…SN.ii.99 (so read for vītacchika) = SN.iv.188 = MN.i.74; DN.ii.134; Ja.i.15, Ja.i.153; Ja.iii.447; Ja.v.135; Dhp-a.ii.68; Vism.301. *…

speaking to, adressing, invitation MN.i.331.

abstr. to abhinimanteti

“to go down to”, i.e. give in, to pay heed, observe Vin.i.134 and in ster. expl^n. of sañcicca at Vin.ii.91; Vin.iii.73, Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv.290.

abhi + vitarati

Abhiññā¹

feminine Rare in the older texts. It appears in two contexts. Firstly, certain conditions are said to conduce (inter alia) to serenity, to special knowledge (abhiññā), to specia …

same meaning as addhan but as simplex only used with reference to time (i.e. a long time, cp. Vv-a.117 addhānaṃ = ciraṃ). Usually in phrase atītaṃ (anāgataṃ etc.) addhānaṃ in …

absence of exultancy, modesty Ja.iii.466 (= an-ubbillāvitattaṃ C.).

a + hāsa, cp. Sk. ahāsa & aharṣa

Antarāya¹

obstacle, hindrance, impediment to (-˚); prevention, bar danger, accident to (-). There are 10 dangers (to or from) enumerated at Vin.i.112, Vin.i.169 etc., viz. *rāja˚, cora˚ …

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 is superseded by the loc.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 …

see ubbill˚.

to live after, i.e. like (acc.), to live for or on, subsist by Ja.iv.271 (= upajīvati, tassânubhāvena jīvitaṃ laddhaṃ (Comm.)
pp anujīvata (q.v.).

anu + jīvati

living (after), living, livelihood, subsistence, life Snp.836 (= jīvitaṃ Snp-a.545).

pp. of anujīvati

to remember, recollect, have memory of (acc.), bear in mind; be aware of DN.ii.8, DN.ii.53, DN.ii.54 (jātito etc.); SN.iii.86 sq. (pubbenivāsaṃ), SN.v.67 (dhammaṃ a. anuvitakketi), 303 (kappasahassaṃ) …

to cause to be heard or sound; to proclaim utter, speak out Vin.i.103 (˚ssāviyamāna ppr. Pass.), Vin.ii.48 (saddaṃ a.)
pp anussāvita.

anu + sāveti, Caus. of śru, cp. B.Sk …

proclaimed, announced Vin.i.103.

pp. of anussāveti

to wander about, stroll roam through, explore DN.i.235; Ja.ii.128; Ja.iii.188; Pv-a.189 (= anupariyāti)
caus -vicāreti to think over (lit. to make one’s mind wander over), to meditate ponder (cp …

to reflect, think, ponder over, usually combined with anuvicāreti DN.i.119; DN.iii.242; SN.v.67 = Iti.107 (anussarati +); AN.iii.383.

anu + vi + takketi

1. application, devotion to (-˚), execution, practice of (-˚); often comb^d. with anuyutta in phrase -anuyogaṃ anuyutta = practisiṅg e.g. Vin.i.190 (maṇḍan’ ânuyogaṃ anuyutta); DN.iii.1 …

appeti* application (of mind), ecstasy,fixing of thought on an object conception (as psychol. t. t.) Ja.ii.61 (˚patta); Mil.62 (of vitakka); Dhs.7, Dhs.21, Dhs.298; Vism.144 (˚samādh …

Avasesa¹

remainder, remaining part; only in compounds an˚; (adj.) without any remainder i.e. fully, completely MN.i.220 = AN.v.347 (˚dohin); AN.i.20 sq., AN.i.88; Snp.146; Pp.17; Dhs.363 …

adjective against one’s will, inevitable Ja.i.19 (˚bhāvin); Ja.v.319 (˚gāmitā). Usually as nt. -ṃ adv inevitably (cp. BSk. avaśyaṃ Divy.347; Avs.i.209 etc. Ja.iii.271; DN-a.i.263; Sdhp.293.

a + vaś

adverb inevitably Dpvs.ix.13.

see avassa

Avihiṃsa (Avihesa)

feminine absence of cruelty, mercy, humanity, friendliness, love DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

Avihiṃsa (Avihesa)

feminine absence of cruelty, mercy, humanity, friendliness, love DN.iii.213, DN.iii.215, DN.iii.240 (avihesā); Snp.292 (= sakaruṇabhāva Snp-a.318); Iti.82 (˚vitakka).

a + vihiṃsā

adjective free from thought DN.iii.219, DN.iii.274; Thig.75 (“where reasonings cease” trsl.); Dhs.161 (“free from the working of conception” trsl.), Dhs.504 etc.

a + vitakka

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 …

Bahulī˚

in compound with kar = bahula (adj.) + kar, lit. “to make much of,” i.e. to practise, in foll. words: -kata (pp. practised (frequently), usually combined with bhāvita SN.ii.264; SN.iv …

adjective (-˚) only in cpd. ehi˚; lit. “one belonging to the (greeting) ʻcome hail to thee,’ i.e. one who accepts an invitation DN.iii.40, MN.ii.161; AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; Pp.55. See also under *[eh …

Bhaddaka^a & Bhadraka^b

1. good, of good quality (opp. pāpaka) AN.iv.169^a.
2. honoured of high repute Ja.iii.269^a (= sambhāvita C.).
3. (m nt.) a good thing, …

to associate with (acc.), keep companionship with, follow, resort to; to be attached to (acc.), to love. Freq. syn. of sevati. The Dhtp & Dhtm mark the fig. meaning (bhaj^{2</su …}

“becoming”, (form of) rebirth, (state of) existence, a “life.” There are 3 states of existence conventionally enumerated as kāma˚ rūpa˚, arūpa˚; or sensual existence, deva-corporeal, formless exist …

to become, to be, exist, behave etc. (cp. Cnd.474 sambhavati jāyati nibbattati pātu-bhavati)

I. Forms

There are two bases used side by side, viz bhav˚; and (contracted) ho˚; the latte …

adjective “being as ought to be, to be cultivated, to be respected, in a self-composed state (cp. bhāvitatta) MN.i.33 (garu + ; explained by Bdhgh as “addhā ’yam āyasmā jānaṃ jānāti passaṃ passatī t …

to beget, produce, increase, cultivate, develop (by means of thought meditation), The Buddhist equivalent for mind-work as creative in idea, MN.i.293; cp. B.Psy p. 132
■ DN.ii.79; MN.ii.11 (cattā …

adjective “having a being,” going to be, as-˚ in avassa˚; sure to come to pass, inevitable Ja.i.19
■ f. bhāvinī future Vv-a.314 (or is it bhāvanīya? cp. variant reading S bhāvaniyā).

fr. bhāv …

developed, made to become by means of thought, cultured, well-balanced AN.v.299 (cittaṃ parittaṃ abhāvitaṃ; opp. cittaṃ appamāṇaṃ subhāvitaṃ); Snp.516, Snp.558.

