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Brahma ii6 Brahma
II. Brahma [cp. Vedic brahman, m., one who prays or
chants hymns, nom. sg. Brahma] i. the god Brahma
chief of the gods, often represented as the creator of
the Universe (vasavatti issaro katta nimmata) D 1.18;
III. 30, also called Mahabrahma (D 1.235 sq., 244 sq. ;
578; DhA 11.60); and Sahampati
III. 30 ; It 15 ; Vism
(Vin 1.5 ; D u.157 ; S 1.136 sq. ; Vism 201 ; KhA 171 ;
SnA 56) and Sanagkumara (D 11.226 ; in. 97). The
duration of his life is given as being i kalpa (see Kvu
207, 208). — nom. Brahma Vin 1.5 ; D 11.46 ; J vi.486 ;
Miln 224 ; Vism 2 (brahmanar) atibrahma, Ep. of
Buddha Bhagava) ; SnA 229 (B. mahanubhavo) gen.
;
abl. Brahmano D 11.209; Vism 205; SnA 177; instr.
Brahmana D 1.252 ; 11.239 ; Dh 105, 230 ; Vism 48, 405 ;
DhA 11.60; ace. Brahmanar) D 11.37; voc. Brahme
S 1. 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. sq. brahma S 1.142 (Baka br.) ;
M 1.327 (id.); A IV. 83 ; PvA 138 ("devata for brahma° ?) ;
gen. abl. brahmuno S 1.142, 155; instr. brahmuna
D III. 147, 150 & brahmana PvA 98; voc. sq. brahme
M 1.328. pi. nom. brahmano Miln 13, 18 (where J
VI.486 has Maha-brahma in id. p.) ; DhsA 195 gen.
;
brahmanar) Vism 2 ; Mhbv 151. —paccekabrahma a
br. by himself S 1.
1 49 (of the name of Tudu ; cp. paccekabuddha).
—sabrahmaka (adj.) including the brahma
gods D 1.62 ; A 11.70 ; Vin i.ii ; DA 1. 174.
III. brahma (adj.-n.) [cp. brahma II. 2 ; Vedic
brahma" & Sk. brahma] i. holy, pious, brahmanic
(m.) a holy person, a brahmin — (adj. J J 11.14 (br.
vanna=settha vanna C.) ; KhA 151 (brahma-cariyag =
brahmar) cariyag). — (m.) ace. brahmag Sn 285 ; voc.
brahme (frequent) Sn 1065 (=brahma ti setthavacanag
SnA 592); J 11.346; iv.288 ; vi.524, 532;
Pv 1. 1 2' ( = brahmana PvA 66). — 2. divine, as incorporating
the highest & best qualities, sublime, ideal,
best, very great (see esp. in cpds.), A 1.132 (brahma ti
matapitaro etc.), 182 ; iv.76. — 3. holy, sacred, divinely
inspired (of the rites, charms, hymns etc.) D 1.96
(brahme mante adhiyitva) ; Pv 11. 6'^ (mantag brahmacintitag)
=brahmananag atthaya brahmana cintitag)
PvA 97, 98). — Mole. The comp° 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.
-attabhava existence as a brahma god DhA 111.210.
-ujjugatta having the most divinely straight limbs (one
of the 32 marks of a Great Man) D 11. 18 ; in. 144, 155.
-uttama sublime DhsA 192. -uppatti birth in the
brahma heaven S 1.143. -Oposatha the highest religious
observance with meditation on the Buddha &
practice of the uposatha abstinence A 1.207. -kappa
like Brahmi Th i, 909. -kaya divine body D 111.84 ;
J 1.95. -kayika belonging to the company of Brahma,
N of a high order of Devas in the retinue of Br.
(cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie pp. 191, 193, 197) D 1.220;
11.69 ; A III. 287, 314 ; IV. 40, 76, 240, 401 ; Th i, 1082 ;
Vism 225, 559 ; KhA
86. -kutta a work of Brahma
D in. 28, 30 (cp. similarly yag mama, pitra krtag devakrtag
na tu brahmakrtag tat Divy 22). See also under
kutta. -giriya (pi.) 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.
