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- Gadāvudha
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Gaddula Sutta
- Gadrabha
-
Gadrabhakula. Mentioned as one of the families in
which horses are born. Valāhaka horses are not born in this
family. MA.i.248.
- Gadrabhapañha
-
Gagga
- Gagga-Jātaka (No.155)
-
Gaggaligāma. A village built by Mahosadha on the
further side of the Ganges; there he stationed his elephants,
horses, cattle, etc., while he bad the great tunnel constructed
(J.vi.431).
- Gaggarā-(Sutta)
-
Gaggaravāliya-angana. A locality in Ceylon. The Elder
Pītamalla resided there with
thirty other monks. DA.iii.749; the reading in the P.T.S. edition
(gāravakaranāya) is wrong.
- Gahapati-Jātaka (No.199)
-
Gahapati-Vagga
- Gahvaratīra. The name of the place where the Thera
Gahvaratīriya lived (ThagA.ii.91f).
- Gahvaratīriya (Gavharatīriya)
Thera
- Gajabāhu, Gajabhuja
-
Gajabhuja
- Gajakumbha Jātaka (No.345)
-
Gajakumbhakapāsāna. A locality in Ceylon, through
which passed the Sīmā marked out by Devānampiyatissa for the
Mahā Vihāra. Mhv., p.332, v.12; Dpv. xiv.35; Mbv.135.
- Gajjabāhukagāmani
-
Gajjagiri. A mountain in Aparantaka. Sās.35.
- Galambatittha
-
Gālhagangā. A river in South Ceylon which was once
decreed to be the boundary of Rohana. It is generally identified
with Mahāvālukagangā. Cv.xlviii.132; Cv. Trs.i.122, n.4.
- Gallakapītha. A village in Ceylon. Five hundred youths
from the village were ordained by Mahinda, soon after his arrival
in Ceylon. Mhv.xvii.59.
- Gālurajju. A river in South Ceylon. Cv.lxxv.34; see
also Cv. Trs.147, n.1.
- Gāmakasetthi. The name, of the treasurer whose daughter
was married by Ghosakasetthi.
AA.i.230; the DhA. account does not mention the man's name.
- Gāmanī
-
Gāmani-Canda Jātaka (No.257)
- Gāmani-Canda. A servant
of Janasandha, king of Benares.
For his story see the Gāmani-Canda
Jātaka.
- Gāmani-Jātaka (No.8).The story of Prince Gāmanī
(J.i.136f). For details see the
Samvara Jātaka.
- Gāmani-Samyutta. The fifty-second Samyutta of the
Samyutta Nikāya. It contains accounts of sermons preached by
the Buddha to various headmen (gāmanī) (S.iv.305-59).
- Gāmanitissa. A tank made by King Gajabāhu and given
for the maintenance of the Abhayagiri-vihāra. Mhv.xxxv.120.
- Gāmanivāpi. A tank near Anurādhapura. Near it was
a hermitage built by Pandukābhaya. Mhv.x.96; see Mhv.Trs., p.75,
n.1.
- Gāmantā. See Mahā
Sīva (2), also Vāmatna ??.
- Gāmantapabbhāravāsī Mahā Sīva. See
Mahā Sīva.
- Gambhīra 1. A seaport village, visited by Mittavindaka
in the course of his flight from
Benares. J. i.239.
- Gambhīra 2. A channel branching off from the Parakkama
Samudda. It started at the point of the flood-escape known as
Makara. Cv.lxxix.40.
- Gambhīracāri. The name of one of the two otters in
the Dabbha-puppha Jātaka (q.v.). J. iii.333.
- Gambhīranadī. A river, one yojana north of Anurādhapura;
the bricks for the Mahā Thūpa and for the Thupas of the three
former Buddhas were prepared on its banks (Mhv.Xxviii.7; MT.508).
On its bank was Upatissagāma. Mhv.vii.44.
- Gambhīra-Satta. Four conditions - following after
the good, hearing the Dhamma, paying systematic attention thereto,
and living in accordance with its precepts - which, if cultivated,
lead to profound insight. S. v.412.
- Gāmendavālamahā-vihāra
-
Gamika. Father of the nun Mahātissā. Dpv. xviii.39.
- Gamitthavāli Vihāra. A monastery in Rohana, founded
by Kākavanna-Tissa. Mhv.xxii.23.
- Ganadevaputtā
-
Ganaka-Moggallāna
- Ganaka-Moggallāna-Sutta
-
Ganakaputta-Tissa Thera. Probably a Commentator.
