Pāli Dictionary

bhaṇati

bhaṇastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

vadati, vadeti, bhāsati, āroceti, ācikkhati, brūti, katheti, akkhāti,

general

  • speaks; says; tells

  • MN 7

    sace musā na bhaṇasi, sace pāṇaṃ na hiṃsasi, sace adinnaṃ n'ādiyasi, saddahāno amaccharī, kiṃ kāhasi gayaṃ gantvā, udapāno'pi te gayā'ti.

  • MN 61

    evam'eva kho, rāhula, yassa kassaci sampajānamusāvāde n'atthi lajjā, n'āhaṃ tassa kiñci pāpaṃ akaraṇīyan'ti vadāmi. tasmā't'iha te, rāhula, hassā'pi na musā bhaṇissāmī'ti.

doctrine

  • preaches; delivers a teaching

  • SN 7.16

    atha kho paccanīkasāto brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ caṅkamantaṃ etadavoca, bhaṇa samaṇadhamman'ti.

bhaṇanta

approximate

bhaṇastemntasuffix

via inflected form bhaṇatī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhaṇ1talk; speak

Synonyms

vadamāna, bhāsamāna

general

  • speaking; saying; preaching; reciting (present participle)

  • SN 7.3

    jayaṃ ve maññati bālo, vācāya pharusaṃ bhaṇaṃ, jayañ'c'ev'assa taṃ hoti, yā titikkhā vijānato.

  • AN 7.50

    api ca kho mātugāmassa saddaṃ suṇāti tirokuṭṭaṃ vā tiropākāraṃ vā hasantiyā vā bhaṇantiyā vā gāyantiyā vā rodantiyā vā

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

bhaṇaiti
  1. bhaṇabhaṇati

    speaks; says; tells

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

bhaṇāiti
  1. bhaṇābhaṇanta

    speaking; saying; preaching; reciting (present participle)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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