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And now we’re on Chapter 6!
Here is the vocab for Initial Readings - Exercise 1!
| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| adinnâdāna(ṃ) | seizing or grasping, that which is not given |
| kāmo (aṃ) | sense-desire sense pleasure |
| ṭhānaṃ | (sandi form of ṭhānaṃ) condition or state of X. |
| pāṇātipāto | destruction of life, killing |
| majjaṃ | intoxicant |
| micchâcāro | wrong behaviour |
| musāvādo | false speech |
| veramaṇī | abstinence |
| samādiyati | takes upon or with oneself |
| sikkhāpadaṃ | rules of training, precepts |
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Here is the vocab for Initial Readings - Exercise 2.
| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| atirocati | outshine |
| adhigaṇhāti | excels, surpassses |
| abhivassati | rains, sheds rain |
| ākāsadhātu | space, element, sky (ākāso “sky space” + dhātu “element, relic, basis”) |
| ābhā | radiance |
| āyu | longevity, duration of life |
| cāgo | liberality, generousity |
| cando | moon |
| tārāgaṇo | host of stars |
| thanayati | roars, thunders |
| thalaṃ | plateau, raised dry ground |
| dassanaṃ | perfect knowledge, insight |
| dhātu | element (feminine) |
| ninnaṃ | low land |
| paṇḍito | wise man |
| pamodati | rejoices, enjoys, find pleasure in. |
| paribyūḷha | provided with, endowed with |
| puggalo | person, individual |
| purisapuggalo | individual, man |
| pūreti | fills |
| pecca | having departed |
| bhogo | enjoyment, item for enjoyment, wealth |
| maccharin | greedy one, selfish |
| megho | rain cloud |
| yasas | fame, repute, glory |
| loka | world |
| vaṇṇo | outward appearance, complexion |
| vasundharā | earth |
| vijjumālin | Wearing a garland or row of lightning (epithet of a cloud) |
| vimala | clear, clean, bright, (litterally: without stain/defilement) |
| satakkaku | epithet for a cloud (the hundred cornered one) |
| saddha | faith, trust |
| sāvako | disciple |
| sīlasampanno | one endowed with virtue, one who practices morality |
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And here is the text for Further Readings - Exercise 2.
Oct 28
Vocab for initial readings - Exercise 3
| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| Aṃguttarāpa | place name |
| atha | now, then |
| addasā | saw |
| anuppatta | reached, one who has reached |
| api(ca) | but, still |
| app’ekacce | api +ekacce |
| assamiya | belonging to the monastery, hermitage |
| assamo | monastery, hermitage, ashram |
| āpaṇo | place name |
| āvāho | wedding, bringing a bride |
| āsanaṃ | seat |
| udakaṃ | water |
| uddhanaṃ | fire hearth, oven |
| ekacce | some, a few |
| kaṭṭaṃ | wood, firewood |
| kinnukho | (kiṃ + nu +kho) why, what for, what is it then |
| Keṇiyo | proper name |
| khaṇanto | digging (particaple of khaṇati) |
| ghoso | voice, sound |
| cārikā | sojourn, wandering, journey |
| cārikaṃ caramāno | (while) going on alms pilgramage |
| jaṭilo | one who wears matted hair |
| dullabha | rare, difficult to obtain |
| dhovanto | one who washes |
| nimanteti | invites |
| paccupaṭṭhāti | is present |
| paññāpennto | one who prepares, or arranges |
| paṭiyādeti | prepares, arranges |
| patiṭṭhāpento | one who places, one who keeps. |
| patiṭṭhita | established, fixed, founded upon |
| pabbajita | renounced, ordained gone forth |
| parivutta | follwed by, surrounded by |
| phālenta | spliting, breaking |
| balakāyo | army |
| Bimbisāro | proper name |
| bhavissati | will be |
| bhājanaṃ | vessel, utensil |
| bhikkusaṃgho | community of Buddhist monks |
| bhoto | venerable |
| maṇikaṃ | a big jar, pot |
| maṇḍalamāla | pavillion, a circular hall with a peaked roof |
| mahanto | great, big (one) |
| mahāyañño | great sacrifice, big alms giving |
| Māgadha | of the Magadha (country) |
| māṇavako | youth, young man (especialy a Brahmin) |
| me | my, to me, by me |
| yañño | sacrifice, almsgiving |
| yadidaṃ | that is, namely |
| yena… tena… | where… there… |
| vadeti | says, speaks |
| vivāho | marriage,wedding, carrying or sending away of a bride |
| Sakya | faimily name (of the Buddha’s lineage) |
| sata | hundred |
| saddhiṃ | with |
| sāmaṃ | one oneself, by oneself |
| sāmaṃ yeva | samaṃ + eva |
| Seniya | a clan name (literally belonging to the army) |
| Selo | proper name |
| svātanāya | for tomorrow, for the following day |
October 31
Initial Readings Exercise 4
| Word | Gloss |
|---|---|
| acchariya | wonderful, marvelous |
| anutappa | to be regretted (from anutappati “regrets”, “repents” |
| arahā | alternat nom. sg. of arahant |
| uppajjati | is born, is reborn, arises, originates |
| kālakiriyā | death pasing away |
| jano | individual, person, people |
| thūpâraha | worthy of a stupa |
| thūpo | stupa, tope |
| bahu | many |
| sammāsambuddho | perfectly enlightened one, fully enlightend Buddha capable of teaching others |
| hanati | kills |
Nov 3
And the vocab for Initial Readings Exercise 5
| Word | Gloss |
|---|---|
| attānaṃ | accusative of attan “self” |
| anādāya | without taking, accepting |
| āhu | they say or said |
| tāpayati | torments, tortures |
| patinandita | rejoiced, welcomed |
| pare | other ones |
| bhāsati | says, speaks |
| bhāsate | is spoken, speaks (3p present middle voice, indicative) |
| mata | dead, (one who is dead) |
| vācā | word, speech |
| vihiṃsati | injures, hurts and oppresses |
| ve | indeed |
| saccaṃ | truth |
| sanantana | eternal, old, ancient |
