Pali Proper Names - B - 

• Babbará. Name of a tribe. Ap.ii.359.
• Babbu Játaka (No.137)
• Badaguna. A locality in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiv.124.
• Badalatthala, Badalatthalí
• Badaratittha. See Padaratittha.
• Badaravallí. The scene of a battle between the forces of Mánábharana and those of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxii.96.
• Badaríbhátikamána. A locality in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxx.148.
• Badarikáráma
• Baddhaguna-vihára. A monastery in Ceylon. The cetiya there, destroyed by the Colas, was restored by Vírabáhu, viceroy of Vijayabáhu I. (Cv.lx.80).
• Baddhasímápásáda. A twelve storied uposatha-house built in Pulatthipura by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxviii.56, 67.
• Baddheraka. An elephant of the king of Kosala. He was once very strong, but as he grew old he became weak and, one day, stuck fast in the mire. The elephant trainer, by the king's orders, went to the elephant arrayed as for battle and caused the battle drum to be beaten. The elephant's pride was roused and he rose from the mire. v.l. Páveyyaka. (DhA.iv.25f).
• Baddula Sutta. See Gaddula Sutta.
• Bahalagangá. The name given to a portion of the river flowing from the south of Himavá. The section is that which flows between the Tiyaggalapokkharaní and the Ummaggagangá. It flows through a rock for a distance of sixty leagues. SNA.ii.439; AA.ii.760; UdA.302; MA.i.586.
• Bahalamassu Tissa Thera. He was a pupil of Mahátissa,, and when the latter was expelled by the Mahá-vihára monks for misdemeanour, Bahalamassu Tissa left the Mahá-vihára in anger and, dwelling in Abhayagiri, formed there a separate faction. Mhv.xxxiii.96.
• Báhika. See Báhiya (3)
• Báhiya
• Báhiya Játaka (No.108)
• Báhiya Sutta 1. Relates the incident of Báhiya (3) asking the Buddha for a lesson. S.iv.63.
• Báhiya Sutta 2. The same as the above, but the lesson given is on the satipatthánas. S.v.165.
• Bahubháni-Játaka. Evidently another name (given in DhA.iv.92) for the Kacchapa Játaka (No.215).
• Bahubhání-Sutta. The five disadvantages of excessive talking: liability to falsehood, malice, harshness, babbling and suffering after death. A.iii.254.
• Bahucintí. A fish. See the Mitacintí Játaka. J.i.427f.
• Bahudhanasetthi. The name conferred by the king of Rájagaha on Punna, when the latter was raised to the rank of setthi (DhA.iii.307). See Punna (No.2).
• Bahudhátuka Sutta
• Bahudhíti
• Bahudhíti Sutta. Relates the story of Bahudhíti Bháradvája. S.i.170 f.
• Bahuká. A river to which sacrifices were offered (M.i.39; J.v.388f.). v.l. Báhuká. 
• Bahukára Sutta. Three persons who are very helpful to one another he who leads to the Three Refuges, he through whom one understands Ill, etc., and he who leads one to the destruction of the ásavas. A.i.123.
• Bahula-Sutta.  Four conditions which conduce to the growth of insight. S.v.412.
• Bahuliká, Báhuliká
• Bahumangala cetiya
• Báhumatí. A holy river where men bathe in order to expiate their sins. M.i.39; MA.i.145.
• Báhuna. A monk who is said to have asked the Buddha, while on the banks of the Gaggará Lake in Campá, about the conditions from which the Tathágata is released and emancipated. The Buddha enumerated ten such. A.v.151f.
• Bahunandi. See Báhuraggi below.
• Báhuna-Sutta. The questions asked by Báhuna (q.v.) and the Buddha's answers thereto. A.v.151 f.
• Bahúpakára Sutta. Five things which make a monk of great service to his residence. A.iii.263.
• Bahuputta, Bahuputtaka cetiya
• Báhuputta, Bahuputtaka. King of Benares and husband of Khemá. He is identified with Sáriputta. For details see the Hamsa Játaká. J.iv.423ff.; cp. Seyya.
• Bahuputtaka-nigrodha
• Bahuputtiká. See Soná Therí.
• Báhuraggi. One of seven beings born in the Avihá world, there to pass away entirely. v.l. Bahunandi. S.i.35, 60; ThigA. 222.
• Bahusodarí. A goddess (devadhítá) living in Gandhamádana (J.vi.83). See the Sáma Játaka.
• Bahussuta Sutta. Five qualities which make a man learned and wise. S.iv.244.
• Bahussutaká
• Bahutará Sattá Vagga. The tenth chapter of the Sacca Samyutta. S.v.473.
• Bahuvedaníya Sutta
• Baka
• Bakabrahma Játaka (No.405)
• Bakabrahma Sutta
• Bakagalluddhavápí. A locality in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxv.124. 
• Baka-Játaka (No.038, 236)
• Bakkula Sutta
• Bakkula, Bákula, Vakkula Thera
• Bákula. See Bakkula
• Bala Sutta
• Bálacittapabodhaní. The name of a Tíká. Gv.65, 67.
• Baladatta. A king, last of the dynasty of Brahmadeva, who reigned in Ekacakkhu. Dpv.iii.25; MT. 128.
