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Lesson Three Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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artha- (m.)

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meaning, purpose, benefit, wealth, object, thing, matter, affair

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asau (pron. m/f)

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that (m/f Nom Sg of asau/adas-)

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bhadanta- (m.)

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a term of respect for a senior monk, Venerable

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bhava- (m.)

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becoming, existence, an existent

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bikṣu-bhāva- (m.)

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state of being a monk, monkhood

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bikṣu-saṅgha- (m.)

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gathering of monks, community
of monks

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bodha- (m.)

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understanding, enlightenment (= bodhi)

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dharma-vinaya- (m.)

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doctrine-discipline, the totalty of the Buddha’s teachings, the Buddhist tradition

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eṣaḥ (m. demon. pron.)

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this (m. Nom Sg. of eṣaḥ/etad-)

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eṣā- (f. demon. pron.)

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this (f. Nom Sg. of eṣaḥ/etad-)

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gṛha- (m.)

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house, home

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12
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jīva- (m.)

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Life Principle

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13
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kāla- (m.)

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(the right) time

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kāla-samaya- (m.)

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time, temporal juncture, temporal stage

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kecit

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some,/certain (m. Nom Pl of kaḥ (question pron) + cit

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mantra- (m.)

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a spell; mahā-mantraḥ: great spell

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māṇava- (m.)

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youth, lad

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pañca-skhandāḥ (m.)

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five heaps/aggregates (m. Nom Pl)

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piṇḍa- (m./n.)

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lump, ball, alms-food for the monks

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rāja-gṛha- (m.)

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City in India

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saḥ (m. Pron.)

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he, it, this, that (m. Nom Sg of saḥ/tad-)

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sahāyaka- (m.)

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companion, friend, adherent, assistant

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23
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samyak-saṃbuddha- (m.)

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Perfectly Fully Enlightened One, a
perfect Buddha

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uttara- (m., adj.)

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  1. a name; 2. adj. upper, higher, superior, north, left (vs right)
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vigama- (m.)

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going away, departing

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vinaya- (m.)

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monastic discipline

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27
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adhivacana- (n.)

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appellation, name, near-synonym

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ākāśa- (n.)

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space, sky

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29
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amithyatva- (n.)

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non-falsehood, being not false

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arhattva- (n.)

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arhat-hood, the state of being an arhat

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a-sattva- (n.)

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non-existence, absence, the fact of being non-existent

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asti-tva- (n.)

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existence, the fact of being existent; sarva-kāla-astitvam: alltime existence [of dharma-s]

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ā-varaṇa- (n.)

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hindrance, obstruction

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buddhatva- (n.)

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state/fact of being enlightened, Buddha-hood, Buddha-nature

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35
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darśana- (n.)

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seeing, vision, view

36
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etat (m. demon. pron.)

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this (one), that (m. Nom Sg eṣaḥ/etad-)

37
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jñāna- (n.)

A

kowledge

38
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maraṇa- (n.)

A

death

39
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na-astitva-/nāstitva (n.)

A

non-existence

40
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nagara- (n.)

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city, town

41
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nama- (n.)

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obeisance, homage, salutation

42
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pari-śodhana- (n.)

A

purificaiton

43
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pramāṇa- (n.)

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measure, standard, criterion, authority, a means of knowledge, validity

44
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prati-śaraṇa- (n.)

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reliance, support, basis

45
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sapta-ratna- (n.)

A

seven jewels

46
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saptaratna-paripūrṇa- (adj.)

A

(completely) filled with the seven jewels

47
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satya- (n.)

A

truth

48
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sthāna- (n.)

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point, matter, staying, place, station, state, situation, case, occasion,
condition

49
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sā (f. 3rd Pers Nom Sg Pron)

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it, she, this, that

50
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tat (n. 3rd Pers Nom Sg)

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it, that, this

51
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upādāna- (n.)

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Grasping, clinging upa-ā-√dhā; MW: the act of taking for one’s self, appropriating to one’s self. (upā-dāna) [MBh. etc);

52
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vyañjana- (n.)

A

letter, syllable

53
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ātma-saṃjñā- (f.)

A

notion of a Self

54
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avidyā- (f.)

A

ignorance

55
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dharmatā- (f.)

A

nature of a dharma; absolute reality; nature of things

56
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gañgā- (f.)

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river; River Ganges

57
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jarā- (f.)

A

old-age; decay

58
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jīva-saṃjñā- (f.)

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notion of a life principle

59
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māyā- (f.)

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illusion, trick

60
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pāramitā- (f.)

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perfection; MW: coming or leading to the opposite shore; attainment, perfection (in comp); transcendent virtue

61
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pāramita- (adj.)

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MW: gone to the opposite shore; crossed, traversed; transcendent

62
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pra-kṛti- (f.)

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nature, fundamental nature, fundamental form

63
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pudgala-saṃjñā- (f.)

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notion/idea of a person

64
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prajñā- (f.)

A

understanding, wisdom

65
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prajñā-pāramita- (adj)

A

wisdom-perfection, perfection of wisdom

66
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pra-vrajyā- (f.)

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going forth, renouncing the worldly, admission into the Buddhist order

67
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saṃjñā- (f.)

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idea, notion, concept, name

68
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sarva-jñatā- (f.)

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all-knowledge, omniscience; MW defines jñatā- (f.) as intelligence; Jñatā- (adj.) ifc. as knowledge

69
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śūnyatā- (f.)

A

emptiness

70
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tathatā- (f.)

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suchness, reality

71
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upa-saṃpat- (f.)

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going forth, renouncing the worldly, admission into the Buddhist order (full ordination); MW: sam-√pad (in some forms a participle); become full or complete

72
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vālukā- (f.)

A

sand

73
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vedanā- (f.)

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sensation, feeling, pain; MW: vedana- n. feeling, sensation, perception, knowledge; vedanā- f. pain, torture, agony

74
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a-bhavya- (adj.)

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not to be/become, unlikely to be, improper, unfit, impossible, unable

75
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a-kṣaya- (adj.)

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inexhaustible

76
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anya- (adj)

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different, another, other, other than, different from; anya X … anya Y = X
is one thing, Y is another (/different) thing

77
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a-trasta- (adj)

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(√tras I/IV, ‘tremble’; trasta: ‘frightened’) unafraid, not trembling

78
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a-paryanta- (adj)

A

boundless, unbounded, unlimited

79
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a-pramāṇa- (adj)

A

immeasurable

80
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avinipātadharman-
a-vi-ni-pāta-dharman- (adj)

A

of the nature of not falling
down into

81
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avinipātadharmin-
a-vi-ni-pāta-dharmin- (adj)

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of the nature of not falling
down into

82
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gambhīra- (adj)

A

deep, profound

83
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jāty-andha- (adj)

A

blind from birth

84
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katama- (pron. adj)

A

who/which, who/which among many (/ of two)

85
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