This list is based on a file prepared by John Kelly for Ven Bodhi’s translations. The terms listed here are not exhaustive, nor are they 100% consistent. The glossary is used as a starting point to create a consistent translation, but a readable idiomatic rendering in context in always preferred.
| Pāli | Bodhi: AN Translation | Sujato |
|---|---|---|
| akālika | immediate | immediately effective |
| akiñcana | — | |
| akiriyavāda | doctrine of inactivity | [doctrine of] inaction |
| akuppa | unshakable | unshakable |
| akusala | unwholesome, unskilled | unskillful |
| akkosati | to abuse | to abuse |
| agha | (1) misery; (2) vacant [AN 4.127] | (1) misery; (2) desolation |
| aṅga | factor | factor |
| aṅgaṇa | blemish | blemish |
| acela, acelaka | naked ascetic | naked ascetic |
| accāyika | urgent | urgent |
| accaya | transgression | mistake |
| accharāsaṅghātamattam | the time of a finger-snap | as long as a finger snap |
| ajalo | intelligent | bright |
| ajjava | rectitude | integrity |
| ajjhattaṃ | internal, internally | internal, internally |
| ajjhattika | internal | interior |
| ajjhācarati | to transgress | |
| ajjhūpagata | taken hold of [AN 10.93] | (1) secured; (2) held to; (3) entered |
| ajjhosāna | attachment | attachment |
| ajjhosāya | being attached to | [keep] clinging |
| añjali | reverential salutation | joined palms |
| añña | final knowledge | enlightenment |
| aññatitthiya | belonging to other sects (wanderers outside the Buddhist fold) | followers of other paths |
| aññathābhāva | alteration | perishing |
| aññathābhāvī | — | perishing |
| aññadatthudasa | universal seer | universal seer |
| aññāna | — | not knowing |
| aṭṭhāna | — | impossibility |
| atimāna | arrogance | arrogance, superiority complex |
| atīta | past (time) | past |
| attakilamatha | — | self-mortification |
| attaniya | belonging to self | belonging to self |
| attabhāva | individuality, body | life-form, reincarnation |
| attamana | elated, pleased [AN 4.242] | satisfied, etc. |
| attā | self | self |
| attānudiṭṭhi | view of self | view of self |
| attha | (1) good, benefit; (2) purpose, goal; (3) meaning | (1) good, benefit; (2) purpose, goal; (3) meaning |
| atthagama, atthaṅgama | passing away | passing away, ending |
| atthavasa | (1) advantage, benefit; (2) ground | reason, advantage |
| adinnādāna | taking what is not given | stealing |
| adukkhamasukha | neither-painful-nor-pleasant (feeling) | neutral |
| adosa | non-hatred | (1) love; (2) free of hate; [free of defect] |
| addhāna | course (of saṃsāra) | [idiomatic] |
| addhuva | unstable [4:33, 7:66] | not lasting, unstable |
| adhikaraṇa | (1) legal issue [4:243, 5:146, 212]; (2) location [AN 4.171]; (3) basis [AN 9.23] | disciplinary issue |
| adhigama | achievement | achievement |
| adhicitta | higher mind | higher mind |
| adhiccasamuppanna | fortuitously arisen | arisen by chance |
| adhiṭṭhāti | (in relation to meditation:) to resolve on; to undertake [AN 3.19] | (1) apply [oneself]; (2) concentrate; (3) stabilize |
| adhiṭṭhāna | support | (1) dedication; (2) foundation; (3) fixation |
| adhipaññādhammavipassanā | higher wisdom of insight into phenomena | the higher wisdom of discernment of principles |
| adhippayāsa | disparity | [usually untranslated as part of a sequence] |
| adhimatta | intense | |
| adhimāna | self-overestimation | overestimation |
| adhimuccati | to resolve upon | (1) to decide; (2) to be determined |
| adhimutti | disposition | attitude |
| adhivacana | designation | term |
| adhivāsana | consent | endurance, consent |
| anagāriya | homelessness | homelessness |
| anaññatha | — | not otherwise |
| anattā | non-self | non-self |
| anattha | harm, ruin [AN 5.88] | harm |
| anapekha/anapekkha | unconcerned | (1) unconcerned; (2) not caring; (3) not worrying |
| anabhāva | obliteration | obliteration |
| anabhirati | dissatisfaction | dissatisfaction |
| anabhiraddhi | exasperation | exasperation |
| anamatagga | — | no known beginning |
| anaya | calamity | calamity |
| analasa | diligent | tireless |
| anavajja | blameless, blamelessness | blameless, blamelessness |
| anassāsika | unreliable | unreliable |
| anāgata | future | future |
| anāgāmī | non-returner | non-returner |
| anālaya | non-attachment | non-adherence |
| anālassa | diligence | tirelessness |
| anicca | impermanent | impermanent |
| animitta | markless | signless |
| anissita | unhindered [AN 4.48] | independent |
| anukampā | compassion, tender concern | compassion |
| anuttara | unsurpassed, unsurpassable | supreme |
| anudayā | sympathy | sympathy |
| anunaya | compliance [AN 7.8] | attraction, guidance |
| anupavajja | irreproachable | beyond reproach |
| anupassanā | contemplation | observation |
| anupassī | contemplating | observing |
| anupekkhati (w/ manasā) | to examine (with the mind) | to examine [with the mind] |
| anubuddha | understood, discovered | understood |
| anubyañjana | feature | detail, accompanying material |
| anubhāva | mighty | mighty |
| anuyutta | devoted to | dedicated to, committed to |
| anuyoga | (1) pursuit; (2) effort | (1) pursuit; (2) commitment |
| anurakkhaṇa | protection | preservation, protection |
| anusaya | underlying tendency | underlying tendency |
| anusāsanā, anusāsanī | instruction | instruction |
| anuseti | to lie within | (1) to lie within; (2) to underlie; (3) to linger |
| anussati | recollection | recollection |
| anussava | oral tradition | oral tradition |
| aneja | unstirred | unstirred |
| aneḷamūga | astute | clever |
| anottappa | fearlessness of wrongdoing | lack of prudence |
| antaradhāna | disappearance | disappearance |
| antarāya | obstacle | obstacle |
| anvaya | — | (1) inference; (2) following; (3) evidence |
| apacaya | dismantling (i.e., of the round) | dispersal |
| apadāna | attribute [AN 11.14] | outcome |
| apadesa | reference, inference (?) | reference |
| apāya | (1) plane of misery; (2) loss | (1) place of loss; (2) loss |
| apuñña | demerit, demeritorious | bad karma |
| apekha | concerned | (1) concerned; (2) worry; (3) expect |
| appaccaya | bitterness | bitterness |
| appaṭivānī | indefatigability, indefatigably | perseverance |
| appaṇihita | undirected, wishless [AN 3.183] | undirected |
| appatiṭṭhita | — | not established |
| appamatta | heedful | diligent |
| appamāṇa | measureless | limitless |
| appamāda | heedfulness | diligence |
| appameyya | immeasurable | immeasurable |
| apiccha | of few desires | of few wishes, few desires |
| appicchatā | fewness of desires | fewness of wishes |
| appossukka | at ease [AN 8.70] | (1) at ease; (2) relax; (3) remain passive |
| abyatta | incompetent | incompetent |
| abyākata | undeclared | undeclared |
| abyāpāda | good will | good will |
| abhijāti | class | |
| abhijānāti | (1) to directly know; (2) to recall [4:55, 234, 7:53] | (1) to directly know; (2) to recall; (3) to have personal experience [of]; (4) to understand |
| abhijjhā | longing | desire, covetousness |
| abhiññā | direct knowledge | direct knowledge |
| abhinandati | to delight in, to seek delight; to approve | (1) to delight in; (2) to seek delight; (3) to approve; (4) to be happy [with] |
