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EXPLANATION OF WORDS
the meaning of which is not always given in the translation.
  
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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