…Thag-a.197; etc.

= vidhā

Vidha²

form, kind Thag.428 (māna˚)
■ There are several other meanings of…

… ■ Used as (abl.) adv. vidhā in meaning “variously” at Pv.ii.9#52 (C. explⁿ = vidhātabba, not quite…

…DN.i.33 etc (= evaṃ-vidhā paralokā ti DN-a.i.108)
■ abhisamparāyaṃ (acc. as adv.) in future, after death AN.i.48; AN.ii.197;…

adjective (usually ˚-) not one, i.e. many, various; countlcss, numberless Iti.99 (saṃvaṭṭakappā countless aeons); Snp.688 (˚sākhā); Dhp.153 (˚jātisāra); Ja.iv.2 Ja.vi.366.

• -pariyāyena (instr.) …

…SN.iv.199; Ja.ii.98; Ja.iii.357.

cf. Sk. anuvidhīyate & adj. anuvidhāyin; Pass. of anu + vi + dhā, cf. vidahati

adjective noun

1. (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
2. (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
3. (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …

…without doubt (opp dvidhā): see ekaṃsa
■ paccaṃsena according to each one’s share…

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

adjective to strengthen, cp. upabrūhana, paribbūḷha much, many, large, abundant; plenty; in compound also very, greatly (˚-) instr. sg. bahunā Dhp.166; nom. pl bahavo Vin.iii.90; Dhp.307, & *bahū …

Bala¹

neuter

1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

1. binding, bond, fetter Vin.i.21; DN.i.226, DN.i.245 (pañca kāmaguṇā); DN.iii.176; MN.ii.44; SN.i.8, SN.i.24 (Māra˚), SN.i.35, SN.i.40, SN.iv.201 sq. (5 fold) to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, …

frightful thing, terror, terrifying omen Mhvs.12, Mhvs.12 (vividhā bhiṃsikā kari he brought divers terrors to pass).

fr. bhiṃsa

…Vb.135, Vb.325.

• -vidhāna arrangement of process of culture Dhs-a.168 = Vism.122.

fr. bhāveti, or fr. bhāva in…

base of numeral four

1. As num. adj. nom. & acc. m cattāro (Dhp.109; Ja.iii.51) and caturo (Snp.84, Snp.188), f. catasso (Snp.1122), nt. cattāri (Snp.227); gen. m. catunnaṃ (Snp.p.102), (f. catassa …

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.

…

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 …

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.

…

…aor chijji Ja.iii.181 (dvidhā ch. broke in two)
fut chijjissati Ja.i.336
ger chijjitvā Ja.i.202;…

Dasa¹

the number ten; gen dasannaṃ (Dhp.137); instr. dasahi (Kp iii.) & dasabhi (Vin.i.38). In compounds (-˚) also as ḷasa (soḷasa 16) rasa (terasa 13; pannar˚ 15; aṭṭhār˚ 18).

I. *M …

wealth, usually wealth of money, riches, treasures

1. Lit. DN.i.73 (sa˚); MN.ii.180.; AN.iii.222; AN.iv.4 sq. Cnd.135 (+ yasa, issariya etc.) Thig.464 (+ issariya) Ja.i.225 (paṭhavigataṃ karoti: …

Dhava¹

the shrub Grislea Tomentosa AN.i.202, AN.i.204; Ja.iv.209; Ja.vi.528.

Sk. dhava = madhuratvaca, Halāyudha

Dhava²

a husband Thag-a.121 (dh. vuccati sāmiko tad abhāvā v …

adjective of the next world, divine, heavenly, celestial, superb magnificent, fit for exalted beings higher than man (devas, heroes, manes etc.), superhuman, opp. mānusaka human. Freq. qualifying the …

adjective noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

adjective noun

1. twofold Snp.886 (saccaṃ musā ti dvayadhammaṃ); Dhp.384; Pv.iv.1#29 (dvayaṃ vipākaṃ = duvidhaṃ Pv-a.228)- advaya single AN.v.46
2. false, deceitful Vin.iii.21-nt. a duality, a p …

adverb in two Ja.v.203, Ja.v.206 (˚sira); Dhp-a.ii.50 (bhijji: broke in two, broke asunder)

Sk. dvedhā, cp. dvidhā

1. a double, i.e. a branching road; a cross-road Dhp-a.ii.192; Mil.17.
2. doubt Dhp.282; Dhs.1004, Dhs.1161 Vism.313

cp. dvidhā & dvi B I.5

…Cnd.30 (+ advejjha)

Dh.

Sk. *dvaidhaka fr. adv. dvidhā, cp. dvi B I. 5

…twice & dvidhā in two parts 2. as nominal base: (r)āvaṭṭa Sk. dviḥ cp. Lat. bis turning twice…

…Ud.90. See also dvedhāpatha.

