a literary work; book; canonical text; scripture.

consciousness of impurity; perception of loathsomeness.

a recipient; one who receives.

repulsion; repugnance; anger; ill-will; grudge.

the Dependent Origination; the Law of Causation; the Chain of Causation; the Law of Dependent Arising; the Chain of Phenomenal Cause and Effect; the Conditional Arising and Cessation of All Phenomena; (the twelve links of ) conditioned co-production.

doing according to what is admitted; proceeding on the acknowledgement (of the accused monk).

the practice.

path; way; method; mode of progress; means of reaching a goal; practice; line of conduct.

purity of knowledge and vision of progress.

deliverance by tranquilization.

conceptualized image; counterpart sign; counter image.

perspicuity; sagacity; ready wit.

the Discrimination of Sagacity.

an image; figure.

living in a suitable region; residing in a suitable locality; dwelling in a favorable place.

reverse; opposite; contrary; backward; in reverse order.

penetration; realization; comprehension; attainment; insight; knowledge.

relinking; rebirth; reunion; conception.

relinking moment; the initial thought-moment of life; the initial thought-process.

Rebirth-consciousness.

promise; assent.

restoration; reparation; repair; mending.

friendly welcome; kind reception; hospitality; greeting.

(the four) Discrimination; analytic insight; Analytical Knowledge; discriminating knowledge.

“the way of Analysis”; “the Way of Discriminating Knowledge”; name of the twelfth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

formal act of reconciliation.

the first Jhana; the first absorption.

the First Sermon; the First Discourse. ดู ธัมมจักกัปปวัตตนสูตร.

the first watch (from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.)

the first disciple : Annakondanna.

lit. the earth-element; the element of extension; solid; the substratum of matter.

aspiration; determination; resolution.

a proximate cause.

effort; exertion; striving; the Four Great Efforts.

diversification; diffuseness; multiplicity.

heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; indolence; remissness.

adultery; unlawful intercourse with others’ wives.

the realm of the gods who lord over the creation of others; name of the sixth heavenly abode of which Paranimmita is the king.

1. The highest good; the highest ideal; the highest gain; the Absolute Truth; the Ultimate Reality; Nibbana. 2. (the four) Ultimate; Ultimate Realities.

the absolute truth; ultimate truth.

the other world; the world beyond; the world to come.

the opponent (in argument or controversy).

a girdle; waistband.

v. to present (something to a monk) with the hand.

v. to light the funeral pyre.

respectful clock-wise circumambulation. v. to circumambulate; make a triple circumambulation.

v. to sprinkle.

giving up; sacrifice.

a chapter; fascicule.

accurate or exact knowledge; full understanding; comprehension.

that which is to be known accurately; that which should be understood or comprehended, i.e. suffering (or all conditioned things).

verses of protection or safeguard; protective chants; holy stanzas; safety-runes.

lamentation.

the final or complete Nirvana; the complete extinction of all passion; the final release from the round of rebirth; the Great Decease of the Buddha; death (after the last life-span of an Arrahant).

a wandering religious mendicant; wanderer.

the Scriptures; study of the Scriptures; the Teachings to be studied.

“Epitome of the Vinaya”; “ the Accessory”; name of the last book of the Vinaya Pitaka.

probation.

the quality of one who knows the assembly; knowing the assembly; knowledge of groups of persons.

the confession of an offence; v. to confess an offence.

to relinquish the vital force; the Buddha’s announcement of his coming death.

rivalry; envious rivalry; domineering.

obstruction; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; drawback.

1. invitation; giving occasion or opportunity; allowance. 2. invitation to ask. 3. invitation to speak; the act of inviting others to advise one or to speak of one’s offences or any unbecoming behavior; the ecclesiastical ceremony at the end of the rains retreat, in which monks invite one another to speak of any offences or unbecoming behavior they have seen, heard or suspected to have been committed during the rains. v. to invite to ask or to speak.

confidence; satisfaction; joy; calm and clarity of mind; appreciation; faith.

that which is to be eradicated or abandoned, i.e. the Cause of Suffering.

giving up; abandoning; removal; eradication; overcoming.

the effort to discard evils that have arisen; the effort to overcome unwholesome states.

a fortnight; one half of the lunar month; (lunar) half-month.