| abhinibbatti | [production of] rebirth | rebirth, [re]incarnation |
| abhinivesa | attachment | insistence |
| abhinīharati | to extend, to get at | |
| abhinīhāra | resolution | projection |
| abhibhāyatana | basis of transcendence [AN 8.65] | dimension of mastery |
| abhibhū | vanquisher | master |
| abhibhūta | overcome | |
| abhirata | satisfied [AN 5.56] | satisfied |
| abhivadati | to articulate | to welcome |
| abhivādeti | to bow | |
| abhisaṅkhata | well-prepared [AN 4.40] | (1) well-prepared; (2) produced [by choices]; (3) raised |
| abhisaṅkharoti | to generate (a volitional formation) | to make [a choice], to choose to act, |
| abhisaṅkhāra | (1) volitional activity (?); (2) also?: determination [AN 8.12] | (1) impetus; (2) will; (3) choice |
| abhisañcetayita | — | produced by choices |
| abhisanda | stream | overflowing |
| abhisandeti | drench | |
| abhisamaya | breakthrough | comprehension |
| abhisamācārika | [pertaining to] proper conduct [4:245, 6:67] | dealing with supplementary regulations |
| abhisameti | to break through to, to make a breakthrough | to comprehend |
| abhisamparāyaṃ | in a future life | in a future life |
| abhisambujjhati | to awaken to | to understand |
| abhisambuddha | fully awakened | fully awakened |
| abhisallekhika | leading to the elimination [of defilements] | about self-effacement |
| amata | deathless | deathless |
| amanasikāra | non-attention [5:190, 6:60] | non-attention |
| amanāpa | disagreeable | disagreeable |
| amanussa | spirit | non-human |
| amarāvikkhepa | — | equivocation |
| amoha | non-delusion | non-delusion, understanding |
| ayoniso | careless, carelessly | improper |
| araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni | remote lodgings in forests and jungle groves | remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest |
| arati | discontent | discontent |
| arahant | untranslated: a “worthy one”, one fully liberated from all destruction | perfected one |
| ariya | noble, noble one | noble, noble one |
| ariyasacca | noble truth | noble truth |
| ariyasāvaka | noble disciple | noble disciple |
| arūpa | formless (meditation or realm of existence) | formless [meditation or realm of existence] |
| alābhā … dulladdhaṃ | misfortune … loss | loss … misfortune |
| alobha | non-greed | non-greed, contentment |
| allīna | settled on [AN 10.93] | clinging to |
| avacara | sphere | scope, sphere |
| avakkanti | — | conception |
| avassuta | corrupt | corrupt |
| avijjā | ignorance | ignorance |
| avitatha | — | not unreal |
| aviparītadassana | as noun: a correct perspective; as a bahubīhi adjective: one who has a correct perspective | undistorted perspective |
| avihiṃsā | harmlessness | harmlessness |
| aveccapasāda | unwavering confidence | experiential confidence |
| asaṃsagga | non-gregariousness | aloofness |
| asaṃhira | immovable | unfaltering |
| asaṅkhata | unconditioned | unconditioned |
| asaddhamma | the bad Dhamma | things that oppose the true teaching, bad qualities |
| asantuṭṭhi | non-contentment | lack of contentment |
| asappurisa | bad person | bad person |
| asamaya | — | irreversible, times that are not good |
| asāmāyika | — | irreversible |
| asiloka | disrepute | disrepute |
| asubha | unattractive, unattractiveness | ugly, ugliness |
| asura | untranslated: a class of titanic beings in perpetual conflict with the devas | demon |
| asekha | one beyond training | adept |
| asmimāna | the conceit “I am” | the conceit “I am” |
| assāda | gratification | gratification |
| assāsa-passāsa | in-breathing and out-breathing [AN 9.31], in-and-out breathing [AN 10.72] | breath in and breath out |
| assutavā | uninstructed | uneducated |
| ahaṅkāra | I-making | ego |
| ahirika | shameless, shamelessness | lack of conscience |
| ahetukavāda | doctrine of non-causality | doctrine of no-cause |
| ākappa | appearance [8:17,18] | presentation |
| ākāra | way [8:17,18] | (1) respect; (2) facet; (3) quality; (4) reason; (5) feature |
| ākāsa | space | space |
| ākāsānañcāyatana | base of the infinity of space | dimension of infinite space |
| ākiñcañña | nothingness | nothingness |
| ākiñcaññāyatana | base of nothingness | dimension of nothingness |
| āghāta | resentment | resentment |
| ācaya (vs. apacaya) | building up (vs. dismantling) | accumulation |
| ājānīya | thoroughbred | thoroughbred |
| ājīva | livelihood | livelihood |
| ātāpī | ardent | keen |
| ātitheyya | gift | offering [or serving] to guest |
| ādiccabandhu | “Kinsman of the Sun” (epithet of the Buddha) | Kinsman of the Sun |
| ādīnava | danger | (1) drawback; (2) danger |
| ādhipateyya | authority [4:15, 4:137, 4:245, 5:31, 5:133] | (1) authority; (2) in charge; (3) sovereignty. [na - = “not submit”] |
| ānāpāna | breathing | breathing |
| ānāpānasati | mindfulness of breathing | mindfulness of breathing |
| ānisaṃsa | benefit, advantage | benefit |
| āneñja | imperturbable | imperturbable |
| āpatti | offense | offense |
| āpo | water | water |
| ābādha | affliction, afflicted, ill | (1) affliction; (2) afflicted; (3) illness |
| ābhassara | streaming radiance | streaming radiance |
| ābhā | — | light |
| ābhicetasika | pertaining to the higher mind | belonging to the higher mind |
| āmisa | worldly | material |
| āya | gain | ? |
| āyatana | base, sense base | dimension, sense field |
| āyatiṃ | future | future |
| āyu | life, life span, vitality | (1) life; (2) life span; (3) vitality |
| ārakkha | guarding, safeguarding | protection |
| āraddhaviriya | energetic, with energy aroused | energetic, with energy aroused |
| ārambha | instigation (element), arousing of energy | (1) initiative; (2) arousing; (3) undertaking |
| ārammaṇa | basis | basis, relying on |
| āruppa | formless, formless attainment | formless, formless attainment |
| ārogya | health | health |
| ālaya | attachment | adherence |
| ālassa | indolence | ? |
| āloka | light | light |
| āvaraṇa | obstruction | obstruction, obstacle |
| āsaṃsa | expectation | hope |
| āsava | taint | defilement |
| āsevati | to repeatedly pursue | to cultivate |
| āsevita | repeatedly pursued | cultivated |
| āhāra | nutriment | food, fuel |
| icchā | wish, desire | wish, desire |
| iñjita | — | perturbable |
| itthatta | (1) this state of being; (2) femininity [AN 7.51] | (1) this state of existence; (2) femininity |
| itthindriya | [faculty of] femininity | |
| idappaccayatā | — | specific conditionality |
| iddhābhisaṅkhāra | feat of psychic potency | used his psychic powers to will |
| iddhi | psychic potency | psychic power |
| iddhipāda | basis for psychic potency | basis for psychic power |
| inda | ruler | lord |
| indriya | faculty | faculty |
| iriyāpatha | — | posture, deportment |
| issariya | mastery? [AN 8.46] | authority |
| issā | envy | jealousy |
| uccheda | annihilation | annihilation |
| uṭṭhāna | (1) initiative; (2) standing up [AN 8.15] | (1) initiative; (2) standing up |
| uttarāsaṅga | upper robe | robe, upper robe |
| uttari | excellent | higher, better |
| uttarimanussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesa | superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the nobles ones | superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the nobles ones |
