Pali Proper Names — V

• Vinatā
• Vinataka. One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru. J.vi.125; SNA.ii.443; Sp.i.119, etc.
• Vīnāthūna Jātaka (No. 232)
• Vinaya Pitaka
• Vinaya Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Sattaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iv.140 44.
• Vinayadhara Suttā. A group of four suttas on seven qualities which make a monk skilled in the Vinaya. A.iv.140f.
• Vinayadharasobhana Sutta. Seven qualities which make a monk skilled in discipline and illustrious; the qualities are the same as those of the Vinayadhara Sutta. A.iv.142.
• Vinayagandhi. See Vajirabuddhitīkā.
• Vinayaganthipada
• Vinayagūlhatthadīpanī. A work ascribed to Chapata. It explains difficult passages of the Vinayapitaka. Bode, op. cit., 18.
• Vinayālankāra tikā. A Vinaya compilation by Tipitakālankāra of Tiriyapabbata. Svd.1214; Bode, op. cit., 54.
• Vinayasamutthānadīpanī. A Vinaya treatise by Chapata. Gv. 64; Bode, op. cit., 18.
• Vinayasangaha
• Vinayasangīti. A name given to the recital held at Vesāli in connection with the Vajjiputta heresy. Sp.i.34.
• Vinayatthakathā. See Samantapāsādikā.
• Vinayatthamañjūsā. A tīkā on the Kankhāvitaranī, written by Buddhanāga. Gv.61; Svd.1212.
• Vinayavinicchaya
• Vindaka. One of the horses of Candakumāra. J.vi.135.
• Vindusāra. See Bindusāra.
• Vinelapupphiya Thera
• Vinibandha Sutta. On the five forms of mental bondage: bondage to lusts, to the body, to shapes, to sleep, to the desire to become a deva. A.iii.249; iv. 461.
• Vinīla. The son of a golden goose and a crow. He is identified with Devadatta. See the Vinīlaka Jātaka.
• Vinīlak Jātaka (No. 160)
• Viñjha
• Viññāna Sutta
• Viññānañcāyatanūpagādevā. A class of devas living in the Arūpaloka. Their life lasts for forty thousand mahākappā. M.iii.103; Compendium, p. 143.
• Vīnūpamovāda. The name given (E.g., at ThagA.i.545) to a discourse preached by the Buddha to Sona Kolvisa (q.v.) at Gijjhakūta. It is generally called Sona Sutta. See A.iii.374.
• Vipakkhasevaka bhikkhu Vatthu
• Vipallāsa Sutta. On four perversions: seeing permanence in impermanence, ill in not ill, self in not self, fair in foul. A.ii.52.
• Vipallāsakathā. The eighth chapter of the Paññāvagga of the Patisambhidāmagga. PS.ii.80f.
• Vipassanā Sutta. On insight as to the path which leads to the “Uncompounded.” S.iv.362.
• Vipassanākathā. The ninth chapter of the Paññavagga of the Patisambhidāmagga. PS.ii.263 43.
• Vipassī
• Vipassī Sutta. On the mental evolution of Vipassī, leading to his Enlightenment. S.ii.5; cf. D.ii.30f.
• Vipatti Sutta
• Vipula 1. A khattiya, father of Revata Buddha. J.i.35; Bu.vi.16.
• Vipula 2. One of the five peaks near Rājagaha, the highest of them. See Vepulla. S.i.67; J.vi.518; Mil.242.
• Vipula Sutta. Four conditions leading to the growth of insight. S.v.412.
• Vipulā. Mother of Revata Buddha. J.i.35; Bu.vi.6.
• Vipulābhāsa. Twenty nine kappas ago there were several kings of this name, previous births of Belatthānika (Campakapupphiya) Thera. ThagA.i.205; Ap.i.167.
• Vīra
• Vīrā Therī. A certain lay follower gave her a robe, and a Yakkha aware of this, went about praising his piety. v.l. Cīrā. S.i.213.
• Vīrā. See Dhīrā.
• Vīrabāhu
• Viraddha Sutta
• Vīradeva
• Virāga Sutta
• Virāgakathā. The fifth chapter of the Yuganandha Vagga of the Patisambhidā-Magga. Ps.ii.140 7.
• Vīraganga. Name of several Damila chiefs, allies of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi. 131, 140, 179, 181, 187, 190.
• Viraja 1. One of the three palaces occupied by Dhammadassī Buddha before his Renunciation. Bu.xvi.14.
• Viraja 2. A Pacceka Buddha. ApA.i.107; M.iii.70.
• Vīraka Jātaka (No. 204)
• Vīraka. The Bodhisatta born as a marsh crow. See the Vīraka Jātaka.
• Vīranatthambhaka. A cemetery near Benares where Somadatta taught his father, Aggidatta, how to behave at court when he visited the king. DhA.iii.124.
• Vīrankurārāma. A monastery in Abhayagiri vihāra; it was built by Sena I. Cv.l.68.
• Vīranukkara. A district in South India, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Lankāpura. Cv.lxxvii.2.
• Vīrapandu
• Vīrapperaya. Name of several Damila chiefs, allies of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi. 138, 316; lxxvii.6, 7.
• Vīravamma. Husband of Yasodharā, daughter of Vijayabāhu I. They had two daughters, Līlāvatī and Sugalā. He was given as dowry the province of Merukandara. Cv.lix.27.
• Vīravāpi. A tank restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.36.
• Viravapupphiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he met Siddhattha Buddha and gave him a virava flower. Ap.i.223.
• Vīravikkama
• Viriya Sutta 1. Energy is necessary in order to see things as they really are. S.ii.132.
• Viriya Sutta 2. A woman who, among other qualities, has energy is reborn in a happy condition. S.iv.244.
• Viriya. A pleasaunce in Vebhāra where Siddhattha Buddha was born. BuA. p. 185.
• Virocamānā. Wife of Kakusandha Buddha before his Renunciation. Bu.xxiii.17. BuA. (p. 210) calls her Rocanā.
• Virocana Jātaka (No. 143)
• Virocana. Nine kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of Sālapupphadāyaka (Aijuna) Thera. Ap.i.169; ThagA.i.186.
• Virūlha, Virūlhaka
• Virūpakkha
• Visākha
• Visākhā
• Visākhā bhānavāra. The second chapter of the Cīvarakhandhaka of the Mahāvagga. Vin.i.281 94.
• Visākhā Sutta
• Visākha Sutta. The Buddha listens to a sermon by Visākha Pañcāliputta and praises his skill in the assembly of monks. The Sutta also contains a teaching as to how the Dhamma should be preached. A.ii.51f.; S.ii.280f.
• Visākhūposatha Sutta.-The name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No.12) to the Uposatha Sutta (4) (q.v.).
• Visālā. See Vesāli.
• Visāla. The capital of Ceylon (then known as Mandadīpa) in the time of Kassapa Buddha. It was to the west of Mahāsāgara uyyāna, and its king at the time was Jayanta. Mhv.xv.127; Dpv.xv.60; xvii.6; Sp.i.87.
• Visālakkhi vimāna Vatthu
• Visālamutta. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.81, 91.
• Visama Sutta. Crooked actions of body, speech and mind lead one to purgatory; their opposites to heaven. A.i.293.
• Visamaloma
• Visānā
• Visārada Sutta
• Visavanta Jātaka (No. 69)
• Visayha Jātaka (No. 340)
• Visayha. The Bodhisatta born as a setthi of Benares. See the Visayha Jātaka.
• Visirātthala. A tank in Ceylon. Cv.lxviii.49.
• Vissakamma, Vissukamma
• Vīssāsabhojana Jātaka (No. 93).
• Vissasena. A king of Benares. See the Ārāmadūsa Jātaka.
• Visudatta Thera. A teacher of the Abhidhamma. DhSA. p. 32.
• Visuddhācariya Thera
• Visuddhajanavilāsinī. The name of the Commentary on the Apadāna. Its author is unknown.
• Visuddhi-Magga
• Vitakka Sutta
• Vitakkasanthāna Sutta
• Vitakkita Sutta. See Ayoniso Sutta.
• Vītamāla. A king of fifty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Korandapupphiya (Ramanīyavihāri) Thera. Ap.i.206; ThagA.i.116.
• Vītamsā. One of the ten rivers flowing from Himālaya. Mil.114; see Mil. Trs.i.xliv, for a suggested identification with Vitastā, the modern Bihat (or Jhelum).
• Vītarāga Sutta. A monk who is not free from passion, corruption and infatuation, but is full of cant and deceit, cannot become what he should become. A.iii.111.
• Vītarāga. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.71; ApA.i.107.
• Vītasoka Thera
• Vitendu. One of the vessels of the Cātummahārājikā present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.257.
• Vīthisammajjaka Thera
• Vīticcha Jātaka (No. 244)
• Vitinna. One of the chief lay supporters of Padumuttara Buddha. Bu.xi.26.
• Vitta Sutta. Preached in answer to a deva’s questions; the beat wealth is faith, right deeds bring happiness, truth has the sweetest taste, a life of wisdom is the best. S.i.42.
• Vittāra. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.146.
• Vitthāra Sutta
• Vitthata Sutta
• Vitu and Vitucca. Vassals of the Cātummahārājikā. They were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.258.
• Vivāda Sutta
• Vivādamūla Sutta. Ten causes, different from the above, of con tentioin. A.v.78f.
• Vivara Vagga. The first chapter of the Catukka Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā. J.iii.1 33.
• Viveka Sutta
• Vivekakathā. The fourth chapter of the Paññā Vagga of the Patisambhidā-Magga. PS.ii.219 25.
• Viyolaka Vihāra.-A monastery in Ceylon. Tissamahānāga lived there for thirty years. Ras.ii.187
• Vohāra Sutta 1. Four suttas on modes of speech which are Ariyan and non Ariyan. A.iv.307.
• Vohāra Sutta 2. Two suttas, one on the eight un Ariyan practices and the other on their opposites. A.iv.307.
• Vohārapatha Suttā. Two suttas, similar to Vohāra Sutta. A.ii.227= ii.229.
• Vohārikatissa
• Voyalaggamu. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiv.122.
• Vuddhi Sutta 1. The seven bojjhanga, if cultivated, conduce to increase and not decrease. S.v.94.
• Vuddhi Sutta 2. Four conditions which conduce to the growth of insight. S.v.411.
• Vuttamālāsandesasataka
• Vutthāna Sutta
• Vutthi Sutta
• Vuttodaya
• Vyaggha Jātaka (No. 272)
• Vyagghapajja
• Vyākarana Sutta
• Vyasana Sutta. Ten evils which befall a monk who reviles Ariyans and his fellow celibates. A.v.169= 317.