pp. of bhāveti

Bhāvitatta¹

adjective one whose attan (ātman) is bhāvita, i.e. well trained or composed Attan here = citta (as Pv-a.139), thus “self-composed well-balanced” AN.iv.26; Snp.277, Snp.322, …

grown, become; born, produced; nature as the result of becoming. The (exegetical) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He (at MN-a.i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 …

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 …

ill-will, malevolence, one of the 5 “obstructions” (āvaraṇāni, see e.g. SN.v.94 Cnd.379); and of the 4 “bonds” (kāya-ganthā see e.g. Mnd.98)
■ MN.i.434; SN.i.99; Iti.119; Pts.i.31; Pts.ii.12 Mnd.1 …

the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)

I. The eye as organ of sense

1. psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …

given up. sacrificed AN.ii.41; AN.iii.50; Thag.209 (˚vaṇṇa who has lost fame); Ja.ii.336; Ja.iv.195 Ja.v.41 (˚jīvita).

pp. of cajati

cloth, esp. clothes worn, garment, dress AN.i.206; Pv.ii.12#7 (kañcanā˚ for kañcana˚); Pv.iii.9#3 (for veḷa); dhāti˚ baby’s napkin Ja.iii.539. In simile of one whose clothes are on fire (āditta˚ + ād …

adjective belonging to ceto, mental (opp. kāyika physical). Kāyikaṃ sukhaṃ → cetasikaṃ s. AN.i.81; SN.v.209; kāyikā darathā → c. d. MN.iii.287, MN.iii.288; c. duk khaṃ DN.ii.306; A …

…virājaye Snp.203. 5. vīta˚ AN.iv.461 sq. ˚ṃ vineti SN.i.22, SN.i.197; ˚ṃ vinodeti SN.i.186; ch. suppaṭivinīta SN.ii.283. na tamhi…

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 …

1. abandoning, giving up, renunciation. Vin.i.10 SN.iii.13 SN.iii.26 SN.iii.158 MN.i.486 AN.i.299 More frequently as
2. liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous munificent (adj.): sīlasampann …

to give, etc.

I. Forms

The foll. bases form the Pāli verb-system: dā, dāy, dadā & di.

1. Bases dā & (reduced); da
   1. dā˚: fut. dassati Ja.i.113, Ja.i.279 Ja.i …

seeing, sight (-˚) Mil.140 (guṇavisesa˚).

abstr. to dassāvin

…viz. “virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dh-cakkhuṃ udapādi” DN.i.86, DN.i.110; DN.ii.288; SN.iv.47; AN.iv.186; Vin.i.11, Vin.i.16, Vin.i.40…

Dhi¹ & Dhī

indeclinable an exclⁿ of reproach & disgust: fie! shame! woe! (with acc. or gen.) SN.v.217 (read dhī taṃ for dhītaṃ); Dhp.389 (dhī = garahāmi Dhp-a.iv.148); Ja.i.507 …

to rinse, wash, cleanse, purify Vin.ii.208, Vin.ii.210, Vin.ii.214; Snp.p.104 (bhājanāni) Ja.i.8; Ja.v.297
■ dhovi Ja.vi.366; Dhp-a.iii.207.
ger dhovitvā …

adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā …

element. Closely related to dhamma in meaning B 1^b, only implying a closer relation to physical substance. As to its gen. connotation cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 198.

1. a primary element, of whic …

smoke, fumes Vin.i.204 (aroma of drugs) MN.i.220 (dh ˚ṃ kattā); AN.v.352 (id.); AN.ii.53; AN.iv.72 sq. AN.v.347 sq.; Ja.iii.401, Ja.iii.422 (tumhākaṃ dh-kāle at the time when you will end in smoke, i …

Du˚¹

(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable

1. syllable of exclamation (= duḥ “bad, woe” (beginning the word du (j)-jīvitaṃ) Dhp-a.ii.6, Dhp-a.ii.10 = Pv-a.280, cp. Ja.iii.47; Bdhgh’s …

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 …

Ekaṃsa¹

adjective belonging to one shoulder, on or with one shoulder; only in phṛase ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsangaṃ karoti to arrange the upper robe over one shoulder (the left) Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.188 …

furnished with netting (?) (Hardy in Index) Vv-a.276, of a carriage (= suvaṇṇajālavitata).

dwelling, hut, house the household Ja.i.145, Ja.i.266, Ja.i.290; Ja.ii.18, Ja.ii.103, Ja.ii.110, Ja.ii.155 Ja.vi.367; Vism.593; Pv-a.22, Pv-a.62, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.82; fig. of kāya (body) Thag.184 = D …

…gathita
■ agiddha without greed, desireless controlled Iti.92 (+ vītagedha); Snp.210 (do), Snp.845 Cp. pa˚.

pp. of gijjhati

collection of houses, a hamlet (cp. Ger. gemeinde), a habitable place (opp. arañña: gāme vā yadi vâraññe Snp.119), a parish or village having boundaries & distinct from the surrounding country (gāmo c …

1. to carry Ja.ii.176; Dhp.124; to take with one DN.i.8, DN.i.142; opposed to paccāharati Vb-a.349–⁠Vb-a.354; Snp-a.52–Snp-a.58
2. to bring Ja.i.208; to offer Ja.i.238; Sn …

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 …

…D Avs.i.61; otherwise in comp^n. with prep., as peta, vīta etc.

pp. of eti, i

(older); jaras (nt.) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin.i.10, Vin.i.34; AN.i.51, AN.i.138 (as death’s messenger); AN.v.144 sq. (bhabbo jaraṃ pahātuṃ); Snp.311 (cp. DN.iii.75); Ja.i.59; Thig.252 sq.; Vi …

Jhāna¹

neuter literally meditation. But it never means vaguely meditation It is the technical term for a special religious experience reached in a certain order of mental states. It was or …

…orig. pp. of jīvati “that which is lived,” cp. same formation in Lat. vīta = *vīvita; Gr.βιότη living, sustenace, &…

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

to cause to fit, to create, build, construct arrange, prepare, order.

I. lit

1. in special sense: to prepare, get done, i.e. harness: Ja.i.62; plait DN-a.i.274, an offering (yaññaṃ) Snp.1 …

1. (f.) pity compassion. Karuṇā is one of the 4 qualities of character significant of a human being who has attained enfranchisement of heart (ceto-vimutti) in the 4 sentiments viz. mettā k.˚ upekhā …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

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 …

1. with loc.: to be uncertain, unsettled, to doubt (syn. vicikicchati with which always combined). Kaṅkhati vicikicchati dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu DN.i.106 is in doubt a …

1. doubt, uncertainty SN.i.181; SN.iii.203 (dukkhe k. etc.; cp. Cnd.1); Snp.541, Snp.1149; ˚ṃ vinayati Snp.58, Snp.559, Snp.1025; k. pahīyati Pts.ii.62; combined with vimati: DN.i. …

Kaṭṭha¹

ploughed, tilled Snp.80; Mil.255; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.62. a˚ untilled, unprepared Anvs.27. su˚ well-ploughed AN.i.229; Mil.255.

