Pāli Dictionary

ajjhāyaka1

adhiprefixirootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1go; come

Synonyms

satthar

Antonyms

anajjhāyaka

general

  • one who studies or teaches the Vedas; a Vedic student or brahmanical instructor

  • Snp 1.7

    ajjhāyakakule jātā, brāhmaṇā mantabandhavā, te ca pāpesu kammesu, abhiṇham'upadissare.

  • MN 93

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, assalāyana, idh'āssu dve māṇavakā bhātaro saudariyā, eko ajjhāyako upanīto eko anajjhāyako anupanīto. kam'ettha brāhmaṇā paṭhamaṃ bhojeyyuṃ saddhe vā thālipāke vā yaññe vā pāhune vā'ti?

ajjhāyaka2

Part of speech

adjective

Root

jhā3meditate; burn

Antonyms

jhāyaka

meditation

  • non-meditator; one who does not practise jhāna

  • DN 27

    tam'enaṃ manussā disvā evam'āhaṃsu, ime kho, bho, sattā araññ'āyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu taṃ jhānaṃ anabhisambhuṇamānā gāmasāmantaṃ nigamasāmantaṃ osaritvā ganthe karontā acchanti, na dān'ime jhāyantī'ti. na dān'ime jhāyantī'ti kho, vāseṭṭha, ajjhāyakā ajjhāyakā tv'eva tatiyaṃ akkharaṃ upanibbattaṃ.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

ajjhāyakā
  1. ajjhāya

    a chapter; a section of a book

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

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