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.

　　Gatila,

　　an ascetic wearing clotted hair.

　　Gina,

　　a conqueror, a name of a Buddha.

　　Isi,

　　a sage.

　　Khattiya,

　　a warrior, a prince.

　　Kandâla,

　　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.