Sk. kṛṣṭa, pp. of kasati, cp. kiṭṭha

Kaṭṭha^{2</su …}

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

Khaṇa¹

1. (m.) a (short), moment, wink of time; in phrase khaṇen’ eva “in no time” Pv-a.38 Pv-a.117; Sdhp.584 (etc.). Sdhp.584; khaṇo ve mā upaccagā “let not the slightest time be wasted …

1. (adj.)
   1. distressed, in difficulty, poor, miserable, painful: kicchā vatâyaṃ idha vutti yaṃ jano passati kibbisakārī (miserable is the life of one who does wrong) Snp.676 = parihīnattha, in pov …

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

adjective indolent, inert, inactive. Expl. by kāma-vitakkādīhi vitakkehi vītināmanakapuggalo Dhp-a.ii.260; by nibbiriyo Dhp-a.iii.410; by alaso Pv-a.175, Often combined with *[hīnaviriya](/define/ …

…kāmesu asaññatā janā avītarāgā idha k-bhogino (etc.) AN.ii.6, cp. AN.ii.17. kāmabhogī kām’ārāmo kāmarato kāma-sammudita…

…-akāmakāmin passionless, dispassionate Snp.1096 synonym of vītataṇhā without desire (cp. Cnd.2#4)

fr. kāma

…Snp.206, Snp.407; kāye avītarāgo MN.i.101; AN.iii.249; AN.iv.461 sq.; ˚-samācāra SN.v.354 kāyaṃ paṇidhāya Pts.i.175; Vb.244 =…

adjective

1. light (opp. garuka); trifling Vin.i.49; AN.ii.48 (āpatti); AN.iv.137 (jīvitaṃ parittaṃ l.) Mil.344 (āpatti).
2. light, buoyant Thag.104 (kāyo) Dhs.648; Mil.105; Pv-a …

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

1. talking much, wailing Mil.148 (paridevita-l- mukha).
2. (nt.) much talk, excited talk, talking Ja.vi.498.

pp. of lālappati

…selfish Pgdp.ii.49
■ maccharaṃ (nt.) avarice envy AN.iv.285; Snp.811, Snp.862, Snp.954 (vīta-macchara, adj.).

Vedic matsara & matsarin…

1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc. MN.i.355 = AN.ii.40 = Mnd.496 = Cnd.540 = Pp.21 = Dhs.1346, Dhs.1348. The comm …

1. a road (usually high road), way, foot-path Vism.708 (maggaṃ agata-pubba-purisa, simile of); Vb-a.256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); Dhp-a.i.229- addhāna˚; high road Vin.iv.62; MN. …

soft spot of the body, a vital spot (in the Vedas chiefly between the ribs near the heart), joint. A popular etym. and explⁿ of the word is given at Expos. 132ⁿ³ (on Dhs-a.100 …

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 …

death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …

1. a gem, jewel. At several places one may interpret as “crystal.” DN.i.7 (as ornament); Dhp.161; Ja.vi.265 (agghiya, precious). In simile at DN.i.76 (maṇi veḷuriyo). On maṇi in similes see J.P.T.S. …

cleverness, intelligence Vv-a.229.

abstr. fr. medhāvin

adjective empty, vain useless, stupid, foolish DN.i.187 (opp. to sacca), DN.i.199; Snp.354; Dhp.260 (˚jiṇṇa grown old in vain; C. explains as tuccha-jiṇṇa Dhp-a.iii.388); Dhp-a.i.110 (patthanā a fu …

kind of kidney-bean, Phaseolus mungo, freq. combined with māsa² (q.v.). On its size (larger than sāsapa smaller than kalāya) see AN.v.170 & cp. kalāya
■ DN.ii.293; MN.i.57 (+ māsa); S …

Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the …

Mālaka (Māḷaka)

a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …

Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the …

Mālaka (Māḷaka)

a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cp. Geiger, Mvu. trsl. 99: “m. is a space marked off and usually terraced within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mah …

Nava¹

(num.) number nine. gen
■ dat. navannaṃ (Snp.p.87) instr
■ abl. navahi (Vv-a.76), loc. navasu.

Meaning and Application: The primitive-Aryan importance of the “mystic” nine i …

giving up the world leading a holy life, renunciation of, or emancipation from worldliness, freedom from lust, craving & desires, dispassionateness self-abnegation, Nibbāna. Vin.i.18 (˚e ānisaṁsa) DN …

adjective one who lives by invitations MN.i.31.

fr. nimantana

…nibbutassa anibbuto Iti.91 vītataṇho n. Snp.1041; tiṇṇa-sokapariddavo n. Dhp.196 rāg’ aggimhi n. & n. mātā, pitā, nārī Ja.i.60; n….

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 …

adjective lifeless, soulless Dhs-a.38; Mil.413.

Sk. nirjīvita, nis + jīva¹

invitation Vin.i.58 = Vin.ii.175; DN.i.166; MN.i.77; AN.i.295; Ja.i.116 (ṇ), Ja.i.412 Pp.55.

to nimanteti

past participle (Com. reading for vipalāvita text) made to swim, immersed, thrown into water Ja.i.326.

Sk. viplāvita, see plavati

adjective not heeding, unsuspecting, disregarding, indifferent, reckless Vv-a.27, Vv-a.47 (jīvitaṃ); Pv-a.62; DN-a.i.177; Mil.343 (jīvitaṃ).

nis + apa + īkṣ

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s explⁿ of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

to resort to, practise, pursue, follow, indulge in Ja.ii.106; Snp.821 (= Mnd.157); Pv.ii.3#19 (= karoti Pv-a.87); Mil.359
pp nisevita.

ni + sev

adjective frequented, practised, enjoyed, indulged in MN.i.178; Sdhp.373.

pp. of nisevati

doubtful reading at AN.v.149, meaning concerned with worldly things (?). The vv.ll. are oramitā, oravikā, oramato, oravi.

ora + n. ag. of vitarati?

Otata

stretched over, covered, spread over with; Dhp.162 (variant reading otthata); Mil.307 (+ vitata) Dhp-a.iii.153 (= pariyonandhitvā ṭhita). See also avatata & sam-otata.

o + tata, pp. of tan

to increase, augment, foster Pv.ii.9#64 = Dhp-a.iii.220 (dakkhiṇeyyaṃ)
pp pabhāvita.

