…Dhp-a.iv.109; Pv-a.259. On vāyāma as a constituent of the “Path” (sammā˚) see magga 2.a
■ vāyāmaṃ karoti to…

…not rouse himself, not getting up, inactive Dhp.280 (anuṭṭhahanto avāyāmanto Dhp-a.iii.409).

ppr. of an + uṭṭhahati

…good qualities, e.g. ch. vāyāma ussāha ussoḷhi AN.iv.320 ch. viriya citta vīmaṃsā in set of samādhis (cp. iddhipāda) DN.iii.77 (see…

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

to apply oneself to, to exert oneself to strive; usually in formula uṭṭhahati gh˚ vāyamati MN.i.86; SN.i.267 (yamati for vāy˚); Pp.51; or yuñjati gh˚ vāy˚ Ja.iv.131
■ Sdhp.426, Sdhp.450.

Sk. ghaṭat …

…˚kammanta, ˚ājīva, ˚vāyāma, ˚sati, ˚samādhi, or right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct right livelihood, right…

…AN.ii.270, AN.iv.82); -vāyāma effort (DN.iii.254, DN.iii.287, DN.iii.290 sq.); -sati mindfulness (ibid.) -samādhi concentration…

to wail, lament DN.ii.158 (mā socittha mā paridevittha); Snp.582, Snp.774 = Mnd.38 (as ˚devayati), Mnd.166; Ja.vi.188, Ja.vi.498; Pv-a.18 (socati +); ger ˚devamāna SN.i.199, SN.i.208; Ja.v.106; Pv- …

to make go forth, to bring over or through MN.i.225; AN.iii.432 (variant reading M. pakaroti)-aor. patārayi in meaning “strive” at Ja.iii.210 (= patarati vāyamati C. but Rhys Davids. “to get away f …

…MN.i.42; AN.ii.89. -vāyāma right effort Vin.i.10; Dhs.13, Dhs.22, Dhs.302; definition DN.ii.312; adj. MN.i.42;…

1. to learn, to train oneself (= ghaṭati vāyamati Vism.274) usually combined with the locative, thus sikkhā-padesu s. to train oneself in the Sikkhāpadas DN.i.63, DN.i.250; Vin.i.84; Iti.96, Iti.118; …

…esp. in combination with vāyāma (a suitable effort as “causa movens”) AN.i.207; Mil.53. Also with reference to…

stretched; only neg. a˚ senseless, confused (should it be vyāyatta?) Ja.i.496 (= avyatta C.). See also viyāyata. Vyayama = vayama

vi + āyata

Vyāyāma = vāyāma

Dhs-a.146.

to struggle, strive, endeavour; to exert oneself SN.iv.308; SN.v.398; AN.iv.462 sq. (chandaṃ janeti v. viriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti); Pv.iv.5#2 Vb.208 sq.; Pp.51; Vism.2; Dhp-a.iii.336; Dhp-a. …

Vyāyāma = vāyāma

Dhs-a.146.

to restrain, suppress, to become tranquil; only in stanza Dhp.6 = Thag.275 = Ja.iii.488 as 1^st pl. med yamāmase in imper. sense: “pare ca na vijānanti mayaṃ ettha yamāmase,” which is expl …

(lit.) to yoke; (fig.) to join with (instr. or loc.), to engage in (loc.), to exert oneself, to endeavour. All our passages show the applied meaning, while the lit. meaning is only found in the Caus …

…ussoḷhi thāma etc. Cnd.122); Ja.iii.447; Mnd.378; Vb.194 (= vāyāma); DN-a.i.104.

Sk. *ātāpya, fr. ātāpa

lit. to push on or forward aim at, go for, i.e.

1. to endeavour, strain, exert oneself SN.i.1 (ppr. anāyūhaṃ unstriving), SN.i.48; Ja.vi.35 (viriyaṃ karoti C.), Ja.vi.283 (= vāyamati C.)
2. to be kee …