The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

v.25, 124 sq.; Sn 174; Nd2 259; Dh 84; J i.116; Pug 13; DhA ii.255; KhA 54; VbhA 239, 278; PvA 40. Cp.
paññ!*avant.
Paññ!
Paññ! (f.) [cp. Vedic prajñ!, pa+jñ!] intelligence, com- prising all the higher faculties of cognition,
"intellect as conversant with general truths" (Dial. ii.68), reason, wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition.
See on term Mrs. Rh. D. "Buddhism" (1914) pp. 94, 130, 201; also Cpd. 40, 41, 102 and discussion of term
at Dhs. trsl. 17, 339, cp. scholastic definition with all the synonyms of intellectual attainment at Nd2
380=Dhs 16 (paññ! paj!nan! vicayo etc.). As tt. in Buddhist Psych. Ethics it comprises the highest and last
stage as 3rd division in the standard "Code of religious practice" which leads to Arahantship or Final
Emancipation. These 3 stages are: (1) s"la -- kkhandha (or ˚sampad!), code of moral duties; (2) sam!dhi --
kkhandha (or cittasampad!) code of emotional duties or practice of con centration & meditation; (3) paññ!
-- kkhandha (or ˚sampad!) code of intellectual duties or practice of the attainment of highest knowledge.
(See also jh!na1.) They are referred to in almost every Suttanta of D"gha 1. (given in extenso at D i.62 --
85) and frequently mentioned elsewhere, cp. D ii.81, 84, 91 (see khandha, citta & s"la). -- D i.26=162
(˚gatena caranti di&&higat!ni), 174 (˚v!da), 195 (˚p!rip(rin); ii.122 (ariy!); iii.101, 158, 164, 183, 230, 237,
242, 284 sq.; S i.13=165 (s"la, citta, paññ!), 17, 34, 55; ii.185 (samm!˚), 277; v.222 (ariy!); M i.144 (id.);
iii.99 (id.), 245 (param!), 272 (samm!˚); A i.61, 216; ii.1 (ariy!); iv.105 (id.); iii.106 (s"la, citta, p.), 352
(kusalesu dhammesu); iv.11 (id.); v.123 sq.; It 35, 40 (˚uttara), 51 (s"la6 sam!dhi p. ca), 112 (ariy!˚); Sn
77, 329, 432, 881, 1036 and passim; Dh 38, 152, 372; Nd1 77; Nd2 380; Ps i.53, 64 sq., 71 sq., 102 sq.,
119; ii.150 sq., 162, 185 sq.; Pug 25, 35, 54 (˚sampad!); Dhs 16, 20, 555; Nett 8, 15, 17, 28, 54, 191; VbhA
140, 396; PvA 40 (paññ!ya abh!vato for lack of reason); Sdhp 343. On paññ!ya see sep. article. See also
adhipanna (adhis"la, adhicitta+). -- âdhipateyya the supremacy of wisdom A ii.137. -- indriya the faculty of
reason (with sati˚ & sam!dhi˚) D iii.239, 278; Dhs 16, 20 etc.; Nett. 7, 15 sq; 191. -- obh!sa the lustre of
wisdom Ps i.119; Dhs 16, 20 etc. -- kkhandha the code of cognition (see above) Vin i.62; D iii.229, 279; It
51; Nd1 21; Nett 70, 90, 128. It is always combd with s"la˚ & sam!dhi -- kkhandha. -- cakkhu the eye of
wisdom (one of the 5 kinds of extraordinary sight of a Buddha: see under cakkhumant) D iii.219; S v.467;
It 52; Nd1 354; Nd2 235. -- dada giving or bestowing wisdom S i.33; Sn 177. -- dhana the treasure of
perfect knowledge (one of the 7 treasures, see dhana) D iii.163, 251; A iii.53; VvA 113. -- nirodhika
tending to the destruction of reason S v.97; It 82. -- pa&il!bha acquisition of wisdom S v.411; A i.45; Ps
ii.189. -- p!s!da the stronghold of supreme knowledge Dh 28 (=dibba -- cakkhu' sankh!ta' ˚'). -- bala the
power of reason or insight, one of the 5 powers D iii.229, 253; M iii.72; A iv.363; Sn 212; Dhs 16, 20 etc.;
Nett 54, 191; VvA 7. -- b!hulla wealth or plenty of wisdom S v.411; A i.45. -- bh(mi ground or stage of
wisdom; a name given to the Pa&icca -- samupp!da by Bdhgh at Vism xvii, pp. 517 sq. (˚niddesa). -- ratana
the gem of reason or knowledge Dhs 16, 20 etc. -- vimutta freed by reason D ii.70; iii.105, 254; M i.35,
477; A i.61; ii.6; iv.452; Sn 847; Nd1 207; Kvu 58; Nett 199. -- vimutti emancipation through insight or
knowledge (always paired with ceto -- vimutti) D i.156, 167; iii.78, 102, 108, 132, 281; It 75, 91; Sn 725,
727; Nett 7, 40, 81, 127; DA i.313; VbhA 464. -- visuddhi purity of insight D iii.288. -- vuddhi increase of
knowledge S v.97, 411; A i.15, 45; ii.245. -- sampad! the blessing of higher knowledge (see above) A i.62;
ii.66; iii.12 sq., 182 sq.; iv.284, 322. -- s"la conduct and (higher) intelligence Dh 229
(˚sam!hita=lokuttarapaññ!ya c' eva p!risuddhis"lena ca samann!gata DhA iii.329); Vv 3423 id.=ariy!ya
di&&hiy! ariyena s"lena ca s!mann!gata VvA 155). Often used with yath!bh(ta' q. v. Cp. paññ!ya.
Paññ!*a
Paññ!*a (nt.) [pa+ñ!*a, cp. Vedic prajñ!no in both meanings & paññ!] 1. wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
D i.124 (s"la+); S i.41; A iv.342; Sn 96, 1136; DA i.171, 290. -- 2. mark, sign, token J v.195.
Paññ!*avant
Paññ!*avant (adj.) [paññ!*a+vant] reasonable, sensible, wise Sn 202, 1090; J v.222; vi.361; Nd2 382.
Paññ!ta