Pāli Dictionary

accantaṃ

atiprefixantastemaṃsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

sādhukaṃ

general

  • completely; utterly; exceedingly; perpetually

  • SN 5.3

    accantaṃ mataputt'āmhi, purisā etadantikā, na socāmi na rodāmi, na taṃ bhāyāmi āvuso.

accanta1

atiprefixantasuffix

via inflected form accantaṃ · nominative singular / accusative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

paripūra, ekanta, antima

general

  • final, complete, ultimate, absolute; (as adverb accantaṃ) perpetually, extremely, absolutely

  • MN 107

    kiṃ nu kho bhoto gotamassa sāvakā bhotā gotamena evaṃ ovadīyamānā evaṃ anusāsīyamānā sabbe accantaṃ niṭṭhaṃ nibbānaṃ ārādhenti udāhu ekacce n'ārādhentī'ti?

  • Snp 4.4

    na kappayanti na purekkharonti, accantasuddhī'ti na te vadanti, ādānaganthaṃ gathitaṃ visajja, āsaṃ na kubbanti kuhiñci loke.

  • extreme; severe (intensifying an undesirable quality)

  • Dhp 162

    yassa accantadussīlyaṃ, māluvā sālam'iv'otthataṃ, karoti so tath'attānaṃ, yathā naṃ icchatī diso.

accanta2

aprefixantastem

via inflected form accantaṃ · nominative singular / accusative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

doctrine

  • the Absolute; an epithet of Nibbāna

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