B Pali-English Glossary of Some Subjects and Technical Terms
This Glossary only includes (a) some epistemological and technical terms, and (b) meanings or words not in the PED, which are marked with an asterisk(*), though such compounds prefixes as e.g. anukaḍḍhati = to keep dragging along (III.68) or suffixes as e.g. vattabbatā = ability to be called (IV.148) and such verbal substantives as udikkhana from udikkhati are not always included.
akiriya-diṭṭhi (moral-) inefficacy-of-action view
akusala (1) unskilful, (2) (kammically) un-profitable
agati bad way (the four)
*agaru aloe wood (spelled agaḷu in PED); VIII.47
aṅga (l) limb, (2) factor (of path, jhāna, etc.), (3) practice, etc.
ajjhatta internally, in oneself
*ajjhottharamāna also threatening: VI.56
*añcita outstretched: XX.112
aññā final knowledge (in the Arahant)
*aññāti to know ( = ājānāti): VII.22 ( [ Paṭis ] I 122)
aṭṭhaka, aṭṭhamaka octad
aṭṭhaṅgika-magga eightfold path
*aṇimā minuteness: VII.61
*atammayatā aloofness; XXI.135 ( [ M ] III 220)
*atippasaṅga over-generalization (logic): XIV.186
*atisāra flux (of bowels), diarrhoea: XI.21
atīta past
*attatā selfness, oneself: IX.47
attabhāva person, personality, selfhood, re-birth
attavāda self-doctrine
attā self
attānudiṭṭhi self-view, wrong view as self
*attānuvāda self-reproach: VII.106
attha (1) benefit, result, (2) purpose, aim, goal, (3) meaning
adinnādāna taking what is not given, stealing
adukkha-m-asukha neither-painful-nor-pleasant (feeling)
adosa non-hate
addhā, addhāna extent, period
advaya exclusive, absolute
*adha-r-āraṇi lower fire-stick: XV.41
*adhikāra also treatise, heading: III.133 ( [ Dhs-a ] 58)
*adhikicca as an integral part of, dependent on
adhicitta higher consciousness (i.e. jhāna)
adhiṭṭhāna (l) steadying, (2) resolve
*adhiṭṭhāna also (3) in terms of: IV.92, (4) habitat: X.24; XIV.134
adhipaññā higher understanding (i.e. insight)
adhipati predominance
adhippāya intention, purport
adhimokkha resolution
adhimutti resolution
adhisīla higher virtue (i.e. virtue as basis for jhāna and insight)
anaññātaññassāmī-t-indriya I-shall-come-to-know-the-unknown faculty
anattā not-self
anāgata future
anāgataṃsa-ñāṇa knowledge of the future
anāgāmin non-returner (third stage of realization)
anicca impermanent
animitta signless
*anutthunana brooding: XVI.59
anunaya approval
anupabandhana anchoring (of the mind)
anupālana maintenance
anubodha idea, ideation
anubhāva power, influence
anuloma (1) in conformity with, (2) in forward order, or as “arising” (of dependent origination), (3) conformity (stage in development of jhāna or insight)
*anuvattāpana causing occurrence parallel to: XVI.10 (cf. [ Dhs ] p.5)
anusaya inherent (underlying) tendency (the 7)
anussati recollection (the 10)
*aneñja, aneja unperturbed: XII.55
anesanā improper search
anottappa shamelessness
anvaya-ñāṇa inferential knowledge
apariyāpanna unincluded (of supramundane states)
*aparisaṇṭhita turbulent: VI.86
*apavārita opened up: VI.4
apāya state of loss
appaṇihita desireless
appanā absorption
appamaññā measureless state ( = divine abiding)
appamāṇa measureless
*appāyati to satisfy: XI.87
appicchatā fewness of wishes
*appita done away with: IV.146 ( [ Vibh ] 258)
*abbhaṅga unguent: I.86
*abyābhicārin without exception (gram. and log.): XIV.25
*abyosāna not stopping halfway: XX.21
abhāva absence, non-existence, nonentity
*abhāva without sex: XVII. 150
*abhigacchati to rely on: VII.60
abhighāta impact
abhijjhā covetousness
abhiññā direct-knowledge
abhinandanā delight, delighting
abhinipāta conjunction, engagement
abhiniropana directing on to
*abhinivesa also insistence, interpreting: I.140; XIV.130; XXI.84f., etc.
