Small Romanised Pali - English
Dictionary of Buddhist Terms
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A
abhuta - unoriginated
abyakata - undeclared, unexplained
abyapada - non-aversion
acariya - teacher (may be same or different from upajjaya)
acinnakamma - habitual kamma
adinava - danger, unsatisfactoriness, inadequacy
adosa - non-aversion (= loving-kindness)
agatigamana - evil motives (four) :-
chanda - desire, partiality
dosa - hatred
moha - delusion
bhaya - fear
ajata - unborn
akata - uncreated
akusala - unwholesome
Alara Kalama - the Bodhisatta's first meditation teacher
alobha - non-greed (= detachment)
amatadhatu - the deathless element
amatapada - the deathless state
amoha - non-delusion (= wisdom, understanding)
anagamimagga - path of non-returner
anagamiphala - fruit of non-returner
anagariya - homelessness
Ananda - the Buddha's personal attendant
anapanasati - mindfulness of breathing
anatta - not self
anattaniya - not belonging to a self, not related to a self
anupadisesa nibbanadhatu - the nibbana element without residues remaining
anusaya - latent tendency
anuttara sammasambodhi - supreme perfect enlightenment
appanasamadhi - absorption concentration
apayabhumi - planes of misery
arahat - an accomplished one, one who has reached liberation while alive
arahattamagga - path of arahatship
arahattaphala - fruit of arahatship
ariya - noble; a noble person
ariyasangha - community of noble ones
ariya atthangikamagga - the noble eightfold path
arupadhatu - immaterial realm, formless realm
aruppa - formless meditative absorption or attainment (four)
akasanancayatana - sphere
of infinite space
vinnanancayatana
- sphere of infinite consciousness
akincannayatana
- sphere of nothingness
n'evasannanasannayatana
- sphere of neither perception nor non-perception
aruparaga - desire for immaterial existence
assada - satisfaction, enjoyment
asankhata - unconditioned
asannakamma - death-proximate kamma
asura - titan, "anti-god"
atta - self
attahita - one's own welfare
attakilamathanuyoga - devotion to self-mortification
avasavattita - not subject to the exercise of mastery
avihimsa (ahimsa) - non-injury
avijja - ignorance
ayatana - sphere, realm
B
Bhagava - the "Exalted One" (epithet of a Buddha)
Bhante - "venerable sir" (usual way of addressing the Buddha)
bhava - existence
khammabhava - kammically
accumulative existence
upapattibhava - resultant
existence
bhavana - development (of the noble eightfold path)
bhavanga - the life continuum
bhavatanha - craving for existence
bhikkhu - a fully ordained monk
bhikkhuni - a fully ordained nun
bhikkhunisangha - the order of fully ordained nuns
bhikkhusangha - the order of fully ordained monks
Bodhisatta - one striving for complete Buddhahood
brahmacariya - the holy life, celibacy
Brahma Sahampati - the high divinity who urged the Buddha to teach the Dhamma
brahmavihara - sublime states, divine abodes (four) :-
metta - loving-kindness
karuna - compassion
mudita - sympathetic joy
upekkha - equanimity
C
caga - generosity
cakkavattiraja - universal monarch
cakkhukarani - leading to vision
cattari ariyasaccani - the four noble truths
cetana - volition
chanda - desire ( a neutral term, not necessarily bad)
citta - mind, thought moment, mental act
citt'ekaggata - one-pointedness of mind
citt'uppada - same as citta above
cittanupassana - contemplation of states of mind
cittasantana - the mental continuum
civara - the robes of a monk
D
dana - giving
dasarajadhamma - ten royal virtues
dana - generosity, giving
sila - moral discipline
pariccaga - self-sacrifice
ajjava - justice
maddava - gentleness
tapa - austerity
akkodha - non-enmity
avihimsa - non-violence
khanti - patience
avirodha - non-opposition (to the will of the people)
dasasila - the ten precepts (of a samanera)
dasasilamata - a ten precept-obseving nun
dasasila upasika - a woman observing the ten precepts
deva - god, heavenly being
Dhamma - the Buddha's teaching; the truth behind the teaching; the path
dhammacakka - the wheel of Dhamma
dhammacakkhu - eye of Dhamma, insight into truth
dhammanupassana - contemplation of mind-objects
dhatu - element
dipa - island
Dipankara - an ancient Buddha, the twenty sixth before Gotama
ditthadhamma attha - the benefit pertaining to the present life
dosa - hatred, aversion
dukkha - unsatisfactoriness, suffering (sometimes untranslated)
dukkhanirodha - the cessation of suffering
dukkhanirodha ariyasacca - the noble truth of the cessation of dukkha
dukkhanirodhagaminipatipada - the way leading to the cessation of dukkha
dukkhanirodhagaminipatipada ariyasacca - the noble truth of the way leading
