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 |
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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 |