Pāli Dictionary

ābha

āprefixbhārootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhā1බැබළෙන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

ābhassara, jutimant, sappabhāsa, pabha

general

  • දීප්තිමත්; ප්‍රභාශ්වර; බැබලෙන (ආභා දෙව් පංතියේ නමක් ලෙසද යෙදේ)

  • 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.

ābhā

approximate

āprefixbhārootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

bhā1බැබළෙන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

nibhā

general

  • ආලෝකය; ප්‍රභාව; දීප්තිය; රශ්මිය

  • 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

  • ආභ දෙවි ගණය; ආලෝකවත් දෙවිවරු (පරිත්තාභ, අප්පමාණාභ ආදීහු)

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

  • MN 41

    ābhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan

ābhāti

āprefixbhāroot

via inflected form ābha · 3rd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

bhā1බැබළෙන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

bhāsati, pakāseti, sobhati, dibbati, tapati, pabhāsati

general

  • බබළයි; විහිදෙයි (ආලෝකය)

  • 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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