Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish: Buddha and the gospel of buddhism (London, 1916)

Glossary
Prajna-paramita, S : supreme reason. Also personified as the ‘ Mother
of the Buddhas,’ Tathctgata-garbha. Cf. Persian ’Aql. Regarded
as the way out, she is the principle of analysis; as the way in, the
principle of synthesis.
Prakriti, S : Nature, the corporeal world.
Pranidhana, S : vow, self-dedication, firm persuasion, of a Bodhisattva.
Pravritti marga, S : the Path of Pursuit.
Putina (punya) : merit, good character.
Purusha, S: 1 Male,’ a personification of the Brahman or Atman
(Vedanta): an individual soul (Samkhya). Antithetic to Prakriti,
‘ spirit’ as opposed to ‘matter.’
Raga, P, S : lust, passion, desire.
Rakshasa, S : a man devouring demon.
Rupa, P, S: form, shape. In a categorical sense, quality. See also
Namarupa.
Rupa-lokas, P, S: the Sixteen Heavens conditioned by form, next
the below Arupa-lokas.
Saguna, S : conditioned, qualified.
Samadhi, P, S : tranquillity, self-concentration, calm, rapture. A state
attained in Jhana, and then equivalent to the transcending of
empirical consciousness: also the state of calm which is always
characteristic of the Arahrat.
Samana, P : wandering friar. The Buddha is often referred to as ‘ The
Great Samana.’
Sambhogakaya, S : ‘ Enjoyment-body,’ the heavenly aspect of a Buddha.
Samkhya, S : ‘ School of the Count,’ a pre-Buddhist philosophy, so-called
as ‘ reckoning-up ’ the twenty-five categories.
Samsara, P, S: Becoming, conditioned existence, birth-and-death,
eternal recurrence, mortality, corporeal existence, the vegetative
world.
Samvritti satya, S : relative truth.
Sangha, P, S: the Order, the company or congregation of monks and
nuns.
t^Sankharah) Samskara: ‘ conformation,’ impression of previous deeds,
constituents of character.
Sanna, P: perception.
Sarraguna, S : in all wise, having all possible qualities.
Sati, P : recollectedness, conscience.
Sila, P: conduct, morality.

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