Pāli Dictionary

āvaṭṭa1

āprefixvaṭṭrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pariṇata, āvattaka

general

  • twisting; turning; rotating; curling

  • MN 91

    uddh'aggalomo kho pana so bhavaṃ gotamo, uddh'aggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍal'āvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇ'āvaṭṭakajātāni, idam'pi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

  • converted; changed; transformed (by)

  • MN 56

    samaṇo hi, bhante, gotamo māyāvī āvaṭṭaniṃ māyaṃ jānāti yāya aññatitthiyānaṃ sāvake āvaṭṭetī'ti. āvaṭṭo kho te, bhante, upāli gahapati samaṇena gotamena āvaṭṭaniyā māyāyā'ti.

āvaṭṭa2

āprefixvaṭṭrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vaṭṭ1turn

Synonyms

āvatta

general

  • an eddy; a whirlpool; a maelstrom

  • AN 4.122

    cattār'imāni, bhikkhave, bhayāni udak'orohantassa pāṭikaṅkhitabbāni. katamāni cattāri? ūmibhayaṃ, kumbhīlabhayaṃ, āvaṭṭabhayaṃ, susukābhayaṃ

  • SN 35.241

    evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, sace tumhe'pi… na āvaṭṭaggāho gahessati, na antopūtī bhavissatha, evaṃ tumhe, bhikkhave, nibbānaninnā bhavissatha nibbānapoṇā nibbānapabbhārā.

āvatta1

approximate

āprefixvattroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vatt1be; proceed

Synonyms

paṭipaviṭṭha

general

  • reverted; returned; fallen back (to a former state)

  • AN 4.122

    ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ūmibhayassa bhīto sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvatto. ūmibhayan'ti kho, bhikkhave, kodh'ūpāyāsass'etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, ūmibhayaṃ.

  • MN 36

    yato kho ahaṃ, aggivessana, oḷārikaṃ āhāraṃ āhāresiṃ odanakummāsaṃ, atha me te pañca bhikkhū nibbijja pakkamiṃsu, bāhulliko samaṇo gotamo, padhānavibbhanto, āvatto bāhullāyā'ti.

  • twisted; turned; wound; crooked

  • DN 30

    uddh'aggalomo hoti, uddh'aggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍal'āvattāni dakkhiṇ'āvaṭṭakajātāni

āvatta2

approximate

āprefixvaṭṭroot

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

āvaṭṭa

general

  • whirlpool; vortex; eddy

  • SN 11.22

    na sūpahatacitto'mhi, n'āvattena suvānayo, na vo cir'āhaṃ kujjhāmi, kodho mayi n'āvatiṭṭhati.

āvaṭṭati

āprefixvaṭṭaroot

via inflected form āvaṭṭa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaṭṭ1turn

Synonyms

saṃsappati, paccāgacchati, āvattati

general

  • reverts; turns back; returns; goes back (to)

  • MN 75

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, māgaṇḍiya, api nu so devaputto nandane vane accharāsaṅghaparivuto dibbehi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito… amussa gahapatissa vā gahapatiputtassa vā piheyya, mānusakānaṃ vā pañcannaṃ kāmaguṇānaṃ mānusakehi vā kāmehi āvaṭṭeyyā'ti?

  • writhes; squirms; rocks back and forth

  • Ud 2.6

    atha kho so paribbājako rañño pasenadissa kosalassa koṭṭh'āgāraṃ gantvā telassa yāva'd'atthaṃ pivitvā gharaṃ āgantvā n'eva sakkoti uddhaṃ kātuṃ, na pana adho. so dukkhāhi tibbāhi kharāhi kaṭukāhi vedanāhi phuṭṭho āvaṭṭati parivaṭṭati.

āvattati

approximate

āprefixvattaroottisuffix

via inflected form āvatta · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vatt1be; proceed

Synonyms

āvaṭṭati, paccāgacchati

general

  • reverts; returns; turns back; retreats; goes back (to)

  • MN 105

    maraṇañ'h'etaṃ, sunakkhatta, ariyassa vinaye yo sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvattati, maraṇamattañ'h'etaṃ, sunakkhatta, dukkhaṃ yaṃ aññataraṃ saṃkiliṭṭhaṃ āpattiṃ āpajjati.

  • AN 4.122

    so kupito anattamano sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvattati. ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ūmibhayassa bhīto sikkhaṃ paccakkhāya hīnāy'āvatto.

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