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

• සාවත්ථී – name of a city; capital of Kosala
• ජෙතවන – name of a monastery in Sāvatthī
• රාජගහ – name of a city; capital of Magadha; modern day Rajgir
• වෙළුවන – name of a park outside Rājagaha
• බාරාණසී – name of a city; modern Varanasi
• වෙසාලී – name of a city; capital of the Licchavis
• කලන්දකනිවාප – name of a park in Rājagaha
• කූටාගාරසාලා – name of monastery outside Vesālī
• මහාවන – name of a forest outside Vesālī
• කපිලවත්ථු – name of the capital city of the Sakyans
• කොසම්බී – name of a town; capital city of the Vatsas
• ගිජ්ඣකූට – name of a mountain peak around Rājagaha
• ගඞ්ගා – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• නිග්‍රොධාරාම – name of a park in Kapilavatthu
• ඉසිපතන – name of a forest near Bārāṇasī
• මිගදාය – name of a park outside Bārāṇasī
• ඝොසිතාරාම – name of a monastery in Kosambī
• මගධ – name of a country; modern day Bihar
• සුද්ධාවාස – name of five heavens in the Brahma realm
• කාසි – name of a kingdom
• පුබ්බාරාම – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī
• ජීවකම්බවන – name of a monastery near Rājagaha
• මිගාරමාතුපාසාද – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī, built by Visākhā
• කොසල – name of a kingdom
• ජම්බුදීප – India; name of the central continent in Buddhist cosmology
• සාකෙත – name of a town in Kosala; old capital of Kosala
• තක්කසිලා – name of city in Gandāra with a well known university; Greek name Taxila
• උරුවෙලා – name of a town in Magadha
• කුරු – name of a country
• සිනෙරු – A mountain, forming the center of the world.
• ගිඤ්ජකාවසථ – brick house
• නෙරඤ්ජරා – name of a river
• දෙවදහ – name of a Sakyan town
• මිථිලා – name of a town; capital of the Videha country
• කුසිනාරා – name of a Mallan town; small town where the Buddha passed away
• හංසවතී – The city of birth of Padumuttara Buddha (Ja.i.37;
• නන්දන – name of a heavenly wood
• චම්පා – name of a town in Aṅga
• නාළන්දා – name of a town near Rājagaha; modern day Nalanda
• ආළවී – name of a country
• චෙතියා – A Yakkhinī who lived in the Dhūmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyaṅgaṇa.
• අග්ගාළව – name of a shrine in Āḷavī
• ගන්ධමාදන – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• අචිරවතී – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• භෙසකළාවන – name of a wood in the Bhagga country
• බ්‍රාහ්මණගාම – A village in Ceylon, near which Mahā Sena built the Kalandavihāra.
• නාතික – name of a village
• පාවා – name of a city of the Mallas
• වෙරඤ්ජා – name of a town
• අවීචි – name of one of the great hells
• පාටලිපුත්ත – name of a town; capital of Magadha; modern Patna
• යමුනා – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• මච්ඡිකාසණ්ඩ – name of a forest in Kāsi
• කීටාගිරි – name of a town in Kāsi
• ගග්ගරා – name of a lotus pond near Campā
• අන්ධවන – name of a wood outside Sāvatthī
• ඤාතික – name of a village
• කුරුන්දී – A village in Ceylon.
• සුභකිණ්හ – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of deities
• ඉච්ඡානඞ්ගල – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• පාවාරිකම්බවන – name of a monastery
• උත්තරකුරු – name of the northern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• සීතවන – name of a forest
• සුම්භ – A country in which was Desaka (?), where Udāyī visited the Buddha during a stay there,…
• ගයාසීස – name of a rock hill near Gayā
• අම්බාටකවන – A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati.
• කම්මාසධම්ම – name of a town in the Kuru country
• අඤ්ජනවන – black wood; dark forest; place name
• සුසුමාරගිර – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• මිගදාය – name of a park outside Susumāragira
• වෙහප්ඵල – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of heavenly beings
• ඉච්ඡානඞ්ගලවනසණ්ඩ – forest thicket of Icchānaṅgala
• අම්බවන – A district in Ceylon, near the village of Khīravāpi.
• මහා ථූප – The great Thūpa in Anurādhapura, built by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī.
• සෙතබ්‍යා – name of a Kosalan town
• විදෙහ – name of a country; modern day Mithila, Tirhut
• වෙස්සවණ – One of the names of Kuvera, given to him because his kingdom is called Visāṇā (DN.iii.201;
• අනොතත්ත – Anotatta lake; one of the great Himalayan lakes
• ධම්ම – name of king Mahāsudassana's palace
• අඞ්ග – name of a country; capital Campā; modern day Bengal
• ගිරිබ්බජ – name of a former capital of Magadha
• උපවත්තන – name of a place outside Kusinārā
• ගයා – name of a village
• කොසලරට්ඨ – kingdom of Kosala
• මද්ද – name of a country
• රාජගහනගර – name of a town
• සරභූ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• ගොසිඞ්ගසාලවන – name of a monastery
• කුක්කුළ – name of a hell; (comm) the heat of household life
• කුසාවතී – name of the royal capital of king Mahāsudassana
• පාටලිගාම – name of a village
• මහී – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• මහා විහාර – The great monastery at Anurādhapura, for many centuries the chief seat of Buddhism in…
• පණ්ඩුකම්බලසිලා – name of a place in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• අජපාලනිග්‍රොධමූල – foot of the goatherd's banyan tree
• අඞ්ගුත්තරාප – name of a country
• කුක්කුටාරාම – name of a monastery near Pāṭaliputta; (comm) monastery built by Kukkuṭa
• ඛෙම – name of a park in Bandhumatī
• නන්දනවන – name of a wood in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• දක්ඛිණාගිරි – southern mountains; hills to the south (of Rājagaha)
• මජ්ඣිමදෙස – The country of Central India which was the birthplace of Buddhism and the region of its…
• උක්කට්ඨා – name of town
• කිමිලා – name of a town
• අනුපියා – name of a Mallan town
• තපොදාරාම – hot spring park; place name
• අම්බලට්ඨිකා – name of a monastery
• අරුණවතී – name of the royal capital of king Aruṇavā
• චිත්තකූට – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• කාළසිලා – name of an ascetic's haunt on Mount Isigili
• තපොදා – A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha.
• වෙතරණී – name of a river in hell
• සිංසපාවන – A grove in Āḷavi, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of…
• අන්ධකවින්ද – name of a town
• පච්ඡිමදෙස – A province in Ceylon, probably in the west.
• අවිහ – name of a heavenly realm
• මද්දකුච්ඡි – name of a park
• සාගල – A city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
• බ්‍රහ්මලොක – The highest of the celestial worlds, the abode of the Brahmas.
• පුබ්බවිදෙහ – name of the eastern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• වෙළුවගාමක – name of a village
• අම්බපාලිවන – The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Saṅgha.
• ආපණ – name of a town in Aṅguttarāpa
• පාලිලෙය්‍යක – name of a town near Kosambī
• සප්පසොණ්ඩිකපබ්භාර – name of a rock overhang outside Rājagaha
• කුරරඝර – name of a town in Avanti
• ථුල්ලකොට්ඨික – name of a town in the Kuru country; birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla
• චිත්තලතාවන – name of a pleasure park in Tāvatimsa Heaven
• ඉසිගිලි – One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city…
• සාරන්දද – name of a pagoda
• උක්කාචෙලා – A village in the Vajjī country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to…
• චාලිකා – name of a town
• ද්වාරවතී – A city in India.
