Places and people

Where the suttas and the commentary stories were taught, by whom and to whom, and every mention of a name in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Place

• सावत्थी – name of a city; capital of Kosala
• जेतवन – name of a monastery in Sāvatthī
• राजगह – name of a city; capital of Magadha; modern day Rajgir
• वेळुवन – name of a park outside Rājagaha
• बाराणसी – name of a city; modern Varanasi
• वेसाली – name of a city; capital of the Licchavis
• कलन्दकनिवाप – name of a park in Rājagaha
• कूटागारसाला – name of monastery outside Vesālī
• महावन – name of a forest outside Vesālī
• कपिलवत्थु – name of the capital city of the Sakyans
• कोसम्बी – name of a town; capital city of the Vatsas
• गिज्झकूट – name of a mountain peak around Rājagaha
• गङ्गा – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• निग्रोधाराम – name of a park in Kapilavatthu
• इसिपतन – name of a forest near Bārāṇasī
• मिगदाय – name of a park outside Bārāṇasī
• घोसिताराम – name of a monastery in Kosambī
• मगध – name of a country; modern day Bihar
• सुद्धावास – name of five heavens in the Brahma realm
• कासि – name of a kingdom
• पुब्बाराम – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī
• जीवकम्बवन – name of a monastery near Rājagaha
• मिगारमातुपासाद – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī, built by Visākhā
• कोसल – name of a kingdom
• जम्बुदीप – India; name of the central continent in Buddhist cosmology
• साकेत – name of a town in Kosala; old capital of Kosala
• तक्कसिला – name of city in Gandāra with a well known university; Greek name Taxila
• उरुवेला – name of a town in Magadha
• कुरु – name of a country
• सिनेरु – A mountain, forming the center of the world.
• गिञ्जकावसथ – brick house
• नेरञ्जरा – name of a river
• देवदह – name of a Sakyan town
• मिथिला – name of a town; capital of the Videha country
• कुसिनारा – name of a Mallan town; small town where the Buddha passed away
• हंसवती – The city of birth of Padumuttara Buddha (Ja.i.37;
• नन्दन – name of a heavenly wood
• चम्पा – name of a town in Aṅga
• नाळन्दा – name of a town near Rājagaha; modern day Nalanda
• आळवी – name of a country
• चेतिया – A Yakkhinī who lived in the Dhūmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyaṅgaṇa.
• अग्गाळव – name of a shrine in Āḷavī
• गन्धमादन – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• अचिरवती – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• भेसकळावन – name of a wood in the Bhagga country
• ब्राह्मणगाम – A village in Ceylon, near which Mahā Sena built the Kalandavihāra.
• नातिक – name of a village
• पावा – name of a city of the Mallas
• वेरञ्जा – name of a town
• अवीचि – name of one of the great hells
• पाटलिपुत्त – name of a town; capital of Magadha; modern Patna
• यमुना – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• मच्छिकासण्ड – name of a forest in Kāsi
• कीटागिरि – name of a town in Kāsi
• गग्गरा – name of a lotus pond near Campā
• अन्धवन – name of a wood outside Sāvatthī
• ञातिक – name of a village
• कुरुन्दी – A village in Ceylon.
• सुभकिण्ह – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of deities
• इच्छानङ्गल – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• पावारिकम्बवन – name of a monastery
• उत्तरकुरु – name of the northern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• सीतवन – name of a forest
• सुम्भ – A country in which was Desaka (?), where Udāyī visited the Buddha during a stay there,…
• गयासीस – name of a rock hill near Gayā
• अम्बाटकवन – A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati.
• कम्मासधम्म – name of a town in the Kuru country
• अञ्जनवन – black wood; dark forest; place name
• सुसुमारगिर – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• मिगदाय – name of a park outside Susumāragira
• वेहप्फल – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of heavenly beings
• इच्छानङ्गलवनसण्ड – forest thicket of Icchānaṅgala
• अम्बवन – A district in Ceylon, near the village of Khīravāpi.
• महा थूप – The great Thūpa in Anurādhapura, built by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī.
• सेतब्या – name of a Kosalan town
• विदेह – name of a country; modern day Mithila, Tirhut
• वेस्सवण – One of the names of Kuvera, given to him because his kingdom is called Visāṇā (DN.iii.201;
• अनोतत्त – Anotatta lake; one of the great Himalayan lakes
• धम्म – name of king Mahāsudassana's palace
• अङ्ग – name of a country; capital Campā; modern day Bengal
• गिरिब्बज – name of a former capital of Magadha
• उपवत्तन – name of a place outside Kusinārā
• गया – name of a village
• कोसलरट्ठ – kingdom of Kosala
• मद्द – name of a country
• राजगहनगर – name of a town
• सरभू – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• गोसिङ्गसालवन – name of a monastery
• कुक्कुळ – name of a hell; (comm) the heat of household life
• कुसावती – name of the royal capital of king Mahāsudassana
• पाटलिगाम – name of a village
• मही – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• महा विहार – The great monastery at Anurādhapura, for many centuries the chief seat of Buddhism in…
• पण्डुकम्बलसिला – name of a place in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• अजपालनिग्रोधमूल – foot of the goatherd's banyan tree
• अङ्गुत्तराप – name of a country
• कुक्कुटाराम – name of a monastery near Pāṭaliputta; (comm) monastery built by Kukkuṭa
• खेम – name of a park in Bandhumatī
• नन्दनवन – name of a wood in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• दक्खिणागिरि – southern mountains; hills to the south (of Rājagaha)
• मज्झिमदेस – The country of Central India which was the birthplace of Buddhism and the region of its…
• उक्कट्ठा – name of town
• किमिला – name of a town
• अनुपिया – name of a Mallan town
• तपोदाराम – hot spring park; place name
• अम्बलट्ठिका – name of a monastery
• अरुणवती – name of the royal capital of king Aruṇavā
• चित्तकूट – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• काळसिला – name of an ascetic's haunt on Mount Isigili
• तपोदा – A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha.
• वेतरणी – name of a river in hell
• सिंसपावन – A grove in Āḷavi, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of…
• अन्धकविन्द – name of a town
• पच्छिमदेस – A province in Ceylon, probably in the west.
• अविह – name of a heavenly realm
• मद्दकुच्छि – name of a park
• सागल – A city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
• ब्रह्मलोक – The highest of the celestial worlds, the abode of the Brahmas.
• पुब्बविदेह – name of the eastern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• वेळुवगामक – name of a village
• अम्बपालिवन – The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Saṅgha.
• आपण – name of a town in Aṅguttarāpa
• पालिलेय्यक – name of a town near Kosambī
• सप्पसोण्डिकपब्भार – name of a rock overhang outside Rājagaha
• कुररघर – name of a town in Avanti
• थुल्लकोट्ठिक – name of a town in the Kuru country; birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla
• चित्तलतावन – name of a pleasure park in Tāvatimsa Heaven
• इसिगिलि – One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city…
• सारन्दद – name of a pagoda
• उक्काचेला – A village in the Vajjī country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to…
• चालिका – name of a town
• द्वारवती – A city in India.
