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

• Sāvatthī – name of a city; capital of Kosala
• Jetavana – name of a monastery in Sāvatthī
• Rājagaha – name of a city; capital of Magadha; modern day Rajgir
• Veḷuvana – name of a park outside Rājagaha
• Bārāṇasī – name of a city; modern Varanasi
• Vesālī – name of a city; capital of the Licchavis
• Kalandakanivāpa – name of a park in Rājagaha
• Kūṭāgārasālā – name of monastery outside Vesālī
• Mahāvana – name of a forest outside Vesālī
• Kapilavatthu – name of the capital city of the Sakyans
• Kosambī – name of a town; capital city of the Vatsas
• Gijjhakūṭa – name of a mountain peak around Rājagaha
• Gaṅgā – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• Nigrodhārāma – name of a park in Kapilavatthu
• Isipatana – name of a forest near Bārāṇasī
• Migadāya – name of a park outside Bārāṇasī
• Ghositārāma – name of a monastery in Kosambī
• Magadha – name of a country; modern day Bihar
• Suddhāvāsa – name of five heavens in the Brahma realm
• Kāsi – name of a kingdom
• Pubbārāma – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī
• Jīvakambavana – name of a monastery near Rājagaha
• Migāramātupāsāda – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī, built by Visākhā
• Kosala – name of a kingdom
• Jambudīpa – India; name of the central continent in Buddhist cosmology
• Sāketa – name of a town in Kosala; old capital of Kosala
• Takkasilā – name of city in Gandāra with a well known university; Greek name Taxila
• Uruvelā – name of a town in Magadha
• Kuru – name of a country
• Sineru – A mountain, forming the center of the world.
• Giñjakāvasatha – brick house
• Nerañjarā – name of a river
• Devadaha – name of a Sakyan town
• Mithilā – name of a town; capital of the Videha country
• Kusinārā – name of a Mallan town; small town where the Buddha passed away
• Haṃsavatī – The city of birth of Padumuttara Buddha (Ja.i.37;
• Nandana – name of a heavenly wood
• Campā – name of a town in Aṅga
• Nāḷandā – name of a town near Rājagaha; modern day Nalanda
• Āḷavī – name of a country
• Cetiyā – A Yakkhinī who lived in the Dhūmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyaṅgaṇa.
• Aggāḷava – name of a shrine in Āḷavī
• Gandhamādana – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• Aciravatī – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• Bhesakaḷāvana – name of a wood in the Bhagga country
• Brāhmaṇagāma – A village in Ceylon, near which Mahā Sena built the Kalandavihāra.
• Nātika – name of a village
• Pāvā – name of a city of the Mallas
• Verañjā – name of a town
• Avīci – name of one of the great hells
• Pāṭaliputta – name of a town; capital of Magadha; modern Patna
• Yamunā – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• Macchikāsaṇḍa – name of a forest in Kāsi
• Kīṭāgiri – name of a town in Kāsi
• Gaggarā – name of a lotus pond near Campā
• Andhavana – name of a wood outside Sāvatthī
• Ñātika – name of a village
• Kurundī – A village in Ceylon.
• Subhakiṇha – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of deities
• Icchānaṅgala – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• Pāvārikambavana – name of a monastery
• Uttarakuru – name of the northern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• Sītavana – name of a forest
• Sumbha – A country in which was Desaka (?), where Udāyī visited the Buddha during a stay there,…
• Gayāsīsa – name of a rock hill near Gayā
• Ambāṭakavana – A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati.
• Kammāsadhamma – name of a town in the Kuru country
• Añjanavana – black wood; dark forest; place name
• Susumāragira – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• Migadāya – name of a park outside Susumāragira
• Vehapphala – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of heavenly beings
• Icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍa – forest thicket of Icchānaṅgala
• Ambavana – A district in Ceylon, near the village of Khīravāpi.
• Mahā Thūpa – The great Thūpa in Anurādhapura, built by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī.
• Setabyā – name of a Kosalan town
• Videha – name of a country; modern day Mithila, Tirhut
• Vessavaṇa – One of the names of Kuvera, given to him because his kingdom is called Visāṇā (DN.iii.201;
• Anotatta – Anotatta lake; one of the great Himalayan lakes
• Dhamma – name of king Mahāsudassana's palace
• Aṅga – name of a country; capital Campā; modern day Bengal
• Giribbaja – name of a former capital of Magadha
• Upavattana – name of a place outside Kusinārā
• Gayā – name of a village
• Kosalaraṭṭha – kingdom of Kosala
• Madda – name of a country
• Rājagahanagara – name of a town
• Sarabhū – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• Gosiṅgasālavana – name of a monastery
• Kukkuḷa – name of a hell; (comm) the heat of household life
• Kusāvatī – name of the royal capital of king Mahāsudassana
• Pāṭaligāma – name of a village
• Mahī – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• Mahā Vihāra – The great monastery at Anurādhapura, for many centuries the chief seat of Buddhism in…
• Paṇḍukambalasilā – name of a place in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• Ajapālanigrodhamūla – foot of the goatherd's banyan tree
• Aṅguttarāpa – name of a country
• Kukkuṭārāma – name of a monastery near Pāṭaliputta; (comm) monastery built by Kukkuṭa
• Khema – name of a park in Bandhumatī
• Nandanavana – name of a wood in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• Dakkhiṇāgiri – southern mountains; hills to the south (of Rājagaha)
• Majjhimadesa – The country of Central India which was the birthplace of Buddhism and the region of its…
• Ukkaṭṭhā – name of town
• Kimilā – name of a town
• Anupiyā – name of a Mallan town
• Tapodārāma – hot spring park; place name
• Ambalaṭṭhikā – name of a monastery
• Aruṇavatī – name of the royal capital of king Aruṇavā
• Cittakūṭa – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• Kāḷasilā – name of an ascetic's haunt on Mount Isigili
• Tapodā – A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha.
• Vetaraṇī – name of a river in hell
• Siṃsapāvana – A grove in Āḷavi, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of…
• Andhakavinda – name of a town
• Pacchimadesa – A province in Ceylon, probably in the west.
• Aviha – name of a heavenly realm
• Maddakucchi – name of a park
• Sāgala – A city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
• Brahmaloka – The highest of the celestial worlds, the abode of the Brahmas.
• Pubbavideha – name of the eastern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• Veḷuvagāmaka – name of a village
• Ambapālivana – The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Saṅgha.
• Āpaṇa – name of a town in Aṅguttarāpa
• Pālileyyaka – name of a town near Kosambī
• Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra – name of a rock overhang outside Rājagaha
• Kuraraghara – name of a town in Avanti
• Thullakoṭṭhika – name of a town in the Kuru country; birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla
• Cittalatāvana – name of a pleasure park in Tāvatimsa Heaven
• Isigili – One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city…
• Sārandada – name of a pagoda
• Ukkācelā – A village in the Vajjī country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to…
• Cālikā – name of a town
• Dvāravatī – A city in India.
