INDEX

Abhidhamma 109, 346 abstaining 238 action (kamma) 24, 187, 217, 220f., 225, 238 adept (sekha) 195-96 admission (upasampadā) 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 106f., 269 affliction (vyābādha) 177, 220, 237 ageing 9, 10, 25, 212, 219, 273f. aggregate (khandha) 28, 43, 214ff., 219, 234, 235, 244 air (vāyo) 123, 215 Ajātasattu 257f., 271, 285, 286f., 331, 332, 341, 345 Ajita Kesakambali 98, 321 Āḷāra Kālāma 13f., 39, 311 all 64; 145f., 227 Ambalaṭṭhikā 84, 289f. Ambapālī 296ff. Ānanda 1, 2, 79, 82, 105, 133, 183, 289 passim, 333f., 336f., 338, 341ff. Anāthapiṇḍika 87ff., 118 Angulimāla 134ff. annihilation 124, 203, 233 Ānñāta Kondañña 44f. Anotatta, Lake 56 Anupiyā 80 Anurādha 201ff. Anuruddha 80ff., 114f., 324, 325f., 326ff., 330 Arahant 47, 52, 58f., 70, 105, 162, 174, 223, 235, 236, 322 asceticism 276 Asita 6ff. Asoka 346 Assaji 70f. attention (manasikāra) 25, 53, 220, 232f., 246 austerity 193 authorities, the four principal 308f. Baka Brahmā 143ff. base (āyatana) 26, 27, 244f. beauty (subha) 168 beginning (ādi) 212 being (bhava) 25, 32, 146, 219, 233, 294 Benares (Bārānasi) 41, 44 Bhaddiya (1) 45 Bhaddiya (2) 81ff. Bhagu 82, 113f. Bhalluka 34 Bhāradvāja 120ff. bhikkhu 99 bhikkhuni 106, 154 Bijaka 158 Bimbisāra 11, 65ff., 96, 157, 170, 260, 271 birth 10, 219 blind men 210f. Bodhisatta 3ff., 10, 15, 22, 304 Bodhi Tree 30 body (kāya) 75, 197, 206, 221, 230, 240ff. Brahmā (Mahā-Brahmā) 148f., 187. See also Baka; Sahampati Brahman 33, 124 Brahmāyu 188, 192 breath, breathing 122, 131, 169, 240 Buddha—see Enlightened One burning 64 caste 162 cessation 26f., 43, 213, 222ff., 228, 249f. Chandragupta 346 Channa 323 characteristic 229 chief disciple 72, 183 choice (cetanā) 217, 220, 221, 237 clinging (upādāna) 25, 32, 214, 215, 219, 220 compassion (karuṇā) 177, 250 conceit (maññanā, māna) 32 concentration (samādhi) 164, 195f., 246ff., 309 concord 114f., 286f., 288 conditionality 25ff., 37, 226 confidence (pasāda) 200, 295f., 343 consciousness citta: 217, 230, 243, 246 viññāṇa: 26, 46, 64, 133, 217f., 219, 220, 227, 229 contact (phassa) 25, 64, 133, 220, 227, 246 contemplation (anupassanā) 35f., 240 corpse 242 Council 337ff. craving (taṇhā) 25, 43, 212, 220 Cunda the goldsmith's son 309f., 314 Cunda the novice 275 Cundaka 313 death 9, 10, 25, 96f., 156, 219, 273f. Deathless, the 10, 28, 35, 39, 41f., 70, 71, 121, 229, 256 decline, prevention of 286ff. defeat 159 deliverance 28, 30, 53, 186, 196, 255, 307 delusion (moha) 32, 64, 176, 194, 220, 221, 222 dependent arising (paṭicca-samuppāda) 25, 30f., 212f., 219f., 225, 226, 227 desire (chanda) 218, 236f., 243f. Devadatta 82, 257 passim Dhamma 37, 38ff., 41f., 44f., 49, 52, 65, 71, 107f., 117, 127f., 157, 162, 172, 194, 197, 200, 203, 206, 208, 226, 255f., 290, 295, 299, 300, 315, 336f., 338, 342 Dīgha Kārāyana 280, 281, 285 Dīghanakha 73ff. diligence 324 dispute 275 divine ear element 343 divine eye 24, 186, 343 Divine Kings, the four (Catummahārājā) 34, 45, 55f., 148 divine vehicle (brahma-yāna) 251 doctrine 206 passim Doṇa 187, 332 doubt 175 dream 21f. earth (paṭhavī) 123, 127, 144, 145, 214 earthquake 303f. effort 53, 239 element (dhātu) 100, 123, 145, 148f. elephant 115f., 210f., 263f. embodiment (sakkāya) 232 endeavour (padhāna) 239, 306 energy (viriya) 131, 239 enlightenment (bodhi) 22ff., 98, 183, 290 enlightenment factor (bojjhanga) 245, 288, 290 entity, great (mahā-bhūta) 75, 148f., 214 equanimity (upekkhā) 177, 245 escape (nissaraṇa) 28, 32, 223 essentials of existence (upadhi) 32, 37, 225, 228 eternal, eternity 143ff., 230, 233f. evil 177, 271 extinction—see Nibbāna eye 64, 100, 132, 220, 221, 244, 253 faculty (indriya) (a) of sense: 223, 234, 251f. (b) spiritual: 35, 306 faith (saddhā) 39, 120, 159, 200 fear 15, 32 feeling (vedanā) 5, 25, 36, 46, 64, 75, 215f., 220, 222, 227, 242, 244, 246 fetter (samyojana) 235f. fire (tejo, aggi) 16f., 55, 99, 123, 144, 215 Fire Sermon 64f. fire worship 55f., 66, 279 form (rūpa) 46, 122, 214f., 220, 223, 228, 230, 244 formations (sankhārā) 37, 46, 216f., 220, 231, 244, 324, 326 formed (sankhata) 216f., 229, 301 formless (arūpa) 223, 249 Ganges 162, 293 Gayā 40, 54, 64, 267f. giving, gift (dāna) 155, 187, 200, 230, 314 gladness (muditā) 177 Goatherds' Banyan 33, 60, 304 god (deva, devatā) 6, 187, 293. See also deity; divinity going forth (pabbajjā) 10, 11, 45, 50, 78, 80f., 104f. Gotama 183 gratification (assāda) 28 Great Man 188ff. harmlessness 186 hate (dosa) 64, 175, 220, 221, 237 heaven 3, 24, 45, 109, 172, 221, 292 hell 24, 159, 172, 221, 292 hindrance (nīvaraṇa) 243f., 254, 255, 291 holy life (brahmacariya) 10, 51, 127f., 207, 276 ignorance (avijjā) 24, 30, 212, 213, 220, 222 ill will (vyāpāda) 131, 177, 244, 254 impermanent (anicca) 28, 32, 46, 75, 131, 132f., 229f., 288, 325 imperturbability (āneñja) 23, 217 incalculables, the four 221 India (Jambudipa) 57 infinity 208, 223, 249, 324 insight (vipassanā) 43 intention (sankappa) 42, 237 intrepidity (vesārajja) 186 Isidatta 284 Isipatana 40, 48 Jain—see Nigaṇṭha Janapadakalyāṇi 102 Jeta's Grove 90f. joy (somanassa) 28, 248 Kaccāna, Mahā 165f. Kaccāyana 226f. Kakusandha Buddha 127f., 183 Kālāmans 175f. Kāḷudāyi 75 Kamma—see action Kapilavatthu 76, 104, 183, 331 Kāsi (= Benares) 40, 271 Kasi Bhāradvāja 120 Kassapa Buddha 35, 127f., 183 Kassapa of Gayā 54f., 59 Kassapa, Mahā 163, 329ff., 333ff. Kassapa, Pūraṇa 98, 195, 321 Kassapa of the River 54f., 60 Kassapa of Uruvelā 54ff. Kassapa the naked ascetic 207 Kevaddha 147 Khattiya—see warrior-noble killing 79, 176, 238f., 252 Kimbila 82, 114 knowledge (nāṇa, vijjā) 23ff., 42ff., 195f. Kokālika 265, 269 Kolita 72 Koliyans 76, 331, 345 Koṇāgamana Buddha 127, 183 Kondañña—see Aññāta Kondañña Kosala 12, 79f., 95f., 104, 345 Kosambi 109ff. Kusinārā 314, 319ff. learner (sekha) 50, 195, 318 liberation 32, 162, 199 Licchavi 167, 297ff., 331 lies 85, 238 livelihood 11, 42, 239 loathsomeness (asubha) 131, 288 love (pema) 250 loving-kindness (mettā) 131, 177, 180, 186f., 264, 289, 318 Lumbini 6 lust (lobha, rāga) 32, 37, 64, 74, 131, 236, 288, 316 Magadha 38, 56, 95, 345 Mahā-Kaccāna—see Kaccāna Mahā-Kassapa—see Kassapa Mahānāma 45 Mahānāma the Sakyan 80f., 195f. Mahāpajāpati Gotami 77, 104ff., 118, 340 Makkhali Gosāla 98, 195, 321 Mallians 80, 311, 320, 327ff., 330ff. Mallikā 96ff., 280 Māra 19ff., 31, 36, 52ff., 60ff., 79f., 91f., 143f., 146f., 199, 249, 250, 262, 304 Māra’s Daughters 61ff. marvel 77, 147f., 269 matted-hair ascetic 54, 55, 174 Maurian empire 346 Māyā, Queen 183 meat-eating 266 meditation (jhāna) 21, 23, 167f., 195, 246ff., 324f., 344f. Meghiya 129ff. merit (puñña) 