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1. Ta Wei Te	(another name for Yamantaka)	3
2. Taadi	(another name for Tadi)	1
3. Taapas	(another name for Tapas)	2
4. Tabbarattha	A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon (Cv.lxix.8).	1
5. Tabbavapi	A tank in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon (Cv.lxviii.3).	1
6. Tacasara Jataka	Once a poor village doctor saw some boys playing near a tree, in the hollow of which lived a snake…	1
7. Tacchaka	A class of Nagas present at the Mahasamaya. D.ii.258.	1
8. Tacchasukara Jataka	Once a carpenter in a village near Benares picked up a young boar from a pit and took him home and…	1
9. Tadadhimutta	A Pacceka Bhuddha. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.	1
10. Tadanga Pahāna	'overcoming by the opposite', is one of the 5 kinds of overcoming (pahāna).	1
11. Tadanga Sutta	Kaludayi asks Ananda, at the Ghositarama, what is meant by Tadanganibbana, and Ananda answers. A.iv.…	1
12. Tadarammana	Retention;	1
13. Tadārammana Citta	'registering consciousness' (s. Tab. I, 40-49, 56), is the last stage in the complete proc…	1
14. Taddhigama	A chieftain of Rohana, subdued by Parakkamabahu I. He held the title of Lankapura. Cv.lxxv.180.	1
15. Tadi	"Such," an adjective to describe one who has attained the goal. It indicates that …	1
16. Tagara	A city in the time of Dhammadassi Buddha; it was the capital of King Sanjaya. BuA.p.183.	1
17. Tagarasikhi	A Pacceka Buddha (M.iii.69; ApA.i.106), third among the five hundred sons of Padumavati, all of wh…	1
18. Tai Hsu		0
19. Taint	see asava.	1
20. Taints	āsava.	1
21. Takh	Also: takhi, or Przewalski horse. The only surviving wild horse in the world indigenous to Mongolia …	1
22. Taking Precepts	see Morality.	1
23. Takka	A city in India twelve leagues from Kavirapattana. It was the residence of monks. Ras.ii.108.	1
24. Takka Jataka	Once the Bodhisatta was an ascetic on the banks of the Ganges, from which he rescued Dutthakumari,…	1
25. Takkala Jataka	Once in a village lived a man called Vasitthaka, an only son, who looked after his father with gre…	1
26. Takkambila	A pasada attached to a vihara in Rohana. It was repaired by Dappula, who also installed monks there.…	1
27. Takkapandita	The name given to the Bodhisatta in the Takka Jataka.	1
28. Takkara	A city in the time of Sumana Buddha. ThagA.i.303; Ap.ii.416.	1
29. Takkarika	See Takkariya below.	1
30. Takkariya	The Bodhisatta as chaplain to the king of Benares. See Takkariya Jataka.	1
31. Takkariya Jataka	Brahmadatta had, as chaplain, a tawny brown brahmin who was toothless, and whose wife had a paramo…	1
32. Takkaru Jataka	See Kakkaru Jataka.	1
33. Takkasila	The capital of Gandhara. It is frequently mentioned as a centre of education, especially in the Ja…	1
34. Takkasila Jataka	Apparently another name for the Telapatta Jataka. See J.i.970; DhA.iv.83.	1
35. Takkatvana	Naked ascetic. Hermit who dwells in the forest.	1
36. Takkivimamsi	The name of a class of brahmins who might be described as sophists and researchers. M.ii.211.	1
37. Takkola	A town mentioned in the Milindapanha (p.359) as a great centre of trade.	1
38. Takuhatsu		0
39. Talacatukka	A place included in the sima of the Mahavihara. Mbv.135.	1
40. Talacchiggalupama Sutta	It is said that, after hearing this sutta, Abhayarajakumara became a Sotapanna (ThagA.i.83). The sut…	1
41. Taladilla	A port in the Pandu kingdom, in South India. Lankapura landed there and captured it. Cv.1xxvi.88, 92…	1
