Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

Home | Library | Dictionary indexBUDDHIST DICTIONARY-Ffactors,mental: s. cetasika. - F. of absorption, s. jhána - F. of enlightenment, s. bojjhanga.faculties: indriya (q.v.); see also paccaya 16.fading away: s. virága.faith: saddhá (q.v.).faith-devotee and faith-liberated one: s. ariyapuggala (B).faithful-natured: saddhá-carita; s. carita.fatalism: s. ditthi.favour, 4 ways of showing sangaha-vatthu. (q.v.).feeling: vedaná (q.v.); further s. khandha. - Contemplation of f.: vedanánupassaná; s. satipatthána.femininity: s bháva, indriya.fetters: The 10 f. binding to existence; s. samyojana.few wishes: s. appicchatá.fine-material sphere or world: s. avacara, loka. Absorptions of the: rúpa-jjhána; s. jhána.fire-element: s. dhátu (I).fivefold sense-door, Advertence to the: pañcadvárávajjana; s. viññána-kicca.five-group existence: pañca-vokára-bhava (q.v.).fixed destiny: s. niyata-micchá-ditthi, niyata-puggala.fixity: s. niyama, tathatá, dhamma-tthiti-ñána.floods, the 4: ogha, are identical with the 4 cankers (ásava, q.v.).food, material: is one of the 4 nutriments (áhára, q.v.). Foodproduced corporeality, s. samutthána. - Refusingall further f., s. dhutanga. - Loathsomeness of f. s. áháre patikkúla-saññá.foolish babble: sampha-ppalápa; s. karma, kammapatha (I); cf. tiracchána-kathá.forbearance: khanti (q.v.).forest-dweller, the ascetic practice for the: s. dhutanga.formation: sankhára (q.v.).foundation: nissaya, one of the 24 conditions (paccaya, q.v.). Wrong f. of morality, s. nissaya. - f. of