Pali Proper Names

• Sedaka. Siehe Desaka.
• Seggu. A greengrocer's Tochter. Siehe das Seggu Jātaka.
• Seggu-Jātaka (Nr.217)
• Sekhabala Vagga. The first chapter of the Pañcaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iii.1-9.
• Sekha-Sutta
• Sekhiyā. One of the sub divisions of the Pācittiya of the Sutta Vibhanga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv.185ff., 349ff.
• Sekīrapadma. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.76.
• Sela
• Selā
• Selantarasamūha. The name of a monastic building provided by the König of Ceylon (probably Mānavamma, Cv.lvii.37f.; Cv.Trs.i.196, n.2) for Dāthopatissa after his ordination. Later Yasodharā, Tochter of Vijayabāhu I., erected there a building called the Pasādapāsāda. Cv.lx.84.
• Selantarāyatana. A monastery, evidently in Rohana. Nanda Thera was its chief incumbent In der Zeit von Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxviii.10.
• Sela-Sutta. Records the visit of Sela (1) to the Buddha, his conversion, und attainment of arahantship. One part of the sutta deals mit the Buddha's interview mit Keniya, the Jatila. SN., p.102 ff. = M.i.146ff.
• Selā-Sutta. The story of Māra's unsuccessful temptation of Selā Therī (2). S.i.134.
• Selissariya. See Potiriya.
• Semponmāri. A place in South India. There was a fortress there which played a part in the campaigns of Lankāpura. Cv.lxxvi.241ff.
• Sena
• Senā 1. Queen of Udaya I. Cv.xlix.2.
• Senā 2. Daughter of Kassapa, yuvarāja of Udaya II. She married the König's brother's son. Cv.li.93.
• Senāgāma. A village und fortification near the Kālavāpi. It is erwähnt in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. und was once the headquarters of his senāpati, Deva. Cv.lxx.131f., 245.
• Senaggabodhi. A shrine built by Sena I. on the Thusavāpi at Pulatthipura. Cv.l.73.
• Senaggabodhipabbata. A building erected in Vāhadīpa by Udaya I. Cv.xlix.33.
• Senaguttagāma. A village in Rohana, erwähnt in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv.6.
• Senaka
• Senaka-Vagga. The second chapter of the Chakka Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā. J.iii.276-316.
• Senāmagāma. A village given by Dāthopatissa II. to the Kassapa-vihāra. Cv.xlv.27.
• Senānātha-parivena. Evidently identical mit the Senasenāpati-parivena (q.v.). Vijayabāhu IV. appointed the Thera of the parivena in charge of the restoration of the Ratanavāli-cetiya. Cv.lxxxviii.85.
• Senānī. A wealthy landowner of Senānīnigama; he was the father of Sujātā. J.i.68; BuA.238.
• Senānīnigama
• Senāpatigumbaka. The name given to the spot to which the general of Pandukābhaya's uncles fled when the latter were defeated. Mhv.x.71.
• Senaratana
• Senāsanakkhandha. The sixth chapter of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.ii.146ff.
• Senāsana-Sutta. The fünf factors which make an ideal lodging place, und the fünf factors which a monk should possess in order to make good use of such lodgings. A.v.15f.
• Senāsandāyaka Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.137f). He is evidently identical mit Channa Thera (q.v.). ThagA.i.155.
• Senasenāpati-parivena. A monastic building erected by Kutthaka, senāpati of Sena II. See also Senānātha-parivena. Cv.li.88; see also Cv.Trs.i.156, n.2.
• Seniya
• Senkhandasela-Sirivaddhanapura
• Senkundiya. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara, und later ally of Lankapura. Cv.lxxvi.138, 221; lxxvii.7, 35.
• Sepanni-pāsāda. A building erected by Mānavamma in the Padhānarakkha-vihāra (Cv.xlvii.64). It is perhaps identical mit the Sepannipuppha-pāsāda restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxviii.105.
• Sereyyaka Thera
• Serī
• Serinī
• Serisara.-A lake in Ceylon; near it was the village of Kāraka. Ras.ii.183.
• Serissaka
• Seriva, Serivā. See the Serivānija Jātaka.
• Seriva. The name of a country. J.i.111.
• Serivānija Jātaka (Nr. 3)
• Serumadīpa. An old name for Nāgadīpa. J.iii.187,189.
• Seta
• Setaka, Sedaka. See Desaka.