• ඉන්දසාලගුහා – name of a cave
• කඤ්චනගුහා – A cave in the region of the Himālaya, according to one description (Ja.ii.176; but see…
• උරුවෙලකප්ප – name of a Mallan town
• චාපාල – name of a pagoda
• මහාගඞ්ගා – great Ganges river
• මහාවන – name of a forest outside Kapilavatthu
• ඔපාසාද – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• චන්දභාග – name of a mountain
• කොටිගාම – name of a village
• මනසාකට – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• සුභගවන – name of a wood in Ukkaṭṭhā
• වෙජයන්තපාසාද – name of Sakka's Palace
• අවන්ති – name of a country
• බ්‍යග්ඝපජ්ජ – name of a Koliyan city
• මොරනිවාප – A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha.
• නළෙරුපුචිමන්ද – A grove near Verañjā where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā…
• රොහිනී – name of a river
• උජ්ජෙනී – name of a city; capital of Avanti
• භෙරපාසාණවිහාර – A monastery in Rohaṇa.
• සඤ්ජීව – name of a hell where one cannot die
• සුධම්ම – The city of birth of Sobhita Buddha.
• සුප්පාරක – name of western seaport; modern day Nala Sopara
• භද්දවතිකා – name of a town in Ceta
• ගජඞ්ගලා – name of a town
• නළකපාන – name of a village
• පාසාණක – name of a pagoda
• ථූපාරාම – A monastery near the southern wall of Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa.
• අනුරාධපුර – The capital of Ceylon for nearly fifteen centuries.
• බලිහරණ – A forest tract (vanasaṇḍa) near Kusinārā where the Buddha is said to have stayed…
• කණ්ඩකීවන – name of a forest
• කපිලපුර – name of the capital city of the Sakyans; Kapilavatthu
• කාසිකොසල – kingdoms of Kāsi and Kosala
• රොරුව – name of a hell
• සුලසා – A nagarasobhinī (courtezan, lit.: town beauty) of Benares; see the Sulasājātaka (Ja 419).
• සුවණ්ණභූමි – A country.
• ඛාණුමත – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• මාතඞ්ගරඤ්ඤ – name of a forest
• පාචීනවංසදාය – name of a park
• අපරගොයාන – name of the western continent in Buddhist cosmology
• අට්ඨක – name of a town
• සුංසුමාරගිර – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• සුරට්ඨ – A country (Mil.331, 359;
• ටඞ්කිතමඤ්ච – (comm) stone slab mounted on four stone pillars
• අරඤ්ඤකුටිකා – Mention is made of several forest hermitages in the Buddha’s time.
• බාහුකා – name of a river
• භාගීරථී – A channel, branching off from the Anotattavāpī in Ceylon, and forming part of the…
• කුණ්ඩධානවන – name of a forest
• නගරක – name of town
• රම්මවතී – name of a town where Dīpaṅkara Buddha was born
• අළාර – A landowner of Mithilā, described also as Videha and Videhīputta, an inhabitant of the…
• චොරපපාත – thieves' cliff
• හලිද්දවසන – name of a Koliyan town
• ජාතියාවන – name of a wood
• කණ්ණකත්ථල – name of a park in Ujuññā
• පලාසවන – name of a wood
• රජතපබ්බත – A mountain range in the Himālaya.
• සෙදක – name of a town in Sumbha
• බෙලුවගාමක – name of a village
• දද්දර – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.8, 67; iii.16;
• ලොහපාසාද – A building at Anurādhapura, forming the uposatha hall of the Mahā Vihāra.
• මධුරා – name of a town; capital of Surasena
• නාගදීප – name of a peninsula in northern Sri Lanka
• පුබ්බකොට්ඨක – name of a bathing place outside Sāvatthī
• සහජාති – name of a town in Ceta
• සුදස්සන – name of one of the 5 mountains surrounding Lake Anottatta
• ථූණා – name of a Brahman village
• උරුඤ්ඤා – name of a town in Kosala
• උය්‍යානද්වාර – A gate in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabāhu I.
• අමරවතී – A city in the time of Koṇḍañña Buddha eighteen leagues in extent.
• ආතුමා – name of a town between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī
• චෙතියපබ්බත – name of an area in Sri Lanka; Mihintale
• චිත්තකූටපබ්බත – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• දෙවවන – name of a wood
• ගොසිඞ්ගසාලවනදාය – name of a monastery
• කලිඞ්ග – name of a country
• කම්බොජ – name of a country; part of modern day eastern Afghanistan
• කාසිගාම – Probably the actual name of the village in Kāsi which was given by Mahā Kosala to his…
• මඝදෙවඅම්බවන – name of a monastery
• රාජකාරාම – name of a monastery
• රක්ඛිතවනසණ්ඩ – name of forest
• සාලවතී – name of a heavenly meeting hall
• සුරම්ම – A seven-storeyed palace, occupied by Gotama Buddha before his Renunciation.
• වඞ්කගිරි – A mountain in Himavā to which Vessantara was banished with his family.
• වාසභගාම – A village in Kāsī.
• වෙභාර – name of a mountain outside Rājagaha
• භොගනගර – name of a town
• චිත්තලපබ්බත – name of an ancient mountain-top monastery in Sri Lanka
• ධඤ්ඤවතී – The city of birth of Nārada Buddha.
• ජන්තුගාම – name of a village
• සිවිරට්ඨ – The country of the Sivi people, referred to several times in the Jātakas.
• සූකරඛතා – name of a cave
• තිස්ස මහා විහාර – A monastery in Rohaṇa, founded by Kākavaṇṇatissa (Mhv.xxii.23).
• වෙදිය – A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where Gotama Buddha…
• අසොකාරාම – A monastery in Pāṭaliputta, built by Asoka and finished in three years.
• අස්සපුර – name of a town in Aṅga
• බදරිකාරාම – name of a monastery near to Kosambī
• භද්දිය – name of a town; capital of Aṅga
• චඤ්චලිකප්ප – name of a Kosalan village
• චෙතියගිරි – name of a mountain shrine near Anurādhapura in Sri Lanka; legendary meeting place of Ven.…
• එකනාළා – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• හත්ථිගාම – name of a village
• කජඞ්ගලා – name of a town
• කලිඞ්ගරට්ඨ – kingdom of Kaliṅga
• සඞ්කවා – name of a Kosalan town
• වෙපුල්ල – name of a mountain near to Rājagaha
• ගන්ධාර – name of a country; modern Kandahar
• ගූථනිරය – excrement hell; hell of feces
• නළමාල – An ocean passed by Suppāraka and his crew on their way from Bharukaccha.
• නිචුලවන – Barringtonia acutangula grove
• පදුමස්සර – A park in Anurādhapura laid out by King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• සුමාගධා – name of a lotus pond
• වෙපුල්ලපබ්බත – mount Vepulla
• අනොම – name of the royal capital of king Suppatita
• බහුපුත්ත – name of a pagoda
• කඤ්චනපබ්බත – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.396ff).
• මහා රක්ඛිත – He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the…
• මහාවියූහ – name of king Mahāsudassana's peaked roof house
• මජ්ඣාරඤ්ඤ – name of a forest
• මෙදාළුප – name of a Sakyan town
• නළකාරගාම – name of a village
• නාලන්දා – name of a village near Rājagaha
• සාමගාම – name of a village
• සත්තම්බ – name of a pagoda
• සුදස්සී – A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā.