Sk. dvidhā, see dvi B I. 2^a

1. giving, dealing out, gift; almsgiving liberality, munificence; especially a charitable gift to a bhikkhu or to the community of bhikkhus, the Sangha (cp. deyyadhamma & yañña). As such it constitute …

come, come here Snp.165; Ja.ii.159; Ja.vi.367); Dhp-a.i.49. In the later language part. of exhortation = Gr. α ̓́γε, Lat. age, “come on” Dhp-a.ii.91; Pv-a.201 (+ tāva = α ̓́γεδή). *[ehipassika](/d …

adjective of one kind, single, simple Vism.514; adv. ekavidhā singly, simply Vism.528.

eka + vidha

somewhat heavy.

1. lit. Ja.i.134 (of the womb in pregnancy); Dhp.310; Mil.102. Usually coupled & contrasted with; lahuka, light: in def. of sense of touch Dhs.648; similarly w. si …

…powers Vism.373 sq.

• -vidhā kinds of iddhi DN.i.77, DN.i.212; DN.ii.213; DN.iii.112, DN.iii.281; SN.ii.121; SN.v.264 sq.,…

A. On term

Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist psychological philosophy & ethics meaning “controlling principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις” in t …

1. rough, hard, harsh (lit. & fig.) Dhs.648 (opp.; muduka Dhs.962 (rūpaṃ paṭhavīdhātu: kakkhalaṃ kharagataṃ kakkhaḷattaṃ kakkhaḷabhāvo); Vism.349 (= thaddha), Vism.591, Vism.592 (˚ …

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, …

(& kallāṇa)

1. (adj.) beautiful, charming; auspicious, helpful, morally good. Syn bhaddaka Pv-a.9, Pv-a.116) and kusala (SN.ii.118; Pv-a.9 Pv-a.122); opp. pāpa (SN.i.83; MN.i.43; Pv-a.101, Pv-a …

…loke p˚āni k karonti te vividhā kamma-kāraṇā karīyanti “those who do evil deeds in this world, are punished with various punishments”…

…AN.i.271;

• -saṃvidhāna the providing of work DN.iii.191 (one of the 5 duties of the gahapati).

Sk….

adverb dubit. interr. part.

1. how; with ind. pres. Pv-a.6 (k. puriso paṭilabhati), or with fut. & cond. Ja.i.222; Ja.ii.159 (k. tattha gamissāmi); Ja.vi.500; Pv-a.54 (na dassāmi)
2. why, for what …

adjective of how many kinds Vism.84.

kati + vidha, for Vedic katidhā

rule, power, possession; only in compounds:

• -dhamma the law of ruling, political science Ja.v.490 (is it khattu˚ = khattā˚?)
• -vijjā polity DN.i.9, condemn …

any alkaline substance, potash, lye. In combination with ūsa (salt earth) at SN.iii.131 (-gandha) AN.i.209
■ Used as a caustic Pv.iii.10#2; Sdhp.281. See also chārikā.

• -āpatacchika a means of …

certain measure of capacity (esp. of grain, see below khārika). It is used of the eight requisites of an ascetic, and often in conn. with his yoke (kāja): “a khārī-load.”

• -kāja …

the pole of a carriage AN.iv.191, AN.iv.193; Vv-a.269, Vv-a.271, Vv-a.275. ratha˚ SN.i.109, Vv.64#2 (= vedikā Vv-a) Der. (vividha-) kubbaratā Vv-a.276.

,

1. 1. a deed, action, performance, esp. an act imposed or inflicted upon somebody by a higher authority (by the king as representative of justice or by kamma MN.iii.181; see *kamma …

…Pv-a.63 (yoniso˚); -vidhāna arrangement of attention Vb-a.69, Vb-a.71; -vidhi rule or form of attention Vism.278 (eightfold, viz….

…Pv-a.63 (yoniso˚); -vidhāna arrangement of attention Vb-a.69, Vb-a.71; -vidhi rule or form of attention Vism.278 (eightfold, viz….

…Vism.552 = Vb-a.161 (+ dvidhā). 2. accompanied by (-˚), having company or a retinue, a title of honour in names, also as polite address [cp….

adjective

1. wearing a garland (or row) of flowers (etc.) Pv.iii.9#1 (= mālābhārin Pv-a.211); f mālinī Vv.36#2 (nānā-ratana˚); Mhvs.18, Mhvs.30 (vividhadhaja˚ mahābodhi).
2. (pe …

adjective not one, several, many Snp.308; Vv.53#6 (˚citta variegated = nānāvidhacitta Vv-a.236), Vv.64#1 (id. = anekacitta Vv-a.275); Tikp.366.