| uttāsa | — | terror, fright |
| udaya | arising | rise, arising |
| udayabbaya | rise and fall | rise and fall, arising and passing |
| udāna | inspired utterance | inspired exclamation |
| uddesa | concise statement | (1) detail; (2) recitation; (3) passage for recitation |
| uddhacca | restlessness | restlessness |
| uddhata | restless [see 10:75 for connection with uddhacca ] | restless |
| upakkama | force | effort |
| upakkilesa | defilement | corruption |
| upaṭṭhānasālā | attendance hall | assembly hall |
| upaṭṭhitasati, upaṭṭhitassati | with mindfulness established | with mindfulness established |
| upaddava | trouble | peril |
| upadhi | acquisition (as act or as object); asset [AN 11.7] | attachment |
| upanāha | hostility | hostility |
| upanisā | proximate cause | vital condition |
| upaparikkhitā | one who investigates | one who examines |
| upapatti | rebirth | rebirth |
| upaya | — | attraction |
| upavadati | (1) to blame, to reproach; to revile | to blame, to speak ill |
| upavicāra | examination | to be preoccupied |
| upasagga | misfortune | hazard |
| upasama | peace | peace |
| upasampadā | (1) acquisition; (2) full ordination | (1) embracing; (2) ordination |
| upādāna | clinging | grasping |
| upādānakkhandha | aggregate subject to clinging | grasping aggregate |
| upādāya | (1) derived from, depending on [AN 4.62]; (2) clinging to | (1) out of; (2) supported by; (3) derive from; (4) depend |
| upādinna | — | (1) organic; (2) derived from; (3) grasped |
| upādisesa | residue remaining | something left over |
| upāya | means | (1) means (2) way |
| upāyāsa | (1) anguish; (2) irritation | (1) distress; (2) bad temper |
| upāsaka | male lay follower | layman |
| upāsikā | female lay follower | laywoman |
| upekkhā | equanimity | equanimity |
| uppāda | arising | arising |
| uppādeti | (1) to give rise; (2) to produce | |
| ubbilla, uppila | — | excitement |
| ubhatobhāgavimutta | liberated in both respects [7:14, 7:56] | freed both ways |
| ubhatosaṅgha | dual Saṅgha | community of both monks and nuns |
| usmā | — | warmth |
| ussāha | zeal | zeal |
| ussoḷhi | verve | vigor |
| ekaggatā | one-pointedness | unification |
| ekatta | oneness [AN 6.42] | (1) oneness; (2) unified |
| ekāyana | — | (1) convergence; (2) one direction only |
| ekodibhāva | unification (of mind) | unified [of mind] |
| ejā | — | — |
| eḷamūga | obtuse | stupid |
| esanā | — | quest |
| ehipassika | inviting to come and see | inviting inspection |
| okāra | degradation [AN 8.12] | sordidness |
| okkanti | — | conception |
| ogadha | foothold in (suffix) [3:61, 4:25 & 6:19] | culmination, basis |
| ogha | flood | flood |
| ottappa | fear of wrongdoing | prudence |
| opanayika | applicable | relevant |
| opapātika | spontaneously reborn | spontaneously reborn |
| obhāsa | — | (1) light; (2) radiance; (3) shining |
| oḷārika | gross, obvious [AN 8.70] | (1) coarse; (2) solid; (3) substantial; (4) obvious; (5) sizable |
| ovadati | to exhort | to advise |
| ovāda | exhortation | advice |
| orambhāgiya | lower | lower |
| ossajja | surrender, let loose | |
| kaṅkhā | perplexity | uncertainty |
| kataññutā | gratitude | gratitude |
| kataveditā | thankfulness | thankfulness |
| kathaṅkathā | bewilderment | indecision |
| kathā | talk | talk |
| kadariya | mean [AN 7.57] | miserly |
| kappa | eon | eon |
| kabaliṅkāra, kabaḷīkāra | edible food | edible food |
| kamanīya | sensuous | sensuous |
| kamma | (1) untranslated: morally determinate action; (2) action, deed | deed, act |
| kammañña | wieldy | workable |
| kammaniya, kammanīya | wieldy | workable |
| kammanta | action | action |
| karuṇā | compassion | compassion |
| kalaha | quarrel | quarrel |
| kalyāṇa | good | good, fine |
| kalla | (1) pliant, (2) fitting | (1 ready; (2 fitting; (3) appropriate |
| kasiṇa | untranslated: meditation device | universal |
| kāma | (1) sensual pleasure, sensuality; (2) desire; (3) sense-sphere (existence) | (1) sensual pleasure, sensuality; (2) desire; (3) sense-sphere [existence] |
| kāmaguṇa | cord of sensual pleasure | kind of sensual stimulation |
| kāmacchanda | sensual desire | sensual desire |
| kāmasukhallika | — | sensual pleasure |
| kāmesu micchācārā | sexual misconduct | sexual misconduct |
| kāya | (1) body, bodily; (2) class (of items), (3) company (of beings | (1) body, bodily; (2) host [of gods]; (3) personally [experiencing] |
| kāyasakkhin | body-witness | personal witness |
| kāruñña | compassion [5:162; IiI 189] | compassion |
| kāla | (1) dark, black; (2) timely | (1) dark, black; (2) timely |
| kiriyavāda | doctrine of activity | doctrine of [the efficacy of] action |
| kilesa | defilement [4:5, v.13] | corruption |
| kukkucca | remorse, regret [AN 10.34] | remorse |
| kulaputta | clansman | respectable person, person from a good family |
| kusala | wholesome, skilled | skillful |
| kusīta | lazy | lazy |
| kuhaka | deceiver | deceiver |
| kuhana | duplicity | deceit |
| kevalī | consummate one | consummate one |
| kodha | anger | anger |
| kodhana | prone to anger | irritable |
| kopa | disturbance, anger [AN 4.197] | (1) annoyance; (2) upset; (3) anger |
| ko pana vādo | how much more then…! | (1) how much more then…!; (2) let alone; (3) not to mention |
| kovida | adroit | expert |
| kosajja | laziness | laziness |
| khattiya | untranslated: a member of the warrior administrative class | aristocrat |
| khanti | (1) patience; (2) acquiescence, acceptance (of a view) | (1) patience; (2) acceptance [of a view] |
| khandha | aggregate, mass | (1) aggregate; (2) mass; (3) spectrum |
| khaya | destruction | ending |
| khaluṅka | wild colt | wild colt |
| khila | barren | barren |
| khema | security | security, sanctuary |
| gaṇa | group | group |
| gati | destination | destination, place |
| gantha | — | tie |
| gandha | odor, scent | (1) smell; (2) fragrance; (3) odor, stench |
| gandhabba | untranslated: a type of deity dwelling in trees and plants | fairy |
| garahati | (1) to censure (formal); (2) to criticize (less formal) | to criticize |
| garuka | heavy | serious |
| garudhamma | (1) principle of respect; (2) weighty offense | (1) principle of respect; (2) [sexual harssment] |
| gārayha | blameworthy | reprehensible |
| gilānapaccaya-bhesajja-parikkhāra | medicinal requisites and [other] supports for the sick | medicines and supplies for the sick |
| gocara | resort [4:37 & 6:24, 7:40, 7:41] | (1) pasture; (2) range; (3) meditation subject; (4) suitable place for alms |
| ghāna | nose | nose |
| cakka | wheel | wheel |
| cakkavattī | wheel-turning monarch | wheel-turning monarch |
| cakkhu | eye, vision | eye, vision |
| caṇḍāla | untranslated: an outcast | outcast |
| caraṇa | conduct, esp. good conduct | conduct, esp. good conduct |
| cavana | falling away | passing away |
| cavanadhamma | perishable | |
| cavati | to pass away | |
| cāga | (1) giving up, renunciation; (2) generosity | (1) giving away; (2) generosity |
| citta | mind | mind |
| cittuppāda | arising of thought [AN 5.100], stirring of mind [AN 7.53] | arising of thought |
