Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
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ca : [copulative or disjunctive particle] and; then; now.
cakita : [adj.] disturbed; afraid.
cakora : [m.] the francolin partridge.
cakka : [nt.] a wheel; circle; disc; cycle; command.
cakkaṅkita : [adj.] having a wheelmark.
cakkapāṇī : [m.] the God Vishnu (in whose hand is a disc).
cakkayuga : [nt.] a pair of wheels.
cakkaratana : [nt.] jewel wheel of a universal monarch.
cakkavattī : [m.] a universal monarch.
cakkavāka : [m.] the ruddy goose.
cakkavālapabbata : [m.] the (circular) rock supposed to encircle the earth.
cakkavāḷa : [m.; nt.] a world-circle; a solar system.
cakkavāḷagabbha : [m.] the interior of a world-circle.
cakkasamārūḷha : [adj.] having mounted their vehicles (in an emergency).
cakkhu : [nt.] the eye.
cakkhuka : [adj.] having eyes.
cakkhuda : [adj.] one who gives the eye (of understanding).
cakkhudada : [adj.] one who gives the eye (of understanding).
cakkhudhātu : [f.] the element of vision.
cakkhupatha : [m.] the range of vision.
cakkhubhūta : [adj.] possessor of right understanding.
cakkhumantu : [adj.] endowed with eyes.
cakkhulola : [adj.] greedy to see many things.
cakkhuviññāṇa : [nt.] visual cognition.
cakkhuviññeyya : [adj.] to be apperceived by the sense of sight.
cakkhusamphassa : [m.] contact with the vision.
cakkhussa : [adj.] good for the eyes.
caṅkama : [m.] a terraced walk; walking up and down.
caṅkamati : [kam + ṃ – a; kam is doubled and the former k is changed to c] walks up and down.
caṅkamana : [nt.] a terraced walk; walking up and down.
caṅkamanta : [pr.p. of caṅkamati] walking up and down.
caṅkami : [aor. of caṅkamati] walked up and down.
caṅkamitvā : [abs. of caṅkamati] having walked up and down.
caṅgavāra : [m.] milk-strainer.
caṅgoṭaka : [m.] a casket.
caccara : [nt.] a courtyard; a cross road.
cajati : [caj + a] lets loose; abandons; gives up.
cajana : [nt.] leaving aside; abandonment.
cajanta : [pr.p. of cajati] letting loose; abandoning.
cajamāna : [pr.p. of cajati] letting loose; abandoning.
caji : [aor. of cajati] let loose; abandoned; gave up.
cañcala : [adj.] unsteady; moving.
caṭaka : [m.] a sparrow. || cātaka (m.) a hornbill.
caṇaka : [m.] gram
caṇḍa : [adj.] fierce; violent; passionate.
caṇḍasota : [m.] violent stream.
caṇḍahatthī : [m.] a fierce elephant.
caṇḍāla : [m.] an outcaste or untouchable.
caṇḍālakula : [nt.] the lowest caste.
caṇḍālī : [f.] a caṇḍāla woman.
caṇḍikka : [nt.] ferocity.
catu : [adj.] four.
catukka : [nt.] a set of four; a cross road.
catukkaṇṇa : rectangular; having four corners.
catukkhattuṃ : [adv.] four times.
catugguṇa : [adj.] four-fold; quadruple.
catucattāḷīsati : [f.] forty-four.
catujjātigandha : [m.] four kinds of perfumes, viz. saffron, jasmine,Turkish plant named Turukkha, and a kind of Greek flower.
catuttiṃsati : [f.] thirty-four.
catuttha : [adj.] fourth.
catudoṇika : [adj.] holding 4 doṇas.
catuddasa : [adj.] fourteen.
catuddisā : [f.] the four quarters of the globe. || cātuddisa (adj.), belonging to the four directions.
catudvāra : [adj.] having four gates.
catudhā : [adv.] in four ways.
catunavuti : [f.] ninety-four.
catupaccaya : [m.] the four requisites. viz. food, clothing, medicine and lodgings.
catupaññāsā : [f.] fifty-four.
catupaṇṇāsā : [f.] fifty-four.
catuparisā : [f.] the fourfold assembly, viz. monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen
catuppada : [m.] a quadruped.
catubbaṇṇā : [m. (plu.)] people of the four castes.
catubbidha : [adj.] fourfold.
catubbhidha : [adj.] fourfold.
catubhūmaka : [adj.] having four storeys or stages.