• इन्दसालगुहा – name of a cave
• कञ्चनगुहा – A cave in the region of the Himālaya, according to one description (Ja.ii.176; but see…
• उरुवेलकप्प – name of a Mallan town
• चापाल – name of a pagoda
• महागङ्गा – great Ganges river
• महावन – name of a forest outside Kapilavatthu
• ओपासाद – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• चन्दभाग – name of a mountain
• कोटिगाम – name of a village
• मनसाकट – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• सुभगवन – name of a wood in Ukkaṭṭhā
• वेजयन्तपासाद – name of Sakka's Palace
• अवन्ति – name of a country
• ब्यग्घपज्ज – name of a Koliyan city
• मोरनिवाप – A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha.
• नळेरुपुचिमन्द – A grove near Verañjā where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā…
• रोहिनी – name of a river
• उज्जेनी – name of a city; capital of Avanti
• भेरपासाणविहार – A monastery in Rohaṇa.
• सञ्जीव – name of a hell where one cannot die
• सुधम्म – The city of birth of Sobhita Buddha.
• सुप्पारक – name of western seaport; modern day Nala Sopara
• भद्दवतिका – name of a town in Ceta
• गजङ्गला – name of a town
• नळकपान – name of a village
• पासाणक – name of a pagoda
• थूपाराम – A monastery near the southern wall of Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa.
• अनुराधपुर – The capital of Ceylon for nearly fifteen centuries.
• बलिहरण – A forest tract (vanasaṇḍa) near Kusinārā where the Buddha is said to have stayed…
• कण्डकीवन – name of a forest
• कपिलपुर – name of the capital city of the Sakyans; Kapilavatthu
• कासिकोसल – kingdoms of Kāsi and Kosala
• रोरुव – name of a hell
• सुलसा – A nagarasobhinī (courtezan, lit.: town beauty) of Benares; see the Sulasājātaka (Ja 419).
• सुवण्णभूमि – A country.
• खाणुमत – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• मातङ्गरञ्ञ – name of a forest
• पाचीनवंसदाय – name of a park
• अपरगोयान – name of the western continent in Buddhist cosmology
• अट्ठक – name of a town
• सुंसुमारगिर – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• सुरट्ठ – A country (Mil.331, 359;
• टङ्कितमञ्च – (comm) stone slab mounted on four stone pillars
• अरञ्ञकुटिका – Mention is made of several forest hermitages in the Buddha’s time.
• बाहुका – name of a river
• भागीरथी – A channel, branching off from the Anotattavāpī in Ceylon, and forming part of the…
• कुण्डधानवन – name of a forest
• नगरक – name of town
• रम्मवती – name of a town where Dīpaṅkara Buddha was born
• अळार – A landowner of Mithilā, described also as Videha and Videhīputta, an inhabitant of the…
• चोरपपात – thieves' cliff
• हलिद्दवसन – name of a Koliyan town
• जातियावन – name of a wood
• कण्णकत्थल – name of a park in Ujuññā
• पलासवन – name of a wood
• रजतपब्बत – A mountain range in the Himālaya.
• सेदक – name of a town in Sumbha
• बेलुवगामक – name of a village
• दद्दर – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.8, 67; iii.16;
• लोहपासाद – A building at Anurādhapura, forming the uposatha hall of the Mahā Vihāra.
• मधुरा – name of a town; capital of Surasena
• नागदीप – name of a peninsula in northern Sri Lanka
• पुब्बकोट्ठक – name of a bathing place outside Sāvatthī
• सहजाति – name of a town in Ceta
• सुदस्सन – name of one of the 5 mountains surrounding Lake Anottatta
• थूणा – name of a Brahman village
• उरुञ्ञा – name of a town in Kosala
• उय्यानद्वार – A gate in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabāhu I.
• अमरवती – A city in the time of Koṇḍañña Buddha eighteen leagues in extent.
• आतुमा – name of a town between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī
• चेतियपब्बत – name of an area in Sri Lanka; Mihintale
• चित्तकूटपब्बत – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• देववन – name of a wood
• गोसिङ्गसालवनदाय – name of a monastery
• कलिङ्ग – name of a country
• कम्बोज – name of a country; part of modern day eastern Afghanistan
• कासिगाम – Probably the actual name of the village in Kāsi which was given by Mahā Kosala to his…
• मघदेवअम्बवन – name of a monastery
• राजकाराम – name of a monastery
• रक्खितवनसण्ड – name of forest
• सालवती – name of a heavenly meeting hall
• सुरम्म – A seven-storeyed palace, occupied by Gotama Buddha before his Renunciation.
• वङ्कगिरि – A mountain in Himavā to which Vessantara was banished with his family.
• वासभगाम – A village in Kāsī.
• वेभार – name of a mountain outside Rājagaha
• भोगनगर – name of a town
• चित्तलपब्बत – name of an ancient mountain-top monastery in Sri Lanka
• धञ्ञवती – The city of birth of Nārada Buddha.
• जन्तुगाम – name of a village
• सिविरट्ठ – The country of the Sivi people, referred to several times in the Jātakas.
• सूकरखता – name of a cave
• तिस्स महा विहार – A monastery in Rohaṇa, founded by Kākavaṇṇatissa (Mhv.xxii.23).
• वेदिय – A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where Gotama Buddha…
• असोकाराम – A monastery in Pāṭaliputta, built by Asoka and finished in three years.
• अस्सपुर – name of a town in Aṅga
• बदरिकाराम – name of a monastery near to Kosambī
• भद्दिय – name of a town; capital of Aṅga
• चञ्चलिकप्प – name of a Kosalan village
• चेतियगिरि – name of a mountain shrine near Anurādhapura in Sri Lanka; legendary meeting place of Ven.…
• एकनाळा – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• हत्थिगाम – name of a village
• कजङ्गला – name of a town
• कलिङ्गरट्ठ – kingdom of Kaliṅga
• सङ्कवा – name of a Kosalan town
• वेपुल्ल – name of a mountain near to Rājagaha
• गन्धार – name of a country; modern Kandahar
• गूथनिरय – excrement hell; hell of feces
• नळमाल – An ocean passed by Suppāraka and his crew on their way from Bharukaccha.
• निचुलवन – Barringtonia acutangula grove
• पदुमस्सर – A park in Anurādhapura laid out by King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• सुमागधा – name of a lotus pond
• वेपुल्लपब्बत – mount Vepulla
• अनोम – name of the royal capital of king Suppatita
• बहुपुत्त – name of a pagoda
• कञ्चनपब्बत – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.396ff).
• महा रक्खित – He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the…
• महावियूह – name of king Mahāsudassana's peaked roof house
• मज्झारञ्ञ – name of a forest
• मेदाळुप – name of a Sakyan town
• नळकारगाम – name of a village
• नालन्दा – name of a village near Rājagaha
• सामगाम – name of a village
• सत्तम्ब – name of a pagoda
• सुदस्सी – A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā.