• Indasālaguhā – name of a cave
• Kañcanaguhā – A cave in the region of the Himālaya, according to one description (Ja.ii.176; but see…
• Uruvelakappa – name of a Mallan town
• Cāpāla – name of a pagoda
• Mahāgaṅgā – great Ganges river
• Mahāvana – name of a forest outside Kapilavatthu
• Opāsāda – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• Candabhāga – name of a mountain
• Koṭigāma – name of a village
• Manasākaṭa – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• Subhagavana – name of a wood in Ukkaṭṭhā
• Vejayantapāsāda – name of Sakka's Palace
• Avanti – name of a country
• Byagghapajja – name of a Koliyan city
• Moranivāpa – A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha.
• Naḷerupucimanda – A grove near Verañjā where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā…
• Rohinī – name of a river
• Ujjenī – name of a city; capital of Avanti
• Bherapāsāṇavihāra – A monastery in Rohaṇa.
• Sañjīva – name of a hell where one cannot die
• Sudhamma – The city of birth of Sobhita Buddha.
• Suppāraka – name of western seaport; modern day Nala Sopara
• Bhaddavatikā – name of a town in Ceta
• Gajaṅgalā – name of a town
• Naḷakapāna – name of a village
• Pāsāṇaka – name of a pagoda
• Thūpārāma – A monastery near the southern wall of Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa.
• Anurādhapura – The capital of Ceylon for nearly fifteen centuries.
• Baliharaṇa – A forest tract (vanasaṇḍa) near Kusinārā where the Buddha is said to have stayed…
• Kaṇḍakīvana – name of a forest
• Kapilapura – name of the capital city of the Sakyans; Kapilavatthu
• Kāsikosala – kingdoms of Kāsi and Kosala
• Roruva – name of a hell
• Sulasā – A nagarasobhinī (courtezan, lit.: town beauty) of Benares; see the Sulasājātaka (Ja 419).
• Suvaṇṇabhūmi – A country.
• Khāṇumata – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• Mātaṅgarañña – name of a forest
• Pācīnavaṃsadāya – name of a park
• Aparagoyāna – name of the western continent in Buddhist cosmology
• Aṭṭhaka – name of a town
• Suṃsumāragira – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• Suraṭṭha – A country (Mil.331, 359;
• Ṭaṅkitamañca – (comm) stone slab mounted on four stone pillars
• Araññakuṭikā – Mention is made of several forest hermitages in the Buddha’s time.
• Bāhukā – name of a river
• Bhāgīrathī – A channel, branching off from the Anotattavāpī in Ceylon, and forming part of the…
• Kuṇḍadhānavana – name of a forest
• Nagaraka – name of town
• Rammavatī – name of a town where Dīpaṅkara Buddha was born
• Aḷāra – A landowner of Mithilā, described also as Videha and Videhīputta, an inhabitant of the…
• Corapapāta – thieves' cliff
• Haliddavasana – name of a Koliyan town
• Jātiyāvana – name of a wood
• Kaṇṇakatthala – name of a park in Ujuññā
• Palāsavana – name of a wood
• Rajatapabbata – A mountain range in the Himālaya.
• Sedaka – name of a town in Sumbha
• Beluvagāmaka – name of a village
• Daddara – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.8, 67; iii.16;
• Lohapāsāda – A building at Anurādhapura, forming the uposatha hall of the Mahā Vihāra.
• Madhurā – name of a town; capital of Surasena
• Nāgadīpa – name of a peninsula in northern Sri Lanka
• Pubbakoṭṭhaka – name of a bathing place outside Sāvatthī
• Sahajāti – name of a town in Ceta
• Sudassana – name of one of the 5 mountains surrounding Lake Anottatta
• Thūṇā – name of a Brahman village
• Uruññā – name of a town in Kosala
• Uyyānadvāra – A gate in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabāhu I.
• Amaravatī – A city in the time of Koṇḍañña Buddha eighteen leagues in extent.
• Ātumā – name of a town between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī
• Cetiyapabbata – name of an area in Sri Lanka; Mihintale
• Cittakūṭapabbata – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• Devavana – name of a wood
• Gosiṅgasālavanadāya – name of a monastery
• Kaliṅga – name of a country
• Kamboja – name of a country; part of modern day eastern Afghanistan
• Kāsigāma – Probably the actual name of the village in Kāsi which was given by Mahā Kosala to his…
• Maghadevaambavana – name of a monastery
• Rājakārāma – name of a monastery
• Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa – name of forest
• Sālavatī – name of a heavenly meeting hall
• Suramma – A seven-storeyed palace, occupied by Gotama Buddha before his Renunciation.
• Vaṅkagiri – A mountain in Himavā to which Vessantara was banished with his family.
• Vāsabhagāma – A village in Kāsī.
• Vebhāra – name of a mountain outside Rājagaha
• Bhoganagara – name of a town
• Cittalapabbata – name of an ancient mountain-top monastery in Sri Lanka
• Dhaññavatī – The city of birth of Nārada Buddha.
• Jantugāma – name of a village
• Siviraṭṭha – The country of the Sivi people, referred to several times in the Jātakas.
• Sūkarakhatā – name of a cave
• Tissa Mahā Vihāra – A monastery in Rohaṇa, founded by Kākavaṇṇatissa (Mhv.xxii.23).
• Vediya – A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where Gotama Buddha…
• Asokārāma – A monastery in Pāṭaliputta, built by Asoka and finished in three years.
• Assapura – name of a town in Aṅga
• Badarikārāma – name of a monastery near to Kosambī
• Bhaddiya – name of a town; capital of Aṅga
• Cañcalikappa – name of a Kosalan village
• Cetiyagiri – name of a mountain shrine near Anurādhapura in Sri Lanka; legendary meeting place of Ven.…
• Ekanāḷā – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• Hatthigāma – name of a village
• Kajaṅgalā – name of a town
• Kaliṅgaraṭṭha – kingdom of Kaliṅga
• Saṅkavā – name of a Kosalan town
• Vepulla – name of a mountain near to Rājagaha
• Gandhāra – name of a country; modern Kandahar
• Gūthaniraya – excrement hell; hell of feces
• Naḷamāla – An ocean passed by Suppāraka and his crew on their way from Bharukaccha.
• Niculavana – Barringtonia acutangula grove
• Padumassara – A park in Anurādhapura laid out by King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• Sumāgadhā – name of a lotus pond
• Vepullapabbata – mount Vepulla
• Anoma – name of the royal capital of king Suppatita
• Bahuputta – name of a pagoda
• Kañcanapabbata – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.396ff).
• Mahā Rakkhita – He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the…
• Mahāviyūha – name of king Mahāsudassana's peaked roof house
• Majjhārañña – name of a forest
• Medāḷupa – name of a Sakyan town
• Naḷakāragāma – name of a village
• Nālandā – name of a village near Rājagaha
• Sāmagāma – name of a village
• Sattamba – name of a pagoda
• Sudassī – A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā.
• Sunāparanta – name of a country; native land of Puṇṇa
• Ambatittha – name of a village in Ceta
• Indapattha – name of a city; capital of the Kurus; modern Delhi
• Lumbinī – A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha.
