Pāli Dictionary

akanta

aprefixkamroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

kam1जाना

Synonyms

amanāpa, appiya, asāta, paṭikkūla, paṭikūla, aniṭṭha, amanāpika, amanāpiya,

Antonyms

kanta

general

  • अप्रिय; अवांछित

  • unpleasant; unwelcome; disagreeable

  • MN 28

    tañ'ce, āvuso, bhikkhuṃ pare aniṭṭhehi akantehi amanāpehi samudācaranti, pāṇisamphassena'pi leḍḍusamphassena'pi daṇḍasamphassena'pi satthasamphassena'pi.

  • DN 17

    dīgharattaṃ kho maṃ tvaṃ, devi, iṭṭhehi kantehi piyehi manāpehi samudācarittha, atha ca pana maṃ tvaṃ pacchime kāle aniṭṭhehi akantehi appiyehi amanāpehi samudācarasī'ti

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