August 12, 2016; Revised May 27, 2017; February 19, 2020; May 29, 2022 (#4 added)
“Tipiṭaka English” Convention
1. I have revised the Pāli words to align with the convention used by most English texts. This convention was apparently adapted by the early European scholars (Rhys Davis and others) in order to keep the length of the word short. I will use this convention in new posts and try to update old posts gradually. See the following two posts for details:
- “Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 1
- “Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 2
Additional Pronunciation Keys:
.”a” is pronounced like “u” in cut; “ā” is pronounced like “a” in father
- “i” is pronounced like “i” in sit; “ī” is pronounced like “ee” in bee
- “u” is pronounced like “u” in “put”; “ū” is pronounced like “oo” in cool
- “ō” is pronounced like “oe” in “Moe”; “ē” is pronounced like “a” in pay
- “c” needs to be pronounced like “ch” as in “charm” or “chicago”
- “ñ” needs to be pronounced like “gn” in “signor”
2. This glossary is in two posts, because there are a total of over 400 Pāli words included now. This is the second part of the glossary; first part at “Pāli Glossary – (A-K)“.
- I have been able to get the audio files incorporated, and also have provided links to key posts whenever possible/needed.
- We also have a “Popup Pāli Glossary with Pronunciation“, thanks to Mr. Seng Kiat Ng. If that GoldenDict dictionary is installed on your computer, you will be able to access this glossary from each post directly. Furthermore, it could provide translations from other online dictionaries as well.
3. Relevant posts on any of the words can be found by using the “Search” box on the top right.
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lōbha | excess greed: Lōbha, Rāga and Kāmaccanda, Kāmarāga | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
lahutā | lightness (e.g., kāya lahutā is lightness in body) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
lakkhaṇa | characteristc of | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
lōka | realm or world depending on the context | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
lōkiya | belonging to this world of 31 realms | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
lōkuttara | beyond this world of 31 realms, transcendental | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
macchariya | hiding wealth due to extreme greed | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
magga | path; procedure | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
mahā | large or important | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
māna | arrogance, self-admiration | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manasikāra | memory. Details at: Citta and Cetasika – How Vinnana (Consciousness) Arises | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manō | mind | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manō sañcetanā | vedana, sanna that arise due to one's gathi | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manōdhātu | mind element | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manodvāra | mind door to namaloka; see, Our Two Worlds : Material and Mental | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manōdvāravajjana | a citta coming to the mind door as in manodvaravajjana citta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
manussa | human being | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
marana | death (death of a physical body is not necessarily the end of human bhava; see, "Antarabhava and Gandhabbaya" | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
mettā | kindness. Has two meanings: "Ariya Metta Bhavana" | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
micchā diṭṭhi | wrong views; see. "Wrong Views (Miccā Ditthi) – A Simpler Analysis" | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
middha | lethargic mind | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
mōha | delusion; mind totally covered; see, "Lobha, Dosa, Moha versus Raga, Patigha, Avijja" | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
mōhakkhaya | möha + khaya, removing delusion | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
muditā | joy in the success of others | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
mudutā | malleability; e.g., kaya miduta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
mūla | root (usually in root cause) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
musāvāda | lies, trying to deceive: The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
muta | combined word for smelling, tasting, and touching | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nāma | name, mental | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nāmarūpa | name and form OR mental image of a nama and rupa | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
namaskāraya (Sinhala) | Namaskaraya – Homage to the Buddha | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
ñāṇa | knowledge | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nātha | with refuge., opposite of anäta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nekkhamma | relinquish sense pleasures: Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nevasaññānāsaññāyatana | fourth arupa brahma realm | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
Nibbāna | stopping the rebirth process: Nibbana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nibbatti lakkhaṇa | Nibbatti Lakkhana in Udayavaya Nana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nicca | having total control, that ability | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
niddēsa | short description: Sutta – Introduction | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nimitta | sign; something resembling | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nirāmisa | neutral thoughts without sense cravings | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
nirōdha | nir + udä or stop from arising | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
nissaraṇa | willingly give up asvada: Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana – Introduction | Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode. |
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nīvaraṇa | hindrance; covered mind | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
niraya | hell | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
niyama (or niyāma) | law of nature | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
niyata | permanent, fixed | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
ōjā | nutritive essence | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
oḷārika | rough, condensed | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
opapātika | instantaneous and fully-formed birth as in deva and brahma realms | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pabhassara | devoid of greed, hate, and ignorance; e.g., pabhasvara citta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paccayā | condition | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paccuppanna | conditional arising; present moment arising due to cinditions | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pahāna | abandon; remove | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pahātabba | removal | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pakiṇṇaka | particulars or occasionals as in pakinnaka cetasika: Cetasika – Connection to Gati | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pāṇātipātā | killing a living being: The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
panca | five | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pancadvāra | five sense doors | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vajjana cittā | Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pañcakkhandha | five aggregates | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pañcanīvaraṇa | five hindrances that cover the mind | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pañcupādānakkhandha | grasping/craving of the five aggregates: Pancupādānakkhandha – It is All Mental | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṇīta | likable or good | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paññā | wisdom; comprehension of Tilakkhana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pāpa kammā | immoral actions | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paraloka (paralowa in Sinhala) | a human or animal gandhabbaya lives in paralowa until a womb becomes available: Hidden World of the Gandhabbaya: Netherworld (Paralowa) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pāramitā | strive through many rebirths: Paramita and Niyata Vivarana – Myths or Realities? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paribramana | rotating around another body | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
