Pāli Dictionary
apa
general
ඉවතට; වෙන්ව; පහළට; නැවත (දිශානත උපසර්ගය)
away; away from; off; down; back (directional prefix)
AN 8.53
ācayāya saṃvattanti no apacayāya
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
general
ජලය; දියර
water; liquid
DN 16
kattha āpo ca pathavī, tejo vāyo na gādhati, kattha dīghañ'ca rassañ'ca, aṇuṃ thūlaṃ subh'āsubhaṃ, kattha nāmañ'ca rūpañ'ca, asesaṃ uparujjhatī'ti?
MN 62
yaṃ ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ… yaṃ vā pan'aññam'pi kiñci ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā āpodhātu.
doctrine
ජල ධාතුව; බැඳීමේ හා ගලනයේ මූලද්රව්යය (සතර මහා ධාතු වලින් එකක්)
the water element; element of cohesion; fluidity (as one of the four great elements)
DN 16
kattha āpo ca pathavī, tejo vāyo na gādhati, kattha dīghañ'ca rassañ'ca, aṇuṃ thūlaṃ subh'āsubhaṃ, kattha nāmañ'ca rūpañ'ca, asesaṃ uparujjhatī'ti?
MN 62
yaṃ ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ… yaṃ vā pan'aññam'pi kiñci ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ āpo āpogataṃ upādinnaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā āpodhātu.
Encyclopedia
මහාසමය සූත්ර දේශනාවේදී පැමිණි දේව කොට්ඨාසයකි; ඔවුන් පෙර ආත්මවලදී ආපෝ කසිණ භාවනාව පුරුදු කිරීම නිසා එහි උපත ලැබූ බව බුද්ධඝෝෂ පවසයි
A class of deities present at the teaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, said by Buddhaghosa to have been reborn there for having practised meditation on the water device in past lives.
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