Pali Proper Names - D -

• Demaliyagāma.-A locality in Ceylon, mentioned in the campaigns of Gajabāhu (Cv.lxvii.45).
• Dematavala. A locality of Rohana. Cv.lxxiv.139.
• Dematthapādatthāli.-A village in the Malaya district of Ceylon. Cv.lxx.11.
• Desaka.-A township in Sumbharattha, where the Buddha preached the Telapatta Jātaka (J.i.393) and the Udaya Sutta (S.v.89). v.l. Sedaka.
• Desakittiya Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-two kappas ago he was a brahmin named Upasālaka who, seeing the Buddha in the forest, worshipped him. Ap.i.246.
• Desanā or Bhāvanā Sutta.-On the psychic power, its basis, and the practice which leads to its cultivation (S.v.276). The sutta corresponds, word for word, with a passage in Asvaghosa's Sūtrālankāra.
• Desapūjaka Thera.-An arahant. He once saw Atthadassī Buddha passing through the air and, much pleased, offered homage in his direction. In another birth he was a king named Gosujāta (Ap.i.183).
• Deva
• Devā
• Deva Sutta.-The struggle of the devas and the asuras is typical of that of the monks with Māra; victory is sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, until the enemy is completely crushed and rendered ineffective. A.iv.432f.
• Devabhūti, Thirty kappas ago there were five kings of this name, all previous births of Pupphacangotlya. Ap.i.118.
• Devacārika Sutta.-A group of three suttas describing how Moggallāna visits the deva-worlds and learns from the devas how they attained happiness through following the Buddha's teaching (S.v.366f).
• Devacavana Sutta. The name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 29) to a Sutta of the Itivuttaka (p. 76 f.), describing the signs attendant on a deva's decease and the factors determining his future,
• Devadaha (Vagga/Sutta)
• Devadahakkhana Sutta.-Arahants need not strive earnestly in respect of the six-fold sphere of sense, but those who are yet students (sekhā) must do so. The reasons for this are given (S.iv.124).
• Devadāniya. A robber. See Mahālatāpasādhana and Bandhula.
• Devadatta
• Devadatta Sutta
• Devadhamma Jātaka (No.6)
• Devadhammika.-A class of ascetics (?) mentioned in a nominal list. They are doomed to purgatory. A.iii.277; see also Dial.i.222.
• Devadūta Sutta
• Devadūta Vagga.-The fourth chapter of the Tika Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya (A.i.132-50).
• Devagabbhā
• Devagabbha.-A Yakkha. When Candagutta died, the Yakkha entered into his dead body and pretended that the king was yet alive. Bindusāra thereupon cut off his head (MT.188f; cp. J.vi.474).
• Devagajjita.-A king of thirty-six kappas ago; a previous birth of Ankolaka Thera (Ap.i.199).
• Devagāma. A village to the west of Ceylon. Near it was the Pupphavāsa Vihāra. Ras.ii.13.
• Devagandha.-Fourteen kappas ago there were sixteen kings of this name, all previous births of Gandhamāliya Thera. Ap.i.135.
• Devahita
• Devahita Sutta.-Records the incident related above about Devahita. S.i.174f.
• Devakatasobbha
• Devakūta
• Devala
• Devalā.-A Sinhalese princess, sister of Lokitā. Cv.lvii.27.
• Devamalla.-Son of Kitti of Makkhakudrūsa. He came to Kitti (afterwards Vijayabāhu I.) with a large following from Rohana and offered his services, asking to be made ādipāda. Later, he retired to Hiraññamalaya and built a stronghold in Remuna. Cv.lvii.59.
• Devamantiya
• Devanagara
• Devānampiyatissa
• Devapa.-A king of twenty-five kappas ago; a previous birth of Addhacandiya (Ap.i.231).
• Devapada Sutta.-The four paths that lead to the devas; unwavering loyalty to the Buddha, to the Dhamma, to the Sangha, and the cultivation of virtues dear to the Ariyans. S.v.392.
