


Pali Proper Names — P
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Pamāda Sutta
- Pamāda Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Eka Nipāta
of the Anguttara Nikiya. A.i.15f.
- Pamādavihārī Sutta. The difference between him
who dwells in heedlessness and him who dwells in earnest. S.iv.78.
- Pamatta. Fifteen kappas ago there were eight
kings of this name all previous births of Saparivāriya Thera. v.l. Samatta,
Somagga. Ap.i.172.
- Pamitā. One of the seven children of the
Sākiyan
Sīhahanu, and therefore a sister of Suddhodana. v.l. Pālitā. Mhv.ii.20;
MT.135; she is not mentioned in Dpv. (see iii.46).
- Pamokkharana. A king of seventy seven kappas ago,
a previous birth of Nāgakesariya Thera. Ap.i.222.
- Pamsu Sutta. The five classes of pamsukūlikas,
corresponding to the five kinds of āraññakas. (See Arañña Satta.) A.iii.219.
- Pamsudhovaka Sutta. The process of getting rid of
the impurities found in gold ore is a very gradual one, involving many stages;
so is the progress in ecstatic meditation, the first step in which is the
removal of the gross sins. A.i.253.
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Pamsukūladhovana Jātaka
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Pamsukūlapūjaka Thera
- Pamsukūlasaññika Thera. An arahant. He was a
hunter in the time of Tissa Buddha, and, one day, seeing in the forest a
pamsukūla robe of the Buddha, he worshipped it (Ap.ii.418f). He is probably
identical with Punnāmāsa Thera. ThagA.i.297f.
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Pamsukūlī, Pamsukūlino, Pamsukūlikā
- Pamsupabbata vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon,
mentioned as the residence of Bhuvenakabāhu Thera. P.L.C. 247.
- Pamsupisācakā. A class of pisācas, born in filth.
MA.ii.713, 921; UdA.247. The word is used as a term of contempt. E.g.,
AA.i.438; MA.ii.610, 611.
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Pānā Sutta
- Pāna Sutta.
Few are they who abstain from taking life, more numerous they who do not.
S.v.468.
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Panāda
- Pānadhidāyaka Thera.
An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he gave a couch (pānadhi?) to a forest
dwelling sage. Seventy seven kappas ago he was eight times king under the name
of Suyāna. Ap.i.208f.
- Pananagara. A village in Ceylon which was one of
the centres of the campaigns of Pandukābhaya. Mhv.x.27.
- Panasabukka, a village in the Guttahāla district
of Ceylon. Cv.lxi.12.
- Panasaphaladāyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one
kappas ago he saw the Pacceka Buddha Ajjuna in Himavā and offered him a ripe
jack fruit as large as a pot on a platter of leaves. Ap.i.297; cf. ibid.,
ii.446.
- Panasiyarāja, a Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara.
Cv.lxxvi.99.
- Panayamāra or Panayamāraka. A Damila
ursurper who slew Bāhiya, another ursurper, and reigned in Anurādhapura for
seven years (between 439 and 454) till he, in turn, was slain by his commander
in chief Pilayamāra. Mhv.xxxiii.57ff.; Dpv.xix.15; xx.16.
- Pañca Sutta.
See Anattalakkhana Sutta. S.iii.66.
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Pañcacchiddageha
- Pañcacūlaka.
The name of Sanankumāra when he was born as a human in a
former birth. He practised the jhānas, and having died in that state, was born
in the brahma world (MA.ii.584). More probably, Pañcacūlaka here is not a name
but a description meaning “while he was yet a lad with his hair tied in five
knots.“
- Pañcacūlakagāmadāraka.
The disguise assumed by Vissakamma when, acting on Sakka’s
orders, he went with Asoka to fetch the relics for his cetiyas. These relics
lay buried, and no one had been able to find them. DA.ii.614; see Pañcacūlaka
above for more probable explanation.
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Pañcadīpadāyikā Therī
- Pañcadīpī.
See Pañcadīpadāyikā.
- Pañcadīpika Thera.
An arahant. He was once a follower of Padumuttara Buddha
and lit a lamp under his bodhi tree. Thereby he obtained the power of being
able to see through all obstacles. Thirty-four kappas ago he was king, under
the name of Satacakkhu. Ap.i.108.
- Pañcadīpika.
See Pañcadīpadāyikā.
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Pañcagaru Jātaka (No. 132) = Bhiruka Jātaka
- Pañcagati Buttā.
A series of suttas in which the Buddha declares that,
through not understanding the four Ariyan truths, beings continue to be born
in one or other of the five conditions: as humans, animals, petas, devas, or
in the nirayas. S.v.474ff.
