to speak, say, call;
pres not found (for which vadati);
fut 1^st sg. vakkhāmi Ja.i.346 3^rd vakkhati SN.i.142; Ja.i.356; Ja.ii.40; Ja.vi.352; Vb-a.51 1 …

1. a wick SN.ii.86 = SN.iii.126 = SN.iv.213; Ja.i.243 (dīpa˚); Dhp-a.393; Thag-a.72 (Ap.v.45: nom. pl. vaṭṭīni); Mhvs.32, Mhvs.37 Mhvs.34, Mhvs.35.
2. enclosure, lining, film, skin Vism.258 (anta˚ e …

…aññadatthudasa vasavattin, i.e. unvanquished Lord of all DN.i.18; DN.iii.135 = Cnd.276; AN.ii.24; AN.iv.94; Iti.122; cp DN-a.i.111 (=…

…Dhammapāla: anabhiṇha-ppavattitāya accharāpaharaṇa-yoggaṃ that which happens without a moment’s notice, at the snap of a finger; i.e….

Aggaḷa & Aggaḷā

feminine (see [occasionally with l.](/define/occasionally with l.)) a contrivance to fasten anything for security or obstruction:

1. a bolt or cross-bar Vin.i.290; DN.i.89 (*-ṃ āko …

Aggaḷa & Aggaḷā

feminine (see [occasionally with l.](/define/occasionally with l.)) a contrivance to fasten anything for security or obstruction:

1. a bolt or cross-bar Vin.i.290; DN.i.89 (*-ṃ āko …

… 2. of a “rājā cakkavattin” compared with a “sambuddha”: *sace agāraṃ āvasati vijeyya paṭhaviṃ imaṃ adaṇḍena…

Anta¹

1. end, finish, goal SN.iv.368 (of Nibbāna); Snp.467; Ja.ii.159. antaṃ karoti to make an end (of) Snp.283, Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
   ■ loc. ante at the end of, …

…˚rūpa = con-form ˚vattin acting according to, ˚ssavana by hearsay, ˚sāsati ad-vise, com-mand etc

3. 1. (fig.) following after…

…viharanti Cnd.507); Iti.91 (ejā˚;) Ja.iii.224 (vasa˚; = vasavattin C.); Mhvs.7, Mhvs.3.

fr. anu + gam

(-˚) dealing with, occupation, connection with SN.iii.16.

anu + parivatti

…of a Cakkavattin); Ja.ii.2; Ja.vi.517 (rajjassa rajjaṃ C., i.e. take care of) DN-a.i.246 (read ˚sāsantena) Pv-a.161…

…following, siding with (-˚) Vin.iv.218 (ukkhittânuvattikā f.).

fr. anuvatteti

adjective following, acting according to or in conformity with (-˚), obedient Ja.ii.348 (f. ˚inī), Ja.iii.319 (id.); Dhp.86 (dhamma˚); Vv.15#5 (vasa˚ = anukūlabhāvena vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.i …

…anāgāmin in phrase anāvatti-dhamma one who is not destined to shift or return from one birth to another, DN.i.156 (cp. DN-a.i.313);…

…reading at Ja.ii.245; otherwise as t.

a + paṭi + vattiya = vṛtya, grd. or vṛt

…cp. AN.iii.146

• -vattin leading a noble life, of good conduct Ja.iii.443
• -vatā at Thag.334 should be read…

…crumbling, see Kern,

Toevoegselen

p. 18 not contrary Ja.vi.297 (˚vattin, C. appaṭilomavattin, cp. Ja trsl^n.vi.143).

…the 32 main signs (see dvattiṃsa) Vv-a.213 etc. Freq. as measure of riches, e.g. 80 waggon loads Pv.ii.7#5; asīti-koṭivibhava…

…and serve on a rājā cakkavatti). The phrase is best taken as one, viz. “the nobles, royal kings.” It may be a term for “vice-kings”…

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 …

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 …

…fashion) Vin.ii.122; -vattin (cp dhammacakkaṃ pavatteti above) he who sets rolling the Wheel, a just & faithful king…

…Phil.* 177, n. 2 -ānuparivattin consecutive to thought Dhs.671, Dhs.772 Dhs.1522; -ānupassanā the critique of heart, adj. ˚ânupassin…

…the whole world (of a Cakkavattin) DN.i.88 (cp. DN-a.i.249); DN-a.ii.16; Snp.552. See also Sp. Avs.ii.111, n. 2; *…

…mahesinā; thus of a Cakkavattin who rules the world peacefully: paṭhaviṃ ad. as. dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati DN.i.89 = AN.iv.89,…