• Mahā Gāma – A tank built by Mahā Sena.
• Meru – mythical mountain at the centre of the universe
• Sela – A mountain in Himavā.
• Silāvati – name of a Sakyan village
• Vaṭajālikā – name of a monastery
• Vegaḷiṅga – name of an ancient town
• Āḷakamandā – name of a heavenly capital city
• Bhaṇḍagāma – name of a village
• Cittalatā – name of a heavenly garden
• Godhāvarī – name of a river
• Kalambatitthavihāra – A vihāra in Ceylon.
• Laṅkādīpa – island of Lanka; Sri Lanka
• Paṇḍava – name of a mountain near Rājagaha
• Romasa – A mountain in Himavā.
• Sālavatikā – name of a village in Kosala
• Vinataka – One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru.
• Ajakaraṇī –
• Cātumā – name of a village
• Dussāvudha – One of the four most effective weapons found in the world.
• Gundāvana – name of a forest
• Kammāragāma – A village in Rohaṇa, identified with modern Kamburugamuva.
• Kekaka – name of a country
• Kelāsakūṭa – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas; Mount…
• Kimikāḷā – name of a river
• Kuṇḍikā – name of a Koliyan town
• Mahā Papāta – A mountain in the Himālaya where all Pacceka Buddhas die.
• Mahisavatthu – name of a place
• Mekhala – The city of birth of Sumana Buddha and the scene of his first sermon to Saraṇa and…
• Nāgadatta – He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent.
• Nisabha – A mountain in Himavā.
• Pañcasālā – name of a Magadhan village
• Pāsāṇakacetiya – A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha…
• Pippaliguhā – name of a cave
• Saṅkheyyaka – name of a mountain
• Setakaṇṇika – A village forming the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa.
• Simbalivana – The abode of Garuḍas.
• Sindhusovīrabhūmi – lands of Sindh and Sovīra
• Vaṅga – country of eastern Bengal
• Vedisā – name of a town
• Dantapura – name of a town in Kāliṅga

Person

• Ānanda – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• Sāriputta – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• Devadatta – name of a monk; relative and nemesis of the Buddha
• Anāthapiṇḍika – name of a layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving
• Nāgasena – name of an arahant monk, famous for discussions with King Milinda
• Chabbaggiyā – A group of monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of…
• Mahāmoggallāna – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• Anuruddha – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in the divine eye;…
• Vipassī – name of the 6th previous Buddha
• Kassapa – name of the 1st previous Buddha
• Moggallāna – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• Rāhula – name of an arahant monk; Buddha's son
• Pasenadi – name of the king of Kosala
• Mahākassapa – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in preaching ascetic…
• Udāyī – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• Brahmadatta – name of one the seven Bharata kings
• Upāli – name of a layman
• Jīvaka – name of a doctor; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in having faith in an…
• Thullanandā – name of a notorious nun
• Vessantara – name of a prince; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• Visuddhimagga – An encyclopedia of the Buddha’s teaching, written by Buddhaghosa at the request of…
• Bimbisāra – name of a Magadhan king
• Mahākaccāna – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• Visākhā – name of the Buddha's chief female disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• Rādha – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in inspiring…
• Mahānāma – name of a Sakyan layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving fine…
• Sudinna – name of a monk notorious for the first pārājika
• Siddhattha – name of the 9th previous Buddha
• Raṭṭhapāla – name of an arahant monk
• Kokālika – name of a monk
• Dabba – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in assigning…
• Ajātasattu – name of a prince; later king of Magadha; son of Bimbisāra
• Channa – name of an arahant monk who committed suicide
• Padumuttara – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• Cunda – name of a monk
• Vaṅgīsa – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in spontaneous…
• Maddī – name of a princess; daughter of king Madda
• Sunakkhatta – name of a former monk
• Ambaṭṭha – name of a young Brahman
• Cūḷapanthaka – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in creating a…
• Āḷavaka – The king of Āḷavī.
• Māgaṇḍiya – name of a wandering ascetic
• Upananda – name of a Sakyan monk
• Mahākoṭṭhika – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• Sumedha – name of the 14th previous Buddha
• Dīpaṅkara – name of the 24th previous Buddha
• Sikhī – name of the 5th previous Buddha
• Dabba Mallaputta Thera – An Arahant.
• Bhāradvāja – name of a Brahman family
• Citta – name of a lay-disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving Dhamma…
• Mallikā – name of a queen; wife of King Pasenadi
• Kakusandha – name of the 3rd previous Buddha
• Uruvelakassapa – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• Vāseṭṭha – name of a Vedic sage
• Mahāsudassana – name of ancient king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• Mahāpajāpati – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• Atthadassī – name of the 11th previous Buddha
• Pabhāvatī – name of Sikhī Buddha's mother
• Nigrodha – name of a wandering ascetic
• Pañcavaggiyā – The name given to the five monks:
• Yasa – name of an arahant monk
• Bhaddāli – name of a monk
• Mahāli – name of a Licchavi man
• Nigaṇṭha – epithet of Mahāvīra
• Sāriputtamoggallānā – names of monks; chief disciples; great disciples of the Buddha; Sāriputta and Moggallāna
• Sivī – name of a king
• Vakkali – name of an arahant monk; former ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk…
• Nanda – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• Uppalavaṇṇā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in psychic ability
• Meghiya – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• Anomadassī – name of the 18th previous Buddha
• Vacchagotta – name of an ascetic
• Aṅgulimāla – name of an arahant monk
• Sīha – name of a military general in Vesālī
• Āḷāra – name of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• Ariṭṭha – name of a monk
• Nandiya – name of an arahant monk
• Samiddhi – name of an arahant monk
• Mālukyaputta – name of an arahant monk
• Revata – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• Sela – name of a Brahman teacher; name of an arahant monk
• Keṇiya – name of a dreadlocked ascetic
• Pilindavaccha – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those beloved…
• Khemā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in great wisdom
• Dhammadinnā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in giving Dhamma talks
• Senaka – name of an arahant monk
• Koṇāgamana – name of the 2nd previous Buddha
• Pāthikaputta – name of a naked ascetic
• Kumārakassapa – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in talking on…
• Puṇṇamukha – name of a merchant in a Jātaka story
• Mahosadha – The Bodhisatta born as minister to King Videha.
• Sujātā – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywomen in first going…
• Assaji – name of a monk; Sāriputta's teacher
• Suppavāsā – name of a female lay disciple; foremost laywoman in giving fine things; Suppavāsā…
• Kevaṭṭa – name of a layman
• Sundarī – name of an arahant nun
• Khaṇḍahāla – name of a Brahman in a Jātaka story; former birth of Devadatta
• Kosala – A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of names.
• Sabhiya – name of an arahant monk
• Sāti – name of a monk
• Soṇadaṇḍa – name of a Brahman
• Bandhumatī – name of Vipassī Buddha's mother
• Milinda – name of a king; Menander
• Sutasoma – The Bodhisatta born as king of Benares.
