Pāli Dictionary

braha

brahrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

mahanta, brahanta, visāla

general

  • grand; immense; vaste

  • big; huge; vast; enormous

  • Ja 245

    bahūni narasīsāni, lomasāni brahāni ca, gīvāsu paṭimukkāni, koci'd'ev'ettha kaṇṇavā'ti.

brahanta

brahrootantasuffix

via inflected form brahā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

brah1croître

Synonyms

mahanta, braha, visāla

general

  • vaste; immense; élevé

  • vast; huge; lofty; gigantic; immense

  • AN 6.43

    evaṃ vutte āyasmā udāyī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, hatthim'eva nu kho, bhante, mahantaṃ brahantaṃ kāy'upapannaṃ jano disvā evam'āha, nāgo vata, bho, nāgo'ti

  • Thag 2.16

    kāḷī itthī brahatī dhaṅkarūpā, satthiñ'ca bhetvā aparañ'ca satthiṃ, bāhañ'ca bhetvā aparañ'ca bāhaṃ, sīsañ'ca bhetvā dadhithālakaṃ'va, esā nisinnā abhisandahitvā.

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