*abhinihāra (1) conveying, (2) guidance: XI.93, 117; XIII.16, 95 ( [ Paṭis ] I 17, 61)
abhibhāyatana base of mastery, base for transcending (the sense-desire sphere)
*abhisaṃharati to make (a profit): IX.65
abhisaṅkhāra (1) volitional formation, kamma-formation, formation, (2) momentum
abhisamaya penetration to, convergence upon (the 4 Truths)
amata deathless (term for Nibbāna)
amoha non-delusion
*aya also a reason: XIII.92; XVI.17
arati aversion, boredom
arahant arahant (4th and last stage of realization)
*ariṭṭhaka kind of thorny plant: VIII.83
ariya noble, noble one (i.e. one who has attained a path)
*ariyati to be served (CPD has “to approach”): XIV.22
arūpa immaterial
alobha non-greed
*allīna unsheltered (pp. a+līyati): XX.19
*allīyituṃ to give shelter (not in CPD; inf. ā+līyati; see leṇa in CPD): (allīyitabba) XXII.120; (allīyana) VII.83
*avakkhaṇḍana hiatus: II.6
*avagaha grasping: XVI.104
*avatthā occasion, position: IV.167; XVII.306; XX.19
*avadhāna attention: I.32 ( [ Paṭis ] I 1; [ M ] II 175)
*avadhi limit (= odhi): I.86
avabodha awareness, discovery
*avarodha inclusion: XIV.216, 219
*avi goat or sheep: XVII.110
avikkhepa non-distraction
avijjā ignorance
avyākata (1) (kammically) indeterminate (i.e. neither profitable nor unprofitable), (2) un-answered (by the Buddha)
avyāpāda non-ill-will
asaṅkhata unformed
asaññin non-percipient
asammoha non-confusion, non-delusion
asubha foulness, foul, ugly
assāsa-passāsa in-breath and outbreath
asekha non-trainer (i.e. one who has reached the fruition of arahantship)
asmi-māna the conceit “I am”
ahiri consciencelessness
ahetuka without root-cause
ahetuka-diṭṭhi no-cause view
ahosi-kamma lapsed kamma
ākāra mode, aspect, structure
ākāra-rūpa matter as mode (e.g. “mark of the female”)
ākāsa space
ākiñcañña nothingness
āghāta annoyance
ācaya setting-up (of matter)
ājīva livelihood
ādāna grasping, taking
*ādina wretched: XX.19
ādīnava danger, disability
*ādhāraṇa subserving: XIV.60 ( [ M-a ] II 52)
ānantarika (kamma) with immediate result (on rebirth)
ānāpāna breathing
āneñja imperturbable, the (term for the 4th jhāna)
*āpajjati also to follow logically: II.79; XVI.68f.
*āpajjana logical consequence: I.n.19; XV.68
*āpatti also logical consequent: XVI.72; XIX.3
āpatti offence
*āpādana production: II.21
*āpo water
ābandhana cohesion
ābhoga concern
*āyatati to actuate XV.4
āyatana base
*āyatana actuating: XV.4
āyu life
āyu-saṅkhāra vital formation
*āyūhana also accumulation (of kamma)
ārammaṇa object (of consciousness or its concomitants), support
āruppa immaterial state (the 4)
āropeti also to attribute to: XX.47
ālaya reliance, thing relied on
āloka light
āvajjana adverting (consciousness)
*āvatthika denoting a period: VII.54
*āviñjana picking up (see PED āvijjhati): XIV.37
*āsana also (flower) altar: V.15
*āsava canker (the 4)
āsevanā (1) cultivation, (2) repetition
*āhanana striking at: IV.88
āhāra nutriment, food
āhāra-samuṭṭhāna nutriment-originated (matter)
iṭṭha desirable
*itarathā otherwise: III.53 ( [ Dhs-a ] 44)
itthindriya femininity faculty
idappaccayatā specific conditionality (term for dependent origination)
iddhi power, success, supernormal power
iddhipāda road to power, basis for success (the 4)
indriya faculty (the 22)
iriyāpatha posture, deportment (the 4)
issara overlord, Lord Creator
īhaka having curiosity, activity
uggaha learning
uggaha nimitta-learning sign
*uggaṇhita (ugghaṭita?) decayed: VI.42
*ugghāti removal: III.115
*ugghāta exhilaration: I.117
uccheda-diṭṭhi annihilation view
ujukatā rectitude
utu (1) climate, (2) season, (3) temperature
utu-samuṭṭhāna temperature-originated (matter)
udaya rise
udaya-bbaya rise and fall
*udāhariyati to be uttered: XV.3
uddhacca agitation
uddhacca-kukkucca agitation and worry
upakkilesa imperfection
upacaya growth (of matter)
upacāra (1) approach, neighbourhood, precinct, (2) access (concentration)
*upacāra also (3) metaphor. XVI.70; XVII.15; XXII.51
*upaṭṭhāna also (1) establishment VIII.168: (2) appearance: XXI.29
*upadhāraṇa upholding: I.19, 141
*upanaya inducement, application (log): VII.83
*upanayana also applying (log.), inducing, leading on: VII.83; XIV.68
upapatti reappearance, rebirth
upatthambhana consolidation, stiffening, supporting
upabrūhana intensification
*upabrūhayati to intensify: VIII.121
upabhuñjaka experiencer, user
*upasaṭṭhatā menacedness: XX.16
upasama peace (term for Nibbāna)
upādāna clinging
upādāna-kkhandha aggregate (as object) of clinging
upādā-rūpa derivative (or secondary) materiality
upādiṇṇa, upādiṇṇaka clung-to, kammically acquired (matter), organic (matter)
upāya means
upāyāsa despair
upekkhā equanimity, onlooking
uppatti arising, rebirth
*uppatti also origin of a sutta (tech. term): III.88; VII.69
uppatti-bhava rebirth-process becoming, being as result of action
uppanna arisen
uppāda arising
ussada prominence
ussāha activity
*ūhana hitting upon: IV.88
ekaggatā unification (of consciousness)
ekatta (1) unity, (2) identity, (3) singleness
*eta-parama that at most: XIV.216; XVI.28 ( [ M ] I 339)
evaṃ-dhammatā ineluctable regularity
esanā search
okāsa (1) location, (2) opportunity
*okāseti to scatter on (not as in PED): XII.85 ( [ S ] IV 190)
*okkhandhati to descend into: XX.120; XXII.34
*ogaḷati to run downwards: VIII.124
ogha flood (the 4)
ojaṭṭhamaka material octad with nutritive essence as eighth
ojā nutritive essence, metabolism
ottappa shame
opapātika apparitionally reborn
*obhagga looped: VIII.118; XI.64
*obhañjati (or obhuñjati) to loop, to coil: XI.64
obhāsa illumination
*omatta subordinate: XX.64
*oruhati to come down: IV.64
oḷārika gross
*ovaṭṭha showered down: XI.72
kaṅkhā doubt
kaṭatta performedness (of kamma), (kamma) performed
*kaṇḍuyati to be itchy: VIII.127
*kaṇṇika fungus: VIII.88
*kataka also a kind of seed (used for clearing water)
kathā-vatthu (1) name of Abhidhamma book, (2) instance of talk (the 10)
kappa eon, age
kabaliṅkārāhāra physical nutriment
kampana wavering, shaking
kammaññatā wieldiness
kamma (1) kamma, deeds, action, (2) work, (3) (legal) enactment
kammaṭṭhāna meditation subject
kamma-patha course of action, of kamma
kamma-bhava kamma-process becoming, being as action
kamma-samuṭṭhāna kamma-originated (matter)
kammanta action, work
karaja physical
karuṇā compassion
kalāpa (1) group, (2) material group (term for material octad, etc.)
