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

• സാവത്ഥീ – name of a city; capital of Kosala
• ജേതവന – name of a monastery in Sāvatthī
• രാജഗഹ – name of a city; capital of Magadha; modern day Rajgir
• വേളുവന – name of a park outside Rājagaha
• ബാരാണസീ – name of a city; modern Varanasi
• വേസാലീ – name of a city; capital of the Licchavis
• കലന്ദകനിവാപ – name of a park in Rājagaha
• കൂടാഗാരസാലാ – name of monastery outside Vesālī
• മഹാവന – name of a forest outside Vesālī
• കപിലവത്ഥു – name of the capital city of the Sakyans
• കോസമ്ബീ – name of a town; capital city of the Vatsas
• ഗിജ്ഝകൂട – name of a mountain peak around Rājagaha
• ഗങ്ഗാ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• നിഗ്രോധാരാമ – name of a park in Kapilavatthu
• ഇസിപതന – name of a forest near Bārāṇasī
• മിഗദായ – name of a park outside Bārāṇasī
• ഘോസിതാരാമ – name of a monastery in Kosambī
• മഗധ – name of a country; modern day Bihar
• സുദ്ധാവാസ – name of five heavens in the Brahma realm
• കാസി – name of a kingdom
• പുബ്ബാരാമ – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī
• ജീവകമ്ബവന – name of a monastery near Rājagaha
• മിഗാരമാതുപാസാദ – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī, built by Visākhā
• കോസല – name of a kingdom
• ജമ്ബുദീപ – India; name of the central continent in Buddhist cosmology
• സാകേത – name of a town in Kosala; old capital of Kosala
• തക്കസിലാ – name of city in Gandāra with a well known university; Greek name Taxila
• ഉരുവേലാ – name of a town in Magadha
• കുരു – name of a country
• സിനേരു – A mountain, forming the center of the world.
• ഗിഞ്ജകാവസഥ – brick house
• നേരഞ്ജരാ – name of a river
• ദേവദഹ – name of a Sakyan town
• മിഥിലാ – name of a town; capital of the Videha country
• കുസിനാരാ – name of a Mallan town; small town where the Buddha passed away
• ഹംസവതീ – The city of birth of Padumuttara Buddha (Ja.i.37;
• നന്ദന – name of a heavenly wood
• ചമ്പാ – name of a town in Aṅga
• നാളന്ദാ – name of a town near Rājagaha; modern day Nalanda
• ആളവീ – name of a country
• ചേതിയാ – A Yakkhinī who lived in the Dhūmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyaṅgaṇa.
• അഗ്ഗാളവ – name of a shrine in Āḷavī
• ഗന്ധമാദന – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• അചിരവതീ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• ഭേസകളാവന – name of a wood in the Bhagga country
• ബ്രാഹ്മണഗാമ – A village in Ceylon, near which Mahā Sena built the Kalandavihāra.
• നാതിക – name of a village
• പാവാ – name of a city of the Mallas
• വേരഞ്ജാ – name of a town
• അവീചി – name of one of the great hells
• പാടലിപുത്ത – name of a town; capital of Magadha; modern Patna
• യമുനാ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• മച്ഛികാസണ്ഡ – name of a forest in Kāsi
• കീടാഗിരി – name of a town in Kāsi
• ഗഗ്ഗരാ – name of a lotus pond near Campā
• അന്ധവന – name of a wood outside Sāvatthī
• ഞാതിക – name of a village
• കുരുന്ദീ – A village in Ceylon.
• സുഭകിണ്ഹ – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of deities
• ഇച്ഛാനങ്ഗല – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• പാവാരികമ്ബവന – name of a monastery
• ഉത്തരകുരു – name of the northern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• സീതവന – name of a forest
• സുമ്ഭ – A country in which was Desaka (?), where Udāyī visited the Buddha during a stay there,…
• ഗയാസീസ – name of a rock hill near Gayā
• അമ്ബാടകവന – A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati.
• കമ്മാസധമ്മ – name of a town in the Kuru country
• അഞ്ജനവന – black wood; dark forest; place name
• സുസുമാരഗിര – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• മിഗദായ – name of a park outside Susumāragira
• വേഹപ്ഫല – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of heavenly beings
• ഇച്ഛാനങ്ഗലവനസണ്ഡ – forest thicket of Icchānaṅgala
• അമ്ബവന – A district in Ceylon, near the village of Khīravāpi.
• മഹാ ഥൂപ – The great Thūpa in Anurādhapura, built by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī.
• സേതബ്യാ – name of a Kosalan town
• വിദേഹ – name of a country; modern day Mithila, Tirhut
• വേസ്സവണ – One of the names of Kuvera, given to him because his kingdom is called Visāṇā (DN.iii.201;
• അനോതത്ത – Anotatta lake; one of the great Himalayan lakes
• ധമ്മ – name of king Mahāsudassana's palace
• അങ്ഗ – name of a country; capital Campā; modern day Bengal
• ഗിരിബ്ബജ – name of a former capital of Magadha
• ഉപവത്തന – name of a place outside Kusinārā
• ഗയാ – name of a village
• കോസലരട്ഠ – kingdom of Kosala
• മദ്ദ – name of a country
• രാജഗഹനഗര – name of a town
• സരഭൂ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• ഗോസിങ്ഗസാലവന – name of a monastery
• കുക്കുള – name of a hell; (comm) the heat of household life
• കുസാവതീ – name of the royal capital of king Mahāsudassana
• പാടലിഗാമ – name of a village
• മഹീ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• മഹാ വിഹാര – The great monastery at Anurādhapura, for many centuries the chief seat of Buddhism in…
• പണ്ഡുകമ്ബലസിലാ – name of a place in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• അജപാലനിഗ്രോധമൂല – foot of the goatherd's banyan tree
• അങ്ഗുത്തരാപ – name of a country
• കുക്കുടാരാമ – name of a monastery near Pāṭaliputta; (comm) monastery built by Kukkuṭa
• ഖേമ – name of a park in Bandhumatī
• നന്ദനവന – name of a wood in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• ദക്ഖിണാഗിരി – southern mountains; hills to the south (of Rājagaha)
• മജ്ഝിമദേസ – The country of Central India which was the birthplace of Buddhism and the region of its…
• ഉക്കട്ഠാ – name of town
• കിമിലാ – name of a town
• അനുപിയാ – name of a Mallan town
• തപോദാരാമ – hot spring park; place name
• അമ്ബലട്ഠികാ – name of a monastery
• അരുണവതീ – name of the royal capital of king Aruṇavā
• ചിത്തകൂട – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• കാളസിലാ – name of an ascetic's haunt on Mount Isigili
• തപോദാ – A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha.
• വേതരണീ – name of a river in hell
• സിംസപാവന – A grove in Āḷavi, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of…
• അന്ധകവിന്ദ – name of a town
• പച്ഛിമദേസ – A province in Ceylon, probably in the west.
• അവിഹ – name of a heavenly realm
• മദ്ദകുച്ഛി – name of a park
• സാഗല – A city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
• ബ്രഹ്മലോക – The highest of the celestial worlds, the abode of the Brahmas.
• പുബ്ബവിദേഹ – name of the eastern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• വേളുവഗാമക – name of a village
• അമ്ബപാലിവന – The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Saṅgha.
• ആപണ – name of a town in Aṅguttarāpa
• പാലിലേയ്യക – name of a town near Kosambī
• സപ്പസോണ്ഡികപബ്ഭാര – name of a rock overhang outside Rājagaha
• കുരരഘര – name of a town in Avanti
• ഥുല്ലകോട്ഠിക – name of a town in the Kuru country; birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla
• ചിത്തലതാവന – name of a pleasure park in Tāvatimsa Heaven
• ഇസിഗിലി – One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city…
• സാരന്ദദ – name of a pagoda
• ഉക്കാചേലാ – A village in the Vajjī country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to…
• ചാലികാ – name of a town
• ദ്വാരവതീ – A city in India.
