lobha

excess greed: Lobha, Rāga and Kāmaccanda, Kāmarāga

lahutā

lightness (e.g., kāya lahutā is lightness in body)

lakkhaṇa

characteristc of

loka

realm or world depending on the context

lokiya

belonging to this world of 31 realms

lokuttara

beyond this world of 31 realms, transcendental

macchariya

hiding wealth due to extreme greed

magga

path; procedure

mahā

large or important

māna

arrogance, self-admiration

manasikāra

memory. Details at: Citta and Cetasika – How Viññāṇa (Consciousness) Arises

mano

mind

mano sañcetanā

vedanā, saññā that arise due to one's gati

manodhatu

mind element

manodvāra

mind door to nāmaloka; see, Our Two Worlds: Material and Immaterial

manodvāravajjana

a citta coming to the mind door as in manodvāravajjana citta

manussa

human being

marana

death (death of a physical body is not necessarily the end of human bhava; see, "Antarābhava and Gandhabba"

mettā

kindness. Has two meanings: "Ariya Mettā Bhāvanā"

micchā diṭṭhi

wrong views; see. "Wrong Views (Micchā Diṭṭhi) – A Simpler Analysis"

middha

lethargic mind

moha

delusion; mind totally covered; see, "Lobha, Dosa, Moha versus Rāga, Paṭigha, Avijjā"

mohakkhaya

moha + khaya, removing delusion

muditā

joy in the success of others

mudutā

malleability; e.g., kāya midutā

mūla

root (usually in root cause)

musāvāda

lies, trying to deceive: The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them

muta

combined word for smelling, tasting, and touching

nāma

name, mental

nāmarūpa

name and form OR mental image of a nāma and rūpa

namaskāraya (Sinhala)

Namaskāraya – Homage to the Buddha

ñāṇa

knowledge

nātha

with refuge, opposite of anātha

nekkhamma

relinquish sense pleasures: Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless

neva saññā nā saññāyatana

fourth arūpa brahma realm

Nibbāna

stopping the rebirth process: Nibbāna

nibbatti lakkhaṇa

Nibbatti Lakkhana in Udayavaya Ñāṇa

nicca

having total control, that ability

niddesa

short description: Sutta Interpretation – Uddesa, Niddesa, Paṭiniddesa

nimitta

sign; something resembling

nirāmisa

neutral thoughts without sense cravings

nirodha

nir + udā or stop from arising

nissaraṇa

willingly give up assāda: Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissaraṇa – Introduction

Nivana (Sinhala)

nīvaraṇa

hindrance; covered mind

niraya

hell

niyama (or niyāma)

law of nature

niyata

permanent, fixed

ojā

nutritive essence

oḷārika

rough, condensed

opapātika

instantaneous and fully-formed birth as in deva and brahma realms

pabhassara

devoid of greed, hate, and ignorance; e.g., pabhassara citta

paccayā

condition

paccuppanna

conditional arising; present moment arising due to conditions

pahāna

abandon; remove

pahātabba

removal

pakiṇṇaka

particulars or occasionals as in pakiṇṇaka cetasika: Cetasika – Connection to Gati

pāṇātipātā

killing a living being: The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them

panca

five

pañcadvāra

five sense doors

pañcadvāra vajjana cittā

Citta Vīthi – Processing of Sense Inputs

pañcakkhandha

five aggregates

pañcanīvaraṇa

five hindrances that cover the mind

pañcaupādānakkhandha

grasping/craving of the five aggregates: Pañcaupādānakkhandha – It is All Mental

paṇīta

likable or good

paññā

wisdom; comprehension of Tilakkhaṇa

pāpa kammā

immoral actions

para loka (paralowa in sinhala)

a human or animal gandhabba lives in para loka until a womb becomes available: Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Paraloka)

pāramitā

strive through many rebirths: Paramita and Niyata Vivarana – Myths or Realities?

paribramana

rotating around another body

perideva

lamentation, especially upon remembering a past mishap

parivajjana

staying clear of bad influences: The Sotāpanna Stage

pīti

joy

paññindriya

wisdom faculty

parāmatta

ultimate reality

pharusāvācā

harsh speech: Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)

pasāda rūpā

sensitive matter (five internal senses; not physical senses): Brain – Interface between Mind and Body

passaddhi

tranquility

pathavi

element of hardness

paṭicca

get bonded to something willingly

paṭigha

aversion, dislike

patikūla manasikāra bhāvanā

4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean?