kalāpa-sammasana comprehension by groups (does not refer to the material octad, etc.)
kalyāṇa-puthujjana magnanimous ordinary man
kasiṇa kasiṇa, universal (a contemplation device, and concept based thereon)
kāma sense desire, sensual desire
kāma-guṇa cord of sense-desire (the 5), dimension of sensual desire
kāma-cchanda lust, zeal for sense desires
kāma-rāga greed for sense desires
kāmāvacara sense-desire sphere, sense sphere
kāmesu micchācāra sexual misconduct
kāya (1) body, group, order, (2) the material body, (3) the mental body (i.e. the 3 nāmakkhandha)
kāyasakkhin body witness
kāya-saṅkhāra bodily formation (term for in-breath and out-breath)
kāraka doer
kāla time
kicca function
*kiñcana owning, ownership: XXI.53
*kiṇāti also to combat: VI.8
kiriya (kammically) functional, inoperative
kilesa defilement
*kukata villainy: XIV.174
kukkucca worry
*kuṇḍika also a four-footed water pot: V.3
*kuṇapa also ordure: VIII.121; XI.19, 21
kusala (1) skilful, (2) profitable (consciousness), (3) good
kuhanā scheming
*kūṭa wild, savage: VIII.53 ( [ M-a ] II 82)
*kūṭāgāra also (1) catafalque (comy. To [ A ] I 150), (2) palanquin: XII.71 ( [ M-a ] V 90)
*kūpaka-yaṭṭhi masthead (?), spar (?): XXI.65
*koṭṭhaṭṭhi shoulder-blade bone (lit. “flat-bone”; not as in PED): VIII.101
*koṭṭhalika flattened: VII.97
*kosa measure of length (about 1 mile): IV.37
khaṇa moment, instant
*khaṇati also to consume: IV.100; XVII.48
khanti (1) patience, (2) choice
khandha aggregate
khaya destruction, exhaustion
khara harsh
*kharigata harsh: XI.31 ( [ M ] I 185)
*khinna exhausted: IV.100; see khijjana 14, n.2VI.
*gaṇḍuppādaka also sort of intestinal worm: VIII.121
*gata-paccāgata (1) duty of going to and returning from the alms round with the meditation subject, (2) kind of refuse rag: II.17; XIV.28
gati (1) destiny, destination (on rebirth), movement
*gadati to enunciate (see gada in PED) VII.35
gantha (1) tie (the 4), (2) book
gandha odour
*gandhayati to be smelled: XV.3
guṇa special quality
gocara resort, domain, scope
gotrabhū change-of-lineage (consciousness)
*gopa guardian, IV.190; VIII.153 ( [ M ] II 180)
ghaṭṭana impinging, knocking together
ghana compact
ghana-vinibbhoga resolution of the compact (into elements)
ghāna nose
cakkavāḷa world-sphere
*cakkhati to relish: XV.3
cakkhu eye
catusamuṭṭhāna (matter) of fourfold origination (i.e. by consciousness, kamma, temperature and nutriment)
cariya, carita temperament; behaviour, exercise
cāga generosity
*cāpalya also personal vanity: III.95 (this meaning not in CPD, under acāpalya or acapala)
*cāraka prison: XIV.221; XVI.18
*cikicchā wish to think: XIV.177
citta (manner of) consciousness, consciousness, cognizance, mind
citta-ṭṭhiti steadiness of consciousness
citta-vīthi cognitive series (of consciousnesses)
citta-saṅkhāra mental formation (term for perception and feeling)
citta-samuṭṭhāna consciousnessoriginated (matter)
cittuppāda thought, thought-arising
cintā reasoning
cuti death
cetanā volition
cetasika consciousness concomitant (i.e. feeling, perception and formations)
ceto mind, heart, will
cetopariya penetration of minds
ceto-vimutti heart-deliverance, mind-d.
