Word search

[phil]

Hi all

I have a lot of trouble getting results from the word search at the online Pali dictionary. I guess it's because I don't know the roots yet, but I'd appreciate it if I (and others, of course) could use this thread for asking about specific words we can't figure out.

First, I'd like to ask about the phrase apadānasobhanī paññāti that appears in my signature, translated by Bh. Bodhi as "wisdom shines forth in behaviour." The verb sobhati means to shine, but I can't figure out apadaana from the dictionary. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Metta,

Phil

[Dhammanando]

Hi Phil,

The PED entry reads:

Apadāna (nt.)

1. [= Sk. apadāna] removing, breaking off, D iii.88.

2. [= Sk. avadāna cp. ovāda] advice, admonition, instruction, morals Vin ii.4 (an° not taking advice), 7 (id.) M i.96; A v.337 sq. (saddhā°) Th 1, 47.

3. legend, life history. In the title Mahāpadāna suttanta it refers to the 7 Buddhas. In the title Apadānaṃ, that is "the stories", it refers almost exclusively to Arahants. The other, (older), connotation seems to have afterwards died out. See Dialogues ii.3. -- Cp. also pariyāpadāna.

Apadāna in the sense of "deed" or "behaviour" is missing from the PED but is given in the older (and often better) dictionary of R.C. Childers and in my Pali-Thai dictionary. The translation of the phrase in the Thai Tipiṭaka expresses the same meaning as Bhikkhu Bodhi's.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Another method, which is sometimes helpful, is to search for English words, e.g.

Shine

[phil]

Hi Phil,

The PED entry reads:

Apadāna (nt.)

1. [= Sk. apadāna] removing, breaking off, D iii.88.

2. [= Sk. avadāna cp. ovāda] advice, admonition, instruction, morals Vin ii.4 (an° not taking advice), 7 (id.) M i.96; A v.337 sq. (saddhā°) Th 1, 47.

3. legend, life history. In the title Mahāpadāna suttanta it refers to the 7 Buddhas. In the title Apadānaṃ, that is "the stories", it refers almost exclusively to Arahants. The other, (older), connotation seems to have afterwards died out. See Dialogues ii.3. -- Cp. also pariyāpadāna.

Apadāna in the sense of "deed" or "behaviour" is missing from the PED but is given in the older (and often better) dictionary of R.C. Childers and in my Pali-Thai dictionary. The translation of the phrase in the Thai Tipiṭaka expresses the same meaning as Bhikkhu Bodhi's.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu

Thank you Bhante. I found the above as well, but assumed it was a homonym since I couldn't see a connection with the translation. But you've clarified it. Thanks.
There's no need for me to be so obssessive about every word. We can count on the translators. But since it is one of my favourite sutta passages...

Metta,
Phil

[phil]

Another method, which is sometimes helpful, is to search for English words, e.g.

Shine

Thank you, Bhante. That is a helpful suggestion I had never thought of!

Metta,

Phil