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jāgariya wakefulness

jāti birth

*jātibhūmi native land (24.2)

*j̄peti to fine (caus. of jahati) (35.12; 89.13)

jı̄va soul

jı̄vita life

jhāna (1) untranslated: meditative absorption; (2) meditation

*ñatta renown (47.8)

ñāṇa knowledge

ñāya true way

ṭhāna (1) state; (2) possibility

takka reasoning

*tacchati to pare, to plane (5.31; 130.12)

taṇhā craving

tathāgata untranslated: Thus Come One, Thus Gone One

tiracchānakathā pointless talk

tiracchānayoni animal realm

tulanā scrutiny

*tūlinı̄ silky (21.18)

tejo fire

*telamasikata dirty, oily (75.23)

thambha obstinacy

thı̄na sloth

daratha disturbance

dassana seeing, vision

dāna giving, gift

diṭṭha seen

diṭṭhi view

diṭṭhiṭṭhāna standpoint for views

diṭṭhippatta one attained-to-view

dibbacakkhu divine eye

dibbasota divine ear

*dukkarakārikā performance of austerities (12.56; 26.27)

dukkha suffering, pain, painful

duggati bad destination

duccarita misconduct

*duṭṭhulla inertia (64.9; 127.16; 128.21)

*dubbaca difficult to admonish (15.2)

deva god

devatā deity

devadūta divine messenger

domanassa grief

dosa hate

dhamma (1) untranslated: the Buddha’s teaching; (2) things, states, factors; (3) mind- objects; (4) qualities; (5) teachings; (6) (as suffix) subject to

dhammavicaya investigation-of-states

dhammānusārin Dhamma-follower

dhātu element

*dhutta (brewer’s) mixer (35.5; 56.7)

dhuva everlasting

natthikavāda nihilism

nandı̄ delight

*narassika manly (91.29)

n̄natta diversity

nāma mentality

nāmarūpa mentality-materiality

nicca permanent

*niccakappaṁ constantly (144.11)

niṭṭhā (1) goal; (2) conclusion

nibbāna untranslated: final deliverance from suffering

nibbidā disenchantment

nimitta (1) sign; (2) basis

*nimmathita kindled (90.12)

niraya hell

nirāmisa unworldly

nirodha cessation

*nisevita scraping (27.10)

nissaraṇa escape

nissita dependent

*nihaniṁ instituted (aor.) (83.21)

nı̄varaṇa hindrance

*nı̄hata faultless (140.20)

nekkhamma renunciation

nevasññ̄n̄saññ- ā̄yatana base of neither-perception-nor-non perception

paccanubhoti to experience

paccaya condition

paccavekkhaṇa reviewing, reflection

paccekabuddha untranslated: a solitary enlightened one

pajā generation

paññā wisdom

paññāvimutta one liberated-by-wisdom

paññāvimutti deliverance by wisdom

*paṭikaroti to carry out (instructions), to obey (125.12)

paṭikkūla repulsive

paṭigha (1) sensory impact; (2) aversion

paṭicca samuppāda dependent origination

paṭinissagga relinquishment

paṭipadā (1) way, practice; (2) progress

*paṭivānarūpa disappointed (104.2)

*paṭiveti to disappear (111.4)

paṭisallāna meditation

*paṭṭhita gone out (12.49)

paṭhavı̄ earth

paṇı̄ta sublime

*paṇopanavidhā haggling, bargaining (70.26)

paṇḍita wise, wise man

*paṇḍumutika (rice) stored in a sheaf (81.16)

*padumaka (kind of wood) (93.11)

padhāna striving

papañca proliferation

*papatati to flee (12.48)

pabbajj̄ going forth (into homelessness)

pabhava production

*pabhāvika arising from (87.3)

pabhivatta selected (81.18)

pamāda negligence

parāmāsa adherence

*parikkamana avoidance (8.14)

parikkhāra requisite

*parikkhepeti to utterly destroy (35.21)

pariggaha possession

pariññā full understanding

paritassanā agitation

parideva lamentation

parinibb̄na (1) final Nibbāna; (2) extinguishing

paribbājaka wanderer

pariyuṭṭhāna obsession

pariyesanā search

paḷāsa insolence

*pavaṭṭikā ornamental chain (140.20)

*pavana wilds (of forest) (19.25; 26.34)

paviveka seclusion

pasāda confidence

passaddhi tranquillity

pahāna abandonment

pahitatta resolute

*pāṭipuggalika personal, for a particular person (142.5)

pāṇa living being

pāṇātipāta killing living beings

*pāṇupeta for life (until the end of one’s life) (4.35)

*pātavyatā gulping down (45.3)

pātimokkha untranslated: code of monastic rules

pāpa evil

pāpicchā evil desire

pāmojja gladness

pāramı̄ perfection

pāripūri fulfilment

pārisuddhi purification

*pāsādanı̄ya inspiring, pleasing