This Glossary contains all Pali, Sanskrit (Sk) and Sinhalese (Sn)
words occurring in the Letters other than those found only in phrases
for which translation is provided. The numbers following each entry
indicate the Letter(s) in which the word occurs. A number followed by
'x' refers to the editorial note to that Letter. The Glossary, then,
can serve as a specialized index to the Letters. Numbers in boldface
indicate major discussion of the subject. Notes on Dhamma is
provided with its own Glossary. Those
words which are to be found in both Glossaries are preceded in this
listing by an asterisk. Some words are defined more fully in the Glossary of the Notes. Both
Glossaries are arranged according to the Pali alphabet:
* akusala -- unskilful, bad. 13
aññá -- the arahat's knowledge.
126 (N.B. Another word, añña, meaning 'other,
another', is to be found in Notes.)
atthangika -- eight-factored. 92
* atakkávacara -- unattainable by reasoning. 149
* attaváda -- belief in self. 36, 37, 44, 146, 149
* attá -- self. 37, 53, 62, 67, 126, 145
atman (Sk) -- self. 139
* adhivacana -- designation. 147
an- -- without (prefix). 36, 146, 149
anattasaññá -- perception of not-self. 37
* anattá -- not-self. 2, 5, 6, 7, 36, 37, 53, 56, 75, 126, 145
anantam -- endless. 107a
anágámitá -- non-returning. 27, 92
* anágámí -- non-returner. 36, 38, 50, 92, 128, 146
* anicca -- impermanent. 2, 7, 37, 53, 75, 145, 149
* aniccatá -- impermanence. 37, 38, 53, 56, 75
aniccasaññá -- perception of impermanence. 20, 37
* anidassana -- non-indicative. 107a
* anuloma -- with the grain. 149
* aparapaccaya -- not dependent on others. 145
abhávita -- undeveloped. 78
abhidhamma -- higher (or extended) Teaching. 78, 79, 82, 83, 83x, 144
abhivinaya -- higher (or extended) discipline. 79
* arahat -- worthy one. passim
* arahattá -- worthiness. 27, 50, 64, 92, 94, 148, 149
* ariya -- noble. 27, 50, 53, 56, 92, 97
ariyakanta -- pleasing to the nobles. 97
ariyacakkhu -- noble eye. 15
ariyapuggala -- noble individual. 47, 76, 92, 107, 148
* ariyasávaka -- noble disciple. 13, 148, 149
* arúpa -- immaterial. 76, 92, 149
ayye -- lady. 100
alam -- enough. 88
aluham (Sn) -- ash-skin. 97, 97x
* avijjá -- nescience. 4, 6, 9, 56, 59, 68x, 75, 130, 135, 145, 149
avidyá (Sk) -- ignorance. 130
* asankhata -- non-determined. 107a
asubha -- foul. 56
asubhasaññá -- perception of the foul. 20
asekha -- non-trainee (i.e. one who has finished his training, = arahat). 38
* asmimána -- the conceit 'I am'. 9x 13, 120, 149
* assásapassásá -- in-&-out-breaths. 110
ashram (Sk) -- a Hindu centre of retreat. 134
ákásánañcáyatana -- the base of infinite space. 149
* ákiñcaññáyatana -- the base of nothingness. 86
ácariya -- teacher. 78
ánápánasati -- mindfulness of breathing. 22, 29, 91, 92, 93a, 110
* áneñja -- imperturbability. 149
ápatti -- offence. 93a
* áyatana -- base. 149
* ásava -- canker. 92, 146, 149
ida(p)paccayatá -- dependence on this. 20
iddhi -- accomplishment; power (usu. supernormal). 91, 126
indriyasamvara -- restraint of the faculties. 93a
issaranimmána -- creator God. 6
uccásayana-mahásayaná -- high and large resting places. 119
ucchedaváda -- belief in annihilation. 119x
uddhacca-kukkucca -- distraction and worry. 100
upaga -- reaching to. 149
upajjháya -- preceptor. 78
upasampadá -- ordination (into the status of bhikkhu). 22x, 75
* upádána -- holding. 36, 37, 44, 100x, 146, 149
upádiyi -- held. 149
upádisesa -- residue. 36, 107a, 146
upásaka -- male lay-follower. 56, 57
upásiká -- female lay-follower. 100, 146
* upek(k)há -- indifference. 89
uppáda -- arising. 8
ekaggatá -- one-pointedness. 56
kajan (Sn) -- woven coconut fronds. 114
kanha -- dark. 78, 79
* kamma -- action. 2, 100x, 102, 107, 149
karuná -- compassion. 120
káma -- sensuality. 36, 93a, 109, 146
* káya -- body. 76, 78, 111
káyasakkhi -- body-witness. 92, 148
* káyika -- bodily. 76
kálika -- temporal. 93a
kuti -- cottage. 53, 94, 124, 144
kutthi -- leper. 13
* kusala -- skilful, good. 13
* khandha -- aggregate. 37
khínásava -- destruction of the cankers. 149
