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• Ababa Niraya
• Abbha Sutta.-Thunder clouds arise sometimes because the Abbhāva-lāhaka devas wish to give joy to their bodies. S.iii.256.
• Abbhāhata Sutta.-The world is persecuted by death, age, decay and craving. S.i.40. The verses appear also in the story of Sirimanda Thera (Thag.v.448).
• Abbhahattha.-See Ambahattha.
• Abbhañjanadāyaka Thera
• Abbhantara Jātaka (No. 281)
• Abbhantara Vagga.-The fourth division of the Tikā Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā. J.ii.392-430.
• Abbhasa
• Abbhava-lāhakā
• Abbhokāsa Sutta.-The five kinds of those who seek solitude. A.iii.220.
• Abbhuta (Dhamma) Sutta
• Abbuda 1.-A period of suffering in Avīci. For details see Ababa.
• Abbuda 2.-A king of long ago; a former birth of Nigganthipupphiya Thera. Ap.i.263.
• ābhā Sutta
• ābha Vagga
• ābha.-A generic name for devas distinguished for their brilliance, such as the Parittābhā and the āppamānābhā. M.iii.102; MA.ii.902.
• Abhabba Sutta 1.-Various events and the conditions requisite for their presence. A.v.144f.
• Abhabba Sutta 2.-The ten conditions essential for arahantship (A.v.209).
• ābhassara
• Abhaya
• Abhayā
• Abhaya Sutta.-On what fearlessness means. A.iv.455. See Gijjhakūta Sutta.
• Abhayācala.-Another name for Abhayagiri.
• Abhayagallaka.-A vihāra in Ceylon built by King Mahācūli-Mahā-tissa. Mhv.xxxiv.8.
• Abhayagiri
• Abhayagirikā.-The monks of the Abhayagiri-vihāra. Mhv.xxxiii.97-8. A summary of their heresies is given at MT. 676f.
• Abhayamātā
• Abhayanāga
• Abhayanagara
• Abhayankara.-One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares. J.vi.135.
• Abhayarājakumāra Sutta
• Abhayarāja-parivena
• Abhayasamāna Sutta.-Preached to Jānussoni on those who have no fear when death comes to them. A.ii.173f.
• Abhayattherī.-See Abhayā.
• Abhayavāpi
• Abhaya-Vihāra.-Another name for Abhayagiri Vihāra.
• Abhayebalākapāsāna
• Abhayupassaya.-A nunnery; see Abhaya (13).
• Abhayuttara.-A name for Abhayagiri.
• Abhayūvara.-The name of the eighth bhānavāra (portion for recitation) of the first Khandhaka of the Mahāvagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
• Abhibhū (Sutta)
• Abhibhūta
• Abhibhuyya Sutta
• Abhidhamma Pitaka
• Abhidhammapannarasatthāna.-A treatise by Nava Vimalabuddhi. Gv.64, 74.; Bode, op. cit., 27-8.
• Abhidhammattha-sangaha
• Abhidhammattha-vikāsinī.-A tīkā on Buddhadatta's Abhidhammāvatāra written by Sumangala. Gv.62; Svd.v.1227.
• Abhidhammāvatāra
• Abhidhamma-vibhānavā
• Abhidhānappadīpikā
• Abhijāna Sutta.-See Parijāna.
• Abhimārapayojanā.-Name given to the conspiracy into which Devadatta and Ajātasattu entered, to have archers shoot at the Buddha and so kill him (J.i.141; vi.130f.; DA.i.154).
• Abhinandamāna Sutta.-One who is enamoured of body, etc., becomes Mara's bondsman; by not being enamoured one becomes free. S.iii.75.
• Abhinandana Sutta.-He who takes delight in any or all of the five khandhas takes delight in suffering; he who does not is released there from. S.iii.31.
• Abhinandena Sutta (2).-By taking delight in the eye, ear, etc., one takes delight in Ill; by not so doing one is released from Ill. Similarly with regard to sights, sounds, etc. S.iv.13.
• Abhinha Jātaka (No. 27)
• Abhinīhāra Sutta
• Abhinivesa Sutta.-Bondage of and dependence upon the fetters arise as a result of clinging to the five khandhas (S.iii.186).
• Abhiñjika Thera
• Abhiññā Sutta 1.-On higher knowledge and its applications. A.ii.246f.
• Abhīññā Sutta 2.-A group of suttas on qualities that could be obtained by an understanding of raga (lust). A.iii.277.
• Abhiññā Vagga.-The twenty-sixth section of the Catukka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. It consists of ten suttas. A.ii.246-53.
• Abhiññāpariññeyya Sutta.-Everything should be known and comprehended as impermanent, woeful, void of self. S.iv.29.
• Abhiññeyya Sutta.-Same as above.
• Abhirādhana.-A friend of Sambhūta Sītavaniya. He went with Sambhūta, Bhūmija and Jeyyasena to hear the Buddha preach. ThagA.i.47.
