Pāli Dictionary

apayāna

apaprefixyārootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

yā1යන්න

Antonyms

upayāna

general

  • පසුබැසීම; ඉවත් වීම; ඉඩ දීම

  • retreating; withdrawing; giving ground; going away

  • DN 1

    te evarūpāya tiracchānavijjāya micchājīvena jīvitaṃ kappenti, seyyath'idaṃ… abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ upayānaṃ bhavissati, bāhirānaṃ raññaṃ apayānaṃ bhavissati, bāhirānaṃ raññaṃ upayānaṃ bhavissati, abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ apayānaṃ bhavissati

apāya

approximate

apaprefixirootasuffix

via inflected form apāyāna · genitive plural

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.

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