

Pali Proper Names — P
- Pecchadāyaka.
See Mañcadāyaka.
- Pejalaka.
See Sejalaka.
- Pekhuniya.
Grandson of Rohana (q.v.), who is, therefore, called Pekhunniyanattā
(A.i.193). The Commentary (AA.i.419) calls Pekhuniya a setthi.
- Pelagāma vihāra.
A monastery in Ceylon, built by Kutakaova Tissa. Mhv.xxxiv.32;
see also Mhv.Trs.240, n.1.
- Pelahāla.
A village in Ceylon, granted by Aggabodhi IV. for the maintenance of the
Padhānaghara built by him for Dāthāsiva. Cv.xlvi.13.
- Pelivāpikagāma.
A village seven leagues to the north of Anurādhapura. When Dutthagāmanī was
looking for material for the building of the Mahā Thūpa, four gems were
discovered by a hunter near the tank of this village. Mhv.xxviii.39;
Mhv.Trs.190, n.1.
-
Pema Sutta
- Penambangana.
See Setambangana.
- Pennākata.
See Bhennākata.
- Peraddonī.
A town in Ceylon, the modern Peradeniya. Cv.xci.2.
- Perumpalaya.
A village in South India. Cv.lxxvi.287.
-
Pesakāradhītuvatthu
- Pesalā atimaññanā Sutta.
Once when Vangīsa was at Aggālavacetiya with his tutor, Nigrodhakappa, he
found himself despising his friendly colleagues, proud of his own skill of
improvisation. This discovery made him repent of his conceit and admonish
himself. S.i.187f.
-
Pessa
- Pesuna Sutta.
Few are they who abstain from slander. S.v.469.
-
Peta Vatthu
- Petakālankara.
A tīkā by Ñānābhivamsa on the Nettippakarana. Sās.134.
- Petakopadesa
- Pettanngavālika.
A monastery built by Saddhā Tissa. Mbv.xxxlii.8.
- Petteyya Sutta.
Few are they who show reverence to their fathers. S.v.467.
-
Phagguna
- Phaggunī.
One of the two Aggasāvikā of Nārada Buddha. Bu. x. 24; J.i.37.
-
Phala Jātaka (No. 54)
-
Phala Sutta
-
Phaladāyaka Thera
-
Phaladāyaka vimāna Vatthu
- Phalaganda.
One of the seven human beings born in the Avihā-world, where they will pass
completely away. S.i.35, 60, etc.
- Phalagga parivena.
A building in Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa on the spot where
Mahinda sat wrapt in meditation. Mhv.xv.209.
- Phalakadāyaka Thera.
An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was a waggon builder (yānakāra), and gave
a plank of sandal wood to the Buddha Vipassī. Fifty seven kappas ago he was
king four times under the name of Bhavanimmita (v.l. Santa) (Ap.i.174). He is
probably identical with Tissa Thera (No. 13). ThagA.i.199f.
- Phālakāla.
The name of three generals of Rohana who were subdued by the forces of
Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv. 180,183.
- Phalika.
One of the peaks of the Himālaya (J.v.415). Phalikaguhā was evidently in this
peak. J.ii.6, 7, 8.
- Phalikasandāna.
One of the Theras dwelling in the Kukkutārāma in Pātaliputta in the time of
the Buddha. Vin.i.300.
- Phaludhiya.
A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.99.
-
Phandana Jātaka (No. 475)
- Pharusa Sutta.
Few are those who abstain from harsh speech. S.v.469.
- Phārusa, Phārusaka.
One of the parks of Tāvatimsa. J.vi.278; Vibb.A.439; PSA.259, etc.
- Phārusaka.
A garden in Ceylon, laid out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.10.
- Phārusaphaladāyaka Thera.
An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he saw Vipassī Buddha and offered him a
phārusa fruit. Ap.i.296.
-
Phassa Sutta
- Phassamūlaka Sutta.
