Pāli Dictionary

ābhā

āprefixbhārootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

bhā1輝く；話す

Synonyms

nibhā

general

  • 光；光明；輝き

  • 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

  • 光天；アーバー天（少光天・無量光天など光明の天衆）

  • 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

bhā1輝く；話す

Synonyms

ābhassara, jutimant, sappabhāsa, pabha

general

  • 光り輝く；燦然たる；光明ある（光音天など光輝ある天の一類の通称としても用いる）

  • 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

bhā1輝く；話す

Synonyms

bhāsati, pakāseti, sobhati, dibbati, tapati, pabhāsati

general

  • 輝く、光を放つ

  • 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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