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īsā, 1337 találat.
īsa →
pts
lord, owner ruler Ja.iv.209 (of a black lion = kāḷa-sīha C.); Vv-a.168 f. īsī see mahesī a chief queen. Cp. also mahesakkha.
fr. iś to have power, perf. īśe = Goth. aih; …
īsā →
pts
…reading for nangala-sīsā T.), SN.i.172, SN.i.224 (˚mukha): AN.iv.191 (rath˚); Snp.77; Ja.i.203 (˚mukha); Ja.iv.209; Ud.42; Mil.27;…
abbahati →
pts
Abbahati & abbuhati
to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …
abbhatthatā →
pts
“going towards setting”, disappearance, death Ja.v.469.
abstr. fr. abbhatta
abbhuggacchati →
pts
to go forth, go out, rise into DN.i.112, DN.i.127; AN.iii.252 (kitti-saddo a.) Pp.36. ger. -gantvā Ja.i.88 (ākāsaṃ), Ja.i.202; Dhp-a.iv.198 aor. -gañchi MN.i.126 (kittisaddo); Ja.i.93
pp *[a …
abbhuggata →
pts
gone forth, gone out, risen DN.i.88 (kitti-saddo a., cp. Dhp-a.i.146: sadevakaṃ lokaṃ ajjhottharitvā uggato), DN.i.107 (saddo); Snp.p.103 (kittisaddo).
pp. of abbhuggacchati
abbokiṇṇa →
pts
- filled MN.i.387 (paripuṇṇa +); Dhp-a.iv.182 (pañca jātisatāni a.).
- abbocchinna*, a + vi + ava + chinna] uninterrupted, constant, as -ṃ adv. in combn. wi …
abbuhati →
pts
Abbahati & abbuhati
to draw off, pull out (a sting or dart);
imper pres abbaha Thag.404; Ja.ii.95 (variant reading BB appuha = abbuha; C. explains by uddharatha)
aor abbahi Ja.v.198 (variant …
abhejja →
pts
adjective not to be split or divided, not to be drawn away or caused to be dissented, inalienable Snp.255 (mitto abhejjo parehi) Ja.i.263 (varasūra…), Ja.iii.318 (˚rūpa of strong character abhijja-ha …
abhicchanna →
pts
adjective covered with, bedecked or adorned with (-˚) Ja.ii.48 (hema-jāla˚, variant reading abhisañchanna), Ja.ii.370 (id.); Snp.772 (= ucchanna āvuṭa etc. Mnd.24, cp. Cnd.365).
abhi + channa
abhihaṃsati →
pts
- (trs.) to gladden, please, satisfy SN.iv.190 (abhihaṭṭhuṃ); AN.v.350 (id.).
- (intr.) to find delight in (c. acc.), to enjoy SN.v.74 (rūpaṃ manāpaṃ); AN.iv.419 sq. (T. reads ˚hiṃsamāna jhānaṃ vari …
abhihiṃsanā →
pts
(& ˚ṃ) neighing Vv.64#10 = Vv-a.279 (gloss abhihesana). See in detail under abhisaṃsanā.
for abhihesanā cp. P. hesā = Sk. hreṣā, & hesitaṃ
abhijigiṃsati →
pts
to wish to overcome, to covet Ja.vi.193 (= jinituṃ icchati C). Burmese scribes spell -jigīsati; Thag.743 (“cheat”? Mrs Rh. D.; “vernichten” Neumann). See also abhijeti, and ni …
abhikkamati →
pts
to go forward, to proceed, approach DN.i.50 (= abhimukho kamati gacchati, pavisati DN-a.i.151); DN.ii.147, DN.ii.256 (abhikkā muṃ aor.); Dhp-a.iii.124 (evaṃ ˚itabbaṃ evaṃ paṭikkamitabbaṃ thus to app …
abhilāpa →
pts
talk, phrasing, expression Snp.49 (vācâbhilāpa making phrases, talking, idle or objectionable speech = tiracchanakathā Cnd.561); Iti.89 (? reading abhilāpāyaṃ uncertain, vv.ll. abhipāyaṃ abhipāpāyaṃ a …
abhimaṅgala →
pts
adjective (very) fortunate, lucky, anspicious, in ˚sammatā (of Visākhā) “benedicted” blessed Vin.iii.187 = Dhp-a.i.409. Opp. avamangala.
abhi + mangala
abhinivisati →
pts
to cling to, adhere to, be attached to Mnd.308, Mnd.309 (parāmasati +)
pp abhiniviṭṭha; cp. also abhinivesa.
abhi + nivisati
abhiniviṭṭha →
pts
adjective “settled in”, attached to, clinging on Cnd.152 (gahita parāmaṭṭha a.); Pv-a.267 (= ajjhāsita Pv.iv.8#4).
abhi + niviṭṭha, pp. of abhi-nivisati
abhiropana →
pts
concentration of mind, attention (seems restricted to Pts ii. only) Pts.ii.82 (variant reading abhiniropana), Pts.ii.84, Pts.ii.93, Pts.ii.115 (buddhi˚), Pts.ii.142 (˚virāga), Pts.ii.145 (˚vimutti), P …
abhisaddahati →
pts
to have faith in, believe in (c. acc.) believe SN.v.226; Thag.785; Pv.iv.1#13, Pv.iv.1#25 (˚saddaheyya paṭiñeyya Pv-a.226); Ne.11; Mil.258; Pv-a.26 Dāvs iii.58.
abhi + saddahati, cp. Sk. abhiśradd …
abhisajjana →
pts
adjective only as adv. f. ˚nī. Epithet of vācā scolding abusing, cursing AN.v.265 (para˚). Cp. next.
abstr. fr. abhisajjati in meaning of abhisanga 2
abhisajjanā →
pts
at Snp.49 evidently means “scolding, cursing, being in bad temper” (cp. abhisajjati), as its combn. with vāc’ âbhilāpa indicates, but is expld. both by Nd ii.& Bdhgh. as “stickin …
abhisajjati →
pts
to be in ill temper, to be angry, to curse, imprecate (in meaning of abhisanga 2) DN.i.91 (= kodha-vasena laggati DN-a.i.257), DN.iii.159; Ja.iii.120 (+ kuppati); Ja.iv.22 (abhisajji kuppi vyāpajji …
abhisallekhika →
pts
adjective austere, stern, only in f. -ā (scil. kathā) AN.iii.117 sq.; AN.iv.352, AN.iv.357; AN.v.67.
abhi + sallekha + ika
abhisamaya →
pts
“coming by completely”, insight into, comprehension, realization clear understanding, grasp, penetration. See on term Kvu trsl. 381 sq
■ Esp. in full phrases: attha˚; grasp of what is proficient …
abhisambhava →
pts
only in dur˚; hard to overcome or get over, hard to obtain or reach, troublesome SN.v.454; AN.v.202; Snp.429, Snp.701; Ja.v.269, Ja.vi.139, Ja.vi.439. Abhisambhavati (bhoti)
fr. abhisambhavati
abhisambhavati →
pts
Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)
“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …
abhisambhoti →
pts
Abhisambhavati (˚bhoti)
“to come up to”, i.e. to be able to (get or stand or overcome) to attain, reach, to bear AN.iv.241; Thag.436; Mnd.471 Mnd.485; Ja.iii.140; Ja.v.150, Ja.v.417; Ja.vi.292, Ja.vi …
abhisambhuṇāti →
pts
to be able (to get or reach); only in neg ppr. anabhisambhuṇanto unable DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268); Mnd.77, Mnd.312.
considered to be a bastard form of abhisambhavati, bu …
abhisambhū →
pts
adjective getting, attaining (?) DN.ii.255 (lomahaṃsa˚).
fr. abhi + sam + bhū
abhisambhūta →
pts
attained, got Sdhp.556.
pp. of abhisambhavati
abhisambodhi →
pts
the highest enlightenment Ja.i.14 (parama˚). Cp. abhisambujjhana and (sammā-) sambodhi.
abhi + sambodhi
abhisambodhita →
pts
adjective awakened to the highest wisdom Pv-a.137 (Bhagavā).
pp. of abhisambodheti, Caus. of abhi + sambujjhati
abhisambuddha →
pts
- (pass.) realised, perfectly understood DN.iii.273; SN.iv.331; Iti.121 an˚; not understood MN.i.71, MN.i.92, MN.i.114, MN.i.163, MN.i.240
- (med.) one who has come to the realisation of the highe …
abhisambuddhatta →
pts
thorough realisation, perfect understanding SN.v.433.
abstr. fr. abhisambuddha
abhisambudhāna →
pts
adjective awaking realising, knowing, understanding Dhp.46 (= bujjhanto jānanto ti attho Dhp-a.i.337).
formation of a ppr. med. fr. pp. abhsam + budh instead of abhisam + bujjh˚.
abhisambujjhana →
pts
Err:509
abhisambujjhati →
pts
to become wideawake, to awake to the highest knowledge, to gain the highest wisdom (sammāsambodhiṃ) DN.iii.135; Iti.121 aor. -sambujjhi SN.v.433; Pv-a.19. In combn. *abhisambujjhati abh …
abhisamekkhati →
pts
Abhisamikkhati & Abhisamekkhati
to behold, see, regard, notice Ja.iv.19 (2nd sg med. ˚samekkhase = olokesi C.)
ger -samikkha ˚samekkha; [B.Sk. ˚samīkṣya, e.g. Jtm.p.28, Jtm.p.30 etc.] …
abhisameta →
pts
completely grasped or realised, understood mastered SN.v.128 (dhamma a.), SN.v.440 (anabhisametāni cattāri ariyasaccāni, cp. Divy.654 anabhisamitāni c.a.) AN.iv.384 (appattaṃ asacchikataṃ +).
pp. of …
abhisameti →
pts
to come by, to attain, to realise grasp, understand (cp. adhigacchati) Mil.214 (catusaccâbhisamayaṃ abhisameti). frequently in combn. *abhisambujjhati abhisameti; abhisambujjhitvā abhisamet …
abhisametāvin →
pts
adjective commanding full understanding or penetration, possessing complete insight (of the truth) Vin.iii.189; SN.ii.133; SN.v.458 sq.
possess. adj
■ formation, equalling a n. ag. form., pp. abhisameta
abhisamikkhati →
pts
Abhisamikkhati & Abhisamekkhati
to behold, see, regard, notice Ja.iv.19 (2nd sg med. ˚samekkhase = olokesi C.)
ger -samikkha ˚samekkha; [B.Sk. ˚samīkṣya, e.g. Jtm.p.28, Jtm.p.30 etc.] …
abhisammati →
pts
to cease, stop; trs. (Caus.) to allay, pacify, still Ja.vi.420 (pp. abhisammanto for ˚śammento? Reading uncertain).
abhi + śam, Sk. abhiśamyati
abhisampanna →
pts
at Pv-a.144 is wrong reading for variant reading abhisapana (curse).
abhisamparāya →
pts
future lot, fate, state after death, future condition of rebirth; usually in foll phrases: kā gati ko abhisamparāyo (as hendiadys) ʻwhat fate in the world-to-come’, DN.ii.91; Vin.i.293; SN.iv.59 S …
abhisamācārika →
pts
adjective belonging to the practice of the lesser ethics; to be practiced; belonging to or what is the least to be expected of good conduct, proper. Of sikkhā Vin.v.181; AN.ii.243 …
abhisamāgacchati →
pts
to come to (understand) completely, to grasp fully, to master Kp-a.236 (for abhisamecca Snp.143).
abhi + sam + āgacchati, cp. in meaning adhigacchati
abhisanda →
pts
outflow, overflow, yield, issue, result only in foll. phrases: cattāro puññ’ âbhisandā kusal’ âbhisandā (yields in merit) SN.v.391 sq.; AN.ii.54 sq. AN.iii.51, AN.iii.337; AN.vi.245, & *kamm’ âbhisa …
abhisandahati →
pts
to put together, to make ready Thag.151; ger. abhisandhāya in sense of a prep. = on account of, because of Ja.ii.386 (= paṭicca C.).
abhi + sandahati of saṃ + dhā
abhisandana →
pts
result, outcome, consequence Pts.i.17 (sukhassa).
= abhisanda
abhisandeti →
pts
to make overflow, to make full, fill, pervade DN.i.73, DN.i.74.
abhi + sandeti, Caus. of syad
abhisanna →
pts
adjective overflowing, filled with (-˚), full Vin.i.279 (˚kāya a body full of humours, cp. Vin.ii.119 & Mil.134) Ja.i.17 (Ja.v.88 pītiyā); Mil.112 (duggandha˚).
pp. of abhisandati = abhi + syand, …
abhisantāpeti →
pts
to burn out, scorch, destroy MN.i.121.
ahhi + santāpeti, Caus. of santapati
abhisapana →
pts
cursing, curse Pv-a.144 (so read for abhisampanna).
fr. abhisapati
abhisapati →
pts
to execrate, curse, accurse Vin.iv.276; Ja.iv.389; Ja.v.87; Dhp-a.i.42
pp abhisatta.
abhi + sapati, of śap
abhisara →
pts
retinue Ja.v.373.
fr. abhi + sarati, of sṛ; to go
abhisasi →
pts
of abhisaṃsati (q.v.).
abhisatta →
pts
cursed, accursed, railed at, reviled Ja.iii.460; Ja.v.71; Snp-a.364 (= akkuṭṭha); Vv-a.335.
pp. of abhisapati, cp. Sk. abhiśapta, fr. abhi + śap
abhisattha →
pts
cursed, accursed Thag.118 “old age falls on her as if it had been cursed upon her (that is, laid upon her by a curse). Morris J.P.T.S. 1886 145 gives the commentator’s equivalents, “commanded worked b …
abhisavati →
pts
(better -ssavati?) to flow towards or into Ja.vi.359 (najjo Gangaṃ a.).
abhi + savati, of sru
abhisañcayati →
pts
Abhisañcināti & ˚cayati
to accumulate, collect (merit) Vv.47#6 (Pot. ˚sañceyyaṃ = ˚sañcineyyaṃ Vv-a.202).
abhi + sañcināti
abhisañcetayita →
pts
raised into consciousness, thought out, intended, planned MN.i.350; SN.ii.65; SN.iv.132; AN.v.343.
pp. of abhisañceteti
abhisañceteti →
pts
to bring to consciousness, think out, devise, plan SN.ii.82
pp abhisañcetayita (q.v.).
abhi + sañceteti or ˚cinteti
abhisañcināti →
pts
Abhisañcināti & ˚cayati
to accumulate, collect (merit) Vv.47#6 (Pot. ˚sañceyyaṃ = ˚sañcineyyaṃ Vv-a.202).
abhi + sañcināti
abhisaññā →
pts
Only in the compound abhi-saññā-nirodha DN.i.179, DN.i.184. The prefix abhi qualifies, not saññā, but the whole compound, which means ʻtrance’. It is an expression used, not by Buddhists, but by c …
abhisaññūhati →
pts
to heap up, concentrate Vb.1, Vb.2, Vb.82 sq.; Vb.216 sq., Vb.400; Mil.46 Cp. abhisaṅkhipati.
abhi + saññūhati, i.e. saṃ-ni-ūhati
abhisaṃsanā →
pts
is doubtful reading at Vv.64#10; meaning “neighing” (of horses) Vv-a.272, Vv-a.279.
? abhisaṃsati
abhisaṃsati →
pts
to execrate, revile, lay a curse on Ja.v.174 (˚saṃsittha 3rd sg. pret med. = paribhāsi C.)
aor abhisasi Ja.vi.187, Ja.vi.505, Ja.vi.522 (= akkosi C.), Ja.vi.563 (id. …
abhisaṃvisati →
pts
Only in abhisaṃvisseyyagattaṃ (or -bhastaṃ or -santuṃ) Thig.466 a compound of doubtful derivation and meaning. Mrs. Rh. D., following Dhammapāla (p. 283) ʻa bag of skin with carrion filled’.
abhi …
abhisaṅga →
pts
I. sticking to, cleaving to, adherence to Ja.v.6; Ne.110 Ne.112; Dhs-a.129 (˚hetukaṃ dukkhaṃ), Dhs-a.249 (˚rasa).
fr. abhi + sañj, cp. abhisajjati & Sk. abhisanga
abhisaṅgin →
pts
adjective cleaving to (-˚) Sdhp.566.
fr. abhisanga
abhisaṅkharoti →
pts
(& -khāreti in Pot.) to prepare, do, perform, work, get up Vin.i.16 (iddh’ âbhisankhāraṃ ˚khāreyya); DN.i.184 (id.); SN.ii.40; SN.iii.87 SN.iii.92; SN.iv.132, SN.iv.290; SN.v.449; AN.i.201; Snp.984 …
abhisaṅkhata →
pts
adjective prepared, fixed, made up, arranged, done MN.i.350; AN.ii.43; AN.v.343; Ja.i.50; Mnd.186 (kappita +); Pv-a.7, Pv-a.8.
abhi + sankhata, pp. of abhisankharoti
abhisaṅkhipati →
pts
to throw together, heap together, concentrate Vb.1 sq., Vb.82 sq., Vb.216 sq. Vb.400; Mil.46.
abhi + sankhipati
abhisaṅkhāra →
pts
- putting forth, performance, doing, working, practice: only in two combns., viz
- gamiya˚; (or gamika˚) a heathenish practice Vin.i.233; AN.iv.180, &
- iddha˚; (= iddḥi˚) work …
abhisaṅkhārika →
pts
adjective what belongs to or is done by the sankhāras; accumulated by or accumulating merit, having special (meritorious) effect (or specially prepared?) Vin.ii.77 = Vin.iii.160; Sdhp.309 (sa ˚paccaya …
abhisaṭa →
pts
- (med.) streamed forth, come together Ja.vi.56 (= sannipatita C.).
- (pass.) approached, visited Vin.i.268.
pp. of abhisarati, abhi + sṛ; to flow
abhisiṃsati →
pts
to utter a solemn wish, Vv.81#18 (aor. ˚sīsi. variant reading ˚sisi. Vv-a.316 explains by icchi sampaṭicchi).
= abhisaṃsati, abhi + śaṃs. As to Sk. śaṃs → P. siṃs cp. āsiṃsati, as to meaning …
abhissara →
pts
adjective only neg. an˚; in formula atāṇo loko anabhissaro “without a Lord or protector MN.ii.68 (variant reading ˚abhisaro); Pts.i.126 (variant reading id.).
abhi + issara
abhisādheti →
pts
to carry out, arrange; to get; procure, attain Ja.vi.180; Mil.264.
abhi + sādheti
abhisāpa →
pts
curse, anathema SN.iii.93 = Iti.89 (which latter reads abhilāpa and It A explains by akkosa see vv.ll. under abhilāpa & cp.; Brethren 376 n. 1.) Thag.1118.
abhisapati
abhisāreti →
pts
to approach, to persecute Ja.vi.377.
abhi + sāreti, Caus. of abhisarati
abhisāriyā →
pts
woman who goes to meet her lover Ja.iii.139.
Sk. abhisārikā, fr. abhi + sṛ.
abhitāpa →
pts
extreme heat, glow; adj. very hot Vin.iii.83 (sīsa˚ sunstroke); MN.i.507 (mahā˚ very hot) Mil.67 (mahābhitāpatara much hotter); Pv.iv.1#8 (mahā˚ of niraya).
abhi + tāpa
abhivissattha →
pts
confided in, taken into confidence MN.ii.52 (variant reading ˚visaṭṭha).
abhi + vissattha, pp. of abhivissasati, Sk. abhiviśvasta
accasara →
pts
adjective
- going beyond the limits (of proper behaviour), too self-sure, overbearing, arrogant, proud SN.i.239 (variant reading accayasara caused by prolepsis of foll. accaya); Ja.iv.6 (atisara); …
accasari →
pts
of atisarati to go beyond the limit, to go astray Ja.v.70.
fr. ati + sṛ.
acchariya →
pts
adjective noun wonderful, surprising strange, marvellous DN.ii.155; MN.i.79; MN.iii.118, MN.iii.125, MN.iii.144 (an˚); SN.iv.371; AN.i.181; Mil.28, Mil.253; Dhp-a.iii.171; Pv-a.121; Vv-a.71 (an˚). …
adaka →
pts
adjective = ada Ja.v.91 (purisâdaka man-eater).
adhama →
pts
adjective the lowest (lit. & fig.), the vilest, worst Snp.246; (narādhama), 135 (vasalâdhama); Dhp.78 (purisa˚) Ja.iii.151 (miga˚); Ja.v.394 (uttamâdhama), Ja.v.437 (id.), Ja.v.397 Sdhp.387.
Vedic …
adhicitta →
pts
“higher thought”, meditation, contemplation, nsually in combn. with adhisīla and adhipaññā Vin.i.70; DN.iii.219; MN.i.451; AN.i.254, AN.i.256 Mn …
adhigacchati →
pts
to get to, to come into possession of, to acquire, attain, find; fig. to understand DN.i.229 (vivesaṃ) MN.i.140 (anvesaṃ n’ âdhigacchanti do not find); SN.i.22 (nibbānaṃ); SN.ii.278 (id.); AN.i.162 (i …
adhimuccati →
pts
- to be drawn to, feel attached to or inclined towards, to indulge in (c. loc. SN.iii.225; SN.iv.185; AN.iv.24, AN.iv.145 sq., AN.iv.460; AN.v.17; Pp.63.
- to become settled, to make up one’s mind a …
adhisayana →
pts
adjective lying on or in, inhabiting Pv-a.80 (mañcaṃ).
fr. adhiseti
adhisayita →
pts
sat on, addled (of eggs) Vin.iii.3; SN.iii.153.
pp. of adhiseti
adhiseti →
pts
to lie on, sit on, live in, to follow, pursue Dhp.41; Snp.671 (= gacchati C.)
pp adhisayita.
adhi + seti
adho →
pts
adverb below, usually combd. or contrasted with uddhaṃ “above” and tiriyaṃ “across”, describing the 3 dimensions
■ uddhaṃ and …
aggi →
pts
fire.
- fire, flames, sparks; conflagration Vin.ii.120 (fire in bathroom); MN.i.487 (anāhāro nibbuto f. gone out for lack of fuel); SN.iv.185, SN.iv.399 (sa-upādāno jalati provided with fuel blazes …
ajjhohata →
pts
having swallowed Sdhp.610 (balisaṃ maccho viya: like a fish the fishhook).
pp. of ajjhoharati
ajjhupekkhati →
pts
- to look on AN.i.257; Mil.275.
- to look on intently or with care, to oversee, to take care of AN.iv.45 (kaṭṭh’aggi, has to be looked after); Pv-a.149 (sisaṃ colaṃ vā).
- to look on indifferently …
ajjhāvara →
pts
surrounding; waiting on, service, retinue Ja.v.322, Ja.v.324, Ja.v.326, Ja.v.327 (explained at all passages by parisā). Should we read ajjhācara? Cp. ajjhācāra.
fr. adhi + ā + var
akalu →
pts
(cp. agalu) an ointment Ja.iv.440 (akaluñ candanañ ca, variant reading BB aggaluṃ; C. explains as kālākaluñ ca rattacandanañ ca, thus implying a blacking or dark ointment); Ja …
akkha →
pts
…of an axle); Mil.27 (+ īsā + cakka), Mil.277 (atibhārena sakaṭassa akkho bhijjati: the axle of the cart breaks when the load is too…
akkhaṇa →
pts
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 …
akkuṭṭha →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) being reviled, scolded, railed at Snp.366 (= dasahi akkosavatthūhi abhisatto Snp-a.364); Ja.vi.187.
- (nt.) reviling, scolding, swearing at; in combination *akkuṭṭha-vandi …
akāsiya →
pts
adjective noun “not from the Kāsī-country” (?); official name of certain tax-gatherers in the king’s service Ja.vi.212 (akāsiya-saṅkhātā rāja-purisā C.).
a + kāsika?
alaṃ →
pts
indeclinable emphatic particle
- in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …
alla →
pts
adjective (only ˚-)
- moist, wet MN.iii.94 (-mattikā -puñja a heap of moist clay; may be taken in meaning 2).
- fresh (opp. stale), new; freshly plucked, gathered or caught, viz.
- *-kusam …
allīyati →
pts
to cling to, stick to, adhere to (in both senses, good or bad); to covet
- lit. kesā sīsaṃ allīyiṃsu the hair stuck to the head Ja.i.64 khaggo lomesu allīyi the sword stuck in the hair Ja.i.273
- f …
amacca →
pts
- friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …
amata →
pts
Amata1
neuter
- The drink of the gods, ambrosia, water of immortality, (cp BSk. amṛta-varṣa “rain of Ambrosia” Jtm.221).
- A general conception of a state of durability & non-change a …
anabhisambhuṇamāna →
pts
adjective not obtaining, unable to get or keep up DN.i.101 (= asampāpuṇanto avisahamāno vā DN-a.i.268).
ppr. med. of an + abhisambhuṇāti
andha →
pts
adjective
- (lit.) blind, blinded, blindfolded Ja.i.216 (dhūm˚); Pv.iv.1#48; Pv-a.3
■ dark, dull, blinding MN.iii.151 (˚andhaṃ adv. dulled); Snp.669 (Ep. of timisa, like Vedic andhaṃ tamaḥ); D …
aneka →
pts
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.) …
anibbisaṃ →
pts
not finding Thag.78 = Dhp.153 (= taṃ ñāṇaṃ avindanto Dhp-a.iii.128).
ppr. of nibbisati, q.v.
animisa →
pts
adjective not winking, waking, watchful Dāvs v.26 (nayana).
Ved. animeṣa, cp. nimisati
anoka →
pts
houselessness, a houseless state, fig freedom from worldliness or attachment to life, singleness SN.v.24 = AN.v.232 = Dhp.87 (okā anokaṃ āgamma). adj. homeless, free from attachment SN.i.176; Dhp.87 ( …
antaradhāna →
pts
disappearance AN.i.58 (saddhammassa); AN.ii.147; AN.iii.176 sq.; Mil.133; Dhs.645 Dhs.738, Dhs.871. Cp. ˚dhāyana.
fr. antaradhāyati
antaradhāyana →
pts
disappearance Dhp-a.iv.191. (variant reading ˚adhāna).
fr. antaradhāyati
antaradhāyati →
pts
to disappear Snp.449 (˚dhāyatha 3rd sg. med.); Vv.81#28 (id.); Ja.i.119 = Dhp-a.i.248; Dhp-a.iv.191 (ppr. ˚dhāyamāna & aor. dhāyi) Pv-a.152, Pv-a.217, (˚dhāyi), Pv-a.245; Vv-a.48
pp …
antarahita →
pts
adjective
- disappeared, gone, left DN.i.222. MN.i.487. Mil.18. Pv-a.245.
- in phrase anantarahitāya bhūmiyā (loc) on the bare soil (lit. on the ground with nothing put in between it & the perso …
antika →
pts
adjective noun
- near Kp-a.217; nt. neighbourhood Kp.viii.1. (odak˚); Ja.vi.565 (antike loc. anti near).
- [der fr. anta = Sk. antya] being at the end, final, finished, over SN.i.130 (purisā etad\ …
anto →
pts
indeclinable prep. inside, either c. acc. denoting direction = into, or c. loc. denoting place where = in. As prefix (˚-) in, within, inside, inner (see compounds)
- prep c. acc. anto nivesanaṃ g …
anu →
pts
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 …
anubyañjana FIXME double →
pts
Anuvyañjana & anubyañjana
(e.g. Vin.iv.15; Ja.i.12) neuter accompanying (i.e. secondary attribute, minor or inferior characteristic, supplementary or additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa …
anudisati →
pts
to point out, direct, bid, address Pv-a.99 (aor. anudesi + anvesi)
pp anudiṭṭha (q.v.).
anu + disati
anudisā →
pts
an intermediate point of the compass, often collectively for the usual 4 intermediate points DN.i.222; SN.i.122; SN.iii.124.
anu + disā
anudiṭṭha →
pts
pointed out, appointed, dedicated, nt. consecration, dedication Ja.v.393 (anudiṭṭha asukassa nāma dassatī ti C.); Pv.i.10#7 (= uddiṭṭha Pv-a.50).
pp. of anudisati
anugata →
pts
adjective gone after, accompanied by, come to; following; fig. fallen or gone into, affected with (-˚), being a victim of, suffering MN.i.16; DN.iii.85 DN.iii.173 (parisā); AN.ii.185 (sota˚, variant …
anugāmika →
pts
adjective going along with, following, accompanying; resulting from, consequential on Kp.viii.8 (nidhi a treasure acc. a man to the next world); Ja.iv.280 (-nidhi); Mil.159 (pari …
anukūla →
pts
adjective favourable, agreeable, suitable, pleasant Vv-a.280; spelt anukula at Sdhp.297, Sdhp.312.
anulokin →
pts
adjective looking (up) at, seeing (-˚) MN.i.147 (sīsa˚).
fr. anu + loketi, cp. Sk. & P. avalokin & anuviloketi
anupakkhandati →
pts
to push oneself forward, to encroach on DN.i.122 (= anupavisati DN-a.i.290) ger. anupakhajja pushing oneself in, intruding Vin.ii.88 (= antopavisati), Vin.ii.213; Vin.iv.43 ( …
anuparisakkana →
pts
dealing with, interest in SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattana).
fr. anuparisakkati
anuparisakkati →
pts
to move round, to be occupied with, take an interest in (c. acc.) SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattati).
anu + pari + sakkati
anuparivattati →
pts
to go or move round, viz.
- to deal with, be engaged in, perform, worship Vin.iii.307 (ādiccaṃ); DN.i.240; Pv-a.97.
- to meet Mil.204 (Devadatto ca Bodhisatto ca ekato anuparivattanti).
- to move …
anupassanā →
pts
looking at, viewing, contemplating, consideration, realisation SN.v.178 sq., Snp.p.140; Pts.i.10, Pts.i.20, Pts.i.96; Pts.ii.37, Pts.ii.41 sq. Pts.ii.67 sq.; Vb.194. See anicca˚, anatta˚, dukkha˚.
…
anupavisati →
pts
to go into, to enter Dhp.i.290; Vv-a.42 (= ogāhati)
pp -paviṭṭha (q.v.) Caus. -paveseti (q.v.).
anu + pa + visati
anupaviṭṭha →
pts
(anuppa˚) entered, gone or got into, fallen into (c. acc.) Mil.270, Mil.318 sq., Mil.409 (coming for shelter); Pv-a.97, Pv-a.152 (Gangānadiṃ a. nadī flowing into the G.).
pp. of anupavisati
anupādaṃ →
pts
adverb at the foot Vism.182 (opp. anusīsaṃ at the head).
anu + pāda
anuttara →
pts
adjective “nothing higher”, without a superior, incomparable, second to none, unsurpassed, excellent, preeminent Snp.234 (= adhikassa kassaci abhāvato Kp-a.193), 1003; Dhp.23, Dhp.55 (= asadisa appaṭ …
anutāpa →
pts
anguish, remorse, conscience Vv.40#5 (= vippaṭisāra Vv-a.180); Dhs-a.384.
fr. anu + tāpa
anuvikkhitta →
pts
adjective dispersed over SN.v.277 sq. (+ anuvisaṭa).
anu + vi + khitta, pp. of anu + vikkhipati
anuviloketi →
pts
to look round at, look over, survey, muster MN.i.339; Snp.p.140; Ja.i.53; Mil.7 (lakaṃ), Mil.21 (parisaṃ), Mil.230.
anu + vi + loketi; B.Sk. anuvilokayati
anuvisaṭa →
pts
(anu + visaṭa, pp. of anu + vi + sṛ; ] spread over SN.v.277 sq.; Ja.iv.102.
anuvyañjana →
pts
Anuvyañjana & anubyañjana
(e.g. Vin.iv.15; Ja.i.12) neuter accompanying (i.e. secondary attribute, minor or inferior characteristic, supplementary or additional sign or mark (cf. mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa …
anvādisati →
pts
to advise, dedicate, assign; imper. ˚disāhi Pv.ii.2#6 (= uddissa dehi Pv-a.80); Pv.iii.2#8 (= ādisa Pv-a.181).
anu + ā + disati
anvāvisati →
pts
to go into, to take possession of, to visit MN.i.326; SN.i.67; Mil.156
pp anvāviṭṭha (q.v.). Cp. adhimuccati.
anu + ā + visati
anvāviṭṭha →
pts
possessed (by evil spirits) SN.i.114.
pp. of anvāvisati
apadisa →
pts
reference, testimony, witness Dhp-a.ii.39.
fr apa + diś
apadisati →
pts
to call to witness, to refer to, to quote Vin.iii.159; Ja.i.215; Ja.iii.234; Ja.iv.203; Mil.270; Dhp-a.ii.39; Ne.93.
apa + disati
apagama →
pts
going away, disappearance Sdhp.508.
Sk. apagama
apakāsati →
pts
at Vin.ii.204 is to be read as apakassati and interpreted as “draw away, distract, bring about a split or dissension (of the Sangha)”. The variant reading on p. Vin.ii.325 just …
aparāyin →
pts
adjective having no support Ja.iii.386 (f. -ī; C. appatiṭṭhā appaṭisaraṇā).
a + parāyin, cp. parāyana
apeti →
pts
to go away, to disappear DN.i.180 (upeti pi apeti pi) Ja.i.292; Snp.1143 (= n’ apagacchanti na vijahanti Cnd.66)
pp apeta (q.v.).
apa + i, cp. Gr. α ̓́πειμι, Lat. …
appa →
pts
adjective small, little, insignificant, often in the sense of “very little = (next to) nothing” (so in most compounds); thus expld. at Vv-a.334 as equivalent to a negative part. (see *[a …
appatīta →
pts
adjective dissatisfied, displeased, disappointed (cp. appaccaya) Ja.v.103 (at this passage preferably to be read with variant reading as appatika = without husband, C. explains assāmika), Ja.v.155 ( …
appaṭigandhika →
pts
Appaṭigandhika & ˚iya
adjective not smelling disagreeable, i.e. with beautiful smell, scented odorous Ja.v.405 (˚ika, but C. ˚iya; expld. by sugandhena udakena samannāgata); Ja.vi.518; Pv. …
appaṭigandhiya →
pts
Appaṭigandhika & ˚iya
adjective not smelling disagreeable, i.e. with beautiful smell, scented odorous Ja.v.405 (˚ika, but C. ˚iya; expld. by sugandhena udakena samannāgata); Ja.vi.518; Pv. …
appaṭisama →
pts
adjective not having it’s equal, incomparable Ja.i.94 (Baddha-sirī).
a + paṭi = sama; cp. BSk. apratisama Mvu.i.104
appaṭisandhika →
pts
(and -iya) adjective
- what cannot be put together again, unmendable irreparable (˚iya) Pv.i.12#9 (= puna pākatiko na hoti Pv-a.66) = Ja.iii.167 (= paṭipākatiko kātuṃ na sakkā C.).
- incapable …
appaṭisaṅkhā →
pts
want of judgment Pp.21 = Dhs.1346.
a + paṭisankhā
appesakkha →
pts
adjective of little power, weak, impotent SN.ii.229; Mil.65; Sdhp.89.
acc. to Childers = Sk. *alpa + īśa + ākhya, the latter fr. ā + khyā “being called lord of little”; Trenckner on Mil.65 (see …
appita →
pts
adjective
- fixed, applied, concentrated (mind) Mil.415 (mānasa) Sdhp.233 (citta).
- brought to, put to, fixed on Ja.vi.78 (maraṇamukhe); visappita (an arrow to which) poison (is) applied, so rea …
arahatta →
pts
Arahatta1
neuter the state or condition of an Arahant, i.e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (SN.iv.151) final & absolute emancipation Arahantship, the attainment of the last & h …
araṇi →
pts
Araṇi & ˚ī
feminine wood for kindling fire by attrition, only in foll. compounds: -potaka small firewood, all that is needed for producing fire, chiefly drill sticks Mil.53; -sahita (nt.) same …
araṇī →
pts
Araṇi & ˚ī
feminine wood for kindling fire by attrition, only in foll. compounds: -potaka small firewood, all that is needed for producing fire, chiefly drill sticks Mil.53; -sahita (nt.) same …
ariya →
pts
adjective noun
- (racial) Aryan DN.ii.87.