cakkhundriya -- eye-faculty. 149
cakkhuppáda -- arising of the eye (of knowledge). 146
* citta -- mind. 76, 78, 111
* cittavíthi -- cognitive series. 9, 70, 78, 79
citt'ekaggatá -- one-pointedness of mind. 56
* cetaná -- intention. 2, 37, 76, 147
chandarága -- desire-and-lust. 146
chinna -- cut. 36
* jhána -- meditation. 29, 48, 56, 91, 92, 126, 148, 149
* ñána -- knowledge. 53, 56, 145
thapaniya -- to be set aside. 146
thitassa aññathattam -- change while standing. 6, 8, 89
thiti -- station. 86
* takka -- reasoning. 149
* tanhá -- craving. 102, 116
* Tathágata -- (epithet of) the Buddha. 8x
thera -- (male) elder. 50, 78, 83
therí -- (female) elder. 149
dasa-síl (Sn) -- ten precepts. 100
dassana -- seeing. 56
dána -- gift, esp. of a meal. 14, 15, 52, 114
dáyaka -- (male) giver. 14, 20, 94
* ditthi -- view. 13, 36, 139, 146
ditthipatta -- attained through view. 1, 91, 92
* ditthisampanna -- attained to (right) view. 146, 148
dibbacakkhu -- divine eye. 48, 149
dukkata -- wrong-doing (a category of minor offences in the bhikkhu's disciplinary rules). 45, 93a
* dukkha -- suffering. 6, 7, 27, 36, 37, 42, 50, 53, 55, 56, 75, 116, 145, 149
dukkhasaññá -- perception of suffering. 37
deva (pl. devá) -- deity. 48, 49, 50, 56, 149
devatá -- deity. 79, 82, 83
devaloka -- heavenly world. 50x
* dosa -- hate. 56
dosakkhaya -- destruction of hate. 107a
* dhamma -- thing, Teaching, etc. 27, 50, 52, 78, 79, 83, 121
dhammacakkhu -- eye of the dhamma. 38, 146
dhammatá -- nature (dhamma-ness). 119
* dhammanvaya -- inferability of the dhamma. 53
* dhammánusárí -- teaching-follower. 1, 91
* dhátu -- element. 36, 107a, 146
na -- not. 149
* náma -- name. 147, 148
* námarúpa -- name-&-matter. 3, 44, 86
nicca -- permanent. 145
* nibbána -- extinction. 6, 8, 15, 16, 20, 36, 67, 89, 92, 107a, 119, 126, 130, 133, 146
nimitta -- sign, object. 92, 114
* nirodha -- cessation. 42, 55, 89, 149
nirvána (Sk) -- extinction. 128, 130
nissaya -- support. 78
nívarana -- hindrance. 97x
neti (Sk) -- not this. 139
nevasaññánásaññáyatana -- the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception. 149
* paccaya -- condition. 149
paccavekkhana -- reflexion. 107
* pañcakkhandhá -- five aggregates. 36, 37, 149
* pañc'upádánakkhandhá -- five holding aggregates. 36, 44, 146, 149
* paññá -- understanding. 2, 48, 60, 71, 91, 92, 126
* patigha -- resistance. 147
paticca-sam -- dependent-together. 37
* paticcasamuppáda -- dependent arising. 4, 9, 59, 75, 76, 79, 100, 105, 107, 111, 116, 146, 149
patibaddha -- bound up with. 76
* patiloma -- against the grain. 149
patissati -- mindfulness. 64
pandita -- learned. 144
padmásana -- lotus position (sitting cross-legged). 118
parato -- other. 80
* paramattha -- highest. 6, 75
pariññá -- absolute knowledge. 146
pariññeyya -- to be known absolutely. 42
* paritassaná -- anxiety. 119
parinibbána -- full extinction. 3, 89
paripúrakárí -- fulfills. 92
paribbájaka -- wanderer. 15
pariyatti -- texts; book-learning. 107
pahátabba -- to be abandoned. 42
pátubhavati -- to appear. 149
párájika -- defeat. 45x, 47x, 56, 93a
pirivena (Sn) -- temple school; university for monks. 3
* puggala -- individual. 62
* puthujjana -- commoner. passim
purusa (Sk) -- person. 126
poya (Sn) -- lunar day (half-moons, new moon, full moon). 110
polonga (Sn) -- viper. 49, 53
prakriti (Sk) -- nature. 126
* phassa -- contact. 146, 147, 149
balim -- offerings. 67
báhira -- outside. 78, 100x
bujjhissanti -- will awaken. 78
Buddharúpa -- an image of the Buddha (the earliest are some centuries after the Buddha). 119
bodhi -- awakening, enlightenment. 78
bodhipakkhiya -- on the side of awakening. 52
brahmacariya -- the life of purity (i.e. celibacy). 109
brahmacárí -- one living a pure life. 67
Bhagavá -- Auspicious One. 15
bhaginí -- sister. 100
bhante -- sir (monastic address, junior to senior; seniors address juniors, and equals to equals, as ávuso). 93a, 93b
bhavanga -- life-continuum. 79x
bhavatanhá -- craving for existence. 64, 102, 119
bhávaná -- development. 22, 87, 114, 121
