Pali Proper Names - P -

• Pára Sutta. The Buddha teaches of the further shore (beyond samsára) and the path leading thereto. S.iv.369.
• Parábhava Sutta
• Paradárika Sutta. About a man of Rájagaha, an adulterer, born as a peta in a dung pit and seen by Mahá Moggallána. S.ii.258.
• Páragá. A class of devas. D.ii.260.
• Paragáma vihára. A monastery in Ceylon, restored by Vijayabáhu I. Cv.lx.61.
• Páragangá. The region beyond the Ganges (E.g., J.ii.333; vi.427), to be exiled into which was a great punishment. E.g., SN. pp. 32, 47.
• Párájiká. The first of the two divisions of the Sutta Vibhanga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Párájikákanda. The first chapter of the Párájiká.
• Párájikuddesa. The third of the five divisions of the Pátimokkha.
• Parakkama
• Parakkamabáhu
• Parakkamabáhupásáda. A monastic building attached to the Valligáma vihára and erected by Parakkamabáhu IV. Cv.xc.96.
• Parakkamapandu. One of the three Virapperayaras whom Lankápura won over with gifts to alliance with Vírapandu. Cv.lxxvii.6.
• Parakkamapura
• Parakkamaságara. A tank built by Parakkamabáhu I. It was connected with the Káragangá by the Godávarí Canal. Cv.lxxix.28,67.
• Parakkamatalika. A tank built by Parakkamabáhu I (Cv.lxxix.27). See Parakkamabáhu.
• Parakkantabáhu, Parakkantabhuja. See Parakkamabáhu.
• Parakkasamudda
• Parakusinátá. One of the cities of Uttarakuru, described as having been built on an airy base. D.iii.200.
• Paramannadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he invited Vipassí Buddha to his house, where he served him with excellent food. Ap.i.249.
• Paramarája. A king of Ayodhya (in India?) who built a monastery, called the Lankáráma, for the Elder Dhammakitti. P.L.C.245.
• Paramassása Sutta. A conversation between Sáriputta and Jambukhádaka on what constitutes supreme comfort. S.ii.254; cp.iv.261.
• Paramatta. A Brahmá who was present at the Mahásamaya. D.ii.260.
• Paramatthabindu. A grammatical work on Páli, by King Kyocvá of Pagan. There is a Tíká on it by Mahá Kassapa. Bode, op. cit., 25.
• Paramatthadípa. Another name for the Khemappakarana (q.v.).
• Paramatthadípaní 1. Dhammapála's Commentary on the Udáná, Itivuttaka, Vimánavatthu, Petavatthu, Theragáthá and Therígáthá (Gv.60). It seems also to have been called Vimalavilásiní. P.L.C.114, n.4.
• Paramatthadípaní 2.-The name given to the Pañcappakaratthakathá. SadS.60.
• Paramatthajotiká. Buddhaghosa's Commentary on the Khuddakapátha, Dhammapada, Sutta Nipáta and Játaka.
• Paramatthaka Sutta
• Paramatthamañjúsá 1. Dhammapála’s Commentary (Tíká) on the Visuddhi-Magga. P.L.C.113.
• Paramatthamañjúsá 2. An Abhidhamma treatise by Vepullabuddhi. Bode, op. cit., 28.
• Paramatthapakásiní.-The name given to the Múlatiká on the Abhidhamma-Pitaka written in Ceylon under Mahá Kassapa. SadS.60.
• Paramatthavinicchaya. A treatise on the Abhidhamma written by Anuruddha of Káñcipura. There exists a Tíká on it by Máhábodhi Thera. P.L.C.173f.; Gv.61,71; Svd.1226, 1230; Sás.69. It was written at the request of Sangha-rakkhita. Gv.71.
• Páramímahásataka. A Páli poem of one hundred verses, in twelve sections, dealing with the ten páramitá, written by Dhammakitti Sangharája. The poem is based on the Játaka and the Cariyá Pitaka. P.L.C. 242.
