Pali
Proper Names - A -
- Amabavitthi.-A village in the north
of Ceylon. It was the birthplace of Culatissa Thera. Ras.ii.30.
- Amaccharí Sutta.-A woman should not
be stingy and she should be wise. S.iv.244.
- Amadha.-See Damatha.
- Ámagandha (Sutta)
- Ámakadhańńa-peyyala.-The ninth
chapter of the Sacca Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikáya. It contains a list of
the gifts which Ariyan monks abstain from accepting. S.v.470-3.
- Ámalacetiya.-A thupa in Ceylon. It is
not known who built it. Aggabodhi I. erected a parasol over it. Cv.xlii.62.
- Ámalakívana Amalakivana.-A grove at
Cátumá. The Buddha once stayed there, and it was on that occasion that the
Cátuma Sutta was preached. M.i.456.
- Ámandagámaní Abhaya
- Ámandaphaladáyaka Thera.-An arahant.
In a previous birth, while carrying a pingo laden with fruit, he saw the
Buddha Padumuttara and offered him an ámanda fruit (pumpkin?). In the present
age he became an arahant. Ap.ii.459.
- Amara
- Amará (Amarádeví)
- Amarádeví-pańha
- Amaragiri
- Amarapura
- Amaravatí
- Amarinda.-Name given to Sakka, king
of the gods. E.g., ThagA.151, 112.
- Amaruppala.-The name borne by
Kákavannatissa when he was a hunter in a village near Amaruppala-lena.
Ras.ii.56.
- Amaruppala-lena.-A cave in the Malaya
province of Ceylon. Kákavannatissa was once born in a hunters' village near
it. Ras.ii.56.
- Amata (Sutta / Vagga)
- Amatadundubhi.-One of the names under
which the Bahudhátuka Sutta is known (M.iii.67). Like soldiers in the field of
battle, so the disciples in the path, developing insight after the method of
this sutta, raise aloft the standard of Arahantship - hence the name.
MA.ii.888.
- Amba Játaka (No. 124, 474)
- Amba Sutta.-The four kinds of mangoes
(ripe, etc.) and four corresponding classes of monks. A.ii.106f.
- Ambacora Játaka (No. 344)
- Ambadáyaka Thera
- Ambadugga.-A tank in Ceylon, built by
Kutakannatissa. Mhv.xxxiv.33.
- Ambagáma
-
Ambahattha
- Ambakhádaka-Mahátissa.-See Mahátissa
(3).
- Ambala.-Probably the name of a tower
in the Jetavana monastery. The Sunakha Játaka was preached there about a dog
who lived in its resting-hall (J.ii.246).
- Ambalala.-A locality in Rohana, near
the Kantakavana, where the forces of Parakkamabáhu I., under Rakkha, were
victorious in battle. Cv.lxxiv.58.
- Ambalatthiká
- Ambalatthika-Ráhulováda Sutta
- Ambálavana.-See Ambátaka.
- Ambálavápi.-A tank restored by
Parakkamabáhu I. (Cv.lxviii.46) A canal known as Tambapanní flowed from the
tank northwards. Cv.lxxix.50.
- Ambámacca
- Ambamála Vihára.-A monastery in
Rohana built by Dappula I. Cv.xlv.55.
- Ambanganatthána
- Ambapálí (Ambapáliká)
- Ambapáli Sutta
- Ambapáli Vagga.-The first chapter of
the Satipatthána Samyutta in the Mahávagga of the
Samyutta Nikáya (S.v.141-8).
- Ambapálivana
- Ambapásána.-A monastery in the
village of Anganakola in South Ceylon, where lived the Elder Cittagutta.
MT.552.
- Ambapindiya Thera
- Ambara-Ambaravatí.-The double name of
a city in Uttarakuru. D.iii.201; DA.iii.966.
- Ambaramsa.-See Abbhasa.
- Ambariya Vihara.-A monastery in
Ceylon, the residence of Pingala-Buddharakkhita Thera. It was near
Antaravaddhamana-pabbata (SA.ii.113; MA.i.165; DhsA.103). It was also the
residence of Pindapátika-Tissa Thera. AA.i.277.
