Pāli Dictionary

aṭṭha1

Part of speech

numeral

general

  • eight; the number eight

aṭṭha2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ar1move; attain

general

  • goal; purpose; meaning; sense (variant spelling of attha)

  • AN 8.30

    tatra bhikkhu vivekaninnena cittena vivekapoṇena vivekapabbhārena vivek'aṭṭhena nekkhamm'ābhiratena añña'd'atthu uyyojanika-paṭisaṃyuttaṃ'y'eva kathaṃ kattā hoti

attha1

approximate

atthrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

atth8wish for

Synonyms

atthī, aṭṭhika, atthika, atthiya

general

  • needing; wanting; seeking; desiring

  • Dhp 337

    taṃ vo vadāmi bhaddaṃ vo, yāvant'ettha samāgatā, taṇhāya mūlaṃ khaṇatha, usīr'attho'va bīraṇaṃ, mā vo naḷaṃ'va soto'va, māro bhañji punappunaṃ.

attha2

approximate

asrootthasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

as1be

general

  • you all are; may you (all) be (2nd person plural present/imperative of ‘to be’)

attha3

approximate

arrootthasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ar1move; attain

general

  • benefit; welfare; good; profit; advantage

  • purpose; goal; aim; object; use

  • matter; affair; business; thing; legal case; lawsuit

doctrine

  • meaning; sense; significance; interpretation

attha4

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • home; rest; shelter; place of refuge

cosmology

  • setting (of the sun); disappearance; annihilation; destruction; the western mountain

atthi

approximate

asroottisuffix

via inflected form attha · 2nd person·present plural / 2nd person·imperative plural

Part of speech

verb

Root

as1be

Synonyms

santi

Antonyms

natthi

general

  • to be; to exist; there is, there are

  • to belong to; to be of (with genitive)

  • (as auxiliary or introductory verb) used with participles or other verbs to indicate state or existence

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