• Parammarana Sutta. Mahá Kassapa explains to Sáriputta that the Buddha has omitted to say anything of his existence or otherwise after death, because such a discussion would be fruitless; but he has taught of dukkha and its cessation, because that is fruitful. S.ii.222f.
• Parangí. The Páli name for the Portuguese, who invaded Ceylon. E.g., Cv.xcv. 5, 96; xcviii.80.
• Paranimmita Vasavattí
• Parantapa
• Parantapabbata.-One of the ambassadors sent by Devánampiyatissa to Asoka. Dpv.xi.29, 31.
• Párápara. The name of a family. See Párápariya.
• Párápariya Thera
• Párápata Játaka. See Romaka Játaka.
• Parappasádaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he was a brahmin named Sena, who, seeing Siddhattha Buddha, praised him in four stanzas. Fourteen kappas ago he was king four times under the name of Uggata (Ap.i.113f). He is probably identical with Bhúta Thera. ThagA.i.494.
• Parasamuddavásí Therí.-Referred to in the Commentaries (e.g., MA.ii.726); the reference is probably to the monks of India, as opposed to those of Ceylon.
• Párásara. The name of a family. See Párásariya.
• Párásariya
• Páráyana Vagga
• Páráyanikabráhmaná
• Paresa Sutta. On three qualities essential for one who teaches others the Dhamma. A.i.151.
• Paribbájaká
• Paribbájaka Sutta
• Paribbájaka Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Majjhima Nikáya, containing suttas 71 80. M.i.481ff.
• Paribhutta.-A city in the time of Sikhí Buddha, where the Bodhisatta was born as King Arindama. BuA.203.
• Páricchattaka
• Páricchattaka Sutta
• Páricchattaka Vagga. The third chapter of the Vimána Vatthu.
• Páricchattaka Vimána Vatthu
• Parihána Sutta
• Pariháni Sutta. Sáriputta tells the monks of four qualities that bring about "falling off": abundance of lust, hatred, and delusion, and want of wisdom in profound matters. A.ii.143f.
• Parijána (or Abhijána) Sutta. By not thoroughly knowing or understanding the five khandhas one is unfit for the destruction of suffering. S.iii.26f.
• Parijánana Sutta. Without comprehending and detaching himself from the all   eye, nose, etc.   a man is incapable of extinguishing suffering. S.iv.17.
• Páriká, Párí. A hunter's daughter, wife of Dukúlaka and mother of Suvannásama (the Bodhisatta). For details see the Sáma Játaka. Páriká was a former birth of Bhaddá Kápilání. J.vi.95; Mil.123.
• Parikkhára Sutta. The seven requisites for the attainment of samddhi   the first seven stages of the Noble Eightfold Path. A.iv.40.
• Parikuppa Sutta. Five kinds of persons who lie festering (parikuppa) in hell: those who kill mother, father, or arahant, maliciously draw blood from the Buddha, or create dissension in the Order. A.iii.146.
• Pariláha Sutta. Not to understand dukkha and its cessation is far more fearsome than to be born in the Pariláha-niraya. S.v.450.
• Pariláha. A niraya where all objects of the senses, even when really attractive, appear quite repulsive to those experiencing them. S.v.450.
• Párileyya, Párileyyaka
• Párileyyaka Sutta. When the Buddha was staying in a forest near Párileyya, some monks asked Ananda to take them to him. This he did, and the Buddha, reading the thoughts of certain monks, preached a sermon on the destruction of the ásavas by the full realization of impermanence and the absence of any self. S.iii.95ff.
• Parimandala Vagga. The first section of the Sekhiyá. Vin.iv.185 7.
• Parimucchita Sutta. One who does not regard the body, etc., as "I" and "mine" and as "self" will not have a hereafter. S.iii.165.
• Parinda. A Damila usurper, son of King Pandu. He ruled in Anurádhapura for three years between 433 and 460, and was succeeded by his youngest brother, Khudda Parinda. Cv.xxxviii.29.