• Baladeva
• Baladevavattiká. Followers of a certain cult who hoped for purification by their practices. MNid.89.
• Báládicca. A monastery in South India, the residence of Coliya Dípankara (Buddhappiya), author of the Rúpasiddhi. P.L.C.220.
• Bálaka. See below, Bálakalonakáragáma.
• Bálakalonakáráma, Bákalonakárágama
• Balakaraníya Vagga. Several sections of the Mahá Vagga of the Samyutta Nikáya bear this name   i.e., S.v.45, 135, 138, 191, 240, 242, 246, 291, 308.
• Balakathá. The ninth chapter of the Yuganandha Vagga of the Patisambhidámagga.
• Balakkára. A Kálinga prince, kinsman of Tiloka-Sundarí. He came to Ceylon and was given honour and gifts by Vijayabáhu I. Cv.lix.46.
• Bálanakkhatta
• Baláni Sutta. The four powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration. A.ii.141f.
• Bálapandita Sutta (M.129)
• Balapásána. A locality in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiv.178; lxxv.3, 5.
• Báláppabodhana. A Páli work, probably a Commentary (Gv.63, 73). There exists a Tíká on it. Ibid., 65, 76.
• Bala-Samyutta. The sixth section of the Mahá Vagga of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.v.249 53.
• Balasena. A king of fifty seven kappas ago; a previous birth of Upattháyaka Thera. Ap.i.241.
• Balatam Sutta. Six qualities, the possession of which destroys strength in concentration. A.iii.427.
• Bálava. A maintenance village, given by Aggabodhi IV. to the padhánaghara of Dáthásiva. Cv.xlvi.13.
• Bála-Vagga
• Bala-Vagga 1. The second chapter of the Pañcaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iii.9-14.
• Bala-Vagga 2. The third and eighth chapters of the Bala Samyutta. S.v.250, 252.
• Bálávatára. A Páli grammar in seven chapters, by Dhammakitti (or Vácissara), written in the fourteenth century. It is based on the Kaccáyana and forms an extremely good summary of Páli grammar. There are to be found several Singhalese paraphrases of the work and two tíkás in Páli. For details see P.L.C.243ff.
• Bálhagiláyana (or Gihínaya) Sutta (But see KS.v.268, n.2). A number of monks visit Anuruddha, who lies grievously ill in the Andhakavana, and ask him how it is that painful feelings make no impression on his mind. He answers that it is because he is well grounded in the four satipatthána. S.v.302.
• Balibhojaká. Probably the totemistic name of a Singhalese clan; they are mentioned in connection with the celebrations in honour of the Tooth Relic in the reign of Parakkamabáhu II. Cv.lxxxv.51; see also Cv.Trs.i.29, n.2.
• Baliharana. A forest tract (vanasanda) near Kusinárá where the Buddha is said to have stayed (A.i.274;v.79). It was so called because the people there made offerings to various spirits (AA.i.457; MA.ii.826). The Kinti Sutta was preached there (M.ii.238).
• Balisa Sutta. Dire are gains, favours and flattery, like to a flesh baited hook, Mára being the fisherman. S.ii.226.
• Bálisika Sutta. Like baited hooks cast by a fisherman are the objects cognisable by the external sense spheres. He who avoids them has escaped from the clutches of Mára. S.iv.158.
• Balivadda Sutta. On four kinds of oxen: those that are fierce to the cows of their own herd, to cows of other herds, those that are fierce to neither their own nor others; and the four corresponding kinds of men. A.ii.108.
• Baluggata. Fifteen kappas ago there were twelve kings of this name, previous births of Ugga Thera (ThagA.i.175; Ap.i.165). v.l. Khaluggata.
• Bandha Sutta. See Vaccha Sutta.
• Bandhana Sutta
• Bandhaná Sutta. Those who regard the body, feelings, perceptions, etc., as self, are fettered by bonds those who do not are free. S.iii.164.
• Bandhanágára Játaka (No.201)
• Bandhanamokkha Játaka (No.120)
• Bandhati Sutta 1. Eight ways in which a woman attracts a man. A.iv.196f.
• Bandhati Sutta 2. Eight ways in which a man attracts a woman. A.iv.197.
• Bandhujívaka Thera
• Bandhula
• Bandhumá 1. King of Bandhumatí and father of Vipassí Buddha. His wife was Bandhumatí (J.1.41, etc.). He had two daughters who, in their later lives, were Mahámáyá and Uracchadá (J.vi.480f). See also Ekasátaka and Mettá Therí.
• Bandhumá 2. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
• Bandhumatí 1. The city of birth of Vipassí Buddha. J.i.41; Bu. xx. 23; D.i.7, etc.
• Bandhumatí 2. Wife of King Bandhumá and mother of Vipassí Buddha. J.i.41; Bu.xx.23; D.i.7, etc.
• Bandhumatí 3. A river near Bandhumatí. SNA.i.190.
• Bandhura
• Bandhura-Thera
• Barabbala. A locality in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiv.51.
• Báránasí (Benares)
• Báránasísetthi. See Mahádhana.