Buddhaghosa quotes him in the Anguttara Commentary (AA.i.439)
as explaining the term tisa-hassīmahāsahassī differently from
the commonly accepted interpretation.
- Ganānanda-Parivena. A monastery at Rājagāma in Ceylon,
the residence of the Elder Maittreya Mahā Thera. P.L.C.248.
- Ganapeta-Vatthu. The story of a large number of people
of Sāvatthi who, because of their misdeeds, had been born as
petas. Pv.iv.10; PvA.269f.
- Ganatissa. Son of Panduvāsudeva (Mbv.112). According
to the Rājāvaliya, he reigned as king for forty years. See also
Cv. Trs.ii.Introd. p.ix.
- Ganda
-
Gandābharana. A book composed
by Ariyavamsa. v.l. Gandhā-bharana. Gv.65, 75; Sās., p.98.
- Gandāladoni. A monastery in Ceylon, near the modern
Kandy. The stucco work of the vihāra was carried out by Parakkamabāhu
VI. Cv.xci.30.
- Gandamba
-
Ganda-Sutta. The body is like a festering sore (ganda),
full of pus, with nine openings, constantly exuding matter.
A.iv.386f.
- Gandatindu Jātaka (No.520)
-
Gandha (Sutta)
- Gandhabbā
-
Gandhabba. An attendant of King Eleyya and a follower
of Uddaka Rāmaputta.
A.ii.180.
- Gandhabbadvāra. One of the gates of Pulatthipura.
Cv.lxxiii.163.
- Gandhabbakāya Samyutta. The thirty-first chapter
of the Samyutta Nikāya. S. iii.249-53.
- Gandhabbakāyikā. See Gandhabbā.
-
Gandhabbarājā. The name
given to Sakka in the
Vidhurapandita Jātaka
(J.vi.260).
- Gandhābhārana. See Gandābharana.
-
Gandhabhava. See
Bhadragaka.
- Gandhagata. See Bhadragaka.
-
Gandhakuti
- Gandhamādana
-
Gandhamāliya Thera. An arahant. Ninety-four kappas
ago he offered to the Buddha Siddhattha a gandha-thūpa covered
with sumana-flowers. Forty kappas ago he became king, sixteen
times, under the name of Devagandha. Ap.i.135.
- Gandhamutthiya Thera. An arahant. One hundred thousand
kappas ago he gave a handful of perfume for the construction
of a (Buddha's) funeral pyre. Ap.i.292; cp. Gandhapūjaka.
- Gandhapūjaka Thera. An arahant. In the past he put
a handful of perfume on the funeral pyre of the Buddha (Padumuttara)
(Ap.ii.406). He is probably identical with Hārita. ThagA.i.376.
- Gandhāra
-
Gandhāra Jātaka (No.406)
- Gandhāra- or Gandhārī-vijjā
-
Gandhāra. A mountain in
Himavā. J. vi.579.
- Gandhārarājā. The king of Gandhāra is several times
mentioned by this name; it is evidently a title and not a proper
name. E.g., J. i.191; ii.219f.; iii.364ff; iv.98.
- Gandhāravagga. The second chapter of the Sutta Nipāta
of the Jātaka Commentary (J.iii.363-421).
- Gandhathūpiya Thera. An arahant, probably identical
with Gandha-māliya (q.v.). The same verses are attributed to
both. Ap.i.267.
- Gandhavamsa
-
Gandhavilepana Sutta. Few are those who abstain from
flowers, scents, etc.; many are those who do not. S. v.471.
- Gandhodaka (-kadāyaka) Thera
-
Gandhodakiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety-one kappas
ago he saw the Buddha Vipassī and sprinkled perfumed water on
him. Thirty-one kappas ago he became king, under the name of
Sugandha (Ap.i.157f). He is probably identical with Ātuma Thera.
ThagA.i.160f.
- Gandimitta. See
Kanhamitta.
- Gangā
-
Gangādoni. A hill in the Manimekhala district in
Ceylon. The general Sankha founded a city there during Māgha's
invasion. The hill was only two yojanas away from Māgha's capital,
but provided quite a safe retreat. Cv.lxxxi.7f.
- Gangalatittha. A ford on the Kadamba-nadī near Anurādhapura.
It was the starting-point of the boundary line which Devānampiyatissa
laid down for the Mahā Vihāra. MT.361; cf. Mbv.136.
- Gangamāla Jātaka (No.421)
-
Gangamāla. A barber who later became a Pacceka Buddha.
See Gangamāla Jātaka.