• Parinibbána Sutta
• Pariññá Sutta
• Pariññeyyá Sutta
• Pariññeyya Sutta. The All should be fully known. S.iv.29.
• Paripunnaka Thera
• Parisá Sutta
• Parisá Vagga. The fifth chapter of the Duka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.i.70.
• Parisuddha Sutta. Eight conditions   the factors of the Noble Eightfold Path   which are absolutely pure and which come into being only on the appearance of a Tathágata. S.v.15.
• Parisuddha Vagga. The thirteenth chapter of the Dasaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.v.237 40.
• Parisuddha. A king of sixty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Dussadáyaka Thera. Ap.i.185.
• Parisuddhábhá
• Paritta, Parittá
• Parittábhá
• Parittasubhá. A class of devas belonging to the Subhas (M.iii.102). Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhána (VibhA. 507). Their life span is sixteen kappas. AbhS. 23.
• Parittikkundirattha.-A district in South India. It was given over to Colagangara in return for his allegiance to Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxvii.9.
• Parittikundiyára. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.137, 221.
• Parivárapátha (or Parivára)
• Párivásika Khandha. The second section of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Parivena vihára. A vihára in Rohana, built by Aggabodhi, ruler of Rohana (Aggabodhi 6). Cv.xlv.45.
• Parivímamsana Sutta
• Pariyádinna Suttá. Two suttas on how attachments arise and on how they can be completely exhausted. S.iv.33f.
• Pariyáya Sutta
• Pariyesaná Sutta. On four quests that are un Ariyan and four that are Ariyan. A.ii.247.
• Parosahassa Játaka (No. 99)
• Parosahassa Sutta. Relates how once, when the Buddha was at Jetavana with twelve hundred and fifty monks, instructing them and inciting them by means of a sermon on Nibbána, Vangísa, who was in the assembly, after obtaining the Buddha's permission, extolled him in a number of verses. S.i.192.
• Parosata Játaka (No. 101). This story is analogous in all respects to the Parosahassa Játaka (q.v.).
• Parosata Vagga. The eleventh chapter of the Eka Nipáta of the Játakatthakathá. J.i.410 24.
• Párupaná
• Pása Sutta
• Pása. A locality in South India, captured by Lankápura. Cv.lxxvi.236.
• Pasáda Sutta
• Pásádabahula
• Pasádabahula Sutta.-See Pásádabahula, which is a wrong reading.
• Pásádakampana Sutta
• Pásádakampana Vagga. The second chapter of the Iddhipáda Samyutta (S.v.263ff). It derives its name from the Pásádakampana (or Moggallána) Sutta (q.v.).
• Pasádapásáda. A monastic building erected in the Selantarasamúhavihára by Yasodhará, daughter of Vijayabáhu I. Cv.Ix.84.
• Pásádika Sutta
• Pásána Sutta. Once when the Buddha was in Gijjhakúta on a dark and rainy night, Mára sent many rocks crashing down in order to frighten him, but the Buddha was quite calm (S.i.109).
• Pásánachátaka. See Akkhakkháyika.
• Pásánadípa
• Pásánagámavápí. A tank restored by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxix.36.
• Pásánaka cetiya
• Pásánalekha Sutta. Three kinds of persons: like carvings on rock, on the ground and on water. The first is easily angered and his anger lasts long; that of the second does not last long; the third is easily reconciled. A.i.283.
• Pásánapabbata. A hill near Anurádhapura, to the north of the Nícasusána, laid out by Pandukábhaya. Mhv.x.35.
• Pásánasinna. A locality in Ceylon where Dhátusena built the Dhátusenapabbata vihára. Cv.xxxviii.47.
• Pásánatittha. A ford across the Kadambanadí. From this ford the símá of the Mahávihára started, returning to the same spot. In Pásánatittha was the Kuddavátakapásána. Mbv. 134,135.
• Pásánavápigáma.-A village in Rohana, near Mahágáma. Ras.i.103.