• ഇന്ദസാലഗുഹാ – name of a cave
• കഞ്ചനഗുഹാ – A cave in the region of the Himālaya, according to one description (Ja.ii.176; but see…
• ഉരുവേലകപ്പ – name of a Mallan town
• ചാപാല – name of a pagoda
• മഹാഗങ്ഗാ – great Ganges river
• മഹാവന – name of a forest outside Kapilavatthu
• ഓപാസാദ – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• ചന്ദഭാഗ – name of a mountain
• കോടിഗാമ – name of a village
• മനസാകട – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• സുഭഗവന – name of a wood in Ukkaṭṭhā
• വേജയന്തപാസാദ – name of Sakka's Palace
• അവന്തി – name of a country
• ബ്യഗ്ഘപജ്ജ – name of a Koliyan city
• മോരനിവാപ – A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha.
• നളേരുപുചിമന്ദ – A grove near Verañjā where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā…
• രോഹിനീ – name of a river
• ഉജ്ജേനീ – name of a city; capital of Avanti
• ഭേരപാസാണവിഹാര – A monastery in Rohaṇa.
• സഞ്ജീവ – name of a hell where one cannot die
• സുധമ്മ – The city of birth of Sobhita Buddha.
• സുപ്പാരക – name of western seaport; modern day Nala Sopara
• ഭദ്ദവതികാ – name of a town in Ceta
• ഗജങ്ഗലാ – name of a town
• നളകപാന – name of a village
• പാസാണക – name of a pagoda
• ഥൂപാരാമ – A monastery near the southern wall of Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa.
• അനുരാധപുര – The capital of Ceylon for nearly fifteen centuries.
• ബലിഹരണ – A forest tract (vanasaṇḍa) near Kusinārā where the Buddha is said to have stayed…
• കണ്ഡകീവന – name of a forest
• കപിലപുര – name of the capital city of the Sakyans; Kapilavatthu
• കാസികോസല – kingdoms of Kāsi and Kosala
• രോരുവ – name of a hell
• സുലസാ – A nagarasobhinī (courtezan, lit.: town beauty) of Benares; see the Sulasājātaka (Ja 419).
• സുവണ്ണഭൂമി – A country.
• ഖാണുമത – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• മാതങ്ഗരഞ്ഞ – name of a forest
• പാചീനവംസദായ – name of a park
• അപരഗോയാന – name of the western continent in Buddhist cosmology
• അട്ഠക – name of a town
• സുംസുമാരഗിര – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• സുരട്ഠ – A country (Mil.331, 359;
• ടങ്കിതമഞ്ച – (comm) stone slab mounted on four stone pillars
• അരഞ്ഞകുടികാ – Mention is made of several forest hermitages in the Buddha’s time.
• ബാഹുകാ – name of a river
• ഭാഗീരഥീ – A channel, branching off from the Anotattavāpī in Ceylon, and forming part of the…
• കുണ്ഡധാനവന – name of a forest
• നഗരക – name of town
• രമ്മവതീ – name of a town where Dīpaṅkara Buddha was born
• അളാര – A landowner of Mithilā, described also as Videha and Videhīputta, an inhabitant of the…
• ചോരപപാത – thieves' cliff
• ഹലിദ്ദവസന – name of a Koliyan town
• ജാതിയാവന – name of a wood
• കണ്ണകത്ഥല – name of a park in Ujuññā
• പലാസവന – name of a wood
• രജതപബ്ബത – A mountain range in the Himālaya.
• സേദക – name of a town in Sumbha
• ബേലുവഗാമക – name of a village
• ദദ്ദര – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.8, 67; iii.16;
• ലോഹപാസാദ – A building at Anurādhapura, forming the uposatha hall of the Mahā Vihāra.
• മധുരാ – name of a town; capital of Surasena
• നാഗദീപ – name of a peninsula in northern Sri Lanka
• പുബ്ബകോട്ഠക – name of a bathing place outside Sāvatthī
• സഹജാതി – name of a town in Ceta
• സുദസ്സന – name of one of the 5 mountains surrounding Lake Anottatta
• ഥൂണാ – name of a Brahman village
• ഉരുഞ്ഞാ – name of a town in Kosala
• ഉയ്യാനദ്വാര – A gate in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabāhu I.
• അമരവതീ – A city in the time of Koṇḍañña Buddha eighteen leagues in extent.
• ആതുമാ – name of a town between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī
• ചേതിയപബ്ബത – name of an area in Sri Lanka; Mihintale
• ചിത്തകൂടപബ്ബത – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• ദേവവന – name of a wood
• ഗോസിങ്ഗസാലവനദായ – name of a monastery
• കലിങ്ഗ – name of a country
• കമ്ബോജ – name of a country; part of modern day eastern Afghanistan
• കാസിഗാമ – Probably the actual name of the village in Kāsi which was given by Mahā Kosala to his…
• മഘദേവഅമ്ബവന – name of a monastery
• രാജകാരാമ – name of a monastery
• രക്ഖിതവനസണ്ഡ – name of forest
• സാലവതീ – name of a heavenly meeting hall
• സുരമ്മ – A seven-storeyed palace, occupied by Gotama Buddha before his Renunciation.
• വങ്കഗിരി – A mountain in Himavā to which Vessantara was banished with his family.
• വാസഭഗാമ – A village in Kāsī.
• വേഭാര – name of a mountain outside Rājagaha
• ഭോഗനഗര – name of a town
• ചിത്തലപബ്ബത – name of an ancient mountain-top monastery in Sri Lanka
• ധഞ്ഞവതീ – The city of birth of Nārada Buddha.
• ജന്തുഗാമ – name of a village
• സിവിരട്ഠ – The country of the Sivi people, referred to several times in the Jātakas.
• സൂകരഖതാ – name of a cave
• തിസ്സ മഹാ വിഹാര – A monastery in Rohaṇa, founded by Kākavaṇṇatissa (Mhv.xxii.23).
• വേദിയ – A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where Gotama Buddha…
• അസോകാരാമ – A monastery in Pāṭaliputta, built by Asoka and finished in three years.
• അസ്സപുര – name of a town in Aṅga
• ബദരികാരാമ – name of a monastery near to Kosambī
• ഭദ്ദിയ – name of a town; capital of Aṅga
• ചഞ്ചലികപ്പ – name of a Kosalan village
• ചേതിയഗിരി – name of a mountain shrine near Anurādhapura in Sri Lanka; legendary meeting place of Ven.…
• ഏകനാളാ – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• ഹത്ഥിഗാമ – name of a village
• കജങ്ഗലാ – name of a town
• കലിങ്ഗരട്ഠ – kingdom of Kaliṅga
• സങ്കവാ – name of a Kosalan town
• വേപുല്ല – name of a mountain near to Rājagaha
• ഗന്ധാര – name of a country; modern Kandahar
• ഗൂഥനിരയ – excrement hell; hell of feces
• നളമാല – An ocean passed by Suppāraka and his crew on their way from Bharukaccha.
• നിചുലവന – Barringtonia acutangula grove
• പദുമസ്സര – A park in Anurādhapura laid out by King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• സുമാഗധാ – name of a lotus pond
• വേപുല്ലപബ്ബത – mount Vepulla
• അനോമ – name of the royal capital of king Suppatita
• ബഹുപുത്ത – name of a pagoda
• കഞ്ചനപബ്ബത – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.396ff).
• മഹാ രക്ഖിത – He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the…
• മഹാവിയൂഹ – name of king Mahāsudassana's peaked roof house
• മജ്ഝാരഞ്ഞ – name of a forest
• മേദാളുപ – name of a Sakyan town
• നളകാരഗാമ – name of a village
• നാലന്ദാ – name of a village near Rājagaha
• സാമഗാമ – name of a village
• സത്തമ്ബ – name of a pagoda
• സുദസ്സീ – A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā.