19, 186f., 217, 274 Metteyya Buddha 199f. mind, mental (mano) 64f., 133, 217, 230, 244f. mindfulness (sati) 20, 23, 35, 61, 132, 240ff., 277, 288, 317 miracle—see marvel misapprehension (parāmāsa) 236 mission 270 Moggallāna the brahman 341 Moggallāna, Mahā 70ff., 118, 126ff., 141ff., 160ff., 183, 258, 268ff., 301f. monk (samaṇa) 304, 321f. See also bhikkhu monument 317f., 331f. moon 15, 223, 343 mortification 42, 125 Mucalinda 33 Nāgasamāla 79 Nāga serpent 33, 55, 91 naked ascetic 152, 174 Nālagiri 263f. Nālaka 8 name-and-form (nāma-rūpa) 26f., 150, 213, 220, 246 Nanda 77, 102ff., 196 Nandiya 114 neither-painful-nor-pleasant (aduk-kham-asukha) 215, 216, 222, 248 neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānaññā) 14, 249, 324f. Nerañjarā 19, 60 Nibbāna (extinction) 29, 32, 35ff., 131f., 199, 222ff., 228, 236, 256, 324ff. Nigaṇṭha (Jain) 98, 174, 194, 275 Noble Eightfold Path—see path Noble Truth (ariya-sacca)—see truth non-being (vibhava) 32, 146, 233 non-cruelty (avihiṃsā) 237 non-delusion (amoha) 176 non-hate (adosa) 176 non-ill will (avyāpāda) 237 non-lust (alobha) 176 non-returner (anāgāmi) 162, 236 nothingness (ākiñcañña) 13, 249, 324f. not-self (anattā) 46ff., 75, 131, 229, 231, 232ff. nun—see bhikkhuni nutriment (āhāra) 227, 246 objects, mental (dhammā) 64, 133, 240, 243ff., 300 ocean 161ff. omniscient 183ff. once-returner (sakadāgāmi) 162, 236 ordinary man (puthujjana) 232f., 234f. origin (samudaya) 26, 43, 212, 219ff. pain, painful (dukkha) 32, 35, 45, 179, 212ff., 219ff. See also suffering, unpleasant Pakudha Kaccāyana 98, 321 Pārileyyaka 115, 120 partridge, story 93f., Pasenadi, King 96ff., 135ff., 174f., 185, 273f., 280, 282ff. Pāṭaligāma 291ff. Pāṭaliputta (Patna) 293, 346 Path, Noble Eightfold 22, 27, 43, 224ff., 251ff., 321f., 341 Pāṭimokkha (Monastic Rules) 127, 131, 160ff., 342, 343 perception (saññā) 5, 46, 133, 216f., 220, 288 Perfect One (tathāgata) 34, 41, 183ff., 203, 302ff., 315f., 320f. Pitaka 346 pleasure, pleasant (sukha) 21, 23, 46, 75, 132, 215ff., 242, 247, 248 power (bala) 185, 310 power, supernormal (iddhi)—see super-normal power proud 33 Pukkusa 311ff. Purāṇa (a carpenter) 284 Purāṇa (a monk) 340 Pūrāṇa Kassapa—see Kassapa purity, purification 7, 35, 36 raft, simile of 256 Rāhula 77ff., 84f., 118, 122ff., 132f. rains 99f., 111, 299 Rājagaha 65, 68, 70, 259, 286ff., 337 Rājāyatana Tree 34 rebirth 278 refuge (saraṇa) 34, 49, 51, 53, 256, 301 relishing (nandī, abhinandanā) 32, 212, 222, 252, 255 renunciation (nekkhamma) 237 resistance (paṭigha) 222 restraint (saṃvara) 131, 187, 312f. robe 164f., 196, 334 Rohitassa 206 round of births (saṃsāra) 212, 278 rule (sikkhāpada) 163, 164, 275 Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta 194 sacrifice 279 Sahampati, Brahmā 35f., 38f., 142, 267f., 325 Sakka, Ruler of Gods 6, 57, 68, 102f., 187, 325 Sakyan (Sakka) 6, 7, 21, 76, 77, 80ff. Sangha 53, 95, 110ff., 128f., 159, 160ff. 258f., 265ff., 267, 296, 299f., 323, 324, 339, 341ff. Sañjaya 70ff. Sañjaya-Belaṭṭhiputta 98, 321 Sāriputta 70ff., 78, 84, 93, 117, 122, 127ff., 143, 183, 259ff., 268ff., 290f., 300f. Sāvatthi 90, 96, 102, 134, 135ff., 139 schism 109ff., 257ff., 269 seclusion, secluded 21, 34, 131, 186, 246 self (attā) 46ff., 209f., 227, 229, 230, 232ff. Senānigāma 14, 52 Seniya Bimbisāra—see Bimbisāra sensual desire, sensuality (kāma) 15, 20, 23, 25, 35, 42, 130, 159, 212, 236, 237, 246 sexual intercourse 158, 158f. 199, 338 sick 153, 178, 178f. sickness 9, 195, 299, 310 Sikhi Buddha 127, 183 siṃsapa trees 206 Sivaka 88 skeleton 242 sleep 194 snake simile 255f. sneeze 173 Soṇa Kolivisa 170f. Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa 165ff. soul (jīva) 208 space (ākāsa) 123, 215, 249 speech 11, 43, 238 stealing 238 stream-enterer (-entry) (sotāpanna) 83, 105, 162, 232, 236, 295 Subhadda (1) 320ff. Subhadda (2) 329f. success, basis for (iddhipāda) 80, 305, 306 Suddhodana, King 6, 75, 77, 104, 183 Sudinna 157ff., 338 suffering (dukkha) 24ff., 30ff., 43ff., 131, 203, 206ff., 211, 212ff., 227, 228ff., 252, 255. See also pain and unpleasantSundari 140
supernormal power (iddhi) 49, 147, 343
Suppabuddha 171f.Tagarasikhi 172
taint (āsava) 24f., 47, 50, 75, 121, 186, 188, 194, 236, 249f.talk 131, 193
Tapussa 34
Tathāgata—see Perfect One
Tekula 173
Thera 169
thinking, thought (vitakka) 5, 21, 23, 130ff., 186, 247
thorns 168
tradition 175
training rule 158f., 163f.
treasures, the seven 188
truth (sacca) 43, 182f., 212ff., 227, 294Uddaka Rāmaputta 14, 39f.Udena, King 109
unborn (ajāta) 223
uncertainty (vicikicchā) 14, 49, 244, 254
undeclared, unanswered (avyākata) 203, 208
underlying tendency (anusaya) 222, 234f.
understanding (paññā) 13, 35, 131, 174, 186, 196, 225
unformed (asankhata) 223, 229, 256
unwholesome (akusala) 21, 23, 86, 131, 164, 175ff., 182, 186, 252, 255
Upaka 40
Upāli 1f., 82ff., 337f.
Upatissa 72
Upavāna 315
Uposatha (observance day) 111, 160, 161
Uruvelā 14, 30, 40, 52, 54, 304
Uttara 188f.Uttarakuru 56, 127
Uttiya 208f.Vacchagotta 209
Vajiri, Princess 97
Vajjians 287, 345
Vajjiyamāhita 193
Vakkali 196f.
vanity (mada) 9
Vassakāra 286f., 292ff., 341f. 344f.
Verañjā 123, 126ff.
Vesāli 104, 105, 296ff., 345
Vessabhū Buddha 127, 183
Viḍūḍabha 97, 285, 345
view (diṭṭhi) 24, 42, 74, 224, 225, 232ff., 291, 296
Vipassi Buddha 127, 183
virtue (sila) 130, 195, 239, 292, 296, 307, 309
Visākhā 118, 151ff.
volition—see choice
Vulture Peak Rock 261f., 305wanderer (paribbājaka) 70, 140f., 156f., 193
warrior-noble (khattiya) 12, 98, 162, 183, 283
water (āpo) 123, 215, 228, 241
way (paṭipadā) 25, 42ff., 213, 224ff., 251ff., 275
wheel (cakka) 6, 7, 40, 44f., 185, 187, 317, 319
wholesome (kusala) 86, 131, 176f., 182, 275
will—see choice
wine 239
women 104ff., 159, 316f.
world (loka) 3, 24, 32, 144, 180, 183, 206, 208, 226f., 228, 229, 231, 234, 236, 240Yamelu 173
Yasa 48ff.

PRINCIPAL DATES

See E. J. Thomas, The Life of the Buddha, Routledge & Kegan Paul; also Cambridge History of India, Vol. I.

Event	Date (approximately)
Birth of the Buddha	563 B.C.
The Renunciation of the House Life	534*
The Enlightenment	528*
The Parinibbāna	483*
The First Council	483*
The Second Council	383*
Chandragupta (Sandrocottos)	313
Asoka (begins reign)	274
The Third Council (at Patna)	253
Arrival in Ceylon of the Arahant Mahinda	243
Death of Asoka	237
Committal to writing of Tipiṭaka in Ceylon	80
End of the Ceylon Chronicle (Dīpavaṃsa)	330 A.C.
End of the Ceylon Chronicle (Mahāvaṃsa)	330
Ācariya Buddhaghosa	430

*Dates marked by asterisks are according to the reckoning of European scholars; the Sinhalese reckoning places them about sixty-one years later.