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1. Pa I	Dialect spoken by the contemporaries of the Buddha in the north of modern India. pa i was a language…	1
2. Paacittiya	(another name for Pacittiya)	3
3. Paali	(another name for Pali)	8
4. Paaraajika	(another name for Parajika)	4
5. Paaramii	(another name for Paramita)	13
6. Paaramitaa	(another name for Paramita)	13
7. Paatidesaniya	(another name for Patidesaniya)	2
8. Paatimokkha	(another name for Pâtimokkha)	5
9. Paatimokkha Rule	(another name for Patimokkha Rule)	1
10. Pabba	N Part, chapter, section.	1
11. Pabbajita Sutta	On how a monk should develop and cultivate his mind, filling it with thoughts of how to get rid of e…	1
12. Pabbajja	"Going forth (from home to the homeless life)"; ordination as a samanera (samaneri…	3
13. Pabbajja Sutta	When Gotama, after leaving home, entered Giribbaja (Rajagaha) for alms, Bimbisara saw him go and s…	1
14. Pabbajjaa	(another name for Pabbajja)	3
15. Pabbata	1. Pabbata. A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a nominal list. M.iii.70. 2. Pabbata. The name of th…	1
16. Pabbata Vihara	A monastery built by Moggallana 1. and given over to the Thera Mahanama of the Dighasana (? Dighasan…	1
17. Pabbatabbhantara	The Pali name for the Burmese Taung dwin gyi. Bode, op. cit., 43.	1
18. Pabbatachinna	An eminent nun of Ceylon. Dpv.xv.78; in xviii. she is called Pabbata.	1
19. Pabbatakumara	The son of Dhananda. He was kidnapped by Canakka who brought him up with his protege, Candagutta. On…	1
20. Pabbatanta	A canal built by Mahasena from the Mahavalukaganga. Mhv.xxxvii.50.	1
21. Pabbatarama	A monastery built by Pabbata, minister of Vattagamani. It is probably the same that is mentioned in …	1
22. Pabbatarattha	A district in the centre of Videharattha. In it was the city of Dhammakonda, the residence of Dhaniy…	1
23. Pabbatupama Sutta	1. Pabbatupama Sutta Pasenadi comes to the Buddha and tells him that he has been much occupied wi…	1
24. Pabbatupatthara Jataka	Once, Brahmadatta, king of Benares, discovered one of his courtiers intriguing in his harem. But b…	1
25. Pabbharadayaka	An arahant. He once cleaned the shed (pabbhara) in which Piyadassi Buddha kept his drinking water an…	1
26. Pabbharavasi Tissa	Having received a topic of meditation from the Buddha, he went into the forest. Seeing a cave, he …	1
27. Pabhangu Sutta	The Buddha teaches that which has the nature of crumbling away and that which has not. Body crumbles…	1
28. Pabhankara	An arahant. He once saw the cetiya of Padumuttam Buddha covered with trees and creepers and quite in…	1
29. Pabhassara	A king of long ago, a previous birth of Maha Kaccana. Ap.i.84.	1
30. Pabhassara Sutta	The mind is luminous, but is defiled by taints from without. It can, however, be cleansed of these t…	1
31. Pabhavati	1. Pabhavati. Mother of Sujata Buddha. Bu.xiii.20; J.i.38. 2. Pabhavati. Mother of Sikkhi Buddh…	1
32. Pabhedavatthu	, Pabhejavatthu. See Mahejjavatthu.	1
33. Pacaka	M (Kitchen).	1
34. Pacala Sutta	Once, when the Buddha was at Sumsumaragiri, he saw with his divine eye that Moggallana was at Kall…	1
35. Pacayika	Sutta. Few are they that pay respect to the elders of the clan; more numerous those that do not (S.v…	1
36. Paccagamaniya	An arahant. In the time of Vipassi Buddha he was a cakkavaka dwelling on the banks of the river Si…	1
37. Paccanika Sutta	Once the brahmin Paccanikasata of Savatthi visited the Buddha and asked him to recite a doctrine. Bu…	1
38. Paccanikasata	A brahmin of Savatthi, to whom the Buddha refused to preach (see Paccania Sutta). Buddhaghosa says (…	1
39. Paccanta Sutta	Few are those born in the Majjhimadesa; more numerous those born in the Paccanta janapada, among unr…	1
40. Paccantajanapada	In the texts contrast is often drawn between the Paccantajanapada and the Majjhimadesa. In the lat…	1
