Pāli Dictionary

appamāṇa

aprefixpamāṇastem

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mā5mesurer

Synonyms

appameyya, aparimāṇa, appamāṇaka, aparimita, atīraka

Antonyms

paritta, pamāṇa

doctrine

  • incommensurable; sans limite; illimité; (comme nom) l’illimité; les incommensurables (les quatre brahmavihāras)

  • immeasurable; boundless; unlimited; (as noun) boundlessness; the immeasurables (the four brahmavihāras)

  • AN 3.90

    yathā divā tathā rattiṃ, yathā rattiṃ tathā divā, abhibhuyya disā sabbā, appamāṇasamādhinā.

  • AN 10.29

    dasa'y'imāni, bhikkhave, kasiṇ'āyatanāni. katamāni dasa? pathavīkasiṇam'eko sañjānāti uddhaṃ adho tiriyaṃ advayaṃ appamāṇaṃ.

general

  • sans autorité; non pertinent; ne servant pas de base de jugement; sans importance

  • not an authority; irrelevant; not a basis for judgment; without importance

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