• Pásarási Sutta. Another name for the Ariyapariyesaná Sutta (q.v.). See also MA.ii.740.
• Pasayha Sutta. Five powers -  beauty, wealth, kin, sons, virtue -  the possession of which enables a woman to live at home, overpowering (pasayha) her husband. S.iv.246.
• Pasenadi
• Passaddhi Sutta. On tranquillity -  a conversation between Ananda and Udáyí. A.iv.455.
• Passí. A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107; MA.ii.890.
• Passika Thera
• Pasúra
• Patácárá
• Pátala
• Pátála Sutta. The worldlings speak of a bottomless pit (pátála) in the mighty ocean. But the real pátála is painful bodily feeling, which brings about weeping and wailing and lamentation. S.iv.206f.
• Pátali or Mánapa Sutta. A series of discussions between Pátali and the Buddha, on various topics. S.iv.340ff.
• Pátali. A headsman of Uttara who visited the Buddha and questioned him regarding his power of magic. Several conversations he had with the Buddha, on various topics, are given in the Samyutta Nikáya. S.iv.340ff.
• Pátaligáma, Pátaliputta
• Pátaligámiya Vagga. The eighth section of the Udána. Ud., pp. 80 ff.
• Pátalipújaka Thera
• Pátalipupphiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he was a setthi putta who, seeing Tissa Buddha, offered him a lapful of pátaliflowers. Sixty three kappas ago he was a king named Abhisammata. Ap.i.122f.
• Pátaliputta peta
• Pátaliputta. A Paribbájaka; see Potaliputta, for which it is a wrong reading.
• Pátaliputtaka brahmin
• Patápa. A mythical king, descendant of Mahásammata. His father was Maháruci (or Suruci) and his son was Mahápatápa. Dpv.iii.7; Mhv.ii.44.
• Patápana. A Niraya (J.v.266, 453), so called because its heat was excessive (ativiya tápetí ti Patápano). J.v.271.
• Pátapata. A locality in South India, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Lankápura. Cv.lxxvi.224, 234.
• Pathama Cetiya. A cetiya built by Devánampiyatissa, on the spot where Mahinda alighted on his first visit to Anurádhapura and the king's palace. Mhv.xiv.45; xx.20; Sp.i.79. One of the eight Bodhi saplings was planted there. Mhv.xix.61.
• Pathamasambodhi. The name of a book. Gv. 65, 75.
• Pathamasuddhiya Sutta. The four jhánas, which, when cultivated, flow to Nibbána, just as the Ganges flows to the east. S.v.307.
• Pathaví Sutta
• Pathavicálaka Dhammagutta. See Dhammagutta.
• Pathavidundubhi. A king of ninety one kappas ago, a previous birth of Mánava (Sammukháthavika). ThagA.i.163; Ap.i.159.
• Pathavindhara 1. A Nága king, a previous birth of Ráhula. AA.i.142, etc.; but see s.v. Ráhula.
• Pathavindhara 2. Son of Kiki, king of Benares. He built one of the gateways of the Dhátughara of Kassapa Buddha. SNA.i.194.
• Pátheyya Sutta.-Spoken in answer to a deva's questions. Faith is the provision for the way (of samsára); desires drag men round and round. S.i.44.
• Pátheyyaká. See Páveyyaká.
• Páthika (Páthiya)
• Páthína. A monastery in Ceylon, restored by Vijayabáhu I. Cv.Ix.58.
• Páti Sutta. Dire are gains, favours and flattery. They tempt even a man, otherwise incorruptible, to lie for the sake of a silver bowl filled with gold dust, or a golden bowl filled with silver dust. S.ii.233.
• Patibhána Sutta. The four kinds of people in the world: he who replies to the point, not diffusely; he who replies diffusely; etc. A.ii.135.
• Pátibhoga Sutta. Four things against which there can be no surety: decay, disease, death and rebirth. A.ii.112; cp.iii.54; Kvu.457.
