Lesson 8

Question 1

accharā

Answer 1

fairy,
celestial nymph

f.

origin likely dialectal, cp. Skt. अप्सरस्

Question 2

avijjā

Answer 2

ignorance

f.

Skt. अविद्या

Question 3

upāsikā

Answer 3

female devotee

f.

Mahaprajapati begging Buddha to let women enter the order.

cp. upāsaka, m., male devotee
upa-√ās (unto+sit)

Question 4

upāsaka

Answer 4

male devotee

m.

cp. upāsikā, f., female devotee
upa-√ās (unto+sit)

Question 5

kaññā

Answer 5

girl

f.

Skt. कन्या

Question 6

gāthā

Answer 6

stanza,
verse

f.

cf. vb. gāyati (Skt. गायते) ‘to sing’

Question 7

cārika

Answer 7

a walk,
a stroll

n.

cf. vb. carati

Question 8

devatā

Answer 8

deity

f.

Question 9

paññā

Answer 9

wisdom,
understanding

f.

Skt. प्रज्ञा

Question 10

paṭipadā

Answer 10

path,
way

f.

path towards (paṭi, Skt. प्रति) a goal

Question 11

pāvā

Answer 11

city of Pāvā,
capital of the Malla country

f.

A stupa built at the place where Cunda's house used to be, in ancient Pava (present-day Fazilnagar)

Pāvā was an important city of the Malla tribe of ancient India at the time of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha. It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Kushinagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, southwest of Nepal.

Question 12

vedanā

Answer 12

sensation,
feeling

f.

Empfindung
cf. vb. vedeti

Question 13

sagga

Answer 13

heaven,
celestial world

m.

Skt. स्वर्ग

Question 14

saṅkhāra

Answer 14

volition,
intentional activity
(bodily, verbal or mental)

m.

saṃ-√(s)kṛ,
Skt. संस्कार
the term संस्कृतम् Sanskrit, ‘perfected’, is derived from the same verb

Question 15

satta

Answer 15

being,
sentient being

m.

Skt. सत्त्व = weak form of sant + tva,
sant = present active participle of √as ‘to be’

Question 16

sālā

Answer 16

hall,
assembly hall

f.

Skt. शाला

Question 17

sahāyaka

Answer 17

male companion

m.

cp. sahāyikā female companion

Question 18

sahāyikā

Answer 18

female companion

f.

cp. sahāyaka male companion

Question 19

ta-

Answer 19

that

demonstrative, n.

Question 20

addha

Answer 20

rich

adj.

also aḍḍha
Skt. आढ्य derived from ऋद्ध ppp.
cf. vb. ijjhati, Skt. √ऋध् (ऋध्नोते, ऋध्यते), ‘to thrive’

Question 21

kaṭuka

Answer 21

sharp

adj.

Sharp knife (kukri) with sheath, Indian or Nepalese, Gurkha

cp. Skt. कृणोति ‘to cut’

Question 22

kalyāṇa

Answer 22

good,
beneficial

adj.

Question 23

ādikalyāṇa

Answer 23

good at the beginning

adj.

ādi ‘beginning’

Question 24

majjhekalyāṇa

Answer 24

good at the middle

adj.

majjha ‘middle’, Skt. मध्य

Question 25

pariyosānakalyāṇa

Answer 25

good at the end

pari-osāna “around stopping/finish”
from osāpeti (ava-√sā, Skt. अवसाययति) ‘to put down’, ‘to fix’, ‘to bring to and end’, ‘to settle’

Question 26

pahūta

Answer 26

much,
abundant,
great

adj.

Skt. प्रभूत

Question 27

bhāsita

Answer 27

spoken,
said,
stated

ppp.

cf. vb. bhāsati ‘to speak’, ‘to say’ (Skt. भाषते)

Question 28

khādati

Answer 28

to eat

Question 29

carati

Answer 29

to walk,
to roam

Question 30

miyyati

Answer 30

to die

Skt. म्रियते (from √मृ)

Question 31

vedeti

Answer 31

to feel,
to experience

empfinden

Question 32

sannipatati

Answer 32

to meet,
to gather

ni-patati ‘to fall/fly down’, ‘to bring together’

Question 33

sadā

Answer 33

always

ind.

Question 34

saddhiṃ

Answer 34

with [+ instr.]

ind.

Skt. सार्धम् ‘with (the other) half’ → saḍḍhaṃ