• Abhirāmā.-One of the three palaces occupied, as a layman, by Nārada Buddha (Bu.x.19).
• Abhirūpa-Nandā Therī
• Abhisāma.-A king of fifteen kappas ago; a previous birth of Udakāsanadāyaka Thera. Ap.i.218.
• Abhisamaya Kathā.-The third chapter of the Paññā Vagga of the Patisambhidā-Magga (ii.215ff).
• Abhisamaya Samyutta.-The thirteenth Samyutta, forming the second section of the Nidāna Vagga of the Samyutta Nikāya (ii.133ff).
• Abhisamaya Vagga.-The sixth chapter of the Sacca Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikāya. V.459ff.
• Abhisambodhialankāra
• Abhisambuddha-gāthā
• Abhisammata.-A king of sixty-three kappas ago; a previous birth of Pātalipupphiya Thera. Ap.i.123.
• Abhisammataka
• Abhisanda Sutta
• Abhiseka
• Abhītatta.-See Ajitajana.
• Abhivaddhamānaka.-See Aggivaddhamānaka.
• Abhiya Kaccāna.-See Sabhiya Kaccāna.
• Acala.-Assistant to the architect of the Mahā Thūpa. MT.535.
• Acala Cetiya.-The name given to the spot at the entrance to Sankassa, where the Buddha first placed his right foot on his descent from Tāvatimsa. DhA.iii.227 (but see Appendix).
• Acala-Thera. One of the eminent monks present at the foundation of the Mahā Thūpa. MT.526.
• ācāmadāyikā
• ācāravitthigāma.-A village three leagues to the north-east of Anurādhapura. When Dutthagāmani was seeking for materials for the building of the Mahā Thūpa, nuggets of gold, from a span to a finger's breadth in size, appeared in the village. Mhv.xxviii.13-15.
• Acarin Sutta.-The Buddha, as he walked about, sought the satisfaction, the misery and the escape that come from the earth element. He found these and discovered that they exist also in the other three elements. S.ii.171.
• Accaya (akodhana) Sutta.-Speaks of two kinds of fools - the one who does not see his offence as such, and the other who does not accept a right ruling. S.i.239.
• Accāyika Sutta.-The urgent duties of a farmer and of a monk. A.i.239-40.
• Accenti Sutta.-The hours pass away, be heedful therefore. S.i.3.
• Acchagallaka (or Acchagiri)
• Acchagiri.-See Acchagallaka.
• Accharā Sutta
• Acchariya Sutta
• Acchariyabbhuta (or Acchariyadhamma) Sutta
• Acchimatī. One of the five daughters of Vessavana. She was married to Sakka. Latā was her sister. VvA.131.
• Accima
• Accimukhī
• Accuta
• Accutadevā.-A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Maha-Samaya Sutta. D.ii.260.
• Accutagāmabyāmaka.-One of the Pacceka Buddhas in a nominal list. M.iii.70. ApA.i.107.
• Accutagāmī.-One of Vijaya's companions in colonising Ceylon. He founded a settlement at Ujjeni 2 (Dpv.ix.32, 36). The Mahāvamsa (Dpv.vii.45) mentions the founding of Ujjeni 2, but does not give Accutāgamī's name.
• Accutavarnadanta.-One of Ekarāja's elephants. J.vi.135. But see Jāt. trans. vi.72.
• Acela Sutta
• Acelaka Vagga.-Fifth of the Pācittiya of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iii.195ff.; ibid., v.19-21.
• Acela-Kassapa
• Acintita Sutta.-The four unthinkables: the Buddhas, their musings, world-speculation and the point of action. A.ii.80.
• Aciravata
• Aciravatī
• Adalidda Sutta.-The rich man is he who possesses the seven bojjhangā. S.v.100
• Adanta Vagga.-The fourth chapter of the Eka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. It consists of ten suttas on the untamed mind. A.i.6f.
• ādāsamukha
• ādāsānandapa.-One of the numerous buildings erected by Parakkamabāhu I. in the Dīpuyyāna in Pulatthipura. It was so called because its walls were made of mirrors. Cv.lxxiii.119.
• Adassanā Sutta (five).-Diverse opinions arise in the world because of the failure to see the five sankhārā, their nature, etc. S.iii.260.
• Addha Sutta (2).-That Ariyan disciple is wealthy who possesses four things: unwavering loyalty to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and virtues held in esteem by the Ariyans. S.v.402.
• Addha Vagga.-The seventh chapter of the Devatā Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikāya (S.i.39-41). The Samyutta Commentary (SA.i.75. See also KS.i.54, n.4) calls it Anvavagga.
• Addha Vagga.-Third section of the Pañcaka Nipāta of the Jātaka Commentary. J.iii.211-227.
• Addhabhūta Sutta.-Preached in the Kalandakanivāpa at Veluvana. Everything is afflicted: eye, objects, eye-consciousness, etc. (Andhabhūta). S.iv.20-1.
