Pāli Dictionary

apāya

apaprefixirootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

i1යන්න; එන්න

Synonyms

vaya, parābhava, vibhava, vinābhāva, vyaya, byaya

Antonyms

āya

cosmology

  • අපාය; දුක්ඛිත භවය; සතර අපාය (නිරය, තිරිසන්, ප්‍රේත, අසුර)

  • state of loss; misery; perdition; one of the four unhappy destinies (hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, the asura realm)

  • AN 7.64

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, sapatto sapattassa evaṃ icchati, aho vat'āyaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapajjeyyā'ti! taṃ kissa hetu?

general

  • පිටත්ව යාම; වෙන්වීම; අහිමි වීම; පිරිහීම; විනාශය

  • departure; separation; loss (of property); decline; ruin; moral deterioration

  • DN 31

    añña'd'atthuharo mitto, yo ca mitto vacīparo, anuppiyañ'ca yo āha, apāyesu ca yo sakhā.

  • Dhp 211

    tasmā piyaṃ na kayirātha, piya-apāyo hi pāpako, ganthā tesaṃ na vijjanti, yesaṃ n'atthi piy'āppiyaṃ

  • ජලය පිටවන මාර්ගය; ජල නිකාශය

  • outlet; drain (for water)

  • AN 8.34

    idha, bhikkhave, khettaṃ unnāmaninnāmi ca hoti, pāsāṇasakkharikañ'ca hoti, ūsarañ'ca hoti, na ca gambhīrasitaṃ hoti, na āyasampannaṃ hoti, na apāyasampannaṃ hoti, na mātikāsampannaṃ hoti, na mariyādasampannaṃ hoti.

apāyanta

aprefixpāyarootntasuffix

via inflected form apāya · vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pā1බොන්න

general

  • කිරි නොදෙන

  • not breastfeeding

āpa

approximate

āprootasuffix

via inflected form āpāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

āp4තෙත් වෙන්න

Synonyms

āpas

general

  • ජලය; ආපෝ ධාතුව

  • 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

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