• സുനാപരന്ത – name of a country; native land of Puṇṇa
• അമ്ബതിത്ഥ – name of a village in Ceta
• ഇന്ദപത്ഥ – name of a city; capital of the Kurus; modern Delhi
• ലുമ്ബിനീ – A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha.
• മഹാ ഗാമ – A tank built by Mahā Sena.
• മേരു – mythical mountain at the centre of the universe
• സേല – A mountain in Himavā.
• സിലാവതി – name of a Sakyan village
• വടജാലികാ – name of a monastery
• വേഗളിങ്ഗ – name of an ancient town
• ആളകമന്ദാ – name of a heavenly capital city
• ഭണ്ഡഗാമ – name of a village
• ചിത്തലതാ – name of a heavenly garden
• ഗോധാവരീ – name of a river
• കലമ്ബതിത്ഥവിഹാര – A vihāra in Ceylon.
• ലങ്കാദീപ – island of Lanka; Sri Lanka
• പണ്ഡവ – name of a mountain near Rājagaha
• രോമസ – A mountain in Himavā.
• സാലവതികാ – name of a village in Kosala
• വിനതക – One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru.
• അജകരണീ –
• ചാതുമാ – name of a village
• ദുസ്സാവുധ – One of the four most effective weapons found in the world.
• ഗുന്ദാവന – name of a forest
• കമ്മാരഗാമ – A village in Rohaṇa, identified with modern Kamburugamuva.
• കേകക – name of a country
• കേലാസകൂട – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas; Mount…
• കിമികാളാ – name of a river
• കുണ്ഡികാ – name of a Koliyan town
• മഹാ പപാത – A mountain in the Himālaya where all Pacceka Buddhas die.
• മഹിസവത്ഥു – name of a place
• മേഖല – The city of birth of Sumana Buddha and the scene of his first sermon to Saraṇa and…
• നാഗദത്ത – He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent.
• നിസഭ – A mountain in Himavā.
• പഞ്ചസാലാ – name of a Magadhan village
• പാസാണകചേതിയ – A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha…
• പിപ്പലിഗുഹാ – name of a cave
• സങ്ഖേയ്യക – name of a mountain
• സേതകണ്ണിക – A village forming the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa.
• സിമ്ബലിവന – The abode of Garuḍas.
• സിന്ധുസോവീരഭൂമി – lands of Sindh and Sovīra
• വങ്ഗ – country of eastern Bengal
• വേദിസാ – name of a town
• ദന്തപുര – name of a town in Kāliṅga

Person

• ആനന്ദ – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• സാരിപുത്ത – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• ദേവദത്ത – name of a monk; relative and nemesis of the Buddha
• അനാഥപിണ്ഡിക – name of a layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving
• നാഗസേന – name of an arahant monk, famous for discussions with King Milinda
• ഛബ്ബഗ്ഗിയാ – A group of monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of…
• മഹാമോഗ്ഗല്ലാന – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• അനുരുദ്ധ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in the divine eye;…
• വിപസ്സീ – name of the 6th previous Buddha
• കസ്സപ – name of the 1st previous Buddha
• മോഗ്ഗല്ലാന – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• രാഹുല – name of an arahant monk; Buddha's son
• പസേനദി – name of the king of Kosala
• മഹാകസ്സപ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in preaching ascetic…
• ഉദായീ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• ബ്രഹ്മദത്ത – name of one the seven Bharata kings
• ഉപാലി – name of a layman
• ജീവക – name of a doctor; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in having faith in an…
• ഥുല്ലനന്ദാ – name of a notorious nun
• വേസ്സന്തര – name of a prince; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• വിസുദ്ധിമഗ്ഗ – An encyclopedia of the Buddha’s teaching, written by Buddhaghosa at the request of…
• ബിമ്ബിസാര – name of a Magadhan king
• മഹാകച്ചാന – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• വിസാഖാ – name of the Buddha's chief female disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• രാധ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in inspiring…
• മഹാനാമ – name of a Sakyan layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving fine…
• സുദിന്ന – name of a monk notorious for the first pārājika
• സിദ്ധത്ഥ – name of the 9th previous Buddha
• രട്ഠപാല – name of an arahant monk
• കോകാലിക – name of a monk
• ദബ്ബ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in assigning…
• അജാതസത്തു – name of a prince; later king of Magadha; son of Bimbisāra
• ഛന്ന – name of an arahant monk who committed suicide
• പദുമുത്തര – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• ചുന്ദ – name of a monk
• വങ്ഗീസ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in spontaneous…
• മദ്ദീ – name of a princess; daughter of king Madda
• സുനക്ഖത്ത – name of a former monk
• അമ്ബട്ഠ – name of a young Brahman
• ചൂളപന്ഥക – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in creating a…
• ആളവക – The king of Āḷavī.
• മാഗണ്ഡിയ – name of a wandering ascetic
• ഉപനന്ദ – name of a Sakyan monk
• മഹാകോട്ഠിക – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• സുമേധ – name of the 14th previous Buddha
• ദീപങ്കര – name of the 24th previous Buddha
• സിഖീ – name of the 5th previous Buddha
• ദബ്ബ മല്ലപുത്ത ഥേര – An Arahant.
• ഭാരദ്വാജ – name of a Brahman family
• ചിത്ത – name of a lay-disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving Dhamma…
• മല്ലികാ – name of a queen; wife of King Pasenadi
• കകുസന്ധ – name of the 3rd previous Buddha
• ഉരുവേലകസ്സപ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• വാസേട്ഠ – name of a Vedic sage
• മഹാസുദസ്സന – name of ancient king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• മഹാപജാപതി – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• അത്ഥദസ്സീ – name of the 11th previous Buddha
• പഭാവതീ – name of Sikhī Buddha's mother
• നിഗ്രോധ – name of a wandering ascetic
• പഞ്ചവഗ്ഗിയാ – The name given to the five monks:
• യസ – name of an arahant monk
• ഭദ്ദാലി – name of a monk
• മഹാലി – name of a Licchavi man
• നിഗണ്ഠ – epithet of Mahāvīra
• സാരിപുത്തമോഗ്ഗല്ലാനാ – names of monks; chief disciples; great disciples of the Buddha; Sāriputta and Moggallāna
• സിവീ – name of a king
• വക്കലി – name of an arahant monk; former ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk…
• നന്ദ – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• ഉപ്പലവണ്ണാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in psychic ability
• മേഘിയ – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• അനോമദസ്സീ – name of the 18th previous Buddha
• വച്ഛഗോത്ത – name of an ascetic
• അങ്ഗുലിമാല – name of an arahant monk
• സീഹ – name of a military general in Vesālī
• ആളാര – name of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• അരിട്ഠ – name of a monk
• നന്ദിയ – name of an arahant monk
• സമിദ്ധി – name of an arahant monk
• മാലുക്യപുത്ത – name of an arahant monk
• രേവത – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• സേല – name of a Brahman teacher; name of an arahant monk
• കേണിയ – name of a dreadlocked ascetic
• പിലിന്ദവച്ഛ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those beloved…
• ഖേമാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in great wisdom
• ധമ്മദിന്നാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in giving Dhamma talks
• സേനക – name of an arahant monk
• കോണാഗമന – name of the 2nd previous Buddha
• പാഥികപുത്ത – name of a naked ascetic
• കുമാരകസ്സപ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in talking on…
• പുണ്ണമുഖ – name of a merchant in a Jātaka story
• മഹോസധ – The Bodhisatta born as minister to King Videha.
• സുജാതാ – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywomen in first going…
• അസ്സജി – name of a monk; Sāriputta's teacher
• സുപ്പവാസാ – name of a female lay disciple; foremost laywoman in giving fine things; Suppavāsā…
• കേവട്ട – name of a layman
• സുന്ദരീ – name of an arahant nun
• ഖണ്ഡഹാല – name of a Brahman in a Jātaka story; former birth of Devadatta
• കോസല – A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of names.
