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akālikaimmediately effective
akiriyavādadoctrine of non-doing
akuppaunshakeable
akusalaunwholesome
*akkhāyatito be plain (evident) (11.13)
aṅgafactor
aṅgaṇablemish
*accādāyaoverlapping (39.10; 53.10; 107.6; 125.18)
*accokkaṭṭhatoo low (91.19)
ajjhattainternal(ly)
ajjhosānaholding
aññāfinal knowledge
aṭṭhānaimpossibility
*atammayatānon-identification (113.21; 137.20)
*atināmetito exceed (the right amount) (91.14)
*atinijjhāyitattaexcessive meditation (128.26)
*atipātetito shoot across (12.62)
atimānaarrogance
attakilamathaself-mortification
attabhāvaindividuality
attāself
attha(1) meaning; (2) purpose; (3) good
atthaṅgamadisappearance
adukkhamasukhaneither-painful-nor-pleasant
adosanon-hate
*adduvaknee (91.10)
adhikaraṇalitigation
adhicittahigher mind
adhiṭṭhāna(1) decision; (2) foundation
adhimānaoverestimation
adhimuccatito resolve upon
adhivāsanāendurance
*adhisallekhatātoo exacting (66.7)
anagāriyahomelessness
anattānot self
*anapāyaunrepelled (111.4; 112.4)
anāgāminnon-returner
aniccaimpermanent
animittasignless
anissitaindependent
anukampācompassion
anupassanācontemplation
*anupāyaunattracted (111.4; 112.4)
anubyañjanafeature
anusayaunderlying tendency
anussatirecollection
anussavaoral tradition
*anvākāriflung (86.6)
*anvāgametito follow after (131.3)
*apakaṭṭhatoo loose (91.19)
apadānaattribute (129.2)
apāyastate of deprivation
*appaṭivibhattabhoginone who shares without reservation (48.6; 104.21)
appaṇihitadesireless
*appabaddhacoherent (32.4)
appamāṇaimmeasurable
appamādadiligence
*abbyāyeyyawould pull out (105.19)
abyāpādanon-ill will
abhijjhācovetousness
abhiññādirect knowledge
abhinandatito delight in
*abhinipphajjatito come to, to be achieved (13.9)
*abhinipphannaachieved, produced (101.28)
abhinivesaadherence
abhibhāyatanabase for transcendence
abhibhūoverlord
abhivāadatito welcome, to affirm
abhisaṅkhataconditioned
abhisaṅkharotito generate, to perform
abhisañcetayitavolitionally produced
abhisamayapenetration
amatadeathless
amanasikārainattention
amarāvikkhepaeel-wriggling
amohanon-delusion
ayonisounwise
aratidiscontent
*arahatito be proper (95.8)
arahantuntranslated: (1) a liberated person; (2) accomplished, Accomplished One
ariyanoble, noble one
ariyasaccanoble truth
ariyasāvakanoble disciple
arūpaimmaterial
alobhanon-greed
avacarasphere
*avadhānagiving (ear) (95.30)
*avaloketito turn to look (91.10)
avijjāignorance
*avisārineuphonious (91.21)
avihiṃsānon-cruelty
aveccappasādaperfect confidence
asaṅkhataunconditioned
asappurisauntrue man
asamayaperpetual
asamayikaperpetual
asitasickle (96.10)
asubhafoulness
asuratitan
asekhaone beyond training
asmimānathe conceit "I am"
assādagratification
ahaṅkāraI-making
ākāsaspace
ākāsānañcāyatanabase of infinite space
ākiñcaññanothingness
ākiñcaññāyatanabase of nothingness
*ācariyakateacher's doctrine (26.15; 79.8)
ājīvalivelihood
ādīnavadanger
ānāpānasatimindfulness of breathing
āneñjaimperturbable
āpattioffence
*āpādetarnurse (141.5)
āpowater
ābhicetasikapertaining to the higher mind
*āmaṇḍagallnut (120.12)
āmisamaterial thing, worldly
āyatanabase
*āyatikahaving as a basis (122.18)
āyulife, life-term, vitality
āruppaimmaterial, immaterial realm
ālayaworldliness
āsavataint
*āhañcamI will beat (26.25)
*āhattarone who brings (89.18)
āhāranutriment
*icchatito stir (28.22)
iñjitaperturbable
iddhābhisaṅkhārafeat of supernormal power
iddhi(1) supernormal power; (2) spiritual power; (3) success
iddhipādabasis for spiritual power
indriyafaculty
iriyāpathaposture
issāenvy
ucchedaannihilation
*uttarāraṇiupper fire-stick (36.17; 93.11; 126.13)
uttarimanussadhammasuperhuman state
udayabbayarise and fall