41. Paccari	See Mahapaccari.	1
42. Paccattam	Personal; individual.	1
43. Paccavekkhana ñāna	'retrospective knowledge', refers to the recollected mental image obtained in concentratio…	1
44. Paccavekkhana Suddhi	'purity of reflection', is a name for wise consideration in using the 4 requisites allowed…	1
45. Paccaya	Paccaya or 'condition', is something on which something else, the so-called 'condi…	5
46. Paccaya Sannissita Sīla	'morality consisting in the wise use of the monk's requisites'; s. sīla (4).	1
47. Paccayakara	Pali for 'causal genesis';	1
48. Paccayapariggaha	M Distinction made between causes and effects.	1
49. Paccayasangaha	A compilation by Vacissara. Gv.71.	1
50. Pacceka	M Distinct.	1
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51. Pacceka Bodhi	'independent enlightenment'; s. the foll. and bodhi.	1
52. Pacceka Brahma	Mention is made in one or two places in the books of Brahmas who are described as Pacceka Brahma - e…	1
53. Pacceka Buddha	The name given to one who is enlightened by and for himself- i.e., one who has attained to supreme…	2
54. Paccekabuddha	M (Distinct (pacceka); The one who knows (buddha)) Being who reaches the knowledge of the four noble…	1
55. Pacchabhu	The teacher of Malitavambha (Thag.vs.105; ThagA.i.211); the word perhaps means born in the west; see…	1
56. Pacchabhumaka Sutta	Once, when the Buddha was at the Pavarika ambavana, Asibandhakaputta visits him and asks if he…	1
57. Pacchabhumma	(Pacchabhuma). The name given to the district to the west (of the Majjhimadesa) (S.iii.5, 6; SA.ii.1…	1
58. Pacchājāta Paccaya	'post-nascence-condition', is one of the 24 conditions (paccaya).	1
59. Pacchasamana Sutta	The five qualities which should be lacking in a monk who is taken as an attendant (pacchasamana). A.…	1
60. Pacchidayaka	See Sajjhadayaka.	1
61. Pacchimadesa	A province in Ceylon, probably in the west. Cv.xliv.88f.; but see Cv. Trs.i.82, n.4. In the province…	1
62. Pacchimadisa	(another name for Pacchimadesa)	1
63. Pacchimapassa	(another name for Pacchimadesa)	1
64. Pacchimarama	A monastery, probably to the west of Pulatthipura. It was founded by Parakkamabahu I. and contained …	1
65. Paccorohani Sutta	Janussoni tells the Buddha how, on certain fast days, the brahmins perform a ceremony called paccoro…	1
66. Paccorohani Vagga	The twelfth section of the Dassaka Nipata of the Anguttara Nikaya (A.v.222 37). One of the suttas de…	1
67. Paccuddhara	M (Fact to cancel a determination).	1
68. Paccuggamaniya	An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he saw Siddhattha Buddha and followed him with rapt gaze. Twenty …	1
69. Paccupat Thana	Manifestation, Appearance or Effect.	1
70. Paccupatthanasannaka	An arahant. In the time of Atthadassi Buddha he was a Yakkha, and, learning that the Buddha had di…	1
71. Paceli Vihara	A monastery in Sonnagiripada, residence of Sonaka Thera, son of the hunter. MA.ii.887. See also Pipp…	1
72. Pacetana	A king of old, whose wheelwright was the Bodhisatta (A.i.110). See Cakkavatti Sutta.	1
73. Pacetana Sutta	See Cakkavatti Sutta.	1
74. Pacina Sutta	A group of three suttas, in all of which it is stated that just as certain rivers (e.g. Ganga, Yamun…	1
75. Pacinadesa	The Eastern Province of Ceylon. It was less important than the Dakkhinadesa (See, e.g., Cv.xlviii.33…	1
76. Pacinadipa	An island off the coast of Ceylon. While on a journey there in order to eat jambu fruit, Sanghatis…	1
77. Pacinaka	By this name are described the Vajjiputtaka monks who raised the Ten Points which occasioned the Sec…	1
78. Pacinakambavitthi	A monastery in Ceylon, built by Dhatusena. Cv.xxxviii.48.	1
79. Pacinakhandaraji	A district in Ceylon near Cittapabbata (Mhv.xxiii.4; see Mhv.Trs.155, n.3 and Cv. Trs.i.71, n.2) i…	1
80. Pacinapabbata	A monastery in Ceylon, on the Vanguttarapabbata, and built by Suratissa. Mhv.xxi.5.	1