bhávetabba -- to be developed. 42
* bhikkhu -- monk. passim
* bhikkhuní -- nun. 100, 102, 103
bhúta -- become. 116
maithuna (Sk) -- sex. 98, 128
* magga -- path. 42, 55, 91, 92, 97, 100, 102
magganga -- factor of the path. 52
* manasikára -- attention. 8, 56, 80, 147
* mano -- mind. 76, 111
manoviññána -- mind-consciousness. 53
maranasati -- mindfulness of death. 21
mamsacakkhu -- fleshly eye. 149
má -- don't; shouldn't. 149
mána -- conceit. 102
máyá -- illusion. 75, 128, 130, 135
* miccháditthi -- wrong view. 56
mudhalali (Sn) -- merchant. 119
múla -- root. 36
mettá -- friendliness. 22
* moha -- delusion. 56
mohakkhaya -- destruction of delusion. 107a
yoga -- yoke; discipline. 91
yogin -- one in (meditative) discipline. 56
yoni -- vagina. 98, 128
yoniso -- proper. 8, 80
randhagavesí -- looking for faults. 105
* rága -- lust. 56
rágakkhaya -- destruction of lust. 107a
rilawa (Sn) -- macaque. 8
* rúpa -- matter. 36, 44, 137, 147, 148
lokiya -- worldly. 90
* lokuttara -- beyond the world. 9x, 90
vandaná -- worship. 100
wandura (Sn) -- langur. 8
vaya -- disappearance. 8
vassána -- rain, rainy season. 79
* viññána -- consciousness. 2, 12, 36, 37, 44, 76, 86, 111, 147, 148
viññánañcáyatana -- base of endless consciousness. 86, 149
vinaya -- discipline, 'leading out'. 55x, 78, 79
vinayakamma -- disciplinary act. 93a
vineti -- (to) direct. 79
vipassaná -- insight. 92, 121x
* vipáka -- result. 100x, 107, 149
* viriya -- energy. 92
* vedaná -- feeling. 12, 36, 44, 147
vedallakathá -- cross-questioning. 78
* sa- -- with (prefix). 36, 107a, 146, 149
sakadágámitá -- once-returning. 27, 92
sakadágámí -- once-returner. 38, 50, 92, 128
* sakkáya -- person; personality. 13, 62, 139, 149
* sankhára -- determination. 4, 36, 37, 44, 50, 76, 111, 145
* sangha -- Order (of monks). 110
sanghádisesa -- an offence requiring a meeting of the Order. 45x, 93a
* sacca -- truth. 6, 75
sacchikátabba -- to be realized. 42
* sañcetaná -- intention. 76, 111
* saññá -- perception. 12, 36, 37, 44, 147
* saññávedayitanirodha -- cessation of perception and feeling. 76
* sati -- mindfulness. 2, 52, 64, 92, 98
satindriya -- faculty of mindfulness. 52
satipattháná -- foundations of mindfulness. 52, 92
satibala -- the power of mindfulness. 52
satisampajañña -- mindfulness-&-awareness. 2, 44, 45, 50, 81, 93b
satisambojjhanga -- the awakening factor of mindfulness. 52
satta-bojjhangá -- seven awakening factors. 97x
sattamí -- seventh. 86
saddhamma -- Good Teaching. 97
* saddhá -- faith. 45, 52, 60, 91, 92, 100x, 107, 145
* saddhánusárí -- faith-follower. 91
saddhávimutta -- released through faith. 91, 92, 148
sandosa -- rot, decay. 78
sappáya -- beneficial. 149
sappurisa -- Good Man. 97
samanabráhmaná -- recluses and divines. 146
samatha -- calmness; mental concentration. 47, 87, 91, 93a, 93b, 103, 121
* samádhi -- concentration. 2, 52, 71, 78, 89, 91, 92, 97, 114, 126, 127
samápatti -- attainment. 89, 104
* samudaya -- arising. 42, 55
* sampajañña -- awareness. 2, 86
sambuddha -- awakened. 15
sammá -- full; right. 15
sammáditthi -- right view. 92, 146
sammásati -- right mindfulness. 52
sammásamádhi -- right concentration. 92, 97
* saláyatana -- six bases. 149
sassataváda -- eternalist belief. 119
saha -- with. 44
samvara -- restraint. 93a
* samsára -- running on (from existence to existence). 6, 67, 111
Sásana -- advice; usu. used today in the sense of 'the Buddha's Dispensation'. 45, 60
sítabhúta -- become cold. 56
síl (Sn) = síla. 110
síla -- virtue, (right) conduct. 2, 71, 97
sílabbata -- rites and rituals; conduct and customs. 36
* sukha -- pleasure. 145
subhanimitta -- lovely object. 93a
* sekha -- one in training. 2, 38, 50, 53, 75, 91, 97, 145, 146, 149
senásana -- resting place. 53
* sotápatti -- attaining of the stream. 4, 14, 27, 91, 92
* sotápanna -- stream-attainer. 13, 14, 22, 37, 38, 50, 67, 90, 91, 92, 128, 137, 145, 146, 148
shivalingam (Sk) -- the phallus of Shiva (a stone found in many Hindu temples). 135
hitánukampá -- beneficial compassion. 100x
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