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) …

…see above C 4;

• -anuvattin acting in conformity with the moral law Dhp.86, cp Dhp-a.ii.161;
• -ānusārin of…

adjective lawful, according to the Dh. or the rule; proper, fit, right permitted, legitimate, justified; righteous, honourable of good character, just, esp. an attr. of a righteous King (rājā cakkavat …

Dussa¹

neuter woven material, cloth, turban cloth; (upper) garment, clothes Vin.i.290 Vin.ii.128, Vin.ii.174; Vin.iv.159. DN.i.103; SN.v.71; MN.i.215; MN.ii.92; AN.v.347; Snp.679; Pv.i.10# …

…(22) Vv-a.139; dvattiṃsa (32) Kp ii. (˚ākāra the 32 constituents of the body) Dhp-a.ii.88; Vv-a.39 etc.; dvācattālīsa (42)…

…Ja.iv.20 (˚vāta); -vattika a certain kind of torture MN.i.87 = AN.i.47 = AN.ii.122 = Cnd.604 = Mil.197.

fr….

…DN-a.i.107 (= ādinna, pavattita) Ja.i.61; Ja.iv.2; Pv-a.43 (variant reading for text gaṇhita)
■ nt a grasp, grip Dhp-a.iii.175
■…

…(viz. either a Cakkavatti or a Buddha) DN.ii.16 = Snp.p.106; Snp.1001, or of a gihī arahattaṃ patto Mil.264, with ref. to the…

…MN.i.81; Snp.1038 (= cariyā vatti vihāro Cnd.148); Iti.31; Vism.145 (+ vutti pālana yapana).

-patha way of deportment; mode…

…of his realm, of a Cakkavattin DN.i.88; DN.ii.16; Snp.p.106;

• -padesa a rural district AN.iv.366; AN.v.101.

jana +…

…(cp. Cpd. 202), as 32 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra-k˚) at Vism.240 sq., as 40 at Vism.110 sq. (in detail); as pañca-sandhika at Vism.277 some of…

…DN.ii.242

• -ānuvattin following the dictates of mercy Dāvs iii.46
• -guṇaja originating in the quality of compassion…

…flattery Ja.ii.350.

• -pavatti the course of a conversation Ja.i.119; Dhp-a.i.249; Mhbv.61 *…

…cp. Vism.415 sq.), cakkavatti˚; (of a worldking), buddha˚; (of a Buddha), maṅgala˚; (that a Buddha will pronounce the…

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 the Paranimmita-vasavattino-devā);

• -assāda the relish of sensual pleasures Pv-a.262; DN-a.i.89, DN-a.i.311; *…

…great man: Bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni… Snp.p.107, cp. Snp.549. The Tathāgata is said to be dhamma-kāyo “author…

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 be a rājā cakkavatti, or a sammā-sambuddha. These are given at Snp.1019 (pl. lakkhanā), Snp.1021, Snp.1022 as only 3 (viz….

…loke dhammā; yāva lokappavatti tāva-anivattikā dhammā ti vuttaṃ hoti Kp-a.153, cp. Ja.iii.468); Mil.146. Usually comprising a set of…

adjective

1. mixed (with: -˚); various Vin.i.33 (kesa˚, jatā˚ etc. = a mixture of, various); Thag.143; Ja.iii.95, Ja.iii.144 (udaka-paṇṇa˚ yāgu); Pv.i.9#2 (missā kiṭakā). nt. missaṃ as adv. “in a …

1. the mouth Snp.608, Snp.1022 (with ref. to the long tongue, pahūta-jivha, of the Buddha or Mahāpurisa) Ja.ii.7; DN-a.i.287 (uttāna˚ clear mouthed, i.e. easy to understand, cp. DN.i.116); Pv-a.11, …

…of the body (the dvattiṃs-ākāraṃ) at Kp iii. (cp. Kp-a.68 in detail on mutta; do. Vism.264, Vism.362; Vb-a.68, Vb-a.225,…

adjective bald, shaven; a shaven, (bald-headed) ascetic, either a samaṇa, or a bhikkhu or (f.) bhikkhunī SN.i.175 (m. sanghāṭi-pāruta); Vin.iv.265 (f.); Snp.p.80 (= muṇḍita-sīsa Snp-a.402)
■ *ka …

the circumference of a wheel, circumference, rim, edge (cp. nema AN.i.112; Vv.64#5; Mil.238, Mil.285; Vism.198 (fig. jarāmaraṇa˚ the rim of old age & death, which belongs to the wheel of Saṃsāra of th …

constitution, product; rebirth Ja.i.47; Ne.28, Ne.79; Vism.199, Vism.649; Vv-a.10 Cp. abhi˚.