| cintā | — | (1) thought; (2) intention; (3) speculation |
| cīvara | robe | robe |
| cuti | passing away | passing away |
| cetanā | volition | intention |
| cetasika | mental | mental |
| cetiya | shrine | shrine |
| ceteti | to intend | to intend |
| ceto | mind, heart | mind, heart |
| cetokhila | mental barrenness | emotional barrenness |
| cetovimutti | liberation of mind | heart’s release, freedom of heart |
| codeti | (1) to reprove; (2) to incite [AN 8.13] | (1) to reprimand; (2) to accuse |
| chanda | desire | (1) desire; (2) enthusiasm |
| chambhitatta | — | fright |
| jambudīpa | untranslated: “Rose-Apple Land”, the Indian subcontinent | India |
| jaḷa | stupid | dull |
| jarā | old age | old age |
| jāgariya | wakefulness | wakefulness |
| jāti | birth | rebirth |
| jigucchā | disgust | disgust |
| jivhā | tongue | tongue |
| jīva | soul | soul |
| jīvita | life | (1) life; (2) lifestyle |
| jegucchī | one who practices disgust | (1) [one] disgusted [at sin] |
| jhāna | untranslated: a state of deep meditative concentration | (1) absorption; (2) meditation |
| jhāyī | jhāna-attainer | [one who] practices absorption |
| ñāṇa | knowledge | knowledge |
| ñātisālohitā | relatives and family members | relatives and kin |
| ñāya | true way | method |
| ṭhāna | (1) place; (2) case, occasion, instance [AN 8.46]; (3) possibility | (1) place; (2) case, occasion, instance (3) possibility |
| ṭhitatta | inwardly firm | steadfast |
| ṭhiti | maintenance, stability, continuation, stabilization | (1) maintenance; (2) stability; (3) continuation; (4) stabilization |
| takka | — | logic |
| taṇhā | craving | craving |
| tatha | — | real |
| tathatā | — | reality |
| tathāgata | untranslated: epithet of the Buddha “Thus Come/Gone One” | Realized One |
| tadaṅgena | through that factor [AN 9.33] | in that respect |
| tapa | austerity | (1) mortification; (2) austerity |
| tapassī | practitioner of austerities | mortifier |
| tapojigucchā | mortification in disgust of sin | |
| tamonuda | dispelling darkness | dispelling darkness |
| tasiṇā | — | thirst |
| titthakāra | founder of a spiritual sect | religious founder |
| tibba | keen | (1) sharp; (2) acute; (3) intense |
| tiracchānakathā | pointless talk | unworthy talk |
| tiracchānayoni | animal realm | animal realm |
| tuccha | empty, baseless | (1) hollow; (2) empty; (3) vacant |
| tuṇhībhāva | silence | silence |
| tulanā | — | to weigh [up] |
| tejo | heat, splendor | fire, heat |
| thambha | obstinacy | obstinacy |
| thāma | fortitude, strength | strength |
| thīna | dullness | dullness |
| thera | elder (bhikkhu) | senior |
| dakkha | skillful | deft |
| dakkhiṇa | religious donation | |
| dama | taming, self-control | taming, self-control |
| dara | - | stress |
| daratha | affliction [AN 5.194] | stress |
| dassana | vision | vision |
| dāna | (1) act of giving; (2) gift | (1) act of giving; (2) gift |
| diṭṭha | seen | seen |
| diṭṭhadhammika | pertaining to the present life | [apparent in] the present life |
| diṭṭhi | view | view |
| diṭṭhiṭṭhāna | standpoint for views | grounds for views |
| diṭṭhippatta | one attained to view | one attained to view |
| diṭṭhe’va dhamme | in this very life | in this very life |
| dibba | celestial, divine | (1) heavenly; (2) celestial; (3) divine, of the gods |
| dibbacakkhu | divine eye | clairvoyance |
| dibbasota | divine ear | clairaudience |
| divāvihārāya | to dwell for the day | the day’s meditation |
| dukkha | (1) suffering; (2) pain, painful (feeling) | (1) suffering; (2) pain, painful [feeling] |
| duggata | unfortunate | (1) [in a] sorry state |
| duggati | bad destination | bad place |
| duccarita | misconduct | misconduct |
| duṭṭhulla | coarse | (1) with corrupt intention; (2) discomfort |
| dummana | saddened | downhearted, sad |
| deva | untranslated: deity, celestial being | god |
| devatā | deity | deity |
| devaputta | young deva | god |
| devadūta | divine messenger | messenger of the gods |
| desanā | teaching (of the Dhamma) | teaching [of the Dhamma] |
| domanassa | dejection | (1) sadness; (2) aversion |
| dosa | hate, hatred | hate |
| dvaya | — | (1) dual; (2) two; (3) both |
| dhamma | (1) untranslated: the Buddha’s teaching; (2) things, phenomena; (3) mental phenomena, (mental) states, mind-objects; (4) qualities; (5) principle, law; (6) having the nature of, subject to (as suffix) | (1) teaching (2) thing; (3) phenomena; (4) thoughts; (5) qualities; (6) principle, law; (7) liable to [as suffix] |
| dhammapada | factor of the Dhamma [4:29-4:30] | basic principle |
| dhammavicaya | discrimination of phenomena | investigation of principles |
| dhammānussarī, dhammānusārī | — | follower of the teachings |
| dhammika | righteous, legitimate [AN 8.89] | (1) principled; (2) legitimate |
| dhātu | element | element |
| dhāreti | (1) to retain in mind (in relation to learning of the Dhamma); (2) to consider (as a lay follower) | (1) to remember; (2) to bear; (3) to wear |
| dhīra | steadfast | wise one |
| dhuva | everlasting | (1) constant; (2) everlasting |
| nati | — | inclination |
| natthikavāda | nihilism | nihilism |
| nandī | delight | (1) relishing; (2) delight |
| namati | to bow | to incline |
| nāga | untranslated: (1) a dragon; (2) a bull-elephant; (3) metaphoric term for an arahant | (1) dragon; (2) elephant; (3) [spiritual] giant |
| nānatta | diversity | diversity |
| nānākaraṇa | difference [AN 8.6] | difference [AN 8.6] |
| nāma | name (both literally and as a collective term for the basic cognitive functions) | name [both literally and as a collective term for the basic cognitive functions] |
| nāmarūpa | name-and-form | name-and-form |
| nikāya | order (of beings) | order [of beings] |
| nikkama | endeavor | endeavor |
| nicca | permanent | permanent |
| nicchata | hungerless | hungerless |
| nijjarā | wearing away | wearing away |
| nijjhāna | pondering | pondering |
| niṭṭhā | (1) goal; (2) conclusion | (1) goal; (2) conclusion |
| nidāna | cause, base [AN 5.157], causation | (1) cause; (2) base; (3) causation |
| nindā | blame | blame |
| ninna | slanting towards (suffix) | slanting towards [suffix] |
| nipaka | alert | alert |
| nibbāna | untranslated: the extinction of all defilements and emancipation from the round of rebirths | extinguishment |
| nibbidā | disenchantment | disillusionment |
| nibbuta | quenched | extinguished |
| nibbedha | penetration | penetration |
| nibbedhika | penetrative | penetrative, penetrating |
| nimitta | (1) mark [AN 7.38]; (2) object [AN 7.49]; (3) ground; (4) signal [AN 8.70] | (1) sign; (2) foundation; (3) feature; (4) stimulus; (5) reason; (6) hint; (7) reflection; (8) pattern; (9) precursor |
| nimmāna | creation | creation |
| niyata | fixed in destiny | bound |
| niyati | destiny | |
| niyāma | fixed course | (1) invariance; (2) certainty |
| niraya | hell | hell |
| nirāmisa | spiritual, non-carnal | spiritual |
| nirutti | language | term, terminology |
| nirodha | cessation | cessation |
| nivāta | humble | (1) unruffled; (2) draft-free, sheltered from the wind; (3) humble |
| nissaraṇa | escape | escape |
