Glossary
Terms rendered according to the Principles by Suttas, with definitions from the Suttas and the Vinaya where they exist. The Pali definition is quoted verbatim, with links to the reader.
Updated: 21 October 2026
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| abhijjhā | |
| abhiññā | |
| abhiññāya | |
| abyāpāda | |
| adhamma | |
| ādīnava | |
| adinnādāna | |
| adinnādānā veramaṇī | |
| āhuneyyo | |
| akāliko | |
| ākāsadhātu | |
| ākāsānañcāyatana | |
| ākiñcaññāyatana | |
| akusala | |
| Akusala kammapatha | |
| akusalamūla | unbeneficial-root |
| anabhijjhā | |
| anāgāmī | |
| ānāpāna | breath |
| ānāpānassati | breath-remembrance |
| anatta | non-personality |
| anattha | |
| aṅga | |
| anicca | unreliability |
| animitta | |
| añjalikaraṇīyo | |
| anta | |
| anuloma | |
| anunaya | |
| anusaya | predisposition |
| anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa | |
| anuttaro purisadammasārathi | |
| api | |
| āpodhātu | |
| appamāda | |
| appaṇihita | |
| appiyehi sampayogo | |
| apuñña | |
| arahaṁ | arahant |
| arati | |
| ariya | |
| ariyasacca | noble-truth |
| ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo | Noble Eightfold Path |
| arūparāga | |
| asaṅkhata | |
| asappurisa | |
| asāta | |
| āsava | outflow |
| asekha | |
| assāda | |
| assāsa | |
| asubha | |
| ātāpī | |
| atta | personality, self |
| attavādupādāna | personality-assertion-sustaining |
| attha | |
| avijjā | non-discernment |
| avijjānusaya | |
| avijjāpaccayā | non-discernment as condition |
| avijjāsava | non-discernment-outflow |
| āvuso | |
| āyatana | |
| ayya | |
| bala | power |
| bāla | |
| bhadante | |
| bhagavā (bhagavata) | |
| bhante | |
| bhava | bhava, [individual] existence |
| bhavapaccayā | bhava as condition |
| bhavarāgānusaya | |
| bhavāsava | being-outflow |
| bhavataṇhā | |
| bhāvetabba | |
| bhaya | |
| bhojanīya | |
| bodhi | awakening |
| bodhipakkhiyā dhammā | awakening-related phenomena |
| bojjhaṅga | aspect of awakening |
| brahmacariya | |
| brāhmaṇa | |
| brahmavihara | Abidings of Brahma |
| buddho | |
| byāpāda | hostility |
| cakkhu | |
| cattāri ariyasaccāni | Four Noble-Truths |
| catuttha jhāna | |
| cetanā | |
| ceto | |
| cetokhila | mind-futility |
| chanda | |
| chandasamādhi | impulse-samadhi |
| chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgata iddhipāda | |
| citta | |
| cittānupassanā | mind-observation |
| cittasamādhi | mind-state-samadhi |
| cittasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgata iddhipāda | |
| dakkhiṇeyyo | |
| dāna | |
| dassana | |
| deva, devatā | |
| dhamma | |
| dhammānudhamma | |
| dhammānupassanā | phenomenon-observation |
| dhammavicaya | |
| dhammavicayasambojjhaṅga | phenomena-discernment-awakening-aspect |
| dhātu | |
| diṭṭhānusaya | |
| diṭṭhi | view |
| diṭṭhupādāna | view-sustaining |
| domanassa | |
| dosa | |
| dukkha | pain |
| dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ | pain — noble-truth |
| dukkhanirodha | pain-elimination |
| dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā | practice leading to pain-elimination |
| dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṁ | practice leading to pain-elimination — noble-truth |
| dukkhanirodhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ | pain-elimination — noble-truth |
| dukkhasamudaya | pain-accumulation |
| dukkhasamudayaṁ ariyasaccaṁ | pain-accumulation — noble-truth |
| dukkhata | painfulness |
| dutiya jhāna | |
| ehi tvaṁ | |
| ehipassiko | |
| esanā | search |
| evamevaṁ | |
| gandha | |
| gantha | knot |
| ghāna | |
| iddhipāda | [super]-abilities-basis |
| indriya | ability |
| iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā | |
| jarā | |
| jarāmaraṇa | aging-dying |
| jāti | birth |
| jātipaccayā | birth as condition |
| jhāna | jhana |
| jhāyatha | |
| jivhā | |
| kalyāṇa | |
| kāma | |
| kāmacchanda | desire-impulse |
| kāmaguṇā | desire-multiplier |
| kāmarāgānusaya | |
| kāmāsava | desire-outflow |
| kāmataṇhā | |
| kāmesumicchācāra | |
| kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī | |
| kamma | activity |
| kāmupādāna | desire-sustaining |
| kappa | |
| karuṇā | |
| kāya | |
| kāyagatāsati | |
| kāyānupassanā | body-observation |
| khādanīya | |
| khandha | block |
| khaya | |
| khila | |
| kilesa | contamination |
| kusala | |
| Kusala kammapatha | |
| lobha | |
| lokavidū | |
| loko | |
| macchariyā | |
| magga | |
| mahābhūta | |
| majjhimā paṭipadā | |
| mala | |
| māna | |
| mānānusaya | |
| manasikāra | |
| mano | |
| maraṇa | |
| māro pāpimā | |
| mettā | peacefulness |
| micchādiṭṭhi | |
| micchattā | |
| mitta | |
| moghapurisa | |
| moha | |
| muditā | |
| mūla | |
| musāvāda | |
| musāvādā veramaṇī | |
| nāma | |
| nāmarūpa | name-image |
| nāmarūpapaccayā | name-image as condition |
| ñāṇa | |
| ñāṇadassana | |
| nandī | |
| nandīrāga | |
| nandīrāgasahagatā | |
| ñāyappaṭipanno | |
| nevasaññānāsaññāyatana | |
| nibbāna | nibbana |
| nibbidā | |
| nidāna | |
| nīgha | |
| nirāmisa | |
| nirodha | |
| nissaraṇa | |
| nissita | |
| nīvaraṇa | barrier |
| ogha | flooding |
| opaneyyiko | |
| orambhāgiya | near-side |
| paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhi | |
| paccaya | |
| padhāna | |
| pahāna | |
| pahānāya | |
| pahātabba | |
| pāhuneyyo | |
| pajānāti | |
| pakkhiya | side |
| pamāda | |
| pāmojja | |
| pananca | proliferation |
| pāṇātipāta | |
| pāṇātipātā veramaṇī | |
| pañcupādānakkhandha | five blocks of sustaining |
| paṇḍita | |
| paññā | |
| paññābala | understanding-power |
| paññindriya | understanding-ability |
| pāpaka | |
| parideva | |
| parinibbāna | |
| pariññā | |
| pariññāya | |
| pariññeyya | |
| passaddhi | |
| passaddhisambojjhaṅga | pacification-awakening-aspect |
| passāsa | |
| paṭhama jhāna | |
| paṭhavīdhātu | |
| paṭicca | |
| paṭiccasamuppāda | dependent arising |
| paṭigha | |
| paṭighānusaya | |
| paṭiloma | |
| paṭinissagga | |
| paṭivirato | |
| pātubhāvo | |
| pharusā vācā | |
| pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī | |
| phassapaccayā | touch as condition |
| phasso | touch |
| phoṭṭhabba | |
| pisuṇā vācā | |
| pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī | |
| pīti | |
| pītisambojjhaṅga | illumination-rapture-awakening-aspect |
| piyehi vippayogo | |
| ponobhavikā | |
| puggala | |
| puñña | |
| puthujjana | |
| rāga | |
| rajanīyā | |
| rasa | |
| rūpa | |
| rūparāga | |
| sacchikātabba | |
| sacchikiriyā | |
| sacchikiriyāya | |
| sadda | |
| saddhā | |
