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Pali English Dictionary by P.A. Payutto[]

Adapted from Original Work By P.A. Payutto with added Sanskrit words

This dictionary is linkable i.e. the words in various pages can be linked to this dictionary. This dictionary also has many Sanskrit words added to help many people who understand Sanskrit like languages such as Hindi etc. Those words for which Sanskrit equivalent is not given, either the Pali word itself is same as in Sanskrit or it is not available yet.

Abbreviations used :

adj. Adjective
v. verb
lit. Literally
{*} newly coined Pali term
{mis.} Misleading
{T.} in Thai usage
n. Noun

Note : c is pronounced as ch as in China unless otherwise specified.

A[]

Abbhanjati[]

v. to anoint; n. anointment.

Abbhukkirati, Sincati[]

[Sanskrit: ;Sinchati , 'ch' as in china]v. to sprinkle.

Abboharika[]

insignificant; negligible; ineffective.

Abhidhamma[]

[Sanskrit: abhi dharma]the Higher Doctrine; Further Dhamma; the analytic doctrine of the Buddhist Canon.

Abhidhammabhanana*[]

funeral chanting {of Abhidhamma excerpts}; requiem chanting.

Abhidhammapitaka[]

the Abhidhamma Pitaka; the Basket of the Higher Doctrine.

Abhijjha[]

covetousness.

Abhinna[]

[Sanskrit: abhi gyan]{five or six kinds of} Higher Knowledge; Superknowledges; Supernormal Powers; higher psychic powers.

Abhisamacara[]

[Sanskrit: ~acharan]higher training in proper conduct; higher practice of the train- ing; rules about decent conduct; specialized or minor precepts.

Abhisamaya[]

attainment; realization; penetration.

Abhisambodhi[]

the supreme enlightenment.

Abhisameti; Papunati; Sacchikaroti[]

to attain; realize; reach; achieve; experience for oneself.

Abhivada[]

[Sanskrit: Abhivadan]to bow to the ground; to pay respect by making the five-point prostration; to prostrate.

Abhivadanacela*[]

[Sanskrit: abhivadan~]cloth for placing the forehead on when bowing down; prostrating cloth.

Abyakata; Avyakata[]

adj. unexplained; inexplicable; indeterminate; neutral; unexplained.

Abyapada[]

non-hatred; absence of ill-will; loving-kindness.

acara[]

[Sanskrit: aachar; 'ch' as in china]conduct; behaviour.

acariya[]

[Sanskrit: acharya ; 'ch' as in china]a teacher; regular instructor.

Acchariya[]

adj. wonderful; marvellous; astonishing; exceptional; extraordinary;{T.} genius.

acinnakamma[]

habitual kamma; habitual act. honesty; integrity.

Acinteyya[]

[Sanskrit: achinteyya; 'ch' as in china]the {four} unthinkables.

Addhapallankanisajja[]

v. to sit flat with both legs tucked back to one side; sit sideways.

adesanapatihariya[]

[Sanskrit: adeshana pratiharya]miraculous ability of mind-reading or knowing other people's character; marvel of thought- reading.

Adhamma[]

[Sanskrit: adharma]misconduct; unrighteousness; injustice; false doctrine. adj. unjust;unrighteous.

Adhicittasikkha[]

[Sanskrit: adhik chitta siksha; 'ch' as in china]training in higher mentality; mental discipline.

Adhikamasa[]

intercalary month; {a year with} an extra eighth lunar month.

Adhikarana[]

a case; question; affair; lawsuit; dispute; disciplinary case of dispute; legal process; legal question.

Adhikaranasamatha[]

settling of a case, a question, a dispute or a lawsuit; transaction; settlement of legal processes.

Adhikarapatta*[]

[Sanskrit: adhikar patra]certificate of appointment; credentials; eccl. warrant.

Adhikasuradina*[]

{T.} intercalary solar day; {a year with} an extra day {29 February}.

Adhikavara[]

intercalary lunar day; {a year with} an extra day {15th of the seventh waning moon}.

Adhimokkha[]

determination; resolution; conviction.

Adhipannasikkha[]

[Sanskrit: adhik pragya siksha]training in higher wisdom.

Adhipateyya[]

[Sanskrit: adhipatya]1. supremacy. 2.{T.} sovereignty.

Adhisilasikkha[]

[Sanskrit: adhik sheel siksha]training in higher morality.

Adhitthana[]

[Sanskrit: adhishtthan]resolve; decision; resolution; determination. v. to determine {a robe or a bowl} for regular personal use.

Adhitthitacivara[]

the determined robes; the three robes determined for regular personal use.

adibrahmacariya[]

[Sanskrit: adi brahmacharya]rudiments of the training in the Holy celibate Life; fundamentals of the Sublime Life; fundamental or major precepts.

adikammika[]

1. name of the first main division of the Vinaya Pitaka. 2. the beginner; the first transgressor; the first doer.

adinava, vajja, dosa[]

fault; blemish; defect; corruption; depravity; disadvantage.

Adinnadana[]

taking what is not given; stealing.

Adosa[]

[Sanskrit: advesh]non-hatred; non-anger; amity; hatelessness.

Adukkhamasukha[]

neither pain nor happiness; indifferent feeling. adj. neither painful nor pleasurable.

agantuka[]

[Sanskrit: agantuk]a guest; new-comer; stranger.

Agati[]

wrong way of behaviour; prejudice; bias.

Aggasavaka[]

[Sanskrit: agra shavak]the most distinguished disciples; {the two} Chief Disciples, i.e. Sariputta and Mahamoggallana

aghata[]

[Sanskrit: aghaat]malice; hatred; revengefulness.

Agocara[]

[Sanskrit: agochara; 'ch' as in china]wrong pasture; wrong resort; non-resorts for alms; improper haunts; evil haunts.

Ahamkara[]

[Sanskrit: ahankar]lit. the making of the utterance I; egoity; egotism; ego-consciousness; the concept of 'I'; 'I'-making; {T.} arrogance; haughtiness.

ahara[]

food; nutriment.

Ahetukaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: ahetu drishti]lit. the theory of causelessness; the theory that there is no cause of a phenomenon; doctrine of non-causality.

Ahimsa, Avihimsa[]

[Sanskrit: ahinsa]non-violence; non-harming; inoffensiveness; non- injury.

Ahosikamma[]

[Sanskrit: ~karma]defunct kamma; an act or thought which has no longer any potential force.

ajivaka[]

a kind of non-Buddhist ascetics, mostly naked.

ajivaparisuddhisila[]

[Sanskrit: Ajivika Parishuddhi Sheel]discipline as regards purity of livelihood; Purity of Conduct connected with Livelihood.

Akalamarana[]

[Sanskrit: akal maran]untimely death.

Akaraniyakicca[]

[Sanskrit: akaraniya kritya]deed which should not be done; improper action; unbefitting action.

akasa[]

[Sanskrit: akash]space

akasanancayatana[]

[Sanskrit: akash ananta ayatana]the Sphere of Unbounded Space; the Realm of Infinity of Space.

Akatannu[]

[Sanskrit: akritagya]ungrateful.

akincannayatana[]

[Sanskrit: Akinchana ayatana; 'ch' as in china]the Sphere {or Realm} of Nothingness.

Akiriyaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: akriya drishti]lit. the theory of non-action; the theory that there is no after-effect of action; view of the inefficacy of action.

Akkodha[]

[Sanskrit: akrodha]non-anger; freedom from hatred.

Akusala[]

[Sanskrit: akushal]adj. unwholesome; harmful; demeritorious; immoral; kammically unwholesome; unskilful. n. demerit; bad action.

Akusalacitta[]

[Sanskrit: akushal chitta; 'ch' as in china]demeritorious thought, harmful mind; immoral consciousness.

Akusalakamma[]

[Sanskrit: akushal karma]an evil action; harmful deed; unwholesome action.

Akusalakammapatha[]

[Sanskrit: Akushal Karma Path]{the ten-fold} way of bad action; unwholesome/harmful course of action.

Akusalamula[]

[Sanskrit: akushal mool]{the three} roots of evil; the roots of bad actions; kammically unwholesome roots; demeritorious roots.

Akusalavitakka[]

[Sanskrit: akushal vitark]unwholesome thought, harmful thinking.

Alajji[]

[Sanskrit: alajjit]shameless monk; immoral monk.

Alobha[]

non-greed; greedlessness; liberality; generosity.

Amata[]

[Sanskrit: AmritNirvana]the deathless state; immortal state ; ambrosia{due to blissful};Nibbana; immortal.

amisa[]

[Sanskrit: Aamish]food; flesh; materiality; material things. adj. material; physical; carnal.

amisadana[]

[Sanskrit: Aamish Daan]donation of requisites {i.e. food, lodging, etc.}; material gifts.

Amoha[]

non-delusion; wisdom; knowledge; undeludedness.

Amsa[]

[Sanskrit: ansh]1. a part; side. 2. shoulder. 3.{T.} shoulder piece; chest cloth; the sleeveless one-shouldered singlet of a monk.

Amulhavinaya[]

verdict of past insanity.

Anabhijjha[]

non-covetousness; non-avarice.

Anagami[]

a Never-Returner; Non-Returner; one who has attained the third stage of holiness/awakening.

Anagamimagga[]

[Sanskrit: anagami marg]the Path of Never-Returning; the Path of the Non- Returner.

Anagamiphala[]

the Fruit of Never-Returning; the Result of the Non-Returner.

Anagarika[]

lit. a homeless one; one who enters the homeless/ascetic life without formally entering the Sangha.

Anagatavattu*[]

a prophet.

anapanasati[]

[Sanskrit: Aan Apan Smriti]Name of an initial meditation practice regarding mindfulness/attention/awareness on in & out breathing; mindfulness regarding breathing; {Buddha became fully enlightened using this very meditation, though later he developed the higher types called Vipassana etc.}

Anatta[]

[Sanskrit: anatmta]adj. no-soul; soulless; not-self. n. non-self; non-ego.

Anattata[]

[Sanskrit: anatmata]soullessness; egolessness.

Andaja[]

[Sanskrit: andaja]egg-born creatures; the oviparous.

Anesana[]

wrong way of earning one's living; improper search; improper livelihood.

Anga[]

organ; factor; constituent.

Angara[]

1. charcoal; ashes. 2. ash; the ashes, especially of the Buddha.

Anguttaranikaya[]

the collection of discourses arranged in accordance with number; Adding-One Collection; Collection of Numerical Sayings; the Book of the Gradual Sayings; name of the fourth main division of the Sutta Pitaka.

Anicca[]

[Sanskrit: anitya]adj. impermanent; transient.

Aniccata[]

[Sanskrit: anityata]impermanence; transiency.

anisamsa[]

profit; merit; good result; advantage.

Anittharammana[]

unpleasant or unagreeable object.

Aniyata[]

[Sanskrit: aniyat]Indefinite Rules; undetermined offence.

Anjalim karoti[]

v. to lift the joined palms as a token of reverence; put the hands together {at the chest or forehead} in salutation.

Anta[]

extremes {the two extremes}.

Antagahikaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: ant gahika drishti]{the ten} views taking extreme sides; the view of the extremist; extremist view.

Antaravasaka[]

[Sanskrit: antara vastra]inner garment; the undergarment of a Buddhist monk, nun or novice;the under robe.

Antevasika[]

lit. one who lives in; a monk who lives under his teacher; a pupil; apprentice.

Antimavatthu[]

an extreme offence; ultimate or worst transgression; Defeat; Parajika offence.

Anubyanjana[]

subsidiary characteristics.

Anucara[]

[Sanskrit: anuchar]follower; attendant; companion; accompanier; retainer; retinue; entourage.

Anuloma[]

conforming; in proper order; in forward order.

Anumodana[]

1. thanks-giving; chanting the holy stanzas of blessings. 2. rejoice; approval; appreciation; con- gratulation.

Anupadinnaka[]

adj. not grasped by craving or false view; kammically ungrasped.

Anupadisesa-nibbana[]

Nibbana without any remainder of physical existence; Nibbana without the Five Aggregates remaining.

Anupannatti[]

auxiliary regulation; supplementary rule; additional rule.

Anupasampanna[]

one who has not yet received the full ordination; novices and the laity; unordained one.

Anupubbikatha[]

a gradual instruction; graduated sermon; regulated exposition of the ever more valued and sublime subjects.

Anurakkhanapadhana[]

[Sanskrit: anurakshan~]the effort to maintain or augment arisen good.

Anusasana[]

advice; instruction, discipline.

Anusasanacariya[]

[Sanskrit: anushashan acharya; 'ch' as in china]a chaplain; minister; religious or moral instructor for discipline.

Anusasanipatihariya[]

the miracle of teaching; the wonder worked by the instruction {of the Dhamma}.

Anusavana[]

announcement; proclamation.

Anusavanacariya[]

ordination-proclaiming teacher; {Second} Ordination- Teacher.

Anusaya[]

[Sanskrit: anushay]latent dispositions; underlying tendencies; {the seven} Evil Inclinations or Biases.

Anussati[]

[Sanskrit: anu smriti]constant mindfulness/awareness in meditation; {the ten} Reflections; recollection.

Anutika[]

a sub-subcommentary.

Anuvadadhikarana[]

legal questions concerning accusations.

Apacayana[]

reverence; humility.

Apacayanamaya[]

{merit} to be gained through being humble or respectful.

Apadana[]

Lives of Arahants; name of the thirteenth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Apalokana[]

[Sanskrit: avalokan]v. to look towards for approval; consult; obtain an approval by consultation.

Apalokanakamma[]

[Sanskrit: avalokan karma]the act of obtaining consent or permission by consultation.

Aparapariyavedaniya-kamma[]

indefinitely effective kamma.

apattadhikarana[]

[Sanskrit: Apatti Adikarana]legal questions concerning offences; legal processes concerning committed offences, the awarding of them and the atonement for them.

apatti[]

a religious offence; offence.

apattidesana[]

the confession of an offence. v. to confess an offence.

Apaya[]

state of loss and woe; unhappy existence; sorrowful ways.

Apayabhumi[]

{the four} planes of loss and woe; {the four} states of misery; {the four} lower worlds; unhappy existence.

Apayamukha[]

cause of ruin; ways of squandering wealth; ruinous ways of life; vicious ways of conduct.

apodhatu[]

lit. the liquid element; fluidity; water; cohesion; the element of cohesion.

Appamada[]

[Sanskrit: apramad]non-sloth; non-negligence; heedfulness; zeal; diligence; earnestness; carefulness.

Appamanna[]

[Sanskrit: apramana]the Unbounded States; the Illimitables.

Appanasamadhi[]

fixed concentration; established concentration; full concentration; attainment-concentration; absorption concentration.

Appicchata[]

paucity of wishes; frugality; desiring little; simplicity.

Arahanta[]

[Sanskrit: Arihant]an Arahant; Arahat; worthy one; the Holy One; perfected one; one who has attained Nibbana.

Arahantaghata[]

the murder of an Arahant.

Arahattamagga[]

[Sanskrit: arihant marg]the Path of the Worthy One; the Path of Arahatship.

Arahattaphala[]

[Sanskrit: arihant phal]the Fruit of the Worthy One; the final stage of holiness; final freedom.

arakkhasampada[]

the achievement of protection; to be endowed with wariness or watchfulness.

Arama, Vihara[]

Wat; a monastery; temple monastery;{mis.} temple.

aramavatthu, Viharavatthu[]

monastery compound.

aramika, aramika-kumara, Bhikkhusissa, Dahararamika, Kappiyakaraka[]

[Sanskrit: Bhiksu-shishya]monastery boy; monastery pupil; temple boy; a monk's pupil; attendant.

arammana[]

sense-objects; an object of consciousness.

Arannavasi[]

[Sanskrit: aranya vasi]one who dwells in the forest; forest-dwelling monk; the forest order.

Ariyadhana[]

[Sanskrit: Arya dhan]the sublime treasure; noble treasure; noble wealth.

Ariyamagga[]

[Sanskrit: Arya marg]1. the {four} Noble Paths; Sublime Paths of the Holy Life. 2. the Noble {Eightfold} Path.

Ariyaphala[]

[Sanskrit: arya phal]the {four} Noble Fruits; Fruits of the Holy Life.

Ariyapuggala[]

[Sanskrit: Arya purusha]a noble individual; noble one; holy person.

Ariyasacca[]

[Sanskrit: arya satya]the Noble Truth; {Cattari Ariyasaccani} the Four Noble Truths; the Four Holy Truths.

Arupajhana[]

[Sanskrit: aroop dhyan]the {four} Absorptions of the Formless Sphere.

Arupaloka[]

[Sanskrit: aroop lok]the formless world; the world of the formless; the Formless Realms; the Immaterial Sphere.

Aruparaga[]

[Sanskrit: aroop raag]desire for life in the formless worlds; greed for the formless; greed for immaterial existence; attachment to formless realms.

Arupavacara[]

[Sanskrit: aroop vachara; 'ch' as in china]adj. belonging to the Formless Plane.

Arupavacarabhumi[]

[Sanskrit: aroop vachara bhumi; 'ch' as in china]the Formless Plane; Formless Sphere; Immaterial Sphere.

Asadisadana[]

Unparalleled Gift; incomparable alms-giving.

asalhapuja[]

[Sanskrit: Asadh Puja]worship on the full-moon day of the asalha month {the eighth lunar month} in commemoration of the First Sermon and the foundation of the Buddhist order.

Asankhatadhamma[]

that which is not conditioned by any cause; the Unconditioned; Nibbana.

Asankheyya[]

[Sanskrit: asankhya]incalculable.

asannakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Aasann karma]death-proximate kamma; a kamma done immediately before death; proximate kamma.

asava[]

[Sanskrit: Aasav]mental intoxication or defilement; worldly influxes; accumulation; outflows; corruption; canker; taint; pollution.

asavakkhayanana[]

[Sanskrit: Asav Kshaya Gyan]the knowledge of the cessation of mental intoxication; knowledge of the destruction of cankers; knowledge that the outflows are extinct.

Asekha[]

[Sanskrit: Ashishya]one who does not require any further training; an Arahant who attained Nirvana; the adept

Assada[]

[Sanskrit: Aswad]enjoyment; attraction; satisfaction; gratification; advantage.

Assasa[]

[Sanskrit: Ashwas]in-breathing; inhalation.

Asubha[]

[Sanskrit: ashubh]1. ugly; loathsome. n. loathsomeness; impurity. 2. a corpse.

Asurakaya[]

the plane of Asura demons; demons

Atekiccha[]

[Sanskrit: ati kritya]adj. incurable; unamendable; irremediable. n. the four major offences, called Parajika, which entail expulsion from the Order.

Atimana[]

[Sanskrit: ati maan]pride; arrogance; contempt; disdain; scorn.

Atirekacivara[]

[Sanskrit: atireka cheevar; 'ch' as in china]an extra robe.

Atirekalabha[]

[Sanskrit: atirek labh]extra acquisitions.

Atitabhava[]

[Sanskrit: ateeta bhava]a previous birth; former life.

Atithibali[]

offering to guests; reception.

Atta, Jiva[]

[Sanskrit: atma]1. self; soul; atma; atman; ego; personal entity. 2. mind; the whole personality.

Attabhava[]

[Sanskrit: atmbhav]personality; individuality.

Attadhipateyya[]

[Sanskrit: atmadhipati]self-dependence; self-reliance; supremacy of self; dominant influence by oneself {or by self-regard}.

Attakilamathanuyoga[]

Self-Mortification; the constant attachment to Self-Mortification.

Attannuta[]

[Sanskrit: atma~]the quality of one who knows oneself; knowing oneself.

Attasammapanidhi[]

[Sanskrit: Atma samyak ~]setting oneself in the right course; aspiring and directing oneself in the right way; perfect self-adjustment; thorough pursuit or development of one's personality.

Attavadupadana[]

[Sanskrit: atma vadi ~]attachment to the self-{or soul-} theory; the belief in a persistent self or soul; clinging to the ego belief.

Attha[]

[Sanskrit: arth]1. meaning; the spirit; the correct sense; essence. 2. benefit; advantage; gain; welfare; the good. 3. goal; purpose.

Atthacariya[]

[Sanskrit: arthchariya]benefaction; useful conduct or behaviour; doing a favour; life of service; doing good.

Atthakatha[]

[Sanskrit: arth katha]a commentary.

Atthannuta[]

[Sanskrit: arth~]the quality of one who knows what is useful or who knows the correct meaning of something; knowledge of the meaning; knowing the purpose; knowing the consequence.

