Pāli Dictionary

āvahana

āprefixvahrootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vah1ले जाना; लाना

Synonyms

hara, āhara, adhivāha, adhivāhī, āvaha, āvahanaka

general

  • लाने वाला; उत्पन्न करने वाला; सहायक

  • bringing; conferring; conveying; causing; conducive (to)

  • Snp 2.3

    pāmujjakaraṇaṃ ṭhānaṃ, pasaṃs'āvahanaṃ sukhaṃ, phal'ānisaṃso bhāveti, vahanto porisaṃ dhuraṃ.

  • Thag 9.1

    yadā dukkhass'āvahaniṃ visattikaṃ, papañca-saṅghāta-dukh'ādhivāhiniṃ, taṇhaṃ pahantvāna sato'va jhāyati, tato ratiṃ paramataraṃ na vindati.

āvāhana

approximate

āprefixvahrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vah1ले जाना; लाना

Antonyms

vivāhana

general

  • वधू ग्रहण करना; विवाह करना

  • taking a bride; contracting a marriage; wedding

  • DN 1

    te evarūpāya tiracchānavijjāya micchājīvena jīvitaṃ kappenti, seyyath'idaṃ, āvāhanaṃ vivāhanaṃ saṃvaraṇaṃ vivaraṇaṃ saṃkiraṇaṃ vikiraṇaṃ subhagakaraṇaṃ dubbhagakaraṇaṃ viruddhagabbhakaraṇaṃ jivhānibandhanaṃ

āvaha

approximate

vahrootāprefixasuffix

via inflected form āvahāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vah1ले जाना; लाना

Synonyms

adhivāha, adhivāhī, āvahana, āvahanaka

Antonyms

vivāha

general

  • लाने वाला; उत्पन्न करने वाला

  • bringing; conferring; causing (chiefly in compounds)

  • Thig 13.5

    duggatigamanaṃ maggaṃ, manussā kāmahetukaṃ, bahuṃ ve paṭipajjanti, attano rogam'āvahaṃ.

  • Dhp 35

    dunniggahassa lahuno, yatthakāmanipātino, cittassa damatho sādhu, cittaṃ dantaṃ sukh'āvahaṃ.

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