• सुनापरन्त – name of a country; native land of Puṇṇa
• अम्बतित्थ – name of a village in Ceta
• इन्दपत्थ – name of a city; capital of the Kurus; modern Delhi
• लुम्बिनी – A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha.
• महा गाम – A tank built by Mahā Sena.
• मेरु – mythical mountain at the centre of the universe
• सेल – A mountain in Himavā.
• सिलावति – name of a Sakyan village
• वटजालिका – name of a monastery
• वेगळिङ्ग – name of an ancient town
• आळकमन्दा – name of a heavenly capital city
• भण्डगाम – name of a village
• चित्तलता – name of a heavenly garden
• गोधावरी – name of a river
• कलम्बतित्थविहार – A vihāra in Ceylon.
• लङ्कादीप – island of Lanka; Sri Lanka
• पण्डव – name of a mountain near Rājagaha
• रोमस – A mountain in Himavā.
• सालवतिका – name of a village in Kosala
• विनतक – One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru.
• अजकरणी –
• चातुमा – name of a village
• दुस्सावुध – One of the four most effective weapons found in the world.
• गुन्दावन – name of a forest
• कम्मारगाम – A village in Rohaṇa, identified with modern Kamburugamuva.
• केकक – name of a country
• केलासकूट – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas; Mount…
• किमिकाळा – name of a river
• कुण्डिका – name of a Koliyan town
• महा पपात – A mountain in the Himālaya where all Pacceka Buddhas die.
• महिसवत्थु – name of a place
• मेखल – The city of birth of Sumana Buddha and the scene of his first sermon to Saraṇa and…
• नागदत्त – He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent.
• निसभ – A mountain in Himavā.
• पञ्चसाला – name of a Magadhan village
• पासाणकचेतिय – A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha…
• पिप्पलिगुहा – name of a cave
• सङ्खेय्यक – name of a mountain
• सेतकण्णिक – A village forming the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa.
• सिम्बलिवन – The abode of Garuḍas.
• सिन्धुसोवीरभूमि – lands of Sindh and Sovīra
• वङ्ग – country of eastern Bengal
• वेदिसा – name of a town
• दन्तपुर – name of a town in Kāliṅga

Person

• आनन्द – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• सारिपुत्त – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• देवदत्त – name of a monk; relative and nemesis of the Buddha
• अनाथपिण्डिक – name of a layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving
• नागसेन – name of an arahant monk, famous for discussions with King Milinda
• छब्बग्गिया – A group of monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of…
• महामोग्गल्लान – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• अनुरुद्ध – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in the divine eye;…
• विपस्सी – name of the 6th previous Buddha
• कस्सप – name of the 1st previous Buddha
• मोग्गल्लान – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• राहुल – name of an arahant monk; Buddha's son
• पसेनदि – name of the king of Kosala
• महाकस्सप – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in preaching ascetic…
• उदायी – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• ब्रह्मदत्त – name of one the seven Bharata kings
• उपालि – name of a layman
• जीवक – name of a doctor; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in having faith in an…
• थुल्लनन्दा – name of a notorious nun
• वेस्सन्तर – name of a prince; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• विसुद्धिमग्ग – An encyclopedia of the Buddha’s teaching, written by Buddhaghosa at the request of…
• बिम्बिसार – name of a Magadhan king
• महाकच्चान – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• विसाखा – name of the Buddha's chief female disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• राध – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in inspiring…
• महानाम – name of a Sakyan layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving fine…
• सुदिन्न – name of a monk notorious for the first pārājika
• सिद्धत्थ – name of the 9th previous Buddha
• रट्ठपाल – name of an arahant monk
• कोकालिक – name of a monk
• दब्ब – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in assigning…
• अजातसत्तु – name of a prince; later king of Magadha; son of Bimbisāra
• छन्न – name of an arahant monk who committed suicide
• पदुमुत्तर – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• चुन्द – name of a monk
• वङ्गीस – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in spontaneous…
• मद्दी – name of a princess; daughter of king Madda
• सुनक्खत्त – name of a former monk
• अम्बट्ठ – name of a young Brahman
• चूळपन्थक – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in creating a…
• आळवक – The king of Āḷavī.
• मागण्डिय – name of a wandering ascetic
• उपनन्द – name of a Sakyan monk
• महाकोट्ठिक – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• सुमेध – name of the 14th previous Buddha
• दीपङ्कर – name of the 24th previous Buddha
• सिखी – name of the 5th previous Buddha
• दब्ब मल्लपुत्त थेर – An Arahant.
• भारद्वाज – name of a Brahman family
• चित्त – name of a lay-disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving Dhamma…
• मल्लिका – name of a queen; wife of King Pasenadi
• ककुसन्ध – name of the 3rd previous Buddha
• उरुवेलकस्सप – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• वासेट्ठ – name of a Vedic sage
• महासुदस्सन – name of ancient king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• महापजापति – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• अत्थदस्सी – name of the 11th previous Buddha
• पभावती – name of Sikhī Buddha's mother
• निग्रोध – name of a wandering ascetic
• पञ्चवग्गिया – The name given to the five monks:
• यस – name of an arahant monk
• भद्दालि – name of a monk
• महालि – name of a Licchavi man
• निगण्ठ – epithet of Mahāvīra
• सारिपुत्तमोग्गल्लाना – names of monks; chief disciples; great disciples of the Buddha; Sāriputta and Moggallāna
• सिवी – name of a king
• वक्कलि – name of an arahant monk; former ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk…
• नन्द – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• उप्पलवण्णा – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in psychic ability
• मेघिय – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• अनोमदस्सी – name of the 18th previous Buddha
• वच्छगोत्त – name of an ascetic
• अङ्गुलिमाल – name of an arahant monk
• सीह – name of a military general in Vesālī
• आळार – name of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• अरिट्ठ – name of a monk
• नन्दिय – name of an arahant monk
• समिद्धि – name of an arahant monk
• मालुक्यपुत्त – name of an arahant monk
• रेवत – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• सेल – name of a Brahman teacher; name of an arahant monk
• केणिय – name of a dreadlocked ascetic
• पिलिन्दवच्छ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those beloved…
• खेमा – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in great wisdom
• धम्मदिन्ना – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in giving Dhamma talks
• सेनक – name of an arahant monk
• कोणागमन – name of the 2nd previous Buddha
• पाथिकपुत्त – name of a naked ascetic
• कुमारकस्सप – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in talking on…
• पुण्णमुख – name of a merchant in a Jātaka story
• महोसध – The Bodhisatta born as minister to King Videha.
• सुजाता – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywomen in first going…
• अस्सजि – name of a monk; Sāriputta's teacher
• सुप्पवासा – name of a female lay disciple; foremost laywoman in giving fine things; Suppavāsā…
• केवट्ट – name of a layman
• सुन्दरी – name of an arahant nun
• खण्डहाल – name of a Brahman in a Jātaka story; former birth of Devadatta
• कोसल – A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of names.
• सभिय – name of an arahant monk
• साति – name of a monk
• सोणदण्ड – name of a Brahman
• बन्धुमती – name of Vipassī Buddha's mother
• मिलिन्द – name of a king; Menander
• सुतसोम – The Bodhisatta born as king of Benares.