- (social) noble, distinguished, of high birth.
- (ethical) in accord with the customs and ideals of the Aryan clans, held in esteem by Aryans, gene …
aruṇa →
pts
the sun Vin.ii.68 Vin.iv.245; Ja.ii.154; Ja.v.403; Ja.vi.330; Dpvs.i.56; DN-a.i.30. a. uggacchati the sun rises Ja.i.108; Vv-a.75, & see compounds.
- -ugga sunrise Vin.iv.272; SN …
asa →
pts
adjective bad Ja.iv.435 = Ja.vi.235 (sataṃ vā asaṃ acc. sg. with variant reading santaṃ…, expld- by sappurisaṃ vā asappurisaṃ vā C.); Ja.v.448 (n. pl. f. asā expld. by asatiyo lā …
asadisa →
pts
adjective incomparable, not having its like Dhp-a.ii.89; Dhp-a.iii.120 (˚dāna).
a + sadisa
asammodiya →
pts
disagreement, dissension Ja.vi.517 (= asamaggiya C.).
a + sammodiya
asappurisa →
pts
low, bad or unworthy man MN.iii.37; Snp-a.479 (= anariya Snp.664).
a + sappurisa, cp. asat
asi →
pts
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 …
assa →
pts
Assa1
shoulder; in cpd. assapuṭa shoulder-bag, knapsack i.e. a bag containing provisions instr. assupuṭena with provisions. Later exegesis has interpreted this as a bag full of ashes, …
assasati →
pts
- to breathe, to breathe out, to exhale Ja.i.163; Ja.vi.305 (gloss assāsento passāsento susu ti saddaṃ karonto); Vism.272. Usually in combn. with passasati to inhale …
assattha →
pts
Assattha1
the holy fig-tree, Ficus, Religiosa the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment i.e. the Bo tree Vin.iv.35; DN.ii.4 (sammā-sambuddho assatthassa mūle abhisambuddho); …
asura →
pts
fallen angel, a Titan pl. asurā the Titans, a class of mythological beings. Dhpāla at Pv-a.272 & the C. on Ja.v.186 define them as kāḷakañjaka-bhedā asurā. The are classed with other similar infer …
asāta →
pts
adjective disagreeable Vin.i.78 (asātā vedanā, cp. asātā vedanā M Vastu I 5); Snp.867; Ja.i.288, Ja.i.410; Ja.ii.105; Dhs.152, Dhs.1343.
a + sāta, Sk. aśāta, Kern’s interpretation & etymology of asā …
ati →
pts
indeclinable adv. and prep of direction (forward motion), in primary meaning “on and further”, then “up to and beyond”.
I. in abstr position
adverbially (only as ttg.): in excess, extremel …
atidisati →
pts
to give further explanation, to explain in detail Mil.304.
ati + disati
atinicaka →
pts
adjective too low, only in phrase cakkavāḷaṃ atisambādhaṃ Brahmaloko atinīcako the World is too narrow and Heaven too low (to comprehend the merit of a person, as sign of exceeding merit) Dhp-a.i.3 …
atisambādha →
pts
adjective too tight, crowded or narrow Dhp-a.i.310; Dhp-a.iii.310 = Vv-a.68; cp. atinīcaka. f. abstr. atisambādhatā the state of being too narrow Ja.i.7.
ati + sambādha
atisanta →
pts
adjective extremely peaceful Sdhp.496.
ati + santa1
atisara →
pts
adjective transgressing, sinning Ja.iv.6; cp. atisāra.
fr. atisarati; cp. accasara
atisarati →
pts
to go too far, to go beyond the limit, to overstep, transgress, aor. accasari (q.v.) Snp.8 sq (opp. paccasari; C. atidhāvi); Ja.v.70 and atisari Ja.iv.6. ger …
atisaya →
pts
superiority, distinction, excellence, abundance Vv-a.135 (= visesa); Pv-a.86; Dāvs ii.62.
cp. Sk. atiśaya, fr. ati + śī
atisayati →
pts
to surpass, excel; ger. atisayitvā Mil.336 (+ atikkamitvā).
ati + śī
atisañcara →
pts
(˚cāra?) wandering about too much Mil.277.
ati + sañcāra
atisaṇha →
pts
adjective too subtle Dhp-a.iii.326.
ati + saṇha
atisāra →
pts
going too far, overstepping the limit, trespassing, false step, slip, danger Vin.i.55 (sātisāra), Vin.i.326 (id.); SN.i.74; MN.iii.237; Snp.889 (atisāraṃ diṭṭhiyo = diṭṭhigatāni Mnd.297; going beyon …
atisāyaṃ →
pts
adverb very late, late in the evening Ja.v.94.
ati + sāyaṃ
ativisā →
pts
Name of a plant Vin.i.201; Vin.iv.35.
Sk. ativiṣā
ativāhika →
pts
one who belongs to a conveyance, one who conveys or guides, a conductor (of a caravan Ja.v.471, Ja.v.472 (˚purisa).
fr. ativāha
attan →
pts
atta (the latter is the form used in compn.)
I. Inflection
- of attan- (n. stem); the foll. cases are the most freq:
■ acc. attānaṃ DN.i.13, DN.i.18 …
attha →
pts
Attha1
(also aṭṭha, esp. in combinations mentioned under 3) masculine & neuter
- interest, advantage, gain; (moral) good blessing, welfare; profit, prosperity, well-b …
avacara →
pts
(-˚) neuter adjective
- (adj.) living in or with, moving in DN.i.206 (santika˚ one who stays near, a companion); fig. dealing or familiar with, at home in AN.ii.189 (atakka˚); AN.iv.314 (parisā˚); …
avasesa →
pts
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 …
avassajati →
pts
Avassajati & ossajati
to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava) Ja.iv.425; Ja.v.487 (aor. avassaji read for avissaji).
ava + sṛj, perhaps ud + sṛj = Sk. utsṛjati, althoug …
avaṃ →
pts
…avaṃsirā adhogata-sīsā Snp-a.290); Vv.52#25 (of Revatī, + uddhaṃpāda); Pv.iv.1#46; Ja.i.233 (+ uddhapāda); Ja.iv.103 (nirayaṃ…
avecca →
pts
adverb certainly, definitely, absolutely, perfectly, expld. by Bdhgh. as acala (on DN.ii.217), or as paññāya ajjhogahetvā (on Snp.229); by Dhp. as apara-paccaya-bhāvena (on Pv.iv.1#25)
…
avijjā →
pts
ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cp. SN.ii.6, SN.ii.9, SN.ii.12; Snp.p.141 & many other passages) See on term; Cpd. 83 n. 3, 18 …
avippaṭisāra →
pts
absence of regret or remorse AN.iii.46.
a + vippaṭisāra
avisaggatā →
pts
state of being undisturbed harmony, balance Ja.vi.224 (C. avisaggata). Cp. avyagga.
a + visaggatā, variant reading viy˚, thus as a + viyagga, Sk. vyagra = ākula
avisare →
pts
at Ja.v.117 according to Kern,
Toevoegselen
s.v. corrupted from avisaye, i.e. towards a wrong or unworthy object, C. differently: avisare = avisaritvā atikkamitva; variant reading adhisare.
a …
avisaṃvādaka →
pts
adjective not deceiving, not lying DN.i.4; DN.iii.170; Pp.57; DN-a.i.73.
a + visaṃvada + ka
avisaṃvādanatā →
pts
honesty, faithfulness, uprightness DN.iii.190.
abstr. fr. a + visaṃvāda
avisaṃvādeti →
pts
to keep one’s word, to be honest, to be true Ja.v.124.
a + visaṃ + Caus. of vad
avissāsaniya →
pts
adjective not to be trusted, untrustworthy Ja.iii.474.
a + visāsana + iya, ika
avisāhaṭa →
pts
adjective imperturbed Dhs.15, Dhs.24, Dhs.287, Dhs.570. (˚mānasata).
a + visāhaṭa
avyagga →
pts
adjective not bewildered, not confused SN.v.66. Cp. avisaggatā.
a + vyagga, Sc. vyagra
aya FIXME double →
pts
Ayo & Aya
neuter iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), *sīsa …
ayaṃ →
pts
pronoun demonstr. pron. “this, he”; f. ayaṃ; nt. idaṃ & imaṃ “this, it” etc. This pron. combines in its inflection two stems, viz. as˚; (ayaṃ in nom. m. & f.) & im˚; (id in nom. nt.).
I. Form …
ayo →
pts
Ayo & Aya
neuter iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), *sīsa …
añjana →
pts
ointment, esp. a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adj. anointed, smeary glossy, black (cp. kaṇha ii. and kāla1 note).
- Vin.i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapal …
añjanisalākā →
pts
stick to put the ointment on with Vin.i.203; Vin.ii.135; Ja.iii.419.
añña →
pts
pronoun another etc
A. By itself
- other not the same, different, another, somebody else (opp oneself) Vin.iii.144 (aññena, scil. maggena, gacchati to take a different route); Snp.459, Sn …
aññātaka →
pts
Aññātaka1
he who is not a kinsman Dhp-a.i.222.
a + ñātaka, cp. Sk. ajñāti
Aññātaka2
adjective unknown, unrecognisable, only in phrase -vesena in unknown form, in disguis …
aḍḍha →
pts
Aḍḍha1
(& addha) one half, half; usually in compn. (see below), like diyaḍḍha 1 1/2 (˚sata 150) Pv-a.155 (see as to meaning Stede, Peta Vatthu p. 107). Note. aḍḍha is nev …
aḷāra →
pts
adjective only used with ref. to the eyelashes, & usually expld. by visāla, i.e. extended wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning etym. is as yet uncertain. Ke …
aṅgulika →
pts
finger Ja.iii.13 (pañc˚); Ja.v.204 (vaṭṭ˚ = pavāḷ˚ ankurasadisā vaṭṭangulī Ja.v.207). See also pañcangulika. Anguli & Anguli;
= angulī
aṇu →
pts
adjective small, minute, atomic, subtle (opp. thūla, q.v.) DN.i.223; SN.i.136; SN.v.96 (˚bīja); Snp.299 (anuto aṇuṃ gradually); Ja.iii.12 (= appamattaka); Ja.iv.203; Dhs.230, Dhs.61 …
aṭṭha →
pts
… ■ In distances: a karīsā Dhp-a.ii.80; Dhp-a.iv.217; Pv-a.258; a. usabhā Ja.iv.142. 3. in combn. with 100 and 1000 it…
bala →
pts
Bala1
neuter
- 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 …
balaka →
pts
adjective strong; only in kisa˚; of meagre strength, weakly MN.i.226; and dub˚; weak MN.i.435 Cp. balika.
fr. bala
balavant →
pts
adjective strong, powerful, sturdy MN.i.244 (purisa) SN.i.222; Ja.ii.406; Dhp-a.ii.208; Vv-a.35; Pv-a.94. Comparative balavatara Mil.131; f. -a(n)tarī Sdhp.452. In compound balava˚; e.g. *- …
balin →
pts
adjective strong Thag.12 (paññā˚); Vv.64#7; Dhp.280; Ja.iii.484; Ja.vi.147. Balisa & Balisa;
fr. bala
balisa →
pts
Balisa & Baḷisa
masculine & neuter a fish-hook SN.ii.226 = SN.iv.158 (āmisa-gataṃ b.); Cnd.374 (kāma˚ variant reading palisa); Ja.i.482 sq.; Ja.iii.283; Ja.iv.195; Ja.v.273 sq. Ja.v.389; Ja.vi.416; …
balīyati →
pts
to have strength, to grow strong, to gain power, to overpower Snp.770 (= sahati parisahati abhibhavati Mnd.12, cp. Mnd.361); Ja.iv.84 (vv.ll. khalī˚ & paliyy˚; C explains by avattharati) = Pv.ii.6#1 ( …
bandhava →
pts
- kinsman, member of a clan or family, relative AN.iii.44; Snp.60 (pl. bandhavāni in poetry; cp. Cnd.455); Dhp.288 (pl. bandhavā) Ja.ii.316; Ja.v.81; DN-a.i.243.
- (-˚) one who is connected with o …
barihisa →
pts
the sacrificial grass DN.i.141; MN.i.344; AN.ii.207; Pp.56.
Vedic barhis
baḷisa →
pts
Balisa & Baḷisa
masculine & neuter a fish-hook SN.ii.226 = SN.iv.158 (āmisa-gataṃ b.); Cnd.374 (kāma˚ variant reading palisa); Ja.i.482 sq.; Ja.iii.283; Ja.iv.195; Ja.v.273 sq. Ja.v.389; Ja.vi.416; …
bha →
pts
indeclinable the letter or sound (syllable) bh; figuring in Bdhgh’s exegesis of the N. Bhagavā as representing bhava, whereas ga stands for gamana, va for vanta Kp-a.109
■ …
bhajati →
pts
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 (bhaj2</su …
bhallaka →
pts
kind of copper, enumerated under the eight pisāca-lohāni, or copper coming from the Piśāca country Vb-a.63 (is reading correct?) It is doubtful whether we should not read mallaka, cp malla.
lit. fr …
bhava →
pts
“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 …
bhavati →
pts
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 …
bhaya →
pts
fear, fright, dread AN.ii.15 (jāti-maraṇa˚); DN.iii.148, DN.iii.182; Dhp.39, Dhp.123, Dhp.212 sq., Dhp.283; Mnd.371, Mnd.409; Pp.56; Vism.512; Kp-a.108; Snp-a.155; Dhp-a.iii.23. There are some len …
bhañjaka →
pts
adjective breaking, spoiling, destroying (attha˚
■ visaṃvāda; cp. bhañjanaka) Ja.iii.499.
fr. bhañjati
bheda →
pts
- breaking, rending, breach, disunion, dissension Vism.64 sq. (contrasted with ānisaṃsa), Vism.572 sq (with ref. to upādāna & bhava); Vb-a.185 (id.); Sdhp.66, Sdhp.457, Sdhp.463
■ mithu˚; bre …
bhesajja →
pts
remedy, medicament, medicine Vin.i.278; DN.ii.266; MN.i.30; Snp-a.154, Snp-a.446; Sdhp.393-bhesajjaṃ karoti to treat with a medicine Dhp-a.i.25 mūla-bhesajjāni the principal medicines Mil.43; pañ …
bhikkhunī →
pts
an almswoman, a female mendicant a Buddhist nun DN.iii.123 sq., DN.iii.148, DN.iii.168 sq., DN.iii.264; Vin.iv.224 sq., Vin.iv.258 sq. (˚sangha); SN.i.128; SN.ii.215 sq. SN.iv.159 sq.; AN.i.88, AN.i.1 …
bhisa →
pts
the sprout (fr. the root) of a lotus the lotus fibres, lotus plant SN.i.204; SN.ii.268; Ja.i.100 Ja.iv.308.
- -puppha the lotus flower Snp.2 (= paduma-puppha Snp-a.16).
- *-[m …
bhisakka →
pts
physician MN.i.429; AN.iii.238 AN.iv.340; Iti.101; Mil.169, Mil.215, Mil.229, Mil.247 sq., Mil.302; Vism.598 (in simile); DN-a.i.67, DN-a.i.255.
cp. Vedic bhiṣaj physician, P. bhesajja medicine & s …
bhiṃsa →
pts
adjective terrible; only in cpd. -rūpa (nt. & adj.) an awful sight; (of) terrific appearance, terrible, awful Ja.iii.242, Ja.iii.339; Ja.iv.271, Ja.iv.494. Bhimsana & ka;
= Vedic bhīṣma, of which …
bho →
pts
indeclinable a familiar term of address (in speaking to equals or inferiors): sir friend, you, my dear; pl. sirs DN.i.88, DN.i.90, DN.i.93, DN.i.111; MN.i.484; Snp.427, Snp.457, Snp.487; with voc. of …
bhāga →
pts
- part, portion, fraction, share Vin.i.285; Snp.427 (sahassa-bhāgo maraṇassa = sahassaṃ bhāgānaṃ assā ti Snp-a.387; a thousand times a share of death, i.e. very near death, almost quite dead), Snp. …
bhāra →
pts
- anything to carry, a load Vin.iii.278 (Bdhgh; dāru˚ a load of wood) bhāraṃ vahati to carry a load AN.i.84; Vv-a.23
■ garu˚ a heavy load, as “adj.” “carrying a heavy load” Ja.v.439 (of a w …
bhātar →
pts
brother, nom. sg. bhātā Snp.296; Ja.i.307; Pv-a.54, Pv-a.64 gen. sg. bhātuno Thag-a.71 (Tha-ap.36), & bhātussa Mhvs.8, Mhvs.9; instr. bhātarā Ja.i.308; acc. bhātaraṃ Snp.125; Ja.i.307; loc …
bhīruka →
pts
adjective afraid, shy, cowardly, shunning (-˚) Vism.7 (pāpa˚), Vism.645 (jīvitu-kāma bhīruka-purisa).
fr. bhīru
bhīsana →
pts
adjective = bhiṃsana (q.v.) Pv.iv.3#5 (variant reading in Pv-a.251), explained by bhayajanana Pv-a.251, where C. reading also bhīsana.
bhūmi →
pts
- (lit.) ground, soil, earth Vin.ii.175; Snp.418 (yāna carriage road); Pv.i.10#14≈; Snp-a.353 (heṭṭhā-bhūmiyaṃ under the earth); Dhp-a.i.414 (id., opp. upari-bhūmiyaṃ)
- place, quarter, district …
bimbi →
pts
(or bimbī) gold, of golden colour DN-a.i.280 = Snp-a.448 (in Bdhgh’s fanciful etym of king Bimbisāra, viz. bimbī ti suvaṇṇaṃ, sārasuvaṇṇa-sadisa-vaṇṇatāya B.).
- *-[jāla](/def …
bindu →
pts
- a drop, usually a drop of water Snp.392, Snp.812 (uda˚); Ja.i.100; Vism.531 (madhu˚) Thag-a.281; Pv-a.98 (udaka˚).
- a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism.222 (˚vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).
- (as adj. …
bodhi →
pts
Bodhi1
feminine (supreme knowledge, enlightenment, the knowledge possessed by a Buddha (see also sambodhi & sammā-sambodhi) MN.i.356; MN.ii.95 = DN.iii.237 (saddho h …
brahant →
pts
adjective very great, vast, high, lofty, gigantic; nom sg. brahā Snp.410, Snp.550; Thag.31; Ja.iii.117 (= dīgha C.); Ja.iv.111 (su˚); Ja.iv.64#2; Pv.iv.3#10 (of a huge tree), acc sg. brahantaṃ AN. …
brahma →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brahmacariya →
pts
term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṃ cariyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vā cariyaṃ = brahmacariyaṃ Kp-a.151); esp. in Bu …
brahmā →
pts
Brahma & Brahmā
I. Brahman
neuter [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg bráhma]
- the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controvers …
brāhmaṇa →
pts
Brāhmaṇa1
a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …
buddha →
pts
Buddha1
adjective
- understood SN.i.35 = SN.i.60 (su-dub-buddha very difficult to understand)
- having attained enlightenment, wise AN.iv.449; Pv-a.16 (buddh’ ādayo), Pv-a.60 (= ari …
buddhatta →
pts
state of (perfect) enlightenment, (attainment of) Buddhahood Ja.iii.363 (sabbadhammānaṃ b.); Vism.209 (buddhattā Buddho) Mhbv.12. Cp. buddhatā and abhisambuddhatta.
abstr. fr. buddha
byūha →
pts
- the array or arrangement of troops in particular positions, order of parade or battle DN-a.i.85. Three formations of troops are mentioned at Ja.ii.404 & Ja.ii.406, viz. paduma-vyūha (lotus format …
bāhiraka →
pts
adjective outsider, non-religious, non-Buddhist, heretic profane SN.ii.267; AN.i.73; AN.iii.107; Kv.172 (isayo) Vv-a.67 (itthi).
- -kathā unreligious discussion, profane story …
bālakin →
pts
adjective having fools, consisting of fools; f. -inī MN.i.373 (parisā).
fr. bālaka
bālisika →
pts
fisherman SN.ii.226; SN.iv.158; Ja.i.482; Ja.iii.52 (cp. Fick. Sociale Gliederung p. 194); Mil.364 Mil.412; Dhp-a.iii.397.
fr. balisa
bālya →
pts
- childhood, youth SN.iii.1.
- ignorance, folly Dhp.63; Ja.ii.220 (= bāla-bhāva); Ja.iii.278 (balya); Pv-a.40. Also used as adj. in compar. bālyatara more foolish, extremely foolish Vv.83#6 sq …
bāvīsati →
pts
number twenty-two Kv.218; Mil.419; Dhs-a.2.
bā = dvā, + vīsati
cajati →
pts
- to let loose, to emit, to discharge AN.ii.33; Ja.ii.342 (mutta karīsaṃ) fig. to utter (a speech) Ja.v.362.
- to abandon to give up, sacrifice (with loc. of person to whom Asuresu pāṇaṃ SN.i.224 = …
cakka →
pts
I. Crude meaning
- a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
- a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
- a disc, a …
cakkavāḷa →
pts
circle, a sphere, esp. a mythical range of mountains supposed to encircle the world; pl worlds or spheres Ja.i.53, Ja.i.203; Ja.vi.330; Vism.205 (its extent), Vism.207, Vism.367, Vism.421; Dhs-a.297; …
cakkhu →
pts
the eye (nom. sg. cakkhuṃ) Vin.i.34; SN.i.115; MN.iii.134 etc.)
I. The eye as organ of sense
- psychologically cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā “seeing visible object (shape with the eye” (Nd ii.on …
cakkhula →
pts
adjective in visama˚ squint-eyed. squinting Ja.i.353; Ja.vi.548.
= cakkhuka
camma →
pts
- skin, hide, leather Vin.i.192 (sīha˚ vyaggha˚ dīpi˚), Vin.i.196 (elaka˚ aja˚ miga˚) AN.iv.393 (sīha˚ dīpi˚); Pv-a.157 (kadalimiga˚ as rug) Ja.ii.110 (sīha˚); Ja.iii.82, Ja.iii.184; Mil.53; Sdhp.14 …
cara →
pts
noun adjective
- the act of going about, walking; one who walks or lives (usually -˚): oka˚ living in water MN.i.117; Ja.vi.416; antara˚ SN.iv.173; eka˚ solitary Snp.166; saddhiṃ˚ a companion Snp.4 …
carati →
pts
to move about, to “live and move,” to behave, to be
imper act. cara (Ja.i.152), carā (metri causa, Ja.iii.393); imper. med. carassu (Snp.696), pl. carāmase (= exhortative, Snp.32); -ppr. caranto …
cattārīsa →
pts
(& cattālīsa) forty SN.ii.85; Snp.p.87; Iti.99≈. Usually cattāḷīsa Ja.i.58; Ja.v.433; Dhp-a.i.41; Dhp-a.ii.9. 93.
- -danta having 40 teeth (one of the characteristics of a Mahāp …
cattārīsaka →
pts
adjective having forty MN.iii.77.
catur →
pts
base of numeral four
- 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 …
cela →
pts
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 …
cetanā →
pts
state of ceto in action, thinking as active thought, intention, purpose, will Defined as action (kamma: AN.iii.415; cp. Kvu.viii.9 § 38 untraced quotation; cp. AN.v.292). Often comb …
ceteti →
pts
Cinteti & ceteti
Forms
-
cint:
pres cinteti
pot cinteyya;
ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
ger ci …
cha →
pts
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.
…
chava →
pts
- a corpse Vin.ii.115 (˚sīsassa patta a bowl made out of a skull) See compounds
- (adj.) vile, low, miserable, wretched Vin.ii.112, Vin.ii.188; SN.i.66; MN.i.374; AN.ii.57; Ja.iv.263.
- *-[aṭṭhika …
chaḍḍeti →
pts
to spit out, to vomit, throw away; abandon, leave reject Vin.214 sq.; Vin.iv.265; MN.i.207; SN.i.169 (chaṭṭehi wrongly for chaḍḍehi) = Snp.p.15; Ja.i.61, Ja.i.254, Ja.i.265, Ja.i.292 Ja.v.427; Pp.33; …
chaḷ →
pts
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.
…
cheda →
pts
cutting, destruction, loss Snp.367 (˚bandhana); Ja.i.419; Ja.i.485; sīsa˚; decapitation Dhp-a.ii.204; Pv-a.5; aṇḍa˚; castration Ja.iv.364; - bhatta ˚ṃ karoti to put on short …
chindati →
pts
to cut off, to destroy, to remove, both lit. (bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni, vicikicchaṃ, vanathaṃ, etc.) Freq. in …
chinna →
pts
cut off, destroyed Vin.i.71 (acchinna-kesa with unshaven hair); MN.i.430; DN.ii.8 (˚papañca); Ja.i.255; Ja.ii.155; Ja.iv.138; Dhp.338; Pv.i.11#2 (variant reading for bhinna), Pv.i.11#6; Dhp-a.iv.48. …
cikkhassati →
pts
to wish to drop, to ooze out Mil.152 (˚ssanto), see Kern.
Toevoegselen
ii.139 & Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 87.
Desid. of kṣar = Sk. cikṣariṣati
cikkhati →
pts
(cikkhanā, etc.) to tell, to announce: see *ā*˚ & paṭisaṃ˚.
Freq. of khyā, Dhtp.19: cikkh = vacane
cinteti →
pts
Cinteti & ceteti
Forms
-
cint:
pres cinteti
pot cinteyya;
ppr cintento & cintayanto (Snp.834)
aor cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesuṃ (Ja.i.149), acintayuṃ (Snp.258)
ger ci …
cita →
pts
heaped; lined or faced with (cp. citaka2) pokkharaṇiyo iṭṭhakāhi citā DN.ii.178, cp. Vin.ii.123.
- -antaraṃsa “one whose shoulder-hole is heaped up, one who has th …
citta →
pts
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 …
ciṅgulaka →
pts
(& ˚ika) masculine neuter
- a kind of plant Snp.239 (= kaṇavīra-pupphasaṇṭhāna-sīsa Snp-a.283).
- a toy windmill, made of palm-leaves, etc. (DN-a.i.86: tālapaṇṇādīhi kataṃ vātappahārena paribb …
cuta →
pts
- (adj.) shifted, disappeared, deceased, passed from one existence to another Vin.iv.216; Snp.774, Snp.899; Iti.19, Iti.99; Ja.i.139, Ja.i.205; Pp.17
■ -accuta permanent. no …
cāga →
pts
- 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
- liberality, generosity, munificence (n.) generous munificent (adj.): sīlasampann …
cātur →
pts
Cātur˚
(and cātu˚) consisting of four. Only in compounds viz.
- -(r)anta (adj.) “of four ends,” i.e. covering or belonging to the 4 points of the compass, all-encircling, Ep of the earth: Ja.ii. …
cāvanā →
pts
moving, shifting, disappearance Vin.iii.112 (ṭhānato); Sdhp.61 (id.).
cīvara →
pts
the (upper) robe of a Buddhist mendicant C. is the first one of the set of 4 standard requisites of a wandering bhikkhu, vir. c˚, piṇḍapāta alms-bowl, *[senāsana](/define/senās …
dakkha →
pts
Dakkha1
adjective dexterous skilled, handy, able, clever DN.i.45, DN.i.74, DN.i.78; DN.iii.190 (+ analasa) MN.i.119; MN.iii.2; SN.i.65; Cnd.141 (+ analasa & sampajāna); Ja.iii.247; DN-a …
dakkhiṇa →
pts
adjective
- 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 …
dakkhiṇā →
pts
gift, a fee, a donation; a donation given to a “holy” person with ref. to unhappy beings in the Peta existence (“Manes”), intended to induce the alleviation of their sufferings; an intercessional, exp …
damma →
pts
adjective to be tamed or restrained; esp with ref. to a young bullock MN.i.225 (balagāvā dammagāvā the bulls & the young steers); Iti.80; also of other animals: assadamma-sārathi a horse-trainer AN. …
danta →
pts
…Vism.251; Vv-a.104 (īsā˚ long tusks); Pv-a.90, Pv-a.152 (fang); Sdhp.360.
- -ajina ivory MN.ii.71 (gloss:…
dasa →
pts
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 …
dassati →
pts
*Dassati1
to see, to perceive.
- (pres.) base dakkh [Sk. drakṣ]: pres.
- dakkhati Cnd.428 (= passati), 1st dakkhāmi ibid. (= passāmi) second dakkhasi SN.i.11 …
dassāvin →
pts
adjective noun full of insight, seeing, perceiving, taking notice of. In combination with -ñū (knowing) it plays the part of an additional emphasis to the 1st term = knowing & seeing i.e. having co …
daṇḍa →
pts
ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …
daṭṭhā →
pts
large tooth, tusk, fang Mil.150 (˚visa).
cp. dāṭhā
desa →
pts
point, part, place, region, spot, country, Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.211; MN.i.437; Ja.i.308; Dhs-a.307 (˚bhūta); Pv-a.78 (˚antara prob. to be read dos˚), Pv-a.153 Kp-a.132, Kp-a.227
■ desaṃ karoti to …
deseti →
pts
to point out, indicate, show; set forth, preach, teach; confess. Very freq. in phrase dhammaṃ d. to deliver a moral discourse to preach the Dhamma Vin.i.15; Vin.ii.87, Vin.ii.188; Vin.v.125, Vin.v.1 …
dessa →
pts
Dessa & Dessiya
adjective disagreeable, odious, detestable Ja.i.46; Ja.ii.285; Ja.iv.406 Ja.vi.570, Thag-a.268, Mil.281.
Sk. dveṣya, to dvis, see disa
dessati →
pts
to hate, dislike, detest Snp-a.168 (= na piheti, opp. kāmeti).
Sk. dviṣati & dveṣṭi; see etym. under disa
dessiya →
pts
Dessa & Dessiya
adjective disagreeable, odious, detestable Ja.i.46; Ja.ii.285; Ja.iv.406 Ja.vi.570, Thag-a.268, Mil.281.
Sk. dveṣya, to dvis, see disa
deva →
pts
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 1a) …
devatā →
pts
“condition or state of a deva, divinity; divine being, deity, fairy. The term comprises all beings which are otherwise styled devas, & a list of them given at Cnd.308 & based on the principle that any …
deḍḍubhaka →
pts
- a sort of snake (see prec.) Ja.i.361.
- a kind of girdle (in the form of a snake’s head) Vin.ii.136 (explained by udaka-sappi-sira-sadisa).
dhamani →
pts
vein Thag.408 Usually in cpd.: -santhata strewn with veins, with veins showing, i.e. emaciated (: nimmaṃsa-lohitatāya sirājālehi vitthatagatta Pv-a.68) Vin.iii.110; Ja.iv.371 …
dhamma →
pts
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 ( …
dhiti →
pts
energy, courage, steadfastness, firm character, resolution. SN.i.122, SN.i.215 = Snp.188 (cp. Snp-a.237); Ja.i.266, Ja.i.280; Ja.iii.239; Ja.vi.373 Vb.211; Dhs.13 (+ thāma), Dhs.22, Dhs.289, Dhs.571 …
dhorayha →
pts
“Carrying a yoke” a beast of burden SN.i.28; DN.iii.113 (purisa˚); AN.i.162.
- -vata (nt.) the practice of carrying a burden, the state of a beast of burden, drudgery SN.i.28;
- *\ …
dhura →
pts
- a yoke, a pole, the shaft of a carriage Ja.i.192 (purima-sakaṭa˚) Ja.i.196; Cp.ii.8, Cp.ii.4.
- (fig.) a burden, load, charge, office, responsibility Snp.256 (vahanto porisaṃ dh ˚ṃ “carrying a hu …
dhutta →
pts
of abandoned life, wild, fast, cunning, crafty, fraudulent; wicked, bad. (m.) a rogue, cheat, evil-minded person, scoundrel, rascal. There are three sorts of a wild life, viz. akkha˚ in gambling, * …
dhātura →
pts
adj. -˚ in cha˚ consisting of six elements (purisa) MN.iii.239 (where āpodhātu omitted by mistake). See dhātu 2 c.
= *dhātuya
disa →
pts
an enemy Dhp.42, Dhp.162; Ja.iii.357; Ja.iv.217; Ja.v.453; Thag.874–Thag.6; cp. Pss. Breth., 323, n. i.
Sk. dviṣant & dviṣa (-˚); dveṣṭi & dviśati to hate; cp. Gr. δεινός (corynthic δvεινία, hom …
disati →
pts
to point, show; to grant, bestow etc. Usually in combination with pref. ā, or in Caus. deseti (q.v.). As simplex only at SN.i.217 (varaṃ disā to be read for disaṃ cp …
disatā →
pts
Disatā1
feminine direction, quarter, region, part of the world Ja.iv.359; Pv.ii.9#21 (kiṃ disataṃ gato “where in the world has he gone?”); Vv.ii.3#2 (sādisatā the circle of the 6 direction …
disā →
pts
point of the compass, region quarter, direction, bearings. The 4 principal points usualy enumerated are puratthimā (E) pacchimā (W) dakkhiṇā (S) uttarā (N …
diṭṭha →
pts
Diṭṭha1
- seen; a˚ not seen DN.i.222 (a˚ + avedita asacchikata); MN.i.3 sq. (diṭṭhaṃ diṭṭhato sañjānāti); Snp.147 (diṭṭhā vā ye vā addiṭṭhā), Snp.995 (na me diṭṭho ito pubbe na ssuto… Sat …
diṭṭhi →
pts
view, belief, dogma, theory, speculation, esp. false theory, groundless or unfounded opinion
- The latter is rejected by the Buddha as pāpa˚; (AN.iv.172) and pāpikā d. (opp bhaddikā: AN.v.212 sq …
domanassa →
pts
distress, dejectedness, melancholy, grief. As mental pain (cetasikaṃ asātaṃ cet. dukkhaṃ SN.v.209 = Cnd.312; cp DN.ii.306; Ne.12) opp. to dukkha physical pain: see *[dukkha](/defin …
dosa →
pts
Dosa1
corruption blemish, fault, bad condition, defect; depravity, corrupted state; usually -˚, as khetta˚ blight of the field Mil.360; tiṇa˚ spoilt by weeds Dhp.356; Pv-a.7; visa ill ef …
du →
pts
Du˚1
(& before vowels dur˚) indeclinable
- 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 …
dukkha →
pts
adjective noun
- (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 …
dukkhita →
pts
adjective afflicted, dejected, unhappy, grieved, disappointed miserable, suffering, ailing (opp. sukhita) DN.i.72 (puriso ābādhiko d. bāḷha-gilāno); DN.ii.24; SN.i.149; SN.iii.11 = SN.iv.180 (sukhite …
dutiya →
pts
ordinal number
- (num.) the second, the following Ja.ii.102, Ja.ii.110 dutiyaṃ for the second time (cp. tatiyaṃ in series 1, 2 3) Vin.ii.188; DN.ii.155
- (adj. n.) one who follows or is associated …
dvi →
pts
number two.
A. Meanings
I. Two as unit
- with objective foundation:
- denoting a combination (pair, couple) or a repetition (twice). In this conn. frequent both objective …
dvidhā →
pts
numerical adverb in two parts, in two MN.i.114; Ja.i.253 (karoti), Ja.i.254 (chindati); Ja.i.298 (id.); Ja.iii.181; Ja.iv.101 (jāta disagreeing); Ja.vi.368 (bhindati). See also dvedhā & dveḷhaka.
-
- …
dāna →
pts
- 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 …
dāsa →
pts
slave, often combined w. f. dāsī. Def. by Bdhgh as “antojāto” (DN-a.i.300), or as “antojātadhanakkīta-karamarânīta-sāmaṃ dāsabyaṃ upagatānaṃ aññataro” (ibid. DN-a.i.168)
■ In phrase *dāsā ca kam …
dāyāda →
pts
heir MN.i.86 = Cnd.199; SN.i.69, SN.i.90; SN.iv.72; AN.iii.72 sq.; Ja.iii.181; Ja.vi.151; Kp.viii.5. Often fig. with kamma˚; one who inherits his own deeds (see kamma 3 A b & co …
dīgha →
pts
adjective noun
- (adj.) long DN.i.17; MN.i.429; SN.i.104 (˚ṃ addhānaṃ); Snp.146, Snp.633 (opp. rassa); Dhp.60 Dhp.409; Pv.i.10#11 (˚ṃ antaraṃ all the time); Pv.ii.9#55 (id.) Thag.646 (˚m-antare); D …
edisa →
pts
adjective such like, such Vv.37#3; Pv-a.69, Pv-a.243.