42. Talaggallakavapi	A tank in Ceylon repaired by Parakkamabahu I. Cv.lxxix.66.	1
43. Talakatthali	A locality not far from Pulatthipura. It had a fortress which was once occupied by Lankadhinatha Rak…	1
44. Talakkhettagama	A village in the Malaya district of Ceylon. Cv.lxx.10.	1
45. Talandilla	(another name for Taladilla)	1
46. Talanga	A locality in Ceylon, perhaps in Piyangudipa. It is known chiefly as having been the residence of …	1
47. Talangarasamuddapabbata	Mentioned in the Rasavahini (ii. 50) as the residence of Mahadhammadinna. It is probably the same as…	1
48. Talanigama Tittha	A ford across the Mahavalukaganga. Cv.lxxii.4.	1
49. Talaphaliya	An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he saw the Pacceka Buddha Sataramsi and gave him a palm fruit (Ap…	1
50. Talapitthika Vihara	A monastery in Ceylon, where Gopakasivali built a cetiya. VibhA. p.156.	1
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51. Talaputa	A natagamani (stage manager) of Rajagaha. With a company of five hundred men, he gave dramatic per…	1
52. Talatadevi	Mother of Culani Brahmadatta, king of Pancala, her husband being Maha Culani. She was a very wis…	1
53. Talatthala	(another name for Talakatthali)	1
54. Talavana	See Nalapana ??.	1
55. Talavantadayaka	An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he gave a fan made of palm leaf to the Buddha Tissa. Sixty three k…	1
56. Talavatthu Vihara	A monastery in Ceylon. It was restored by Aggabodhi V., who also gave to it the village of Pannabhat…	1
57. Talavelimagga	A road lying between Mahagama and Anuradhapura. On this road lived the mother of Tissa the min…	1
58. Talayurunadu	A district in South India. Cv.lxxvi.261.	1
59. Talipabbata	The brahmin who accompanied Maha Arittha on his embassy from Ceylon to the court of Asoka. MT.302.	1
60. Talissara	A descendant of King Dipankara, who ruled in Takkasila. Dpv.iii.32.	1
61. Tam Jivam Tam Sariram Sutta	One of the views which are held in the world, owing to the existence of the khandhas and the clingin…	1
62. Tamalapupphiya	Thera - An arahant. In a previous birth he owned a vimana with eighty thousand golden pillars. He of…	1
63. Tamalinda	One of the four companions of Chapata and a founder of the Sihalasangha in Burma (Sas., p.65). He la…	1
64. Tamalitthi	(another name for Tamalitti)	1
65. Tamalitti	The port from which the branch of the Bodhi tree was sent to Ceylon by Asoka (Mhv.xi.38; Dpv.iii.3…	1
66. Tamba	1. Tamba - A king of Benares whose queen was Sussondi. For his story see the Sussondi Jataka (J.ii…	1
67. Tambadathika	A public executioner of Rajagaha. He had copper coloured teeth and tawny skin, and his body was …	1
68. Tambagama	A village in Rohana. Cv.lxxv.90.	1
69. Tambala	A village, probably in Rohana, where a battle was fought between Dathopatissa and Mana. Cv.xlv.78.	1
70. Tambalagama	A village in Rohana, once the headquarters of Vijayabahu I. Cv.lviii.10, 38; see also Cv.Trs.i.202, …	1
71. Tambapanni	The name given to that district in Ceylon where Vijaya landed after leaving Supparaka (Mhv.vi.47; …	1
72. Tambapittha	A village seven leagues to the east of Anuradhapura, on the banks of the Mahavalukanadi. When Duttha…	1
73. Tambapupphiya	A thera. Ninety one kappas ago he had fled into the forest, having committed some crime. There h…	1
74. Tambasumana	He was once a minister of Saddhatissa. Having gone to Kottasala on official business he gave to a …	1
