Pali Proper Names - S -

• Sa-ādhāna Vagga. The sixth chapter of the Atthaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iv.274 93.
• Sabala. A dog of the Lokantaraniraya. It has iron teeth which it uses on the victims of that Niraya. J. vi.247.
• Sabalā. An eminent Therī of Jambudīpa, expert in the Vinaya. Dpv. xviii.10.
• Sabara. See Sapara.
• Sabba Sutta/Vagga
• Sabbābhibhū. A Pacceka Buddha. Ap.i.299.
• Sabbadassī. One of the two chief disciples of Piyadassī Buddha (Bu.xiv.20; J.i.39). He was the son of the chaplain of Sumangalanagara and the friend of Pālita. BuA.176.
• Sabbadātha Jātaka (No. 241)
• Sabbadātha. Devadatta born as a jackal. See the Sabbadātha Jātaka.
• Sabbadatta. King of Rammanagara (Benares). He was the father of the Bodhisatta in his birth as Yuvañjaya, and is identified with Suddhodana. J. iv.119f., 123.
• Sabbadāyaka Thera. An arahant. He is evidently identical with Yasa Thera. Ap.i.333f.
• Sabbadinna. One of the attendants of King Milinda. Mil. pp. 29, 56.
• Sabbagahana. A king of one hundred kappas ago, a previous birth of Anulomādyaka (Mettaji) Thera. v.l. Sappagahana, Sabbosana. Ap.i.173: ThagA.i.195.
• Sabbagandhiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he offered flowers and incense to Vipassī Buddha and gave him a garment of koseyya cloth. Fifteen kappas ago he was a king, named Sucela. Ap.i.248f.
• Sabbagiri-vihāra. See Pipphali vihāra.
• Sabbaka (Sappaka)
• Sabbakāma
• Sabbakāmā. Wife of Sikhī Buddha before his renunciation. Their son was Atula. Bu.xxi.17; DA.ii.422.
• Sabbakāmī. See Sabbakāma (2).
• Sabbakittika Thera. An arahant. He is evidently identical with Adhimutta Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.224.
• Sabbalahusa Sutta. The minimum evil effects of violating each of the Five Precepts (against murder, etc.). A.iv.247.
• Sabbaloka Sutta. Another name for the Anabhirati Sutta (q.v.).
• Sabbamitta
• Sabbanāmā. See Saccanāmā.
• Sabbananda Thera. A disciple of Kassapa Buddha, who was left behind in Ceylon (then known as Mandadīpa) with one thousand monks, when the Buddha had visited the Island. Mhv.xv.158; Dpv.xv.60, 64; xvii.25; Sp.i.87.
• Sabbañjaha. One of the sons of Kālasoka (q.v.).
• Sabbaphaladāyaka Thera. An arahant. He is evidently identical with Suppiya Thera (q.v.). Ap.ii.452f.
• Sabbaratanamālaka. See Ratanamālaka.
• Sabbasamhāraka pañha. Evidently another name for the Ganthipañha of the Mahāummagga Jātaka. (See J. vi.336f). It is elsewhere (J.i.424) referred to as a special Jātaka (No. 110).
• Sabbāsava Sutta. The second sutta of the Majjhima Nikāya. It was preached at Jetavana, and describes how the fermentations (āsavā) can be destroyed. Extirpation of the Āsavas comes only to those who know and see things as they really are. Āsavas can be got rid of in many ways: by scrutiny, restraint, use, endurance, avoidance, removal and culture. The sutta describes these various ways. M.i.6ff.
• Sabbattha abhivassī. Thirty eight kappas ago there were sixteen kings of this name, previous births of Kutidāyaka Thera. Ap.i.229.
• Sabbatthivādī
• Sabbhi Sutta. A conversation between the Buddha and a group of Satullapakāyika Devas. The Buddha impresses on them the necessity of making companions of good men. S. i.16f.
• Sabbosadha. A king of eight kappas ago, a previous birth of Tikicchaka Thera. Ap.i.190.
• Sabbosama. See Sabbagahana.
• Sabbūpasama. See Najjūpasama.
• Sabhāgata Sutta. The Devas delight in taking to those who are possessed of unwavering loyalty to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and who possess virtues dear to the Ariyans. S.v.394.
• Sabhāsammata. Thirteen kappas ago there were five kings of this name, previous births of Pañcahatthiya Thera. Ap.i.193.
• Sabhattadesabhoga. A monastic building, erected by Aggabodhi VI., in the Abhayuttara vihāra. Cv.xlviii.64.
• Sabhiya
• Sabhūti Thera
• Sabrahmaka Sutta. See Sabrahmakāni (8). It is given also in the Sutta Sangaha (No.25) and the Itivuttaka (p.109f.)
• Sabrahmakāni Sutta. Families in which parents are honoured and worshipped are like those in which Brahmā resides, or kindly teachers, or Devas, or those worthy of offerings. A.ii.70.
• Sacakkhu. Five kappas ago there were twelve kings of this name, previous births of Ekadhammasavanīya (or Maggasaññaka) Thera. ThagA.i.152; Ap.i.151.
• Saccā
• Sacca kathā. The second chapter of the Yuganandha Vagga of the Pathisambhidā-Magga. Pa.ii.104-15.
• Sacca Samyutta. The last section of the Samyutta Nikāya (S.v.414-78). It was preached by Mahinda to Anulā and her companions, and they became sotāpannas. Mhv.xiv.58.
• Sacca Sutta
• Sacca. A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
• Saccabaddha, Saccabandha
• Saccaka
• Saccaka Sutta. See Cūla Saccaka and Mahā Saccaka Suttas.
• Saccakāli. A younger brother of Sumedha Buddha. The Buddha preached to him his first sermon, and he became an arahant. BuA.164.
• Saccakāmā. See Sabbakāmā.
• Saccanāmā. One of the two chief women disciples of Dhammadassī Buddha. v.l. Sabbanāmā. Bu.xvi.19; J. i.39.
• Saccankira Jātaka (No. 73)
• Saccasandha. See Janasandha.
• Saccasankhepa
• Saccasaññaka Thera. An arahant. Twenty nine kappas ago he heard Vessabhū Buddha preach, and was reborn in the deva world. Twenty six kappas ago he was King Ekaphusita (v.l. Ekapaññita). Ap.i.209.
• Saccatapāvī
• Saccavibhanga Sutta
• Sacchikātabba Sutta. One should realize the. All as impermanent woeful, void of iself. S. iv.29.
• Sacchikiriyā Sutta. The eight releases must be realized by one's own person; former life by recollections; the death and rebirth of beings by sight; and the destruction of the Āsavas by wisdom. A.ii.182.
• Sacitta Sutta. Like a man or woman fond of self adornment, examining the reflection of the face to see if it is clean, even so should a monk examine himself, and, finding evil qualities in himself, should strive to get rid of them as earnestly as though his head were on fire. A.v.92f
• Sacitta Vagga. The sixth chapter of the Dasaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.v.92 112.
• Sadāmattā. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260.
• Saddabindu. A grammatical work by Kyocvā of Pagan. A Commentary on it, called Līnatthavisodhanī, is ascribed to Ñānavilāsa of Pagan. There is also a tīkā called Saddabinduvinicchaya by Sirisaddhammakitti Mahāphussadeva. Gv.64, 73; Sās.76; Bode, 25 and n.4.
• Saddakārikā. A Pāli work, probably grammatical, by Sabbagunākara. Svd.1245.
• Saddanīti. A very important grammatical work by Aggavamsa of Pagan. A few years after its completion in 1154, Uttarajīva visited the Mahāvihāra in Ceylon, and took with him, as a gift, a copy of the Saddanīti, which was received with enthusiastic admiration. Gv.63, 72; Svd.1238; Bode, 16, 17.
• Saddasaññaka Thera
• Saddasāratthajālinī
• Saddatthacintā, Saddatthabhedacintā. A grammatical work by Saddhammasiri. Gv. 62, 72; Svd. 1246. Bode., op cit., 20, 22. There are several Commentaries on it, the best known being the Mahātīkā by Abhaya of Pagan. There exist also a nissaya and a dipanī on the work.
