Abhidhammatasangaha glossary Flashcards
niyama
procedure
atula
Peerless One
bahiddhā
external
magga
path
paccayasatti
conditioning force
kāmāvacara
sense sphere
gantha
knot
avibhūta
obscure (object)
ākāra
mode
sammuti
conventional (reality or truth)
mudutā
malleability
santīraṇa
investigating (consciousness), investigation
satipaṭṭhāna
foundation of mindfulness
pādakajjhāna
basic jhana
dibbasota
divine ear
muñcitukamyatā
desire for deliverance
upādāna
clinging
manasikāra
attention
sota
ear
magganga
path factor
uggaha, uggahanimitta
learning (sign)
niyatayogī
fixed adjunct
sabhāva
intrinsic nature
ojā
nutritive essence
vacīviññatti
vocal intimation
upakkilesa
imperfection (of insight)
pakatūpanissaya
natural decisive support (condition)
upacāra
access
ghāyana
smelling
nāma
(1) mind, mental; (2) name
citta
consciousness
bhāvarūpa
sexual material phenomena
kicca
function
vipassanā
insight
vitakka
initial application
kasiṇa
kasina (meditation device)
gocara
object
parikamma
preliminary
upādinnarūpa
clung-to matter
adhimokkha
Decision, resolution
gandha
smell
jivhā
tongue
avijjā
ignorance
ghāna
nose
dosa
hatred
atthapaññatti
concept-as-meaning
anuloma
conformity
samāpatti
(meditative) attainment
vinibbhogarūpa
separable material phenomena
kusala
wholesome
sankhāra
(1) formation; (2) mental formation (4th aggregate); (3) kammic formation; (4) prompting
mettā
loving-kindness
upādārūpa
derivative matter
khandha
aggregate
vigata
disappearance (condition)
aññātāvindriya
faculty of one who has final knowledge
ālambana
object
sammā-ājīva
right livelihood
sampaṭicchana
receiving
iṭṭha
desirable
mūla
root
pasādarūpa
sensitive matter
asankhārika
unprompted (consciousness)
āsava
taint
sappaṭigharūpa
impinging matter
apāyabhūmi
woeful plane
virati
abstinence
cittuppāda
consciousness, act or state of consciousness
jarāmaraṇa
decay-and-death
ujjukatā
rectitude
samanantara
contiguity (condition)
yoga
bond
bojjhanga
factor of enlightenment
atiparitta
very slight (object)
appaṇihita
desireless [free from desire]
kāya
body (physical or mental)
amoha
non-delusion
vīthi
process
vedanā
feeling
peta
peta (“hungry ghost”)
phala
fruit, fruition
āpo
water
saṃyojana
fetter
pariggaha
discernment
vikārarūpa
mutable matter
sammāsati
right mindfulness
paṭisandhicitta
rebirth-linking consciousness
pañcadvāra
five sense doors
vicāra
sustained application
mahaggata
sublime
kāla
time
arupavacarabhumi
the immaterial-sphere plane
iṭṭha
desirable
puthujjana
worldling
cakkhu
eye
khaya
destruction
thīna
sloth
pubbenivāsānussati
recollection of past lives
cetanā
volition
kalāpa
group
atimahanta
very great (object)
aniyatayogī
unfixed adjunct
nibbidā
disenchantment
sammāvāyāma
right effort
dasaka
decad
ariyasacca
noble truth
paggaha
exertion
samāpajjana
(act of) attainment
sahetuka
rooted, with roots
rāga
lust, attachment
nānakkhaṇika
asynchronous (kamma condition)
sukha
happiness, pleasure, pleasant (feeling)
lahutā
lightness
cittavīthi
cognitive process
jhāna
jhāna (i.e. meditative absorption)
puggala
individual
paṭṭhāna
conditional relations
anattā
non-self
utu
temperature
nāmarūpa
mind-and-matter
atthi
presence (condition)
samatha
calm
domanassa
displeasure
kilesa
defilement
sobhana