• Bāhiya – name of an ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick realization;…
• Jāṇussoṇi – name of a rich Brahman
• Subhūti – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in living without…
• Mahākappina – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• Sujāta – name of the 13th previous Buddha
• Upavāṇa – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• Bhaddiya – name of an arahant
• Dhanañjāni – name of a Brahman
• Ghaṭikāra – name of a potter
• Kaṇhājinā – name of a princess; daughter of Vessantara
• Rāhulamātā – The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother (e.g., Vin.i.82) and Gotama’s…
• Mahācunda – name of an arahant monk
• Upāli – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• Dīghāvu – name of prince; son of king Dīghīti
• Diṭṭhamaṅgalikā – Daughter of a seṭṭhi in Benares and wife of Mātaṅga.
• Pokkharasāti – name of a Brahman
• Upatissa – name of Sāriputta
• Paṭācārā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in upholding monastic…
• Upasena – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• Hatthaka – name of a layman in Āḷavī; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in supporting a…
• Bhūridatta – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Nāga king, Dhataraṭṭha.
• Sāgata – name of an arahant monk; foremost monk in the fire element
• Pañcakaṅga – name of a layperson
• Saccaka – name of a Jain
• Aṅkura – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• Tusita – One of the palaces occupied by Koṇāgamana Buddha in his last lay life.
• Lohicca – name of a Brahman
• Mahā Govinda – A primeval king, mentioned with Mandhātā as reigning in Rājagaha.
• Nāgita – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha for some time
• Puṇṇa – name of an arahant monk from Sunāparanta; Puṇṇa Sunāparanta
• Bhūmija – name of a monk
• Brahmadatta – name of an ancient king
• Brahmāyu – name of a Brahman
• Nārada – name of a monk
• Bākula – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in health
• Nandaka – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in admonishing the…
• Pahasambahula – Thirty-one kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of…
• Bāvarī – name of a Brahman ascetic; teacher of the sixteen ascetics in Pārāyanavagga
• Jotipāla – name of a Brahman royal adviser
• Kolita – Mahāmoggallāna's first name; Kolita Moggallāna
• Bhaddā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in remembering…
• Dārucīriya – name of an arahant ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick…
• Kuṇāla – The Bodhisatta, born as the king of the Citrakokilas.
• Suppabuddha – name of a leper
• Meṇḍaka – name of a lay disciple
• Pūraṇa – name of an ascetic teacher; Pūraṇa Kassapa
• Sañcaya – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• Saṅgārava – name of a Brahman
• Soṇa – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in having energy…
• Vassakāra – name of a Brahman; Ajātasattu's chief minister
• Kisāgotamī – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in wearing coarse robes
• Doṇa – name of a Brahman
• Maṅgala – name of the 22nd previous Buddha
• Poṭṭhapāda – name of a wandering ascetic
• Kikī – name of the reigning king of Kāsi at the time of Kassapa Buddha
• Mahākaccāyana – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• Rāma – name of a sage; father of the Buddha's second teacher
• Lakuṇḍakabhaddiya – name of an arahant monk
• Mogharāja – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in wearing coarse…
• Kāliṅga – name of a lay disciple
• Kimila – name of an arahant monk; associate of Anuruddha
• Puṇṇa – name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in giving…
• Tissa – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha
• Soṇa – name of a layman
• Sumana – name of the 21st previous Buddha
• Govinda – name of a Brahman
• Kūṭadanta – name of a Brahman
• Seyyasaka – name of a monk infamous for Saṅghādisesa 1
• Subha – name of a young Brahman
• Sandaka – name of a wandering ascetic
• Sudatta – name of Anāthapiṇḍika; father of Saddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in…
• Suddhodana – name of the Buddha's father; king of the Sakyans
• Visākha – name of a lay disciple
• Assalāyana – name of a young Brahman
• Caṇḍakāḷī – name of a nun
• Nandā – name of an arahant nun
• Nandamātar – name of an eminent lay disciple
• Udena – name of a king
• Vidhura – name of one of Kakusandha Buddha's chief disciples
• Korabya – name of a King
• Sāḷha – name of a layman; Visākha's grandson
• Saradatāpasa – name of an ascetic
• Mahāpanthaka – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those skilled…
• Pāyāsi – name of a young nobleman
• Piṇḍolabhāradvāja – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• Aññāsikoṇḍañña – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in long standing;…
• Anurādha – name of a monk
• Paduma – name of the 17th previous Buddha
• Sumedhā – name of an arahant nun
• Sundarīnandā – name of an arahant nun
• Ekarāja – King of Benares.
• Khemaka – name of an arahant
• Mahā Paduma – A Pacceka Buddha, chief of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas, all sons of Padumavatī.
• Uttara – name of a young Brahman
• Godhika – name of an arahant monk
• Nimi – name of a king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• Viṭaṭūbha – name of king Pasenadi's general
• Ambapālī – name of a courtesan
• Sāla – Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple.
• Subhadda – name of an arahant monk; last person to get ordained under the Buddha
• Sunetta – name of a teacher of old
• Suppiya – name of a wandering ascetic
• Dhotaka – name of a Brahman ascetic
• Jayasena – name of a prince
• Nāgasamāla – name of an arahant monk; personal attendant of the Buddha
• Sarabha – name of a wandering ascetic
• Sobhita – name of the 19th previous Buddha
• Soṇā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in having energy…
• Sumana – name of an arahant monk
• Udena – name of a monk
• Candā – name of an arahant nun
• Caṅkī – name of a Brahman
• Dhammadassī – name of the 10th previous Buddha
• Upālitthera – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• Arindama – The Bodhisatta, born as King of Benares and son of the Magadha King of Rājagaha.
• Koṭṭhika – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• Mahāpajāpatigotamī – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• Nakulapitar – name of a householder; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in trustworthiness
• Sunanda – Father of Padumuttara Buddha.
• Upasīva – name of a Brahman ascetic
• Khujjuttarā – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in great learning
• Puṇṇaka – name of a Brahman ascetic
• Sattarasavaggiyā – A group of 17 monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the…
• Asadisadāna – The celebrated almsgiving which Pasenadi, under the guidance and inspiration of Mallikā,…
• Bhadda – name of an arahant monk
• Somadatta – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Brahmin Aggidatta (q.v.).
• Todeyya – name of a rich Brahman
• Upananda – name of the military general of Magadha
• Puṇṇa – name of a Koliyan ascetic who performed the cow practice
• Rohaṇa – name of a young layman
• Alampāyana – name of a snake-charmer in a Jātaka story
• Dīghatapassī – name of Jain ascetic
• Padumavatī – Mother of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas.
• Udaka – name of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• Vaḍḍha – name of an arahant monk
• Vajjiputtakā – The name of a large group of monks belonging to the Vajjī clan and dwelling in Vesālī,…
• Abhaya – name of a prince; king Bimbisāra's son
• Dhanañcaya – name of a Kuru king
• Kāṇā – Daughter of Kāṇamātā.
• Reṇu – name of a king; son of king Disampati
• Jeta – name of a privately awakened Buddha
• Mahā Duggata – A very poor man of Benares in the time of Kassapa Buddha.
