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