uddhaccarestlessness
*upakāribastion (13.13)
upakkilesaimperfection
*upadussatito resent (135.11)
*upadhācushion (12.45)
upadhi(1) attachment; (2) object of attachment
upanāharevenge
*upapajjatialso: to be tenable (148.10)
upapattireappearance (by way of rebirth)
*upavicaratito explore (137.8)
upavicāramental exploration
*upasaṅkamitarone who approaches, visitor (12.30)
upasamapeace
upasampadāfull admission (to Sangha)
upādānaclinging
upādinnaclung-to
upāyāsadespair
upāsakaman lay follower
upāsikāwoman lay follower
upekkhāequanimity
ubbillāelation
usmāheat
*ussaṭaeminent (not as in PED) (82.28)
ussoḷhienthusiasm
*uruṇḍalarge enough (140.3)
ekaggatāunification (of mind)
ekattaunity
ekāyanadirect, going in one direction
ekodibhāvasingleness (of mind)
*etaparamaat most (12.52)
*okkappaniyabelievable (36.45)
ottappafear of wrongdoing
*odhastalying ready (21.7; 119.31)
*opakkamadue to exertion (101.14)
*opārambhacensurable (88.8)
obhāsalight
kathātalk
kappaaeon
kammaaction
kammantaaction
karuṇācompassion
*kalabhāgafraction (129.9)
kalyāṇagood
kasiṇauntranslated: meditation device
*kasimānaemaciation (12.52; 25.9)
*kākaṭidāyinopen to crows (66.11)
kāma(1) sensual pleasure; (2) sensual desire; (3) sense-sphere (being)
kāmaguṇacord of sensual pleasure
kāmacchandasensual desire
kāyabody
kāyasakkhinbody-witness
*kisorafoal (93.14)
*kukkukafruit-bud core (of plantain tree) (35.22)
kukkuccaremorse
kusalawholesome
*koalso: where (81.20; 93.18)
kodhaanger
kopaanger
khattiyanoble (caste)
khanti(1) forbearance; *(2) acceptance (of a view) (22.11; 70.23; 95.14)
khandhaaggregate, mass
khayadestruction
*kharigatasolidified (28.6; 62.8; 140.14)
*khīṇaalso: sharp (139.10)
*khurakāprancing (65.33)
khurappahoof-tipped (kind of arrowhead) (63.5)
*khuḷukhulukārakamaking a splashing noise (91.15)
gaṇagroup, company
gati(1) destination; (2) retentiveness
*gāmaṇḍalavillage lout (93.18)
gocararesort
*caṅgaravasieve (23.2)
caraṇaconduct
*carasāprowling (66.6)
cāga(1) generosity; (2) relinquishment
cittamind
cittuppādainclination of mind
*cilīmatendon (146.11)
cīvararobe
cutipassing away
cetanāvolition
cetomind, heart
cetokhilawilderness in heart
cetovimuttideliverance of mind
chanda(1) desire; (2) zeal
chambhitattafear
jarāageing
jāgariyawakefulness
jātibirth
*jātibhūminative land (24.2)
*jāpetito fine (caus. of jahāti) (35.12; 89.13)
jīvasoul
jīvitalife
jhāna(1) untranslated: meditative absorption; (2) meditation
*ñattarenown (47.8)
ñāṇaknowledge
ñāyatrue way
ṭhāna(1) state; (2) possibility
takkareasoning
*tacchatito pare, to plane (5.31; 130.12)
taṇhācraving
tathāgatauntranslated: Thus Come One, Thus Gone One
tiracchānakathāpointless talk
tiracchānayonianimal realm
tulanāscrutiny
*tālinīsilky (21.18)
tejofire
*telamasikatadirty, oily (75.23)
thambhaobstinacy
thīnasloth
darathadisturbance
dassanaseeing, vision
dānagiving, gift
diṭṭhaseen
diṭṭhiview
diṭṭhiṭṭhānastandpoint for views
diṭṭhippattaone attained-to-view
dibbacakkhudivine eye
dibbasotadivine ear
*dukkarakārikāperformance of austerities (12.56; 26.27)
dukkhasuffering, pain, painful
duggatibad destination
duccaritamisconduct
*duṭṭhullainertia (64.9; 127.16; 128.21)
*dubbacadifficult to admonish (15.2)
devagod
devatādeity
devadūtadivine messenger
domanassagrief
dosahate
dhamma(1) untranslated: the Buddha's teaching; (2) things, states, factors; (3) mind-objects; (4) qualities; (5) teachings; (6) (as suffix) subject to
dhammavicayainvestigation-of-states
dhammānusārinDhamma-follower
dhātuelement
*dhutta(brewer's) mixer (35.5; 56.7)
dhuvaeverlasting
natthikavādanihilism
nandīdelight
*narassikamanly (91.29)
nānattadiversity
nāmamentality
nāmarūpamentality-materiality
