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water-element: ápo-dhátu (s. dhátu).
water-kasina, white-k., wind-k.: s.
kasina.
weighty karma: garuka-kamma
(s. karma).
wheel of existence: s. samsára,
vatta.
wheel of the law: dhamma-cakka
(q.v.).
will: cetaná (q.v.).
wind-element: váyo-dhátu
(s. dhátu).
wisdom: paññá (q.v.).
woeful courses (of existence): duggati
(s. gati).
world, the 3-fold: loka
(q.v.).
worldling: puthujjana
(q.v.).
worldly: lokiya (q.v.).
worldly conditions, the 8: loka-dhamma
(q.v.).
world-period, formation,
dissolution: s. kappa.
wrongnesses, the 10: micchatta
(q.v.).
wrong path: micchá-magga
(q.v.).
wrong understanding (or view), w.
thought, w. speech; etc: s. micchá-magga.
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yakkha: in popular belief, a kind of
ghost, goblin. or ogre.
yáma-deva: are a kind of heavenly
beings of the sensuous world; s. deva.
yamaka-pátiháriya: 'twin
miracle'. "There the Perfect One performed the twin miracle unattainable to any
disciple: from the upper part of his body a flame sprang forth, and from the lower part a
stream of water. etc.'' (Pts.M. I, 125 f.); App.
yathá-bhúta-ñána-dassana: 'the
knowledge and vision according to reality', is one of the 18 chief kinds of insight
(vipassaná, q.v.).
yathákammúpaga-ñána: 'knowledge
of rebirth according to one's actions'; s. abhiññá (4).
yathásanthatik'anga: 'the practice
of being satisfied with whatever dwelling', is one of the ascetical means of purification;
s. dhutanga (12).
yoga: 'yokes, bonds', is another
name for the 4 cankers (ásava, q.v.) .
yogávacara = yogi: 'one devoted to
mental training,' is in Vis.M. the usual name for the disciple cultivating mental
concentration (App.).
yokes: yoga, q.v.
yoni: 'modes of generation.' There
are 4 generation from the egg, from the mother's womb, from moisture, and spontaneous
rebirth (opapátika, q.v.) in heaven, hell, etc. Explained in M. 12.
yoniso manasikára: 'thorough
attention' or wise consideration': s. manasikára.
youth-infatuation: s. mada.
yuganaddha: s. samatha-vipassaná,
last paragraph.