Three things are rooted in, and conditioned by, contact: feeling pleasant,
painful and neutral. S.iv.215.
- Phassāyatanika Sutta.
The Buddha explains how necessary is the right understanding of the arising
and destruction, the satisfaction and misery, and the escape from the sixfold
sphere of contact. S.iv.43f.
-
Phāsu Sutta
- Phāsuvihāra Vagga.
The eleventh section of the Pañcaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iii.127
ff.
- Pheggū.
A Therī of Jambudīpa who came to Ceylon, where she taught the Vinaya.
Dpv.xviii.12.
- Phena Sutta.
Like a lump of foam, a water bubble or a mirage, the trunk of a plantain tree,
and the vision conjured up by a magician are, respectively, the body,
feelings, perception, activities and consciousness, unreal, having no excuse.
The sutta was preached at Ayojjhā, on the bank of the Ganges. S.iii.140 f.
- Phudhamanakamanta.
Mentioned among the dhammika vijjā. VibhA. 410.
- Phulla.
Ninety two kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, all previous births
of Sangharakkhita (Kadambapupphiya) Thera. v.l. Puppha. ThagA.i.217; Ap.i.217.
-
Phusatī
- Phusati Sutta.
To him who toucheth not comes no touch. A wicked man’s actions recoil upon
him. S.i.13.
-
Phussa
- Phussā.
One of the two chief women disciples of Tissa Buddha. J.i.40; Bu. xviii. 22.
-
Phussadeva
- Phussamittā.
A denizen of purgatory (vinipātikā) who had the power of travelling through
the air. Vsm. 382; PSA. 79.
- Phussamitta.
A monk of the Kurundaka vihāra in Ceylon; he was evidently a commentator.
AA.i.31.
- Picumālaka.-A
locality in Anurādhapura where the rank of Jayamahālekhaka was conferred on
Bodhigutta. Mbv.164.
- Pihita Sutta.
The world is shut in by death. S.i.40.
- Pilakkhaguhā.
A cave near Kosambī. The Paribbājaka Sandaka is said to have stayed there.
Near by was the Devakatasobbha (M.i.513). The cave was so called because a
pilakkha tree grew in front of it. MA.ii.687.
-
Pilakkhaphaladāyaka Thera
- Pīlapitthi.
A monastery in Ceylon, built by king Kanitthatissa. Mhv.xxxvi.15.
- Pilavasu.
A fortress erected by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx.93, 97.
- Pilavitthi.
A locality in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, where there was a fortress
(Cv.lxix.8; lxx.71). It is perhaps identical with Pillavitthi.
- Pilayakūta.-Evidently
another name for Sīlakūta. See Mbv. 126, 128, 129.
- Pilayamāra.
A Damila usurper, the senāpati of Panayamāra, whom he slew. He, in his turn,
was slain by his own senapāti Dāthika. Pilayamāra reigned for seven years
(between 44-29 B.C.). Mhv.xxxiii.58; Dpv.xix.15;
xx.16.
- Pilimvatthu.
A village near Badalatthalagāma. Cv.lxv.5.
-
Pilinda Vaccha, Pilindi Vaccha, Pilindiya Vaccha
- Pilinda, Pilindī.
The personal name of PilindaVaccha (q.v.).
- Pilindagāma.
Another name for Ārāmikagāma (q.v.)
- Piliya.
A setthi of Benares, a previous birth of Devadatta. For his story see
Asampadāna Jātaka. J.i.466 ff.
- Piliyakkha.
A king of Benares, a former birth of Ānanda. For his story see the Sāma
Jātaka. J.vi.71ff.; also Mil. 198; Mtu.ii.212, 216, 226.
- Pillavitthi.
A village near the Kālavāpī, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of
Parakkamabāhu I. (Cv.lxxii.163, 170). It is very probably identical with
Pilavitthi. Cv.Trs.i.335, n. 4.
- Pillicchakoli.
A locality in Ceylon. SA.ii.169.
