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1. Cāga	'liberality', is one of the 'blessings' (s. sampadā), 'foundations'…	1
2. Caitika	The Caitika school of Buddhism split from Mahasamghaka in the middle of the first century BCE. It la…	1
3. Caitya	Tumulus, a mausoleum; a place where the relics of Buddha were collected; hence, a place where the su…	2
4. Caityasailah	See Jetavaniyah.	1
5. Caityavandana	See Jetavaniyah.	1
6. Cakka	'wheel', is one of the seven 'precious possessions' (ratana) of a righteous Wor…	1
7. Cakka Peyyala	The seventh chapter of the Sacca Samyutta (S.v.456-8). When the Buddhas teaching disappears, t…	1
8. Cakka Sutta	1. Cakka Sutta - On the four wheels that lead to prosperity: dwelling in fit places, association wit…	1
9. Cakka Vagga	Cakka Vagga - The fourth chapter of the Catukka Nipata of the Anguttara Nikaya. A.ii.32-44.	1
10. Cakkadaha	The home of the Cakkaratana of a Cakkavatti. J.iv.232.	1
11. Cakkana	An upasaka of Ceylon. While he was a boy, his mother once fell grievously ill and the doctors orde…	1
12. Cakkaratana	One of the seven treasures of a Cakkavatti. When a Cakkavatti is born into the world, the Cakkarat…	1
13. Cakkavaka Jataka	1. Cakkavaka Jataka (No.434) - A greedy crow, dissatisfied with the fish from the Ganges, flew to …	1
14. Cakkavala	The name given to a whole world system, there being countless such systems. Each Cakkavala is tw…	1
15. Cakkavatti	(another name for Cakravartin)	2
16. Cakkavatti Sutta	1. Cakkavatti Sutta (also called Pacetana Sutta). There was once a king called Pacetana who asked …	1
17. Cakkavatti Vagga	The fifth chapter of the Bojjhanga Samyutta. S.v.98-102.	1
18. Cakkavattisihanada Sutta	Preached to the monks at Matula. It is a sermon on the necessity of living in accordance with the …	1
19. Cakkh āyatana	'the base "visual organ" ' (s. āyatana).	1
20. Cakkhayatana	Cakkhayatana ( cakkhu + ayatana ) is the place where the subject eye consciousness or cakkhuvinnana …	1
21. Cakkhu	Cakkhu means related to eye.	3
22. Cakkhu Dhātu	'the element "visual organ" '(s. dhātu).	1
23. Cakkhu Pasada	See pasada rupas Cakkhuppasada is eye. But eye in conventional sense is not cakkhuppasada. Cakkhu p…	2
24. Cakkhu Samphassa	eye-contact;	1
25. Cakkhu Sutta	1. Cakkhu Sutta - Preached to Rahula at Jetavana. The Buddha shows him how the eye and all the oth…	1
26. Cakkhu Viññāna	'eye-consciousness' (s. viññāna).	1
27. Cakkhulola Brahmadatta	King of Benares. He was very fond of watching dancing and had three dancing halls where girls and …	1
28. Cakkhupala	An arahant. He was the son of a landowner, Maha Suvanna of Savatthi, and was called Maha Pala (maj…	1
29. Cakkhuppasada	(another name for Cakkhu Pasada)	2
30. Cakkhuvinnana	Read:_cakkhu vinnana	1
31. Cakra	(another name for Chakra)	8
32. Cakravala	The nine cakravala or concentric mountain ranges or continents, separated by eight seas, of a univer…	1
33. Cakravartin	CAKRAVARTIN (Skt., = Pali cakkavatti) Indian ideal of the world ruling king.	2
34. Cala	1. Cala Theri - Daughter of Surupasari and, therefore, younger sister of Sariputta. She had two sist…	1
35. Cala Sutta	-Records Maras visit to Cala Theri and their conversation. S.i.132.	1
36. Calaka	See Talata.	1
37. Calika	A village near the Calikapabbata, where the Buddha spent the vassas of the thirteenth, eighteent…	1
38. Calikapabbata	A hill near Calika where the Buddha stayed during his visits to Calika. The hill was quite white…	1
39. Cambodia		0
40. Cambutivapi	A tank built by Vasabha. Mhv.xxxv.95.	1
