TIL

Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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Contents of this file: catur | catu-cakka-sampatti | catuja-rūpa | catu-pāri-suddhi-sila | catu-madhu | catu-mahārājika | catulokapāla | catu-vagga | catuddasī-uposatha |

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sa-tu

catur

{sa.tur~}

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catu-cakka-sampatti

{sa.tu. sak~ka. tham~pat~ti.}

UMK-USL p42
n. four conditions for success:
1. being able to live in an environment conducive to prosperity and wholesome living
2. having accumulated meritorious deeds in the past
3. living an honest life and and striving for self-betterment
4. association with wise and noble persons

PTS p259
catu-cakka -- an instr. of four, a lucky tetrad, a four-wheeler of a body expressing itself in the four kinds of deportment. In this sense generalised as a happy state, consisting of "4 blessings".

PTS p690
sampatti -- (f.) 1. success, attainment; happiness, bliss, fortune (opp. vipatti ) 2. excellency, magnificence. 3. honour. 4. prosperity.

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catuja-rūpa

{sa.tu.za. ru-pa.}

UMK-USL p42
n. material object (phenomenon) resulting from four sources, viz. the resultant of actions committed):
1. kamma -- moral and immoral acts of the past
2. citta -- mind and mental state of the present
3. utu -- heat or temperature
4. āhāra -- nutritive essence

PTS p261
catu-jāta -- of 4 sorts

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catu-pāri-suddhi-sīla

{sa.tu. pa-ri. thoad~hdi thi-la.}

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catu-madhu

{sa.tu. ma.Du}

UMK-USL p43
n. electuary made of four nutrients:
1. butter, 2. honey, 3. palm-molasses, 4. sesame oil
UKT: • "butter" -- cow-milk butter or "Indian butter";
• "molasses" -- palm-sugar molasses and not sugar-cane molasses.
• electuary n. 1. A drug mixed with sugar and water or honey into a pasty mass suitable for oral administration. -- AHTD

PTS p261
catur-madhura -- (nt.) sweetness (syrup) of four (ingredients)

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catu-mahārājika

{satu.maharazika.} 

UMK-USL p43
n. the fifth plane on Mount Meru and abode of the four guardian deities of the world:
1. dhataraṭṭha
2. virūpakkha (see gotamaka )
3. virūḷhaka
4. kuvera
UKT: Mount Meru is a mythical mountain at the centre of the Universe and is the abode of celestial beings. It is the Buddhist counterpart of the Grecian Mount Olympus the abode of the Greek gods.

PTS p261
catu-(m)māharajika -- see cātum°

Childers p101
cātummahārājiko -- (adj.) belonging to the 4 great kings चतुर् + महाराज + इक   (UKT: to check Devanagari spelling with peers). The cātummahārājikā devā are the inhabitants of the lowest of the six devalokas. It is called cātummahārājiko devāloko  or cātummahārājikaṁ bhuvanaṁ , and extends from yugandara rocks to the cakkavāḷapabbhata , and is situated above jambudīpa and the other three continents but a vast height.
UKT: jambudīpa is the Southern Continent or island and is supposed to be the Indian sub-continent where Gotamma Buddha was born.. (to check with peers.) 

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catu-lokapāla

{sa.tu.lau-ka.pa-la.} 

UMK-USL p44
n. the four guardian deities of the world residing in the realm of catu-mahārājika .

PTS p455
pāla -- a guard, keeper, guardian, protector. Usage:
vihāra-pāla , dhamma-pāla , ārāma-pāla (PTS p108: keeper of a park), go-pāla , loka-pāla .

PTS p455
pālaka -- a guardian, herdsman

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catu-vagga

{satu.wagga.} 

UMK-USL p44
n. the four practices in life.
UKT: Since the entry by UMK-USL is not very explicit, I am relying on a secondary source given below.

UTM p48
1. the group of four tarā: dhamma (living according to Buddha dhamma), attha (self-achievement), kāma (enjoyment of sensual pleasures), mokha (striving for liberation from bonds of earthly care)
UKT: the above is my interpretation of UMT's entry. The word "tarā" is a very loose Myanmar usage for the English word <fact>. The word vagga is interpreted by UTM as <group>
2. a medicine compounded of 4 ingredients: {tha.byé}, {thak.yin:}, {lak.htoat} and {hsé:pa.lè:}

Childers p102
catu-vaggo -- (adj.) consisting of 4 individuals चतुर् + व र ् ग

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catuddasī-uposatha

{satoaddathiupauthahta.} 

UMK-USL p44
n. observation of the eight precepts on the 14th waning day of the moon, i.e. on the new moon.
UKT: a Myanmar lunar month can either have 29 or 30 days, and is divided into the waxing phase and the waning phase. The waxing phase is always made up of 15 days, whereas the waning phase is either 14 or 15 days, and therefore the 14th waning day can be considered to be end of the month.

Childers p100
cātuddasī -- (f.) the 14th day of the half lunar month.

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