catumadhura : [nt.] the four sweets; ghee, honey, sugar and sesemum oil.
catura : [adj.] clever; skilled; shrewd.
caturaṃsa : [adj.] having four edges.
caturaṅgika : [adj.] consisting of four divisions.
caturaṅgula : [adj.] measuring four inches.
caturanginī : [f.] (an army) consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry.
caturassa : [adj.] quadrangular.
caturāsīti : [f.] eighty-four.
catuvīsati : [f.] twenty-four.
catusaṭṭhi : [f.] sixty-four.
catusattati : [f.] seventy-four.
catta : [pp. of cajati] given up; sacrificed.
cattutthī : [f.] the fourth day of a fortnight; the fourth case, i.e. Dative.
cana : a particle used to express a portion of a whole: kudācana, sometimes
canaṃ : a particle used to express a portion of a whole: kudācana, sometimes
canda : [m.] the moon.
candaggāha : [m.] eclipse of the moon.
candana : [m.] sandal-wood tree. (nt.), sandal-wood.
candanasāra : [m.] the essence of sandal-wood.
candanikā : [f.] a cesspool.
candamaṇḍala : [nt.] the disc of the moon.
candikā : [f.] moonlight.
candimantu : [m.] the moon.
candimā : [m.] the moon.
capala : [adj.] fickle; wavering; unsteady.
capalatā : [f.] fickleness.
capu-capu-kārakaṃ : [adv.] making such a sound while eating or drinking.
camara : [m.] the yak ox (in the Himalayan regions). || cāmara (nt.) a chowrie; the tail of the yak used as a whisk.
camarī : [m.] the yak ox (in the Himalayan regions).
camū : [f.] an army.
camūnātha : [m.] a general of an army.
camūpati : [m.] a general of an army.
campaka : [m.] the tree Michelia Champaka.
campā : [f.] name of a town in India; present Bhagalpore.
campeyyaka : [adj.] belonging to Campā.
camma : [nt.] a hide; leather.
cammakāra : [m.] a tanner.
cammakhaṇḍa : [m.] a piece of leather used as rug.
cammapasibbaka : [m.] a leather bag.
caya : [m.] piling; heaping; a mass.
cayaniṭṭhakā : brick.
cara : one who walks or frequents; 2. a spy. || cāra (m.), motion; action; process; going.
caraka : one who walks or frequents; 2. a spy. || cāraka (adj.), one who causes to move or act. (m.) a prison.
caraṇa : [nt.] walking about; the foot; conduct; behaviour. || caraṇā (f.), wandering. cāraṇa (nt.) to causing move or act; management.
carati : [car + a] walks or roams about; behaves; practises; performs.
caranta : [pr.p. of carati] walking or roaming about.
caramāna : [pr.p. of carati] walking or roaming about.
carahi : [ind.] now.
carāpeti : [caus. of carati] causes to move or practise; circulates.
carāpesi : [aor. of carāpeti] caused to move or practise; circulated.
cari : [aor. of carati] walked or roamed about; behaved. || cārī (adj.), (in cpds.) acting; practising; living; behaving.
carita : [pp. of carati] walked or roamed about; behaved. (nt.) 1. character; behaviour; 2. life. || cārita (pp. of cāretvā), set going; pastured.
caritu : [m.] performer; observer.
caritvā : [abs. of carati] having walked or roamed about.
carima : [adj.] the last; subsequent.
carimaka : [adj.] the last; subsequent.
cariyā : [f.] conduct; behaviour.
cala : [adj.] moving; quivering; unsteady. || cāla (m.) a shock; a sudden agitation.
calacitta : having a fickle mind.
calati : [cal + a] moves; stirs; trembles; to be agitated.
calana : [nt.] movement; trembling; agitation
calanta : [pr.p. of calati] moving; stiring; trembling.
calamāna : [pr.p. of calati] moving; stiring; trembling.
cali : [aor. of calati] moved; stired; trembled.
calita : [pp. of calati] moved; stired; trembled. || cālita (pp. of caleti), shaken.
calitvā : [abs. of calati] having moved; having stired; having trembled
cavati : [cu + a] passes away; dies; falls away; shifts; passes from one state of existence into another.
cavana : [nt.] 1. shifting; 2. falling away; 3. death. || cāvanā (f.) making to shift.
cavanta : [pr.p. of cavati] falling away; shifting.
cavamāna : [pr.p. of cavati] falling away; shifting.