• Bávarí
• Báveru Játaka (No.339)
• Báveru. A kingdom outside India, beyond the sea. Trade was carried on between Báveru and India. See the Báveru Játaka. Báveru is identified with Babylon. E.g., Buddhist India, p.104.
• Belatta. Father of Sañjaya (q.v.). SNA.ii.423.
• Belattha Kaccána
• Belatthánika (Belatthakáni) Thera
• Belatthaputta. See Sañjaya Belatthaputta.
• Belatthasísa Thera
• Beluva
• Beluvapanduvíná
• Bhadda
• Bhaddá
• Bhaddaji-Sutta
• Bhaddaji-Thera
• Bhaddakaccá, Bhaddákaccá, Bhaddakaccáná, also Subhaddakaccáná. See Ráhulamátá.
• Bhaddakaccáná
• Bhaddá-Kaccána. See Bhadda Kaccána.
• Bhaddá-Kapilání Therí
• Bhaddakappa. A kappa such as the present in which five Buddhas are born. BuA.159.
• Bhaddaka-Sutta. Sáriputta tells the monks that he who delights and engages himself in worldly activities meets with a luckless fate, while he who renounces such meets with a lucky fate. A.iii.293.
• Bhaddá-Kundalakesá
• Bhaddáli-Sutta
• Bhaddáli-Thera
• Bhaddanahánakottha. A bathing place in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxviii.45.
• Bhaddasála
• Bhaddasála Játaka (No.465)
• Bhaddasena. Son of Ekarája and brother of Candakumára (J.vi.134). He is identified with Moggallána. J.vi.157.
• Bhaddasena.-One of the ten sons of Kálásoka.
• Bhaddasenápati-parivena. A monastic building erected and endowed by Bhadda, general of Sena I. Cv.l.82.
• Bhaddá-Suriyavaccasá. Daughter of the Gandhabba Timbarú and beloved of Pañcasikha.
• Bhaddavággiyá
• Bhaddavatí, Bhaddavatiká
• Bhaddavatiká. A market town near Kosambí....
• Bhaddavatiya. Father of Simávati...
• Bhaddayániká. An offshoot of the Vajjiputtaka heretics ...
• Bhaddekaratta Sutta
• Bhaddika. See Bhaddiya (3).
• Bhadditthivimána vatthu. The story of Bhaddá, wife of Rohaka. See Bhaddá (4).
• Bhaddiya
• Bhaddiya Sutta
• Bhadrá Therí. She belonged to a clan of the Sákiyans, and left the world with Pajápati Gotamí. While she was meditating, the Buddha sent her a ray of glory and she attained arahantship. Thig.vs.9; ThigA.13.
• Bhadra, or ? Bhagandha Hatthaka Sutta...
• Bhadragaka. A headman of Uruvelakappa and father of Ciravási (S.iv. 327). See Bhadra Sutta.
• Bhadraghata Játaka (No.291).
• Bhadrakára. Son of Vidhura and eldest brother of Sambhava (the Bodhisatta). For details see the Sambhava Játaka. Bhadrakára is identified with Moggallána. J.v.67.
• Bhadravanasanda. The name given to the grove near the Bodhitree where the Buddha took his noonday rest after the meal of milk rice provided by Sujátá. SNA.ii.391.
• Bhadrávudha. One of the sixteen disciples of Bávarí, ...
• Bhagalavatí. A place in Uttarakuru where the Yakkhas assemble....
• Bhagandha Hatthaka Sutta. See Bhadragandha Hatthaka Sutta.
• Bhaggá. The name of a tribe and a country, ...
• Bhaggava
• Bhaggavagotta. A clothed Wanderer (channaparibbájaka)...
• Bhaggaví. See Bhaggava (3).
• Bhágineyya
• Bhaginí Sutta 1. It would not be easy to find a person who has not been one's sister during samsára. S.ii.189.
• Bhaginí Sutta 2. There are men who would not lie, even for a sister's sake. S.ii.243.
• Bhagírasa. A king of old, mentioned as having held great sacrifices; he could not, however, advance beyond the peta world. J.vi.99.
• Bhágírathí
• Bhagírathí, Bhagírasí. See Bhágirathí.
• Bhagu. A famous sage (isi) of old (Vin.i.245; D.i.104, 238, 243; M.ii. 169, 200; A.iii.224; A.iv.61). He was one of the teachers who composed runes combined with the teachings of Kassapa Buddha. DA.i.273, etc.
• Bhagu-Thera
• Bhájanadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was a potter of Bandhumatí and supplied pots to the monks. Fifty-three kappas ago he was a king named Anantajáli. Ap.i.218.
• Bhallátakadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Eighteen kappas ago he was an ascetic and, seeing the Buddha Atthadassí going through the air, invited him to his hermitage. There he gave the Buddha a bhallátaka-fruit (Ap.ii.398). He is probably, identical with Vijitasena. Thag.A.i.426.
• Bhallátaka-vihára. A monastery in Ceylon, built by Dhátusena (Cv.xxxviii.47) and restored by Vijayabáhu I. (Cv.lx.61).
• Bhallatittha. A landing place in Ceylon where Abhayanága once lived. Mhv.xxxvi.43.
• Bhallátiya. King of Benares. See the Bhallátiya Játaka.
