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

• ஸாவத்தீ² – name of a city; capital of Kosala
• ஜேதவன – name of a monastery in Sāvatthī
• ராஜக³ஹ – name of a city; capital of Magadha; modern day Rajgir
• வேளுவன – name of a park outside Rājagaha
• பா³ராணஸீ – name of a city; modern Varanasi
• வேஸாலீ – name of a city; capital of the Licchavis
• கலந்த³கனிவாப – name of a park in Rājagaha
• கூடாகா³ரஸாலா – name of monastery outside Vesālī
• மஹாவன – name of a forest outside Vesālī
• கபிலவத்து² – name of the capital city of the Sakyans
• கோஸம்பீ³ – name of a town; capital city of the Vatsas
• கி³ஜ்ஜ²கூட – name of a mountain peak around Rājagaha
• க³ங்கா³ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• நிக்³ரோதா⁴ராம – name of a park in Kapilavatthu
• இஸிபதன – name of a forest near Bārāṇasī
• மிக³தா³ய – name of a park outside Bārāṇasī
• கோ⁴ஸிதாராம – name of a monastery in Kosambī
• மக³த⁴ – name of a country; modern day Bihar
• ஸுத்³தா⁴வாஸ – name of five heavens in the Brahma realm
• காஸி – name of a kingdom
• புப்³பா³ராம – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī
• ஜீவகம்ப³வன – name of a monastery near Rājagaha
• மிகா³ரமாதுபாஸாத³ – name of a monastery outside Sāvatthī, built by Visākhā
• கோஸல – name of a kingdom
• ஜம்பு³தீ³ப – India; name of the central continent in Buddhist cosmology
• ஸாகேத – name of a town in Kosala; old capital of Kosala
• தக்கஸிலா – name of city in Gandāra with a well known university; Greek name Taxila
• உருவேலா – name of a town in Magadha
• குரு – name of a country
• ஸினேரு – A mountain, forming the center of the world.
• கி³ஞ்ஜகாவஸத² – brick house
• நேரஞ்ஜரா – name of a river
• தே³வத³ஹ – name of a Sakyan town
• மிதி²லா – name of a town; capital of the Videha country
• குஸினாரா – name of a Mallan town; small town where the Buddha passed away
• ஹம்ஸவதீ – The city of birth of Padumuttara Buddha (Ja.i.37;
• நந்த³ன – name of a heavenly wood
• சம்பா – name of a town in Aṅga
• நாளந்தா³ – name of a town near Rājagaha; modern day Nalanda
• ஆளவீ – name of a country
• சேதியா – A Yakkhinī who lived in the Dhūmarakkha mountain near Tumbariyaṅgaṇa.
• அக்³கா³ளவ – name of a shrine in Āḷavī
• க³ந்த⁴மாத³ன – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• அசிரவதீ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• பே⁴ஸகளாவன – name of a wood in the Bhagga country
• ப்³ராஹ்மணகா³ம – A village in Ceylon, near which Mahā Sena built the Kalandavihāra.
• நாதிக – name of a village
• பாவா – name of a city of the Mallas
• வேரஞ்ஜா – name of a town
• அவீசி – name of one of the great hells
• பாடலிபுத்த – name of a town; capital of Magadha; modern Patna
• யமுனா – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• மச்சி²காஸண்ட³ – name of a forest in Kāsi
• கீடாகி³ரி – name of a town in Kāsi
• க³க்³க³ரா – name of a lotus pond near Campā
• அந்த⁴வன – name of a wood outside Sāvatthī
• ஞாதிக – name of a village
• குருந்தீ³ – A village in Ceylon.
• ஸுப⁴கிண்ஹ – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of deities
• இச்சா²னங்க³ல – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• பாவாரிகம்ப³வன – name of a monastery
• உத்தரகுரு – name of the northern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• ஸீதவன – name of a forest
• ஸும்ப⁴ – A country in which was Desaka (?), where Udāyī visited the Buddha during a stay there,…
• க³யாஸீஸ – name of a rock hill near Gayā
• அம்பா³டகவன – A grove at Macchikāsaṇḍa, belonging to Cittagahapati.
• கம்மாஸத⁴ம்ம – name of a town in the Kuru country
• அஞ்ஜனவன – black wood; dark forest; place name
• ஸுஸுமாரகி³ர – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• மிக³தா³ய – name of a park outside Susumāragira
• வேஹப்ப²ல – name of a heavenly realm; name of a class of heavenly beings
• இச்சா²னங்க³லவனஸண்ட³ – forest thicket of Icchānaṅgala
• அம்ப³வன – A district in Ceylon, near the village of Khīravāpi.
• மஹா தூ²ப – The great Thūpa in Anurādhapura, built by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī.
• ஸேதப்³யா – name of a Kosalan town
• விதே³ஹ – name of a country; modern day Mithila, Tirhut
• வேஸ்ஸவண – One of the names of Kuvera, given to him because his kingdom is called Visāṇā (DN.iii.201;
• அனோதத்த – Anotatta lake; one of the great Himalayan lakes
• த⁴ம்ம – name of king Mahāsudassana's palace
• அங்க³ – name of a country; capital Campā; modern day Bengal
• கி³ரிப்³ப³ஜ – name of a former capital of Magadha
• உபவத்தன – name of a place outside Kusinārā
• க³யா – name of a village
• கோஸலரட்ட² – kingdom of Kosala
• மத்³த³ – name of a country
• ராஜக³ஹனக³ர – name of a town
• ஸரபூ⁴ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• கோ³ஸிங்க³ஸாலவன – name of a monastery
• குக்குள – name of a hell; (comm) the heat of household life
• குஸாவதீ – name of the royal capital of king Mahāsudassana
• பாடலிகா³ம – name of a village
• மஹீ – name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India
• மஹா விஹார – The great monastery at Anurādhapura, for many centuries the chief seat of Buddhism in…
• பண்டு³கம்ப³லஸிலா – name of a place in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• அஜபாலனிக்³ரோத⁴மூல – foot of the goatherd's banyan tree
• அங்கு³த்தராப – name of a country
• குக்குடாராம – name of a monastery near Pāṭaliputta; (comm) monastery built by Kukkuṭa
• கே²ம – name of a park in Bandhumatī
• நந்த³னவன – name of a wood in Tāvatiṃsa heaven
• த³க்கி²ணாகி³ரி – southern mountains; hills to the south (of Rājagaha)
• மஜ்ஜி²மதே³ஸ – The country of Central India which was the birthplace of Buddhism and the region of its…
• உக்கட்டா² – name of town
• கிமிலா – name of a town
• அனுபியா – name of a Mallan town
• தபோதா³ராம – hot spring park; place name
• அம்ப³லட்டி²கா – name of a monastery
• அருணவதீ – name of the royal capital of king Aruṇavā
• சித்தகூட – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• காளஸிலா – name of an ascetic's haunt on Mount Isigili
• தபோதா³ – A large lake below the Vebhāra mountain, outside Rājagaha.
• வேதரணீ – name of a river in hell
• ஸிம்ஸபாவன – A grove in Āḷavi, where the Buddha stayed in the Gomagga and was visited by Hatthaka of…
• அந்த⁴கவிந்த³ – name of a town
• பச்சி²மதே³ஸ – A province in Ceylon, probably in the west.
• அவிஹ – name of a heavenly realm
• மத்³த³குச்சி² – name of a park
• ஸாக³ல – A city in India, capital of King Milinda (Mil.pp.1, 3, etc.).
• ப்³ரஹ்மலோக – The highest of the celestial worlds, the abode of the Brahmas.
• புப்³ப³விதே³ஹ – name of the eastern continent in Buddhist cosmology
• வேளுவகா³மக – name of a village
• அம்ப³பாலிவன – The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Saṅgha.
• ஆபண – name of a town in Aṅguttarāpa
• பாலிலேய்யக – name of a town near Kosambī
• ஸப்பஸோண்டி³கபப்³பா⁴ர – name of a rock overhang outside Rājagaha
• குரரக⁴ர – name of a town in Avanti
• து²ல்லகோட்டி²க – name of a town in the Kuru country; birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla
• சித்தலதாவன – name of a pleasure park in Tāvatimsa Heaven
• இஸிகி³லி – One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city…
• ஸாரந்த³த³ – name of a pagoda
• உக்காசேலா – A village in the Vajjī country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to…
• சாலிகா – name of a town
• த்³வாரவதீ – A city in India.
