Thursday, March 30, 2017

Dhammapada 112 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


8 - Sahassavaggo, Thousands
11- Sappadasatthera Vatthu

Yo ca vassasatam jive, kusito1 hinaviriyo;
ekaham jivitam seyyo, viriyamarabhato dalham.
112: Better than a hundred years in the life of a person who is idle and inactive, is a day in the life of one who makes a zealous and strenuous effort (in Tranquillity and Insight Development Practice).
Reference: Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Dhamma Terms (82)


ပ႒ာန္း /pathan:/
n [Buddhist Scriptures] treatise on the 24 causes of worldly phenomena. [Pali ပ႒ာန]
ပါဌ္ /Pa'/ n Pali word; Pali text. [Pali ပါဌ]
ပါဌ္ဆင့္ /pa' hsin'/ n subscripted letters in Pali.
ပါဌ္ပ်က္ /pa' bje'/ ungrammatical Pali.
ပါဌ္ေလွ်ာက္ /pa' shau'/ n word for word translation from a Pali text.
ပ႑ိတ /pan di. ta./ n wise man; scholar; learned man; pandit. [Pali ပ႑ိတ]
ပ႑ဳကမၺလာ /pan du. gabala/ n Sakkas's throne. [Pali ပ႑ဳကမၺလ]
ပ႑ဳက္ /pan: dou'/ n eunuch. [Pali ပ႑က]
ပ႑ိတ္ /pan dei'/ n Same as ပ႑ိတ]
ပိ႑ပါတ္ဆြမ္း /pein daba' hsun:/

n meals received by a monk on his daily food receiving rounds. [Pali ပိ႑ပါတိက+Myan ဆြမ္း]
ပိ႑ပါတ္ဓူတင္ /pein daba' du tin/
n vow (by a monk) to eat nothing more than the food received on his daily rounds. [Pali ပိ႑ပါတိက+ဓုတဂၤ]
ပိ႑တၳ /pein da' hta/ n Overall translation [Pali ပိ႑တၳ]
ပု႑ရိက္ /poun najei'/ n the white lotus. [Pali ပု႑ရိက]. n ixora. Ixora arborea.
ပဏၰာ /pana/ n gift; present. [Pali ပဏၰာကာရ]
ပုဏၰမာ /poun nama/ n [poetic] full moon. [Pali ပုဏၰမာ]
ပုဏၰား /poun na:/ n Brahmin. [Pali ျဗဟၼဏ]
ပုေဏၰးမ /poun nei: ma./ n woman of Brahmin caste. [Pali ျဗဟၼဏီ+Myan မ]
 
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