• സഭിയ – name of an arahant monk
• സാതി – name of a monk
• സോണദണ്ഡ – name of a Brahman
• ബന്ധുമതീ – name of Vipassī Buddha's mother
• മിലിന്ദ – name of a king; Menander
• സുതസോമ – The Bodhisatta born as king of Benares.
• ബാഹിയ – name of an ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick realization;…
• ജാണുസ്സോണി – name of a rich Brahman
• സുഭൂതി – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in living without…
• മഹാകപ്പിന – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• സുജാത – name of the 13th previous Buddha
• ഉപവാണ – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• ഭദ്ദിയ – name of an arahant
• ധനഞ്ജാനി – name of a Brahman
• ഘടികാര – name of a potter
• കണ്ഹാജിനാ – name of a princess; daughter of Vessantara
• രാഹുലമാതാ – The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother (e.g., Vin.i.82) and Gotama’s…
• മഹാചുന്ദ – name of an arahant monk
• ഉപാലി – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• ദീഘാവു – name of prince; son of king Dīghīti
• ദിട്ഠമങ്ഗലികാ – Daughter of a seṭṭhi in Benares and wife of Mātaṅga.
• പോക്ഖരസാതി – name of a Brahman
• ഉപതിസ്സ – name of Sāriputta
• പടാചാരാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in upholding monastic…
• ഉപസേന – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• ഹത്ഥക – name of a layman in Āḷavī; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in supporting a…
• ഭൂരിദത്ത – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Nāga king, Dhataraṭṭha.
• സാഗത – name of an arahant monk; foremost monk in the fire element
• പഞ്ചകങ്ഗ – name of a layperson
• സച്ചക – name of a Jain
• അങ്കുര – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• തുസിത – One of the palaces occupied by Koṇāgamana Buddha in his last lay life.
• ലോഹിച്ച – name of a Brahman
• മഹാ ഗോവിന്ദ – A primeval king, mentioned with Mandhātā as reigning in Rājagaha.
• നാഗിത – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha for some time
• പുണ്ണ – name of an arahant monk from Sunāparanta; Puṇṇa Sunāparanta
• ഭൂമിജ – name of a monk
• ബ്രഹ്മദത്ത – name of an ancient king
• ബ്രഹ്മായു – name of a Brahman
• നാരദ – name of a monk
• ബാകുല – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in health
• നന്ദക – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in admonishing the…
• പഹസമ്ബഹുല – Thirty-one kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of…
• ബാവരീ – name of a Brahman ascetic; teacher of the sixteen ascetics in Pārāyanavagga
• ജോതിപാല – name of a Brahman royal adviser
• കോലിത – Mahāmoggallāna's first name; Kolita Moggallāna
• ഭദ്ദാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in remembering…
• ദാരുചീരിയ – name of an arahant ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick…
• കുണാല – The Bodhisatta, born as the king of the Citrakokilas.
• സുപ്പബുദ്ധ – name of a leper
• മേണ്ഡക – name of a lay disciple
• പൂരണ – name of an ascetic teacher; Pūraṇa Kassapa
• സഞ്ചയ – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• സങ്ഗാരവ – name of a Brahman
• സോണ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in having energy…
• വസ്സകാര – name of a Brahman; Ajātasattu's chief minister
• കിസാഗോതമീ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in wearing coarse robes
• ദോണ – name of a Brahman
• മങ്ഗല – name of the 22nd previous Buddha
• പോട്ഠപാദ – name of a wandering ascetic
• കികീ – name of the reigning king of Kāsi at the time of Kassapa Buddha
• മഹാകച്ചായന – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• രാമ – name of a sage; father of the Buddha's second teacher
• ലകുണ്ഡകഭദ്ദിയ – name of an arahant monk
• മോഘരാജ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in wearing coarse…
• കാലിങ്ഗ – name of a lay disciple
• കിമില – name of an arahant monk; associate of Anuruddha
• പുണ്ണ – name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in giving…
• തിസ്സ – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha
• സോണ – name of a layman
• സുമന – name of the 21st previous Buddha
• ഗോവിന്ദ – name of a Brahman
• കൂടദന്ത – name of a Brahman
• സേയ്യസക – name of a monk infamous for Saṅghādisesa 1
• സുഭ – name of a young Brahman
• സന്ദക – name of a wandering ascetic
• സുദത്ത – name of Anāthapiṇḍika; father of Saddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in…
• സുദ്ധോദന – name of the Buddha's father; king of the Sakyans
• വിസാഖ – name of a lay disciple
• അസ്സലായന – name of a young Brahman
• ചണ്ഡകാളീ – name of a nun
• നന്ദാ – name of an arahant nun
• നന്ദമാതര് – name of an eminent lay disciple
• ഉദേന – name of a king
• വിധുര – name of one of Kakusandha Buddha's chief disciples
• കോരബ്യ – name of a King
• സാള്ഹ – name of a layman; Visākha's grandson
• സരദതാപസ – name of an ascetic
• മഹാപന്ഥക – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those skilled…
• പായാസി – name of a young nobleman
• പിണ്ഡോലഭാരദ്വാജ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• അഞ്ഞാസികോണ്ഡഞ്ഞ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in long standing;…
• അനുരാധ – name of a monk
• പദുമ – name of the 17th previous Buddha
• സുമേധാ – name of an arahant nun
• സുന്ദരീനന്ദാ – name of an arahant nun
• ഏകരാജ – King of Benares.
• ഖേമക – name of an arahant
• മഹാ പദുമ – A Pacceka Buddha, chief of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas, all sons of Padumavatī.
• ഉത്തര – name of a young Brahman
• ഗോധിക – name of an arahant monk
• നിമി – name of a king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• വിടടൂഭ – name of king Pasenadi's general
• അമ്ബപാലീ – name of a courtesan
• സാല – Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple.
• സുഭദ്ദ – name of an arahant monk; last person to get ordained under the Buddha
• സുനേത്ത – name of a teacher of old
• സുപ്പിയ – name of a wandering ascetic
• ധോതക – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ജയസേന – name of a prince
• നാഗസമാല – name of an arahant monk; personal attendant of the Buddha
• സരഭ – name of a wandering ascetic
• സോഭിത – name of the 19th previous Buddha
• സോണാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in having energy…
• സുമന – name of an arahant monk
• ഉദേന – name of a monk
• ചന്ദാ – name of an arahant nun
• ചങ്കീ – name of a Brahman
• ധമ്മദസ്സീ – name of the 10th previous Buddha
• ഉപാലിത്ഥേര – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• അരിന്ദമ – The Bodhisatta, born as King of Benares and son of the Magadha King of Rājagaha.
• കോട്ഠിക – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• മഹാപജാപതിഗോതമീ – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• നകുലപിതര് – name of a householder; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in trustworthiness
• സുനന്ദ – Father of Padumuttara Buddha.
• ഉപസീവ – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ഖുജ്ജുത്തരാ – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in great learning
• പുണ്ണക – name of a Brahman ascetic
• സത്തരസവഗ്ഗിയാ – A group of 17 monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the…
• അസദിസദാന – The celebrated almsgiving which Pasenadi, under the guidance and inspiration of Mallikā,…
• ഭദ്ദ – name of an arahant monk
• സോമദത്ത – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Brahmin Aggidatta (q.v.).
• തോദേയ്യ – name of a rich Brahman
• ഉപനന്ദ – name of the military general of Magadha
• പുണ്ണ – name of a Koliyan ascetic who performed the cow practice
• രോഹണ – name of a young layman
• അലമ്പായന – name of a snake-charmer in a Jātaka story
• ദീഘതപസ്സീ – name of Jain ascetic
• പദുമവതീ – Mother of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas.
• ഉദക – name of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• വഡ്ഢ – name of an arahant monk
• വജ്ജിപുത്തകാ – The name of a large group of monks belonging to the Vajjī clan and dwelling in Vesālī,…
• അഭയ – name of a prince; king Bimbisāra's son
• ധനഞ്ചയ – name of a Kuru king
• കാണാ – Daughter of Kāṇamātā.