• සුනාපරන්ත – name of a country; native land of Puṇṇa
• අම්බතිත්ථ – name of a village in Ceta
• ඉන්දපත්ථ – name of a city; capital of the Kurus; modern Delhi
• ලුම්බිනී – A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha.
• මහා ගාම – A tank built by Mahā Sena.
• මෙරු – mythical mountain at the centre of the universe
• සෙල – A mountain in Himavā.
• සිලාවති – name of a Sakyan village
• වටජාලිකා – name of a monastery
• වෙගළිඞ්ග – name of an ancient town
• ආළකමන්දා – name of a heavenly capital city
• භණ්ඩගාම – name of a village
• චිත්තලතා – name of a heavenly garden
• ගොධාවරී – name of a river
• කලම්බතිත්ථවිහාර – A vihāra in Ceylon.
• ලඞ්කාදීප – island of Lanka; Sri Lanka
• පණ්ඩව – name of a mountain near Rājagaha
• රොමස – A mountain in Himavā.
• සාලවතිකා – name of a village in Kosala
• විනතක – One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru.
• අජකරණී –
• චාතුමා – name of a village
• දුස්සාවුධ – One of the four most effective weapons found in the world.
• ගුන්දාවන – name of a forest
• කම්මාරගාම – A village in Rohaṇa, identified with modern Kamburugamuva.
• කෙකක – name of a country
• කෙලාසකූට – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas; Mount…
• කිමිකාළා – name of a river
• කුණ්ඩිකා – name of a Koliyan town
• මහා පපාත – A mountain in the Himālaya where all Pacceka Buddhas die.
• මහිසවත්ථු – name of a place
• මෙඛල – The city of birth of Sumana Buddha and the scene of his first sermon to Saraṇa and…
• නාගදත්ත – He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent.
• නිසභ – A mountain in Himavā.
• පඤ්චසාලා – name of a Magadhan village
• පාසාණකචෙතිය – A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha…
• පිප්පලිගුහා – name of a cave
• සඞ්ඛෙය්‍යක – name of a mountain
• සෙතකණ්ණික – A village forming the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa.
• සිම්බලිවන – The abode of Garuḍas.
• සින්ධුසොවීරභූමි – lands of Sindh and Sovīra
• වඞ්ග – country of eastern Bengal
• වෙදිසා – name of a town
• දන්තපුර – name of a town in Kāliṅga

Person

• ආනන්ද – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• සාරිපුත්ත – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• දෙවදත්ත – name of a monk; relative and nemesis of the Buddha
• අනාථපිණ්ඩික – name of a layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving
• නාගසෙන – name of an arahant monk, famous for discussions with King Milinda
• ඡබ්බග්ගියා – A group of monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of…
• මහාමොග්ගල්ලාන – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• අනුරුද්ධ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in the divine eye;…
• විපස්සී – name of the 6th previous Buddha
• කස්සප – name of the 1st previous Buddha
• මොග්ගල්ලාන – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• රාහුල – name of an arahant monk; Buddha's son
• පසෙනදි – name of the king of Kosala
• මහාකස්සප – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in preaching ascetic…
• උදායී – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• බ්‍රහ්මදත්ත – name of one the seven Bharata kings
• උපාලි – name of a layman
• ජීවක – name of a doctor; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in having faith in an…
• ථුල්ලනන්දා – name of a notorious nun
• වෙස්සන්තර – name of a prince; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• විසුද්ධිමග්ග – An encyclopedia of the Buddha’s teaching, written by Buddhaghosa at the request of…
• බිම්බිසාර – name of a Magadhan king
• මහාකච්චාන – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• විසාඛා – name of the Buddha's chief female disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• රාධ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in inspiring…
• මහානාම – name of a Sakyan layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving fine…
• සුදින්න – name of a monk notorious for the first pārājika
• සිද්ධත්ථ – name of the 9th previous Buddha
• රට්ඨපාල – name of an arahant monk
• කොකාලික – name of a monk
• දබ්බ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in assigning…
• අජාතසත්තු – name of a prince; later king of Magadha; son of Bimbisāra
• ඡන්න – name of an arahant monk who committed suicide
• පදුමුත්තර – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• චුන්ද – name of a monk
• වඞ්ගීස – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in spontaneous…
• මද්දී – name of a princess; daughter of king Madda
• සුනක්ඛත්ත – name of a former monk
• අම්බට්ඨ – name of a young Brahman
• චූළපන්ථක – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in creating a…
• ආළවක – The king of Āḷavī.
• මාගණ්ඩිය – name of a wandering ascetic
• උපනන්ද – name of a Sakyan monk
• මහාකොට්ඨික – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• සුමෙධ – name of the 14th previous Buddha
• දීපඞ්කර – name of the 24th previous Buddha
• සිඛී – name of the 5th previous Buddha
• දබ්බ මල්ලපුත්ත ථෙර – An Arahant.
• භාරද්වාජ – name of a Brahman family
• චිත්ත – name of a lay-disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving Dhamma…
• මල්ලිකා – name of a queen; wife of King Pasenadi
• කකුසන්ධ – name of the 3rd previous Buddha
• උරුවෙලකස්සප – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• වාසෙට්ඨ – name of a Vedic sage
• මහාසුදස්සන – name of ancient king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• මහාපජාපති – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• අත්ථදස්සී – name of the 11th previous Buddha
• පභාවතී – name of Sikhī Buddha's mother
• නිග්‍රොධ – name of a wandering ascetic
• පඤ්චවග්ගියා – The name given to the five monks:
• යස – name of an arahant monk
• භද්දාලි – name of a monk
• මහාලි – name of a Licchavi man
• නිගණ්ඨ – epithet of Mahāvīra
• සාරිපුත්තමොග්ගල්ලානා – names of monks; chief disciples; great disciples of the Buddha; Sāriputta and Moggallāna
• සිවී – name of a king
• වක්කලි – name of an arahant monk; former ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk…
• නන්ද – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• උප්පලවණ්ණා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in psychic ability
• මෙඝිය – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• අනොමදස්සී – name of the 18th previous Buddha
• වච්ඡගොත්ත – name of an ascetic
• අඞ්ගුලිමාල – name of an arahant monk
• සීහ – name of a military general in Vesālī
• ආළාර – name of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• අරිට්ඨ – name of a monk
• නන්දිය – name of an arahant monk
• සමිද්ධි – name of an arahant monk
• මාලුක්‍යපුත්ත – name of an arahant monk
• රෙවත – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• සෙල – name of a Brahman teacher; name of an arahant monk
• කෙණිය – name of a dreadlocked ascetic
• පිලින්දවච්ඡ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those beloved…
• ඛෙමා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in great wisdom
• ධම්මදින්නා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in giving Dhamma talks
• සෙනක – name of an arahant monk
• කොණාගමන – name of the 2nd previous Buddha
• පාථිකපුත්ත – name of a naked ascetic
• කුමාරකස්සප – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in talking on…
• පුණ්ණමුඛ – name of a merchant in a Jātaka story
• මහොසධ – The Bodhisatta born as minister to King Videha.
• සුජාතා – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywomen in first going…
• අස්සජි – name of a monk; Sāriputta's teacher
• සුප්පවාසා – name of a female lay disciple; foremost laywoman in giving fine things; Suppavāsā…
• කෙවට්ට – name of a layman
• සුන්දරී – name of an arahant nun
• ඛණ්ඩහාල – name of a Brahman in a Jātaka story; former birth of Devadatta
• කොසල – A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of names.