• Saddavutti, Saddavuttipakāsaka. A grammatical treatise by Saddhammapāla of Pagan. There is a tikā on it by Sāriputta, and another, called the Saddavuttivivarana, by an unknown author. Gv.64, 65, 75; Bode, 29; the Sās. (p. 90) calls the author of the Saddavutti Saddhammaguru.
• Saddhā
• Saddhā Tissa
• Saddha. See Sandha.
• Saddhamma Vagga. The sixteenth chapter of the Pañcaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iii.174 85.
• Saddhammacakkasāmī. An eminent monk sent by Bayin Naung of Burma to purify the religion in Laos in 1578 A.C. Sās.51; Bode, 47.
• Saddhammacārī. A monk of Ceylon, who was quoted as their authority by the Ekamsikas of Burma. Bode, OP. cit., 66; Sās.119.
• Saddhammaguru. An author of Pagan. The Sāsanavamsa calls him the author of the Saddavutti. Sās. p. 90.
• Saddhammajotipāla (generally known as Chapata)
• Saddhammakitti Thera. A pupil of Arjyavamsa. He lived in Ketumatī (Taungo) and wrote the famous Ekakkharakosa, and, probably, the Sirivicittālankāra. Bode, 45 and n.3.
• Saddhammālankāra. An author of Hamsavatī, probably of the sixteenth century. He wrote the Patthānasāradīpanī on the Abhidhamma. Sās.48; Bode, 47.
• Saddhāmmañāna. A scholar of Pagan of the early fourteenth century. He wrote the Vibhatyattha, the Chāndosāratthavikāsinī (or Vuttodayapañcikā) on the Vuttodaya, and translated the Sanskrit grammar Kātantra into Pāli. Bode, 26.
• Saddhammanandi. A nun of Anurādhapura, expert in the Vinaya. Dpv. xviii.14.
• Saddhammanāsinī. A tīkā on Kaccāyana’s grammar, by Siridhammavilāsa of Pagan. Bode, 26.
• Saddhammaniyāma Suttā. Three suttas on five things which make a main enter the right way, in right things. A.iii.174ff.
• Saddhammapajjotikā. See Saddhammathitikā.
• Saddhammapāla. An author of Pagan, probably of the fourteenth century. He wrote the Saddavutti. Bode, 29.
• Saddhammapatirūpaka Sutta. The Buddha explains to Mahā Kassapa how it comes about in the sāsana that there are more precepts and less members of the Order becoming arahants. Then a counterfeit doctrine arises and the true doctrine disappears. S.ii.223f.
• Saddhammappakāsinī. A Commentary on the Pathisambhidā-Magga by Mahā nāma of Ceylon. Gv.61.
• Saddhammasammosa Suttā. Three suttas on three groups of five things which lead to the confounding and the disappearance of the dhamma. A.iii.176ff.
• Saddhammasangaha. A Chronicle, in eleven chapters, containing a history of Buddhism, commencing with the three Convocations. It was written by Dhammakitti, a monk of Ayodhyā, and probably belonged to the fourteenth century. P.L.C.245f.
• Saddhammasiri. A monk of Pagan, probably of the twelfth century, author of Saddatthabhedacintā. Gv. 63, 73; Bode, 22.
• Saddhammatthitikā. A Commentary on the Niddesa, written at the request of Deva Thera by Upasena of Ceylon (Gv.61; Sās.69; P.L.C.117). The Sāsanavamsa (p.69) calls it Saddhammapajjotikā, and it is probably known by that name in Ceylon.
• Saddhammavilāsa. A monk of Pagan, probably of the twelfth century; he was the author of the Sammohavīnāsinī. Bode, 27.
• Saddhammika Vagga. The eighth section of the Pācittiya. Vin.iv.141-57.
• Saddhammopāyana. A treatise in verse, in nineteen chapters, dealing with various topics, such as the difficulties of being born as a human, etc., by an author named Abhayagiri Kavicakravarti Ananda, probably of the thirteenth century. A Commentary exists on it, called the Saddhammopāyanaviggaha. P.L.C.212.
• Saddhāsumanā. See Sumanā
• Saddhāsumanatissa. A monk of Ceylon. He joined the Order after gaining his parent's (SadS.85f) consent with great, difficulty. Once, when on pilgrimage to Nāgadīpa, he saw an assembly of monks, and, moved by the sight, sat, under a tree and developed arahantship.
• Saddhīdha Sutta. A name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No.39) to the Itivuttaka Sutta (q.v.).
• Saddhiya Sutta
• Sādhika Suttā. Three suttas on the advantages of reciting the Pātimokkha rules twice a month. A.i.231f.
• Sādhīna
• Sādhīna Jātaka (No. 494)
• Sādhinī, Sādhanī
• Sādhu Sutta. Six devas of the Satullapakāya visit the Buddha at Jetavana and each utters a stanza in praise of generosity. The Buddha then utters a verse, in which he exalts practice of the Dhamma above gifts. S. i.20f.
• Sādhu Vagga. The fourteenth (A.v.240 4) and eighteenth (A.v.273 7) chapters of the Dasaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya.
• Sādhudevī. A setthi's daughter, who gave milk rice to Revata Buddha just before his Enlightenment. BuA. p.132.
• Sādhujanavilāsinī. A tīkā on, the Dīgha Nikāya by Ñānābhivamsa of Burma. Sās.134; Bode, op. cit., 78.
• Sādhuka. A village in Kosala where Isidatta and Purāna once stayed (S.v.348). Buddhaghosa says (SA.iii.215) the village belonged to them.
• Sādhusīla Jātaka (No. 200)
• Sādhuvādī. A celestial musician. Vv.ii.1; VvA.324; but see VvA.374.
• Sadinacchedana. A Cakkavatti of eighty seven kappas ago; a previous birth of Mānava (Sammukhāthavika) Thera. v.l. Sarītacchedana. Ap.i.159; ThagA.i.163.
• Sādīyaggāmavāpi. A tank, repaired by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.44.
• Sāgala, Sāgalā
• Sāgalikā, Sāgaliyā
• Sāgara
• Sāgara Brahmadatta. The son of Brahmadatta and a Nāga maiden. For his story see the Bhūridatta Jātaka.
• Sagara. A mythical king of the line of Okkāka. He had sixty thousand sons, who ruled in as many towns in Jambudīpa. Cv.lxxxvii.34; the legend of Sagara and his sons is given in the Mahābhārata (iii.106ff.).
• Sagaradeva
• Sāgaradeva. A king descended from Mahāsammata. His father was Sāgara and his son Bharata. Dpv. iii.6; Mhv.ii.4.
• Sāgaramatī. Another name for Sāriputta Thera of Ceylon (q.v.).
• Sāgata
• Sagātha Vagga 1. The first section of the Samyutta Nikāya.
• Sagātha Vagga 2. The first chapter of the Vedanā Samyutta. S. iv.204 16.
• Sagāthapuññābhisanda Vagga. The fifth chapter of the Sotāpatti Samyutta. S. v.399 404.
• Sagga. A minstrel of Tamba, king of Benares. See the Sussondī Jātaka.
• Sāgiri. A monastery near Punnasālakotthaka. It was the residence of Bahulamassutissa. Ras.ii.128.
• Sahabhū. A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Sahadeva
• Sahadhammā. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Sahajāti, Sahajātā
• Sahaka Thera. He was a member of the Order in the time of Kassapa Buddha, and, having developed the first jhāna, was born after death, in the Brahma-world, where he is known as Sahampati. SA.i.155; SnA.i.476.
• Sahakapati. See Sahampati.
• Sahalī. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.259; DA.ii.690.
• Sahali. A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veluvana, in the company of several other Devas, and spoke a verse in praise of Makkhali. S. i.65f.
• Sahampati
• Sahañcanika. Evidently a wrong reading for Sahajāti.
• Sahannagara. A village in Ceylon, given by Jetthatissa III. to the Mayettikassapavāsa vihāra. Cv.xliv.100.
• Sāhasamalla
• Sahassa Sutta
• Sahassa Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Dhammapada.
• Sahassaka (Rājakārāma) Vagga. The second chapter of the Sotāpatti Samyutta. S. v.360ff.
• Sahassakkha. A name of Sakka.
• Sahassanetta. A name for Sakka.
• Sahassāra. A king of eleven kappas ago, a previous birth of Sumanāveliya Thera. Ap.i.247.