beautiful
anussati
recollection
natthi
absence (condition)
samudaya
origin (as noble truth)
paccupaṭṭhāna
manifestation
paṭigha
(1) aversion; (2) (sensory) impingement
ariya
noble, noble one
nikanti
attachment
jāti
birth
samādhi
concentration
vyāpāda
ill will
obhāsa
aura
aññamañña
mutuality (condition)
sukhumarūpa
subtle matter
manodvārāvajjana
mind-door adverting (consciousness)
cetasika
mental factor
appamaññā
illimitable
phusana
touching
avigata
non-disappearance (condition)
indriya
faculty
asaññasatta
non-percipient being
bhanga
dissolution; dissolution (sub-moment)
gati
destiny
suññata
void
lobha
greed
uppāda
1) arising; (2) arising (sub-moment)
bhūmi
plane (of existence or of consciousness)
bala
power
hadayavatthu
heart-base
vohāra
conventional expression
bhūtarūpa
essential matter
paṭiccasamuppāda
dependent arising
vāyāma
effort
upanissaya
decisive support (condition)
votthapana
determining
anottappa
fearlessness of wrong– doing
akusala
unwholesome
navaka
nonad
dvipañcaviññāṇa
two sets of fivefold sense consciousness
sakadāgāmī
once-returner
mānasa
consciousness
sankhata
conditioned
ṭhāna
(1) stage; (2) presence (submoment)
sotāpanna
stream-enterer
appaṭigharūpa
non-impinging matter
rūpakalāpa
material group
pāguññatā
proficiency
paccavekkhaṇa
reviewing
vimokkha
emancipation
kammaṭṭhāna
meditation subject
cittakkhana
mind-moment
cittasantāna
stream of consciousness
sappaccaya
with conditions
sīlabbataparāmāsa
adherence to rules and rituals,
tadārammaṇa
registration
jaratā
decay
asura
asura (“titan”)
dhamma
(1) Dhamma (i.e. Buddha’s teaching); (2) phenomenon, state; (3) mental object
bhaya
fear, fearful
somanassa
joy
abyākata
(kammically) indeterminate
sandhāna
[Uniting, conciliation, friendship]
iriyāpatha
bodily posture
udayabbaya
rise and fall
sekkha
trainee (i.e. three lower grades of noble disciples)
nīvaraṇa
hindrance
viññāṇañcāyatana
base of infinite consciousness
abhijjhā
covetousness
sati
mindfulness
nimitta
sign
aññasamāna
ethically variable (mental factor)
paricchedarūpa
limiting material phenomenon (i.e. space)
tejo
fire
adosa
non-hatred
anupassanā
contemplation
pīti
zest
asāraka
coreless
oḷārikarūpa
gross matter
paṭisankhā
reflective contemplation
santati
[continuity, duration, subsistence, continuity of consciousness]
viññāṇa
consciousness
ukkaṭṭha
superior (kamma)
paritta
(1) limited (i.e. sense sphere); (2) slight (object)
dukkha
(1) suffering; (2) pain, painful (feeling)
iddhividha
supernormal powers
vavatthāna
analysis
hasana
smiling
sota
stream
uddhacca
restlessness
paracittavijānanā
knowledge of others’ minds
kammapatha
course of kamma
viññatti
intimation
phassa
contact
sandhi
connection
sahagata
accompanied by
niraya
hell
ahetuka
rootless
manussa
human being
anāgāmī
non-returner
āruppa
immaterial (sphere or state)
vatthu-purejа̄ta
base prenascence
angа
factor
paccayuppanna
conditionally arisen
upaṭṭhāna
awareness
hiri
shame
pariññā
full understanding
vipāka
result, resultant
pavatta, pavatti
course of existence
deva
god
āpātha
avenue (of sense)
garuka
weighty (kamma)
sammādiṭṭhi
right view
kāma
(1) sense (sphere), sensuous (plane); (2) sensual (desire or pleasure)
lokiya
mundane
lokuttara
supramundane
vacī
speech