-
Pilotika
- Pilotikakamma.
A chapter in the Apadāna (Ap.i.299 f; repeated in UdA.263f ) which mentions
various incidents in the lives of the Bodhisatta, as a result of which the
Buddha, in his last life, had to suffer physical ailments and calumny. See
Pubbakammapiloti.
-
Pinda Sutta
-
Pindapātadāyaka Tissa
-
Pindapātapārisuddha Sutta
- Pindapātika Thera.
An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he was in the Tusita world in the time of
Tissa Buddha and, leaving there, he gave alms to the Buddha. Ap.i.285.
- Pindapātika Tissa.
An Elder of the kingdom of Devaputta. He is mentioned in a list of arahants,
who, having become arahants by the development of ānāpānasati, could limit the
term of their lives. Vsm.292.
- Pindapātika-tissa.-See
Saddhātissa (2).
- Pindapātiya Tissa.
A monk resident in Ambariya vihāra. For his story see Dārubhandaka Mahātissa.
AA.i.276f.
- Pindasakuniya
Sutta. The story of a fowler of Rājagaha, born
as a peta. S.ii.256.
- Pindika Sutta.
The five kinds of persons who eat only out of one bowl. A.iii.220.
- Pindiyālopa Sutta.-A
sutta quoted in the Sutta Sangaha (No.79) from the Itivuttaka (p.89) on the
heinousness of a dussīla accepting alms from the pious.
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Pindola
-
Pindolya Sutta
-
Pingala
-
Pingala Buddharakkhita
- Pingalā.
A slave who, having made an assignation with her lover, as soon as her work
was finished, waited outside her master’s house, expecting his arrival. At the
end of the middle watch, she gave up waiting and slept peacefully. This is one
of the incidents mentioned in the Sīlavīmamsa Jātaka. J.iii.101.
-
Pingalakoccha
-
Pingiya
-
Pingiyānī
-
Pinguttara
- Pippali mānava.
See Pipphali mānava.
- Pipphalī mānava,
Pipphalī-kumāra, Pipphalī brāhmana. The name of Mahā Kassapa in
a previous birth. The correct form is probably Pippali Mānava.
-
Pipphaligūhā
- Pipphali-vihāra.
A monastery in Sonagiripāda in Ceylon. It was the residence of a monk named
Sona (VibhA.439) (q.v.). v.l. Sabbagiri Vihāra. AA.i.225 calls it Pañcala and
MA.ii.887 Paceli.
- Pitakattayalakkhana.
A treatise ascribed by the Pārupanas to Buddhaghosa. P.L.C.189; Bode, op.
cit., 75.
-
Pītavimānavatthu
-
Pītha Jātaka (No. 337)
- Pītha Vagga.
The first chapter of the Vimānavatthu.
- Pīthiya.
A Damila usurper who ruled at Anurādhapura for seven months, in the time of
Dhātusena. Cv.xxxviii.34.
- Pīti Sutta.
Sāriputta tells Ānanda how, by the fading away of zest (pīti), he had dwelt in
the third jhāna. S.iii.236.
-
Pītimalla, Pītimallaka, Pītamallaka
- Pitirājā.
See Vattagāmanī.
- Pitthigāma.
A monastery built in Kārapitthi by Moggallāna Ill. Cv.xliv.50.
-
Piyā
-
Piya Sutta
- Piya Vagga.
The sixteenth chapter of the Dhammapada.
-
Piyadassī
- Piyajāli.
A teacher of the Abhidhamma who handed it down in pupillary succession. DhSA.,
p.32.
-
Piyajātika Sutta
-
Piyaka
- Piyaketa.
One of the three palaces of Vidhurapandita. J.vi.289.
- Piyālaphaladāyaka Thera.
An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he was a hunter, and seeing the Buddha
Nārada, he offered him a piyālafruit (Ap.i.440f). He is probably identical
with Pindola Bhāradvāja (ThagA.i.245). See also Phaladāyaka.