• Sahassarāja
• Sahassaratha. Fifteen kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, previous births of Kumudamāliya Thera. Ap.i.187.
• Sahassatittha
• Sahassavatthu atthakathā, Sahassavatthuppakarana. A book mentioned in the Mahāvamsa Tīkā as being one of its sources (E.g., p. 451, 452, 607). It was evidently a collection of legends and folk tales, and probably, formed the basis of the Rasavāhinī and the Singhalese Saddhamālankāraya. P.L.C.224f.
• Sahassayāga Sutta
• Sahāya Sutta. The Buddha speaks in praise of two monks, comrades of Mahā Kappina. They have achieved the goal for which clansmen leave home. S. ii.285.
• Sahodaragāma. A village in Rohana where Rakkha, general of Parakkamabāhu I., fought a battle. Cv.lxxiv.78.
• Sājīva Sutta
• Sajjā. One of the four daughters of Vessavana. (VvA.371). See Latā.
• Sajjanela
• Sajjha Sutta. Contains the story of Sajjha’s visit to the Buddha. A.iv.371.
• Sajjha. A Paribbājaka who visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūta. The Buddha told him of the nine standards which an arahant monk cannot possibly transgress. A.iv.371.
• Sajjhadāyaka Thera. An arahant, evidently identical with Mudita Thera. v.l. Pacchidāyaka. Ap.i.284f.; ThagA.i.401.
• Sajjhāya Sutta. See Dhamma Sutta (4).
• Sakā. A tribe, mentioned in a list. The name probably refers to the Scythians. Mil. 327, 331.
• Sākacchā Sutta 1. Five qualities in a monk which justify his talking to his fellows on the good life. A.iii.81.
• Sākacchā Sutta 2. The same, mentioned by Sāriputta. A.iii.190.
• Sakacittaniya Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago, in the time of Sikhī Buddha, he made a thūpa of bamboos in the name of the Buddha and offered flowers to it. Eighty kappas ago he was a king. Ap.i.111f.
• Sakalikā Sutta
• Sakata. A Yakkha who, with five thousand others, guarded the fifth door of Jotīya's palace. v.l. Kasakanda. DhA.iv. 209.
• Sākavatthu vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, founded by Dāthopatissa I. Cv.xliv.135.
• Sāketa
• Sāketa Jātaka (No. 68, 237)
• Sāketa Tissa Thera
• Sāketabrāhmana Vatthu. The story of the brahmin of Sāketa who called himself the Buddha's father. See the Sāketa Jātaka. DhA.iii.317f.
• Sāketaka. An inhabitant of Sāketa. Mil.p.331.
• Sāketa-pañha
• Sāketa Sutta
• Sākha 1. A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta. See the Nigrodhamiga Jātaka. J.i.149 ff.; cf. DhA.i.148; Mtu.i.359.
• Sākha 2. A setthiputta of Rājagaha, a former birth of Devadatta. For his story see the Nigrodha Jātaka. J. iv.37ff.; cf. Mil.203.
• Sakhā Sutta
• Sākhāpattagāma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiv.166; see Cv.Trs.ii.36, n.5.
• Sakimsammajjaka Thera. An arahant. He saw the Pātali bodhi of Vipassī Buddha and swept around it and paid it honour. On the way home he was killed by a python. Ap.i.378f.
• Sakiyā, Sakka, Sākyā
• Sākiyā. See Sakyā.
• Sākiyavamsa vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon. Maliyadeva Thera once preached there the Cha Cakka Sutta, and sixty monks, hearing him, became arahants. MA.ii.1024.
• Sakka
• Sakkā Sutta
• Sakkā. See Sakyā.
• Sakkacca Sutta. Four qualities, including zeal, desirable in those who practise meditation. S. iii.267, 271, 277.
• Sakkacca Vagga. The fourth section of the Sekhiyā in the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv.191 4.
• Sakkadattiya. This word, occurring several times in the Jātaka, is evidently not a name but an adjective, meaning "provided by Sakka." E.g., J. iii.463; iv. 489; vi. 21, etc.
• Sakkaganga. A river in Ceylon. Ras.ii.184.
• Sakkanamassa Sutta
• Sakkapabba. A section of the Vessantara Jātaka, dealing with the story of Sakka obtaining from Vessantara his queen Maddī as handmaiden and his restoration of her to Vessantara. J.vi.573.
• Sakkapañha Sutta
• Sakkāra. See Sakkhara.
• Sakkasenāpati. An office granted by Kassapa V. to his son, who was entrusted with the care of the Dhammapotthaka (?) Kassapa's wife was Devā. The prince was later sent to India to help the Pandu king aggainst the king of Cola. There he died of the upasagga plague. Cv.lii.52, 62, 72ff.
• Sakkata. A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gates of Jotiya's palace. v.l. Kasakanda. DhA.iv.209.
• Sakkatvā Sutta. Sāriputta, seated in seclusion and pondering as to whom a monk should respect and rely on, finds, in answer, that a monk should respect and revere the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and should rely on goodwill. He visits the Buddha and consults him, and the Buddha tells him that his conclusions are correct. A.iv.120f.
• Sakkāya Sutta
• Sakkhara. v.l. Sakkara
• Sakkharālayagangā. A river in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxii.29; see Cv.Trs.i.322, n. 1.
• Sakkharasobbha. A port in Rohana where Ilanāga landed on his return from India to Ceylon. Mhv.xxxv. 28.
• Sakkhi Sutta. A monk who does not know, for a fact, what things partake of failure, of stability, distinction and penetration, and is not strenuous, zealous, or helpful such a one is incapable (abhabba) of any achievement. A.iii.426.
• Sakkodana. A Sākiyan, one of the five sons of Sīhahanu and Kaccānā (Mhv.ii.20; Dpv. iii.45). He was brother to Suddhodana, the Buddha's father. MA.i.289.
• Sākkunda. A grove near the Sakkharālayagangā. It is mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxii.29.
• Sakkupatthāna Vatthu. The story of Sakka ministering to the Buddha in his last illness. DhA.iii.269f.
• Sakota, or Korandadāyaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the footprint of Sikhī Buddha and worshipped it, covering it with koranda flowers. Ap.i.283.
• Sakulā
• Sakula 1. A city in Mahimsakarattha. J. v.337.
• Sakula 2. A king of Sakula. See the Cullahamsa Jātaka. He is identified with Sāriputta. J. v.337, 353.
• Sākulā. A tribe mentioned in a nominal list. Ap.ii.358.
• Sakuludāyī
• Sakuna Jātaka (No. 36)
• Sakunagghi Jātaka (No. 168)
• Sakunagghi Sutta. See Sakunovāda Sutta.
• Sakunovāda Sutta
• Sākyā. See Sakyā.
• Sakyamuni. An epithet of the Buddha. See Bu.xxvi.9; Mil. 115.
• Sakyaputtiyā. The name given to the monks of the Buddha's Order, as followers of Sakyamuni. E.g., Ud.iv.8; D.iii.84.
• Sālā
• Sala Vagga. The tenth chapter of the Salāyatana Sutta. S.iv.70 85.
• Sāla. Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple. The people of Usabhavatī gave him a special kathina robe, in the making of which the Buddha himself assisted. Bu.ix.21; BuA.147f.
• Sālaggāma
• Sālaka Jātaka (No. 249)
• Sālaka. A monkey. See the Sālaka Jātaka.
• Sālakusumiya Thera. An arahant. One hundred thousand kappas ago he offered a Sāla flower to the thūpa of a Buddha. Ap.ii.407.
• Salalāgāra
• Salalaghara. See Salalāgāra.
• Salalamāliya Thera. An arahant. Evidently identical with Samiddhi Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.206.
• Salalamandapiya Thera. An arahant. Evidently identical with Kimbila Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.333.
• Salalapupphiya Thera
• Salalavatī
• Sālamandapiya Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.431f). He is evidently identical with Tissa Thera (see Tissa 12). ThagA.i.272f.
• Sālapādapasobbha. A swamp over which Devappatirāja built a bridge of one hundred and fifty cubits. Cv.lxxxvi.42.
• Sālapupphadāyaka Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.169). He is evidently identical with Ajjuna Thera ThagA.i.186.
• Salapupphikā Therī. An arahant. Evidently identical with Sāmā (q.v.). Ap.ii.524.