cavi : [aor. of cavati] fell away; shifted.
cavitvā : [abs. of cavati] having fallen away; having shifted.
cassita : [pp. of vassati] in the case of rain.
cāga : [m.] gift; abandoning; giving up; generosity.
cāgānussati : [f.] remembrance of one’s generosity.
cāgī : [m.] one who abandons or donates.
cājitvā : [abs. of cajati] having let loose; having abandoned; having given up.
cāṭi : [f.] a jar; a pot.
cāṭukamyatā : [f.] flattery.
cātuddasī : [f.] the 14th day of a fortnight.
cātuddīpaka : [adj.] covering the four continents or sweeping over the whole earth.
cātummahāpatha : [m.] the place where four roads meet.
cātummahābhūtika : [adj.] consisting of the four great elements.
cātummahārājika : [adj.] belonging to the retinue of four Deva kings, inhabiting the lowest Deva heaven.
cāturiya : [nt.] skill; shrewdness.
cāpa : [m.] a bow.
cāpalla : [nt.] fickleness
cāmīkara : [nt.] gold.
cāraṇika : [nt.] pantomime.
cārikā : [f.] a journey; wandering.
cāritta : [nt.] custom; conduct; practice; calling on.
cāru : [adj.] charming; beautiful; pleasant.
cārudassana : [adj.] lovely to behold.
cāreti : [caus. of carati] causes to set going; causes to pasture; causes to feast one’s senses.
cāretvā : [abs. of cāreti] having caused to set going.
cārenta : [pr.p. of cāreti] setting going; pasturing.
cāresi : [aor. of cāreti] caused to set going; caused to pasture.
cālayamāna : [pr.p. of cāleti] causing to shake. (pr.p. of calati), shaking.
cāleti : [caus. of calati] causes to shake; causes to agitate.
cāletvā : [abs. of calati] having caused to shake. (abs. of cāleti), having shaken; having agitated.
cālenta : [pr.p. of calati] causing to shake. (pr.p. of cāleti), shaking.
cālesi : [aor. of cāleti] caused to shake; caused to agitate. (aor. of calati), shoke.
cāvita : [pp. of cāveti] brought to fall; driven away.
cāveti : [caus. of cavati] causes to bring to fall; causes to drive away; causes to distract.
cāvetvā : [abs. of cāveti] having caused to bring to fall; having caused to drive away.
cāventa : [pr.p. of cāveti] causing to bring to fall.
cāvesi : [aor. of cāveti] caused to bring to fall; caused to drive away.
ci : an indefinite interrogative particle: koci = some one.
cikkhalla : [nt.] mire; mud; swamp.
ciṅgulaka : [nt.] a flying wheel made of a palm leaves, etc.
ciṅgulāyati : [deno. of ciṅgula] revolves round.
cicciṭāyati : [onom.] hisses; fizzes; makes the sound chit chit.
ciñcā : [f.] tamarind.
ciṭiciṭāyati : [v.] makes the sound citi-citi.
ciṇṇa : [pp. of cināti] practised; made a habit of; accomplished.
cita : [pp. of cināti] heaped; lined or faced with.
citaka : [m.] funeral pile; pyre.
citi : [f.] a heap; a cairn.
citta : [nt.] mind; thought; (m.), name of a month: March-April. (adj.), variegated; manifold; beautiful. (nt.), a painting; picture.
cittaka : [nt.] a sectarian mark on the forehead.
cittakata : [adj.] adorned; made by the mind.
cittakathika : [adj.] a brilliant speaker; an orator.
cittakathī : [adj.] a brilliant speaker; an orator.
cittakamma : [nt] painting; the art of painting; ornamentation.
cittakāra : [m.] a painter; decorator.
cittakūṭa : [m.] name of a mountain.
cittakkhepa : [m.] derangement of the mind.
cittatara : [adj.] more varied or diversified.
cittatā : [f.] variegation; (in cpds.) being of such a mind.
cittapassaddhi : [f.] serenity of mind.
cittamudutā : [f.] plasticity of mind.
cittavikkhepa : [m.] madness.
cittavisuddhi : [f.] purity of the mind.
cittasantāpa : [m.] sorrow.
cittasamatha : [m.] collectedness of thought.
cittāgāra : [(citta + āgāra), nt.] a picture.
cittānupassanā : [(citta + anupassanā), f.] a critique of heart.
cittābhoga : [(citta + ābhoga), m.] consideration.