75. Tambavitthika	A village in Ceylon, where the soldiers of Vijayabahu I. killed the Cola king. Cv.lviii.21; see also…	1
76. Tamo	(another name for Bodhidharma)	3
77. Tamo Sutta	The four types of people found in the world - those who, being in darkness, are bound for darkness, …	1
78. Tamo Tama Sutta	A name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 49) to the Puggala Sutta (3). See also Tamo Sutta above.	1
79. Tamonuda	A king of ninety one kappas ago, a previous birth of Punnagapupphiya. Ap.i.180; ThagA.i.213.	1
80. Tan	(another name for Than)	2
81. Tan Ajahn	See Honorifics	1
82. Tana Sutta	The Buddha preaches the Refuge and the way thereto. S.iv.372.	1
83. Tanagaluka	A village in Rohana. Cv.lxxiv.165.	1
84. Tanasiva	A landowner of Matuvelanga and a supporter of Kupikkala Mahatissa Thera. When Vattagamani, the kin…	1
85. Tanaveli Vihara	A vihara erected in Bijagama by King Mahallaka Naga. v.l. Canavela. Mhv.xxxv.125.	1
86. Tandulanali Jataka	Once the Bodhisatta was appraiser to the king of Benares, with whom he always dealt fairly. The ki…	1
87. Tandulapaladvara	One of the gates of Rajagaha. Near the gate was the residence of the brahmin Dhananjani. M.ii.185; M…	1
88. Tandulapatta	A village in Rohana. Cv.lxxiv.165.	1
89. Tangipperumala	A Damila chieftain, ally of Kulasekhara (Cv.lxxvi.145). He was later won over by Lankapura. Ibid., 1…	1
90. Tangkha	A traditional Buddhist painting of a holy being.	1
91. Tanguttavanka Parivena	A monastery, probably in Ceylon; the residence of Ratthapala, author of the original of the Rasavahi…	1
92. Tangyur	The collection of commentaries to BuddhaaE s teachings that have been translated from Sanskrit into …	1
93. Tanha	craving, desire, thirst	11
94. Tanhā Kkhaya	'extinction of craving', is identical with 'extinction of cankers' (āsavakkhaya)…	1
95. Tanhā Nissita Sīla	'morality based on craving' (s. nissaya).	1
96. Tanha Sutta	1. Tanha Sutta - On the one hundred and eight thoughts of craving - thirty six each, of the past, …	1
97. Tanha Vagga	The twenty fourth chapter of the Dhammapada.	1
98. Tanhaa	(another name for Tanha)	11
99. Tanhakkhaya Sutta	1. Tanhakkhaya Sutta - The Buddha teaches the destruction of craving, and the path thereto. S.iv.3…	1
100. Tanhankara	One of the four Buddhas born in the same kappa as Dipankara. J.i.44; Bu.xxvii.1.	1
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101. Tanhasankhaya Sutta	See Cula and Maha.	1
102. Tankitamanca	A place near Gaya. It was the residence of the Yakkha Suciloma and the Buddha once stayed there (S…	1
103. Tankuttara	A Damila chieftain, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.144.	1
104. Tannarugama	A village near Pulatthipura, the scene of several conflicts between the forces of Parakkamabahu I. a…	1
105. Tannitittha	A village in Ceylon, near Ambagama and Antaravitthi. Cv.lxx.322.	1
106. Tantavayikacatika	A village assigned by Potthakuttha to the padhanaghara at Matambiya. Cv.xlvi.20.	1
107. Tantra	Eternal river of continuity	8
108. Tantrayana	Since a "vajra" is a diamond, this term means "The Diamond Way."…	4
109. Tantric Bodhichitta	A wish to attain enlightenment as a Tantric Deity in order to rescue sentient beings from samsara as…	1
110. Tantric Buddhism	In Indian thought, Tantrism is generally characterized by an emphasis on male female polarity. Vajra…	2
111. Tantric Mahamudra	See Mahamudra.	1
112. Tantrism	Tantrism and tantric ideas begin with notions in line with all forms of Buddhism, namely, the idea t…	2
