1. a name; 2. adj. upper, higher, superior, north, left (vs right)

Lesson Three Vocabulary Flashcards by Dirk Johnson

artha- (m.)

meaning, purpose, benefit, wealth, object, thing, matter, affair

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asau (pron. m/f)

that (m/f Nom Sg of asau/adas-)

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bhadanta- (m.)

a term of respect for a senior monk, Venerable

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bhava- (m.)

becoming, existence, an existent

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bikṣu-bhāva- (m.)

state of being a monk, monkhood

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bikṣu-saṅgha- (m.)

gathering of monks, community
of monks

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bodha- (m.)

understanding, enlightenment (= bodhi)

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dharma-vinaya- (m.)

doctrine-discipline, the totalty of the Buddha’s teachings, the Buddhist tradition

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eṣaḥ (m. demon. pron.)

this (m. Nom Sg. of eṣaḥ/etad-)

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eṣā- (f. demon. pron.)

this (f. Nom Sg. of eṣaḥ/etad-)

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gṛha- (m.)

house, home

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jīva- (m.)

Life Principle

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kāla- (m.)

(the right) time

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kāla-samaya- (m.)

time, temporal juncture, temporal stage

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kecit

some,/certain (m. Nom Pl of kaḥ (question pron) + cit

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mantra- (m.)

a spell; mahā-mantraḥ: great spell

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māṇava- (m.)

youth, lad

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pañca-skhandāḥ (m.)

five heaps/aggregates (m. Nom Pl)

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piṇḍa- (m./n.)

lump, ball, alms-food for the monks

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rāja-gṛha- (m.)

City in India

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saḥ (m. Pron.)

he, it, this, that (m. Nom Sg of saḥ/tad-)

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sahāyaka- (m.)

companion, friend, adherent, assistant

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samyak-saṃbuddha- (m.)

Perfectly Fully Enlightened One, a
perfect Buddha

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uttara- (m., adj.)

a name; 2. adj. upper, higher, superior, north, left (vs right)

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vigama- (m.)

going away, departing

vinaya- (m.)

monastic discipline

adhivacana- (n.)

appellation, name, near-synonym

ākāśa- (n.)

space, sky

amithyatva- (n.)

non-falsehood, being not false

arhattva- (n.)

arhat-hood, the state of being an arhat

a-sattva- (n.)

non-existence, absence, the fact of being non-existent

asti-tva- (n.)

existence, the fact of being existent; sarva-kāla-astitvam: alltime existence [of dharma-s]

ā-varaṇa- (n.)

hindrance, obstruction

buddhatva- (n.)

state/fact of being enlightened, Buddha-hood, Buddha-nature

darśana- (n.)

seeing, vision, view

etat (m. demon. pron.)

this (one), that (m. Nom Sg eṣaḥ/etad-)

jñāna- (n.)

kowledge

maraṇa- (n.)

death

na-astitva-/nāstitva (n.)

non-existence

nagara- (n.)

city, town

nama- (n.)

obeisance, homage, salutation

pari-śodhana- (n.)

purificaiton

pramāṇa- (n.)

measure, standard, criterion, authority, a means of knowledge, validity

prati-śaraṇa- (n.)

reliance, support, basis

sapta-ratna- (n.)

seven jewels

saptaratna-paripūrṇa- (adj.)

(completely) filled with the seven jewels

satya- (n.)

truth

sthāna- (n.)

point, matter, staying, place, station, state, situation, case, occasion, condition

sā (f. 3rd Pers Nom Sg Pron)

it, she, this, that

tat (n. 3rd Pers Nom Sg)

it, that, this

upādāna- (n.)

Grasping, clinging upa-ā-√dhā; MW: the act of taking for one's self, appropriating to one's self. (upā-dāna) [MBh. etc);

vyañjana- (n.)

letter, syllable

ātma-saṃjñā- (f.)

notion of a Self

avidyā- (f.)

ignorance

dharmatā- (f.)

nature of a dharma; absolute reality; nature of things

gañgā- (f.)

river; River Ganges

jarā- (f.)

old-age; decay

jīva-saṃjñā- (f.)

notion of a life principle

māyā- (f.)

illusion, trick

pāramitā- (f.)

perfection; MW: coming or leading to the opposite shore; attainment, perfection (in comp); transcendent virtue

pāramita- (adj.)

MW: gone to the opposite shore; crossed, traversed; transcendent

pra-kṛti- (f.)

nature, fundamental nature, fundamental form

pudgala-saṃjñā- (f.)

notion/idea of a person

prajñā- (f.)

understanding, wisdom

prajñā-pāramita- (adj)

wisdom-perfection, perfection of wisdom

pra-vrajyā- (f.)

going forth, renouncing the worldly, admission into the Buddhist order

saṃjñā- (f.)

idea, notion, concept, name

sarva-jñatā- (f.)

all-knowledge, omniscience; MW defines jñatā- (f.) as intelligence; Jñatā- (adj.) ifc. as knowledge

śūnyatā- (f.)

emptiness

tathatā- (f.)

suchness, reality

upa-saṃpat- (f.)

going forth, renouncing the worldly, admission into the Buddhist order (full ordination); MW: sam-√pad (in some forms a participle); become full or complete

vālukā- (f.)

sand

vedanā- (f.)

sensation, feeling, pain; MW: vedana- n. feeling, sensation, perception, knowledge; vedanā- f. pain, torture, agony

a-bhavya- (adj.)

not to be/become, unlikely to be, improper, unfit, impossible, unable

a-kṣaya- (adj.)

inexhaustible

anya- (adj)

different, another, other, other than, different from; anya X ... anya Y = X is one thing, Y is another (/different) thing

a-trasta- (adj)

(√tras I/IV, ‘tremble’; trasta: ‘frightened’) unafraid, not trembling

a-paryanta- (adj)

boundless, unbounded, unlimited

a-pramāṇa- (adj)

immeasurable

avinipātadharman- a-vi-ni-pāta-dharman- (adj)

of the nature of not falling down into

avinipātadharmin- a-vi-ni-pāta-dharmin- (adj)

of the nature of not falling down into

gambhīra- (adj)

deep, profound

jāty-andha- (adj)

blind from birth

katama- (pron. adj)

who/which, who/which among many (/ of two)

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