- Pañcagativannanā.
The name of a Commentary. Gv.65, 75.
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Pañcaggadāyaka
- Pañcaggalalenavāsī Tissa.
A young novice who could travel through the air. One day,
while so journeying, he heard the daughter of the chief artisan of Girgāma
singing in a lotus pond while bathing with five hundred friends. He was
attracted by her voice and lost his concentration of mind. SNA.i.70.
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Pañcahatthiya Thera
- Pañcaka.
See Pandaka and Pañcikā.
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Pañcakanga
- Pañcala vihāra.
A monastery in Sonnagiripāda (in Ceylon); the residence of
the monk Sona, the son of a hunter. AA.i.255. See also Pipphali Vihāra.
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Pañcāla, Pañcālajanapada, Pañcālarattha,
Pañcālā
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Pañcālacanda
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Pañcālacandī
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Pañcālī
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Pañcāliputta
- Pañcamaka.-One
of the ten sons of Kālāsoka (q.v.).
- Pañcambangana.
A place in Mahāmeghavana in Anurādhapura. Here Dārubhatika
Tissa had a pond made, which was later filled up by Dhātusena, who had a
series of cells built there. It is probably identical with Pañhambamālaka
(q.v.). Mhv.xxxiv.23; MT 626.
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Pañcanadī, Pañcamahānadī
- Pañcangika Vagga.
The third section of the Pañcaka Nipāta of the Anguttara
Nikāya. A.iii.14 32.
- Pañcanguliya Thera.
An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he approached Tissa
Buddha, who was entering the Gandhakuti, and offered him a handful of perfume.
Seventy two kappas ago he was a king called Sayampabhā. Ap.i.186.
- Pañcanikāyamandala.
An assembly hall in the Lohapāsāda, where the monks living
to the north of the Mahāvālukanadī used regularly to assemble at the end of
the rainy season. DA.ii.581.
- Pañcanīvarana Sutta.
On the five nīvaranas, their evil results and the means of
getting rid of them. A.i.3ff.
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Pañcapandita Jātaka (No. 508)
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Pañcapāpā
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Pañcaparivenamūla
- Pañcappakarana.
Name given to the collection of the books of the
Abhidhammapitaka, with the exception of the Dhammasangani and the Vibhanga.
There is a Commentary on these by Buddhaghosa and Ānanda Vanaratana.
P.L.C.210; Gv.64 75.
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Pañcarājāno Sutta
- Pañcasālā.
A brahmin village of Magadha. For an episode connected with it see Pinda Sutta.
S.i.113; DhA.iii.257; Mil.154.
- Pañcasatarattha.
A district in Ceylon (the modern Pansiyapattu to the North
east of Kandy) where King Senāratna once deposited the Tooth Relic to guard it
from his enemies. Cv.xcv.9.
- Pañcasatikā.
The name given to the First Council, which was held under
the presidency of Mahā Kassapa. Five hundred monks took part in it, hence its
name. MT.151.
- Pañcasatikakhandhaka.
The eleventh section of the Cullavagga of the Vinaya
Pitaka.
- Pañcasattatimandira.
A building erected in Pulatthipura by Parakkamabāhu I. for
“the reception of the magic water and the magic thread given him by the yellow
robed ascetics. ” (Cv.lxxiii.73) Geiger suggests that the building was used
for paritta ceremonies. Cv.Trs.ii.9, n.2.
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Pañcasikha
- Pañcasikha Sutta.
Pañcasikha visits the Buddha at Gijjhakūta and asks how it
is that some beings are wholly set free in this very life, while others are
not. The Buddha enlightens him. S.iv.103f.
- Pañcasikkhāpada Sutta.
On account of a common element those who commit the five
evils take life, steal, etc. consort with those who do likewise. S.ii.167.
- Pañcasīla Sutta.
The five things, being possessed of which makes women to be
born in purgatory the taking of life, theft, wrong sensuous indulgence,
falsehood, the use of intoxicants. These are to be guarded against. S.iv.245.
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Pañcasīlasamādāniya Thera
- Pañcattaya Sutta.
Preached at Jetavana. It deals with various schools of
thought and their doctrines regarding the future. Some say the self is
conscious, others deny this; some teach annihilation, others deny that. The
Buddha does not support any of these speculations. M.ii.228ff.
- Pañcatthānadāna Sutta.-The
name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 58) to the Bhojana Sutta (2) (q.v.).
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Pañcavaggiyā
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Pañcaverabhaya Sutta
- Pañcavihāra.
