Pāli Dictionary

dīpa1

dviprefixāparoot

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


cosmology

  • île; continent; terre ferme

  • land; island; continent; peninsula

  • DN 26

    asītivassasahass'āyukesu, bhikkhave, manussesu ayaṃ jambudīpo avīci maññe phuṭo bhavissati manussehi, seyyathā'pi naḷavanaṃ vā saravanaṃ vā.

doctrine

  • terre ferme; soutien; refuge; lieu sûr (épithète du Nibbāna)

  • terra firma; solid ground; support; refuge; place of safety (an epithet of Nibbāna, as in attadīpa ‘be an island unto yourself’)

  • Dhp 25

    uṭṭhānen'appamādena, saṃyamena damena ca, dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī, yaṃ ogho n'ābhikīrati.

  • Snp 5.11

    majjhe sarasmiṃ tiṭṭhataṃ, oghe jāte mahabbhaye, jarāmaccuparetānaṃ, dīpaṃ pabrūmi kappa te.

dīpa2

dīprootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dīp3briller; expliquer

Synonyms


general

  • lampe; lumière; flamme

  • a lamp; light; flame

  • Thig 5.10

    tato cittaṃ samādhesiṃ, assaṃ bhadraṃ'va'jāniyaṃ, tato dīpaṃ gahetvāna, vihāraṃ pāvisiṃ ahaṃ, seyyaṃ olokayitvāna, mañcakamhi upāvisiṃ.

Found an error in the dictionary?