• बाहिय – name of an ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick realization;…
• जाणुस्सोणि – name of a rich Brahman
• सुभूति – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in living without…
• महाकप्पिन – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• सुजात – name of the 13th previous Buddha
• उपवाण – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• भद्दिय – name of an arahant
• धनञ्जानि – name of a Brahman
• घटिकार – name of a potter
• कण्हाजिना – name of a princess; daughter of Vessantara
• राहुलमाता – The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother (e.g., Vin.i.82) and Gotama’s…
• महाचुन्द – name of an arahant monk
• उपालि – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• दीघावु – name of prince; son of king Dīghīti
• दिट्ठमङ्गलिका – Daughter of a seṭṭhi in Benares and wife of Mātaṅga.
• पोक्खरसाति – name of a Brahman
• उपतिस्स – name of Sāriputta
• पटाचारा – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in upholding monastic…
• उपसेन – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• हत्थक – name of a layman in Āḷavī; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in supporting a…
• भूरिदत्त – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Nāga king, Dhataraṭṭha.
• सागत – name of an arahant monk; foremost monk in the fire element
• पञ्चकङ्ग – name of a layperson
• सच्चक – name of a Jain
• अङ्कुर – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• तुसित – One of the palaces occupied by Koṇāgamana Buddha in his last lay life.
• लोहिच्च – name of a Brahman
• महा गोविन्द – A primeval king, mentioned with Mandhātā as reigning in Rājagaha.
• नागित – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha for some time
• पुण्ण – name of an arahant monk from Sunāparanta; Puṇṇa Sunāparanta
• भूमिज – name of a monk
• ब्रह्मदत्त – name of an ancient king
• ब्रह्मायु – name of a Brahman
• नारद – name of a monk
• बाकुल – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in health
• नन्दक – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in admonishing the…
• पहसम्बहुल – Thirty-one kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of…
• बावरी – name of a Brahman ascetic; teacher of the sixteen ascetics in Pārāyanavagga
• जोतिपाल – name of a Brahman royal adviser
• कोलित – Mahāmoggallāna's first name; Kolita Moggallāna
• भद्दा – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in remembering…
• दारुचीरिय – name of an arahant ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick…
• कुणाल – The Bodhisatta, born as the king of the Citrakokilas.
• सुप्पबुद्ध – name of a leper
• मेण्डक – name of a lay disciple
• पूरण – name of an ascetic teacher; Pūraṇa Kassapa
• सञ्चय – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• सङ्गारव – name of a Brahman
• सोण – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in having energy…
• वस्सकार – name of a Brahman; Ajātasattu's chief minister
• किसागोतमी – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in wearing coarse robes
• दोण – name of a Brahman
• मङ्गल – name of the 22nd previous Buddha
• पोट्ठपाद – name of a wandering ascetic
• किकी – name of the reigning king of Kāsi at the time of Kassapa Buddha
• महाकच्चायन – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• राम – name of a sage; father of the Buddha's second teacher
• लकुण्डकभद्दिय – name of an arahant monk
• मोघराज – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in wearing coarse…
• कालिङ्ग – name of a lay disciple
• किमिल – name of an arahant monk; associate of Anuruddha
• पुण्ण – name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in giving…
• तिस्स – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha
• सोण – name of a layman
• सुमन – name of the 21st previous Buddha
• गोविन्द – name of a Brahman
• कूटदन्त – name of a Brahman
• सेय्यसक – name of a monk infamous for Saṅghādisesa 1
• सुभ – name of a young Brahman
• सन्दक – name of a wandering ascetic
• सुदत्त – name of Anāthapiṇḍika; father of Saddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in…
• सुद्धोदन – name of the Buddha's father; king of the Sakyans
• विसाख – name of a lay disciple
• अस्सलायन – name of a young Brahman
• चण्डकाळी – name of a nun
• नन्दा – name of an arahant nun
• नन्दमातर् – name of an eminent lay disciple
• उदेन – name of a king
• विधुर – name of one of Kakusandha Buddha's chief disciples
• कोरब्य – name of a King
• साळ्ह – name of a layman; Visākha's grandson
• सरदतापस – name of an ascetic
• महापन्थक – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those skilled…
• पायासि – name of a young nobleman
• पिण्डोलभारद्वाज – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• अञ्ञासिकोण्डञ्ञ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in long standing;…
• अनुराध – name of a monk
• पदुम – name of the 17th previous Buddha
• सुमेधा – name of an arahant nun
• सुन्दरीनन्दा – name of an arahant nun
• एकराज – King of Benares.
• खेमक – name of an arahant
• महा पदुम – A Pacceka Buddha, chief of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas, all sons of Padumavatī.
• उत्तर – name of a young Brahman
• गोधिक – name of an arahant monk
• निमि – name of a king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• विटटूभ – name of king Pasenadi's general
• अम्बपाली – name of a courtesan
• साल – Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple.
• सुभद्द – name of an arahant monk; last person to get ordained under the Buddha
• सुनेत्त – name of a teacher of old
• सुप्पिय – name of a wandering ascetic
• धोतक – name of a Brahman ascetic
• जयसेन – name of a prince
• नागसमाल – name of an arahant monk; personal attendant of the Buddha
• सरभ – name of a wandering ascetic
• सोभित – name of the 19th previous Buddha
• सोणा – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in having energy…
• सुमन – name of an arahant monk
• उदेन – name of a monk
• चन्दा – name of an arahant nun
• चङ्की – name of a Brahman
• धम्मदस्सी – name of the 10th previous Buddha
• उपालित्थेर – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• अरिन्दम – The Bodhisatta, born as King of Benares and son of the Magadha King of Rājagaha.
• कोट्ठिक – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• महापजापतिगोतमी – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• नकुलपितर् – name of a householder; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in trustworthiness
• सुनन्द – Father of Padumuttara Buddha.
• उपसीव – name of a Brahman ascetic
• खुज्जुत्तरा – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in great learning
• पुण्णक – name of a Brahman ascetic
• सत्तरसवग्गिया – A group of 17 monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the…
• असदिसदान – The celebrated almsgiving which Pasenadi, under the guidance and inspiration of Mallikā,…
• भद्द – name of an arahant monk
• सोमदत्त – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Brahmin Aggidatta (q.v.).
• तोदेय्य – name of a rich Brahman
• उपनन्द – name of the military general of Magadha
• पुण्ण – name of a Koliyan ascetic who performed the cow practice
• रोहण – name of a young layman
• अलम्पायन – name of a snake-charmer in a Jātaka story
• दीघतपस्सी – name of Jain ascetic
• पदुमवती – Mother of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas.
• उदक – name of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• वड्ढ – name of an arahant monk
• वज्जिपुत्तका – The name of a large group of monks belonging to the Vajjī clan and dwelling in Vesālī,…
• अभय – name of a prince; king Bimbisāra's son
• धनञ्चय – name of a Kuru king
• काणा – Daughter of Kāṇamātā.