Atthapatisambhida[]

[Sanskrit: arth prati sambhida]knowledge of the meaning {of words}; the Discrimination of the Meaning; analytic insight of consequence.

Attharati[]

v. to spread; stretch; lay out; carry out{the kathina robe-making ceremony}.

Avahara[]

action of stealing.

Avamangala, Petadakkhinadana[]

[Sanskrit: ,preta-dakshina-dana]bad luck; ill omen; adj. unlucky; inauspicious {T.} funeral; rites for the dead; funereal occasion; memorial service.

avasaparivena[]

the compound of a monastery; the Wat compound.

Avici[]

[Sanskrit: avichi; 'ch' as in china]the Avici Hell; the lowest hell.

Avijja[]

[Sanskrit: avidya]ignorance; nescience; lack of knowledge; delusion.

Avirodhana[]

[Sanskrit: avirodh]non-obstruction; non-opposition; non-violation; non-deviation from the Dhamma.

ayacana[]

[Sanskrit: Yachana]prayer. v. to pray; chant; say a prayer.

ayatana[]

the Twelve Spheres; the Twelve Bases; Six bases are five sense-organs plus mind; the rest are six sense-fields or sense-objects including mind-object.

Ayonisomanasikara[]

disorderly or distracted attention; wrong thinking; unsystematic attention; improper or unwise consideration; lack of analytic reflection.

ayu[]

1. age; life-span. 2. longevity; long life.

ayusankhara[]

[Sanskrit: ayu sanskar]factors/constituents of life; vital principle. .

ayusankhara-vossajjana[]

[Sanskrit: Ayu sanskar visarjan]to relinquish the vital force; the Buddha's announcement of his coming death.

B[]

Baddhasima[]

[Sanskrit: baddh seema]boundary established by the Sangha; consecrated area; consecrated place of assembly;{T.} consecrated assembly hall.

Bahulakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Bahul Karma]great karma; great effort;

Bahusacca[]

[Sanskrit: bahul satya]much learning; great learning; profound knowledge.

Bahussuta[]

[Sanskrit: bahul sutta]one who has great knowledge; a very learned man; well-taught man; man of great learning.

Bala[]

[Sanskrit: baal]a child; childlike , a fool; spiritually defective person ; not having knowlege.

Bala[]

power; strength; health; energy.

Bali[]

religious offering.

Bhagava/Bhagwa[]

[Sanskrit: Bhagwansanskrit : sanskaras]the Bhagwan{God}; The Buddha;{This title is repeatedly used to address Gautam Buddha everywhere in the original Pali version of Tipitaka} In India this title especially 'Bhagwan' is used for God as well as for those enlightened persons who have become one with God . The root for this word is 'Bhagna' meaning to shatter, to eliminate & to break {the bonds/fetters}. So the words Bhagava,Bhagawa & Bhagawan also represent for the person who has broken all the sanharas or sins of the material world , became absolutely holy & attained all the transcendental states i.e. trance states of self absorption in purity ; and has divine beneficient abilities & magical powers too whose blessings can transform lives.

Bhandagarika[]

a store-keeper or treasurer.

Bhandukamma[]

close shaving; act of shaving close.

Bhanga[]

dissolution; cessation; dissolving or waning moment.

Bhasita[]

[Sanskrit: Bhashit]a saying.

Bhatta[]

[Sanskrit: Bhat]food; meal; boiled rice.

Bhattagga[]

[Sanskrit: bhat ghar]dining room, refectory, meal house.

Bhattaharika*[]

food carrier; tiffin carrier.

Bhattakicca[]

[Sanskrit: Bhat kritya]taking a meal.

Bhattuddesaka[]

one in charge of the distribution of food; an elder who supervises the distribution of food; super- intendent of meals; issuer of meals.

Bhava[]

becoming; existence; process of becoming; state of existence.

Bhava[]

[Sanskrit: bhaav]fixed nature; condition; state of being.

Bhavana[]

development; mental culture; meditation; developing understanding; grasping.

Bhavanamaya[]

{merit} gained through, or connected with, meditation; merit accomplished by mental culture; mental culture as a way of making merit.

Bhavanamayapanna[]

[Sanskrit: Bhavana mayi Pragya]wisdom resulting from mental development; understanding through practice.

Bhavanapadhana[]

[Sanskrit: Bhavana Pradhan]the effort to develop unrisen good; the effort to develop wholesome states.

Bhavanga[]

[Sanskrit: probably bhav-ganga]life-continuum; the subliminal consciousness; constituent of becoming; the passive state of mind.

Bhavatanha[]

[Sanskrit: Bhava trishna]craving for existence; craving for rebirth; craving for sensual pleasures connected with the view of eternalism.

Bhavetabbadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: Bhavetavya Dharma]that which is to be developed/grasped/understood, i.e. the Noble Eightfold Path.

Bhaveti, Pureti,[]

v. to fulfil; cultivate; develop; practise.

Bhaya[]

fear; fright; danger.

Bhayagati[]

wrong way of behaviour consisting in fear; prejudice caused by fear.

Bhesajja[]

[Sanskrit: bheshajya]medicine; drug.

Bhikkha[]

[Sanskrit: Bhiksha]alms; begged food.

Bhikkhacara[]

[Sanskrit: Bhikshacharan]going about for alms; begging for alms.

Bhikkhu, Pabbajita[]

[Sanskrit: Bhikshu, Pravarjit]1. title used when speaking of a Buddhist monk; venerable. 2. a Bhikkhu; Buddhist monk; monk;{in other religions} a priest; minister; clergyman; etc.

Bhikkhuni[]

[Sanskrit: Bhikshuni]a Bhikkhuni; Bhikshuni; Buddhist nun.

Bhikkhusissa, aramika, Kappiyakaraka[]

[Sanskrit: Bhiksu-shishya]monastery boy; monastery pupil; temple boy; a monk's pupil.

Bhoga[]

wealth; riches; possession; enjoyment.

Bhojana[]

food; meal.

Bhojanemattannuta[]

moderation in eating.

Bhojaniya[]

fit to be eaten; soft food.

Bhumi[]

1. ground; plane; stage;foundation; level. 2.plane of existence; plane of consciousness.

Bhummadevatthana*[]

[Sanskrit: bhumi dev sthana]{guardian-} spirit house.

Bhunjati[]

[Sanskrit: bhojyati, bhogyati]v.{of a monk or novice} to eat; take food.

Bhuta[]

1. the elements of which the body is composed. 2. a living being; born creature. 3. a ghost. 4. an Arahant.

Bijaniyama[]

physical organic order; biological laws.

Bodhi[]

Enlightenment. v. to be enlightened; attain enlightenment.

Bodhinana[]

[Sanskrit: Bodhi Gyan]Enlightenment; supreme knowledge.

Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma[]

[Sanskrit: Bodhi Paksha Dharma]{the thirty-seven} qualities contributing to enlightenment; virtues partaking of enlightenment.

Bodhirukkha[]

[Sanskrit: Bodhi Vriksh]the Bo tree; the Bodhi Tree; pipal tree; the Ficus Religiosia.

Bodhisatta[]

[Sanskrit: Bodhisattva]the Bodhisatta; Bodhisattva; a Buddha-to-be; Enlightenment- being; candidate for Buddhahood; one who has resolved to attain enlightenment for the helping of his fellow beings.

Bojjhanga[]

[Sanskrit: Bodhi anga]{the seven} Constituents {or Factors} of Enlightenment; enlightenment factors.

Brahma[]

1.{in Hinduism} Brahma; the Creator; the Universal Self. 2.{in Buddhism} a divine being of the Form Sphere or of the Formless Sphere; brahma god; happy and blameless celestial being; inhabitant of the higher heavens.

Brahmacari[]

[Sanskrit: Brahmachari]one who leads a holy or chaste life of celibacy; celibate.

Brahmacariya[]

[Sanskrit: Brahmacharya]the Holy celibate Life; Life without sexual activity; celibate life; chaste life; strict chastity;

Brahmadanda[]

[Sanskrit: brahma dand]lit. sublime punishment; punishment by suspending or breaking off conversation and communication; sanctioned punishment by silent treatment.

Brahmaloka[]

the Brahma {arch-angel} world; the sublime-Material and Immaterial Worlds.

Brahmana[]

[Sanskrit: Brahmin]a Brahmin; man of the Brahmin caste; a priest.

Brahmavihara[]

{the four} Divine States {of mind}; the four noble sentiments; the Highest Conduct; the sublime states of mind {including celibate life without sexual activity}.

Buddha[]

the Buddha; Lord Buddha; the Enlightened One; the Awakened One. Elsewhere in Pali canon he is also addresed as Bhagava or Bhagwa {God} ; He is also addressed as Sattha {Teacher} .

Buddhabhasita[]

what was said by the Buddha; the Buddha's sayings.

Buddhacakka[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha chakra]the Buddhist monastic order.

Buddhacariya[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha Achar; 'ch' as in china ]the Buddha's conduct; the Buddha's course of conduct; the Buddha's career or style of life; the Buddha's life activities; the way of the Buddha.

Buddhaguna[]

the quality {virtue or character} of the Buddha.

Buddhakala[]

the time of the Buddha {or a Buddha}; the advent of the Buddha.

Buddhakicca[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha kritya]the Buddha's daily routine; duty of the Buddha.

Buddhamamaka[]

one devoted to the Buddha; one who professes Buddhism; Buddhist.

Buddhantara[]

a Buddha-interval; the period between the appearance of one Buddha and the next.

Buddhanussati[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha anu smriti]recollection of the Buddha; reflection on the virtue of the Buddha.

Buddhapada[]

the Buddha's footprint.

Buddhaparisa[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha parishad]the Buddhist assembly; the four assemblies of Buddhists; Buddhists {collectively}.

Buddhapatima[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha Pratima]a Buddha image/statue.

Buddhapavatti*[]

the life of the Buddha; life-story of the Buddha.

Buddharupa[]

the figure of the Buddha; a Buddha image.

Buddhasaka*B.E.[]

the Buddhist Era .

Buddhasasana[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha Shashan]Buddhism; the teaching of the Buddha; The system of Buddhist practice

Buddhavacana[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha Vachan]the word of the Buddha;{T.} any sayings or teachings of the Buddha.

Buddhavamsa[]

[Sanskrit: Buddhavanshawali]the History of the Buddhas; name of the fourteenth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Buddhavasa*[]

[Sanskrit: Buddha awas]'residence of the Buddha'; the sanctuary or public precincts of a monastery.

Buddhicarita[]

[Sanskrit: Buddhi charitra]the intellectual; the wise; one whose behaviour or character is wisdom; an intelligent-natured person.

Byadhi[]

[Sanskrit: vyadhi]disease; sickness; ailment.

Byapada[]

[Sanskrit: vyapad]ill-will; hatred; malevolence; aversion.

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Caga[]

[Sanskrit: Tyaga]1. charity; generosity; sacrifice; self-denial; liberality; munificence; benefaction. 2. abandoning; giving up; renunciation.

Caganussati[]

[Sanskrit: Tyaga-anushaya-smriti]reflection on generosity; recollection of liberality.

Cagasampada[]

[Sanskrit: Tyaga sampada]achievement of charity.

Cakka[]

[Sanskrit: chakra; 'ch' as in china]wheel with spokes, circle, the set of four virtues, being like the four wheels of a carriage, constituting the means to prosperity; virtues wheeling to prosperity.

Cakkavala[]

[Sanskrit: chakra~; 'ch' as in china]a world-circle; solar system; universe.

Cakkavatti[]

[Sanskrit: chakra-varti; 'ch' as in china]world-king; a universal monarch, endowed with the seven valuables or treasures, an emperor.

Cakkhu[]

[Sanskrit: chakshu; 'ch' as in china]the eye.

Cakkhudvara[]

[Sanskrit: chakshu dvar; 'ch' as in china]the eye-door; eye venue; eye sense organ

Cakkhuvinnana[]

[Sanskrit: chaksu vigyan; 'ch' as in china]eye-consciousness; eye awareness.

Candagati*[]

[Sanskrit: chandra-gati]the system of a lunar calendar.

Candala[]

[Sanskrit: chandal; 'ch' as in china]an outcaste; the untouchable.

Cankama[]

[Sanskrit: chankramana; 'ch' as in china]walking up and down; a terraced walk. v. to walk up and down.

Carana[]

[Sanskrit: charan; acharan; 'ch' as in china]behaviour; conduct; good conduct.

Carika[]

[Sanskrit: charika; 'ch' as in china]1. a traveller; wanderer; way-farer. 2. a wandering place. 3. a journey; wandering. 4.{T,} v. to wander; go on a journey.

Carita[]

[Sanskrit: charitra]the intrinsic nature of a person; {the six types of} characteristic behaviour; character; temperament.

Carittaniyama, Pujavidhi[]

rite; ritual; ceremony.

Cariyapitaka[]

[Sanskrit: Achar pitaka ; 'ch' as in china]Modes of Conduct; name of the fifteenth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Cariyavatta*[]

[Sanskrit: achar vrata; 'ch' as in china]1. customs and manners to be observed; duties concerned with conduct. 2. conduct and duties; moral conduct and the performance of duties.

Cattari Ariyasaccani[]

[Sanskrit: Chatvari Arya sacchani; 'ch' as in china]the Four Noble Truths; the Four Holy Truths {1.sorrow in the world, 2.craving for worldly as the cause of sorrow, 3. cessation of sorrow is possible , 4. existence of the path that leads to salvation from sorrow}

Catubbidhavara*[]

the fourfold blessing; the four excellent things, viz., long life, beauty, happiness and health.

Catuddasi[]

[Sanskrit: chaturdashi; 'ch' as in china]the 14th day of a fortnight.

Catudhatuvavatthana[]

[Sanskrit: chatu-dhatu ~]analysis of the four elements; determining of the elements; contemplation on the four essential qualities of which the body is composed.

Catummaharajika[]

[Sanskrit: chatur maharajika; 'ch' as in china ]the Four Guardian Deities; the realm of the Four Great Kings.

Caturangasannipata[]

[Sanskrit: chatur anga sannipata; 'ch' as in china]the Great Assembly of Disciples marked by the union of four factors.

Catutthajjhana[]

[Sanskrit: chaturtha dhyan]the fourth Jhana; the fourth absorption.

Catuvagga[]

[Sanskrit: chatu varga]a chapter of four monks.

Cetana[]

[Sanskrit: chetana; 'ch' as in china]awareness; consciousness; volition; will; intention.

Cetasika[]

[Sanskrit: chaitsik; 'ch' as in china]related to consciousness; mental concomitants; mental factors; mental states; mental activities; the adjuncts of consciousness; mental adjuncts; mental coefficients.

Cetasikadukkha[]

[Sanskrit: chaitsik dukkha; 'ch' as in china]mental pain.

Cetasikasukha[]

[Sanskrit: chaitsik sukkha; 'ch' as in china]mental happiness.

Cetiya[]

[Sanskrit: chaitya; 'ch' as in china]1. a person, place or object worthy of worship; reminder. 2.{T.} a sepulchral monument; pagoda; shrine; dagoba; bell-shaped stupa{with a slender spire}; tapering-spired stupa; Phra Chedi.

Cetiyamahapuja, Viharasamajja, ~ussava, ~maha[]

[Sanskrit: chaitya~]temple fair.

Cetopariyanana[]

[Sanskrit: cheto pariyaya gyan; 'ch' as in china]knowledge of others' thoughts; telepathy.

Cetovimutti[]

[Sanskrit: cheto vimukti; 'ch' as in china]nirvana of mind, deliverance of mind, salvation of mind.

Chabbannaramsi[]

the ray of six colours.

Chakamavacaradevaloka[]

[Sanskrit: chah kamavachar devalok; 'ch' as in china]the six heavens of sensual pleasures.

Chalabhinna[]

[Sanskrit: Chah Labhanvit; 'ch' as in china]holder of the sixfold supernormal knowledge;holder of the six psychic powers.

Chanda[]

[Sanskrit: achand; 'ch' as in china]1. will; aspiration; the will to do; resolve; zeal; desire; impulse; wish; loving interest; desire for truth and understanding. 2. consent; declaration of consent to an official act by an absentee; proxy vote. metrics; prosody; a metre; metrical composition.

Chandagati[]

the wrong way of behaviour consisting in predilection; prejudice caused by love; partiality.

Chatta[]

[Sanskrit: chatra; 'ch' as in china]royal canopy; sunshade; parasol.

Chaya[]

1.{T.} the Pali monastic name of a Buddhist monk; ordination-name. 2. shade; shadow.

Cintamayapanna[]

[Sanskrit: chintan mayi pragya; 'ch' as in china]understanding through reasoning; wisdom resulting from reflection.

Citaka[]

a funeral pile; crematorium; pyre; crematory; catafalque.

Citakalimpana, Sarirajjhapana[]

v.to light the funeral pyre.

Citta[]

[Sanskrit: chitta; 'ch' as in china]thought; mind; a state of consciousness, thoughtfulness; active.

Cittakkhana[]

[Sanskrit: chitt kshan]a thought-moment.

Cittaniyama[]

[Sanskrit: chitta niyama; 'ch' as in china]psychic order; psychic law; order of mind.

Cittanupassana[]

[Sanskrit: chitta anupashyana; 'ch' as in china]the observation of mind ; the contemplation of mind; contemplation of various states of mind; mindfulness as regards mental states.

Cittasankhara[]

[Sanskrit: chitta sanskar; 'ch' as in china]mental formation; mental function, i.e. perception and feeling.

Cittavijani, thanantaravijani[]

an ornamental long-handled fan used as insignia of a monastic rank; fan as rank insignia; rank fan; official fan; fan insignia.

Cittavisuddhi[]

[Sanskrit: chitta vishuddhi; 'ch' as in china]purity of mind; purification of consciousness.

Cittuppada[]

[Sanskrit: chitta utpada; 'ch' as in china]the rise of a thought; thought; intention.

Civara[]

[Sanskrit: cheevar; 'ch' as in china]1. the yellow robe{of a Buddhist monk or novice}; any of the three garments of the monk. 2.{T.} the upper or inner robe.

Codaka[]

reprover; accuser; plaintiff.

Codana[]

reproof; charge; accusation; plaint.

Culasanghamandalapamokkha*[]

[Sanskrit: chool sangh mandal pramukh; 'ch' as in china]the Ecclesiastical Regional Governor.

Cullavagga[]

[Sanskrit: chool varga; 'ch' as in china]Smaller Section; name of a book of the Vinaya Pitaka.

Cuti[]

[Sanskrit: chyuti; 'ch' as in china]shifting {out of one existence to another}; decease; the final thought-moment of a particular life; death.

Cuticitta[]

[Sanskrit: chyuti chitta; 'ch' as in china]death experiencing mind ; dying or death experiencing mind; the mind disconnecting the present life.

Cutivinnana[]

[Sanskrit: chyuti vigyan; 'ch' as in china]death-consciousness; dying or death-consciousness; the consciousness dis- connecting the present life.

Cutupapatanana[]

[Sanskrit: chyuti utpatti gyan; 'ch' as in china]the knowledge of the decease and rebirth of beings; the clairvoyant supernormal vision dealing with the death and rebirth of beings; the perception of the appearing and disappearing of various beings according to the con- sequences of their past deeds.

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Dadhi[]

[Sanskrit: dahi]curd; sour milk.

Dakkhina[]

[Sanskrit: dakshina]a gift; donation; dedicatory gift; an intercessional expiatory offering; donation given to a holy person with reference to unhappy beings in the Peta existence, intended for the alleviation of their sufferings.

Dakkhinanikaya[]

the Southern School of Buddhism, i.e. the Theravada.

Dakkhinanuppadana*[]

[Sanskrit: Dakshina anupadana]offering made to a monk or monks on behalf of the dead.

Dakkhinavatta[]

[Sanskrit: dakshina vrata]winding to the right; clockwise; respectfully circumventing a person clockwise.

Dakkhineyya-puggala[]

[Sanskrit: dakshineyya~]an individual deserving a donation; one worthy of a donation.

Dakkhinodaka[]

[Sanskrit: Dakshina odaka]water of dedication; consecrated water; holding water in hand as dedication as a matter of donation of something.

Dakkhinodakapatana[]

[Sanskrit: Dakshino~]v. pouring the water of dedication {to transfer merit to other beings}.

Dalhikamma[]

[Sanskrit: ~karma]making firm; strengthening by repeating, as reordination.

