Pāli Dictionary

adhivacana

adhiprefixvacrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

vac1කියන්න; කතා කරනවා

Synonyms

vacana, byañjana

general

  • නාමය; ප්‍රඥප්තිය; සංඥාව; නාමකරණය

  • name; designation; term; appellation

  • SN 47.20

    upamā kho my'āyaṃ, bhikkhave, katā atthassa viññāpanāya. ayaṃ c'ev'ettha attho, samatittiko telapatto'ti kho, bhikkhave, kāyagatāya etaṃ satiyā adhivacanaṃ.

  • SN 35.247

    daḷhe khīle vā thambhe vā'ti kho, bhikkhave, kāyagatāya satiyā etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. tasmā't'iha vo, bhikkhave, evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ, kāyagatā no sati bhāvitā bhavissati bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā'ti.

doctrine

  • රූපක ප්‍රකාශනය; ආදේශ නාමය; සමානාර්ථ පදය

  • metaphorical expression; epithet; near-synonym; figurative designation

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