peridēva | lamentation, especially upon remembering a past mishap | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
parivajjana | staying clear of bad influences: The Sotapanna Stage | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pīti | joy | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paññindriya | wisdom faculty | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
parāmatta | ultimate reality | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pharusāvācā | harsh speech: Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pasāda rūpā | sensitive matter (five internal senses; not physical senses): Brain – Interface between Mind and Body | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
passaddhi | tranquility | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pathavi | element of hardness | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṭicca | get bonded to something willingly | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṭigha | aversion, dislike | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
patikūla manasikāra bhāvanā | 4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṭipadā | a procedure; way of living, like in Majjhimā Paṭipadā | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṭiniddesa | detailed description: Sutta – Introduction | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṭisandhi | Grasping a new existence (bhava) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
paṭisevana | good associations as in patisevana pahathabba: The Sotapanna Stage | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pattānumodanā | Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pattidāna | transfer of merits: Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pavutthi | during this life, current | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pīḷana (peleema in Sinhala) | incessant stress, agitation: Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pēta (pretha) | hungry ghost; one of the four apayas | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
phala (pala in Sinhala) | fruit, fruition | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
phassa | sense contact; most times it is defiled or samphassa: Difference between Phassa and Samphassa | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pisuṇavācā | slandering: Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
phoṭṭhabba | "poththa" + "abba", where "poththa" is skin: sense of touch | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pubbē | previous | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
pubbēnivāsānussati ñāna | see #12 of Antarabhava and Gandhabbaya | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
puggala | individual | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
puñña kriyā | deed that makes one's heart joyful | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
purisa | masculine | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
rāga | attachment to the 31 realms: Lobha, Raga and Kamachanda, Kamaraga | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
rāgakkhaya | räga + khaya: removal of attachment to the 31 realms | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
rasa | taste | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
rūpa | matter AND energy | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
rūpa kalāpa | elementary material group unit: Rupa Kalapas (Grouping of Matter) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
rūpāvacara | belonging to rupa loka | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sabba | all | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sacca | truth, as in a Noble Truth | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sadda | sound | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saddhā | faith (through knowledge and understanding) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sahajāta | born together | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sahētuka | with good roots as in dvihetuka and tihetuka; if no good roots it is an ahetuka birth | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
Sakadāgami | Once-Returner (one more rebirth in kama loka) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
salāyatana | six sense bases for a normal human | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samādhi | concentration on a good or bad mindset: What is Samadhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samanantara | matching with anantara: Anantara and Samanantara Paccaya | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samāpatti | different from jhana, see: Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sammā | quench (defilements): What is “San”? Meaning of Sansara (or Samsara) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sammappadhāna | four main efforts to stop "san" from arising: Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samatha | calming the mind | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sāmisa | citta with kilesa or akusala cetasika | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sampajāna | sorting defiled thoughts: Satipatthana Sutta – Structure | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samphappalāpa | frivolous talk: Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samphassa | "san" + "phassa": Difference between Phassa and Samphassa | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sampaṭicchana | where "gathi" are incorporated into a citta vithi: Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sampayutta | together and inseparable, like a dye dissolved in water | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samudaya | arising due to "san": "san" + "udaya" | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
samuppāda | birth of a similar kind: sama + uppada | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃvega or sanvēga | "san" + "vega": javana power in a citta due to "san": see #9 of Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
san | San | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sandiṭṭhikō | "san" + "ditthi" or enable seeing "san": Supreme Qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṅkappa | thoughts, ideas | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṅkhāra | actions leading to defilements , habits | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sankhata | arisen by conditions | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saññā | perception, identification | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃsāra | beginningless rebirth process: What is “San”? Meaning of Sansara (or Samsara) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃsāric | related to the rebirth process | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
santati | one of the 28 types of rupa: Rupa (Material Form) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃvara | "san" + "vara" or stop "san" by moral behavior: What is “San”? Meaning of Sansara (or Samsara) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃvarena | via sanvara as in sanvarena pahatabba: The Sotapanna Stage | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃvega | "san" + "vega": enhanced javana of a citta due to "san", i.e., highly emotional | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
satta | seven | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sāsana | Buddha säsana is Ministry of the Buddha | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sasankhārika | immoral citta arising due to shrunken mind (thinamiddha) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sāsava | with craving | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
satara (in Sinhala) | four | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sakkāya diṭṭhi (or sathkāya diṭṭhi) | perception that things in this world are worth striving for: How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Ditthi)? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sati | in the mindset of anicca, dukkha, anatta: Satipatthana – Introduction | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
satipaṭṭhāna | maintain sati: Maha Satipatthana Sutta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