| santo | good person |
8-Nov
Yay! now we’re on the further readings. Here’s the vocab for exercise 1
| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| agāriyabhūta | being a householder |
| accāyata | too long, too much stretched, too taut over-exertion, too much exertion |
| aññatara | one, someone, one of a certain number |
| atisithila | too loose, lax, slack |
| atho | = atha |
| adhiṭṭhaha | concentrate, fix one’s attention on, undertake, practice (imperative) |
| anupādāya | without taking hold of, without clinging to, away from (=an + gerund of upadati grasp ) |
| āraddhaviriya | energetic, resolute |
| indriyam | faculty (of experience or perception) |
| udapādi | arose, (past of uppajjati arises ) |
| uddhaccaṃ | agitation, excitement, distraction, flurry |
| kammañña | fit for work, ready for playing |
| cetas | mind |
| tanti | string or cord (here of a musical instrument) |
| tantissara | string music |
| nimittaṃ | object of a thought |
| paccakkhāya | having given up |
| paṭisallīna | secluded, retired, gone into solitude having been set, established |
| paṭṭhita | having been set, established |
| parivitakko | reflection, thought, consideration |
| puññaṃ | meritorious act previously, before man, individual lotus leaf |
| pubbe | previously, before man, individual lotus leaf |
| bhuñjati | enjoys, eats |
| yannūnâham | now then, let me |
| rahogata | being alone, being in private |
| vimuccati | he freed |
| viriyaṃ | exertion energy |
| saṃvijjati | seems to be, appears exists |
| samatā | equality, evenness |
| samayo | time, period |
| saravatī | having resonance, melodiousness |
| sikkhā | study, training, discipline |
| hīnaya āvattati | turns to the lower, gives up orders, returns to secular life |
November 15
The vocab for Further Readings Excercise 2.
| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| adhipajjati | attains, reaches, comes to |
| anattha(aṃ) | unprofitable situation or condition, misery, misfortune |
| antarato | from within (ablative of antara within ) |
| andhatamaṃ | deep darkness |
| abhibhūta | overcome, overwhelmed by |
| avabujjhati | realize, understand |
| āyasakyaṃ | dishonor’, disgrace, bad repute |
| ottappaṃ | fear of wrongdoing |
| kiñcanaṃ | any |
| kodhana | having anger, angry (one) |
| kodho | anger, ill will |
| janana | causing, bringing, producing |
| jāta | born, arisen |
| jāni | deprivation, loss |
| ñāti | a relation, relative |
| tato | thereupon, further |
| dīpaṃ | island, safe place |
| dukkhaṃ | unhappily, painfully (adverbial accusative- see ID, 8) |
| dhanaṃ | wealth, riches, treasures |
| nigacchati | undergoes |
| pakopana | upsetting, shaking, making turbulent |
| paṭivijjha | penetrate, comprehend |
| parivajjati | avoids, shuns, gives up |
| vadho | harm, killing, desruction |
| sammatta | intoxicated (by/with) overpowered by |
| suhajjo | friend, good-hearted one |
| seti | sleeps, dwells lives |
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(Finally got myself to start in Chapter 6! Thanks for these vocabularies @fiachra.harte!)
There is a truly impressive compound in the Fifth Precept:
Suramerayamajjapamadatthana
There is an interesting discussion of the compound over on Dhammawheel, which gives a sense of the complexities that go into interpreting such compounds… they classify this one as a tapurissa compound, but there is some discussion of how to classify its sub compounds… golly. Compounding in Pali really seems like it might be one of the most difficult parts!
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Glad to have you back, Pat.
That’s one I was pondering too. Did you hear on the tape, Bhikkhu Bodhi jokingly saying that it only means such drinking as leads to a state of headlessness? He says that obviously the Buddha is against all drinking but that that is the literal translation of the precept. I’m not sure he’s right.
If we say “Rasputin drank deadly poison and survived”, do we have to change our statement to “Rasputin drank not-so-deadly poison and survived” simply because he didn’t die? Likewise, if Mike Malloy drank an intoxicating beverage and it had no effect on him, would we call it a not-so-intoxicating beverage?
If Suramerayamajjapamadatthana means “an intoxicating beverage leading to a state of heedlessness” is it not still Suramerayamajjapamadatthana if the heedlessness has not been accomplished?
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Perhaps the precept is more about pamāda than the beverages?
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Oh, thanks Stephen
Aha. So instead of a “an fermented intoxicating liquor beverage leading to a state of heedlessness”, the compund word means “a state of heedlessness from fermented intoxicating liquor beverage”. I’ll probably need to learn more about how the compounds work.
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Hi,
The precept is generally translated as something like, “I undertake the training rule to abstain from intoxicating drinks causing heedlessness.”
Why should we avoid intoxicating drinks? Because they can lead to a state of heedlessness, they intoxicate us.
Stephen
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Thanks again, Stephen.
I think it’s still a headscratcher for me to see which component of a compound is describing which other components but maybe it’ll come clearer when I have more practice.
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