Pāli Dictionary

chava1

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

ittara, kapaṇa, patikiṭṭha, jamma

general

  • नीच; तुच्छ, दयनीय

  • low; base; vile, wretched, poor

  • DN 24

    sīho'ti attānaṃ samekkhiyāna, amaññi kotthu migarāj'āham'asmi, tath'evaso siṅgālakaṃ anadi, ke ca chave siṅgāle ke pana sīhanāde'ti.

  • तुच्छ; महत्वहीन

  • worthless; trivial, unimportant

  • MN 56

    kiñ'hi sobhati chavo manodaṇḍo imassa evaṃ oḷārikassa kāyadaṇḍassa upanidhāya! atha kho kāyadaṇḍo'va mahāsāvajjataro pāpassa kammassa kiriyāya pāpassa kammassa pavattiyā, no tathā vacīdaṇḍo, no tathā manodaṇḍo'ti.

chava2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kaḷevara, kaḷebara

general

  • शव; लाश

  • a corpse; a dead body

  • AN 4.198

    so sāṇāni'pi dhāreti masāṇāni'pi dhāreti chavadussāni'pi dhāreti paṃsukūlāni'pi dhāreti tirīṭāni'pi dhāreti ajinam'pi dhāreti ajinakkhipam'pi dhāreti kusacīram'pi dhāreti vākacīram'pi dhāreti phalakacīram'pi dhāreti kesakambalam'pi dhāreti vāḷakambalam'pi dhāreti ulūkapakkham'pi dhāreti

  • SN 22.80

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, chav'ālātaṃ ubhatopadittaṃ majjhe gūthagataṃ, n'eva gāme kaṭṭh'atthaṃ pharati, n'āraññe kaṭṭh'atthaṃ pharati.

Encyclopedia

Cāpā
Personapproximatematched via “Chāvā”

  • एक शिकारी की पुत्री जो आजीविक उपक की पत्नी बनी और उसे एक पुत्र सुभद्द को जन्म दिया; जब उपक उसके ताने सहन न कर सका और संघ में प्रवेश कर लिया, तो वह भी उसका पीछा करते हुए सावत्थी गई, स्वयं भिक्षुणी बनी और अर्हत्व प्राप्त किया।

  • A trapper’s daughter who became the wife of the Ājīvaka Upaka and bore him a son, Subhadda; when Upaka, unable to bear her taunts, joined the Order, she followed him to Sāvatthi, became a nun herself, and attained Arahantship.

Thig 13.3

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