Glossary of words of Sanskrit or Pali origin
For abbreviations, see list at the end of the Glossary
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abhidharma, (Sanskrit), ‘abhidhamma’ (Pali), the Buddhist philosophy.
abhva, nescience, non-being; usually translated as ‘terrible’, ‘monstrous’ etc.
ācārya, a teacher, a spiritual guide who knows what to do and how to proceed, from ācāra, ‘practice’.
adbhuta, transcendental, beyond being/becoming, ‘wonderful’.
adharma, that which is not upholding existence, a-dharma, or not in accordance with dharma (see ‘dharma’).
ādhibhautika, belonging to the five elements, elemental.
ādhidaivika, belonging to the gods, or faculties of consciousness known as ‘annam prāṇam cakṣuḥ śrotraṃ mano vācam’ (TaitUp 3.2); see also KeUp 1.1-9 etc.
ādhyātmika, belonging ...
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