Sk. nirvṛtti, nis + vatti

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 …

1. to be cooled or refreshed, to be covered up = to be extinguished, go out (of fire), to cease to exist, always used with ref. to fire or heat or (fig.) burning sensations (see *[nibbāna](/define/nib …

adjective past participle

measured out, planned, laid out; created (by supernatural power iddhi); measured, stately DN.i.18, DN.i.56 (iddhiyā pi DN-a.i.167), DN.i.219 (Su˚ devaputta. Np.), ibid. (Pa …

…Pv-a.74 Pv-a.161. aor. nivatti Ja.ii.3; Pv-a.141. pp. nivatta (q.v.)
caus 1…

returning, return Pv-a.189 (gati˚ going & coming).

fr. ni + vṛt

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 …

…so read for T. ocaritā C. explains by vīmaṃsitvā taṃ taṃ pavattiṃ ñatvā). pp. ociṇṇa.

o + carati

Okassati

to drag down, draw or pull away, distract, remove. Only in ger.; okassa, always comb^d. with pasayha “removing by force” DN.ii.74 (T. okk˚); AN.iv.16 (T. okk˚, variant reading ok …

holding on to leaning on, supporting oneself by (with acc.); most frequently in phrase daṇḍaṃ olubbha leaning on a stick e.g. MN.i.108 (= daṇḍaṃ olambitvā C.; see MN.i.539); AN.iii.298; Thig.27 (= ā …

…paṭisandhi-pavatti-vipāka-dāyaka“
■ SN.i.233 = AN.iv.292; Vv.34#21; Iti.20 (variant reading osadhika), Iti.78.

fr….

1. girdle, waistband MN.ii.47; Ja.iii.285 (variant reading ovaddhi˚); Vism.312; Dhp-a.ii.37 Dhp-a.iv.206; DN-a.i.218 (Morris, J.P.T.S. 1887, 156: a kind of bag).
2. a bracelet Vin.ii.106 (= vaḷayaṃ …

…(itthi); DN.ii.261 (˚vasavattin, of the 10 issaras); SN.i.26 (˚gāthā a stanza each), SN.i.146 (˚brahma an independent Brahma); AN.ii.41…

…Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.iii.197 (˚vatti). Often doubled pacchato pacchato, i.e. always or close behind, Ja.ii.123 (opp. purato purato)
■ Cp. *pacchā…

…or sub-king Vism.301 (cakkavatti +).

• -lakkhaṇa regional or limited characteristics Kv.283 *…

1. a light Dhp.146; Vv.46#2 (jalati blazes); Tikp.14; Mil.40; Vv-a.51 (padīpaṃ ujjāletvā lighting a lamp, making a light); Pv-a.38 Sdhp.250.
2. a lamp Snp.235 (nibbanti dhīrā yath âyaṃ p.); Dhp-a.i …

…-parivattika turning round of the bar the “Bar Turn,” a kind of punishment or torture (consisting in “a spike being…

…by another,“ in ˚vasavattin having power under control of another, Name of a class of Devas (see deva) DN.i.216 sq….

…invariably combined with anāvattidhamma, e.g. at DN.i.156; DN.iii.108, DN.iii.132; MN.ii.56, MN.ii.146; AN.i.232; AN.i.245, AN.i.290; AN.ii.5,…

circle (lit. turning round) Ja.i.101; cp. parivattika in phrase paligha˚ (q.v.).

fr. parivatta

…Pv-a.131. 3. to change, exchange Vin.ii.174; Ja.iii.437

pp parivattita (q.v.).

Caus. of parivattati

1. turned round, twisted Ja.iv.384.
2. recited Vism.96.

pp. of parivatteti

? adjective forming a circle, circular DN.i.22 (trsl^d “a path could be traced round it” Dial. i.36). Can it be misspelling for pariyanta? Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. equals it to Sk. p …

…of a great king or Cakkavattin (according to Bdhgh on DN.ii.177 the eldest son; in the Lal. Vist. a general cp. Divy.211 Divy.217; Senart,…

Patta¹

neuter

1. the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
2. a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …

…˚i MN.i.214; Pp.35 (spelt pavattinī in T. as well as Pp-a.218). 2. execution performance, carrying out Mil.277 (āṇā,˚ cp pavatti).

fr….

…execute, wield, enforce Mil.189 (āṇaṃ cp. āṇāpavatti)

pp pavattita (q.v.).

