Notes on Dhamma vocab

Question 1

paccaya
nāmarūpapaccayā viññānam, viññānapaccayā nāmarūpam

Answer 1

‘condition’，is something on which something else，the so-called ‘conditioned thing’，is dependent，and without which the latter cannot be

Question 2

Viññāna

Answer 2

consciousness, being the presence of the phenomenon.

Question 3

A/puññābhisankhāra

Answer 3

puñña：merit，meritorious，is a popular term for kammically wholesome （kusala） action．Opposite terms：apuñña，’demerit’

Question 4

āneñjābhisankhāra

Answer 4

āneñja：[adj.] static； imperturbable.
āneñja—immobility, unshakability, imperturbability.
abhisaṅkhāra：identical with the 2nd link of the paṭiccasamuppāda （q.v.），saṅkhāra （q.v.； under I，1） or kammaformations .

Question 5

sankhārapaccayā viññānam

Answer 5

with determinations as condition there is consciousness

Question 6

saññāvedayitanirodha，= nirodha-samāpatti （q．v．）

Answer 6

nirodha-samāpatti：’attainment of extinction’ （S．XIV，11），also called saññāvedayitanirodha，’extinction of feeling and perception’，is the temporary suspension of all consciousness and mental activity，following immediately upon the semi-conscious state called ‘sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception’ （s．jhāna，8）．The absolutely necessary pre-conditions to its attainment are said to be perfect mastery of all the 8 absorptions （jhāna），as well as the previous attainment of Anāgāmi or Arahatship （s．ariya-puggala）．

Question 7

anulomam ‘with the grain’—the samudaya sacca
patilomam ‘against the grain’—the nirodha sacca

Answer 7

samudaya—appearing, arising, coming into being.
sacca—truth.
nirodha—ceasing, cessation.

Question 8

saccato thetato

Answer 8

theta—reliable, actual.
sacca - truth

Question 9

Ye dhammā hetuppabhavā / Tesam hetum Tathāgato āha / Tesañ ca yo nirodho / Evamvādī mahāsamano. (‘Of things originating with conditions, The Tathāgata has told the condition, And what their cessation is. The Great Recluse speaks thus.’)

Answer 9

(‘Of things originating with conditions, The Tathāgata has told the condition, And what their cessation is. The Great Recluse speaks thus.’)

hetū (‘conditions’—synonymous with paccayā)
and hetū, being nothing else than sankhārā

Question 10

āsava
Here we find that avijjā depends upon āsavā, and āsavā depend upon avijjā. But one of the āsavā is, precisely, avijj’āsava, which seems to indicate that avijjā depends upon avijjā

Answer 10

—canker, intoxication.

Question 11

Attanā va attānam sañjānāmī ti; Attanā va anattānam sañjānāmī ti; and Anattanā va attānam sañjānāmī ti.

Answer 11

(‘With self I perceive self; With self I perceive not-self; With not-self I perceive self.’

va：Like，as
iti：[ind．] thus．（used to point out something just mentioned or about to be mentioned，and to show that a sentence is finished）．Very often its former i is elided and ti only is remaining．

Question 12

ditthigata

Answer 12

—going to, involved with, consisting of, (wrong) view.