81. Pacinarama	A monastery to the east of Anuradhapura, built by Devanampiyatissa in the first year of his reign …	1
82. Pacinatissa Vihara	A vihara probably near Jambukola. When the Bodhi tree arrived in Ceylon, it was taken there on the t…	1
83. Pacinatissapabbata Vihara	A monastery in Ceylon, built by Jetthatissa and given to the monks of the five settlements. The st…	1
84. Pacinavamsa	The name of Mount Vepulla in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. The inhabitants were called Tivara, and …	1
85. Pacinavamsadaya	A park in the Cetiya kingdom (A.iv.228f). The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, whil…	1
86. Pacinavamsamigadaya	(another name for Pacinavamsadaya)	1
87. Pacittiya	One of the two main divisions of the Sutta Vibhanga of the Vinaya Pitaka. It contains Vinaya rules c…	3
88. Pacuruyyana	A park in Ceylon, laid out by Parakkmabahu I. Cv.lxxix.12.	1
89. Pada Parama	'one for whom the words are the utmost attainment'. "Whoever, though having learne…	1
90. Pada Sutta	1. Pada Sutta Just as all the foot characteristics of roaming creatures are united in the foot of…	1
91. Pādaka Jjhāna	'foundation-forming absorption', is an absorption used as a foundation, or starting point,…	1
92. Padakkamana	See Padavikkamana.	1
93. Padakusalamanava Jataka	Once the queen of a Benares king, having sworn a false oath, became a horse faced yakkha. She serv…	1
94. Padalanchana	A village in Ceylon where Vajira, queen of Kassapa V., built a monastery for the Theravadins (Cv.lii…	1
95. Padalola Brahmadatta	King of Benares. He loved dancing, and had three houses in which young, middle aged, and old women…	1
96. Padanjali Jataka	Brahmadatta, king of Benares, had a son Padanjali, who was an idle loafer. When the king died, the…	1
97. Padapavara	Seven kappas ago there were four kings of this name, previous births of Sattapaduminiya Thera. AP.i.…	1
98. Padapithiya	An arahant. In the past he made a footstool for the seat of Sumedha Buddha. Ap.ii.400.	1
99. Padapujaka	1. Padapujaka Thera. An arahant. In the past he scattered seven jasmine flowers on the feet of Siddh…	1
100. Padaratittha Vihara	A monastery in the Damila country in South India. It was the residence of Acariya Dhammapala (Sas.33…	1
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101. Padarupasiddhi	See Rupasiddhi.	1
102. Padarupavibhavana	A commentary on Namarupapariccheda. Gv.71.	1
103. Padasadhana	A Pali grammar belonging to the Moggallana school, by Piyadassi. Vanaratana Ananda wrote a Singh…	1
104. Padasannaka	Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he happened upon the footprint of Tissa Buddha and was over…	1
105. Padatthanam	Proximate caus.	1
106. Padavarasunnakanda	A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon. Cv.lxvi.10.	1
107. Padavi	A locality in Ceylon where Udaya 1. built a large hall for the sick. Cv.xlix.19.	1
108. Padavibhaga	A grammatical work by a monk named Nana. Bode, op. cit., 71.	1
109. Padavikkamana	A king of eighty two kappas ago, a previous birth of Manava (Sammukhathavika) Thera (ThagA.i.164; Ap…	1
110. Padesa Sutta	1. Padesa Sutta A conversation between Sariputta, Anuruddha and Moggallana in the Ketakivana in S…	1
111. Padesavihara Sutta	The Atthasalini (p.30) refers to a sutta of this name and quotes from it. The reference is, evidentl…	1
112. Padhana	M (Main, essential).	2
113. Padhana Sutta	1. Padhana Sutta The four kinds of effort: to restrain, to abandon to develop, and to preserve. A…	1
114. Padhanaghara	, see Mahapadhanaghara.	1
115. Padhanakammika Tissa	Five hundred monks of Savatthi retire into the forest to meditate; one (Tissa) falls away, the res…	1
116. Padhanarakkha	, a monastery in Ceylon where Manavamma erected the Sepannipasada. Cv.xlvii.64.	1
