Pāli Dictionary
general
an inopportune or wrong time; an inappropriate occasion
AN 5.54
pañc'ime, bhikkhave, asamayā padhānāya. katame pañca? idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jiṇṇo hoti jarāy'ābhibhūto. ayaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo asamayo padhānāya.
general
constant; continuous; all the time, without interruption
MN 29
so tena ñāṇadassanena na majjati nappamajjati na pamādaṃ āpajjati, appamatto samāno asamayavimokkhaṃ ārādheti. aṭṭhānam'etaṃ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṃ so bhikkhu tāya asamayavimuttiyā parihāyetha.
Part of speech
adjective
Synonyms
Antonyms
general
unequal; not the same; dissimilar
unequalled; matchless; incomparable (in virtue, strength, etc.)
MN 56
santassa bhūripaññassa, mahāpaññassa vītalobhassa, tathāgatassa sugatassa, appaṭipuggalassa asamassa, visāradassa nipuṇassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi.
AN 1.174
ekapuggalo, bhikkhave, loke uppajjamāno uppajjati adutiyo asahāyo appaṭimo appaṭisamo appaṭibhāgo appaṭipuggalo asamo asamasamo dvipadānaṃ aggo. katamo ekapuggalo?
asama2
approximatevia inflected form asamāya · dative singular
Part of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
a name borne by several figures in Pali literature (a monk, a king, a lay-supporter, a wheel-turning monarch) and also of a class of devas
SN 2.30
atha kho sambahulā nānātitthiyasāvakā devaputtā asamo ca sahali ca nīko ca ākoṭako ca vegabbhari ca māṇavagāmiyo ca abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ veḷuvanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu
general
inequality; dissimilarity
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