- Gangāmāti Vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, to which
Jetthatissa III. gave Keheta as its maintenance village. Cv.xliv.99.
- Gangāpeyyāla
-
Gangarājī. A district to the east of Anurādhapura,
where Kanittha-tissa built the Anulatissapabbata Vihāra. Mhv.xxxvi.15.
- Gangārāma. Also called Rājamahā Vihāra, a monastery
founded by Kittisirirājasīha on the bank of the Mahāvāluka-gangā
near Kandy (Cv.c.202). There Rājādhīrājasīha erected a cetiya.
Cv.ci.17.
- Gangārohana Sutta
-
Gangārohana Vatthu. The account of the Buddha's visit
to Vesāli which he paid in order to preach the Ratana Sutta
(qx.). DhA.iii.436ff.
- Gangāsenakapabbata Vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon
built by Mahāsena (Mhv.Xxxvii.41).
- Gangāsiripura. The Pāli name for the town of Gampola
in Ceylon (Cv.xxxxvi.18). In it was an ancient vihāra, the Nigamaggāmapāsāda
(Cv.lxxxviii.48). Bhuvaneka-bāhu IV. made it his capital. Cv.xc.107.
- Gangā-Sutta. Preached to a brahmin at Veluvana. Incalculable
is the beginning of Samsāra, incalculable the aeons that have
passed by, like the sands of the Gangā. S. ii.153.
- Gangātata, Gangātataka, Gangātalāka
-
Gangātīriya Thera
- Gangā-tissa. See
Ariyagāla-tissa.
- Gangā-Vīci. One of the four kinds of waves that rise
in the sea. Each wave of this class rises to a height of fifty
leagues. VibhA.502.
- Gangeyya
-
Gangeyya Jātaka (No.205)
- Ganthākara-parivena. A dwelling attached to the Mahāvihāra
at Anurādhapura, where Buddhaghosa stayed during his sojourn
in Ceylon and where he wrote his Commentaries (Cv.xxxvii.243).
The parivena was restored by Kassapa V. Cv.lii.57.
- Ganthambatittha. A ford in the Mahāvālukagangā. There
an uda-kakkhepasīmā was erected by Vimaladhammasūriya I (Cv.xciv.17).
The name is the Pāli equivalent for the Sinhalese Gātambé.
- Ganthimāna. A village in Ceylon, given by Parakkamabāhu
IV. for the maintenance of the temple at Devapura (Devanagara).
Cv.xc.95.
- Ganthipupphiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety-one kappas
ago he gave a ganthi-flower to the Buddha Vipassī. Forty-one
kappas ago he was a king named Varana (Ap.i.162). He is probably
identical with Hatthārohaputta. ThagA.i.170.
- Ganthisāra. A book composed by Saddhammajotipāla;
it is evidently an anthology or manual composed from important
texts. Bode, op. cit., p.18; Gv. (p.64) calls it Gandhasāra.
- Garahadinna
-
Garahita-Jātaka (No.219)
- Garahitapitthipāsāna. See
Garahita Jātaka.
- Gārava-Sutta
-
Garītara. A tank in Ceylon constructed by Moggallāna
II, by damming the Kadambanadī. Cv.xli.61.
- Garudā, Garulā
-
Garula. One of the palaces occupied by Phussa Buddha
in his last lay-life (Bu.xix.15). The Commentary (BuA.192) calls
it Garulapakkha.
- Gatārāparivena. A monastery in Ceylon, the residence
of Upatapassī, author of the Vuttamālā. PLC.253.
- Gatasaññaka Thera
-
Gāthā
- Gatikathā. The sixth section of the Mahāvagga of
the Patisambhidā-magga. Ps.ii.73-8.
- Gatimba. See Mahāgatimba.
-
Gatipacchedana. A king of eighty-four kappas ago;
a previous birth of Sammukhāthavika (Ap.i.159) (or Mānava).
ThagA.i.163.
- Gatipakarana. A book composed by a thera of Pakudhanagara.
Gv.65; but see p.75, where the author is said to belong to Ceylon.
- Gati-Sutta. The five conditions of birth - in purgatory,
among lower animals, petas, men or devas. A.iv.459.
- Gatiyopañcaka Vagga. The eleventh chapter of the
Sacca Samyutta and the last chapter of the Samyutta Nikaya.
S.v.474f.
- Gavaccha. See
Cūla-Gavaccha and
Mahā-Gavaccha.
- Gavaghātaka Sutta. Moggallāna reports to the Buddha
that, while descending Gijjhakūta, he saw a vast lump of flesh
flying through the air. The Buddha says it was a cattle butcher
of Rājagaha, born as a peta. S. ii.256.