-ghata (=ghata2) company or assembly of Brahmans
J VI. 99. -cakka the excellent wheel, i. e. the doctrine
of the Buddha M 1.69 ; A 11.9, 24 ; in. 417 ; v. 33 ; It 123 ;
Ps 11.174; VbhA 399 (in detail); -cariya see separate
article, -carin leading a holy or pure Ufa, chaste, pious
Vin n.236; in. 44; S 1.5, 60; 11. 210; in. 13; iv.93, A
n.44; M ni.117; Sn 695, 973; J V.107, 382; Vv 34"
(ace. pi. brahmaearaye for °earino) ; Dh 142 ; Miln 75 ;
DA 1.72 (brahmag setthag acarag carati ti br. c.) ;
DhA III. 83 ; a° S iv. 181 ; Pug
inspired Pvi 1.6^3 = Vv 63i« (of manta) ;
27, 36. -cintita divinelv
expl"at PvA 97,
as given above III. 3, differs from that at VvA 265,
where it runs : brahmehi Atthak' adihi cintitag pafiiia-
cakkhuna ditthag, i. e. thought out by the divine (seer)
Atthaka and the others (viz. composers of the Vedic
hymns : v. s. brahmana', seen with insight). — ja
sprung from Brahma (said of the Brahmanas) D 111.81,
83; M II. 148. Cp. dhammaja. -jacca belonging to a
brahman family Th i, 689. -jala divine, excellent net,
N. of a Suttanta (D No. i) Vism 30 ; VbhA
432, 516 ;
KhA 12, 36,97; SnA 362, 434. -danda "the highest
penalty," a kind of severe punishment (temporary death-
sentence ?) Vin 11.290 ; D 11. 154 ; DhA 11. 112 ; cp. Kern,
Manual p. 87. -dayada kinsman or heir of Brahma D
in. 81, 83. -dejrya a most excellent gift, a royal gift, a
gift given with full powers (said of land granted by the
King) D 1.87 (=settha-deyyag DA 1.246 ; cp. Dta/. 1. 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
and the word in our passage
has that meaning in Pali ;
means literally "a full gift." — Cp. id. p. Divy 62'c),
where it does not need to mean " gift to brahmans," as
Index suggests); D 1. 114; J ii.i66=DhA ni.125 (here
a gift to a br., it is true, but not with that meaning) ;
123. We tnink that
J
VI. 486 (sudinnag -I- ) ; Mhbv
both Kern (who at Toev. s. v. unjustly remarks of
Bdhgh's expl" as " unjust ") and Pick (who at " Sociale
Glieaeyung " p. 126 trsl' it as " gift to a Brahman ") are
wrong, at
doubtful,
least their (and others') interpretation is
-devata a deity of the Brahmaloka PvA 138
(so read for brahma"). -nimantanika " addressing an
invitation to a brahma-god," title of a Suttanta M
1.326 sq.. quoted at Vism 393. -nimmita created by
Brahma D 111.81, 83. -patta arrived at the highest
state, above the devas, a state like the Br. gods M 1.386 ;
A n. 1 84. -patti attainment of the highest good S 1. 169,
i8t ; IV. 1 18. -patha the way to the Br. world or the
way to the highest good S 1.141 ; A in. 346 ; Th i, 689.
Cp. Geiger, Dhamma 77. -parayana devoted to
Brahma Miln 234. -parisa an assembly of the Brahma
gods D 111.260 ; M 1.330 ; S 1.155 ; A iv.307. -parisajja
belonging to the retinue of Br., N. of the gods of the
lowest Rupa-brahmaloka S 1.145, 155; M 1.330; Kvu
207; cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie 191, 194. -purohita
°deva gods in-
minister or priest to Mahabrahma ;
habiting the next heaven above the Br.-parisajja deva
(cp. Kirfel loc. cit.) Kvu 207 (read "purohita for "parohita
!). -pphotana [a-pphotana ; a-t-ph.] a Brahmaapplause,
divine or greatest applause DhA 111.2 10 (cp.
Miln 13 ; J vi.486). -bandhu " brahma-kinsman," a
brahmana in descent, or by name ; but in reality an
unworthy brahman, Th 2, 251; T vi.532 ; ThA 206:
cp. Pick, Sociale Gliederung -p. 140. -bhakkha ideal or
divine food S 1.141. -bhatta a worshipper of Br.
J 'V.377 sq. -bhavana Br. -world or abode of Br. Nd'
448. -bhuta divine'being, most excellent being, said of
the Buddha D in.84 ; M i.iii; 111.195, 224; S iv.94 ;
A V.226 ; It ; 57 said of Arahants A n.206 ; S in. 83.
-yana way of the highest good, path of goodness (cp.
brahma-patha) S v. 5 ; J vi.57 (C ariyabhumi : so read
for araya"). -yaniya leading to Brahma D 1.220.
-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 (^-iipa -brahmaloka)
and fouy, inhabited by devas who are incorporeal
{arupa"). The devas of the Br. 1. are free from
kama or sensual desires. Rebirth in this heaven is the
reward of great virtue accompanied with meditation
(jhana) A 1.227 sq. ; v.59 (as included in the sphere called
sahassi eulanika lokadhatu). — The brahmas like other
gods are not necessarily sotapanna or on the way to full
knowledge (sambodhi-parayana) ; their attainments
depend on the degree of their faith in the Buddha,