• Bhallátiya-Játaka (No. 504)
• Bhallika, Bhalliya, Bhalluka Thera.
• Bhalluka. Nephew of Díghajantu.
• Bhanda, Bhandu Thera
• Bhandagáma. A Vajjian village between Vesáli and Hatthigáma ...
• Bhandagáma-Vagga. The first chapter of the Catukka Nipáta of the Aguttara Nikáya. A.ii.1-12.
• Bhandágára-amacca. Given as an example of a handsome person. AA.ii.596.
• Bhandakucchi. One of the gate keepers (dováriká) of Mandavya, who were ordered to cast Mátanga out. J.iv.382.
• Bhandana Sutta
• Bhandárapotthakí.-See Kitti (7).
• Bhandika. An eminent Thera, well versed in the four Nikáyas (catunikáyika). He was evidently an esteemed Commentator. See, e.g., SA.i.17.
• Bhandiká-parivena. A building attached to the Abhayiágiri vihára and built by Kassapa V. (Cv.lii.68) It evidently received its name in honour of the king's mother. Cv. Trs.i.167, n. 6.
• Bhandu, Bhanduka
• Bhandukanna
• Bhañña.
• Bháradvája
• Bháradvája Sutta
• Bharana. One of the chief warriors of Dutthagámani. He was the son of Kumára of Kappalakandara and was very fleet of foot. At the age of ten or twelve he could chase hare and elk, seize them and dash them on the ground. Mhv.xxiii.64 ff. See also Ras.ii.96.
• Bharandu Sutta. Records the visit of the Buddha to the hermitage of Bharandukáláma. A.i.276 ff.
• Bharandukáláma. A recluse, once a co-disciple of the Buddha ...
• Bhára-Sutta. The burden is the five upádánakkhandhas, the burden-bearer is the person (puggala), the taking up of the burden is the lust that leads to rebirth, the laying down of the burden is passionless ceasing of craving. S.iii.25f.
• Bharata
• Bhárata
• Bharatakumára. Son of the second queen of Dasaratha and stepbrother of Ráma and Lakkhana. For his story see the Dasaratha Játaka. He is identified with Ananda. J.iv.124 ff.
• Bháratayuddha. Evidently refers to the story of the Mahábhárata. It is reckoned among the sinful topics of conversation. E.g., VibhA.490.
• Bharattála. A village in Ceylon, given by Aggabodhi IV. for his maintenance of the Dáthásiva-padhánaghara. Cv.xlvi.12.
• Bhára-Vagga. The third chapter of the Khandha Samyutta. S.iii.25 33.
• Bharu
• Bharu Játaka (No.213).
• Bharukaccha
• Bharukacchaka Vatthu. The story of a monk of Bharukaccha who having (in his dream) lain with a woman, thought he was guilty of a párájiká offence. But Upáli ruled that he was blameless. Vin.iii.39; Sp.i.283.
• Bhátaragáma. A village in Ceylon, residence of Nágá Therí. AA.ii.654; MA.i.546.
• Bhátá-Sutta. It is not easy to find one who has not been a brother in the long faring of samsára. S.ii.189.
• Bháti, Bhátiya. King of Magadha, father of Bimbisára. Dpv.iii.52f.; MT.137.
• Bhátikábhaya. Also called Bhátika or Bhátiya
• Bhátikatissa
• Bhátikatissa-vihára. A vihára built by Bhátikatissa.
• Bhátiyavanka vihára
• Bhatta Sutta. The five disadvantages which come to a family who wait to eat till the sun has fully risen. A.iii.260.
• Bhattá. See Hatthá.
• Bhattabhatika
• Bhattabhuttavaláhaka. The name given to the spot where Dutthagámani took his meal after crossing the Maháválukagangá, in his advance against the Damilas. MT. 476.
• Bhattasúpagáma
• Bhavagga
• Bhávána-Sutta
• Bhavanetti Sutta. The Buddha tells Rádha that that which leads to rebirth is lust for the body, for feelings, etc. S.iii.190.
• Bhavanimmita. Fifty seven kappas ago there were four kings of this name, previous births of Phalakadáyaka Thera (Ap.i.174). v.l. Santanámika.
• Bhávasetthi. A previous birth of Bíjaka (2). J.vi.228.
• Bhava-Sutta
• Bhávitatta
• Bhayabherava Sutta
• Bhayasíva 1. A member of the Moriya clan in Ceylon, contemporary of Silákála. His son was Aggabodhi and his nephew King Mahánága. Cv.xli.69f.
• Bhayasíva 2. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.69; ApA.i.106.
• Bhaya-Sutta
• Bhaya-Vagga. The thirteenth chapter of the Catukka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.ii.121 33.
• Bhayoluppala. A tank in Ceylon, made by Kutakannatissa (Mhv.xxxiv.33). The name was later corrupted into Bahuppala. MT. 628.
• Bhennákata. A locality where Rujá lived as a castrated goat. J.vi.237.
• Bherapásána-vihára
• Bheraváya. A rock cave, near Himavá, where Sambula-kaccána dwelt in meditation. ThagA.i.314.
• Bherí. A female ascetic ...
• Bheriváda-Játaka (No. 59)
• Bheruva. A city, the residence of Asayhasetthi. PvA.112,118,119.
