The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Brahma & Brahm! [fr. b%h, see brahant. Perhaps less with regard to the greatness of the divine principle,
than with ref. to the greatness or power of prayer or the ecstatic mind (i. e. holy enthusiasm). On etym. see
Osthoff, "Bezzenberger's Beiträge" xxiv.142 sq. (=Mir. bricht charm, spell: Oicel. bragr poetry)] -- I.
Brahman (nt.) [cp. Vedic bráhman nt. prayer; nom. sg. bráhma] 1. the supreme good; as a buddhistic term
used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controversy with Brahmans); a state like that of
Brahm! (or Brahman) A ii.184 (brahmappatta). In cpds. brahma˚. -- 2. Vedic text, mystic formula, prayer
DA i.244 (brahma' a*at" ti br!hma*o).
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II. Brahm! [cp. Vedic brahmán, m., one who prays or chants hymns, nom. sg. Brahm!] 1. the god Brahm!
chief of the gods, often represented as the creator of the Universe (vasavatt" issaro katt! nimm!t!) D i.18;
iii.30, also called Mah!brahm! (D i.235 sq., 244 sq.; iii.30; It 15; Vism 578; DhA ii.60); and Sahampati
(Vin i.5; D ii.157; S i.136 sq.; Vism 201; KhA 171; SnA 56) and Sana'kum!ra (D ii.226; iii.97). The
duration of his life is given as being 1 kalpa (see Kvu 207, 208). -- nom. Brahm! Vin i.5; D ii.46; J vi.486;
Miln 224; Vism 2 (brahm!na' atibrahm!, Ep. of Buddha Bhagav!); SnA 229 (B. mah!nubh!vo); gen. abl.
Brahmano D ii.209; Vism 205; SnA 177; instr. Brahman! D i.252; ii.239; Dh 105, 230; Vism 48, 405; DhA
ii.60; acc. Brahm!na' D ii.37; voc. Brahme S i.138. -- 2. a brahma god, a happy & blameless celestial
being, an inhabitant of the higher heavens (brahma -- loka; in which to be reborn is a reward of great
merit); nom. sg. brahm! S i.142 (Baka br.); M i.327 (id.); A iv.83; PvA 138 (˚devat! for brahma˚?); gen.
abl. brahmuno S i.142, 155; instr. brahmun! D iii.147, 150 & brahman! PvA 98; voc. sg. brahme M i.328.
pl. nom. brahm!no Miln 13, 18 (where J vi.486 has Mah! -- brahm! in id. p.); DhsA 195; gen. brahm!na'
Vism 2; Mhbv 151. -- paccekabrahm! a br. by himself S i.149 (of the name of Tudu; cp. paccekabuddha). -
- sabrahmaka (adj.) including the brahma gods D i.62; A ii.70; Vin i.11; DA i.174. III. brahma (adj. -- n.)
[cp. brahm! II. 2; Vedic brahma˚ & Sk. br!hma] 1. holy, pious, brahmanic; (m.) a holy person, a brahmin --
(adj.) J ii.14 (br. va**a=se&&ha va**a C.); KhA 151 (brahma -- cariya'= brahma' cariya'). -- (m.) acc.
brahma' Sn 285; voc. brahme (frequent) Sn 1065 (=brahm! ti se&&havacana' SnA 592); J ii.346; iv.288;
vi.524, 532; Pv i.129 (=br!hma*a PvA 66). -- 2. divine, as incorporating the highest & best qualities,
sublime, ideal, best, very great (see esp. in cpds.), A i.132 (brahm! ti m!t!pitaro etc.), 182; iv.76. -- 3. holy,
sacred, divinely inspired (of the rites, charms, hymns etc.) D i.96 (brahme mante adhiyitv!); Pv ii.613
(manta' brahmacintita') =br!hma*!na' atth!ya brahma*! cintita') PvA 97, 98). -- Note. The compn form
of all specified bases (I. II. III.) is brahma˚, and with regard to meaning it is often not to be decided to
which of the 3 categories the cpd. in question belongs. -- attabh!va existence as a brahma god DhA iii.210.
-- ujjugatta having the most divinely straight limbs (one of the 32 marks of a Great Man) D ii.18; iii.144,
155. -- uttama sublime DhsA 192. -- uppatti birth in the brahma heaven S i.143. -- ûposatha the highest
religious observance with meditation on the Buddha & practice of the uposatha abstinence A i.207. --
kappa like Brahm! Th 1, 909. -- k!ya divine body D iii.84; J i.95. -- k!yika belonging to the company of
Brahm!, N of a high order of Devas in the retinue of Br. (cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie pp. 191, 193, 197) D
i.220; ii.69; A iii.287, 314; iv.40, 76, 240, 401; Th 1, 1082; Vism 225, 559; KhA 86. -- kutta a work of
Brahm! D iii.28, 30 (cp. similarly ya' mama, pitr! k%ta' devak%ta' na tu brahmak%ta' tat Divy 22). See also
under kutta. -- giriya (pl.) name of a certain class of beings, possibly those seated on Brahmagiri (or is it a
certain class of performers, actors or dancers?) Miln 191. -- gha&a (=gha&a2) company or assembly of
Brahmans J vi.99. -- cakka the excellent wheel, i. e. the doctrine of the Buddha M i.69; A ii.9, 24; iii.417;
v.33; It 123; Ps ii.174; VbhA 399 (in detail); -- cariya see separate article. -- c!rin leading a holy or pure
life, chaste, pious Vin ii.236; iii.44; S i.5, 60; ii.210; iii.13; iv.93, A ii.44; M iii.117; Sn 695, 973; J v.107,
382; Vv 3411 (acc. pl. brahmac!raye for ˚c!rino); Dh 142; Miln 75; DA i.72 (brahma' se&&ha' !c!ra' carat"
ti br. c.); DhA iii.83; a˚ S iv.181; Pug 27, 36. -- cintita divinely inspired Pvi i.613=Vv 6316 (of manta);
expln at PvA 97, as given above III.3, differs from that at VvA 265, where it runs: brahmehi A&&hak' !d"hi
cintita' paññ!cakkhun! di&&ha', i. e. thought out by the divine (seer) A&&haka and the others (viz. composers
of the Vedic hymns: v. s. br!hma*a1, seen with insight). -- ja sprung from Brahm! (said of the Br!hma*as)
D iii.81, 83; M ii.148. Cp. dhammaja. -- jacca belonging to a brahman family Th 1, 689. -- j!la divine,
excellent net, N. of a Suttanta (D No. 1) Vism 30; VbhA 432, 516; KhA 12, 36, 97; SnA 362, 434. -- da*.a
"the highest penalty," a kind of severe punishment (temporary deathsentence? ) Vin ii.290; D ii.154; DhA
ii.112; cp. Kern, Manual p. 87. -- d!y!da kinsman or heir of Brahm! D iii.81, 83. -- deyya a most excellent
gift, a royal gift, a gift given with full powers (said of land granted by the King) D i.87 (=se&&ha -- deyya'