Pāli Dictionary

āvaṭṭati

āprefixvaṭṭaroot

Part of speech

verb

Root

vaṭṭ1tourner

Synonyms

saṃsappati, paccāgacchati, āvattati

general

  • revenir; se retourner

  • 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?

  • se tordre; se rouler d’avant en arrière

  • 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

Part of speech

verb

Root

vatt1être; continuer

Synonyms

āvaṭṭati, paccāgacchati

general

  • revient; retourne; fait demi-tour

  • 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.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

navattati
  1. na

    ne … pas; non; ni … ni (particule négative)

  2. vattati

    se poursuit; continue; avance; pratique

āvattāiti
  1. āvattāāvatta

    revenu; retombé (à un état antérieur)

  2. iti

    ainsi; de cette manière; comme ceci

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