• Migajāla – name of an arahant monk; son of Visākhā
• Sunidhavassakārā – names of two ministers of Magadha; Sunidha and Vassakāra
• Ajita – name of a Brahman ascetic
• Lāḷudāyī – name of a monk
• Dhaniya – name of a monk infamous for the second pārājika
• Maghadeva – name of a king; previous incarnation of Sakka
• Metteyya – name of young Brahman
• Sundarikabhāradvāja – name of a Brahman
• Cālā – name of an arahant nun; Sāriputta's sister
• Citta – name of a monk; Citta Hatthisāriputta
• Dīghīti – A king of Kosala.
• Kappina – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• Kassapa – name of an arahant monk
• Kesava – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• Koṇḍañña – name of a monk; seniormost of the five ascetics; first monastic disciple of the Buddha
• Saṅgāmaji – name of a monk
• Udaya – name of a Brahman ascetic
• Upaka – name of an ascetic; first person the Buddha met after his awakening
• Bhaddaji – name of an arahant monk
• Dāsaka – name of an arahant monk
• Makkhali – name of a ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• Tissa – name of the 8th previous Buddha
• Vessabhū – name of the 4th previous Buddha
• Kāḷudāyī – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• Lakkhaṇa – name of an arahant monk
• Mittavindaka – The son of a very rich merchant of Benares in the days of Kassapa Buddha.
• Nakulamātar – name of a female lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in…
• Piṅgiya – name of an arahant
• Ārohanta – name of a former minister who became a monk
• Isidatta – name of an arahant monk
• Kassapagotta – name of a monk
• Kuṭikaṇṇa – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in eloquence; Soṇa…
• Maṇḍakappa – A kappa in which two Buddhas are born.
• Rāhulabhadda – auspicious Rāhula; Rāhula the fortunate
• Roja – A primeval king, son of Mahā Sammata, and, therefore, an ancestor of the Sākiyans.
• Sakuludāyī – name of a wandering ascetic
• Uttara – name of an arahant monk
• Ajita – name of an ascetic teacher; Ajita Kesakambala
• Asibandhakaputta – name of a layman; Asibandhaka's son
• Kasibhāradvāja – name of a Brahman
• Dhammapāla – name of an arahant monk
• Jūjaka – A Brahmin of Dunniviṭṭha in Kāliṅga.
• Soṇa – name of a monk
• Bhaddā – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in quick realization;…
• Mahāvijita – name of a legendary king
• Padumuttarabuddha – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• Pukkusa – name of a young Mallan man
• Vejayanta – The chief of the eighty-four thousand chariots owned by Mahā Sudassana (SN.iii.145;
• Disampati – name of a king
• Jotika – name of a householder
• Kaṇhadīpāyana – An ascetic of great power.
• Mandhātar – name of a king
• Sobhita – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in recollection of…
• Timbaruka – name of a wandering ascetic

People

• Gotama – family name of the Buddha
• Sakkā – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• Licchavi – name of a prominent group of Khattiyas based in Vesālī
• Aggivessana – name of a Brahman family clan
• Kaccāna – family name
• Vajjī – people of Vajji; Vajjians
• Vaccha – family name
• Mallā – people of Malla; Mallans
• Sakya – name of the family into which the Buddha was born
• Nāṭaputta – family name of Mahavira; leader of the Jains
• Kālāma – family names of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• Kosiya – family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka
• Sivi –
• Cetī – people of Ceta; Cetans
• Vedehiputta – family name of Ajātasattu
• Bhaggava – family name
• Bhaggā – people of Bhagga; Bhaggans
• Koliya – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• Rāmaputta – family names of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• Sumbhā – people of Sumbha; Sumbhans
• Mantāṇiputta – family name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• Pañcālā – people of Pañcāla
• Kosinārakā – Inhabitants of Kusinārā, e.g.,
• Gosāla – family name of an ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• Kaccāyana – family name
• Buddhakula – The family of the Brahmin of Sāketa mentioned in the Commentary to the Jarāsutta.
• Tusitā – The inhabitants of the Tusita world.
• Belaṭṭhaputta – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• Saṃkicca – family name of an ascetic; Kisa Saṃkicca
• Aṅgā – people of Bengal; Bengalis
• Sirimā – He was born in the family of a householder of Sāvatthī and was called Sirimā on account…
• Pukkusa – The name of a caste, classified among the despised castes (e.g.,
• Aṅgamagadhā – people of Aṅga and Magadha; Aṅgans and Magadhans
• Verahaccānigotta – belonging to the Verahaccāni family clan
• Kātiyāna – family name
• Pubbaseliyā – One of the seventeen heterodox sects which arose in Jambudīpa in the second century after…
• Kesakambala – family name of an ascetic teacher
• Saviṭṭhaka – An example of a low family name.
• Milakkha – barbarian; non-Indo-Aryan speaker
• Thūṇeyyakā – The people of Thūṇa.
• Assakā – name of a people
• Cātumeyyakā – The inhabitants of Cātumā.
• Vacchāyana – family name of the wandering ascetic Pilotika
• Cetaputtā – The name of a tribe given in a nominal list; probably the inhabitants of Ceta.
• Gagga – name of the family clan of Aṅgulimāla
• Kaṇhāyana – name of a clan
• Mahā Saṅghikā – One of the Buddhist schools which separated out from the Theravādins at the Second…
• Koḷiya – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• Maddā – people of Madda
• Puṇṇa – He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country.
• Ajita Kesakambala – Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Piṭakas as being contemporaneous…
• Moriya – name of a high-caste clan
• Uttarakurukā – The inhabitants of Uttarakuru.
• Bhāradvāja – He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha and his wife was a…
• Cetiyā – people of Ceta; Cetans
• Erāpatha – A royal family of Nāgas, mentioned together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and…
• Sūrasenā – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• Suvidehā – good people of Videha
• Kaṇhāgotamakā – A royal family of Nāgas.
• Siddhatthikā – One of the seven heterodox sects which branched off in the second century after the…
• Thūlū – name of a people
• Tivarā – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• Cetivaṃsā – people of Ceta and Vaṃsa
• Dasārahā – name of a people
• Kurupañcālā – people of Kuru and Pañcala; Kurus and Pañcālas
• Majjhasūrasenā – people of Majjha and Sūrasena; Majjhas and Sūrasenas
• Maṅgala – A tribe of elephants, each of which had the strength of ten million men.
• Pilinda – name of a family clan
• Upananda – He belonged to the Sākyan clan.
• Vajjimallā – people of Vajjī and Malla; Vajjians and Mallans
• Aparaseliyā – A sub-sect of the Andhakā.
• Buli – name of clan who received a portion of the Buddha's relics
• Damiḷa – The name of a people (Tamils) whose home was in South India.
• Okkalā – The people of Okkala janapada (MN-a.ii.894); mentioned also in the Apadāna (ii.359) in a…
• Sakyā – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• Saṅgharakkhita – He belonged to a wealthy family of Sāvatthī, and, after joining the Saṅgha, lived with…
• Saṅkantikā – A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyā.