• Sālapupphiya Thera
• Sālavāna vihāra
• Sālavati
• SĀlavatikĀ, SĀlavatī. A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached (D.12). It was so called because sāla trees grew within its boundary. DA.ii.395.
• Salāyatana Samyutta. The thirty fifth division of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. iv.1 204.
• Salāyatana Vagga 1. The fifteenth section of the Majjhima Nikāya. M.iii.258 302.
• Salāyatana Vagga 2. The fourth section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. iv.1 403.
• Salāyatana Vibhanga Sutta
• Sāleyyaka Sutta
• Sāleyyakā. The inhabitants of Sālā. M.i.285.
• Sālha
• Sāli, Sāliya
• Sāligāma. A carpenter's village near the west gate of Anurādhapura. It was the birthplace of Asokamālā. MT. 606, 607.
• Sāligiri. A village, given by Parakkamabāhu IV. for the maintenance of the Parakkamabāhupāsāda. Cv.xc.97; for identification see Cv.Trs.ii.209, n. 6.
• Sālikedāra Jātaka (No. 484)
• Sālindiya
• Sālipabbata vihāra
• Sālipota. A park laid out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.10.
• Sālissara
• Sālittaka Jātaka (No.107)
• Sāliya
• Sāliya Jātaka (No. 367)
• Sāliyā. One of the chief women supporters of Dhammadassī Buddha. Bu.xvi.20.
• Salla Sutta
• Sallattena Sutta. The noble disciple weeps not, nor grieves, when afflicted with pain, because, though hurt physically, mentally he is free. He is like a man pierced with only a single barb. v.l. Sallena Sutta. S. iv.207f.
• Sallekha Sutta
• Sallena Sutta. See Sallattena Sutta.
• Sālūka Jātaka (No. 286)
• Sālūka. A pig. See the Sālūka Jātaka.
• Sāma
• Sāmā
• Sāma Jātaka (No. 540)
• Samacitta Vagga. The fourth chapter of the Duka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.i.61 9.
• Samacitta(pariyāya) Sutta
• Samādapaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he was leader of a guild in Bandhumatī, and he and his colleagues built a court yard (mālā) for Vipassī Buddha and his monks. Fifty nine kappas ago he was a king, named Āveyya. Ap.i.185.
• Samādapetabba Sutta. The Buddha tells Ananda of three particulars regarding which advice should be given to one's loved ones   on unwavering loyalty to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha. The results of such loyalty are unchanging. A.i.222.
• Sāmadevi
• Samādhi Samyutta. Another name for the Jhāna Samyutta. S.iii.263 79.
• Samādhi Sutta
• Samādhi Vagga. The first chapter of the Sacca Samyutta. S.v.414 20.
• Samādhisamāpatti Sutta. Of the four persons who practise meditation, he who is skilled both in concentration and in the fruits thereof is the best, just as the straining is of ghee are the best part of milk. S. iii.263.
• Sāmagalla. A village in Ceylon (Mhv.Xxxiii.52 f). At the time of the compilation of the Mahāvamsa Tīkā (MT. 616), it was called Moragalla. Its full name was Mātuvelanga Sāmagalla. It was in the Malaya country, and Vattagāmanī Abhaya lived there during a part of his exile in the house of Tanasīva.
• Sāmagāma
• Samagga 1. One hundred and fifteen kappas ago there were eight kings of this name, previous births of Khandasumana Thera. v.l. Pamatta. ThagA.i.258.
• Samagga 2. A mountain near Himavā. v.l. Samanga below. ThagA.i.258; Ap.ii.437.
• Samajīvī Sutta
• Samālā. One of the two chief women disciples of Vessabhū Buddha. Bu.xxii.24; J. i.42.
• Samalankata. A king of seventy kappas ago, a previous birth of Supāricariya Thera. Ap.i.181.
• Samana Sutta
• Samana Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Tika Nipāta of the Anguttara. A.i.229 39.
• Samanā, Samanī. The eldest of the seven daughters of King Kikī. She was Khemā in the present age. J. vi.481; Ap.ii.546; ThigA.18, etc.
• Samānā. A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260.
• Samana. One of the chief lay supporters of Kakusandha Buddha. Bu.xxiii.22.
• Samanabrāhmana Sutta
• Samanabrāhmana Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Nidāna Samyutta. S. ii.129.
• Samanagāma. A village in Ceylon. Ras.ii.11.
• Samanaguttā. The second of the seven daughters of Kikī, king of Benares. She was Uppalavannā in the present age. Ap.ii.546; cf. J. vi.481.
• Samanaguttaka. A bandit, employed by the heretics to kill Moggallāna Thera. See the Sarabhanga Jātaka. J.v.126.
• Samanakolañña
• Samanamandikā Sutta
• Samanamandikāputta. A name for the Paribbājaka Uggāhamāna.
• Samanasaññā Vagga. The eleventh chapter of the Dasaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.v.210ff.
• Sāmañcakāni. See Sāmandakāni.
• Sāmandaka or Sāmañcakāni Samyutta. The thirty ninth section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. iv.261f.
• Sāmandaka, Sāmandakāni, Sāmañcakāni
• Sāmanera Sutta, Sāmaneriya Sutta. On two novices, a man and a woman, who were born as petas because of their evil deeds in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Moggallāna saw them as he descended Gijjhakūta. S. ii.261.
• Samanga 1. The constant attendant of Tissa Buddha. Bu.xviii.21; BuA.(p. 191) calls him Samata.
• Samanga 2. See Samagga above.
• Samangī. The wife of Sobhita Buddha before his renunciation (Bu.vii.18). The Buddhavamsa Commentary calls her Makhiladevī. BuA.137.
• Sāmaññaphala Sutta
• Sāmañña Sutta. Few are they who reverence recluses, many they who do not. S. v.468.
• Sāmaññakāni Thera
• Samantabhadda. Five kappas ago there were thirteen kings of this name, previous births of Uttiya (Padapūjaka) Thera. v.l.Samantagandha. ThagA.i.125; Ap.i.142.
• Samantabhadraka. The name of a book. Probably a wrong reading. See SnA.i.21, 25.
• Samantacakkhu 1. A king of seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Devasabha (Bandhujīvaka) Thera. ThagA.i.204; Ap.i.176.
• Samantacakkhu 2. A king of fifty five kappas ago, a previous birth of Aranadīpaka Thera. Ap.i.231.
• Samantacchadana. A king of fifty five kappas ago, a previous birth of Ummāpupphiya Thera. Ap.i.258.
• Samantadharana. A king of eighty seven kappas ago, a former birth of Pupphadhāraka Thera. Ap.i.244.
• Samantagandha. Five kappas ago there were thirteen kings of this name, previous births of Padapūjaka Thera. v.l.Samantabhadda. Ap.i.142.
• Samantagiri. See Samantakūta below.
• Samantakūta, Samantagiri, Sumanakūta, Sumanagiri, Sumanācala
• Samantakūtavannanā. A Pāli poem, of about eight hundred verses, written in the thirteenth century by Vedeha Thera, at the request of Rāhula, a monk. It contains a description of Samantakūta and the stories connected with it. P.L.C. 223f.
• Samantamalla. A Malaya chief in the time of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxx.26, 28.
• Samantanemi. Seventy three kappas ago there were thirteen kings of this name, previous births of Asanabodhiya Thera. Ap.i.111.
• Samantāodana. See Odana ??.
• Samantapāsādika 1. Thirty three kappas ago there were thirteen kings of this name, previous births of Tipupphiya Thera. Ap.i.136.
• Samantapāsādika 2. Seventy eight kappas ago there were sixteen kings of this name, previous births of Hatthidāyaka Thera. Ap.i.208.
• Samantapāsādikā
• Samantavaruna. Twenty seven kappas ago there were four kings of this name, previous births of Ādhāradāyaka Thera. Ap.i.207.
• Samanupassanā Sutta. On how thoughts of self lead to ignorance and to varying views. S. iii.46.
• Samanupatthāka. Twenty three kappas ago there were four kings of this name, previous births of Buddhūpatthāyaka Thera. Ap.i.242.
• Samāpatti Vagga. The fifteenth chapter of the Duka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.i.94f.
• Samasīsakathā. The seventh chapter of the Paññāvagga of the Patisambhidā-Magga. Ps.ii.230 32.
