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CONCISE
PĀLI-ENGLISH
DICTIONARY
BY
AGGAMAHĀPAṆḌITA
A. P. BUDDHADATTA MAHĀTHERA
The author of
“The New Pāli Course”, "English-Pāli Dictionary”, etc.
and the editor of “The Buddhadatta’s Manuals”,
“Sammohavinodanī”, etc.
AGGĀRĀMA, AMBALANGODA
FOREWORD
A concise Pali-English Dictionary for use by students in schools and colleges has been a long-felt need. The
only available Pali-English lexicon—the work of Childers being long out of print—is the famous publication of the
Pali Text Society, but this too is fast becoming rare and difficult to procure. In any case the cost is too heavy for the
average student. Hence it is gratifying to note that at long last a reputed scholar has come forward to satisfy this
need and after several years of hard work has compiled what may prove to be the standard practical dictionary of
the Pali language.
The author is not only an eminent Elder of the Buddhist Order but one of the leading Pali scholars recognized
both in the East and in the West as an authority on the subject. His experiences as a teacher at Ananda College,
Colombo, and the considerable experience he has gained as a writer of text-books for school use, such as the now
famous New Pali Course, make him admirably suited for the undertaking. There are but a few Buddhist Elders in
direct contact with western scholarship through the English medium and the Rev. Buddhadatta is the most senior
among that class of monks.
It is to be observed that the author has kept more or less to the traditional sense of words while not altogether
ignoring the meanings given by western scholars in their translations and lexicons. Many errors in the latter sources
have also been rectified. But the basic sense adopted is in nearly every instance the traditionally accepted meaning
in accord with the commentaries and the glossaries. This, perhaps, is of special value to beginners as thereby they
get introduced to the indigenous tradition, thus providing a useful basis on which to build up a more scientific
knowledge as the study advances.
I am certain that this dictionary will be found indispensable by all students of the Pali language in acquiring a
practical and working knowledge of the subject even at the University level, and also serve as a reliable guide to
the more abstruse language of the Tipitaka.
O. H. de A. WIJESEKARA,
Professor of Sanskrit.
University of Ceylon.
PREFACE
Some twenty-five years ago when the teaching of Pali was commenced at Ananda College, the text-books used
by Buddhist monks, which were centuries old, were found unsuitable for use by its pupils. Mr. P. de S. Kularatna,
then Principal of Ananda, College, who appointed me as tutor in Pali, urged me to produce some suitable
text-books, and I wrote in three parts the
Pālibhāshāvataraṇa
in Sinhalese and compiled a Pali Reader named
Pālipāṭhāvalī.
Later I wrote the New Pali Course in two parts for the benefit of those who wished to learn Pali through the
medium of English. This book is used even in some foreign countries, and is now in its third edition. A
Higher Pali
Course
too is now ready for the press.
There yet lacked for the study of Pali a concise Pali-English Dictionary and an English-Pali Dictionary. The
Pali-English Dictionary of the Pali Text Society is too large and too expensive for those studying in schools and
colleges. Therefore I prepared two such works during the war, but owing to paper control, which was lifted only
recently, the Pali-English Dictionary alone is now appearing in print. The English-Pali Dictionary will be printed as
early as possible.
In compiling this work I have constantly referred to the Pali-English Dictionary, published by the Pali Text
Society (of England) but I have not followed its method. In some places I have not accepted the meanings and
constructions it has given; for instance, the construction of
anabhāva
is given by me as
anu

abhāva
, in agreement
with the commentaries, while the P. T. S. Dictionary gives it as
ana + abhāva.
There is no prefix
ana
in Pali, and
na
before a vowel its changed to
an
and not to
ana.
Moreover
na + abhāva
would mean “non-cessation”, and not
“utter cessation” as the P. T. S. Dictionary gives it. Similar is the construction given there for
anugghāṭeti
as
an +
ugghāṭeti.
The meaning given there for
terovassika
is “lasting over or beyond a year (or season)”; here
te
stands,
according to the commentary, for three, and
ro
represents “four”; then
terovassika
means: “three or four years
old”.
I have included some important words missing in that dictionary although my work is of smaller compass. In
giving the roots of verbs I have preserved their traditional Pali forms as far as possible though the P. T. S.
Dictionary has always followed the Sanskrit Dictionaries.
My thanks are due to Prof. O. H. de A. Wijesekara, M.A., Ph.D., and Dr. G. C. Mandis, B.A., Ph.D., both of the
University of Ceylon, who encouraged me to begin this work. Prof. Wijesekara has always readily helped me
whenever I met with any difficulty. He has now kindly consented to revise my English-Pali Dictionary.
A. P. BUDDHADATTA,
Aggārāma,
Ambalangoda.
10-6-1949.
THE SECOND EDITION
In this second edition the whole book is revised and some hundreds of words have been added. This edition is
larger than the first by 13 pages.
The
Higher Pali Course,
mentioned in the first edition, came out in 1951, and the
English-Pali Dictionary
was
published in 1955.
This is the 50th year of my literary activities.
A. P. BUDDHADATTA,
Aggārāma,
Ambalangoda.
30-3-1958

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