41. Cammakkhandhaka	The fifth chapter of the Mahavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.i.179ff	1
42. Cammasataka Jataka	Once a religious mendicant, clad in a leather garment, saw a ram falling back before him, and imag…	1
43. Campa	1. Campa - A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Anga and was celeb…	1
44. Campaka	1. Campaka - A city in the time of Atthadassi Buddha. The Bodhisatta, as Susima, was born there. B…	1
45. Campakapupphiya	1. An arahant. In a previous birth, ninety one kappas ago, he saw a holy recluse under the mountain …	1
46. Campakapupphiya	1. An arahant. In a previous birth, ninety one kappas ago, he saw a holy recluse under the mountain …	1
47. Campakapupphiya	1. An arahant. In a previous birth, ninety one kappas ago, he saw a holy recluse under the mountain …	1
48. Campakapupphiya	1. An arahant. In a previous birth, ninety one kappas ago, he saw a holy recluse under the mountain …	1
49. Campeyya	A Naga king who dwelt in the river Campa. See the Campeyya Jataka.	1
50. Campeyya Cariya	See Campeyya Jataka.	1
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51. Campeyya Jataka	Once the king of Magadha, at constant war with the king of Anga, obtaining the help of the Naga ki…	1
52. Campeyyaka	(another name for Campeyya)	1
53. Campeyyakkhandhaka	The ninth chapter of the Maha Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.i.312ff	1
54. Canakka	A brahmin of Takkasila, who killed King DhanAnanda and placed Candagutta on the throne (Mhv.v.16f.…	1
55. Canavela	v.l. for Tanaveli (q.v.).	1
56. Canda	1. Canda - A king, one of the chief lay supporters of Kondanna Buddha (BuA.114). 2. Canda - Chi…	1
57. Candabha	1. Candabha Thera - An arahant. He belonged to a wealthy brahmin family of Rajagaha and was called…	1
58. Candabha Jataka	The Bodhisatta was once an ascetic and, at the moment of his death, answered his disciples inquiri…	1
59. Candabhaga	1. Candabhaga - A river in India. It was the third river crossed by Maha Kappina and his wife on t…	1
60. Candabhanu	A king of Java. He invaded Ceylon in the eleventh year of the reign of Parakkamabahu II. but was d…	1
61. Candadeva	The third of the Andhakavenhudasaputta. J.iv.81.	1
62. Candadevi	See Canda.	1
63. Candadhara	Name of the god Siva. Cv.lxxiv.193.	1
64. Candagabbha	One of the seven mountain ranges which must be crossed on the way to Gandhamadana. SNA.i.66.	1
65. Candagiri	A vihara in Ceylon built by Vijayabahu I (Cv.lx.61). Geiger (Cv.Trs.i.220, n.2) identifies it with t…	1
66. Candagutta	1. Candagutta - King of Jambudipa. He belonged to the Moriya dynasty and gained the throne through…	1
67. Candaka	1. Candaka - Another name for Canda (Candakumara). 2. Candaka - The palace of King Sivi. J.iv.411…	1
68. Candakinnara Jataka	Once the Bodhisatta, born as a kinnara named Canda, lived with his mate Canda in the Canda mountai…	1
69. Candakumara	1. Candakumara - The son and viceroy of Ekaraja, king of Pupphavati (Benares). He was the Bodhisatta…	1
70. Candakumara Cariya	See Candakumara (1).	1
71. Candakumara Jataka	Another name for the Khandahala Jataka.	1
72. Candalas		0
73. Candamitta	One of the two chief women disciples of Vipassi Buddha. Bu.xx.29; J.i.41.	1
74. Candamukha	A cave in Dhumarakkhapabbata. Maliyamahadeva Thera once lived there. Ras.ii.126. -- or -- One of the…	1
75. Candamukha Siva	Son of Ilanaga and king of Ceylon (103-112 A.C.) for eight years and seven months. His wife was Da…	1