• Setakannika. A village forming the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197; DA.i.173; J.i.49; KhA.133, etc.; AA.i.55, 265; MA.i.397.
• Setaketu 1. The Bodhisatta, born in Tusita in his penultimate birth. Sp.i.161; MA.i.103.
• Setaketu 2. A young man, son of an Udicca-brahmin. See the Setaketu Jātaka.
• Setaketu Jātaka (Nr. 377)
• Setambangana. A place in Ceylon. When König Mahānāga was fleeing from Ceylon to India, he received help from an Elder living there. Later, when he re-gained his throne, he made a great gift of medicine to Setambangana for as long as he should live (DhSA.399). v.l. Pemambanganga.
• Setārāma. A park (in Setavyā) where Kassapa Buddha died. BuA.195; Bu.xix.52 calls it Sonārāma.
• Setavyā
• Setibhinda. The Pāli name for König Hsin-hpyu-shin of Pegu. Bode, op. cit., 37.
• Setthi. Schatzmeister, ein reicher Kaufmann, Millionär, Vorsteher eine Vereinigung.
• Setthināyaka. A Lambakanna of the Morlya district. He, mit four other Lambakannas, took up arms under Parakkamabāhu I. und brought to him one tausend warriors. Cv.lxix.12.
• Setthiputta-petavatthu. The story of four setthiputtas of Sāvatthi (Pv.iv.15; PvA.279f). See the Lohakumbhi Jātaka.
• Setuccha Thera
• Setudāyaka Thera. An arahant (Ap.ii.408). He is evidently identical mit Uttarapāla (ThagA.i.371) (q.v.).
• Sevitabba-asevitabba Sutta
• Seyya. See Samyama.
• Seyya-Jātaka (Nr. 282)
• Seyyasaka. A monk of Sāvatthi who was found guilty of various Vinaya offences, und was therefore subjected to the Nissayakamma. Udāyī (Lāludāyi) was his friend und his evil genius. Vin.iii.110f
• Seyyā-Sutta. On the four postures: that of petas, of the luxurious, of the lion, und of the Tathāgata. A.ii.244.
• Seyya-Sutta. The Buddha explains how the feelings of superiority, inferiority, or equality are brought about. S.iv.88.
• Sibbi. See Sivi.
• Sīdā
• Sīdantara samudda. The sea between every two ranges round Sineru; Nāgas live in this sea. J.vi.125.
• Sīdarī. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.70.
• Siddhattha
• Siddhatthikā
• Sīdupabbatagāma. A village in Rohana, where Mahinda V. lived for some time. Cv.lv.8.
• Sigāla. See Sigālovāda Sutta.
• Sigāla-Jātaka (Nr.113, 142, 148, 152)
• Sigālaka 1. Son of Sigālakapitā (q.v.).
• Sigālaka 2. Son of Sigālakamātā (q.v).
• Sigālaka 3. See Singālaka.
• Sigālakamātā Therī
• Sigālakapitā (Singālaka-) Thera
• Sigālaka-Sutta
• Sigāla-Vagga. The tenth section of the Duka Nipāta of the Jātaka Commentary. J.ii.242-70.
• Sigālovāda, Singālovāda Sutta
• Siggava
• Sīha
• Sīhabāhu
• Sīhabodhi Thera.-A colleague of Yonaka-Mahā Buddharakkhita Thera und Maliyamahādeva Thera. Ras.ii.188f.
• Sīhācala. See Sīhagiri.
• Sīhacamma Jātaka (Nr. 189)
• Sīhadvāra. One of the fourteen gates of Pulatthipura. Cv.lxxiii.160.
• Sīhaghosa. An eminent monk In der Zeit von Padumuttara Buddha. It was the eminence of this monk which made Uruvelakassapa wish for similar honour for himself. Ap.ii.481.
• Sīhagiri, Sīhapabbata, Sīhācala
• Sīhahanu
• Sīha-Jātaka. See the Guna Jātaka.
• Sīhakotthuka Jātaka (Nr. 188)
• Sīhala, Sīhalā
• Sīhalacetikā. It is said that once sixty monks heard a Singhalese girl singing in her own language, on birth, old age, und death. They reflected on her words und became arahants. SNA.ii.397.
• Sīhaladīpa. The name given to Ceylon (Tambapanni) since it became the country of the Sīhalā. It is erwähnt as a patirūpadesa. DhSA., p.103.