Caus. of pavattati

1. manifestation, wielding, execution, giving, in āṇā˚; royal authority Ja.iii.504 Ja.iv.145 Thag-a.283
2. happening, incident, news Ja.i.125, Ja.i.150; Ja.ii.416; Vism.91; Pv-a.6, Pv-a.17, Pv-a …

…only in phrase dhammā pavattino AN.i.279; DN-a.i.4 = Pv-a.2; and in suppavattin (good-flowing, i.e. well-recited?) AN.iv.140 (of…

set going, inaugurated, established Vin.i.11 (dhammacakka); MN.iii.29, MN.iii.77; SN.i.191; Snp.556, Snp.557 (dhammacakka); Pv-a.67 (id.), Pv-a.140 (sangīti); Snp-a.454.

pp. of pavatteti

…Pv-a.31 (variant reading pavatti), Pv-a.46, Pv-a.53, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.78, Pv-a.81 and passim (perhaps should be read pavatti at all…

…Snp.388 (ger. ˚kkamma = nivattitvā Snp-a.374) Snp-a.53
caus paṭikkamāpeti to cause to retreat Ja.i.214; Mil.121
pp…

…with note) DN.i.54 (dvatti p.), DN.i.249 (way to); SN.ii.81 (nirodhasāruppa-gāminī p.); SN.iv.251 (bhaddikā), SN.iv.330 (majjhimā),…

…at Mil.297)
grd paṭivattiya only in neg. ap˚ (q.v.)
pp paṭivatta (q.v.).

paṭi +…

…at Mil.297)
grd paṭivattiya only in neg. ap˚ (q.v.)
pp paṭivatta (q.v.).

paṭi +…

Pubba¹

pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp- …

…1885 49; a-punar -āvattitā the fact of not turning back Mil.276 (cp. Prk. apuṇar-avatti Pischel, § 343). Otherwise r stands on the…

…Dāvs iv.3; Vism.242 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra˚), Vism.251 (danta˚); Snp-a.87. 2. a line, norm thus the canon of Buddhist writings; the text…

…Dāvs iv.3; Vism.242 (dvattiṃs’ ākāra˚), Vism.251 (danta˚); Snp-a.87. 2. a line, norm thus the canon of Buddhist writings; the text…

usually intrs. rajjati (q.v.). As rajitabba (grd.) in meaning “to be bleached” (dhovitabba +) only in meaning “bleach” (as compared with *[dhovati](/define …

…akārayi)
■ cakkavatti˚; rule of a universal king Dhp-a.iii.191; deva˚; reign amongst gods Kp-a.227; padesa˚ local sovereignty…

…sq. (how he becomes a cakkavatti through the appearance of the cakka-ratana)
■ Without muddhāvasitta:…

…sq. (how he becomes a cakkavatti through the appearance of the cakka-ratana)
■ Without muddhāvasitta:…

combination, application, pursuance, in vutti˚; Ja.iii.541 (so read for vatti˚).

abstr. fr. samodhāna

one’s own will Dhs-a.61 (˚vattitā; cp. Expos. 81).

sa⁴ + vasa

…a sunbeam Ja.i.502.

• -vattika a sun-worshipper Mnd.89.

Vedic sūrya cp. suvar light, heaven; Idg. *sāṷel, as in Gr. η ̔́λιος,…

…of the reign of a Cakkavattin. Explained at DN-a.i.250 as “janapadesu dhuvabhāvaṃ thāvarabhāvaṃ vā patto na sakkā kenaci…

…a Paccekabuddha, a Cakkavattin DN.ii.143; AN.ii.245
■ At Dpvs.vi.65 th. is to be corrected into dhūpaṃ.

Vedic stūpa, crown of the…

1. the belly, stomach DN.ii.266; Snp.78, Snp.604, Snp.609, Snp.716; Ja.i.146, Ja.i.164, Ja.i.265; Mil.213; Pv-a.283; Kp-a.57, Kp-a.58; Dhp-a.i.47 (pregnant); Sdhp.102.
2. cavity, interior, inside …

…phrases, as e.g. udānaṃ pavatti Ja.i.61; abhāsi Vin.iv.54; kathesi Ja.vi.38. 2. one of the angas or categories of the Buddhist Scriptures: see…

retired, desisting Ja.v.158 (= udāvattitva nivattitva C).

pp. of udāvattate, ud + ā vattati

(˚lī) feminine a pot in which to boil rice (& other food) Ja.i.68, Ja.i.235; Ja.v.389, Ja.v.471; Pp.33; Vism.346 (˚mukhavaṭṭi), Vism.356 (˚kapāla in comp.); Dhp-a.i.136; Dhp-a.ii.5; Dhp-a.iii.371; …

at Vin.ii.106 is not clear. Vin Texts iii.68 leave it untranslated. Bdhgh’s expl^n. is vattavaṭṭi (patta˚? a leaf? Cp. SN.iii.141), prob. = vaṭṭi (Sk varti a kind of pad). See details given …

heat Ja.i.31 (= uṇha Ja.iii.55), Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.433; Vism.172 (usuma-vaṭṭi-sadisa); DN-a.i.186; Dhp-a.i.225; Dhp-a.ii.20.

the diaeretic form of Sk. uṣman, of which the direct equivalent is P. usmā (q.v.)