76. Candamukha Tissa	The Majjhima Commentary contains a reference to a king of Ceylon bearing this name. He visited the…	1
77. Candamukhi	The wife of Meghavanna devaputta. Ras.ii.126. -- or -- Wife of Metteyya Buddha in his last lay life.…	1
78. Candana	White candana, or white sandalwood.	3
79. Candana Sutta	1. Candana Sutta - The devaputta Candana visits the Buddha at Jetavana and asks him how one can cr…	1
80. Candanagama	A village in Rohana. The nobles of the village took part in the festival of the arrival of the B…	1
81. Candanamala		1
82. Candanamaliya		1
83. Candanangalika	A lay disciple of the Buddha in Savatthi. He was present when five rajas, including Pasenadi, visi…	1
84. Candanapasada	A building in the Maricavatti vihara erected by Mahinda IV. It housed the Hair Relic of the Buddha i…	1
85. Candanapujaka	An arahant. He was once a kinnara in Candabhaga and lived on flowers. He offered a piece of sandal…	1
86. Candanasala	See Candanamala.	1
87. Candapabbata	See Canda (7).	1
88. Candapaduma	1. Candapaduma - The chief consort of the Setthi Mendaka of Bhaddiya, and mother of Dhananjaya (Dh…	1
89. Candapadumasiri	See Candapaduma.	1
90. Candarama	A monastery in Candavati, where Kondanna Buddha spent his first vassa. BuA.110.	1
91. Candasama	See Candupama.	1
92. Candasarattha Tika	A Commentary on the Sambandhacinta written in the fourteenth century by Saddhammanana of Pagan. P.L.…	1
93. Candasuriya	A friend of Mahadhanadeva. See Ariyagala tissa.	1
94. Candavankavithi	A street in Anuradhapura. Ras.ii.123.	1
95. Candavati	1. Candavati - Wife of Assalayana and mother of Maha Kotthita. Ap.ii.480. 2. Candavati - The ci…	1
96. Candgutta	A king of twenty kappas ago, a previous birth of Tamalapupphiya. Ap.i.197.	1
97. Candika	Mother of Candikaputta. See below.	1
98. Candikaputta	A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikaputta to the monks, is recorded in t…	1
99. Candima	1. Candima, Candimasa, Canda - The name of the devaputta whose abode (vimana) is the moon (Canda),…	1
100. Candima Sutta	Records the incident of the Buddhas request to Rahu to free Candima. (S.i.50)	1
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101. Candimasa	(another name for Candima)	1
102. Candimasa Sutta	Records the visit of the devaputta Candimasa to the Buddha and the conversation that ensued. S.i.51.	1
103. Candiya	See Candakumara.	1
104. Candupama	A king of twenty three kappas ago, a previous birth of Vannakaraka Thera. v.l. Candasama. Ap.i.220.	1
105. Candupama Sutta	Monks who visit families must be like the moon, just as is Maha Kassapa. They should be unobtrusiv…	1
106. Cangotakiya	An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he lived near the sea, and seeing Siddhattha Buddha, gave him a b…	1
107. Cankama	Walking meditation, usually in the form of walking back and forth along a prescribed path.	1
108. Cankama Sutta	The five advantages of a cankama (cloister): it trains one to travel, encourages striving, it is hea…	1
109. Cankamadayaka	An arahant. Eighteen kappas ago he made a magnificent cloistered walk for Atthadassi Buddha. For thr…	1
110. Cankers	s. āsava.	1
111. Canki	A mahasala brahmin, contemporary of the Buddha, reputed for his great learning and highly esteemed…	1
112. Canki Sutta	Canki, with a large company of brahmins, visits the Buddha at Opasada and finds him conversing wit…	1
113. Cankolapupphiya	An arahant. In the time of Vipassi Buddha he was known as Narada Kassapa and offered the Buddha a ca…	1
114. Cannda	1. Cannda - A headman (gamani) of Savatthi. He came to see the Buddha at Jetavana and asked him wh…	1