- Gavampati (Sutta)
-
Gavapāna. The name of a special almsgiving held in
honour of Mangala Buddha by the Bodhisatta, when he was born
as the brabmin Suruci. The chief item of food was a kind of
pudding made of milk, rice and honey. Bu.iv.11; BuA.122.
- Gavara. A Tamil general of Dona, subdued by Dutthagāmanī.
Mhv.Xxv.11.
- Gavaratissa Vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, built
by King Bhātika-Tissa, who also constructed for its maintenance
the Mahāmani tank. Mhv.xxxvi.3.
- Gavaravāliya-angana. A monastic establishment in
Ceylon, the residence of Pitamalla Thera and thirty others.
MA.i.190.
- Gavesī
-
Gavesī-Sutta. The story of
Gavesī.
- Gavha. See Gahva ??.
-
Gayā
- Gayā-Kassapa
-
Gayāsīsa
- Gayā-Sutta
-
Gayātittha, Gayā-phaggu, -phaggunī, Gayā-phaggunītittha. See
Gayā (2).
- Gāyikā. One of the four wives of Candakumāra. J. vi.148.
-
Gedha-Sutta. See
Anussati Sutta.
- Gelañña-Sutta
-
Getthumba. A canal. The taxes paid for the use of
its water for tillage were given by Mahinda III. for the repairs
of the Ratanapāsāda. Cv.xlix.41.
- Geyya. The second section of the Tipitaka arranged
according to matter (angavasena). It includes all the suttas
composed in verse, especially the whole Sagāthakavagga of the
Samyutta Nikāya. DA.i.23f.
- Ghanamatthaka. An ornament which Migāra presented
to Visākhā to show her his gratitude. DhA.i.407.
- Ghanasela. A mountain in Avanti in the Dakkhināpatha,
where Kāladevala lived. J. v.133.
- Ghanikā. A class of spirits (cloud-gods?). Mil.,
p.191.
- Gharanī
-
Gharāvāsa-pañha. The question asked by Dhanañjaya
and answered by Vidhura, before he was taken away by Punnaka.
The question dealt with how a householder could so live as to
get the best out of his life, both for this world and for the
next. J. iv.286f.
- Ghata
- Ghata Jātaka (No.355,
454)
- Ghata Sutta
-
Ghatamandadāyaka Thera
- Ghatāsana Jātaka (No.133)
-
Ghatāsana. Twenty kappas ago Pupphathūpiya (q.v.)
became king thirty-eight times under this name. Ap.i.156.
- Ghatāya. A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery
attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was
preached. M.iii.110; MA.ii.907.
- Ghatīkāra
-
Ghatīkāra Sutta
- Ghattiyā. One of the four wives of Candakumāra. J. iv.148.
-
Ghosa
- Ghosaka-setthi (v.l.
Ghosita°)
- Ghosasaññaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty-one kappas
ago he was a hunter, and hearing the Buddha preach was delighted
by the sound of his voice (Ap.ii.451). His verses are in the
Theragāthā Commentary attributed to Gahavaratīriya (ThagA.ii.91)
and to Dhammika. Ibid., p.398.
- Ghosita. See Ghosaka (2).
-
Ghosita Sutta. Ghosita-setthi visits Ananda at the
Ghositārāma and questions him on the Buddha's teaching regarding
diversity in elements (dhātunānattam). Ananda explains how the
three kinds of feelings - pleasurable, painful and neutral -
arise. S. iv.113f.
- Ghositārāma
-
Ghotamukha
- Ghotamukha Sutta
-
Ghotamukhī. See Ghotamukha.
- Gihi Sutta
-
Gihīnaya Sutta. See Bālhagilāyana Sutta.
- Gihipatipadā Sutta. A name given in the Sutta Sangaha
(No. 65) to the Gihisāmīci Sutta (q.v.).
- Gihīsāmīci Sutta. The Buddha tells Anāthapindika
of four things which constitute the householder's path of duty
- he waits upon the Order with offers of robes, food, lodgings,
requisites and medicines for use in sickness. A.ii.65.
- Gihivinaya. See the Sigālovāda Sutta.
- Gijjha Jātaka (No.164,
399, 427)
- Gijjhakūta
-
Gijjhakūta Sutta
- Gilāna Vagga/Sutta
-
Gilānadassana Sutta
- Gilāyana Sutta
-
Gilimalaya. A village given by Vijayabāhu I. for
the maintenance of worship at Samantakūta. Cv.lx.65; also Cv.Trs.i.22I,
n.2.
