Pāli Dictionary

anattha

na > anprefixarrootthasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

ar1චලනය; අත්කර ගනී

Synonyms

upaghāta, byābādha

Antonyms

attha

general

  • අනර්ථය; විපත; අවැඩ; හානිය

  • harm; misfortune; disaster; injury

  • Dhp 72

    yāva'd'eva anatthāya, ñattaṃ bālassa jāyati, hanti bālassa sukk'aṃsaṃ, muddham'assa vipātayaṃ.

  • AN 3.27

    evarūpo, bhikkhave, puggalo ajjhupekkhitabbo na sevitabbo na bhajitabbo na payirupāsitabbo. taṃ kissa hetu? akkoseyya'pi maṃ paribhāseyya'pi maṃ anattham'pi maṃ kareyyā'ti.

doctrine

  • අර්ථශූන්‍ය බව; ප්‍රයෝජනරහිත බව; අරමුණු රහිත බව; අර්ථ විරහිත බව

  • what is useless; unprofitable; not the goal; meaningless

  • MN 53

    sā kho pan'esā, mahānāma, brahmunā sanaṅkumārena gāthā sugītā no duggītā, subhāsitā no dubbhāsitā, atthasaṃhitā no anatthasaṃhitā, anumatā bhagavatā'ti.

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