Pāli Dictionary

akkhaṇa

aprefixkhaṇastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

lakkha

Antonyms

khaṇa

doctrine

  • अनुचित समय; प्रतिकूल क्षण (आठ/नौ दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण अवसरों में से एक)

  • inappropriate time; wrong moment; unfavourable occasion (esp. one of the eight/nine circumstances unfit for the holy life)

akkhāna

approximate

āprefixkhārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

akkh1देखना

Synonyms

byākaraṇa, ācikkhana, ākhyāna, ārocana

general

  • उद्घोषणा; बताना

  • the act of announcing or telling; proclamation

  • कथा-वाचन; किंवदंतियों का पाठ

  • storytelling; recitation of tales, legends

  • DN 31

    kva naccaṃ, kva gītaṃ, kva vāditaṃ, kva akkhānaṃ, kva pāṇissaraṃ, kva kumbhathunan'ti, ime kho, gahapatiputta, cha ādīnavā samajj'ābhicaraṇe

akkhaṇā

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • बिजली की चमक

  • lightning

akkha1

approximate

akkhistemasuffix

via inflected form akkhāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

akkh1देखना

general

  • आँखों वाला; -नेत्र (समास के अंत में, यथा visālakkha ‘विशाल नेत्रों वाला’)

  • having eyes; eyed (compound-final, e.g. visālakkha ‘wide-eyed’)

akkha2

approximate

akkhistem

via inflected form akkhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

cakkhu, dassana, akkhi, netta, nayana, locana

general

  • आँख (प्राचीन/काव्यात्मक प्रयोग)

  • eye (archaic/poetic, base of akkhi)

akkha3

approximate

via inflected form akkhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • धुरी; पहिये की धुरी

  • axle; the shaft of a wheel

  • SN 2.22

    yathā sākaṭiko maṭṭhaṃ, samaṃ hitvā mahāpathaṃ, visamaṃ maggam'āruyha, akkhacchinno'vajhāyati.

akkha4

approximate

via inflected form akkhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

khā1बताना; की घोषणा

general

  • पासा; जुआ

  • dice; the game of dice; gambling

  • AN 4.3

    appamatto ayaṃ kali, yo akkhesu dhanaparājayo, sabbassā'pi sahā'pi attanā, ayam'eva mahantataro kali.

  • MN 87

    tena kho pana samayena sambahulā akkhadhuttā bhagavato avidūre akkhehi dibbanti.

akkha5

approximate

via inflected form akkhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • हंसली; कंठास्थि

  • collarbone

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