Pāli Dictionary

adhiṭṭhāna

adhiprefixṭhārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

ṭhā1stand

Literal

standing above

Synonyms

nimitta, ārammaṇa, nibandhana, pādaka

Antonyms

anadhiṭṭhāna

doctrine

  • foundation; basis; support (e.g. the four foundations: wisdom, truth, relinquishment, peace)

  • DN 33

    cattāri adhiṭṭhānāni—paññādhiṭṭhānaṃ, saccādhiṭṭhānaṃ, cāgādhiṭṭhānaṃ, upasamādhiṭṭhānaṃ

  • MN 140

    aṭṭhārasamanopavicāro caturādhiṭṭhāno

  • determination; resolution; firm resolve (also the perfection of determination and the resolve behind supernormal feats)

mind

  • (pejorative, alongside abhinivesa and anusaya) mental standpoint; insistence; fixed hold of the mind

  • SN 12.15

    cetaso adhiṭṭhānaṃ abhinivesānusayaṃ na upeti na upādiyati

  • MN 22

    so suṇāti tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā sabbesaṃ diṭṭhiṭṭhāna-adhiṭṭhāna-pariyuṭṭhāna-abhinivesa-anusayānaṃ samugghātāya sabbasaṅkhārasamathāya sabb'ūpadhipaṭinissaggāya taṇhākkhayāya virāgāya nirodhāya nibbānāya dhammaṃ desentassa.

monastic

  • (vinaya) formal determination (of a robe, bowl, etc. for one’s own use)

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