Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10: The Dhammapada and Sut...
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10: The Dhammapada and Sutta Nipata, by Max Müller and Max Fausböll, [1881]
| EXPLANATION OF WORDS | |
| the meaning of which is not always given in the translation. | |
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| Âgîvika, | one belonging to a sect of naked ascetics. |
| Arahat, | a holy man, a saint. |
| Ariya, | noble. |
| Bhagavat, | worshipful; blessed, a name of a Buddha. |
| Bhikkhu, | a mendicant. |
| Brahman, | the supreme god of the Hindus. |
| Brâhmana, | a sage. |
| Buddha, | enlightened, a name of certain holy men who have freed themselves from existence, particularly of Samana Gotama. |
| Dhamma, | tenet, doctrine, custom, law, religion, virtue, thing. |
| Gahattha, | Gihin, a householder. |
| Gotama, | a name of the last Buddha. |
| Gatila, | an ascetic wearing clotted hair. |
| Gina, | a conqueror, a name of a Buddha. |
| Isi, | a sage. |
| Khattiya, | a warrior, a prince. |
| Kandâla, | an outcast. |
| Mâra, | a name of the king of death, the devil. |
| Muni, | a thinker, a sage. |
| Nâga, | an eminent man; sinless? |
| Namuki | = Mâra. |
| Nibbâna, | extinction, the state of bliss of the Buddhist. |
| Nigantha, | a naked ascetic. |
| Pabbaggâ, | leaving the world, embracing ascetic life, taking the robe. |
| Pabbagita, | an ascetic, having taken the robe. |
| Paribbâga, | Paribbâgaka, a wandering mendicant. |
| Sakka = Sakya, | belonging to the Sakya tribe. |
| Sakyamuni, | the Sakya sage, a name of Buddha. |
| Samana, | an ascetic. |
| Samkhârâ, | all compound things, the material world. |
| Samsâra, | revolution, transmigration. |
| Sâvaka, | a hearer, a follower, a disciple of Buddha, including both laity and clergy. |
| Sekha, | a novice, student. |
| Sudda, | a man of the servile caste. |
| Sugata, | happy, a name of a Buddha. |
| Thera, | an elder, a senior priest. |
| Titthiya, | an ascetic adhering to a certain system of philosophy. |
| Upadhi, | the elements of the world. |
| Upâsaka, | a follower, a lay devotee. |
| Upasampadâ, | priest's orders. |
| Vessa, Vessika, | a man of the third caste. |
| Yakkha, | a giant, a malignant spirit. |