Sk. īdṛśa
edisaka →
pts
Err:509
ehi →
pts
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 …
eka →
pts
adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)
- “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …
etādisa →
pts
adjective such, such like, of this kind DN.ii.157; Snp.588, Snp.681, Snp.836; Pv.i.9#4; Pv.iv.1#86 (= edisa yathā-vutta-rūpa Pv-a.243); Pv-a.ii.71.
etad + disa, of dṛś, cp. Sk. etādṛśa
gabbha →
pts
- interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
■ Ja.i.90 …
gabbhinī →
pts
adjective feminine pregnant, enceinte Vin.ii.268; SN.iii.202; Ja.i.151, Ja.i.290; Ja.iv.37; Pv.i.6#6; Pv-a.31, Pv-a.82: Vv-a.110 (-bhāva); in combination g˚ pāyamānā purisantaragatā (pregnant, lac …
gacchati →
pts
The three formations (described below in the etymology) are represented in Pāli as follows.
- gacch˚, in
pres gacchati;
imper gaccha & gacchāhi;
pot gacche (Dhp.46, Dhp.224) & gacchey …
gaha →
pts
Gaha1
a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).
- -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …
gahapati →
pts
the possessor of a house, the head of the household pater familias (freq. + seṭṭhi).
- In formulas
- as regards social standing, wealth & clanship: a man of private (i.e. not official) life, cl …
gambhīra →
pts
- adjective deep, profound, unfathomable, well founded, hard to perceive difficult
- lit. of lakes: Dhp.83; Pv.ii.1#19 (= agādha) Pp.46; of a road (full of swamps) Ja.i.196
- fig of knowledge …
gamika →
pts
(and gamiya Ja.i.87) adjective going away, setting out for a journey (opp. āgantuka coming back) appl. to bhikkhus only: Vin.i.292 (˚ bhatta food for outgoing bh.); Vin.ii.170 (āgantuka˚), Vin.ii.21 …
gandha →
pts
smell, viz.
- odour, smell, scent in gen Ja.iii.189; Dhp.54–Dhp.56 = Mil.333; Dhs.605 under ghānâyatanāni); āma˚ smell of raw flesh AN.i.280; DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii. …
gandhin →
pts
adjective
- having a scent of, smelling of (-˚), i.e. candana˚ of sandal wood Ja.iii.190; gūtha of˚ faeces Pv.ii.3#15 (= karīsavāyinī Pv-a).
- dealing with scents a perfumer Pv-a.127 (= māgadha; …
garahati →
pts
to reproach, to blame, scold, censure, find fault with: agarahiyam mā garahittha “do not blame the blameless” SN.i.240; DN.i.161 (tapaṃ to reject, disapprove of); DN.iii.92, DN.iii.93 (aor. garahi, gr …
gata →
pts
gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.
- literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …
gathita →
pts
adjective tied, bound, fettered; enslaved, bound to greedy for, intoxicated with (c. loc.). When abs. always in combination w. paribhuñjati and w. ref. to some object of desire (bhoga, lābha, kāmaguṇe …
gati →
pts
- going, going away, (opp. āgati coming) (both gati & āgati usually in pregnant sense of No. (2) See āgati); direction, course, career. Freq of the two careers of a Mahāpurisa (viz. either a Cakkavat …
gatta →
pts
the body, pl. gattāni the limbs. - As body: Vin.i.47; SN.i.169 = SN.i.183 (analla˚ with pure bodies; anallīna˚ at SN.i.169, but variant reading analla˚); AN.i.138; Snp.673 (samacchida˚ with bodies cu …
gaḷati →
pts
(and galati) [Sk. galati, cp. Ohg. quellan to well up, to flow out; see note on gala and cp. also jala water
- to drip, flow, trickle (trs. & intr.) Vin.i.204 (natthu g.); MN.i.336 (sīsaṃ lohitena g …
gaṇa →
pts
-
- in special sense: a meeting or a chapter of (two or three bhikkhus, a company (opposed both to sangha, the order & puggala, the individual) Vin.i.58, Vin.i.74, Vin.i.195, Vin.i.197 Vin.ii.170, V …
gaṇhati →
pts
Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti
The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.
-
gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
pot gaṇheyya,
imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …
gaṇhāti →
pts
Gaṇhati & Gaṇhāti
The forms of the verb are from three bases, viz.
-
gaṇha- (Sk. gṛhṇā-);
■ Pres.: ind. gaṇhāti (gaṇhāsi Pv-a.87)
pot gaṇheyya,
imper gaṇha (Ja.i.159; Pv-a.49 …
gaṇḍī →
pts
- a shaft or stalk, used as a bar Ja.i.237
- a gong Dhp-a.i.291 (gaṇḍiṃ paharati to beat the g.), Dhp-a.ii.54, Dhp-a.ii.244; gaṇḍiṃ ākoṭetvā Kp-a.251. Cp. Avs.i.258 Avs.i.264, Avs.i.272; Avs.ii. …
ghara →
pts
Ghara1
(nt.; pl. ˚ā Dhp.241, Dhp.302) a house AN.ii.68; Snp.43 (gahaṭṭhā gharaṃ āvasantā), Snp.337 (abl gharā), Snp.889 (id. gharamhā); Ja.i.290 (id. gharato), Ja.iv.2, Ja.iv.364, Ja.iv.49 …
ghaṭṭa →
pts
see araghaṭṭa; meaning “rubbed, knocked against” in phrase ghaṭṭa-pāda-tala Snp-a.582 (for ugghaṭṭha) also at Vin.iv.46 in def. of vehāsa-kuṭī (a cell or hut with air, i.e., …
gihin →
pts
adjective noun a householder, one who leads a domestic life, a layman (opp. pabbajita & paribbājaka). Geu. sg. gihissa (DN.iii.147, DN.iii.167) & gihino (DN.iii.174); n. pl. gihī; in compounds *gihī …
gilati →
pts
to swallow to devour: mā Rāhu gilī caraṃ antalikkhe SN.i.51 = Vv-a.116; mā gilī lohagulaṃ Dhp.371
■ Ja.iii.338; Mil.106
pp gilita: gilitabaḷisa having swallowed the hook SN.iv …
giri →
pts
mountain; as a rule only in cpds, by itself (poetical) only at Vism.206 (in enumn of the 7 large mountains).
- -agga mountain top, in giraggasamajja Name of a festival c …
go →
pts
, 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. …
gotta →
pts
ancestry, lineage. There is no word in English for gotta. It includes all those descended, or supposed to be descended, from a common ancestor. A gotta name is al …
goṇisādika →
pts
an ox-stall Vin.i.240; cp. Vin. Texts ii.121. As gonisādi Vin.iii.46.
goṭaviya →
pts
(goṭavisa Text) variant reading Ja.vi.225, part of a boat, the poop (expl. ib. p. Ja.vi.226 by nāvāya pacchimabandho).
guḷa →
pts
Guḷa1
to make into a ball, to conglomerate. Cp Sk. glauḥ ball; Gr. γλουτός; Ohg. chliuwa; Ger. kugel kloss; E. clot, cleat; also *gel with same meaning Sk. gulma tumour, gilāyu glandula …
gāma →
pts
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 …
gārava →
pts
[cp. Sk. gaurava, fr. garu] reverence, respect, esteem; with loc. respect for reverence towards; in the set of six venerable objects Buddhe [Satthari], Dhamme, Sanghe, sikkhāya, appamāde paṭisanthāre …
gūtha →
pts
excrements, faeces, dung. As food for Petas frequently mentioned in Pv; (cp. Stede, Peta Vatthu 24 sq.), as a decoction of dung also used for medicinal purposes (Vin.i.206 e.g.). Often combination w …
halāhala →
pts
Halāhala1
a kind of deadly poison, usually as -visa Ja.i.271, Ja.i.273, Ja.i.380; Ja.iii.103 Ja.v.465; Mil.256; Vism.57; Thag-a.287.
onomat.; cp. Sk. halāhala
Halāhala2
n …
harati →
pts
- 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
- to bring Ja.i.208; to offer Ja.i.238; Sn …
hetu →
pts
heṭṭhā →
pts
indeclinable down, below, underneath Vin.i.15; DN.i.198; Iti.114; Ja.i.71; Vv-a.78; Pv-a.113. As prep. with gen (abl.) or cpd. “under” Ja.i.176; Ja.ii.103; lower in the manuscript, i.e. before, abov …
hāyati →
pts
is Pass. of jahati, in sense of “to be left behind,” as well as “to diminish, dwindle or waste away, disappear,” e.g. Mnd.147 (+ pari˚, antaradhāyati); Mil.297 (+ khīyati); ppr. …
icchati →
pts
Icchati1
to wish, desire, ask for (c. acc.), expect SN.i.210 (dhammaṃ sotuṃ i.); Snp.127, Snp.345, Snp.512, Snp.813, Snp.836; Dhp.162, Dhp.291; Mnd.3, Mnd.138, Mnd.164; Cnd. s.v.; Pv.ii.6# …
iddhi →
pts
There is no single word in English for Iddhi, as the idea is unknown in Europe. The main sense seems to be ʻpotency’.
- Pre-Buddhistic; the Iddhi of a layman The four Iddhis of a king are personal …
illī →
pts
sort of weapon, a short one-edged sword Ja.v.259.
cp. Vedic ilībiśa Np. of a demon
indakhīla →
pts
“Indra’s post”; the post, stake or column of Indra, at or before the city gate; also a large slab of stone let into the ground at the entrance of a house DN.ii.254 (˚ṃ ūhacca, cp. Dhp-a.ii.181); Vin. …
indriya →
pts
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 …
isi →
pts
- a holy man, one gifted with special powers of insight & inspiration, an anchoret, a Seer, Sage, Saint, “Master” DN.i.96 (kaṇho isi ahosi); SN.i.33, SN.i.35, SN.i.65, SN.i.128, SN.i.191, SN.i.192 SN …
issara →
pts
- lord, ruler, master, chief AN.iv.90; Snp.552; Ja.i.89 (˚jana), Ja.i.100, Ja.i.283 (˚bheri); Ja.iv.132 (˚jana); Pv.iv.6#7 (˚mada) Mil.253 (an˚ without a ruler); Dhs-a.141; DN-a.i.111; Pv-a.31 (ge …
iti →
pts
Iti (ti)
indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …
itthakā →
pts
Iṭṭhakā (Itthakā)
feminine
- a burnt brick a tile Vin.ii.121 (˚pākara a brick wall, distinguished fr silāpakāra & dāru˚); Ja.iii.435, Ja.iii.446 (pākār iṭṭhikā read ˚aṭṭhakā); Ja.v.213 (rattiṭṭhikā …
itthi →
pts
Itthi & Itthī
feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …
itthikā →
pts
woman Vin.iii.16; DN.ii.14; Ja.i.336; Vv.18#7; Sdhp.79. As adj. itthika in bahutthika having many women, plentiful in women Vin.ii.256 (kulāni bahuttikāni appapurisakāni rich in women & lacking in …
itthī →
pts
Itthi & Itthī
feminine woman female; also (usually as-˚) wife. Opp. purisa man (see e.g. for contrast of itthi and purisa Ja.v.72, Ja.v.398; Ne.93; Dhp-a.i.390; Pv-a.153)
■ SN.i.33 (nibbānass’ e …
iṭṭha →
pts
adjective pleasing, welcome, agreeable, pleasant, often in the idiomatic group iṭṭha kanta manāpa (of objects pleasing to the senses) DN.i.245; DN.ii.192; MN.i.85; SN.iv.60, SN.iv.158, SN.iv.235 sq. …
iṭṭhakā →
pts
Iṭṭhakā (Itthakā)
feminine
- a burnt brick a tile Vin.ii.121 (˚pākara a brick wall, distinguished fr silāpakāra & dāru˚); Ja.iii.435, Ja.iii.446 (pākār iṭṭhikā read ˚aṭṭhakā); Ja.v.213 (rattiṭṭhikā …
jaggati →
pts
- to watch, to lie awake Ja.v.269.
- to watch over, i.e. to tend, to nourish, rear, bring up Ja.i.148 (dārakaṃ), Ja.i.245 (āsīvisaṃ).
= jāgarati, Dhtp.22 gives jagg as root in meaning “niddā-khaya.”
jannu →
pts
the knee Dhp-a.i.394. -ka DN.ii.17≈(in marks of a Mahāpurisa, variant reading ṇṇ); Ja.iv.165; Dhp-a.i.48.
cp. jaṇṇu(ka) & jānu
jantāghara →
pts
- a (hot room for bathing purposes, a sitzbath Vin.i.47, Vin.i.139 Vin.ii.119, Vin.ii.220 sq., Vin.ii.280; Vin.iii.55; MN.iii.126; Ja.ii.25, Ja.ii.144 Vism.18; Dpvs.viii.45.
- living room Ja.i.449. …
jarā →
pts
(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 …
jigiṃsanatā →
pts
desire for, covetousness Vb.353 (variant reading BB. nijigīsanatā); cp. Vism.29
n. abstr. fr. jigiṃsati
jigiṃsati →
pts
to desire, to wish to acquire, to covet Snp.700; Ja.ii.285; Ja.iii.172 (variant reading BB. jigissaṃ); Ja.iv.406 (variant reading SS. jihiṃ˚, BB. jigī˚); Ja.v.372; Ja.vi.268. As jigīsati Thag.1110. …
jigucchaka →
pts
adjective one who dislikes or disapproves of MN.i.327 (paṭhavī˚, āpa˚ etc.) Mil.343.
jivhā →
pts
the tongue.
- physically: Vin.i.34; AN.iv.131; Snp.673, Snp.716; Dhp.65 Dhp.360; Ja.ii.306; Pv-a.99 (of Petas: visukkha-kanthaṭṭha j.), Pv-a.152
■ Of the tongue of the mahāpurusha which coul …
jiñjuka →
pts
the Gunja shrub (Abrus precatorius) Ja.iv.333 (akkhīni j. ˚phalasadisāni, cp. in same application guñjā); Ja.v.156 (j. ˚phalasannibha); Dhp-a.i.177 (˚gumba).
joti →
pts
- light, splendour, radiance SN.i.93; AN.ii.85; Vv.16#2.
- a star: see compounds
- fire SN.i.169; Thag.415; Ja.iv.206; sajotibhūta set on fire SN.ii.260; AN.iii.407 sq.; Ja.i.232.
- *-[parāyaṇa]( …
jotisā →
pts
astronomy Mil.3.
= Sk. jyotiṣa (nt.)
jāla →
pts
Jāla1
neuter a net; netting, entanglement (lit. or fig.): snare, deceptíon (= māyā)
A. Lit
Cnd.260 (= suttajāla, a plaiting of threads); Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263 (= suttamaya) DN. …
jāta →
pts
- As adj. n.un
- born, grown, arisen, produced (= nibbatta pātubhūta Cnd.256) Snp.576 (jātānaṃ maccānaṃ niccaṃ maraṇato bhayaṃ); jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī …
jāti →
pts
■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).
- birth, rebirth, possibility of …
kacchapa →
pts
tortoise, turtle SN.iv.177 (kummo kacchapo); in simile of the blind turtle (kāṇo k.) MN.iii.169 = SN.v.455; Thig.500 (cp J.P.T.S. 1907, 73, 174)
■ f. kacchapinī a female t Mil.67.
- *-[lakkhaṇ …
kad →
pts
Kad˚
orig. “what?” used adverbially; then indef. “any kind of,” as (na) kac(-cana) “not at all”; kac-cid “any kind of; is it anything? what then?” Mostly used in disparaging sense of showing in …
kakudha →
pts
- the hump on the shoulders of an Indian bull Ja.ii.225; Ja.vi.340.
- a cock’s comb: see sīsa kakudha.
- a king’s symbol or emblem (nt.) Ja.v.264. There are 5 such insignia regis, …
kalanda →
pts
heap, stack (like a heap of wood? cp. kalingara) Mil.292 (sīsa˚).
cp. Sk. karaṇḍa piece of wood?
kambu →
pts
- a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva… sobhate su gīvā Thig.262 (for kampurī’va); s compounds
- a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. s. v.) Ja.iv.18, Ja.iv.466 (\ …
kamma →
pts
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 …
kammantika →
pts
adjective
- a business manager Ja.i.227.
- a labourer, artisan, assistant Ja.i.377.
fr. kammanta
kammatā FIXME double →
pts
Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā
(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …
kammatā →
pts
Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā
(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …
kamyatā FIXME double →
pts
Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā
(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …
kamyatā →
pts
Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā
(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …
kanha →
pts
…Mil.149; Pv-a.62; -sīsā with black heads AN.iii.241 (kimī). 2. of (an abundance of smooth, dark (= shiny) hair (cp. in meaning E. gloom…
kanta →
pts
Kanta1
- (adj.) in special sense an attribute of worldly pleasure (cp. kāma kāmaguṇā): pleasant, lovely, enjoyable; freq. in form iṭṭhā kantā manāpā, referring to the pleasures of the sens …
kapisīsa →
pts
the lintel of a door DN.ii.143 (cp. Rh.D. Buddh. Suttas p. 95 n1) -ka the cavity in a doorpost for receiving the bolt Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.148 (cp. Vin Texts ii.106 n3).
Sk …
kappa →
pts
adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.
I. Literal Meaning # …
kappeti →
pts
to cause to fit, to create, build, construct arrange, prepare, order.
I. lit
- in special sense: to prepare, get done, i.e. harness: Ja.i.62; plait DN-a.i.274, an offering (yaññaṃ) Snp.1 …
kapāla →
pts
- a tortoiseor turtle-shell SN.i.7 = Mil.371; SN.iv.179; as ornament at DN-a.i.89.
- the skull, cp. kaṭāha in sīsakaṭāha.
- a frying pan (usually as ayo˚, of iron, e.g. AN.iv.70 Cnd.304#iii; Vv- …
kara →
pts
- (adj.) (-˚) producing, causing, forming, making, doing, e.g. anta˚ putting an end to; pabhaṃ causing splendour; pāpa˚ doing evil; divā˚ & divasa the day-maker, i.e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva˚ causing a …
karavīka →
pts
same Ja.v.204, Ja.v.416; Vv.36#4; Vism.112, Vism.206; Vv-a.166, Vv-a.219.
- -bhāṇin speaking like the cuckoo, i.e. with a clear and melodious voice, one of the mahāpurisa-lakk …
kari-paribandha →
pts
Kari-paribandha
adjective bound up in filth, full of filth, disgusting; epithet of the body Thag.1152 Kari here is abbrev. of karīsa2 (see note ad loc.).
= karīsa-paribaddha
karuṇā →
pts
- (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 …
karīsa →
pts
Karīsa1
neuter a square measure of land, being that space on which a karīsa of seed can be sown (Tamil karīsa) see Rhys Davids, Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon, p. 18; Ja.i.94, Ja.i …
kata →
pts
(& 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 …
kathaṃ →
pts
adverb dubit. interr. part.
- 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)
- why, for what …
kathā →
pts
- talk talking, conversation AN.i.130; Pv-a.39. So in antarā˚ DN.i.179; Snp.p.107, Snp.p.115; cp. sallāpa. Also in tiracchāna˚; low, common speech, comprising 28 kinds of conversational talk a b …
kavandha →
pts
- the (headless) trunk of the body, endowed with the power of motion Vin.iii.107; cp. SN.ii.260 (asīsaka˚); Mil.292; Dhp-a.i.314.
- a headless dwarf, whose head has been crushed down into his body …
kañcana →
pts
gold AN.iii.346 Thag.691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig.266 (k˚ ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a.4, Vv-a.9 (= jātarūpa). Esp. freq. in compounds = of or like gold.
- -agghika a golden garlan …
kaññā →
pts
young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl Pv.i.11#1
■ As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya-kaññā vā… pannarasa-vassuddesikā vā solasa-vassuddesikā vā… MN.i.88; in combination khattiya-kaññā, brāhm …
kaṅkala →
pts
skeleton; only in cpd. atthi˚ Aṭṭhikankal’ ūpamā kāmā Vin.ii.25; MN.i.130, MN.i.364; Ja.v.210; Thag.1150 (˚kuṭika): aṭṭhikankalasannibha Thig.488 (= Thag-a.287; cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 75) aṭṭhi …
kaṅkhati →
pts
- 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 …
kaṇṇa →
pts
- a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …
kaṇṭaka →
pts
- a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
- any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
- a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …
kaṭāha →
pts
pot [in older texts only as-˚].
- pot, vessel, vase, receptacle. udaka˚; Vin.ii.122; ghaṭi˚; Vin.ii.115; loha˚; Vin.ii.170. ayo˚; (in simile “diva-santatte ayokaṭāhe”) MN.i.453 = AN.iv.138 …
kelisā →
pts
at Thag.1010 is to be corrected into keḷiyo (see keḷi2).
kesayati →
pts
see kisa.
kevalin →
pts
adjective one who is fully accomplished, an Arahant; often with mahesi and uttamapurisa Defn sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā t …
keḷi →
pts
Keḷi1
feminine
- play, amusement, sport Pv-a.265 (= khiḍḍā); parihāsa merry play, fun Ja.i.116.
- playing at dice, gambling in -maṇḍala “circle of the game,” draught-board; *-ṃ bh …
khagga →
pts
- a sword (often with dhanu, bow) at DN.i.7 (Dhp.i.89 = asi) as one of the forbidden articles of ornament (cp. BSk. khaḍga-maṇi Divy.147, one of the royal insignia)
■ khaggaṃ …
khallāta →
pts
bald, in -sīsa a bald head Dhp-a.i.309. Der. khallātiya baldness, in khallātiyapetī the bald-headed Petī Pv-a.46 (where spelled khalātiya) and Pv-a.67.
Sk. khalvāta, cp. khalita
khaluṅka →
pts
only applied to a horse shaking, a shaker, racer (esp. as java AN.i.287), fig. of purisa at Anguttara passages. Described as bold and hard to manage AN.iv.190 sq.; as a horse which cannot be trusted a …
khandha →
pts
I. Crude meaning
bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.
- Esp. used
- of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …
khattiya →
pts
nom. also khattiyāse Ja.iii.441. A shortened form is khatya Ja.vi.397
■ f. khattiyā AN.iii.226–AN.iii.229, khattī DN.i.193, and khattiyī. A member of one of the clans or tribes recognised as of Ary …
khaṇa →
pts
Khaṇa1
- (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 …
khaṇḍa →
pts
- (adj.) broken, usually of teeth; Thig.260 (= Thag-a.211); Mil.342; Vism.51.
- (m. nt.) a broken piece, a bit, camma˚ a strip of hide Vin.ii.122; coḷa˚ a bit of cloth Pv-a.70; pilotika˚ bits of r …
khetta →
pts
- (lit.) a field, a plot of land, arable land, a site, DN.i.231; SN.i.134 (bījaṃ khette virūhati; in simile); three kinds of fields at SN.iv.315, viz. agga˚ majjhima˚, hīna˚ (in simile); AN.i.229 = A …
khipati →
pts
to throw, to cast, to throw out or forth, to upset Snp.p.32 (cittaṃ); Ja.i.223 (sīsaṃ), Ja.i.290 (pāsake); Ja.ii.3 (daḷhaṃ dalhassa: to pit force against force)
aor khipi SN.iv.2, SN.iv.3 (khuracakk …
khura →
pts
Khura1
the hoof of an animal Vv.64#10 (of a horse = turagānaṃ khuranipāta, the clattering of a horse’s hoof Vv-a.279), cp. Sk. kṣura, a monkey’s claw Sp. Avs.i.236.
khura-kāse MN.i.44 …
khārika →
pts
Khārika1
alkaline, in enumn of tastes (cp. rasa) at SN.iii.87; Dhs.629 and ≈.
adj. to khāra
Khārika2
of the khārī measure, in vīsati˚ kosalako tilavāho AN.v.173 = …
khīra →
pts
milk, milky fluid, milky juice Vin.i.243; Vin.ii.301; MN.i.343 sq. = AN.ii.207 = Pp.56; AN.ii.95 (in simile with dadhi, navanīta, sappi, sappi-maṇḍa) DN.i.201; Dhp-a.i.98; enumerated with *[dadhi](/ …
ki →
pts
Ki˚
second. stem of interr. pron. (cp. ka˚ ku˚).
- in oblique cases of ko (kaḥ), as gen. kissa. loc. kismiṃ & kiṃhi.
- in nt. kiṃ what? (cp. Gr. τί, Lat. quid; ending-m besides- …
kibbisa →
pts
wrongdoing, demerit, fault, usually with ˚ṃ karoti to do wrong Snp.246; Sdhp.204; Ja.iii.135 or ˚ṃ pasavati AN.v.75; Vin.ii.198. -kata˚; (adj.) having done wrong in akata-kalyāṇo, etc. AN.ii.174 a …
kibbisaka →
pts
Err:509
kiccha →
pts
- (adj.)
- 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 …
kila →
pts
Kira & Kila
adverb
- emphatic: really, truly, surely. (Gr. δή)
- presumptive (with pres. or fut.) I should think one would expect.
- narrative (with aor.): now, then, you know (Gr. δδε, Lat. at, …
kilesa →
pts
Kilesa & klesa
stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …
kimi →
pts
…vermin: setā kimī kaṇhasīsā AN.iii.241; Mil.272; DN-a.i.199
■ As animal of death and putrefaction MN.i.507; Ja.i.146; Snp.201; esp with…
kinnara →
pts
little bird with a head like a man’s. Ja.iv.106, Ja.iv.254, Ja.iv.438, Ja.v.47, Ja.v.456; Mil.267. Canda kinnara Np. Ja.i.91, Ja.vi.283, Ja.vi.74. f. kinnarā Np. of a queen Ja.v.437 sq., and *[kinna …
kira →
pts
Kira & Kila
adverb
- emphatic: really, truly, surely. (Gr. δή)
- presumptive (with pres. or fut.) I should think one would expect.
- narrative (with aor.): now, then, you know (Gr. δδε, Lat. at, …
kirīṭin →
pts
adjective enveloped, adorned Pv.iii.9#1 (= veṭhitasīsa).
kisa →
pts
adjective lean, haggard, emaciated, opp. thūla fat (Vv-a.103). As Ep of ascetics Snp.165, Dhp.395 = Thag.243; esp. as epithet of petas: Pv.ii.1#13; Snp.426, Snp.585; Sdhp.101; Mil.303 For phrase kisa …
kisaka →
pts
Err:509
kissati →
pts
- to get thin, to become exhausted, to waste, weary, worry Ja.vi.495 (pret. mā kisittha C. mā kisā bhava).
- [Pass. of kassati, kṛṣ ] see *pari*˚
den. fr. kisa
kitti →
pts
Kitti & Kittī
f. fame, renown, glory, honour, yaso ca kittī ca SN.i.25; kittiñ ca sukhañ ca SN.i.187; yaso kitti sukhañ ca AN.ii.32 yaso kittī ca “fame and renown” Snp.817 (= Mnd.147, where appl. to …
kittāvatā →
pts
adverb to what extent? how far? in what respect? K˚ nu kho mahāpurisa hoti “in what respect is a man a great man?” Cnd.502 B; k˚ nu kho paññavā ti vuccati? MN.i.292. Kitti & Kitti
kittī →
pts
Kitti & Kittī
f. fame, renown, glory, honour, yaso ca kittī ca SN.i.25; kittiñ ca sukhañ ca SN.i.187; yaso kitti sukhañ ca AN.ii.32 yaso kittī ca “fame and renown” Snp.817 (= Mnd.147, where appl. to …
kiñcikkha →
pts
trifle, a small thing: yaṃ vā taṃ vā appamattakaṃ Snp.121; Snp.131; Pp-a 210 (iii.4). āmisa-kiñcikkha-hetu “for the sake of a little gain” AN.i.128 = Pp.29; at Pv.ii.8#3 as āmisa-kiñci-hetu (but …
kiṃ →
pts
- as nt. subst. what? sotānaṃ kiṃ nivāraṇaṃ what is the obstruction? Snp.1032; kiṃ tava patthanāya what is it about your wish, i.e. what good is your wish? Vv-a.226; kim idaṃ this is what, that is …
kiṭaka →
pts
only at Pv.i.92,4, of clothes which are changed into missā kiṭakā, which is expl. at Pv-a.44 by kiṭakasadisāni lohapaṭṭasadisāni bhavanti “they become like (hot) copper plates.”
doubtful
klesa →
pts
Kilesa & klesa
stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …
kosa →
pts
Kosa1
masculine neuter any cavity or enclosure containing anything, viz.
- a store-room or storehouse, treasury or granary AN.iv.95 (rāja˚); Snp.525; Ja.iv.409 (= wealth, stores); Ja.vi …
koṭi →
pts
the end—
- of space: the extreme part, top, summit, point (cp. anta to which it is opposed at Ja.vi.371): dhanu-koṭiṃ nissāya “through the (curved) end of my bow,” i.e. by means …
kula →
pts
(nt.; but poetic pl. kulā Pv.ii.9#43)
- clan a high social grade, “good family,” cp. Gr. (doric) φυά, Goth. kuni. A collection of cognates and agnates, in sense of Ohg. sippa, clan; “house” in sense …
kumuda →
pts
- the white lotus Dhp.285; Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161); Ja.v.37 (seta˚); Vism.174; DN-a.i.139.
- a high numeral, in vīsati kumudā nirayā AN.v.173 = Snp.p.126.
- -naḷa a lotus-stalk …
kusala →
pts
adjective
- (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 …
kutta →
pts
“being made up.”
- Work. The beginning of things was the work of Brahmā. The use of kutta implies that the work was so easy as to be nearer play than work, and to have been carried out in a mood of …
kuṇḍala →
pts
ring esp. earring AN.i.254 = AN.iii.16; Ja.iv.358 (su˚ with beautiful earrings); Dhp-a.i.25. Frequent as maṇi˚, a jewelled earring Vin.ii.156; SN.i.77; MN.i.366; Pv.ii.9#50; sīha˚ or sīhamukha˚ an ea …
kuṭhārī →
pts
An axe, a hatchet Vin.iii.144; SN.iv.160, SN.iv.167; MN.i.233 = SN.iii.141 AN.i.141; AN.ii.201; AN.iv.171; Ja.i.431; Dhp-a.iii.59; Pv-a.277 Purisassa hi jātassa kuthārī jāyate mukhe “when man is bor …
kuṭī →
pts
(kuṭi˚) feminine any single-roomed abode, a hut, cabin, cot, shed Vin.iii.144 (on vehāsa-kuṭī see vehāsa Vin.iv.46); Snp.18, Snp.19; Pv.ii.2#8; Vv-a.188, Vv-a.256 (cīvara˚ a cl …
kā →
pts
indeclinable interj. imitating the crow’s cry: kā kā Ja.iv.72.
Kā˚
in composition, is assimilated (and contracted) form of kad˚ as kāpuppha, kāpurisa.
kāka →
pts
the crow; freq. in similes: SN.i.124; Snp.448; Ja.i.164. Its thievish ways are described at Dhp-a.iii.352; said to have ten bad qualities AN.v.149; Ja.i.342; Ja.iii.126; kākā vā kulalā vā Vin.iv.40 …
kākola →
pts
and Kākoḷa a raven, esp. in his quality as bird of prey, feeding on carrion (cp. kāka) Ja.iii.246 (= vanakāka); Ja.v.268, Ja.v.270 (gijjha k˚ ā ca ayomukhā… khādanti naraṃ kibbisakārinaṃ); Ja.vi.566 …
kāla →
pts
Kāla & Kāḷa
Preliminary
- 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 …
kālīya →
pts
kind of (shiny) sandal wood; so to be read for tālīsa at Vin.i.203 (see note on p. 381).
kāma →
pts
to desire.
- Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
- Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.