- Piyālapupphiya Thera.
An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was a hunter who, seeing the Buddha
Vipassī, threw a piyāla flower on the path whereon he had trodden. Ap.i.220.
- Piyālī.
Fifteen kappas ago there were three kings of this name, previous births of
Devasabha Thera. ThagA.i.198; but see Ap.i.170, where they are called Mālabhī.
- Piyanga parivena.
A building attached to the Mahāvihāra. v.l. Cingara parivena. VibhA.292.
- Piyangalla.
A village of Ceylon, in the Kotthivāta district. The Mahāvamsa relates an
incident of a monk of this village who wished to have a share in the building
of the Mahā Thūpa, in spite of the orders of Dutthagāmanī. Mhv.xxx.29ff.
-
Piyangudīpa
-
Piyañjaha Thera
-
Piyankara
- Piyankara Sutta.
Records the incident, above related, of Piyankara’s mother.
- Piyapāla.
A teacher of the Abhidhamma. DhSA., p.32.
- Pokkhara.
A musical instrument, or, perhaps, a divine musician. VvA.93; see also note on
p.372.
- Pokkharakkhī.
One of the wives of Candakumāra (the Bodhisatta). J.vi.148.
- Pokkharanī Sutta.
The ill which remains to an Ariyan disciple who has won insight compared to
the ill which he has destroyed, is as the water taken up by the tip of a blade
of grass compared to the water left behind in a tank fifty yojanas in length,
breadth and depth. S.ii.134; S.v.460.
- Pokkharaniyā.
A vihāra in Sāmagāma where the Buddha is said once to have stayed. A.iii.309;
AA.ii.660. The translator (G.S.iii.220) calls it a lotus pond; the Commentary
definitely calls it a Vihāra.
- Pokkharapāsaya.
A tank in Ceylon, built by Upatissa II. Cv.xxxvii.185.
-
Pokkharasāti, Pokkharasādi
- Pokkharavatī.
A city, the birthplace of Tapussa and Bhalliya. Thag.A.i.48.
- Polajanaka.
The younger son of Mahājanaka. For his story see the
Mahājanaka Jātaka.
J.vi.30ff.
- Polamittā
(v.l. Posamittā). A Yakkhinī, wife of Mahākālasena. She was from Lankapura and
her mother was Gondā. MT.
259 f.
- Polonnarutala.
A tank in Ceylon, restored by, Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.49.
- Ponamaravatī.
A locality in South India, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of
Lankāpura. Cv.lxxvii. 20, 22, 92.
- Porānavamsa.
A chronicle, probably of Ceylon, mentioned in the Gandhavamsa. (p. 70).
- Porogāhali.
A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon. Cv.lxvi.108.
- Posāla Sutta,
or Posālamānava puccha. See Posāla.
- Posāla.
One of Bāvari’s pupils. His question to the Buddha and the answer thereto are
given in the Posālamānava pucchā (or Posāla Sutta) of the
Pārāyana Vagga. SN.vs.1006, 1112-5.
-
Posiya Thera
- Pota, Potana, Potala, Potali
-
Potaliputta
-
Potaliya
-
Potaliya Sutta
-
Pothila, Potthila Thera
- Potiriya.
See Selissariya.
- Potthā.
Wife of Vasabha’s uncle, the senāpati Subha. She saved the life of Vasabha
and, later, when he became king, he made her his queen (Mhv.xxxv.70). She
built a thūpa and a temple attached to the Catussāla in the Mahāvihāra (Ibid.,
vs. 90).
- Potthadāyaka Thera.
An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he gave a gift of bark (? pottha) in the
name of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. Ap.i.237.
-
Potthaka Sutta
-
Potthakuttha
-
Potthapāda
-
Potthapāda Sutta
- Potthasāta.
The senāpati of Aggobodhi IV. He built the Aggabodhi parivena in the
Jetavanārāmā at Anurādhapura. Cv.xlvi.22.