santīraṇa | where a decision is made in a citta vithi: Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
saṃyojana | bind to defilements or "san" | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sīla | virtue, moral conduct | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sīlabbata parāmāsa | perception that Nibbana can be attained via just obeying set precepts or procedures | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sēkha | trainee (the three stages below the Arahant stage) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sōbhana | good, likable, moral | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sōka | sorrow due to personal loss | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sōmanassa | with joy | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sōta | Two possible meanings: ear and Noble Eightfold Path | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
Sōtapanna | Stream Enterer (first stage of Nibbana) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
Suddhaṭṭhaka | smallest material element: The Origin of Matter – Suddhashtaka | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
suddhāvāsa | Brahma realms reserved for the Anagamis | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sugati | "su" + "gathi" or moral habits/behavio; also good realms: Sansaric Habits, Character (Gathi), and Cravings (Asava) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sukha | bodily pleasure, like with a massage; somannasa is mental | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sukhuma | fine; not coarse | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
suññata | emptiness: What is Sunyata or Sunnata (Emptiness)? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
suta | sound | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
sutta | discourse in the Tipitaka | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
suva | as in Nivan suva: | Error occurred when trying to fetch the file using wp_remote_get(). A valid URL was not provided. |
taṇhā | attachment (bondage) due to greed, hate, or delusion | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tatramajjhattatā | neutrality of mind; not upekkha: Cetasika – Connection to Gati | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tejo | heat element | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
Thēro | One who has attained Nibbana; nowadays it is used for non-Arahants bhikkhus too | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
thīna | shrinking of the mind, not alert | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tuccha | lowly (behavior) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tiparivaṭṭa | Three rounds of bondage to this world. | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tihētuka | patisandhi with three good roots | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tilakkhana | Three characteristics of the 31 realms: Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
Tipiṭaka | three Piṭaka: sutta, vinaya, abhidhamma: Preservation of the Dhamma | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tisarana | refuge in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha: Tisarana Vandana and Its Effects on One’s Gathi | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
tivijjā | Three special knowledges of the Buddha: The Way to Nibbāna – Removal of Āsavas | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
uccheda diṭṭhi | wrong view that death of the physical body is the end of a living being, i.e., disbelief in rebirth process | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
udayavaya | arising and destruction of a sankata: Udayavaya Nana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
udayavaya or udayabbaya ñāna | Udayavaya Nana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
uddhacca | tendency to be high-minded (restlessness) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
uddēsa | very short description: Sutta – Introduction | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
upacāra | close to | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
upacāra samādhi | samadhi close to jhanic state | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
upādāna | clinging, like to hold onto | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
upēkkha | equanimity, neutrality | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
uppatti | birth | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
utu | natural change kammaja and cittaja energies to rupa | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
utuja rūpa | rupa produced via the transformation of kammaja and cittaja rupa | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vaci | speech | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vaṇṇa (varna in Sinhala) | color | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vaya | destruction or deviating to immorality | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vāyāma | effort | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vāyō | element of movement, motion | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vēdanā | feeling or more precisely "sensing of an event": Vedana (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vēdanānupassanā | anupassana on feelings: Satipatthana – Introduction | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
veyyāvacca | paying homage to and taking care of Holy places: Punna Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā [Ten Moral Actions (Dasa Kusala) and Ten Meritorious Actions (Punna Kriya)] | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vibhava | disbelief in rebirth: Kāma Tanhā, Bhava Tanhā, Vibhava Tanhā | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vicāra | sustained concentration on a thought object | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vicikicchā | acting without sati; uncertainty of what to do; doing inappropriate things | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vipassanā | insight meditation with and for clear vision: 4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean? | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vimāna | residence, normally of a deva | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vimansā | contemplation, investigation | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vimutti | release (from the rebirth process) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vinaya | rules of discipline for bhikkhus: Kamma, Debt, and Meditation | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
viññata | comprehension via vinnana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
viññatti | intimation. For example, kaya vinnati is express intention via body movement. | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
viññāṇa | defiled consciousness | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
viññāṇañcāyatana | second arupa brahma realm: 31 Realms of Existence | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vinōdanā | in vinodana pahathabba:The Sotapanna Stage | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vipāka | result (of a kamma) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
viparināma | unexpected change | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vipassanā | removing defilements via insight of Tilakkhana | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vippayutta | appear together, but separable; like a current in a wire | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
virati | lose craving for indulgence | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
viriya | effort | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
visuddhi | purification | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vitakka | initial application of the mind on an object | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vīthi | street; but in a citta vithi means a "packet of thoughts" with a certain number of citta | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
votthapana | determining (citta) | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
vyāpāda or byāpāda | ill will, stronger than patigha | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
yojanā | distance of about 7 miles | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
yōnisō manasikāra | ability to see consequences of one's actions for future rebirths: Four Conditions for Attaining Sotapanna Magga/Phala | An HTTP error occurred during file retrieval. Error Code: 400 |
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