Dama[]

[Sanskrit: dum]self-command; self-control; taming; subjugation; training; mastery; adjustment.

Dana[]

giving; gift; alms-giving; charity; generosity; benevolence; liberality; a gift; donation; alms; benefaction.

Danamaya[]

{merit} gained through, or connected with, alms-giving; the way of making merit, consisting in alms-giving or charity.

Danapati[]

1. lord of alms; master in liberality. 2. one in charge of alms-giving; chief donor.

Danapati, Nimantaka[]

[Sanskrit: danapati, nimantrak ]the host; sponsor; chief donor.

Dandakamma[]

[Sanskrit: danda karma]punishment; penalty.

Dasabala[]

1. the Ten Powers of the Buddha. 2. one who is endowed with ten supernormal powers, i.e. the Buddha.

Dasabalanana[]

the ten supreme intellectual powers of the Buddha.

Dasajati[]

the ten longest birth-stories of the Buddha, regarded as the most important.

Dasaparami[]

[Sanskrit: das parmita]the ten perfections; the ten principal virtues practised by a Bodhisatta.

Dasarajadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: das raj dharma]the tenfold code of the king; the tenfold virtue or duty of the king; the ten royal virtues; virtues of a ruler.

Dasavara[]

the ten blessings; ten boons.

Dassana[]

[Sanskrit: darshan]1. seeing; sight; intuition. 2. view; opinion; theory.

Dathadhatu[]

[Sanskrit: dant~]the tooth relic {of the Buddha}.

Dayaka[]

almsgiver; donor; benefactor; the lay supporter of Bhikkhus; lay giver; lay supporter.

Dayika[]

a female donor.

Desakala[]

[Sanskrit: desh kaal]a season for merit-making and local festivals.

Desana[]

[Sanskrit: deshna]preaching; discourse; sermon; instruction. v. to preach; expound the Doctrine; give a sermon.

Deti[]

v. to offer, give or present {to a monk or a prince}.

Deva[]

lit. a shining one; god; deity; divine being.

Devadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: deva dharma]divine virtue; the virtues that make divine, i.e. moral shame and dread.

Devaduta[]

lit. gods' messenger; divine messenger; a symbolic name for those things which remind man of his future and rouse him to earnest striving.

Devaloka[]

world of gods; heaven; celestial realm.

Devarupa*[]

an image of a deity; idol.

Devata[]

a celestial or heavenly being; deity.

Devatabali[]

an offering to the deity.

Devatanussati[]

[Sanskrit: devata anu-smriti]recollection of heavenly beings; reflection on deifying virtues as found in oneself.

Deyyadana[]

a gift fit to be given; gift; donation.

Deyyadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: deyya dharma]that which has the quality of being given; gift; offerings {to monks}.

Dhamakaraka[]

a filter; water-strainer.

Dhamma[]

[Sanskrit: dharma]1. the Dharma; the Dhamma; the Doctrine; the Teachings{of the Buddha}. 2.the Law; nature. 3. the Truth; Ultimate Reality. 4. the Supramundane, especially nibbana. 5. quality; righteousness; virtue; morality; good conduct; right behaviour. 6. tradition; practice; principle; norm; rule; duty. 7. justice; impartiality. 8. thing; phenomenon. 9. a cognizable object; mind-object; idea. 10. mental state; mental factor; mental activities. 11. condition; 12. cause; causal antecedent; 13. attribute, property, 14. path of Buddha.

Dhammabhisamaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma abhisamaya]understanding of the Truth; conversion to the Dhamma; enlightenment.

Dhammacakka[]

[Sanskrit: dharma chakra]the Wheel of the Doctrine; the Wheel of the Law; the Wheel of Truth; the Kingdom of Righteousness; the First Sermon.

Dhammacakkappavattanasutta[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma chakra pravartana sutra]the discourse of setting in motion the Wheel of the Doctrine; the Discourse of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness; the First Sermon.

Dhammacakkhu[]

[Sanskrit: dharma chakshu]the Eye of Truth; the Eye of Wisdom.

Dhammacarika[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma charika; 'ch' as in china]wandering Dhamma-preacher; spiritual-welfare worker.

Dhammacariya[]

[Sanskrit: dharma acharana]observance of righteousness; righteous conduct.

Dhammacetiya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma chaitya]a shrine in which sacred texts are housed; a shrine of the Doctrine; doctrinal monument.

Dhammadana[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma daan]the Gift of Truth; gift of the Dhamma.

Dhammadesana[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma Deshana]expounding the Dhamma; preaching; exposition of the Doctrine; a sermon.

Dhammadesanamaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma desanamaya]{merit} connected with, or to be gained through, preaching; the way of making merit consisting in moral instruction.

Dhammadesanapuja, Dhamma kathikadeyya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma~ , DharmaKatha~]offerings for a sermon.

Dhammadhara[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma dhar]Dhamma bearer; one versed in the Dhamma; an expert in the Dhamma.

Dhammadhatu[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma dhatu]1. a mental object. 2. the cosmic law.

Dhammadhipateyya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma adhipatya]regard of the Dhamma{the Law or righteousness} as being supreme; supremacy of the Dhamma; dominant influence by the Dhamma; rule of the true law; rule of righteousness.

Dhammadhitthana[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma adhishthan]exposition in terms of ideas; teaching with reference to ideas.

Dhammaduta*[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma doot]Dhamma-messenger; Buddhist field-preacher; Buddhist missionary.

Dhammagayaka*[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma gayak]a chanter.

Dhammaguna[]

[Sanskrit: dharma guna]virtue or quality of the Dhamma.

Dhammakamata[]

the quality of one who loves the Dhamma; love of Truth.

Dhammakatha[]

[Sanskrit: dharma katha]ethical discussion; religious talk; talk on the Dhamma; Dhamma- lecture.

Dhammakathika[]

[Sanskrit: dharma kathika]one who preaches the Doctrine; a preacher.

Dhammakkhandha[]

[Sanskrit: dharma khanda]a portion of the Dhamma; a main article of the Doctrine; a textual unit; a category of the Dhamma.

Dhammaniyama[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma Niyam]order of the norm; law of the Dhamma; certainty or orderliness of causes and effects; general law of cause and effect.

Dhammannuta[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma anuttara]the quality of one who knows the Law/Dhamma ; knowing the cause or origin; knowing the principles.

Dhammanudhammapatipatti[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma-anudharma~]practice in perfect conformity to the Dhamma.

Dhammanupassana[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma Anupashyana]the Contemplation of Mind-object; contemplation/meditation of phenomena; mindfulness as regards the Dhamma; awareness of inner phenomenon.

Dhammanussati[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma anusmriti]recollection of the Doctrine; reflection on the virtues of the Dhamma.

Dhammapada[]

[Sanskrit: Dharmapad]1. Way of Truth; An Anthology of Sayings of the Buddha; name of the second division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.2. a line or stanza of the Doctrine; a word of the Doctrine; talk or discourse on the Dhamma.

Dhammapakasanadhikara*[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma prakashan adhikari]Board of Sangha's {church's} Propagation.

Dhammapariyaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma pariyaya]matter related to Dharma; disquisition.

Dhammapatisambhida[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma pati sambhida]Discrimination of the Law; analytical knowledge of the Law; discriminating knowledge of reasons, conditions or causal relations.

Dhammappamanika[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma pramanika]those who measure or judge by righteousness; those whose faith depends on the Dhamma or on righteous behaviour.

Dhammarammana[]

[Sanskrit: Dhamma~]a mind-object; cognizable object; cognoscible object.

Dhammasabha[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma sabha]the Hall of Truth; a hall for the discussion of the Dhamma; a place for religious meeting.

Dhammasakaccha[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma~]discussion about the Doctrine; religious discussion.

Dhammasala[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma Shala]preaching hall; study hall; hall for religious lectures

Dhammasana[]

[Sanskrit: Dhamma asana]the Dhamma-seat; a seat on which a monk sits while preaching; pulpit.

Dhammasangani[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma sangini]Classification of Dhammas; Enumeration of Phenomena; name of the first book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Dhammasenapati[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma senapati]general of the Dhamma; Commander in Chief of the Law; an epithet of the Venerable Sariputta.

Dhammassavana[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma Shravana]hearing the Dhamma; hearing the preaching of the Dhamma; hearing a sermon; listening to the good teaching.

Dhammassavanamaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma shravanmaya]{merit} connected with, or to be gained through, hearing a sermon; the way of making merit consisting in listening to the Dhamma.

Dhammata[]

general rule; nature; the law of nature; cosmic law.

Dhammavadi[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma vadi]one who speaks according to the Dhamma; speaker of the doctrine; speaker of the rightful things.

Dhammavibhaga[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma vibhag]classification of dhammas; enumeration of the Dhamma; Dhamma classification.

Dhammavicaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma vichaya; 'ch' as in china]investigation of the Truth or the Doctrine;{T.} research on the Dhamma; search of Truth.

Dhammavijaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma vijay]conquest by piety; conquest by righteousness.

Dhammavinaya[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma vinay]Dhamma-Vinaya; the Norm-Discipline; the Doctrine and the Discipline.

Dhammayuttika-nikaya*[]

the Dhammayutika Sect; Law-Abiding Sect;

Dhammika*[]

[Sanskrit: Dharmika]one learned in the Doctrine; Doctrine-knower; one who has passed the examination of any of the three grades of Dhamma-study; eccl. graduate of Dhamma studies; Dhamma graduate; Dhamma scholar

Dhammikatha[]

[Sanskrit: Dharma Katha]religious talk regarding Dhamma; discussion concerning the Doctrine; Dhamma talk.

Dhatu[]

1. an element; natural condition; that which carries its own characteristic mark. 2. a relic, especially that of the Buddha or an Arahant.

Dhatucetiya[]

[Sanskrit: dhatu chaitya]a shrine over the Buddha's relic; dagoba. . .

Dhatukatha[]

Discussion with reference to the Elements; name of the third book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Dhiti[]

[Sanskrit: dhriti]energy; courage; steadfastness; firm character; resolution; wisdom.

Dhupa[]

[Sanskrit: dhoop]an incense-stick; joss-stick.

Dhupabhajana*[]

incensory; censer.

Dhura[]

burden; load; duty; charge; office; responsibility.

Dhutanga[]

{the thirteen} Austere Practices; constituents of ascetic practice to remove defilements.

Dibba[]

[Sanskrit: divya]divine; heavenly; celestial.

Dibbacakkhu[]

[Sanskrit: divya chakshu]divine eye; heavenly eye; clairvoyance.

Dibbasota[]

[Sanskrit: divya strota]divine ear; heavenly ear; clairaudience.

Dighanikaya[]

[Sanskrit: dirgha nikaya]the Collection of Long Discourses; Dialogues of the Buddha; name of the first main division of the Sutta Pitaka.

Ditthadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: drishta dharma]the visible order of things; present condition; this world; the present life; temporality.

Ditthadhammavedaniya-kamma[]

[Sanskrit: drishta dharma vedaniya karma]immediately seen effective kamma; kamma ripening during the life-time.

Ditthadhammikattha[]

gain for this life; present benefit; temporal welfare; sources of happiness in the present life.

Ditthavikamma[]

an open statement of one's view; explanation of views; view clarification.

Ditthi[]

[Sanskrit: drishti]1. a theory; view; belief; opinion; speculation; dogma. 2. misbelief; erroneous opinion; false theory; philosophy.

Ditthi-samannata[]

[Sanskrit: drishti samanvata]equality in view; unity in view.

Ditthivisuddhi[]

[Sanskrit: drishti vishuddhi]purity of understanding; purification of view.

Ditthujukamma[]

straightening of one's own views.

Ditthupadana[]

clinging to erroneous opinions; attachment to views.

Domanassa[]

[Sanskrit: domanasya]a painful mental feeling; {mental} displeasure; sad-mindedness; grief.

Dosa[]

[Sanskrit: dvesha]hatred; anger; ill-will; aversion.

Dosa, Vajja, adinava[]

[Sanskrit: dosh]fault; blemish; defect; corruption; depravity; disadvantage.

Dosacarita[]

[Sanskrit: dvesha charitra]the hateful; one of hating temperament; a quick-tempered person.

Dosagati[]

wrong way of behaviour consisting in hatred; prejudice caused by hatred.

Dubbhasita[]

[Sanskrit: dur bhasita]an offence of wrong speech.

Duccarita[]

bad conduct; wrong action.

Duggati[]

[Sanskrit: durgati]{the 3 or 4} States of Unhappiness; woeful courses of existence; evil states;woeful existences.

Dukkarakiriya[]

[Sanskrit: dushkar kiriya]the practice of austerities; self-mortification.

Dukkata[]

[Sanskrit: durkata]an offence of wrongdoing.

Dukkha Ariyasacca[]

the Noble Truth of Suffering.

Dukkha[]

1. suffering; misery; woe; pain; ill; sorrow; trouble; discomfort; unsatisfactoriness; problematic situation; stress; conflict. adj. unsatisfactory; miserable; painful; subject to suffering; ill; causing pain. 2. physical or bodily pain; difficulty; unease; ill-being.

Dukkhanirodha Ariyasacca[]

the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering; the Noble Truth of the Extinction of Suffering.

Dukkhanirodhagaminipatipada Ariyasacca[]

the Noble Truth of the Path that leads to the Cessation {or, the Extinction} of Suffering.

Dukkhasamudaya Ariyasacca[]

the Noble Truth of the Cause {or, the Origin} of Suffering; the Noble Truth of the Condition of the Arising of Suffering.

Dukkhata[]

the state of being subject to suffering; painfulness; stress; conflict.

Dukkhavedana[]

painful feeling.

Dussakutika[]

an umbrella-like tent.

Dussila[]

[Sanskrit: dush sheel]of bad conduct; void of morality;immoral.

Dutiyajjhana[]

[Sanskrit: dvitiya dhyana]the second Jhana; the second absorption.

Dvara[]

1. door; avenue. 2. a sense-door; sense-avenue. 3. door of action.

Dvevacika[]

[Sanskrit: dvevachika;'ch' as in china]lit. pronouncing two words or two times; especially those who pronounce the words, taking only two refuges, viz., the Buddha and the Dhamma, Tapussa and Bhallika being the first ones.

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Ekaggata[]

[Sanskrit: ekagrata]one-pointedness {of mind}; mental one-pointedness; concentration.

Ekamsam[]

v. to arrange the upper robe over one shoulder{the left one}.

Etadagga[]

foremost; first or best of that class or type.

G[]

Gahasikhara[]

[Sanskrit: griha shikhar]gable; pediment.

Gahattha[]

[Sanskrit: Grahastha]a householder; layman; the laity {not a monk; not ascetic}

Gamasamuhasanghadhipati*[]

[Sanskrit: gram samuha sangh adhipati]the Ecclesiastical Commune-Chief; Eccl. Sub-District Head.

Gamavasi[]

[Sanskrit: Gram vasi]{T.} a town-monk, village dweller

Gamikavihara*[]

private monastery; community monastery.

Gana[]

group; denomination; monastery section.

Ganadhipati*[]

[Sanskrit: gana adhi pati]1. chief monk of an administrative division; eccl. chief officer; eccl. governor. The term Ecclesiastical, or its abbreviation Eccl. can be prefixed to the title of a government administrative officer at different levels to designate its equivalent in the Ecclesiastical Order, e.g. Eccl. District Officer, for . 2. chief monk of a monastery section.

Ganapuraka[]

[Sanskrit: gana purusha]one who completes the quorum; quorum-completing monk.

Gandha[]

odour; odorous object; smell.

Gandhabba[]

[Sanskrit: Gandharva]1. a heavenly musician, 2. a being ready to take a new existence.

Gandighara[]

[Sanskrit: ghanta ghar]belfry; bell tower.

Gantha, Potthaka, Pakarana[]

[Sanskrit: Grantha, Pustak, Prakarna]{T.} a scripture; text; canon; religious book.

Ganthadhura[]

[Sanskrit: Grantha dhar]knower{master} of scriptures, the burden of studying the Scriptures; the burden of the books.

Garava[]

[Sanskrit: garv]respect; reverence; esteem; attention; appreciative action.

Garudhamma[]

[Sanskrit: Gaurav Dharma]{the eight} strict conditions or chief rules to be observed by the Buddhist nun throughout her life.

Garukakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Gaurav kari dhamma]Weighty Action; kamma of serious or strong effect.

Garutthaniyabhikkhu*[]

the title of a monastic dignitary lower than Chao Khun; Phra Khru; Venerable Teacher.

Garutthaniyapuggala[]

a respectable person.

Gatha[]

a verse; stanza of 4 half-lines

Gati[]

{the five} courses of existence; destiny; destination.

Gehamangala*[]

house-blessing ceremony; blessing to the house.

Gehapathamaparibhogamangala, Gehappavesana-mangala[]

[Sanskrit: Grih pratham paribhoja mangala, grih-praveshana-mangala]First donation of food on aquiring a new house;

Ghana[]

[Sanskrit: ghrana]the nose.

Ghanadvara[]

[Sanskrit: ghrana dvar]nose-door; nose-avenue.

Ghanasanna[]

[Sanskrit: ghana sangya]perception of compactness; the idea of massiveness.

Ghanavinnana[]

[Sanskrit: ghrana vigyan]nose-consciousness.

Gharavasa[]

[Sanskrit: griha vasa]1. the household life. 2. {T.} a householder; layman; the laity.

Gharavasa-dhamma[]

[Sanskrit: griha-vas-dharma]virtues for a good household life; rules of household conduct; qualities of a good layman.

Ghosappamanika[]

[Sanskrit: ghos-pramanik]those who measure or judge by voice; those whose faith depends on sweet voice or good repute; those attached to voice.

Gihipatipatti*[]

[Sanskrit: Grihi pati ~]practices for the layman; code of morality for the laity.

Gilanabhesajja[]

[Sanskrit: Gilani Bheshajya]drug; medicine for the sick.

Gilanapaccaya[]

[Sanskrit: Gilani pratya]support for the sick; requisites for the sick; medicine.

Gocara[]

[Sanskrit: gochara; 'ch' as in china]1. field or sphere of sense perception; a sense-object. 2. a suitable place; resort for alms; alms resort.

Gocaragama[]

[Sanskrit: gochara gram]a village where a monk goes for alms or obtains his food; alms-resort village.

Gotama[]

[Sanskrit: Gautam]name of the clan to which the Buddha belonged.

Gotta[]

[Sanskrit: gotra]clan; ancestry; lineage.

Guna[]

1. quality; property. 2. good quality; virtue; merit.

Gunadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: Guna Dharma]goodness; virtue.

Gunassami*[]

[Sanskrit: gunasya swami]a title unofficially used in speaking to or of a monk of a higher rank; The Right Venerable.

H[]

Hadayavatthu[]

[Sanskrit: Hridya vastu]heart-base; mind base; the heart; the physical base of mental life.

Hamsapada[]

crimson.

Hasituppadacitta[]

[Sanskrit: Harshit utpada chitta; 'ch' as in china]smile producing consciousness.

Hatthapasa[]

[Sanskrit: hasta pasa]the distance within a hand's reach.

Hetu[]

a cause; causal condition; root- cause.

Hinayana[]

the Lesser Vehicle; the Smaller Vehicle; the Southern School of Buddhism; Theravada.

Hiri[]

moral shame.

I[]

Iccha[]

1. desire. 2.{T.} .

Iddhi[]

[Sanskrit: siddhi]success; supernormal power; psychic power; magical power.

Iddhipada[]

[Sanskrit: siddhi pada]the Four Paths of Accomplishment; Means of Accomplishment; the means of accomplishing one's own end or purpose; the four Roads to Power; basis for success.

Iddhipatihariya[]

[Sanskrit: Siddhi pratiharya]a wonder of psychic power; marvel; miracle.

Iddhividhi[]

[Sanskrit: Siddhi viddhi]psychic powers; different psychic powers; various magical powers.

Indajalikavatthu*[]

[Sanskrit: Indrajalika vastu]an amulet; talisman.

Indriya[]

1. the sense-faculties; the sense-forces. 2. spiritual faculties; faculties.

Indriyasamvarasila[]

[Sanskrit: Indriya samvar sheel]discipline as regards sense-restraint; Sense-Restraint; purity of conduct consisting in the restraint of the senses.

Iriyapatha[]

deportment; posture.

Isi[]

[Sanskrit: Rishi]an ascetic; sage; seer.