113. Tao	Path or Way. The Sanskrit equivalent to this Chinese term is marga.	3
114. Tao An	He was one of the greatest masters in China (312-385 A.D.). He established the first native Sangha s…	1
115. Taoism	A religion developed from a Chinese mystic philosophy.	1
116. Tapakannika	See Tavakannika.	1
117. Tapana	The younger sister of Kapila and Sodhana, in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Her mother was Sadhani. T…	1
118. Tapas	The purifying "heat" of meditative practice.	2
119. Tapassi	An envoy sent by the king of Ramanna to Parakkamabahu I. Cv.lxxvi.23.	1
120. Tapassu	1. Tapassu, Tapussa - A merchant of Ukkala. He and his friend, Bhalluka (Bhalliya), while on their…	1
121. Tapassu Sutta	The householder Tapassu visits Ananda at Uruvelakappa, and expresses surprise that young men in th…	1
122. Tapo Kammanca Sutta	As the Buddha sits under the Ajapalanigrodha tree, soon after the Enlightenment, rejoicing in freedo…	1
123. Tapoda	A large lake below the Vebhara mountain, outside Rajagaha. The lake was cool, but the stream flowi…	1
124. Tapodakandara	See Tapodarama.	1
125. Tapodarama	A grove near lake Tapoda (q.v.). In the grove was a monastery where the Buddha seems to have staye…	1
126. Tapodavatthu	The story of Moggallana explaining the reason for the warmth of the water of the Tapoda and of the r…	1
127. Tapovana	A group of monasteries near Anuradhapura inhabited by the Pamsukulikas. They lay in the forest distr…	1
128. Tapussa	(another name for Tapassu)	1
129. Tapussa Sutta	(another name for Tapassu Sutta)	1
130. Tara	A female manifestation in Tibet of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, whose Tibetan for…	7
131. Tārā	(another name for Tara)	7
132. Taraccha	The name of a clan in Ceylon. The name is totemistic. This clan was among the tribes which acc…	1
133. Taracchavapi	A tank built by Mahanaga. Mhv.xxii.4.	1
134. Taraniya	1. Taraniya Thera - An arahant. In a previous birth he took the Buddha and his monks across a rive…	1
135. Tarara	A king of fifty eight kappas ago, a former birth of Khadiravaniya Revata. Ap.i.51; ThagA.i.109.	1
136. Tariki		0
137. Tarthang Tulku		0
138. Tarukkha	One of the most eminent Mahasala brahmins, contemporary of the Buddha. He was present at the ass…	1
139. Taruna Sutta	In him who contemplates the enjoyment of what makes for enfettering, craving grows and a consequent …	1
140. Tasha	F Attachment, desire, thirst.See also: The attachment	1
141. Tashi Lama	Any of a succession of Tibetan monks and spiritual leaders, second in importance only to the Dalai L…	1
142. Tasina Sutta	On the three thirsts - for sensual delights, for becoming and for ceasing to become - and the way to…	1
143. Tassa Sutam Sutta	A group of suttas in which the Buddha is asked why beings are born among the different kinds of Na…	1
144. Tatavapi	A locality near the Kalavapi. There was a fortress there where Gokanna suffered defeat. Cv.lxx.165.	1
145. Tatha	A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.69; ApA.i.106.	1
146. Tatha Agata	(another name for Tathagata)	13
147. Tatha Gata	(another name for Tathagata)	13
148. Tatha Sutta	1) There are four things that are true and unalterable - the facts of Dukkha, its arising, its cessa…	1
149. Tathaagata	(another name for Tathagata)	13
150. Tathagata	Usually translated as "Thus Come One." He who came as did all Buddhas, who took th…	13
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