• രേണു – name of a king; son of king Disampati
• ജേത – name of a privately awakened Buddha
• മഹാ ദുഗ്ഗത – A very poor man of Benares in the time of Kassapa Buddha.
• മിഗജാല – name of an arahant monk; son of Visākhā
• സുനിധവസ്സകാരാ – names of two ministers of Magadha; Sunidha and Vassakāra
• അജിത – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ലാളുദായീ – name of a monk
• ധനിയ – name of a monk infamous for the second pārājika
• മഘദേവ – name of a king; previous incarnation of Sakka
• മേത്തേയ്യ – name of young Brahman
• സുന്ദരികഭാരദ്വാജ – name of a Brahman
• ചാലാ – name of an arahant nun; Sāriputta's sister
• ചിത്ത – name of a monk; Citta Hatthisāriputta
• ദീഘീതി – A king of Kosala.
• കപ്പിന – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• കസ്സപ – name of an arahant monk
• കേസവ – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• കോണ്ഡഞ്ഞ – name of a monk; seniormost of the five ascetics; first monastic disciple of the Buddha
• സങ്ഗാമജി – name of a monk
• ഉദയ – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ഉപക – name of an ascetic; first person the Buddha met after his awakening
• ഭദ്ദജി – name of an arahant monk
• ദാസക – name of an arahant monk
• മക്ഖലി – name of a ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• തിസ്സ – name of the 8th previous Buddha
• വേസ്സഭൂ – name of the 4th previous Buddha
• കാളുദായീ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• ലക്ഖണ – name of an arahant monk
• മിത്തവിന്ദക – The son of a very rich merchant of Benares in the days of Kassapa Buddha.
• നകുലമാതര് – name of a female lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in…
• പിങ്ഗിയ – name of an arahant
• ആരോഹന്ത – name of a former minister who became a monk
• ഇസിദത്ത – name of an arahant monk
• കസ്സപഗോത്ത – name of a monk
• കുടികണ്ണ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in eloquence; Soṇa…
• മണ്ഡകപ്പ – A kappa in which two Buddhas are born.
• രാഹുലഭദ്ദ – auspicious Rāhula; Rāhula the fortunate
• രോജ – A primeval king, son of Mahā Sammata, and, therefore, an ancestor of the Sākiyans.
• സകുലുദായീ – name of a wandering ascetic
• ഉത്തര – name of an arahant monk
• അജിത – name of an ascetic teacher; Ajita Kesakambala
• അസിബന്ധകപുത്ത – name of a layman; Asibandhaka's son
• കസിഭാരദ്വാജ – name of a Brahman
• ധമ്മപാല – name of an arahant monk
• ജൂജക – A Brahmin of Dunniviṭṭha in Kāliṅga.
• സോണ – name of a monk
• ഭദ്ദാ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in quick realization;…
• മഹാവിജിത – name of a legendary king
• പദുമുത്തരബുദ്ധ – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• പുക്കുസ – name of a young Mallan man
• വേജയന്ത – The chief of the eighty-four thousand chariots owned by Mahā Sudassana (SN.iii.145;
• ദിസമ്പതി – name of a king
• ജോതിക – name of a householder
• കണ്ഹദീപായന – An ascetic of great power.
• മന്ധാതര് – name of a king
• സോഭിത – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in recollection of…
• തിമ്ബരുക – name of a wandering ascetic

People

• ഗോതമ – family name of the Buddha
• സക്കാ – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• ലിച്ഛവി – name of a prominent group of Khattiyas based in Vesālī
• അഗ്ഗിവേസ്സന – name of a Brahman family clan
• കച്ചാന – family name
• വജ്ജീ – people of Vajji; Vajjians
• വച്ഛ – family name
• മല്ലാ – people of Malla; Mallans
• സക്യ – name of the family into which the Buddha was born
• നാടപുത്ത – family name of Mahavira; leader of the Jains
• കാലാമ – family names of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• കോസിയ – family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka
• സിവി –
• ചേതീ – people of Ceta; Cetans
• വേദേഹിപുത്ത – family name of Ajātasattu
• ഭഗ്ഗവ – family name
• ഭഗ്ഗാ – people of Bhagga; Bhaggans
• കോലിയ – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• രാമപുത്ത – family names of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• സുമ്ഭാ – people of Sumbha; Sumbhans
• മന്താണിപുത്ത – family name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• പഞ്ചാലാ – people of Pañcāla
• കോസിനാരകാ – Inhabitants of Kusinārā, e.g.,
• ഗോസാല – family name of an ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• കച്ചായന – family name
• ബുദ്ധകുല – The family of the Brahmin of Sāketa mentioned in the Commentary to the Jarāsutta.
• തുസിതാ – The inhabitants of the Tusita world.
• ബേലട്ഠപുത്ത – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• സംകിച്ച – family name of an ascetic; Kisa Saṃkicca
• അങ്ഗാ – people of Bengal; Bengalis
• സിരിമാ – He was born in the family of a householder of Sāvatthī and was called Sirimā on account…
• പുക്കുസ – The name of a caste, classified among the despised castes (e.g.,
• അങ്ഗമഗധാ – people of Aṅga and Magadha; Aṅgans and Magadhans
• വേരഹച്ചാനിഗോത്ത – belonging to the Verahaccāni family clan
• കാതിയാന – family name
• പുബ്ബസേലിയാ – One of the seventeen heterodox sects which arose in Jambudīpa in the second century after…
• കേസകമ്ബല – family name of an ascetic teacher
• സവിട്ഠക – An example of a low family name.
• മിലക്ഖ – barbarian; non-Indo-Aryan speaker
• ഥൂണേയ്യകാ – The people of Thūṇa.
• അസ്സകാ – name of a people
• ചാതുമേയ്യകാ – The inhabitants of Cātumā.
• വച്ഛായന – family name of the wandering ascetic Pilotika
• ചേതപുത്താ – The name of a tribe given in a nominal list; probably the inhabitants of Ceta.
• ഗഗ്ഗ – name of the family clan of Aṅgulimāla
• കണ്ഹായന – name of a clan
• മഹാ സങ്ഘികാ – One of the Buddhist schools which separated out from the Theravādins at the Second…
• കോളിയ – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• മദ്ദാ – people of Madda
• പുണ്ണ – He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country.
• അജിത കേസകമ്ബല – Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Piṭakas as being contemporaneous…
• മോരിയ – name of a high-caste clan
• ഉത്തരകുരുകാ – The inhabitants of Uttarakuru.
• ഭാരദ്വാജ – He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha and his wife was a…
• ചേതിയാ – people of Ceta; Cetans
• ഏരാപഥ – A royal family of Nāgas, mentioned together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and…
• സൂരസേനാ – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• സുവിദേഹാ – good people of Videha
• കണ്ഹാഗോതമകാ – A royal family of Nāgas.
• സിദ്ധത്ഥികാ – One of the seven heterodox sects which branched off in the second century after the…
• ഥൂലൂ – name of a people
• തിവരാ – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• ചേതിവംസാ – people of Ceta and Vaṃsa
• ദസാരഹാ – name of a people
• കുരുപഞ്ചാലാ – people of Kuru and Pañcala; Kurus and Pañcālas
• മജ്ഝസൂരസേനാ – people of Majjha and Sūrasena; Majjhas and Sūrasenas
• മങ്ഗല – A tribe of elephants, each of which had the strength of ten million men.
• പിലിന്ദ – name of a family clan
• ഉപനന്ദ – He belonged to the Sākyan clan.
• വജ്ജിമല്ലാ – people of Vajjī and Malla; Vajjians and Mallans
• അപരസേലിയാ – A sub-sect of the Andhakā.
• ബുലി – name of clan who received a portion of the Buddha's relics
• ദമിള – The name of a people (Tamils) whose home was in South India.