- Ambasakkhara
- Ambasakkharapeta Vatthu.-The story of
Ambasakkhara and the peta, as given above. The Elder
Kappitaka related the
story to the Buddha, and the Buddha made it an occasion for a discourse to the
assembled multitude. PvA.243-4.
- Ambasámanera.-Name of Silákála. When
he was a novice in the Order, at Bodhimanda Vihára, he fulfilled his duties to
the community with zeal and skill. Once he presented a mango-fruit to the
Sangha, and the monks, being pleased, gave him this name. Cv.xxxix.48ff.
- Ambasanda
- Ambasuppiya.-See Appihá.
- Ambátaka Thera.-An arahant. Fourteen
kappas ago he had given a mango to a Buddha (Ap.ii.394). He is probably
identical with Rájadatta Thera. ThagA.i.403.
- Ambátakavana
- Ambátakiya Thera.-An arahant.
Thirty-one kappas ago he had met the Buddha Vessabhú in the mountains and
given him a mango. Ap.ii.399.
- Ambatittha
- Ambatitthaka
- Ambattha
- Ambattha Sutta
- Ambattha-gotta
- Ambatthaja.-Seventy kappas ago there
were fourteen kings of this name, all former lives of Ambadáyaka Thera.
Ap.i.117.
- Ambatthakola
- Ambatthala
- Ambattha-vijjá
- Ambavana
- Ambavápi.-A tank at Búkakalla in
Ceylon. It was given over to the Mátambiya-padhánaghara by the Damila,
Potthakuttha. Cv.xlvi.19-20.
- Ambavásavápi.-One of the tanks
restored by Parakkamabáhu I. before his great war. Cv.lxviii.43. For
identification see Cv. trans. i.280, n.5.
- Ambayágadáyaka Thera.-An arahant.
Ninety-one kappas ago, going to the forest in pursuit of his trade, he met the
Buddha and gave him an offering of mangoes (v.l. Appaş).
- Ambayágu(yága ?)-dáyaka Thera.-An
arahant. Ninety-four kappas ago he had met a Pacceka Buddha named Sataramsí,
when the latter had just awakened from samádhi, and had given him a broth (?)
made of mangoes (Ap.i.284).
- Ambilahára Vihára
- Ambila-janapada.-A district in
Ceylon. In it was the Rajatalena. MT.400.
- Ambilapassava
- Ambilápika.-A village given by
Jetthatissa III. for the supply of food to Kassapagirivihára. Cv.xliv.98.
- Ambilayágu.-A village in Ceylon. It
was the residence of Dáthánáma, father of Dhátusena. Cv.xxxviii.15.
- Ambillapadara.-A village given by
Aggabodhi III. to the Cetiyapabbata monastery. Cv.xliv.122.
- Ambutthi.-A tank built by Upatissa
II. Cv.xxxvii.185.
- Ambuyyána.-A monastery in Ceylon.
Udaya I. (or Dappula) built in it the dwelling-house Dappulapabbata.
Cv.xlix.30; trs. i.126 n.1. According to Cv.l.80, it was built not by the king
but by Mahádeva. It was finished later by Sena I. Cv.l.80.
- Ámisakińcikkha Sutta.-One of the suttas in a group of eight, dealing with people who will not lie for the sake
of gain - and, in this case, for the sake of anything worldly whatsoever.
S.ii.234.
- Amitá
- Amita.-A king of twenty-five kappas
ago; a previous birth of Aggapupphiya Thera (v.l. Amitobhava, Amitogata).
Ap.i.229.
- Amitábha.-A king of twenty-five
kappas ago; a previous birth of Ekasańńaka Thera. Ap.i.210.
- Amitabhogá.-Five setthís in
Bimbisára's dominions, whose wealth was limitless. They were
Jotiya, Jatila,
Mendaka, Punnaka, and
Kákavaliya. AA.i.220; for details see s.v.