Caus. of pabhavati

increased, furthered, promoted Thag.767 (bhava-netti˚); explained by samuṭṭhita C.

pp. of pabhāveti

to fall from (abl.), to be deprived of Vin.ii.205 (yogakkhemā p.; so read for paddh˚)
caus padhaṃseti to destroy, assault, violate offend Ja.iv.494. (= jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpeti); …

adjective belonging to or connected with exertion, worthy of being pursued in cpd. -aṅga (nt.) a quality to be striven after, of which there are 5 expressed in the attributes of one who attains the …

to arrange, fix, settle, prepare, determine, plan SN.ii.65 (ceteti p. anuseti); Snp.886 (pakappayitvā = takkayitvā vitakkayitvā saṃkappayitvā Mnd.295)
pp pakappita (q.v.).

pr …

adjective having sprouts, burgeoning, budding Mil.151; Vv-a.288 (sa˚ full of sprouts).

fr. pallava

1. measure, size, amount SN.ii.235; AN.i.88; AN.iii.52, AN.iii.356 sq.; AN.v.140 sq. Mil.285 (cp. trsl. ii.133, n. 2); Snp-a.137; Vv-a.16; Pv-a.55 (ghaṭa˚), Pv-a.70 (ekahattha˚), Pv-a.99 (*tāla …

also paribhoti to treat with contempt, to neglect, despise SN.i.69; AN.iii.174 sq (˚bhoti); Ja.iii.16; Ja.v.442; Mil.23, Mil.259; Pv-a.266. grd. paribhotabba SN.i.69; Snp.p.93. (= paribhavitabba …

to cause to be pervaded or penetrated, to treat, supply Vin.i.279 (uppalahatthāni bhesajjehi p.); Ja.iv.407
pp paribhāvita (q.v.).

Caus. of paribhavati

1. penetrated, supplied, filled with, trained, set DN.ii.81 (saddhā-p. cittaṃ, sīla etc.; trsl. “set round with,” cp. Dial. ii.86), cp. SN.v.369; Snp.23 (cittaṃ p.; Snp-a.37 saṃvāsiya); Mil.361; P …

to give up, abandon, leave behind, reject SN.i.44; Iti.94; Ja.ii.335; Ja.vi.259 (= chaḍḍeti) Mil.207; Dhp-a.iv.204; Pv-a.121, Pv-a.132, Pv-a.221 (read jīvitaṃ pariccajati for parivajjati; cp. BSk. …

1. giving up, abandonment, sacrifice, renunciation AN.i.92 (āmisa˚ & dhamma material & spiritual); Pts.ii.98 Ja.i.12 (jīvita˚) Dhp-a.iii.441 (pañca mahāpariccāgā the five great sacrifices i.e. the gi …

lamentation, wailing MN.i.200; SN.ii.1; SN.iii.3 sq. AN.i.144; AN.ii.195; Snp.328, Snp.592, Snp.811, Snp.923, Snp.969; Ja.i.146; Ja.vi.188, Ja.vi.498; Mnd.128, Mnd.134, Mnd.370, Mnd.492; Pts.i.11 sq., …

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- …

lamentation, wailing Snp.590; Pv.i.12#3 (= ruditaṃ Pv-a.63); Mil.148 (kanditap.˚-lālappita-mukha).

pp. of paridevati

lamentation etc.; only exegetical construction in explⁿ of parideva at DN.ii.306 = Cnd.416.

abstr. fr. paridevita

“all that belongs to anything,” make-up, adornment (so Cnd.585 bāhirā p. of the body)

1. requisite, accessory equipment, utensil, apparatus Vin.i.50, Vin.i.296 (˚colaka cloth required for water-str …

the fact of being exhausted, exhaustion, extinction, destruction DN-a.i.128 (jīvitassa); Pv-a.63 (kammassa), Pv-a.148 (id.).

abstr. of parikkhīṇa

to strain or filter Ja.i.198 (pānīyaṃ); DN-a.i.206 (udakaṃ); DN-a.iii.207 (pānīyaṃ)
pp parissāvita (q.v.).

Caus. of pari + sru

strained, filtered Ja.i.198 (udaka).

pp. of parissāveti

to shun, avoid, keep away from (acc.) MN.i.10; SN.i.69, SN.i.102, SN.i.188, SN.i.224; Snp.57 (= vivajjeti Cnd.419), Snp.395 sq., Snp.768 (kāme, cp Mnd.6), Snp.771; Iti.71; Dhp.123 (pāpāni), Dhp.269; J …

reflection, meditation, thought, consideration MN.ii.170 (ākāra˚), Vin.ii.74; SN.ii.115 (id.); AN.ii.193 (id.); Mil.13; Dhp-a.ii.62; Dhs-a.74; Vv-a.3; Pv-a.282 (vutta-˚e nipāta in expl^{n</sup …}

to consider, reflect, meditate upon Ja.iii.277
pp -vitakkita (q.v.).

pari + vitakketi

reflected, meditated, thought over MN.i.32; SN.i.193
■ nt. ˚ṃ reflection, thinking over Pv-a.123 (˚e with ref. to nūna, i.e. particle of reflection).

pp. of parivitakketi

adjective (-˚) ending in, bounded or limited by SN.ii.83 = AN.ii.198 (kāya-p. ˚ā & jīvita-p ˚ā vedanā); Vism.69 (bhojana˚, udaka˚, āsana˚) Sdhp.440 (kāla˚ sīla).

fr. pariyanta

-na (nt.) search, quest, inquiry

1. (-nā) DN.ii.58, DN.ii.61, DN.ii.280 (twofold, viz. sevitabbā and asevitabbā); DN.iii.289; MN.i.161 (twofold, viz ariyā & anariyā); AN.ii.247 (id.); SN.i.143; …

“taking up completely,” i.e. using up, consummation, consumption finishing, end MN.i.487 (kaṭṭha˚, opp. to upādāna) SN.i.152; SN.iii.16 sq. (cetaso p., cp. pariyādāya & ˚dinna), SN.iv.33 (sabb’ upādān …

striking, beating Vism.142 (āhanana˚; in exposition of vitakka) = Dhs-a.114 (“circumimpinging” Expos. 151).

fr. pari + ā + han

lit. “going round” analysed by Bdhgh in 3 diff. meanings, viz. vāra (turn, course) desanā (instruction, presentation), and kāraṇa (cause reaso …

well understood, thoroughly known Thig.106; MN.i.1 sq.; SN.ii.99; SN.v.182; Pv-a.1, Pv-a.287 With ref. to food (˚bhojana & ˚āhāra) it means food understood according to the three pariññās (q.v.) Dhp …

calmness, tranquillity, repose, serenity MN.iii.86; SN.ii.30; SN.iv.78; SN.v.66; AN.iv.455 sq.; Pts.ii.244; Dhs.40 (kāya˚), Dhs.41 (citta˚), cp. Dhs trsl. 23; Vism.129; Vb-a.314 (kāya˚, citta˚); Dh …

scepticism, speculation, controversy Snp.834; Mnd.176.

pa + vitakka

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 …

(-˚) adjective of wisdom, endowed with knowledge or insight, possessed of the highest cognition, in foll. compounds: anissaraṇa˚ DN.i.245; SN.ii.194; SN.iv.332; anoma˚ Snp.343; appa˚ SN.i.198; Ja.ii. …

