Pāli Dictionary

avisa

aprefixvisastem

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

savisa

general

  • non venimeux; sans poison

  • not poisonous; non-venomous

  • Ja 304

    imāni maṃ daddara tāpayanti, vācāduruttāni manussaloke, maṇḍūkabhakkhā udak'antasevī, āsīvisaṃ maṃ avisā sapanti.

āvisati

approximate

āprefixvisrootasuffix

via inflected form āvisa · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

vis1entrer

Synonyms

upeti, upagacchati, anveti

general

  • entre; s’approche; s’empare de (un lieu)

  • enters; approaches; takes possession of (a place)

  • Thag 16.10

    te kilesā pavaḍḍhantā, āvisanti bahuṃ janaṃ, kīḷanti maññe bālehi, ummattehi'va rakkhasā.

  • (un esprit) possède; s’empare de (une personne)

  • (of a spirit) possesses; takes possession of (a person)

  • DN 32

    imesaṃ yakkhānaṃ mahāyakkhānaṃ senāpatīnaṃ mahāsenāpatīnaṃ ujjhāpetabbaṃ vikkanditabbaṃ viravitabbaṃ, ayaṃ yakkho gaṇhāti, ayaṃ yakkho āvisati, ayaṃ yakkho heṭheti, ayaṃ yakkho viheṭheti, ayaṃ yakkho hiṃsati, ayaṃ yakkho vihiṃsati, ayaṃ yakkho na muñcatī'ti.

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