Pali Proper Names

• Sanankumára
• Sánavásí 2. See Sánuvási.
• Sánavásí, Sánavásika 1. An epithet of Sambhúta Them (q.v.).
• Sañcetanika Vagga. The eighteenth chapter of the Catukka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.ii.157 70.
• Sandaka Sutta
• Sandaka. A Paribbájaka. See the Sandaka Sutta.
• Sandeha, Sandeva. An Elder in direct pupillary succession in Jambudípa, of teachers of the Abhidhamma. DhSA., p. 32.
• Sandha
• Sandhána
• Sandhibheda Játaka (No. 349)
• Sandhita Thera
• Sandimá. A king of long ago; a previous birth of Ramaníyakutika Thera. ThagA.i.133.
• Sanditthika Sutta
• Sangagáma. A village in Ceylon, near the Kálavápi. Cv.xlviii.91.
• Sangaha Sutta. The four basis of sympathy (sangahavatthu) are charity, kind speech, kind action, and like treatment of all men. A.ii.31 = ibid., 248.
• Sangáma. A king of Magadha. Buddhaghosa’s father, Kesí was his purohita. Gv.66.
• Sangámaji Thera
• Sangámávacara Játaka (No. 182)
• Sangárava
• Sangárava Sutta
• Sangayha Sutta
• Sangha
• Sanghá
• Sanghabedaka Játaka. ( J.iii.211) Probably another name for the Sandhibheda Játaka. Cf. Kosambí Játaka.
• Sanghabhaddá. A queen of Aggabodhi II. Cv.xlii.42.
• Sanghabheda Sutta. The results of bringing about dissension in the Order. A.v.74.
• Sanghabhedaka Khandhaka. The seventh chapter of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.ii.180 206.
• Sanghabhedakagáma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxv. 125, 127.
• Sanghabhedaparisakkana Vatthu. The story of how Devadatta informed Ananda of his intention to bring about schism in the Order. DhA.iii.154f.
• Sanghabodhi
• Sanghadásí
• Sanghadatta Thera.-He lived in Mahálena Vihára and for twelve years, during the Brahmanatiya famine, a deity looked after him. In the past he had given a meal to a hungry dog. Ras.ii.181f.
• Sanghadattá.-Wife of the minister Sangha, who married her because she walked instead of running in a shower of rain. She gave a robe to Culanaga Thera of Pidhanagalla, and Sakka provided her with divine robes, which she offered at Dakkhinacetiya and Ratanamalicetiya. Ras.ii.177f.
• Sanghadáyiká. See Sanghadásí (1).
• Sanghádisesa. The second division of the Párájiká of the Vinaya Pitaka. It comprises thirteen rules, violation of which involves temporary separation from the Order.
• Sanghakapittha. See Kapittha.
• Sanghamána. A Malaya king. Cv.xlvii.3.
• Sanghamitta
• Sanghamittá Therí
• Sanghamitta vihára. A monastery in Ceylon, restored by Aggabodhi V. Cv.xlviii.6.
• Sanghanandi. A monk to whom is attributed the Vutti of Kaccáyana’s grammar. P.L.C.180.
• Sanghapála 1. A parivena, residence of Gothábhaya Thera (xxxvi.114). The Mahávamsa Commentary (MT. 673) calls it Sanghapálangana.
• Sanghapála 2. A monk of the Mahávihára, teacher of Buddhaghosa. (Cv.xxxvii.232). The Visuddhi Magga was composed according to the wishes of Sanghapála. Vsm., p.711.
• Sangharakkhita
• Sanghasema. A building in the Mahá-Vihára, erected by Sena I. and his queen, Sanghá. Cv.l.70.
• Sanghasenapabbata. A building in the Abhayagiri vihára, erected by Sanghá, wife of Sena II. Cv.li.86.
• Sanghasivá. Wife of Mahátissa. She was the daughter of the ruler of Rohana and had three sons: Aggabodhi, Dappula and Maniakkhika. Cv.xlv.39.
• Sangháta. A Niraya. It is so called because massive rocks of heated iron meet and crush the victims. J.v.256, 270.
• Sanghátagáma. A village given by Vijayabáhu I. to the Lábhavásins. Cv.lx.68.
• Sanghatissa
• Sanghupattháka Thera. An arahant. He was a servant in the monastery of Vessabhú Buddha and waited on the Sangha with great devotion. Seven kappas ago he was king seven times, under the name of Samotthata. Ap.i.191.
• Sanghupattháyiká.-Another name for Kiñcisanghá (q.v.).
• Sangillagáma. A village in Ceylon, the residence of Bhayasíva. Cv.xli.69.
• Sangíti Sutta
• Sanhá. An eminent Therí of Ceylon. Dpv.xviii.38.
• Sanidána Sutta. Sense desires, ill will, renunciation, etc., all arise with, casual basis. S.ii.151f.
