Pāli Dictionary

bāhu

bahrootusuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

bah1be outside

general

  • the arm; forearm

  • AN 8.14

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā codenti. so bhikkhu bhikkhūhi āpattiyā codiyamāno saṅghamajjhe bāhuvikkhepaṃ karoti.

  • MN 54

    taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gahapati, sace so puriso taṃ ādittaṃ tiṇ'ukkaṃ na khippam'eva paṭinissajjeyya tassa sā ādittā tiṇ'ukkā hatthaṃ vā daheyya bāhuṃ vā daheyya aññataraṃ vā aññataraṃ vā aṅgapaccaṅgaṃ daheyya

bahu

approximate

bahrootusuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bah1be outside

Synonyms

mahanta, mahā, mahallaka, bahuka, mahallikā, pacura, pasura

Antonyms

appa

general

  • many; much; abundant; (as noun) a large quantity, many people; (as adverb) greatly, very much

  • AN 4.62

    katamañ'ca, gahapati, ānaṇyasukhaṃ? idha, gahapati, kulaputto na kassaci kiñci dhāreti appaṃ vā bahuṃ vā.

  • AN 2.135

    dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bālo abyatto asappuriso khataṃ upahataṃ attānaṃ pariharati sāvajjo ca hoti sānuvajjo ca viññūnaṃ bahuñ'ca apuññaṃ pasavati

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