to the cessation of dukkha
dukkhasamudaya ariasacca - the noble truth of the origin of dukkha
dvara - door of action (= body, speech, mind)
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F
G
gandhabba - the stream of consciousness ready to take rebirth
ganthadhura - the career of study
garukakamma - heavy kamma
H
I
idappaccayata - conditionality
J
jara - aging
jati - birth
jhana - (untranslated) meditative absorption
jhananga - factor of absorption (five)
vitakka - initial application
vicara - sustained application
piti - rapture
sukha - happiness
citt'ekaggata - one-pointedness of mind
jivitindriya - the life-faculty
K
kamadhatu - sense sphere realm
kamatanha - craving for sense pleasures
kapilavatthu - the capital city of the Sakyans
kamasukhallikanuyoga - devotion to indulging in sense pleasures
kamma - volitional action
kammabhava - kammically accumulative existence
kammaniyama - the order of kamma, law of kamma
kammatthana - meditation object
kammavatta - phase of kamma
kappa - an aeon, the lifespan of a world system
kasina - disc-like object of concentration
katattakama - miscellaneous kamma
kathina - the ceremony of robes-offering, following the end of the Vassa
kayakamma - bodily action
kayanupassana - contemplation of the body
khandhaparinibbana - the extinguishing of the aggregate-continuum
khanika - momentary
khanikasamadhi - momentary concentration
kilesa - defilement, a mental unwholesome state
kilesaparinibbana - the extinguishment of defilements
kilesavatta phase of defilements
kiriya - the action of an arahat, not kamma
Kondanna - the seniormost of the five ascetics; first monk-disciple of the Buddha
kusala - wholesome
Kusinara - the small town where the Buddha passed away
L
lobha - greed
lokadhatu - world system
lokiya - mundane
lokiyamagga - mundane path
lokuttara - transcendental, supramundane
lokuttaramagga - supramundane path
M
magga - path
magganga - path factor
mahabhuta - primary elements (four)
pathavidhatu - the earth-element
apodhatu - the water-element
tejodhatu - the heat-element
vayodhatu - the air-element
mahakaruna - great compassion
Mahamaya - Siddhattha's mother
Mahapajapati Gotami - the Buddha's foster-mother, the first bhikkhuni
mahapanna - great wisdom
mahathera - a senior bhikkhu (of twenty years or more seniority)
majjhimapatipada - the middle way
mana - conceit
manokamma - mental action
Mara - the Tempter, Buddhist personification of desire
marana - death
moha - delusion
mula - root
N
namarupa - mentality-materiality
nama - mentality (feelings, perceptions,mental formations)
rupa - materiality (same as aggregate of material form)
nanakarani - leading to knowledge
nekkhamma - renunciation
nibbana - (untranslated, Sanskrit nirvana) the unconditioned reality
niraya - hell
nirodha - cessation
nissarana - release, escape
O
P
pabbaja - the "goinf forth", ceremony of initial ordination into
the order
paccaya - condition
pada - state
pahana - abandonment (of craving)
pancanivarana - the five hindrances
kammacchanda - sensual desire
byapada - ill will
thinamiddha - dullness and drowsiness
uddhaccakukkucca - restlessness and worry
vicikiccha - doubt
pancasila - the five precepts
pancupadanakkhandha - the five aggregates of clinging
panna - wisdom, understanding
pannakkhandha - group of wisdom
parahita - the welfare of others
parajika - four rules leading to expulsion from order if violated
parama sukha - supreme happiness
paramattha - the ultimate benefit
paramis - sublime virtues perfected by a bodhisatta
parima tira - the further shore
parinibbana - the final passing away (of a Buddha or an arahat)
parinna - full understanding (of dukkha)
paritta - protective discourses recited by monks
pariyatti - the study of the Dhamma
pariyattidhamma - the study of scriptures
pariyuthana - manifestation (of defilements)
paticca samuppada - dependent arising
patimokkha - code of 227 rules binding on bhikkhus (core of the Vinaya)
patipada - way
patipatti - the practice of the Dhamma
patipattidhamma - the practice of meditation
patisandhicitta - the relinking consciousness, rebirth consciousness
pativedha - penetration, realization of the Dhamma
pavarana - the "invitation" to criticism, closing ceremony of the
Vassa
peta - afflicted spirit, "hungry ghost"
phala - fruits of kamma
phassa - contact
pindapata - almsfood
punabbava - repeated becoming, renewed existence
puthujjana - ordinary person; a worldling
Q
R
ragakkhaya dosakkhaya mohakkhaya - the destruction of greed, hatred and
delusion
Rahula - Siddhatha's son
rupa - materiality (same as aggregate of material form)