• रेणु – name of a king; son of king Disampati
• जेत – name of a privately awakened Buddha
• महा दुग्गत – A very poor man of Benares in the time of Kassapa Buddha.
• मिगजाल – name of an arahant monk; son of Visākhā
• सुनिधवस्सकारा – names of two ministers of Magadha; Sunidha and Vassakāra
• अजित – name of a Brahman ascetic
• लाळुदायी – name of a monk
• धनिय – name of a monk infamous for the second pārājika
• मघदेव – name of a king; previous incarnation of Sakka
• मेत्तेय्य – name of young Brahman
• सुन्दरिकभारद्वाज – name of a Brahman
• चाला – name of an arahant nun; Sāriputta's sister
• चित्त – name of a monk; Citta Hatthisāriputta
• दीघीति – A king of Kosala.
• कप्पिन – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• कस्सप – name of an arahant monk
• केसव – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• कोण्डञ्ञ – name of a monk; seniormost of the five ascetics; first monastic disciple of the Buddha
• सङ्गामजि – name of a monk
• उदय – name of a Brahman ascetic
• उपक – name of an ascetic; first person the Buddha met after his awakening
• भद्दजि – name of an arahant monk
• दासक – name of an arahant monk
• मक्खलि – name of a ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• तिस्स – name of the 8th previous Buddha
• वेस्सभू – name of the 4th previous Buddha
• काळुदायी – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• लक्खण – name of an arahant monk
• मित्तविन्दक – The son of a very rich merchant of Benares in the days of Kassapa Buddha.
• नकुलमातर् – name of a female lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in…
• पिङ्गिय – name of an arahant
• आरोहन्त – name of a former minister who became a monk
• इसिदत्त – name of an arahant monk
• कस्सपगोत्त – name of a monk
• कुटिकण्ण – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in eloquence; Soṇa…
• मण्डकप्प – A kappa in which two Buddhas are born.
• राहुलभद्द – auspicious Rāhula; Rāhula the fortunate
• रोज – A primeval king, son of Mahā Sammata, and, therefore, an ancestor of the Sākiyans.
• सकुलुदायी – name of a wandering ascetic
• उत्तर – name of an arahant monk
• अजित – name of an ascetic teacher; Ajita Kesakambala
• असिबन्धकपुत्त – name of a layman; Asibandhaka's son
• कसिभारद्वाज – name of a Brahman
• धम्मपाल – name of an arahant monk
• जूजक – A Brahmin of Dunniviṭṭha in Kāliṅga.
• सोण – name of a monk
• भद्दा – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in quick realization;…
• महाविजित – name of a legendary king
• पदुमुत्तरबुद्ध – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• पुक्कुस – name of a young Mallan man
• वेजयन्त – The chief of the eighty-four thousand chariots owned by Mahā Sudassana (SN.iii.145;
• दिसम्पति – name of a king
• जोतिक – name of a householder
• कण्हदीपायन – An ascetic of great power.
• मन्धातर् – name of a king
• सोभित – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in recollection of…
• तिम्बरुक – name of a wandering ascetic

People

• गोतम – family name of the Buddha
• सक्का – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• लिच्छवि – name of a prominent group of Khattiyas based in Vesālī
• अग्गिवेस्सन – name of a Brahman family clan
• कच्चान – family name
• वज्जी – people of Vajji; Vajjians
• वच्छ – family name
• मल्ला – people of Malla; Mallans
• सक्य – name of the family into which the Buddha was born
• नाटपुत्त – family name of Mahavira; leader of the Jains
• कालाम – family names of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• कोसिय – family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka
• सिवि –
• चेती – people of Ceta; Cetans
• वेदेहिपुत्त – family name of Ajātasattu
• भग्गव – family name
• भग्गा – people of Bhagga; Bhaggans
• कोलिय – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• रामपुत्त – family names of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• सुम्भा – people of Sumbha; Sumbhans
• मन्ताणिपुत्त – family name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• पञ्चाला – people of Pañcāla
• कोसिनारका – Inhabitants of Kusinārā, e.g.,
• गोसाल – family name of an ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• कच्चायन – family name
• बुद्धकुल – The family of the Brahmin of Sāketa mentioned in the Commentary to the Jarāsutta.
• तुसिता – The inhabitants of the Tusita world.
• बेलट्ठपुत्त – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• संकिच्च – family name of an ascetic; Kisa Saṃkicca
• अङ्गा – people of Bengal; Bengalis
• सिरिमा – He was born in the family of a householder of Sāvatthī and was called Sirimā on account…
• पुक्कुस – The name of a caste, classified among the despised castes (e.g.,
• अङ्गमगधा – people of Aṅga and Magadha; Aṅgans and Magadhans
• वेरहच्चानिगोत्त – belonging to the Verahaccāni family clan
• कातियान – family name
• पुब्बसेलिया – One of the seventeen heterodox sects which arose in Jambudīpa in the second century after…
• केसकम्बल – family name of an ascetic teacher
• सविट्ठक – An example of a low family name.
• मिलक्ख – barbarian; non-Indo-Aryan speaker
• थूणेय्यका – The people of Thūṇa.
• अस्सका – name of a people
• चातुमेय्यका – The inhabitants of Cātumā.
• वच्छायन – family name of the wandering ascetic Pilotika
• चेतपुत्ता – The name of a tribe given in a nominal list; probably the inhabitants of Ceta.
• गग्ग – name of the family clan of Aṅgulimāla
• कण्हायन – name of a clan
• महा सङ्घिका – One of the Buddhist schools which separated out from the Theravādins at the Second…
• कोळिय – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• मद्दा – people of Madda
• पुण्ण – He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country.
• अजित केसकम्बल – Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Piṭakas as being contemporaneous…
• मोरिय – name of a high-caste clan
• उत्तरकुरुका – The inhabitants of Uttarakuru.
• भारद्वाज – He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha and his wife was a…
• चेतिया – people of Ceta; Cetans
• एरापथ – A royal family of Nāgas, mentioned together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and…
• सूरसेना – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• सुविदेहा – good people of Videha
• कण्हागोतमका – A royal family of Nāgas.
• सिद्धत्थिका – One of the seven heterodox sects which branched off in the second century after the…
• थूलू – name of a people
• तिवरा – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• चेतिवंसा – people of Ceta and Vaṃsa
• दसारहा – name of a people
• कुरुपञ्चाला – people of Kuru and Pañcala; Kurus and Pañcālas
• मज्झसूरसेना – people of Majjha and Sūrasena; Majjhas and Sūrasenas
• मङ्गल – A tribe of elephants, each of which had the strength of ten million men.
• पिलिन्द – name of a family clan
• उपनन्द – He belonged to the Sākyan clan.
• वज्जिमल्ला – people of Vajjī and Malla; Vajjians and Mallans
• अपरसेलिया – A sub-sect of the Andhakā.
• बुलि – name of clan who received a portion of the Buddha's relics
• दमिळ – The name of a people (Tamils) whose home was in South India.