- Gimhatittha. A town in Rohana where the Kesadhātu
Devarāja won a victory. Cv.lxxv.22; also Cv. Trs.146, u.2.
- Giñjakāvasatha
-
Giñjakāvasatha Sutta
- Giraggasamajjā
-
Giri (Sutta)
- Giribārattha. A district in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon.
Cv.lxix.8; lxx.125.
- Giribāvāpi. A tank restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.44;
for identification see Cv.Trs.i.280, n.5.
- Giribbaja 1. A name for
Rājagaha.
- Giribbaja 2. A name for
Vankagiri. J. vi.589.
- Giribhanda-(vāhana)-pūjā
-
Giribhanda. A monastery in Ceylon restored by Udaya
I (Cv.xlix.29). See below, Giribhandapūjā.
- Giribrahā. See Giriguhā.
-
Giridanta (v.l. Giridatta, Giridanha). The trainer
of the horse Pandava. He was a previous birth of Devadatta.
See the Giridanta Jātaka.
- Giridanta Jātaka (No.184)
-
Giridāsa. A poor caravan leader, the husband of Isidāsī,
in a previous birth. Thig.445f; ThigA.260, 265.
- Giridatta Thera. An arahant,
teacher of Vitāsoka.
Giridatta was especially proficient in Sutta and Abhidhamma.
ThagA.i.295.
- Giriddhī. An eminent arahant Therī of the Mahāvihāra
who taught the Vinaya in Ceylon. Dpv. xviii.14.
- Giridipā
-
Girigāma
- Girigāmakanna. The residence of Cūla Sudhamma Thera
(VibhA.452). It was probably a monastery near Girigāma.
- Giriguhā. One of the palaces occupied by Piyadassī
Buddha in his last lay life (Bu.xiv.16). The Commentary (BuA.,
p.172) calls it Giribrahā.
- Girihālika. A monastery built in an inland district
of Ceylon by King Mahallaka-Nāga (Mhv.Xxxv.125).
- Girikālī (Girikārī).Daughter of the chaplain of
Kākavanna-Tissa. She became a nun, won arahantship, and became
famous as an eminent teacher of the Vinaya. Dpv. xviii.20.
- Girikanda
-
Girikandaka
- Girikandasiva
-
Girikassapa
- Girikumbhila. A vihāra in Ceylon built by Lañjitissa
(Mhv.Xxxiii.14). At the ceremony of the dedication of the vihāra,
Lañjitissa distributed to sixty thousand monks six garments
each (Mhv.Xxxiii.26).
- Girilaka. A Tamil stronghold, near Vijitapura, commanded
by Giriya. It was captured by Dutthagāmanī. Mhv.xxv.47.
- Girimānanda Sutta. See Giri Sutta.
-
Girimānanda Thera
- Girimanndala. A district in Ceylon. See Girl (4).
Cv.li.111; for identification see Cv.Trs.i.159, n.l.
- Girimekhalā
-
Girinagara (Girivhanagara). A monastery in Devapāli
built by Aggabodhi V. Cv.xlviii.3.
- Girinelapūjaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty-one kappas
ago he was a hunter, and having seen Sikhī Buddha, he offered
him a nela-flower (Ap.ii.457). He is evidently identical with
Gavampati. ThagA.i.104.
- Girinelavāhanaka. A vihāra to the north of Kandanagara,
built by Sūratissa. Mhv.xxi.6.
- Giripunnāgiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety-four kappas
ago he offered a giripunnāga-fruit to the Buddha Sobhita, then
staying at the Cittakūta (Ap.ii.416). He is evidently identical
with Kanhadinna. ThagA.i.304.
- Girisāra. A king of eighty kappas ago; a previous
birth of Mānava (or Sammukhāthavika) Thera (ThagA.ii.164; Ap.i.159).
v.l. Sirisāra, Hirisāra.
- Girisigāmuka. One of the tanks restored by Parakkamabāhu
I (Cv.lxviii.49).
- Giritata (Ghitatāka)
-
Giritimbilatissa. A mountain and a vihāra in Rohana.
Near it was the village Siva. See Dhammā. Ras.ii.42.
- Girivāhana. One of the palaces of Atthadassī Buddha
in his last lay life. Bu.xv.15.
- Girivamsa. A royal family of Ceylon to which belonged the
famous Alagakkonāra (Cv.xci.3) and also the mother of Parakkamabāhu
VI. P.L.C.247.
- Girivhanagara. See Girinagara.
