Lesson 4

Question 1

akusala

Answer 1

unwholesome

adj., n.

Skt. अकुशल

Question 2

akkha

Answer 2

eye

m.

Skt. अक्ष

Question 3

anumodana

Answer 3

thanks giving,
blessing

n.

from anu-modati ‘according to taste’

Question 4

ariyasāvaka

Answer 4

noble disciple

m.

ariya (adj.) noble (Skt. आर्य)
sāvaka (m.) disciple
(not to be confused with sevaka ‘servant’)

(in Skt. सावक ‘productive’, ‘young of an animal’)

Question 5

Ānanda

Answer 5

(the Buddha’s assistant)

lit. ‘joy, pleasure, bliss, delight’
ā-√nand

Question 6

nibbāna

Answer 6

liberation

n.

Skt निर्वाण

Question 7

pattacīvara

Answer 7

bowl and robe

n.

patta (m.) bowl (Skt. पात्र)
cīvara (n.) robe

Question 8

piṇḍa

Answer 8

alms

m.

lit. ‘lump (of food)’

Question 9

brahmaloka

Answer 9

world of Brahmā

m.

Question 10

bhava

Answer 10

existence,
being,
becoming

m.

Question 11

bhojana

Answer 11

food

n.

Question 12

vacana

Answer 12

speech, word(s)

n.

Question 13

vibhava

Answer 13

non-existence,
non-being,
non-becoming

m.

Question 14

sacca

Answer 14

truth

n.

Skt. सत्य

Question 15

sukkha / sukha

Answer 15

pleasure,
happiness

n.

Question 16

abyākata

Answer 16

not determined,
neutral

adj.

ā-kata ‘arranged, built’ (Skt आकृत)

Question 17

nipāka

Answer 17

intelligent,
smart

adj.

Question 18

atikkamati

Answer 18

to go beyond,
to transcend

ati-kamati
cp. Skt. √क्रम् (क्रामति)

Question 19

abhivādeti

Answer 19

to pay respect to [+ acc],
to greet respectfully

Caus. of abhivadati ‘to speak out, to declare’

Question 20

abhisañcetayati

Answer 20

to form a volition

Question 21

abhisaṃkharoti

Answer 21

to form a condition

abhi-saṃs-karoti

Question 22

ādāya

Answer 22

having taken [+ acc]

abs.

cf. vb. ādīyati “to take”

Question 23

icchati

Answer 23

to wish, to desire,
to covet, to want

Question 24

katvā

Answer 24

having done

abs.

Skt. कृत्वा
from karoti “to do”

Question 25

karoti

Answer 25

to do

Question 26

khāditvā

Answer 26

having eaten

abs.

cf. vb. khādati

Question 27

gantvā

Answer 27

having gone

abs.

Skt. गत्वा
cf. bv. gacchati

Question 28

ñatvā

Answer 28

having known

abs

cf. vb. jānāti (root √ñā)

Question 29

datvā

Answer 29

having given

abs.

cf. vb. dadāti

Question 30

disvā

Answer 30

having seen,
having contemplated

abs.

cf. vb. passati
Skt. दृष्ट्वा

Question 31

pakkamati

Answer 31

to go away,
to go forth

cp. Skt. √क्रम् (क्रामति)

Question 32

pajānāti

Answer 32

to recognise,
to understand

Question 33

paṭisuṇāti

Answer 33

to assent to [+ dat],
to reply to [+ dat]

“Yes, I agree”
jdm. beipflichten

paccassosuṃ they assented

“evaṃ, bhante”ti kho sāriputtamoggallānā bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

Question 34

pātubhavati

Answer 34

to manifest,
to become apparent

pātur (Skt. पादुस्) ‘visible’

Question 35

sutvā

Answer 35

having heard

abs.

Skt. श्रुत्वा

cf. vb. suṇāti

Question 36

namo

Answer 36

honour to [+ dat],
homage to [+ dat]

Question 37

pi

Answer 37

also, too, even

ind.

Question 38

vā

Answer 38

or

ind.