• Samata. See Samanga 1 above.
• Samatha Sutta. A monk should practise introspection as to whether he has won insight of the higher and insight into the dhamma, and also peace of heart. Then he must put forth special effort to acquire what he has not won, and he must obtain his requisites in such a way that unprofitable states wane in him and profitable states increase. A.v.98ff.
• Samathakkhandhaka. The fourth section of the Cullavagga of the Vinaya. Vin.ii.73 104.
• Samatta
• Samavāsa Suttā
• Sāmāvatī
• Samavattakkhandha. The son of Vipassī Buddha in his last lay life. His mother was Sutanā. Bu.xx.25, etc.
• Samaya Sutta
• Samayappavādaka
• Samayavimutti Sutta. Five things that lead to the falling away of a monk who is temporarily released. A.iii.173.
• Sambahula
• Sambala
• Sambandhacintā. A work of the twelfth century by Sangharakkhita. It is a grammatical treatise dealing with the Pāli verb and its use in syntax, together with a description of the six kārakas used with the verb in the sentence (P.L.C.199). Abhaya Thera of Pagan wrote a tīkā on it. Bode, op. cit., 22.
• Sambandhamālinī. A grammatical work by an author of Pagan. Bode, op. cit., 29.
• Sambara
• Sambara Sutta. See " Isayo Samuddakā Sutta."
• Sambhava
• Sambhava Jātaka (No. 515)
• Sambhiya. See Sabhiya (1).
• Sambhūta
• Sambodha Vagga. The first chapter of the Navaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iv.351 466.
• Sambodhena Sutta. The Buddha explains how it was only after his Enlightenment that he could understand the satisfaction and the misery and the way of escape from the eye, ear, etc. S.iv.6f.
• Sambodhi Sutta. Conditions that should be developed in order to get awakening   good friends, virtue, helpful talk, strenuous purpose, wisdom. A.iv.251f.
• Sambodhi Vagga. The eleventh chapter of the Tika Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.i.258 65.
• Sambojjhanga Sutta. A definition of the seven bojjhangas. S.iv.367.
• Sambuddha Sutta. On the difference between the Tathāgata who is a fully enlightened one and a monk who is freed by insight. S.iii.65 f.
• Sambula Jātaka (No. 519)
• Sambula Kaccāna Thera
• Sambulā. Queen of Sotthisena. See the Sambula Jātaka.
• Sāmidatta Thera
• Samiddha
• Samiddhi
• Samiddhi Jātaka (No.167)
• Samiddhi Sutta
• Samiddhisummana
• Sāmindavisaya
• Samīrukkhatittha. A ford in the Mahāvālukagangā. Cv.lxxii.9, 33.
• Sāmisantosuyyāna. A Park laid out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.12.
• Samita. A king of fourteen kappas ago, a previous birth of Buddhasaññaka (Meghiya) Thera. Ap.i.152; ThagA.i.150.
• Samitanandana. A king of fifty kappas ago, a previous birth of Yūthikapupphiya Thera. Ap.i.202.
• Samīti
• Samitigutta Thera
• Sammāditthi Sutta
• Sammāparibbājaniya Sutta
• Sammappadhāna Samyutta. The forty ninth section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. v.244 8.
• Sammappadhāna Sutta 1. The four sammappadhānas   this is the path leading to the "Uncompounded." S. iv.360.
• Sammappadhāna Sutta 2. Details of the four sammappadhānas. S.iv.364.
• Sammappadhāna Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Navaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikiya. A.iv.462f.
• Sammasā Sutta. A detailed description of the "inward handling." S. ii.107f.
• Sammāsambuddha Sutta. It is by knowledge of the Four Ariyan Truths that a Tathāgata becomes a fully Awakened One. S.v.433.
• Sammata. See Sammitā.
• Sammillabhāsinī. The name of Rāhulamātā in the Ananusociya Jātaka.
• Sammitī, Sammatiyā
• Sammoda-kumāra. See Pakkha.
• Sammodamāna Jātaka (No. 33)
• Sammohavināsinī. A tīkā on the Kaccāyanasāra, by Saddhammavilāsa of Pagan. Bode, op. cit., 37.
• Sammohavinodanī. A Commentary on the Vibhangapakarana by Buddhaghosa. Sās. p. 58.
• Sammukhāthavika
• Sammuñjanī Thera
• Samogadha. A king of fifty five kappas ago, a previous birth of Taraniya Thera. Ap.i.238.
• Samotthata. Seven kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, all previous births of Sanghupatthāka Thera. Ap.i.191.
• Sampadā Sutta
• Sampasādaka Thera
• Sampasādanīya Sutta
• Samphala. See Sambala.
• Samphassa Sutta 1. Because of diversity in elements arises diversity of contact. S. ii.140.
• Samphassa Sutta 2. The Buddha makes Rāhula realize that sense contact is fleeting. S. ii.246.
• Samphusita. A king of three kappas ago, a previous birth of Tambapupphiya Thera. Ap.i.176.
• Sampunnamukha. See Punnamukha.
• Samsāramocakā. A class of micchādittkikas. E.g., PvA.67.
• Samsāraphala. A park in Ceylon, laid out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.10.
• Samsaya. A divine musician or a musical instrument. VvA.93, 372.
• Samuccaya khandha. The third chapter of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.ii.38 72.
• Samudaya Sutta. The puthujjanas do not know the arising and going out of body, feelings, etc. S. iii.82, 174.
• Samudayadhamma Sutta
• Samuddā 1. One of the two chief women disciples of Konāgamana Buddha. J. i.431; Bu.xiv.23.
• Samudda 1. See Sundara samudda.
• Samudda 2. A sage of long ago. J. vi.99.
• Samuddā 2. An eminent Therī of Ceylon. Dpv. xviii.28.
• Samudda 3.  One of the chief lay patrons of Siddhattha Buddha. Bu.xvii.20.
• Samudda Jātaka (No. 296)
• Samudda Sutta
• Samudda Vagga. The sixteenth chapter of the Salāyatana Samyutta. S. iv.157 72.
• Samudda vihāra. A vihāra built by Mahādāthika Mahānāga (Mhv.Xxxiv.90), but a monk, called Mahānāga, is said to have lived in the Samudda vihāra in the time of Dutthagāmanī (MT. 606). Probably Mahādāthika only restored it.
• Samuddadatta
• Samuddagiri vihāra. A vihāra in Sunāparanta, where Punna lived for some time. The cloister (cankamana) there was surrounded by magnetic rocks, and no one could walk in it. MA.ii.1015; SA.iii.15.
• Samuddagiriparivena. A building in the Mahāvihāra erected by Kassapa IV., and given over to the Pamsukulikas. Cv.lii.21.
• Samuddajā. Mother of Bhūridatta. See the Bhūridatta Jātaka.
• Samuddakappa. A king of fourteen kappas ago; a former birth of Bandhujīvaka Thera. Ap.i.192.
• Samuddanavā. A princess, who later became an eminent Therī in Ceylon. Dpv. xviii.34.
• Samuddapannkasālā. A hall, erected on the spot from where Devānampiyatissa saw the Bodhi tree approaching on the ocean (Mhv.Xix.26f). It was on the road from Anurādhapura to Jambukola. MT. 403.
• Samuddavānija Jātaka (No. 466)
• Samuddavijayā. Queen of Bharata, ruler of Roruva. See the Aditta Jātaka. She is identified with Rāhulamātā. J. iii.474.
• Samuddhara. A king of sixty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Yūthikapupphiya Thera. Ap.i.184.
• Sāmugāma. A village gifted by Aggabodhi III. to the padhānaghara, called Mahallarāja. Cv.xliv.120.
• Samugga Jātaka (No. 436)
• Samuggata. Fifty thousand kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, all previous births of Sobhita (Rakkhita) Thera. Ap.i.164; ThagA.i.173.
• Samujjavasālā. A building in Anurādhapura. The clay from under the northern steps of the building was used for the construction of utensils used in the coronation festival of the kings of Ceylon. MT. 307.
• Samvannanānayadīpanī. A grammatical work by Jambudhaja Thera of Pagan. Bode, op cit., 55.
• Samvara
• Samvara Jātaka (No. 462)
• Samvara Sutta. On the four efforts: to restrain, abandon, make become and watch over. A.ii.6.