Buddhist commentators exp …
kāpotikā →
pts
kind of intoxicating drink of a reddish colour (like pigeons’ fect) Vin.iv.109, cp Ja.i.360 (surā).
of doubtful origin, fr. kapota, but probably popular etym., one may compare Sk. kāpiśāyana, a sort …
kāpurisa →
pts
low, vile, contemptible man, a wretch Vin.ii.188; DN.iii.279; SN.i.91, SN.i.154; SN.ii.241 SN.v.204; Thag.124, Thag.495; Ja.ii.42; Ja.vi.437; Pv.ii.9#30 (Pv-a.125 = lāmaka˚); sometimes denoting one w …
kārin →
pts
(-˚) adjective doing: yathāvādī tathākārī “as he says so he does” DN.iii.135, Snp.357; see for examples the various compounds as kamma˚, kibbisa˚, khaṇḍa˚, chidda˚ dukkaṭa˚, dvaya˚, paccakkha˚, pubba …
kāya →
pts
group, heap, collection, aggregate, body
Definitions and synonyms
Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …
kāḷa →
pts
Kāla & Kāḷa
Preliminary
- 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 …
kāṇa →
pts
adjective blind, usually of one eye, occasionally of both (see Pp-a 227) SN.i.94; Vin.ii.90; AN.i.107 = AN.ii.85 = Pp.51 (in expln of tamaparāyaṇa purisa); Thig.438; Ja.i.222 (one-eyed); …
kāṭa-koṭacikā →
pts
Kāṭa-koṭacikā
a low term of abuse, “pudendum virile & muliebre” Vin.iv.7 (buddhagh Vin.iv.354: kātan ti purisa-nimittaṃ); cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 89.
kāṭa + koṭacikā
kīdisa →
pts
(interr. adj.) what like? of what kind? which? (cp. tādisa) Snp.836, Snp.1089 (= kiṃ saṇṭhita Cnd; Pv.ii.6#3; Pv-a.50, Pv-a.51; Vv-a.76)
■ As Np. SN.iv.193
■ See also Kīrisa.
cp. Sk. kīdṛś = kiṃ dṛśa
kīrisa →
pts
Err:509
labuja →
pts
the bread-fruit tree, Artocarpus lacucha or incisa DN.i.53; Ja.iv.363; Ja.v.6, Ja.v.417; Pv-a.153 (sa˚, read as salaḷa˚, like Vv.35#5, explained at Vv-a.162).
cp. Sk. labuja
lagati →
pts
Lagati & Laggati
to adhere to, stick (fast) to (loc.), to hang from Vin.i.202; Ja.iii.120; Dhp-a.i.131; Dhp-a.iii.298 (ppr. alaggamāna); DN-a.i.257 (for abhisajjati); aor. laggi …
laggati →
pts
Lagati & Laggati
to adhere to, stick (fast) to (loc.), to hang from Vin.i.202; Ja.iii.120; Dhp-a.i.131; Dhp-a.iii.298 (ppr. alaggamāna); DN-a.i.257 (for abhisajjati); aor. laggi …
lakkhaṇa →
pts
- sign, characteristic mark; esp. a sign as implying something extraordinary or pointing to the future, therefore a prognosticative mark (cp. talisman), a distinguishing mark or salient feature, prop …
lakuṇṭaka →
pts
dwarf Mhvs.23, Mhvs.50 (˚sarīratta); Vb-a.26 (˚pāda-purisa, cpd. with arūpa); Pp-a 227; C. on SN.i.237.
dialectical
laya →
pts
- a brief measure of time, usually combined with other expressions denoting a short moment, esp. frequent as khaṇa laya muhutta Vin.i.12 Vin.iii.92; AN.iv.137; cp. Dpvs.i.16 (khaṇe khaṇe laye Buddh …
lesa →
pts
sham, pretext, trick Vin.iii.169 (where ten lesas are enumerated, viz. jāti˚, nāma˚ gotta˚, linga˚, āpatti˚, patta˚, cīvara˚, upajjhāya˚ ācariya˚, senāsana˚); Ja.ii.11; Ja.vi.402
■ lesa-kappa pre …
lihati →
pts
to lick; pres. lehati Ja.ii.44; aor. lehayiṃsu Pv-a.198 (variant reading for palahiṃsu). Cp. parilehisaṃ Vv.81#21 Vv-a.316; ger. lehitvā DN-a.i.136 (sarīraṃ); Vv-a.314. pp. …
likhati →
pts
- to scratch; to cut carve; write, inscribe MN.i.127 (rūpāni); Ja.ii.372 (suvaṇṇa-patte); Ja.iv.257 (id.), Ja.iv.488, Ja.iv.489 (jāti-hingulakena); Dhp-a.i.182; Pv-a.145 (nāmaṃ likhi wrote his na …
likhita →
pts
- carved, cut, worked (in ivory etc.), in cpd. saṅkha˚ brahmacariya the moral life, like a polished shell DN.i.63; SN.ii.219, explained at DN-a.i.181 as “likhita-sankha-sadisa dhota-sankha-sap …
lisati →
pts
to break off, tear off, pull; only at Dhtp.444 explained by “lesa.”
cp. dial. Sk. liśate = Vedic riśate
liṅga →
pts
- characteristic, sign, attribute, mark feature MN.i.360; SN.v.278; Snp.601 sq. (= saṇṭhāna Snp-a.464); Vin.iv.7 (two: hīna & ukkaṭṭha); Ja.i.18; Ja.iv.114 (gihi˚), Ja.iv.130; Mil.133 (sāsana˚), Mil …
lobha →
pts
covetousness, greed. Defined at Vism.468 as “lubbhanti tena, sayaṃ vā lubbhati, lubbhana-mattam eva vā taṃ,” with several comparisons following. Often found in triad of lobha, dosa, moha (greed, an …
loha →
pts
metal, esp. copper, brass or bronze It is often used as a general term & the individual application is not always sharply defined. Its comprehensiveness is evident from the classification of *[loha](/ …
loka →
pts
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 …
loluppa →
pts
greediness, covetousness, self-indulgence, desire; in the language of the Abhidhamma often syn. with jappā or taṇhā. At Dhs-a.365 loluppa is treated as an adj. …
loma →
pts
the hair of the body (whereas kesa is the hair of the head only) DN.ii.18 (ekeka˚, uddhagga˚, in characteristics of a Mahāpurisa); SN.ii.257 (asi˚, usu˚, satti˚ etc.) AN.ii.114; Vin.iii.106 (usu˚ etc. …
ludda →
pts
adjective
- fierce, terrible; cruel, gruesome SN.i.143; AN.ii.174 (pāpa, l., kibbisa); AN.v.149; Pp.56; Vv.84#5 (= dāruṇā pisāc’-ādino Vv-a.335); Ja.v.243 (ṭhānaṃ niraya); Sdhp.286. The spelling * …
luḷita →
pts
stirred, moved, disturbed; lively; turbid (of water) SN.v.123 = AN.iii.233; (udapatta āvila l.); DN.ii.128 = Ud.83 (udakaṃ parittaṃ luḷitaṃ āvilaṃ) Ja.vi.63; Mnd.488 (āvila +); Mil.35, Mil.177, Mil.2 …
lāmaka →
pts
adjective insignificant, poor, inferior, bad, sinful. The usual syn. is pāpa
■ Vin.ii.76; Vism.268 (= pāpaka); Dhs-a.45; Kp-a.243 (= khudda); Pp-a 229 (nīca lāmaka = oṇata); Kp\ …
līyati →
pts
to stick. The Dhtp evidently favours the separation when interpreting lī by “silesana-dravīkaraṇa,” i.e. to make slip or run (Dhtp.441; Dhtm.681)]
- to stick, adhere, cling to see compounds all˚, …
lūkha →
pts
adjective
- rough, coarse, unpleasant; poor, bad (usually applied to dress or food); mediocre, meagre, wretched. Opp paṇīta (e.g. Vin.i.212; SN.ii.153; AN.iv.10; Ja.i.228; Vv-a. …
maccu →
pts
the God of Death, the Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama SN.i.156; Snp.357 (gen. maccuno), Snp.581 (instr maccunā), Snp.587; Thag.411; Dhp.21, Dhp.47, Dhp.128, Dhp.135, Dhp.150 Dhp.287; Vb …
mada →
pts
- 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 …
magga →
pts
- 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. …
mahant →
pts
adjective great, extensive, big important, venerable
■ nom. mahā Snp.1008; Mhvs.22, Mhvs.27. Shortened to maha in cpd. pitāmaha (following a …
mahilā →
pts
woman, female Vin.ii.281 (˚titthe at the women’s bathing place); Ja.i.188; Dpvs.ix.4 Thag-a.271. Mahisa, Mahisa, Mahimsa
*Sk. mahilā
mahisa →
pts
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa
a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …
mahiṃsa →
pts
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa
a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …
mahīsa →
pts
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa
a buffalo. mahisa: DN.i.6 (˚yuddha b. fight), DN.i.9; Ja.iii.26 (vana wild b.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.36 (T. māhisaṃ)
■ mahīsa Ja.vi.110- mahiṃsa Vism.191, …
majjha →
pts
adjective middle, viz
- of space: of moderate height DN.i.243 (contrasted with ucca & nīca).
- of; time: of middle age Snp.216 (contrasted with dahara young & thera old).
- often used adv. in …
mala →
pts
anything impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In the Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122
■ SN.i.38 (itthi malaṃ brahmacariyassa), SN.i.43 (id.); AN.i.105 (issā˚ …
malinaka →
pts
adjective dirty; with ref. to loha, a kind of copper, in the group of copper belonging to Pisāca Vb-a.63.
malina + ka
malla →
pts
wrestler Vin.ii.105 (˚muṭṭhika) Ja.iv.81 (two, named Cānura and Muṭṭhika “fister”); Vism.31 (muṭṭhika + i.e. boxing & wrestling as amusements: see mada 1) Perhaps as “porter” Bdhgh …
mana(s) →
pts
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 →
pts
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 …
manta →
pts
orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …
maraṇa →
pts
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; …
mati →
pts
mind, opinion, thought, thinking of, hankering after, love or wish for Vin.iii.138 (purisa˚ thought of a man); Mhvs.3, Mhvs.42 (padīpa˚ lamp of knowledge); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.214 (amala˚ pure-minded); Pv\ …
matthaka →
pts
the head, fig. top, summit Ja.iii.206 = Ja.iv.4; Ja.iv.173, Ja.iv.457; Ja.v.478; DN-a.i.226 (pabbata˚); Pv.iv.16#3; Dhp-a.i.184. matthaka-matthakena (from end to end) Ja.i.202; Ja.iii.304. Loc. * …
maññati →
pts
- to think, to be of opinion, to imagine, to deem Snp.199 (sīsaṃ… subhato naṃ maññati bālo), Snp.588 (yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā) Ja.ii.258 (maññāmi ciraṃ carissati: I imagine he wi …
maṅku →
pts
adjective staggering, confused troubled, discontented Vin.ii.118; SN.v.74; Dhp.249 Mnd.150; Dhp-a.iii.41, Dhp-a.iii.359 (with loc.)
■ f. pl. maṅkū Vin.i.93
■ dummaṅku “st …
maṇi →
pts
- 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. …
maṇḍa →
pts
the top part, best part of milk or butter, etc. i.e. cream scum; fig. essence of, the pick of, finest part of anything parisā˚; the cream of a gathering, the pick of the congregation, excellent cong …
meda →
pts
fat SN.i.124; Snp.196; Ja.iii.484 (ajakaraṃ medaṃ = ajakara-medaṃ C.); Kp iii. (explained at Vism.262 as “thīnasineha” thick or coagulated fluid or gelatine); Vism.361 Vb-a.66, Vb-a.225, Vb-a.245, …
medha →
pts
sacrifice only in assa˚; horse-sacrifice & purisa˚; human s. (q.v.) e.g. at AN.iv.151; Snp.303
■ Cp. mejjha.
Vedic medha, in aśva, go˚, puruṣa˚ etc.
meṇḍa →
pts
- a ram DN.i.9; Ja.iv.250 Ja.iv.353 (˚visāṇa-dhanu, a bow consisting of a ram’s horn) -patha Npl. “ram’s road” Mnd.155 = Mnd.415. -yuddha ram fight DN.i.6.
- a groom, elephant-driver in cpd …
meṇḍaka →
pts
adjective
- made of ram(s) horn, said of a (very strong) bow Ja.ii.88 (˚dhanu); Ja.v.128 (˚singadhanu).
- belonging to a ram, in meṇḍaka-pañha “question about the ram” Mil.90 alluding to the sto …
miga →
pts
- a wild animal, an animal in its natural state (see compounds).
- a deer, antelope, gazelle Various kinds are mentioned at Ja.v.416; two are given at Cnd.509, viz. eṇi (antelope) & …
mihati →
pts
is given as root mih in 2 meanings at Dhtp, viz. 1 īsa-hasana (No. 328), i.e. a kind of laugh, for smi as in mihita. 2 secana (No. 342).
misati →
pts
to wink (one’s eyes): see ni˚.
miṣ, Vedic miṣati, root given as misa at Dhtm.479, with expln “mīlane”
mogha →
pts
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 …
mokkhacika →
pts
or ˚ā feminine tumbling, turning somersaults, an acrobatic feat; in list of forbidden amusements at DN.i.6 (cp. DN-a.i.86; samparivattaka-kīḷanaṃ, i.e. playing with something that rolls along, conti …
mora →
pts
pea-hen a peacock Ja.ii.275 (˚upasevin, see C. on this passage), Ja.vi.218, Ja.vi.497; Pv-a.142; Dhp-a.i.394. A peacock’s tail (sometimes used as a fan) is denoted in var. terms in compounds, as *m …
mukha →
pts
…front part, front, top, in īsā˚; of the carriage pole SN.i.224 = Ja.i.203. Hence 6. the top of anything, front, head, best part; adj topmost,…
mutta →
pts
Mutta1
- released, set free, freed; as-˚ free from Snp.687 (abbhā˚ free from the stain of a cloud); Dhp.172 (id.), Dhp.382 (id.)
■ Dhp.344; Pv.iv.1#34; Pv-a.65 (su˚). - given up or …
muñcati →
pts
I. Forms
The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚; are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚; is the active base, and mucc˚; the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñ …
muḷāla →
pts
Muḷāla & Muḷālī
feminine the stalk of the lotus: muḷālī Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); muḷāli Ja.vi.530 (= muḷālaka C.); muḷālikā Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); bhisa-muḷālaṃ (nt.) (collective cpd. fibre & stal …
muḷālī →
pts
Muḷāla & Muḷālī
feminine the stalk of the lotus: muḷālī Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); muḷāli Ja.vi.530 (= muḷālaka C.); muḷālikā Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); bhisa-muḷālaṃ (nt.) (collective cpd. fibre & stal …
muṇḍa →
pts
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 …
muṇḍita →
pts
shaven Snp-a.402 (˚sīsa).
pp. of muṇḍeti
muṭṭhi →
pts
the fist Vv-a.206 muṭṭhī katvā gaṇhāti to take by making a fist, i.e. clutch tightly, clenching one’s fist Ja.vi.331
■ muṭṭhiṃ akāsi he made a fist (as sign) Ja.vi.364. As-˚ often meaning “han …
mādisa →
pts
adjective one like me Snp.482; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.193; Vv-a.207; Dhp-a.i.284; Pv-a.76, Pv-a.123.
Epic & Class. Sk. mādṛś & mādṛśa, maṃ + ; dṛś
mālaka →
pts
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 …
māna →
pts
- pride, conceit, arrogance (cittassa uṇṇati Mnd.80; Vb.350). Māna is one of the Saññojanas It is one of the principal obstacles to Arahantship A detailed analysis of māna in tenfold aspect is give …
māra →
pts
death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …
mārisa →
pts
adjective only in voc. as respectful term of address, something like “Sir,” pl “Sirs.” In sg. mārisa MN.i.327; AN.iii.332; Snp.814, Snp.1036 Snp.1038, Snp.1045 etc.; Mnd.140 = Cnd. …
māsana →
pts
Māsati, Māsana, Māsin
■ dumapakkāni -māsita Ja.ii.446 (C. reads māsita & explains by asita, dhāta); visa-māsita Mil.302 (T. reads visamāsita) having taken in poison; visa- māsan- ûpatāpa (id. …
māsati →
pts
Māsati, Māsana, Māsin
■ dumapakkāni -māsita Ja.ii.446 (C. reads māsita & explains by asita, dhāta); visa-māsita Mil.302 (T. reads visamāsita) having taken in poison; visa- māsan- ûpatāpa (id. …
māsin →
pts
Māsati, Māsana, Māsin
■ dumapakkāni -māsita Ja.ii.446 (C. reads māsita & explains by asita, dhāta); visa-māsita Mil.302 (T. reads visamāsita) having taken in poison; visa- māsan- ûpatāpa (id. …
māḷaka →
pts
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 …
nakkhatta →
pts
the stars or constellations, a conjunction of the moon with diff. constellations, a lunar mansion or the constellations of the lunar zodiac, figuring also as Names of months & determinant factors of h …
nanikāma →
pts
adjective disagreeable, unpleasant Dhp.309 (˚seyyā an uncomfortable bed).
na + nikāma = anikāma
nassana →
pts
disappearance, loss, destruction AN.iii.54 (˚dhamma adj. doomed to perish).
cp. Sk. naśana
nassati →
pts
(v. intr.) to perish, to be lost or destroyed, to disappear, come to an end Snp.666 (na hi nassati kassaci kammaṃ); Iti.90; Ja.i.81, Ja.i.116, Ja.i.150; pret. nassaṃ (prohib.) Snp.1120, pl anassāma …
naṅgala →
pts
…Dhp-a.iii.67 (id.).
- -īsā the beam of a plough SN.i.104 (of an elephant’s trunk);
- -kaṭṭhakaraṇa ploughing…
nekkhamma →
pts
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 …
nesajjika →
pts
adjective being & remaining in a sitting position (as an ascetic practice) AN.iii.220; Thag.904 Thag.1120; Cnd.587; Ja.iv.8; Pp.69; Vism.79; Mil.20, Mil.342. The n-˚aṅga is one of the dhūtanga-pre …
nesāda →
pts
hunter; also a low caste Vin.iv.7 (+ veṇa & rathakāra); SN.i.93 (˚kula); AN.i.107; AN.ii.85; Ja.ii.36 Ja.iii.330; Ja.iv.397, Ja.iv.413; Ja.v.110, Ja.v.337; Ja.vi.71; Pp.51 (˚kula) Mil.311; Dhp-a.iii …
ni →
pts
Ni˚
Nearly all (ultimately prob. all) words under this heading are compounds with the pref. ni.
A. Forms
- Pāli ni˚; combines the two prefixes ni, nis (nir). They ar …
nibbanatha →
pts
adjective free from lust or cravings SN.i.180, SN.i.186 (so ’haṃ vane nibbanatho visallo); Thag.526; Dhp.344; Dāvs i.18.
nis + vanatha
nibbematika →
pts
adjective not disagreeing, of one accord, unanimous Vin.ii.65; Dhp-a.i.34.
nis + vimati + ka
nibbisa →
pts
earnings, wages Thag.606 = Thag.1003 = Mil.45 (cp. Manu vi.45); Snp-a.38.
to nibbisati
nibbisati →
pts
to enter into; to earn, gain, find, enjoy, only in pp. anibbisaṃ not finding Thig.159 (= avindanto Thag-a.142); Ja.i.76 = Dhp.153
pp nibbiṭṭha. See als …
nibbisaya →
pts
adjective having no residence, banished, driven from (-˚) Ja.ii.401.
nis + visaya
nibbisaṅka →
pts
adjective fearless, not hesitating, undaunted Snp-a.61.
nis + visanka, Sk. viśankā
nibbiṭṭha →
pts
past participle gained, earned Vin.iv.265; Snp.25; Snp-a.38.
nis + viṭṭha, of nibbisati
nibbusitattā →
pts
(nibbusitattan?) a dislocated or disconcerted mind, unrest uneasiness DN.i.17.
Sk. *nir-vasit-ātman or *nirvasitatvaṃ (nt. abstr.), to nis-vasati, cp. nirvāsana = nibbisaya
nibbāna →
pts
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 …
niddesa →
pts
- description, attribute, distinction Pv-a.7 (ukkaṭṭha˚) -vatthu object of distinction or praise DN.iii.253; AN.iv.15 (where reading is niddasa, which also as variant reading …
niddisati →
pts
Niddisati & niddissati
to distinguish, point out, explain designate, define, express, to mean Iti.122 = Cnd.276#f Mil.123, Mil.345; Dhs-a.57; Dhp-a.ii.59; Pv-a.87, Pv-a.217 (˚itvā); aor. *[niddis …
niddissati →
pts
Niddisati & niddissati
to distinguish, point out, explain designate, define, express, to mean Iti.122 = Cnd.276#f Mil.123, Mil.345; Dhs-a.57; Dhp-a.ii.59; Pv-a.87, Pv-a.217 (˚itvā); aor. *[niddis …
niddiṭṭha →
pts
past participle expressed, explained, designated Mil.3; Dhs-a.57; Vism.528; Vv-a.13.
see niddisati
niddukkha →
pts
adjective without fault or evil Ja.iii.443 (in expln of anīgha); Pv-a.230 (id.); (in expln of mārisa) K.S. (S.A.), Pv-a.1, Pv-a.2, n. 1.
nis + dukkha
niggacchati →
pts
to go out or away, disappear; to proceed from, only in pp. niggata (q.v.); at Ja.vi.504 as ni˚.
Sk. nirgacchati, nis + gacchati
niggāhaka →
pts
adjective noun one who rebukes, oppresses, oppressor Snp.118 (= bādhaka Snp-a.178, with variant reading ghātaka); Ja.iv.362 (= balisādhaka Com.).
ni + gāhaka, see niggaṇhāti
nijigiṃsanatā →
pts
covetousness Vism.23 sq. (defined), Vism.29 (id. = magganā), referring to Vb.353 where T has jigiṃsanatā, with variant reading nijigīsanatā.
fr. last
nijigiṃsati →
pts
to desire ardently, to covet DN-a.i.92 (= maggeti pariyesati).
Sk. nijigīṣati, ni + jigiṃsati
nikkhamati →
pts
to go forth from, to come out of (c. abl.), to get out, issue forth depart, fig. to leave the household life behind (agārā n.), to retire from the world (cp. abhinikkhamati etc.) or to give up evil …
nikkhipati →
pts
- to lay down (carefully), to put down, to lay (an egg) Vin.ii.114; Iti.13, Iti.14 (Pot. nikkhipeyya); Pp.34; Ja.i.49 (aṇḍakaṃ)
- to lay aside, to put away Vin.i.46 (patta-cīvaraṃ) AN.i.206 (daṇḍaṃ …
nillaccheti →
pts
to deprive of the marks or characteristics (of virility), to castrate Thig.437 (= purisa-bhāvassa lacchana-bhūtāni bījakāni nillacchesi nīhari Thag-a.270). See also nillañchaka & nillacchita.
nis …
nimesa →
pts
winking Mil.194.
= nimisa, cp. Vedic nimesa
nimisa →
pts
winking, shutting the eyes; animisa not winking Dāvs v.26. See also nimesa.
cp. Vedic nimiṣ f. & nimiṣa nt.
nimisati →
pts
to wink DN.ii.20 (animisanto, not winking; variant reading BB animm˚; Ja.iii.96 (ummisati +). Cp. nimisatā.
Sk. nimiṣati, ni + misati
nimisatā →
pts
winking Ja.vi.336 (a˚).
abstr. to nimisati
nimugga →
pts
adjective plunged, immersed in, sunk down or fallen into (-˚) (c. loc. Vin.iii.106 (gūthakūpe sasīsakaṃ n.); DN.i.75; Ja.i.4 Ja.iii.393 (gūthakalale), Ja.iii.415; Mnd.26; Pp.71; Mil.262 Sdhp.573. Nim …
nipatati →
pts
- (intrs.) to fall down, fly down, descend, go out Vin.ii.192 (Bhagavato pādesu sirasā n. bending his head at the feet of Bh.); Pv-a.60 (id.); Ja.i.278; Ja.v.467 (nippatissāmi = nikkhamissāmi Com. …
nippurisa →
pts
adjective
- without men Pv-a.177.
- without men, executed by females (female devas only (of turiyā = a female orchestra) Vin.i.15; DN.ii.21; Ja.v.506. Cp. Mvu.iii.165 (niṣpuruṣena nāṭakena & Avs.i …
nirabbuda →
pts
Nirabbuda1
masculine neuter a vast number; also Name of a hell SN.i.149 = AN.ii.3 = AN.v.171 (explained at AN.v.173 as “seyyathā pi vīsati abbudā nirayā evam eko nirabbudo nirayo”); Ja.iii …
niraya →
pts
purgatory, hell, a place of punishment & torture, where sin is atoned (i.e. kamma ripens = paccati, is literally boiled) by terrible ordeals (kāraṇāni) similar to & partly identical with those of Hade …
nirodha →
pts
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 …
nirutti →
pts
one of the Vedāngas (see chaḷanga), expln of words, grammatical analysis etymological interpretation; pronunciation, dialect way of speaking, expression Vin.ii.139 (pabbajitā… sakāya nirutt …
nirāmisa →
pts
adjective having no meat or prey; free from sensual desires, disinterested, not material SN.i.35, SN.i.60; SN.iv.219, SN.iv.235; SN.v.68, SN.v.332; AN.iii.412; DN.iii.278 Vb.195; Vism.71; Sdhp.475, Sd …
nisabha →
pts
“bull among men,” i.e. prince, leader; “princeps,” best of men epithet of the Buddha SN.i.28, SN.i.48, SN.i.91; MN.i.386; Ja.v.70 Ja.vi.526; Vv.16#7 (isi˚), cp. Vv-a.83 for expln; Vv.63#7 …
nisada →
pts
Nisada & Nisadā
feminine a grindstone, esp. the understone of a millstone Vin.i.201; (˚pota id.); Mil.149; Vism.252 (˚pota, where Kp-a at id. p. reads ˚putta). Cp. ā˚.
Sk. dṛṣad f.; for n: d cp. P. …
nisadā →
pts
Nisada & Nisadā
feminine a grindstone, esp. the understone of a millstone Vin.i.201; (˚pota id.); Mil.149; Vism.252 (˚pota, where Kp-a at id. p. reads ˚putta). Cp. ā˚.
Sk. dṛṣad f.; for n: d cp. P. …
nisagga →
pts
Nisagga & Nissagga
giving forth, bestowing; natural state, nature SN.i.54 (˚ss˚). cp. nisaṭṭha
ni or nis + sṛj
nisajjeti →
pts
to spend, bestow, give, give up Pv-a.105 (dānûpakaraṇā nisajjesi read better as ˚karaṇǡni sajjesi). See also nissajjati.
sic MSS. for niss˚; Sk. niḥsarjayati, nis + sajjeti, …
nisajjā →
pts
sitting down, opportunity for sitting, seat Pv.iv.1#2 (seyyā +); Ja.i.217; Pv-a.24 (˚ādipaṭikkhepa-ṭṭhāna), Pv-a.219 (pallankâbhujanādi-lakkhaṇā nisajjā). Cp. nesajjika.
Sk. *niṣadyā of ni sad
nisamma →
pts
adverb carefully, considerately, observing Snp.54; Cnd.367 Cnd.481 b (= sutvā). Esp. in phrase n- kārin acting considerately Dhp.24 (= Dhp-a.i.238); Ja.iii.106; Ja.vi.375; Mil.3; cp. n. kiriyāya M …
nisanti →
pts
careful attention or observation AN.ii.97; AN.iii.201; AN.iv.15 (dhamma˚), AN.iv.36 (id.) AN.iv.296; AN.v.166 (dhamma˚); Dpvs.i.53 (˚kāra). Cp. nisamma & nisāmeti.
Sk. *niśānti, ni + śam
nisaṅkhiti →
pts
deposit (of merit or demerit), accumulation, effect (of kamma Snp.953 (= Mnd.442 abhisankhārā).
Sk. ni-saṃskṛti, ni + saṃ + kṛ.
nisaṭṭha →
pts
past participle given up, spent, lost Thig.484 (variant reading ˚ss˚); Thag-a.286 (= pariccatta). Cp nisajjeti & nisagga.; Nisada & Nisada
nis + saṭṭha of sṛj
nisinna →
pts
adjective sitting down, seated Ja.i.50, Ja.i.255; Ja.iii.126; Kp-a.250; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.16, Pv-a.39 passim
■ Often combd & contrasted with; tiṭṭhaṃ (standing), caraṃ (walking) & *[s …
nissagga →
pts
Nisagga & Nissagga
giving forth, bestowing; natural state, nature SN.i.54 (˚ss˚). cp. nisaṭṭha
ni or nis + sṛj
nissaggiya →
pts
adjective to be given up, what ought to be rejected or abandoned Vin.i.196, Vin.i.254; Vin.iii.195 sq.
Sk. *niḥsārgya grd. of nis + sajjeti, not = Sk. naisargika
nissajjati →
pts
to let loose, give up, hand over, give, pour out Vin.ii.188 ger. nissajja [Sk. niḥsṛjya] Snp.839 (variant reading nisajja); Mnd.189 (id.); Snp-a.545. pp. nisaṭṭha & nissaṭṭha; …
nissayati →
pts
to lean on, a foundation on, rely on, trust, pursue Snp.798 (sīlabbataṃ; Snp-a.530 = abhinivisati); Vv-a.83 (katapuññaṃ). Pass. nissīyati Vv-a.83. pp. nissita ger. *[nissāya] …
nissaṭṭha →
pts
adjective dismissed, given up, left, granted, handed over, given Vin.iii.197 (˚cīvara) MN.i.295; MN.ii.203; Vv-a.341. See also nisaṭṭha & paṭi˚.
pp. of nissajjati
nissuta →
pts
adjective flown out or away, vanished, disappeared MN.i.280.
fr. nis + sru, see savati
nissāraṇa →
pts
going or driving out, expulsion Mil.344 (osāraṇa-n- paṭisāraṇa), Mil.357.
fr. nissarati
nisā →
pts
night Vv.35#2 (loc. nise); Vv-a.161 (loc. nisati, variant reading nisi = rattiyaṃ); Mil.388 (loc. nisāya) Dāvs ii.6; Dāvs v.2 (nisāyaṃ). See also nisītha.
Sk. niś & niśā, prob. with niśītha (midnigh …
nisāda →
pts
robber Ja.iv.364. Cp. nesāda.
cp. Sk. niṣāda, a Non-Aryan or barbarian
nisādana →
pts
grinding Dhp-a.i.308.
= ni + śātana
nisādika →
pts
adjective fit for lying down, suitable for resting Vin.i.239 (go˚).
cp. Sk. niṣādin, ni + sad
nisādin →
pts
adjective lying down DN.iii.44, DN.iii.47.
fr. ni + sad
nisāmaka →
pts
adjective observant, listening to, attending to, careful of AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (dhammānaṃ).
cp. Sk. niśāmana
nisāmeti →
pts
to attend to, listen to, observe, be careful of, mind Ja.iv.29 (anisāmetvā by not being careful); Ja.v.486; Dhp-a.i.239 (+ upadhāneti); Pv-a.1 (imper nisāmayatha). Cp. nisanti, nisamma.
ni + sāmeti
nisāna →
pts
hone on which to sharpen a knife Mil.282.
ni + śā to sharpen, to whet, cp. nisita
nisāra →
pts
adjective noun full of sap, excellent, strong (of a tree) Vv.63#1 (= niratisaya sārassa nisiṭṭhasārassa rukkhassa Vv-a.261).
ni + sāra
nisātaka →
pts
in koka˚; Ja.vi.538, a certain wild animal; the meaning is not clear, etymologically it is to be derived fr. Sk. niśātayati to strike, to fell. See Kern,
Toevoegselen
1p. 152, s. v. koka. The va …
nisīdana →
pts
sitting down, occasion or opportunity to sit, a mat to sit on Vin.i.295 Vin.ii.123 (˚ena vippavasati); SN.v.259 (˚ṃ gaṇhāti). -paccattharaṇa a mat for sitting on Vin.i.47, Vin.i.295; Vin.ii.209 Vin …
nisīdati →
pts
to sit down, to be seated, to sit, to dwell Cnd.433; Ja.iii.392; Ja.vi.367; Pv.ii.9#3 (nisīdeyya Pot.); Pv-a.74. aor. nisīdi Vin.i.1; Ja.ii.153; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.23, Pv-a.44; 3rd pl. nisīdi …
nisītha →
pts
midnight, night Thag.3 (aggi yathā pajjalito nisīthe; variant reading BB nisive), Thag.524 (variant reading nisive); Ja.iv.432; Ja.v.330, Ja.v.331 (variant reading BB nisive), Ja.v.506 (= rattibhāga C …
nivattati →
pts
to turn back, to return (opp. gacchati), to turn away from, to flee, vanish, disappear Vin.i.46; DN.i.118; Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.153 Ja.iv.142; Snp.p.80; Pv.ii.9#34; Pv.iv.10#7; Snp-a.374; Pv-a.74 Pv-a.1 …
nivisati →
pts
to enter, stop, settle down on (loc.), to resort to, establish oneself Vin.i.207; Ja.i.309 = Ja.iv.217 (yasmiṃ mano nivisati)
pp niviṭṭha ger nivissa (q.v.). Caus. *[niveseti …
nivissa-vādin →
pts
Nivissa-vādin
adjective noun “speaking in the manner of being settled or sure,” a dogmatist Snp.910, Snp.913, explained at Mnd.326 as “sassato loko idam eva saccaṃ, mogham aññan ti”; at Snp-a.560 a …
niviṭṭha →
pts
adjective settled, established (in); confirmed, sure; fixed on, bent on, devoted to (loc. Snp.57 (= satta allīna etc. Cnd.364), Snp.756, Snp.774, Snp.781 (ruciyā), Snp.824 (saccesu), Snp.892; Mnd.38, …
nivāsa →
pts
stopping, dwelling, resting-place, abode; living, sheltering Ja.i.115 (˚ṃ kappeti to put up), Ja.ii.110; Pv-a.76, Pv-a.78. Usually in phrase pubbe-nivāsaṃ anussarati “to remember one’s former ab …
nu →
pts
indeclinable affirm
■ indef part. “then, now.”
- most freq. combined with interr pron. and followed by kho, as kin nu kho Ja.ii.159 kacci Ja.i.279; kaccin nu (for kaccid nu) Ja.ii …
nāma →
pts
name.
-
Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …
nīla →
pts
adjective dark-blue, blue-black blue-green. Nīla serves as a general term to designate the “coloured-black,” as opposed to the “colouredwhite” (pīta yellow), which pairs (nīla-pīta) are both set …
ocaraka FIXME double →
pts
Ocaraka
in special meaning of one who makes himself at home or familiar with, an investigator, informant scout, spy (ocarakā ti carapurisā C. on Ud.66)
■ Thus also in BSk. as avacaraka one who furn …
odahati →
pts
- to put down, to put in, supply MN.i.117 (okacaraṃ, see under oka); MN.ii.216 (agad’angāraṃ vaṇa-mukhe odaheyya); Thag.774 (migavo pāsaṃ odahi the hunter set a snare; Morris, J.P.T …
odissa →
pts
adverb only in neg. anodissa without a purpose, indefinitely (? Mil.156 (should we read anudissa?).
ger. of o + disati = Sk. diśati, cp. uddissa
oguṇṭheti →
pts
to cover, veil over, hide SN.iv.122 (ger. oguṇṭhitvā sīsaṃ, perhaps better read as oguṇṭhitā variant reading SS. okuṇṭhitū)
pp oguṇṭhita (q.v.).
o + guṇṭheti
ogāhati FIXME double →
pts
Ogāhati (ogāheti)
to plunge or enter into, to be absorbed in (w. acc. or loc.). Pv.ii.12#11; Vv.6#1 (= anupavisati Vv-a.42), Vv.39#2 (sālavanaṃ o = pavisati Vv-a.177). ogāheti Pv-a.155 (pokkhara …
ogāheti →
pts
Ogāhati (ogāheti)
to plunge or enter into, to be absorbed in (w. acc. or loc.). Pv.ii.12#11; Vv.6#1 (= anupavisati Vv-a.42), Vv.39#2 (sālavanaṃ o = pavisati Vv-a.177). ogāheti Pv-a.155 (pokkhara …
okampeti →
pts
to shake, to wag, only in phrase sīsaṃ okampeti to shake one’s head MN.i.108 MN.i.171; SN.i.118.
o + Caus. of kamp
okāsa FIXME double →
pts
Okāsa
- lit. “visibility”, (visible) space as geometrical term, open space, atmosphere, air as space DN.i.34 (ananto okāso); Vism.184 (with disā pariccheda), Vism.243 (id.); Pv-a.14 (okāsaṃ pharitvā …
omissaka →
pts
adjective mixed, miscellaneous, various Ja.v.37; Ja.vi.224 (˚parisā). Cp. vo˚.
o + missaka
opadhika →
pts
adjective forming a substratum for rebirth (always with ref. to puñña, merit). Not with Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885 38 as “exceedingly great”; the correct interpretation is given by Dhpāla at Vv-a.154 as “ …
opatati →
pts
to fall or fly down (on), to fall over (w. acc.) Ja.ii.228 (lokāmisaṃ ˚anto); Ja.vi.561 (˚itvā ger.) Mil.368, Mil.396
pp opatita.
o + pat
osadhī →
pts
There is no difference in meaning between osadha and osadhī; both mean equally any medicine whether of herbs or other ingredients. Cp. e.g. AN.iv.100 (bījagāma-bhūtagāmā… osadhi-tiṇavanappatayo) Pv. …
ossajati →
pts
Avassajati & ossajati
to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava) Ja.iv.425; Ja.v.487 (aor. avassaji read for avissaji).
ava + sṛj, perhaps ud + sṛj = Sk. utsṛjati, althoug …
ovadiya →
pts
adjective who or what can be advised, advisable Vin.i.59 (+ anusāsiya); Vv.84#36 (ovāda-vasena vattabbaṃ Vv-a.345).
grd. of ovadati
pabhassati →
pts
to fall down or off, drop, disappear Vin.ii.135 (pret. pabhassittha); Vin.iv.159 (id.)
■ Cp. pabhaṃsana.
pa + bhraṃś; cp. Sk. prabhraśyate
pabhaṃsana →
pts
adjective noun causing to fall or disappear depriving, taking away, theft, in maṇi˚ jewel-theft Ja.vi.383. (Rh. D. “polishing”?) Kern in
Toevoegselen
s. v takes pabhaṃsana as a der. fr. pa + *bh …
pabheda →
pts
breaking or splitting up, breaking, opening Vv-a.183; akkhara˚ breaking up of letters, word-analysis, phonology DN.i.88 (= sikkhā ca nirutti ca DN-a.i.247 = Snp-a.447)
■ adj (-˚) breaking up in …
paccakkha →
pts
adjective “before the eye,” perceptible to the senses, evident clear, present Dhs-a.254; Pv-a.125; Sdhp.416. Often in obl. cases, viz. instr. -ena personally Ja.i.377; abl -ato from personal e …
paccakkhāti →
pts
lit. to speak against, i.e. to reject, refuse, disavow, abandon, give up, usually in connection with Buddhaṃ, dhammaṃ sikkhaṃ or similar terms of a religious-moral nature Vin.iii.25; SN.ii.231, SN.ii …
paccanta →
pts
adjective noun adj. adjoining, bordering on, neighbouring, adjacent Dhp.315; Ja.i.11 (v.47, ˚desa), Ja.i.377 (˚vāsika); Pv-a.201 (˚nagara); Dhp-a.iii.488 (id.); Sdhp.11 (˚visaya). (m.) the border, o …
paccasāri →
pts
see paṭisarati.
paccatta →
pts
adjective separate, individual; usually acc. -ṃ adv. separately, individually, singly, by himself in his own heart DN.i.24 (yeva nibbuti viditā); DA on DN.ii.77 = attano attano abbhantare; MN.i.251 …
paccaya →
pts
lit. resting on, falling back on, foundation cause, motive etc. See on term as t.t. of philosophy Tikapaṭṭhāna I, foreword; J.P.T.S. 1916, 21 f.; Cpd. 42 sq. & esp. 259 sq.