Issa[]

[Sanskrit: Irsha]envy; jealousy.

Itivuttaka[]

Thus said Discourses of Buddha; name of the fourth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

J[]

Jagariyanuyoga[]

[Sanskrit: Jagriti anu yoga]practice of watchfulness; avoidance of sleep; wakefulness.

Jalabuja[]

womb-born creatures; those born from the womb; the viviparous.

JambudipaJamun, Jambu[]

[Sanskrit: jambu-dvipa]the continent of the rose-apples, i.e. India; ancient name of the Indian sub-continent.

Janakakamma[]

[Sanskrit: janaka karma]reproductive kamma; regenerative kamma.

Jannukahi nipatati[]

v. to sit on one's heels; kneel.

Jara[]

old age; decay.

Jataka[]

1. a birth story; the stories of the Buddha's previous lives. 2. Birth Stories; name of the tenth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Jati[]

birth; rebirth.

Jatila[]

[Sanskrit: jatil]a class of ascetics with matted hair, usually worshipping fire, sometimes classed under Isi; matted-hair ascetic.

Javana[]

impulsion; apperception; impulsive moment; a phase or stage of the process of consciousness at which there is full perception and at which kamma is performed, usually lasting for seven thought-moments.

Jayamangalagatha[]

[Sanskrit: jaye mangal gatha]stanzas for the blessing or glory of victory.

Jhana[]

[Sanskrit: Dhyan]meditation; absorption; a state of serene contemplation attained by meditation; {mis.} trance; ecstasy.

Jhapanakicca[]

cremation.

Jhapanatthana[]

crematorium.

Jina[]

1. the conqueror; the victor; the Buddha. 2. Jain; Jaina.

Jinaputta, Jinorasa[]

[Sanskrit: jina-putra]a disciple of the Buddha.

Jiva, Atta[]

[Sanskrit: jiva, atman]soul; the self; atman.

Jivha[]

the tongue.

Jivhadvara[]

[Sanskrit: jivha-dvar]tongue-door; tongue-avenue, tongue sense organ .

Jivhavinnana[]

[Sanskrit: jivha vigyan]tongue-consciousness.

Jivita[]

life; vitality.

Jivitindriya[]

vitality; life-principle; psychic life; the faculty of life.

Junha-pakkha, Sukka-~[]

[Sanskrit: , Shukla paksha]the waxing moon.

K[]

Kalala[]

the embryo in the first week after conception.

Kalamarana[]

[Sanskrit: kaal marana]timely death.

Kalannuta[]

[Sanskrit: kaal anuttara]the quality of one who knows the proper time; knowing the proper time; knowledge of how to choose and keep time.

Kalyanamittata[]

[Sanskrit: Kalyan Mitrata]good friendship; good company; association with the virtuous.

Kama[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam]sense-desire; desire; sensuality; an object of sensual enjoyment; sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamabhava[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Bhava]the sphere or state of existence dominated by sensual {or sexual} pleasures; Sensuous Existence; Sense Sphere.

Kamachanda[]

sensual desire; excitement of sensual {or sexual} pleasure.

Kamaguna[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Gun]sensual pleasures; attribute of sensual {or sexual} enjoyment; .

Kamaloka[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Lok]the world of sense-desire; the Sense Sphere; the world of sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamaraga[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Rag]sensual passion; sensual lust; sense-desire; sensuality; desire for sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamasamvara[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Samvara]sexual restraint.

Kamasukha[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Sukh]worldly happiness; happiness arising from sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamasukhallikanuyoga[]

self-indulgence; sensual indulgence; the constant attachment to sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamatanha[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Trishna]sensual craving; craving for sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamavacara[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam vachara ; 'ch as in china]belonging to the Sense Sphere.

Kamavacarabhumi[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam vachara bhumi; 'ch' as in china]the Sensuous Plane of Existence; the Sense Sphere; the Sensuous Sphere.

Kamavitakka[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam Vitark]thought of sensual {or sexual} pleasures.

Kamesumicchacara[]

[Sanskrit: Kaamesu mithyachar; 'ch' as in china]sexual misconduct; sensual misconduct; unlawful sexual intercourse; adultery.

Kamma[]

[Sanskrit: Karma]1. karma; kamma; a volitional action; action; deed; good and bad volition. 2. work; job; activity; transaction.

Kammabhava[]

[Sanskrit: Karma-Bhava]kamma-process; the active process of becoming.

Kammakilesa[]

[Sanskrit: Kilesh-karma]an action causing impurity; depravity of action; vice of conduct.

Kammaniyama[]

[Sanskrit: Karma Niyam]order of act and result; the Law of Kamma.

Kammapatha[]

[Sanskrit: Karma Path]course of action; way of action; kamma as the way leading to the woeful or blissful existences.

Kammatthana[]

[Sanskrit: Karma-sthana]subjects of meditation; meditation exercises; the act of meditation or contemplation; ground for mental culture.

Kammavaca[]

[Sanskrit: Karma vacha ; 'ch' as in China]the formal words of an act; text of a formal act, i.e. a motion together with one or three proclamations that may follow.

Kammavacacariya[]

[Sanskrit: Karma Vacha Acharya; 'ch' as in China ]Act Announcing Teacher;{First} Ordination- Teacher.

Kamupadana[]

[Sanskrit: Kaam upadana]sensuous clinging; attachment to sensuality.

Kanda[]

[Sanskrit: Kand]1. a chapter, portion or part {of a religious book}. 2. a sermon.

Kanha-pakkha, Kala-~[]

[Sanskrit: Krishna paksha]the waning moon.

Kankha[]

[Sanskrit: Shanka]doubt; uncertainty.

Kannika, Kutapilandhana*[]

the curved finial {of a gable}; gable-finial;{elongated ornate} gable spire.

Kannikaropana*[]

{T.} the ceremony of mounting the gable-finial.

Kappa[]

[Sanskrit: Kalpa]1. an aeon; world-aeon; world-age; world-cycle; world-period. 2. the life-term; life-period; the duration of life.

Kappabindu[]

a smudge that makes a new robe allowable; dark mark or small black dot applied to a new robe to make it lawful. v. to make a robe allow- able by applying a disfiguring smudge{by which the owner can also identify it}; mark with a smudge.

Kappana[]

merit dedicated to the departed.

Kappanavatthu*[]

monastic revenue estate.

Kappiyakaraka[]

one who makes things suitable for a monk; attendant of a monk.

Kappiyakaraka, Bhikkhusissa, aramika[]

[Sanskrit: ~ Bhiksu-shishya]monastery boy; monastery pupil; temple boy; a monk's pupil.

Karuna[]

[Sanskrit: Karuna]compassion; pity.

Kasaya, Kasavavattha[]

[Sanskrit: kashaya , kashaya vastra]cloth dyed with astringent decoction; the yellow robe; ochre robes.

Kasina[]

a meditational device; object of meditation; the method of inducing con- centration by gazing at any of the ten objects, viz., earth, water, fire, air, blue, yellow, red, white, space and light.

Katannu[]

[Sanskrit: Kritagya]adj. grateful; obliging; knowing the done favour.

Katannukatavedi[]

one who is thankful for benefits received and recip- rocates them.

Katannukatavedita[]

the quality of being a grateful person; gratitude; gratefulness.

Katannuta[]

[Sanskrit: Kritagyata]gratitude; gratefulness; appreciation.

Katattakamma[]

casual act; cumulative or reserve kamma.

Katavedi[]

one who reciprocates the done favour.

Kathavatthu[]

1. Points of Controversy; name of the fifth book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka. 2. a subject of discussion.

Kathina[]

the Kathin ceremony; the annual robe-presentation ceremony{in the month following the end of the Rains Retreat}; post lenten robe-offering; Post-Retreat Robe- Presentation.

Kaya[]

[Sanskrit: Kaya]1. the body; material body. 2. the body of psychic factors, namely, Vedana, Sanna and Sankhara.

Kayabandhana[]

a girdle; waistband.

Kayaduccarita[]

[Sanskrit: kaya dushcharitra; 'ch' as in china]misconduct by the body; bodily misconduct; misconduct in action.

Kayadvara[]

[Sanskrit: kaya dvar]1. the body-door; body avenue; the outlet of bodily senses. 2. the body-door; the channel of bodily action.

Kayagatasati[]

[Sanskrit: Kayagat smriti]mindfulness with regard to the body; reflection or contem- plation on the 32 impure parts of the body.

Kayakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Kaya karma]bodily action; actions performed by the body.

Kayanupassana[]

[Sanskrit: kaya anu pashyana]the contemplation of the body; mindfulness as regards the body ; a method of meditation on body.

Kayasamphassa[]

[Sanskrit: kaya sam sparsh]bodily contact; bodily touch.

Kayasankhara[]

[Sanskrit: kaya sanskar]bodily formation, body attribute, body action.

Kayasucarita[]

[Sanskrit: kaya-su-charitra; 'ch' as in china]good conduct in action; good conduct by the body; bodily good conduct.

Kayavinnana[]

[Sanskrit: kaya vigyan]body-consciousness; consciousness by means of touch.

Kayavinnatti[]

bodily intimation; bodily expression.

Kayaviveka[]

[Sanskrit: kaya vivek]seclusion of the body.

Kayikadukkha[]

[Sanskrit: kayik dukkha]physical pain; bodily pain; physical suffering.

Kayikasukha[]

[Sanskrit: kayik sukha]physical happiness; bodily happiness.

Kesoropanadivasa*[]

Shaving Day; the eve of a Buddhist holy day.

Ketumala[]

garland of rays round the Buddha's head; the halo.

Khadaniya[]

hard or solid food.

Khama[]

[Sanskrit: kshama]patience; tolerance; pardon.

Khamapana[]

[Sanskrit: kshama prarthana]asking for pardon.

Khandha[]

[Sanskrit: skandha]aggregate; category;

Khanikapiti[]

[Sanskrit: kshanik preeti]momentary joy; instantaneous joy.

Khanikasamadhi[]

[Sanskrit: kshanik samadhi]momentary concentration.

Khanti[]

[Sanskrit: Shanti]patience; forbearance; tolerance; endurance; firmness; fortitude.

Khattiya[]

[Sanskrit: Kshatriya]1. a man of the warrior caste; the warrior-ruler; nobles. 2. a king.

Khinasava[]

[Sanskrit: kshina asava]an Arahant; the canker free one; sin free; one whose mind is free from mental obsessions.

Khuddakabuddhapatibimba*[]

[Sanskrit: Kshudra Buddha Pratibimb]a small Buddha image {often used as an amulet or talisman}; amuletic Buddha image.

Khuddakanikaya[]

[Sanskrit: kshudra nikaya]Smaller Collection; the Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon; name of the fifth of the five main divisions of the Sutta Pitaka.

Khuddakapatha[]

[Sanskrit: kshudraka patha]Shorter Texts; the Text of Small Passages; name of the first division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Khuddakapiti[]

[Sanskrit: kshudra preeti]slight sense of interest; lesser thrill. . .

Kiccadhikarana[]

business to be enacted by the Sangha; legal questions concerning obligations; duties.

Kiccavatta*[]

religious routine; daily religious observances.

Kilesa[]

[Sanskrit: kilesh]defilements; impurities; impairments; sorrow

Kilesakama[]

[Sanskrit: kilesh karma]sensuality as defilement; subjective sensuality; desire; lust; sorrow causung deeds

Kinkaraniyesu dakkhata[]

the willingness to give a helping hand.

Kiriyacitta[]

[Sanskrit: kiriya chitta; 'ch' as in china]functional consciousness; inoperative consciousness.

Kodha[]

[Sanskrit: krodha]anger; furious or wrathful passion.

Kosa*[]

[Sanskrit: kosh]mortuary urn; funeral urn; depository; keep; hold

Kosajja[]

idleness; indolence; sloth.

Kuhana[]

deceit; fraud; hypocrisy; trickery.

Kukkucca[]

[Sanskrit: kukuksha]remorse; brooding; confusion; repentance; worry.

Kulupaka[]

[Sanskrit: kul upaka]a family-frequenter; family-friend monk; family mentor.

Kusala[]

[Sanskrit: kushal]adj. wholesome; meritorious; moral; skilful; kammically wholesome. n. merit; good action; virtue; the good; whole- some action.

Kusalacetana[]

[Sanskrit: kushal chetana; 'ch' as in china]right or wholesome volition; good intention; righeous awareness

Kusalacitta[]

[Sanskrit: kushal chitta ; 'ch' as in china]meritorious thought; moral or wholesome consciousness.

Kusalakamma[]

[Sanskrit: kushal karma]wholesome or meritorious action; right conduct.

Kusalakammapatha[]

[Sanskrit: kushal karma patha]the tenfold way of good action; the tenfold wholesome course of action.

Kusalamula[]

[Sanskrit: kushal mool]{the three} roots of good; root of good action; kammically wholesome root; the wholesome roots.

Kusalavitakka[]

[Sanskrit: kushal vitark]wholesome thought; righteous thinking.

Kuti[]

[Sanskrit: kutiya]an abode of a Buddhist monk or novice; a monk's cell; a monk's lodging; dormitory; living quarters of monks.

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Labha[]

gain; acquisition.

Laddhi[]

a theory; view; doctrine.

Lakkhana[]

[Sanskrit: lakshan]a characteristic; sign; mark; distinguishing mark; prognosticative mark; quality.

Likhati[]

v. to inscribe; incise; engrave.

Lobha[]

greed; covetousness; acquisitiveness.

Lohituppada[]

wounding of a Buddha; causing a Buddha to suffer a contusion or to bleed.

Loka[]

the world; a world; plane of existence.

Lokadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: Lok dharma]{the eight} worldly conditions; things of the world; worldly vicissitudes.

Lokadhatu[]

a unit of the Universe; world; sphere; another term for Cakkavala.

Lokadhipateyya[]

dependence on public opinion; following the influence of the world; supremacy of the world; dominant influence by {the censure of} the world.

Lokavajja[]

worldly fault; breach of the ordinary moral law; action reprehended in the world; that which is blamable by the world. .

Lokiya[]

adj. mundane; worldly; belonging to the world.

Lokuttara[]

adj. supramundane; transcendental; beyond these worlds.

Lokuttarabhumi[]

[Sanskrit: Lokuttara Bhumi]the Supramundane Plane {of consciousness}.

Lokuttaradhamma[]

[Sanskrit: Lokuttara Dharma]{the nine} supramundane states: the Four Paths, the Four Fruits and Nibbana.

Lukhappamanika[]

those who measure or judge by shabbiness; those whose faith depends on shabbiness or miserable life.

M[]

Macchariya[]

meanness; avariciousness; stinginess; possessiveness.

Maccu[]

[Sanskrit: mrityu]death.

Maccuraja[]

[Sanskrit: mrityu raaj]the king of death; the Death lord {also known as Maar}, devil, shatan , shaitan.

Mada[]

intoxication; pride; sexual excess.

Maddava[]

gentleness; softness.

Magga[]

[Sanskrit: marg]the Path; the Way; the Noble Path; the Noble Eightfold Path; the Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering.

Magganayaka*[]

[Sanskrit: marg nayak]lay leader of a congregation {or, of a lay community}.

Maghapuja[]

Worship on the Full-Moon Day of the third lunar month in commemoration of the Great Assembly of Disciples.

Maha*[]

great

Mahabhinikkhamana[]

[Sanskrit: maha abhinishkraman]the Great Renunciation; the going forth of the Bodhisatta {Prince Siddharth} into the ascetic life.

Mahabhutarupa[]

{the four} primary elements; great essentials; material qualities of matter.

Mahachatta[]

[Sanskrit: Maha Chatra ; 'ch' as in china]a big sunshade.

Mahajataka[]

the Great Birth Story; story of the Buddha when he was born as Prince Vessantara.

Mahajatakadesana*[]

{T.} Great Birth Sermon; a sermon on the great birth story of the Bodhisatta Vessantara.

Mahakamma[]

[Sanskrit: maha karma]celebration. v. to celebrate.

Mahanikaya*[]

the Mahanikaya Sect; Great Sect; Greater Sub-Order {of the Thai Monkhood}; greater denomination.

Mahapatima-patitthana[]

[Sanskrit: maha pratima pratisth sthan]base {for the principal Buddha image}; pedestal.

Mahapurisa[]

[Sanskrit: maha purush]Great Man.

Mahapurisalakkhana[]

[Sanskrit: maha purush lakshan]{the thirty-two} marks of the Great Man.

Mahasanghamandalapamokkha*[]

[Sanskrit: maha sangh mandal pramukh]the Chief Superintendent of the{Central, North, South, East, or Dhammayuttika} Ecclesiastries; Chief of the ... Eccl. Jurisdiction; Eccl. Governor General.

Mahasankanti[]

[Sanskrit: maha sankranti]{T.} the festival celebrated on the day of the passage of the Sun to Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac; Songkran Festival; water-throwing festival; the traditional Thai New Year.

Mahatherasamagama*[]

[Sanskrit: maha sthivar samagam]Maha-thera Council; Council of Elders; the Sangha Supreme Council.

Mahayana[]

the Great Vehicle; the school of the Great Vehicle {of salvation}; the Northern School of Buddhism.

Majja[]

an intoxicant.

Majjhima patipada[]

[Sanskrit: Madhyam pratipada]the Middle Path; the Middle Way; the via media; the golden mean. .

Majjhima[]

[Sanskrit: Madhyama]middler; a monk who has been ordained between 5 and just under 10 years.

Majjhimadesa[]

[Sanskrit: madhyam desh]the middle country including the Ganges basin.

Majjhimanikaya[]

[Sanskrit: Madhyam nikaya]Collection of Middle-length Discourses; Further Dialogues of the Buddha; name of the second of the five main divisions of the Sutta Pitaka.

Majjhimayama[]

[Sanskrit: Madhyam yama]the middle watch {from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.}.

Makkha[]

depreciation of another's worth; detraction.

Mala[]

dirt; impurity; stain; refuse; dust.

Mamankara[]

lit. the making of the utterance 'my'; selfish attachment; the notion of 'my'; 'my'-making. .

Mamsavirati*[]

[Sanskrit: mansa virati]abstinence from meat; vegetarianism.

Mana[]

[Sanskrit: maan]conceit; pride; inordinate feeling;lust for power.

Mana[]

mind; thinking function;thinking faculty.

Manasikara[]

thinking; thought process; attention; pondering; attentiveness; advertence; mental application; reflection.

Manatta[]

penance

Mandapa[]

a pavilion; temporary shed; square spired pavilion.

Mangala, Mangala-samaya[]

festivity; good omen; auspice; auspicious ceremony; {the thirty-eight} blessings. adj. auspicious.

Mangalavatthu*[]

[Sanskrit: mangal vastu]amulet; talisman; fetish; lucky piece; charm; good-luck charm.

Manodhatu[]

the mind-element; element of apprehension; the ideational faculty.

Manoduccarita[]

[Sanskrit: mano dushcharitra; 'ch' as in china]evil mental action; evil of mind or thoughts; misconduct by mind; mental misconduct.

Manodvara[]

the mind-door; mind-avenue.

Manokamma[]

[Sanskrit: mano karma]mental action; action done by mind.

Manomayiddhi[]

[Sanskrit: manomay siddhi]the magic power of the mind; mind-made magical power.

Manosucarita[]

[Sanskrit: mano su charitra]good mental action; good conduct in thought.

Manovinnana[]

[Sanskrit: mano vigyan]mind-consciousness; the mind cognition.

Manovinnanadhatu[]

[Sanskrit: mano vigyan dhatu]mind-consciousness element.

Manta[]

[Sanskrit: mantra]a charm; spell; incantation; sacred or magical formula or invo- cation; verbal formulas used as incantations in the magic of sound.

Manussa[]

[Sanskrit: manushya]a human being.

Manussadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: manushya dharma]humanity; humane; virtue of man; the Five Precepts.

Manussaloka[]

[Sanskrit: manushya loka]the human world; the human realm; the world of humans.

Mara[]

the Evil One; Death; the Tempter; death lord, satan, shaitan.

Marana[]

death.

Maranabhava*[]

death {of a monk or novice}.

Maranasati[]

[Sanskrit: marana smriti]mindfulness/attention of death; meditation on death.

Matapituupatthana[]

[Sanskrit: mata pitra upasthan]the support of mother and father; ministering to parents; looking after parents.

Matha; Samantapaghana[]

a building for housing monks.

Matika[]

1. matrix; schedule; list; heading. 2.{T.} funeral chanting {of Abhi- dhamma matrices or schedules}.

