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piṇḍapāta almsfood

pisuṇā vācā malicious speech

pı̄ti rapture

puggala person

puñña merit

puthujjana punabbhava ordinary person renewal of being

pubbenivāsa past life

*purindada first of givers (56.29)

peta ghost

pharati to pervade

pharusā vācā harsh speech

phala fruit, fruition

phassa contact

*baddha imprisoned (39.14)

*bandha imprisonment (19.7)

*bandhana imprisonment (39.14)

bala power

bahiddhā external(ly)

bahulı̄kata cultivated

bahussuta learned

bāla fool

*bāhulika luxurious (26.26)

buddha (1) untranslated; (2) enlightened, Enlightened One

bojjhanga enlightenment factor

bodhisatta untranslated: a future Buddha

byañjana phrasing

byāpāda ill will

*byābangı̄ carrying-pole (96.10)

brahmacariya holy life, celibacy

brahmavihāra divine abode

brahmā untranslated: (1) supreme God (for brahmins); (2) class of deities (for Buddhists)

brāhmaṇa brahmin (caste)

bhagavā blessed, Blessed One

bhaya fear

bhava being

*bhavyatā ability (119.29)

bhāvanā development

bhāvita developed

bhikkhu untranslated: Buddhist monk

bhikkhunı̄ untranslated: Buddhist nun

bhūta (1) a being; (2) what has come to be

makkha contempt

magga path

macchariya avarice

maññati to conceive

maññita conceiving

*maññussava tide of conceiving (140.30)

*mattaṭṭhaka lasting for a moment (28.7)

*mattha churning-stick (126.17)

mada vanity

manasikāra attention

manussa human

mano mind, mental

mamankāra mine-making

maraṇa death

mahaggata exalted

*mahacca pomp (82.28)

mahāpurisa great man

mahābhūta great element

*mahı̄ geatness (35.30)

mahesakkha in influential m

̄matikā codes (summaries of teachings)

̄mana conceit

̄mayā deceit

micchā wrong

micchācāra misconduct

middha torpor

muta sensed

muditā altruistic joy

muni sage

̄musavāda false speech

mūla root

mettā loving-kindness

moha delusion

yatābhūta as it actually is

*yavetadohi as far as this (81.9)

yogakkhema security from bondage

yoni (mode of) generation

yoniso wise, thorough ran

raya conflict

rati delight

raga lust

ruci approval

rupa (1) form (visible object); (2) material form , materiality; (3) fine-material (be ing)

lābha gain

loka world

lokuttara supramundane

lobha greed

̄ vaci speech, verbal

vatṭa round (of existence)

vata observance

vaya vanishing

vācā speech

vāyāma effort

vāyo air

*vāla trainer (35.5; 56.7)

vicaya investigation

vicāra sustained thought

vicikicchā doubt

vijjā true knowledge

viññāṇa consciousness

viññāṇañcāyatana base of infinite consciousness

viññāta cognized

*viṭabhi canopy (45.4)

vitakka thought, applied thought

vinaya (1) discipline; (2) removal

vinipāta perdition

vinibandha shackle

*vipakkamati to disperse (127.11)

vipariṇāma change

*vipariyāsa (mental) derangement (104.17)

vipassanā insight

vipāka result

*vipekkhati to look about (91.10)

vibhava non-being, extermination

vimutta liberated

vimutti deliverance

vimokkha liberation

virāga (1) dispassion; (2) fading away (as mpermanence)

viriya energy

vivaṭṭa world-expansion

vivāda dispute

viveka seclusion

visama unrighteous

visuddhi purification

vihiṁsā cruelty

vı̄maṁsā investigation

*vuddhası̄la ature virtue (95.9)

*vekurañjā not of either kind (?) (93.14)

veda (1) untranslated: ancient Indian scrip ture; (2) inspiration

vedanā feeling

vedayita what is felt, feeling

veramaṇı̄ abstinence

vessa merchant (caste)

vossagga relinquishment

vohāra expression

*vyāpajjitar one who undertakes (work) (124.32)

saṁyojana fetter

saṁvaṭṭa world-contraction

saṁvara restraint

saṁvega sense of urgency

saṁsāra round of births

sakadāgāmin once-returner

sakkāya identity

sakkāyadiṭṭhi identity view

sakkāra honour

sagga heaven

sankappa intention

sankilesa defilement

sankhata conditioned

sankhāra formation

sangaṇika society

sangha untranslated: (1) the Buddhist monastic order; (2) the community of noble disciples

sacca truth

saññā perception

*saññūḷha concocted (56.30)

sati mindfulness

satipaṭṭhāna foundation