| nissaya | (1) dependence [5:79, 9:2]; (2) guidance [AN 8.90] | (1) reliance; (2) support; (3) dependence |
| nissita | based upon, connected with, dependent on (suffix) | (1) relying on; (2) based on |
| nīyati (niyyāti) | to be emancipated | (1) to be led on; (2) to be saved |
| nīvaraṇa | hindrance | hindrance |
| nekkhamma | renunciation | renunciation |
| nepakka | alertness [5:14, 7:67] | alertness |
| n’evasaññānāsaññāyatana | base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception | dimension of neither perception nor non-perception |
| paṃsukūla | rag-robe | rag-robe |
| pakappeti | — | to plan |
| paggaha (paggāha) | exertion [AN 3.102] | exertion |
| pagabbha | impudent | impudent |
| paccattaṃ | personally | (1) for oneself; (2) personally |
| paccaya | condition | condition |
| paccānubhoti | — | (1) to wield; (2) to experience |
| paccavekkhana | reviewing, reflection | (1) reviewing; (2) checking; (3) examining |
| paccuppanna | present (time) | present [time] |
| paccekabuddha | untranslated: a “privately enlightened one” who wakens to the 4 noble truths but doesn’t communicate them to others | a Buddha awakened for themselves |
| pajahati | to abandon | to give up |
| pajā | population | (1) population; (2) offspring |
| pajānāti | to understand, to know | to understand, to know |
| pañjalika | making reverential salutation | raising joined palms |
| paññatti | description | (1) description; (2) regarded; (3) advocate |
| paññā | wisdom | wisdom |
| paññāpana | — | (1) to be found; (2) advocating |
| paññāpeti | (1) to describe; (2) to decree [a training rule]; (3) proclaim; (4) prescribe | (1) to advocate; (2) to assert; (3) to describe; (4) to point out |
| paññāvimutta | liberated by wisdom | freed by wisdom |
| paññāvimutti | liberation by wisdom | freedom by wisdom |
| paññāveyyattiya | competence in wisdom | lucidity of wisdom |
| paṭikūla | repulsive | repulsive |
| paṭikkūla | recoil | |
| paṭiganhāti, paṭigganhāti | to pardon [AN 3.91] | (1) to receive; (2) to accept |
| paṭigha | (1) (sensory) impingement; (2) aversion | (1) impingement; (2) harshness |
| paṭicodeti | to reprove, to counter | to reprove, to counter |
| paṭicca-samuppana | dependently originated | dependently originated |
| paṭicca-samuppāda | dependent origination | dependent origination |
| paṭijānāti | to claim [8:28, 9:38] | (1) to answer; (2) to claim; (3) to admit |
| paṭinissagga | relinquishment | letting go |
| paṭipatti | practice | practice |
| paṭipadā | way of practice, mode of practice | practice |
| paṭipanna | practicing | practicing |
| paṭibala | able | able |
| paṭibhāga | counterpart | (1) side; (2) counterpart |
| paṭibhāti | recur | to spring [to mind] |
| paṭibhāna | eloquence | (1) eloquence; (2) articulation |
| paṭivedha | penetration | penetration |
| paṭisaṃvedeti | to experience | (1) to experience; (2) to understand |
| paṭisaṅkhāna | reflection | reflection |
| paṭisanthāra | liberality | hospitality |
| paṭisambhidā | analytical knowledge | textual analysis |
| paṭisaraṇa | recourse [AN 8.6] | refuge |
| paṭisallāna | seclusion | retreat |
| paṭhavī | earth | earth |
| paṇidhi | aspiration, inclination [AN 10.104] | wish |
| paṇīta | sublime, superior | (1) fine; (2) superior; (3) sublime; (4) better; (5) delicious |
| paṇḍita | wise, wise person | astute person |
| patiṭṭhā | establishment | (1) establishment; (2) plant; (3) ground |
| patiṭṭhita | established | established |
| patti | attainment | attainment |
| patthanā | aspiration [AN 5.43], yearning [5:135/6; 10:104] | (1) aim; (2) aspire |
| pada | (1) term, sentence, passage, stanza, word [4.160]; (2) step, footprint, track; (3) state, factor | (1) term, sentence, passage, stanza, word; (2) step, footprint, track; (3) state, factor |
| padhāna | striving | striving, effort |
| papañca | proliferation (as act) | proliferation |
| papañcita | proliferation (as product) | proliferation |
| pabbajita | one [who has] gone forth [into homelessness] | (1) one gone forth; (2) renunciate |
| pabbajjā | going forth (into homelessness), Buddhist novice ordination | going forth |
| pabhaṇgu | brittle | brittle |
| pabhava | — | inception |
| pabhassara | radiant | |
| pabbhāra | inclining (suffix) | inclining [suffix] |
| pabhāsa | luminosity | radiance |
| pamatta | heedless | negligent |
| pamāda | heedlessness | negligence |
| payirupāsati | to wait upon, to attend upon [AN 8.21] | (1) to attend; (2) to pay homage |
| parakkama | exertion | vigor |
| parābhava | setback | downfall |
| parāmāsa | wrong grasp | (1) sticking to; (2) misapprehending |
| parāyana | destination | (1) haven; (2) bound |
| parikkhāra | requisite, accessory | (1) supplies; (2) necessities |
| pariggaha | possessiveness [AN 9.23] | possessiveness |
| paricita | accustomed to | (1) to reinforce; (2) to build up |
| pariccāga | relinquishment | charity |
| parijānāti | to fully understand | to completely understand |
| pariññā | full understanding | complete understanding |
| pariṇāmī | maturing in (suffix) | ripen in |
| paritassati | to be agitated | to be anxious |
| paritassanā | — | anxiety |
| parideva | lamentation | lamentation |
| parinibbāna | (1) final Nibbāna; (2) extinguishing | extinguishment |
| parinibbāyati | to attain (final) Nibbāna | to become extinguished |
| parinibbuta | attained (final) Nibbāna, quenched | extinguished |
| paribbājaka | (non-Buddhist) wanderer | wanderer |
| paribhāsaka | insulting [AN 7.57] | insulting |
| paribhāsati | to insult | to insult |
| pariyādāna | exhaustion | exhaustion |
| pariyādāya | obsessing | to occupy |
| pariyāya | exposition [AN 8.8] , method (of exposition), way [AN 8.11] | (1) exposition; (2) way |
| pariyuṭṭhāna | obsession | obsession |
| pariyesanā | quest | (1) seeking; (2) search |
| pariyosāna | goal | (1) goal; (2) end |
| pariḷāha | fever, passion | fever, passion |
| parivāra | retinue | (1) a following; (2) surrounded |
| parivitakka | course of thought [AN 6.34] | (1) contemplation; (2) thought |
| parisā | assembly, retinue [AN 8.24] | (1) assembly; (2) congregation |
| parihāna | decline | (1) loss; (2) decline |
| paḷāsa | insolence | contempt |
| paligedha | avarice | |
| paloka | — | falling apart |
| palokita | disintegrating | falling apart |
| paviveka | solitude | seclusion |
| pasaṃsā | praise | praise |
| pasāda | (1) confidence; (2) placidity [AN 5.162] | (1) confidence; (2) clarity; (3) inspiration |
| passaddhi | tranquillity, tranquillization | tranquillity |
| pahāna | abandoning, abandonment | giving up |
| pahitatta | resolute | resolute |
| pācittiya | untranslated: need an explanation of what exactly this means in terms of an offense | confessable |
| pāṇa | living being | living creature |
| pāṇātipāta | destruction of life | killing living creatures |
| pāṭidesanīya | untranslated: need an explanation of what exactly this means in terms of an offense | acknowledgeable |
| pātimokkha | untranslated: code of monastic rules | monastic code |
| pātubhāva | manifestation | appearance |
| pāpa | evil | (1) bad; (2) wicked |
| pāpicchā | evil desire | wicked desire |
| pāmojja | joy | joy |
| pāra | the far shore, beyond | the far shore, beyond |
