Pali Proper Names - P - 

• Pamáda Sutta
• Pamáda Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Eka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikiya. A.i.15f.
• Pamádavihárí Sutta. The difference between him who dwells in heedlessness and him who dwells in earnest. S.iv.78.
• Pamatta. Fifteen kappas ago there were eight kings of this name all previous births of Sapariváriya Thera. v.l. Samatta, Somagga. Ap.i.172.
• Pamitá. One of the seven children of the Sákiyan Síhahanu, and therefore a sister of Suddhodana. v.l. Pálitá. Mhv.ii.20; MT.135; she is not mentioned in Dpv. (see iii.46).
• Pamokkharana. A king of seventy seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Nágakesariya Thera. Ap.i.222.
• Pamsu Sutta. The five classes of pamsukúlikas, corresponding to the five kinds of áraññakas. (See Arañña Satta.) A.iii.219.
• Pamsudhovaka Sutta. The process of getting rid of the impurities found in gold ore is a very gradual one, involving many stages; so is the progress in ecstatic meditation, the first step in which is the removal of the gross sins. A.i.253.
• Pamsukúladhovana Játaka
• Pamsukúlapújaka Thera
• Pamsukúlasaññika Thera. An arahant. He was a hunter in the time of Tissa Buddha, and, one day, seeing in the forest a pamsukúla robe of the Buddha, he worshipped it (Ap.ii.418f). He is probably identical with Punnámása Thera. ThagA.i.297f.
• Pamsukúlí, Pamsukúlino, Pamsukúliká
• Pamsupabbata vihára. A monastery in Ceylon, mentioned as the residence of Bhuvenakabáhu Thera. P.L.C. 247.
• Pamsupisácaká. A class of pisácas, born in filth. MA.ii.713, 921; UdA.247. The word is used as a term of contempt. E.g., AA.i.438; MA.ii.610, 611.
• Páná Sutta
• Pána Sutta. Few are they who abstain from taking life, more numerous they who do not. S.v.468.
• Panáda
• Pánadhidáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he gave a couch (pánadhi?) to a forest dwelling sage. Seventy seven kappas ago he was eight times king under the name of Suyána. Ap.i.208f.
• Pananagara. A village in Ceylon which was one of the centres of the campaigns of Pandukábhaya. Mhv.x.27.
• Panasabukka, a village in the Guttahála district of Ceylon. Cv.lxi.12.
• Panasaphaladáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he saw the Pacceka Buddha Ajjuna in Himavá and offered him a ripe jack fruit as large as a pot on a platter of leaves. Ap.i.297; cf. ibid., ii.446.
• Panasiyarája, a Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.99.
• Panayamára or Panayamáraka. A Damila ursurper who slew Báhiya, another ursurper, and reigned in Anurádhapura for seven years (between 439 and 454) till he, in turn, was slain by his commander in chief Pilayamára. Mhv.xxxiii.57ff.; Dpv.xix.15; xx.16.
• Pañca Sutta. See Anattalakkhana Sutta. S.iii.66.
• Pañcacchiddageha
• Pañcacúlaka. The name of Sanankumára when he was born as a human in a former birth. He practised the jhánas, and having died in that state, was born in the brahma world (MA.ii.584). More probably, Pañcacúlaka here is not a name but a description meaning "while he was yet a lad with his hair tied in five knots."
• Pañcacúlakagámadáraka. The disguise assumed by Vissakamma when, acting on Sakka's orders, he went with Asoka to fetch the relics for his cetiyas. These relics lay buried, and no one had been able to find them. DA.ii.614; see Pañcacúlaka above for more probable explanation.
• Pañcadípadáyiká Therí
• Pañcadípí. See Pañcadípadáyiká.
• Pañcadípika Thera. An arahant. He was once a follower of Padumuttara Buddha and lit a lamp under his bodhi tree. Thereby he obtained the power of being able to see through all obstacles. Thirty-four kappas ago he was king, under the name of Satacakkhu. Ap.i.108.
• Pañcadípika. See Pañcadípadáyiká.
• Pañcagaru Játaka (No. 132) = Bhiruka Játaka
• Pañcagati Buttá. A series of suttas in which the Buddha declares that, through not understanding the four Ariyan truths, beings continue to be born in one or other of the five conditions: as humans, animals, petas, devas, or in the nirayas. S.v.474ff.