chanda zeal
*jatuka bat, pipistrelle: III.97; XI.7
*janaka also father: XVII.271
*jara fever: XI.36 ( [ A ] V 100)
jarā aging, old age
jarā-maraṇa aging-and-death
javana (1) speed, (2) impulsion (consciousness)
jāti (1) birth, (2) sort, kind
jivhā tongue
jīva soul
jīvita life
*juṭṭha fostered: XVI.4
jhāna jhāna
ñāṇa knowledge (in general)
ṭhiti (1) presence, (2) station, (3) relation, (4) steadiness, stability, (5) stationariness, stagnation
*tacchati also to pare: VIII.103 ( [ M ] I 31)
taṇhā craving
tatramajjhattatā specific neutrality
tathāgata perfect one
tadaṅga substitution of opposites (function of insight)
*tadārammaṇa (1) having that (aforesaid thing) as its object, (2) registration (consciousness): XIV.98; XVII.139
*tanana range: XV.4
*tāvatva just so much: XV 18
tādi-bhāva equipoise
tiracchāna-yoni animal generation
tilakkhaṇa three characteristics (of impermanence, pain and not-self)
*ti-santati-rūpa materiality of triple continuity (term for the three decads at moment of rebirth-linking): XI.112; XX.22
*ti-samuṭṭhāna materiality of triple origination (by kamma, temperature and nutriment only): XVII.196
tīraṇa judgement, investigation
thaddha stiffened
thīna-middha stiffness and torpor
*theriya belonging to the Elders: epil. verse
*dakasītalika edible white water lily: VIII.119
dasaka (1) decad (of matter), (2) decade
dassana (l) seeing (the eye’s function), (2) vision, (3) term for the first path
dāna gift, giving
*dāna gap: II.6
diṭṭha seen
diṭṭhi view, (wrong) view, (right) view
diṭṭhi-pāta one attained to vision
dibba-cakkhu divine eye
dibba-sotadhātu divine ear element
dukkha pain, painful, bodily pain, suffering
dukkha-dukkha intrinsic suffering
duggati unhappy destination (on rebirth)
duccarita misconduct, misbehaviour
*duṭṭhulla also (1) inertia, (2) irritability: IV.124 ( [ M ] III 151, 159)
dūra far
desanā teaching, instruction
*desantar-uppatti successive arising in adjacent locations (description of phenomenon of motion); VII.n.45
domanassa grief
dosa (1) hate, (2) flaw, (3) humour (of the body)
*drabya substance: XVIII.n.8
*drava fluid: XI.41
dvattiṃsākāra the thirty-two aspects (of the body)
dvāra door (i.e. the 6 d. of consciousness by the 6 bases; also the 3 d. of kamma by body, speech and mind)
dhamma (1) the Dhamma or Law (as discovered by the Buddha), (2) dhamma, state, thing, phenomenon, (3) mental object, mental datum (12th base)
dhamma-ṭṭhiti-ñāṇa knowledge of relations of states, knowledge of structure of ideas
dhammatā-rūpa natural materiality (i.e trees, stones, etc.)
*dhammani rat-snake: XI.64
dhamma-vicaya investigation of states
dhammānusārin dhamma devotee
dhātu (l) element, (2) humour (of the body), (3) relic
*dhātu also (metallic) ore: XI.20; XV.20
dhutaṅga ascetic practice
*dhura-bhatta meal given in a principal house (not as in PED): II.27
dhuva everlasting
nandi delight
naya method
naya-vipassanā inductive insight
navaka ennead
*nahanā tying: I.73
*nāgabalā kind of plant: XI.17
nāna-kkhaṇika (kamma) acting from a different time
nānatta variety, difference
nāma (1) mentality, (2) name
nāma-kaya mentality body, mental body (aggregates of feeling, perception and formations)
nāma-rūpa mentality-materiality (term for the five aggregates, or for the four aggregates excluding consciousness)
nāma-rūpa-pariccheda definition of mentality-materiality
*nāyare they are known (—ñāyanti): VIII.29; cf. IX.42 (nāyati—ñāyati)
nikanti attachment, attraction
*nigghāta depression: XI.117
nicca permanent
nijjīva soulless
*nippadesa comprehensive: XVI.95
*nippharipphanda inactive: V.4
*nippiṃsati to scrape, to grind: I.81
*nippuñchati to wipe off: I.81
*nippesikatā belittling (not as in PED): I.64 ( [ M ] III 75)
*nippeseti to scrape off: I.81
*nipphanna produced (term for certain kinds of derived materiality)
*nibbacana verbal derivative (gram): II.4; XVI.14
nibbatti generation, production, rebirth
Nibbāna nirvana, extinction (of greed, hate and delusion)
*nibbikappa “without dismay,” without thinking: II.71; VI.81
nibbidā dispassion, revulsion
*nibbisa without poison: XII.115
*nibbedha penetration
nimitta sign
niyati-vāda determinism, fatalism
niyyāna outlet (from the round of rebirths; term for the path)
nirutti language
nirodha cessation
nissaya (1) support, (2) the dependence (given by teacher to pupil)
nissatta not-a-living-being
nissaraṇa escape (from defilement by Nibbāna)
nīvaraṇa hindrance (the 5 or the 7)
*nīharati also to fix: II.50
nekkhamma renunciation
*nemittika (name) signifying (an acquirement): VII.55
*nemittikatā hinting (not as in PED): I.63 ( [ M ] III 75)
*pakaṭṭha distant: VII.81
pakati (1) nature, natural, normal, (2) Primordial Essence, Prakṛti
*pakāsa illumination: XVII.77
pakkhandati to enter into, to launch out into
