Pāli Dictionary

acchara

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • अद्भुत वस्तु; आश्चर्य

  • a wonderful thing, a marvel; amazement

accharā1

approximate

acchastemrāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • उंगली चटकाना; चुटकी बजाना

  • snapping of the fingers; a finger-snap

  • MN 152

    balavā puriso appakasiren'eva accharaṃ pahareyya

  • क्षणभर; उंगली चटकाने जितना समय

  • a short moment; the split second it takes to snap the fingers

  • Thig 5.1

    paṇṇavīsativassāni, yato pabbajitā ahaṃ, na-accharāsaṅghāta-mattam'pi, cittass'ūpasam'ajjhagaṃ.

accharā2

approximate

apsarasstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • स्वर्गीय अप्सरा; आकाशीय देवी

  • celestial nymph; a female nature/sky divinity

  • SN 1.11

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, aññatarā tāvatiṃsakāyikā devatā nandane vane accharāsaṅghaparivutā dibbehi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgībhūtā paricāriyamānā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi

  • SN 1.46

    accharāgaṇasaṅghuṭṭhaṃ, pisācagaṇasevitaṃ, van'antaṃ mohanaṃ nāma, kathaṃ yātrā bhavissatī'ti.

Found an error in the dictionary?