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

12. 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

12. 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

*avāsa

eviction: IV.9, 12

*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

12. 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

12. 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

12. 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

12. 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