| saddhābala | faith-power |
| saddhindriya | faith-ability |
| sahagata | |
| sakadāgāmī | |
| sakkāyadiṭṭhi | |
| saḷāyatana | six inner-outer domains |
| saḷāyatanapaccayā | six domains as condition |
| samādhi | |
| samādhibala | samadhi-power |
| samādhindriya | samadhi-ability |
| samādhisambojjhaṅga | samadhi-awakening-aspect |
| samaṇa | |
| samanupassati | |
| samatha | |
| sambodhāya | |
| sāmīcippaṭipanno | |
| sāmisa | |
| sammā | right- |
| sammāājīva | right way of living |
| sammādiṭṭhi | right view |
| sammākammanta | right deed |
| sammappadhāna | right diligence |
| sammāsamādhi | right samadhi |
| sammāsambuddho | |
| sammāsaṅkappa | right intention-preparation |
| sammāsati | right remembrance |
| sammattā | |
| sammāvācā | right statement-speech |
| sammāvāyāma | right endeavor |
| sampajāna | |
| samphappalāpa | |
| samphappalāpā veramaṇī | |
| samudaya | |
| saṁyojana | boundness |
| sandiṭṭhiko | |
| Saṅgha | |
| saṅkhāra | constituents |
| saṅkhārapaccayā | constituents as condition |
| saṅkhata | |
| saṅkhittena | |
| saññā | |
| saññāvedayitanirodha | |
| sappurisa | |
| sati | remembrance |
| satibala | remembrance-power |
| satindriya | remembrance-ability |
| satipaṭṭhāna | establishment of remembrance |
| satisambojjhaṅga | remembrance-awakening-aspect |
| satthā | |
| satthā devamanussānaṁ | |
| sāvaka | |
| sekha | |
| Seyyathāpi | |
| sīla | morality |
| sīlabbata | rules-vows |
| sīlabbataparāmāsa | |
| sīlabbatupādāna | rules-vows-sustaining |
| soka | |
| somanassa | |
| sota | |
| sotāpanna | stream-enterer |
| soto | |
| sugato | |
| sukha | |
| suññatā | |
| suppaṭipanno | |
| svākkhāto | |
| taṇhā | clinging |
| taṇhāpaccayā | clinging as condition |
| tasinā | |
| tathāgata | |
| tatiya jhāna | |
| tatratatrābhinandinī | |
| tejodhātu | |
| thinamiddha | apathy-drowsiness |
| uddhacca | |
| uddhaccakukkucca | agitation-worry |
| uddhambhāgiya | ascending |
| ujuppaṭipanno | |
| upādāna | sustaining |
| upādānapaccayā | sustaining as condition |
| upadhi | |
| upakkilesa | |
| upasamāya | |
| upāyāsa | |
| upekkhā | |
| upekkhāsambojjhaṅga | equanimous-seeing-awakening-aspect |
| uposatho | |
| vāda | statement |
| vagga | |
| vaya | |
| vāyodhātu | |
| vedanā | feeling |
| vedanānupassanā | feeling-observation |
| vedanāpaccayā | feeling as condition |
| veramaṇī | |
| vibhava | |
| vibhavataṇhā | |
| vicāra | |
| vicikicchā | unclarity |
| vicikicchānusaya | |
| vidhā | kind |
| vihāra | |
| vihesā | |
| vijja | |
| vijjācaraṇasampanno | |
| vīmaṁsāsamādhi | investigation-samadhi |
| vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgata iddhipāda | |
| vimutti | |
| vinaya | |
| viññāṇa | recognition |
| viññāṇadhātu | |
| viññāṇañcāyatana | |
| viññāṇapaccayā | recognition as condition |
| vipāka | |
| vipallāsa | distortion |
| vipassanā | |
| virāga | |
| vīriya | |
| vīriyabala | determination-power |
| vīriyasamādhi | determination-samadhi |
| vīriyasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgata iddhipāda | |
| vīriyasambojjhaṅga | determination-awakening-aspect |
| vīriyindriya | determination-ability |
| vitakka | |
| viveka | |
| vūpasama | |
| yampicchaṁ na labhati | |
| yathābhūtaṁ | |
| yoga | bond |
| yogakkhema | |
| yoniso manasikāra |