Brahmavihara Dhamma

Ariyas: Noble Ones
Arahant: “worthy one” or “pure one”
Appamanna: infinite or boundless
Apaya: realm of destitution.
Akusala: unskillful
Anatta: not-self
Asankhata: unfabricated
Avijja: ignorance
Ayatana: medium
Bhikkhu: monk
Bhikkhuni: nun
Bhavana: contemplation or development
*Bhanga-nana: insight knowledge of arising and passing away
Bhava: becoming
Bodhi: awakening
Bodhisatta: “A being striving for Awakening”
Cetana: intention
Citta: mind
Chanda: desire
Dana: generosity
Dvaras: sense-doors
Desana: Teachings
Devas: celestial beings
Dhatu: property
Ditthi: view
Dosa: hatred
Domanassa: dejection
Dukkha: suffering, stress
Dhamma: Teaching, quality, phenomenon
Gatha: verse
Hiri: conscience
Iriyapathas: postures
Issa: envy
Jati: birth
Jara: old age
Jhana: mental absorption
Karuna: compassion
Kilesa: defilements
Khandha: aggregate
Khanti: patience
Kama: sensuality
Kamma: intentional act
Kusala: skillful
Loba: greed
Loka: world
Lokuttara: transcendent
Mahakaruna: great compassion
Marana: death
Marananussati: contemplation on the nature of death
Mara: personification of evil and temptation
*Magga-phala-nana: Path and fruition knowledge
Mudita: sympathic joy
Micchaditthi: false views
Metta, friendliness or loving-kindness
Moha: delusion
Namarupa: body/mind
Nana: self-conceit
Nimitta: sign
*Nibbida: disenchantment
Nibbana: “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion, and delusion
Nivaranas: hindrances
Nana: knowledge
Pali: canon of texts of Theravada Buddhism.
Panna: discernment
Pancasila: five precepts
Puthujjanas: worldlings
Paramitas: perfections
Paticca samuppada: dependent co-arising
Raga: passionate feeling of attachment
Sakkayaditthi: false view of Self.
Sati: mindfulness
Sanna: perception
Samsara: floating and drifting in the whirlpool of endless existences
Samanera: novice monk
Samatha: tranquility
Samadhi: concentration
Sotapatti: stream-entry
Samudaya: origination
Sankappa: resolve
Saddha: conviction
Sankhara: fabrication
Samana: contemplative
Sunnata: emptiness
Satipatthana: frame of reference
Sampajanna: alertness
Sila: morality
Sasana: dispensation
Tanha: cravings
Tri Lakkhana: three characteristics of existence
Upadana: clinging
Upekkha: equanimity
Vassa: rains retreat
Visuddhimagga: The Path of Purification
Viriya: persistence
Viraga: dispassion
Vimutti: release
Vicikiccha: doubts
Vitakka: directed thought
Vicara: evaluation
Vipassana: insight
Vinaya: monastic discipline
Vihara: abiding
Vayodhatu: air element
Yogi: meditator
Yeiktha: meditation centre