pāguññatā proficiency
paccakkha personal experience
paccatta for oneself
paccaya (1) condition (for what is conditionally arisen), (2) requisite (the 4 for the bhikkhu)
paccaya-pariggaha discernment of conditions
paccayākāra structure of conditions (term for dependent origination)
paccavekkhaṇa reviewing
paccuppanna present, presently arisen
paññatti (1) making-known, announcement, (2) appellation, designation, (3) concept, description
paññā understanding (insight and path)
paññā-vimutta one liberated by understanding
*paṭatantuka intestinal worm: VIII.121
*paṭikkamana refectory: II.28
paṭikkūla repulsive
paṭigha resentment, resistance
paṭicca (indecl. ger. of paṭiyeti) having depended, due to, dependent on
*paṭicca (decl. adj.) ought to be arrived at: XVII.16
paṭicca-samuppanna conditionally arisen, dependently originated
paṭicca-samuppāda dependent origination
*paṭiñña also proposition (log.) XVII.67 ( [ Kv ] .2)
paṭiñña claim
paṭinissagga relinquishment
paṭipatti way, progress, practice
*paṭipatti theory: XIV.163, 177; XVII.52, 303
paṭipassaddhi tranquilization (of defilement by fruition)
*paṭipassanā looking back: VIII.189, 225
*paṭipātiyāmana following successively: VIII.69
*paṭipadāna maintaining (on course): IV.42
paṭibhāga-nimitta counterpart sign
*paṭiveti to vanish: XX.96
paṭivedha penetration (of 4 Truths)
paṭisaṅkhā reflection
paṭisandhi rebirth-linking (consciousness)
paṭisambhidā discrimination (the 4)
*paṭisiddha excluded, rejected, refuted (log.): XVII.150
*paṭihaññati to resent (as verb for paṭigha): IX.101 (cf. [ Dhs-a ] 72, [ Netti ] 13)
*paṭihita (paṇihita?) drawn on: VIII.26
paṇidhi desire, aspiration
paṇīta superior, sublime
*patati to gather, to wander for: II.5
*patīyamāna going back to: XVII.16
*patthanīyatā famousness: IV.2, 10
pathavī earth
padhāna (1) endeavour, effort, (2) basic
*padhāna Basic Principle, Pradhāna: XVI.85
papañca (1) obstacle, (2) diffuseness, (2) diversification (as function of craving, conceit and wrong view; not in this sense in PED)
*pabbhāra also overhang of rock: II.61
*pabhāvanā production: VIII.182 ( [ Paṭis ] I 184)
*pabhuti [TODO: missing parenthesis in BPS2011?:]encl.) and so on, etcetera ( = ādi in that sense): VIII.17, 121; X.51, etc.
pabheda class, category
*pamukha veranda, forecourt: IV.13; XI.7; XIII.6
paramattha highest sense, ultimate sense
parāmaṭṭha misapprehended, adheredto
parāmāsa misapprehension, adherence, pre-assumption
parikathā roundabout talk
*parikappanatā conjecturing: III.77
parikamma preliminary work
parikkhāra (1) equipment, (2) requisite
pariggaha (1) inclusion, (2) embracing (as definition of right speech), (3) reinforcement, (4) discerning, etc.
pariccāga giving up
pariccheda-rūpa delimiting-materiality (term for space)
pariññā full-understanding (the 3)
pariṇāma change
paritta (1) small, (2) limited (term for the sense-desire sphere), (3) protection (term for certain discourses recited for that purpose)
parideva lamentation
*parinijjhāpana obsessing, burning up: XVI.48
*parinipphanna positively produced XXIII. n.18
parinibbāna attainment of Nibbāna
paripācana maintaining, maturing, ripening
*paripphandana also interference, activity: IV.89; XIV.144
*paribhaṇḍa also repair: XXIII.36
paribhoga use
pariyatti (1) mastery, (2) scripture
pariyāpanna included
pariyāhanana threshing, striking on: IV.88
pariyuṭṭhāna obsession
*pariyonahana covering, envelope: VIII.115
*pariyosāna also intensity: VI.49
*pariveṇa also surroundings of a building, surrounding walk: IV.127; XI.7; XIII.6
*parissavati to run away: XI.90
*parihāra-vacana explanation: XVII.109
palibodha impediment
pavatta, pavatti (1) occurrence, (2) course of an existence (between rebirth-linking and death)
*pavana draught: XI.19; XVI.37
pavicaya investigation
paviveka seclusion
pasāda sensitivity (of matter)
pasādana confidence, clarification
passaddhi tranquillity
pahāna abandoning
*paheyya abandonable: XVI.93
*pāṭibhoga agent (not as in PED): XVII.174; [ Peṭ ] 215
pāṇātipāta killing living things
pāduddhāra footstep, lifting of foot
*pāpaka what reaches, causes to reach: XIV.5, 68
*pāpana reaching XVI.68
*pāpana denigrating: I.81
pāpicchatā evilness of wishes
pāramī, pāramitā perfection
*pārāvata pigeon (pārāpata in PED): XI.7
*pāvāra also a cloth, cloth: VIII.117
piṇḍapāta alms
*piṇḍika the calf of the leg: VIII.97; XI.11; cf. piṇḍa at VIII.126
*pidhānī lid: XI.24
pisuṇa-vācā malicious speech
pīṇana act of refreshing
pīti happiness
puggala person
puthujjana ordinary man (i.e. one who has not reached the path)
*pupphaka balloon, swelling: VIII.117
purisa man, male
*purisa World Soul, Puruṣa: XVII.8
peta ghost
*pesika scraper: I.81
pharaṇa pervasion, intentness upon
pharusa-vācā harsh speech
