salutation; the act of paying homage; homage; veneration; (T.) salutation with joined palms.

abyss; hell; purgatory. ดู นิรยะ.

a neophyte; newly ordained monk (of not more than 5 years’ standing).

building new construction; making repairs.

the celebration of a festival; festivity.

one learned in the Doctrine; Doctrine-knower; one who has passed the examination of any of the three grades of Dharma-study; eccl. graduate of Dhamma studies; Dhamma graduate; Dhamma scholar.

a religious; priest; monk.

one who takes up a religious vow; ascetic; recluse; hermit.

a chanter.

dancing, singing, music, and unseemly shows (or stage plays).

lit. the theory of nothingness; nihilism; nihilistic view. นัตถิกวาท ก็ว่า.

1. a serpentlike water-god. 2. (T.) an applicant (or candidate) for ordination; or ordinand.

mind; name; mental factors; mentality.

Mind and Matter; name and form; mind and body; mentality and corporeality.

causing to perish; expulsion.

consecrated water; blessing water; lustral water; holy water.

a verse or words of summary; thesis; verse or passage set up for detailed treatment in a discourse; a saying quoted for discoursing; discourse-opening verse.

1. a collection; chapter or section of a Scripture; group. 2. a sect; school.

lit. one who is freed from all ties; a member of the Jain Order; ascetic in Jainism.

suppression; punishment; censure; reproach; rebuke; chastisement of a perverse monk.

permanent undertaking; regular precepts; uninterrupted observance or virtue; the good conduct to be observed uninterruptedly, i.e. the Five Precepts.

a continuous good supply; monthly food allowance.

1. “Expositions”; name of the eleventh division of the Khuddaka Nikaya. 2. description; analytic explanation.

1. source; cause; origin; reference. 2. (T.) a story.

blame; reproach; fault-finding; calumny. v. to blame; calumniate; speak ill of a person.

Nirvana; Nibbana; the extinction of the fires of greed, of hatred and ignorance; the Unconditioned; the supreme goal of Buddhism; the Summun Bonum of Buddhism; the Final Goal; the extinction of all defilements and suffering.

dispassion; disinterest; disenchantment.

invitation (for a monk). v. to invite (a monk).

the realm of the gods who rejoice in (their own) creations; name of the fifth heavenly abode of which Sunimmita is the King.

sign; omen; mark; portent; cause; the mental image; mental reflex; boundary marker.

the formal act of subordination; giving guidance; causing (a monk) to live (again) in dependence.

certainty; fixed method; regular order; the state of certainty; the five orders of processes which operate in the physical and mental realms; natural and regular orders governing all things; natural law.

hell; woeful state.

the Discrimination of Language; knowledge of dialects or philological analysis; analytical knowledge of the language (with regard to the true meaning and the Law).

the Cessation of Extinction of Suffering; cessation; extinction.

(the five) hindrances; obstacles.

humbleness; humility; lowliness; gentleness.

deliverance by escaping from defilement; salvation by deliverance; Nibbana.

an offence entailing expiation with for-feiture.

that on which anything depends; foundation; help; resource; support; protection; guidance; tutelage; dependence.

1. ดู นิสสัย. 2. habit.

renunciation; giving up the world; escape from sensuality; absence of greed; independence of sensual desire and pleasure; self-denial; self-abnegation.

thought of renunciation; thought free from selfish desire.

fresh butter; (according to some, ghee).

one who is to be led or instructed; one requiring guidance; a trainable or teachable person.

ghee; clarified butter.