| pāramī | perfection | perfection |
| Pārājika | untranslated: the most serious class of offence for a bhikkhu, entailing immediate and permanent expulsion from the Saṅgha. | expulsion |
| pāripūri | fulfillment | (1) fully; (2) swelling; (3) fulfillment |
| pārisuddhi | purification, purity [AN 4.194] | purity |
| pāsādaniya | meriting confidence [AN 5.234] | inspiring |
| pāsādika | graceful [8:9, 10:98], lovely [AN 9.3] | (1) impressive; (2) lovely |
| piṇḍapāta | almsfood | almsfood |
| pipāsa | thirst | thirst |
| piya | pleasing | (1) pleasing; (2) dear |
| pisuṇā vācā | divisive speech | divisive speech |
| pīti | rapture | rapture |
| puggala | individual, person | person |
| puñña | merit, meritorious | merit, meritorious |
| puthujjana | worldling | ordinary person |
| punabbhava | renewed existence | (1) new state of existence; (2) future life |
| pubbaṅgama | forerunner, leader | (1) precede; (2) leader; (3) forerunner |
| pubbanimitta | precursor | precursor |
| pubbenivāsa | past abode (i.e., previous life) | past life |
| purisa | person, man | (1) person; (2) man |
| purisapuggala | individual | |
| purisatta | masculinity [AN 7.51] | masculinity |
| peta | (1) afflicted spirit; (2) corpse [AN 4.246] | (1) ghost; (2) departed |
| pettivisaya | sphere of afflicted spirits | ghost realm |
| pema | affection, devotion?, fondness [7:20, 7:42] | (1) love; (2) fondness |
| peyyavajja | endearing speech | kindly words |
| pesala | pious [AN 8.38], well behaved | good-hearted |
| ponobhavika | conducive to renewed existence | leading to future lives |
| poṇa | sloping towards (suffix) | sloping towards [suffix] |
| pharati | — | — |
| pharusā vācā | harsh speech | harsh speech |
| phala | fruit | fruit |
| phassa | contact | contact |
| phāsuvihāra | dwelling at ease | living comfortably |
| phoṭṭhabba | tactile object | touch |
| bandha | — | bond |
| bandhana | imprisonment | (1) imprisonment; (2) bond; (3) abduction |
| bala | power | power |
| bahiddhā | external, externally | external, externally |
| bahujana | many people | the people |
| bahulīkata | cultivated | cultivated |
| bahulīkaroti | to cultivate | to cultivate |
| bahussuta | learned | (1) learned; (2) educated |
| bāla | fool, foolish | fool, foolish |
| bāhira | (1) external (sense bases); (2) outsider | (1) exterior; (2) outsider |
| buddha | (1) untranslated: honorific for Gotama; (2) enlightened, Enlightened One | awakened one |
| bojjhaṅga | factor of enlightenment | awakening factor |
| bodha | — | awakened |
| bodhipakkhiya | aid to enlightenment | qualities that lead to awakening |
| bodhisatta | untranslated: an aspirant for Buddhahood | one intent on awakenin |
| byañjana | phrase, phrasing | (1) phrase, phrasing; (2) detail |
| byantikaroti | to terminate | to eliminate |
| byasana | disaster | disaster |
| byāpajjati | to become hostile [AN 4.197] | to become hostile |
| byāpajjha | affliction [AN 8.39] | affliction |
| byāpatti | failure [AN 10.217] | failure |
| byāpanna | (1) with ill will; (2) failed [AN 3.110] | (1) with ill will; (2) failed |
| byāpāda | ill will | (1) ill will; (2) malice |
| byābādha | affliction | (1) hurting; (2) obstruct |
| brahmacariya | (1) spiritual life; (2) celibacy | (1) spiritual path; (2) spiritual life; (3) celibacy |
| brahmavihāra | dwelling of Brahmā | Brahmā meditation |
| brahmā | untranslated: a sublime deity of the brahmā world | Brahmā |
| brāhmaṇa | brahmin (caste) | brahmin |
| bhagavā | the Blessed One | (1) the Buddha; (2) the Blessed One |
| bhaṇḍana | argument | argument |
| bhaya | fear, peril | (1) fear; (2) danger; (3) peril |
| bhayabherava | fear and terror | fear and dread |
| bhava | existence | (1) [continued] existence, [state of] existence; (2) life |
| bhāvanā | development, meditative development [AN 8.36]; esteem [AN 10.87] | (1) development; (2) esteem |
| bhāvita | developed | developed |
| bhāveti | to develop | to develop |
| bhikkhu | untranslated: fully ordained Buddhist monk | (1) mendicant; (2) monk |
| bhikkhunī | untranslated: fully ordained Buddhist nun | nun |
| bhiyyobhāva | increase | increase |
| bhusā | violent [AN 6.55] | (1) violent; (2) compelling; (3) threshing |
| bhūta | a being | a being |
| bhūtapubbaṃ | once in the past | (1) once upon a time; (2) once it so happened |
| bhūmi | land, ground | land, ground |
| makkha | denigration | offensiveness |
| magga | path | path |
| macala | unshaken | confirmed |
| macchariya, macchera | miserliness | stinginess |
| majjhima | middle, middling | middle |
| maññati | to think | (1) to think; (2) to identify with |
| maññita | — | identification |
| mada | intoxication | intoxication |
| maddava | gentleness | gentleness |
| manasikāra | attention | attention |
| manāpa | agreeable, beloved [AN 7.53] | (1) agreeable; (2) beloved |
| manussa | human being | human being |
| mano | mind, mental | mind, mental |
| manobhāvanīya | esteemed | esteemed |
| manomaya | mind-made | mind-made |
| mamaṅkāra | mine-making | possessiveness |
| maraṇa | death | death |
| marīcikā | — | mirage |
| mala | stain | stain |
| mahaggata | exalted | expansive |
| mahesakkha | (1) with great influence [4:197, 5:199]; (2) majestic [AN 4.33] | (1) illustrious; (2) great influence |
| mahāpurisa | great man | great man |
| mahābhūta | great element | primary element |
| mahiccha | one with strong desires | one with many wishes |
| mahicchatā | strong desires | many wishes |
| mahiddhika | very powerful | mighty |
| mātikā | schemata | outline |
| mātugāma | womankind, a woman | female |
| māna | conceit | conceit |
| māyā | deceitfulness | deceit |
| māyāvī | deceitful | (1) deceitful; (2) a magician |
| mārisa | respected sir | good sir |
| micchatta | wrong course | wrong way |
| micchā | wrong | wrong |
| micchācāra | misconduct | misconduct |
| middha | (1) drowsiness, sleep [AN 5.206]; (2) slothful [AN 8.86] | drowsiness |
| mucchā | infatuation | infatuation |
| muṭṭhasacca, muṭṭhassacca | muddle-mindedness | lack of mindfulness |
| muṭṭhassati | muddle-minded | unmindful |
| muta | — | thought [past tense] |
| mutti | — | release |
| muditā | altruistic joy | rejoicing |
| mudu | malleable | (1) pliable; (2) soft |
| mudutā | gentleness | pliability |
| muni | sage | sage |
| musāvāda | false speech | (1) false speech; (2) lie |
| mūla | root | root |
| mettā | loving-kindness | love |
| methuna | sexual intercourse | sex, sexual intercourse |
| mogha | hollow | (1) vain; (2) silly |
| moghapurisa | hollow man | silly man |
| moneyya | sagacity | sagacity |
| moha | delusion | delusion |
| yakkha | untranslated: a spirit (usually malevolent) | spirit |
| yathābhūtaṃ | as it really is | truly |
| yasa | fame, glory | (1) fame; (2) glory |
| yoga | (1) effort; (2) bond, bondage | (1) effort; (2) meditation; (3) attachment |
| yogakkhema | security from bondage | sanctuary |
| yogo karaṇīyo | (1) should practice meditation; (2) should make an effort | |
| yojana | untranslated: a measure of distance (approx. 10K) | league |
| yoni | (mode of) generation | reproduction |
| yoniso | careful, carefully | proper |