- (lit.) support, req …
pacceka →
pts
adjective each one, single, by oneself, separate, various several DN.i.49 (itthi); DN.ii.261 (˚vasavattin, of the 10 issaras); SN.i.26 (˚gāthā a stanza each), SN.i.146 (˚brahma an independent Brahma); …
pacchima →
pts
adjective
- hindmost, hind-, back-, last (opp. purima), latest DN.i.239; MN.i.23 (˚yāma the last night watch); DN-a.i.45 sq. (id. ˚kicca duties or performances in the 3rd watch, corres …
paccupadissati →
pts
to accept, receive; or: to show, point out Ja.v.221 (variant reading paccuttarissati to go through, perhaps preferable; C. on p. 225 explains by sampaṭicchissati).
reading uncertain; either paṭi + u …
paccācikkhati →
pts
to reject, repudiate, disallow DN.iii.3; MN.i.245 MN.i.428; Vin.iv.235.
Intens. of paccakkhāti, paṭi + ā + cikkhati of khyā
paccākata →
pts
rejected, disappointed Vin.iv.237, Vin.iv.238.
pp. of paṭi + a + kṛ.
pacura →
pts
adjective general, various, any; abundant, many Ja.v.40 (= bahu salabha C.); Mil.408 (˚jana) Dāvs iv.11, Dāvs iv.50; Vv-a.213 (˚jano for yādisakīdiso Vv.50#11). See also pasura.
cp. late Sk. pracura
padesa →
pts
indication, location, range, district; region, spot, place SN.ii.227, SN.ii.254 SN.v.201; AN.ii.167 (cattāro mahā˚); Dhp.127 (jagati˚), Dhp.303; Ja.ii.3, Ja.ii.158 (himavanta˚); Ja.iii.25 (id.), Ja.ii …
padumin →
pts
adjective noun having a lotus, belonging to a lotus, lotus-like; Name of (the spotted) elephant Snp.53 (explained at Snp-a.103 as “padumasadisa-gattatāya vā Padumakule uppannatāya vā padumī,” cp. C …
paggaṇhāti →
pts
- to stretch forth, hold out or up, take up DN.i.123 (sujaṃ the sacrificial ladle), DN.i.125 (añjaliṃ stretch out the hollow hands as a token of respectful greeting); SN.i.141; SN.ii.280; Ja.i.89 (pa …
paghaṇa →
pts
covered terrace before a house Vin.ii.153 (“paghanaṃ nāma yaṃ nikkhamantā ca pavisantā ca pādehi hananti. tassa vihāra-dvāre ubhato kuṭṭaṃ niharitvā katapadesass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ” Bdhgh, quoted *Vin …
pagāhati →
pts
to dive into, sink into Snp.819 (≈ ajjhogāha Snp-a.537; = ogāhati ajjhogāhati pavisati Mnd.152)
pp pagāḷha.
pa + gāhati
pahāsati →
pts
in pahāsanto saparisaṃ at Thag-a.69 should preferably be read as pahāsayanto parisaṃ, thus taken as Caus. of pa + has, i.e. making one smile, gladdening.
pajjhāyati →
pts
to be in flames, to waste, decay, dry up; fig. to be consumed or overcome with grief disappointment or remorse Vin.iii.19; Vin.iv.5; AN.ii.214 AN.ii.216; AN.iii.57; Ja.iii.534 (pajjhāti metri causa; C …
pakappita →
pts
arranged, planned, attended to, designed, made Snp.648 (= kata Snp-a.471). Snp.784, Snp.786 (diṭṭhi “prejudiced view” Fausböll; cp. Mnd.72 and pakappanā), Snp.802, Snp.838 (= kappita abhisankhata saṇ …
pakhuma →
pts
an eyelash unsally as adj.: having eyelashes (-˚) DN.ii.18 (go˚) SN.i.132 (˚antarikāyaṃ between the lashes); Ja.v.216 (visāla˚ for alārapamha T.); Thag-a.255 (dīgha˚ for āyatapamha Thig.383); Vv-a. …
pakka →
pts
adjective
- ripe (opp. āma raw, as Vedic; and apakka) and also “cooked, boiled, baked” SN.i.97 (opp. āmaka); SN.iv.324 (˚bhikkhā); Snp.576; Ja.v.286
■ nt. pakkaṃ that which is ripe, i.e. a fr …
pakkha →
pts
Pakkha1
- side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.1 …
pakkhepa →
pts
-na (nt.) throwing, hurling; being thrown into (loc.) Pv-a.221 (lohakumbhi˚ in passage of ordeals in Niraya); Dhp-a.i.357 (nadiyaṃ visa-pakkhepana).
fr. pa + kṣip
pakāsati →
pts
to shine forth, to be visible, to become known Snp.445, Snp.1032 (= bhāsati tapati virocati Cnd.373)
caus pakāseti to show up, illustrate, explain make known, give information …
palisajjati →
pts
to loosen, make loose SN.ii.89 (mūlāni).
pari + sṛj
palāpa →
pts
Palāpa1
chaff of corn, pollard AN.iv.169 (yava˚); Ja.i.467, Ja.i.468; Ja.iv.34; Snp-a.165 (in exegesis of palāpa2 variant reading BB palāsa), Snp-a.312 (id.); Ja.iv.34, Ja.iv. …
palāsa →
pts
Palāsa1
masculine & neuter
- the tree Butea frondosa or Judas tree Ja.iii.23 (in Palāsa Jātaka).
- a leaf; collectively (nt.) foliage, pl. (nt.) leaves SN.ii.178; Ja.i.120 (nt.); Ja.iii …
pamukha →
pts
Pamukha1
adjective lit. “in front of the face,” fore-part, first, foremost, chief, prominent SN.i.234, SN.i.235; Snp.791 (variant reading BB and Mnd.92 for pamuñca); Ja.v.5, Ja.v.169. loc …
panassati →
pts
to be lost, to disappear, to go to ruin, to cease to be MN.i.177; SN.ii.272 (read panassissati with BB); Ja.v.401 Ja.vi.239; Thag.143.
pa + nassati, cp. also BSk praṇāśa Divy.626
panna →
pts
fallen, gone, gone down; also: creeping only in foll. compounds:
- -ga a snake Thag.429 (˚inda chief of snake-demons) Ja.v.166; Mil.23.
- -gandha with gone down (i.e. deterio …
papatati →
pts
to fall forward, to fall down, off or from, to fall into (acc.) Vin.ii.284; MN.i.79, MN.i.80; SN.i.48 (visame magge), SN.i.187 (= Thag.1220 patanti), SN.i.100, SN.ii.114; SN.v.47; Dhp.336; Ja.v.31; Pv …
para →
pts
adverb adjective
- (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …
paraṃ →
pts
(param˚) adverb further, away (from); as prep. (w. abl.) after, beyond; absolute only in phrase ito paraṃ from here, after this, further, e.g. Kp-a.131; Snp-a.160, Snp-a.178, Snp …
pareta →
pts
gone on to, affected with, overcome by (-˚), syn. with abhibhūta (e.g. Pv-a.41, Pv-a.80). Very frequent in combination with terms of suffering, misadventure and passion, e.g. …
pari →
pts
Pari˚
indeclinable prefix, signifying (lit. around, round about; (fig.) all round, i.e. completely altogether. The use as prep. (with acc. = against, w abl. = from) has entirely disappeared in Pāli …
paribhuñjati →
pts
- to enjoy, to use, to enjoy the use of Vin.ii.109; MN.i.153 (nivāpaṃ p.), MN.i.207, SN.ii.29; Snp.240, Snp.241, Snp.423; Pv.i.1#2; Pv.i.9#4; Pv.iv.5#2 (= khādituṃ Pv-a.259); Cnd.427 (pariyesati paṭ …
pariccāga →
pts
- 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 …
pariggaha →
pts
- wrapping round, enclosing Thag.419 (? cp. Brethren 217 n. 6).
- taking up, seizing on, acquiring, acquisition, also in bad sense of “grasping” Snp.779 (= taṇhā and diṭṭhi˚ Mnd.57) Pts.i.172; Pts …
parihāra →
pts
- attention, care (esp -), in compounds like gabbha˚; care of the foetus Dhp-a.i.4; dāraka˚; care of the infant Ja.ii.20; kumāra˚; looking after the prince Ja.i.148, Ja.ii.48; Dhp-a.i.346; * …
parikaḍḍhati →
pts
to draw over or towards oneself, to win over seduce DN.ii.283 (purisaṃ); Mil.143 (janapadaṃ). Cp parikassati and samparikaḍḍhati.
pari + k˚, cp. …
parikissati →
pts
to be dragged about or worried, to be harassed, to get into trouble SN.i.39 (trsl. “plagues itself”); AN.ii.177 AN.iv.186; Snp.820 (variant reading Nd i.˚kilissati; explained at Mnd.154 as kissati par …
parikkhaya →
pts
exhaustion, waste, diminution, decay, loss, end DN.i.156; MN.i.453; MN.iii.37 sq.; SN.i.2, SN.i.90, SN.i.152; SN.v.461; AN.i.100, AN.i.299 AN.ii.68; AN.iii.46 (bhogā ˚ṃ gacchanti); AN.iv.148, AN.iv.35 …
parinibbuta →
pts
adjective completely calmed, at peace, at rest (as to the distinction of the twofold application see parinibbāna and cp., Mrs. Rh.D. Buddhism p. 191; Cpd. p. 168), viz.
1 …
paripantha →
pts
- “way round,” edge, border; paripanthe in ambush (near a road) MN.i.87; Ja.iii.65.
- obstacle, hindrance, danger. It refers esp. to danger arising out of mishaps to or bad conditions of roads in th …
paripūreti →
pts
to fulfil; to fill (up), make more full, supplement, fill out, add to DN.i.74 (parisandeti p. parippharati; DN-a.i.217 explains as “vāyunā bhastaṃ viya pūreti”); DN.ii.221; MN.iii.92; SN.i.27 (devakā …
parisahati →
pts
to overcome, conquer, master, get the better of SN.iv.112; exegetically in formula sahati p. abhibhavati ajjhottharati etc. Mnd.12, Mnd.361 = Cnd.420.
pari + sahati
parisakkati →
pts
to go about to (with inf. or dat.), to endeavour, undertake try Vin.ii.18 = AN.iv.345 (alābhāya); Ja.i.173 (vadhāya); Ja.ii.394; Pv.iv.5#2 (= payogaṃ karoti Pv-a.259).
pari + sakkati
parisamantato →
pts
adverb from all sides Vv-a.236.
pari + samantato
parisambāhati →
pts
to stroke, to rub from all sides MN.ii.120; SN.i.178, SN.i.194; AN.v.65.
pari + sambāhati
parisandeti →
pts
to make flow round, to make overflow, to fill, in phrase kāyaṃ abhisandeti p DN.i.75, DN.i.214; MN.iii.92 sq. etc. explained as “samantato sandeti” at DN-a.i.217
pp *[parisanna](/define/parisanna …
parisanna →
pts
surrounded or filled with water, drenched, well-watered DN.i.75; MN.iii.94.
pp. of parisandati, cp. parisandeti
parisappanā →
pts
running about, fear, hesitation, doubt, always combined with āsappanā and only found with ref. to the exegesis of “doubt” (vicikicchā or kankhā) Cnd.1; Dhs.425 (cp. Dhs trsl.116 and Dhs-a.260); DN\ …
parisappati →
pts
to run about, crawl about, to be frightened Dhp.342, Dhp.343 (= saṃsappati bhāyati Dhp-a.iv.49).
pari + sṛp
parisarati →
pts
to remember, recollect Ja.vi.199 (read parissaraṃ).
pari + smr, but according to Kern,
Toevoegselen
s. v. pari here fr. Prk. paḍi = Sk. prati, thus for pratismarati.
parisaṃsibbita →
pts
sewn together, entwined Dhp-a.iii.198 (variant reading for saṃsibbita +).
pari + pp. of saṃsibbati
parisaṅgāhāpeti →
pts
to induce someone to mention or relate something Ja.vi.328.
pari + Caus. of sangaṇhāti
parisaṅkati →
pts
to suspect, fear, have apprehension Ja.iii.210, Ja.iii.541; Dhp-a.i.81
pp -saṅkita (q.v.). Cp. āsaṅkati.
pari + sankati
parisaṅkita →
pts
suspecting or suspected, having apprehensions, fearing Vin.ii.243 (diṭṭha-suta˚) AN.iii.128; Ja.iv.214; Ja.v.80; Mil.372; Dhp-a.i.223 (āsankita˚)
■ Cp. āsaṅkita & ussaṅkita.
pp. of parisankati
parisaṅku →
pts
in -patha the region round the path of stakes & sticks, Name of a path leading up to Gijjha-pabbata (see expln at Ja.iii.485) Ja.iii.484.
parisaṅkā →
pts
suspicion, misgiving. Vin.iv.314 DN.iii.218 cp. āsaṅkā
fr. pari + śaṅk
parisaṇha →
pts
adjective very smooth or soft Mil.198.
pari + saṇha
parisaṇṭhāti →
pts
to return into the former state, to be restored; aor. -saṇṭhāsi Ja.iii.341.
pari + saṇṭhāti
parisaṭha →
pts
adjective very fraudulent or crafty Pp.23 (saṭha +).
pari + saṭha
parissañjati →
pts
(˚ssajati?) to embrace, enfold, Ja.i.466; Ja.vi.156 (˚itvā, variant reading ˚ssajitvā & palisajjitvā).
pari + svaj
parisā →
pts
surrounding people, group collection, company, assembly, association, multitude Var. typical sets of assemblies are found in the Canon viz, eight assemblies (khattiya˚, brāhmaṇa˚, gahapati˚ samaṇa˚, …
parivaccha →
pts
being active, preparation, outfit Ja.v.46; Ja.vi.21 (gamana˚); Dhp-a.i.207 (gloss & variant reading gamana-parisajja), Dhp-a.i.395 (variant reading parisajja).
Note. According to Kern,
Toevoeg …
pariveṇa →
pts
- all that belongs to a castle, a mansion and its constituents Vv.84#53 (explained at Vv-a.351 as follows: veṇiyato pekkhitabbato pariveṇaṃ pāsāda-kūtâgāra-ratti-ṭṭhān’ ādisampannaṃ pākāraparikkh …
parivisaka →
pts
adjective providing, serving food Vism.108.
fr. parisati
parivisati →
pts
to serve (with food = instr.), wait upon present, offer Vin.i.240 (bhatṭena); Vin.ii.77 (kaṇājakena bilangadutiyena); DN.ii.127; Ja.i.87, Ja.i.90; Ja.ii.277; Ja.iv.116; Pv.ii.8#4 (= bhojeti Pv-a.107) …
parivāra →
pts
- surrounding, suite, retinue, followers, entourage, pomp Ja.i.151; Ja.iv.38; Ja.vi.75; Pv-a.21, Pv-a.30 (˚cāga-cetana, read pariccāga-cetana?); usually as adj.-˚ surrounded by, in company of …
pariyanta →
pts
- limit, end, climax, border SN.i.80 (manāpa˚ “limit-point in enjoyment”; cp. C. nipphattikaṃ koṭikaṃ K.S. 320) Ja.i.149 (hattha-pāda˚ hoofs), Ja.i.221 (udaka˚), Ja.i.223 (sara˚), Ja.ii.200 (anga …
pariyeṭṭhi →
pts
search for DN.i.222; AN.i.93 (āmisa˚ & dhamma˚); AN.iii.416; Snp.289 (vijjācaraṇa˚) Ja.i.14; Ne.1, Ne.5; DN-a.i.271.
pari + eṭṭhi of esati, ā + iṣ
pariyādinna →
pts
- (Pass. exhausted, finished, put an end to, consummated Vin.i.25 (tejo); DN.ii.8 = MN.iii.118; SN.ii.133 sq. (dukkhaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ +); SN.v.461 sq
■ neg. apariyādinna not finished, not exhaus …
pariyādiyati →
pts
- to put an end to exhaust, overpower, destroy, master, control SN.iii.155 (rāgaṃ); Nd ii.under parisahati
pot -ādiyeyyaṃ Vin.i.25 (tejaṃ)
ger -adiyitvā Vin.i.25 (tejaṃ), Vin.iv.109 ( …
pariyādāna →
pts
“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 …
pariṇamati →
pts
- to change (trs. & intrs.), lit. to bend round, to turn (round), to be transformed into (acc.) SN.iii.3 (reading pariṇamati once, at other passages vi˚, cp. p. 40); Mil.136 (bhojanaṃ visamaṃ p food …
parāmāsa →
pts
touching contact, being attached to, hanging on, being under the influence of, contagion (Dhs. trsl. 316). In Asl.49, Bdhgh analyses as parato āmasantīti parāmāsā: p. means “they handle dhamma’s *as …
pasavati →
pts
to bring forth, give birth to, beget, produce; mostly fig. in combination with the foll. nouns kibbisaṃ to commit sin Vin.ii.204; AN.v.75; pāpaṃ id Pv.iv.1#50; puññaṃ to produce merit SN.i.182, …
pasāda →
pts
- clearness, brightness, purity; referring to the colours (“visibility”) of the eye Ja.i.319 (akkhīni maṇiguḷa-sadisāni paññāyamāna pañca-ppasādāni ahesuṃ); Snp-a.453 (pasanna-netto i.e. pañca-v …
pasādhana →
pts
ornament, decoration, parure Ja.ii.186 (rañño sīsa ˚kappaka king’s headdress-maker i.e. barber); Ja.iii.437; Ja.iv.3 (ura-cchada˚); Dhp-a.i.227 (˚peḷikā), Dhp-a.i.342 (˚kappaka), Dhp-a.i.393; Tha …
patissā →
pts
…in BSk. we find pratīsā which if legitimate would refer the word to a basis different than śru. The form occurs in cpd. sapratīśa…
patta-kkhandha →
pts
Patta-kkhandha
downcast, dejected, disappointed Vin.ii.77 = Vin.iii.162 (trsld “with fallen hearts,” explained as patita, see Vin. Texts iii.13); SN.i.124; MN.i.132, MN.i.258; MN.iii.29 …
patta →
pts
Patta1
neuter
- the wing of a bird, a feather Vin.iv.259; DN.i.71. kukkuṭa˚ a hen’s quill (for sewing) Vin.ii.215
- a leaf MN.i.429; Snp.44 = Snp.64 (sañchinna˚, see Cnd.625); Snp.625 ( …
pattheti →
pts
to wish for, desire, pray for, request, long for SN.iv.125; SN.v.145; Snp.114 Snp.899; Thig.341; Mnd.312, Mnd.316; Pp-a 208 (āsaṃsati +) Pv-a.148; Sdhp.66, Sdhp.319; ppr. patthento Pv-a.107 *pat …
pavattati →
pts
intransitive
- to move on, go forward, proceed Pv.i.5#7; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.131; of water: to flow SN.ii.31; Ja.ii.104; Pv-a.143, Pv-a.154, Pv-a.198.
- to exist to be, continue in existence Ja.i.64; …
pavekkhati →
pts
is fut. pavisati.
paveseti →
pts
- to make enter, allow to enter, usher in MN.i.79; Ja.i.150 (miga-gaṇaṃ uyyānaṃ) Ja.i.291; Ja.vi.179; Vism.39; Pv-a.38, Pv-a.44, Pv-a.61 (gehaṃ), Pv-a.141 (id.); Dhp-a.i.397.
- to furnish, pro …
pavisana →
pts
going in, entering, entrance Ja.i.294; Ja.ii.416; Ja.vi.383; Dhp-a.i.83. Cp. pavesana.
fr. pa + viś
pavisati →
pts
to go in, to enter (acc.) Snp.668, Snp.673; Dhp-a.ii.72 (opp. nikkhamati); Pv-a.4, Pv-a.12, Pv-a.47 (nagaraṃ). Pot. -vise Snp.387 imper. pavisa MN.i.383; SN.i.213 fut. pavisissati Vin.i.87; …
paviṭṭha →
pts
entered, gone into (acc.), visited SN.i.197; SN.ii.19; Dhp.373; DN-a.i.288; Pv-a.12, Pv-a.13.
pp. of pavisati
pavāti →
pts
pavāyati →
pts
to blow forth, to permeate (of a scent), to diffuse Ja.i.18 (dibba-gandho p.); Vism.58 (dasa disā sīla-gandho p.). Cp. pavāti.
pa + vā
pañca →
pts
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 …
paññāya →
pts
indeclinable understanding fully, knowing well, realising, in full recognition, in thorough realisation or understanding. Used most frequently with yathābhūtaṃ (q.v. SN.i.13 (bhāveti), SN.i.44 (lokasm …
paṃsu →
pts
dust, dirt, soil SN.v.459; AN.i.253; Pv.ii.3#7
■ paṃsvāgārakā playmates SN.iii.190; saha paṃsukīḷitā id. (lit. playing together with mud, making mud pies) AN.ii.186; Ja.i.364; Pv-a.30. Cp. BSk sa …
paṇhin →
pts
adjective having heels DN.ii.17 (āyata˚ having projecting heels, the 3rd of the 32 characteristics of a Mahāpurisa).
fr. paṇhi
paṇāma →
pts
bending, salutation, obeisance (cp. paṇāmeti 1) Vv-a.321 (˚ṃ karoti = añjaliṃ karoti)
■ As paṇāmana nt. at Ja.iv.307.
fr. pa + nam, see paṇamati
Paṇāma
bowing, bow, ob …
paṇāmeti →
pts
- to bend forth or over, stretch out, raise, in phrase añjaliṃ p. to raise the hands in respectful salutation Vin.ii.188; DN.i.118; Snp.p.79.
- to bend to or over, to shut, in kavāṭaṃ p. to shut t …
paṇḍu →
pts
adjective pale-red or yellow, reddish, light yellow, grey; only at Thig.79 (kisā paṇḍu vivaṇṇā), where paṇḍu represents the usual up-paṇḍ’-uppaṇḍuka-jātā: “thin, pale and colourless” (see Thag- …
paṇṇarasa →
pts
Paṇṇarasa & Paṇṇavīsati
see pañca 1 B, & C.
paṇṇattika →
pts
adjective having a manifestation or name, in a˚-bhāva state without designation, state of non-manifestation, indefinite or unknown state (with ref to the passing nature of the phenomenal world) Dhp\ …
paṇṇavīsati →
pts
Paṇṇarasa & Paṇṇavīsati
see pañca 1 B, & C.
paṭhama →
pts
adjective num. ord. “the first,” in foll. meanings:
- the first, foremost, former Snp.93, Snp.436, Snp.1031; Ja.ii.110; Kp-a.i.192; Dhp-a.iii.5, Dhp-a.iii.196 (˚vaya, contrasted with majjhima & p …
paṭi →
pts
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 …
paṭicca →
pts
grounded on, on account of, concerning, because (with acc.) MN.i.265 (etaṃ on these grounds); SN.iii.93 = Iti.89 (atthavasaṃ); Ja.ii.386 (= abhisandhāya); Snp.680, Snp.784 Snp.872, Snp.1046; Snp-a.35 …
paṭicchādita →
pts
covered, concealed, hidden Ja.vi.23 (= paṭisanthata Pv-a.48.
pp. of paṭicchādeti, cp. paṭicchanna
paṭidisā →
pts
an opposite (counter-) point of the compass, opposite quarter DN.iii.176 (disā ca p. ca vidisā ca).
paṭi + disā
paṭihaṃsati →
pts
to beat, knock against Pv-a.271 (for ghaṭṭeti Pv.iv.10#8; variant reading paṭipisati).
for ghaṃsati?
paṭikibbisa →
pts
wrong doing in return, retaliation Ja.iii.135.
paṭi + kibbisa
paṭikkūla →
pts
adjective lit. against the slope; averse, objectionable, contrary, disagreeable Vin.i.58 (˚kūla) DN.iii.112, DN.iii.113; MN.i.341 (dukkha˚); SN.iv.172 (id.) Ja.i.393; Vv-a.92 (K.); Pv-a.77; Vb-a.25 …
paṭilīna →
pts
having withdrawn, keeping away SN.i.48 (˚nisabha “expert to eliminate”; reading pati˚); with reading pati also; AN.ii.41; AN.iv.449; Snp.810 Snp.852; Mnd.130, Mnd.224 (rāgassa etc. pahīnattā patilīno) …
paṭinissagga →
pts
giving up, forsaking; rejection, renunciation Vin.iii.173 MN.iii.31 SN.v.421f. AN.i.100 AN.i.299 AN.iv.148 AN.iv.350 Pts.i.194 (two p., viz. pariccāga˚ and pakkhandana˚) Pp.19 Pp.21, Pp.22
■ ādāna …
paṭipavisati →
pts
to go in(to) again; Caus. -paveseti to make go in again, to put back (inside again Vin.i.276
pp paṭipaviṭṭha (q.v.).
paṭi + pavisati
paṭipaviṭṭha →
pts
gone inside again Snp.979.
pp. of paṭipavisati
paṭipurisa →
pts
rival, opponent Mnd.172.
paṭi + purisa
paṭisakkati →
pts
to run back Vin.ii.195; AN.iv.190.
paṭi + sakkati
paṭisalliyati →
pts
(˚līyati) to be in seclusion (for the purpose of meditation) Vin.iii.39 (inf. ˚salliyituṃ); DN.ii.237; SN.v.12 (id.), SN.v.320, SN.v.325; Mil.139
pp paṭisallīna (q.v.).
fr. …
paṭisallāna →
pts
(& ˚āṇa, e.g. SN.v.320) neuter retirement for the purpose of meditation, solitude, privacy, seclusion DN.iii.252; MN.i.526; SN.i.77; SN.iii.15; SN.iv.80, SN.iv.144; SN.v.12 SN.v.398, SN.v.414; AN.ii.5 …
paṭisallīna →
pts
secluded, retired, gone into solitude abstracted, plunged in meditation, separated Vin.i.101 (rahogata +); DN.i.134, DN.i.151; SN.i.71, SN.i.146 sq. (divāvihāragata +), SN.i.225; SN.ii.74 (rahogata …
paṭisama →
pts
adjective equal, forming, a counterpart Mil.205 (rāja˚); neg. appaṭisama not having one’s equal, incomparable Ja.i.94; Mil.331.
paṭi + sama
paṭisambhidā →
pts
lit. “resolving continuous breaking up,” i.e. analysis, analytic insight discriminating knowledge. See full discussion expln of term at Kvu translation 377–382. Always referred to as “the …
paṭisammajjati →
pts
to sweep over again Mil.15.
paṭi + sammajjati
paṭisammodeti →
pts
to greet friendly in return Ja.vi.224 (= sammodanīya-kathāya paṭikatheti C.).
paṭi + saṃ + Caus. of mud
paṭisandahati →
pts
to undergo reunion (see next) Mil.32.
paṭi + sandahati
paṭisandhi →
pts
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, …
paṭisantharati →
pts
to receive kindly, to welcome, Mil.409; Dhs-a.397. ger. ˚santhāya Ja.vi.351
pp paṭisanthata (q.v.).
paṭi + saṃ + tharati of stṛ.
paṭisanthata →
pts
kindly received (covered, concealed? C.) Ja.vi.23 (= paṭicchāditaṃ guttaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ vā C.).
pp. of paṭisantharati
paṭisanthāra →
pts
lit. spreading before, i.e. friendly welcome, kind reception, honour, goodwill favour, friendship DN.iii.213, DN.iii.244; AN.i.93; AN.iii.303 sq. AN.iv.28, AN.iv.120; AN.v.166, AN.v.168 (˚aka adj. one …
paṭisarati →
pts
Paṭisarati1
to run back, stay back, lag behind Snp.8 sq. (opp. atisarati; aor. paccasāri explained by ohiyyi Snp-a.21).
paṭi + sṛ.
Paṭisarati2
to think back upon, to ment …
paṭisaraṇa →
pts
refuge in (-˚), shelter, help, protection MN.i.295 (mano as p. of the other 5 senses), MN.iii.9; SN.iv.221; SN.v.218; AN.i.199 (bhagavaṃ˚); AN.ii.148 (sa˚ able to be restored); AN.iii.186 (kamma˚); A …
paṭisatena →
pts
adverb by the hundred, i.e. in front of a hundred (people) Vin.i.269.
paṭi + instr. of sataṃ
paṭisattu →
pts
an enemy (in retaliation) Ja.ii.406; Mnd.172, Mnd.173; Mil.293.
paṭi + sattu
paṭisañcikkhati →
pts
to think over, to discriminate, consider, reflect Vin.i.5; DN.i.63; MN.i.267, MN.i.499; MN.iii.33; SN.i.137; AN.i.205; Pp.25 Vism.283.
paṭi + saṃ + cikkhati of khyā; cp. paṭisankhāti & BSk. prati …
paṭisañjīvita →
pts
revived, resurrected MN.i.333.
pp. of paṭi + saṃ + jīv
paṭisaṃharati →
pts
to draw back, withdraw, remove, take away, give up Vin.ii.185 (sakavaṇṇaṃ); DN.i.96; SN.v.156; Pv-a.92 (devarūpaṃ).
paṭi + saṃ + hṛ; cp. BSk. pratisaṃharati Mvu.i.82
paṭisaṃharaṇa →
pts
removing Ne.27, Ne.41.
fr. paṭisaṃharati
paṭisaṃvedeti →
pts
to feel, experience, undergo, perceive DN.i.43, DN.i.45; AN.i.157 (domanassaṃ); AN.iv.406 (id.); Pp.59; Pv-a.192 (mahādukkhaṃ). There is also a by-form, viz. paṭisaṃvediyati SN.ii.18, SN.ii.75, SN …
paṭisaṃvedin →
pts
adjective experiencing, feeling, enjoying or suffering MN.i.56; SN.i.196; SN.ii.122; SN.iv.41; SN.v.310 sq. AN.i.164 (sukhadukkha˚); AN.iv.303 (id.); AN.v.35 (id.); Iti.99; Pts.i.95, Pts.i.114 (evaṃsu …
paṭisaṃvidita →
pts
apperceived, known, recognised, in phrase “pubbe appaṭisaṃvidita pañho” SN.ii.54.
pp. of paṭi + saṃ + vid; same (prati) at Mvu.iii.256
paṭisaṃyamati →
pts
to restrain, to exercise self-control Ja.iv.396.
paṭi + saṃyamati
paṭisaṃyujati →
pts
to connect with, fig. to start, begin (vādaṃ a discussion or argument) SN.i.221 (bālena paṭisaṃyuje = paṭipphareyya C.; “engage himself to bandy with a fool” K.S. 284); Snp.843 (vādaṃ p. paṭippharey …
paṭisaṃyutta →
pts
connected with, coupled, belonging to Vin.iv.6; SN.i.210 (nibbāna ˚dhammikathā); Thag.598; Iti.73; Vv-a.6, Vv-a.87; Pv-a.12.
pp. of paṭisaṃyujati
paṭisaṅkharoti →
pts
to restore, repair, mend Vin.ii.160; AN.ii.249; Ja.iii.159 (nagaraṃ). Caus. II paṭisaṅkhārāpeti to cause to repair or build up again MN.iii.7; Ja.vi.390 (gehāni).
paṭi + saṃ + kṛ.
paṭisaṅkhayanto →
pts
is ppr. of paṭi + saṃ + kṣi, to be pacified Thag.371.
paṭisaṅkhā →
pts
reflection, judgment, consideration Vin.i.213; SN.iv.104 (˚yoniso) Pts.i.33, Pts.i.45, Pts.i.57, Pts.i.60, Pts.i.64; Pp.25, Pp.57; Dhs.1349. appaṭisaṅkhā (see also ˚sankhāti) …
paṭisaṅkhāna →
pts
carefulness, mindfulness, consideration Ja.i.502; Vv-a.327; Dhs-a.402 (˚paññā); Sdhp.397. -bala power of computation AN.i.52, AN.i.94; AN.ii.142; DN.iii.213, DN.iii.244; Pts.ii.169, Pts.ii.176; D …
paṭisaṅkhārika →
pts
Paṭisaṅkhārika & ˚ya
adjective serving for repair Vin.iii.43 (dārūni); Pv-a.141 (id.; ˚ya).
fr. paṭisankharoti
paṭisaṅkhāriya →
pts
Paṭisaṅkhārika & ˚ya
adjective serving for repair Vin.iii.43 (dārūni); Pv-a.141 (id.; ˚ya).
fr. paṭisankharoti
paṭisaṅkhāti →
pts
to be careful, to think over, reflect, discriminate, consider; only in ger. paṭisaṅkhā (as adv.) carefully, intently, with discrimination Vin.i.213; MN.i.273; MN.iii.2; Ja.i.30 …
paṭissā →
pts
…in BSk. we find pratīsā which if legitimate would refer the word to a basis different than śru. The form occurs in cpd. sapratīśa…
paṭisāmeti →
pts
to set in order arrange, get ready Vin.ii.113, Vin.ii.211, Vin.ii.216; MN.i.456; Ja.iii.72; Mil.15 (pattacīvaraṃ); Vv-a.118 (variant reading ˚yāpeti), Vv-a.157 (variant reading ˚nameti).
paṭi + Ca …
paṭisāmita →
pts
arranged, got ready Vism.91.
pp. of paṭisāmeti
paṭisāra →
pts
see *vi*˚.
paṭi + smṛ.
paṭisārana →
pts
of protection, expiation, atonement Mil.344 (in law); applied.
fr. paṭi + sāreti
paṭisāraṇiya →
pts
adj. nt. only as t.t. in combination with kamma (official act, chapter), i.e. a formal proceeding by which a bhikkhu expiates an offence which he has committed against someone, reco …
paṭisārin →
pts
adjective falling back upon, going back to, trusting in leaning on (-˚) DN.i.99 (gotta˚); SN.i.153 (id.); SN.ii.284 (id.).
fr. paṭi + sṛ; cp. paṭisāraniya & paṭisaraṇa Note
paṭisāsana →
pts
counter-message, reply Dhp-a.i.392.
paṭi + sāsana
paṭisāyati →
pts
to taste, eat, partake of food Vin.ii.177.
paṭi + sāyati
paṭisāṭheyya →
pts
deceit in return (cp. paṭikūṭa) Ja.ii.183.
paṭi + sāṭheyya
paṭisīsaka →
pts
false top-knot, “chignon” (?) Ja.ii.197 (˚ṃ paṭimuñcitvā); Ja.v.49 (id.); Mil.90 (muṇḍaka˚).
paṭi + sīsaka
paṭisūra →
pts
rival hero or fighter, an opponent in fight Snp.831 (= paṭipurisa paṭisattu paṭimalla Mnd.172); Mnd.173 (id.).
paṭi + sūra
paṭivedha →
pts
lit. piercing, i.e. penetration comprehension, attainment, insight, knowledge AN.i.22 AN.i.44; DN.iii.253; Pts.i.105; Pts.ii.50, Pts.ii.57, Pts.ii.105, Pts.ii.112, Pts.ii.148, Pts.ii.182 Vb.330; Mil.1 …
paṭiviṃsa →
pts
lit. “divided part,” sub-part, share, bit portion, part Vin.i.28; Vin.iii.60 (T. reads paṭivisa); Ja.ii.286; Dhs-a.135; Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.iii.304; Vv-a.61 (˚vīsa), Vv-a.64 (variant reading ˚vīs …
paṭṭhāya →
pts
indeclinable putting down, starting out from, used as prep. (with abl.) from… onward, beginning with, henceforth, from the time of e.g. ajjato p. from to-day Vv-a.246; ito p. from here henceforth Ja …
pekkhati →
pts
to behold, regard, observe, look at DN.ii.20; SN.iv.291; Ja.vi.420
ppr pekkhamāna Vin.i.180; Snp.36 sq. (= dakkhamāna Cnd.453), Snp.1070, Snp.1104; Pv.ii.3#7; Vism.19 (disā- …
pesāca →
pts
is reading at DN.i.54 for pisāca (so variant reading). Pesi (pesi)
peta →
pts
dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta represents the Vedic pitaraḥ (manes, cp. pitṛyajña), as well as the Brāhmaṇic preta. The first are souls of the “fathers, …
pettika →
pts
adjective paternal Vin.iii.16; Vin.iv.223; DN.ii.232; SN.v.146 = Mil.368 (p. gocara); (sake p. visaye ʻyour own home-grounds’) DN.iii.58; SN.v.146; Ja.ii.59; Ja.vi.193 (iṇa). Also in cpd. *mātā-pett …
pettivisaya →
pts
Pettivisaya & Pitti˚
the world of the manes, the realm of the petas (synonymous with petavisaya & petayoni) DN.iii.234; Iti.93; Ja.v.186; Pv.ii.2#2; Pv.ii.7#9; Mil.310; Dhp-a.i.102; Dhp-a.iv.226; V …
phala →
pts
Phala1
neuter to burst, thus lit. “bursting,” i.e. ripe fruit; see phalati]
- (lit. fruit (of trees etc.) Vv.84#14 (dumā nicca-phal’ ûpapannā not to phalu, as Kern, …
pharati →
pts
- (trs.) to pervade, permeate, fill, suffuse Pv.i.10#14 (= vyāpetvā tiṭṭhati Pv-a.52); Ja.iii.371 (sakala-sarīraṃ); Ja.v.64 (C. for pavāti) Pv-a.14 (okāsaṃ), Pv-a.276 (obhāsaṃ). To excite or stim …
pharita →
pts
- being pervaded or permeated (by) Vv-a.68 (mettāya).
