[1] Kāyena, bodily action, may mean all the faculties combined.
[2] Thero, a "mendicant" of ten years standing in ordination is so called in the Buddhist "church".
[3] Samana, "ascetic," a title originally contemptuously applied to the Buddha and His disciples by the Brāhmaṇas. The word is etymologically derived from V. sam—to tame or quiet. Hence the reference in v. 265.
[4] Bhikkhu, "beggar," the name given by the Buddha to His ordained disciples.
[5] Muni, "sage, silent one." The Buddha was called Sakyamuni—"the sage of the Sakya clan."
[6] Ariya, "the noble, the worthy."
[7] Reading vissāsam āpādi. This verse is important as showing the Buddhist ideal in a nutshell. Nibbāna is the dying out of craving, the root of all evil.