• Addhacandiya Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he gave Tissa Buddha a bouquet of flowers in the shape of a crescent moon. He was once a king named Devapa. Ap.i.231.
• Addhacelaka Thera.-In a previous birth he gave half a garment to Tissa Buddha. He was thirty-two times king, under the names of Samanta and Odana. He became an arahant. Ap.i.134.
• Addhakāsī Therī
• Addhamāsaka
• Addhariyā-brāhmanā.-The word occurs in a list of brahmin teachers in the Tevijja Sutta (D.i.237). They teach a state of union with Brahmā. These are evidently Adhvaryu brahmins.
• Addhuvasīla.-A youth who stole ornaments to win the daughter of his teacher. He failed in his quest. The story is given in the Sīlavīmamsana Jātaka. J.iii.18-20.
• Addilarattha.-A kingdom where once lived a poor man named Kotūhalaka, who, in the present age, became Ghosita-setthi. Food being very scarce in the country, Kotūhalaka and his family left it. DA.i.317; MA.i.539.
• Adhamma
• Adhamma Sutta.-Three suttas describing dhamma and adhamma and their different qualities (A.v.222ff). In the last Ananda explains in detail what the Buddha taught to the monks in brief.
• Adhamma Vagga.-The tenth chapter of the Eka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya (A.i.16-19). It consists of forty-two suttas, dealing chiefly with the harm that arises from monks describing what is not Dhamma as Dhamma and vice versa.
• Adhammavādi
• Adhammika Sutta.-The evils resulting from the unrighteousness of kings and the benefits of their righteousness. A.ii.74f.
• Adhanapāli.-Given as an example of a name. J.i.403.
• ādhāradāyaka Thera.-An arahant. He gave a stool (ādhāraka) to Sikhī Buddha. Twenty-seven kappas ago he became king four times under the name of Samantavaruna. Ap.i.207.
• Adharatteri.-A district in S. India. Cv.lxxvii.69.
• Adhicchattiya Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he placed a parasol on the thūpa containing the relics of Atthadassī Buddha (Ap.i.170). He is evidently identical with Sāmidatta (ThagA.i.189) (v.l. Chattādhichattiya).
• Adhicitta Sutta.-The qualities necessary for the monk developing higher consciousness. A.ii.256f. It is quoted in the Vibhanga Commentary, 229 f.
• Adhigama Sutta.-On the qualities requisite for acquiring good states and for fostering them. A.iii.431f.
• Adhikakkā.-A ford, evidently a well-known bathing-ghat, where pilgrims used to bathe in order to obtain purification from their sins. It is mentioned in a list of rivers and ghats. M.i.39.
• Adhikarana Vagga
• Adhikaranasamatha Vagga.-One of the divisions of the Suttavibhanga on the procedure for settling disputes.
• Adhimutta
• ādhipateyya Sutta.-The three "mandates" which should guide a monk: the self, the world, the Dhamma. A.i.147f.; on the significance of the sutta see Mrs. Rhys Davids, J.R.A.S., April 1933, pp.329ff.
• Adhoganga.-See Gangā.
• Adhokurangāma.-A village in the district of Alisāra in North Ceylon; a fortification there of Gajabāhu was captured by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx.171.
• Adhopupphiya Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he was a hermit of great power in Himavā and offered flowers to Abhibhū, the chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. Soon afterwards he was eaten up by a boa-constrictor. Ap.i.128-9.
• ādicca
• ādicca Damilādhikāri
• ādicca Sutta.-Just as dawn is the harbinger of the arising of the sun, so is friendship with the good (kalyānamittatā) the harbinger of the arising of the seven bojjhangas. S.v.101; cp. S.v.29.
• ādiccabandhu
• ādiccupatthāna Jātaka. (No. 175)
• ādimalaya.-One of the generals of Vijayabāhu I. He openly rebelled against the king and came with his troops to the village of Andu, near Pulatthipura. The king went out against him and destroyed him. Cv.lix.4-6.
• Adīnasattu.-See Alīnasattu.
• Adinna Sutta.-Few are they that abstain from taking what is not given. S.v.469.
• Adinnapubbaka
• ādipādakajambu.-A locality in Ceylon where the ādipāda Vikkamabāhu defeated Mānābharana and his brothers. Cv.lxi.15.
• ādipāda-punnāga-khanda.-A locality in Rohana in the south of Ceylon. It was in the district of Guttasāla. Here an encounter took place between the forces of Parakkamabāhu I. and those of the rebels in Rohana. Cv.lxxv.14.
• Aditi.-Mother of the sun, who is called ādicca, which is explained as Aditiyā putto. DA.iii.963.
• āditta Jātaka (No. 424)
• āditta Sutta/Vagga
• ādittapariyāya Sutta
• ādittena Sutta
• ādiya Sutta
• Adukkhamasukhi Sutta.-A group of twenty-six suttantas, dealing with various heresies regarding the soul. S.iii.220-2.