- Amitańjala.-A
king of fourteen kappas ago; a previous birth of Sálapupphiya Thera (v.l.
Asitańjala). Ap.i.219.
- Amitobhava.-See Amita.
- Amitodana
- Amitta.-See Somamitta.
- Amittabhá.-A king of twenty-five
kappas ago; a former life of Bhojanadáyaka Thera (v.l. Amittaka). Ap.i.253.
- Amittaka.-See Amittabhá.
- Amittatápaná
- Amittatápana.-A king of seventeen
kappas ago; a previous life of Pavittha Thera (ThagA.i.185), probably to be
identified with Ekadamsaniya of the Apadána (i.168).
- Amoraphaliya Thera
- Anabhirati Játaka (No. 65, 185)
- Anabhirati Sutta.-The idea of
distaste for all the world, if cultivated, is fruitful. S.v.132.
- Anabhirati-bhikkhu Vatthu
- Anabhisamaya Sutta.-Preached to the
wanderer Vacchagotta. Diverse opinions arise in the world through not seeing
the nature of the body, etc. S.iii.260.
- Anágámí Sutta.-The six qualities
necessary for the third Fruit of the Path. A.iii.421.
- Anágámi-thera Vatthu.-Story of a monk
who became anágámi; when asked by his pupils, however, he did not say anything
regarding his attainment. After death he was born in the Suddhávásá. His
pupils, grieving for him in their ignorance, were enlightened by the Buddha.
DhA.iii.288-9.
- Anágata Sutta.-The five kinds of
anticipatory fears that should make a forest-dwelling monk zealous and active.
A.iii.100f.
- Anágatavamsa
- Ánaka (v.l. Ánnaka)
- Análaya Sutta.-The Buddha teaches the
destruction of attachment and the path leading thereto. S.iv.372.
- Anamatagga Samyutta
- Ananaka Sutta.-The four kinds of
bliss possible to a householder: a bliss of ownership, of wealth, of debtless
ness and of blamelessness. A.ii.69f.
- Ánańcáyatana Sutta.-On the three
infinite spheres: infinite space, infinite consciousness, and sphere of
nothingness. A.i.267.
- Ánanda
- Ánandá
- Ánanda Sutta/Vagga
- Ánanda-bhaddekaratta Sutta
-
Ánandabodhi
- Ánandakumára
- Ánandamánava.-See Ánanda (17).
- Ánandena Sutta. The Buddha is asked
by Ananda to tell him of a doctrine which would make him more ardent and
intent. The Buddha teaches him the doctrine of impermanence. S.iii.187-8.
- Anangana Játaka
- Anangana Sutta.-A record of a
conversation between Sáriputta and Moggallána on the nature of blemishes (anganáni)
and on the benefits of recognising and removing them. M.i.24ff.
- Ánańjasappáya Sutta
- Ánańjasappáya Sutta.-See
Ánańjasappáya Sutta.
- Ananta.-The serpent king referred to
under Anantapokkharaní, but not elsewhere mentioned in the old books. He is
also called Anantabhoga. For details see Hopkins' Epic Mythology (pp. 23-4).
- Anantajálí.-King. A previous birth of
Bhájanadáyaka fifty-three kappas ago (Antarajáli). Ap.i.218.
- Anantajina
- Anantakáya
- Anantapokkharaní.-A pond constructed
by Parakkamabahu I. in Pulatthipura. The steps surrounding the pond were laid
like the coils of the serpent-king Ananta. Cv.lxxiii.120.
- Anantarabhandaka-tittha.-A ford in
the Maháváluka-gangá in Ceylon. Cv.lxxii.16.
- Anantarapeyyála.-One of the sections
of the Vidhura Játaka. J.vi.304.
- Anantavá Sutta.-On the world as being
unlimited. S.iii.215.
- Ananusociya Játaka (No. 328)
- Ananussuta Sutta.-The five-fold power
of a Tathágata. A.iii.9f.