• ओक्कला – The people of Okkala janapada (MN-a.ii.894); mentioned also in the Apadāna (ii.359) in a…
• सक्या – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• सङ्घरक्खित – He belonged to a wealthy family of Sāvatthī, and, after joining the Saṅgha, lived with…
• सङ्कन्तिका – A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyā.
• बालनक्खत्त – A festival lasting for seven days, during which people smeared their bodies with ashes…
• चन्दन – He belonged to a rich family in Sāvatthī, and having heard the Buddha preach, became a…
• गन्धारा – people of Gandhāra; Gandhārians
• जोतिवन – The name given to the Nandanavana in Anurādhapura after Mahinda had preached there,…
• कच्चानगोत्त – name of a respected family clan
• काळावक – The tribe of ordinary elephants, each one of which possesses the strength of ten men.
• कालिङ्गा – people of Kaliṅga
• कोळिवीस –
• कुलिङ्ग – The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese.
• लिच्छवी – A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha.
• रोहितस्सा – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• सोवीरा – people of Sovīra
• वलाहक – A family of horses from which the Assaratana of a Cakkavatti is supplied (Khp-a. 172;
• वेधञ्ञा – name of a Sakyan family clan
• योनकम्बोजा – people of Bactria and Kamboja; Bactrians and Kambojans
• आचामदायिका – A family in Rājagaha was afflicted with plague and all its members died except one woman.
• भद्द – He was born in the family of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī.
• चेतियवाद – A later offshoot of the Mahā Saṅghika school, through the Paññatti and Bāhulika sects of…
• चोळा – The people of Coḷa.
• धम्मरुचि – One of the heterodox sects of Ceylon which branched off from the Theravāda (Mhv.v.13).
• हत्थिपोरिका – A tribe, probably the people of Hatthipura.
• कंसवंस – The race of Mahā Kaṁsa; this race was destroyed by the sons of Devagabbhā.
• कञ्चनमाणव – The name given to Mahā Kaccāna by his parents, Kaccāna being the family name.
• कोळिविस – name of a family clan
• ओड्डक – A name of a tribe, occurring in a list of tribes.
• पकुध कच्चायन – Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time.
• पल्लवका – The name of a tribe, occurring in a nominal list.
• सम्भूत – He belonged to a family of clansmen and joined the Saṅgha under Ānanda, after the…
• सुप्पिय – He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers.
• सुरसेना – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• सुत्तवादा – A heretical sect, a branch of the Saṅkantikas.
• वेरहच्चानि – name of a Brahman family clan

Deity

• सक्क – name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
• मार – death; Death; death personified
• पापिमन्त् – evil one; evil personified; epithet of Māra
• तावतिंस – The second of the six Deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world.
• मातली – name of Sakka's charioteer
• खर – name of a daemon
• सहम्पति – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• पुण्णक – name of a daemon
• धतरट्ठ – name of one of the four great kings; ruler of the east
• यम – The god of death (see, e.g.,
• नन्द – name of a deity
• पञ्चसिख – name of a demigod
• वरुण – name of a Vedic god; name of a deva king
• वेस्सवण – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• आभस्सरा – radiant gods; effulgent deities
• सनङ्कुमार – name of a god
• वेपचित्ति – name of a daemon lord
• परनिम्मितवसवत्ती – A class of Devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe (kāmaloka).
• राहु – name of a asura lord
• तुसिता – name of a group of deities; from Tusita heaven
• सुसिम – name of a deity
• विस्सकम्म – name of Sakka's architect
• निम्मानरतिनो – name of a group of devas
• अन्तक – Death
• पहाराद – name of a daemon
• सूचिलोम – name of a daemon
• बक – name of a god
• सुसीम – name of a deity
• यामा – name of a group of deities
• सातागिर – name of a daemon
• सतुल्लपकायिका – A class of Devas.
• इन्दक – name of a daemon
• कुवेर – name of a daemon; guardian deity of the north; god of wealth
• निम्मानरती – A class of Devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six Deva-worlds (DN.i.218;
• नमुचि – name of Māra
• माघ – epithet of Sakka
• सुजा – name of Sakka's wife
• ककुध – name of a deity
• विरूपक्ख – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• रोहितस्स – previous name of a deity
• नन्दिविसाल – name of a deity
• चन्दन – name of a deity
• चन्दिम – name of a deity who lives in the moon
• कस्सप – name of a deity
• सेरीसक – name of a daemon
• सुब्रह्म – name of a deity
• दूसी – name of a Māra; previous incarnation of Mahāmoggallāna
• हारित – name of a god; Vishnu
• महिन्द – great Inda; lord of the gods
• विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनूपग – gone to the dimension of infinite consciousness; epithet of a class of devas
• मनापकायिका – A class of Devas possessing lovely forms.
• नन्दोपनन्द – A Nāga king, tamed by Moggallāna.
• सिवक – name of a daemon
• वेनतेय्य – descendant of Vinatā
• पनाद – name of a deity
• परित्ताभ – with limited radiance; epithet of a class of devas
• देवगब्भ – A Yakkha.
• मणिकण्ठ – name of a dragon
• पज्जुन्न – name of a deity; god of rain; rain cloud
• सुवीर – name of a deity
• तुरू – name of a solitary Brahma
• खिड्डापदोसिका – name of a group of deities
• मनोपदोसिका – name of a group of deities
• सम्बर – name of an asura lord
• सेतकेतु – name of the Bodhisatta in Tusita heaven
• सूरियवच्छसा – name of a female demigod
• सुयाम – name of a deity; lord of the Yāma deities
• चन्द – name of the moon deity
• सुनिम्मित – name of a deity; lord of the gods who delight in creation
• चापाल – A Yakkha.
• जनवसभ – name of a supernatural being
• अजकलापक – name of a daemon
• एरकपत्त – A Nāga king.
• हत्थक – name of a deity
• कालकञ्चिका – name of a group of daemons
• सोणदिन्न – A Devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṁsa.
• तायन – name of a deity
• तिस्स – name of a monk reborn as a Brahma
• युगन्धर – name of a daemon
• अरिट्ठ – name of a daemon
• चम्पेय्य – A Nāga-king who dwelt in the river Campā.
• दीघलट्ठि – name of a deity
• घोस – A Devaputta, Kotūhalaka, in a previous birth.
• गोपक – name of a deity
• सीतवलाहका – A class of Devas.
• सोम – A Deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpatī and…
• अप्पमाणाभा – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna (Abhs., p.21).
• अवरुद्धक – A Yakkha.
• बकब्रह्म – name of a god
• गद्रभ – Doorkeeper of Āḷavaka, the Yakkha.
• हेमवत – name of a daemon king
• काणारिट्ठ – One of the four sons of the Nāga-king Dhataraṭṭha and his queen Samuddajā, the others…
• पण्डर – A Nāga king.
• तिम्बरू – name of a demigod king
• उण्हवलाहका – A class of Devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world (NidA.108;
• आपा – A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.259).
• दामलि – name of a deity
• खेम – name of a deity
• कोकनदा – name of a goddess
• लक्खी – The Pāli equivalent of Lakṣmī, goddess of beauty and fortune.