• Devapāli.-A village in Ceylon in which Aggabodhi V. built the Girinagara-vihāra. Cv.xlviii.3.
• Devappatirāja
• Devapura.-See Devanagara.
• Devaputta
• Devaputta Samyutta.-The second section of the Samyutta Nikāya. It contains accounts of visits paid by various devas to the Buddha. S.i.46ff.
• Devaputta-māra.-See Māra.
• Devaputtarattha.-A district, evidently in Ceylon, the residence of an Elder named Pindapātika-Tissa. Vsm.292.
• Devarāja
• Devarakkhita.-Another name for Dhammakitti, author of the Nikāya Sangraha. P.L.C.243.
• Devarakkhitalena. A cave in Ceylon, once the residence of Mahādhammadinna Thera of Talangaratissapabbata. SadS. 88.
• Devarakkhitalena.-The residence of Talangara-tissa-pabbata-vāsī Mahādhamma Thera. Sad., p.88.
• Devārohana. The name given to the episode describing the Buddha's ascent to the deva world to preach the Abhidhamma and his descent at Sankassa.
• Devasabha Thera
• Devasetthi.-See Deva 12.
• Devasūta.-One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the ātānātiya Sutta. D.iii.204.
• Devatā Vagga/Samyutta/Sutta
• Devatāpañha, Devatāpañha Jātaka
• Devātideva.-The seventh of the future Buddhas. Anāgat., p.40.
• Devatissa.-A village in Kotthavāta, given to the Dhammarucikas by Aggabodhi V. Cv.xlviii.2.
• Deva-vihāra.-A vihāra in Antarasobbha, built by Aggabodhi V. Cv.xlviii.4.
• Devī
• Devila.-A Kesadhātu, an officer of Parakkamabāhu I. He was in charge of the district of Mahāniyyāma. Cv.lxxii.57.
• Devinda.-A minister of King Vedeha. His story is given in the Mahāummagga Jātaka. He is identified with Pilotika. J.vi.478.
• Devi-vihāra.-See Dīpa-vihāra.
• Deviyāpattana.-A village in South India, captured by Lankāpura. Cv.lxxvi.169.
• Devuttara.-Thirty-six kappas ago there were sixteen kings of this name all previous births of Mutthipupphiya (Añjavaniya). Ap.i.142; ThagA.i.128.
• Dhaja.-One of the eight brahmins who recognised the signs at the Buddha's birth (J.i.56). The Milindapañha (p.236) speaks of him as one of the Buddha's first teachers.
• Dhajadāyaka Thera
• Dhajagga Sutta
• Dhajavihetha Jātaka (No.391)
• Dhamma
• Dhammā
• Dhamma Jātaka (No.457)
• Dhamma Vagga/Sutta
• Dhammabhandāgārika.-A name given to Ananda (q.v.).
• Dhammābhinandī.-An author mentioned in a list of names. Gv.67.
• Dhammacakka-kathā.-The seventh chapter of the Yuganaddhavagga of the Patisambhiddmagga. Ps.ii.159-66.
• Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
• Dhammacakkappavattana Vagga.-Second chapter of the Sacca Samyutta (S.v.420-31). The first sutta is known as the Dhammacakkappavattana.
• Dhammacakkika (v.l. Dhammacakkadāyaka) Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-four kappas ago he placed a Dhammacakka in front of the seat of Siddhattha Buddha. Eleven kappas ago he became king eight times under the name of Sahassarāja. Ap.i.90.
• Dhammacāri.-A Burmese monk of the twelfth century; he was a pupil of Chapata, who wrote the Suttaniddesa at his request. Gv.74; Bode: op. cit., 18.
• Dhammacariya Sutta.-See Kapila Sutta.
• Dhammacarya-geha.-A building in Anurādhapura, erected by Devānampiyatissa. - It was attached to the royal palace, and when the Tooth Relic was brought to Ceylon it was deposited in this building. Cv.xxxvii.95.
