Monday, March 28, 2016

Dhammapada 98 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


7 - Arahantavagga, The Arahat
9 - Khadiravaniyarevatatthera Vatthu

Game va yadi varanne, ninne va yadi va thale;
yattha arahanto viharanti, tam bhumiramaneyyakam.
98: In a village or in a forest, in a valley or on a hill, wherever arahats dwell, that place is delightful.
Reference: Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Dhamma Terms (70)


နႏၵဝန္ /nan dawun/ n [Buddhist Scriptures] one of the celestial gardens inhabited by nat dieties. [Pali နႏၵဝန]
နိပ္ /nei'/ adj [sl] good; swell (sl) [Pali နိပၸက]?
နိဗၺာန္ /nei' ban/ n 1 nirvana. 2 heaven (as in ေလာက ~ ). [Pali နိဗၺာန]
နိဗၺာန္ကူးတို႔ /nei' ban gadou./ n free ferry provided by someone to gain merit.
နိဗၺာန္ကုန္ /nei' ban koun/ n goods such as religious images, monk's robes, etc.
နိဗၺာန္ေက်ာင္း /nei' ban kjaun:/ n building in which the body of a dead priest is laid in state before cremation.
နိဗၺာန္ေဆာ္ /nei' ban zo/ n kind of town-crier who exhorts meritorious activities.
နိဗၺာန္ေဈး /nei' ban zei:/ n free food stall set up at a communal celebration or festival.
နိဗၺာန္ယာဉ္ /nei' ban jin/ n hearse.
နိဗၺိႏၵ /nei' bein da./ n tire of suffering (ie suffering which is concomitant with existence). [Pali နိဗိၺႏၵ] 

နာမ္ /nan/ n noun [Pali နာမ]
နိမၼာနရတိ /nein ma narati./ 

n the fifth level in the six-tiered abode of the celestial beings. See also နတ္ျပည္ေျခာက္ထပ္. [Pali နိမၼာနရတိ]
နိမၼိတ /nein mi. ta./ n image of the Buddha. [Pali နိမၼိတ]
 

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