Mattannuta[]

[Sanskrit: mattra anuttara]moderation; temperance; sense of proportion.

Matugama[]

a woman; womenfolk; women {collectively}.

Matughata[]

[Sanskrit: matri ghata]matricide.

Maya[]

illusion; deceit; trick; the display of an illusion.

Methunadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: maithun dharma]sexual intercourse; coupling; coitus.

Metta[]

[Sanskrit: metri, maitri]loving-kindness; friendliness; compassion; goodwill.

Mettaya pharana[]

[Sanskrit: Maitri~]radiation of loving-kindness/compassion. v. to wish others {or all beings} to be well and happy.

Micchaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: mithya drishti]wrong view; false view.

Middha[]

torpor; drowsiness; languor.

Mittapatirupaka[]

[Sanskrit: mitra pratirupak]a false friend; one pretending to be a friend.

Moha[]

delusion; ignorance; dullness.

Mohacarita[]

the unintelligent; the ignorant; one whose habit is infatuation; a man of foolish habits; the stupid- or dull- natured; one of deluded temperament.

Mohagati[]

wrong way of behaviour consisting in delusion; prejudice caused by delusion or stupidity.

Mokkha[]

[Sanskrit: moksha]moksha,salvation; deliverance; Nirvana; liberation; the state of disentanglement; release; freedom.

Mokkhadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: moksha dharma]moksha, salvation; deliverance; freedom; Nirvana.

Moli[]

topknot {of hair on the crown of the head}.

Mudita[]

sympathetic joy; altruistic joy.

Muditakamma*[]

[Sanskrit: mudit karma]congratulation; showering affection; convey of happiness.

Mukhapatha[]

word of mouth; verbal recital; oral tradition.

Mula-kammatthana[]

[Sanskrit: mula karma sthan]basic meditation subject {comprising the five exposed parts of the body, viz., head hair, body hair, nails, teeth and skin}.

Mulapannatti, Pannatti[]

root regulation; main rule; principal or primary rule.

Mundakaupasika*[]

[Sanskrit: mundaka upasika]a shaven-headed female devotee who wears white robes and observes five or eight precepts; white-robed female lay follower.

Musavada[]

[Sanskrit: mithya vaad]false speech; lying.

mutthassati[]

[Sanskrit: Mithya Smriti]confused; muddled; deranged.

N[]

Naccagitavaditavisuka-dassana[]

[Sanskrit: Naccha geet vadita vishuka darshan]dancing, singing, music, and unseemly shows{or stage plays}.

Nagaor candidate[]

1. a serpentlike water-god. 2.{T.} an applicant for ordination; ordinand.

Nagarasanghapamokkha*[]

[Sanskrit: nagar sangh pramukh]the Ecclesiastical Provincial Governor.

Nakkhattakilana[]

[Sanskrit: Nakshatra~]the celebration of a festival; festivity.

Nama/Nam[]

mind; name; mental factors;mentality.

Namakkara[]

[Sanskrit: namaskar]salutation; the act of paying homage; homage; veneration;{T.} salutation with joined palms.

Namarupa[]

Mind and Matter; mind and form; mind and body; mentality and corporeality.

nana[]

[Sanskrit: Gyan]knowledge; real knowledge; wisdom; insight.

nanadassana[]

[Sanskrit: Gyan-darshan]knowing and seeing; perfect knowledge; all-comprising knowledge; a vision of truth; insight; vision through wisdom.

nanadassana-visuddhi[]

[Sanskrit: gyan-darshan-vishuddhi]purity of knowledge and vision; purity of vision regarding intuitive wisdom; purification by knowledge and vision.

Naraka, Niraya[]

abyss; hell; purgatory.

Nasana, ~na[]

causing to perish; expulsion.

nati[]

a kinsman; relative.

natibali[]

offering to kinsfolk; the helping of one's relatives.

natisalohita[]

relations and blood relations.

natisangaha[]

good treatment towards kinsmen; the helping of one's relatives.

Natthikaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: natthika drishti]lit. the theory of nothingness; nihilism; nihilistic view.

natti[]

a motion.

Navakabhikkhu[]

[Sanskrit: nav bhikshu]a neophyte; newly ordained monk{of less than 5 years' standing}.

Navakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Nava Karma]building new; construction; making repairs.

Navanita[]

fresh butter;{according to some, ghee}.

naya[]

[Sanskrit: nyaya]right path; right method; the Noble Path; truth; Nibbana.

Nekkhamma[]

[Sanskrit: nishkramana]renunciation; giving up the world; escape from sensuality; absence of greed; independence of sensual desire and pleasures; self-denial; self- abnegation.

Nekkhammavitakka[]

[Sanskrit: nishkraman vitark]thought of renunciation; thought free from selfish desire.

Nevasannanasannayatana[]

[Sanskrit: nev sangya asangya ayatana]the Realm of neither Perception nor Non-perception; the fourth immaterial sphere.

Neyya[]

one who is to be led or instructed; one requiring guidance; a trainable or teachable person.

neyyadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: gyaneyya dharma]any-thing that should be learnt or understood; the knowable.

Nhayati[]

v.{of a monk or novice} to bathe.

Nibbana[]

[Sanskrit: Nirvana]Nirvana; Nibbana; the extinction of the fires of greed, of hatred and of ignorance; the Unconditioned; the supreme goal of Buddhism; the Summum Bonum of Buddhism; the Final Goal; the extinction of all defilements and suffering; moksha.

Nibbida[]

dispassion; disinterest; disenchantment.

Niccabhatta[]

[Sanskrit: Nishchya Bhata; 'ch' as in china]a continuous food supply; monthly food allowance.

Niccasila[]

[Sanskrit: Nischya Sheel; 'ch' as in china]regular precepts; uninterrupted observance of virtue; the good conduct to be observed uninterruptedly, i.e. the Five Precepts.

Nidana[]

1. source; cause; origin; reference. 2.{T.} a story.

Niddesa[]

[Sanskrit: Nirdesha]1. Expositions; name of the eleventh division of the Khuddaka Nikaya. 2. description; analytic explanation.

Nigamasanghadhipati*[]

[Sanskrit: nigam sangh adhipati]the Ecclesiastical District Officer.

Nigantha[]

[Sanskrit: Nirgrantha]lit. one who is freed from all ties; a member of the Jain Order; ascetic in Jainism.

Niggahakamma[]

[Sanskrit: nigraha karma]suppression; punishment; censure; reproach; rebuke; chastisement of a perverse monk.

Nikaya[]

1. a collection; group; any of the five main divisions of the Sutta Pitaka. 2. a sect; school; denomination.

Nikkhepapada[]

[Sanskrit: nikshepa pada]a verse or words of summary; thesis; verse or passage set up for detailed treatment in a discourse; a saying quoted for discoursing; discourse-opening verse; topic; theme; subject; subject matter; gist; point of a discussion; query.

Nimantaka, Danapati[]

[Sanskrit: nimantrak, danapati ]the host; sponsor; chief donor.

Nimantana[]

[Sanskrit: nimantrana]invitation {for a monk} v. to invite{a monk}.

Nimanteti[]

[Sanskrit: nimantran]v. to invite {monks}, especially for a collective action.

Nimitta[]

sign; omen; mark; portent; cause; mental image; mental reflex; boundary marker.

Nimmanarati[]

[Sanskrit: Nirmana rati]the realm of the gods who rejoice in{their own} creations; name of the fifth heavenly abode of which Sunimmita is the king.

Ninda[]

blame; reproach; fault-finding; calumny. v. to blame; calumniate; speak ill of a person.

Niraya[]

hell; woeful state.

Nirodha[]

the Cessation or Extinction of Suffering; cessation; extinction.

Niruttipatisambhidawith regard to the true meaning and the Law[]

the Discrimination of Language; knowledge of dialects or philological analysis; analytical knowledge of the language.

Nissaggiyapacittiya[]

an offence entailing expiation with forfeiture.

Nissaranavimutti[]

[Sanskrit: Nissarana vimukti]deliverance by escaping from defilements; freedom by deliverance; Nibbana.

Nissaya[]

that on which anything depends; foundation; help; resource; support; protection; guidance; tutelage; dependence; habit.

Nissayamuttaka[]

lit. released from dependence, or independent of protection; a legally independent monk; a monk who has completed five years of living in dependence on the preceptor.

Nivarana[]

{the five} hindrances; obstacles.

Nivaseti, Parupati[]

v. to don; wear; put on{the yellow robe}.

Nivata[]

humbleness; humility; lowliness; gentleness.

Niyama[]

certainty; fixed method; regular order; the state of certainty; the five orders of processes which operate in the physical and mental realms; natural and regular orders governing all things; natural law.

Niyasakamma, Niyassa~[]

the formal act of subordination; giving guidance; causing {a monk} to live {again} in dependence.

O[]

Oja[]

nutritive essence; nutriment.

Okkantikapiti[]

oscillating interest; showering joy.

Opapatika[]

creatures having spontaneous births.

Ottappa[]

moral fear; moral dread.

Ovada[]

admonition; exhortation; advice.

Ovadapatimokkha[]

the Principal Teaching; the Fundamental Teaching; exhortatory Patimokkha.

P[]

Pabbajaniyakamma[]

[Sanskrit: pravajra niya karma]the act of banishment; exile; the punishment made to a monk deserving to be expelled.

Pabbajita, Bhikkhu[]

[Sanskrit: Pravarjit, Bhikshu]1. title used when speaking of a Buddhist monk; venerable. 2. a Bhikkhu; Buddhist monk; monk;{in other religions} a priest; minister; clergyman; ascetic; recluse; monk; the ordained; religious; renunciate; monastic

Pabbajja, upasampada[]

[Sanskrit: Pravarjya, Upasampada ]giving up the world; adopting the ascetic life; ordination. v. to go forth; give up or renounce the world; become an ascetic, a Bhikkhu or a novice; be ordained; join or enter the Order.

Paccantadesa[]

the out-skirts of a country; bordering regions.

Paccavekkhana[]

[Sanskrit: Paccha vekkhana; 'ch' as in china]reflection; consideration; reviewing.

Paccaya[]

[Sanskrit: Pratya]1. condition; aiding condition; factor. 2. {the four} requisites, viz., clothing, food, dwelling and medicine; necessities.

Paccayakara[]

[Sanskrit: Pratya kar; 'ch' as in china]the Mode of Dependency.

Paccayasannissitasila[]

discipline as regards the four requisites; conduct in connection with the necessities of life.

Paccekabuddha[]

[Sanskrit: Pratyekbuddha]a solitary Buddha; a Silent Buddha; a Buddha who has won enlightenment by himself, but does not teach others; one who gains liberation for himself alone.

Pacchabhatta[]

afternoon; after the mealtime of the monk.

Pacchasamana[]

a junior monk who walks behind a senior on his rounds; accompanying monk; attendant.

Pacchimabhattakala*[]

[Sanskrit: pachim Bhat kaal]the limited time for the second and last meal of the monk; lunchtime for Buddhist monks,{11.00 A.M. to 12.00 noon}; forenoon meal.

Pacchimajati[]

the last birth.

Pacchimaovada[]

[Sanskrit: pacchima uvad; 'ch' as in china]the last instruction; the last advice or exhortation.

Pacchimavaca[]

[Sanskrit: pacchima vacha; 'ch' as in china]the last word; the last saying.

Pacchimayama[]

the last watch {from 2:00 to 6:00 a.m.}

Pacchimika[]

the later period for keeping the rains.

Paccuddharana[]

to give up the use {of an old robe}; remove; revoke.

Paccuggamana[]

rising to receive.

Paccupatthana[]

appearance; mode of appearance; phenomenon.

Pacittiya[]

[Sanskrit: prashchitya; 'ch' as in china]1. Minor Offences; one of the books of the Vinaya; 2. an offence entailing expiation.

Padakkhina[]

[Sanskrit: Pradakshina]respectful clockwise walk around {a great person or shrine}, circumambulation. v. to circumambulate; make a triple circumambulation.

Padatthana[]

a proximate cause.

Padhana[]

effort; exertion; striving; the Four Great Efforts.

Padhanabuddhapatima*[]

[Sanskrit: Pradhan Buddha Pratima]the principal Buddha image {in the Uposatha hall}; main Buddha image.

Pahana[]

[Sanskrit: Prahan]giving up; abandoning; removal; eradication; overcoming.

Pahanapadhana[]

[Sanskrit: Prahan~]the effort to discard evils that have arisen; the effort to overcome unwholesome states.

Pahatabbadhamma[]

that which is to be eradicated or abandoned, i.e. the Cause of Suffering.

Pakarana[]

[Sanskrit: Prakarna]a literary work; book; canonical text; scripture.

Pakasana, Vipulakarana[]

[Sanskrit: Prakashan]propagation; dissemination; spreading.

Pakkha[]

[Sanskrit: Paksha]a fortnight; one half of the lunar month; {lunar} half-month.

Palasa[]

rivalry; envious rivalry; domineering.

Pali[]

1. Pali language; the language adopted by the Theravadins as the language in which to preserve the memorized teachings of the Buddha. 2. Tipitaka; the text of the Pali Canon; the Buddha's teachings as contained in the Tipitaka.

Palibodha[]

obstruction; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; drawback.

Pallanka[]

a couch; throne; crossed legged sitting.

Pallankam abhujati[]

to sit{flat on the haunches} cross-legged.

Pallankappamana[]

[Sanskrit: pallanka pramana]lap-front measure; the method of measuring the size of a cross- legged sitting Buddha image.

Pamada[]

[Sanskrit: Pramad]sloth; heedlessness;carelessness; negligence; indolence; remissness; torpor.

Pamojja[]

[Sanskrit: Pramod]delight; joy; gladness; cheerfulness.

Pamsukula[]

lit. soiled or loathesome as dirt; like a dust heap; discarded; disposed of; unwanted. 1. rags from a dust heap; a robe made of rags taken from dust-bins; discarded cloth; rag-robe. 2.{T.} a yellow robe dedicated to a deceased person. v. to take such robes after contem-plating on the impermanence of compounded things; meditate and take a funeral{or memorial} robe.

Pamsukula-civara, Assamika-vattha[]

Forest Robe; {probably, } cloth discarded in the forest or on a charnel ground; discarded cloth;{T.} a robe left for the monks to take as a discarded cloth. v.to leave a robe {together with other offerings} for the monks to take as a discarded cloth; hold a Forest-Robe Presentation Ceremony.

Pamsukulacivaranikkhipana[]

{T.} v. to lay a robe {as an offering to a monk at a funeral or memorial ceremony}; lay down a funeral robe.

Panatipata[]

[Sanskrit: prani pat]taking life; killing.

Pancadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: pancha dharma; 'ch' as in china]the five ennobling virtues.

Pancadvara[]

[Sanskrit: pancha dvar; 'ch' as in china]the five sense-doors: eye, ear, nose, tongue and body.

Pancakkhandha[]

[Sanskrit: Pancha Khanda; 'ch' as in china]the Five Aggregates; the five groups of existence; the five causally conditioned elements of existence forming a being or entity, viz., corporeality, feeling, perception, mental formations and con- sciousness.

Pancappatitthitena vandana[]

five-point prostration; the method of veneration or obeisance by prostrating oneself or kneeling and touching the ground with five parts of the body, viz., the knees, elbows and forehead.

Pancasila[]

[Sanskrit: Panch sheel]the Five Precepts; the Five Rules of Morality; the Five Training Rules {Speaking Truth, Non-violence, Non-stealing, no-intoxicants;

Pancavaggiya[]

[Sanskrit: Pancha vargiya; 'ch' as in china]belonging to the group of five; the five Bhikkhus; the five ascetics; the five mendicants, namely, Anna- kondanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, and Assaji.

Pandaka[]

a eunuch.

Pandava[]

a small drum.

Panha[]

[Sanskrit: prashn]a question; inquiry; problem.

Panidhana[]

aspiration; determination; resolution.

Panna[]

[Sanskrit: pragya]wisdom; knowledge; insight; experiential knowledge; discernment.

Pannacakkhu[]

[Sanskrit: pragya chakshu; 'ch' as in china]the {divine} Eye of Wisdom/Insight.

Pannasampada[]

[Sanskrit: pragya sampada]achievement of wisdom/insight ; the blessing of higher knowledge.

Pannatti, Mulapannatti[]

root regulation; main rule; principal or primary rule.

Pannattivajja[]

formulated fault; breach of the training rules; that which is blamable by the regulation. .

Pannavimutti[]

[Sanskrit: pragya vimukti]liberation through wisdom; emancipation through insight.

Papa[]

[Sanskrit: Paap]evil; wrong action; demerit;{mis.} sin. adj. evil; bad; wicked; demeritorious;{mis.} sinful.

Papanca[]

[Sanskrit: Prapancha; 'ch' as in china]diversification; diffuseness;multiplicity; proliferation.

Papunati; Sacchikaroti; Abhisameti[]

to attain; realize; reach; achieve; experience for oneself.

Paradarakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Par dara karma]adultery; unlawful ; intercourse with others' wives.

Parajika[]

[Sanskrit: probably Parajit+Karma]1. Major Offences; the first of the two divisions of the Suttavibhanga of the Vinaya. 2. a grave offence involving expulsion from monkhood; Defeat. 3. one who has committed the grave offence of expulsion; defeated one.

Paraloka, punabbhava[]

[Sanskrit: parlok, punar-bhava]rebirth; re-existence; future life, the other world; the world beyond; the world to come.

Paramattha[]

[Sanskrit: Parmarth]1. the highest good; the highest ideal; the highest gain; the highest benefit; the final goal; the Absolute Truth; the Ultimate Reality; Nibba na. 2.{the four} Ultimates; Ultimate Realities.

Paramatthasacca[]

[Sanskrit: Parmarth satya]the absolute truth; ultimate truth.

Parami[]

{the ten} Perfections; stages of spiritual perfection achieved by a Bodhisatta on his path to Buddhahood {or by those who are determined to become Pacceka-buddhas or Arahant disciples of a Buddha}.

Paranimmitavasavatti[]

[Sanskrit: Par Nimitta vasa vatti]the realm of gods who lord over the creation of others; name of the sixth heavenly abode of which Vasavatti is the king.

Paravadi[]

the opponent {in argument or controversy.}

Paribbajaka[]

[Sanskrit: Parivajrak]a wandering religious mendicant; wanderer; ascetic; hermit.

Paribhogacetiya[]

[Sanskrit: paribhog chaitya]a tree, shrine, dwelling, bed, etc. used by the Buddha and consequently remindful of him and sacred; the monument of the Buddha's utility; shrine by use {or by association}.

Pariccaga[]

[Sanskrit: parityag]donation; charity; sacrifice.v. to donate; give; give up.

Pariccheda[]

[Sanskrit: pariccheda; 'ch' as in china]a chapter; fascicule.

Parideva[]

lamentation, weeping over dead.

Parikamma[]

[Sanskrit: parikrama]1. repetition; pronouncing incantations; recitation {or to recite} for the purpose of making sacred ; 2. arrangement; preparation; preliminary action.

Parikkhara[]

requisite;{the eight} requisites of a Buddhist monk: the three robes, the bowl, a razor, a needle, the girdle and a water-strainer; accessory; equipment.

Parinibbana[]

[Sanskrit: pari nirvana]the final or complete Nibbana; the complete extinction of all passions; the final release from the round of rebirth; the Great Decease of the Buddha; death { after the last life-span of an Arhant }.

Parinna[]

[Sanskrit: parigyan]accurate or exact knowledge; full understanding; comprehension.

Parinneyyadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: parigyaneya dharma]that which is to be known accurately; that which should be understood or comprehended, i.e. suffering {or all conditioned things }.

Parinnu, Palinnu[]

one versed or learned in Pali studies; one who has passed the examination of any of the seven higher {3 to 9} grades of Pali studies; eccl. graduate of Pali studies; Pali graduate; Pali scholar.

Parisa[]

[Sanskrit: parishad]surrounding people; an assembly; company: association; the four assemblies of the Buddhist devouts: the assemblies of monks, nuns, male and female lay devotees.

Parisannuta[]

[Sanskrit: parishad anuttara]the quality of one who knows the assembly; knowing the assembly; knowledge of groups of persons.

Parisuddhisila[]

[Sanskrit: Parishuddhi sheel]the four kinds of Higher Sila; the fourfold moral purity; morality for purification; morality consisting in purity.

Paritta[]

verses of protection or safeguard; protective chants; holy stanzas.

