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• Ababa Niraya
• Abbha Sutta.-Thunder clouds arise sometimes because the Abbháva-láhaka devas wish to give joy to their bodies. S.iii.256.
• Abbháhata Sutta.-The world is persecuted by death, age, decay and craving. S.i.40. The verses appear also in the story of Sirimanda Thera (Thag.v.448).
• Abbhahattha.-See Ambahattha.
• Abbhañjanadáyaka Thera
• Abbhantara Játaka (No. 281)
• Abbhantara Vagga.-The fourth division of the Tiká Nipáta of the Játakatthakathá. J.ii.392-430.
• Abbhasa
• Abbhava-láhaká
• Abbhokása Sutta.-The five kinds of those who seek solitude. A.iii.220.
• Abbhuta (Dhamma) Sutta
• Abbuda 1.-A period of suffering in Avíci. For details see Ababa.
• Abbuda 2.-A king of long ago; a former birth of Nigganthipupphiya Thera. Ap.i.263.
• Ábhá Sutta
• Ábha Vagga
• Ábha.-A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittábhá and the Áppamánábhá. M.iii.102; MA.ii.902.
• Abhabba Sutta 1.-Various events and the conditions requisite for their presence. A.v.144f.
• Abhabba Sutta 2.-The ten conditions essential for arahantship (A.v.209).
• Ábhassara
• Abhaya
• Abhayá
• Abhaya Sutta.-On what fearlessness means. A.iv.455. See Gijjhakúta Sutta.
• Abhayácala.-Another name for Abhayagiri.
• Abhayagallaka.-A vihára in Ceylon built by King Mahácúli-Mahá-tissa. Mhv.xxxiv.8.
• Abhayagiri
• Abhayagiriká.-The monks of the Abhayagiri-vihára. Mhv.xxxiii.97-8. A summary of their heresies is given at MT. 676f.
• Abhayamátá
• Abhayanága
• Abhayanagara
• Abhayankara.-One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares. J.vi.135.
• Abhayarájakumára Sutta
• Abhayarája-parivena
• Abhayasamána Sutta.-Preached to Jánussoni on those who have no fear when death comes to them. A.ii.173f.
• Abhayattherí.-See Abhayá.
• Abhayavápi
• Abhaya-Vihára.-Another name for Abhayagiri Vihára.
• Abhayebalákapásána
• Abhayupassaya.-A nunnery; see Abhaya (13).
• Abhayuttara.-A name for Abhayagiri.
• Abhayúvara.-The name of the eighth bhánavára (portion for recitation) of the first Khandhaka of the Mahávagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Abhibhú (Sutta)
• Abhibhúta
• Abhibhuyya Sutta
• Abhidhamma Pitaka
• Abhidhammapannarasatthána.-A treatise by Nava Vimalabuddhi. Gv.64, 74.; Bode, op. cit., 27-8.
• Abhidhammattha-sangaha
• Abhidhammattha-vikásiní.-A tíká on Buddhadatta's Abhidhammávatára written by Sumangala. Gv.62; Svd.v.1227.
• Abhidhammávatára
• Abhidhamma-vibhánavá
• Abhidhánappadípiká
• Abhijána Sutta.-See Parijána.
• Abhimárapayojaná.-Name given to the conspiracy into which Devadatta and Ajátasattu entered, to have archers shoot at the Buddha and so kill him (J.i.141; vi.130f.; DA.i.154).
• Abhinandamána Sutta.-One who is enamoured of body, etc., becomes Mara's bondsman; by not being enamoured one becomes free. S.iii.75.
• Abhinandana Sutta.-He who takes delight in any or all of the five khandhas takes delight in suffering; he who does not is released there from. S.iii.31.
• Abhinandena Sutta (2).-By taking delight in the eye, ear, etc., one takes delight in Ill; by not so doing one is released from Ill. Similarly with regard to sights, sounds, etc. S.iv.13.
• Abhinha Játaka (No. 27)
• Abhiníhára Sutta
• Abhinivesa Sutta.-Bondage of and dependence upon the fetters arise as a result of clinging to the five khandhas (S.iii.186).
• Abhiñjika Thera
• Abhiññá Sutta 1.-On higher knowledge and its applications. A.ii.246f.
• Abhíññá Sutta 2.-A group of suttas on qualities that could be obtained by an understanding of raga (lust). A.iii.277.
• Abhiññá Vagga.-The twenty-sixth section of the Catukka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. It consists of ten suttas. A.ii.246-53.
• Abhiññápariññeyya Sutta.-Everything should be known and comprehended as impermanent, woeful, void of self. S.iv.29.
• Abhiññeyya Sutta.-Same as above.
• Abhirádhana.-A friend of Sambhúta Sítavaniya. He went with Sambhúta, Bhúmija and Jeyyasena to hear the Buddha preach. ThagA.i.47.