• Sīhalasangha
• Sīhalatthakathā
• Sīhalavatthu. A Commentary; probably another name for the Sīhalatthakathā (q.v.). Gv.62, 72.
• Sīhamukha. One of the mouths of the Anotatta. From it flowed a river, on the banks of which lions lived; hence its name. SNA.ii.438; UdA.301.
• Sīhanāda
• Sīhapabbata. See Sīhagiri.
• Sīhapapāta. One of the seven great lakes of Himavā. (A.iv.107; DA.i.164; UdA.390; AA.ii.759; J.v.415, etc.). The water in it never grew warm (SNA.ii.407).
• Sīhapura
• Sīhāsanadāyaka
• Sīhāsana-Vagga. The second chapter of the Apadāna. Ap.i.55ff.
• Sihāsanavījaniya Thera. An arahant. He is evidently identical mit Jambuka (q.v.). Ap.i.403.
• Sīhasinānatittha. A place in Anurādhapura, through which the boundary of the Mahāvihāra passed. Mbv.136.
• Sīhasīvali
• Sīhassara. A König of long ago. Mhv.ii.13f.; Dpv.iii.42.
• Sīhasūra.  Name of a König (Gv.73).
• Sīha-Sutta
• Sīhā-Therī
• Sīhavāhana. A König of long ago, descendant of Mahāsammata. Mhv.ii.13; Dpv.iii.42.
• Sikhaddi, Sikhandī. Ein Gandhabba, Sohn von Mātali; Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā war zuerst in ihn verliebt, aber später entschied sie sich für Pañcasikha. D.21; cf. Mtu.ii.190.
• Sikhā-Moggallāna
• Sikhānāyaka. An officer of Parakkamabāhu I. He lived in the Moriya district und was a Lambakanna. Cv.ixix.12.
• Sikhandi. A khattiya of thirty one kappas ago, brother of Sikhī Buddha. When the Buddha died he erected a thūpa over his remains. Netti, p.142.
• Sikhī
• Sikkhā Sutta
• Sikkhānisamsa Sutta. Brahmacariya is lived for the sake of the profit of the training, of further wisdom, of the essence of release, of the mastery of mindfulness. A.ii.243f.
• Sikkhāpada-Sutta
• Sikkhāpadavalañjanī. A Pali translation, by Pañcaparivenādhipati Thera, of the Sinhalese work Sikhavalanda, on monastic rules. P.L.C.216.
• Silācetiya. A thūpa in Anurādhapura, probably near the Thūpārāma (AA.i.385). The spot was sanctified by the Buddha sitting there in meditation. Mhv.i.82.
• Silādātha. See Silāmeghavanna.
• Silākāla
• Sīlakhanda. A section of the Bhūridatta Jātaka.  J.vi.184.
• Sīlakkhandha Vagga. The first division of the Dīgha Nikāya, containing suttas 1-13. D.i.2-253.
• Sīlakūta. The summit of the Missakapabbata in Ambatthala. It was there that Mahinda alighted on his arrival in Ceylon (Mhv.xiii.20). In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, it was called Devakūta; In der Zeit von Konāgamana, Sumanakūta; In der Zeit von Kassapa, Subhakūta. Dpv.xvii.14.
• Silāmayamuninda. See Silāsambuddha.
• Silāmegha
• Silāmeghapabbata. A building erected by Kassapa V.in the Abhayagiri vihāra. Cv.lii.58; see Cv.Trs.i.168, n.1.
• Silāmeghavanna
• Sīlānisamsa Jātaka (Nr. 190)
• Silāpassayaparivena. A building in the Tissārāma. It was there that the Sāmanera died who, in this life, became Dutthagāmanī. Mhv.xxii.28.
• Silāpattapokkharanī. A lotus pond in Benares, in which the Pacceka Buddha Mahāpaduma was born in a lotus. SNA.i.80.
• Silārāma. A park in Candavatī, where Sujāta Buddha died. Bu.xiii.36; BuA.171.
• Silāsambuddha
• Silāsobbhakandaka. A village in which Vattagāmanī lived for some time during the usurpation of his throne by the Damilas (Mhv.xxxiii.51). The village was to the south of Vessagiri-vihāra und near Pabbata-vihāra. MT.616.
• Silāsobbhakandaka-cetiya. A thūpa to the north of the Mahā Thūpa, built by Vattagāmanī (Mhv.xxxiii.88). The Sirīsamālaka lay between it und the Nāga-mālaka. MT.355.