paṭipadā

a procedure; way of living, like in majjima patipāda

paṭiniddesa

detailed description: Sutta Interpretation – Uddesa, Niddesa, Paṭiniddesa

paṭisandhi

Grasping a new existence (bhava)

paṭisevana

good associations as in paṭisevana pahātabba: The Sotāpanna Stage

pattānumodanā

Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?

pattidāna

transfer of merits: Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?

pavutthi

during this life, current

pīḷama (peleema in Sinhala)

incessant stress, agitation: Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)

peta (pretha)

hungry ghost; one of the four apāyā

phala (pala in Sinhala)

fruit, fruition

phassa

sense contact; most times it is defiled or samphassa: Difference between Phassa and Samphassa

pisuṇāvācā

slandering: Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)

phoṭṭhabba

"poththa" + "abba", where
"poththa" is skin: sense of touch

pubbe

previous

pubbenivāsānussati ñāṇa

see #12 of Antarābhava and Gandhabba

puggala

individual

puñña kriyā

deed that makes one's heart joyful

purisa

masculine

rāga

attachment to the 31 realms: Lobha, Rāga and Kāmaccanda, Kāmarāga

rāgakkhaya

rāga + khaya: removal of attachment to the 31 realms

rasa

taste

rūpa

matter AND energy

rūpa kalāpa

elementary material group unit: Rūpa Kalāpa (Grouping of Matter)

rūpāvacara

belonging to rūpa loka

sabba

all

sacca

truth, as in a Noble Truth

sadda

sound

saddhā

faith (through knowledge and understanding)

sahajāta

born together

sahetuka

with good roots as in dvihetuka and tihetuka; if no good roots it is an ahetuka birth

Sakadāgāmī

Once-Returner (one more rebirth in kāma loka)

saḷāyatana

six sense bases for a normal human

samādhi

concentration on a good or bad mindset: What is Samādhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness

samanantara

matching with anantara: Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā

samāpatti

different from jhāna, see: Citta Vīthi – Processing of Sense Inputs

sammā

quench (defilements): What is “Saŋ”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṁsāra)

sammappadhāna

four main efforts to stop “saŋ” from arising: Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment

samatha

calming the mind

sāmisa

citta with kilesa or akusala cetasika

sampajāna

sorting defiled thoughts: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta – Structure

sampappalāpa

frivolous talk: Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)

samphassa

“saŋ” + "phassa": Difference between Phassa and Samphassa

sampaṭiccana

where "gati" are incorporated into a citta vīthi: Citta Vīthi – Processing of Sense Inputs

sampayutta

together and inseparable, like a dye dissolved in water

samudaya

arising due to “saŋ”: “saŋ” + "udaya"

samuppāda

birth of a similar kind: sama + uppada

saṁvega or saŋvega

“saŋ” + "vega": javana power in a citta due to “saŋ”: see #9 of Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power

saŋ

Saŋ

sandiṭṭhiko

“saŋ” + “diṭṭhi” or enable seeing “saŋ”: Supreme Qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha

sañkappa

thoughts, ideas

saṅkhāra

actions leading to defilements, habits

saṅkhata (sankata in Sinhala)

arisen by conditions

saññā

perception, identification

saṁsāra or saŋsāra

beginningless rebirth process: What is “Saŋ”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṁsāra)

saṁsāric

related to the rebirth process

santati

one of the 28 types of rūpa: Rūpa (Material Form)

saṁvara

“saŋ” + “vara” or stop “saŋ” by moral behavior: What is “Saŋ”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṁsāra)

saṁvarena

via sanvara as in sanvarena pahatabba: The Sotāpanna Stage

saṁvega

“saŋ” + "vega": enhanced javana of a citta due to “saŋ”, i.e., highly emotional

sapta or saptha

seven

sāsana

Buddha sāsana is Ministry of the Buddha

sasankhārika

immoral citta arising due to shrunken mind (thīna middha)

sāsava

with craving

satara (in Sinhala)

four

sakkāya diṭṭhi (or sathkāya diṭṭhi)

perception that things in this world are worth striving for: How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Diṭṭhi)?