A place near Pulatthinagara to which Parakkamabāhu I. and
his followers retreated while awaiting a favourable opportunity to advance
against Mānābharana. Cv.lxxii.116f.
- Pañcavudha Jātaka
(No. 55)
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Pañcāvudha-kumāra. See Pañcāvudha Jātaka.
- Pañcayojanarattha.
A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, the modern
Pasyodunkorala. It is mentioned in various campaigns, and was irrigated and
made fertile by Parakkamabāhu I. In it was the Bhīmatittha vihāra, once the
repository of the Tooth Relic. Cv.Ivii.71; lxi.35; lxviii.51; lxxii.57;
lxxv.21; lxxxv.81.
- Pañcikā.
See Moggallāna Pañcikā.
- Pañcuddharattha.
The name of the districts lying round the modern city of
Kandy. Cv.xciv.4; xcv.23, 24; xcvi.17; see Geiger, Cv.Trs.ii.233, n.2.
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Pañcuposatha Jātaka (No. 490)
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Pandaka
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Pandara
- Pandarakā. The name of a river which is mentioned
with Mallangiri and Tikūta as a haunt of Kinnarī’s. (J.iv.438, 439).
- Pandaranga. A sect of brahmin ascetics; they are
mentioned in the time of the Buddha (E.g., DhA.iv.8) and also in that of
Asoka. Perhaps they covered their bodies with ashes. E.g., Dpv.viii.35;
Sp.i.44.
- Pandarasa. See Pandara (5).
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Pandava
- Pandavāvana. A park laid out by Parakkamabāhu I.
Cv.lixix.12.
- Pandavavāpī. A tank and a monastery in Ceylon,
restored by Vijayabāhu I. (Cv.lx.48, 58). The tank was later enlarged by
Parakkamabāhu I. and converted into the Parakkamasamudda. Ibid., lxviii.39;
for its identification see Cv.Trs.i.219, n.1.
- Pandimandalanādālvara. A Damila chief.
Cv.lxxvi.179.
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Pandita
- Panditakumāraka. A Licchavi who, with Abhaya,
visited Ānanda at the Mahāvana in Vesāli and held a discussion regarding
ascetic practices. A.i.220f.
- Panditapañha. See Pañcapanditapañha.
- Pandiyarāyara. A Damila chief. Cv.lxxvi.174, 178.
- Pandriya. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara.
Cv.lxxvi.184.
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Pandu
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Pandū
- Pandugati Nanda.-One of the Nava-Nandā.
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Panduka
- Panduka Nanda.-One of the Nava-Nandā.
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Pandukābhaya
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Pandukambalasilāsana
- Pandukanna
- Pandula. A brahmin of Pandulagāma, rich and
learned in the Vedas. He taught Pandukābhaya, advised him in the choice of a
wife, gave him one hundred thousand with which to raise an army, and allowed
his son Canda to accompany him as his friend and counsellor. Mhv.x.20ff.
- Pandulagāma. The residence of Pandula (q.v.); it
was to the south of Anurādhapura. Mhv.x.20.
- Pandunādukottāna. A locality in South India.
Cv.lxxvii.105.
- Pandupura. A village near Sāvatthi. DhA.iii.449.
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Panduputta
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Pandurājā
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Panduvāsudeva
- Panduvijaya. A village founded by Parakkamabāhu
I. in memory of his conquest of the Pandu country. Cv.lxxvii.105.
- Panga. The name of a Pacceka Buddha, found in a
nominal list. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
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Pangura vihāra
- Pañhamandapatthāna.
A place near the Abhayavāpi in Anurādhapura. SA.iii.151.
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Pañhambamālaka
- Panihita-acchanna Vagga. The fifth section of the
Eka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.i.8 10.
- Panītatara Sutta. The four kinds of birth among
the Nāgas and the pre eminent among them. S.iii.240.
- Paniva. A locality in South India.
Cv.lxxvi.184,186.
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Pānīya Jātaka (No. 459)
- Pānīyadvāra.
One of the gates of Pulatthipura erected by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiii.162.
- Pañjalipabbata.
A mountain in South Ceylon, at the source of the
Karindanadī. Here Theraputtābhaya lived after he renounced the world and
became an arahant. v.l. Pañcalipabbata, Pajjalitapabbata. Mhv.xxxii.14;
Thūpavamsa 77.
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Pankadhā Sutta
- Pañkadhā.
A township in Kosala, the residence of a monk named Kassapa
of the Kampagotta. The Buddha is mentioned as having once stayed there during
his tours in Kosala. A.i.236; AA.i.446.