-
Girivihāra. A vihāra in Ceylon erected by Aggabodhi
I; he gave one hundred fields for its support (Cv.xlii.12).
It was the residence of Cullapindapātiya-Tissa (AA.i.367), and
also of a novice, pupil of Tepitaka, called Culla-Summa Thera.
(DA.ii.514).
- Giriya 1. A jackal, a previous incarnation of Devadatta.
See the Manoja Jātaka. J. iii.322f.
- Giriya 2. A Tamil general, commander of Girilaka;
he was slain by Dutthagāmanī. Mhv.xxv.47.
- Giriyasa. See Giri (3).
-
Giriyāvāpi. A tank restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.46;
see also Cv.Trs.i.280, n.5.
- Gīta Sutta. The five evil results of preaching the
Dhamma in a sing-song style (gītassarena). A.iii.251.
- Givulabā. A village in Ceylon where the forces of
Parakkamabāhu I. won a great victory. Cv.lxxiv.91.
- Gocariya. One of the ten families of elephants. It
is said that a Chaddanta-elephant is born in a Chaddantakula
and not in such a family as the Gocariya. v.l. Kālāvaka. MA.i.248.
- Godatta Sutta
- Godatta Thera
- Godāvarī. See Godhāvarī.
-
Godha, Godhaka. See Godatta
(2).
- Godha Thera. A Sākiyan. A conversation
between him and Mahānāma the Sākiyan is recorded in the
Godha Sutta. S. v.371.
- Godha or Mahānāma Sutta
- Godha Jātaka (No.138)
- Godhā. See Kāligodhā.
- Godhagatta-Tissa Thera. He it was who brought about
a reconciliation between Dutthagāmanī and his brother Tissa
(Mhv.Xxiv.49-53). The Commentary (MT.469) explains that he had
a cutaneous complaint which made his skin scaly like that of
a godha (iguana).
- Godhapura. See Gonaddhapura.
-
Godhāvarī
- Godhī. Probably the mother of
Devadatta, who is sometimes
called Godhiputta (Vin.ii.189).
- Godhika Sutta. Contains the story of Godhika's suicide,
mentioned above. S. i.120f.
- Godhika Thera
-
Godhika-Mahātissa Thera. Teacher of Dhammadinna,
of Valanga-tissa-pabbata (MT.606).
- Gokanna
-
Gokannaka. See Gokanna
(1).
- Gokannanāndanāyaka. A Tamil chief at Mundannānamkotta.
Cv.lxxvi.212.
- Gokulanka-vihāra. A monastery built by cowherds for
Dhaniya and his wife after their ordination. Buddhaghosa says
that it existed even in his day. SnA.i.46.
- Gokulikā
-
Golabāhatittha. A ford over the Mahāvālukagangā.
Cv.lxxii.51.
- Golahalā. The soldiers of a district in South India
(Cv.lxxvi.264, 259).
- Golakāla
-
Golapānu. A village given by King Buddhadāsa for
the maintenance of the Moraparivena (Cv.xxxvii.173).
- Gola-upāsaka. A pious man of Gothagāma, so called
because he was slightly hunched. His story is given at Ras.ii.170f.
- Gomagga
-
Gomatakandarā
- Gomatī. A channel built by Parakkamabāhu I., branching
eastwards from the Mahāvālukagangā (Cv.lxxix.52).
- Gomaya, or Gomayapindī Sutta
-
Gomayagāma. A village in Rohana. Cv.lxxv.3.
- Gona (Gonaka)
-
Gonaddha (Gonaddhapura)
- Gonagāmaka. A landing-place (pattana) at the mouth
of the Mahā-kandara river, where Bhaddakaccānā and her companions
disembarked. Mhv.viii.25; cf.v.12.
- Gonagāmuka. A locality near the Kālavāpi where Gokanna
was defeated by Rakkhadīvāna (Cv.lxx.70). Is this identical
with Gonagāmaka? But see Cv. Trs.i.293, n.1.
- Gonarattha. A district in North Ceylon, where Māgha
and Jayabāhu set up fortifications (Cv.lxxxiii.17).
- Gonaraviya Thera
-
Gondā, Gondamittā. A Yakkhinī,
mother of Pola-(Posa)-mittā. MT.260.
- Gondigāma. A tank constructed by Upatissa II (Cv.xxxvii.185).
