv.132 …

saying, speech, sentence, usually found in poetry only, e.g. DN.ii.166 (suṇantu bhonto mama eka-vākyaṃ); AN.ii.34 (sutvā arahato vākyaṃ); AN.iii.40 (katvāna vākyaṃ Asitassa tādino); Snp.1102 (= vacan …

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

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 …