niccapermanent
*niccakappaṃconstantly (144.11)
niṭṭhā(1) goal; (2) conclusion
nibbānauntranslated: final deliverance from suffering
nibbidādisenchantment
nimitta(1) sign; (2) basis
*nimmathitakindled (90.12)
nirayahell
nirāmisaunworldly
nirodhacessation
*nisevitascraping (27.10)
nissaraṇaescape
nissitadependent
*nihaniṃinstituted (aor.) (83.21)
nīvaraṇahindrance
*nīhatafaultless (140.20)
nekkhammarenunciation
nevasaññānāsaññāyatanabase of neither-perception-nor-non-perception
paccanubhotito experience
paccayacondition
paccavekkhaṇāreviewing, reflection
paccekabuddhauntranslated: a solitary enlightened one
pajāgeneration
paññāwisdom
paññāvimuttaone liberated-by-wisdom
paññāvimuttideliverance by wisdom
*paṭikarotito carry out (instructions), to obey (125.12)
paṭikkūlarepulsive
paṭigha(1) sensory impact; (2) aversion
paṭicca samuppādadependent origination
paṭinissaggarelinquishment
paṭipadā(1) way, practice; (2) progress
*paṭivānarūpadisappointed (104.2)
*paṭivetito disappear (111.4)
paṭisallānameditation
*paṭṭhitagone out (12.49)
paṭhavīearth
paṇītasublime
*paṇopanavidhāhaggling, bargaining (70.26)
paṇḍitawise, wise man
*paṇḍumutika(rice) stored in a sheaf (81.16)
*padumaka(kind of wood) (93.11)
padhānastriving
papañcaproliferation
*papatatito flee (12.48)
pabbajjāgoing forth (into homelessness)
pabhavaproduction
*pabhāvikaarising from (87.3)
*pabhāvitaselected (81.18)
pamādanegligence
parāmāsaadherence
*parikkamanaavoidance (8.14)
parikkhārarequisite
*parikkhepetito utterly destroy (35.21)
pariggahapossession
pariññāfull understanding
paritassanāagitation
paridevalamentation
parinibbāna(1) final Nibbāna; (2) extinguishing
paribbājakawanderer
pariyuṭṭhānaobsession
pariyesanāsearch
palāsadomineering
*pavaṭṭikāornamental chain (140.20)
*pavanawilds (of forest) (19.25; 26.34)
pavivekaseclusion
pasādaconfidence
passaddhitranquillity
pahānaabandonment
pahitattaresolute
*paṭipuggalikapersonal, for a particular person (142.5)
pāṇaliving being
pāṇātipātakilling living beings
*pāṇupetafor life (until the end of one's life) (4.35)
*pātavyatāgulping down (45.3)
pātimokkhauntranslated: code of monastic rules
pāpaevil
pāpicchāevil desire
pāmojjagladness
pāramīperfection
pāripūrifulfilment
pārisuddhipurification
*pāsādanīyainspiring, pleasing (89.4)
piṇḍapātaalmsfood
pisuṇā vācāmalicious speech
pītirapture
puggalaperson
puññamerit
puthujjanaordinary person
punabbhavarenewal of being
pubbenivāsapast life
*purindadafirst of givers (56.29)
petaghost
pharatito pervade
pharusā vācāharsh speech
phalafruit, fruition
phassacontact
*baddhaimprisoned (39.14)
*bandhaimprisonment (19.7)
*bandhanaimprisonment (39.14)
balapower
bahiddhāexternal(ly)
bahulīkatacultivated
bahussutalearned
bālafool
*bāhulikaluxurious (26.26)
buddha(1) untranslated; (2) enlightened, Enlightened One
bojjhaṅgaenlightenment factor
bodhisattauntranslated: a future Buddha
byañjanaphrasing
byāpādaill will
*byābaṅgīcarrying-pole (96.10)
brahmacariyaholy life, celibacy
brahmavihāradivine abode
brahmāuntranslated: (1) supreme God (for brahmins); (2) class of deities (for Buddhists)
brāhmaṇabrahmin (caste)
bhagavāblessed, Blessed One
bhayafear
bhavabeing
*bhavyatāability (119.29)
bhāvanādevelopment
bhāvitadeveloped
bhikkhuuntranslated: Buddhist monk
bhikkhunīuntranslated: Buddhist nun
bhūta(1) a being; (2) what has come to be
makkhacontempt
maggapath
macchariyaavarice
maññatito conceive
maññitaconceiving
*maññussavatide of conceiving (140.30)
*mattaṭṭhakalasting for a moment (28.7)
*matthachurning-stick (126.17)
madavanity
manasikāraattention
manussahuman
manomind, mental
mamaṅkāramine-making
maraṇadeath
mahaggataexalted
*mahāccapomp (82.28)