• Sanimandapa. A building in the Dípuyyána. It was decorated with ivory. Cv.lxxiii.118.
• Sañjaya
• Sañjikáputta
• Sañjiva
• Sañjíva Játaka (No. 150)
• Sankamanattá Therí. An arahant. Seeing Kondañña Buddha walking along the road, she came out of her house and prostrated herself. The Buddha touched her head with his foot. Ap.ii.514.
• Sankantiká. A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyá. Mhv.v.9; Dpv.v.48.
• Sankappa Játaka (No. 251)
• Sankappa Vagga. The first chapter of the Tika Nipáta of the Játakatthakathá. J.ii.271 321.
• Sankásaná Sutta. The Buddha says that in the Four Ariyan Truths, as taught by him, there are numberless shades and variations of meaning. S.v.430.
• Sankassa
• Sanketahála. A place in Ceylon where the Damilas captured Bráhmanatissa. v.l. Guttahála, Gottahála. MT. 613.
• Sankha
• Sankhabráhmana Játaka. See the Sankha Játaka (1).
• Sankhadhamana Játaka. (No. 60)
• Sankhadhátu. One of the Dandanáyaka bhátaro (q.v.). Cv.lxxii.162.
• Sankhána Sutta. Four powers that are in the world: of computation, cultivation, innocence and collectedness. A.ii.142.
• Sankhapála
• Sankhapála Játaka (No. 521)
• Sankhára Sutta. Some people accumulate acts of body, speech and mind that are discordant; others those that are harmonious; yet others those that are both discordant and harmonious. A.i.122.
• Sankháruppatti Sutta
• Sankhasetthi. See Sankha (1).
• Sankhata Sutta. There are three condition marks in that which is “conditioned” (Sahkhata). Its genesis is apparent, likewise its passing away and its changeability while it persists. A.i.152.
• Sankhatthalí, Sankhanáyakatthalí, Sankhanáthatthalí. An important place in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, where Kittisirimegha had his capital. It was near Badalatthalí, and is mentioned several times in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxiii.43; lxiv.22; lxvi.9; lxvii.78, 82; also Cv.Trs.i.241, n.2.
• Sankhavaddhamána. A river in Ceylon, which unites with the Kumbhílavána. At the spot where they unite, the Súkaranijjhara was constructed. Cv.lxviii.32; see Cv.Trs.i.279, n.4.
• Sankhepatthakathá. A compilation quoted by Buddhaghosa as opposed to the Maháatthakathá. E.g., at Sp.ii.494.
• Sankhepavannaná. A navatíká by Saddhammajotipála on the Abhidhammattha sangaha. Gv.40.
• Sankheyya parivena. A monastery in Ságala where Ayupála and, later, Nágasena, lived. Milinda visited this monastery to discuss with these monks. Mil. 19, 22, etc.
• Sankhitta Samyutta. Mentioned by Buddhaghosa (SA.ii.168) as an example of a collection of discourses connected with Suññatá. The reference is probably to the Satthipeyyála. At Samyutta iv.148ff.
• Sankhyápakásaka. A grammatical work by Ñánavilása of Laos. Sirimangala wrote a tíká on it. Bode, op. cit., 47.
• Sankicca
• Sankilesiya Sutta. See Kilesiya Sutta.
• Sankilitthábhá. A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have absorbed the idea of tarnished brilliance. M.iii.147.
• Sankita Sutta. A monk who haunts the house of a widow, an unmarried woman (thullakumárí), a eunuch, or the premises of a nun, is suspect. A.iii.128.
• Saññá Sutta
• Saññá Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Pañcaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iii.79f.
• Saññaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he saw the rag robe of Tissa Buddha hanging on a tree and worshipped it. Four kappas ago he was a king named Dumasára. Ap.i.120.
• Sannaka. One of the chief lay supporters of Piyadassí Buddha. Bu.xiv.22.
• Saññámanasikára Sutta
• Saññasámika Thera
• Saññí Sutta. Sáriputta explains to Amanda how he dwelt in the sphere of “neither perception nor non perception.” S.iii.238.
• Sannibbapaka. A king of one hundred and seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Ásanúpattháyaka Thera. Ap.i.144.
• Sannidhápaka Thera. An arahant. He had been a householder, and later an ascetic in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. He gave the Buddha a gourd (ámanda) and water to drink. Forty one kappas ago he was a king named Arindama. Ap.i.97.
• Sannírasela. A village in Ceylon given by Parakkamabáhu IV. for the maintenance of the parivena which he built for Medhankara Thera. Cv.xc.87.
• Sanníratittha. A vihára in Pulatthipura, established by Mahinda II. Cv.xlviii.134.
• Saññojana Sutta. The seven fetters   of complying, resisting, of view, uncertainty, conceit, worldly lusts, and ignorance. A.iv.7.
• Santa
• Santacitta. A Pacceka. Buddha. M.iii.70.