cittīkāra : [m.] respect; consideration.
cittujjukatā : [(citta + ujjukatā), f.] rectitude of mind.
cittuttarāsa : [(citta + uttarāsa), m.] terror; fear.
cittuppāda : [(citta + uppāda), m.] rise of a thought.
citra : [nt.] mind; thought; (m.), name of a month: March-April. (adj.), variegated; manifold; beautiful. (nt.), a painting; picture.
cinanta : [pr.p. of cināti] collecting; accumulating.
cinamāna : [pr.p. of cināti] collecting; accumulating.
cināti : [ci + nā] heaps up; collects; accumulates.
cini : [aor. of cināti] heaped up; collected; accumulated.
cinitvā : [abs. of cināti] having heaped up; having collected.
cintaka : [adj.] considerate; thoughtful; (m.) a thinker.
cintana : [f.] thinking; thought; consideration.
cintanaka : [adj.] considerate; thoughtful; (m.) a thinker.
cintayamāna : [pr.p. of cinteti] thinking; reflecting.
cintā : [f.] thinking; thought; consideration.
cintāmaṇi : [m.] a wish-fulfilling gem.
cintāmaya : [adj.] consisting of thought.
cintita : [pp. of cinteti] thought out; invented; devised.
cintiya : [abs. of cinteti] having thought.
cintī : [adj.] (in cpds.), thinking of.
cintetabba : [pt.p of cinteti] should be considered.
cinteti : [cint + e] thinks; reflects; considers.
cintetvā : [abs. of cinteti] having thought.
cintenta : [pr.p. of cinteti] thinking; reflecting.
cinteyya : [adj.] what should be considered.
cintesi : [aor. of cinteti] thought; reflected; considered.
cimilikā : [f.] a case for pillow, etc.
cira : [adj.] lasting long. || cīra (nt.), fibre; a strip; a bark dress.
ciraṃ : [adv] (for) a long time.
cirakāla : [m.] a long time.
cirakālaṃ : [adv.] a long time.
ciraṭṭhitika : [adj.] lasting long; perpetual.
cirataraṃ : [adv.] a further long time.
cirattaṃ : [adv.] a long time.
cirattāya : [adv.] for a long time.
ciradikkhita : [adj.] having long since become a monk.
ciranivāsī : [adj.] dweller for a long time.
cirapaṭikā : [ind.] long since.
cirapabbajita : [adj.] having long since become a monk.
cirappavāsī : [adj.] a person long absent from his home.
cirarattaṃ : [adv.] for a long time.
cirasanthuta : [adj.] acquainted for a long time.
cirassaṃ : [adv.] a very long time; at last.
cirāya : [adv.] for a long time.
cirāyati : [deno. from cira] tarries; delays.
cirāyanta : [pr.p. of cirāyati] tarrying; delaying.
cirāyi : [aor. of cirāyati] tarried; delayed.
cirāyita : [pp. of cirāyati] tarried; delayed.
cirāyitvā : [abs. of cirāyati] having tarried.
cirecetvā : [abs. of vireceti] having purged.
cirena : [adv.] after a long time.
cīnapiṭṭha : [nt.] red lead.
cīnaraṭṭha : [nt.] China.
cīraka : [nt] fibre; a strip; a bark dress.
cīrī : [f.] a cricket.
cīvara : [nt.] the yellow robe (of a Buddhist monk).
cīvarakaṇṇa : [nt.] the lappet of a robe.
cīvarakamma : [nt.] robe-making.
cīvarakāra : [m.] deviser of a robe; robe-maker.
cīvaradāna : [nt.] donation of robes.
cīvaradussa : [nt.] cloth for robes.
cīvararajju : [f.] a rope for hanging the robes.
cīvaravaṃsa : [m.] a bamboo for hanging up robes.
cuṇṇa : [nt.] powder; chunam; soap-powder.
cuṇṇaka : [nt.] scented powder.
cuṇṇakacālanī : [f.] a sieve.
cuṇṇakajāta : [adj.] reduced to powder.
cuṇṇavicuṇṇa : [adj.] crushed to bits; smashed.
cuṇṇita : [pp. of cuṇṇeti] ground; powdered; crushed.
cuṇṇīyati : [pass. of cuṇṇeti] is ground.
cuṇṇeti : [cuṇṇ + e] grinds; powders; crushes.
cuṇṇetvā : [abs. of cuṇṇeti] having ground; having powdered; having crushed.