• ഓക്കലാ – The people of Okkala janapada (MN-a.ii.894); mentioned also in the Apadāna (ii.359) in a…
• സക്യാ – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• സങ്ഘരക്ഖിത – He belonged to a wealthy family of Sāvatthī, and, after joining the Saṅgha, lived with…
• സങ്കന്തികാ – A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyā.
• ബാലനക്ഖത്ത – A festival lasting for seven days, during which people smeared their bodies with ashes…
• ചന്ദന – He belonged to a rich family in Sāvatthī, and having heard the Buddha preach, became a…
• ഗന്ധാരാ – people of Gandhāra; Gandhārians
• ജോതിവന – The name given to the Nandanavana in Anurādhapura after Mahinda had preached there,…
• കച്ചാനഗോത്ത – name of a respected family clan
• കാളാവക – The tribe of ordinary elephants, each one of which possesses the strength of ten men.
• കാലിങ്ഗാ – people of Kaliṅga
• കോളിവീസ –
• കുലിങ്ഗ – The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese.
• ലിച്ഛവീ – A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha.
• രോഹിതസ്സാ – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• സോവീരാ – people of Sovīra
• വലാഹക – A family of horses from which the Assaratana of a Cakkavatti is supplied (Khp-a. 172;
• വേധഞ്ഞാ – name of a Sakyan family clan
• യോനകമ്ബോജാ – people of Bactria and Kamboja; Bactrians and Kambojans
• ആചാമദായികാ – A family in Rājagaha was afflicted with plague and all its members died except one woman.
• ഭദ്ദ – He was born in the family of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī.
• ചേതിയവാദ – A later offshoot of the Mahā Saṅghika school, through the Paññatti and Bāhulika sects of…
• ചോളാ – The people of Coḷa.
• ധമ്മരുചി – One of the heterodox sects of Ceylon which branched off from the Theravāda (Mhv.v.13).
• ഹത്ഥിപോരികാ – A tribe, probably the people of Hatthipura.
• കംസവംസ – The race of Mahā Kaṁsa; this race was destroyed by the sons of Devagabbhā.
• കഞ്ചനമാണവ – The name given to Mahā Kaccāna by his parents, Kaccāna being the family name.
• കോളിവിസ – name of a family clan
• ഓഡ്ഡക – A name of a tribe, occurring in a list of tribes.
• പകുധ കച്ചായന – Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time.
• പല്ലവകാ – The name of a tribe, occurring in a nominal list.
• സമ്ഭൂത – He belonged to a family of clansmen and joined the Saṅgha under Ānanda, after the…
• സുപ്പിയ – He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers.
• സുരസേനാ – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• സുത്തവാദാ – A heretical sect, a branch of the Saṅkantikas.
• വേരഹച്ചാനി – name of a Brahman family clan

Deity

• സക്ക – name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
• മാര – death; Death; death personified
• പാപിമന്ത് – evil one; evil personified; epithet of Māra
• താവതിംസ – The second of the six Deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world.
• മാതലീ – name of Sakka's charioteer
• ഖര – name of a daemon
• സഹമ്പതി – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• പുണ്ണക – name of a daemon
• ധതരട്ഠ – name of one of the four great kings; ruler of the east
• യമ – The god of death (see, e.g.,
• നന്ദ – name of a deity
• പഞ്ചസിഖ – name of a demigod
• വരുണ – name of a Vedic god; name of a deva king
• വേസ്സവണ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• ആഭസ്സരാ – radiant gods; effulgent deities
• സനങ്കുമാര – name of a god
• വേപചിത്തി – name of a daemon lord
• പരനിമ്മിതവസവത്തീ – A class of Devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe (kāmaloka).
• രാഹു – name of a asura lord
• തുസിതാ – name of a group of deities; from Tusita heaven
• സുസിമ – name of a deity
• വിസ്സകമ്മ – name of Sakka's architect
• നിമ്മാനരതിനോ – name of a group of devas
• അന്തക – Death
• പഹാരാദ – name of a daemon
• സൂചിലോമ – name of a daemon
• ബക – name of a god
• സുസീമ – name of a deity
• യാമാ – name of a group of deities
• സാതാഗിര – name of a daemon
• സതുല്ലപകായികാ – A class of Devas.
• ഇന്ദക – name of a daemon
• കുവേര – name of a daemon; guardian deity of the north; god of wealth
• നിമ്മാനരതീ – A class of Devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six Deva-worlds (DN.i.218;
• നമുചി – name of Māra
• മാഘ – epithet of Sakka
• സുജാ – name of Sakka's wife
• കകുധ – name of a deity
• വിരൂപക്ഖ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• രോഹിതസ്സ – previous name of a deity
• നന്ദിവിസാല – name of a deity
• ചന്ദന – name of a deity
• ചന്ദിമ – name of a deity who lives in the moon
• കസ്സപ – name of a deity
• സേരീസക – name of a daemon
• സുബ്രഹ്മ – name of a deity
• ദൂസീ – name of a Māra; previous incarnation of Mahāmoggallāna
• ഹാരിത – name of a god; Vishnu
• മഹിന്ദ – great Inda; lord of the gods
• വിഞ്ഞാണഞ്ചായതനൂപഗ – gone to the dimension of infinite consciousness; epithet of a class of devas
• മനാപകായികാ – A class of Devas possessing lovely forms.
• നന്ദോപനന്ദ – A Nāga king, tamed by Moggallāna.
• സിവക – name of a daemon
• വേനതേയ്യ – descendant of Vinatā
• പനാദ – name of a deity
• പരിത്താഭ – with limited radiance; epithet of a class of devas
• ദേവഗബ്ഭ – A Yakkha.
• മണികണ്ഠ – name of a dragon
• പജ്ജുന്ന – name of a deity; god of rain; rain cloud
• സുവീര – name of a deity
• തുരൂ – name of a solitary Brahma
• ഖിഡ്ഡാപദോസികാ – name of a group of deities
• മനോപദോസികാ – name of a group of deities
• സമ്ബര – name of an asura lord
• സേതകേതു – name of the Bodhisatta in Tusita heaven
• സൂരിയവച്ഛസാ – name of a female demigod
• സുയാമ – name of a deity; lord of the Yāma deities
• ചന്ദ – name of the moon deity
• സുനിമ്മിത – name of a deity; lord of the gods who delight in creation
• ചാപാല – A Yakkha.
• ജനവസഭ – name of a supernatural being
• അജകലാപക – name of a daemon
• ഏരകപത്ത – A Nāga king.
• ഹത്ഥക – name of a deity
• കാലകഞ്ചികാ – name of a group of daemons
• സോണദിന്ന – A Devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṁsa.
• തായന – name of a deity
• തിസ്സ – name of a monk reborn as a Brahma
• യുഗന്ധര – name of a daemon
• അരിട്ഠ – name of a daemon
• ചമ്പേയ്യ – A Nāga-king who dwelt in the river Campā.
• ദീഘലട്ഠി – name of a deity
• ഘോസ – A Devaputta, Kotūhalaka, in a previous birth.
• ഗോപക – name of a deity
• സീതവലാഹകാ – A class of Devas.
• സോമ – A Deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpatī and…
• അപ്പമാണാഭാ – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna (Abhs., p.21).
• അവരുദ്ധക – A Yakkha.
• ബകബ്രഹ്മ – name of a god
• ഗദ്രഭ – Doorkeeper of Āḷavaka, the Yakkha.
• ഹേമവത – name of a daemon king
• കാണാരിട്ഠ – One of the four sons of the Nāga-king Dhataraṭṭha and his queen Samuddajā, the others…
• പണ്ഡര – A Nāga king.
• തിമ്ബരൂ – name of a demigod king
• ഉണ്ഹവലാഹകാ – A class of Devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world (NidA.108;
• ആപാ – A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.259).
• ദാമലി – name of a deity
• ഖേമ – name of a deity
• കോകനദാ – name of a goddess
• ലക്ഖീ – The Pāli equivalent of Lakṣmī, goddess of beauty and fortune.