• இந்த³ஸாலகு³ஹா – name of a cave
• கஞ்சனகு³ஹா – A cave in the region of the Himālaya, according to one description (Ja.ii.176; but see…
• உருவேலகப்ப – name of a Mallan town
• சாபால – name of a pagoda
• மஹாக³ங்கா³ – great Ganges river
• மஹாவன – name of a forest outside Kapilavatthu
• ஓபாஸாத³ – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• சந்த³பா⁴க³ – name of a mountain
• கோடிகா³ம – name of a village
• மனஸாகட – name of a Brahman village in Kosala
• ஸுப⁴க³வன – name of a wood in Ukkaṭṭhā
• வேஜயந்தபாஸாத³ – name of Sakka's Palace
• அவந்தி – name of a country
• ப்³யக்³க⁴பஜ்ஜ – name of a Koliyan city
• மோரனிவாப – A grove in Veḷuvana at Rājagaha.
• நளேருபுசிமந்த³ – A grove near Verañjā where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā…
• ரோஹினீ – name of a river
• உஜ்ஜேனீ – name of a city; capital of Avanti
• பே⁴ரபாஸாணவிஹார – A monastery in Rohaṇa.
• ஸஞ்ஜீவ – name of a hell where one cannot die
• ஸுத⁴ம்ம – The city of birth of Sobhita Buddha.
• ஸுப்பாரக – name of western seaport; modern day Nala Sopara
• ப⁴த்³த³வதிகா – name of a town in Ceta
• க³ஜங்க³லா – name of a town
• நளகபான – name of a village
• பாஸாணக – name of a pagoda
• தூ²பாராம – A monastery near the southern wall of Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa.
• அனுராத⁴புர – The capital of Ceylon for nearly fifteen centuries.
• ப³லிஹரண – A forest tract (vanasaṇḍa) near Kusinārā where the Buddha is said to have stayed…
• கண்ட³கீவன – name of a forest
• கபிலபுர – name of the capital city of the Sakyans; Kapilavatthu
• காஸிகோஸல – kingdoms of Kāsi and Kosala
• ரோருவ – name of a hell
• ஸுலஸா – A nagarasobhinī (courtezan, lit.: town beauty) of Benares; see the Sulasājātaka (Ja 419).
• ஸுவண்ணபூ⁴மி – A country.
• கா²ணுமத – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• மாதங்க³ரஞ்ஞ – name of a forest
• பாசீனவம்ஸதா³ய – name of a park
• அபரகோ³யான – name of the western continent in Buddhist cosmology
• அட்ட²க – name of a town
• ஸும்ஸுமாரகி³ர – name of the capital city of Bhagga
• ஸுரட்ட² – A country (Mil.331, 359;
• டங்கிதமஞ்ச – (comm) stone slab mounted on four stone pillars
• அரஞ்ஞகுடிகா – Mention is made of several forest hermitages in the Buddha’s time.
• பா³ஹுகா – name of a river
• பா⁴கீ³ரதீ² – A channel, branching off from the Anotattavāpī in Ceylon, and forming part of the…
• குண்ட³தா⁴னவன – name of a forest
• நக³ரக – name of town
• ரம்மவதீ – name of a town where Dīpaṅkara Buddha was born
• அளார – A landowner of Mithilā, described also as Videha and Videhīputta, an inhabitant of the…
• சோரபபாத – thieves' cliff
• ஹலித்³த³வஸன – name of a Koliyan town
• ஜாதியாவன – name of a wood
• கண்ணகத்த²ல – name of a park in Ujuññā
• பலாஸவன – name of a wood
• ரஜதபப்³ப³த – A mountain range in the Himālaya.
• ஸேத³க – name of a town in Sumbha
• பே³லுவகா³மக – name of a village
• த³த்³த³ர – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.8, 67; iii.16;
• லோஹபாஸாத³ – A building at Anurādhapura, forming the uposatha hall of the Mahā Vihāra.
• மது⁴ரா – name of a town; capital of Surasena
• நாக³தீ³ப – name of a peninsula in northern Sri Lanka
• புப்³ப³கோட்ட²க – name of a bathing place outside Sāvatthī
• ஸஹஜாதி – name of a town in Ceta
• ஸுத³ஸ்ஸன – name of one of the 5 mountains surrounding Lake Anottatta
• தூ²ணா – name of a Brahman village
• உருஞ்ஞா – name of a town in Kosala
• உய்யானத்³வார – A gate in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabāhu I.
• அமரவதீ – A city in the time of Koṇḍañña Buddha eighteen leagues in extent.
• ஆதுமா – name of a town between Kusinārā and Sāvatthī
• சேதியபப்³ப³த – name of an area in Sri Lanka; Mihintale
• சித்தகூடபப்³ப³த – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas
• தே³வவன – name of a wood
• கோ³ஸிங்க³ஸாலவனதா³ய – name of a monastery
• கலிங்க³ – name of a country
• கம்போ³ஜ – name of a country; part of modern day eastern Afghanistan
• காஸிகா³ம – Probably the actual name of the village in Kāsi which was given by Mahā Kosala to his…
• மக⁴தே³வஅம்ப³வன – name of a monastery
• ராஜகாராம – name of a monastery
• ரக்கி²தவனஸண்ட³ – name of forest
• ஸாலவதீ – name of a heavenly meeting hall
• ஸுரம்ம – A seven-storeyed palace, occupied by Gotama Buddha before his Renunciation.
• வங்ககி³ரி – A mountain in Himavā to which Vessantara was banished with his family.
• வாஸப⁴கா³ம – A village in Kāsī.
• வேபா⁴ர – name of a mountain outside Rājagaha
• போ⁴க³னக³ர – name of a town
• சித்தலபப்³ப³த – name of an ancient mountain-top monastery in Sri Lanka
• த⁴ஞ்ஞவதீ – The city of birth of Nārada Buddha.
• ஜந்துகா³ம – name of a village
• ஸிவிரட்ட² – The country of the Sivi people, referred to several times in the Jātakas.
• ஸூகரக²தா – name of a cave
• திஸ்ஸ மஹா விஹார – A monastery in Rohaṇa, founded by Kākavaṇṇatissa (Mhv.xxii.23).
• வேதி³ய – A mountain to the north of Ambasaṇḍā, in which was the Indasālaguhā, where Gotama Buddha…
• அஸோகாராம – A monastery in Pāṭaliputta, built by Asoka and finished in three years.
• அஸ்ஸபுர – name of a town in Aṅga
• ப³த³ரிகாராம – name of a monastery near to Kosambī
• ப⁴த்³தி³ய – name of a town; capital of Aṅga
• சஞ்சலிகப்ப – name of a Kosalan village
• சேதியகி³ரி – name of a mountain shrine near Anurādhapura in Sri Lanka; legendary meeting place of Ven.…
• ஏகனாளா – name of a Brahman village in Magadha
• ஹத்தி²கா³ம – name of a village
• கஜங்க³லா – name of a town
• கலிங்க³ரட்ட² – kingdom of Kaliṅga
• ஸங்கவா – name of a Kosalan town
• வேபுல்ல – name of a mountain near to Rājagaha
• க³ந்தா⁴ர – name of a country; modern Kandahar
• கூ³த²னிரய – excrement hell; hell of feces
• நளமால – An ocean passed by Suppāraka and his crew on their way from Bharukaccha.
• நிசுலவன – Barringtonia acutangula grove
• பது³மஸ்ஸர – A park in Anurādhapura laid out by King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• ஸுமாக³தா⁴ – name of a lotus pond
• வேபுல்லபப்³ப³த – mount Vepulla
• அனோம – name of the royal capital of king Suppatita
• ப³ஹுபுத்த – name of a pagoda
• கஞ்சனபப்³ப³த – A mountain in Himavā (Ja.ii.396ff).
• மஹா ரக்கி²த – He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the…
• மஹாவியூஹ – name of king Mahāsudassana's peaked roof house
• மஜ்ஜா²ரஞ்ஞ – name of a forest
• மேதா³ளுப – name of a Sakyan town
• நளகாரகா³ம – name of a village
• நாலந்தா³ – name of a village near Rājagaha
• ஸாமகா³ம – name of a village
• ஸத்தம்ப³ – name of a pagoda
• ஸுத³ஸ்ஸீ – A Brahma world, one of the Suddhāvāsā.