• Sīla-Sutta
• Silātissabodhi. Son of Dāthānāma und brother of König Dhātusena. Cv.xxxviii.15.
• Sīlava
• Sīla-Vagga. The second chapter of the Eka Nipāta of the Jātaka Commentary. J.i.142-72.
• Sīlavamsa
• Sīlavanāga Jātaka (Nr. 72)
• Sīlavā-Sutta. The inhabitants of a village or suburb in which good hermits dwell for their support earn much merit in deed, word und thought. A.i.151.
• Sīlavā-Thera
• Silāvatī
• Sīlavati
• Sīlavīmamsa Jātaka (Nr. 330, 362)
• Sīlavīmamsana Jātaka (Nr. 86, 290, 305)
• Silāyupa Sutta
• Silesaloma. A Yakkha. See the Pañcāvudha Jātaka. He is identified mit Angulimāla. J.i.275.
• Sīluccaya. Fifteen tausend kappas ago there were eight kings of this name, previous births of Sīhāsanadāyaka Thera. Ap.i.189.
• Silutta Vatthu.-The story of a blind rat snake (silutta), near Devarakkhitalena, who heard the Satipatthāna Sutta being recited by Talangapabbatavāsī Mahādhammadinna Thera. The snake was killed by a godhā, und was born as Tissāmacca, minister of Dutthagāmanī. Sad.S.88f; Rag.ii.131f.
• Sīmālankārasangaha. A work on boundaries und sites for religious ceremonies written by Vācissara of Ceylon (Gv.62; Svd.1213). Chapata wrote a Commentary on it. (Bode, op. cit., 18; Svd.1247; Gv.64.
• Simanadī. Probably the name of a river which formed one of the boundaries of the Vijayabāhu parivena. On its banks was Sālaggāma. Cv.xc.92.
• Sīmatālatthalī. A village in Rohana, erwähnt in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv.101.
• Simbali. A Niraya. J.v.275.
• Simbalivana, Simbalidaha. The abode of Garudas. J.i.202; DhA.i.279; MA.ii.638.
• Simsapā-Sutta
• Simsapāvana
• Sindhaka.-A servant of Ankura. Pv.ii.9 (vs. 39, 40); PvA.127.
• Sindhavā.-See Sindhu.
• Sindhavasandana.-A König of zwanzig seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Khomadāyaka Thera. Ap.i.81.
• Sindhu
• Sindhūravāna.-A place in Ceylon, between Hatthiselapura und Gangāsiripura, on the way to Sumanakūta. There Vijayabāhu IV. built the Vanaggāmapāsāda vihāra und the Abhayarāja-parivena. Cv.lxxxviii.50.
• Sineru
• Sineru-Sutta.-The dukkha destroyed by the Noble Disciple (arahant) compared mit what is yet left to him until his death, is like seven grains of sand on the top of Sineru. S.v.457f.
• Singāla.-One of the four leading merchants of Pupphavatī (Benares) In der Zeit von Ekarāja. J.vi.135.
• Singāravimāna.-A four storeyed building, painted mit various pictures, in the Dīpuyyāna. Cv.lxxiii.122.
• Sinipura, Sinisura
• Siri
• Sirī
• Sirideva. A minister of Dutthagāmanī, who, mit Visākha, was in charge of the arrangements for the Foundation Ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa. MT. 517.
• Siridevinaga. A mountain in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon. It was near Buddhagāma, und is erwähnt in the account of the early campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxvi.19.
• Siridhara. A König of zwanzig seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Rahosaññaka (Sunāga) Thera. Ap.i.167; ThagA.i.182.
• Sirighanānanda. A parivena in Viddumagāma, built by Parakkamabāhu IV. Cv.xc.98.
• Sirighara. A place in the Nandārāma where, at the foot of a sirīsa-tree, Dīpankara Buddha defeated the titthiyā. Bu.ii.212.
• Sirigutta
• Siri-Jātaka (Nr. 284)
• Sirika. The name of the elephant which Sunanda (Upāli in this life) was riding when he insulted the Pacceka Buddha Devala by driving the elephant at him. ThagA.i.368.
• Sirikālakanni Jātaka (Nr.192, 382)
• Sirikālakannipañha
• Sirikanha. Another name for Asita. SNA.ii.487; cf. SN. vs. 689 (Kanhasiri).
