EXPLANATION OF WORDS

the meaning of which is not always given in the translation.

Âgîvika,

one belonging to a sect of naked ascetics.

Arahat,

a holy man, a saint.

Ariya,

noble.

Bhagavat,

worshipful; blessed, a name of a Buddha.

Bhikkhu,

a mendicant.

Brahman,

the supreme god of the Hindus.

Brâhmana,

a sage.

Buddha,

enlightened, a name of certain holy men who have freed themselves from existence, particularly of Samana Gotama.

Dhamma,

tenet, doctrine, custom, law, religion, virtue, thing.

Gahattha,

Gihin, a householder.

Gotama,

a name of the last Buddha.

Gatila,

an ascetic wearing clotted hair.

Gina,

a conqueror, a name of a Buddha.

Isi,

a sage.

Khattiya,

a warrior, a prince.

Kandâla,

an outcast.

Mâra,

a name of the king of death, the devil.

Muni,

a thinker, a sage.

Nâga,

an eminent man; sinless?

Namuki

= Mâra.

Nibbâna,

extinction, the state of bliss of the Buddhist.

Nigantha,

a naked ascetic.

Pabbaggâ,

leaving the world, embracing ascetic life, taking the robe.

Pabbagita,

an ascetic, having taken the robe.

Paribbâga,

Paribbâgaka, a wandering mendicant.

Sakka = Sakya,

belonging to the Sakya tribe.

Sakyamuni,

the Sakya sage, a name of Buddha.

Samana,

an ascetic.

Samkhârâ,

all compound things, the material world.

Samsâra,

revolution, transmigration.

Sâvaka,

a hearer, a follower, a disciple of Buddha, including both laity and clergy.

Sekha,

a novice, student.

Sudda,

a man of the servile caste.

Sugata,

happy, a name of a Buddha.

Thera,

an elder, a senior priest.

Titthiya,

an ascetic adhering to a certain system of philosophy.

Upadhi,

the elements of the world.

Upâsaka,

a follower, a lay devotee.

Upasampadâ,

priest's orders.

Vessa, Vessika,

a man of the third caste.

Yakkha,

a giant, a malignant spirit.