• සභිය – name of an arahant monk
• සාති – name of a monk
• සොණදණ්ඩ – name of a Brahman
• බන්ධුමතී – name of Vipassī Buddha's mother
• මිලින්ද – name of a king; Menander
• සුතසොම – The Bodhisatta born as king of Benares.
• බාහිය – name of an ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick realization;…
• ජාණුස්සොණි – name of a rich Brahman
• සුභූති – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in living without…
• මහාකප්පින – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• සුජාත – name of the 13th previous Buddha
• උපවාණ – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• භද්දිය – name of an arahant
• ධනඤ්ජානි – name of a Brahman
• ඝටිකාර – name of a potter
• කණ්හාජිනා – name of a princess; daughter of Vessantara
• රාහුලමාතා – The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother (e.g., Vin.i.82) and Gotama’s…
• මහාචුන්ද – name of an arahant monk
• උපාලි – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• දීඝාවු – name of prince; son of king Dīghīti
• දිට්ඨමඞ්ගලිකා – Daughter of a seṭṭhi in Benares and wife of Mātaṅga.
• පොක්ඛරසාති – name of a Brahman
• උපතිස්ස – name of Sāriputta
• පටාචාරා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in upholding monastic…
• උපසෙන – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• හත්ථක – name of a layman in Āḷavī; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in supporting a…
• භූරිදත්ත – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Nāga king, Dhataraṭṭha.
• සාගත – name of an arahant monk; foremost monk in the fire element
• පඤ්චකඞ්ග – name of a layperson
• සච්චක – name of a Jain
• අඞ්කුර – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• තුසිත – One of the palaces occupied by Koṇāgamana Buddha in his last lay life.
• ලොහිච්ච – name of a Brahman
• මහා ගොවින්ද – A primeval king, mentioned with Mandhātā as reigning in Rājagaha.
• නාගිත – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha for some time
• පුණ්ණ – name of an arahant monk from Sunāparanta; Puṇṇa Sunāparanta
• භූමිජ – name of a monk
• බ්‍රහ්මදත්ත – name of an ancient king
• බ්‍රහ්මායු – name of a Brahman
• නාරද – name of a monk
• බාකුල – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in health
• නන්දක – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in admonishing the…
• පහසම්බහුල – Thirty-one kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of…
• බාවරී – name of a Brahman ascetic; teacher of the sixteen ascetics in Pārāyanavagga
• ජොතිපාල – name of a Brahman royal adviser
• කොලිත – Mahāmoggallāna's first name; Kolita Moggallāna
• භද්දා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in remembering…
• දාරුචීරිය – name of an arahant ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick…
• කුණාල – The Bodhisatta, born as the king of the Citrakokilas.
• සුප්පබුද්ධ – name of a leper
• මෙණ්ඩක – name of a lay disciple
• පූරණ – name of an ascetic teacher; Pūraṇa Kassapa
• සඤ්චය – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• සඞ්ගාරව – name of a Brahman
• සොණ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in having energy…
• වස්සකාර – name of a Brahman; Ajātasattu's chief minister
• කිසාගොතමී – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in wearing coarse robes
• දොණ – name of a Brahman
• මඞ්ගල – name of the 22nd previous Buddha
• පොට්ඨපාද – name of a wandering ascetic
• කිකී – name of the reigning king of Kāsi at the time of Kassapa Buddha
• මහාකච්චායන – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• රාම – name of a sage; father of the Buddha's second teacher
• ලකුණ්ඩකභද්දිය – name of an arahant monk
• මොඝරාජ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in wearing coarse…
• කාලිඞ්ග – name of a lay disciple
• කිමිල – name of an arahant monk; associate of Anuruddha
• පුණ්ණ – name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in giving…
• තිස්ස – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha
• සොණ – name of a layman
• සුමන – name of the 21st previous Buddha
• ගොවින්ද – name of a Brahman
• කූටදන්ත – name of a Brahman
• සෙය්‍යසක – name of a monk infamous for Saṅghādisesa 1
• සුභ – name of a young Brahman
• සන්දක – name of a wandering ascetic
• සුදත්ත – name of Anāthapiṇḍika; father of Saddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in…
• සුද්ධොදන – name of the Buddha's father; king of the Sakyans
• විසාඛ – name of a lay disciple
• අස්සලායන – name of a young Brahman
• චණ්ඩකාළී – name of a nun
• නන්දා – name of an arahant nun
• නන්දමාතර් – name of an eminent lay disciple
• උදෙන – name of a king
• විධුර – name of one of Kakusandha Buddha's chief disciples
• කොරබ්‍ය – name of a King
• සාළ්හ – name of a layman; Visākha's grandson
• සරදතාපස – name of an ascetic
• මහාපන්ථක – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those skilled…
• පායාසි – name of a young nobleman
• පිණ්ඩොලභාරද්වාජ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• අඤ්ඤාසිකොණ්ඩඤ්ඤ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in long standing;…
• අනුරාධ – name of a monk
• පදුම – name of the 17th previous Buddha
• සුමෙධා – name of an arahant nun
• සුන්දරීනන්දා – name of an arahant nun
• එකරාජ – King of Benares.
• ඛෙමක – name of an arahant
• මහා පදුම – A Pacceka Buddha, chief of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas, all sons of Padumavatī.
• උත්තර – name of a young Brahman
• ගොධික – name of an arahant monk
• නිමි – name of a king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• විටටූභ – name of king Pasenadi's general
• අම්බපාලී – name of a courtesan
• සාල – Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple.
• සුභද්ද – name of an arahant monk; last person to get ordained under the Buddha
• සුනෙත්ත – name of a teacher of old
• සුප්පිය – name of a wandering ascetic
• ධොතක – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ජයසෙන – name of a prince
• නාගසමාල – name of an arahant monk; personal attendant of the Buddha
• සරභ – name of a wandering ascetic
• සොභිත – name of the 19th previous Buddha
• සොණා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in having energy…
• සුමන – name of an arahant monk
• උදෙන – name of a monk
• චන්දා – name of an arahant nun
• චඞ්කී – name of a Brahman
• ධම්මදස්සී – name of the 10th previous Buddha
• උපාලිත්ථෙර – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• අරින්දම – The Bodhisatta, born as King of Benares and son of the Magadha King of Rājagaha.
• කොට්ඨික – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• මහාපජාපතිගොතමී – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• නකුලපිතර් – name of a householder; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in trustworthiness
• සුනන්ද – Father of Padumuttara Buddha.
• උපසීව – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ඛුජ්ජුත්තරා – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in great learning
• පුණ්ණක – name of a Brahman ascetic
• සත්තරසවග්ගියා – A group of 17 monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the…
• අසදිසදාන – The celebrated almsgiving which Pasenadi, under the guidance and inspiration of Mallikā,…
• භද්ද – name of an arahant monk
• සොමදත්ත – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Brahmin Aggidatta (q.v.).
• තොදෙය්‍ය – name of a rich Brahman
• උපනන්ද – name of the military general of Magadha
• පුණ්ණ – name of a Koliyan ascetic who performed the cow practice
• රොහණ – name of a young layman
• අලම්පායන – name of a snake-charmer in a Jātaka story
• දීඝතපස්සී – name of Jain ascetic
• පදුමවතී – Mother of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas.
• උදක – name of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• වඩ්ඪ – name of an arahant monk
• වජ්ජිපුත්තකා – The name of a large group of monks belonging to the Vajjī clan and dwelling in Vesālī,…
• අභය – name of a prince; king Bimbisāra's son
• ධනඤ්චය – name of a Kuru king
• කාණා – Daughter of Kāṇamātā.