• मणिभद्द – name of a daemon
• वेण्डु – name of a deity; Vishnu
• अग्गि भगवा – A deity (probably identical with the Vedic Agni), worship of whom brought, as reward,…
• आकोटक – name of a deity
• घटीकार – name of a deity
• करोटि – A class of spirits, associated with the Nāgas and forming one of the five defences of the…
• परित्तसुभ – with limited beauty; epithet of a class of devas
• सहलि – name of a deity
• सन्तुसित – name of a deity; lord of Tusita heaven
• चन्दिमा – The name of the Devaputta whose abode (vimāna) is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called…
• चन्दिमस – name of a deity
• कम्बलस्सतरा – name of two nāgas
• माणवगामिय – name of a deity
• नीक – name of a deity
• परनिम्मिता – name of a group of deities
• वस्सवलाहका – One of the Valāhaka Devas (q.v.).
• विरूळ्हक – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• अविहा – A class of Devas.
• चित्तसेन – name of a demigod; (comm) name of two demigods
• चूळकोकनदा – name of a goddess
• कामद – name of a deity
• कुम्भीर – name of a daemon king
• नन्दन – name of a deity
• निघण्डु – A Yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress…
• पियङ्करमातर् – name of a female daemon
• सक्कनामक – name of a daemon
• सूरिय – name of the sun deity
• उज्झानसञ्ञिका – The name given to a group of Devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night.
• उत्तर – name of a deity
• वासुदत्त – name of a deity
• वेगब्भरि – name of a deity
• अभिसम्मतक – A Yakkha chieftain.
• अजकलापक – name of a shrine
• गुम्बिक – A Yakkha; see the Gumbiyajātaka (Ja 366).
• जन्तु – name of a deity
• मणिमेखला – A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cātummahārājikā to…
• सूकरपेत – A Peta who lived on Gijjhakūṭa.
• वत्रभू – (comm) name of Sakka; (or) epithet of Sakka
• अनेकवण्ण – A Devaputta in Tāvatiṁsa, who, because of his good deeds, excelled even Sakka in majesty.
• असुर – In Pāḷi Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the…
• भद्दा – name of a female demigod
• भूजति – name of a female deity; attendant of king Vessavaṇa
• ईसान – name of a Vedic god
• जनेसभ – name of a demigod
• खरदाठिक – A Yakkha.
• महा सेन – A Deva living in Ketumatī Palace to the east of Vejayanta.
• ओपमञ्ञ – name of a deity
• पञ्चालचण्ड – name of a deity
• परिसुद्धाभा – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods.
• पियङ्कर – name of a young daemon
• पुनब्बसु – name of a young daemon
• राज – name of a daemon
• सेरी – name of a deity
• सिव – name of a deity; Shiva
• सुमुख – name of a daemon
• वेरोचन – A Nāga king, who lived in the Ganges.
• अप्पमाणसुभा – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna (Abhs.p.21).
• असमा – name of a group of deities
• बीरणी – A goddess (devadhītā).
• दीघ – name of a daemon
• कालकञ्जिका – name of a group of daemons
• कामसेट्ठ – name of a deity
• लोकब्यूह – A class of Devas.
• महा सुमन – The presiding deity of Sumanakūṭa.
• मन्दिय – name of a daemon
• नरदेव – A Yakkha who, once a fortnight, took possession of Kāvinda and made him bark like a dog.
• नेत्ति – name of a daemon
• परजन – name of spirit
• परमत्त – name of a god
• पथविन्धर – name of a nāga
• पायासिदेवपुत्त – young deity Pāyāsi
• पोक्खर – name of a deity
• पुनब्बसुमातर् – name of a female daemon
• सहभू – name of a class of deities
• उप्पलवण्ण – The god to whom Sakka entrusted the guardianship of Laṅkā and its people.
• विनता – mother of the Garuda race
• विटुट – name of a deity
• यामुना – name of a group of deities
• अच्चिमुखी – A Nāga princess, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, the Nāga king.
• अलक्खी – The goddess of ill-luck.
• अरवाळ – A Nāga king, who lived in the Aravāḷadaha in Kasmīra-Gandhāra.
• चूळ दद्दर – A Nāga, brother of Mahā Daddara (the Bodhisatta), and son of Sūradaddara.
• दानवेघसा – name of group of daemons
• देवसूत – One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiyasutta.
• हारगजा – name of a group of deities
• कालकञ्चा – name of a group of daemons
• खेमिया – name of a group of deities
• किन्निघण्डु – name of a deity
• किन्नुघण्डु – name of a deity
• कुम्भकण्ण – A powerful Yakkha whom Sumedha Buddha brought under his power.
• कुटेण्डु – name of a deity
• लोहितवासी – name of a group of deities
• मन्दवलाहका – name of a group of deities
• माणिवर – name of a daemon
• मनोसत्त – epithet of a class of devas in Jain doctrine
• मानुसुत्तमा – name of a group of deities
• मुचलिन्द – name of a daemon
• मुचलिन्द – name of a dragon king
• ओदातगय्हा – name of a group of deities
• ओजसि – name of a daemon
• पुण्णकाल – A Yakkha who, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, spread in Ceylon a pestilence called…
• सदामत्ता – name of a group of deities
• सुरिय – name of the sun deity
• ततोजसी – name of a daemon
• ततोल – name of a daemon
• ततोतल – name of a daemon
• तत्तल – name of a daemon
• तेजसि – name of a daemon
• वसवत्तिनो – name of a group of deities; gods who wield power over the creations of others
• वसू – name of a group of deities
• वेघनसा – name of a group of deities
• विधाता – Given as the name of a god to whom sacrifices should be offered as a means of obtaining…
• विरूळ्ह – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• विटेण्डु – name of a deity
• विटुच्च – name of a deity
• अभिभू – overlord; supreme being
• अच्चुता – name of a group of deities
• अनेजका – name of a group of deities
• अरुणा – name of a group of deities
• चित्तराज – A Yakkha.
• चूळोदर – A Nāga king of Ceylon, nephew of Mahodara.
• दधिमुख – name of a daemon
• हरयो – name of a group of deities
• जोतिनामा – name of a group of deities
• कापिलवत्थवा – name of a group of daemons
• करम्भा – name of a goddess; name of a group of deities
• करतिय – name of a daemon
• कट्ठका – name of a group of deities
• कुम्भण्ड – A class of beings (fairies or gnomes) grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas, Asuras and others.
• लामसेट्ठा – name of a group of deities
• लम्बीतका – name of a group of deities
• महा दोण – A Nāga king of the city of Mahā Doṇa on the bank of the Gaṅgārahada.
• महापारगा – name of a group of deities
• नागसा – names of a group of nāgas
• नळोराज – name of a demigod
• पण्णक – A Nāga king living in Anotatta lake.
• पारगा – name of a group of deities
• पायागा – name of a group of nāgas
• रत्तक्खि – A Yakkha who worried Ceylon in the time of Sirisaṅghabodhi.