sati

in the mindset of anicca, dukkha, anatta: Satipaṭṭhāna – Introduction

satipaṭṭhāna

maintain sati: Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta

santīraṇa

where a decision is made in a citta vīthi: Citta Vīthi – Processing of Sense Inputs

sanyojana or saṁyojana

bind to defilements or “saŋ”

sīla

virtue, moral conduct

silabbata paramasa

perception that Nibbāna can be attained via just obeying set precepts or procedures

sekha

trainee (the three stages below the Arahant stage)

sobhana

good, likable, moral

soka

sorrow due to personal loss

somanassa

with joy

sota

Two possible meanings: ear and Noble Eightfold Path

Sotāpanna

Stream Enterer (first stage of Nibbāna)

Suddhaṭṭhaka

smallest material element: The Origin of Matter – Suddhaṭṭhaka

suddhāvāsa

Brahma realms reserved for the Anāgāmīs

sugati

"su" + "gathi" or moral habits/behavior; also good realms: Sansāric Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)

sukha

bodily pleasure, like with a massage; somannasa is mental

sukuma

fine; not coarse

suññatā

emptiness: What is Sunyata or Sunnata (Emptiness)?

suta

sound

sutta

discourse in the Tipiṭaka

suva

as in Nivan suva:

taṇhā

attachment (bondage) due to greed, hate, or delusion

tatramajjhattatā

neutrality of mind; not upekkhā: Cetasika – Connection to Gati

tejo

heat element

Thero

One who has attained Nibbāna; nowadays it is used for non-Arahants bhikkhus too

thīna

shrinking of the mind, not alert

tuccha

lowly (behavior)

tiparivaṭṭa

Three rounds of bondage to this world.

tihetuka

paṭisandhi with three good roots

tilakkhana

Three characteristics of the 31 realms: Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta

Tipiṭaka

three piṭaka: sutta, vinaya, abhidhamma: Preservation of the Dhamma

tisarana

refuge in Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha: Tisarana Vandana and Its Effects on One’s Gati

tivijjā

Three special knowledges of the Buddha: The Way to Nibbāna – Removal of Āsavā

uccheda diṭṭhi

wrong view that death of the physical body is the end of a living being, i.e., disbelief in rebirth process

udayavaya

arising and destruction of a saṅkhata (sankata in Sinhala): Udayavaya Ñāṇa

udayavaya or udayabbaya ñāṇa

Udayavaya Ñāṇa

uddhacca

tendency to be high-minded (restlessness)

uddesa

very short description: Sutta Interpretation – Uddesa, Niddesa, Paṭiniddesa

upacāra

close to

upacāra samādhi

samādhi close to jhānic state

upādāna

clinging, like to hold onto

upekkha

equanimity, neutrality

uppatti

birth

utu

natural change kammaja and cittaja energies to rūpa

utuja rūpa

rūpa produced via the transformation of kammaja and cittaja rūpa

vacī

speech

vaṇṇa (varna in sinhala)

color

vaya

destruction or deviating to immorality

vāyāma

effort

vāyo

element of movement, motion

vedanā

feeling or more precisely "sensing of an event": Vedanā (Feelings)

vedanānupassanā

anupassanā on feelings: Satipaṭṭhāna – Introduction

veyyāvacca

paying homage to and taking care of Holy places: Puñña Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā

vibhava

disbelief in rebirth: Kāma Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā

vicāra

sustained concentration on a thought object

vicikicchā

acting without sati; uncertainty of what to do; doing inappropriate things

vipassanā

insight meditation with and for clear vision: 4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean?

vimāna

residence, normally of a deva

vimansā

contemplation, investigation

vimutti

release (from the rebirth process)

vinaya

rules of discipline for bhikkhus: Kamma, Debt, and Meditation

viññāṇañcāyatana

second arūpi brahma realm: 31 Realms of Existence

viññata

comprehension via viññāṇa

viññati

intimation. For example, kāya viññati is express intention via body movement.

viññāṇa

defiled consciousness

viññāṇañcāyatana

second arūpa brahma realm: 31 Realms of Existence

vinodanā

in vinodanaā pahatabba: The Sotāpanna Stage

vipāka

result (of a kamma)

viparināma

unexpected change

vipassanā

removing defilements via insight of Tilakkhaṇa

vippayutta

appear together, but separable; like a current in a wire

virati

lose craving for indulgence

viriya

effort

visuddhi

purification

vitakka

initial application of the mind on an object

vīthi

street; but in a citta vīthi means a "packet of thoughts" with a certain number of citta

votthapana

determining (citta)

vyāpāda or byāpāda

ill will, stronger than paṭigha

yojanā

distance of about 7 miles

yoniso manasikāra

ability to see consequences of one's actions for future rebirths: Four Conditions for Attaining Sotāpanna Magga/Phala