- Pankavela. A village in Ceylon where Vikkamabāhu
II. defeated Jayabāhu I. and his brothers. Cv.lxi.16; see also Cv. Trs.i.226,
n.2.
- Pañña Jātaka.
See Pāniya Jātaka
- Paññā Sutta 1.
On the four powers: wisdom, energy, innocence (anavajja)
and collectedness or kindness (sangāha). A.ii.142.
- Pañña Sutta 2.
On eight reasons and causes which strengthen elementary
wisdom (ādibrahmacariyikā paññā). A.iv.151ff.
- Paññā Sutta.
Few are they blessed with insight; more numerous they that
are not. S.v.467.
- Pañña Vagga.
The third section of the Patisambhidāmagga.
- Pannabhatta. A village given by Aggabodhi V. for
the maintenance of the Tālavatthu (or Mahāsena) vihāra. Cv.xlviii.8.
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Pannadāyaka Thera
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Pannaka
- Pannakata. A city in Esikārattha. Pv.iv.7;
PvA.195ff.
- Pannañjalika Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas
ago he lay grievously ill at the foot of a tree in the forest. The Buddha
Tissa, in his compassion, came to him, and Pannañjalika, unable to rise,
clasped his hands above his head and worshipped the Buddha. Five kappas ago he
was king five times, under the name of Mahāsikha. Ap.i.128.
- Pannasālaka. A village in Ceylon. Kalyānavatī,
the first queen consort of Kitti Nissanka, was fond of this village and built
a vihāra there, endowing it with all manner of possessions. Cv.lxxx.35.
- Pannattankotta. A locality in South India,
mentioned in the account of Lankāpura’s campaigns. Cv.lxxvi.313.
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Paññatti Sutta
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Paññattivādā (v.l. Pannatti-)
- Pannattivāda. See Paññattivāda.
- Paññavā Sutta.
A monk who cultivates the seven factors of wisdom can be
called intelligent. S.v.467.
- Pannavallakabhūta. A monastery in Ceylon, built
by Dhātusena. Cv.xxxviii.47.
- Paññāvuddhi Sutta.
The four states which conduce to growth in wisdom:
association with the good, hearing the Doctrine, right reflection, and right
behaviour in accordance with the Dhamma. A.ii.245.
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Pannika Jātaka (No. 102)
- Panthaka 1, see Cūla Panthaka and
Mahā Panthaka.
- Panthaka 2. Mentioned as the name of a man.
J.i.403.
- Pāpa Sutta.
The wicked man is he who takes life, steals, etc., and is of malicious heart;
more than wicked is he who encourages others in these things. Just so with the
good and the more than good. A.ii.222f.
- Pāpa Vagga.
The ninth section of the Dhammapada.
- Pāpadhamma Sutta.
On the man who is wicked by nature and the one who is more than wicked; also
on him who is of goodly nature and the one who is more than goodly. A.ii.223.
- Pāpaka.
A monk who, believing that his name was of ill omen, wished to change it. The
Buddha preached to him the Nāmasiddhi Jātaka (q.v.) to show that a name has no
importance. J.i.401f.
- Papañcasūdanī. Buddhaghosa’s Commentary on the
Majjhima Nikāya. The colophon states that it was written at the request of the
monk Buddhamitta of Mayūrapattana. The work is quoted in the Samantapāsādikā.
Sp.iv.870.
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Pāpanika Sutta
- Pāpanivāriya Thera.
An arahant. In the time of Piyadassī Buddha he had cleaned the cloistered walk
of the Buddha and shown great exertion in the fulfilment of religious
practices. Eleven kappas ago he was a king, named Aggideva. Ap.i.212f.
- Papāta Sutta. The Buddha once went with some
monks to Patibhānakūta for the siesta, and a certain monk, seeing the
precipice below them, asked if any precipice were deeper than that. Yes,
answered the Buddha, the precipice of ignorance of the nature of dukkka.
S.v.448f.
- Papāta Vagga. The fifth chapter of the Sacca
Samyutta. S.v.446ff.
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Papātapabbata
- Papatita Sutta. He who does not possess the
virtue, the concentration, the wisdom and the release of the Ariyans, is said
to have fallen away from the Dhamma vinaya. A.ii.2.
- Pappata. A grove near the modern Colombo.
Parakkamabāhu VI erected there the Sunetta parivena in memory of his mother.
Cv.xci.24; see also Cv.Trs.ii.216, n.3 and 4.
- Papphālama. A landing place in Rāmañña where the
forces of Damilādhikarin landed. Cv.lxxvi.63.