• Sirikudda, Sirikūta
• Sirimā
• Sirimandagalla. One of the villages given by Vijayabāhu I. to the Lābhavāsins. Cv.lx.68.
• Sirimanda-Jātaka (Nr. 500). Evidently another name for the Sirimandapañha. J.iv.412.
• Sirimandapañha
• Sirimanda-Thera
• Sirimangala
• Sirimeghavanna
• Sirimitta-Thera
• Sirināga
• Sirinanda. A palace of Kassapa Buddha, before his renunciation. Bu.xxv.35.
• Sirinandā. Wife of Sujāta Buddha, in his last lay life. Bu.xiii.22.
• Sirinandana
• Sirinivāsa. Another name for Mahānāma, König of Ceylon. P.L.C. 84, 96.
• Siripāsāda. A building erected by Mānavamma in the Sirisanghabodhi vihāra. Cv.xlvii.64.
• Sirisaddhammavilāsa. A Burmese author of the fourteenth century. He wrote a tīkā on Kaccāyana's grammar called Saddhammanāsinī. Bode, op. cit., 26.
• Sirīsamālaka
• Sirisanghabodhi
• Sirīsavatthu
• Sirivaddha
• Sirivaddhā. A setthi's Tochter who gave milk rice to Phussa Buddha. BuA.192.
• Sirivaddhana
• Sirivaddhanā. A girl of Sucitta-nigama, who gave milk rice to Vessabhū Buddha. BuA.205.
• Sirivaddha-pāsāda
• Sirivaddha-Sutta. Records the visit of Ananda to Sirivaddha of Rājagaha. See Sirivaddha (13).
• Sirivadhaka. The name of the architect of the Mahā Thūpa.  MT. 535.
• Sirivallabha
• Sirivijayarājasīha
• Sirivijayasundarārāma. A monastery in Jambuddoni, erected by Vijayabāhu III. Parakkamabāhu II. built round it a wall mit gate towers. Cv.lxxxv.90f.
• Sirivīra-parakkamanarinda-sīha. König of Ceylon (1707-39 A.C.)
• Sirivivāda. See the Sujāta Jātaka (Nr. 306).
• Siriyavala. A district in South India. Cv.lxxvi.170, etc.
• Sīsupācāla-Sutta. The story of Māra's temptation of Sīsupacālā. S.i.133f.
• Sīsupacalā-Therī
• Sitā
• Sītāharana. The story of Sītā's rape is referred to in the Commentaries as niratthakakathā (DA.i.76) or pāpakam sutam (MNid.A.148; VibhA.490).
• Sītalaggāmalena. A cave temple in Ceylon restored by Vijayabāhu I. Cv.lx.59.
• Sītāluka Brahmadatta
• Sīta-Sutta. Cool weather is produced by the Sītavalāhakā devas wishing to regale their bodies. S.iii.256.
• Sītāvaka. A town in Ceylon, the capital of König Rājasīha I. Cv.xciii.5; we Cv.Trs.ii.224, n.1.
• Sītavalāhakā
• Sītavana
• Sītavaniya. See Sambhūta.
• Sīti-Sutta. Six things which prevent a monk from realizing the "cool" (nibbāna). A.iii.435.
• Sīti-Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Chakka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iii.435-40.
• Sitthagāma.-A village which Sena IV. converted into a parivena, evidently for his retirement (Cv.liv.6). Later, a monk, named Dhammamitta, lived there und wrote a Commentary on the Abhidhamma. Cv.liv.35.
• Siva
• Sīva
• Sīvaka
• Sīvaka Sutta. Gives an account of the visit of Moliya Sīvaka (q.v.) to the Buddha. S.iv.230.
• Sīvalā
• Sīvala. Son of Mangala Buddha in his last lay life. Bu.iv.20.
• Sīvalī
• Sīvalīputtāru. A stronghold in South India. Cv.lxxvii.41.
• Siva-Sutta. Describes the visit of Sivadevaputta to the Buddha. S.i.56.
• Sīveyyaka. See Sivirattha.
• Sivi
• Sivi-Jātaka (Nr. 499)
• Siviputta. See Sivirattha.
• Sivirattha
• Siyāmahantakuddāla. A village near Anurādhapura und close to Tissavāpi, erwähnt in the account of the campaigns of Gajabāhu. Cv.lxx.149, 154, 161.