Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

aeon: kappa (q.v.).agati: the 4 'wrong paths' are: the path of greed (chanda), of hate, of delusion, of cowardice (bhaya). "Onewho is freed from evil impulses is no longer liable to take the wrong path of greed, etc.'' (A. IV, 17; IX, 7).age, Old: jará (q.v.).aggregates: khandha (q.v.).agility: lahutá (q.v.).áhára: 'nutriment', 'food', is used in the concrete sense as material food and as such it belongs to derivedcorporeality (s. khandha, Summary I.) In the figurative sense, as 'foundation' or condition, it is one of the 24conditions (paccaya, q.v.) and is used to denote 4 kinds of nutriment, which are material and mental: 1.material food (kabalinkáráhára), 2. (sensorial and mental) impression (phassa), 3. mental volition(mano-sañcetaná), 4. consciousness (viññána).1. Material food feeds the eightfold corporeality having nutrient essence as its 8th factor (i.e. the solid, liquid,heat, motion, color, odour, the tastable and nutrient essence; s. rúpa-kalápa). 2. Sensorial and mentalimpression is a condition for the 3 kinds of feeling (agreeable, disagreeable and indifferent); s.paticcasamuppáda (6). 3. Mental volition (= karma, q.v.) feeds rebirth; s. paticca-samuppáda (2). 4.Consciousness feeds mind and corporeality ;náma-rúpa; ib., 2) at the moment of conception" (Vis.M. XI).Literature (on the 4 Nutriments): M. 9 & Com. (tr. in 'R. Und.'), M 38; S. XII, 11, 63, 64 - TheFour Nutriments of Life, Selected texts & Com. (WHEEL 105/106).áhára-ja (or-samutthána) - rúpa: 'Food-produced corporeality'; s. samutthána.áháre patikkúla-saññá: 'reflection on the loathsomeness of food', fully described in Vis.M. XI, l.ahetuka-citta: s. hetu.ahetuka-ditthi: 'view of uncausedness' (of existence); s. ditthi.ahetu-patisandhika: s. patisandhi.ahimsá: s. avihimsá.ahirika-anottappa: 'lack of moral shame and dread', are two of the 4 unwholesome factors associated withall karmically unwholesome states of consciousness, the two others being restlessness (uddhacca) anddelusion (moha). Cf. Tab. II."There are two sinister things, namely, lack of moral shame and dread, etc." (A. II, 6). "Not to be ashamed ofwhat one should be ashamed of; not to be ashamed of evil, unwholesome things: this is called lack of moralshame" (Pug. 59). "Not to dread what one should dread ... this is called lack of moral dread (Pug. 60).ahosi-kamma: 'ineffective karma'; s. karma.ájíva: 'livelihood'. About right and wrong livelihood., s. sacca (IV. 5) and micchá-magga (5).ájíva-párisuddhi-síla: 'morality consisting in purification of livelihood', is one of the 4 kinds of perfectmorality; s. síla.akanittha: the 'Great Ones', i.e. 'Highest Gods', are the inhabitants of the 5th and highest heaven of the PureAbodes (suddhávása, q.v.); cf. avacara, deva (II) Anágámí.ákása: 'space', is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space (paricchinnákása or paricchedákása), 2.