• Pañcagativannaná. The name of a Commentary. Gv.65, 75.
• Pañcaggadáyaka
• Pañcaggalalenavásí Tissa. A young novice who could travel through the air. One day, while so journeying, he heard the daughter of the chief artisan of Girgáma singing in a lotus pond while bathing with five hundred friends. He was attracted by her voice and lost his concentration of mind. SNA.i.70.
• Pañcahatthiya Thera
• Pañcaka. See Pandaka and Pañciká.
• Pañcakanga
• Pañcala vihára. A monastery in Sonnagiripáda (in Ceylon); the residence of the monk Sona, the son of a hunter. AA.i.255. See also Pipphali Vihára.
• Pañcála, Pañcálajanapada, Pañcálarattha, Pañcálá
• Pañcálacanda
• Pañcálacandí
• Pañcálí
• Pañcáliputta
• Pañcamaka.-One of the ten sons of Kálásoka (q.v.).
• Pañcambangana. A place in Mahámeghavana in Anurádhapura. Here Dárubhatika Tissa had a pond made, which was later filled up by Dhátusena, who had a series of cells built there. It is probably identical with Pañhambamálaka (q.v.). Mhv.xxxiv.23; MT 626.
• Pañcanadí, Pañcamahánadí
• Pañcangika Vagga. The third section of the Pañcaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iii.14 32.
• Pañcanguliya Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he approached Tissa Buddha, who was entering the Gandhakuti, and offered him a handful of perfume. Seventy two kappas ago he was a king called Sayampabhá. Ap.i.186.
• Pañcanikáyamandala. An assembly hall in the Lohapásáda, where the monks living to the north of the Maháválukanadí used regularly to assemble at the end of the rainy season. DA.ii.581.
• Pañcanívarana Sutta. On the five nívaranas, their evil results and the means of getting rid of them. A.i.3ff.
• Pañcapandita Játaka (No. 508)
• Pañcapápá
• Pañcaparivenamúla
• Pañcappakarana. Name given to the collection of the books of the Abhidhammapitaka, with the exception of the Dhammasangani and the Vibhanga. There is a Commentary on these by Buddhaghosa and Ananda Vanaratana. P.L.C.210; Gv.64 75.
• Pañcarájáno Sutta
• Pañcasálá. A brahmin village of Magadha. For an episode connected with it see Pinda Sutta. S.i.113; DhA.iii.257; Mil.154.
• Pañcasatarattha. A district in Ceylon (the modern Pansiyapattu to the North east of Kandy) where King Senáratna once deposited the Tooth Relic to guard it from his enemies. Cv.xcv.9.
• Pañcasatiká. The name given to the First Council, which was held under the presidency of Mahá Kassapa. Five hundred monks took part in it, hence its name. MT.151.
• Pañcasatikakhandhaka. The eleventh section of the Cullavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Pañcasattatimandira. A building erected in Pulatthipura by Parakkamabáhu I. for "the reception of the magic water and the magic thread given him by the yellow robed ascetics. " (Cv.lxxiii.73) Geiger suggests that the building was used for paritta ceremonies. Cv.Trs.ii.9, n.2.
• Pañcasikha
• Pañcasikha Sutta. Pañcasikha visits the Buddha at Gijjhakúta and asks how it is that some beings are wholly set free in this very life, while others are not. The Buddha enlightens him. S.iv.103f.
• Pañcasikkhápada Sutta. On account of a common element those who commit the five evils   take life, steal, etc.   consort with those who do likewise. S.ii.167.
• Pañcasíla Sutta. The five things, being possessed of which makes women to be born in purgatory   the taking of life, theft, wrong sensuous indulgence, falsehood, the use of intoxicants. These are to be guarded against. S.iv.245.
• Pañcasílasamádániya Thera
• Pañcattaya Sutta. Preached at Jetavana. It deals with various schools of thought and their doctrines regarding the future. Some say the self is conscious, others deny this; some teach annihilation, others deny that. The Buddha does not support any of these speculations. M.ii.228ff.
• Pañcatthánadána Sutta.-The name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 58) to the Bhojana Sutta (2) (q.v.).
• Pañcavaggiyá
• Pañcaverabhaya Sutta
• Pañcavihára. A place near Pulatthinagara to which Parakkamabáhu I. and his followers retreated while awaiting a favourable opportunity to advance against Mánábharana. Cv.lxxii.116f.
