Glossary

Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10: The Dhammapada and Sutta Nipata, by Max Müller and Max Fausböll, [1881], at sacred-texts.com

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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.
G atila,	an ascetic wearing clotted hair.
G ina,	a conqueror, a name of a Buddha.
Isi,	a sage.
Khattiya,	a warrior, a prince.
K andâla,	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.

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