Parittabhanana[]

{T.} {used for auspicious ceremonies} to chant holy stanzas.

Parittasutta*[]

[Sanskrit: pavitra sutra]sacred thread; sacred cord.

Parittavatthu, Indajalikavatthu*[]

something said to have magic power; magic object; amulet; talisman; charm; fetish.

Parittodaka*[]

consecrated water; blessing water; lustral water; holy water.

Parittodaka-abbhukkirana;sincana[]

[Sanskrit: ; sinchana; 'ch' as in china]to sprinkle the holy water.

Parivara[]

Epitome of the Vinaya; the Accessory; name of the last book of the Vinaya Pitaka.

Parivara[]

1. retinue; suite; pomp; followers; following. 2. accessories.

Parivasa[]

probation.

Parivisana[]

v. to serve with food; wait upon at a meal.

Pariyatti[]

the {Buddhist} Scriptures; study of the Scriptures; the Teachings to be studied.

Pasada[]

confidence; satisfaction; joy; calm and clarity of mind; appreciation; faith.

Pasamsa[]

[Sanskrit: prashansha]praise; commendation.

Passaddhi[]

tranquillity; quietude; calmness; repose; serenity; relaxation.

Passasa[]

[Sanskrit: Prashvas]out-breathing; exhalation.

Pathamadesana[]

[Sanskrit: Pratham anudeshana]the First Sermon; the First Discourse. .

Pathamajjhana[]

[Sanskrit: Pratham Dhyan]the first Jhana; the first absorption.

Pathamasavaka[]

[Sanskrit: Pratham Shravak]the first disciple: Annakondanna.

Pathamayama[]

[Sanskrit: Pratham Ayam]the first watch {from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.}

Pathavidhatu[]

[Sanskrit: Prathvi dhatu]lit. the earth-element; the element of extension; solid; the sub- stratum of matter.

Patibhaganimitta[]

[Sanskrit: Pratibhag nimitta]conceptualized image; counterpart sign; counter image.

Patibhana[]

[Sanskrit: Pratibhan]perspicuity; sagacity; shrewdness; ready wit.

Patibhana-patisambhida[]

the Discrimination of Sagacity.

Paticcasamuppada[]

[Sanskrit: Pratitya Samuppada]the Dependent Origination; the Law of Causation; the Chain of Causation; the Law of Dependent Arising; the Chain of Phenomenal Cause and Effect; the Conditional Arising and Cessation of All Phenomena;{the twelve links of} conditioned co-production.

Patidesaniya[]

[Sanskrit: prati anudeshniya]an offence to be confessed.

Patiggahaka[]

[Sanskrit: Prati grahak]a recipient; one who receives.

Patigha[]

[Sanskrit: pratigha]repulsion; irritation; anger; ill-will; grudge.

Patihariya[]

marvel; wonder; miracle.

Patikulasanna[]

[Sanskrit: Pratikool Sangya]consciousness of impurity; perception of loathsomeness.

Patiloma[]

[Sanskrit: Pratilom]reverse; opposite; contrary; backward; in reverse order.

Patima[]

[Sanskrit: Pratima]an image; figure.

Patimokkha-samvarasila[]

discipline as prescribed by the Patimokkha; moral discipline as regards the Fundamental Precepts; restraint with regard to the monastic disciplinary code.

Patimokkhuddesa[]

recitation of the Fundamental Precepts of the Buddhist monks. v. to recite or chant the Fundamental Precepts.

Patinnatakarana[]

doing according to what is admitted; proceeding on the acknowledgement{by the accused monk}.

Patipada[]

[Sanskrit: pratipada]path; way; method; mode of progress; means of reaching a goal; practice; line of conduct.

Patipadanana-dassanavisuddhi[]

[Sanskrit: Pratipada-gyan Darshan-vishuddhi]purity of knowledge and vision of progress.

Patipassaddhivimutti[]

deliverance by tranquillization.

Patipatti[]

the practice.

Patirupadesavasa[]

[Sanskrit: Pratirupa desh vasa]living in a suitable region; residing in a suitable locality; dwelling in a favourable place.

Patisambhida[]

{the four} Discri-mination; analytic insight; Analytical Knowledge; discriminating knowledge.

Patisambhidamagga[]

the Way of Analysis; the Way of Discriminating Knowledge; name of the twelfth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Patisandhi[]

[Sanskrit: Prati sandhi]relinking; rebirth; reunion; conception.

Patisandhikkhana[]

[Sanskrit: Prati sandhi Kshana]relinking moment; the initial thought-moment of life; the initial thought-process.

Patisandhivinnana[]

[Sanskrit: Prati Sandhi Vigyan]rebirth-consciousness; relinking consciousness.

Patisankharana[]

restoration; reparation; repair; mending.

Patisanthara[]

friendly welcome; kind reception; hospitality; greeting.

Patisaraniyakamma[]

formal act of reconciliation.

Patissava[]

promise; assent.

Patitthanabuddhapatima*[]

[Sanskrit: Pratishthana Buddha Pratima]a Buddha image/statue of a larger size fit to be placed more or less permanently for worship; Buddha image {to be} set {on an altar} for worship; altar Buddha-image.

Pativedha[]

[Sanskrit: Prativedh]penetration; realization; comprehension; attainment; insight; knowledge.

Patmokkha, Patimokkha[]

the Fundamental Precepts; the fundamental rules of the Order; the 227 disciplinary rules binding on Bhikkhus; a collection of the fundamental precepts of the Order recited every fortnight; fortnightly recitation of the fundamental precepts; Disciplinary Code.

Patta[]

[Sanskrit: Patra]a bowl; alms-bowl.

Pattadharaka[]

[Sanskrit: patra dharak]bowl-support; bowl-stand.

Pattanikujjana[]

the formal act of exclusion from association; excommunication.

Pattanumodana[]

rejoicing in others' merit.

Pattanumodanamaya[]

{merit} connected with, or to be gained through, rejoicing in others' merit.

Pattapidhana[]

[Sanskrit: patra~]lid or cover for an alms-bowl; alms-bowl lid.

Pattathavika[]

the bag with a sling, used for carrying an alms-bowl in; bowl-case; bowl-bag.

Patthana[]

[Sanskrit: Prasthana]the Book of Causal Relations; name of the seventh book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Pattidana, Dakkhinadisana[]

[Sanskrit: pratidaan]giving of merit; transference of merit; letting others share or participate in doing good.

Pattidanamaya[]

[Sanskrit: pratidaanmay]{merit} connected with, or to be gained through, the giving out of one's accumulated merit; the transference of merit or letting others share in doing good as a way of making merit.

Pavacana[]

[Sanskrit: Pravarchan; 'ch' as in china]the fundamental text; the Scriptures; the Dhamma and the Vinaya; the Doctrine and the Discipline.

Pavarana[]

1. invitation; giving occasion or opportunity; allowance. 2. invitation to ask. 3. invitation to speak; the act of inviting others to advise one or to speak of one's offences or any unbecoming behaviour; the ecclesiastical ceremony at the end of the rains retreat, in which monks invite one another to speak of any offences or unbecoming behaviour they have seen, heard or suspected to have been committed during the rains. v. to invite to ask or to speak.

Pavaranadivasa[]

the last day of the rains-residence, on which the Pavarana ceremony is performed; Pavarana Day; end of the rains-retreat; Retreat-Ending Day.

Peta[]

[Sanskrit: preta]a departed being; ghost; ghost-being; hungry ghost; the ghost of the departed.

Petavatthu[]

[Sanskrit: preta vastu]Stories of the Departed; name of the tenth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Pettivisaya, Pittivisaya[]

the plane of the departed; the world of manes; the realm of ghost-beings.

Peyyavajja[]

[Sanskrit: priya vacha; 'ch' as in china]lit. drinkable words; kindly speech.

Phala[]

fruit; result; consequence; effect.

Phanita[]

treacle; molasses; sugar.

Pharanapiti[]

rapture; diffused rapture.

Pharusavaca[]

[Sanskrit: ~vacha; 'ch' as in china]harsh speech; harsh language.

Phassa[]

[Sanskrit: sparsh]contact; touch; mental impression.

Photthabba[]

tangible object.

Pindadana[]

v. to offer food to the monks on their almsround.

Pindapata[]

food received in the alms-bowl {of a Bhikkhu} ; alms-gathering; almsfood. v. to go for alms; go for collecting alms; go for alms-gathering; go on an almsround; receive food-offerings.

Pisunavaca[]

malicious speech; slandering; tale-bearing.

Pitaka[]

[Sanskrit: pitak]a basket; any of the three main divisions of the Pali Canon.

Piti[]

[Sanskrit: preeti]joy; rapture; delight; zest; interest.

Pittivisaya, Pettivisaya[]

the plane of the departed; the world of manes; the realm of ghost-beings.

Pitughata[]

patricide.

Piyavaca[]

[Sanskrit: Priya vacha; 'ch' as in china]pleasant speech; kindly speech.

Posi[]

appellation used by a monk for his parents or his patron or supporter.

Pubbakamma[]

[Sanskrit: poorva karma]a former deed; a deed done in a former existence.

Pubbakarana[]

[Sanskrit: poorva~]preliminary works.

Pubbakari[]

[Sanskrit: poorva~]one who does a favour before; a previous benefactor.

Pubbakicca[]

[Sanskrit: poorva kritya]preliminary function; preliminary duties.

Pubbanha-sajjhaya, Pata-bhana[]

morning chanting.

Pubbanimitta[]

[Sanskrit: poorva nimitta]a foregoing sign; prognostic; portent.

Pubbapetabali[]

[Sanskrit: poorva pret bali]offerings dedicated to the deceased.

Pubbekatapunnata[]

[Sanskrit: Poorva krit punyata]the state of having done meritorious actions in the past; to have done good deeds in the past; having prepared oneself with good background.

Pubbenivasanussatinana[]

[Sanskrit: Poorva nivas anusmriti gyan]Reminiscence of Past or Previous Births; the recollection of former lives; supernormal know- ledge which enables one to remember the various past courses of one's own existences.

Pubbesannivasa[]

[Sanskrit: Poorva sah nivasa]living together in the past; previous association; cohabitation in a previous life.

Pucchavissajjana[]

[Sanskrit: Prashna visarjan]catechism; question and answer.

Puggaladhitthana[]

exposition in terms of persons; teaching with reference to persons; teaching by means of personification.

Puggalannuta[]

the quality of one who knows individuals; knowing the individual; knowledge of individuals.

Puggalapannatti[]

Description of Individuals; Designation of Individuals; name of the fourth book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Puja[]

worship {external and mental}; honour; veneration; homage; devotional attention; devotional offering.

Pujanapitha*[]

[Sanskrit: pujan peeth]set of altar tables.

Pujaniyapuggala[]

[Sanskrit: pujaniya~]a venerable person; person worthy of honour; one entitled to homage.

Pujaniyatthana*[]

[Sanskrit: pujaniya sthan]a place of worship; place of sanctity; religious place; shrine; holy or sacred place; sanctuary.

Pujaniyavatthu*[]

[Sanskrit: pujaniya vastu]an object of worship.

Pujavidhi, Carittaniyama*[]

rite; ritual; ceremony.

Punna[]

[Sanskrit: Punya]merit; meritorious action; virtue; righteousness; moral acts; good works. adj. meritorious; good.

Punnakarana[]

[Sanskrit: punya karana]merit-making; performing meritorious action. v. to make merit; do merit; do good; perform meritorious action.

Punnakiriyavatthu[]

[Sanskrit: punya~]{the three or ten} items of meritorious action; way of making merit.

Punnami[]

[Sanskrit: poornima]the full-moon day.

Punnamidivasa[]

[Sanskrit: poornima diwas]the full-moon day.

pupphadhana*[]

[Sanskrit: pushp-daan]a vase.

Pureti, Bhaveti[]

v. to fulfil; cultivate; develop; practise.

Purimika[]

the earlier period for keeping the rains.

Putaplavana*[]

[Sanskrit: patra plavna]'leaf-vessel floating'

Puthujjana[]

[Sanskrit: prithak jana]a worldling; worldly person; ordinary man; not following the path or opposed to the path.

R[]

Raga[]

[Sanskrit: Raag]liking; lust; passion; excitement; greed; attachment.

Ragacarita[]

[Sanskrit: Raag charitra]the lustful {nature} ; one whose habit is passion; one of passionate behaviour; the lustful-natured; one of lustful temperament.

Rajabali[]

offering to the king or the government, as by paying taxes.

Rajaganayati, Culasangharaja*of monks}[]

{a dignitary belonging to the Royal Chapter

Rajavaravihara, Rajavasa[]

royal monastery.

Rajavidhi, Rajapujavidhi[]

a royal ceremony.

Rasa[]

1. taste; sapid object; flavour. 2. function.

ratanaghara*[]

back plate

Ratanapakara[]

consecrated wall; a parapet {surrounding a sacred building}.

Ratanattaya[]

the Three Jewels; The Three Gems; Triple Gem.

Ratanattaya[]

the Triple Gem; the Triple Jewel; the Three Jewels.

Rattannu[]

an elder of long standing.

Rupa[]

1. matter; form; material; body; shape; corporeality. 2. object of the eye; visible object.

Rupajhana[]

Jhanas {Absorptions} of the Fine-Material Sphere.

Rupaloka[]

the world of form; the Form Sphere.

Ruparaga[]

desire for life in the world of form; craving for form; attachment to realms of form; greed for fine-material existence.

Ruparammana[]

visible object.

Rupavacarabhumi[]

[Sanskrit: rupa vachara bhumi ; 'ch' as in china]the Plane of Form; the Form Plane; Fine-Material Sphere.

S[]

Sabbannu[]

the Omniscient One; an epithet of the Buddha.

Sabbannutanana[]

omniscience.

Sabhava[]

[Sanskrit: swabhav]nature; condition; state; reality.

Sabhavadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: swabhav dharma]principle of nature; natural condition; natural phenomenon.

Sabrahmacari[]

[Sanskrit: sah brahmachari]a fellow monk; fellow in the holy life; co-celibate.

Sacca[]

[Sanskrit: satya]truth; truthfulness.

Sacchikaroti; Papunati; Abhisameti[]

to attain; realize; reach; achieve; experience for oneself.

Sacchikatabbadhamma[]

that which is to be realized, i.e. the Cessation ofSuffering or Nibbana.

Sadarasantosa[]

[Sanskrit: sa dara santosh]contentment with one's own wife.

Saddarammana[]

audible object; sound.

Saddha[]

[Sanskrit: shraddha]faith; confidence.

Saddhacarita[]

[Sanskrit: shraddha charitra]the devout; the faithful-natured; one of faithful temperament.

Saddhadeyya[]

[Sanskrit: shraddha deyya]a gift of faith; a gift offered through faith.

Saddhamma[]

[Sanskrit: satya dharma]the true Dhamma; true doctrine; doctrine of the good; good law; good principle.

Saddhammapatirupaka[]

[Sanskrit: satya dharma prati rupaka]false doctrine; pseudo-Dhamma.

Saddhasampada[]

[Sanskrit: shraddha sampada]achievement of faith.

Saddhiviharika[]

a co-resident; pupil.

Sadharanakaradhikara*[]

[Sanskrit: sadharan karya adhikari]Board of Public Works.

Sagga[]

a place of happiness; heaven; heavenly abode.

Sahadhammika[]

co-religionists; fellow Dhamma-farer.

Sajiva[]

the code of discipline; all the disciplinary rules abiding on the life of the monk.

Sajjhaya, Uddesa, Padabhana, ~gayana, ~bhanana, Parittakarana[]

recitation; chanting {especially of protective verses}; rehearsal. v. to recite {the Buddha's teachings}; chant; chant the holy stanzas.

Sajjhayanasala*[]

chanting hall; hall for daily meeting and chanting.

Sakaccha[]

conversation; discussion.

Sakadagami[]

the Once-Returner; one who has attained the second stage of the Path and will be reborn on the earth only once before attaining the final emancipation.

Sakadagamimagga[]

the Path of Once-Returning.

Sakadagamiphala[]

the Fruit of Once-Returning.

Sakalamahasangha-parinayaka[]

[Sanskrit: sakal maha sangh pari nayak]top leader of the entire Great Sangha; head of the national Sangha; the secondary title attached to the title of {Sangharaja}, i.e. the Supreme Patriarch, or chief of the Buddhist Order of a country.

Sakavadi[]

the affirmative; proposer.

Sakkaccam sahattha deti[]

v. to present {something to a monk} with the hand.

Sakkara[]

[Sanskrit: satkar]honour; worship; hospitality.

Sakkayaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: sa kaya drishti]self-illusion; the delusion of self; belief in a personal self; theory of soul; egoistic view.

Sala[]

[Sanskrit: shala]hall; pavilion; wayside shelter; study and merit-making hall; public building; preaching hall; multipurpose hall.

Salakabhatta[]

food to be distributed by tickets; ticket-food.

Salayatana[]

the six senses; sense-bases; sense-organs; sense-spheres.

Samadana[]

undertaking; observance; acceptance. v. to undertake; take upon oneself.

Samadhi[]

concentration; one pointedness of mind; mental discipline. {leads to trance states}

Samaggi[]

concord; unity; harmony; unanimity; union.

Samajivita[]

[Sanskrit: samyak ajivika]balanced livelihood; regular life; living economically; living within one's means.

Samana[]

[Sanskrit: shramana]a recluse; a Buddhist monk .

Samana-brahmana[]

[Sanskrit: shraman brahman]recluses and brahmins; ascetics and priests; the recluses and mendicants of non-Vedic or non-Brahmanical systems {such as Buddhism and Jainism} and the brahmins of the priestly caste of the Vedic religion.

Samanadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: shraman dharma]duties of a monk; monastic observances.

Samanasanna[]

[Sanskrit: shraman sangya]awareness of one's monkhood; consciousness of proper behaviour of a monk; a monk's sense of duty.

Samanasaruppa[]

[Sanskrit: shraman swarup]a monk's proper behaviour; the appearance and character appropriate to a monk.

Samanasatti*[]

[Sanskrit: shraman~]eccl. honorific rank; title.

Samanattata[]

impartiality; sociability; state of equality; even and equal treatment; equality and participation.

Samanera[]

[Sanskrit: shramanera]a novice; one who is ordained by taking the Three Refuges and observes the Ten Precepts.

Samaneri[]

[Sanskrit: shramaneri]a female novice; female

Samannalakkhana[]

[Sanskrit: samaam lakshan]the Common Characteristics {of component things}, viz., impermanence, state of conflict and not-self.

Samantayacana*[]

request for donation; collection of voluntary contributions.

Samanuddesa[]

[Sanskrit: shraman~]a novice.

Samatha[]

[Sanskrit: Samata]Equanimity, calm; tranquillity; quietude of heart, emotions, desires, cravings ,wants , thoughts.

Samathabhavana[]

[Sanskrit: samata bhavna]concentration development with samatha ; the method and practice of concentrating the mind along with quetitude; tranquillity development.

Samaya, Ditthi, Pasanda[]

a religion.

Sambhavesi[]

lit. seeking birth or existence. 1. a living being at the first stage of life or during the birth-process; a being worldling. 3.{T.} a spirit seeking {or awaiting} rebirth.

Sambuddha[]

one who has been well enlightened or has thoroughly understood; a Buddha; the Buddha.

Samicikamma[]

[Sanskrit: samichi karma; 'ch' as in china]proper act of respect; opportune gestures of respect.

Sammaajiva[]

[Sanskrit: samyak ajivika]Right Livelihood; Right Living; Right Means of Livelihood; Right Pursuits.

Sammaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: samyak drishti]Right View; Right Understanding.

Sammakammanta[]

[Sanskrit: samyak karmant]Right Action; Right Conduct; Right Behaviour.

Sammappadhana[]

{the Four} Great Efforts; Supreme Efforts; Right Efforts.

Sammasamadhi[]

[Sanskrit: samyak samadhi} Right Concentration; Right Focus{within} leading to right trance state.]

Sammasambuddha[]

[Sanskrit: samyak sambuddha]the Fully {or Perfectly} Enlightened One.

Sammasankappa[]

[Sanskrit: samyak sankalp]Right Thought; Right Mental Attitude; Right Motives; Right Aspiration.

Sammasati[]

[Sanskrit: samyak smriti]Right Mindfulness; Right Attentiveness; right meditation{aware within , with equanimity/samatha}.

Sammati; Sammuti[]

convention; agreement; consent; authorization; appointment; election.