• Bhesajja-anuññáta-bhánavára. The thirteenth chapter of the sixth Khandaka of the Mahávagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Bhesajjamañjúsá. A Páli medical work written in the time of Parakkamabáhu II. by a monk of Ceylon. The author is referred to as Pañcaparivenádhipati. Saranankara wrote a Sinhalese Commentary on it. Cv.xcvii.59; Svd.1265.
• Bhesakalá. A Yakkhiní. See Bhesakalávana.
• Bhesakalávana. A grove in the Bhagga country....
• Bhesiká. The barber of Lohicca. D.i.224.
• Bhidura Sutta.-A sutta quoted in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 83) from the Itivuttaka (p.69f). The body breaks up, consciousness is contemptible; all things change.
• Bhikkhádáyaka
• Bhikkhadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he gave a spoonful of food to Siddhattha Buddha. Eighty seven kappas ago he was king seven times under the name of Mahárenu (Ap.i.140). He is probably identical with Godhika Thera. ThagA.i.124.
• Bhikkhadáyí. See Bhikkhudási.
• Bhikkhádáyiká
• Bhikkhaka-Sutta
• Bhikkháparampara Játaka (No.496)
• Bhikkhú Sutta
• Bhikkhudásiká, Bhikkhadáyiká
• Bhikkhuná-Sutta 1. In the Buddha's method of explaining Dhamma, there feelings are divided into various categories of 2, 3, 5, 6, 18, 30, 108, etc. S.iv.229.
• Bhikkhuná-Sutta 2. Same as Bhikkhu Sutta (6).
• Bhikkhuní
• Bhikkhuní-khandhaka. The tenth section of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Bhikkhuní-Samyutta. The fifth section of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.i.128 35.
• Bhikkhuní-Sutta
• Bhikkhunívásaka Sutta
• Bhikkhuní-Vibhanga. The second section of the Sutta Vibhanga of the Vinaya Pitaka, also called Cúla Vibhanga.
• Bhikkhupátimokkha. See Anumána Sutta.
• Bhikkhu-Samyutta. The twenty first section of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.ii.273 86.
• Bhikkhu-Sutta
• Bhikkhu-Vagga 1. The seventh section of the Majjhima Nikáya, containing suttas 61 70.
• Bhikkhu-Vagga 2. The twenty fifth section of the Dhammapada.
• Bhikkhu-Vibhanga. The first division of the Sutta Vibhanga of the Vinaya Pitaka. It is also called the Mahá Vibhanga.
• Bhillivána-vihára. A monastery in Ceylon built by Dhátusena. Cv.xxxviii.50.
• Bhíma. A sage of old ...
• Bhima. The name of a celestial musician or a musical instrument. VvA.93, 96, 211, 372.
• Bhímarája. A Kálinga prince of Síhapura, brother of Tilokasundarí. He came to Ceylon and Vijayabáhu I. gave him suitable maintenance. Cv.lix.46.
• Bhímaratha
• Bhímasena 1. A weaver; see the Bhímasena Játaka.
• Bhímasena 2. One of the five Pándavas, sons of King Pandu; he was the husband of Kanhá. J.v.424, 426.
• Bhímasena-Játaka (No.80)
• Bhímatittha-Vihára
• Bhinnálavanagáma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxv.97.
• Bhinnorudípa. A monastery in Ceylon built by Aggabodhi I. for the Elder (probably Dáthásiva) who was living in the Maháparivena. The revenue from Vattákárapitthi was given for its maintenance. Cv.xlii.26.
• Bhiruka-Játaka. See Pañcagaru Játaka.
• Bhisa. A king of three kappas ago, a previous birth of Bhisáluvadáyaka. Ap.i.120.
• Bhisadáyaka Thera
• Bhisa-Játaka (No.488).
• Bhisáluvadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he gave some lotus stalks and water to Vipassí Buddha. Three kappas ago he was a king named Bhisa. Ap.i.120.
• Bhisamuláladáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he met Phussa Buddha alone in the forest and gave him lotus stalks and petals. Ap.i.286f.
• Bhisapuppha Játaka (No.392).
• Bhíta-Sutta. The Buddha, in answer to a deva's question, says that if a man be pure in word, deed and thought, has faith, and is generous, he need not fear life in another world. S.i.42.
• Bhiyya. One of the chief lay patrons of Paduma Buddha. Bu.ix.23.
• Bhiyyasa (Bhíya)
• Bhogagámanagara. A village in the Vajji country,..
• Bhogasamhara petavatthu. The story of a woman of Rájagaha who, having earned money by selling things with false measures, was born in the peta world. Pv.iv.14; PvA.278f
• Bhoga-Sutta. The five disadvantages of riches and also the five advantages of the same. A.iii.259.
• Bhogavatí. A palace in the Nága world, the residence of the Nága king Varuna, father of Irandatí. J.vi. 269, 270.
• Bhoja
• Bhojájáníya-Játaka (No.23).
• Bhojakagiri. A vihára in Kálinga, built by Asoka, at the cost of one crore, for his brother Tissa (Ekavihárika). ThagA.i.506, 507.
• Bhojanadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he gave a meal to Vessabhú Buddha. Twenty five kappas ago he was a king named Amitábha. Ap.i.253.
• Bhojanasuddhika. The Bodhisatta born as the king of Benares. See the Dúta Játaka. J.ii.319, 321.
• Bhojana-Sutta
• Bhojana-Vagga. The fourth section of the Pácittiya of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv. 69 90.
• Bhojaputta
• Bhokkanta. A village in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon. Till deserted by its inhabitants (probably through fear of the Damilas), it was the residence of Sumaná, wife of Lakuntaka Atimbara (DhA.iv.50).
• Bhujaka. A tree with fragrant wood, found only in Gandhamádana. VvA.162.
• Bhujangadvára. One of the gates of Pulatthippura. Cv.lxxiii.162.
• Bhúmicála-Sutta.
• Bhúmicála-Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Atthaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iv.293-313.
• Bhúmija-Sutta.
• Bhúmija-Thera
• Bhúmiya.-A king of fifteen kappas ago; a previous birth of Nágasamála. Ap.i.119.
• Bhummá. A class of devas, earth bound deities. They belong to the lowest category of devas. E.g., A.iv.119.
• Bhummaja. One of the Chabbaggiyá. His followers were called Bhummajaká.
• Bhuñjatí.Wife of Vessavana and a devout follower of the Buddha...
• Bhúridatta. The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Nága king, Dhatarattha. See the Bhúridatta Játaka.
• Bhúridatta-Játaka (No.543).
• Bhúripañha-Játaka (No.452).
• Bhúripañña. One hundred and seven kappas ago there were four kings of this name, previous births of Paccupatthánasaññaka (Ekúdániya). Ap.i.153; ThagA.i.153.
• Bhúri-Sutta. Four conditions which, if developed, lead to extensive insight. S.v.412.
• Bhuságra
• Bhúta
• Bhútagana. A mountain near Himavá. Ap.i.179; ThagA.i.215.
• Bhútamangalagáma. A village in the Cola country in South India. Buddhadatta lived there in a monastery built by Venhudása. P.L.C.107.
• Bhútapála
• Bhútapála-Nanda.-One of the Nava-Nandá.
• Bhúta-parivena. A monastic building erected by Aggabodhi VIII (Cv.xlix.46). It was probably attached to the Bhútáráma (q.v.).
• Bhútaválika. A setthiputta, held up as an example of a devout follower of the Buddha (AA.i.335). He is probably identical with Bhútapálasetthi.
• Bhuttakatittha.-A ford, probably on the Maháválukanadí. It was two leagues from Válagáma Vihára. See Tambasumana.
• Bhuvanekabáhu
• Bhuvanekabáhu-parivena
• Bíjagáma. A village in Ceylon where Mahallaka Nága built the Tánaveli (or Canavela ) vihára. Mhv.xxxv.125.
• Bíjaka
• Bíja-Sutta
• Bilálapádaka
• Bilálidáyaka Thera
• Bilangika Bháradvája
• Bilangika Bháradvája Sutta. Relates the story of the conversion of Bilangika Bháradvája. S.i.164.
• Bilára-Játaka (No.128)
• Bilára-Sutta
• Bilárikosiya Játaka (No.450)
• Bilárikosiya. A rich miser whom Sakka converted into a generous donor. See the Bilárikosiya Játaka.
• Billagámatittha. A ford in the Maháválukagangá, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxii.48,122.
• Billaphaliya Thera. An arahant. He was an ascetic living on the banks of the Candabhágá in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. One day he gave the Buddha a billa fruit (wood apple) from the tree which grew in his grove. Ap.ii.397.
• Billasela. A mountain in Ceylon. Vijayabáhu III. built, on its summit, a temple for the Tooth Relic (Cv.lxxxi.33; see also Cv.Trs.ii.138, n.4.). From there the Relic was removed by Parakkamabáhu II. to Jambuddoni. Cv.lxxxii.7.
• Billasela-vihára. A monastery on Billasela, where Bhuvanekabáhu, brother of Parakkamabáhu II., erected, under the king's orders, a parivena called the Bhuvanekabáhu parivena. Cv.lxxxv.59.
• Bimbádeví. See Ráhulamátá.
• Bimbasundarí. Probably another name for Bimbádeví. She is identified with Amarádevi of the Mahá Ummagga Játaka. J.vi.478.
• Bimbí. An eminent laywoman, follower of the Buddha. A.iv.347; AA.ii.791.
• Bimbijáliya Thera. An arahant. In the past he gave a bimbijálika flower to Padumuttara Buddha. Sixty eight kappas ago he was king four times under the name of Kiñjakesara. Ap.i.225.
• Bimbisára
• Bindumatí
• Bindusára
• Bíranatthambhaka Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Duka Nipáta of the Játakatthakathá. J.ii.164ff.
• Bírání
• Bodháhárakula, Bodhidhárakula
• Bodhaná Sutta. The Buddha explains to a monk, in answer to his question, that the bojjhangas are so called because they conduce to wisdom. S.v.83.
• Bodhi
• Bodhí. Daughter of Kassapa I. Cv.xxxix.11.
• Bodhiáváta. A village in Rohana mentioned in the accounts of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxv.97, 146.