• Bālanakkhatta – A festival lasting for seven days, during which people smeared their bodies with ashes…
• Candana – He belonged to a rich family in Sāvatthī, and having heard the Buddha preach, became a…
• Gandhārā – people of Gandhāra; Gandhārians
• Jotivana – The name given to the Nandanavana in Anurādhapura after Mahinda had preached there,…
• Kaccānagotta – name of a respected family clan
• Kāḷāvaka – The tribe of ordinary elephants, each one of which possesses the strength of ten men.
• Kāliṅgā – people of Kaliṅga
• Koḷivīsa –
• Kuliṅga – The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese.
• Licchavī – A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha.
• Rohitassā – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• Sovīrā – people of Sovīra
• Valāhaka – A family of horses from which the Assaratana of a Cakkavatti is supplied (Khp-a. 172;
• Vedhaññā – name of a Sakyan family clan
• Yonakambojā – people of Bactria and Kamboja; Bactrians and Kambojans
• Ācāmadāyikā – A family in Rājagaha was afflicted with plague and all its members died except one woman.
• Bhadda – He was born in the family of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī.
• Cetiyavāda – A later offshoot of the Mahā Saṅghika school, through the Paññatti and Bāhulika sects of…
• Coḷā – The people of Coḷa.
• Dhammaruci – One of the heterodox sects of Ceylon which branched off from the Theravāda (Mhv.v.13).
• Hatthiporikā – A tribe, probably the people of Hatthipura.
• Kaṃsavaṃsa – The race of Mahā Kaṁsa; this race was destroyed by the sons of Devagabbhā.
• Kañcanamāṇava – The name given to Mahā Kaccāna by his parents, Kaccāna being the family name.
• Koḷivisa – name of a family clan
• Oḍḍaka – A name of a tribe, occurring in a list of tribes.
• Pakudha Kaccāyana – Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time.
• Pallavakā – The name of a tribe, occurring in a nominal list.
• Sambhūta – He belonged to a family of clansmen and joined the Saṅgha under Ānanda, after the…
• Suppiya – He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers.
• Surasenā – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• Suttavādā – A heretical sect, a branch of the Saṅkantikas.
• Verahaccāni – name of a Brahman family clan

Deity

• Sakka – name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
• Māra – death; Death; death personified
• Pāpimant – evil one; evil personified; epithet of Māra
• Tāvatiṃsa – The second of the six Deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world.
• Mātalī – name of Sakka's charioteer
• Khara – name of a daemon
• Sahampati – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• Puṇṇaka – name of a daemon
• Dhataraṭṭha – name of one of the four great kings; ruler of the east
• Yama – The god of death (see, e.g.,
• Nanda – name of a deity
• Pañcasikha – name of a demigod
• Varuṇa – name of a Vedic god; name of a deva king
• Vessavaṇa – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• Ābhassarā – radiant gods; effulgent deities
• Sanaṅkumāra – name of a god
• Vepacitti – name of a daemon lord
• Paranimmitavasavattī – A class of Devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe (kāmaloka).
• Rāhu – name of a asura lord
• Tusitā – name of a group of deities; from Tusita heaven
• Susima – name of a deity
• Vissakamma – name of Sakka's architect
• Nimmānaratino – name of a group of devas
• Antaka – Death
• Pahārāda – name of a daemon
• Sūciloma – name of a daemon
• Baka – name of a god
• Susīma – name of a deity
• Yāmā – name of a group of deities
• Sātāgira – name of a daemon
• Satullapakāyikā – A class of Devas.
• Indaka – name of a daemon
• Kuvera – name of a daemon; guardian deity of the north; god of wealth
• Nimmānaratī – A class of Devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six Deva-worlds (DN.i.218;
• Namuci – name of Māra
• Māgha – epithet of Sakka
• Sujā – name of Sakka's wife
• Kakudha – name of a deity
• Virūpakkha – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• Rohitassa – previous name of a deity
• Nandivisāla – name of a deity
• Candana – name of a deity
• Candima – name of a deity who lives in the moon
• Kassapa – name of a deity
• Serīsaka – name of a daemon
• Subrahma – name of a deity
• Dūsī – name of a Māra; previous incarnation of Mahāmoggallāna
• Hārita – name of a god; Vishnu
• Mahinda – great Inda; lord of the gods
• Viññāṇañcāyatanūpaga – gone to the dimension of infinite consciousness; epithet of a class of devas
• Manāpakāyikā – A class of Devas possessing lovely forms.
• Nandopananda – A Nāga king, tamed by Moggallāna.
• Sivaka – name of a daemon
• Venateyya – descendant of Vinatā
• Panāda – name of a deity
• Parittābha – with limited radiance; epithet of a class of devas
• Devagabbha – A Yakkha.
• Maṇikaṇṭha – name of a dragon
• Pajjunna – name of a deity; god of rain; rain cloud
• Suvīra – name of a deity
• Turū – name of a solitary Brahma
• Khiḍḍāpadosikā – name of a group of deities
• Manopadosikā – name of a group of deities
• Sambara – name of an asura lord
• Setaketu – name of the Bodhisatta in Tusita heaven
• Sūriyavacchasā – name of a female demigod
• Suyāma – name of a deity; lord of the Yāma deities
• Canda – name of the moon deity
• Sunimmita – name of a deity; lord of the gods who delight in creation
• Cāpāla – A Yakkha.
• Janavasabha – name of a supernatural being
• Ajakalāpaka – name of a daemon
• Erakapatta – A Nāga king.
• Hatthaka – name of a deity
• Kālakañcikā – name of a group of daemons
• Soṇadinna – A Devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṁsa.
• Tāyana – name of a deity
• Tissa – name of a monk reborn as a Brahma
• Yugandhara – name of a daemon
• Ariṭṭha – name of a daemon
• Campeyya – A Nāga-king who dwelt in the river Campā.
• Dīghalaṭṭhi – name of a deity
• Ghosa – A Devaputta, Kotūhalaka, in a previous birth.
• Gopaka – name of a deity
• Sītavalāhakā – A class of Devas.
• Soma – A Deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpatī and…
• Appamāṇābhā – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna (Abhs., p.21).
• Avaruddhaka – A Yakkha.
• Bakabrahma – name of a god
• Gadrabha – Doorkeeper of Āḷavaka, the Yakkha.
• Hemavata – name of a daemon king
• Kāṇāriṭṭha – One of the four sons of the Nāga-king Dhataraṭṭha and his queen Samuddajā, the others…
• Paṇḍara – A Nāga king.
• Timbarū – name of a demigod king
• Uṇhavalāhakā – A class of Devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world (NidA.108;
• Āpā – A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.259).
• Dāmali – name of a deity
• Khema – name of a deity
• Kokanadā – name of a goddess
• Lakkhī – The Pāli equivalent of Lakṣmī, goddess of beauty and fortune.
