Pāli Dictionary

ālaya

āprefixlīrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

lī3haften; verbergen

Synonyms

āsaya, saṅga, ajjhosāna, visata, pasaṅga

Antonyms

anālaya

general

  • Wohnstätte; Nest; Unterschlupf

  • home; abode; roosting place; nest; lair

  • Thag 4.11

    yadā balākā sucipaṇḍaracchadā, kāḷassa meghassa bhayena tajjitā, palehiti ālayam'ālay'esinī, tadā nadī ajakaraṇī rameti maṃ.

  • Thig 13.1

    ediso ahu ayaṃ samussayo, jajjaro bahudukkhānam'ālayo, s'opalepapatito jarāgharo, saccavādivacanaṃ anaññathā.

mind

  • Anhaftung; Anhänglichkeit; Begehren

  • attachment (to); clinging (to); craving

  • MN 28

    yo imesu pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu chando ālayo anunayo ajjhosānaṃ so dukkhasamudayo. yo imesu pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu chandarāgavinayo chandarāgappahānaṃ, so dukkhanirodho'ti. ettāvatā'pi kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno bahukataṃ hoti.

  • Snp 3.6

    chetvā āsavāni ālayāni, vidvā so na upeti gabbhaseyyaṃ, saññaṃ tividhaṃ panujja paṅkaṃ, kappaṃ n'eti tam'āhu ariyo'ti.

ala

approximate

via inflected form alāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Krebsschere; Schere einer Krabbe

  • claw of a crab; pincer

  • Skorpionsschwanz; Stachel eines Skorpions

  • tail of a scorpion; scorpion’s sting

aḷa

approximate

via inflected form aḷāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

aṅguṭṭhaka

general

  • die Krebsschere; der Skorpionstachel

  • the claw or pincer of a crab; a scorpion’s sting/tail

  • MN 35

    yaññad'eva hi so, bhante, kakkaṭako aḷaṃ abhininnāmeyya taṃ tadeva te kumārakā vā kumārikā vā kaṭṭhena vā kathalena vā sañchindeyyuṃ sambhañjeyyuṃ sampalibhañjeyyuṃ.

  • der Daumen; die große Zehe

  • the thumb; the big toe

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