• Bodhigámavara. A village and district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkámabáhu 1. Cv.lxvi.78; lxix.9; lxx.88; for its identification see Cv.Trs.i.259, n. 1.
• Bodhighariya Thera. An Arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he built a pavilion by the Bodhi tree of Siddhattha Buddha. Sixty five kappas ago he became king in Kásika, which city was built for him by Vissakamma, ten leagues long and eight broad. His palace was called Mangala. Ap.ii.401.
• Bodhigutta
• Bodhiguttá. A nun of the Hatthálhakáráma in Anurádhapura, colleague of Sanghamittá. She belonged to the Moriya clan and was the elder sister of Sunandá, wife of Bodhigutta. Mbv. 169.
• Bodhimanda
• Bodhimanda-vihára
• Bodhimátu Mahátissa Thera. He came through the air to receive from Dutthagámaní a share of the food which the latter had obtained while fleeing from Culanganiyapitthi. According to other accounts the Thera's name was Kutumbiyaputta Tissa. AA.i.366.
• Bodhirájakumára Sutta
• Bodhirukka
• Bodhisammajjaka Thera. An arahant. In the past he picked up leaves from the courtyard of a Bodhi tree and cleaned it (Ap.ii.457). He is probably identical with Tissa Thera. ThagA.i.105f.
• Bodhisatta
• Bodhisenapabbatagáma. A village in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon where Vikkamabáhu II defeated Mánábharana and his two brothers. Cv.lxi.33.
• Bodhisiñcaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago, when a great festival was being held in honour of the Bodhi tree of Vipassí Buddha, he sprinkled perfumed water on the tree. Thirty three kappas ago he became king eight times under the name of Udakásecana (Ap.i.131). v.l. Bodhisaññaka.
• Bodhi-Sutta. On the seven bojjhangas as the seven things that cause not decline (aparihániyá dhammá). A.iv.23.
• Bodhitalagáma. A village on the road from Gangásiripura to Samantakúta where Devappatirája built a bridge. Cv.lxxxvi.21.
• Bodhí-Theri. A friend of Isidásí, who related the story of her own past lives at the request of Bodhí. ThigA.p.261.
• Bodhitissa. A chieftain, probably of Malaya. He built the Bodhitissa-vihára. Cv.xlvi.30.
• Bodhitissa-vihára. See Bodhitissa above.
• Bodhiupattháyaka Thera. An Arahant. Eighteen kappas ago he was born in Rammavatí under the name of Muraja and paid great homage to the Bodhi tree. Fifteen kappas ago he was a king named Damatha. Ap.i.174.
• Bodhí-Uppalavanná Kassapagiri. The name given to the enlarged monastery at Issarasamanáráma built by Kassapa I. Cv.xxxix.11; see also Cv.Trs.i.43, n.7.
• Bodhi-Vagga. The first chapter of the Udána.
• Bodhivála. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Kitti (Vijayabáhu I.). Cv.lvii.54.
• Bodhivamsa. See Mahábodhivamsa.
• Bodhivandaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he saw the pátali bodhi of Vipassí Buddha and worshipped it. Ap.i.290.
• Bojjhá, Bocchá. An eminent upásiká. The Anguttara Nikáya (A.iv.259, also 347) records a visit paid by her to the Buddha at Jetavana. The Buddha then preached to her on the uposatha and the advantages of keeping the fast.
• Bojjhangakathá. The third chapter of the Yuganaddha Vagga of the Patisambhidámagga.
• Bojjhangakosalla Sutta. One of the sections of the Bojjhanga Samyutta. VibhA.229, 231; the reference is to S.v.112f.
• Bojjhanga-Sákacca Vagga. The sixth chapter of the Bojjhanga Samyutta. S.v.102ff.
• Bojjhanga-Samyutta. The second section (forty sixth Samyutta) of the Mahávagga of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.v.61ff.
• Bojjhanga-Sutta
• Bojjhá-Sutta. Records the visit of Bojjhá (q.v.) to the Buddha and the sermon preached to her on the uposatka. A.iv.259ff.
• Bokusala. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiv.169.
• Bolagáma. A village mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxv.6.
• Braháchatta Játaka (No.336)
• Brahma. See Brahmaloka
• Brahmacariya Sutta
• Brahmadatta
• Brahmadatta-Játaka (No.323)
• Brahmadatta-kumára
• Brahmadeva
• Brahmadeva-Sutta. Records the story of Brahmadeva Thera (q.v. 3) and his mother. S.i.140ff.
• Brahmajála Sutta
• Brahmakáyiká devá. See Brahmaloka.
• Brahmáli Thera
• Bráhmanadhammika Sutta
• Bráhmanagáma. A village in Ceylon, near which Mahásena built the Kalandavihára. MT.685.
• Bráhmanagámavápi. A tank in Ceylon, restored by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxix.32.
• Bráhmana-Samyutta. The seventh section of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.i.160-84.
• Bráhmana-Sutta
• Bráhmanatissa-cora, Bráhmanatissabhaya
• Bráhmana-Vagga
• Brahmanimantanika Sutta
• Brahmañña Sutta
• Brahmapárisajja, Brahmapurohita. See Brahmaloka.
