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by Bhikkhu Bodhi


  upasampadā (1) acquisition; (2) higher ordination (i.e., admission into the monastic order)

  upādāna clinging

  upādāya (1) derived from; (2) clinging to

  upādisesa residue (of clinging)

  upāyāsa despair

  upāsaka male lay follower

  upāsikā female lay follower

  upekkhā equanimity

  uppāda arising

  ussoḷhi enthusiasm

  ekaggatā one-pointedness

  ekāyana one-way

  ekodibhāva unification (of mind)

  eja stirring

  esanā search

  ehipassika inviting to come and see

  okkanti descent, entering upon

  ogadha grounded upon (suffix)

  ogha flood

  ottappa fear of wrongdoing

  opanayika applicable

  opapātika spontaneously reborn

  oḷārika gross

  ovāda exhortation

  kaṅkhā perplexity

  kappa aeon

  kabaliṅkāra edible food

  kamma (1) untranslated: morally determinate action; (2) action, deed

  kammanta action

  karuṇā compassion

  kalyāṇa good

  kalla pliant, pliancy

  kāma (1) sensual pleasure, sensuality; (2) desire; (3) sense-sphere (existence)

  kāmaguṇa cord of sensual pleasure

  kāmasukhallika sensual happiness

  kāmesu micchācāra sexual misconduct

  kāya (1) body, bodily; (2) class (of items)

  kāruñña compassion

  kukkucca remorse

  kulaputta clansman

  kusīta lazy

  kevalī consummate one

  kodha anger

  kovida skilled

  khattiya untranslated: a member of the warrior- administrative class (among the four social classes of Indian society)

  khanti (1) patience; (2) acquiescence, acceptance (of a view)

  khandha aggregate, mass

  khaya destruction

  khila barrenness

  khema security

  gati destination

  gantha knot (of mind)

  gandha odour

  gandhabba untranslated: a type of deity dwelling in trees and plants

  gilānapaccay abhesajja-parikkhāra medicinal requisites

  gocara range

  ghāna nose

  cakka wheel

  cakkavattī wheel-turning (monarch)

  cakkhu eye, vision

  caṇḍāla untranslated: an outcast

  caraṇa conduct, esp. good conduct

  cāga (1) giving up; (2) generosity

  citta mind

  cintā reflection

  cīvara robe

  cuti passing away

  cetanā volition

  cetasika mental

  cetiya shrine

  ceteti to intend

  cetovimutti liberation of mind

  chanda desire

  chambhitatta trepidation

  jambudīpa untranslated: “Rose-Apple Land,” the Indian subcontinent

  jarā aging

  jāgariya wakefulness

  jāti birth

  jivhā tongue

  jīva soul

  jīvita life

  jhāna untranslated: a state of deep meditative concentration

  jhāyī a meditator

  ñāṇa knowledge

  ñāya method

  ṭhiti maintenance, stability, continuation

  taṇhā craving

  tatha actual

  tathatā actuality

  tathāgata untranslated: an epithet of the Buddha or more generally of any arahant) meaning “thus come one” or “thus gone one”

  tapa austerity

  tapassī ascetic

  tasiṇā thirst

  tiracchānayoni animal realm

  tuccha hollow

  tuṇhībhāva silence

  tejo heat

  thīna sloth

  thera elder (bhikkhu)

  dama taming, self-control

  dara anguish

  dassana vision, sight

  dāna (1) act of giving; (2) gift

  diṭṭha seen

  diṭṭhadhammika pertaining to the present life

  diṭṭhi view

  diṭṭhe ’va dhamme in this very life

  dukkha (1) suffering; (2) pain, painful (feeling)

  duggata miserable, unfortunate

  duggati bad destination

  duccarita misconduct

  deva untranslated: a deity, celestial being

  devatā untranslated: synonymous with deva

  devaputta a young deva

  desanā teaching (of the Dhamma)

  domanassa displeasure

  dosa hatred

  dvaya dyad

  dhamma (1) untranslated: the Buddha’s teaching; (2) things, phenomena; (3) mental phenomena, (mental) states; (4) quali ties; (5) principle, law; (6) as suffix: subject to, having the nature of

  dhammānusārī Dhamma-follower

  dhammika righteous

  dhātu element

  dhuva stable

  nati inclination

  natthikavāda nihilism

  nandī delight

  nāga untranslated: (1) a dragon; (2) a bull elephant; (3) metaphoric term for an arahant

  nānatta diversity

  nānākaraṇa difference

  nāma name (both literally and as a collective

  term for the basic cognitive functions)

  nāmarūpa name-and-form

  nikāya order (of beings)

  nikkama endeavour

  nigha trouble

  nicca permanent

  nijjarā wearing away

  nijjhāna pondering

  nidāna source

  ninna slanting towards (suffix)

  nibbāna untranslated: the extinction of all defilements and emancipation from the round of rebirths

  nibbidā revulsion

  nibbuta quenched

  nibbedha penetration

  nibbedhika penetrative

  nimitta (1) sign; (2) basis

  niyata fixed in destiny

  niyāma fixed order

  niraya hell

  nirāmisa spiritual (lit. noncarnal)

