Pāli Dictionary

āyāma1

āprefixyamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yā1go

Synonyms

paggaha, ussāha, appaṭivānī, paggāha, nikkama

ethics

  • effort; striving, exertion, endeavour

  • SN 45.11

    chando ca vūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca vūpasanto hoti, saññā ca vūpasantā hoti, tappaccayā'pi vedayitaṃ, appattassa pattiyā atthi āyāmaṃ, tasmim'pi ṭhāne anuppatte tappaccayā'pi vedayitan'ti.

āyāma2

āprefixyamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

yam1control; strive; end

general

  • stretch; length, extension

āyāti

āprefixyāroottisuffix

via inflected form āyāma · 1st person·present plural / 1st person·imperative plural

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

upasaṅkamati, upayāti

general

  • comes; approaches; goes to; reaches

  • AN 6.61

    āyāmi-āvuso, yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamissāma. upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato etam'atthaṃ ārocessāma. yathā no bhagavā byākarissati tathā naṃ dhāressāmā'ti.

  • SN 56.42

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, āyāma, bhikkhave, yena paṭibhānakūṭo ten'upasaṅkamissāma divāvihārāyā'ti.

ayati

approximate

irootasuffix

via inflected form ayāma · 1st person·present plural / 1st person·imperative plural

Part of speech

verb

Root

i1go; come

general

  • goes; proceeds; goes towards

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 3

nayamā
  1. na

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

  2. yamāyama

    Yama, ruler of the underworld; the king of death, before whom the dead are judged

ayoamā
  1. ayoaya

    going; coming; course; way

  2. amā

    at home; in the house

ayaṃamā
  1. ayaṃ

    this; this person; this thing (nominative singular masculine and feminine of the demonstrative pronoun ima)

  2. amā

    at home; in the house

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