• ஸுனாபரந்த – name of a country; native land of Puṇṇa
• அம்ப³தித்த² – name of a village in Ceta
• இந்த³பத்த² – name of a city; capital of the Kurus; modern Delhi
• லும்பி³னீ – A park situated between Kapilavatthu and Devadaha.
• மஹா கா³ம – A tank built by Mahā Sena.
• மேரு – mythical mountain at the centre of the universe
• ஸேல – A mountain in Himavā.
• ஸிலாவதி – name of a Sakyan village
• வடஜாலிகா – name of a monastery
• வேக³ளிங்க³ – name of an ancient town
• ஆளகமந்தா³ – name of a heavenly capital city
• ப⁴ண்ட³கா³ம – name of a village
• சித்தலதா – name of a heavenly garden
• கோ³தா⁴வரீ – name of a river
• கலம்ப³தித்த²விஹார – A vihāra in Ceylon.
• லங்காதீ³ப – island of Lanka; Sri Lanka
• பண்ட³வ – name of a mountain near Rājagaha
• ரோமஸ – A mountain in Himavā.
• ஸாலவதிகா – name of a village in Kosala
• வினதக – One of the seven mountain ranges round Sineru.
• அஜகரணீ –
• சாதுமா – name of a village
• து³ஸ்ஸாவுத⁴ – One of the four most effective weapons found in the world.
• கு³ந்தா³வன – name of a forest
• கம்மாரகா³ம – A village in Rohaṇa, identified with modern Kamburugamuva.
• கேகக – name of a country
• கேலாஸகூட – name of one of the five mountains surrounding lake Anotatta in the Himalayas; Mount…
• கிமிகாளா – name of a river
• குண்டி³கா – name of a Koliyan town
• மஹா பபாத – A mountain in the Himālaya where all Pacceka Buddhas die.
• மஹிஸவத்து² – name of a place
• மேக²ல – The city of birth of Sumana Buddha and the scene of his first sermon to Saraṇa and…
• நாக³த³த்த – He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent.
• நிஸப⁴ – A mountain in Himavā.
• பஞ்சஸாலா – name of a Magadhan village
• பாஸாணகசேதிய – A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha…
• பிப்பலிகு³ஹா – name of a cave
• ஸங்கே²ய்யக – name of a mountain
• ஸேதகண்ணிக – A village forming the southern boundary of Majjhimadesa.
• ஸிம்ப³லிவன – The abode of Garuḍas.
• ஸிந்து⁴ஸோவீரபூ⁴மி – lands of Sindh and Sovīra
• வங்க³ – country of eastern Bengal
• வேதி³ஸா – name of a town
• த³ந்தபுர – name of a town in Kāliṅga

Person

• ஆனந்த³ – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• ஸாரிபுத்த – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• தே³வத³த்த – name of a monk; relative and nemesis of the Buddha
• அனாத²பிண்டி³க – name of a layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving
• நாக³ஸேன – name of an arahant monk, famous for discussions with King Milinda
• ச²ப்³ப³க்³கி³யா – A group of monks, contemporary with the Buddha, frequently mentioned as being guilty of…
• மஹாமோக்³க³ல்லான – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• அனுருத்³த⁴ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in the divine eye;…
• விபஸ்ஸீ – name of the 6th previous Buddha
• கஸ்ஸப – name of the 1st previous Buddha
• மோக்³க³ல்லான – name of an arahant monk; chief disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• ராஹுல – name of an arahant monk; Buddha's son
• பஸேனதி³ – name of the king of Kosala
• மஹாகஸ்ஸப – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in preaching ascetic…
• உதா³யீ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• ப்³ரஹ்மத³த்த – name of one the seven Bharata kings
• உபாலி – name of a layman
• ஜீவக – name of a doctor; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in having faith in an…
• து²ல்லனந்தா³ – name of a notorious nun
• வேஸ்ஸந்தர – name of a prince; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• விஸுத்³தி⁴மக்³க³ – An encyclopedia of the Buddha’s teaching, written by Buddhaghosa at the request of…
• பி³ம்பி³ஸார – name of a Magadhan king
• மஹாகச்சான – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• விஸாகா² – name of the Buddha's chief female disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• ராத⁴ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in inspiring…
• மஹானாம – name of a Sakyan layman; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving fine…
• ஸுதி³ன்ன – name of a monk notorious for the first pārājika
• ஸித்³த⁴த்த² – name of the 9th previous Buddha
• ரட்ட²பால – name of an arahant monk
• கோகாலிக – name of a monk
• த³ப்³ப³ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in assigning…
• அஜாதஸத்து – name of a prince; later king of Magadha; son of Bimbisāra
• ச²ன்ன – name of an arahant monk who committed suicide
• பது³முத்தர – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• சுந்த³ – name of a monk
• வங்கீ³ஸ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in spontaneous…
• மத்³தீ³ – name of a princess; daughter of king Madda
• ஸுனக்க²த்த – name of a former monk
• அம்ப³ட்ட² – name of a young Brahman
• சூளபந்த²க – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in creating a…
• ஆளவக – The king of Āḷavī.
• மாக³ண்டி³ய – name of a wandering ascetic
• உபனந்த³ – name of a Sakyan monk
• மஹாகோட்டி²க – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• ஸுமேத⁴ – name of the 14th previous Buddha
• தீ³பங்கர – name of the 24th previous Buddha
• ஸிகீ² – name of the 5th previous Buddha
• த³ப்³ப³ மல்லபுத்த தே²ர – An Arahant.
• பா⁴ரத்³வாஜ – name of a Brahman family
• சித்த – name of a lay-disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in giving Dhamma…
• மல்லிகா – name of a queen; wife of King Pasenadi
• ககுஸந்த⁴ – name of the 3rd previous Buddha
• உருவேலகஸ்ஸப – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• வாஸேட்ட² – name of a Vedic sage
• மஹாஸுத³ஸ்ஸன – name of ancient king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• மஹாபஜாபதி – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• அத்த²த³ஸ்ஸீ – name of the 11th previous Buddha
• பபா⁴வதீ – name of Sikhī Buddha's mother
• நிக்³ரோத⁴ – name of a wandering ascetic
• பஞ்சவக்³கி³யா – The name given to the five monks:
• யஸ – name of an arahant monk
• ப⁴த்³தா³லி – name of a monk
• மஹாலி – name of a Licchavi man
• நிக³ண்ட² – epithet of Mahāvīra
• ஸாரிபுத்தமோக்³க³ல்லானா – names of monks; chief disciples; great disciples of the Buddha; Sāriputta and Moggallāna
• ஸிவீ – name of a king
• வக்கலி – name of an arahant monk; former ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk…
• நந்த³ – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost…
• உப்பலவண்ணா – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in psychic ability
• மேகி⁴ய – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• அனோமத³ஸ்ஸீ – name of the 18th previous Buddha
• வச்ச²கோ³த்த – name of an ascetic
• அங்கு³லிமால – name of an arahant monk
• ஸீஹ – name of a military general in Vesālī
• ஆளார – name of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• அரிட்ட² – name of a monk
• நந்தி³ய – name of an arahant monk
• ஸமித்³தி⁴ – name of an arahant monk
• மாலுக்யபுத்த – name of an arahant monk
• ரேவத – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• ஸேல – name of a Brahman teacher; name of an arahant monk
• கேணிய – name of a dreadlocked ascetic
• பிலிந்த³வச்ச² – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those beloved…
• கே²மா – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in great wisdom
• த⁴ம்மதி³ன்னா – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in giving Dhamma talks
• ஸேனக – name of an arahant monk
• கோணாக³மன – name of the 2nd previous Buddha
• பாதி²கபுத்த – name of a naked ascetic
• குமாரகஸ்ஸப – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in talking on…
• புண்ணமுக² – name of a merchant in a Jātaka story
• மஹோஸத⁴ – The Bodhisatta born as minister to King Videha.
• ஸுஜாதா – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywomen in first going…
• அஸ்ஸஜி – name of a monk; Sāriputta's teacher
• ஸுப்பவாஸா – name of a female lay disciple; foremost laywoman in giving fine things; Suppavāsā…
• கேவட்ட – name of a layman
• ஸுந்த³ரீ – name of an arahant nun
• க²ண்ட³ஹால – name of a Brahman in a Jātaka story; former birth of Devadatta
• கோஸல – A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of names.
• ஸபி⁴ய – name of an arahant monk
• ஸாதி – name of a monk
• ஸோணத³ண்ட³ – name of a Brahman
• ப³ந்து⁴மதீ – name of Vipassī Buddha's mother
• மிலிந்த³ – name of a king; Menander
• ஸுதஸோம – The Bodhisatta born as king of Benares.
• பா³ஹிய – name of an ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick realization;…
• ஜாணுஸ்ஸோணி – name of a rich Brahman
• ஸுபூ⁴தி – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in living without…
• மஹாகப்பின – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• ஸுஜாத – name of the 13th previous Buddha
• உபவாண – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha
• ப⁴த்³தி³ய – name of an arahant
• த⁴னஞ்ஜானி – name of a Brahman
• க⁴டிகார – name of a potter
• கண்ஹாஜினா – name of a princess; daughter of Vessantara
• ராஹுலமாதா – The name, generally given in the texts, of Rāhula’s mother (e.g., Vin.i.82) and Gotama’s…
• மஹாசுந்த³ – name of an arahant monk
• உபாலி – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• தீ³கா⁴வு – name of prince; son of king Dīghīti
• தி³ட்ட²மங்க³லிகா – Daughter of a seṭṭhi in Benares and wife of Mātaṅga.
• போக்க²ரஸாதி – name of a Brahman
• உபதிஸ்ஸ – name of Sāriputta
• படாசாரா – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in upholding monastic…
• உபஸேன – name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha;…
• ஹத்த²க – name of a layman in Āḷavī; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in supporting a…
• பூ⁴ரித³த்த – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Nāga king, Dhataraṭṭha.
• ஸாக³த – name of an arahant monk; foremost monk in the fire element
• பஞ்சகங்க³ – name of a layperson
• ஸச்சக – name of a Jain
• அங்குர – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• துஸித – One of the palaces occupied by Koṇāgamana Buddha in his last lay life.
• லோஹிச்ச – name of a Brahman
• மஹா கோ³விந்த³ – A primeval king, mentioned with Mandhātā as reigning in Rājagaha.
• நாகி³த – name of an arahant monk; attendant of the Buddha for some time
• புண்ண – name of an arahant monk from Sunāparanta; Puṇṇa Sunāparanta
• பூ⁴மிஜ – name of a monk
• ப்³ரஹ்மத³த்த – name of an ancient king
• ப்³ரஹ்மாயு – name of a Brahman
• நாரத³ – name of a monk
• பா³குல – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in health
• நந்த³க – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in admonishing the…
• பஹஸம்ப³ஹுல – Thirty-one kappas ago there were three kings of this name, all previous births of…
• பா³வரீ – name of a Brahman ascetic; teacher of the sixteen ascetics in Pārāyanavagga
• ஜோதிபால – name of a Brahman royal adviser
• கோலித – Mahāmoggallāna's first name; Kolita Moggallāna
• ப⁴த்³தா³ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in remembering…
• தா³ருசீரிய – name of an arahant ascetic; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in quick…
• குணால – The Bodhisatta, born as the king of the Citrakokilas.
• ஸுப்பபு³த்³த⁴ – name of a leper
• மேண்ட³க – name of a lay disciple
• பூரண – name of an ascetic teacher; Pūraṇa Kassapa
• ஸஞ்சய – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• ஸங்கா³ரவ – name of a Brahman
• ஸோண – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in having energy…
• வஸ்ஸகார – name of a Brahman; Ajātasattu's chief minister
• கிஸாகோ³தமீ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in wearing coarse robes
• தோ³ண – name of a Brahman
• மங்க³ல – name of the 22nd previous Buddha
• போட்ட²பாத³ – name of a wandering ascetic
• கிகீ – name of the reigning king of Kāsi at the time of Kassapa Buddha
• மஹாகச்சாயன – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in explaining a…
• ராம – name of a sage; father of the Buddha's second teacher
• லகுண்ட³கப⁴த்³தி³ய – name of an arahant monk
• மோக⁴ராஜ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in wearing coarse…
• காலிங்க³ – name of a lay disciple
• கிமில – name of an arahant monk; associate of Anuruddha
• புண்ண – name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in giving…
• திஸ்ஸ – name of an arahant monk; cousin of the Buddha
• ஸோண – name of a layman
• ஸுமன – name of the 21st previous Buddha
• கோ³விந்த³ – name of a Brahman
• கூடத³ந்த – name of a Brahman
• ஸேய்யஸக – name of a monk infamous for Saṅghādisesa 1
• ஸுப⁴ – name of a young Brahman
• ஸந்த³க – name of a wandering ascetic
• ஸுத³த்த – name of Anāthapiṇḍika; father of Saddha; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in…
• ஸுத்³தோ⁴த³ன – name of the Buddha's father; king of the Sakyans
• விஸாக² – name of a lay disciple
• அஸ்ஸலாயன – name of a young Brahman
• சண்ட³காளீ – name of a nun
• நந்தா³ – name of an arahant nun
• நந்த³மாதர் – name of an eminent lay disciple
• உதே³ன – name of a king
• விது⁴ர – name of one of Kakusandha Buddha's chief disciples
• கோரப்³ய – name of a King
• ஸாள்ஹ – name of a layman; Visākha's grandson
• ஸரத³தாபஸ – name of an ascetic
• மஹாபந்த²க – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those skilled…
• பாயாஸி – name of a young nobleman
• பிண்டோ³லபா⁴ரத்³வாஜ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those with a…
• அஞ்ஞாஸிகோண்ட³ஞ்ஞ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in long standing;…
• அனுராத⁴ – name of a monk
• பது³ம – name of the 17th previous Buddha
• ஸுமேதா⁴ – name of an arahant nun
• ஸுந்த³ரீனந்தா³ – name of an arahant nun
• ஏகராஜ – King of Benares.
• கே²மக – name of an arahant
• மஹா பது³ம – A Pacceka Buddha, chief of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas, all sons of Padumavatī.
• உத்தர – name of a young Brahman
• கோ³தி⁴க – name of an arahant monk
• நிமி – name of a king; previous incarnation of the Buddha
• விடடூப⁴ – name of king Pasenadi's general
• அம்ப³பாலீ – name of a courtesan
• ஸால – Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple.
• ஸுப⁴த்³த³ – name of an arahant monk; last person to get ordained under the Buddha
• ஸுனேத்த – name of a teacher of old
• ஸுப்பிய – name of a wandering ascetic
• தோ⁴தக – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ஜயஸேன – name of a prince
• நாக³ஸமால – name of an arahant monk; personal attendant of the Buddha
• ஸரப⁴ – name of a wandering ascetic
• ஸோபி⁴த – name of the 19th previous Buddha
• ஸோணா – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in having energy…
• ஸுமன – name of an arahant monk
• உதே³ன – name of a monk
• சந்தா³ – name of an arahant nun
• சங்கீ – name of a Brahman
• த⁴ம்மத³ஸ்ஸீ – name of the 10th previous Buddha
• உபாலித்தே²ர – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk of those learned in…
• அரிந்த³ம – The Bodhisatta, born as King of Benares and son of the Magadha King of Rājagaha.
• கோட்டி²க – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in analytical…
• மஹாபஜாபதிகோ³தமீ – name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the…
• நகுலபிதர் – name of a householder; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost layman in trustworthiness
• ஸுனந்த³ – Father of Padumuttara Buddha.
• உபஸீவ – name of a Brahman ascetic
• கு²ஜ்ஜுத்தரா – name of a lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in great learning
• புண்ணக – name of a Brahman ascetic
• ஸத்தரஸவக்³கி³யா – A group of 17 monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the…
• அஸதி³ஸதா³ன – The celebrated almsgiving which Pasenadi, under the guidance and inspiration of Mallikā,…
• ப⁴த்³த³ – name of an arahant monk
• ஸோமத³த்த – The Bodhisatta born as the son of the Brahmin Aggidatta (q.v.).
• தோதே³ய்ய – name of a rich Brahman
• உபனந்த³ – name of the military general of Magadha
• புண்ண – name of a Koliyan ascetic who performed the cow practice
• ரோஹண – name of a young layman
• அலம்பாயன – name of a snake-charmer in a Jātaka story
• தீ³க⁴தபஸ்ஸீ – name of Jain ascetic
• பது³மவதீ – Mother of five hundred Pacceka Buddhas.
• உத³க – name of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• வட்³ட⁴ – name of an arahant monk
• வஜ்ஜிபுத்தகா – The name of a large group of monks belonging to the Vajjī clan and dwelling in Vesālī,…
• அப⁴ய – name of a prince; king Bimbisāra's son
• த⁴னஞ்சய – name of a Kuru king
• காணா – Daughter of Kāṇamātā.
• ரேணு – name of a king; son of king Disampati
• ஜேத – name of a privately awakened Buddha
• மஹா து³க்³க³த – A very poor man of Benares in the time of Kassapa Buddha.
• மிக³ஜால – name of an arahant monk; son of Visākhā
• ஸுனித⁴வஸ்ஸகாரா – names of two ministers of Magadha; Sunidha and Vassakāra
• அஜித – name of a Brahman ascetic
• லாளுதா³யீ – name of a monk
• த⁴னிய – name of a monk infamous for the second pārājika
• மக⁴தே³வ – name of a king; previous incarnation of Sakka
• மேத்தேய்ய – name of young Brahman
• ஸுந்த³ரிகபா⁴ரத்³வாஜ – name of a Brahman
• சாலா – name of an arahant nun; Sāriputta's sister
• சித்த – name of a monk; Citta Hatthisāriputta
• தீ³கீ⁴தி – A king of Kosala.
• கப்பின – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in instructing the…
• கஸ்ஸப – name of an arahant monk
• கேஸவ – name of a man in a Petavatthu story
• கோண்ட³ஞ்ஞ – name of a monk; seniormost of the five ascetics; first monastic disciple of the Buddha
• ஸங்கா³மஜி – name of a monk
• உத³ய – name of a Brahman ascetic
• உபக – name of an ascetic; first person the Buddha met after his awakening
• ப⁴த்³த³ஜி – name of an arahant monk
• தா³ஸக – name of an arahant monk
• மக்க²லி – name of a ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• திஸ்ஸ – name of the 8th previous Buddha
• வேஸ்ஸபூ⁴ – name of the 4th previous Buddha
• காளுதா³யீ – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk among those who…
• லக்க²ண – name of an arahant monk
• மித்தவிந்த³க – The son of a very rich merchant of Benares in the days of Kassapa Buddha.
• நகுலமாதர் – name of a female lay disciple; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost laywoman in…
• பிங்கி³ய – name of an arahant
• ஆரோஹந்த – name of a former minister who became a monk
• இஸித³த்த – name of an arahant monk
• கஸ்ஸபகோ³த்த – name of a monk
• குடிகண்ண – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in eloquence; Soṇa…
• மண்ட³கப்ப – A kappa in which two Buddhas are born.
• ராஹுலப⁴த்³த³ – auspicious Rāhula; Rāhula the fortunate
• ரோஜ – A primeval king, son of Mahā Sammata, and, therefore, an ancestor of the Sākiyans.
• ஸகுலுதா³யீ – name of a wandering ascetic
• உத்தர – name of an arahant monk
• அஜித – name of an ascetic teacher; Ajita Kesakambala
• அஸிப³ந்த⁴கபுத்த – name of a layman; Asibandhaka's son
• கஸிபா⁴ரத்³வாஜ – name of a Brahman
• த⁴ம்மபால – name of an arahant monk
• ஜூஜக – A Brahmin of Dunniviṭṭha in Kāliṅga.
• ஸோண – name of a monk
• ப⁴த்³தா³ – name of an arahant nun; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in quick realization;…
• மஹாவிஜித – name of a legendary king
• பது³முத்தரபு³த்³த⁴ – name of the 15th previous Buddha
• புக்குஸ – name of a young Mallan man
• வேஜயந்த – The chief of the eighty-four thousand chariots owned by Mahā Sudassana (SN.iii.145;
• தி³ஸம்பதி – name of a king
• ஜோதிக – name of a householder
• கண்ஹதீ³பாயன – An ascetic of great power.
• மந்தா⁴தர் – name of a king
• ஸோபி⁴த – name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in recollection of…
• திம்ப³ருக – name of a wandering ascetic

People

• கோ³தம – family name of the Buddha
• ஸக்கா – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• லிச்ச²வி – name of a prominent group of Khattiyas based in Vesālī
• அக்³கி³வேஸ்ஸன – name of a Brahman family clan
• கச்சான – family name
• வஜ்ஜீ – people of Vajji; Vajjians
• வச்ச² – family name
• மல்லா – people of Malla; Mallans
• ஸக்ய – name of the family into which the Buddha was born
• நாடபுத்த – family name of Mahavira; leader of the Jains
• காலாம – family names of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma
• கோஸிய – family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka
• ஸிவி –
• சேதீ – people of Ceta; Cetans
• வேதே³ஹிபுத்த – family name of Ajātasattu
• ப⁴க்³க³வ – family name
• ப⁴க்³கா³ – people of Bhagga; Bhaggans
• கோலிய – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• ராமபுத்த – family names of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta
• ஸும்பா⁴ – people of Sumbha; Sumbhans
• மந்தாணிபுத்த – family name of a Sakyan arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in…
• பஞ்சாலா – people of Pañcāla
• கோஸினாரகா – Inhabitants of Kusinārā, e.g.,
• கோ³ஸால – family name of an ascetic teacher; Makkhali Gosāla
• கச்சாயன – family name
• பு³த்³த⁴குல – The family of the Brahmin of Sāketa mentioned in the Commentary to the Jarāsutta.
• துஸிதா – The inhabitants of the Tusita world.
• பே³லட்ட²புத்த – name of an ascetic teacher; Sañcaya Belaṭṭhaputta
• ஸம்கிச்ச – family name of an ascetic; Kisa Saṃkicca
• அங்கா³ – people of Bengal; Bengalis
• ஸிரிமா – He was born in the family of a householder of Sāvatthī and was called Sirimā on account…
• புக்குஸ – The name of a caste, classified among the despised castes (e.g.,
• அங்க³மக³தா⁴ – people of Aṅga and Magadha; Aṅgans and Magadhans
• வேரஹச்சானிகோ³த்த – belonging to the Verahaccāni family clan
• காதியான – family name
• புப்³ப³ஸேலியா – One of the seventeen heterodox sects which arose in Jambudīpa in the second century after…
• கேஸகம்ப³ல – family name of an ascetic teacher
• ஸவிட்ட²க – An example of a low family name.
• மிலக்க² – barbarian; non-Indo-Aryan speaker
• தூ²ணேய்யகா – The people of Thūṇa.
• அஸ்ஸகா – name of a people
• சாதுமேய்யகா – The inhabitants of Cātumā.
• வச்சா²யன – family name of the wandering ascetic Pilotika
• சேதபுத்தா – The name of a tribe given in a nominal list; probably the inhabitants of Ceta.
• க³க்³க³ – name of the family clan of Aṅgulimāla
• கண்ஹாயன – name of a clan
• மஹா ஸங்கி⁴கா – One of the Buddhist schools which separated out from the Theravādins at the Second…
• கோளிய – name of a clan neighbouring the Sakyans
• மத்³தா³ – people of Madda
• புண்ண – He was born in the family of a householder of Suppāraka in the Sunāparanta country.
• அஜித கேஸகம்ப³ல – Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Piṭakas as being contemporaneous…
• மோரிய – name of a high-caste clan
• உத்தரகுருகா – The inhabitants of Uttarakuru.
• பா⁴ரத்³வாஜ – He was the eldest of a clan of Bhāradvājas living in Rājagaha and his wife was a…
• சேதியா – people of Ceta; Cetans
• ஏராபத² – A royal family of Nāgas, mentioned together with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and…
• ஸூரஸேனா – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• ஸுவிதே³ஹா – good people of Videha
• கண்ஹாகோ³தமகா – A royal family of Nāgas.
• ஸித்³த⁴த்தி²கா – One of the seven heterodox sects which branched off in the second century after the…
• தூ²லூ – name of a people
• திவரா – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• சேதிவம்ஸா – people of Ceta and Vaṃsa
• த³ஸாரஹா – name of a people
• குருபஞ்சாலா – people of Kuru and Pañcala; Kurus and Pañcālas
• மஜ்ஜ²ஸூரஸேனா – people of Majjha and Sūrasena; Majjhas and Sūrasenas
• மங்க³ல – A tribe of elephants, each of which had the strength of ten million men.
• பிலிந்த³ – name of a family clan
• உபனந்த³ – He belonged to the Sākyan clan.
• வஜ்ஜிமல்லா – people of Vajjī and Malla; Vajjians and Mallans
• அபரஸேலியா – A sub-sect of the Andhakā.
• பு³லி – name of clan who received a portion of the Buddha's relics
• த³மிள – The name of a people (Tamils) whose home was in South India.
• ஓக்கலா – The people of Okkala janapada (MN-a.ii.894); mentioned also in the Apadāna (ii.359) in a…
• ஸக்யா – people of Sakya; Sakyans
• ஸங்க⁴ரக்கி²த – He belonged to a wealthy family of Sāvatthī, and, after joining the Saṅgha, lived with…
• ஸங்கந்திகா – A heretical sect, a division of the Kassapiyā.
• பா³லனக்க²த்த – A festival lasting for seven days, during which people smeared their bodies with ashes…
• சந்த³ன – He belonged to a rich family in Sāvatthī, and having heard the Buddha preach, became a…
• க³ந்தா⁴ரா – people of Gandhāra; Gandhārians
• ஜோதிவன – The name given to the Nandanavana in Anurādhapura after Mahinda had preached there,…
• கச்சானகோ³த்த – name of a respected family clan
• காளாவக – The tribe of ordinary elephants, each one of which possesses the strength of ten men.
• காலிங்கா³ – people of Kaliṅga
• கோளிவீஸ –
• குலிங்க³ – The name of a clan, probably Sinhalese.
• லிச்ச²வீ – A powerful tribe of India in the time of the Buddha.
• ரோஹிதஸ்ஸா – name of the people previously living on Vepulla mountain
• ஸோவீரா – people of Sovīra
• வலாஹக – A family of horses from which the Assaratana of a Cakkavatti is supplied (Khp-a. 172;
• வேத⁴ஞ்ஞா – name of a Sakyan family clan
• யோனகம்போ³ஜா – people of Bactria and Kamboja; Bactrians and Kambojans
• ஆசாமதா³யிகா – A family in Rājagaha was afflicted with plague and all its members died except one woman.
• ப⁴த்³த³ – He was born in the family of a seṭṭhi of Sāvatthī.
• சேதியவாத³ – A later offshoot of the Mahā Saṅghika school, through the Paññatti and Bāhulika sects of…
• சோளா – The people of Coḷa.
• த⁴ம்மருசி – One of the heterodox sects of Ceylon which branched off from the Theravāda (Mhv.v.13).
• ஹத்தி²போரிகா – A tribe, probably the people of Hatthipura.
• கம்ஸவம்ஸ – The race of Mahā Kaṁsa; this race was destroyed by the sons of Devagabbhā.
• கஞ்சனமாணவ – The name given to Mahā Kaccāna by his parents, Kaccāna being the family name.
• கோளிவிஸ – name of a family clan
• ஓட்³ட³க – A name of a tribe, occurring in a list of tribes.
• பகுத⁴ கச்சாயன – Head of one of the six heretical sects of the Buddha’s time.
• பல்லவகா – The name of a tribe, occurring in a nominal list.
• ஸம்பூ⁴த – He belonged to a family of clansmen and joined the Saṅgha under Ānanda, after the…
• ஸுப்பிய – He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers.
• ஸுரஸேனா – people of Surasena; Surasenas
• ஸுத்தவாதா³ – A heretical sect, a branch of the Saṅkantikas.
• வேரஹச்சானி – name of a Brahman family clan

Deity

• ஸக்க – name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
• மார – death; Death; death personified
• பாபிமந்த் – evil one; evil personified; epithet of Māra
• தாவதிம்ஸ – The second of the six Deva-worlds, the first being the Cātummahārājika world.
• மாதலீ – name of Sakka's charioteer
• க²ர – name of a daemon
• ஸஹம்பதி – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• புண்ணக – name of a daemon
• த⁴தரட்ட² – name of one of the four great kings; ruler of the east
• யம – The god of death (see, e.g.,
• நந்த³ – name of a deity
• பஞ்சஸிக² – name of a demigod
• வருண – name of a Vedic god; name of a deva king
• வேஸ்ஸவண – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• ஆப⁴ஸ்ஸரா – radiant gods; effulgent deities
• ஸனங்குமார – name of a god
• வேபசித்தி – name of a daemon lord
• பரனிம்மிதவஸவத்தீ – A class of Devas, inhabitants of the highest stage of the sensuous universe (kāmaloka).
• ராஹு – name of a asura lord
• துஸிதா – name of a group of deities; from Tusita heaven
• ஸுஸிம – name of a deity
• விஸ்ஸகம்ம – name of Sakka's architect
• நிம்மானரதினோ – name of a group of devas
• அந்தக – Death
• பஹாராத³ – name of a daemon
• ஸூசிலோம – name of a daemon
• ப³க – name of a god
• ஸுஸீம – name of a deity
• யாமா – name of a group of deities
• ஸாதாகி³ர – name of a daemon
• ஸதுல்லபகாயிகா – A class of Devas.
• இந்த³க – name of a daemon
• குவேர – name of a daemon; guardian deity of the north; god of wealth
• நிம்மானரதீ – A class of Devas, inhabiting the fifth of the six Deva-worlds (DN.i.218;
• நமுசி – name of Māra
• மாக⁴ – epithet of Sakka
• ஸுஜா – name of Sakka's wife
• ககுத⁴ – name of a deity
• விரூபக்க² – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• ரோஹிதஸ்ஸ – previous name of a deity
• நந்தி³விஸால – name of a deity
• சந்த³ன – name of a deity
• சந்தி³ம – name of a deity who lives in the moon
• கஸ்ஸப – name of a deity
• ஸேரீஸக – name of a daemon
• ஸுப்³ரஹ்ம – name of a deity
• தூ³ஸீ – name of a Māra; previous incarnation of Mahāmoggallāna
• ஹாரித – name of a god; Vishnu
• மஹிந்த³ – great Inda; lord of the gods
• விஞ்ஞாணஞ்சாயதனூபக³ – gone to the dimension of infinite consciousness; epithet of a class of devas
• மனாபகாயிகா – A class of Devas possessing lovely forms.
• நந்தோ³பனந்த³ – A Nāga king, tamed by Moggallāna.
• ஸிவக – name of a daemon
• வேனதேய்ய – descendant of Vinatā
• பனாத³ – name of a deity
• பரித்தாப⁴ – with limited radiance; epithet of a class of devas
• தே³வக³ப்³ப⁴ – A Yakkha.
• மணிகண்ட² – name of a dragon
• பஜ்ஜுன்ன – name of a deity; god of rain; rain cloud
• ஸுவீர – name of a deity
• துரூ – name of a solitary Brahma
• கி²ட்³டா³பதோ³ஸிகா – name of a group of deities
• மனோபதோ³ஸிகா – name of a group of deities
• ஸம்ப³ர – name of an asura lord
• ஸேதகேது – name of the Bodhisatta in Tusita heaven
• ஸூரியவச்ச²ஸா – name of a female demigod
• ஸுயாம – name of a deity; lord of the Yāma deities
• சந்த³ – name of the moon deity
• ஸுனிம்மித – name of a deity; lord of the gods who delight in creation
• சாபால – A Yakkha.
• ஜனவஸப⁴ – name of a supernatural being
• அஜகலாபக – name of a daemon
• ஏரகபத்த – A Nāga king.
• ஹத்த²க – name of a deity
• காலகஞ்சிகா – name of a group of daemons
• ஸோணதி³ன்ன – A Devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṁsa.
• தாயன – name of a deity
• திஸ்ஸ – name of a monk reborn as a Brahma
• யுக³ந்த⁴ர – name of a daemon
• அரிட்ட² – name of a daemon
• சம்பேய்ய – A Nāga-king who dwelt in the river Campā.
• தீ³க⁴லட்டி² – name of a deity
• கோ⁴ஸ – A Devaputta, Kotūhalaka, in a previous birth.
• கோ³பக – name of a deity
• ஸீதவலாஹகா – A class of Devas.
• ஸோம – A Deva to whom sacrifice is offered; he is generally mentioned with Varuṇa, Pajāpatī and…
• அப்பமாணாபா⁴ – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna (Abhs., p.21).
• அவருத்³த⁴க – A Yakkha.
• ப³கப்³ரஹ்ம – name of a god
• க³த்³ரப⁴ – Doorkeeper of Āḷavaka, the Yakkha.
• ஹேமவத – name of a daemon king
• காணாரிட்ட² – One of the four sons of the Nāga-king Dhataraṭṭha and his queen Samuddajā, the others…
• பண்ட³ர – A Nāga king.
• திம்ப³ரூ – name of a demigod king
• உண்ஹவலாஹகா – A class of Devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world (NidA.108;
• ஆபா – A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.259).
• தா³மலி – name of a deity
• கே²ம – name of a deity
• கோகனதா³ – name of a goddess
• லக்கீ² – The Pāli equivalent of Lakṣmī, goddess of beauty and fortune.
• மணிப⁴த்³த³ – name of a daemon
• வேண்டு³ – name of a deity; Vishnu
• அக்³கி³ ப⁴க³வா – A deity (probably identical with the Vedic Agni), worship of whom brought, as reward,…
• ஆகோடக – name of a deity
• க⁴டீகார – name of a deity
• கரோடி – A class of spirits, associated with the Nāgas and forming one of the five defences of the…
• பரித்தஸுப⁴ – with limited beauty; epithet of a class of devas
• ஸஹலி – name of a deity
• ஸந்துஸித – name of a deity; lord of Tusita heaven
• சந்தி³மா – The name of the Devaputta whose abode (vimāna) is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called…
• சந்தி³மஸ – name of a deity
• கம்ப³லஸ்ஸதரா – name of two nāgas
• மாணவகா³மிய – name of a deity
• நீக – name of a deity
• பரனிம்மிதா – name of a group of deities
• வஸ்ஸவலாஹகா – One of the Valāhaka Devas (q.v.).
• விரூள்ஹக – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• அவிஹா – A class of Devas.
• சித்தஸேன – name of a demigod; (comm) name of two demigods
• சூளகோகனதா³ – name of a goddess
• காமத³ – name of a deity
• கும்பீ⁴ர – name of a daemon king
• நந்த³ன – name of a deity
• நிக⁴ண்டு³ – A Yakkha chieftain, to be invoked by followers of the Buddha when in distress…
• பியங்கரமாதர் – name of a female daemon
• ஸக்கனாமக – name of a daemon
• ஸூரிய – name of the sun deity
• உஜ்ஜா²னஸஞ்ஞிகா – The name given to a group of Devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night.
• உத்தர – name of a deity
• வாஸுத³த்த – name of a deity
• வேக³ப்³ப⁴ரி – name of a deity
• அபி⁴ஸம்மதக – A Yakkha chieftain.
• அஜகலாபக – name of a shrine
• கு³ம்பி³க – A Yakkha; see the Gumbiyajātaka (Ja 366).
• ஜந்து – name of a deity
• மணிமேக²லா – A goddess who presided over the ocean where she was placed by the Cātummahārājikā to…
• ஸூகரபேத – A Peta who lived on Gijjhakūṭa.
• வத்ரபூ⁴ – (comm) name of Sakka; (or) epithet of Sakka
• அனேகவண்ண – A Devaputta in Tāvatiṁsa, who, because of his good deeds, excelled even Sakka in majesty.
• அஸுர – In Pāḷi Literature the Asuras are classed among the inferior deities together with the…
• ப⁴த்³தா³ – name of a female demigod
• பூ⁴ஜதி – name of a female deity; attendant of king Vessavaṇa
• ஈஸான – name of a Vedic god
• ஜனேஸப⁴ – name of a demigod
• க²ரதா³டி²க – A Yakkha.
• மஹா ஸேன – A Deva living in Ketumatī Palace to the east of Vejayanta.
• ஓபமஞ்ஞ – name of a deity
• பஞ்சாலசண்ட³ – name of a deity
• பரிஸுத்³தா⁴பா⁴ – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods.
• பியங்கர – name of a young daemon
• புனப்³ப³ஸு – name of a young daemon
• ராஜ – name of a daemon
• ஸேரீ – name of a deity
• ஸிவ – name of a deity; Shiva
• ஸுமுக² – name of a daemon
• வேரோசன – A Nāga king, who lived in the Ganges.
• அப்பமாணஸுபா⁴ – A class of Devas of the Rūpaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna (Abhs.p.21).
• அஸமா – name of a group of deities
• பீ³ரணீ – A goddess (devadhītā).
• தீ³க⁴ – name of a daemon
• காலகஞ்ஜிகா – name of a group of daemons
• காமஸேட்ட² – name of a deity
• லோகப்³யூஹ – A class of Devas.
• மஹா ஸுமன – The presiding deity of Sumanakūṭa.
• மந்தி³ய – name of a daemon
• நரதே³வ – A Yakkha who, once a fortnight, took possession of Kāvinda and made him bark like a dog.
• நேத்தி – name of a daemon
• பரஜன – name of spirit
• பரமத்த – name of a god
• பத²விந்த⁴ர – name of a nāga
• பாயாஸிதே³வபுத்த – young deity Pāyāsi
• போக்க²ர – name of a deity
• புனப்³ப³ஸுமாதர் – name of a female daemon
• ஸஹபூ⁴ – name of a class of deities
• உப்பலவண்ண – The god to whom Sakka entrusted the guardianship of Laṅkā and its people.
• வினதா – mother of the Garuda race
• விடுட – name of a deity
• யாமுனா – name of a group of deities
• அச்சிமுகீ² – A Nāga princess, daughter of Dhataraṭṭha, the Nāga king.
• அலக்கீ² – The goddess of ill-luck.
• அரவாள – A Nāga king, who lived in the Aravāḷadaha in Kasmīra-Gandhāra.
• சூள த³த்³த³ர – A Nāga, brother of Mahā Daddara (the Bodhisatta), and son of Sūradaddara.
• தா³னவேக⁴ஸா – name of group of daemons
• தே³வஸூத – One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiyasutta.
• ஹாரக³ஜா – name of a group of deities
• காலகஞ்சா – name of a group of daemons
• கே²மியா – name of a group of deities
• கின்னிக⁴ண்டு³ – name of a deity
• கின்னுக⁴ண்டு³ – name of a deity
• கும்ப⁴கண்ண – A powerful Yakkha whom Sumedha Buddha brought under his power.
• குடேண்டு³ – name of a deity
• லோஹிதவாஸீ – name of a group of deities
• மந்த³வலாஹகா – name of a group of deities
• மாணிவர – name of a daemon
• மனோஸத்த – epithet of a class of devas in Jain doctrine
• மானுஸுத்தமா – name of a group of deities
• முசலிந்த³ – name of a daemon
• முசலிந்த³ – name of a dragon king
• ஓதா³தக³ய்ஹா – name of a group of deities
• ஓஜஸி – name of a daemon
• புண்ணகால – A Yakkha who, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha, spread in Ceylon a pestilence called…
• ஸதா³மத்தா – name of a group of deities
• ஸுரிய – name of the sun deity
• ததோஜஸீ – name of a daemon
• ததோல – name of a daemon
• ததோதல – name of a daemon
• தத்தல – name of a daemon
• தேஜஸி – name of a daemon
• வஸவத்தினோ – name of a group of deities; gods who wield power over the creations of others
• வஸூ – name of a group of deities
• வேக⁴னஸா – name of a group of deities
• விதா⁴தா – Given as the name of a god to whom sacrifices should be offered as a means of obtaining…
• விரூள்ஹ – name of one of the Four Great Kings
• விடேண்டு³ – name of a deity
• விடுச்ச – name of a deity
• அபி⁴பூ⁴ – overlord; supreme being
• அச்சுதா – name of a group of deities
• அனேஜகா – name of a group of deities
• அருணா – name of a group of deities
• சித்தராஜ – A Yakkha.
• சூளோத³ர – A Nāga king of Ceylon, nephew of Mahodara.
• த³தி⁴முக² – name of a daemon
• ஹரயோ – name of a group of deities
• ஜோதினாமா – name of a group of deities
• காபிலவத்த²வா – name of a group of daemons
• கரம்பா⁴ – name of a goddess; name of a group of deities
• கரதிய – name of a daemon
• கட்ட²கா – name of a group of deities
• கும்ப⁴ண்ட³ – A class of beings (fairies or gnomes) grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas, Asuras and others.
• லாமஸேட்டா² – name of a group of deities
• லம்பீ³தகா – name of a group of deities
• மஹா தோ³ண – A Nāga king of the city of Mahā Doṇa on the bank of the Gaṅgārahada.
• மஹாபாரகா³ – name of a group of deities
• நாக³ஸா – names of a group of nāgas
• நளோராஜ – name of a demigod
• பண்ணக – A Nāga king living in Anotatta lake.
• பாரகா³ – name of a group of deities
• பாயாகா³ – name of a group of nāgas
• ரத்தக்கி² – A Yakkha who worried Ceylon in the time of Sirisaṅghabodhi.