• Samvasita. A king of twenty eight kappas ago, a former birth of Gandhodaka Thera. Ap.i.106.
• Samvejanīya Sutta
• Samvutta Sutta. The three spheres -  kāma, rūpa, arūpa -  must be given up and three kinds of training must be developed: greater virtue (adhisīla), greater thought, greater insight. A.iv.444.
• Samyama
• Samyoga Sutta. On how men and women forge bonds for themselves by being attached to sex. A.iv.57.
• Samyojana Sutta. On the ten samyojanas. A.v.17.
• Samyutta Nikāya, Samyuttāgama
• Sanankumāra
• Sānavāsī 2. See Sānuvāsi.
• Sānavāsī, Sānavāsika 1. An epithet of Sambhūta Thera.
• Sañcetanika Vagga. The eighteenth chapter of the Catukka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.ii.157 70.
• Sandaka Sutta
• Sandaka. A Paribbājaka. See the Sandaka Sutta.
• Sandeha, Sandeva. An Elder in direct pupillary succession in Jambudīpa, of teachers of the Abhidhamma. DhSA., p. 32.
• Sandha
• Sandhāna
• Sandhibheda Jātaka (No. 349)
• Sandhita Thera
• Sandimā. A king of long ago; a previous birth of Ramanīyakutika Thera. ThagA.i.133.
• Sanditthika Sutta
• Sangagāma. A village in Ceylon, near the Kālavāpi. Cv.xlviii.91.
• Sangaha Sutta. The four basis of sympathy (sangahavatthu) are charity, kind speech, kind action, and like treatment of all men. A.ii.31 = ibid., 248.
• Sangāma. A king of Magadha. Buddhaghosa’s father, Kesī was his purohita. Gv.66.
• Sangāmaji Thera
• Sangāmāvacara Jātaka (No. 182)
• Sangārava
• Sangārava Sutta
• Sangayha Sutta
• Sangha
• Sanghā
• Sanghabedaka Jātaka. (J. iii.211) Probably another name for the Sandhibheda Jātaka. Cf. Kosambī Jātaka.
• Sanghabhaddā. A queen of Aggabodhi II. Cv.xlii.42.
• Sanghabheda Sutta. The results of bringing about dissension in the Order. A.v.74.
• Sanghabhedaka Khandhaka. The seventh chapter of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.ii.180 206.
• Sanghabhedakagāma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxv. 125, 127.
• Sanghabhedaparisakkana Vatthu. The story of how Devadatta informed Ananda of his intention to bring about schism in the Order. DhA.iii.154f.
• Sanghabodhi
• Sanghadāsī
• Sanghadatta Thera. He lived in Mahālena Vihāra and for twelve years, during the Brahmanatiya famine, a deity looked after him. In the past he had given a meal to a hungry dog. Ras.ii.181f.
• Sanghadattā. Wife of the minister Sangha, who married her because she walked instead of running in a shower of rain. She gave a robe to Culanaga Thera of Pidhanagalla, and Sakka provided her with divine robes, which she offered at Dakkhinacetiya and Ratanamalicetiya. Ras.ii.177f.
• Sanghadāyikā. See Sanghadāsī (1).
• Sanghādisesa. The second division of the Pārājikā of the Vinaya Pitaka. It comprises thirteen rules, violation of which involves temporary separation from the Order.
• Sanghakapittha. See Kapittha.
• Sanghamāna. A Malaya king. Cv.xlvii.3.
• Sanghamitta
• Sanghamittā Therī
• Sanghamitta vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, restored by Aggabodhi V. Cv.xlviii.6.
• Sanghanandi. A monk to whom is attributed the Vutti of Kaccāyana’s grammar. P.L.C.180.
• Sanghapāla 1. A parivena, residence of Gothābhaya Thera (xxxvi.114). The Mahāvamsa Commentary (MT. 673) calls it Sanghapālangana.
• Sanghapāla 2. A monk of the Mahāvihāra, teacher of Buddhaghosa. (Cv.xxxvii.232). The Visuddhi Magga was composed according to the wishes of Sanghapāla. Vsm., p.711.
• Sangharakkhita
• Sanghasema. A building in the Mahā-Vihāra, erected by Sena I. and his queen, Sanghā. Cv.l.70.
• Sanghasenapabbata. A building in the Abhayagiri vihāra, erected by Sanghā, wife of Sena II. Cv.li.86.
• Sanghasivā. Wife of Mahātissa. She was the daughter of the ruler of Rohana and had three sons: Aggabodhi, Dappula and Maniakkhika. Cv.xlv.39.
• Sanghāta. A Niraya. It is so called because massive rocks of heated iron meet and crush the victims. J. v.256, 270.
• Sanghātagāma. A village given by Vijayabāhu I. to the Lābhavāsins. Cv.lx.68.
• Sanghatissa
• Sanghupatthāka Thera. An arahant. He was a servant in the monastery of Vessabhū Buddha and waited on the Sangha with great devotion. Seven kappas ago he was king seven times, under the name of Samotthata. Ap.i.191.
• Sanghupatthāyikā. Another name for Kiñcisanghā (q.v.).
• Sangillagāma. A village in Ceylon, the residence of Bhayasīva. Cv.xli.69.
• Sangīti Sutta
• Sanhā. An eminent Therī of Ceylon. Dpv. xviii.38.
• Sanidāna Sutta. Sense desires, ill will, renunciation, etc., all arise with, casual basis. S. ii.151f.
• Sanimandapa. A building in the Dīpuyyāna. It was decorated with ivory. Cv.lxxiii.118.
• Sañjaya
• Sañjikāputta
• Sañjiva
• Sañjīva Jātaka (No. 150)
• Sankamanattā Therī. An arahant. Seeing Kondañña Buddha walking along the road, she came out of her house and prostrated herself. The Buddha touched her head with his foot. Ap.ii.514.
• Sankantikā. A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyā. Mhv.v.9; Dpv. v.48.
• Sankappa Jātaka (No. 251)
• Sankappa Vagga. The first chapter of the Tika Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā. J. ii.271 321.
• Sankāsanā Sutta. The Buddha says that in the Four Ariyan Truths, as taught by him, there are numberless shades and variations of meaning. S. v.430.
• Sankassa
• Sanketahāla. A place in Ceylon where the Tamils captured Brāhmanatissa. v.l. Guttahāla, Gottahāla. MT. 613.
• Sankha
• Sankhabrāhmana Jātaka. See the Sankha Jātaka (1).
• Sankhadhamana Jātaka. (No. 60)
• Sankhadhātu. One of the Dandanāyaka bhātaro (q.v.). Cv.lxxii.162.
• Sankhāna Sutta. Four powers that are in the world: of computation, cultivation, innocence and collectedness. A.ii.142.
• Sankhapāla
• Sankhapāla Jātaka (No. 521)
• Sankhāra Sutta. Some people accumulate acts of body, speech and mind that are discordant; others those that are harmonious; yet others those that are both discordant and harmonious. A.i.122.
• Sankhāruppatti Sutta
• Sankhasetthi. See Sankha (1).
• Sankhata Sutta. There are three condition marks in that which is “conditioned” (Sahkhata). Its genesis is apparent, likewise its passing away and its changeability while it persists. A.i.152.
• Sankhatthalī, Sankhanāyakatthalī, Sankhanāthatthalī. An important place in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, where Kittisirimegha had his capital. It was near Badalatthalī, and is mentioned several times in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxiii.43; lxiv.22; lxvi.9; lxvii.78, 82; also Cv.Trs.i.241, n.2.
• Sankhavaddhamāna. A river in Ceylon, which unites with the Kumbhīlavāna. At the spot where they unite, the Sūkaranijjhara was constructed. Cv.lxviii.32; see Cv.Trs.i.279, n.4.
• Sankhepatthakathā. A compilation quoted by Buddhaghosa as opposed to the Mahāatthakathā. E.g., at Sp.ii.494.
• Sankhepavannanā. A navatīkā by Saddhammajotipāla on the Abhidhammattha sangaha. Gv.40.
• Sankheyya parivena. A monastery in Sāgala where Ayupāla and, later, Nāgasena, lived. Milinda visited this monastery to discuss with these monks. Mil. 19, 22, etc.