• Abhirámá.-One of the three palaces occupied, as a layman, by Nárada Buddha (Bu.x.19).
• Abhirúpa-Nandá Therí
• Abhisáma.-A king of fifteen kappas ago; a previous birth of Udakásanadáyaka Thera. Ap.i.218.
• Abhisamaya Kathá.-The third chapter of the Paññá Vagga of the Patisambhidá-Magga (ii.215ff).
• Abhisamaya Samyutta.-The thirteenth Samyutta, forming the second section of the Nidána Vagga of the Samyutta Nikáya (ii.133ff).
• Abhisamaya Vagga.-The sixth chapter of the Sacca Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikáya. V.459ff.
• Abhisambodhialankára
• Abhisambuddha-gáthá
• Abhisammata.-A king of sixty-three kappas ago; a previous birth of Pátalipupphiya Thera. Ap.i.123.
• Abhisammataka
• Abhisanda Sutta
• Abhiseka
• Abhítatta.-See Ajitajana.
• Abhivaddhamánaka.-See Aggivaddhamánaka.
• Abhiya Kaccána.-See Sabhiya Kaccána.
• Acala.-Assistant to the architect of the Mahá Thúpa. MT.535.
• Acala Cetiya.-The name given to the spot at the entrance to Sankassa, where the Buddha first placed his right foot on his descent from Távatimsa. DhA.iii.227 (but see Appendix).
• Acala-Thera. One of the eminent monks present at the foundation of the Mahá Thúpa. MT.526.
• Ácámadáyiká
• Ácáravitthigáma.-A village three leagues to the north-east of Anurádhapura. When Dutthagámani was seeking for materials for the building of the Mahá Thúpa, nuggets of gold, from a span to a finger's breadth in size, appeared in the village. Mhv.xxviii.13-15.
• Acarin Sutta.-The Buddha, as he walked about, sought the satisfaction, the misery and the escape that come from the earth element. He found these and discovered that they exist also in the other three elements. S.ii.171.
• Accaya (akodhana) Sutta.-Speaks of two kinds of fools - the one who does not see his offence as such, and the other who does not accept a right ruling. S.i.239.
• Accáyika Sutta.-The urgent duties of a farmer and of a monk. A.i.239-40.
• Accenti Sutta.-The hours pass away, be heedful therefore. S.i.3.
• Acchagallaka (or Acchagiri)
• Acchagiri.-See Acchagallaka.
• Acchará Sutta
• Acchariya Sutta
• Acchariyabbhuta (or Acchariyadhamma) Sutta
• Acchimatí. One of the five daughters of Vessavana. She was married to Sakka. Latá was her sister. VvA.131.
• Accima
• Accimukhí
• Accuta
• Accutadevá.-A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Maha-Samaya Sutta. D.ii.260.
• Accutagámabyámaka.-One of the Pacceka Buddhas in a nominal list. M.iii.70. ApA.i.107.
• Accutagámí.-One of Vijaya's companions in colonising Ceylon. He founded a settlement at Ujjeni 2 (Dpv.ix.32, 36). The Mahávamsa (Dpv.vii.45) mentions the founding of Ujjeni 2, but does not give Accutágamí's name.
• Accutavarnadanta.-One of Ekarája's elephants. J.vi.135. But see Ját. trans. vi.72.
• Acela Sutta
• Acelaka Vagga.-Fifth of the Pácittiya of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iii.195ff.; ibid., v.19-21.
• Acela-Kassapa
• Acintita Sutta.-The four unthinkables: the Buddhas, their musings, world-speculation and the point of action. A.ii.80.
• Aciravata
• Aciravatí
• Adalidda Sutta.-The rich man is he who possesses the seven bojjhangá. S.v.100
• Adanta Vagga.-The fourth chapter of the Eka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. It consists of ten suttas on the untamed mind. A.i.6f.
• Ádásamukha
• Ádásánandapa.-One of the numerous buildings erected by Parakkamabáhu I. in the Dípuyyána in Pulatthipura. It was so called because its walls were made of mirrors. Cv.lxxiii.119.
• Adassaná Sutta (five).-Diverse opinions arise in the world because of the failure to see the five sankhárá, their nature, etc. S.iii.260.
• Addha Sutta (2).-That Ariyan disciple is wealthy who possesses four things: unwavering loyalty to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and virtues held in esteem by the Ariyans. S.v.402.
• Addha Vagga.-The seventh chapter of the Devatá Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikáya (S.i.39-41). The Samyutta Commentary (SA.i.75. See also KS.i.54, n.4) calls it Anvavagga.
• Addha Vagga.-Third section of the Pañcaka Nipáta of the Játaka Commentary. J.iii.211-227.
• Addhabhúta Sutta.-Preached in the Kalandakanivápa at Veluvana. Everything is afflicted: eye, objects, eye-consciousness, etc. (Andhabhúta). S.iv.20-1.
