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Brahma & Brahmā Brahma & Brahmā

PvA 98; voc. sg. brahme M i.328. pl. nom. brahmāno of Brahmā D iii.81, 83. -deyya a most excellent gift, a royal
Miln 13, 18 (where J vi.486 has Mahā — brahmā in id. p.); gift, a gift given with full powers (said of land granted by the
DhsA 195; gen. brahmānaṁ Vism 2; Mhbv 151. — pac- King) D i.87 (=seṭṭha — deyyaṁ DA i.246; cp. Dial. i.108
cekabrahmā a br. by himself S i.149 (of the name of Tudu; cp. note: the first part of the cpd. (brahma) has always been inter-
paccekabuddha). — sabrahmaka (adj.) including the brahma preted by Brahmans as referring to themselves. But brahma
gods D i.62; A ii.70; Vin i.11; DA i.174. as the first part of a cpd. never has that meaning in Pali; and
III. brahma (adj. — n.) [cp. brahmā II. 2; Vedic brahma° the word in our passage means literally "a full gift." — Cp.
& Sk. brāhma] 1. holy, pious, brahmanic; (m.) a holy person, id. p. Divy 620, where it does not need to mean "gift to brah-
a brahmin — (adj.) J ii.14 (br. vaṇṇa=seṭṭha vaṇṇa C.); KhA mans," as Index suggests); D i.114; J ii.166=DhA iii.125 (here
151 (brahma — cariyaṁ= brahmaṁ cariyaṁ). — (m.) acc. a gift to a br., it is true, but not with that meaning); J vi.486
brahmaṁ Sn 285; voc. brahme (frequent) Sn 1065 (=brahmā (sudinnaṁ+); Mhbv 123. We think that both Kern (who at
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ti seṭṭhavacanaṁ SnA 592); J ii.346; iv.288; vi.524, 532; Pv Toev. s. v. unjustly remarks of Bdhgh's expl as "unjust") and
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i.12 (=brāhmaṇa PvA 66). — 2. divine, as incorporating the Fick (who at "Sociale Gliederung" p. 126 trsl it as "gift to a
highest & best qualities, sublime, ideal, best, very great (see Brahman") are wrong, at least their (and others') interpretation
esp. in cpds.), A i.132 (brahmā ti mātāpitaro etc.), 182; iv.76. is doubtful. -devatā a deity of the Brahmaloka PvA 138 (so
— 3. holy, sacred, divinely inspired (of the rites, charms, read for brahmā°). -nimantanika "addressing an invitation
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hymns etc.) D i.96 (brahme mante adhiyitvā); Pv ii.6 (man- to a brahma — god," title of a Suttanta M i.326 sq., quoted at
taṁ brahmacintitaṁ) =brāhmaṇānaṁ atthāya brahmaṇā cinti- Vism 393. -nimmita created by Brahmā D iii.81, 83. -patta
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taṁ) PvA 97, 98). — Note. The comp form of all specified arrived at the highest state, above the devas, a state like the
bases (I. II. III.) is brahma°, and with regard to meaning it is Br. gods M i.386; A ii.184. -patti attainment of the highest
often not to be decided to which of the 3 categories the cpd. in good S i.169, 181; iv.118. -patha the way to the Br. world
question belongs. or the way to the highest good S i.141; A iii.346; Th 1, 689.
-attabhāva existence as a brahma god DhA iii.210. - Cp. Geiger, Dhamma 77. -parāyana devoted to Brahmā
ujjugatta having the most divinely straight limbs (one of the Miln 234. -parisā an assembly of the Brahma gods D iii.260;
32 marks of a Great Man) D ii.18; iii.144, 155. -uttama M i.330; S i.155; A iv.307. -pārisajja belonging to the ret-
sublime DhsA 192. -uppatti birth in the brahma heaven S inue of Br., N. of the gods of the lowest Rūpa — brahmaloka
i.143. -ûposatha the highest religious observance with med- S i.145, 155; M i.330; Kvu 207; cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie
itation on the Buddha & practice of the uposatha abstinence A 191, 194. -purohita minister or priest to Mahābrahmā; °deva
i.207. -kappa like Brahmā Th 1, 909. -kāya divine body D gods inhabiting the next heaven above the Br. — pārisajjā
iii.84; J i.95. -kāyika belonging to the company of Brahmā, devā (cp. Kirfel loc. cit.) Kvu 207 (read °purohita for °paro-
N of a high order of Devas in the retinue of Br. (cp. Kirfel, hita!). -pphoṭana [a — pphoṭana; ā+ph.] a Brahmaapplause,
Kosmographie pp. 191, 193, 197) D i.220; ii.69; A iii.287, divine or greatest applause DhA iii.210 (cp. Miln 13; J vi.486).