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 …

reunion (of vital principle with a body), reincarnation, metempsychosis Pts.i.11 sq. Pts.i.52, Pts.i.59 sq.; Pts.ii.72 sq.; Ne.79, Ne.80; Mil.140; Dhp-a.ii.85; Vv-a.53; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.79, Pv-a.136, …

revived, resurrected MN.i.333.

pp. of paṭi + saṃ + jīv

one who practises, pursues or indulges in (acc.) AN.iii.143 sq. (bhesajjaṃ).

n. ag. of paṭisevati

father
■ Cases: sg. nom. pitā SN.i.182; Dhp.43; Ja.v.379; Snp-a.423; acc. pitaraṃ Dhp.294; pituṃ Cp.ii.9#3; instr. pitarā Ja.iii.37, pitunā, petyā Ja.v.214; dat. gen. pitu MN.iii.176; …

Posāpeti & Posāveti

to have brought up, to give into the care of, to cause to be nourished Vin.i.269 (pp. posāpita) ≈ DN-a.i.133 (posāvita, variant reading posāp˚). Posavanika & ya;

Caus. ii. fr. poseti

Posāpeti & Posāveti

to have brought up, to give into the care of, to cause to be nourished Vin.i.269 (pp. posāpita) ≈ DN-a.i.133 (posāvita, variant reading posāp˚). Posavanika & ya;

Caus. ii. fr. poseti

1. an individual, as opposed to a group (sangha or parisā), person, man; in later philosophical (Abhidhamma) literature = character, soul (= attan). DN.i.176; MN.iii.58; SN.i.93 sq.; SN.iii.25; AN.i.8 …

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

…(in poetry) Snp.1016 (vīta˚? perhaps pīta˚? See note in P.T.S. ed.); Vv.53#5 (pl. raṃsī = rasmiyo Vv-a.236); Vv.63#27 (sahassa˚…

to shout cry, make a (loud) noise Mil.254
aor ravi Ja.i.162 (baddha-rāvaṃ ravi); Ja.ii.110; Ja.iii.102; Pv-a.100; arāvi Mhvs.10, Mhvs.69 (mahā-rāvaṃ); and aravi Mhvs.32, Mhv …

shouted, cried, uttered Mil.178 (sakuṇa-ruta˚).

pp. of ravati

…(in poetry) Snp.1016 (vīta˚? perhaps pīta˚? See note in P.T.S. ed.); Vv.53#5 (pl. raṃsī = rasmiyo Vv-a.236); Vv.63#27 (sahassa˚…

illness, disease
■ The defⁿ of roga at Ja.ii.437 is “roga rujana-sabhāvattaṃ.” There are many diff enumerations of rogas and sets of standard combinations, of which the foll. may be ment …

1. splendour, light, brightness Snp.548 (su˚ very splendid; Snp-a.453 = sundara-sarīrappabha).
2. inclination, liking, pleasure Pv-a.59 (˚ṃ uppādeti to find pleasure, to be satisfied)
   ■ *aruci …

crying, weeping Pv-a.18 (+ assu-mocana, in explⁿ of ruṇṇa), Pv-a.63 (= paridevita).

pp. of rudati, equivalent to ruṇṇa

noise, sound(ing); cry, singing Thag.1103; Ja.i.207 (T. reading ruda is explained in C. as ruta with -da for -ta: ta-kārassa dakāro kato); Ja.iii.276 (sabba-ruta-jānana-man …

…Vb-a.268, Vb-a.269 (sa & vīta˚). 2 in other connection: DN.iii.70, DN.iii.74, DN.iii.146 DN.iii.175, DN.iii.217, DN.iii.234 (arūpa˚),…

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

…rūpesu avīta-rāgā etc.); Pts.i.79; Pts.ii.38 (rūpī rūpāni passatī ti vimokkho); Dhs.617, Dhs.653, Dhs.878; Tikp.28. …

Sama¹

calmness, tranquillity, mental quiet Snp.896. samaṃ carati to become calm quiescent Ja.iv.172. Cp. -cariyā & ˚cārin.

fr. śam: see sammati¹

Sa …

1. to undertake, achieve, to be intent on (acc.) Vin.i.253; Dhs-a.163.
2. to reach, catch up to (acc.) Vin.i.277 Vin.ii.300.
3. to produce, effect Mil.49.
4. to consider Ja.iii.220.
5. to honour, est …

honoured, esteemed MN.i.110, MN.i.145; Thag-a.200; Ja.iii.269 (= bhaddaka); Vb-a.109.

pp. of sambhāveti

1. attainment, success accomplishment; happiness, good fortune; blessing bliss AN.i.38; Pv.ii.9#47 (= sampatti Pv-a.132)
   ■ Sampadā in its pregnant meaning is applied to the accomplishments of th …

1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

Satta¹

hanging, clinging or attached to Vin.i.185; DN.ii.246; Mnd.23, Mnd.24; Dhp.342; Ja.i.376 Cp. āsatta¹ & byāsatta.

pp. of sañj: sajjati

Satta²

1. (m.) a li …

accompanied by reasoning DN.i.37 etc., in the formula of the first Jhāna. See vitakka.

frequented, inhabited Ja.vi.539.

saṃ + sevita

1. transmigration, lit. faring on DN.i.54; DN.ii.206 (here = existence); MN.i.81 (saṃsārena suddhi); SN.ii.178 sq.; AN.i.10; AN.ii.12 = AN.ii.52; Snp.517; Dhp.60; Ja.i.115; Pv.ii.13#11; Vism.544 (in d …

praised, combined with sambhāvita honoured MN.i.110; MN.iii.194, MN.iii.223.

pp. of saṃvaṇṇeti

thought, intention, purpose, plan DN.iii.215; SN.ii.143 sq.; AN.i.281 AN.ii.36; Dhp.74; Snp.154, Snp.1144; Mnd.616 (= vitakka ñāṇa paññā buddhi); Dhs.21; Dhp-a.ii.78. As equivalent of *[vitakka](/def …

one of the most difficult terms in Buddhist metaphysics, in which the blending of the subjective-objective view of the world and of happening peculiar to the East, is so complete, that it is almost i …

1. to serve, associate with, resort to Vin.ii.203; AN.i.124 sq.; Snp.57, Snp.75; Pp.33; Iti.107; Ja.iii.525; Snp-a.169.
2. to practice, embrace, make use of Vin.i.10 = SN.v.421; DN.iii.157; SN.i.12; …

adjective better, excellent; nom. masc. seyyo SN.iii.48 sq.; Snp.918; Dhp.308; Dhs.1116; Ja.i.180; nom. fem. seyyasi Ja.v.393; nom. neut. seyyo often used as a …

…wise, selfconfident; vīta-sārada id. (e.g. AN.ii.24; Iti.123)
■ Note: At K.S. iii.46 (= SN.iii.54) s. is wrongly taken as *sāra…

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

adjective noun thinking, reasoning, esp. sceptically; a sceptic DN.i.16≈(takkī vīmaṃsī); MN.i.520; DN-a.i.106 (= takketvā vitakketvā diṭṭhi-gāhino etaṃ adhivacanaṃ), cp. pp. DN-a.i.114, DN-a.i.115 …

thread, a string, a loom Ja.i.356 (˚vitata-ṭṭhāna the place of weaving); Dhp-a.i.424. At Ja.iv.484 tanta is to be corrected to tata (stretched out).