• Dhammaceti
• Dhammacetiya Sutta
• Dhammādāsa-pariyāya
• Dhammadassī
• Dhammadāyāda Sutta
• Dhammaddhaja Jātaka (No.220)
• Dhammaddhaja.-The Bodhisatta born as the chaplain of Yasapāni, king of Benares. For his story see the Dhammaddhaja Jātaka.
• Dhammadinna
• Dhammadinnā
• Dhammadinna Sutta.-Records the visit of the householder Dhammadinna to the Buddha at Isipatana. S.v.406ff.
• Dhammaganārāma.-A monastery built by King Uggata in Mekhalā for the use of Sobhita Buddha. BuA.139.
• Dhammagutta Thera
• Dhammaguttā, Dhammaguttikā
• Dhammahadayavibhanga Sutta
• Dhammajoti.-A Sinhalese monk of the eighteenth century who wrote a Sinhalese paraphrase (sanne) to the Bālavatāra, called the Okandapolasanne, because it was written in Okandapola-vihāra. P.L.C.244, 284.
• Dhammaka
• Dhammakathī.-See Mahādhammakathī.
• Dhammakathika Sutta.-A monk questions the Buddha as to who is a real teacher of the Dhamma and the Buddha replies. S.ii.18.
• Dhammakathika Vagga.-The twelfth chapter of the Khandha Samyutta. S.iii.162-70.
• Dhammakitti
• Dhammakonnda.-A city in Pabbatarattha in Videha. There the herdsman Dhaniya was born as a setthiputta. SNA.i.26.
• Dhammamitta.-A monk of the Sitthagāma-parivena. He wrote a Commentary on the Abhidhamma at the request of Mahinda IV. Cv.liv.35.
• Dhammānanda.-A monk who wrote several Pāli grammatical works. The Gandhavamsa (p.74, also Svd.1250; but see under these names) assigns to him the Kaccāyanasāra together with its tīkā, and also the Kaccāyanabheda.
• Dhammaññu Sutta.-On seven qualities - such as knowing the Dhamma, moderation, etc. - which make a monk worthy of homage and of gifts. A.iv.113ff.
• Dhammantarī
• Dhammānusārani.-A Pāli commentarial work. Gv.68, 72.
• Dhammapada
• Dhammapada Sutta.-On four righteous things which are always held in esteem-freedom from covetousness, from envy, right mindfulness and right concentration of mind. A.129.
• Dhammapadatthakathā
• Dhammapāla
• Dhammapāla Jātaka.-See Culladhammapāla and Mahādhammapāla Jātakas.
• Dhammapālā, Dhammapālī, Therī.-An arahant. She was the preceptor (upajjhāya) of Sanghamittā. Mhv.v.208; Sp.i.51.
• Dhammapālita.-A Thera in Rohana, expert in the Vinaya. His pupil was Khema. Vin.v.3.
• Dhammapāsāda.-The palace built by Vissakamma at Sakka's request for Mahā-Sudassana. For details of its construction see D.ii.181f.
• Dhammarakkhita
• Dhammārāma
• Dhammaramma.-A tank in Ceylon built by Mahāsena. Mhv.xxxvii.47.
• Dhammaratha Sutta.-A name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 42) to the Accharā Sutta (q.v.).
• Dhammaruci
• Dhammasāla-vihāra.-A vihāra in Rohana where Aggabodhi, son of Mahātissa, erected some buildings. Cv.xlv.46.
• Dhammasamādāna Sutta.-See Culla- and Mahā-Dhammasamādāna Sutta.
• Dhammasāmi.-The fourth future Buddha. Anāgat., p.40.
• Dhammasangaha
• Dhammasangāhaka Therā
• Dhammasangani
• Dhammasangani-geha
• Dhammasaññaka Thera.-An arahant. Once, during a festival in honour of Vipassī Buddha's bodhi-tree, he heard the Buddha preach and paid him homage. Thirty-three kappas ago he was a cakkavatti named Sutavā. Ap.i.249.