mahāpurisagreat man
mahābhūtagreat element
*mahīgreatness (35.30)
mahesakkhainfluential
mātikācodes (summaries of teachings)
mānaconceit
māyādeceit
micchāwrong
micchācāramisconduct
middhatorpor
mutasensed
muditāappreciative joy
munisage
musāvādafalse speech
mūlaroot
mettāloving-kindness
mohadelusion
yathābhūtaas it actually is
*yāvetadohias far as this (81.9)
yogakkhemasecurity from bondage
yoni(mode of) generation
yonisowise, thorough
raṇaconflict
ratidelight
rāgalust
ruciapproval
rūpa(1) form (visible object); (2) material form, materiality; (3) fine-material (being)
lābhagain
lokaworld
lokuttarasupramundane
lobhagreed
vacīspeech, verbal
vaṭṭaround (of existence)
vataobservance
vayavanishing
vācāspeech
vāyāmaeffort
vāyoair
*vālastrainer (35.5; 56.7)
vicayainvestigation
vicārasustained thought
vicikicchādoubt
vijjātrue knowledge
viññāṇaconsciousness
viññāṇañcāyatanabase of infinite consciousness
viññātacognized
*viṭabhicanopy (45.4)
vitakkathought, applied thought
vinaya(1) discipline; (2) removal
vinipātaperdition
vinibandhashackle
*vipakkamatito disperse (127.11)
vipariṇāmachange
*vipariyāsa(mental) derangement (104.17)
vipassanāinsight
vipākaresult
*vipekkhatito look about (91.10)
vibhavanon-being, extermination
vimuttaliberated
vimuttideliverance
vimokkhaliberation
virāga(1) dispassion; (2) fading away (as impermanence)
viriyaenergy
vivaṭṭaworld-expansion
vivādadispute
vivekaseclusion
visamaunrighteous
visuddhipurification
vihiṃsācruelty
vīmaṃsāinvestigation
*vuddhasīlamature virtue (95.9)
*vekurañjanot of either kind (?) (93.14)
veda(1) untranslated: ancient Indian scripture; (2) inspiration
vedanāfeeling
vedayitawhat is felt, feeling
veramaṇīabstinence
vessamerchant (caste)
vossaggarelinquishment
vohāraexpression
*vyāpajjitarone who undertakes (work) (124.32)
saṃyojanafetter
saṃvaṭṭaworld-contraction
saṃvararestraint
saṃvegasense of urgency
saṃsāraround of births
sakadāgāminonce-returner
sakkāyapersonality
sakkāyadiṭṭhipersonality view
sakkārahonour
saggaheaven
saṅkappaintention
saṅkilesadefilement
saṅkhataconditioned
saṅkhāraformation
saṅgaṇikāsociety
saṅghauntranslated: (1) the Buddhist monastic order; (2) the community of noble disciples
saccatruth
*saññūḷhaconcocted (56.30)
satimindfulness
satipaṭṭhānafoundation of mindfulness
sattabeing
sattapadaposition of beings
saddhamma(1) true Dhamma; (2) good quality
saddhāfaith
saddhānusārinfaith-follower
santapeaceful
santipeace
santosacontentment
sandiṭṭhikavisible here and now
sappurisatrue man
sabbaall
sabbaññūomniscient
samarighteous
samaṇarecluse
samatha(1) serenity; (2) stilling (of formations); (3) settlement (of litigation)
*samanvānetito find (131.4)
samācāraconduct, behaviour
samādhiconcentration
samāpattiattainment (in meditation)
samudayaorigin, arising
sampajaññafull awareness
samphappalāpagossip
sambojjhaṅgaenlightenment factor
sambodhienlightenment
sammā(1) fully, completely; (2) right(ly)
saraṇarefuge
sallekhaeffacement
saḷāyatanasixfold base
sassataeternal
sāṭheyyafraud
sāmaggiconcord
sārambhapresumption
sāsanaDispensation (of Buddha)
sikkhātraining
sikkhāpadatraining precept
silokapraise
sīla(1) virtue; (2) habit; (3) rule
sīlabbatarules and observances
sukhapleasure, pleasant, bliss
sugatasublime, Sublime One
sugatigood destination
suññatāvoidness
suta(1) heard; (2) learning
suddaworker (caste)
suddhāvāsaPure Abodes
subhabeauty, beautiful
*suvacaeasy to admonish (15.4)
*suvihatafully stretched out (121.5)
*susamanniṭṭhawell investigated (pp. su + samannesati) (47.16)
sekhadisciple in higher training
senāsanaresting place
sokasorrow
sotāpannastream-enterer
somanassajoy
*hassakaridiculous (80.15; 99.10)
hitawelfare
hirishame
hetucause