Pāli Dictionary

asuci

aprefixsucrootisuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

suc1grieve

Synonyms

sukka, kara, asubha, anikkasāva, asucīka

Antonyms

suci

general

  • impure; unclean; filthy; foul; disgusting

  • Ud 5.5

    addasā kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno taṃ puggalaṃ dussīlaṃ pāpadhammaṃ asuciṃ saṅkassarasamācāraṃ paṭicchannakamm'antaṃ asamaṇaṃ samaṇapaṭiññaṃ

  • MN 105

    tassa imissā ca asappāyakiriyāya, asuci visadoso apanīto saupādiseso tadubhayena vaṇo puthuttaṃ gaccheyya.

doctrine

  • (as noun) impurity; filth; dirt; excrement; bodily secretion

  • DN 22

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu imam'eva kāyaṃ uddhaṃ pādatalā adho kesamatthakā tacapariyantaṃ pūraṃ nānappakārassa asucino paccavekkhati

  • MN 62

    seyyathā'pi, rāhula, pathaviyā sucim'pi nikkhipanti, asucim'pi nikkhipanti, gūthagatam'pi nikkhipanti, muttagatam'pi nikkhipanti, kheḷagatam'pi nikkhipanti, pubbagatam'pi nikkhipanti, lohitagatam'pi nikkhipanti, na ca tena pathavī aṭṭīyati vā harāyati vā jigucchati vā.

monastic

  • (as noun) semen; sperm; seminal fluid

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

nasūci
  1. na

    not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  2. sūci

    a needle; a hairpin; a small bolt or pin (esp. for fastening a door); a cross-bar

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