• Sankhitta Samyutta. Mentioned by Buddhaghosa (SA.ii.168) as an example of a collection of discourses connected with Suññatā. The reference is probably to the Satthipeyyāla. At Samyutta iv.148ff.
• Sankhyāpakāsaka. A grammatical work by Ñānavilāsa of Laos. Sirimangala wrote a tīkā on it. Bode, op. cit., 47.
• Sankicca
• Sankilesiya Sutta. See Kilesiya Sutta.
• Sankilitthābhā. A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have absorbed the idea of tarnished brilliance. M.iii.147.
• Sankita Sutta. A monk who haunts the house of a widow, an unmarried woman (thullakumārī), a eunuch, or the premises of a nun, is suspect. A.iii.128.
• Saññā Sutta
• Saññā Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Pañcaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iii.79f.
• Saññaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety two kappas ago he saw the rag robe of Tissa Buddha hanging on a tree and worshipped it. Four kappas ago he was a king named Dumasāra. Ap.i.120.
• Sannaka. One of the chief lay supporters of Piyadassī Buddha. Bu.xiv.22.
• Saññāmanasikāra Sutta
• Saññasāmika Thera
• Saññī Sutta. Sāriputta explains to Amanda how he dwelt in the sphere of “neither perception nor non perception.” S.iii.238.
• Sannibbapaka. A king of one hundred and seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Āsanūpatthāyaka Thera. Ap.i.144.
• Sannidhāpaka Thera. An arahant. He had been a householder, and later an ascetic in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. He gave the Buddha a gourd (āmanda) and water to drink. Forty one kappas ago he was a king named Arindama. Ap.i.97.
• Sannīrasela. A village in Ceylon given by Parakkamabāhu IV. for the maintenance of the parivena which he built for Medhankara Thera. Cv.xc.87.
• Sannīratittha. A vihāra in Pulatthipura, established by Mahinda II. Cv.xlviii.134.
• Saññojana Sutta. The seven fetters   of complying, resisting, of view, uncertainty, conceit, worldly lusts, and ignorance. A.iv.7.
• Santa
• Santacitta. A Pacceka. Buddha. M.iii.70.
• Santaka Sutta. The Buddha explains to Ananda how feelings arise and cease to be, what is their “satisfaction” and their "misery." S. iv.219.
• Santakāya Thera
• Santāna Thera. An Elder who came to Ceylon from Rakkhanga, at the head of thirty three monks, at the invitation of Vimaladhammasuriya II. Cv.xcvii.10.
• Sāntanerī. A fortress in South India, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Lankāpura. Cv.lxxvii.44.
• Santati
• Santhāra Vagga. The fourteenth chapter of the Duka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.i.93f.
• Santhava Jātaka (No. 162)
• Santhava Vagga. The second chapter of the Duka Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā. J. ii.41 63.
• Santhita Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the asattha bodhi of a Buddha and thought of the Buddha's virtues. Thirteen kappas ago he was a king named Dhanittha. Ap.i.210.
• Santhita Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the assattha bodhi of a Buddha and fixed his mind on him. Thirteen kappas ago he was a king, named Dhanittha. Ap.i.210f.
• Santi Sutta. On four kinds of person: he bent on his own profit, on another's, on that of both, on that of neither. A.ii.96f.
• Santike Nidāna
• Santusita
• Santuttha
• Santutthi Sutta. Four things are easily available: rag robes, scraps of food, the root of a tree, and ammonia (pūtimutta) from urine. A monk should learn to be content with these. A.ii.26.
• Sānu Sutta
• Sānu Thera
• Sānumātā. The name given to the Yakkhinī who had been the mother of Sānu (q.v.) in a previous birth. When the Yakkhas assembled to hear Sānu preach the Law, they paid her great respect, owing to her kinship with him. SA.i.236; DhA.iv.19.
• Sānupabbata. A mountain in the region of Himavā. J.v.415.
• Sānuvāsīipabbata. A hill near the village of Kundi, where lived Potthapāda (or Kundinagariya) Thera. Pv.iii.2; PvA.179.
• Sapara. A province in Ceylon (Cv.lxviii.8), also called Saparagamu (Cv.xciv.12). It is said to have derived its name from the inhabitants, the Saparā or Sabarā (Savarā), probably another name for the Veddas.
• Saparivāra. A king of twenty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Paccuggamaniya Thera. Ap.i.240.
• Saparivāracchattadāyaka Thera. An arahant. He heard Padumuttara Buddha preach, and, opening a parasol, threw it up into the air. It stood above the Buddha. The Elder joined the Order at the age of seven, and on the day of his ordination, Sunanda, a brahmin, held a parasol over him. Sāriputta saw this and expressed his joy. Ap.i.265f.
• Saparivārāsana Thera. An arahant. He prepared a seat decked with Jasmine for Padumuttara Buddha, and, when the Buddha was seated, gave him a meal. Ap.i.107f.
• Saparivāriya Thera
• Sāpatagāma. A village in Rohana; Mañju, general of Parakkamabāhu I., fought a battle there against Sūkarabhātu. Cv.lxxiv.131.
• Sapatta. An eminent nun, expert in the Vinaya in Ceylon. Dpv. xviii.29.
• Sapattangārakokirī Sutta. The story of a petī seen by Moggallāna. She went through the air dried up, sooty, uttering cries of distress. She had been the chief queen of a Kālinga king. Mad with jealousy, she had scattered a brazier of coals over one of the king's women. S. ii.260.
• Sappa Sutta
• Sappadāsa Thera
• Sappagahana. See Sabbagahana.
• Sappaka. See Sabbaka.
• Sappānaka Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Pācittiya.
• Sappanārukokillagāma. A village in Ceylon in which the Buddha's Alms Bowl and Tooth Relic were once deposited. Cv.lxxiv.142.
• Sappañña Vagga. The sixth chapter of the Sotāpatti Samyutta. S. v.404 14.
• Sappasondika pabbhāra
• Sappidāyaka Thera
• Sappinī, Sappinīkā
• Sappurisa Sutta
• Sappurisa Vagga. The twenty first chapter of the Catukka Nipāta of the Anguttara. A.ii.217 25.
• Sappurisānisamsa Sutta. Because of a good man, one grows in virtue, concentration, wisdom and emancipation, qualities which are dear to the Ariyans. A.ii.239.
• Sāpūga. A village of the Koliyans, where Ananda once stayed, and where he preached to the inhabitants. They were called Sāpūgiyā. A.ii.194.
• Sāpūgiya Sutta. The inhabitants of Sāpūga visit Ananda, who is living there. He tells them of the four factors of exertion (padhāniyangāni): for the utter purification of morals, thought, view, and for the utter purity of release. A.ii.194f.
• Sāpūgiyā. The people of Sāpūga (q.v.).
• Sarā Sutta. Records a conversation between a deva and the Buddha - where the four elements find no further footing, the flood ebbs, and there is no whirlpool. S. i.15.
• Sarabba Jātaka. See the Sarabhamiga Jātaka.
• Sarabha
• Sarabha Sutta. Relates the story of the Buddha's visit to Sarabha at the Paribbājakārāma. A.i.185f.
• Sarabhamiga Jātaka (No. 483)
• Sarabhanga
• Sarabhanga Jātaka (No. 522)
• Sarabhavatī. A city, the capital of King Sudassana (the Bodhisatta). It was visited by Vessabhū Buddha, who preached to the king. BuA. 207.
• Sarabhū
• Sarada 1. The name of Sāriputta in the time of Anomadassī Buddha. DhA.i.89; but see Ap.i.21, where he is called Suruci.
• Sarada 2. An ascetic who, with his large following, was converted by Padumuttara Buddha. BuA.160.
• Sāradassī
• Sarāga Sutta. Four persons are found in the world: the lustful, the hateful, the deluded, the proud. A.ii.71.
• Saraggāma. A village in the district of Mahātila, in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxvi.71; lxvii.59,79.
• Sarājita. A Niraya in which those who die in battle are born (S.iv.311). The Commentary (SA.iii.100) says that it is not a distinctive purgatory, but a part of Avīci, where fighters of all sorts fight in imagination. Cf. Sarañjita.
• Sārajja Sutta
• Sarakāni
• Sarakāni (v.l. Saranāni) Vagga. The third chapter of the sotāpatti Samyutta. S. v.369-91.