• Dhammasattha.-Name given to the codes of law drawn up from time to time in Burma, with the assistance of the monks. Dhammavilāsa (or Sāriputta) was the author of the oldest of these known by name. Bode: op. cit., p.33.
• Dhammasava Thera
• Dhammasavana Sutta.-The five advantages of hearing the Dhamma: hearing things not heard, purging; things heard, dispelling doubt, straightening one's views, calmness of heart. A.iii.248.
• Dhammasavaniya
• Dhammasava-pitā
• Dhammasena
• Dhammasenāpati
• Dhammasiri.-A monk of Anurādhapura, author of the Khuddasikkhā. He probably lived about the fourth century A.C. Gv.61, 70; Svd.1206; P.L.C.77.
• Dhammasīva.- See Dhammā (6).
• Dhammasīva.-A village in Ceylon. See Dhammā (6).
• Dhammāsoka
• Dhammasonda
• Dhammasondaka Vagga.-The first section of the Rasavāhinī.
• Dhammatāpasā.-An eminent Therī of Anurādhapura, expert in the Vinaya. Dpv.xviii.15.
• Dhammattha Vagga.-The nineteenth chapter of the Dhammapada.
• Dhammavādi
• Dhammavādi Sutta
• Dhammavihārī Suttā
• Dhammavilāsa.-See Sāriputta 3.
• Dhammika
• Dhammika Vagga/Sutta
• Dhammikasilāmegha.-A title of King Mahinda III. Cv.xlix.39.
• Dhammika-Tissa.-See Saddhā-Tissa.
• Dhammuttarā, Dhammuttarikā, Dhammuttariyā
• Dhana (Vagga/Sutta)
• Dhanada.-See Kuvera.
• Dhanananda
• Dhānañjāni
• Dhanañjāni.-See Dhānañjāni.
• Dhanañjaya
• Dhanantevāsī.-An attendant of Chalangakumāra. Kurungavī misconducted herself with Dhanantevāsī. J.v.225, 231.
• Dhanapāla (Dhanapālaka)
• Dhanapāla-Gajjita.-Mentioned (E.g., J.iii.293) in reference to the subjugation of the elephant Dhanapāla by the Buddha. Gajjita is probably the name given to the stanzas spoken by the Buddha to the elephant on that occasion (Mā kuñjara, nāgam āsado, etc.). See J.v.336.
• Dhanapālaka.-A householder of Dhanañjaya, who was converted by Sikhī Buddha. BuA.202.
• Dhanapālī.-A slave-girl who, in spite of her name, was ill-treated by her master and mistress. The incident is mentioned as illustrating the small importance of a name. J.i.402.
• Dhanapitthi.-A locality in Ceylon. In the time of Aggabodhi IV. its chief was Datta. He erected there a vihāra called by his name. Cv.xlvi.41, 43.
• Dhanavāpī.-One of the three tanks constructed by Moggallāna H. through damming up the Kadambanadī. Cv.xli.62.
• Dhanavatī.-A brahmin lady, mother of Kassapa Buddha. Her husband was Brahmadatta. D.ii.7; J.i.43; Bu.xxv.34; SNA.i.280.
• Dhanika.-See Dhaniya.
• Dhanittha.-A king of thirteen kappas ago, a previous birth of Santhita. Ap.i.210.
• Dhanitthaka.-An example of a low family name. Vin.iv.6, 13.
• Dhaniya (Dhaniyagopāla) Sutta.-Records the conversation between the herdsman Dhaniya (q.v.) and the Buddha. SN.vv.18ff.
• Dhaniya,-Dhanika
• Dhañña Sutta.-Few are they who refrain from accepting uncooked grain, many those who do not. S.v.471.
• Dhaññavatī
• Dhanuggaha Sutta
• Dhanuggaha.-See Culla-Dhanuggaha.
