Pāli - Buddhism Vocabulary

Question 1

Yoniso

Answer 1

The starting point

Question 2

Uppajati

Answer 2

Birth

Question 3

Parivajjanā

Answer 3

Removing

Question 4

Sabbasava sutta

Answer 4

The seven ways to remove fermentations

Question 5

Manasikara

Answer 5

Attention, minding, focus through the mind

Question 6

Yoniso manusikara

Answer 6

wise attention

Question 7

Sabba

Answer 7

All

Question 8

Puṇḍarīka

Answer 8

Lotus

Question 9

āsava

Answer 9

defilements

mental influxes

Question 10

Bhavissati

Answer 10

expresses both future tense as well as anticipation, wonder and hope

Question 11

n’upalippati

nūpalittosmi

Answer 11

untouched

Question 12

yatthā

Answer 12

just like

Question 13

Puṇḍarīkaṃ yathā vaggu,
Toyena nupalippati;
Nupalippāmi 
lokena,
Tasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇā”ti.

Answer 13

Like a blue lotus, rising up,
untouched by water,
untouched am I by the world,
and so, brahman,
I'm awake.

Question 14

evaṁ me

Answer 14

I heard

Question 15

cākkani

Answer 15

wheels, circles

Question 16

aham

Answer 16

I

Question 17

samanti

Answer 17

ends, ceases

Question 18

verani

Answer 18

hatered

Question 19

putajanam

Answer 19

never

Question 20

ahero

Answer 20

free from

Question 21

anuttara

Answer 21

incomparable, excelent

Question 22

arahato

Answer 22

perfected one

Question 23

bala

Answer 23

power

Question 24

dassa

Answer 24

sermon

Question 25

catu

Answer 25

4

Question 26

dasa

Answer 26

10

Question 27

hoti

Answer 27

to be

Question 28

assa

Answer 28

locative case

Question 29

passati

Answer 29

to see

Question 30

appatihata

Answer 30

occupies

Question 31

pathavi

Answer 31

elements

Question 32

kovido

Answer 32

skilled

Question 33

ko

Answer 33

who

Question 34

maññati

Answer 34

conciving, thinking

Question 35

sekba

Answer 35

trainee

Question 36

citta

Answer 36

consciousness, mind, heart-mind

Question 37

namo

Answer 37

homage

Question 38

tasso

Answer 38

to him

Question 39

saranam gaccia

Answer 39

I go for the refuge

Question 40

mā

Answer 40

do not

Question 41

di

Question 42

ditthi

Answer 42

view

Question 43

sañña

Answer 43

cognition

Question 44

yathapi

Answer 44

just like/ similar to

Question 45

evam

Answer 45

like this

Question 46

puthujjana

Answer 46

worldy, common-sense

Question 47

anussaranati

Answer 47

remembers, recollects

Question 48

anto

Answer 48

goal, end

Question 49

avaca

Answer 49

said

Question 50

alliyati

Answer 50

clings to, is attached to

Question 51

vāyāma

Answer 51

effort

Question 52

saṃkappa

Answer 52

intention, purpose

Question 53

punabbhava

Answer 53

rebirth

Question 54

muhutta

Answer 54

moment

Question 55

ākāra

Answer 55

condition, state

Question 56

rūpa

Answer 56

form

Question 57

rūppati rūpo

Answer 57

defining form

Question 58

ye

Answer 58

who

Question 59

kariyya

Answer 59

refuge

Question 60

na

Answer 60

not

Question 61

etha

Answer 61

here

Question 62

kāyam

Answer 62

body

Question 63

vijjati

Answer 63

exit

Question 64

idamavoca

Answer 64

having said that

Question 65

mūle

Answer 65

bottom, root

Question 66

agge

Answer 66

top

Question 67

ādaya

Answer 67

having taken

Question 68

rittaka

Answer 68

empty

Question 69

puriso

Answer 69

man

Question 70

amatesi

Answer 70

adressed, called upon

Question 71

vedāna

Answer 71

feeling, sensations

Question 72

jānato

Answer 72

knows

Question 73

samkhara

Answer 73

mental-formations

Question 74

cakkhumā

Answer 74

one who has the Buddha-eye

Question 75

pindūpamam

Answer 75

lump of foam

Question 76

samvarā

Answer 76

restraining

Question 77

bhāvanā (bhū)

Answer 77

to cultivate, meditate

Question 78

assutavā putujjana

Answer 78

uninstructed wordling, common-man

Question 79

sapurisānaṃ

Answer 79

from stream-enterer to non-returner

Question 80

janati

Answer 80

ordinary knowing

Question 81

pajānāti

Answer 81

knowing with wisdom

Question 82

ahosiṃ nu kho?

Answer 82

have I been?

Question 83

paccupana

Answer 83

present

Question 84

anāgata

Answer 84

future

Question 85

atita

Answer 85

past

Question 86

Ayaṃ nu?

Answer 86

am I?

Question 87

atta

Answer 87

soul

Question 88

aññatarā

Answer 88

one out of, either this or that

Question 89

sukkha

Answer 89

happiness

Question 90

sādhu

Answer 90

good

Question 91

sāsava

Answer 91

with, having, characterised by

Question 92

sugati

Answer 92

bliss

Question 93

sikkhāpadaṃ

Answer 93

precept

Question 94

upapajjanti

Answer 94

arise, comes to existence

Question 95

sīla

Answer 95

ethical discipline, conduct

Question 96

prajña

Answer 96

wisdom

Question 97

dassanā

Answer 97

seeing

Question 98

samuarā

Answer 98

restraining

Question 99

paṭisevanā

Answer 99

using

Question 100

adhivāsanā

Answer 100

enduring

Question 101

parirajjana

Answer 101

avoiding

Question 102

vinodana

Answer 102

removing

Question 103

sevanā

Answer 103

enagagemnt with something

Question 104

neva davāya

Answer 104

energise and become strong

Question 105

yāvadeva imassa kāyassa

Answer 105

for the endurance of this body

Question 106

7 bojhaṅgaṃ

bodhi+anga

Answer 106

7 limbs of enlightenment

1) sati - mindfulness
2) dhammavicaya - investigation of the dhamma
3) vīriya - effort, energy
4) pīti - joy
5) passaddhi - tranqulity, calm
6) sāmadhi - concentration
7) upekkhā - insightful attainment (to see closely and develop equanimity and balanced state of mind)