• Maṇibhadda – name of a daemon
• Veṇḍu – name of a deity; Vishnu
• Aggi Bhagavā – A deity (probably identical with the Vedic Agni), worship of whom brought, as reward,…
• Ākoṭaka – name of a deity
• Ghaṭīkāra – name of a deity
• Karoṭi – A class of spirits, associated with the Nāgas and forming one of the five defences of the…
• Parittasubha – with limited beauty; epithet of a class of devas
• Sahali – name of a deity
• Santusita – name of a deity; lord of Tusita heaven
• Candimā – The name of the Devaputta whose abode (vimāna) is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called…
• Candimasa – name of a deity
• Kambalassatarā – name of two nāgas
• Māṇavagāmiya – name of a deity
• Nīka – name of a deity
• Paranimmitā – name of a group of deities
• Vassavalāhakā – One of the Valāhaka Devas (q.v.).
• Virūḷhaka – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• Avihā – A class of Devas.
• Cittasena – name of a demigod; (comm) name of two demigods
• Cūḷakokanadā – name of a goddess
• Kāmada – name of a deity
• Kumbhīra – name of a daemon king
• Nandana – name of a deity
• Nighaṇḍu – A Yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress…
• Piyaṅkaramātar – name of a female daemon
• Sakkanāmaka – name of a daemon
• Sūriya – name of the sun deity
• Ujjhānasaññikā – The name given to a group of Devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night.
• Uttara – name of a deity
• Vāsudatta – name of a deity
• Vegabbhari – name of a deity
• Abhisammataka – A Yakkha chieftain.
• Ajakalāpaka – name of a shrine
• Gumbika – A Yakkha; see the Gumbiyajātaka (Ja 366).
• Jantu – name of a deity
• Maṇimekhalā – A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cātummahārājikā to…
• Sūkarapeta – A Peta who lived on Gijjhakūṭa.
• Vatrabhū – (comm) name of Sakka; (or) epithet of Sakka
• Anekavaṇṇa – A Devaputta in Tāvatiṁsa, who, because of his good deeds, excelled even Sakka in majesty.
• Asura – In Pāḷi Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the…
• Bhaddā – name of a female demigod
• Bhūjati – name of a female deity; attendant of king Vessavaṇa
• Īsāna – name of a Vedic god
• Janesabha – name of a demigod
• Kharadāṭhika – A Yakkha.
• Mahā Sena – A Deva living in Ketumatī Palace to the east of Vejayanta.
• Opamañña – name of a deity
• Pañcālacaṇḍa – name of a deity
• Parisuddhābhā – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods.
• Piyaṅkara – name of a young daemon
• Punabbasu – name of a young daemon
• Rāja – name of a daemon
• Serī – name of a deity
• Siva – name of a deity; Shiva
• Sumukha – name of a daemon
• Verocana – A Nāga king, who lived in the Ganges.
• Appamāṇasubhā – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna (Abhs.p.21).
• Asamā – name of a group of deities
• Bīraṇī – A goddess (devadhītā).
• Dīgha – name of a daemon
• Kālakañjikā – name of a group of daemons
• Kāmaseṭṭha – name of a deity
• Lokabyūha – A class of Devas.
• Mahā Sumana – The presiding deity of Sumanakūṭa.
• Mandiya – name of a daemon
• Naradeva – A Yakkha who, once a fortnight, took possession of Kāvinda and made him bark like a dog.
• Netti – name of a daemon
• Parajana – name of spirit
• Paramatta – name of a god
• Pathavindhara – name of a nāga
• Pāyāsidevaputta – young deity Pāyāsi
• Pokkhara – name of a deity
• Punabbasumātar – name of a female daemon
• Sahabhū – name of a class of deities
• Uppalavaṇṇa – The god to whom Sakka entrusted the guardianship of Laṅkā and its people.
• Vinatā – mother of the Garuda race
• Viṭuṭa – name of a deity
• Yāmunā – name of a group of deities
• Accimukhī – A Nāga princess, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, the Nāga king.
• Alakkhī – The goddess of ill-luck.
• Aravāḷa – A Nāga king, who lived in the Aravāḷadaha in Kasmīra-Gandhāra.
• Cūḷa Daddara – A Nāga, brother of Mahā Daddara (the Bodhisatta), and son of Sūradaddara.
• Dānaveghasā – name of group of daemons
• Devasūta – One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiyasutta.
• Hāragajā – name of a group of deities
• Kālakañcā – name of a group of daemons
• Khemiyā – name of a group of deities
• Kinnighaṇḍu – name of a deity
• Kinnughaṇḍu – name of a deity
• Kumbhakaṇṇa – A powerful Yakkha whom Sumedha Buddha brought under his power.
• Kuṭeṇḍu – name of a deity
• Lohitavāsī – name of a group of deities
• Mandavalāhakā – name of a group of deities
• Māṇivara – name of a daemon
• Manosatta – epithet of a class of devas in Jain doctrine
• Mānusuttamā – name of a group of deities
• Mucalinda – name of a daemon
• Mucalinda – name of a dragon king
• Odātagayhā – name of a group of deities
• Ojasi – name of a daemon
• Puṇṇakāla – A Yakkha who, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, spread in Ceylon a pestilence called…
• Sadāmattā – name of a group of deities
• Suriya – name of the sun deity
• Tatojasī – name of a daemon
• Tatola – name of a daemon
• Tatotala – name of a daemon
• Tattala – name of a daemon
• Tejasi – name of a daemon
• Vasavattino – name of a group of deities; gods who wield power over the creations of others
• Vasū – name of a group of deities
• Veghanasā – name of a group of deities
• Vidhātā – Given as the name of a god to whom sacrifices should be offered as a means of obtaining…
• Virūḷha – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• Viṭeṇḍu – name of a deity
• Viṭucca – name of a deity
• Abhibhū – overlord; supreme being
• Accutā – name of a group of deities
• Anejakā – name of a group of deities
• Aruṇā – name of a group of deities
• Cittarāja – A Yakkha.
• Cūḷodara – A Nāga king of Ceylon, nephew of Mahodara.
• Dadhimukha – name of a daemon
• Harayo – name of a group of deities
• Jotināmā – name of a group of deities
• Kāpilavatthavā – name of a group of daemons
• Karambhā – name of a goddess; name of a group of deities
• Karatiya – name of a daemon
• Kaṭṭhakā – name of a group of deities
• Kumbhaṇḍa – A class of beings (fairies or gnomes) grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas, Asuras and others.
• Lāmaseṭṭhā – name of a group of deities
• Lambītakā – name of a group of deities
• Mahā Doṇa – A Nāga king of the city of Mahā Doṇa on the bank of the Gaṅgārahada.
• Mahāpāragā – name of a group of deities
• Nāgasā – names of a group of nāgas
• Naḷorāja – name of a demigod
• Paṇṇaka – A Nāga king living in Anotatta lake.
• Pāragā – name of a group of deities
• Pāyāgā – name of a group of nāgas
• Rattakkhi – A Yakkha who worried Ceylon in the time of Sirisaṅghabodhi.
• Rojā – name of a group of deities
• Sahadhammā – name of a group of deities
• Sātāgirā – name of a group of daemons
• Subhakiṇha – epithet of a class of devas
• Sucitti – name of a daemon
• Sumana – name of a daemon
• Sumanadeva – A tree deity whose daughter, Kāḷī, was married to Dīghataphala.
