Pāli Dictionary

avasa

aprefixvasrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

vas1dwell; live

Antonyms

vasa

general

  • powerless; without control over oneself; lacking free will

  • Thag 16.1

    yaññ'atthaṃ vā dhan'atthaṃ vā, ye hanāma mayaṃ pure, avase taṃ bhayaṃ hoti, vedhanti vilapanti ca.

  • MN 60

    n'atthi balaṃ, n'atthi vīriyaṃ, n'atthi purisathāmo, n'atthi purisaparakkamo, sabbe sattā sabbe pāṇā sabbe bhūtā sabbe jīvā avasā abalā avīriyā niyatisaṃgatibhāvapariṇatā chasv'ev'ābhijātīsu sukhadukkhaṃ paṭisaṃvedentī'ti.

āvāsa

approximate

āprefixvasrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vas1dwell; live

Antonyms

anāvāsa

general

  • dwelling place; residence; home; monastery

cosmology

  • sphere of existence; plane of existence; realm of beings

  • MN 12

    san'ti kho pana, sāriputta, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino, āvāsena suddhī'ti. na kho pana so, sāriputta, āvāso sulabharūpo yo mayā anāvuṭṭhapubbo iminā dīghena addhunā, aññatra suddh'āvāsehi devehi.

avāsa

approximate

aprefixvāsastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • non-residence; eviction; the state of not dwelling (in a place)

āvasati

approximate

āprefixvasrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form āvasa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vas1dwell; live

Synonyms

hoti, viharati, tiṭṭhati, acchati, paṭivasati, vasati

monastic

  • lives, dwells, resides (in); stays, remains; spends time (in)

  • Snp 4.6

    socanti janā mamāyite, na hi santi niccā pariggahā, vinābhāva'santam'ev'idaṃ, iti disvā n'āgāram'āvase.

  • AN 3.101

    tasmiṃ pahīne tasmiṃ byantīkate ath'āparaṃ suvaṇṇasikat'āvasissanti.

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