The village belonging to it was given by Jetthatissa III. to
the Jetavana-vihāra (Cv.xliv.97). The tank was restored by Aggabodhi
V. Cv.xlviii.9.
- Gonisavihāra. A vihāra in Ceylon where the young
Dhatusena (q.v.) was brought up by his uncle, while he remained
in disguise as a monk (Cv.xxxviii.21). Geiger thinks it was
to the south of Anurādhapura (Cv. Trs.i.30, n.1).
- Gonnagāma. A village in Rohana, given by Dappula
to the Rājavihāra (Cv.xlv.58).
- Gonnagirika. A vihāra built by Sūratissa in the eastern
quarter of Anurādhapura. Mhv.xxi.4.
- Gonnavitthika. A village in Rohana, assigned by Dappula
to the Cittalapabbatavihāra. Cv.xlv.59.
- Gonusurattha. A district in North Ceylon, once occupied
by Māgha and Jayabāhu (Cv.lxxxiii.17).
- Gopaka
-
Gopaka Moggallāna (Sutta)
- Gopaka Sīvalī. A resident of Ceylon. He built a cetiya
in Tālapitthikavihāra. At the moment of his death, remembering
this act, he was reborn in the deva-world. VibhA.156.
- Gopāla
-
Gopālaka Sutta. See
Cūla-Gopālaka Sutta
and Mahā-Gopālaka Sutta.
- Gopālamātā
-
Gopālapabbata. A hill near Pulatthipura, used as
a landmark. Cv.lxxviii.65; for identification see Cv. Trs.i.110,
n.1.
- Gopī, Gopikā. The Sākiyan maiden of Kapilavatthu,
who was born later as Gopaka-devaputta. See
Gopaka (3).
- Gorimanda
-
Gosāla
- Gosinga Sutta. See Cūlagosinga Sutta and Mahāgosinga
Sutta.
- Gosingasālavanadāya
-
Gosīsanikkhepa Thera. An arahant. Ninety-four kappas
ago he had spread gosīsa (sandalwood paste) outside a monastery.
Seventy-five kappas ago he became a king, named Suppatitthita
(Ap.i.245).
- Gotama
-
Gotamā. Mother of Candakumāra and chief queen of
the king of Benares (J.vi.134).
She is identified with Mahāmāyā (J.vi.157). She is sometimes
also called Gotamī. E.g., J. vi.148, 151.
- Gotamadvāra. The gate by which the Buddha left Pātaligāma,
after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra.
Vin.i.230, etc., as above.
- Gotamaka
-
Gotamaka Sutta
- Gotamakacetiya
-
Gotamatittha. The ford by which the Buddha crossed
the Ganges, after leaving Pātaligāma. See also Gotamadvāra.
Vin.i.230; Ud.viii.6; UdA.424; D.ii.89.
- Gotamī Sutta 1.Māra sees Kisā Gotamī resting alone
in the Andhavana and tries to frighten her, but he is forced
to retire discomfited. S. i.129.
- Gotamī Sutta 2. The story of how Pajāpatī Gotamī
(q.v.) and her companions obtained the Buddha's sanction to
enter the Order and the conditions attaching to that sanction.
A.iv.274ff.
- Gotamī, Gotamā. See Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī, Kisāgotamī,
etc.
- Gotamī. One of the chief women
supporters of Vessabhū Buddha (Bu.xxii.25). The Commentary (BuA.,
p.208) calls her Kāligotamī.
- Gotamyā. The name given to the followers of Pajāpatī
Gotamī. E.g., DhA.iv.149.
- Gotapabbata. A vihāra in South Ceylon built by Mahallaka-Nāga
(Mhv.Xxxv.124). It may be that it is identical with Kotapabbata-vihāra
and that Mahallaka merely restored it. v.l. Kotapabbata.
- Gotha. See Gothayimbara.
-
Gothābhaya. A monk living in the Sanghapāla Parivena.
He was the maternal uncle of King Gothakābhaya II, and tried,
without success, to win the king over from the influence of
Sangamitta. Mhv.xxxvi.115f.
- Gothagāma. A village on the south coast of Ceylon.
Ras.ii.170.
- Gothakābhaya, Gothābhaya
-
Gothakasamudda. The sea near Ceylon, the "shallow
sea." Mhv.xxii.49, 85; DA.ii.695.
- Gothayimbara
-
Gotta, Goda. See Godatta
(2).
- Govaddhamāna
-
Govarattha. A district in South India (the modern
Goa). Vimala-dhammasūriya once took refuge there. Cv.xciv.2.
- Govinda
-
Govindamala. A mountain in Rohana. The Ādipāda Bhuvanekabāhu
founded a town there and used it as a fortification for Rohana
when Māgha's forces overran the country. Cv.lxxxi.6; also Cv.Trs.ii.135,
n.4.