314; iv.40, 76, 240, 401; Th 1, 1082; Vism 225, 559; KhA -bandhu "brahma — kinsman," a brāhmaṇa in descent, or by
86. -kutta a work of Brahmā D iii.28, 30 (cp. similarly yaṁ name; but in reality an unworthy brahman, Th 2, 251; J vi.532;
mama, pitrā kṛtaṁ devakṛtaṁ na tu brahmakṛtaṁ tat Divy 22). ThA 206; cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung p. 140. -bhakkha
See also under kutta. -giriya (pl.) name of a certain class of ideal or divine food S i.141. -bhatta a worshipper of Br.
beings, possibly those seated on Brahmagiri (or is it a certain J iv.377 sq. -bhavana Br. — world or abode of Br. Nd 1
class of performers, actors or dancers?) Miln 191. -ghaṭa 448. -bhūta divine being, most excellent being, said of the
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(=ghaṭa ) company or assembly of Brahmans J vi.99. -cakka Buddha D iii.84; M i.111; iii.195, 224; S iv.94; A v.226; It
the excellent wheel, i. e. the doctrine of the Buddha M i.69; A 57; said of Arahants A ii.206; S iii.83. -yāna way of the
ii.9, 24; iii.417; v.33; It 123; Ps ii.174; VbhA 399 (in detail); highest good, path of goodness (cp. brahma — patha) S v.5; J
-cariya see separate article. -cārin leading a holy or pure vi.57 (C. ariyabhūmi: so read for arāya°). -yāniya leading to
life, chaste, pious Vin ii.236; iii.44; S i.5, 60; ii.210; iii.13; Brahmā D i.220. -loka the Br. world, the highest world, the
iv.93, A ii.44; M iii.117; Sn 695, 973; J v.107, 382; Vv 34 11 world of the Celestials (which is like all other creation subject
(acc. pl. brahmacāraye for °cārino); Dh 142; Miln 75; DA to change & destruction: see e. g. Vism 415=KhA 121), the
i.72 (brahmaṁ seṭṭhaṁ ācāraṁ caratī ti br. c.); DhA iii.83; a° abode of the Br. devas; Heaven. — It consists of 20 heavens,
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S iv.181; Pug 27, 36. -cintita divinely inspired Pvi i.6 =Vv sixteen being worlds of form (rūpa — brahmaloka) and four,
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63 16 (of manta); expl at PvA 97, as given above III.3, dif- inhabited by devas who are incorporeal (arūpa°). The devas
fers from that at VvA 265, where it runs: brahmehi Aṭṭhak' of the Br. l. are free from kāma or sensual desires. Rebirth
ādīhi cintitaṁ paññācakkhunā diṭṭhaṁ, i. e. thought out by in this heaven is the reward of great virtue accompanied with
the divine (seer) Aṭṭhaka and the others (viz. composers of meditation (jhāna) A i.227 sq.; v.59 (as included in the sphere
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the Vedic hymns: v. s. brāhmaṇa , seen with insight). -ja called sahassī cūḷanikā lokadhātu). — The brahmās like other
sprung from Brahmā (said of the Brāhmaṇas) D iii.81, 83; M gods are not necessarily sotāpannā or on the way to full knowl-
ii.148. Cp. dhammaja. -jacca belonging to a brahman family edge (sambodhi — parāyaṇā); their attainments depend on the
Th 1, 689. -jāla divine, excellent net, N. of a Suttanta (D degree of their faith in the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha, and
No. 1) Vism 30; VbhA 432, 516; KhA 12, 36, 97; SnA 362, their observance of the precepts. — See e. g. D iii.112; S
434. -daṇḍa "the highest penalty," a kind of severe punish- i.141, 155, 282; A iii.332; iv.75, 103; Sn 508, 1117; J ii.61;
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ment (temporary deathsentence? ) Vin ii.290; D ii.154; DhA Ps i.84; Pv ii.13 ; Dhs 1282; Vbh 421; Vism 199, 314, 367,
ii.112; cp. Kern, Manual p. 87. -dāyāda kinsman or heir 372, 390, 401, 405, 408, 415 sq., 421, 557; Mhbv 54, 83, 103

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