A'rahat, p., Ar'hant, skt., a saint. (See also Saint in Index.)—[97].
Arati, dislike, hatred. The opposite of rati. The name of one of Māra's daughters, q. v.—[36].
A'sita, p. and skt., a prophet.—[9], [10].
A'ssaji, p., Aśvajit, skt., one of Buddha's disciples by whose dignified demeanor Sāriputta is converted.—[70].
Ā'tman, skt., Atta, p., breath as the principle of life, the soul, self, the ego. To some of the old Brahman schools the ātman constitutes a metaphysical being in man, which is the thinker of his thoughts, the perceiver of his sensations, and the doer of his doings. Buddha denies the existence of an ātman in this sense.—[29], [30], [32], [33], [154], [158].
Balā'ni, or pañca-balāni, p. and skt., (the singular is bala, power), the five moral powers (also called panca-indriyani), which are: Faith, energy, memory or recollection, meditation or contemplation, and wisdom or intuition.
Beluva, a village near Vesālī.—[232].
Benares, the well-known city in India; Anglicised form of Vārānasī, skt., and Bārānasī, p. (See Kāsī.)—[47], [48], [49], [58], [61], [104]-[106], [215].
Bha'gavat, p., Bha'gavant, skt., the man of merit, worshipful, the Blessed One. A title of honor given to Buddha.—[21], [170], [195].
Bha'llika, p. and skt., a merchant.—[42].