BUDDHIST DICTIONARY
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water-element: āpo-dhātu (s. dhātu).
water-kasiṇa, white-k., wind-k.: s. kasiṇa.
weighty kamma: garuka kamma (s. kamma).
wheel of existence: s. saṃsāra , vatta.
wheel of the law: dhamma-cakka (q.v.).
will: cetanā (q.v.).
wind-element: vāyo-dhātu (s. dhātu).
wisdom: paññā (q.v.).
woeful courses (of existence): duggati (s. gati).
world, the 3-fold: loka (q.v.).
worldling: puthujjana (q.v.).
worldly: lokiya (q.v.).
worldly conditions, the 8: loka–dhamma (q.v.).
world-period, formation, dissolution: s. kappa.
wrongnesses, the 10: micchatta (q.v.).
wrong path: micchā-magga (q.v.).
wrong understanding (or view), w. thought, w. speech; etc: s. micchā-magga.
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yakkha: in popular belief, a kind of ghost, goblin. or ogre.
Yāma-deva: are a kind of heavenly beings of the sensuous world; s. deva.
yamaka-pāṭihāriya: ‘twin miracle’. “There the Perfect One performed the twin miracle unattainable to any disciple: from the upper part of his body a flame sprang forth, and from the lower part a stream of water. etc.” (Pts.M. I, 125 f.); App.
yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana: ‘the knowledge and vision according to reality’, is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight (vipassanā, q.v.).
yathākammūpaga-ñāṇa: ‘knowledge of rebirth according to one’s actions’; s. abhiññā (4).
yathāsanthatik’anga: ‘the practice of being satisfied with whatever dwelling’, is one of the ascetical means of purification; s. dhutaṅga (12).
yoga: ‘yokes, bonds’, is another name for the 4 cankers (āsava, q.v.) .
yogāvacara = yogi: ‘one devoted to mental training,’ is in Vis.M. the usual name for the disciple cultivating mental concentration (App.).
yokes: yoga, q.v.
yoni: ‘modes of generation.’ There are 4 generation from the egg, from the mother’s womb, from moisture, and spontaneous rebirth (opapātika, q.v.) in heaven, hell, etc. Explained in M. 12.
yoniso manasikāra: ‘thorough attention’ or wise consideration’: s. manasikāra.
youth-infatuation: s. mada.
yuganaddha: s. samatha-vipassanā, last paragraph.
