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Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata Glossary
| 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. |
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