| rajanīya | tantalizing | (1) desirable; (2) arousing |
| raṇa | — | conflict |
| ratana | gem, precious substance | treasure |
| rati | delight | delight |
| ramaṇīya | delightful | (1) lovely; (2) delightful |
| rasa | taste | taste |
| rāga | lust; also: attachment | (1) greed; (2) lust; (3) desire |
| rittaka | — | void |
| rukkhamūla | foot of a tree | root of a tree |
| ruci | — | (1) belief; (2) preference |
| ruccati | (1) to like; (2) to prefer; (3) advocate [in mā rucci] | |
| rūpa | (1) form (i.e., materiality); (2) form (i.e., visible object); (3) form-sphere (existence) | (1) form [i.e., materiality]; (2) sight; (3) luminous form; (4) seeming [as suffix] |
| lapana | flattery | flattery |
| lahuka | light | (1) light; (2) fleeting |
| lābha | gain | (1) gain; (2) material possessions |
| līnatta | sluggishness (changed: 17Jan2008) | sluggishness |
| luddha | greedy | greedy |
| lūkha | coarse | coarse |
| loka | world | (1) world; (2) cosmos |
| lokuttara | world-transcending | transcendent |
| lobha | greed | greed |
| lomahaṃsa | terror | (1) hair-raising; (2) goose-bumps |
| vacī | verbal | verbal |
| vaṭṭa | — | cycle |
| vaṇṇa | (1) beauty; (2) praise | (1) beauty; (2) praise |
| vata | observance | observance |
| vatthu | basis, ground [AN 8.33] | basis, ground |
| vanapattha | jungle grove | forest |
| vaya | vanishing | fall |
| vasa | mastery | (1) mastery; (2) sway |
| vācā | speech | speech |
| vāda | doctrine | doctrine |
| vāyāma | effort | effort |
| vāyo | air | air |
| vikkhitta | (1) scattered [4:246, 6:29]; (2) distracted (of mind) [AN 7.38] | (1) scattered; (2) distracted |
| vikkhepa | distraction [AN 10.76] | distraction |
| viggaha | contention | (1) argument; (2) seized |
| vighāta | distress, frustration, affliction | (1) anguish; (2) frustration; (3) affliction |
| vicakkhaṇa | discerning, intelligent | clear seeing |
| vicaya | discrimination | investigation |
| vicāra | examination | (1) considering; (2) keeping the mind connected |
| vicikicchā | doubt | doubt |
| vijānāti | to understand | to understand |
| vijjā | true knowledge | knowledge |
| viññāṇa | consciousness | consciousness |
| viññāṇañcāyatana | base of the infinity of consciousness | dimension of infinite consciousness |
| viññāta | — | known |
| viññū | wise (one), the wise | sensible |
| vitakka | thought | (1) thought, thinking; (2) placing the mind |
| vitthata | in detail | (1) in detail; (2) wide |
| vidhā | discrimination | discrimination |
| vinaya | (1) discipline; (2) subduing (of lust, etc.) | (1) training; (2) removal [of lust, etc.]; (3) texts on monastic training |
| vinicchaya | judgment | assessment |
| vinipāta | lower world | underworld |
| vinibandha | bondage [5:206, 9:72] | shackle |
| vinīta | disciplined | educated |
| vinodeti | to dispel | to get rid of |
| vipatti | failure | failure |
| vipariṇāma | change | (1) perishing; (2) deterioration |
| vipariṇāmadhamma | perishable | |
| viparītadassana | as noun: an incorrect perspective; as a bāhubīhi adjective: one who has an incorrect perspective | distorted perspective |
| vipallāsa | inversion | perversion |
| vipassanā | insight | discernment |
| vipāka | result (of kamma) | result [of kamma] |
| vippaṭisāra | regret | regret |
| vibhava | extermination | (1) ending existence; (2) obliteration |
| vimati | uncertainty | uncertainty |
| vimutta | liberated | freed |
| vimutti | liberation | freedom |
| vimokkha | emancipation | liberation |
| viyatta | competent | competent |
| virāga | (1) dispassion; (2) fading away | (1) dispassion; (2) fading away |
| virata | abstain | |
| viriya | energy | energy |
| virūḷhi | improvement | (1) increase; (2) improvement |
| vivaṭṭa | world-expansion | (1) evolution; (2) expanding |
| vivara | openness | (1) opening; (2) reveal |
| vivāda | dispute | (1) dispute; (2) fight |
| viveka | seclusion | seclusion |
| visama | unrighteous | (1) immoral; (2) rugged; (3) unjust |
| visaya | domain | (1) realm; (2) scope |
| visārada | self-confident | (1) assured; (2) confident |
| visuddhi | purification | purification |
| visesa | (1) distinction; (2) excellence | distinction |
| vihāra | dwelling | (1) dwelling; (2) meditation |
| vihiṃsā | harmfulness, harming | cruelty |
| vihesā | cruelty | (1) harming; (2) troublesome |
| vītarāga | one without lust for sensual pleasures | without greed |
| vīmaṃsā | investigation | (1) inquiry; (2) testing |
| vuṭṭhāna | emergence | (1) emergence; (2) rehabilitation |
| vuddhi | growth | growth |
| vūpakaṭṭha | withdrawn | withdrawn |
| vūpasama | (1) subsiding; (2) pacification | (1) stilling; (2) peace |
| veda | (1) untranslated: ancient Indian scripture; (2) ? | Veda |
| vedagū | master of Vedic knowledge | knowledge master |
| vedanā | feeling | feeling |
| vedayita | feeling, what is felt | feeling, what is felt |
| Vedalla | questions-and-answers | analysis |
| vepulla | (1) expansion; (2) maturity, maturation [AN 8.2] | (1) grow; (2) increase |
| veyyākaraṇa | explanation | (1) grammar; (2) discourse; (3) discussion; (4) answer |
| vera | enmity | enmity |
| veramaṇī | abstinence | refrain |
| vesārajja | self-confidence, ground of self-confidence | self-assurance |
| vessa | untranslated: a member of the merchant class | merchant |
| vodāna | cleansing | cleansing |
| vossagga | release, relinquishment [AN 4.61] | letting go |
| vohāra | expression | (1) expression; (2) dealing; (3) communication |
| saṃyama | self-control | self-control |
| saṃyoga | bondage | (1) fetter; (2) attachment |
| saṃyojana | fetter | fetter |
| saṃvaṭṭa | world-contraction | contraction |
| saṃvara | restraint | restraint |
| saṃvibhāga | sharing | sharing |
| saṃvega | sense of urgency | (1) [sense of] urgency; (2) awe; (3) moved to act; (4) inspiration |
| saṃsagga | close association, socializing | (1) mixing closely; (2) socializing |
| saṃsādeti | to falter [AN 9.22] | to falter |
| saṃsāra | untranslated: the beginningless round of rebirths | transmigration |
| sakadāgāmī | once-returner | once-returner |
| sakkacca | carefully | carefully |
| sakkāya | identity, personal identity | identity |
| sakkāyadiṭṭhi | identity view | identity view |
| sakkāra | honor | honor |
| sagārava | reverential, with reverence | respectful |
| sagga | heaven | heaven |
| saṅkappa | intention | (1) thought; (2) intention |
| saṅkilesa | defilement | corruption |
| saṅkhata | conditioned | conditioned |
| saṅkhaya | extinction | ending |
| saṅkhā | - | reckoning |
| saṅkhāra | (1) volitional activity; (2) formation; (3) strenuous exertion [7:16, 7:55]; (4) conditioned phenomenon | (1) choice; (2) condition; (3) active [effort] |
| saṅkhitta | (1) brief (of speech); (2) constricted (of mind) [AN 7.38] | (1) brief [of speech]; (2) constricted [of mind] |
| saṅgaṇika | company | (1) company; (2) crowd |
| saṅgaha | attracting a retinue | inclusivity |
| saṅgahavatthu | basis of attracting a retinue | ways of being inclusive |
| saṅgha | untranslated: (1) as bhikkhusaṅgha, Buddhist monastic order; (2) as sāvakasaṅgha, community of noble disciples | Saṅgha |
