Pāli Dictionary

anu

Part of speech

indeclinable

Synonyms

appamattaka, thoka, khuddaka, khudda, aṇuka

Antonyms

pati

general

  • ඔස්සේ; ළඟින්; පසුපස (අවකාශීය අර්ථයෙන්)

  • along; beside; alongside; following behind (of space)

  • SN 35.240

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, kummo kacchapo sāy'anhasamayaṃ anunadītīre gocarapasuto ahosi. siṅgālopi kho, bhikkhave, sāy'anhasamayaṃ anunadītīre gocarapasuto ahosi.

  • DN 17

    atha kho taṃ, ānanda, cakkaratanaṃ puratthimaṃ disaṃ pavatti, anu'd'eva rājā mahāsudassano saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāya, yasmiṃ kho pan'ānanda, padese cakkaratanaṃ patiṭṭhāsi, tattha rājā mahāsudassano vāsaṃ upagacchi saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāya.

  • පසුව; අනුපිළිවෙළින්; සෑම විටම (කාලීන අර්ථයෙන්)

  • after; following; every; further; according to (of time or sequence)

  • DN 15

    yato kho, ānanda, bhikkhu ime aṭṭha vimokkhe anulomam'pi samāpajjati, paṭilomam'pi samāpajjati, anulomapaṭilomam'pi samāpajjati, yatth'icchakaṃ yadicchakaṃ yāvat'icchakaṃ samāpajjati'pi vuṭṭhāti'pi.

aṇu1

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

paritta, sukhuma, appamattaka, thoka, nipuṇa, khuddaka, khudda, aṇuka

Antonyms

thūla

general

  • කුඩා; සියුම්; අනු

  • small; tiny; minute; minuscule

  • Snp 4.5

    tass'īdha diṭṭhe va sute mute vā, pakappitā n'atthi aṇū'pi saññā, taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ diṭṭhim'anādiyānaṃ, ken'īdha lokasmiṃ vikappayeyya.

  • සියුම්; ලාලිත්‍ය

  • subtle; fine

  • Dhp 31

    appamādarato bhikkhu, pamāde bhayadassi vā, saṃyojanaṃ aṇuṃ thūlaṃ, ḍahaṃ aggī'va gacchati.

  • Thag 1.4

    sabbhi'r'eva samāsetha, paṇḍiteh'atthadassibhi, atthaṃ mahantaṃ gambhīraṃ, duddasaṃ nipuṇaṃ aṇuṃ, dhīrā samadhigacchanti, appamattā vicakkhaṇā'ti.

aṇu2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Antonyms

thūla

general

  • ඉතා කුඩා අංශුවක්; පරමාණුවක්

  • a very small particle; an atom

  • ඉතා කුඩා මිනුම් ඒකකයක් (පරමාණු 36ක් = අණුවක්)

  • a minute unit of measure (36 paramāṇu = 1 aṇu; 36 aṇu = 1 tajjārī)

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