- spread (out) Ja.vi.284 (kittisaddo sakala-loke ph.)
■ Cp. phuṭṭha & phālita.
pp. of pharati
phussa →
pts
Phussa1
- see phussa3 2.
- Name of a month (Dec
■ Jan. Ja.i.86. Name of a lunar mansion or constellation Vv.53#4 (= phussa-tārakā Vv-a.236)
■ Fr …
phāleti →
pts
to split, break chop, in phrases
- kaṭṭhaṃ phāleti to chop sticks (for firewood) Vin.i.31; Ja.ii.144; Pv.ii.9#51, besides which the phrase kaṭṭhaṃ *phāṭeti.
- sīsaṃ (muddhā sattadhā *[phālet …
pidalaka →
pts
small stick skewer Vin.ii.116, cp. Bdhgh on p. 317: “daṇḍakathina-ppamāṇena kaṭasārakassa pariyante paṭisaṃharitvā duguṇa-karaṇa.” See also Vin Texts iii.94.
etym.? Kern,
Toevoegselen
s. v. s …
pisana →
pts
grinding, powder see *upa*˚.
fr. piṃsati?
pisati →
pts
pista →
pts
crushed, ground Vism.260 (= piṭṭha Kp-a id. p.); Vb-a.243.
pp. of pisati
pisuṇa →
pts
adjective backbiting, calumnious, malicious MN.iii.33, MN.iii.49; Ja.i.297 Pp.57; Pv-a.15, Pv-a.16. Usually combined with vācā malicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and *[pisuṇāv …
pisāca FIXME double →
pts
Pisācaka = pisāca
only in cpd. paṃsu˚; mud-sprite Ja.iv.380, Ja.iv.496; DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.ii.26.
pisāca →
pts
- a demon goblin, sprite DN.i.54 (T. pesācā, variant reading pisācā, explained at DN-a.i.164 as “pisācā mahanta-mahantā sattā ti vadati”), DN.i.93; SN.i.209; AN.iii.69; Ud.5; Ja.i.235; Ja.iv.495 (y …
pisācaka →
pts
Pisācaka = pisāca
only in cpd. paṃsu˚; mud-sprite Ja.iv.380, Ja.iv.496; DN-a.i.287; Dhp-a.ii.26.
pisācillikā →
pts
tree-goblin Vin.i.152; Vin.ii.115, Vin.ii.134; Snp-a.357; cp. Vin. Texts i.318.
fr. pisāca
pisācin →
pts
adjective noun only f. pisācinī a witch (= pisācī) Thag.1151.
fr. pisāca, lit. having a demon
pisīla →
pts
dial. expression for pātī or patta “bowl” MN.iii.235 (passage quite misunderstood by Neumann in his translation iii.414).
Sk. piśāla
pisīyati →
pts
Pass. of pisati (q.v.).
pitti →
pts
Pettivisaya & Pitti˚
the world of the manes, the realm of the petas (synonymous with petavisaya & petayoni) DN.iii.234; Iti.93; Ja.v.186; Pv.ii.2#2; Pv.ii.7#9; Mil.310; Dhp-a.i.102; Dhp-a.iv.226; V …
pittivisaya →
pts
the realm of the departed spirits MN.i.73; Ja.i.51; Mnd.489.
Sporadic reading for the usual petti˚
pittivisayika →
pts
adjective belonging to the realm of the departed Mnd.97 (gati; variant reading petti˚).
fr. pittivisaya
piya →
pts
Piya1
adjective dear, in two applications (as stated Mnd.133 = Cnd.444, viz dve piyā: sattā vā piyā sankhārā vā piyā, with ref. to living beings, to sensations):
- dear, beloved (as fath …
piṃsati →
pts
Piṃsati1
to adorn, form, embellish; orig. to prick, cut. Perhaps piṃsare (3. pl. med.) Ja.v.202 belongs here, in meaning “tinkle, sound” (lit. prick) explained in C. by viravati. Other d …
piṇḍa →
pts
- a lump, ball, thick (& round mass SN.i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka˚); Pv.iii.5#5 (nonīta˚); Vv-a.62 (kummāsa˚), Vv-a.65; Sdhp.529 (ayo˚).
- a lump of food esp. of alms, alms given as food SN.i.76; Snp.217, S …
piṇḍeti →
pts
to ball together, mix, put together Pv.ii.9#52 (= pisana-vasena yojeti Pv-a.135). pp. piṇḍita.
Denom. fr. pinḍa
piṭaka →
pts
- basket Vin.i.225 (ghaṭa p. ucchanga), Vin.i.240 (catudoṇika p.); Pv.iv.3#33; Vism.28 (piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña˚ a grain-basket Dhp-a.iii.370; vīhi˚; a ri …
porisa →
pts
Porisa1
adjective noun
- (adj.) human, fit for a man Snp.256 (porisa dhura), cp. porisiya & poroseyya.
- (m.) = purisa esp. in sense of purisa 2, i.e. servant, used collectively (abstra …
porisatā →
pts
, only in neg. a˚ inhuman or superhuman state, or: not served by any men (or servants) Vv-a.275. The reading is uncertain.
abstr. fr. porisa
porisiya →
pts
adjective
- of human nature, human Ja.iv.213.
- Of the height of man Vin.ii.138.
fr. purisa, cp. porisa & poroseyya
porisāda →
pts
man-eater, cannibal Ja.v.34 sq., Ja.v.471 sq., Ja.v.486, Ja.v.488 sq., Ja.v.499, Ja.v.510.
fr. purisa + ad to eat
porisādaka →
pts
Err:509
posa →
pts
Posa1
= purisa, man (poetical form, only found in verse) Vin.i.230; SN.i.13, SN.i.205; Ja.iii.309; AN.iv.266; Snp.110, Snp.662; Dhp.104, Dhp.125 (cp Dhp-a.iii.34); Ja.v.306; Ja.vi.246, Ja …
pota →
pts
Pota1
the young of an animal Ja.ii.406 (˚sūkara); Cp.i.10#2 (udda˚) Snp-a.125 (sīha˚).
cp. Epic Sk. pota, see putta for etym.
Pota2
a boat Dāvs v.58; Vv- …
pubba →
pts
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- …
pubbaka →
pts
adjective
- former, ancient, living in former times DN.i.104 (isayo), DN.i.238 (id.); Snp.284 (id.) SN.ii.105; SN.iv.307 (ācariya-pācariyā); Thag.947.
- (-˚; cp. pubba2 1) having forme …
pubbāpeti →
pts
occurs only in one phrase (gattāni pubbāpayamāno) at MN.i.161 & AN.iii.345 ≈ AN.iii.402 in meaning “drying again”; at both A pass. the vv. ll (glosses) are “sukkhāpayamāno” and “pubba-sadisāni kuru …
pucchati →
pts
- to ask, to question SN.i.207, SN.i.214; Vin.ii.207; Snp.995; Mnd.341 etc.
pres 1st sg. pucchāmi Snp.83, Snp.241, Snp.682, Snp.1043, Snp.1049 Cnd.447: Pv.ii.1#12.
■ 1st</ …
puggala →
pts
- 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 …
pulla →
pts
man, only in cpd. pulliṅga (= purisa-linga) membrum virile, penis Ja.v.143 (where explained by C. as uṇha-chārikā pl. “hot embers”; the pass. is evidently misunderstood; variant reading BB phull˚) …
puman →
pts
(Pumā) a male, a man, nom sg. pumo D n.273; Cp.ii.6#2; instr. pumunā Ja.vi.550. nom. pl pumā DN.iii.85 (itthi-pumā men & women; variant reading K ˚purisā); Ja.iii.459; acc. sg. pumaṃ Ja.v.154 (gata, …
puna →
pts
indeclinable again. There are several forms of this adv., but puna has to be considered as the orig. Pali form. The form puno is doubtful; if authentic, a Sanskritisation; only fou …
pura →
pts
*Pura
base of adv. & prep. denoting “before”; abl. purato (adv. & prep. in front of (with gen.), before (only local) Vin.i.179 Vin.ii.32; DN.ii.14 (mātu); SN.i.137; Pv.i.11#1, Pv …
purisa →
pts
man (as representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e.g. at AN.iii.209; AN.iv.197; Ja.i.90; Ja.v.72; Pv-a.51). Definitions of the C. are “puriso nāma manussa-puriso …
purisaka →
pts
noun adjective
- a (little) man, only in -tiṇa doll effigy made of grass (straw), scarecrow Mil.352; Vism.462; Dhs-a.111.
- (adj.) having a man f. -ikā in eka˚ (a woman) having intercourse w …
purisatta →
pts
manhood, virility Dhs.634, Dhs.715, Dhs.839.
abstr. fr. purisa
purisattana →
pts
manhood Mil.171.
= purisatta, cp. Trenckner, Notes 7037
puthu →
pts
adjective
- (= pṛthak) separated, individual adv. separated, individual, adv. separately, each (see [given as puthag eva Kacc. 29](/define/given as puthag eva Kacc. 29)) SN.i.75 (puthu attā individu …
puthujjana →
pts
an ordinary, average person (4 classes of ordinary people are discussed at Cpd. 49, 50) a common worldling, a man of the people, an ordinary man MN.i.1, MN.i.7, MN.i.135, MN.i.239, MN.i.323; MN.iii. …
puthula →
pts
adjective broad, large, flat Ja.iii.16 (˚sīsa flat-headed); Ja.vi.171 (˚antaraṃsa flat-chested); Mil.121 (of a river); Vv-a.301 (˚gambhīra)
■ abl. puthulato (as adv.) across Dhp-a.i.396.
fr. puthu
puñña →
pts
merit meritorious action, virtue. Always represented as foundation and condition of heavenly rebirth & a future blissful state, the enjoyment (& duration) of which depends on the amount of merit accum …
puṃs →
pts
Of the simplex no forms are found in Pāli proper. The base; puṃ occurs in pukusa (?), puggala (?), pungava pullinga; puṃs in napuṃsaka (cp. Prk. napuṃsaveya Pischel, …
puṇḍarīka →
pts
the white lotus DN.i.75 = AN.iii.26 (in sequence uppala padụma, p.); DN.ii.4 (Sikhī puṇḍarīkassa mūle abhisambuddho); MN.iii.93; SN.i.138, SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.309; AN.i.145 (uppala paduma p.); AN.ii.86 …
puṇṇa →
pts
full seldom by itself (only passage so far pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā DN.i.47 = Snp.p.139). nor-(only Snp.835 muttakarīsa˚), usually in compounds, and there mostly restricted to phrases rela …
puṭa →
pts
orig. meaning “tube,” container, hollow pocket.
- a container, usually made of leaves (cp Ja.iv.436; Ja.v.441; Ja.vi.236), to carry fruit or other viands a pocket, basket: ucchu˚; basket for sugar …
pācīna →
pts
adjective eastern i.e. facing the (rising) sun (opp. pacchā) Ja.i.50 (˚sīsaka, of Māyādevī’s couch), Ja.i.212 (˚lokadhātu) Mil.6; DN-a.i.311 (˚mukha facing east); Dhp-a.iii.155 (id.); Vv-a.190; Pv\ …
pāda →
pts
- the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …
pāleti →
pts
- to protect, guard, watch, keep Snp.585; Ja.i.55; Ja.iv.127; Ja.vi.589; Mil.4 (paṭhavī lokaṃ pāleti, perhaps in meaning “keeps holds, encircles,” similar to meaning 2); Sdhp.33.
- (lit. perhaps “to …
pāmokkha →
pts
adjective
- chief, first, excellent eminent, (m.) a leader
■ AN.ii.168 (sanga sa˚); Pp.69 Pp.70; Mil.75 (hatthi˚ state elephant). disā˚ worldfamed Ja.i.166, Ja.i.285; Ja.ii.278; Ja.vi.347
…
pāramī →
pts
completeness, perfection, highest state Snp.1018, Snp.1020; Pp.70; Dhp-a.i.5; Vv-a.2 (sāvakañāṇa˚); Pv-a.139; Sdhp.328. In later literature there is mentioned a group of 10 perfections (*dasa pāram …
pārisajja →
pts
belonging to an assembly, pl. the members of an assembly, esp. those who sit in council councillors (cp. BSk. pāriṣadya councillor Divy.291; Vin.i.348; DN.i.136; DN.iii.64, DN.iii.65; MN.i.326; SN.i.1 …
pāti →
pts
to watch, keep watch, keep Ja.iii.95 (to keep the eyes open, C. ummisati; opp nimisati); Vism.16 (= rakkhati in def. of pāṭimokkha).
Vedic pāti of pā, cp. Gr. π ̈ωυ herd, ποιμήν shepherd, Lat. pāsc …
pātimokkha →
pts
Pātimokkha (pāti)˚
neuter a name given to a collection of various precepts contained in the Vinaya (forming the foundation of the Suttavibhanga, Vin vols. iii & iv. ed. Oldenberg), as they were recit …
pāvekkhi →
pts
Pāvisa & Pāvekkhi
see pavisati.
pāvisa →
pts
Pāvisa & Pāvekkhi
see pavisati.
pāvāḷa →
pts
hair; only in cpd. -nipphoṭanā pulling out one’s hair SN.iv.300. Pavisa & Pavekkhi;
see pavāḷa
pāṭalī →
pts
the trumpet flower, Bignonia Suaveolens DN.ii.4 (Vipassī pāṭaliyā mūle abhisambuddho); Vv.35#9; Ja.i.41 (˚rukkha as the bodhi tree); Ja.ii.162 (pāṭali-bhaddaka sic. variant reading for phālibhaddaka) …
pāṭeti →
pts
to remove; Pass. pāṭiyati Pv.iv.1#47 (turned out of doors); variant reading pātayati (bring to fall) Prob, in sense of Med. at Mil.152 in phrase visaṃ pāṭiyamāno (doubtful, cp. Kern,
Toevoegselen …
pāṭihāriya →
pts
adjective striking, surprising, extraordinary, special; nt. wonder, miracle. Usually in stock phrase iddhi˚, ādesanā˚, anusāsanī˚ as the 3 marvels which characterise a Buddha with regard to his teachi …
pīta →
pts
Pīta1
- having drunk or (pred.) being drunk (as liquid) SN.i.212 (madhu˚); Ja.i.198; Pv-a.25 (with asita, khāyita & sāyita as fourfold food).
- soaked or saturated with (-˚), in *kasāya …
pīti →
pts
emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …
pūjā →
pts
honour, worship, devotional attention AN.i.93 (āmisa˚, dhamma˚); AN.v.347 sq.; Snp.906; Dhp.73, Dhp.104; Pv.i.5#5; Pv.i.5#12; Dpvs.vii.12 (cetiya˚); Snp-a.350; Pv-a.8; Sdhp.213, Sdhp.230, Sdhp.542, …
pūti →
pts
adjective putrid, stinking, rotten, fetid DN.ii.353 (khaṇḍāni pūtīni); MN.i.73, MN.i.89 = MN.iii.92 (aṭṭhikāni pūtīni); Vin.iii.236 (anto˚); SN.iii.54; Pv.i.3#2; Pv.i.6#1 (= kuṇapagandha Pv-a.32); Vi …
rahas →
pts
Rahas & Raho
neuter lonely place, solitude, loneliness; secrecy, privacy.
- raho: occurring only as adv. “secretly, lonely, in secret,” either absolutely, e.g. SN.i.46; Snp.38 …
raho →
pts
Rahas & Raho
neuter lonely place, solitude, loneliness; secrecy, privacy.
- raho: occurring only as adv. “secretly, lonely, in secret,” either absolutely, e.g. SN.i.46; Snp.38 …
rajo →
pts
(rajas) & Raja neuter
-
Forms.
■ Both rajo & rajaṃ occur as noun & acc. sg., e.g. rajo at DN.ii.19; Snp.207, Snp.334; Dhs.617; rajaṃ at Snp.275; Iti.83; once (in verse) *[rajo](/define/rajo …
rasa →
pts
Rasa1
that which is connected with the sense of taste. The defn given at Vism.447 is as follows “jivhā-paṭihanana-lakkhaṇo raso, jivhā-viññāṇassa visaya-bhāvo raso, tass’ ev …
ratana →
pts
Ratana1
neuter
- (lit.) a gem, jewel Vv-a.321 (not = ratana2, as Hardy in Index) Pv-a.53 (nānāvidhāni)
■ The 7 ratanas are enumerated under veḷuriya (Mil.267). They are …
ratha →
pts
…of chariots Vin.iv.108
- -īsā carriage pole AN.iv.191.
- -ūpatthara chariot or carriage cover DN.i.103; DN-a.i.273. *…
rati →
pts
love, attachment, pleasure, liking for (loc.), fondness of SN.i.133 (˚ṃ paccanubhavati), SN.i.207; SN.iii.256; Snp.41 (= anukkhaṇṭhit adhivacanaṃ Cnd.537), Snp.59 (id.), Snp.270, Snp.642, Snp.956 (= n …
ritta →
pts
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 …
roga →
pts
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 …
ruppa →
pts
in ruppa-rūpakaṃ (nt.) Thig.394 is not clear. It refers to something which is not rūpa, yet pretends to be rūpa, i.e. a sham performance or show. Thus ruppa may correspond to *rūpya & with rūpaka …
rāga →
pts
- colour, hue; colouring, dye Vin.ii.107 (anga˚ “rougeing” the body bhikkhū angarāgaṃ karonti); Thag-a.78; Snp-a.315 (nānāvidha˚).
- (as t. t. in philosophy & ethics) excitement passion; seldom by …
rāgin →
pts
(-˚) one who shows passion for, possessed of lust, affected with passion Snp.795 (cp. Mnd.100) SN.i.136; Vism.193, Vism.194 (with var. characterisations).
fr. rāga
rāhaseyyaka →
pts
adjective “having one’s bed in loneliness, living in seclusion or secrecy, in manussa˚; “fit to lie undisturbed by men” Vin.i.39 (+ paṭisallāna-sāruppa) MN.ii.118.
rahas + seyya + ka or rāha (f …
rājaka →
pts
adjective (-˚) characteristic of the king, king-; in cpds arājaka without a king Ja.vi.39 (raṭṭhe); sarājaka including the king Tikp.26; f. sarājikā Vin.i.209 (parisā) Also …
rājan →
pts
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 →
pts
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 …
sa →
pts
Sa1
the letter s (sa-kāra) Snp-a.23; or the syllable sa Dhp-a.ii.6; Pv-a.280.
Sa2
base of the nom. of the demonstr. pron. that, he she. The form sg. m. * …
sabhāga →
pts
adjective common, being of the same division Vin.ii.75; like, equal, similar Mil.79; s. āpatti a common offence, shared by all Vin.i.126 sq.; vīthisabhāgena in street company, the whole street in comm …
sacca →
pts
adjective real, true DN.i.182; MN.ii.169; MN.iii.207; Dhp.408; nt. saccaṃ truly, verily, certainly Mil.120; saccaṃ kira is it really true? DN.i.113; Vin.i.45, Vin.i.60; Ja.i.107; saccato truly S …
sadisa →
pts
adjective similar, like, equal DN.ii.261; SN.iii.48 sq.; AN.i.125 = Pp.35; Vin.i.8; Ja.i.191; Dhs.116; Vism.543 = Vb-a.148. Cp. sādisa.
sa2 + disa = dṛśa
sagga →
pts
heaven, the next world, popularly conceived as a place of happiness and long life (cp. the pop. etym. of “suṭṭhu-aggattā sagga” Pv-a.9 “rūpādīhi visayehi suṭṭhu aggo ti saggo” Vism.427) usually the …
sahassa →
pts
thousand, used as a singular with a noun in the plural, sahassaṃ vācā Dhp.100; satasahassaṃ vassāni Ja.i.29; also in the plural after other numerals cattāri satasahassāni chaḷabhiññā Bv.ii.204 = J …
sahita →
pts
- accompanied with Mhvs.7, Mhvs.27.
- united, keeping together DN.i.4; Ja.iv.347; Pp.57.
- consistent, sensible, to the point DN.i.8; AN.ii.138; AN.iv.196; SN.iii.12; Dhp.19 (at Dhp-a.i.157 explai …
sahāyaka →
pts
adjective f. ˚yikā companion, ally, friend Vin.i.18; DN.ii.155; AN.ii.79, AN.ii.186; Ja.i.165; Ja.ii.29; Ja.v.159 Ja.vi.256 (gihī sahāyakā, read gihisahāyakā [?]).
fr. last
sakkati →
pts
to go; see osakkati & cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 302. Other P. compounds are ussakkati paṭisakkati.
ṣvaṣk; Dhtp.9: gamana
salla →
pts
an arrow, dart MN.i.429 (˚ṃ āharati to remove the a); MN.ii.216; SN.iv.206; Ja.i.180 Ja.v.49; Snp.331, Snp.767; Mil.112; Vism.503 (visa˚ sting of poison; cp. Vb-a.104 sallaṃ viya vitujjati); often me …
sama →
pts
Sama1
calmness, tranquillity, mental quiet Snp.896. samaṃ carati to become calm quiescent Ja.iv.172. Cp. -cariyā & ˚cārin.
fr. śam: see sammati1
Sa …
samabhisāta →
pts
joyful Thig.461.
sambhañjati →
pts
to split, break Ja.v.32; Caus. sambhañjeti to break MN.i.237; SN.i.123; pass. aor. samabhajjisaṃ Ja.v.70
pp sambhagga
■ Cp. sampali˚.
saṃ + bhañjati
sambuddhi →
pts
complete understanding; adj. -vant wise Ja.iii.361 (= buddhisampanna).
saṃ + buddhi
sambādha →
pts
- crowding, pressure, inconvenience from crowding, obstruction Vism.119 janasambādharahita free from crowding Mil.409 kiṭṭhasambādha crowding of corn, the time when the corn is growing thick MN.i.115 …
sampaṭisaṅkhā →
pts
deliberately SN.ii.111; contracted from ger. ˚-saṃkhāya.
samā →
pts
- a year Dhp.106; Mhvs.7, Mhvs.78.
- in agginisamā a pyre Snp.668, Snp.670.
Vedic samā
samādisati →
pts
to indicate, to command DN.i.211; Mhvs.38, Mhvs.59.
saṃ + ādisati
samāpajjita →
pts
attained, reached, got into DN.ii.109 (parisā ˚pubbā).
pp. of ˚āpajjati
samāpatti →
pts
attainment AN.iii.5; SN.ii.150 sq.; SN.iv.293 (saññā-vedayita-nirodha˚); Dhs.30 Dhs.101; a stage of meditation AN.i.94; Dhs.1331; Ja.i.343 Ja.i.473; Pv-a.61 (mahā-karuṇā˚); Mnd.100, Mnd.106, Mnd.1 …
sandhi →
pts
- union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
- breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati …
sannisajjā →
pts
meeting-place Vin.i.188; Vin.ii.174 = Vin.iii.66; sannisajja-ṭṭhāna (n.) the same Vin.iii.287.
saṃ + nissajjā
sannisīdati →
pts
- (lit.) to sink down, to settle Mil.35.
- (fig.) to subside, to become quiet MN.i.121; SN.iv.196; AN.ii.157
caus sannisādeti to make quiet to calm MN.i.116; AN.ii.94
caus 2 sannisīdāpeti to …
santhāra →
pts
- spreading, covering, floor(ing) SN.i.170; Vin.ii.120 (3 kinds of floors: iṭṭhakā˚, silā˚ dāru˚, i.e. of tiles, flags, wood); AN.i.136 (paṇṇa˚); Ja.vi.24 (id.); Ja.i.92; Pts.i.176.
- (cp. paṭi˚) fr …
sappaṭissa →
pts
adjective reverential, deferential Iti.10; Vin.i.45; Vv.84#41 (cp. Vv-a.347). See also gārava.
sa + paṭissā, cp. BSk. sapratīśa Divy.333, Divy.484
sappurisa →
pts
good, worthy man MN.iii.21, MN.iii.37; DN.iii.252 (the 7 s˚-dhammā), DN.iii.274, DN.iii.276, DN.iii.283; AN.ii.217 sq., AN.ii.239; Dhs.259 = Dhs.1003; Vin.i.56; Dhp.54; Pv.ii.9#8; Pv.ii.9#45; Pv.iv.1 …
sara →
pts
Sara1
- the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
- an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).
- -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow …
sarabha →
pts
(rohiccasarabhā migā = rohitā sarabhamigā, C. ibid. 538) Sarabhamigajātaka the 483rd Jātaka Ja.i.193, Ja.i.406 (text sarabhanga); Ja.iv.263 sq.
- -pallaṅka “antelope-couch,” a …
sari →
pts
according to Payogasiddhi = sarisa (sadisa) cp. sarīvaṇṇa Ja.ii.439 (= samāna-vaṇṇa, C.).
sarikkha →
pts
adjective like, resembling SN.i.66; Ja.i.443; Ja.iii.262.
cp. Sk. sadṛkṣa, fr. sadṛś = P. sadisa
sarisa →
pts
adjective like, resembling Ja.v.159.
= sadisa
sarisapa →
pts
various reading of siriṃsapa MN.i.10 etc.
sasa →
pts
hare, rabbit Dhp.342; Ja.iv.85; of the hare in the moon Ja.iv.84 sq. sasôlūkā (= sasā ca ulūkā ca) Ja.vi.564.
- -lakkhaṇa the sign of a hare Ja.i.172; Ja.iii.55.
- -lañjana …
sassatisamaṃ →
pts
adverb for ever and ever DN.i.14; MN.i.8; SN.iii.143; also sassatī samā Ja.iii.255; Vv.63#14 (explained by sassatīhi samāna, like the eternal things-viz., earth, sun, moon, etc., Vv-a.265); Ja.iii.2 …
sasīsa →
pts
adjective together with the head; sasīsaṃ up to the head DN.i.76, DN.i.246; Ja.i.298; sasīsaka head and all DN.ii.324; Snp.p.80.
sa3 + sīsa
sata →
pts
Sata1
(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN. …
satika →
pts
adjective (-˚) consisting of a hundred, belonging to a hundred; yojanasatika extending one hundred yojanas Vin.ii.238; vīsaṃvassasatika of hundred and twenty years’ standing Vin.ii.303.
fr. sata1
satta →
pts
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
- (m.) a li …
satthaka →
pts
Satthaka1
neuter a knife, scissors Vin.ii.115 (daṇḍa˚, with a handle); Ja.v.254 (as one of the 8 parikkhāras); Mil.282. aya˚; at Ja.v.338 read -paṭṭaka.
- *-[nisādana](/define/nisād …
saññin →
pts
adjective (f. saññinī) conscious, being aware of (-˚), perceiving, having perception DN.i.31, DN.i.180; DN.iii.49 DN.iii.111, DN.iii.140, DN.iii.260; SN.i.62; AN.ii.34, AN.ii.48, AN.ii.50; AN.iii.35; …
saṃ →
pts
Saṃ˚
indeclinable prefix, implying conjunction & completeness; saṃ˚; is after vi˚; (19’) the most frequent (16’) of all Pāli prefixes. Its primary meaning is “together” (cp. Lat. …
saṃsad →
pts
session, assembly; loc. saṃsati Ja.iii.493 (= parisamajjhe C.), Ja.iii.495
fr. saṃ + sad
saṃseva →
pts
adjective associating AN.ii.245; AN.v.113 sq. (sappurisa˚ & asappurisa˚); Mil.93.
fr. saṃ + sev
saṃveseti →
pts
to lead, conduct AN.i.141; Pass. saṃvesiyati to be put to bed (applied to a sick person) MN.i.88 = MN.iii.181);DN.ii.24. Cp. abhi˚.
Caus. of saṃvisati
saṃvisati →
pts
to enter; Caus. saṃveseti (q.v.). Cp. -bhisaṃvisati.
saṃ + visati
saṃyutta →
pts
- tied, bound, fettered MN.iii.275 (cammena); SN.iv.163; AN.iv.216 (saṃyojanena s. by bonds to this world); Snp.194 (ññ), Snp.300, Snp.304; Iti.8 Sdhp.211.
- connected with, mixed with (-˚) Ja.i.26 …
saṅgāma →
pts
fight, battle DN.i.46; DN.ii.285; MN.i.86, MN.i.253; SN.i.98; SN.iv.308 sq.; AN.i.106; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.94; Vin.i.6; Iti.75; Snp.440 Cnd.199; Pp.68; Ja.i.358; Ja.ii.11; Mil.332; Vism.401 Cp. *vijita˚ …
saṅkamati →
pts
- to go on, to pass over to (acc.), to join DN.i.55 (ākāsaṃ indriyāni s.); Vin.i.54 Vin.ii.138 (bhikkhū rukkhā rukkhaṃ s., climb fr. tree to tree); Kv.565 sq. (jhānā jhānaṃ).
- to transmigrate Mil.7 …
saṅkassara →
pts
adjective doubtful; wicked Vin.ii.236 (cp. Vin. Texts iii.300); SN.i.49 = Dhp.312 (explained as “sankāhi saritabba, āsankāhi sarita ussankita, parisankita” Dhp-a.iii.485, thus taken as sankā + *sṛ …
saṅkhata →
pts
- put together, compound; conditioned, produced by a combination of causes, “created,” brought about as effect of actions in former births SN.ii.26; SN.iii.56; Vin.ii.284; Iti.37, Iti.88; Ja.ii.38; N …
saṅkhāra →
pts
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 …
saṅkā →
pts
doubt, uncertainty, fear (cp. visanka) Ja.vi.158; Dhp-a.iii.485.
fr. śaṅk: see sankati
saṅkāsa →
pts
appearance; (-˚) having the appearance of, like, similar Ja.ii.150; Ja.v.71 Ja.v.155, Ja.v.370 (puñña˚ = sadisa C.); Bv.17, Bv.21; Mil.2.
saṃ + kāsa, of kāś, cp. okāsa
saṇa →
pts
kind of hemp DN.ii.350 (variant reading); SN.i.115 (do.); cp. sāṇa1 & sāṇī.
- -dhovika [perhaps (Kern’s suggestion) sāṇa˚ (variant reading) visāṇa˚?] name of a particular kind of gamb …
saṇhaka →
pts
at Ja.iii.394 (of hair growing white “saṇhakasadisā”) according to Kern,
Toevoegselen
ii.69 (coarse) hempen cloth (= sāṇavāka), as indicated by variant reading sāṇalāka. Thus a der. fr. saṇa = s …
saṭa →
pts
fall, a heap of things fallen; only in cpd. paṇṇa˚; a heap of fallen leaves MN.i.21 (= paṇṇa-kacavara MN-a.i.120); Ja.ii.271.
most likely = Sk. śada (fall), fr. śad to fall; Kern
Toevoegselen …
selaka →
pts
“rocky,” a kind of copper (cp. pisāca) Vb-a.63.
sela + ka
serīsaka →
pts
adjective made of Sirīsa wood, name of a hall DN.ii.356 sq.; Vv.84#53; Vv-a.331, Vv-a.351.
fr. sirīsa
serīsamaha →
pts
festival in honour of the Serīsaka Vimāna Vv.8437, 53
seta →
pts
adjective white DN.ii.297 = MN.i.58; Snp.689; AN.iii.241; Vb-a.63 (opp kāḷa); Ja.i.175; Pv-a.157, Pv-a.215. name of a mountain in the Himālayas SN.i.67 = Mil.242; an elephant of King Pasenadi AN.ii …
siddhatthaka →
pts
white mustard Thag-a.181 (Tha-ap.24); Ja.iii.225; Ja.vi.537; Dhp-a.ii.273 (in Kisāgotamī story).
Sk. siddhārthaka
sikkhā →
pts
- study, training, discipline Vin.iii.23; DN.i.181; AN.i.238; SN.ii.50, SN.ii.131; SN.v.378; Dhs.1004; Vb-a.344 (various)
■ sikkhaṃ paccakkhātaka one who has abandoned the precepts Vin.i.135, V …
silesa →
pts
junction, embrace; a rhetoric figure, riddle, puzzle, pun Ja.v.445 (silesūpamā said of women = purisānaṃ cittabandhanena silesasadisā, ibid. 447).
fr. śliṣ
sippika →
pts
an artisan Snp.613, Snp.651; Mil.78; Vism.336. Also sippiya Ja.vi.396, Ja.vi.397.
fr. sippa
sirīsa →
pts
the tree Acacia sirissa DN.ii.4; SN.iv.193; Vv.84#32; Vv-a.331, Vv-a.344; --puppha a kind of gem Mil.118. Cp. serīsaka.
cp. Class. Sk. śirṣa
sobhiya →
pts
sort of magician or trickster, clown Ja.vi.277 (sobhiyā ti nagarasobhanā sampannarūpā purisā; not correct C.).
cp. Sk. śaubhika; BSk. śobhika Mvu.iii.113
sopāna →
pts
stairs, staircase Vin.ii.117, Vin.ii.152; DN.ii.178; Ja.i.330, Ja.i.348; Ja.iv.265; Vism.10; Vv-a.188; Pv-a.156, Pv-a.275; Vv.78#5; dhura-sopāna the highest step of a staircase (? Ja.i.330.
- *- …
sota →
pts
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 …
soḷasa →
pts
cardinal number sixteen DN.i.128; Snp.1006; Ja.i.78 (lekhā); Ja.ii.87; Ja.iii.342 (atappiya-vatthūni); Ja.v.175, Ja.vi.37; Mil.11 (palibodhā); Dhp-a.i.129 (˚salākā); Dhp-a.iv.208 (˚karīsa-matta). …
su →
pts
Su1
indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …
sukha →
pts
adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …
sukka →
pts
Sukka1
planet, star Ud. 9 = Ne.150; (nt.) semen, sukkavisaṭṭhi emission of semen Vin.ii.38; Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv.30; Kv.163.
Vedic śukra; fr. śuc
Sukka2
adjective white, bri …
supina →
pts
dream, vision DN.i.9, DN.i.54; SN.i.198; SN.iv.117 (supine in a dream; variant reading supinena); Snp.360, Snp.807, Snp.927 Mnd.126; Ja.i.334 sq., Ja.i.374; Ja.v.42; DN-a.i.92, DN-a.i.164; Vv.44#14 …
sura →
pts
god Snp.681 (= deva Snp-a.484); name of a Bodhisatta Ja.v.12, Ja.v.13 surakaññā a goddess, a heavenly maid Ja.v.407 (= devadhītā, C.); surinda the king of gods Mhbv.28. Opp asura. …
suti →
pts
- hearing, tradition, inspiration, knowledge of the Vedas Snp.839, Snp.1078; Mil.3 (+ sammuti); Mhvs.1, Mhvs.3.