-
Pottika, Pottiya
-
Pubba (or Hetu) Sutta
- Pubba Kucāyana.
See Kaccāyana.
- Pubbadesa.
See Pācīnadesa.
- Pubbajira
(v.l. Pubbavicira). A village of the Vajjians which was the constant dwelling
place of Channa. The people there were blamed for his suicide (M.iii.260). The
village seems to have been also called Pubbavijjhana. S.iv.59.
-
Pubbakammapiloti
-
Pubbakotthakā
-
Pubbakotthaka Sutta
- Pubbakotthaka.
See below Pubbakotthakā.
- Pubbangama Sutta.
Just as the dawn precedes sunrise, so do right views (samāditthi) precede good
actions. A.v.236f.
- Pubbangamaniya Thera.
An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he was a leader of eighty four thousand
religieux and waited upon holy ones. Ap.i.243.
- Pubbanha Sutta.
Those that practise righteousness at morn, at noon, and at eve, are always
happy. A.i.294.
-
Pubbārāma
-
Pubbaseliyā
- Pubbavicira, Pubbavijjhana.
See Pubbajira.
-
Pubbavideha
- Pubbayogāvacara Sutta.
One of the suttas preached to Ānanda as introduction to the Khaggavisāna
Sutta. It dealt with the five advantages of pubbayogāvacara. SNA.i.47.
- Pucchārāma.
A monastery, rebuilt by Udaya I. Cv.xlix.28. It is probably identical with the
Pubbārāma (q.v.); Cv.Trs.i.130 n. 2, and 144, n. 4.
-
Pucimanda Jātaka (No. 311)
- Pucimanda Vagga.
The second section of the Cātukka Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā.
- Pūgadandakāvāta.
A stronghold in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of
Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv.86, 95, 143.
-
Puggala
-
Puggalapaññatti
- Puggalappasāda Sutta.
On the five disadvantages of devotion to a person. A.iii.270.
- Pūjā parivena.
A monastery in Anurādhapura to which the Nāgas followed Sonuttara when he
brought the relics from the Nāga world in order to deposit them in the Mahā
Thūpa. From Pūjā-parivena the Nāgas were induced to
return by being given a few of the relics (Mhv.xxxi.4; MT. 575.). v.l. Punna
parivena.
- Pukkāma.
A city in Burma (Arimaddana). Cv.lxvii.74.
-
Pukkusa
-
Pukkusāti
-
Pulacceri
- Pulahattha.
A Damila usurper who reigned for three years at Anurādhapura in the time of
Vattagāmanī. He was slain by his general Bāhiya. Mhv.xxxiii.56f.; Dpv.xix.15;
xx.15.
- Pulavaka Sutta.
The idea of a worm eaten corpse, if cultivated, leads to great profit.
S.v.131.
- Pulinacankamiya Thera.
An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he was a hunter who, seeing the covered walk
(cankama) of Sikhī Buddha, scattered sand over it (Ap.ii.418). He is probably
identical with Nandaka Thera. ThagA.i.299.
-
Pulinapūjaka Thera
- Pulinapupphīya.
A Cakkavatti of ninety one kappas ago, a former birth of Ñānasaññaka (or
Piyañjaha) Thera. Ap.i.161f.; ThagA.i.169.
-
Pulinathūpiya Thera
- Pulindā.
The name given to the wild tribes of Ceylon, evidently to be identified with
the present Veddas. Their ancestry is traced to Jīvahattha and Dipellā, the
son and daughter of Vijaya by Kuvenī. Mhv.vii.58; MT.264, 266.
- Pulinuppādaka Thera.
An arahant. One hundred thousand kappas ago he was an ascetic named Devala
with eighty thousand followers. He erected a thūpa of sand and honoured it in
the name of the Buddha (Ap.ii.426 ff). He is probably identical with Sirima
Thera. ThagA.i.280f.
