Lesson 7

Question 1

Anāthapiṇḍika

Answer 1

“the one who feeds the homeless”
(one of the main patrons of the Buddha’s community)

proper noun

a-nātha ‘destitute’, ‘very poor’, ‘without shelter’
piṇda ‘lump (of food)’ = ‘alms’ → Lesson 4
-ika

Skt. अनाथपिण्डद

Question 2

ākāsa

Answer 2

space,
sky

m.

Skt. आकाश ‘shining forth’, i.e. the illuminated space

Question 3

ārāma

Answer 3

park

m.

cf. ramati ‘to enjoy oneself’, ‘to delight in’

Question 4

itthirūpa

Answer 4

woman’s shape,
form of a woman

n.

itthi / itthī, Skt. स्त्री ‘woman’

Question 5

ekarūpa

Answer 5

one form,
one single form,
a particular form

n.

Question 6

gocara

Answer 6

pasture, fodder;
sense object;
suitable place

m.

go, m., ox, cattle in general
cara, m. one who walks or frequents

sphere, domain

Question 7

avacara

Answer 7

sphere (of moving or activity),
domain

n.

ava-√car ‘living/moving in’

Question 8

jetavana

Answer 8

Jeta’s forest/grove

n.

Question 9

nirodha

Answer 9

cessation

m.

cf. vb. nirujjhati ‘to stop’, ‘to cease’

Question 10

magga

Answer 10

path

m.

Skt. मार्ग from √मृग् ‘to track’, ‘to trace’

Question 11

maccha

Answer 11

fish

m.

Skt. मत्स्य

Question 12

miga

Answer 12

animal

m.

Skt. मृग

Question 13

yogāvacāra

Answer 13

initiated in yoga,
meditator

m.

ava-√car ‘living/moving in’

Question 14

lakkhaṇa

Answer 14

mark, sign

n.

Skt. लक्ष्मण

Question 15

vana

Answer 15

forest, jungle

n.

Question 16

vimokkha

Answer 16

liberation

m.

from vi-√muc

Question 17

vihāra

Answer 17

monastery

m.

cf. vb. viharati ‘to dwell’

Question 18

sakunta

Answer 18

bird,
bird of prey
(kind of vulture)

m.

Skt. शकुन्त

Question 19

sannicaya

Answer 19

accumulation,
hoard,
stockpile

m.

nicaya ‘heap’, ‘pile’
cf. vb. cināti (Skt. चिनोति, चयति) ‘to heap’, ‘to pile’

ekādasakanipātapāḷi 541:
“ayaṃ, bhante, bhikkhu bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo. …”
“This monk, oh Teacher, is well-educated, he keeps (in mind) what he has heard, he accumulates what he has heard. …”

Question 20

samudda

Answer 20

ocean

m.

Skt. समुद्र from उद्र ‘water’

Question 21

sarīra

Answer 21

body

n.

Skt. शरीर

Question 22

sāvatthinagara

Answer 22

city of Sāvatthi

| n.

## Footnote

Skt. श्रावस्ती

also simply *sāvatthi*

This is where the *jetavana* is situated and *Anāthapiṇḍika* lived.

Question 23

ahaṃ

Answer 23

I

pronoun

Question 24

añña

Answer 24

other, another

adj.

Skt. अन्य

Question 25

durannaya

Answer 25

difficult to follow, difficult to trace | adj. ## Footnote *anvaya* 'conformity', 'accordance' from *anu*-√*i*

Question 26

pariññātabhojana

Answer 26

one whose food is measured, one who controls his eating | adj. ## Footnote *pariññāta* 'measured', 'completely known' (ppp. of *parijānāti*) *bhojana*, n., food

Question 27

āmanteti

Answer 27

to address, to talk to [someone: Acc.] ## Footnote Skt. आमन्त्रयते

Question 28

oloketi

Answer 28

to contemplate, to examine (from above) ## Footnote Skt. अवलोकयति

Question 29

tiṭṭhati

Answer 29

to stay, to stand ## Footnote Skt. √स्था (I तिष्ठति)

Question 30

pariyādiyati

Answer 30

to take hold of, to overpower ## Footnote from *ādiyati* 'to take up', √*dā* (*dadāti*) 'to give'

Question 31

pariyādāya

Answer 31

having overpowered, having seized | abs. ## Footnote see *pariyādiyati* Mūlapaṇṇāsapāḷi 175: *atha ca pana me ekadā lobhadhammāpi cittaṃ **pariyādāya** tiṭṭhanti, dosadhammāpi cittaṃ **pariyādāya** tiṭṭhanti, mohadhammāpi cittaṃ **pariyādāya** tiṭṭhanti.* And then, however, at times states of greed remained in me, having overpowered the mind, as well as states of hatred and delusion.

Question 32

vindati

Answer 32

to find, to know, to experience ## Footnote cp. *nibbindati* 'to become disenchanted', 'to lose interest' → Lesson 5

Question 33

sacchikaroti

Answer 33

to make real, to realize, to understand by direct experience ## Footnote *saccha* (Skt. स-√अक्ष्, based on an old desiderative of √अश् 'to reach', 'to obtain') conjugated like *karoti*

Question 34

samanupassati

Answer 34

to contemplate, to consider

Question 35

ekamantaṃ

Answer 35

at/to one side, nearby | adv. ## Footnote *atha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā **ekamantaṃ** nisīdi.* There then the venerable Mahāmoggallāna went to the place where the Blessed One was, having gone there and having bowed to the Blessed One, he sat down **to one side**.

Question 36

kho

Answer 36

indeed | ind. ## Footnote contraction of Skt. खलु

Question 37

tatra

Answer 37

there | ind. ## Footnote = *tattha* → Lesson 3

Question 38

ti

Answer 38

(quoting), thus [ends quote] ## Footnote = *iti*

Question 39

yathayidaṃ

Answer 39

namely, that is to say | ind.

Question 40

va

Answer 40

*iva*: like, as *eva*: indeed, only, precisely, exactly | ind. encl. ## Footnote = *iva* or *eva*

Question 41

iva

Answer 41

like, as | ind. encl. ## Footnote appears sometimes as *va*

Question 42

yiva

Answer 42

like, as | ind. encl. ## Footnote = *iva*