Pāli Dictionary

aggi

aggrootisuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

agg1move crookedly

Synonyms

joti, hutāsana

general

  • fire; flames; conflagration (also the cremation fire)

  • SN 46.53

    parittaṃ aggiṃ ujjāletukāmo

  • Dhp 31

    appamādarato bhikkhu, pamāde bhayadassi vā, saṃyojanaṃ aṇuṃ thūlaṃ, ḍahaṃ aggī'va gacchati.

  • the sacrificial fire of brahmanical ritual (the three sacred fires); the fire deity Aggi

  • SN 7.9

    sundarikāya nadiyā tīre aggiṃ juhati, aggihuttaṃ paricarati

doctrine

  • (metaphor) the fires of the defilements — greed, hatred and delusion

  • Iti 93

    rāgaggi, dosaggi, mohaggi

aggī

approximate

aggastemīsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

agg1move crookedly

general

  • possessing the highest quality; excellent; foremost

  • MN 91

    rasaggas'aggī kho pana so bhavaṃ gotamo, idam'pi tassa bhoto gotamassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ bhavati.

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