- Ananutappiya Sutta.-Preached by
Sáriputta on how a monk should deport himself so as to have no occasion for
repentance. A.iii.294f.
- Ánápána Kathá.-The third section of
the Mahávagga of the Patisambhidámagga. Ps.i.162ff.
- Ánápána Samyutta.-The fifty-fourth
section of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.v.311-41.
- Ánápána Sutta.-The idea of
in-breathing and out-breathing, if cultivated and developed, leads to much
profit. S.v.132.
- Ánápána Vagga.-The seventh chapter of
the Bojjhanga Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.v.129-32.
- Ánápánasati Sutta
- Anásava Sutta.-The Buddha teaches
that which is free from ásavas and the way thereto. S.iv.369.
- Anásava.-A Pacceka Buddha found in a
list of Pacceka Buddhas. He lived in Isigili. M.iii.70; Ap.i.107.
- Anatam Sutta.-See Anta Sutta.
- Anátha.-A Pacceka Buddha of
thirty-one kappas ago. Uddálapupphiya Thera, in a previous birth, offered him
an uddála-flower. Ap.i.288.
- Anáthapindika
- Anáthapindika Sutta/Vagga
- Anáthapindika-putta-Kála Vatthu.-Story
of the conversion of Anáthapindika's son Kála. DhA.iii.189-92.
- Anáthapindika-Setthi Vatthu.-Story of
the goddess, guardian of Anáthapindika's gate.
- Anáthapindikassáráma.-See Jetavana.
- Anáthapindikováda Sutta
- Anaticárí Sutta.-A woman who is no
adulteress will be born in heaven. S.iv.244.
- Anatta Sutta
- Anattá Sutta
- Anattalakhana Sutta/Vatthu
- Anattaniya Sutta.-For that which does
not belong to the self, desire must be put away. S.iii.78.
- Anattena Sutta.-Lust and desire for
that which is without a self should be put away. S.iii.178.
- Anatthapucchakabráhmana Vatthu.-Story
of a brahmin who asked the Buddha whether he knew only of that which was good
or did he know evil as well? The Buddha set his doubts at rest. DhA.ii.227-9.
- Anatthatáya Sutta.-Negligence (pamáda)
conduces to great loss. A.i.16.
- Ańcanavana.-See Ańjanavana.
- Andabharígámakútaka Sutta
- Andabhúta Játaka (No. 62)
- Andhá
- Andha Sutta.-On the three classes of
persons: the blind, the one-eyed, and the two-eyed (A.iii.128f).
- Andhabhúta Sutta.-See Addhabhúta
Sutta.
- Andhaká
- Andhakára Sutta.-The ignorance of
Ill, its arising, etc., is greater and more fearsome than the darkness of
interstellar space (lokantarika). S.v.454-5.
- Andhakára Vagga.-The second section
of the Pácittiya in the Bhikkhuní-vibhanga. Vin.iv.268-71.
- Andhakára.-A village in Ceylon, one
of the villages given by Aggabodhi IV. for the maintenance of the
Padhána-ghara built by the king for the Thera Dáthásiva. Cv.xlvi.12.
- Andhakarattha.-See Andhaká (1).
- Andhakavenhu
-
Andhakavenhu-(dása)-puttá
- Andhakavinda
- Andhakavinda Bráhmana.-See under
Andhakavinda. His story is given as an illustration of how followers of the
Buddha would often pursue him with manifold gifts. E.g., UdA.112.
- Andhakavinda Sutta/Vagga
- Andhanáraka.-One of the villages
given by Aggabodhi IV, for the maintenance of the Padhána-ghara built for the
Elder Dáthásiva. Cv.xlvi.13.
- Andhapura
- Andhatthakathá.-One of the
Commentaries used by Buddhaghosa (Sp.iv.747). It was handed down at Káńcipura
(Conjevaram) in South India.
- Andhavana
- Andu.-A village near Pulatthipura.
Cv.lix.5.
- Anejaká.-A class of devas mentioned
as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahá-Samaya
Sutta. D.ii.160.