• -ākula tangled string, a t …

adjective (being) in truth, truthful true, real DN.i.190 (+ bhūta taccha); MN.iii.70; Thag.347; Snp.1115 (= Cnd.275 taccha bhūta, etc.). (nt. tathaṃ = saccaṃ, in cattāri tathāni the 4 truths SN.v.430 …

“the state of being so,” the truth, Nibbāna; only in foll. phrases:

1. tathattāya paṭipajjati to be on the road to (i.e. attain) Nibbāna DN.i.175, similarly SN.ii.199; SN.ii.209 (paṭipajjitabba bei …

…(nicchāto parinibbuto); vīta Snp.83, Snp.849, Snp.1041 (+ nibbuta); taṇhāya vippahānena SN.i.39 (“Nibbānan” iti vuccati), SN.i.40…

to praise, extol;
inf thutuṃ Snp.217 (= thometuṃ Snp-a.272).
caus thaveti [Sk. stavayati]
pp thavita Mil.361 See thuta, thuti, thoma, thometi.

Sk. stauti, Av. staviti, cp. Gr. στεϋται

sometimes tūriya (e.g. Vv.5#4) musical instruments in general, usually referred to as comprising 5 kinds of special instruments (pañcangika t. e.g. Vv.5#4; Vv.39#1 ; Vv-a.181, Vv-a.183, Vv-a.210, V …

star, a planet Snp.687 (tārāsabha the lord, lit. “the bull” of the stars, i.e. the Moon).

-gaṇa (tāra˚) the host of stars Pv.ii.9#67 (cando va t
■ gaṇe atirocati). -maṇivitāna …

elation, elated state of mind MN.iii.159; -bhāva id. DN-a.i.122; Sdhp.167. See next.

either a secondary formation fr. ubbilāvita, or representing uppilava (uppilāva) for upplava, ud + plu as d …

happy, elated, buoyant, ltt. frisky; only in compounds -atta rejoicing, exultancy, elation of mind DN.i.3, DN.i.37; Ja.iii.466; Mil.183; DN-a.i.53, DN-a.i.122; and -ākāra id. Dhp-a.i.237. At …

adjective both, twofold Snp.547, Snp.628, Snp.712, Snp.1106, Snp.1107, Snp.801 (˚ante); Mnd.109 (˚ante) Ja.i.52; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.24, Pv-a.35, Pv-a.51
■ nt. -ṃ as adv. in comb^n. with …

upa*, e.g. devūpaṭṭhāna, lokûpaga, puññûpatthambhita-Meanings:

1. (Rest): on upon, up-˚kiṇṇa covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heap …

to run up to or after, fall upon, surround Vin.ii.207; Vin.iv.260 (pp. ˚dhāvita); SN.i.185; SN.ii.26 (aparantaṃ); Thag.1209; Mil.209; Vv-a.256; Pv-a.154, Pv-a.168, Pv-a.173 (for padhāvitā).

upa \ …

1. close connection, dependence Vism.19 (˚gocara).
2. (adj. ˚) connected with, dependent on Vism.235 (jīvitaṃ assāsa-passāsa˚ etc).

upa + ni + bandh

to pursue, follow, go up after, cling to (acc) MN.i.306
pp upanisevita (q.v.).

upa + n˚

gone on to, furnished with, sticking or clinging to, full of Ja.v.302 (kakka˚).

pp. of upanisevati

stopped, ceased Mil.151 (˚jīvita).

pp. of uparujjhati

calm, quiet, appeasement, allaying, assuagement, tranquillizing Vin.i.10; SN.iv.331 = SN.v.421 (in freq. phrase upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna ii …

1. to practice, frequent, pursue Mil.355.
2. to serve, honour, Snp.318 (˚amāna). pp. upasevita (q.v.).

upa + sev

visited, frequented Pv-a.147 (for sevita).

pp. of upasevati

…phrase “vettalatâdīhi upavītaṃ āsanaṃ” should prob. be read upanīta (vv. ll uparivīta & upajita); or could it be…

Uppilavati & Uplavati

1. to emerge (out of water), to rise, float SN.iv.313 (uplava imper.); Mil.80, Mil.379; Vv-a.47 (uplavitvā, variant reading uppalavitvā); DN-a.i.256 (variant reading upari lava …

to immerse MN.i.135 (vv.ll. upal˚ & opil˚); Ja.iv.162 (fig. put into the shade, overpower; variant reading upal˚). See also opilāpeti ubbillāvita.

Sk. avaplāvayati, Caus. of ava + plu, with subs …

Uppilavati & Uplavati

1. to emerge (out of water), to rise, float SN.iv.313 (uplava imper.); Mil.80, Mil.379; Vv-a.47 (uplavitvā, variant reading uppalavitvā); DN-a.i.256 (variant reading upari lava …

Vatthu¹

neuter lit. “ground,” hence

1. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu²!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …

Vaya¹ & vayo

neuter age, especially young age, prime, youth; meaning “old age” when characterized as such or contrasted to youth (the ord. term for old age being jarā). …

adjective full of sophistry, skilled in vitaṇḍā Mil.90 (said of King Milinda).

fr. vitaṇḍā

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 …

1. to understand clearly (lit. “to produce intensively or well”) Snp.318 (ger. a-vibhāvayitvā).
2. to make clear, to explain Kp-a.89; Snp-a.406, Snp-a.472; Pv-a.1, Pv-a.70, Pv-a.92, Pv-a.135. …

made non-existing, annihilated Cnd.584.

pp. of vibhāveti

adjective

1. [cp. bhūta 1, & vibhava 2] destroyed, annihilated, being without Thag.715; Snp.871 sq., Snp.1113 (= vibhāvita atikkanta vītivatta Cnd.584).
2. [cp. bhūta 3] false Snp.664.
3. [cp. vibhāv …

investigation, examination, consideration, deliberation
■ defined as “vicaraṇaṃ vicāro, anusañcaraṇan ti vuttaṃ hoti” Vism.142 (see in def. under vitakka)
■ Hardly ever by itself (as at Thag.1117 …

1. to make go round, to pass round, to distribute Pv-a.272 (salākaṃ).
2. to think (over) SN.v.156 (vitakketi +).
3. to investigate, examine, test Ja.ii.413; Ja.iii.258; Vv-a.336 (a˚ to omit examini …

thought out, considered; thought DN.i.37 (vitakkita + , like vitakka- vicāra, cp. DN-a.i.122), DN.i.213 (id.); Snp-a.385.

pp. of vicāreti

span (of 12 angulas or finger-breadths) Vin.iii.149 (dīghaso dvādasa vidatthiyo sugata-vidatthiyā); Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.337; Ja.iii.318; Mil.85; Vism.65, Vism.124, Vism.171, Vism.175, Vism.408; Dhp-a. …

(& vidhuma) adjective “without smoke,” i.e. passionless, quiet, emancipated SN.i.141 (K.S.: “no fume of vice is his”); Snp.460 (= kodhadhūma-vigamena v. Snp-a.405), Snp.1048 (cp. Cnd.576 with long …

at Ud.71 (vitakkā vidūpitā) is to be read as vidhūpita.