• Paticchanna Sutta. Three things which are practised in secret: the ways of women, the chants of brahmins, the views of perverse men; and three others which are there for all to see: the sun, the moon, and the dhamma-vinaya of a Tathágata. A.i.282.
• Patidesaníya Vagga. One of the sub divisions of the Pácittiya. Vin.iii.175ff.
• Pátiháriyakathá. The sixth chapter of the Paññávagga of the Patisambhidámagga.
• Pátihírasaññaka Thera. An arahant. In the past he had seen the miracles attending the entry of Padumuttara Buddha into his city and marvelled thereat. Ap.ii.392.
• Patijagga. Sixty seven kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, all previous incarnations of Citakapújaka Thera. Ap.i.237.
• Pátika
• Pátikaputta
• Pátikáráma. A park near Vesáli, where the Buddha was staying, when Sunakkhatta, having failed to impress him as to the greatness of Korakkhattiya, left the Order and went about abusing the Buddha. J.i.389; cp.ibid., 77.
• Patikkúla Sutta. The idea of the repulsiveness of food, if cultivated and encouraged, conduces to great profit. S.v.132.
• Patikolamba. A cook. He refused to listen to Sattigumba who suggested killing the Pañcála king (J.iv.431f.). See the Sattigumba Játaka.
• Patilábha Sutta. A description of the five indriyas. S.v.199f.
• Patilína Sutta. A monk, who has shaken off various speculations, has given up searching for sense pleasures and going on other quests and has obtained calm by abandoning pleasure and pain, such a one is called patilína (withdrawn). A.ii.41f.
• Patimá vihára. A monastery probably in Kánagáma, where Aggabodhi, ruler of Rohana, set up a large stone image of the Buddha. Cv.xlv.43.
• Pátimokkha
• Pátimokkha Sutta. A monk asks the Buddha for a brief teaching. The Buddha tells him that he should dwell in the self control of the Pátimokkha, well equipped in his range of practice (ácáragocarasampanno), seeing danger in the minutest faults and undertaking the precepts. Thus will he be able to develop the four satipatthánas. S.v.187.
• Pátimokkhalekhana. A book for Vinaya students, by Ñánavara. Bode, op cit., 67.
• Pátimokkhathapana Khandaka. The ninth chapter of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Pátimokkhavisodhaní. A commentary by Saddhammajotipála. Gv.p.64.
• Patipadá Sutta
• Patipanna Sutta
• Patipatti Sutta. Preached at Sávatthi, on wrong conduct and right conduct. S.v.23.
• Patipatti Vagga. The fourth chapter of the Magga Samyutta. S.v.23ff.
• Patipattisangaha.-A Páli work by an unknown author. Gv. 62, 72.
• Patipújiká
• Patirúpa Sutta. The Buddha was once staying in Ekasálá in Kosala, and there preached to a large congregation. Mára warned the Buddha not to teach, lest he should suffer both from the zeal of his supporters and the anger of his opponents. The Tathágatha is unmindful of both, answered the Buddha. S.i.111.
• Patisallána Sutta. The Buddha exhorts the monks to apply themselves to solitude, because the solitary man knows things as they really are. S.iii.15; iv.80; v.414.
• Patisambhidá Sutta
• Patisambhidákathá. The sixth section of the Yuganaddhavagga of the Patisambhidámagga. Ps.ii.147 158.
• Patisambhidámagga
• Patisankhára. Thirty kappas ago there were thirteen kings of this name, all previous births of Sudhápindiya Thera. Ap.i.133.
• Patisáráníya Sutta. Eight kinds of disqualifications in a monk, which entitle the Order to censure him. A.iv.346f.
• Patitthána
• Patitthárattha. Another name for Rájarattha (q.v.), a division of Ceylon.
• Patitthita Sutta. On how a monk may establish earnestness in the five indriyas. S.v.232.
• Patiyáloka. A place near Rájagaha. Vin.iv.79, 131.
• Patiyáráma. The name of the Thúpáráma in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Sp.i.86; Dpv.xvii.11.