  nirutti language

  nirodha cessation

  nissaraṇa escape

  nissita based upon (suffix)

  nīvaraṇa hindrance

  nekkhamma renunciation

  nepakka discretion

  n’evasaññānā- saññāyatana base of neither-perception-nornonperception

  paṃsukūla rag-robe

  pakappeti to plan

  paccattaṃ personally

  paccaya condition

  paccānubhoti to experience

  paccuppanna present (time)

  paccekabuddha untranslated: “privately enlightened one,” who awakens to the Four Noble Truths but does not communicate them to others

  pajahati to abandon

  pajā generation (i.e., the total order of living beings)

  pajānāti to understand

  paññatti description

  paññā wisdom

  paññāpana (1) describing; (2) manifestation

  paññāvimutta liberated by wisdom

  paññāvimutti liberation by wisdom

  paṭikkūla repulsive

  nibbuta quenched

  nibbedha penetration

  nibbedhika penetrative

  nimitta (1) sign; (2) basis

  niyata fixed in destiny

  niyāma fixed order

  niraya hell

  nirāmisa spiritual (lit. noncarnal)

  nirutti language

  nirodha cessation

  nissaraṇa escape

  nissita based upon (suffix)

  nīvaraṇa hindrance

  nekkhamma renunciation

  nepakka discretion

  n’
evasaññānā- saññāyatana base of neither-perception-nornonperception

  paṃsukūla rag-robe

  pakappeti to plan

  paccattaṃ personally

  paccaya condition

  paccānubhoti to experience

  paccuppanna present (time)

  paccekabuddha untranslated: “privately enlightened one,” who awakens to the Four Noble Truths but does not communicate them to others

  pajahati to abandon

  pajā generation (i.e., the total order of living beings)

  pajānāti to understand

  paññatti description

  paññā wisdom

  paññāpana (1) describing; (2) manifestation

  paññāvimutta liberated by wisdom

  paññāvimutti liberation by wisdom

  paṭikkūla repulsive

  paṭigha (1) (sensory) impingement; (2) aversion

  paṭicca-samuppanna dependently arisen

  paṭicca-samuppāda dependent origination

  paṭinissagga relinquishment

  paṭipatti practice

  paṭipadā way (of practice)

  paṭipanna practising

  paṭibhāna ingenuity

  paṭivedha penetration

  paṭisaṃvedeti to experience

  paṭisallāna seclusion

  paṇidhi wish

  paṇīta sublime, superior

  paṇḍita wise person

  patiṭṭhā support

  patiṭṭhita established

  patti attainment

  patthanā longing

  pathavī earth

  pada (1) term, sentence, passage, stanza; (2) step, footprint, track; (3) state

  padhāna striving

  papañca proliferation (as act)

  papañcita proliferation (as product)

  pabbajita one who has gone forth into homelessness

  pabbajjā “going forth” into homelessness, the Buddhist novice ordination

  pabbhāra inclining (suffix)

  pabhāsa luminosity

  pamāda negligence

  parakkama exertion

  parāmāsa grasping

  parāyana destination

  parikkhāra requisite, accessory

  parijānāti to fully understand

  pariññā full understanding

  pariṇāmī maturing in (suffix)

  paritassati to be agitated

  paritassanā agitation

  parideva lamentation

  parinibbāna final Nibbāna

  parinibbāyati to attain (final) Nibbāna

  parinibbuta attained final Nibbāna, quenched

  paribbājaka (non-Buddhist) wanderer

  pariyādāna exhaustion

  pariyādāya obsessing

  pariyāya exposition, method (of exposition)

  pariyesanā quest

  pariyosāna goal, final goal

  pariḷāha fever, passion

  parivitakka reflection

  parisā assembly

  parihāna decline

  paloka disintegration

  palokita disintegrating

  paviveka solitude

  pasāda confidence

  passaddhi tranquillity, tranquillization

  pahāna abandoning, abandonment

  pahitatta resolute

  pāṇa living being

  pāṇātipāta destruction of life

  pātimokkha untranslated: the code of monastic rules

  pātubhāva manifestation

  pāmojja gladness

  pāra the far shore, the beyond

  pāripūri fulfilment

  pārisuddhi purification

  piṇḍapāta almsfood

  pipāsa thirst

  pisuṇavācā divisive speech

  pīti rapture

  puggala individual, person

  puñña merit, meritorious

  puthujjana worldling

  punabbhava renewed existence

  pubbaṅgama forerunner

  pubbanimitta precursor

  pubbenivāsa past abode (i.e., previous life)

  purisa person

  pettivisaya domain of ghosts

  pema affection, devotion

  poṇa sloping towards (suffix)

  pharusavācā harsh speech

  phala fruit

  phassa contact

  phāsuvihāra dwelling in comfort

  phoṭṭhabba tactile object

  bandha bond

  bandhana bondage

  bala power

  bahiddhā external, externally

  bahujana multitude (of people)

  bahulīkaroti to cultivate

  bahussuta learned

  bāla fool, foolish

  bāhira (1) external (sense bases); (2) outsider

  buddha (1) untranslated: honorific for Gotama; (2) an Enlightened One, enlightened