- Anekavanna
- Anekavannavimána.-The abode of
Anekavanna-devaputta. Vv.74-5.
- Anga
- Anga Sutta
- Angagáma.-A tank built by
Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxix.37.
- Angaka.-Nephew (sister's son) of
Sonadanda. D.i.123.
- Angamu.-A place in Ceylon identified
with the modern Ambagamuva (Geiger Cv. trans. i.298, n. 3). The Senápati Deva
once encamped there. Cv.lxx.130.
- Anganakola.-A village in South
Ceylon, the residence of Ambapásána-vásí-Cittagutta. MT.552.
- Anganasálaka.-A village given by
Aggabodhi II. to the Abhaya(giri-)vihara. Cv.xlii.63.
- Angáni Sutta 1.-The five qualities of
exertion (padhána). A.iii.65.
- Angáni Sutta 2.-On the five qualities
which a monk should have and the five which he should discard to complete his
duties in the religion and attain its highest eminence. A.v.16-17.
- Anganika-Bháradvája
- Angarájá.-The chieftain of Anga in
the Buddha's time. See Anga.
- Angárapabbata.-A blazing mountain of
white hot coal, one of the tortures of the Mahániraya. Kvu.597.
- Angati
- Angika Sutta.-On the development of
the fivefold Ariyan Samádhi. A.iii.25-9.
- Angirasa (Angírasa)
- Angírasí.-A term of affection
(Radiant One) used by Pańcasikha in addressing Suriyavaccasá (D.ii.265). The
Commentary (DA.iii.701) explains that she was so called because her limbs
shone (ange rasmiyo assáti Angírasí.)
- Angulimála (Angulimálaka)
- Angulimála Paritta.-See above;
referred to also in the Milindapańha (p.151) in a list of Parittas.
- Angulimála Sutta.-Contains the story
of the bandit's conversion and the bliss of his deliverance. M.ii.97ff.
- Angulimála-pitaka.-Given in a list of
heretical works. SA.ii.150; Sp.iv.742.
- Anguttara Nikáya
- Anguttaranavatíká.-By Sáriputta,
author also of Sarátthadípaní-Vinaya-tíká (q.v.). Gv.71.
- Anguttarápa
- Anguttara-tíká.-By Candagomi,
evidently an author of Ceylon. Svd.v.1201.
- Anguttaratthakathá.-Quoted in the
exegesis to the Játaka. J.i.131.
- Áni Sutta
- Anicca Sutta / Vagga
- Aniccá Sutta.-On the seven kinds of
persons who are worthy of homage and of gifts. A.iv.13-14.
- Aniccadhamma Sutta.-Desire for that
whose nature is impermanent should be destroyed. S.iii.199.
- Aniccatá Sutta
- Anidassana Sutta.-The invisible and
the path leading thereto. S.iv.370.
- Anígha.-A Pacceka Buddha; occurs in a
list of Pacceka Buddhas. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
- Anikadatta.-See Anikaratta.
- Aníkanga
- Anikaratta.-Ruler of Váranavatí. He
came to Mantávatí as a suitor for the hand of Sumedhá, but did not succeed in
his quest, as Sumedhá became a Bhikkhuní after having converted Anikaratta and
his retinue. (Anikadatta). Thig.v.462-515; ThigA.272f; Ap.ii.512.
- Ánimandavya.-See Animandavya.
- Animandavya.-See Mandavya.
- Animisa-cetiya
- Animitta Sutta.-Preached by
Moggallána ; it records an occasion when he experienced unconditioned rapture
of the heart (animittaceto-samádhi). S.iv.268.
- Aniruddha.-See Anuruddha.
- Ánisamsa Sutta.-On the six advantages
of realizing the first fruit of the Path (Sotápattiphala). A.iii.441.
- Ánisamsa Vagga
- Anissukí Sutta.-A woman who is
faithful, modest, scrupulous, not wrathful and rich in wisdom, will be reborn
in a happy condition. S.iv.244.