“the Mode of Dependency.” see Paticcasamuppada.

reflection; consideration; reviewing.

the out-skirts of a country; bordering regions.

1. condition; aiding condition. 2. (the four) requisites, viz., clothing, good, dwelling and medicine; necessaries.

discipline as regards the four requisites; conduct in connection with the necessaries of life.

rising to receive.

to give up the use (of an old robe); remove; revoke.

appearance; mode of appearance; phenomenon.

an independent or private Buddha; a Silent Buddha; a Buddha who has won enlightenment by himself, but does not teach others; one who gains liberation for himself alone.

the later period for keeping the rains.

afternoon; after the mealtime of the monk.

a junior monk who walks behind a senior on his rounds; accompanying monk; attendant.

the last birth.

the last watch (from 2:00 to 6:00 a.m.).

the last word; the last saying.

the last instruction; the last advice or exhortation.

the five sense-doors: eye, ear, nose, tongue and body.

wisdom; knowledge; insight; discernment; reason.

the Eye of wisdom.

liberation through wisdom; emancipation through insight.

achievement of wisdom; the blessing of higher knowledge.

a question; inquiry; problem.

“the Book of Causal Relations”; “the Book of Organization”; name of the seventh book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

formulated fault; breach of the training rules; that which is blamable by the regulation. เทียบ โลกวัชชะ.

rejoicing in others’ merit.

(merit) connected with, or to be gained through, rejoicing in others’ merit.

giving of merit; transference of merit; letting others share or participate in doing good.

(merit) connected with, or to be gained through, the giving out of one’s accumulated merit; the transference of merit of letting others share in doing good as a way of making merit.

the act of banishment; exile; the punishment made to a monk deserving to be expelled.

tranquillity; quietude; calmness; repose; serenity; relaxation.

out-breathing; exhalation.

1. “Minor Offences”; one of the books of the Vinaya; 2. an offence entailing expiation.

an offence to be confessed.

“The Fundamental Precepts”; the fundamental rules of the Order; the 227 disciplinary rules binding on Bhikkus; a collection of the fundamental precepts of the Order recited every fortnight; fortnightly recitation of the fundamental precepts; Disciplinary Code.

marvel; wonder; miracle.

talking life; killing.

the fundamental text; the Scriptures; the Norm-Discipline; the Doctrine and the Discipline.

1. “Major Offences”; the first of the two divisions of the Suttavibhanga of Vinaya. 2. a grave offence involving expulsion from monkhood; Defeat. 3.one who has committed the grave offence of expulsion; defeated one.

the four kinds of Higher Sila; the fourfold moral purity; morality for purification; morality consisting in purity.

a basket; any of the three main divisions of the Pali Canon. ดู ไตรปิฎก.

v. to gild. adj. gilded.

the plane of the departed; the world of manes; the realm of ghost-beings.

patricide.

food carrier; tiffin carrier.

pleasant speech; kindly speech.

malicious speech; slandering; tale-bearing.

joy; rapture; delight; interest.

“Description of Individuals”; name of the fourth book of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.

the quality of one who knows individuals; knowing the individual; knowledge of individuals.

catechism; question and answer.

a worlding; worldly person; ordinary man.

the state of having done meritorious actions in the past; to have done good deeds in the past; having prepared oneself with good background.

Reminiscence of Past or Previous Births; the recollection of former lives; supernormal knowledge which enables one to remember the various past courses of one’s own existences.

the earlier period for keeping the rains.

a venerable person; person worthy of honor; one entitled to homage.

an object of worship.

a place of worship; place of sanctity; religious place; shrine; holy or sacred place; sanctuary.

the full-moon day.

“Stories of the Departed”; name of the tenth division of the Khuddaka Nikaya.

kindness of language; kindly speech.

a departed being; ghost; ghost-being; hungry ghost; the ghost of the departed.

one versed or learned in Pali studies; one who has passed the examination of any of the seven higher (3 to 9) grades of Pali studies; eccl. Graduate of Pali studies; Pali graduate; Pali scholar.