phala (1) fruit of (plants), (2) fruit of cause, (3) fruition (of path; the 4)
*phalakasata target: XXII.12
phassa contact
*phāsu convenient: IV.1 ( [ D ] II 99; [ M ] I 10)
phoṭṭhabba tangible datum, t. object
bala power (the 5; the 10 of a Perfect One)
bahiddhā, bāhira external, externally
*bālatta dotage: XVI.45
buddha enlightened one
buddhi (l) enlightenment, (2) intellect, discretion, speculation, (3) sensation
*budha possessed of wit: IV.66
bojjhaṅga enlightenment factor
bodhi enlightenment, awakening
bodhisatta Bodhisatta, Being Destined to Enlightenment
*byatti see vyatti
brahmacariya life of purity, the good life, the life divine
brahma-vihāra divine abiding (the 4)
brūhana intensification
bhagavant Blessed One
bhaṅga dissolution
*bhattar employer: IV.121 (cf. [ M ] II 123)
*bhanti they shine (3rd p. pl. of bhāti): VII.36 ( [ M ] I 328)
bhayat’ upaṭṭhāna appearance as terror (stage in insight)
bhava becoming, being, existence
bhavaṅga life-continuum (consciousness)
*bhāti brother: XXI.54
bhāva (1) essence, stateness, (2) sex, (3) verbal substantive (gram.)
bhāvanā (1) development (lit. making be’), (2) term for the 3 higher paths
bhāva-sādhana formula of establishment by substantive (gram.): XVII.12
bhikkhu bhikkhu, Buddhist monk
bhūta (1) become, been, (2) creature, (3) primary element (entity) of matter, etc.
bhūtūpādā-rūpa matter derived upon the (four) primary elements (the 24 kinds)
bhūmi (l) ground, soil, (2) plane (of existence; the 4)
*bheda, vacī- speech utterance: XIV.62 (cf. [ Dhs-a ] 90; [ M ] I 301)
magga path
macchariya, macchera avarice
majjhatta neutral, central
majjhima middle, medium
mada vanity, intoxication
manasikāra attention, bringing to mind
mano mind
maraṇa death, dying
*maru also cliff: XVII.63
mala stain (the 3)
mahaggata exalted (a term for consciousness “exalted” from the “limited” sense-desire sphere to the fine-material or immaterial spheres)
*mahacca great pomp: X.46 ( [ D ] I 49)
mahā-bhūta great primary, great entity (the 4)
mahā-vipassanā principal insight (the 18)
mātikā (1) schedule of the Abhidhamma, (2) codes of the Pātimokkha (the 2), (3) schedule, etc.
māna conceit (pride)
māyā deceit
micchā wrong
micchatta wrongness (the 10)
middha torpor
*milāpana withering, causing to wither: XIV.128
muccitukamyatā desire for deliverance
muta sensed (i.e. smelled, tasted or touched)
muditā gladness (at others’ success)
mudutā malleability
musā-vāda false speech, lying
mūla root
mettā loving-kindness, amity
*mehana private parts: VII.64
moha delusion
yathā-kammūpaga-ñāṇa knowledge of (beings’) faring according to deeds
yathābhūta correct
yuganaddha coupling, yoking (of serenity and insight)
ye-vā-panaka or-whatever (state) (term for certain formations)
yoga bond (the 4)
yoni (1) womb, (2) generation, (3) cause, reason
yoniso wise, wisely, with ordered reasoning
rati delight
rasa (1) taste, flavour, (2) nature as function or achievement, (3) stimulus (for feeling), (4) essential juice, filtrate
*rasati to taste: XV.3
*rasāyana elixir. XVII.236
rāga greed, lust
rūpa (1) materiality (aggregate), fine materiality of fine-material Brahmāworld, matter in general, material form, (2) visible datum, visible object, visible matter, visible form
rūpa-kāya material body
rūpa-kkhandha materiality aggregate
rūpūpādānakkhandha materiality aggregate (as object) of clinging
rūpa-rūpa concrete materiality (term for certain derived kinds of materiality)
*rūpayati to be made visible: XV.3
rūpāvacara fine-material sphere
lakkhaṇa characteristic
*laghimā lightness: VII.61
lahutā lightness
lābha gain
loka world
lokiya mundane (i.e. not associated with the path, fruition or Nibbāna)
lokiya dhamma worldly state (the 8)
lokuttara supramundane (i.e. the 9 states consisting of the 4 paths, 4 fruitions and Nibbāna, and states associated with them)
lobha greed
vaggulī fruit bat, flying fox; XXI.91
*vacanāvayava member of a syllogism: XVII.67
*vacī-bheda speech utterance: XIV.62
vacī-saṅkhāra verbal formation (i.e. vitakka and vicāra)
vaṭṭa round (of kamma, etc.; term for the dependent origination as arising)
vaḍḍhana extension, increase
vata vow, duty, ritual
vatta duty
*vattana performance of duties: III.71 ( [ Vin ] I 61)
*vatthika clothable: VII.79
vatthu (1) basis, physical basis (term for the six internal bases), (2) object, (3) instance, example, (4) story, etc.
vaya (1) fall, (2) stage of life
vāsaṭṭhāna defining
vasa-vattana exercise of mastery
*vahanika catamaran float (?): XVII.196
vācā speech
vāta air, wind
*vāna fastening: VIII.247
vāyāma effort
vāyo air
*vikappa alternative: XI.89 (cf. [ M-a ] I 67)
vikampana shaking, wavering
vikāra alteration
vikāra-rūpa materiality as alteration (term for certain of the 24 kinds of derived materiality, i.e. impermanence, etc.)
