Pāli Dictionary

āpa

approximate

āprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

āp4湿

Synonyms

āpas

general

  • 水；水大（液态之元素）

  • water; the liquid element (also āpo in compounds)

  • Ud 7.9

    kiṃ kayirā udapānena, āpā ce sabbadā siyuṃ, taṇhāya mūlato chetvā, kissa pariyesanaṃ care'ti.

  • MN 49

    ahesuṃ kho ye, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṃ pathavīgarahakā pathavījigucchakā, āpagarahakā āpajigucchakā, tejagarahakā tejajigucchakā, vāyagarahakā vāyajigucchakā

apa

approximate

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

ava

general

  • 离；离开；向下；返回（方向性前缀）

  • away; away from; off; down; back (directional prefix)

  • AN 8.53

    ācayāya saṃvattanti no apacayāya

āpas

āprootassuffix

via inflected form āpā · nominative plural / ablative singular / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

āp4湿

Synonyms

āpa

general

  • 水；液体

  • water; liquid

  • DN 16

    kattha āpo ca pathavī, tejo vāyo na gādhati, kattha dīghañ'ca rassañ'ca, aṇuṃ thūlaṃ subh'āsubhaṃ, kattha nāmañ'ca rūpañ'ca, asesaṃ uparujjhatī'ti?

  • MN 62

    yaṃ ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ… yaṃ vā pan'aññam'pi kiñci ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā āpodhātu.

doctrine

  • 水界；水大（四大之一，代表黏结与流动的元素）

  • the water element; element of cohesion; fluidity (as one of the four great elements)

  • DN 16

    kattha āpo ca pathavī, tejo vāyo na gādhati, kattha dīghañ'ca rassañ'ca, aṇuṃ thūlaṃ subh'āsubhaṃ, kattha nāmañ'ca rūpañ'ca, asesaṃ uparujjhatī'ti?

  • MN 62

    yaṃ ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ… yaṃ vā pan'aññam'pi kiñci ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā āpodhātu.

Encyclopedia

Āpā
Other

  • 出席《大会经》说法的一类天神，佛音说他们因前生修习水遍禅定而转生于此。

  • A class of deities present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, said by Buddhaghosa to have been reborn there for having practised meditation on the water device in past lives.

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