• Pañcavudha Játaka (No. 55)
• Pañcávudha-kumára. See Pañcávudha Játaka.
• Pañcayojanarattha. A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, the modern Pasyodunkorala. It is mentioned in various campaigns, and was irrigated and made fertile by Parakkamabáhu I. In it was the Bhímatittha vihára, once the repository of the Tooth Relic. Cv.Ivii.71; lxi.35; lxviii.51; lxxii.57; lxxv.21; lxxxv.81.
• Pañciká. See Moggallána Pañciká.
• Pañcuddharattha. The name of the districts lying round the modern city of Kandy. Cv.xciv.4; xcv.23, 24; xcvi.17; see Geiger, Cv.Trs.ii.233, n.2.
• Pañcuposatha Játaka (No. 490)
• Pandaka
• Pandara
• Pandaraká. The name of a river which is mentioned with Mallangiri and Tikúta as a haunt of Kinnarí's. (J.iv.438, 439).
• Pandaranga. A sect of brahmin ascetics; they are mentioned in the time of the Buddha (E.g., DhA.iv.8) and also in that of Asoka. Perhaps they covered their bodies with ashes. E.g., Dpv.viii.35; Sp.i.44.
• Pandarasa. See Pandara (5).
• Pandava
• Pandavávana. A park laid out by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lixix.12.
• Pandavavápí. A tank and a monastery in Ceylon, restored by Vijayabáhu I. (Cv.lx.48, 58). The tank was later enlarged by Parakkamabáhu I. and converted into the Parakkamasamudda. Ibid., lxviii.39; for its identification see Cv.Trs.i.219, n.1.
• Pandimandalanádálvara. A Damila chief. Cv.lxxvi.179.
• Pandita
• Panditakumáraka. A Licchavi who, with Abhaya, visited Ananda at the Mahávana in Vesáli and held a discussion regarding ascetic practices. A.i.220f.
• Panditapañha. See Pañcapanditapañha.
• Pandiyaráyara. A Damila chief. Cv.lxxvi.174, 178.
• Pandriya. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.184.
• Pandu
• Pandú
• Pandugati Nanda.-One of the Nava-Nandá.
• Panduka
• Panduka Nanda.-One of the Nava-Nandá.
• Pandukábhaya
• Pandukambalasilásana
• Pandukanna
• Pandula. A brahmin of Pandulagáma, rich and learned in the Vedas. He taught Pandukábhaya, advised him in the choice of a wife, gave him one hundred thousand with which to raise an army, and allowed his son Canda to accompany him as his friend and counsellor. Mhv.x.20ff.
• Pandulagáma. The residence of Pandula (q.v.); it was to the south of Anurádhapura. Mhv.x.20.
• Pandunádukottána. A locality in South India. Cv.lxxvii.105.
• Pandupura. A village near Sávatthi. DhA.iii.449.
• Panduputta
• Pandurájá
• Panduvásudeva
• Panduvijaya. A village founded by Parakkamabáhu I. in memory of his conquest of the Pandu country. Cv.lxxvii.105.
• Panga. The name of a Pacceka Buddha, found in a nominal list. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
• Pangura vihára
• Pañhamandapatthána. A place near the Abhayavápi in Anurádhapura. SA.iii.151.
• Pañhambamálaka
• Panihita-acchanna Vagga. The fifth section of the Eka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.i.8 10.
• Panítatara Sutta. The four kinds of birth among the Nágas and the pre eminent among them. S.iii.240.
• Paniva. A locality in South India. Cv.lxxvi.184,186.
• Páníya Játaka (No. 459)
• Páníyadvára. One of the gates of Pulatthipura erected by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiii.162.
• Pañjalipabbata. A mountain in South Ceylon, at the source of the Karindanadí. Here Theraputtábhaya lived after he renounced the world and became an arahant. v.l. Pañcalipabbata, Pajjalitapabbata.  Mhv.xxxii.14; Thúpavamsa 77.
• Pankadhá Sutta
• Pañkadhá. A township in Kosala, the residence of a monk named Kassapa of the Kampagotta. The Buddha is mentioned as having once stayed there during his tours in Kosala. A.i.236; AA.i.446.
