Pāli Dictionary

abrāhmaṇa

aprefixbrāhmaṇastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

brah1croître

Antonyms

brāhmaṇa

general

  • qui n’est pas un brahmane; qui n’est pas un saint homme

  • not a brahman; one who is not a holy man or of the brahman caste

  • MN 27

    mayañ'hi pubbe assamaṇā'va samānā samaṇ'amhā'ti paṭijānimha, abrāhmaṇā'va samānā brāhmaṇ'amhā'ti paṭijānimha, anarahanto'va samānā arahant'amhā'ti paṭijānimha.

  • MN 84

    brāhmaṇā, bho kaccāna, evam'āhaṃsu, brāhmaṇo'va seṭṭho vaṇṇo, hīno añño vaṇṇo, brāhmaṇo'va sukko vaṇṇo, kaṇho añño vaṇṇo, brāhmaṇā'va sujjhanti, no abrāhmaṇā, brāhmaṇā'va brahmuno puttā orasā mukhato jātā brahmajā brahmanimmitā brahmadāy'ādā'ti.

abrahma

approximate

via inflected form abrahmāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

ethics

  • non sacré; profane; mondain

  • not holy; unholy; worldly

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