  bodha enlightenment

  bodhisatta untranslated: an aspirant for Buddhahood

  byañjana phrase

  byantikaroti to put an end to

  byasana disaster

  byāpajjati to be repelled by

  byāpāda ill will

  byābādha affliction

  brahmacariya holy life

  brahmā untranslated: a sublime deity of the brahmā world

  bhagavā the Blessed One

  bhaya fear

  bhava existence

  bhāvanā development

  bhāveti to develop

  bhikkhu untranslated: fully ordained Buddhist monk

  bhikkhunī untranslated: fully ordained Buddhist nun

  bhiyyobhāva increase

  bhūmi plane

  magga path

  macchariya, macchera selfishness

  majjhima middle, middling

  maññanā conceiving (as act)

  maññita conceiving (as product)

  manasikāra attention

  manāpa agreeable

  manussa human being

  mano mind, mental

  manomaya mind-made

  mamaṅkāra mine-making

  maraṇa death

  marīcikā mirage

  mala stain

  mahaggata exalted

  mahābhūta great element

  mātugāma womankind, a woman

  māna conceit

  māyā magic, magical illusion

  micchatta wrongness

  micchā wrong

  middha torpor

  muṭṭhasati unmindful

  mutti freedom

  muditā altruistic joy

  musāvāda false speech

  mūla root

  mettā lovingkindness

  moha delusion

  yakkha untranslated: a spirit (usually malevolent)

  yathābhūtaṃ as it really is

  yasa fame, glory

  yoga (1) exertion; (2) bond, bondage

  yogakkhema security from bondage

  yojana untranslated: a measure of distance (appx. ten kilometres)

  yoni mode of generation

  yoniso careful, carefully

  rasa taste

  rāga lust

  rittaka void

  ruci personal preference

  rūpa (1) form (i.e., materiality); (2) form (i.e., visible object); (3) form-sphere (existence)

  lābha gain

  loka world

  lokuttara supramundane

  lomahaṃsa terror

  vacī verbal

  vaṭṭa round (of existence)

  vaṇṇa (1) beauty; (2) praise

  vata vow (as vowed observance)

  vaya vanishing

  vācā speech

  vāda doctrine

  vāyāma effort

  vāyo air

  vikkhitta distracted

  vighāta vexation

  vicaya discrimination

  vicāra examination

  vicikicchā doubt

  vijānāti to cognize

  vijjā true knowledge

  viññāṇ
a consciousness

  viññāṇañcāyatana base of the infinity of consciousness

  viññū wise person

  vitakka thought

  vidhā discrimination

  vinaya (1) discipline; (2) removal

  vinipāta nether world

  vinibandha shackle

  vinīta disciplined

  vinodeti to dispel

  vipaṭisāra regret

  vipariṇāma change

  vipassanā insight

  vipāka result (of kamma)

  vibhava extermination

  vimati uncertainty

  vimutti liberation

  vimokkha deliverance

  virāga (1) dispassion; (2) fading away

  viriya energy

  virūḷhi increase

  vivaṭṭa world-expansion

  viveka seclusion

  visaya domain

  visuddhi purification

  visesa distinction

  vihāra dwelling

  vihiṃsā harmfulness

  vīmaṃsā investigation

  vuṭṭhāna emergence

  vuddhi growth

  vūpakaṭṭha withdrawn

  vūpasama subsiding

  vedanā feeling

  vedayita feeling, what is felt

  vepulla expansion

  vera animosity

  veramaṇī abstinence

  vesārajja ground of self-confidence

  vodāna cleansing

  vossagga release

  vy- = by-

  saṃyama self-control

  saṃyoga bondage

  saṃyojana fetter

  saṃvaṭṭa world-contraction

  saṃvara restraint

  saṃvega sense of urgency

  saṃsāra untranslated: the beginningless round of rebirths

  sakadāgāmī once-returner

  sakkāya identity

  sakkāra honour

  sagārava reverential

  sagga heaven, heavenly

  saṅkappa intention

  saṅkilesa defilement

  saṅkhaya extinction

  saṅkhā term, reckoning

  saṅkhāra (1) volitional formation; (2) formation; (3) exertion

  saṅkhitta contracted (of mind)

  saṅgha untranslated: (1) as bhikkhusaṅgha, the Buddhist monastic order; (2) as sāvakasaṅgha, the community of noble disciples, i.e., those who have reached the four paths and fruits of awakening

  sacchikiriya realization

  sañcetanā volition

  sañjānāti to perceive

  saññā perception

  sati mindfulness

  satipaṭṭhāna establishment of mindfulness

  satta a being

  satthā teacher

  sadda sound

  saddhamma the true Dhamma

  saddhā faith

  saddhānusārī faith-follower

  santuṭṭhi contentment

  sandiṭṭhika directly visible

  sappaṭissa deferential

  sappurisa superior person

  sabba all

  samaṇa ascetic

  samatikkama transcendence

  samatha serenity

  samanupassanā way of regarding

  samādhi concentration

  samāpatti attainment

  samāhita concentrated

  samugghāta uprooting

  samudaya origin, origination, arising

 

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