• Dhanuggaha-Tissa
• Dhanumandala.-A locality in the hill-district of Ceylon. In the time of Gajabāhu its chief was Otturāmallaka (Cv.lxx.17). It was subdued for Parakkamabāhu I. by the Adhikārin Mañju. Cv.lxxiv.166.
• Dhanusekha (Dhanusekhavā)
• Dhanuvillaka.-A locality in the Malaya district of Ceylon. Cv.lxx.15.
• Dharana.-See Varana.
• Dharanī.-A lake in Kuvera's city. D.iii.201.
• Dhāranīghara.-A building in Pulatthipura erected by Parakkamabāhu I. for the recital of incantations by brahmins. Cv.lxxiii.71.
• Dharanipati.-v.l. for Dharanīruha (below).
• Dharanīruha.-A king of eleven kappas ago, a former birth of Tinasūlaka. Ap.i.179.
• Dhātā.-A deva who was born in the deva-world because of his gifts to brahmins. J.vi.201f.
• Dhatarattha
• Dhātaratthā.-A tribe of Nāgas, followers of Dhatarattha. J.vi.219.
• Dhātu Sutta
• Dhātubhājaniyakathā.-The last chapter of the Buddhavamsa. It contains details of the distribution of the relics of Gotama Buddha (Bu.xxviii). The Commentary makes no comments on this.
• Dhātukathā
• Dhātukathāyojanā.-A Pāli work by Sāradassī of Pagana. Bode: op. cit., 67.
• Dhātumañjūsā.-See Kaccāyanadhātumañjūsa ??.
• Dhātupūjaka
• Dhātusamyutta.-The fourteenth division of the Samyutta Nikāya. S.ii.140-68.
• Dhātusena
• Dhātusenapabbata.-A vihāra built by Mahāsena and restored by Dhātusena, in the west of Ceylon. Mhv.xxxvii.42; Cv.xxxviii.47.
• Dhātuvamsa.-See Lalātadhātuvamsa.
• Dhātuvibhanga Sutta
• Dhavajālikā.-A vihāra on Sankheyyaka-pabbata in Mahisavatthu. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka (A.iv.162ff). The vihāra was so named because it was surrounded by a dhava-forest. AA.ii.739.
• Dhavalā.-A channel flowing eastward from the Aciravatī, a canal of the Mahāvālukanadī. Cv.lxxix.53.
• Dhavalavitthika.-A village in Ceylon in which was a tank, repaired by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.47.
• Dhīrā
• Dhītā Sutta
• Dhītaro Sutta
• Dhonasākha Jātaka (No.353)
• Dhotaka
• Dhotodana.-Son of Sīhahanu and brother of Suddhodana (Mhv.ii.20; SNA.ii.357). In the Tibetan books (Rockhill: p.13) he is called Dhonodana, and is said to have been the father of Mahānāma and Anuruddha.
• Dhovana Sutta
• Dhūmakāri Jātaka (No.413)
• Dhūmakāri.-A brahmin goatherd. For his story see the Dhūmakāri Jātaka. He is identified with Pasenadi, king of Kosala. Cp. Vāsettha. J.iii.402.
• Dhūmaketu.-Thirteen kappas ago there were eight kings of this name, all previous births of Tivantipupphiya. Ap.i.196.
• Dhūmarakkha
• Dhūmaroruva.-A Niraya. The eyes of beings born there are put out with fierce smoke. SNA.ii.480; J.v.271.
• Dhūmasikha.-Mentioned with Apalāla, Cūlodara, Mahodara, Aggisikha and Dhanapāla, as a beast tamed by the Buddha and converted to the faith. Sp.i.120.
• Dhūpadāyaka Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-four kappas ago he burnt incense in the cell of Siddhattha Buddha. Ap.i.78.
• Dhuva Sutta.-The Buddha teaches stability and the path leading thereto. S.iv.370.