-
Punabbasu
-
Punabbasukutumbikaputta Tissa Thera
-
Punabbasumātā
-
Punabbasumitta
- Pūnagāma.
A ford on the Mahāvālukagangā. Cv.lxxii.6.
-
Pundarīka
- Pundarīkā.
A class of nymphs who provided music for Sakka, or, perhaps, the name of some
musical instruments. See VvA.93, 96, 211; and 372f.
-
Punkhagāma
-
Punkonda
-
Punnā
- Punna parivena.
See Pūjā parivena.
-
Punna, Punnaka
-
Punnabhadda
-
Puññābhisanda Vagga
- Puñña-cetiya.
A cetiya attached to the monastery where Ariyavamsa wrote the Manisāramañjūsā.
Bode, op. cit., 42.
- Punnāgapupphiya Thera.
An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he was a hunter who, while wandering in the
forest, saw a flower, which he offered on a heap of sand in the name of the
Buddha Tissa. Ninety one kappas ago he was a king named Tamonuda (Ap.i.180).
He is probably identical with Suhemanta Thera. ThagA.i.212.
-
Punnaji
-
Punnaka
-
Punnaka(mānava) pucchā (or pañha)
- Punnakāla.
A Yakkha who, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, spread in Ceylon a pestilence
called Pajjaraka. MT. 349.
- Puññalakkhanā.
Wife of Anāthapindika. v.l. Punnalakkhanā. J.ii.410, 415; iii.435.
- Punnalakkhanadevī.
See Puññalakkhanadevī.
-
Punnamā Sutta
-
Punnamāsa Thera
-
Punnamukha
-
Punnanadī Jātaka (No. 214)
-
Punnapāti Jātaka (No. 53)
- Punnasīha.
Father of Uttarā Nandamātā (AA.i.240.). See Punna (1).
-
Punnavaddhana
- Puññavaddhana Sutta.-A
name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 60) to the Vanaropa Sutta (1) (q.v.).
- Puññavaddhana.
Son of Dhammadassī Buddha. Bu.xvi.14. See also Punnavaddhana.
- Punnavallika.
A locality in Ceylon, the residence of Mahātissa. Vsm.143; DhSA.116.
- Punneli.
A village granted by Dāthopatissa II. to the Thūpārāma. Cv.xlv.28.
- Punnikā 1.
A slave girl of Pokkharasāti. M.ii.201.
- Punnikā 2.
See Punnā (3).
-
Punniya Sutta
- Punniya.
A monk. He if; mentioned as visiting the Buddha and asking him under what
conditions a sermon presents itself to the mind of a Tathāgata.
A.iv.337f.;v.154f.
-
Punnovāda Sutta
- Puppha Sutta.-See
Vaddha Sutta.
-
Puppha Thera
- Pupphabhānī Sutta.
The three kinds of people in the world: the tricky tongued (gūthabhānī), the
fair spoken (pupphabhānī), and the honey tongued (madhubhānī). A.i.127.
- Pupphacangotiya Thera.
An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he took a casket of flowers which he
sprinkled over Sikhī Buddha. He was five times king, under the name of
Devabhūti. Ap.i.118.
- Pupphachadaniya.
In the very distant past there were five kings of this name, all previous
births of Maggadattika Thera. Ap.i.189.
- Pupphachattiya Thera.
An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he made a parasol of lotus flowers, which
he held over Siddhattha Buddha. Seventy four kappas ago he was king nine
times, under the name of Jalasikha. Ap.i.264f.
- Pupphadhāraka.
Ninety one kappas ago he was an ascetic wearing bark and antelope skin. Seeing
Vipassī Buddha, he held over him a canopy of pāricchattaka flowers. Eighty
seven kappas ago he was a king, named Samantadharana. Ap.i.244.
-
Pupphaka
- Pupphapura.
Another name for Pātaliputta (q.v.). E.g., Dpv.xi.28; Mhv.xxix.36.