• Addhacandiya Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he gave Tissa Buddha a bouquet of flowers in the shape of a crescent moon. He was once a king named Devapa. Ap.i.231.
• Addhacelaka Thera.-In a previous birth he gave half a garment to Tissa Buddha. He was thirty-two times king, under the names of Samanta and Odana. He became an arahant. Ap.i.134.
• Addhakásí Therí
• Addhamásaka
• Addhariyá-bráhmaná.-The word occurs in a list of brahmin teachers in the Tevijja Sutta (D.i.237). They teach a state of union with Brahmá. These are evidently Adhvaryu brahmins.
• Addhuvasíla.-A youth who stole ornaments to win the daughter of his teacher. He failed in his quest. The story is given in the Sílavímamsana Játaka. J.iii.18-20.
• Addilarattha.-A kingdom where once lived a poor man named Kotúhalaka, who, in the present age, became Ghosita-setthi. Food being very scarce in the country, Kotúhalaka and his family left it. DA.i.317; MA.i.539.
• Adhamma
• Adhamma Sutta.-Three suttas describing dhamma and adhamma and their different qualities (A.v.222ff). In the last Ananda explains in detail what the Buddha taught to the monks in brief.
• Adhamma Vagga.-The tenth chapter of the Eka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya (A.i.16-19). It consists of forty-two suttas, dealing chiefly with the harm that arises from monks describing what is not Dhamma as Dhamma and vice versa.
• Adhammavádi
• Adhammika Sutta.-The evils resulting from the unrighteousness of kings and the benefits of their righteousness. A.ii.74f.
• Adhanapáli.-Given as an example of a name. J.i.403.
• Ádháradáyaka Thera.-An arahant. He gave a stool (ádháraka) to Sikhí Buddha. Twenty-seven kappas ago he became king four times under the name of Samantavaruna. Ap.i.207.
• Adharatteri.-A district in S. India. Cv.lxxvii.69.
• Adhicchattiya Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he placed a parasol on the thúpa containing the relics of Atthadassí Buddha (Ap.i.170). He is evidently identical with Sámidatta (ThagA.i.189) (v.l. Chattádhichattiya).
• Adhicitta Sutta.-The qualities necessary for the monk developing higher consciousness. A.ii.256f. It is quoted in the Vibhanga Commentary, 229 f.
• Adhigama Sutta.-On the qualities requisite for acquiring good states and for fostering them. A.iii.431f.
• Adhikakká.-A ford, evidently a well-known bathing-ghat, where pilgrims used to bathe in order to obtain purification from their sins. It is mentioned in a list of rivers and ghats. M.i.39.
• Adhikarana Vagga
• Adhikaranasamatha Vagga.-One of the divisions of the Suttavibhanga on the procedure for settling disputes.
• Adhimutta
• Ádhipateyya Sutta.-The three "mandates" which should guide a monk: the self, the world, the Dhamma. A.i.147f.; on the significance of the sutta see Mrs. Rhys Davids, J.R.A.S., April 1933, pp.329ff.
• Adhoganga.-See Gangá.
• Adhokurangáma.-A village in the district of Alisára in North Ceylon; a fortification there of Gajabáhu was captured by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxx.171.
• Adhopupphiya Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he was a hermit of great power in Himavá and offered flowers to Abhibhú, the chief disciple of Sikhí Buddha. Soon afterwards he was eaten up by a boa-constrictor. Ap.i.128-9.
• Ádicca
• Ádicca Damiládhikári
• Ádicca Sutta.-Just as dawn is the harbinger of the arising of the sun, so is friendship with the good (kalyánamittatá) the harbinger of the arising of the seven bojjhangas. S.v.101; cp. S.v.29.
• Ádiccabandhu
• Ádiccupatthána Játaka. (No. 175)
• Ádimalaya.-One of the generals of Vijayabáhu I. He openly rebelled against the king and came with his troops to the village of Andu, near Pulatthipura. The king went out against him and destroyed him. Cv.lix.4-6.
• Adínasattu.-See Alínasattu.
• Adinna Sutta.-Few are they that abstain from taking what is not given. S.v.469.
• Adinnapubbaka
• Ádipádakajambu.-A locality in Ceylon where the Ádipáda Vikkamabáhu defeated Mánábharana and his brothers. Cv.lxi.15.
• Ádipáda-punnága-khanda.-A locality in Rohana in the south of Ceylon. It was in the district of Guttasála. Here an encounter took place between the forces of Parakkamabáhu I. and those of the rebels in Rohana. Cv.lxxv.14.
• Aditi.-Mother of the sun, who is called Ádicca, which is explained as Aditiyá putto. DA.iii.963.
• Áditta Játaka (No. 424)
• Áditta Sutta/Vagga
• Ádittapariyáya Sutta
• Ádittena Sutta
• Ádiya Sutta
• Adukkhamasukhi Sutta.-A group of twenty-six suttantas, dealing with various heresies regarding the soul. S.iii.220-2.