• රෙණු – name of a king; son of king Disampati
• ජෙත – name of a privately awakened Buddha
• මහා දුග්ගත – A very poor man of Benares in the time of Kassapa Buddha.
• මිගජාල – name of an arahant monk; son of Visākhā
• සුනිධවස්සකාරා – names of two ministers of Magadha; Sunidha and Vassakāra
• අජිත – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ලාළුදායී – name of a monk
• ධනිය – name of a monk infamous for the second pārājika
• මඝදෙව – name of a king; previous incarnation of Sakka
• මෙත්තෙය්‍ය – name of young Brahman
• සුන්දරිකභාරද්වාජ – name of a Brahman
• චාලා – name of an arahant nun; Sāriputta's sister
• චිත්ත – name of a monk; Citta Hatthisāriputta
• දීඝීති – A king of Kosala.
• කප්පින – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• කස්සප – name of an arahant monk
• කෙසව – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• කොණ්ඩඤ්ඤ – name of a monk; seniormost of the five ascetics; first monastic disciple of the Buddha
• සඞ්ගාමජි – name of a monk
• උදය – name of a Brahman ascetic
• උපක – name of an ascetic; first person the Buddha met after his awakening
• භද්දජි – name of an arahant monk
• දාසක – name of an arahant monk
• මක්ඛලි – name of a ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• තිස්ස – name of the 8th previous Buddha
• වෙස්සභූ – name of the 4th previous Buddha
• කාළුදායී – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• ලක්ඛණ – name of an arahant monk
• මිත්තවින්දක – The son of a very rich merchant of Benares in the days of Kassapa Buddha.
• නකුලමාතර් – name of a female lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in…
• පිඞ්ගිය – name of an arahant
• ආරොහන්ත – name of a former minister who became a monk
• ඉසිදත්ත – name of an arahant monk
• කස්සපගොත්ත – name of a monk
• කුටිකණ්ණ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in eloquence; Soṇa…
• මණ්ඩකප්ප – A kappa in which two Buddhas are born.
• රාහුලභද්ද – auspicious Rāhula; Rāhula the fortunate
• රොජ – A primeval king, son of Mahā Sammata, and, therefore, an ancestor of the Sākiyans.
• සකුලුදායී – name of a wandering ascetic
• උත්තර – name of an arahant monk
• අජිත – name of an ascetic teacher; Ajita Kesakambala
• අසිබන්ධකපුත්ත – name of a layman; Asibandhaka's son
• කසිභාරද්වාජ – name of a Brahman
• ධම්මපාල – name of an arahant monk
• ජූජක – A Brahmin of Dunniviṭṭha in Kāliṅga.
• සොණ – name of a monk
• භද්දා – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in quick realization;…
• මහාවිජිත – name of a legendary king
• පදුමුත්තරබුද්ධ – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• පුක්කුස – name of a young Mallan man
• වෙජයන්ත – The chief of the eighty-four thousand chariots owned by Mahā Sudassana (SN.iii.145;
• දිසම්පති – name of a king
• ජොතික – name of a householder
• කණ්හදීපායන – An ascetic of great power.
• මන්ධාතර් – name of a king
• සොභිත – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in recollection of…
• තිම්බරුක – name of a wandering ascetic

People

• ගොතම – family name of the Buddha
• සක්කා – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• ලිච්ඡවි – name of a prominent group of Khattiyas based in Vesālī
• අග්ගිවෙස්සන – name of a Brahman family clan
• කච්චාන – family name
• වජ්ජී – people of Vajji; Vajjians
• වච්ඡ – family name
• මල්ලා – people of Malla; Mallans
• සක්‍ය – name of the family into which the Buddha was born
• නාටපුත්ත – family name of Mahavira; leader of the Jains
• කාලාම – family names of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• කොසිය – family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka
• සිවි –
• චෙතී – people of Ceta; Cetans
• වෙදෙහිපුත්ත – family name of Ajātasattu
• භග්ගව – family name
• භග්ගා – people of Bhagga; Bhaggans
• කොලිය – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• රාමපුත්ත – family names of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• සුම්භා – people of Sumbha; Sumbhans
• මන්තාණිපුත්ත – family name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• පඤ්චාලා – people of Pañcāla
• කොසිනාරකා – Inhabitants of Kusinārā, e.g.,
• ගොසාල – family name of an ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• කච්චායන – family name
• බුද්ධකුල – The family of the Brahmin of Sāketa mentioned in the Commentary to the Jarāsutta.
• තුසිතා – The inhabitants of the Tusita world.
• බෙලට්ඨපුත්ත – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• සංකිච්ච – family name of an ascetic; Kisa Saṃkicca
• අඞ්ගා – people of Bengal; Bengalis
• සිරිමා – He was born in the family of a householder of Sāvatthī and was called Sirimā on account…
• පුක්කුස – The name of a caste, classified among the despised castes (e.g.,
• අඞ්ගමගධා – people of Aṅga and Magadha; Aṅgans and Magadhans
• වෙරහච්චානිගොත්ත – belonging to the Verahaccāni family clan
• කාතියාන – family name
• පුබ්බසෙලියා – One of the seventeen heterodox sects which arose in Jambudīpa in the second century after…
• කෙසකම්බල – family name of an ascetic teacher
• සවිට්ඨක – An example of a low family name.
• මිලක්ඛ – barbarian; non-Indo-Aryan speaker
• ථූණෙය්‍යකා – The people of Thūṇa.
• අස්සකා – name of a people
• චාතුමෙය්‍යකා – The inhabitants of Cātumā.
• වච්ඡායන – family name of the wandering ascetic Pilotika
• චෙතපුත්තා – The name of a tribe given in a nominal list; probably the inhabitants of Ceta.
• ගග්ග – name of the family clan of Aṅgulimāla
• කණ්හායන – name of a clan
• මහා සඞ්ඝිකා – One of the Buddhist schools which separated out from the Theravādins at the Second…
• කොළිය – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• මද්දා – people of Madda
• පුණ්ණ – He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country.
• අජිත කෙසකම්බල – Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Piṭakas as being contemporaneous…
• මොරිය – name of a high-caste clan
• උත්තරකුරුකා – The inhabitants of Uttarakuru.
• භාරද්වාජ – He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha and his wife was a…
• චෙතියා – people of Ceta; Cetans
• එරාපථ – A royal family of Nāgas, mentioned together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and…
• සූරසෙනා – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• සුවිදෙහා – good people of Videha
• කණ්හාගොතමකා – A royal family of Nāgas.
• සිද්ධත්ථිකා – One of the seven heterodox sects which branched off in the second century after the…
• ථූලූ – name of a people
• තිවරා – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• චෙතිවංසා – people of Ceta and Vaṃsa
• දසාරහා – name of a people
• කුරුපඤ්චාලා – people of Kuru and Pañcala; Kurus and Pañcālas
• මජ්ඣසූරසෙනා – people of Majjha and Sūrasena; Majjhas and Sūrasenas
• මඞ්ගල – A tribe of elephants, each of which had the strength of ten million men.
• පිලින්ද – name of a family clan
• උපනන්ද – He belonged to the Sākyan clan.
• වජ්ජිමල්ලා – people of Vajjī and Malla; Vajjians and Mallans
• අපරසෙලියා – A sub-sect of the Andhakā.
• බුලි – name of clan who received a portion of the Buddha's relics
• දමිළ – The name of a people (Tamils) whose home was in South India.
