Pāli Dictionary

abhijappā

abhiprefixjapprootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

japp1mutter; pray

Synonyms

icchā, āsā, paṇidhi, kamyatā, kāmatā, abhilāsa, icchatā

mind

  • longing; wish; praying for; aspiration born of craving

  • MN 128

    so'haṃ tathā karissāmi yathā me puna na vicikicchā uppajjissati, na amanasikāro, na thinamiddhaṃ, na chambhitattaṃ, na uppilaṃ, na duṭṭhullaṃ, na acc'āraddhavīriyaṃ, na atilīnavīriyaṃ, na abhijappā'ti.

abhijappa

approximate

abhiprefixjaprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • muttering (of a prayer, spell or incantation)

abhijappati

approximate

abhiprefixjapparoot

via inflected form abhijappa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

japp1mutter; pray

general

  • yearns; prays earnestly (for); earnestly desires

  • Snp 5.4

    āsīsanti thomayanti abhijappanti juhanti, kām'ābhijappanti paṭicca lābhaṃ, te yājayogā bhavarāgarattā, n'ātariṃsu jātijaran'ti brūmi.

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