Pāli Dictionary

āyana

āprefixyārootyusuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • way; act of going; path

ayana1

approximate

irootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

i1go; come

general

  • path; way

ayana2

approximate

irootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

gāmī, jaṅgala, vaja, jaṅgama, yāyī

general

  • going; moving; travelling

  • DN 22

    eka-ayano ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅ'gamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.

aya1

approximate

irootaysuffixasuffix

via inflected form ayāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

Antonyms

niraya, anaya

general

  • going; coming; course; way

  • SN 17.3

    dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antara-aya-iko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.

  • MN 22

    tath'āhaṃ bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi yathā ye'me antara-aya-ikā dhammā vuttā bhagavatā te paṭisevato n'ālaṃ antara-ayāyā'ti.

  • good fortune; prosperity; success; income

  • cause; reason; source

aya2

approximate

via inflected form ayāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • iron; metal

āya

approximate

āprefixirootasuffix

via inflected form āyāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

Synonyms

samudaya, udaya, uddaya

Antonyms

apāya

general

  • coming in; entrance; inlet; source

  • income; revenue; profit; gain; tax

  • AN 8.34

    idha, bhikkhave, khettaṃ unnāmaninnāmi ca hoti, pāsāṇasakkharikañ'ca hoti, ūsarañ'ca hoti, na ca gambhīrasitaṃ hoti, na āyasampannaṃ hoti, na apāyasampannaṃ hoti, na mātikāsampannaṃ hoti, na mariyādasampannaṃ hoti.

  • a throw in dicing; a lucky dice

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