Pāli Dictionary
general
non-doing; non-performance; abstention (from an action)
Dhp 183
sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ, kusalassa upasampadā, sacittapariyodapanaṃ, etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.
Dhp 333
sukhaṃ yāva jarā sīlaṃ, sukhā saddhā patiṭṭhitā, sukho paññāya paṭilābho, pāpānaṃ akaraṇaṃ sukhaṃ.
ethics
an improper deed; a wrong action
general
absence of a (valid) cause or reason; not the cause; a mistaken cause; groundless
an impossible thing; something that cannot be the case
(in debate) a counter-argument; a counter-position
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
kar7to do; to make
Synonyms
general
way; manner; method; mode
MN 18
tesaṃ no, bhante, āyasmatā mahākaccānena imehi ākārehi imehi padehi imehi byañjanehi attho vibhatto'ti
DN 15
yehi, ānanda, ākārehi yehi liṅgehi yehi nimittehi yehi uddesehi nāmakāyassa paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu tesu liṅgesu tesu nimittesu tesu uddesesu asati api nu kho rūpakāye adhivacanasamphasso paññāyethā'ti? no h'etaṃ, bhante.
aspect; facet; feature; quality, attribute
MN 47
tañ'ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhuṃ pare evaṃ puccheyyuṃ, ke pan'āyasmato ākārā, ke anvayā, yen'āyasmā evaṃ vadesi, abhay'ūparato ayam'āyasmā, n'āyam'āyasmā bhay'ūparato, vītarāgattā kāme na sevati khayā rāgassā'ti.
reason; evidence; a clue, indication
mind
disposition; tendency
Part of speech
adjective
ethics
innocent, blameless (lit. ‘not-doing’, i.e. one who does no wrong)
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