Pāli Dictionary

ābhā

āprefixbhārootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

bhā1चमक; बोलना

Synonyms

nibhā

general

  • आभा; प्रकाश; चमक

  • radiance; splendour; light; lustre

  • MN 43

    telappadīpassa jhāyato acciṃ paṭicca ābhā paññāyati

  • SN 56.46

    atthi, bhikkhave, lok'antarikā aghā asaṃvutā andhakārā andhakāratimisā, yattham'imesaṃ candimasūriyānaṃ evaṃmah'iddhikānaṃ evaṃ mah'ānubhāvānaṃ ābhāya n'ānubhontī'ti.

cosmology

  • आभा देवगण; प्रकाशमान देवता (परित्ताभ, अप्पमाणाभ आदि)

  • the Radiant gods; devas of the Ābhā class (including the parittābhā and appamāṇābhā)

  • MN 41

    ābhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan

ābha

approximate

āprefixbhārootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhā1चमक; बोलना

Synonyms

ābhassara, jutimant, sappabhāsa, pabha

general

  • देदीप्यमान; प्रकाशमान; ज्योतिर्मय (एक प्रकार के तेजस्वी देवों का सामान्य नाम भी)

  • radiant; lustrous; luminous; (as epithet) belonging to a class of luminous devas

  • MN 41

    ākaṅkheyya ce, gahapatayo, dhammacārī samacārī, aho vat'āhaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā ābhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan'ti, ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ vijjati, yaṃ so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā ābhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyya.

ābhāti

approximate

āprefixbhāroot

via inflected form ābha · 3rd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

bhā1चमक; बोलना

Synonyms

bhāsati, pakāseti, sobhati, dibbati, tapati, pabhāsati

general

  • चमकता है; प्रकाशित होता है

  • shines; radiates; glows; shines forth

  • Dhp 387

    divā tapati ādicco, rattim'ābhāti candimā, sannaddho khattiyo tapati, jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo, atha sabbam'ahorattiṃ, buddho tapati tejasā.

  • SN 1.26

    cattāro loke pajjotā, pañcam'ettha na vijjati, divā tapati ādicco, rattim'ābhāti candimā.

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