Pali Proper Names
- V -
- Vācā Sutta 1.
A nun who is wrong in speech, wrong in action, und who rejects the gift of
faith, is destined for purgatory. A.iii.141.
- Vācā Sutta 2.
Speech is good if spoken in season, in truth, softly, about the good und in
amity. A.iii.243.
- Vācakopadesa. A treatise on Kaccāyana’s grammar by Vijitāvi, a monk
of Burma (Sās., p.90). There is also a tīkā on it by another Vijitāvī. Bode,
op. cit., 46, und n. 4.
- Vacana Sutta. See Vanaropa Sutta.
- Vacanatthajoti, Vacanatthajotikā. A glossary on the Vuttodaya by
Vepullabuddhi Thera. Sās., p. 75; Bode, op. cit., 28, n.5.
- Vācavācaka
or Vaccavācaka. A grammatical treatise by Dhammadassī of Pagan (Sās.,
p.75; Bode, op. cit., 22, und n. 6). There are several commentaries on it, the
best known being by Saddhammanandi. Others are called Vaccavācakavannanā,
Vacavācakarikā und Vaccavācakadīpanī.
- Vacāvātaka. A village in the Merukandara district, erwähnt in the
account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx.282, 295.
- Vaccavācaka. See Vācavācaka above.
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Vaccha
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Vaccha or Bandha Sutta
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Vacchagotta
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Vacchagotta Sutta
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Vacchanakha Jātaka (Nr. 235)
- Vacchanakha. The Bodhisatta born as a Paribbājaka. See the
Vacchanakha Jātaka.
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Vacchapāla Thera
- Vacchāyana. See Pilotika.
Buddhaghosa says (MA.i.393) this was the name of Pilotika's gotta.
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Vācissara
- Vadakongu. A place in South India in charge of which was a maternal
uncle of Kulasekhara. It is erwähnt mit Tenkongu. Cv.lxxvi.288; lxxvii.43.
- Vadali. A village in South India where Lankāpura killed Alavanda,
und which he occupied after severe fighting. Cv.lxxvi.134, 169.
- Vadamanamekkundi. A locality in South India burnt by Lankāpura.
Cv.lxxvii.87.
- Vadavalathirukka. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvi.94.
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Vaddha
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Vaddha (or Puppha) Sutta
- Vaddha vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, built by Dhātusena
(Cv.xxxviii.46). Its name was probably Vaddhamānaka.
- Vaddhagāma. See Velugāma.
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Vaddhakisūkara Jātaka (Nr. 283)
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Vaddhamāna
- Vaddhamānaka. See Vaddha vihāra above.
- Vaddhamānaka-tittha.-A ford on the Mahāvālukanadī; it was later
called Sahassa-tittha und Assamandala-thittha. Ras.ii.61, 63.
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Vaddhamātā Therī
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Vaddhana
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Vaddhī Sutta
- Vadha ālopa sāhasakāra Sutta. Few are they who abstain from
torture, highway robbery und violent deeds; it is because they do not see the
Four Noble Truths. S.v.473.
- Vadhagāmakapāsāna. A village in Rohana, erwähnt in the account of
the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv.6.
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Vadhukā Sutta
- Vādī Sutta. There are four kinds of expounders (vādī): those that
know the meaning of a passage but not the letter, those that know the letter
but not the meaning, those that know neither, those that know both. A.ii.138.
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Vādino Sutta
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Vaggamudātīriyā
- Vagguli Vatthu. The story of 500 bats who were born in heaven by
listening to a recital of the Abhidhamma. SadS.81f.
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Vaggumudā
- Vāgissara. One of the Singhalese envoys sent by Parakkamabāhu I. to
Rāmañña. His companion was Dhammakitti. The Rāmañña König put them into a leaky
vessel und sent them home. Cv.lxxvi.32.
- Vāha. The name of Elāra’s state horse, stolen by
Velusumana. MT. 440.
- Vāhadīpa. A monastery in Ceylon, to which Aggabodhi VI. added a
Pāsāda (Cv.xlviii.65), und Udaya I. another, called the Senaggabodhipabbata
pāsāda, (Cv.xlix.33) which was later repaired by Dappula. II. Cv.xlix.76.