…Dhp-a.iv.176 -mada Mhvs.34, Mhvs.94; -raja Snp.517; Ja.i.117; -valita Pv-a.153. Cp. vīta˚; in similar application and meaning.

pp….

to strike, kill, put an end to, remove AN.iii.248 (kankhaṃ; variant reading vitarati perhaps to be preferred); Snp.673; Pot. 3^rd sg. vihane Snp.975 (cp. Mnd.509) & vihāne Snp.348 = Thag …

(& adj.; -a) hurting, injuring, cruelty, injury DN.iii.215; DN.iii.226 (˚vitakka); SN.i.202; SN.ii.151 (˚dhātu); AN.iii.448; Snp.292 Mnd.207 (˚saññā), Mnd.386, Mnd.501 (˚vitakka); Vb.86, Vb.363 (˚v …

to abandon, forsake, leave; to give up, dismiss Pv.iii.6#15 (sarīraṃ); Vv-a.119; Pot. vijaheyya Pv.iv.1#10; fut. vijahissati SN.ii.220; Pv.ii.6#7 (jīvitaṃ)
ger vihāya Mhvs.1 …

-ā (f.) miraculous transformation, change; assuming a diff. form by supernatural power; miracle Thag.1183; Pts.ii.174, Pts.ii.210 Dpvs.viii.6 (˚esu kovida); Mhvs.19, Mhvs.19; Mil.343 Vism.309, Vism …

1. discrimination, distinction, thought, (firm) opinion thorough knowledge of (-˚) AN.iii.354 (pāpakamma˚) Snp.327 (dhamma˚), Snp.838 (= dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhi-vinicchayā Mnd.186), Snp.867 (˚ṃ kūrute; cp. …

made to float, floating, thrown out (into water) Ja.iv.259 (reads viplāvitaṃ) = Ja.i.326 (reads vipalāvitaṃ, with reading nipalāvitaṃ in C.). The C. at Ja.iv.259 explains as “*[uttārita](/define/utt …

diffusion, pervasion, (adj.) pervading, spreading out AN.i.171 (vitakka-vip phāra-sadda, cp. kvu translation 241), AN.i.206 (mahājutika mahā vipphāra); AN.iv.252; Pts.i.112 sq.; Pts.ii.174; Ja.iii …

…Often in phrase virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhamma-cakkhuṃ udapādi “there arose in him the stainless eye of the Arahant,” e.g. Vin.i.16;…

at DN.ii.213 in phrase iddhi˚; is doubtful reading. The gloss (K) has “visevitā.” Trslⁿ (Dial. ii.246) “proficiency.” It is combined with iddhi-pahutā & iddhivikubbanatā. Bdhgh’s e …

1. restlessness, trick, capers MN.i.446 (of a horse; combined with visūkāyita).
2. disagreement SN.i.123 (= viruddha-sevita K.S. i.320). Bdhgh at K.S. ii.203 reads *-sedh …

1. restlessness, impatience MN.i.446.
2. disorder twisting, distortion (of views); usually in phrase diṭṭhi˚ with -visevita & ˚vipphandita; e.g. MN.i.234; SN.i.123 (bdhgh’s explⁿ at *K …

1. tear, pluck, pick to pieces; in simile MN.i.364 (+ virājeti) = SN.ii.255 (reads vibhajeti for virājeti) = Vin.iii.105 (id.).
2. to smoothe: see pp vitacchita.

vi + taccheti

at SN.ii.99 = SN.iv.188 read vītaccika (q.v.).

scabies Cnd.304#1 (as roga).

cp. *Sk. (medical) vicarcikā

planed, smoothed; su˚; well carded (of a cīvara) Vin.iii.259.

pp. of vitaccheti

reflection, thought, thinking; “initial application” (Cpd. 282)
■ defined as “vitakkanaṃ vitakko, ūhanan ti vuttaṃ hoti” at Vism.142 (with simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicāra kumbhakār …

Err:509

to reflect, reason, consider SN.i.197, SN.i.202; SN.iv.169; SN.v.156; AN.ii.36; Mil.311
pp vitakkita.

Denom. fr. vitakka

reflected, reasoned, argued DN-a.i.121. Cp. pari˚.

pp. of vitakketi

(*vitanati) to stretch out, spread out; poet. ger. vitanitvāna Ja.vi.453
pass vitaniyyati ibid
pp vitata. Cp. vitāna.

vi + tanoti

1. to go through, come through, overcome Snp.495, Snp.779 (ger. ˚eyya, taken as Pot. at Mnd.57 oghaṃ samatikkameyya), Snp.941, Snp.1052; Pv.iii.2#4 (vitaritvā = vitiṇṇo hutvā Pv-a.181, q.v. for detai …

overcoming, getting through MN.i.147 (kankhā˚); Mil.233 (id.), Mil.351; Sdhp.569.

fr. vitarati

stretched, extended, diffused SN.i.207; Snp.272, Snp.669 (variant reading vitthata); Ja.i.356 (tanta where the strings were stretched); Mil.102, Mil.307; Mhvs.17, Mhvs.31 (vallīhi v.)-nt. *[vitata](/ …

adjective untrue; nt. untruth DN.ii.73 (na hi Tathāgatā vitathaṃ bhaṇanti); Snp.9 sq.; Vv.53#15 (= atatha, musā ti attho Vv-a.240); Ja.v.112; Ja.vi.207; Pts.104; DN-a.i.62
■ avitatha true SN.ii. …

tricky disputation, frivolous or captious discussion; in compounds vitaṇḍa˚: ˚vāda sophistry Snp-a.447; DN-a.i.247; -vādin a sophist, arguer Dhs-a.3 (so read for vidaḍḍha); Vb-a.9, Vb-a.51, …

1. overcome or having overcome, gone through, conquered Dhp.141 (˚kankha); Snp.514 (id.) 746; Pv-a.181.
2. given up, rejected, abandoned Dhp.176 (˚paraloka); Ja.iv.447 (= pariccatta C.).

pp. of vitarati

at Ja.v.47 is not clear. The variant reading is vitariyati; the C. explains by tuleti tīreti, i.e. contemplates, examines Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. discusses it in detail & proposes writing; *vitur …

spread-out, canopy, awning Vin.iv.279; Ja.i.40, Ja.i.62, Ja.i.83; Dhp-a.ii.42; Snp-a.447; Vv-a.32 Vv-a.173; Pv-a.154. See also cela˚.

fr. vi + ; tan

to be woven Vin.iii.259
pp vīta².