• ඔක්කලා – The people of Okkala janapada (MN-a.ii.894); mentioned also in the Apadāna (ii.359) in a…
• සක්‍යා – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• සඞ්ඝරක්ඛිත – He belonged to a wealthy family of Sāvatthī, and, after joining the Saṅgha, lived with…
• සඞ්කන්තිකා – A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyā.
• බාලනක්ඛත්ත – A festival lasting for seven days, during which people smeared their bodies with ashes…
• චන්දන – He belonged to a rich family in Sāvatthī, and having heard the Buddha preach, became a…
• ගන්ධාරා – people of Gandhāra; Gandhārians
• ජොතිවන – The name given to the Nandanavana in Anurādhapura after Mahinda had preached there,…
• කච්චානගොත්ත – name of a respected family clan
• කාළාවක – The tribe of ordinary elephants, each one of which possesses the strength of ten men.
• කාලිඞ්ගා – people of Kaliṅga
• කොළිවීස –
• කුලිඞ්ග – The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese.
• ලිච්ඡවී – A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha.
• රොහිතස්සා – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• සොවීරා – people of Sovīra
• වලාහක – A family of horses from which the Assaratana of a Cakkavatti is supplied (Khp-a. 172;
• වෙධඤ්ඤා – name of a Sakyan family clan
• යොනකම්බොජා – people of Bactria and Kamboja; Bactrians and Kambojans
• ආචාමදායිකා – A family in Rājagaha was afflicted with plague and all its members died except one woman.
• භද්ද – He was born in the family of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī.
• චෙතියවාද – A later offshoot of the Mahā Saṅghika school, through the Paññatti and Bāhulika sects of…
• චොළා – The people of Coḷa.
• ධම්මරුචි – One of the heterodox sects of Ceylon which branched off from the Theravāda (Mhv.v.13).
• හත්ථිපොරිකා – A tribe, probably the people of Hatthipura.
• කංසවංස – The race of Mahā Kaṁsa; this race was destroyed by the sons of Devagabbhā.
• කඤ්චනමාණව – The name given to Mahā Kaccāna by his parents, Kaccāna being the family name.
• කොළිවිස – name of a family clan
• ඔඩ්ඩක – A name of a tribe, occurring in a list of tribes.
• පකුධ කච්චායන – Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time.
• පල්ලවකා – The name of a tribe, occurring in a nominal list.
• සම්භූත – He belonged to a family of clansmen and joined the Saṅgha under Ānanda, after the…
• සුප්පිය – He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers.
• සුරසෙනා – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• සුත්තවාදා – A heretical sect, a branch of the Saṅkantikas.
• වෙරහච්චානි – name of a Brahman family clan

Deity

• සක්ක – name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
• මාර – death; Death; death personified
• පාපිමන්ත් – evil one; evil personified; epithet of Māra
• තාවතිංස – The second of the six Deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world.
• මාතලී – name of Sakka's charioteer
• ඛර – name of a daemon
• සහම්පති – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• පුණ්ණක – name of a daemon
• ධතරට්ඨ – name of one of the four great kings; ruler of the east
• යම – The god of death (see, e.g.,
• නන්ද – name of a deity
• පඤ්චසිඛ – name of a demigod
• වරුණ – name of a Vedic god; name of a deva king
• වෙස්සවණ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• ආභස්සරා – radiant gods; effulgent deities
• සනඞ්කුමාර – name of a god
• වෙපචිත්ති – name of a daemon lord
• පරනිම්මිතවසවත්තී – A class of Devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe (kāmaloka).
• රාහු – name of a asura lord
• තුසිතා – name of a group of deities; from Tusita heaven
• සුසිම – name of a deity
• විස්සකම්ම – name of Sakka's architect
• නිම්මානරතිනො – name of a group of devas
• අන්තක – Death
• පහාරාද – name of a daemon
• සූචිලොම – name of a daemon
• බක – name of a god
• සුසීම – name of a deity
• යාමා – name of a group of deities
• සාතාගිර – name of a daemon
• සතුල්ලපකායිකා – A class of Devas.
• ඉන්දක – name of a daemon
• කුවෙර – name of a daemon; guardian deity of the north; god of wealth
• නිම්මානරතී – A class of Devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six Deva-worlds (DN.i.218;
• නමුචි – name of Māra
• මාඝ – epithet of Sakka
• සුජා – name of Sakka's wife
• කකුධ – name of a deity
• විරූපක්ඛ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• රොහිතස්ස – previous name of a deity
• නන්දිවිසාල – name of a deity
• චන්දන – name of a deity
• චන්දිම – name of a deity who lives in the moon
• කස්සප – name of a deity
• සෙරීසක – name of a daemon
• සුබ්‍රහ්ම – name of a deity
• දූසී – name of a Māra; previous incarnation of Mahāmoggallāna
• හාරිත – name of a god; Vishnu
• මහින්ද – great Inda; lord of the gods
• විඤ්ඤාණඤ්චායතනූපග – gone to the dimension of infinite consciousness; epithet of a class of devas
• මනාපකායිකා – A class of Devas possessing lovely forms.
• නන්දොපනන්ද – A Nāga king, tamed by Moggallāna.
• සිවක – name of a daemon
• වෙනතෙය්‍ය – descendant of Vinatā
• පනාද – name of a deity
• පරිත්තාභ – with limited radiance; epithet of a class of devas
• දෙවගබ්භ – A Yakkha.
• මණිකණ්ඨ – name of a dragon
• පජ්ජුන්න – name of a deity; god of rain; rain cloud
• සුවීර – name of a deity
• තුරූ – name of a solitary Brahma
• ඛිඩ්ඩාපදොසිකා – name of a group of deities
• මනොපදොසිකා – name of a group of deities
• සම්බර – name of an asura lord
• සෙතකෙතු – name of the Bodhisatta in Tusita heaven
• සූරියවච්ඡසා – name of a female demigod
• සුයාම – name of a deity; lord of the Yāma deities
• චන්ද – name of the moon deity
• සුනිම්මිත – name of a deity; lord of the gods who delight in creation
• චාපාල – A Yakkha.
• ජනවසභ – name of a supernatural being
• අජකලාපක – name of a daemon
• එරකපත්ත – A Nāga king.
• හත්ථක – name of a deity
• කාලකඤ්චිකා – name of a group of daemons
• සොණදින්න – A Devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṁsa.
• තායන – name of a deity
• තිස්ස – name of a monk reborn as a Brahma
• යුගන්ධර – name of a daemon
• අරිට්ඨ – name of a daemon
• චම්පෙය්‍ය – A Nāga-king who dwelt in the river Campā.
• දීඝලට්ඨි – name of a deity
• ඝොස – A Devaputta, Kotūhalaka, in a previous birth.
• ගොපක – name of a deity
• සීතවලාහකා – A class of Devas.
• සොම – A Deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpatī and…
• අප්පමාණාභා – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna (Abhs., p.21).
• අවරුද්ධක – A Yakkha.
• බකබ්‍රහ්ම – name of a god
• ගද්‍රභ – Doorkeeper of Āḷavaka, the Yakkha.
• හෙමවත – name of a daemon king
• කාණාරිට්ඨ – One of the four sons of the Nāga-king Dhataraṭṭha and his queen Samuddajā, the others…
• පණ්ඩර – A Nāga king.
• තිම්බරූ – name of a demigod king
• උණ්හවලාහකා – A class of Devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world (NidA.108;
• ආපා – A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.259).
• දාමලි – name of a deity
• ඛෙම – name of a deity
• කොකනදා – name of a goddess
• ලක්ඛී – The Pāli equivalent of Lakṣmī, goddess of beauty and fortune.
• මණිභද්ද – name of a daemon
• වෙණ්ඩු – name of a deity; Vishnu
• අග්ගි භගවා – A deity (probably identical with the Vedic Agni), worship of whom brought, as reward,…
• ආකොටක – name of a deity
• ඝටීකාර – name of a deity
• කරොටි – A class of spirits, associated with the Nāgas and forming one of the five defences of the…
• පරිත්තසුභ – with limited beauty; epithet of a class of devas
• සහලි – name of a deity
• සන්තුසිත – name of a deity; lord of Tusita heaven
• චන්දිමා – The name of the Devaputta whose abode (vimāna) is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called…
• චන්දිමස – name of a deity
• කම්බලස්සතරා – name of two nāgas
• මාණවගාමිය – name of a deity
• නීක – name of a deity
• පරනිම්මිතා – name of a group of deities
• වස්සවලාහකා – One of the Valāhaka Devas (q.v.).
• විරූළ්හක – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• අවිහා – A class of Devas.
• චිත්තසෙන – name of a demigod; (comm) name of two demigods
• චූළකොකනදා – name of a goddess
• කාමද – name of a deity
• කුම්භීර – name of a daemon king
• නන්දන – name of a deity
• නිඝණ්ඩු – A Yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress…
• පියඞ්කරමාතර් – name of a female daemon
• සක්කනාමක – name of a daemon
• සූරිය – name of the sun deity
• උජ්ඣානසඤ්ඤිකා – The name given to a group of Devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night.
• උත්තර – name of a deity
• වාසුදත්ත – name of a deity
• වෙගබ්භරි – name of a deity
• අභිසම්මතක – A Yakkha chieftain.
• අජකලාපක – name of a shrine
• ගුම්බික – A Yakkha; see the Gumbiyajātaka (Ja 366).
• ජන්තු – name of a deity
• මණිමෙඛලා – A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cātummahārājikā to…
• සූකරපෙත – A Peta who lived on Gijjhakūṭa.
• වත්‍රභූ – (comm) name of Sakka; (or) epithet of Sakka
• අනෙකවණ්ණ – A Devaputta in Tāvatiṁsa, who, because of his good deeds, excelled even Sakka in majesty.
• අසුර – In Pāḷi Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the…
• භද්දා – name of a female demigod
• භූජති – name of a female deity; attendant of king Vessavaṇa
• ඊසාන – name of a Vedic god
• ජනෙසභ – name of a demigod
• ඛරදාඨික – A Yakkha.
• මහා සෙන – A Deva living in Ketumatī Palace to the east of Vejayanta.
• ඔපමඤ්ඤ – name of a deity
• පඤ්චාලචණ්ඩ – name of a deity
• පරිසුද්ධාභා – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods.
• පියඞ්කර – name of a young daemon
• පුනබ්බසු – name of a young daemon
• රාජ – name of a daemon
• සෙරී – name of a deity
• සිව – name of a deity; Shiva
• සුමුඛ – name of a daemon
• වෙරොචන – A Nāga king, who lived in the Ganges.
• අප්පමාණසුභා – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna (Abhs.p.21).
• අසමා – name of a group of deities
• බීරණී – A goddess (devadhītā).
• දීඝ – name of a daemon
• කාලකඤ්ජිකා – name of a group of daemons
• කාමසෙට්ඨ – name of a deity
• ලොකබ්‍යූහ – A class of Devas.
• මහා සුමන – The presiding deity of Sumanakūṭa.
• මන්දිය – name of a daemon
• නරදෙව – A Yakkha who, once a fortnight, took possession of Kāvinda and made him bark like a dog.
• නෙත්ති – name of a daemon
• පරජන – name of spirit
• පරමත්ත – name of a god
• පථවින්ධර – name of a nāga
• පායාසිදෙවපුත්ත – young deity Pāyāsi
• පොක්ඛර – name of a deity
• පුනබ්බසුමාතර් – name of a female daemon
• සහභූ – name of a class of deities
• උප්පලවණ්ණ – The god to whom Sakka entrusted the guardianship of Laṅkā and its people.
• විනතා – mother of the Garuda race
• විටුට – name of a deity
• යාමුනා – name of a group of deities
• අච්චිමුඛී – A Nāga princess, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, the Nāga king.
• අලක්ඛී – The goddess of ill-luck.
• අරවාළ – A Nāga king, who lived in the Aravāḷadaha in Kasmīra-Gandhāra.
• චූළ දද්දර – A Nāga, brother of Mahā Daddara (the Bodhisatta), and son of Sūradaddara.
• දානවෙඝසා – name of group of daemons
• දෙවසූත – One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiyasutta.
• හාරගජා – name of a group of deities
• කාලකඤ්චා – name of a group of daemons
• ඛෙමියා – name of a group of deities
• කින්නිඝණ්ඩු – name of a deity
• කින්නුඝණ්ඩු – name of a deity
• කුම්භකණ්ණ – A powerful Yakkha whom Sumedha Buddha brought under his power.
• කුටෙණ්ඩු – name of a deity
• ලොහිතවාසී – name of a group of deities
• මන්දවලාහකා – name of a group of deities
• මාණිවර – name of a daemon
• මනොසත්ත – epithet of a class of devas in Jain doctrine
• මානුසුත්තමා – name of a group of deities
• මුචලින්ද – name of a daemon
• මුචලින්ද – name of a dragon king
• ඔදාතගය්හා – name of a group of deities
• ඔජසි – name of a daemon
• පුණ්ණකාල – A Yakkha who, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, spread in Ceylon a pestilence called…
• සදාමත්තා – name of a group of deities
• සුරිය – name of the sun deity
• තතොජසී – name of a daemon
• තතොල – name of a daemon
• තතොතල – name of a daemon
• තත්තල – name of a daemon
• තෙජසි – name of a daemon
• වසවත්තිනො – name of a group of deities; gods who wield power over the creations of others
• වසූ – name of a group of deities
• වෙඝනසා – name of a group of deities
• විධාතා – Given as the name of a god to whom sacrifices should be offered as a means of obtaining…
• විරූළ්හ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• විටෙණ්ඩු – name of a deity
• විටුච්ච – name of a deity
• අභිභූ – overlord; supreme being
• අච්චුතා – name of a group of deities
• අනෙජකා – name of a group of deities
• අරුණා – name of a group of deities
• චිත්තරාජ – A Yakkha.
• චූළොදර – A Nāga king of Ceylon, nephew of Mahodara.
• දධිමුඛ – name of a daemon
• හරයො – name of a group of deities
• ජොතිනාමා – name of a group of deities
• කාපිලවත්ථවා – name of a group of daemons
• කරම්භා – name of a goddess; name of a group of deities
• කරතිය – name of a daemon
• කට්ඨකා – name of a group of deities
• කුම්භණ්ඩ – A class of beings (fairies or gnomes) grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas, Asuras and others.
• ලාමසෙට්ඨා – name of a group of deities
• ලම්බීතකා – name of a group of deities
• මහා දොණ – A Nāga king of the city of Mahā Doṇa on the bank of the Gaṅgārahada.
• මහාපාරගා – name of a group of deities
• නාගසා – names of a group of nāgas
• නළොරාජ – name of a demigod
• පණ්ණක – A Nāga king living in Anotatta lake.
• පාරගා – name of a group of deities
• පායාගා – name of a group of nāgas
• රත්තක්ඛි – A Yakkha who worried Ceylon in the time of Sirisaṅghabodhi.
