Word origins

• buddhaAny other person considered similarly enlightened.
• mettaLovingkindness or compassion, especially if developed through meditation or mindfulness.
• topeTo drink excessively; to get drunk.
• samanaAn ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts.
• anattaThe idea that there is no separate self or soul; egolessness. One of the three marks of existence.
• arahantEminently high achiever who has attained enlightenment.
• Eight PreceptsEight rules that are observed by lay Buddhists on observance days and festivals: to abstain from (i) taking life, (ii) taking what is not given, (iii) unchastity, (iv) false speech, (v) intoxicants which cause a careless frame of mind, (vi) taking food at the wrong time, (vii) dancing, music, visiting shows, flowers, make-up, the wearing of ornaments and decorations, and (viii) a tall, high sleeping place.
• five aggregatesfive skandhas (aggregates) of being
• Five PreceptsFive precepts
• garavadevotion; reverence
• niggahitaThe nasal consonant ṃ in the Pali language.
• Ten Perfectionsten principal virtues or perfections (paramita) recognized in Buddhist scholarship
• TheravadinAn exponent of Theravada Buddhism.
• three marks of existenceIn the Pali tradition of the Theravada school, the three marks are
• Triple GemThe three main elements of Buddhism, i.e., Buddha, his teachings, and his clergy
• uposathaA regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observation
• yakkhaA member of this ethnic group.