- rumour; sutivasena by hearsay, as a story, through tradition Ja.iii.285, Ja.iii.476 …
suññatā →
pts
emptiness, “void,” unsubstantiality, phenomenality; freedom from lust, ill-will and dullness, Nibbāna MN.iii.111; Kv.232; Dhs-a.221; Ne.118 sq., Ne.123 sq., Ne.126; Mil.16; Vism.333 (n’atthi; *[suññ …
suṇisā →
pts
daughter-in-law Vin.i.240; Vin.iii.136; DN.ii.148; MN.i.186, MN.i.253; Ja.vi.498; Vv.13#5 (= puttassa bhariyā Vv-a.61); Dhp-a.i.355; Dhp-a.iv.8; Pv.ii.46 (pl. suṇisāyo so read for sūtisāye)
■ * …
sādhika →
pts
adjective having something beyond DN.ii.93; Vv.53#5 (˚vīsati) ˚-porisa exceeding a man’s height MN.i.74, MN.i.365; AN.iii.403.
sa + adhika; cp. BSk. sādhika Divy.44
sādisa →
pts
(fem. -sī) like, similar DN.ii.239; Snp.595; Thig.252 (sa˚ for sā˚); Tha-ap.239; Ja.iv.97; Mil.217 (with instr.).
fr. sadisa
sāmisa →
pts
adjective
- holding food Vin.ii.214 = Vin.iv.198.
- fleshly, carnal DN.ii.298 = MN.i.59; AN.i.81; Pts.ii.41. Opp. to nirāmisa spiritual (e.g. Pts.i.59). Samici & samici;
sa + āmisa
sāmā →
pts
medicinal plant Ja.iv.92 (bhisasāmā, C. bhisāni ca sāmākā ca); the Priyangu creeper Ja.i.500; Ja.v.405.
Sk. śyāmā Halāyudha 2, 38; see sāma1, sāmalatā, and sāmāka
sānu →
pts
ridge Vv.32#10; Ja.iii.172. The commentary on the former passage (Vv-a.136) translates vana wood, that on the latter paṃsupabbata sānupabbata a forest-hill Ja.iv.277; Ja.vi.415, Ja.vi.540; pabbatasā …
sāra →
pts
- essential, most excellent, strong AN.ii.110; Vin.iv.214; Ja.iii.368; Pp.53.
- (m.) the innermost, hardest part of anything, the heart or pith of a tree (see also pheggu) MN.i.1 …
sārada →
pts
adjective autumnal, of the latest harvest, this year’s, fresh AN.iii.404 = DN.iii.354 (bījāni fresh seeds); AN.i.135, AN.i.181 (badara-paṇḍu) SN.iii.54; SN.v.380; Mil.255; Dhp.149 (but at this pass …
sārajja →
pts
timidity AN.iii.127, AN.iii.203; AN.iv.359, AN.iv.364; Mil.24, Mil.72, Mil.196 (parisa˚, cp Cnd.470); Ja.i.334; Ja.ii.66; nissārajja undaunted Ja.i.274.
abstr. fr. sārada = *sāradya
sārathi →
pts
charioteer, coachman DN.ii.178, DN.ii.254; SN.i.33; SN.v.6; AN.ii.112; AN.iv.190 sq.; Snp.83; Ja.i.59, Ja.i.180; Pv.iv.3#3. assadammasārathi a coachman by whom horses are driven, a trainer of horses M …
sārin →
pts
adjective wandering, going after, following, conforming to (loc.) Ja.v.15; aniketasārin wandering about houseless Snp.844, Snp.970; anokasārin wandering homeless Dhp.404; Snp.628; diṭṭhisārin a partis …
sārāṇīya →
pts
adjective courteous polite, friendly (making happy, pleasing, gladdening?) only in combination with kathā, dhamma, or dhammakathā e.g. s. kathā polite spe …
sāsana →
pts
order, message, teaching Ja.i.60, Ja.i.328; Ja.ii.21; Pv.iv.3#54 (Buddhānaṃ); Kp-a.11 sq. the doctrine of the Buddha Vin.i.12; DN.i.110; DN.ii.206; AN.i.294; Dhp.381; Snp.482 etc.; Ja.i.116. *sāsanaṃ …
sāta →
pts
adjective pleasant, agreeable Iti.114; Ne.27. Often combined with piya, e.g. Iti.114; Vb.103; DN-a.i.311
■ Opp. kaṭuka
■ sāta (nt.) pleasure, joy MN.i.508; AN.i.81 sq.; SN.ii. …
sātisāra →
pts
adjective trespassing Vin.i.55.
sa + atisāra
sāvaka →
pts
hearer, disciple (never an Arahant) DN.i.164; DN.ii.104; DN.iii.47, DN.iii.52, DN.iii.120 sq., DN.iii.133; AN.i.88; MN.i.234; SN.ii.26; Iti.75 sq., Iti.79; Ja.i.229; Vism.214, Vism.411
■ fem *[sāvik …
sāya →
pts
evening, only adverbially sāyaṃ, at night Vin.iii.147; Ja.ii.83; Dhp-a.i.234; usually opposed to pāto (pātaṃ) in the morning early e.g. sāya-pātaṃ DN.ii.188; Mil.419; Ja.i.432, Ja.i.460 Ja.v.4 …
sāyaṇha →
pts
evening DN.ii.9; Ja.i.144; -samayaṃ at evening time DN.ii.205; MN.i.147; Vin.i.21; sāyaṇhasamaye Ja.i.148, Ja.i.279; Pv-a.33, Pv-a.43 Pv-a.100; --kāle the same Ja.iv.120; sāyaṇhe (loc.) …
sāṭeti →
pts
to cut open, to destroy; fig. to torment: Kern’s proposed reading (see
Toevoegselen
s. v sāveti) for sāveti at Ja.iii.198 (amba-pakkāni); Ja.iv.402 (attānaṃ sāṭetvā dāsakammaṃ …
sīdati →
pts
to subside, sink; to yield, give way SN.i.53; Snp.939 (= saṃsīdati osīdati Cnd.420); Iti.71; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.35 3rd pl. sīdare Ja.ii.393; Pot. sīde Iti.71; fut. sīdissati: see ni˚
p …
sīla →
pts
- nature, character, habit behaviour; usually as-˚ in adj. function “being of such a nature,” like, having the character of…, e.g. adāna˚; of stingy character, illiberal Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ macc …
sīsa →
pts
Sīsa1
neuter lead DN.ii.351; SN.v.92; Mil.331; Vb-a.63 (= kāḷa-tipu); a leaden coin Ja.i.7; --kāra a worker in lead Mil.331; --maya leaden Vin.i.190.
cp. Sk. sīsa
Sīsa2</s …
sīsaka →
pts
head, as adj - ˚; heading, with the head towards; uttarasīsaka head northwards DN.ii.137 pācīna˚ (of Māyā’s couch: eastward) Ja.i.50. heṭṭhāsīsaka head downwards Ja.iii.13; dhammasīsaka worshipping r …
sūcikā →
pts
- a needle; (fig.) hunger Pv.ii.8#3; Pv-a.107.
- a small bolt to a door Vin.ii.120, Vin.ii.148. sūcik’aṭṭha whose bones are like needles (?) Pv.iii.2#3 Pv-a.180 (sūcigātā ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthe …
ta →
pts
Ta˚
base of demonstr. pron. for nt., in oblique cases of m. & f., in demonstr. adv. of place & time (see also sa).
I. Cases: nom
sg. nt. tad (older) Vin.i.83; Snp.1052; Dh …
tab →
pts
Tab˚
in compounds tabbisaya, tabbahula, etc. = taṃ˚, see under *ta*˚ I. a.
tajja →
pts
“this like,” belonging to this, founded on this or that; on the ground of this (or these), appropriate, suitable; esp. in combination with vāyāma (a suitable effort as “causa moven …
tanutta →
pts
diminution, reduction, vanishing, gradual disappearance AN.i.160 (manussānaṃ khayo hoti tanuttaṃ paññāyati); AN.ii.144 (rāga˚, dosa˚ moha˚); esp. in phrase (characterizing a sakadāgāmin “rāga-dosa-m …
tapassin →
pts
adjective noun one devoted to religious austerities, an ascetic (non-Buddhist). Fig. one who exercises self-control & attains mastery over his senses Vin.i.234 = AN.iv.184 (tapassī samaṇo Gotamo); D …
tarati →
pts
Tarati1
(lit.) to go or get through, to cross (a river), pass over, traverse (fig.) to get beyond, i.e. to surmount, overcome, esp oghaṃ (the great flood of life, desire, ignorance, etc.) …
tathā →
pts
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 …
tayo →
pts
num. card. three.
■ nom. acc. m. tayo (Snp.311), & tayas (tayas; su dhammā Snp.231, see Kp-a.188)
■ f. tisso (DN.i.143; AN.v.210; Iti.99)
■ nt. tīṇi (AN.i.1 …
taṇhā →
pts
(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …
thaṇḍila →
pts
bare, esp. hard, stony ground Pv.iv.7#5 (= kharakaṭhāna bhūmippadesa Pv-a.265).
- -sāyikā (f.) the act of lying on the bare ground (as a penance) [BSk. sthaṇḍila-śāyikā] SN.iv.118; Dhp.141
(= D …
thika →
pts
adjective dropping forming drops: madhutthika Ja.iii.493; Ja.vi.529 (= madhuṃ paggharantiyo madhutthevasadisā p. 530 “dropping honey.”
cp. Sk. styāyate to congeal, form a (solid) mass; see cognates u …
thulla FIXME double →
pts
Thūlaa & Thullab
(the latter usual in compounds) adjective compact, massive; coarse gross; big, strong, clumsy; common, low, unrefined rough
- DN.i.223; Snp.146 (aṇuka˚), Snp. …
thūla →
pts
Thūlaa & Thullab
(the latter usual in compounds) adjective compact, massive; coarse gross; big, strong, clumsy; common, low, unrefined rough
- DN.i.223; Snp.146 (aṇuka˚), Snp. …
ti FIXME double →
pts
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 …
ti →
pts
Iti (ti)
indeclinable emphatic deictic particle “thus”. Occurs in both forms iti & ti, the former in higher style (poetry), the latter more familiar in conversational prose. The function of “iti” is …
tilaka →
pts
- a spot, stain, mole, freckle MN.i.88; SN.i.170; Vv-a.253; Dhp-a.iv.172 (˚ṃ vā kālakaṃ vā adisvā).
- a kind of tree Vv.6#7 (= bandhu-jīvaka-puppha-sadisa-pupphā ekā rukkha-jāti).
tila + ka …
timbaru →
pts
certain tree (Strychnos nux vomica or Diospyros) Ja.vi.336; -tthanī (f.) “with breasts like the t fruit” Snp.110; Ja.vi.457 (Snp-a.172: taruṇadārikā) Vv-a.137 (t
■ nādasadisa).
timisa →
pts
darkness Ja.iii.433 (andhakāra-timissāya); Pp.30 (andh˚-timisāya); Mil.283
Vedic tamisrā = tamas
timīsikā →
pts
darkness, a very dark night Vv.9#6; Ja.iv.98.
timisa + ka
tiracchāna →
pts
an animal Iti.92 (tiracchānaṃ ca yoniyo for tiracchāna-yoniyo); Vb.339 (˚gāminī paṭipadā leading to rebirth among beasts); Vv-a.23 (manussatiracchāna an animal-man, wild man, “werwolf”).
- *-[kat …
tisata →
pts
number three hundred Ja.vi.427 (˚mattā nāvā). See also under tayo.
ti + sata
tiṇa →
pts
grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch hay, litter SN.iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ vā uṇhaṃ vā rajo …
tiṭṭhati →
pts
to stand, etc.
I. Forms
pres ind. tiṭṭhati (Snp.333, Snp.434; Pv.i.5#1);
imper second tiṭṭha, 3rd tiṭṭhatu ppr. tiṭṭhaṃ, tiṭṭhanto, tiṭṭhamāna;
pot tiṭṭhe (Snp.918, Snp.968) & tiṭṭheyy …
tula →
pts
adjective only in negative atula incomparable, not to be measured, beyond compare or description Vv.30#4 (= anupama Vv-a.126); Pv.ii.8#9 (= appamāṇa Pv-a.110); Pv.iii.3#2 (= asadisarūpa Pv-a.188) …
tumhādisa →
pts
pronomial adjective like you, of your kind Snp.459; Ja.vi.528; DN-a.i.146.
tumhe + ādisa
tādin →
pts
adjective noun (nom. tādī & tādi, in compounds tādi˚) such, such like of such (good) qualities, “ecce homo”; in pregnant sense appl. to the Bhagavant & Arahants, characterized as “such” in 5 ways: see …
tādisa →
pts
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 …
tādisaka →
pts
adjective = tādisa1, of such character Snp.278; Iti.68.
tāla →
pts
- the palmyra tree (fan palm), Borassus flabelliformis; freq. in comparisons similes MN.i.187; Ja.i.202 (˚vana), Ja.i.273 (˚matta as tall as a palm): Vv-a.162; Pv-a.100 (chinnamūlo viya tālo)
- a …
tālīsa →
pts
(also tālissa Ja.iv.286, tālīsaka Mil.338) the shrub Flacourtia cataphracta & a powder or ointment obtained from it Vin.i.203 (+ tagara); Ja.iv.286 (id.); Mil.338.
cp. Sk. tālī, tālīśa & talāśā …
tārā →
pts
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 …
tāva →
pts
adverb so much, so long; usually correl. with yāva how long, how much; in all meanings to be understood out of elliptical application of this correlation Thus
I
*yāva-tāva …
tāvataka →
pts
adjective just so much or just so long (viz. as the situation requires), with (or ellipt. without a corresp. yāvataka Vin.i.83 (yāvatake-t. as many as) DN.ii.18 (yāvatakv’ assa kāyo tāvatakv’ assa vy …
tāḷa →
pts
Tāḷa1
beating, striking, the thing beaten or struck i.e. a musical instrument which is beaten, an instr. of percussion, as a cymbal, gong, or tambourine (for tāḷa gong cp. thāla):
- gong …
ubbasati →
pts
see ubbisati.
ubbisati →
pts
“to be out home”, to live away from home Ja.ii.76
■ See also ubbāsīyati
pp ubbisita (˚kāle) ibid.
better reading variant reading ubbasati, ud + vas
ubbāsīyati →
pts
“to be dis-inhabited”, i.e. to be abandoned by the inhabitants Mhvs.6, Mhvs.22 (= chaḍḍīyati C.)
■ Cp. ubbisati.
Pass. of ubbāseti, ud + vas
ubho →
pts
adjective both; nom. acc. ubho SN.i.87; AN.iii.48 = Iti.16; Iti.43 = Snp.661 = Dhp.306; Snp.220 Snp.543, Snp.597; Dhp.74, Dhp.256, Dhp.269; Dhp.412; Mnd.109; Pv.i.7#6 Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.3; Pv-a.13, Pv- …
ud →
pts
Ud-
prefix in verbal & nominal combn. One half of all the words beginning with u˚ are combns. with ud˚, which in compn. appears modified according to the rules of as …
udaya →
pts
rise, growth; increment, increase; income, revenue, interest AN.ii.199; Pts.i.34; Vv.84#7 (dhan’atthika uddayaṃ patthayāna = ānisaṃsaṃ atirekalābhaṃ Vv-a.336); Vv.84#52 ; Dhp-a.ii.270; Pv-a.146 (ul …
uddesa →
pts
- pointing out, setting forth, proposition, exposition, indication, programme MN.iii.223 (u. uddiṭṭha), MN.iii.239; SN.iv.299; Snp-a.422.
- explanation SN.v.110 sq.; sa-uddesa (adj.) with (the n …
uddhagga →
pts
adjective
- standing on end (lit. with raised point). bristling, of the hair of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.18 = DN.iii.144, DN.iii.154.
- prominent, conspicuous Ja.iv.345 (˚rājin having prominent stripes, …
uddisati →
pts
- to propose, point out, appoint, allot Dhp.353, cp. Dhp-a.iv.72; Mil.94 (satihāraṃ) fut. uddisissati MN.i.480 (ex conj., is probably to be changed to uddassessati, q.v.).
- to specify Pv-a.22 (ao …
uddissa →
pts
indeclinable
- indicating, with signs or indications Ja.iii.354 = Mil.230.
- prep w. acc.:
- (lit.) pointing to, tending towards, towards to Pv-a.250 Suraṭṭha-visayaṃ)
- (appld.</sup …
uddisāpeti →
pts
- to make recite Vin.i.47 = Vin.ii.224; Vin.iv.290.
- to dedicate Pv-a.35 (variant reading ādisati).
Caus. ii. of uddisati
uddiṭṭha →
pts
- pointed out, appointed, set out, put forth, proposed, put down, codified MN.i.480 (pañha); Snp.p.91 (id. = uddesa-matten’ eva vutta, na vibhangena Snp-a.422); Snp-a.372.
- appointed, dedicated …
udikkhati →
pts
- to look at, to survey. to perceive Vin.i.25 (udiccare, 3sd. pl. pres. med.) Ja.v.71, Ja.v.296; Vv.81#21 (aor. udikkhisaṃ = ullokesiṃ Vv-a.316); Dāvs ii.109; Sdhp.308.
- to look out for …
ugghāṭeti →
pts
to remove, take away, unfasten, abolish, put an end to Vin.ii.148 (tālāni), Vin.ii.208 (ghaṭikaṃ); Vin.iv.37; Ja.ii.31; Ja.vi.68; Mil.140 (bhava-paṭisandhiṃ), Mil.371; Vism.374
caus 2 ugghāṭāpeti …
ukkācita →
pts
enlightened, made bright (fig.) or cleaned, cleared up AN.i.72, AN.i.286 (˚vinīta parisā enlightened & trained).
pp. either to * kāc to shine or to kāceti denom. fr. kāca1
ummisati →
pts
to open one’s eyes Ja.iii.96 (opp. nimisati; variant reading ummisati for ˚mīḷ˚?).
ud + misati
upa →
pts
upa*, e.g. devūpaṭṭhāna, lokûpaga, puññûpatthambhita-Meanings:
- (Rest): on upon, up-˚kiṇṇa covered over; ˚jīvati live on (cp. anu˚); ˚tthambhita propped up, sup-ported; ˚cita heap …
upadahati →
pts
to put down, supply, furnish, put on; give, cause, make Vin.iv.149; DN.ii.135 (vippaṭisāraṃ); AN.i.203 (dukkhaṃ); Mil.109, Mil.139, Mil.164, Mil.286 Mil.383. grd. pass. -dahātabba to be given or ca …
upadesa →
pts
pointing out, indication, instruction, advice Pv-a.26 (tadupadesena read for tadupād˚; Kp-a.208 differs at id. p.); Kp-a.100; Sdhp.227.
fr. upadisati
upadisati →
pts
to point out, show, advise, specify Ja.v.457 (sippaṃ); Mil.21 (dhamma-maggaṃ)
pp upadiṭṭha (q.v.).
upa + disati
upadiṭṭha →
pts
pointed out, put forth, specified Mil.144 (pañha).
pp. of upadisati
upagghāta →
pts
scented, smelled, kissed Ja.vi.543 (C. sīsamhi upasinghita).
pp. of next
upama →
pts
adjective “coming quite or nearly up to” i.e. like, similar, equal DN.i.239 (andha-veṇ˚); MN.i.432 (taruṇ˚ a young looking fellow); AN.iv.11 udak˚ puggala a man like water); Pv.i.1#1 (khett˚ like a w …
upamā →
pts
likeness, simile, parable, example (cp. formula introducing u. SN.ii.114; MN.i.148); Snp.705 (cp. Dhp.129, Dhp.130), Snp.1137 (= upanidhā sadisaṃ paṭibhāgo Cnd.158); Iti.114; Vism.341 Vism.478, Vism.5 …
upamānita →
pts
measured out, likened, like, comparable Thig.382 (= sadisa Thag-a.255).
pp. of caus. upa + mā
upanibha →
pts
adjective somewhat like (-˚) MN.i.58 = AN.iii.324 (sankha-vaṇṇa˚); Ja.i.207 (= sadisa C.), Ja.v.302 (tāla˚).
upa + nibha
upanikkhitta →
pts
laid down (secretly), placed by or on top SN.v.457; Ja.vi.390; Mil.80
■ m. a spy Ja.vi.394 (˚purisa).
upa + n˚
upanisā →
pts
- cause, means DN.ii.217, DN.ii.259; MN.iii.71 (samādhiṃ sa-upanisaṃ); SN.ii.30–SN.ii.32 (SN-a. = kāraṇa, paccaya); SN.v.25; AN.i.198; AN.iii.20, AN.iii.200 sq. AN.iii.360; AN.iv.99, AN.iv.336, AN. …
upapisana →
pts
grinding, powder, in añjan˚; powdered ointment (for the eyes) Vin.i.203; Vin.ii.112.
upa + piṣ
upari →
pts
indeclinable over, above (prep. & prefix)
- (adv. on top, above (opp. adho below) Vin.iv.46 (opp. heṭṭhā) Ja.vi.432; Kp-a.248 (= uddhaṃ; opp. adho); Snp-a.392 (abtimukho u. gacchati explaining pac …
uparima →
pts
adjective uppermost, above, overhead DN.iii.189 (disā); Ne.88. Cp. upariṭṭhima.
upari + ma, superl. formation
upasiṅghita →
pts
scented, smelled at (loc.) Ja.vi.543 (sisaṃhi, C. for upagghata).
pp. of upasinghati
upavisati →
pts
to come near, to approach a person Ja.iv.408; Ja.v.377; aor. upāvisi Snp.415, Snp.418 (āsajja upāvisi = samīpaṃ gantvā nisīdi Snp-a.384).
upa + visati
upaṭṭita →
pts
pained, terrified; overcome, overwhelmed Ja.vi.82 (visavegena). Upatthapeti & tthapeti;
upa + aṭṭita, from ard, see aṭṭita
upekhā →
pts
Upekkhā & Upekhā
feminine “looking on”, hedonic neutrality or indifference, zero point between joy & sorrow (Cpd. 66) disinterestedness, neutral feeling, equanimity. Sometimes equivalent to adukkham\ …
upekkhā →
pts
Upekkhā & Upekhā
feminine “looking on”, hedonic neutrality or indifference, zero point between joy & sorrow (Cpd. 66) disinterestedness, neutral feeling, equanimity. Sometimes equivalent to adukkham\ …
uppanna →
pts
born, reborn, arisen, produced, DN.i.192 (lokaṃ u. born into the world); Vin.iii.4; Snp.55 (˚ñāṇa; see Cnd.168), Snp.998; Ja.i.99; Pv.ii.2#2 (pettivisayaṃ) Dhs.1035, Dhs.1416; Vb.12, Vb.17, Vb.50, Vb. …
uppaṇḍuppaṇḍukajāta →
pts
adjective “having become very pale” (?), or “somewhat pale” (?), with dubbaṇṇa in Kp-a.234, and in a stock phrase of three different settings, viz.
- kiso lūkho dubbaṇṇo upp˚ dhamani-santhata-gat …
upādāna →
pts
nt.
- (lit.) that (material) substratum by means of which an active process is kept alive or going), fuel, supply, provision; adj. (-˚) supported by, drawing one’s existence from SN.i.69; SN.ii.85 …
upādāya →
pts
adverb
- (as prep. with acc.) lit. “taking it up” (as such & such), i.e.
- out of, as, for; in phrase anukampaṃ upādāya out of pity or mercy DN.i.204; Pv-a.61, Pv-a.141, Pv-a.164
- compar …
upāsaka →
pts
devout or faithful layman, a lay devotee Vin.i.4, Vin.i.16 (tevāciko u.), Vin.i.37, Vin.i.139 Vin.i.195 sq.; Vin.ii.125; Vin.iii.6, Vin.iii.92; Vin.iv.14, Vin.iv.109; DN.i.85; DN.ii.105 DN.ii.113; DN. …
upāvisi →
pts
3rd sg. aor. of upavisati (q.v.).
ura →
pts
…a carriage pole Vv.63#28 (= īsāmūla Vv-a.269).
- -ga going on the chest, creeping, i.e. a snake SN.i.69; Snp.1, Snp.604; Ja.i.7; Ja.iv.330;…
uro →
pts
…a carriage pole Vv.63#28 (= īsāmūla Vv-a.269).
- -ga going on the chest, creeping, i.e. a snake SN.i.69; Snp.1, Snp.604; Ja.i.7; Ja.iv.330;…
urūḷhava →
pts
adjective large, bulky, immense; great big, strong. Only in one stock phrase “nāgo isādanto urūḷhavo” Vv.20#9, Vv.43#9 ; Ja.vi.488; of which variant n. ī ubbuḷhavā MN.i.414 = MN.i.450. The word is exp …
usabha →
pts
Usabha1
a bull; often fig as symbol of manliness and strength (cp. nisabha) DN.i.6 (˚yuddha bull-fight), DN.i.9 (˚lakkhaṇa signs on a b.), DN.i.127; Vin.iii.39 (puris˚ “bull of a man”, a …
ussada →
pts
this word is beset with difficulties, the phrase satt-ussada is applied in all kinds of meanings, evidently the result of an original application & meaning having become obliterated satt˚ is taken as …
ussanna →
pts
adjective
- overflowing, heaped up, crowded; extensive, abundant, preponderant, excessive, full of (˚-) Vin.i.285 (cīvaraṃ u. overstocked; Vin.ii.270 (āmisaṃ too abundant); Vin.iii.286 Thig.444 (= …
ussaṅkha →
pts
adjective with ankles midway (?) in -pāda the 7th of the characteristics of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.17; DN.iii.143, DN.iii.154; DA explains: the ankles are not over the heels, but midway in t …
ussīsaka →
pts
the head of a bed, a pillow for the head Ja.i.266; Ja.ii.410, Ja.ii.443; Ja.iv.154; Ja.v.99; Ja.vi.32 Ja.vi.37, Ja.vi.56; Dhp-a.i.184 (˚passe, opp. pāda-passe).
ud + sīsa + ka
usumā →
pts
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.)
uttama →
pts
adjective “ut-most”, highest, greatest, best Snp.1054 (dhammaṃ uttamaṃ the highest ideal = Nibbāna for which seṭṭhan Snp.1064; cp. Cnd.317); Dhp.56; Mnd.211; Cnd.502 (in paraphrase of mahā combd …
uttara →
pts
Uttara1
adjective
- higher, high, superior, upper, only in compounds, Ja.ii.420 (musal˚ with the club on top of him? Cy not clear, perhaps to uttara2); see also below.
- nort …
uttarīya →
pts
an outer garment, cloak Pv.i.10#3 (= uparivasanaṃ uparihāraṃ uttarisāṭakaṃ Pv-a.49); Dāvs iii.30; Thag-a.253.
fr. uttara
uttāna →
pts
adjective
- stretched out (flat), lying on one’s back, supine Vin.i.271 (mañcake uttānaṃ nipajjāpetvā making her lie back on the couch), Vin.ii.215; Ja.i.205; Pv.iv.10#8 (opp. avakujja); Pv-a.178 ( …
uḍḍeti →
pts
Uḍḍeti1
to fly up MN.i.364 (kāko maṃsapesiṃ ādāya uḍḍayeyya; vv.ll. ubbaḍaheyya, uyya dayeyya); Ja.v.256, Ja.v.368, Ja.v.417.
ud + ḍeti to fly. The etym. is doubtful, Müller P. Gr. 99 id …
uḍḍha →
pts
(-˚) (num. ord.) the fourth, only in cpd. aḍḍhuḍḍha “half of the fourth unit”, i.e. three & a half (cp; diyaḍḍha
- 1/2 and aḍḍha-teyya 2 1/2) Ja.v.417 sq. (˚āni itthisahassā …
uṇhīsa →
pts
turban DN.i.7; DN.ii.19 = DN.iii.145 (˚sīsa cp. Dial. ii.16); Ja.ii.88; Mil.330; DN-a.i.89; Dhs-a.198. Ut(t)anda
Sk. uṣṇīṣa
uṇṇa →
pts
Uṇṇā (f.)
- wool AN.iii.37 = AN.iv.265 (+ kappāsā cotton) Ja.ii.147; Snp-a.263 (patt˚).
- hair between the eyebrows Snp.1022, & in stock phrase, describing one of the 32 signs of a Mahāpurisa, …
uṭṭhita →
pts
- risen, got up Pv.ii.9#41 (kāl˚); Vism.73.
- arisen, produced Ja.i.36; Mil.155.
- striving, exerting oneself, active Ja.ii.61; Dhp.168; Mil.213.
-an˚; SN.ii.264; Pts.i.172
■ Cp. pariy˚. *Not …
va →
pts
Va1
the syllable “va” Kp-a.109 (with ref. to ending ˚vā in Bhagavā, which Bdhgh expls as “va-kāraṃ dīghaṃ katvā,” i.e. a lengthening of va); Snp-a.76 (see below va3</sup …
vagga →
pts
Vagga1
- a company, section group, party Vin.i.58 (du˚, ti˚), Vin.i.195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus).
- a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga- …
vana →
pts
Vana1
neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of ( …
vanta →
pts
- vomited, or one who has vomited Mil.214; Pv-a.80. As nt. vomit at Vin.i.303.
- (fig.) given up, thrown up, left behind, renounced MN.i.37 (+ catta, mutta & pahīna). Cp. BSk. vāntī-bhāva, syn wi …
vapati →
pts
Vapati1
to sow Snp.p.13 (kasati +); Ja.i.150 (nivāpaṃ vapitvā); Pv-a.139
pass vappate SN.i.227 (yādisaṃ v. bījaṃ tādisaṃ harate phalaṃ), and vuppati [Vedic upyat …
vapayāti →
pts
to go away, to disappear, only at Vin. i.2 = Kv.186 (kankhā vapayanti sabbā; cp. id p. Mvu.ii.416 vyapananti, to be read as vyapayanti).
vi + apa + yā
vasa →
pts
power, authority, control, influence SN.i.43, SN.i.240 (kodho vo vasam āyātu: shall be in your power; vasa = āṇāpavattana K.S. i.320); MN.i.214 (bhikkhu cittaṃ vasaṃ vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena v …
vasabha →
pts
bull Mil.115 (rāja˚); Snp-a.40 (relation between usabha, vasabha & nisabha) Vv-a.83 (id.).
the Sanskritic-Pāli form (*vṛṣabha) of the proper Pāli usabha (q.v. for etym.). Only …
vasati →
pts
Vasati1
to clothe. pp.; vuttha1. Caus. vāseti: see ni˚ See also vāsana1 & vāsana1.
vas1; to Idg. *ṷes, cp. Gr. ε …
vatthu →
pts
Vatthu1
neuter lit. “ground,” hence
- (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance (cp. vatthu2!) AN.ii.209 (khetta˚, where khetta in lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here bel …
vavatthapeti →
pts
Vavatthapeti & ˚ṭṭhāpeti
to determine, fix, settle, define, designate, point out Ja.iv.17 (disaṃ ˚tthapetvā getting his bearings); Vb.193 sq. Vism.182; Snp-a.67; Kp-a.11, Kp-a.42, Kp-a.89; Vv-a. …
vavaṭṭhāpeti →
pts
Vavatthapeti & ˚ṭṭhāpeti
to determine, fix, settle, define, designate, point out Ja.iv.17 (disaṃ ˚tthapetvā getting his bearings); Vb.193 sq. Vism.182; Snp-a.67; Kp-a.11, Kp-a.42, Kp-a.89; Vv-a. …
vaṃsa →
pts
- a bamboo Snp.38 (vaṃso visālo va; vaṃso explained at Cnd.556 as “veḷugumba,” at Snp-a.76 as “veḷu”), ibid. (˚kaḷīra) Ja.vi.57; Vism.255 (˚kaḷīra); Kp-a.50 (id.).
- race lineage, family AN.ii.27 …
vaṇa →
pts
wound, sore Vin.i.205 (m.), Vin.i.218 (vaṇo rūḷho); Vin.iii.36 (m; angajāte), Vin.iii.117 (angajāte) SN.iv.177 (vaṇaṃ ālimpeti); AN.v.347 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; AN.v.359 Cnd.540; Pp-a 212 (purāṇa-vaṇa- …
vaṇijjā →
pts
trade, trading MN.ii.198; Snp.404 (payojaye dhammikaṃ so vaṇijjaṃ); AN.ii.81 sq.; Pv.i.5#6 (no trade among the Petas); Ja.i.169; Pv-a.47 (tela˚) Sdhp.332, Sdhp.390
■ Five trades must not be carri …
vaṇṇa →
pts
appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.
- colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …
vaṭṭanā →
pts
in -valī is a line or chain of balls (“rounds,” i.e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat doubtful. It occurs at MN.i.80, MN.i.81 (seyyathā v. evaṃ me piṭṭhi-kaṇṭako unnat’ âvanato hoti; Neumann t …
vebhūtika →
pts
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 …
vebhūtiya →
pts
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 …
vedhavera →
pts
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 …
vedisa →
pts
Name of a tree Ja.v.405; Ja.vi.550.
fr. vidisā?
vega →
pts
quick motion, impulse, force; speed, velocity SN.iv.157; AN.iii.158 (sara˚); Snp.1074; Mil.202, Mil.258, Mil.391; Pv-a.11, Pv-a.47 (vāta˚) Pv-a.62 (visa˚), Pv-a.67, Pv-a.284 (kamma˚); Sdhp.295
…
vejja →
pts
physician, doctor, medical man, surgeon Ja.i.455 Ja.iii.142; Kp-a.21; Snp-a.274 (in simile); Vv-a.185, Vv-a.322; Dhp-a.i.8; Pv-a.36, Pv-a.86; Sdhp.279, Sdhp.351
■ hatthi˚; elephantdoctor Ja …
velli →
pts
is a word peculiar to the Jātaka. At one passage it is explained by the Commentary as “vedi” (i.e. rail, cornice), where it is applied to the slender waist of a woman (cp. vilāka & vilaggita;): Ja …
vepulla →
pts
full development, abundance, plenty, fullness DN.iii.70, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.285; SN.iii.53; AN.i.94 (āmisa˚, dhamma˚); AN.iii.8, AN.iii.404; AN.v.152 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; Mil.33, Mil.251; Vism.212 (sadd …
vepurisikā →
pts
woman resembling a man (sexually), a man-like woman, androgyn Vin.ii.271; Vin.iii.129.
vi + purisa + aka
verin →
pts
adjective bearing hostility, inimical, revengeful Ja.iii.177; Pv.iv.3#25 (= veravanto Pv-a.252); Mil.196 Vism.296 (˚puggala), Vism.326 (˚purisa, in simile), Vism.512 (in sim.); Vb-a.89
■ Neg. *[av …
vesa →
pts
dress, apparel; (more frequently:) disguise, (assumed) appearance Ja.i.146 (pakati˚ usual dress), Ja.i.230 (āyuttaka˚); Ja.iii.418 (andha˚) Mil.12; Dhp-a.ii.4; Pv-a.62, Pv-a.93 (ummattaka˚), Pv-a. …
vesma →
pts
house Ja.v.84. A trace of the n-stem in loc. vesmani Ja.v.60.
Vedic veśman, fr. viś to enter: see visati
vesākha →
pts
Name of a month (April-May) Mhvs.1, Mhvs.73; Mhvs.29, Mhvs.1.
cp. Vedic vaiśākha
vesārajja →
pts
(the Buddha’s or an Arahant’s) perfect selfconfidence (which is of 4 kinds), self-satisfaction, subject of confidence. The four are given in full at MN.i.71 sq. viz. highest knowledge, khīṇāsava stat …
veti →
pts
to go away, disappear, wane SN.iii.135; AN.ii.51; Ja.iii.154; Dhs-a.329. Cp. vyavayāti.
vi + eti, of i; Sk. vyeti
veṭha →
pts
wrap, in sīsa˚; head-wrap, turban MN.i.244; SN.iv.56.
fr. viṣṭ, veṣṭ.
veṭhana →
pts
- surrounding, enveloping Ja.vi.489.
- a turban head-dress DN.i.126; AN.i.145; AN.iii.380 (sīsa˚); Ja.v.187; Dhp-a.iv.213; Pv-a.161.
- wrapping, clothing, wrap shawl Ja.vi.12
■ Cp. *[pali˚](/de …
vi →
pts
indeclinable
I.
- 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 …
vibhāvana →
pts
-ā (f.)
