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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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