*vikuppati to be damaged: XXIII.35
vikubbana (1) versatility (in development of divine abidings), (2) transformation (by supernormal power)
vikkhambhana suppression (of defilements by serenity)
vikkhepa distraction
*vikkhepa also spreading out: IV.89; gesture: XI.100
vicāra sustained thought
vicikicchā uncertainty
*vijambhati to stretch, yawn: IX.61
vijjamāna existing, actual
vijjā (1) clear-vision (the 3 or the 8), (2) science, knowledge
viññatti intimation
viññāta cognized
viññāṇa consciousness, cognition
viññāṇaṭṭhiti station of consciousness (the 7)
vitakka applied thought
*vitthambhana also distension: XI.37, 84
*vinana joining together: VIII.247
vinaya (1) Vinaya Piṭaka or Book of Discipline, (2) discipline, removal, leading away
*viniddhunana shaking off: XVI.82
vinipāta perdition
vinibbhoga resolution (into elements)
*vippaṭipatti wrong theory: XVI.85
vipariṇāma change
vipariṇāma-dukkha suffering due to change
vipariyesa perverseness (the 4)
vipallāsa perversion (the 3)
vipassanā insight (the vision of what is formed as impermanent, painful, notself)
vipassanā-yānika one whose vehicle is insight
vipāka (kamma-) result
*vipphandana also excitement, wrong excitement: VI.42; VIII.190
*vipphāra also intervention: IV.89; XII.27; XIV.132
vibhava (1) non-being, non-becoming, (2) success
vimokkha liberation (the 3 and the 8)
vimutti deliverance
*viyojeti to separate: VIII.95
virati abstinence (the 3)
viramana abstaining
*viraha (subst.) absence: IV.148
virāga fading away (of greed)
viriya energy
vivaṭṭa (1) cessation of the round (of kamma, etc.), the dependent origination as cessation, (2) turning away, (3) expansion (of world after contraction)
viveka seclusion
*visaṅkharoti to analyze: XX.68
visama-hetu fictitious cause
visaya (1) abode, (2) objective field (of consciousness)
*visavitā majesty: XII.49 ( [ Paṭis ] I 174; II 205; [ Dhs-a ] 109)
*visahati to suffer: II.38
*visādana dejection: XVI.59
*visesa distinction
vihāra (1) dwelling place, abode, (2) monastery, (3) mode of abiding
*vihaṭamāna being carded: XXI.66
vihiṃsā cruelty
*vītiharaṇa also shifting sideways: XI.115
vīthi (1) street, (2) cognitive series (of consciousness)
vīthi-citta a consciousness of the cognitive series
vīmaṃsā enquiry
vuṭṭhāna emergence
vuṭṭhānagāmini-vipassanā insight leading to emergence (of the path)
veda (1) wisdom, (2) joy, inspiration, (3) the Vedas
vedanā feeling (i.e. of pleasure, pain, or neither)
vedaka experiencer, one who feels
vedayita feeling what is felt
veramaṇi abstention
vokāra constituent
voṭṭhapana determining (consciousness)
vodāna cleansing (term for consciousness preceding absorption or path)
vohāra conventional usage, common speech
*vyatti particular distinction: VIII.72 ( [ M-a ] I 6)
*vyappita also gone away: IV.146 ( [ Vibh ] 258)
vyāpāda ill will
*vyāpāra also interest, interestedness: XVII.309; XVIII.31
saṃyoga bondage
saṃyojana fetter (the 10)
saṃvaṭṭa contraction (of world)
*saṃvaṇṇita also in detail: XIII.14
saṃvara restraint
saṃvega sense of urgency
*saṃvedanika which feels: XIV.213
saṃsāra round of rebirths
sakadāgāmin once-returner (term for 2nd stage of realization)
*sakalika also scale (of fish): VIII.91
sakkarā sugar (spelled sakkharā in PED)
sakkāya individuality
sakkāya-diṭṭhi false view of individuality (the 20 kinds)
sagga heaven
saṅkanti transmigration
saṅkappa thinking
saṅkamana transmigrating
*saṅkara confounding, confusing: XIV.58; epil. verses (see CPD asaṅkara)
saṅkilesa defilement, corruption
*saṅku-patha also a path set on piles: IX.36
saṅkhata formed
saṅkhāra formation, formed thing
saṅkhāra-dukkha suffering due to formations
saṅkhāra-pariccheda delimiting of formations
saṅkhārupekkhā equanimity about formations
saṅgati coincidence, chance
*saṅgaha also holding together: XI.93
*saṅgahīta also held together:XI.90
saṅgha the Order,the Community
saṅghaṭṭana knocking together, impingement
sacca truth
saccānulomika-ñāṇa knowledge in conformity with truth
*sacchika based on realization: VII.55 ( [ Paṭis ] I 174)
sacchikiriyā realization
*sañña restrained: I.158
saññā (1) perception, (2) sign, signal, label
saññāvedayitanirodha cessation of perception and feeling
saṇṭhāna (1) shape
*saṇṭhāna also (2) settling down, stationariness: III.22; VIII.69, (3) co-presence: XVII.76