| saṅghādisesa | untranslated: the second most serious class of offence in the Vinaya. they require a period of rehabilitation involving loss of status, confession of the offence to all bhikkhus, and similar mild penances. | suspension |
| sacca | truth | truth |
| sacchikiriya | realization | realization |
| sañcetanā | volition | intention |
| sañjānāti | to perceive | to perceive |
| saññā | perception | perception |
| saññatā | self-controlled | disciplined |
| saṭha | crafty, deceptive [AN 8.10] | devious |
| sati | mindfulness | mindfulness |
| satipaṭṭhāna | establishment of mindfulness | mindfulness meditation |
| satta | a being | a sentient being |
| sattapada | — | position of sentient beings |
| satthā | teacher | teacher |
| sadda | sound | sound |
| saddhamma | the good Dhamma | the true teaching |
| saddhā | faith | faith |
| saddhānusārī | faith-follower | follower by faith |
| santa | peaceful | peaceful |
| santatakārī | constant in one’s actions [AN 10.101] | consistent deeds |
| santatavutti | constant in one’s behavior [AN 10.101] | consistent behavior |
| santi | peace | peace |
| santuṭṭhi | contentment | contentment |
| santosa | contentment | contentment |
| sandiṭṭhika | directly visible | realizable in this very life |
| sandosa | (1) animosity [AN 9.25]; (2) defilement [AN 5.79], fault [AN 6.48], corruption [AN 10.217] | (1) defect; (2) corrupt, corruption |
| sappaṭissa | deferential, with deference | reverent |
| sappurisa | good person | good person |
| sabba | all | all |
| sabbaññū | — | all-knowing |
| sama | — | (1) just; (2) moral |
| samagga | in harmony, in concord, united | harmony |
| samaṇa | ascetic | ascetic |
| samatikkama | transcendence | going beyond |
| samatha | (1) serenity; (2) stilling (of formations) | (1) serenity; (2) stilling [of activities] |
| samanupassati | (1) to consider; (2) to recognize [4:8, 5:55] | (1) to see; (2) to regard |
| samanupassanā | considering | regarding |
| samācāra | behavior | behavior |
| samādhi | concentration | immersion |
| samānattatā | impartiality | equality |
| samāpatti | (1) meditative attainment; (2) entry upon | (1) [meditative] attainment; (2) acquiring |
| samāhita | settled, composed, concentrated | (1) immersed; (2) serene; (3) steady; (4) settled |
| samugghāta | comes to be uprooted | uproot |
| samuccheda | eradication | (1) cutting [off, out]; (2) break |
| samudaya | origin, origination, arising | (1) origin; (2) origination; (3) arising |
| sampajañña | clear comprehension | situational awareness |
| sampajāna | clearly comprehending | aware |
| sampatti | success | success |
| sampadā | (1) accomplishment in; (2) excellence [AN 8.34] | (1) accomplishment; (2) excellence |
| sampanna | (1) accomplished in; (2) possessed of [5:24 and parallels]; (3) excellent [AN 8.34] | (1) accomplished in; (2) to have or possess; (3) excellent |
| samparāyika | pertaining to the future life | to do with lives to come |
| sampasādana | placidity | clarity and confidence |
| samphappalāpa | idle chatter | nonsensical speech |
| samphassa | contact | contact |
| sambādha | confinement | (1) cramped; (2) confined |
| sambuddha | enlightened | awakened |
| sambojjhaṅga | factor of enlightenment, enlightenment factor | awakening factor |
| sambodhi, sambodha | enlightenment | awakening |
| sambhava | (1) origin; (2) (when collated with samudaya:) coming into being (8:83) | (1) origin; (2) coming to be |
| sammatta | rightness | right way |
| sammasa | - | comprehension |
| sammā | right, correct, perfectly | right |
| sammukhā | in the presence of | (1) in the presence of; (2) in front |
| sammosa | decline | decline |
| sammoha | confusion [??, 9:25] | confusion |
| saraṇa | refuge | refuge |
| sarāga | passion | (1) with greed; (2) lustful |
| sarīra | body | body |
| sarīrika | physical | |
| sallekha | elimination [of defilements] | effacement |
| saḷāyatana | six sense bases | six sense fields |
| sasaṅkhāra | extra effort | |
| sassata | eternal | eternal |
| sahavyata, sahabyata | companionship | in company |
| sāṭheyya | craftiness, trick [AN 8.13] | (1) deviousness; (2) trick |
| sāta | comfort, comfortable | pleasure |
| sātacca | perseverance, persistence | persistence |
| sātatika | persistent | |
| sāmaggī | concord | harmony |
| sāmañña | (1) ascetic life, asceticism; (2) agreement [AN 8.2] | (1) ascetic life, asceticism; (2) agreement |
| sāmisa | carnal | material |
| sāra | core [4:190, 196, 245; 8:83] | (1) core; (2) essential |
| sārajja | timidity | timidity |
| sārāṇīya | cordiality | politeness |
| sārambha | (1) violent, aggressive; (2) rivalry | aggression |
| sārāga | infatuation [3:113, 9:25] | lust |
| sāvaka | disciple | disciple |
| sāvajjā | blameworthy | blameworthy |
| sāsana | teaching | instructions |
| sāsava | tainted | defiled |
| sikkhā | training | training |
| sikkhāpada | training rule | [training] rule |
| sineha, sneha | affection | (1) affection; (2) moisture; (3) sap |
| siloka | praise | popularity |
| sītibhūta | cooled | cooled |
| sīla | virtuous behavior, precept | (1) ethics; (2) ethical conduct; (3) precept |
| sīlabbata | behavior and observances | precepts and observances |
| sīlavā | virtuous, possessed of virtuous behavior | (1) ethical; (2) virtuous |
| sukha | (1) happiness; (2) pleasure, pleasant (feeling); (3) bliss | (1) happiness; (2) pleasure, pleasant [feeling]; (3) bliss |
| sukhuma | subtle | (1) delicate; (2) fine; (3) exquisite |
| sugata | (1) fortunate; (2) the Fortunate One (epithet of the Buddha) | (1) holy; (2) Holy One |
| sugati | good destination | good place |
| sucarita | good conduct | good conduct |
| suci | pure | purity |
| suñña | empty | empty |
| suññatā | emptiness | emptiness |
| suta | (1) heard; (2) learning | (1) heard; (2) learning; (3) education |
| sudda | untranslated: a member of the worker class | worker |
| suddhāvāsa | pure abode | pure abode |
| suddhi | purity | purity |
| supaṇṇa | — | phoenix |
| suparicita | well consolidated [AN 9.25] | well consolidated |
| subha | beauty, beautiful | beauty, beautiful |
| subhakiṇha | refulgent glory | replete with glory |
| suvaca | easy to correct | easy to admonish |
| surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāna | liquors, wines, and intoxicants, the basis for negligence | alcoholic drinks that cause negligence |
| sekha | trainee | trainee |
| senāsana | lodging | lodging |
| sevitabba | should be repeatedly pursued; should be associated with | (1) to be cultivated; (2) to be associated with |
| soka | sorrow | sorrow |
| sokhumma | subtlety | subtlety |
| soceyya | integrity, purity [AN 3.120] | purity |
| sota | (1) ear; (2) stream (of the Dhamma) | (1) ear; (2) stream [of the Dhamma] |
| sotāpatti | stream-entry | stream-entry |
| sotāpanna | stream-enterer | stream-enterer |
| somanassa | joy | happiness |
| soracca | mildness | gentleness |
| hāna | deterioration | get worse |
| hita | welfare | welfare |
| hiri | sense of shame, moral shame | conscience |
| hīna | low, inferior | inferior |
| hetu | (1) cause; (2) on account of (as suffix) | (1) cause; (2) for the sake of; (3) because of |
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