- Anítika Sutta and Anítikadhamma
Sutta.-On the state that is free from ill and the path thereto. S.iv.371.
- Anitthigandhakumára
- Anitthigandhakumára Vatthu.-See
Anitthigandhakumára (3).
- Anivatta Brahmadatta
- Aniyata.-The third division of the
Párájika of the Sutta Vibhanga. Vin.iii.187-94.
- Ańjalí.-One of the nuns who
accompanied Sanghamittá to Ceylon. Dip.xviii.24.
- Ańjana
- Ańjanadevi
- Ańjana-pabbata.-One of the six peaks
of the Himálaya from which rose the five great rivers and round which were the
seven lakes (J.v.415). Pabbata, one of the seven chief pupils of the
Bodhisatta Jotipála, had his hermitage there. J.v.133.
- Anjana-vana (Ańcana-vana)
- Ańjanavaniya Thera
- Ańjanavasabha
- Ańjasa.-A king of two kappas ago,
father of Sunanda, a previous birth of
Upáli. Ap.i.45, v.111; ThagA.i.367.
- Ankolaka Thera.-An arahant. In a
previous birth he had offered an ankola-flower to Siddatha Buddha. Once,
thirty-six kalpas ago, he was a Cakkavatti named Devagajjita. Ap.i.199.
- Ankolaka-pupphiya Thera
- Ankura
- Ankura Vatthu.-The story of Ankura.
DhA.iv.80-2.
- Ankurapeta Vatthu.-See Ankura.
According to MA.i.225 and DA.i.178, in this story the word brahma-cariya is
used to mean veyyávacca (service).
- Anna Sutta 1.-All creatures desire
food, so food should be given in charity (S.i.32).
- Anna Sutta 2.-A.ii.86f.; but see
GS.ii.96. n.1.
- Ańńa Sutta.-On the results of
developing the four satipatthána. S.v.181.
- Annabhára
- Ańńamjivám ańńamsaríram Sutta.-That
the body is one thing and the soul another is the view held by some people.
S.iii.215.
- Ańńaná Sutta.-Five of the same name
recording conversations with the Paribbájaka Vacchagotta regarding the results
of ignorance. S.iii.257-9.
- Annasamsávaka
- Ańńáta-Kondańńa (Ańńá-Kondańńa) Thera
- Ańńatara Sutta 1.-On the chain of
causation. S.ii.75-6.
- Ańńatara Sutta 2.-Few are born among
men because beings do not see the four Ariyan truths. S.v.465.
- Ańńatara° Vatthu.-Several stories
given in the Dhammapada Commentary are designated only by such titles as Ańńatara-itthi vatthu, Ańńatara-kutumbika vatthu, etc. For reference to such
stories see DhA. Index (Vol. v.).
- Ańńatara-Bhikkhu Sutta.-Two of this
name containing questions on the holy life and the destruction of the ásavá.
S.v.7-8.
- Ańńatara-Brahma Sutta.-A certain
Brahmá thought no recluse or brahmin could come to his world. The Buddha,
Mogallána, Mahákassapa, Mahákappina and Anuruddha all appeared there and
refuted his views. S.i.144f.
- Ańńatitthiya Bhánavára.-Ends the
sixteenth chapter of the second khandhaka of the Mahávagga. Vin.i.115.
- Ańńatitthiya Sutta.-Describes a visit
of Sáriputta to some heretical teachers in Rájagaha and the discussions that
ensued. Ananda reports the incident to the Buddha, who approves and explains
the questions further. S.ii.32f.
- Ańńatitthiya Sutta.-The answers that
should be given to followers of other faiths if they should question about
lust, malice and delusion. A.i.199-201.
- Ańńatitthiya Vagga.-Several
discourses on the views of other teachers. S.v.27f.
- Anodhi Sutta.-Three suttas on the
development of unlimited reflection of anicca, dukkha and anattá. A.iii.443f.
- Anojá
- Anoma
- Anomá
- Anomadassí
- Anomáráma
- Anomasatta.-An epithet of the Buddha.