Pass. of vāyati¹ or vināti. The Vedic is ūyate

(as special term in Buddhist metaphysics) a mental quality as a constituent of individuality, the bearer of (individual) life, life-force (as extending also over rebirths), principle of conscious lif …

adjective having life or consciousness or sense, endowed with vitality. Found in the four Nikāyas only in one standard passage in the same connection, viz. sa-viññāṇaka kāya “the body with its vi …

the fork of a tree MN.i.306; Ja.ii.107; Ja.iii.203.

= Sk. viṭapin

the fork of a tree, a branch Ja.i.169, Ja.i.215, Ja.i.222; Ja.iii.28; Ja.vi.177 (nigrodha˚).

cp. Epic Sk. viṭapa

tree, lit. “having branches” Ja.vi.178.

viṭapa + in

depriving (jīvita˚ of life) Ja.i.99.

abstr. fr. voropeti

to deprive of (abl.), to take away; only in phrase jīvitā voropeti [which shows that -v- is purely euphonic] to deprive of life, to kill DN.i.85; Ja.iv.454; DN-a.i.236; Dhp-a.iv.68; Pv-a.67, …

mode of being or acting, conduct, practice, usage, livelihood, habit SN.i.100 (ariya˚; cp. ariya-vāsa); Snp.81 = Mil.228 (= jīvitavutti Snp-a.152); Snp.68, Snp.220, Snp.326, Snp.676; Ja.vi.224 (= jī …

talk, recitation, disputation; invitation (?), in brāhmaṇa˚; Ja.i.318 (karoti); Ja.iii.171, Ja.iv.391 (karoti); regarded as a kind of festival. At Ja.iii.238 vācanaka is used b …

1. scented Ja.i.65; Ja.ii.235 (su˚); Ja.iii.299; Ja.v.89; Vism.345.
2. [preferably fr. vāseti¹ = vasati²] established, made to be or live, preserved Mhvs.8, Mhvs.2 So also in phr …

…Vin.iii.259. pp. also vīta
caus 2 vāyāpeti to cause to be woven Vin.iii.259 (= vināpeti); Vv-a.181-See also…

…MN.iii.253 (sāma˚), where Mil.240 in id. p. reads sayaṃ˚ Vin.iii.259. Cp. vīta.

pp. of vāyati¹, cp. Divy.276…

…in late Sk. (lexicogr.) as vītaṃsa. BR compare Sk avataṃsa (garland: see P. vaṭaṃsa) & uttaṃsa. The etym. is not…

adverb in which, where, since; only in phrase yatra hi nāma (in emphatic exclamations) with Fut. “as indeed, inasmuch as, that” SN.ii.255 (ñāṇabhūtā vata sāvakā y. h. n. savako ñassati etc.); Ja.i.5 …

…cord“: see foll.).

• -opavīta (?) upavīta*] in phrase yaññ’ opavīta-kaṇṭhā “having the (sacrificial, i.e.)…

adjective

1. (lit.) fit for movement or locomotion: in -yāna sedan-chair, palanquin Abhp. 373.
2. (fig.) concerning the preservation of life, vital, in -rogin one who suffers from a vital dise …

known, well-known experienced, brought to knowledge, realized. In Cnd. s.v. constantly expl. by tulita tirita vibhūta vibhāvita which series is also used as explⁿ. of diṭṭha & vidita AN.v. …

knowledge, intelligence insight, conviction, recognition, opp. añāṇa avijjā, lack of k. or ignorance.

1. Ñāṇa in the theory of cognition:
   it occurs in intensive couple-compounds with terms of …

Ā¹

indeclinable a frequent prefix, used as well-defined simple base-prefix (with rootderivations), but not as modification (i.e. first part of a double prefix cpd. like sam-ā-dhi) exce …

Ādeva, Ādevanā

lamenting, deploring, crying etc. in ster. phrase (explaining parideva or pariddava) ādevo paridevo ādevanā pari˚ ādevitattaṃ pari˚ Mnd.370 = Cnd.416 = Pts.i.38.

ā + div. devati

Ādeva, Ādevanā

lamenting, deploring, crying etc. in ster. phrase (explaining parideva or pariddava) ādevo paridevo ādevanā pari˚ ādevitattaṃ pari˚ Mnd.370 = Cnd.416 = Pts.i.38.

ā + div. devati

1. coming, approach, result, DN.i.53 (āgamanaṃ pavattatī ti DN-a.i.160; cp. Sdhp.249 dukkh˚).
2. that which one goes by, resource, reference source of reference, text, Scripture, Canon; thus a design …

beating, striking, coming into touch, “impinging” Vism.142 (+ pariyāhanana, in def of vitakka) = Dhs-a.114 (cp. Expos. 151); Vism.515 (id.).

fr. ā + han

“the (way of) making”, i.e.

1. state, condition Ja.i.237 (avasan˚ condition of inhabitability); Ja.ii.154 (patan˚ state of falling, labile equilibrium) cp. paṇṇ˚
2. property, quality, attribute DN.i. …

-nā (f., also -ṇā) addressing, calling; invitation, greeting Snp.40 (ep. Cnd.128) -vacana the address-form of speech i.e. the vocative case (cp. Sk. āmantritaṃ id.) Snp-a.435; Kp-a.167.

f …

praise i.e. that which is commendable, profit, merit, advantage good result, blessing in or from (c. loc.). There are five ānisaṃsā sīlavato sīla-sampadāya or blessings which accrue to the virtuous …

to frequent, visit; to practise, pursue, indulge, enjoy AN.i.10; Snp.73 (cp. Cnd.94); Pts.ii.93 (maggaṃ)
pp āsevita.

ā + sev

frequented, indulged, practised, enjoyed Ja.i.21 (Ja.v.141; āsevita-nisevita); Ja.ii.60; Sdhp.93, Sdhp.237.

pp. of āsevati

life, vitality, duration of life, longevity DN.iii.68, DN.iii.69, DN.iii.73, DN.iii.77; SN.iii.143 (usmā ca); SN.iv.294; AN.i.155; AN.ii.63, AN.ii.66 (addh˚); AN.iii.47, AN.iv.76, AN.iv.139; Snp.694, …

adjective having life or vitality Pv-a.63 (āyusmāviññāṇa feeling or sense of vitality; is reading correct?).

Sk. āyuṣmant; see also the regular P. form āyasmant

reasoning, consideration, examination Mil.32 (“comprehension” trsl.; as characteristic of manasikāra); Vism.142 = Dhs-a.114 (“prescinding” trsl. as characteristic of vitakka).

fr. ūhanati?

state (as opposed to becoming), stability, steadfastness; duration, continuance, immobility; persistence, keeping up (of c. gen.); condition of (-˚) relation SN.ii.11; SN.iii.31; SN.iv.14 SN.iv.104, …

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …