Pāli Proper Names — U
Ubbāhikā Sutta.– Taught to Upāli Thera on the ten qualities required in a monk who serves on a committee, appointed for the purpose of taking a referendum in matters of discipline. A.v.71 f.
Ubbarī Vagga.– The second chapter of the Petavatthu. Pv.32 ff.
Ubbarī-
Ubbhida.– A warrior of sixty thousand world-
Ubhaka.– One of the ten sons of Kāḷāsoka.
Ubhatobhattha Jātaka (No.139)
Ubho Sutta (v.l. Ubhatobhāga).– On the two-
Uccangamāya.– A Pacceka Buddha found in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
Uccankuttha.– A locality in South India; it was the residence of many famous troop-
Uccāsayana Sutta.– Few are they who abstain from high and luxurious beds. S.v.471.
Uccatalanka.– The residence of Mahānāga Thera (v.l. Uccavālika, Uccavālanka). VihhA.489.
Ucchanga Jātaka (No.67)
Ucchangapupphiya Thera.– An Arahant. In the time of Vipassī Buddha he was a garland-
Ucchitthabhatta Jātaka (No.212)
Ucchukhandika.– An elder. He was a gate-
Ūcena.– A district in South India, from which soldiers came to oppose the forces of the general Laṅkāpura. He subdued them. Cv.lxxvi.247, 260.
Udaka.– See Uraga.
Udaka Sutta.– S.iv.82.
Udakagāma.– A village in Sri Lanka given by King Kittisirirājasīha for the maintenance of the Gangārāma-
Udakalona-
Udakapabbata.– A mountain in the region of Himavā. J.v.38; Ap.ii.434.
Udakapūjā.– A celebration held by a Nāga king in honour of Kañcanadevī.
Udakāsecana.– Thirty-
Udāna Sutta See also Purisindriyañāṇa Sutta.– A.iii.402.
Udangana.– See Uraga.
Udapānadāyaka Thera.– An Arahant. Ninety-
Udapānadūsaka Jātaka (No.271)
Udaya Jātaka (No.458)
Udaya Sutta.– The conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Udaya. S.i.173 f. See also Udaya-
Udaya-
Udayā.– See Udayabhadda below.
Udayabhaddā.– Step-
Udayaggabodhi.– A pariveṇa built by Aggabodhi VIII. and named after himself and his father (Udaya I). Cv.xlix.45; see also Ep. Zey.i.216, 221, 227.
Udayana.– See Udaya (3).
Udāyibhadda (Udāyibhaddaka)
Udāyi-
Udda Jātaka.– See Uddālaka Jātaka.
Uddaka Sutta.– Taught by the Buddha. He states therein how Uddaka-
Uddaka.– See Uddaka-
Uddāladāyaka Thera.– An Arahant. In a previous birth, thirty-
Uddālaka Jātaka (No.487)
Uddālapupphiya Thera.– An Arahant. Thirty-
Uddalolaka-
Uddhacca Sutta.– Conceit, want of restraint and of diligence, should all be destroyed by calm (samatha), restraint, and earnestness (A.iii.449).
Uddhacūlābhaya.– Nephew of Devānampiyatissa. He restored the Mahiyangana-
Uddha-
Uddhakandaraka.– A vihāra in South Sri Lanka, founded by Mahānāga, brother of Devānampiyatissa (Mhv.xxii.9).
Uddhakurangāma.– A village and a fortification in the district of Āḷisāra. It was captured by Parakkamabāhu’s general, Māyāgeha (Cv.lxx.171).
Uddha-
Uddhavāpi.– A village and a reservoir. The Māragiri Nigrodha (q.v.) was stationed there (Cv.lxxii.164, 174).
Uddhumātaka Sutta.– The idea of an inflated corpse, if developed, conduces to peace from bondage (S.v.131).
Uddita Sutta.– Taught in answer to a question by one of the devas. The world is all strung up by cords of craving and is escorted by decay. S.i.40.
Udumbara Jātaka (No.298)
Udumbaragiri.– See Dhūmarakkha.
Ugganagara.– See Ugga (8).
Uggārāma.– A pleasance, probably near the village Kuṇḍiya of the Kurū. Anganika Bhāradvāja is said to have visited it once. See also Ugga (8). ThagA.i.339.
Uggarinda.– One of the chief lay supporters of Nārada Buddha. Bu.x.25.
Uggasena Vatthu.– The story of Uggasena of Rājagaha. DhA.iv.59‑65; ibid., 159.
Uggasena-
Ugghatitaññu Sutta.– Some people in the world are quick withal and learn by taking hints; others learn when full details are given; some have to be led on by instruction; others just learn the text but do not understand it. A.ii.136.
Ūhā-
Ujita.– A caravan-
Ujjenika.– Name given to the inhabitants of Ujjenī (Mil.331). Pajjota is called Ujjenika (Ujjenaka) rājā (MA.ii.738).
Ujjhaggika Vagga.– The second division of the Sekhiyā of the Vinaya Piṭaka (Vin.iv.187‑8).
Ujjhānasaññī.– An elder. He was so called because he went about finding fault with the monks. He was reported to the Buddha, who thereupon delivered a discourse blaming action such as his. DhA.iii.376‑7.
Ujjhānasaññi Sutta.– Records the visit of the Ujjhānasaññikā devas to the Buddha (S.i.23‑5).
Ujuññā (Ujjuññā)
Ukkacelā.– See Ukkacelā.
Ukkaṃsamāla.– A learned monk of Ava. He was well versed in literature and wrote two books dealing with the Pāḷi language, the Vannabodhana and the Likhananaya (Sās., p.120).
Ukkamsika.– A king of Rāmañña, a great patron of learning. For details about him see Bode, op.cit., 50, 52.
Ukkanagara.– A vihāra (presumably in Sri Lanka). It was the residence of the thera Mahāvyaggha and seven hundred others. Mhv.xxxii.54.
Ukkaṇṭhita-
Ukkotana Sutta.– Few are those that refrain from accepting bribes to prevent justice, from cheating and from crooked ways; numerous those that do not so refrain. S.v.473.
Uladāgāma.– A village in Rohaṇa where a battle took place between the forces of Parakkamabāhu I, and the rebels. Cv.lxxv.18.
Ullapanagāma.– A village where there was a bridge of thirty cubits, built over the Mahāvāḷukagaṅgā by Devappatirāja (Cv.lxxxvi.23). The village is identified with the modern Ulapane, four miles from Gampola (Cv.Trs.ii.173, n.3).
Ulūka Jātaka (No.270)
Umanga Jātaka (No.542)
Ummadantī Jātaka (No.527)
Ummāda-
Ummagga Jataka.– See Umaṅga Jātaka
Ummāpupphā.– A class of devas present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.260). They are so-
Ummi Sutta.– See the Ūmibhaya Sutta
Unha Sutta.– When the Uṇhavalāhakā-
Unhanagara.– A village, the birthplace of Hatthadāṭha. Cv.xlvi.45.
Unhavalāhakā.– A class of devas who live in the Cātummahārājika world (NidA.108; VibhA.519))
Uṇhavalāhaka Sutta.– A certain monk ask the Blessed One about the reason for hot weather and the Buddha explains that is because the Uṇhavalāhakā devā wish to enjoy hot weather. S.iii.256.
Unnābha Sutta.– The conversation between the Buddha and Unnābha referred to above.
Unnalomaghara.– A building belonging to the Rājāyatana-
Unnama.– A Damiḷa chief whom Duṭṭhagāmaṇī defeated in his campaign. He was a nephew of Tamba and his stronghold was also called Unnama. Mhv.xxv.14, 15; MT.474.
Unnavalli.– A vihāra to which Aggabodhi I gave the village of Ratana. Cv.xlii.18.
Upacālā Sutta.– The story of Māra’s unsuccessful attempt to cause the therī Upacālā to sin. S.i.133.
Upacara.– See Apacara.
Upādāparitassanā, Dutiya Upādāparitassanā Sutta.– Two discourses on how grasping and worry arise and how they can be got rid of. S.iii.15‑18.
Upādānaparipavatta Sutta.– On the five aggregate of grasping and the series of four truths in regard to each aggregate — i.e., the aggregate itself, its arising, its cessation and the way thereto. He who fully understands these is fully liberated. S.iii.58 ff.
Upādāya Sutta.– Personal happiness (sukha) and suffering (dukkha) are dependent on the eye, ear, etc. However, these are impermanent, unsatisfactory, of a nature to change. Therefore one should not lust for them. S.iv.85 f.
Upadduta Sutta.– Everything in the world is oppressed. S.iv.29.
Upadhi.– A Pacceka Buddha, whose name occurs in a list of names. ApA.i.107.
Upāgatabhāsaniya Thera.– An Arahant. In the time of Vipassī Buddha he was a Rakkhasa in a lake in Himavā. Once the Buddha visited this sprite who paid homage to him. Ap.i.233.
Upāhana Jātaka (No.231)
Upāhana Vagga.– The ninth section of the Duka Nipāta of the Jātakaṭṭhakathā. J.ii.221‑42.
Upajjhāya.– A gatekeeper of Mandavya, summoned by him to drive out Mātanga. J.iv.382.
Upajjhāyavatta-
Upajotiya.– One of the door-
Upaka Sutta.– Records the visit paid to the Buddha by Upaka Maṇḍikāputta. A.ii.181 f.
Upakāla 1.– A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
Upakāla 2.– A hell (niraya), also the name of the tortures in the same hell. J.vi.248.
Upakamsa.– Son of Mahākaṃsa, king of Asitañjana and brother of Kaṃsa. When Kaṃsa became king, Upakaṃsa was his viceroy. Upakaṃsa was killed by a disc thrown by Vāsudeva, son of Devagabbhā. J.iv.79‑82.
Upakañcana.– A brahmin, brother of the Bodhisatta Mahākañcana. Their story is related in the Bhisa Jātaka. J.iv.305 ff.
Upāli Gāthā.– The stanzas in which Upāli-
Upāli Vagga.– The fourth chapter of the Dasaka Nipāta of the Aṅguttaranikāya. It contains records of various discussions between Upāli (1) and the Buddha and two between Ānanda and the Buddha, regarding matters connected with the Vinaya. A.v.70‑7.
Upāli-
Upāli-
Upamañña.– The clan (gotta) to which Pokkharasāti belonged. He was, therefore, called Opamañña. M.ii.200; MA.ii.804.
Upanāhī Sutta.– Taught in answer to the questions of Anuruddha. Endowed with five qualities, a woman is reborn in hell after death: she is faithless (assaddho), shameless (ahiriko), reckless (anottappī), fault-
Upananda-
Upanemi.– A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in nominal lists. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
Upaneyya Sutta.– A deva visits the Buddha at Jetavana and utters a stanza in which he says that life is short, and one should accumulate merit in order to obtain bliss. The Buddha replies that all who fear death should aspire to the final peace. S.i.2.
Upanisinna Vagga.– The fourth chapter of the Rādha Saṃyutta of the Saṃyuttanikāya. S.iii.200 ff.
Upanita.– A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. M.iii.70.
Upanīya Sutta.– A devatā approaches the Blessed One at Sāvatthi and says in verse that the world is swept along, life is short and there is no shelter from aging, seeing clearly the danger of death, one should do deeds of merit that bring happiness. The Buddha replies in agreement, but says that one should drop the world’s bait. S.i.2.
Uparāmā.– One of the two chief women disciples of Paduma Buddha (J.i.36). The Buddhavaṃsa, however, gives their names as Rādhā and Surādhā.
Uparigangā.– See Gaṅgā.
Uparimandakamāla.– A vihāra (?) in Sri Lanka, the residence of Mahārakkhita Thera (q.v.) J.vi.30.
Uparimandalaka-
Uparuci.– A king of thirty-
Upāsabha.– Name of a Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.69; MA.ii.890; ApA.i.106.
Upāsakacandāla and Upāsakaratana Suttas.– The Suttasaṅgaha divides into two Suttas (Nos. 9 and 10) the Sutta that appears in the Aṅguttaranikāya, as one Sutta, under the name of Caṇḍāla Sutta (q.v.)
Upasāla.– Younger brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, one of his two chief disciples. Bu.ix.21; BuA.147; J.i.36.
Upasālā.– According to the Buddhavamsa Commentary (194), Sālā and Upasālā were the two chief women disciples of Phussa Buddha. The Buddhavamsa (xix.20), however, calls them Cālā and Upacālā.
Upasāḷaka Jātaka (No.166)
Upasama Sutta.– The Buddha explains to a monk, in answer to a question, how one may become perfect in the controlling faculties (indriya). S.v.202. For the title see KS, v.178, n.3.
Upasampadā Sutta.– On the qualities that a monk should possess in order to admit others to the Order. A.v.72.
Upassaṭṭha Sutta v.l. Abhiññāpariññeyya Sutta.– Everything should be known and understood as impermanent, unsatisfactory, and not-
Upasenā.– One of the chief women supporters of Tissa Buddha. Bu.xviii.23.
Upasenī.– Daughter of Vasavatti, king of Pupphavatī and sister of Candakumāra. She narrowly escaped death when the king, on the advice of his chaplain, wished to offer human sacrifices. The story is told in the Candakumāra Jātaka. J.vi.134.
Upasīdarī.– A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. M.iii.70.
Upāsikā-
Upasiri 1.– One of the palaces occupied by Anomadassī Buddha in his last lay-
Upasiri 2.– A palace similarly occupied by Sujāta Buddha. Bu.xiii.21.
Upasonā.– One of the two chief women disciples of Sumana Buddha. Bu.v.27; J.i.24.
Upassattha Sutta.– Everything is oppressed: the eye and forms, eye-
Upassayadāyaka-
Upasumbha.– An image of the Buddha placed in the Bahumangala-
Upatapassī Thera.– Author of the Vuttamālā. He was incumbent of the Gatārā Parivena and was the nephew of Sarasigāmamūla Mahāsāmi. P.L.C.253 f.
Upatissa Sutta.– Taught by Sāriputta. He tells the monks that there is nothing in the whole world, a change in which would cause him sorrow. Not even a change regarding the Buddha, be emphasises, in answer to a question by Ānanda. S.ii.274 f.
Upatissā.– One of the two chief women-
Upatthāyaka Thera.– An Arahant. In a previous birth be provided Siddhattha Buddha with a personal attendant (upaṭṭhāka). Fifty-
Upaṭṭhitassati Sutta.– Anuruddha sees women reborn in heaven after death and ask the Buddha the reason. He says that it is due to well-
Upavāla.– See Uvāla Thera.
Upavatta (Upavattana)
Upaya Sutta.– (Wrongly called Upāya Sutta. Attachment (upaya) is bondage, aloofness is freedom). With the abandonment of lust, lust’s foothold is cut off and, thereby, rebirth, etc., is destroyed. S.iii.53.
Upāya Sutta.– See Upaya Sutta.
Upayanti Sutta.– When the ocean rises with the tide, the rivers, their tributaries, the mountain lakes and tarns, all rise as a result. Likewise rising ignorance makes, in turn, becoming, birth and decay and death to rise and increase. S.ii.118 f.
Upekkhā Sutta.– v.l. Upekhā Sutta
Upekkhaka Sutta.– Mahā-
Uposatha Vagga.– The fifth chapter of the Atthaka Nipāta of the Aṅguttaranikāya, containing suttas on the Uposatha, among other things. A.iv.248‑73.
Uposathāgāra.– A building connected with the Thūpārāma. It was built by Bhātikābhaya and enlarged by Āmaṇḍagāmaṇī-
Uposathakhanda.– The second section of the Bhūridatta Jātaka. J.vi.168‑70.
Uposathakhandhaka.– The second chapter of the Mahā Vagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka. Vin.i.101‑36.
Uposatha-
Uposatha-
Uppāda Saṃyutta.– The twenty-
Uppādena Sutta.– The uprising of the six sense objects — forms, sounds, etc. — is the uprising of suffering, the persisting of disease, the manifestation of decay and death. The cessation of the former leads to the disappearance of the latter. S.iv.14.
Uppādetabba Sutta.– On six states which a person holding right views will never reach. A.iii.438.
Uppajjanti Sutta.– On the power of earnestness (appamāda). A.i.11.
Uppalā.– One of the chief women supporters of Anomadassī Buddha. Bu.viii.24.
Uppalavannā Sutta.– Records a conversation between Uppalavaṇṇā and Māra (S.i.131 f). The ideas are the same as those contained in the verses found in the Therīgāthā (vv.230‑5), but the wording is somewhat different.
Uppalavāpī.– A village in Sri Lanka where king Kuṭakaṇṇatissa spent some time. There he invited the thera Cūlasudhamma and made him live at the Mālārāma-
Uppanna (or Uppāda) Sutta.– Two suttas that state that the seven factors of enlightenment do not arise without the manifestation of a Tathāgata. S.v.77.
Uppātasanti.– A Pāḷi work written by an unknown thera of Laos in the sixteenth century. It seems to have dealt with rites or charms for averting evil omens or public calamities. Bode, op.cit., 47, and n.5.
Uppatha Sutta.– Questions asked by a deva and the Buddha’s answers to them. Lust is the road that leads astray, life perishes both night and day, women are they that stain celibacy, the higher life cleanses without bathing. S.i.38.
Uppati Vagga.– See Sukhindriya Vagga.
Uraga Jātaka (No.154, 354)
Uraga.– A mountain near Himavā. In a previous birth, Gosāla Thera saw a rag-
Ūriyeri.– A locality in South India. In it was a fortress that was besieged by Laṅkāpura and Jagadvijaya. Cv.lxxvii.58, 62.
Urubuddharakkhita.– An elder who was present at the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa. He came from the Mahāvana in Vesāli, with eighteen thousand monks. Mhv.xxix.33.
Urucetiya.– See Mahā Thūpa.
Urudhammarakkhita.– A thera who came from the Ghositārāma in Kosambī, with thirty thousand monks, to be present at the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa. Mhv.xxix.34.
Urusangharakkhita.– An elder who came with forty thousand monks from the Dakkhināgiri in Ujjeni, to be present at the Mahā Thūpa foundation ceremony (Mhv.xxix.35).
Uruvela.– One of the chief lay supporters of Sumedha Buddha. Bu.xii.25.
Uruveḷā.– One of the two chief female disciples of Kassapa Buddha. J.i.43; Bu.xxv.40.
Uruvela-
Uruvelapattana.– See Uruvelā (2).
Uruvela-
Usabhakkhandha.– Son of Dīpaṅkara Buddha (Bu.ii.209; Mbv.4). See also Samavattakkhandha.
Usabhamukha.– One of the four channels leading out of the Anotatta lake. The river that flows out of this channel is called Usabhamukha-
Usinnara.– See Usīnara.
Usīraddhaja.– A mountain range forming the northern boundary of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197; DA.i.173; J.i.49; KhA.133; MA.i.397, etc.
Ussānavitthi.– A village in Sri Lanka, given by King Udaya I for the maintenance of the pāsāda in the Pucchārāma-
Ussolhi Sutta.– Exertion (ussoḷhi) must be made by those who do not see decay and death as they really are. S.ii.132.
Usuloma Sutta.– Mahā-
Usukāraniya Sutta.– Describes one of the hungry ghosts (peta) of Gijjhakūṭa, seen by Mahā-
Uttamadevī-
Uttaracūlabhājaniya.– Mentioned in the Vibhanga Commentary. (p.308).
Uttaradhātusena-
Uttaragāma.– A village in Sri Lanka, the residence of Pingala-
Uttarahimavanta.– See Himavā.
Uttarajīva.– A monk of Pagan, who came to the Mahāvihāra in Sri Lanka in A.D. 1154. He was accompanied by Chapaṭa (Saddhammajotipāla) and brought with him a copy of the Saddanīti, which had just been written by Aggavaṃsa. P.L.C. 185.
Uttarakā.– A village of the Bumū. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was also staying there. D.iii.6.
Uttarakumāra.– The Bodhisatta. See Uttara (16).
Uttarakurukā.– The inhabitants of Uttarakuru. A.iv.396.
Uttarāla.– A reservoir repaired by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.47.
Uttarālha.– A dwelling (pariveṇa) which probably belonged to the Abhayagiri-
Uttaramadhurā 1.– See Madhurā.
Uttaramadhurā 2.– The pleasance in which Maṅgala Buddha was born. BuA.115.
Uttarāpa.– The name given to the region to the north of the river Mahī (SnA.ii.437). See also Aṅguttarāpa.
Uttarāpathaka.– A resident of Uttarāpaṭha. J.ii.31; Vin.iii.6.
Uttara-
Uttarasena.– A dwelling in the Abhayuttara-
Uttaratissārāma.– A monastery in Sri Lanka, built by Tissa, minister of Vaṭṭagāmaṇī. It was dedicated to the thera Mahātissa of Kambugalla (Kapikkala?). Mhv.xxxiii.92; MT.622.
Uttaravaddhamāna.– See Antaravaḍḍhamāna.
Uttarika.– A diminutive form of Uttarā used by Uttaramātā, the yakkhinī, in addressing her daughter. S.i.210.
Uttaroliya Vagga.– The sixth section of the Rasavāhinī.
Uttaromūla, Uttarola.– See Uttaramūla.
Uttika.– See Uttiya.
Uttinna Thera.– He came from Kasmīra, at the head of 280,000 monks, to be present at the foundation-
Uttiya (Uttika)
Utulhipupphiya Thera.– An Arahant. He made a garland of utuḷhi-
Ūvarattha.– See Hūva-
Uyyānadvāra.– A gate in Pulatthipura, built by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiii.162.