• Supparodha – name of a daemon
• Sūra – name of a daemon
• Uttarikā – name of a young female daemon
• Vajirahattha – A Deva, conqueror of the Asuras (DN.ii.259).
• Vajirapāṇī – A Yakkha.
• Vāsavanesī – name of a group of deities
• Yamakoḷī – A Yakkha who, with one thousand others, stood guard over the first gate of Jotika’s…
• Apalāla – A nāga king, converted by the Buddha.
• Asama – name of a deity
• Begabbhari – name of a deity
• Brahmāsahampati – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• Dīghapiṭṭhikā – A class of Petas whose bodies are sixty leagues in height.
• Ghanikā – A class of spirits (cloud-gods?).
• Gopāla – name of a daemon
• Gūthakhādaka – A Peta.
• Kaṭattha – One of the Yakkhas who guarded Jotika’s palace.
• Katthakā – A class of Devas present at the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.261).
• Kuṇḍa – A Yakkha who once inhabited a forest, called Kuṇḍadhāna (Ud-a.122) after him.
• Mahāsamanā – name of a group of deities
• Mahiddhi – name of a god
• Mañjerika – The name of the Nāga kingdom (Nāgabhavana).
• Naḷeru – (comm) name of a daemon; (or) growing in the hollow of a tree; (or) growing in a thicket…
• Nammadā – A Nāga king who dwelt in the river Nammadā.
• Parittābhā – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods (MN.iii.102).
• Sakkaṭa – A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gate of Jotiya’s…
• Sanaṅkumārabrahma – name of a god
• Santussita – name of a deity
• Sikhaṇḍī – name of Mātali's son
• Suleyyā – A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta.
• Sūleyyarucirā – name of two groups of deities
• Sūriyavaccasā – name of a demigod
• Udakapūjā – A celebration held by a Nāga king in honour of Kañcanadevī.
• Vajirabāhu – A Yakkha who, with four thousand others, kept guard at the fourth gate of Jotiya’s palace.
• Vatra – An Asura.
• Vehapphala – epithet of a class of devas
• Veṇḍudevā – name of a group of deities
• Veṭeṇḍu – name of a deity
• Vicakkhaṇā – name of a group of deities

Animal

• Sumukha – A crow, general of Supatta.
• Nāḷāgiri – name of the elephant that tried to kill the Buddha
• Nandiyāvaṭṭa – The name of a huge fish dwelling in the ocean.
• Erāvaṇa – name of Sakka's elephant
• Sākha – A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• Suphassā – name of a crow in a Jātaka story
• Dhanapāla – name of an elephant
• Mahā Soṇa – An evil-natured horse of Brahmadatta, king of Benares.
• Cūḷa Subhaddā – An elephant, one of the two chief consorts of Chaddanta, against whom she conceived a…
• Dhanapālaka – name of an elephant
• Buddharakkhita – name of a young parrot who practiced Satipaṭṭhāna meditation
• Kuṇḍalinī – The name given to the offspring of the sārikā-bird (myna) in the Tesakuṇajātaka (Ja 521).
• Khemaka – The name given to the fowler who caught the golden goose from Cittakūṭa, at the request…
• Sattigumba – Devadatta born as a parrot.
• Suhanu – A horse belonging to the king of Benares.
• Pūtimaṃsa – A jackal, the mate of Veṇī.
• Mitacintī – A fish, see the Mitacintījātaka (Ja 114).
• Nālāgiri – An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha.
• Aggimukha – A species of snake; bodies bitten by them grow hot.
• Anutīracārī – An otter who had a dispute with another otter, Gambhīracārī, about a fish.
• Girimekhala – name of Māra's elephant
• Valāhaka – name of a king Mahāsudassana's royal steed
• Bahucintī – A fish.
• Cūḷa Lohita – An ox, brother of the Bodhisatta, Mahā Lohita.
• Kandagalaka – A bird, a former birth of Devadatta.
• Lakkhaṇa – A deer, son of the Bodhisatta, identified with Sāriputta.
• Mahiḷāmukha – name of an elephant
• Pālileyyaka – name of an elephant that served the Buddha in a Dhammapada story
• Sirika – The name of the elephant which Sunanda (Upāli in this life) was riding when he insulted…
• Appacintī – A fish who lived in the Ganges with his brothers Bahucintī and Mitacintī.
• Cūḷa Nandiya – A monkey, brother of Nandiya, the Bodhisatta.
• Kāḷabāhu – A monkey, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• Rādha – A parrot, brother of Poṭṭhapāda, the Bodhisatta.
• Sabbadāṭha – Devadatta born as a jackal.
• Mayhaka – A bird, see the Mayhakajātaka (Ja 390).
• Senaka – A monkey, born as the nephew of the Bodhisatta.
• Cittapatta – A kokila-bird, a previous birth of Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya, during the time of Vipassī Buddha.
• Doṇamukha – The elephant sent by Prince Mahā Pāduma of Kumudanagara, at Soṇa’s request, to kill…
• Poṭṭhapāda – A parrot, younger brother of Rādha, the Bodhisatta.
• Romaka – name of a pigeon
• Sālaka – name of a monkey in a Jātaka story
• Añjanasannibha – name of an elephant
• Jambuka – A parrot, an incarnation of the Bodhisatta, adopted as his son by Brahmadatta, king of…
• Mahā Kaṇha – The name assumed by Mātali when he became a dog.
• Pessa – An elephant trainer of Campā.
• Veṇī – A she-jackal, wife of Pūtimaṁsa.
• Abhayaṅkara – One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares.
• Anusāsikā – The name of the greedy bird in the Anusāsikajātaka.
• Bhaddavatī – A female elephant belonging to King Udena.
• Caturakkha – One of the dogs whom the goat Melamātā proposed to take with her on her visit to the…
• Citta – A deer, brother of Rohanta, the Bodhisatta.
• Khema – The deer-park near Bandhumatī (Ja.vi.480;
• Piṅgala – A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta.
• Puṇḍarīka – name of an elephant in a Dhammapada story
• Puppha – One of the five horses of King Kappina, used by him in sending messages.
• Cūḷa Rohita – An ox belonging to a Brahmin.
• Ekapuṇḍarīka – name of king Pasenadi's elephant
• Gadrabhakula – Mentioned as one of the families in which horses are born.
• Guḷavaṇṇa – A horse belonging to King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• Haṃsavaha – The horse on which Sujāta Buddha left household life.
• Isipatana – An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park.
• Kaṇḍula – The state-elephant of Duṭṭhagāmiṇī.
• Kesi – A horse-trainer.
• Rājagiri – One of the elephants of Candakumāra (q.v.).
• Saviṭṭhaka – Devadatta born as a crow.
• Sudassana – The horse ridden by Atthadassī Buddha when he left the world.
• Vālavāhana – A horse belonging to King Kappina.
• Vessantara – An owl, identified with Sāriputta (Ja.v.125).