- Vahana. One of the three palaces of Sikhī Buddha before his
Renunciation. Bu.xxi.16; but BuA. (p. 201) calls it Nārivasabha.
- Vajagaragiri vihāra. A monastery, probably in Ceylon, the residence
of Kāladeva Thera (q.v.). MA.i.100.
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Vājapeyya
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Vajira
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Vajirā
- Vajirā Sutta. An account of the conversation between
Vajirā Therī und Māra. S.i.134f.
- Vajirabāhu. A Yakkha who, mit four tausend others, kept guard at
the fourth gate of Jotiya's palace. DhA.iv.209.
- Vajirabuddhi. See Mahā
Vajirabuddhi.
- Vajirabuddhitīkā. Also called
Vinayagandhi or Vinayaganthi. A tīkā or explanation of difficult passages in
the Vinaya Commentaries by Mahāvajirabuddhi Thera of Ceylon. Gv.60, 66.
- Vajirahattha. Ein Götterwesen, Eroberer der Asuras (D.ii.259).
Buddhaghosa identifiziert ihn mit Indra. DA.ii.689.
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Vajirakumārī, Vajirā
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Vajirapāni
- Vajirasama. Vor einundneunzig Kappas gab es sieben Könige mit
diesem Namen, alles frühere Geburten von Sucidāyaka Thera (Ap.i.135). v.l.
Vajirāsakha.
- Vajirasena. A building in the Abhayagiri vihāra, erected by Vajira,
minister of Sena I. Cv.l.84.
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Vajirāvudha
- Vajiravutti. Siehe
Vajirā
(3).
- Vajirī, Vājirī. Siehe Vajirakumārī.
- Vajirindha. Ein Brahmane von Sucirindha, wessen Tochter Milchreis
an Kakusandha Buddha spendete, gerade vor seiner Erleuchtung. BuA. p.210.
- Vājirīya. Eine Buddhistische Sekte...
- Vajjabhūmi. Siehe
Vajjī.
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Vajjī
- Vajjī Sutta 1. Records the visit of
Ugga-gahapati to the Buddha at
Hatthigāma. S.iv.109.
- Vajjī Sutta 2. Evidently another name for the
Sārandada Sutta. See. DA.ii.524.
- Vajjī Vagga. The third chapter of the Sattaka Nipāta of the
Anguttara Nikāya. A.iv.16ff.
- Vajjihārā. Der Name von einem Stamm. Ap.ii.359 (vs. 19).
- Vajjiputta or Vesāli Sutta. Contains the story of the discontent of
Vajjiputta (1). S.i.201f.
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Vajjiputta Thera
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Vajjiputtaka Sutta
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Vajjiputtakā, Vajjiputtiyā
- Vajjirājā. Siehe
Vajjī.
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Vajjita Thera
- Vajjiya Sutta. The story of the visit of
Vajjiyamāhita to the Buddha. A.v.189ff.
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Vajjiyamāhita
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Vaka Jātaka (Nr. 300)
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Vakkali
- Vakkula. Siehe Bakkula.
- Vāla. A horse belonging to König Kappina. DhA.ii.117.
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Valabhāmukha
- Vālagāma Vihāra.-A monastery near Cullatavālagāma. See
Tambasumana.
- Vālagāma. See Jālagāma ??.
- Valāha Samyutta. The thirty second section of the
Samyutta Nikāya. S.iii.254 57; cf. A.ii.102ff.
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Valāhaka
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Valāhaka Sutta
- Valāhaka Vagga. The eleventh chapter of the Catukka Nipāta of the
Anguttara Nikāya. A.ii.102 111; cp.
S.iii.254ff.
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Valāhakāyikādevā
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Valāhassa Jātaka (Nr. 196)
- Vālakkonda. A place in South India. Cv.lxxvi.187.
- Valangatissapabbata
vihāra. See Talangatissapabbata vihāra ??.
- Vālavāhana. A horse belonging to König Kappina. DhA.ii.117.
- Vālika vihāra. A monastery in Jambukolapattana, once the residence
of Punabbasu kutumbikaputta Tissa. VibhA.389.