- Pupphārāma.
A central monastic establishment in Sirivaddhanapura (modern Kandy) in Ceylon.
It formed the headquarters of the Siamese monks under Upāli, who came to
Ceylon at the invitation of the king Kittisirirājasīha. Cv.c.86, 141.
-
Puppharatta Jātaka (No. 147)
- Pupphāsaniya Thera.
An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he saw Siddhattha Buddha, and, following
him to his hermitage, made for him a seat of flowers. Ap.i.254f.
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Pupphathūpiya Thera
- Pupphavāsa.-A
vihāra in the west of Ceylon. Near it was Devagāma. Ras.ii.13.
- Pupphavatī.
An old name for Benares, when Ekarāja, father of
Candakumāra, was its king.
J.iv.131; iv.119; Cyp.i.7.
- Pupphita.
Seventeen kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births
of Kutajapupphiya Thera. Ap.i.191.
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Purābheda Sutta
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Puradeva
- Pūralāsa Sutta.
Another name (SNA.ii.400) for Sundarikabhāradvāja Sutta (q.v.).
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Purāna
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Pūrana Kassapa
- Purānāma.
One of the four villages granted by Parakkamabāhu IV. for the maintenance of
the special parivena, built for Medhankara. Cv.xc.87.
- Puratthimadesa.
See Pācīnadesa.
- Purindada.
A name for Sakka, because, as a human being, he bestowed gifts from town to
town (pure pure dānam adāsi). S.i.229; DhA.i.264; cp. Sanskrit purandara
(destroyer of cities).
- Purisa Sutta.
The Buddha, in answer to a question of Pasenadi, tells him that three kinds of
inward experience arise in a man for his bane — greed, hate, and dullness.
S.i.70.
- Purisagati Sutta.
On the seven conditions of a person (purisagatiyo), and an explanation of
anūpādā parinibbāna. A.iv.70ff.
- Purisarūpa Sutta.
Nothing so enslaves a woman as the form, etc., of a man. A.i.2.
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Puta Sutta
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Putabhatta Jātaka (No. 223)
- Putabhattasilā, Putabhattasela.
A mountain in Ceylon where Parakkamabāhu I. built a monastery for the
Araññavāsī fraternity (Cv. lxxxiv.24). This was the residence of several well
known scholars, such as Dhammakitti. P.L.C. ex.
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Putadūsaka Jātaka (No. 280)
- Puthu Sutta.
Following after the good, hearing the Dhamma, systematic attention thereto,
and living according to its precepts these four conduce to increase of
insight. S.v.412.
- Puthujjana.
A king of old, who, though he gave great gifts, could not attain to beyond the
realms of sense. J.vi.99.
- Puthuvindhara.
King of Benares and son of Kiki. His son was Suyāma. ThagA.i.151.
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Pūtigatta Tissa
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Pūtimamsa
- Pūtimukha.
A peta who had been a monk in the time of Kassapa Buddha and who had brought a
dissension between two holy monks by carrying tales from one to the other.
Pv.i.3; PvA.12ff.
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Putta Sutta
- Puttabhāga vihāra.
A vihāra in Ceylon, restored by Vohāmtissa. MhV. xxxvi.36.
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Puttamamsa Sutta
- Puttatissa.
An astrologer (ganaka), one of the four envoys sent by Devānampiyatissa to the
court of Asoka. Dpv.xi.29, 31; cp. MT. 302, where he is called Tissa.
- Pūvagallagāma.-A
village on the banks of the Mahāvālukanadī. In it was the Pūvagalla Vihāra.
Ras.ii.27; v.l. Pūvapabbata.
- Pūvapabbata.-See
Pūvagalla.
- Pūvapabbatavāsī Tissa.-A
monk of Pūvagalla Vihāra. Because in past birth he had given a meal of
peacocks' flesh, he got that flesh wherever he went. For his story see
Ras.ii.27f.