• ரோஜா – name of a group of deities
• ஸஹத⁴ம்மா – name of a group of deities
• ஸாதாகி³ரா – name of a group of daemons
• ஸுப⁴கிண்ஹ – epithet of a class of devas
• ஸுசித்தி – name of a daemon
• ஸுமன – name of a daemon
• ஸுமனதே³வ – A tree deity whose daughter, Kāḷī, was married to Dīghataphala.
• ஸுப்பரோத⁴ – name of a daemon
• ஸூர – name of a daemon
• உத்தரிகா – name of a young female daemon
• வஜிரஹத்த² – A Deva, conqueror of the Asuras (DN.ii.259).
• வஜிரபாணீ – A Yakkha.
• வாஸவனேஸீ – name of a group of deities
• யமகோளீ – A Yakkha who, with one thousand others, stood guard over the first gate of Jotika’s…
• அபலால – A nāga king, converted by the Buddha.
• அஸம – name of a deity
• பே³க³ப்³ப⁴ரி – name of a deity
• ப்³ரஹ்மாஸஹம்பதி – name of the Brahma who implored the Buddha to teach
• தீ³க⁴பிட்டி²கா – A class of Petas whose bodies are sixty leagues in height.
• க⁴னிகா – A class of spirits (cloud-gods?).
• கோ³பால – name of a daemon
• கூ³த²கா²த³க – A Peta.
• கடத்த² – One of the Yakkhas who guarded Jotika’s palace.
• கத்த²கா – A class of Devas present at the Mahā Samayasutta (DN.ii.261).
• குண்ட³ – A Yakkha who once inhabited a forest, called Kuṇḍadhāna (Ud-a.122) after him.
• மஹாஸமனா – name of a group of deities
• மஹித்³தி⁴ – name of a god
• மஞ்ஜேரிக – The name of the Nāga kingdom (Nāgabhavana).
• நளேரு – (comm) name of a daemon; (or) growing in the hollow of a tree; (or) growing in a thicket…
• நம்மதா³ – A Nāga king who dwelt in the river Nammadā.
• பரித்தாபா⁴ – A class of Devas included among the Ābhā gods (MN.iii.102).
• ஸக்கட – A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gate of Jotiya’s…
• ஸனங்குமாரப்³ரஹ்ம – name of a god
• ஸந்துஸ்ஸித – name of a deity
• ஸிக²ண்டீ³ – name of Mātali's son
• ஸுலேய்யா – A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahā Samayasutta.
• ஸூலேய்யருசிரா – name of two groups of deities
• ஸூரியவச்சஸா – name of a demigod
• உத³கபூஜா – A celebration held by a Nāga king in honour of Kañcanadevī.
• வஜிரபா³ஹு – A Yakkha who, with four thousand others, kept guard at the fourth gate of Jotiya’s palace.
• வத்ர – An Asura.
• வேஹப்ப²ல – epithet of a class of devas
• வேண்டு³தே³வா – name of a group of deities
• வேடேண்டு³ – name of a deity
• விசக்க²ணா – name of a group of deities

Animal

• ஸுமுக² – A crow, general of Supatta.
• நாளாகி³ரி – name of the elephant that tried to kill the Buddha
• நந்தி³யாவட்ட – The name of a huge fish dwelling in the ocean.
• ஏராவண – name of Sakka's elephant
• ஸாக² – A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• ஸுப²ஸ்ஸா – name of a crow in a Jātaka story
• த⁴னபால – name of an elephant
• மஹா ஸோண – An evil-natured horse of Brahmadatta, king of Benares.
• சூள ஸுப⁴த்³தா³ – An elephant, one of the two chief consorts of Chaddanta, against whom she conceived a…
• த⁴னபாலக – name of an elephant
• பு³த்³த⁴ரக்கி²த – name of a young parrot who practiced Satipaṭṭhāna meditation
• குண்ட³லினீ – The name given to the offspring of the sārikā-bird (myna) in the Tesakuṇajātaka (Ja 521).
• கே²மக – The name given to the fowler who caught the golden goose from Cittakūṭa, at the request…
• ஸத்திகு³ம்ப³ – Devadatta born as a parrot.
• ஸுஹனு – A horse belonging to the king of Benares.
• பூதிமம்ஸ – A jackal, the mate of Veṇī.
• மிதசிந்தீ – A fish, see the Mitacintījātaka (Ja 114).
• நாலாகி³ரி – An elephant of the royal stalls at Rājagaha.
• அக்³கி³முக² – A species of snake; bodies bitten by them grow hot.
• அனுதீரசாரீ – An otter who had a dispute with another otter, Gambhīracārī, about a fish.
• கி³ரிமேக²ல – name of Māra's elephant
• வலாஹக – name of a king Mahāsudassana's royal steed
• ப³ஹுசிந்தீ – A fish.
• சூள லோஹித – An ox, brother of the Bodhisatta, Mahā Lohita.
• கந்த³க³லக – A bird, a former birth of Devadatta.
• லக்க²ண – A deer, son of the Bodhisatta, identified with Sāriputta.
• மஹிளாமுக² – name of an elephant
• பாலிலேய்யக – name of an elephant that served the Buddha in a Dhammapada story
• ஸிரிக – The name of the elephant which Sunanda (Upāli in this life) was riding when he insulted…
• அப்பசிந்தீ – A fish who lived in the Ganges with his brothers Bahucintī and Mitacintī.
• சூள நந்தி³ய – A monkey, brother of Nandiya, the Bodhisatta.
• காளபா³ஹு – A monkey, a previous birth of Devadatta.
• ராத⁴ – A parrot, brother of Poṭṭhapāda, the Bodhisatta.
• ஸப்³ப³தா³ட² – Devadatta born as a jackal.
• மய்ஹக – A bird, see the Mayhakajātaka (Ja 390).
• ஸேனக – A monkey, born as the nephew of the Bodhisatta.
• சித்தபத்த – A kokila-bird, a previous birth of Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya, during the time of Vipassī Buddha.
• தோ³ணமுக² – The elephant sent by Prince Mahā Pāduma of Kumudanagara, at Soṇa’s request, to kill…
• போட்ட²பாத³ – A parrot, younger brother of Rādha, the Bodhisatta.
• ரோமக – name of a pigeon
• ஸாலக – name of a monkey in a Jātaka story
• அஞ்ஜனஸன்னிப⁴ – name of an elephant
• ஜம்பு³க – A parrot, an incarnation of the Bodhisatta, adopted as his son by Brahmadatta, king of…
• மஹா கண்ஹ – The name assumed by Mātali when he became a dog.
• பேஸ்ஸ – An elephant trainer of Campā.
• வேணீ – A she-jackal, wife of Pūtimaṁsa.
• அப⁴யங்கர – One of the royal elephants of King Vasavatti of Benares.
• அனுஸாஸிகா – The name of the greedy bird in the Anusāsikajātaka.
• ப⁴த்³த³வதீ – A female elephant belonging to King Udena.
• சதுரக்க² – One of the dogs whom the goat Melamātā proposed to take with her on her visit to the…
• சித்த – A deer, brother of Rohanta, the Bodhisatta.
• கே²ம – The deer-park near Bandhumatī (Ja.vi.480;
• பிங்க³ல – A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta.
• புண்ட³ரீக – name of an elephant in a Dhammapada story
• புப்ப² – One of the five horses of King Kappina, used by him in sending messages.
• சூள ரோஹித – An ox belonging to a Brahmin.
• ஏகபுண்ட³ரீக – name of king Pasenadi's elephant
• க³த்³ரப⁴குல – Mentioned as one of the families in which horses are born.
• கு³ளவண்ண – A horse belonging to King Kuṭakaṇṇatissa.
• ஹம்ஸவஹ – The horse on which Sujāta Buddha left household life.
• இஸிபதன – An open space near Benares, the site of the famous Migadāya or Deer Park.
• கண்டு³ல – The state-elephant of Duṭṭhagāmiṇī.
• கேஸி – A horse-trainer.
• ராஜகி³ரி – One of the elephants of Candakumāra (q.v.).
• ஸவிட்ட²க – Devadatta born as a crow.
• ஸுத³ஸ்ஸன – The horse ridden by Atthadassī Buddha when he left the world.
• வாலவாஹன – A horse belonging to King Kappina.
• வேஸ்ஸந்தர – An owl, identified with Sāriputta (Ja.v.125).