- Vālikagāma. A village in Ceylon, evidently a seaport, where the
Damilas, under Māgha und Jayabāhu, once had a fort. Cv.lxxxiii.17.
- Vālikākhetta. A village erwähnt in the account of the campaigns
of Gajabāhu. Cv.lxx.62; also Cv. Trs.i.292, n. 2.
- Vālikapitthi vihāra. A monastery, probably in Ceylon, the residence
of Abhidhammika Abhaya Thera. At the commencement of the vassa he, mit a
large number of his colleagues, recited the Mahāsuññatā Sutta, und, as a
result, they lived apart from each other during the vassa, attaining
arahantship, before the end of the season. MA.ii.907.
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Vālikārāma
- Vālivāsaragāma. A village in Rohana, erwähnt in the account of
the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiv.177.
- Valiyā. One of the chief women supporters of Dhammadassī Buddha.
Bu.xvi. 20.
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Vallabhā
- Vallakkuttāra. A district in South India. Cv.lxxvi.247, 260.
- Vallavahagāma.-A village in Ceylon, the birthplace of Tambasumana.
Ras.ii.24.
- Vallī vihāra. A monastery near Uruvelā, in Ceylon, built by König
Subha. Mhv.xxxv.58.
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Valliggāma
- Vallipāsāna vihāra. A monastery to the west of Anurādhapura, near
Mangalavitāna. It held the Indasālakalena, where once lived Mahānāgasena. MT.
552.
- Valliphaladāyaka
Thera. Ein Heiliger (Ap.i.296), offensichtlich identisch mit Visākha
Pañcāliputta (q.v.).
- Vallitittha. A ford in the Mahāvālukaganga. Cv.lxxii.82.
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Valliya Thera
- Valliyavīthi. A street in Mahāgāma. AA.i.279.
- Valliyera vihāra. A monastery in Rohana. For the use of an Elder
who lived there, König Vasabha built the Mahāvalligotta vihāra. Mhv.xxxv.82;
MT. 652.
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Vālodaka Jātaka (Nr. 183)
- Vālugāma. A village in South India which Lankāpura laid waste und
rebuilt. Cv.lxxvi.286.
- Vālukagāma. A village in Rohana, erwähnt in the account of the
campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv.18; cf. Mahāvālukagāma.
- Vālukapatta. A village near Pulatthipura. Cv.lxx.318.
- Vālukārāma. See
Vālikārāma.
- Valutthi. A Damila chief of South India, won over to Lankāpura’s
side mit gifts. Cv.lxxvi.237.
- Vāmadeva. One of the great sages honoured by the brahmins as
authors of hymns, etc. Vin.i.245; D.i.104, etc.; see Vāmaka; cf. Rigveda iv.
26; Rāmāyana i.7, etc.
- Vāmagotta. See Sūra
Vāmagotta.
- Vāmaka. One of the great sages held in esteem by the brahmins.
Vin.i.245; D.i.104,238; M.ii.169, 200; A.iii.224, etc.; cf. Vamsa in Rigveda
x. 99.
- Vamana Sutta. Like a physician who administers an emetic for the
curing of sickness, so does the Buddha administer the Ariyan emetic to cleanse
beings of birth, old age, etc. Thus, right belief cleanses them from wrong
belief, etc. A.v.219f.
- Vāmantapabbhāra. A glen in Ceylon, where lived Mahāsiva Thera
(q.v.). J.vi.30; iv. 490.
- Vamatthappakāsinī. The Commentary on the Mahāvamsa, traditionally
ascribed to a Thera named Mahānāma, und probably written about the ninth
century. For details see P.T.S. edition, Introd.
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Vammīka Sutta
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Vamsā
- Vamsa Sutta. See Ariyavamsa Sutta.
- Vamsabhūmi, Vamsarattha. The country of the
Vamsā.
- Vamsarājā. See Udena.
- Vana Samyutta. The ninth section of the
Samyutta Nikāya. S.i.197 205.
- Vanagāma. A locality in Ceylon where Sugalā was captured.
Cv.lxxv.174.
