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satta being

sattapada position of beings

saddhamma (1) true Dhamma; (2) good quality

saddhā faith

saddhānusārin faith-follower

santa peaceful

santi peace

santosa contentment

sandiṭṭhika visible here and now

sappurisa true man

sabba all

sabbaññū omniscient

sama righteous

samaṇa recluse

samatha (1) serenity; (2) stilling (of formations); (3) settlement (of litigation)

*samanvāneti to find (131.4)

samācāra conduct, behaviour

samādhi concentration

samāpatti attainment (in meditation)

samudaya origin, arising

sampajañña full awareness

samphappalāpa gossip

sambojjhanga enlightenment factor

sambodhi enlightenment

sammā (1) fully, completely; (2) right(ly)

saraṇa refuge

sallekha effacement

saḷāyatana sixfold base

sassata eternal

sāṭheyya fraud

sāmaggı̄ concord

sārambha rivalry

sāsana Dispensation (of Buddha)

sikkhā training

sikkhāpada training precept

siloka praise

sı̄la (1) virtue; (2) habit; (3) rule

sı̄labbata rules and observances

sukha pleasure, pleasant, bliss

sugata sublime, Sublime One

sugati good destination

suññatā voidness

suta (1) heard; (2) learning

sudda worker (caste)

suddhāvāsa Pure Abodes

subha beauty, beautiful

*suvaca easy to admonish (15.4)

*suvihata fully stretched out (121.5)

*susamanniṭṭha well investigated (pp. su + samannesati) (47.16)

sekha disciple in higher training

senāsana resting place

soka sorrow

sotāpanna stream-enterer

somanassa joy

*hassaka ridiculous (80.15; 99.10)

hita welfare

hiri shame

hetu cause

Index of Subjects

THIS INDEX LISTS SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES only. Italicised numbers refer to the page numbers of the Introduction; references to sutta passages give sutta number followed by section number. The abbreviation “ff.” is here used to indicate that the term of entry pertains to a continuing or repetitive sequence of sections and does not necessarily mean that the term occurs in every section of the sequence. References may be listed under an entry even when the term itself does not appear in the text, as long as the passage is pertinent to the term of entry.

When a stock formulation is applied to each term in a set of categories, the reference is usually given only under the name of the set, not under the individual items belonging to that set. For example, the passage on the enlightenment factors at 2.21 is registered under Enlightenment factors, but not under the names of the individual factors. Cross-references ensure that essential references are not overlooked.

Pali equivalents are provided for all key doctrinal terms, though not for terms of lesser importance or for entries without an exact Pali counterpart. With few exceptions, the Pali term is given in the singular, even though the English entry may be plural. When two Pali words with a different denotation are rendered by a single English word, the two are listed as separate entries—e.g., Mind is listed twice, corresponding to citta and to mano. When a single English word represents two Pali words with overlapping meanings but different contextual usage, the two sets of references are classified within the same entry separated by a slash—e.g., Compassion as a rendering for both karuṇā and anukampā.

Abhidhamma

Acquisition (upadhi); objects of

Action (kamma) and feelingbeings heirs of fourfold; great exposition of; Nigaṇṭhas’ theory of; purification of; that ends action; threefold. See also Conduct; Divine Eye; Reappearance

Action (kammanta): right; wrong. See also Noble Eightfold Path

Adhesion (ālaya)

Ageing (jarā); and death

Aggregates (khandha); and clinging; and Tathāgata; as basis for agitation; as feeble, etc.; as impermanent, etc.; as not self; as personality; as self; as suffering; delight in; gratification in, etc., ; rise and fall of

Agitation (paritassanā)

Air element (vāyodhātu); meditation like. See also Elements

Ājı̄vakas

All (sabba)

Almsfood (piṇḍapāta). See also Ascetic practices; Eating

Altruistic joy (muditā); as basis for insight; as immeasurable