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pali
vocabulary for gombrich course
Term | Definition |
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kukkuro | dog |
upāsako | layman |
upāsika | laywoman |
ācariyo | teacher |
ajā- | nanny goat |
ajo | goat |
hoti | to become/be |
pibati | to drink |
cinteti | to think/consider |
deseti | to teach/instruct |
gacchati | to go |
sīho | lion |
brāhmaṇo | brahmin/priest |
jīvati | to live |
upasaṅkamati | to approach |
samaṇo | ascetic |
bhariyā- | wife |
devo | god/deity |
kumāro | boy/prince |
kāyo | body |
paññā- | knowledge/understanding/wisdom |
aggi- | fire |
bhikkhu- | monk/medicant |
aṭṭhi- (neut.) | bone |
bhikkhunī- | nun |
abhiññā- | higher knowledge |
itthi- (fem.) | woman |
sacca- (adj.) | real/true |
kāḷa- (adj.) | black |
gehaṃ | house |
dāsī- | slave girl |
devī- | queen/goddess |
dhātu- (fem.) | material element |
dhenu- (fem.) | cow |
saṇgho | community |
sīlaṃ | virtue/purity |
hirī- / hiri- (fem.) | bashfulness/shyness/modesty |
viharati | to live/abide/stay |
sukhaṃ | happiness/bliss |
maṃsaṃ | meat/flesh |
saccaṃ | truth |
dhammo | doctrine/teaching |
dāso | slave |
gāmo | village |
khīraṃ | milk |
kusala- (adj.) | good/skilful |
bhagavant- (masc.) | blessed/The Blessed One |
sīlavant (adj.) | virtuous |
buddhimant (adj.) | intelligent |
cetas- | mind/thought |
kalyāṇa- (adj.) | good |
piya- (adj.) | dear/beloved |
passati | to see |
sassata- | eternal |
dhanavant (adj.) | possessing wealth/wealthy |
manas- | mind |
paññavant (adj.) | possessing insight/wise |
iddhimant (adj.) | possessing supernatural power |
mahant- (adj.) | great |
himavant (adj.) | possessing snow/the Himalayas |
iddhi- (fem.) | potency/supernatural power |
gamanaṃ | going/movement/journey |
dhanaṃ | wealth/money |
dhiti- (fem.) | courage/steadfastness/resolution |
puriso | man |
loko | world |
jhāyati | to meditate/think/contemplate |
bhagavant (adj.) | possessing good fortune/blessed |
namas- | homage/veneration |
suṇāti/suṇoti | to hear/listen |
anto | end/conclusion |
deti | to give |
jhānaṃ | meditation/absorption |
nibbānaṃ | Nirvana/quenching |
maggo | path/road/way |
vihāro | abode/monastery |
upasamo | calm/peace/tranquility |
dukkhaṃ | suffering/pain/unsatisfactoriness |
putto | son/child |
kāmo | desire/pleasure |
kaññā- | girl |
bhuñjati | to eat/enjoy |
bhāsati | to speak/say |
pucchati | to ask/question |
pajānāti | to know/understand |
pavisati | to enter |
tiṭṭhati | to stand/remain |
khādati | to eat/chew |
yānaṃ | vehicle/carriage |
kīḷati | to play |
vadati | to say |
nisīdati | to sit down |
pakkamati | to set out/go away/leave |
gajo | elephant |
vatthu- | object/property/substance |
sāvako | disciple/hearer/pupil |
maddati | to crush |
sundara- (adj.) | beautiful |
tiṇaṃ | grass (used in pl.) |
attho | purpose/meaning/welfare/advantage |
sukha- (adj.) | happy/blissful |
āgacchati | to come |
jara- (adj.) | old |
kanta- (adj.) | lovely/delightful |
pahūta- (adj.) | much/abundant/a lot |
labhati | to gain/get/acquire |
phusati | to touch/experience |
pūjeti | to worship/honour/revere |
paṭsaṃvedeti | to experience |
pāraṃ | far shore/liberation |
puññaṃ | merit/meritorious act |
buddhi- (fem.) | intelligence/intellect |
sacchikiriyā- | realization/experiencing/witnessing |
cakkhumant (adj.) | intuitive/insightful |
dhitimant (adj.) | resolute/courageous |
hirimant (adj.) | bashful/shy |
sirimant (adj.) | glorious/beautiful |
pajahati | to abandon |
seta- (adj.) | white |
khudda- (adj.) | small/little/inferior |
santuṭṭha- (adj.) | happy/delightful/pleased |
vayas- | age/youth/old-age |
somanassaṃ | happiness/joy |
saṃvattati | to lead to |
samāhita- (adj.) | absorbed/concentrated |
puññavant (adj.) | possessing merit/meritorious |
bāla- (adj.) | foolish/ignorant |
desanā- | teaching/instruction |
anusāsati | to advise/instruct |
upasaggo | trouble/danger |
icchati | to want/desire/wish/seek |