The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

An!gamana
An!gamana (nt.) [an + !gamana] not coming, not returning J i 203, 264.
An!g!mit!
An!g!mit! (f.) [an!g!min + t!] the state or condition of an An!g!min S v.129, 181, 285; A iii.82; v.108,
300 sq.; Sn p. 140 = A iii.143; It 1 sq., 39, 40.
An!g!min
An!g!min (adj. -- n.) [an + !g!min] one who does not return, a Never -- Returner, as tt. designating one
who has attained the 3rd stage out of four in the breaking of the bonds (Sa'yojanas) which keep a man back
from Arahantship. So near is the An!g!min to the goal, that after death he will be reborn in one of the
highest heaven and there obtain Arahantship, never returning to rebirth as a man. But in the oldest passages
referring to these 4 stages, the description of the third does not use the word an!g!min (D i.156; ii.92;
iii.107; M ii.146) and an!g!min does not mean the breaking of bonds, but the cultivation of certain
specified good mental habits (S iii.168, the anatta doctrine; S v.200 -- 2, the five Indriyas; A i.64, 120,
cultivation of good qualities, ii 160; v.86, 171 = S 149). We have only two cases in the canon of any living
persons being called an!g!min. Those are at S v.177 and 178. The word there means one who has broken
the lower five of the ten bonds, & the individuals named are laymen. At D ii.92 nine others, of
-- 32 --
whom eight are laymen, are declared after their death to have reached the third stage (as above) during life,
but they are not called an!g!mins. At It 96 there are only 3 stages, the worldling, the An!g!min, and the
Arahant; and the Sa'yojanas are not referred to. It is probable that already in the Nik!ya period the older,
wider meaning was falling into disuse. The Abhidhamma books seem to refer only to the Sa'yojana
explanation; the commentaries, so far as we know them, ignore any other. See Ps ii.194; Kv. Tr. 74; Dhs.
Tr. 302 n; Cp. 69. -- phala fruition of the state of an An!g!min; always in combn. sot!patti˚ sakad!g!mi˚
an!g!mi˚ arahatta˚ Vin i.293; ii.240; iv.29; D i.229; ii.227, 255; S iii.168; v.411; A i.23, 44; iii.272 sq.;
iv.204, 276, 372 sq. -- magga the path of one who does not return (in rebirths) Nd2 569b.
An!g!ra & An!g!riy!
An!g!ra & An!g!riy! see ag!ra & ag!riy!.
An!gh!ta
An!gh!ta [an + !gh!ta] freedom from anger or ill -- will Vin ii.249.
An!c!ra
An!c!ra [an + !c!ra] misconduct, immorality J ii.133; iii. 276; adj. an!c!rin Pug 57.
An!j!niya
An!j!niya (adj.) [an + !j!niya] of inferior race, not of good blood M i.367.
An!dara