Pāli Dictionary

atta1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

yakkha

Antonyms

anatta, nevatta, niratta

doctrine

  • the self; the soul; a permanent, autonomous self (whose reality the suttas deny)

  • SN 22.59

    rūpañca hidaṃ, bhikkhave, attā abhavissa, nayidaṃ rūpaṃ ābādhāya saṃvatteyya

  • Dhp 380

    attā hi attano nātho, attā hi attano gati, tasmā saññamay'attānaṃ, assaṃ bhadraṃ'va vāṇijo.

general

  • oneself; one’s own person (reflexive, for all three persons); (attanā) by oneself

  • SN 3.8

    evaṃ piyo puthu attā paresaṃ, tasmā na hiṃse paramattakāmo

  • SN 22.59

    saṅkhārā ca h'idaṃ, bhikkhave, attā abhavissaṃsu, na'y'idaṃ saṅkhārā ābādhāya saṃvatteyyuṃ, labbhetha ca saṅkhāresu, evaṃ me saṅkhārā hontu, evaṃ me saṅkhārā mā ahesun'ti.

  • MN 82

    ahosiṃ ahaṃ, bho raṭṭhapāla, vīsativass'uddesiko'pi paṇṇavīsativass'uddesiko'pi hatthismim'pi katāvī assasmim'pi katāvī rathasmim'pi katāvī dhanusmim'pi katāvī tharusmim'pi katāvī ūrubalī bāhubalī alam'atto saṅgām'āvacaro.

atta2

ādāroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

ādā3take; seize

Literal

taken

Synonyms

gahita, ādāna, ādinna

Antonyms

niratta

general

  • taken up; seized; grasped

  • Snp 4.15

    attadaṇḍā bhayaṃ jātaṃ, janaṃ passatha medhagaṃ

  • Dhp 406

    aviruddhaṃ viruddhesu, attadaṇḍesu nibbutaṃ, sādānesu anādānaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

doctrine

  • taking up; grasping; what is taken up (especially of views)

  • Snp 4.3

    attā nirattā na hi tassa atthi, adhosi so diṭṭhimidheva sabbanti

  • Snp 4.4

    na brāhmaṇo aññato suddhim'āha, diṭṭhe sute sīlavate mute vā, puññe ca pāpe ca anūpalitto, attañ'jaho na'y'idha pakubbamāno.

atta3

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • (grammar) the state of substituting a- for the negative particle na (term of the Pāli grammarians)

aṭṭa1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

aṭṭāla, geṇḍu

general

  • watchtower, turret; raised platform, scaffold

  • legal case; lawsuit, litigation

  • DN 14

    atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā aṭṭa karaṇe nisinno vipassiṃ kumāraṃ aṅke nisīdāpetvā atthe anusāsati.

aṭṭa2

approximate

addrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

add8afflict

Synonyms

phuṭṭha, dukkhita, sabyābajjha, sarita, anugata, avatiṇṇa

general

  • afflicted; suffering; hurt, grieved

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā iṇ'aṭṭo'va daliddako nidhiṃ, ārādhayitvā dhanikehi pīḷito, tuṭṭho bhavissaṃ adhigamma sāsanaṃ, mah'esino taṃ nu kadā bhavissati.

  • SN 22.80

    tañ'ca kho etaṃ, bhikkhave, kulaputtā upenti atthavasikā, atthavasaṃ paṭicca, n'eva rāj'ābhinītā, na cor'ābhinītā, na iṇ'aṭṭā, na bhaya-aṭṭā, na ājīvik'āpakatā.

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