Pāli Dictionary

ābhā

āprefixbhārootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

bhā1照；說

Synonyms

nibhā

general

  • 光；光輝；光芒

  • 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；諸光明天眾的統稱（含少光天、無量光天、光音天）

  • 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照；說

Synonyms

ābhassara, jutimant, sappabhāsa, pabha

general

  • 光耀的；發光的；燦爛的（亦作光音天等一類天神的通稱）

  • 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照；說

Synonyms

bhāsati, pakāseti, sobhati, dibbati, tapati, pabhāsati

general

  • 發光；照耀；放光

  • 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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