Pāli Dictionary

avacara1

avaprefixcarrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

car1පනත; හැසිරෙනවා

general

  • නිතර හැසිරෙන; හුරුපුරුදු

  • moving in; frequenting; familiar with; at home in

  • MN 61

    seyyathā'pi, rāhula, rañño nāgo īsādanto urūḷhavā abhijāto saṅgāma-avacaro saṅgāmagato purimehi'pi pādehi kammaṃ karoti, pacchimehi'pi pādehi kammaṃ karoti

  • AN 10.8

    yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisā-avacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṃ deseti… evaṃ so ten'aṅgena paripūro hoti.

avacara2

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

āyatana, khetta, dheyya

doctrine

  • භූමිය; ක්ෂේත්‍රය; ලෝකය (කාමාවචර, රූපාවචර, අරූපාවචර)

  • sphere; realm; domain; plane of existence (esp. kāmāvacara, rūpāvacara, arūpāvacara)

  • MN 72

    alañ'hi te, vaccha, aññāṇāya, alaṃ sammohāya. gambhīro h'āyaṃ, vaccha, dhammo duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakka-avacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo.

  • Iti 43

    tassa nissaraṇaṃ santaṃ, atakka-avacaraṃ dhuvaṃ. ajātaṃ asamuppannaṃ, asokaṃ virajaṃ padaṃ. nirodho dukkhadhammānaṃ, saṅkhārūpasamo sukho'ti.

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