tiracchānayoni
animal kingdom
phoṭṭhabba
tangible (object)
chanda
desire (to do or to attain)
alobha
non-greed
aniccatā
impermanence
ñāṇa
knowledge
nibbāna
Nibbāna
jīvitindriya
life faculty
mogha
futile (cognitive process)
hasituppāda
smile-producing (consciousness)
dhātu
element
kukkucca
worry
pañcadvārāvajjana
five door adverting, five-sense-door adverting (consciousness)
viññāṇadhātu
consciousness element
paññindriya
wisdom faculty
purisatta
masculinity
sa-upādisesa
with residue remaining (Nibbāna element)
а̄rammaṇaūpanissaya
Object decisive support
diṭṭhi
view, wrong view
purejāta
prenascence (condition)
vasitā
mastery
kamma
kamma, action, deed
anantara
proximity (condition)
cuti
death
jhānanga
jhāna factor
puñña
merit, meritorious
arahant
Arahant (liberated one)
paṭisandhi
Rebirth-linking
а̄rammaṇa-purejа̄ta
object prenascence
vatthu-purejа̄ta nissaya
base-prenascence support
paññā
wisdom
padaṭṭhāna
proximate cause
anupādisesa
without residue remaining (Nibbāna element)
pāka
resultant
manodhātu
mind element
upatthambaka
supportive (kamma)
manoviññāṇadhātu
mind-consciousness element
patibhaganimitta
counterpart sign
bhāvanā
meditation, development (of the eightfold path, or of calm and insight)
sampayoga
association
paccaya
condition
addha
period (of time)
dāna
dāna—giving
vīmaṃsā
investigation
anusaya
latent disposition [tendency]
rūpa
(1) matter, material phenomenon; (2) fine-material (sphere or plane); (3) visible form
anipphanna
non-concretely produced (matter)
sadda
sound
bhavanga
life-continuum
arūpāvacara
immaterial sphere
vīthicitta
consciousness belonging to a cognitive process
rasa
(1) function; (2) taste
viriya
energy
pacchājāta
postnascence (condition)
sammāsankappa
right intention
kammanimitta
sign of kamma
thīna mita
sloth and torpor
carita
temperament
saḷāyatana
six sense bases
avinibbhogarūpa
inseparable material phenomena
sangaha
(1) compendium; (2) combination, inclusion
gatinimitta
sign of destiny
ekaggatā
one-pointedness
nissaya
support (condition)
itthamajjhatta
desirable-neutral
n’evasaññānāsaññāyatana
base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception
sammasana
comprehension (knowledge)
diṭṭhadhammavedanīya
immediately effective (kamma)
pahāna
abandoning
dhammavicaya
investigation of states (enlightenment factor)
hetu
root
nirodha
cessation
sankappa
intention
ati-iṭṭha
extremely desirable
sasankhārika
prompted (consciousness)
kāyaviññatti
bodily intimation
ākiñcaññāyatana
base of nothingness
nipphanna
concretely produced (matter)
sahajāta
conascence (condition)
mahanta
great (object)
anaññātaññassāmītindriya
faculty “I will know the unknown”
khaṇa
moment; sub-moment
animitta
signless
saddhā
faith
sammāvācā
right speech
sacchikiriya
realization
ajjhattika
internal
sankhepa
group
vuṭṭhāna
emergence
issā
envy
sugati
blissful (plane)
mahāvipāka
great resultant (consciousness)
vāyo
air
pakiṇṇaka
(1) occasional (mental factor); (2) miscellaneous
taṇhā
craving
vaṇṇa
colour
maraṇa
death
muditā
appreciative joy
animitta
signless
paṭhavī
earth
āsanna
death-proximate (kamma)
ahosi
defunct (kamma)
vīthimutta
process-freed (i.e. outside the cognitive process)
arahatta
Arahantship
sampayutta
associated with; association (condition); connected with