117. Padhanika Tissa	He went with five hundred others to meditate in the forest, and, having instructed his fellows to …	1
118. Padhāniyanga	'elements of effort', are the following 5 qualities: faith, health, sincerity, …	1
119. Padhaniyayga	M Main element necessary to the realisation of nibbana.	1
120. Padirattha	A district in Ceylon, where Magha and Jayabahu set up fortifications. Cv.lxxxiii.16; see also lxxxvi…	1
121. Padivapi	A tank restored by Parakkamabahu II. Cv.lxxix.34. See also Cv.Trs.ii.119, n.2.	1
122. Padiyattha	A district, the birthplace of Jotidasa Thera (ThagA.i.264). v.l. Paniyattha.	1
123. Padma	Central symbol in Buddhism. Because the lotus grows in the mud but blooms untainted above the surfac…	4
124. Padmasambhava	PADMASAMBHAVA (Tib. Pema Jungne, Guru Rinpoche). Semi historical Indian tantric teacher who is regar…	2
125. Padulaka	A tank built by Dhatusena. Cv.xxxviii.50.	1
126. Paduma	1. Paduma The eighth of the twenty four Buddhas. He was born in Campaka. His father was the Khatt…	1
127. Padumacchadaniya	An arahant. He offered a lotus at the pyre of Vipassi Buddha. Forty seven kappas ago he was a king n…	1
128. Padumacchara	A name given to the nymphs who danced in the lotus blossoms, which grew in the ponds between the tus…	1
129. Padumadhariya	An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he offered a lotus to a Pacceka Buddha named Sambhava. Ap.ii.453f.…	1
130. Padumaghara	A building in Anuradhapura, where gifts were presented to the monks (Mhv.xxxiv.65). It was in the pa…	1
131. Padumakesariya	An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was an elephant and, seeing the Buddha Vipassi, scattered lotus…	1
132. Padumakutagariya	An Arahant. In the time of Piyadassi Buddha he was a hunter and, having seen the Buddha, built for…	1
133. Padumanahanakottha	A bathing pool in the form of a lotus, built in Pulatthipura by Parakkamabahu I. Cv.lxxviii.45.	1
134. Padumapokkharani	A pond in Anuradhapura in the palace grounds. Near by was the Padumaghara. MT.633.	1
135. Padumapujaka	1. Padumapujaka Thera An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he lived in Romasa, near Himava, and offe…	1
136. Padumapuppha	(or Pundarika) Sutta. Once a monk, living in a forest tract in Kosala, returned from his alms round …	1
137. Padumapupphiya	An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago, while picking lotuses, he saw Phussa Buddha and offered him a flo…	1
138. Padumassara	A park in Anuradhapura laid out by King Kutakanna Tissa. Mhv.xxxiv.35.	1
139. Padumavati	1. Padumavati Mother of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas. She was once a householders daughter in a v…	1
140. Padumissara	A king of forty seven kappas ago; a former birth of Padumacchadaniya Thera. Ap.i.98.	1
141. Padumuttara	1. Padumuttara The tenth of the twenty four Buddhas. He was born in Hamsavati, of the khattiya An…	1
142. Padumuttara Buddha	In Buddhism, Padumuttara Buddha is the thirteenth in the List of the 28 Buddhas. His life parallels …	1
143. Padyapadoruvamsa	The name given to the Mahavamsa by the author of the Mahavamsa Tika (q.v.). v.l. Padyapadanuvamsa.	1
144. Pagata Sutta	A conversation between Sariputta and Maha Kotthita as to whether or not the Tathagata exists after d…	1
145. Pagoda	Also Dagoba, Chorten and Wat. Alternative names in difference countries for stupa or place of worshi…	1
146. Pagoda Festival	(another name for Perfume Pagoda Festival)	1
147. Pagunnata	Part of the Sobhana Cetasikas. Fifth set is pagunnata. They are cittapagunnata and kayapagunnata. Ci…	3
148. Pahāna	'overcoming', abandoning. There are 5 kinds of overcoming: (1) overcoming by repression (v…	1
149. Pahāna Pariññā	s. pariññā.	1
150. Pahana Sutta	The higher life (brahma cariya) is for the purpose of getting rid of the seven fetters (sanyojanani)…	1
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