• रोजा – name of a group of deities
• सहधम्मा – name of a group of deities
• सातागिरा – name of a group of daemons
• सुभकिण्ह – epithet of a class of devas
• सुचित्ति – name of a daemon
• सुमन – name of a daemon
• सुमनदेव – A tree deity whose daughter, Kāḷī, was married to Dīghataphala.
• सुप्परोध – name of a daemon
• सूर – name of a daemon
• उत्तरिका – name of a young female daemon
• वजिरहत्थ – A Deva, conqueror of the Asuras (DN.ii.259).
• वजिरपाणी – A Yakkha.
• वासवनेसी – name of a group of deities
• यमकोळी – A Yakkha who, with one thousand others, stood guard over the first gate of Jotika’s…
• अपलाल – A nāga king, converted by the Buddha.
• असम – name of a deity
• बेगब्भरि – name of a deity
• ब्रह्मासहम्पति – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• दीघपिट्ठिका – A class of Petas whose bodies are sixty leagues in height.
• घनिका – A class of spirits (cloud-gods?).
• गोपाल – name of a daemon
• गूथखादक – A Peta.
• कटत्थ – One of the Yakkhas who guarded Jotika’s palace.
• कत्थका – A class of Devas present at the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.261).
• कुण्ड – A Yakkha who once inhabited a forest, called Kuṇḍadhāna (Ud-a.122) after him.
• महासमना – name of a group of deities
• महिद्धि – name of a god
• मञ्जेरिक – The name of the Nāga kingdom (Nāgabhavana).
• नळेरु – (comm) name of a daemon; (or) growing in the hollow of a tree; (or) growing in a thicket…
• नम्मदा – A Nāga king who dwelt in the river Nammadā.
• परित्ताभा – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods (MN.iii.102).
• सक्कट – A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gate of Jotiya’s…
• सनङ्कुमारब्रह्म – name of a god
• सन्तुस्सित – name of a deity
• सिखण्डी – name of Mātali's son
• सुलेय्या – A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta.
• सूलेय्यरुचिरा – name of two groups of deities
• सूरियवच्चसा – name of a demigod
• उदकपूजा – A celebration held by a Nāga king in honour of Kañcanadevī.
• वजिरबाहु – A Yakkha who, with four thousand others, kept guard at the fourth gate of Jotiya’s palace.
• वत्र – An Asura.
• वेहप्फल – epithet of a class of devas
• वेण्डुदेवा – name of a group of deities
• वेटेण्डु – name of a deity
• विचक्खणा – name of a group of deities

Animal

• सुमुख – A crow, general of Supatta.
• नाळागिरि – name of the elephant that tried to kill the Buddha
• नन्दियावट्ट – The name of a huge fish dwelling in the ocean.
• एरावण – name of Sakka's elephant
• साख – A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• सुफस्सा – name of a crow in a Jātaka story
• धनपाल – name of an elephant
• महा सोण – An evil-natured horse of Brahmadatta, king of Benares.
• चूळ सुभद्दा – An elephant, one of the two chief consorts of Chaddanta, against whom she conceived a…
• धनपालक – name of an elephant
• बुद्धरक्खित – name of a young parrot who practiced Satipaṭṭhāna meditation
• कुण्डलिनी – The name given to the offspring of the sārikā-bird (myna) in the Tesakuṇajātaka (Ja 521).
• खेमक – The name given to the fowler who caught the golden goose from Cittakūṭa, at the request…
• सत्तिगुम्ब – Devadatta born as a parrot.
• सुहनु – A horse belonging to the king of Benares.
• पूतिमंस – A jackal, the mate of Veṇī.
• मितचिन्ती – A fish, see the Mitacintījātaka (Ja 114).
• नालागिरि – An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha.
• अग्गिमुख – A species of snake; bodies bitten by them grow hot.
• अनुतीरचारी – An otter who had a dispute with another otter, Gambhīracārī, about a fish.
• गिरिमेखल – name of Māra's elephant
• वलाहक – name of a king Mahāsudassana's royal steed
• बहुचिन्ती – A fish.
• चूळ लोहित – An ox, brother of the Bodhisatta, Mahā Lohita.
• कन्दगलक – A bird, a former birth of Devadatta.
• लक्खण – A deer, son of the Bodhisatta, identified with Sāriputta.
• महिळामुख – name of an elephant
• पालिलेय्यक – name of an elephant that served the Buddha in a Dhammapada story
• सिरिक – The name of the elephant which Sunanda (Upāli in this life) was riding when he insulted…
• अप्पचिन्ती – A fish who lived in the Ganges with his brothers Bahucintī and Mitacintī.
• चूळ नन्दिय – A monkey, brother of Nandiya, the Bodhisatta.
• काळबाहु – A monkey, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• राध – A parrot, brother of Poṭṭhapāda, the Bodhisatta.
• सब्बदाठ – Devadatta born as a jackal.
• मय्हक – A bird, see the Mayhakajātaka (Ja 390).
• सेनक – A monkey, born as the nephew of the Bodhisatta.
• चित्तपत्त – A kokila-bird, a previous birth of Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya, during the time of Vipassī Buddha.
• दोणमुख – The elephant sent by Prince Mahā Pāduma of Kumudanagara, at Soṇa’s request, to kill…
• पोट्ठपाद – A parrot, younger brother of Rādha, the Bodhisatta.
• रोमक – name of a pigeon
• सालक – name of a monkey in a Jātaka story
• अञ्जनसन्निभ – name of an elephant
• जम्बुक – A parrot, an incarnation of the Bodhisatta, adopted as his son by Brahmadatta, king of…
• महा कण्ह – The name assumed by Mātali when he became a dog.
• पेस्स – An elephant trainer of Campā.
• वेणी – A she-jackal, wife of Pūtimaṁsa.
• अभयङ्कर – One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares.
• अनुसासिका – The name of the greedy bird in the Anusāsikajātaka.
• भद्दवती – A female elephant belonging to King Udena.
• चतुरक्ख – One of the dogs whom the goat Melamātā proposed to take with her on her visit to the…
• चित्त – A deer, brother of Rohanta, the Bodhisatta.
• खेम – The deer-park near Bandhumatī (Ja.vi.480;
• पिङ्गल – A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta.
• पुण्डरीक – name of an elephant in a Dhammapada story
• पुप्फ – One of the five horses of King Kappina, used by him in sending messages.
• चूळ रोहित – An ox belonging to a Brahmin.
• एकपुण्डरीक – name of king Pasenadi's elephant
• गद्रभकुल – Mentioned as one of the families in which horses are born.
• गुळवण्ण – A horse belonging to King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• हंसवह – The horse on which Sujāta Buddha left household life.
• इसिपतन – An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park.
• कण्डुल – The state-elephant of Duṭṭhagāmiṇī.
• केसि – A horse-trainer.
• राजगिरि – One of the elephants of Candakumāra (q.v.).
• सविट्ठक – Devadatta born as a crow.
• सुदस्सन – The horse ridden by Atthadassī Buddha when he left the world.
• वालवाहन – A horse belonging to King Kappina.
• वेस्सन्तर – An owl, identified with Sāriputta (Ja.v.125).