• Brahmá-Samyutta. The sixth section of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.i.136 59.
• Brahmá-Sutta
• Brahmavaddhana 1. An old name for Báránasí (J.iv.119). A king named Manoja reigned there. For details see the Sona Nanda Játaka. J.v.312ff.
• Brahmavaddhana 2. Son of Metteyya Buddha before his Renunciation. Anágatavamsa, vs.48.
• Brahmavatí. A brahminee, the mother of Metteyya Buddha. Vsm.434; DhSA.415; Dvy.60; Anágatavamsa, vs. 96.
• Brahmáyu
• Brahmáyu-Sutta. Records the story of the conversion of Brahmáyu ...
• Brahmlakoka
• Bubbula. A village in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxx.99; see Cv.Trs.i.295, n.4.
• Budalavitthi. A village in Ceylon where Vijayabáhu I. erected five dwelling places for the monks on the spot where his parents had been cremated. Cv.lx.57.
• Buddha
• Buddhá. Wife of Prince Bodhi and, later, of Moggallána. By Bodhi she had a daughter Lokitá and by Moggallána four children: Kitti (afterwards Vijayabáhu I.), Mittá, Mahinda and Rakkhita. Cv.lvii.40.
• Buddhabhelagáma. A village in Ceylon given by Jetthá, wife of Aggabodhi IV., for the maintenance of the Jettháráma. Cv.xvli.28.
• Buddhadása
• Buddhadatta Thera
• Buddhadeva Thera. A member of the Mahimsásaka sect. He was one of the three monks -  the others being Atthadassí and Buddhamitta -  at whose suggestion the Játakatthakathá was written. J.i.1.
• Buddhagáma vihára. A monastery in Ceylon for the maintenance of which Sena II. gifted a village. Cv.li.74.
• Buddhagáma. A village and district in the Dakkhiniadesa of Ceylon. It is mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lviii.43; lxvi.19, 25, 39, 62; lxix.9; lxx.311; lxxii.178; for its identification see Cv.Trs.i.206, n.1.
• Buddhagámakanijjhara. A tank restored by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxviii.45.
• Buddhaghosa
• Buddhaghosuppatti. A very late account of the life of Buddhaghosa; it is more a romance than a historical chronicle. For an account of this see Law, Páli Lit. 558 f. The work has been translated and edited by Gray (London).
• Buddhakula
• Buddhálankára. A Páli poem based on the Sumedhakathá by Sílavamsa. Bode, p. 43.
• Buddhamátá. See Buddhakula.
• Buddhamitta
• Buddhanága Thera. A disciple of Sáriputta of Ceylon. He wrote the Vinayatthamañjúsá on the Kankhávitaraní at the request of a monk named Sumedha. Gv.61f., 71; SadS.65; Svd.1212; P.L.C.201.
• Buddhanáyaka, Buddhanátha. A general of Mánábharaina (2). He was defeated at Nála by the Kesadhátu Rakkha. Later, during eight days, he fought at Pillavitthi a battle against the forces of Parakkamabáhu I. and again against the Adhikárin Rakkha. He was killed in the last-named conflict. Cv.lxx.296; lxxii.171, 266, 270. See Cv.Trs.i.311,n.2.
• Buddhapakinnakhandha. The twelfth chapter of the Buddhavamsa.
• Buddhapitá. See Buddhakula.
• Buddhappiya
• Buddharája. A powerful man of Rohana who is said to have quarrelled with Loka, ruler of Kájaragáma. Cv.lvii.45.
• Buddharakkhita
• Buddhasaññaka
• Buddhasíha
• Buddhasiri.-A monk of the Mahávihára, at whose request Buddhaghosa wrote the Samantapásádiká. Sp.i.2.
• Buddhasoma. A monk of Ceylon, friend of Ananda, the author of the Saddhammopáyana. The work was composed by Ananda to be sent as a religious gift to Buddhasoma. P.L.C.212.
• Buddha-Sutta. See Araham Sutta (5).
• Buddha-Vagga 1. The fourteenth chapter of the Dhammapada.
• Buddha-Vagga 2. The first chapter of the Nidána Samyutta. S.ii.1-11.
• Buddhavamsa
• Buddhavímamsaka-mánava. See Uttara (9).
• Buddhija, Buddhiya. Personal attendant of Kakusandha Buddha. Bu.xxiii.20; J.i.42; D.ii.6.
• Buddhippasádiní. A Tíká on the Padasádhana by Srí Ráhula of the fifteenth century. P.L.C.205.
• Buddhupattháka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he blew a conch shell in honour of Vipassí Buddha. Twenty four kappas ago he became king sixteen times under the name of Mahánigghosgá (Ap.i.138f). He is probably identical with Vimala Thera. ThagA.i.122f.
• Buddhúpattháyaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he was named Vetambarí and his father dedicated him to the service of the Buddha (? Sikhí). Twenty three kappas ago he became king four times under the name of Samanúpatthaka. Ap.i.242.
• Búkakalla. A village in Ceylon near which was the Ambavápí given by Potthakuttha to the Mátambiya padhánaghara. Cv.xlvi.20.
• Bulí
• Bumú
• Burudatthalí. A ford across the Maháválukagangá. Cv.lxxii.36.