• മണിഭദ്ദ – name of a daemon
• വേണ്ഡു – name of a deity; Vishnu
• അഗ്ഗി ഭഗവാ – A deity (probably identical with the Vedic Agni), worship of whom brought, as reward,…
• ആകോടക – name of a deity
• ഘടീകാര – name of a deity
• കരോടി – A class of spirits, associated with the Nāgas and forming one of the five defences of the…
• പരിത്തസുഭ – with limited beauty; epithet of a class of devas
• സഹലി – name of a deity
• സന്തുസിത – name of a deity; lord of Tusita heaven
• ചന്ദിമാ – The name of the Devaputta whose abode (vimāna) is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called…
• ചന്ദിമസ – name of a deity
• കമ്ബലസ്സതരാ – name of two nāgas
• മാണവഗാമിയ – name of a deity
• നീക – name of a deity
• പരനിമ്മിതാ – name of a group of deities
• വസ്സവലാഹകാ – One of the Valāhaka Devas (q.v.).
• വിരൂള്ഹക – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• അവിഹാ – A class of Devas.
• ചിത്തസേന – name of a demigod; (comm) name of two demigods
• ചൂളകോകനദാ – name of a goddess
• കാമദ – name of a deity
• കുമ്ഭീര – name of a daemon king
• നന്ദന – name of a deity
• നിഘണ്ഡു – A Yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress…
• പിയങ്കരമാതര് – name of a female daemon
• സക്കനാമക – name of a daemon
• സൂരിയ – name of the sun deity
• ഉജ്ഝാനസഞ്ഞികാ – The name given to a group of Devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night.
• ഉത്തര – name of a deity
• വാസുദത്ത – name of a deity
• വേഗബ്ഭരി – name of a deity
• അഭിസമ്മതക – A Yakkha chieftain.
• അജകലാപക – name of a shrine
• ഗുമ്ബിക – A Yakkha; see the Gumbiyajātaka (Ja 366).
• ജന്തു – name of a deity
• മണിമേഖലാ – A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cātummahārājikā to…
• സൂകരപേത – A Peta who lived on Gijjhakūṭa.
• വത്രഭൂ – (comm) name of Sakka; (or) epithet of Sakka
• അനേകവണ്ണ – A Devaputta in Tāvatiṁsa, who, because of his good deeds, excelled even Sakka in majesty.
• അസുര – In Pāḷi Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the…
• ഭദ്ദാ – name of a female demigod
• ഭൂജതി – name of a female deity; attendant of king Vessavaṇa
• ഈസാന – name of a Vedic god
• ജനേസഭ – name of a demigod
• ഖരദാഠിക – A Yakkha.
• മഹാ സേന – A Deva living in Ketumatī Palace to the east of Vejayanta.
• ഓപമഞ്ഞ – name of a deity
• പഞ്ചാലചണ്ഡ – name of a deity
• പരിസുദ്ധാഭാ – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods.
• പിയങ്കര – name of a young daemon
• പുനബ്ബസു – name of a young daemon
• രാജ – name of a daemon
• സേരീ – name of a deity
• സിവ – name of a deity; Shiva
• സുമുഖ – name of a daemon
• വേരോചന – A Nāga king, who lived in the Ganges.
• അപ്പമാണസുഭാ – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna (Abhs.p.21).
• അസമാ – name of a group of deities
• ബീരണീ – A goddess (devadhītā).
• ദീഘ – name of a daemon
• കാലകഞ്ജികാ – name of a group of daemons
• കാമസേട്ഠ – name of a deity
• ലോകബ്യൂഹ – A class of Devas.
• മഹാ സുമന – The presiding deity of Sumanakūṭa.
• മന്ദിയ – name of a daemon
• നരദേവ – A Yakkha who, once a fortnight, took possession of Kāvinda and made him bark like a dog.
• നേത്തി – name of a daemon
• പരജന – name of spirit
• പരമത്ത – name of a god
• പഥവിന്ധര – name of a nāga
• പായാസിദേവപുത്ത – young deity Pāyāsi
• പോക്ഖര – name of a deity
• പുനബ്ബസുമാതര് – name of a female daemon
• സഹഭൂ – name of a class of deities
• ഉപ്പലവണ്ണ – The god to whom Sakka entrusted the guardianship of Laṅkā and its people.
• വിനതാ – mother of the Garuda race
• വിടുട – name of a deity
• യാമുനാ – name of a group of deities
• അച്ചിമുഖീ – A Nāga princess, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, the Nāga king.
• അലക്ഖീ – The goddess of ill-luck.
• അരവാള – A Nāga king, who lived in the Aravāḷadaha in Kasmīra-Gandhāra.
• ചൂള ദദ്ദര – A Nāga, brother of Mahā Daddara (the Bodhisatta), and son of Sūradaddara.
• ദാനവേഘസാ – name of group of daemons
• ദേവസൂത – One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiyasutta.
• ഹാരഗജാ – name of a group of deities
• കാലകഞ്ചാ – name of a group of daemons
• ഖേമിയാ – name of a group of deities
• കിന്നിഘണ്ഡു – name of a deity
• കിന്നുഘണ്ഡു – name of a deity
• കുമ്ഭകണ്ണ – A powerful Yakkha whom Sumedha Buddha brought under his power.
• കുടേണ്ഡു – name of a deity
• ലോഹിതവാസീ – name of a group of deities
• മന്ദവലാഹകാ – name of a group of deities
• മാണിവര – name of a daemon
• മനോസത്ത – epithet of a class of devas in Jain doctrine
• മാനുസുത്തമാ – name of a group of deities
• മുചലിന്ദ – name of a daemon
• മുചലിന്ദ – name of a dragon king
• ഓദാതഗയ്ഹാ – name of a group of deities
• ഓജസി – name of a daemon
• പുണ്ണകാല – A Yakkha who, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, spread in Ceylon a pestilence called…
• സദാമത്താ – name of a group of deities
• സുരിയ – name of the sun deity
• തതോജസീ – name of a daemon
• തതോല – name of a daemon
• തതോതല – name of a daemon
• തത്തല – name of a daemon
• തേജസി – name of a daemon
• വസവത്തിനോ – name of a group of deities; gods who wield power over the creations of others
• വസൂ – name of a group of deities
• വേഘനസാ – name of a group of deities
• വിധാതാ – Given as the name of a god to whom sacrifices should be offered as a means of obtaining…
• വിരൂള്ഹ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• വിടേണ്ഡു – name of a deity
• വിടുച്ച – name of a deity
• അഭിഭൂ – overlord; supreme being
• അച്ചുതാ – name of a group of deities
• അനേജകാ – name of a group of deities
• അരുണാ – name of a group of deities
• ചിത്തരാജ – A Yakkha.
• ചൂളോദര – A Nāga king of Ceylon, nephew of Mahodara.
• ദധിമുഖ – name of a daemon
• ഹരയോ – name of a group of deities
• ജോതിനാമാ – name of a group of deities
• കാപിലവത്ഥവാ – name of a group of daemons
• കരമ്ഭാ – name of a goddess; name of a group of deities
• കരതിയ – name of a daemon
• കട്ഠകാ – name of a group of deities
• കുമ്ഭണ്ഡ – A class of beings (fairies or gnomes) grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas, Asuras and others.
• ലാമസേട്ഠാ – name of a group of deities
• ലമ്ബീതകാ – name of a group of deities
• മഹാ ദോണ – A Nāga king of the city of Mahā Doṇa on the bank of the Gaṅgārahada.
• മഹാപാരഗാ – name of a group of deities
• നാഗസാ – names of a group of nāgas
• നളോരാജ – name of a demigod
• പണ്ണക – A Nāga king living in Anotatta lake.
• പാരഗാ – name of a group of deities
• പായാഗാ – name of a group of nāgas
• രത്തക്ഖി – A Yakkha who worried Ceylon in the time of Sirisaṅghabodhi.
