Pāli Dictionary

akkhaṇa

aprefixkhaṇastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

lakkha

Antonyms

khaṇa

doctrine

  • නුසුදුසු මොහොත; අකාලය (අට අක්ෂණයන්ගෙන් එකක්)

  • 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

akkh1බලන්න

Synonyms

byākaraṇa, ācikkhana, ākhyāna, ārocana

general

  • ප්‍රකාශ කිරීම; කීම

  • the act of announcing or telling; proclamation

  • කථා කීම; පුරාවෘත්ත කීම

  • 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

  • විදුලිය

  • lightning

akkha1

approximate

akkhistemasuffix

via inflected form akkhāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

akkh1බලන්න

general

  • ඇස් ඇති (සංයුක්තයක අග, උදා. visālakkha)

  • 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

  • ඇස (පැරණි/කාව්‍ය)

  • eye (archaic/poetic, base of akkhi)

akkha3

approximate

via inflected form akkhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • අඟල; රථ අක්ෂය

  • 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

khā1කියන්න; නිවේදනය කරනවා

general

  • දාදු; සූදුව

  • 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

  • උරහිස් අස්ථිය

  • collarbone

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