cuṇṇenta : [pr.p. of cuṇṇeti] grinding; powdering.
cuṇṇesi : [aor. of cuṇṇeti] ground; powdered; crushed.
cuta : [pp. of codeti] incited; reproved; accused. (pp. of cavati), fallen away; shifted.
cuti : [f.] shifting; passing away; vanishing.
cuditaka : [m.] an accused; (adj.), being reproved.
cuddasa : [adj.] fourteen.
cundakāra : [m.] a turner.
cubuka : [nt.] the chin.
cumbaṭa : [nt.] a pad; a coil.
cumbaṭaka : [nt.] a pad; a coil.
cumbati : [cumb + a] kisses.
cumbanta : [pr.p. of cumbati] kissing.
cumbamāna : [pr.p. of cumbati] kissing.
cumbi : [aor. of cumbati] kissed.
cumbita : [pp. of cumbati] kissed.
cumbitvā : [abs. of cumbati] having kissed.
culla : [adj.] small; minor.
cullantevāsika : [m.] a page.
cullapitu : [m] uncle.
cullupaṭṭhāka : [(culla + upaṭṭhāka), m.] a personal attendant; page boy.
cūcuka : [nt.] the nipple; teat.
cūla : [adj.] small; minor. || cūḷā (f.) crest; a lock of hair left on the crown of the head; cockscomb.
cūḷāmaṇi : [m.] diadem; a jewel worn in the crest.
cūḷikā : [f.] a knot of hair.
ce : [conditional particle] if.
ceṭaka : [m.] a servant boy.
ceṭikā : [f.] a maid servant.
ceṭī : [f.] a maid servant.
ceta : [m.; nt.] (mano-group), thought; intention; purpose. || ceṭa (m.), a servant boy.
cetanā : [f.] intention.
cetayati : [cit + aya] perceives; thinks.
cetayi : [aor. of cetayitvā] perceived; thought.
cetayita : [pp. of cetayitvā] perceived; thought.
cetayitvā : [abs. of cetayitvā] having perceived; having thought.
cetasa : [adj.] (in cpds.), having the purpose of. pāpacetasa = evil-minded.
cetasika : [adj.] mental; (nt.), a mental property.
cetāpeti : [cit + āpe] gets in exchange; barters.
cetiya : [nt.] a sepulchral monument; a pagoda.
cetiyagabbha : [m.] the dome of a pagoda.
cetiyaṅgaṇa : [nt.] the open space around a pagoda.
cetiyapabbata : [m.] name of a mountain in Ceylon, present Mihintale.
ceteti : see cetayati.
cetetvā : [abs. of cetayitvā] having perceived; having thought.
ceto : is the form that ceta takes in cpds.
cetokhila : [nt.] fallowness; waste of mind.
cetopaṇidhi : [f.] resolution; aspiration.
cetopariyañāṇa : [nt.] understanding the ways of others’ thought.
cetopasāda : [m.] gladdening of heart.
cetovimutti : [f.] emancipation of heart.
cetosamatha : [m.] calmness of mind.
cela : [nt.] cloth; garment.
celavitāna : [nt.] an awning.
celukkhepa : [(cela + ukkhepa) m.] waving of garments (as a sign of applause.)
coca : [m] banana.
cocapāna : [nt.] a sweet drink made of banana.
codaka : [m.] a plaintiff; one who censures of complains.
codanā : [f.] reproof; accusation; plaint.
codayamāna : [pr.p. of codeti] inciting; reproving.
codita : [pp. of codeti] incited; reproved; accused.
codiya : [abs. of codeti] having incited; having reproved; having accused.
codeti : [cud + e] incites; reproves; accuses.
codetu : [m.] a plaintiff; one who censures of complains.
codetvā : [abs. of codeti] having incited; having reproved; having accused.
codenta : [pr.p. of codeti] inciting; reproving.
codesi : [aor. of codeti] incited; reproved; accused.
copana : [nt.] stirring.
cora : [m.] a thief; robber.
coraghātaka : [m.] executioner of robbers.
corikā : [f.] theft.
corī : [f.] a female thief.
corupaddava : [(cora + upaddava) m.] an attack from robbers.
coḷa : [m.] cloth.
coḷaka : [nt.] a piece of cloth; a rag.
coḷaraṭṭha : [nt.] the country Coḷa in South India.
coḷiya : [adj.] belonging to the Coḷa country.
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