The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

DA i.246; cp. Dial. i.108 note: the first part of the cpd. (brahma) has always been interpreted by Brahmans
as referring to themselves. But brahma as the first part of a cpd. never has that meaning in Pali; and the
word in our passage means literally "a full gift." -- Cp. id. p. Divy 620, where it does not need to mean "gift
to brahmans," as Index suggests); D i.114; J ii.166=DhA iii.125 (here a gift to a br., it is true, but not with
that meaning); J vi.486 (sudinna'+); Mhbv 123. We think that both Kern (who at Toev. s. v. unjustly
remarks of Bdhgh's expln as "unjust") and Fick (who at "Sociale Gliederung" p. 126 trsls it as "gift to a
Brahman") are wrong, at least their (and others') interpretation is doubtful. -- devat! a deity of the
Brahmaloka PvA 138 (so read for brahm!˚). -- nimantanika "addressing an invitation to a brahma -- god,"
title of a Suttanta M i.326 sq., quoted at Vism 393. -- nimmita created by Brahm! D iii.81, 83. -- patta
arrived at the highest state, above the devas, a state like the Br. gods M i.386; A ii.184. -- patti attainment
of the highest good S i.169, 181; iv.118. -- patha the way to the Br. world or the way to the highest good S
i.141; A iii.346; Th 1, 689. Cp. Geiger, Dhamma 77. -- par!yana devoted to Brahm! Miln 234. -- paris! an
assembly of the Brahma gods D iii.260; M i.330; S i.155; A iv.307. -- p!risajja belonging to the retinue of
Br., N. of the gods of the lowest R(pa -- brahmaloka S i.145, 155; M i.330; Kvu 207; cp. Kirfel,
Kosmographie 191, 194. -- purohita minister or priest to Mah!brahm!; ˚deva gods inhabiting the next
heaven above the Br. -- p!risajj! dev! (cp. Kirfel loc. cit.) Kvu 207 (read ˚purohita for ˚parohita!). --
ppho&ana [a -- ppho&ana; !+ph.] a Brahmaapplause, divine or greatest applause DhA iii.210 (cp. Miln 13; J
vi.486). -- bandhu "brahma -- kinsman," a br!hma*a in descent, or by name; but in reality an unworthy
brahman, Th 2, 251; J vi.532; ThA 206; cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung p. 140. -- bhakkha ideal or divine
food S i.141. -- bhatta a worshipper of Br. J iv.377 sq. -- bhavana Br. -- world or abode of Br. Nd1 448. --
bh(ta divine being, most excellent being, said of the Buddha D iii.84; M i.111; iii.195, 224; S iv.94; A
v.226; It 57; said of Arahants A ii.206; S iii.83. -- y!na way of the highest good, path of goodness (cp.
brahma -- patha) S v.5; J vi.57 (C. ariyabh(mi: so read for ar!ya˚). -- y!niya leading to Brahm! D i.220. --
loka the Br. world, the highest world, the world of the Celestials (which is like all other creation subject to
change & destruction: see e. g. Vism 415=KhA 121), the abode of the Br. devas; Heaven. -- It consists of
20 heavens, sixteen being worlds of form (r(pa -- brahmaloka) and four, inhabited by devas who are
incorporeal (ar(pa˚). The devas of the Br. l. are free from k!ma or sensual desires. Rebirth in this heaven is
the reward of great virtue accompanied with meditation (jh!na) A i.227 sq.; v.59 (as included in the sphere
called sahass" c()anik! lokadh!tu). -- The brahm!s like other gods are not necessarily sot!pann! or on the
way to full knowledge (sambodhi -- par!ya*!); their attainments depend on the degree of their faith in the
Buddha,
-- 494 --
Dhamma, & Sangha, and their observance of the precepts. -- See e. g. D iii.112; S i.141, 155, 282; A
iii.332; iv.75, 103; Sn 508, 1117; J ii.61; Ps i.84; Pv ii.1317; Dhs 1282; Vbh 421; Vism 199, 314, 367, 372,
390, 401, 405, 408, 415 sq., 421, 557; Mhbv 54, 83, 103 sq., 160; VbA 68; PvA 76; VbhA 167, 433, 437,
510. See also Cpd. 57, 141 sq.; Kirfel, Kosmographie 26, 191, 197, 207, and cp. in BSk. literature Lal. Vist.
171. The Br. -- l. is said to be the one place where there are no women: DhA i.270. -- y!va Brahmalok! pi
even unto Br.'s heaven, expression like "as far as the end of the world" M i.34; S v.265, 288. -- ˚ûpaga
attaining to the highest heaven D ii.196; A v.342; Sn 139; J ii.61; Kvu 114. -- ˚ûpapatti rebirth in Heaven
Sn 139. -- ˚par!yana the Br. -- loka as ultimate goal J ii.61; iii.396. -- ˚sahavyat! the company of the Br.
gods A iv.135 sq. -- y!na the best vehicle S v.5 (+dhammay!na). -- vaccasin with a body like that of
Mah!brahm!, combd with -- va**in of most excellent complexion, in ster. passage at D i.114, 115; M
ii.167, cp. DA i.282: ˚vaccas" ti Mah!brahmu*o sar"ra -- sadisena sar"rena samann!gato; ˚va**" ti
se&&hava**". -- v!da most excellent speech Vin i.3. -- vim!na a palace of Brahm! in the highest heaven D
iii.28, 29; It 15; Vism 108. -- vih!ra sublime or divine state of mind, blissful meditation (exercises on a,
altruistic concepts; b, equanimity; see on these meditations Dial i.298). There are 4 such "divine states,"
viz. mett!, karu*!, mudit!, upekkh! (see Vism 111; DhsA 192; and cp. Expositor 258; Dhs trsl. 65; BSk.
same, e. g. Divy 224); D ii.196; iii.220 (one of the 3 vih!ra's: dibba˚, brahma˚, ariya˚); Th 1, 649; J i.139
(˚vih!re bh!vetv! . . . brahmalok' ûpaga), ii.61; Dhs 262; Vism 295 sq. (˚niddesa), 319. -- ve&hana the head
-- dress of a brahmin SnA 138 (one of the rare passages where brahma˚=brahma III. 1). -- sama like
Brahm! Sn 508; SnA 318, 325; DhsA 195. -- ssara "heavenly sound," a divine voice, a beautiful and deep
voice (with 8 fine qualities: see enumd under bindu) D ii.211=227; J i.96; v.336.