Pāli Dictionary

abhikkhaṇa1

abhiprefixikkhrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ikkh1see; look

Synonyms

dhuva, abhiṇha

general

  • constant; frequent; regular; continual

  • SN 22.1

    aham'asmi, bhante, jiṇṇo vuḍḍho mahallako addhagato vayoanuppatto āturakāyo abhikkhaṇ'ātaṅko.

abhikkhaṇa2

abhiprefixkhaṇrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

khaṇ1dig

general

  • digging; turning up the soil; excavation

  • MN 23

    ko nu kho, bhante, vammiko, kā rattiṃ dhūmāyanā, kā divā pajjalanā, ko brāhmaṇo, ko sumedho, kiṃ satthaṃ, kiṃ abhikkhaṇaṃ, kā laṅgī, kā uddhumāyikā, ko dvidhāpatho, kiṃ caṅgavāraṃ, ko kummo, kā asisūnā, kā maṃsapesi, ko nāgo'ti?

abhikkhaṇanta

abhiprefixkhaṇrootasuffixntasuffix

via inflected form abhikkhaṇa · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

khaṇ1dig

general

  • digging; turning up the soil; digging repeatedly or continuously

  • MN 23

    bhikkhu bhikkhu, ayaṃ vammiko rattiṃ dhūmāyati, divā pajjalati. brāhmaṇo evam'āha, abhikkhaṇa, sumedha, satthaṃ ādāyā'ti. abhikkhaṇanto sumedho satthaṃ ādāya addasa laṅgiṃ. laṅgī, bhadante'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

nabhikkhanā
  1. na

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

  2. bhikkhanābhikkhana

    the act of begging (for alms)

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