• Patoda Sutta. Four kinds of thoroughbred steeds in the world and the corresponding four kinds of thoroughbred men. The first kind of thoroughbred steed is stirred at the very sight of the shadow of the goad stick, similarly thoroughbred men are agitated at the news of another's affliction. A.ii.114f.
• Patta Vagga
• Pattadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he gave a bowl to Siddhattha Buddha. Ap.i.224.
• Pattakamma Sutta. Preached to Anáthapindika. Four things are difficult to acquire in the world: wealth lawfully obtained, good report, long life, happy rebirth. Four things conduce to their attainment: perfection of faith, of virtue, of generosity and of wisdom. A.ii.65ff.
• Pattakamma Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Catukka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.ii.65 76.
• Páttanallúra. A fortress in South India, once occupied by Jagadvijaya. Cv.lxxvi.304,306; lxxvii.71.
• Pattapásána. A district of Ceylon, given for the maintenance of the Jettháráma, by Jetthá, chief queen of Aggabodhi IV. Cv.xlvi.28.
• Pattapásánavápí. A tank in Ceylon, formed by Moggallána II. by the damming up of the Kadambanadí (Cv.xli.61). It was restored by Vijyabáhu 1. (Ibid., lx.50) and again by Parakkamabáhu 1. Ibid., lxxix.34.
• Patthána Sutta.-Three good results for which the good life should be lived. Sutta Sangaha No.29; Itv.67f. Perhaps the correct name is Patthaná Sutta. The Udána calls it Sukka Sutta.
• Patthánaganánaya. An Abhidhamma treatise ascribed to Saddhammajotipála. Gv.64,74.
• Patthánappakarana. The last "book" of the Abhidhammapitaka. It might be described as the book of "causes," and deals with the twenty four paccayas or modes of relations between things, mental and material. Its Commentary was written by Buddhaghosa at the request of a monk called Culla Buddhaghosa.
• Patthánasáradípaní. A work by a monk named Saddhammálankára. Sás. 48; Bode, op. cit., 47.
• Patthodanadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he was a forester, and one day, when wandering in the forest with his basket of rice, he saw the Buddha (Siddhattha?) and offered him the food. Ap.ii.376f.
• Patti. A Damila chieftain, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.144.
• Pattipupphiya Thera. An arahant. He offered a patti flower to the body of Padumuttara Buddha as it was being taken in the procession for cremation. Ap.i.291.
• Pátubhava Sutta. Six things, the manifestation of which in this world is rare. A.iii.441.
• Pává
• Pavará. One of the five daughters of Vessavana, appointed, with her sisters, to dance before Sakka. Vv.iii.4; VvA.131.
• Pavárana Sutta
• Paváranakkhandha. The fourth section of the Mahá Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Pávárika
• Pávárikambavana
• Pávárikáráma. See Pávárika (2).
• Pavási Sutta.-A name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 37) to Mitta Sutta (q.v.).
• Pavattá. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.70; MA.ii.890.
• Pavattaní Sutta. Religious talk is profitable when they who teach the Dhamma are separately and together able to penetrate the spirit and the letter of the Dhamma. A.i.151.
• Pavesana Sutta. Ten evil results of a monk visiting the king's harem. A.v.81ff.; cp. Vin.iv.159.
• Páveyyaká
• Páveyyaka Sutta. See Timsamatta Sutta.
• Páveyyaka. An elephant. See Baddheraka.
• Pavittha Thera
• Paviveka Sutta
• Payága, Payágatittha, Payágapatitthána
• Páyágá. A class of Nágas (D.ii.258). The Commentary explains (DA.ii.688) that they lived in Páyágapatitthána.
• Páyásadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he offered a bronze bowl filled with milk rice to Vipassí Buddha. Forty one kappas ago he was a king named Buddha (Ap.i.157). He is probably identical with Vacchapála Thera. ThagA.i.159f.
• Páyási
• Payogasiddhi. A Páli grammatical work, belonging to the Moggallána school, by Vanaratana Medhankara. P.L.C.230f.