Pāli Dictionary

avaca1

avaprefixcasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms


general

  • नीचा; हीन (सामान्यतः uccāvaca यानी ऊँच-नीच के यौगिक शब्द में प्रयुक्त)

  • low; inferior (usually occurring in the compound uccāvaca, high and low)

  • Snp 4.4

    sayaṃ samādāya vatāni jantu, ucca-avacaṃ gacchati saññasatto, vidvā ca vedehi samecca dhammaṃ, na ucca-avacaṃ gacchati bhūripañño.

  • Dhp 83

    sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti, na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo, sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena, na ucca-avacaṃ paṇḍitā dassayanti.

avaca2

aprefixvacrootasuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

vac1कहना; बोलना


general

  • कहा; बताया (√vac का तृतीय पुरुष एकवचन ऐतिहासिक भूतकाल/अपूर्ण भूतकाल)

  • said; told; spoke (third person singular aorist/imperfect of √vac)

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