- making clear, ascertainment, explanation, exposition Ja.iii.389; Vb.342, Vb.343 (ā); Snp-a.13, Snp-a.261 sq., Snp-a.318; Vb-a.409 (ā) Thag-a.76 (ā), Thag-a.230; Pv-a.137, Pv-a.1 …
viddesa →
pts
enmity, hatred Ja.iii.353; Thag-a.268.
fr. vi + disa
viddesanā →
pts
enmity Thig.446; Ja.iii.353.
abstr. formation fr. viddesa, cp. disatā2
viddhaṃsana →
pts
adjective noun shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.) undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying SN.iv.83; Mil.351 (kosajja˚); Ja.i.322; Ja.v.267 (adj.); Vism.85 (vikkhepa +); Vv-a.58, Vv-a.161 (a …
videsa →
pts
foreign country Mil.326; Vv-a.338.
vi + desa; cp. disā at Vin.i.50
vidisā →
pts
an intermediate point of the compass SN.i.224; SN.iii.239; Snp.1122; Ja.i.20, Ja.i.101; Ja.vi.6, Ja.vi.531.
vi + disā
vigacchati →
pts
to depart, disappear; to decrease DN.i.138 (bhogakkhandha vigacchissati); Sdhp.523. pp. vigata.
vi + gacchati
vigama →
pts
(-˚) going away, disappearance, departing, departure Dāvs v.68 (sabb’ āsava˚); Dhs-a.166; Sdhp.388 (jighacchā˚), Sdhp.503 (sandeha˚).
fr. vi + gam
vigata →
pts
˚- gone away, disappeared, ceased; having lost or foregone (for-gone = vi-gata), deprived of, being without; often to be trsld simply as prep. “without. It nearly always occurs in compou …
vihesikā →
pts
fright Ja.iii.147 (C. says “an expression of fearfullness”).
probably for Sk. *vibhīṣikā, fr. bhī, Epic Sk. bhīṣā, cp. bhīṣma = P. bhiṃsa (q.v.)
viheti →
pts
Viheti1
to be afraid (of) Ja.v.154 (= bhāyati C.). Cp. vibheti.
for bibheti?
Viheti2
to be given up, to disappear, to go awav Ja.iv.216 Kern,
Toevoegse …
vikkama →
pts
- walking about, stepping; in -malaka walking-enclosure, “περιπατεϊον”, corridor Ja.i.449.
- strength, heroism Ja.ii.211, Ja.ii.398; Ja.iii.386 (˚porisa).
fr. vi + kram
vikkhittaka →
pts
adjective
- 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 …
vilomana →
pts
discrepancy, disagreement, reverse Dhs-a.253.
fr. viloma
vilometi →
pts
to dispute, disagree with, to find fault Ne.22; Mil.29, Mil.295; Dhs-a.253.
Denom. fr. viloma
vimaṭṭha →
pts
adjective smoothed, soft, smooth, polished Ja.v.96 (˚ābharana), (C. explains as “visāla”), Ja.v.204, Ja.v.400 (of ornaments)
■ ubhato-bhāga˚; polished or smooth on both sides MN.i.385; AN.v.61 = …
vimhaya →
pts
astonishment, surprise, disappointment Ja.v.69 (in expln of vyamhita) Mhvs.5, Mhvs.92; Snp-a.42 (explaining “vata”), Snp-a.256 (do. for “ve” = aho); DN-a.i.43; Vv-a.234, Vv-a.329.
cp. …
vimhāpana →
pts
dismaying, deceiving, disappointing Vism.24 (in expln of kuhana); Dhtp.633 (id.).
fr. vimhāpeti
vimāna →
pts
Vimāna1
neuter lit. covering a certain space, measuring; the defns given by Dhpāla refer it to “without measure,” i.e. immeasurable. Thus = vigata-māne appamāṇe mahanta vara-p …
vipariṇāma →
pts
change (for the worse), reverse, vicissitude DN.iii.216 (˚dukkhatā); MN.i.457 (see [as “disappointment”](/define/as “disappointment”)); SN.ii.274; SN.iii.8; SN.iv.7 sq., SN.iv.67 sq. AN.ii.177 (˚dhamm …
vippavadati →
pts
to dispute, disagree Ja.iv.163; Ja.vi.267.
vi + pavadati
vippayutta →
pts
separated SN.ii.173 (visaṃyutta +); Snp.914 (or ˚mutta). -paccaya the relation of dissociation Tikp.6, Kp.53 sq., Kp.65; Vism.539.
vi + payutta
vippaṭisāra →
pts
bad conscience, remorse, regret, repentance Vin.ii.250; DN.i.138; SN.iii.120, SN.iii.125; SN.iv.46; AN.iii.166, AN.iii.197, AN.iii.353; AN.iv.69; Ja.iv.12; Ja.v.88; Pp.62; Dhp-a.iv.42; Vv-a.116; Pv\ …
vippaṭisārin →
pts
adjective remorseful, regretful, repentant SN.iii.125 SN.iv.133, SN.iv.320 sq., SN.iv.359 sq.; AN.iii.165 sq.; AN.iv.244, AN.iv.390; Ja.i.200; Mil.10, Mil.285; Tikp.321, Kp.346.
fr. vippaṭisāra; cp. …
viraddhi →
pts
(missing, failure?) at Vin.i.359 is uncertain reading. The vv.ll. are visuddhi, visandi & visandhi with explains “viddhaṭṭhāna” & “viraddhaṭṭhāna” see p. 395.
viruta →
pts
noise, sound (of animals), cry Snp.927; explained as “virudaṃ [spelling with d, like ruda for ruta] vuccati-miga-cakkaṃ; miga-cakka-pāthakā [i.e. experts in the ways of animals; knowers of auspice …
visa →
pts
poison, virus venom MN.i.316 = SN.ii.110; Thag.418; Thag.768; Snp.1 (sappa snake venom); AN.ii.110; Ja.i.271 (halāhala˚ deadly p.), Ja.iii.201; Ja.iv.222; Pp.48; Mil.302; Pv-a.62, Pv-a.256; Thag-a. …
visabhāga →
pts
adjective different, unusual, extraordinary, uncommon Mil.78 sq.; DN-a.i.212; Vism.180 (purisassa itthisarīraṃ, itthiyā purisa-sarīraṃ visabhāgaṃ), Vism.516; Dhp-a.iv.52; Pv-a.118. -ārammaṇa pu …
visada →
pts
adjective
- clean, pure, white DN.ii.14; Mil.93, Mil.247; Dāvs v.28.
- clear, manifest Mil.93; Dhs-a.321, Dhs-a.328 (a˚); Vb-a.388 sq.
-kiriyā making clear: see under *[vat …
visadatā →
pts
purity, clearness Vism.134 (vatthu˚).
abstr. fr. visada
visaggatā →
pts
see *a*˚.
visahati →
pts
to be able, to dare, to venture Snp.1069 (= ussahati sakkoti Cnd.600); Ja.i.152
ppr neg. avisahanto unable Vv-a.69, Vv-a.112; and avisahamāna Ja.i.91
ger visayha (q.v.). …
visajjana →
pts
Visajjana & visajjeti
see viss˚.
visajjati →
pts
to hang on, cling to, stick to, adhere (fig.) only in pp. visatta (q.v.)
■ The apparent ger. form visajja belongs to vissajjati.
vi + sajjati, Pass. of sañj; the regula …
visajjeti →
pts
Visajjana & visajjeti
see viss˚.
visakkiya →
pts
in -dūta is a special kind of messenger Vin.iii.74.
vi + sakkiya?
visalla →
pts
adjective free from pain or grief SN.i.180; Snp.17, Snp.86 = Snp.367.
vi + salla
visama →
pts
adjective
- uneven, unequal, disharmonious, contrary AN.i.74; Pv-a.47 (vāta), Pv-a.131 (a˚ = sama of the “middle” path).
- (morally) discrepant lawless, wrong AN.iii.285; AN.v.329; Snp.57 (cp. Cn …
visamāyati →
pts
to be uneven DN.ii.269 (so read for visamā yanti).
Denom. fr. visama
visanna →
pts
sunk into (loc.), immersed Ja.iv.399. The poetical form is vyasanna.
pp. of visīdati
visappana →
pts
in -rasa at Vism.470 is not clear. Is it “spreading”, or misprint for visa-pāna?
vi + sṛp
visara →
pts
multitude DN-a.i.40.
vi + sara
visaritā →
pts
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 …
visata →
pts
Visaṭa & visata
spread, diffused, wide, broad DN.iii.167 (ṭ); Snp.1 (T. reads t, variant reading BB has ṭ); Ja.ii.439; Ja.iv.499 (t); Mil.221, Mil.354 (ṭ; + vitthata) Mil.357. Cp. anu˚. Visata & v …
visati →
pts
to enter, only in combination with prefixes like upa˚, pa˚, pari˚, saṃ˚, abhisaṃ˚, etc.… See also vesma (house).
viś, cp. viś dwelling-place, veśa; Gr. οίκος house, οἰκέω to dwe …
visatta →
pts
hanging on (fig.), sticking or clinging to, entangled in (loc.) AN.ii.25; Snp.38, Snp.272 Cnd.597; Ja.ii.146; Ja.iii.241.
pp. of visajjati
visattikā →
pts
clinging to, adhering, attachment (to = loc.), sinful bent, lust, desire-It is almost invariably found as a syn. of taṇhā. P Commentators explain it with ref. either to *[visaṭa](/ …
visatā →
pts
Visaṭā & visatā
feminine “hanging on,” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Snp.715 (= taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs.1059 (translat …
visaya →
pts
- locality, spot, region; world, realm, province, neighbourhood Snp.977. Often in foll. combinations: petti˚; (or pitti˚) and pettika
- the world of the manes or petas MN.i.73; SN.iii.224; SN …
visayha →
pts
adjective possible Pv.iv.1#12 (yathā ˚ṃ as far as possible); a˚; impossible MN.i.207 = Vin.i.157.
ger. of visahati
visañña →
pts
adjective
- having wrong perceptions Snp.874.
- unconscious Ja.v.159. In composition with bhū as visaññī-bhūta at Ja.i.67.
vi + sañña = saññā
visaññin →
pts
adjective unconscious, one who has lost consciousness; also in meaning “of unsound mind (= ummattaka Mnd.279) AN.ii.52 (khitta-citta +); Mil.220; Sdhp.117. Visata & visata;
vi + saññin
visaṃ →
pts
is P. prefix corresponding to Sk. viṣu (or visva˚; in meaning “diverging, on opposite sides,” apart, against; only in cpd. -vādeti and derivations, lit to speak wrong, i.e. to deceive.
see *[v …
visaṃhata →
pts
removed, destroyed Thag.89.
vi + saṃhata2
visaṃsaṭṭha →
pts
adjective separated, unconnected with (instr.) MN.i.480; DN-a.i.59.
vi + saṃsaṭṭha
visaṃvāda →
pts
deceiving; neg. a˚; Mil.354.
visaṃ + vāda
visaṃvādaka →
pts
adjective deceiving, untrustworthy Vism.496; f. -ikā Ja.v.401, Ja.v.410
■ a˚; not deceiving DN.iii.170; AN.iv.249; MN.iii.33; Pp.57.
visaṃ + vādaka
visaṃvādana →
pts
-ā (f.) & -atā (f.) deceiving, disappointing AN.v.136 (˚ā); Vin.iv.2
■ a˚ honesty DN.iii.190 (-atā).
fr. visaṃvādeti
visaṃvādayitar →
pts
one who deceives another DN.iii.171.
n. ag. fr. visaṃvādeti
visaṃvādeti →
pts
to deceive with words, to break one’s word, to lie, deceive Vin.iii.143; Vin.iv.1 Ne.91
■ Neg. a˚; Ja.v.124.
visaṃ + vādeti; cp. BSk. visaṃvādayati Avs.i.262, after the Pāli
visaṃyoga →
pts
(& visaññoga) disconnection, separation from (-˚), dissociation Vin.ii.259 (ññ) = AN.iv.280; DN.iii.230 (kāma-yoga˚, bhava˚, diṭṭhi˚, avijjā˚ cp. the 4 oghas), DN.iii.276; AN.ii.11; AN.iii.156. …
visaṃyutta →
pts
(& visaññutta) adjective
- (lit.) unharnessed, unyoked Thag.1021 (half-fig.).
- detached from the world AN.i.262 = AN.iii.214; SN.ii.279 (ññ) Thag.1022; Snp.621, Snp.626, Snp.634; Dhp-a.iii.233 …
visaṅka →
pts
adjective fearless, secure; a˚; Sdhp.176.
vi + sanka; Sk. viśanka
visaṅkhita →
pts
destroyed, annihilated Dhp.154; Ja.i.493 (= viddhaṃsita Dhp-a.iii.129).
vi + sankhata
visaṅkhāra →
pts
divestment of all material things Dhp.154 (= nibbāna Dhp-a.iii.129). See sankhāra 3.
vi + sankhāra
visaṅkita →
pts
adjective suspicious, anxious Thag-a.134 (Ap. v. 78)
■ neg. a˚; not perturbed, trusting secure Sdhp.128.
pp. of vi + śaṅk
visaṭa →
pts
Visaṭa & visata
spread, diffused, wide, broad DN.iii.167 (ṭ); Snp.1 (T. reads t, variant reading BB has ṭ); Ja.ii.439; Ja.iv.499 (t); Mil.221, Mil.354 (ṭ; + vitthata) Mil.357. Cp. anu˚. Visata & v …
visaṭā →
pts
Visaṭā & visatā
feminine “hanging on,” clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short form of visattikā. Thus at Snp.715 (= taṇhā C.; spelling t); Dhs.1059 (translat …
visaṭṭha →
pts
see vissaṭṭha.
visaṭṭhi →
pts
- emission; in sukka˚; emission of semen Vin.ii.38; Vin.iii.112; Kv.163
- visaṭṭhi at SN.iii.133 and AN.iv.52 (T. visaṭṭhi probably stands for visatti in meaning “longing, …
viseni →
pts
Viseni˚
“without an enemy,” in -katvā making armyless, i.e. disarming Snp.833, Snp.1078. Explained in the Niddesa as “keep away as enemies, conquering” Mnd.174 = Cnd.602 (where Nd i.reads paṭiseni …
visevita →
pts
- restlessness, trick, capers MN.i.446 (of a horse; combined with visūkāyita).
- disagreement SN.i.123 (= viruddha-sevita K.S. i.320). Bdhgh at K.S. ii.203 reads *-sedh …
vissa →
pts
Vissa1
adjective all, every, entire; only in Np. Vissakamma. The word is antiquated in Pāli (for it sabba); a few cases in poetry are doubtful. Thus at Dhp.266 (dhamma), where Dhp-a.iii …
vissagga →
pts
dispensing, serving, donation, giving out, holding (a meal), only in phrases bhatta˚; the function of a meal. Vin.ii.153 iv.263; Pv.iii.2#9 (so read for vissatta) Mil.9 Snp-a.19 140; and dāna˚ best …
vissajjati →
pts
- The pres. vissajjati is not in use. The only forms of the simple verb system are the foll.:
ger vissajja, usually written visajja, in meaning “setting free,” giving …
vissaṭṭha →
pts
- let loose; sent (out); released, dismissed; thrown; given out Mhvs.10, Mhvs.68; Ja.i.370; Ja.iii.373; Pv-a.46, Pv-a.64, Pv-a.123, Pv-a.174.
- (of the voice.) distinct, well enunciated DN.i.1 …
vissaṭṭhi →
pts
see visaṭṭhi.
visāda →
pts
depression, dejection DN.i.248; DN-a.i.121; Sdhp.117. Cp. visīdati.
fr. vi + sad
visāhaṭa →
pts
adjective only neg. a˚; imperturbed, balanced Dhs.11, Dhs.15, Dhs.24 etc.
visa + āhaṭa
visāhāra →
pts
distractedness, perturbation; neg. a˚; balance Dhs.11, Dhs.15.
visa + āhāra, or vi + saṃ + āhāra
visākha →
pts
adjective having branches, forked; in ti˚ three-branched SN.i.118 = MN.i.109.
visākhā as adj.
visākhā →
pts
Name of a lunar mansion (nakkhatta) or month (see vesākha), usually as visākha˚ (-puṇṇamā), e.g. Snp-a.391; Vv-a.165.
vi + sākhā, Sk. viśākhā
visāla →
pts
adjective wide, broad, extensive Snp.38; Ja.v.49, Ja.v.215 (˚pakhuma); Mil.102, Mil.311.
- -akkhī (f.) having large eyes Ja.v.40; Vv.37#1 (+ vipulalocanā; or a petī).
cp. Sk. viśāla
visālatā →
pts
breadth, extensiveness Vv-a.104.
abstr. fr. visāla
visāra →
pts
spreading, diffusion, scattering Dhs-a.118.
fr. vi + sṛ.
visārada →
pts
adjective self-possessed, confident; knowing how to conduct oneself, skilled, wise DN.i.175; DN.ii.86; SN.i.181; SN.iv.246; SN.v.261; AN.ii.8 (vyatta +); AN.iii.183, AN.iii.203, AN.iv.310, AN.iv.314 …
visāraka →
pts
adjective spreading, extending, expanding Vin.iii.97 (vattu˚ T.; vatthu˚ MSS.).
vi + sāraka, of sṛ.
visāta →
pts
adjective crushed to pieces, destroyed MN.ii.102 (˚gabbha, with mūḷha-gabbha; variant reading vighāta).
fr. vi + śat, cp. sāṭeti
visāṇa →
pts
- the horn of an animal (as cow, ox, deer, rhinoceros) Vin.i.191; AN.ii.207; AN.iv.376; Snp.35 (khagga˚, q.v.), Snp.309; Pp.56 (miga˚); Tha-ap.50 (usabha˚); Ja.i.505; Mil.103.
- (see [as m.](/defin …
visāṭita →
pts
cut in pieces, smashed, broken Ja.ii.163 (= bhinna C.).
pp. of vi + sāṭeti
visīdati →
pts
- to sink down Ja.iv.223.
- to falter, to be dejected or displeased SN.i.7; AN.iii.158; Pp.65
pp visanna.
vi + sad; cp. visāda & pp. BSk.; viṣaṇṇa Divy.44
vitakka →
pts
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 …
vitarati →
pts
- 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 …
viyatta →
pts
- (adj.) determined, of settled opinion, learned, accomplished; only in stock phrase sāvakā viyattā vinītā visāradā (which Rh. D trsls “true hearers, wise and well-trained, ready etc. …
viyārambha →
pts
striving, endeavour, undertaking Snp.953 (explained as the 3 abhisankhāras, viz puñña˚, apuñña˚ & āneñja˚ at Mnd.442).
vi + ārambha
viññāṇa →
pts
(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 …
vobhindati →
pts
to split; ppr. -anto (fig.) hair-splitting DN.i.162; MN.i.176; aor. vobhindi (lit.) to break, split (one’s head, sīsaṃ) MN.i.336.
vi + ava + bhindati
vokāra →
pts
- difference Snp.611.
- constituent of being (i.e. the khandhas), usually as eka˚, catu˚ & pañca˚-bhava;, e.g. Kv.261; Vb.137 Tikp.32, Kp.36 sq.; Vism.572; Kp-a.245; Snp-a.19, Snp-a.158 In thi …
vuṭṭhita →
pts
risen (out of), aroused, having come back from (abl.) DN.ii.9 (paṭisallāṇā); Snp.p.59; SN.iv.294.
pp. of vuṭṭhahati; cp. uṭṭhita
vyagghīnasa →
pts
hawk SN.i.148 (as ˚nisa); Ja.vi.538. Another word for “hawk” is sakuṇagghi.
?
vyasanna →
pts
sunk into (loc.), immersed Ja.iv.399; Ja.v.16 (here doubtful; not, as C. vyasanāpanna; gloss visanna; vv.ll. in C.: vyaccanna viphanna, visatta).
metric (diaeretic) for visanna
vyattaya →
pts
opposition, reversal; in purisa˚; change of person (gram.) Snp-a.545; vacana˚; reversal of number (i.e. sg. & pl.) DN-a.i.141; Snp-a.509.
vi + ati + aya
vyavayāti →
pts
to go away, disappear Ja.v.82.
vi + ava(= apa) + i, cp. apeti & veti;
vyañjana →
pts
- (accompanying) attribute, distinctive mark, sign characteristic (cp. anu˚) Snp.549, Snp.1017; Thag.819 (metric viyañjana); Ja.v.86 (viyañjanena under the pretext) Dhs.1306. gihi˚; characteristi …
vyādinna →
pts
at AN.iii.64 (soto vikkhitto visato +) is doubtful in reading & meaning (“split”?). It must mean something like “interrupted, diverted.” The vv.ll. are vicchinna & jiṇṇa.
for vyādiṇṇa, vi + ādiṇṇa?
vyāpajjati →
pts
instrumental to go wrong, to fail, disagree; to be troubled; also (trs.) to do harm, to injure SN.iii.119; SN.iv.184 = Cnd.40 (by˚); AN.iii.101 (bhattaṃ me vyāpajjeyya disagrees with me, makes me ill) …
vyāpanna →
pts
adjective spoilt, disagreeing, gone wrong; corrupt; only with citta, i.e. a corrupted heart, or a malevolent intention; adj. malevolent DN.i.139; DN.iii.82; AN.i.262, AN.i.299; opp. …
vā →
pts
indeclinable part. of disjunction: “or”; always enclitic Kp viii. (itthiyā purisassa vā; mātari pitari vā pi). Usually repeated vā-vā (is it so-) or, either-or, e.g. Snp.1024 (Brahmā vā Indo vā p …
vāta →
pts
wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: “internal and “external” winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vb.84, quoted a …
vīra →
pts
manly, mighty, heroic; a hero SN.i.137; Snp.44 Snp.165 (not dhīra), Snp.642, Snp.1096, Snp.1102; Thag.736 (nara˚ hero) Cnd.609; Dhp-a.iv.225
■ mahā˚; a hero SN.i.110, SN.i.193 SN.iii.83 (of the …
vīsati →
pts
Vīsati & vīsaṃ
indeclinable number 20
■ Both forms are used indiscriminately
- vīsati, e.g. Vin.ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Snp.457 (catu-vīsat’akkharaṃ); …
vīsaṃ →
pts
Vīsati & vīsaṃ
indeclinable number 20
■ Both forms are used indiscriminately
- vīsati, e.g. Vin.ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Snp.457 (catu-vīsat’akkharaṃ); …
vīti →
pts
Vīti˚
is the contracted prepositional combination vi + ati, representing an emphatic ati, e.g. in the foll.:
- -(k)kama 1 going beyond, transgression, sin Vin.iii.112; Vin.iv. …
vīvadāta →
pts
adjective clean, pure Snp.784, Snp.881. Visati & visam
vi + avadāta, the metric form of vodāta
y →
pts
-Y-
combination consonant (sandhi), inserted (euphonically) between 2 vowels for the avoidance of hiatus. It has arisen purely phonetically from i as a sort of “gliding or semi-vowel within a wo …
ya →
pts
Ya˚
I. Forms
(See inflection also at Geiger, P.Gr. § 110.) The decl. is similar to that of ta˚ among the more rarely found forms we only mention the foll.
■ sg. nom. m. *[yo](/define/y …
yakkha →
pts
- name of certain non-human beings, as spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts spooks. Their usual epithet and category of being is amanussa, i.e. not a human being (but not a sublime g …
yama →
pts
Yama1
restraint Pv-a.98 (+ niyama).
fr. yam
Yama2
the ruler of the kingdom of the dead. See details in Dicty. of Names. In compounds often in general sense of “death” or …
yanti →
pts
is 3rd pl. pres. of yā: see yāti
■ Note. At DN.ii.269 we should combine yanti with preceding visamā sambādhā, thus forming denom. verbs: *visamāyanti …
yasa →
pts
Yaso & Yasa
neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …
yaso →
pts
Yaso & Yasa
neuter glory, fame, repute success, high position. On term as used with ref. to the brahmin see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 128, 129. The prevailing idea of Dhammapāla is that yaso consist …
yathā →
pts
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 …
yañña →
pts
- a brahmanic sacrifice.
- alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.
The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …
yoga →
pts
lit. “yoking, or being yoked,” i.e. connection bond, means; fig. application, endeavour, device
- yoke, yoking (rare?) Ja.vi.206 (meant here the yoke of the churning-sticks; cp. Ja.vi.209).
- conn …
yojeti →
pts
- to yoke, harness, tie, bind Pv.ii.9#36 (vāhana, the draught-bullock); Mhvs.35, Mhvs.40 (yojayi aor.; variant reading for yojāpayi); Pv-a.74 (sindhave).
- to furnish (with), combine, unite, mix, …
yoni →
pts
- the womb.
- origin, way of birth, place of birth, realm of existence; nature, matrix There are four yonis or ways of being born or generation viz. aṇḍaja oviparous creation, …
yuga →
pts
- the yoke of a plough (usually) or a carriage Dhp-a.i.24 (yugaṃ gīvaṃ bādhati presses on the neck); Pv-a.127 (ratha˚); Sdhp.468 (of a carriage) Also at Snp.834 in phrase dhonena yugaṃ samāgamā w …
yācitaka →
pts
adjective asked, begged, borrowed MN.i.365 (˚ṃ bhogaṃ) Ja.iv.358 = Ja.vi.127 (˚ṃ yānaṃ and ˚ṃ dhanaṃ, alluding to MN.i.365–MN.i.366), with expln Ja.iv.358: “yaṃ parena dinnattā labbhati taṃ …
yādisa →
pts
adjective which like, what like, whichever, how much; in neg. sentence any, whatever little
■ Pv.ii.1#19 (= yāva mahanto Pv-a.77)
■ Often combined with kīdisa in meaning “an …
yādisaka →
pts
Err:501
yāga →
pts
- A (brahmanic) sacrifice, known otherwise as mahāyāga (or pl ˚yāgā), and consisting of the 4: assamedha, purisamedha sammāpāsa, vāja-peyya. Thus mentioned at SN.i.76 & Snp.3 …
yāgu →
pts
rice-gruel, rice-milk (to drink). See Vin. Texts ii.89. Vin.i.46 = Vin.ii.223 (sace yāgu hoti, bhājanaṃ dhovitvā yāgu upanametabbā; yāguṃ pītassa udakaṃ datvā…), 51 (id.), Vin.ii.61 (id.), Vin.ii. …
yāva →
pts
adverb
- (as prep.) up to (a point), as far as, how far so far that (cp. tāva I), both temporal and local, used either with absolute form of noun or adj. (base), or nom., or abl. or *acc …
ā →
pts
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 …
ābādha →
pts
affliction, illness, disease Vin.iv.261; DN.i.72; DN.ii.13; AN.i.121; AN.iii.94, AN.iii.143; AN.iv.333, AN.iv.415 sq., AN.iv.440; Dhp.138; Pp.28 Vism.41 (udara-vāta˚) Vism.95; Vv-a.351 (an˚ safe & s …
ādesa →
pts
information, pointing out; as tt. g. characteristic, determination, substitute, e.g. kutonidānā is at Snp-a.303 said to equal kiṃ-nidānā, the to of kuto (abl.) equalling or being substituted for the …
ādisati →
pts
- to announce, tell, point out, refer to
- to dedicate (a gift, dakkhiṇaṃ or dānaṃ).
pres ind. ādisati DN.i.213 = AN.i.170 (tell or read one’s character); Snp.1112 (atītaṃ); Mn …
ādissa →
pts
at MN.iii.133 is an imper. pres. meaning “take”, & should probably better be read; ādiya (in corresponsion with ādāna). It is not grd. of ādisati, which its form might suggest.
Ādi …
ādīnava →
pts
disadvantage, danger (in or through = loc.) DN.i.38 (vedanānaṃ assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca etc.), DN.i.213 (iddhi-pāṭihāriye MN.i.318; SN.i.9 (ettha bhīyo), SN.ii.170 sq. (dhātūnaṃ); SN.iii.27, SN.iii.62, …
āgata →
pts
- come, arrived Mil.18 (˚kāraṇa the reason of his coming); Vv-a.78 (˚ṭṭhāna); Pv-a.81 (kiṃ āgat’attha why have you come here) come by, got, attained (˚-) AN.ii.110 = Pp.48 (˚visa); Mhvs.xiv.28 (˚p …
ājāniya →
pts
Ājāniya (ājānīya)
adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa3).
- ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …
ājānīya →
pts
Ājāniya (ājānīya)
adjective noun of good race or breed; almost exclusively used to denote a thoroughbred horse (cp. assājāniya under assa3).
- ājāniya (the more common & younger Pāli f …
ālokita →
pts
looking before, looking at, looking forward (opp. vilokitaṃ looking behind or backward), always in combn. ālokita-vilokita in ster. phrase at DN.i.70 = e.g. AN.ii.104, AN.ii.106, AN.ii.2 …
āma →
pts
Āma1
indeclinable affirmative part. “yes, indeed, certainly” DN.i.192 sq. (as variant reading BB.; T. has āmo); Ja.i.115 Ja.i.226 (in C. expln. of T. amā-jāta which is to be re …
āmisa →
pts
- originally raw meat; hence prevailing notion of “raw unprepared, uncultivated”; thus -khāra raw lye Vin.i.206.
- “fleshy, of the flesh” (as opposed to mind or spirit), hence material, physical; …
ānejja →
pts
and Ānañja immovability, imperturbability, impassibility. The word is n. but occurs as adj. at Vin.iii.109 (ānañja samādhi, with which cp. BSk. ānijyā śāntiḥ at Avs.i.199
■ T …
ānisada →
pts
“sit down”, bottom, behind MN.i.80 = MN.i.245; Ja.iii.435 (gloss asata) Vism.251 = Kp-a.45 (˚ttaca), Kp-a.252 (˚maṃsa).
a + sad
ānisaṃsa →
pts
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 …
āpāthaka →
pts
adjective belonging to the (perceptual) sphere of, visible, in -nisādin lying down visible DN.iii.44, DN.iii.47. Cp. āpathaka.
fr. āpātha
ārakkha →
pts
watch, guard, protection, care DN.ii.59; DN.iii.289; SN.iv.97, SN.iv.175, SN.iv.195; AN.ii.120; AN.iii.38; AN.iv.266, AN.iv.270, AN.iv.281 (˚sampadā), AN.iv.322 (id.), AN.iv.400; AN.v.29 sq.; Ja.i.203 …
ārammaṇa →
pts
primary meaning “foundation”, from this applied in the foll. senses:
- support, help, footing, expedient, anything to be depended upon as a means of achieving what is desired, i.e. basis of operatio …
āsajja →
pts
indeclinable
- sitting on, going to, approaching; allocated, belonging to; sometimes merely as prep. acc “near” (cp. āsanna) Snp.418 (āsajja naṃ upāvisi he came up near to him), Snp.448 (kāko va sel …
āsana →
pts
sitting, sitting down; a seat, throne MN.i.469; Vin.i.272 (= pallankassa okāsa); SN.i.46 (ek sitting alone, a solitary seat); AN.iii.389 (an˚ without a seat); Snp.338, Snp.718, Snp.810, Snp.981; Mnd.1 …
āsappanā →
pts
(fr.) lit. “creeping on to”, doubt, mistrust, always combd. with parisappanā Nd3 1; Dhs.1004 (trsl. “evasion”, cp. Dhs trsl. p 116), Dhs.1118, Dhs.1235 …
āsava →
pts
that which; flows (out or on to) outflow & influx.
- spirit, the intoxicating extract or secretion of a tree or flower, O. C in Vin.iv.110 (four kinds); B. on DN.iii.182 (five kinds Dhs-a.48; Kp-a …
āsaṅkita →
pts
adjective suspected, in fear, afraid, apprehensive, doubtful (obj. & subj.) Mil.173, Mil.372 (˚parisankita full of apprehension and suspicion); Dhp-a.i.223; Vv-a.110
■ Cp. *ussaṅkita & parisaṅkita …
āsita →
pts
*Āsita1
“having eaten”, but probably māsita (pp. of mṛś to touch, cp. Sk. mṛśita, which is ordinarily in massita), since it only occurs in combns. where m precedes, viz. Ja …
āsiṃsanā →
pts
desire, wish, craving Ja.v.28; Dhs.1059, Dhs.1136 (+ āsiṃsitatta). As āsīsanā at Ne.53.
abstr. fr. ā + śaṃs, cp. āsiṃsati
āsiṃsati →
pts
to hope for wish, pray for (lit. praise for the sake of gain), desire (w. acc.) SN.i.34, SN.i.62; Snp.779, Snp.1044, Snp.1046 (see Cnd.135) Ja.i.267; Ja.iii.251; Ja.iv.18; Ja.v.435; Ja.vi.43; Mnd.60; …
āsā →
pts
expectation, hope, wish, longing, desire; adj. āsa (-˚) longing for, anticipating, desirous of Vin.i.255 (˚avacchedika hope-destroying), Vin.i.259; DN.ii.206; DN.iii.88; MN.iii.138 (āsaṃ karoti); …
āsīdati →
pts
- to come together, lit. to sit by DN.i.248 (variant reading BB ādisitvā for āsīditvā, to be preferred?).
- to come or go near, to approach (w. acc.), to get (to) AN.iii.69 (āsīvisaṃ), AN.iii.373 (n …
āsīsanā →
pts
see āsiṃsanā.
āsīvisa →
pts
snake Vin.iv.108; SN.iv.172; AN.ii.110; AN.iii.69; Ja.i.245; Ja.ii.274; Ja.iv.30, Ja.iv.496; Ja.v.82, Ja.v.267; Pp.48; Vism.470 (in comp.); Dhp-a.i.139; Dhp-a.ii.8, Dhp-a.ii.38; Snp-a.334, Snp-a. …
āvesana →
pts
entrance; workshop; living-place, house Vin.ii.117 (˚vitthaka, meaning?); MN.ii.53; Pv.ii.9#15.
fr. āvisati
āvisati →
pts
to approach, to enter Vin.iv.334; Snp.936 (aor. āvisi); Ja.iv.410, Ja.iv.496; Vism.42.
ā + vīś
āyata →
pts
- (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) DN.iii.73 (ñātikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); MN.i.178 (dīghato ā˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); Ja.i.77, Ja.i.273 (tettiṃs’-angul’āyato khagg …
āyuka →
pts
(-˚) adjective -being of life; having a life or age AN.iv.396 (niyat˚); Vv-a.196 (yāvatāyukā dibbasampatti divine bliss lasting for a lifetime). Esp. freq in combn. with *[dīgha](/define …
īdisa →
pts
adjective such like, such Dhs-a.400 (f. ˚ī); Pv-a.50, (id.) Pv-a.51
Sk. īdṛs, ī + dṛś, lit. so-looking
īsaka →
pts
pole Ja.ii.152; Ja.vi.456 (˚agga the top of a pole).
dimin. of īsā
īsakaṃ →
pts
adverb a little, slightly, easily MN.i.450; Ja.i.77; Ja.vi.456; DN-a.i.252, DN-a.i.310; Vv-a.36; Vism.136 Vism.137, Vism.231, īsakam pi even a little Vism.106; Sdhp.586.
nt. of īsaka
īsāka →
pts
adjective having a pole (said of a carriage) Ja.vi.252.
fr. īsā
ūna →
pts
adjective wanting, deficient less MN.ii.73; Ja.v.330; Dhp-a.i.77; Dhp-a.iv.210. Mostly adverbially with numerals = one less, but one, minus (one or two); usually with eka (as ekūna …
ḍahati →
pts
(& dahati) to burn (trs.) consume, torment MN.i.365; MN.ii.73 AN.v.110; Ja.ii.44 (aor. 3 sg. med. adaḍḍha = Sk. adagdha) Dhp.31, Dhp.71, Dhp.140; Mil.45, Mil.112 (cauterize). Pp. *[daḍḍha](/define/daḍ …
ḍāha →
pts
burning, glow, heat DN.i.10 (disā˚ sky-glow = zodiacal light?); MN.i.244; Pv-a.62; Mil.325. Sometimes spelt dāha, e.g. AN.i.178 (aggi˚) Sdhp.201 (id.); - dava˚; a jungle fire Vin.ii.138; Ja.i.461 …
ṭhāna →
pts
(ṭṭhāna) neuter
I. Connotation
As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)
- contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
- by itself without parti …