Pāli Dictionary

āpa

āprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

āp4sein nass sein

Synonyms


general

  • Wasser; das Wasserelement

  • 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


general

  • weg; fort von; hinab; zurück (Richtungspräfix)

  • 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

āp4sein nass sein

Synonyms


general

  • Wasser; Flüssigkeit

  • 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

  • das Wasserelement; Element des Zusammenhalts (eines der vier großen Elemente)

  • 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
Otherapproximate
  • Eine Klasse von Gottheiten, die bei der Lehrrede des Mahāsamaya Sutta anwesend waren; laut Buddhaghosa wurden sie dort wiedergeboren, weil sie in früheren Leben die Meditation über das Wasserkasiṇa geübt hatten.

  • 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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