• രോജാ – name of a group of deities
• സഹധമ്മാ – name of a group of deities
• സാതാഗിരാ – name of a group of daemons
• സുഭകിണ്ഹ – epithet of a class of devas
• സുചിത്തി – name of a daemon
• സുമന – name of a daemon
• സുമനദേവ – A tree deity whose daughter, Kāḷī, was married to Dīghataphala.
• സുപ്പരോധ – name of a daemon
• സൂര – name of a daemon
• ഉത്തരികാ – name of a young female daemon
• വജിരഹത്ഥ – A Deva, conqueror of the Asuras (DN.ii.259).
• വജിരപാണീ – A Yakkha.
• വാസവനേസീ – name of a group of deities
• യമകോളീ – A Yakkha who, with one thousand others, stood guard over the first gate of Jotika’s…
• അപലാല – A nāga king, converted by the Buddha.
• അസമ – name of a deity
• ബേഗബ്ഭരി – name of a deity
• ബ്രഹ്മാസഹമ്പതി – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• ദീഘപിട്ഠികാ – A class of Petas whose bodies are sixty leagues in height.
• ഘനികാ – A class of spirits (cloud-gods?).
• ഗോപാല – name of a daemon
• ഗൂഥഖാദക – A Peta.
• കടത്ഥ – One of the Yakkhas who guarded Jotika’s palace.
• കത്ഥകാ – A class of Devas present at the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.261).
• കുണ്ഡ – A Yakkha who once inhabited a forest, called Kuṇḍadhāna (Ud-a.122) after him.
• മഹാസമനാ – name of a group of deities
• മഹിദ്ധി – name of a god
• മഞ്ജേരിക – The name of the Nāga kingdom (Nāgabhavana).
• നളേരു – (comm) name of a daemon; (or) growing in the hollow of a tree; (or) growing in a thicket…
• നമ്മദാ – A Nāga king who dwelt in the river Nammadā.
• പരിത്താഭാ – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods (MN.iii.102).
• സക്കട – A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gate of Jotiya’s…
• സനങ്കുമാരബ്രഹ്മ – name of a god
• സന്തുസ്സിത – name of a deity
• സിഖണ്ഡീ – name of Mātali's son
• സുലേയ്യാ – A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta.
• സൂലേയ്യരുചിരാ – name of two groups of deities
• സൂരിയവച്ചസാ – name of a demigod
• ഉദകപൂജാ – A celebration held by a Nāga king in honour of Kañcanadevī.
• വജിരബാഹു – A Yakkha who, with four thousand others, kept guard at the fourth gate of Jotiya’s palace.
• വത്ര – An Asura.
• വേഹപ്ഫല – epithet of a class of devas
• വേണ്ഡുദേവാ – name of a group of deities
• വേടേണ്ഡു – name of a deity
• വിചക്ഖണാ – name of a group of deities

Animal

• സുമുഖ – A crow, general of Supatta.
• നാളാഗിരി – name of the elephant that tried to kill the Buddha
• നന്ദിയാവട്ട – The name of a huge fish dwelling in the ocean.
• ഏരാവണ – name of Sakka's elephant
• സാഖ – A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• സുഫസ്സാ – name of a crow in a Jātaka story
• ധനപാല – name of an elephant
• മഹാ സോണ – An evil-natured horse of Brahmadatta, king of Benares.
• ചൂള സുഭദ്ദാ – An elephant, one of the two chief consorts of Chaddanta, against whom she conceived a…
• ധനപാലക – name of an elephant
• ബുദ്ധരക്ഖിത – name of a young parrot who practiced Satipaṭṭhāna meditation
• കുണ്ഡലിനീ – The name given to the offspring of the sārikā-bird (myna) in the Tesakuṇajātaka (Ja 521).
• ഖേമക – The name given to the fowler who caught the golden goose from Cittakūṭa, at the request…
• സത്തിഗുമ്ബ – Devadatta born as a parrot.
• സുഹനു – A horse belonging to the king of Benares.
• പൂതിമംസ – A jackal, the mate of Veṇī.
• മിതചിന്തീ – A fish, see the Mitacintījātaka (Ja 114).
• നാലാഗിരി – An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha.
• അഗ്ഗിമുഖ – A species of snake; bodies bitten by them grow hot.
• അനുതീരചാരീ – An otter who had a dispute with another otter, Gambhīracārī, about a fish.
• ഗിരിമേഖല – name of Māra's elephant
• വലാഹക – name of a king Mahāsudassana's royal steed
• ബഹുചിന്തീ – A fish.
• ചൂള ലോഹിത – An ox, brother of the Bodhisatta, Mahā Lohita.
• കന്ദഗലക – A bird, a former birth of Devadatta.
• ലക്ഖണ – A deer, son of the Bodhisatta, identified with Sāriputta.
• മഹിളാമുഖ – name of an elephant
• പാലിലേയ്യക – name of an elephant that served the Buddha in a Dhammapada story
• സിരിക – The name of the elephant which Sunanda (Upāli in this life) was riding when he insulted…
• അപ്പചിന്തീ – A fish who lived in the Ganges with his brothers Bahucintī and Mitacintī.
• ചൂള നന്ദിയ – A monkey, brother of Nandiya, the Bodhisatta.
• കാളബാഹു – A monkey, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• രാധ – A parrot, brother of Poṭṭhapāda, the Bodhisatta.
• സബ്ബദാഠ – Devadatta born as a jackal.
• മയ്ഹക – A bird, see the Mayhakajātaka (Ja 390).
• സേനക – A monkey, born as the nephew of the Bodhisatta.
• ചിത്തപത്ത – A kokila-bird, a previous birth of Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya, during the time of Vipassī Buddha.
• ദോണമുഖ – The elephant sent by Prince Mahā Pāduma of Kumudanagara, at Soṇa’s request, to kill…
• പോട്ഠപാദ – A parrot, younger brother of Rādha, the Bodhisatta.
• രോമക – name of a pigeon
• സാലക – name of a monkey in a Jātaka story
• അഞ്ജനസന്നിഭ – name of an elephant
• ജമ്ബുക – A parrot, an incarnation of the Bodhisatta, adopted as his son by Brahmadatta, king of…
• മഹാ കണ്ഹ – The name assumed by Mātali when he became a dog.
• പേസ്സ – An elephant trainer of Campā.
• വേണീ – A she-jackal, wife of Pūtimaṁsa.
• അഭയങ്കര – One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares.
• അനുസാസികാ – The name of the greedy bird in the Anusāsikajātaka.
• ഭദ്ദവതീ – A female elephant belonging to King Udena.
• ചതുരക്ഖ – One of the dogs whom the goat Melamātā proposed to take with her on her visit to the…
• ചിത്ത – A deer, brother of Rohanta, the Bodhisatta.
• ഖേമ – The deer-park near Bandhumatī (Ja.vi.480;
• പിങ്ഗല – A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta.
• പുണ്ഡരീക – name of an elephant in a Dhammapada story
• പുപ്ഫ – One of the five horses of King Kappina, used by him in sending messages.
• ചൂള രോഹിത – An ox belonging to a Brahmin.
• ഏകപുണ്ഡരീക – name of king Pasenadi's elephant
• ഗദ്രഭകുല – Mentioned as one of the families in which horses are born.
• ഗുളവണ്ണ – A horse belonging to King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• ഹംസവഹ – The horse on which Sujāta Buddha left household life.
• ഇസിപതന – An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park.
• കണ്ഡുല – The state-elephant of Duṭṭhagāmiṇī.
• കേസി – A horse-trainer.
• രാജഗിരി – One of the elephants of Candakumāra (q.v.).
• സവിട്ഠക – Devadatta born as a crow.
• സുദസ്സന – The horse ridden by Atthadassī Buddha when he left the world.
• വാലവാഹന – A horse belonging to King Kappina.
• വേസ്സന്തര – An owl, identified with Sāriputta (Ja.v.125).