Pāli Dictionary

adhiṭṭhāti

adhiprefixṭhāroottisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

upasaṃharati, sammannati, samannāharati

mind

  • stands firm; resolves; makes up one’s mind

  • SN 12.15

    upay'upādān'ābhinivesavinibandho khv'āyaṃ, kaccāna, loko yebhuyyena. tañ'c'āyaṃ upay'upādānaṃ cetaso adhiṭṭhānaṃ abhinives'ānusayaṃ na upeti na upādiyati na-adhiṭṭhāti, attā me'ti.

meditation

  • concentrates; focuses attention on

  • AN 9.35

    evam'evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, idh'ekacco bhikkhu bālo abyatto akhettaññū akusalo… paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, so taṃ nimittaṃ na āsevati na bhāveti na bahulīkaroti na svādhiṭṭhitaṃ adhiṭṭhāti.

  • AN 4.41

    katamā ca, bhikkhave, samādhibhāvanā bhāvitā bahulīkatā ñāṇadassanappaṭilābhāya saṃvattati? idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ālokasaññaṃ manasi karoti, divāsaññaṃ adhiṭṭhāti, yathā divā tathā rattiṃ, yathā rattiṃ tathā divā

general

  • determines; orders; arranges; supervises

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

adhiṭṭhaiti
  1. adhiṭṭhaadhiṭṭhāti

    stands firm; resolves; makes up one’s mind

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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