Sammatisacca; Sammutisacca[]

conventional truth.

Sammatisangha; Sammutisangha[]

sangha by convention; con- ventional sangha; community of ordained monks.

Sammavaca[]

[Sanskrit: samyak vacha; 'ch' as in china]Right Speech.

Sammavayama[]

[Sanskrit: samyak vyayam]Right Effort; Right Endeavour; Right Exertion.

sammosa[]

confusion; falling into oblivion.

Sammukhavinaya[]

verdict in the presence of {a Sangha, the persons and the matter concerned, and the Doctrine and Discipline}.

Sampada[]

achievement; fulfilment; accomplishment; attainment; success; happiness.

Sampajanna[]

[Sanskrit: Sampurna Janyam]complete comprehension; discrimination; circumspection; clear consciousness; awareness {wrt meditation , it means being conscious completely about body , mind as well as within}

Samparaya[]

a future existence; next life; future life.

Samparaya[]

a future life; the beyond; the hereafter; spirituality.

Samparayikattha[]

gain for the hereafter; future benefit; spiritual welfare; sources of happiness in the future life.

Sampatti[]

success; attainment; achievement; accomplishment; advantage; fulfilment; happiness; bliss; fortune; wealth; prosperity; perfection; soundness; validity.

Samphappalapa[]

[Sanskrit: ~pralap]frivolous talk; idle talk; vain talk.

Samsara, Samsaracakka[]

[Sanskrit: sansar , sansar-chakra]lit. faring on; the Round of Rebirth; the Round of Exist- ence; the Wheel of Rebirth; the Wheel of Life; the Life Process; Rebirth process; the Process of Birth and Death.

Samsedaja[]

[Sanskrit: sam swedaja]moisture-born creatures.

Samucchedavimutti[]

[Sanskrit: ~vimukti]deliverance by extirpation.

Samudaya[]

the Cause of Suffering; the Origin of Suffering.

Samutthana[]

origination; cause.

Samvara[]

1. to be composed; self-controlled; restrained; decorous. 2.commingled; mixed {food}.

Samvara[]

restraint.

Samvarapadhana[]

the effort to prevent the arising of unrisen evils; the effort to avoid unwholesome states.

Samvasa[]

communion.

Samvega[]

sense of urgency.

Samvejaniyatthana[]

[Sanskrit: samveganiya sthana]a place apt to rouse the sense of urgency; {the Four} Holy Places of Buddhism.

Samyojana[]

{the ten} Fetters {that bind man to the round of rebirth}.

Samyuttanikaya[]

Collection of Connected Discourses; Book of the Kindred Sayings; name of the third main division of the Sutta Pitaka.

Sangaha[]

1. to treat kindly; give help; favour; aid. 2. to compile; collect; comprise; include; group.

Sangahavatthu[]

objects of sympathy; objects of favour; principles of kindly treatment; principles of service and social integration.

Sangha[]

Sangha; the Order; the monastic order. community; assemblage; a chapter of {not less than four} Buddhist monks; the Buddhist clergy; the Buddhist church; Holy Brotherhood.

Sanghabheda[]

schism; causing dissension among the Order; the creation of a schism in the Sangha.

Sanghadana[]

offering to the Order; gift to the Sangha; offering dedicated to the Sangha; gift dedicated to the Community as a whole.

Sanghadhikara*[]

[Sanskrit: sangha adhikari]an official, administrative officer of Buddhist faith.

Sanghadisesa[]

an offence entailing initial and subsequent meetings of the Sangha; Formal Meeting.

Sanghaguna[]

{the nine} virtues of the Sangha.

Sanghakamma[]

[Sanskrit: sangha karma]an act or ceremony performed by a chapter of Buddhist monks assembled in solemn conclave; a formal act.

Sanghamandala[]

the Order; the Monastic Order; the Sangha; the monkhood.

Sanghamanti-gana, ~-samajja*[]

[Sanskrit: sangha mantri gana]Council of Sangha Ministers; Eccl. Cabinet.

Sanghanayaka*[]

Head of the sangha, leader of buddhists monastic practice.

Sanghanivasa, Sanghaniketa[]

monastic residence; monks' lodging.

Sanghanussati[]

recollection of the Order; reflection on the virtue of the Sangha.

Sanghapalanadhikara*[]

[Sanskrit: Sangh palan adhikari]Board of Sangha's {church's} Administration.

Sangharaja[]

{His Holiness} the Supreme leader of Buddhist faith.

Sanghasabha[]

Eccl. Assembly.

Sanghasana*[]

[Sanskrit: Sangh asana]monks' seat; dais or raised platform for monks.

Sanghati[]

the outer robe of a Buddhist monk.

Sanghavasa*[]

the monastic precincts; living quarters of the monks.

Sanghikavatthu[]

monastery estate.

Sangiti[]

rehearsal; a Council; general convocation of the Sangha in order to settle questions of doctrine and to fix the text of the Scriptures.

Sangitikatha*[]

[Sanskrit: sangiti katha]preaching or chanting on the account of the First Council of Buddhism {after nirvana of Buddha}.

Sankhara[]

[Sanskrit: sanskar]karma resultant{of deeds}, behaviour, character, reaction, attitude, compounded things; component things; conditioned things; the world of phenomena; all things which have been made up by pre-existing causes, {as in Sabbe Sankhara anicca}. volitional activities; kamma formations; mental formations; mental predispositions; volitional impulses; impulses and emotions; volition; all the mental factors except feeling and perception having volition as the constant factor,{as in the Five Aggregates and in the Law of Causation}. 3. essential conditions; the sum of the conditions or essential properties for a given process or result; constructing or formative factors, {as in ayusankhara, Kayasan khara}. 4. conducive factors; instigation {as in Sasankharika, Asankharika}.

Sankharoti; Abhisankharoti[]

to think under the influence of some passion or motive; proliferate.

Sankhatadhamma[]

things conditioned by causes; things produced by combination of causes; conditioned or compounded things.

Sanna[]

[Sanskrit: sangya]perception; idea; ideation.

Sannama, Samyama[]

[Sanskrit: sanyam]restraint; selfcontrol; abstinence.

Sannapatta*[]

[Sanskrit: sangya patra]commission; royal certificate of appointment.

Santana[]

1. continuity of subliminal consciousness; the ever moving, flowing panorama of successive mental states. 2. intrinsic or inherent qualities of character; inborn trait; innate character.

Santati[]

continuity {especially of consciousness}; a series of moments.

Santi[]

[Sanskrit: shanti]peace; tranquillity; calmness.

Santutthi, Santosa[]

[Sanskrit: santushti]contentment; satisfaction with whatever is one's own.

Sappaya[]

1. adj. beneficial; wholesome; suitable; favourable. 2. favourable condition.

Sappi[]

ghee; clarified butter.

Sappurisa[]

[Sanskrit: satpurusha]a good, worthy man; righteous man; gentleman.

Sappurisadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: sat purush dharma]virtue of the righteous; {the seven} qualities of a good man.

Sarabhanna[]

intoning; a particular mode of recitation {allowable to monks}.

Sarambha[]

contention; vying; presumption.

Sarana[]

[Sanskrit: saranam]refuge; help; protection; guide;remembrance.

Saranagamana[]

taking refuge {in the Triple Gem}; going for refuge.

Saraniyadhamma[]

[Sanskrit: sharaniya dharma]states of conciliation; virtues for fraternal living.

Sarira[]

[Sanskrit: sharira]the {physical} body.

Sarirajjhapana, Citakalimpana[]

[Sanskrit: sarira~]the cremation ceremony; funeral; obsequies;

Sasana[]

[Sanskrit: Shasan]Buddhist practice; Buddhism; teaching; message; doctrine; the Dispensation; rule {time period} ; discipline

Sasanacariya[]

[Sanskrit: Shasan acharya; 'ch' as in china]a religious teacher related to Buddhism; moral instructor; missionary.

Sasanadhikara*[]

Department of Religious Affairs.

Sasanasampatti*[]

[Sanskrit: Shasan sampatti]property related to Buddhism; temporalities.

Sasanasikkhadhikara*[]

[Sanskrit: sasan siksha adhikari]Board of Education.

Sasanika[]

[Sanskrit: Shasnik]an adherent of Buddhist practice; follower.

Sassataditthi[]

[Sanskrit: shashvat drishti]eternalism; the doctrine of the continuance of the soul after death; the doctrine that soul and the world are eternal.

Satekiccha[]

adj. curable; amendable; remediable. n. monastic offences which can be corrected through some kinds of punishment, i.e. all offences except the four grave ones called Parajika.

Satheyya[]

hypocrisy; craft; treachery.

Sati[]

[Sanskrit: smriti]mindfulness; attentiveness; detached watching; awareness; meditation, watchfulness.

Satipatthana[]

[Sanskrit: smriti prasthan]{the four} Foundations of Mindfulness/watchfulness meditation; setting up of mindfulness/watchfulness.

Sativinaya[]

[Sanskrit: smriti vinay]verdict of innocence; procedure for the acquittal of an Arahant who has fully-developed mindfulness.

Satta[]

a being; living being; creature; person.

Sattahakaraniya[]

[Sanskrit: saptah karaniya]business to be attended to within seven days; grounds or occasions on which monks are permitted to leave the rains-residence for the limited time of seven days.

Sattavasa[]

{the nine} spheres inhabited by beings; abodes of beings.

Sattha,Satthu[]

the Master; the Teacher; the Great Master; the Buddha.

Satthu, Sattha[]

the Master; the Teacher; the Great Master; the Buddha.

Saupadisesa-nibbana[]

Nibbana realized with the body remaining; Nibbana with the substratum of life remaining.

Savaka[]

[Sanskrit: shavak]a disciple; hearer; follower.

Sayambhu[]

[Sanskrit: swambhu]the Self-Existent; an epithet of the Buddha.

Sayanha-sajjhaya, Saya-bhana[]

evening chanting.

Sekha; Sekkha[]

[Sanskrit: Shishya]the learner, i.e. one who is in the course of perfection; one who has reached one of the stages of holiness, except the last, and has yet to undergo a higher training.

Sekhiyadhamma; Sekhiyavatta[]

[Sanskrit: Shishya-dharma; shishya-vrata]{the seventy-five} rules for training; rules of good breeding; the code of etiquette.

Senasana[]

[Sanskrit: shayan asana]sleeping and sitting; bed and seat; dwelling; lodging.

Seyya[]

[Sanskrit: shayya]bed; bedding; sleep; rest; lying down; reclining.

Seyyam kappeti[]

v.{of a monk or novice} to sleep.

Sihaseyya[]

[Sanskrit: Singh shayya]lying like a lion; lying on the right side.

Sihaseyyakappakabuddhapatima, Sayanapatima[]

[Sanskrit: Singha Shaiyya ~ Buddha Patima]Reclining Buddha statue.

Sikkha[]

[Sanskrit: Shishya]learning; study; training; discipline.

Sikkham paccakkhati[]

to give up the Training; leave monkhood. .

Sikkhamana[]

[Sanskrit: shishya~]a female novice undergoing a probationary course of two years {before receiving the higher ordination}.

Sikkhapada[]

[Sanskrit: Shiksha pada]a disciplinary rule; rule of morality; precept; training rule.

Sikkhattaya[]

the Threefold Learning; the Threefold Training; the Three Studies: morality, concentration and wisdom,{preferably, training in higher morality, in higher mentality, and in higher wisdom}.

Sila, Sikkhapada, Sucarita; acara[]

[Sanskrit: sheel, Shikshapad, sucharitra, aachar]morality; moral practice; moral conduct; code of morality; Buddhist ethics; a precept; rule of morality.

Silabbataparamasa[]

adherence to mere rules and rituals; clinging to rules and vows; overestimation regarding the efficacy of rules and observances.

Silabbatupadana[]

clinging to mere rules and rituals; adherence to rites and ceremonies; attachment to the belief in the efficacy of religious ceremonies and rituals.

Silacaravatta*[]

[Sanskrit: Sheel aachar vrat]moral conduct, manners and duties; moral habits, mien and deportment; the way of behaving and observing one's duties.

Silamaya[]

[Sanskrit: sheelmay]{merit} to be gained through, or connected with, morality.

Silanussati[]

[Sanskrit: sheel anusmriti]recollection of morality; reflection on the advantages of morality or on one's own morals.

Silasamannata[]

[Sanskrit: sheel samanata]equality in moral conduct; unity in moral or disciplinary practices.

Silasampada[]

[Sanskrit: sheel sampada]achievement of virtue; fulfilment of moral conduct.

Silavisuddhi[]

[Sanskrit: sheel vishuddhi]purity of morality; purification of morality.

Sima[]

[Sanskrit: seema]a boundary; limit; precinct; consecrated area {established by sanctioned boundaries}.

Sima-nimitta, Nimitta[]

a boundary marker, boundary-marking stone.

Simanimittanidhana[]

[Sanskrit: seema nimitta nidhana]ceremony of depositing boundary marking stones; burial of boundary markers.

Simanimittuparisilapatta[]

boundary-marking slab {usually made of stone and erected over a buried boundary-marking stone to show its place}

Simasammati[]

[Sanskrit: seema sammati]v. to establish the boundary of the Sangha communion area. n. consecration of the Assembly Hall boundary.

sincana; Parittodaka-abbhukkirana[]

[Sanskrit: Sinchana ; 'ch' as in china]to sprinkle the holy water.

Sincati, Abbhukkirati[]

[Sanskrit: ;Sinchati , 'ch' as in china]v. to sprinkle.

Sitthadipa[]

a candle.

Sitthadipadhara*[]

candlestick.

Soka[]

[Sanskrit: Shok]grief; sorrow.

Solasa[]

[Sanskrit: solah]sixteen.

Somanassa[]

[Sanskrit: saumanasya]a pleasurable mental feeling; mental pleasure; glad-mindedness; joy; delight.

Soracca[]

gentleness; meekness; suavity; gentility; refinement; mannerliness; graciousness.

Sotadvara[]

[Sanskrit: strot dvar]the ear-door; ear-avenue.

Sotapanna[]

[Sanskrit: strotapana]a {Nirvana} Stream-Enterer; Stream-Winner; one who has attained the first stage of holiness/awakening.

Sotapattimagga[]

[Sanskrit: strotapatti marg]the Path of Stream-Entrance{to Nirvana}; Path of Stream-Attainment {to nirvana}.

Sotapattiphala[]

[Sanskrit: strotapatti phala]the Fruition of Stream-Entry; Fruit of Stream-Entrance {leading to Nirvana}.

Sotavinnana[]

[Sanskrit: strot vigyan]ear-consciousness.

Sovacassata[]

state of being easy to speak with; amenability to correction; obedience; admonishability.

Subhasita[]

pleasant speech; well spoken words; a proverb.

Sucarita[]

[Sanskrit: sucharitra]right conduct; good conduct; uprightness.

Sudda[]

[Sanskrit: Shudra]a person of the lowest caste; the workers; those who contribute the necessary physical labour; a Sudra; servant; menial; workpeople.

Suddhavasa[]

{the Five} Pure Abodes {in the Form Sphere} where the Non- Returners are reborn.

Suddhipatta*[]

[Sanskrit: shuddhi patra]identity card; identification papers.

Sugata[]

the Happy One; the Well-Farer; the Buddha.

Sugati[]

{the two or twenty-seven} Happy States; blissful states of existence; good rebirth.

Sukha[]

[Sanskrit: sukh]1. happiness; ease; joy; comfort; pleasure. 2. physical or bodily happiness or ease.

Sukkhavipassaka[]

[Sanskrit: shushk vipassaka]dry-visioned insight meditationer ; bare-insight worker.

Sunnavihara*[]

[Sanskrit: shunya vihara]deserted monastery; uninhabited monastery.

Suramerayamajja- pamadatthana[]

{taking} intoxicants tending to cloud the mind; intoxicants causing carelessness.

Suriyagati*[]

[Sanskrit: surya gati]the system of a solar calendar.

Suta[]

[Sanskrit: shrut]that which is heard or learnt; hearing; learning.

Sutamayapanna[]

[Sanskrit: shrut mayi pragya]understanding acquired by learning/listening; wisdom resulting from study/listening sutras/dhamma-talk.

Sutta; Suttanta[]

[Sanskrit: sutra]a discourse; dialogue; lecture; sermon; talk ; aphorism.

Suttapitaka; Suttantapitaka; Sutta[]

the discourses section of Tripitaka; the original sermons and dialogues of the Buddha, the second main division of the Pali Canon containing discourses.

Suttanipata[]

[Sanskrit: sutra nipaat]Collected Discourses; Woven Cadences of Early Buddhists; name of the fifth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Suvannalepa[]

[Sanskrit: Suvarnalep]v. to gild; cover with gold leaf; put a gold leaf on. adj. gilded; covered with gold leaves.

Suvannapatta[]

[Sanskrit: suvarna patra]{T.} gold leaf.

T[]

Tacapancaka-kammatthana[]

[Sanskrit: tvacha panchaka karma sthana]the skin pentad of meditation subjects; the subject for meditation comprising the five constituents ending with the skin {the four others being hair, body hair, nails and teeth};

Tadangapahana[]

abandoning by substitution of opposites.

Tadangavimutti[]

[Sanskrit: ~vimukti]deliverance by substitution of opposites.

Tajjaniyakamma[]

[Sanskrit: tyagniya karma]the formal act of censure.

Talapatta[]

[Sanskrit: tal patra]a palm leaf.{T.} a fan made of palm-leaves, with a long handle, used by a monk in ceremonies; ceremonial fan. .

Tanha[]

[Sanskrit: trishna]craving; desire; thirst.

Tapa[]

[Sanskrit: tapasya]1. religious austerity; penance. 2. exertion; mental devotion; ascetic practice, meditation.

Tapasa[]

[Sanskrit: Tapas, tapasvi]a hermit; ascetic.

Tassapapiyasika[]

inflicting a penalty on one who is at fault; decision for specific depravity.

Tathagata[]

1. the Accomplished One; the Thus-come; the Thus-gone; one who went beyond {death } and also came back; the Truth- winner; an epithet of the Buddha. 2. an Arahant. 3. a being.

Tatiyajjhana[]

[Sanskrit: tritiya dhyan]the third Jhana; the third absorption.

Tatramajjhattata[]

equanimity; equipoise; mental balance.

Tavatimsa[]

the realm{or heaven} of the Thirty-three Gods; name of the second heavenly abode, of which Sakka is the king.

Tejodhatu[]

[Sanskrit: tejyo dhatu]fire-element; the element of heat; heat

Tejokasina[]

[Sanskrit: tejyo kasina]fire-contemplation; fire as a meditational device.

Temasa[]

[Sanskrit: tri masa]three months, those of the rainy season.

Tepitaka[]

[Sanskrit: tri pitaka]lit. the Three Baskets; the Tipitaka; the three divisions of the Buddhist Canon, viz., Vinaya, Sutta and Abhidhamma, generally known as the Pali Canon.

Tevacika[]

[Sanskrit: tri vachika ; 'ch' as in china]lit. pronouncing three words or three times ; especially one who pronounces the threefold formula of refuge, the first being Yasa's father.

Thambha[]

[Sanskrit: stambha]obstinacy; immobility; hardness; obduracy.

thana*[]

[Sanskrit: sthana]pedestal{as of a Buddha image}.

thananukkama*[]

the ecclesiastical order of retinue; assistants or staff members; entourage.

thananusatti[]

the authority based on one's rank or dignity.

Thavika[]

a small bag in which the monk carries things; a monk's bag; satchel.

Thena[]

a thief;{T.} unbecoming religious; shameless monk.

Thera[]

[Sanskrit: sthivara]an elder; a senior member of the Order; a senior monk {of at least ten years' standing}.

Theragatha[]

[Sanskrit: sthivara gatha]Psalms of the Brethren; Verses of the Elders; name of the eighth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Theranuthera[]

senior monks in general.

Theravada[]

[Sanskrit: sthivara vaad]the Doctrine of the Elders; Teaching of the Elders; the Southern School of Buddhism.

Theri[]

[Sanskrit: sthivari]a woman elder; senior nun.

Therigatha[]

[Sanskrit: sthivari gatha]Psalms of the Sisters; Verses of the Women Elders; name of the ninth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Theyyacetana[]

[Sanskrit: ~chetana;'ch' as in china]intention to steal.

Theyyacitta[]

[Sanskrit: ~chitta;'ch' as in china]intention to steal.

