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Jhatta Jhāyati

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Jhatta [pp. of jhāpeti; cp. ñatta>*jñāpayati] set on fire, con- jh.). Mentioned as jh. 1 — 4 e. g. at Vin i.104; ii.161 (foll.
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sumed, dried up (w. hunger or thirst: parched) comb w. chāta by sotāpanna, etc.); D ii.156, 186; iii.78, 131, 222; S ii.278
J ii.83; vi.347. (nikāmalābhin); A ii.36 (id.); iii.354; S iv.299; v.307 sq.; M
i.21, 41, 159, 203, 247, 398, 521; ii.15, 37; Sn 69, 156, 985;
Jhatvā see jhāpeti.
Dh 372; J i.139; VvA 38; PvA 163. — Separately: the 1st: A
Jhasa (?) a window or opening in general J ii.334.
iv.422; v.135; M i.246, 294; Miln 289; 1st — 3rd: A iii.323; M
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Jhāna (nt.) [from jhāyati, BSk. dhyāna. The (popular etym — i.181; 1st & 2nd: M ii.28; 4th: A ii.41; iii.325; v.31; D iii.270;
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) expl of jhāna is given by Bdhgh at Vism 150 as follows: VvA 4. — See also Mrs. Rh. D. Buddh. Psych. (Quest Se-
"ārammaṇ' ûpanijjhānato paccanīka — jhāpanato vā jhānaṁ," ries) p. 107 sq.; Dhs. trsl. p. 52 sq.; Index to Saṁyutta N. for
i.e. called jh. from meditation on objects & from burning more refs.; also Kasiṇa.
up anything adverse] literally meditation. But it never means -anuyutta applying oneself to meditation Sn 972; -anga
vaguely meditation. It is the technical term for a special reli- a constituent of meditation (with ref. to the 4 jhānas) Vism
gious experience, reached in a certain order of mental states. 190. -kīḷā sporting in the exercise of meditation J iii.45.
It was originally divided into four such states. These may be -pasuta id. (+dhīra) Sn 709; Dh 181 (cp. DhA iii.226); -rata
summarized: 1. The mystic, with his mind free from sensuous fond of meditation S i.53, 122; iv.117; It 40; Sn 212, 503,
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and worldly ideas, concentrates his thoughts on some special 1009; Vv 50 ; VvA 38; -vimokkha emancipation reached
subject (for instance, the impermanence of all things). This he through jhāna A iii.417; v.34; -sahagata accompanied by jh.
thinks out by attention to the facts, and by reasoning. 2. Then (of paññābala) A i.42.
uplifted above attention & reasoning, he experiences joy & 2 2
Jhāna (nt.) [from jhāyati ] conflagration, fire D iii.94; J i.347.
ease both of body and mind. 3. Then the bliss passes away, & 1
Jhānika (adj.) [fr. jhāna ] belonging to the (4) meditations Vism
he becomes suffused with a sense of ease, and 4. he becomes
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aware of pure lucidity of mind & equanimity of heart. The
whole really forms one series of mental states, & the stages Jhāpaka (adj.) one who sets fire to (cp. jhāpeti), an incendiary J
might have been fixed at other points in the series. So the iii.71.
Dhamma — saṁgani makes a second list of five stages, by
Jhāpana (nt.) setting fire to, consumption by fire, in
calling, in the second jhāna, the fading away of observation
sarīra°-kicca cremation VvA 76.
one stage, & the giving up of sustained thinking another stage
Jhāpita [pp. jhāpeti] set on fire Miln 47; Vism 76 (°kāla time of
(Dhs 167 — 175). And the Vibhaṁga calls the first jhāna the
cremation).
pañcaṁgika-jhāna because it, by itself, can be divided into
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five parts (Vbh 267). The state of mind left after the experi- Jhāpeti [Caus. of jhāyati ] 1. to set fire to, to burn, to cook Vin
ence of the four jhānas is described as follows at D i.76: "with iv.265; J i.255, 294; DhA ii.66; PvA 62. — 2. to destroy,
his heart thus serene, made pure, translucent, cultured, void of to bring to ruin, to kill (see Kern, Toev., p. 37 sq.) J iii.441
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evil, supple, ready to act, firm and imperturbable." It will be (=ḍahati pīḷeti); VvA 38 (=jhāyati , connected w. jhāna: to
seen that there is no suggestion of trance, but rather of an en- destroy by means of jhāna); inf. jhāpetuṁ J vi.300 (+ghāte-
hanced vitality. In the descriptions of the crises in the religious tuṁ hantuṁ); ger. jhatvā ref. S i.161 (reads chetvā)=Nett
experiences of Christian saints and mystics, expressions sim- 145 (reads jhitvā, with v. l. chetvā). S i.19 (reads chetvā, vv.
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ilar to those used in the jhānas are frequent (see F. Heiler Die ll. ghatvā & jhatvā)=J iv.67 (T. jhatvā, v. l. chetvā; expl by
Buddhistische Versenkung, 1918). Laymen could pass through kilametvā); S i.41 (v. l. for T. chetvā, Bdhgh says "jhatvā ti
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the four jhānas (S iv.301). The jhānas are only a means, not vadhitvā"); J ii.262 (+hantvā vadhitvā; expl by kilametvā);
the end. To imagine that experiencing them was equivalent vi.299 (+vadhitvā); also jhatvāna J iv.57 (=hantvā). — pp.
to Arahantship (and was therefore the end aimed at) is con- jhatta & jhāpita.
demned (D i.37 ff.) as a deadly heresy. In late Pali we find 2
Jhāma (adj. — n.) [jhāyati ] burning, on fire, conflagration, in
the phrase arūpajjhānā. This is merely a new name for the °khetta charcoal — burner's field J i.238; ii.92; °angāra a
last four of the eight Vimokkhā, which culminate in trance. It burning cinder PvA 90. By itself: J i.405; DhA ii.67.
was because they
Jhāmaka N. of a plant J vi.537; also in °bhatta (?) J ii.288.
made this the aim of their teaching that Gotama rejected
the doctrines of his two teachers. Āḷāra — Kāḷāma & Uddaka Jhāyaka (adj.) one who makes a fire D iii.94.
— Rāmaputta (M i.164 f.). — The jhānas are discussed in ex- 1
Jhāyati [Sk. dhyāyati, dhī; with dhīra, dhīḥ from didheti shine,
tenso & in various combinations as regards theory & practice
perceive; cp. Goth. filu — deisei cunning, & in meaning
at: D i.34 sq.; 73 sq.; S ii. 210 sq.; iv.217 sq., 263 sq.; v.213 1
cinteti>citta ] to meditate, contemplate, think upon, brood
sq.; M i.276 sq., 350 sq., 454 sq.; A i.53, 163; ii.126; iii.394 over (c. acc.): search for, hunt after D ii.237 (jhānaṁ); S i.25,
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sq.; iv.409 sq.; v.157 sq.; Vin iii.4; Nd on Sn 1119 & s.v.;
57; A v.323 sq. (+pa,° ni,° ava°); Sn 165, 221, 425, 709, 818
Ps i.97 sq.; ii.169 sq.; Vbh 257 sq.; 263 sq.; 279 sq.; Vism 1
(=Nd 149 pa°, ni°, ava°); Dh 27, 371, 395; J i.67, 410; Vv
88, 415. — They are frequently mentioned either as a set, or 12 6
50 ; Pv iv.16 ; Miln 66; SnA 320 (aor. jhāyiṁsu thought of).
singly, when often the set is implied (as in the case of the 4th
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