Pāli Dictionary

āsa1

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1විය

general

  • විසි කරන; වෙඩි තබන (සංයුක්තයක අග, උදා. issāsa ‘දුනුවායා’)

  • throwing; shooting; hurling (compound-final, e.g. issāsa ‘archer’)

āsa2

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1විය

Antonyms

nirāsa

mind

  • ආශා කරන; කැමති

  • longing for; desirous of (compound-final)

  • Thag 13.1

    unnaḷassa pamattassa, bāhir'āsassa bhikkhuno, sīlaṃ samādhi paññā ca, pāripūriṃ na gacchati.

āsa3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

is1සඳහා ප්රාර්ථනා කරන්න

Synonyms

bhojana

general

  • ආහාරය; වේලාවක් (සසඳන්න pātarāsa ‘උදෑසන ආහාරය’)

  • food; a meal (cf. pātarāsa ‘breakfast’, sāyamāsa ‘evening meal’)

  • DN 27

    atha kho tesaṃ, vāseṭṭha, sattānaṃ padālatāya antarahitāya akaṭṭhapāko sāli pāturahosi akaṇo athuso suddho sugandho taṇḍulapphalo. yaṃ taṃ sāyaṃ sāyam'āsāya āharanti, pāto taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ. yaṃ taṃ pāto pātarāsāya āharanti, sāyaṃ taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ, n'āpadānaṃ paññāyati.

āsā1

approximate

āprefixisrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

is1සඳහා ප්රාර්ථනා කරන්න

Synonyms

icchā, apekkhā, jappā, paccāsā, abhijappā, pihā, kamyatā, kāmatā,

Antonyms

anāsā

general

  • ආශාව; කැමැත්ත; බලාපොරොත්තුව

  • hope; wish; expectation; longing (for)

  • Snp 3.9

    āsā yassa na vijjanti, asmiṃ loke paramhi ca

  • Dhp 410

    āsā yassa na vijjanti, asmiṃ loke paramhi ca, nirāsāsaṃ visaṃyuttaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

  • Snp 4.4

    na kappayanti na purekkharonti, accantasuddhī'ti na te vadanti, ādānaganthaṃ gathitaṃ visajja, āsaṃ na kubbanti kuhiñci loke.

āsā2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • ආසා (ශක්‍රයාගේ දූවරුන් සතර දෙනාගෙන් එක් දෙවඟනක්)

  • Āsā; name of a devatā, one of the four daughters of Sakka (together with Saddhā, Sirī and Hirī)

āsā3

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • දිශාව; අත (පසුකාලීන ග්‍රන්ථවල පමණි)

  • region; quarter; direction (only in later texts)

āsati

āsrootasuffix

via inflected form āsa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

ās1වාඩි වෙන්න

general

  • වාඩි වෙයි; වාසය කරයි

  • sits; dwells

asanta

approximate

aprefixsantastem

via inflected form asā · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

as1විය

Antonyms

santa

general

  • නොපවතින; අසත්‍ය; අවිද්‍යමාන

  • not existing; not being; not present; unreal; false

  • MN 49

    te kho evaṃ jāneyyuṃ, santañ'ca pan'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ atth'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇan'ti, asantaṃ vā aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇaṃ n'atth'aññaṃ uttari nissaraṇan'ti.

  • DN 22

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santaṃ vā ajjhattaṃ kāmacchandaṃ, atthi me ajjhattaṃ kāmacchando'ti pajānāti, asantaṃ vā ajjhattaṃ kāmacchandaṃ, n'atthi me ajjhattaṃ kāmacchando'ti pajānāti

ethics

  • නපුරු; දුෂ්ට; (නාම) අසත් පුරුෂයා

  • bad; wicked; unvirtuous; (as noun) a bad or wicked person

asati

approximate

asrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form asa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

as1විය

general

  • අනුභව කරයි; කයි; බොයි

  • eats; consumes; enjoys; partakes of

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