sati mindfulness
satta a being, a living being
*satta Bright Principle, Sattva: IX.53
satta-saññā (1) perception of a living being, (2) the seven perceptions (first of the 18 principal insights)
*sattāvāsa abode of beings (the 9)
sadda (1) sound, (2) word, (3) grammar
sadda-lakkhaṇa etymology
saddhā faith
saddhā-vimutta one liberated by faith
saddhānusārin faith devotee
*saddheyya inspiring faith: VII.72
sa-nidassana visible
santati continuity
santati-sīsa organic continuity
santāna continuity
santi-pada state of peace (term for Nibbāna)
santīraṇa investigation (consciousness)
*sandhāraṇa also upholding: XIV.44
*sannikkhepana also putting down: XX.62
*sanniṭṭheyya fit to be convinced about: XIV.151
sannipāta concurrence
*sannirujjhana also fixing down: IV.91; XII.51; XX.62
*sannissaya waiting on, dependence: XIV.29
*sappati to be emitted (pass. of sapati, to swear): XV.3
*sabbhāva (presence): I.141; II.21; XIV.98; XVI.73
sabhāva individual essence
*sabhāva with sex: XVII.150
*sabhāva Nature, Svabhāva: XVI.85
samatha serenity (term for jhāna)
samatha-yānika one whose vehicle is serenity
samaya period, event, occasion, etc.
*samabbhāhata also stretched flat: IV.129
*samabbhāhata also impelled: XI.92
samavāya inherence
*samaveta inherent: XVI.91
samādhi concentration
samāpatti attainment (the 9)
*samāhata also brought in: IV.190
samuccheda cutting off (of defilements by the path)
samuṭṭhāna origination (4 kinds), moulding
*samuṭṭhāpaya rousable: IV.51
samudaya origin
samudīraṇa moving
sampajañña full awareness
sampaṭicchana receiving (consciousness)
*sampaṭipādana keeping on the track: VI.59
*sampatta-visaya having a contiguous objective field (i.e. smell, taste and touch)
*sampasādayati to make confident: IV.142
*sampiṇḍana also conjunction (gram.): IV.154
samphappalāpa gossip, idle chatter
sambojjhaṅga enlightenment factor (the 7)
*sambhāveti also to judge: IX.109
*sambhoga also exploiting: XIV.128; XVII.51
sammatta rightness (the 10)
sammappadhāna right endeavour (the 4)
sammā right
sammā-sambuddha fully enlightened one
sammuti convention, conventional
sammuti-sacca conventional truth (e.g. kasiṇa concept)
*sammussana forgetting: XVI.82
sammosa forgetfulness
sammoha delusion
*sarūpena also in its own form: XVI.70
salakkhaṇa specific characteristic (e.g. hardness of earth)
sallakkhaṇa observation
sallekha effacement
saḷāyatana sixfold base (for contact)
savana hearing
savana flowing
*savana exudation: XVII.56
sa-saṅkhāra prompted
sa-sambhāra-kathā “accessory locution” (log.)
sassata eternal
sassata-diṭṭhi eternity view
*sahaṭṭhāna co-presence: XIII.116
sāṭheyya fraud
*sādhika accomplishing: IV.105
sādhāraṇa common to, shared with
sāmañña-phala fruit of asceticism
sāmañña-lakkhaṇa general characteristic (of what is formed, i.e. the 3 beginning with impermanence)
sāra core
sāvaka disciple, hearer
sāsana dispensation
sikkhā training
sikkhāpada training precept
*siṅga also foppery: III.95 ( [ Vibh ] 351)
*siṭṭha prepared: XVI.4
*sippikā bag (?): XI.68
*silesa cement: XI.51
*sīta (?) measure of area: XII.41
*sīmā chapter house: IX.66
sīla (1) virtue, (2) habit, (3) rite
sīlabbata rules and vows (Ñāṇamoli’s original translation was “rites and rituals,” but was changed in accordance with his later translation of this term. )
*sīlaka good-tempered: III.84
*sīlana composing: I.19
sukkha-vipassaka bare(or dry-) insight worker (one who attains the path without previously having attained jhāna)
sukha pleasure, pleasant, bliss, blissful, bodily pleasure
*sukha tepid: X.52
*sukhana act of pleasing: IV.100
sugata Sublime One (the Buddha)
suñña, suññata void
suññatā voidness
suta heard
*suttaka intestinal worm: VIII.121
subha beautiful, beauty
*surabhi perfume: III.100; VI.90; X.60
*sūcayati to betray, reveal: XV.3
*sūdana cleansing: XI.125
sekha trainer (term for one possessing one of the four paths or first three fruitions, so with training still to do)
soka sorrow
sotāpanna stream enterer (1st stage of realization)
somanassa joy, mental pleasure
hadaya heart
hadaya-vatthu heart-basis (physical basis of mind)
hiri conscience
hīna (1) abandoned, (2) inferior
hetu root-cause, cause
*hetu also middle term (in syllogism; log.): XVII.67