• Santaka Sutta. The Buddha explains to Ananda how feelings arise and cease to be, what is their “satisfaction” and their "misery." S.iv.219.
• Santakáya Thera
• Santána Thera. An Elder who came to Ceylon from Rakkhanga, at the head of thirty three monks, at the invitation of Vimaladhammasuriya II. Cv.xcvii.10.
• Sántanerí. A fortress in South India, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Lankápura. Cv.lxxvii.44.
• Santati
• Santhára Vagga. The fourteenth chapter of the Duka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.i.93f.
• Santhava Játaka (No. 162)
• Santhava Vagga. The second chapter of the Duka Nipáta of the Játakatthakathá. J.ii.41 63.
• Santhita Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the asattha bodhi of a Buddha and thought of the Buddha's virtues. Thirteen kappas ago he was a king named Dhanittha. Ap.i.210.
• Santhita Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the assattha bodhi of a Buddha and fixed his mind on him. Thirteen kappas ago he was a king, named Dhanittha. Ap.i.210f.
• Santi Sutta. On four kinds of person: he bent on his own profit, on another's, on that of both, on that of neither. A.ii.96f.
• Santike Nidána
• Santusita
• Santuttha
• Santutthi Sutta. Four things are easily available: rag robes, scraps of food, the root of a tree, and ammonia (pútimutta) from urine. A monk should learn to be content with these. A.ii.26.
• Sánu Sutta
• Sánu Thera
• Sánumátá. The name given to the Yakkhiní who had been the mother of Sánu (q.v.) in a previous birth. When the Yakkhas assembled to hear Sánu preach the Law, they paid her great respect, owing to her kinship with him. SA.i.236; DhA.iv.19.
• Sánupabbata. A mountain in the region of Himavá. J.v.415.
• Sánuvásíipabbata. A hill near the village of Kundi, where lived Potthapáda (or Kundinagariya) Thera. Pv.iii.2; PvA.179.
• Sapara. A province in Ceylon (Cv.lxviii.8), also called Saparagamu (Cv.xciv.12). It is said to have derived its name from the inhabitants, the Sapará or Sabará (Savará), probably another name for the Veddas.
• Saparivára. A king of twenty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Paccuggamaniya Thera. Ap.i.240.
• Sapariváracchattadáyaka Thera. An arahant. He heard Padumuttara Buddha preach, and, opening a parasol, threw it up into the air. It stood above the Buddha. The Elder joined the Order at the age of seven, and on the day of his ordination, Sunanda, a brahmin, held a parasol over him. Sáriputta saw this and expressed his joy. Ap.i.265f.
• Saparivárásana Thera. An arahant. He prepared a seat decked with Jasmine for Padumuttara Buddha, and, when the Buddha was seated, gave him a meal. Ap.i.107f.
• Sapariváriya Thera. An arahant. He built a palisade of sandalwood round the thúpa of Padumuttara Buddha. Fifteen kappas ago he was king eight times under the name of Pamatta (v.l. Samagga). Ap.i.172.
• Sápatagáma. A village in Rohana; Mañju, general of Parakkamabáhu I., fought a battle there against Súkarabhátu. Cv.lxxiv.131.
• Sapatta.-An eminent nun, expert in the Vinaya in Ceylon. Dpv.xviii.29.
• Sapattangárakokirí Sutta. The story of a petí seen by Moggallána. She went through the air dried up, sooty, uttering cries of distress. She had been the chief queen of a Kálinga king. Mad with jealousy, she had scattered a brazier of coals over one of the king's women. S.ii.260.
• Sappa Sutta
• Sappadása Thera
• Sappagahana. See Sabbagahana.
• Sappaka. See Sabbaka.
• Sappánaka Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Pácittiya.
• Sappanárukokillagáma. A village in Ceylon in which the Buddha's Alms Bowl and Tooth Relic were once deposited. Cv.lxxiv.142.
• Sappañña Vagga. The sixth chapter of the Sotápatti Samyutta. S.v.404 14.
• Sappasondika pabbhára
• Sappidáyaka Thera
• Sappiní, Sappiníká
• Sappurisa Sutta
• Sappurisa Vagga. The twenty first chapter of the Catukka Nipáta of the Anguttara. A.ii.217 25.
• Sappurisánisamsa Sutta. Because of a good man, one grows in virtue, concentration, wisdom and emancipation, qualities which are dear to the Ariyans. A.ii.239.
• Sápúga. A village of the Koliyans, where Ananda once stayed, and where he preached to the inhabitants. They were called Sápúgiyá. A.ii.194.
• Sápúgiya Sutta. The inhabitants of Sápúga visit Ananda, who is living there. He tells them of the four factors of exertion (padhániyangáni): for the utter purification of morals, thought, view, and for the utter purity of release. A.ii.194f.
• Sápúgiyá. The people of Sápúga (q.v.).