Sk. naika = na eka, cp. aneka

only in phrase netthāraṃ vattati to behave in such a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin.ii.5; Vin.iii.183; MN.i.442
■ Bdhgh on Vin.ii.5 (p. 309) explains: nittharantānaṃ etan ti netthāraṃ yen …

adverb variously differently.

1. (abs.) AN.i.138 (on different sides, viz right ↔ left). Snp.878 (= na ekaṁ Snp-a.554 = vividhaṁ aññoññaṁ puthu na ekaṁ Mnd.285), Snp.884 sq.
2. more frequently in co …

advice, instruction, admonition, exhortation Vin.i.50 = Vin.ii.228; Vin.ii.255 Vin.iv.52; DN.i.137 (˚paṭikara, function of a king); Ja.iii.256 (anovādakara one who cannot be helped by advice, cp ovada …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

1. a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, *su …

…(puññānaṃ paccayo duvidhā); Dhp-a.iv.34; Pv-a.6, Pv-a.8 Pv-a.30 Pv-a.69 sq.; Sdhp.4, Sdhp.19 sq 2. *Var. phrases &…

…in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are (the precious minerals)…

1. colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
2. (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

adverb in 100 ways, into 100 pieces DN.ii.341.

sata + dhā, cp. ekadhā, dvidhā etc.

…satta⁴, cp. dvidhā

adjective near; (nt.) neighbourhood Dāvs iv.32; Dāvs v.9.

Sk. savidha

arrangement, appointment, provision Ja.ii.209; DN-a.i.148; Dhs-a.111. The word is peculiar to the Commentary style.

for the usual ˚vidhāna

…˚vidahi Pv-a.198;
inf -vidhātuṃ AN.ii.35, & -vidahituṃ Vin.i.287;
ger -vidhāya Vin.iv.62 sq., Vin.iv.133; Mhvs.17, Mhvs.37;…

arranging, providing, arrangement DN.i.135; Ja.i.140 (rakkhā˚).

fr. saṃvidahati

one who arranges or provides (cp. vidhātar) DN.iii.148.

n. ag. fr. saṃvidahati

taking by arrangement, i.e. theft committed in agreement with others Vin.iii.53.

saṃvidhā (short ger. form) + avahāra

adjective providing, managing; f. -ikā Ja.i.155.

saṃ + vidhāyaka

…āgata-sankhārā ti duvidhā sankhārā; etc. with further def. of the 4 sankhāras. 4. Var. passages for sankhāra in general: DN.ii.213…

art, branch of knowledge, craft Snp.261; AN.iii.225; AN.iv.281 sq., AN.iv.322; DN.iii.156, DN.iii.189; Ja.i.239, Ja.i.478; Mil.315; excludes the Vedas Mil.10 sabbasippāni Ja.i.356, Ja.i.463; Ja.ii.53; …

…saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ k. vyatisārya* Avs.i.229
■ sārāṇīyaṃ kathaṃ katheti Dhp-a.i.107; Dhp-a.iv.87;…

adverb so, thus (and not otherwise, opp. aññathā), in this way, likewise Snp.1052 (variant reading yathā); Ja.i.137, etc
■ Often with eva tath’ eva just so, still the same, not different DN.iii.135 …

…loc. tīsu (janesu Ja.i.307; vidhāsu Snp.842)
■ In composition & derivation: ti in numerical compounds: tidasa (30) q.v.;…

Ti

adverb the apostrophe form of iti, thus. See iti.

cp. Sk. iti

Ti˚

base of numeral three in compound; consisting of three, threefold; in numerical compounds also three (3 times).

*-[kaṭuka](/d …

Tādisa¹

adjective such like, of such quality or character, in such a condition Ja.i.151 Ja.iii.280; Snp.112, Snp.317, Snp.459; Cnd.277 (in expl. of tathāvidha); Iti.68; Pv.ii.9#4; Pv-a.69 …

adjective high (opp. avaca low) DN.i.194; MN.ii.213; AN.v.82 (˚ṭhāniyaṃ nīce ṭhāne ṭhapeti puts on a low place which ought to be placed high); Pv.iv.7#4 (uccaṃ paggayha lifting high up = uccataraṃ kat …

widowhood Ja.vi.508.

abstr. fr. vidhavā, = Epic Sk. vaidhavya

son of a widow; in two diff. passages of the Jātaka, both times characterized as sukka-cchavī vedhaverā “sons of widows, with white skins,” and at both places misunderstood (or unintelligibly exp …

indeclinable

I.

