Sanskrit Flashcards
quick vocab drill
abhidharma
Buddhist psychology, super Dharma
adhipati pratyaya
condition for development
ahimsa
non-harming
akushala mula
unwholesome roots
alambana-pratyaya
object as condition
alaya
store consciousness
alayavijñana
store consciousness
anashrava
without setbacks
anatman
nonself
animitta
signlessness
anitya
impermanence
apranihita
aimlessness, wishlessness
arya ashtangika marga
noble path of eight limbs
asamskrita
realm of the unconditioned
ashrava
with setbacks
ashraya paravritti
transformation at the base
avidya
ignorance
avihimsa
non-harming
avyapada
absence of anger
ayatana
sense organ + sense objects
ayoniso manaskara
inappropriate attention
balani
(5) powers - “energy in action”
bhava
becoming
bija
seed
buddhata
Buddha nature
chitta samskara
mind conditioned things ex: sadness, anger
Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta
Discourse on Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma
Dharma mudra
Dharma seals
dharma-pravichaya
investigation of phenomena
Dharmakaya
teaching body, source of enlightenment and happiness
dhatus
(18) elements
dhyana
meditation, meditative state of concentration
domanassa
anxiety
drishta dharma sukha viharin
dwelling happily in things as they are
drishtadharma nirvana
nirvana in this very life
dukkha
suffering
dukkha dukkhata
suffering of suffering
indriyani
(5) faculties (or bases)
jaramarana
death
jati
birth
jñana
looking deeply
kama
craving
karana-hetu
motivating or creative force
karuna
compassion
klesha
affliction
kshanti
capacity, inclusiveness, patience
kushala mula
wholesome roots
lakshana
sign, image, appearance
mahabhuta
four great elements (earth, water , fire, air)
mahaparinirvana
Great Passing Away
mahapranidhana
Great Aspiration
maitri
love (Pali: metta)