Pali word association game

by **Jechbi** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:58 am

taco (skin)

by **David N. Snyder** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:34 am

hadayaṃ (heart)

by **Dhammanando** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:46 am

matthalunga - brain

by **retrofuturist** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:52 am

singhāṇikā (snot)

by **David N. Snyder** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:21 pm

lohitaṃ (blood)

by **Jechbi** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:41 pm

kumbhanda (vampire)

(sometimes)

by **David N. Snyder** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:53 pm

Jechbi wrote:kumbhanda (vampire)

How do you write Dick Cheney in Pali? :thinking:

I guess I'll have to go with:

Mara (death, bringing death; also the name of a being who tempts Buddhas and near-arahants)

by **Jechbi** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:23 am

ādāso (mirror)

by **David N. Snyder** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:24 pm

khura (razor)

by **Jechbi** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:36 pm

by **David N. Snyder** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:12 pm

Angulimala (garland of fingers; also the name of the monk who became an Arahant after ending his murderous ways, collecting fingers)

by **Ben** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:10 pm

sankhalikā a chain of bones, a skeleton

by **David N. Snyder** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:32 pm

gaddula (chain for a dog)

by **Ben** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:41 pm

kamma: a chain for beings

by **David N. Snyder** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:55 pm

deva (celestial, divine being, still subject to kamma and rebirth)

by **Ben** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:13 pm

Abhidhamma: transmitted to the devas in Tavatimsa first, before being transmitted to Sariputta

by **David N. Snyder** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:28 pm

Tusita (Delightful plane, with Tavatimsa, one of the six-happy-sensuous deva realms; also the location of Metteyya)

by **Jechbi** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:33 am

paramis (perfections. A group of ten qualities developed over many lifetimes by a bodhisatta.)

by **David N. Snyder** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:40 am

paññā (wisdom; and one of the paramitas)

by **Ben** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:04 am

Anulomañāṇa: insight of adaptation