• Sārakappa. The name given to a kappa in which only one Buddha is born. BuA.158.
• Sāramandakappa. The name given to a kappa in which four Buddhas are born. BuA.159.
• Sārambha Jātaka (No. 88)
• Sārambha. The Bodhisatta, born as an ox. See the Sārambha Jātaka.
• Sarana
• Sarana Sutta. The Buddha teaches the "refuge" and the Path thereto. S. v.372.
• Sarana Thera. A monk. He was given the name because, when he was in his mother's womb, she was rescued from death by her virtue. She was the daughter of Sumana and Sujampatikā of Sāvatthi. Sarana later became an arahant. For details see Ras.i.15f.
• Saranāgamaniya Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago, while he was travelling by sea with a monk and an Ājīvaka, the boat capsized and the monk gave him the Refuges. Ap.i.285=ii.455.
• Saranankara
• Saranattaya. The, first section of the Khuddaka-Pātha.
• Sārandada
• Sārānīya Sutta
• Sārānīya Vagga. The second chapter of the Chakka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iii.288 308.
• Sarañjita. A class of Devas (the gods of "Passionate Delight"). According to the belief of some, a man who dies fighting is born among them. S. iv.308.
• Sarasigāma. A village of Ceylon, the centre of a monastic establishment and the headquarter of the Vilgammūla (Sarasigāmamūla) fraternity. See below, Sarogāmatittha. P.L.C. 253.
• Sarassatī
• Sarassatīmandapa. A building, erected by Parakkamabāhu I. near his palace at Pulatthipura. It was devoted to the arts of the Muses and was adorned with frescoes dealing with the life of the king. Cv.lxxiii.83 f.
• Sāratthadīpanī
• Sāratthamañjūsā. A Tīkā on the Anguttara Nikāya, attributed to Sāriputta of Ceylon. Gv.61; SadS.61; P.L.C.192. All the Mūla-Tīkā on the Sutta Pitaka seem to have borne this name. See SadS.59.
• Sāratthappakāsinī. Buddhaghosa's Commentary on the Samyutta Nikāya, written at the, request of Jotipāla, a monk. Gv.59; SadS.58.
• Sāratthasālinī. A Nava tīkā on Dhammapāla’s Saccasankhepa, by Sumangala, pupil of Sāriputta of Ceylon. P.L.C.200.
• Sāratthasamuccaya. The name given to the Catubhānavāratthakathā. It was written by a pupil of Ananda at the request of Vanaratana Thera of Ceylon. Published in Hewavitarne Bequest Series (Colombo), vol. xxvii.
• Sāratthasangaha
• Sāratthavikāsinī. A tika on Kaccāyana's Pāli grammar by Ariyālankāra of Ava. Bode, op. cit., 37 n.2; 55.
• Sāratthavilāsinī or Susaddasiddhi. A tīkā on the Moggallāna pañjikā by Sangharakkhita of Ceylon. P.L.C. 200.
• Sareheru. A tank in Ceylon, restored by Vijayabāhu I. Cv.ix.48.
• Sārī. A brahminee, mother of Sāriputta (1) (q.v.). Her full name was Rūpasārī.
• Sāriputta
• Sāriputta Samyutta. The twenty eighth division of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. iii.236 40.
• Sāriputta Sutta
• Sarīrattha Sutta. Ten conditions inherent in the body: cold and heat, hunger and thirst, evacuation and urination, restraint of body, speech, living, and the aggregate that produces becoming (bhavasankhāra). A.v.88.
• Saritacchadana. A king of eighty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Sammukhāthavika Thera. Ap.i.159.
• Sarīvaggapitthi. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Vijayabāhu I. Cv.lvii.53.
• Sarogāmatittha. A ford on the Mahāvālikanadī, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. It is probably identical with Sarasigāma. Cv.lxxi.18; lxxii.1, 31; see also Cv.Trs.i.316, n.2.
• Sāropama Sutta. See Cūla Saropama and Mahā Sāropama Suttas.
• Sāruppa Sutta. On the proper way of approach to the uprooting of all conceits. S. iv.21.
• Sasa( pandita) Jātaka (No. 316)
• Sāsana Sutta. The Buddha tells Upāli in brief as to how various doctrines can be regarded as belonging to the Dhamma or otherwise. A.iv.143.
• Sāsanavamsa
• Sasankhāra Sutta
• Sāsapa Sutta
• Sātā. An eminent Therī of Ceylon. Dpv. xviii.16.
• Satacakkhu. A king of thirty four kappas ago, a, previous birth of Pañcadīpaka Thera. Ap.i.108.
• Satadhamma Jātaka (No. 179)
• Satadhamma, Santadhamma. A youth of Benares. See the Sata-dhamma Jātaka.
• Sātāgira
• Sātāgira Sutta. Another name for the Hemavata Sutta (q.v.). SnA.i.194.
• Sātapabbata. A mountain in Majjhimadesa, the abode of Sātāgira (SnA..i.197). Many other Yakkas also lived there, three thousand of whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.257.
• Satapatta 1. A king of seventy three kappas ago, a previous birth of Nalinakesariya Thera. Ap.i.223.
• Satapatta 2. A palace, once occupied by Ukkhittapadumiya Thera. Ap.i.275.
• Satapatta Jātaka (No. 279)
• Sataporisa. A Niraya, meant especially for matricides. It is filled with decaying corpses. J. v.269, 274.
• Sataramsi
• Sataramsika Thera. An arahant. In the past he saw Padumuttara Buddha and worshipped him. In this life he joined the Order at the age of seven, and rays constantly issued from his body. Sixty thousand kappas ago he was king four times under the name of Roma. Ap.i.104f.
• Satarasa. A kind of food which Paripunnaka Thera was in the habit of eating before joining the Order (ThagA.ii.190). It was probably made of one hundred essences.
• Sataruddhā. A canal flowing eastward from the Aciravatī Channel in Ceylon. Cv.lxxix.53.
• Sātavāhana
• Satayha Sutta. See Ogadha Sutta.
• Sati Sutta 1. Mindfulness ifs necessary for one who sees not things as they really are. A.ii.132.
• Sati Sutta 2. When mindfulness and self possession are lacking, various evil results follow, as in the case of a tree which is devoid of branches and foliage. A.iv.336f.
• Sāti Thera
• Sati Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Atthaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iv.336 50.
• Sātimattiya Thera
• Satipatthāna Samyutta. The forty seventh section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. v.141 2.
• Satipatthāna Sutta
• Satipatthāna Vagga. The seventh chapter of the Navaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.iv.457-61.
• Satipatthānakathā. The eighth chapter of the Paññā Vagga of the Pathisambhidā-Magga. PS.ii.232 6.
• Satisambodhi Thera. A monk of Piyangudīpa. See Ariyagālatissa.
• Sato Sutta
• Sātodīkā. A river in Surattha (Surat). Sālissara lived in a hermitage on its banks after he left the Kavitthaka hermitage. J. iii.463; but at J. v.133 it is Mendissara who lived there.
• Satta Sutta
• Satta vassāni Sutta
• Sattabhariyā Sutta
• Sattabhū. The king of the Kālingas in the time of Renu. His purohita was Jotipāla, and his capital, Dantapura. D.ii.236.
• Sattadāraka pañha. A section of the Mahāummagga Jātaka, dealing with seven riddles solved by Mahosadha. J. vi.339.
• Sattāhapabbajita Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he had a quarrel with his kinsmen and joined the Order under Vipassī Buddha for seven days. Sixty seven kappas ago he was king seven times, under the name of Sunikkhamma. Ap.i.242.
• Sattakadambapupphiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he met seven Pacceka Buddhas on Kadamba Mountain and offered them seven garlands of kadamba flowers. Ap.i.382f.
• Sattakammapatha Sutta. On seven courses of action. S.ii.167.
• Sattamba, Sattambaka
• Sattanāsa Sutta. On the unworthy man and the still more unworthy; the worthy man and the still more worthy. A.ii.218.
• Sattānisamsa Sutta. Seven advantages resulting from the cultivation of the five indriyas. S. v.237.
• Sattapaduminiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he was a brahmin, named Nesāda, and, seeing Siddhattha Buddha in the forest, he swept his hut and offered lotus flowers. Seven kappas ago he was king four times, under the name of Pādapāvara.