nirodhasamāpatti
attainment of cessation
gocaraggāhika
taking objects
karuṇā
compassion
sacca
truth
avacara
sphere
saññā
perception
mano
mind
paññatti
concept
sammākammanta
right action
vibhūta
clear (object)
Rupavacarabhumi
the fine-material-sphere plane
kālavimutta
independent of time
āvajjana
adverting
itthatta
femininity
iṭṭhamajjhatta
desirable-neutral
gocararūpa
objective matter
lakkhaṇa
characteristic
manodvāra
mind door
ākāsānañcāyatana
base of infinite space
āyu, āyuppamāṇa
life-span
asankhata
unconditioned
vatthu
(1) base; (2) entity
kammaññatā
wieldiness
udaya-vaya
falling
tihetuka
triple rooted, three-rooted
anicca
impermanent
dibbacakkhu
divine eye
kiriya, kriyā
functional
suddhāvāsa
Pure Abode
sādhāraṇa
universal, common
upapajjavedanīya
subsequently effective (kamma)
visaya
object
āloka
light
pettivisaya
sphere of petas
abhiññā
direct knowledge
savana
hearing
loka
world
sabbacittasadharana
universals
sammāsamādhi
right concentration
sīla
virtue
paṭibhāga
counterpart (sign)
visuddhi
purification
paramattha
ultimate reality
moha
delusion
kappa
aeon
omaka
inferior (kamma)
jīvitarūpa
material phenomenon of life
middha
torpor
adukkhamasukha
neither-painful nor- pleasant (feeling)
micchādiṭṭhi
wrong view
sotāpatti
stream-entry
ottappa
fear of wrongdoing
ārammaṇa
object
vimokkhamukha
door to emancipation
gotrabhū
change-of-lineage
vicikicchā
doubt
bodhipakkhiyadhamma
requisite of enlightenment
atīta
past
paṭipadā
way
rūpāvacara
fine-material sphere
arūpa
immaterial
samuṭṭhāna
origination; mode of origin
nāmapaññatti
concept-as-name
kaṭattā
reserve (kamma)
lakkhaṇarūpa
characteristic of matter
javana
javana (i.e. active phase of cognitive process)
gatinimitta
sign of destiny
adhipati
predominant; predominance (condition)
janaka
productive (kamma)
kabaḷīkа̄ra а̄hа̄ra
edible food
iddhipāda
means to accomplishment
macchariya
avarice
manosañcetanā
mental volition
ādīnava
danger
addhāna
duration
sāyana
tasting
ahirika
shamelessness
upapīḷaka
obstructive (kamma)
attavāda
doctrine of self
sanidassanarūpa
visible matter
bāhira
external
appanā
absorption
upacaya
production
āsevana
repetition (condition)
cakkhuviññāṇa
eye-consciousness
asekkha
one beyond training (i.e. an Arahant)
sahita
together with
sammappadhāna
supreme effort
idaṃsaccābhinivesa
dogmatic belief that “This alone is the truth”
mahākiriya
great functional (consciousness)
mahābhūta
great essential (matter)
bhava
existence
vippayutta
dissociated from; dissociation (condition)
vaṭṭa
round of existence
tatramajjhattatā
neutrality of mind
anāgata
future
ati-ittha
extremely desirable
adhiṭṭhāna
(1) locus, foundation; (2) resolution
aññindriya
faculty of final knowledge
sāsava
subject to taints
ajjhatta
internal
āciṇṇa
habitual (kamma)
ogha
flood
aparāpariyavedanīya
Indefinitely effective (kamma)
dvāra
door
aniṭṭha
undesirable
upaghātaka
destructive (kamma)
ṭhiti
presence (sub-moment)
asubha
foulness
momūha
sheer delusion
māna
conceit
mahākusala
great wholesome (consciousness)
ākāsa
space
paccuppanna
present
āyatana
base
dassana
(1) seeing; (2) vision (as knowledge)
dvāravimutta
door-freed
upekkhā
equanimity
passaddhi
tranquillity
upacchedaka
destructive (kamma)