115. Cannda Ppajjota	King of Avanti in the time of the Buddha. His name was Pajjota, the sobriquet being added on accou…	1
116. Cannda Sutta	Describes the visits of the Gamani Cannda to the Buddha. See Cannda (1).	1
117. Canndagamani	See Gamanicannda.	1
118. Canndakali	A nun, well known for her quarrelsome propensities. She was a friend of Thullananda, during whose …	1
119. Canndala Sutta	He who is without faith, without morals, is a diviner by curious ceremonies, believes in luck and …	1
120. Canndalakappa	A locality in Kosala; it was the residence of Dhananjani and of Sangarava. The Buddha once paid …	1
121. Canndalatissa Mahabhaya	According to the Anguttara Commentary (AA.i.52), there was once a period of great disaster in Ceyl…	1
122. Canndasoka	The name given to Asoka, because he so cruelly killed his brothers. The name was later changed into …	1
123. Canndavajji	The son of a minister of Pataliputta and friend of Siggava. The friends entered the Order under So…	1
124. Canndi	1. Candi - One of the chief women supporters of Narada Buddha. Bu.x.25. 2. Candi - A name given t…	1
125. Canndidvara	One of the gates erected in Pulatthipura by Parakkamabahu I. It was brightly painted (Cv.lxxiii.161;…	1
126. Canndorana	A mountain in the Himalaya region. The Bodhisatta, as an elephant, once lived there looking after hi…	1
127. Canura	A wrestler employed by Kamsa to fight the Andhakavenhuda saputta. But Baladeva put a strap round him…	1
128. Capa Theri	A trappers daughter in Vankahara who became the wife of the Ajivaka Upaka and bore him a son, Subh…	1
129. Capala	A Yakkha. See Capala cetiya.	1
130. Capala Cetiya	A shrine near Vesali. Here the Buddha, three months before his parinibbana, definitely decided t…	1
131. Capala Vagga	The first chapter of the Iddhipada Samyutta. S.v.254-63.	1
132. Capital Punishment	Because Buddhism exists in many forms, under many organisations, there is no unified Buddhist policy…	1
133. Cara Sutta	1. Cara, Caraka - One of the successors of Maha Sammata and a member of the Sakya tribe. He had a …	1
134. Cara Vagga	(another name for Cara Sutta)	1
135. Carana	s. vijjā-carana.	1
136. Cari	Probably the name of a celestial musician, or, perhaps, of a musical instrument. VvA.94; but see not…	1
137. Carimalopa Sutta	A name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 57) to a Sutta of the Itivuttaka (Itv. p.18f). The Buddha…	1
138. Carita	'nature, character'. In Vis.M. III there are explained six types of men: the greedy-…	1
139. Carita Sutta	1. Carita Sutta - The four wrong practices: lying speech, spiteful speech, bitter speech, idle bab…	1
140. Cāritta	'morality consisting in performance and morality consisting in avoidance,' means "t…	1
141. Cariyakatha	The fifth chapter of the Pannavagga of the Patisambhida magga. Ps.ii.225f.	1
142. Cariyapitaka	One of the fifteen books of the Khuddaka Nikaya, generally placed last in the list. It contains tale…	1
143. Caroline Rhys Davids		0
144. Carrithers	(another name for Michael Carrithers)	0
145. Carukkatta	A village in South India. Cv.lxxvi.127.	1
146. Carya	Carya means ’practice’, ’conduct’, or ’action&a…	1
147. Caste System	(another name for Catuvana)	0
148. Catassa Sutta	There are four elements - earth, water, heat, air. S.ii.169.	1
149. Cathamangama	A tank constructed by Vasabha. Mhv.xxxv.95.	1
150. Catigatikapatimaghara	An image house attached to the Mahathupa and built by Mahadathika Mahanaga. MT.634.	1
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