*Vacati

see vatti.

vac

in anta˚; at Ja.i.260 is to be read as vaṭṭi.

is fut. of vac: he will say, e.g. at Vin.ii.190; Vin.iv.238. See vatti.

…in one’s power, dependent, subject Ja.iii.224 Ja.v.316; Thag-a.226 (read vattino for ˚vattito!).

cp. Vedic vaśa; vaś to be eager, to…

…subject(ed) Thig.295 (= vasavattino katvā, pl.); Snp.154; cp. BSk. vaśīkṛta Jtm.213. See also vasagata -˚katvā having overcome or…

Vattika = vatika

Mnd.89 (having the habit of horses, elephants etc.).

…Ja.i.134; Snp-a.272; Pv-a.15.

n. ag. of vatti, vac

…practised Vin.ii.32
pp vattita.

Vedic vartate; vṛt. A differentiated P. form is vaṭṭati. Cp. Av. varət to turn,…

Vattika = vatika

Mnd.89 (having the habit of horses, elephants etc.).

adjective (-˚) engaged in, having power over, making, doing; only in compounds cakka˚ & vasa˚; (q.v.).

fr. vṛt

that which goes on, round (of existence), revolution Mil.226.

fr. vatteti

see vatti. Vavatthapeti & tthapeti;

1. a wick Mhvs.30, Mhvs.94.
2. a brim Mhvs.18, Mhvs.28.
3. a pod Mhvs.26, Mhvs.16 (marica˚).

vaṭṭi + kā, cp. Class. Sk. vartikā

(-˚) adjective in muṇḍa˚; porter (?) is not clear. It is a derⁿ fr. vaṭṭi in one or the other of its meanings. Found only at Vin.ii.137, where it is explained by Bdhgh as “veṭṭhin.” It m …

…verse; gloss viyāvatta. The former explained as “naṭṭha,” the latter as “viparivattitvā aññathā-bhūta” at Snp-a.324).

vi…

…Snp.946; Mnd.431; Cnd. s.v. katheti; Snp-a.204; Dhp-a.ii.35. See also vatti
pp vutta.

Pass. of vac

…for vasīmant (see vasīvasa) in sense of vasavattin

…SN.ii.33; SN.iii.6.

pp. of vatti, vac; cp. utta

Vutta²

sown SN.i.134 (khetta); Ja.i.340; Ja.iii.12; Ja.vi.14; Mil.375 (khetta);…

…to be vac, although formally it may be derived fr. vṛt “to happen” etc. (cp. vuttin & vattin, both fr.; vṛt, & vutti) The BSk….

adjective = vuttika; in sabhāga˚; Vin.i.45; Ja.i.219. Cp. vattin.

cp. Sk. vṛttin

to make speak or recite, to teach: see vatti
pp vācita.

Caus. of vac

…explained at Vism.32 by “pavattiyā avicched’ atthaṃ cira-kāla-ṭṭhit’ atthaṃ” i.e. for the preservation of life
■ Further at…

…mostly DN.i.105 (addasā dvattiṃsa lakkhanāṇi y. ṭhapetvā dve: all except two) = DN.i.109; Vin.iii.29 sq.; Ja.i.246 (gāmako y…

…explained at Vism.32 by “pavattiyā avicched’ atthaṃ cira-kāla-ṭṭhit’ atthaṃ” i.e. for the preservation of life
■ Further at…

…(an˚), only in neg. anāvattin not returning, a non-returner, with -dhamma not liable to return at DN.i.156;…

adjective noun only at MN.i.91 in neg. an˚; not enticed by (loc.), i.e. kāmesu. Cp. āvattin.

fr. āvaṭṭa instead of āvaṭṭana

…Ja.iv.383 sq. (variant reading āvedhita & āveḷita, C. explains by parivattita).

pp. of āveṭheti, ā + veṣṭ; cp. āvedhikā

…pavatteti to issue an order Mil.189, cp āṇāpavatti Ja.iii.504; Ja.iv.145.

Sk. ājñā, ā + jñā