- Govindiya. Evidently the
title given to the High Treasurer. It occurs in the phrase Govindiye
abhisiñcissāmi, when Disampati proposes to appoint Jotipāla
to the rank of Treasurer. D.ii.232, cp. Jānussoni.
- Govisānaka-Nanda. One of the
Nava-Nandā.
- Goyāniya. A shortened form of Aparagoyāna. J. iv.278,
279; Ap.i.18; ii.348.
- Goyogapilakkha. A spot near
Benares, visited by the Buddha
on his begging rounds (A.i.280). The Commentary (AA.i.460) explains
that it was near a fig tree (pilakkha) set up at the spot where
cows were.
- Guhānahānakottha. One of the eight stone bath-houses
erected for the monks at Pulatthipura by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxviii.45.
- Guhasela. A palace occupied by Tissa Buddha before
his final renunciation. Bu.xviii.17.
- Guhasīva
-
Guhatthaka Sutta
- Gula. A Yakkha chief who should be invoked when unbelieving
Yakkhas molest any follower of the Buddha. D.iii.204.
- Gulapūvatintini. A place on the outskirts of Anurādhapura,
near Cetiyagiri. Ras.ii.50.
- Gulavanna
-
Gūlhatthadīpanī. A work by Sāradassī, explaining
difficult passages in the seven books of the Abhidhamma. Sās.
p.116; Bode, op. cit., 56.
- Gūlhatthatīkā. A work, probably a glossary, written
by a monk in Burma, author also of the Bālappabodhana. Gv.63,
73; see Vinayagandhi.
- Gūlhummagga, Gūlhavessantara, Gūlhavinaya. Mentioned
in the Commentaries (E.g., Sp.iv.742) as abuddhavacanāni; they
were probably books belonging to sects other than the orthodox
Theravādins.
- Gulissāni Sutta
-
Gulissāni. A monk living in the wilds, who once came
on some business to see the monks at the Kalandakanivāpa. It
was on his account that the Gulissāni Sutta was preached. M.i.469.
- Gumbakabhūtā. The slave woman of Ummādacittā, whose
son was entrusted to her that she might bring him to safety.
MT.280.
- Gumbika, Gumbiya. A Yakkha; see the
Gumbiya Jātaka.
- Gumbiya Jātaka (No.366)
-
Guna Jātaka (No.157)
- Guna
-
Gunābhilankāra. A thera of Tunnagāma. He was one
of the originators of the Ekamsika controversy (Sās.118). He
was, later on, the incumbent of the Jeyyabhūmi vihāra. (Sās.132,
163).
- Gunagandha. A scholarly monk of Burma. Sās.111, 112.
-
Gunamuninda. A Rājagura of Burma. Sās.132, 143.
- Gunārāma. A Thera of Arimaddanapura. King Ujana built
for him the Jetavana vihāra. Sās.83.
- Gunaratanadhara. The name given by Bhuvanekabāhu
to one of the monks who came from Ceylon to Burma to take back
the pure religion to Ceylon. Sās.45.
- Gunasāgara. A monk of Burma, author of the Mukhamattasāra
and its Tika. Gv., p.63; Bode, op. cit., 25.
- Gunasāra. A pupil of Gunagandha. He was an inhabitant
of Sahasso-rodhagāma. Sās.112, 162, 164.
- Gunasiri. A pupil of Canda Thera of Repinagāma. He
was the teacher of Nānadhaja. Sās.162, 163, 164.
- Gundāvana
-
Guralatthakalañcha. A locality in Ceylon, the centre
of a fight between the forces of the Damilādhikāri Rakkha and
his enemies. Cv.lxxv.77; Cv.Trs.i.51, n.3.
- Gūtha
-
Gūthakhādaka
- Gūthakhādidutthabrāhmana
Sutta
- Gūthapāna Jātaka (No.227)
-
Gutijjita. A Pacceka Buddha, whose name occurs in
a nominal list. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
- Gutta, Guttaka. A Tamil usurper. He was a horse-dealer
and came to Ceylon with another Tamil named Sena. They killed
King Sūratissa and reigned at Anurādhapura for twenty-two years
(177-155 B.C.). They were killed by Asela. Mhv.xxi.10f; Dpv. xviii.47f.
- Guttā Therī
-
Guttasāla, Guttasālaka
- Guttavanka. See
Tanguttavanka.
- Guttila
-
Guttila Jātaka (No.243)
- Guttilavimāna
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