- Vanaggāmapāsāda. A monastery built by Vijayabāhu IV., to which was
attached the Abhayarāja parivena. Cv.lxxxviii.51.
- Vanakorandiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he gave a
vanakoranda flower to Siddhattha Buddha. Ap.i.404.
- Vananadī. A river in Rohana. Cv.lxxv.156; identified mit
Velaveganga (Cv. Trs.ii.59, n. 4).
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Vanapattha Sutta
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Vanappavesanakhanda
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Vānara Jātaka (Nr. 342)
- Vanaratana
Tissa. See Ananda (11).
- Vanaratana. See Medhankara
(5).
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Vānarinda Jātaka (Nr. 57)
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Vanaropa (or Vacana) Sutta
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Vanasa (Vanasāvhaya ?)
- Vanasāvatthi. See Vanasa.
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Vanavaccha Thera
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Vanavāsa
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Vanavāsī
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Vandanā Sutta
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Vandanavimāna Vatthu
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Vanga, Vangā
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Vanganta
- Vangantaputta. The epithet applied to Sāriputta's brother
Upasena, to distinguish him from others of the same name.
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Vangīsa Sutta
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Vangīsa Thera
- Vangīsa Thera Samyutta. The eighth section of the Samyutta Nikāya
(S.i.185 96), dealing mit incidents connected mit
Vangīsa Thera.
- Vangīsa Thera Vatthu. The story of
Vangīsa’s conversion, his entry into the Order, und his attainment of
arahantship. DhA.iv. 226f.
- Vanguttara. A mountain in Ceylon on which was built the
Pācīnapabbata vihāra by Sūratissa (Mhv.xxi.5). The Mahāvamsa Tīkā (p. 424)
explains that Vanguttara was at the foot of Ekadvārikapabbata.
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Vanijjā Sutta
- Vanijjagāma vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, built by Kassapa III.
Cv.xlviii.24.
- Vanka. A König of Sāvatthi. For his story see the
Ghata Jātaka (Nr. 355). He is identified mit
Ananda. J.iii.170.
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Vankagiri, vankapabbata, Vankatapabbata
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Vankahāra, Vangahāra
- Vankaka. The name of Mount Vepulla In der Zeit von Konāgamana
Buddha. S.ii.191.
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Vankanāsika Tissa
- Vankāvattakagalla. A monastery in Ceylon, built by
Mahācūli-Mahātissa. Mhv.xxxiv.9.
- Vanna Sutta. One who praises und blames wrongly, without scrutiny,
und who fails to blame or praise rightly, suffers in purgatory. A.ii.84.
- Vañña. Belonging to the Vanni.
- Vannabodhana. A treatise on the Pāli language by Ukkamsamāla of
Ava. Sās, p. 120; Bode, op. cit., 65.
- Vannaka. An irrigation channel (mahāmātika) constructed by
Kutakannatissa. Mhv.xxxiv.32; see also Mhv. Trs. 240, n.1.
- Vannakāraka Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he was a
painter (vannakāra) in Arunavatī und painted the drapery of the Buddha's
cetiya. Twenty three kappas ago he was a König named Candūpama. Ap.i.220.
- Vannanā Sutta. A nun who, without test or scrutiny, praises the
unworthy und blames the worthy, shows faith in things unbelievable und
disbelief in things believable und rejects the gift of faith - such a one
goes to purgatory. A.iii.139.
- Vannanītigandha. One of the six treatises ascribed to
Kaccāyana Gv.59.
- Vannapitaka. A compilation condemned by the orthodox as
abuddhavacana. z.B., SA.ii.150; Sp.iv.742.
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Vannāroha Jātaka (Nr. 361)
- Vannāroha Vagga. The second chapter of the
Jātakatthakathā. J.iii.191 210.
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Vannī
- Vannibhuvanekabāhu. See
Bhuvanekabāhu III.
- Vannūpama. See Candūpama.
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Vannupatha Jātaka (Nr. 2)
- Vantajīvakā. A group or sect of Buddhist ascetics. Vijayabāhu I.
provided them mit necessaries und granted maintenance villages to their
relations (Cv.lx.69). cp. Lābhavāsī.