Pāli Dictionary

āvattati

āprefixvattaroottisuffix

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.

āvaṭṭati

approximate

āprefixvaṭṭaroot

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.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

navattati
  1. na

    not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  2. vattati

    proceeds; continues; goes forward; practices

āvattāiti
  1. āvattāāvatta

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

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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