• Pankavela. A village in Ceylon where Vikkamabáhu II. defeated Jayabáhu I. and his brothers. Cv.lxi.16; see also Cv. Trs.i.226, n.2.
• Pañña Játaka. See Pániya Játaka
• Paññá Sutta 1. On the four powers: wisdom, energy, innocence (anavajja) and collectedness or kindness (sangáha). A.ii.142.
• Pañña Sutta 2. On eight reasons and causes which strengthen elementary wisdom (ádibrahmacariyiká paññá). A.iv.151ff.
• Paññá Sutta. Few are they blessed with insight; more numerous they that are not. S.v.467.
• Pañña Vagga. The third section of the Patisambhidámagga.
• Pannabhatta. A village given by Aggabodhi V. for the maintenance of the Tálavatthu (or Mahásena) vihára. Cv.xlviii.8.
• Pannadáyaka Thera
• Pannaka
• Pannakata. A city in Esikárattha. Pv.iv.7; PvA.195ff.
• Pannañjalika Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he lay grievously ill at the foot of a tree in the forest. The Buddha Tissa, in his compassion, came to him, and Pannañjalika, unable to rise, clasped his hands above his head and worshipped the Buddha. Five kappas ago he was king five times, under the name of Mahásikha. Ap.i.128.
• Pannasálaka. A village in Ceylon. Kalyánavatí, the first queen consort of Kitti Nissanka, was fond of this village and built a vihára there, endowing it with all manner of possessions. Cv.lxxx.35.
• Pannattankotta. A locality in South India, mentioned in the account of Lankápura's campaigns. Cv.lxxvi.313.
• Paññatti Sutta
• Paññattivádá (v.l. Pannatti-)
• Pannattiváda. See Paññattiváda.
• Paññavá Sutta. A monk who cultivates the seven factors of wisdom can be called intelligent. S.v.467.
• Pannavallakabhúta. A monastery in Ceylon, built by Dhátusena. Cv.xxxviii.47.
• Paññávuddhi Sutta. The four states which conduce to growth in wisdom: association with the good, hearing the Doctrine, right reflection, and right behaviour in accordance with the Dhamma. A.ii.245.
• Pannika Játaka (No. 102)
• Panthaka 1, see Cúla Panthaka and Mahá Panthaka.
• Panthaka 2. Mentioned as the name of a man. J.i.403.
• Pápa Sutta. The wicked man is he who takes life, steals, etc., and is of malicious heart; more than wicked is he who encourages others in these things. Just so with the good and the more than good. A.ii.222f.
• Pápa Vagga. The ninth section of the Dhammapada.
• Pápadhamma Sutta. On the man who is wicked by nature and the one who is more than wicked; also on him who is of goodly nature and the one who is more than goodly. A.ii.223.
• Pápaka. A monk who, believing that his name was of ill omen, wished to change it. The Buddha preached to him the Námasiddhi Játaka (q.v.) to show that a name has no importance. J.i.401f.
• Papañcasúdaní. Buddhaghosa's Commentary on the Majjhima Nikáya. The colophon states that it was written at the request of the monk Buddhamitta of Mayúrapattana. The work is quoted in the Samantapásádiká. Sp.iv.870.
• Pápanika Sutta
• Pápaniváriya Thera. An arahant. In the time of Piyadassí Buddha he had cleaned the cloistered walk of the Buddha and shown great exertion in the fulfilment of religious practices. Eleven kappas ago he was a king, named Aggideva. Ap.i.212f.
• Papáta Sutta. The Buddha once went with some monks to Patibhánakúta for the siesta, and a certain monk, seeing the precipice below them, asked if any precipice were deeper than that. Yes, answered the Buddha, the precipice of ignorance of the nature of dukkka. S.v.448f.
• Papáta Vagga. The fifth chapter of the Sacca Samyutta. S.v.446ff.
• Papátapabbata
• Papatita Sutta. He who does not possess the virtue, the concentration, the wisdom and the release of the Ariyans, is said to have fallen away from the Dhamma vinaya. A.ii.2.
• Pappata. A grove near the modern Colombo. Parakkamabáhu VI erected there the Sunetta parivena in memory of his mother. Cv.xci.24; see also Cv.Trs.ii.216, n.3 and 4.
• Papphálama. A landing place in Rámañña where the forces of Damiládhikarin landed. Cv.lxxvi.63.