Theyyasamvasa[]

living clandestinely with the monks; disguising oneself as a monk; communion by theft.

Thina[]

sloth; unwieldiness; impliability; morbid state of mind.

Thinamiddha[]

sloth and torpor; sloth and drowsiness; torpor and languor; stolidity and drowsiness.

thiti, thiti[]

[Sanskrit: sthiti]duration; static moment; the moment of standing.

Thullaccaya[]

[Sanskrit: sthool~]a grave offence; Serious Transgression.

Thupa[]

[Sanskrit: Stupa]{round-topped} towerlike stupa with a pronged crownpiece, relic mound; reliquary mound; tope; cairn; monument erected over the ashes of a holy person.

Thuparahapuggala[]

[Sanskrit: stupa araha ~ ]persons worthy of a tope/stupa; those whose relics should be enshrined.

Tibhava, Tebhumi[]

[Sanskrit: tri bhumi]the Three Spheres, viz., the Sense Sphere, the Form Sphere and the Formless Sphere; three realms; three worlds; three planes of existence.

Ticivara[]

[Sanskrit: tri cheevara]the three robes of a Bhikkhu, consisting of the under, the upper and the outer robes; Triple Robe.

Tidvara[]

[Sanskrit: tri dvar]the three doors or avenues of action: body, speech, and mind.

tika[]

1. a sub-commentary. 2.{T.} a letter of invitation or invitation card to a monk. 3. {T.} written request for donation. 4.{T.} petition; appeal.

Tilakkhana[]

[Sanskrit: tri lakshan]the Three Characteristics; the Three Signs of Being; also called the Common Characteristics.

Tiloka[]

[Sanskrit: triloka]the three worlds. .

Tinavattharakavinaya[]

procedure for covering over {as} with grass, {a reconciliation of both parties without need for clearing up the rights and wrongs}.

Tipitakalaya; Potthakagara; Ganthalaya*[]

[Sanskrit: Tripitakalaya, Pustakalaya, Granthalaya]monastery library; Scripture Library; library of sacred writings.

Tiracchanakatha[]

[Sanskrit: tiracchain katha]a variety of worldly talk; childish talk; aimless talk.

Tiracchanavijja[]

[Sanskrit: tiracchain vidya]a low art, pseudo-sciences; any study tending to be an obstacle on the way to Nibbana.

Tiracchanayoni[]

[Sanskrit: tiracchain yoni]the animal kingdom; the realm of the brute creation; bad rebirth of animals , insects etc.

Tisarana[]

[Sanskrit: tri sarana]the Threefold Refuge; Three Refuges; Triple Guide.

Tisaranagamana[]

[Sanskrit: tri saran gaman]taking the Threefold Refuge; going to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha for refuge.

Tisaranagamanupasampada[]

[Sanskrit: tri sharan gaman upasampada]ordination by taking the Threefold Refuge.

Titthiya[]

[Sanskrit: Taittiriya]an adherent of another religion; heretical teacher; Taittiriya brahman.

Tiveda[]

[Sanskrit: tri vedas]lit. the three knowledges; the three Vedas; the three divisions of the Brahmanic canon of authorized religious teaching and practice, viz., Irubbeda{Rigveda}, Yajubbeda{Yajurveda} and Samaveda, to which the fourth, Athabbada{Atharvaveda}, was added later.

Tusita[]

[Sanskrit: Tushita]the realm of delight; the delightful realm; the heaven of the satisfied gods; name of the fourth heavenly abode, of which Santusita is the king.

U[]

Ubbegapiti; Ubbenga-piti[]

uplifting joy; thrilling emotion.

Ucchedaditthi[]

[Sanskrit: Uccheda drishti]annihilationism; the doctrine of the annihilation {of the soul}; belief in the annihilation of the soul.

Udakasatika[]

[Sanskrit: udak~]a bathing-cloth.

Udana[]

an utterance; a paean; Paeans of Joy; the Solemn Utterances of the Buddha; name of the third division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Uddesikacetiya[]

[Sanskrit: ~chaitya]shrine by dedication; memorial object of worship referring to the Buddha, i.e. a Buddha image.

uddhacca[]

[Sanskrit: uddhat]restlessness; distraction; flurry.

Uddhacca[]

restlessness; unrest; distraction; flurry.

Uddhaccakukkucca[]

restlessness and worry; flurry and worry; restlessness and anxiety.

Uggahanimitta[]

mental image; learning sign; sign to be grasped.

Ukkhepaniyakamma[]

[Sanskrit: Upekshaniya karma]the formal act of suspension; ostracism.

Upacara[]

neighbourhood; surrounding area.

Upacarasamadhi[]

proximate concentration; approaching concentration; neighbourhood-concentration; access concentration.

Upadana[]

[Sanskrit: upadaan]attachment {to worldly} ; clinging; grasping.

Upadanakkhandha[]

[Sanskrit: upadaan khanda]aggregate {as object} of clinging/attachment.

Upadayarupa[]

the Derivatives; derivative or secondary material properties dependent on the Four Great Essentials; material qualities derived from the Four Great Essentials; derivative matter.

Upadinnaka[]

lit. grasped by craving and false view; kammically acquired; kammically grasped.

Upaghatakakamma[]

[Sanskrit: ~karma]destructive kamma.

Upajjhaya[]

[Sanskrit: upadhyay]a spiritual teacher; preceptor.

Upakkilesa[]

impurity; defilement.

Upama[]

simile; parable.

Upanaha[]

ill-will; grudge; enmity.

Upapajjavedaniyakamma[]

[Sanskrit: ~karma]subsequently effective kamma; kamma ripening in the next life.

Upapilakakamma[]

obstructive kamma; counteractive kamma.

Upasaka[]

lit. one who comes or sits near; a lay devotee; a devout or faithful layman; lay Buddhist.

Upasampada[]

full {or higher} ordination; taking up the Bhikkhuship; Full Admission to the Sangha; Ordination Cere- mony. v. to be ordained; enter the monkhood; join the Order.

Upasampada, Pabbajja[]

[Sanskrit: Upasampada, Pravarjya]giving up the world; adopting the ascetic life; ordination. v. to go forth; give up or renounce the world; become an ascetic, a Bhikkhu or a novice; be ordained; join or enter the Order.

Upasampadacariya, Kammavacacariya + Anusavanacariya[]

[Sanskrit: upasampada-acharya , karma-vacha-acharya ; 'ch' as in china ]the two monks who chant the formal words of an act{especially, of ordi nation}; Act-Announcer; Ordination-Teacher.

Upasampanna[]

the ordained; a Bhikkhu or Bhikkhuni.

Upasangharaja*[]

Somdech; any of the highest dignitaries in the hierarchy of the Thai Sangha, second only to the Supreme Patriarch.

Upasika[]

a female devotee; a female lay follower.

Upatthaka[]

[Sanskrit: upasthak]attendant; lay supporter.

Upatthambhakakamma[]

supportive kamma.

Upaya[]

means; method; resource; expedient.

Upayasa[]

despair.

Upekkha[]

[Sanskrit: Upeksha]1. equanimity; even mindedness; neutrality; poise. 2. indifference; neutral feeling; neither pleasurable nor painful feeling.

Uposatha[]

1. observance; the observance of the Eight Precepts. 2. biweekly recitation of the Vinaya rules by a chapter of Buddhist monks; the days for special meetings of the order, and for recitation of the Patimokkha. 3. the Uposatha hall; consecrated assembly hall.

Uposathadivasa[]

observance day; the day on which the Fundamental Rules of the Buddhist monks are recited.

Uposathadivasa[]

the Buddhist holy day {for fasting & confession , twice a month} day of merit-making; observance day.

Uposathagga, Uposathagara[]

the uposatha hall; a chapter house; a hall or building in a monastery in which ecclesiastical acts or ceremonies are performed; consecrated assembly hall;{mis.} church; temple

Uposathasila[]

[Sanskrit: Uposath sheel]the Eight Precepts observed by lay devotees on Uposatha days.

Uppabbajati, Vibbhamati[]

v. to leave the Order; leave monkhood; disrobe. .

Uppada[]

[Sanskrit: utpad]arising; genesis.

Uttarasanga[]

the upper robe.

Uttarimanussadhamma[]

super human state; extraordinary attainment.

Utthanasampada[]

the achievement of persistent effort.

Utuniyama[]

physical inorganic order; physical laws.

V[]

Vaca[]

[Sanskrit: vacha; 'ch' as in china]speech; word; saying.

Vaccakuti[]

[Sanskrit: svaccha kuti;'ch' as in china]the water closet; toilet {for monks}; privy.

Vaciduccarita[]

[Sanskrit: vachik dushcharitra ; 'ch' as in china]misbehaviour in words; misconduct by speech; verbal mis- conduct.

Vacidvara[]

[Sanskrit: vachik dvar; 'ch' as in china]speech as a door of action; speech-door.

Vacikamma[]

[Sanskrit: vachik karma; 'ch' as in china]verbal action; deed by word; action performed by speech.

Vacisankhara[]

[Sanskrit: vachik sanskar; 'ch' as in china]verbal formation, i.e. Vitakka and Vicara; verbal volition.

Vacisucarita[]

[Sanskrit: vachik su charitra; 'ch' as in china]good/righteous action in speech; good conduct in word.

Vacivinnatti[]

[Sanskrit: vachik vinati; 'ch' as in china]verbal intimation; verbal expression.

Vada[]

[Sanskrit: vaad]theory; saying; doctrine; creed.

Vagga[]

[Sanskrit: varga]a group; party; chapter of a book.

Vajja, adinava, dosa[]

fault; blemish; defect; corruption; depravity; disadvantage.

Vamsa[]

tradition; chronicle; lineage.

Vandana, Namassana[]

v. to salute with joined palms.

Vanna[]

[Sanskrit: varna]1. colour of the skin; appearance; complexion; beauty. 2. caste. 3. fame; repute

Vara[]

boon; blessing; favour.

Vassa[]

[Sanskrit: varsha]a year; rainy season; the rains; rains-retreat; rains-residence; the Buddhist Lent.

Vassadipa, Vassikapadipa[]

candle for the rains; Lenten candle.

Vassavasa[]

[Sanskrit: varsha vasa]Vassa-residence; the rains-retreat; rains-residence; keeping the Buddhist Lent; keeping the rainy season; dwelling permanently at a suitable place throughout the three months of the rainy season.

Vassikasatika[]

[Sanskrit: varshika~]cloth for the rains; rains-cloth.

Vassupanayikadivasa[]

the first day of the rains-retreat; beginning of the rains-residence; Rains-Entry Day.

Vata[]

ascetic practice; religious observance.

Vatavantu, Yati[]

[Sanskrit: vratavant]one who takes up a religious practice or observes a religious vow; ascetic; recluse; hermit.

Vatta[]

the round of rebirth; the round of existences; the cycle of rebirth.

Vatta[]

[Sanskrit: vrat]duty; service; function; monastic daily routine or service; custom; observance.

Vatthukama[]

[Sanskrit: vastu kaam]objective sensuality; lovely sense-objects; sensual pleasures.

Vaya[]

1. decay; loss 2.{the three} ages; periods of life.

Vayama[]

effort; endeavour; exertion; striving.

Vayodhatu[]

lit. the air-element; motion; the element of motion; vibration.

Vedana[]

[Sanskrit: samvedana]feeling; sensation.

Vedananupassana[]

[Sanskrit: samvedana anu pashyana]the attention on feelings; the attention on sensations; mindfulness as regards feelings.

Veneyya[]

one who is accessible to instruction; one who is ready to receive the Teaching {of the Buddha}; a tractable person; trainable person; teachable person.

Vera[]

[Sanskrit: vair]enmity; hostile action; hatred; revenge.

Vesarajja[]

intrepidity; perfect self confidence.

Vessa[]

[Sanskrit: Vaishya]a member of the third caste; merchant and agriculturalist; tradesfolk.

Veyyavacca[]

service; helpful activity; attention; duty.

Veyyavaccakara[]

a servant; attendant; monks' agent; one who renders a service; lay bursar {of a monastery}

Veyyavaccamaya[]

{merit} to be gained through, or connected with, rendering one's services.

Vibhanga[]

the Book of Divisions; the Book of Treatises; name of the second book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Vibhavatanha[]

[Sanskrit: ~trishna]craving for self-annihilation; craving for {or attachment to} sensual pleasures connected with the view of nihilism; craving for non-existence.

Vicara[]

[Sanskrit: vichara ; thought process; discursive thinking; deliberation.]

Vicaya[]

[Sanskrit: vichay; 'ch' as in china]investigation;{T.} research.

Vicikiccha[]

doubt; perplexity; scepsis; scepticism; indecision; uncertainty.

Vidhana[]

arrangement; performance; ceremony.

Vidhikara*[]

master of ceremonies.

Vihara, Arama[]

1. a dwelling-place {for monks}; retreat; monastery; abode. 2. a state of mind; mode of life. 3.{T.} a temple; Wat; a monastery; repository of Buddha images; Buddha-image hall; shrine- hall.

Viharadhipati, Adhikarapati[]

[Sanskrit: vihar-adhipati, adhikar-pati]the abbot who is an Ecclesiastical Sub-District Chief as well.

Viharapati*[]

[Sanskrit: vihar pati]the abbot, chief administrator of monastery .

Vihimsavitakka[]

[Sanskrit: vihinsa vitark]cruel thought; thought of cruelty; thought of violence.

Vijja[]

[Sanskrit: vidya]knowledge; transcendental wisdom; the Threefold Knowledge

Vikala[]

improper time; wrong time; unseemly hours; afternoon and night.

Vikappa[]

to share ownership {of an extra bowl or robe} with another monk.

Vikkhambhanavimutti[]

deliverance by suppression.

Vimamsa[]

investigation; reasoning; reflection; examination; testing.

Vimana[]

a celestial mansion; fairy-palace; a mansion in heaven

Vimanavatthu[]

Stories of Heavenly Mansions; Stories of the Mansions; name of the ninth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

Vimokkha[]

[Sanskrit: vimoksha]Vimutti, deliverance;Nirvana; Moksha; emancipation; release; salvation; liberation; freedom.

Vimutti[]

[Sanskrit: vimukti]deliverance;Nirvana; Moksha; emancipation; release; salvation; liberation; freedom.

Vimuttisukha[]

[Sanskrit: vimukti sukh]Bliss of vimukti / Emancipation/ nirvana/ moksha/ salvation/ liberation;bliss of freedom.

Vinaya[]

1. discipline; the monastic regulations; the code of monastic discipline; the rules of discipline of the Order. 2. training; guidance. 3. organization; system.

Vinayadhara[]

one versed in the Discipline; an expert in the disciplinary code.

Vinayadhara-gana, ~-samajja*[]

Eccl. judicature.

Vinayapitaka[]

the Basket of Discipline; the Discipline Basket; the Book of Discipline.

Vinipata[]

bad falling; place of suffering; perdition; birth of demons.

Vinnana[]

[Sanskrit: vigyan]consciousness; act of consciousness; {T., mis.} soul; spirit.

Vinnanancayatana[]

[Sanskrit: vigyan~ayatana]the Realm of Infinity of Consciousness; the Realm of Boundless Consciousness.

Vinnatti[]

1. intimation; expression. 2. begging; {unlawful} request {for food and other requisites}; hinting.

Vinnu[]

[Sanskrit: vigya]a wise man.

Vipaka[]

consequence; effect; result; resultant; fruit.

Vipakacitta[]

[Sanskrit: vipak chitta; 'ch' as in china]resultant consciousness; kamma resultant.

Vipallasa[]

derangement; perversion; perversity.

Viparinama[]

change; transformation; alteration; wrongly resulting.

Vipassana[]

[Sanskrit: vipashyana]a foremost meditation technique taught by Buddha consisting of watchfulness within with equanimity for insight development & awakeing, insight; intuitive vision; introspection; comtemplation; intuition.

Vipassana-bhavana[]

insight development {see above}.

Vipassanadhura[]

the burden of comtemplation; obligation of insight development; task of meditation practice.

Vipatti[]

failure; falling away; misfortune; downfall; disadvantage; abortion; invalidity.

Vippatisara[]

remorse; repentance.

Vipulakarana, Pakasana[]

[Sanskrit: Prakashan]propagation; dissemination; spreading.

Viraga[]

[Sanskrit: viraag]detachment; dispassionateness; absence of lust; destruction of passions.

Virati[]

abstinence; {the three} abstinences.

Viriya[]

[Sanskrit: veerya]effort; energy; vigour; endeavour; exertion; perseverance.

Viriyarambha[]

beginning of exertion; application of exertion; stirred-up energy; energetic effort.

Visajjana[]

[Sanskrit: visarjan]answer; explanation;exposition; elucidation.

Visakhapuja[]

[Sanskrit: Vishakapuja]Worship on the Full-Moon Day of the sixth lunar month in commemoration of the Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Passing; the Buddhist New Year; the Festival of the May Full Moon; widely known as Wesak or Vesak, but preferably,Vesakh or Wesakh.

Visaya[]

[Sanskrit: vishay]1. range; reach; scope; sphere; realm; power; capacity. 2. sense-object.

Visesa[]

[Sanskrit: Vishesha]unusual virtue; extraordinary state; specific attainment.

Visuddhi[]

[Sanskrit: vishuddhi]purity; purification; stage of purity.

Visumgamasima[]

a land grant {set apart for the Sangha of a monastery}; consecrated boundaries; consecrated area; concession; a tract of land {now, usually a small rectangular plot of ground} officially granted to the Sangha for establishing the boundaries of the jurisdiction of a community of monks {now, for consecrating as the site of the Uposatha hall of a monastery}.

Vitakka[]

[Sanskrit: vitark]initial application; thought conception; thought.

Vitakkacarita[]

[Sanskrit: vitark charitra]the discursive; the ruminating-natured; one of speculative temperament.

Vithicitta[]

thought process; process of cognition; a single unit of cognition; different serial processes of cognition; conscious mind.

Vivadadhikarana[]

legal questions concerning disputes; contention {concerning the Doctrine and the Discipline}

Vivahakala, Vivahamangala[]

wedding; marriage ceremony.

Vivatta[]

freedom from rebirth; absence of the cycle of existence; Nibbana.

Viveka[]

[Sanskrit: Vivek]discernment; knowing right & wrong; seclusion; solitude; detachment.

Vyakarana[]

answer; explanation; declaration; exposition; prediction; {grammer}

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Yakkha[]

[Sanskrit: yaksha]1. a demon. 2. an attendant of Kuvera or Vessavana. 3. a messenger of Yama. 4. a fallen angel; deity. 5. Sakka. 6. any of the Four Great Kings. 7. the individual soul.

Yama[]

the Lord of the Underworld; ruler of the kingdom of the dead; death; the realm of the Yama gods; name of the third heavenly abode, of which Suyama is the king.

Yamaka[]

The Book of Pairs; name of the sixth book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Yamakapatihariya[]

the Twin Wonder; the Twin Miracle; the miracle of the double appearances, consisting in the appearance of phenomena of opposite character in pairs, as streaming forth of fire and water at the same time.

Yanna[]

[Sanskrit: yagna, yagya]1.{in Hinduism} sacrifice; offerings. 2. {in Buddhism} alms-giving; charity.

Yasa[]

[Sanskrit: yash]glory; fame; repute; success; honour; high position.

Yathabhutananadassana[]

[Sanskrit: yattha bhuta gyan darshan]absolute knowledge; the knowledge and vision according to reality; knowing and seeing things as they are.

Yati, Vatavantu[]

[Sanskrit: vratavant]one who takes up a religious practice or observes a religious vow; ascetic; recluse; hermit.

Yebhuyyasika[]

decision according to the majority.

Yoga[]

1. effort; endeavour; application; undertaking. 2. bond; tie; attachment; joining; mixing; meeting {yoga means meeting of the mundane consciousness with superconsciousness state}

Yogavacara[]

one who practises spiritual exercise; meditator.

Yogi[]

one who devotes himself to spiritual things; an earnest student; one devoted to mental training; meditator.

Yojana[]

a measure of length; a distance of about 10 miles, or 16 kIlometres.

Yoni[]

1. origin; way of birth; place of birth; realm of existence; source; {the four} Modes of Births. 2. thoroughness; knowledge; insight.

Yonisomanasikara[]

proper attention; systematic attention; having thorough method in one's thought; proper consideration; wise consideration; thorough attention; critical reflection; genetical reflection; analytical reflection.

The Student's Pali-English Dictionary by Dr Pe Maung Tin[]

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