Apologies for not knowing for certain the actual Pali words for all of them. I am interested in finding the most exhaustive possible definitions for some Pali words but in English, context references would be great too if possible. For example if a word has more than one meaning if there could be all possible definitions and then explanation for the different uses and references to suttas to show how each one is used in context.
They are:
Faculties (indriya?): as in SN 41.6 ""In the case of a monk who has died & passed away, his bodily fabrication has ceased & subsided, verbal fabrication has ceased & subsided, mental fabrication has ceased & subsided, his life force is totally ended, his heat is dissipated, and his faculties are shut down. But in the case of a monk who has attained the cessation of perception & feeling, his bodily fabrication has ceased & subsided, verbal fabrication has ceased & subsided, mental fabrication has ceased & subsided, his life force is not ended, his heat is not dissipated, and his faculties are bright & clear. This is the difference between a monk who has died & passed away and a monk who has attained the cessation of perception & feeling."
Perception (sanna?): as in SN 41.6 "When a monk is attaining the cessation of perception & feeling, verbal fabrications cease first, then bodily fabrications, then mental fabrications."
Feeling (vedana?): as in SN 41.6 "When a monk is attaining the cessation of perception & feeling, verbal fabrications cease first, then bodily fabrications, then mental fabrications.
Could someone please give exhaustive definitions of some Pali words?
Could someone please give exhaustive definitions of some Pali words?
Assume all of my words on dhamma could be incorrect. Seek an arahant for truth.
"If we base ourselves on the Pali Nikayas, then we should be compelled to conclude that Buddhism is realistic. There is no explicit denial anywhere of the external world. Nor is there any positive evidence to show that the world is mind-made or simply a projection of subjective thoughts. That Buddhism recognizes the extra-mental existence of matter and the external world is clearly suggested by the texts. Throughout the discourses it is the language of realism that one encounters.
-Y. Karunadasa
"If we base ourselves on the Pali Nikayas, then we should be compelled to conclude that Buddhism is realistic. There is no explicit denial anywhere of the external world. Nor is there any positive evidence to show that the world is mind-made or simply a projection of subjective thoughts. That Buddhism recognizes the extra-mental existence of matter and the external world is clearly suggested by the texts. Throughout the discourses it is the language of realism that one encounters.
-Y. Karunadasa
Re: Could someone please give exhaustive definitions of some Pali words?
Hi Zan,
This dictionary is useful for this kind of thing:
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/Bu ... tm#indriya
Also, Bhikkhu Bodhi's introductions to the Majjhina Nikaya and Samyutta Nikaya has extensive discussions of how he translated certain terms, with references to particular suttas (many of which you can find on https://suttacentral.net/).
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/middle-l ... troduction
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/connecte ... troduction
Mike
This dictionary is useful for this kind of thing:
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/Bu ... tm#indriya
Also, Bhikkhu Bodhi's introductions to the Majjhina Nikaya and Samyutta Nikaya has extensive discussions of how he translated certain terms, with references to particular suttas (many of which you can find on https://suttacentral.net/).
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/middle-l ... troduction
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/connecte ... troduction
Mike
Re: Could someone please give exhaustive definitions of some Pali words?
mikenz66 wrote:Hi Zan,
This dictionary is useful for this kind of thing:
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/Bu ... tm#indriya
Also, Bhikkhu Bodhi's introductions to the Majjhina Nikaya and Samyutta Nikaya has extensive discussions of how he translated certain terms, with references to particular suttas (many of which you can find on https://suttacentral.net/).
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/middle-l ... troduction
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/connecte ... troduction
Mike
Thanks!
Assume all of my words on dhamma could be incorrect. Seek an arahant for truth.
"If we base ourselves on the Pali Nikayas, then we should be compelled to conclude that Buddhism is realistic. There is no explicit denial anywhere of the external world. Nor is there any positive evidence to show that the world is mind-made or simply a projection of subjective thoughts. That Buddhism recognizes the extra-mental existence of matter and the external world is clearly suggested by the texts. Throughout the discourses it is the language of realism that one encounters.
-Y. Karunadasa
"If we base ourselves on the Pali Nikayas, then we should be compelled to conclude that Buddhism is realistic. There is no explicit denial anywhere of the external world. Nor is there any positive evidence to show that the world is mind-made or simply a projection of subjective thoughts. That Buddhism recognizes the extra-mental existence of matter and the external world is clearly suggested by the texts. Throughout the discourses it is the language of realism that one encounters.
-Y. Karunadasa
Re: Could someone please give exhaustive definitions of some Pali words?
See: http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2834zan wrote:Perception (sanna?): as in SN 41.6 "When a monk is attaining the cessation of perception & feeling, verbal fabrications cease first, then bodily fabrications, then mental fabrications."
Salkin, Seanzan wrote:Feeling (vedana?): as in SN 41.6 "When a monk is attaining the cessation of perception & feeling, verbal fabrications cease first, then bodily fabrications, then mental fabrications.
A survey of the use of the term vedanā (“sensations”) in the Pali Nikayas
http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/2075