UdA.304; KhA.170.
- Anomiya Sutta.-Contains verses in
praise of the Buddha who is called the Peerless (Anonianáma) (S.i.33). The
verses are found also in the Sutta Nipáta (Sn.p.177).
- Anopamá
- Anopama.-Birthplace of the Vessabhú
Buddha and capital of his father, King Suppatíta. D.ii.7; but Bu.xxii.18 gives
it as Anoma. The BuA. (p. 205) calls it Anúpama.
- Anorata.-The name by which Anuruddha
(Anawrata), King of Burma (Ramańńa), is generally known. He was a religious
reformer and was helped in his task by a Talaing monk, Arahanta. Bode: Páli
Lit. of Burma, pp. 11-13.
- Anotatta
- Anottapá Sutta.-Records a
conversation between Mahákassapa and Sáriputta in Isipatana. A man without
ardour (anátápí) and without care (a-nottápí) is incapable of Enlightenment
and Nibbana. S.ii.195f.
- Anottappamúlaká-tíni Sutta.-Through
an element (dhátuso) beings meet together, the indiscreet with the indiscreet,
the untaught with the untaught, the unwise with the unwise and vice versa.
S.ii.163.
- Anta Játaka (No. 295)
- Anta Sutta.-The Buddha teaches the
end, as well as the way thereto. See also Antá Sutta. (S.iv.373).
- Antá Sutta.-The four separate
divisions: Sakkáya, its arising, ceasing, and the way thereto. S.iii.157-8.
- Anta Vagga.-The first chapter of the Uparipańńásaka of the Khanda Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikáya (S.iii.157ff).
- Antaka.-See Mára.
- Antalikkhacara.-A king who reigned
thirty-two kappas ago; Áká-sukkhipiya Thera in a previous birth. Ap.i.230.
- Antaraganga.-A district in Ceylon.
Ras.ii.10.
- Antaráganga.-A monastery in Ceylon to
which Jetthatissa III. gave the village of Cullamátika. Cv.xliv.100.
- Antaramegiri.-A monastery built by
King Dhátusena. Cv.xxxviii.48.
- Antarapeyyála.-A section of the
Nidána Samyutta containing twelve suttas with abridged contents. S.ii.130ff.
- Antarasobbha
- Antaravaddhamána
- Antaravitthi
- Antavá Sutta.-The origin of the view
that the world is limited. S.iii.214.
- Antevásí Sutta.-A monk dwells at ease
without a pupil or a teacher, the pupil or co-resident (antevásí) being the
name given to evil and unprofitable states of mind which arise in him and
abide in him through the senses. Such states are also called "teacher" (ácariya)
because they beset and master him. S.iv.136-8.
- Antureli.-One of the villages given
by King Aggabodhi IV. for the maintenance of the Padhána-ghara, which he built
for the Thera Dáthá-siva. Cv.xlvi.13.
- Anubuddha Sutta.-Preached at Bhandagáma, on the importance of understanding. A.ii.1f.
- Anudhamma Sutta.-The Bhikkhu, who
conforms to the Dhamma, should live in disgust for the body, feeling, etc.
S.iii.40-1.
- Anugára.-An eminent wandering
ascetic. He is mentioned as living in the Paribbájakáráma in the Moranivápa in
Veluvana near Rájagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with
Sakuludáyi when the Buddha came to visit the latter. M.ii.1.
- Anuggaha Sutta.-Right belief is
endowed with five advantages. A.iii.20-l.
- Anujívisamiddha.-A Damila chief, ally
of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.33.
- Anujjá (v.l. Anojá).-Wife of
Vidhurapandita. She had a thousand sons whom she summoned to bid farewell to
Vidhura when he went away with Punnaka (J.vi.290). She is depicted as a brave
woman.
- Anukampaka Sutta.-The five ways in
which a resident monk shows his sympathy for his lay supporters. A.iii.263f.
- Anukevatta
- Anula
- Anulá
- Anulatissapabbata.-A vihára in
Gangárájí in East Ceylon, built by Kanitthatissa. Mhv.xxxvi.15.