1. inseparable prefix of separation and expansion, in original meaning of “asunder,” semantically closely related to Lat. dis- & Ger ver-. Often as base-prefix in var mean …

…Ja.vi.284.
inf vidhātuṃ Vin.i.303 (bhesajjaṃ);
ger vidhāya Mhvs.26, Mhvs.12 (ārakkhaṃ, posting a guard)
grd…

demolition, destruction Ja.iv.58 (˚kārin).

fr. vidhaṃsati

to fall down, to be shattered, to be ruined Mil.237; Pv-a.125 (Pot. ˚eyya)
caus viddhaṃseti to shatter, to destroy SN.iii.190 (both trs. intrs., the latter for ˚ati); Ja.ii …

adjective one who throws away or does away with; destroying, clearing away Mil.344 (kilesa-mala-duggandha˚).

fr. vidhamati

destroying, scattering, dispersing Mil.244 (Maccu-sena˚).

fr. vidhamati

-eti (trs.) to destroy, ruin; do away with, scatter
■ (intrs.) to drop off, fall away, to be scattered, to roll or whirl about. Both vidhamati & ˚eti; are used indiscriminately although the Cau …

destroyed Cnd.576#a.

pp. of vidhamati

widow SN.i.170; AN.iii.128; Ja.vi.33; Mil.288; Vism.17; Pv-a.65, Pv-a.161 Vb-a.339.

Vedic vidhavā widow, vidhu lonely, vidhura separaṭed, Av. vidavā = Goth. widuwō = Ohg. wituwa (Ger. Witwe = E. w …

adjective

1. destitute, lonely; miserable, wretched Ja.v.399 (so read for vidura; according to Kern,

   Toevoegselen

   s. v., but doubtful).

2. [vi + dhura] “burdenless,” un …

…Kp-a.216; Snp-a.23 (note 2)

■ Cp saṃvidahana & saṃvidhāna.

fr. vi + dhā; Vedic vidhāna

adjective making dispositions, careful in providing, circumspect, considerable Ja.vi.287.

vidhāna + vant

provider, disposer Ja.v.221 (dhātā vidhātā, as of Viśvakarman: cp. Macdonell Vedic Mythology p. 118).

n. ag. of vidahati

to run about, roam, cover space (acc.), stray SN.i.37; Snp.411, Snp.939; Mnd.414; DN-a.i.39.

vi + dhāvati

providing Pv-a.60.

fr. vi + dhā

…na vikampate) Thag.1076 (vidhāsu na v.; translation Brethren p. 366: “who is not exercised about himself in this way or in that”) Mnd.195…

to scatter about, sprinkle, spread, mix up (trs. & intrs.) MN.i.127; SN.iii.190 (in simile of playing children: paṃsv’ āgārakāni hatthehi ca pādehi ca vikiranti [mix up] vidhamanti [fall about] viddha …

adjective

1. scattered all over, deranged, dismembered; of a dead body with respect to its limbs (as one of the asubha-kammaṭṭhāna’s: cp vikkhāyika & vicchiddaka) Vism.110 (˚saññā) = Mil.332; Vism.1 …

1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

piercing, perforating, penetrating Dhs-a.253; Thag-a.197 (in explⁿ of bahuvidha).

fr. vinivijjhati

adjective deformed, unsightly, ugly Snp.50; Ja.i.47; Ja.iv.379; Ja.vi.31, Ja.vi.114; Pv-a.24, Pv-a.32, Pv-a.47; Sdhp.85.

at Snp.50 virūpa is taken as “various” by Bdhgh (Snp-a.99), and virūpa-rū …

…Mahāpurisa˚) MN.i.114 (dvidhā-kato v.), MN.i.377; SN.i.39, SN.i.126, SN.i.186, SN.i.203 SN.ii.153; SN.iv.69, SN.iv.216; AN.ii.36; AN.iii.87…

(carrying yoke) see khārī-vidha and vividha².

Vividha¹

adjective divers, manifold, mixed; full of, gay with (-˚) DN.ii.354; Pv.ii.4#9; Vv.35#9; Mil.319 Mhvs.25, Mhvs.30; Snp-a.136 (in explⁿ of vi˚: “viharati vividhaṃ hita …

…Ja.i.331 (kaddamaṃ dvidhā viyūhitvā); Ja.iii.52 (vālikaṃ); Ja.iv.265 (paṃsuṃ); Ja.vi.448 (vālukaṃ); Dhs-a.315; Dhp-a.ii.38;…

…vītisāreti* [for which BSk. sammodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārayati e.g. Avs.ii.140

…sacrifice Ja.vi.200.

• -vidhāna the arrangement or celebration of a sacrifice Ja.vi.202. *…

“sacrificiality,” the function or ceremony of a sacrifice Ja.vi.202 (= yañña-vidhāna C.).

abstr. fr. yañña

…AN.i.170, AN.i.292; AN.v.327; Pts.ii.227. For pāṭihāriya is subsiituted ˚vidhā (lit. variety of i.e. act or performance etc.) at…

…position Vin.v.114; Ja.i.99 (aggha fixing prices); Mil.352 (pāda˚); DN-a.i.294; (= vidhārite); Pv-a.5 (kulavaṃsa˚). 2. letting…