• රොජා – name of a group of deities
• සහධම්මා – name of a group of deities
• සාතාගිරා – name of a group of daemons
• සුභකිණ්හ – epithet of a class of devas
• සුචිත්ති – name of a daemon
• සුමන – name of a daemon
• සුමනදෙව – A tree deity whose daughter, Kāḷī, was married to Dīghataphala.
• සුප්පරොධ – name of a daemon
• සූර – name of a daemon
• උත්තරිකා – name of a young female daemon
• වජිරහත්ථ – A Deva, conqueror of the Asuras (DN.ii.259).
• වජිරපාණී – A Yakkha.
• වාසවනෙසී – name of a group of deities
• යමකොළී – A Yakkha who, with one thousand others, stood guard over the first gate of Jotika’s…
• අපලාල – A nāga king, converted by the Buddha.
• අසම – name of a deity
• බෙගබ්භරි – name of a deity
• බ්‍රහ්මාසහම්පති – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• දීඝපිට්ඨිකා – A class of Petas whose bodies are sixty leagues in height.
• ඝනිකා – A class of spirits (cloud-gods?).
• ගොපාල – name of a daemon
• ගූථඛාදක – A Peta.
• කටත්ථ – One of the Yakkhas who guarded Jotika’s palace.
• කත්ථකා – A class of Devas present at the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.261).
• කුණ්ඩ – A Yakkha who once inhabited a forest, called Kuṇḍadhāna (Ud-a.122) after him.
• මහාසමනා – name of a group of deities
• මහිද්ධි – name of a god
• මඤ්ජෙරික – The name of the Nāga kingdom (Nāgabhavana).
• නළෙරු – (comm) name of a daemon; (or) growing in the hollow of a tree; (or) growing in a thicket…
• නම්මදා – A Nāga king who dwelt in the river Nammadā.
• පරිත්තාභා – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods (MN.iii.102).
• සක්කට – A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gate of Jotiya’s…
• සනඞ්කුමාරබ්‍රහ්ම – name of a god
• සන්තුස්සිත – name of a deity
• සිඛණ්ඩී – name of Mātali's son
• සුලෙය්‍යා – A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta.
• සූලෙය්‍යරුචිරා – name of two groups of deities
• සූරියවච්චසා – name of a demigod
• උදකපූජා – A celebration held by a Nāga king in honour of Kañcanadevī.
• වජිරබාහු – A Yakkha who, with four thousand others, kept guard at the fourth gate of Jotiya’s palace.
• වත්‍ර – An Asura.
• වෙහප්ඵල – epithet of a class of devas
• වෙණ්ඩුදෙවා – name of a group of deities
• වෙටෙණ්ඩු – name of a deity
• විචක්ඛණා – name of a group of deities

Animal

• සුමුඛ – A crow, general of Supatta.
• නාළාගිරි – name of the elephant that tried to kill the Buddha
• නන්දියාවට්ට – The name of a huge fish dwelling in the ocean.
• එරාවණ – name of Sakka's elephant
• සාඛ – A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• සුඵස්සා – name of a crow in a Jātaka story
• ධනපාල – name of an elephant
• මහා සොණ – An evil-natured horse of Brahmadatta, king of Benares.
• චූළ සුභද්දා – An elephant, one of the two chief consorts of Chaddanta, against whom she conceived a…
• ධනපාලක – name of an elephant
• බුද්ධරක්ඛිත – name of a young parrot who practiced Satipaṭṭhāna meditation
• කුණ්ඩලිනී – The name given to the offspring of the sārikā-bird (myna) in the Tesakuṇajātaka (Ja 521).
• ඛෙමක – The name given to the fowler who caught the golden goose from Cittakūṭa, at the request…
• සත්තිගුම්බ – Devadatta born as a parrot.
• සුහනු – A horse belonging to the king of Benares.
• පූතිමංස – A jackal, the mate of Veṇī.
• මිතචින්තී – A fish, see the Mitacintījātaka (Ja 114).
• නාලාගිරි – An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha.
• අග්ගිමුඛ – A species of snake; bodies bitten by them grow hot.
• අනුතීරචාරී – An otter who had a dispute with another otter, Gambhīracārī, about a fish.
• ගිරිමෙඛල – name of Māra's elephant
• වලාහක – name of a king Mahāsudassana's royal steed
• බහුචින්තී – A fish.
• චූළ ලොහිත – An ox, brother of the Bodhisatta, Mahā Lohita.
• කන්දගලක – A bird, a former birth of Devadatta.
• ලක්ඛණ – A deer, son of the Bodhisatta, identified with Sāriputta.
• මහිළාමුඛ – name of an elephant
• පාලිලෙය්‍යක – name of an elephant that served the Buddha in a Dhammapada story
• සිරික – The name of the elephant which Sunanda (Upāli in this life) was riding when he insulted…
• අප්පචින්තී – A fish who lived in the Ganges with his brothers Bahucintī and Mitacintī.
• චූළ නන්දිය – A monkey, brother of Nandiya, the Bodhisatta.
• කාළබාහු – A monkey, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• රාධ – A parrot, brother of Poṭṭhapāda, the Bodhisatta.
• සබ්බදාඨ – Devadatta born as a jackal.
• මය්හක – A bird, see the Mayhakajātaka (Ja 390).
• සෙනක – A monkey, born as the nephew of the Bodhisatta.
• චිත්තපත්ත – A kokila-bird, a previous birth of Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya, during the time of Vipassī Buddha.
• දොණමුඛ – The elephant sent by Prince Mahā Pāduma of Kumudanagara, at Soṇa’s request, to kill…
• පොට්ඨපාද – A parrot, younger brother of Rādha, the Bodhisatta.
• රොමක – name of a pigeon
• සාලක – name of a monkey in a Jātaka story
• අඤ්ජනසන්නිභ – name of an elephant
• ජම්බුක – A parrot, an incarnation of the Bodhisatta, adopted as his son by Brahmadatta, king of…
• මහා කණ්හ – The name assumed by Mātali when he became a dog.
• පෙස්ස – An elephant trainer of Campā.
• වෙණී – A she-jackal, wife of Pūtimaṁsa.
• අභයඞ්කර – One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares.
• අනුසාසිකා – The name of the greedy bird in the Anusāsikajātaka.
• භද්දවතී – A female elephant belonging to King Udena.
• චතුරක්ඛ – One of the dogs whom the goat Melamātā proposed to take with her on her visit to the…
• චිත්ත – A deer, brother of Rohanta, the Bodhisatta.
• ඛෙම – The deer-park near Bandhumatī (Ja.vi.480;
• පිඞ්ගල – A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta.
• පුණ්ඩරීක – name of an elephant in a Dhammapada story
• පුප්ඵ – One of the five horses of King Kappina, used by him in sending messages.
• චූළ රොහිත – An ox belonging to a Brahmin.
• එකපුණ්ඩරීක – name of king Pasenadi's elephant
• ගද්‍රභකුල – Mentioned as one of the families in which horses are born.
• ගුළවණ්ණ – A horse belonging to King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• හංසවහ – The horse on which Sujāta Buddha left household life.
• ඉසිපතන – An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park.
• කණ්ඩුල – The state-elephant of Duṭṭhagāmiṇī.
• කෙසි – A horse-trainer.
• රාජගිරි – One of the elephants of Candakumāra (q.v.).
• සවිට්ඨක – Devadatta born as a crow.
• සුදස්සන – The horse ridden by Atthadassī Buddha when he left the world.
• වාලවාහන – A horse belonging to King Kappina.
• වෙස්සන්තර – An owl, identified with Sāriputta (Ja.v.125).