Pāli Dictionary

apāna

apaprefixanrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

an1breathe; blow

meditation

  • exhaling, exhalation, breathing out

  • SN 54.11

    yañ'hi taṃ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya, ariyavihāro iti'pi, brahmavihāro iti'pi, tathāgatavihāro iti'pi, āna-apānassatisamādhiṃ sammā vadamāno vadeyya, ariyavihāro iti'pi, brahmavihāro iti'pi, tathāgatavihāro iti'pī'ti.

  • MN 62

    disvāna āyasmantaṃ rāhulaṃ āmantesi, āna-apānassatiṃ, rāhula, bhāvanaṃ bhāvehi. āna-apānassati, rāhula, bhāvanā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mah'ānisaṃsā'ti.

āpaṇa1

approximate

āprefixpaṇrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

paṇ1trade; barter

general

  • shop; market; bazaar; stall

  • MN 5

    seyyathā'pi, āvuso, kaṃsapāti ābhatā āpaṇā vā kammārakulā vā rajena ca malena ca pariyonaddhā. tam'enaṃ sāmikā na c'eva paribhuñjeyyuṃ na ca pariyodapeyyuṃ, raj'āpathe ca naṃ nikkhipeyyuṃ.

āpaṇa2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Āpaṇa, a market-town in the Aṅguttarāpa country visited by the Buddha

  • MN 54

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā aṅg'uttar'āpesu viharati āpaṇaṃ nāma aṅg'uttar'āpānaṃ nigamo.

āpāna

approximate

āprefixpārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

āp4be wet

general

  • a drinking place; drinking hall; drinking party, banquet

āpāṇa

approximate

āprefixpaprefixanrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

an1breathe; blow

Synonyms

āyu, jīva, pāṇa

general

  • life (literally, breathing); breath — chiefly in compounds such as āpāṇakoṭika ‘lasting until the end of life’

  • MN 89

    idha pan'āhaṃ, bhante, bhikkhū passāmi yāvajīvaṃ āpāṇakoṭikaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carante. na kho pan'āhaṃ, bhante, ito bahiddhā aññaṃ evaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ samanupassāmi.

apāṇa

approximate

naprefixpāṇastem

Part of speech

adjective

Root

an1breathe; blow

Antonyms

pāṇa

general

  • lifeless; not a living being, inanimate

āpa

approximate

āprootasuffix

via inflected form āpāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

āp4be wet

Synonyms

āpas

general

  • water; the liquid element (also āpo in compounds)

  • Ud 7.9

    kiṃ kayirā udapānena, āpā ce sabbadā siyuṃ, taṇhāya mūlato chetvā, kissa pariyesanaṃ care'ti.

  • MN 49

    ahesuṃ kho ye, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṃ pathavīgarahakā pathavījigucchakā, āpagarahakā āpajigucchakā, tejagarahakā tejajigucchakā, vāyagarahakā vāyajigucchakā

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

napana
  1. na

    not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  2. pana

    but; however; on the contrary; on the other hand

Encyclopedia

Āpaṇa
Placeapproximate

  • A city in the Aṅguttarāpa country where the Buddha stayed on several occasions and taught a number of discourses, including the conversion of Sela and Keniya.

MN 66SN 48.50

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