- Anulepadáyaka Thera.-An arahant. In Atthadassí's time he supplied plaster to a monk for carrying out some repairs
to a building. Ap.i.251.
- Anulomadáyaka Thera
- Anumana Sutta
- Anumánapańha
- Anúna.-The name used by the Yakkha
Punnaka to hide from Dhańjaya his real name, lest he should be mistaken for a
slave. The word has the same meaning as Punnaka. J.vi.273-4.
- Anupada Sutta
- Anupada Vagga.-The second section of
the Uparipańńása of the Majjhima Nikáya. M.iii.25ff.
- Anupádáya Sutta.-The holy life is
lived with final emancipation, free from grasping, as its aim. S.v.29.
- Anupalakkhaná Sutta.-Diverse views
are the result of want of discrimination. S.iii.261.
- Anupama
- Anupamá
- Anúpama Thera
- Anupanáhí Sutta.-The woman who is not
wrathful will be born in a happy condition. S.iv.244.
- Anupiya (Anupiyá)
- Anúpiya.-See Anupiya.
- Anupubba
- Anura.-A general of the Vanga king's
army, maternal cousin of Síhabáhu, father of Vijaya. When Síhabáhu left the
lion's den with his mother and sister they came across Anura who was ruling
the border country. Later Anura married Síhabáhu's mother. Mv.vi.16-20;
MT.246.
- Anurádha
- Anurádhagáma.-The name given to the
settlement founded by the two Anurádhas. It was near the Kadamba-nadi
(Mhv.ix.9; x.76). The capital, Anurádhapura, was later founded near it.
- Anurádhapura
- Anurája.-Son of Sunanda, King of
Surabhi, at the time of Mangala Buddha. He visited the Buddha in the company
of his father, and, having listened to his preaching, became an arahant.
BuA.119-20.
- Anuráráma
- Anuruddha Sutta/Samyutta
- Anuruddha Thera
- Anusamsávaka Thera.-An arahant. In a
past birth he gave a spoonful of rice to the Buddha Vipassí. Ap.i.247.
- Anusásika Játaka (No. 115)
- Anusásiká.-The name of the greedy
bird in the Anusásika Játaka. J.i.429.
- Anusaya Sutta
- Anusayá Sutta.-On how the anusayá can
be uprooted. S.iv.32.
- Anusissa
- Anusota Sutta.-On four classes of
persons: those who go with the stream and those who go against it; those who
stand fast and those who have crossed over. A.ii.5f.
- Anussati Sutta 1.-The six topics of
recollected ness. A.iii.284. In the Visuddhi Magga (p. 226) it is called Gedha
Sutta.
- Anussati Sutta 2.-A detailed
explanation of the above. A.iii.312ff.
- Anutíracárí.-An otter who had a
dispute with another otter, Gambhíracárí, about a fish. They appealed to a
jackal, Máyáví, and lost in the bargain, the jackal claiming the middle of the
fish as the price of his arbitration, leaving only the head and the tail for
the otters. J.iii.333f.; DhA.iii.141-2.
- Anuttarasangámavijaya (Dhammapariyáya).-One
of the names by which the Bahudhátuka Sutta is known. M.iii.68.
- Anuttáriya Sutta 1.-The six unsurpassables. A.iii.284.
- Anuttáriya Sutta 2.-A detailed
explanation of the above. A.iii.325f.
- Anuttariya Vagga.-The third chapter
of the Chakka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iii.309-29.
- Anuvattaná Sutta.-Like a cakkavatti's
eldest son, who, because of five qualities, administers the kingdom like his
father, so does Sáriputta administer the Kingdom of Righteousness founded by
the Buddha. A.iii.148-9.
- Anuvindaká.-Name of a people,
mentioned with hosts of others, as seeking and finding hospitality in the
house of Jatukannika, when, in a previous birth, he was a banker in Hamsavatí.
Ap.ii.359.
- Anva Vagga.-See Addha Vagga.