rupadhatu - fine material realm, realm of subtle materiality
rupakkhandha - the aggregate of material form
ruparaga - desire for fine material existence
S
sa-upadisesa nibbanadhatu - the nibbana element with residue remaining
sacca - truth
sacchikarana - realization (of nibbana)
sakadagamimagga - path of once-returner
sakadagamiphala - fruit of once-returner
sakkaya - the person, the individual
sakkayaditthi - personality view, view of a self
Sakyamuni - the sage of the Sakyans (name for the Buddha Gotama)
Sakyans - a people of northeast India, among whom the bodhisattha was born
salayatana - the six sense faculties
samadhi - concentration
samadhikkhandha - group of concentration
samanera - a novice monk
samatha - serenity
samathayana - the vehicle of serenity
sambodhi - enlightenment
samma ajiva - right livelihood
sammaditthi - right view
sammakammanta - right action
sammasamadhi - right concentration
sammasankappa - right intention
sammavaca - right speech
samma sati - right mindfulness
samma vayama - right effort
sammutisangha - the Sangha established by convention
samparayika attha - the benefit pertaining to future lives
samsara - the round of rebirths, cyclic existence
samuccheda - eradication, cutting off
samudaya - origin
samyojana - fetters
sangahavatthu - bases of popularity (four) :-
dana - giving
peyyavajja - pleasant speech
atthacariya - beneficial conduct
samanattata - impartiality
Sanghamitta - daughter of King Asoka, established bhikkhuni sangha in Sri Lanka
sankhara - volitional formations
sankharadukkhata - dukkha of conditioned formations
sankharakkandha - the aggregate of mental formations
sankhata - conditioned
sannakkhanda - the aggregate of perception
santi - peace
saranagamana - going for refuge
sasana - the dispensation of the Buddha
sassatavada - eternalistic view
satipatthana - foundation of mindfulness, arousing of mindfulness
savakasangha - community of (noble) disciples
Siddhattha Gotama - the actual name of the Buddha
silabbataparamasa - clinging to rules and ovservances
silakkhanda - group of moral discipline
sotapanna - stream enterer
sotapattimagga - path of stream entry
sotapattiphala - fruit of stream entry
Sumedha - name of the ascetic who eventually became the Buddha Gotama
Suddhodana - Siddhattha's father, king of the Sakyans
T
tanha - craving
tanhakkaya - the destruction of craving
Tathagata - the "Perfect One" (epithet of a Buddha)
thera - a senior bhikkhu (of ten years or more seniority)
Theravada - "school of the elders", the oldest continuous school of
Buddhism
Therigatha - "verses of the arahat nuns", a book of the
Sutta-pitaka
thitassa annatthatta - the transformation of that which endures
tilakkhana - the three characteristics of existence
aniccata - impermanence
dukkhata - unsatisfactoriness, suffering
anattata - selflessness, egolessness
Tipitaka - the three "baskets" or collections of Buddhist scriptures
Vinayapitaka
- the collection of monastic disciplines
Suttapitaka
- the collection of the Buddha's discources and sermons
Abhidhammapitaka
- the collection of psycho-philosophical treatises
U
ucchedavada - annihilationist view
Udaka Ramaputta - the Bodhisatta's second meditation teacher
upacarasamadhi - access concentration
upadana - clinging
upadarupa, upadaya rupa - derivative material form
upajjhaya - preceptor
uppada - arising
upapattibhava - resultant existence
upasama - peace
upasampada - ceremony of full ordination as a bhikkhu
uposatha - observance day, held on full moon and new moon days
V
vacikamma - verbal action
vasadhura - the career of meditation practice
vassa - the three month "rains residence" for bhikkhus, from July to
October
vatthurupa - the material basis of mind
vaya - passing away, destruction
vedana - feeling
vedanakkhanda - the aggregate of feeling
vedananupassana - contemplation of feelings
vibhavatanha - craving for non-existence
vikkhambana - suppression
vimutti - liberation
Vinaya - the monastic discipline
vinnana - consciousness
vinnanakkhanda - the aggregate of consciousness
vipaka - results of kamma
vipakavatta - phase of resultants
vipallasa - perversions
sannavipallasa - perversion of perception
cittavipallasa - perversion of thought
ditthivipallasa - perversion of views
viparinamadukkhata - dukkha due to change
vipassana - insight
vipassanayana - the vehicle of insight
viraga - dispassion
visuddhi - purity
vitikkama - transgression
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Y
Yasodhara - wife of Siddhatha
yathabhutananadassana - knowing and seeing things as they really are
yoniso manasikara - wise consideration
Source: Watthai Net